History of Madison County New York United States of America

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Carlton B. Curtis, representative, was born in Madison county, N.Y., Dec. 17, 1811. He was admitted to the bar and settled in Warren, Pa. He was in the lower house of the state legislature, 1836-38; and was a Whig representative in the 32d and 33d congresses, 1851-55. He was made colonel of the 58th Pennsylvania volunteers in 1861, resigning from the service July 2, 1863. He then removed to Erie, Pa., was a Republican representative in the 43d congresses, 1873-75, and was defeated for the 44th congress. He died in Erie, Pa., March 17, 1883.

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

Ansel Judd Northrup, lawyer and author, was born in Smithfield, Madison county, N.Y., June 30, 1833; son of Rensselaer and Clarissa (Judd) Northrup; grandson of Amos and Betsey (Stedman) Northrup, and of Ansel and Electa (Jones) Judd, and descended from Joseph Northrup, immigrant from England, one of the first settlers of Milford, Conn., in 1639. He was graduated at Hamilton college, A.B., 1858, A.M., 1861, studied law at Columbia Law school, New York city, 1858-59, and settled in practice in Syracuse, N.Y., in 1859. He was U.S. circuit court commissioner, 1870-97; judge of Onondaga county, N.Y., 1882-94; commissioner to revise the statutes and codes of New York, 1895-1900, and in June, 1897, was made a U.S. commissioner. He was vice-president and president of the Loyal League during and after the civil war, and a lay commissioner to the general assembly of the Presbyterian church, at Saratoga, N.Y., in 1890. He received the degree of LL.D. from Hamilton college in 1895. He was married Nov. 24, 1863, to Eliza S., daughter of Thomas Brockaway and Ursula Ann (Elliott) Fitch, of Syracuse, N.Y. He is the author of: Camps and Tramps in the Adirondacks, and Grayling Fishing in Northern Michigan (1880); Sconset Cottage Life (1881 and 1901); The Powers and Duties of Elders in the Presbyterian Church (1890); Slavery in New York, a Historical Sketch (1900); Northrup Genealogy, and other papers and addresses.

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

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