. History of Columbia County, New York. With illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers . he army and adopted the profession of jour-nalism, purchasing the Morning Courier, which he publishedin the interest of General Jackson. In 1829 he purchasedthe New York Enquirer, which he consolidated with theCourier, under the title of the Courier and Enquirer. Withthis paper he remained connected for upwards of thirtyyears. In 1849 he was appointed minister to Austria, butthe appointment was not confirmed. In 1851 he was ap-pointed by Governor Hunt engineer-in-chi
. History of Columbia County, New York. With illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers . he army and adopted the profession of jour-nalism, purchasing the Morning Courier, which he publishedin the interest of General Jackson. In 1829 he purchasedthe New York Enquirer, which he consolidated with theCourier, under the title of the Courier and Enquirer. Withthis paper he remained connected for upwards of thirtyyears. In 1849 he was appointed minister to Austria, butthe appointment was not confirmed. In 1851 he was ap-pointed by Governor Hunt engineer-in-chief of the Stateof New York, with the rank of brigadier-general. He,however, refused to accept this appointment. In 1861 hewas appointed minister to Turkey, but he declined the ap-pointment, though it had been confirmed by the afterwards he was appointed minister to Brazil, andfilled that position for eight years. At Paris, in 1865, henegotiated a secret treaty with the Emperor Napoleon forthe removal of the French troops from Mexico. In 1869he resigned the mission to Brazil, and has since resided inNew C7a^^^ lyucA^cJ. Uc^^^i-o^ SAMUEL JONES TILDEK Samuel Jones Tildon was born at New Lebanon, ColumbiaCo., N. Y., in 1814. One of his paternal ancestors and theson and grandson of another were mayors of Tenterden,Kent, England, between 1585 and 1623. The son of an-other ancestor was one of the London merchants who fittedout the Mayflower. Another ancestor was one of thefounders of the town of Scituate, Mass., and a leader in thefamous Plymouth colony. His mother traced her lineageto William Jones, lieutenant-governor of New Haven colony,and son of a regicide judge of Charles I., by a wife whowas at once cousin of John Hampden and sister of OliverCromwell. His father, a farmer and merchant in NewLebanon (whither he had come with his parents in 1790),was a man of notable judgment and practical sense. Hisinfluence in the county was a recognized power. NewYorks gr
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