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Oliver Wolcott, Jr. (1760-1833) —
of Litchfield, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born in Litchfield, Litchfield
County, Conn., January
11, 1760.
Son of Oliver
Wolcott, Sr..
Connecticut
state comptroller, 1788-90; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1795-1800; Governor of
Connecticut, 1817-27; delegate
to Connecticut state constitutional convention, 1818.
Congregationalist.
Accused,
by political adversaries in 1800, of setting
fire to the State Department, and resigned
from the Cabinet in protest against the investigation.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 1,
1833 (age 73 years, 141
days).
Interment at East Cemetery.
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Oliver Wolcott, Sr. (1726-1797) —
of Litchfield, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born in Windsor, Hartford
County, Conn., December
1, 1726.
Son of Roger
Wolcott and Sarah (Drake) Wolcott (1686-1748).
Delegate
to Continental Congress from Connecticut, 1775-78, 1780-84;
member of Connecticut
council of assistants, 1776-85; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; served in the Continental Army
during the Revolutionary War; Lieutenant
Governor of Connecticut, 1786-96; Governor of
Connecticut, 1796-97; died in office 1797.
Congregationalist.
Died in Litchfield, Litchfield
County, Conn., December
1, 1797 (age 71 years, 0
days).
Interment at East Cemetery.
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William Woodville Rockhill (1854-1914) —
also known as William W. Rockhill —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., April 1,
1854.
U.S. Minister to Greece, 1897-99; Romania, 1897-99; Serbia, 1897-99; China, 1905-09; U.S. Consul General in Athens, 1897-98; U.S. Ambassador to Russia, 1909-11; Turkey, 1911-13.
Died in Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii, December
8, 1914 (age 60 years, 251
days).
Interment at East Cemetery.
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Charles Bartlett Andrews (1834-1902) —
also known as Charles B. Andrews —
of Litchfield, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born in Sunderland, Franklin
County, Mass., November
4, 1834.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Connecticut
state senate 15th District, 1868-69; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1878; Governor of
Connecticut, 1879-81; superior court judge in Connecticut,
1881-89; chief
justice of Connecticut Supreme Court, 1889-1901; resigned 1901;
delegate
to Connecticut state constitutional convention, 1902.
Died, from heart
disease, in Litchfield, Litchfield
County, Conn., September
12, 1902 (age 67 years, 312
days).
Interment at East Cemetery.
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Andrew Adams (1736-1797) —
of Litchfield, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born in Stratford, Fairfield
County, Conn., January
7, 1736.
Son of Samuel Adams and Mary (Fairchild) Adams.
Lawyer;
colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member
of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1776-81; Speaker of
the Connecticut State House of Representatives, 1779-80; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Connecticut, 1777-82; signer,
Articles of Confederation, 1778; member of Connecticut
council of assistants, 1781-89; superior court judge in
Connecticut, 1789-97; died in office 1797.
Died in Litchfield, Litchfield
County, Conn., November
26, 1797 (age 61 years, 323
days).
Interment at East Cemetery.
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Origen Storrs Seymour (1804-1881) —
also known as Origen S. Seymour —
of Litchfield, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born in Litchfield, Litchfield
County, Conn., February
9, 1804.
Son of Ozias Seymour (1776-1851) and Selima (Storrs) Seymour
(1786-1814).
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1842, 1849-50, 1880; Speaker of
the Connecticut State House of Representatives, 1850; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1851-55; superior
court judge in Connecticut, 1855-63; candidate for Governor of
Connecticut, 1864, 1865; justice of
Connecticut state supreme court, 1870-74; chief
justice of Connecticut Supreme Court, 1873-74.
Episcopalian.
Died in Litchfield, Litchfield
County, Conn., August
12, 1881 (age 77 years, 184
days).
Interment at East Cemetery.
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Benjamin Tallmadge (1754-1835) —
of Litchfield, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born in Brookhaven, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., February
25, 1754.
Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut, 1801-17 (at-large 1801-05, 7th
District 1805-07, at-large 1807-09, 7th District 1809-11, at-large
1811-17).
Member, Society
of the Cincinnati.
Died in Litchfield, Litchfield
County, Conn., March 7,
1835 (age 81 years, 10
days).
Interment at East Cemetery.
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Gideon Hiram Hollister (1817-1881) —
also known as Gideon H. Hollister —
of Litchfield, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born in 1817.
Member of Connecticut
state senate 15th District, 1856; U.S. Minister to Haiti, 1868-69.
