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Jacob Drennan Early (1859-1919) —
also known as Jacob D. Early —
of Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind.
Born in Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind., November
4, 1859.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Indiana, 1888;
member of Indiana
state senate, 1897-99.
Member, Freemasons;
Sons
of the American Revolution; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn., October
18, 1919 (age 59 years, 348
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Terre Haute, Ind.
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Frederick G. Eberle (born c.1861) —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., about 1861.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Hartford, 1911-12.
Burial location unknown.
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William Edmond (1755-1838) —
of Newtown, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Woodbury, Litchfield
County, Conn., September
28, 1755.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;
lawyer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1791-97, 1801-02; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut at-large, 1797-1801; member of Connecticut
council of assistants, 1803-05; superior court judge in
Connecticut, 1805-19.
Died in Newtown, Fairfield
County, Conn., August
1, 1838 (age 82 years, 307
days).
Interment at Newtown
Cemetery, Newtown, Conn.
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Henry Waggaman Edwards (1779-1847) —
also known as Henry W. Edwards —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., October, 1779.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut at-large, 1819-23; U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1823-27; member of Connecticut
state senate at-large, 1828-29; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from New Haven, 1830; Speaker of
the Connecticut State House of Representatives, 1830; Governor of
Connecticut, 1833-34, 1835-38.
Died in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., July 22,
1847 (age 67 years, 0
days).
Interment at Grove
Street Cemetery, New Haven, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of Frances (Ogden) Edwards and Pierpont
Edwards; married to Lydia Miller; third great-grandson of Thomas
Willett; first cousin of Aaron
Burr and Theodore
Dwight; second cousin of John
Davenport and James
Davenport; second cousin once removed of Theodore
Davenport; second cousin thrice removed of Evert
Harris Kittell; second cousin five times removed of Arthur
Callen Kittell Jr.; third cousin of Benjamin
Tallmadge; third cousin once removed of Charles
Robert Sherman, Frederick
Augustus Tallmadge and Simeon
Harrison; third cousin twice removed of Charles
Taylor Sherman, John
Appleton, William
Tecumseh Sherman, Lampson
Parker Sherman, John
Sherman, Joseph
Pomeroy Root and Edward
Williams Hooker; third cousin thrice removed of Ezekiel
Gilbert Stoddard, George
Landon Ingraham, Simeon
Harrison Rollinson, Charles
Dunsmore Millard and Blanche
M. Woodward; fourth cousin of Noah
Phelps, John
Condit and Hezekiah
Case; fourth cousin once removed of Parmenio
Adams, Silas
Condit, Elisha
Phelps, Ambrose
Tuttle, Jesse
Hoyt, Abiel
Case, Stephen
Whitaker Fullerton, Jairus
Case, John
Leslie Russell, George
Washington Wolcott, William
Dean Kellogg and Almon
Case. |
| | | Political families: Morris-Ingersoll
family of New York and Connecticut; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Sargent-Davis-Pike-Flanders
family of New Hampshire; Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Pierpont Edwards (1750-1826) —
of Connecticut.
Born in Northampton, Hampshire
County, Mass., April 8,
1750.
Lawyer; served in the Continental Army during the
Revolutionary War; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Connecticut, 1787-88; delegate
to Connecticut convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1788;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1789-90; U.S.
Attorney for Connecticut, 1789; U.S.
District Judge for Connecticut, 1806; delegate
to Connecticut state constitutional convention, 1818.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn., April 5,
1826 (age 75 years, 362
days).
Interment at Grove
Street Cemetery, New Haven, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of Jonathan Edwards and Sarah (Pierpont) Edwards; married to Frances
Ogden; father of Henry
Waggaman Edwards; uncle of Aaron
Burr and Theodore
Dwight; second great-grandson of Thomas
Willett; first cousin once removed of John
Davenport and James
Davenport; first cousin twice removed of Theodore
Davenport; first cousin four times removed of Evert
Harris Kittell; first cousin six times removed of Arthur
Callen Kittell Jr.; second cousin once removed of Benjamin
Tallmadge; second cousin twice removed of Charles
Robert Sherman and Frederick
Augustus Tallmadge; second cousin thrice removed of Charles
Taylor Sherman, John
Appleton, William
Tecumseh Sherman, Lampson
Parker Sherman, John
Sherman, Joseph
Pomeroy Root and Edward
Williams Hooker; second cousin four times removed of Ezekiel
Gilbert Stoddard, George
Landon Ingraham, Charles
Dunsmore Millard and Blanche
M. Woodward; second cousin five times removed of Charles
H. Chittenden, Bradford
R. Lansing, Daniel
Phoenix Ingraham and Louis
Ezekiel Stoddard; third cousin once removed of Noah
Phelps and Hezekiah
Case; third cousin twice removed of Parmenio
Adams, Elisha
Phelps, Ambrose
Tuttle, Jesse
Hoyt, Abiel
Case, Jairus
Case, John
Leslie Russell, George
Washington Wolcott, William
Dean Kellogg and Almon
Case; third cousin thrice removed of Amos
Pettibone, Walter
Booth, Norman
A. Phelps, Oliver
Dwight Filley, William
Warner Hoppin, John
Smith Phelps, Asahel
Pierson Case, Hiram
Bidwell Case, Leslie
Wead Russell, Charles
Hazen Russell, John
Clarence Keeler and Lovel
Davis Parmelee; fourth cousin once removed of William
Greene. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Houghton
family of Corning, New York; Beakes-Greene-Witter
family; Upham
family (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Henry Leavitt Ellsworth (1791-1858) —
also known as Henry L. Ellsworth; "Father of the U.S.
