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Dawes-Upson family of Connecticut

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  Manasseh Cutler (1742-1823) — of Massachusetts. Born in Killingly, Windham County, Conn., May 13, 1742. Ordained minister; physician; member of Massachusetts state legislature, 1780; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts at-large, 1801-05. Congregationalist. Died in Hamilton, Essex County, Mass., July 28, 1823 (age 81 years, 76 days). Interment at Hamilton Cemetery, Hamilton, Mass.
  Relatives: Son of Hezekiah Cutler and Susanna (Clark) Cutler; father of Ephraim Cutler; great-grandfather of Rufus R. Dawes; second great-grandfather of Charles Gates Dawes, Rufus Cutler Dawes, Beman Gates Dawes and Henry May Dawes.
  Political families: Dawes-Upson family of Connecticut; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  The World War II Liberty ship SS Manasseh Cutler (built 1943 at Portland, Oregon; torpedoed and lost 1943 in the Gulf of Aden) was named for him.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Henry Champion (1751-1836) — of Colchester, New London County, Conn. Born in Westchester, Colchester, New London County, Conn., March 16, 1751. Major in Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; banker; member of Connecticut council of assistants, 1806-17; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Colchester, 1820. Member, Society of the Cincinnati. Died July 13, 1836 (age 85 years, 119 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Henry Champion and Deborah (Brainard) Champion; brother of Epaphroditus Champion; married, October 10, 1781, to Abigail Tinker; father of Harriet Champion (who married Joseph Trumbull); first cousin four times removed of Charlotte H. McMorran; second cousin once removed of Amaziah Brainard; second cousin twice removed of Leveret Brainard; second cousin four times removed of Asahel Rowland DeWolf, Winthrop Roger De Wolf and John Anderson De Wolf Jr.; second cousin five times removed of Charles Gates Dawes, Rufus Cutler Dawes, Beman Gates Dawes and Henry May Dawes; third cousin of Daniel Upson; third cousin twice removed of Chester Ackley, Charles Upson, Gad Ely Upson, Christopher Columbus Upson, Andrew Seth Upson and Evelyn M. Upson; third cousin thrice removed of Almar F. Dickson.
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Dawes-Upson family of Connecticut; Holden-Davis-Lawrence-Garcelon family of Massachusetts (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  The town of Champion, New York, is named for him.  — The township of Champion, Ohio, named for him.
  See also Wikipedia article
  Epaphroditus Champion (1756-1834) — of East Haddam, Middlesex County, Conn. Born in Westchester, Colchester, New London County, Conn., April 6, 1756. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; merchant; shipowner; member of Connecticut state house of representatives, 1791-1806; U.S. Representative from Connecticut, 1807-17 (at-large 1807-09, 1st District 1809-11, at-large 1811-17). Died in East Haddam, Middlesex County, Conn., December 22, 1834 (age 78 years, 260 days). Interment at River View Cemetery, East Haddam, Conn.
  Relatives: Son of Henry Champion (1723-1797) and Deborah (Brainard) Champion; brother of Henry Champion (1751-1836); married, December 17, 1781, to Lucretia Hubbard; first cousin four times removed of Charlotte H. McMorran; second cousin once removed of Amaziah Brainard; second cousin twice removed of Leveret Brainard; second cousin four times removed of Asahel Rowland DeWolf, Winthrop Roger De Wolf and John Anderson De Wolf Jr.; second cousin five times removed of Charles Gates Dawes, Rufus Cutler Dawes, Beman Gates Dawes and Henry May Dawes; third cousin of Daniel Upson; third cousin twice removed of Chester Ackley, Charles Upson, Gad Ely Upson, Christopher Columbus Upson, Andrew Seth Upson and Evelyn M. Upson; third cousin thrice removed of Almar F. Dickson.
