| |  BIRDSALL:
See also
William
Matthew Fenton —
Thomas
Birdsall Jackson —
Albert
Morris —
Oliver
Perry Morton |
| |
Birdsall, Ausburn
(1814-1903) —
of Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Otego, Otsego
County, N.Y., November
13, 1814.
Son of Michael Calkins Birdsall (1775-1863) and Wealthy (Webster)
Birdsall (1782-1860).
Democrat. Lawyer; Broome
County District Attorney; U.S.
Representative from New York 22nd District, 1847-49.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 10,
1903 (age 88 years, 239
days).
Original interment at Spring
Forest Cemetery, Binghamton, N.Y.; reinterment in 1910 at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Birdsall, Benjamin —
of Queens
County, N.Y.
Member of New York
state assembly from Queens County, 1777-83.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Birdsall, Benjamin —
of Dutchess
County, N.Y.
Member of New York
state assembly from Dutchess County, 1782-83.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Birdsall, Benjamin —
of Columbia
County, N.Y.
Member of New York
state assembly from Columbia County, 1791-93, 1795-96, 1803-04.
Burial
location unknown.
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Birdsall, Benjamin Pixley
(1858-1916) —
also known as Benjamin P. Birdsall —
of Clarion, Wright
County, Iowa.
Born in Weyauwega, Waupaca
County, Wis., October
26, 1858.
Son of Benjamin Birdsall (1810-1888) and Ann Birdsall (1831-1906).
Republican. Lawyer;
district judge in Iowa 11th District, 1893-1900; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 3rd District, 1903-09.
Most sources give his date of death as May 26, 1917, but his New
York Times obituary and the Iowa cemetery record (WPA
transcription) contradict this.
Died in Clarion, Wright
County, Iowa, May 16,
1916 (age 57 years, 203
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Clarion, Iowa.
|
| |
Birdsall, Charles E. —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Member of New York
state assembly from New York County 13th District, 1861.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Birdsall, George G. —
of Colorado Springs, El Paso
County, Colo.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Colorado,
1940.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Birdsall, H. S. —
of Clarion, Wright
County, Iowa.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Iowa, 1888.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Birdsall, Jacob —
of Ocean
County, N.J.
Member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Ocean County, 1864-65.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Birdsall, James
(1783-1856) —
of Norwich, Chenango
County, N.Y.; Fenton, Genesee
County, Mich.; Flint, Genesee
County, Mich.
Born in New York, 1783.
Democrat. Lawyer; Chenango
County Surrogate, 1811; U.S.
Representative from New York 15th District, 1815-17; member of New York
state assembly from Chenango County, 1827.
Died in Flint, Genesee
County, Mich., July 20,
1856 (age about 73
years).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Flint, Mich.
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Birdsall, John
(1802-1839) —
of Chautauqua
County, N.Y.
Born in Greene, Chenango
County, N.Y., 1802.
Circuit judge in New York; member of New York
state assembly from Chautauqua County, 1831; member of New York
state senate 8th District, 1832-34; resigned 1834; Attorney
General of the Texas Republic, 1837-38.
Died in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., July 22,
1839 (age about 37
years).
Interment at Glendale
Cemetery, Houston, Tex.
|
| |
Birdsall, John —
of Glen Cove, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Member of New York
state senate 1st District, 1880-81.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Birdsall, Rollin L. —
of Willington, Tolland
County, Conn.
Republican. Elected Connecticut
state house of representatives from Willington 1926.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
|
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Birdsall, Samuel
(1791-1872) —
of New York.
Born in Hillsdale, Columbia
County, N.Y., May 14,
1791.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York 25th District, 1837-39.
Died in Waterloo, Seneca
County, N.Y., February
8, 1872 (age 80 years, 270
days).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Waterloo, N.Y.
|
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Birdsall, Samuel —
of Ocean
County, N.J.
Member of New Jersey
state senate from Ocean County, 1851-53.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Birdsall, Willis N. —
of Iowa.
Democrat. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Iowa 3rd District, 1924.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| | BIRDSEY:
See also
Birdsey
Beardslee —
Birdsey
Knight —
Birdsey
G. Palmer —
Birdsey
B. Plumb |
| |
Birdsey, Eli C. —
of Meriden, New Haven
County, Conn.
Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Meriden, 1834.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Birdsey, Eli Coe
(1843-1929) —
also known as Eli C. Birdsey —
of Meriden, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Meriden, New Haven
County, Conn., February
25, 1843.
Son of Eli Coe Birdsey (1799-1843) and Rebecca Cook (Wilcox) Birdsey
(1805-1888).
Republican. Hardware
merchant; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Meriden, 1919-20.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died February
5, 1929 (age 85 years, 346
days).
Interment at East
Cemetery, Meriden, Conn.
|
| |
Birdsey, Gershom
(1776-1865) —
of Meriden, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Middletown, Middlesex
County, Conn., December
29, 1776.
Son of Gershom Birdsey (1734-1789) and Hannah (Bartlett) Birdsey.
Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Meriden, 1827.
