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Howard Wells Alcorn (1901-1992) —
also known as Howard W. Alcorn —
of Suffield, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Suffield, Hartford
County, Conn., May 14,
1901.
Republican. Lawyer;
director and vice-president, First National Bank of Suffield;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Suffield, 1927-32; Speaker of
the Connecticut State House of Representatives, 1931-32;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Connecticut, 1932;
member of Connecticut
state senate, 1933-34; superior court judge in Connecticut,
1943-61; justice of
Connecticut state supreme court, 1961-71; chief
justice of Connecticut Supreme Court, 1970-71.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sons of
the American Revolution; Sons
of Union Veterans; Grange;
Freemasons.
Died, in a hospital
at Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., August
10, 1992 (age 91 years, 88
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Suffield, Conn.
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John William Allen (1802-1887) —
also known as John W. Allen —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Litchfield, Litchfield
County, Conn., August
4, 1802.
Lawyer;
director, Commercial Bank of Lake Erie, 1832; incorporator,
Cleveland Newburg Railroad,
1834; member of Ohio
state senate from Cuyahoga County, 1836; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 15th District, 1837-41; mayor
of Cleveland, Ohio, 1841; president, Columbus & Cincinnati Railroad,
1845; postmaster at Cleveland,
Ohio, 1870-75.
Episcopalian.
Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, October
5, 1887 (age 85 years, 62
days).
Interment at Erie
Street Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
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Relatives: Son
of John
Allen and Ursala (McCurdy) Allen; married, July 22,
1830, to Harriet Caroline Mather; grandnephew of Roger
Griswold; great-grandson of Matthew
Griswold (1714-1799); great-grandnephew of Erastus
Wolcott and Oliver
Wolcott Sr.; second great-grandson of Roger
Wolcott (1679-1767); first cousin twice removed of James
Hillhouse, Oliver
Wolcott Jr. and Frederick
Wolcott; second cousin of Henry
Titus Backus and Matthew
Griswold (1833-1919); second cousin once removed of Frederick
William Lord; second cousin twice removed of Selden
Chapin; second cousin thrice removed of William
Pitkin and Frederic
Lincoln Chapin; third cousin of Luther
Walter Badger, Daniel
Kellogg (1791-1875), James
Samuel Wadsworth, Christopher
Parsons Wolcott and Roger
Wolcott (1847-1900); third cousin once removed of Jonathan
Elmer, Ebenezer
Elmer, Eli
Elmer, Gaylord
Griswold, Samuel
Clesson Allen, Thomas
Hale Sill, Phineas
Lyman Tracy, Henry
Leavitt Ellsworth, William
Wolcott Ellsworth, Albert
Haller Tracy, Theodore
Sill, George
Bradley Kellogg, Charles
Frederick Wadsworth, Daniel
Kellogg (1835-1918), George
Frederick Stone, James
Wolcott Wadsworth, Edward
Oliver Wolcott and Alfred
Wolcott; third cousin twice removed of Daniel
Chapin (1761-1821), Daniel
Pitkin, Zina
Hyde Jr. and James
Wolcott Wadsworth Jr.; third cousin thrice removed of James
Jermiah Wadsworth; fourth cousin of Amaziah
Brainard, Lucius
Quintius Cincinnatus Elmer, Elisha
Hunt Allen, George
Washington Wolcott, Augustus
Frank and George
Griswold Sill; fourth cousin once removed of Elijah
Boardman, William
Bostwick, Timothy
Pitkin, Oliver
Owen Forward, Daniel
Warner Bostwick, Walter
Forward, Daniel
Chapin (1791-1878), Chauncey
Forward, Chester
William Chapin, Graham
Hurd Chapin, Edmund
Holcomb, Anson
Levi Holcomb, Erastus
Clark Scranton, Sereno
Hamilton Scranton, Albert
Asahel Bliss, Henry
Ward Beecher, Philemon
Bliss, Joseph
H. Elmer, Leveret
Brainard, William
Fessenden Allen, Samuel
Lord, Thomas
Worcester Hyde, Frederick
Hobbes Allen and Allen
Jacob Holcomb. |
| | Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Owen Brainerd Arnold (1818-1900) —
also known as Owen B. Arnold —
of Meriden, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Haddam, Middlesex
County, Conn., July 11,
1818.
Banker; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Meriden, 1861, 1874.
Fell
from a trolley
car, and died a few days later as a result, in Meriden, New Haven
County, Conn., August
30, 1900 (age 82 years, 50
days).
Interment at Walnut
Grove Cemetery, Meriden, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of Jared Arnold and Susanna (Brainerd) Arnold. |
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William E. Attwood (born c.1865) —
of New Britain, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in East Haddam, Middlesex
County, Conn., about 1865.
Republican. Banker; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from New Britain, 1901-02.
Burial location unknown.
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Francis Atwater (1858-1935) —
of Meriden, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Plymouth, Litchfield
County, Conn., 1858.
Democrat. Newspaper
editor and publisher; banker; member of Connecticut
state senate 13th District, 1907-08.
Died in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., November
25, 1935 (age about 77
years).
Interment at Walnut
Grove Cemetery, Meriden, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Atwater and Catherine (Fenn) Atwater; married 1879 to Helena
J. Sellew. |
| | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Lewis H. Bailey (1818-1899) —
of Ridgefield, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in 1818.
Banker; innkeeper;
member of Connecticut
state senate 11th District, 1875.
Died in Ridgefield, Fairfield
County, Conn., July 30,
1899 (age about 81
years).
Interment at Scott's Cemetery, Ridgefield, Conn.
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Charles Candee Baldwin (1834-1895) —
also known as Charles C. Baldwin —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Middletown, Middlesex
County, Conn., December
2, 1834.
Republican. Lawyer; insurance
business; bank director; circuit judge in Ohio, 1885-95
(6th Circuit 1885-88, 8th Circuit 1888-95); died in office 1895.
Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, February
2, 1895 (age 60 years, 62
days).
Interment at Lake
View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
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Relatives: Son
of S. W. Baldwin and Mary E. (Candee) Baldwin; married to Caroline
Sophia Prentiss. |
| | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Otto Tremont Bannard (1854-1929) —
also known as Otto T. Bannard —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., April
28, 1854.
Republican. Lawyer;
banker; director, Niagara Fire
Insurance Co., Dolphin Jute
Mills, and Jersey United Gas and
Electric Co.; delegate to Republican National Convention from New
York, 1908,
1912,
1916;
candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1909.
Died, of bronchial
pneumonia, on the ocean
liner President Cleveland, en route from Seattle to
Manila, in the North
Pacific Ocean, January
15, 1929 (age 74 years, 262
days).
Interment at Grove
Street Cemetery, New Haven, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of John W. Bannard and Eliza Landon (Stone) Bannard. |
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William Robert Bayes (1876-1964) —
also known as William R. Bayes —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Wauseon, Fulton
County, Ohio, July 29,
1876.
Republican. Lawyer;
president, Kings Highway Savings Bank; president, Brooklyn
National Life
Insurance Co.; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 8th District, 1915;
candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1922, 1933, 1940; delegate
to Republican National Convention from New York, 1924;
delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; justice,
New York City Court of Special Sessions, 1935-46.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Theta; Freemasons;
Union
League.
Died in Gloversville, Fulton
County, N.Y., November
28, 1964 (age 88 years, 122
days).
Interment at Willowbrook
Cemetery, Westport, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of Isaac E. Bayes and Fannie A. (Guilford) Bayes; married, September
7, 1904, to Mabel Ross. |
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George Wells Beach (1833-1906) —
of Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Humphreysville (now Seymour), New Haven
County, Conn., August
18, 1833.
Postmaster;
superintendent, Naugatuck Railroad,
1868-87; division superintendent, New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad,
1887-1902; director, Watertown and Waterbury Railroad;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Waterbury, 1870-71;
president, Manufacturers' National Bank.
Congregationalist.
Died in Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn., March 2,
1906 (age 72 years, 196
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Waterbury, Conn.
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Isaac Washington Birdseye (1847-1927) —
also known as Isaac W. Birdseye —
of Shelton, Fairfield
County, Conn.; Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Huntington (now Shelton), Fairfield
County, Conn., June 18,
1847.
Republican. Manufacturer of corsets;
bank director; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Connecticut.
Congregationalist.
Member, Society
of Colonial Wars; Military
Order of Foreign Wars; Sons of
the Revolution; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died in Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn., October
6, 1927 (age 80 years, 110
days).
Entombed at Mountain
Grove Cemetery, Bridgeport, Conn.
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Henry Alfred Bishop (1860-1934) —
also known as Henry A. Bishop —
of Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn., December
4, 1860.
Democrat. Ticket agent, purchasing agent, and superintendent of
several railroads;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Bridgeport, 1886; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1888
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1912
(alternate); candidate for secretary
of state of Connecticut, 1888; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Connecticut, 1904; president, Clapp Fire Resisting
Paint Co., Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey Power
Co., and Reed Carpet
Co.; vice-president, Brady Brass Co.,
Pacific Iron
Works, Connecticut National Bank, and Consolidated Telephone
Co.; director, Westchester Street
Railway Co., Western Union Telegraph
Co.; director, Bridgeport Hospital.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights
Templar; Psi
Upsilon; Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Died in Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn., October
22, 1934 (age 73 years, 322
days).
Interment at Mountain
Grove Cemetery, Bridgeport, Conn.
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Dennis A. Blakeslee (1856-1933) —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., March
11, 1856.
Republican. Paving
contractor; bank director; candidate for Connecticut
state house of representatives from New Haven, 1900; member of Connecticut
state senate 9th District, 1907-10; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Connecticut, 1908;
Lieutenant
Governor of Connecticut, 1911-13.
Congregationalist.
Died April 5,
1933 (age 77 years, 25
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Wells Blakeslee and Martha Jane (Waters) Blakeslee;
married, December
4, 1878, to Lizzie Finette Law. |
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Isaac Baldwin Bristol (1821-1905) —
also known as Isaac B. Bristol —
of New Milford, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born in Brookfield, Fairfield
County, Conn., December
21, 1821.
