Very incomplete list!
in chronological order
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Joshua Fry (1699-1754) —
of Albemarle
County, Va.
Born in Crewkerne, Somerset, England,
1699.
Member of Virginia
House of Burgesses, 1740.
Surveyor and co-author with Peter Jefferson (Thomas
Jefferson's father) of a famous early map titled "Map of the Most
Inhabited part of Virginia, containing the whole province of Maryland
with Part of Pensilvania, New Jersey and North Carolina." Upon his
death, the young George
Washington took command of Virginia's military forces.
Died, of injuries received in a fall from his horse,
near Cumberland, Allegany
County, Md., May 31,
1754 (age about 54
years).
Original interment somewhere
in Allegany County, Md.; reinterment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Cumberland, Md.
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Moses Cockrell (1767-1800) —
of Lee
County, Va.
Born in Augusta
County, Va., 1767.
Member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1799-1800.
Dreamed one night that there was a white otter down in his salt well;
in the morning, he had himself lowered into the well in a basket; the
basket broke, and he fell to his death, or perhaps drowned,
in Lee
County, Va., 1800
(age about
33 years).
Interment somewhere in Lee County, Va.
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John Harvie (1742-1807) —
of Richmond,
Va.
Born in Albemarle
County, Va., 1742.
Lawyer;
Delegate
to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1777-78; signer,
Articles of Confederation, 1777; mayor
of Richmond, Va., 1785-86; secretary
of state of Virginia, 1788.
His estate later became the site of Hollywood Cemetery.
Fell from a ladder, and died as a result, in Richmond,
Va., February
6, 1807 (age about 64
years).
Interment at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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Edward Hempstead (1780-1817) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in New London, New London
County, Conn., June 3,
1780.
Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Missouri Territory, 1812-14.
Was thrown from a horse,
which resulted in his death six days later, at St.
Louis, Mo., August
10, 1817 (age 37 years, 68
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Arthur St. Clair (1734-1818) —
Born in Scotland,
March
23, 1734.
General in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1785-87; Governor
of Northwest Territory, 1788-1802; Federalist candidate for Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1790.
Episcopalian.
Member, Society
of the Cincinnati; Freemasons.
Injured in a fall from an overturned horsedrawn
cart, and died a few days later, near Youngstown, Westmoreland
County, Pa., August
31, 1818 (age 84 years, 161
days).
Interment at Old
St. Clair Cemetery, Greensburg, Pa.
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William Wyatt Bibb (1781-1820) —
also known as William W. Bibb —
of Petersburg, Elbert
County, Ga.
Born in Amelia
County, Va., October
2, 1781.
Democrat. Physician;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1803-05; U.S.
Representative from Georgia, 1807-13 (4th District 1807, at-large
1807-09, 1st District 1809-11, at-large 1811-13); U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1813-16; Governor
of Alabama Territory, 1817-19; Governor of
Alabama, 1819-20; died in office 1820.
Fell from his horse
during a thunderstorm,
sustained internal injuries, and died in Autauga County (part now in
Elmore
County), Ala., July 10,
1820 (age 38 years, 282
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Elmore County, Ala.
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Isaac Griffin (1751-1827) —
of Fayette
County, Pa.
Born in Dutchess
County, N.Y., February
27, 1751.
Democrat. Justice of the peace; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1808-12; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 13th District, 1813-17.
Died from the effects of a fall from a wagon, on
his estate in Nicholson Township, Fayette
County, Pa., October
12, 1827 (age 76 years, 227
days).
Interment a private or family graveyard, Fayette County, Pa.
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Pierre Auguste Charles Bourguignon Derbigny
(1769-1829) —
also known as Pierre A. C. B. Derbigny —
of Louisiana.
Born in France,
June
30, 1769.
Secretary
of state of Louisiana, 1820-28; Governor of
Louisiana, 1828-29; died in office 1829.
Catholic.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, after being thrown from a horsedrawn
carriage, in Gretna, Jefferson
Parish, La., October
6, 1829 (age 60 years, 98
days).
Entombed at St.
Louis Cemetery No. 1, New Orleans, La.
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Richard Skinner (1778-1833) —
of Manchester, Bennington
County, Vt.
Born in Litchfield, Litchfield
County, Conn., May 30,
1778.
Democrat. Lawyer; Bennington
County State's Attorney, 1801-13; probate judge in Vermont,
1805-13; U.S.
Representative from Vermont at-large, 1813-15; justice of
Vermont state supreme court, 1815-16; chief
justice of Vermont Supreme Court, 1823-28; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1818; Speaker of
the Vermont State House of Representatives, 1818; Governor of
Vermont, 1820-23.
Injured when he fell from a horse-drawn
carriage, and died soon after, in Manchester, Bennington
County, Vt., May 23,
1833 (age 54 years, 358
days).
Interment at Dellwood
Cemetery, Manchester, Vt.
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Luther Lawrence (1778-1839) —
of Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Groton, Middlesex
County, Mass., September
28, 1778.
Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1812-22; Speaker of
the Massachusetts State House of Representatives, 1822; mayor of
Lowell, Mass., 1838-39; died in office 1839.
While showing a visitor around his woolen mill, he accidentally
fell into a wheel pit, hit his head, and died soon after, in
Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass., April
17, 1839 (age 60 years, 201
days).
Interment at Groton
Cemetery, Groton, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel Lawrence and Susanna (Parker) Lawrence; brother of Abbott
Lawrence; married, June 19,
1805, to Lucy Bigelow; uncle of Amos
Adams Lawrence and Samuel
Abbott Green; second great-granduncle of Leverett
Saltonstall and Richard
Saltonstall; third great-granduncle of William
Lawrence Saltonstall; second cousin thrice removed of Charles
Moore Bancroft; third cousin once removed of Alonzo
M. Garcelon; third cousin twice removed of John
Albion Andrew, Charles
Courtney Pinkney Holden, Ebenezer
Gregg Danforth Holden, Winfield
Scott Holden and Alonzo
Marston Garcelon; third cousin thrice removed of John
Forrester Andrew, Henry
Hersey Andrew, Charles
Wayne Holden and Gordon
Woodbury. |
| | | Political families: Chandler-Hale
family of Portland, Maine; Lee-Randolph
family; Woodbury-Holden
family of Massachusetts and New Hampshire; Holden-Davis-Lawrence-Garcelon
family of Massachusetts; Starkweather-Pendleton
family of Preston, Connecticut (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
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article |
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Burwell Bassett (1764-1841) —
of Williamsburg,
Va.
Born in New Kent
County, Va., March
18, 1764.
Democrat. Member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1787-89, 1819-21; member of Virginia
state senate, 1794-1805; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1805-13, 1815-19, 1821-29 (at-large
1805-07, 12th District 1807-09, 22nd District 1809-11, 12th District
1811-13, 13th District 1815-19, 8th District 1821-29).
Slaveowner.
Died, after a fall from his horse, in
New Kent
County, Va., February
26, 1841 (age 76 years, 345
days).
Interment at Eltham
Plantation, New Kent County, Va.
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Robert Milner Echols (1798-1847) —
also known as Robert M. Echols —
of Walton
County, Ga.
Born near Washington, Wilkes
County, Ga., 1798.
Member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1824-29; member of Georgia
state senate, 1830-44; general in the U.S. Army during the
Mexican War.
Killed
in action when he fell from his horse during battle, at
National Bridge (Puente Nacional), near Veracruz, Veracruz,
December
3, 1847 (age about 49
years).
Original interment somewhere
in Mexico; reinterment at a
private or family graveyard, Walton County, Ga.
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James Wright Gordon (1809-1853) —
of Marshall, Calhoun
County, Mich.
Born in Plainfield, Windham
County, Conn., 1809.
Whig. Member of Michigan
state senate 6th District, 1839; Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1840-41; Governor of
Michigan, 1841-42; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 2nd District, 1846, 1847; U.S.
Consul in Pernambuco, 1850-53, died in office 1853.
Accidentally fell to his death from a second-story balcony, in
Brazil,
December, 1853
(age about
44 years).
Burial location unknown.
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James Gillespie Birney (1792-1857) —
also known as James G. Birney —
of Danville, Boyle
County, Ky.; Huntsville, Madison
County, Ala.; Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio; New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Lower Saginaw, Saginaw County (now Bay City, Bay
County), Mich.
Born in Danville, Boyle
County, Ky., February
4, 1792.
Lawyer;
studied law in the office of Alexander
J. Dallas in Philadelphia; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1816-18; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1819-20; solicitor general of
Alabama, 1823-26; candidate for Presidential Elector for Alabama; mayor
of Huntsville, Ala., 1829; abolitionist; Liberty candidate for President
of the United States, 1840, 1844; candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1843, 1845.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
American
Anti-Slavery Society.
While traveling in 1845, the horse he
was riding bucked; he fell and was injured; his condition
worsened over time, leading to tremors and paralysis, and he died as
a result, in Perth Amboy, Middlesex
County, N.J., November
25, 1857 (age 65 years, 294
days).
Interment at Williamsburgh
Cemetery, Groveland, N.Y.
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Louis Powell Harvey (1820-1862) —
also known as Louis P. Harvey —
of Shopiere, Rock
County, Wis.
Born in East Haddam, Middlesex
County, Conn., July 22,
1820.
Republican. Delegate
to Wisconsin state constitutional convention, 1847; member of Wisconsin
state senate, 1854-58; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Wisconsin, 1856
(member, Credentials
Committee); secretary
of state of Wisconsin, 1860-62; Governor of
Wisconsin, 1862; died in office 1862.
While on a trip to inspect Wisconsin troops after the battle of
Shiloh, during the Civil
War, fell off a boat and drowned
in the Tennessee River, near Pittsburg Landing, Hardin
County, Tenn., April
19, 1862 (age 41 years, 271
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Madison, Wis.
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Lewis T. Ayers (1798-1866) —
of San Patricio, San
Patricio County, Tex.; Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala.
Born in Morris Plains, Morris
County, N.J., October
6, 1798.
Delegate
to Texas Consultation of 1835 from District of San Patricio,
1835; served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence.
From the window of his room above the Savings Bank, fell to his
death in the alley below, Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala., October
11, 1866 (age 68 years, 5
days).
Interment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Mobile, Ala.
