Biography of Chauncey A. Deyoe
FROM OUR COUNTY AND ITS PEOPLE
A DESCRIPTIVE AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD
OF SARATOGA COUNTY, NEW YORK
PREPARED AND PUBLISHED UNDER THE
AUSPICES OF THE SARATOGIAN
THE BOSTON HISTORY COMPANY, PUBLISHERS 1899
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Deyoe, Chauncey A., was born in Wilton, N. Y., February 10, 1843, a son of Peter P. and Eliza J. (Talmadge)
Deyoe. He attended the -common schools of Wilton and also Fort Edward Collegiate Institute for two years. His early
life was spent on the farm. In 1867 he entered the law office of Isaac G. Thompson of Troy where he studied law,
and nine months later was admitted to the bar. He then taught school for a term of years, and in 1876 entered the
general mercantile business in Stillwater in the old Tucker building and two years later removed to his present
location. Mr. Deyoe married Ella A., adopted daughter of Simeon and Anna Elms, and they have one son, Webster E.,
a graduate of the Stillwater union school. Mr. Deyoe is actively interested in town and county affairs and is at
present one of the trustees of the village.
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