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Benjamin
F. Butler (District Attorney, 1821-24)
Rufus
W. Peckham (District Attorney, 1869-72)
John
Mosher Bailey (District Attorney, 1874-77)
D.
Cady Herrick (District Attorney)
George
H. Fitts (County Surrogate, 1896)
Patrick
E. McCabe (County Clerk, 1899)
Rollin
B. Sanford (District Attorney)
John
T. Delaney (District Attorney, 1929)
Julian
B. Erway (District Attorney, 1945-53)
Edward
J. Grogan III (County Legislator, 1968-71)
Private or family graveyard
Albany County, New York
Politicians formerly buried here:
- William Paterson (1745-1806) — of New Jersey. Born
in County Antrim, Ireland (now Northern
Ireland), December
24, 1745. Father of Cornelia Paterson (who married Stephen
Van Rensselaer). Delegate to
New Jersey state constitutional convention, 1776; New
Jersey state attorney general, 1776-83; Delegate
to Continental Congress from New Jersey, 1780, 1787; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1789-90; Governor of
New Jersey, 1790-93; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1793-1806; died in office 1806. Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., September
9, 1806. Original interment at at a private or family graveyard;
reinterment at Albany Rural Cemetery,
Menands, N.Y.
- Philip John Schuyler (1733-1804) — also known as
Philip Schuyler — of New York. Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., November
20, 1733. Son of Johannes
Schuyler; married 1755 to
Catherine Van Rensselaer (1734-1803); father of Elizabeth Schuyler
(who married Alexander
Hamilton), Margarita Schuyler (who married Stephen
Van Rensselaer) and Philip
Jeremiah Schuyler; grandfather of William
Stephen Hamilton. Member of New York
colonial assembly, 1768; Delegate
to Continental Congress from New York, 1775, 1777, 1779-80;
general in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member
of New
York state senate Western District, 1780-84, 1785-89, 1791-97; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1789-91, 1797-98. Built the first flax mill
in America. Died in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., November
18, 1804. Original interment at at a private or family graveyard;
reinterment at Albany Rural Cemetery,
Menands, N.Y.; statue erected 1925 at Albany
City Hall Grounds, Albany, N.Y. Schuyler County,
Ill. is named for him.
- David Davidse Schuyler (1669-1715) — also known as
David Schuyler — of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y. Born in 0. Mayor of
Albany, N.Y., 1706-07. Died in 1715.
Original interment at at a private or family graveyard; reinterment
at Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
- Johannes Schuyler (1697-1746) — of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y. Born in 0. Son
of Johannes
Schuyler (1668-1747); father of Philip
John Schuyler. Mayor of
Albany, N.Y., 1741-42. Died in 1746.
Original interment at at a private or family graveyard; reinterment
at Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
Albany City Hall Grounds
Albany, Albany County, New York
Politicians who have monuments here:
- Philip John Schuyler (1733-1804) — also known as
Philip Schuyler — of New York. Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., November
20, 1733. Son of Johannes
Schuyler; married 1755 to
Catherine Van Rensselaer (1734-1803); father of Elizabeth Schuyler
(who married Alexander
Hamilton), Margarita Schuyler (who married Stephen
Van Rensselaer) and Philip
Jeremiah Schuyler; grandfather of William
Stephen Hamilton. Member of New York
colonial assembly, 1768; Delegate
to Continental Congress from New York, 1775, 1777, 1779-80;
general in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member
of New
York state senate Western District, 1780-84, 1785-89, 1791-97; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1789-91, 1797-98. Built the first flax mill
in America. Died in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., November
18, 1804. Original interment at a private or
family graveyard, Albany County, N.Y.; reinterment at Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.; statue
erected 1925 at Albany City Hall Grounds. Schuyler County,
Ill. is named for him.
Dutch Church Burial Ground
Albany, Albany County, New York
Politicians formerly buried here:
- Robert Livingston (1663-1725) — of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y. Born in 0.
Nephew of Robert
Livingston (1654-1728). Mayor of
Albany, N.Y., 1710-19. Died in 1725.
Original interment at Dutch Church Burial Ground; reinterment at Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
- Myndert Schuyler (1672-1755) — of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y. Born in 0. Merchant;
mayor
of Albany, N.Y., 1719-21, 1723-25. Died in 1755.
Original interment at Dutch Church Burial Ground; reinterment at Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
- Pieter Schuyler (1657-1724) — also known as Peter
Schuyler — of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y. Born in 0. Mayor of
Albany, N.Y., 1686-94. Died in 1724.
Original interment at Dutch Church Burial Ground; subsequent
interment at Madison Avenue Dutch Church;
reinterment at Albany Rural Cemetery,
Menands, N.Y.
- Johannes DePeyster (1694-1789) — also known as
John DePeyster — of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y. Born in 0. Mayor of
Albany, N.Y., 1729-31, 1732-33. Died in 1789.
Original interment at Dutch Church Burial Ground; reinterment at Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
- Johannes Schuyler (1668-1747) — also known as
John Schuyler — of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y. Born in 0.
Father of Johannes
Schuyler (1697-1746). Mayor of
Albany, N.Y., 1703-06. Died in 1747.
Original interment at Dutch Church Burial Ground; reinterment at Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
- Johannes Hansen (1695-1756) — also known as Hans
Hansen — of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y. Born in 0. Son
of Hendrick
Hansen. Mayor of
Albany, N.Y., 1754-56. Died in 1756.
Original interment at Dutch Church Burial Ground; reinterment at Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
- Hendrick Hansen (c.1670-1724) — of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y. Father of Johannes
Hansen. Mayor of
Albany, N.Y., 1698-99. Died in 1724.
Original interment at Dutch Church Burial Ground; reinterment at Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
- Jan Jansen Bleecker (1641-1732) — of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y. Born in 0. Fur
trader; mayor of
Albany, N.Y., 1700-01. Died in 1732.
Original interment at Dutch Church Burial Ground; reinterment at Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
- Johannes Bleecker (1668-1737) — of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y. Born in 0. Mayor of
Albany, N.Y., 1701-02. Died in 1737.
Original interment at Dutch Church Burial Ground; reinterment at Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
- Johannes Cuyler (c.1661-1740) — of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y. Mayor of
Albany, N.Y., 1725-26. Christian
Reformed. Dutch
ancestry. Died in 1740.
