Dustin Grow Cheever (January 30, 1830 – February 6, 1897) was a member of the

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Biography

Cheever was born on January 30, 1830, in

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. In June 1851, he moved to

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, where he worked, among other things, as a farmer. He was a

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. In 1853, Cheever married Christiana Grow. They had two children before her death on January 1, 1873. Cheever later married Dell Louisa Bailey, a widowed mother of one, on October 17, 1878. He died in February 1897.

Political career

Cheever was a member of the Assembly in 1872 and 1873. Other positions he held include Town Clerk and Chairman of the Town Board (similar to city council) of Clinton, county supervisor of

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, and justice of the peace. He was a

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References

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