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Biography Files Library Vertical Files -- Biographical Information Subject Headings List 1/10/2020 – revised 3/9/2017 - printed A (miscellaneous) Blythe, David Gilmour Adams, Carlyle Bogart, John Albani, Madame (Emma LaJeunesse) Boos, John E. Alberts, Jan (Jansen Family) Boughton, George Albright, Henry James Boutelle, DeWitt Clinton Alexander, Stephen, 1806-1883 Boyd Family Alexander, William (Earl of Stirling) Boynton, Jonah and Calvin Altman, Harold Bradley, John Ames, Ezra Bradstreet, John Anderson, Victor Bradt Family Annesley Family Brady, Anthony N. Arnold, Andre -- Treason Brandow Arthur, Chester Allan Brant, Joseph Ashley Brennan, Joseph J. Aspinwall, Lewis Brokenshaw, Brock and Louise Bronk (Bronck) Family B (miscellaneous) Brown Family Baker, William Bliss Brown, Andrew Family Bancker Family Brown, George, Jonothan Banks Family Brown, John Barnes, William Brown, Willian Henry Barvoets, Ernest Burbanks, Chester Batcheller Burchfield, Charles Bate, Stanley Burden Beatrix, Queen of the Netherlands Burke Beauregard, Charles Burgoyne, John Beck, Thomas Romeyn Buttre, William (1782-1864) Bedell Family Buyck, Edward Pierre Beekman Family Bendell/Lewi Family C (miscellaneous) Bender Cafferty, James H. Birch, William Russell Caldwell Family Blakelock, Ralph Albert Calverley, Charles (1833-1914) Blanch, Arnold Cartmell, Robert Bleecker Family Cassidy Bloodgood, Simeon DeWitt Chambers, Thomas 1 Chapin Family DeWitt Family Chester DeWitt, Richard Verick (1800-1868) Chinnery, George DeWitt, Simeon (1757-1834) Christman, William Dexter, George (1799-?) Church, Frederick Edwin Diamond, Jack "Legs" Clinchy, Everett Ross Dickson, Walter Clinton, DeWitt Dix, John Clinton, George (1739-1812) Doane, William Croswell (1832-1913) Coeymans Family Doubleday, Abner Coffee, William John (1774-1846) Douw, Volkert Petrus Cogswell Family Draper, Andrew Cole, Sarah Dudley Family Cole, Thomas Duffy, William Cole, Thomas- House Duncan, Elizabeth Watkins (d. 1846) Collins, Edward (1704-1753) Dunn, Parker F. Colvin, Verplanck Durand, Asher B. Conkling, Roscoe (1828-1888) Cook, John (Captain) (1799-1875) E (miscellaneous) Cooper, James Fenimore Earl, Ralph (1751-1801) Corning Family Eastman, Seth Corning, Edwin (1883-1934) Easton Family Corning, Edwin Weld (1836-1871) Eaton, Amos Corning, Erastus (1794-1872) Eglau, Max T. Corning, Erastus, Jr. (1827-1897) Ehricke, Charles Corning, Erastus II Eights, James Early Years, Middle Years, Later Years, Elliott, Charles Loring (1812-1868) Funeral, Papers, Post Funeral Elmendorf, George Myers Corning, Erastus II Family Emery, Horace Corning, Mary Parker (1845-1899) Erving, William Van Rensselaer (1871-1940) Coughtrey, David Cox, James W., M.D. (1828-1896) F (miscellaneous) Cropsey, Jasper Francis (1823-1900) Farnsworth, Emma Justine Crosby Family Farrell Family Cruger, Stephen Van Rensselaer (1844-1898) Fasoldt, Charles Culverhouse, Johann See also Mickel Curtis, Glenn Featherstonhaugh Cushman, Paul Fenton, Reuben (1819-1885) Cuyler Family Ferguson Family Finkle, Peter D (miscellaneous) Fish, Hamilton (1808-1893) Davidson, Charles Grant Folsom Dean, Stewart Fondey Family DeBeer, Jenny Lebenheim (1853-1938) Fort Family DeForest