John Wilkinson (September 30, 1798 - September 19, 1862) was a lawyer and first Postmaster of community known as Bogardus Corners, Cossit's Corners and Salina in

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. As a young man, Wilkinson took inspiration from a poem about an ancient city and named the new village, Syracuse just in time for the opening of the

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. Wilkinson was a prominent citizen in Syracuse and was an original town planner and helped lay out and name the village streets. He also served as an assemblyman and founded the ''Syracuse Bank'' in 1838. John Wilkinson died in Syracuse on September 19, 1862, at age 63.

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Uniquely Syracuse, City of Syracuse, 2009
{{DEFAULTSORT:Wilkinson, John 1798 births 1862 deaths Politicians from Syracuse, New York People from Troy, New York Burials at Oakwood Cemetery (Syracuse, New York)