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Clinton #1 family of New York

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  Charles De Witt (1727-1787) — of Ulster County, N.Y. Born in Kingston, Ulster County, N.Y., August 15, 1727. Newspaper editor; member of New York state assembly from Ulster County, 1781-85, 1787; died in office 1787; Delegate to Continental Congress from New York, 1784. Died in Kingston, Ulster County, N.Y., August 27, 1787 (age 60 years, 12 days). Interment at Dutch Reformed Cemetery, Hurley, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Maria 'Mary' (Brodhead) DeWitt and Johannes DeWitt; married, December 20, 1754, to Blandina DuBois; father of Margaret DeWitt (who married Johannes Bruyn); grandfather of Charles D. Bruyn and Charles Gerrit De Witt; great-grandfather of David Miller De Witt; first cousin once removed of Charles Clinton, De Witt Clinton, George Clinton Jr. and Jacob Hasbrouck DeWitt; first cousin twice removed of George William Clinton; first cousin six times removed of Abraham Owen Smoot III and Isaac Albert Smoot.
  Political families: DeWitt-Bruyn-Clinton-Hasbrouck family of New York; Clinton #1 family of New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  James Clinton (1736-1812) — of Ulster County, N.Y.; Orange County, N.Y. Born in Little Britain, Orange County, N.Y., August 9, 1736. General in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of New York state assembly, 1787-88, 1800-01 (Ulster County 1787-88, Orange County 1800-01); delegate to New York convention to ratify U.S. constitution from Ulster County, 1788; member of New York state senate Middle District, 1788-92; delegate to New York state constitutional convention, 1801. Died in Little Britain, Orange County, N.Y., December 22, 1812 (age 76 years, 135 days). Original interment at Clinton Cemetery, Little Britain, N.Y.; reinterment in 1879 at Woodlawn Cemetery, New Windsor, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Charles Clinton (1690-1773) and Elizabeth (Denniston) Clinton; brother of George Clinton; married to Mary DeWitt; father of Charles Clinton (1767-1829), De Witt Clinton, George Clinton Jr., Mary Clinton (who married Ambrose Spencer (1765-1848)), Katherine Clinton (who married Ambrose Spencer (1765-1848)) and James Graham Clinton; grandfather of George William Clinton.
  Political family: Clinton #1 family of New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Wikipedia article
George Clinton George Clinton (1739-1812) — of Ulster County, N.Y.; New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Little Britain, Orange County, N.Y., July 26, 1739. Delegate to Continental Congress from New York, 1775-76; Governor of New York, 1777-95, 1801-04; delegate to New York convention to ratify U.S. constitution from Ulster County, 1788; member of New York state assembly from New York County, 1800-01; Vice President of the United States, 1805-12; died in office 1812. Christian Reformed. Scotch-Irish ancestry. Member, Freemasons. Died in Washington, D.C., April 20, 1812 (age 72 years, 269 days). Original interment at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment in 1908 at Old Dutch Churchyard, Kingston, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Charles Clinton (1690-1773) and Elizabeth (Denniston) Clinton; brother of James Clinton; married, February 7, 1770, to Cornelia Tappen; father of Catherine Clinton (who married Pierre Van Cortlandt Jr.) and Elizabeth Denniston Clinton (who married Matthias Burnett Tallmadge); uncle of Charles Clinton (1767-1829), De Witt Clinton, George Clinton Jr., Mary Clinton (who married Ambrose Spencer (1765-1848)), Katherine Clinton (who married Ambrose Spencer (1765-1848)) and James Graham Clinton; granduncle of George William Clinton.
  Political families: Livingston-Schuyler family of New York; Tallmadge-Floyd family of New York; Clinton #1 family of New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Clinton counties in N.Y. and Ohio are named for him.
