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    York Van Allen

    Birth: 1811

    Death: 7-6-1882

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Biography

York served as a waiter or servant in the Governor's Mansion in Albany during WHS's governorship. Free black man. Married Sarah Van Allen later in life and continued to work as a waiter in Albany through his 60s.

Letter References

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, September 15, 1839

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Biography: 
York served as a waiter or servant in the Governor's Mansion in Albany during WHS's governorship. Free black man. Married Sarah Van Allen later in life and continued to work as a waiter in Albany through his 60s.
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ancestry.com
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Ancestry uses Menands, New York, Albany Rural Cemetery Burial Cards, 1791-2011 for its dob and dod. Not in Find-a-Grave.