History of Sharon, (Schoharie County) New York United States of America

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Lorenzo Crounse, governor of Nebraska, was born at Sharon, N.Y., Jan. 27, 1834; son of John and Margaret (Van Aernam) Crounse. His paternal grandparents came fromWittenburg, Germany, and located in Albany county, N.Y., and his maternal grandparents came from Holland. He received a common school education to which was added two terms in the New York conference seminary at Charlotteville, N.Y. He taught a district school for a time and in 1857 was admitted to the bar. In 1861 he entered the army as captain in the 1st N.Y. light artillery, and was wounded while holding Beverly Ford in the second battle of Bull Run. Disability from this wound led to his resignation, Sept. 9, 1862. In 1864 he removed to Nebraska and in 1865 was a member of the territorial legislature. In 1866 he was chosen one of the three justices of the supreme court of Nebraska, serving until 1872. He was a Republican representative in the 43d and 44th congresses, and after the expiration of his second term declined further nomination. In 1876 he was a prominent candidate for the U.S. senate, and in 1879 he was appointed by President Hayes U.S. internal revenue collector, in which office he remained four years. President Harrison appointed him in April, 1891, assistant secretary of the U.S. treasury, and in 1892, while holding that position, he was nominated for the office of governor of Nebraska. He resigned from the treasury department in November, 1892, and was elected governor serving, 1893-95.

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

Nathaniel Cleveland Moak, lawyer and author, was born at Sharon, N.Y., Oct. 3, 1833. His father was a farmer and he attended the district school and the academies at Cherry Valley and Cooperstown, N.Y., studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1856. He practised in Sharon, N.Y., 1856-67; and in 1867 became a member of the law firm of Smith, Bancroft & Moak in Albany, N.Y. He made a reputation as a trial lawyer in the case of Joseph H. Ramsay versus James Flsk, Jr., and Jay Gould, for the possession of the Susquehanna railroad, in which he appeared as counsel for the plaintiff. He was district attorney of Albany county, 1872-75. He lectured before the Albany Law school upon "Books, Their Use and Abuse," and "Courts and Judicial Systems." He collected a large law library containing all the English, Scotch, Irish and Canadian reports; all the state and Federal reports, besides law periodicals and text books. This library was purchased by the widow and daughter of Judge Douglass Boardman, former dean of the law faculty of Cornell, 1887-91, and justice of the New York supreme court, and presented to the law school of Cornell university in 1893. He contributed articles upon Bribery and Capital Punishment to the encyclop?dias, wrote for various legal periodicals, and published: Clarke's Chancery Reports with notes (1869); Moak's English Reports (35 vols., 1872-84); Moak's English Digest (2 vols., 1872), and Moak's Edition of Van Santvoord's Pleadings (1873). He died in Albany, N.Y., Sept. 17, 1892.

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