Democrat. Hotelier;
banker; member of Connecticut
state senate 16th District, 1879-80.
Died November
2, 1905 (age 83 years, 316
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William D. Bristol and Eliza (Baldwin) Bristol; married 1845 to Annis
Roberts; married 1897 to Sarah
Elizabeth 'Lizzie' Allen. |
| | Image source: Men of Mark in
Connecticut (1908) |
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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.
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Isaac W. Brooks (b. 1838) —
of Torrington, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born in Goshen, Litchfield
County, Conn., November
8, 1838.
Republican. Merchant;
banker; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Torrington, 1884, 1893-94; Speaker of
the Connecticut State House of Representatives, 1893-94; member
of Connecticut
state senate 30th District, 1907-08.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars.
Burial location unknown.
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John N. Brooks (born c.1871) —
of Torrington, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born in Goshen, Litchfield
County, Conn., about 1871.
Republican. Banker; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Torrington, 1915-16;
defeated, 1910; member of Connecticut
state senate 30th District, 1917-22; delegate
to Connecticut convention to ratify 21st amendment 30th District,
1933.
Burial location unknown.
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John Buckley (b. 1885) —
of Union, Tolland
County, Conn.
Born in Stafford Springs, Stafford, Tolland
County, Conn., May 12,
1885.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Union, 1909-10, 1921-22;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Connecticut, 1916;
secretary
of Connecticut Republican Party, 1916-22; executive secretary to
Gov. Marcus
H. Holcomb, 1917-20; major in the U.S. Army during World War I;
U.S.
Attorney for Connecticut, 1924-33; director, South End
Bank and Trust Co., Hartford.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Sherman R. Buell —
of Guilford, New Haven
County, Conn.
Republican. Banker; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Guilford, 1939-40.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Comfort Star Burlingame (1853-1924) —
also known as Comfort S. Burlingame —
of Brooklyn, Windham
County, Conn.
Born in Connecticut, January
5, 1853.
Democrat. Banker; candidate for Connecticut
state house of representatives from Brooklyn, 1904.
Died December
6, 1924 (age 71 years, 336
days).
Interment at Hyde
Cemetery, Canterbury, Conn.
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Prescott Sheldon Bush (1895-1972) —
also known as Prescott S. Bush —
of Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, May 15,
1895.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
banker; director, Pan American Airways;
director, Columbia Broadcasting
System (CBS); delegate to Republican National Convention from
Connecticut, 1948,
1956
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1960
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1964
(alternate); U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1952-63; defeated, 1950.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Skull
and Bones.
Died, of lung
cancer, in the Memorial Hospital
for Cancer and Allied Diseases, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
8, 1972 (age 77 years, 146
days).
Interment at Putnam
Cemetery, Greenwich, Conn.
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Frank Seller Butterworth (born c.1873) —
also known as Frank S. Butterworth —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Ohio, about 1873.
Republican. Banker; member of Connecticut
state senate 8th District, 1907-08; Citizens candidate for mayor
of New Haven, Conn., 1911.
Burial location unknown.
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William T. Carroll (b. 1902) —
of Torrington, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born in Torrington, Litchfield
County, Conn., June 25,
1902.
Democrat. Banker; Connecticut
state treasurer, 1945-47; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Connecticut, 1948
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business); Lieutenant
Governor of Connecticut, 1949-51; mayor
of Torrington, Conn., 1954-57.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Eagles;
Foresters
of America.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William T. Carroll and Anne (Walsh) Carroll. |
| | Image source: Connecticut Register and
Manual 1950 |
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Lyman S. Catlin (born c.1841) —
of Stratford, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Harwinton, Litchfield
County, Conn., about 1841.
Republican. Banker; insurance
business; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1881, 1883; member of Connecticut
state senate 13th District, 1889-90.
Burial location unknown.
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Abiram Chamberlain (1837-1911) —
of Meriden, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Colebrook, Litchfield
County, Conn., December
7, 1837.
Republican. Civil
engineer; banker; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Meriden, 1877; Connecticut
state comptroller, 1901-02; Governor of
Connecticut, 1903-05.
Died May 15,
1911 (age 73 years, 159
days).
Interment at Walnut
Grove Cemetery, Meriden, Conn.
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Frederick Stanley Chamberlain (b. 1872) —
also known as Frederick S. Chamberlain —
of New Britain, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in New Britain, Hartford
County, Conn., August
19, 1872.
Republican. Banker; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from New Britain, 1909-10; Connecticut
state treasurer, 1915-19.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Valentine B. Chamberlain and Anna (Smith)
Chamberlain. |
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Henry Champion (1751-1836) —
of Colchester, New London
County, Conn.
Born in Westchester, Colchester, New London
County, Conn., March
16, 1751.
Major in Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;
banker; member of Connecticut
council of assistants, 1806-17; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Colchester, 1820.
Member, Society
of the Cincinnati.
Died July 13,
1836 (age 85 years, 119
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Champion and Deborah (Brainard) Champion; brother of Epaphroditus
Champion; married, October
10, 1781, to Abigail Tinker; father of Harriet Champion (who
married Joseph
Trumbull); first cousin four times removed of Charlotte
H. McMorran; second cousin once removed of Amaziah
Brainard; second cousin twice removed of Leveret
Brainard; second cousin four times removed of Asahel
Rowland DeWolf, Winthrop
Roger De Wolf and John
Anderson De Wolf Jr.; second cousin five times removed of Charles
Gates Dawes, Rufus
Cutler Dawes, Beman
Gates Dawes and Henry
May Dawes; third cousin of Daniel
Upson; third cousin twice removed of Chester
Ackley, Charles
Upson, Gad
Ely Upson, Christopher
Columbus Upson, Andrew
Seth Upson and Evelyn
M. Upson; third cousin thrice removed of Almar
F. Dickson. |
| | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Dawes-Upson
family of Connecticut; Holden-Davis-Lawrence-Garcelon
family of Massachusetts (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | The town
of Champion,
New York, is named for
him. — The township
of Champion,
Ohio, named for
him. |
| | See also Wikipedia article |
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Augustus Sabin Chase (1828-1896) —
also known as Augustus S. Chase —
of Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Pomfret, Windham
County, Conn., April
15, 1828.
Manufacturer;
banker; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Waterbury, 1865.
Died in Paris, France,
June
7, 1896 (age 68 years, 53
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Waterbury, Conn.
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Irving Hall Chase (1858-1951) —
also known as Irving H. Chase —
of Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn., May 13,
1858.
Republican. Secretary and treasurer, Waterbury Clock
Company; vice-president, Waterbury Manufacturing
Company; president, A.S. Chase Company; secretary, Chase Rolling Mill
Company; diretor, Waterbury Hotel
Corporation, American Printing
Company, Waterbury Buckle
Company, Smith and Griggs Manufacturing
Company, and Waterbury National Bank; member of Connecticut
state senate 15th District, 1907-08; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Connecticut, 1912,
1916.
Died March
14, 1951 (age 92 years, 305
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Waterbury, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of Augustus
Sabin Chase (1828-1896) and Martha Clark (Starkweather) Chase;
married, February
28, 1889, to Elizabeth Hosmer Kellogg (daughter of Stephen
Wright Kellogg); father of Eleanor Kellogg Chase (who married Charles
Phelps Taft II); uncle of Augustus
Sabin Chase (1897-1970); grandfather of Seth
Chase Taft; second cousin once removed of Marden
Sabin and Joseph
Spalding; second cousin twice removed of George
Anson Starkweather, Samuel
Starkweather and David
Austin Starkweather; second cousin thrice removed of Alvah
Sabin; third cousin once removed of Henry
Howard Starkweather; third cousin twice removed of Henry
Dodge, Daniel
Chapin, Martin
Olds and Nelson
Appleton Miles; third cousin thrice removed of John
Adams, Elijah
Abel, Thomas
Cogswell and Chauncey
Fitch Cleveland; fourth cousin of Charles
Henry Pendleton and Eckford
Gustavus Pendleton; fourth cousin once removed of Augustus
Caesar Dodge, Chauncey
Brewer Sabin and Edgar
Weeks. |
| | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Starkweather-Pendleton
family of Preston, Connecticut (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Charles Hull Clark (b. 1832) —
also known as Charles H. Clark —
of Milldale, Southington, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Southington, Hartford
County, Conn., October
23, 1832.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; nut and bolt
manufacturer; banker; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Southington, 1895-96,
1899-1900, 1905-06; president, Waterbury and Milldale Tramway
Company, 1907.
Congregationalist.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Odd
Fellows.
Burial location unknown.
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Levi Elmore Coe (1828-1903) —
also known as Levi E. Coe —
of Meriden, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Middlefield, Middlesex
County, Conn., June 6,
1828.
Banker; mayor
of Meriden, Conn., 1895-97.
Episcopalian.
Died in Meriden, New Haven
County, Conn., November
2, 1903 (age 75 years, 149
days).
Interment at East
Cemetery, Meriden, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of Col. Levi Coe and Sarah (Ward) Coe; married to Sophia
Hall. |
| | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Owen Vincent Coffin (1836-1921) —
also known as O. Vincent Coffin —
of Middletown, Middlesex
County, Conn.
Born in Union Vale, Dutchess
County, N.Y., June 20,
1836.
Republican. Banker; insurance
business; treasurer and director, New Haven, Middletown &
Willimantic Railroad;
mayor
of Middletown, Conn., 1872-73; member of Connecticut
state senate 22nd District, 1887-90; Governor of
Connecticut, 1895-97.
Congregationalist.
Died January
13, 1921 (age 84 years, 207
days).
Interment at Indian
Hill Cemetery, Middletown, Conn.
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Robert Coit Jr. (1830-1904) —
of New London, New London
County, Conn.
Born in New London, New London
County, Conn., April
26, 1830.
Republican. Lawyer;
probate judge in Connecticut, 1860; president and treasurer, New
London and Northern Railroad;
mayor
of New London, Conn., 1879; member of Connecticut
state senate, 1880-83 (7th District 1880-81, 9th District
1882-83); alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Connecticut, 1880;
president, Union Bank of New London, 1893-1904;
vice-president, Savings Bank of New London; prsident, New
London Gas &
Electric Company; president, New London Steamboat
Company; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from New London, 1897-98.
