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Unit 01 Arthur McElroy tells of Somers connection

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Title	Arthur McElroy oral history interview (audio)
Interviewee	McElroy, Arthur b. 1896
Date of Interview	1975
Interviewer	Fortson, Rosemary
Location of Interview	Dobbs Ferry - Westchester County - New York
Description	Arthur McElroy recounts his family's early travelling menagerie heritage, familial connections and visits to Somers, NY, growing up in New York City and Irvington, NY, family travels and real estate business and fondness for U.S. Navy.
Notes	Arthur McElroy was a descendant of early travelling menagerie owners Benjamin Lent and Lewis Lent, the latter being a business partner of Hachliah Bailey and co-owner of the second elephant imported to the United States.
Subject.AAT	oral histories
Personal Name	McElroy, Arthur Bailey, Hachaliah (1775-1845) Bailey, William Lent, Linda Lent, Benjamin McElroy, Daniel S. McElroy, Patrick
Location	Somers - Westchester County - New York New York - New York
HRVH Topic	Daily Life Community & Events Military
Language	eng
Format.Original	audio cassette; 90 minutes
Resource Type	Sound
Source	Mabel Addis Oral History Collection
Publisher.Digital	Somers Historical Society
Date.Digital	2013
Format Digital	audio/mpeg
Digital Collection	Mabel Addis Oral History Collection
Holding Institution	Somers Historical Society
Contact Information	P.O. Box 336, Somers, NY 10589 (914) 277-4977
Rights	This item may be used for educational and research purposes only. Contact organization for publications use

Title	Unit 01 Arthur McElroy tells of Somers connection
Description	Arthur McElroy reflects about his circus/menagerie heritage, visits to Somers and family in Somers, b. in NYC, grew up in Irvington but always considered Somers his 2nd home; speaks of relationship to Bailey family. his family paid regular visits to Baileys. some were partners in his father's real estate business in NY. regular visits...Wm Bailey in Somers, brother-in-law; his grandfather Louis Benjamin Lent, business associate of Hachaliah Bailey of Somers. Recounts Hachilah Bailey story/legend passed through family about Old Bet, Hachaliah's elephant; Benjamin Lent was proprietor of NY circus, taking it around Horn in 1849 to California. Had pistol that Lent used against Indians. McElroy mother, Linda Lent, trained and broke horses for her father, Benjamin, to use in circus; mother born "on road" in Philadelphia but lived in Somers
Subject.TGM	Circus animals Circuses & shows
Subject.LCSH	Old Bet Circus Menageries Circus owners
Subject.AAT	oral histories
Subject.Local	Lent family Bailey family
Language	eng
Resource Identifier	Unit 01 Arthur McElroy tells of Somers connection.mp3
Publisher.Digital	Somers Historical Society
Date.Digital	2013
Format Digital	audio/mpeg
Contact Information	P.O. Box 336, Somers, NY 10589 (914) 277-4977
Rights	This item may be used for educational and research purposes only. Contact organization for publications use
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