Died in 1881
(age about
64 years).
Interment at East Cemetery.
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John Allen (1763-1812) —
of Litchfield, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born in Great Barrington, Berkshire
County, Mass., June 12,
1763.
Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1793-96; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut at-large, 1797-99; justice of
Connecticut state supreme court, 1800-06; member of Connecticut
council of assistants, 1800-05.
Died July 31,
1812 (age 49 years, 49
days).
Interment at East Cemetery.
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Edward Woodruff Seymour (1832-1892) —
also known as Edward W. Seymour —
of Litchfield, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born in Litchfield, Litchfield
County, Conn., August
30, 1832.
Son of Origen
Storrs Seymour and Lucy Morris (Woodruff) Seymour (1807-1894).
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Litchfield, 1859-60, 1870-71;
member of Connecticut
state senate 15th District, 1876; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1883-87; justice of
Connecticut state supreme court, 1889.
Episcopalian.
Died in Litchfield, Litchfield
County, Conn., October
16, 1892 (age 60 years, 47
days).
Interment at East Cemetery.
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John Henry Hubbard (1804-1872) —
also known as John H. Hubbard —
of Salisbury, Litchfield
County, Conn.; Litchfield, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born in Salisbury, Litchfield
County, Conn., March 24,
1804.
Lawyer;
member of Connecticut
state senate 17th District, 1847, 1850; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1863-67; defeated,
1866.
Died in Litchfield, Litchfield
County, Conn., July 30,
1872 (age 68 years, 128
days).
Interment at East Cemetery.
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Frederick Augustus Tallmadge (1792-1869) —
also known as Frederick A. Tallmadge —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Litchfield, Litchfield
County, Conn., August
29, 1792.
Son of Benjamin
Tallmadge.
Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of New York
state senate 1st District, 1837-40; U.S.
Representative from New York 5th District, 1847-49.
Died in Litchfield, Litchfield
County, Conn., September
17, 1869 (age 77 years, 19
days).
Interment at East Cemetery.
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George Catlin Woodruff (1805-1885) —
also known as George C. Woodruff —
of Litchfield, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born in Litchfield, Litchfield
County, Conn., December
1, 1805.
Son of Morris Woodruff and Candace (Catlin) Woodruff.
Democrat. Lawyer; postmaster;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1851, 1866, 1874; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1861-63.
Died in Litchfield, Litchfield
County, Conn., November
21, 1885 (age 79 years, 355
days).
Interment at East Cemetery.
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Uriel Holmes (1764-1827) —
of Litchfield, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born in East Haddam, Middlesex
County, Conn., August
26, 1764.
Lawyer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1803-05; Litchfield
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1807-14; Litchfield
County Judge, 1814-17; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut at-large, 1817-18.
Died in Canton, Hartford
County, Conn., May 18,
1827 (age 62 years, 265
days).
Interment at East Cemetery.
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Phineas Miner (1777-1839) —
of Litchfield, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born in Winchester, Litchfield
County, Conn., November
27, 1777.
Lawyer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1809, 1811, 1813-14, 1816, 1827,
1829, 1835; member of Connecticut
state senate 15th District, 1830-31; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut at-large, 1834-35; probate judge
in Connecticut, 1838.
Died in Litchfield, Litchfield
County, Conn., September
15, 1839 (age 61 years, 292
days).
Interment at East Cemetery.
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Tapping Reeve (1744-1823) —
Born in Brookhaven, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., October
1, 1744.
Son of Abner Reeve (1708-1798) and Deborah (Topping) Reeve
(1717-1759).
Lawyer;
member of Connecticut
council of assistants, 1792; superior court judge in Connecticut,
1798-1815.
Founder
of the Litchfield Law School, the first law school in the U.S.
Died in Litchfield, Litchfield
County, Conn., December
13, 1823 (age 79 years, 73
days).
Interment at East Cemetery.
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Elijah Boardman (1760-1823) —
of New Milford, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born in New Milford, Litchfield
County, Conn., March 7,
1760.
Son of Sherman Boardman (1728-1814) and Sarah (Bostwick) Boardman
(1730-1818).
Democrat. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary
War; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1803-05, 1816; member of Connecticut
council of assistants, 1818; member of Connecticut
state senate at-large, 1819-20; U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1821-23; died in office 1823.
Died in Boardman, Mahoning
County, Ohio, August
18, 1823 (age 63 years, 164
days).
Interment at Center Cemetery.
