ADELBERT M. TODD

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ADELBERT M. TODD
LIVED HERE CA. 1913-1959.
BUILDER OF FINE ROWBOATS
FROM 1913 UNTIL 1931
IN WORKSHOP THEN
LOCATED BEHIND HIS HOME.
WILLIAM G. POMEROY FOUNDATION 2019

Adelbert M. Todd was born in 1859, and was originally from Campbell, New York. Later in life he moved to Penn Yan and, from 1913 to 1931, made a name for himself as a skilled carpenter. He crafted violins, clocks and fine rowboats. After retiring, he moved to California, where he lived with his daughter until the his death at the age of 100.