Chauncey M DePewChauncey Mitchell Depew was an American lawyer, businessman, and Republican politician who was born April 23, 1834, and died April 5, 1928. It is mostly his work for Cornelius Vanderbilt as an attorney and as president of the New York Central Railroa System that he is known for. He was a senator from New York for two terms. In Peekskill, New York, on April 23, 1834, Isaac Depew (1800-1869) and Martha Minot (Mitchell) Depew had a child. Depew was born. Depew's father was a trader and farmer who helped make river travel possible between Peekskill and New York. He came from the family of Francois DuPuy, a French Huguenot who bought land from native people where Peekskill is now located. He was related to Rev. Josiah Sherman through his mother. Rev. Josiah Sherman was a priest and captain in the Revolutionary War. He was the brother of American founder Roger Sherman and Rev. Charles Chauncy, who was the second president of Harvard College. He ran for office and worked as a student lawyer in New York for John C. Frémont in 1856 and for Abraham Lincoln in 1860. Read More Read Less