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  Nathan Aaron (1905-1974) — of Hartford, Hartford County, Conn.; West Hartford, Hartford County, Conn. Born in Hartford, Hartford County, Conn., October 22, 1905. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Connecticut state senate 2nd District, 1945-46. Jewish. Member, American Jewish Congress; Odd Fellows. Died in October, 1974 (age about 69 years). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Morris Aaron and Eva Aaron.
  Abraham S. Aaronson (1883-1923) — of Ansonia, New Haven County, Conn.; New Haven, New Haven County, Conn. Born in Russia, June 15, 1883. Republican. Lawyer; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Ansonia, 1915-16. Jewish. Died in Connecticut, August 20, 1923 (age 40 years, 66 days). Interment at Congregation Bnai Jacob Cemetery, New Haven, Conn.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
Dean Acheson Dean Gooderham Acheson (1893-1971) — also known as Dean Acheson — of Washington, D.C. Born in Middletown, Middlesex County, Conn., April 11, 1893. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer; private secretary to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis, 1919-21; undersecretary of treasury, 1933; U.S. Secretary of State, 1949-53. Episcopalian. English ancestry. Member, American Bar Association; American Academy of Arts and Sciences; Delta Kappa Epsilon; Council on Foreign Relations. Received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1964; received a Pulitzer Prize in History, 1970, for his book Present At The Creation: My Years In The State Department. Died, probably from a heart attack, over his desk in his study, Sandy Spring, Montgomery County, Md., October 12, 1971 (age 78 years, 184 days). Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
  Relatives: Son of Edward Campion Acheson and Eleanor Gertrude (Gooderham) Acheson; married, May 5, 1917, to Alice Caroline Stanley; father of David Campion Acheson.
  Cross-reference: Lucius D. Battle — Francis E. Meloy, Jr.
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail
  Books by Dean Acheson: Present at the Creation : My Years in the State Department (1969)
  Books about Dean Acheson: Walter Isaacson, The Wise Men : Six Friends and the World They Made — Robert L. Beisner, Dean Acheson : A Life in the Cold War
  Image source: Christian Science Monitor, September 25, 2010
  Andrew Adams (1736-1797) — of Litchfield, Litchfield County, Conn. Born in Stratford, Fairfield County, Conn., January 7, 1736. Lawyer; colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of Connecticut state house of representatives, 1776-81; Speaker of the Connecticut State House of Representatives, 1779-80; Delegate to Continental Congress from Connecticut, 1777-82; signer, Articles of Confederation, 1778; member of Connecticut council of assistants, 1781-89; superior court judge in Connecticut, 1789-97; died in office 1797. Died in Litchfield, Litchfield County, Conn., November 26, 1797 (age 61 years, 323 days). Interment at East Cemetery, Litchfield, Conn.
  Relatives: Son of Samuel Adams and Mary (Fairchild) Adams; married 1765 to Eunice Booth; second great-grandfather of Charles Willoughby Dayton; first cousin thrice removed of Rhamanthus Menville Stocker; first cousin six times removed of Henry Perkins Smith III; second cousin once removed of Nathan Appleton; second cousin thrice removed of Harrison Blodget and Rush Green Leaming; second cousin four times removed of Lucian Dallas Woodruff, Walter Harrison Blodget and George Winthrop Fairchild; second cousin five times removed of Ira R. Wildman, Daniel Parrish Witter and Edmund Park Kellogg; third cousin thrice removed of Alfred Avery Burnham.
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Choate family of Salem, Massachusetts (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  James Adams (1783-1843) — of Springfield, Sangamon County, Ill. Born in Simsbury, Hartford County, Conn., January 24, 1783. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; lawyer; one of the first nine men to receive the "Endowment" ordinance from Joseph Smith, founder of the Mormon Church; participated in a long-running newspaper battle with Abraham Lincoln, over the transfer of a city lot; probate judge in Illinois, 1830; candidate for Governor of Illinois, 1834. Mormon. Member, Freemasons. Died, of cholera, in Nauvoo, Hancock County, Ill., August 11, 1843 (age 60 years, 199 days). Interment at Old Nauvoo Burial Grounds, Nauvoo, Ill.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  John Quincy Adams (1837-1913) — also known as John Q. Adams — of Negaunee, Marquette County, Mich. Born in Cornwall, Litchfield County, Conn., November 2, 1837. Republican. Lawyer; insurance business; Marquette County Prosecuting Attorney; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Marquette County, 1883-84; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1892. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Knights Templar. Died February 25, 1913 (age 75 years, 115 days). Interment at Negaunee Cemetery, Negaunee, Mich.
