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Edward Perkins Ayer (1862-1935) —
also known as Edward P. Ayer —
of Easton, Fairfield
County, Conn.; Guilford, New Haven
County, Conn.; Mansfield, Tolland
County, Conn.; Indian Neck, Branford, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Connecticut, 1862.
Republican. Minister; candidate for Connecticut
state house of representatives from Easton, 1902.
Congregationalist.
Died in 1935
(age about
73 years).
Interment at Branford Center Cemetery, Branford, Conn.
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Joseph Barker (1751-1815) —
of Middleboro, Plymouth
County, Mass.
Born in Branford, New Haven
County, Conn., October
19, 1751.
Democrat. Minister; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 7th District, 1805-09; member
of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1812-13.
Died July 5,
1815 (age 63 years, 259
days).
Interment at Green
Cemetery, Middleboro, Mass.
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Joel Barlow (1754-1812) —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Redding, Fairfield
County, Conn., March
24, 1754.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;
chaplain; writer; poet; lawyer;
U.S. Consul in Cadiz, 1792-93; U.S. Consul General in Algiers, 1796-97; U.S. Minister to France, 1811-12, died in office 1812.
Member, Society
of the Cincinnati; Freemasons.
He was sent to Algeria to negotiate for the release of those held
prisoner by the Barbary pirates, and was protected by a detachment of
U.S. Marines. The words "to the shores of Tripoli" in the U.S.
Marine Hymn are a reference to this incident.
Died, of pneumonia
or exposure,
in Zarnowiec, Poland,
December
24, 1812 (age 58 years, 275
days).
Interment at Churchyard,
Zarnowiec, Poland; cenotaph at Great
Pasture Road Cemetery, Redding, Conn.
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Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887) —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.; Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Litchfield, Litchfield
County, Conn., June 24,
1813.
Republican. Minister; orator;
abolitionist; candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 2nd District, 1867;
in 1872, he was accused
of an adulterous
affair with Mrs. Elizabeth Tilton, the wife of a friend of his;
Beecher's church conducted an investigation
and declared him innocent; in 1874, Elizabeth Tilton's husband
Theodore sued Beecher; a highly-publicized months-long trial
took place in 1875; the jury was unable to reach a verdit.
Presbyterian;
later Congregationalist.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., March 8,
1887 (age 73 years, 257
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.; memorial monument at Cadman Plaza Park, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Lyman Beecher and Roxana Ward (Foote) Beecher; brother of Harriet
Beecher Stowe; married, August
3, 1837, to Eunice White Bullard; uncle of George
Buckingham Beecher; second cousin twice removed of Jonathan
Elmer, Ebenezer
Elmer and Eli
Elmer; second cousin thrice removed of Erastus
Wolcott and Oliver
Wolcott Sr.; third cousin of Leveret
Brainard; third cousin once removed of Amaziah
Brainard and Lucius
Quintius Cincinnatus Elmer; third cousin twice removed of Oliver
Wolcott Jr., Roger
Griswold, John
Allen, Frederick
Wolcott, Walter
Keene Linscott, Sidney
Smythe Linscott and Frances
Payne Bolton; third cousin thrice removed of Aaron
Kellogg, Daniel
Chapin and Oliver
Payne Bolton; fourth cousin of Ambrose
Tuttle, Joseph
H. Elmer and George
Frederick Stone; fourth cousin once removed of Gaylord
Griswold, Luther
Walter Badger, Daniel
Kellogg, Gideon
Hotchkiss, Asahel
Augustus Hotchkiss, John
William Allen, Julius
Hotchkiss, Giles
Waldo Hotchkiss, Charles
Francis Chidsey, Ernest
Harvey Woodford and Samuel
Russell Chidsey. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Eastman
family; Walker-Meriwether-Kellogg
family of Virginia (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Cross-reference: Henry
W. Beecher |
| | | The World War II Liberty
ship SS Henry Ward Beecher (built 1942 at Terminal
Island, California; scrapped 1969) was named for
him. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Daniel Burrows (1766-1858) —
of Hebron, Tolland
County, Conn.; Middletown, Middlesex
County, Conn.
Born in Fort Hill, Groton, New London
County, Conn., October
26, 1766.