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Dawes-Upson family of Connecticut (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article
  Ephraim Cutler (1767-1853) — of Marietta, Washington County, Ohio. Born in Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard, Dukes County, Mass., April 13, 1767. Whig. Member of Northwest Territory legislature, 1801; delegate to Ohio state constitutional convention from Washington County, 1802; only member of the 1802 Ohio convention to vote "no" on statehood; cast the deciding vote that kept slavery out of Ohio.; delegate to Whig National Convention from Ohio, 1839. Died in Ohio, July 8, 1853 (age 86 years, 86 days). Interment at Gravel Bank Cemetery, Constitution, Ohio.
  Relatives: Son of Mary (Balch) Cutler and Manasseh Cutler; married to Leah Atwood and Sally Parker; grandfather of Rufus R. Dawes; great-grandfather of Charles Gates Dawes (who married Caroline Dana Blymyer), Rufus Cutler Dawes, Beman Gates Dawes and Henry May Dawes.
  Political family: Dawes-Upson family of Connecticut (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Amaziah Brainard (1780-1841) — of Colchester, New London County, Conn. Born in East Hampton, Middlesex County, Conn., June 12, 1780. Member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Colchester, 1829-30. Died in Colchester, New London County, Conn., April 1, 1841 (age 60 years, 293 days). Interment at Waterhole Cemetery, East Hampton, Conn.
  Relatives: Son of William Brainard and Lucy (Day) Brainard; married 1824 to Huldah Foote; father of Leveret Brainard; second cousin once removed of Henry Champion and Epaphroditus Champion; second cousin four times removed of Charles Gates Dawes, Rufus Cutler Dawes, Beman Gates Dawes and Henry May Dawes; third cousin of Orville Hungerford; third cousin once removed of Jonathan Elmer, Ebenezer Elmer, Eli Elmer, John Allen, Chester Ackley, John Adams Taintor, Henry Ward Beecher and Henry G. Taintor; third cousin twice removed of Aaron Kellogg, Daniel Chapin (1761-1821), Oliver Morgan Hungerford, George Buckingham Beecher and Clarence Hungerford Mackay; third cousin thrice removed of William C. Hungerford, Charlotte H. McMorran and Frances Payne Bolton; fourth cousin of Samuel Clesson Allen, Luther Walter Badger, Daniel Kellogg (1791-1875), Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus Elmer and John William Allen; fourth cousin once removed of Jason Kellogg, John Taintor, Elijah Boardman, William Bostwick, Roger Taintor, Solomon Taintor, Orsamus Cook Merrill, Joseph Churchill Strong, Ebenezer Strong, Timothy Merrill, Daniel Warner Bostwick, Chester Ashley, Daniel Chapin (1791-1878), Chester William Chapin, Graham Hurd Chapin, Elisha Hunt Allen, Anson Levi Holcomb, Albert Asahel Bliss, Philemon Bliss, George Bradley Kellogg, Joseph H. Elmer, Henry Purdy Day, Edmund Day, Daniel Kellogg (1835-1918), George Frederick Stone and Allen Jacob Holcomb.
  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).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  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.
  Relatives: Son of David Trumbull and Sarah (Backus) Trumbull; brother of Jonathan G. W. Trumbull; married 1818 to Harriet Champion (daughter of Henry Champion); married, December 1, 1824, to Eliza Storrs (sister of Henry Randolph Storrs and William Lucius Storrs); nephew of Joseph Trumbull (1737-1778) and Jonathan Trumbull Jr.; grandson of Jonathan Trumbull; third cousin of Benjamin Trumbull; third cousin once removed of Lyman Trumbull; third cousin twice removed of Carl Trumbull Hayden; fourth cousin once removed of Ethan Colby.
  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 — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article
  Daniel Upson (1786-1863) — Born in Southington, Hartford County, Conn., March 18, 1786. Physician; farmer; mining business; member of Ohio state senate, 1836-38. Died in Tallmadge, Summit County, Ohio, June 21, 1863 (age 77 years, 95 days). Interment at Tallmadge Cemetery, Tallmadge, Ohio.