  See also congressional biography — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Books about George Clinton: John P. Kaminski, George Clinton : Yeoman Politician of the New Republic
  Image source: New York Public Library
  Pierre Van Cortlandt Jr. (1762-1848) — of Westchester County, N.Y. Born in Croton, Westchester County, N.Y., August 29, 1762. Lawyer; banker; member of New York state assembly from Westchester County, 1791-92, 1793-95; U.S. Representative from New York 3rd District, 1811-13; served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; Whig Presidential Elector for New York, 1840. Slaveowner. Died in Peekskill, Westchester County, N.Y., July 13, 1848 (age 85 years, 319 days). Interment at Hillside Cemetery, Cortlandt town, Westchester County, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Pierre Van Cortlandt and Joanna (Livingston) Van Cortlandt; brother of Philip Van Cortlandt; married 1801 to Catherine Clinton (daughter of George Clinton); married to Anne Stevenson; nephew of Robert Gilbert Livingston and Henry Gilbert Livingston; grandson of Gilbert Livingston; grandnephew of John Livingston and Robert Livingston (1688-1775); great-grandson of Stephanus Van Cortlandt, Robert Livingston the Elder and Abraham de Peyster; great-grandnephew of Pieter Schuyler (1657-1724), Jacobus Van Cortlandt, Johannes de Peyster and Johannes Schuyler (1668-1747); first cousin once removed of Stephanus Bayard, Robert Livingston (1708-1790), Peter Van Brugh Livingston, Philip Livingston, Robert R. Livingston (1718-1775), William Livingston, Philip John Schuyler, Stephen John Schuyler and Hamilton Fish (1808-1893); first cousin twice removed of Robert Livingston the Younger, Johannes DePeyster, Johannes Schuyler (1697-1746), Gilbert Livingston Thompson, Nicholas Fish and Hamilton Fish Jr. (1849-1936); first cousin thrice removed of David Davidse Schuyler, Myndert Davidtse Schuyler, Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright and Hamilton Fish Jr. (1888-1991); first cousin four times removed of Guy Vernor Henry, Montgomery Schuyler Jr. and Hamilton Fish Jr. (1926-1996); first cousin five times removed of Hamilton Fish (born 1951) and Alexa Fish Ward; second cousin of Nicholas Bayard, Peter Robert Livingston (1737-1794), Walter Livingston, Philip Peter Livingston, Pieter Schuyler (1746-1792), Robert R. Livingston (1746-1813), Henry Brockholst Livingston, Edward Livingston (1764-1836), Philip Jeremiah Schuyler and James Parker; second cousin once removed of James Jay, Matthew Clarkson, Philip P. Schuyler, Henry Rutgers, John Jay, Frederick Jay, Stephen Van Rensselaer, Philip Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Henry Walter Livingston, Peter Augustus Jay (1776-1843), Rensselaer Westerlo, Edward Philip Livingston, William Alexander Duer, John Duer, Philip Schuyler, James Alexander Hamilton, William Jay, Charles Ludlow Livingston (1800-1873) and John Cortlandt Parker; second cousin twice removed of Peter Robert Livingston (1789-1859), Edward Livingston (1796-1840), William Duer, Henry Bell Van Rensselaer, Denning Duer, Henry Brockholst Ledyard, John Jay II, James Adams Ekin, John Jacob Astor III, Richard Wayne Parker and Charles Wolcott Parker; second cousin thrice removed of Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, William Waldorf Astor, Robert Ray Hamilton, John Sluyter Wirt, John Kean, Hamilton Fish Kean and Charles Ludlow Livingston (born 1870); second cousin four times removed of Herbert Livingston Satterlee, William Astor Chanler, Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler, Peter Augustus Jay (1877-1933), Peter Goelet Gerry, Helen Roosevelt Robinson, Ogden Livingston Mills, John Eliot Thayer Jr., Robert Reginald Livingston, Bronson Murray Cutting, Robert Winthrop Kean, Brockholst Livingston, Marietta Peabody Tree and Endicott Peabody; second cousin five times removed of Thomas Howard Kean; third cousin of Volkert Petrus Douw, Jeremiah Van Rensselaer, Robert Van Rensselaer, Hendrick Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, James Livingston, John Stevens III, Peter Samuel Schuyler, Killian Killian Van Rensselaer and Philip DePeyster; third cousin once removed of Leonard Gansevoort, Leonard Gansevoort Jr., Peter Robert Livingston (1766-1847), Jacob Rutsen Van Rensselaer, Maturin Livingston, George Washington Schuyler and Philip N. Schuyler; third cousin twice removed of Peter Gansevoort, Gerrit Smith, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Eugene Schuyler; third cousin thrice removed of Cortlandt Schuyler Van Rensselaer and Karl Cortlandt Schuyler.
