Very incomplete list!
in chronological order
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Chauncey Forward (1793-1839) —
of Somerset, Somerset
County, Pa.
Born in Granby, Hartford
County, Conn., February
4, 1793.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1820-22; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 22nd District, 1824-25; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 13th District, 1826-31; Somerset
County Prothonotary and Recorder, 1831.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Freemasons.
Died, from typhoid fever, in Somerset, Somerset
County, Pa., October
19, 1839 (age 46 years, 257
days).
Interment at Aukeny
Square Cemetery, Somerset, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel Forward and Susannah (Holcombe) Forward; brother of Oliver
Owen Forward and Walter
Forward; married to Rebecca Blair; father of Mary Forward (who
married Jeremiah
Sullivan Black); grandfather of Chauncey
Forward Black; first cousin thrice removed of Joseph
Wells Holcomb, Bankson
Taylor Holcomb and Thomas
Holcomb Jr.; first cousin four times removed of Edmond
Alfred Holcomb; second cousin twice removed of Marcus
Hensey Holcomb and Burton
Everett Hoskins; third cousin twice removed of Oliver
Ellsworth, John
Allen, Charles
Ogden Tappan, Martin
Harris Holcomb and Orlo
Erland Wadhams; third cousin thrice removed of Daniel
Chapin and Lyle
Donald Holcomb; fourth cousin of Hezekiah
Case, Orsamus
Cook Merrill, Timothy
Merrill, Abiel
Case, Edmund
Holcomb, Jairus
Case, Anson
Levi Holcomb and William
Gleason Jr.; fourth cousin once removed of Gaylord
Griswold, Jeremiah
Mason, Parmenio
Adams, Elisha
Phelps, Luther
Walter Badger, Henry
Leavitt Ellsworth, William
Wolcott Ellsworth, Abijah
Blodget, John
William Allen, Oliver
Dwight Filley, Farrand
Fassett Merrill, Noah
Webster Holcomb and Lafayette
Blanchard Gleason. |
| | Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page |
| | Image source: Twentieth-Century Bench
and Bar of Pennsylvania (1903) |
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William Henry Harrison (1773-1841) —
also known as "Tippecanoe"; "Old
Tip"; "Farmer of North Bend";
"General Mum"; "Cincinnatus of the
West" —
of Vincennes, Knox
County, Ind.; Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Berkeley, Charles
City County, Va., February
9, 1773.
Whig. Secretary
of Northwest Territory, 1798-99; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Northwest Territory, 1799-1800; Governor
of Indiana Territory, 1801-12; general in the U.S. Army during
the War of 1812; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 1st District, 1816-19; member of Ohio
state senate, 1819-21; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Ohio; candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1820; U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1825-28; U.S. Minister to Gran Colombia, 1828-29; President
of the United States, 1841; defeated, 1836; died in office 1841.
Episcopalian.
English
ancestry.
Slaveowner.
Died of pneumonia
or typhoid, at the White
House, Washington,
D.C., April 4,
1841 (age 68 years, 54
days).
Interment at Harrison
Tomb, North Bend, Ohio.
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Relatives: Son
of Benjamin
Harrison (1726-1791) and Elizabeth (Bassett) Harrison; brother of
Carter
Bassett Harrison; married, November
22, 1795, to Anna
Tuthill Symmes (daughter of John
Cleves Symmes); father of John
Scott Harrison; grandfather of Benjamin
Harrison (1833-1901); great-grandfather of Russell
Benjamin Harrison; second great-grandfather of William
Henry Harrison (1896-1990); first cousin of Beverley
Randolph and Burwell
Bassett; first cousin once removed of Robert
Carter Nicholas (1729-1780); first cousin twice removed of Carter
Henry Harrison; first cousin thrice removed of Carter
Henry Harrison II; second cousin of George
Nicholas, Wilson
Cary Nicholas and John
Nicholas; second cousin once removed of Peyton
Randolph and Robert
Carter Nicholas (1787-1857); second cousin twice removed of Thomas
Marshall, James
Keith Marshall, Peter
Myndert Dox and Edmund
Randolph; second cousin thrice removed of Edmund
Randolph Cocke, Connally
Findlay Trigg, Richard
Evelyn Byrd, Harry
Bartow Hawes and William
Welby Beverley; second cousin four times removed of Francis
Beverley Biddle and Harry
Flood Byrd; second cousin five times removed of Harry
Flood Byrd Jr.; fourth cousin once removed of Robert
Monroe Harrison. |
| | Political families: Pendleton-Lee
family of Maryland; Lee-Randolph
family; Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell
family of Virginia; Blackburn-Slaughter-Buckner-Madison
family of Kentucky (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | Harrison counties in Ind., Iowa, Miss. and Ohio are
named for him. |
| | The city
of Harrison,
New Jersey, is named for
him. |
| | Other politicians named for him: William
H. Harrison Taylor
— W.