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Relatives: Son
of Silas Ayers and Mary (Bryan) Ayers; married 1824 to
Rebecca Osborn. |
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John Fletcher Driggs (1813-1877) —
also known as John F. Driggs —
of East Saginaw (now part of Saginaw), Saginaw
County, Mich.
Born in Kinderhook, Columbia
County, N.Y., March 8,
1813.
Member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Saginaw County, 1859-60; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1863-69; defeated,
1870.
Injured by a fall on the ice in the winter of 1875-76, as a
result of which he died, in East Saginaw (now part of Saginaw), Saginaw
County, Mich., December
17, 1877 (age 64 years, 284
days).
Original interment at Brady
Hill Cemetery, Saginaw, Mich.; reinterment at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Saginaw, Mich.
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Henry F. Belitz (1817-1878) —
also known as "Father of Kiel" —
of Wisconsin.
Born in Schwedt, Germany,
February
16, 1817.
Took part in the 1848 German uprising and led a 10,000 member
resistance group called the Volksverein; founded the city of Kiel,
Wisconsin in 1854.; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Wisconsin.
German
ancestry.
Fell from his horsedrawn
buggy, was run over, and died as a result, March
31, 1878 (age 61 years, 43
days).
Interment at Kiel
Cemetery, Kiel, Wis.
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George A. Mitchell (d. 1878) —
of Cadillac, Wexford
County, Mich.
Mayor
of Cadillac, Mich., 1877-78.
Thrown from his buggy, and
struck his head on a stump; died three days later, in Cadillac, Wexford
County, Mich., August
8, 1878.
Burial location unknown.
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Theodore Chardavoyne Vermilye (1824-1879) —
also known as Theodore C. Vermilye —
of Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, December
18, 1824.
Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Richmond County, 1860.
Killed, when he was thrown from a horsedrawn
carriage, which had collided with another vehicle, in Staten
Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., November
13, 1879 (age 54 years, 330
days).
Interment at Silver
Mount Cemetery, Tompkinsville, Staten Island, N.Y.
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James Asheton Bayard Jr. (1799-1880) —
also known as James A. Bayard —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., November
15, 1799.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Delaware, 1837-43; U.S.
Senator from Delaware, 1851-64, 1867-69; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Delaware, 1860,
1864,
1868.
Suffered an accidental fall while descending stairs, and died
a few days later, in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., June 13,
1880 (age 80 years, 211
days).
Interment at Old
Swedes Church Cemetery, Wilmington, Del.
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John W. Dwinelle (1816-1881) —
of Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in New York, September
7, 1816.
Mayor
of Oakland, Calif., 1866-67; member of California
state assembly 9th District, 1867-69.
While trying to board a ferryboat in the dark, he fell into
the water and drowned,
at Port Costa, Contra
Costa County, Calif., January
28, 1881 (age 64 years, 143
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Marcus Henderson Cruikshank (1826-1881) —
also known as Marcus H. Cruikshank —
of Talladega, Talladega
County, Ala.
Born in Autauga
County, Ala., December
12, 1826.
Mayor
of Talladega, Ala., 1850; Representative
from Alabama in the Confederate Congress 4th District, 1864-65.
While riding, he was thrown from his horse and
killed, October
10, 1881 (age 54 years, 302
days).
Interment at Clark
Hill Cemetery, Talladega, Ala.
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Clinton Briggs (1828-1882) —
of Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.
Born in Washtenaw
County, Mich., October
17, 1828.
Lawyer;
member of Nebraska
territorial House of Representatives, 1858; mayor of
Omaha, Neb., 1860-61; delegate
to Nebraska state constitutional convention, 1875.
Fell from a train
and was killed, in Afton, Union
County, Iowa, December
19, 1882 (age 54 years, 63
days).
Interment at Prospect
Hill Cemetery, Omaha, Neb.
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Judah Philip Benjamin (1811-1884) —
also known as Judah P. Benjamin; Philippe Benjamin;
"Poo Bah of the Confederacy" —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.; London, England;
Paris, France.
Born in Christiansted, St. Croix, Virgin
Islands, August
6, 1811.
Lawyer;
member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1842-44; delegate
to Louisiana state constitutional convention, 1845; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Louisiana; U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1853-61; Confederate
Attorney General, 1861; Confederate
Secretary of War, 1861-62; Confederate
Secretary of State, 1862-65.
Jewish.
He fled
to Europe in 1865 to avoid
arrest by Union forces; he was suspected of involvement in the assassination
of President Abraham
Lincoln.
Slaveowner.
Fell from a tram
car about 1880, and suffered multiple injuries; also developed kidney
and heart
problems, and died in Paris, France,
May
6, 1884 (age 72 years, 274
days).
Interment at Père
la Chaise Cemetery, Paris, France.
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Hector B. Meredith (1826-1885) —
of Folsom, Sacramento
County, Calif.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Winchester,
Va., April
30, 1826.
Went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; member of California
state assembly 9th District, 1855-56.
Died from complications of a bad fall, in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 29,
1885 (age 59 years, 29
days).
Interment at Old Lutheran Cemetery, Winchester, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of James S. Meredith and Elizabeth B. (Eaty)
Meredith. |
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Thomas Caute Reynolds (1821-1887) —
also known as Thomas C. Reynolds —
of Missouri.
Born in South Carolina, October
11, 1821.
U.S.
Attorney for Missouri, 1853-57; Lieutenant
Governor of Missouri, 1860-61; Confederate Governor of Missouri
(in exile), 1862-65.
Killed
himself by leaping down an elevator
shaft at the Customs House, St.
Louis, Mo., March
30, 1887 (age 65 years, 170
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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William J. Briggs (1834-1887) —
of Taunton, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born February
2, 1834.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1886-87; died in office 1887.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Fell to his death while descending a ladder from the roof of
the North Pleasant Street school house, Taunton, Bristol
County, Mass., August
13, 1887 (age 53 years, 192
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Andrew Jackson Bryant (1831-1888) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Effingham, Carroll
County, N.H., October
30, 1831.
Democrat. Gold miner;
wholesale
liquor merchant; importer and dealer in safes and locks; insurance
business; mayor
of San Francisco, Calif., 1875-79.
Jumped
or fell from the ferry steamer Encinal, and drowned
in San
Francisco Bay, May 11,
1888 (age 56 years, 194
days).
Original interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;
reinterment at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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Benjamin M. Davis (c.1816-1892) —
of Springwells Township (now part of Detroit), Wayne
County, Mich.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born about 1816.
Florist;
supervisor
of Springwells Township, Michigan, 1859-60.
Congregationalist.
While on
a boat, he fell, suffered a head injury, and died, in Georgian
Bay, August
15, 1892 (age about 76
years).
Burial location unknown.
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John Jones (1814-1893) —
also known as "Honest Jack" —
of Georgia.
Born July 3,
1814.
Colonel in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; Georgia
state treasurer, 1861-67, 1872-76.
Died in a fall from an upstairs window of his home, in
Milledgeville, Baldwin
County, Ga., February
28, 1893 (age 78 years, 240
days).
Interment at Memory
Hill Cemetery, Milledgeville, Ga.
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Newton Woodward Hall (1864-1893) —
also known as Newton W. Hall —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Birmingham, England,
1864.
Vice-Consul
for Ecuador in San
Francisco, Calif., 1891-93; Vice-Consul
for Honduras in San
Francisco, Calif., 1891-93.
English
ancestry.
During an altercation with Edward A. Gillespie, he fell or was
thrown
down a flight of stairs, suffered a skull fracture, and died soon
after at Receiving Hospital,
San
Francisco, Calif., November
27, 1893 (age about 29
years). Gillespie was arrested and charged with murder, but
acquitted at trial in 1894. While in the hospital, Hall also received
a probably fatal dose of opium.
Burial location unknown.
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George Knox Shiel (1825-1893) —
also known as George K. Shiel —
of Oregon.
Born in Ireland,
1825.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Oregon at-large, 1861-63.
While slightly intoxicated, fell over a railing, fourteen feet
down into a window well, at the entrance to the Hotel
Williamett, broke his neck, and died, in Salem, Marion
County, Ore., December
12, 1893 (age about 68
years).
Interment at Pioneer
Cemetery, Salem, Ore.
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Thomas Whitridge (1869-1895) —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., December
28, 1869.
Banker;
Vice-Consul
for Denmark in Baltimore,
Md., 1892-95; Consul
for Chile in Baltimore,
Md., 1892-95.
Member, Delta
Phi.
When his house was on fire, he
and his wife, attempting to escape through a window onto a ladder,
fell to their deaths twenty feet below, in Baltimore,
Md., January
15, 1895 (age 25 years, 18
days).
Interment at Green
Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
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Charles Addison Chickering (1843-1900) —
also known as Charles A. Chickering —
of Copenhagen, Lewis
County, N.Y.
Born in Harrisburg, Lewis
County, N.Y., November
26, 1843.
Republican. Member of New York
state assembly from Lewis County, 1879-81; clerk of the New York
Assembly, 1884-1890; U.S.
Representative from New York 24th District, 1893-1900; died in
office 1900.
Member, Freemasons.
Jumped
or fell from a fourth-floor balcony of the Grand Union Hotel,
and died from his injuries, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
13, 1900 (age 56 years, 79
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Copenhagen, N.Y.
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Nathaniel Townsend (c.1814-1900) —
of Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J.
Born about 1814.
Democrat. Mayor
of Paterson, N.J., 1868, 1873-74.
Accidentally knocked down on the sidewak by a newsboy, did not
recover from his injuries, and died two weeks later, March
17, 1900 (age about 86
years).
Interment at Cedar
Lawn Cemetery, Paterson, N.J.
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Owen Brainerd Arnold (1818-1900) —
also known as Owen B. Arnold —
of Meriden, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Haddam, Middlesex
County, Conn., July 11,
1818.
Banker;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Meriden, 1861, 1874.
Fell from a trolley
car, and died a few days later as a result, in Meriden, New Haven
County, Conn., August
30, 1900 (age 82 years, 50
days).
Interment at Walnut
Grove Cemetery, Meriden, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of Jared Arnold and Susanna (Brainerd) Arnold. |
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Adelbert Stone Hay (1876-1901) —
also known as Adelbert S. Hay —
Born in 1876.
U.S. Consul in Pretoria, 1901.
Fell to his death from a third-floor window of the New Haven
House hotel,
New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., June 23,
1901 (age about 24
years).
