The Political Graveyard: Rensselaer County, N.Y.

Herman Knickerbocker (1779-1855) — of Rensselaer County, N.Y. Born in Albany, Albany County, N.Y., July 27, 1779. U.S. Representative from New York 6th District, 1809-11; member of New York state assembly from Rensselaer County, 1815-16. Died January 30, 1855 (age 75 years, 187 days). Interment in a private or family graveyard.

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Castleton Cemetery
Castleton, Rensselaer County, New York

Politicians buried here:

James Lawrence Hogeboom (1766-1839) — also known as James L. Hogeboom — of Castleton, Rensselaer County, N.Y. Born in New York, 1766. Member of New York state assembly from Rensselaer County, 1804-05, 1807-08; U.S. Representative from New York 9th District, 1823-25. Died in 1839 (age about 73 years). Interment at Castleton Cemetery.

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Center Cemetery
Grafton, Rensselaer County, New York

Politicians buried here:
	Wesley O. Howard — of Rensselaer, Rensselaer County, N.Y.; Troy, Rensselaer County, N.Y. Rensselaer County District Attorney, 1900; Justice of New York Supreme Court 3rd District, 1903-25; New York state attorney general 3rd District; resigned 1925. Interment at Center Cemetery.

Hoosick Rural Cemetery
Hoosick, Rensselaer County, New York

Politicians buried here:

Gideon Reynolds (1813-1896) — of Troy, Rensselaer County, N.Y. Born in New York, 1813. Republican. Member of New York state assembly from Rensselaer County, 1839; U.S. Representative from New York 12th District, 1847-51; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1856, 1860. Died in 1896 (age about 83 years). Interment at Hoosick Rural Cemetery.

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Maple Grove Cemetery
Hoosick Falls, Rensselaer County, New York

Politicians buried here:

William David Thomas (1880-1936) — also known as William D. Thomas — of Hoosick Falls, Rensselaer County, N.Y. Born in Middle Granville, Washington County, N.Y., March 22, 1880. Son of David D. Thomas and Mary (McKenzie) Thomas. Republican. Pharmacist; member of New York state assembly from Rensselaer County 2nd District, 1925-26; chair of Rensselaer County Republican Party, 1927-29; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1928, 1936 (alternate); U.S. Representative from New York 29th District, 1934-36; died in office 1936. Member, Freemasons; Order of the Eastern Star; Elks. Died in 1936 (age about 56 years). Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery.

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Walter Abbott Wood (1815-1892) — also known as Walter A. Wood — of Hoosick Falls, Rensselaer County, N.Y. Born in New Hampshire, 1815. Republican. U.S. Representative from New York 17th District, 1879-83. Died in 1892 (age about 77 years). Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery.

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Nassau Cemetery
Nassau, Rensselaer County, New York

Politicians buried here:

George McClellan (1856-1927) — of Chatham, Columbia County, N.Y. Born in Schodack, Rensselaer County, N.Y., October 10, 1856. Democrat. U.S. Representative from New York 27th District, 1913-15; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1920. Died in 1927 (age about 70 years). Interment at Nassau Cemetery.

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Hugh W. McClellan — of Kinderhook, Columbia County, N.Y. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1936. Interment at Nassau Cemetery.

Van Alen Cemetery
North Greenbush, Rensselaer County, New York

Politicians buried here:

John Evert Van Alen (1749-1807) — also known as John E. Van Alen — of Rensselaer County, N.Y. Born in Kinderhook, Columbia County, N.Y., 1749. Merchant; civil engineer; U.S. Representative from New York 7th District, 1793-99; member of New York state assembly from Rensselaer County, 1800-01. Died in DeFreestville, Columbia County, N.Y., February 27, 1807 (age about 57 years). Interment at Van Alen Cemetery.

Pleasant Valley and Meadowlawn Cemetery
Petersburg, Rensselaer County, New York

Politicians buried here:

Victor Maxon Allen (1870-1916) — also known as Victor M. Allen — of Petersburg, Rensselaer County, N.Y. Born in Petersburg, Rensselaer County, N.Y., July 14, 1870. Son of Amos H. Allen and Emily J. (Maxon) Allen. Publishing business; banker; Rensselaer County Sheriff, 1903; member of New York state senate 29th District, 1909-12; delegate to New York state constitutional convention 29th District, 1915. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Elks. Died in Saranac Lake, Franklin County, N.Y., September 25, 1916 (age 46 years, 73 days). Interment at Pleasant Valley and Meadowlawn Cemetery.