H. H. Eba
— William
H. H. Clayton
— William
H. H. Allen
— William
H. H. Beadle
— William
H. H. Varney
— William
H. H. Cowles
— William
H. H. Stowell
— William
H. H. Miller
— William
H. H. Cook
— William
H. H. Flick
— William
H. Heard
— William
H. H. Llewellyn
— William
H. Harrison
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| | Campaign slogan (1840): "Tippecanoe and
Tyler Too." |
| | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | Books about William Henry Harrison:
Freeman Cleaves, Old
Tippecanoe: William Henry Harrison and His Time —
Norma Lois Peterson, Presidencies
of William Henry Harrison and John Tyler — David
Lillard, William
Henry Harrison (for young readers) |
| | Image source: Portrait & Biographical
Album of Washtenaw County (1891) |
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Thomas P. Burnett (1800-1845) —
of Mt. Hope Township, Grant
County, Wis.
Born in Pittsylvania
County, Va., September
3, 1800.
Lawyer;
walked with a limp
due to a leg injury during a fire; present for the surrender of Black
Hawk (Indian chief), August 2, 1832; member
Wisconsin territorial council, 1836.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, of typhoid, in Mt. Hope Township, Grant
County, Wis., November
7, 1845 (age 45 years, 65
days).
Interment at Hermitage
Cemetery, Mt. Hope Township, Grant County, Wis.
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Bradley Polydore Hudson (1826-1853) —
also known as Bradley P. Hudson —
of Calhoun
County, Mich.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., April
28, 1826.
Whig. Lawyer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Calhoun County 2nd District,
1853.
Died probably of typhoid, April
22, 1853 (age 26 years, 359
days).
Interment at Dubois
Cemetery, Battle Creek, Mich.
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Thomas Oliver Larkin (1802-1858) —
also known as Thomas O. Larkin —
of Monterey, Monterey
County, Calif.; San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Charlestown, Middlesex County (now part of Boston, Suffolk
County), Mass., September
18, 1802.
Merchant;
flour mill
business; U.S. Consul in Monterey, 1843-48; U.S. Special Diplomatic Agent to California, 1845; delegate
to California state constitutional convention, 1849.
Died, from typhoid fever, in Colusa, Colusa
County, Calif., October
27, 1858 (age 56 years, 39
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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Stephen Arnold Douglas (1813-1861) —
also known as Stephen A. Douglas; Arnold Douglass;
"The Little Giant" —
of Quincy, Adams
County, Ill.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Brandon, Rutland
County, Vt., April
23, 1813.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1837-39; secretary
of state of Illinois, 1840-41; justice of
Illinois state supreme court, 1841-43; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 5th District, 1843-47; U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1847-61; died in office 1861; candidate
for Democratic nomination for President, 1852,
1856;
candidate for President
of the United States, 1860.
Slaveowner.
Died, of typhoid fever, in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., June 3,
1861 (age 48 years, 41
days).
Entombed at Douglas
Monument Park, Chicago, Ill.
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Relatives: Son
of Stephen Arnold Douglass and Sarah 'Sally' (Fisk) Douglass; married
1847 to
Martha Denny Martin; married 1856 to Adele
Cutts; father of Robert
Martin Douglas; grandfather of Robert
Dick Douglas. |
| | Political family: Douglas-Dick
family of Greensboro, North Carolina. |
| | Douglas counties in Colo., Ga., Ill., Kan., Minn., Mo., Neb., Nev., Ore., S.Dak., Wash. and Wis. are
named for him. |
| | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | Books about Stephen A. Douglas: Robert
W. Johannsen, Stephen
A. Douglas — James L. Huston, Stephen
A. Douglas and the Dilemmas of Democratic Equality —
Roy Morris, Jr., The
Long Pursuit: Abraham Lincoln's Thirty-Year Struggle with Stephen
Douglas for the Heart and Soul of America — Scott
Farris, Almost
President: The Men Who Lost the Race but Changed the
Nation — Fergus M. Bordewich, America's
Great Debate: Henry Clay, Stephen A. Douglas, and the Compromise That
Preserved the Union |
| | Image source: Library of
Congress |
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Joseph Trumbull (1782-1861) —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Lebanon, New London
County, Conn., December
7, 1782.
