Edward G. Tracy

'''Edward Griffin Tracy''' (1841 – May 11, 1898) was an American pharmacist and politician from New York.

== Life == Tracy was born in 1841 in Smithfield, Pennsylvania.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Lloyd|first=Will L.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5THmWKSAlucC|title=The New York Red Book|publisher=James B. Lyon|year=1892|location=Albany|pages=164|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite news|date=12 May 1898|title=Hon. E. G. Tracy|volume=LXXV|page=5|work=Elmira Daily Gazette and Free Press|issue=113|location=Elmira, N. Y.|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/275338533/}}</ref>

Tracy lived on the family farm until he was 20, at which point he worked at a store in Lock Haven. He was forced to leave for health reasons and came under the care of his older brother, a physician. He then decided to become a pharmacist, and in 1867 moved to Waverly, New York and joined a partnership with G. F. Waterloo. In 1882, he bought his partner's interest and worked as a pharmacist on his own.<ref name=":0" />

Tracy served on the Waverly board of education for 10 years, serving as secretary for five years and president for four. He served as town supervisor for Barton from 1889 to 1891. In 1891, he was elected to the New York State Assembly as a Republican, representing Tioga County. He served in the Assembly in 1892<ref name=":0" /> and 1893.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Murlin|first=Edgar L.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1cwGAQAAIAAJ|title=The New York Red Book|publisher=James B. Lyon|year=1893|location=Albany|pages=173|language=en}}</ref> In 1896, he was elected village president.<ref>{{Cite news|date=18 March 1896|title=From Waverly|volume=LXXIII|page=5|work=Elmira Daily Gazette and Free Press|issue=67|location=Elmira, N. Y.|url=https://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn83030949/1896-03-18/ed-1/seq-5/}}</ref>

Tracy was a trustee of the local Presbyterian church. He was married, and had a son named Edwin.<ref name=":1" />

Tracy died at home from typhoid fever on May 11, 1898.<ref name=":1" /> He was buried in Glenwood Cemetery.<ref>{{Cite news|date=16 May 1898|title=The Late E. G. Tracey|volume=LXXV|page=7|work=Elmira Daily Gazette and Free Press|issue=116|location=Elmira, N. Y.|url=https://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn83030949/1898-05-16/ed-1/seq-7/}}</ref>

== References == {{Reflist}}

== External links ==

* ''[http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tracy.html#272.37.05 The Political Graveyard]'' * [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/136360707/edward-griffin-tracy Edward G. Tracy] at ''Find a Grave''

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