Politicians who Died the Youngest
Note that age at death is determined crudely by subtracting the
year of birth from the year of death. Those who died earlier in the
year than their birthdays would have been considered one year younger
than shown here.
Died at age 21:
- John Ward Gurley (c.1787-1808) — of Louisiana. Born
in Lebanon, New London
County, Conn. Brother of Henry
Hosford Gurley. Orleans
territory attorney general, 1803. Died in a duel with
Philip L. Jones, in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., March 3,
1808. Burial
location unknown.
- Nicholas Nix (1978-1999) — of Mesquite, Dallas
County, Tex. Born in a hospital
at Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., December
20, 1978. Candidate for mayor
of Mesquite, Tex., 1999. Died from injuries received in an automobile
accident, in Mesquite, Dallas
County, Tex., November
11, 1999. Interment at Restland
Memorial Park, Dallas, Tex.
Died at age 24:
- Junius William Mottley (1812-1836) — also known as
William Mottley — of Texas. Born in 1812.
Delegate
to Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention from
District of Goliad, 1836; signer,
Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836; served in the Texas Army
during the Texas War of Independence. Killed
at the battle of San Jacinto, Harris
County, Tex., April 21,
1836. Interment at San
Jacinto Park Cemetery, La Porte, Tex. Motley County,
Tex. is named for him.
Died at age 27:
- George Washington Adams (1801-1828) — of
Massachusetts. Born in Berlin, Germany,
1801.
Grandson of John
Adams; son of John
Quincy Adams (1767-1848); brother of Charles
Francis Adams; uncle of John
Quincy Adams (1833-1894) and Brooks
Adams. Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1826. Committed suicide
in April 1828.
Burial
location unknown.
- Nathaniel Bradford (1784-1811) — of Crawford
County, Ga. Born March 30,
1784. Member of Georgia
state senate, 1811. Died in Milledgeville, Baldwin
County, Ga., November
11, 1811. Interment at Memory
Hill Cemetery, Milledgeville, Ga.
- Samuel Hardy (c.1758-1785) — of Virginia. Born in Isle of
Wight County, Va. Member of Virginia state legislature, 1778; Lieutenant
Governor of Virginia, 1782; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1783-85; died in office
1785. Died while attending the Continental
Congress in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., October
17, 1785. Interment at Christ
Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Pa. Hardy County,
W.Va. is named for him.
- Bradley Polydore Hudson (1826-1853) — also known as
Bradley P. Hudson — of Michigan. Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., April 28,
1826. Brother of Aaron
G. Hudson and Hiram
B. Hudson. Whig. Lawyer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Calhoun County 2nd District,
1853. Died probably of typhoid,
April
22, 1853. Interment at Dubois
Cemetery, Battle Creek, Mich.
- Meriwether Lewis Randolph (1810-1837) — of Whelan
Springs, Clark
County, Ark. Born near Charlottesville, Albemarle
County, Va., 1810.
Grandson of Thomas
Jefferson; son of Thomas
Mann Randolph. Secretary
of Arkansas Territory, 1835-36. Died, of malaria,
in Whelan Springs, Clark
County, Ark., September
24, 1837. Interment at a
private or family graveyard, Clark County, Ark.
Died at age 28:
- John Kirby Allen (1810-1838) — of Texas. Born in
Canaseraga, Allegany
County, N.Y., 1810.
Major in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; member
of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1836. One of the founders of
the city of Houston. Died of malaria,
August
15, 1838. Interment at Founders
Memorial Park, Houston, Tex.
- Thomas Russell Ferguson (1892-1920) — also known as
Thomas R. Ferguson — of St.
Louis, Mo. Born in Sweet Springs, Saline
County, Mo., September
25, 1892. Son of Dr. Thomas E. Ferguson and Frances Lenoir
(Russell) Ferguson. U.S. Vice Consul in Athens, 1919-20. Died in Athens, Greece,
June
6, 1920. Interment at Protestant
Cemetery, Athens, Greece.
- John Laurens (1754-1782) — of South Carolina. Born
in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., October
28, 1754. Son of Henry
Laurens. Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary
War; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1779-80, 1782. Killed
in battle, in Barnwell
County, S.C., August
27, 1782. Interment at a
private or family graveyard, Berkeley County, S.C.
- Thomas Estes Noell (1839-1867) — also known as
Thomas E. Noell — of Perryville, Perry
County, Mo. Born in Missouri, 1839.
Son of John
William Noell. U.S.
Representative from Missouri 3rd District, 1865-67; died in
office 1867. Died in 1867.
Interment at St.
Mary's Cemetery, Perryville, Mo.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
Died at age 29:
- Fleming Grantland (c.1790-1819) — of Georgia. Newspaper
editor; served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of
Georgia
state senate. Died January
28, 1819. Interment at Memory
Hill Cemetery, Milledgeville, Ga.
- John Ball Horton (1806-1835) — of Louisiana. Born in
1806.
Member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1833. Died in 1835.
Interment at Horton
Cemetery, Jackson, La.
- John Hunt (1812-1841) — of Indiana. Born in Dayton,
Montgomery
County, Ohio, 1812.
Son of Nathaniel
Hunt. Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1839-40; defeated, 1838, 1840. Methodist.
Died in Madison, Jefferson
County, Ind., January
22, 1841. Burial
location unknown.
- Joseph Patrick Kennedy, Jr. (1915-1944) — also known
as Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. — of Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass. Born in 1915.