Died in New London, New London
County, Conn., June 19,
1904 (age 74 years, 54
days).
Interment at Cedar
Grove Cemetery, New London, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert Coit and Charlotte Elizabeth (Coit) Coit; married, August
1, 1854, to Lucretia Brainard; father of William
Brainard Coit; grandson of Joshua
Coit; second cousin twice removed of David
Hough; second cousin thrice removed of Samuel
Huntington, John
Foster Dulles and Allen
Welsh Dulles; third cousin once removed of Ebenezer
Huntington, Samuel
Townsend Douglass and Silas
Hamilton Douglas; third cousin twice removed of John
Davenport, James
Davenport, Samuel
H. Huntington, Henry
Huntington, Jeremiah
Mason, Gurdon
Huntington, Augustus
Seymour Porter (1769-1849), Samuel
Lathrop, Peter
Buell Porter and James
Gillespie Blaine III; third cousin thrice removed of George
Champlin and Henry
Scudder; fourth cousin of Jabez
Williams Huntington, John
Hall Brockway, Charles
Wentworth Upham, Henry
Titus Backus, David
Edgerton and Henry
Woolsey Douglas; fourth cousin once removed of John
Taintor, Roger
Taintor, Solomon
Taintor, Zina
Hyde Jr., Theodore
Davenport, Nathaniel
Huntington, James
Huntington, Augustus
Seymour Porter (1798-1872), Joseph
Lyman Huntington, Peter
Buell Porter Jr., Elisha
Mills Huntington, Benjamin
Nicoll Huntington and Peter
Augustus Porter. |
| | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Upham
family; Saltonstall-Davis-Frelinghuysen-Appleton
family of Massachusetts (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | Image source: Men of Mark in
Connecticut (1908) |
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Francis W. Cole (c.1883-1966) —
Born about 1883.
Lawyer;
delegate
to Connecticut convention to ratify 21st amendment 2nd District,
1933; chairman, Travelers Insurance
Companies, 1945-55; director, Chase National Bank and United
Aircraft
Corporation.
Died in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., December
7, 1966 (age about 83
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Peter P. Cornen (1815-1893) —
of Ridgefield, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March
13, 1815.
Democrat. Went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; real estate
business; oil
producer; banker; member of Connecticut
state senate 11th District, 1867; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Ridgefield, 1871.
Episcopalian.
Member, Odd
Fellows.
Died March
23, 1893 (age 78 years, 10
days).
Interment at Scott's Cemetery, Ridgefield, Conn.
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Joseph N. Cowles (born c.1839) —
of Norfolk, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born in Norfolk, Litchfield
County, Conn., about 1839.
Republican. Banker; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1870; member of Connecticut
state senate 18th District, 1889-90.
Burial location unknown.
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Sidney Winter Crofut (b. 1847) —
also known as Sidney W. Crofut —
of Danielson, Killingly, Windham
County, Conn.
Born in Sing Sing (now Ossining), Westchester
County, N.Y., October
17, 1847.
Republican. Insurance
business; banker; warden
(borough president) of Danielsonville, Connecticut, 1888-90;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Killingly, 1893; Connecticut
Banking Commissioner, 1895-1900.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George W. Crofut; married, June 9,
1870, to Lucy E. Marcy. |
| | Image source: Men of Mark in
Connecticut (1908) |
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Charles L. Dean (b. 1844) —
of Malden, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Ashford, Windham
County, Conn., May 29,
1844.
Republican. Manufacturer;
banker; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1897-98; member of Massachusetts
state senate Fourth Middlesex District, 1905-06.
Burial location unknown.
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Francis Deming (born c.1858) —
of Berlin, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Berlin, Hartford
County, Conn., about 1858.
Republican. Banker; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Berlin, 1921-22, 1925-26.
Burial location unknown.
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Juanine S. DePaolo (1914-1997) —
also known as Juanine Stavola —
of Plantsville, Southington, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., October
15, 1914.
Democrat. Hairdresser;
acting
postmaster; real
estate and insurance
business; bank director; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Southington, 1955-56,
1959-64; defeated, 1956; Southington town clerk, 1965-93.
Female.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry. Member, Grange.
Died, in the Hospital
of St. Raphael, New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., October
6, 1997 (age 82 years, 356
days).
Interment at St.
Thomas Cemetery, Southington, Conn.
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James A. Doughty (b. 1850) —
of Torrington, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born in Beekman, Dutchess
County, N.Y., 1850.
Republican. Brass
manufacturing executive; banker; candidate for Connecticut
state senate 30th District, 1910.
Member, Union
League.
Burial location unknown.
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Frederick M. Drew (born c.1857) —
of Ansonia, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Ansonia, New Haven
County, Conn., about 1857.
Republican. Banker; member of Connecticut
state senate 17th District, 1921-22.
Burial location unknown.
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Timothy Edwards Ellsworth (b. 1836) —
also known as Timothy E. Ellsworth —
of Lockport, Niagara
County, N.Y.
Born in East Windsor, Hartford
County, Conn., September
21, 1836.
Lawyer;
colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1874-78; member of New York
state senate, 1882-85, 1896-1902 (30th District 1882-85, 45th
District 1896-1902); president, National Exchange Bank;
vice-president, Niagara County National Bank; director,
Niagara Paper
Mills; director, Hartford Paper
Company.
Burial location unknown.
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Samuel Fessenden (1847-1908) —
of Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Rockland, Knox
County, Maine, April
12, 1847.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
bank director; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Stamford, 1875, 1879,
1895-96; Speaker of
the Connecticut State House of Representatives, 1895-96; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1876,
1880,
1884
(alternate), 1888
(speaker),
1896
(member, Resolutions
Committee; speaker);
Secretary
of Republican National Committee, 1884-88; member of Republican
National Committee from Connecticut, 1896; member of Connecticut
Republican State Central Committee, 1901; member of Connecticut
state senate, 1905-08.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn., January
7, 1908 (age 60 years, 270
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Stamford, Conn.
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Elial Todd Foote (1796-1877) —
also known as Elial T. Foote —
of Jamestown, Chautauqua
County, N.Y.; New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Gill, Franklin
County, Mass., May 1,
1796.
Physician;
banker; member of New York
state assembly, 1819-20, 1826-27 (Cattaraugus, Chautauqua and
Niagara counties 1819-20, Chautauqua County 1826-27); Chautauqua
County Judge, 1823-43; postmaster at Jamestown,
N.Y., 1829-41.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., November
17, 1877 (age 81 years, 200
days).
Interment at Lake
View Cemetery, Jamestown, N.Y.
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Oliver Owen Forward (1781-1834) —
also known as Oliver Forward —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Simsbury, Hartford
County, Conn., December
1, 1781.
U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1817; county judge in New York, 1817; member of New York
state assembly from Cattaraugus, Chautauqua and Niagara counties,
1819-20; member of New York
state senate Western District, 1820-22; bank director.
Died in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., April
27, 1834 (age 52 years, 147
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel Forward and Susannah (Holcombe) Forward; brother of Walter
Forward and Chauncey
Forward; married to Sarah 'Sally' Granger (sister of Erastus
Granger); granduncle of Chauncey
Forward Black; first cousin thrice removed of Joseph
Wells Holcomb, Bankson
Taylor Holcomb and Thomas
Holcomb Jr.; first cousin four times removed of Edmond
Alfred Holcomb; second cousin twice removed of Marcus
Hensey Holcomb and Burton
Everett Hoskins; third cousin twice removed of Oliver
Ellsworth, John
Allen, Charles
Ogden Tappan, Martin
Harris Holcomb and Orlo
Erland Wadhams; third cousin thrice removed of Daniel
Chapin and Lyle
Donald Holcomb; fourth cousin of Hezekiah
Case, Orsamus
Cook Merrill, Timothy
Merrill, Abiel
Case, Edmund
Holcomb, Jairus
Case, Anson
Levi Holcomb and William
Gleason Jr.; fourth cousin once removed of Gaylord
Griswold, Jeremiah
Mason, Parmenio
Adams, Elisha
Phelps, Luther
Walter Badger, Henry
Leavitt Ellsworth, William
Wolcott Ellsworth, Abijah
Blodget, John
William Allen, Oliver
Dwight Filley, Farrand
Fassett Merrill, Noah
Webster Holcomb and Lafayette
Blanchard Gleason. |
| | Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
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Carlos French (1835-1903) —
of Seymour, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Humphreysville (now Seymour), New Haven
County, Conn., August
6, 1835.
Democrat. Inventor;
president and treasurer, Fowler Nail Co.; vice-president, H. A.
Matthews Manufacturing
Co.; director, Union Horse Shoe
Nail Co.; director, Second National Bank of New Haven;
director, New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1860, 1868; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 2nd District, 1887-89; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1892.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Seymour, New Haven
County, Conn., April
14, 1903 (age 67 years, 251
days).
Interment at Seymour
Union Cemetery, Seymour, Conn.
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Henry Haskell Gallup (1846-1932) —
also known as Henry H. Gallup —
of Norwich, New London
County, Conn.
Born in Preston, New London
County, Conn., June 2,
1846.
Republican. Leather belt
manufacturer; bank director; Connecticut
state treasurer, 1901-05.
Died in 1932
(age about
86 years).
Interment at Maplewood
Cemetery, Norwich, Conn.
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James Albert Gary (1833-1920) —
also known as James A. Gary —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Uncasville, Montville, New London
County, Conn., October
22, 1833.
Cotton duck
manufacturer; Whig candidate for Maryland
state senate, 1858; Republican candidate for U.S.
Representative from Maryland 5th District, 1870, 1872; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Maryland, 1872,
1876,
1880,
1884,
1888,
1892,
1896
(member, Resolutions
Committee); Republican candidate for Governor of
Maryland, 1879; member of Republican
National Committee from Maryland, 1880-96; Maryland
Republican state chair, 1883; U.S.
