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ANDREW SCHRIVER, residing on a farm near Chester, N. Y., was born December 16, 1840, at Lagrange, Dutchess County,
N. Y. His early education was obtained at the Unionville Seminary. He joined Company A, One Hundred and Forty fourth
New York Volunteers, and served in the Civil War for three years, after which he joined the New York conference
of the Methodist Episcopal Church and actively followed the ministry for thirty seven years, and for six years
was presiding elder of the Newburgh district. Mr. Schriver is now retired and resides on the Oak Lane farm of one
hundred and forty acres, near Chester, N. Y. He makes a specialty of breeding and exhibiting Hampshire sheep, Guernsey
cattle and fancy poultry. He married Alida Wiltsie, of Albany County, April 24, 1877. Their five children are:
Hiram W., Newman E., Paul R., Charlotte and Frank. Mr. Schriver is a republican and takes an active interest in
politics. He is one of the managers of the Orange County Agricultural Society.
From:
The History of Orange County New York
Edited by: Russel Headley
Van Deusen and Elms, Publishers
Middletown, N. Y. 1908
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