Source Information

Cuccinello, Karen, comp.. New York Politicians and Postmasters, 1898 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.
Original data: Edgar L. Murlin. The 1898 New York Red Book: an Illustrated Legislative Manual of the State List of Politicians and Postmasters in New York. New York, USA: 1898.

About New York Politicians and Postmasters, 1898

This database contains 3,979 records and 4,019 names. Excerpts from this book include all of New York State's Governors until 1898, Members of the Assembly, Senators, and Postmasters for all of New York State. Information includes vital information, town and county of residence, and family members. All towns with post offices in 1898 are listed (some towns are no longer extant). For those with relations in New York State this is a good source of information.