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Birdsall family of Greene and New York City, 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.

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  Alvah Hunt (1798-1858) — of Greene, Chenango County, N.Y. Born in Seekonk, Bristol County, Mass., 1798. Member of New York state senate 6th District, 1839-42; New York state treasurer, 1848-51. Died in New York, New York County, N.Y., October 23, 1858 (age about 60 years). Interment at Canal Street Cemetery, Greene, N.Y.
  Relatives: Married to Anna Birdsall (sister of John Charles Birdsall; aunt of Benjamin Pixley Birdsall).
  Political family: Birdsall family of Greene and New York City, New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  John Charles Birdsall (1802-1839) — also known as John Birdsall — of Chautauqua County, N.Y. Born in Greene, Chenango County, N.Y., 1802. Lawyer; circuit judge in New York, 1826-29; member of New York state assembly from Chautauqua County, 1831; member of New York state senate 8th District, 1832-34; resigned 1834; Attorney General of the Texas Republic, 1837-38. Died in Houston, Harris County, Tex., July 22, 1839 (age about 37 years). Interment at Glendale Cemetery, Houston, Tex.
  Relatives: Son of Maurice Birdsall and Ann (Pixley) Birdsall; brother of Anna Birdsall (who married Alvah Hunt); married to Ann Whiteside and Sarah Peacock; uncle of Benjamin Pixley Birdsall; fifth great-grandnephew of Thomas Welles; second cousin of Ausburn Birdsall; third cousin twice removed of Josiah Cowles and Simeon Baldwin; fourth cousin once removed of James Doolittle Wooster, Daniel Upson and Roger Sherman Baldwin.
  Political family: Birdsall family of Greene and New York City, New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Wikipedia article
  Ausburn Birdsall (1814-1903) — of Binghamton, Broome County, N.Y.; New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Otego, Otsego County, N.Y., November 13, 1814. Democrat. Lawyer; Broome County District Attorney; U.S. Representative from New York 22nd District, 1847-49. Died in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., July 10, 1903 (age 88 years, 239 days). Original interment at Spring Forest Cemetery, Binghamton, N.Y.; reinterment in 1910 at Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Michael Calkins Birdsall and Wealthy (Webster) Birdsall; fifth great-grandnephew of Thomas Welles; second cousin of John Charles Birdsall; second cousin once removed of Benjamin Pixley Birdsall; third cousin twice removed of Josiah Cowles and Simeon Baldwin; fourth cousin once removed of James Doolittle Wooster, Daniel Upson and Roger Sherman Baldwin.
  Political family: Birdsall family of Greene and New York City, New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
Benjamin P. Birdsall Benjamin Pixley Birdsall (1858-1916) — also known as Benjamin P. Birdsall — of Clarion, Wright County, Iowa. Born in Weyauwega, Waupaca County, Wis., October 26, 1858. Republican. Lawyer; district judge in Iowa 11th District, 1893-1900; U.S. Representative from Iowa 3rd District, 1903-09. Most sources give his date of death as May 26, 1917, but his New York Times obituary and the Iowa cemetery record (WPA transcription) contradict this. Died in Clarion, Wright County, Iowa, May 16, 1916 (age 57 years, 203 days). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery, Clarion, Iowa.
  Relatives: Son of Benjamin Birdsall and Anne (Hyde) Birdsall; married, December 24, 1877, to Bertha Schultz; married, June 9, 1888, to Isabella Bernice 'Belle' Johnston; nephew of John Charles Birdsall and Anna Birdsall (who married Alvah Hunt); sixth great-grandnephew of Thomas Welles; second cousin once removed of Ausburn Birdsall; third cousin thrice removed of Josiah Cowles and Simeon Baldwin.
  Political family: Birdsall family of Greene and New York City, New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: American Monthly Review of Reviews, December 1902

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