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Hamilton Fish (1808-1893) —
of New York.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August 3,
1808.
Son of Nicholas
Fish (1758-1833) and Elizabeth (Stuyvesant) Fish.
Lawyer;
candidate for New York
state assembly, 1834; U.S.
Representative from New York 6th District, 1843-45; Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1848; defeated (Whig), 1846; Governor of
New York, 1849-51; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1851-57; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1869-77.
Episcopalian.
Member, Society
of the Cincinnati.
Died in Garrison, Putnam
County, N.Y., September
7, 1893 (age 85 years, 35
days).
Interment at St. Philip's Cemetery.
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Edwards Pierrepont (1817-1892) —
of Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in North Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., March 4,
1817.
Lawyer;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court, 1857-60; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1867-68; U.S.
Attorney General, 1875-76; U.S. Minister to Great Britain, 1876-77.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March 6,
1892 (age 75 years, 2
days).
Interment at St. Philip's Cemetery.
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Nicholas Fish (1848-1902) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
19, 1848.
Son of Hamilton
Fish (1808-1893).
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Charge d'Affaires to Switzerland, 1877-81; U.S. Minister to Belgium, 1882-85; banker;
Presidential Elector for New York, 1896.
Member, Society
of the Cincinnati.
Quarreled with Thomas J. Sharkey, a private detective, on the second
floor of the Ehrhardt Brothers saloon;
Sharkey struck
him, so that he fell down the stairs into the street with a skull
fracture; died the next day, without regaining consciousness, at
Roosevelt Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
16, 1902 (age 54 years, 209
days). Sharkey was later convicted of second-degree manslaughter
and sentenced to ten years in prison.
Interment at St. Philip's Cemetery.
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Taylor Garrison Belcher (1920-1990) —
also known as Taylor G. Belcher —
of Garrison, Putnam
County, N.Y.
Born in Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., July 1,
1920.
Son of Taylor Belcher and Miriam (Frazee) Belcher.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; Foreign Service officer;
U.S. Consul in Glasgow, 1950-54; U.S. Ambassador to Cyprus, 1964-69; Peru, 1969-74.
Died, of cancer, in
Peekskill Community Hospital,
Peekskill, Westchester
County, N.Y., August 6,
1990 (age 70 years, 36
days).
Interment at St. Philip's Cemetery.
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Hamilton Fish, Jr. (1926-1996) —
of Millbrook, Dutchess
County, N.Y.
Born in Washington,
D.C., June 3,
1926.
Son of Hamilton
Fish, Jr. (1888-1991) and Grace (Chapin) Fish.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1969-95 (28th District 1969-73,
25th District 1973-83, 21st District 1983-93, 19th District 1993-95);
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1984.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Grange; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Elks; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died July 24,
1996 (age 70 years, 51
days).
Interment at St. Philip's Cemetery.
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Hamilton Fish, Jr. (1888-1991) —
of Garrison, Putnam
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Garrison, Putnam
County, N.Y., December
7, 1888.
Son of Hamilton
Fish, Jr. (1849-1936).
Republican. Insurance
business; member of New York
state assembly from Putnam County, 1914-16; served in the U.S.
Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from New York 26th District, 1920-45; defeated,
1944; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New
York, 1928,
1932,
1940,
1944;
member of New York
Republican State Committee, 1936; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 28th District, 1938;
derided by Franklin
Roosevelt as one of "Martin, Barton, and Fish", three Republican
opponents of his New Deal policies.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Society
of the Cincinnati; Grange; Farm
Bureau.
Died of heart
failure, in Cold Spring, Putnam
County, N.Y., January
18, 1991 (age 102 years, 42
days).
Interment at St. Philip's Cemetery.
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Hamilton Fish, Jr. (1849-1936) —
of Garrison, Putnam
County, N.Y.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., April 17,
1849.
Son of Hamilton
Fish (1808-1893) and Julia (Kean) Fish.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Putnam County, 1874, 1876-79, 1889-91,
1893-96; Speaker of
the New York State Assembly, 1895-96; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1884;
New York Aqueduct Commissioner, 1886-88; U.S.
Representative from New York 21st District, 1909-11.
Died in Aiken, Aiken
County, S.C., January
15, 1936 (age 86 years, 273
days).
Interment at St. Philip's Cemetery.
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Dean Mallory Stephens (1893-1961) —
also known as D. Mallory Stephens —
of Brewster, Putnam
County, N.Y.
Born in Patterson, Putnam
County, N.Y., December
17, 1893.
Son of Henry B. Stephens (Putnam County sheriff) and Alice (Mallory)
Stephens.
Republican. Farmer;
member of New York
state assembly from Putnam County, 1926-52; chair of
Putnam County Republican Party, 1939; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1948
(alternate), 1952.
Presbyterian.
Member, Grange.
Died, from a heart
ailment, in New York
Hospital, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
11, 1961 (age 67 years, 25
days).
Interment at Maple Avenue Cemetery.
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Matthew Paterson (c.1732-1817) —
of Fredericksburg, Dutchess County (now Patterson, Putnam
County), N.Y.
Born in Scotland,
about 1732.
Member of New York
state assembly from Dutchess County, 1782-89, 1791-93.
Presbyterian.
Died in 1817
(age about
85 years).
Interment at Maple Avenue Cemetery.
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