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Pelton-Hayward family of New York

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.

  Edwin A. Pelton (b. 1814) — of Cold Spring, Putnam County, N.Y. Born in Portland, Middlesex County, Conn., December 23, 1814. Manufacturer; merchant; member of New York state assembly from Putnam County, 1859-60. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Samuel Pelton and Sarah (Bailey) Pelton; married, November 5, 1840, to Almira Clark; father of Jennie A. Pelton (who married Monroe Leland Hayward); grandfather of William Hayward; third cousin of Guy Ray Pelton and Frederic William Pelton; third cousin once removed of George Pelton Lawrence.
  Political family: Pelton-Hayward family of New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Guy Ray Pelton (1824-1890) — also known as Guy R. Pelton — of New York. Born in Great Barrington, Berkshire County, Mass., August 3, 1824. Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from New York 3rd District, 1855-57; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York. Member, Union League; Freemasons. Died in Wyoming, July 24, 1890 (age 65 years, 355 days). Interment at Mahaiwe Cemetery, Great Barrington, Mass.
  Relatives: Son of Harriet (Ray) Pelton and Joseph Kneeland Pelton; married, February 20, 1859, to Mary Childs Franklin; married, January 21, 1879, to Angie Scoville; uncle of George Pelton Lawrence; third cousin of Edwin A. Pelton and Frederic William Pelton; third cousin twice removed of William Hayward.
  Political family: Pelton-Hayward family of New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Frederic William Pelton (1827-1902) — also known as Frederic Pelton — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in Chester, Middlesex County, Conn., March 24, 1827. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, 1871-72; Cuyahoga County Treasurer, 1878. Died in 1902 (age about 75 years). Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
  Relatives: Son of Pamelia (Abbey) Pelton and Russell Pelton; married, August 25, 1848, to Susan Anna Denison; third cousin of Edwin A. Pelton and Guy Ray Pelton; third cousin once removed of George Pelton Lawrence; third cousin twice removed of William Hayward.
  Political family: Pelton-Hayward family of New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Monroe Leland Hayward (1840-1899) — also known as Monroe L. Hayward — of Nebraska City, Otoe County, Neb. Born in Willsboro, Essex County, N.Y., December 22, 1840. Republican. Delegate to Nebraska state constitutional convention, 1875; U.S. Senator from Nebraska, 1899; died in office 1899. Died in Nebraska City, Otoe County, Neb., December 5, 1899 (age 58 years, 348 days). Interment at Wyuka Cemetery, Nebraska City, Neb.
  Relatives: Son of William J. Hayward; married, June 14, 1870, to Jennie A. Pelton (daughter of Edwin A. Pelton); father of William Hayward; grandfather of Leland Hayward (who married Pamela Harriman).
  Political family: Pelton-Hayward family of New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
George P. Lawrence George Pelton Lawrence (1859-1917) — also known as George P. Lawrence — of North Adams, Berkshire County, Mass. Born in Adams, Berkshire County, Mass., May 19, 1859. Republican. Lawyer; district judge in Massachusetts, 1885-94; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1895-97; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 1st District, 1897-1913. Under stress as head of a World War I draft exemption board, he jumped from an eighth-floor window and fell to his death, at the Belmont Hotel, Atlantic City, Atlantic County, N.J., November 21, 1917 (age 58 years, 186 days). Interment at Hillside Cemetery, North Adams, Mass.
  Relatives: Son of Dr. George C. Lawrence and Jane E. (Pelton) Lawrence; married, June 12, 1889, to Susannah (Hope) Bracewell; nephew of Guy Ray Pelton; third cousin once removed of Edwin A. Pelton and Frederic William Pelton; fourth cousin once removed of William Hayward.
  Political family: Pelton-Hayward family of New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — NNDB dossier
  Image source: Autobiographies and Portraits of the President, Cabinet, etc. (1899)
  William Hayward (1877-1944) — of Nebraska City, Otoe County, Neb.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Nebraska City, Otoe County, Neb., April 29, 1877. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; lawyer; Otoe County Judge, 1901-02; Nebraska Republican state chair, 1907-09; Secretary of Republican National Committee, 1908-12; U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1921-25; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1924. Member, United Spanish War Veterans; Sons of the Revolution; American Legion; Union League. Died in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., October 13, 1944 (age 67 years, 167 days). Interment at Cedar Grove Cemetery, New London, Conn.
  Relatives: Son of Monroe Leland Hayward and Jennie (Pelton) Hayward; married, June 21, 1919, to Mae C. Plant; grandson of Edwin A. Pelton; third cousin twice removed of Guy Ray Pelton and Frederic William Pelton; fourth cousin once removed of George Pelton Lawrence.
  Political family: Pelton-Hayward family of New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Pamela Harriman (1920-1997) — also known as Pamela Beryl Digby; Pamela Churchill; Pamela Hayward — Born in Farnborough, Hampshire, England, March 20, 1920. Naturalized U.S. citizen; U.S. Ambassador to France, 1993-97, died in office 1997. Female. Catholic. Suffered a stroke while swimming in the pool at the Paris Ritz Hotel, and died at the American Hospital, near Paris, France, February 5, 1997 (age 76 years, 322 days). Interment at Arden Farm Graveyard, Arden, N.Y.
  Relatives: Daughter of Edward Kenelm Digby and Constance Pamela Alice (Bruce) Digby; married, September 27, 1971, to William Averell Harriman; married, October 4, 1939, to Randolph Churchill (son of Winston Churchill); married, May 4, 1960, to Leland Hayward (grandson of Monroe Leland Hayward).
  Political families: Whitney-Nye-Lincoln-Hay family of Massachusetts; Harriman family of Arden, New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile
  Books about Pamela Harriman: Sally Bedell Smith, Reflected Glory : The Life of Pamela Churchill Harriman
  Critical books about Pamela Harriman: Christopher Ogden, Life of the Party : The Biography of Pamela Digby Churchill — Darwin Porter & Danforth Prince, The Kennedys: All the Gossip Unfit for Print
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