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Birney family of Danville, Kentucky

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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, 1828; 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.
  Relatives: Son of James Gillespie Birney and Mary Reed Birney; married, February 16, 1816, to Agatha McDowell; married 1840 to Elizabeth Potts Fitzhugh (sister of Henry Fitzhugh); father of James M. Birney (1817-1888); uncle of Humphrey Marshall; grandfather of Arthur Alexis Birney.
  Political family: Birney family of Danville, Kentucky (subset of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).
  The World War II Liberty ship SS James G. Birney (built 1943 at Terminal Island, California; scrapped 1967) was named for him.
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Charles Holker Carroll (1794-1865) — also known as Charles H. Carroll — of Groveland Center, Livingston County, N.Y. Born in Hagerstown, Washington County, Md., May 4, 1794. County judge in New York, 1823-29; member of New York state senate 8th District, 1827-28; resigned 1828; member of New York state assembly from Livingston County, 1836; U.S. Representative from New York 29th District, 1843-47; American candidate for Presidential Elector for New York, 1856. Died in Groveland, Livingston County, N.Y., June 8, 1865 (age 71 years, 35 days). Interment at Williamsburgh Cemetery, Groveland, N.Y.
  Relatives: Brother of Elizabeth Barbara Carroll (1806-1866; who married Henry Fitzhugh); great-grandson of Daniel Carroll (1730-1796).
  Political families: Lee-Randolph family; Walker-Meriwether-Kellogg family of Virginia; Carroll family of Maryland; Brent-Carroll family of Virginia; Breckinridge-Preston-Cabell family of Virginia (subsets of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article
Gerrit Smith Gerrit Smith (1797-1874) — of Peterboro, Madison County, N.Y. Born in Utica, Oneida County, N.Y., March 6, 1797. Lawyer; hotelier; abolitionist; candidate for Governor of New York, 1840 (Liberty), 1858; candidate for President of the United States, 1848 (Liberty), 1852, 1856; U.S. Representative from New York 22nd District, 1853-54; resigned 1854; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1872. Died in New York, New York County, N.Y., December 28, 1874 (age 77 years, 297 days). Interment at Peterboro Cemetery, Peterboro, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Peter Gerrit Smith (1768-1837) and Elizabeth (Livingston) Smith (1773-1818); married 1822 to Ann Carroll Fitzhugh (1805-1879; sister of Henry Fitzhugh); grandson of James Livingston; second great-grandson of Robert Livingston the Younger and Dirck Ten Broeck; third great-grandson of Pieter Schuyler (1657-1724); third great-grandnephew of Robert Livingston the Elder and Johannes Schuyler (1668-1747); fourth great-grandson of Dirck Wesselse Ten Broeck; first cousin of Elizabeth Cady Stanton; first cousin twice removed of Jeremiah Van Rensselaer and Robert Van Rensselaer; first cousin thrice removed of Philip P. Schuyler; first cousin four times removed of John Livingston, Robert Livingston (1688-1775), Gilbert Livingston, Johannes Schuyler (1697-1746) and Cornelis Cuyler; first cousin five times removed of David Davidse Schuyler and Myndert Davidtse Schuyler; second cousin once removed of Robert R. Livingston (1746-1813), Edward Livingston (1764-1836), Stephen Van Rensselaer, Peter Robert Livingston (1766-1847), Philip Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Jacob Rutsen Van Rensselaer, Philip Jeremiah Schuyler, Maturin Livingston, Rensselaer Westerlo and Edward Philip Livingston; second cousin twice removed of Pieter Schuyler (1746-1792) and Peter Samuel Schuyler; second cousin thrice removed of Stephanus Bayard, Robert Livingston (1708-1790), Peter Van Brugh Livingston, Robert Gilbert Livingston, Philip Livingston, Robert R. Livingston (1718-1775), Pierre Van Cortlandt (1721-1814), William Livingston, Philip John Schuyler, Matthew Clarkson (1733-1800) and Stephen John Schuyler; third cousin of Philip Schuyler, James Alexander Hamilton, Peter Robert Livingston (1789-1859), Edward Livingston (1796-1840), Henry Bell Van Rensselaer and Nicholas Cornelius Blauvelt; third cousin once removed of Henry Walter Livingston, Peter Gansevoort, John Jacob Astor III, John Dewitt Blauvelt, Kiliaen Van Rensselaer and Cortlandt Schuyler Van Rensselaer; third cousin twice removed of Nicholas Bayard, Peter Robert Livingston (1737-1794), Walter Livingston, Philip Peter Livingston, Philip Van Cortlandt, Henry Brockholst Livingston, Matthew Clarkson (1758-1825), Pierre Van Cortlandt Jr., James Parker, William Waldorf Astor, Robert Ray Hamilton, Peter Goelet Gerry, Ogden Livingston Mills and Robert Reginald Livingston; third cousin thrice removed of William Astor Chanler, Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler and John Eliot Thayer Jr.; fourth cousin once removed of Peter Augustus Jay, William Alexander Duer, John Duer, William Jay, Charles Ludlow Livingston, Hamilton Fish, George Washington Schuyler, John Cortlandt Parker and Philip N. Schuyler.