Lawyer;
banker;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Hartford, 1832; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut, 1834-35, 1839-43 (at-large
1834-35, 1st District 1839-43); Governor of
Connecticut, 1849-50.
Died, from typhoid fever, in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., August
4, 1861 (age 78 years, 240
days).
Interment at Old
North Cemetery, Hartford, Conn.
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Isaac R. Srope (c.1802-1862) —
of Kingwood Township, Hunterdon
County, N.J.; Frenchtown, Hunterdon
County, N.J.
Born about 1802.
Democrat. Blacksmith;
deputy
sheriff; farmer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Hunterdon County, 1841-42,
1846-47; common pleas court judge in New Jersey, 1850.
Died, of typhoid fever, Frenchtown, Hunterdon
County, N.J., April
14, 1862 (age about 60
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Hugh Mortimer Nelson (1811-1862) —
also known as Hugh M. Nelson —
of Clarke
County, Va.
Born in Hanover
County, Va., October
20, 1811.
Lawyer;
delegate
to Virginia secession convention from Clarke County, 1861; major
in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Died, of typhoid, in Albemarle
County, Va., August
6, 1862 (age 50 years, 290
days).
Interment at Old
Chapel Cemetery, Millwood, Va.
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Moses Wisner (1815-1863) —
of Michigan.
Born June 3,
1815.
Republican. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 4th District, 1854; Governor of
Michigan, 1859-61.
Died of typhoid fever, January
5, 1863 (age 47 years, 216
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Pontiac, Mich.
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Benjamin Cutler Clark (1800-1863) —
also known as Benjamin C. Clark —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., September
29, 1800.
Republican. Merchant;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1856;
member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1860; Consul
for Haiti in Boston,
Mass., 1860-63.
Died, from typhoid fever, in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., November
14, 1863 (age 63 years, 46
days).
Interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett (1821-1864) —
also known as Muscoe R. H. Garnett —
of Essex
County, Va.
Born in Essex
County, Va., July 25,
1821.
Democrat. Delegate
to Virginia state constitutional convention, 1850-51; member of
Virginia
state house of delegates, 1853-57; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 1st District, 1856-61; delegate
to Virginia secession convention from Essex & King-and-Queen
counties, 1861; Representative
from Virginia in the Confederate Congress, 1862-64; died in
office 1864.
Slaveowner.
Contracted typhoid fever while attending the Confederate
Congress, in the Virginia State
Capitol, Richmond, Va., and died at his home in Essex
County, Va., February
14, 1864 (age 42 years, 204
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Essex County, Va.
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Henry Bell Van Rensselaer (1810-1864) —
of New York.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., May 14,
1810.
U.S.
Representative from New York 14th District, 1841-43; mining
business; railroad
promoter; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War.
Died, from typhoid fever, in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, March
24, 1864 (age 53 years, 315
days).