Interment at Lake
View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
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Gaston Ahi Robbins (1858-1902) —
also known as Gaston A. Robbins —
of Selma, Dallas
County, Ala.
Born in Goldsboro, Wayne
County, N.C., September
26, 1858.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 4th District, 1893-96, 1899-1900.
During the fire that
destroyed the Park Avenue Hotel,
already burned, he jumped from a sixth story window, and fell
to his death, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
22, 1902 (age 43 years, 149
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Statesville, N.C.
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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.
Republican. Lawyer;
U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Switzerland, 1877-81; U.S. Minister to Belgium, 1882-85; banker;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New York.
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, Garrison, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Hamilton
Fish (1808-1893) and Julia (Kean) Fish; brother of Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1849-1936); married to Clemence S. Smith-Bryce; father
of Hamilton Fish (1874-1898; sergeant in the U.S. Volunteer Cavalry
Regiment, the "Rough Riders", in the Spanish-American war; killed in
battle); uncle of Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1888-1991); grandson of Nicholas
Fish (1758-1833); granduncle of Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1926-1996); great-grandson of John
Kean (1756-1795); great-grandnephew of Robert
Gilbert Livingston and Philip
Peter Livingston; great-granduncle of Hamilton
Fish (born 1951) and Alexa
Fish Ward; second great-grandson of Gilbert
Livingston and Peter
Van Brugh Livingston; second great-grandnephew of John
Livingston, Robert
Livingston (1688-1775), Robert
Livingston (1708-1790), Philip
Livingston and William
Livingston; third great-grandson of Robert
Livingston the Elder and James
Alexander; third great-grandnephew of Pieter
Schuyler (1657-1724) and Johannes
Schuyler (1668-1747); fourth great-grandson of Pieter
Stuyvesant and Pieter
Van Brugh; fourth great-grandnephew of Abraham
de Peyster, Johannes
Cuyler and Johannes
de Peyster; first cousin of John
Kean (1852-1914) and Hamilton
Fish Kean; first cousin once removed of Robert
Winthrop Kean; first cousin twice removed of Philip
Van Cortlandt, Pierre
Van Cortlandt Jr., Charles
Ludlow Livingston (1800-1873) and Thomas
Howard Kean; first cousin thrice removed of Robert
R. Livingston (1718-1775), Peter
Robert Livingston (1737-1794), Walter
Livingston, John
Stevens III, Henry
Brockholst Livingston and Thomas
Howard Kean Jr.; first cousin four times removed of Robert
Livingston the Younger and Johannes
Schuyler (1697-1746); first cousin five times removed of Nicholas
Bayard (c.1644-1707), David
Davidse Schuyler, Myndert
Davidtse Schuyler, Johannes
DePeyster, Cornelis
Cuyler and John
Cruger Jr.; second cousin once removed of Jonathan
Mayhew Wainwright; second cousin twice removed of James
Jay, John
Jay, Robert
R. Livingston (1746-1813), Frederick
Jay, Edward
Livingston (1764-1836), Stephen
Van Rensselaer, Philip
Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Henry
Walter Livingston, Peter
Augustus Jay (1776-1843), Rensselaer
Westerlo, Edward
Philip Livingston, William
Alexander Duer, John
Duer and William
Jay; second cousin thrice removed of Stephanus
Bayard, Pierre
Van Cortlandt, Philip
John Schuyler, Philip
P. Schuyler and Stephen
John Schuyler; second cousin four times removed of Matthew
Clarkson, Henry
Cruger and Henry
Rutgers; third cousin of Gilbert
Livingston Thompson; third cousin once removed of Philip
Schuyler, Peter
Robert Livingston (1789-1859), Edward
Livingston (1796-1840), William
Duer, Henry
Bell Van Rensselaer, Denning
Duer, Henry
Brockholst Ledyard and John
Jay II; third cousin twice removed of Nicholas
Bayard (1736-1802), Jeremiah
Van Rensselaer, Robert
Van Rensselaer, Pieter
Schuyler (1746-1792), James
Livingston, Peter
Samuel Schuyler, Philip
Jeremiah Schuyler, James
Parker, Guy
Vernor Henry and Montgomery
Schuyler Jr.; third cousin thrice removed of Philip
DePeyster; fourth cousin of John
Jacob Astor III, Kiliaen
Van Rensselaer and Charles
Ludlow Livingston (born 1870); fourth cousin once removed of Peter
Robert Livingston (1766-1847), Jacob
Rutsen Van Rensselaer, Maturin
Livingston, James
Alexander Hamilton, George
Washington Schuyler, John
Cortlandt Parker, Philip
N. Schuyler, William
Waldorf Astor, Herbert
Livingston Satterlee, Peter
Augustus Jay (1877-1933), Robert
Reginald Livingston, Bronson
Murray Cutting and Brockholst
Livingston. |
| | | Political families: Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — U.S. State Dept career summary |
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John Gore Long (1846-1903) —
also known as John G. Long —
of St. Augustine, St. Johns
County, Fla.
Born in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., August
19, 1846.
Republican. Lawyer;
State's Attorney, 7th Judicial Circuit, 1870-75; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Florida, 1876,
1896
(member, Credentials
Committee); member of Republican
National Committee from Florida, 1896-1901; U.S. Diplomatic Agent
to Egypt, 1899-1902; U.S. Consul General in Cairo, 1899-1902.
Suffered an accidental fall from the front steps of the house
where he was staying, fractured his skull, and died soon after, in
Dunbar, Scotland,
July
28, 1903 (age 56 years, 343
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Edward Underhill (d. 1905) —
of Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Republican. Brewer;
real
estate business; candidate for mayor
of Yonkers, N.Y., 1888.
Apparently tripped and fell while walking, suffered a skull
fracture, and died soon after, in Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y., July 2,
1905.
Burial location unknown.
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Nathaniel P. Burruss (1844-1905) —
of Norfolk,
Va.
Born in Richmond,
Va., December
17, 1844.
Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; banker; Vice-Consul
for Portugal in Norfolk,
Va., 1865-77, 1900-01; his bank failed in 1897.
While buying tickets at a railway
office, he fell, suffered a severe hip injury, and was
hospitalized; this was two hours before his daughter's scheduled
wedding, on September 9, 1905; the wedding venue was hastily changed
to his bedside; died less than 30 days later, in St. Vincent's Hospital,
Norfolk,
Va., October
6, 1905 (age 60 years, 293
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Norfolk, Va.
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John Henry Ketcham (1832-1906) —
also known as John H. Ketcham —
of Dover Plains, Dutchess
County, N.Y.
Born in Dover Plains, Dutchess
County, N.Y., December
21, 1832.
Republican. Member of New York
state assembly from Dutchess County 1st District, 1856-57; member
of New
York state senate 11th District, 1860-61; general in the Union
Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1865-73, 1877-93, 1897-1906 (12th
District 1865-73, 13th District 1877-85, 16th District 1885-93, 18th
District 1897-1903, 21st District 1903-06); defeated, 1872; died in
office 1906; member
District of Columbia board of commissioners, 1874-77; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1876,
1896.
Suffered a fall about 1903, which affected his health, and
died three years later, in St. Elizabeth's Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
4, 1906 (age 73 years, 318
days).
Interment at Valley
View Cemetery, Dover Plains, N.Y.
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Howard P. Frothingham (1861-1907) —
of Mt. Arlington, Morris
County, N.J.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March
12, 1861.
Stockbroker;
mayor
of Mt. Arlington, N.J., 1891.
Following large financial losses, he jumped
from the second-story window of his home, fell about 30 feet,
fractured his skull, and subsequently died, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
2, 1907 (age 45 years, 327
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Hillside, N.J.
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William Harmon Peace Jenkins (1830-1908) —
also known as William H. P. Jenkins —
of Granville
County, N.C.
Born in Granville
County, N.C., May 3,
1830.
Member of North
Carolina house of commons from Granville County, 1860-61,
1865-67; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member
of North
Carolina state senate 21st District, 1881-82, 1887-88; member of
North
Carolina state house of representatives from Granville County,
1901-02.
Methodist.
Fell from his horse,
caught his foot in the stirrup and dragged on the ground, and died
soon after, in Granville
County, N.C., January
24, 1908 (age 77 years, 266
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Granville County, N.C.
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Harvey Watterson (1879-1908) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., February
12, 1879.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for New York
state assembly, 1906.
While trying to close a window in his law
office, he fell through the window to his death 110 feet
below, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
11, 1908 (age 29 years, 273
days).
Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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Isaac Ambrose Barber (1852-1909) —
also known as Isaac A. Barber —
of Easton, Talbot
County, Md.
Born near Salem, Salem
County, N.J., January
26, 1852.
Republican. Physician;
president, Farmers and Mechanics National Bank of
Easton; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1896; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 1st District, 1897-99; Maryland
Republican state chair, 1900-04.
Quaker.
Died, from the effects of a fall, in Easton, Talbot
County, Md., March 1,
1909 (age 57 years, 34
days).
Interment at Spring
Hill Cemetery, Easton, Md.
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Watson Merrick Rogers (1844-1911) —
also known as Watson M. Rogers —
of Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y.
Born in Cape Vincent, Jefferson
County, N.Y., December
3, 1844.
Lawyer;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 5th District, 1902-11; died in office
1911.
Slipped and fell on an icy
sidewalk, suffered a head injury, and died three weeks later, in
Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y., February
1, 1911 (age 66 years, 60
days).
Interment at Brookside
Cemetery, Watertown, N.Y.
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Solomon Luna (1858-1912) —
of Los Lunas, Valencia
County, N.M.
Born October
18, 1858.
Republican. Member of Republican
National Committee from New Mexico Territory, 1896, 1908;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New Mexico Territory,
1896
(member, Resolutions
Committee); delegate
to New Mexico state constitutional convention, 1910.
Reportedly fell into a sheep dip vat and drowned,
August
29, 1912 (age 53 years, 316
days).
Interment at Mt.
Calvary Cemetery, Albuquerque, N.M.
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Henry Bischoff Jr. (1852-1913) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August
16, 1852.
Common pleas court judge in New York, 1895; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1896-1913; died in office
1913.
German
ancestry.
While taking an ascending elevator
to his office
in the Emigrants Industrial Savings Bank Building, he got off at the
wrong floor, and while trying to re-enter the elevator, he hit his
head on a door frame, smashing some glass, and fell about 150
feet down the elevator shaft to his death, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March
28, 1913 (age 60 years, 224
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Bischoff and Amelia (Bolte) Bischoff; married to Annie
Louise Moshier. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Peter Baillie McLennan (1850-1913) —
also known as Peter B. McLennan —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born in Lyndon, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y., December
3, 1850.