Grandson of Patrick
Joseph Kennedy (1858-1929) and John
Francis Fitzgerald; son of Joseph
Patrick Kennedy, Sr.; brother of John
Fitzgerald Kennedy, Patricia
Kennedy Lawford, Robert
Francis Kennedy, Jean
Kennedy Smith and Edward
Moore Kennedy; uncle of Kathleen
Kennedy Townsend, Joseph
Patrick Kennedy II, Mark
Kennedy Shriver and Patrick
Joseph Kennedy (1967-). Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1940;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. Catholic.
Killed
when his Liberator bomber
exploded,
over the English
Channel, August
12, 1944. Burial
location unknown.
- Meiko Meyer (1879-1908) — of Michigan. Born April 18,
1879. Half-brother of George
Hasseler. Socialist Labor candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1904. Died, of Bright's
disease, in Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz., September
23, 1908. Burial
location unknown.
- Spencer Darwin Pettis (1802-1831) — also known as
Spencer D. Pettis — of Fayette, Howard
County, Mo. Born in Culpeper
County, Va., 1802.
Democrat. Secretary of
state of Missouri, 1826-28; U.S.
Representative from Missouri at-large, 1829-31; died in office
1831. The fierce campaign of 1830 led to a quarrel and ultimately a
duel
with Maj. Thomas Biddle, in which both fell mortally wounded; died,
in St.
Louis, Mo., the next day, August
28, 1831. Interment at Old
City Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo. Pettis County,
Mo. is named for him.
- George McCandless Porter (1835-1864) — of Virginia.
Born in 1835.
Delegate
to Virginia secession convention, 1861. Died in 1864.
Burial
location unknown.
- James C. Terrell (1806-1835) — of Georgia. Born in
Georgia, 1806.
Democrat. Member of Georgia state legislature, 1830; U.S.
Representative from Georgia at-large, 1835. Died in 1835.
Burial
location unknown.
- Paul Trapier (1749-1778) — of South Carolina. Born
in 1749.
Member of South Carolina state legislature, 1776; state court judge
in South Carolina, 1776; Delegate
to Continental Congress from South Carolina, 1777. Died in 1778.
Interment at Prince
George Churchyard, Georgetown, S.C.
- Edward Rumsey Wing (1845-1874) — also known as E.
Rumsey Wing — of Kentucky. Born in 1845.
U.S. Minister to Ecuador, 1869-74, died in office 1874. Died October
5, 1874. Burial
location unknown.
Died at age 30:
- William W. Baker (c.1796-1826) — of Liberty
County, Ga. Member of Georgia
state senate, 1826. Died December
22, 1826. Interment at Memory
Hill Cemetery, Milledgeville, Ga.
- James De Pauw (1804-1834) — of Indiana. Born in
Kentucky, 1804.
Brother of John
De Pauw and Charles
De Pauw. Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1833-34. Died near Sullivan, Sullivan
County, Ind., July 1,
1834. Burial
location unknown.
- John Joseph Feely (1875-1905) — also known as
John J. Feely — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born near Wilmington, Will
County, Ill., August 1,
1875. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 2nd District, 1901-03. Died in
Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., February
15, 1905. Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Joliet, Ill.
- Alfred William Grayson (1780-1810) — of Fayette
County, Ky. Born in Prince
William County, Va., April 16,
1780. Son of William Grayson and Eleanor (Smallwood) Grayson;
married, October
28, 1804, to Letitia Preston Breckinridge (1786-1831) (daughter
of John
Breckinridge; later married to Peter
Buell Porter; sister of Joseph
Cabell Breckinridge and Robert
Jefferson Breckinridge). Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1809. Died October
10, 1810. Burial
location unknown.
- John N. Hughes (1831-1861) — of Virginia. Born in 1831.
Delegate
to Virginia secession convention, 1861. Killed in the Civil
War, 1861.
Burial
location unknown.
- Thomas Lynch, Jr. (1749-1779) — of South Carolina.
Born in South Carolina, August 5,
1749. Son of Thomas
Lynch, Sr.. Member of South Carolina state legislature, 1776; Delegate
to Continental Congress from South Carolina, 1776; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776. While on an ocean voyage
to France, was lost at
sea, in the North
Atlantic Ocean, 1779;
his remains were not
recovered.
- Andrew Jackson Ogle (1822-1852) — also known as
Andrew J. Ogle — of Somerset, Somerset
County, Pa. Born in Pennsylvania, 1822.
Grandson of Alexander
Ogle. U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 18th District, 1849-51. Died in
1852.
Interment at Union
Cemetery, Somerset, Pa.
- William Sterrett Ramsey (1810-1840) — also known as
William S. Ramsey — of Carlisle, Cumberland
County, Pa. Born in Pennsylvania, 1810.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 13th District, 1839-40; died in
office 1840. Died October
17, 1840. Interment at Ashland
Cemetery, Carlisle, Pa.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
Died at age 31:
- James Church Alvord (1808-1839) — of Massachusetts.
Born in Greenwich, Hampshire
County, Mass., April 14,
1808. Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1837; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1838; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 6th District, 1839; died in
office 1839. Died in Greenfield, Franklin
County, Mass., September
27, 1839. Interment at Federal
Street Cemetery, Greenfield, Mass.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
- Joshua Barton (1792-1823) — of Missouri. Born in Jefferson
County, Tenn., July 28,
1792. Secretary of
state of Missouri, 1820-21; resigned 1821; U.S.
Attorney for Missouri, 1822-23. Killed in a duel with
Thomas C. Rector, on Bloody Island, St.
Louis, Mo., June 30,
1823. Interment somewhere
in St. Charles, Mo.