Department of Agriculture" —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Windsor, Hartford
County, Conn., November
10, 1791.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Hartford, 1830; mayor
of Hartford, Conn., 1835; resigned 1835; commissioner of the U.S.
Patent Office, 1835-45.
Died in Fair Haven, New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., December
28, 1858 (age 67 years, 48
days).
Interment at Grove
Street Cemetery, New Haven, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of Oliver
Ellsworth and Abigail (Wolcott) Ellsworth; married, June 22,
1813, to Nancy Allen Goodrich (daughter of Elizur
Goodrich); married to Marietta Mariana Bartlett and Catherine
Smith; great-grandnephew of Roger
Wolcott (1679-1767); fourth great-grandson of Thomas
Welles; fourth great-grandnephew of Robert
Treat; first cousin twice removed of Erastus
Wolcott and Oliver
Wolcott Sr.; second cousin once removed of Oliver
Wolcott Jr., Roger
Griswold and Frederick
Wolcott; second cousin twice removed of William
Pitkin; third cousin of Samuel
Clesson Allen and Abijah
Blodget; third cousin once removed of Matthew
Griswold (1714-1799), Daniel
Pitkin, Harrison
Blodget, John
William Allen, Elisha
Hunt Allen, James
Samuel Wadsworth, Gouverneur
Morris, Henry
Titus Backus, George
Washington Wolcott, Christopher
Parsons Wolcott, Matthew
Griswold (1833-1919) and Roger
Wolcott (1847-1900); third cousin twice removed of Albert
Asahel Bliss, Philemon
Bliss, William
Fessenden Allen, Charles
Frederick Wadsworth, James
Wolcott Wadsworth, Edward
Oliver Wolcott, Walter
Harrison Blodget, Alfred
Wolcott and Frederick
Hobbes Allen; third cousin thrice removed of Robert
Treat Paine, Judson
H. Warner, Luther
Thomas Ellsworth, Henry
Augustus Wolcott, James
Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. and Selden
Chapin; fourth cousin of James
Hillhouse, Timothy
Pitkin, Gaylord
Griswold, Elisha
Phelps and Gideon
Hard; fourth cousin once removed of Ebenezer
Huntington, Hezekiah
Case, Gershom
Birdsey, Benjamin
Hard, Oliver
Owen Forward, Walter
Forward, Phineas
Lyman Tracy, Abiel
Case, Chauncey
Forward, Albert
Haller Tracy, Israel
Coe, Eli
Coe Birdsey, Edmund
Holcomb, Jairus
Case, Norman
A. Phelps, Anson
Levi Holcomb, George
Smith Catlin, John
Smith Phelps, William
Gleason Jr., John
Robert Graham Pitkin, Caleb
Seymour Pitkin and Allen
Jacob Holcomb; twin brother of William
Wolcott Ellsworth. |
| | | Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | The World War II Liberty
ship SS Henry L. Ellsworth (built 1943 at New
Orleans, Louisiana; scrapped 1968) was named for
him. |
| | | See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Oliver Ellsworth (1745-1807) —
of Connecticut.
Born in Windsor, Hartford
County, Conn., April
29, 1745.
Lawyer; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Connecticut, 1777-84; member of Connecticut
council of assistants, 1780-85, 1802-07; died in office 1807;
superior court judge in Connecticut, 1785-89; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1789-96; received 11 electoral votes,
1796;
Chief
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1796-1800; resigned 1800.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Windsor, Hartford
County, Conn., November
26, 1807 (age 62 years, 211
days).