Postmaster General, 1897-98; vice-president, Consolidated Gas
Company; president, Citizens National Bank of Baltimore.
Presbyterian.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., October
31, 1920 (age 87 years, 9
days).
Interment at Loudon
Park Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
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Relatives:
Married 1856 to Lavin
Corrie. |
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G. Harold Gilpatric (b. 1881) —
of Putnam, Windham
County, Conn.
Born in Warren, Bristol
County, R.I., July 8,
1881.
Republican. Banker; Connecticut
state treasurer, 1919-24; resigned 1924; member of Connecticut
Republican State Central Committee, 1919-22.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George W. Gilpatric; married, October
19, 1905, to Irene Wheelock. |
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Frederick David Grave (b. 1889) —
also known as Frederick D. Grave —
of Hamden, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., September
13, 1889.
Cigar
manufacturer; banker; delegate
to Connecticut convention to ratify 21st amendment at-large, 1933.
German
ancestry. Member, Elks; American
Legion.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Frederick David Grave and Catherine Elizabeth (Stoffel) Grave;
married, September
29, 1924, to Elizabeth M. Moran. |
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Dudley Sanford Gregory (1800-1874) —
also known as Dudley S. Gregory —
of Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J.
Born in Redding, Fairfield
County, Conn., February
5, 1800.
Banker; mayor
of Jersey City, N.J., 1838-40, 1841-42, 1858-60; delegate to Whig
National Convention from New Jersey, 1839 (member, Balloting
Committee); U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 5th District, 1847-49; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1856
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1860;
director of railroad
companies.
Died in Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., December
8, 1874 (age 74 years, 306
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Thomas Gross Jr. (born c.1832) —
of East Haddam, Middlesex
County, Conn.
Born in Westfield, Hampden
County, Mass., about 1832.
Republican. Banker; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1880-81; member of Connecticut
state senate 21st District, 1893-94.
Burial location unknown.
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Edward Marshall Grout (1861-1931) —
also known as Edward M. Grout —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Greens Farms, Westport, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
27, 1861.
Democrat. Lawyer; law
partner of William
J. Gaynor, later New York City mayor; candidate for mayor
of Brooklyn, N.Y., 1895; borough
president of Brooklyn, New York, 1898-1901; New York City
Controller, 1902-05; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
New York, 1904;
president of Union Bank in Brooklyn; after the bank closed in
1911, he was indicted
for perjury,
based on the sworn report he had made of the bank's condition to the
New York Banking Department; tried in
1915 and convicted;
sentenced
to prison;
in 1916 the conviction was overturned, and he was not retried.
Died in Greens Farms, Westport, Fairfield
County, Conn., November
9, 1931 (age 70 years, 13
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Frank A. Hagarty (c.1871-1940) —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born about 1871.
Republican. Lawyer;
banker; candidate for Connecticut
state senate 3rd District, 1904, 1906; postmaster at Hartford,
Conn., 1907-15; mayor
of Hartford, Conn., 1916-18; defeated, 1918.
Member, Foresters;
Modern
Woodmen of America; Ancient
Order of Hibernians.
Died, from coronary
thrombosis, in Windsor, Hartford
County, Conn., January
11, 1940 (age about 69
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Isabel Cody. |
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Charles Joseph Harris (1853-1944) —
also known as Charles J. Harris —
of Dillsboro, Jackson
County, N.C.
Born in Putnam, Windham
County, Conn., September
11, 1853.
Republican. President, Harris Kaolin Co. (mining),
Harris Granite Quarries,
and Harris-Woodbury Lumber Co.;
president, Jackson County Bank (Sylva, N.C.); vice-president,
American National Bank (Asheville, N.C.); president, Asheville
Daily Times newspaper;
delegate to Republican National Convention from North Carolina, 1896
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1908,
1916,
1920,
1924,
1928,
1932,
1936
(alternate); candidate for Governor of
North Carolina, 1904.
Suffered a broken back, probably from a fall, was
unable to eat, and died from inanition,
in Asheville, Buncombe
County, N.C., February
14, 1944 (age 90 years, 156
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Asheville, N.C.
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Relatives: Son
of William Harris and Zilpah (Torrey) Harris; married to Florence
Rust. |
| | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Henry B. Hawley (b. 1874) —
of Brookfield Center, Brookfield, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Brookfield Center, Brookfield, Fairfield
County, Conn., May 11,
1874.
Republican. Real estate
business; bank director; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Brookfield, 1919-20; Dry
candidate for delegate
to Connecticut convention to ratify 21st amendment 24th District,
1933.
Congregationalist.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution.
Burial location unknown.
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Edward Stevens Henry (1836-1921) —
also known as E. Stevens Henry —
of Rockville, Vernon, Tolland
County, Conn.
Born in Gill, Franklin
County, Mass., February
10, 1836.
Republican. Farmer; dry goods
merchant; banker; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Vernon, 1883; member of Connecticut
state senate 23rd District, 1887-88; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Connecticut, 1888
(member, Committee
to Notify Nominees); Connecticut
state treasurer, 1889-93; mayor
of Rockville, Conn., 1894-95; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 1st District, 1895-1913;
defeated, 1892.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons.
Died in Rockville, Vernon, Tolland
County, Conn., October
10, 1921 (age 85 years, 242
days).
Interment at Grove
Hill Cemetery, Rockville, Vernon, Conn.
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Ebenezer J. Hill (1845-1917) —
of Norwalk, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Redding, Fairfield
County, Conn., August
4, 1845.
Republican. Lumber
merchant; president, Norwalk Gas
Light Co.; vice-president, National Bank of Norwalk;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1884,
1908
(alternate); member of Connecticut
state senate 13th District, 1887-88; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1895-1913, 1915-17;
defeated, 1912; died in office 1917.
Died in Norwalk, Fairfield
County, Conn., September
27, 1917 (age 72 years, 54
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Norwalk, Conn.
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Charles Tudor Hillyer (b. 1800) —
also known as Charles T. Hillyer —
of Granby, Hartford
County, Conn.; Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in East Granby, Hartford
County, Conn., 1800.
Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Granby, 1828, 1830; member of
Connecticut
state senate 3rd District, 1837; bank director.
Burial location unknown.
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Marcus Hensey Holcomb (1844-1932) —
also known as Marcus H. Holcomb —
of Southington, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in New Hartford, Litchfield
County, Conn., November
28, 1844.
Republican. Lawyer;
probate judge in Connecticut, 1876; member of Connecticut
state senate 2nd District, 1893-94; banker; member of Connecticut
Republican State Central Committee, 1901; delegate
to Connecticut state constitutional convention from Southington,
1902; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Southington, 1905-06; Speaker of
the Connecticut State House of Representatives, 1905-06; Connecticut
state attorney general, 1907-10; superior court judge in
Connecticut, 1910-15; Governor of
Connecticut, 1915-21.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Redmen;
Foresters;
Grange.
Died in Southington, Hartford
County, Conn., March 5,
1932 (age 87 years, 98
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Southington, Conn.
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Walter Howe (1907-1966) —
of Litchfield, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born in 1907.
Republican. Banker; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Litchfield, 1935-40; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1940
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business); U.S. Ambassador to Chile, 1958-61.
Died in 1966
(age about
59 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Wolcott J. Humphrey (1817-1890) —
of Wyoming
County, N.Y.
Born in Canton, Hartford
County, Conn., 1817.
Postmaster;
banker; member of New York
state assembly from Wyoming County, 1851-52; member of New York
state senate 30th District, 1866-69.
Died in Warsaw, Wyoming
County, N.Y., January
19, 1890 (age about 72
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1841 to Amanda
B. Martindale; married 1874 to Hannah
Mulholland. |
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Charles Phelps Huntington (1802-1868) —
of Northampton, Hampshire
County, Mass.; Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Litchfield, Litchfield
County, Conn., May 24,
1802.
Lawyer;
delegate
to Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1853; superior
court judge in Massachusetts, 1855-59; banker.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., January
30, 1868 (age 65 years, 251
days).
Interment at Bridge
Street Cemetery, Northampton, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of Dan Huntington and Elizabeth Whiting (Phelps) Huntington; married
to Helen Sophia Mills (daughter of Elijah
Hunt Mills); grandfather of Josiah
Quincy; first cousin thrice removed of Benjamin
Huntington; second cousin of Charles
Edward Phelps; second cousin twice removed of Samuel
Huntington, Henry
Huntington and Gurdon
Huntington; third cousin of Joseph
Lyman Huntington; third cousin once removed of Ebenezer
Huntington, Samuel
H. Huntington, Abel
Huntington, Benjamin
Nicoll Huntington, Collins
Dwight Huntington and George
Milo Huntington; third cousin thrice removed of Noah
Phelps and Waightstill
Avery; fourth cousin of William
Woodbridge, Jabez
Williams Huntington, Isaac
Backus, Nathaniel
Huntington, James
Huntington, Elisha
Mills Huntington and Henry
Titus Backus; fourth cousin once removed of John
Davenport, Joshua
Coit, James
Davenport, Chauncey
Goodrich, Elizur
Goodrich, Augustus
Seymour Porter, Peter
Buell Porter, Silas
Wright Jr., Marshall
Chapin, William
Dean Kellogg, William
Clark Huntington, Everett
Chamberlin Benton and Fred
Douglas Fisher. |
| | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Upham
family; Saltonstall-Davis-Frelinghuysen-Appleton
family of Massachusetts (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Edwin Olmstead Keeler (1846-1923) —
also known as Edwin O. Keeler —
of Norwalk, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Ridgefield, Fairfield
County, Conn., January
12, 1846.
Republican. Wholesale
grocer; banker; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Norwalk, 1893-96; mayor
of Norwalk, Conn., 1893-94; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Connecticut, 1896
(member, Committee
to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee); member of Connecticut
state senate, 1897-1900; Lieutenant
Governor of Connecticut, 1901-03; member of Connecticut
Republican State Central Committee, 1901.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Odd
Fellows; Elks.
Died December
4, 1923 (age 77 years, 326
days).
Interment somewhere
in Norwalk, Conn.
