Silas Belden Dutcher (July 12, 1829 – February 10, 1909) was the

New York State Superintendent of Public Works The office of Superintendent of Public Works was created by an 1876 amendment to the New York State Constitution. It abolished the canal commissioners and established that the Department of Public Works execute all laws relating to canal maintenan ...

Biography

He was born on July 12, 1829, in

Springfield, New York Springfield is a Administrative divisions of New York#Town, town in Otsego County, New York, Otsego County, New York (state), New York, United States. The population was 1,358 at the 2010 census. It is located at the northern county line of Ots ...

. Dutcher attended the

Cazenovia Academy Cazenovia College was a private college in Cazenovia, New York. Founded as the Genesee Seminary in 1824 and sponsored by the Methodist Church in 1894, the college adopted the name of "Cazenovia Seminary". It was reorganized in 1942 after church s ...

. He served as the

from 1880 to 1883. He died on February 10, 1909, in

Brooklyn, New York Brooklyn is a Boroughs of New York City, borough of New York City located at the westernmost end of Long Island in the New York (state), State of New York. Formerly an independent city, the borough is coextensive with Kings County, one of twelv ...

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