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Miller-Peckham-Walworth-Hardin 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.

  Elisha Bacon — U.S. Consul in Nassau, 1830. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Granduncle of James Graham Jenkins.
  Political family: Miller-Peckham-Walworth-Hardin family of New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Reuben Hyde Walworth (1788-1867) — also known as Reuben H. Walworth — of Plattsburgh, Clinton County, N.Y.; Saratoga Springs, Saratoga County, N.Y. Born in Bozrah, New London County, Conn., October 26, 1788. Democrat. Lawyer; colonel in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; U.S. Representative from New York 12th District, 1821-23; Chancellor of New York, 1828-47; candidate for Governor of New York, 1848. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons; American Antiquarian Society. Died in Saratoga Springs, Saratoga County, N.Y., November 27, 1867 (age 79 years, 32 days). Interment at Greenridge Cemetery, Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Benjamin Walworth and Apphia (Hyde) Walworth; married, January 16, 1812, to Maria Ketchum Averill; married 1851 to Sarah Ellen (Smith) Hardin (widow of John Jay Hardin); father of Mansfield Tracy Walworth; grandfather of James Graham Jenkins.
  Political families: Hardin family of Frankfort, Kentucky; Miller-Peckham-Walworth-Hardin family of New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Walworth County, Wis. is named for him.
  The town of Walworth, New York is named for him.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Andrew Galbraith Miller (1801-1874) — also known as Andrew G. Miller — of Gettysburg, Adams County, Pa. Born in Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pa., September 18, 1801. Lawyer; justice of Wisconsin territorial supreme court, 1838-48; U.S. District Judge for Wisconsin, 1848-70; U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, 1870-73; retired 1873. Died in Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wis., September 30, 1874 (age 73 years, 12 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married 1827 to Caroline E. Kurtz; father of Benjamin K. Miller (nephew by marriage of Rufus Wheeler Peckham; first cousin by marriage of Rufus Wheeler Peckham Jr.) and Alice Mary Miller (who married James Graham Jenkins).
  Political family: Miller-Peckham-Walworth-Hardin family of New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also federal judicial profile — Wikipedia article — Biographical Directory of Federal Judges
  Rufus Wheeler Peckham (1809-1873) — also known as Rufus W. Peckham — of Albany, Albany County, N.Y. Born in Rensselaerville, Albany County, N.Y., December 20, 1809. Democrat. Lawyer; law partner of Lyman Tremain; U.S. Representative from New York 14th District, 1853-55; Justice of New York Supreme Court, 1861-69; judge of New York Court of Appeals, 1870-73; died in office 1873. Member, Kappa Alpha Society. En route to Europe on the steamer Ville du Havre, he was among 226 passengers and crew who perished when the steamer collided with the Scottish sailing vessel Loch Earn, and sank, in the North Atlantic Ocean, November 22, 1873 (age 63 years, 337 days). His remains were never found. Cenotaph at Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Peleg Peckham and Desire (Watson) Peckham; married to Isabella Adaline Lacey and Mary Elizabeth Foote; father of Rufus Wheeler Peckham Jr.; uncle of Isabella Peckham (daughter-in-law of Andrew Galbraith Miller); first cousin once removed of Nathaniel Hazard; first cousin thrice removed of Stephen E. Peckham; third cousin once removed of Benjamin Hazard; third cousin twice removed of Ezekiel Cornell and Ebenezer Hazard; fourth cousin of Augustus George Hazard; fourth cousin once removed of Erskine Hazard.
  Political families: Cornell family of New York; King-Hazard family of Connecticut and New York; Miller-Peckham-Walworth-Hardin family of New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article
  John Jay Hardin (1810-1847) — also known as John J. Hardin — of Jacksonville, Morgan County, Ill.; Illinois. Born in Frankfort, Franklin County, Ky., January 6, 1810. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the Black Hawk War; member of Illinois state house of representatives, 1836-42; U.S. Representative from Illinois 7th District, 1843-45; served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War. Killed in battle, at Buena Vista, Coahuila, February 23, 1847 (age 37 years, 48 days). Interment at Jacksonville East Cemetery, Jacksonville, Ill.
  Relatives: Son of Martin Davis Hardin; married to Sarah Ellen Smith (who later married Reuben Hyde Walworth).
  Political family: Hardin family of Frankfort, Kentucky (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  James Graham Jenkins (1834-1921) — also known as James G. Jenkins — of Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wis. Born in Saratoga Springs, Saratoga County, N.Y., July 18, 1834. Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for Governor of Wisconsin, 1879; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Wisconsin, 1880; U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, 1888-93; Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, 1893-1905; retired 1905. Died in Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wis., August 6, 1921 (age 87 years, 19 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Edgar Jenkins and Mary Elizabeth (Walworth) Jenkins; married, February 6, 1870, to Alice Mary Miller (daughter of Andrew Galbraith Miller); grandson of Reuben Hyde Walworth; grandnephew of Elisha Bacon.
  Political families: Hardin family of Frankfort, Kentucky; Miller-Peckham-Walworth-Hardin family of New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Rufus Wheeler Peckham Jr. (1838-1909) — also known as Rufus W. Peckham — of Albany, Albany County, N.Y.; Washington, D.C. Born in Albany, Albany County, N.Y., November 8, 1838. Democrat. Lawyer; Albany County District Attorney, 1869-72; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1876 (member, Credentials Committee), 1880 (member, Resolutions Committee); Justice of New York Supreme Court, 1883-86; judge of New York Court of Appeals, 1886-95; Associate Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1895-1909; died in office 1909. Episcopalian. Died in Altamont, Albany County, N.Y., October 24, 1909 (age 70 years, 350 days). Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Rufus Wheeler Peckham and Isabella (Lacey) Peckham; married, November 14, 1866, to Harriette Arnold; first cousin of Isabella Peckham (daughter-in-law of Andrew Galbraith Miller); first cousin twice removed of Nathaniel Hazard; second cousin twice removed of Stephen E. Peckham; third cousin twice removed of Benjamin Hazard; third cousin thrice removed of Ezekiel Cornell and Ebenezer Hazard; fourth cousin once removed of Augustus George Hazard.
  Political families: Durfee-Wanton family of Newport, Rhode Island; Cornell family of New York; King-Hazard family of Connecticut and New York; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Hatfield-Cornell-Woolsey family of New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also federal judicial profile — Wikipedia article — Ballotpedia article — NNDB dossier
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