  Relatives: Son of John Upson and Lois (Atwater) Upson; married, May 19, 1814, to Polly Wright; father of William Hanford Upson; great-grandfather of William Hazlett Upson; first cousin once removed of Josiah Cowles; second cousin once removed of John Strong; second cousin twice removed of Charles Upson, Calvin Josiah Cowles, Harvey Washington Upson, Gad Ely Upson, Christopher Columbus Upson, Andrew Seth Upson and Evelyn M. Upson; second cousin thrice removed of James Wesley Upson and Charles Holden Cowles; third cousin of Henry Champion, Epaphroditus Champion, Daniel Chapin and Samuel Strong; third cousin once removed of Simeon Baldwin, Graham Hurd Chapin and George Seymour; third cousin twice removed of Frederick Enoch Woodbridge and Charles Hale; third cousin thrice removed of Franklin Woodruff, Asbury Wright Lee and Warren Edward Anderson; fourth cousin of Orsamus Cook Merrill, James Doolittle Wooster, Timothy Merrill and Roger Sherman Baldwin; fourth cousin once removed of Elisha Hotchkiss Jr., John Charles Birdsall, John Arnold Rockwell, Norman A. Phelps, Francis William Kellogg, Ausburn Birdsall, Farrand Fassett Merrill, Russell Sage and Simeon Eben Baldwin.
  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).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Chester Ackley (1794-1882) — of Washington, Litchfield County, Conn. Born in Washington, Litchfield County, Conn., September 24, 1794. Member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Washington, 1829. Died in Glastonbury, Hartford County, Conn., January 9, 1882 (age 87 years, 107 days). Interment at Old Church Cemetery, South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Conn.
  Relatives: Son of Hezekiah Ackley and Jemimah (Whittlesey) Ackley; married to Olive Carrier; third cousin once removed of Amaziah Brainard; third cousin twice removed of Henry Champion and Epaphroditus Champion; third cousin thrice removed of Ralph Waldo Muncy; fourth cousin of Leveret Brainard; fourth cousin once removed of John Strong and Elijah Hunt Mills.
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Dawes-Upson family of Connecticut; Holden-Davis-Lawrence-Garcelon family of Massachusetts (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
Charles Upson Charles Upson (1821-1885) — of Constantine, St. Joseph County, Mich.; Coldwater, Branch County, Mich. Born in Marion, Southington, Hartford County, Conn., March 19, 1821. Lawyer; St. Joseph County Clerk, 1849-50; St. Joseph County Prosecuting Attorney, 1853-54; member of Michigan state senate, 1855-56, 1881-82 (17th District 1855-56, 10th District 1881-82); village president of Coldwater, Michigan, 1859-60; Michigan state attorney general, 1861-62; U.S. Representative from Michigan 2nd District, 1863-69; bank director; circuit judge in Michigan 15th Circuit, 1869-73; resigned 1873; member of Michigan state constitutional commission 3rd District, 1873; mayor of Coldwater, Mich., 1877-78. Died in Coldwater, Branch County, Mich., September 5, 1885 (age 64 years, 170 days). Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery, Coldwater, Mich.
  Relatives: Son of Lydia (Webster) Upson and Asahel Upson; brother of Gad Ely Upson; married, August 4, 1852, to Sophia Montgomery Upham; great-grandson of Josiah Cowles; second cousin of Calvin Josiah Cowles and Christopher Columbus Upson; second cousin once removed of Charles Holden Cowles; second cousin twice removed of Daniel Upson; second cousin thrice removed of John Strong; second cousin four times removed of William Pitkin; third cousin of Andrew Seth Upson and Evelyn M. Upson; third cousin once removed of William Hanford Upson; third cousin twice removed of Henry Champion, Epaphroditus Champion, Daniel Chapin, Samuel Strong and Ela Collins; third cousin thrice removed of Moses Seymour and Simeon Baldwin; fourth cousin of Harvey Washington Upson; fourth cousin once removed of Graham Hurd Chapin, George Seymour, William Collins, William Sheffield Cowles, James Wesley Upson and William Hazlett Upson.