		Relatives: Married, October 3, 1894, to Blanche R. Percy (1870-1949).
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Unknown Location
Rensselaer, Rensselaer County, New York

Politicians formerly buried here:
	Volkert Petrus Douw (1720-1801) — also known as Volkert P. Douw — of Albany, Albany County, N.Y. Born in 1720. Merchant; mayor of Albany, N.Y., 1761-70; member of New York state senate Western District, 1785-93. Died in 1801 (age about 81 years). Original interment somewhere; reinterment at Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.

Greenbush Cemetery
Rensselaer, Rensselaer County, New York

Politicians buried here:

Richard Platt Herrick (1791-1846) — also known as Richard P. Herrick — of Greenbush (now Rensselaer), Rensselaer County, N.Y. Born in Greenbush (now Rensselaer), Rensselaer County, N.Y., March 23, 1791. Member of New York state assembly from Rensselaer County, 1839; U.S. Representative from New York 12th District, 1845-46; died in office 1846. Died in Washington, D.C., June 20, 1846 (age 55 years, 89 days). Interment at Greenbush Cemetery; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.

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Sand Lake Union Cemetery
Sand Lake, Rensselaer County, New York

Politicians buried here:
	Thomas Frothingham (1755-1827) — of New York. Born in Charlestown, Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., January 27, 1755. Member of New York state senate Eastern District, 1819-22. Died in Sand Lake, Rensselaer County, N.Y., June 25, 1827 (age 72 years, 149 days). Interment at Sand Lake Union Cemetery.
	Albert R. Fox (1810-1892) — of Sand Lake, Rensselaer County, N.Y. Born February 18, 1810. Member of New York state senate 12th District, 1848-49. Died May 30, 1892 (age 82 years, 102 days). Interment at Sand Lake Union Cemetery.

Woodbine Cemetery
Sand Lake, Rensselaer County, New York

Politicians buried here:

Lawrence A. Boland (d. 1906) — of Troy, Rensselaer County, N.Y. Socialist Labor candidate for U.S. Representative from New York 19th District, 1896. Died in Sand Lake, Rensselaer County, N.Y., August 12, 1906. Interment at Woodbine Cemetery.

Relatives: Married to Caroline Merritt (died 1950).

City Cemetery
Schaghticoke, Rensselaer County, New York

Politicians buried here:

John Adam Quackenbush (1828-1908) — of Rensselaer County, N.Y. Born in New York, 1828. Republican. Member of New York state assembly from Rensselaer County 2nd District, 1863; U.S. Representative from New York 18th District, 1889-93. Died in 1908 (age about 80 years). Interment at City Cemetery.

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Masters Cemetery
Schaghticoke, Rensselaer County, New York

Politicians buried here:

Josiah Masters (1763-1822) — of Schaghticoke, Rensselaer County, N.Y. Born in Connecticut, 1763. Democrat. Member of New York state assembly from Rensselaer County, 1792-93, 1799-1801; U.S. Representative from New York 10th District, 1805-09. Died in 1822 (age about 59 years). Interment at Masters Cemetery.

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Old Presbyterian Cemetery
Stephentown, Rensselaer County, New York

Politicians buried here:

Hosea Moffitt (1757-1825) — of Rensselaer County, N.Y. Born in Stephentown, Rensselaer County, N.Y., November 17, 1757. Member of New York state assembly from Rensselaer County, 1793-95, 1796-98, 1800-01; U.S. Representative from New York 10th District, 1813-17. Died in Stephentown, Rensselaer County, N.Y., August 31, 1825 (age 67 years, 287 days). Interment at Old Presbyterian Cemetery.

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Mt. Ida Cemetery
Troy, Rensselaer County, New York

Politicians buried here:

John Bird (1768-1806) — of Troy, Rensselaer County, N.Y. Born in Litchfield, Litchfield County, Conn., November 22, 1768. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly from Rensselaer County, 1795-98; U.S. Representative from New York 6th District, 1799-1801; resigned 1801. Member, Freemasons. Died in Troy, Rensselaer County, N.Y., February 2, 1806 (age 37 years, 72 days). Interment at Mt. Ida Cemetery.

