Columbia County is both historical and scenically beautiful. Do you recall the town or village where he was born?
A small area called Sharon Twnshp., east of the Hudson.
He, his wife, and a son or two are buried in a cemetery on private property east of Troy.
I grew up in the Finger Lakes area and went to school in Albany, so I’m quite familiar with those parts of the state.
NYC, not so much, and having been there a couple times, I don’t miss it at all!