Republican. Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 5th District, 1893-1913; died in office
1913; Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court
4th Department, 1898-1913; died in office 1913.
Tripped and fell while descending a staircase, fractured his
skull, and died without regaining consciousness, at the Genesee
Valley Club, Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., May 8,
1913 (age 62 years, 156
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Syracuse, N.Y.
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Edward C. Cheasty (1864-1914) —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in 1864.
Democrat. Haberdashery
business; Honorary Vice-President, Democratic National
Convention, 1904.
Jumped
from his window on the 10th floor of the Hotel
Washington, and fell to his death on the pavement below, in
Seattle, King
County, Wash., June 12,
1914 (age about 49
years).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Seattle, Wash.
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Gilbert R. Lyon (1835-1915) —
of Owosso, Shiawassee
County, Mich.
Born in Dearborn, Wayne
County, Mich., August
31, 1835.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for circuit
judge in Michigan 35th Circuit, 1905.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Eagles.
Suffered a fall down the cellar stairs of his home, fractured
his skull, and died four days later, in Owosso, Shiawassee
County, Mich., 1915
(age about
79 years).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Owosso, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Daniel Lyon. |
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Lewis Leroy Taylor (1839-1915) —
of Centerville, Appanoose
County, Iowa.
Born near Munfordville, Hart
County, Ky., March
27, 1839.
Democrat. Banker;
member of Iowa
state senate, 1904-11.
Christian.
Died, as the result of injuries sustained in two falls, in
Centerville, Appanoose
County, Iowa, December
27, 1915 (age 76 years, 275
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Centerville, Iowa.
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Lansing Edgar Lincoln (1842-1916) —
also known as Lansing E. Lincoln —
of Mason, Ingham
County, Mich.; Harbor Beach, Huron
County, Mich.; Omer, Arenac
County, Mich.
Born in Groton, Tompkins
County, N.Y., November
23, 1842.
Progressive. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; merchant;
farmer;
livestock
dealer; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Huron County, 1885-88;
defeated, 1914.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
While entering a country
store, he slipped and fell, never regained consciousness,
and died soon after, in Omer, Arenac
County, Mich., November
4, 1916 (age 73 years, 347
days).
Interment at Evergreen Cemetery, Omer, Mich.
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Alfred Ronalds Conkling (1850-1917) —
also known as Alfred R. Conkling —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
28, 1850.
Republican. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 7th District, 1884; member of New York
state assembly, 1892, 1895 (New York County 7th District 1892,
New York County 8th District 1895).
Killed
himself by jumping to his death from a fourth-story
window, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
18, 1917 (age 66 years, 355
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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George Pelton Lawrence (1859-1917) —
also known as George P. Lawrence —
of North Adams, Berkshire
County, Mass.
Born in Adams, Berkshire
County, Mass., May 19,
1859.
Republican. Lawyer;
district judge in Massachusetts, 1885-94; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1895-97; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 1st District, 1897-1913.
Under stress as head of a World War I draft exemption board, he jumped
from an eighth-floor window and fell to his death, at the
Belmont Hotel,
Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J., November
21, 1917 (age 58 years, 186
days).
Interment at Hillside
Cemetery, North Adams, Mass.
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Ezekiel Gilbert Stoddard (1844-1923) —
also known as Ezekiel G. Stoddard —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Seymour, New Haven
County, Conn., November
14, 1844.
Banker;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from New Haven, 1886.
While horseback
riding at Bell Ranch, he fell or was thrown from the
horse, fractured his ankle, probably suffered some heart
trouble, and died six hours later without regaining
consciousness, in Tucumcari, Quay
County, N.M., September
18, 1923 (age 78 years, 308
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, New Haven, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Stoddard and Esther Ann (Gilbert) Stoddard; married, January
10, 1871, to Mary DeForest Burlock; father of Louis
Ezekiel Stoddard; seventh great-grandson of Thomas
Welles; second cousin twice removed of Charles
Robert Sherman; second cousin four times removed of Pierpont
Edwards and Aaron
Burr; third cousin once removed of Charles
Taylor Sherman, William
Tecumseh Sherman, Lampson
Parker Sherman, John
Sherman and Blanche
M. Woodward; third cousin thrice removed of John
Davenport, James
Davenport, Daniel
Chapin, Theodore
Dwight, Morris
Woodruff and Henry
Waggaman Edwards. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Edwards-Davenport-Thompson-Hooker
family of Connecticut (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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John Powell Irish (1843-1923) —
also known as John P. Irish —
of Iowa City, Johnson
County, Iowa; Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Iowa City, Johnson
County, Iowa, January
1, 1843.
Democrat. School
teacher; newspaper
editor; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Iowa 4th District, 1868; member of Iowa
state house of representatives, 1869-72; candidate for Governor of
Iowa, 1877; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Iowa,
1880
(member, Resolutions
Committee; speaker);
candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 3rd District, 1890; delegate to
Gold Democrat National Convention from California, 1896.
Died from a fall while trying to board a
moving streetcar, in Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., October
6, 1923 (age 80 years, 278
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Frederick Macy Irish and Elizabeth Ann (Robinson) Irish; married,
November
8, 1875, to Anna McClellan. |
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George Harriss Bellamy (1856-1924) —
also known as George H. Bellamy —
of El Paso, Brunswick
County, N.C.
Born in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., April
24, 1856.
Democrat. Member of North
Carolina state house of representatives from Brunswick County,
1893, 1913-14; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1903-04, 1907-08, 1911-12.
Injured in a fall onto pavement, and died a few days later,
from an intestinal
hemorrhage, in James Walker Memorial Hospital,
Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., March
14, 1924 (age 67 years, 325
days).
Interment at Oakdale
Cemetery, Wilmington, N.C.
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George Shiras Jr. (1832-1924) —
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., January
26, 1832.
Lawyer;
Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1892-1903; retired 1903.
Presbyterian.
Scottish
ancestry.
Died, as the result of a fall, in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., August
2, 1924 (age 92 years, 189
days).
Interment at Allegheny
Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Francis H. Gates (1839-1925) —
of Chittenango, Madison
County, N.Y.
Born in Chittenango, Madison
County, N.Y., July 30,
1839.
Republican. Farmer;
president, Madison-Onondaga Mutual Fire
Insurance Co.; president, Salt Springs National Bank of
Syracuse; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; delegate
to Republican National Convention from New York, 1900,
1908;
member of New York
state senate 37th District, 1903-08.
Suffered a fall on a street in Syracuse, N.Y., 1923, died from
the lingering effects of the injuries, in Chittenango, Madison
County, N.Y., July 6,
1925 (age 85 years, 341
days).
Interment at Gates
Cemetery, Sullivan, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Daniel Gates and Lany (Ehle) Gates; married, October
28, 1863, to Fannie E. Everson; father of John
W. Gates. |
| | | Image source: New York Red Book
1907 |
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Herbert Parsons (1869-1925) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Rye, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
28, 1869.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 13th District, 1905-11; defeated,
1900 (12th District), 1910 (13th District); delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1908,
1912,
1916,
1920;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1915;
member of Republican
National Committee from New York, 1916-20; colonel in the U.S.
Army during World War I.
Presbyterian
or Episcopalian.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Union
League.
Lost control of a motor
bicycle, fell, suffered a ruptured
kidney, and died as a result, in House of Mercy Hospital,
Pittsfield, Berkshire
County, Mass., September
16, 1925 (age 55 years, 323
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Church
on the Hill Cemetery, Lenox, Mass.
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Robert Alexander Campbell (1832-1926) —
also known as Robert A. Campbell —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Bowling Green, Pike
County, Mo., September
2, 1832.
Democrat. Lawyer; Lieutenant
Governor of Missouri, 1881-85.
Suffered an accidental fall, broke his neck, and died, in St.
Louis, Mo., April 2,
1926 (age 93 years, 212
days).
Interment somewhere
in Bowling Green, Mo.
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Elbridge Thomas Gerry (1837-1927) —
also known as Elbridge T. Gerry; "Commodore
Gerry" —
of Newport, Newport
County, R.I.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Charlestown, Washington
County, R.I., December
25, 1837.
Lawyer;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1867; founder
and president, New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Children (said to be the "parent of all child protective
organizations in the world"); governor of New York Hospital,
1878-1912; chairman, New York State Commission on Capital Punishment
(replaced hanging with the electric chair), 1886-88; trustee, New
York Life
Insurance Co.; chairman, New York City Commission on Insanity,
1892.
Member, Sons of
the Revolution.
Broke his hip in a fall, and died two weeks later, in
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
18, 1927 (age 89 years, 55
days).
Entombed at St.
James Episcopal Churchyard, Hyde Park, N.Y.
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Harvey Wallis Salmon (1839-1927) —
also known as Harvey W. Salmon —
of Henry
County, Mo.
Born in Greenville District (now Greenville
County), S.C., January
26, 1839.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; Missouri
state treasurer, 1873-75; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Missouri, 1904.
Injured in an accidental fall, suffered a broken arm and other
complications, and died in Missouri Baptist Sanitarium,
St.
Louis, Mo., April
27, 1927 (age 88 years, 91
days).
Interment at Englewood
Cemetery, Clinton, Mo.
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Relatives: Son
of Ezekiel James Salmon and Narcissa R. (Merritt) Salmon; married to
Katherine Kimbrough. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Freeman Webb Allison (1845-1929) —
also known as Freeman W. Allison —
of Putnam Township, Livingston
County, Mich.
Born in a log
house, in Putnam Township, Livingston
County, Mich., April
24, 1845.
Democrat. School
teacher; farmer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Livingston County, 1897-98;
defeated, 1898.
Member, Freemasons.
Fell from a load of hay, and died as a result, in Putnam
Township, Livingston
County, Mich., August
3, 1929 (age 84 years, 101
days).
Interment at Lakeview
Cemetery, Howell, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Timothy Allison and Ann (Carr) Allison; married 1870 to Martha
'Mattie' Benedict; married 1925 to Ann
Meade. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Joseph Eugene Agan (1898-1929) —
also known as Joseph E. Agan —
of Mahoningtown, Lawrence
County, Pa.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Youngstown, Mahoning
County, Ohio, July 23,
1898.