Original interment at Dutch Church Burial Ground; reinterment at Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
Dutch Reformed Cemetery
Albany, Albany County, New York
Politicians formerly buried here:
Madison Avenue Dutch Church
Albany, Albany County, New York
Politicians formerly buried here:
North Dutch Church Cemetery
Albany, Albany County, New York
Politicians formerly buried here:
St. Peter's Episcopal Church Burial
Ground
Albany, Albany County,
Politicians formerly buried here:
Pine Grove Cemetery
Berne, Albany County, New York
Politicians buried here:
Elmwood Cemetery
Bethlehem, Albany County, New York
Location maps, from U.S. Census Tiger Map Server:
Politicians buried here:
- John Mosher Bailey (1838-1916) — of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y. Born in Bethlehem, Albany
County, N.Y., August
24, 1838. Married, September
21, 1864, to Dell L. Hooker. Republican. Served in the Union Army
during the Civil War; Albany
County District Attorney, 1874-77; U.S.
Representative from New York 16th District, 1878-81; U.S. Consul
in Hamburg, 1881-85; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New York, 1888.
Died in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., February
21, 1916. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
Nicoll-Sill Family Cemetery
Cedar Hill, Albany County, New York
Politicians buried here:
- Francis Nicoll — of Albany
County, N.Y. Member of New York
state assembly, 1791-93, 1795-96, 1799-1800 (Albany County
1791-93, Albany and Schoharie counties 1795-96, Albany County
1799-1800); member of New York
state senate Eastern District, 1796-98. Interment at Nicoll-Sill
Family Cemetery.
Unknown Location
Colonie, Albany County, New York
Politicians buried here:
St. John's Cemetery
Colonie, Albany County, New York
Location maps, from U.S. Census Tiger Map Server:
Politicians buried here:
- William Thomas Byrne (1876-1952) — also known as
William T. Byrne — of Loudonville, Albany
County, N.Y. Born in Bean Hill, Florida town, Montgomery
County, N.Y., March 6,
1876. Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state senate 30th District, 1923-36; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1937-52 (28th District 1937-45,
32nd District 1945-52); died in office 1952. Died in Troy, Rensselaer
County, N.Y., January
27, 1952. Interment at St. John's Cemetery.
Our Lady Help of Christians
Cemetery
Glenmont, Albany County, New York
Politicians buried here:
Albany Rural Cemetery
Menands, Albany County, New York
Founded 1841
Listed in National Register of Historic Places, 1979
Location maps, from U.S. Census Tiger Map Server:
Politicians buried here:
- Chester Alan Arthur (1829-1886) — also known as
Chester A. Arthur; Chester Abell Arthur; "The
Gentleman Boss"; "His Accidency";
"Elegant Arthur"; "Our Chet";
"Dude President" — of New York. Born in
Fairfield, Franklin
County, Vt., October
5, 1829. Son of Rev. William Arthur and Malvina (Stone) Arthur;
married, October
25, 1859, to Ellen Lewis "Nell" Herndon (died 1880).
Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Collector of Customs for
New York, N.Y., 1870-78; New York
Republican state chair, 1879-81; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1880;
Vice
President of the United States, 1881; President
of the United States, 1881-85; candidate for Republican
nomination for President, 1884.
Episcopalian.
Member, Loyal
Legion; Psi
Upsilon; Union
League. Died, of Bright's
disease and a cerebral
hemorrhage, in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
18, 1886. Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery; statue at Madison
Square Park, Manhattan, N.Y. Arthur County,
Neb. is named for him.
- William Learned Marcy (1786-1857) — also known as
William L. Marcy — of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y. Born in Southbridge, Worcester
County, Mass., December
12, 1786. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of
1812; lawyer; New York
state comptroller, 1823-29; Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1829; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1831-33; Governor of
New York, 1833-39; defeated, 1838; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1845-49; candidate for Democratic nomination
for President, 1852;
U.S.
Secretary of State, 1853-57. Died in Ballston Spa, Saratoga
County, N.Y., July 4,
1857. His portrait appeared on some U.S. currency
issued in the 19th or early 20th century. Interment at Albany Rural
Cemetery.
- John Canfield Spencer (1788-1855) — also known as
John C. Spencer — of New York. Born in Hudson, Columbia
County, N.Y., January
8, 1788. Son of Ambrose
Spencer. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of
1812; U.S.
Representative from New York 21st District, 1817-19; member of New York
state assembly from Ontario County, 1819-21, 1831, 1833; Speaker of
the New York State Assembly, 1819-20; member of New York
state senate 7th District, 1825-28; secretary of
state of New York, 1839-42; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1841-43; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1843-44. Methodist.
Died in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., May 18,
1855. Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
- Daniel Manning (1831-1887) — of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y. Born August
16, 1831. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1876;
New York
Democratic state chair, 1882-84; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1885-87. His portrait appeared on the
U.S. $20
silver certificate from the 1890s until about 1919. Died December
24, 1887. Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
- Franklin Edson (1832-1904) — of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.; New York, New York
County, N.Y. Born in Chester, Windsor
County, Vt., April 5,
1832. Married 1856 to Fanny
C. Wood (granddaughter of Jethro Wood (1774-1834; inventor of the
cast-iron plow)). Democrat. Grain commission
merchant; president, New York Produce Exchange, 1866, 1873-74; mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1883-84. Episcopalian.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
24, 1904. Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
- William Cox Redfield (1858-1932) — also known as
William C. Redfield — of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y. Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., June 18,
1858. Son of Charles Bailey Redfield and Mary (Wallace) Redfield;
married, April 8,
1885, to Elise Mercein Fuller. Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York 5th District, 1911-13; defeated
(National Democratic), 1896; U.S.
Secretary of Commerce, 1913-19. Episcopalian.
Died in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., June 13,
1932. Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
- Robert Hewson Pruyn (1815-1882) — also known as
Robert H. Pruyn — of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y. Born in 1815.
Member of New York
state assembly from Albany County 3rd District, 1848-50, 1854; Speaker of
the New York State Assembly, 1850; U.S. Minister to Japan, 1861. Died in 1882.
Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
- William Paterson (1745-1806) — of New Jersey. Born
in County Antrim, Ireland (now Northern
Ireland), December
24, 1745. Father of Cornelia Paterson (who married Stephen
Van Rensselaer). Delegate to
New Jersey state constitutional convention, 1776; New
Jersey state attorney general, 1776-83; Delegate
to Continental Congress from New Jersey, 1780, 1787; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1789-90; Governor of
New Jersey, 1790-93; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1793-1806; died in office 1806. Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., September
9, 1806. Original interment at a private or
family graveyard, Albany County, N.Y.; reinterment at Albany
Rural Cemetery.
- Philip John Schuyler (1733-1804) — also known as
Philip Schuyler — of New York. Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., November
20, 1733. Son of Johannes
Schuyler; married 1755 to
Catherine Van Rensselaer (1734-1803); father of Elizabeth Schuyler
(who married Alexander
Hamilton), Margarita Schuyler (who married Stephen
Van Rensselaer) and Philip
Jeremiah Schuyler; grandfather of William
Stephen Hamilton. Member of New York
colonial assembly, 1768; Delegate
to Continental Congress from New York, 1775, 1777, 1779-80;
general in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member
of New
York state senate Western District, 1780-84, 1785-89, 1791-97; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1789-91, 1797-98. Built the first flax mill
in America. Died in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., November
18, 1804. Original interment at a private or
family graveyard, Albany County, N.Y.; reinterment at Albany
Rural Cemetery; statue erected 1925 at Albany
City Hall Grounds, Albany, N.Y. Schuyler County,
Ill. is named for him.
- Billings Learned Hand (1872-1961) — also known as
Learned Hand — of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y. Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., January
27, 1872. Son of Samuel Hand and Lydia Coit (Learned) Hand;
cousin of Augustus
Noble Hand; married, December
6, 1902, to Frances Amelia Fincke. Lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1909-24; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1924-51. Member, American Bar
Association. Died August
14, 1961. Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
- Daniel Dewey Barnard (1797-1861) — also known as
Daniel D. Barnard — of Albany
County, N.Y. Born in Sheffield, Berkshire
County, Mass., July 16,
1797. Son of Timothy Barnard and Phebe (Dewey) Barnard; married
1825 to Sara
Livingstone; married 1832 to
Catherine Walsh. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1827-29, 1839-45 (27th District
1827-29, 10th District 1839-43, 13th District 1843-45); member of New York
state assembly from Albany County, 1838; U.S. Minister to Prussia, 1850-53. Died in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., April 24,
1861. Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
- Charles Edward Dudley (1780-1841) — also known as
Charles E. Dudley — of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y. Born in Staffordshire, England,
May
23, 1780. Democrat. Member of New York
state senate, 1819-25 (Middle District 1819-22, 3rd District
1823-25); mayor of
Albany, N.Y., 1821-24, 1828-29; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1829-33. Died in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., January
23, 1841. Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
- Ira Harris (1802-1875) — of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y. Born in Charleston, Montgomery
County, N.Y., May 31,
1802. Grandfather of Henry
Riggs Rathbone. Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Albany County, 1845-46; delegate to
New York state constitutional convention, 1846, 1867; member of
New
York state senate 3rd District, 1847; Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1847-59; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1861-67. Died in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., December
2, 1875. Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
- Bradford Ripley Wood (1800-1889) — also known as
Bradford R. Wood — of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y. Born in Westport, Fairfield
County, Conn., September
3, 1800. U.S.
Representative from New York 13th District, 1845-47; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1856;
U.S. Minister to Denmark, 1861-65. Congregationalist.
Died in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., September
26, 1889. Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
- John Meredith Read, Jr. (1837-1896) — Born in
Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., February
21, 1837. Great-grandson of George
Read and Samuel
Meredith; grandson of John
Read; son of John
Meredith Read and Priscilla (Marshall) Read. U.S. Minister to Greece, 1873-77; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Greece, 1877-79. Died in 1896.
Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
- Robert Yates (1738-1801) — of New York. Born in
Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., January
27, 1738. State court judge in New York, 1777-98; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; candidate for Governor of
New York, 1789, 1795. Christian
Reformed. Died September
9, 1801. Original interment in unknown location; reinterment at
Albany Rural Cemetery.
- John Alden Dix (1860-1928) — also known as John
A. Dix — of Thomson, Washington
County, N.Y.; Santa Barbara, Santa
Barbara County, Calif. Born in Glens Falls, Warren
County, N.Y., December
25, 1860. Nephew of John
Adams Dix; son of James Lawton Dix and Laura (Stevens) Dix;
married 1889
to Gertrude Thomson. Democrat. Banker; lumber
business; paper
manufacturer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
York, 1904,
1912;
candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1908; New York
Democratic state chair, 1910; Governor of
New York, 1911-12. Died, from heart
disease, in Harbor Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April 9,
1928. Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
- Abraham Yates, Jr. (1724-1796) — of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y. Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., August
23, 1724. Uncle of Peter
Waldron Yates. Member of New York
state senate Western District, 1777-90; Delegate
to Continental Congress from New York, 1787-88; mayor of
Albany, N.Y., 1790-96. Died in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., June 30,
1796. Original interment in unknown location; reinterment at
Albany Rural Cemetery.
- Leonard Gansevoort (1751-1810) — of Albany
County, N.Y. Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., July 14,
1751. Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary
War; member of New York
state assembly from Albany County, 1778-79, 1787-88; Delegate
to Continental Congress from New York, 1788; member of New York
state senate, 1790-93, 1796-1802 (Western District 1790-93,
Eastern District 1796-98, Western District 1798-99, Eastern District
1799-1802). Died in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., August
26, 1810. Original interment in unknown location; reinterment at
Albany Rural Cemetery.
