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Charles Stanford

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Charles Stanford

Birth
Watervliet, Albany County, New York, USA
Death
23 Aug 1885 (aged 66)
Niskayuna, Schenectady County, New York, USA
Burial
Albany,Albany County,New York,USAGPS-Latitude: 42.7005445, Longitude: -73.7280208
Plot
Section 18, Lot 105
Memorial ID
13264410View Source

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New York State Senator, publisher, road builder and farmer. He contracted with the city of Albany to fill in the Rutten Kill ravine. He employed 60 teams of oxen with carts from 1844 to 1847 to complete this project. Hudson Avenue is constructed over this ra-vine. He departed for California during the 1849 “Gold Rush” and became very wealthy as a merchant in California with branches in Australia and New Zealand. He returned to Albany in 1859 and became publisher of the Schenectady Union newspaper. He also owned a 300-acre farm and tavern (“Locust Grove”) on the east end of the Albany-Schenectady Turnpike just west of the tollbooth that was near Vatrano Road. Brother of Leland Stanford.
New York State Senator, publisher, road builder and farmer. He contracted with the city of Albany to fill in the Rutten Kill ravine. He employed 60 teams of oxen with carts from 1844 to 1847 to complete this project. Hudson Avenue is constructed over this ra-vine. He departed for California during the 1849 “Gold Rush” and became very wealthy as a merchant in California with branches in Australia and New Zealand. He returned to Albany in 1859 and became publisher of the Schenectady Union newspaper. He also owned a 300-acre farm and tavern (“Locust Grove”) on the east end of the Albany-Schenectady Turnpike just west of the tollbooth that was near Vatrano Road. Brother of Leland Stanford.


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    Locust Grove located in 'Stanford Heights' (Niskayuna NY) as it was back in the days of Charles and Welton Stanford. Found in the book TALES OF OLD SCHENECTADY by Larry Hart

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