U.S. Vice Consul in Porto Alegre, as of 1921; translator;
newspaper
correspondent.
Member, American
Society for International Law.
Killed
himself, by slashing
his throat and wrists with a razor blade, stabbing
himself in the heart with an ice pick, and leaping from his
apartment window to the street six floors below, in Washington,
D.C., October
11, 1929 (age 31 years, 80
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James L. Agan. |
| | | Image source: U.S. passport application
(1921) |
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Charles Wilson Osenton (1865-1930) —
also known as Charles W. Osenton —
of Fayetteville, Fayette
County, W.Va.; Kanawha Falls, Fayette
County, W.Va.
Born in Ashland, Boyd
County, Ky., May 9,
1865.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state senate 8th District, 1899-1902; Fayette
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1901-04; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from West Virginia, 1904,
1908,
1920;
member of Democratic
National Committee from West Virginia, 1920-28.
Fell off a cliff, suffered a skull fracture, and died, in
Kanawha Falls, Fayette
County, W.Va., August
6, 1930 (age 65 years, 89
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles William Wendte (1844-1931) —
also known as C. W. Wendte —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio; Newport, Newport
County, R.I.; Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif.; Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., June 11,
1844.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; minister;
offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,
1880.
Unitarian.
German
ancestry.
Injured in a fall, and died two weeks later in Peralta Hospital,
Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., September
9, 1931 (age 87 years, 90
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Oakland, Calif.
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Jerome Dinwiddie (1848-1931) —
of Lowell, Lake
County, Ind.
Born in Crown Point, Lake
County, Ind., February
8, 1848.
Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1895-96; bank
director.
Fell from a ladder while putting up storm windows, broke his
hip, and died two days later in Methodist Hospital,
Gary, Lake
County, Ind., November
30, 1931 (age 83 years, 295
days).
Interment at Plum Grove Cemetery, Lowell, Ind.
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Raymond Davis (1883-1933) —
Born in Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, September
5, 1883.
Forester;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Consul in Aden, 1921-24; Paris, 1924-29; Lyon, 1926; Rosario, 1929-32; Prague, 1932-33, died in office 1933.
At the Hotel
Alcron, where he and his wife were staying, he deliberately
or accidentally (accounts differ) went over a second-floor railing,
and fell to his death in the lobby below, in Prague,
Czechoslovakia (now Czechia),
January
24, 1933 (age 49 years, 141
days).
Interment somewhere
in Paris, France.
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Relatives: Son
of John H. Davis and Jennie Davis; married, August
25, 1909, to Avis M. Parker. |
| | | Image source: U.S. Passport application
(1919) |
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Godfrey Gummer Goodwin (1873-1933) —
also known as Godfrey G. Goodwin —
of Cambridge, Isanti
County, Minn.
Born in Nicollet
County, Minn., January
11, 1873.
Republican. Lawyer; Isanti
County Attorney, 1899-1907, 1912-25; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 10th District, 1925-33; died in
office 1933.
Died when he jumped
or fell from a fifth-floor window at the Hotel
Driscoll, Washington,
D.C., February
16, 1933 (age 60 years, 36
days).
Interment at Lakewood
Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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Richard Elihu Sloan (1857-1933) —
also known as Richard E. Sloan —
of Prescott, Yavapai
County, Ariz.
Born in Morning Sun, Preble
County, Ohio, June 22,
1857.
Republican. Lawyer; member
Arizona territorial council, 1888-89; justice of
Arizona territorial supreme court, 1889-93, 1897-1909; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Arizona Territory, 1908;
Governor
of Arizona Territory, 1909-12; U.S.
District Judge for Arizona, 1912-13.
Presbyterian.
Accidentally fell on a public sidewalk and struck his head,
suffering a skull fracture; died three days later, in Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz., December
14, 1933 (age 76 years, 175
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Memory Lawn Cemetery, Phoenix, Ariz.
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James R. Barr (1854-1934) —
of Cambridge, Guernsey
County, Ohio.
Born near Cambridge, Guernsey
County, Ohio, April
15, 1854.
Republican. School
teacher; druggist; Guernsey
County Clerk of Courts, 1881-87; mayor
of Cambridge, Ohio, 1890-94; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Ohio, 1896;
postmaster at Cambridge,
Ohio, 1897-1910; insurance
and real
estate business; member of Ohio
state senate 18th-19th District, 1921-22.
Presbyterian.
Scottish
and Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights
Templar.
Injured in a fall on slippery pavement, broke his hip, and
died several weeks later, in Cambridge, Guernsey
County, Ohio, January
2, 1934 (age 79 years, 262
days).
Interment at Northwood
Cemetery, Cambridge, Ohio.
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John Houston Burnett (1844-1934) —
of Marion, Williamson
County, Ill.
Born in Marion, Williamson
County, Ill., September
19, 1844.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; mayor of
Marion, Ill., 1895-97, 1911-13.
Baptist.
Died, following a fall which broke his hip, in Marion, Williamson
County, Ill., July 13,
1934 (age 89 years, 297
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Marion, Ill.
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Otto Goodell Kelsey (1852-1934) —
also known as Otto Kelsey —
of Geneseo, Livingston
County, N.Y.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., November
11, 1852.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Livingston County, 1894-1902; New York
state comptroller, 1903-06; appointed 1903; New York
Superintendent of Insurance, 1906-08.
Injured in a fall, and subsequently died, in Perry, Wyoming
County, N.Y., August
20, 1934 (age 81 years, 282
days).
Interment somewhere
in Geneseo, N.Y.
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Joseph Bancroft (1875-1936) —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Rockford (now part of Wilmington), New Castle
County, Del., May 18,
1875.
Democrat. Chemical
engineer;
executive, Joseph Bancroft & Sons chemical
manufacturing firm; director of railroads
and insurance
companies; candidate for Governor of
Delaware, 1924.
Quaker.
Member, American
Chemical Society; Theta
Xi; Freemasons;
Elks.
Injured in a fall down stairs, and died a few days later, from
pneumonia,
in the Homeopathic Hospital,
Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., May 6,
1936 (age 60 years, 354
days).
Interment at Wilmington
and Brandywine Cemetery, Wilmington, Del.
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William Shankland Andrews (1858-1936) —
also known as William S. Andrews —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.; Taunton, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born in Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., September
25, 1858.
Republican. Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 5th District, 1900-21; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1917-29; delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Three days after his wife's death, he fell from his bed,
suffered a broken neck, and died as a result, in Taunton, Onondaga
County, N.Y., August
5, 1936 (age 77 years, 315
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Syracuse, N.Y.
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Marion Anthony Zioncheck (1901-1936) —
also known as Marion A. Zioncheck —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Kety, Galicia, Poland,
December
5, 1901.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Washington 1st District, 1933-36; died in
office 1936.
While running
for re-election, he jumped
from the window of his campaign
office in the Arctic Building, and fell to his death, in
Seattle, King
County, Wash., August
7, 1936 (age 34 years, 246
days).
Interment at Evergreen-Washelli
Memorial Park, Seattle, Wash.
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Nathaniel Parrish Conrey (1860-1936) —
also known as Nathaniel P. Conrey —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Franklin
County, Ind., June 30,
1860.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of California
state assembly, 1899-1900; superior court judge in California,
1900-09; Judge,
California Court of Appeal 2nd District, 1913-35; justice of
California state supreme court, 1935-36; died in office 1936.
Member, Union
League; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died, of complications from a spinal injury suffered in a
fall, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., November
2, 1936 (age 76 years, 125
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Forever Cemetery, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of David La Rue Conrey and Hannah (Jameson) Conrey; married, November
21, 1890, to Ethelwyn Wells. |
| | | Image source: History of the Bench and
Bar of Southern California (1909) |
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Francis Aaron Spencer (1865-1936) —
also known as Frank A. Spencer —
of Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., January
24, 1865.
Democrat. Commission
merchant; importer;
Consul
for Mexico in Portland,
Ore., 1895-1914; wholesale grocery
manager; administrator, Oregon Liquor Control Commission, 1935;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Oregon.
Jumped
from the high Vista Avenue Viaduct, and fell hundreds of feet
to his death amid traffic on Canyon Road, in Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., December
22, 1936 (age 71 years, 333
days). His suicide
note was quoted in news reports as follows: "Frankly, the pace has
been too fast for me, and I cannot convince myself that I can make a
comeback.".
Interment at River
View Cemetery, Portland, Ore.
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John F. Conrad (d. 1937) —
also known as "Big John" —
of Rochester, Strafford
County, N.H.
Mayor
of Rochester, N.H., 1937; died in office 1937.
Killed when he fell between a backing
truck and a loading dock, in Rochester, Strafford
County, N.H., 1937.
Burial location unknown.
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Peter A. Leininger (d. 1937) —
of Astoria, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Real
estate and insurance
business; Populist candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 14th District, 1904; member of New York
state assembly from Queens County 1st District, 1917-23; defeated
(Independent Fusion), 1923.
Member, Elks.
While fixing a broken pane in a window at his home, fell to
his death in the back yard, in Astoria, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., August
21, 1937.
Interment at St.
Michael's Cemetery, East Elmhurst, Queens, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Married to Kate Smith. |
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William Kelly (1854-1937) —
of Vulcan, Dickinson
County, Mich.; Iron Mountain, Dickinson
County, Mich.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April
17, 1854.
Republican. Mining engineer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1912
(alternate), 1916.
Presbyterian.
Member, Tau Beta
Pi; Psi
Upsilon; Rotary.
Slipped and fell while descending steps, and died nine days
later from his injuries, in Iron Mountain, Dickinson
County, Mich., October
1, 1937 (age 83 years, 167
days).
Interment at Everett
Cemetery, Everett, Pa.
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Horace Mann Towner (1855-1937) —
also known as Horace M. Towner —
of Corning, Adams
County, Iowa.
Born in Belvidere, Boone
County, Ill., October
23, 1855.
Republican. Lawyer; Adams
County Superintendent of Schools, 1881-84; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Iowa, 1888;
district judge in Iowa 3rd District, 1891-1910; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 8th District, 1911-23; Governor of
Puerto Rico, 1923-29.
Suffered a head injury in an accidental fall, and died ten
days later, in Corning, Adams
County, Iowa, November
23, 1937 (age 82 years, 31
days).
Interment at Walnut
Grove Cemetery, Corning, Iowa.
