Very incomplete list!
in chronological order
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Thomas Lynch Jr. (1749-1779) —
of South Carolina.
Born in South Carolina, August
5, 1749.
Member of South Carolina state legislature, 1776; Delegate
to Continental Congress from South Carolina, 1776; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776.
While on an ocean voyage to France, was lost at
sea, in the North
Atlantic Ocean, 1779
(age about
29 years). His remains were not
recovered.
Memorial monument at Constitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.
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Samuel Holden Parsons (1737-1789) —
Born in Lyme, New London
County, Conn., May 14,
1737.
Lawyer;
member of Connecticut
colonial assembly, 1762-74; general in the Continental Army
during the Revolutionary War; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1784-85; justice of
Northwest Territory supreme court, 1788-89.
Drowned
in a canoe accident, near Marietta, Washington
County, Ohio, November
17, 1789 (age 52 years, 187
days).
Cenotaph at Mortimer
Cemetery, Middletown, Conn.
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Josiah Stoddard Johnston (1784-1833) —
also known as Josiah S. Johnston —
of Alexandria, Rapides
Parish, La.
Born in Salisbury, Litchfield
County, Conn., November
24, 1784.
Democrat. Member of Orleans
territorial legislature, 1805; state court judge in Louisiana,
1812; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana at-large, 1821-23; U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1824-33; died in office 1833.
Slaveowner.
Killed by an explosion
on the steamboat Lioness, on the Red River, in
Louisiana, May 19,
1833 (age 48 years, 176
days).
Interment at Rapides
Cemetery, Pineville, La.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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George L. Kinnard (1803-1836) —
of Indiana.
Born in Pennsylvania, 1803.
Democrat. Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1827; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 6th District, 1833-36; died in office
1836.
Died from injuries received in an explosion
on the steamer Flora on the Ohio River, November
26, 1836 (age about 33
years).
Interment at Presbyterian
Burying Ground, Cincinnati, Ohio; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Oliver Hillhouse Prince (1782-1837) —
also known as Oliver H. Prince —
of Macon, Bibb
County, Ga.
Born in Montville, New London
County, Conn., 1782.
Member of Georgia
state senate, 1824; U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1828-29.
Perished
in the wreck of the packet ship Home, in the North
Atlantic Ocean off Ocracoke Inlet, N.C., October
9, 1837 (age about 55
years); his remains were never
recovered.
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William Beatty Rochester (1789-1838) —
also known as William B. Rochester —
of Bath, Steuben
County, N.Y.
Born in Hagerstown, Washington
County, Md., January
29, 1789.
Democrat. Member of New York
state assembly from Allegany and Steuben counties, 1816-18; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1821-23 (20th District 1821-23,
28th District 1823); candidate for Governor of
New York, 1826.
One of 128 people who perished
on the the steam packet ship Pulaski, en route from Charleston
to Baltimore, when it suffered a boiler
explosion and sank in the North
Atlantic Ocean off the coast of North Carolina, June 14,
1838 (age 49 years, 136
days); his remains were never
recovered.
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John Adams Cameron (1788-1838) —
also known as John A. Cameron —
of Fayetteville, Cumberland
County, N.C.; Florida.
Born in Mecklenburg
County, Va., 1788.
Newspaper
editor; member of North
Carolina house of commons from Fayetteville, 1810-12, 1820; major
in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; U.S. Consul in Veracruz, 1831-32; U.S.
District Judge for Florida, 1832-38.
Member, Freemasons.
Perished
in the wreck of the steamer Pulaski, off the coast of
North Carolina, in the North
Atlantic Ocean, June 14,
1838 (age about 49
years). His remains were probably
not recovered.
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Douglass Houghton (1809-1845) —
of Michigan.
Born in Troy, Rensselaer
County, N.Y., September
21, 1809.
Geologist;
mayor
of Detroit, Mich., 1842.
