Herman I. Quackenboss (January 8, 1792 Washington County, New York - November 19, 1874

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Life

He was the son of John H. Quackenboss (1766–1853) and Catrina (Van Woert) Quackenboss (b. 1768). He married Elizabeth, and they had three children. Herman I. Quackenboss was a

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, from Delaware Co. in

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(3rd D.) from 1831 to 1834, sitting in the 54th, 55th, 56th and

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Sources

''The New York Civil List''
compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 128ff, 144, 202, 209, 216 and 298; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858) ives first name "Herman" on pg. 128ff, 144 and 216, "Harman" on pg. 202, "Harmon" on pg. 209, and erroneously "Henry" on pg. 129br>Quackenboss genealogy
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