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History of Alden, (Erie County) New YorkFeatured Picture:  Alden High School, Alden NY ca 1905. 15% - 35% off all Products ยป The Ready Store Biographies:Biography of Coles Bashford Coles Bashford, governor of Wisconsin, was born at Alden, N.Y., Jan. 24, 1816. After the usual preliminary course, he studied law at the Wesleyan seminary, Lima, N.Y., was admitted to the bar in 1841, and became prominent in politics in three different states, acting as district attorney for Wayne county, N.Y., 1847-'50; removed to Oshkosh, Wis., was a member of the Whig state convention of Wisconsin in 1851; state senator in the Wisconsin legislature, 1852-'55; the first Republican governor of Wisconsin, 1855-'57; removed to Tucson, Arizona; was attorney-general of the territory, 1864-'67; delegate to Congress, 1867-'69, and secretary of the territory, 1869-'76. He died April 25, 1878. |
New York Facts: Erie County Facts: Seat: BuffaloEstablished: 1821 Formed from: Niagara Additional Local History Notes: The 1854 Gazetteer of the United States by Thomas Baldwin shows: ALDEN, a post-township of Erie county, New York, 22 miles E. from Buffalo, and 220 W. from Albany. Population, 2520. The village is situated on the Rochester and Buffalo railroad. Alden is situated 263 meters above sea level. |