- Thomas Joseph Bradley (1870-1901) — also known as
Thomas J. Bradley — of New York, New York
County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
2, 1870. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 9th District, 1897-1901. Member, Tammany
Hall. Died, from cirrhosis of
the liver, in St. Vincent's Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April 1,
1901. Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Long Island City, Queens, N.Y.
- John Claiborne (1777-1808) — of Brunswick, Brunswick
County, Va. Born in Brunswick
County, Va., 1777.
Son of Thomas
Claiborne (1749-1812); brother of Thomas
Claiborne (1780-1856). U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1805-08 (at-large 1805-07, 17th
District 1807-08); died in office 1808. Died in Brunswick
County, Va., October
9, 1808. Interment in private or family graveyard.
- Robert Lewis Coffey, Jr. (1918-1949) — also known as
Robert L. Coffey, Jr. — of Johnstown, Cambria
County, Pa. Born in Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn., October
21, 1918. Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 26th District, 1949; died in
office 1949. Died in an airplane
accident in Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M., April 20,
1949. Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
- John Coggswell Conner (1842-1873) — of Texas. Born
in Noblesville, Hamilton
County, Ind., October
14, 1842. Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Texas 2nd District, 1869-73. Died in Washington,
D.C., December
10, 1873. Interment at Old
Cemetery, Noblesville, Ind.
- Thomas Hinds Duggan (1834-1865) — of Texas. Born in
Claiborne
County, Miss., May 20,
1834. Member of Texas
state senate, 1851-53, 1859-61 (23rd District 1851-53, 27th
District 1859-61); defeated, 1853 (23rd District), 1861 (25th
District). Methodist.
Died, of chronic
cystitis, in Guadalupe
County, Tex., December
26, 1865. Interment at San
Geronimo Cemetery, Seguin, Tex.
- Joseph Phelps Edson (1831-1862) — of Indiana. Born
in Mt. Vernon, Posey
County, Ind., August 3,
1831. Brother of William
Paley Edson. Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1861. Episcopalian.
Died in Mt. Vernon, Posey
County, Ind., May 16,
1862. Burial
location unknown.
- Patrick J. Kerrigan (c.1864-1895) — of New York, New York
County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y. Democrat. Member of New York
state assembly from New York County 17th District, 1894. Catholic.
Member, Tammany
Hall. Died in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., December
23, 1895. Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Long Island City, Queens, N.Y.
- John Leake Marling (1825-1856) — also known as
John L. Marling — of Tennessee. Born in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., December
22, 1825. Son of Samuel Marling and Charlotte (Leake) Marling;
married 1850
to Mary March. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; U.S. Minister to Guatamala, 1854-56. Died in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., October
16, 1856. Burial
location unknown.
- Henry Augustus Muhlenberg (1823-1854) — of
Pennsylvania. Born in Pennsylvania, 1823.
Grandson of Joseph
Hiester; son of Henry
Augustus Philip Muhlenberg. Democrat. Member of Pennsylvania
state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 8th District, 1853-54; died in
office 1854. Died in 1854.
Interment at Charles
Evans Cemetery, Reading, Pa.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
- Alexander Hamilton Waterman (1825-1856) — also known
as Alexander H. Waterman — of Little Falls, Herkimer
County, N.Y. Born in Newport, Herkimer
County, N.Y., November
6, 1825. Second cousin thrice removed of David
Waterman and Luther
Waterman; third cousin twice removed of Elisha
Waterman and Thomas
Glasby Waterman; son of George Washington Waterman (1802-1880)
and Catherine (Van Slyke) Waterman (1807-1885); third cousin once
removed of William
Harrison Waterman; married, September
11, 1850, to Jeannette Frisbee Ingham (1828-1903); first cousin
of Robert
Whitney Waterman; fourth cousin once removed of Sterry
Robinson Waterman. Lawyer; U.S.
Consul in Curacao, 1856. Presbyterian.
Died in Little Falls, Herkimer
County, N.Y., October
8, 1856. Burial
location unknown.
- Jonathan Whealdon (1832-1863) — of Yuba
County, Calif. Born in Ohio, February
13, 1832. Member of California
state assembly 15th District, 1859-60. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Virginia City, Storey
County, Nev., 1863.
Interment somewhere
in Virginia City, Nev.
- Silas Allen Yerkes (1834-1865) — also known as
Silas Yerkes — of Vergennes, Kent
County, Mich. Born near Manchester, Washtenaw
County, Mich., October
14, 1834. Son of Anthony Yerkes and Esther (Allen) Yerkes.
Republican. Farmer;
member of Michigan
state board of agriculture, 1861; resigned 1861; major in the
Union Army during the Civil War. Methodist.
Badly wounded at the battle of Chickamauga, September 19, 1863, and
apparently died as
a result, in Vergennes, Kent
County, Mich., October
26, 1865. Burial
location unknown.
Died at age 32:
- William James Bryan (1876-1908) — also known as
William J. Bryan — of Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla. Born near Fort Mason, Lake
County, Fla., October
10, 1876. Brother of Nathan
Philemon Bryan. Democrat. U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1907-08; died in office 1908. Died in Washington,
D.C., March 22,
1908. Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Jacksonville, Fla.
