LaFayette W. Argetsinger
LaFayette William Argetsinger (February 24, 1858 – October 30, 1937) was an American farmer and politician from New York.
Life[edit]
Argetsinger was born on February 24, 1858, in Rutland Township, Pennsylvania, the son of carpenter Peter Argetsinger and Clara Wood Updyke.[1]
When Argetsinger was very young, he moved with his family to a large farm south of Geneva, New York, on Seneca Lake. A few years later, the family moved to Elmira, where he attended school. He worked as a trainman for the Northern Central Railroad.[1]
In 1884, Argetsinger bought a fruit farm near Burdett. Although he had no farming experience at the time, he gradually expanded his land holdings and developed one of the larger fruit farms in the county.[2]
In 1909, Argetsinger was elected to the New York State Assembly as a Republican, representing Schuyler County. He served in the Assembly in 1910.[2] He also served as town supervisor for Hector, and was chairman of the Republican County Committee.[1]
In 1883, Argetsinger married Eulalia Reynolds. Their children were J. Cameron and Lafayette W. Jr.[1]
Argetsinger died in Shepard Hospital in Montour Falls on October 30, 1937.[1] He was buried in Hector Union Cemetery in Burdett.
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e "Death Claims Prominent and Respected Citizen" (PDF). Watkins Express. Vol. LXXXV, no. 61. Watkins Glen, N.Y. 3 November 1937. p. 1 – via Old Fulton NY Postcards.
- ^ a b Murlin, Edgar L. (1910). The New York Red Book. Albany, N.Y.: J. B. Lyon Company. pp. 113–114 – via Google Books.
External links[edit]
- 1858 births
- 1937 deaths
- People from Tioga County, Pennsylvania
- People from Geneva, New York
- People from Elmira, New York
- Farmers from New York (state)
- People from Schuyler County, New York
- 20th-century American legislators
- Republican Party members of the New York State Assembly
- Town supervisors in New York (state)