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Wildman family of Danbury, Connecticut

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  Zalmon Wildman (1775-1835) — of Danbury, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Danbury, Fairfield County, Conn., February 16, 1775. Democrat. Hat manufacturer; banker; postmaster at Danbury, Conn., 1808-35; member of Connecticut state house of representatives, 1818-19; U.S. Representative from Connecticut at-large, 1835; died in office 1835. Died in Washington, D.C., December 10, 1835 (age 60 years, 297 days). Interment at Wooster Cemetery, Danbury, Conn.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
  Relatives: Son of Ezekiel Wildman and Abigail (Hoyt) Wildman; half-brother of Nathaniel Hibbard Wildman; married, January 16, 1798, to Mary Betts Dibble; father of Frederick Seymour Wildman; first cousin of Eli Thacher Hoyt; first cousin thrice removed of Ira R. Wildman; third cousin of Abel Hoyt; third cousin once removed of David DeForest Wildman; third cousin twice removed of Charles Beers Hatch, Joseph Russell Hatch and Norris Hatch; third cousin thrice removed of Rounsevelle Wildman and Edwin Rounsevelle Wildman.
  Political family: Wildman family of Danbury, Connecticut (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Eli Thacher Hoyt (1793-1883) — also known as Eli T. Hoyt — of Danbury, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Danbury, Fairfield County, Conn., September 25, 1793. Member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Danbury, 1833-34, 1849; member of Connecticut state senate 11th District, 1844. Died in Danbury, Fairfield County, Conn., August 13, 1883 (age 89 years, 322 days). Interment at Wooster Cemetery, Danbury, Conn.
  Relatives: Son of Enos Hoyt and Sarah (Penfield) Hoyt; married to Mary Wildman; first cousin of Zalmon Wildman; first cousin once removed of Frederick Seymour Wildman; second cousin twice removed of Robert Treat Paine and George Thacher (1754-1824); third cousin of Abel Hoyt; third cousin once removed of George Thacher (1790-1857); third cousin twice removed of Aaron Burr; fourth cousin of Henry Charles Thacher; fourth cousin once removed of Jabez Huntington, Joshua Coit, Elijah Boardman, William Bostwick, Augustus Seymour Porter, Samuel Lathrop, Peter Buell Porter, Daniel Warner Bostwick, David Munson Osborne, Thomas Chandler Thacher and Dwight Arthur Silliman.
  Political family: Wildman family of Danbury, Connecticut (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Nathaniel Hibbard Wildman (1801-1877) — also known as Nathaniel H. Wildman — of Danbury, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Danbury, Fairfield County, Conn., May 3, 1801. Member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Danbury, 1837, 1850. Died August 10, 1877 (age 76 years, 99 days). Interment at Wooster Cemetery, Danbury, Conn.
  Relatives: Son of Ezekiel Wildman and Sarah (Hibbard) Wildman; half-brother of Zalmon Wildman; uncle of Frederick Seymour Wildman; first cousin thrice removed of Ira R. Wildman; third cousin once removed of David DeForest Wildman; third cousin twice removed of Charles Beers Hatch, Joseph Russell Hatch and Norris Hatch; third cousin thrice removed of Rounsevelle Wildman and Edwin Rounsevelle Wildman.
  Political family: Wildman family of Danbury, Connecticut (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Frederick Seymour Wildman (1805-1893) — also known as Frederick S. Wildman — of Danbury, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Danbury, Fairfield County, Conn., January 20, 1805. Republican. Lawyer; postmaster at Danbury, Conn., 1835; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Danbury, 1854, 1856; delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1856; Connecticut state treasurer, 1857-58; member of Connecticut state senate 11th District, 1860. Member, Freemasons. Died in Danbury, Fairfield County, Conn., October 16, 1893 (age 88 years, 269 days). Interment at Wooster Cemetery, Danbury, Conn.
