Kirt Dean Manwaring was born in Elmira on July 15, 1965.Diven Elementary School in the Elmira City School District is named in honor of his son, George. He died June 11, 1896, and is buried in Woodlawn Cemetery. House of Representatives from March 4, 1861, to March 3, 1863. He was a member of the state Senate in 18 and served in the U.S. An officer in the Union Army during the Civil War, he was admitted to the bar in 1831 and practiced law in Elmira.

Alexander Samuel Diven was born in Catharine on Feb.He also served as orchestra leader at the Elmira Lyceum that was built in 1867 as an opera house and later became a movie theater. A talented violinist, he performed in Elmira and surrounding areas. Composer Albert Krug sold hundreds of pieces in the early 1900s through D.S.House of Representatives and served until his death on Nov. When the village was chartered as a city, he was elected mayor of Elmira. He served as president of the village and as president of its board of trustees. His parents were on their way by train to New York City, and his mother, who was expecting a baby, didn't feel well and needed to stop in Elmira to rest. Louis World's Fair, was accidentally born in Elmira. George French, who introduced French's Yellow Mustard in 1904 at the St.26, 1888, and is buried in Woodlawn Cemetery in Elmira. He retired to his home, where he died on Dec. He resumed his law practice in Elmira until 1883, then served as a state Supreme Court justice from 1883 to 1888. House of Representatives and served from March 4, 1871, to March 4, 1875. He served as a Chemung County judge in 18. Horace Boardman Smith was admitted to the bar in 1850 and began his law practice in Elmira.He was drafted by the NFL's Washington Redskins and traded to Cleveland but died May 18, 1963, of leukemia before playing a pro game. He was a high school standout, earning the nickname the 'Elmira Express,' was a star running back at Syracuse University and the first black player to win the Heisman Trophy in 1961. 14, 1939, in New Salem, Pa., Ernie Davis went to live with his mother and stepfather in Elmira at the age of 12.

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