The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . ing the French and Indian Bouck, the father ofthe governor, was a patriot inthe colonial service during therevolutionary war. William was trained as a farmer,
The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . ing the French and Indian Bouck, the father ofthe governor, was a patriot inthe colonial service during therevolutionary war. William was trained as a farmer,and he received only a common-school education. In his earliestyouth, however, he was deeplyinterested in politics, and in 1807was chosen clerk of his nativetown and for the two follow-ing years was elected was married in 1807 toCatharine Lawyer, by whomhe had eleven children. In1812 he was appointed sheriff by Gov. Tompkinsand held the position a year. Mr. Bouck hadnow become a leading politician in his section, andin 1813 was elected a member of the assembly;he was re-elected in 1814, 1815 and again in the legislature Mr. Bouck was not noted as adebater, but was found most useful in committeework, to which he devoted himself with earnest-ness and fidelity. In 1821 he was appointed a canalcommissioner, and was assigned to the western sec-tion, where he superintended the construction of. OP AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. 47 the Erie Canal from Lockport to its terminus atLake Erie. He was faithful and indefatigable inthe discharge of his duties, which were not per-formed without danger, as much of his work lay inthe midst of the unbroken forest, which Mr. Bouckhad to traverse on horseback, frequently carryingwith him large sums of money, as his monthly pay-ments to contractors averaged as much as $100, fell to-him also to break through the final barrier,the only obstacle in the way of communication be-tween the Hudson and Lake Erie. This he accom-plished, and o
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