Herkimer County NyArchives Biographies.....Hurlbut, George H. November 1, 1826 - ************************************************ 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 January 4, 2009, 12:31 pm Author: Hardin & Willard Hurlbut, George H., Newport, was born in the town of Norway, November 1, 1826, a son of William H. and Chloe (Hull) Hurlbut. She was a native of Newport and a daughter of Joseph Hull. She was born January 1, 1800, and died November 13, 1870. William H. Hurlbut came to Newport at about twenty years of age, but returned to Norway and remained until 1867. He died in Newport in 1887 in his ninety-fourth year. He had three children, William D., George H. and Horace L., all married. The grandmother and grandfather were Presbyterians, the former being associate judge of Herkimer county. William H. was a son of Daniel and Hannah (Cole) Hurlbut, who came from Connecticut and settled in Salisbury. George H. married Harriet O. Scott in September, 1852, and they have one daughter, Clara B. Mrs. Hurlbut died September 12, 1866, and Mr. Hurlbut married second, Mary L. Scott, on June 12, 1868. They have two sons, George E. and Harry H. The subject of this sketch is a merchant, also a member of Newport Lodge No. 455, of which he acted as secretary for nineteen years. He was also junior warden. He is a Republican and postmaster of Newport under Garfield and Harrison. He has held the offices of supervisor, town clerk, president and trustee of the village several years. He was a member of the Board of Education five years, and a member of the Republican county committee in 1891. 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/hurlbut758gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/nyfiles/ File size: 2.3 Kb