Herkimer County NyArchives Biographies.....Getman, Mahlon June 6, 1835 - ************************************************ 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 http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00026.html#0006329 October 18, 2008, 5:16 pm Author: Hardin & Willard Getman, Mahlon, German Flats, was born in Columbia, June 6, 1835, and was engaged in farming until 1867, when he embarked in the cheese business and is today one of the largest dealers and manufacturers in the county. He owns four factories and manages two others. The annual export for his own four factories averfages abut 400,000 pounds. Mr. Getman married Sarah A., daughter of Erastus Holmes, in 1858, and they have one daughter, Mrs. Truman Snell, of Manheim. Mr. Getman has been president of the village of Mohawk, and also held official positions in Columbia. 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/getman487gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/nyfiles/ File size: 1.4 Kb