Herkimer County NyArchives Biographies.....Dexter, Henry W. July 16, 1823 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ny/nyfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Nan Starjak naela@earthlink.net September 20, 2008, 6:10 pm Author: Hardin & Willard Dexter, Henry W., Newport, was born in Fairfield, Herkimer county, July 16, 1823, a son of William B. and Sarah (Jewett) Dexter, who settled in Fairfield about 1819. His mother was a native of Connecticut and his father of Providence. The latter was a volunteer in the war of 1812, and was a Whig and later a Republican. He was very active in politics, and was a member of the Liberal church. He had four daughters and one son: Phoebe A. (deceased), Mary J. (Parkhurst), Louisa A. (Deering), Elizabeth A. (Griswold), and Henry W. The latter married January 18, 1844, Mary E.Parkhurst, a native of Fairfield, and a daughter of Lyman and Susan (Enos) Parkhurst. They have two children, Addie S., wife of Capt. Thomas E. Merritt of the One Hundred Fifty- First Regiment Infantry, and at present auditor of the Adirondack & St.Lawrence railroad. He has also a son, Dr. Lyman C. Dexter, a physician and druggist of Newport. He married Gertrude Harris, daughter of Archibald Harris. Henry W. Dexter started in business as a farmer in the town of Newport, 1847, and continued until 1865, then speculated in livestock and produce until 1880. He was on the committee of the right-of-way of the H.N. & P.R.R., and was also a director until 1890. Mr. Dexter is a 32d degree Mason, a member of Newport Lodge No. 455, Iroquois Chapter, and attends the Universalist church. He is also a director in the Newport National Bank. Additional Comments: source: History of Herkimer County, New York : illustrated with portraits of many of its citizens edited by George A. Hardin ; assisted by Frank H. Willard Syracuse, New York : D. Mason, 1893 550 p., 276 p. : ill., maps, ports. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ny/herkimer/bios/dexter409gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/nyfiles/ File size: 2.3 Kb