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Eliasaph Dorchester founded the weekly Utica Observer in 1817. The paper briefly moved to Rome, New York and published under the name of the Oneida Observer, but returned to Utica after. The paper consolidated with the Utica Democrat in 1852, bringing with it long-time editor Dewitt C. Grove, who simultaneously served as mayor of Utica from ...
John C. Devereux (5 August 1774 – 1848) was a pioneering Irish Catholic in Utica, New York and its first mayor. "A settler of 1802 and a very prince among his fellows was John C. Devereux whose honourable career and many deeds of charity left behind him a memory as verdant as that of the green isle whence he came."
[44] [45] The route, used by Harriet Tubman to travel to Buffalo, [46] guided slaves to pass through Utica on the New York Central Railroad right-of-way en route to Canada. [46] Utica was the locus for Methodist preacher Orange Scott's antislavery sermons during the 1830s and 1840s, and Scott formed an abolitionist group there in 1843. [45]
Rufus Pasquale "Rufie" Elefante (April 11, 1903 – November 15, 1994) was an American political boss from Utica, New York. [1] Originally a Republican, who worked as a trucker, Elefante rose to power during the late 1920s.
He was born on March 2, 1901, in Brooklyn, New York and graduated from Utica Free Academy in 1917. He was a 1921 graduate of Williams College , and a member of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity. From 1927 to 1942 Balch was Vice President of the Horrocks-Ibbotson Company , the world's largest fishing tackle manufacturer, and he was President of the ...
New York Times. February 3, 1878. "Obituary of Mrs. Catherine M. Johnson" (PDF). New York Times. February 6, 1898. The New York civil list: containing the names and origin of the civil divisions, and the names and dates of election or appointment of the principal state and county officers from the Revolution to the present time. Weed, Parsons ...
Francis Marion Burdick was born at De Ruyter, New York on August 1, 1845. [1] His parents were Albert G. Burdick and Eunetia Yale Wheeler Burdick. [2]On June 8, 1875, he married Sarah Underhill Kellogg, the daughter of Charles C. Kellogg, who founded a Utica lumber company.
Nathan Williams (December 19, 1773 – September 25, 1835) was a United States representative from New York and the first lawyer to permanently establish a law practice in Utica. During the War of 1812 Williams volunteered for service and became a major in a company of militia at Sackett's Harbor .