Henry Knox (1750-1806) — Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., July 25,
1750. General in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary
War; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1789-94. Member, Society
of the Cincinnati. He brought 59 cannon from Fort Ticonderoga to
Dorchester, Mass., leading the British forces to evacuate Boston on
March 17, 1776. Swallowed a small chicken bone that damaged his
intestines, and died three days later of peritonitis, in
Thomaston, Knox
County, Maine, October
21, 1806. Interment at Elm
Grove Cemetery, Thomaston, Maine. Knox counties in Ill., Ind., Ky., Maine, Mo., Neb., Ohio, Tenn. and Tex. are
named for him.
Israel DeWolf Andrews (d. 1871) — also known as
Israel D. Andrews — of Maine. Born in Campbell Island,
New
Brunswick. Son of Israel Andrews and Elizabeth Andrews.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; imprisoned
for debt more
than once; U.S. Consul in SAINT John, 1843-48; U.S. Special Diplomatic Agent to Canada, 1849-54; U.S. Consul General in Toronto, 1855-57; successfully advocated for reciprocal trade
agreements. Died, reportedly due to alcoholism, in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., February
17, 1871. Burial
location unknown.
Jacob Wark Griffith (1819-1885) — also known as
"Roaring Jake"; "Thundering Jake"
— of Kentucky. Born in Jefferson
County, Va. (now W.Va.), October
13, 1819. Father of D. W. Griffith (early 20th century
filmmaker). Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member of
Kentucky state legislature, 1854-55, 1878-79; colonel in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War. Died, of peritonitis,
in Oldham
County, Ky., March 31,
1885. Interment at Mt.
Tabor Methodist Cemetery, Oldham County, Ky.
Patrick Henry McCarren (c.1850-1909) — also known as
Patrick H. McCarren; "Friend of the Sugar
Trust" — of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y. Born in East Cambridge, Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass. Married to Kate Hogan (died 1883). Democrat. Cooper;
member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 6th District, 1882-83, 1889;
member of New York
state senate, 1890-93, 1896-1909 (4th District 1890-93, 7th
District 1896-1909); died in office 1909; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1904.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Political boss who dominated Brooklyn politics for twenty
years. Died, from intestinal degeneration, complicated by appendicitis
and myocarditis,
in St. Catherine's Hospital,
Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., October
23, 1909. Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Long Island City, Queens, N.Y.
Cavendish Welles Cannon (1895-1962) — also known as
Cavendish W. Cannon — of Utah. Born in Salt Lake City,
Salt Lake
County, Utah, February
1, 1895. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I;
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Zurich, 1927-32; U.S. Consul in Sofia, 1938; U.S. Ambassador to Yugoslavia, 1947-49; Portugal, 1952-53; Greece, 1953-56; Morocco, 1956-58; U.S. Minister to Syria, 1950-52. Died following gall bladder surgery in
the hospital
of the U.S. Air Force Base, near Seville, Spain,
October
7, 1962. Burial
location unknown.
