George Geddes
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George Geddes was a prominent engineer and agricultural expert, and a New York state senator. He was the son of engineer, surveyor and U.S. Congressman James Geddes. He was born at Fairmount, New York on February 14, 1809. He died there October 8, 1883.
Geddes studied engineering and surveying in Middletown, Connecticut, and law in Skaneateles, New York. He was a member of the state Senate for two terms from 1847 to 1851, and was one of three state senators instrumental in the passage of the 1848 New York State law permitting women to hold property independently of their husbands, the first of its kind in the United States.
His son, James Geddes (born 1831) was a civil engineer and agriculturist.