Interment at Grace
Church Cemetery, Jamaica, Queens, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Stephen
Van Rensselaer and Cornelia (Paterson) Van Rensselaer; married,
August
22, 1833, to Elizabeth Ray King (daughter of John
Alsop King); nephew of Philip
Schuyler Van Rensselaer and Rensselaer
Westerlo; uncle of Kiliaen
Van Rensselaer; grandson of William
Paterson; great-grandson of Philip
Livingston; great-grandnephew of Robert
Livingston (1708-1790), Peter
Van Brugh Livingston and William
Livingston; great-granduncle of John
Eliot Thayer Jr.; second great-grandson of Dirck
Ten Broeck; second great-grandnephew of John
Livingston, Robert
Livingston (1688-1775) and Gilbert
Livingston; third great-grandson of Stephanus
Van Cortlandt, Robert
Livingston the Elder and Pieter
Van Brugh; third great-grandnephew of Pieter
Schuyler (1657-1724), Jacobus
Van Cortlandt, Johannes
Cuyler and Johannes
Schuyler (1668-1747); fourth great-grandson of Dirck
Wesselse Ten Broeck; first cousin of Philip
Schuyler; first cousin once removed of Edward
Philip Livingston; first cousin twice removed of Philip
P. Schuyler, Peter
Robert Livingston (1737-1794), Walter
Livingston, Philip
Peter Livingston, James
Livingston and Henry
Brockholst Livingston; first cousin thrice removed of Stephanus
Bayard, Robert
Gilbert Livingston, Robert
R. Livingston (1718-1775), Pierre
Van Cortlandt, Philip
John Schuyler and Stephen
John Schuyler; first cousin four times removed of Robert
Livingston the Younger, Cornelis
Cuyler, Johannes
Schuyler (1697-1746) and John
Cruger Jr.; first cousin five times removed of David
Davidse Schuyler and Myndert
Davidtse Schuyler; second cousin of Edward
Livingston (1796-1840); second cousin once removed of Pieter
Schuyler (1746-1792), Peter
Samuel Schuyler, Henry
Walter Livingston, Peter
Augustus Jay (1776-1843), William
Alexander Duer, John
Duer, William
Jay and Charles
Ludlow Livingston (1800-1873); second cousin twice removed of Volkert
Petrus Douw, Nicholas
Bayard, Jeremiah
Van Rensselaer, Robert
Van Rensselaer, Hendrick
Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, Robert
R. Livingston (1746-1813), Philip
Van Cortlandt, Pierre
Van Cortlandt Jr., Killian
Killian Van Rensselaer, Edward
Livingston (1764-1836), Philip
Jeremiah Schuyler, James
Parker and Robert
Reginald Livingston; second cousin thrice removed of James
Jay, Henry
Cruger, John
Jay and Frederick
Jay; third cousin of Peter
Robert Livingston (1789-1859), Gerrit
Smith, William
Duer, Denning
Duer, Henry
Brockholst Ledyard, Elizabeth
Cady Stanton and John
Jay II; third cousin once removed of Leonard
Gansevoort, Leonard
Gansevoort Jr., Jacob
Rutsen Van Rensselaer, James
Alexander Hamilton, Peter
Gansevoort, Hamilton
Fish, John
Cortlandt Parker, Nicholas
Fish, Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1849-1936), John
Kean, Hamilton
Fish Kean and Charles
Ludlow Livingston (born 1870); third cousin twice removed of Herbert
Livingston Satterlee, Peter
Augustus Jay (1877-1933), Bronson
Murray Cutting, Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1888-1991), Robert
Winthrop Kean and Brockholst
Livingston; third cousin thrice removed of Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1926-1996) and Thomas
Howard Kean; fourth cousin of Gilbert
Livingston Thompson, James
Adams Ekin, John
Jacob Astor III, Richard
Wayne Parker and Charles
Wolcott Parker; fourth cousin once removed of Peter
Robert Livingston (1766-1847), Maturin
Livingston, George
Washington Schuyler, Philip
N. Schuyler, William
Waldorf Astor, Robert
Ray Hamilton, John
Sluyter Wirt, Cortlandt
Schuyler Van Rensselaer and Jonathan
Mayhew Wainwright. |
| | Political families: Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York; VanRensselaer
family of Albany, New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page |
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Samuel Fowler (1818-1865) —
of Sussex
County, N.J.
Born in Ogdensburg, Sussex
County, N.J., March
25, 1818.
Lawyer;
mine
operator; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; member
of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Sussex County, 1865; died in
office 1865.
Died, from typhoid fever, in Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., January
13, 1865 (age 46 years, 294
days).
Interment at North
Hardyston Cemetery, Hamburg, N.J.
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Williamson Simpson Oldham (1813-1868) —
Born in Franklin
County, Tenn., July 19,
1813.
Member of Arkansas state legislature, 1838; justice of
Arkansas state supreme court, 1842; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Arkansas, 1846; candidate for Texas
state house of representatives, 1853; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas, 1859; delegate
to Texas secession convention, 1861; Delegate
from Texas to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62; Senator
from Texas in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died of typhoid fever in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., May 8,
1868 (age 54 years, 294
days).
