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David Davidse Schuyler (1669-1715) —
also known as David Schuyler —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in 1669.
Mayor
of Albany, N.Y., 1706-07.
Died in 1715
(age about
46 years).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Albany County, N.Y.; reinterment at
Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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Hendrick Hansen (c.1670-1724) —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born about 1670.
Mayor
of Albany, N.Y., 1698-99.
Died in 1724
(age about
54 years).
Original interment at Dutch
Church Burial Ground, Albany, N.Y.; reinterment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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Pieter Schuyler (1657-1724) —
also known as Peter Schuyler —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Beverwyck, New Netherland (now Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.), 1657.
Son of Pieter Pieterse Schuyler and Margarita (Van Slichtenhorst)
Schuyler.
Mayor
of Albany, N.Y., 1686-94.
Died February
19, 1724 (age about 66
years).
Original interment at Dutch
Church Burial Ground, Albany, N.Y.; subsequent interment at Madison
Avenue Dutch Church, Albany, N.Y.; reinterment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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Robert Livingston the Younger (1663-1725) —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Scotland,
1663.
Son of James Livingston.
Mayor
of Albany, N.Y., 1710-19.
Died in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., April 21,
1725 (age about 61
years).
Original interment at Dutch
Church Burial Ground, Albany, N.Y.; reinterment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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Jan Jansen Bleecker (1641-1732) —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in 1641.
Fur
trader; mayor of
Albany, N.Y., 1700-01.
Died in 1732
(age about
91 years).
Original interment at Dutch
Church Burial Ground, Albany, N.Y.; reinterment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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Johannes Bleecker (1668-1737) —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in 1668.
Mayor
of Albany, N.Y., 1701-02.
Died in 1737
(age about
69 years).
Original interment at Dutch
Church Burial Ground, Albany, N.Y.; reinterment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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Johannes Cuyler (c.1661-1740) —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born about 1661.
Mayor
of Albany, N.Y., 1725-26.
Christian
Reformed. Dutch
ancestry.
Died in 1740
(age about
79 years).
Original interment at Dutch
Church Burial Ground, Albany, N.Y.; reinterment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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Johannes Schuyler (1697-1746) —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., 1697.
Son of Johannes
Schuyler (1668-1747) and Elizabeth (Staats) Schuyler (died 1737).
Mayor
of Albany, N.Y., 1741-42.
Died in Albany
County, N.Y., 1746
(age about
49 years).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Albany County, N.Y.; reinterment at
Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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Johannes Schuyler (1668-1747) —
also known as John Schuyler —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in 1668.
Mayor
of Albany, N.Y., 1703-06.
Died in New York, June 25,
1747 (age about 78
years).
Original interment at Dutch
Church Burial Ground, Albany, N.Y.; reinterment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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Joshua Fry (1699-1754) —
of Albemarle
County, Va.
Born in Crewkerne, Somerset, England,
1699.
Member of Virginia
House of Burgesses.
Surveyor and co-author with Peter Jefferson (Thomas
Jefferson's father) of a famous early map titled "Map of the Most
Inhabited part of Virginia, containing the whole province of Maryland
with Part of Pensilvania, New Jersey and North Carolina." Upon his
death, the young George
Washington took command of Virginia's military forces.
Died, of injuries received in a fall from
his horse, near
Cumberland, Allegany
County, Md., May 31,
1754 (age about 54
years).
Original interment somewhere
in Allegany County, Md.; reinterment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Cumberland, Md.
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Myndert Schuyler (1672-1755) —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in 1672.
Merchant;
mayor
of Albany, N.Y., 1719-21, 1723-25.
Died in 1755
(age about
83 years).
Original interment at Dutch
Church Burial Ground, Albany, N.Y.; reinterment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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Johannes Hansen (1695-1756) —
also known as Hans Hansen —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in 1695.
Son of Hendrick
Hansen.
Mayor
of Albany, N.Y., 1754-56.
Died in 1756
(age about
61 years).
Original interment at Dutch
Church Burial Ground, Albany, N.Y.; reinterment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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Simon Boerum (1724-1775) —
of New York.
Born in Flatbush (now part of Brooklyn), Kings
County, N.Y., February
29, 1724.
Member of New York
colonial assembly, 1761-75; Delegate
to Continental Congress from New York, 1774-75.
Christian
Reformed.
Died in New Lots (now part of Brooklyn), Kings
County, N.Y., July 11,
1775 (age 51 years, 0
days).
Original interment at Dutch
Reformed Burying Ground (which no longer exists), Brooklyn, N.Y.;
reinterment in 1848 at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Samuel Ward (1725-1776) —
of Westerly, Washington
County, R.I.
Born in Newport, Newport
County, R.I., May 27,
1725.
Governor
of Rhode Island, 1762-63, 1765-67; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Rhode Island, 1774-76; died in
office 1776.
Died March 26,
1776 (age 50 years, 304
days).
Original interment at First
Baptist Churchyard, Philadelphia, Pa.; reinterment in 1860 at Common
Burial Ground, Newport, R.I.
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John Hart (1713-1779) —
also known as "Honest John" —
of Hopewell, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Stonington, New London
County, Conn., 1713.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from New Jersey, 1776; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; member of New Jersey state
legislature, 1776.
Died, from kidney
failure, in Hopewell, Mercer
County, N.J., May 11,
1779 (age about 65
years).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Mercer County, N.J.; reinterment in
1865 at First
Baptist Church Cemetery, Hopewell, N.J.
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George Taylor (1716-1781) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Ireland,
1716.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1776; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776.
Presbyterian.
Died in 1781
(age about
65 years).
Original interment at St.
John's Lutheran Church Cemetery, Easton, Pa.; reinterment at Easton
Cemetery, Easton, Pa.
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Mann Page (1749-1781) —
of Virginia.
Born in Gloucester
County, Va., 1749.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1777.
Died in 1781
(age about
32 years).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Gloucester County, Va.; reinterment
at Abington
Episcopal Church, Gloucester County, Va.
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Caesar Rodney (1728-1784) —
of Delaware.
Born in Dover, Kent
County, Del., October
7, 1728.
Member of Delaware state legislature, 1762; justice of
Delaware state supreme court, 1769; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Delaware, 1774; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776.
Died June 29,
1784 (age 55 years, 266
days).
Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment at Christ
Church Cemetery, Dover, Del.
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Abner Nash (1740-1786) —
of Craven
County, N.C.
Born near Farmville, Prince
Edward County, Va., August 8,
1740.
Lawyer;
member of Virginia
House of Burgesses, 1761-65; member of North
Carolina house of commons, 1777-78; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1779-80; Governor of
North Carolina, 1780-81; member of North Carolina state
legislature, 1782; Delegate
to Continental Congress from North Carolina, 1782-86; died in
office 1786.
Died while attending a session of the Continental
Congress, in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
2, 1786 (age 46 years, 116
days).
Original interment at St.
Paul's Churchyard, Manhattan, N.Y.; reinterment at Pembroke
Plantation Cemetery, New Bern, N.C.
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William Henry (1729-1786) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born near Downingtown, Chester
County, Pa., May 19,
1729.
Common pleas court judge in Pennsylvania, 1770, 1773, 1777; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1784-85.
Died in Lancaster, Lancaster
County, Pa., December
15, 1786 (age 57 years, 210
days).
Original interment at Moravian
Cemetery, Lancaster, Pa.; reinterment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Lancaster, Pa.
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John Penn (1741-1788) —
of North Carolina.
Born near Port Royal, Caroline
County, Va., May 17,
1741.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from North Carolina, 1775; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; signer,
Articles of Confederation, 1777.
Died September
14, 1788 (age 47 years, 120
days).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Granville County, N.C.; reinterment
in 1894 at Guilford
Battle Grounds, Greensboro, N.C.
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Johannes DePeyster (1694-1789) —
also known as John DePeyster —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in 1694.
Mayor
of Albany, N.Y., 1729-31, 1732-33.
Died in 1789
(age about
95 years).
Original interment at Dutch
Church Burial Ground, Albany, N.Y.; reinterment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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James Mitchell Varnum (1748-1789) —
Born in Dracut, Middlesex
County, Mass., December
17, 1748.
General in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Rhode Island, 1780; justice of
Northwest Territory supreme court, 1788-89.
Died January
10, 1789 (age 40 years, 24
days).
Original interment in unknown location; reinterment in 1871 at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Marietta, Ohio.
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Joseph Spencer (1714-1789) —
of Connecticut.
Born in East Haddam, Middlesex
County, Conn., October
3, 1714.
Member of Connecticut
council of assistants, 1776-77, 1779-88; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Connecticut, 1778.
Died in East Haddam, Middlesex
County, Conn., January
13, 1789 (age 74 years, 102
days).
Original interment at Millington
Green Cemetery, East Haddam, Conn.; reinterment in 1904 at Nathan
Hale Park, East Haddam, Conn.
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Theodorick Bland (1742-1790) —
of Virginia.
Born in Cawsons, Prince
George County, Va., March 21,
1742.
Son of Frances (Bolling) Bland and Theodorick Bland (1719-1790).
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1780-83; delegate to
Virginia state constitutional convention, 1788; U.S.
Representative from Virginia at-large, 1789-90; died in office
1790.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 1,
1790 (age 48 years, 72
days).
Original interment at Trinity
Churchyard, Manhattan, N.Y.; reinterment in 1828 at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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William Livingston (1723-1790) —
of Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., November
30, 1723.
Member of New York
colonial assembly, 1759-61; Delegate
to Continental Congress from New Jersey, 1774-76; Governor of
New Jersey, 1776-90; died in office 1790; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787.
Presbyterian.
Died July 25,
1790 (age 66 years, 237
days).
Originally entombed at Trinity
Churchyard, Manhattan, N.Y.; re-entombed in 1846 at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Lyman Hall (1724-1790) —
of Georgia.
Born in Wallingford, New Haven
County, Conn., April 12,
1724.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from Georgia, 1775; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; Governor of
Georgia, 1783-84.
Congregationalist.
Died October
19, 1790 (age 66 years, 190
days).
Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment at Courthouse
Grounds, Augusta, Ga.
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Richard Butler (1743-1791) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born April 1,
1743.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; state
court judge in Pennsylvania, 1788; member of Pennsylvania
state senate, 1790.
Killed on an expedition
against Indian tribes, November
4, 1791 (age 48 years, 217
days).
Original interment in unknown location; reinterment at Soldiers
Monument, Fort Recovery, Ohio.
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Jacob Coenraedt Ten Eyck (1705-1793) —
also known as Jacob C. Ten Eyck —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in 1705.
Mayor
of Albany, N.Y., 1748-50.
Died in 1793
(age about
88 years).
Original interment in unknown location; reinterment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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Jonathan Dickinson Sergeant (1746-1793) —
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., 1746.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from New Jersey, 1776; Pennsylvania
state attorney general, 1777-80.
Died October
8, 1793 (age about 47
years).
Original interment at Presbyterian
Churchyard, Philadelphia, Pa.; reinterment in 1878 at Laurel
Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Jesse Woodhull (1735-1795) —
of Orange
County, N.Y.
Born in Setauket, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., February
10, 1735.
Member of New York
state senate Middle District, 1779-81; delegate to
New York convention to ratify U.S. constitution from Orange
County, 1788; Presidential Elector for New York, 1792.
Died in Orange
County, N.Y., February
4, 1795 (age 59 years, 359
days).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Orange County, N.Y.; reinterment at
Cemetery
of the Highlands, Highland Mills, N.Y.
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Joel Lane (c.1740-1795) —
of North Carolina.
Born in Halifax
County, N.C., about 1740.
Member of North Carolina state legislature; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1782-94; delegate to
North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1788, 1789.
Provided the site for Raleigh, the capital of North Carolina.
Died March 29,
1795 (age about 55
years).
Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment in
1969 at City
Cemetery, Raleigh, N.C.
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Thomas Scott (1739-1796) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Chester
County, Pa., 1739.
Member of Pennsylvania state legislature, 1776; state court judge in
Pennsylvania, 1786; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1789-91, 1793-95 (at-large
1789-91, 8th District 1793-95).
Died March 2,
1796 (age about 56
years).
Original interment at Old
Graveyard, Washington, Pa.; reinterment at Washington
Cemetery, Washington, Pa.
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David Rittenhouse (1732-1796) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Pennsylvania, April 8,
1732.
Pennsylvania
state treasurer, 1777-89.
Member, American
Philosophical Society.
Astronomer, mathematician, financier, clockmaker, surveyor, first
director of the U.S. Mint.
Died in Pennsylvania, June 26,
1796 (age 64 years, 79
days).
Original interment in unknown location; reinterment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Abraham Yates, Jr. (1724-1796) —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., August
23, 1724.
Member of New York
state senate Western District, 1777-90; Delegate
to Continental Congress from New York, 1787-88; mayor of
Albany, N.Y., 1790-96; Presidential Elector for New York, 1792.
Died in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., June 30,
1796 (age 71 years, 312
days).
Original interment in unknown location; reinterment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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John McKinly (1721-1796) —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Northern
Ireland, February
21, 1721.
Physician;
New
Castle County Sheriff, 1757; member of Delaware
colonial Assembly, 1771-76; member of Delaware
state house of representatives, 1776-77; President
of Delaware, 1777.
Presbyterian.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Died in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., August
21, 1796 (age 75 years, 182
days).
Original interment at Presbyterian
Cemetery, Wilmington, Del.; reinterment in 1922 at Wilmington
and Brandywine Cemetery, Wilmington, Del.
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Anthony Wayne (1745-1796) —
also known as "Mad Anthony" —
of Chester
County, Pa.; Chatham
County, Ga.
Born in Chester
County, Pa., January
1, 1745.
Son of Isaac Wayne (1699-1774) and Elizabeth (Eddings) Wayne.
Surveyor;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1774-80, 1784; general in the
Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; delegate to
Georgia convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1788; U.S.
Representative from Georgia at-large, 1791-92.
Member, Society
of the Cincinnati.
Died in Fort Presque Isle (now Erie), Erie
County, Pa., December
15, 1796 (age 51 years, 349
days).
Original interment at Garrison
Hill, Erie, Pa.; reinterment in 1809 at Old
St. David's Churchyard Cemetery, Radnor, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of Isaac Wayne (1699-1774) and Elizabeth (Eddings) Wayne; married 1766 to Mary
Penrose; father of Isaac
Wayne (1772-1852). |
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named for him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Whitmell Hill (1743-1797) —
of North Carolina.
Born in Bertie
County, N.C., February
12, 1743.
Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; delegate to
North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1776; member of
North
Carolina house of commons, 1777; Delegate
to Continental Congress from North Carolina, 1778-80; member of
North
Carolina state senate, 1778-80, 1784-85.
Died in Martin
County, N.C., September
26, 1797 (age 54 years, 226
days).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Martin County, N.C.; reinterment at
Trinity
Cemetery, Near Scotland Neck, Halifax County, N.C.
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Nathan Bryan (1748-1798) —
of North Carolina.
Born in Craven County (part now in Jones
County), N.C., 1748.
Member of North
Carolina house of commons, 1787, 1791-94; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina, 1795-98 (at-large 1795-97,
10th District 1797-98); died in office 1798.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., June 4,
1798 (age about 49
years).
Original interment at Baptist
Burial Ground on Second Street, Philadelphia, Pa.; reinterment to
unknown location; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Joshua Clayton (1744-1798) —
of Delaware.
Born in Cecil
County, Md., July 20,
1744.
Son of James Clayton and Eleanor (Edinfield) Clayton.
Physician;
served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; Delaware
state treasurer, 1786; President
of Delaware, 1789-92; Governor of
Delaware, 1793-96; U.S.
Senator from Delaware, 1798; died in office 1798.
Presbyterian.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., August
11, 1798 (age 54 years, 22
days).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, New Castle County, Del.; reinterment
at Bethel
Cemetery, Chesapeake City, Md.
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James Wilson (1742-1798) —
of Reading, Berks
County, Pa.; Carlisle, Cumberland
County, Pa.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Carskerdo, Scotland,
September
14, 1742.
Lawyer;
Delegate
to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1775; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1789-98; died in office 1798.
Episcopalian.
Died in Edenton, Chowan
County, N.C., August
28, 1798 (age 55 years, 348
days).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Chowan County, N.C.; reinterment in
1906 at Christ
Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Pa.
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William Duer (1747-1799) —
of New
York County, N.Y.
Born in England,
March
18, 1747.
Member of New York
state senate Eastern District, 1777; Delegate
to Continental Congress from New York, 1777; member of New York
state assembly from New York County, 1785-86.
Died April 18,
1799 (age 52 years, 31
days).
Originally entombed at Old
St. Thomas Church, Manhattan, N.Y.; reinterment somewhere
in Jamaica, Queens, N.Y.
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Volkert Petrus Douw (1720-1801) —
also known as Volkert P. Douw —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in 1720.
Merchant;
mayor
of Albany, N.Y., 1761-70; member of New York
state senate Western District, 1785-93.
Died in 1801
(age about
81 years).
Original interment somewhere
in Rensselaer, N.Y.; reinterment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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Robert Yates (1738-1801) —
of Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., January
27, 1738.
State court judge in New York, 1777-98; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; delegate to
New York convention to ratify U.S. constitution from Albany
County, 1788; candidate for Governor of
New York, 1789, 1795.
Christian
Reformed.
Died September
9, 1801 (age 63 years, 225
days).
Original interment in unknown location; reinterment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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Daniel Morgan (1736-1802) —
of Virginia.
Born in Hunterdon
County, N.J., 1736.
Son of James Morgan (1710-1782).
General in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; U.S.
Representative from Virginia at-large, 1797-99.
Presbyterian.
Welsh
ancestry.
Died July 6,
1802 (age about 66
years).
Original interment at Old
Stone Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Winchester, Va.; reinterment
at Mt.
Hebron Cemetery, Winchester, Va.; statue at Morgan
Square, Spartanburg, S.C.
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Edward Langworthy (1738-1802) —
of Georgia; Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., 1738.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from Georgia, 1777-79; signer,
Articles of Confederation, 1777.
Died, of yellow
fever, in Baltimore,
Md., November
2, 1802 (age about 64
years).
Original interment at Old
Episcopal Churchyard (which no longer exists), Baltimore, Md.;
reinterment to unknown location.
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Edmund Pendleton (1721-1803) —
of Virginia.
Born in Caroline
County, Va., September
9, 1721.
Lawyer;
Delegate
to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1774; member of Virginia
House of Burgesses, 1776; justice of
Virginia state supreme court, 1777.
Died in Richmond,
Va., October
23, 1803 (age 82 years, 44
days).
Original interment at Edmundsbury
Graveyard, Bowling Green, Va.; reinterment in 1907 at Bruton
Parish Church Cemetery, Williamsburg, Va.
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William McMillan (1764-1804) —
of Ohio.
Born near Abingdon, Washington
County, Va., March 2,
1764.
Member of Northwest
Territory House of Representatives, 1799-1800; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Northwest Territory, 1800-01; U.S.
Attorney for Ohio, 1801-03.
Died in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, 1804
(age about
40 years).
Original interment in unknown location; reinterment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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George Walton (c.1750-1804) —
of Georgia.
Born near Farmville, Cumberland
County, Va., about 1750.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from Georgia, 1776-77, 1780-81; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; Governor of
Georgia, 1779, 1789; justice of
Georgia state supreme court, 1783; U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1795-96.
Member, Freemasons.
Died near Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., February
2, 1804 (age about 54
years).
Original interment at Rosney
Cemetery, Augusta, Ga.; reinterment in 1848 at Courthouse
Grounds, Augusta, Ga.
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Philip John Schuyler (1733-1804) —
also known as Philip Schuyler —
of New York.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., November
20, 1733.
Son of Johannes
Schuyler (1697-1746) and Cornelia (Van Cortlandt) Schuyler (born
1698).
Member of New York
colonial assembly, 1768; Delegate
to Continental Congress from New York, 1775, 1777, 1779-80;
general in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member
of New
York state senate Western District, 1780-84, 1785-89, 1791-97; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1789-91, 1797-98.
Built the first flax mill
in America.
Died in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., November
18, 1804 (age 70 years, 364
days).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Albany County, N.Y.; reinterment at
Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.; statue erected 1925 at Albany
City Hall Grounds, Albany, N.Y.
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James Gillespie (c.1742-1805) —
of North Carolina.
Born in Kenansville, Duplin
County, N.C., about 1742.
Delegate
to North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1776; member
of North
Carolina house of commons, 1779-83; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1784-86; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina, 1793-99, 1803-05 (at-large
1793-97, 6th District 1797-99, 5th District 1803-05); died in office
1805.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
11, 1805 (age about 63
years).
Original interment at Old
Presbyterian Cemetery (which no longer exists), Georgetown,
Washington, D.C.; reinterment in 1893 at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Peleg Coffin, Jr. (1756-1805) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Nantucket, Nantucket
County, Mass., November
3, 1756.
Member of Massachusetts state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 1st District, 1793-95.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., March 6,
1805 (age 48 years, 123
days).
Original interment at Friends
Burial Grounds, Boston, Mass.; reinterment in 1833 at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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Uriah Forrest (c.1746-1805) —
of Maryland.
Born near Leonardtown, St. Mary's
County, Md., about 1746.
Member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1781-83, 1786-90; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Maryland, 1786-87; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 3rd District, 1793-94; member of Maryland
state senate, 1796-1800; state court judge in Maryland, 1799-1800.
Episcopalian.
Died in Georgetown, Washington,
D.C., July 6,
1805 (age about 59
years).
Original interment at Old
Presbyterian Cemetery (which no longer exists), Georgetown,
Washington, D.C.; reinterment in 1883 at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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William Moultrie (1730-1805) —
of South Carolina.
Born November
23, 1730.
General in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member
of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1783-84; Lieutenant
Governor of South Carolina, 1784; Governor of
South Carolina, 1785-87, 1792-94; member of South
Carolina state senate, 1787-92.
Died September
27, 1805 (age 74 years, 308
days).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Charleston County, S.C.; reinterment
in 1977 at Fort
Moultrie National Monument, Sullivan's Island, S.C.
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James Jackson (1757-1806) —
of Georgia.
Born in Devon, England,
September
21, 1757.
Delegate
to Georgia state constitutional convention, 1777; U.S.
Representative from Georgia at-large, 1789-91; U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1793-95, 1801-06; died in office 1806; Governor of
Georgia, 1798-1801.
Killed George
Wells in a duel
in 1780; injured in both knees.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 19,
1806 (age 48 years, 179
days).
Original interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment in 1832 at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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William Paterson (1745-1806) —
of New Jersey.
Born in County Antrim, Ireland (now Northern
Ireland), December
24, 1745.
Delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention, 1776; New
Jersey state attorney general, 1776-83; Delegate
to Continental Congress from New Jersey, 1780, 1787; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1789-90; Governor of
New Jersey, 1790-93; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1793-1806; died in office 1806.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., September
9, 1806 (age 60 years, 259
days).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Albany County, N.Y.; reinterment at
Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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John Breckinridge (1760-1806) —
of Kentucky.
Born near Staunton, Augusta
County, Va., December
2, 1760.
Son of Letitia 'Lettice' (Preston) Breckinridge (1728-1798) and
Robert Breckinridge .
Democrat. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary
War; lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Kentucky, 1793-94; Kentucky
state attorney general, 1793-97; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1798-1801; Speaker of
the Kentucky State House of Representatives, 1799-1801; delegate to
Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1799; U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1801-05; U.S.
Attorney General, 1805-06; died in office 1806.
Presbyterian.
Died, from a stomach
infection, in near Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., December
14, 1806 (age 46 years, 12
days).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Fayette County, Ky.; reinterment at
Lexington
Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
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Richard Potts (1753-1808) —
of Maryland.
Born in Upper Marlboro, Prince
George's County, Md., July 19,
1753.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from Maryland, 1781; member of Maryland
state senate, 1787; delegate to
Maryland convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1788; U.S.
Attorney for Maryland, 1789-92; district judge in Maryland,
1791-92, 1796-1801; Presidential Elector for Maryland, 1792;
U.S.
Senator from Maryland, 1793-96; Judge, Maryland Court of
Appeals, 1801-06.
Anglican.
Died in 1808
(age about
54 years).
Original interment at All
Saints' Parish Cemetery, Frederick, Md.; reinterment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Frederick, Md.
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William Bradford (1729-1808) —
of Bristol, Bristol
County, R.I.
Born in Plympton, Plymouth
County, Mass., November
4, 1729.
Physician;
lawyer;
member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1764-65; Speaker of
the Rhode Island State House of Representatives, 1798-1802; Speaker of
the Rhode Island House of Deputies, 1764-65, 1766-67, 1780,
1780-86, 1787-88, 1789-90, 1791-93; Deputy
Governor of Rhode Island, 1775-78; U.S.
Senator from Rhode Island, 1793-97.
Died in Bristol, Bristol
County, R.I., July 6,
1808 (age 78 years, 245
days).
Original interment at East
Burial Ground, Bristol, R.I.; reinterment at Juniper
Hill Cemetery, Bristol, R.I.
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John Paterson (1744-1808) —
of Lenox, Berkshire
County, Mass.; Lisle, Broome
County, N.Y.
Born in New Britain, Hartford
County, Conn., 1744.
Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts state legislature, 1775; general in the
Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of New York
state assembly from Tioga County, 1792-93; Broome
County Judge, 1798, 1806; U.S.
Representative from New York 16th District, 1803-05.
Member, Society
of the Cincinnati.
Died in Lisle, Broome
County, N.Y., July 9,
1808 (age about 64
years).
Original interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Whitney Point, N.Y.; reinterment in 1892 at a
private or family graveyard, Berkshire County, Mass.
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Phineas Bruce (1762-1809) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Mendon, Worcester
County, Mass., June 7,
1762.
Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1791-98, 1800; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts at-large, 1803-05.
Died in Uxbridge, Worcester
County, Mass., October
4, 1809 (age 47 years, 119
days).
Original interment at Old
Burying Ground, Uxbridge, Mass.; reinterment at Prospect
Hill Cemetery, Uxbridge, Mass.
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Jeremiah Van Rensselaer (1738-1810) —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, 1738.
Democrat. Member of New York
state assembly from Albany County, 1788-89; U.S.
Representative from New York 6th District, 1789-91; Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1801-04.
Died in 1810
(age about
72 years).
Original interment at Dutch
Reformed Cemetery, Albany, N.Y.; reinterment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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Leonard Gansevoort (1751-1810) —
of Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., July 14,
1751.
Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member
of New
York state assembly from Albany County, 1778-79, 1787-88; Delegate
to Continental Congress from New York, 1788; member of New York
state senate, 1790-93, 1796-1802 (Western District 1790-93,
Eastern District 1796-98, Western District 1798-99, Eastern District
1799-1802).
Died in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., August
26, 1810 (age 59 years, 43
days).
Original interment in unknown location; reinterment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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Gunning Bedford, Jr. (1747-1812) —
of Delaware.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., 1747.
Son of Gunning Bedford and Susannah (Jacquett) Bedford.
Lawyer;
Delegate
to Continental Congress from Delaware, 1783-85; Delaware
state attorney general, 1784-90; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; member of Delaware
state senate, 1788; Presidential Elector for Delaware, 1789;
U.S.
District Judge for Delaware, 1789-1812; died in office 1812.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., March 30,
1812 (age about 64
years).
Original interment at First
Presbyterian Churchyard, Wilmington, Del.; reinterment at Masonic
Home Cemetery, Christiana, Del.
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George Clinton (1739-1812) —
of Ulster
County, N.Y.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Little Britain, Orange
County, N.Y., July 26,
1739.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from New York, 1775-76; Governor of
New York, 1777-95, 1801-04; delegate to
New York convention to ratify U.S. constitution from Ulster
County, 1788; member of New York
state assembly from New York County, 1800-01; Vice
President of the United States, 1805-12; died in office 1812.
Christian
Reformed. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 20,
1812 (age 72 years, 269
days).
Original interment at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment in 1908 at First
Reformed Dutch Churchyard, Kingston, N.Y.
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James Clinton (1736-1812) —
of Ulster
County, N.Y.; Orange
County, N.Y.
Born in Little Britain, Orange
County, N.Y., August 9,
1736.
General in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member
of New
York state assembly, 1787-88, 1800-01 (Ulster County 1787-88,
Orange County 1800-01); delegate to
New York convention to ratify U.S. constitution from Ulster
County, 1788; member of New York
state senate Middle District, 1788-92; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1801.
Died in Little Britain, Orange
County, N.Y., December
22, 1812 (age 76 years, 135
days).
Original interment at Clinton
Cemetery, Little Britain, N.Y.; reinterment in 1879 at Woodlawn
Cemetery, New Windsor, N.Y.
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Robert R. Livingston (1746-1813) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., November
27, 1746.
Son of Robert
R. Livingston (1718-1775) and Margaret (Beekman) Livingston.
Lawyer;
law partner of John
Jay; Delegate
to Continental Congress from New York, 1775; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1777; U.S. Secretary
for Foreign Affairs, 1781-83; delegate to
New York convention to ratify U.S. constitution from New-York
County, 1788; candidate for Governor of
New York, 1798; U.S. Minister to France, 1801-04; negotiated the Louisiana Purchase.
Member, Freemasons.
Died February
26, 1813 (age 66 years, 91
days).
Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment at St.
Paul's Churchyard, Tivoli, N.Y.
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Charles Scott (1739-1813) —
Born in Goochland
County, Va., 1739.
General in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member
of Virginia state legislature, 1789; Governor of
Kentucky, 1808-12.
Died in Clark
County, Ky., October
22, 1813 (age about 74
years).
Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment in
1854 at Frankfort
Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.
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Leonard Covington (1768-1813) —
of Maryland.
Born in Aquasco, Prince
George's County, Md., October
30, 1768.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Maryland at-large, 1805-07; member of Maryland
state senate, 1807-09; general in the U.S. Army during the War of
1812.
Mortally
wounded in the Battle of Chrysler's Field, and died in Frenchs
Mills (now Fort Covington), Franklin
County, N.Y., November
14, 1813 (age 45 years, 15
days).
