Jerome Angel

Dr. Jerome Angel was born on June 5, 1835, in Union Valley hamlet, Taylor, New York. He was the son of Franklin Angel and Mary Ann (Brooks) Angel. He was educated at the common school in Taylor. He then studied medicine at Geneva Medical College. He practiced medicine in Taylor from 1854 to 1887 and enjoyed an extensive practice. 108      He married Mary Ann (Halbert) Angel on June 10, 1858. They had two kids: Walter H. (b.1864/1865) and Bell (1873).109       In 1886, Jerome Angel was elected to his first term as Town Supervisor of Taylor, New York. It is uncertain what party he was affiliated with during his first term.110 Later in the year, he was nominated as the Prohibition Party candidate for Congress in the 25th congressional district. The Democratic Party also nominated Angel. Angel went up against incumbent Congressman Frank Hiscock. He received 11498 votes and 41.62% of the total vote.111 In 1887, he was elected to his second term as Town Supervisor as a Prohibition Party candidate. He was also reportedly backed by the local Democratic Party.112       Dr. Angel moved to Cortland, New York in 1887. He moved his medical practice to Cortland and continued to practice medicine for the rest of his life. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church at Cortland.113 He was a member of the Cortland County Medical Society and in 1893 served on their board of censors.       Dr. Jerome Angel died of Apoplexy on September 2, 1896. He was buried in Cortland Rural Cemetery, Cortland, New York.114 

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    108 “Jerome Angel: United States Census, 1870”, FamilySearch.org, Accessed, June 8, 2021, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8FK-3TJ; 
“Jerome Angel: United States Census, 1880”, FamilySearch.org, Accessed, June 8, 2021, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZZV-KTG; 
“Dr Jerome W Angell (1835-1896) - Find A Grave Memorial”, Find a Grave, Accessed June 8, 2021, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/123021809/jerome-w-angell.       
    109 “Dr Jerome W Angell (1835-1896) - Find A Grave Memorial”, Find a Grave; “Jerome Angel: New York State Census, 1865”, FamilySearch.org, Accessed, June 8, 2021, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVNJ-7W48; 
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    110 “Union Valley”, The McGrawville sentinel. (M’Gawville, New York), November 18, 1886, Accessed, June 8, 2021, 
“Taylor”, The McGrawville sentinel, (M’Gawville, New York), February 18, 1886, Accessed, June 8, 2021, 
    111 “Two More Prohibition Supervisors”, The Voice, (New York City, New York), February 24, 1887;
“Prohibition Convention Proceedings”, The McGrawville sentinel, (M’Gawville, New York), August 12, 1886, Accessed, June 8, 2021, 
 “Hiscock Frank: 1834 – 1914”, Bioguide Search, Accessed June 8, 2021, https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/H000643.; The Tribune Almanac and Political Register for 1887, (New York: Greeley & McElrath, 1887), https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433081727335&view=1up&seq=333, 87
    112“Two More Prohibition Supervisors”, The Voice, (New York City, New York), February 24, 1887; “Board of Supervisors for 1887”, The McGrawville sentinel, (M’Gawville, New York), February 17, 1887, Accessed, June 8, 2021, 
    113 “Dr Jerome W Angell (1835-1896) - Find A Grave Memorial”, Find a Grave 18   
    114 “Dr Jerome W Angell (1835-1896) - Find A Grave Memorial”, Find a Grave; “Jerome Angel: New York, State Death Index, 1880-1956”, FamilySearch.org, Accessed, June 8, 2021, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGKC-5K48; 
“County Medical Society”, Cortland Standard, (Cortland, New York), June 13, 1893, Accessed, June 8, 2021; 
“Vital Statistics: Record of Cortland Village for Year 1896”, Cortland Standard, (Cortland, New York), January 15, 1897, 

-- Contributed by Jonathan Makeley

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