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Biographical Notes
James Wadsworth
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1768, Apr. 20 | Born, Durham, Conn. |
| 1787 | Graduated, Yale University, New Haven, Conn. |
| 1796-1798 | Acquired property with William Wadsworth on the bank of the Genesee River, New York state Traveled to Europe with the help of Robert Morris, Aaron Burr, and DeWitt Clinton to interest foreign capitalists in American investments |
| circa 1800-circa 1844 | Urged establishment of county academies; instrumental in securing the enactment of legislation authorizing sending the public Lectures on School-Keeping to each school district; responsible for establishment of school district library system in New York; and built and endowed a public library in Geneseo, N.Y. |
| 1804 | Married Naomi Wolcott |
| 1844, June 7 | Died, Geneseo, N.Y. |
James S. Wadsworth
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1807, Oct. 30 | Born, Geneseo, N.Y. |
| 1834 | Married Mary Craig Wharton |
| 1861 | Commissioned brigadier general, U.S. Army |
| 1864 | Commissioned brevet major general in the field for gallantry at the battles of Gettysburg, Pa., and The Wilderness, Va. |
| 1864, May 8 | Died of wounds received at The Wilderness, Va. |
James Wolcott Wadsworth, Sr.
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1846, Oct. 12 | Born, Philadelphia, Pa., son of James S. Wadsworth |
| 1864-1865 | Volunteer aide on staff of Major General G. K. Warren, U.S. Army |
| 1865, Jan. 24 | Commissioned and appointed captain, aide-de-camp |
| 1865, May 25 | Brevetted major for gallant and meritorious service at Five Forks and Petersburg, Va. |
| 1865, June 26 | Mustered out of U.S. Army |
| 1875-1877 | Supervisor, Geneseo, N.Y. |
| 1876 | Married Louise Travers |
| 1878-1879 | Member, New York general assembly |
| 1880-1881 | Comptroller of New York |
| 1881-1885 | United States representative from New York |
| 1898 | Honorary A.M., Yale University, New Haven, Conn. |
| 1901-1907 | United States representative from New York |
| 1926, Dec. 24 | Died, Geneseo, N.Y. |
James Wolcott Wadsworth, Jr.
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1877, Aug. 12 | Born, Geneseo, N.Y., son of James Wolcott Wadsworth, Sr. |
| 1898 | B.A., Yale University, New Haven, Conn. |
| 1899 | Entered stock and farming business |
| 1902, Sept. 30 | Married Alice Hay, daughter of John Hay |
| 1905-1910 | Director, Genesee Valley National Bank and Trust Co. Member, New York general assembly; speaker, 1906-10 |
| 1908-1928 | Delegate, Republican national conventions |
| 1911-1915 | Managed large ranch, Paloduro, Tex. |
| 1915-1927 | United States senator from New York |
| 1933-1951 | United States representative from New York |
| 1951-1952 | Chairman, National Security Training Commission |
| 1952, June 21 | Died, Geneseo, N.Y. |
John Hay
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1838, Oct. 8 | Born, Salem, Ind. |
| 1858 | A.M., LL.D., Brown University, Providence, R.I. LL.D., Princeton University, Princeton, N.J. LL.D., Yale University, New Haven, Conn. LL.D., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. LL.D., Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio |
| 1861-1865 | Private secretary, with John George Nicolay, to Abraham Lincoln Brevet colonel, United States volunteers |
| 1865-1870 | Secretary of legation, Paris, France; Madrid, Spain; Vienna, Austria Chargé d'affaires, Vienna, Austria |
| 1874 | Married Clara Stone |
| 1879-1881 | President, International Sanitary Conference |
| 1890 | Published with John George Nicolay Abraham Lincoln, a History (New York: Century Co. 10 vols.) |
| 1897-1898 | Ambassador to England |
| 1898-1905 | Secretary of state |
| 1905, July 1 | Died, Washington, D.C. |