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Prewar service. Star of the West was a 1,172-ton steamship built by Jeremiah Simonson, of New York City for Cornelius Vanderbilt, and launched on June 17, 1852. Its length was 228.3 feet (69.6 m) and its beam 32.7 feet (10.0 m), with wooden hullside paddle wheels and two masts. She started service between New York and San Juan de Nicaragua on ...
He was chairman of the Republican county committee and a presidential elector in the 1896, 1900, and 1904 presidential elections. [5] He was a member of the New York Republican State Committee for several years. He lived in Cheektowaga. [6] In 1875, Urban married Ada E. Winspear of Cheektowaga. Their children were George Pennock (who became ...
Churchville is a village in Monroe County, New York, United States. According to the 2010 census, the population was 1,961. The village is named after Samuel Church, an early settler. [3] The village is west of the City of Rochester in the north part of the Town of Riga. It is at the intersection of Routes 33 and 36, north of Interstate 490.
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Arthur Schoellkopf was born in Buffalo on June 13, 1856, the third son of industrialist Jacob F. Schoellkopf (1819–1899) and Christiana T. Duerr (1827–1903). He started his education at private schools in Buffalo and when he was 9 years old he was sent to the Academy of Kirchheim in Germany, where he spent the next four years. [1]
CCCSD Home. The Churchville-Chili Central School District (CCCSD) is a public school district in Monroe County, New York, near Rochester. The district enrolls approximately 3,889 students [5] in grades K-12 from the towns of Chili, Ogden, Riga, Sweden, and Churchville. District employees number 823 [4] under an operating budget of $91,602,093 ...
2872. The York Flour Mill is a purpose-built flour mill, constructed in 1892 [1] with associated buildings built from 1892 onwards, to mill flour for York and the surrounding districts, and for export. The mill is the only remaining mill building in York, a town whose prosperity was built upon growing wheat and grain.
John Harrison Mills (January 11, 1842 – October 23, 1916) was an American artist, businessman and philanthropist who worked in Buffalo, New York, and in Colorado. While he considered himself to be foremost a painter, he also worked in sculpture, sketches, poetry and other writings. His primary occupation was an engraver, making illustrations ...