- Matthew Clay (c.1795-1827) — of Alabama. Son of Matthew
Clay (1754-1815); nephew of Green
Clay; second cousin of Henry
Clay (1777-1852) and Porter
Clay; third cousin of Clement
Comer Clay; second cousin once removed of Thomas
Hart Clay and James
Brown Clay; first cousin of Brutus
Junius Clay (1808-1878) and Cassius
Marcellus Clay; third cousin once removed of Clement
Claiborne Clay, Jr.; first cousin once removed of Brutus
Junius Clay (1847-1932); second cousin twice removed of Henry
Clay (1849-1884). Member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1820-22; member of Alabama
state senate, 1825-27; died in office 1827. Died, of pneumonia,
in February 1827.
Burial
location unknown.
- James Collinsworth (1806-1838) — Born in Tennessee,
1806.
U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, 1829-35; served
in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; delegate
to Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention from
District of Brazoria, 1836; signer,
Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836; Texas
Republic Secretary of State, 1836; Attorney
General of the Texas Republic, 1836; member of Texas
Republic Senate from District of Brazoria, 1836; justice of
Texas Republic supreme court, 1837. Member, Freemasons.
While a candidate
for the presidency of the Texas Republic, jumped
off a boat and drowned
in Galveston
Bay, 1838.
Interment at Founders
Memorial Park, Houston, Tex. Collingsworth
County, Tex. is named for him.
- Robert Carlos De Large (1842-1874) — of South
Carolina. Born in Aiken, Aiken
County, S.C., March 15,
1842. Republican. U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 2nd District, 1871-73. Black. Died
in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., February
14, 1874. Interment at Brown
Fellowship Graveyard, Charleston, S.C.
- William G. Eakin (c.1811-1843) — of Attala
County, Miss. Member of Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1838-40. Died in Attala
County, Miss., 1843.
Burial
location unknown.
- Presley Underwood Ewing (1822-1854) — of Kentucky.
Born in Russellville, Logan
County, Ky., September
1, 1822. Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1848-49; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 3rd District, 1851-54; died in
office 1854. Died in Mammoth Cave, Edmonson
County, Ky., September
27, 1854. Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Russellville, Ky.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
- Moses W. Formwalt (1820-1852) — of Atlanta, DeKalb
County (now Fulton
County), Ga. Born in Tennessee, 1820.
Tinsmith;
mayor
of Atlanta, Ga., 1848-49; deputy
sheriff. Stabbed to
death by a prisoner he was escorting, in May, 1852.
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Atlanta, Ga.
- Frederic James Grant (1862-1894) — also known as
Frederic J. Grant — of Washington. Born in 1862.
U.S. Minister to Bolivia, 1892-93. Died in 1894.
Burial
location unknown.
- Marcus Claiborne Lisle (1862-1894) — also known as
Marcus C. Lisle — of Kentucky. Born near Winchester, Clark
County, Ky., September
23, 1862. Democrat. State court judge in Kentucky, 1890; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 10th District, 1893-94; died in
office 1894. Died in Winchester, Clark
County, Ky., July 7,
1894. Interment at Winchester
Cemetery, Winchester, Ky.
- Armistead Thomson Mason (1787-1819) — also known as
Armistead T. Mason — of Virginia. Born in Louisa
County, Va., August 4,
1787. Grandnephew of George
Mason; grandson of Thomson
Mason; son of Mary Elizabeth 'Polly' (Armistead) Mason
(1760-1825) and Stevens
Thomson Mason (1760-1803); nephew of John
Thomson Mason (1765-1824); second cousin of Thomson
Francis Mason and James
Murray Mason; married, May 1,
1817, to Charlotte Eliza Taylor (died 1846); brother of Catherine
Armistead Mason (born 1795) (who married William
Taylor Barry), John
Thomson Mason (1787-1850) and Mary Thomson Mason (1791-1813) (who
married Benjamin
Howard); uncle of Stevens
Thomson Mason (1811-1843); first cousin of John
Thomson Mason, Jr.. Democrat. Colonel in the U.S. Army during the
War of 1812; U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1816-17. As a result of a bitter election
campaign, was killed in a duel with
Col. John Mason McCarty, at Bladensburg, Prince
George's County, Md., February
6, 1819. Interment at Episcopal
Churchyard, Leesburg, Va.
- 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. Great-grandnephew of George
Mason; great-grandson of Thomson
Mason; grandson of Stevens
Thomson Mason (1760-1803); grandnephew of John
Thomson Mason (1765-1824); second cousin once removed of Thomson
Francis Mason and James
Murray Mason; nephew of Armistead
Thomson Mason; son of John
Thomson Mason (1787-1850) and Elizabeth Baker (Moir) Mason
(1789-1839); married, November
1, 1838, to Julia Elizabeth Phelps (1818-1870); first cousin once
removed of John
Thomson Mason, Jr.; third cousin twice removed of Charles
O'Conor Goolrick. 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. Originally entombed at New
York Marble Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.; reinterment in 1905 at Capitol
Park, Detroit, Mich. Mason County,
Mich. is named for him.
- Robert McNeely (c.1883-1915) — of Monroe, Union
County, N.C. Member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1908-10; U.S. Consul in
Aden, 1915, died in office 1915. While en route to Aden as a
passenger on the British liner Persia, he was one of 385
passengers and crew who perished
when the ship sank
(probably hit by a German
torpedo), in the Mediterranean
Sea, December
20, 1915. Burial
location unknown.
- 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.
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Fayette County, Ky.; reinterment in
1893 at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky. Menifee County,
Ky. is named for him.
- Hugh C. Murray (c.1825-1857) — of California.
Superior court judge in California, 1849-51; justice of
California state supreme court, 1851-57; died in office 1857; chief
justice of California state supreme court, 1852-57; died in
office 1857. Died in Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif., September
18, 1857. Interment at City
Cemetery, Sacramento, Calif.
