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Devendorf, Frederick B , was born at Cedarville, Herkimer county, N. Y., February 14, 1846. He was educated
in the public schools and the Mexico Academy in Oswego county, graduating from that institution in 1866. He then
engaged in teaching for a number of years and in 1875 accepted a position with H. H. Babcock & Co. as a traveling
salesman, in whose employ he remained for eight years. In 1885 he established himself in the hardware and plumbing
business in which he has since been actively engaged. Mr. Devendorf takes an active interest in all public affairs
and is always ready to assist in any good move for the betterment of the community in which he lives. October 24,
1871, he married Miss Anna C. Bassett of Watertown, Conn., and they have three children: Grace, wife of Stanley
E. Hunting; William F., now in the senior year of Cornell University, and Christian A., a student in the Watertown
High School.
Source:
Our County and it's people
a descriptive work on Jefferson County, New York
Edited by: Edgar C. Emerson
The Boston History Co., Publishers, Syracuse, N. Y. 1898
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