  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: History and Biographical Record of Branch County (1906)
  Gad Ely Upson (1823-1866) — also known as Gad E. Upson — of Fort Benton, Chouteau County, Mont. Born in Marion, Southington, Hartford County, Conn., June 3, 1823. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; U.S. Indian agent; candidate for Delegate to U.S. Congress from Montana Territory, 1865. Died, from tuberculosis, in San Francisco, Calif., March 28, 1866 (age 42 years, 298 days). Interment at Sacramento City Cemetery, Sacramento, Calif.
  Relatives: Son of Lydia (Webster) Upson and Asahel Upson; brother of Charles Upson; married, November 23, 1852, to Lucy Ann Langdon; great-grandson of Josiah Cowles; second cousin of Calvin Josiah Cowles and Christopher Columbus Upson; second cousin once removed of Charles Holden Cowles; second cousin twice removed of Daniel Upson; second cousin thrice removed of John Strong; second cousin four times removed of William Pitkin; third cousin of Andrew Seth Upson and Evelyn M. Upson; third cousin once removed of William Hanford Upson; third cousin twice removed of Henry Champion, Epaphroditus Champion, Daniel Chapin, Samuel Strong and Ela Collins; third cousin thrice removed of Moses Seymour and Simeon Baldwin; fourth cousin of Harvey Washington Upson; fourth cousin once removed of Graham Hurd Chapin, George Seymour, William Collins, William Sheffield Cowles, James Wesley Upson and William Hazlett Upson.
  Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Leveret Brainard (1828-1902) — of Hartford, Hartford County, Conn. Born in Colchester, New London County, Conn., December 13, 1828. Republican. Mayor of Hartford, Conn., 1894-96. Died in Hartford, Hartford County, Conn., July 2, 1902 (age 73 years, 201 days). Interment at Cedar Hill Cemetery, Hartford, Conn.
  Relatives: Son of Amaziah Brainard and Huldah (Foote) Brainard; married, November 29, 1865, to Mary Jerusha Bulkeley (daughter of Eliphalet Adams Bulkeley; sister of Morgan Gardner Bulkeley and William Henry Bulkeley); second cousin twice removed of Henry Champion and Epaphroditus Champion; second cousin thrice removed of Erastus Wolcott and Oliver Wolcott Sr.; third cousin of Henry Ward Beecher; third cousin once removed of Orville Hungerford and George Buckingham Beecher; third cousin twice removed of Jonathan Elmer, Ebenezer Elmer, Eli Elmer, Oliver Wolcott Jr., Roger Griswold, John Allen, Frederick Wolcott and Frances Payne Bolton; third cousin thrice removed of Aaron Kellogg, Daniel Chapin, Charles Gates Dawes, Rufus Cutler Dawes, Beman Gates Dawes, Henry May Dawes and Oliver Payne Bolton; fourth cousin of Chester Ackley, John Adams Taintor and Henry G. Taintor; fourth cousin once removed of Gaylord Griswold, Samuel Clesson Allen, Luther Walter Badger, Daniel Kellogg, Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus Elmer, John William Allen, Oliver Morgan Hungerford and Clarence Hungerford Mackay.
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Eastman family; Walker-Meriwether-Kellogg family of Virginia (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Christopher Columbus Upson (1829-1902) — also known as Columbus Upson — of San Antonio, Bexar County, Tex. Born near Syracuse, Onondaga County, N.Y., October 17, 1829. Democrat. Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer; candidate for Presidential Elector for Texas; U.S. Representative from Texas 6th District, 1879-83. Died in San Antonio, Bexar County, Tex., February 8, 1902 (age 72 years, 114 days). Interment at City Cemetery No. 1, San Antonio, Tex.
