James M. Halsey

James Mitchell Halsey (May 22, 1825 – March 22, 1899) was an American farmer, merchant, and politician from Bridgehampton, New York.

Life

Halsey was born on May 22, 1825, in Bridgehampton, New York, the son of Judge Hugh Halsey and Phebe Mitchell. He was a descendant of Thomas Halsey.[1] His father Hugh was judge of the county court and New York State Surveyor General.[2]

Halsey received a common school education. He initially worked as a farmer, but in around 1862 he entered the mercantile business. He held several town offices and spent four years working in the New York Custom House. In 1867, he was elected to the New York State Assembly as a Democrat, representing Suffolk County. He served in the Assembly in 1868.[3]

At one point, Halsey was in a partnership with Benjamin G. Eldredge under the firm name Halsey & Eldredge. The partnership was dissolved in 1870.[4] He served as Supervisor of Southampton from 1878 to 1880.[2] In 1886, he was appointed Postmaster of Bridgehampton.[5]

In 1857, Halsey married Mary A. Wright, daughter of Dr. Levi D. Wright. Their children were Katherine P., Levi Wright, and Hugh.[1]

Halsey died at home from apoplexy on March 22, 1899.[6] He went out of the house that day to do some small duties, but when he was gone for too long his daughter searched for him and found him unconscious outside. He died shortly after he was brought home.[7] He was buried in the old Bridgehampton Cemetery.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b Halsey, Jacob Lafayette; Halsey, Edmund Drake (1895). Thomas Halsey of Hertfordshire, England, and Southampton, Long Island, 1591-1679, With his American Descendants to the Eighth and Ninth Generations. Morristown, N.J.: The Jerseyman Office. pp. 279, 404 – via Internet Archive.
  2. ^ a b Pelletreau, William S. (1903). A History of Long Island From Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time. Vol. II. New York and Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company. pp. 684–685 – via Internet Archive.
  3. ^ Harlow, S. R.; Hutchins, S. C. (1868). Life Sketches of the State Officers, Senators, and Members of the Assembly, of the State of New York, in 1868. Albany, N.Y.: Weed, Parsons & Company. p. 246 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ "NOTICE: The firm of "HALSEY AND ELDREDGE"". The Sag-Harbor Express. Vol. XI, no. 36. Sag Harbor, N.Y. 17 March 1870. p. 3 – via NYS Historic Newspapers.
  5. ^ "Bridge-Hampton Correspondence". The Sag-Harbor Express. Vol. XXVII, no. 30. Sag Harbor, N.Y. 4 February 1886. p. 2 – via NYS Historic Newspapers.
  6. ^ "LONG ISLAND OBITUARY RECORD". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Vol. 59, no. 84. New York, N.Y. 26 March 1899. p. 32 – via Brooklyn Public Library Brooklyn Newsstand.
  7. ^ "OBITUARY". The Brooklyn Daily Times. Brooklyn, N.Y. 25 March 1899. p. 9 – via Brooklyn Public Library Brooklyn Newsstand.
  8. ^ Adams, James Truslow (1916). Memorials of Bridgehampton. Bridgehampton, N.Y.: The Bridgehampton News. p. 363 – via Google Books.
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