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Perry Smith (1783-1852) —
of New Milford, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born in Woodbury, Litchfield
County, Conn., May 12,
1783.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from New Milford, 1822-23,
1835-36; U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1837-43.
Died in New Milford, Litchfield
County, Conn., June 8,
1852 (age 69 years, 27
days).
Interment at Center Cemetery.
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Orange Merwin (1777-1853) —
of New Milford, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born in New Milford, Litchfield
County, Conn., April 7,
1777.
Democrat. Farmer; delegate to
Connecticut state constitutional convention, 1818; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from New Milford, 1820, 1838;
member of Connecticut
state senate at-large, 1821-24; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut at-large, 1825-29; candidate for
Lieutenant
Governor of Connecticut, 1831.
Died in New Milford, Litchfield
County, Conn., September
4, 1853 (age 76 years, 150
days).
Interment at Center Cemetery.
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Thomas Elliott Stewart (1824-1904) —
also known as Thomas E. Stewart —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
22, 1824.
Member of New York
state assembly from New York County 7th District, 1865-66; U.S.
Representative from New York 6th District, 1867-69.
Died January
9, 1904 (age 79 years, 109
days).
Interment at Center Cemetery.
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Nicholas Staub (1841-1907) —
of New Milford, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born in France,
January
1, 1841.
Democrat. Merchant;
farmer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1876, 1884-85; member of Connecticut
state senate 19th District, 1886-88; Connecticut
state comptroller, 1891-95.
Died January
5, 1907 (age 66 years, 4
days).
Interment at Center Cemetery.
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Andrew B. Mygatt (1820-1901) —
of New Milford, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born October
31, 1820.
Member of Connecticut
state senate 16th District, 1860-61.
Died March 30,
1901 (age 80 years, 150
days).
Interment at Center Cemetery.
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John Frederick Addis (1860-1931) —
also known as John F. Addis —
of New Milford, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born in New Milford, Litchfield
County, Conn., October
31, 1860.
Son of Jane E. (Turrill) Addis (1823-1867) and John W. Addis
(1831-1899).
Democrat. Lawyer;
probate judge in Connecticut, 1920; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Connecticut, 1924.
Died in New Milford, Litchfield
County, Conn., January
31, 1931 (age 70 years, 92
days).
Interment at Center Cemetery.
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Alexander Hamilton Holley (1804-1887) —
also known as Alexander H. Holley —
of Salisbury, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born in Lakeville, Salisbury, Litchfield
County, Conn., August
12, 1804.
Republican. Lieutenant
Governor of Connecticut, 1854-55; Governor of
Connecticut, 1857-58; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Connecticut, 1860.
Died in Lakeville, Salisbury, Litchfield
County, Conn., October
2, 1887 (age 83 years, 51
days).
Interment at Salisbury Cemetery.
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Frederick Miles (1815-1896) —
of Chapinville, Salisbury, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born in Goshen, Litchfield
County, Conn., December
19, 1815.
Republican. Merchant;
iron
manufacturer; member of Connecticut
state senate 17th District, 1878-79; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1879-83, 1889-91;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1880
(alternate), 1884,
1888
(alternate).
Died in Salisbury, Litchfield
County, Conn., November
20, 1896 (age 80 years, 337
days).
Interment at Salisbury Cemetery.
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Jonathan Scoville (1830-1891) —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Salisbury, Litchfield
County, Conn., July 14,
1830.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York 32nd District, 1880-83; mayor of
Buffalo, N.Y., 1884-85.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March 4,
1891 (age 60 years, 233
days).
Interment at Salisbury Cemetery.
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Samuel Church (1785-1854) —
of Salisbury, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born in Salisbury, Litchfield
County, Conn., February
4, 1785.
Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Salisbury, 1820-21, 1823-24,
1829, 1831; member of Connecticut
state senate at-large, 1825-27; superior court judge in
Connecticut, 1833-54; died in office 1854.
Died in Newtown, Fairfield
County, Conn., September
15, 1854 (age 69 years, 223
days).
Interment at Salisbury Cemetery.
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MacNeil Mitchell (1905-1996) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Mt. Vernon, Westchester
County, N.Y., July 18,
1905.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1938-46 (New York County 10th District 1938-44,
New York County 1st District 1945-46); member of New York
state senate 20th District, 1947-64; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1960,
1964.
Member, Phi
Gamma Delta; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society.
Died of pneumonia
at New
York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
17, 1996 (age 91 years, 152
days).
Interment at Salisbury Cemetery.
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