  Relatives: Son of Zalmon Wildman and Mary Betts (Dibble) Wildman; married 1827 to Julia Ann Starr; nephew of Nathaniel Hibbard Wildman; first cousin once removed of Eli Thacher Hoyt; second cousin twice removed of Ira R. Wildman; third cousin once removed of Abel Hoyt; fourth cousin of David DeForest Wildman; fourth cousin once removed of Charles Beers Hatch, Joseph Russell Hatch and Norris Hatch.
  Political family: Wildman family of Danbury, Connecticut (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  David DeForest Wildman (1807-1852) — also known as David D. Wildman — of Danbury, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Danbury, Fairfield County, Conn., August 5, 1807. Member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Danbury, 1837-38. Died in Danbury, Fairfield County, Conn., May 31, 1852 (age 44 years, 300 days). Interment at Wooster Cemetery, Danbury, Conn.
  Relatives: Son of Benajah Wildman and Rebecca (DeForest) Wildman; married, May 19, 1829, to Fanny Bishop; second cousin twice removed of Ira R. Wildman; third cousin once removed of Zalmon Wildman, Nathaniel Hibbard Wildman, Charles Beers Hatch, Joseph Russell Hatch and Norris Hatch; third cousin twice removed of Rounsevelle Wildman and Edwin Rounsevelle Wildman; fourth cousin of Frederick Seymour Wildman.
  Political family: Wildman family of Danbury, Connecticut (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Ira R. Wildman (1850-1939) — of Danbury, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Danbury, Fairfield County, Conn., February 3, 1850. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; candidate for Connecticut state house of representatives from Danbury, 1910. Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Odd Fellows; Rotary. Died in Danbury, Fairfield County, Conn., January 31, 1939 (age 88 years, 362 days). Interment at Wooster Cemetery, Danbury, Conn.
  Relatives: Son of David Smith Wildman and Eunice (Ambler) Wildman; married 1878 to Emma Osborne Bailey; first cousin thrice removed of Zalmon Wildman and Nathaniel Hibbard Wildman; second cousin twice removed of Frederick Seymour Wildman and David DeForest Wildman; second cousin five times removed of Andrew Adams; third cousin once removed of George Winthrop Fairchild; third cousin thrice removed of Israel Coe; fourth cousin once removed of Charles Beers Hatch, Joseph Russell Hatch and Norris Hatch.
  Political family: Wildman family of Danbury, Connecticut (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Rounsevelle Wildman (1864-1901) — of California. Born in Batavia, Genesee County, N.Y., March 19, 1864. U.S. Consul in Singapore, 1889-97; U.S. Consul General in Hong Kong, 1897-1901, died in office 1901. En route from Hong Kong to San Francisco on the SS City of Rio de Janeiro, he and his family were among 135 who perished when the ship struck a reef in dense fog, and quickly sank, in San Francisco Bay, February 22, 1901 (age 36 years, 340 days); his remains were not found.
  Relatives: Son of Edwin Wildman and Helen Pamela (Rounsevelle) Wildman; brother of Edwin Rounsevelle Wildman; married to Letitia Sherman Aldrich; third cousin once removed of Charles Beers Hatch, Joseph Russell Hatch and Norris Hatch; third cousin twice removed of David DeForest Wildman; third cousin thrice removed of Zalmon Wildman and Nathaniel Hibbard Wildman.
  Political family: Wildman family of Danbury, Connecticut (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Edwin Rounsevelle Wildman (1867-1932) — also known as Edwin Wildman — of Elmira, Chemung County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Corning, Steuben County, N.Y., May 9, 1867. Newspaper editor; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul General in Hong Kong, 1898-99; newspaper correspondent; writer. Died, from a heart attack, in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., November 3, 1932 (age 65 years, 178 days). Interment at Oramel Cemetery, Oramel, Caneadea, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Edwin Wildman and Helen Pamela (Rounsevelle) Wildman; brother of Rounsevelle Wildman; married 1918 to Suzanne Brooks; third cousin once removed of Charles Beers Hatch, Joseph Russell Hatch and Norris Hatch; third cousin twice removed of David DeForest Wildman; third cousin thrice removed of Zalmon Wildman and Nathaniel Hibbard Wildman.
  Political family: Wildman family of Danbury, Connecticut (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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