- Benjamin Sedgwick Noble (1805-1837) — of Franklin
County, Ind. Born in Campbell
County, Ky., April 19,
1805. Son of James
Noble; nephew of Noah
Noble and Benjamin
Sedgwick Noble (1809?-1869). Lawyer; newspaper
editor; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1829-30, 1831-32, 1833-34;
defeated, 1834. Died in Brookville, Franklin
County, Ind., January
26, 1837. Burial
location unknown.
- Mann Page (1749-1781) — of Virginia. Born in Gloucester
County, Va., 1749.
Brother of John
Page. Delegate
to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1777. Died in 1781.
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Gloucester County, Va.; reinterment
at Abington
Episcopal Church, Gloucester County, Va.
- Samuel Dinsmore Purviance (1774-c.1806) — of North
Carolina. Born near Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., January
7, 1774. Member of North Carolina state legislature, 1798; member
of North
Carolina state senate, 1801; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 7th District, 1803-05. Died on
an exploring expedition into the West about 1806. Burial
location unknown.
- Paul Sliter (c.1969-2001) — of Montana. Republican.
Member of Montana
state house of representatives, 1997-2001; died in office 2001.
Killed in an automobile
accident, when the Ford Explorer sport utility vehicle in which
he was a passenger ran off the road and flipped over, near Helena, Lewis and
Clark County, Mont., August
15, 2001. Shane Hedges, the driver of the car, was charged with
drunk driving and negligent homicide. Burial
location unknown.
- John Austin Wharton (1806-1838) — of Texas. Born in
Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., 1806.
Brother of William
Harris Wharton. Delegate
to Texas Consultation of 1835 from District of Columbia, 1835;
served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; Texas
Republic Secretary of War, 1836; member of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1836-37, 1838; died in office
1838. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., December
17, 1838. Interment at Founders
Memorial Park, Houston, Tex. Wharton County,
Tex. is named partly for him.
Died at age 33:
- Richard H. Applebaum (1936-1969) — of St. John, Putnam
County, Mo. Born November
11, 1936. Democrat. Electrician;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives 34th District, 1969; died in
office 1969. Died in St. John, Putnam
County, Mo., January
27, 1969. Burial
location unknown.
- Thomas Jefferson Boynton (1838-1871) — also known as
Thomas J. Boynton — of St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo. Born in Amherst, Lorain
County, Ohio, August
31, 1838. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, 1861-63; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of Florida, 1864-70;
resigned 1870. Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 2,
1871. Burial
location unknown.
- Ovid N. Case (1853-1886) — of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich. Born in Windsor, Ashtabula
County, Ohio, November
13, 1853. Democrat. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1883-86; died in office 1886. Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., December
26, 1886. Interment at Maple
Hill Cemetery, Charlotte, Mich.
- Daniel Pope Cook (1794-1827) — of Edwardsville, Madison
County, Ill. Born in Scott
County, Ky., 1794.
Son-in-law of Ninian
Edwards; father of John P.
Cook. Illinois
state attorney general, 1819; U.S.
Representative from Illinois at-large, 1819-27. Died in Scott
County, Ky., October
16, 1827. Burial
location unknown. Cook County,
Ill. is named for him.
- Elisa Cutler, Jr. (1816-1849) — of Van Buren
County, Iowa. Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., August 5,
1816. Married to Elizabeth M. Kendall (1817-1855). Delegate
to Iowa state constitutional convention from Van Buren County,
1844; secretary of
state of Iowa, 1846-48. Died in Keosauqua, Van Buren
County, Iowa, July 17,
1849. Interment at Oak
Lawn Cemetery, Keosauqua, Iowa.
- Lucien P. Ferry (1811-1844) — of Indiana. Born in
Sandusky, Erie
County, Ohio, October
3, 1811. Probate judge in Indiana, 1837-39; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1843-44. Episcopalian.
Died in Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind., August
20, 1844. Interment at Lindenwood
Cemetery, Fort Wayne, Ind.
- Edward Gilbert (c.1819-1852) — of San
Francisco, Calif. Born in Cherry Valley, Otsego
County, N.Y. Democrat. Printer;
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. Original interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;
reinterment to unknown location.
- Alexander Contee Hanson (1786-1819) — also known as
Alexander C. Hanson — of near Elkridge, Howard
County, Md. Born in Annapolis, Anne Arundel
County, Md., February
27, 1786. Grandson of John
Hanson; nephew of Benjamin
Contee. Member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1811-15; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 3rd District, 1813-16; U.S.
Senator from Maryland, 1816-19; died in office 1819. Episcopalian.
Died near Elkridge, Howard
County, Md., April 23,
1819. Interment at a
private or family graveyard, Howard County, Md.
- Edward Brake Jackson (1793-1826) — of Virginia. Born
in Clarksburg, Harrison
County, Va. (now W.Va.), January
25, 1793. Son of George
Jackson; brother of John
George Jackson. Democrat. Member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1815-18; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1820-23 (1st District 1820-21, 18th
District 1821-23). Died in Bedford Springs, Bedford
County, Pa., September
8, 1826. Burial
location unknown.
- George L. Kinnard (1803-1836) — of Indiana. Born in
Pennsylvania, 1803.
