Identifier: wallkillvalleyin00wall (find matches)
Title: The Wallkill Valley in art and story
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: Wallkill Valley Farmers' Association
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Publisher: Walden, N.Y. : Wallkill Valley Farmers' Association
Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
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IlliI■ i> ilyers- THi subject ol this sketch was born at Libertyville, Ulster County, New York, November 3rd, 1857- Hists were Phillip and Sarah A. Ayers, who were direct descendants of the French Huguendts, theiturd) pioneers ut> planted •> christian civilization In the Hudson River and Wallkill Valleys. Early in life Mr...■ tin- millers tra le, tnd undei the Instruction ol H. Wood, of the Royal Mills, Loyd, N. Y., soon be-• in his business, remaining for .1 period i seventeen years, in 1893 Mr. Ayers, with his family,I to 1 nn, .Hid has charge t one i the largest and best equiped mills in the state; hav- •11 most Improved machinery, rhe products ol the St. Elmo Mills are noted for their purity and
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Wesley Wait, D- D- 8, WESLEY WAIT, D. D. S., was born near Montgomery, N. Y., May 15th, 1861, son of Thomas and MaryMould Wait. He received his education at the district school and Montgomery Academy. In 1881 heentered New York College of Denistry, and eight months after was appointed first assistant to Professor J. B.Littig. In 1883 he graduated one year ahead of his class, his degree not being conferred until 1884, and beganthe practice of his profession at Newburgh in 1885. He is the proprietor of the Consumers Ice Company, nowleased to the Muchattoes Lake Ice Company, also of the Newburgh Floral Company, having store on SecondStreet and greenhouses at West Newburgh, which contain thirty thousand feet of glass. He still practices theprofession of denistry. From 1890 to 1893 he represented New York State in the American Association of Invent-ors and Manufacturers, and in 1891 represented this Congressional District at the Patent Centennial at Wash-ington, D. C, being the inventor an

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