Chief Patrick Byron. Troy, N. Y.

Chief Patrick Byron. Troy, N. Y.

We reprint the following interesting sketch from The Troy Observer: In a humble cottage, cloistered among the hills in the County Tipperary, Ireland, the subject of this sketch, Patrick Byron, first saw the light of day April 21, 1841. There are many reasons why the facts concerning his birth and life should be made public, the principal one being to show what the indomitable courage and progressive will of an honest lad possessed of sound convictions and a true heart may bring him to. Patrick Byron arrived in this country when but a boy of tender years, and for a while made New York city his home, then being under the supervision of his patents. Along in the fifties, his people removed to Cohoes, and there the young man first attained work. About 1857 he became a resident of this city, and with but one or two years spent in New York has resided here ever since. He became a fireman December 25, 1859,when he joined the Hope Steamer Company, then known as No. 6, when the old hand engine was in use. He remained a member there until about 1870, when he joined the Osgood Steamer Company, of which he is still a member. His faithful fire duty was recognized, and he was made an assistant captain of the Osgood Company, when in 1880 a superior call was made and Mr. Byron was elected to the position of second assistant chief engineer of the Troy Fiie Department. That the selection was a model one cannot be doubted, as his record has shown him to be one of the foremost successful fire fighters in the country. Now Patrick Byron has the proud honor of being at the head of one of the best volunteer departments in the Slate, he having been chosen chief engineer the latter part of April, 1891, after a protracted deadlock in the Board of Fire Commissioners. Socially, the chief is a favorite, and his open and honest expressions of opinion have at all times characterized his acts to such an extent that everyone knows just how to take him. He is a member of the Exempt Firemen’s Association, of Division No. 2, A. O. II., the Byron Literary Association, and Byron Council,C. B. L., both of which latter bodies were named in his honor. As a man, Patrick Byron is a model, and he possesses keen judgment, particularly in the matter of fire-fighting and his faithful and prompt work in this line, backed by the efficient department in his control, has undoubtedly lessened the amount of losses by fire in Troy for the past decade. Chief Byron is quiet, unassuming, genial and gentlemanly in his ways, and to know him means a steadfast friend. He is a true Democrat, a member of the general committee and influential in the city. If there is one man in Troy who the people have genuine respect and admiration for.it is Mr. Byron. His acquaintance outside is also very wide, in fact his reputation is national, for on April 27, 1892, FIRK AND WATER, a New York journal, published portraits of representative fue chiefs of the country, with Chief Byron at the post of honor in the centre of the page. Next Friday the chief will be fifty-two years old, but he is yet young and vigorous, and a shower of congratulations should be poured on him, with best wishes for a long life, health, wealth, prosperity and a continuance in the position he now so ably fills.

We reprint the following interesting sketch from The Troy Observer: In a humble cottage, cloistered among the hills in the County Tipperary, Ireland, the subject of this sketch, Patrick Byron, first saw the light of day April 21, 1841. There are many reasons why the facts concerning his birth and life should be made public, the principal one being to show what the indomitable courage and progressive will of an honest lad possessed of sound convictions and a true heart may bring him to. Patrick Byron arrived in this country when but a boy of tender years, and for a while made New York city his home, then being under the supervision of his patents. Along in the fifties, his people removed to Cohoes, and there the young man first attained work. About 1857 he became a resident of this city, and with but one or two years spent in New York has resided here ever since. He became a fireman December 25, 1859,when he joined the Hope Steamer Company, then known as No. 6, when the old hand engine was in use. He remained a member there until about 1870, when he joined the Osgood Steamer Company, of which he is still a member. His faithful fire duty was recognized, and he was made an assistant captain of the Osgood Company, when in 1880 a superior call was made and Mr. Byron was elected to the position of second assistant chief engineer of the Troy Fiie Department. That the selection was a model one cannot be doubted, as his record has shown him to be one of the foremost successful fire fighters in the country. Now Patrick Byron has the proud honor of being at the head of one of the best volunteer departments in the Slate, he having been chosen chief engineer the latter part of April, 1891, after a protracted deadlock in the Board of Fire Commissioners. Socially, the chief is a favorite, and his open and honest expressions of opinion have at all times characterized his acts to such an extent that everyone knows just how to take him. He is a member of the Exempt Firemen’s Association, of Division No. 2, A. O. II., the Byron Literary Association, and Byron Council,C. B. L., both of which latter bodies were named in his honor. As a man, Patrick Byron is a model, and he possesses keen judgment, particularly in the matter of fire-fighting and his faithful and prompt work in this line, backed by the efficient department in his control, has undoubtedly lessened the amount of losses by fire in Troy for the past decade. Chief Byron is quiet, unassuming, genial and gentlemanly in his ways, and to know him means a steadfast friend. He is a true Democrat, a member of the general committee and influential in the city. If there is one man in Troy who the people have genuine respect and admiration for.it is Mr. Byron. His acquaintance outside is also very wide, in fact his reputation is national, for on April 27, 1892, FIRK AND WATER, a New York journal, published portraits of representative fue chiefs of the country, with Chief Byron at the post of honor in the centre of the page. Next Friday the chief will be fifty-two years old, but he is yet young and vigorous, and a shower of congratulations should be poured on him, with best wishes for a long life, health, wealth, prosperity and a continuance in the position he now so ably fills.