Isaac Lacey (December 1, 1776 in Litchfield, Litchfield County, Connecticut – April 28, 1844 in Chili Center,

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) was an American politician from

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Life

He was the son of Ebenezer Lacey and Mary (Hurd) Lacey. In 1816, he removed from

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to a place in Genesee County which in 1822 became part of the Town of Chili, now in Monroe County. He was a member of the

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(Monroe Co.) in

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and

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. He was a member of the

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(8th D.) from 1835 to 1838, sitting in the 58th, 59th, 60th and

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s. He was buried at the Fellows Cemetery in South Chili. Assemblyman John T. Lacey (b. 1808) was his son.

Sources

''The New York Civil List''
compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 130ff, 142, 204, 211 and 286; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)
''Pen and Ink Portraits of Senators, Assemblymen and State Officers of the State of New York''
by G. W. Bungay (Albany NY, 1857; pg. 38 "JOHN T. LACEY")

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lacey, Isaac 1776 births 1844 deaths New York (state) state senators Anti-Masonic Party politicians from New York (state) People from White Creek, New York People from Chili, New York New York (state) Whigs 19th-century American politicians Members of the New York State Assembly Politicians from Litchfield, Connecticut