Drowned
with four others, when a sudden
storm overturned their boat, at Eagle Harbor, Keweenaw
County, Mich., October
13, 1845 (age 36 years, 22
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Stephen Allen (1767-1852) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born July 2,
1767.
Mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1821-24; member of New York
state assembly from New York County, 1826; member of New York
state senate 1st District, 1829-32.
Killed when the steamboat Henry Clay burned and
sank,
killing about eighty passengers, in the Lower
Hudson River, next to what is now the Riverdale section of the
Bronx, July 28,
1852 (age 85 years, 26
days).
Entombed at New
York City Marble Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.
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Alexander Anderson (c.1812-1855) —
of California.
Born about 1812.
Member of California
state senate, 1852; justice of
California state supreme court, 1852-53.
Killed by the explosion
of the river steamer Pearl, January
27, 1855 (age about 43
years).
Burial location unknown.
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John B. Macy (1799-1856) —
of Fond du Lac, Fond du
Lac County, Wis.
Born in Nantucket, Nantucket
County, Mass., March
25, 1799.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 3rd District, 1853-55.
Lost his life in the burning and
sinking
of the steamer Niagara, a few miles from Port
Washington, Wisconsin, in Lake
Michigan, September
24, 1856 (age 57 years, 183
days). His remains were not
found.
Cenotaph at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y.
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Stephen Clarendon Phillips (1801-1857) —
also known as Stephen C. Phillips —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Salem, Essex
County, Mass., November
4, 1801.
Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1824-29; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1830; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 2nd District, 1834-38; mayor of
Salem, Mass., 1838-42; Free Soil candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1848, 1849.
He was among 253 passengers and crew who perished in the burning of
the steamship Montreal, on the St. Lawrence River, near
Quebec City, Quebec,
June
26, 1857 (age 55 years, 234
days). His remains were never
recovered.
Cenotaph at Harmony
Grove Cemetery, Salem, Mass.
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James Hamilton Jr. (1786-1857) —
of Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., May 8,
1786.
Major in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; lawyer; intendant
of Charleston, South Carolina, 1821-22; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1820; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 2nd District, 1822-29; Governor of
South Carolina, 1830-32.
Slaveowner.
While en route from New Orleans to Galveston, through some
mishap, was drowned
in the Gulf of
Mexico, November
15, 1857 (age 71 years, 191
days). His remains were probably never
found.
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Rufus Wheeler Peckham (1809-1873) —
also known as Rufus W. Peckham —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Rensselaerville, Albany
County, N.Y., December
20, 1809.
Democrat. Lawyer; law
partner of Lyman
Tremain; U.S.
Representative from New York 14th District, 1853-55; Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1861-69; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1870-73; died in office 1873.
Member, Kappa
Alpha Society.
En route to Europe on the steamer Ville du Havre, he was among
226 passengers and crew who perished
when the steamer collided with the Scottish sailing vessel
Loch Earn, and sank, in the North
Atlantic Ocean, November
22, 1873 (age 63 years, 337
days). His remains were never
found.
Cenotaph at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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Kirkland C. Barker (1819-1875) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in East Schuyler, Herkimer
County, N.Y., September
8, 1819.
Mayor
of Detroit, Mich., 1864-65.
Drowned,
when the sailboat in which he was transporting ballast-lead to his
yacht Cora suddenly sank, in the Detroit River near
Amherstburg, Ontario,
May
20, 1875 (age 55 years, 254
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Joseph I. Stein (d. 1880) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 20th District, 1877.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
One of dozens killed in the wreck of the steamboat
Seawanhaka, which burned and
sank
in the East
River, June 28,
1880.
Interment at Linden
Hill Cemetery, Ridgewood, Queens, N.Y.
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Hiland R. Hulburd (1829-1880) —
of Great Neck, Queens County (now Nassau
County), Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Ohio, 1829.
Lawyer;
U.S. Comptroller of the Currency, 1867-72.
One of dozens killed in the wreck of the steamboat
Seawanhaka, which burned and
sank
in the East
River, June 29,
1880 (age about 50
years).
