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Friday, July 18, 1817   Orsamus B. Smith

Pioneer Buffalo New York brewer Orsamus B. Smith was born in New York. Some time in the 1850s he partnered with John Howell to form a brewery at 35 East Seneca Street. He left the partnership in 1864 and took up interest in a paper mill in Fort Edward. He died on the 18th of July, 1877 at age 59 years.

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Howell & Smith of Buffalo, New York, USA

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