The Political Graveyard: Denby-Fitch family of Indiana

Denby-Fitch family of Indiana

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Graham Newell Fitch (1809-1892) — also known as Graham N. Fitch — of Logansport, Cass County, Ind. Born in Le Roy, Genesee County, N.Y., December 5, 1809. Brother-in-law of Henry Jones Alvord; father-in-law of Charles Harvey Denby; grandfather of Charles Denby and Edwin Denby. Democrat. Physician; member of Indiana state house of representatives, 1836-37, 1839-40; U.S. Representative from Indiana 9th District, 1849-53; U.S. Senator from Indiana, 1857-61; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War. Episcopalian. Died in Logansport, Cass County, Ind., November 28, 1892. Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Logansport, Ind.
- See also Denby-Fitch family of Indiana
- See also: congressional biography.
Henry Jones Alvord — also known as Henry J. Alvord — of Wayne County, Mich.; Lapeer, Lapeer County, Mich. Born in Greenfield, Franklin County, Mass. Son of Elijah Alvord and Lucretia (Clarke) Alvord; brother-in-law of Graham Newell Fitch. Physician; delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention, 1850; member of Michigan state senate 29th District, 1855-56. Member, Freemasons. Died in Washington, D.C. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
- See also Denby-Fitch family of Indiana
Charles Harvey Denby (1830-1904) — also known as Charles H. Denby — of Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Ind. Born in Mt. Joy, Botetourt County, Va., June 16, 1830. Son-in-law of Graham Newell Fitch; father of Charles Denby and Edwin Denby. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Indiana state house of representatives, 1857; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1876, 1884; U.S. Minister to China, 1885-98. Episcopalian. Died in Jamestown, Chautauqua County, N.Y., January 13, 1904. Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Evansville, Ind.
- See also Denby-Fitch family of Indiana
Charles Denby (1861-1938) — of Indiana; Washington, D.C. Born in Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Ind., November 14, 1861. Grandson of Graham Newell Fitch; son of Charles Harvey Denby and Martha (Fitch) Denby; married, March 19, 1895, to Martha Dalzell Orr; brother of Edwin Denby. U.S. Consul General in Shanghai, 1907-09; Vienna, 1909-15; vice-president, Hupp Motor Car Corporataion, Detroit, 1915-17. Died February 14, 1938. Burial location unknown.
- See also Denby-Fitch family of Indiana
Edwin Denby (1870-1929) — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Ind., February 18, 1870. Grandson of Graham Newell Fitch; son of Charles Harvey Denby and Martha (Fitch) Denby; brother of Charles Denby; married, March 18, 1911, to Marion Bartlett Thurber. Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during the Spanish-American War; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District, 1903-04; U.S. Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1905-11; defeated, 1910; member of Michigan Republican State Central Committee, 1917; U.S. Secretary of the Navy, 1921-24. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Phi Delta Phi. Died in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., February 8, 1929. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
- Cross-reference: M. Hubert O'Brien
- See also Denby-Fitch family of Indiana
- See also: congressional biography.

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