Descendants of Charles Woolverton

John Porter Stedman

Husband John Porter Stedman [25556]
           Born: 8 Apr 1871 - Loudonville, Albany County, NY
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           Died: 24 Mar 1910 - Albany, Albany County, NY
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         Father: George Lavater Stedman [25553] (1831-1898)
         Mother: Adda Maude Shuler Woolverton [7665] (1840-1909)
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General Notes: Husband - John Porter Stedman

Stedman/Steadman/Steedman Families of the New World
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John Porter Stedman's earleist education was obtained at the Loudonville Union Free School, after which he entered the Albany Academy, from which he received its mathematical diploma on his graduation in 1890.

Shortly afterward he entered the employ of his brother, Frank W. Stedman, who was then in the coal business in Albany, and remained with him until 1897. He then formed a partnership with Herbert Best, under the firm name of Best & Stedman, and with him conducted a large wholesale drug business for several years at Albany. In 1903 he retired from this business, and to regain his health travelled extensively through every section of North America.

Since that time he also devoted himself to agriculture. He was a member of the New York State Fruit Grower's Association and the Western New York Horticultural Society, and had been assistant superintendent of the New York and New England Agricultural Society. By the constant attendance at the meeting of these societies and close study of the latest authorities on these subjects, as well as by independent experiments, he became one of the leading exponents in his county of modern methods of farming, and made of the place where he was born and continued to reside until his death, a model farm.

He was concerned in numerous religious and charitable institutions. At the time of his death he was a deacon of Emmanuel Baptist Church of Albany, where he was long an active member, and president of the board of managers of the Albany City Mission. He had served as moderator of the Hudson River baptist Association North, and was on numerous occasions chosen as delegate to the conventions of various organizations identified with his church and denomination.