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William Henry Seward (1801-1872) —
also known as William H. Seward —
of Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Born in Florida, Orange
County, N.Y., May 16,
1801.
Son of Daniel S. Seward (physician).
Lawyer;
co-founded (with Thurlow
Weed), the Albany Evening Journal newspaper
in 1830; member of New York
state senate 7th District, 1831-34; Governor of
New York, 1839-43; defeated (Whig), 1834; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1849-61; candidate for Republican
nomination for President, 1856,
1860;
U.S.
Secretary of State, 1861-69.
Survived an assassination
attempt on April 14, 1865 (the same night Abraham
Lincoln was shot), when Lewis Payne, an associate of John Wilkes
Booth, broke into his bedroom and stabbed him repeatedly. Payne was
arrested, tried with the other conspirators, and hanged. As
Secretary of State in 1867, made a treaty with Russia for the
purchase of Alaska; critics dubbed the territory "Seward's Folly".
His portrait appeared on the $50
U.S. Treasury Note in the 1890s.
Died in Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y., October
16, 1872 (age 71 years, 153
days).
Interment at Fort Hill Cemetery; statue at Madison
Square Park, Manhattan, N.Y.; statue at Volunteer
Park, Seattle, Wash.
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Theodore Medad Pomeroy (1824-1905) —
also known as Theodore M. Pomeroy —
of Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Born in Cayuga, Cayuga
County, N.Y., December
31, 1824.
Republican. Lawyer; Cayuga
County District Attorney, 1850-56; member of New York
state assembly from Cayuga County 2nd District, 1857; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1860,
1876
(Temporary
Chair); U.S.
Representative from New York, 1861-69 (25th District 1861-63,
24th District 1863-69); Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1869; mayor of
Auburn, N.Y., 1875-76; member of New York
state senate 25th District, 1878-79.
Died in Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y., March 23,
1905 (age 80 years, 82
days).
Interment at Fort Hill Cemetery.
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William Miller Collier (1867-1956) —
of Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Born in Lodi, Seneca
County, N.Y., October
11, 1867.
Son of Rev. Isaac H. Collier and Frances (Miller) Collier.
Lawyer;
U.S. Minister to Spain, 1905-09; president,
George Washington University, 1917; U.S. Ambassador to Chile, 1921-28.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Chi Psi;
American
Academy of Political and Social Science.
Died in 1956
(age about
88 years).
Interment at Fort Hill Cemetery.
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Sereno Elisha Payne (1843-1914) —
also known as Sereno E. Payne —
of Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Born in Hamilton, Madison
County, N.Y., June 26,
1843.
Son of William
Wallace Payne.
Republican. Lawyer; Cayuga
County District Attorney, 1873-79; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1883-87, 1889-1914 (26th District
1883-85, 27th District 1885-87, 1889-93, 28th District 1893-1903,
31st District 1903-13, 36th District 1913-14); died in office 1914;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1900,
1904,
1908,
1912.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
10, 1914 (age 71 years, 167
days).
Interment at Fort Hill Cemetery.
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John Taber (1880-1965) —
of Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Born in Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y., May 5,
1880.
Son of Franklin P. Taber and Mary (Parker) Taber.
Republican. Lawyer;
county judge in New York, 1911-18; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1920,
1924,
1936;
chair
of Cayuga County Republican Party, 1920-24; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1923-63 (36th District 1923-45,
38th District 1945-53, 36th District 1953-63).
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Died in Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y., November
22, 1965 (age 85 years, 201
days).
Interment at Fort Hill Cemetery.
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Lithgow Osborne (1892-1980) —
of Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Born in Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y., April 2,
1892.
Son of Thomas
Mott Osborne and Agnes (Devens) Osborne.
Democrat. Private secretary to U.S. Ambassador James
W. Gerard, 1915; newspaper
editor; candidate for New York
state assembly from Cayuga County, 1923; candidate for New York
state senate 42nd District, 1924; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1928;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 36th District, 1932; New York State
Conservation Commissioner, 1933; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1938; U.S.
Ambassador to Norway, 1944-46.
Member, Audubon
Society; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died in 1980
(age about
88 years).
Interment at Fort Hill Cemetery.
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Jerome Heartwell Holland (1916-1985) —
also known as Jerome H. Holland; Brud
Holland —
of Virginia.
Born January
9, 1916.
U.S. Ambassador to Sweden, 1970-72.
African
ancestry.
Died January
13, 1985 (age 69 years, 4
days).
Interment at Fort Hill Cemetery.
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William Osborne Dapping (1880-1969) —
also known as William O. Dapping —
of Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 12,
1880.
Son of William Dapping and Mathilda (Lauterbach) Dapping.
Democrat. Newspaper
reporter; newspaper
editor and publisher; received a Pulitzer
Prize Special Citation in 1930, for the Auburn Citizen's
coverage of an inmate uprising at the Auburn prison; Presidential
Elector for New York, 1932;
defeated, 1956;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1936.
Universalist.
Member, Elks.
Died August 1,
1969 (age 89 years, 50
days).
Interment at Fort Hill Cemetery.
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Christopher Morgan (1808-1877) —
of Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Born in Aurora, Cayuga
County, N.Y., June 4,
1808.
Son of Christopher Morgan (1777-1834) and Nancy (Barber) Morgan
(1785-1864).
Lawyer;
U.S.
