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Also see [ Railway Officials in America 1906
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Garretsee, J. O., Lancaster, was born in Wyoming county, N.Y., and is the son of Henry Garretsee, who was a
hardware merchant at Warsaw for many years and a very prominent business man of that section. Mr. Garretsee came
to Lancaster in 1882 and was agent for the Erie Railroad, which position he held until 1895. In 1883 he engaged
in the coal business, which he has since carried on, and later he engaged in the livery and carting business in
partnership with J. M. Grice, under the name of Lancaster Livery and Carting Company, but at the end of one year
he bought his partner's interest and has since conducted the business alone. Mr. Garretsee has always taken a keen
interest in the affairs of the' village and is vice-president of the Lancaster Bank, also president of the Board
of Education, is one of the directors of the Lancaster Building and Loan Association, is secretary and treasurer
of the Lancaster Ice Company and is one of the trustees of the Presbyterian church.
Source:
Our Countty and it's people
a descriptive work on Erie County, New York
Edited by: Trumen C. White
The Boston History Company, Publishes 1898
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