James Adams (1783-1843) — of Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill. Born in Simsbury, Hartford
County, Conn., January
24, 1783. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; lawyer; one
of the first nine men to receive the "Endowment" ordinance from
Joseph Smith, founder of the Mormon Church; participated in a
long-running newspaper battle with Abraham
Lincoln, over the transfer of a city lot; probate judge in
Illinois; candidate for Governor of
Illinois, 1834. Mormon.
Member, Freemasons. Died in Nauvoo, Hancock
County, Ill., August
11, 1843. Interment at Old
Pioneer Cemetery, Nauvoo, Ill.
Joel Barlow (1754-1812) — of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn. Born in Redding, Fairfield
County, Conn., March 24,
1754. Son of Samuel Barlow and Esther (Hull) Barlow; married 1781 to Ruth
Baldwin (sister of Abraham
Baldwin). Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary
War; writer; poet; U.S.
Consul in Cadiz, 1792-93; U.S. Consul General in Algiers, 1796-97; U.S. Minister to France, 1811-12, died in office 1812. Member, Society
of the Cincinnati; Freemasons. He was sent to Algeria to
negotiate for the release of those held prisoner by the Barbary
pirates, and was protected by a detachment of U.S. Marines. The
words "to the shores of Tripoli" in the U.S. Marine Hymn are a
reference to this incident. Died, of pneumonia
or exposure,
in Zarnowiec, Poland,
December
24, 1812. Interment at Churchyard,
Zarnowiec, Poland; cenotaph at Great
Pasture Road Cemetery, Redding, Conn.
James Monroe Pendleton (1822-1889) — also known as
James M. Pendleton — of Westerly, Washington
County, R.I. Born in Connecticut, 1822.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Rhode
Island, 1868;
Presidential Elector for Rhode Island, 1868;
member of Rhode Island state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Rhode Island 2nd District, 1871-75. Member,
Freemasons; Knights
Templar. Died in 1889.
Interment at River
Bend Cemetery, Westerly, R.I.
