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Denby-Fitch family of Evansville, Indiana

Note: This is just one of 1,164 family groupings listed on The Political Graveyard web site. These families each have three or more politician members, all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption.

This specific family group is a subset of the much larger Four Thousand Related Politicians group. An individual may be listed with more than one subset.

These groupings — even the names of the groupings, and the areas of main activity — are the result of a computer algorithm working with the data I have, not the choices of any historian or genealogist.

  Jonas Mapes (1768-1824) — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Southold, Suffolk County, Long Island, N.Y., September 6, 1768. Merchant tailor; member of New York state assembly from New York County, 1810-11; general in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812. Died in 1824 (age about 55 years). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Deliverance (Hawkins) Mapes and James Mapes; married to Elizabeth Tyler; first cousin once removed of David Parshall Mapes; second cousin twice removed of George Hammond Parshall; second cousin four times removed of Irving Anthony Jennings and Renz L. Jennings; second cousin five times removed of Renz D. Jennings; third cousin twice removed of Bertha Mapes; third cousin thrice removed of Charles Harvey Denby Jr. and Edwin Denby; fourth cousin of David Gardiner; fourth cousin once removed of Alfred Conkling and Julia Tyler.
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Conkling-Seymour family of Utica, New York; Mapes-Jennings-Denby-Harrison family of New York and Arizona; Tyler family of Virginia (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Graham Newell Fitch (1809-1892) — also known as Graham N. Fitch — of Logansport, Cass County, Ind. Born in Le Roy, Genesee County, N.Y., December 5, 1809. Democrat. Physician; member of Indiana state house of representatives, 1836-37, 1839-40; U.S. Representative from Indiana 9th District, 1849-53; U.S. Senator from Indiana, 1857-61; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1868. Episcopalian. Died in Logansport, Cass County, Ind., November 28, 1892 (age 82 years, 359 days). Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Logansport, Ind.
  Relatives: Son of Frederick Fitch and Mercy (Capen) Fitch; brother-in-law of Henry Jones Alvord; married 1832 to Harriet Valerie Satterly; father-in-law of Charles Harvey Denby; grandfather of Charles Harvey Denby Jr. and Edwin Denby; great-grandfather of James Orr Denby.
  Political family: Denby-Fitch family of Evansville, Indiana (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Henry Jones Alvord — also known as Henry J. Alvord — of Wayne County, Mich.; Lapeer, Lapeer County, Mich. Born in Greenfield, Franklin County, Mass. Physician; delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention, 1850; member of Michigan state senate 29th District, 1855-56. Member, Freemasons. Died in Washington, D.C. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
  Relatives: Son of Elijah Alvord and Lucretia (Clarke) Alvord; brother-in-law of Graham Newell Fitch.
  Political family: Denby-Fitch family of Evansville, Indiana (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Charles Harvey Denby (1830-1904) — also known as Charles H. Denby — of Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Ind. Born in Mt. Joy, Botetourt County, Va., June 16, 1830. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Indiana state house of representatives, 1857; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1876, 1884; U.S. Minister to China, 1885-98. Episcopalian. Died in Jamestown, Chautauqua County, N.Y., January 13, 1904 (age 73 years, 211 days). Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Evansville, Ind.
  Relatives: Son-in-law of Graham Newell Fitch; son of Nathaniel Denby and Sarah Jane (Harvey) Denby; married to Martha Fitch; father of Charles Harvey Denby Jr. and Edwin Denby; grandfather of James Orr Denby.
  Political families: Mapes-Jennings-Denby-Harrison family of New York and Arizona; Denby-Fitch family of Evansville, Indiana (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also U.S. State Dept career summary — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Charles Harvey Denby Jr. (1861-1938) — also known as Charles Denby — of Indiana; Washington, D.C. Born in Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Ind., November 14, 1861. U.S. Consul General in Shanghai, as of 1907-09; Vienna, 1909-15; vice-president, Hupp Motor Car Corporation, Detroit, 1915-17. Died in Washington, D.C., February 14, 1938 (age 76 years, 92 days). Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
  Relatives: Son of Charles Harvey Denby and Martha (Fitch) Denby; brother of Edwin Denby; married, March 19, 1895, to Martha Dalzell Orr; father of James Orr Denby; grandson of Graham Newell Fitch; third cousin thrice removed of Jonas Mapes.
  Political families: Conkling-Seymour family of Utica, New York; Mapes-Jennings-Denby-Harrison family of New York and Arizona; Denby-Fitch family of Evansville, Indiana; Tyler family of Virginia (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Edwin Denby (1870-1929) — also known as Ned Denby — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Ind., February 18, 1870. Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during the Spanish-American War; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District, 1903-04; U.S. Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1905-11; defeated, 1910; member of Michigan Republican State Central Committee, 1917; U.S. Secretary of the Navy, 1921-24; persuaded by Secretary of State Albert B. Fall to transfer control of the Navy's oil leases to the Interior Department; Fall then accepted large bribes to sell the leases to his friends, in what became known as the Teapot Dome scandal; in 1924, Denby was forced to resign as Secretary of the Navy. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Phi Delta Phi. Died in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., February 8, 1929 (age 58 years, 356 days). Interment at Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
  Relatives: Son of Charles Harvey Denby and Martha (Fitch) Denby; brother of Charles Harvey Denby Jr.; married, March 18, 1911, to Marion Bartlett Thurber; uncle of James Orr Denby; grandson of Graham Newell Fitch; third cousin thrice removed of Jonas Mapes.
  Political families: Conkling-Seymour family of Utica, New York; Mapes-Jennings-Denby-Harrison family of New York and Arizona; Denby-Fitch family of Evansville, Indiana; Tyler family of Virginia (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Cross-reference: M. Hubert O'Brien
  Edwin Denby High School (opened 1930), in Detroit, Michigan, is named for him.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  James Orr Denby (1896-1983) — of Washington, D.C. Born in Peking (Beijing), China, of American parents, August 30, 1896. U.S. Consul in Cape Town, as of 1938-43. Died in August, 1983 (age about 87 years). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Charles Harvey Denby Jr. and Martha Dalzell (Orr) Denby; nephew of Edwin Denby; grandson of Charles Harvey Denby; great-grandson of Graham Newell Fitch.
  Political family: Denby-Fitch family of Evansville, Indiana (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
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