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Cornelius Harnett (1723-1781) —
of North Carolina.
Born near Edenton, Chowan
County, N.C., April 20,
1723.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from North Carolina, 1777.
Captured by the British in January 1781, and died
as a prisoner, of disease
contracted in captivity, in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., April 20,
1781 (age 58 years, 0
days).
Interment at St.
James' Churchyard, Wilmington, N.C.
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Thomas Ruffin (1820-1863) —
of Goldsboro, Wayne
County, N.C.
Born in Louisburg, Franklin
County, N.C., September
9, 1820.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 2nd District, 1853-61; Delegate
from North Carolina to the Confederate Provisional Congress,
1861-62; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Mortally
wounded in a cavalry fight before the Battle of Bristoe Station,
and died while a prisoner of war, at Alexandria,
Va., October
13, 1863 (age 43 years, 34
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Franklin County, N.C.
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William Magear Tweed (1823-1878) —
also known as William M. Tweed; William Marcy Tweed;
"Boss Tweed" —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April 3,
1823.
Son of Richard Tweed and Eliza (Magear) Tweed.
Democrat. Chairmaker;
fire
fighter; U.S.
Representative from New York 5th District, 1853-55; member of New York
state senate 4th District, 1868-73.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Odd
Fellows; Freemasons.
Convicted
of embezzlement
and sentenced
to twelve years in prison;
escaped;
captured
in Spain and brought back to New York.
Died in prison, in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April 12,
1878 (age 55 years, 9
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Stephen J. Stilwell (1866-1942) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.; Mamaroneck, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, May 10,
1866.
Son of Mary Delia (Archer) Stilwell (1833-1925) and William Jewitt
Stilwell.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state senate 21st District, 1909-13; removed 1913; charged
in 1913 with extorting
a bribe
of $3,500 from George H. Kendall, president of the New York Bank Note
company, over a bill that Kendall supported; tried in
the State Senate and found not guilty on April 15 by a vote of 28 to
21; indicted
on May 12 by a grand jury for soliciting
a bribe; tried
soon after, and convicted
on May 24; this removed him from office; sentenced
to four to eight years in prison;
after his release, he moved to Mamaroneck and entered the real
estate business; indicted
in 1934 on charges that he defrauded
his former stenographer of $9,000 when she came to him seeking a
Naval Academy appointment for her son, but the case did not go to
trial; arrested
in March 1941 and indicted
in April on charges that he attempted to bribe a
Mamaroneck village trustee $1,000 to obtain a police job for an
associate; pleaded
guilty, but never sentenced; while incarcerated, his legs were
amputated.
Died, while a prisoner awaiting sentence, in Grasslands Hospital,
Valhalla, Westchester
County, N.Y., April 20,
1942 (age 75 years, 345
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Sydney Smyth (d. 1944) —
of Manila, Philippines.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Philippine Islands,
1916
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business).
Captured when the Japanese invaded the Philippines, and held at the
Santo Tomas Interment Camp (University of Santo Tomas, Manila,
Philippines). Died, as a prisoner of war, in San Lazaro Hospital,
Manila, Philippines,
April
6, 1944.
Original interment at La
Loma Cemetery, Manila, Philippines; reinterment at Basilica
of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Quezon City, Philippines.
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Allison De France Gibbs (1868-1945) —
also known as Allison D. Gibbs —
Born in Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn., April 3,
1868.
Son of Charles W. Gibbs (1840-1915) and Albina Stanhope (De France)
Gibbs (1847-1887).
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Philippine
Islands, 1920.
While a prisoner of the Japanese during World War II, was killed
by Allied bombing of
the hospital
where he was held, in Baguio, Benguet Province, Philippines,
March
15, 1945 (age 76 years, 346
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Mt.
Olivet Columbarium, Colma, Calif.
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Hyman E. Mintz (c.1909-1966) —
also known as Bucky Mintz —
of South Fallsburg, Sullivan
County, N.Y.
Born about 1909.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Sullivan County, 1951-65.
Jewish.
Member, B'nai
B'rith.
Indicted
in 1965 on bribery
charges;
convicted
in February 1966, and sentenced
to a year in prison.
Died, following a heart
attack, while serving a prison sentence, in Bellevue Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March 25,
1966 (age about 57
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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