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Shearman-Stanton-Browning family of Rhode Island

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  Sylvester Gardiner Shearman (1802-1868) — also known as Sylvester G. Shearman — of North Kingstown, Washington County, R.I. Born in North Kingstown, Washington County, R.I., October 26, 1802. Member of Rhode Island state house of representatives, 1843-55; Speaker of the Rhode Island State House of Representatives, 1848-49, 1854-55; justice of Rhode Island state supreme court, 1855-68; died in office 1868. Died in Providence, Providence County, R.I., January 3, 1868 (age 65 years, 69 days). Interment at Elm Grove Cemetery, Allenton, North Kingstown, R.I.
  Relatives: Son of Nathaniel John Shearman (1778-1856) and Nancy (Gardiner) Shearman (1787-1829); married to Priscilla Cook Arnold (1811-1835) and Mary E. Upham (1806-1890); first cousin thrice removed of James Randall Durfee; third cousin twice removed of Abial T. Browning (1865-1918).
  Political families: Livingston-Schuyler family of New York; Shearman-Stanton-Browning family of Rhode Island (subsets of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Henry Brewster Stanton (1805-1887) — also known as Henry B. Stanton — of Seneca Falls, Seneca County, N.Y. Born in Griswold, New London County, Conn., June 27, 1805. Journalist; orator; lawyer; member of New York state senate 25th District, 1850-51, 1851; resigned 1851. Died, of pneumonia, in New York, New York County, N.Y., January 14, 1887 (age 81 years, 201 days). Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Susan M. (Brewster) Stanton (1781-1853) and Joseph Stanton (1782-1828); married, May 1, 1840, to Elizabeth Smith Cady; fifth great-grandnephew of Robert Treat; first cousin once removed of Nathan Belcher; second cousin once removed of Erskine Mason Phelps; second cousin four times removed of Waightstill Avery (1741-1821); third cousin of Enoch C. Chapman; third cousin once removed of Jeremiah Mason, Edward Wheeler Pendleton and Giles Russell Taggart; third cousin twice removed of John Adams, George Champlin and John Baldwin; fourth cousin of Albert Gallup; fourth cousin once removed of David Hough, John Taintor, Roger Taintor, John Quincy Adams, Christopher Grant Champlin, Solomon Taintor, Daniel Cady, Daniel Packer, Jabez Williams Huntington, Lorenzo Burrows, Asa Packer, Albert Smith Gallup and Abial T. Browning.
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Fairbanks-Adams family of Massachusetts; Lenoir family of North Carolina; Beakes-Greene-Witter family; Livingston-Schuyler family of New York (subsets of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Abial T. Browning (1865-1918) — of Lebanon, New London County, Conn.; Franklin, New London County, Conn. Born in South Kingstown, Washington County, R.I., October 3, 1865. Democrat. Dairy farmer; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Franklin, 1907-08; defeated, 1904, 1910. Died May 17, 1918 (age 52 years, 226 days). Interment at Windham Center Cemetery, Windham, Conn.
  Relatives: Son of Abial Tripp Browning (1831-1893) and Mary Elizabeth (Holberton) Browning (1833-1870); married 1889 to Lillian M. Larkin (1865-1927); third cousin twice removed of Sylvester Gardiner Shearman; fourth cousin once removed of Henry Brewster Stanton (1805-1887).
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Baldwin-Greene-Upson-Hoar family of Connecticut; Livingston-Schuyler family of New York; Shearman-Stanton-Browning family of Rhode Island (subsets of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  James Randall Durfee (1897-1977) — of Washington, D.C. Born in Oshkosh, Winnebago County, Wis., November 3, 1897. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Judge of U.S. Court of Claims, 1960-. Member, American Legion. Died, from a heart attack, in Washington, D.C., October 29, 1977 (age 79 years, 360 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Thomas Henry Durfee (1863-1942) and Marie Elisa (Rossiter) Durfee (1865-1930); married to Mona Margaret Burns (1902-1980); first cousin thrice removed of Sylvester Gardiner Shearman; second cousin five times removed of Ezekiel Cornell (1733-1800).
  Political families: Sherman family of Connecticut; Durfee-Wanton family of Newport, Rhode Island; Cornell family of New York; King-Hazard family; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Hatfield-Cornell-Woolsey family of New York (subsets of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).
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