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David King Udall (1851-1938) —
of St. Johns, Apache
County, Ariz.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., September
7, 1851.
Member of Arizona
territorial legislature, 1899.
Mormon.
Indicted
in 1884 on charges of polygamy
and unlawful cohabitation;
not convicted because his second wife Ida could not be found to
testify against him. Convicted
in 1885 of perjury
in connection with a land claim, and sentenced
to three years in prison.
On December 12, 1885, he received a "full and unconditional pardon"
from President Grover
Cleveland, and was released from prison.
Died, as a result of an accidental fall and myocardial
insufficiency, in St. Johns, Apache
County, Ariz., February
18, 1938 (age 86 years, 164
days).
Interment at St.
Johns Cemetery, St. Johns, Ariz.
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Relatives: Son
of Eliza (King) Udall and David Udall; brother of Mary Ann Udall (who
married William
Thomas Stewart (1853-1935)); married, February
1, 1875, to Eliza Luella Stewart (sister of William
Thomas Stewart (1853-1935)); married, May 25,
1882, to Ida Frances Hunt (granddaughter of Jefferson
Hunt); married, April 9,
1903, to Mary Ann (Linton) Morgan (widow of John
Hamilton Morgan); father of John
Hunt Udall, Levi
Stewart Udall, Jesse
Addison Udall and Don
Taylor Udall; grandfather of John
Nicholas Udall, Stewart
Lee Udall, Morris
King Udall and Lee
Kenyon Udall; great-grandfather of Milan
Dale Smith Jr., Thomas
Stewart Udall, Mark
E. Udall and Gordon
Harold Smith. |
| | | Political family: Udall
family of Arizona. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Ione Nicoll (d. 1940) —
also known as Ione Page —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1924;
delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Female.
Episcopalian.
One of the leaders of the Women's Organization for National
Prohibition Reform; bolted the Republican Party over the prohibition
issue in 1932.
Jumped
or fell sixteen stories to her death, from her room at New York
Hospital, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., August
9, 1940.
Interment at Southampton
Cemetery, Southampton, Long Island, N.Y.
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Fingar T. Gronvold (c.1869-1941) —
also known as F. T. Gronvold —
of Rugby, Pierce
County, N.Dak.
Born in Norway,
about 1869.
Republican. Automobile
dealer; farmer; banker; Pierce
County Treasurer, 1896-98; member of North
Dakota state house of representatives, 1898-1918; member of North
Dakota state senate, 1918-41; delegate to Republican National
Convention from North Dakota, 1940.
Lutheran.
Norwegian
ancestry.
Died, from a ruptured spleen suffered in a fall, in Rugby, Pierce
County, N.Dak., November
7, 1941 (age about 72
years).
Interment at Priscilla
Watts Cemetery, Rugby, N.Dak.
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Louis Emmanuel Dittmann (1859-1943) —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., July 30,
1859.
Bookkeeper
for the family coffee
importing
business; Commercial
Agent (Consul) for Brazil in New
Orleans, La., 1901-07.
Catholic.
French
ancestry.
Suffered a fall, fractured his hip, and died three weeks
later, in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., March
15, 1943 (age 83 years, 228
days).
Entombed at St.
Louis Cemetery No. 3, New Orleans, La.
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John Clarence Cudahy (1887-1943) —
also known as John Cudahy —
of Granville, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., December
10, 1887.
Democrat. Candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Wisconsin, 1916; served in the U.S. Army during World
War I; U.S. Ambassador to Poland, 1933-37; Belgium, 1940; U.S. Minister to Ireland, 1937-40; Luxembourg, 1940.
Catholic.
Died of a broken neck after being thrown from his horse,
while riding on his estate near Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., September
6, 1943 (age 55 years, 270
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Joseph Harris (1853-1944) —
also known as Charles J. Harris —
of Dillsboro, Jackson
County, N.C.
Born in Putnam, Windham
County, Conn., September
11, 1853.
Republican. President, Harris Kaolin Co. (mining),
Harris Granite Quarries,
and Harris-Woodbury Lumber Co.;
president, Jackson County Bank
(Sylva, N.C.); vice-president, American National Bank
(Asheville, N.C.); president, Asheville Daily Times newspaper;
delegate to Republican National Convention from North Carolina, 1896
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1908,
1916,
1920,
1924,
1928,
1932,
1936
(alternate); candidate for Governor of
North Carolina, 1904.
Suffered a broken back, probably from a fall, was unable to
eat, and died from inanition,
in Asheville, Buncombe
County, N.C., February
14, 1944 (age 90 years, 156
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Asheville, N.C.
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Relatives: Son
of William Harris and Zilpah (Torrey) Harris; married to Florence
Rust. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Charles Dunsmore Millard (1873-1944) —
also known as Charles D. Millard —
of Tarrytown, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Tarrytown, Westchester
County, N.Y., December
1, 1873.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
Republican State Committee, 1920-37; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1920,
1928;
U.S.
Representative from New York 25th District, 1931-37; resigned
1937; Westchester
County Surrogate, 1937-43.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Elks; Eagles;
Redmen;
Psi
Upsilon.
Fearing that he was losing his mind, he jumped
from the north end of the Henry Hudson Bridge, and fell 150
feet to his death on the rocks below, in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., December
11, 1944 (age 71 years, 10
days).
Interment at Sleepy
Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.
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Henry Waters Taft (1859-1945) —
also known as Henry W. Taft —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, May 27,
1859.
Republican. Lawyer;
counsel, New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad;
director, Central Savings Bank of
New York; trustee, Mutual Life
Insurance Company;; candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1898; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1920,
1924.
Member, American Bar
Association; Skull
and Bones; Psi
Upsilon.
Tripped and fell on April 27, suffered a hip injury, and
subsequently died as a result, in St. Luke's Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., August
11, 1945 (age 86 years, 76
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Samuel Meredith Garland (1861-1945) —
also known as Samuel M. Garland —
of Lebanon, Linn
County, Ore.
Born in Amherst, Amherst
County, Va., January
31, 1861.
Democrat. Lawyer;
superintendent, Umatilla reservation Indian schools; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Oregon, 1904
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business; Honorary
Vice-President); member of Oregon
state senate, 1917-25.
Suffered an accidental fall in his home, sustained a chest
injury, and died a week later from hypostatic
pneumonia, in Lebanon General Hospital,
Lebanon, Linn
County, Ore., November
3, 1945 (age 84 years, 276
days).
Interment at Odd Fellows Cemetery, Lebanon, Ore.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. James Powell Garland and Lucy Virginia (Braxton) Garland;
married, October
12, 1892, to Isabella LeRoy Kirkpatrick; grandson of Samuel
Meredith Garland (1802-1880); great-grandson of David
Shepherd Garland; second great-grandnephew of Patrick
Henry; second cousin twice removed of Valentine
Wood Southall, William
Campbell Preston and John
Smith Preston; third cousin of Daniel
Micajah Pendleton; third cousin once removed of Stephen
Valentine Southall, Robert
Jefferson Breckinridge Jr. and William
Campbell Preston Breckinridge; fourth cousin of Levin
Irving Handy, Desha
Breckinridge and Henry
Skillman Breckinridge. |
| | | Political family: Breckinridge-Preston-Cabell-Floyd
family of Virginia (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | The Garland Bridge,
which takes Santiam Highway (US-20) over the South Santiam River, in
Linn
County, Oregon, is named for
him. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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John R. MacDonald (1857-1946) —
of Flint, Genesee
County, Mich.
Born in Moretown, Washington
County, Vt., March
30, 1857.
Progressive. Mayor of
Flint, Mich., 1914-15.
Scottish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias.
Injured in a fall at his home, and died at Hurley Hospital,
Flint, Genesee
County, Mich., January, 1946
(age 88
years, 0 days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Avondale
Cemetery, Flint, Mich.
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James Vincent Forrestal (1892-1949) —
also known as James V. Forrestal —
of Beacon, Dutchess
County, N.Y.
Born in Matteawan (now part of Beacon), Dutchess
County, N.Y., February
15, 1892.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; U.S.
Secretary of the Navy, 1944-47; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1944;
U.S.
Secretary of Defense, 1947-49.
Catholic.
Jumped
from a window on the 16th floor, and fell to his death, while
a patient at Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., May 22,
1949 (age 57 years, 96
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Clyde Martin Reed (1871-1949) —
also known as Clyde M. Reed —
of Parsons, Labette
County, Kan.
Born in Champaign, Champaign
County, Ill., October
19, 1871.
Republican. Lawyer;
secretary to Gov. Henry
J. Allen, 1919; law partner of Bernard
L. Glover; newspaper
publisher; Governor of
Kansas, 1929-31; defeated in primary, 1924; U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1939-49; died in office 1949.
Methodist.
Suffered a heart
attack, and fell down a staircase, in Parsons, Labette
County, Kan., November
8, 1949 (age 78 years, 20
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Parsons, Kan.
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John P. McGillin (c.1881-1951) —
of Stillwater, Washington
County, Minn.
Born about 1881.
Democrat. Postmaster at Stillwater,
Minn., 1944-51 (acting, 1944-45).
Killed in a fall from a bluff, while attending a picnic along
the St. Croix River, near Stillwater, Washington
County, Minn., July 24,
1951 (age about 70
years).
Burial location unknown.
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David Henry Crowley (1882-1951) —
also known as David H. Crowley —
of Cheboygan, Cheboygan
County, Mich.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Leslie, Ingham
County, Mich., September
5, 1882.
Republican. Lawyer; Cheboygan
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1909-12; member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1936-43; Michigan
state attorney general, 1935-36; appointed 1935; defeated, 1936.
Slipped and fell in icy
conditions, and died about an hour later, in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., December
21, 1951 (age 69 years, 107
days).
Interment at White
Chapel Memorial Park Cemetery, Troy, Mich.
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Charles Walter Tillett Jr. (1888-1952) —
also known as Charles W. Tillett, Jr. —
of Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C.
Born in Mangum, Richmond
County, N.C., February
6, 1888.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1928
(alternate), 1944.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Major proponent of the United Nations.
While suffering from depression, he jumped
from the eighth floor of an office
building, and fell to his death, in Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C., December
23, 1952 (age 64 years, 321
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Charlotte, N.C.