  Political families: Livingston-Schuyler family of New York; Chapin-Fish family of New York City, New York; Clinton #1 family of New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Ambrose Spencer (1765-1848) — of Hudson, Columbia County, N.Y.; Albany, Albany County, N.Y. Born in Salisbury, Litchfield County, Conn., December 13, 1765. Democrat. Member of New York state assembly from Columbia County, 1793-94; member of New York state senate, 1795-1802 (Eastern District 1795-97, Middle District 1797-1802); member of New York council of appointment, 1797, 1801; New York state attorney general, 1802-04; appointed 1802; Justice of New York Supreme Court, 1804-23; delegate to New York state constitutional convention, 1821; mayor of Albany, N.Y., 1824-26; U.S. Representative from New York 10th District, 1829-31. Slaveowner. Died in Lyons, Wayne County, N.Y., March 13, 1848 (age 82 years, 91 days). Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Philip Spencer and Abigail (Moore) Spencer; married, February 18, 1784, to Laura Canfield; married 1808 to Mary (Clinton) Norton (daughter of James Clinton (1736-1812); half-sister of James Graham Clinton (1804-1849); sister of Charles Clinton (1767-1829), De Witt Clinton (1769-1828) and George Clinton Jr. (1771-1809); niece of George Clinton (1739-1812)); married 1810 to Katharine (Clinton) Norton (daughter of James Clinton (1736-1812); half-sister of James Graham Clinton (1804-1849); sister of Charles Clinton (1767-1829), De Witt Clinton (1769-1828) and George Clinton Jr. (1771-1809); niece of George Clinton (1739-1812)); father of John Canfield Spencer and Abby Spencer (who married John Townsend); grandfather of Julia Isabella Townsend (who married Allen Munroe).
  Political family: Clinton #1 family of New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Charles Clinton (1767-1829) — of Orange County, N.Y. Born in Little Britain, Orange County, N.Y., February 18, 1767. Member of New York state assembly from Orange County, 1801-02. Died in New York, New York County, N.Y., April 20, 1829 (age 62 years, 61 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of James Clinton and Mary (De Witt) Clinton; half-brother of James Graham Clinton; brother of De Witt Clinton, George Clinton Jr., Mary Clinton (who married Ambrose Spencer (1765-1848)) and Katherine Clinton (who married Ambrose Spencer (1765-1848)); nephew of George Clinton; uncle of George William Clinton; first cousin of Jacob Hasbrouck DeWitt; first cousin once removed of Charles De Witt; first cousin five times removed of Abraham Owen Smoot III and Isaac Albert Smoot; second cousin once removed of Charles D. Bruyn and Charles Gerrit De Witt; second cousin twice removed of David Miller De Witt.