Democrat. Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1827; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 6th District, 1833-36; died in office
1836. Died from injuries received in an explosion on
the steamer
Flora on the Ohio River, November
26, 1836. Interment at Presbyterian
Burying Ground, Cincinnati, Ohio; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
- John Edwards Leonard (1845-1878) — of Lake
Providence, East
Carroll Parish, La. Born in Fairville, Chester
County, Pa., February
22, 1845. Grandnephew of John
Edwards. Republican. Justice of
Louisiana state supreme court, 1876; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 5th District, 1877-78; died in
office 1878. Died in Havana (La Habana), Cuba, March 15,
1878. Interment at Friends
Cemetery, Middletown Township, Delaware County, Pa.
- Walter Freshwater Pool (1850-1883) — of North
Carolina. Born in North Carolina, 1850.
Nephew of John
Pool. Republican. U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 1st District, 1883; died in
office 1883. Died in 1883.
Interment at Pool
Cemetery, Elizabeth City, N.C.
- Terence P. Reiley (c.1967-2000) — also known as
Terry Reiley — of Pottsville, Schuylkill
County, Pa. Mayor
of Pottsville, Pa., 1998-2000; died in office 2000. Died of leukemia,
February
21, 2000. Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Pottsville, Pa.
- John Swann (1760-1793) — of North Carolina. Born in
Pasquotank
County, N.C., 1760.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from North Carolina, 1788. Died in 1793.
Interment at a
private or family graveyard, Pasquotank County, N.C.
- John Thruston Thornton (1829-1862) — of Virginia.
Born in 1829.
Delegate
to Virginia secession convention, 1861. Died in 1862.
Burial
location unknown.
Died at age 34:
- Augustus A. Alston (1805-1839) — of Georgia. Born in
Hancock
County, Ga., 1805.
Nephew of Willis
Alston; brother of Henrietta Alston (who married Augustus
Holmes Kenan) and Philoclea Alston (who married David
Shelby Walker); uncle of Robert
A. Alston and Lewis
Holmes Kenan. Member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1828-29. Killed in a duel with
Gen. Leigh Read, in Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla., 1839.
Burial
location unknown.
- Hayden S. Arnold (1805-1839) — of Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches
County, Tex. Born in Tennessee, 1805.
Served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; member
of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1836. Died in Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches
County, Tex., July 3,
1839. Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Nacogdoches, Tex.
- Alexander White Baldwin (1835-1869) — of Virginia
City, Storey
County, Nev. Born in Gainesville, Sumter
County, Ala., 1835.
Son of Joseph
Glover Baldwin. Lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for Nevada, 1865-69; died in office 1869. Died in
Alameda, Alameda
County, Calif., November
14, 1869. Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Oakland, Calif.
- John R. Beck (1897-1931) — of Elmwood Park, Cook
County, Ill. Born in St.
Louis, Mo., 1897.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; village
president of Elmwood Park, Illinois, 1925. Died in Elmwood Park,
Cook
County, Ill., 1931.
Interment at Mt.
Emblem Cemetery, Elmhurst, Ill.
- George Fremont Bickford (1889-1923) — also known as
George F. Bickford — of Chehalis, Lewis
County, Wash. Born in Seattle, King
County, Wash., August
12, 1889. U.S. Vice Consul in Newchwang, 1913-14; Hankow, 1914, 1914-15; Antung, 1914; Shanghai, 1915-16; U.S. Consul in Tsinanfu, 1919; Antung, 1920-21. Died July 22,
1923. Burial
location unknown.
- Justin E. Colburn (c.1844-1878) — Newspaper
correspondent; U.S. Consul General in Mexico City, 1878, died in office 1878. Died in Mexico City
(Ciudad de México), Distrito
Federal, December
2, 1878. Interment at American
Cemetery, Ciudad de México, Distrito Federal.
- Henry Wharton Conway (1793-1827) — also known as
Henry W. Conway — of Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark. Born near Greeneville, Greene
County, Tenn., March 18,
1793. Brother of James
Sevier Conway and Elias
Nelson Conway; first cousin of Ambrose
Hundley Sevier and Henry
Massey Rector; third cousin of James
Lawson Kemper. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Arkansas Territory, 1823-27; died in office
1827. Mortally wounded in a duel with
Robert
Crittenden on October 29, 1827, and died at Arkansas Post, Arkansas
County, Ark., November
9, 1827. Interment at Arkansas
Post Cemetery, Arkansas Post, Ark. Conway County,
Ark. is named for him.
- John Vaudain Creely (1839-c.1873) — of Philadelphia,
Philadelphia
County, Pa. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., November
14, 1839. Republican. Lawyer;
served in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 2nd District, 1871-73. Before
his term in Congress expired in 1873, he mysteriously
disappeared; he was never
found, and a Philadelphia court declared him legally dead in
1900.
- Joseph Cary Eggleston (1812-1846) — of Indiana. Born
in Amelia
County, Va., May 12,
1812. First cousin once removed of Joseph
Eggleston; second cousin of William
Segar Archer. Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1835-37; member of Indiana
state senate, 1840-42; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1845. Methodist.
Died in Vevay, Switzerland
County, Ind., October
21, 1846. Burial
location unknown.
- Nathaniel Freeman, Jr. (1766-1800) — of
Massachusetts. Born in Sandwich, Barnstable
County, Mass., May 1,
1766. Nephew of Jonathan
Freeman. U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1795-99 (5th District 1795-97,
at-large 1797-99). Died August
22, 1800. Interment at Old
Burial Ground, Sandwich, Mass.
- Bazil L. Greene (1851-1885) — of Indiana. Born October
1, 1851. Grandson of Bazil
Brook Edmonston, Jr.. Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1883. Member, Freemasons.
Died August 6,
1885. Burial
location unknown.
