James Carroll Robinson (1823-1886) — also known as
James C. Robinson — of Marshall, Clark
County, Ill. Born near Paris, Edgar
County, Ill., August
19, 1823. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican
War; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1859-65, 1871-75 (7th District
1859-63, 11th District 1863-65, 8th District 1871-73, 12th District
1873-75); candidate for Governor of
Illinois, 1864. Died, of "congestion of the brain" (presumably a
stroke or cerebral hemorrhage), in Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill., November
3, 1886. Interment at Oak
Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Ill.
John Louis O'Sullivan (1813-1895) — also known as
John L. O'Sullivan — of New York, New York
County, N.Y. Born, of American parents, in the North
Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Gibraltar, November
15, 1813. Democrat. Member of New York
state assembly, 1841-42; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1844;
U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Portugal, 1854; U.S. Minister to Portugal, 1854-58. Episcopalian;
later Catholic.
Cofounder and editor of The United States Magazine
and Democratic Review, a journal that published the works of
Emerson, Hawthorne and Whitman, as well as political essays on
Jacksonian Democracy, 1837-46. Early advocate in 1840s for abolition
of the death penalty. Invented the term "manifest destiny" to explain
and justify the westward expansion of the United States. Took part in
the failed expedition of Narcisco Lopez to take Cuba from Spanish
rule; as a result, was charged
in federal court in New York with violation
of the Neutrality Act; tried and
acquitted in March 1852. Died, of influenza
and the effects of an earlier stroke, in a residential hotel in
New York, New York
County, N.Y., March 24,
1895. Interment at Moravian
Cemetery, New Dorp, Staten Island, N.Y.
Ebenezer Wilson Poe (1846-1898) — also known as
Ebenezer W. Poe — of Ohio. Born in Ayersville, Defiance
County, Ohio, November
11, 1846. Son of George L. Poe and Jane (Wilson) Poe. Served in
the Union Army during the Civil War; Ohio auditor
of state, 1888-96. Died, of apoplexy (stroke), on
June
19, 1898. Interment at Green
Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio.
Henry Rutgers Beekman (1845-1900) — also known as
Henry R. Beekman — of New York, New York
County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
8, 1845. Son of William F. Beekman and Catharine A. Beekman;
married 1870
to Isabella Lawrence. Lawyer; New
York City Park Commissioner, 1885-87; president, New York City Board
of Aldermen, 1887-88; New York City Corporation Counsel, 1888-89;
superior court judge in New York, 1895; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1896-1900; died in office
1900. Dutch
ancestry. Member, Psi
Upsilon. Died, from a stroke of apoplexy, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
17, 1900. Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
German Baxter Miller (d. 1928) — also known as
German B. Miller — of Spears, Fayette
County, Ky. Republican. Physician;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky,
1908.
Died, of cerebral apoplexy, in Jefferson
County, Ky., January
20, 1928. Interment somewhere
in Fayette County, Ky.