Interment at Palisado
Cemetery, Windsor, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of David Ellsworth and Jemima (Leavitt) Ellsworth; married 1772 to
Abigail Wolcott (grandniece of Roger
Wolcott); father of Delia Ellsworth (who married Thomas
Scott Williams), Henry
Leavitt Ellsworth and William
Wolcott Ellsworth; second cousin once removed of Abijah
Blodget; second cousin twice removed of Harrison
Blodget, Elisha
Hunt Allen and Gouverneur
Morris; second cousin thrice removed of William
Fessenden Allen, Walter
Harrison Blodget and Frederick
Hobbes Allen; second cousin four times removed of Luther
Thomas Ellsworth; second cousin five times removed of Hallet
Thomas Ellsworth and Wayne
Lyman Morse; third cousin once removed of Gaylord
Griswold and Elisha
Phelps; third cousin twice removed of Hezekiah
Case, Oliver
Owen Forward, Walter
Forward, Abiel
Case, Chauncey
Forward, Edmund
Holcomb, Jairus
Case, Norman
A. Phelps, Anson
Levi Holcomb, George
Smith Catlin, John
Smith Phelps, William
Gleason Jr. and Allen
Jacob Holcomb; third cousin thrice removed of Parmenio
Adams, Oliver
Dwight Filley, Albert
Asahel Bliss, Philemon
Bliss, William
Dean Kellogg, Charles
Jenkins Hayden, Almon
Case, Noah
Webster Holcomb, Edwin
Carpenter Pinney, William
Walter Phelps and Lafayette
Blanchard Gleason. |
| | | Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | The city
of Ellsworth,
Maine, is named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — federal
judicial profile — Wikipedia
article — Ballotpedia article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — Biographical
Directory of Federal Judges |
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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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William Wolcott Ellsworth (1791-1868) —
also known as William W. Ellsworth —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Windsor, Hartford
County, Conn., November
10, 1791.
Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut at-large, 1829-34; resigned 1834;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Hartford, 1835; member of Connecticut
state senate 1st District, 1836; Governor of
Connecticut, 1838-42; superior court judge in Connecticut,
1847-61.
Died in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., January
15, 1868 (age 76 years, 66
days).
Interment at Old
North Cemetery, Hartford, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of Oliver
Ellsworth and Abigail (Wolcott) Ellsworth; great-grandnephew of
Roger
Wolcott (1679-1767); fourth great-grandson of Thomas
Welles; fourth great-grandnephew of Robert
Treat; first cousin twice removed of Erastus
Wolcott and Oliver
Wolcott Sr.; second cousin once removed of Oliver
Wolcott Jr., Roger
Griswold and Frederick
Wolcott; second cousin twice removed of William
Pitkin; third cousin of Samuel
Clesson Allen and Abijah
Blodget; third cousin once removed of Matthew
Griswold (1714-1799), Daniel
Pitkin, Harrison
Blodget, John
William Allen, Elisha
Hunt Allen, James
Samuel Wadsworth, Gouverneur
Morris, Henry
Titus Backus, George
Washington Wolcott, Christopher
Parsons Wolcott, Matthew
Griswold (1833-1919) and Roger
Wolcott (1847-1900); third cousin twice removed of Albert
Asahel Bliss, Philemon
Bliss, William
Fessenden Allen, Charles
Frederick Wadsworth, James
Wolcott Wadsworth, Edward
Oliver Wolcott, Walter
Harrison Blodget, Alfred
Wolcott and Frederick
Hobbes Allen; third cousin thrice removed of Robert
Treat Paine, Judson
H. Warner, Luther
Thomas Ellsworth, Henry
Augustus Wolcott, James
Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. and Selden
Chapin; fourth cousin of James
Hillhouse, Timothy
Pitkin, Gaylord
Griswold, Elisha
Phelps and Gideon
Hard; fourth cousin once removed of Ebenezer
Huntington, Hezekiah
Case, Gershom
Birdsey, Benjamin
Hard, Oliver
Owen Forward, Walter
Forward, Phineas
Lyman Tracy, Abiel
Case, Chauncey
Forward, Albert
Haller Tracy, Israel
Coe, Eli
Coe Birdsey, Edmund
Holcomb, Jairus
Case, Norman
A. Phelps, Anson
Levi Holcomb, George
Smith Catlin, John
Smith Phelps, William
Gleason Jr., John
Robert Graham Pitkin, Caleb
Seymour Pitkin and Allen
Jacob Holcomb; twin brother of Henry
Leavitt Ellsworth. |
| | | 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 — National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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William T. Elmer (1835-1907) —
of Middletown, Middlesex
County, Conn.
