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Morgan family of Aurora, New York

Note: This is just one of 1,325 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.

  Henry Seymour (1780-1837) — of Onondaga County, N.Y. Born in Litchfield, Litchfield County, Conn., May 30, 1780. Member of New York state senate Western District, 1815-19, 1821-22; member of New York state assembly from Onondaga County, 1819-20. Financially ruined in the Panic of 1837, he died from a self-inflicted gunshot, in Utica, Oneida County, N.Y., August 26, 1837 (age 57 years, 88 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Moses Seymour and Molly (Marsh) Seymour; brother of Horatio Seymour (1778-1857); married, January 1, 1807, to Mary Ledyard Forman (first cousin once removed of Edwin Barber Morgan and Christopher Morgan); father of Horatio Seymour (1810-1886) and Julia Catherine Seymour (who married Roscoe Conkling); uncle of Origen Storrs Seymour and George Seymour; grandfather of Horatio Seymour Jr. and Helen Lincklaen (who married Charles Stebbins Fairchild); granduncle of Edward Woodruff Seymour, Joseph Battell and Morris Woodruff Seymour; first cousin once removed of McNeil Seymour and Henry William Seymour; first cousin twice removed of Norman Alexander Seymour; second cousin once removed of Thomas Seymour and Hezekiah Cook Seymour; second cousin twice removed of William Pitkin, Silas Seymour, William Chapman Williston and Augustus Sherrill Seymour; second cousin thrice removed of Orlo Erland Wadhams; second cousin four times removed of Frank Fiske Bostwick and Dalton G. Seymour; third cousin once removed of Josiah Cowles, Daniel Pitkin, David Lowrey Seymour and Thomas Henry Seymour; third cousin twice removed of Caleb Seymour Pitkin; fourth cousin of Timothy Pitkin, Orsamus Cook Merrill, Timothy Merrill and Ela Collins; fourth cousin once removed of Farrand Fassett Merrill, William Collins, Alanson Pike, John Robert Graham Pitkin and William Sheffield Cowles.
  Political families: Seymour family of New York and Connecticut; Morgan family of Aurora, New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Noyes Barber (1781-1844) — of Groton, New London County, Conn. Born in Groton, New London County, Conn., April 28, 1781. Democrat. Major in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of Connecticut state house of representatives, 1818; U.S. Representative from Connecticut at-large, 1821-35; defeated, 1834. Died in Groton, New London County, Conn., January 3, 1844 (age 62 years, 250 days). Interment at Starr Cemetery, Groton, Conn.
  Relatives: Son of John Barber and Elizabeth (Denison) Barber; uncle of Edwin Barber Morgan and Christopher Morgan; second cousin once removed of Waightstill Avery; second cousin twice removed of Judson B. Phelps; second cousin thrice removed of Spencer Gale Frink; second cousin four times removed of Burdette Burt Bliss; third cousin once removed of Lorenzo Burrows and William Waigstill Avery; fourth cousin once removed of Joshua Coit, Nathan Belcher and Joshua Perkins.
  Political family: Morgan family of Aurora, New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article
  Edwin Barber Morgan (1806-1881) — also known as Edwin B. Morgan — of Aurora, Cayuga County, N.Y. Born in Aurora, Cayuga County, N.Y., 1806. Republican. U.S. Representative from New York 25th District, 1853-59; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1856. Died in Aurora, Cayuga County, N.Y., October 13, 1881 (age about 75 years). Interment at Oak Glen Cemetery, Aurora, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Christopher Morgan (1777-1834) and Nancy (Barber) Morgan; brother of Christopher Morgan (1808-1877); married to Margaret Bogart; nephew of Noyes Barber; grandfather of Edwin Vernon Morgan; first cousin once removed of Mary Ledyard Forman (who married Henry Seymour); second cousin of Horatio Seymour and Edwin Denison Morgan; second cousin once removed of Morgan Gardner Bulkeley, William Henry Bulkeley, William Frederick Morgan Rowland and Horatio Seymour Jr.; second cousin twice removed of Waightstill Avery; third cousin of Alfred Avery Burnham; third cousin once removed of Judson B. Phelps; third cousin twice removed of Spencer Gale Frink; third cousin thrice removed of Burdette Burt Bliss; fourth cousin of Lorenzo Burrows and William Waigstill Avery; fourth cousin once removed of Daniel Packer and Asa Packer.