Original interment somewhere
in Fort Covington, N.Y.; reinterment in 1820 at Mt.
Covington, Sackets Harbor, N.Y.; cenotaph at Military
Post Cemetery, Sackets Harbor, N.Y.
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Pierre Van Cortlandt (1721-1814) —
of New York.
Born in Westchester
County, N.Y., January
10, 1721.
Son of Philip Van Cortlandt (1683-1748) and Catherine (DePeyster) Van
Cortlandt.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member
of New
York state senate Southern District, 1777-78; Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1778-95.
Died in Westchester
County, N.Y., May 1,
1814 (age 93 years, 111
days).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Westchester County, N.Y.;
reinterment at Hillside
Cemetery, Cortlandt town, Westchester County, N.Y.
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Benjamin Howard (1760-1814) —
of Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
Born in Virginia, 1760.
Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1801-02; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 5th District, 1807-10; Governor
of Louisiana (Missouri) Territory, 1810-12; Governor
of Missouri Territory, 1812-13.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., September
18, 1814 (age about 54
years).
Original interment at Old
Grace Church Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.; reinterment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Benjamin Pond (1768-1814) —
of Essex
County, N.Y.
Born in Stockbridge, Berkshire
County, Mass., 1768.
Democrat. Member of New York
state assembly from Essex County, 1807-10; U.S.
Representative from New York 8th District, 1811-13; served in the
U.S. Army during the War of 1812.
Suffered exposure and disease
at the seige of Plattsburg, and died
as a result, in Schroom, Essex
County, N.Y., October
6, 1814 (age about 46
years).
Original interment at Pine
Ridge Cemetery, North Hudson, N.Y.; reinterment in 1923 at Riverside
Cemetery, Elizabethtown, N.Y.
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Joseph Winston (1746-1815) —
of North Carolina.
Born in Louisa
County, Va., June 17,
1746.
Democrat. Member of North
Carolina state senate, 1790; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina, 1793-95, 1803-07 (at-large
1793-95, 12th District 1803-05, at-large 1805-07).
Died near Germanton, Stokes
County, N.C., April 21,
1815 (age 68 years, 308
days).
Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment at Guilford
Battle Grounds, Greensboro, N.C.
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Roger Nelson (1759-1815) —
of Frederick, Frederick
County, Md.
Born near Frederick, Frederick
County, Md., 1759.
Democrat. General in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary
War; member of Maryland
state house of delegates from Frederick County, 1792-93, 1800-02;
member of Maryland
state senate from Western Shore, 1802-04; U.S.
Representative from Maryland, 1804-10 (at-large 1804-07, 4th
District 1807-10); circuit judge in Maryland, 1810-15.
Episcopalian.
Died in Frederick, Frederick
County, Md., June 17,
1815 (age about 55
years).
Original interment at All
Saints' Parish Cemetery, Frederick, Md.; reinterment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Frederick, Md.
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Philip Barton Key (1757-1815) —
of Annapolis, Anne
Arundel County, Md.; Rockville, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born near Charlestown, Cecil
County, Md., April 12,
1757.
Son of Francis Key and Anne Arnold (Ross) Key.
Lawyer;
member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1794-99; circuit judge in Maryland,
1804; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 3rd District, 1807-13.
Died in Georgetown, Washington,
D.C., July 28,
1815 (age 58 years, 107
days).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Washington, D.C.; reinterment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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James Asheton Bayard, Sr. (1767-1815) —
also known as "The Chevalier"; "The Goliath
of His Party"; "High Priest of the
Constitution" —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., July 28,
1767.
Son of James Asheton Bayard and Agnes (Hodge) Bayard.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Representative from Delaware at-large, 1797-1803; U.S.
Senator from Delaware, 1804-13.
Died in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., August 6,
1815 (age 48 years, 9
days).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Cecil County, Md.; reinterment in
1842 at Wilmington
and Brandywine Cemetery, Wilmington, Del.
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John Sevier (1745-1815) —
Born near Harrisonburg, Rockingham
County, Va., September
23, 1745.
Democrat. State court judge in North Carolina, 1777; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina at-large, 1790-91; Governor of
Tennessee, 1796-1801, 1803-09; member of Tennessee
state senate, 1810; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee at-large, 1811-15; died in office
1815.
Died September
24, 1815 (age 70 years, 1
days).
Original interment in unknown location; reinterment in 1889 at Knox
County Courthouse Grounds, Knoxville, Tenn.
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Samuel Dexter (1761-1816) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., May 14,
1761.
Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1788; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 1st District, 1793-95; U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1799-1800; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1800; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1801.
Died in Athens, Greene
County, N.Y., May 4,
1816 (age 54 years, 356
days).
Original interment in unknown location; reinterment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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Thomas McKean (1734-1817) —
of New Castle, New Castle
County, Del.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in New London Township, Chester
County, Pa., March 19,
1734.
Son of William McKean and Letitia (Finley) McKean.
Lawyer;
member of Delaware
colonial Assembly, 1765-76; common pleas court judge in Delaware,
1765-74; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Delaware, 1774-76; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; served in the Continental Army
during the Revolutionary War; member of Delaware
state house of representatives, 1777-83; President
of Delaware, 1777; chief
justice of Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1777-99; signer,
Articles of Confederation, 1781; delegate to
Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1789-90; Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1799-1808; impeached
by the Pennsylvania legislature in 1807, but no trial was ever held.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., June 24,
1817 (age 83 years, 97
days).
Original interment at First
Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.; reinterment in
1843 at Laurel
Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Peter Early (1773-1817) —
of Georgia.
Born near Madison, Madison
County, Va., June 20,
1773.
U.S.
Representative from Georgia, 1803-07 (at-large 1803-05, 2nd
District 1805-07); superior court judge in Georgia, 1807-13; Governor of
Georgia, 1813-15; member of Georgia
state senate, 1815-17; died in office 1817.
Died near Scull Shoals, Greene
County, Ga., August
15, 1817 (age 44 years, 56
days).
Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment at City
Cemetery, Greensboro, Ga.
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William Charles Cole Claiborne (1775-1817) —
also known as William C. C. Claiborne —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Sussex
County, Va., 1775.
Son of William Claiborne and Mary (Leigh) Claiborne.
Lawyer;
delegate
to Tennessee state constitutional convention, 1796; state court
judge in Tennessee, 1796; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee at-large, 1797-1801; Governor of
Mississippi Territory, 1801-04; Governor of
Orleans Territory, 1804-12; Governor of
Louisiana, 1812-16; U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1817; died in office 1817.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Fought a duel
with Daniel Clark on June 8, 1807; he was wounded in the thigh.
Died of a liver
ailment, in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., November
23, 1817 (age about 42
years).
Originally entombed at St.
Louis Cemetery No. 1, New Orleans, La.; re-entombed in 1872 at Metairie
Cemetery, New Orleans, La.
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Benjamin Walker (1753-1818) —
of New York.
Born in London, England,
1753.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; U.S.
Representative from New York 9th District, 1801-03.
Died in Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y., January
13, 1818 (age about 64
years).
Original interment at Old
Village Burying Ground, Utica, N.Y.; reinterment in 1875 at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Utica, N.Y.
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Henry Lee (1756-1818) —
also known as "Light Horse Harry" —
of Virginia.
Born in Prince
William County, Va., January
29, 1756.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1786-88; Governor of
Virginia, 1791-94; U.S.
Representative from Virginia at-large, 1799-1801.
Eulogized George
Washington as "First in war, first in peace, and first in the
hearts of his countrymen.".
Died March 25,
1818 (age 62 years, 55
days).
Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment in
1913 at Lee
Memorial Chapel, Lexington, Va.
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Levin Winder (1757-1819) —
of Maryland.
Born in Somerset
County, Md., September
4, 1757.
Son of William Winder and Esther (Gillis) Winder.
Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member
of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1789-93, 1806-09; Presidential Elector
for Maryland, 1792;
Governor
of Maryland, 1812-16.
Presbyterian.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., July 1,
1819 (age 61 years, 300
days).
Original interment at First
Presbyterian Church Burial Ground, Baltimore, Md.; reinterment at
a
private or family graveyard, Somerset County, Md.
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Thomas Sim Lee (1745-1819) —
of Maryland.
Born near Upper Marlboro, Prince
George's County, Md., October
29, 1745.
Son of Thomas Lee and Christian (Sim) Lee.
Governor
of Maryland, 1779-82, 1792-94; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Maryland, 1782-83; Presidential
Elector for Maryland, 1792;
member of Maryland
state senate, 1794.
Anglican;
later Catholic.
Died in Middleton Valley, Frederick
County, Md., October
9, 1819 (age 73 years, 345
days).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Prince George's County, Md.;
reinterment in 1888 at Mt.
Carmel Roman Catholic Cemetery, Upper Marlboro, Md.
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Thomas Johnson (1732-1819) —
of Anne
Arundel County, Md.
Born in Calvert
County, Md., November
4, 1732.
Son of Thomas Johnson and Dorcas (Sedgewick) Johnson.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from Maryland, 1774-76, 1779-81; general
in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; delegate
to Maryland state constitutional convention, 1776; Governor of
Maryland, 1777-79; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1780-81, 1786-88; state court judge in
Maryland, 1790-91; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1791-93.
Episcopalian.
Died near Frederick, Frederick
County, Md., October
26, 1819 (age 86 years, 356
days).
Original interment at All
Saints' Episcopal Churchyard, Frederick, Md.; reinterment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Frederick, Md.
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Henry Latimer (1752-1819) —
of Delaware.
Born in Newport, New Castle
County, Del., April 24,
1752.
Son of Susan (Geddes) Latimer and James
Latimer.
Physician;
member of Delaware
state house of representatives, 1787-91; U.S.
Representative from Delaware at-large, 1794-95; U.S.
Senator from Delaware, 1795-1801.
Presbyterian.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
19, 1819 (age 67 years, 239
days).
Original interment at Presbyterian
Cemetery, Wilmington, Del.; reinterment at Wilmington
and Brandywine Cemetery, Wilmington, Del.
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Adamson Tannehill (1750-1820) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Frederick
County, Md., May 23,
1750.
Democrat. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary
War; served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 14th District, 1813-15.
Died near Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., December
23, 1820 (age 70 years, 214
days).
Original interment at First
Presbyterian Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.; reinterment in 1849 at Allegheny
Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Josiah Hasbrouck (1755-1821) —
of New York.
Born in New Paltz, Ulster
County, N.Y., March 5,
1755.
Member of New York
state assembly from Ulster County, 1796-97, 1801-02, 1805-06; U.S.
Representative from New York 7th District, 1803-05, 1817-19.
Died near Plattekill, Ulster
County, N.Y., March 19,
1821 (age 66 years, 14
days).
Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment at New
Paltz Rural Cemetery, New Paltz, N.Y.
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Francis Carr (1751-1821) —
of Haverhill, Essex
County, Mass.; Orrington, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in Newbury, Essex
County, Mass., December
6, 1751.
Democrat. Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1791-95, 1801-03, 1806-08; member
of Massachusetts
state senate, 1809-11; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 17th District, 1812-13;
defeated, 1812.
Died in Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, October
6, 1821 (age 69 years, 304
days).
Original interment in unknown location; reinterment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Bangor, Maine.
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Matthew Lyon (1749-1822) —
of Eddyville, Lyon
County, Ky.
Born in County Wicklow, Ireland,
July
14, 1749.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member
of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1779-83; U.S.
Representative from Vermont 1st District, 1797-1801; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1802; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 1st District, 1803-11; defeated,
1810.
Convicted
and jailed in 1789 under the Sedition
Act.
Died in Spadra Bluff, Johnson
County, Ark., August 1,
1822 (age 73 years, 18
days).
Original interment at Spadra
Bluff Cemetery, Spadra Bluff, Ark.; reinterment in 1833 at Eddyville
Cemetery, Eddyville, Ky.
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John Kerr (c.1778-1823) —
of Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Born in County Tyrone, Ireland (now Northern
Ireland), about 1778.
Mayor
of Columbus, Ohio, 1818-20.
Died in 1823
(age about
45 years).
Original interment at North
Graveyard, Columbus, Ohio; reinterment to unknown location.
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Lawrence Seckel (1747-1823) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born May 11,
1747.
Member of Pennsylvania state legislature, 1789-90.
Died March 6,
1823 (age 75 years, 299
days).
Original interment at St.
John's Churchyard, Philadelphia, Pa.; reinterment in 1924 at Laurel
Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Henry Brockholst Livingston (1757-1823) —
also known as Brockholst Livingston —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
25, 1757.
Son of William
Livingston.
Member of New York
state assembly from New York County, 1788-89, 1800-02; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1806-23.
Presbyterian.
Died March 18,
1823 (age 65 years, 113
days).
Original interment at Trinity
Churchyard, Manhattan, N.Y.; reinterment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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George Cabot (1752-1823) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Salem, Essex
County, Mass., December
3, 1752.
Son of Joseph Cabot (1720-1782) and Elizabeth (Higgenson) Cabot
(1722-1781).
Delegate
to Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1777; delegate to
Massachusetts convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1787; U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1791-96.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., April 18,
1823 (age 70 years, 136
days).
Original interment at Old
Granary Burying Ground, Boston, Mass.; reinterment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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Joseph Haslet (c.1769-1823) —
of Delaware.
Born about 1769.
Governor
of Delaware, 1811-14, 1823; died in office 1823.
Died June 20,
1823 (age about 54
years).
Original interment somewhere
in Cedar Creek, Del.; reinterment in 1916 at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Milford, Del.
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Martin Davis Hardin (1780-1823) —
also known as Martin D. Hardin —
of Kentucky.
Born in Pennsylvania, June 21,
1780.
Democrat. Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1805-06, 1812, 1818-20; Speaker of
the Kentucky State House of Representatives, 1819-20; major in
the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; secretary of
state of Kentucky, 1812-16; U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1816-17; Presidential Elector for
Kentucky, 1820.
Died in Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., October
8, 1823 (age 43 years, 109
days).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Franklin County, Ky.; reinterment at
Frankfort
Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.
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Julien de Lallande Poydras (1740-1824) —
of Louisiana.
Born in France,
April
3, 1740.
Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Orleans Territory, 1809.
Died June 14,
1824 (age 84 years, 72
days).
Original interment at Old
St. Francis Cemetery, Pointe Coupee Parish, La.; reinterment at
Poydras
High School Grounds, New Roads, La.
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Robert Goodloe Harper (1765-1825) —
Born near Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania
County, Va., 1765.
Lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1790-95; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina, 1795-1801 (2nd District 1795,
1st District 1795-97, at-large 1797-99, 1st District 1799-1801);
general in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; U.S.
Senator from Maryland, 1816; received 3 electoral votes for
Vice-President, 1816;
received one electoral vote for Vice-President, 1820;
member of Maryland
state senate, 1819-20.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., January
14, 1825 (age about 59
years).
Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment at Green
Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
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John Hathorn (1749-1825) —
of Orange
County, N.Y.
Born in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., January
9, 1749.
Member of New York
state assembly from Orange County, 1777-78, 1779-80, 1781-85,
1794-95, 1804-05; member of New York
state senate Middle District, 1786-89, 1799-1803; U.S.
Representative from New York 4th District, 1789-91, 1795-97.
Died February
19, 1825 (age 76 years, 41
days).
Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment at Warwick
Cemetery, Warwick, N.Y.
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Patrick Farrelly (1770-1826) —
of Meadville, Crawford
County, Pa.
Born in Ireland,
1770.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1811-12; major in the U.S. Army
during the War of 1812; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1821-26 (15th District 1821-23,
18th District 1823-26); died in office 1826.
Died in Meadville, Crawford
County, Pa., January
12, 1826 (age about 55
years).
Original interment at Old
Meadville Cemetery (which no longer exists), Meadville, Pa.;
reinterment at Greendale
Cemetery, Meadville, Pa.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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John Adams (1735-1826) —
also known as "His Rotundity"; "The Duke of
Braintree"; "American Cato"; "Old
Sink and Swim"; "The Colossus of
Independence"; "Father of the American
Navy" —
of Quincy, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Braintree (part now in Quincy), Norfolk
County, Mass., October
30, 1735.
Son of John Adams (1691-1761) and Susanna (Boylston) Adams
(1699-1797).
Lawyer;
Delegate
to Continental Congress from Massachusetts, 1774-78; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; U.S. Minister to Netherlands, 1781-88; Great Britain, 1785-88; Vice
President of the United States, 1789-97; President
of the United States, 1797-1801; defeated (Federalist), 1800; delegate to
Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1820.
Unitarian.
English
ancestry. Member, American
Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Elected to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1900.
Died in Quincy, Norfolk
County, Mass., July 4,
1826 (age 90 years, 247
days).
Original interment at Hancock
Cemetery, Quincy, Mass.; reinterment at United
First Parish Church, Quincy, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of John Adams (1691-1761) and Susanna (Boylston) Adams (1699-1797);
third cousin of Samuel
Adams; married, October
25, 1764, to Abigail Smith (1744-1818; aunt of William
Cranch); father of Abigail Amelia Adams (1765-1813; who married
William
Stephens Smith) and John
Quincy Adams (1767-1848); third cousin twice removed of Erastus
Fairbanks and Eli
Thayer; grandfather of George
Washington Adams and Charles
Francis Adams (1807-1886); third cousin thrice removed of George
Otis Fairbanks, Austin
Wells Holden, Horace
Fairbanks, Franklin
Fairbanks, Arthur
Newton Holden and John
Alden Thayer; second cousin twice removed of John
Milton Thayer; first cousin thrice removed of Edward
M. Chapin; great-grandfather of John
Quincy Adams (1833-1894) and Brooks
Adams; second cousin four times removed of Daniel
T. Hayden and Arthur
Laban Bates; ancestor of William
Rush Merriam, Vinson
Martlow Whitley and Eugene
H. Nickerson; first cousin four times removed of Arthur
Chapin; second great-grandfather of Charles
Francis Adams (1866-1954); first cousin six times removed of Denwood
Lynn Chapin; third great-grandfather of Thomas
Boylston Adams. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams
family of New York. |
| | | Adams counties in Idaho, Iowa, Miss., Neb., Ohio, Pa., Wash. and Wis. are
named for him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: John
Adams Harper
— John
A. Cameron
— John
A. Dix
— John
Adams Fisher
— John
A. Taintor
— John
A. Gilmer
— John
A. Perkins
— John
Adams Hyman
— John
A. Damon
— John
Adams Lee
— John
A. Sanders
— John
Adams Hurson
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| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about John Adams: John Ferling,
John
Adams: A Life — Joseph J. Ellis, The
Passionate Sage: The Character and Legacy of John
Adams — David McCullough, John
Adams — Gore Vidal, Inventing
A Nation: Washington, Adams, Jefferson — John Ferling,
Adams
vs. Jefferson: The Tumultuous Election of 1800 — James
Grant, John
Adams : Party of One |
| | | Image source: Portrait & Biographical
Album of Washtenaw County (1891) |
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William Wilson (1773-1827) —
of Newark, Licking
County, Ohio.
Born in New Hampshire, 1773.
U.S.
Representative from Ohio 8th District, 1823-27; died in office
1827.
Died in 1827
(age about
54 years).
Original interment at Old
Cemetery, Newark, Ohio; reinterment in 1853 at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Newark, Ohio.
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Richard Bland Lee (1761-1827) —
Born in Prince
William County, Va., January
20, 1761.
Member of Virginia state legislature, 1784; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1789-95 (at-large 1789-91, 4th
District 1791-93, 17th District 1793-95); judge in District of
Columbia, 1827.
Died March 12,
1827 (age 66 years, 51
days).
Original interment in private or family graveyard; subsequent
interment at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment in 1975 at Sully,
Chantilly, Va.
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Israel Pickens (1780-1827) —
Born near Concord, Cabarrus
County, N.C., January
30, 1780.
Democrat. Member of North
Carolina state senate, 1809; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina, 1811-17 (11th District
1811-13, at-large 1813-15, 12th District 1815-17); Governor of
Alabama, 1821-25; U.S.
Senator from Alabama, 1826.
Died in Cuba, April 24,
1827 (age 47 years, 84
days).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Hale County, Ala.; reinterment at City
Cemetery, Greensboro, Ala.
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Benjamin Ellicott (1765-1827) —
of New York.
Born in Ellicotts Mills (now Ellicott City), Howard
County, Md., April 17,
1765.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York 21st District, 1817-19.
Died in Williamsville, Erie
County, N.Y., December
10, 1827 (age 62 years, 237
days).
Original interment at Williamsville
Graveyard, Williamsville, N.Y.; reinterment in 1849 at Batavia
Cemetery, Batavia, N.Y.
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De Witt Clinton (1769-1828) —
also known as "Father of the Erie
Canal" —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Napanoch, Ulster
County, N.Y., March 2,
1769.
Son of James
Clinton and Mary (De Witt) Clinton (1737-1795).
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County, 1797-98; member of New York
state senate Southern District, 1798-1802, 1805-11; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1801; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1802-03; mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1803-07, 1808-10, 1811-15; Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1811-13; candidate for President
of the United States, 1812; Governor of
New York, 1817-23, 1825-28; died in office 1828.
Member, Freemasons.
Chief advocate for the Erie Canal,
completed 1825. His portrait appeared on the $1,000
U.S. Note from about 1898 to about 1905.
Died, from heart
failure, in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., February
11, 1828 (age 58 years, 346
days).
Original interment at Clinton
Cemetery, Little Britain, N.Y.; reinterment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of James
Clinton and Mary (De Witt) Clinton (1737-1795); nephew of George
Clinton; married, February
13, 1796, to Maria Franklin (died 1818); married, May 8,
1819, to Catherine Jones; sister of Mary Clinton Norton (who
married Ambrose
Spencer (1765-1848)) and Katharine Clinton Norton (who married Ambrose
Spencer (1765-1848)); brother of George
Clinton, Jr.; half-brother of James
Graham Clinton. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams
family of New York. |
| | | Clinton counties in Ill., Ind., Iowa, Ky., Mich., Mo. and Pa., and DeWitt County,
Ill., are named for him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: DeWitt
C. Walker
— De
Witt C. Littlejohn
— DeWitt
C. Clark
— De
Witt C. Leach
— Dewitt
C. West
— John
DeWitt Clinton Atkins
— DeWitt
C. Wilson
— De
Witt Clinton Giddings
— DeWitt
C. Hough
— DeWitt
Clinton Cregier
— DeWitt
C. Hoyt
— DeWitt
Clinton Senter
— DeWitt
C. Allen
— DeWitt
C. Peck
— DeWitt
C. Richman
— DeWitt
C. Cram
— De
Witt C. Bolton
— DeWitt
C. Pond
— De
Witt C. Badger
— DeWitt
C. Dominick
— DeWitt
C. Becker
— De
Witt C. Flanagan
— DeWitt
C. Talmage
— DeWitt
C. Cole
— Dewitt
Clinton Chase
— De Witt
C. Poole, Jr.
— Dewitt
C. Chastain
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| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about De Witt Clinton: Evan
Cornog, The
Birth of Empire : DeWitt Clinton and the American Experience,
1769-1828 |
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Obed Hall (1757-1828) —
of New Hampshire.
Born in Raynham, Bristol
County, Mass., December
23, 1757.
Democrat. Member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1801-02; common pleas
court judge in New Hampshire; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire at-large, 1811-13.
Died in Bartlett, Carroll
County, N.H., April 1,
1828 (age 70 years, 100
days).
Original interment at Garland
Ridge Cemetery, Near Bartlett, Carroll County, N.H.; reinterment
at Evergreen
Cemetery, Portland, Maine.
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William Few (1748-1828) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born near Baltimore (unknown
county), Md., June 8,
1748.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member
of Georgia state legislature, 1777-79; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Georgia, 1780-85; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1789-93; state court judge in Georgia,
1796-99; member of New York
state assembly from New York County, 1801-05.
Methodist.
Died in Fishkill-on-Hudson (now part of Beacon), Dutchess
County, N.Y., July 16,
1828 (age 80 years, 38
days).
Original interment at Reformed
Dutch Church Cemetery, Beacon, N.Y.; reinterment at St.
Paul's Churchyard, Augusta, Ga.
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Theodorus Bailey (1758-1828) —
of New York.
Born near Fishkill, Dutchess
County, N.Y., October
12, 1758.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 5th District, 1793-97, 1799-1801,
1801-03; member of New York
state assembly from Dutchess County, 1801-02; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1803-04; postmaster of New York City,
1804-28.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
6, 1828 (age 69 years, 330
days).
Original interment at Dutch
Burying Ground, Manhattan, N.Y.; reinterment in 1864 at Poughkeepsie
Rural Cemetery, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
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George Izard (1776-1828) —
of Arkansas.
Born in England,
October
21, 1776.
Son of Ralph
Izard.
General in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; Governor of
Arkansas Territory, 1825-28; died in office 1828.
Died of an illness caused by the gout,
in Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark., November
22, 1828 (age 52 years, 32
days).
Original interment in unknown location; reinterment in 1843 at Mt.
Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Ark.
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Timothy Matlack (1730-1829) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Haddonfield, Camden
County, N.J., March 28,
1730.
Son of Timothy Matlack (1695-1752) and Martha (Burr) Matlack
(1702-1765).
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; delegate to
Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1776; secretary of
the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1777-83; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1780.
Died in Holmesburg (now part of Philadelphia), Philadelphia
County, Pa., April 14,
1829 (age 99 years, 17
days).
Original interment at Free
Quaker Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Pa.; reinterment in 1905 at
a
private or family graveyard, Montgomery County, Pa.
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Henry Dearborn (1751-1829) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in North Hampton, Rockingham
County, N.H., February
23, 1751.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1793-97 (4th District 1793-95,
1st District 1795-97); U.S.
Secretary of War, 1801-09; U.S. Minister to Portugal, 1822-24.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Roxbury (now part of Boston), Suffolk
County, Mass., June 6,
1829 (age 78 years, 103
days).
Original interment in unknown location; subsequent interment in 1834
at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.; reinterment in 1848 at Forest
Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Boston, Mass.
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Abner Hammond (1762-1829) —
of Georgia.
Born in Virginia, January
25, 1762.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; secretary of
state of Georgia, 1811-23.
Drowned,
in Fishing Creek, near Milledgeville, Baldwin
County, Ga., July 9,
1829 (age 67 years, 165
days).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Baldwin County, Ga.; reinterment at
Memory
Hill Cemetery, Milledgeville, Ga.
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Daniel Crosby Lane (1766-1830) —
of Indiana.
Born in Loudoun
County, Va., 1766.
Delegate
to Indiana state constitutional convention, 1816; Indiana
state treasurer, 1816-23; member of Indiana
state senate, 1827-30; died in office 1830.
Died in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., January
6, 1830 (age about 63
years).
Original interment at Greenlawn
Cemetery (which no longer exists), Indianapolis, Ind.;
reinterment at Floral
Park Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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John Murray Forbes (1771-1831) —
also known as John M. Forbes —
of Massachusetts.
Born in 1771.
U.S. Consul in Hamburg, 1802-11; U.S. Consul General in Stettin, 1816-19; U.S. Agent for Commerce and Seamen (Consul)
in Buenos Aires, 1820-23; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Argentina, 1825-31, died in office 1831.
Died in Buenos Aires, Argentina,
June
14, 1831 (age about 59
years).
Original interment at Protestant
Cemetery at Socorro Church, Buenos Aires, Argentina; reinterment
in 1892 at British
Cemetery at Chacarita, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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James Monroe (1758-1831) —
of Virginia.
Born in Westmoreland
County, Va., April 28,
1758.
Son of Spence Monroe and Elizabeth (Jones) Monroe.
Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1782, 1786, 1810-11; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1783-86; U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1790-94; U.S. Minister to France, 1794-96; Great Britain, 1803-07; Governor of
Virginia, 1799-1802, 1811; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1811-14, 1815-17; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1814-15; President
of the United States, 1817-25; delegate to
Virginia state constitutional convention, 1829.
Episcopalian.
English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Elected to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1930. His portrait appeared on the
U.S. $100
silver certificate in the 1880s and 1890s.
Died, probably of tuberculosis,
in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 4,
1831 (age 73 years, 67
days).
Originally entombed at New
York Marble Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.; subsequently entombed at
New
York City Marble Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.; reinterment in 1858
at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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Relatives:
Nephew of Joseph
Jones; son of Spence Monroe and Elizabeth (Jones) Monroe; married
1786 to
Eliza Kortright; distant cousin of Thomas
Bell Monroe; uncle of James
Monroe (1799-1870); second great-granduncle of Theodore
Douglas Robinson and Corinne
Robinson Alsop. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams
family of New York. |
| | | Monroe counties in Ala., Ark., Fla., Ga., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Ky., Mich., Miss., Mo., N.Y., Ohio, Pa., Tenn., W.Va. and Wis. are
named for him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: James
Monroe
— James
Monroe
— James
M. Pendleton
— James
M. Jackson
— James
Monroe Letts
— James
M. Ritchie
— James
M. Comly
— James
Monroe Buford
— James
M. Seibert
— James
M. Lown
— James
M. Miller
— James
Monroe Hale
— James
Monroe Spears
— James
M. Lown, Jr.
|
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier |
| | | Books about James Monroe: Harry Ammon,
James
Monroe: The Quest for National Identity |
| | | Image source: Portrait & Biographical
Album of Washtenaw County (1891) |
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Shadrack Bond (1773-1832) —
also known as Shadrach Bond —
Born in Frederick, Frederick
County, Md., November
24, 1773.
Member
Indiana territorial council, 1805-08; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Illinois Territory, 1812-13; Governor of
Illinois, 1818-22; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1824.
Died in Kaskaskia, Randolph
County, Ill., April 12,
1832 (age 58 years, 140
days).
Original interment somewhere
in Kaskaskia, Ill.; reinterment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Chester, Ill.
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Joseph Hiester (1752-1832) —
of Reading, Berks
County, Pa.
Born in Berne Township, Berks
County, Pa., November
18, 1752.
Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1787; member of Pennsylvania
state senate, 1790; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1797-1805, 1815-20 (5th
District 1797-1803, 3rd District 1803-05, 7th District 1815-20); Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1820-23.
Died June 10,
1832 (age 79 years, 205
days).
Original interment at Reformed
Church Burying Ground, Reading, Pa.; reinterment at Charles
Evans Cemetery, Reading, Pa.
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John Clark (1766-1832) —
also known as "Keeper of the Live Oaks" —
of Georgia.
Born February
28, 1766.
Governor
of Georgia, 1819-23.
Died of yellow
fever, in St. Andrews, Washington County (now part of Panama
City, Bay
County), Fla., October
2, 1832 (age 66 years, 217
days).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Bay County, Fla.; reinterment in
1922 at Marietta
National Cemetery, Marietta, Ga.
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Thomas Jones Rogers (1781-1832) —
also known as Thomas J. Rogers —
of Easton, Northampton
County, Pa.
Born in Ireland,
1781.
Democrat. Member of Pennsylvania
state senate 8th District, 1815-18; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1818-24 (6th District 1818-23,
8th District 1823-24).
Died December
7, 1832 (age about 51
years).
Original interment at New
Market Street Baptist Church Graveyard, Philadelphia, Pa.;
reinterment in 1851 at Glenwood
Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
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James Lent (1782-1833) —
of Newtown, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Newtown, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., 1782.
State court judge in New York, 1823; U.S.
Representative from New York 1st District, 1829-33; died in
office 1833.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
22, 1833 (age about 50
years).
Original interment and cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment at Presbyterian
Cemetery, Newtown, Queens, N.Y.
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John Randolph of Roanoke (1773-1833) —
of Charlotte
County, Va.
Born in Cawsons, Prince
George County, Va., June 2,
1773.
U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1799-1813, 1815-17, 1819-25,
1827-29, 1833 (at-large 1799-1807, 15th District 1807-13, 16th
District 1815-17, 1819-21, 5th District 1821-25, 1827-29, 1833); died
in office 1833; U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1825-27; U.S. Minister to Russia, 1830.
Died May 24,
1833 (age 59 years, 356
days).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Charlotte County, Va.; reinterment
at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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Alexander Buckner (1785-1833) —
of Jackson, Cape
Girardeau County, Mo.
Born in Jefferson
County, Ky., 1785.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention from Cape Girardeu
County, 1820; member of Missouri state legislature; U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1831-33; died in office 1833.
Died of Asiatic cholera
during an epidemic, in Cape Girardeau, Cape
Girardeau County, Mo., June 6,
1833 (age about 47
years).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Cape Girardeau County, Mo.;
reinterment in 1897 at City
Cemetery, Cape Girardeau, Mo.
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Ninian Edwards (1775-1833) —
of Kaskaskia, Randolph
County, Ill.; Edwardsville, Madison
County, Ill.
Born in Montgomery
County, Md., March 17,
1775.
Son of Benjamin
Edwards.
Democrat. Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1796-97; state court judge in
Kentucky, 1803; justice of
Kentucky state supreme court, 1808; Governor of
Illinois Territory, 1809-18; U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1818-24; Governor of
Illinois, 1826-30; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1832.
Baptist.
Died of cholera,
in Belleville, St. Clair
County, Ill., July 20,
1833 (age 58 years, 125
days).
Original interment somewhere
in Belleville, Ill.; reinterment in 1855 at Oak
Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Ill.; statue at Ninian
Edwards Plaza, Edwardsville, Ill.
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Isaac Pierson (1770-1833) —
of Orange, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Orange, Essex
County, N.J., August
15, 1770.
U.S.
Representative from New Jersey at-large, 1827-31.
Died September
22, 1833 (age 63 years, 38
days).
Original interment at Old
Burying Ground, Orange, N.J.; reinterment in 1840 at Rosedale
Cemetery, Orange, N.J.
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John Wilson Campbell (1782-1833) —
also known as John W. Campbell —
of West Union, Adams
County, Ohio.
Born in Augusta
County, Va., February
23, 1782.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1810, 1813, 1815; U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1817-27 (2nd District 1817-23, 5th
District 1823-27); candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1828; U.S.
District Judge for Ohio, 1829-33.
Died in Delaware, Delaware
County, Ohio, September
24, 1833 (age 51 years, 213
days).
Original interment at North
Graveyard, Columbus, Ohio; reinterment at Green
Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio.
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Ebenezer Sage (1755-1834) —
of Sag Harbor, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Chatham (part now in Portland), Middlesex
County, Conn., August
16, 1755.
Democrat. Physician;
U.S.
Representative from New York 1st District, 1809-15, 1819-20; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1821.
Died in Sag Harbor, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., January
20, 1834 (age 78 years, 157
days).
Original interment at Old
Burying Ground, Sag Harbor, Long Island, N.Y.; reinterment at Oakland
Cemetery, Sag Harbor, Long Island, N.Y.
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John Breathitt (1786-1834) —
of Kentucky.
Born in Loudoun
County, Va., September
9, 1786.
Son of William Breathitt (1757-1817) and Elizabeth Dawson (Whitsett)
Breathitt (1765-1834).
Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1811; Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1828-32; Governor of
Kentucky, 1832-34; died in office 1834.
Presbyterian.
Died of tuberculosis
in Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., February
21, 1834 (age 47 years, 165
days).
Original interment at Breathitt
Cemetery, Near Russellville, Logan County, Ky.; reinterment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Russellville, Ky.
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Philip Jeremiah Schuyler (1768-1835) —
also known as Philip J. Schuyler —
of Dutchess
County, N.Y.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., January
21, 1768.
Son of Philip
John Schuyler.
Republican. Member of New York
state assembly from Dutchess County, 1797-98; U.S.
Representative from New York 5th District, 1817-19.
Died, of consumption (tuberculosis),
in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
21, 1835 (age 67 years, 31
days).
Original interment at New
York Marble Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.; subsequent interment at a
private or family graveyard, Dutchess County, N.Y.; reinterment
at Poughkeepsie
Rural Cemetery, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
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Benjamin Parke (1777-1835) —
of Vincennes, Knox
County, Ind.
Born in New Jersey, September
22, 1777.
Indiana
territory attorney general, 1804-08; member of Indiana
territorial House of Representatives, 1805; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Indiana Territory, 1805-08; delegate
to Indiana state constitutional convention, 1816; U.S.
District Judge for Indiana, 1817-35.
Died in Salem, Washington
County, Ind., July 12,
1835 (age 57 years, 293
days).
Original interment in unknown location; reinterment at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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William Taylor Barry (1784-1835) —
also known as William T. Barry —
of Kentucky.
Born near Lunenburg, Lunenburg
County, Va., February
5, 1784.
Son of John Barry and Susannah (Dozier) Barry.
Democrat. Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1807, 1814; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 5th District, 1810-11; U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1814-16; state court judge in Kentucky,
1816-17; member of Kentucky
state senate, 1817-21; Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1820-24; secretary of
state of Kentucky, 1824-25; justice of
Kentucky state supreme court, 1825; candidate for Governor of
Kentucky, 1828; U.S.
Postmaster General, 1829-35.
Appointed Minister to Spain, but died en route to post, in Liverpool,
England,
August
30, 1835 (age 51 years, 206
days).
Original interment and cenotaph at St.
James's Cemetery, Liverpool, England; reinterment in 1854 at Frankfort
Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.
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William Blount (1768-1835) —
also known as Willie Blount —
of Tennessee.
Born in Bertie
County, N.C., April 18,
1768.
Son of Jacob Blount and Hannah (Baker) Blount.
Superior court judge in Tennessee, 1796; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1807-09; Governor of
Tennessee, 1809-15; defeated, 1827; delegate to
Tennessee state constitutional convention, 1834.
Died near Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., September
10, 1835 (age 67 years, 145
days).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Montgomery County, Tenn.;
reinterment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Clarksville, Tenn.
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Joshua Sands (1757-1835) —
of New York.
Born in Cow Neck, Queens County (now part of Sands Point, Nassau
County), Long Island, N.Y., October
12, 1757.
Son of John Sands and Elizabwth (Cornwell) Sands.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member
of New
York state senate Southern District, 1791-97; U.S. Collector of Customs,
1797-1801; U.S.
Representative from New York 2nd District, 1803-05, 1825-27.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., September
13, 1835 (age 77 years, 336
days).
Original interment at St.
Paul's Churchyard, Bronx, N.Y.; reinterment in 1852 at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Nathan Williams (1773-1835) —
of Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born in Williamstown, Berkshire
County, Mass., December
19, 1773.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York 15th District, 1805-07; served in
the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of New York
state assembly from Onondaga County, 1815-16, 1817-19; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1821; circuit judge
in New York, 1823-33.
Died in Geneva, Ontario
County, N.Y., September
25, 1835 (age 61 years, 280
days).
Original interment at Burying
Ground, Utica, N.Y.; reinterment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Utica, N.Y.
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Robert Selden Rose (1774-1835) —
also known as Robert S. Rose —
of Seneca
County, N.Y.; Geneva, Ontario
County, N.Y.
Born in Amherst
County, Va., February
24, 1774.
Member of New York
state assembly from Seneca County, 1810-11, 1819-21; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1821; U.S.
Representative from New York 26th District, 1823-27, 1829-31.
Died while attending a session of the circuit court,
in Waterloo, Seneca
County, N.Y., November
24, 1835 (age 61 years, 273
days).
Original interment at Old
Pulteney Street Cemetery (which no longer exists), Geneva, N.Y.;
reinterment in 1925 at Glenwood
Cemetery, Geneva, N.Y.
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Elias Kent Kane (1794-1835) —
also known as Elias K. Kane —
of Kaskaskia, Randolph
County, Ill.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 7,
1794.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention Randolph County,
1818; secretary of
state of Illinois, 1818-22; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1824; U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1825-35; died in office 1835.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
12, 1835 (age 41 years, 188
days).
Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Chester, Ill.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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John Smith (1750-1836) —
of Virginia.
Born near Locust Hill, Middlesex
County, Va., May 7,
1750.
Member of Virginia state legislature, 1779; member of Virginia
state senate, 1792; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1801-15 (at-large 1801-07, 3rd
District 1807-15).
Died March 5,
1836 (age 85 years, 303
days).
Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment in
1890 at Mt.
Hebron Cemetery, Winchester, Va.
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Edward Livingston (1764-1836) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Clermont, Columbia
County, N.Y., May 28,
1764.
Son of Robert
R. Livingston (1718-1775).
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York, 1795-1801 (1st District 1795-99,
2nd District 1799-1801); mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1801-03; U.S.
Attorney for New York, 1801-03; member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1820; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 1st District, 1823-29; U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1829-31; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1831-33; U.S. Minister to France, 1833-35.
Died May 23,
1836 (age 71 years, 361
days).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Columbia County, N.Y.; reinterment
somewhere
in Rhinebeck, N.Y.
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John Coffee (1782-1836) —
of Georgia.
Born in Prince
Edward County, Va., December
3, 1782.
Democrat. Member of Georgia state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Georgia at-large, 1833-36; died in office
1836.
Died near Jacksonville, Telfair
County, Ga., September
25, 1836 (age 53 years, 297
days).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Telfair County, Ga.; reinterment in
1921 at McRae
City Cemetery, McRae, Ga.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Bailey Hardeman (1795-1836) —
of Texas.
Born near Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., February
26, 1795.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; delegate
to Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention from
District of Matagorda, 1836; signer,
Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836; Texas
Republic Secretary of the Treasury, 1836.
Died in Caney Creek, Matagorda
County, Tex., October
12, 1836 (age 41 years, 229
days).
Original interment somewhere
in Matagorda County, Tex.; reinterment in 1936 at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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Philip Thompson (1789-1836) —
of Yellow Banks (unknown
county), Ky.
Born near Harrodsburg, Mercer
County, Ky., August
20, 1789.
Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 11th District, 1823-25.
Died November
25, 1836 (age 47 years, 97
days).
Original interment at Moseley
Burying Ground, Owensboro, Ky.; reinterment in 1856 at Rosehill
Elmwood Cemetery, Owensboro, Ky.
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Stephen Fuller Austin (1793-1836) —
also known as Stephen F. Austin; "Father of
Texas" —
Born in Wythe
County, Va., November
3, 1793.
Son of Moses Austin and Maria (Brown) Austin.
Member of Missouri
territorial legislature, 1814-19; delegate
to Texas Convention of 1832 from District of San Felipe de
Austin, 1832; took petition to Mexico City for the establishment of
Texas as a separate Mexican state, 1832; charged
with attempting
revolution, and imprisoned
until 1835; delegate
to Texas Convention of 1833 from District of Austin, 1833; delegate
to Texas Consultation of 1835 from District of San Felipe de
Austin, 1835; candidate for President
of the Texas Republic, 1836; Texas
Republic Secretary of State, 1836; died in office 1836.
Member, Freemasons.
The city of Austin, Texas, is named for
him.
Died of pneumonia,
in Brazoria
County, Tex., December
27, 1836 (age 43 years, 54
days).
Original interment at Peach
Point Cemetery, Gulf Prairie, Tex.; reinterment in 1910 at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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Francis Jacob Harper (1800-1837) —
also known as Francis J. Harper —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., March 5,
1800.
Democrat. Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1832; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 2nd District, 1834-36; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 3rd District, 1837; died in
office 1837.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., March 18,
1837 (age 37 years, 13
days).
Original interment at Frankford
Cemetery, Frankford, Philadelphia, Pa.; reinterment in 1848 at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Stukely Stafford Ellsworth, Sr. (1769-1837) —
also known as Stukely Ellsworth —
of Otsego
County, N.Y.
Born September
26, 1769.
Member of New York
state assembly from Otsego County, 1817-18, 1820-21; member of New York
state senate 6th District, 1825-28.
Died in Hartwick, Otsego
County, N.Y., March 31,
1837 (age 67 years, 186
days).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Otsego County, N.Y.; reinterment to
unknown location.
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David Barton (1783-1837) —
also known as "Little Red" —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born near Greeneville, Greene
County, Tenn., December
14, 1783.
Son of Isaac Barton and Keziah (Murphy) Barton.
Missouri
territory attorney general, 1813; circuit judge in Missouri,
1815-17; member of Missouri
territorial House of Representatives, 1818; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention from St. Louis
County, 1820; U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1821-31; member of Missouri
state senate, 1834-35.
Died in Boonville, Cooper
County, Mo., September
28, 1837 (age 53 years, 288
days).
Original interment at City
Cemetery, Boonville, Mo.; reinterment in 1858 at Walnut
Grove Cemetery, Boonville, Mo.
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John McNairy (1762-1837) —
Born in Lancaster
County, Pa., March 30,
1762.
Superior court judge in North Carolina, 1788; justice of
Southwest Territory supreme court, 1790; U.S.
District Judge for Tennessee, 1797.
Died November
12, 1837 (age 75 years, 227
days).
Original interment at Episcopal
Church Burying Ground, Nashville, Tenn.; reinterment at Nashville
City Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn.
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James Witherell (1759-1838) —
of Fair Haven, Rutland
County, Vt.
Born in Massachusetts, 1759.
Democrat. Member of Vermont state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Vermont 1st District, 1807-08; resigned 1808.
Died in 1838
(age about
79 years).
Original interment at Russell
Street Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.; reinterment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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John Milton Goodenow (1782-1838) —
of Ohio.
Born in Westmoreland, Cheshire
County, N.H., 1782.
Lawyer;
member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1823; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 11th District, 1829-30; justice of
Ohio state supreme court, 1830; state court judge in Ohio, 1833.
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., July 20,
1838 (age about 56
years).
Original interment at Episcopal
Burial Grounds, Cincinnati, Ohio; reinterment in 1851 at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Harmanus Peek (1782-1838) —
of Schenectady
County, N.Y.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., June 24,
1782.
Member of New York
state assembly from Schenectady County, 1816-17; U.S.
Representative from New York 13th District, 1819-21.
Died in Schenectady, Schenectady
County, N.Y., September
27, 1838 (age 56 years, 95
days).
Original interment at Dutch
Church Cemetery, Schenectady, N.Y.; reinterment at Vale
Cemetery, Schenectady, N.Y.
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Hiram Alden (c.1792-1838) —
of Coldwater, Branch
County, Mich.
Born in New York, about 1792.
Physician;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Branch County, 1835-37; village
president of Coldwater, Michigan, 1837-38.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., November
28, 1838 (age about 46
years).
Original interment somewhere
in Detroit, Mich.; reinterment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Coldwater, Mich.
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Thomson Francis Mason (1785-1838) —
also known as Thomson F. Mason —
of Alexandria, D.C. (now Va.).
Born in Fairfax
County, Va., 1785.
Son of Thomson Mason (1759-1820) and Sarah McCarty (Chichester)
Mason.
Mayor
of Alexandria, D.C., 1827-30.
Died in Alexandria, D.C (now Va.), December
21, 1838 (age about 53
years).
Original interment at Colross
Graveyard (which no longer exists), Alexandria, Va.; reinterment
at Christ
Church Episcopal Cemetery, Alexandria, Va.
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Stephen Van Rensselaer (1764-1839) —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
1, 1764.
Son of Catharina (Livingston) Van Rensselaer and Stephen Van
Rensselaer (1742-1769).
Member of New York
state assembly from Albany County, 1789-90, 1807-10, 1817-18;
member of New York
state senate Western District, 1790-95; Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1795-1801; general in the U.S. Army during
the War of 1812; candidate for Governor of
New York, 1813; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1821; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1822-29 (9th District 1822-23, 10th
District 1823-29).
Dutch
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Albany's last Dutch Patroon; took the first
train ride in U.S.; founded Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
Died in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., January
26, 1839 (age 74 years, 86
days).
Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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William McLean (1794-1839) —
of Piqua, Miami
County, Ohio.
Born in Mason
County, Ky., August
10, 1794.
U.S.
Representative from Ohio 3rd District, 1823-29.
Died October
12, 1839 (age 45 years, 63
days).
Original interment at Catherine
Street Burying Ground, Cincinnati, Ohio; reinterment in 1863 at
Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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George French Strother (1783-1840) —
of Virginia.
Born in Virginia, 1783.
Democrat. Member of Virginia state legislature, 1806; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 10th District, 1817-20.
Died in 1840
(age about
57 years).
Original interment at Christ
Church Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.; reinterment in 1860 at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Peleg Tallman (1764-1840) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Tiverton, Newport
County, R.I., July 24,
1764.
Democrat. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary
War; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 16th District, 1811-13; member
of Massachusetts
state senate, 1821-22.
Lost an
arm during Revolutionary War service.
Died in Bath, Sagadahoc
County, Maine, March 12,
1840 (age 75 years, 232
days).
Original interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Bath, Maine; reinterment at Forest
Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Boston, Mass.
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John Adair (1757-1840) —
of Harrodsburg, Mercer
County, Ky.
Born in Chester District (now Chester
County), S.C., January
9, 1757.
Son of Baron William Adair.
Democrat. General in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary
War; delegate to
Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1792; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1793-95, 1798, 1800-03, 1817; Speaker of
the Kentucky State House of Representatives, 1802-03; U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1805-06; general in the U.S. Army during
the War of 1812; Governor of
Kentucky, 1820-24; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 7th District, 1831-33.
Died in Harrodsburg, Mercer
County, Ky., May 19,
1840 (age 83 years, 131
days).
Original interment in unknown location; reinterment in 1872 at Frankfort
Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.
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William Smith (1762-1840) —
of Yorkville (now York), York
County, S.C.
Born in South Carolina, 1762.
Democrat. Member of South
Carolina state senate, 1803; state court judge in South Carolina,
1808; U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1816-23, 1826-31; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1824; received 7
electoral votes for Vice-President, 1828;
received 23 electoral votes for Vice-President, 1836;
member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1836.
Died June 26,
1840 (age about 77
years).
Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment at Maple
Hill Cemetery, Birmingham, Ala.
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Richard Hickman Menefee (1809-1841) —
of Kentucky.
Born in Kentucky, 1809.
Member of Kentucky state legislature, 1836-37; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 11th District, 1837-39.
Died in 1841
(age about
32 years).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Fayette County, Ky.; reinterment in
1893 at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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Nathaniel Garrow (1780-1841) —
of Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Born in Barnstable, Barnstable
County, Mass., April 25,
1780.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York 24th District, 1827-29.
Died in Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y., March 3,
1841 (age 60 years, 312
days).
Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment at Fort
Hill Cemetery, Auburn, N.Y.
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John Wheelock Willey (1797-1841) —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in New Hampshire, 1797.
Member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1827-30; member of Ohio state
senate, 1830-32; mayor
of Cleveland, Ohio, 1836-38; district judge in Ohio, 1840-41;
died in office 1841.
Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, July 9,
1841 (age about 44
years).
Original interment at Erie
Street Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio; reinterment at Lake
View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
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Lyman Law (1770-1842) —
of New London, New London
County, Conn.
Born in New London, New London
County, Conn., August
19, 1770.
Son of Richard
Law.
Lawyer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from New London, 1801-02, 1806,
1809-10, 1819, 1826; Speaker of
the Connecticut State House of Representatives, 1806, 1809-10; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut at-large, 1811-17.
Died in New London, New London
County, Conn., February
3, 1842 (age 71 years, 168
days).
Original interment at Second
Burial Ground, New London, Conn.; reinterment in 1851 at Cedar
Grove Cemetery, New London, Conn.
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Robert Potter (c.1800-1842) —
of Oxford, Granville
County, N.C.
Born near Williamsboro, Vance
County, N.C., about 1800.
Member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1826, 1834-35; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 6th District, 1829-31; delegate
to Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention from
District of Nacogdoches, 1836; signer,
Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836; Texas
Republic Secretary of the Navy, 1836; member of Texas
Republic Senate from District of Red River and Fannin, 1840-42;
died in office 1842.
Resigned
from the U.S. Congress in 1831 after maiming
two men in a jealous rage; convicted,
and sentenced
to six months in prison.
Expelled
in 1835 from the North Carolina House for cheating
at cards.
Shot
and killed by
members of an opposing faction who surrounded his home, in Harrison
County (part now in Marion
County), Tex., March 2,
1842 (age about 42
years).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Marion County, Tex.; reinterment in
1928 at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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Sterling Clack Robertson (1785-1842) —
also known as Sterling C. Robertson —
of Texas.
Born in Giles
County, Tenn., October
2, 1785.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; delegate
to Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention from
District of Milam, 1836; signer,
Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836; served in the Texas Army
during the Texas War of Independence; member of Texas
Republic Senate from District of Milam, 1836-38.
Died in Nashville, Milam
County, Tex., March 4,
1842 (age 56 years, 153
days).
Original interment at Nashville
Cemetery, Nashville, Tex.; reinterment in 1936 at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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William Washington Gordon (1796-1842) —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Born in Screven
County, Ga., January
17, 1796.
Son of Ambrose Gordon (1751-1804) and Elizabeth (Meade) Gordon.
Lawyer;
mayor
of Savannah, Ga., 1834-36; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1835; member of Georgia
state senate, 1838; founder and president of the Central Railroad
and Banking Co.
Died, from bilious
pleurisy, in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., March 22,
1842 (age 46 years, 64
days).
Original interment at Colonial
Park Cemetery, Savannah, Ga.; reinterment at Laurel
Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Ga.; memorial monument at Wright
Square, Savannah, Ga.
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Peter Sharpe (1777-1842) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
10, 1777.
Member of New York
state assembly from New York County, 1814-15, 1816-21; Speaker of
the New York State Assembly, 1820-21; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1821; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1821, 1823-25 (2nd District 1821,
3rd District 1823-25); defeated, 1824.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., August 3,
1842 (age 64 years, 236
days).
Original interment at New
York Marble Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.; reinterment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Samuel Hammond (1757-1842) —
Born in Richmond
County, Va., February
21, 1757.
Democrat. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary
War; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1796-98; member of Georgia
state senate, 1799-1800; U.S.
Representative from Georgia at-large, 1803-05; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives; secretary of
state of South Carolina, 1831-35.
Died September
11, 1842 (age 85 years, 202
days).
Original interment at Hammond
Cemetery, New Richmond, S.C.; reinterment at Hammond
Family Cemetery, North Augusta, S.C.
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Stevens Thomson Mason (1811-1843) —
also known as Stevens T. Mason; Tom Mason; "The
Boy Governor"; "Young Hotspur";
"The Stripling" —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born near Leesburg, Loudoun
County, Va., October
27, 1811.
Son of John
Thomson Mason (1787-1850) and Elizabeth Baker (Moir) Mason
(1789-1839).
Secretary
of Michigan Territory, 1831; Governor of
Michigan Territory, 1834-35; Governor of
Michigan, 1835-40.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
4, 1843 (age 31 years, 69
days).
Originally entombed at New
York Marble Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.; reinterment in 1905 at Capitol
Park, Detroit, Mich.
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Francis Scott Key (1779-1843) —
of District of Columbia.
Born in Carroll
County, Md., August 1,
1779.
Son of John Ross Key (1754-1821) and Ann (Charlton) Key.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Attorney for the District of Columbia, 1833-41.
During the war of 1812, while on a mission to obtain the release of a
prisoner from British forces, witnessed the bombardment of Fort
McHenry from the deck of the British ship Surprise; that
night, September 13-14, 1814, he wrote a poem "The Spangled Banner".
The poem was published soon afterward, rapidly gained popularity, and
became the lyrics to the U.S. national anthem.
Died, from pleurisy, in
Baltimore,
Md., January
11, 1843 (age 63 years, 163
days).
Originally entombed at Old
St. Paul's Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.; later interred in 1866 at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Frederick, Md.; memorial monument at Golden
Gate Park, San Francisco, Calif.
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George Augustus Waggaman (1782-1843) —
also known as George A. Waggaman —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Caroline
County, Md., 1782.
Circuit judge in Louisiana, 1818; secretary of
state of Louisiana, 1830-32; U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1831-35.
Mortally injured in a duel, and
died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., March 22,
1843 (age about 60
years).
Original interment at Girod
Street Cemetery (which no longer exists), New Orleans, La.;
reinterment to unknown location.
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Joshua Pilcher (1790-1843) —
of Missouri.
Born in Culpeper
County, Va., March 15,
1790.
Son of Joshua Pilcher (1749-1810) and Nancy Pilcher.
Fur
trader; U.S. Consul in Chihuahua, 1825-27; Indian agent; Superintendent of Indian
Affairs.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, of sickness resulting from exposure to
the elements, in St.
Louis, Mo., June 5,
1843 (age 53 years, 82
days).
Original interment at Christ
Church Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.; reinterment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Barker Burnell (1798-1843) —
of Nantucket, Nantucket
County, Mass.
Born in Nantucket, Nantucket
County, Mass., January
30, 1798.
Whig. Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1819; delegate to
Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1820; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1824-25; delegate to Whig National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1839 (member, Balloting Committee; speaker); U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1841-43 (11th District
1841-43, 10th District 1843); died in office 1843.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 15,
1843 (age 45 years, 136
days).
Original interment and cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment in 1844 at Prospect
Hill Cemetery, Nantucket, Mass.
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Hugh Swinton Legaré (1797-1843) —
of South Carolina.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., January
2, 1797.
Member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1820; South
Carolina state attorney general, 1830; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to
Belgium, 1832-36; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 5th District, 1837-39; U.S.
Attorney General, 1841-43; died in office 1843.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., June 20,
1843 (age 46 years, 169
days).
Original interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.; reinterment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Near Charleston, Charleston County, S.C.
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Noah Noble (1794-1844) —
of Franklin
County, Ind.; Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Berryville, Clarke
County, Va., January
14, 1794.
Lawyer;
farmer;
merchant;
miller;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1825; Governor of
Indiana, 1831-37; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1836, 1838.
Methodist.
Scottish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., February
8, 1844 (age 50 years, 25
days).
Original interment at Greenlawn
Cemetery (which no longer exists), Indianapolis, Ind.;
reinterment at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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Thomas Walker Gilmer (1802-1844) —
of Virginia.
Born in Gilmerton, Albemarle
County, Va., April 6,
1802.
Lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1829-36, 1838-39; Speaker of
the Virginia State House of Delegates, 1838-39; Governor of
Virginia, 1840-41; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1841-44 (12th District 1841-43, 5th
District 1843-44); U.S.
Secretary of the Navy, 1844; died in office 1844.
Among those killed in the explosion
when a cannon accidentally
burst on board
the U.S.S. Princeton, on the Potomac River near Fort
Washington, Prince
George's County, Md., February
28, 1844 (age 41 years, 328
days).
Originally entombed at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment at a
private or family graveyard, Albemarle County, Va.
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Abel Parker Upshur (1790-1844) —
of Virginia.
Born in Northampton
County, Va., June 17,
1790.
Son of Littleton
Upshur.
Member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1812-13, 1824-27; state court judge in
Virginia, 1826-41; delegate to
Virginia state constitutional convention, 1829-30; U.S.
Secretary of the Navy, 1841-43; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1843-44; died in office 1844.
Episcopalian.
Among those killed in the explosion
when a cannon accidentally
burst on board
the U.S.S. Princeton, on the Potomac River near Fort
Washington, Prince
George's County, Md., February
28, 1844 (age 53 years, 256
days).
Originally entombed at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; later interred in 1874 at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Virgil Maxcy (1785-1844) —
of Maryland.
Born in Attleboro, Bristol
County, Mass., May 5,
1785.
Son of Levi Maxcy and Ruth (Newell) Maxcy.
Lawyer;
member of Maryland
state executive council, 1815; member of Maryland
state house of delegates; member of Maryland
state senate; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Belgium, 1837-42.
Among those killed in the explosion
when a cannon accidentally
burst on board
the U.S.S. Princeton, on the Potomac River near Fort
Washington, Prince
George's County, Md., February
28, 1844 (age 58 years, 299
days).
Originally entombed at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment at a
private or family graveyard, Anne Arundel County, Md.
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David Gardiner (1784-1844) —
of New York.
Born in 1784.
Member of New York
state senate 1st District, 1824-27.
Among those killed in the explosion
when a cannon accidentally
burst on board
the U.S.S. Princeton, on the Potomac River near Fort
Washington, Prince
George's County, Md., February
28, 1844 (age about 59
years).