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Arthur Monroe Free (1879-1953) —
also known as Arthur M. Free —
of Mountain View, Santa
Clara County, Calif.; San Jose, Santa
Clara County, Calif.
Born in San Jose, Santa Clara
County, Calif., January
15, 1879.
Republican. Lawyer; Santa
Clara County District Attorney, 1907-19; U.S.
Representative from California 8th District, 1921-33; defeated,
1932.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; Kiwanis.
Suffered a skull fracture in a fall on a flight of stairs at
home, and died the next day at San Jose Hospital,
San Jose, Santa Clara
County, Calif., April 1,
1953 (age 74 years, 76
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Memorial Park, San Jose, Calif.
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Howard Lyng (1891-1955) —
of Nome, Nome
census area, Alaska.
Born in Sand Point, Aleutians
East Borough, Alaska, May 8,
1891.
Democrat. Miner;
member of Alaska
territorial House of Representatives 2nd District, 1935-36,
1939-42; Speaker
of Alaska Territory House of Representatives, 1939-40; Alaska
Territory Democratic Party chair, 1940-44; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Alaska Territory, 1944,
1952;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Alaska Territory, 1944-52; member of Alaska
territorial senate 2nd District, 1945-46, 1949-55.
Member, Elks.
Died as the result of a fall, in Seattle, King
County, Wash., September
20, 1955 (age 64 years, 135
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Riddick Waverly Gatling (1871-1958) —
also known as R. W. Gatling —
of Gates, Gates
County, N.C.
Born in Gates
County, N.C., October
4, 1871.
Democrat. Farmer; Gates
County Treasurer, 1898-1914; banker;
member of North
Carolina state house of representatives from Gates County,
1919-22; postmaster.
Episcopalian.
Suffered a fall at home, and died eight days later, from heart
disease, in Roanoke Chowan Hospital,
Ahoskie, Hertford
County, N.C., September
28, 1958 (age 86 years, 359
days).
Interment at Gatesville
Cemetery, Gatesville, N.C.
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George H. Taylor Jr. (1873-1958) —
of Mt. Vernon, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Westport, Fairfield
County, Conn., 1873.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for mayor
of Mt. Vernon, N.Y., 1911; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 9th District, 1923-43; Justice of the
Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 2nd Department,
1940.
Methodist.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Injured in a fall at home, and died two weeks later, in
Lawrence Hospital,
Bronxville, Westchester
County, N.Y., November
18, 1958 (age about 85
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George H. Taylor and Elizabeth (Newlin) Taylor. |
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George Edward Cryer (1875-1961) —
also known as George E. Cryer —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Waterloo, Douglas
County, Neb., May 13,
1875.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer;
mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1921-29; defeated, 1933.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died after falling from a ladder, May 24,
1961 (age 86 years, 11
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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William John Wallin (1879-1963) —
also known as William J. Wallin —
of Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y., February
17, 1879.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Yonkers, N.Y., 1918-21; defeated, 1913; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 26th District, 1938.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Elks; American Bar
Association.
Fell from the window of his room, and was found dead on the
lawn, at the Saw Mill River Nursing
Home, Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y., July 7,
1963 (age 84 years, 140
days).
Interment at Kensico
Cemetery, Valhalla, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Isabel (Watson) Wallin and John Cooper Wallin; married to Evelyn
M. Walsh. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Tallant Tubbs (1897-1969) —
of California.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., May 8,
1897.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of California
state senate, 1925-37; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of California, 1930; candidate for U.S.
Senator from California, 1932.
Suffered a fall at home, and died three weeks later, at St.
Francis Memorial Hospital,
San
Francisco, Calif., May 17,
1969 (age 72 years, 9
days).
Interment at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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William Dyer Byrd (1884-1970) —
also known as W. Dyer Byrd —
of Caruthersville, Pemiscot
County, Mo.
Born in Clay
County, Ky., August
24, 1884.
Democrat. Insurance
business; mayor
of Caruthersville, Mo., 1915-22, 1942-58.
Methodist.
Broke his hip in a fall, and died a few days later, in
Pemiscot County Memorial Hospital,
Hayti, Pemiscot
County, Mo., September
29, 1970 (age 86 years, 36
days).
Interment at Little Prairie Cemetery, Caruthersville, Mo.
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Relatives: Son
of Jasper Byrd and Alice (Pullam) Byrd; married to Sally
White. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Bernard Joseph Flynn (1888-1971) —
also known as Bernard J. Flynn —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., February
10, 1888.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Maryland, 1934-53.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; Knights
of Columbus; American
Judicature Society; Ancient
Order of Hibernians; Order
of Alhambra.
Suffered a concussion and skull fracture in an accidental fall
at his home, and died eleven days later at Union Memorial Hospital,
Baltimore,
Md., September
15, 1971 (age 83 years, 217
days).
Interment at New
Cathedral Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
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Henry Endicott Stebbins (1905-1973) —
also known as Henry E. Stebbins —
of Milton, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Milton, Norfolk
County, Mass., June 16,
1905.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to Nepal, 1959-66; Uganda, 1966-69.
Apparently fell from the deck of the ocean liner Leonardo
da Vinci, and drowned,
in the North
Atlantic Ocean, March
28, 1973 (age 67 years, 285
days). His body was apparently never
found.
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Fred Pierce Corson (1896-1985) —
also known as Fred P. Corson —
of Jackson Heights, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.; Port Washington, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.; Carlisle, Cumberland
County, Pa.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Cornwall, Lebanon
County, Pa.
Born in Millville, Cumberland
County, N.J., April
11, 1896.
Methodist
minister; president,
Dickinson College, 1934-44; Methodist Bishop of Philadelphia,
1944-68; offered prayer, Republican National Convention, 1948,
1952;
offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,
1948.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Union
League; Rotary;
Kappa
Sigma; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Tau
Kappa Alpha; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, from a cerebral
hemorrhage after a fall, in St. Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla., February
16, 1985 (age 88 years, 311
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Jeremiah Corson and Mary (Payne) Corson; married 1922 to
Frances Blount Beaman. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
| | | Image source: Dickinson
College |
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Sarah Goddard Power (1935-1987) —
also known as Sarah Goddard —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., June 19,
1935.
Democrat. Member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1975-87; died in office 1987;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1976.
Female.
Protestant.
Died by suicide,
from jumping to her death from the eighth floor of Burton
Tower, on the University of Michigan campus, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., March
24, 1987 (age 51 years, 278
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich.
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Howard Malcolm Baldrige (1922-1987) —
also known as Malcolm Baldrige; Mac
Baldrige —
of Woodbury, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born in Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb., October
4, 1922.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; business
executive; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Connecticut, 1964,
1968,
1972;
delegate
to Connecticut state constitutional convention 6th District,
1965; U.S.
Secretary of Commerce, 1981-87; died in office 1987.
Congregationalist.
Awarded the Presidential
Medal of Freedom posthumously in 1988.
Died after falling off a horse
while practicing rodeo, July 25,
1987 (age 64 years, 294
days).
Interment at New
North Cemetery, Woodbury, Conn.
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James Russell Hughes (1907-1992) —
also known as J. Russell Hughes;
"Rip" —
of Harrisville, Alcona
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., September
22, 1907.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1949; chair of
Alcona County Republican Party, 1950; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Michigan; candidate for circuit
judge in Michigan 23rd Circuit, 1959; probate judge in Michigan,
1960; Episcopal
priest.
Episcopalian.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Disabled
American Veterans; Odd
Fellows; Freemasons.
Died, from a closed-head injury resulting from a fall on a
hard surface, November
8, 1992 (age 85 years, 47
days).
Interment at Springport
Cemetery, Harrisville, Mich.
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George Meader (1907-1994) —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Benton Harbor, Berrien
County, Mich., September
13, 1907.
Republican. Lawyer; Washtenaw
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1941-42; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 2nd District, 1951-65; defeated,
1948, 1964, 1966.
English
ancestry. Member, Kiwanis.
Fell in his bathtub, struck his head, suffered complications,
and died two weeks later, in University Hospital,
Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., October
15, 1994 (age 87 years, 32
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich.
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Kazuhisa Abe (1914-1996) —
of Hilo, Island of Hawaii, Hawaii
County, Hawaii; Kaneohe, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii.
Born in Pepeekeo, Island of Hawaii, Hawaii
County, Hawaii, January
18, 1914.
Democrat. Lawyer;
district judge in Hawaii, 1940-44; member of Hawaii
territorial senate, 1952-59; member of Hawaii
state senate, 1960-66; justice of
Hawaii state supreme court, 1967-74; appointed 1967.
Buddhist.
Japanese
ancestry.
Suffered a fall in his home, caused by a stroke,
and died soon after, in Hilo Medical
Center, Hilo, Island of Hawaii, Hawaii
County, Hawaii, May 18,
1996 (age 82 years, 121
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Manshiro Abe and Matsuyo (Fujiwara) Abe; married, December
9, 1939, to Haruko Murakami. |
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Mary Hansen Mead (1935-1996) —
of near Jackson, Teton
County, Wyo.
Born in Teton
County, Wyo., June 21,
1935.
Republican. Candidate for Governor of
Wyoming, 1990.
Female.
Thrown by a horse
while herding cattle, and died as a result, in Teton
County, Wyo., June 21,
1996 (age 61 years, 0
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at St. John's Episcopal Church, Jackson, Wyo.
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George Allen Morgan (1905-1997) —
also known as George A. Morgan —
of Washington,
D.C.; Gainesville, Alachua
County, Fla.
Born in Murfreesboro, Rutherford
County, Tenn., December
2, 1905.
University
professor; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Foreign
Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to Ivory Coast, 1965-69.
Died, from injuries sustained in a fall while walking, in a hospital
at Gainesville, Alachua
County, Fla., June 24,
1997 (age 91 years, 204
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Floyd Kirk Haskell (1916-1998) —
also known as Floyd K. Haskell —
of Colorado.
Born in Morristown, Morris
County, N.J., February
7, 1916.
Democrat. Major in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Colorado
state house of representatives, 1965-69; U.S.
Senator from Colorado, 1973-79; defeated, 1978.
Member, Common
Cause.
Died of pneumonia,
a complication of a brain hemorrhage which resulted from a
fall on an icy sidewalk, in a hospital
at Washington,
D.C., August
25, 1998 (age 82 years, 199
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William Woodward III (1944-1999) —
also known as Woody Woodward —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born July 24,
1944.