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David Lowrey Seymour (1803-1867) — also known as David L. Seymour — of Troy, Rensselaer County, N.Y. Born in Newington, Hartford County, Conn., December 2, 1803. Son of Ashbel Seymour (1777-1810) and Mary (Lowrey) Seymour (1778-1847). Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly from Rensselaer County, 1836; U.S. Representative from New York 12th District, 1843-45, 1851-53; defeated, 1844, 1852, 1858; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1860; delegate to New York state constitutional convention, 1867. Died in Lanesboro, Berkshire County, Mass., October 11, 1867 (age 63 years, 313 days). Interment at Mt. Ida Cemetery.

		Relatives: Second cousin twice removed of Moses Seymour; son of Ashbel Seymour (1777-1810) and Mary (Lowrey) Seymour (1778-1847); third cousin once removed of Horatio Seymour (1778-1857) and Henry Seymour; married, July 27, 1837, to Maria Lucy Curtiss (1813-1867); fourth cousin of Origen Storrs Seymour, Horatio Seymour (1810-1886), Hezekiah Cook Seymour, George Seymour, McNeil Seymour and Henry William Seymour; fourth cousin once removed of Silas Seymour, Edward Woodruff Seymour, Augustus Sherill Seymour, Joseph Battell, Morris Woodruff Seymour, Horatio Seymour, Jr. and Norman Alexander Seymour; first cousin once removed of Caleb Seymour Pitkin. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams family of New York.
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Oakwood Cemetery
101st St.
Troy, Rensselaer County, New York
Founded 1848; approximate acreage: 625
Listed in National Register of Historic Places, 1984

Politicians buried here:

Dean Park Taylor (1902-1977) — also known as Dean P. Taylor — of Troy, Rensselaer County, N.Y. Born in Troy, Rensselaer County, N.Y., January 1, 1902. Republican. Lawyer; chair of Rensselaer County Republican Party, 1939-42; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1940, 1956; U.S. Representative from New York, 1943-61 (29th District 1943-45, 33rd District 1945-53, 31st District 1953-61); New York Republican state chair, 1954. Member, Phi Kappa Psi. Died in Albany, Albany County, N.Y., October 16, 1977 (age 75 years, 288 days). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.

John Dean Dickinson (1767-1841) — also known as John D. Dickinson — of Rensselaer County, N.Y. Born in Middletown, Middlesex County, Conn., June 28, 1767. Member of New York state assembly from Rensselaer County, 1816-17; U.S. Representative from New York, 1819-23, 1827-31 (10th District 1819-23, 9th District 1827-31). Died in Troy, Rensselaer County, N.Y., January 28, 1841 (age 73 years, 214 days). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.

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John Augustus Griswold (1822-1872) — also known as John A. Griswold — of Troy, Rensselaer County, N.Y. Born in Nassau, Rensselaer County, N.Y., November 11, 1822. Democrat. Mayor of Troy, N.Y., 1855; U.S. Representative from New York 15th District, 1863-69; defeated, 1860; candidate for Governor of New York, 1868. Died in Troy, Rensselaer County, N.Y., October 31, 1872 (age 49 years, 355 days). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.

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Martin Ingham Townsend (1810-1903) — also known as Martin I. Townsend — of Troy, Rensselaer County, N.Y. Born in Massachusetts, 1810. Republican. U.S. Representative from New York 17th District, 1875-79; U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of New York, 1879-86; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1884. Died in 1903 (age about 93 years). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.

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William Henry Draper (1841-1921) — also known as William H. Draper — of Troy, Rensselaer County, N.Y. Born in Rochdale, Leicester, Worcester County, Mass., June 24, 1841. Republican. U.S. Representative from New York, 1901-13 (19th District 1901-03, 22nd District 1903-13). Died in Troy, Rensselaer County, N.Y., December 7, 1921 (age 80 years, 166 days). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.

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Ernest Harold Cluett (1874-1954) — also known as E. Harold Cluett — of Troy, Rensselaer County, N.Y. Born in Troy, Rensselaer County, N.Y., July 13, 1874. Republican. Director and officer, Cluett, Peabody & Co. collar and shirt manufacturer; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York, 1912; Presidential Elector for New York, 1916; candidate for U.S. Senator from New York, 1934; U.S. Representative from New York 29th District, 1937-43. Died in Troy, Rensselaer County, N.Y., February 4, 1954 (age 79 years, 206 days). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.

		Relatives: Married 1899 to Margaret Robertson Gorham.
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Job Pierson (1791-1860) — of Schaghticoke, Rensselaer County, N.Y. Born in New York, 1791. Democrat. U.S. Representative from New York 9th District, 1831-35. Died in 1860 (age about 69 years). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.