  Political families: DeWitt-Bruyn-Clinton-Hasbrouck family of New York; Clinton #1 family of New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
De_Witt Clinton De Witt Clinton (1769-1828) — also known as "Father of the Erie Canal" — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Napanoch, Ulster County, N.Y., March 2, 1769. Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly from New York County, 1797-98; member of New York state senate Southern District, 1798-1802, 1805-11; delegate to New York state constitutional convention, 1801; member of New York council of appointment, 1801; U.S. Senator from New York, 1802-03; mayor of New York City, N.Y., 1803-07, 1808-10, 1811-15; Lieutenant Governor of New York, 1811-13; candidate for President of the United States, 1812; Governor of New York, 1817-23, 1825-28; died in office 1828. Member, Freemasons. Chief advocate for the Erie Canal, completed 1825. Slaveowner. Died, from heart failure, in Albany, Albany County, N.Y., February 11, 1828 (age 58 years, 346 days). Original interment at Clinton Cemetery, Little Britain, N.Y.; reinterment at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of James Clinton and Mary (De Witt) Clinton; half-brother of James Graham Clinton; brother of Charles Clinton, George Clinton Jr., Mary Clinton (who married Ambrose Spencer (1765-1848)) and Katherine Clinton (who married Ambrose Spencer (1765-1848)); married, February 13, 1796, to Maria Franklin; married, May 8, 1819, to Catherine Livingston Jones; father of George William Clinton; nephew of George Clinton; first cousin of Jacob Hasbrouck DeWitt; first cousin once removed of Charles De Witt; first cousin five times removed of Abraham Owen Smoot III and Isaac Albert Smoot; second cousin once removed of Charles D. Bruyn and Charles Gerrit De Witt; second cousin twice removed of David Miller De Witt.
  Political families: DeWitt-Bruyn-Clinton-Hasbrouck family of New York; Clinton #1 family of New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Cross-reference: Peter Gansevoort
  Clinton counties in Ill., Ind., Iowa, Ky., Mich., Mo. and Pa., and DeWitt County, Ill., are named for him.
  The township and city of DeWitt, Michigan, are named for him.  — The city of De Witt, Iowa, is named for him.  — The village of DeWitt, Illinois, is named for him.  — The city of De Witt, Missouri, is named for him.
  Other politicians named for him: De Witt C. StevensDe Witt C. WilloughbyDeWitt C. WalkerDeWitt C. HunterDe Witt C. LittlejohnDe Witt C. GageDeWitt C. ClarkDewitt C. ShankleDe Witt C. LeachDe Witt C. StanfordDewitt C. WestJ. D. C. AtkinsDeWitt C. WilsonDe Witt C. MorrisD. C. GiddingsDeWitt C. HoughDeWitt C. JonesDe Witt C. TowerD. C. CoolmanDeWitt Clinton CregierDeWitt C. HoytDeWitt Clinton SenterDe Witt C. RuggDeWitt C. AllenDeWitt C. PeckDeWitt C. RichmanDewitt C. AldenDeWitt C. CramDe Witt C. BoltonDeWitt C. HuntingtonDeWitt C. JonesDeWitt C. PondDe Witt C. CarrDeWitt C. PierceDewitt C. DunhamDeWitt C. MiddletonDe Witt C. BadgerDeWitt C. DominickDeWitt C. BeckerDewitt C. DowDe Witt C. TitusDe Witt C. WinchellDewitt C. TurnerDewitt C. RuscoeDeWitt C. BrownDeWitt C. FrenchDe Witt C. FlanaganDeWitt C. ColeDeWitt C. TalmageDeWitt C. CunninghamDewitt Clinton ChaseDe Witt C. Poole, Jr.Dewitt C. Chastain
  Coins and currency: His portrait appeared on the U.S. $1,000 note in 1898-1905.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail
  Books about De Witt Clinton: Evan Cornog, The Birth of Empire : DeWitt Clinton and the American Experience, 1769-1828
  Image source: New York Public Library
  George Clinton Jr. (1771-1809) — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., June 6, 1771. Democrat. Delegate to New York state constitutional convention, 1801; member of New York state assembly from New York County, 1803-05; U.S. Representative from New York, 1805-09 (3rd District 1805, 2nd District 1805-09). Slaveowner. Died in New York, New York County, N.Y., September 16, 1809 (age 38 years, 102 days). Interment at St. Peters Episcopal Churchyard, Bronx, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of James Clinton and Mary (De Witt) Clinton; half-brother of James Graham Clinton; brother of Charles Clinton, De Witt Clinton, Mary Clinton (who married Ambrose Spencer (1765-1848)) and Katherine Clinton (who married Ambrose Spencer (1765-1848)); nephew of George Clinton; uncle of George William Clinton; first cousin of Jacob Hasbrouck DeWitt; first cousin once removed of Charles De Witt; first cousin five times removed of Abraham Owen Smoot III and Isaac Albert Smoot; second cousin once removed of Charles D. Bruyn and Charles Gerrit De Witt; second cousin twice removed of David Miller De Witt.
