History of Westchester county : New York, including Morrisania, Kings Bridge, and West Farms, which have been annexed to New York City / . contin-uance in office eight hun-dred and fifty thousandpackages went throughhis hands, which repre-sented a value of twenty-nine million dollars. Hewas the first to send Amer-ican bacon to England,and his brand commandedever after a premium in the was also largely engaged inbuilding in the city of New 1849 he came to Yonkers andbuilt his present residence. He built the GettyHouse, now the principal hotel in Yonkers, in ISM,and also erecte
History of Westchester county : New York, including Morrisania, Kings Bridge, and West Farms, which have been annexed to New York City / . contin-uance in office eight hun-dred and fifty thousandpackages went throughhis hands, which repre-sented a value of twenty-nine million dollars. Hewas the first to send Amer-ican bacon to England,and his brand commandedever after a premium in the was also largely engaged inbuilding in the city of New 1849 he came to Yonkers andbuilt his present residence. He built the GettyHouse, now the principal hotel in Yonkers, in ISM,and also erected thebuildings on the southwest cornerof Main Street and Broadway; these were sold toJohn T. Waring in 1868. Very few men have heldmore local offices than Mr. Getty. In 1848 he wasalderman in New York, and, in 1847 and 48, a mem-ber of the Board of Education. He was for many yearsone of the trustees of the village of Yonkers, and wraspresident in 1859 and 18(i0, and also in 1871 and 1872. A few of the many positions he has held may bementioned: Director of the Hudson River Railroad,director of the Bank of North America, of the Yonk-. ness matters,and in everyposition of trust has beenthoroughly faithful to hischarge. The Education De-pa i: IM ext. -What werethe schools exist ing w ith-in the colonial period w ecan not now has already beenmade to two public school-houses at the beginningof the present century,both worn out and aban-doned, and both withoutdoubt dating back as farat least as the time of theRevolution. It is fortu-nate for us in taking upthis subject, that we havestill living in Yonkers, aveteran Yonkers teacherof wonderfully retentivememory, who has beenidentified either practically, orthrough lively interest, with theYonkers schools for more than fillyyears. From him we have drawnout much of what we are able to relate respecting theearly public schools of the town. We are permittedto introduce our subject with a portrait and a briefsketch of th
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