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William Shadrach Knox (1843-1914) —
also known as William S. Knox —
of Lawrence, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Killingly, Windham
County, Conn., September
10, 1843.
Republican. Lawyer;
banker; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1874-75; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 5th District, 1895-1903;
defeated, 1892.
Died in Andover, Essex
County, Mass., September
21, 1914 (age 71 years, 11
days).
Interment at Bellevue
Cemetery, Lawrence, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of William Shadrach Knox and Rebecca (Walker) Knox; married to
Eunice B. Hussey; married, November
25, 1898, to Helen Myers Boardman. |
| | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page |
| | Image source: Autobiographies and
Portraits of the President, Cabinet, etc. (1899) |
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Everett John Lake (1871-1948) —
also known as Everett Lake —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.; West Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Woodstock, Windham
County, Conn., February
8, 1871.
Republican. Lumber
business; bank director; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Hartford, 1903-04; member of
Connecticut
state senate, 1905-06; Lieutenant
Governor of Connecticut, 1907-09; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Connecticut, 1912;
Governor
of Connecticut, 1921-23.
Congregationalist.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Freemasons.
Died September
16, 1948 (age 77 years, 221
days).
Interment at Westford
Cemetery, Ashford, Conn.
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Rufus Wharton Landon (1815-1886) —
also known as Rufus W. Landon —
of Niles, Berrien
County, Mich.
Born in Salisbury, Litchfield
County, Conn., May 3,
1815.
Democrat. Postmaster at Niles,
Mich., 1839-41; real estate
business; Berrien
County Treasurer, 1843-52; banker; mayor of
Niles, Mich., 1860-62, 1865; member of Michigan
state senate 18th District, 1863-64; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Michigan, 1864.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Niles, Berrien
County, Mich., December
26, 1886 (age 71 years, 237
days).
Interment at Silverbrook
Cemetery, Niles, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Luther Landon and Martha (Hoyt) Landon; married 1843 to
Margaret Gray; married 1867 to
Matilda McOmber; married 1877 to Linda
Eoline Vought. |
| | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Simon Larned (1753-1817) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Thompson, Windham
County, Conn., August
3, 1753.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; Berkshire
County Sheriff; merchant;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1791; Berkshire
County Treasurer, 1792-1812; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts at-large, 1804-05; colonel in
the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; president, Berkshire
Bank.
Died in Pittsfield, Berkshire
County, Mass., November
16, 1817 (age 64 years, 105
days).
Interment at Pittsfield
Cemetery, Pittsfield, Mass.
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Henry Larrabee (b. 1830) —
of Ledyard, New London
County, Conn.; Willimantic, Windham
County, Conn.
Born in Ledyard, New London
County, Conn., April
15, 1830.
Republican. Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1868; member of Connecticut
state senate 7th District, 1875; bank director.
Congregationalist.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Adam
Larrabee and Hannah Gallup (Lester) Larrabee; married to Maria
Stoddard Allen. |
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William Larrabee (1832-1912) —
of Iowa.
Born in Ledyard, New London
County, Conn., January
20, 1832.
School
teacher; grain
miller; banker; member of Iowa
state senate, 1867; Governor of
Iowa, 1886-90.
Methodist.
French
Huguenot ancestry.
Blinded
in his right eye by a gun accident at age 15.
Died November
16, 1912 (age 80 years, 301
days).
Interment at God's
Acre Cemetery, Clermont, Iowa.
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Costello Lippitt (1842-1924) —
of Norwich, New London
County, Conn.
Born in East Killingly, Killingly, Windham
County, Conn., December
12, 1842.
Republican. Banker; mayor
of Norwich, Conn., 1908-10; Connecticut
state treasurer, 1911-13.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Society
of Colonial Wars.
Died August
21, 1924 (age 81 years, 253
days).
Interment at Yantic
Cemetery, Norwich, Conn.
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Amos H. Lister (b. 1881) —
of Terryville, Plymouth, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born in Plymouth, Litchfield
County, Conn., February
18, 1881.
Republican. Banker; first
selectman of Plymouth, Connecticut, 1919-20; member of Connecticut
state senate 32nd District, 1945-46.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Hollie I. Lister and Daisy W. Lister. |
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Phineas Chapman Lounsbury (1841-1925) —
also known as Phineas C. Lounsbury —
of Ridgefield, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Ridgefield, Fairfield
County, Conn., January
10, 1841.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; boot and shoe
manufacturer; banker; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1874; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Connecticut; Governor of
Connecticut, 1887-89; warden
(borough president) of Ridgefield, Connecticut, 1904.
Died in Ridgefield, Fairfield
County, Conn., June 22,
1925 (age 84 years, 163
days).
Interment at Ridgefield
Cemetery, Ridgefield, Conn.
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John Jay McCloy (1895-1989) —
also known as John J. McCloy; "Chairman of the
American Establishment" —
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., March
31, 1895.
Lawyer;
banker; president, World Bank, 1947-49; U.S. High Commissioner
for the U.S. Zone in Germany, 1949-52; member, President's Commission
on the Assassination of President KNDY, 1963-64.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died in Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn., March
11, 1989 (age 93 years, 345
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Schuyler Merritt (1853-1953) —
of Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
16, 1853.
Republican. Manufacturer;
banker; delegate
to Connecticut state constitutional convention, 1902; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1908
(alternate), 1916;
U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1917-31, 1933-37;
defeated, 1930, 1936.
Episcopalian.
Died in Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn., April 1,
1953 (age 99 years, 106
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Stamford, Conn.
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Samuel E. Merwin Jr. (1831-1907) —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Brookfield, Fairfield
County, Conn., 1831.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
banker; Adjutant
General of Connecticut, 1868-72; member of Connecticut
state senate 4th District, 1876; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 2nd District, 1882; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1884;
Lieutenant
Governor of Connecticut, 1889-93.
Died in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., 1907
(age about
76 years).
Burial location unknown.
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John J. Monnes (1889-1953) —
of Cromwell, Middlesex
County, Conn.
Born in Cromwell, Middlesex
County, Conn., May 30,
1889.
Democrat. Dairy farmer;
bank director; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Cromwell, 1937-38, 1941-42;
member of Connecticut
state senate 33rd District, 1945-46.
Died November
13, 1953 (age 64 years, 167
days).
Interment at St.
John's Cemetery, Middletown, Conn.
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Bertram Oldroyd Moody (b. 1891) —
also known as Bertram O. Moody —
of Amherst, Hampshire
County, Mass.
Born in Thompsonville, Enfield, Hartford
County, Conn., December
5, 1891.
Republican. Banker; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1936.
Member, Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Ernest Moody and Grace (Oldroyd) Moody; married, September
16, 1914, to Greta Covil Gordon. |
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Daniel Nash Morgan (1844-1931) —
also known as Daniel N. Morgan —
of Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Newtown, Fairfield
County, Conn., August
18, 1844.
Democrat. Grocer; dry goods
merchant; banker; mayor
of Bridgeport, Conn., 1880-81, 1884-85; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1883; member of Connecticut
state senate 14th District, 1885-86, 1893; resigned 1893;
Treasurer of the United States, 1893-97; candidate for Governor of
Connecticut, 1898.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sons of
the Revolution; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Odd
Fellows.
While crossing a street, he was hit by an
automobile, was badly injured, and died twelve days later, in
Bridgeport Hospital,
Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn., May 30,
1931 (age 86 years, 285
days).
Interment at Mountain
Grove Cemetery, Bridgeport, Conn.
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Ezra Morgan (c.1801-1871) —
of Newtown, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Newtown, Fairfield
County, Conn., about 1801.
Merchant;
banker; farmer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Newtown, 1842, 1862, 1868.
Died June 9,
1871 (age about 70
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Andrew B. Mygatt (1820-1901) —
of New Milford, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born October
31, 1820.
Merchant;
banker; member of Connecticut
state senate 16th District, 1860-61.
Died March
30, 1901 (age 80 years, 150
days).
Interment at Center
Cemetery, New Milford, Conn.
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Charles Hine Nettleton (b. 1850) —
of Shelton, Fairfield
County, Conn.; Derby, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., June 29,
1850.
Warden
(borough president) of Shelton, Connecticut, 1882-83; president,
New Haven Gas
Light Company; president, Birmingham National Bank;
general manager, Birmingham Water
Company.
Episcopalian.
Member, Alpha
Delta Phi; Phi
Beta Kappa; Union
League; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Nettleton and Ellen (Hine) Nettleton; married, November
11, 1874, to Katharine Arold. |
| | Image source: Men of Mark in
Connecticut (1908) |
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Henry Gleason Newton (1843-1914) —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Durham, Middlesex
County, Conn., June 5,
1843.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1885, 1895; trustee, Farmers' and
Mechanics' Savings Bank, Middletown, Conn.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sons of
the American Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died March
21, 1914 (age 70 years, 289
days).
Interment at Durham Cemetery, Durham, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of Capt. Gaylord Newton and Nancy M. (Merwin) Newton; married 1885 to Dr.
Sarah Allen Baldwin. |
| | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Matthew Turner Newton (b. 1829) —
of Suffield, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Colchester, New London
County, Conn., June 4,
1829.
Physician;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1853, 1893; served in the Union
Army during the Civil War; president, Suffield Savings Bank.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Loyal
Legion.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Israel Newton and Harriet (Turner) Newton. |
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Charles Oliver O'Donnell (1822-1877) —
also known as C. Oliver O'Donnell —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., January
20, 1822.
Commission
merchant; insurance
business; vice-president, Gaslight
Company of Baltimore; director, Union Bank of Maryland;
director, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad;
Vice-Consul
for Brazil in Baltimore,
Md., 1864-76.
Catholic.
Died, from apoplexy,
in the Pequod House Hotel,
New London, New London
County, Conn., August
12, 1877 (age 55 years, 204
days).
Interment at New
Cathedral Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
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Benjamin Page (1840-1929) —
of Meriden, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in North Branford, New Haven
County, Conn., September
4, 1840.
Republican. Insurance
agent; bank director; mayor
of Meriden, Conn., 1890-91.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Meriden, New Haven
County, Conn., March 2,
1929 (age 88 years, 179
days).
