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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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Edward Hempstead (1780-1817) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in New London, New London
County, Conn., June 3,
1780.
Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Missouri Territory, 1812-14.
Was thrown from
a horse, which resulted in his death six days later, at St.
Louis, Mo., August
10, 1817 (age 37 years, 68
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Arthur St. Clair (1734-1818) —
Born in Scotland,
March
23, 1734.
General in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1785-87; Governor of
Northwest Territory, 1788-1802; Federalist candidate for Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1790.
Episcopalian.
Member, Society
of the Cincinnati; Freemasons.
Injured in a fall from
an overturned horsedrawn cart, and died a few days later, near
Youngstown, Westmoreland
County, Pa., August
31, 1818 (age 84 years, 161
days).
Interment at Old
St. Clair Cemetery, Greensburg, Pa.
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William Wyatt Bibb (1781-1820) —
also known as William W. Bibb —
of Petersburg, Elbert
County, Ga.
Born in Prince
Edward County, Va., October
2, 1781.
Son of William Bibb and Sally (Wyatt) Bibb.
Democrat. Member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1803; U.S.
Representative from Georgia, 1807-13 (4th District 1807, at-large
1807-09, 1st District 1809-11, at-large 1811-13); U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1813-16; Governor of
Alabama Territory, 1817-19; Governor of
Alabama, 1819-20; died in office 1820.
Fell
from his horse, sustained internal injuries, and died in Autauga
County, Ala., July 9,
1820 (age 38 years, 281
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Elmore County, Ala.
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Morris Birkbeck (1764-1825) —
also known as Jonathan Freeman —
of Edwards
County, Ill.
Born in Settle, Yorkshire, England,
January
23, 1764.
Son of Morris Birkbeck .
Secretary
of state of Illinois, 1824-25.
Anti-slavery writer
under the pseudonym "Jonathan Freeman".
While returning on horseback from a visit to Robert
Owen, he drowned
while fording the Fox River, Edwards
County, Ill., June 4,
1825 (age 61 years, 132
days).
Interment at New
Harmony Cemetery, New Harmony, Ind.; memorial monument at Courthouse
Grounds, Albion, Ill.
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Isaac Griffin (1756-1827) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Delaware, 1756.
Democrat. Member of Pennsylvania state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 13th District, 1813-17.
Died from the effects of a fall from a
wagon, on his estate in Nicholson Township, Fayette
County, Pa., 1827
(age about
71 years).
Interment in private or family graveyard.
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Pierre Auguste Charles Bourguignon Derbigny
(1769-1829) —
also known as Pierre A. C. B. Derbigny —
of Louisiana.
Born in France,
June
30, 1769.
Secretary
of state of Louisiana, 1820-28; Governor of
Louisiana, 1828-29; died in office 1829.
Catholic.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, after being thrown from
a horsedrawn carriage, in Gretna, Jefferson
Parish, La., October
6, 1829 (age 60 years, 98
days).
Entombed at St.
Louis Cemetery No. 1, New Orleans, La.
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James Shields (1762-1831) —
of Ohio.
Born in Banbridge, County Down, Ireland (now Northern
Ireland), April 13,
1762.
Member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1806; Presidential Elector for Ohio, 1828;
U.S.
Representative from Ohio 2nd District, 1829-31.
Killed in the accidental overturning of a stagecoach, near
Venice, Butler
County, Ohio, August
13, 1831 (age 69 years, 122
days).
Interment at Venice
Cemetery, Venice, Ohio.
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William Harris Wharton (1802-1839) —
of Texas.
Born in Virginia, 1802.
Delegate
to Texas Convention of 1832 from District of Victoria, 1832; delegate
to Texas Convention of 1833 from District of Victoria, 1833; delegate
to Texas Consultation of 1835 from District of Columbia, 1835;
member of Texas
Republic Senate from District of Brazoria, 1836, 1837-39; died in
office 1839.
Killed when he accidentally
shot
himself while dismounting from his horse, near Hempstead, Waller
County, Tex., March 14,
1839 (age about 36
years).
Interment at Restwood
Memorial Park, Clute, Tex.
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Burwell Bassett (1764-1841) —
of Williamsburg,
Va.
Born in New Kent
County, Va., March 18,
1764.
Democrat. Member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1787-89, 1819-21; member of Virginia
state senate, 1794-1805; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1805-13, 1815-19, 1821-29 (at-large
1805-07, 12th District 1807-09, 22nd District 1809-11, 12th District
1811-13, 13th District 1815-19, 8th District 1821-29).
Died, after a fall from
his horse, in New Kent
County, Va., February
26, 1841 (age 76 years, 345
days).
Interment at Eltham
Plantation, New Kent County, Va.
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James Gillespie Birney (1792-1857) —
also known as James G. Birney —
of Danville, Boyle
County, Ky.; Huntsville, Madison
County, Ala.; Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio; New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Lower Saginaw, Saginaw County (now Bay City, Bay
County), Mich.
Born in Danville, Boyle
County, Ky., February
4, 1792.
Son of James Gillespie Birney and Mary Reed Birney.
Lawyer;
studied law in the office of Alexander
J. Dallas in Philadelphia; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1816-18; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1819-20; solicitor general of
Alabama, 1823-26; candidate for Presidential Elector for Alabama, 1828;
mayor
of Huntsville, Ala., 1829; abolitionist; Liberty candidate for President
of the United States, 1840, 1844; candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1843, 1845.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
While traveling in 1845, the horse he was riding bucked; he fell and
was injured; his condition worsened over time, leading to tremors and
paralysis, and he died as a result, in Perth Amboy, Middlesex
County, N.J., November
25, 1857 (age 65 years, 294
days).