  Relatives: Son of Samuel Adams and Lorilla (Hurlburt) Adams.
  John Frederick Addis (1860-1931) — also known as John F. Addis — of New Milford, Litchfield County, Conn. Born in New Milford, Litchfield County, Conn., October 31, 1860. Democrat. Lawyer; probate judge in Connecticut, 1920; member of Connecticut Democratic State Central Committee, 1922-30; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1924. Died in New Milford, Litchfield County, Conn., January 31, 1931 (age 70 years, 92 days). Interment at Center Cemetery, New Milford, Conn.
  Relatives: Son of Jane E. (Turrill) Addis and John W. Addis; married 1899 to Harriet Warner; father of John Stanley Addis; second great-grandnephew of Roger Sherman; second cousin twice removed of Roger Sherman Baldwin, Sherman Day, Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar, William Maxwell Evarts and George Frisbie Hoar; third cousin once removed of Simeon Eben Baldwin, Rockwood Hoar, Sherman Hoar, Maxwell Evarts and Arthur Outram Sherman; fourth cousin of Chauncey Mitchell Depew, Henry de Forest Baldwin and Roger Sherman Hoar; fourth cousin once removed of John Adams Dix and Archibald Cox.
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Sewall-Adams-Quincy family of Maine (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  John Stanley Addis (1889-1937) — also known as John S. Addis — of New Milford, Litchfield County, Conn. Born in New Milford, Litchfield County, Conn., April 4, 1889. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from New Milford, 1911-16; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1916 (member, Committee to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee); delegate to Connecticut convention to ratify 21st amendment 32nd District, 1933; Connecticut state treasurer, 1935-37; died in office 1937. Member, Freemasons. Died, from a heart attack, in the town clerk's office, New Milford Town Hall, New Milford, Litchfield County, Conn., September 29, 1937 (age 48 years, 178 days). Interment at Center Cemetery, New Milford, Conn.
  Relatives: Son of John Frederick Addis and Harriet (Warner) Addis; married to Dorothy Crowell; third great-grandnephew of Roger Sherman; second cousin thrice removed of Roger Sherman Baldwin, Sherman Day, Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar, William Maxwell Evarts and George Frisbie Hoar; third cousin twice removed of Simeon Eben Baldwin, Rockwood Hoar, Sherman Hoar, Maxwell Evarts and Arthur Outram Sherman; fourth cousin once removed of Chauncey Mitchell Depew, Henry de Forest Baldwin and Roger Sherman Hoar.
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Sewall-Adams-Quincy family of Maine (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
Joseph A. Adorno Joseph A. Adorno (1912-1988) — of Middletown, Middlesex County, Conn. Born in Middletown, Middlesex County, Conn., March 11, 1912. Republican. Lawyer; municipal judge in Connecticut, 1939; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Connecticut state treasurer, 1947-55. Catholic. Sicilian ancestry. Member, American Bar Association; American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Forty and Eight; Lions; Elks; Moose; Knights of Columbus; Sons of Italy. Died in Middletown, Middlesex County, Conn., December 30, 1988 (age 76 years, 294 days). Interment at St. Sebastian Cemetery, Middlefield, Conn.
  Relatives: Son of Salvatore A. Adorno and Maria P. Adorno; married 1946 to Mary Jane D'Apice.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: Connecticut Register and Manual 1950
  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.
  Relatives: Son of Hugh Mead Alcorn and Cora Terry (wells) Alcorn; brother of Hugh Meade Alcorn Jr.; married, October 28, 1927, to Bertha Eloise Pinney.
  Political family: Alcorn family of Suffield, Connecticut.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Hugh Mead Alcorn (1872-1955) — also known as Hugh M. Alcorn — of Suffield, Hartford County, Conn. Born in Suffield, Hartford County, Conn., October 24, 1872. Republican. Lawyer; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Suffield, 1903-06; Hartford County State's Attorney, 1908-42; delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1912, 1920 (member, Committee on Rules and Order of Business), 1936 (member, Committee on Rules and Order of Business); candidate for Governor of Connecticut, 1934. Congregationalist. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons; Scottish Rite Masons; Shriners; American Judicature Society; Sons of Union Veterans. Died, following a heart attack, in Suffield, Hartford County, Conn., May 26, 1955 (age 82 years, 214 days). Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery, Suffield, Conn.
