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Thomas Lynch, Jr. (1749-1779) —
of South Carolina.
Born in South Carolina, August 5,
1749.
Son of Thomas
Lynch, Sr..
Member of South Carolina state legislature, 1776; Delegate
to Continental Congress from South Carolina, 1776; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776.
While on an ocean voyage to France, was lost at
sea, in the North
Atlantic Ocean, 1779
(age about
29 years); his remains were not
recovered.
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Samuel Holden Parsons (1737-1789) —
Born in Lyme, New London
County, Conn., May 14,
1737.
Son of Rev. Jonathan Parsons and Phoebe (Griswold) Parsons.
Lawyer;
member of Connecticut
colonial assembly, 1762-74; general in the Continental Army
during the Revolutionary War; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1784-85; justice of
Northwest Territory supreme court, 1788-89.
Drowned
in a canoe accident, near Marietta, Washington
County, Ohio, November
17, 1789 (age 52 years, 187
days).
Cenotaph at Mortimer
Cemetery, Middletown, Conn.
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John Pegram (1773-1831) —
of Virginia.
Born in Dinwiddie
County, Va., November
16, 1773.
Member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1797-1801; member of Virginia
state senate, 1804-08; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 19th District, 1818-19.
Lost his life during the burning of a
boat on the Ohio River, April 8,
1831 (age 57 years, 143
days); his remains were never
recovered.
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Josiah Stoddard Johnston (1784-1833) —
also known as Josiah S. Johnston —
of Alexandria, Rapides
Parish, La.
Born in Salisbury, Litchfield
County, Conn., November
24, 1784.
Democrat. Member of Orleans
territorial legislature, 1805; state court judge in Louisiana,
1812; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana at-large, 1821-23; U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1824-33; died in office 1833.
Killed by an explosion on
the steamboat Lioness, on the Red River, in Louisiana,
May
19, 1833 (age 48 years, 176
days).
Interment at Rapides
Cemetery, Pineville, La.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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George L. Kinnard (1803-1836) —
of Indiana.
Born in Pennsylvania, 1803.
Democrat. Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1827; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 6th District, 1833-36; died in office
1836.
Died from injuries received in an explosion on
the steamer Flora on the Ohio River, November
26, 1836 (age about 33
years).
Interment at Presbyterian
Burying Ground, Cincinnati, Ohio; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Oliver Hillhouse Prince (1782-1837) —
also known as Oliver H. Prince —
of Macon, Bibb
County, Ga.
Born in Montville, New London
County, Conn., 1782.
Member of Georgia
state senate, 1824; U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1828-29.
Perished
in the wreck of the packet ship Home, in the North
Atlantic Ocean off Ocracoke Inlet, N.C., October
9, 1837 (age about 55
years); his remains were never
recovered.
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William Beatty Rochester (1789-1838) —
also known as William B. Rochester —
of Bath, Steuben
County, N.Y.
Born in Hagerstown, Washington
County, Md., January
29, 1789.
Democrat. Member of New York
state assembly from Allegany and Steuben counties, 1816-18; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1821-23 (20th District 1821-23,
28th District 1823); candidate for Governor of
New York, 1826.
Perished
in the wreck of the steamer Pulaski in the North
Atlantic Ocean off the coast of North Carolina, June 14,
1838 (age 49 years, 136
days); his remains were never
recovered.
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John Adams Cameron (1788-1838) —
also known as John A. Cameron —
of Fayetteville, Cumberland
County, N.C.
Born in Mecklenburg
County, Va., 1788.
Newspaper
editor; member of North
Carolina house of commons from Fayetteville, 1810-12, 1820; major
in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; U.S. Consul in Veracruz, 1831-32; U.S.
District Judge for Florida, 1832-38.
Member, Freemasons.
Perished
in the wreck of the steamer Pulaski in the North
Atlantic Ocean off the coast of North Carolina, June 14,
1838 (age about 49
years); his remains were probably
not recovered.
