Chenango New York Brief Personal Biographies

Transcribed by Lynn Tooley

Brief personal biographies of prominate men in the town of Chenango, Broome County, New York, extracted from the History of Broome County, New York. With illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers.

Bradley J. Alderman Biography

Alderman, Bradley J., p. o. Castle Creek, born in West Springfield, Mass., in 1822, settled in Broome county in 1828; wife, Elizabeth M. Dimmick, born in Union Hill in 1823, married in 1846; children two: S. J. Alderman, born Sept. 20th, 1848, died Jan. 3, 1849; and Mary E., born in 1851, married George Young in 1876; one child: Rhoda. Parents, Bradley and Sarah (Phelps) Alderman, of Connecticut, settled in Chenango, Broome county, in 1828, with four children, ten in all, eight now living: Bradley J., Israel P., Edwin B., Talcott, Judson, Abigail, Amarett and Juliette. Father Bradley died in 1870, mother is still living.

Israel P. Alderman Biography

Alderman, Israel P., p. o. Castle Creek, born in Massachusetts in 1824, married Caroline Griffin, of Granby, Conn., born in 1825, married in 1847; children four: Margaret, Henry J., Edwin H. and Fannie E., Henry J. died in July, 1880, in Florida, aged twenty-eight. Parents, Bradley and Sarah (Phelps) Alderman, of Connecticut, who settled in Broome county in 1828; children ten, eight now living. Bradley died in 1870, wife is still living.

George W. Amsbry Biography

Amsbry, George W., p. o. Chenango Bridge, born in Fenton in 1849; wife, Alsie Sprague, daughter of Albert and Almira (Moore) Sprague, born in 1849, married in 1872; children two: Henry and Edith. Parents, Israel D. and Prudence (Statts) Amsbry, the former born in Manlius, Onondaga county in 1814, the latter in 1824, married in Broome county, in 1845; children eight: Henrietta, George, Fanny, Lydia, Merrett, Gertrude, Alonzo and Lizzie.

James Brown Biography

Brown, James, p. o. Chenango Forks, born in Barker in 1844, was assessor two terms and constable fourteen years, elected sheriff in 1884; enlisted in Company F., 89th N. Y. Regiment, in 1861, served three years, was discharged at Albany in 1864, wounded by a ball in the shoulder which still remains, he receives a pension; wife, Elizabeth Parsons, born in 1843, married in 1868; children five: Bertha, Edith, Maggie, Roland and Elmer. Parents, Lot and Margaret (Smith) Brown, the former born in 1817, the latter in 1819, married in 1838; children five: Mary E., Augusta, James, Charles and Lot, Jr.