George Sylvanus Halstead (1853)

Ancestors

Problems/Questions Profile manager: Barbara Hampson [send private message]

Biography

For four years George S. Halsted attended the Dutchess County Academy, under Stewart Pelham, after which he pursued his studies for two years in the Cary Academy, but completed his education with Mr. Pelham, finishing the entire course in 1872. On leaving school he took up farming, and for many years worked for his father, but in 1880 purchased the old Sidney Livingston farm, removing upon the place in the spring of that year.

It comprises sixty-five acres of rich and arable land, which he has converted into one of the best farms in the town. In 1880 Mr. Halsted was married to Miss Esther E. Dickinson, of Westchester County, N. Y., daughter of Henry Dickinson, and they have become the parents of three children:

• Ruth
• Caroline W.
• George D.

In 1884 he was elected justice of the peace to fill a vacancy and in 1888 and 1892 re-elected to the same office. He has also been a school trustee and assessor of his district and has done much toward getting the postal facilities improved in his section. He is prominently identified with the Dutchess County Farmers Club, and is a charter member and one of the directors of the Farmers Town Co-operative Insurance Company of Hyde Park, while religiously he belongs to the Hicksite Branch of the Society of Friends, attending meetings at Crum Elbow.

Sources

J.H. Beers & Co. Commemorative biographical record of Dutchess County, New York. Chicago, J. H. Beers & co, 1897. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/08012286/>.