Biography

Newspaper Excerpt: "Death Of An Old Central Man - G. T. B. Fonda died yesterday evening of heart disease, from which he has suffered for seven years. He was 73, and had been connected with the Central railroad since its organization until that time when he resigned. When the first rail was laid he had charge of the gravel train at this place, and when the company received its charter to carry freight he had charge of the freight department here. He was a colonel in the old militia and a member of Fultonvllle lodge, F. and A. M. Hospitality and kindness have always been among the characteristics of Colonel Fonda, and he will be greatly missed. D. H. Fonda, a druggist in Albany, and Ten Eyck Fonda are among his children who survive him." Frederick William Seward references Col. Fonda in a letter to his father, William H. Seward, dated September 19, 1868. The letter regards the sale and disposition of property belonging to the Wharton family after the death of Anna (Wharton) Seward's father, William Wharton. Col. Fonda repurchases the farm from the Wharton family.