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On June 30, 1962, Houghton was married to May Tuckerman Kinnicutt at Christ Protestant Episcopal Church in Cambridge, Massachusetts. [3] May, a graduate of St. Timothy's School and Radcliffe College, was the daughter of Sybil (née Jay) Kinnicutt and Francis Parker Kinnicutt, [8] a niece of decorator Sister Parish, [9] [10] and a direct descendant of both Chief Justice John Jay and John Jacob ...
A Corning man is dead following a motorcycle crash late Friday night in the Village of Elmira Heights. Village police identified the victim as 28-year-old Tyler Booth, of Riverside Circle in Corning.
Houghton was born in Corning, New York, on December 12, 1906. [2] He was the son of Mahitbel "Mabel" (née Hollister) Houghton (1867–1938) and Arthur Amory Houghton Sr. (1866–1928), a former president of Corning Glass. [3] His parents lived in Corning and in New York City at 920 and 941 Park Avenue.
The Corning Journal merged with The Evening Leader in 1920. Ownership of the combined afternoon paper remained in the Underhill family until 1972, when it was sold to Howard Publications of California. [1] [3] The paper published as The Evening Leader until 1954, then as the Corning Leader until September 24, 1965, and as The Leader thereafter. [4]
Alanson Bigelow Houghton (1863–1941), son of Amory Houghton Jr, former president of Corning Glass, former U.S. Representative from New York (1919–1922), former U.S. Ambassador to Germany (1922–1925), and former U.S. Ambassador to Britain (1925–1929), married Adelaide Wellington (1867–1945)
Daniel Patrick "Dan" O'Connell (November 13, 1885 – February 28, 1977) was a longtime leader of the Democratic Party political machine in Albany County, New York. O'Connell was born in Albany, New York and dropped out of school in the fifth grade, finding work as a bricklayer and as a bartender. [1] In 1919, he was elected County Assessor.
Edwin F. Davis (May 28, 1846 – May 26, 1923), of Corning, Steuben County, New York, was the first "state electrical engineer” (executioner) for the state of New York. In 1890, Davis finalized many features of the first electric chair used. [ 1 ]
Politicians from Corning, New York (25 P) Pages in category "People from Corning, New York" The following 37 pages are in this category, out of 37 total.