Samuel Rexford (October 14, 1776 Claverack, then in Albany Co., now in

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- February 24, 1857 Lock Haven,

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) was an American politician from

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Life

He was in the lumber business. He was Supervisor of the Town of

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in 1826 and 1827. He was a member of the

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( Delaware Co.) in 1823. He was a member of the

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(2nd D.) from 1829 to 1832, sitting in the 52nd, 53rd, 54th and

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Sources

''The New York Civil List''
compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 127f, 144, 199 and 299; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)

on-line version of ''The History of Delaware County'' by W. W. Munsell *Death notice i
''Annual Obituary Notes of Eminent Persons, for 1857''
by Nathan Crosby (Boston, 1858; pg. 284f)

External links

His house
(demolished 1937) in ''Images of America: Sidney'' by Erin Andrews and the Sidney Historical Association (2010; ; pg. 28) {{DEFAULTSORT:Rexford, Samuel 1776 births 1857 deaths People from Claverack, New York People from Sidney, New York New York (state) state senators New York (state) Jacksonians 19th-century American politicians Town supervisors in New York (state) Members of the New York State Assembly