Samuel Gilbert Hathaway, Jr.

      Col. S. G. Hathaway, Jr.
 The late Col. Hathaway, of Elmira, was
quite well known in Syracuse. He was the
son of the venerable Samuel G. Hathaway, of
Solon, Cortland county, who was formerly a
member of Congress, and for years held a
leading position in this State as a politician
of the "Hooker" school. He is still at
eighty years of age a hale and hearty man.
Col. Hathaway early settled as a lawyer at
Elmira, and at once rose to a leading position
at the bar of "the Southern Tier." In 1842
and 1848 he represented Chemung county in
the Assembly, and in 1846 was elected a dele-
gate to the Constitutional Convention, held
that year in Albany for the revision of the
State Constitution. At that period the war
between the "Hookers" and "Barnburners"
was at its height, and the strife raged in Che-
mung county with as great intensity as in Her-
kimer or Oneida. The "Barnburners," how-
ever, had the upper hand of the Hookers and
nominated Col. Young who rsided in Sara-
toga as their candidate for Delegate. There
upon Col. Hathaway, who acted with the
Hooker faction, took the stump as an inde-
pendent candidate, and being supported by
the Whigs, succeeded in defeating Col. Young.
Henceforward Col. Hathaway took little part
in public affairs, until the rebellion burst upon
the country, when he entered with spirit into
the cause for the Union, and took command
of a regiment (the 141st N.Y. Volunteers)
and went to the field. Ill health, however,
forced him to resign, and he returned home
to die of the disease contracted while in the
discharge of his military duties. His death
will be regretted by a wide circle of acquaint-
ances and friends. His age was 53.