Democrat. Newspaper
reporter; magazine
publisher; candidate for New York
state senate 26th District, 1978.
Jumped
from the kitchen window of his apartment, and fell to his
death fourteen stories below, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 2,
1999 (age 54 years, 282
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Paul W. Jung (1936-1999) —
of Des Plaines, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., 1936.
School
teacher; superintendent
of schools; mayor
of Des Plaines, Ill., 1997-99; died in office 1999.
Suffered a brain
aneurysm and fell down the basement stairs in his home; he
died a few days later, in Holy Family Medical
Center, Des Plaines, Cook
County, Ill., October
24, 1999 (age about 63
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
Des Plaines Public Library |
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Charles Earl Simons Jr. (1916-1999) —
also known as Charles E. Simons, Jr. —
of South Carolina.
Born in Johnston, Edgefield
County, S.C., August
17, 1916.
Lawyer;
law partner of Strom
Thurmond; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1942, 1947-48, 1960-64;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of South Carolina,
1964-65; U.S.
District Judge for South Carolina, 1965-86; took senior status
1986.
Baptist.
Died, from the effects of head injuries sustained in a fall,
at Aiken Regional Medical
Center, Aiken, Aiken
County, S.C., October
26, 1999 (age 83 years, 70
days).
Interment at Aiken
Memorial Gardens, Aiken, S.C.
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J. Hugh Malone (1944-2001) —
of Kenai, Kenai
Peninsula Borough, Alaska; Douglas, Juneau,
Alaska.
Born in Catskill, Greene
County, N.Y., January
22, 1944.
Democrat. Surveyor;
member of Alaska
state house of representatives 11th District, 1973-84; Speaker of
the Alaska State House of Representatives, 1977-78; Alaska
Commissioner of Revenue, 1986-90.
Main author of the Alaska Permanent Fund.
Hit by a large wave on the shore of the Mediterranean Sea,
fell, and killed when his head struck rocks, near Riomaggiore,
Italy,
March
7, 2001 (age 57 years, 44
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of F. J. Malone and Cate Malone. |
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Robert Harvey (1914-2001) —
also known as Bob Harvey —
of Arkansas.
Born in Swifton, Jackson
County, Ark., May 22,
1914.
Farmer;
lawyer;
member of Arkansas
state house of representatives, 1947-56; member of Arkansas
state senate, 1957-79.
Methodist.
Called "the voice of fiscal responsibility" in the Arkansas
legislature.
Injured in a fall, and died two weeks later, in Jonesboro, Craighead
County, Ark., May 19,
2001 (age 86 years, 362
days).
Interment at Swifton
Cemetery, Swifton, Ark.
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Joseph Wright Twinam (1934-2001) —
also known as Joseph W. Twinam —
Born in Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn., 1934.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to Bahrain, 1974-76.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Suffered head injuries in an accidental fall at his home, and
died several days later, in a hospital
at Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., June 12,
2001 (age about 66
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Edward Patrick Boland (1911-2001) —
also known as Edward P. Boland —
of Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass.
Born in Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass., October
1, 1911.
Democrat. Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1935-40; Hampden
County Register of Deeds, 1941-52; served in the U.S. Army during
World War II; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1952,
1960,
1964,
1972;
U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 2nd District, 1953-89.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Sponsor of amendments that outlawed U.S. aid to the Nicaraguan
"contra" rebels in the 1980s.
Died, of cardiovascular
complications, following a fractured hip, at Mercy Medical
Center, Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass., November
4, 2001 (age 90 years, 34
days).
Interment at St.
Michael's Cemetery, Springfield, Mass.
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William Caesar Warfield (1920-2002) —
also known as William Warfield —
Born in West Helena (now part of Helena-West Helena), Phillips
County, Ark., January
22, 1920.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; professional
singer; actor;
performed, Republican National Convention, 1952 ;
university
professor.
Baptist.
African
ancestry.
Broke his neck in an accidental fall, and died a few weeks
later, in Northwestern Memorial Hospital,
Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., August
25, 2002 (age 82 years, 215
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Rochester, N.Y.
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Lester Garfield Maddox (1915-2003) —
also known as Lester Maddox —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., September
30, 1915.
Restaurant
owner; became nationally known as an outspoken racial
segregationist; closed his restaurant rather than serve Black
customers; Governor of
Georgia, 1967-71; candidate in inconclusive election,
subsequently chosen 1966; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Georgia, 1968;
Lieutenant
Governor of Georgia, 1971-75; American Independent candidate for
President
of the United States, 1976.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Moose;
Junior
Order.
Died, while suffering from cancer
and the effects of a fall, in a hospice
at Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., June 25,
2003 (age 87 years, 268
days).
Interment at Arlington
Memorial Park, Sandy Springs, Atlanta, Ga.
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George Sharrock (1910-2005) —
also known as "The Earthquake Mayor" —
of Anchorage,
Alaska.
Born in Muskingum
County, Ohio, May 2,
1910.
Mayor
of Anchorage, Alaska, 1961-64.
Died, from complications of a fall, on March 6,
2005 (age 94 years, 308
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Arthur Naftalin (1917-2005) —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Fargo, Cass
County, N.Dak., June 28,
1917.
Democrat. University
professor; newspaper
columnist;
secretary to Mayor Hubert
H. Humphrey, 1945-47; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Minnesota, 1948,
1952
(alternate), 1960,
1964;
mayor
of Minneapolis, Minn., 1961-69.
Jewish.
Injured in a fall, and died a few hours later, in Abbott
Northwestern Hospital,
Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., May 16,
2005 (age 87 years, 322
days). His body was
donated to the University of Minnesota medical school.
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Dolores Dee Bielecki (1933-2006) —
also known as Dee Bielecki; Rose Bielecki —
of Oconee
County, S.C.
Born March
29, 1933.
Democrat. School
teacher; college
professor; delegate to Democratic National Convention from South
Carolina, 2000.
Female.
At a charity golf
tournament, she fell, struck her head, was hospitalized,
and died from the injury six weeks later, in Greenville, Greenville
County, S.C., July 8,
2006 (age 73 years, 101
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William Francis Quinn (1919-2006) —
also known as William Quinn —
of Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., July 13,
1919.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
candidate for Hawaii
territorial senate, 1956; Governor
of Hawaii Territory, 1957-59; Governor of
Hawaii, 1959-62; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Hawaii, 1960;
president, Dole Pineapple
Company, 1965-72; candidate for Presidential Elector for Hawaii;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Hawaii, 1976.
Catholic.
Died, two months after breaking his hip in a fall, in Kahala
Nui retirement
community, Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii, August
28, 2006 (age 87 years, 46
days).
Interment at National
Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Island of Oahu,
Hawaii.
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Edward Joseph King (1925-2006) —
also known as Edward J. King; Ed King —
of Winthrop, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Chelsea, Suffolk
County, Mass., May 11,
1925.
Democrat. Governor of
Massachusetts, 1979-83; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1980.
Catholic.
Played pro football
as a guard with the Buffalo Bisons in 1948-49, and the Baltimore
Colts in 1950.
Died, following brain surgery after two falls, in Lahey Clinic,
Burlington, Middlesex
County, Mass., September
18, 2006 (age 81 years, 130
days).
Interment at Holyhood
Cemetery, Brookline, Mass.
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William Leonard Hungate (1922-2007) —
also known as William L. Hungate —
of Troy, Lincoln
County, Mo.
Born in Benton, Franklin
County, Ill., December
14, 1922.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; Lincoln
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1951-56; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 9th District, 1964-77; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri, 1979-92.
Christian.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Kiwanis;
American Bar
Association.
Injured in a fall at his home, and died two weeks later, from
surgery complications, in St. Luke's Hospital,
Chesterfield, St. Louis
County, Mo., June 22,
2007 (age 84 years, 190
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Paul Eugene Gillmor (1939-2007) —
also known as Paul E. Gillmor —
of Old Fort, Seneca
County, Ohio.
Born in Tiffin, Seneca
County, Ohio, February
1, 1939.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Ohio
state senate, 1967-88; candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1986; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 5th District, 1989-2007; died in office
2007.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, from an accidental fall down stairs, in Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., September
5, 2007 (age 68 years, 216
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William Joseph Coyne (1936-2013) —
also known as William J. Coyne —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., August
24, 1936.
Democrat. Accountant;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1970-72; member of the Pittsburgh
city council, 1974-80; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 14th District, 1981-2003;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1984,
1992,
1996,
2000.
Catholic.
Fell, suffered head injuries, and died, in University of
Pittsburgh Medical
Center, Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., November
3, 2013 (age 77 years, 71
days).
Burial location unknown.
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March Fong Eu (1922-2017) —
also known as March Kong; March K. Fong —
of Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif.; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Oakdale, Stanislaus
County, Calif., March
29, 1922.
Democrat. Dental
hygenist; supervisor of dental health education, Alameda County;
member of California
state assembly 15th District, 1967-74; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 1968,
1988;
secretary
of state of California, 1975-94; resigned 1994; defeated, 2002;
U.S. Ambassador to Micronesia, 1994-96.
Female.
Chinese
ancestry. Member, Delta
Kappa Gamma.
Died, following a fall, in Irvine, Orange
County, Calif., December
21, 2017 (age 95 years, 267
days). The California Secretary of State building in Sacramento
is named for
her.
Cremated;
ashes interred at Mountain
View Cemetery, Oakland, Calif.
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David Ernest McReynolds (1929-2018) —
also known as David McReynolds —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., October
25, 1929.
Delegate to Socialist National Convention from New York, 1960; Peace
and Freedom candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 19th District, 1968; Socialist
candidate for President
of the United States, 1980, 2000; Green candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 2004.
Gay.
Member, War
Resisters League; American Civil
Liberties Union.
Suffered a fall in his apartment, and died soon after, in
Mount Sinai Beth Israel Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., August
17, 2018 (age 88 years, 296
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Elizabeth Furse (1936-2021) —
of Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.; Washington
County, Ore.
Born in Nairobi, Kenya,
October
13, 1936.
Democrat. Anti-apartheid activist in South Africa; naturalized U.S.
citizen; U.S.
Representative from Oregon 1st District, 1993-99; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Oregon, 1996;
director, Institute for Tribal Government.
Female.
English
ancestry. Member, Rotary.
Died, from injuries sustained in a fall, in Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., April
18, 2021 (age 84 years, 187
days).
Burial location unknown.
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