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Sabin family of Pomfret, Connecticut

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.

  Jedediah Sabin (1774-1861) — of Killingly, Windham County, Conn. Born in Pomfret, Windham County, Conn., October 26, 1774. Member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Killingly, 1827. Died in Killingly, Windham County, Conn., December 22, 1861 (age 87 years, 57 days). Interment at Day Cemetery, Killingly, Conn.
  Relatives: Married 1800 to Eunice Carder; married, November 7, 1821, to Henrietta Carder; uncle of Henry Sabin; grandfather of Dwight May Sabin; second cousin four times removed of Austin Eugene Lathrop; third cousin once removed of Alvah Sabin; third cousin twice removed of Jonathan Hunt and Martin Olds; third cousin thrice removed of Chauncey Brewer Sabin, Augustus Sabin Chase, Marden Sabin and Joseph Spalding; fourth cousin of Jarvis King Pike and Chauncey Fitch Cleveland; fourth cousin once removed of Elijah Hunt Mills, Daniel Webster, Caleb Blodgett, Franklin Pierce, Albert Bliss, William Dean Kellogg, John Appleton, Stafford Canning Cleveland, Alanson Pike and Edward Williams Hooker.
  Political family: Sabin family of Pomfret, Connecticut (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Alvah Sabin (1793-1885) — of Georgia, Franklin County, Vt.; Sycamore, DeKalb County, Ill. Born in Georgia, Franklin County, Vt., October 23, 1793. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of Vermont state house of representatives, 1826-35, 1838-40, 1847-49, 1851, 1861-62; secretary of state of Vermont, 1841-42; member of Vermont state senate, 1842-45; U.S. Representative from Vermont 3rd District, 1853-57. Baptist. Died in Sycamore, DeKalb County, Ill., January 22, 1885 (age 91 years, 91 days). Interment at Georgia Plains Cemetery, Georgia Plains, Georgia, Vt.
  Relatives: Son of Benjamin Sabin and Mary (McMasters) Sabin; married, October 14, 1819, to Anna Mears; first cousin twice removed of Chauncey Brewer Sabin; second cousin twice removed of Augustus Sabin Chase (1828-1896), Marden Sabin and Joseph Spalding; second cousin thrice removed of Irving Hall Chase; second cousin four times removed of Augustus Sabin Chase (1897-1970); second cousin five times removed of Seth Chase Taft; third cousin once removed of Jedediah Sabin; fourth cousin of Henry Sabin; fourth cousin once removed of Martin Olds and Dwight May Sabin.
  Political family: Sabin family of Pomfret, Connecticut (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Chauncey Fitch Cleveland (1799-1887) — also known as Chauncey F. Cleveland — of Hampton, Windham County, Conn. Born in Canterbury, Windham County, Conn., February 16, 1799. Lawyer; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Hampton, 1826-29, 1832, 1835-36, 1838; Speaker of the Connecticut State House of Representatives, 1835-36, 1863; Governor of Connecticut, 1842-44; U.S. Representative from Connecticut 3rd District, 1849-53; delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1856 (Convention Vice-President; speaker), 1860. Died in Hampton, Windham County, Conn., June 6, 1887 (age 88 years, 110 days). Interment at South Cemetery, Hampton, Conn.
  Relatives: Son of Silas Cleveland and Lois (Sharpe) Cleveland; married, December 13, 1821, to Diantha Hovey (first cousin once removed of Alfred Avery Burnham (1819-1879)); married, January 22, 1869, to Helen Cornelia Litchfield; father of Delia Diantha Cleveland (who married Alfred Avery Burnham (1819-1879)); first cousin once removed of Henry Sabin; second cousin once removed of Ira Chandler Backus and William Dean Kellogg; second cousin twice removed of Robert Treat Paine; third cousin once removed of Ephraim Safford, Isaiah Kidder, Jarvis King Pike, Joshua Perkins, Edward Green Bradford, Stafford Canning Cleveland, Bailey Frye Adams, Orestes Cleveland, Lee Randall Sanborn and Nelson Appleton Miles; third cousin twice removed of Jonathan Hunt, Benjamin Goodhue, Lyman Kidder, Ezra Kidder, David Kidder, Augustus Sabin Chase, Marden Sabin, Joseph Spalding, Edward Green Bradford II and James L. Sanborn; third cousin thrice removed of Jabez Huntington, Irving Hall Chase, Walter Keene Linscott, Edward Green Bradford Jr., Elizabeth Bradford du Pont Bayard, Sidney Smythe Linscott and Grover Fredrick Cleveland; fourth cousin of Jonathan Usher, Jedediah Sabin, Caleb Blodgett, John Larkin Payson, Charles Stetson, James Safford, Luther Kidder, Isaiah Stetson and Alanson Pike; fourth cousin once removed of Elijah Hunt Mills, Alvan Kidder, Francis Kidder, Ira Kidder, Arba Kidder, Joseph Souther Kidder, Pascal Paoli Kidder, John Appleton, Jefferson Parish Kidder, John Palmer Usher, William Henry Barnum, Francis Landon Cleveland, Delos Abiel Blodgett, Charles Payson, Isaac Newton Blodgett, Robert Crawford Safford, Abner Coburn Cleveland, Robert Cleveland Usher, Isaiah Kidder Stetson and Edward Williams Hooker.
