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William H. Allen (born c.1827) —
of Groton, New London
County, Conn.
Born in Lebanon, New London
County, Conn., about 1827.
Republican. Shipmaster; first
selectman of Groton, Connecticut, 1897-98; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Groton, 1899-1902.
Burial location unknown.
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Andrew Jackson Bentley (1827-1895) —
also known as Andrew J. Bentley —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.; New London, New London
County, Conn.
Born in Norwich, New London
County, Conn., January
10, 1827.
Sailor; shipbroker; lumber
business; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1880; mayor
of New London, Conn., 1894.
Died, of pneumonia,
March
18, 1895 (age 68 years, 67
days).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Norwich, Conn.
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William Darius Bishop (1827-1904) —
also known as William D. Bishop —
of Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Bloomfield, Essex
County, N.J., September
14, 1827.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1857-59; defeated,
1858, 1902; U.S. Commissioner of Patents, 1859-60; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1860;
member of Connecticut
state senate 10th District, 1866, 1877-78; president, New York,
New Haven and Hartford Railroad,
1867-79; president, Naugatuck Railroad,
1855-67, 1885-1903; director, Bridgeport Steamboat Company; lawyer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Bridgeport, 1871.
Died, of chronic
endocarditis, in Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn., February
4, 1904 (age 76 years, 143
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Mountain
Grove Cemetery, Bridgeport, Conn.
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Epaphroditus Champion (1756-1834) —
of East Haddam, Middlesex
County, Conn.
Born in Westchester, Colchester, New London
County, Conn., April 6,
1756.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; merchant;
shipowner; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1791-1806; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut, 1807-17 (at-large 1807-09, 1st
District 1809-11, at-large 1811-17).
Died in East Haddam, Middlesex
County, Conn., December
22, 1834 (age 78 years, 260
days).
Interment at River
View Cemetery, East Haddam, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Champion (1723-1797) and Deborah (Brainard) Champion;
brother of Henry
Champion (1751-1836); married, December
17, 1781, to Lucretia Hubbard; first cousin four times removed of
Charlotte
H. McMorran; second cousin once removed of Amaziah
Brainard; second cousin twice removed of Leveret
Brainard; second cousin four times removed of Asahel
Rowland DeWolf, Winthrop
Roger De Wolf and John
Anderson De Wolf Jr.; second cousin five times removed of Charles
Gates Dawes, Rufus
Cutler Dawes, Beman
Gates Dawes and Henry
May Dawes; third cousin of Daniel
Upson; third cousin twice removed of Chester
Ackley, Charles
Upson, Gad
Ely Upson, Christopher
Columbus Upson, Andrew
Seth Upson and Evelyn
M. Upson; third cousin thrice removed of Almar
F. Dickson. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Dawes-Upson
family of Connecticut (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article |
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Constant Webb Chatfield (1849-1921) —
also known as Constant W. Chatfield —
of Chester, Middlesex
County, Conn.; Voluntown, New London
County, Conn.
Born in Killingworth, Middlesex
County, Conn., January
4, 1849.
Republican. Sea captain; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Voluntown; elected 1918.
Died in Voluntown, New London
County, Conn., December
11, 1921 (age 72 years, 341
days).
Interment at Fountain
Hill Cemetery, Deep River, Conn.
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Robert Coit Jr. (1830-1904) —
of New London, New London
County, Conn.
Born in New London, New London
County, Conn., April
26, 1830.
Republican. Lawyer;
probate judge in Connecticut, 1860; president and treasurer, New
London and Northern Railroad;
mayor
of New London, Conn., 1879; member of Connecticut
state senate, 1880-83 (7th District 1880-81, 9th District
1882-83); alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Connecticut, 1880;
president, Union Bank of
New London, 1893-1904; vice-president, Savings Bank of
New London; prsident, New London Gas &
Electric Company; president, New London Steamboat Company;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from New London, 1897-98.
Died in New London, New London
County, Conn., June 19,
1904 (age 74 years, 54
days).
