Lodi in Seneca County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Silas Halsey (1743 - 1832)
Photographed by Susan A. Dalaba, April 15, 2024
1. Silas Halsey Marker
Purchased military lot no. 37 in 1793. Served as Seneca County Clerk, NYS Legislator & U.S. Congressman. Lived here until 1832.
Erected 2022 by William G. Pomeroy Foundation. (Marker Number 986.)
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Government & Politics. In addition, it is included in the William G. Pomeroy Foundation series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1743.
Location. 42° 37.1′ N, 76° 49.384′ W. Marker is in Lodi, New York, in Seneca County. It is on North Main Street (New York State Route 414), on the left when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 8375 North Main Street, Lodi NY 14860, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Upstate New York, specifically in Western New York, and in the Finger Lakes. It is also in the American Northeast and in the Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Lodi Fire (approx. Ό mile away); Lodi Point (approx. 2.7 miles away); Routes of the armies of General John Sullivan and General James Clinton (approx. 3 miles away); Ovid Union Cemetery Veterans Memorial (approx. 3½ miles away); Butcher Hill (approx. 3½ miles away); Tillinghast Manor (approx. 3.8 miles away); Thomas R. Lounsbury (approx. 3.8 miles away); "Baby Bear" (approx. 4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Lodi.
Also see . . . HALSEY, Silas 1743 1832 (Biographical Directory of the United States Congress).
Excerpt: HALSEY, Silas, (father of Jehiel Howell Halsey, father of Nicoll Halsey), a Representative from New York; born in Southampton, Long Island, N.Y., October 6, 1743 (old style); attended the public schools; studied medicine at Elizabethtown (later Elizabeth), N.J.; returned to Southampton and practiced medicine from 1764 to 1776; resided three years in Killingsworth, Conn., during the Revolutionary War, when he(Submitted on April 17, 2024.)again returned to Southampton, N.Y.; undersheriff of Suffolk County 1784-1787; sheriff 1787-1792; moved to Herkimer County in 1793, settled in what is now the town of Lodi, Seneca County, and continued the practice of medicine; also erected and operated a grist mill; supervisor of the town of Ovid 1794-1804; member of the State assembly from Onondaga County in 1797 and 1798 and from Cayuga County in 1800, 1801, 1803, and 1804; member of the State constitutional convention in 1801; clerk of Seneca County 1804-1813 and 1815; elected as a Republican to the Ninth Congress (March 4, 1805-March 3, 1807); served in the State senate in 1808 and 1809; engaged in farming; died at Lodi, Seneca County, N.Y., November 19, 1832; interment in Old Halsey Cemetery, South Lodi, N.Y.Photographed by Susan A. Dalaba, April 15, 20242. Silas Halsey Marker
Photographed by Susan A. Dalaba, April 15, 2024
3. Silas Halsey Home
Photographed by Susan A. Dalaba, April 15, 2024
4. Silas Halsey Marker
Photographed by Susan A. Dalaba, April 15, 2024
5. Across the street from the marker.
Credits. This page was last revised on April 17, 2024. It was originally submitted on April 15, 2024, by Susan A. Dalaba of Cortland, New York. This page has been viewed 393 times since then and 34 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on April 15, 2024, by Susan A. Dalaba of Cortland, New York. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