Franklin, Benjamin -- portraits DeGrasse, Admiral Francis Joseph Paul Frerichs, William C.A. (1829-1905) De La Tour du Pin, Comte and Comtesse Frisby Family DePeyster Family Frothingham Family De Potter Fuller, Albert W. 2 Fuller, George (1822-1884) Hessberg, Elisabeth Goold Fulton, Robert Hicks, Thomas (1823-1890) Hidley, Joseph H. G (miscellaneous) Hillhouse Gage, Thomas Holding Family Gallup Family Holmes, Rev. John McClellan (1889-1914) Gansevoort Family (1749- ) Holstein Gavit Homer, Winslow Genet, Edmond Charles (1763-1834) Hooker, Philip Gibson, Charles (1855-1927) House Family Gibson, Robert House, Charles H. Jr. Gifford, Sanford (1823-1880) Howe, George Augustus (1724-1758) Glazier, William Hoyland Glen Sanders Family Hoyt, George B. Gompf Hudson, Henry (1565 – 1611) Goodwin, Edwin Weyburn (1800-1845) Hunt, William Morris Gould, Robert (1906 – 1996) Huntington, Daniel (1816-1906) Graham, George Edward Huntington, Frederick T. Gray, Edward (1837-1928) Hurst, James A. Gregg, Arthur (1888-1984) Hutton, Isaac Greene Huyck, Edmund Niles Greene, David Maxson Huyck, Laura Talmadge (1895-1958) Griggs, Lansing, Schuyler Genealogical Hyatt, John Wesley Material Groves, Leslie (1896 – 1970) I (miscellaneous) Inman, Henry H (miscellaneous) Irving, Washington Hall, Gertrude E. Hamilton, Alexander J (miscellaneous) Hamlin, Hibertie Pruyn (1873-1964) James Family Hand Jans, Aneke Hannock, Stephen Jarvis, John Wesley (1780-1840) Hart, James McDougal (1828-1901) Jay, John Hart, William (1823-1894) Jennings, Gerald Harte, Bret (1836-1902) Jermain Hartley, James Johnson, Henry Harvey, George -- English Painter Johnson, Sir William Hatch, Bogardius Johnston, William (1732-1772) Havens Family Jones, C. Edward (1867-1941) Hawley, Hathan (1763-1810) Jones Family Hawley, Jesse 1773-1842 Jones, Horace Heeder Family Heeder K (miscellaneous) Helmo, Rudy Kagan, Larry Hendrick, Great Chief of the Mohawk Region Kaloyeros Henry, Edward Lamson (1841-1919) Kearney Henry, Joseph Kennedy, William (2 folders) Herrick, D. Cady Kennell, Edward Frasier 3 Kenney, Alice P. (1937-1985) Mayell, John Kensett, John Frederick (1816-1872) McCartan, Edward Kent, Rockwell McClure Kidd Family McConihy, John King, Rufus McCrae, Jane Kinnear McDole Family Kinney, Oscar Francis McElroy Family Kirkbride McHarg Knickerbock Family McKinney, Laurence Krimmel, John Lewis McKinley, William, President 1896-1901 Meads Family L (miscellaneous) Megapolensis LaFayette, Marquis Melville, Herman (1819-1891) Lansing Family Menand, Louis (1807-1900) Lansing, Jacob Gerritse Meneely Lansing, Obadiah, M.D. (1785-1870) Merchant, George Lathrop, Dorothy and Gertrude Mickel, Emanuel Leavenworth Family Milbert, Jacques Lennox, Charlotte Milne, William James (1889-1914) Lewis, Mary Edmonia Mitchell Leyendecker, J.C. (1874-1951) Mix, James Lindbergh, Charles A., 1902-1974 Monk, Thomas Lithgow, David Cunningham (1868-1958) Moore, Abel Buell (1806-1879) Livingston Family Moore, Charles Herbert Livingston Family Genealogy Moore, Clement C. Livingston, Philip (1716-1778) Morgan, Rev. Henry Lloyd Morse, Samuel F.B. (1791-1872) Lobel, Arnold Moses, Anne Mary Robertson (1860-1961) Loree Moses, Forrest K. (?