- Ellery Robinson Hall (1834-1868) — also known as
Ellery R. Hall — of Marion
County, W.Va. Born in Monongalia
County, Va. (now W.Va.), February
27, 1834. Third cousin by marriage of Aretas
Brooks Fleming; father of Frank
Pierpont Hall. Republican. Delegate to Republican National
Convention from West Virginia, 1864,
1868;
Presidential Elector for West Virginia, 1864.
Methodist.
Died in Fairmont, Marion
County, W.Va., September
23, 1868. Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Fairmont, W.Va.
- Harmon Gregg Heald (1824-1858) — also known as
Harmon G. Heald — of California. Born in Ohio, January
29, 1824. Third cousin of Joshua
T. Heald. Went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; member of California
state assembly 11th District, 1856-57. Died in Healdsburg, Sonoma
County, Calif., December
17, 1858. Interment at Healdsburg
Cemetery, Healdsburg, Calif.
- Edward Dexter Holbrook (1836-1870) — also known as
Edward D. Holbrook — of Idaho City, Boise
County, Idaho. Born in Elyria, Lorain
County, Ohio, May 6,
1836. Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Idaho Territory, 1865-69. Censured
by the House of Representatives in 1869 for use of unparliamentary
language. Shot by
Charles H. Douglas, and died from his wounds the next day, in Idaho
City, Boise
County, Idaho, June 18,
1870. Interment at Masonic
Burial Ground, Idaho City, Idaho.
- 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. Original interment at New
Dublin Presbyterian Cemetery, Dublin, Va.; reinterment at Spring
Hill Cemetery, Huntington, W.Va.
- Benjamin R. Kemp (1830-1864) — of Indiana. Born in
1830.
Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1863. Died in 1864.
Burial
location unknown.
- Obed P. Lacey (1810-1844) — of Niles, Berrien
County, Mich. Born in Ohio, 1810.
Son of Ephraim Lacey; brother of Elijah
Lacey. Berrien
County Register of Deeds, 1831; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Berrien County, 1843. Died May 13,
1844. Burial
location unknown.
- O. C. Maxwell (1837-1871) — of Ohio. Born in
Franklin, Warren
County, Ohio, February
7, 1837. Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil
War; wounded in the leg at Perryville, and crippled
for life; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1868.
Died, in a state of desperation from financial difficulties, from a
self-inflicted
gunshot, in Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio, December
5, 1871. Interment at Lebanon
Cemetery, Lebanon, Ohio.
- James McCleery (1837-1871) — of Louisiana. Born in
Mecca Township, Trumbull
County, Ohio, December
2, 1837. Republican. U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 4th District, 1871; died in office
1871. Wounded at the Battle of Shiloh during the Civil War, and lost his
right arm. Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
5, 1871. Interment at Christian
Church Cemetery, Cortland, Ohio.
- William Joseph O'Toole (1894-1928) — also known as
William J. O'Toole — of West Virginia. Born in 1894.
U.S. Minister to Paraguay, 1922-24. Died August
27, 1928. Burial
location unknown.
- Edward Young Parsons (1842-1876) — of Kentucky. Born
in Middletown, Jefferson
County, Ky., December
12, 1842. Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 5th District, 1875-76; died in
office 1876. Died in Washington,
D.C., July 8,
1876. Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
- William Hester Patton (1808-1842) — of Texas. Born
in Hopkinsville, Christian
County, Ky., 1808.
Served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; member
of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1837-38. Murdered,
June
12, 1842. Burial
location unknown.
- John Octavius Sewall (1806-1840) — of Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La. Born in Hallowell, Kennebec
County, Maine, 1806.
Mayor
of Shreveport, La., 1839-40. Presbyterian.
Died in Elysian Fields, Harrison
County, Tex., 1840.
Burial
location unknown.
- Joseph E. Streeter (1829-1863) — of Joliet, Will
County, Ill. Born in Harford, Susquehanna
County, Pa., August 3,
1829. Lawyer; mayor of
Joliet, Ill., 1854-55; justice of
Nebraska territorial supreme court, 1861-63; died in office 1863.
Died February
20, 1863. Burial
location unknown.
- Albert Wallace Treat (1895-1929) — also known as
A. Wallace Treat — of Payne, Paulding
County, Ohio. Born in Gays, Moultrie
County, Ill., December
23, 1895. Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Smyrna, 1920-24; Angora, 1924; U.S. Consul in Smyrna, 1924. Died in Tehran, Iran, May 3,
1929. Burial
location unknown.
- Robert Brank Vance (1793-1827) — of North Carolina.
Born near Asheville, Buncombe
County, N.C., 1793.
Uncle of Robert
Brank Vance (1828-1899) and Zebulon
Baird Vance. Democrat. U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 12th District, 1823-25.
Mortally wounded in a duel with
Samuel
P. Carson, who had defeated him for Congress; died the next day
at a hotel near
Saluda Gap (unknown
county), N.C., 1827.
Interment at a
private or family graveyard, Buncombe County, N.C.
- Espy Van Horne (1795-1829) — of Pennsylvania. Born
in Pennsylvania, 1795.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 9th District, 1825-29. Died in
1829.
Burial
location unknown.
- Isaac Van Zandt (1813-1847) — of Texas. Born in Franklin
County, Tenn., July 10,
1813. Father of Khleber
Miller Van Zandt. Member of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1840-42; Texas Republic Charge
d'Affaires to the United States, 1842; delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1845. Instrumental in
negotiating the treaty to annex the Texas Republic to the United
States. Died of yellow
fever while campaigning
for Governor, in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., October
11, 1847. Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Marshall, Tex. Van Zandt County,
Tex. is named for him.
