History of Fishkill, (Dutchess County) New York United States of America

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James Manning Sherwood, clergyman and editor, was born at Fishkill, N.Y., Sept. 29, 1814. Because of poor health he studied with private tutors, Rev. Dr. George Dodd Armstrong of Fishkill, N.Y., preparing him for the Presbyterian ministry. He was pastor at New Windsor, N.Y., 1835?40; Hendon, 1840?45: Bloomfield, N.J., 1852?58. Poor health forced him to leave the pulpit, and he removed to New York city, where he edited the National Preacher and Biblical Repository, 1846?51, and the Eclectic Magazine, 1864?71. He founded Hours at Home in 1865, and was its editor, 1865?69; edited the Presbyterian Review. 1863?71, and the Homiletic Review, 1863?90. He is the author of: Plea for Old Foundations (1856); The Lamb in the Midst of the Throne, or the History of the Cross (1883), and Books and Authors and How to Use Them (1886). He died in Brooklyn. N.Y., Oct. 22, 1890.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

Enoch Lewis Fancher, jurist, was born in Fishkill, Dutchess county, N.Y., Jan. 10, 1817; son of Samuel N. and Matilda (Lewis) Fancher; grandson of Abraham Fancher and of Enoch Lewis; and great-grandson of John Fancher. He attended a classical school, studied law in the offices of James Hooker and David Graham, Jr. of New York, and was admitted to the New York bar in 1840. He was a school commissioner in New York city, 1870-72; judge of the supreme court of New York, 1872-74, and judge of the court of arbitration, 1874-92. He was a member of the Union league club of New York city, 1874-94; a delegate to the general conference of the M.E church in 1880, and served as president of the American bible society and of the New York institution for the instruction of the deaf and dumb. In June, 1840, he was married to Mary A. Nicoll of New Windsor, N.Y. He received the honorary degree of LL.D. from Wesleyan university in 1863. He is the author of: Address on Laws Relating to Religious Corporations in the State of New York (1876); and American Republic. He died in New York city, Feb. 9, 1900.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor