Newspaper articles that relate to family members and their towns...
Publication name and place:
Weekly Star (Hudson, NY)
Weekly Star (Hudson, NY) published Sep. 22, 1864:
person mentioned: Ambrose Ostrander (1841 - 1926)
event type: draft
event date: Sep. 1864
"The Draft.
The draft for the __ in the various districts commenced yesterday in this the 12th Congressional District ...At half past 2 o clock Commissioner Wild stated that the drawing would commence with the 1st ward of Hudson and proceeded to draft as follows... Town of Austerlitz
Quota 25, Deficiency 8... Ambrose Ostrander..."
Weekly Star (Hudson, NY) published Oct. 1865:
person mentioned: Ambrose Ostrander (1841 - 1926)
event type: teachers
event date: Oct. 16, 1865
"Teachers Institute.
An Institution for the instruction of the teachers of the common schools of Columbia county was organized at the Methodist Church, in the village of Hillsdale, on Monday, Oct. 16, 1865, at 2 P.M...
The following is a list of the members of the Institute with their post office address... Ambrose Ostrander... Spencertown"