Individual Details

Captain Lemuel POMEROY

(15 Apr 1803 - 23 Oct 1853)

Events

Birth15 Apr 1803Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts
ReligionMay 1823attended a Bible class every 2 weeks under the instruction of the pastor - Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts
Marriage2 Oct 1826Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts - Aurelia O HOLLISTER
Residence30 Jun 1830with his family - Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts
Will6 Mar 1834Columbia County, New York
Miscellaneous9 Aug 1839represented the Whig Young Men of Columbia County Party as a delegate to the Senatorial Convention - Amcram, Columbia County, New York
Residence1840and was engaged in mining - Ancram, Columbia County, New York
Miscellaneous31 May 1842a bankrupt sale for a bed, pillows and travelling bags of his were advertised - Monroeville, Huron County, Ohio
Miscellaneous1845with his father and brothers built a new furnace - Copake, Columbia County, New York
MiscellaneousAft 1846built a substantial home on lands bordering the Pomeroy Iron Works furnace - Copake, Columbia County, New York
OccupationBef 1849Father's assistant at musket factory.
Occupation1 Nov 1849in partnership with his brothers in the firm L. Pomeroy's Sons after their father's death - Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts
Miscellaneous18 Nov 1849and his brothers under L. Pomeroy & Sons owned the oldest iron works in the northern states - Copake, Columbia County, New York
Miscellaneous1850with his brothers & brother-inlaw reorganized Copake Iron Co and became the owners - Copake, Columbia County, New York
Occupation11 Oct 1850iron master - Copake, Columbia County, New York
Religion24 May 1852was elected senior warden of the organizing of Church of St. John - Copake, Columbia County, New York
MiscellaneousBef 29 Jun 1852and brother-in-law Isaac Chesbrough, donated land to the St. John in the Wilderness Church - Copake, Columbia County, New York
OccupationBef 29 Jun 1852co-owner of the Copake Iron Works with brother-in-law Isaac Chesbrough - Copake, Columbia County, New York
Religion29 Jun 1852and brother-in-law Isaac Chesbrough, were the first wardens of St. John in the Wilderness Church - Copake, Columbia County, New York
Description5 May 1853weighing about 370 pounds - Copake, Columbia County, New York
Residence13 Aug 1853Copake, Columbia County, New York
OccupationOct 1853owners of the Copake Iron Works - Copake, Columbia County, New York
Death23 Oct 1853apoplexy - Copake, Columbia County, New York
BurialAft 23 Oct 1853in the Church of Saint John in the Wilderness Cemetery - Copake, Columbia County, New York

Families

SpouseAurelia O HOLLISTER (1802 - 1888)
ChildWilliam Lyman POMEROY (1827 - 1911)
ChildLemuel POMEROY (1828 - 1902)
ChildMary Eliza POMEROY (1830 - 1893)
ChildFrederick Hollister POMEROY (1832 - 1834)
FatherLemuel POMEROY (1778 - 1849)
MotherHart LESTER (1781 - 1852)
SiblingOlivia Hart POMEROY (1801 - 1885)
SiblingElizabeth POMEROY (1805 - 1882)
SiblingParthenia Little POMEROY (1806 - 1876)
SiblingEunice POMEROY (1808 - 1885)
SiblingHarriet POMEROY (1809 - 1875)
SiblingEmily POMEROY (1811 - 1867)
SiblingTheodore POMEROY (1813 - 1881)
SiblingGeorge POMEROY (1815 - 1831)
SiblingCol Robert POMEROY (1817 - 1889)
SiblingEdward POMEROY (1820 - 1889)