Democrat. Carriage and
wagon manufacturer; Methodist minister; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1816-20, 1826 (Hebron 1816-20,
Middletown 1826); delegate
to Connecticut state constitutional convention, 1818; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut at-large, 1821-23.
Died in Mystic, Stonington, New London
County, Conn., January
23, 1858 (age 91 years, 89
days).
Interment at Elm
Grove Cemetery, Mystic, Stonington, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of Silas Burrows and Mary (Smith) Burrows; married, December
16, 1787, to Mary Avery; uncle of Lorenzo
Burrows; first cousin of Daniel
Packer; first cousin once removed of Asa
Packer; first cousin twice removed of Robert
Asa Packer; second cousin of Jared
Lewis Rathbone; second cousin once removed of Charles
Marsh Pendleton, Cyrus
Henry Pendleton, Henry
Reed Rathbone and Jared
Lawrence Rathbone; second cousin twice removed of Ezekiel
Cornell, Calvin
Crane Pendleton, Edward
Wheeler Pendleton, Joseph
Palmer Dyer, Charles
Henry Pendleton, Harris
Pendleton, Chauncey
C. Pendleton, Nathan
William Pendleton, James
Pendleton, Eckford
Gustavus Pendleton and Henry
Riggs Rathbone; second cousin thrice removed of Cornelius
Welles Pendleton and Claudius
Victor Pendleton; third cousin twice removed of Calvin
Tilden Hulburd; fourth cousin of Ezra
Cornell; fourth cousin once removed of Alfred
Henry Littlefield, Alonzo
Barton Cornell and Henry
Stark Culver. |
| | | Political families: Cornell
family of New York; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article |
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Ernest C. Carpenter —
of East Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Republican. Clergyman; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from East Haven, 1939-42.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Fred Pierce Corson (1896-1985) —
also known as Fred P. Corson —
of Jackson Heights, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.; Port Washington, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.; Carlisle, Cumberland
County, Pa.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Cornwall, Lebanon
County, Pa.
Born in Millville, Cumberland
County, N.J., April
11, 1896.
Methodist minister; president,
Dickinson College, 1934-44; Methodist Bishop of Philadelphia,
1944-68; offered prayer, Republican National Convention, 1948,
1952;
offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,
1948.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Union
League; Rotary;
Kappa
Sigma; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Tau
Kappa Alpha; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, from a cerebral
hemorrhage after a fall, in
St. Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla., February
16, 1985 (age 88 years, 311
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Jeremiah Corson and Mary (Payne) Corson; married 1922 to
Frances Blount Beaman. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
| | | Image source: Dickinson
College |
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Manasseh Cutler (1742-1823) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Killingly, Windham
County, Conn., May 13,
1742.
Ordained minister; physician;
member of Massachusetts state legislature, 1780; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts at-large, 1801-05.
Congregationalist.
Died in Hamilton, Essex
County, Mass., July 28,
1823 (age 81 years, 76
days).
Interment at Hamilton
Cemetery, Hamilton, Mass.
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Sidney Dean (1818-1901) —
of Thompson, Windham
County, Conn.; Warren, Bristol
County, R.I.
Born in Glastonbury, Hartford
County, Conn., November
16, 1818.
Minister; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1854-55; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 3rd District, 1855-59; newspaper
editor; member of Rhode
Island state senate, 1870-71.
Died in Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass., October
29, 1901 (age 82 years, 347
days).
Interment at South
Cemetery, Warren, R.I.
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Samuel Clement Fessenden (1815-1882) —
also known as Samuel Fessenden —
of Thomaston, Knox
County, Maine.
Born in New Gloucester, Cumberland
County, Maine, March 7,
1815.
Republican. Pastor, Second Congregational Church, Thomaston,
Maine, 1837-56; lawyer;
candidate for Governor of
Maine, 1846, 1847, 1848; U.S.
Representative from Maine 3rd District, 1861-63; U.S. Consul in
Saint John, 1879-81.
Congregationalist.
Died in Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn., April
18, 1882 (age 67 years, 42
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Stamford, Conn.
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Orin Fowler (1791-1852) —
of Plainfield, Windham
County, Conn.; Fall River, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in Lebanon, New London
County, Conn., July 29,
1791.