Interment at Walnut
Grove Cemetery, Meriden, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of Benjamin Page and Sarah E. (Merriam) Page; married to Margaret A.
Cook. |
| | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Almond M. Paine (1820-1890) —
of Danielsonville (now Danielson), Killingly, Windham
County, Conn.
Born in Rhode Island, September
15, 1820.
Republican. Probate judge in Connecticut, 1850; postmaster at East
Killingly, Conn., 1861-67; served in the Union Army during the
Civil War; bank director.
Died, by self-inflicted
gunshot,
in Danielsonville (now Danielson), Killingly, Windham
County, Conn., June 7,
1890 (age 69 years, 265
days).
Interment at Grove Street Cemetery, Putnam, Conn.
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Rodney C. Paine (1806-1873) —
of Niles, Berrien
County, Mich.
Born in Connecticut, 1806.
Banker; Berrien
County Treasurer, 1836; village
president of Niles, Michigan, 1848-54; member of Michigan
state senate, 1855; mayor of
Niles, Mich., 1873.
Episcopalian.
Died in 1873
(age about
67 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Guernsey S. Parsons (c.1835-1898) —
of Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born about 1835.
Democrat. Banker; mayor
of Waterbury, Conn., 1880-82.
Died, following surgery for appendicitis,
in Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn., October
11, 1898 (age about 63
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Freeman Fremont Patten (1856-1937) —
also known as Freeman F. Patten —
of Stafford Springs, Stafford, Tolland
County, Conn.
Born in Somers, Tolland
County, Conn., November
3, 1856.
Republican. Woollen
manufacturer; bank director; warden
(borough president) of Stafford Springs, Connecticut, 1904;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Stafford, 1905-06; Connecticut
state treasurer, 1907-11.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in Stafford Springs, Stafford, Tolland
County, Conn., November
8, 1937 (age 81 years, 5
days).
Interment at Stafford Springs Cemetery, Stafford Springs, Stafford, Conn.
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Relatives:
Married to Lily Daisy Welch. |
| | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | Image source: Legislative History and
Souvenir of Connecticut 1907-08 |
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Elmer N. Peck (born c.1875) —
of East Haddam, Middlesex
County, Conn.
Born in East Haddam, Middlesex
County, Conn., about 1875.
Republican. Banker; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from East Haddam, 1923-24; member
of Connecticut
state senate 34th District, 1931.
Burial location unknown.
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Henry S. Peck (1834-1884) —
of Brookfield, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Brookfield Center, Brookfield, Fairfield
County, Conn., 1834.
Merchant;
bank director; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Brookfield, 1879.
Died in Brookfield Center, Brookfield, Fairfield
County, Conn., 1884
(age about
50 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry L. Peck. |
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James Monroe Pendleton (1822-1889) —
also known as James M. Pendleton —
of Westerly, Washington
County, R.I.
Born in North Stonington, New London
County, Conn., January
10, 1822.
Republican. Banker; member of Rhode
Island state senate, 1862-65; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Rhode Island, 1868,
1876;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Rhode Island; U.S.
Representative from Rhode Island 2nd District, 1871-75; member of
Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1878-84.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died in Westerly, Washington
County, R.I., February
16, 1889 (age 67 years, 37
days).
Interment at River
Bend Cemetery, Westerly, R.I.
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Charles Phelps (1852-1940) —
of Rockville, Tolland
County, Conn.
Born in East Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., August
10, 1852.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Vernon, 1885; member of Connecticut
state senate 23rd District, 1893-94; secretary
of state of Connecticut, 1897-99; Connecticut
state attorney general, 1899-1903; delegate
to Connecticut state constitutional convention from Vernon, 1902;
Tolland
County State's Attorney, 1904-15; bank director.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Psi
Upsilon; Odd
Fellows; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died in St. Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla., February
3, 1940 (age 87 years, 177
days).
Entombed at Grove
Hill Cemetery, Rockville, Vernon, Conn.
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John A. Pilgard (c.1866-1935) —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Denmark,
about 1866.
Democrat. Grocer;
banker; elected mayor
of Hartford, Conn. 1935, but died before taking office.
Danish
ancestry.
Died, following gall
bladder surgery, in St. Francis Hospital,
Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., November
14, 1935 (age about 69
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Jared Lewis Rathbone (1791-1845) —
also known as Jared Rathbone —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Colchester, New London
County, Conn., August
2, 1791.
Whig. Merchant;
bank director; mayor of
Albany, N.Y., 1838-41.
Died in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., May 13,
1845 (age 53 years, 284
days).
Interment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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Lewis S. Reed (born c.1880) —
of Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Brewster, Putnam
County, N.Y., about 1880.
Republican. Banker; member of Connecticut
state senate 15th District, 1931.
Burial location unknown.
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Pardon C. Rickey (born c.1873) —
of Berlin, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Toledo, Tama
County, Iowa, about 1873.
Republican. Banker; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Berlin, 1931-32.
Burial location unknown.
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Edward Spellman Roberts (1842-1923) —
also known as Edward S. Roberts —
of East Canaan, North Canaan, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born in Goshen, Litchfield
County, Conn., April
15, 1842.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; school
teacher; creamery
business; bank director; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1875, 1889; member of Connecticut
Democratic State Central Committee, 1901; Connecticut
state treasurer, 1913-15; defeated, 1906.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Grand
Army of the Republic; Grange.
Died April 9,
1923 (age 80 years, 359
days).
Interment at Hillside Cemetery, East Canaan, North Canaan, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of Frederick Roberts and Hannah (Spellman) Roberts; married, September
4, 1867, to Lois Jane Briggs. |
| | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | Image source: Hartford Courant,
September 13, 1906 |
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Henry Roberts (1853-1929) —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
22, 1853.
Republican. President, Hartford Woven Wire
Mattress Company; director, Hartford Electric
Light Company; also director of several banks; member of
Connecticut
state house of representatives from Hartford, 1899-1900; member
of Connecticut
state senate 1st District, 1901-02; Lieutenant
Governor of Connecticut, 1903-05; Governor of
Connecticut, 1905-07.
Congregationalist.
Welsh
ancestry. Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars.
Died, from respiratory
failure, in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., May 1,
1929 (age 76 years, 99
days).
Interment at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Hartford, Conn.
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John G. Root —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Republican. President, Farmers and Mechanics National Bank; mayor
of Hartford, Conn., 1888-90.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons.
Burial location unknown.
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Montgomery Schuyler Jr. (1877-1955) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn., September
2, 1877.
Author;
U.S. Consul General in Bangkok, 1904-06; U.S. Minister to Ecuador, 1913; Salvador, 1921-25; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
stockbroker;
banker.
Episcopalian.
Died November
1, 1955 (age 78 years, 60
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Katherine Beeckman (Livingston) Schuyler and Montgomery Schuyler;
married, August
22, 1906, to Edith Lawver; second great-grandson of Valentine
Brother; third great-grandson of Robert
Gilbert Livingston; fourth great-grandson of Gilbert
Livingston; fourth great-grandnephew of John
Livingston and Robert
Livingston (1688-1775); fifth great-grandson of Robert
Livingston the Elder; fifth great-grandnephew of Pieter
Schuyler and Johannes
Schuyler (1668-1747); first cousin four times removed of Philip
Van Cortlandt and Pierre
Van Cortlandt Jr.; first cousin five times removed of Robert
Livingston (1708-1790), Peter
Van Brugh Livingston, Philip
Livingston, Robert
R. Livingston (1718-1775) and William
Livingston; first cousin six times removed of Robert
Livingston the Younger and Johannes
Schuyler (1697-1746); first cousin seven times removed of David
Davidse Schuyler and Myndert
Davidtse Schuyler; second cousin thrice removed of Hamilton
Fish and Philip
N. Schuyler; second cousin four times removed of Peter
Robert Livingston, Walter
Livingston, Philip
Peter Livingston, Robert
R. Livingston (1746-1813), Henry
Brockholst Livingston and Edward
Livingston; second cousin five times removed of Stephanus
Bayard, Pierre
Van Cortlandt, Philip
John Schuyler, Philip
P. Schuyler and Stephen
John Schuyler; third cousin twice removed of Gilbert
Livingston Thompson, Nicholas
Fish and Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1849-1936); third cousin thrice removed of Stephen
Van Rensselaer, Philip
Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Henry
Walter Livingston, Rensselaer
Westerlo, Peter
Augustus Jay, Edward
Philip Livingston, William
Alexander Duer, John
Duer, William
Jay and Charles
Ludlow Livingston; fourth cousin of Jonathan
Mayhew Wainwright; fourth cousin once removed of Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1888-1991). |
| | Political families: Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York; Roosevelt
family of New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | See also U.S. State Dept career summary — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | Image source: U.S. passport application
(1921) |
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William Warren Scranton (1917-2013) —
also known as William W. Scranton —
of Dalton, Lackawanna
County, Pa.
Born in Madison, New Haven
County, Conn., July 19,
1917.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer;
banker; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 10th District, 1961-63; Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1963-67; candidate for Republican nomination for
President, 1964;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1964;
U.S. Representative to United Nations, 1976-77.
Presbyterian.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Trilateral
Commission; Chi Psi.
Died, from a cerebral
hemorrhage, in Montecito, Santa
Barbara County, Calif., July 28,
2013 (age 96 years, 9
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Edwin Searls (b. 1846) —
also known as Charles E. Searls —
of Thompson, Windham
County, Conn.
Born in Pomfret, Windham
County, Conn., March
25, 1846.
Republican. Lawyer;
bank director; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Thompson, 1871, 1886; secretary
of state of Connecticut, 1881-83; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Connecticut, 1896;
member of Connecticut
state senate, 1909-10.
Member, American Bar
Association; Psi
Upsilon.
Interment somewhere
in Pomfret, Conn.
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William Oscar Seymour (1833-1911) —
also known as William O. Seymour —
of Ridgefield, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Ridgefield, Fairfield
County, Conn., October
16, 1833.
