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Pinney family of Stafford, Connecticut

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  Edwin Carpenter Pinney (1838-1917) — also known as Edwin C. Pinney — of Stafford, Tolland County, Conn. Born in Stafford, Tolland County, Conn., October 8, 1838. Democrat. Manufacturer; farmer; member of Connecticut state senate 24th District, 1891-92; defeated, 1910; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1892. Died in Stafford, Tolland County, Conn., 1917 (age about 78 years). Interment at Stafford Springs Cemetery, Stafford Springs, Stafford, Conn.
  Relatives: Son of Phelps Daniel Pinney and Azuba (Carpenter) Pinney; married, December 25, 1861, to Esther Smith Harvey; father of Claude Carpenter Pinney; grandfather of Harold B. Pinney; second cousin of Lucretia Garfield; second cousin once removed of Harry Augustus Garfield and James Rudolph Garfield; second cousin twice removed of Benjamin Trumbull; second cousin thrice removed of Erastus Wolcott and Oliver Wolcott Sr.; third cousin once removed of Hezekiah Case, George Smith Catlin and Lyman Trumbull; third cousin twice removed of Oliver Wolcott Jr., Roger Griswold, Frederick Wolcott and Lancelot Phelps; third cousin thrice removed of Noah Phelps, Oliver Ellsworth, Augustus Seymour Porter and Peter Buell Porter; fourth cousin of Parmenio Adams, William Dean Kellogg, Almon Case and Bushrod Ebenezer Hoppin; fourth cousin once removed of Gaylord Griswold, Asa H. Otis, Alonzo Sidney Upham, Asahel Pierson Case, Hiram Bidwell Case, James Phelps and James Levi Hotchkiss.
  Political family: Pinney family of Stafford, Connecticut (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Claude Carpenter Pinney (1880-1929) — also known as Claude C. Pinney — of Stafford, Tolland County, Conn. Born in Stafford, Tolland County, Conn., September 5, 1880. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1908. Died June 27, 1929 (age 48 years, 295 days). Interment at Stafford Springs Cemetery, Stafford Springs, Stafford, Conn.
  Relatives: Son of Esther Smith (Harvey) Pinney and Edwin Carpenter Pinney; uncle of Harold B. Pinney; second cousin once removed of Lucretia Garfield; second cousin thrice removed of Benjamin Trumbull; second cousin four times removed of Erastus Wolcott and Oliver Wolcott Sr.; third cousin of Harry Augustus Garfield and James Rudolph Garfield; third cousin twice removed of Hezekiah Case, George Smith Catlin and Lyman Trumbull; third cousin thrice removed of Oliver Wolcott Jr., Roger Griswold, Frederick Wolcott and Lancelot Phelps; fourth cousin once removed of Parmenio Adams, William Dean Kellogg, Almon Case and Bushrod Ebenezer Hoppin.
  Political family: Pinney family of Stafford, Connecticut (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Harold B. Pinney (b. 1890) — of Stafford, Tolland County, Conn. Born in Connecticut, February, 1890. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1932. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Edwin Harvey Pinney and Jennie (Barley) Pinney; nephew of Claude Carpenter Pinney; grandson of Edwin Carpenter Pinney; second cousin twice removed of Lucretia Garfield; second cousin four times removed of Benjamin Trumbull; second cousin five times removed of Erastus Wolcott and Oliver Wolcott Sr.; third cousin once removed of Harry Augustus Garfield and James Rudolph Garfield; third cousin thrice removed of Hezekiah Case, George Smith Catlin and Lyman Trumbull.
  Political family: Pinney family of Stafford, Connecticut (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).

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