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Gaylord, John, was born December 25, 1813, in Somersetshire, England, and is a son of William and Martha (Wakelee)
Gaylord. In 1859 he went to South Africa, and for several years was in the British army. During the civil war he
was orderly to the governor of Cape Town, and upon the Confederate cruiser Alabama dropping anchor in that port
he was commissioned to bear a message to her commander to leave the harbor in two hours, or the ship would be blown
up. In 1871 Mr. Gaylord came to America and first settled in the town of Barre where he lived till 1884, then removed
to Clarendon, and bought the Guy Salisbury farm. Mr. Gaylord takes an active part in the politics of the town.
In 1891, he was elected excise commissioner of the town on the No License ticket. He is a member of Holley Lodge
I. O. O. F. In 1867 he married Mary Clark of Grahaunstown, South Africa, and they have three children: Clara, Addle
and Frances.
From:
Landmarks of Orleans County, New York
Edited by: Hon. Isaac C. Signor
Assisted by: H. P. Smith and others
D. Mason & Co., Publishers
Syracuse, N. Y. 1894
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