- John Tayler (1742-1829) — of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 4,
1742. Member of New York
state assembly from Albany County, 1777-79, 1780-81, 1785-87;
member of New York
state senate Eastern District, 1801-02, 1803-13; Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1811, 1813-22; Governor of
New York, 1817. The words leading to the fateful duel between Alexander
Hamilton and Aaron
Burr were uttered at Tayler's home in Albany. Died in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., April 19,
1829. Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
- John Schuyler Crosby (1839-1914) — of Montana. Born
in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., September
19, 1839. Married, June 26,
1863, to Harriet Van Rensselaer. Republican. Colonel in the Union
Army during the Civil War; U.S. Consul in Florence, 1876-82; Governor of
Montana Territory, 1883-84. Attacked and
beaten by a deranged servant, and died as a result, in Newport,
Newport
County, R.I., August 8,
1914. Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
- Stephen Van Rensselaer (1764-1839) — of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
1, 1764. Grandson of Philip
Livingston; son of Catharina (Livingston) Van Rensselaer and
Stephen Van Rensselaer (1742-1769); married 1783 to
Margarita Schuyler (died 1801) (daughter of Philip
John Schuyler); married 1802 to
Cornelia Paterson (daughter of William
Paterson); brother of Philip
Schuyler Van Rensselaer; half-brother of Rensselaer
Westerlo and Catherine Westerlo (1778-1846) (who married John
Woodworth); father of Henry
Bell Van Rensselaer. Member of New York
state assembly from Albany County, 1789-90, 1807-10, 1817-18;
member of New York
state senate Western District, 1790-95; Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1795-1801; general in the U.S. Army during
the War of 1812; candidate for Governor of
New York, 1813; delegate to
New York state constitutional convention, 1821; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1822-29 (9th District 1822-23, 10th
District 1823-29). Dutch
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Albany's last Dutch Patroon; took the first
train ride in U.S.; founded Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Died January
26, 1839. Original interment in private or family graveyard;
reinterment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
- Rufus Wheeler Peckham (1838-1909) — also known as
Rufus W. Peckham — of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.; Washington,
D.C. Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., November
8, 1838. Son of Rufus
Wheeler Peckham (1809-1873) and Isabella (Lacey) Peckham;
married, November
14, 1866, to Harriette Arnold. Democrat. Lawyer; Albany
County District Attorney, 1869-72; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1876;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court, 1883-86; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1886-95; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1895-1909; died in office 1909. Episcopalian.
Died in Altamont, Albany
County, N.Y., October
24, 1909. Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
- George Newell Southwick (1863-1912) — also known as
George N. Southwick — of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y. Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., March 7,
1863. Republican. U.S.
Representative from New York, 1895-99, 1901-11 (20th District
1895-99, 1901-03, 23rd District 1903-11). Died in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., October
17, 1912. Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
- Parker Corning (1874-1943) — of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y. Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., January
22, 1874. Grandson of Erastus
Corning; brother of Edwin
Corning; uncle of Erastus
Corning II. Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York 28th District, 1923-37; alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1924.
Died in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., May 24,
1943. Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
- Ambrose Spencer (1765-1848) — of Hudson, Columbia
County, N.Y.; Albany, Albany
County, N.Y. Born in Salisbury, Litchfield
County, Conn., December
13, 1765. Son of Philip Spencer and Abigail (Moore) Spencer;
married, February
18, 1784, to Laura Canfield (1768-1807); married 1808 to Mary
(Clinton) Norton (1773-1808) (sister of De
Witt Clinton (1769-1828)); married to Katharine (Clinton) Norton
(1778-1837) (sister of De
Witt Clinton (1769-1828)); father of John
Canfield Spencer. Democrat. Member of New York
state assembly from Columbia County, 1793-94; member of New York
state senate, 1795-1802 (Eastern District 1795-97, Middle
District 1797-1802); New York
state attorney general, 1802-04; appointed 1802; Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1804-23; delegate to
New York state constitutional convention, 1821; mayor of
Albany, N.Y., 1824-26; U.S.
Representative from New York 10th District, 1829-31. Died in
Lyons, Wayne
County, N.Y., March 13,
1848. Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
- Lyman Tremain (1819-1878) — of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y. Born in Durham, Greene
County, N.Y., June 14,
1819. Republican. Lawyer; law
partner of Rufus
W. Peckham; county judge in New York, 1846-51; New York
state attorney general, 1858-59; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1862; member of New York
state assembly from Albany County 2nd District, 1866; Speaker of
the New York State Assembly, 1866; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1868;
U.S.
Representative from New York at-large, 1873-75. Died in New York,
New York
County, N.Y., November
30, 1878. Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
- Harmanus Bleecker (1779-1849) — of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y. Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., October
9, 1779. U.S.
Representative from New York 7th District, 1811-13; member of New York
state assembly from Albany County, 1813-15; U.S. Charge
d'Affaires to Netherlands, 1839-42. Died in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., July 19,
1849. Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
- Amasa Junius Parker (1807-1890) — also known as
Amasa J. Parker — of Delhi, Delaware
County, N.Y.; Albany, Albany
County, N.Y. Born in Sharon, Litchfield
County, Conn., June 2,
1807. Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Delaware County, 1834; U.S.
Representative from New York 20th District, 1837-39; circuit
judge in New York, 1844-47; Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1847-55; candidate for Governor of
New York, 1856, 1858; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1864;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1867-68. Died in
Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., May 13,
1890. Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
- John Cochrane (1813-1898) — of New York, New York
County, N.Y. Born in Palatine, Montgomery
County, N.Y., August
27, 1813. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 6th District, 1857-61; defeated,
1860; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1860;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War; New York
state attorney general, 1864-65; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1868
(Speaker).
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
7, 1898. Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
- Erastus Corning (1794-1872) — of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y. Born in Norwich, New London
County, Conn., December
14, 1794. Grandfather of Parker
Corning and Edwin
Corning; great-grandfather of Erastus
Corning II. Democrat. Mayor of
Albany, N.Y., 1834-37; member of New York
state senate 3rd District, 1842-45; U.S.
Representative from New York 14th District, 1857-59, 1861-63;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1860;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1867. Founder and
first president of the New York Central Railroad.
Died in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., April 9,
1872. Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
- Eli Perry (1799-1881) — of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y. Born in Cambridge, Washington
County, N.Y., December
25, 1799. Democrat. Member of New York
state assembly from Albany County 4th District, 1851; mayor of
Albany, N.Y., 1851-54, 1856-60, 1862-66; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1871-75 (14th District 1871-73,
15th District 1873-75). Died in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., May 17,
1881. Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
- John Van Schaick Lansing Pruyn (1811-1877) — also
known as John V. L. Pruyn — of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y. Born in New York, 1811.
Democrat. Member of New York
state senate 13th District, 1862-63; U.S.
Representative from New York 14th District, 1863-65, 1867-69.
Died in 1877.
Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
- Peter Gansevoort Ten Eyck (1873-1944) — also known
as Peter G. Ten Eyck — of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y. Born in Bethlehem, Albany
County, N.Y., November
7, 1873. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1912
(alternate), 1920;
U.S.
