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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Joshua Mersereau (1728-1804) —
of Richmond
County, N.Y.
Born in Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., September
26, 1728.
Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Richmond County, 1777-78, 1779-83, 1784-86.
Died in Union Center, Broome
County, N.Y., June 10,
1804 (age 75 years, 258
days).
Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Endicott, N.Y.
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Joshua Daniel Mercereau (1759-1857) —
also known as Joshua Mercereau; Joshua Mersereau
Jr. —
of Chenango
County, N.Y.
Born in Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., June 8,
1759.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member
of New York
state assembly from Chenango County, 1801-02.
Died in Tioga
County, Pa., January
20, 1857 (age 97 years, 226
days).
Interment at Presho Cemetery, Lindley, N.Y.
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David Mersereau (c.1769-1835) —
of Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Born in Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., about 1769.
Member of New York
state assembly from Richmond County, 1806-09; common pleas court
judge in New York, 1810.
Slaveowner.
Died in Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., April 4,
1835 (age about 66
years).
Interment at Reformed
Church Burial Ground, Port Richmond, Staten Island, N.Y.
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Jacob Mersereau (1782-1846) —
of Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Born in Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., October
13, 1782.
Member of New York
state assembly from Richmond County, 1832-33.
Died in Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., June 12,
1846 (age 63 years, 242
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Paul Mersereau (1784-1856) —
of Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Born in Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., March
14, 1784.
Member of New York
state assembly from Richmond County, 1834.
Died in Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., July 21,
1856 (age 72 years, 129
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Peter Mersereau (1788-1879) —
of Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Born in Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., July 6,
1788.
Member of New York
state assembly from Richmond County, 1845.
Died in Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., June 2,
1879 (age 90 years, 331
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Cornelius Mersereau (1798-1877) —
of Vestal, Broome
County, N.Y.
Born in Vestal, Broome
County, N.Y., August
2, 1798.
Member of New York
state assembly from Broome County, 1840; postmaster.
Died in Vestal, Broome
County, N.Y., February
17, 1877 (age 78 years, 199
days).
Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Endicott, N.Y.
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John Garrison Mersereau (1799-1883) —
also known as John G. Mersereau —
of Erwin Centre, Steuben
County, N.Y.; Portville, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y.
Born in Guilford, Chenango
County, N.Y., September
18, 1799.
Member of New York
state assembly from Steuben County 2nd District, 1848-49.
Died in Portville, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y., July 10,
1883 (age 83 years, 295
days).
Interment at Chestnut Hill Cemetery, Portville, N.Y.
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Joshua Mersereau (1804-1882) —
of Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Born in Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., September
25, 1804.
Member of New York
state assembly from Richmond County, 1857.
Died in Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., July 28,
1882 (age 77 years, 306
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Edward Casterline Mercereau (1828-1896) —
also known as Edward C. Mercereau —
of Union (now part of Endicott), Broome
County, N.Y.
Born in Union (now part of Endicott), Broome
County, N.Y., September
22, 1828.
Member of New York
state assembly from Broome County, 1865; postmaster.
Died in Union (now part of Endicott), Broome
County, N.Y., 1896
(age about
67 years).
Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Endicott, N.Y.
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Charles Henry Springer (1857-1916) —
also known as Charles H. Springer —
of Moravia, Cayuga
County, N.Y.; Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Born in Niles, Cayuga
County, N.Y., March 9,
1857.
Republican. Produce
merchant; coal,
lumber,
and feed
dealer; member of New York
state assembly from Cayuga County, 1914.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Rotary.
Suffered a stroke,
and died ten days later, in Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y., June 8,
1916 (age 59 years, 91
days).
Interment at Sand Hill Cemetery, Sempronius, N.Y.
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Claude Middleton Mersereau (1885-1941) —
also known as Claude M. Mersereau —
of Bathurst, New
Brunswick.
Born in Chatham, New
Brunswick, March
21, 1885.
Not U.S. citizen; newspaper
editor and publisher; U.S. Consular Agent in Bathurst, 1915-29.
Died July 6,
1941 (age 56 years, 107
days).
Burial location unknown.
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