Missionary; minister; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1848; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1849-52 (9th District 1849-51,
2nd District 1851-52); died in office 1852.
Congregationalist.
Died in Washington,
D.C., September
3, 1852 (age 61 years, 36
days).
Interment at North
Burial Ground, Fall River, Mass.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Almer Fisk Gallup (b. 1884) —
also known as Almer F. Gallup —
of Scituate, Providence
County, R.I.; Danielson, Killingly, Windham
County, Conn.
Born in Montgomery, Franklin
County, Vt., December
25, 1884.
Republican. Pastor; Independent Republican candidate for Connecticut
state house of representatives from Killingly, 1932.
Nazarene.
Burial location unknown.
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H. N. Gates —
of Barkhamsted, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Minister; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Barkhamsted, 1865.
Burial location unknown.
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William H. Gleason (1833-1892) —
of Sag Harbor, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.; Newburgh, Orange
County, N.Y.; Newark, Essex
County, N.J.; Hudson, Columbia
County, N.Y.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Durham, Middlesex
County, Conn., September
28, 1833.
Merchant;
lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Suffolk County 1st District, 1864-65;
pastor.
Presbyterian.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
21, 1892 (age 58 years, 146
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Addison Gurley (1813-1863) —
of Methuen, Essex
County, Mass.; Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in East Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., December
9, 1813.
Republican. Pastor; newspaper
editor and publisher; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 2nd District, 1859-63.
Universalist.
Appointed Governor of Arizona Territory, but died before taking
office.
Died in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, August
19, 1863 (age 49 years, 253
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Eli Edwin Hall (1818-1896) —
also known as E. Edwin Hall —
Born April
11, 1818.
Minister; U.S. Consul in Florence, 1850.
Died in Fair Haven, New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., May 2,
1896 (age 78 years, 21
days).
Interment at Alderbrook Cemetery, Guilford, Conn.
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George V. Hamilton —
of Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Republican. Clergyman; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Stamford, 1939-40.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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George H. Jackson (b. 1863) —
of Connecticut.
Born in Natick, Middlesex
County, Mass., February
28, 1863.
Medical
missionary; U.S. Consul in Cognac, 1897-98, 1908; La Rochelle, 1898-1908.
African
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Amasa Learned (1750-1825) —
of New London, New London
County, Conn.
Born in Killingly, Windham
County, Conn., November
15, 1750.
Minister; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1779; delegate
to Connecticut convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1788;
member of Connecticut
council of assistants, 1791; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut at-large, 1791-95; delegate
to Connecticut state constitutional convention, 1818.
Slaveowner.
Died in New London, New London
County, Conn., May 4,
1825 (age 74 years, 170
days).
Interment at Cedar
Grove Cemetery, New London, Conn.
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Albert Levitt (1887-1968) —
of Redding, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Woodbine, Carroll
County, Md., March
14, 1887.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; chaplain; lawyer; law
professor; Independent Republican candidate for Connecticut
state house of representatives from Redding, 1930; Independent
candidate for Governor of
Connecticut, 1932; Independent Citizen candidate for U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1934; U.S.
District Judge for Virgin Islands, 1935-36; as judge in 1935,
ordered election officials in the U.S. Virgin Islands to allow women
to vote; candidate in Republican primary for U.S.
Senator from California, 1950; candidate in Republican primary
for U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1960.
Died June 18,
1968 (age 81 years, 96
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Asa Lyon (1763-1841) —
of South Hero, Grand Isle
County, Vt.
Born in Pomfret, Windham
County, Conn., December
31, 1763.
Pastor; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1799-1802, 1804-08, 1810-14; U.S.
Representative from Vermont at-large, 1815-17.
Congregationalist.
Died in South Hero, Grand Isle
County, Vt., April 4,
1841 (age 77 years, 94
days).
Interment at Grand
Isle Cemetery, Grand Isle, Vt.
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Selah Merrill (1837-1909) —
of Andover, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Canton Center, Canton, Hartford
County, Conn., May 2,
1837.
Clergyman; author; archaeologist;
U.S. Consul in Jerusalem, 1882-86, 1891-1905.
Congregationalist.
