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Wadsworth, James Samuel

soldier, philanthropist, was born Oct. 30, 1807, in Geneseo, N. Y. He was admitted to the bar in 1833. He never practiced his profession but devoted himself to the management of the family estate in western New York, which amounted to fifteen thousand acres. In 1852 he was elected president of the State Agricultural society, in which he was interested during his life. He founded a public library in Geneseo; was a subscriber to the endowment of Geneseo college; aided in establishing the school-district library system. died May 8, 1864, near Chancellorsville, Va.

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