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Thurlow Weed was born in Cairo, New York in 1797. He was the son of Joel Weed and Mary Weed. His father was a poor farmer resulting in Thurlow Weed only attending school briefly. Thurlow Weed held various jobs starting at the age of eight. Some of these jobs include working at a blacksmith's, the printer's or on Hudson River boats. When his family moved to central New York, Weed became apprenticed to a printer. He served a short time as a soldier in the War of 1812.

Due to his experience as an apprentice to a printer, Weed became the foreman of the Albany Register in 1817. Weed was interested in politics early in his career and started to become more active in the 1820s. In 1821, Weed moved to Rochester to be the editor of the Rochester Telegraph. In 1822, Weed married Catherine Ostrander of Cooperstown. Together they had four daughters and one son.

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