-1974) Loveridge, Clinton (1838-1915) Mosher, Clelia Lovey Mount, William Sidney (1807-1868) Low, Will Munsell, Joel (1808-1880) Lyon, J.B. Murphy, J. Francis (1853-1921) Murphy, Joseph A. and Eileen M (miscellaneous) Murray Family Macauley, John Myderse MacDonald, Pirie Mynderse Family Macmonnies, Frederick Mancius, Wilhelmus, M.D. N (miscellaneous) Manning, Daniel Newman Family March Nice, Don Marcy, William L. Nichols, Edward (1819-1971) Mare, John (1739-?) Nolan, Michael 1833-1905 Martin, Homer D. Norris Marvin, Frederick Nott, Eliphalet Marvin, Gen. Selden (1835-1899) Matteson, Tompkins H. (1813-1884) O (miscellaneous) May, William Benjamin O’Brien, John 4 O'Brien, Leo Pumpelly Family Ochtman, Leonard O'Connell, Daniel F. and John J. Q (miscellaneous) O'Connor, Andrew Quackenbush Family O'Connor, Thom Quackenbush Family Papers Olcott Family Quidor, John (1801-1881) Olmsted, Frederick Law Quinn Family Onderdonk Otis, Bass R (miscellaneous) Radclif (Radley) Family P (miscellaneous) Radclift Palmer, Erastus Dow Randal Palmer, Potter Rasker, Herman Palmer, Samuel Rathbone Family Palmer, Walter Launt (1854-1932) Rector, Henry Parker, Amasa (1807-1890) Reiss, Winhold (1888-1953) Parker, Jr., Gen. (1843-1938) and Mrs. Amasa, Remensnyder nee Cornelia Kane Strong (1846-1889) Remington, Frederic Parker, Harriet Langdon (Mrs. Amasa) Reynolds Family Parsons Rice, Norman Parsons, John D. (1815-1900) Rice, Mrs. William Gorham (Mevrouw Harriet Parton, Arthur Langdon Pruyn) Partridge, Nehemiah Richardson, H.H. Patterson Rickey, George Pease Rivett, Francis “Doc” Peaters, Preben J. Robertson, James Peck, Charles Horton Robertson, Walter (1750-1802) Peckham, Wheeler Hazard, (1833-1905) Robineau, Adelaide Peebles Family Robinson, Theodore (1852-1896) Peltz Family Rockwell Peoble Family Roe Peregrino, F.Z.S. Rogers, John (1829-1904) Perez, Virginia Romeyn Family Perkins Family Rooney, Andrew Phillips, Ammi Roosevelt, Franklin D. (1882-1945) Philpot Roosevelt, Theodore Pollock, Horatio Milo Root, Edward W. and Grace Cogswell Pollock, Jackson Runkle Family Porter Rush, William (1756-1833) Porter, Rufus (1792-1884) Ruso Family Pratt, John Hude Pratt, Zadock S (miscellaneous) Prentice Sadler, W. Denny Presser, Josef (1910-1967) Salvinski, Frances Kerin Prevost Family Sanders Family Pruyn Family Saterlee Family Pruyn, Anna Parker Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe (?-1864) Pruyn, John V.L. Schoonmaker Family 5 Schreiber, Stephen Ten Eyck Family Schuyler Family (2 folders) Terrell, William H. Schuyler, Arent (1662-1730) Thacher, John Boyd Schuyler, Philip Thacher, John Boyd II Schuyler, Samuel Thomas Selch, Frederick Thorne Severson Family Throop, Enos Thompson (1784-1874) Sexton, Samuel (1813-1890) Tilden, Samuel J. Shattuck, Aaron Draper (1832-1928) Tolle Shaver, Vincent Parpon (1810-1882) Tompkins, Daniel D. (1774-1825) Sheridan, Philip H. Townsend, Frederick Family Simmons/Twitchell Families Townsend, John Simons Treadwell Slobodkin, Louis Trott, Benjamin Smith, Alfred E. Trudeau Smith, Elizabeth M. (1880-1952) Trumbull, John (1756-1843) Smith, Jules Andre (1880-1959) Tryon, Sir William (1729-1788) Smith, Theobold Tucker, Gilbert Spafford, Horatio Gates (1778-1832) Twain, Mark Spencer Family
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