Born in Rome, Oneida
County, N.Y., November
6, 1835.
Republican. Lawyer; Middlesex
County State's Attorney, 1863-75, 1883-95; member of Connecticut
state senate 18th District, 1873; mayor
of Middletown, Conn., 1876; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1895; superior court judge in
Connecticut, 1895-1904.
Episcopalian.
Died, of heart
trouble, in Middletown, Middlesex
County, Conn., November
11, 1907 (age 72 years, 5
days).
Interment at Indian
Hill Cemetery, Middletown, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of Lobbeus E. Elmer and Charlotte (Mudge) Elmer; married, May 21,
1862, to Catherine L. Camp. |
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Charles W. Evarts (born c.1876) —
of Milford, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., about 1876.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Milford, 1911-14.
Burial location unknown.
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Francis J. Fahey —
of Thompsonville, Enfield, Hartford
County, Conn.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Enfield, 1939-42; defeated,
1942.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Frederick D. Faulkner —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for Connecticut
state senate 9th District, 1920; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from New Haven, 1923-24, 1937-42;
defeated, 1926.
Burial location unknown.
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George Austin Fay (1838-1916) —
also known as George A. Fay —
of Meriden, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Marlborough, Middlesex
County, Mass., August
29, 1838.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state senate 6th District, 1871.
Member, Freemasons.
Died September
22, 1916 (age 78 years, 24
days).
Interment at Walnut
Grove Cemetery, Meriden, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of George W. Fay and Amanda Almina (Ward) Fay; married 1865 to Jane
M. 'Jennie' Curtis. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Leland F. Ferry (b. 1900) —
of Teaneck, Bergen
County, N.J.; West Englewood, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in Bethel, Fairfield
County, Conn., February
12, 1900.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; criminal
court judge in New Jersey, 1936-44; delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Bergen County,
1947.
Episcopalian.
Member, Rotary;
Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Fairchild N. Ferry and Clara B. Ferry; married to Lois A.
Curtis. |
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Orris Sanford Ferry (1823-1875) —
also known as Orris S. Ferry —
of Norwalk, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Bethel, Fairfield
County, Conn., August
15, 1823.
Republican. Lawyer; probate judge in Connecticut, 1849; member
of Connecticut
state senate 12th District, 1855-56; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1859-61; general in
the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1867-75; died in office 1875.
Died in Norwalk, Fairfield
County, Conn., November
21, 1875 (age 52 years, 98
days).
Interment at Norwalk
Cemetery, Norwalk, Conn.
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Charles Milton Fessenden (1883-1955) —
also known as C. Milton Fessenden —
of Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., August
28, 1883.
Republican. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Connecticut, 1916.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Freemasons.
Died January
11, 1955 (age 71 years, 136
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Stamford, Conn.
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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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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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David Dudley Field (1805-1894) —
also known as David D. Field —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Haddam, Middlesex
County, Conn., February
13, 1805.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for New York
state assembly, 1841; U.S.
Representative from New York 7th District, 1877.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April
13, 1894 (age 89 years, 59
days).
Interment at Stockbridge
Cemetery, Stockbridge, Mass.
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Jonathan Edwards Field (1813-1868) —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.; Stockbridge, Berkshire
County, Mass.
Born in Connecticut, July 11,
1813.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1855, 1863-65; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1864.
Died in Stockbridge, Berkshire
County, Mass., April
23, 1868 (age 54 years, 287
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Dr. D. D. Field. |
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John Everett Fisk (b. 1869) —
also known as John E. Fisk —
of Rockville, Vernon, Tolland
County, Conn.
Born in Stafford, Tolland
County, Conn., February
19, 1869.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for Connecticut
state house of representatives from Vernon, 1906.
Burial location unknown.
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Robert Howland Fisk (b. 1873) —
of Stafford Springs, Stafford, Tolland
County, Conn.
Born in Willington, Tolland
County, Conn., January
1, 1873.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Stafford, 1907-08.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Marcus B. Fisk and Emma F. (Howland) Fisk; married 1904 to
Gertrude E. Chamberlin. |
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Chauncey Forward (1793-1839) —
of Somerset, Somerset
County, Pa.
Born in Granby, Hartford
County, Conn., February
4, 1793.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1820-22; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 22nd District, 1824-25; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 13th District, 1826-31; Somerset
County Prothonotary and Recorder, 1831.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Freemasons.
Died, from typhoid
fever, in Somerset, Somerset
County, Pa., October
19, 1839 (age 46 years, 257
days).
