James Wadsworth

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Other Names: None

Assumed Gender: Male

Birth Date: 1768

Birth Place: Unknown

Death Date: 1844

Death Place: Big Tree

Affiliations: Unknown

Notes: One of two brothers who owned a prosperous farm on the Big-Tree Reservation, along the Genesee River. They were among the first pioneers to settle at Big Tree (Geneseo, New York) in 1790. In 1797, the brothers hosted the Treaty of Big Tree between Seneca tribesmen and US Government representatives. James was also a graduate of Yale.

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