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Below is a family biography included in Book of Biographies: Biographical Sketches of Leading Citizens, Cortland County, New York published by Biographical Publishing Company in 1898.  These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary.  Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more.  There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.

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WILLIAM T. LINDERMAN, the efficient chief of police of Cortland village, was born December 15, 1853, at Ithaca, N. Y. He is a descendant of the sturdy German race on the paternal side, and is a son of Ira Linderman, and grandson of Henry Linderman.

Henry Linderman was born in Newfield, N. Y. In his early days he attended the public schools, after which he became engaged in farming, following this occupation the rest of his life. In his political views, he was a Republican. He was the father of five children, four boys and one girl. His death took place at the age of seventy years.

Ira Linderman, the father of our subject, received his education in the public schools, after which he learned the trade of a blacksmith as a means of securing a livelihood and acquiring a competence. He followed his trade in the towns of Ithaca, Tully and Groton. He then became engaged in the manufacture of carriages, and still follows that occupation. At present he is a trusted employee in a carriage factory, situated at Waterloo, N. Y. Mr. Linderman chose Miss Nancy Lormore as his life-long companion, and they became the proud parents of three children, whose names are as follows: Ida, the wife of Charles Delmarter of Elmira, N. Y.; Mary, deceased; and William T., our subject. Mrs. Linderman is of Irish descent, her parents having come from County Tyrone, Ireland. She was called Home in the year 1889. Mr. Linderman was born in the year 1827, and, although now seventy years of age, he can still do a day’s work that would put many a younger man to shame.

In his political belief, he is a strong Republican. He is an earnest member of the M. E. Church of Elmira.

William T. Linderman received his education in the public schools of Ithaca, after which he went to Elmira and entered the jewelry business. Not liking this, he soon left it to take a situation in a carriage factory, taking up this line of work in 1869, and continuing in it until 1894. In April, 1880, he moved to Cortland, N. Y., and entered the employ of the Hitchcock Wagon Co., and remained with that concern for some years. Mr. Linderman is a wide-awake and enterprising man. Seeing the necessity for a better protection against fire, he organized the Hitchcock Hose Co. of Cortland. He was a member of the militia, and for thirteen years stood ready to answer the call of his country should it need him. He was a member of the 110th Battalion, now 26th Separate Co., of Elmira, N. Y. The citizens of Cortland, recognizing his great executive ability, chose him as chief of police in 1895; he still fills that office to the entire satisfaction of all. He is kind to those deserving, but is unrelenting in his punishment of those who travel the path of crookedness. Although a Republican, he received the votes of many Democrats, who desired a good man in office, regardless of party. Socially, he is a member of the Vesta Lodge, I. O. O. F., No. 255, of Cortland. Our subject married Lucy McCarger, daughter of Thomas McCarger, Jr., of Groton, N. Y., August 23, 1876. They have one child, Maud M. Mr. and Mrs. Linderman are faithful members of the M. E. Church of Cortland.

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This family biography is one of numerous biographies included in Book of Biographies: Biographical Sketches of Leading Citizens, Cortland County, New York published in 1898. 

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