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Below is a family biography included in Portrait and Biographical Record of Seneca and Schuyler Counties, New York published by Chapman Publishing Co., in 1895. 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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SAMUEL BLAIN, a native of Warwick, Orange County, N. Y., was born January 17, 1777. Much of his life was passed in Seneca County, where he enjoyed the esteem and confidence of his fellow-men to an unusual degree. In April, 1816, he was elected Supervisor, and was re-elected from year to year until 1821, also filling the same position in 1827, 1828 and 1829. After the town of Varick was taken from Romulus, he was chosen its Supervisor, serving in that capacity in 1831, 1832 and 1833. During the War of 1812 he rose to the rank of Colonel in the local militia. For many years he was a magistrate, and in 1830 he served in the Assembly, being a member of that body at the time of the erection of the town of Varick. He died January 2, 1840, aged sixty-three years.
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