Died in Alameda
County, Calif., January
22, 1909 (age 71 years, 265
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Oakland, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of Daniel Merrill and Lydia (Richards) Merrill; married, April
29, 1875, to Adelaide Brewster Taylor; first cousin once removed
of Greene
Carrier Bronson; first cousin thrice removed of Aaron
Kellogg; second cousin once removed of John
Russell Kellogg; second cousin twice removed of Hezekiah
Case; second cousin thrice removed of Noah
Phelps; third cousin once removed of Parmenio
Adams, George
Smith Catlin, Francis
William Kellogg and Edward
Russell Kellogg; third cousin twice removed of Jason
Kellogg, Jonathan
Brace, Augustus
Pettibone, Charles
Kellogg (1773-1842), Orsamus
Cook Merrill, Elisha
Phelps, Timothy
Merrill, Rufus
Pettibone, Amos
Pettibone and Daniel
Fiske Kellogg; fourth cousin of Asahel
Pierson Case, Hiram
Bidwell Case and Arthur
Tappan Kellogg; fourth cousin once removed of Thomas
Kimberly Brace, Luther
Walter Badger, Silas
Dewey Kellogg, Chester
Ashley, Daniel
Kellogg, Theodore
Davenport, Alvan
Kellogg, Alvah
Nash, Day
Otis Kellogg, Dwight
Kellogg, William
Alfred Buckingham, Norman
A. Phelps, Albert
Gallatin Kellogg, Ensign
Hosmer Kellogg, John
Smith Phelps, Farrand
Fassett Merrill, Augustus
Herman Pettibone, Charles
Kellogg (1839-1903), Nelson
Platt Wheeler, William
Egbert Wheeler, Joseph
Wells Holcomb and William
Lucius Case. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Murphy-Merrill
family of Harbor Beach, Michigan (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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William Ferdinand Morgan (1816-1888) —
also known as William F. Morgan —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., December
21, 1816.
Democrat. Episcopal priest; offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,
1868.
Episcopalian.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 19,
1888 (age 71 years, 150
days).
Interment somewhere
in Newport, R.I.
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Charles Page (1839-1920) —
of North Branford, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in North Branford, New Haven
County, Conn., May 21,
1839.
Republican. Clergyman; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from North Branford, 1874,
1901-02; member of Connecticut
state senate 6th District, 1903-04.
Congregationalist.
Died in Connecticut, 1920
(age about
81 years).
Interment at Bare
Plain Cemetery, North Branford, Conn.
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Adam Clayton Powell Jr. (1908-1972) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., November
29, 1908.
Democrat. Baptist minister; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1945-71 (22nd District 1945-53,
16th District 1953-63, 18th District 1963-71); delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1952,
1960,
1964;
cited
for contempt
of court in 1966 for refusing to pay damages in a lawsuit against
him; on February 28, 1967, he was expelled
from the House of Representatives on charges
of unbecoming
conduct and misusing
public funds; the Supreme Court overturned the expulsion in 1969.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, Alpha
Phi Alpha; Elks.
Died, of prostate
cancer, in Jackson Memorial Hospital,
Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla., April 4,
1972 (age 63 years, 127
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered in a
private or family graveyard, Bahamas.
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Relatives: Son
of Adam Clayton Powell, Sr. and Mattie (Fletcher) Powell; married, March 8,
1933, to Isabel Washington; married, August
1, 1945, to Hazel Scott; married, December
15, 1960, to Yvette Marjorie Diago (Flores) Powell; father of Adam
Clayton Powell IV. |
| | | Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard
(formerly part of Seventh Avenue), in Manhattan,
New York, is named for
him. — The Adam Clayton Powell State
Office Building (opened 1974 as the Harlem State Office Building;
renamed 1983), in Manhattan,
New York, is named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier |
| | | Books by Powell,Adam Clayton,Jr.: Adam
by Adam: The Autobiography of Adam Clayton Powell,
Jr. |
| | | Books about Powell,Adam Clayton,Jr.:
Tisha Hamilton, Adam
Clayton Powell, Jr.: The Political Biography of an American
Dilemma — Wil Haygood, King
of the Cats: The Life and Times of Adam Clayton Powell,
Jr. |
| | | Image source: Library of
Congress |
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Otis Jerome Range (1840-1914) —
also known as Otis J. Range —
of Meriden, New Haven
County, Conn.; Essex, Middlesex
County, Conn.; Southbury, New Haven
County, Conn.; Guilford, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Meriden, New Haven
County, Conn., September, 1840.
