The Political Graveyard: Bartlett-O'Rear family of Kentucky and New Hampshire

Bartlett-O'Rear family of Kentucky and New Hampshire

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Josiah Bartlett (1729-1795) — of Kingston, Rockingham County, N.H. Born in Amesbury, Essex County, Mass., November 21, 1729. Son of Stephen Bartlett and Hannah (Webster) Bartlett; married, January 15, 1754, to Mary Bartlett; father of Josiah Bartlett, Jr. and Ezra Bartlett; great-grandfather of Edward Theodore Bartlett and John Davis O'Rear. Physician; Delegate to Continental Congress from New Hampshire, 1775-76, 1778; signer, Declaration of Independence, 1776; member of New Hampshire Governor's Council, 1776-84; signer, Articles of Confederation, 1779; common pleas court judge in New Hampshire, 1779-82; justice of New Hampshire state supreme court, 1782-90; chief justice of New Hampshire state supreme court, 1790; President of New Hampshire, 1790-93; Presidential Elector for New Hampshire, 1792; delegate to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1792; Governor of New Hampshire, 1793-94. Congregationalist. Died in Kingston, Rockingham County, N.H., May 19, 1795. Interment at Plains Cemetery, Kingston, N.H.; statue at Public Square, Amesbury, Mass.
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Josiah Bartlett, Jr. (1768-1838) — of Stratham, Rockingham County, N.H. Born in Kingston, Rockingham County, N.H., August 29, 1768. Son of Josiah Bartlett. Member of New Hampshire state senate 1st District, 1809-11, 1824-25; U.S. Representative from New Hampshire at-large, 1811-13; Presidential Elector for New Hampshire, 1824. Died in Stratham, Rockingham County, N.H., April 16, 1838. Interment at Old Congregational Cemetery, Stratham, N.H.
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Ezra Bartlett — of New Hampshire. Son of Josiah Bartlett. Presidential Elector for New Hampshire, 1828. Burial location unknown.
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Edward Theodore Bartlett (1841-1910) — also known as Edward T. Bartlett — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Skaneateles, Onondaga County, N.Y., June 14, 1841. Great-grandson of Josiah Bartlett; son of Dr. Levi Bartlett (physician) and Harriette Elizabeth (Hopkins) Bartlett. Republican. Lawyer; candidate for Justice of New York Supreme Court, 1891; judge of New York Court of Appeals, 1894-1910; died in office 1910. French and English ancestry. Member, Sons of the American Revolution; Union League. Died, of heart disease, in Albany Hospital, Albany, Albany County, N.Y., May 3, 1910. Interment somewhere in Skaneateles, N.Y.
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James Hervey Hazelrigg (1848-1924) — of Mt. Sterling, Montgomery County, Ky. Born in Montgomery County, Ky., December 6, 1848. Fourth cousin by marriage of Edward Clay O'Rear. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; county judge in Kentucky, 1882-86; Judge, Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1893-1900. Died in Frankfort, Franklin County, Ky., November 28, 1924. Interment at Frankfort Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.
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Edward Clay O'Rear (1863-1961) — also known as Edward C. O'Rear — of Frankfort, Franklin County, Ky. Born in Camargo, Montgomery County, Ky., February 2, 1863. Fourth cousin by marriage of James Hervey Hazelrigg; third cousin of John Davis O'Rear; father of James Bigstaff O'Rear. Republican. Lawyer; Judge, Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1901-11; candidate for Governor of Kentucky, 1911; delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1916. Episcopalian. Died in Woodford County, Ky., September 12, 1961. Interment at Machpelah Cemetery, Mt. Sterling, Ky.
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John Davis O'Rear (1870-1918) — also known as John D. O'Rear — of Mexico, Audrain County, Mo. Born in Audrain County, Mo., March 21, 1870. Great-grandson of Josiah Bartlett; third cousin of Edward Clay O'Rear. U.S. Minister to Bolivia, 1913-18, died in office 1918. Died of smallpox, in La Paz, Bolivia, July 14, 1918. Interment somewhere in La Paz, Bolivia.
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James Bigstaff O'Rear (1892-1975) — also known as James B. O'Rear — of Versailles, Woodford County, Ky. Born in Montgomery County, Ky., June 19, 1892. Son of Edward Clay O'Rear. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1960. Died in Frankfort, Franklin County, Ky., April 19, 1975. Interment at Frankfort Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.
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