  Relatives: Son of Hugh Glen Alcorn and Susan (Ford) Alcorn; married, June 28, 1900, to Cora Terry Wells; father of Howard Wells Alcorn and Hugh Meade Alcorn Jr..
  Political family: Alcorn family of Suffield, Connecticut.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Hugh Meade Alcorn Jr. (1907-1992) — also known as H. Meade Alcorn, Jr. — of Suffield, Hartford County, Conn. Born in Suffield, Hartford County, Conn., October 20, 1907. Republican. Lawyer; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Suffield, 1937-42; Speaker of the Connecticut State House of Representatives, 1941-42; delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1940 (member, Committee to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee), 1944 (alternate), 1948, 1952 (Honorary Vice-President), 1956, 1960; Hartford County State's Attorney, 1942-48; candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut, 1948; member of Connecticut Republican State Central Committee, 1948-57; member of Republican National Committee from Connecticut, 1953-61; Chairman of Republican National Committee, 1957-59; delegate to Connecticut state constitutional convention 6th District, 1965. Congregationalist. Member, American Bar Association; Rotary; Freemasons; Shriners; Phi Beta Kappa; Elks; Sons of Union Veterans; Sons of the American Revolution; Grange. Died, from a stroke, in Suffield, Hartford County, Conn., January 13, 1992 (age 84 years, 85 days). Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery, Suffield, Conn.
  Relatives: Son of Hugh Mead Alcorn and Cora Terry (Wells) Alcorn; brother of Howard Wells Alcorn; married, October 21, 1933, to Janet Hoffer; married, April 14, 1955, to Marcia Elizabeth Powell.
  Political family: Alcorn family of Suffield, Connecticut.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Frederick H. Allen (born c.1911) — of Greenwich, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Greenwich, Fairfield County, Conn., about 1911. Republican. Lawyer; member of Connecticut state senate 27th District, 1939-40. Burial location unknown.
  Henry Crosby Allen (1872-1942) — also known as Henry C. Allen — of Little Falls, Passaic County, N.J.; Paterson, Passaic County, N.J. Born in Paterson, Passaic County, N.J., May 13, 1872. Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from New Jersey 6th District, 1905-07; postmaster at Paterson, N.J., 1926-35 (acting, 1926). Died in Mystic, Stonington, New London County, Conn., March 7, 1942 (age 69 years, 298 days). Interment at Cedar Lawn Cemetery, Paterson, N.J.
  Relatives: Son of Samuel C. M. Allen and Josephine (Crosby) Allen.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  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.
  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
  William Fitch Allen (1808-1878) — also known as William F. Allen — of Oswego, Oswego County, N.Y. Born in Windham, Windham County, Conn., July 28, 1808. Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly from Oswego County, 1843-44; U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of New York, 1845-47; Justice of New York Supreme Court 5th District, 1847-67; New York state comptroller, 1868-70; judge of New York Court of Appeals, 1870-78; defeated, 1863; died in office 1878. Died, from "congestion of the brain", in Oswego, Oswego County, N.Y., June 3, 1878 (age 69 years, 310 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Abner Harvey Allen and Cynthia (Palmer) Allen; first cousin of Sanford E. Church.
  See also Wikipedia article
  Harold E. Alprovis (1900-1966) — of New Haven, New Haven County, Conn. Born in New Haven, New Haven County, Conn., April 4, 1900. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; candidate for Connecticut state house of representatives from New Haven, 1934; member of Connecticut state senate, 1940. Jewish. Member, Freemasons. Died in West Haven, New Haven County, Conn., June 23, 1966 (age 66 years, 80 days). Interment at Bikur Cholim Sheveth Achim Cemetery, East Haven, Conn.
