Dennis Santry was born in Ireland. He came with his family to this country about 1850 and settled in Vernon, Oneida county, N.Y., where he spent the rest of his days and died.

(II) Jeremiah, son of Dennis Santry, was born in Ireland, and came with his father to this country about 1850. He settled first at Vernon, Oneida county, N.Y., and is a farmer living near Oneida, N.Y.
He married, Dec. 1866, Julia Spencer, who came from Canada. She was born July 4, 1833, and died July 28, 1900. Her father, Augustus Spencer, was a captain in the British army, and settled in Canada and spent his later years as a contractor and builder.

(III) Dr. Augustus Bernard Santry, son of Jeremiah Santry, was born at Oneida, N.Y. Sept. 16, 1867. He attended the public schools in Oneida and afterward taught for four years. He began to study his profession at the medical school of the University of Maryland and was graduated from that institution with the degree of M.D., in the class of 1896. He began to practice at Little Falls, N.Y., and has continued there with notable success to the present time. He has a large and interesting practice and a reputation for skill and faithfulness as a physician and surgeon. He was health officer of the city from 1900 to 1904, and is now (1910) vice-president of the board of health. He is a member of the American Medical Association, the New York State Medical Society, the Herkimer County Medical Society, and of various social, benevolent and political organizations.
In politics he is a Democrat, and he has been very active and influential in his party in public affairs. He was mayor of the city in 1908 and 1909, and had a very creditable administration. Few men possess to a greater degree the public confidence and esteem.
He is a communicant of St. Mary's Roman Catholic church, of Little Falls, N.Y.
He married, Sept. 18, 1899, Margaret Mullen, of Little Falls, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth (Tighe) Mullen.
Children, born at Little Falls:
Mary Elizabeth, born Dec. 22, 1908, died March 16, 1909.
Margaret Adele, born Feb. 2, 1910.
[Transcriber's note: This material was published in 1910, so any subsequent children this couple may have had are not listed.]

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