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Clark-Cable-Farrel-Buckingham family of Ansonia, 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.

  Philo Beecher Buckingham (1820-1891) — also known as Philo B. Buckingham — of Seymour, New Haven County, Conn.; Fair Haven, New Haven, New Haven County, Conn. Born in Oxford, New Haven County, Conn., June 6, 1820. Member of Connecticut state senate 5th District, 1855; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War. Died December 5, 1891 (age 71 years, 182 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Aurelius Buckingham and Laura (Beecher) Buckingham; married, October 12, 1842, to Sally Caroline Perkins; fourth great-grandson of Robert Treat; sixth great-grandson of Thomas Welles; first cousin once removed of Glover Wheeler Cable; second cousin once removed of Alton Farrel; second cousin thrice removed of Robert Treat Paine; third cousin once removed of Edward Taylor Buckingham; fourth cousin of Charles M. Hotchkiss; fourth cousin once removed of John Condit, Gideon Hotchkiss, Asahel Augustus Hotchkiss, Julius Hotchkiss, Giles Waldo Hotchkiss and George Tracy Buckingham.
  Political family: Clark-Cable-Farrel-Buckingham family of Ansonia, Connecticut (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Wilson Hart Clark (1824-1887) — also known as Wilson H. Clark — of New Haven, New Haven County, Conn. Born in Woodbridge, New Haven County, Conn., November 18, 1824. Lawyer; member of Connecticut state senate 4th District, 1859-60. Died in New Haven, New Haven County, Conn., May 14, 1887 (age 62 years, 177 days). Interment at Pine Grove Cemetery, Ansonia, Conn.
  Relatives: Son of William Clark and Minerva (Higgins) Clark; married, February 26, 1849, to Julia Elizabeth Cable (sister of Glover Wheeler Cable); grandfather of Alton Farrel.
  Political family: Clark-Cable-Farrel-Buckingham family of Ansonia, Connecticut (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Glover Wheeler Cable (1844-1919) — also known as Glover W. Cable — of Oxford, New Haven County, Conn. Born in Oxford, New Haven County, Conn., April 2, 1844. Democrat. Member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Oxford; elected 1906. Died in Oxford, New Haven County, Conn., November 7, 1919 (age 75 years, 219 days). Interment at St. Peter's Episcopal Cemetery, Oxford, Conn.
  Relatives: Son of Roswell Cable and Hannah (Chatfield) Cable; brother of Julia Elizabeth Cable (who married Wilson Hart Clark); married, October 13, 1869, to Sarah Jane Van Houten; married, November 12, 1873, to Huldah Elizabeth Hatch; granduncle of Alton Farrel; first cousin once removed of Philo Beecher Buckingham; second cousin once removed of Nathan Summers Beardslee and Hobart Chatfield Chatfield-Taylor; third cousin of Benjamin Pulaski Chatfield; third cousin once removed of Truman Hotchkiss; fourth cousin of Andrew Gould Chatfield.
  Political family: Clark-Cable-Farrel-Buckingham family of Ansonia, Connecticut (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Charles Frederick Brooker (b. 1847) — also known as Charles F. Brooker — of Torrington, Litchfield County, Conn.; Ansonia, New Haven County, Conn. Born in Litchfield, Litchfield County, Conn., March 4, 1847. Republican. Manufacturer; banker; railroad business; member of Connecticut state house of representatives, 1875; member of Connecticut state senate 18th District, 1893-94; delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1900, 1904, 1908, 1912, 1920; member of Republican National Committee from Connecticut, 1900-12. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Martin Cook Brooker and Sarah Maria (Seymour) Brooker; married, October 30, 1894, to Julia Elizabeth (Clark) Farrel; step-father of Alton Farrel.
  Political family: Clark-Cable-Farrel-Buckingham family of Ansonia, Connecticut (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Alton Farrel (1879-1934) — of Ansonia, New Haven County, Conn. Born in Ansonia, New Haven County, Conn., August 22, 1879. Republican. Manufacturer; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Ansonia, 1905-06; mayor of Ansonia, Conn.; elected 1905; member of Connecticut state senate 17th District, 1907-08; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1908, 1912. Died in New Haven, New Haven County, Conn., March 28, 1934 (age 54 years, 218 days). Interment at Pine Grove Cemetery, Ansonia, Conn.
  Relatives: Step-son of Charles Frederick Brooker; son of Alton F. Farrel and Julia Elizabeth (Clark) Farrel; married to Hazel Edison; grandson of Wilson Hart Clark; grandnephew of Glover Wheeler Cable; second cousin once removed of Philo Beecher Buckingham; third cousin once removed of Nathan Summers Beardslee and Hobart Chatfield Chatfield-Taylor; third cousin twice removed of Benjamin Pulaski Chatfield; third cousin thrice removed of Truman Hotchkiss.
  Political family: Clark-Cable-Farrel-Buckingham family of Ansonia, Connecticut (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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