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Bernard Ira Ashmun (b. 1871) —
also known as B. I. Ashmun —
of Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Rutland, Rutland
County, Vt., July 18,
1871.
Democrat. Manufacturer;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Connecticut, 1920;
director, Bridgeport Hospital.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arcanum.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Sydney Ashmun and Rose (Hershfield) Ashmun; married to Lillian
Louise Armstrong. |
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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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Waldo C. Bryant —
of Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Connecticut, 1912;
director, Bridgeport Hospital.
Burial location unknown.
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William E. Burnham —
of Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
Connecticut, 1908;
director and member executive committee, Bridgeport Hospital.
Burial location unknown.
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David Sheldon Day (1880-1962) —
also known as David S. Day —
of Colchester, New London
County, Conn.; Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Colchester, New London
County, Conn., September
8, 1880.
Republican. Lawyer;
vice-president, Bridgeport Storage
Warehouse Co.; secretary and director, Bead Chain Manufacturing
Co.; director, Bridgeport Gas
Light Co.; director, American Fabrics
Co.; director and member executive committee, Bridgeport
Hospital; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Colchester, 1905-06.
Died September
2, 1962 (age 81 years, 359
days).
Interment at Mountain
Grove Cemetery, Bridgeport, Conn.
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Albert E. Lavery (born c.1872) —
of Fairfield, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn., about 1872.
Republican. Director, secretary, and member of executive committee,
Bridgeport Hospital; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Fairfield, 1925-28; member of
Connecticut
state senate 25th District, 1929-32; delegate
to Connecticut convention to ratify 21st amendment 25th District,
1933; member of Connecticut
Republican State Central Committee, 1940.
Burial location unknown.
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Jarratt Morford —
of Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Mayor
of Bridgeport, Conn., 1864-65, 1868-69, 1870-71, 1876-78;
vice-president, Bridgeport Hospital.
Burial location unknown.
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Erskine Mason Phelps (1839-1910) —
also known as Erskine M. Phelps —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Stonington, New London
County, Conn., March
31, 1839.
Democrat. Boot and shoe
business; president, Hahnemann Hospital; member of Democratic
National Committee from Illinois, 1888; Illinois
Democratic state chair, 1888; Consul
for Colombia in Chicago,
Ill., 1893-1907.
Donated his collection of Napoleon memorabilia to the University of
Chicago Library.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., May 22,
1910 (age 71 years, 52
days).
Entombed at Evergreen Cemetery, Stonington, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles H. Phelps and Ann (Hammond) Phelps; married, October
26, 1865, to Anna Wilder; second cousin of James
Hammond Trumbull; second cousin once removed of Henry
Brewster Stanton; second cousin thrice removed of George
Champlin; second cousin four times removed of Waightstill
Avery; third cousin twice removed of Christopher
Grant Champlin, Jeremiah
Mason, Benjamin
Trumbull and Lancelot
Phelps; third cousin thrice removed of John
Adams, Noah
Phelps, Augustus
Seymour Porter, Daniel
Cady and Peter
Buell Porter; fourth cousin of Calvin
Tilden Hulburd, Judson
B. Phelps, Nathan
William Pendleton and Giles
Russell Taggart; fourth cousin once removed of Albert
Gallup, George
Smith Catlin, Lyman
Trumbull, James
Phelps and Irving
Dilley Tillman. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Fairbanks-Adams
family; Lenoir
family of North Carolina; Beakes-Greene-Witter
family; Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
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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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