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Samuel Studdiford Stratton (September 27, 1916 – September 13, 1990) was an American politician who was a member of the Democratic Party.He is notable for his service as Mayor of Schenectady, and his 30-year career as a member of the United States House of Representatives from New York.
Vale Cemetery is a historic rural cemetery and the largest cemetery in Schenectady, New York. It opened on 21 October 1857, when the Rev. Julius Seely dedicated what was then termed "the Vale". [2] It has tripled its size since opening and today it holds the remains of some of the most notable persons in Upstate New York.
Karen B. Johnson (May 12, 1942 – June 10, 2019) was an American politician and activist who served as the mayor of Schenectady, New York, from 1983 to 1991.Johnson became the first woman to be elected to the Schenectady City Council in 1975 and the first female Mayor of Schenectady in 1983.
Lemuel Warren Smith (born July 23, 1941) is an American convicted serial killer who was the first convict to kill an on-duty female corrections officer.Smith was already in prison for the murders of at least five people when he murdered prison guard Donna Payant at Green Haven Correctional Facility in 1981.
His 21-year-old son Peter Heck died on July 17, 1960, in Glens Falls Hospital, in Glens Falls, New York, after a car accident. [ 2 ] His daughter Penelope Heck Crannell died February 3, 1979, at St. Clares Hospital in Schenectady, NY of liver cancer.
The Schenectady massacre was an attack against the colonial settlement of Schenectady in the English Province of New York on February 8, 1690. A raiding party of 114 French soldiers and militiamen, accompanied by 96 allied Mohawk and Algonquin warriors, attacked the unguarded community, destroying most of the homes, and killing or capturing most of its inhabitants.
Isabella took graduated classes at New York University. He was a dentist in Schenectady, New York; Isabella and his wife also owned a pharmacy. From 1958 to 1974, Isabella served on the Schenectady City Council and was a Democrat. Then from 1975 to 1977, Isabella served in the New York State Senate. Isabella died in Schenectady, New York. [1] [2]
Joseph E. Grosberg (December 27, 1883 – July 25, 1970) was an American businessman in the supermarket and wholesale foods industries. He was a founder and the president of Central Markets, a chain of grocery stores in upstate New York that established some of the first supermarkets in the United States, and is now known as Price Chopper.