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Title: New York state's prominent and progressive men;
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Harrison, Mitchell Charles, 1870- (from old catalog) comp
Subjects: Delavan Scoville (New York (State) -- Biography. (from old catalog))
Publisher: (New York) New York tribune
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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DELEVAN SCOVILLE, a splendid specimen of what the New World can do in the way of buildini, a Imman being, comes of English and Scotch ancestry. His forefathers were New-Englanders, but in the first years of this century removedto what was known as the Black River Country, in New York State. Delevans father was born there, and the son also,in what was then httle more than a forest hamlet. The father was a pioneer of heroic mold, a man of mark for his time and Iilace. The mother was a woman of extraordinary character au<lgreat personal chai-ms. The son inherited the iron frame and marvelous strength of the father, combined with the gentleness and fine bearing of the mother. He was born, August 14, 1843, on the famous old Tug Hills of Lewis County, New York.His boyhood was passed on the farm in northern Oneida County. He quickly absorbed what learning the local schools afforded,and later pursued his studies at Falley and Cazenovia seminaries, preparing himself by further study in

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