Sherman Hoyt Mather, farmer and District Superintendent of Schools, died in late August of 1951 after contracting polio earlier in the summer. Despite heroic efforts, including the use of the Iron Lung, to save him he became the first Essex County victim of the … [Read more...] about Polio Epidemic Claims Life of Whallonsburgh Resident Sherman Hoyt Mather
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