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Henry Crocheron (1772-1819) —
of New York.
Born in Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., December
26, 1772.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York 1st District, 1815-17.
Died in New Springville, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., November
8, 1819 (age 46 years, 317
days).
Interment at St. Andrew's Cemetery.
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Jacob Crocheron (1774-1849) —
of Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Born in Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., August
23, 1774.
U.S.
Representative from New York 2nd District, 1829-31; Presidential
Elector for New York, 1836.
Died in Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., December
27, 1849 (age 75 years, 126
days).
Interment at St. Andrew's Cemetery.
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Obadiah Bowne (1822-1874) —
of Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Born in Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., May 19,
1822.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from New York 2nd District, 1851-53; Presidential
Elector for New York, 1864.
Died in Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., April 27,
1874 (age 51 years, 343
days).
Interment at St. Andrew's Cemetery.
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James Guyon, Jr. (1778-1846) —
of Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, 1778.
Member of New York
state assembly from Richmond County, 1810-14; U.S.
Representative from New York 1st District, 1820-21.
Died in 1846
(age about
68 years).
Interment at St. Andrew's Cemetery.
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James Aloysius O'Leary (1889-1944) —
also known as James A. O'Leary —
of West New Brighton, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Born in Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., April 23,
1889.
Democrat. Candidate for New York
state senate, 1930; U.S.
Representative from New York 11th District, 1935-44; died in
office 1944.
Died in Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., March 16,
1944 (age 54 years, 328
days).
Interment at St. Peter's Cemetery.
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James Joseph Murphy (1898-1962) —
also known as James J. Murphy —
of Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., November
3, 1898.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from New York 16th District, 1949-53.
Died in Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., October
19, 1962 (age 63 years, 350
days).
Interment at St. Peter's Cemetery.
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Cornelius A. Hall (d. 1953) —
of Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Borough
president of Richmond, New York, 1946-53; retired 1953.
Died in Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., March 3,
1953.
Interment at St. Peter's Cemetery.
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Thomas F. Cosgrove (b. 1892) —
of West New Brighton, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 16,
1892.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; wounded in battle at
Argonne Forest, October 21, 1918, and lost a
leg; member of New York
state assembly from Richmond County 1st District, 1920-23.
Interment at St. Peter's Cemetery.
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Anning Smith Prall (1870-1937) —
also known as Anning S. Prall —
of West New Brighton, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.; Westerleigh, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Born in Port Richmond, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., September
17, 1870.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York 11th District, 1923-35; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1924,
1928
(alternate), 1932
(alternate), 1936
(alternate); Honest Government candidate for borough
president of Richmond, New York, 1933; member, Federal Communications
Commission, 1935-37; died in office 1937; chair, Federal Communications
Commission, 1935-37; died in office 1937.
Christian
Reformed.
Died in Boothbay Harbor, Lincoln
County, Maine, July 23,
1937 (age 66 years, 309
days).
Interment at Moravian Cemetery.
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John Louis O'Sullivan (1813-1895) —
also known as John L. O'Sullivan —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born, of American parents, in the North
Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Gibraltar, November
15, 1813.
Democrat. Member of New York
state assembly, 1841-42; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1844;
U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Portugal, 1854; U.S. Minister to Portugal, 1854-58.
Episcopalian;
later Catholic.
Cofounder and editor of The United States Magazine
and Democratic Review, a journal that published the works of
Emerson, Hawthorne and Whitman, as well as political essays on
Jacksonian Democracy, 1837-46. Early advocate in 1840s for abolition
of the death penalty. Invented the term "manifest destiny" to explain
and justify the westward expansion of the United States. Took part in
the failed expedition of Narcisco Lopez to take Cuba from Spanish
rule; as a result, was charged
in federal court in New York with violation
of the Neutrality Act; tried and
acquitted in March 1852.
Died, of influenza
and the effects of an earlier stroke, in
a residential hotel in
New York, New York
County, N.Y., March 24,
1895 (age 81 years, 129
days).
Interment at Moravian Cemetery.
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Charles Powell Clinch (1797-1880) —
also known as Charles P. Clinch —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born October
20, 1797.
U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1865-66.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
16, 1880 (age 83 years, 57
days).
Interment at Moravian Cemetery.
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Elmer Scipio Dundy (1830-1896) —
also known as Elmer S. Dundy —
of Falls City, Richardson
County, Neb.
Born in Trumbull
County, Ohio, March 5,
1830.
Lawyer;
member
Nebraska territorial council, 1858-62; justice of
Nebraska territorial supreme court, 1863-67; U.S.
District Judge for Nebraska, 1868.
Died October
28, 1896 (age 66 years, 237
days).
Interment at Moravian Cemetery.
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Samuel Barton (1785-1858) —
of Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Born in New Dorp, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., July 27,
1785.
Member of New York
state assembly from Richmond County, 1820-22; U.S.
Representative from New York 2nd District, 1835-37.
Died in New Dorp, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., January
29, 1858 (age 72 years, 186
days).
Interment at Moravian Cemetery.
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Henry Bleecker Metcalfe (1805-1881) —
of New York.
Born in New York, 1805.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York 1st District, 1875-77.
Died in 1881
(age about
76 years).
Interment at Moravian Cemetery.
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Joseph Egbert (1807-1888) —
of New York.
Born in Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., April 10,
1807.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York 2nd District, 1841-43.
Died in New Dorp, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., July 7,
1888 (age 81 years, 88
days).
Interment at Moravian Cemetery.
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Frank Jacob LeFevre (1874-1941) —
also known as Frank J. LeFevre —
of New Paltz, Ulster
County, N.Y.
Born in New Paltz, Ulster
County, N.Y., November
30, 1874.
Son of Jacob
LeFever.
Republican. Banker;
member of New York
state senate 25th District, 1903-04; U.S.
Representative from New York 24th District, 1905-07.
French
Huguenot ancestry.
Died in Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J., April 29,
1941 (age 66 years, 150
days).
Interment at Moravian Cemetery.
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Allan Benny (1867-1942) —
of Bayonne, Hudson
County, N.J.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., July 12,
1867.
Son of Robert Benny and Agnes Benny.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1898-1900; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 9th District, 1903-05; defeated,
1904.
Scottish
ancestry.
Died in Bayonne, Hudson
County, N.J., November
6, 1942 (age 75 years, 117
days).
Interment at Moravian Cemetery.
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Lawrence Hillier Cortelyou (1802-1882) —
also known as Lawrence H. Cortelyou —
of Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Born in Greenridge, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., November
5, 1802.
Son of Peter Cortelyou (1768-1857) and Emma (Hillier) Cortelyou
(1771-1834).
Whig. Grocer; county
judge in New York; member of New York
state assembly from Richmond County, 1852; director, and one of
the founders, Richmond County Mutual
Insurance Company.
Died in Greenridge, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., September
25, 1882 (age 79 years, 324
days).
Interment at Moravian Cemetery.
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Aaron Cortelyou (1726-1789) —
of Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Born in 1726.
Son of Cornelis Cortelyou.
Member,
New York Provincial Congress, 1775-76.
Allied with the British during the Revolution.
Died August
22, 1789 (age about 63
years).
Interment at Moravian Cemetery.
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Sadie Alice Hall (c.1880-1960) —
also known as Sadie A. Hall; Sadie Alice
Beaver —
of Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Born about 1880.
Dry candidate for delegate to
New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Female.
Member, Women's
Christian Temperance Union.
Died in Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., December
13, 1960 (age about 80
years).
Interment at Moravian Cemetery.
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