THE VAN WAGENEN LIBRARY AT THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT COBLESKILL, SCHOHARIE COUNTY, NEW YORK:

JARED VAN WAGENEN was born on May 14, 1871 at the family homestead at Lawyersville, and died on March 25, 1960 at home. On December 31, 1896 at Cobleskill he married Magdalena Eliza Lamont who was born on April 9, 1874 at Cobleskill and died on December 14, 1965 at Lawyersville. They are both buried in the Cobleskill Cemetery. Jared was a reknowned agriculturist, author, and radio commentator for many years on radio station WGY in Schenectady. He wrote a definitive study on life in the 1800′s which he entitled “The Golden Years of Homespun”.
He was a member of the New York State Assembly, elected on November 4, 1919 as a democratic candidate from Schoharie County.
The genealogical lineage of Jared Van Wagenen is found in my yet-to-be published book entitled “Gerrit Aertsen Van Wagenen of Wageningen, Holland”. Additional information about Jared Van Wagenen may be found by contacting me at Cvanwagenen@hvc.rr.com

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