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Hardware Business Politicians in Connecticut
Hardware and Building Supply Dealers

Eli Coe Birdsey (1843-1929) — also known as Eli C. Birdsey — of Meriden, New Haven County, Conn. Born in Meriden, New Haven County, Conn., February 25, 1843. Republican. Hardware merchant; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Meriden, 1919-20. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar. Died February 5, 1929 (age 85 years, 346 days). Interment at East Cemetery, Meriden, Conn.   Relatives: Son of Eli Coe Birdsey (1799-1843) and Rebecca Cook (Wilcox) Birdsey; married 1864 to Catherine Butler; grandson of Gershom Birdsey; fifth great-grandnephew of Robert Treat; sixth great-grandson of Thomas Welles; first cousin twice removed of Jeduthun Wilcox; second cousin once removed of Leonard Wilcox; second cousin twice removed of Benjamin Hard; third cousin once removed of Francis William Kellogg; third cousin twice removed of Thomas Chittenden, Victory James Birdseye and James Samuel Wadsworth; fourth cousin of Arthur Julius Birdseye; fourth cousin once removed of Martin Chittenden, Israel Coe, Charles Frederick Wadsworth, Jethro Ayers Hatch, James Wolcott Wadsworth and George Harrison Hall.   Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Tracy Edward Crouse (1887-1957) — also known as Tracy E. Crouse — of North Granby, Granby, Hartford County, Conn. Born in Altmar, Oswego County, N.Y., December 30, 1887. Republican. Farmer; hardware merchant; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Granby, 1921-22. Died in Hartford, Hartford County, Conn., December 10, 1957 (age 69 years, 345 days). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Married to Annie E. Crouse. Edwin Hallock (b. 1840) — of Derby, New Haven County, Conn. Born in Derby, New Haven County, Conn., August 16, 1840. Republican. Hardware business; real estate dealer; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Derby, 1897-98, 1903-06; defeated, 1900, 1908, 1910, 1912, 1916. Congregationalist. Member, Odd Fellows. Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Zephaniah Hallock and Sarah (Hall) Hallock.   Image source: Men of Mark in Connecticut (1908)   William Berkeley Hotchkiss (1867-1936) — also known as William B. Hotchkiss — of Waterbury, New Haven County, Conn. Born in Waterbury, New Haven County, Conn., February 9, 1867. Republican. Hardware merchant; mayor of Waterbury, Conn., 1910-11; defeated, 1911. Died in Waterbury, New Haven County, Conn., February 2, 1936 (age 68 years, 358 days). Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Waterbury, Conn.   Relatives: Son of Catherine A. (Harper) Hotchkiss and Berkeley Stevens Hotchkiss; married, September 4, 1904, to Harriet Eliza Fogg; third cousin thrice removed of Joseph Churchill Strong and Ebenezer Strong.   Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Otis family of Connecticut; Livingston-Schuyler family of New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Edwin Henry Keach (1865-1936) — also known as Edwin H. Keach — of Danielson, Killingly, Windham County, Conn. Born in Providence, Providence County, R.I., June 20, 1865. Republican. Hardware merchant; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Killingly; elected 1908, 1910; member of Connecticut state senate 28th District, 1913-14; postmaster at Danielson, Conn., 1923-30. Died September 15, 1936 (age 71 years, 87 days). Interment at Westfield Cemetery, Danielson, Killingly, Conn.   Relatives: Son of George Clark Keach and Ellen M. Keach; married, February 11, 1892, to Clara E. Lewis.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   George Marcellus Landers (1813-1895) — also known as George M. Landers — of New Britain, Hartford County, Conn. Born in Lenox, Berkshire County, Mass., February 22, 1813. Democrat. Hardware manufacturer; member of Connecticut state house of representatives, 1851, 1867, 1874; member of Connecticut state senate 1st District, 1853, 1869, 1873; U.S. Representative from Connecticut 1st District, 1875-79; defeated, 1878. Died in New Britain, Hartford County, Conn., March 27, 1895 (age 82 years, 33 days). Interment at Fairview Cemetery, New Britain, Conn.   Relatives: Father of Charles Smith Landers; grandfather of George M. Landers.   Political family: Landers family of New Britain, Connecticut.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   David Munson Osborne (1822-1886) — also known as David M. Osborne — of Auburn, Cayuga County, N.Y. Born in Rye, Westchester County, N.Y., December 15, 1822. Republican. Hardware business; farm implement manufacturer; mayor of Auburn, N.Y., 1879-80; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1884. Died in Auburn, Cayuga County, N.Y., July 6, 1886 (age 63 years, 203 days). Interment at Fort Hill Cemetery, Auburn, N.Y.   Relatives: Son of John Hall Osborn and Caroline (Bulkley) Osborn; married 1851 to Eliza Lidy Wright; father of Thomas Mott Osborne; grandfather of Charles Devens Osborne and Lithgow Osborne; second cousin of Charles Taylor Sherman, Barzillai Bulkeley Kellogg, William Tecumseh Sherman, Lampson Parker Sherman and John Sherman; third cousin once removed of Dwight Arthur Silliman; third cousin twice removed of Ira Yale and Asbury Elliott Kellogg; third cousin thrice removed of Ebenezer Lockwood, Jonathan Brace and Aaron Burr; fourth cousin of Howkin Bulkley Beardslee, Henry Jarvis Raymond and Edwin Olmstead Keeler; fourth cousin once removed of Ebenezer Huntington, Charles Yale, Eli Thacher Hoyt, Millard Ellsworth Lane, Oliver Cromwell Jennings, Fred Lockwood Keeler and Thomas McKeen Chidsey.   Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Joseph Bradford Sargent (1822-1907) — also known as Joseph B. Sargent — of New Haven, New Haven County, Conn. Born in Leicester, Worcester County, Mass., December 14, 1822. Democrat. Hardware manufacturer; mayor of New Haven, Conn., 1891-94. Died in New Haven, New Haven County, Conn., July 15, 1907 (age 84 years, 213 days). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery, New Haven, Conn.   Relatives: Married to Elizabeth Collier Lewis and Florence Van Karajan.   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Frederick Trent Stanley (1802-1883) — also known as Frederick T. Stanley — of New Britain, Hartford County, Conn. Born in New Britain, Hartford County, Conn., August 12, 1802. Republican. Foundry business; hardware manufacturer; mayor of New Britain, Conn., 1871-72. Died in New Britain, Hartford County, Conn., August 2, 1883 (age 80 years, 355 days). Interment at Fairview Cemetery, New Britain, Conn.   Relatives: Married, July 4, 1838, to Melvina Chamberlain; second cousin of Timothy Wadsworth Stanley.   See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier Mason Turner (1891-1978) — of Torrington, Litchfield County, Conn. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., May 28, 1891. Hardware store clerk; U.S. Vice Consul in Colombo, as of 1926; U.S. Consul in Colombo, as of 1927-28; Paris, as of 1929-30; Malta, as of 1932; Callao-Lima, as of 1938-40; Perth, 1941-46. Died in Polk County, Fla., December 20, 1978 (age 87 years, 206 days). Interment at Hillside Cemetery, Torrington, Conn.   Relatives: Son of Luther Guiteau Turner and Mary Louise (Stearns) Turner; married, April 7, 1928, to Decea Isabel Annie Cates; third cousin thrice removed of Edwin Denison Morgan.   Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   Image source: The West Australian, September 18, 1941

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