Originally entombed at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; later interred at South
End Cemetery, East Hampton, Long Island, N.Y.
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Henry Baldwin (1780-1844) —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., January
14, 1780.
Son of Henry Baldwin and Theodora (Wolcott) Baldwin.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 14th District, 1817-22; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1830-44; died in office 1844.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., April 21,
1844 (age 64 years, 98
days).
Original interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment at Greendale
Cemetery, Meadville, Pa.
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Pierre Evariste Jean Baptiste Bossier (1797-1844) —
also known as Pierre E. J. B. Bossier —
of Louisiana.
Born in Natchitoches, Natchitoches
Parish, La., March 22,
1797.
Planter;
member of Louisiana
state senate, 1833-43; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 4th District, 1843-44; died in
office 1844.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 24,
1844 (age 47 years, 33
days).
Original interment and cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment at Catholic
Cemetery, Natchitoches, La.
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Asa Brigham (1790-1844) —
of Austin, Travis
County, Tex.
Born in Massachusetts, 1790.
Delegate
to Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention from
District of Brazoria, 1836; signer,
Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836; treasurer
of Texas Republic, 1836; mayor of
Austin, Tex., 1842-43.
Died in Washington, Washington
County, Tex., July 3,
1844 (age about 54
years).
Original interment at Washington-on-the-Brazos
State Park, Washington, Tex.; reinterment at Washington
Cemetery, Washington, Tex.
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Stephen Hendrickson Everitt (c.1806-1844) —
also known as Stephen H. Everitt —
of Texas.
Born in New York, about 1806.
Delegate
to Texas Consultation of 1835 from District of Bevil, 1835; delegate
to Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention from
District of Jasper, 1836; signer,
Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836; member of Texas
Republic Senate from District of Jasper and Jefferson, 1836-40.
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., July 12,
1844 (age about 38
years).
Originally entombed at Girod
Street Cemetery (which no longer exists), New Orleans, La.;
re-entombed in 1957 at Hope
Mausoleum, New Orleans, La.
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William Sumpter Murphy (c.1796-1844) —
also known as William S. Murphy; "Patrick Henry of the
West" —
of Chillicothe, Ross
County, Ohio.
Born in South Carolina, about 1796.
Whig. Lawyer;
delegate to Whig National Convention from Ohio, 1839; U.S. Charge
d'Affaires to Texas Republic, 1843-44, died in office 1844.
Died, of yellow
fever, in Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex., July 13,
1844 (age about 48
years).
Original interment and cenotaph at Trinity
Episcopal Church Cemetery, Galveston, Tex.; reinterment somewhere
in Chillicothe, Ohio.
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Patrick Churchill Jack (1808-1844) —
also known as Patrick C. Jack —
of Texas.
Born in Wilkes
County, Ga., 1808.
Delegate
to Texas Convention of 1832 from District of Liberty, 1832; delegate
to Texas Convention of 1833 from District of Liberty, 1833;
member of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1837-38; judge of Texas
Republic, 1841-44.
Died of yellow
fever in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., August 4,
1844 (age about 36
years).
Original interment in private or family graveyard; subsequent
interment at Lakeview
Cemetery, Galveston, Tex.; reinterment at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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William Houston Jack (1806-1844) —
Born in Wilkes
County, Ga., April 12,
1806.
Member of Alabama state legislature, 1829; Texas
Republic Secretary of State, 1836; member of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1839-40; member of Texas
Republic Senate from District of Brazoria, 1842-44; died in
office 1844.
Died of yellow
fever in Brazoria
County, Tex., August
20, 1844 (age 38 years, 130
days).
Original interment in private or family graveyard; subsequent
interment at Lakeview
Cemetery, Galveston, Tex.; reinterment at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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Ratliff Boon (1781-1844) —
of Boonville, Warrick
County, Ind.
Born in Franklin
County, N.C., January
18, 1781.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of Indiana
territorial House of Representatives, 1814-15; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1816-18; member of Indiana
state senate, 1818-19; Lieutenant
Governor of Indiana, 1819-22, 1822-24; Governor of
Indiana, 1822; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 1st District, 1825-27, 1829-39;
Presidential Elector for Indiana, 1828;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1830, 1832, 1836, 1838.
Presbyterian.
Boonville, Indiana is named for
him.
Died in Louisiana, Pike
County, Mo., November
20, 1844 (age 63 years, 307
days).
Original interment at Lousiana
Cemetery, Louisiana, Mo.; reinterment at Riverview
Cemetery, Louisiana, Mo.
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John William Smith (1792-1845) —
also known as John W. Smith; William John Smith;
"El Colorado" —
of Ralls
County, Mo.; San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex.
Born in Virginia, March 4,
1792.
Son of John Smith and Isabel Smith.
Ralls
County Sheriff and Tax Collector, 1823-26; merchant;
surveyor;
served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; mayor
of San Antonio, Tex., 1837-38, 1840-41, 1842-44; member of Texas
Republic Senate from District of Bexar, 1842-45; died in office
1845.
Catholic.
In 1836, he was the last messenger from the Alamo, San Antonio Tex.,
before it fell to the Mexican Army in the battle there.
Died, probably of pneumonia,
in Washington, Washington
County, Tex., January
12, 1845 (age 52 years, 314
days).
Original interment at Washington-on-the-Brazos
State Park, Washington, Tex.; reinterment at Washington
Cemetery, Washington, Tex.
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Relatives: Son
of John Smith and Isabel Smith; married 1821 to Harriet
Stone; married 1830 to Maria
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Richard Cutts (1771-1845) —
of Pepperell, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Saco, York
County, Maine, June 28,
1771.
Democrat. Member of Massachusetts state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1801-13 (at-large 1801-05,
14th District 1805-13); imprisoned
for debt, 1828.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 7,
1845 (age 73 years, 283
days).
Original interment at St.
John's Church Cemetery, Lafayette Square, Washington, D.C.;
reinterment in 1857 at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Stephen Barlow (1779-1845) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Redding, Fairfield
County, Conn., June 13,
1779.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 18th District, 1827-29; member
of Pennsylvania state legislature.
Died in Meadville, Crawford
County, Pa., August
24, 1845 (age 66 years, 72
days).
Original interment at Old
Meadville Cemetery (which no longer exists), Meadville, Pa.;
reinterment at Greendale
Cemetery, Meadville, Pa.
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Charles Johnston (1793-1845) —
of New York.
Born in Salisbury, Litchfield
County, Conn., February
14, 1793.
U.S.
Representative from New York 5th District, 1839-41.
Died September
1, 1845 (age 52 years, 199
days).
Original interment at Christ
Episcopal Church Burying Ground, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.; reinterment
in 1861 at Poughkeepsie
Rural Cemetery, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
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Richard Cheatham (1799-1845) —
of Tennessee.
Born in Springfield, Robertson
County, Tenn., February
20, 1799.
Whig. Member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1825-33, 1843-45; delegate to
Tennessee state constitutional convention, 1834; Presidential
Elector for Tennessee, 1836;
U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 11th District, 1837-39.
Presbyterian.
Died near Springfield, Robertson
County, Tenn., September
9, 1845 (age 46 years, 201
days).
Original interment at Old
City Cemetery, Springfield, Tenn.; reinterment in 1952 at Elmwood
Cemetery, Springfield, Tenn.
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John Miller (1781-1846) —
of Missouri.
Born in Virginia, November
25, 1781.
Colonel in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; Governor of
Missouri, 1826-32; U.S.
Representative from Missouri at-large, 1837-43.
Died March 18,
1846 (age 64 years, 113
days).
Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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John Carlyle Herbert (1775-1846) —
also known as John C. Herbert —
of Vansville, Prince
George's County, Md.
Born in Alexandria,
Va., August
16, 1775.
Member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1798-99; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1808-13; Speaker of
the Maryland State House of Delegates, 1812-13; served in the
U.S. Army during the War of 1812; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 2nd District, 1815-19; Presidential
Elector for Maryland, 1824;
member of Maryland
state senate, 1826-30.
Episcopalian.
Died in Buchanan, Botetourt
County, Va., September
1, 1846 (age 71 years, 16
days).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Prince George's County, Md.;
reinterment at Green
Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
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Thomas Lyon Hamer (1800-1846) —
also known as Thomas L. Hamer —
of Ohio.
Born in Northumberland
County, Pa., 1800.
Democrat. Member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1825; Presidential Elector for Ohio, 1828;
U.S.
Representative from Ohio 5th District, 1833-39; served in the
U.S. Army during the Mexican War.
Died
in the military service at Monterrey, Nuevo
León, December
2, 1846 (age about 46
years).
Original interment somewhere
in near Monterrey, Nuevo León; reinterment at Georgetown
Cemetery, Georgetown, Ohio; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Richard Ellis (1781-1846) —
Born in Virginia, February
14, 1781.
Delegate
to Alabama state constitutional convention, 1819; associate
justice of Alabama state supreme court, 1819; delegate
to Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention from
District of Red River, 1836; signer,
Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836; member of Texas
Republic Senate from District of Red River, 1836-39.
Reportedly "came to his death suddenly by his clothes taking fire", at
his home in Bowie
County, Tex., December
20, 1846 (age 65 years, 309
days).
Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment in
1929 at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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Erastus Root (1773-1846) —
of Delhi, Delaware
County, N.Y.
Born in Hebron, Windham County (now Tolland
County), Conn., March 16,
1773.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Delaware County, 1798-99, 1800-02, 1817-21,
1826-28, 1830; Speaker of
the New York State Assembly, 1827-28, 1830; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1803-05, 1809-11, 1815-17, 1831-33
(14th District 1803-05, 12th District 1809-11, 8th District 1815-17,
11th District 1831-33); defeated, 1838; member of New York
state senate, 1811-15, 1840-43 (Middle District 1811-15, 3rd
District 1840-43); delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1821; Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1823-24; defeated, 1824.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
24, 1846 (age 73 years, 283
days).
Original interment at Old
Cemetery, Delhi, N.Y.; reinterment at Woodland
Cemetery, Delhi, N.Y.
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Samuel Simons (1792-1847) —
of Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn.; Colebrook, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born in Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn., 1792.
Democrat. Physician;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Bridgeport, 1830; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1843-45.
Died in Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn., January
13, 1847 (age about 54
years).
Original interment at Mountain
Grove Cemetery, Bridgeport, Conn.; reinterment 1859 to unknown
location.
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Peter Robert Livingston (1766-1847) —
also known as Peter R. Livingston —
of Rhinebeck, Dutchess
County, N.Y.
Born October
3, 1766.
Son of Robert
Livingston.
Whig. Member of New York
state senate, 1815-22, 1826-29 (Southern District 1815-22, 2nd
District 1826-29); member of New York
state assembly from Dutchess County, 1823; Speaker of
the New York State Assembly, 1823; Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1828; delegate to Whig National Convention
from New York, 1839 (Convention Vice-President).
Died in Rhinebeck, Dutchess
County, N.Y., January
19, 1847 (age 80 years, 108
days).
Original interment at Dutch
Reformed Church, Rhinebeck, N.Y.; reinterment to unknown location.
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William Armstrong (c.1795-1847) —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born about 1795.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; mayor
of Nashville, Tenn., 1828-32.
Died near Pine Bluff, Jefferson
County, Ark., June 12,
1847 (age about 52
years).
Original interment in unknown location; reinterment at Swallow
Rock Cemetery, Fort Coffee, Okla.; cenotaph at Nashville
City Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn.
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Relatives:
Married to Nancy Irwin. |
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Richard Henry Wilde (1789-1847) —
also known as Richard H. Wilde —
of Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga.
Born in Dublin, Ireland,
September
24, 1789.
Democrat. Lawyer; Georgia
state attorney general, 1811-13; U.S.
Representative from Georgia at-large, 1815-17, 1825, 1827-35.
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., September
10, 1847 (age 57 years, 351
days).
Original interment somewhere
in New Orleans, La.; reinterment 1854 in private or family graveyard;
reinterment in 1886 at City
Cemetery, Augusta, Ga.
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Philemon Thomas (1763-1847) —
of Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La.
Born in Virginia, February
2, 1763.
Democrat. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary
War; member of Kentucky state legislature, 1796; member of Louisiana
state legislature; served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 2nd District, 1831-35.
Died in Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La., November
18, 1847 (age 84 years, 289
days).
Original interment in unknown location; reinterment in 1886 at National
Cemetery, Baton Rouge, La.
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William Gordon Cooke (1808-1847) —
of Texas.
Born in Fredericksburg,
Va., March 26,
1808.
Served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; member
of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1844-45; Texas
Republic Secretary of War and Marine, 1845-46; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas, 1846; Adjutant
General of Texas, 1846-47; died in office 1847.
Member, Freemasons.
Cooke Avenue in San Antonio is named for
him.
Died of tuberculosis,
at Seguin, Guadalupe
County, Tex., December
24, 1847 (age 39 years, 273
days).
Original interment somewhere
in Geronimo, Tex.; reinterment in 1937 at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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Andrew Kennedy (1810-1847) —
of Muncietown (now Muncie), Delaware
County, Ind.
Born in Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio, July 24,
1810.
Democrat. Member of Indiana
state senate, 1836-40; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Indiana, 1840;
U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1841-47 (5th District 1841-43, 10th
District 1843-47).
Died of smallpox,
in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., December
31, 1847 (age 37 years, 160
days).
Original interment at Greenlawn
Cemetery (which no longer exists), Indianapolis, Ind.;
reinterment at Beech
Grove Cemetery, Muncie, Ind.
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Jonathan Taylor (1796-1848) —
of Ohio.
Born in Connecticut, 1796.
Democrat. Member of Ohio state legislature, 1831; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 2nd District, 1839-41.
Died in 1848
(age about
52 years).
Original interment at Old
Cemetery, Newark, Ohio; reinterment at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Newark, Ohio.
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John Quincy Adams (1767-1848) —
also known as "Old Man Eloquent"; "The
Accidental President"; "The Massachusetts
Madman" —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Quincy, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Braintree (part now in Quincy), Norfolk
County, Mass., July 11,
1767.
Son of John
Adams and Abigail (Smith) Adams (1744-1818).
Lawyer;
U.S. Minister to Netherlands, 1794-97; Prussia, 1797-1801; Russia, 1809-14; Great Britain, 1815-17; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1802; U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1803-08; resigned 1808; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1817-25; President
of the United States, 1825-29; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1831-48 (11th District
1831-33, 12th District 1833-43, 8th District 1843-48); died in office
1848; candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1834.
Unitarian.
English
ancestry. Member, American
Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Elected to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1905.
Suffered a stroke
while speaking on the floor of the U.S. House of
Representatives, February 21, 1848, and died two days later in
the Speaker's office,
U.S. Capitol
Building, Washington,
D.C., February
23, 1848 (age 80 years, 227
days).
Original interment at Hancock
Cemetery, Quincy, Mass.; reinterment at United
First Parish Church, Quincy, Mass.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Moseley Baker (1802-1848) —
of Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.; San Felipe, Austin
County, Tex.; Galveston
County, Tex.; Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Norfolk,
Va., September
20, 1802.
Lawyer;
member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1829; served in the Texas Army
during the Texas War of Independence; member of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1836, 1838-39; defeated, 1841;
candidate for Texas
Republic Senate, 1842.
Died, of yellow
fever, in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., November
4, 1848 (age 46 years, 45
days).
Original interment somewhere
in Houston, Tex.; reinterment at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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Augustus Garrett (1801-1848) —
of Illinois.
Born in 1801.
Mayor
of Chicago, Ill., 1843-44, 1845-46.
Unitarian.
Died November
30, 1848 (age about 47
years).
Original interment in unknown location; reinterment at Rosehill
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Rodolphus Dickinson (1797-1849) —
of Ohio.
Born in Hatfield, Hampshire
County, Mass., December
28, 1797.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 6th District, 1847-49; died in office
1849.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 20,
1849 (age 51 years, 82
days).
Original interment in unknown location; reinterment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Fremont, Ohio; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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John Tolley Hood Worthington (1788-1849) —
also known as John T. H. Worthington —
Born in Baltimore
County, Md., November
1, 1788.
Democrat. Member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1822-26, 1836, 1844; U.S.
Representative from Maryland, 1831-33, 1837-41 (5th District
1831-33, 3rd District 1837-41).
Episcopalian.
Died in Baltimore
County, Md., April 27,
1849 (age 60 years, 177
days).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Baltimore County, Md.; reinterment
at St.
John's Episcopal Churchyard, Worthington Valley, Md.
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James Douglas Breckinridge (c.1781-1849) —
of Kentucky.
Born in Woodville, Jefferson
County, Ky., about 1781.
Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1809-11; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 8th District, 1821-23; defeated,
1822.
Died in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., May 6,
1849 (age about 68
years).
Original interment at St.
John's Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.; reinterment in 1867 at St.
Louis Catholic Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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Jesse Parker (c.1776-1849) —
Born about 1776.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; delegate
to Texas Convention of 1832 from District of Sabine, 1832.
Died May 27,
1849 (age about 73
years).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Walker County, Tex.; reinterment in
1979 at Oakwood
Cemetery, Huntsville, Tex.
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James Graham Clinton (1804-1849) —
also known as James G. Clinton —
of New York.
Born in Little Britain, Orange
County, N.Y., January
2, 1804.
Democrat. Common pleas court judge in New York; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1841-45 (6th District 1841-43, 9th
District 1843-45).
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 28,
1849 (age 45 years, 146
days).
Original interment at Clinton
Cemetery, Little Britain, N.Y.; reinterment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, New Windsor, N.Y.
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James Knox Polk (1795-1849) —
also known as James K. Polk; "Young Hickory";
"Napoleon of the Stump" —
of Tennessee.
Born near Little Sugar Creek, Mecklenburg
County, N.C., November
2, 1795.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1823-25; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee, 1825-39 (6th District 1825-33, 9th
District 1833-39); Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1835-39; Governor of
Tennessee, 1839-41; President
of the United States, 1845-49.
Presbyterian
or Methodist.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died, of cholera,
in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., June 15,
1849 (age 53 years, 225
days).
Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment in
1891 at Tennessee
State Capitol Grounds, Nashville, Tenn.
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Relatives:
Nephew by marriage of Thomas
Jones Hardeman; third cousin once removed of Charles
Polk; first cousin of William
Polk Dobson; married, January
1, 1824, to Sarah Childress; fourth cousin of Trusten
Polk; brother of William
Hawkins Polk; second cousin by marriage of George
Davis; uncle and adoptive father of Marshall
Tate Polk; second cousin twice removed of Frank
Lyon Polk. See Polk-Ashe
family of North Carolina. |
| | | Cross-reference: Aaron
V. Brown — John
Charles Frémont |
| | | Polk counties in Ark., Fla., Ga., Iowa, Minn., Mo., Neb., Ore., Tenn., Tex. and Wis. are
named for him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: James
Knox Polk Hall
— James
P. Latta
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| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier |
| | | Books about James K. Polk: Sam W.
Haynes, James
K. Polk and the Expansionist Impulse — Paul H.
Bergeron, The
Presidency of James K. Polk — Thomas M. Leonard, James
K. Polk : A Clear and Unquestionable Destiny — Eugene
Irving McCormac, James
K. Polk: A Political Biography to the Prelude to War
1795-1845 — Eugene Irving McCormac, James
K. Polk: A Political Biography to the End of a Career
1845-1849 — Richard B. Cheney & Lynne V. Cheney, Kings
Of The Hill : How Nine Powerful Men Changed The Course of American
History — John Seigenthaler, James
K. Polk: 1845 - 1849 |
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Album of Washtenaw County (1891) |
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Amos Lane (1778-1849) —
of Lawrenceburg, Dearborn
County, Ind.
Born near Aurora, Cayuga
County, N.Y., March 1,
1778.
Democrat. Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1816; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 4th District, 1833-37.
Died September
2, 1849 (age 71 years, 185
days).
Original interment at Lawrenceburg
Cemetery, Lawrenceburg, Ind.; reinterment at Greendale
Cemetery, Lawrenceburg, Ind.
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Zachary Taylor (1784-1850) —
also known as "Old Rough and Ready" —
Born in Orange
County, Va., November
24, 1784.
Whig. Major in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; colonel in the
U.S. Army during the Black Hawk War; general in the U.S. Army during
the Mexican War; President
of the United States, 1849-50; died in office 1850.
Episcopalian.
Died, probably of gastroenteritis,
in the White
House, Washington,
D.C., July 9,
1850 (age 65 years, 227
days). Based on the theory that he was poisoned, his remains
were tested for arsenic in 1991; the results tended to disconfirm the
theory.
Original interment at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment in private or family
graveyard; reinterment in 1926 at Zachary
Taylor National Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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Relatives:
Second cousin once removed of Richard
Henry Lee; second cousin of James
Madison; third cousin of Henry
Lee, Charles
Lee and Richard
Bland Lee; married, June 21,
1810, to Margaret Mackall 'Peggy' Smith (1778-1852; niece of Benjamin
Mackall IV and Thomas
Mackall); father of Sarah Knox Taylor (who married Jefferson
Finis Davis); granduncle of Edmund
Haynes Taylor, Jr.; third cousin twice removed of Fitzhugh
Lee; first cousin thrice removed of Elliot
Woolfolk Major; second cousin thrice removed of Edgar
Bailey Woolfolk; ancestor of Victor
D. Crist. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams
family of New York. |
| | | Cross-reference: David
R. Atchison — Thomas
Ewing |
| | | Taylor counties in Fla., Ga., Iowa and Ky. are named
for him. |
| | | Campaign slogan (1848): "General Taylor
never surrenders." |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier |
| | | Books about Zachary Taylor: K. Jack
Bauer, Zachary
Taylor: Soldier, Planter, Statesman of the Old
Southwest — Elbert B. Smith, The
Presidencies of Zachary Taylor and Millard
Fillmore |
| | | Image source: Portrait & Biographical
Album of Washtenaw County (1891) |
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Presley Neville O'Bannon (1776-1850) —
also known as "The Hero of Deme" —
of Logan
County, Ky.
Born in Fauquier
County, Va., 1776.
During the war against the Barbary pirates, as lieutenant, he led a
detachment of U.S. Marines and assorted mercenaries to Deme, in North
Africa, in 1805, to rescue an American crew held captive by the Pasha
of Tripoli; the words "to the shores of Tripoli" in the Marine Hymn
commemorate these events; member of Kentucky state legislature.
Two warships were named for
him.
Died September
12, 1850 (age about 74
years).
Original interment in unknown location; reinterment in 1919 at Frankfort
Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.
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David Spangler Kaufman (1813-1851) —
also known as David S. Kaufman —
of Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches
County, Tex.
Born in Boiling Springs, Cumberland
County, Pa., December
18, 1813.
Democrat. Member of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1839-41; member of Texas
Republic Senate, 1843-45; U.S.
Representative from Texas 1st District, 1846-51; died in office
1851.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
31, 1851 (age 37 years, 44
days).
Original interment and cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment in 1932 at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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Andrew Scott (1789-1851) —
of Ste. Genevieve, Ste.
Genevieve County, Mo.
Born in Hanover
County, Va., August 6,
1789.
Lawyer;
justice
of Arkansas territorial supreme court, 1819-25; member of Arkansas
territorial House of Representatives, 1831.
Scottish
ancestry.
Killed Joseph
Selden, another Arkansas Territory judge, in a duel
on an island in the Mississippi River near Helena, Ark., May 26, 1824.
Died in Norristown, Pope
County, Ark., March 13,
1851 (age 61 years, 219
days).
Original interment at Dover
Cemetery, Pope County, Ark.; reinterment at Oakland
Cemetery, Russellville, Ark.
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Samuel Royal Thurston (1816-1851) —
of Oregon.
Born in Monmouth, Kennebec
County, Maine, April 15,
1816.
Lawyer;
newspaper
editor; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Oregon Territory, 1849-51.
Died aboard
the steamer California, in the North
Pacific Ocean, April 9,
1851 (age 34 years, 359
days).
Original interment somewhere
in Acapulco de Juárez, Guerrero; reinterment in 1853 at Pioneer
Cemetery, Salem, Ore.
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Henry Adams Bullard (1788-1851) —
also known as Henry A. Bullard —
of Alexandria, Rapides
Parish, La.
Born in Pepperell, Middlesex
County, Mass., September
9, 1788.
State court judge in Louisiana, 1822; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana, 1831-34, 1850-51 (3rd District
1831-34, 2nd District 1850-51); justice of
Louisiana state supreme court, 1834; secretary of
state of Louisiana, 1839; member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1850.
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., April 17,
1851 (age 62 years, 220
days).
Original interment at Girod
Street Cemetery (which no longer exists), New Orleans, La.;
reinterment to unknown location.
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Luke Lea (1783-1851) —
of Tennessee.
Born in Surry
County, N.C., January
21, 1783.
U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 3rd District, 1833-37; secretary of
state of Tennessee, 1835-39.
Died June 17,
1851 (age 68 years, 147
days).
Original interment at Westport
Cemetery, Kansas City, Mo.; reinterment at Union
Cemetery, Kansas City, Mo.
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Solomon Van Vechten Van Rensselaer (1774-1852) —
also known as Solomon Van Rensselaer —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, 1774.
Son of Jeremiah
Van Rensselaer.
Whig. U.S.
Representative from New York 9th District, 1819-22; delegate to
Whig National Convention from New York, 1839.
Died in 1852
(age about
78 years).
Original interment at North
Dutch Church Cemetery, Albany, N.Y.; reinterment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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James S. Mayfield (d. 1852) —
of Texas.
Texas
Republic Secretary of State, 1841.
Died in November, 1852.
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Fayette County, Tex.; reinterment at
La
Grange Cemetery, La Grange, Tex.
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John Howard Payne (1791-1852) —
also known as John H. Payne —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 9,
1791.
Actor;
playwright;
author of the lines which were later adapted as the song "Home Sweet
Home"; U.S. Consul in Tunis, 1842-45, 1851-52, died in office 1852.
Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of
Fame, 1970.
Died in Tunis, Tunisia,
April
10, 1852 (age 60 years, 306
days).
Original interment at St.
George's Protestant Cemetery, Tunis, Tunisia; reinterment in 1883
at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; memorial monument at Prospect
Park, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Thomas Withers Chinn (1791-1852) —
of Louisiana.
Born near Cynthiana, Harrison
County, Ky., November
20, 1791.
U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 2nd District, 1839-41.
Died in West Baton
Rouge Parish, La., May 22,
1852 (age 60 years, 184
days).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.;
reinterment at Live
Oaks Plantation Cemetery, Iberville Parish, La.; cenotaph at Magnolia
Cemetery, Baton Rouge, La.
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Edward Gilbert (c.1819-1852) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Cherry Valley, Otsego
County, N.Y., about 1819.
Democrat. Printer;
newspaper
editor; delegate
to California state constitutional convention from San Francisco
District, 1849; U.S.
Representative from California at-large, 1850-51.
Killed in a duel with
Col. James W. Denver, near Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif., August 2,
1852 (age about 33
years).
Original interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;
reinterment to unknown location.
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Edward Wilson McGaughey (1817-1852) —
also known as Edward W. McGaughey —
of Greencastle, Putnam
County, Ind.
Born near Greencastle, Putnam
County, Ind., January
16, 1817.
Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1839-40; member of Indiana
state senate, 1842-43; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 7th District, 1845-47, 1849-51;
defeated, 1843, 1851; candidate for Presidential Elector for Indiana,
1848.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., August 6,
1852 (age 35 years, 203
days).
Original interment at Yerba
Buena Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;
subsequent interment at Golden
Gate Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;
reinterment to unknown location.
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William Asa Fletcher (1788-1852) —
also known as William A. Fletcher —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Plymouth, Grafton
County, N.H., June 26,
1788.
Lawyer;
member
Michigan territorial council, 1830-31; justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1836-42; chief
justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1836-42.
Died in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., September
19, 1852 (age 64 years, 85
days).
Original interment at Ann
Arbor Cemetery (which no longer exists), Ann Arbor, Mich.;
reinterment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich.
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James Whitcomb (1795-1852) —
of Indiana.
Born near Windsor, Windsor
County, Vt., December
1, 1795.
Democrat. Member of Indiana
state senate, 1830-36; Governor of
Indiana, 1843-48; U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1849-52; died in office 1852.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Poet James Whitcomb Riley is named for him.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
4, 1852 (age 56 years, 308
days).
Original interment at Greenlawn
Cemetery (which no longer exists), Indianapolis, Ind.;
reinterment in 1892 at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.; statue at Monument
Circle, Indianapolis, Ind.
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Patrick Watson Tompkins (1804-1853) —
of Mississippi.
Born in Kentucky, 1804.
U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 3rd District, 1847-49.
Died in 1853
(age about
49 years).
Original interment at Yerba
Buena Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;
subsequent interment at Golden
Gate Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;
reinterment to unknown location.
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William Lambert (1790-1853) —
of Richmond,
Va.
Born in 1790.
Lawyer;
mayor
of Richmond, Va., 1840-52.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in 1853
(age about
63 years).
Original interment at St.
John's Church Cemetery, Church Hill, Richmond, Va.; reinterment
in 1892 at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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William Rufus de Vane King (1786-1853) —
also known as William R. King —
of Cahaba, Dallas
County, Ala.; Selma, Dallas
County, Ala.
Born in Sampson
County, N.C., April 7,
1786.
Democrat. Member of North Carolina state legislature, 1807; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina, 1811-16 (5th District
1811-13, at-large 1813-15, 5th District 1815-16); U.S.
Senator from Alabama, 1819-44, 1848-52; U.S. Minister to France, 1844-46; Vice
President of the United States, 1853; died in office 1853.
Member, Freemasons.
Took oath of office as Vice President in Havana, Cuba, where he had
gone for his health; died the next month, at his plantation near
Cahaba, Dallas
County, Ala., April 18,
1853 (age 67 years, 11
days).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Dallas County, Ala.; reinterment at
Live
Oak Cemetery, Selma, Ala.
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John Richardson Thurman (1814-1854) —
of New York.
Born in New York, 1814.
