Ellisburg New York

Zerah Abiah Todd of Ellisburg NY

Zerah Abiah Todd8, (Zerah7, Jehiel6, Stephen5, Stephen4, Samuel3, Samuel2, Christopher1) born May 15, 1821, in Ellisburgh, N. Y., married Feb. 28, 1841, Eliza Jane Silliman, who was born April 12, 1817, in Oneonta, N. Y. Children: *2049. Luzerne A., b. Feb. 3, 1842. 2050. Imogene L., b. Oct. 8, 1844, m. Feb. 28, 1882, Stephen C. Slocum, who was b. Feb. 21, 1847. No children. *2051. DeEtta J., b. Aug. 10, 1848. 2052. Alice Adelaide, b. March 5, 1850, d. May 3, 1853. *2053. Lewellyn E., b. April 25, 1854. 2054. Adelaide, b. June 15, 1857. *2055. George F., b. … Read more

Biography of William Fisk Eastman

William Fiske Eastman, co-editor with P. S. McGlynn, of the Moline Daily Dispatch and Weekly Review-Dispatch, and postmaster of Moline, was born in Ellisburg, Jefferson County, New York, November 11, 1844. His parents were Charles W. Eastman, Doctor of Medicine, and Cynthia (Fiske) Eastman. He attended the public schools of his native village and Union Academy in the neighboring village of Belleville. Graduating there he attended Union College at Schenectady, New York, graduating in the scientific course in 1866, and taking first honors of that course. In the meantime he had been teaching in the district schools, earning in this … Read more