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Thomas P. Burnett (1800-1845) —
of Mt. Hope Township, Grant
County, Wis.
Born in Pittsylvania
County, Va., September
3, 1800.
Son of John Burnett and Judith Burnett.
Lawyer;
walked with a limp
due to a leg injury during a fire; present for the surrender of Black
Hawk (Indian chief), August 2, 1832; member
Wisconsin territorial council, 1836.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, of typhoid, in Mt. Hope Township, Grant
County, Wis., November
7, 1845 (age 45 years, 65
days).
Interment at Hermitage
Cemetery, Mt. Hope Township, Grant County, Wis.
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Bradley Polydore Hudson (1826-1853) —
also known as Bradley P. Hudson —
of Michigan.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., April 28,
1826.
Whig. Lawyer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Calhoun County 2nd District,
1853.
Died probably of typhoid, April 22,
1853 (age 26 years, 359
days).
Interment at Dubois
Cemetery, Battle Creek, Mich.
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Stephen Arnold Douglas (1813-1861) —
also known as Stephen A. Douglas; "The Little
Giant" —
of Quincy, Adams
County, Ill.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Brandon, Rutland
County, Vt., April 23,
1813.
Democrat. Member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1837-39; secretary of
state of Illinois, 1840-41; justice of
Illinois state supreme court, 1841-43; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 5th District, 1843-47; U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1847-61; died in office 1861; candidate
for Democratic nomination for President, 1852,
1856;
candidate for President
of the United States, 1860.
Died, of typhoid fever, in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., June 3,
1861 (age 48 years, 41
days).
Interment at Douglas
Monument Park, Chicago, Ill.
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Relatives:
Father of Robert
Martin Douglas; grandfather of Robert
Dick Douglas. See Douglas-Dick
family of North Carolina. |
| | | Douglas counties in Colo., Ga., Ill., Kan., Minn., Mo., Neb., Nev., Ore., S.Dak., Wash. and Wis. are
named for him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier |
| | | Books about Stephen A. Douglas: Robert
W. Johannsen, Stephen
A. Douglas — James L. Huston, Stephen
A. Douglas and the Dilemmas of Democratic Equality —
Roy Morris, Jr., The
Long Pursuit: Abraham Lincoln's Thirty-Year Struggle with Stephen
Douglas for the Heart and Soul of America |
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Joseph Trumbull (1782-1861) —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Lebanon, New London
County, Conn., December
7, 1782.
Son of David
Trumbull and Sarah (Backus) Trumbull (1760-1846).
Lawyer;
banker;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Hartford, 1832; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut, 1834-35, 1839-43 (at-large
1834-35, 1st District 1839-43); Governor of
Connecticut, 1849-50.
Died, from typhoid fever, in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., August 4,
1861 (age 78 years, 240
days).
Interment at Old
North Cemetery, Hartford, Conn.
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Isaac R. Srope (c.1802-1862) —
of Kingwood Township, Hunterdon
County, N.J.; Frenchtown, Hunterdon
County, N.J.
Born about 1802.
Son of Christopher Srope.
Democrat. Blacksmith;
deputy
sheriff; farmer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Hunterdon County, 1846-47;
common pleas court judge in New Jersey.
Died, of typhoid fever, Frenchtown, Hunterdon
County, N.J., April 14,
1862 (age about 60
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Hugh Mortimer Nelson (1811-1862) —
of Clarke
County, Va.
Born in Hanover
County, Va., October
20, 1811.
Lawyer;
delegate
to Virginia secession convention, 1861; major in the Confederate
Army during the Civil War.
Died, of typhoid, in Albemarle
County, Va., August 6,
1862 (age 50 years, 290
days).
Interment at Old
Chapel Cemetery, Millwood, Va.
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Moses Wisner (1815-1863) —
of Michigan.
Born June 3,
1815.
Republican. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 4th District, 1854; Governor of
Michigan, 1859-61.
Died of typhoid fever, January
5, 1863 (age 47 years, 216
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Pontiac, Mich.
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Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett (1821-1864) —
of Virginia.
Born in Essex
County, Va., July 25,
1821.
Democrat. Delegate to
Virginia state constitutional convention, 1850-51; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1853-57; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 1st District, 1856-61; Representative
from Virginia in the Confederate Congress, 1862-64; died in
office 1864.
Contracted typhoid fever while attending the Confederate
Congress, in the Virginia State
Capitol, Richmond, Va., and died at his home in Essex
County, Va., February
14, 1864 (age 42 years, 204
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Essex County, Va.
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Samuel Fowler (1818-1865) —
of Sussex
County, N.J.
Born in Ogdensburg, Sussex
County, N.J., March 25,
1818.
Son of Samuel
Fowler (1779-1844).
Lawyer;
mine
operator; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; member
of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Sussex County, 1865; died in
office 1865.
Died, from typhoid fever, in Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., January
13, 1865 (age 46 years, 294
days).
Interment at North
Hardyston Cemetery, Hamburg, N.J.
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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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Thomas Henry Seymour (1807-1868) —
also known as Thomas H. Seymour; Thomas Hart
Seymour —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., September
29, 1807.
Democrat. Lawyer;
probate judge in Connecticut, 1836-38; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 1st District, 1843-45; colonel in
the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; Governor of
Connecticut, 1850-53; defeated, 1863; U.S. Minister to Russia, 1853-58; candidate for Democratic nomination for
President, 1864.
Died of typhoid fever, in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., September
3, 1868 (age 60 years, 340
days).