Interment at Oak
Dale Cemetery, Urbana, Ohio.
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Oscar Anthony Iasigi (1846-1884) —
also known as Oscar Iasigi —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass., October
18, 1846.
Importer
and exporter; treasurer, Vassalboro woolen mills;
Vice-Consul
for Turkey in Boston,
Mass., 1871-77; Consul-General
for Turkey in Boston,
Mass., 1877-84.
Armenian
and French
ancestry.
Perished
in the wreck of the steamship SS City of Columbus,
which hit a reef and sank, in Vineyard
Sound, January
18, 1884 (age 37 years, 92
days).
Interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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A. C. Rand (1832-1885) —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., December
31, 1832.
Republican. Mayor
of Minneapolis, Minn., 1878-82.
Drowned
in a boat explosion
on Lake Minnetonka, July 12,
1885 (age 52 years, 193
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas Taylor Minor (1844-1889) —
also known as Thomas T. Minor —
of Port Townsend, Jefferson
County, Wash.; Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born, of American parents, in Manepy, Ceylon (now Sri
Lanka), February
20, 1844.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; physician;
one of the founders of the Seattle, Lake Shore and Eastern Railroad;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Washington Territory,
1880;
mayor
of Port Townsend, Wash., 1880-83; mayor
of Seattle, Wash., 1887-88.
Member, Freemasons.
Last seen traveling by canoe to Whidbey Island, with others, on a duck huting
trip, and was never
heard from again; presumed drowned
in a watercraft accident, in Puget
Sound, December
2, 1889 (age 45 years, 285
days). His canoe was recovered, but his remains were not
found.
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Relatives: Son
of Eastman Strong Minor and Judith (Manchester) Minor; married, August
20, 1872, to Sarah Montgomery; grandfather of Thomas
Minor Pelly. |
| | | Political family: Moriarty-Minor
family of Seattle, Washington. |
| | | The T.T. Minor School
(built 1890, demolished 1940, rebuilt 1941, closed 2010, renovated
and reopened 2016), in Seattle,
Washington, is named for
him. — Minor Avenue,
in Seattle,
Washington, is named for
him. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Rounsevelle Wildman (1864-1901) —
of California.
Born in Batavia, Genesee
County, N.Y., March
19, 1864.
U.S. Consul in Singapore, 1889-97; U.S. Consul General in Hong Kong, 1897-1901, died in office 1901.
En route from Hong Kong to San Francisco on the SS City of Rio de
Janeiro, he and his family were among 135 who perished
when the ship struck a reef in dense
fog, and quickly sank, in San
Francisco Bay, February
22, 1901 (age 36 years, 340
days); his remains were not
found.
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Isidor Straus (1845-1912) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Otterberg, Bavaria (now Germany),
February
6, 1845.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York 15th District, 1894-95.
Jewish.
One of the owners of the R. H. Macy & Co. department store in New
York.
Perished
in the wreck of the steamship Titanic, in the North
Atlantic Ocean, April
15, 1912 (age 67 years, 69
days); his body was subsequently recovered.
Originally entombed at Beth
El Cemetery, Glendale, Queens, N.Y.; later interred at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.; memorial monument at Straus
Park, Manhattan, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Lazarus Straus and Sara (Straus) Straus; brother of Oscar
Solomon Straus; married, July 12,
1871, to Ida Blum; father of Jesse
Isidor Straus; uncle of Nathan
Straus Jr.; grandfather of Stuart
Scheftel; granduncle of Ronald
Peter Straus. |
| | | Political family: Straus
family of New York City, New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Straus Hall (built 1926), a dormitory at
Harvard University,
Cambridge,
Massachusetts, is named for
him and his wife. — Straus Park
(established 1895 as Schuyler Square; renamed 1907 as Bloomingdale
Square; renamed 1915 as Straus Park), at Broadway and West End Avenue
in Morningside Heights, Manhattan,
New York, is named for
him and his wife. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about Isidor Straus: June Hall
McCash, A
Titanic Love Story: Ida and Isidor Straus |
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Robert Ney McNeely (1883-1915) —
also known as Robert McNeely —
of Monroe, Union
County, N.C.
