BIOGRAPHY

EDWARD HALSEY - OF ALABAMA, NY

Edward Halsey was born December 19, 1809, in Fairfield, Herkimer County, N. Y. He was a wagonmaker by trade, and settled in Alabama in 1847, as a farmer. He married Nancy Goff, of Henrietta, N. Y., and they had two children: Alice, wife of Frank Blackman, who resides in Rockford, Ill., and Henry, who resides in Oakfield. Mr. Halsey's wife was born December 11, 1812. They reside at Smithville.

Source: Gazetteer and Biographical Record of Genesee County, New York, Edited by: F. W. Beers, J.W. Vose & Co., Publishers, Syracuse, N. Y. 1890