  Relatives: Son of Morris Alprovis and Sarah Alprovis.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Robert Bernerd Anderson (1910-1989) — also known as Robert B. Anderson — of Texas. Born in Burleson, Johnson County, Tex., June 4, 1910. School teacher; lawyer; member of Texas state house of representatives, 1932; Received the Medal of Freedom in 1955; U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, 1957-61. Methodist. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons; Shriners; Phi Delta Phi; Order of the Coif. Pleaded guilty in 1987 to charges of evading taxes by illegally operating an offshore bank; sentenced to jail, house arrest, and probation; disbarred in 1988. Died, of complications from surgery on cancer of the esophagus, in New York Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., August 14, 1989 (age 79 years, 71 days). Interment at Rosehill Cemetery, Cleburne, Tex.
  Relatives: Son of Robert Lee Anderson and Elizabeth Haskew "Lizzie" Anderson; married, April 10, 1935, to Ollie Mae Rawlins.
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Robert Palmer Anderson (1906-1978) — of Noank, Groton, New London County, Conn. Born in Noank, Groton, New London County, Conn., March 27, 1906. Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Coast Guard during World War II; member of Connecticut state senate 18th District, 1947-48; defeated, 1940; superior court judge in Connecticut, 1953-54; U.S. District Judge for Connecticut, 1954-64; Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1964-71; took senior status 1971. Baptist. Member, Phi Delta Phi; Elks. Died in Noank, Groton, New London County, Conn., May 2, 1978 (age 72 years, 36 days). Interment at Noank Valley Cemetery, Noank, Groton, Conn.
  Relatives: Son of Arthur Pickett Anderson and Jessie Palmer (Ashby) Anderson; married, January 5, 1935, to Elizabeth Paffard.
  See also federal judicial profile — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Charles Bartlett Andrews (1834-1902) — also known as Charles B. Andrews — of Litchfield, Litchfield County, Conn. Born in Sunderland, Franklin County, Mass., November 4, 1834. Republican. Lawyer; member of Connecticut state senate 15th District, 1868-69; member of Connecticut state house of representatives, 1878; Governor of Connecticut, 1879-81; superior court judge in Connecticut, 1881-89; chief justice of Connecticut Supreme Court, 1889-1901; resigned 1901; delegate to Connecticut state constitutional convention from Litchfield, 1902. Died, from heart disease, in Litchfield, Litchfield County, Conn., September 12, 1902 (age 67 years, 312 days). Interment at East Cemetery, Litchfield, Conn.
  See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  William A. Aniskovich (b. 1963) — of Branford, New Haven County, Conn. Born in New Haven, New Haven County, Conn., April 8, 1963. Republican. Lawyer; member of Connecticut state senate 12th District, 1991-; delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 2004. Member, Phi Beta Kappa. Still living as of 2004.
  Leonard S. Appell — of New Britain, Hartford County, Conn. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from New Britain, 1939-44; postmaster at New Britain, Conn., 1950-65. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  Frank Aranow (1883-1971) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y.; Stamford, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Minsk, Russia (now Belarus), May 19, 1883. Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly from New York County 20th District, 1915-17. Died in Stamford, Fairfield County, Conn., February 27, 1971 (age 87 years, 284 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married to Blanche Bodenheimer.
  Thurman Wesley Arnold (1891-1969) — also known as Thurman W. Arnold — of Laramie, Albany County, Wyo.; New Haven, New Haven County, Conn.; Washington, D.C.; Alexandria, Va. Born in Laramie, Albany County, Wyo., June 2, 1891. Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Wyoming state house of representatives, 1921; mayor of Laramie, Wyo., 1923-24; dean, College of Law, West Virginia University, 1927-30; professor of law, Yale University, from 1931; Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1943-45; resigned 1945. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association; Phi Beta Kappa; Elks; Lions. Suffered a heart attack, and died two months later, in Alexandria, Va., November 7, 1969 (age 78 years, 158 days). Interment at Green Hill Cemetery, Laramie, Wyo.
  Relatives: Son of Constantine Peter Arnold and Annie (Brockway) Arnold; married, September 7, 1917, to Frances Longan.
  See also federal judicial profile — NNDB dossier
  Robert L. Aronson (b. 1907) — of St. Louis, Mo. Born in Stafford Springs, Stafford, Tolland County, Conn., May 8, 1907. Lawyer; circuit judge in Missouri 8th Circuit, 1939-47. Member, American Bar Association; Order of the Coif. Burial location unknown.
