(1743-1833) Born on a ship en route to America, Mary Jemison (sometimes spelled Jamison) lived with the Seneca for more than 60 years. In her early teenage years she was captured in Pennsylvania by Shawnee and French fighters and sold to Seneca Indians. She was adopted by the Seneca, married twice, had children, and lived … Continued
Writer. “Along the Wind.” Was born in Watertown; he practiced law there and later lived in Sackets Harbor. Practiced law in Rochester from 1921 to 1922.
(1837-1900) Poet. John H. Yates lived in Batavia, New York. His house on Washington Avenue and State Street has been accepted by the National Register of Historic Places.
(1918-1968) Novelist.
(1831-1905) Writer, novelist. Mary Mapes Dodge was born in New York City. She was editor of St. Nicholas Magazine, a magazine for children. She lived in Onteora Park, New York, in Yarrow Cottage, which she purchased in 1888; she died in Tannersville, New York, and the children of the community processed at her funereal.
(1910-1970) Poet. Charles Olson taught at the State University of New York at Buffalo, New York, from 1963 to 1965.
(1828-1895) Engineer, journal-keeper, secretary to U. S. Grant. Ely Parker was born on the Tonawanda reservation in New York. He was one of the first Native Americans noted for succeeding within the white mans higher institutions of learning. He was an engineer in Rochester and later a military secretary for Ulysses S. Grant. Henry Lewis … Continued
(1818-1869) Essayist, historian. George Copway was born in the Canadian province of Ontario near Lake Ontario. He was a Christian convert and became a Methodist preacher. In about 1846 he left Canada and went to New York City.
(1860-1940) Writer, poet. Hamlin Garland spent his summers in Onteora Park from 1917 to the 1930s. He was born near West Salem, Wisconsin; lived in Manhattan. He grew up in the middle western farmlands, the region he later wrote about in verse, stories, and autobiography. His tales, collected as “Main-travelled Roads” (1891), “Prairie Folks” (1893), … Continued