U.S.
Representative from New York 15th District, 1849-51.
Died in 1854
(age about
40 years).
Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Troy, N.Y.
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George Hedford Dunn (1794-1854) —
also known as George H. Dunn —
of Indiana.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
15, 1794.
Whig. Lawyer;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1828-29, 1832-34; candidate for
Indiana
state senate, 1831; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 4th District, 1837-39; Indiana
state treasurer, 1841-44; circuit judge in Indiana, 1847-50; railroad
promoter.
Died in Lawrenceburg, Dearborn
County, Ind., January
12, 1854 (age 59 years, 58
days).
Original interment at Newtown
Cemetery, Lawrenceburg, Ind.; reinterment at Greendale
Cemetery, Lawrenceburg, Ind.
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Thomas Jones Hardeman (1788-1854) —
of Texas.
Born near Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., January
31, 1788.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1837-39; judge of Texas
Republic, 1843; member of Texas state legislature, 1847-51.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died January
15, 1854 (age 65 years, 349
days).
Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment in
1937 at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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Solomon Weathersbee Downs (1801-1854) —
also known as Solomon W. Downs —
of Louisiana.
Born in Montgomery
County, Tenn., 1801.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, 1845-46; U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1847-53; U.S. Collector of Customs,
1853.
Mortally wounded in a duel, and
subsequently died, at Crab Orchard Springs, Lincoln
County, Ky., August
14, 1854 (age about 53
years).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Ouachita Parish, La.; reinterment at
Riverview
Cemetery, Monroe, La.
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Jarvis W. Pike (c.1794-1854) —
of Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Born about 1794.
Mayor
of Columbus, Ohio, 1816-18.
Died September
12, 1854 (age about 60
years).
Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment at Union
Grove Cemetery, Canal Winchester, Ohio.
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Samuel Merrill (1792-1855) —
of Indiana.
Born in 1792.
Indiana
state treasurer, 1823-35.
Died in 1855
(age about
63 years).
Original interment in unknown location; reinterment at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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Samuel Sprigg (c.1783-1855) —
of Maryland.
Born in Washington
County, Md., about 1783.
Son of Joseph Sprigg.
Governor
of Maryland, 1819-22; delegate
to Maryland state constitutional convention, 1850.
Episcopalian.
Died in Prince
George's County, Md., April 21,
1855 (age about 72
years).
Original interment at St.
Barnabas Church Cemetery, Upper Marlboro, Md.; reinterment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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John Alexander Greer (1802-1855) —
of Texas.
Born in Shelbyville, Bedford
County, Tenn., July 18,
1802.
Member of Texas
Republic Senate from District of San Augustine, 1838-45; Texas
Republic Secretary of the Treasury, 1845-46; Lieutenant
Governor of Texas, 1847-51.
Member, Freemasons.
Died while campaigning
for the governorship, July 4,
1855 (age 52 years, 351
days).
Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment in
1929 at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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Alexander W. Hope (d. 1856) —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Member of California
state senate, 1850.
Organizer of Los Angeles Rangers, forerunner of Los Angeles Police
Department.
Died in 1856.
Original interment at Fort
Hill Cemetery (which no longer exists), Los Angeles, Calif.;
reinterment to unknown location.
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Joseph Marshall Walker (1784-1856) —
of Louisiana.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., July 1,
1784.
Member of Louisiana
state house of representatives; member of Louisiana
state senate; Louisiana
state treasurer; delegate to
Louisiana state constitutional convention, 1845; Governor of
Louisiana, 1850-53.
Died January
21, 1856 (age 71 years, 204
days).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Rapides Parish, La.; reinterment at
Center
Square, Pineville, La.
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Robert Wilson (1793-1856) —
also known as "Honest Bob" —
of Texas.
Born in Easton, Talbot
County, Md., December
7, 1793.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; delegate
to Texas Convention of 1832 from District of San Jacinto, 1832;
served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; member
of Texas
Republic Senate from District of Harrisburg and Liberty, 1836-38,
1839; candidate for President
of the Texas Republic, 1838, 1843; delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1845.
Member, Freemasons.
Expelled
from Texas Republic Senate, December 26, 1838, for using
profanity and disclosing
secrecy; subsequently returned to office.
Died May 25,
1856 (age 62 years, 170
days).
Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Houston, Tex.
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Lorenzo Bingham Shepard (1821-1856) —
also known as Lorenzo B. Shepard —
of New York.
Born in Cairo, Greene
County, N.Y., May 27,
1821.
Son of David Shepard.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to
New York state constitutional convention, 1846; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1849-50; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1852,
1856;
New
York County District Attorney, 1854; New York City Corporation
Counsel, 1855-56.
Member, Tammany
Hall.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
18, 1856 (age 35 years, 114
days).
Original interment at New
York City Marble Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.; reinterment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of David Shepard; married, July 5,
1842, to Lucy Morse; father of Edward
Morse Shepard. |
| | | Epitaph: "This monument Is erected by
the voluntary subscriptions of Citizens who valued him as a public
officer, of Associates and Clients Who trusted him as a Counsellor,
of Friends who loved him as a man, Just, generous and true, In all
the relations of Life." |
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article |
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Joseph Thorpe Elliston (1779-1856) —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born in Culpeper
County, Va., December
15, 1779.
Mayor
of Nashville, Tenn., 1813-17.
Died November
10, 1856 (age 76 years, 331
days).
Original interment at Nashville
City Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn.; reinterment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn.
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Solomon Juneau (1793-1856) —
also known as Laurent-Salomon Juneau —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in L'Asumption, Quebec,
August
9, 1793.
Democrat. Fur
trader; mayor
of Milwaukee, Wis., 1846-47.
Catholic.
French
ancestry.
Died, reportedly from appendicitis,
in Keshena, Menominee
County, Wis., November
14, 1856 (age 63 years, 97
days).
Original interment in unknown location; reinterment at Calvary
Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wis.; cenotaph at Juneau
Park, Milwaukee, Wis.
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John Grant Chapman (1798-1856) —
also known as John G. Chapman —
of Port Tobacco, Charles
County, Md.
Born in La Plata, Charles
County, Md., July 5,
1798.
Member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1824-28, 1830, 1843-44; member of Maryland
state senate, 1831-36; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 1st District, 1845-49; delegate
to Maryland state constitutional convention, 1850.
Died in Charles
County, Md., December
10, 1856 (age 58 years, 158
days).
Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment at Mt.
Rest Cemetery, La Plata, Md.
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William Duhurst Merrick (1793-1857) —
of Maryland.
Born in Annapolis, Anne Arundel
County, Md., October
25, 1793.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1832-37, 1856-57; died in office 1857;
U.S.
Senator from Maryland, 1838-45; delegate
to Maryland state constitutional convention, 1850.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
5, 1857 (age 63 years, 103
days).
Original interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment at St.
Mary's Church Cemetery, Newport, Md.
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John Henry Hobart Haws (1809-1858) —
of New York.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., 1809.
U.S.
Representative from New York 4th District, 1851-53.
Died January
27, 1858 (age about 48
years).
Original interment at St.
Stephen's Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.; reinterment in 1866 at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Thomas B. Cuming (d. 1858) —
of Nebraska.
Secretary
of Nebraska Territory, 1854-58; died in office 1858; Governor of
Nebraska Territory, 1854-55, 1857-58.
Died March 23,
1858.
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Douglas County, Neb.; subsequent
interment at Prospect
Hill Cemetery, Omaha, Neb.; reinterment at Holy
Sepulchre Cemetery, Omaha, Neb.
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James Pinckney Henderson (1808-1858) —
also known as J. Pinckney Henderson —
of Marshville (unknown
county), Tex.
Born in Lincolnton, Lincoln
County, N.C., March 31,
1808.
Lawyer;
general in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; Attorney
General of the Texas Republic, 1836-37; Texas
Republic Secretary of State, 1837; delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1845; Governor of
Texas, 1846-47; general in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War;
U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1857-58; died in office 1858.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 4,
1858 (age 50 years, 65
days).
Original interment and cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment in 1930 at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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Edward H. Tarrant (1799-1858) —
of Texas.
Born in South Carolina, 1799.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; served in the Texas
Army during the Texas War of Independence; member of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1837; delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1845; general in the
U.S. Army during the Mexican War; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Texas, 1847; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1849-53.
Member, Freemasons.
Died near Weatherford, Parker
County, Tex., August 2,
1858 (age about 59
years).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Parker County, Tex.; subsequent
interment in 1859 at a
private or family graveyard, Ellis County, Tex.; reinterment in
1928 at Pioneer
Rest Cemetery, Fort Worth, Tex.
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Robert Hanna (1786-1858) —
of Brookville, Franklin
County, Ind.; Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Laurens
County, S.C., April 6,
1786.
Delegate
to Indiana state constitutional convention, 1816; U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1831-32; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1832-33, 1836-39; defeated, 1830,
1835; member of Indiana
state senate, 1840-41; defeated, 1846; candidate for delegate
to Indiana state constitutional convention, 1850.
Killed by
a train while walking on the track in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., November
16, 1858 (age 72 years, 224
days).
Original interment in unknown location; reinterment at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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Littleton Kirkpatrick (1797-1859) —
of New Brunswick, Middlesex
County, N.J.
Born in New Brunswick, Middlesex
County, N.J., October
19, 1797.
Son of Andrew
Kirkpatrick.
Democrat. Mayor
of New Brunswick, N.J., 1841-42; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 4th District, 1843-45.
Died August
15, 1859 (age 61 years, 300
days).
Original interment at Presbyterian
Cemetery, New Brunswick, N.J.; reinterment in 1921 at Van
Liew Cemetery, North Brunswick, N.J.
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David Colbreth Broderick (1820-1859) —
also known as David C. Broderick —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Washington,
D.C., February
4, 1820.
Son of Thomas Broderick and Honora (Colbert) Broderick.
Democrat. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York, 1846; went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; member of California
state senate, 1850-52; Lieutenant
Governor of California, 1851-52; U.S.
Senator from California, 1857-59; died in office 1859.
Irish
ancestry.
Mortally wounded in a duel on
September 13, 1859 with David
S. Terry, chief justice of the California Supreme Court, and died
in San
Francisco, Calif., September
16, 1859 (age 39 years, 224
days).
Original interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;
reinterment in 1942 at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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James Curtiss (1803-1859) —
of Illinois.
Born April 7,
1803.
Mayor
of Chicago, Ill., 1847-48, 1850-51.
Died November
2, 1859 (age 56 years, 209
days).
Original interment at City
Cemetery (which no longer exists), Chicago, Ill.; reinterment to
unknown location.
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Samuel Stevens, Jr. (1778-1860) —
of Maryland.
Born in Talbot
County, Md., July 13,
1778.
Son of John Stevens and Elizabeth (Connoly) Stevens.
Member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1807-13, 1817, 1819-20; served in the
U.S. Army during the War of 1812; Governor of
Maryland, 1822-26.
Episcopalian.
Died near Trappe, Talbot
County, Md., February
7, 1860 (age 81 years, 209
days).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Talbot County, Md.; reinterment at
Spring
Hill Cemetery, Easton, Md.
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James Charles Wilson (1818-1860) —
of Texas.
Born in Yorkshire, England,
August
21, 1818.
Served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; member
of Texas
state house of representatives, 1849-50; member of Texas
state senate, 1851-53.
Methodist.
Volunteer on the Somervell Expedition in 1842; captured at Mier,
Mexico, and held at Perote Prison until his escape in 1843; famed
orator in support of Texas annexation to the U.S. and, later,
secession to join the Confederacy.
Died of tuberculosis,
at Gonzales, Gonzales
County, Tex., February
7, 1860 (age 41 years, 170
days).
Original interment at Askey
Cemetery, Gonzales, Tex.; reinterment in 1936 at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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Littleton Waller Tazewell (1774-1860) —
also known as Littleton W. Tazewell —
of Virginia.
Born in Virginia, December
17, 1774.
Son of Henry
Tazewell.
Democrat. Member of Virginia state legislature, 1796; U.S.
Representative from Virginia at-large, 1800-01; U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1824-32; Governor of
Virginia, 1834-36; candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1840.
Died May 6,
1860 (age 85 years, 141
days).
Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment in
1866 at Elmwood
Cemetery, Norfolk, Va.
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John M. S. Causin (1811-1861) —
of Maryland.
Born in St. Mary's
County, Md., 1811.
Member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1837-38, 1840-43, 1849; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 1st District, 1843-45; Presidential
Elector for Maryland, 1848.
Died in Cairo, Alexander
County, Ill., January
30, 1861 (age about 49
years).
Original interment at City
Cemetery (which no longer exists), Chicago, Ill.; reinterment to
unknown location.
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Richard Hanson Weightman (1816-1861) —
of New Mexico.
Born in Washington,
D.C., December
28, 1816.
Delegate
to U.S. Congress from New Mexico Territory, 1851; colonel in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Killed
while commanding troops at the battle of Wilson's Creek, near
Republic, Greene
County, Mo., August
10, 1861 (age 44 years, 225
days).
Original interment at Wilson's
Creek Battlefield, Near Republic, Greene County, Mo.; reinterment
at Springfield
National Cemetery, Springfield, Mo.
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Benjamin Johnson Brown (d. 1861) —
of Missouri.
Member of Missouri
state senate; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil
War.
Killed
in the battle of Wilson's Creek, near Republic, Greene
County, Mo., August
10, 1861.
Original interment at Wilson's
Creek Battlefield, Near Republic, Greene County, Mo.; reinterment
at Springfield
National Cemetery, Springfield, Mo.
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Alcée Louis La Branche (1806-1861) —
of Louisiana.
Born near New Orleans (unknown
parish), La., 1806.
Democrat. Member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1831; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to
Texas Republic, 1837-40; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 2nd District, 1843-45.
Died August
17, 1861 (age about 55
years).
Original interment at Red
Church Cemetery, St. Charles Parish, La.; reinterment at Metairie
Cemetery, New Orleans, La.
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Kinsley Scott Bingham (1808-1861) —
also known as Kinsley S. Bingham —
of Green Oak, Livingston
County, Mich.
Born in Camillus, Onondaga
County, N.Y., December
16, 1808.
Lawyer;
farmer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1837-39, 1841-42 (Livingston
District 1837-39, 1841, Livingston County 1842); Speaker of
the Michigan State House of Representatives, 1838-39, 1842; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 3rd District, 1847-51; Governor of
Michigan, 1855-59; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Michigan, 1856
(Convention
Vice-President; speaker);
U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1859-61; died in office 1861.
Died in Green Oak, Livingston
County, Mich., October
5, 1861 (age 52 years, 293
days).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Livingston County, Mich.;
reinterment at Old
Village Cemetery, Brighton, Mich.
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Benjamin Franklin Terry (1821-1861) —
also known as Frank Terry —
Born in Russellville, Logan
County, Ky., February
18, 1821.
Son of Joseph Royal Terry (1792-1877) and Sarah David (Smith) Terry
(1793-1837).
Planter;
in 1844, he was attacked
by two rebellious slaves with knives and axes; railroad
builder; delegate
to Texas secession convention, 1861; colonel in the Confederate
Army during the Civil War.
Shot
and killed in
action while leading Terry's Texas Rangers at the battle of
Woodsonville (also called Rowlett's Station), in Hart
County, Ky., December
17, 1861 (age 40 years, 302
days).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Fort Bend County, Tex.; reinterment
in 1880 at Glenwood
Cemetery, Houston, Tex.
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Matthias H. Nichols (1824-1862) —
of Ohio.
Born in New Jersey, 1824.
U.S.
Representative from Ohio 4th District, 1853-59.
Died in 1862
(age about
38 years).
Original interment at Old
Cemetery, Lima, Ohio; reinterment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Lima, Ohio.
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Albert Sidney Johnston (1803-1862) —
of Texas.
Born in Washington, Mason
County, Ky., February
2, 1803.
Texas
Republic Secretary of War, 1838-40; general in the Confederate
Army during the Civil War.
Killed
while leading his forces at the Battle of Shiloh, Hardin
County, Tenn., April 6,
1862 (age 59 years, 63
days).
Original interment at St.
Louis Cemetery No. 1, New Orleans, La.; reinterment in 1867 at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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Joseph William Gray (d. 1862) —
also known as J. W. Gray —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1860.
Died May 26,
1862.
Original interment at Erie
Street Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio; reinterment at Highland
Park Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
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Lawrence Washington Hall (1819-1863) —
of Bucyrus, Crawford
County, Ohio.
Born in Lake
County, Ohio, 1819.
Democrat. Lawyer;
common pleas court judge in Ohio, 1852-57; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 9th District, 1857-59; defeated, 1858.
Imprisoned
for alleged disloyalty
to the Union in 1862.
Died of a lung
hemorrhage, Bucyrus, Crawford
County, Ohio, January
18, 1863 (age about 43
years).
Original interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Bucyrus, Ohio; reinterment at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y.
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William Mordecai Cooke (1823-1863) —
of Missouri.
Born in Portsmouth,
Va., December
11, 1823.
State court judge in Missouri, 1849; colonel in the Confederate Army
during the Civil War; Delegate
from Missouri to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;
Representative
from Missouri in the Confederate Congress, 1862-63; died in
office 1863.
Died in Petersburg,
Va., April 14,
1863 (age 39 years, 124
days).
Original interment in unknown location; reinterment at Calvary
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Lemuel Paynter (1788-1863) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Lewes, Sussex
County, Del., 1788.
Democrat. Member of Pennsylvania state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 1st District, 1837-41.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., August 1,
1863 (age about 75
years).
Original interment at Union
Sixth Street Cemetery (which no longer exists), Philadelphia,
Pa.; reinterment in 1906 at Arlington
Cemetery, Drexel Hill, Pa.
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Abraham Robinson McIlvaine (1804-1863) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Ridley, Delaware
County, Pa., August
14, 1804.
Republican. Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1836; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 7th District, 1843-49; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1856.
Died August
22, 1863 (age 59 years, 8
days).
Original interment at Cain
Orthodox Quaker Meeting Burial Ground, Near Downingtown, Chester
County, Pa.; reinterment at Northwood
Cemetery, Downingtown, Pa.
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Thomas Jefferson Green (1802-1863) —
Born in Warren
County, N.C., 1802.
Member of North Carolina state legislature, 1823; general in the
Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; member of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1836; member of Texas
Republic Senate from District of Bexar, 1837; went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; member of California
state senate, 1850.
Sponsored the bill in the California Senate to create
the University of California.
Died in North Carolina, December
12, 1863 (age about 61
years).
Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment in
1905 at Fairview
Cemetery, Warrenton, N.C.
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Solon Borland (1808-1864) —
of Arkansas.
Born in Nansemond County, Va. (now part of Suffolk,
Va.), September
21, 1808.
Democrat. Major in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 1848-53; U.S. Minister to Nicaragua, 1853-54; Salvador, 1853; Costa Rica, 1853-54; Honduras, 1853; general in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War.
Died near Houston, Harris
County, Tex., January
1, 1864 (age 55 years, 102
days).
Original interment at City
Cemetery, Houston, Tex.; reinterment at Mt.
Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Ark.
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Caleb Blood Smith (1808-1864) —
also known as Caleb B. Smith —
of Connersville, Fayette
County, Ind.; Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., April 16,
1808.
Republican. Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1833-37, 1840-41; Speaker of
the Indiana State House of Representatives, 1836; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 4th District, 1843-49; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1860;
speaker, 1856;
Presidential Elector for Indiana, 1856;
U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1861-62; Judge of
U.S. District Court, 1863-64; died in office 1864.
A large private mausoleum was built for him in Crown Hill Cemetery,
Indianapolis, but he was never entombed there.
Died in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., January
7, 1864 (age 55 years, 266
days).
Original interment at Greenlawn
Cemetery (which no longer exists), Indianapolis, Ind.;
reinterment at City
Cemetery, Connersville, Ind.
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Albert Gallatin Jenkins (1830-1864) —
of Virginia.
Born in Cabell
County, Va. (now W.Va.), November
10, 1830.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Virginia 11th District, 1857-61; Representative
from Virginia in the Confederate Congress, 1862; general in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Mortally
wounded in the Battle of Cloyds Mountain, and died near Dublin,
Pulaski
County, Va., May 21,
1864 (age 33 years, 193
days).
Original interment at New
Dublin Presbyterian Cemetery, Dublin, Va.; reinterment at Spring
Hill Cemetery, Huntington, W.Va.
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Van R. Humphrey (1800-1864) —
of Summit
County, Ohio.
Born in Goshen, Litchfield
County, Conn., July 28,
1800.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1864.
Died September
5, 1864 (age 64 years, 39
days).
Original interment at Hudson
Cemetery, Hudson, Ohio; reinterment in 1871 at Woodland
Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
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Frederick Stanley Martin (1794-1865) —
also known as Frederick S. Martin —
of Cattaraugus
County, N.Y.
Born in Rutland
County, Vt., April 25,
1794.
County judge in New York, 1840-45; member of New York
state senate 32nd District, 1848-49; member of New York
state assembly from Cattaraugus County 1st District, 1850; U.S.
Representative from New York 31st District, 1851-53.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Olean, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y., June 28,
1865 (age 71 years, 64
days).
Original interment at Oak
Lawn Cemetery, Olean, N.Y.; reinterment in 1896 at Mt.
View Cemetery, Olean, N.Y.
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Alfred Parish Stone (1813-1865) —
of Ohio.
Born in Worthington, Hampshire
County, Mass., June 28,
1813.
Son of John Stone and Lora (Parish) Stone.
U.S.
Representative from Ohio 16th District, 1844-45; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1856
(speaker);
Ohio
treasurer of state, 1857-62.
Died, from congestion of
the brain, Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, August 2,
1865 (age 52 years, 35
days).
Original interment at Green
Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio; reinterment in 1888 at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y.
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Henry Winter Davis (1817-1865) —
also known as H. Winter Davis —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Annapolis, Anne Arundel
County, Md., August
16, 1817.
U.S.
Representative from Maryland, 1855-61, 1863-65 (4th District
1855-61, 3rd District 1863-65).
Episcopalian.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., December
30, 1865 (age 48 years, 136
days).
Original interment at Old
St. Paul's Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.; reinterment at Green
Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
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John Givan Davis (1810-1866) —
also known as John G. Davis —
of Rockville, Parke
County, Ind.; Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind.
Born in Fleming
County, Ky., October
10, 1810.
Democrat. Parke
County Sheriff, 1830-33; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 7th District, 1851-55, 1857-61;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1864.
Died in Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind., January
18, 1866 (age 55 years, 100
days).
Original interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Terre Haute, Ind.; reinterment at Highland
Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Ind.
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Jesse Grimes (1788-1866) —
of Texas.
Born in Duplin
County, N.C., February
6, 1788.
Delegate
to Texas Convention of 1833 from District of Washington, 1833; delegate
to Texas Consultation of 1835 from District of Washington, 1835;
delegate
to Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention from
District of Washington, 1836; signer,
Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836; member of Texas
Republic Senate, 1836-37, 1844-45; member of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1841-43.
Died March 15,
1866 (age 78 years, 37
days).
Original interment at John
McGinty Cemetery, Near Navasota, Grimes County, Tex.; reinterment
in 1929 at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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Middleton Tate Johnson (1810-1866) —
Born in 1810.
Member of Arkansas
territorial House of Representatives, 1832; member of Alabama
state legislature, 1844; member of Texas
Republic Senate, 1845; served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican
War; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Texas, 1849; candidate for Governor of
Texas, 1851, 1853, 1855, 1857; delegate
to Texas secession convention, 1861; served in the Confederate
Army during the Civil War.
Died May 15,
1866 (age about 55
years).
Original interment at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.; reinterment at Johnson
Plantation Cemetery, Arlington, Tex.
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Oliver Jones (1794-1866) —
of Texas.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., 1794.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1837-38; member of Texas
Republic Senate, 1838-40, 1842-43 (District of Austin and
Colorado 1838-40, District of Austin, Colorado and Fort Bend 1842-43).
Died in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., September
17, 1866 (age about 72
years).
Original interment at Episcopal
and Masonic Cemetery, Houston, Tex.; reinterment in 1930 at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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Eli Metcalfe Bruce (1828-1866) —
of Nicholas
County, Ky.
Born near Flemingsburg, Fleming
County, Ky., February
22, 1828.
Delegate
to Kentucky secession convention, 1861; Representative
from Kentucky in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65.
Died suddenly, of heart
disease, at the Southern Hotel, New
York, New
York County, N.Y., December
15, 1866 (age 38 years, 296
days).
Original interment at Linden
Grove Cemetery, Covington, Ky.; reinterment in 1917 at Highland
Cemetery, Fort Mitchell, Ky.
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John Jones Pettus (1813-1867) —
of Mississippi.
Born October
9, 1813.
Governor
of Mississippi, 1854, 1859-63.
After the Civil War, amnesty
was refused to him, and he became a fugitive;
the manhunt continued until his death in Pulaski
County, Ark., in early 1867
(age about
53 years).
Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment at Flat
Bayou Burial Ground, Near Wabbaseka, Jefferson County, Ark.
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James Dixon Roman (1809-1867) —
of Maryland.
Born in Chester
County, Pa., August
11, 1809.
Member of Maryland
state senate, 1847; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 2nd District, 1847-49; Presidential
Elector for Maryland, 1848,
1856.
Presbyterian.
Died near Hagerstown, Washington
County, Md., January
19, 1867 (age 57 years, 161
days).
Original interment at South
Potomac Street Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Hagerstown, Md.;
reinterment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Hagerstown, Md.
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James Alexander McDougall (1817-1867) —
also known as James A. McDougall —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Bethlehem, Albany
County, N.Y., November
19, 1817.
Democrat. Illinois
state attorney general, 1843-46; California
state attorney general, 1850-51; U.S.
Representative from California 2nd District, 1853-55; U.S.
Senator from California, 1861-67.
Died in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., September
3, 1867 (age 49 years, 288
days).
Original interment at Calvary
Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;
reinterment in 1942 at Holy
Cross Cemetery, Colma, Calif.
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Samuel Williams Inge (1817-1868) —
Born in North Carolina, 1817.
Democrat. Member of Alabama state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 4th District, 1847-51; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of California, 1853-56.
Died in 1868
(age about
51 years).
Original interment at Calvary
Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;
reinterment in 1942 at Holy
Cross Cemetery, Colma, Calif.
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Benjamin Franklin Randolph (d. 1868) —
also known as Benjamin F. Randolph —
of Orangeburg
County, S.C.
Delegate
to South Carolina state constitutional convention from Orangeburg
County, 1868.
African
ancestry.
Murdered
as he stepped off
a train, 1868.
Original interment in unknown location; reinterment at Randolph
Cemetery, Columbia, S.C.
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Aaron Harlan (1802-1868) —
of Greene
County, Ohio.
Born in Warren
County, Ohio, September
8, 1802.
Member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1832; member of Ohio state
senate, 1838; Presidential Elector for Ohio, 1844;
delegate
to Ohio state constitutional convention from Greene County,
1850-51; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 7th District, 1853-59; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1856.
Died January
8, 1868 (age 65 years, 122
days).
Original interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;
reinterment to unknown location.
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John Hull Campbell (1800-1868) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in York, York
County, Pa., October
10, 1800.
Lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1831; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 3rd District, 1845-47.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., January
19, 1868 (age 67 years, 101
days).
Original interment at Monument
Cemetery (which no longer exists), Philadelphia, Pa.; reinterment
in 1956 at Lawnview
Cemetery, Rockledge, Pa.
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Alexander Sandor Asboth (1811-1868) —
also known as Alexander Asboth —
of Missouri.
Born in Keszthely, Hungary,
December
18, 1811.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; general in the Union Army during the Civil
War; U.S. Minister to Argentina, 1866-68, died in office 1868; Uruguay, 1867-68, died in office 1868.
Hungarian
ancestry.
Died in Buenos Aires, Argentina,
January
21, 1868 (age 56 years, 34
days).
Original interment at Charita
District Cemetery, Buenos Aires, Argentina; reinterment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Jesse Lowe (1814-1868) —
of Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.
Born March 11,
1814.
Mayor
of Omaha, Neb., 1857-58.
Died April 3,
1868 (age 54 years, 23
days).
Original interment at Cedar
Hill Cemetery (which no longer exists), Omaha, Neb.; reinterment
in 1891 at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Omaha, Neb.; cenotaph at Prospect
Hill Cemetery, Omaha, Neb.
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Williamson Simpson Oldham (1813-1868) —
Born in Franklin
County, Tenn., July 19,
1813.
Member of Arkansas state legislature, 1838; justice of
Arkansas state supreme court, 1842; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Arkansas, 1846; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 1848; candidate for Texas
state house of representatives, 1853; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas, 1859; delegate
to Texas secession convention, 1861; Delegate
from Texas to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62; Senator
from Texas in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died of typhoid
fever in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., May 8,
1868 (age 54 years, 294
days).
Original interment at Episcopal
Cemetery, Houston, Tex.; reinterment in 1938 at Brookside
Memorial Park, Houston, Tex.
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Samuel Hays (1783-1868) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in County Donegal, Ireland,
September
10, 1783.
Democrat. Venango
County Treasurer, 1808; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1813, 1816, 1823-25; Venango
County Sheriff, 1820, 1829, 1833; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 22nd District, 1838-42; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 22nd District, 1843-45; iron
manufacturer; district judge in Pennsylvania, 1856.
Died in Franklin, Venango
County, Pa., July 1,
1868 (age 84 years, 295
days).
Original interment at Old
Pioneer Cemetery, Franklin, Pa.; reinterment in 1892 at Franklin
Cemetery, Franklin, Pa.
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Edwin Augustus Keeble (1807-1868) —
also known as Edwin A. Keeble —
of Tennessee.
Born in Cumberland
County, Va., February
14, 1807.
Mayor
of Murfreesboro, Tenn., 1838-55; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1861-62; Speaker of
the Tennessee State House of Representatives, 1861-62; Representative
from Tennessee in the Confederate Congress, 1864-65.
Died in Murfreesboro, Rutherford
County, Tenn., August
26, 1868 (age 61 years, 194
days).
