George B. Guinnip (September 12, 1794 in
Hunterdon County, New Jersey – July 20, 1869 in
Watkins,
Schuyler County, New York) was an American merchant and politician from
New York
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Life
In 1817, he removed to
Dryden, New York. He married Sarah Hart (1798–1884), and they had several children.
He was a member of the
New York State Assembly
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The Assem ...
(
Tompkins Co.) in
1834
Events
January–March
* January – The Wilmington and Raleigh Railroad is chartered in Wilmington, North Carolina.
* January 1 – Zollverein (Germany): Customs charges are abolished at borders within its member states.
* January 3 †...
and
1836
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Queen Maria II of Portugal marries Prince Ferdinand Augustus Francis Anthony of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.
* January 5 – Davy Crockett arrives in Texas.
* January 12
** , with Charles Darwin on board, r ...
.
Before 1849, he removed to Salubria, then in
Chemung County
Chemung County is a county in the southern tier of the U.S. state of New York. The population was 84,148 as of the 2020 census. Its county seat is Elmira. Its name is derived from a Delaware Indian village whose name meant "big horn".
Chemung ...
. This village was subsequently renamed Jefferson, then Watkins, and in 1926 Watkins Glen. It has been the county seat of Schuyler County since it was formed in 1854.
He was a member of the
New York State Senate
The New York State Senate is the upper house of the New York State Legislature; the New York State Assembly is its lower house. Its members are elected to two-year terms; there are no term limits. There are 63 seats in the Senate.
Partisan com ...
(26th D.) in
1850
Events
January–June
* April
** Pope Pius IX returns from exile to Rome.
** Stephen Foster's parlor ballad "Ah! May the Red Rose Live Alway" is published in the United States.
* April 4 – Los Angeles is incorporated as a cit ...
and
1851
Events
January–March
* January 11 – Hong Xiuquan officially begins the Taiping Rebellion.
* January 15 – Christian Female College, modern-day Columbia College, receives its charter from the Missouri General Assembly.
...
. He was among the 12 state senators who resigned on April 17, 1851, to prevent a quorum in the Senate.
He was buried at the Glenwood Cemetery in Watkins Glen.
Sources
''The New York Civil List''compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 136, 141, 216, 218 and 277; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)
External links
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1794 births
1869 deaths
Democratic Party New York (state) state senators
People from Hunterdon County, New Jersey
People from Dryden, New York
New York (state) Jacksonians
19th-century American legislators
Democratic Party members of the New York State Assembly