Born in Union
County, N.C., November
12, 1883.
Lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1909-10; U.S. Consul in
Aden, 1915, died in office 1915.
While en route to Aden as a passenger on the British liner
Persia, he was one of 385 passengers and crew who perished
when the ship was hit by a German
torpedo, and sank, in the Mediterranean
Sea, December
20, 1915 (age 32 years, 38
days). His body was apparently not
recovered.
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Alfred Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1873-1918) —
also known as Alfred L. M. Gottschalk —
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
8, 1873.
Newspaper
correspondent; sugar grower;
U.S. Consul in Callao, 1903-05; U.S. Consul General in Callao, 1905-06; Mexico City, 1906-08; , 1908-11; Rio de Janeiro, 1916-18, died in office 1918.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
While en route from Bahia, Brazil to Baltimore on the U.S. Navy ship
Cyclops, during World
War I, he was one of 306 sailors and passengers who perished
when the ship sank, in the North
Atlantic Ocean, March, 1918
(age 45
years, 0 days). The wreckage was never
found.
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Relatives: Son
of L. G. Gottschalk and Louise de L. (Boucher)
Gottschalk. |
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George W. Borowitz (1870-1938) —
of Wausau, Marathon
County, Wis.
Born in Germany,
December
7, 1870.
Tailor;
mayor
of Wausau, Wis., 1935-38.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Catholic
Order of Foresters; Eagles;
Elks.
While on a hunting and
fishing trip, he and three other men from Wausau (N. P. Beck,
Herman Belter, and J. William Delaney) drowned
when their boat capsized, in Island Lake, Vilas
County, Wis., November
12, 1938 (age 67 years, 340
days). The overturned boat was found two days later; the bodies
were recovered from the lake the following April.
Interment at St. Joseph's Catholic Cemetery, Wausau, Wis.
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Relatives: Son
of Michael Borowitz and Hulda (Lambs) Borowitz; married, January
20, 1899, to Josephine Kroupa. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Appleton (Wis.)
Post-Crescent, November 14, 1938 |
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John W. Speakman (1900-1942) —
of Danville, Vermilion
County, Ill.
Born in Vermilion
County, Ill., March 5,
1900.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives; elected 1936, 1938; member of Illinois
state senate 22nd District; elected 1940.
Member, Freemasons.
Drowned
when his boat capsized, June 7,
1942 (age 42 years, 94
days).
Interment at Spring
Hill Cemetery, Danville, Ill.
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Carl Frederick Zeidler (1908-1942) —
also known as Carl Zeidler; "Singing Mayor";
"Boy Mayor" —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., January
4, 1908.
Mayor
of Milwaukee, Wis., 1940-42; resigned 1942; served in the U.S.
Navy during World War II.
Killed
when the munitions ship La Salle was struck by
torpedos, exploded,
and sank,
about 350 miles southeast of the Cape of Good Hope, in the Indian
Ocean, November
7, 1942 (age 34 years, 307
days); his remains were never
found.
Cenotaph at Forest
Home Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wis.
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Albert Denis Cash (1897-1952) —
also known as Albert D. Cash —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, August
21, 1897.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1940;
mayor
of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1948-51.
Catholic.
Was fishing
when a freak
storm overturned his boat and drowned
him, on a lake in Michigan, August
2, 1952 (age 54 years, 347
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Stanley Jarolin (c.1933-2000) —
Born about 1933.
Democrat. Plumbing
and heating contractor; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1983-98; defeated in primary,
1998.
While fishing
with a friend, their boat capsized; he made it to shore but
died soon after from a heart
attack, in Luzerne
County, Pa., May 13,
2000 (age about 67
years).
Burial location unknown.
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