Spaulding, Edward
inventor, was born Sept. 3, 1824, in Milford, N. H. He has taken out about ten patents, the most notable of which is a magnetic and electric ear telephone for enabling the deaf to hear. Among his other inventions is a process for keeping cider sweet in any cli-- mate.
SPAULDING, ELBRIDGE GERRY,. financier, legislator, author, was born Feb. 24, 1809, in Summer Hill, N. Y. In 1834 he moved to Buffalo, N..
Y., and was mayor of that city in 1847..
In 1848 he was elected a member of the New York legisla-- ture; and the following year was made a member of congress,. and served that body six years. For four years he was on the committee of ways. and means; and was the author of the legal tender act. In 1853 he was elected treasurer of the state of New York. In 1852 he engaged in banking; and in 1864 organized the Farmers' and Mechanics' National bank of Buffalo, of which he was president until his death.
He took a great interest in genealogical history pertaining to the Spalding family, and erected a monument in Buffalo, N. Y., in honor of the nine Spaldings who fought in the battle of Bunker Hill. He died in 1897 in Buffalo, N. Y.