Interment at Cedar
Grove Cemetery, New London, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert Coit and Charlotte Elizabeth (Coit) Coit; married, August
1, 1854, to Lucretia Brainard; father of William
Brainard Coit; grandson of Joshua
Coit; second cousin twice removed of David
Hough; second cousin thrice removed of Samuel
Huntington, John
Foster Dulles and Allen
Welsh Dulles; third cousin once removed of Ebenezer
Huntington, Samuel
Townsend Douglass and Silas
Hamilton Douglas; third cousin twice removed of John
Davenport, James
Davenport, Samuel
H. Huntington, Henry
Huntington, Jeremiah
Mason, Gurdon
Huntington, Augustus
Seymour Porter (1769-1849), Samuel
Lathrop, Peter
Buell Porter and James
Gillespie Blaine III; third cousin thrice removed of George
Champlin and Henry
Scudder; fourth cousin of Jabez
Williams Huntington, John
Hall Brockway, Charles
Wentworth Upham, Henry
Titus Backus, David
Edgerton and Henry
Woolsey Douglas; fourth cousin once removed of John
Taintor, Roger
Taintor, Solomon
Taintor, Zina
Hyde Jr., Theodore
Davenport, Nathaniel
Huntington, James
Huntington, Augustus
Seymour Porter (1798-1872), Joseph
Lyman Huntington, Peter
Buell Porter Jr., Elisha
Mills Huntington, Benjamin
Nicoll Huntington and Peter
Augustus Porter. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Upham
family; Saltonstall-Davis-Frelinghuysen-Appleton
family of Massachusetts (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Men of Mark in
Connecticut (1908) |
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George Comer (born c.1859) —
of East Haddam, Middlesex
County, Conn.
Born in Quebec,
about 1859.
Republican. Mariner; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from East Haddam, 1921-22.
Burial location unknown.
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Stephen A. Gardner (born c.1845) —
of New London, New London
County, Conn.
Born in Newport, Newport
County, R.I., about 1845.
Democrat. Superintendent of marine construction;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1887-88; member of Connecticut
state senate 9th District, 1889-94.
Burial location unknown.
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David Hough (1753-1831) —
of Lebanon, Grafton
County, N.H.
Born in Norwich, New London
County, Conn., March
13, 1753.
Ship carpenter;
delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1783; member of
New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1788-89, 1794; justice
of the peace; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire, 1803-07 (at-large 1803-05, 3rd
District 1805-07).
Died in Lebanon, Grafton
County, N.H., April
18, 1831 (age 78 years, 36
days).
Interment at Cole Cemetery, Lebanon, N.H.
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Henry Remer Parrott (1829-1919) —
of Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn., January
4, 1829.
Republican. Express
agent; secretary-treasurer, later president, Parrott Varnish
Company; vice-president, People's Steamboat Company of
Bridgeport; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Connecticut, 1888
(delegation secretary); member of Connecticut
Republican State Committee, 1889.
Congregationalist.
Died November
25, 1919 (age 90 years, 325
days).
Interment at Mountain
Grove Cemetery, Bridgeport, Conn.
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Nathan Pendleton (1754-1841) —
of Westerly, Washington
County, R.I.; Stonington (part now in North Stonington), New London
County, Conn.; Norwich, Chenango
County, N.Y.
Born in Westerly, Washington
County, R.I., April 2,
1754.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;
shipmaster; farmer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Stonington, 1802-07.
Died in Norwich, Chenango
County, N.Y., January
26, 1841 (age 86 years, 299
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Pendleton and Mary (Stanton) Pendleton; married, January
22, 1775, to Amelia Babcock; married, October
20, 1816, to Rhoda (Babcock) Gavitt; father of Nathan
Pendleton (1779-1827); grandfather of James
Monroe Pendleton; granduncle of Charles
Marsh Pendleton and Cyrus
Henry Pendleton; great-granduncle of Calvin
Crane Pendleton, Edward
Wheeler Pendleton, Joseph
Palmer Dyer, Charles
Henry Pendleton, Harris
Pendleton, Chauncey
C. Pendleton, Nathan
William Pendleton, James
Pendleton and Eckford
Gustavus Pendleton; second great-granduncle of Cornelius
Welles Pendleton and Claudius
Victor Pendleton; first cousin thrice removed of Enoch
C. Chapman. |
| | | Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
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John Stewart (1795-1860) —
of Chatham (now East Hampton), Middlesex
County, Conn.
Born in Chatham (now East Hampton), Middlesex
County, Conn., February
19, 1795.
Democrat. Shipbuilder; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1828, 1830, 1854; member of Connecticut
state senate 18th District, 1832-36, 1846, 1857; county judge in
Connecticut, 1830; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 2nd District, 1843-45.
Died in Chatham (now East Hampton), Middlesex
County, Conn., September
16, 1860 (age 65 years, 210
days).
Interment at Union
Hill Cemetery, Middle Haddam, East Hampton, Conn.
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