Herkimer County NyArchives Biographies.....Histed, W. Duane April 22, 1853 - 
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Author: Hardin & Willard

Histed, W. Duane, Litchfield, is a farmer, cheese manufacturer and merchant.  
The first cheese factory was built here by William Rider about 1867, and owned 
by him until 1885, when he sold it to Duane Histed.  He was born in West 
Exeter, April 22, 1853, and settled at this place in 1881.  He is a son of 
William Histed a native of Pennsylvania.  Mr. Histed married Cora A. Cole, and 
has three children:  Nellie Estell, James Edwin and Robert Earl.  Mrs. Histed 
is a daughter of Henry Cole of West Winfield, a native of this county.


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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