  Anthony Farpaya Arpaia (1897-1978) — also known as Anthony F. Arpaia — of Branford, New Haven County, Conn. Born in New Haven, New Haven County, Conn., December 17, 1897. Democrat. Lawyer; member, Interstate Commerce Commission, 1952-60. Member, American Arbitration Association; American Bar Association; American Judicature Society; American Legion; Phi Alpha Delta; Alpha Phi Delta. Died in June, 1978 (age 80 years, 0 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Vincent Arpaia and Carolyn (de Rubbe) Arpaia; married, December 10, 1940, to Charlotte Bergen.
  Janet Bond Arterton (b. 1944) — of Connecticut. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., February 8, 1944. Lawyer; U.S. District Judge for Connecticut, 1995-. Female. Still living as of 2000.
  Clifford J. Atwater (b. 1858) — of Seymour, New Haven County, Conn. Born in Collinsville, Canton, Hartford County, Conn., November 8, 1858. Republican. Lawyer; member of Connecticut state house of representatives, 1898-1900. Member, Freemasons; Odd Fellows; Redmen. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of James Atwater and Mary G. (Stewart) Atwater; married 1890 to Jennie Taylor.
  Horace Austin (1831-1905) — of St. Peter, Nicollet County, Minn.; Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minn.; Mound, Hennepin County, Minn. Born in Canterbury, Windham County, Conn., October 15, 1831. Republican. Lawyer; district judge in Minnesota 6th District, 1865-69; Governor of Minnesota, 1870-74; member of Minnesota railroad and warehouse commission, 1887; appointed 1887. Died, in St. Barnabas Hospital, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minn., November 2, 1905 (age 74 years, 18 days). Cremated; ashes interred at Oakland Cemetery, St. Paul, Minn.
  See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article
  Waightstill Avery (1741-1821) — of Burke County, N.C. Born in Groton, New London County, Conn., May 10, 1741. Lawyer; colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of North Carolina house of commons, 1776, 1782-83, 1793; North Carolina state attorney general, 1777-79; member of North Carolina state senate, 1796. Fought a pistol duel with Andrew Jackson in 1788; neither man was injured. Died in the judge's chambers at the Burke County Courthouse, Morganton, Burke County, N.C., March 13, 1821 (age 79 years, 307 days). Interment at Swan Ponds Plantation Cemetery, Morganton, N.C.
  Relatives: Son of Jerusha (Morgan) Avery and Humphrey Avery; married, October 3, 1778, to Leah Probart Franks; father of Elizabeth Avery (who married William Ballard Lenoir); grandfather of Isaac Thomas Lenoir and William Waigstill Avery; granduncle of Lorenzo Burrows; first cousin four times removed of Horace Billings Packer; second cousin once removed of Noyes Barber; second cousin twice removed of Daniel Packer, Asa Packer, Edwin Barber Morgan, Christopher Morgan, Edwin Denison Morgan and Alfred Avery Burnham; second cousin thrice removed of Judson B. Phelps, Morgan Gardner Bulkeley, William Henry Bulkeley, Robert Asa Packer and William Frederick Morgan Rowland; second cousin four times removed of Henry Brewster Stanton, Jonathan R. Herrick, Erskine Mason Phelps and Spencer Gale Frink; second cousin five times removed of D-Cady Herrick, Herman Arod Gager, Walter Richmond Herrick and Burdette Burt Bliss; third cousin twice removed of Nathan Belcher, Samuel Townsend Douglass, Silas Hamilton Douglas and Joshua Perkins; third cousin thrice removed of Charles Phelps Huntington, George Mortimer Beakes, George Douglas Perkins, Chauncey C. Pendleton, Daniel Parrish Witter, Albert Lemando Bingham, Cornelia Cole Fairbanks, Llewellyn James Barden and Henry Woolsey Douglas.
  Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Avery County, N.C. is named for him.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Matthew J. Avitabile (1913-2001) — of New Britain, Hartford County, Conn.; Ashland, Middlesex County, Mass. Born in Meriden, New Haven County, Conn., August 16, 1913. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Connecticut state senate 6th District, 1945-46; member of Connecticut Democratic State Central Committee, 1948. Catholic. Italian ancestry. Died October 25, 2001 (age 88 years, 70 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Dr. Alphonso L. Avitabile and Concetta M. Avitabile.
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