Notable people Lewis County, New York

child actor , veterinarian peter ostrum (born november 1957) settled in lowville, lewis county practice veterinary medicine.

judge fred a. young (august 27, 1904 – october 16, 1973) prominent republican politician, lawyer, state legislator, , state judge, born in, , lived of life in, lowville.

florence augusta merriam bailey (august 8, 1863 – september 22, 1948) american ornithologist , nature writer. born in locust grove, new york. third child in family, younger sister of clinton hart merriam. florence augusta merriam bailey born in locust grove, new york. bailey grew @ family s estate, homewood , in town of leyden, fields , forests in black river valley between tug hill plateau , adirondack mountains provided ideal environment study of natural history. encouraged in interest in nature brother father. father interested in scientific matters , in correspondence john muir after meeting him @ yosemite in summer of 1871. born during civil war, florence devoted life study , protection of birds. work in ornithology authored on ten books, including several field guides birds, , close 1 hundred articles. though interested in birds child, gained recognition naturalist while @ smith college. disgusted use of feathers , whole birds in fashion, started smith college audubon society.

clinton hart merriam (december 5, 1855 – march 19, 1942) american zoologist, ornithologist, entomologist, ethnographer, , naturalist. in 1886, became first chief of division of economic ornithology , mammalogy of united states department of agriculture, predecessor national wildlife research center , united states fish , wildlife service. in 1883, founding member of american ornithologists union. 1 of original founders of national geographic society in 1888. developed concept of life zones classify biomes found in north america along altitudinal sequence corresponding zonal latitudinal sequence equator pole. in mammalogy, known excessive splitter, proposing, example, tens of different species of north american brown bears in several genera. later in life, funded harriman family, merriam s focus shifted studying , assisting native american tribes in western united states. contributions on myths of central california , on ethnogeography particularly noteworthy.

edward mcglachlin (december 19. 1840 - april 22, 1931) american newspaper editor , politician. mcglachlin born in watson.