Wilkes Angel (February 26, 1817
Exeter,
Otsego County, New York
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History
In 1 ...
- February 1889) was an American lawyer and politician from
New York.
Life
He was the son of
William G. Angel and Emily P. (English) Angel (1790–1822). In 1833, he removed with his father to
Hammondsport, New York
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The Village of Hammondsport is in the Town of Urbana and is northeast of Bath.
History
Lazarus Hammond founded ...
, and in 1835 to
Angelica, New York
Angelica is a town in the middle of Allegany County, New York, United States. The population was 1,284 at the 2020 census. The town is named after Angelica Schuyler Church, a daughter of General Philip Schuyler, sister-in-law of Founding Father ...
. He attended the common schools, studied law with his father, was admitted to the bar, and practiced in Angelica.
He was District Attorney of
Allegany County from 1841 to 1844. On December 23, 1841, he married Hannah Marble. He was Supervisor of Angelica in 1849, 1850 and 1861. He was a
Republican
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member of the
New York State Assembly (Allegany Co., 1st D.) in
1861
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. He was a member of the
New York State Senate (30th D.) from 1862 to 1865, sitting in the
85th,
86th,
87th and
88th New York State Legislatures.
In 1859, the county seat of Allegany County was transferred to
Belmont, and after his tenure in the State Senate Angel moved his law practice there. In 1876, he was appointed
Receiver of the
Belmont and Buffalo Railroad.
New York State Prison Inspector
William P. Angel;
Washington Territorial Council member
James R. Angel (1836–1899); and Texas Angel (1839–1903), a lawyer in
Hailey, Idaho
Hailey is a city in and the county seat of Blaine County, in the Wood River Valley of the central part of the U.S. state of Idaho. The population was 7,960 at the 2010 census, up from 6,200 in 2000.[Populist
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contender for U.S. Senator from Idaho in 1897); were his brothers.
References
''WILKES ANGEL''in ''Biographical Sketches of the State Officers and Members of the Legislature of the State of New York''] by William D. Murphy (1863; pages 42f)
''The New York Civil List''compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough, Stephen C. Hutchins and Edgar Albert Werner (1867; pages 358, 443f, 492 and 507)
compiled by L. L. Stillwell, at
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In November 2018, ...
''DEATH LIST OF A DAY'';...Ex-Justice James R. Angel''in NYT on October 5, 1899
''No Choice in Idaho''in NYT on January 17, 1897
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1817 births
1889 deaths
People from Otsego County, New York
Republican Party New York (state) state senators
Republican Party members of the New York State Assembly
People from Angelica, New York
County district attorneys in New York (state)
Town supervisors in New York (state)
19th-century American railroad executives
19th-century American politicians