Original interment at Keeble
Cemetery, Rutherford County, Tenn.; reinterment in 1967 at Mt.
Juliet Cemetery, Wilson County, Tenn.
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Robert Henry Whitfield (1814-1868) —
of Virginia.
Born in Nansemond County, Va. (now part of Suffolk,
Va.), September
14, 1814.
Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1851; delegate
to Virginia secession convention, 1861; Representative
from Virginia in the Confederate Congress, 1864-65.
Died in Smithfield, Isle of
Wight County, Va., October
5, 1868 (age 54 years, 21
days).
Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment at Old
St. Luke's Church Graveyard, Near Smithfield, Isle of Wight
County, Va.
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Thompson Campbell (1811-1868) —
of Jo
Daviess County, Ill.
Born in Ireland,
1811.
Democrat. Member of Illinois
Democratic State Committee, 1841-46; secretary of
state of Illinois, 1843-46; delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention Jo Daviess County,
1847; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 6th District, 1851-53; candidate
for Presidential Elector for Illinois, 1860;
member of California
state assembly 8th District, 1863-65.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., December
6, 1868 (age about 57
years).
Original interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;
reinterment to unknown location.
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Charles Slaughter Morehead (1802-1868) —
also known as Charles S. Morehead —
of Kentucky.
Born near Bardstown, Nelson
County, Ky., July 7,
1802.
Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1828; Kentucky
state attorney general, 1832-38; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 8th District, 1847-51; Governor of
Kentucky, 1855-59.
Died in Greenville, Washington
County, Miss., December
21, 1868 (age 66 years, 167
days).
Original interment in unknown location; reinterment in 1879 at Frankfort
Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.
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Edward Bates (1793-1869) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Belmont, Goochland
County, Va., September
4, 1793.
Son of Thomas Fleming Bates (1742-1803) and Caroline Matilda
(Woodson) Bates (born 1751).
Republican. Delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention from St. Louis
County, 1820; Missouri
state attorney general, 1820-21; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1822, 1834; U.S.
Attorney for Missouri, 1824-27; U.S.
Representative from Missouri at-large, 1827-29; member of Missouri
state senate, 1830; state court judge in Missouri, 1853-56;
candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1860;
U.S.
Attorney General, 1861-64.
Quaker.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., March 25,
1869 (age 75 years, 202
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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John Aaron Rawlins (1831-1869) —
Born in Galena, Jo Daviess
County, Ill., February
13, 1831.
General in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1869; died in office 1869.
Died, of consumption (tuberculosis),
in Washington,
D.C., September
6, 1869 (age 38 years, 205
days).
Original interment at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.; statue erected 1874 at Rawlins
Park, Washington, D.C.
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Austin Augustus King (1802-1870) —
also known as Austin A. King —
of Columbia, Boone
County, Mo.; Richmond, Ray
County, Mo.
Born in Sullivan
County, Tenn., September
21, 1802.
Democrat. Lawyer;
colonel in the U.S. Army during the Black Hawk War; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1834-36; circuit judge in
Missouri, 1837-48, 1862-63; Governor of
Missouri, 1848-53; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Missouri, 1860;
U.S.
Representative from Missouri 6th District, 1863-65; defeated,
1852, 1864.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., April 22,
1870 (age 67 years, 213
days).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Ray County, Mo.; reinterment at Richmond
Cemetery, Richmond, Mo.
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John Tillman Lamkin (1811-1870) —
of Mississippi.
Born in Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., July 17,
1811.
Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; Representative
from Mississippi in the Confederate Congress, 1864-65.
Died in Holmesville, Pike
County, Miss., May 19,
1870 (age 58 years, 306
days).
Original interment in unknown location; reinterment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Summit, Miss.
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Thomas Lawson Price (1809-1870) —
also known as Thomas L. Price —
of Jefferson City, Cole
County, Mo.
Born near Danville, Pittsylvania
County, Va., January
19, 1809.
Democrat. Mayor
of Jefferson City, Mo., 1839-42; candidate for Missouri
state senate, 1845; Lieutenant
Governor of Missouri, 1848-52; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1860-62; general in the Union
Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 5th District, 1862-63; defeated,
1862; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1864,
1868.
Died July 15,
1870 (age 61 years, 177
days).
Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment in
1912 at Riverview
Cemetery, Jefferson City, Mo.
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Gilbert Dean (1819-1870) —
of Poughkeepsie, Dutchess
County, N.Y.
Born in Pleasant Valley, Dutchess
County, N.Y., August
14, 1819.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1851-54 (8th District 1851-53, 12th
District 1853-54); resigned 1854; Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1854-55; appointed 1854.
Died in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess
County, N.Y., October
12, 1870 (age 51 years, 59
days).
Original interment at Presbyterian
Cemetery, Pleasant Valley, N.Y.; reinterment at Portland
Evergreen Cemetery, Brocton, N.Y.
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David Gouverneur Burnet (1788-1870) —
also known as David G. Burnet —
of Texas.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., April 14,
1788.
U.S. Consul in Galveston, 1832-35; delegate
to Texas Convention of 1833 from District of Liberty, 1833; delegate
to Texas Consultation of 1835 from District of Liberty, 1835; President
of the Texas Republic, 1836; Vice
President of the Texas Republic, 1838-41; Texas
Republic Secretary of State, 1839, 1839-40.
Member, Freemasons.
Died December
5, 1870 (age 82 years, 235
days).
Original interment and cenotaph at Lakeview
Cemetery, Galveston, Tex.; reinterment to unknown location.
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Jasper Ewing Brady (1797-1871) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Sunbury, Northumberland
County, Pa., March 4,
1797.
Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1844; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 16th District, 1847-49.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
26, 1871 (age 73 years, 328
days).
Original interment at City
Cemetery, Sunbury, Pa.; reinterment in 1893 at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Nicholas Dockstadter (1802-1871) —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., January
4, 1802.
Mayor
of Cleveland, Ohio, 1840-41.
Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, November
9, 1871 (age 69 years, 309
days).
Original interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio; reinterment at Lake
View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
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Linton Stephens (1823-1872) —
of Taliaferro
County, Ga.; Sparta, Hancock
County, Ga.
Born near Crawfordville, Taliaferro
County, Ga., July 1,
1823.
Member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1849, 1863; member of Georgia
state senate, 1853-55; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Georgia, 1855, 1857; justice of
Georgia state supreme court, 1859-60; delegate
to Georgia secession convention, 1861; colonel in the Confederate
Army during the Civil War.
Died in Sparta, Hancock
County, Ga., July 14,
1872 (age 49 years, 13
days).
Original interment at Sparta
Cemetery, Sparta, Ga.; reinterment in 1914 at Liberty
Hall Cemetery, Crawfordville, Ga.
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James Peter Van Ness (1808-1872) —
also known as James P. Van Ness —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.; San
Francisco, Calif.; San Luis Obispo, San Luis
Obispo County, Calif.
Born in Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt., 1808.
Son of Cornelius
Peter Van Ness.
Lawyer;
mayor
of San Francisco, Calif., 1855-56; member of California
state senate, 1871.
Dutch
ancestry.
Died in San Luis Obispo, San Luis
Obispo County, Calif., December
28, 1872 (age about 64
years).
Original interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;
reinterment to unknown location.
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Salmon Portland Chase (1808-1873) —
also known as Salmon P. Chase; "Old Mr.
Greenbacks" —
of Ohio.
Born in Cornish, Sullivan
County, N.H., January
13, 1808.
Republican. U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1849-55, 1861; Governor of
Ohio, 1856-60; candidate for Republican nomination for President,
1856,
1860;
U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1861-64; Chief
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1864-73; died in office 1873.
Episcopalian.
His portrait appeared on various U.S. currency, including one-dollar
and ten-dollar
notes in the 1860s, and the $10,000
bill from 1918 to 1946.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 7,
1873 (age 65 years, 114
days).
Original interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Delos Rodeyn Ashley (1828-1873) —
also known as Delos R. Ashley —
of Monterey, Monterey
County, Calif.; Virginia City, Storey
County, Nev.
Born in Arkansas Post, Arkansas
County, Ark., February
19, 1828.
Republican. Member of California
state assembly 3rd District, 1854-56; member of California
state senate, 1856-57; California
state treasurer, 1862-63; U.S.
Representative from Nevada at-large, 1865-69.
Died of apoplexy (stroke),
in San
Francisco, Calif., July 18,
1873 (age 45 years, 149
days).
Original interment at Calvary
Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;
reinterment in 1938 at Holy
Cross Cemetery, Colma, Calif.
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Hardin Richard Runnels (1820-1873) —
of Boston, Bowie
County, Tex.
Born in Mississippi, August
30, 1820.
Democrat. Member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1847-54; Speaker of
the Texas State House of Representatives, 1853-54; Lieutenant
Governor of Texas, 1855-57; Governor of
Texas, 1857-59; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Texas, 1860;
delegate
to Texas secession convention, 1861; delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1866.
Member, Freemasons.
Died December
25, 1873 (age 53 years, 117
days).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Bowie County, Tex.; reinterment in
1929 at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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Abijah O'Neall (1798-1874) —
of Montgomery
County, Ind.
Born in Newberry District (now Newberry
County), S.C., December
9, 1798.
Miller; merchant;
surveyor;
farmer;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1839-40; candidate for Indiana
state senate, 1849.
Quaker;
later Universalist.
Irish
ancestry.
Sheltered escaping slaves as part of the "Underground
Railroad" before the Civil War.
Died in 1874
(age about
75 years).
Original interment at Yountsville
Cemetery, Crawfordsville, Ind.; reinterment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Crawfordsville, Ind.
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Andrew Hunter Scott, Sr. (1815-1874) —
also known as Andrew H. Scott —
of Provo, Utah
County, Utah.
Born in 1815.
Mayor
of Provo, Utah, 1861-62; appointed 1861.
Died in 1874
(age about
59 years).
Original interment at Temple
Hill Cemetery (which no longer exists), Provo, Utah; reinterment
at Provo
City Cemetery, Provo, Utah.
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Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor (1793-1874) —
also known as Robert E. B. Baylor —
Born in Lincoln
County, Ky., May 10,
1793.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of
Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1819-20; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1824; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 2nd District, 1829-31; judge of Texas
Republic, 1841-45; delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1845; district judge in
Texas, 1845-60.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons.
One of the founders,
in 1845, of Baylor University, and of Baylor Female College (now the
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor).
Died in Gay Hill, Washington
County, Tex., January
6, 1874 (age 80 years, 241
days).
Original interment at Old
Baylor University Campus, Independence, Tex.; reinterment in 1886
at University
of Mary Hardin-Baylor Campus, Belton, Tex.
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John Denny (1793-1875) —
of Knox
County, Ill.; Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Kentucky, 1793.
Member of Illinois
state house of representatives.
Died in 1875
(age about
82 years).
Original interment at Old
Seattle Cemetery, Seattle, Wash.; reinterment in 1884 at Lake
View Cemetery, Seattle, Wash.
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Landon Carter Haynes (1816-1875) —
also known as Landon C. Haynes —
of Tennessee.
Born in Elizabethton, Carter
County, Tenn., December
2, 1816.
Member of Tennessee
state senate, 1847; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1849-51; Speaker of
the Tennessee State House of Representatives, 1849-51; Senator
from Tennessee in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65.
Died in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., February
17, 1875 (age 58 years, 77
days).
Original interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Memphis, Tenn.; reinterment in 1902 at Jackson
Cemetery, Jackson, Tenn.
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John Carey (1792-1875) —
of Ohio.
Born in Monongalia
County, Va. (now W.Va.), April 5,
1792.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1828, 1836, 1843; Presidential Elector
for Ohio, 1840;
promoter and first president, Mad River Railroad;
founder of the town of Carey, Ohio; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 9th District, 1859-61.
Died in Carey, Wyandot
County, Ohio, March 17,
1875 (age 82 years, 346
days).
Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment in
1919 at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Carey, Ohio.
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Thomas Birch Florence (1812-1875) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., January
26, 1812.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 1st District, 1851-61.
Died in Washington,
D.C., July 3,
1875 (age 63 years, 158
days).
Original interment at Monument
Cemetery (which no longer exists), Philadelphia, Pa.; reinterment
in 1956 at Lawnview
Cemetery, Rockledge, Pa.
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Matthew Robinson Hull (c.1807-1875) —
also known as Matthew R. Hull —
of Fayette
County, Ind.
Born in Monongalia County, Va. (part now in Taylor
County, W.Va.), about 1807.
Son of Jacob Hull (born 1776) and Frances 'Fanny' (Robinson) Hull.
Farmer;
tanner;
school
teacher; newspaper
publisher; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1839; abolitionist.
Methodist.
Died in Fayette
County, Ind., July 23,
1875 (age about 68
years).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Fayette County, Ind.; reinterment to
unknown location.
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James Landy (1813-1875) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., October
13, 1813.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 3rd District, 1857-59.
Died July 25,
1875 (age 61 years, 285
days).
Original interment at Monument
Cemetery (which no longer exists), Philadelphia, Pa.; reinterment
in 1956 at Lawnview
Cemetery, Rockledge, Pa.
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John B. Weller (1812-1875) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Hamilton, Butler
County, Ohio, February
22, 1812.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Ohio 2nd District, 1839-45; colonel in the
U.S. Army during the Mexican War; candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1848; U.S.
Senator from California, 1852-57; Governor of
California, 1858-60; U.S. Minister to Mexico, 1860-61.
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., August
17, 1875 (age 63 years, 176
days).
Original interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;
reinterment to unknown location.
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Samuel McClary Fite (1816-1875) —
of Tennessee.
Born in Smith
County, Tenn., June 12,
1816.
Lawyer;
member of Tennessee
state senate, 1850; Presidential Elector for Tennessee, 1852;
district judge in Tennessee, 1858-61, 1869-74; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 4th District, 1875; died in office
1875.
Died in Hot Springs, Garland
County, Ark., October
23, 1875 (age 59 years, 133
days).
Original interment at Carthage
Cemetery, Carthage, Tenn.; reinterment in 1908 at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn.
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Francis Ormand Jonathan Smith (1806-1876) —
of Maine.
Born in New Hampshire, 1806.
Democrat. Member of Maine state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Maine, 1833-39 (2nd District 1833-35, 8th
District 1835-37, 6th District 1837-39).
Died in 1876
(age about
70 years).
Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Portland, Maine.
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Robert Augustine Thompson (1805-1876) —
of Virginia.
Born in Virginia, 1805.
Democrat. Member of Virginia state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 14th District, 1847-49.
Died in 1876
(age about
71 years).
Original interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;
reinterment to unknown location.
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Sherrod Williams (1804-1876) —
of Kentucky.
Born in Pulaski
County, Ky., 1804.
Member of Kentucky state legislature, 1829; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 4th District, 1835-41.
Died in San Jose, Santa Clara
County, Calif., November
1, 1876 (age about 72
years).
Original interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;
reinterment at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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Ephraim Foster Anderson (1838-1877) —
of Maryland.
Born in Bedford
County, Pa., 1838.
Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1865; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Maryland, 1868.
Crippled
by wounds received during the Civil War.
Died April 5,
1877 (age about 38
years).
Original interment at Presbyterian
Church (which no longer exists), Anderson, Md.; reinterment to
unknown location.
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Mathew C. Moore (1837-1877) —
Born near Van Buren, Crawford
County, Ark., April 24,
1837.
Son of Elizabeth Moore.
Member of Arkansas
state house of representatives, 1875.
Died in Van Buren, Crawford
County, Ark., April 24,
1877 (age 40 years, 0
days).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Crawford County, Ark.; reinterment
in 1915 at Forest
Park Cemetery, Fort Smith, Ark.
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Robert Dale Owen (1801-1877) —
also known as Robert D. Owen —
of New Harmony, Posey
County, Ind.
Born in Glasgow, Scotland,
November
9, 1801.
Democrat. Farmer; author; newspaper
editor; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1836-39, 1851-52; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Indiana, 1840;
U.S.
Representative from Indiana 1st District, 1843-47; defeated,
1839, 1847; Presidential Elector for Indiana, 1848;
delegate
to Indiana state constitutional convention, 1850-51; U.S. Charge
d'Affaires to Two Sicilies, 1853-54; U.S. Minister to Two Sicilies, 1854-58.
Scottish
and Welsh
ancestry.
Aided his father in the establishment of the New Harmony social
experiment.
Died in Lake George, Warren
County, N.Y., June 24,
1877 (age 75 years, 227
days).
Original interment at Village
Cemetery, Lake George, N.Y.; reinterment at Maple
Hill Cemetery, New Harmony, Ind.
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Henry Titus Backus (1809-1877) —
also known as Henry T. Backus; Harry T.
Backus —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Norwich, New London
County, Conn., April 4,
1809.
Son of James Backus (1764-1816) and Dorothy Church (Chandler) Backus
(1770-1847).
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County, 1840; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention, 1850; member of Michigan
state senate 3rd District, 1861-62; justice of
Arizona territorial supreme court, 1865-69.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Greenwood, Mohave
County, Ariz., July 13,
1877 (age 68 years, 100
days).
Original interment somewhere
in Greenwood, Ariz.; reinterment in 1885 at Yantic
Cemetery, Norwich, Conn.
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John Fletcher Driggs (1813-1877) —
also known as John F. Driggs —
of East Saginaw (now part of Saginaw), Saginaw
County, Mich.
Born in Kinderhook, Columbia
County, N.Y., March 8,
1813.
Member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Saginaw County, 1859-60; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1863-69; defeated,
1870.
Injured by a fall on the
ice in the winter of 1875-76, as a result of which he died, in East
Saginaw (now part of Saginaw), Saginaw
County, Mich., December
17, 1877 (age 64 years, 284
days).
Original interment at Brady
Hill Cemetery, Saginaw, Mich.; reinterment at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Saginaw, Mich.
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Charles Magill Conrad (1804-1878) —
of Louisiana.
Born in Winchester,
Va., December
24, 1804.
Lawyer;
fought a duel
and killed his opponent; member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1840-42; U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1842-43; delegate to
Louisiana state constitutional convention, 1844; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 2nd District, 1849-50; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1850-53; Delegate
from Louisiana to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;
Representative
from Louisiana in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65.
Suffered a stroke
while testifying in court,
and died a few days later, in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., February
11, 1878 (age 73 years, 49
days).
Originally entombed at Girod
Street Cemetery (which no longer exists), New Orleans, La.;
re-entombed in 1957 at Hope
Mausoleum, New Orleans, La.
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Daniel George Shillock (c.1824-1878) —
of New Ulm, Brown
County, Minn.
Born near Tilsit, Prussia (now Sovetsk, Russia),
about 1824.
Member of Minnesota
state senate 20th District, 1863-66; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives 19th District, 1867.
Died August
17, 1878 (age about 54
years).
Original interment at Maple
Hill Cemetery (which no longer exists), Minneapolis, Minn.;
reinterment in 1894 at Hillside
Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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Thomas Stevenson Drew (1802-1879) —
also known as Thomas S. Drew —
of Arkansas.
Born in Wilson
County, Tenn., August
25, 1802.
Governor
of Arkansas, 1844-49.
Died in Lipan, Hood
County, Tex., 1879
(age about
76 years).
Original interment somewhere
in Lipan, Tex.; reinterment in 1923 at Masonic
Cemetery, Pocahontas, Ark.
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Robert Latane Montague (1819-1880) —
of Middlesex
County, Va.
Born in Middlesex
County, Va., May 23,
1819.
Member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1850, 1872; Lieutenant
Governor of Virginia, 1860-64; delegate
to Virginia secession convention, 1861; Representative
from Virginia in the Confederate Congress, 1864-65; state court
judge in Virginia, 1875-80.
Baptist.
Died of erysipelas
infection, near Saluda, Middlesex
County, Va., March 2,
1880 (age 60 years, 284
days).
Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment at Christ
Church Episcopal Cemetery, Urbanna, Va.
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Paul Octave Hébert (1818-1880) —
of Louisiana.
Born in Iberville
Parish, La., December
12, 1818.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; Governor of
Louisiana, 1853-56; general in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War.
Catholic.
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., August
29, 1880 (age 61 years, 261
days).
Original interment at St.
Paul's Cemetery, Bayou Goula, La.; reinterment at St.
Raphael's Cemetery, Near Plaquemine, Iberville Parish, La.
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Edwin Waller (1800-1881) —
of Austin, Travis
County, Tex.
Born in Spotsylvania
County, Va., November
4, 1800.
Delegate
to Texas Consultation of 1835 from District of Columbia, 1835; delegate
to Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention from
District of Brazoria, 1836; signer,
Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836; Texas
Republic Postmaster General, 1839; mayor of
Austin, Tex., 1840; county judge in Texas, 1844; delegate
to Texas secession convention, 1861.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Austin, Travis
County, Tex., January
3, 1881 (age 80 years, 60
days).
Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment in
1928 at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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Joseph Lane (1801-1881) —
Born in a log
cabin near Asheville, Buncombe
County, N.C., December
14, 1801.
Democrat. Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1822-23, 1830-33, 1838-39; member
of Indiana
state senate, 1839-40, 1844-46; general in the U.S. Army during
the Mexican War; Governor of
Oregon Territory, 1849-50, 1853; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Oregon Territory, 1851-59; candidate for
Democratic nomination for President, 1852;
U.S.
Senator from Oregon, 1859-61; Southern Democratic candidate for
Vice
President of the United States, 1860; candidate for Oregon
state senate, 1880.
Baptist;
later Catholic.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Roseburg, Douglas
County, Ore., April 19,
1881 (age 79 years, 126
days).
Original interment at Masonic
Cemetery, Roseburg, Ore.; reinterment at Memorial
Garden Cemetery, Roseburg, Ore.; cenotaph at Lone
Fir Cemetery, Portland, Ore.
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Ansel Briggs (1806-1881) —
of Ohio; Jackson
County, Iowa.
Born in Vermont, February
3, 1806.
Democrat. Sheriff;
member of Iowa
territorial House of Representatives, 1842-46; Governor of
Iowa, 1846-50.
Congregationalist.
Died in Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb., May 5,
1881 (age 75 years, 91
days).
Original interment somewhere
in Omaha, Neb.; reinterment in 1909 at Andrew
Cemetery, Andrew, Iowa.
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Anthony Lausett Knapp (1828-1881) —
also known as Anthony L. Knapp —
of Jerseyville, Jersey
County, Ill.
Born in Middletown, Orange
County, N.Y., June 14,
1828.
Democrat. Member of Illinois
state senate, 1859; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1861-65 (6th District 1861-63, 10th
District 1863-65).
Died May 24,
1881 (age 52 years, 344
days).
Original interment at Springfield
Cemetery, Springfield, Ill.; reinterment at Oak
Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Ill.
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Joseph Carter Abbott (1825-1881) —
also known as Joseph C. Abbott —
of New Hampshire; Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C.
Born in Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H., July 15,
1825.
Son of Aaron Abbott and Nancy (Badger) Abbott.
Republican. Newspaper
editor; Adjutant
General of New Hampshire, 1855-61; general in the Union Army
during the Civil War; delegate to
North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1868; U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1868-71; member of Republican
National Committee from North Carolina, 1872-; U.S. Collector of Customs,
1874-77.
Died in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., October
8, 1881 (age 56 years, 85
days).
Original interment at National
Cemetery, Wilmington, N.C.; reinterment in 1887 at Valley
Cemetery, Manchester, N.H.
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Robert Byington Mitchell (1823-1882) —
of Mt. Gilead, Morrow
County, Ohio.
Born in Mansfield, Richland
County, Ohio, April 4,
1823.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member of Kansas
territorial legislature, 1857-58; treasurer
of Kansas Territory, 1859-61; general in the Union Army during
the Civil War; Governor of
New Mexico Territory, 1866-69.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
26, 1882 (age 58 years, 297
days).
Original interment at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment in 1895 at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Milton Slocum Latham (1827-1882) —
also known as Milton S. Latham —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, May 23,
1827.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Representative from California 1st District, 1853-55; U.S. Collector of Customs,
1856-57; Governor of
California, 1860; U.S.
Senator from California, 1860-63.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March 4,
1882 (age 54 years, 285
days).
Original interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;
reinterment at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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Jonathan Taylor Updegraff (1822-1882) —
also known as Jonathan T. Updegraff —
of Ohio.
Born in Ohio, 1822.
Republican. Member of Ohio state
senate 22nd District, 1872-73; U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1879-82 (18th District 1879-81, 16th
District 1881-82); died in office 1882.
Died November
30, 1882 (age about 60
years).
Original interment at Updegraff
Cemetery, Mt. Pleasant, Ohio; reinterment in 1926 at Short
Creek Cemetery, Mt. Pleasant, Ohio.
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Alfred J. Ellis (d. 1883) —
of California.
Member of California
state assembly 6th District, 1852-53.
Died in 1883.
Original interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;
reinterment to unknown location.
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Eugene Casserly (1820-1883) —
of California.
Born in Mullingar, County Westmeath, Ireland,
November
13, 1820.
Son of Patrick S. Casserly.
Democrat. U.S.
Senator from California, 1869-73.
Died of apoplexy (stroke),
in San
Francisco, Calif., January
14, 1883 (age 62 years, 62
days).
Original interment at Calvary
Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;
reinterment in 1904 at Holy
Cross Cemetery, Colma, Calif.
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Charles Hathaway Larrabee (1820-1883) —
also known as Charles H. Larrabee —
Born in Rome, Oneida
County, N.Y., November
9, 1820.
Democrat. Delegate to
Wisconsin state constitutional convention, 1847; circuit judge in
Wisconsin 3rd Circuit, 1848-58; justice of
Wisconsin state supreme court, 1848-53; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 3rd District, 1859-61; delegate to
Washington state constitutional convention, 1878.
Was seriously injured in a railroad
accident at Telechapi, Calif., which resulted in his death in Los
Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
20, 1883 (age 62 years, 72
days).
Original interment at Masonic
Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;
reinterment in 1931 at Woodlawn
Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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Robert Asa Packer (1842-1883) —
also known as R. A. Packer —
of Wysox, Bradford
County, Pa.
Born in Mauch Chunk (now Jim Thorpe), Carbon
County, Pa., November
18, 1842.
Son of Asa
Packer and Sarah Minerva (Blakeslee) Packer (1807-1882).
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1876.
The Robert Packer Memorial Hospital is named for him. President of
the Northern Division of the Lehigh Valley Railroad.
Died, of Bright's
disease, in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., February
20, 1883 (age 40 years, 94
days).
Original interment at Tioga
Point Cemetery, Near Sayre, Bradford County, Pa.; reinterment in
1884 at Mauch
Chunk Cemetery, Jim Thorpe, Pa.
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Alexander Hamilton Stephens (1812-1883) —
also known as Alexander H. Stephens —
of Crawfordville, Taliaferro
County, Ga.
Born near Crawfordville, Taliaferro
County, Ga., February
11, 1812.
Democrat. Member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1836; member of Georgia
state senate, 1842; U.S.
Representative from Georgia, 1843-59, 1873-82 (at-large 1843-45,
7th District 1845-53, 8th District 1853-59, 1873-82); Presidential
Elector for Georgia, 1860;
delegate
to Georgia secession convention, 1861; Delegate
from Georgia to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62; Vice
President of the Confederacy, 1861-65; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1872; Governor of
Georgia, 1882-83; died in office 1883.
His portrait appeared on Confederate States $20
notes in 1861-64.
Died in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., March 4,
1883 (age 71 years, 21
days).
Originally entombed at Oakland
Cemetery, Atlanta, Ga.; later interred at Liberty
Hall Cemetery, Crawfordville, Ga.
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Chester William Chapin (1798-1883) —
of Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass.
Born in Ludlow, Hampden
County, Mass., December
16, 1798.
Son of Ephraim Chapin (1759-1806) and Mary (Smith) Chapin
(1763-1744).
Democrat. Delegate to
Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1853; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1860;
U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 11th District, 1875-77;
defeated, 1876.
Died in Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass., June 10,
1883 (age 84 years, 176
days).
Original interment at Springfield
Cemetery, Springfield, Mass.; reinterment at Chicopee
Cemetery, Chicopee, Mass.
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Jesse Hale Moore (1817-1883) —
of Illinois.
Born near Lebanon, St. Clair
County, Ill., April 22,
1817.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Illinois 7th District, 1869-73.
Died in Peru, July 11,
1883 (age 66 years, 80
days).
Original interment in unknown location; reinterment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Decatur, Ill.
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David Pierson Holloway (1809-1883) —
also known as David P. Holloway —
of Indiana.
Born in Waynesville, Warren
County, Ohio, December
6, 1809.
Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1843-44; member of Indiana
state senate, 1844-52; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Indiana, 1848,
1852;
U.S.
Representative from Indiana 5th District, 1855-57.
Quaker.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., September
9, 1883 (age 73 years, 277
days).
Original interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery (which no longer exists), Richmond, Ind.;
reinterment at Earlham
Cemetery, Richmond, Ind.
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James Emilius Broome (1808-1883) —
also known as James E. Broome; "The Veto
Governor" —
of Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla.; Fernandina (now part of Fernandina Beach), Nassau
County, Fla.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Hamburg, Aiken
County, S.C., December
15, 1808.
Son of John Broome and Jeanette (Witherspoon) Broome.
Democrat. Merchant;
planter;
lawyer;
probate judge in Florida, 1843-48; Governor of
Florida, 1853-57; member of Florida
state senate, 1861.
Died in DeLand, Volusia
County, Fla., November
23, 1883 (age 74 years, 343
days).
Original interment at Oakdale
Cemetery, DeLand, Fla.; reinterment in 1897 somewhere
in Quincy, Fla.
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Alvan Flanders (1825-1884) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; Wallula, Walla Walla
County, Wash.
Born in Hopkinton, Merrimack
County, N.H., August 2,
1825.
Republican. Member of California
state assembly 5th District, 1861-62; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Washington Territory, 1867-69; Governor of
Washington Territory, 1869-70.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., March 14,
1884 (age 58 years, 225
days).
Original interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;
reinterment to unknown location.
