Palmer Edward Havens (November 24, 1818 in
Moriah
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Essex County, New York – September 4, 1886 in
Essex, Essex Co., NY) was an American politician from
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Life
He was the son of Deacon John Havens (1791–1836) and Aurilla (Pratt) Havens (1785–1860). He attended the common schools, then taught school for ten years. At the same time, he studied law with
Henry H. Ross
Henry Howard Ross (May 9, 1790 – September 14, 1862) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.
Life
He was born on May 9, 1790, in Essex, New York, then a town in Clinton County which became part of Essex County, New York in 1799. H ...
, was admitted to the bar in 1843, and practiced in Essex. In 1841, he married Betsy E. Putnam (died 1872), and they had two children. He was at times Superintendent of Common Schools, Town Clerk, and Supervisor of the Town of Essex.
He was a member of the
New York State Assembly
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The Assem ...
(Essex Co.) in
1862
Events
January–March
* January 1 – The United Kingdom annexes Lagos Island, in modern-day Nigeria.
* January 6 – French intervention in Mexico: French, Spanish and British forces arrive in Veracruz, Mexico.
* January ...
and
1863
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Abraham Lincoln signs the Emancipation Proclamation during the third year of the American Civil War, making the abolition of slavery in the Confederate states an official war goal. It proclaims t ...
; of the
New York State Senate
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Partisan com ...
(16th D.) in
1864
Events
January–March
* January 13 – American songwriter Stephen Foster ("Oh! Susanna", "Old Folks at Home") dies aged 37 in New York City, leaving a scrap of paper reading "Dear friends and gentle hearts". His parlor song " ...
and
1865
Events
January–March
* January 4 – The New York Stock Exchange opens its first permanent headquarters at Broad Street (Manhattan), 10-12 Broad near Wall Street, in New York City.
* January 13 – American Civil War : Sec ...
; and again of the State Assembly in
1867
Events
January–March
* January 1 – The Covington–Cincinnati Suspension Bridge opens between Cincinnati, Ohio, and Covington, Kentucky, in the United States, becoming the longest single-span bridge in the world. It was renamed a ...
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On February 17, 1873, he married Jane M. (Ismon) Edwards.
Sources
''The New York Civil List''compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough, Stephen C. Hutchins and Edgar Albert Werner (1870; pg. 443, 495, 498 and 506)
''Biographical Sketches of the State Officers and the Members of the Legislature of the State of New York in 1862 and '63''by William D. Murphy (pg. 333f)
''Life Sketches of the State Officers, Senators, and Members of the Assembly of the State of New York in 1867''by S. R. Harlow & H. H. Boone (pg. 259ff)
transcribed at GenForum
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1818 births
1886 deaths
Republican Party New York (state) state senators
People from Moriah, New York
Republican Party members of the New York State Assembly
Town supervisors in New York (state)
19th-century American legislators