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Biography

Resident of Ulster County, New York. He owned a mill and at one point was tried for murder over an altercation with Abraham Mould. He was acquitted on the grounds of self-defense. He later became an elder of of the First Presbyterian Church in Port Jervis, NY. 

Mentioned in 18371118SSS_WHS1

Letter References

Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, November 18, 1837

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Biography: 
Resident of Ulster County, New York. He owned a mill and at one point was tried for murder over an altercation with Abraham Mould. He was acquitted on the grounds of self-defense. He later became an elder of of the First Presbyterian Church in Port Jervis, NY. Mentioned in 18371118SSS_WHS1
Citation Type: 
Book or Book Chapter
Book or Monograph Title: 
The History of Orange County New York
Author(s) or Editor(s): 
Edward Manning Rutenberg and L.H. Clark
Publisher Location: 
Philedelphia
Publisher Name: 
Everts & Peck
Year: 
1881
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Citation Type: 
Website
Citation URL: 
http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?gss=angs-g&new=1&rank=1&gsfn=james&gsln=mitchel&mswpn__ftp=Orange+County%2c+New+York%2c+USA&mswpn=2240&mswpn_PInfo=7-|0|1652393|0|2|3244|35|0|2240|0|0|&MSAV=0&msbdy=1800&catbucket=rstp&uidh=if4&pcat=ROOT_C
Title of Webpage: 
Ancestry
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Citation Notes: 
ear: 1850; Census Place: Shawangunk, Ulster, New York; Roll: M432_605; Page: 328B.
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