  Presumably named for: Christopher Columbus
  Relatives: Son of Oren Upson and Betsy Snow (Wilson) Upson; married, December 27, 1865, to Martha Vance; first cousin thrice removed of Josiah Cowles; second cousin of Charles Upson and Gad Ely Upson; second cousin twice removed of Daniel Upson; second cousin thrice removed of John Strong; third cousin of Andrew Seth Upson and Evelyn M. Upson; third cousin twice removed of Henry Champion, Epaphroditus Champion, Daniel Chapin and Samuel Strong; third cousin thrice removed of Simeon Baldwin; fourth cousin of Calvin Josiah Cowles; fourth cousin once removed of Graham Hurd Chapin, George Seymour and Charles Holden Cowles.
  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 — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Andrew Seth Upson (1835-1905) — also known as Andrew S. Upson — of Unionville, Farmington, Hartford County, Conn. Born in Burlington, Hartford County, Conn., June 16, 1835. Republican. Manufacturer; delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1880; member of Connecticut state senate, 1880-82 (3rd District 1880-81, 4th District 1882). Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, February 22, 1905 (age 69 years, 251 days). Interment at Hillside Cemetery, Unionville, Farmington, Conn.
  Relatives: Son of Seth Upson and Martha (Brooks) Upson; married, October 2, 1859, to Chloe Moses; first cousin thrice removed of Josiah Cowles; second cousin of Evelyn M. Upson; second cousin twice removed of Daniel Upson; second cousin thrice removed of John Strong; third cousin of Charles Upson, Gad Ely Upson and Christopher Columbus Upson; third cousin once removed of William Hanford Upson; third cousin twice removed of Henry Champion, Epaphroditus Champion, Daniel Chapin and Samuel Strong; third cousin thrice removed of Simeon Baldwin; fourth cousin of Calvin Josiah Cowles and Harvey Washington Upson; fourth cousin once removed of Jeduthun Wilcox, Graham Hurd Chapin, George Seymour, James Wesley Upson, Charles Holden Cowles and William Hazlett Upson.
  Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Rufus R. Dawes (1838-1899) — of Marietta, Washington County, Ohio. Born in Malta, Morgan County, Ohio, July 4, 1838. Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; lumber business; U.S. Representative from Ohio 15th District, 1881-83. Member, Loyal Legion. Died in Marietta, Washington County, Ohio, August 2, 1899 (age 61 years, 29 days). Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery, Marietta, Ohio.
  Relatives: Son of Henry Dawes and Sarah (Cutler) Dawes; married to Mary Beman Gates; father of Charles Gates Dawes (who married Caroline Dana Blymyer), Rufus Cutler Dawes, Beman Gates Dawes and Henry May Dawes; grandson of Ephraim Cutler; great-grandson of Manasseh Cutler; fourth cousin of Tewksbury Loring Swett.
  Political families: Dawes-Upson family of Connecticut; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Almar F. Dickson (1846-1915) — of Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard, Dukes County, Mass.; East Haddam, Middlesex County, Conn. Born in East Haddam, Middlesex County, Conn., January 20, 1846. Democrat. On August 1, 1874, in Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts, in response to the suspected seduction of his wife and her two sisters, he and his brother-in-law Caleb Smith were among a group of five men who, at midnight during a storm, attempted to kidnap at gunpoint Samuel K. Elliot, one of the supposed perpetrators, so they could tar and feather him; Elliot successfully defended himself from the group, and during the affray, Caleb Smith was shot dead; Elliot was ruled to have acted in self-defense, and denied any improper relations with the women; the scandal was widely publicized in the press; Dickson and his wife were divorced soon after; U.S. Consul in Gaspé Basin, 1887-1908; candidate for Connecticut state house of representatives from East Haddam, 1910, 1912. Died in Hartford, Hartford County, Conn., April 17, 1915 (age 69 years, 87 days). Interment at Moodus Cemetery, Moodus, East Haddam, Conn.
