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Author: Nan_Lambert
Surnames: Carrier, Tompkins, Bucklen, Anthony
Classification: biography
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Carrier, Colonel David R., Winfield, was the first president of the First National Bank of
West Winfield, and held that position until his death. He was the first postmaster of
West Winfield, and also a merchant there. He married first Betsey Tompkins, who died May
5, 1860. His second wife is Hannah, daughter of Simeon Bucklen, one of the first settlers
of this town. Mr. and Mrs. Carrier had two children, then eldest, Bessie A., who married
H.T. Anthony, of Leonardsville, Madison county, and they have one son, Rae C.; the son,
David R. Carrier, is in business in Chicago, Ill. Colonel David R. Carrier was born
December 27, 1795, and died April 7, 1880.
source:
History of Herkimer County, New York : illustrated with portraits of many of its citizens
edited by George A. Hardin ; assisted by Frank H. Willard
Syracuse, New York : D. Mason, 1893
550 p., 276 p. : ill., maps, ports.
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