  Political families: DeWitt-Bruyn-Clinton-Hasbrouck family of New York; Clinton #1 family of New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Matthias Burnett Tallmadge (1774-1819) — also known as Matthias B. Tallmadge — of Herkimer, Herkimer County, N.Y. Born in Stanford, Dutchess County, N.Y., March 1, 1774. Lawyer; member of New York state senate Western District, 1802-05; U.S. District Judge for New York, 1805-14; U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of New York, 1814-19; resigned 1819. Died in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, N.Y., October 1, 1819 (age 45 years, 214 days). Interment at Old Baptist Burying Ground, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of James Tallmadge and Anna (Sutherland) Tallmadge; brother of James Tallmadge Jr.; married 1803 to Elizabeth Denniston Clinton (daughter of George Clinton); nephew of Solomon D. Sutherland; first cousin of Joel Tallmadge Jr., Jacob Livingston Sutherland and Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge; first cousin once removed of Benjamin Tallmadge, John James Tallmadge, Isaac Smith Tallmadge and Daniel Webster Tallmadge; second cousin of Frederick Augustus Tallmadge; second cousin twice removed of Millard Ellsworth Lane.
  Political families: Tallmadge-Floyd family of New York; Clinton #1 family of New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial — Biographical Directory of Federal Judges
  John Townsend (1783-1854) — of Albany, Albany County, N.Y. Born in Orange County, N.Y., June 14, 1783. Whig. Foundry business; banker; mayor of Albany, N.Y., 1829-31. Died in Albany, Albany County, N.Y., August 26, 1854 (age 71 years, 73 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Henry Townsend and Mary (Bennett) Townsend; married, July 7, 1810, to Abby Spencer (daughter of Ambrose Spencer; sister of John Canfield Spencer); father of Julia Isabella Townsend (who married Allen Munroe).
  Political family: Clinton #1 family of New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Wikipedia article
  Jacob Hasbrouck DeWitt (1784-1867) — also known as Jacob H. DeWitt — of Ulster County, N.Y. Born in Marbletown, Ulster County, N.Y., October 2, 1784. Farmer; served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; U.S. Representative from New York 7th District, 1819-21; member of New York state assembly from Ulster County, 1839, 1847. Slaveowner. Died in Kingston, Ulster County, N.Y., January 30, 1867 (age 82 years, 120 days). Original interment at Houghtaling Cemetery, Kingston, N.Y.; reinterment at Old Dutch Churchyard, Kingston, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Thomas DeWitt and Elsie (Hasbrouck) DeWitt; married to Sarah Ann Sleight; grandnephew of Abraham Hasbrouck; first cousin of Charles Clinton, De Witt Clinton and George Clinton Jr.; first cousin once removed of Charles De Witt, Joseph Hasbrouck and George William Clinton; first cousin five times removed of Abraham Owen Smoot III and Isaac Albert Smoot; second cousin of Abraham Joseph Hasbrouck and Abraham Bruyn Hasbrouck; second cousin once removed of Charles D. Bruyn and Charles Gerrit De Witt; second cousin twice removed of David Miller De Witt; third cousin once removed of Abraham Elting Hasbrouck and Solomon Hasbrouck; fourth cousin of Abraham A. Deyo; fourth cousin once removed of Abraham A. Deyo Jr..