  Relatives: Son of Samuel S. Dickson and Hannah 'Betsy' (Hill) Dickson; married, August 14, 1870, to Elizabeth Chase 'Lizzie' Smith; married, May 17, 1883, to Callie (Brainard) Wetherell; second cousin once removed of Charles Russell Kelsey; third cousin twice removed of David Kelsey and Elisha Kelsey; third cousin thrice removed of Henry Champion, Epaphroditus Champion and Joshua Coit; fourth cousin once removed of Ashbel Griswold, David Parmalee Kelsey, Samuel Townsend Douglass and Silas Hamilton Douglas.
  Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Tewksbury Loring Swett (1846-1911) — also known as Tewksbury L. Swett; Tewksbury L. Sweat — of Portland, Cumberland County, Maine. Born in Arrowsic, Sagadahoc County, Maine, May 3, 1846. Democrat. Shipbroker; Vice-Consul for Sweden & Norway in Portland, Maine, 1880-1903; Vice-Consul for Norway in Portland, Maine, 1908. Died, from broncho-pneumonia, in Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, February 28, 1911 (age 64 years, 301 days). Interment at Pine Grove Cemetery, Brunswick, Maine.
  Relatives: Son of Woodbury Swett and Lydia Weeks (Owen) Swett; married, November 21, 1877, to Alice Alney Hunt; fourth cousin of Rufus R. Dawes; fourth cousin once removed of Charles Gates Dawes, Rufus Cutler Dawes, Beman Gates Dawes and Henry May Dawes.
  Political families: Dawes-Upson family of Connecticut; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Evelyn M. Upson (1852-1918) — of Wolcott, New Haven County, Conn. Born in Wolcott, New Haven County, Conn., May 7, 1852. Republican. Farmer; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Wolcott, 1887-88, 1891-94, 1901-02, 1907-08. Died in Wolcott, New Haven County, Conn., June 19, 1918 (age 66 years, 43 days). Interment at Edgewood Cemetery, Wolcott, Conn.
  Relatives: Son of Miles S. Upson and Mary Asenath (Hough) Upson; married to Elsie Selina Lane; first cousin thrice removed of Josiah Cowles; second cousin of Andrew Seth Upson; second cousin twice removed of Daniel Upson; second cousin thrice removed of John Strong; third cousin of Charles Upson, Gad Ely Upson and Christopher Columbus Upson; third cousin twice removed of Henry Champion, Epaphroditus Champion, Daniel Chapin and Samuel Strong; third cousin thrice removed of Simeon Baldwin; fourth cousin of Calvin Josiah Cowles; fourth cousin once removed of Jeduthun Wilcox, Graham Hurd Chapin, George Seymour and Charles Holden Cowles.
  Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Asahel Rowland DeWolf (1857-1936) — also known as Asahel R. DeWolf — of East Lyme, New London County, Conn. Born in Blackhall, Old Lyme, New London County, Conn., June 16, 1857. Democrat. Member of Connecticut state house of representatives from East Lyme, 1917-18. Died in Connecticut, May 17, 1936 (age 78 years, 336 days). Interment at Duck River Cemetery, Old Lyme, Conn.
  Relatives: Son of John Anderson DeWolf and Mary Abigail (Rowland) DeWolf; half-brother of John Anderson De Wolf Jr.; married to Mary Elizabeth Moley; married 1921 to Angeline Rowland Burns; first cousin of Winthrop Roger De Wolf; second cousin four times removed of Henry Champion and Epaphroditus Champion.
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Dawes-Upson family of Connecticut; Holden-Davis-Lawrence-Garcelon family of Massachusetts (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Winthrop Roger De Wolf (1863-1931) — also known as Winthrop R. De Wolf — of Blackhall, Old Lyme, New London County, Conn. Born in Old Lyme, New London County, Conn., October, 1863. Merchant; postmaster at Blackhall, Conn., 1887-1907. Died in Old Lyme, New London County, Conn., September 8, 1931 (age 67 years, 0 days). Interment at Duck River Cemetery, Old Lyme, Conn.
