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Wetmore family of Newport, Rhode Island

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.

  Benjamin Toppan Pickman (1790-1835) — also known as Benjamin T. Pickman — of Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Born in Salem, Essex County, Mass., 1790. Member of Massachusetts state senate, 1833-35. Died in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., March 12, 1835 (age about 44 years). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Benjamin Pickman Jr. and Anstiss (Derby) Pickman; married to Hannah Bright; granduncle of George Peabody Wetmore; great-granduncle of Maude Alice Keteltas Wetmore; first cousin once removed of Dudley Leavitt Pickman; second cousin once removed of George Bailey Loring.
  Political families: Pickman family of Salem, Massachusetts; Wetmore family of Newport, Rhode Island (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Wikipedia article
  William Watts Sherman (1842-1912) — of Newport, Newport County, R.I. Born in Albany, Albany County, N.Y., August 4, 1842. Republican. Republican Presidential Elector for Rhode Island, 1905 (voted for Theodore Roosevelt and Charles W. Fairbanks). Died in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., January 22, 1912 (age 69 years, 171 days). Interment at Island Cemetery, Newport, R.I.
  Relatives: Son of Watts Sherman and Sarah Maria (Gibson) Sherman; married to Lois Sarah Welds; married 1871 to Annie Derby Rogers Wetmore (sister of George Peabody Wetmore); married 1885 to Sophia Augusta Brown.
  Political family: Wetmore family of Newport, Rhode Island (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  George Peabody Wetmore (1846-1921) — also known as George P. Wetmore — of Newport, Newport County, R.I. Born in London, England, of American parents, August 2, 1846. Republican. Republican Presidential Elector for Rhode Island, 1880 (voted for James A. Garfield and Chester A. Arthur); Republican Presidential Elector for Rhode Island, 1884 (voted for James G. Blaine and John A. Logan); Governor of Rhode Island, 1885-87; U.S. Senator from Rhode Island, 1895-1907, 1908-13. Member, Skull and Bones. Died in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., September 11, 1921 (age 75 years, 40 days). Interment at Island Cemetery, Newport, R.I.
  Relatives: Son of William Shepard Wetmore and Anstiss Derby (Rogers) Wetmore; brother of Annie Derby Rogers Wetmore (who married William Watts Sherman); married to Edith Malvina Keteltas; father of Maude Alice Keteltas Wetmore; grandnephew of Benjamin Toppan Pickman; great-grandson of Benjamin Pickman Jr.; first cousin thrice removed of Dudley Leavitt Pickman; third cousin once removed of George Bailey Loring.
  Political families: Pickman family of Salem, Massachusetts; Wetmore family of Newport, Rhode Island (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Maude Alice Keteltas Wetmore (1873-1951) — also known as Maude K. Wetmore — of Newport, Newport County, R.I. Born in Paris, France, of American parents, February 7, 1873. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Rhode Island, 1936. Female. Died, from a heart attack, in Newport, Newport County, R.I., November 3, 1951 (age 78 years, 269 days). Interment at Island Cemetery, Newport, R.I.
  Relatives: Daughter of George Peabody Wetmore and Edith Malvina (Keteltas) Wetmore; great-grandniece of Benjamin Toppan Pickman; second great-granddaughter of Benjamin Pickman Jr.; first cousin four times removed of Dudley Leavitt Pickman; third cousin twice removed of George Bailey Loring.
  Political family: Wetmore family of Newport, Rhode Island (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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