  Political families: DeWitt-Bruyn-Clinton-Hasbrouck family of New York; Clinton #1 family of New York; Hasbrouck family of Kingston, New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  John Canfield Spencer (1788-1855) — also known as John C. Spencer — of Canandaigua, Ontario County, N.Y. Born in Hudson, Columbia County, N.Y., January 8, 1788. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; postmaster at Canandaigua, N.Y., 1816; U.S. Representative from New York 21st District, 1817-19; member of New York state assembly from Ontario County, 1819-21, 1831, 1833; Speaker of the New York State Assembly, 1820; member of New York state senate 7th District, 1825-28; secretary of state of New York, 1839-42; U.S. Secretary of War, 1841-43; U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, 1843-44. Methodist. Slaveowner. Died in Albany, Albany County, N.Y., May 18, 1855 (age 67 years, 130 days). Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Ambrose Spencer and Laura (Canfield) Spencer; brother of Abby Spencer (who married John Townsend); father of Philip Spencer; uncle of Julia Isabella Townsend (who married Allen Munroe); first cousin twice removed of Charles Willoughby Dayton.
  Political family: Clinton #1 family of New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  The World War II Liberty ship SS John C. Spencer (built 1943 at Houston, Texas; scrapped 1962) was named for him.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  James Graham Clinton (1804-1849) — also known as James G. Clinton — of New York. Born in Little Britain, Orange County, N.Y., January 2, 1804. Democrat. Common pleas court judge in New York, 1830; U.S. Representative from New York, 1841-45 (6th District 1841-43, 9th District 1843-45). Died in New York, New York County, N.Y., May 28, 1849 (age 45 years, 146 days). Original interment at Clinton Cemetery, Little Britain, N.Y.; reinterment at Woodlawn Cemetery, New Windsor, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of James Clinton and Mary (Little) Clinton; half-brother of Charles Clinton, De Witt Clinton, George Clinton Jr., Mary Clinton (who married Ambrose Spencer (1765-1848)) and Katherine Clinton (who married Ambrose Spencer (1765-1848)); nephew of George Clinton; uncle of George William Clinton.
  Political family: Clinton #1 family of New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article
  George William Clinton (1807-1885) — also known as George W. Clinton — of Buffalo, Erie County, N.Y. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., April 24, 1807. Democrat. Mayor of Buffalo, N.Y., 1842-43; Buffalo superior court judge, 1854-77; delegate to New York state constitutional convention, 1867. Died in Menands, Albany County, N.Y., September 7, 1885 (age 78 years, 136 days). Interment at Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of De Witt Clinton and Maria (Franklin) Clinton; married, May 15, 1832, to Laura Catharine Spencer; nephew of Charles Clinton, George Clinton Jr. and James Graham Clinton; grandson of James Clinton; grandnephew of George Clinton; first cousin once removed of Jacob Hasbrouck DeWitt; first cousin twice removed of Charles De Witt; second cousin four times removed of Abraham Owen Smoot III and Isaac Albert Smoot; third cousin of Charles D. Bruyn and Charles Gerrit De Witt; third cousin once removed of David Miller De Witt.
  Political families: DeWitt-Bruyn-Clinton-Hasbrouck family of New York; Clinton #1 family of New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  James Munroe (1815-1869) — of Elbridge, Onondaga County, N.Y. Born in Elbridge, Onondaga County, N.Y., November 24, 1815. Member of New York state senate 22nd District, 1852-55. Died in Elbridge, Onondaga County, N.Y., June 7, 1869 (age 53 years, 195 days). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery, Syracuse, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Nathan Munroe and Cynthia (Champlin) Munroe; brother of Allen Munroe; married to Caroline A. Clark.
  Political family: Clinton #1 family of New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Allen Munroe (1819-1884) — of Syracuse, Onondaga County, N.Y. Born in Onondaga County, N.Y., March 9, 1819. Merchant; grain milling business; banker; vice-president, Oswego and Syracuse Railroad; mayor of Syracuse, N.Y., 1854; member of New York state senate 22nd District, 1860-63; member of New York state assembly from Onondaga County 1st District, 1876. Presbyterian. Died in Syracuse, Onondaga County, N.Y., October 5, 1884 (age 65 years, 210 days). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery, Syracuse, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Nathan Munroe and Cynthia (Champlin) Munroe; brother of James Munroe; married 1846 to Julia Isabella Townsend (daughter of John Townsend; niece of John Canfield Spencer; granddaughter of Ambrose Spencer).
  Political family: Clinton #1 family of New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial

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