- Wayne Warren Wagonseller (1921-1955) — of Texas.
Born in Montague
County, Tex., February
1, 1921. Member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1947-50; member of Texas
state senate, 1951-55. Established a national marathon filibuster
record in March, 1955. Died August
13, 1955. Interment at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
- Nicholas J. Wasicsko (c.1959-1993) — of Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y. Mayor of
Yonkers, N.Y., 1988-89; defeated, 1989. Died, from a self-inflicted
gunshot wound, in Oakland Cemetery (near his father's grave),
Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y., October
29, 1993. Burial
location unknown.
- Carl Frederick Zeidler (1908-1942) — also known as
Carl Zeidler; "Singing Mayor"; "Boy
Mayor" — of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis. Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., January
4, 1908. Brother of Frank
P. Zeidler. Mayor
of Milwaukee, Wis., 1940-42; resigned 1942; served in the U.S.
Navy during World War II. Carl Zeidler Park, in downtown Milwaukee,
is named for
him. Killed
when the munitions ship La
Salle was struck by torpedos, exploded,
and sank,
about 350 miles southeast of the Cape of Good Hope, in the Indian
Ocean, November
7, 1942; his remains were never
found. Cenotaph at Forest
Home Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wis.
Died at age 35:
- Carl Carey Anderson (1877-1912) — also known as
Carl C. Anderson — of Fostoria, Seneca
County, Ohio. Born in Bluffton, Allen
County, Ohio, December
2, 1877. Married 1904 to Nellie
Ford. Democrat. Mayor
of Fostoria, Ohio, 1905-09; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 13th District, 1909-12; died in office
1912. Killed in an automobile
accident, when the car he was riding in overturned, near
Fostoria, Seneca
County, Ohio, October
1, 1912. Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Fremont, Ohio.
- William Clayton Anderson (1826-1861) — also known as
William C. Anderson — of Danville, Boyle
County, Ky. Born in Lancaster, Garrard
County, Ky., December
26, 1826. Son of Simeon
H. Anderson; nephew of Albert
Gallatin Talbott. Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1851-53, 1861; died in office
1861; Presidential Elector for Kentucky, 1856;
U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 4th District, 1859-61; defeated,
1857. Died in Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., December
23, 1861. Interment at Bell
View Cemetery, Danville, Ky.
- Henry W. Barry (1840-1875) — of Mississippi. Born in
Schoharie
County, N.Y., 1840.
Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; delegate to
Mississippi state constitutional convention, 1867; member of Mississippi
state senate, 1868; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 3rd District, 1870-75. Died in Washington,
D.C., June 7,
1875. Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
- Joseph Cabell Breckinridge (1788-1823) — of
Kentucky. Born in Albemarle
County, Va., July 14,
1788. Son of John
Breckinridge; brother of Letitia Preston Breckinridge (1786-1831)
(who married Peter
Buell Porter and Alfred
William Grayson) and Robert
Jefferson Breckinridge; father of John
Cabell Breckinridge; uncle of Robert
Jefferson Breckinridge, Jr. and William
Campbell Preston Breckinridge; grandfather of Clifton
Rodes Breckinridge. Speaker of
the Kentucky State House of Representatives, 1817-18; secretary of
state of Kentucky, 1820-23; died in office 1823. Presbyterian.
Died in an epidemic,
September
1, 1823. Burial
location unknown.
- Henry Clay (1849-1884) — also known as Harry
Clay — of Kentucky. Born in Lisbon, Portugal,
November
17, 1849. First cousin thrice removed of Matthew
Clay (1754-1815) and Green
Clay; grandson of Henry
Clay (1777-1852); grandnephew of Porter
Clay; third cousin twice removed of Clement
Comer Clay; second cousin twice removed of Matthew
Clay (1795?-1827), Brutus
Junius Clay (1808-1878) and Cassius
Marcellus Clay; nephew of Thomas
Hart Clay; fourth cousin once removed of Clement
Claiborne Clay, Jr.; son of James
Brown Clay; third cousin once removed of Brutus
Junius Clay (1847-1932). Candidate for Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1883. Died September
22, 1884. Burial
location unknown.
- John Dennis (1771-1806) — of Worcester
County, Md. Born in Worcester
County, Md., December
17, 1771. Uncle of Littleton
Purnell Dennis; father of John
Dennis (1807-1859); great-great-great-grandfather of King
Valentine Dennis White and Edward
Southey White; great-great-great-great-grandfather of John
Edward White, Arthur
Percy White and Wallace
H. White; great-great-great-great-great-grandfather of Edward
Homer White, Jr.. Member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1793-95; U.S.
Representative from Maryland, 1797-1805 (8th District 1797-1801,
at-large 1801-05). Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., 1806.
Interment at Christ
Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Pa.
- Sydney Parham Epes (1865-1900) — of Blackstone, Nottoway
County, Va. Born in Virginia, 1865.
Cousin of James
Fletcher Epes and William
Bacon Oliver. Democrat. Member of Virginia state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 4th District, 1897-1900; died in
office 1900. Died in 1900.
Interment at Lake
View Cemetery, Blackstone, Va.
- Charles Memorial Hamilton (1840-1875) — of Florida.
Born in Pine Creek Township, Clinton
County, Pa., November
1, 1840. Republican. U.S.
Representative from Florida, 1868-71 (at-large 1868-69, 6th
District 1869-71). Died in Pine Creek Township, Clinton
County