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David Williams Cheesman (1824-1884) —
also known as D. W. Cheesman —
of Oroville, Butte
County, Calif.
Born in Hagerstown, Wayne
County, Ind., December
22, 1824.
Son of Richard Williams Cheesman and Hannah (Rowand) Cheesman.
Republican. Lawyer; went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of California, 1859; delegate to Republican National
Convention from California, 1860;
treasurer, U.S. Mint at San Francisco, 1861.
Died November
24, 1884 (age 59 years, 338
days).
Original interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;
reinterment to unknown location.
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Married 1849
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William Sharon (1821-1885) —
of Carrollton, Greene
County, Ill.; Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif.; Virginia City, Storey
County, Nev.
Born in Smithfield, Jefferson
County, Ohio, January
9, 1821.
Republican. Lawyer; went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; banker; mining
business; real estate
business; U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1875-81.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., November
13, 1885 (age 64 years, 308
days).
Original interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;
reinterment at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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David William Lewis (1815-1885) —
of Georgia.
Born in Hancock
County, Ga., October
24, 1815.
Member of Georgia state legislature, 1845-55; Representative
from Georgia in the Confederate Congress, 1862-64.
Died December
28, 1885 (age 70 years, 65
days).
Original interment at Dahlonega
City Cemetery, Dahlonega, Ga.; reinterment in 1891 at North
Georgia College, Dahlonega, Ga.
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Benjamin Albertson Willis (1840-1886) —
of New York.
Born in New York, 1840.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York 11th District, 1875-79.
Died in 1886
(age about
46 years).
Original interment at Friends
Cemetery, Westbury, Long Island, N.Y.; reinterment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Thomas Hansford Williams (1828-1886) —
also known as Thomas H. Williams —
of California.
Born in Monticello, Wayne
County, Ky., May 18,
1828.
Son of Sherrod
Williams.
California
state attorney general, 1858-62.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., February
28, 1886 (age 57 years, 286
days).
Original interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;
reinterment at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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John Franklin Miller (1831-1886) —
also known as John F. Miller —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in South Bend, St. Joseph
County, Ind., November
21, 1831.
Republican. Member of Indiana
state senate, 1860; general in the Union Army during the Civil
War; Presidential Elector for California, 1872,
1876;
U.S.
Senator from California, 1881-86; died in office 1886.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 8,
1886 (age 54 years, 107
days).
Original interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;
reinterment in 1913 at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Henry Dunning Moore (1817-1887) —
also known as Henry D. Moore —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in New York, 1817.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 3rd District, 1849-53;
candidate for mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1856; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1860;
Pennsylvania
state treasurer, 1861-63, 1864-65; U.S. Collector of Customs,
1869-70.
Died in 1887
(age about
70 years).
Original interment at Monument
Cemetery (which no longer exists), Philadelphia, Pa.; reinterment
in 1956 at Lawnview
Cemetery, Rockledge, Pa.
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George Plater Tayloe (1804-1887) —
of Virginia.
Born October
16, 1804.
Delegate
to Virginia secession convention, 1861.
Episcopalian.
Died April 18,
1887 (age 82 years, 184
days).
Original interment at Buena
Vista Plantation, Roanoke, Va.; reinterment at Fair
View Cemetery, Roanoke, Va.
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Gordon Newell Mott (1812-1887) —
Born in Zanesville, Muskingum
County, Ohio, October
21, 1812.
State court judge in California, 1850; justice of
Nevada territorial supreme court, 1861; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Nevada Territory, 1863.
Died April 27,
1887 (age 74 years, 188
days).
Original interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;
reinterment to unknown location.
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Benjamin Franklin Potts (1836-1887) —
of Carrollton, Carroll
County, Ohio.
Born in Carroll
County, Ohio, January
29, 1836.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1860;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Ohio state
senate, 1867; Governor of
Montana Territory, 1870-83; member of Montana
territorial legislature.
Methodist.
Died in Helena, Lewis and
Clark County, Mont., June 17,
1887 (age 51 years, 139
days).
Original interment at Benton
Avenue Cemetery, Helena, Mont.; reinterment at Forestvale
Cemetery, Helena, Mont.
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Aaron Augustus Sargent (1827-1887) —
also known as "The Senator for the Southern Pacific
Railroad" —
of Nevada City, Nevada
County, Calif.
Born in Newburyport, Essex
County, Mass., September
28, 1827.
Son of Aaron Peaslee Sargent and Elizabeth (Stanwood) Sargent.
Republican. Newspaper
editor; lawyer;
member of California
state senate, 1856; delegate to Republican National Convention
from California, 1860;
U.S.
Representative from California, 1861-63, 1869-73 (at-large
1861-63, 2nd District 1869-73); U.S.
Senator from California, 1873-79; U.S. Minister to Germany, 1882-84.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., August
14, 1887 (age 59 years, 320
days).
Original interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;
reinterment somewhere
in Nevada City, Calif.
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Volney Erskine Howard (1809-1889) —
also known as Volney E. Howard —
of Brandon, Rankin
County, Miss.; San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex.; Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Norridgewock, Somerset
County, Maine, October
22, 1809.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1836; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Mississippi, 1840; delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1845; Texas
state attorney general, 1846; U.S.
Representative from Texas 2nd District, 1849-53; delegate
to California state constitutional convention, 1878-79; superior
court judge in California, 1879.
Injured in duel
with Hiram
G. Runnels.
Died in Santa Monica, Los Angeles
County, Calif., May 14,
1889 (age 79 years, 204
days).
Original interment at Fort
Hill Cemetery (which no longer exists), Los Angeles, Calif.;
reinterment to unknown location.
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William Wallace Ross (1828-1889) —
of Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan.
Born in Huron, Erie
County, Ohio, December
25, 1828.
Republican. Delegate to
Kansas state constitutional convention, 1857; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Kansas, 1860;
mayor
of Topeka, Kan., 1865-66.
Died, of stomach
cancer, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., June 5,
1889 (age 60 years, 162
days).
Original interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Los Angeles, Calif.; reinterment in 1924 at Hollywood
Forever Cemetery, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Jefferson Finis Davis (1808-1889) —
also known as Jefferson Davis —
of Warrenton, Warren
County, Miss.; Warren
County, Miss.
Born in a log
cabin, Fairview, Christian County (now Todd
County), Ky., June 3,
1808.
Son of Samuel Emory Davis and Jane (Cook) Davis.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Black Hawk War;
candidate for Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1843; Presidential Elector for
Mississippi, 1844;
U.S.
Representative from Mississippi at-large, 1845-46; served in the
U.S. Army during the Mexican War; U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1847-51, 1857-61; candidate for Governor of
Mississippi, 1851; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1853-57; President of
the Confederacy, 1861-65.
His portrait appeared on Confederate States 50
cent notes in 1861-64. Captured
by Union
forces in May 1865 and imprisoned
without trial for about two years.
Died of bronchitis
and malaria
in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., December
6, 1889 (age 81 years, 186
days).
Original interment at Metairie
Cemetery, New Orleans, La.; reinterment in 1893 at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel Emory Davis and Jane (Cook) Davis; married, June 17,
1835, to Sarah Knox Taylor (1814-1835; daughter of Zachary
Taylor); married, February
25, 1845, to Varina Howell (1826-1906; granddaughter of Richard
Howell); uncle of Mary Bradford (who married Richard
Brodhead); granduncle of Jefferson
Davis Brodhead and Frances Eileen Hutt (who married Thomas
Edmund Dewey). See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams
family of New York. |
| | | Cross-reference: Jesse
D. Bright — John
H. Reagan — Horace
Greeley — Solomon
Cohen — George
W. Jones — Samuel
A. Roberts — William
T. Sutherlin — Victor
Vifquain — Charles
O'Conor |
| | | Jeff Davis
County, Ga., Jefferson Davis
Parish, La., Jefferson Davis
County, Miss. and Jeff Davis
County, Tex. are named for him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: J.
Davis Brodhead
— Jefferson
D. Hostetter
— Jeff
Davis
— Jefferson
Davis Parris
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| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books by Jefferson Davis: The
Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government
(1881) |
| | | Books about Jefferson Davis: William J.
Cooper, Jr., Jefferson
Davis, American : A Biography — Varina Davis, Jefferson
Davis : Ex-President of the Confederate States of America : A Memoir
by His Wife — William C. Davis, An
Honorable Defeat: The Last Days of the Confederate
Government — James Ronald Kennedy & Walter Donald
Kennedy, Was
Jefferson Davis Right? — Robert Penn Warren, Jefferson
Davis Gets His Citizenship Back — Herman Hattaway &
Richard E. Beringer, Jefferson
Davis, Confederate President — Felicity Allen, Jefferson
Davis: Unconquerable Heart |
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John Charles Frémont (1813-1890) —
also known as "The Pathfinder"; "The
Champion of Freedom" —
Born in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., January
21, 1813.
Son of Jean Charles Frémont and Ann Whiting (Pryor)
Frémont.
Republican. Explorer;
Military
Governor of California, 1847; arrested
for mutiny,
1847; court-martialed;
found
guilty of mutiny,
disobedience,
and conduct
prejudicial to order; penalty remitted by Pres. James
K. Polk; U.S.
Senator from California, 1850-51; candidate for President
of the United States, 1856; general in the Union Army during the
Civil War; Governor of
Arizona Territory, 1878-81; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1888.
Episcopalian.
French
ancestry.
Died, of peritonitis,
in a hotel
room at New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 13,
1890 (age 77 years, 173
days).
Original interment at Trinity
Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.; reinterment in 1891 at Rockland
Cemetery, Nyack, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Jean Charles Frémont and Ann Whiting (Pryor)
Frémont; married, October
19, 1841, to Jessie Benton (daughter of Thomas
Hart Benton). |
| | | Cross-reference: Selah
Hill |
| | | Fremont County,
Colo., Fremont County,
Idaho, Fremont County,
Iowa and Fremont County,
Wyo. are named for him. |
| | | Politician named for him: John F.
Hill
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| | | Campaign slogan (1856): "Free Soil,
Free Men, Fremont." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books by John C. Fremont: Memoirs
of My Life and Times |
| | | Books about John C. Fremont: Tom
Chaffin, Pathfinder:
John Charles Fremont and the Course of American
Empire — David Roberts, A
Newer World : Kit Carson, John C. Fremont and the Claiming of the
American West — Andrew Rolle, John
Charles Fremont: Character As Destiny |
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Juan Nepomucena Seguin (1806-1890) —
also known as Juan N. Seguin —
of San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex.
Born in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., October
27, 1806.
Son of Erasmo Seguin and Maria Josefa Becerra.
Colonel in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence;
member of Texas
Republic Senate from District of Bexar, 1838-40; mayor
of San Antonio, Tex., 1841, 1841-42.
Died in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas,
August
27, 1890 (age 83 years, 304
days).
Original interment in unknown location; reinterment in 1974 somewhere
in Seguin, Tex.
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Joseph Pendleton Hoge (1810-1891) —
also known as Joseph P. Hoge —
of Galena, Jo Daviess
County, Ill.; San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Ohio, 1810.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Illinois 6th District, 1843-47; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from California, 1876.
Died in 1891
(age about
81 years).
Original interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;
reinterment to unknown location.
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Lorenzo Sawyer (d. 1891) —
of California.
Justice
of California state supreme court, 1864-.
Died September
7, 1891.
Original interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;
reinterment to unknown location.
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John Adams Hyman (1840-1891) —
of North Carolina.
Born in Warrenton, Warren
County, N.C., July 23,
1840.
Republican. Delegate to
North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1868; member of
North
Carolina state senate, 1869-75; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 2nd District, 1875-77.
African
ancestry.
Died in Washington,
D.C., September
14, 1891 (age 51 years, 53
days).
Original interment at Columbian
Harmony Cemetery (which no longer exists), Washington, D.C.;
reinterment in 1959 at National
Harmony Memorial Park, Landover, Md.
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William Henry Fitzhugh Lee (1837-1891) —
also known as William H. F. Lee —
of Burkes Station, Fairfax
County, Va.
Born in Arlington
County, Va., May 31,
1837.
Democrat. General in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
member of Virginia
state senate, 1875; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 8th District, 1887-91; died in
office 1891.
During the Civil War, he was captured by Union forces, imprisoned,
and eventually exchanged for Gen. Neal
Dow, who had been captured by Confederates.
Died in Virginia, October
15, 1891 (age 54 years, 137
days).
Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment in
1922 at Lee
Memorial Chapel, Lexington, Va.
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John Montgomery Glover (1822-1891) —
of La Grange, Lewis
County, Mo.
Born in Harrodsburg, Mercer
County, Ky., September
4, 1822.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Missouri 12th District, 1873-79.
Died November
15, 1891 (age 69 years, 72
days).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Knox County, Mo.; reinterment at Woodland
Cemetery, Quincy, Ill.
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Charles Henry Hardin (1820-1892) —
of Missouri.
Born July 15,
1820.
Democrat. Governor of
Missouri, 1875-77; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Missouri, 1876
(member, Resolutions
Committee).
Died July 29,
1892 (age 72 years, 14
days).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Audrain County, Mo.; reinterment at
Jewell
Cemetery, Near Columbia, Boone County, Mo.
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George Baird Hodge (1828-1892) —
of Kentucky.
Born in Fleming
County, Ky., April 8,
1828.
Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 10th District, 1853; member of
Kentucky state legislature, 1859; Delegate
from Kentucky to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;
Representative
from Kentucky in the Confederate Congress, 1862-64; general in
the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of Kentucky
state senate, 1873-77.
Died in Longwood, Orange
County, Fla., August 1,
1892 (age 64 years, 115
days).
Original interment somewhere
in Seminole County, Fla.; reinterment in 1903 at Evergreen
Cemetery, Southgate, Ky.
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Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1822-1893) —
also known as Rutherford B. Hayes; "Rutherfraud B.
Hayes"; "His Fraudulency" —
of Ohio.
Born in Delaware, Delaware
County, Ohio, October
4, 1822.
Republican. Lawyer;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 2nd District, 1865-67; Governor of
Ohio, 1868-72, 1876-77; President
of the United States, 1877-81.
Methodist.
Scottish
ancestry. Member, Loyal
Legion; Grand
Army of the Republic; Odd
Fellows; Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Stricken by a heart
attack at the railroad
station in Cleveland, Ohio, and died that night in Fremont, Sandusky
County, Ohio, January
17, 1893 (age 70 years, 105
days).
Original interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Fremont, Ohio; reinterment in 1915 at Spiegel
Grove, Fremont, Ohio.
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Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar (1825-1893) —
also known as Lucius Q. C. Lamar —
of Covington, Newton
County, Ga.; Abbeville, Lafayette
County, Miss.; Oxford, Lafayette
County, Miss.
Born near Eatonton, Putnam
County, Ga., September
17, 1825.
Son of Lucius
Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar (1797-1834).
Democrat. Lawyer; president,
University of Mississippi, 1849-52; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1853; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 1st District, 1857-60, 1873-77;
colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; delegate to
Mississippi state constitutional convention, 1865, 1868, 1875,
1877, 1881; U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1877-85; U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1885-88; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1888-93; died in office 1893.
Methodist.
Member, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Died in Macon, Bibb
County, Ga., January
23, 1893 (age 67 years, 128
days).
Original interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Macon, Ga.; reinterment in 1894 at St.
Peter's Cemetery, Oxford, Miss.
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James Gillespie Blaine (1830-1893) —
also known as James G. Blaine; "The Plumed
Knight"; "Belshazzar Blaine";
"Magnetic Man" —
of Augusta, Kennebec
County, Maine.
Born in West Brownsville, Washington
County, Pa., January
31, 1830.
Son of Ephraim Blaine and Maria (Gillespie) Blaine.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1856
(Honorary
Secretary); member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1859-62; Speaker of
the Maine State House of Representatives, 1861-62; U.S.
Representative from Maine 3rd District, 1863-76; Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1869-75; candidate for Republican nomination for
President, 1876,
1880;
U.S.
Senator from Maine, 1876-81; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1881, 1889-92; candidate for President
of the United States, 1884.
Congregationalist.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
27, 1893 (age 62 years, 362
days).
Original interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment in 1920 at Blaine
Memorial Park, Augusta, Maine.
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Relatives: Son
of Ephraim Blaine and Maria (Gillespie) Blaine; nephew of Ellen
Blaine (who married John
Hoge Ewing); married, June 30,
1850, to Harriet Stonwood; father of Harriet Blaine (who married
Truxtun
Beale). See Beale-Blaine
family of Pennsylvania. |
| | | Cross-reference: Robert
G. Ingersoll |
| | | Blaine counties in Idaho, Mont., Neb. and Okla. are
named for him. |
| | | Politician named for him: J.
B. McLaughlin
|
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier |
| | | Books about James G. Blaine: Mark
Wahlgren Summers, Rum,
Romanism, & Rebellion : The Making of a President,
1884 — Edward P. Crapol, James
G. Blaine : Architect of Empire — Richard B. Cheney &
Lynne V. Cheney, Kings
Of The Hill : How Nine Powerful Men Changed The Course of American
History |
| | | Image source: William C. Roberts,
Leading Orators (1884) |
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Hiram Sanford Stevens (1832-1893) —
of Arizona.
Born in Weston, Windsor
County, Vt., March 20,
1832.
Member of Arizona
territorial House of Representatives, 1868; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Arizona Territory, 1875.
Died March 22,
1893 (age 61 years, 2
days).
Original interment at Old
Tucson Cemetery, Tucson, Ariz.; reinterment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Tucson, Ariz.
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John Gately Downey (1827-1894) —
also known as John G. Downey —
of Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born June 24,
1827.
Democrat. Member of California
state assembly 1st District, 1856-57; Lieutenant
Governor of California, 1860; Governor of
California, 1860-62; defeated, 1863.
Died March 1,
1894 (age 66 years, 250
days).
Original interment at Old
Calvary Cemetery (which no longer exists), Los Angeles, Calif.;
reinterment at Holy
Cross Cemetery, Colma, Calif.
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Orange Ferriss (1814-1894) —
of New York.
Born in Glens Falls, Warren
County, N.Y., November
26, 1814.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from New York 16th District, 1867-71.
Died in Glens Falls, Warren
County, N.Y., April 11,
1894 (age 79 years, 136
days).
Original interment at Glens
Falls Cemetery, Glens Falls, N.Y.; reinterment in 1904 at Pineview
Cemetery, Queensbury, N.Y.
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Frederick Ferdinand Low (1828-1894) —
also known as Frederick F. Low —
of California.
Born in Winterport, Waldo
County, Maine, June 30,
1828.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from California at-large, 1862-63; Governor of
California, 1863-67; U.S. Minister to China, 1869-73.
Died July 21,
1894 (age 66 years, 21
days).
Original interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;
reinterment to unknown location.
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James Graham Fair (1831-1894) —
also known as James G. Fair —
of Virginia City, Storey
County, Nev.
Born in County Tyrone, Ireland (now Northern
Ireland), December
3, 1831.
Democrat. Went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1881-87; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Nevada, 1888
(member, Credentials
Committee).
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., December
28, 1894 (age 63 years, 25
days).
Original interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;
reinterment at Holy
Cross Cemetery, Colma, Calif.
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Hiram R. Lott (d. 1895) —
Democrat. Member of Louisiana
state senate, 1892-93; Lieutenant
Governor of Louisiana, 1893-95; U.S. Consul in Managua, 1895.
Died June 6,
1895.
Original interment somewhere
in Managua, Nicaragua; reinterment in 1897 somewhere
in Floyd, La.
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William Russell Smith (1815-1896) —
also known as William R. Smith —
of Alabama.
Born in Russellville, Logan
County, Ky., March 27,
1815.
Mayor
of Tuscaloosa, Ala., 1839; member of Alabama state legislature,
1841-42; state court judge in Alabama, 1850; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 4th District, 1851-57; delegate
to Alabama secession convention, 1861; colonel in the Confederate
Army during the Civil War; Representative
from Alabama in the Confederate Congress 2nd District, 1862-65;
candidate for Governor of
Alabama, 1865.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
26, 1896 (age 80 years, 336
days).
Original interment in unknown location; reinterment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Charles Henry Voorhis (1833-1896) —
also known as Charles H. Voorhis —
of New Jersey.
Born in Spring Valley (now Paramus), Bergen
County, N.J., March 13,
1833.
Republican. Lawyer; banker;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1864;
U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 5th District, 1879-81.
Indicted
in 1881 for bank
fraud over his actions as president of two banks, which later
became insolvent; tried and
found not guilty.
Fearing oncoming total blindness, he committed suicide
by gunshot,
in his office in
the Davidson Building, Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., April 15,
1896 (age 63 years, 33
days).
Original interment at Bayview
- New York Bay Cemetery, Jersey City, N.J.; reinterment at Hackensack
Cemetery, Hackensack, N.J.
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James Augustus Johnson (1829-1896) —
also known as James A. Johnson —
of California.
Born in Spartanburg, Spartanburg
County, S.C., May 16,
1829.
Democrat. Member of California
state assembly 20th District, 1859-61; U.S.
Representative from California 3rd District, 1867-71; Lieutenant
Governor of California, 1875-80.
Died May 11,
1896 (age 66 years, 361
days).
Original interment at Masonic
Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;
reinterment in 1931 at Woodlawn
Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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William Cullom (1810-1896) —
of Tennessee.
Born in Elk Spring Valley, Wayne
County, Ky., June 4,
1810.
Whig. Lawyer;
member of Tennessee
state senate, 1843-47; Presidential Elector for Tennessee, 1848;
U.S.
Representative from Tennessee, 1851-55 (8th District 1851-53, 4th
District 1853-55); delegate to Whig National Convention from
Tennessee, 1852.
Methodist;
later Catholic.
Died in Clinton, Anderson
County, Tenn., December
6, 1896 (age 86 years, 185
days).
Original interment at McAdoo
Cemetery, Clinton, Tenn.; reinterment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Chattanooga, Tenn.
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Charles Frederick Crocker (1854-1897) —
also known as Charles F. Crocker —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in 1854.
Son of Charles
Crocker.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
California, 1884,
1888.
Died in 1897
(age about
43 years).
Original interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;
reinterment at Holy
Cross Cemetery, Colma, Calif.
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Thomas Bowles Shannon (1827-1897) —
also known as Thomas B. Shannon —
of Quincy, Plumas
County, Calif.
Born in Pennsylvania, September
21, 1827.
Republican. Member of California
state assembly, 1859-61, 1862-63, 1871-73 (14th District 1859-61,
24th District 1862-63, 8th District 1871-73); U.S.
Representative from California at-large, 1863-65.
Died February
21, 1897 (age 69 years, 153
days).
Original interment at Masonic
Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;
reinterment in 1931 at Woodlawn
Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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John Augustus Sutter, Jr. (1826-1897) —
also known as John A. Sutter, Jr. —
Born in Switzerland,
October
25, 1826.
Son of John A. Sutter (owner of famous California mill where gold was
discovered in 1848).
Candidate for Governor of
California, 1849; U.S. Consul in Acapulco, 1874-84.
Reputedly founder of Sacramento, Calif.
Died in Acapulco (Acapulco de Juárez), Guerrero,
September
21, 1897 (age 70 years, 331
days).
Original interment somewhere
in Acapulco de Juárez, Guerrero; reinterment in 1964 at Old
Sacramento City Cemetery, Sacramento, Calif.
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Relatives:
Married to Maria del Carmen Rivas. |
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Peter Hansbrough Bell (1812-1898) —
of Texas.
Born in Spotsylvania
County, Va., May 12,
1812.
Democrat. Served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of
Independence; colonel in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; Governor of
Texas, 1849-53; U.S.
Representative from Texas 2nd District, 1853-57; colonel in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Died in Littleton, Halifax
County, N.C., March 8,
1898 (age 85 years, 300
days).
Original interment at City
Cemetery, Littleton, N.C.; reinterment in 1930 at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.; memorial monument at Courthouse
Grounds, Belton, Tex.
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William Starke Rosecrans (1819-1898) —
also known as William S. Rosecrans —
of Homer, Licking
County, Ohio; San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Kingston, Ross
County, Ohio, September
6, 1819.
Democrat. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Minister to Mexico, 1868-69; U.S.
Representative from California 1st District, 1881-85.
Died in Los Angeles
County, Calif., March 11,
1898 (age 78 years, 186
days).
Original interment at Angelus-Rosedale
Cemetery, Los Angeles, Calif.; reinterment in 1902 at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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George Purnell Fisher (1817-1899) —
also known as George P. Fisher —
of Dover, Kent
County, Del.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Milford, Sussex
County, Del., October
13, 1817.
Republican. Member of Delaware
state house of representatives, 1843-44; secretary of
state of Delaware, 1846; Delaware
state attorney general, 1855-60; U.S.
Representative from Delaware at-large, 1861-63; defeated, 1862;
justice
of District of Columbia supreme court, 1863-70; U.S.
Attorney for the District of Columbia, 1870-76; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware, 1880.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
10, 1899 (age 81 years, 120
days).
Original interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment at Methodist
Cemetery, Dover, Del.
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Horace Austin Warner Tabor (1830-1899) —
also known as Horace A. W. Tabor; "The Bonanza King of
Leadville" —
of Leadville, Lake
County, Colo.; Denver,
Colo.
Born in Holland, Orleans
County, Vt., November
26, 1830.
Republican. Mayor
of Leadville, Colo., 1878-79; Lieutenant
Governor of Colorado, 1879-83; U.S.
Senator from Colorado, 1883.
Died in Denver,
Colo., April 10,
1899 (age 68 years, 135
days).
Original interment at Mt.
Calvary Cemetery, Denver, Colo.; reinterment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Wheat Ridge, Colo.
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William Adam Piper (1826-1899) —
of California.
Born in Pennsylvania, 1826.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from California 1st District, 1875-77.
Died August 5,
1899 (age about 73
years).
Original interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;
reinterment at Greenlawn
Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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Hazen Stuart Pingree (1840-1901) —
also known as Hazen S. Pingree; "The Potato
Mayor" —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Denmark, Oxford
County, Maine, August
30, 1840.
Son of Jasper Pingree and Adeline (Bryant) Pingree.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; boot and shoe
manufacturer; mayor of
Detroit, Mich., 1890-97; Governor of
Michigan, 1897-1900.
English
ancestry.
Died June 18,
1901 (age 60 years, 292
days).
Original interment somewhere
in Detroit, Mich.; reinterment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.; statue at Grand
Circus Park, Detroit, Mich.
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Rollin Mallory Daggett (1831-1901) —
also known as Rollin M. Daggett —
of Nevada.
Born in Richville, St. Lawrence
County, N.Y., February
22, 1831.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Nevada at-large, 1879-81; U.S. Minister to Hawaiian Islands, 1882-85.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., November
12, 1901 (age 70 years, 263
days).
Original interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;
reinterment to unknown location.
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Sylvester Pennoyer (1831-1902) —
of Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born in Groton, Tompkins
County, N.Y., July 6,
1831.
Democrat. Lawyer; lumber
business; Governor of
Oregon, 1887-95; mayor
of Portland, Ore., 1896.
Died May 30,
1902 (age 70 years, 328
days).
Original interment at Lone
Fir Cemetery, Portland, Ore.; reinterment in 1924 at River
View Cemetery, Portland, Ore.
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Charles Debrille Poston (1825-1902) —
of Arizona.
Born near Elizabethtown, Hardin
County, Ky., April 20,
1825.
Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Arizona Territory, 1864.
Died June 24,
1902 (age 77 years, 65
days).
Original interment at Arizona
Cemetery, Phoenix, Ariz.; reinterment in 1925 at Poston
Butte, Florence, Ariz.
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Thomas Peck Ochiltree (1837-1902) —
of Marshall, Harrison
County, Tex.
Born in Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches
County, Tex., October
26, 1837.
Son of William
Beck Ochiltree.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1860;
major in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Texas 7th District, 1883-85.
Died in Hot Springs, Bath
County, Va., November
25, 1902 (age 65 years, 30
days).
Original interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.; reinterment in 1903 at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y.
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Thomas Nast (1840-1902) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Morristown, Morris
County, N.J.
Born in Landau, Germany,
September
27, 1840.
Son of Joseph Thomas Nast and Appolonia (Abriss) Nast.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; news
correspondent and cartoonist
for Harper's Weekly and other magazines
and newspapers;
noted for his creation of such icons as the Republican elephant and
Democratic donkey; instrumental in the downfall of New York City
political boss William
M. Tweed; U.S. Consul General in Guayaquil, 1902, died in office 1902.
German
ancestry.
Died, of yellow
fever, in Guayaquil, Ecuador,
December
7, 1902 (age 62 years, 71
days).
Original interment somewhere
in Guayaquil, Ecuador; reinterment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Willard B. Farwell (1829-1903) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in 1829.
Member of California
state assembly 5th District, 1855-56.
Died February
10, 1903 (age about 73
years).
Original interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;
reinterment at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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Ausburn Birdsall (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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Nathan Oakes Murphy (1849-1908) —
also known as Nathan O. Murphy —
of Prescott, Yavapai
County, Ariz.; Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Jefferson, Lincoln
County, Maine, October
14, 1849.
Republican. Secretary
of Arizona Territory, 1889; Governor of
Arizona Territory, 1892-93, 1898-1902; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Arizona Territory, 1892;
Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Arizona Territory, 1895-97; defeated, 1900.
Died in Coronado, San Diego
County, Calif., August
22, 1908 (age 58 years, 313
days).
Original interment at Masonic
Cemetery, San Diego, Calif.; reinterment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Eugene Francis Loud (1847-1908) —
also known as Eugene F. Loud —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Abington, Plymouth
County, Mass., March 12,
1847.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of
California
state assembly, 1884; U.S.
Representative from California 5th District, 1891-1903; defeated,
1902.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., December
19, 1908 (age 61 years, 282
days).
Cremated;
ashes originally interred at Odd
Fellows Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;
reinterment at Greenlawn
Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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William Morris Stewart (1827-1909) —
also known as William M. Stewart —
of Virginia City, Storey
County, Nev.; Carson
City, Nev.
