there were 91.8 males. The median income for a household in the town was $41,133, and the median income for a family was $44,414. Males had a median income of $32,253 versus $21,250 for females. The per capita income for the town was $20,403. About 5.3% of families and 7.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 11.3% of those under age 18 and 7.7% of those age 65 or over. Notable people John Allen Family - Frontier family living in South Argyle who were massacred on 25/26 July 1777 by Native Americans attached to British General John Burgoyne's Army as they were moving southwards toward the Battles of Saratoga during the American Revolutionary War. Alexander Barkley - New York State Republican Legislator during 1865-1866 who lived and died in Argyle. He won statewide election in 1871 and served as Canal Commissioner from 1872 to 1874. Ebenezer Clark - Elected to the 1st New York State Legislature which met from Sep 1777 to Jun 1778. Subsequently elected to the 2nd, 12th, 13th, 15th, and 20-25th state legislatures. Elected by the New York State Assembly in 1799 to serve on the Council of Appointment. Buried in the Old Scots Cemetery in Argyle. Evelyn Clark Colfax - Born in Argyle in 1823 and married Schuyler Colfax (Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives 1863-1869 and first Vice President for Ulysses S. Grant) on 10 October 1844 at the family home in Argyle. Edward Dodd - Moved to Argyle in 1835 from nearby Salem and served as a member of the U.S House of Representatives from 1855 to 1859. He was an early member of the Republican Party. Eliakim Doolittle (1772-1850), composer Julia Spencer-Fleming - Author of mystery novels set in fictional Millers Kill, New York, who lived and attended school in Argyle in the 1970s. John Alexander McGeoch An American psychologist and educator who was born in Argyle in 1897. Considered a modern functionalist, his interests focused on human learning and memory. He was the chair of the department of psychology at the University of Missouri from 1930 to 1935, Wesleyan University from 1935 to 1939, and University of Iowa from 1939 to 1942. Grandma Moses - Renowned American folk artist; worked for a time in Argyle. Solomon Northup - Abolitionist, kidnapped and sold into slavery, who authored the book "12 Years A Slave" lived for a brief time in