Very incomplete list!
in chronological order
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William T. Haskell (1818-1859) —
of Tennessee.
Born in Murfreesboro, Rutherford
County, Tenn., July 21,
1818.
Member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1840; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 11th District, 1847-49.
Slaveowner.
Died, in an insane asylum, March
12, 1859 (age 40 years, 234
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Jackson, Tenn.
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G. W. Clason (d. 1881) —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1857; member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1860.
Died in the insane asylum at Oshkosh, Winnebago
County, Wis., 1881.
Burial location unknown.
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John Pierson Baird (1830-1881) —
also known as John P. Baird —
of Vigo
County, Ind.
Born in Spencer
County, Ky., January
5, 1830.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1859; colonel in the Union Army
during the Civil War; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Indiana, 1868.
Was commander at Fort Granger in Tennessee in June 1863, when he was
required to execute by hanging Lawrence Orton Williams and Walter
Peter as Confederate spies; an engraving of the execution was on the
front page of Harper's Weekly. Both spies were related to
Gen. Robert E. Lee's wife and were descendants of Martha Washington.
Baird was severely affected by this episode, and had a mental
breakdown in 1875.
Died in the Indiana Hospital for the Insane, Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., March 7,
1881 (age 51 years, 61
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Terre Haute, Ind.
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Morrow B. Lowry (d. 1885) —
of Erie, Erie
County, Pa.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1860;
member of Pennsylvania
state senate, 1862-70 (27th District 1862-64, 29th District
1865-70).
Died, in Kirkbride's Asylum, in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., January
20, 1885.
Burial location unknown.
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Phillip S. Bolling (c.1849-1892) —
of Cumberland
County, Va.
Born in slavery
in Buckingham
County, Va., about 1849.
Brickmason;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates from Buckingham & Cumberland counties,
1883.
African
ancestry.
Died, from tuberculosis,
in the Central Lunatic Asylum, Petersburg,
Va., April
18, 1892 (age about 43
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles William Jones (1834-1897) —
also known as Charles W. Jones —
of Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla.
Born in Ireland,
December
24, 1834.
Democrat. Member of Florida state legislature, 1874; U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1875-87.
Died in St. Joseph's Retreat, an asylum for the insane, in
Dearborn, Wayne
County, Mich., October
11, 1897 (age 62 years, 291
days).
Interment at St.
Michael's Cemetery, Pensacola, Fla.
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Rowland Wardwell Stewart (1866-1904) —
also known as Rowland W. Stewart —
of Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, December
29, 1866.
Commission
merchant; Vice-Consul
for Uruguay in Bangor,
Maine, 1894-1903; Consular
Agent for Italy in Bangor,
Maine, 1896-1903; Vice-Consul
for Portugal in Bangor,
Maine, 1900-01.
Died, in Eastern Maine Insane Hospital, Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, September
29, 1904 (age 37 years, 275
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Bangor, Maine.
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Edwin Bird Allen (1836-1908) —
also known as Edwin B. Allen —
of Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan.
Born near Oberlin, Lorain
County, Ohio, March 7,
1836.
Republican. Physician;
Sedgwick
County Coroner, 1870-71; mayor
of Wichita, Kan., 1871-72; member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1872-76, 1883-84; secretary
of state of Kansas, 1885-89.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, of a cerebral
hemorrhage, in the State Hospital for Insane, St. Joseph,
Buchanan
County, Mo., March
31, 1908 (age 72 years, 24
days).
Interment at Highland
Cemetery, Wichita, Kan.
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Marcus M. Towle (1841-1910) —
of Hammond, Lake
County, Ind.
Born in Danville, Rockingham
County, N.H., January
12, 1841.
Co-founder of the G. H. Hammond meat packing
plant, and of the city of Hammond; financed and built railroads
and port
facilities; mayor
of Hammond, Ind., 1884-88.
Died, in Longcliffe Asylum for the Insane, Logansport, Cass
County, Ind., September
6, 1910 (age 69 years, 237
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Hammond, Ind.