Original interment at Episcopal
Cemetery, Houston, Tex.; reinterment in 1938 at Brookside
Memorial Park, Houston, Tex.
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Thomas Henry Seymour (1807-1868) —
also known as Thomas H. Seymour; Thomas Hart
Seymour —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., September
29, 1807.
Democrat. Lawyer;
probate judge in Connecticut, 1836-38; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 1st District, 1843-45; colonel in
the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; Governor of
Connecticut, 1850-53; defeated, 1863; U.S. Minister to Russia, 1853-58; candidate for Democratic nomination for
President, 1864.
Died of typhoid fever, in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., September
3, 1868 (age 60 years, 340
days).
Interment at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Hartford, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Seymour (1754-1846) and Jane (Ellery) Seymour; married, September
17, 1827, to Henrietta Maria Stanley; grandson of Thomas
Seymour; second cousin twice removed of Moses
Seymour; third cousin of David
Lowrey Seymour; third cousin once removed of Horatio
Seymour (1778-1857), Henry
Seymour (1780-1837) and Caleb
Seymour Pitkin; third cousin thrice removed of Joshua
Coit; fourth cousin of Origen
Storrs Seymour, Horatio
Seymour (1810-1886), Hezekiah
Cook Seymour, George
Seymour, McNeil
Seymour and Henry
William Seymour; fourth cousin once removed of Orsamus
Cook Merrill, Timothy
Merrill, Silas
Seymour, Edward
Woodruff Seymour, Augustus
Sherrill Seymour, Joseph
Battell, Morris
Woodruff Seymour, Horatio
Seymour Jr. and Norman
Alexander Seymour. |
| | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Murphy-Merrill
family of Harbor Beach, Michigan (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | The town
of Seymour,
Connecticut, is named for
him. |
| | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — U.S. State Dept career summary — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Henry Adoniram Swift (1823-1869) —
also known as Henry A. Swift —
of St. Peter, Nicollet
County, Minn.
Born in Ravenna, Portage
County, Ohio, March
23, 1823.
Republican. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Minnesota, 1857; member of Minnesota
state senate 19th District, 1862-65; Lieutenant
Governor of Minnesota, 1863; Governor of
Minnesota, 1863-64.
Died, of typhoid fever, in St. Peter, Nicollet
County, Minn., February
25, 1869 (age 45 years, 339
days).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Ravenna, Ohio.
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James Madison Turner (1820-1869) —
also known as James Turner —
of Mason, Ingham
County, Mich.; Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Cazenovia, Madison
County, N.Y., April 1,
1820.
Republican. Merchant;
railroad
builder; member of Michigan
state senate 21st District, 1867.
Methodist.
Died, from typhoid fever, in Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., October
10, 1869 (age 49 years, 192
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Lansing, Mich.
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Ebenezer Dumont (1814-1871) —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Vevay, Switzerland
County, Ind., November
23, 1814.
Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1838-39, 1850-51; Speaker of
the Indiana State House of Representatives, 1850-51; colonel in
the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Indiana; general in the Union Army during the Civil War;
U.S.
Representative from Indiana 6th District, 1863-67.
Methodist.
Appointed territorial governor of Idaho, but died before taking
office, of typhoid fever, in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., April
16, 1871 (age 56 years, 144
days).
Interment at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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Thomas William Ward (1807-1872) —
also known as "Peg Leg" —
of Austin, Travis
County, Tex.
Born in Ireland,
1807.
Served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; mayor of
Austin, Tex., 1840-41, 1853, 1865; Texas
Republic Land Office Commissioner, 1840-46.
Lost a
leg in the storming of Bexar, 1835; lost his
right arm while firing a cannon to celebrate Texas independence,
1841.
Died of typhoid fever, in Austin, Travis
County, Tex., November
25, 1872 (age about 65
years).
Interment at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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Philip Tomppert (1808-1873) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Wurttemberg, Germany,
June
21, 1808.
Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1850; mayor
of Louisville, Ky., 1865, 1867-69.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, from typhoid fever, in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., October
29, 1873 (age 65 years, 130
days).
Interment at Eastern
Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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Hiram C. Martin (1833-1876) —
of Athens, Athens
County, Ohio.
