One of his last public appearance's was on the occasion of the dedication of the new monument to the captors of Andre at Tarry town, September 23, 1880. He was the presiding officer. His Greystone estate is now the property of Mr. Samuel Unterinyer, the prominent .dt^SSR^fc. New York lawyer. Westchester JP" County gave Mr. Tilden, at the elecw~ tiou of 1870, 12,050 votes, a majority ^0 igj of 2,17b over Mr. Hayes, his principal I^ opponent. ( 3&^ Peter Cooper, in his boyhood, lived in Peekskill, where his father ducted a small beer brewery.
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went to New York City at the age of JmjFjr^ ""' seventeen to seek his fortune, and was /w^m 4^' ~~7not subsequently, to our knowledge, / .Jr Wm
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connected with our county. 7 ^'J[ If Six new villages were incorporated / Zr' / between 1870 and 1880 -- Tarrytown (1870), Irvington (1872), Dobbs samuel j. tilden. Ferry (1873), Mount Kisco (1875), North Tarrytown (1875), and Hastings (1879). It is noteworthy that four of these places belonged to the Town of Greenburgh, while a fifth was located on its borders. Population of Westchester County in 1880: POPULATION
towns Bedford Mount Kisco Village Cortlandt
12>664
Peekskill Village Eastchester
^ 8'737
M93
Mount Vernon Milage Greenburgh Tarrytown Village Harrison Lewisboro
^ 8,934
4,686
3>731
3,025 1,494 l,bl-
HISTORY
WESTCHESTER
COUNTY POPULATION
TOWNS
Mamaroneck Mount Pleasant North Tarrytown Village New Castle New Rochelle North Castle North Salem
!'8^3 5'450