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Henry Reed Rathbone (1837-1911) —
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., July 1,
1837.
Lawyer;
major in the Union Army during the Civil War; on April 14, 1865, he
was seated in the box at Ford's Theater with President Abraham
Lincoln; when John Wilkes Booth shot the president, Rathbone
attempted to apprehend Booth, and suffered knife wounds; subsequently
his mental health deteriorated; U.S. Consul in Hanover, as of 1882-83.
On December 23, 1883, he killed
his wife, and stabbed himself in a suicide attempt; he was charged
with murder, convicted,
and found insane; he died more than 25 years later, in the Asylum
for the Criminal Insane, Hildesheim, Germany,
August
14, 1911 (age 74 years, 44
days).
Original interment at Stadtfriedhof Engesohde, Hanover, Germany; reinterment 1952 to
unknown location.
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Samuel Levis Gracey (1835-1911) —
also known as Samuel L. Gracey —
of Smyrna, Kent
County, Del.; Pawtucket, Providence
County, R.I.; Chelsea, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Natick, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Lynn, Essex
County, Mass.; Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., September
8, 1835.
Methodist
minister; served in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Consul in Foochow, 1890-93, 1897-1911, died in office 1911.
Methodist.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died by suicide,
when he cut his
throat with a razor, in the West Newton Sanitarium, West
Newton, Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass., August
19, 1911 (age 75 years, 345
days).
Interment at Mt.
Moriah Cemetery, West Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Andrew Jackson Clements (1832-1913) —
also known as A. J. Clements —
of Tennessee.
Born in Clementsville, Clay
County, Tenn., December
23, 1832.
Physician;
U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 3rd District, 1861-63; member of
Tennessee state legislature, 1870.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Central State Hospital (a mental hospital where he was
confined due to senility),
Lakeland, Jefferson
County, Ky., November
7, 1913 (age 80 years, 319
days).
Interment at Glasgow
Cemetery, Glasgow, Ky.
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James Sanford Patterson (1860-1917) —
also known as J. Sanford Patterson —
of Spray (now part of Eden), Rockingham
County, N.C.
Born in Davidson
County, N.C., December
19, 1860.
Postmaster at Spray,
N.C., 1893-99, 1904-12.
Died, from choking
on food, in the State Hospital (now Broughton Hospital),
Morganton, Burke
County, N.C., May 9,
1917 (age 56 years, 141
days).
Interment at Lawson Cemetery, Eden, N.C.
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Alexander Cook Thayer (1865-1918) —
also known as Alexander Thayer —
Born in Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass., June 18,
1865.
U.S. Deputy Consul in Trieste, 1901-02; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Venice, 1902-05; U.S. Vice Consul in Venice, as of 1916-17.
Died, from dementia
paralytica, in the Bellevue Sanatorium, Kreuzlingen,
Thurgau, Switzerland,
September
16, 1918 (age 53 years, 90
days).
Interment somewhere in Geneva, Switzerland.
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Thomas Allison Embrey (1861-1931) —
also known as Thomas A. Embrey —
of Winchester, Franklin
County, Tenn.
Born in Winchester, Franklin
County, Tenn., February
27, 1861.
Democrat. Lawyer; banker;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, 1904,
1924
(alternate).
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, from a stroke,
in Florida State Hospital for the Insane, Chattahoochee, Gadsden
County, Fla., April
11, 1931 (age 70 years, 43
days).
Interment at Florida State Hospital Cemetery, Chattahoochee, Fla.
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Relatives: Son
of Alexander Simmons Embrey and Louisa Summers (Cain) Embrey;
married, October
19, 1883, to Fannie Lindsay. |
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memorial |
| | | Image source: Chattanooga (Tenn.) Daily
Times, April 17, 1931 |
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Frank Austin Norton (1867-1947) —
also known as Frank Norton —
of Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich., June 1,
1867.
Republican. Stonemason;
florist;
mayor
of Ypsilanti, Mich., 1912-14.
Methodist.