Died March 13,
1865 (age 88 years, 74
days).
Interment at East
Cemetery, Meriden, Conn.
|
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Birdsong, Francis Guinn
(1891-1979) —
also known as Frank G. Birdsong —
of La Grange, Troup
County, Ga.
Born in La Grange, Troup
County, Ga., February
15, 1891.
Son of Andrew Woodie Birdsong and Kathrine (Guinn) Birdsong.
Democrat. Wholesale
grocer; member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Troup County, 1951-56.
Baptist.
Died in La Grange, Troup
County, Ga., May 25,
1979 (age 88 years, 99
days).
Interment at Shadowlawn Cemetery, La Grange, Ga.
|
| | Birdsong, Frank
G. See Francis Guinn
Birdsong |
| |
Birdsong, Robert —
of Macon, Bibb
County, Ga.
Intendant
of Macon, Georgia, 1828.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Birdsong, Thomas H. —
of Courtland, Southampton
County, Va.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Virginia, 1912.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| | BIRGE:
See also
Birge
Carlton Swift |
| |
Birge, Alonzo W. —
of Coventry, Tolland
County, Conn.
Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Coventry, 1833; member of Connecticut
state senate 21st District, 1837; Connecticut
state treasurer, 1846-47.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Birge, Cecilia X. —
of Belle Mead, Somerset
County, N.J.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey,
2008.
Female.
Still living as of 2008.
|
| |
Birge, Earl R. —
of Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.
U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1932.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Birge, Edward S. —
of Stratford, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Republican. Merchant;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Stratford, 1939-40.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Birge, Horace —
of Windsor, Hartford
County, Conn.
Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Windsor, 1837.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Birge, John (1853-1905) —
of Bristol, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Bristol, Hartford
County, Conn., August
25, 1853.
Republican. Manufacturer;
member of Connecticut
state senate 4th District, 1895-96.
Died October
20, 1905 (age 52 years, 56
days).
Interment at West Cemetery, Bristol, Conn.
|
| |
Birge, Walter W., Jr. —
U.S. Vice Consul in Istanbul, 1943.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| | BIRKETT:
See also
Henry
Wirt Newkirk —
Marvin
Birkett Sherwin |
| |
Birkett, Eastman —
of Nassau
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Candidate for New York
state senate 3rd District, 1954.
Still living as of 1954.
|
| |
Birkett, Glenn W. —
of Racine
County, Wis.
Republican. Member of Wisconsin
state assembly from Racine County 3rd District; elected 1948.
Still living as of 1948.
|
| |
Birkett, James W. —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Plumber;
member of New York
state senate 3rd District, 1890-91.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Birkett, Patrick L. —
of California.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,
2000.
Still living as of 2000.
|
| |
Birkett, Richard —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Libertarian. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1984.
Still living as of 1984.
|
| |
Birmingham, Alice E. —
of Pittsfield, Berkshire
County, Mass.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1924.
Female.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Birmingham, E. L. —
of Kennewick, Benton
County, Wash.
Mayor
of Kennewick, Wash., 1969.
Still living as of 1969.
|
| |
Birmingham, Edward H. —
of Sioux City, Woodbury
County, Iowa.
Democrat. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Iowa 11th District, 1920; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Iowa, 1936,
1940;
Iowa
Democratic state chair, 1937; U.S. Collector of Internal
Revenue for Iowa, 1946-47.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Birmingham, Merle —
of Minnesota.
Beer Wine Independent candidate for U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1924.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Birmingham, Michael J. —
of Towson, Baltimore
County, Md.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland,
1956.
Still living as of 1956.
|
| |
Birmingham, Paul V. —
of Modesto, Stanislaus
County, Calif.
Democrat. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 10th District, 1954; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from California, 1964.
Still living as of 1964.
|
| |
Birmingham, Thomas F. —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1996,
2000.
Still living as of 2000.
|
| |
Birmingham, Thomas J. —
of Andover, Tolland
County, Conn.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Connecticut, 1940.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| | BIRNEY:
See also
Birney
F. Combs —
Birney
Hoyt —
Birney
Imes —
Birney
W. Smith |
| |
Birney, Arthur Alexis
(1852-1916) —
also known as Arthur A. Birney —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Paris, France,
May
28, 1852.
Son of William Birney (1819-1907; Civil War general) and Catherine
(Hoffman) Birney.
Republican. Lawyer; law
professor; U.S.
Attorney for the District of Columbia, 1893-97.
Episcopalian.
Died September
4, 1916 (age 64 years, 99
days).
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Birney, Dion —
of Saginaw Township, Saginaw
County, Mich.
Supervisor
of Saginaw Township, Michigan, 1849-51.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Birney, James Gillespie
(1792-1857) —
also known as James G. Birney —
of Danville, Boyle
County, Ky.; Huntsville, Madison
County, Ala.; Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio; New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Lower Saginaw, Saginaw County (now Bay City, Bay
County), Mich.
Born in Danville, Boyle
County, Ky., February
4, 1792.
Son of James Gillespie Birney and Mary Reed Birney.
