- Titus Sheard
Titus Sheard (
October 4 ,1841 Batley ,West Riding of Yorkshire ,England -April 13 ,1904 Little Falls,Herkimer County, New York ) was an American businessman and politician.Life
He came to the
United States in 1856, and settled first inMottville, New York , later in Little Falls. Here he began working at a wool factory, and in 1864 became sole owner of the Eagle Knitting Mill, and in 1872 incorporated the Little Falls Knitting Mill Company.In 1863, he married Helen M. Waite (b. 1843), and they had two daughters, Edith (b. 1865) and Martha (1868 - 1947).
He was a Republican member from Herkimer County of the
New York State Assembly in 1878, 1879 and 1884, and was elected Speaker in 1884 after defeatingTheodore Roosevelt in the Republican assemblymen's caucus.He was a delegate to the
Republican National Convention in 1884.He was a member of the
New York State Senate from 1890 to 1891. He lost in his quest for renomination in the Republican State Convention atUtica, New York in October 1891 as the candidate of theWarner Miller faction, when his adversaryJohn E. Smith , the candidate of theThomas C. Platt faction, was nominated on the 937th ballot.ources
* [http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=940DE5D7103DE633A25757C1A9629C946597D6CF] Obit in NYT on April 14, 1904
* [http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9D0CEEDF123AE533A25753C1A9669D94609ED7CF] Republican State Convention at Utica, in NYT on October 10, 1891
* [http://www.maggieblanck.com/Land/TitusSheard.html] Sheard ancestry
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