John
Benjamin
Gedney
Born in White Plains, Westchester, New York, United States
Ancestors 
Son of John Gedney
and Mary (Lyon) Gedney
Brother of
Margaret (Gedney) Cornell, Esther (Gedney) Martine, Abigail (Gedney) Tompkins, Elizabeth Ann (Gedney) Haviland, Phebe Lyon (Gedney) Wildey, Dorothy Gedney, Charlotte (Gedney) Billington, Bartholomew Gedney, Elijah Lyon Gedney and Mary Lyon (Gedney) Whiting
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at about age 49
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 4 Mar 2019
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Biography
John Gedney was one of the first three Inspectors of State Prisons elected on the Whig ticket in 1847 under the New York State Constitution of 1846, and drew the one year term, being in office in 1848.
Death Notice: Gedney - Tuesday, Oct 14, 1890 Ann Gedney, widow of John B. Gedney of White Plains. Funeral from the residence of her son, R. M. Gedney, 53 East 129 St., New York, Friday Oct. 17 at 3pm. Relatives and friends of the family invited without further notice.
Sources
- rootsweb.com 'Descendants of John Gedney
- Gedney Family, Settlers of Massachuetts
- Wikipedia
- The New York Civil List compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (page 45; Weed, Parsons & Co., 1858)
- timesmachine.nytimes.com
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