Republican. School
teacher; civil
engineer; chief engineer, New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad;
probate judge in Connecticut, 1890; banker; Connecticut state
railroad commissioner; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Ridgefield, 1911; died in
office 1911.
Died in Ridgefield, Fairfield
County, Conn., January
24, 1911 (age 77 years, 100
days).
Interment at Scott's Cemetery, Ridgefield, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of Harriet (Betts) Seymour and William Wells Seymour; married to
Rebecca Mary Sproull. |
| | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Andrew N. Shepard (b. 1862) —
of Portland, Middlesex
County, Conn.
Born in Portland, Middlesex
County, Conn., May 5,
1862.
Republican. Tobacco
dealer; bank director; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Portland, 1901-02; member of
Connecticut
state senate 34th District, 1907-08; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Connecticut, 1908;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 2nd District, 1910.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Ancient
Order of United Workmen; Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Nelson Shepard and Elizabeth (Tryon) Shepard; married to Harriet
Stockwell. |
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Friend William Smith Jr. (1829-1917) —
also known as Friend W. Smith, Jr. —
of Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Delaware
County, N.Y., May 11,
1829.
Republican. Inventor;
manufacturer;
bank director; postmaster at Bridgeport,
Conn., 1861-69.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn., March 3,
1917 (age 87 years, 296
days).
Interment at Mountain
Grove Cemetery, Bridgeport, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of Friend William Smith and Mary (Esmond) Smith; married to Angeline
A. Weed. |
| | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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George Edwin Somers (1833-1915) —
also known as George E. Somers —
of Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Newtown, Fairfield
County, Conn., January
21, 1833.
Republican. Machinist;
inventor;
superintendent, later president, Bridgeport Brass
Company; bank director; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Bridgeport, 1897.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died December
18, 1915 (age 82 years, 331
days).
Interment at Mountain
Grove Cemetery, Bridgeport, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of Esther (Peck) Somers and Rufus Somers; married 1858 to Sarah
J. Noble; married, December
6, 1865, to Fannie Elizabeth (French) Clark. |
| | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | Image source: Men of Mark in
Connecticut (1908) |
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George Spafford (c.1794-1849) —
of Windham, Windham
County, Conn.
Born about 1794.
Papermaker;
banker; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Windham, 1826, 1832; member
of Connecticut
state senate 13th District, 1834, 1838.
Died in Windham, Windham
County, Conn., November
5, 1849 (age about 55
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles L. Spencer (born c.1860) —
of Suffield, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Suffield, Hartford
County, Conn., about 1860.
Republican. Banker; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Suffield, 1911-14.
Burial location unknown.
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Willard Spencer (1801-1890) —
of Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Waterbury (part now in Prospect), New Haven
County, Conn., May 14,
1801.
Merchant;
button
manufacturer; banker; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Waterbury, 1834; probate
judge in Connecticut, 1846; warden
(borough president) of Waterbury, Connecticut, 1850-51; member of
Connecticut
state senate 5th District, 1857.
Died May 2,
1890 (age 88 years, 353
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Ezekiel Gilbert Stoddard (1844-1923) —
also known as Ezekiel G. Stoddard —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Seymour, New Haven
County, Conn., November
14, 1844.
Banker; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from New Haven, 1886.
While horseback
riding at Bell Ranch, he fell or was
thrown from the horse, fractured his ankle, probably suffered
some heart
trouble, and died six hours later without regaining
consciousness, in Tucumcari, Quay
County, N.M., September
18, 1923 (age 78 years, 308
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, New Haven, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Stoddard and Esther Ann (Gilbert) Stoddard; married, January
10, 1871, to Mary DeForest Burlock; father of Louis
Ezekiel Stoddard; seventh great-grandson of Thomas
Welles; second cousin twice removed of Charles
Robert Sherman; second cousin four times removed of Pierpont
Edwards and Aaron
Burr; third cousin once removed of Charles
Taylor Sherman, William
Tecumseh Sherman, Lampson
Parker Sherman, John
Sherman and Blanche
M. Woodward; third cousin thrice removed of John
Davenport, James
Davenport, Daniel
Chapin, Theodore
Dwight, Morris
Woodruff and Henry
Waggaman Edwards. |
| | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Edwards-Davenport-Thompson-Hooker
family of Connecticut (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Samuel Strong (1762-1832) —
of Vergennes, Addison
County, Vt.
Born in Salisbury, Litchfield
County, Conn., July 17,
1762.
Farmer;
sawmill
owner; Addison
County Sheriff, 1787-89; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1804-05; served in the U.S. Army
during the War of 1812; Federalist candidate for Governor of
Vermont, 1816; banker.
Died in Vergennes, Addison
County, Vt., December
5, 1832 (age 70 years, 141
days).
Interment at Vergennes Burying Ground, Vergennes, Vt.
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Charles Newhall Taintor (1840-1920) —
also known as Charles N. Taintor —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Pomfret, Windham
County, Conn., November
28, 1840.
Republican. Map and book publisher;
New York Commissioner of Emigration, 1881-89; New York City Police
Justice, 1889-95; delegate to Republican National Convention from New
York, 1884;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 7th District, 1888; candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1893; president,
United States Savings Bank, 1910-20.
Member, Psi
Upsilon.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March
12, 1920 (age 79 years, 105
days).
Interment at Linwood
Cemetery, Colchester, Conn.
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Benjamin Tallmadge (1754-1835) —
of Litchfield, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born in Brookhaven, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., February
25, 1754.
Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;
banker; postmaster at Litchfield,
Conn., 1792-1801; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut, 1801-17 (at-large 1801-05, 7th
District 1805-07, at-large 1807-09, 7th District 1809-11, at-large
1811-17).
Member, Society
of the Cincinnati.
Slaveowner.
Died in Litchfield, Litchfield
County, Conn., March 7,
1835 (age 81 years, 10
days).
Interment at East
Cemetery, Litchfield, Conn.
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Clarence E. Thompson (b. 1844) —
of Orange, New Haven
County, Conn.; West Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Orange, New Haven
County, Conn., November
15, 1844.
Republican. Banker; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Orange, 1903-06; member of Connecticut
state senate 14th District, 1907-08.
Member, Union
League.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Silas Thompson and Minerva (Smith) Thompson; married, October
15, 1868, to Helena R. Smith. |
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William Laurence Tierney (1876-1958) —
also known as William L. Tierney —
of Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Norwalk, Fairfield
County, Conn., August
6, 1876.
Democrat. Lawyer;
banker; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1931-33; defeated,
1932.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Died April
13, 1958 (age 81 years, 250
days).
Interment at St.
Mary's Cemetery, Greenwich, Conn.
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Lyman Twining Tingier (1862-1920) —
also known as Lyman T. Tingier —
of Rockville, Vernon, Tolland
County, Conn.
Born in Webster, Worcester
County, Mass., June 9,
1862.
Democrat. Lawyer;
bank director; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Connecticut, 1896;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Vernon, 1909-12; mayor
of Rockville, Conn., 1912-13; Lieutenant
Governor of Connecticut, 1913-15; candidate for Governor of
Connecticut, 1914.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Foresters.
Died in 1920
(age about
58 years).
Burial location unknown.
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John Harper Trumbull (1873-1961) —
also known as John H. Trumbull —
of Plainville, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Ashford, Windham
County, Conn., March 4,
1873.
Republican. Organizer and president, Trumbull Electric Manufacturing
Co.; board chairman, Colonial Air
Transport, Inc.; director and treasurer, Plainville Realty
Co.; president, Plainville Trust Co.; director, Connecticut Light &
Power Co.; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Connecticut, 1920
(alternate), 1924,
1928
(Convention
Vice-President; member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1932,
1936
(speaker);
member of Connecticut
state senate 5th District, 1921-24; member of Connecticut
Republican State Central Committee, 1922-30; Lieutenant
Governor of Connecticut, 1925; Governor of
Connecticut, 1925-31; defeated, 1932; delegate
to Connecticut convention to ratify 21st amendment 5th District,
1933.
Congregationalist.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Redmen;
Humane
Society.
Died in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., May 21,
1961 (age 88 years, 78
days).
Interment at West
Cemetery, Plainville, Conn.
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Joseph Trumbull (1782-1861) —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Lebanon, New London
County, Conn., December
7, 1782.
Lawyer;
banker; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Hartford, 1832; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut, 1834-35, 1839-43 (at-large
1834-35, 1st District 1839-43); Governor of
Connecticut, 1849-50.
Died, from typhoid
fever, in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., August
4, 1861 (age 78 years, 240
days).
Interment at Old
North Cemetery, Hartford, Conn.
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Howard Beecher Tuttle (1863-1933) —
also known as Howard B. Tuttle —
of Naugatuck, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Naugatuck, New Haven
County, Conn., October
25, 1863.
Chairman, Eastern Malleable
Iron Company; chairman, Naugatuck National Bank; member of
Connecticut
state senate, 1910; warden
(borough president) of Naugatuck, Connecticut, 1914-18, 1919-20.
Suffered a stroke at
luncheon in the Waterbury Country Club, and died seven days later, in
Middlebury, New Haven
County, Conn., September
29, 1933 (age 69 years, 339
days).
Interment at Grove Cemetery, Naugatuck, Conn.
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Charles Upson (1821-1885) —
of Constantine, St. Joseph
County, Mich.; Coldwater, Branch
County, Mich.
Born in Marion, Southington, Hartford
County, Conn., March
19, 1821.
Lawyer;
St.
Joseph County Clerk, 1849-50; St.
Joseph County Prosecuting Attorney, 1853-54; member of Michigan
state senate, 1855-56, 1881-82 (17th District 1855-56, 10th
District 1881-82); village
president of Coldwater, Michigan, 1859-60; Michigan
state attorney general, 1861-62; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 2nd District, 1863-69; bank
director; circuit
judge in Michigan 15th Circuit, 1869-73; resigned 1873; member
of Michigan
state constitutional commission 3rd District, 1873; mayor
of Coldwater, Mich., 1877-78.