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John Paine Cushman (1784-1848) — of New York. Born in Pomfret, Windham County, Conn., March 8, 1784. U.S. Representative from New York 10th District, 1817-19. Died in Troy, Rensselaer County, N.Y., September 16, 1848 (age 64 years, 192 days). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.

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George Tibbits (1763-1849) — of Troy, Rensselaer County, N.Y. Born in Rhode Island, 1763. Member of New York state assembly from Rensselaer County, 1799-1800, 1819-20; U.S. Representative from New York 10th District, 1803-05; member of New York state senate Eastern District, 1814-18; mayor of Troy, N.Y., 1830. Died in 1849 (age about 86 years). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.

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Russell Sage (1816-1906) — also known as "The Sage of Troy"; "The Money King"; "Father of Puts and Calls"; "Old Straddle" — of Troy, Rensselaer County, N.Y.; New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Verona, Oneida County, N.Y., August 4, 1816. Son of Prudence (Risley) Sage (1778-1865) and Elisha Sage, Jr. (1779-1854). Whig. Merchant; banker; Rensselaer County Treasurer; delegate to Whig National Convention from New York, 1848; U.S. Representative from New York 13th District, 1853-57; railroad builder; arrested in 1869 and charged with violation of New York usury laws by charging high interest rates on loans; fined and sentenced to five days in prison, which was later suspended. On December 4, 1891, Henry Norcross, a stockbroker, brought a bomb to Sage's office in New York City as part of an extortion scheme; when his demands were refused, he detonated the bomb, but Sage suffered only minor injuries. Died in Lawrence, Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y., July 22, 1906 (age 89 years, 352 days). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.

		Relatives: Son of Prudence (Risley) Sage (1778-1865) and Elisha Sage, Jr. (1779-1854); fourth cousin once removed of Greene Carrier Bronson, John Adams Taintor, Henry G. Taintor and Daniel Frederick Webster; married, January 23, 1840, to Maria-Henrie Winne (died 1867); married, November 24, 1869, to Margarett Olivia Slocum (died 1918); third cousin once removed of Dwight May Sabin; second cousin once removed of Edgar Jared Doolittle. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams family of New York.
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Eliphalet Wickes (1769-1850) — of New York. Born in New York, 1769. U.S. Representative from New York 1st District, 1805-07. Died in 1850 (age about 81 years). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.

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Henry Vail (1782-1853) — of New York. Born in New York, 1782. Democrat. U.S. Representative from New York 9th District, 1837-39. Died in 1853 (age about 71 years). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.

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John Richardson Thurman (1814-1854) — of New York. Born in New York, 1814. U.S. Representative from New York 15th District, 1849-51. Died in 1854 (age about 40 years). Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment at Oakwood Cemetery.

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Joseph Mabbett Warren (1813-1896) — also known as Joseph M. Warren — of New York. Born in Troy, Rensselaer County, N.Y., January 28, 1813. Democrat. Wholesale grocer; banker; mayor of Troy, N.Y., 1852; U.S. Representative from New York 15th District, 1871-73. Died in Troy, Rensselaer County, N.Y., September 9, 1896 (age 83 years, 225 days). Entombed at Oakwood Cemetery.

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Edward Whitford Greenman (1840-1908) — also known as Edward W. Greenman — of Troy, Rensselaer County, N.Y. Born in New York, 1840. Democrat. U.S. Representative from New York 18th District, 1887-89. Died in 1908 (age about 68 years). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.

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Edward Worthington Pattison (1932-1990) — also known as Edward W. Pattison; Ned Pattison — of West Sand Lake, Rensselaer County, N.Y. Born in Troy, Rensselaer County, N.Y., April 29, 1932. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from New York 29th District, 1975-79; defeated, 1970, 1978; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1984. Died August 22, 1990 (age 58 years, 115 days). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.

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Joseph B. Carr — of Troy, Rensselaer County, N.Y. Secretary of state of New York, 1880-85. Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.

Frederick W. Kavanaugh (c.1871-1940) — also known as Fred W. Kavanaugh — of Waterford, Saratoga County, N.Y. Born about 1871. Republican. Hotel owner; banker; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1908 (alternate), 1936; Saratoga County Sheriff; member of New York state senate 32nd District, 1921-24; chair of Saratoga County Republican Party, 1927-29. Died from a self-inflicted gunshot, in the garage adjoining his home, in Waterford, Saratoga County, N.Y., December 2, 1940 (age about 69 years). Entombed at Oakwood Cemetery.