Representative from New York 28th District, 1913-15, 1921-23.
Died in 1944.
Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
- Gerrit Yates Lansing (1783-1862) — also known as
Gerrit Y. Lansing — of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y. Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., August 4,
1783. Nephew of John
Lansing, Jr.. State court judge in New York, 1816; U.S.
Representative from New York 10th District, 1831-37. Died January
3, 1862. Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
- Hugh White (1798-1870) — of Cohoes, Albany
County, N.Y. Born in New York, 1798.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from New York 16th District, 1845-51. Died in 1870.
Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
- Jeremiah Van Rensselaer (1738-1810) — of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y. Born in New York, 1738.
Cousin of Killian
Killian Van Rensselaer; father of Solomon
Van Vechten Van Rensselaer. Democrat. Member of New York
state assembly from Albany County, 1788-89; U.S.
Representative from New York 6th District, 1789-91; Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1801-04. Died in 1810.
Original interment at Dutch Reformed
Cemetery, Albany, N.Y.; reinterment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
- Solomon Van Vechten Van Rensselaer (1774-1852) — of
New York. Born in New York, 1774.
Son of Jeremiah
Van Rensselaer; nephew of Killian
Killian Van Rensselaer. U.S.
Representative from New York 9th District, 1819-22. Died in 1852.
Original interment at North Dutch Church
Cemetery, Albany, N.Y.; reinterment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
- John Lawrence Schoolcraft (1804-1860) — also known
as John L. Schoolcraft — of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y. Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., 1804.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from New York 13th District, 1849-53; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1856,
1860.
Died in Canada,
July
7, 1860. Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
- Abraham Van Vechten — of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y. Member of New York
state senate, 1797-1805, 1815-19 (Eastern District 1797-1805,
Middle District 1815-19); member of New York
state assembly from Albany County, 1805-06, 1807-13; New York
state attorney general, 1810-11, 1813-15; appointed 1810, 1813.
Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
- Morris Smith Miller (1779-1824) — of Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 31,
1779. Father of Rutger
Bleecker Miller. Lawyer;
common pleas court judge in New York, 1810; U.S.
Representative from New York 16th District, 1813-15. Died in
Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y., November
17, 1824. Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
- Rensselaer Westerlo (1776-1851) — of New York. Born
in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., April 29,
1776. Grandson of Philip
Livingston; son of Eilardus Westerlo (1737-1790) and Catharina
(Livingston) Westerlo (1745-1810); half-brother of Stephen
Van Rensselaer; brother of Catherine Westerlo (1778-1846) (who
married John
Woodworth). U.S.
Representative from New York 9th District, 1817-19. Died in
Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., April 18,
1851. Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
- Chesselden Ellis (1808-1854) — of New York. Born in
Vermont, 1808.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York 16th District, 1843-45. Died in 1854.
Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
- Lemuel Jenkins (1789-1862) — of New York. Born in
New York, 1789.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York 7th District, 1823-25. Died in 1862.
Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
- John Swinburne (1820-1889) — of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y. Born in New York, 1820.
Republican. Mayor of
Albany, N.Y., 1883-84; U.S.
Representative from New York 19th District, 1885-87. Died in 1889.
Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
- Rollin Brewster Sanford (1874-1957) — also known as
Rollin B. Sanford — of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y. Born in New York, May 18,
1874. Great-grandson of Jonah
Sanford. Republican. Albany
County District Attorney; U.S.
Representative from New York 28th District, 1915-21. Died May 16,
1957. Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
- Thomas Jefferson Van Alstyne (1827-1903) — of New
York. Born in New York, 1827.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York 16th District, 1883-85. Died in 1903.
Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
- Cornelius R. Parsons — of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y. Born in York, Livingston
County, N.Y. Son of Thomas
Parsons. Republican. Lumber
merchant; mayor
of Rochester, N.Y., 1876-87; member of New York
state assembly from Monroe County 2nd District, 1891; member of
New
York state senate, 1892-1901 (29th District 1892-93, 28th
District 1894-95, 43rd District 1896-1901). Interment at Albany Rural
Cemetery.
- D. Cady Herrick (1846-1926) — of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y. Born in Esperance town, Schoharie
County, N.Y., April 12,
1846. Democrat. Lawyer; Albany
County District Attorney; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 3rd District, 1892-1904; Justice of the
Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 3rd Department,
1896-1900; candidate for Governor of
New York, 1904. Died February
21, 1926. Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
- John Van Buren — of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y. Son of Martin
Van Buren. New York
state attorney general, 1845-47; appointed 1845. Interment at
Albany Rural Cemetery.
- Truman G. Younglove (1815-1882) — of Saratoga
County, N.Y. Born in Edinburg, Saratoga
County, N.Y., October
31, 1815. Son of Daniel Copeland Younglove (1791-1867) and
Elizabeth (Stimson) Younglove (1793-1850); married, January
7, 1841, to Elizabeth MacMartin; married, November
4, 1850, to Jane MacMartin. Republican. Engineer;
member of New York
state assembly from Saratoga County 1st District, 1866-69; Speaker of
the New York State Assembly, 1869; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1868
(member, Credentials
Committee). Died September
17, 1882. Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
- Samuel Hand — of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y. Judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1878. Interment at Albany Rural
Cemetery.
- Erastus Corning II (1909-1983) — of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y. Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., October
7, 1909. Great-grandson of Erastus
Corning; nephew of Parker
Corning; son of Edwin
Corning and Louise (Maxwell) Corning; married, June 23,
1932, to Elizabeth Norris Platt. Democrat. Insurance
broker; member of New York
state assembly from Albany County 1st District, 1936; member of
New
York state senate 30th District, 1937-41; resigned 1941; mayor of
Albany, N.Y., 1942-83; served in the U.S. Army during World War
II; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1944,
1948,
1952,
1956,
1960,
1964,
1972,
1980;
candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1946; member of New York
Democratic State Committee, 1964. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Chi Psi.
Died, of cardio-pulmonary
failure, in University Hospital,
Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., May 28,
1983. Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
- Jesse Buel — of Albany
County, N.Y. Member of New York
state assembly from Albany County, 1823; candidate for Governor of
New York, 1836. Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
- Robert Livingston (1663-1725) — of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y. Born in 0.