  Political families: Seymour family of New York and Connecticut; Morgan family of Aurora, New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Christopher Morgan (1808-1877) — of Auburn, Cayuga County, N.Y. Born in Aurora, Cayuga County, N.Y., June 4, 1808. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from New York 24th District, 1839-43; defeated, 1842; secretary of state of New York, 1847-51; mayor of Auburn, N.Y., 1860. Died in Auburn, Cayuga County, N.Y., April 3, 1877 (age 68 years, 303 days). Interment at Fort Hill Cemetery, Auburn, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Christopher Morgan (1777-1834) and Nancy (Barber) Morgan; brother of Edwin Barber Morgan; married 1832 to Mary Elizabeth Pittney; nephew of Noyes Barber; first cousin once removed of Mary Ledyard Forman (who married Henry Seymour); second cousin of Horatio Seymour and Edwin Denison Morgan; second cousin once removed of Morgan Gardner Bulkeley, William Henry Bulkeley, William Frederick Morgan Rowland and Horatio Seymour Jr.; second cousin twice removed of Waightstill Avery; third cousin of Alfred Avery Burnham; third cousin once removed of Judson B. Phelps; third cousin twice removed of Spencer Gale Frink; third cousin thrice removed of Burdette Burt Bliss; fourth cousin of Lorenzo Burrows and William Waigstill Avery; fourth cousin once removed of Daniel Packer and Asa Packer.
  Political families: Seymour family of New York and Connecticut; Morgan family of Aurora, New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
Edwin D. Morgan Edwin Denison Morgan (1811-1883) — also known as Edwin D. Morgan — of Hartford, Hartford County, Conn.; New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Washington, Berkshire County, Mass., February 8, 1811. Merchant; member of New York state senate 6th District, 1850-53; New York Republican state chair, 1856-58, 1874-75; Chairman of Republican National Committee, 1856-64, 1872-76; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1856, 1860, 1864, 1876; Governor of New York, 1859-62; defeated (Republican), 1876; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Senator from New York, 1863-69; member of Republican National Committee from New York, 1872-; Republican Presidential Elector for New York, 1880 (voted for James A. Garfield and Chester A. Arthur). Died of Bright's disease, in New York, New York County, N.Y., February 14, 1883 (age 72 years, 6 days). Entombed at Cedar Hill Cemetery, Hartford, Conn.
  Relatives: Son of Catherine (Copp) Morgan and Jasper Morgan; married, August 19, 1833, to Eliza Waterman; uncle of William Frederick Morgan Rowland; first cousin of Lydia Smith Morgan (who married Eliphalet Adams Bulkeley); first cousin once removed of Morgan Gardner Bulkeley and William Henry Bulkeley; second cousin of Edwin Barber Morgan and Christopher Morgan; second cousin twice removed of Waightstill Avery; third cousin of Alfred Avery Burnham; third cousin twice removed of George Champlin; third cousin thrice removed of Mason Turner; fourth cousin of Lorenzo Burrows and William Waigstill Avery; fourth cousin once removed of David Hough, Christopher Grant Champlin, Jeremiah Mason, Daniel Packer, Asa Packer and Samuel S. Knabenshue.
  Political families: Bulkeley-Morgan-Brainard family of Hartford, Connecticut; Morgan family of Aurora, New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: New York Red Book 1896
  Edwin Vernon Morgan (1865-1934) — also known as Edwin V. Morgan — of Aurora, Cayuga County, N.Y. Born in Aurora, Cayuga County, N.Y., February 22, 1865. College professor; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul General in Seoul, 1900-01; U.S. Consul in Dalny, 1904-05; U.S. Minister to Korea, 1905; Cuba, 1905-10; Paraguay, 1909-11; Uruguay, 1909-11; Portugal, 1911-12; U.S. Ambassador to Brazil, 1912-33. Died in Petrópolis, Brazil, April 16, 1934 (age 69 years, 53 days). Interment at Cemitério Municipal de Petrópolis, Petrópolis, Brazil.
  Relatives: Son of Henry A. Morgan and Margaret (Bogart) Morgan; grandson of Edwin Barber Morgan.
  Political family: Morgan family of Aurora, New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also U.S. State Dept career summary — Find-A-Grave memorial

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