Herkimer County NyArchives Biographies.....Hemstreet, John March 13, 1828 - 
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Author: Hardin & Willard

Hemstreet, John, Russia, was born in Russia March 13, 1828.  His father was 
Richard I., son of John D. Hemstreet, a native of Montgomery county, who 
served in the war of 1812.  John D. Hemstreet came early to Ohio, where he 
engaged in farming, and for many years held the office of justice of the 
peace.  He had four sons and two daughters.  Both he and his wife were 
Methodists.  Richard I. Hemstreet was born in Montgomery county in 1805.  He 
was educated in the common schools of that county, then came to Ohio, where he 
taught school for several years.  He married Sarah, daughter of James 
Caldwell, a native of Saratoga and an early settler of Ohio.  To Mr. Hemstreet 
and wife were born three sons and three daughters, four of whom are living.  
In 1840 he graduated from the medical course of Fairfield Seminary, and for a 
short time practiced medicine in Ohio, then went to Cold Brook, where he 
resided five years.  He next went to Poland and practiced his profession until 
his death in 1865.  He was an active Republican, one of the original members 
of the County Medical Society, and also a member of the I.O.O.F. of Poland.  
Mrs. Richard I. Hemstreet died in 1876.  Subject of sketch (John Hemstreet) 
was educated in the public schools and reared on the old homestead, near where 
he now resides.  He assisted in his father's business until the death of the 
latter.  He made a two years' trip to California during the gold excitement.  
Mr. Hemstreet is a real estate owner in Herkimer county, and during the last 
fifteen years has dealt largely in stocks.  He is a Democrat, a member of 
Newport Lodge No. 455, F. & A. M., a stockholder and director of the National 
Bank of Poland and one of its original members.  He is liberal in his 
religious views.

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.


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