Lawyer;
studied law in the office of Alexander
J. Dallas in Philadelphia; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1816-18; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1819-20; solicitor general of
Alabama, 1823-26; candidate for Presidential Elector for Alabama, 1828;
mayor
of Huntsville, Ala., 1829; abolitionist; Liberty candidate for President
of the United States, 1840, 1844; candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1843, 1845.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
While traveling in 1845, the horse he
was riding bucked; he fell and
was injured; his condition worsened over time, leading to tremors and
paralysis, and he died as a result, in Perth Amboy, Middlesex
County, N.J., November
25, 1857 (age 65 years, 294
days).
Interment at Williamsburgh
Cemetery, Groveland, N.Y.
|
| |
Birney, James M.
(1817-1888) —
also known as James Birney —
of Bay City, Bay
County, Mich.
Born in Danville, Boyle
County, Ky., June 17,
1817.
Son of Agatha (McDowell) Birney and James
Gillespie Birney.
Republican. Circuit
judge in Michigan 10th Circuit, 1860-63; Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1861; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Michigan, 1872;
U.S. Minister to Netherlands, 1876-82.
Died in Bay City, Bay
County, Mich., May 8,
1888 (age 70 years, 326
days).
Interment at Pine
Ridge Cemetery, Bay City, Mich.
|
| |
Birney, Mattie —
of Culpeper, Culpeper
County, Va.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Virginia, 1932.
Female.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Birney, Thomas C. —
of California.
Member of California
state assembly 17th District, 1875-77, 1881-83.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Biro, Carl —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Socialist Labor candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1944,
1948,
1960;
Socialist Labor candidate for Michigan
state treasurer, 1946.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Biro, Joseph —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Socialist Labor candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1944.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Biro, Marie —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Socialist Labor candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1944;
Socialist Labor candidate for delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from 13th Senatorial
District, 1961.
Female.
Still living as of 1961.
|
| |
Biro, Violet —
of Bloomfield Hills, Oakland
County, Mich.
Member of Michigan Socialist Labor State Central Committee, 1965-69.
Female.
Still living as of 1969.
|
| |
Bisbee, Charles A., Jr. —
of Chesterfield, Hampshire
County, Mass.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1960.
Still living as of 1960.
|
| |
Bisbee, Clark E. —
of Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich.
Republican. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives 64th District; elected 1998.
Still living as of 1998.
|
| |
Bisbee, Fordyce W. —
Democrat. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Iowa 11th District, 1930.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Bisbee, Horatio, Jr.
(1839-1916) —
of Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.
Born in Canton, Oxford
County, Maine, May 1,
1839.
Republican. U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, 1869-73; U.S.
Representative from Florida, 1877-79, 1881, 1882-85 (1st District
1877-79, 2nd District 1881, 1882-85).
Died in Dixfield, Oxford
County, Maine, March 27,
1916 (age 76 years, 331
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Dixfield, Maine.
|
| |
Bisbee, Kenneth M. —
of Derry, Rockingham
County, N.H.
Republican. Delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention from Derry,
1956; elected New
Hampshire state house of representatives from Derry 1956.
Still living as of 1956.
|
| |
Bisbee, Robert E. —
Democrat. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 2nd District, 1898.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Bischoff, Carl W.
(1895-1990) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Warren, Macomb
County, Mich.
Born in East Tawas, Iosco
County, Mich., April 23,
1895.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; machinist;
carpenter;
builder;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1933-34; defeated in primary, 1936; member of Michigan
Democratic State Central Committee, 1939; member of Michigan
state senate 1st District, 1939-40; defeated in primary, 1934,
1940.
German
ancestry. Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons.
Died in Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich., January
30, 1990 (age 94 years, 282
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1920
to Louise Weideman. |
|
| | Bischoff,
Charles Frederick See Charles
Frederick Bishop |
| |
Bischoff, Henry, Jr. —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Common pleas court judge in New York, 1895; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1896-1913.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Bish, Carl —
of Brooke
County, W.Va.
Democrat. Chair of
Brooke County Democratic Party, 1983.
Still living as of 1983.
|
| |
Bish, Clyde —
of Wayne
County, Mich.
Candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1936 (United), 1938 (Protestants United).
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Bish, Milan D.
(1929-2001) —
of Grand Island, Hall
County, Neb.
Born near Giltner, Hamilton
County, Neb., July 1,
1929.
Son of Charles Bish and Mabel (Williams) Bish.
Republican. Farm
implement dealer; Nebraska
Republican state chair, 1971-73; U.S. Ambassador to Antigua and Barbuda, 1981-84; Barbados, 1981-84; Dominica, 1981-84; SAINT Lucia, 1981-84; SAINT Vincent and THEGRE, 1981-84; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Nebraska, 1988.
Episcopalian.
Member, Rotary.
Died, of Parkinson's
disease and cancer, at
Tiffany Square care
center, Grand Island, Hall
County, Neb., November
5, 2001 (age 72 years, 127
days).
Interment at Grand
Island Cemetery, Grand Island, Neb.
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