Interment at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Hartford, Conn.
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Henry Adoniram Swift (1823-1869) —
also known as Henry A. Swift —
of St. Peter, Nicollet
County, Minn.
Born in Ravenna, Portage
County, Ohio, March 23,
1823.
Republican. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Minnesota, 1857; member of Minnesota
state senate 19th District, 1862-65; Lieutenant
Governor of Minnesota, 1863; Governor of
Minnesota, 1863-64.
Died, of typhoid fever, in St. Peter, Nicollet
County, Minn., February
25, 1869 (age 45 years, 339
days).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Ravenna, Ohio.
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Ebenezer Dumont (1814-1871) —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Vevay, Switzerland
County, Ind., November
23, 1814.
Son of John
L. Dumont.
Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1838-39, 1850-51; Speaker of
the Indiana State House of Representatives, 1850-51; colonel in
the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; Presidential Elector for
Indiana, 1852;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 6th District, 1863-67.
Methodist.
Appointed territorial governor of Idaho, but died before taking
office, of typhoid fever, in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., April 16,
1871 (age 56 years, 144
days).
Interment at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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Thomas William Ward (1807-1872) —
also known as "Peg Leg" —
of Austin, Travis
County, Tex.
Born in Ireland,
1807.
Served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; mayor of
Austin, Tex., 1840-41, 1853, 1865; Texas
Republic Land Office Commissioner, 1840-46.
Lost a
leg in the storming of Bexar, 1835; lost his
right arm while firing a cannon to celebrate Texas independence,
1841.
Died of typhoid fever, in Austin, Travis
County, Tex., November
25, 1872 (age about 65
years).
Interment at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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Philip Tomppert (1808-1873) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Wurttemberg, Germany,
June
21, 1808.
Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives; mayor
of Louisville, Ky., 1865, 1867-69.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, from typhoid fever, in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., October
29, 1873 (age 65 years, 130
days).
Interment at Eastern
Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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Hiram C. Martin (1833-1876) —
of Athens, Athens
County, Ohio.
Born in Ohio, August
10, 1833.
Real
estate agent; mayor of
Athens, Ohio, 1869-70.
Died of typhoid pneumonia,
February
21, 1876 (age 42 years, 195
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Isaac Bell, Jr. (1846-1889) —
of Newport, Newport
County, R.I.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
6, 1846.
Son of Isaac Bell.
Democrat. Cotton
broker; U.S. Minister to Netherlands, 1885-88; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Rhode Island, 1888.
Died, from complications of typhoid fever, and pyaemia,
in St. Luke's Hospital,
New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
20, 1889 (age 42 years, 75
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Isaac Bell; married 1878 to
Jeanette Gordon Bennett (daughter of James Gordon Bennett (1795-1872;
founder, New York Herald)). |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
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Arthur R. Rood (1858-1900) —
of Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.
Born in Lapeer, Lapeer
County, Mich., 1858.
Republican. Superintendent
of schools; lawyer;
candidate for mayor
of Grand Rapids, Mich., 1898; member of Michigan
Republican State Executive Committee, 1899; member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1899.
Died, of typhoid fever, in Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich., April 4,
1900 (age about 41
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Moses McIlvain Sayre (1849-1901) —
of Urbana, Champaign
County, Ohio.
Born in Spring Hills, Champaign
County, Ohio, November
21, 1849.
Son of Martin Sayre and Jane Crocket (McIlvain) Sayre.
Lawyer;
member of Ohio state
senate, 1882.
Died, of typhoid fever, in Urbana, Champaign
County, Ohio, September
21, 1901 (age 51 years, 304
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Coleman Anderson (1853-1902) —
also known as William C. Anderson —
of Newport, Cocke
County, Tenn.
Born in Tusculum, Greene
County, Tenn., July 10,
1853.
Republican. Member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1881-83; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 1st District, 1895-97; defeated,
1896.
Died, from typhoid fever, in Newport, Cocke
County, Tenn., September
8, 1902 (age 49 years, 60
days).
Interment at Union
Cemetery, Newport, Tenn.
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Sheffield Phelps (1864-1902) —
of Teaneck, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., July 24,
1864.
Son of Ellen (Sheffield) Phelps (1838-1920) and William
Walter Phelps.
Republican. Newspaper
publisher; delegate to Republican National Convention from New
Jersey, 1900.
Died, of typhoid fever, in Aiken, Aiken
County, S.C., December
9, 1902 (age 38 years, 138
days).
Entombed at Hop
Meadow Cemetery, Simsbury, Conn.
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Jackson R. Decker (c.1862-1905) —
of Sparta, Sussex
County, N.J.
Born in Sparta, Sussex
County, N.J., about 1862.
Merchant;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Sussex County, 1905; died in
office 1905.
Died, from typhoid pneumonia,
in Sparta, Sussex
County, N.J., January
8, 1905 (age about 43
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas J. Surpless (c.1875-1911) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., about 1875.
Son of James Surpless (died 1909; hardware merchant).
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 6th District, 1906-09.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died, from the effects of malaria
and typhoid fever, in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., December
23, 1911 (age about 36
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles August Sauer (1866-1915) —
also known as Charles A. Sauer —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Stratford, Ontario,
December
18, 1866.
Republican. Mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1915; died in office 1915.
Member, Elks; Knights
of Pythias.
Died, of typhoid fever, in St. Joseph's Sanitarium,
Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., December
6, 1915 (age 48 years, 353
days).
Interment at Bethlehem
Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich.
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