  Relatives: Son of Roger William DeWolf and Julia M. (Smith) DeWolf; married to Cora F. Ackerman; first cousin of Asahel Rowland DeWolf and John Anderson De Wolf Jr.; second cousin four times removed of Henry Champion and Epaphroditus Champion.
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Dawes-Upson family of Connecticut; Holden-Davis-Lawrence-Garcelon family of Massachusetts (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Charles Gates Dawes (1865-1951) — also known as Charles G. Dawes; "Charging Charlie" — of Lincoln, Lancaster County, Neb.; Evanston, Cook County, Ill. Born in Marietta, Washington County, Ohio, August 27, 1865. Republican. Engineer; lawyer; banker; U.S. Comptroller of the Currency, 1898-1901; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; Vice President of the United States, 1925-29; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1928; U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1929-31; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1932, 1936. Awarded Nobel Peace Prize in 1925. Died in Evanston, Cook County, Ill., April 23, 1951 (age 85 years, 239 days). Entombed at Rosehill Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
  Relatives: Son of Rufus R. Dawes and Mary Beman (Gates) Dawes; brother of Rufus Cutler Dawes, Beman Gates Dawes and Henry May Dawes; married, January 24, 1889, to Cora D. Blymyer and Caroline Dana Blymyer; great-grandson of Ephraim Cutler; second great-grandson of Manasseh Cutler; second cousin four times removed of Amaziah Brainard; second cousin five times removed of Henry Champion and Epaphroditus Champion; third cousin thrice removed of Leveret Brainard; fourth cousin once removed of Tewksbury Loring Swett.
  Political families: Dawes-Upson family of Connecticut; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Cross-reference: Addison L. Green
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile — Find-A-Grave memorial — Comptrollers of the Currency
  Caro Dawes (1866-1957) — also known as Caroline Dana Blymyer — Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, January 6, 1866. Second Lady of the United States, 1925-29. Female. German ancestry. Died in Evanston, Cook County, Ill., October 3, 1957 (age 91 years, 270 days). Entombed at Rosehill Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
  Relatives: Daughter of William Henry Blymyer and Caroline Lucy (Fearing) Blymyer; married, January 24, 1889, to Charles Gates Dawes (son of Rufus R. Dawes; brother of Rufus Cutler Dawes, Beman Gates Dawes and Henry May Dawes; great-grandson of Ephraim Cutler).
  Political families: Dawes-Upson family of Connecticut; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail
Rufus C. Dawes Rufus Cutler Dawes (1867-1940) — also known as Rufus C. Dawes — of Evanston, Cook County, Ill. Born in Marietta, Washington County, Ohio, July 30, 1867. Republican. Organizer and manager of gas and electric light utilities; delegate to Illinois state constitutional convention 6th District, 1920-22; president of the 1933 Chicago world's fair (A Century of Progress Exposition); also president of the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry. Died in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., January 8, 1940 (age 72 years, 162 days). Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery, Marietta, Ohio.
  Relatives: Son of Rufus R. Dawes and Mary Beman (Gates) Dawes; brother of Charles Gates Dawes (who married Caroline Dana Blymyer), Beman Gates Dawes and Henry May Dawes; married, June 3, 1893, to Helen Palmer; great-grandson of Ephraim Cutler; second great-grandson of Manasseh Cutler; second cousin four times removed of Amaziah Brainard; second cousin five times removed of Henry Champion and Epaphroditus Champion; third cousin thrice removed of Leveret Brainard; fourth cousin once removed of Tewksbury Loring Swett.
  Political family: Dawes-Upson family of Connecticut (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: Time Magazine, May 22, 1933
  Beman Gates Dawes (1870-1953) — also known as Beman G. Dawes — of Marietta, Washington County, Ohio; Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio; near Newark, Licking County, Ohio. Born in Marietta, Washington County, Ohio, January 14, 1870. Republican. U.S. Representative from Ohio 15th District, 1905-09; oil executive; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1920. Died in Newark, Licking County, Ohio, May 15, 1953 (age 83 years, 121 days). Entombed at Dawes Arboretum, Newark, Ohio.