Born in Galen, Wayne
County, N.Y., August 9,
1827.
Republican. California
state attorney general, 1854-56; delegate to
Nevada state constitutional convention, 1863; U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1864-75, 1887-1905.
Died April 23,
1909 (age 81 years, 257
days).
Cremated;
ashes originally interred at Laurel
Hill Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;
reinterment to unknown location.
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William Wirt Dixon (1838-1910) —
also known as William W. Dixon —
of Butte, Silver Bow
County, Mont.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., June 3,
1838.
Democrat. Member of Montana
territorial House of Representatives, 1871; delegate to
Montana state constitutional convention, 1883, 1889; U.S.
Representative from Montana at-large, 1891-93.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., November
13, 1910 (age 72 years, 163
days).
Original interment at Old
Calvary Cemetery (which no longer exists), Los Angeles, Calif.;
reinterment in 1911 at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Robert Love Taylor (1850-1912) —
also known as Robert L. Taylor; Bob Taylor;
"Our Bob" —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born in Carter
County, Tenn., July 31,
1850.
Son of Nathaniel
Green Taylor.
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
publisher; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 1st District, 1879-81; Governor of
Tennessee, 1887-91, 1897-99; U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1907-12; died in office 1912.
Died March 31,
1912 (age 61 years, 244
days).
Original interment at Old
Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn.; reinterment in 1938 at Monte
Vista Memorial Park, Johnson City, Tenn.
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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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John Percival Jones (1829-1912) —
also known as John P. Jones —
of Gold Hill, Storey
County, Nev.
Born in England,
January
27, 1829.
Republican. Member of California
state senate, 1863; U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1873-1903.
Died November
27, 1912 (age 83 years, 305
days).
Original interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;
reinterment to unknown location.
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George Ainslie (1838-1913) —
of Boise, Ada
County, Idaho; Alameda, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born near Boonville, Cooper
County, Mo., October
30, 1838.
Son of John A. Ainslie.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Idaho
territorial House of Representatives, 1865-66; newspaper
editor; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Idaho Territory, 1879-83; defeated, 1882;
delegate
to Idaho state constitutional convention, 1889; president, Boise
Rapid
Transit Co., 1890-1904; Idaho
Democratic state chair, 1890-91; member of Democratic
National Committee from Idaho, 1896-1900.
Died in Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., May 19,
1913 (age 74 years, 201
days).
Cremated;
ashes originally interred at Odd
Fellows Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;
reinterment at San
Francisco Columbarium, San Francisco, Calif.
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John M. Eshleman (1876-1916) —
also known as Jack Eshleman —
of California.
Born in Villa Ridge, Pulaski
County, Ill., June 14,
1876.
Republican. Member of California
state assembly 52nd District; elected 1906; delegate to
Republican National Convention from California, 1912;
Lieutenant
Governor of California, 1915-16; died in office 1916.
Member, Freemasons.
Eshleman Hall at University of California Berkeley is named for
him.
Died, of tuberculosis,
in a train
station at at Indio, Riverside
County, Calif., February
28, 1916 (age 39 years, 259
days).
Original interment in unknown location; reinterment at Sunset
View Cemetery, El Cerrito, Calif.
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Stephen John Hay (1864-1916) —
also known as Stephen J. Hay —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in Griffin, Spalding
County, Ga., October
5, 1864.
Democrat. Mayor of
Dallas, Tex., 1907-11.
Methodist.
Died February
29, 1916 (age 51 years, 147
days).
Original interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Dallas, Tex.; reinterment at Grove
Hill Memorial Park, Dallas, Tex.
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William Frederick Sapp (1856-1917) —
also known as William F. Sapp —
of Galena, Cherokee
County, Kan.
Born in Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich., August
30, 1856.
Democrat. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Kansas, 1894; Kansas
Democratic state chair, 1904-06; member of Democratic
National Committee from Kansas, 1912.
Died March 8,
1917 (age 60 years, 190
days).
Original interment at Oakhill
Cemetery, Galena, Kan.; reinterment at Galena
Cemetery, Galena, Kan.
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John Worth Kern (1849-1917) —
also known as John W. Kern —
of Kokomo, Howard
County, Ind.; Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Alto, Howard
County, Ind., December
20, 1849.
Son of Dr. Jacob Kern and Nancy (Ligget) Kern.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for Indiana
state house of representatives, 1870; Indiana
reporter of state courts, 1885-89; member of Indiana
state senate, 1893-97; candidate for Governor of
Indiana, 1900, 1904; candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1908; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Indiana, 1908,
1912
(chair, Platform
and Resolutions Committee; speaker),
1916;
U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1911-17; defeated, 1916.
Member, American Bar
Association; Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons.
Died of tuberculosis
and uremic
poisoning, in Asheville, Buncombe
County, N.C., August
17, 1917 (age 67 years, 240
days).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Botetourt County, Va.; reinterment
in 1929 at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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Bryan Thomas Barry (1851-1919) —
also known as Bryan T. Barry —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born October
26, 1851.
Mayor
of Dallas, Tex., 1894-95, 1897-98, 1904-06.
Died March 5,
1919 (age 67 years, 130
days).
Original interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Dallas, Tex.; reinterment at Grove
Hill Memorial Park, Dallas, Tex.
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Robert Bacon (1860-1919) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., July 5,
1860.
Son of William B. Bacon and Emily C. (Low) Bacon.
Republican. Financier;
U.S.
Secretary of State, 1909; U.S. Ambassador to France, 1909-12; candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1916; colonel in the U.S. Army during
World War I.
Presbyterian.
English
ancestry. Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Died, from infection
following surgery for mastoiditis,
in the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 29,
1919 (age 58 years, 328
days).
Original interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.; reinterment at Walnut Hills Cemetery, Brookline, Mass.
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Alfred E. Burk (1864-1921) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., November
5, 1864.
Republican. Leather
business; with his brother Louis, developed and owned the Garden
Pier in Atlantic City, N.J.; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1920.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 13,
1921 (age 56 years, 189
days).
Original interment at Mt.
Vernon Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.; re-entombed in 1939 in
mausoleum at West
Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pa.
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Hannis Taylor (1851-1922) —
of Alabama.
Born in 1851.
Son of Richard Nixon Taylor and Susan (Stevenson) Taylor.
U.S. Minister to Spain, 1893-97.
Author
of a biography of Cicero and numerous other books.
Died in 1922
(age about
71 years).
Originally entombed at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment at Fort
Lincoln Cemetery, Brentwood, Md.
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Richard Welsted Croker (1841-1922) —
also known as Richard Croker —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; County Dublin, Ireland.
Born in Clonakilty, County Cork, Ireland,
November
23, 1841.
Son of Eyre Coote Croker (1800-1881) and Frances Laura (Welsted)
Croker (1807-1894).
Democrat. Railroad
mechanic; charged
with the murder
of a political enemy in 1874; tried and
found not guilty; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
York, 1888,
1892.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Tammany
Hall.
Leader of Tammany Hall from 1886 until 1901.
Suffered exposure during a snowstorm,
was ill for months, and subsequently died, in County Dublin, Ireland,
April
29, 1922 (age 80 years, 157
days).
Original interment at Glencairn
House Grounds, County Dublin, Ireland; reinterment in 1939 at Kilgobbin
Cemetery, County Dublin, Ireland.
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Relatives: Son
of Eyre Coote Croker (1800-1881) and Frances Laura (Welsted) Croker
(1807-1894); married, November
1, 1873, to Elizabeth Frazer (1853-1914); married, November
26, 1914, to Bula Benton Edmonson (1884-1957). |
| | | Cross-reference: Henry
Woltman |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
| | | Image source: American Monthly Review
of Reviews, February 1902 |
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Charlemagne Tower (1848-1923) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., April 17,
1848.
Son of Charlemagne Tower and Amelia (Bartle) Tower.
Republican. Lawyer;
president, Duluth & Iron Range Railroad;
managing director, Minnesota Iron Co. (mining);
U.S. Minister to Austria-Hungary, 1897-99; U.S. Ambassador to Russia, 1899-1902; Germany, 1902-08; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1916.
Member, American
Philosophical Society.
Died February
24, 1923 (age 74 years, 313
days).
Original interment at West
Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pa.; reinterment at Waterville
Cemetery, Waterville, N.Y.
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Warren Gamaliel Harding (1865-1923) —
also known as Warren G. Harding —
of Marion, Marion
County, Ohio.
Born in Blooming Grove, Morrow
County, Ohio, November
2, 1865.
Son of Phoebe Elizabeth (Dickerson) Harding (1843-1910) and George
Tryon Harding (1844-1928).
Republican. Newspaper
publisher; member of Ohio state
senate 13th District, 1901-03; Lieutenant
Governor of Ohio, 1904-06; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Ohio, 1904
(alternate), 1912,
1916
(Temporary
Chair; Permanent
Chair; speaker);
candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1910; U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1915-21; President
of the United States, 1921-23; died in office 1923.
Baptist.
English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Phi
Alpha Delta.
First
president ever to have his voice broadcast on the radio, June 14,
1922.
Died in a room at the Palace Hotel, San
Francisco, Calif., August 2,
1923 (age 57 years, 273
days); the claim that he was poisoned by his wife is not accepted
by historians.
Original interment at Marion
Cemetery, Marion, Ohio; reinterment in 1927 at Harding
Memorial Tomb, Marion, Ohio.
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Relatives:
Married, July 8,
1891, to Florence Mabel Kling (1860-1924). |
| | | Harding County,
N.M. is named for him. |
| | | Personal motto: "Remember there are two
sides to every question. Get both." |
| | | Campaign slogan (1920): "Back to
normalcy with Harding." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile |
| | | Books about Warren G. Harding: Francis
Russell, The
Shadow of Blooming Grove : Warren G. Harding In His Times (out of
print) — Robert K. Murray, The
Harding Era : Warren G. Harding and His
Administration — Eugene P. Trani & David L. Wilson, The
Presidency of Warren G. Harding — Harry M. Daugherty,
Inside
Story of the Harding Tragedy — Charles L. Mee, The
Ohio Gang : The World of Warren G. Harding (out of
print) — John W. Dean, Warren
G. Harding — Robert H. Ferrell, The
Strange Deaths of President Harding — Russell Roberts,
Warren
G. Harding (for young readers) |
| | | Critical books about Warren G. Harding:
Nathan Miller, Star-Spangled
Men : America's Ten Worst Presidents |
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Edwin Lee Norris (1865-1924) —
also known as Edwin L. Norris —
of Dillon, Beaverhead
County, Mont.; Great Falls, Cascade
County, Mont.
Born in Cumberland
County, Ky., August
15, 1865.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Montana
state senate from Beaverhead County, 1897-1900; Lieutenant
Governor of Montana, 1905-08; Governor of
Montana, 1908-13; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Montana, 1912,
1916
(Honorary
Vice-President).
Died in Great Falls, Cascade
County, Mont., April 25,
1924 (age 58 years, 254
days).
Original interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Bowling Green, Ky.; reinterment at Highland
Cemetery, Great Falls, Mont.
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Henry Luse Fuqua (1865-1926) —
also known as Henry L. Fuqua —
of Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La.
Born in Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La., November
8, 1865.
Son of James Overton Fuqua and Jeanette (Fowles) Fuqua.
Democrat. Hardware
dealer; warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, 1916-24;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, 1924;
Governor
of Louisiana, 1924-26; died in office 1926.
Episcopalian.
French
Huguenot ancestry.
Died in Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La., October
11, 1926 (age 60 years, 337
days).
Original interment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Baton Rouge, La.; reinterment at Roselawn
Memorial Park, Baton Rouge, La.
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James Smith Havens (1859-1927) —
also known as James S. Havens —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Weedsport, Cayuga
County, N.Y., May 28,
1859.
Democrat. Lawyer;
vice-president and secretary of Kodak Company; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1904,
1920;
U.S.
Representative from New York 32nd District, 1910-11.
Died, in Strong Memorial Hospital,
Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., February
27, 1927 (age 67 years, 275
days).
Originally entombed at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Rochester, N.Y.; reinterment to unknown location.
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Henry Colvin Brewster (1845-1928) —
also known as Henry C. Brewster —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., September
7, 1845.
Son of Simon L. Brewster and Editha C. (Colvin) Brewster.
Republican. Banker; U.S.
Representative from New York 31st District, 1895-99; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1900,
1904
(alternate).
Presbyterian.
Member, Society
of Colonial Wars; Sons of
the American Revolution; Union
League.
Died in Canandaigua, Ontario
County, N.Y., January
29, 1928 (age 82 years, 144
days).
Originally entombed at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Rochester, N.Y.; reinterment to unknown location.
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William Howard Thompson (1871-1928) —
also known as William H. Thompson —
of Garden City, Finney
County, Kan.
Born in Crawfordsville, Montgomery
County, Ind., October
14, 1871.
Democrat. District judge in Kansas, 1906-13; U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1913-19; defeated, 1918; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Kansas, 1916
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee); candidate for U.S.
Representative from Kansas 2nd District, 1922.
Died, from heart
disease, in Washington,
D.C., February
9, 1928 (age 56 years, 118
days).
Original interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment in 1928 at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Topeka, Kan.
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Charles Forrest Curry (1858-1930) —
also known as Charles F. Curry; C. F.
Curry —
of Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif.
Born in Naperville, DuPage
County, Ill., March 14,
1858.
Republican. Member of California
state assembly, 1887-89; secretary of
state of California, 1899-1911; candidate in primary for Governor of
California, 1910; U.S.
Representative from California 3rd District, 1913-30; died in
office 1930.
Member, Elks; Freemasons;
Eagles.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
10, 1930 (age 72 years, 210
days).
Originally entombed at Abbey
Mausoleum (which no longer exists), Arlington, Va.; re-entombed
in mausoleum at National
Memorial Park, Near Falls Church, Fairfax County, Va.
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William Wrigley, Jr. (1861-1932) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., September
30, 1861.
Republican. Founder, Wrigley chewing
gum company; owner, Chicago Cubs baseball
team; owner, Arizona Biltmore Hotel,
Phoenix, Ariz.; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Illinois, 1916,
1920,
1924,
1928.
Owner of the Chicago Cubs baseball
team.
Died, from a stroke, in
Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz., January
26, 1932 (age 70 years, 118
days).
Originally entombed at Wrigley
Memorial and Botanical Gardens, Avalon, Calif.; re-entombed in
mausoleum at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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Porter James McCumber (1858-1933) —
also known as Porter J. McCumber —
of Wahpeton, Richland
County, N.Dak.
Born in Crete, Will
County, Ill., February
3, 1858.
Republican. Member
Dakota territorial council, 1887-88; U.S.
Senator from North Dakota, 1899-1923.
Died in 1933
(age about
75 years).
Originally entombed at Abbey
Mausoleum (which no longer exists), Arlington, Va.; reinterment
to unknown location.
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Andrew William Mellon (1855-1937) —
also known as Andrew W. Mellon —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., March 24,
1855.
Son of Thomas Mellon (1813-1908) and Sarah Jane (Negley) Mellon
(1817-1909).
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1920,
1924,
1928;
U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1921-32; U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1932-33.
Episcopalian.
Died in Southampton, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., August
26, 1937 (age 82 years, 155
days).
Original interment at Allegheny
Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.; subsequent interment at a
private or family graveyard, Fauquier County, Va.; reinterment at
Trinity
Episcopal Church Cemetery, Upperville, Va.; memorial monument at
Mellon
Fountain, Washington, D.C.
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Charles J. Colden (1870-1938) —
of Maryville, Nodaway
County, Mo.; Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.; San Pedro, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Peoria
County, Ill., August
24, 1870.
Democrat. Member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1901-05; U.S.
Representative from California 17th District, 1933-38; died in
office 1938; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
California, 1936.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 15,
1938 (age 67 years, 234
days).
Original interment at Roosevelt
Memorial Park Cemetery, Gardena, Calif.; reinterment in 1965 at
Green
Hills Memorial Park, Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.
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James Hamilton Lewis (1863-1939) —
also known as J. Hamilton Lewis; "Pink
Whiskers" —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Danville,
Va., May 18,
1863.
Son of John Cable Lewis (Major in Confederate Army in Civil War; died
from war wounds).
Lawyer;
member of Washington
territorial legislature, 1887-88; candidate for Governor of
Washington, 1892; U.S.
Representative from Washington at-large, 1897-99; defeated
(People's), 1898; colonel in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War; candidate for Democratic nomination for Vice
President, 1900,
1920;
candidate for Governor of
Illinois, 1908, 1920 (Democratic); delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Illinois, 1928,
1936;
speaker, 1912;
U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1913-19, 1931-39; defeated (Democratic),
1918; died in office 1939.
Died, of coronary
thrombosis, at Garfield Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., April 9,
1939 (age 75 years, 326
days).
Originally entombed at Abbey
Mausoleum (which no longer exists), Arlington, Va.; reinterment
to unknown location.
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Philip Pitt Campbell (1862-1941) —
also known as Philip P. Campbell —
of Pittsburg, Crawford
County, Kan.; Arlington, Arlington
County, Va.
Born in Cape Breton, Nova
Scotia, April 25,
1862.
Son of Daniel A. Campbell and Mary (McRae) Campbell.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Kansas 3rd District, 1903-23.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 26,
1941 (age 79 years, 31
days).
Originally entombed at Abbey
Mausoleum (which no longer exists), Arlington, Va.; reinterment
to unknown location.
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George Sutherland (1862-1942) —
of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born in Buckinghamshire, England,
March
25, 1862.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Utah state
senate, 1896; U.S.
Representative from Utah at-large, 1901-03; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Utah, 1904,
1908,
1912,
1916;
U.S.
Senator from Utah, 1905-17; defeated, 1916; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1922-38.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died July 18,
1942 (age 80 years, 115
days).
Originally entombed at Abbey
Mausoleum (which no longer exists), Arlington, Va.; reinterment
at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Suitland, Md.
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Joseph Weldon Bailey, Jr. (1892-1943) —
also known as Joseph W. Bailey, Jr. —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in Gainesville, Cooke
County, Tex., December
15, 1892.
Son of Joseph
Weldon Bailey and Ellen (Murray) Bailey.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Texas at-large, 1933-35; served in the U.S.
Marine Corps during World War II.
Presbyterian.
Died
in military service, of pneumonia
following injuries he suffered in a collision,
in the military hospital
at Camp Howze, near Gainesville, Cooke
County, Tex., July 17,
1943 (age 50 years, 214
days).
Original interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Gainesville, Tex.; reinterment in 1958 at Sparkman
Hillcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, Tex.
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Charles Linza McNary (1874-1944) —
also known as Charles L. McNary —
of Salem, Marion
County, Ore.
Born near Salem, Marion
County, Ore., June 12,
1874.
Republican. Lawyer; law school
dean; justice of
Oregon state supreme court, 1913-14; appointed 1913; Oregon
Republican state chair, 1916-17; U.S.
Senator from Oregon, 1917-18, 1918-44; appointed 1917, 1918; died
in office 1944; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1940;
candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1940.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Grange.
Died February
25, 1944 (age 69 years, 258
days).
Original interment at Pioneer
Cemetery, Salem, Ore.; reinterment at Belcrest
Memorial Park, Salem, Ore.
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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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Manuel Luis Quezon (1878-1944) —
also known as Manuel L. Quezon —
of Lucena, Philippines;
Tayabas, Philippines.
Born in Baler, Tayabas Province, Philippines,
August
19, 1878.
Resident
Commissioner to U.S. Congress from the Phillipine Islands,
1909-16; resigned 1916; president, Philippine Islands, 1935-44.
Catholic.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Saranac Lake, Franklin
County, N.Y., August 1,
1944 (age 65 years, 348
days).
Originally entombed at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.; reinterment at Cementerio
del Norte, Manila, Philippines.
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Oscar Raymond Luhring (1879-1944) —
of Indiana.
Born in Haubstadt, Gibson
County, Ind., February
11, 1879.
Republican. Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1903; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 1st District, 1919-23; defeated,
1922; federal
judge, 1930.
Died August
20, 1944 (age 65 years, 191
days).
Originally entombed at Abbey
Mausoleum (which no longer exists), Arlington, Va.; re-entombed
in mausoleum at National
Memorial Park, Near Falls Church, Fairfax County, Va.
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Homer Roy Waugh (1879-1945) —
also known as H. Roy Waugh —
of Buckhannon, Upshur
County, W.Va.
Born in Upshur
County, W.Va., January
4, 1879.
Son of Homer M. Waugh and Malissa (Jane) Waugh.
Republican. Lawyer; Upshur
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1905-08; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Upshur County, 1909-10; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia, 1910-14;
circuit judge in West Virginia, 1921-28; delegate to Republican
National Convention from West Virginia, 1936;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 3rd District, 1938, 1940.
Methodist.
Member, Sigma
Chi; Freemasons.
Died in 1945
(age about
66 years).
Original interment at Old
Baptist Cemetery, Buckhannon, W.Va.; reinterment in 1979 at Heavner
Cemetery, Buckhannon, W.Va.
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John Conover Nichols (1896-1945) —
also known as Jack Nichols —
of Eufaula, McIntosh
County, Okla.
Born in Joplin, Jasper
County, Mo., August
31, 1896.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma 2nd District, 1935-43.
Died in an airplane
crash at Asmara, Eritrea,
November
7, 1945 (age 49 years, 68
days).
Original interment at United
States Military Cemetery, Asmara, Eritrea; reinterment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Eufaula, Okla.
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Frederick Albert Britten (1871-1946) —
also known as Frederick A. Britten; Fred A.
Britten —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., November
18, 1871.
Son of Michael Britten and Eva (Fey) Britten.
Republican. Builder;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 9th District, 1913-35; defeated,
1934; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1936.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., May 4,
1946 (age 74 years, 167
days).
Originally entombed at Abbey
Mausoleum (which no longer exists), Arlington, Va.; reinterment
to unknown location.
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Thomas Pryor Gore (1870-1949) —
also known as Thomas P. Gore —
of Lawton, Comanche
County, Okla.; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla.
Born near Embry, Webster
County, Miss., December
10, 1870.
Son of Tom M. Gore and Carrie E. (Wingo) Gore.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas, 1898; member
Oklahoma territorial council, 1903-05; U.S.
Senator from Oklahoma, 1907-21, 1931-37; defeated, 1920, 1936;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oklahoma, 1912
(speaker),
1928;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Oklahoma, 1912-16.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Moose; Woodmen;
Elks.
Blind
due to an accident suffered when he was a boy; first
blind member of the U.S. Senate.
Died March 16,
1949 (age 78 years, 96
days).
Originally entombed at Rose
Hill Burial Park, Oklahoma City, Okla.; later interred in 1949 at
Fairlawn
Cemetery, Oklahoma City, Okla.
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Joseph Herman Romig (1872-1951) —
also known as Joseph H. Romig; "Dog-Team
Doctor" —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; Anchorage,
Alaska.
Born in Edwards
County, Ill., September
3, 1872.
Son of Joseph Romig and Margaret (Ricksecker) Romig.
Physician;
mayor
of Anchorage, Alaska, 1937-38.
Moravian
ancestry.
Romig Junior High School, in Anchorage, is named for
him.
Died in Colorado Springs, El Paso
County, Colo., 1951
(age about
78 years).
Original interment somewhere
in Colorado Springs, Colo.; reinterment at Anchorage
Memorial Park Cemetery, Anchorage, Alaska.
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James Clifton Wilson (1874-1951) —
also known as James C. Wilson —
of Texas.
Born in Palo Pinto, Palo Pinto
County, Tex., June 21,
1874.
Democrat. U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of Texas, 1913-17; U.S.
Representative from Texas 12th District, 1917-19; U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of Texas, 1919-47.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex., August 3,
1951 (age 77 years, 43
days).
Original interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Fort Worth, Tex.; reinterment in 1957 at Greenwood
Memorial Park, Fort Worth, Tex.
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Merlin Hull (1870-1953) —
of Black River Falls, Jackson
County, Wis.
Born in Warsaw, Kosciusko
County, Ind., December
18, 1870.
Lawyer;
newspaper
publisher; Jackson
County District Attorney, 1907-09; member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1909-16; Speaker of
the Wisconsin State Assembly, 1913-16; secretary of
state of Wisconsin, 1917-21; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin, 1929-31, 1935-53 (7th District
1929-31, 9th District 1935-53); died in office 1953.
Died in La Crosse, La Crosse
County, Wis., May 17,
1953 (age 82 years, 150
days).
Original interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, La Crosse, Wis.; reinterment in 1959 somewhere
in Black River Falls, Wis.
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Donald Francis Snow (1877-1958) —
also known as Donald F. Snow —
of Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, September
6, 1877.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Maine 4th District, 1929-33.
Died in Gorham, Cumberland
County, Maine, February
12, 1958 (age 80 years, 159
days).
Original interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Portland, Maine; reinterment at Eastern
Cemetery, Gorham, Maine.
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Robert Samuel Kerr (1896-1963) —
also known as Robert S. Kerr —
of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla.
Born near Ada, Pontotoc
County, Okla., September
11, 1896.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
state court judge in Oklahoma, 1931; member of Democratic
National Committee from Oklahoma, 1940-48; Governor of
Oklahoma, 1943-47; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Oklahoma, 1944,
1952,
1956;
U.S.
Senator from Oklahoma, 1949-63; died in office 1963.
Baptist.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
1, 1963 (age 66 years, 112
days).
Original interment at Rose
Hill Burial Park, Oklahoma City, Okla.; reinterment at Kerr
Family Cemetery, Ada, Okla.
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Goodwin Jess Knight (1896-1970) —
also known as Goodwin J. Knight —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Provo, Utah
County, Utah, December
9, 1896.
Son of Jess Knight and Lillie J. (Milner) Knight.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer;
superior court judge in California, 1935-46; Lieutenant
Governor of California, 1947-53; Governor of
California, 1953-59; delegate to Republican National Convention
from California, 1956,
1960
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization); candidate for U.S.
Senator from California, 1958; Presidential Elector for
California, 1960.
Protestant.
Member, American Bar
Association; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Moose; Eagles; Elks; Odd
Fellows; Order of
Ahepa; Alpha
Delta Phi; Phi
Alpha Delta; Sigma
Delta Chi; Delta
Sigma Rho.
Died in Inglewood, Los Angeles
County, Calif., May 22,
1970 (age 73 years, 164
days).
Originally entombed at Hollywood
Forever Cemetery, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Calif.; re-entombed in
1971 in mausoleum at Rose
Hills Memorial Park, Whittier, Calif.
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John Bartlow Martin (1915-1987) —
of Illinois.
Born in Hamilton, Butler
County, Ohio, August 3,
1915.
Son of John Martin and Laura Martin.
Journalist;
author;
speechwriter for Adlai
E. Stevenson, John
F. Kennedy, Robert
F. Kennedy, and Hubert
Humphrey; U.S. Ambassador to Dominican Republic, 1962-63.
Died, from throat
cancer, in Highland Park Hospital,
Highland Park, Lake
County, Ill., January
3, 1987 (age 71 years, 153
days).
Original interment in unknown location; reinterment at Herman
Cemetery, Herman, Mich.
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Maurice Larry Lawrence (1926-1996) —
also known as M. Larry Lawrence —
of San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.; Coronado, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., August
16, 1926.
Son of Sidney A. Lawrence and Tillie P. Astor Lawrence.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,
1964,
1968,
1972;
candidate for Presidential Elector for California, 1972;
U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland, 1994-96, died in office 1996.
Jewish.
Member, Zeta
Beta Tau.
Falsely
claimed to have served and been injured in the Merchant
Marine during World War
II; this was discovered
a year after his death.
Died, of leukemia
and blood
dyscrasia, in Berne, Switzerland,
January
9, 1996 (age 69 years, 146
days).
Original interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.; reinterment in 1997 at El
Camino Cemetery, San Diego, Calif.
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Alonzo Sessions (b. 1810) —
of Ionia, Ionia
County, Mich.
Born in 1810.
Republican. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Ionia County 2nd District,
1857-62; Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1872;
Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1877-80.
Member, Grange.
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Ionia County, Mich.; reinterment at
Highland
Park Cemetery, Ionia, Mich.
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Osmer Sage Deming (b. 1838) —
also known as O. S. Deming —
of Kentucky.
Born in Otsego
County, N.Y., December
22, 1838.
County judge in Kentucky, 1872-76; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 10th District, 1876; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Kentucky, 1876;
candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1879.
Christian.
Member, Freemasons.
Original interment somewhere
in Warren, Ohio; reinterment somewhere
in Mt. Olivet, Ky.
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Frederick William S. Grayson —
also known as Frederick W. S. Grayson —
of Kentucky.
Kentucky
state attorney general, 1825.
Original interment at City
Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.; reinterment at Eastern
Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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Edward Holland (b. 1702) —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in 1702.
Mayor
of Albany, N.Y., 1733-41.
Original interment at St.
Peter's Episcopal Church Burial Ground, Albany, N.Y.; reinterment
at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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Frederick Palmer Tracy —
also known as F. P. Tracy —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Republican. San Francisco city attorney, 1857-59; delegate to
Republican National Convention from California, 1860.
Original interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;
reinterment to unknown location.
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Adolphus Sterne (b. 1801) —
Born in Cologne (Köln), Germany,
1801.
Delegate
to Texas Convention of 1833 from District of Nacogdoches, 1833.
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Original interment somewhere
in New Orleans, La.; reinterment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Nacogdoches, Tex.
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Howard Arrington Parker (b. 1896) —
of Sylacauga, Talladega
County, Ala.
Born in 1896.
Son of Dewitt Arrington Parker and Lutitia Maude (Oden) Parker.
Mayor
of Sylacauga, Ala., 1940-41; resigned 1941.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Original interment at Marble
City Cemetery, Sylacauga, Ala.; reinterment at Pursell
Family Cemetery, Fayetteville, Ala.
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William R. Waring —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Mayor
of Savannah, Ga., 1830-32.
Original interment at Laurel
Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Ga.; reinterment at Bonaventure
Cemetery, Savannah, Ga.
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