Pastor; Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 2nd District, 1882; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Guilford, 1884-85, 1895-96,
1911-12.
Methodist.
Member, Good
Templars.
Died in 1914
(age about
73 years).
Interment at East
Cemetery, Meriden, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of John Range and Charlotte Range; married to Maria Jeanette
Kellam. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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George Edward Reed (1846-1930) —
also known as "The Grand Old Man" —
of Willimantic, Windham
County, Conn.; Fall River, Bristol
County, Mass.; Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.; Carlisle, Cumberland
County, Pa.; Harrisburg, Dauphin
County, Pa.
Born in Brownville, Piscataquis
County, Maine, March
28, 1846.
Republican. Minister; president,
Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pa., 1889-1911; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1900.
Methodist.
English
ancestry.
Died, in Polyclinic Hospital,
Harrisburg, Dauphin
County, Pa., February
7, 1930 (age 83 years, 316
days).
Interment at Old
Carlisle Cemetery, Carlisle, Pa.
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George Clinton Rowe (1853-1903) —
also known as George C. Rowe —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Litchfield, Litchfield
County, Conn., May 1,
1853.
Minister; Consul
for Liberia in Charleston,
S.C., 1899-1903.
Congregationalist.
African
ancestry.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., October
3, 1903 (age 50 years, 155
days).
Interment at West
Cemetery, Litchfield, Conn.
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Gurdon Saltonstall (1666-1724) —
of New London, New London
County, Conn.
Born in Haverhill, Essex
County, Mass., April
7, 1666.
Ordained minister; Colonial
Governor of Connecticut, 1708-24.
Puritan.
Died in New London, New London
County, Conn., October
1, 1724 (age 58 years, 177
days).
Interment at Ancient Cemetery, New London, Conn.
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Francis Emanuel Shober (1860-1919) —
also known as Frank E. Shober —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Salisbury, Rowan
County, N.C., October
24, 1860.
Democrat. School
teacher; minister; newspaper
reporter; newspaper
editor; U.S.
Representative from New York 17th District, 1903-05; defeated,
1906.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Danbury, Fairfield
County, Conn., October
7, 1919 (age 58 years, 348
days).
Interment at Wooster
Cemetery, Danbury, Conn.
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Julian A. Taylor —
of Ansonia, New Haven
County, Conn.
Democrat. Minister; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Connecticut, 1960.
Still living as of 1960.
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Uri Tracy (1764-1838) —
of Oxford, Chenango
County, N.Y.
Born in Norwich, New London
County, Conn., February
8, 1764.
Democrat. Minister; postmaster;
Chenango
County Sheriff, 1798-1801; Chenango
County Clerk, 1801-15; member of New York
state assembly from Chenango County, 1802-03; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1805-07, 1809-13 (16th District
1805-07, 13th District 1809-13); county judge in New York, 1819-23.
Presbyterian.
Died in Oxford, Chenango
County, N.Y., July 21,
1838 (age 74 years, 163
days).
Interment at Riverview
Cemetery, Oxford, N.Y.
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William Williams (1731-1811) —
of Lebanon, New London
County, Conn.
Born in Lebanon, New London
County, Conn., April
28, 1731.
Merchant;
pastor; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1757; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Connecticut, 1776; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; member of Connecticut
council of assistants, 1776-79, 1784-1802.
Congregationalist.
Died August
2, 1811 (age 80 years, 96
days).
Interment at Trumbull
Cemetery, Lebanon, Conn.; memorial monument at Constitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.
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Charles Edward Woodcock (1854-1940) —
also known as Charles E. Woodcock —
of Ansonia, New Haven
County, Conn.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.; St. Matthews, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in New Britain, Hartford
County, Conn., June 12,
1854.
Republican. Episcopal priest; Bishop of the Episcopal
Diocese of Kentucky, 1905-35; offered prayer, Republican National Convention,
1920.
Episcopalian.
Suffered a heart
attack in Naples, Fla., and died soon after, in a hospital
at Fort Myers, Lee
County, Fla., March
12, 1940 (age 85 years, 274
days).
Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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