Albany County New York Family Sketches - Surnames X-Z

Transcribed by Lynn Tooley

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Albany County New York Family Sketches - surnames X-Z, extracted from the Landmarks of Albany County, New York, Edited by Amasa J. Parker of Albany, N.Y., Syracuse, N.Y., D. Mason & Co., Publishers, 1897.

ZELLER, A., Family Sketch

Zeller, A., is a son of John Zeller, who came from Germany and settled at Indian Fields in the town of Coeyraans in 1853. Mr. A. Zeller married Henrietta, daughter of Egbert Stanton, who was a grandson of Reuben Stanton, one of the early settlers of Westerlo, who had four sons, David, Benjamin, Joseph and Reuben. Reuben Stanton, jr., had three sons, Egbert, Luman and Reuben W. Egbert Stanton in early life came to Coeymans, where he married Jane, daughter of Dr. Moses Clement; and after carrying on a store for some years, he was engaged the last thirty years of his life as bookkeeper and salesman of the various freighting firms of Coeymans. lie died in 1880, leaving a widow, one daughter and a large circle of friends. Mr. Stanton was a representative man of the town.

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