Born in Ohio, August
10, 1833.
Real
estate agent; mayor of
Athens, Ohio, 1869-70.
Died of typhoid pneumonia,
February
21, 1876 (age 42 years, 195
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Foster Blodgett Jr. (1826-1877) —
of Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga.
Born in Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., January
15, 1826.
Republican. Bridgekeeper;
mayor
of Augusta, Ga., 1859-61, 1867-68; defeated, 1861; served in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War; postmaster at Augusta,
Ga., 1865-69; delegate
to Georgia state constitutional convention, 1867; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Georgia, 1868.
Died, from typhoid fever, in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., November
12, 1877 (age 51 years, 301
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Atlanta, Ga.
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Edwin Belcher (c.1838-1883) —
of Wilkes
County, Ga.; Macon, Bibb
County, Ga.; Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga.
Born in Abbeville, Abbeville District (now Abbeville
County), S.C., about 1838.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of
Georgia
state house of representatives, 1868-72; postmaster at Macon,
Ga., 1873-75; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Georgia, 1876,
1880.
African
ancestry.
Died, from typhoid pneumonia,
in Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., January
7, 1883 (age about 45
years).
Interment at Cedar
Grove Cemetery, Augusta, Ga.
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Lewis Beach (1835-1886) —
of Cornwall, Orange
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March
30, 1835.
Democrat. Lawyer; treasurer of
New York Democratic Party, 1877-79; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1881-86 (14th District 1881-85,
15th District 1885-86); died in office 1886.
Died, from typhoid fever and Bright's
disease, in Cornwall, Orange
County, N.Y., August
10, 1886 (age 51 years, 133
days).
Entombed at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Joshua Taylor Heald (1821-1887) —
also known as Joshua T. Heald —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in New Castle, New Castle
County, Del., May 26,
1821.
Republican. Bookbinder;
real
estate developer; bank
director; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Delaware, 1860,
1868;
President of the Wilmington City Railway Company, which built the
city's first trolley
line; later, he was president of the Wilmington and Western Railroad;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Delaware, 1870.
Died, from typhoid fever, in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., July 23,
1887 (age 66 years, 58
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Isaac Bell Jr. (1846-1889) —
of Newport, Newport
County, R.I.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
6, 1846.
Democrat. Cotton
broker; U.S. Minister to Netherlands, 1885-88; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Rhode Island, 1888.
Died, from complications of typhoid fever, and pyaemia,
in St. Luke's Hospital,
New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
20, 1889 (age 42 years, 75
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Grattan H. Brundage (1834-1891) —
of Steuben
County, N.Y.
Born in Bath, Steuben
County, N.Y., 1834.
Farmer;
member of New York
state assembly from Steuben County 1st District, 1891; died in
office 1891.
Died, from pneumonia,
typhoid fever, and heart
failure, in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., March
29, 1891 (age about 56
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Robah B. Kerner (c.1859-1893) —
of Winston (now part of Winston-Salem), Forsyth
County, N.C.
Born about 1859.
School
teacher; lawyer; mayor
of Winston, N.C., 1892-93.
Died, from typhoid fever, 1893
(age about
34 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Nicholas Ford (1833-1897) —
of Rochester, Andrew
County, Mo.; Virginia City, Storey
County, Nev.; Miltonvale, Cloud
County, Kan.
Born in Wicklow, County Wicklow, Ireland,
June
21, 1833.
Mining
business; merchant;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Andrew County, 1875-76; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 9th District, 1879-83; defeated
(Republican), 1890; Republican candidate for Governor of
Missouri, 1884.
Died, from typhoid fever, in Miltonvale, Cloud
County, Kan., June 18,
1897 (age 63 years, 362
days).
Interment at Catholic
Cemetery, Aurora, Kan.
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Arthur R. Rood (1858-1900) —
of Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.
Born in Lapeer, Lapeer
County, Mich., 1858.
Republican. Superintendent
of schools; lawyer;
candidate for mayor
of Grand Rapids, Mich., 1898; member of Michigan
Republican State Executive Committee, 1899; member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1899.
Died, of typhoid fever, in Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich., April 4,
1900 (age about 41
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Moses McIlvain Sayre (1849-1901) —
of Urbana, Champaign
County, Ohio.
