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Sanford E. Church (1815-1880) —
of Albion, Orleans
County, N.Y.
Born April 18,
1815.
Democrat. Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1851-54; New York
state comptroller, 1858-59; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1860,
1864;
chief
judge of New York Court of Appeals, 1870-80; died in office 1880.
Died May 13,
1880 (age 65 years, 25
days).
Interment at Mt. Albion Cemetery.
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Rufus Brown Bullock (1834-1907) —
also known as Rufus Bullock —
of Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga.; Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.; Albion, Orleans
County, N.Y.
Born in Bethlehem, Albany
County, N.Y., March 28,
1834.
Son of Volkert Veeder Bullock (1806-1883) and Jane Eliza (Brown)
Bullock (1808-1882).
Governor
of Georgia, 1868-71.
Died in Albion, Orleans
County, N.Y., April 27,
1907 (age 73 years, 30
days).
Interment at Mt. Albion Cemetery.
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Lorenzo Burrows (1805-1885) —
of Albion, Orleans
County, N.Y.
Born in Groton, New London
County, Conn., March 15,
1805.
U.S.
Representative from New York 34th District, 1849-53; New York
state comptroller, 1856-57; candidate for Governor of
New York, 1858.
Died in Albion, Orleans
County, N.Y., March 6,
1885 (age 79 years, 356
days).
Interment at Mt. Albion Cemetery.
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John Gilbert Sawyer (1825-1898) —
also known as John G. Sawyer —
of Albion, Orleans
County, N.Y.
Born in Vermont, June 5,
1825.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from New York 31st District, 1885-91.
Died September
5, 1898 (age 73 years, 92
days).
Interment at Mt. Albion Cemetery.
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Noah Davis (1818-1902) —
of Albion, Orleans
County, N.Y.
Born in Haverhill, Grafton
County, N.H., September
10, 1818.
Republican. Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1857-68, 1873-87; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1860;
U.S.
Representative from New York 28th District, 1869-70; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1870-72.
Presided over the two trials of "Boss" Tweed in 1873.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March 20,
1902 (age 83 years, 191
days).
Interment at Mt. Albion Cemetery.
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Gideon Hard (1797-1885) —
of New York.
Born in Arlington, Bennington
County, Vt., April 29,
1797.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Representative from New York 33rd District, 1833-37; member of New York
state senate 8th District, 1842-47; county judge in New York,
1856-60.
Died in Albion, Orleans
County, N.Y., April 27,
1885 (age 87 years, 363
days).
Interment at Mt. Albion Cemetery.
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John Curtis Chamberlain (1772-1834) —
also known as "The Hermit" —
of Alstead, Cheshire
County, N.H.; Charlestown, Sullivan
County, N.H.; Honeoye Falls, Monroe
County, N.Y.; Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y.
Born in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., June 5,
1772.
Lawyer;
poet;
member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1802-04, 1818; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 2nd District, 1809-11.
Died in Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y., December
8, 1834 (age 62 years, 186
days).
Interment at Mt. Albion Cemetery.
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Gilbert DeLaMatyr (1825-1892) —
of Indiana.
Born in Pharsalia, Chenango
County, N.Y., July 8,
1825.
Methodist
minister; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 7th District, 1879-81.
Died in Akron, Summit
County, Ohio, May 17,
1892 (age 66 years, 314
days).
Interment at Mt. Albion Cemetery.
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Elizur Kirke Hart (1841-1893) —
also known as E. Kirke Hart —
of Orleans
County, N.Y.
Born in Albion, Orleans
County, N.Y., April 8,
1841.
Democrat. Member of New York
state assembly from Orleans County, 1872; U.S.
Representative from New York 30th District, 1877-79.
Died February
18, 1893 (age 51 years, 316
days).
Interment at Mt. Albion Cemetery.
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Charles Horace Holmes (1827-1874) —
of New York.
Born in New York, 1827.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from New York 28th District, 1870-71.
Died in 1874
(age about
47 years).
Interment at Mt. Albion Cemetery.
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Edwin Ruthvin Reynolds (1816-1908) —
also known as Edwin R. Reynolds —
of Albion, Orleans
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, 1816.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York 31st District, 1860-61.
Died in 1908
(age about
92 years).
Interment at Mt. Albion Cemetery.
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Ben Field (1816-1876) —
of Albion, Orleans
County, N.Y.
Born in Dorset, Bennington
County, Vt., June 12,
1816.
Member of New York
state senate 28th District, 1854-55.
Died August
13, 1876 (age 60 years, 62
days).
Interment at Mt. Albion Cemetery.
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Silas Mainville Burroughs (1810-1860) —
also known as Silas M. Burroughs —
of Medina, Orleans
County, N.Y.
Born in Ovid, Seneca
County, N.Y., July 16,
1810.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Orleans County, 1837, 1850-51, 1853; U.S.
Representative from New York 31st District, 1857-60; died in
office 1860.
Died in Medina, Orleans
County, N.Y., June 3,
1860 (age 49 years, 323
days).
Interment at Boxwood Cemetery; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Stanley E. Filkins (1836-1914) —
of Medina, Orleans
County, N.Y.
Born in February, 1836.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
New York, 1900.
Died March 2,
1914 (age 78 years, 0
days).
Interment at Boxwood Cemetery.
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