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Douglass Houghton (1809-1845) —
of Michigan.
Born in Troy, Rensselaer
County, N.Y., September
21, 1809.
Geologist;
mayor
of Detroit, Mich., 1842.
Drowned
with four others, when a sudden
storm overturned their boat, at Eagle Harbor, Keweenaw
County, Mich., October
13, 1845 (age 36 years, 22
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Stephen Allen (1767-1852) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born July 2,
1767.
Mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1821-24; member of New York
state senate 1st District, 1829-32.
Killed when the steamboat Henry Clay burned and
sank,
killing about eighty passengers, in the Lower Hudson
River, next to what is now the Riverdale section of the Bronx, July 28,
1852 (age 85 years, 26
days).
Entombed at New
York City Marble Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.
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Alexander Anderson (c.1812-1855) —
of California.
Born about 1812.
Member of California
state senate, 1852; justice of
California state supreme court, 1852-53.
Killed by the explosion of
the river steamer Pearl, January
27, 1855 (age about 43
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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John B. Macy (1799-1856) —
of Wisconsin.
Born in Nantucket, Nantucket
County, Mass., March 25,
1799.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 3rd District, 1853-55.
Lost his life in the burning of
the steamer Niagara, on Lake
Michigan, near Port Washington, Wisconsin, September
24, 1856 (age 57 years, 183
days); his remains were not
found.
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Stephen Clarendon Phillips (1801-1857) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Salem, Essex
County, Mass., November
4, 1801.
Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1824-29; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1830; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 2nd District, 1834-38; mayor of
Salem, Mass., 1838-42; Free Soil candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1848, 1849.
Perished in the burning of
the steamer Montreal on the St. Lawrence River in Canada,
June
26, 1857 (age 55 years, 234
days); his remains were never
recovered.
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James Hamilton, Jr. (1786-1857) —
of Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., May 8,
1786.
Major in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; lawyer; mayor
of Charleston, S.C., 1822; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 2nd District, 1822-29; Governor of
South Carolina, 1830-32.
While en route from New Orleans to Galveston, through some
mishap, was drowned
in the Gulf of
Mexico, November
15, 1857 (age 71 years, 191
days). His remains were probably never
found.
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Rufus Wheeler Peckham (1809-1873) —
also known as Rufus W. Peckham —
of New York.
Born in Rensselaerville, Albany
County, N.Y., December
20, 1809.
Son of Peleg Peckham (1762-1828) and Desire (Watson) Peckham
(1767-1852).
Democrat. Lawyer; law
partner of Lyman
Tremain; U.S.
Representative from New York 14th District, 1853-55; Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1861-69; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1870-73; died in office 1873.
Member, Kappa
Alpha Society.
En route to Europe on the steamer Ville du Havre, he was among
226 passengers and crew who perished
when the steamer collided with the Scottish sailing vessel
Loch Earn, and sank, in the North
Atlantic Ocean, November
22, 1873 (age 63 years, 337
days); his remains were never
found.
Cenotaph at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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Kirkland C. Barker (1819-1875) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in East Schuyler, Herkimer
County, N.Y., September
8, 1819.
Mayor
of Detroit, Mich., 1864-65.
Drowned,
when the sailboat in which he was transporting ballast-lead to his
yacht Cora suddenly sank, in the Detroit River near
Amherstberg, Ontario,
May
20, 1875 (age 55 years, 254
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Joseph I. Stein (d. 1880) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 20th District, 1877.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Killed in the wreck of the steamboat Seawanhaka, which
burned
and sank in
the East
River, June 28,
1880.
Interment at Linden
Hill Cemetery, Ridgewood, Queens, N.Y.
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A. C. Rand (1832-1885) —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., December
31, 1832.
Republican. Mayor
of Minneapolis, Minn., 1878-82.
Drowned
in a boat explosion on
Lake Minnetonka, July 12,
1885 (age 52 years, 193
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas Taylor Minor (1844-1889) —
also known as Thomas T. Minor —
of Port Townsend, Jefferson
County, Wash.; Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born, of American parents, in Manepy, Ceylon (now Sri
Lanka), February
20, 1844.