  Relatives: Son of Rufus R. Dawes and Mary Beman (Gates) Dawes; brother of Charles Gates Dawes (who married Caroline Dana Blymyer), Rufus Cutler Dawes and Henry May Dawes; married, October 3, 1894, to Bertie Burr; great-grandson of Ephraim Cutler; second great-grandson of Manasseh Cutler; second cousin four times removed of Amaziah Brainard; second cousin five times removed of Henry Champion and Epaphroditus Champion; third cousin thrice removed of Leveret Brainard; fourth cousin once removed of Tewksbury Loring Swett.
  Political family: Dawes-Upson family of Connecticut (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Charlotte H. McMorran (1877-1951) — also known as Charlotte Cheney Holden — of St. Clair County, Mich. Born in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., July 25, 1877. Delegate to Michigan convention to ratify 21st amendment from St. Clair County 1st District, 1933. Female. Died in Port Huron, St. Clair County, Mich., June 14, 1951 (age 73 years, 324 days). Interment at Lakeside Cemetery, Port Huron, Mich.
  Relatives: Daughter of Charles Newton Holden and Charlotte Louise (Cheney) Holden; married, October 16, 1899, to David Williams McMorran (son of Henry Gordon McMorran); first cousin twice removed of Charles Courtney Pinkney Holden and Ebenezer Gregg Danforth Holden; first cousin four times removed of Henry Champion and Epaphroditus Champion; second cousin once removed of Charles Wayne Holden; third cousin twice removed of Winfield Scott Holden; third cousin thrice removed of Amaziah Brainard.
  Political families: Davis family of Massachusetts; Woodbury-Holden family of Massachusetts and New Hampshire; Holden-Davis-Lawrence-Garcelon family of Massachusetts (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  John Anderson De Wolf Jr. (1877-1967) — also known as John A. De Wolf — of Old Lyme, New London County, Conn. Born in Old Lyme, New London County, Conn., November 30, 1877. Democrat. Candidate for Connecticut state house of representatives from Old Lyme, 1904. Died in New London, New London County, Conn., November 6, 1967 (age 89 years, 341 days). Interment at Duck River Cemetery, Old Lyme, Conn.
  Relatives: Son of John Anderson De Wolf and Irene (Pratt) De Wolf; half-brother of Asahel Rowland DeWolf; first cousin of Winthrop Roger De Wolf; second cousin four times removed of Henry Champion and Epaphroditus Champion.
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Dawes-Upson family of Connecticut; Holden-Davis-Lawrence-Garcelon family of Massachusetts (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
Henry M. Dawes Henry May Dawes (1877-1952) — also known as Henry M. Dawes — of Evanston, Cook County, Ill. Born in Marietta, Washington County, Ohio, April 22, 1877. Lumber business; president, Southwestern Gas & Electric Company; U.S. Comptroller of the Currency, 1923-24; president, Pure Oil Company; vice-president, American Petroleum Institute. Member, Sons of Union Veterans. Died, following a heart attack, in Evanston Hospital, Evanston, Cook County, Ill., September 29, 1952 (age 75 years, 160 days). Interment at Rosehill Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
  Relatives: Son of Rufus R. Dawes and Mary Beman (Gates) Dawes; brother of Charles Gates Dawes (who married Caroline Dana Blymyer), Rufus Cutler Dawes and Beman Gates Dawes; married to Helen Moore Curtis; great-grandson of Ephraim Cutler; second great-grandson of Manasseh Cutler; second cousin four times removed of Amaziah Brainard; second cousin five times removed of Henry Champion and Epaphroditus Champion; third cousin thrice removed of Leveret Brainard; fourth cousin once removed of Tewksbury Loring Swett.
  Political families: Dawes-Upson family of Connecticut; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial — Federal Reserve History
  Image source: Federal Reserve History
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