Interment at Williamsburgh
Cemetery, Groveland, N.Y.
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Henry F. Belitz (1817-1878) —
also known as "Father of Kiel" —
of Wisconsin.
Born in Schwedt, Germany,
February
16, 1817.
Took part in the 1848 German uprising and led a 10,000 member
resistance group called the Volksverein; founded the city of Kiel,
Wisconsin in 1854.; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War;
Presidential Elector for Wisconsin, 1864.
German
ancestry.
Fell
from his horsedrawn buggy, was run over, and died as a result,
March
31, 1878 (age 61 years, 43
days).
Interment at Kiel
Cemetery, Kiel, Wis.
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George A. Mitchell (d. 1878) —
of Cadillac, Wexford
County, Mich.
Mayor
of Cadillac, Mich., 1877-78.
Thrown
from his buggy, and struck his head on a stump; died three
days later, in Cadillac, Wexford
County, Mich., August 8,
1878.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Alexander Steel (1836-1879) —
also known as W. A. Steel —
of Joliet, Will
County, Ill.
Born in Blairsville, Indiana
County, Pa., October
11, 1836.
Son of Stewart Steel (1800-1861) and Myrtilla (Sterrett) Steel
(1806-1876).
Major in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; stone quarry
proprietor; mayor of
Joliet, Ill., 1869-71, 1872-73, 1875-76.
Died, reportedly as the result of a horsedrawn sleigh
accident, in Joliet, Will
County, Ill., March 28,
1879 (age 42 years, 168
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Joliet, Ill.
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Relatives: Son
of Stewart Steel (1800-1861) and Myrtilla (Sterrett) Steel
(1806-1876); married, January
16, 1862, to Frances Louise Sanger (1842-1880; daughter of Lorenzo
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Theodore Chardavoyne Vermilye (1824-1879) —
also known as Theodore C. Vermilye —
of Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, December
18, 1824.
Son of Thomas B. Vermilye and Mary (Hoagland) Vermilye.
Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Richmond County, 1860.
Killed, when he was thrown from
a horsedrawn carriage, which had collided with another
vehicle, in Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., November
13, 1879 (age 54 years, 330
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Marcus Henderson Cruikshank (1826-1881) —
also known as Marcus H. Cruikshank —
of Talladega, Talladega
County, Ala.
Born in Autauga
County, Ala., December
12, 1826.
Mayor
of Talladega, Ala.; Representative
from Alabama in the Confederate Congress 4th District, 1864-65.
While riding, he was thrown from
his horse and killed, October
10, 1881 (age 54 years, 302
days).
Interment at Clark
Hill Cemetery, Talladega, Ala.
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William Gilpin (1815-1894) —
of Colorado.
Born in New Castle
County, Del., October
4, 1815.
Major in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; Governor of
Colorado Territory, 1861-62; candidate for Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Colorado Territory, 1862.
Run over by a horse and buggy, and later died as a result, in
Denver,
Colo., January
20, 1894 (age 78 years, 108
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Wheat Ridge, Colo.
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William Harmon Peace Jenkins (1830-1908) —
of North Carolina.
Born in Granville
County, N.C., May 3,
1830.
Member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1860-66, 1891; served in
the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1881, 1887.
Methodist.
Fell
from his horse, caught his foot in the stirrup and dragged on
the ground, and died soon after, in Granville
County, N.C., January
24, 1908 (age 77 years, 266
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Granville County, N.C.
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John Clarence Cudahy (1887-1943) —
also known as John Cudahy —
of Granville, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., December
10, 1887.
Democrat. Candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Wisconsin, 1916; served in the U.S. Army during World
War I; U.S. Ambassador to Poland, 1933-37; Belgium, 1940; U.S. Minister to Ireland, 1937-40; Luxembourg, 1940.
Catholic.
Died of a broken neck after being thrown from
his horse, while riding on his estate near Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., September
6, 1943 (age 55 years, 270
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Howard Malcolm Baldrige (1922-1987) —
also known as Malcolm Baldrige; Mac
Baldrige —
of Woodbury, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born in Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb., October
4, 1922.
Son of Howard
Malcolm Baldrige (1894-1985) and Regina (Connell) Baldrige.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; business
executive; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Connecticut, 1964,
1972;
delegate
to Connecticut state constitutional convention 6th District,
1965; U.S.
Secretary of Commerce, 1981-87; died in office 1987.
Congregationalist.
Awarded the Presidential
Medal of Freedom posthumously in 1988.
Died after falling off
a horse while practicing rodeo, July 25,
1987 (age 64 years, 294
days).
Interment at New
North Cemetery, Woodbury, Conn.
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Mary Hansen Mead (1935-1996) —
of near Jackson, Teton
County, Wyo.
Born in Teton
County, Wyo., June 21,
1935.
Daughter of Clifford
Peter Hansen.
Republican. Candidate for Governor of
Wyoming, 1990.
Female.
Thrown
by a horse while herding cattle, and died as a result, in Teton
County, Wyo., June 21,
1996 (age 61 years, 0
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at St. John's Episcopal Church, Jackson, Wyo.
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