Son of Eastman Strong Minor and Judith (Manchester) Minor
(1814-1900).
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; physician;
one of the founders of the Seattle, Lake Shore and Eastern Railroad;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Washington Territory,
1880;
mayor of Port Townsend, Wash., 1881; mayor of
Seattle, Wash., 1887-88.
Last seen traveling by canoe to Whidbey Island with G. Morris Haller,
and was never
heard from again; presumed drowned
in a watercraft accident, in Puget
Sound, December
2, 1889 (age 45 years, 285
days). Their remains were not
found.
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Isidor Straus (1845-1912) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Otterberg, Germany,
February
6, 1845.
Son of Lazarus Straus and Sara Straus.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York 15th District, 1894-95.
Jewish.
One of the owners of the R. H. Macy & Co. department store in New
York.
Perished
in the wreck of the steamship Titanic, in the North
Atlantic Ocean, April 15,
1912 (age 67 years, 69
days); his body was subsequently recovered.
Originally entombed at Beth-El
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.; later interred at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.; memorial monument at Straus
Park, Manhattan, N.Y.
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Robert McNeely (c.1883-1915) —
of Monroe, Union
County, N.C.
Born about 1883.
Member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1908-10; U.S. Consul in
Aden, 1915, died in office 1915.
While en route to Aden as a passenger on the British liner
Persia, he was one of 385 passengers and crew who perished
when the ship sank (probably hit by a German
torpedo), in the Mediterranean
Sea, December
20, 1915 (age about 32
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Alfred L. M. Gottschalk (1873-1918) —
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
8, 1873.
Son of L. G. Gottschalk and Louise de L. (Boucher) Gottschalk.
Newspaper
correspondent; sugar grower; U.S.
Consul in Callao, 1903-05; U.S. Consul General in Callao, 1905-06; Mexico City, 1906-08; , 1908-11; Rio de Janeiro, 1916-17.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
While en route from Bahia, Brazil to Baltimore on the U.S. Navy ship
Cyclops, during World War
I, he was one of 306 sailors and crew who perished
when the ship sank, in the North
Atlantic Ocean, March, 1918
(age 45
years, 0 days); the wreckage was never
found.
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John W. Speakman (1900-1942) —
of Danville, Vermilion
County, Ill.
Born in Vermilion
County, Ill., March 5,
1900.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives; elected 1936, 1938; member of Illinois
state senate 22nd District; elected 1940.
Member, Freemasons.
Drowned
when his boat capsized, June 7,
1942 (age 42 years, 94
days).
Interment at Spring
Hill Cemetery, Danville, Ill.
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Carl Frederick Zeidler (1908-1942) —
also known as Carl Zeidler; "Singing Mayor";
"Boy Mayor" —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., January
4, 1908.
Mayor
of Milwaukee, Wis., 1940-42; resigned 1942; served in the U.S.
Navy during World War II.
Carl Zeidler Park, in downtown Milwaukee, is named for
him.
Killed
when the munitions ship La Salle was struck by
torpedos, exploded,
and sank,
about 350 miles southeast of the Cape of Good Hope, in the Indian
Ocean, November
7, 1942 (age 34 years, 307
days); his remains were never
found.
Cenotaph at Forest
Home Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wis.
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Albert Denis Cash (1897-1952) —
also known as Albert D. Cash —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, August
21, 1897.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1940;
mayor
of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1948-51.
Was fishing
when a freak
storm overturned his boat and drowned
him, on a lake in Michigan, August 2,
1952 (age 54 years, 347
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Stanley Jarolin (c.1933-2000) —
Born about 1933.
Democrat. Plumbing
and heating contractor; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1983-98; defeated in primary,
1998.
While fishing
with a friend, their boat capsized; he made it to shore but
died soon after from a heart
attack, in Luzerne
County, Pa., May 13,
2000 (age about 67
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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