Interment at Aukeny
Square Cemetery, Somerset, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel Forward and Susannah (Holcombe) Forward; brother of Oliver
Owen Forward and Walter
Forward; married to Rebecca Blair; father of Mary Forward (who
married Jeremiah
Sullivan Black); grandfather 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). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page |
| | | Image source: Twentieth-Century Bench
and Bar of Pennsylvania (1903) |
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Walter Forward (1786-1852) —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in East Granby, Hartford
County, Conn., January
24, 1786.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1822-25 (14th District 1822-23,
16th District 1823-25); defeated, 1824; delegate
to Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1837-38; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1841-43; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Denmark, 1849-51; district judge in Pennsylvania, 1851.
Methodist.
Died in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., November
24, 1852 (age 66 years, 305
days).
Interment at Allegheny
Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel Forward and Susannah (Holcombe) Forward; brother of Oliver
Owen Forward and Chauncey
Forward; married, January
12, 1808, to Henrietta 'Hetty' Barclay; 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). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB
dossier |
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Henry Allen Foster (1800-1889) —
also known as Henry A. Foster —
of New York.
Born in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., May 7,
1800.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state senate 5th District, 1831-34, 1841-44; resigned 1844; U.S.
Representative from New York 17th District, 1837-39; defeated,
1872; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1844-45; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of New York, 1853; Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1864-71.
Died in Rome, Oneida
County, N.Y., May 11,
1889 (age 89 years, 4
days).
Interment at Rome
Cemetery, Rome, N.Y.
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Lafayette Sabine Foster (1806-1880) —
also known as Lafayette S. Foster —
of Norwich, New London
County, Conn.
Born in Franklin, New London
County, Conn., November
22, 1806.
Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1839, 1846-48, 1854, 1870; Speaker of
the Connecticut State House of Representatives, 1847-48, 1854,
1870; resigned 1854, 1870; candidate for Governor of
Connecticut, 1850, 1851; mayor
of Norwich, Conn., 1851-52; U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1855-67; justice of
Connecticut state supreme court, 1870-76; Republican candidate
for U.S.
Representative from Connecticut, 1874.
Died in Norwich, New London
County, Conn., September
19, 1880 (age 73 years, 302
days).
Interment at Yantic
Cemetery, Norwich, Conn.
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Timothy J. Fox (born c.1848) —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Ireland,
about 1848.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from New Haven, 1882; member of Connecticut
state senate 8th District, 1891-94.
Burial location unknown.
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Peter V. R. Franchot (b. 1947) —
of Takoma Park, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., November
25, 1947.
Democrat. Lawyer; staff director for Rep. Edward
J. Markey, 1980-86; member of Maryland
state house of delegates District 20, 1987-2007; candidate for
U.S.
Representative from Maryland 8th District, 1988; Maryland
state comptroller, 2007-; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Maryland, 2008.
Still living as of 2011.
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Curtiss E. Frank (1904-1990) —
of Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.; Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., November
13, 1904.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Yonkers, N.Y., 1944-49; resigned 1949; publishing
executive.
Presbyterian.
Member, Union
League.
Died, from Alzheimer's
disease, in Naples, Collier
County, Fla., February
3, 1990 (age 85 years, 82
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Jerome New Frank (1889-1957) —
also known as Jerome Frank —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
10, 1889.
Lawyer; member, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission,
1937-41; chair, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 1939-41; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1941-57; died in
office 1957.
Jewish.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Order of
the Coif.
Died in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., January
13, 1957 (age 67 years, 125
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Harrison B. Freeman Jr. (born c.1870) —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., about 1870.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Hartford, 1899-1902.
Burial location unknown.
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Jerome Fuller (1808-1880) —
of Brockport, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Litchfield, Litchfield
County, Conn., 1808.
Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Monroe County, 1843; member of New York
state senate 27th District, 1848-49; chief
justice of Minnesota territorial supreme court, 1851-52.
Died September
2, 1880 (age about 72
years).
Interment at Old
Brockport Cemetery, Brockport, N.Y.
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John Foster Furcolo (1911-1995) —
also known as Foster Furcolo —
of Longmeadow, Hampden
County, Mass.; Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., July 29,
1911.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;
U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 2nd District, 1949-52;
defeated, 1946; resigned 1952; Massachusetts
state treasurer, 1953-54; Democratic candidate for U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1954, 1960 (primary); Governor of
Massachusetts, 1957-61; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1960,
1964.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry. Member, Americans
for Democratic Action.
Died in Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass., July 5,
1995 (age 83 years, 341
days).
Interment at Holyhood
Cemetery, Brookline, Mass.
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