William S. Church
William Stewart Church (1858–1928)[1] was an American politician from Monroe County, New York.
Life
[edit]Church was born in February 1858 in Riga, New York, as the son of Col. Dennis Church. He attended the common schools; Phillips Academy in 1871 and 1872; Canandaigua Academy from 1873 to 1875; and the Columbia College School of Mines from 1876 to 1879. Then he engaged in farming. He married Helen S. Shields (1863–1960). Church and his wife are interred in Riga.[1]
He was a Democratic member of the New York State Assembly (Monroe Co., 3rd D.) in 1888.
Assemblyman Elihu Church was his grandfather.
Sources
[edit]- ^ a b William S. Church at Find a Grave
- Biographical sketches of the members of the Legislature in The Evening Journal Almanac (1888)