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Mynderse, Lillias | Marriage Date: 1846

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"A stove and pump manufacturer as well as partner in a distillery. His association with fire apparatus industries placed the town on the map. In addition he built a house on a Cayuga Street which is currently occupied by the Seneca Falls Historical Society."

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Biography: 
"A stove and pump manufacturer as well as partner in a distillery. His association with fire apparatus industries placed the town on the map. In addition he built a house on a Cayuga Street which is currently occupied by the Seneca Falls Historical Society."
Citation Type: 
Website
Citation URL: 
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/178501246/edward-mynderse
Title of Webpage: 
Find-A-Grave
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Biography: 
"Edward Mynderse died at his home, in Seneca Falls. N. Y., yesterday morning. He was born in Seneca Falls in 1816, and graduated from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Troy N. Y.. in 1834. His entire life was spent in the town of his birth, and for many years he was prominently interested in its manufactures. He was the original proprietor of Its woollen mills, and was associated with others in the early construction of steam fire engines. He retired from active business several years ago. Mr. Mynderse was the youngest son of the late Colonel Wllhelmus Mynderse, who went from Albany to Seneca Falls in the early part of the century and developed the water power of Seneca River, founding the manufacturing industries of the town. The Mynderse Academy, whose foundation was due to the benefactions of Colonel Mynderse in 1830, was secured in its present establishment by the Colonel's son in 1885. Mr. Mynderse married Lillias Muir. of Auburn, N. Y., in 1846, and she survives him."
Citation Type: 
Newspaper Article
Journal or Newspaper Title: 
New York Herald
Month: 
December
Day: 
25
Year: 
1896
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Citation Type: 
Book or Book Chapter
Book or Monograph Title: 
Seneca Falls
Author(s) or Editor(s): 
Frances T. Barbieri, Kathy Jans-Duffy
Publisher Name: 
Arcadia Publishing
Year: 
2009
Start Page: 
26
ISBN: 
0738565881, 9780738565880
Citation Notes: 
Google Book: https://books.google.com/books?id=YLKem14CJe4C&lpg=PA26&ots=uZ-UPlgd4q&dq=edward%20mynderse%20seneca%20falls%201816&pg=PA26#v=onepage&q=edward%20mynderse%20seneca%20falls%201816&f=false
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Citation Type: 
Newspaper Article
Journal or Newspaper Title: 
New York Herald
Month: 
December
Day: 
25
Year: 
1896