Relatives: Brother of George W. Kavanaugh; married to Lillian Le Roy.

Cornelius Van Santvoord Collins (1856-1926) — also known as Cornelius V. Collins — of Troy, Rensselaer County, N.Y. Born in Greenwich, Washington County, N.Y., June 20, 1856. Republican. Dry goods merchant; Troy city police commissioner, 1888-90; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1900 (alternate), 1904, 1908, 1912; Rensselaer County Sheriff, 1905-08; postmaster. Member, Freemasons. Died in 1926 (age about 70 years). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.

St. Mary's Cemetery
Troy, Rensselaer County, New York

Politicians buried here:

Edward Murphy, Jr. (1836-1911) — of Troy, Rensselaer County, N.Y. Born in Troy, Rensselaer County, N.Y., December 15, 1836. Democrat. Mayor of Troy, N.Y., 1875-83; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1880, 1884, 1888, 1892, 1896, 1904; New York Democratic state chair, 1887-94; U.S. Senator from New York, 1893-99. Died in Elberon, Monmouth County, N.J., August 3, 1911 (age 74 years, 231 days). Interment at St. Mary's Cemetery.

		Relatives: Father of Julia M. Murphy (who married Hugh John Grant).
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Harry E. Clinton — of Troy, Rensselaer County, N.Y. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1924; mayor of Troy, N.Y., 1925-27. Catholic. Interment at St. Mary's Cemetery.

Michael F. Collins — of Troy, Rensselaer County, N.Y. Member of New York state assembly from Rensselaer County 1st District, 1886-87; member of New York state senate, 1888-91, 1894-95 (16th District 1888-91, 18th District 1894-95). Interment at St. Mary's Cemetery.

St. Peter's Cemetery
Troy, Rensselaer County, New York

Politicians buried here:

John Morrissey (1831-1878) — also known as "Old Smoke" — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Tempolemore, County Tipperary, Ireland, February 12, 1831. Son of Timothy Morrissey. Democrat. Champion heavyweight boxer of the U.S. in 1852-59; proprietor of gambling houses; U.S. Representative from New York 5th District, 1867-71; member of New York state senate, 1876-78 (4th District 1876-77, 7th District 1878); died in office 1878. Catholic. Irish ancestry. Member, Tammany Hall. Died at Adelphi Hotel, Saratoga Springs, Saratoga County, N.Y., May 1, 1878 (age 47 years, 78 days). Interment at St. Peter's Cemetery.

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Troy Cemetery
Troy, Rensselaer County, New York
Founded 1785
See also Findagrave page for this location.

Politicians buried here:

Walter Irving McCoy (1859-1933) — of New Jersey. Born in Troy, Rensselaer County, N.Y., December 8, 1859. Democrat. U.S. Representative from New Jersey, 1911-15 (8th District 1911-13, 9th District 1913-15). Died in 1933 (age about 73 years). Interment at Troy Cemetery.

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Ebenezer William Walbridge (1779-1856) — also known as Ebenezer W. Walbridge — of Lansingburgh (now part of Troy), Rensselaer County, N.Y. Born in Bennington, Bennington County, Vt., October 28, 1779. Son of Elizabeth (Stebbins) Walbridge (1736-1822) and Ebenezer Walbridge (1738-1819). Lawyer; banker; paper mill business; member of New York state assembly from Rensselaer County, 1816-17, 1819-20. Presbyterian. Died in Lansingburgh (now part of Troy), Rensselaer County, N.Y., March 23, 1856 (age 76 years, 147 days). Interment at Troy Cemetery.

		Relatives: Son of Elizabeth (Stebbins) Walbridge (1736-1822) and Ebenezer Walbridge (1738-1819); married, January 12, 1805, to Sally Morgan (1787-1824); married, September 25, 1825, to Martha (Russell) Woodward (1789-1874); first cousin of Henry Sanford Walbridge; second cousin once removed of David Safford Walbridge; granduncle of Hiram Walbridge; second cousin twice removed of John Hill Walbridge and Henry E. Walbridge; second cousin thrice removed of Cyrus Packard Walbridge; second cousin five times removed of Herbert Edwin Walbridge; second cousin four times removed of Clair Hiram Walbridge. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams family of New York.
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