  Political families: Cleveland-Harlan family; Sabin family of Pomfret, Connecticut (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Chauncey Brewer Sabin (1824-1890) — also known as Chauncey B. Sabin — of Galveston, Galveston County, Tex. Born in Oneonta, Otsego County, N.Y., August 6, 1824. Republican. Postmaster at Galveston, Tex., 1874-83; U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Texas, 1884-90; died in office 1890. Died in Galveston, Galveston County, Tex., March 30, 1890 (age 65 years, 236 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Wilmet (VanDyke) Sabin and Timothy Sabin; married to Mary A. Hamblen; first cousin twice removed of Alvah Sabin; third cousin thrice removed of Jedediah Sabin; fourth cousin of Augustus Sabin Chase, Marden Sabin and Joseph Spalding; fourth cousin once removed of Irving Hall Chase.
  Political family: Sabin family of Pomfret, Connecticut (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also federal judicial profile — Find-A-Grave memorial — Biographical Directory of Federal Judges
  Henry Sabin (1829-1918) — of Matawan, Monmouth County, N.J.; Rockford, Winnebago County, Ill.; Clinton, Clinton County, Iowa; Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa. Born in Pomfret, Windham County, Conn., October 23, 1829. Republican. Iowa superintendent of public instruction, 1888-92, 1894-98. Died in Chula Vista, San Diego County, Calif., March 22, 1918 (age 88 years, 150 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Noah Sabin and Betsey (Cleveland) Sabin; married, April 8, 1857, to Esther F. Hotchkiss; nephew of Jedediah Sabin; first cousin once removed of Chauncey Fitch Cleveland and Dwight May Sabin; second cousin thrice removed of Robert Treat Paine; third cousin of Ira Chandler Backus; third cousin twice removed of Ephraim Safford and Isaiah Kidder; third cousin thrice removed of Jonathan Hunt and Austin Eugene Lathrop; fourth cousin of Alvah Sabin, Joshua Perkins, Edward Green Bradford, Bailey Frye Adams, Orestes Cleveland and Lee Randall Sanborn; fourth cousin once removed of Jonathan Usher, Jarvis King Pike, Martin Olds, Charles Stetson, James Safford, Luther Kidder, Isaiah Stetson, Edward Green Bradford II and James L. Sanborn.
  Political family: Sabin family of Pomfret, Connecticut (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Marden Sabin (1840-1917) — of Centreville, St. Joseph County, Mich. Born in Orland, Steuben County, Ind., January 2, 1840. Republican. Physician; surgeon; member of Michigan state senate, 1891-94 (8th District 1891-92, 6th District 1893-94). Died, from chronic interstitial nephritis, in Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Mich., April 10, 1917 (age 77 years, 98 days). Interment at Prairie River Cemetery, Centreville, Mich.
  Relatives: Son of Stephen Choate Sabin and Martha M. (Stocker) Sabin; married, May 23, 1867, to Mary Monroe Smith; second cousin of Augustus Sabin Chase (1828-1896) and Joseph Spalding; second cousin once removed of Irving Hall Chase; second cousin twice removed of Alvah Sabin and Augustus Sabin Chase (1897-1970); second cousin thrice removed of Seth Chase Taft; third cousin once removed of Nelson Appleton Miles; third cousin twice removed of Elijah Abel and Chauncey Fitch Cleveland; third cousin thrice removed of Jedediah Sabin; fourth cousin of Chauncey Brewer Sabin; fourth cousin once removed of William Dean Kellogg.
  Political family: Sabin family of Pomfret, Connecticut (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Dwight May Sabin (1843-1902) — also known as Dwight M. Sabin — of Stillwater, Washington County, Minn. Born near Marseilles, La Salle County, Ill., April 25, 1843. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Minnesota state senate, 1871-73 (2nd District 1871, 22nd District 1872-73); member of Minnesota state house of representatives District 22, 1878, 1881-82; member of Republican National Committee from Minnesota, 1878-84; Chairman of Republican National Committee, 1883-84; U.S. Senator from Minnesota, 1883-89; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1884. Died in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., December 22, 1902 (age 59 years, 241 days). Interment at Fairview Cemetery, Stillwater, Minn.
  Relatives: Son of Horace Carver Sabin and Maria Ada (Webster) Sabin; married 1877 to Ella Amelia Hutchins; grandson of Jedediah Sabin; first cousin once removed of Henry Sabin; second cousin thrice removed of Jonathan Brace; third cousin once removed of Russell Sage; third cousin twice removed of Thomas Kimberly Brace, Israel Washburn and Reuel Washburn; third cousin thrice removed of Josiah Cowles; fourth cousin once removed of Alvah Sabin, Israel Washburn Jr., Elihu Benjamin Washburne, Cadwallader Colden Washburn, Charles Ames Washburn and William Drew Washburn.
  Political family: Sabin family of Pomfret, Connecticut (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial

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