Samuel S. Durland

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000" background="0a5d05a3.jpg"> <div> Orange County, New York</div> <div> American History and Genealogy Project</div> <div> Samuel S. Durland</div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#FFCC66" TEXT="#080000" background="0a6d2123.jpg"> <div> <A HREF="http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ny/county/orange/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ny/county/or"><U>Orange County AHGP/ALHN</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ny/state/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ny/state/"><U>New York AHGP/ALHN</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://ahgp.org" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://ahgp.org"><U>AHGP</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://alhn.org" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://alhn.org"><U>ALHN</U></A></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="623" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 665 WIDTH="617"><div> <IMG SRC="05fd4210.jpg" border=0 width="212" height="289" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Old English Text MT" >H</FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Tahoma" >E </FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Georgia" >was the eldest son of James and Amelia Vernon Durland, and was born January 21st, 1840, in Chester.  He sits, not in the old house but in the old homestead, to read the family Bible in the very spot where he first saw the light.  When asked where he was born, he pointed to a spot in the dining room and said “right here.”</FONT></div> <div>      His surroundings indicate the man of thrift, good judgment and genial living that you find him on long or short acquaintance.    He is a thorough accountant and penman and has been identified with William A. Lawrence in the manufacture of Neufchatel and Cream Cheese.  This is the most extensive factory of the kind in the United States, and is located on Mr. Durland's old homestead farm.  Mr. Durland has been connected with this factory since 1879, and it has a constantly increasing trade.</div> <div>      His education was all obtained in Chester Free School and Academy, except what he gained in a brief term in Bloomfield, N. J.  When twenty-one years of age he left the home farm for a brief period and went into the general merchandise store of Tuthill & Aeger at Warwick, N. Y.  The way was open and strong inducements led him to give up business in Warwick and return to Chester.</div> <div>      His brother Joseph having bought out the interest of Belle & Pierson, who had been in partnership with him for five years, persuaded his brother Samuel to go into business with him where the firm of J. Durland & Son is now located.</div> <div>      This pleasant business relation continued with his brother for ten years, or until 1872, when he sold out and returned to the old homestead farm.</div> <div>      He was married while associated with his brother in business in Chester.  The record reads, “Nov. 6th, 1867, Samuel S. Durland was united in marriage to Margaret T. Seely, by the Rev. Thomas Nichols, at the home of the bride.”  Two children have been born to them, Selah S. and Jane T., both of whom are still living at home with their parents.</div> <div>      He confessed Christ publicly and united with the Church in May, 1873.  He has been serving this Presbyterian Church with which he has grown up, for more than a quarter of a century, in some relation or other.  In 1889 he was elected to the eldership, and for the last three years has been serving most acceptably as the Clerk of Session.</div> <div>      Modest, spiritual, generous, sincere, peace-loving, he has sought no political favors.  But as a loyal citizen and christian gentleman he has sought to do his whole duty, to both church and state, a man to whom Chester is proud to point as a son of the soil of Chester.</div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="pg32.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Alfred B. Roe"><U>Next Page</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="pg1.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Table of Contents"><U>Table of Contents</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>