Herkimer County NyArchives Biographies.....Stoddard, Wilbur O. 1857 - 
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Author: Hardin & Willard

Stoddard, Wilbur O., Newport, was born in Newport, Herkimer county, in 1857, a 
son of Orville J., whose father was Harvey, a native of Connecticut, born in 
1796.  In 1820 the latter came ot Newport, N.Y., and settled on the farm now 
owned by his son, Orville J.  He married Mary Daniels, a daughter of Eleazar 
Daniels (one of the earliest settlers of Newport, and in the war of 1812), by 
whom he had two sons and two daughters.  By trade he was a carpenter and 
assisted in building the Norway Church, the church at Russia Corners and 
Middleville Church.  In politics he was a Republican.  He died March 10, 1869, 
and his wife died in 1878.  Orville J. Stoddard was born in Newport on April 
8, 1837, and has always been a resident of the town.  August 19, 1855, he 
married Adelaide J. Minott, a native of Schuyler, born March 3, 1841.  She was 
one of the four daughters of Colonel and Betsey (Farrinton) Minott, early 
settlers of Schuyler, N.Y.  The children were Wilbur O., Mary A., wife of 
George M. Jones, of Newport, and Frank H.  Wilbur O. was reard on the old 
homestead.  He and his brother Frank are the leading honey producers of the 
county, and they also do an extensive business in pop-corn raising.  He owns 
two blocks and a fine dwelling in Middleville, is a Republican and has been 
assessor one term.  He has been bookkeeper and treasurer of the Haseclever 
cheese factory seven years and has taught school several terms.

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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