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Cortland County
New York

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Cortland County


Index to Locations

  • St. Mary's Cemetery
  • Private or family graveyards
  • Cincinnatus Cincinnatus Cemetery
  • Cortland Cortland Rural Cemetery
  • Homer Glenwood Cemetery
  • Truxton City Cemetery


    St. Mary's Cemetery
    Cortland County, New York
    Politicians buried here:
      William H. Morgan (d. 1982) — of Cortland, Cortland County, N.Y.; Homer, Cortland County, N.Y. Democrat. Chair of Cortland County Democratic Party, 1938-42; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1940 (alternate), 1944, 1952, 1964. Died September 5, 1982. Interment at St. Mary's Cemetery.
      Relatives: Grandson of Patrick Jerome Gleason.


    Private or family graveyard
    Cortland County, New York
    Politicians buried here:
      Samuel Gilbert Hathaway (1780-1867) — also known as Samuel G. Hathaway — of Cortland County, N.Y. Born in Freetown, Bristol County, Mass., July 18, 1780. Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly from Cortland County, 1814-15, 1817-18; member of New York state senate 6th District, 1823; U.S. Representative from New York 22nd District, 1833-35; Presidential Elector for New York, 1852. Died in Solon, Cortland County, N.Y., May 2, 1867 (age 86 years, 288 days). Interment in a private or family graveyard.
      Cross-reference: Alexander Samuel Diven
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page


    Cincinnatus Cemetery
    Cincinnatus, Cortland County, New York
    Politicians buried here:
      John Osgood (1782-1872) — of Cincinnatus, Cortland County, N.Y. Born in Pomfret, Windham County, Conn., May 13, 1782. Son of William Osgood (1740-1804) and Mary (Scarborough) Osgood. Merchant; member of New York state assembly from Cortland County, 1838. English ancestry. Died in Cincinnatus, Cortland County, N.Y., December 19, 1872 (age 90 years, 220 days). Interment at Cincinnatus Cemetery.
      Relatives: Married, May 27, 1808, to Olive Grosvenor (1784-1872).
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial


    Cortland Rural Cemetery
    Cortland, Cortland County, New York
    See also Findagrave page for this location.
    Politicians buried here:
      Nathan Lewis Miller (1868-1953) — also known as Nathan L. Miller — of Cortland, Cortland County, N.Y.; Syracuse, Onondaga County, N.Y. Born in Solon town, Cortland County, N.Y., October 10, 1868. Son of Samuel Miller and Almira (Russell) Miller. Republican. School teacher; lawyer; New York state comptroller, 1901-03; Justice of New York Supreme Court 6th District, 1903-13; Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 2nd Department, 1904-13; judge of New York Court of Appeals, 1913-15; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1920; Governor of New York, 1921-22; defeated, 1922. German ancestry. Died June 26, 1953 (age 84 years, 259 days). Interment at Cortland Rural Cemetery.
      Relatives: Married, November 23, 1896, to Elizabeth Davern.
      See also National Governors Association biography — Find-A-Grave memorial
      Rodolphus Holland Duell (1824-1891) — also known as R. Holland Duell — of Cortland, Cortland County, N.Y. Born in Warren, Herkimer County, N.Y., December 20, 1824. Republican. Lawyer; Cortland County District Attorney, 1850-55; Cortland County Judge, 1855-59; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1856, 1868; U.S. Representative from New York, 1859-63, 1871-75 (21st District 1859-63, 23rd District 1871-73, 24th District 1873-75); U.S. Commissioner of Patents, 1875-77. Died in Cortland, Cortland County, N.Y., February 11, 1891 (age 66 years, 53 days). Interment at Cortland Rural Cemetery.
      Relatives: Father of Charles Holland Duell; grandfather of Holland S. Duell. See Duell family of New York.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
      Joseph Reynolds (1785-1864) — of Cortland County, N.Y. Born in New York, 1785. Democrat. Member of New York state assembly from Cortland County, 1818-19; U.S. Representative from New York 22nd District, 1835-37. Died in 1864 (age about 79 years). Interment at Cortland Rural Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
      Rowland Lucius Davis (1871-1954) — also known as Rowland L. Davis — of Cortland, Cortland County, N.Y. Born in Dryden, Tompkins County, N.Y., July 10, 1871. Son of Lucius Davis (1835-1912) and Harriet (Francis) Davis (1839-1915). Republican. Justice of New York Supreme Court 6th District, 1915-41; appointed 1915; Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court, 1921-39 (4th Department 1921-26, 3rd Department 1926-31, 2nd Department 1931-39). Died in Cortland, Cortland County, N.Y., February 1, 1954 (age 82 years, 206 days). Interment at Cortland Rural Cemetery.
      Relatives: Married, June 15, 1905, to Iva A. Yager (1883-1963).
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial
      Henry Stephens Randall (1811-1876) — also known as Henry S. Randall — of Cortland, Cortland County, N.Y. Born in 1811. Democrat. Secretary of state of New York, 1852-53; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1860; member of New York state assembly from Cortland County, 1871. Died August 14, 1876 (age about 65 years). Interment at Cortland Rural Cemetery.
      Charles Holland Duell (1850-1920) — of New York, New York County, N.Y.; Syracuse, Onondaga County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y.; Yonkers, Westchester County, N.Y. Born in Cortland, Cortland County, N.Y., April 13, 1850. Son of Rodolphus Holland Duell and Mary L. (Cuyler) Duell. Republican. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly from New York County 13th District, 1880; U.S. Commissioner of Patents, 1898-1901; Presidential Elector for New York, 1908; Presidential Elector for New York, 1908. Died in Yonkers, Westchester County, N.Y., January 29, 1920 (age 69 years, 291 days). Interment at Cortland Rural Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Rodolphus Holland Duell and Mary L. (Cuyler) Duell; married, November 20, 1879, to Harriet M. Sackett; father of Holland S. Duell. See Duell family of New York.
      Josiah Hart — of Cortland County, N.Y. Member of New York state assembly from Cortland County, 1825. Interment at Cortland Rural Cemetery.


    Glenwood Cemetery
    Homer, Cortland County, New York
    Politicians buried here:
      Lewis Riggs (1789-1870) — of New York. Born in Norfolk, Litchfield County, Conn., January 16, 1789. Democrat. U.S. Representative from New York 22nd District, 1841-43. Died November 6, 1870 (age 81 years, 294 days). Interment at Glenwood Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
      Edward Cambridge Reed (1793-1883) — also known as Edward C. Reed — of Homer, Cortland County, N.Y. Born in New Hampshire, 1793. Democrat. U.S. Representative from New York 22nd District, 1831-33. Died in 1883 (age about 90 years). Interment at Glenwood Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
      John B. Briggs — of Homer, Cortland County, N.Y. Republican. Automobile dealer; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1928, 1932, 1936; member of New York state assembly from Cortland County, 1937-38. Interment at Glenwood Cemetery.


    City Cemetery
    Truxton, Cortland County, New York
    Politicians buried here:
      John Miller (1774-1862) — of Truxton, Cortland County, N.Y. Born in Amenia, Dutchess County, N.Y., November 10, 1774. Physician; Cortland County Coroner, 1802; postmaster; member of New York state assembly from Cortland County, 1816-17, 1819-20, 1846; U.S. Representative from New York 22nd District, 1825-27; delegate to New York state constitutional convention, 1846. Died in Truxton, Cortland County, N.Y., March 31, 1862 (age 87 years, 141 days). Interment at City Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page


     

     


     
       
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