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Birth:          7 May 1869 Ingleside, N.Y.
Death:          7 Jan 1957 Nassau Co., N.Y.

Notes
info from Mary Gail (from Blodgett book)
1952, living in Naples, N.Y.
Superintendent of Schools, Corning, N.Y. for 36 years.
1870 in Prattsburg, Steuben Co., N.Y.
1880 in Prattsburg, Steuben Co., N.Y.
1900 in Corning, Steuben Co., N.Y. school professor
with them is Blanche Wood, cousin May 1876, 24 b NY
1910 in Corning, Steuben Co., N.Y. high school principal
1920 in Corning, Steuben Co., N.Y. superintendent of schools
1930 in Corning, Steuben Co., N.Y. superintendent of public schools
http://www.crookedlakereview.com/articles/67_100/97april1996/97steubenhallfame.
html
Arba Martin Blodgett was born May 7, 1869, in Riker's Hollow near Ingleside in 
Steuben County. On August 18, 1897, he married Minnie R. Alderman at Thurston. A 
graduate of Union College, he was one of the founders of the Normal School that 
preceded Northside High School in Corning. Mr. Blodgett was associated with 
Northside school for 36 years from 1897 until 1933, and was principal there from 1909 
until his retirement. In his early years at the school he would drive out to farms to 
encourage parents to send their children to Corning high schools.

The Northside school built in 1927 was named the Arba M. Blodgett School in 1954. 
The school is known today as the Northside-Blodgett Middle School.

Mr. Blodgett was an enthusiastic supporter of Arbor Day, and the students who 
referred to him as "The Professor," called his annual tree-planting celebrations at the 
school "Arba Day."

The Blodgetts' first son, Lewis Alderman Blodgett, born in 1898, became a teacher 
and school principal. Their daughter Elsie taught English in Corning, and her twin 
brother Harold became a Walt Whitman scholar and professor emeritus of English at 
Union College.

Mr. Blodgett was 87 years old when he died January 7, 1957, at the home of his 
daughter Elsie B. Ludlum in Nassau County. Son Lewis died in 1967, Elsie in 1991, 
and Harold in 1994. They are survived by children and grandchildren, many of whom 
carry on the education tradition of their great-grandfather.

from http://www.steubencony.org/hallfame/blodgett.html:
ARBA M. BLODGETT
(1869-1957)


Teacher, principal and superintendent of the former Corning Northside High School. 
He brought vocational training and music into the school's curriculum. The present 
Northside Blodgett Middle School is named in his honor.
picture in file
Presler Fam Tree on ancestry


Parents
BLODGETT William Dudley (6 Jan 1845 - 9 Mar 1920)
PRESSLER Phebe (Oct 1846 - 9 Jun 1926)

Siblings
BLODGETT Catherine Adell (20 Sep 1866 - 18 Jan 1950)
BLODGETT Arba Martin (7 May 1869 - 7 Jan 1957)
BLODGETT Alfa Belle (26 Oct 1879 - 21 Jan 1946)
BLODGETT Helen Oleta (5 Dec 1891 - 3 Mar 1956)

Marriage To ALDERMAN Minnie R. (27 Feb 1867 - 27 Dec 1958)
    m. 16 Aug 1897 Thurston, N.Y.

Notes

Parents
ALDERMAN Henry Phelps ()
VOSE Rhoda Wilkerson ()

Children by ALDERMAN Minnie R. 27 Feb 1867 - 27 Dec 1958
BLODGETT Lewis Alderman (8 Jul 1898 - 12 Feb 1967)
BLODGETT Elsie Bernice (24 Mar 1900 - 3 Jul 1991)
BLODGETT Harold William (24 Mar 1900 - 28 Sep 1994)

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