Nephew of Robert
Livingston (1654-1728). Mayor of
Albany, N.Y., 1710-19. Died in 1725.
Original interment at Dutch Church Burial
Ground, Albany, N.Y.; reinterment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
- Myndert Schuyler (1672-1755) — of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y. Born in 0. Merchant;
mayor
of Albany, N.Y., 1719-21, 1723-25. Died in 1755.
Original interment at Dutch Church Burial
Ground, Albany, N.Y.; reinterment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
- Volkert Petrus Douw (1720-1801) — also known as
Volkert P. Douw — of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y. Born in 1720.
Merchant;
mayor
of Albany, N.Y., 1761-70; member of New York
state senate Western District, 1785-93. Died in 1801.
Original interment somewhere
in Rensselaer, N.Y.; reinterment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
- George Hornell Thacher (1818-1887) — also known as
George H. Thacher — of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y. Born June 4,
1818. Father of John
Boyd Thacher; grandfather of John
Boyd Thacher II. Owner of Thacher Carwheel Company, makers of
wheels for railroad
cars; mayor of
Albany, N.Y., 1860-62, 1866-68, 1870-74. Died February
5, 1887. Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
- Charles Henry Gaus (1840-1909) — also known as
Charles H. Gaus — of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y. Born in Zanesville, Muskingum
County, Ohio, September
1, 1840. Republican. Druggist; mayor of
Albany, N.Y., 1902-08; New York
state comptroller, 1909; died in office 1909. German
ancestry. Died, from pneumonia,
in a hunting
lodge on Long Lake, Quebec,
October
31, 1909. Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
- Jared Lawrence Rathbone (b. 1844) — Born in 1844.
Son of Jared
Rathbone. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Consul General in Paris, 1887. Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
- Pieter Schuyler (1657-1724) — also known as Peter
Schuyler — of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y. Born in 0. Mayor of
Albany, N.Y., 1686-94. Died in 1724.
Original interment at Dutch Church Burial
Ground, Albany, N.Y.; subsequent interment at Madison Avenue Dutch Church, Albany, N.Y.;
reinterment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
- Johannes DePeyster (1694-1789) — also known as
John DePeyster — of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y. Born in 0. Mayor of
Albany, N.Y., 1729-31, 1732-33. Died in 1789.
Original interment at Dutch Church Burial
Ground, Albany, N.Y.; reinterment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
- Johannes Schuyler (1668-1747) — also known as
John Schuyler — of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y. Born in 0.
Father of Johannes
Schuyler (1697-1746). Mayor of
Albany, N.Y., 1703-06. Died in 1747.
Original interment at Dutch Church Burial
Ground, Albany, N.Y.; reinterment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
- John Boyd Thacher II (1882-1957) — of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y. Born October
26, 1882. Grandson of George
Hornell Thacher; nephew of John
Boyd Thacher. Democrat. Lawyer; banker; mayor of
Albany, N.Y., 1926-40; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1928,
1932,
1936,
1940;
delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933. Died April 25,
1957. Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
- Johannes Hansen (1695-1756) — also known as Hans
Hansen — of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y. Born in 0. Son
of Hendrick
Hansen. Mayor of
Albany, N.Y., 1754-56. Died in 1756.
Original interment at Dutch Church Burial
Ground, Albany, N.Y.; reinterment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
- Abraham G. Lansing — of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y. New York
state treasurer, 1803-08, 1810-12; appointed 1803, 1810.
Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
- Jacob Coenraedt Ten Eyck (1705-1793) — also known as
Jacob C. Ten Eyck — of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y. Born in 1705.
Mayor
of Albany, N.Y., 1748-50. Died in 1793.
Original interment in unknown location; reinterment at Albany Rural
Cemetery.
- Jared Rathbone (c.1792-1845) — of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y. Father of Jared
Lawrence Rathbone. Merchant;
mayor
of Albany, N.Y., 1838-41. Died in 1845.
Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
- John Boyd Thacher (1847-1909) — of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y. Born September
11, 1847. Son of George
Hornell Thacher; uncle of John
Boyd Thacher II. Owner of Thacher Carwheel Company, makers of
wheels for railroad
cars; author;
member of New York
state senate 17th District, 1884-85; mayor of
Albany, N.Y., 1886-88, 1896-97. Died February
25, 1909. Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
- Archibald McIntyre — of Montgomery
County, N.Y. Member of New York
state assembly, 1798-1802, 1803-04, 1811-12, 1820-21 (Montgomery
County 1798-1802, 1803-04, 1811-12, Montgomery and Hamilton counties
1820-21); New York
state comptroller, 1805-21; member of New York
state senate, 1821-26 (Western District 1821-22, 4th District
1823-26). Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
- Abraham Ten Broeck — of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y. Mayor of
Albany, N.Y., 1779-83, 1796-99; member of New York
state senate Western District, 1779-83. Interment at Albany Rural
Cemetery.
- David Davidse Schuyler (1669-1715) — also known as
David Schuyler — of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y. Born in 0. Mayor of
Albany, N.Y., 1706-07. Died in 1715.
Original interment at a private or family
graveyard, Albany County, N.Y.; reinterment at Albany Rural
Cemetery.
- Hendrick Hansen (c.1670-1724) — of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y. Father of Johannes
Hansen. Mayor of
Albany, N.Y., 1698-99. Died in 1724.
Original interment at Dutch Church Burial
Ground, Albany, N.Y.; reinterment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
- Jan Jansen Bleecker (1641-1732) — of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y. Born in 0. Fur
trader; mayor of
Albany, N.Y., 1700-01. Died in 1732.
Original interment at Dutch Church Burial
Ground, Albany, N.Y.; reinterment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
- Johannes Bleecker (1668-1737) — of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y. Born in 0. Mayor of
Albany, N.Y., 1701-02. Died in 1737.
Original interment at Dutch Church Burial
Ground, Albany, N.Y.; reinterment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
- Johannes Cuyler (c.1661-1740) — of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y. Mayor of
Albany, N.Y., 1725-26. Christian
Reformed. Dutch
ancestry. Died in 1740.
Original interment at Dutch Church Burial
Ground, Albany, N.Y.; reinterment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
- Johannes Schuyler (1697-1746) — of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y. Born in 0. Son
of Johannes
Schuyler (1668-1747); father of Philip
John Schuyler. Mayor of
Albany, N.Y., 1741-42. Died in 1746.
