BELFORD, JOSEPH MCCRUM - Suffolk County, New York | JOSEPH MCCRUM BELFORD - New York Gravestone Photos

Joseph McCrum BELFORD

Riverhead Cemetery
Suffolk County,
New York

August 5, 1852
May 3, 1917
wife, Inez Hawkins

He was born in Mifflintown PA. Husband of Inez Belford. He taught school and moved to Riverhead in 1884. Mr. MrCrum graduated from Dickinson College in 1871. He studied law & was admitted to the bar in 1889. He was Secretary and Chairman of the Suffolk County Republican Committee; Clerk of the Suffolk Surrogate Court. In 1896 he was elected to the US House of Representatives and served one term, 1897 to 1899. He was a Delegate to the Republican National Convention. He served as Suffolk Surogate Court Judge from 1904 to 1910.

Contributed on 9/5/09 by bscherbst
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Submitted: 9/5/09 • Approved: 9/27/09 • Last Updated: 11/26/15 • R26828-G0-S3

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