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"As before remarked, Mr. Garlinghouse was formerly a resident of this county, (Ontario) and for a great number of years he exercised a large influence here in political and public affairs. He twice held the office of Sheriff, first from 1825 to 1828, and again from 1834 to 1837. He greatly distinguished himself as a faithful and capable officer, and in the various other public positions which he subsequently held, ever acquitted himself with the highest credit, discharging whatever duties devolved upon him, with the most scrupulous fidelity and with such promptitude and discretion as won for him the respect and warm friendship of all with whom he became intimately acquainted. With but very limited educational advantages, he was enabled by his great native capacity and an indomitable will, which never yielded to any obstacle, to make for himself a name and reputation that the proudest might envy. He was indeed “a diamond in the rough” and in all the relations of life was esteemed a man of rare virtues. He was a firm friend, a public spirited patriotic citizen, thoroughly democratic in all his instincts and rigidly honest - aiming to fulfill every obligation to the letter, and holding his word sacred under all circumstance"

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Biography: 
"As before remarked, Mr. Garlinghouse was formerly a resident of this county, (Ontario) and for a great number of years he exercised a large influence here in political and public affairs. He twice held the office of Sheriff, first from 1825 to 1828, and again from 1834 to 1837. He greatly distinguished himself as a faithful and capable officer, and in the various other public positions which he subsequently held, ever acquitted himself with the highest credit, discharging whatever duties devolved upon him, with the most scrupulous fidelity and with such promptitude and discretion as won for him the respect and warm friendship of all with whom he became intimately acquainted. With but very limited educational advantages, he was enabled by his great native capacity and an indomitable will, which never yielded to any obstacle, to make for himself a name and reputation that the proudest might envy. He was indeed “a diamond in the rough” and in all the relations of life was esteemed a man of rare virtues. He was a firm friend, a public spirited patriotic citizen, thoroughly democratic in all his instincts and rigidly honest - aiming to fulfill every obligation to the letter, and holding his word sacred under all circumstance"
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Website
Citation URL: 
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=thelwa&id=I1082
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RootsWeb
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Also found in this book: https://books.google.com/books?id=CIFJAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA3&lpg=PA3&dq=joseph+garlinghouse+whig&source=bl&ots=AXGCtRRxOX&sig=rLafNefnijcgQdbb3EXyF0av9sI&hl=en&sa=X&ei=pZOaVZS_Dcb8-AGhxrfoDQ&ved=0CEUQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=joseph%20garlinghouse%20whig&f=false
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Mentioned in 18380915AHW_WHS: "You have seen Garlinghouse as he tells me: I had a goings in with the Old fellow this morning. And he will not be inactive during the Campaign I have canvassed about considerably among our friends and there is no want of spirit or energy among them"
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Biography: 
Mentioned in [LMW, Auburn, to WHS, Washington, 4 January 1854],"I see by the papers that Joseph Garlinghouse of Ontario Co is sergeant-at-Arms- rather a trying circumstance for the Silver Grays & Democrats of the Soft School." He was elected as sergeant-at-arms for the seventy-seventh and seventy-eighth sessions, where he would provide security and maintain order for the House of Representatives.
Citation Type: 
Book or Book Chapter
Book or Monograph Title: 
The New York Red Book
Author(s) or Editor(s): 
Edgar Murlin
Publisher Location: 
Albany
Publisher Name: 
J.B. Lyon Company Publishers
Year: 
1915
Start Page: 
345
End Page: 
345
Citation Notes: 
https://books.google.com/books?id=no9FAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA345&lpg=PA345&dq=sergeant+at+arms+1854+garlinghouse&source=bl&ots=efxwXMqAMI&sig=NSmk0af3V6yz-D5f7IOy8-oa7Kw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiOgajvwo3eAhVQT98KHT7sBQ0Q6AEwC3oECAUQAQ#v=onepage&q=sergeant%20at%20arms%201854%20garlinghouse&f=false
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Website
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http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=thelwa&id=I1082
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RootsWeb
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