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County: Delaware

Katherine Foote

Historical writer. She wrote “Ebenezer Foote: The Founder” (1927). Was born and lived on 2nd Street, Delhi, NY.

Jay Gould

Autocratic speculator and businessman, who was also a little known writer. He was born and brought up near Roxbury, N.Y. He wrote “A History of Delaware County” (1856).

Lucy Ann Lobdell

(1830-1912) Writer, iconic lesbian figure. “Adventures of Lucy Ann Lobdell, Female Hunter” (1855), “Lucy Ann Lobdell: Female Hunter of Delaware County,” hunted in Sullivan County.

Walter Meade

Journal-keeper, writer, photographer. “In the Catskill Mountains,” was born and lived all his life near Roxbury.