Born in Spring Hills, Champaign
County, Ohio, November
21, 1849.
Lawyer;
member of Ohio
state senate, 1882.
Died, of typhoid fever, in Urbana, Champaign
County, Ohio, September
21, 1901 (age 51 years, 304
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Martin Sayre and Jane Crocket (McIlvain) Sayre; married, February
23, 1881, to Ella Morris. |
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William Coleman Anderson (1853-1902) —
also known as William C. Anderson —
of Newport, Cocke
County, Tenn.
Born in Tusculum, Greene
County, Tenn., July 10,
1853.
Republican. Member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1881-83; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 1st District, 1895-97; defeated,
1896.
Died, from typhoid fever, in Newport, Cocke
County, Tenn., September
8, 1902 (age 49 years, 60
days).
Interment at Union
Cemetery, Newport, Tenn.
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Sheffield Phelps (1864-1902) —
of Teaneck, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., July 24,
1864.
Republican. Newspaper
publisher; delegate to Republican National Convention from New
Jersey, 1900.
Died, of typhoid fever, in Aiken, Aiken
County, S.C., December
9, 1902 (age 38 years, 138
days).
Entombed at Hop
Meadow Cemetery, Simsbury, Conn.
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Walter Weed Quatermass (1859-1903) —
also known as W. W. Quatermass —
of Oshkosh, Winnebago
County, Wis.
Born in Neenah, Winnebago
County, Wis., August, 1859.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for mayor
of Oshkosh, Wis., 1901.
Died, from typhoid fever, in Oshkosh, Winnebago
County, Wis., March 2,
1903 (age 43 years, 0
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Oshkosh, Wis.
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Jonathan William Crumpacker (1854-1904) —
also known as J. W. Crumpacker —
of LaPorte, LaPorte
County, Ind.
Born in New Durham Township, LaPorte
County, Ind., September
6, 1854.
Republican. School
teacher; civil
engineer; lawyer;
candidate for mayor
of LaPorte, Ind., 1882; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Indiana, 1888;
member of Indiana
state senate, 1893-96; justice of
New Mexico territorial supreme court, 1897-1903.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows.
Died, from typhoid fever, in LaPorte, LaPorte
County, Ind., March
15, 1904 (age 49 years, 191
days).
Interment at Westville Cemetery, Westville, Ind.
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Jackson R. Decker (c.1862-1905) —
of Sparta, Sussex
County, N.J.
Born in Sparta, Sussex
County, N.J., about 1862.
Merchant;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Sussex County, 1905; died in
office 1905.
Died, from typhoid pneumonia,
in Sparta, Sussex
County, N.J., January
8, 1905 (age about 43
years).
Burial location unknown.
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James Roach (c.1857-1909) —
of Joplin, Jasper
County, Mo.
Born about 1857.
Republican. Member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Jasper County 3rd District,
1905-09; died in office 1909.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, from typhoid fever and pneumonia,
in Jefferson City, Cole
County, Mo., May 16,
1909 (age about 52
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas J. Surpless (c.1875-1911) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., about 1875.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 6th District, 1906-09.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died, from the effects of malaria
and typhoid fever, in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., December
23, 1911 (age about 36
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James Surpless. |
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Henry Benjamin Coman (1858-1912) —
also known as Henry B. Coman —
of Morrisville, Madison
County, N.Y.; Oneida, Madison
County, N.Y.
Born in Morrisville, Madison
County, N.Y., December
8, 1858.
Republican. Lawyer; bank
director; delegate to Republican National Convention from New
York, 1904;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 6th District, 1907-12; died in office
1912.
Member, Elks.
Died, from typhoid fever, in Oneida, Madison
County, N.Y., January
10, 1912 (age 53 years, 33
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Oneida, N.Y.
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Charles August Sauer (1866-1915) —
also known as Charles A. Sauer —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Stratford, Ontario,
December
18, 1866.
Republican. Mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1915; died in office 1915.
German
ancestry. Member, Elks; Knights
of Pythias.
Died, of typhoid fever, in St. Joseph's Sanitarium,
Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., December
6, 1915 (age 48 years, 353
days).
Interment at Bethlehem
Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Adam Conrad Sauer and Anna E. (Schenk) Sauer; married to Julia
Katherine Koch. |
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