Died, from a stroke,
while hospitalized for senile
psychosis, at Ypsilanti State Psychiatric Hospital, York
Township, Washtenaw
County, Mich., October
2, 1947 (age 80 years, 123
days).
Interment at Highland
Cemetery, Ypsilanti, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Austin B. Norton and Sarah J. (Knapp) Norton; married to Lena
Eisenlord. |
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memorial |
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Florence Elizabeth Smith Knapp (1875-1949) —
also known as Florence E. S. Knapp; Florence Elizabeth
Smith —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born in Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., March
25, 1875.
Republican. School
teacher; superintendent
of schools; dean, College of Home Economics, Syracuse University;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1920,
1924
(alternate); secretary
of state of New York, 1925-27; in 1927, an investigation
discovered her maladministration
of the 1925 state census; she had paid salaries to relatives
and others who did no census work, forged
indorsements on checks, received
money she was not entitled to, and burned state records to conceal
evidence of these things; resigned
her position at Syracuse University; indicted
on various charges in 1928, tried
twice and eventually convicted
of grand
larceny; sentenced
to 30 days in jail.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Member, Grange.
Died, following a heart
attack, in Marcy State Hospital (insane asylum), Marcy, Oneida
County, N.Y., October
26, 1949 (age 74 years, 215
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Syracuse, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Daughter of James E. Smith and Mary (Hancock) Smith; married to
Philip Schuyler Knapp. |
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memorial |
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Ada Byron Nafew (1854-1949) —
also known as Ada B. Nafew; Ada Byron
McIntire —
of Eatontown, Monmouth
County, N.J.
Born in Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill., 1854.
Postmaster at Eatontown,
N.J., 1897-1903.
Female.
Presbyterian.
Died, in the Marlboro State mental hospital, Marlboro, Monmouth
County, N.J., December
27, 1949 (age about 95
years).
Interment at Glenwood Cemetery, West Long Branch, N.J.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Benjamin McIntire and Roxanna (Stearns) McIntire; married
to James Weed Nafew. |
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memorial |
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Francis Fisher Kane (1866-1955) —
also known as Francis F. Kane —
of Germantown, Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., June 17,
1866.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1890; candidate for mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1903; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1904;
U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1913-19.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Kappa Sigma.
Died, in McLean Hospital, Belmont, Middlesex
County, Mass., May 27,
1955 (age 88 years, 344
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Wythe Leigh Kinsolving (1878-1964) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.; Winchester, Franklin
County, Tenn.; Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn.; Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Oakland, Garrett
County, Md.; Charlottesville,
Va.; Stanardsville, Greene
County, Va.
Born in Halifax, Halifax
County, Va., November
14, 1878.
Democrat. Episcopal
priest; rector of Epiphany Episcopal Church, Barton Heights, Va.,
until 1908, when he resigned
following a widely
reported fist
fight with his father-in-law, Rev. Dr. E. H. Pitt; composer;
poet;
translator;
prolific writer of opinion pieces for newspapers, expressing moderate
pacifist views, along with strong support for the League of Nations;
offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,
1924 ; in 1928, he toured the country giving speeches in support of
Democratic presidential nominee Al
Smith; initially supported President Franklin
Roosevelt and the New Deal, but in the late 1930s turned toward
isolationism and anti-Communism.
Episcopalian.
Died, from cerebral
vascular accident, while suffering from chronic
brain syndrome due to cerebral
arteriosclerosis, in DeJarnette State Sanatorium, a mental
hospital, in Augusta
County, Va., December
21, 1964 (age 86 years, 37
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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Grover C. Richman Jr. (1911-1983) —
of New Jersey.
Born in Wenonah, Gloucester
County, N.J., October
1, 1911.
Democrat. U.S.
Attorney for New Jersey, 1951-53; New
Jersey state attorney general, 1954-58; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New Jersey, 1956.
Died, from a heart
ailment, at the New York Hospital Westchester Division mental
hospital, White Plains, Westchester
County, N.Y., May 6,
1983 (age 71 years, 217
days).
Interment at Siloam Cemetery, Vineland, N.J.
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