Very incomplete list!
in chronological order
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Jacob Leisler (c.1640-1691) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Bockenheim, Holy Roman Empire (now part of Frankfurt am Main,
Germany),
about 1640.
Fur trader;
tobacco
business; following the English Revolution of 1688, which brought
Protestant rulers William and Mary to power, he led "Leisler's
Rebellion" and seized control of the colony; Colonial
Governor of New York, 1689-91; provided land for a settlement of
French Huguenot refugees (now the city of New Rochelle); following
the arrival of a new royal governor, he was ousted.
Arrested,
charged with treason,
tried,
convicted,
and sentenced to
death; executed
by hanging and decapitation,
in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May
16, 1691 (age
about 51
years). Four years later, he was posthumously exonerated by an
act of Parliament.
Original interment at a private or family graveyard, New York County, N.Y.;
subsequent interment at Dutch
Church Burial Ground, Manhattan, N.Y.; reinterment to unknown
location; statue at Broadview Avenue, New Rochelle, N.Y.
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Samuel Calley (1821-1883) —
of Salem, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Salem, Essex
County, Mass., April
13, 1821.
House
painter; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1870-71; mayor of
Salem, Mass., 1872, 1881-82.
Killed
himself by hanging, in the back stairway of his home,
Salem, Essex
County, Mass., January
1, 1883 (age 61 years, 263
days).
Entombed at Harmony
Grove Cemetery, Salem, Mass.
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James Sanford Patterson (1860-1917) —
also known as J. Sanford Patterson —
of Spray (now part of Eden), Rockingham
County, N.C.
Born in Davidson
County, N.C., December
19, 1860.
Postmaster at Spray,
N.C., 1893-99, 1904-12.
Died, from choking on food, in the State
Hospital (now Broughton Hospital), Morganton, Burke
County, N.C., May 9,
1917 (age 56 years, 141
days).
Interment at Lawson Cemetery, Eden, N.C.
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Harold Merriman Deane (1891-1929) —
also known as Harold M. Deane —
of Connecticut; Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn., October
24, 1891.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Consul in Valparaiso, 1925-27; Montreal, 1927-29, died in office 1929.
Found hanged in his apartment -- the coroner's jury was unable
to decide whether his death was murder or
suicide
-- in Montreal, Quebec,
August
28, 1929 (age 37 years, 308
days).
Interment somewhere
in Waterbury, Conn.
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Stanley J. Pacholek (1890-1932) —
of Hamtramck, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Poland,
December
8, 1890.
Undertaker;
candidate for mayor
of Hamtramck, Mich., 1932 (primary), 1932.
Polish
ancestry.
Arrested
in April, 1932, for drunk
driving;
died by suicide
in his jail
cell, by hanging himself with his scarf, in Birmingham, Oakland
County, Mich., April
19, 1932 (age 41 years, 133
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Armijo Woodruff (1884-1945) —
also known as Charles A. Woodruff —
Born in Santa Fe, Santa Fe
County, N.M., January
12, 1884.
U.S. Navy officer; Governor of
American Samoa; captain in Merchant Marine.
Died by suicide,
from hanging, in his room at the Hotel
Bossert, Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., November
22, 1945 (age 61 years, 314
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph Wheeler Bloodgood (1926-1960) —
also known as Joseph W. Bloodgood —
of Madison, Dane
County, Wis.
Born in Madison, Dane
County, Wis., May 15,
1926.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean conflict; Dane
County Coroner, 1951-54; lawyer;
member of Wisconsin
state assembly from Dane County 1st District, 1955-56; Dane
County District Attorney, 1957-60; Dane
County Family Court Judge, 1960.
Died from suicide,
by hanging himself with his belt, in a hospital
shower room, in Madison, Dane
County, Wis., July 7,
1960 (age 34 years, 53
days).
Interment at Nashotah House Cemetery, Summit, Wis.
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Cyrus Scott Kump (1908-1964) —
also known as Cyrus S. Kump —
of Elkins, Randolph
County, W.Va.
Born in Elkins, Randolph
County, W.Va., October
26, 1908.
Democrat. Lawyer; bank
director; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; chair of
Randolph County Democratic Party, 1949-50; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 1952;
candidate for Governor of
West Virginia, 1952; candidate for U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 2nd District, 1956.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Elks; Rotary.
Died, from suffocation caused by angioedema,
in a
car en route to a hospital, in Elkins, Randolph
County, W.Va., February
25, 1964 (age 55 years, 122
days).
Interment at Maplewood
Cemetery, Elkins, W.Va.
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Balfour Bowen Thorn Lord (1906-1965) —
also known as Thorn Lord —
of Lawrence Township, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Plainfield, Union
County, N.J., August
24, 1906.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for New Jersey, 1943-45; delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Mercer County,
1947; chair of
Mercer County Democratic Party, 1949-65; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New Jersey, 1956;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1960; New Jersey
Democratic state chair, 1961-65; candidate for Presidential
Elector for New Jersey.
Episcopalian.
Killed
himself by strangling with an electric shaver cord, in
Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J., June 16,
1965 (age 58 years, 296
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Carroll Putnam Lord and Frances Roberts (Troy) Lord; married to
Margaret Eastburn and Nina
Underwood McAlpin. |
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