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Diamond, George T., was born in Albany, May 14, 1838. He was a son of Thomas S. and Margaret (Lainhart) Diamond,
he a native of Albany and she of Guilderland, N. Y. The grandfather of Mr. Diamond was William M. Diamond, who
was the first male child born in Lansingburgh, and in honor of the event Judge Lansing deeded him a lot. His father
was Thomas S., of French extraction; he was quartermaster in the Revolutionary war and was present at the Boston
Tea Party. Thomas S. Diamond settled in Lansingburgh and then removed to Albany and afterwards to New York city.
While in Albany he was one of the founders and junior warden of the Master's Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons.
His father was Sir Hugh Diamond. The father of Mr. Diamond (Thomas S.) was a carpenter and spent most of his days
in Albany, and in 1853 came to Greenbush and worked at the B. & A. shops, and in about 1867 went to Amsterdam
where he died in 1878. His wife died September, 1864. For his second wife he married Mary Jones, who died in Montclair,
N. J. Mr. Diamond was reared and educated in Albany, and was first employed by George T Carter in the variety business
when a lad twelve years old. He was then with the Western Union Telegraph Company as a messenger boy, and soon
after was with Hugh J. Hastings as collector and in a short time went in the daguerreotyping business employed
by R. Emmitt Churchill, and remained with him until he came to Greenbush. He was then employed by the B. &
A. Railroad for about eight months and left to take a position with the Hudson River Railroad and was with them
until 1857. He then went into the mercantile business and was engaged for twenty six years to a day. He discontinued
the mercantile business in 1883 and now carries on the trucking business, and is at present in Albany employing
five men. Mr. Diamond has been town clerk, trustee, police commissioner twice, collector of the village, and treasurer
four times. He has been a member of Greenbush Lodge No. 337, F. & A. M., for about twenty nine years, and is
a member of the K. of P. September 13, 1860, he married Jane E. Bell, a native of Greenbush and daughter of Stephen
Bell of Greenbush, who was a miller for several years. To Mr. and Mrs. Diamond were born five children; Annie,
at home; Allen B., Minnie, George, and Grace, who are dead.
From:
Landmarks of Rensselaer County
BY: George Baker Aaderson
Published By: D. Mason & Co. Publishers
Syracuse, NY 1897
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