Died in Coldwater, Branch
County, Mich., September
5, 1885 (age 64 years, 170
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Coldwater, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Lydia (Webster) Upson and Asahel Upson; brother of Gad
Ely Upson; married, August
4, 1852, to Sophia Montgomery Upham; great-grandson of Josiah
Cowles; second cousin of Calvin
Josiah Cowles and Christopher
Columbus Upson; second cousin once removed of Charles
Holden Cowles; second cousin twice removed of Daniel
Upson; second cousin thrice removed of John
Strong; second cousin four times removed of William
Pitkin; third cousin of Andrew
Seth Upson and Evelyn
M. Upson; third cousin once removed of William
Hanford Upson; third cousin twice removed of Henry
Champion, Epaphroditus
Champion, Daniel
Chapin, Samuel
Strong and Ela
Collins; third cousin thrice removed of Moses
Seymour and Simeon
Baldwin; fourth cousin of Harvey
Washington Upson; fourth cousin once removed of Graham
Hurd Chapin, George
Seymour, William
Collins, William
Sheffield Cowles, James
Wesley Upson and William
Hazlett Upson. |
| | Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page |
| | Image source: History and Biographical
Record of Branch County (1906) |
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John M. Wadhams (1870-1941) —
of Goshen, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born in Goshen, Litchfield
County, Conn., September
14, 1870.
Republican. Banker; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Goshen, 1911-12; member of Connecticut
state senate 30th District, 1913-14.
Died September
17, 1941 (age 71 years, 3
days).
Interment at Goshen Center Cemetery, Goshen, Conn.
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Frederic Collin Walcott (1869-1949) —
also known as Frederic C. Walcott —
of Norfolk, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born in New York Mills, Oneida
County, N.Y., February
19, 1869.
Republican. Manufacturer;
banker; member of Connecticut
state senate, 1925-27; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Connecticut, 1928
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee), 1932;
U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1929-35; defeated, 1934.
Presbyterian.
Died in Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn., April
27, 1949 (age 80 years, 67
days).
Interment at Center
Cemetery, Norfolk, Conn.
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John Wales (1783-1863) —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., July 31,
1783.
Lawyer;
banker; secretary
of state of Delaware, 1845-49; U.S.
Senator from Delaware, 1849-51; one of the founders
of Newark College, now the University of Delaware.
Died in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., December
3, 1863 (age 80 years, 125
days).
Interment at Wilmington
and Brandywine Cemetery, Wilmington, Del.
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Frank Albert Wallace (b. 1857) —
also known as F. A. Wallace —
of Wallingford, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Wallingford, New Haven
County, Conn., September
23, 1857.
Republican. Manufacturer;
banker; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from Connecticut, 1908;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Wallingford, 1909-10.
Congregationalist.
Member, Union
League.
Burial location unknown.
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Frank Bentley Weeks (1854-1935) —
also known as Frank B. Weeks —
of Middletown, Middlesex
County, Conn.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
20, 1854.
Republican. Grain milling
business; banker; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Connecticut; Lieutenant
Governor of Connecticut, 1909; Governor of
Connecticut, 1909-11; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Connecticut, 1912,
1916.
Congregationalist.
Member, Society
of Colonial Wars; Union
League.
Died October
2, 1935 (age 81 years, 255
days).
Interment at Indian
Hill Cemetery, Middletown, Conn.
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John L. Wessels (c.1838-1923) —
of Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born about 1838.
Produce
business; banker; mayor
of Bridgeport, Conn., 1879-80, 1881-82, 1883-84.
Died in Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn., March 5,
1923 (age about 85
years).
Burial location unknown.
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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.
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Edward Henry Willey (1883-1958) —
also known as Edward H. Willey —
of South Boston, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., December
7, 1883.
Republican. Druggist;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1928;
bank director.
Catholic.
Died in South Boston, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., August
11, 1958 (age 74 years, 247
days).
Interment at St.
Joseph's Cemetery, West Roxbury, Boston, Mass.
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Josiah Butler Williams (1810-1883) —
also known as Josiah B. Williams —
of Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y.
Born in Middletown, Middlesex
County, Conn., December
16, 1810.
Banker; member of New York
state senate 25th District, 1852-55; candidate for New York
canal commission, 1854; candidate for Presidential Elector for
New York.
Died in Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y., September
26, 1883 (age 72 years, 284
days).
Interment at Ithaca
City Cemetery, Ithaca, N.Y.
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William Williams (1815-1876) —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Bolton, Tolland
County, Conn., September
6, 1815.
Democrat. Banker; railroad
president; member of New York
state assembly, 1866-67 (Erie County 1st District 1866, Erie
County 2nd District 1867); U.S.
Representative from New York 30th District, 1871-73; defeated,
1872.
Died in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., September
10, 1876 (age 61 years, 4
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y.
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Oliver Wolcott Jr. (1760-1833) —
of Litchfield, Litchfield
County, Conn.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Litchfield, Litchfield
County, Conn., January
11, 1760.
Connecticut
state comptroller, 1788-90; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1795-1800; banker; Governor of
Connecticut, 1817-27; delegate
to Connecticut state constitutional convention, 1818.
Congregationalist.
Accused,
by political adversaries in 1800, of setting
fire to the State Department, and resigned
from the Cabinet in protest against the investigation.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 1,
1833 (age 73 years, 141
days).
Interment at East
Cemetery, Litchfield, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of Oliver
Wolcott Sr. and Laura (Collins) Wolcott; brother of Mary Ann
Wolcott (who married Chauncey
Goodrich) and Frederick
Wolcott; nephew of Erastus
Wolcott and Ursula Wolcott (who married Matthew
Griswold (1714-1799)); grandson of Roger
Wolcott (1679-1767); granduncle of Roger
Wolcott (1847-1900); third great-grandson of William
Leete; first cousin of Roger
Griswold; first cousin twice removed of John
William Allen, James
Samuel Wadsworth, Henry
Titus Backus, Christopher
Parsons Wolcott and Matthew
Griswold (1833-1919); first cousin thrice removed of Charles
Frederick Wadsworth, James
Wolcott Wadsworth, Edward
Oliver Wolcott and Alfred
Wolcott; first cousin four times removed of James
Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. and Selden
Chapin; first cousin five times removed of James
Jermiah Wadsworth and Frederic
Lincoln Chapin; first cousin six times removed of James
Wadsworth Symington; second cousin once removed of William
Pitkin, Gaylord
Griswold, Samuel
Clesson Allen, William
Wolcott Ellsworth and Henry
Leavitt Ellsworth; second cousin twice removed of Joseph
Lyman Huntington, Elisha
Hunt Allen and George
Washington Wolcott; second cousin thrice removed of Edmund
Holcomb, Albert
Asahel Bliss, Philemon
Bliss, Collins
Dwight Huntington, William
Fessenden Allen, George
Milo Huntington and Frederick
Hobbes Allen; second cousin four times removed of Judson
H. Warner, Nelson
Platt Wheeler, William
Egbert Wheeler and Henry
Augustus Wolcott; second cousin five times removed of Alexander
Royal Wheeler; third cousin of Daniel
Pitkin; third cousin once removed of Thomas
Chittenden, Enoch
Woodbridge, James
Hillhouse, Joseph
Silliman (1756-1829) and Timothy
Pitkin; third cousin twice removed of Phineas
Lyman Tracy, Albert
Haller Tracy, Henry
Ward Beecher, Leveret
Brainard, Edwin
Carpenter Pinney, Roger
Calvin Leete and John
Robert Graham Pitkin; third cousin thrice removed of Joseph
Pomeroy Root, George
Griswold Sill, Frederick
Walker Pitkin, George
Buckingham Beecher, Luther
S. Pitkin and Claude
Carpenter Pinney; fourth cousin of Benjamin
Tallmadge, Elizur
Goodrich, Martin
Chittenden, William
Woodbridge and Joseph
Silliman (c.1786-1850); fourth cousin once removed of Chittenden
Lyon, Frederick
Augustus Tallmadge, Josiah
C. Chittenden, Clark
S. Chittenden, Abel
Madison Scranton, Frederick
Enoch Woodbridge and Joseph
Fitch Silliman. |
| | Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | The town
of Wolcott,
Vermont, is named for
him. |
| | See also National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | Image source: One Hundredth Anniversary
(1919) |
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Rollin Simmons Woodruff (1854-1925) —
also known as Rollin S. Woodruff —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., July 14,
1854.
Republican. President, C. S. Mersick & Co., wholesale iron
dealers; director, Connecticut Savings Bank and Mechanics
Bank; president, Grace Hospital
of New Haven; member of Connecticut
state senate, 1903; Lieutenant
Governor of Connecticut, 1905-07; Governor of
Connecticut, 1907-09; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Connecticut, 1912
(alternate), 1916,
1920
(alternate), 1924.
English
ancestry. Member, Union
League.
Died June 30,
1925 (age 70 years, 351
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, New Haven, Conn.
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William W. Woodworth (1807-1873) —
of Hyde Park, Dutchess
County, N.Y.; Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in New London, New London
County, Conn., March
16, 1807.
Democrat. Dutchess
County Judge, 1838; U.S.
Representative from New York 8th District, 1845-47; defeated,
1842; village
president of Yonkers, New York, 1857-58; railroad
builder; real estate
business; banker.
Died in Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y., February
13, 1873 (age 65 years, 334
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Yonkers, N.Y.
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Roy T. Yates (1895-1960) —
of Passaic
County, N.J.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J., August
8, 1895.
Republican. Banker; member of New Jersey
Republican State Committee, 1925-27; member of New
Jersey state senate from Passaic County, 1928-31; resigned 1931.
Member, Freemasons;
Junior
Order; Patriotic
Order Sons of America.
Shot
in the abdomen, on August 14, 1931, by Miss Ruth Cranmer, in her
apartment in Manhattan, New York; this incident led to the discovery
that Miss Cranmer, apparently his mistress,
had also received checks from the State of New Jersey; the New Jersey
State Senate Judiciary committee began an investigation
into whether Sen. Yates should be impeached;
but then he resigned.
Died, of a heart
ailment, in Doctors Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March 8,
1960 (age 64 years, 213
days).
Interment somewhere
in Easton, Conn.
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Relatives:
Married to Elsie Southrope. |
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