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Biographical information about people who were born in, lived in, worked in or had some connection with Schenectady County.
Cambefort [Comfort], Geraldus
[early freeholder of Schenectady]
Adult Freeholders (History of the Schenectady Patent )
Campbell, John D. (1844 — ?)
[Rotterdam farmer and New York State Assembly member]
John D. Campbell (Biographical Review: Greene, Schoharie and Schenectady Counties, New York )
Campbell, William Lauder (1844 — ?)
[Schenectady police chief]
William Lauder Campbell (Biographical Review: Greene, Schoharie and Schenectady Counties, New York )
Campbell, William W. (1887 — ?)
[Schenectady mayor, attorney, New York State Assembly member]
William W. Campbell (History of the Mohawk Valley: Gateway to the West 1614-1925 )
Carstense, Teunis (? — 1691)
[early freeholder of Schenectady]
Adult Freeholders (History of the Schenectady Patent )
Carter, James Earl "Jimmy" (1924 —)
[38th president of the United States, attended Union College]
American Presidents: Life Portraits (C-SPAN)Jimmy Carter (White House)Print Resources:
"James Earl Carter" in Encyclopedia of World Biography , Second Edition, v. 3, pp. 339-342 (Detroit: Gale Research, 1998)
Somers, Wayne. "Carter, James Earl ("Jimmy") Jr." in Encyclopedia of Union College History , p. 144 (Schenectady: Union College Press, 2003) [R 378.73 ENC at SCPL]
Case, Levi
Cermak, William (1856 — 1907)
Chestnut, Harold (1918 — 2001)
[pioneer in control of electric power systems]
Harold Chestnut (Edison Tech Center)Print Resource:
McDonald, Avril. "Harold Chestnut, 1917-" in Notable Twentieth-Century Scientists , v. 1, pp. 351-352 (New York: Gale Research, 1995)
Christiaanse, Christiaan
[early freeholder of Schenectady]
Adult Freeholders (History of the Schenectady Patent )
Christoffelse, Davidt (? — 1690)
[early freeholder of Schenectady]
Adult Freeholders (History of the Schenectady Patent )
Civitello, Ralph (1895 — 1974) and Marie (? — 1967)
Clarke, Edith (1883 — 1959)
[General Electric engineer and physicist]
Edith Clarke (1883 - 1959) (Edison Tech Center)Print Resource:
Withem, Karen. "Edith Clarke, 1883-1959" in Notable Twentieth-Century Scientists , v. 1, pp. 360-361 (New York: Gale Research, 1995)
Clement, Pieter and Joseph
[early freeholder of Schenectady]
Adult Freeholders (History of the Schenectady Patent )
Clinton, Jacob Sanders (1879 — ?)
[Schenectady water superintendent and county supervisor]
Major Jacob Sanders Clinton (History of the Mohawk Valley: Gateway to the West 1614-1925 )
Clute, Bartholomew H. (1831 — ?)
[Glenville dairy farmer]
Bartholomew H. Clute (Biographical Review: Greene, Schoharie and Schenectady Counties, New York )
Clute, Frederic
[early freeholder of Schenectady]
Adult Freeholders (History of the Schenectady Patent )
Clute, Capt. Jan (? — 1683)
[early freeholder of Schenectady]
Adult Freeholders (History of the Schenectady Patent )
Clute, Johannes
[early freeholder of Schenectady]
Adult Freeholders (History of the Schenectady Patent )
Cobes, Ludovicus
[early freeholder of Schenectady]
Adult Freeholders (History of the Schenectady Patent )
Collamer, J. Wiggins (1883 — ?)
[Schenectady attorney]
J. Wiggins Collamer (History of the Mohawk Valley: Gateway to the West 1614-1925 )
Concordia, Charles (1908 — 2003)
Conover, John M. (1839 — ?)
[Duanesburg farmer]
John M. Conover (Biographical Review: Greene, Schoharie and Schenectady Counties, New York )
Coolidge, William David (1873 — 1975)
[pioneer in incandescent lamps and X-ray science]
William D. Coolidge (Edison Tech Center)William David Coolidge: Inventor, Physicist, Research Director (Harvard Square Library)Print Resources:
Liebhafsky, Herman A. William David Coolidge: A Centenarian and His Work , (New York: Wiley, 1974) [B C7748l at SCPL]
Miller, John A. Yankee Scientist , (Schenectady, NY: Mohawk Development Service, 1963) [B C7748m at SCPL]
Richman, Vita. "William D. Coolidge, 1873-1975" in Notable Twentieth-Century Scientists , v. 1, pp. 395-396 (New York: Gale Research, 1995)
Wise, George. "William David Coolidge" in American National Biography , v. 5, pp. 427-428 (New York: Oxford University Press, 1999) [R 920 ANB at SCPL]
Cooper, James Chrysler (1872 — ?)
[Schenectady attorney and city judge]
James Chrysler Cooper (History of the Mohawk Valley: Gateway to the West 1614-1925 )
Cornell, Joseph H. (1896 — ?)
[Schenectady physician and surgeon]
Joseph H. Cornell, M. D. (History of the Mohawk Valley: Gateway to the West 1614-1925 )
Cowan, Andrew (1760 — 18??)
Cromwell, Jacobus
[early freeholder of Schenectady]
Adult Freeholders (History of the Schenectady Patent )
Cullings, Emmett H. (1872 — ?)
[owner of The Morning Herald in Gloversville]
Emmett H. Cullings (History of the Mohawk Valley: Gateway to the West 1614-1925 )
Cummings, John J. (1902 — 1953)
Curtis, Charles Gordon (1860 — 1953)
Curtis, Stephen A. (1850 — ?)
[Schenectady accountant]
Stephen A. Curtis (Biographical Review: Greene, Schoharie and Schenectady Counties, New York )
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