|
NAVAGATION
Genesee County Biographies
Names A to B
Names C
Names D to E
Names F to G
Names H
Names I to L
Names M to N
Names O to R
Names S
Names T to Z
===========
QUICKLINKS
Online Biographies
Genesee County History
New York History
Erie County Biographies
Linkpendium Genesee County
|
Sutherland, James H., p. o. Darien, N. Y., son of Amaziah and Lucy (Hall) Sutherland, was born in the town of
Pembroke (now Darien), Genesee county, N. Y., December 16, 1828. He had the advantages of a good education and
at an early age was employed as a teacher in the public schools during the winter months and in the summer worked
on his father's farm. In 1852 he engaged in mercantile business at Darien Center, where he conducted a general
store until 1868. He then accepted a position with the Erie Railroad Company, in charge of the Griswold station,
and faithfully discharged his duties there nineteen years. At the end of this service he engaged in farming, which
he still follows. Mr. Sutherland has always taken an active interest in political affairs and held the office of
justice of the peace for a number of years. He was supervisor of his town from 1881 to 1884. In politics he is
a Democrat. On July 4, 1853, he married Emma, daughter of Lorine and Eunice (Jinks) Carter; they have one daughter,
May, wife of Giles Ranger. Mr. Sutherland is a member of Attica Lodge No. 462, F. & A. M.
Source:
Our County and it's people
a descriptive work on Genesee County, New York
Edited by: F. W. Beers
J.W. Vose & Co., Publishers, Syracuse, N. Y. 1899
|
|