G. Hilton Scribner

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Gilbert Hilton Scribner (April 23, 1831 - January 5, 1910) was an American lawyer and politician who was Secretary of State of New York from 1872 to 1873.[1]

[edit] Life

A resident of Yonkers, New York,[2] he was a Republican member of the New York State Assembly from Westchester County in 1871 and chairman of its Insurance Committee. [3] He was President of the Belt Line Street Railroad of New York.[4] In 1884, he authored an article titled Where Did Life Begin? in Popular Science.[5] He married Sarah Woodbury Pettingill (b. 1835).[6] He died at his residence "Inglehurst", on Pine Street, in Yonkers.[7]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Index to Politicians:Scott-williams to Scruton. The Political Graveyard. Retrieved on 2008-04-22.
  2. ^ Trevor, John B.; James B. Colgate (1892). Yonkers in the Rebellion of 1861-1865. 
  3. ^ "Presentation to Hon. G. Hilton Scribner", New York Times, June 7, 1871. 
  4. ^ Frost, Thomas G. (1909). The Frost family in England and America. 
  5. ^ Popular Science Monthly (1884)
  6. ^ Descendants of William True & Eleanor Stevens. Retrieved on 2008-04-23.
  7. ^ "Death notices", New York Times, January 6, 1910. 
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Homer Augustus Nelson		 New York Secretary of State
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Diedrich Willers, Jr.
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