Original interment at a private or family
graveyard, Albany County, N.Y.; reinterment at Albany Rural
Cemetery.
- Charles Edward Bleecker (1826-1873) — also known as
Charles E. Bleecker — of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y. Born in 1826.
Wine
merchant; mayor of
Albany, N.Y., 1868-70. Died in 1873.
Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
- John Vernon Henry (1767-1829) — also known as
John V. Henry — of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y. Born in 1767.
Cousin of Benjamin
Henry. Member of New York
state assembly from Albany County, 1799-1802; New York
state comptroller, 1800-01. Presbyterian.
Died October
22, 1829. Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
- Benjamin Knower — of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y. New York
state treasurer, 1821-24; appointed 1821. Interment at Albany
Rural Cemetery.
- John Van Ness Yates — of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y. Secretary of
state of New York, 1818-26; member of New York
state assembly from Albany County, 1818-19. Interment at Albany
Rural Cemetery.
- Edward Holland (b. 1702) — of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y. Born in 1702.
Mayor
of Albany, N.Y., 1733-41. Original interment at St. Peter's Episcopal Church Burial Ground,
Albany, N.Y.; reinterment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
- Friend Humphrey — of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y. Member of New York
state senate 3rd District, 1840-41; mayor of
Albany, N.Y., 1843-45, 1849-50. Interment at Albany Rural
Cemetery.
- Stephen Clark — of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y. New York
state treasurer, 1856-57. Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
- Teunis Van Vechten — of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y. Mayor of
Albany, N.Y., 1837-38, 1841-42. Interment at Albany Rural
Cemetery.
- Edwin Corning (1883-1934) — of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y. Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., September
30, 1883. Grandson of Erastus
Corning; brother of Parker
Corning; married to Louise Maxwell; father of Erastus
Corning II. Democrat. New York
Democratic state chair, 1926-28; Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1927-28. President of Ludlum Steel
Company; officer of Albany Felt
Company; director of banks. Died
in 1934.
Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
- James Briggs McEwan — also known as James B.
McEwan — of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y. Member of New York
state assembly from Albany County 2nd District, 1897-1900; member
of New
York state senate 29th District, 1901-06; mayor of
Albany, N.Y., 1910-11. Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
- Abraham Lansing — of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y. New York
state treasurer, 1874; member of New York
state senate 17th District, 1882-83. Member, Kappa
Alpha Society. Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
- Barent Philip Staats — also known as Barent P.
Staats — of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y. Member of New York
state assembly from Albany County, 1834; mayor of
Albany, N.Y., 1842-43. Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
- Franklin Townsend — of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y. Mayor of
Albany, N.Y., 1850-51; member of New York
state assembly from Albany County 4th District, 1857. Interment
at Albany Rural Cemetery.
- William Law Learned (1821-1904) — of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y. Born in New London, New London
County, Conn., July 24,
1821. Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1870-84. Died in 1904.
Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
- Henry M. Sage (1868-1933) — of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.; Menands, Albany
County, N.Y. Born May 18,
1868. Republican. Member of New York
state assembly from Albany County 4th District, 1899; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1900
(alternate), 1904
(alternate), 1908
(alternate), 1916,
1924;
member of New York
state senate, 1911-20 (28th District 1911-18, 30th District
1919-20); defeated, 1922. Died in 1933.
Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
- Peter Gansevoort (1789-1876) — of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y. Born in 1789.
Son of Peter Gansevoort (Revolutionary War general); uncle of Herman
Melville (1819-1891; author). Member of New York
state assembly from Albany County, 1830-31; member of New York
state senate 3rd District, 1833-36. One of the founders of Albany
Rural Cemetery. Died in 1876.
Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
- Charles Stanford (c.1819-1885) — of Schenectady, Schenectady
County, N.Y. Brother of Amasa
Leland Stanford. Republican. Member of New York
state assembly from Schenectady County, 1864-65; member of New York
state senate, 1866-69 (14th District 1866-67, 15th District
1868-69); alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
New York, 1868.
Died August
24, 1885. Entombed at Albany Rural Cemetery.
- Marcus Tullius Reynolds (1788-1864) — Born in 1788.
Justice
of New York Supreme Court; founder and president of three railroads.
Died in 1864.
Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
- Amasa J. Parker, Jr. — of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y. Member of New York
state assembly from Albany County 3rd District, 1882; member of
New
York state senate, 1886-87, 1892-95 (17th District 1886-87,
1892-93, 19th District 1894-95). Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
- George Watson Pratt (d. 1862) — also known as
George W. Pratt — of Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y. Member of New York
state senate 10th District, 1858-59; colonel in the Union Army
during the Civil War. Wounded at the Second Battle of Bull Run, Va.,
August 30, 1862, and died as
a result, in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., September
11, 1862. Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
- Hamilton Harris — of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y. Republican. Member of New York
state assembly from Albany County 3rd District, 1851; New York
Republican state chair, 1866-70; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1868
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization); member of New York
state senate 13th District, 1876-79. Interment at Albany Rural
Cemetery.
- William Gorham Rice (b. 1856) — of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y. Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., December
23, 1856. Son of William A. Rice and Hannah (Seely) Rice;
married, February
10, 1892, to Harriet Langdon Pruyn. Democrat. Member, U.S. Civil
Service Commission, 1895-98; candidate for mayor of
Albany, N.Y., 1903; candidate in primary for Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1914. Episcopalian.
Member, Loyal
Legion; Sons of the
Revolution. Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
- Dirck W. Ten Broeck — of New York. Member of New York
state senate Western District, 1777-79. Interment at Albany Rural
Cemetery.
- James F. Donlon (d. 1948) — of Watervliet, Albany
County, N.Y. Democrat. Mayor
of Watervliet, N.Y., 1932-44; member of New York
Democratic State Committee, 1945. Died in 1948.
Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
- James Boyd (1792-1839) — of Schenectady
County, N.Y. Born in County Antrim, Ireland (now Northern
Ireland), February
2, 1792. Member of New York
state assembly from Schenectady County, 1810-12; Weighmaster of
the Erie Canal. Died in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., February
2, 1839. Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
- Thurlow Weed (1797-1882) — of New York. Born in Greene
County, N.Y., November
15, 1797. Grandfather of William
Barnes, Jr.. Newspaper
publisher; member of New York
state assembly, 1829. Influential political leader in New York
State from the 1820s through the 1860s; supported John
Quincy Adams in 1820s; led the New York Whigs in the 1840s;
joined the Republican Party in the 1850s and supported William
H. Seward for president in 1860. Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
22, 1882. Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
- Amos J. Ablett (1852-1904) — of Cohoes, Albany
County, N.Y. Born April 24,
1852. Member of New York
state assembly from Albany County 4th District, 1895-96. Died October
24, 1904. Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
- John A. Scott (1876-1939) — of Menands, Albany
County, N.Y. Born in 1876.
Republican. Candidate for New York
state assembly from Albany County 3rd District, 1933. Died in 1939.
Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
- Frank B. Graves — of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y. Republican. Delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1924.
Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
- Charles C. Wing — of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.; Loudonville, Albany
County, N.Y. Republican. Delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1936;
chair of
Albany County Republican Party, 1937; secretary to Gov. Thomas
E. Dewey; member of New York
Republican State Committee, 1950. Interment at Albany Rural
Cemetery.
- J. Palmer Harcourt (born c.1907) — of Loudonville,
Albany
County, N.Y. Republican. Candidate for New York
state senate 30th District, 1936; candidate for New York
state assembly from Albany County 1st District, 1937;
Presidential Elector for New York, 1972.
Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
- Adam Van Allen — of Albany
County, N.Y. Member of New York
state assembly from Albany County 2nd District, 1857. Interment
at Albany Rural Cemetery.
- Walter Ellis Ward — also known as Walter E.
Ward — of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y. Member of New York
state assembly from Albany County 2nd District, 1891-92.
Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
Other politicians who have monuments here:
- John Lansing, Jr. (1754-c.1829) — of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y. Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., January
30, 1754. Uncle of Gerrit
Yates Lansing. Member of New York
state assembly from Albany County, 1780-84, 1785-87, 1788-89; Speaker of
the New York State Assembly, 1786; Delegate
to Continental Congress from New York, 1785; mayor of
Albany, N.Y., 1786-90; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1790-1801. Christian
Reformed. Mysteriously
disappeared in New York City, December 12, 1829, after leaving
his hotel to post a letter, and was never
found. Cenotaph at Albany Rural Cemetery.
- Rufus Wheeler Peckham (1809-1873) — also known as
Rufus W. Peckham — of New York. Born in Rensselaerville,
Albany
County, N.Y., December
20, 1809. Father of Rufus
Wheeler Peckham (1838-1909). Democrat. Lawyer; law
partner of Lyman
Tremain; U.S.
Representative from New York 14th District, 1853-55; Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1861-69; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1870-73; died in office 1873. Member,
Kappa
Alpha Society. En route to Europe on the steamer Ville du
Havre, he was among 226 passengers and crew who perished
when the steamer collided
with the Scottish sailing vessel Loch Earn, and sank, in the
North
Atlantic Ocean, November
22, 1873; his remains were never
found. Cenotaph at Albany Rural Cemetery.
St. Agnes Cemetery
Menands, Albany County, New York
Politicians buried here:
- Martin Henry Glynn (1871-1924) — also known as
Martin H. Glynn — of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y. Born in Kinderhook, Columbia
County, N.Y., September
27, 1871. Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York 20th District, 1899-1901; New York
state comptroller, 1907-08; defeated, 1908; Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1913; Governor of
New York, 1913-15; defeated, 1914; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1916,
1924.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Owner and editor of Albany Times-Union newspaper.
First
Catholic governor of New York State. Died in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., December
14, 1924. Interment at St. Agnes Cemetery.
- Leo William O'Brien (1900-1982) — also known as
Leo W. O'Brien — of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y. Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., September
21, 1900. Newspaper
work; radio and
television commentator; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1952-67 (32nd District 1952-53,
30th District 1953-63, 29th District 1963-67). Died in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., May 4,
1982. Interment at St. Agnes Cemetery.
- Charles Tracey (1847-1905) — of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y. Born in New York, 1847.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York, 1887-95 (19th District 1887-93,
20th District 1893-95); delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1896.
Died in 1905.
Interment at St. Agnes Cemetery.
- Terence John Quinn (1836-1878) — also known as
Terence J. Quinn — of Albany
County, N.Y. Born in New York, 1836.
Democrat. Member of New York
state assembly from Albany County 3rd District, 1874; U.S.
Representative from New York 16th District, 1877-78; died in
office 1878. Died in 1878.
Interment at St. Agnes Cemetery.
- Nicholas Thomas Kane (1846-1887) — also known as
Nicholas T. Kane — of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y. Born in Ireland,
September
12, 1846. Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York 19th District, 1887; died in office
1887. Died September
14, 1887. Interment at St. Agnes Cemetery.
- Michael Nicholas Nolan (1833-1905) — also known as
Michael N. Nolan — of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y. Born in County Carlow, Ireland,
May 4,
1833. Democrat. Mayor of
Albany, N.Y., 1878-83; U.S.
Representative from New York 16th District, 1881-83; candidate
for Presidential Elector for New York, 1896.
Died in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., May 31,
1905. Interment at St. Agnes Cemetery.
- Frank S. Ablett (1867-1950) — of Cohoes, Albany
County, N.Y. Born January
12, 1867. Son of Philip Ablett and Julia Ablett; married to Mary
Ellen Stanton. Democrat. Mayor of
Cohoes, N.Y., 1936-39. Died October
13, 1950. Interment at St. Agnes Cemetery.
- Frank P. Cox (1895-1977) — of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y. Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., October
16, 1895. Married to Etolla L. McCarthy. Democrat. Served in the
U.S. Army during World War I; president,
Albany Typographical Union No. 4; vice-president,
Albany Central Federation of Labor; member of New York
state assembly, 1960-68 (Albany County 1st District 1960-65,
113th District 1966, 102nd District 1967-68). Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Elks. Died
June
4, 1977. Interment at St. Agnes Cemetery.
New Scotland Presbyterian Church
Cemetery
New Scotland, Albany County, New York
Politicians buried here:
Voorheesville Cemetery
Voorheesville, Albany County, New York
Politicians buried here:
"Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political
graveyard."
Henry L. Clinton, Apollo Hall, New York City, February
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