Note: This is just one of
1,164
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.
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.
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Lodowick Bill (1784-1871) —
of Lyme, New London
County, Conn.
Born in Groton, New London
County, Conn., October
9, 1784.
Democrat. Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Lyme, 1836.
Died in Groton, New London
County, Conn., August
17, 1871 (age 86 years, 312
days).
Interment somewhere
in Lyme, Conn.
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James Alexander Bill (1817-1880) —
also known as James A. Bill —
of Lyme, New London
County, Conn.
Born in Groton, New London
County, Conn., March
30, 1817.
Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1850; member of Connecticut
state senate 9th District, 1852-53.
He was pro-Southern in his political sympathies, and named three of
his sons "Jefferson Davis Bill", "Kansas Nebraska Bill", and
"Lecompton Constitution Bill".
Died in Lyme, New London
County, Conn., 1880
(age about
63 years).
Interment somewhere
in Lyme, Conn.
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Jepthah Greer Bill (1823-1924) —
of Griswold, New London
County, Conn.
Born September
7, 1823.
Republican. Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1870.
Died December
5, 1924 (age 101 years,
89 days).
Interment at Rixtown
Cemetery, Griswold, Conn.
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Josiah Peckham Palmer (1828-1897) —
of Rhode Island.
Born in Hopkinton, Washington
County, R.I., March 9,
1828.
Member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1883-84.
Died in Rockville, Hopkinton, Washington
County, R.I., December
13, 1897 (age 69 years, 279
days).
Interment at Rockville
Cemetery, Rockville, Hopkinton, R.I.
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Edwin P. Chapman —
of North Stonington, New London
County, Conn.
Republican. Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1880.
Interment at River
Bend Cemetery, Westerly, R.I.
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Benjamin Gallup —
of Voluntown, New London
County, Conn.
Republican. Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1880.
Interment at Gallup
Cemetery, Voluntown, Conn.
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Charles P. White —
of North Stonington, New London
County, Conn.
Republican. Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1870; member of Connecticut
state senate, 1881-82 (8th District 1881, 10th District 1882).
Interment at Union
Cemetery, North Stonington, Conn.
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James Bard Bill (1888-1954) —
also known as J. Bard Bill —
of North Stonington, New London
County, Conn.
Born in North Stonington, New London
County, Conn., April
12, 1888.
Republican. Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from North Stonington, 1941-44.
Died in North Stonington, New London
County, Conn., September
14, 1954 (age 66 years, 155
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Ashaway, Hopkinton, R.I.
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Robert Scott Hirst (1922-1994) —
of Hopkinton, Washington
County, R.I.
Born in Hopkinton, Washington
County, R.I., April 1,
1922.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; delegate
to Rhode Island state constitutional convention, 1955; member of
Rhode
Island Republican State Central Committee, 1950; postmaster.
Member, Freemasons;
Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., March
22, 1994 (age 71 years, 355
days).
Interment at First
Hopkinton Cemetery, Ashaway, Hopkinton, R.I.
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Scott Bill Hirst (b. 1953) —
of Ashaway, Hopkinton, Washington
County, R.I.
Born in Westerly Hospital,
Westerly, Washington
County, R.I., June 30,
1953.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Rhode Island, 1992,
1996,
2012;
member, Hopkinton Town Council, 1996-2004.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Grange;
Elks; Odd
Fellows.
Still living as of 2021.
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