Perez H. Field

Perez Hastings Field (October 27, 1820 – August 30, 1872) was an American businessman and politician from New York.

Life

Field was born on October 27, 1820 in Geneva, New York, the son of David Field and Electa Hastings.[1]

Field engaged in the grain business, dealing in grain in Geneva. He erected a grain elevator and owned a malthouse, and purchased grain from farmers on both sides of Seneca Lake.[2]

In 1860, Field was elected to the New York State Assembly as a Republican, representing the Ontario County 1st District. He served in the Assembly in 1861,[3] 1863,[4] and 1864.[5]

In 1869, Field married Clara Electa Eddy. They had two children, Alice Electa and William Perez.[1]

Field died on the steamer Metis after it sank near Stonington, Connecticut on August 30, 1872.[1] He was buried in Glenwood Cemetery in Geneva.[6]

References

Pierce, Frederick Clifton (1901). Field Genealogy; Being the Record of All the Field Family in America, Whose Ancestors Were in this Country Prior to 1700. II. Chicago, I.L.: Hammond Press. p. 722 – via Google Books.
Portrait and Biographical Record of Seneca and Schulyer Counties, New York. Chapman Publishing Co. 1895. pp. 126–127 – via Google Books.
Murphy, William D. (1861). Biographical Sketches of the State Officers and Members of the Legislature of the State of New York, in 1861. New York, N.Y. pp. 194–195, 292 – via Google Books.
Murphy, William D. (1863). Biographical Sketches of the State Officers and Members of the Legislature of the State of New York, in 1862 and '63. Albany, N.Y. pp. 316, 427 – via Google Books.
Malcolm, James (1923). The New York Red Book. Albany, N.Y.: J. B. Lyon Company. p. 460 – via Google Books.
"Perez Hastings Field (1820-1872)". Find a Grave. Retrieved 2020-12-15.

External links

The Political Graveyard
Perez H. Field at Find a Grave

New York State Assembly
Preceded by Lewis Peck	New York State Assembly Ontario County, 1st District 1861	Succeeded by David Pickett
Preceded by David Pickett	New York State Assembly Ontario County, 1st District 1863-1864	Succeeded by Volney Edgerton

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[:0-1] Pierce, Frederick Clifton (1901). Field Genealogy; Being the Record of All the Field Family in America, Whose Ancestors Were in this Country Prior to 1700. II. Chicago, I.L.: Hammond Press. p. 722 – via Google Books.

[2] Portrait and Biographical Record of Seneca and Schulyer Counties, New York. Chapman Publishing Co. 1895. pp. 126–127 – via Google Books.

[3] Murphy, William D. (1861). Biographical Sketches of the State Officers and Members of the Legislature of the State of New York, in 1861. New York, N.Y. pp. 194–195, 292 – via Google Books.

[4] Murphy, William D. (1863). Biographical Sketches of the State Officers and Members of the Legislature of the State of New York, in 1862 and '63. Albany, N.Y. pp. 316, 427 – via Google Books.

[5] Malcolm, James (1923). The New York Red Book. Albany, N.Y.: J. B. Lyon Company. p. 460 – via Google Books.

[6] "Perez Hastings Field (1820-1872)". Find a Grave. Retrieved 2020-12-15.