New York State's prominent and progressive men - an encyclopaedia of contemporaneous biography (1900) (14763268624)

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Title: New York State's prominent and progressive men : an encyclopaedia of contemporaneous biography
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Harrison, Mitchell Charles, 1870-
Subjects: Civic leaders
Publisher: (New York) : New York Tribune
Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
Digitizing Sponsor: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center



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ilden was elected Governor,and which, remodeled, was that on which Mr. Tilden ran for thePresidency in 1876. While clerk of the Assembly he renderedinvaluable services in securing legislation for dock improvementsin this city. Mr. Calkins was appointed a port warden of New York m May,1885, and since 1892 has been president of the board. He wasone of the founders, and from 1870 to 1875 was the first presi-dent, of the Hahnemann Hospital in this city. In 1890 he wasagain elected president, and stiU holds that place. He is a trus-tee of the New York Homeopathic Medical CoUege, having servedcontinuously on the board for twenty-six years. He is a memberof the Maritime Association of New York, and is active m itsaffairs; also of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. He was mar-ried to Miss Mary J. Partch, at Hinesburg, Vermont, on January28, 1858. She died on April 7, 1872, leaving him four children:Frederic Hudson Calkins, Cascenda Calkins Sanders, Lillian Cal-kins Strong, and Hiram Calkins, Jr.
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DELANO CHIPMAN CALVIN A MONO those who have given character and distinction to thebar of New York the name of one farm-lad from up theState must have high rank. This is Delano Chipman Calvin,the son of Alpheus Reed Calvin and Minerva his wife. Thesewere Vermont people, as had been their parents before them;but about 1820 they settled on a farm in Jefferson County, NewYork, and there, in the township of Clayton, on November 3,1824, their son was born. His early years were those of a typi-cal farm lad, working on the farm most of the time, but goingto a district school in the winter. After a time he was sent to aselect school, then to the Black River Literary and ReligiousInstitute at Watertown, and finally to the Lancaster Academyat Rochester. While at Watertown he began the study of lawin an office there, and pursued it elsewhere until the summer of1849, when he was admitted to practice at the bar. A partner-ship was immediately formed with one of the leading lawyersof that part of th