Representative from New York 24th District, 1839-43; defeated,
1842; secretary of
state of New York, 1847-51; mayor of
Auburn, N.Y., 1860.
Died in Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y., April 3,
1877 (age 68 years, 303
days).
Interment at Fort Hill Cemetery.
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George Oscar Rathbun (1803-1870) —
also known as George Rathbun —
of Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Born in Scipioville, Cayuga
County, N.Y., 1803.
Democrat. Lawyer; postmaster;
U.S.
Representative from New York 25th District, 1843-47.
Died in Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y., January
5, 1870 (age about 66
years).
Interment at Fort Hill Cemetery.
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Nathaniel Garrow (1780-1841) —
of Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Born in Barnstable, Barnstable
County, Mass., April 25,
1780.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York 24th District, 1827-29.
Died in Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y., March 3,
1841 (age 60 years, 312
days).
Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment at
Fort Hill Cemetery.
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Truman Adams Merriman (1839-1892) —
also known as Truman A. Merriman —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, 1839.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York 11th District, 1885-89.
Died in 1892
(age about
53 years).
Interment at Fort Hill Cemetery.
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Charles Edward Pearce (1842-1902) —
also known as Charles E. Pearce —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Whitesboro, Oneida
County, N.Y., May 29,
1842.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri,
1888;
U.S.
Representative from Missouri 12th District, 1897-1901.
Member, Kappa
Alpha Society.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., January
30, 1902 (age 59 years, 246
days).
Interment at Fort Hill Cemetery.
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Thomas Y. Howe, Jr. (1801-1860) —
also known as Thomas Y. How, Jr. —
of Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Born in Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y., 1801.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York 25th District, 1851-53; mayor of
Auburn, N.Y., 1853.
Died in Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y., July 15,
1860 (age about 59
years).
Interment at Fort Hill Cemetery.
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Benjamin Franklin Hall (1814-1891) —
also known as Benjamin F. Hall —
of Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y.; Colorado.
Born in Whitehall, Washington
County, N.Y., July 23,
1814.
Lawyer;
newspaper
editor; member of New York
state assembly from Cayuga County, 1844; mayor of
Auburn, N.Y., 1852; justice of
Colorado territorial supreme court, 1861-63; U.S. Consul in Valparaiso, 1863-65.
Died in Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y., September
6, 1891 (age 77 years, 45
days).
Interment at Fort Hill Cemetery.
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Charles D. Osborne —
of Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Mayor of
Auburn, N.Y., 1928-31, 1937-39; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 36th District, 1942.
Interment at Fort Hill Cemetery.
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William Bruce MacMaster (1838-1891) —
also known as William B. MacMaster —
Born in Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y., May 24,
1838.
Son of Zalmon J. MacMaster and Sophia (Bruce) MacMaster.
U.S. Consul in Cartagena, 1886-91, died in office 1891.
Died in Cartagena, Colombia,
February
13, 1891 (age 52 years, 265
days).
Interment at Fort Hill Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Zalmon J. MacMaster and Sophia (Bruce) MacMaster; brother of
Zalmon MacMaster (died 1863 of Civil War wounds); father of William
Bruce MacMaster, Jr.. |
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Thomas Mott Osborne (1859-1926) —
also known as Thomas M. Osborne; "Tom
Brown" —
of Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Born in Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y., September
23, 1859.
Son of David
M. Osborne.
Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1896,
1924;
Independent candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1898; mayor of
Auburn, N.Y., 1903-05.
Son of the founder of International Harvester; prison reformer; New
York State Public Service Commissioner; New York State Fish and Game
Commissioner, 1911; warden of Sing Sing Prison, Ossining, N.Y.,
1914-16; indicted
by a grand jury in 1915 for alleged perjury
and neglect
of duty; tried,
but the charges were dismissed; commander of naval prison,
Portsmouth, N.H., 1917-20.
Died October
20, 1926 (age 67 years, 27
days).
Interment at Fort Hill Cemetery.
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Maurice I. Schwartz (1901-1967) —
of Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Born in 1901.
Republican. Mayor of
Auburn, N.Y., 1960-67; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New York, 1964.
Industrialist, philanthropist.
Died in 1967
(age about
66 years).
Interment at Fort Hill Cemetery.
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Abraham Gridley (d. 1850) —
of New York.
Member of New York
state senate 7th District, 1847.
Died in 1850.
Interment at Fort Hill Cemetery.
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Eugene Clarence Aiken (b. 1856) —
also known as E. Clarence Aiken —
of Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Born in Scipio, Cayuga
County, N.Y., May 6,
1856.
Son of Ira Aiken and Ellen (Olney) Aiken.
Republican. Lawyer;
director and counsel, New York, Auburn & Lansing Railroad;
mayor
of Auburn, N.Y., 1906-07; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 40th District, 1915.
Baptist.
Member, Elks.
Interment at Fort Hill Cemetery.
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William Clinton Beardsley (1816-1900) —
also known as William C. Beardsley —
of Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Born in Stewarts Corners, Cayuga
County, N.Y., March 27,
1816.
Son of John Beardsley (1783-1857) and Alice (Booth) Beardsley
(1786-1877).
Democrat. Lawyer; postmaster;
banker;
railroad
director; Presidential Elector for New York, 1852;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1864.
Died in Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y., January
25, 1900 (age 83 years, 304
days).
Interment at Fort Hill Cemetery.
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