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Jabez Delno Hammond (1778-1855) —
of New York.
Born in New Bedford, Bristol
County, Mass., August 2,
1778.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York 15th District, 1815-17; member of New York
state senate Middle District, 1817-21; state court judge in New
York, 1838.
Died in Cherry Valley, Otsego
County, N.Y., August
18, 1855 (age 77 years, 16
days).
Interment at Cherry Valley Cemetery.
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Oliver Andrew Morse (1815-1870) —
of New York.
Born in New York, 1815.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from New York 19th District, 1857-59.
Died in 1870
(age about
55 years).
Interment at Cherry Valley Cemetery.
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William W. Campbell (1806-1881) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Cherry Valley, Otsego
County, N.Y., June 10,
1806.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from New York 6th District, 1845-47; Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1857-65; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1868.
Died in Cherry Valley, Otsego
County, N.Y., September
7, 1881 (age 75 years, 89
days).
Interment at Cherry Valley Cemetery.
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James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851) —
also known as Jane Morgan —
of Cooperstown, Otsego
County, N.Y.
Born in Burlington, Burlington
County, N.J., September
15, 1789.
Son of William
Cooper.
Novelist;
U.S. Consul in Lyon, 1826-28.
Died September
14, 1851 (age 61 years, 364
days).
Interment at Christ Churchyard; statue at Cooper
Garden.
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William Cooper (1754-1809) —
of New York.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
2, 1754.
U.S.
Representative from New York 10th District, 1795-97, 1799-1801.
Died in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., December
22, 1809 (age 55 years, 20
days).
Interment at Christ Churchyard.
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John Russell (1772-1842) —
of Cooperstown, Otsego
County, N.Y.
Born in Branford, New Haven
County, Conn., September
7, 1772.
Physician;
merchant;
Otsego
County Clerk, 1801-04; U.S.
Representative from New York 14th District, 1805-09; Presidential
Elector for New York, 1812;
delegate to Whig National Convention from New York, 1839.
Died in Cooperstown, Otsego
County, N.Y., 1842
(age about
69 years).
Interment at Christ Churchyard.
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Samuel Nelson (1792-1873) —
of New York.
Born in Hebron, Washington
County, N.Y., November
10, 1792.
Delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1821; state court
judge in New York, 1823, 1831; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1845-72.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died December
13, 1873 (age 81 years, 33
days).
Interment at Lakewood Cemetery.
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Andrew Davidson (b. 1840) —
of Cooperstown, Otsego
County, N.Y.
Born in Morebattle, Roxburghshire, Scotland,
February
12, 1840.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of New York
state senate 23rd District, 1884-85.
Scottish
ancestry.
Received the Medal
of Honor in 1892 for action at Petersburg, Va., July 30, 1864.
Interment at Lakewood Cemetery.
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John Holmes Prentiss (1784-1861) —
of New York.
Born in Massachusetts, 1784.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York 19th District, 1837-41.
Died in 1861
(age about
77 years).
Interment at Lakewood Cemetery.
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George Anson Starkweather (1794-1879) —
of New York.
Born in Connecticut, 1794.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York 21st District, 1847-49.
Died in 1879
(age about
85 years).
Interment at Lakewood Cemetery.
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George Van Horn (1850-1904) —
of New York.
Born in New York, 1850.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York 24th District, 1891-93.
Died in 1904
(age about
54 years).
Interment at Lakewood Cemetery.
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John Myer Bowers (1772-1846) —
of New York.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., September
25, 1772.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Representative from New York 15th District, 1813.
Died in Cooperstown, Otsego
County, N.Y., February
24, 1846 (age 73 years, 152
days).
Interment at Lakewood Cemetery.
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Abijah Gilbert (1806-1881) —
of Florida.
Born in Gilbertsville, Otsego
County, N.Y., June 18,
1806.
Republican. U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1869-75.
Died November
23, 1881 (age 75 years, 158
days).
Interment at Brookside Cemetery.
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Charles Burke Elbrick (1908-1983) —
also known as C. Burke Elbrick —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., March 25,
1908.
Son of Charles J. Elbrick and Lillian (Burke) Elbrick.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Panama, 1931-32; Southampton, 1932-34; Port-au-Prince, 1937; Lisbon, 1940-41; U.S. Consul in Warsaw, 1945; U.S. Ambassador to Portugal, 1958-63; Yugoslavia, 1964; Brazil, 1969-70.
Member, Phi
Delta Theta.
Died in 1983
(age about
75 years).
Interment at Brookside Cemetery.
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George McMurtrie Godley II (1917-1999) —
also known as G. McMurtrie Godley —
of Washington,
D.C.; Morris, Otsego
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August
23, 1917.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; Foreign Service officer;
U.S. Ambassador to Congo (Leopoldville), 1964-66; Laos, 1969-73; Lebanon, 1974-76.
Member, Rotary.
Died, of heart
failure, in A.O. Fox Memorial Hospital,
Oneonta, Otsego
County, N.Y., November
7, 1999 (age 82 years, 76
days).
Interment at Hillington Cemetery.
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Relatives:
Married 1946
to Livia Paravicini (divorced 1963); married 1969 to
Elizabeth McCray Johnson. |
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Francis M. Rotch (c.1822-1863) —
of Morris, Otsego
County, N.Y.
Born about 1822.
Son of Francis Rotch.
Farmer;
member of New York
state senate 20th District, 1860-61; colonel in the Union Army
during the Civil War.
Contracted an unspecified
disease while with the Army of the Potomac during the Civil
War, and died from it about a year later, in Morris, Otsego
County, N.Y., November
28, 1863 (age about 41
years).
Interment at Hillington Cemetery.
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David Forrest Wilber (1859-1928) —
also known as David F. Wilber —
of Oneonta, Otsego
County, N.Y.
Born in Milford, Otsego
County, N.Y., December
7, 1859.
Son of David
Wilber.
Republican. Farmer; real estate
business; vice-president and director of the Wilber National Bank of
Oneonta, 1883-96; U.S.
Representative from New York 21st District, 1895-99; U.S. Consul
in Barbados, 1903-05; U.S. Consul General in Singapore, 1905-07; Halifax, 1907-09; Kobe, 1909-10; Vancouver, 1910-13; Zurich, 1913-15; Genoa, 1915-21; Wellington, 1921-22; member of New York
Republican State Committee, 1924-27.
Died in Upper Dam, Oxford
County, Maine, August
14, 1928 (age 68 years, 251
days).
Interment at Glenwood Cemetery.
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David Wilber (1820-1890) —
of Oneonta, Otsego
County, N.Y.
Born in Duanesburg, Schenectady
County, N.Y., October
5, 1820.
Republican. Farmer; lumber
business; hop
dealer; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1873-75, 1879-81, 1887-90 (20th
District 1873-75, 21st District 1879-81, 24th District 1887-90); died
in office 1890.
Died in Oneonta, Otsego
County, N.Y., April 1,
1890 (age 69 years, 178
days).
Interment at Glenwood Cemetery.
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George Winthrop Fairchild (1854-1924) —
also known as George W. Fairchild —
of Oneonta, Otsego
County, N.Y.
Born in Oneonta, Otsego
County, N.Y., May 6,
1854.
Republican. Newspaper
publisher; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1907-19 (24th District 1907-13,
34th District 1913-19); delegate to Republican National Convention
from New York, 1912,
1916.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
31, 1924 (age 70 years, 239
days).
Interment at Glenwood Cemetery.
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