  Political families: Livingston-Schuyler family of New York; Roosevelt family of New York (subsets of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: New York Public Library
  Henry Fitzhugh (1801-1866) — of Oswego, Oswego County, N.Y. Born in Washington County, Md., August 7, 1801. Member of New York state assembly from Oswego County 1st District, 1849; New York State Canal Commissioner, 1852-57; mayor of Oswego, N.Y., 1859-61; postmaster at Oswego, N.Y., 1861-65. Died August 11, 1866 (age 65 years, 4 days). Interment at Williamsburgh Cemetery, Groveland, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of William Fitzhugh, Jr. (1761-1839) and Ann (Hughes) Fitzhugh (1771-1829); brother of Elizabeth Potts Fitzhugh (who married James Gillespie Birney) and Ann Carroll Fitzhugh (1805-1879; who married Gerrit Smith); married, December 11, 1827, to Elizabeth Barbara Carroll (1806-1866; brother of Charles Holker Carroll (1794-1865)).
  Political families: Lee-Randolph family; Birney family of Danville, Kentucky (subsets of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Wikipedia article
  Humphrey Marshall (1812-1872) — of Kentucky. Born in Frankfort, Franklin County, Ky., January 13, 1812. Lawyer; colonel in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; U.S. Representative from Kentucky 7th District, 1849-52, 1855-59; resigned 1852; U.S. Diplomatic Commissioner to China, 1852-54; general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; Representative from Kentucky in the Confederate Congress, 1864-65. Slaveowner. Died in Louisville, Jefferson County, Ky., March 28, 1872 (age 60 years, 75 days). Interment at Frankfort Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.
  Relatives: Father-in-law of John J. McAfee (1836-1896); nephew of James Gillespie Birney; grandson of Humphrey Marshall; grandnephew by marriage of John Marshall.
  Political family: Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell family of Virginia (subset of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — U.S. State Dept career summary
  James M. Birney (1817-1888) — also known as James Birney — of Bay City, Bay County, Mich. Born in Danville, Boyle County, Ky., June 17, 1817. Republican. Circuit judge in Michigan 10th Circuit, 1860-63; Lieutenant Governor of Michigan, 1861; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1872; U.S. Minister to Netherlands, 1876-82. Died in Bay City, Bay County, Mich., May 8, 1888 (age 70 years, 326 days). Interment at Pine Ridge Cemetery, Bay City, Mich.
  Relatives: Son of Agatha (McDowell) Birney and James Gillespie Birney; uncle of Arthur Alexis Birney (1852-1916).
  Political family: Birney family of Danville, Kentucky (subset of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also U.S. State Dept career summary — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Arthur Alexis Birney (1852-1916) — also known as Arthur A. Birney — of Washington, D.C. Born in Paris, France, May 28, 1852. Republican. Lawyer; law professor; U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, 1893-97. Episcopalian. Died September 4, 1916 (age 64 years, 99 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of William Birney (1819-1907; Civil War general) and Catherine (Hoffman) Birney; brother of William Verplanck Birney (1858-1909; painter); married, November 3, 1875, to Helen Conway; nephew of James M. Birney; grandson of James Gillespie Birney (1792-1857).
  Political families: Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell family of Virginia; Birney family of Danville, Kentucky (subsets of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).
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