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Merchant Politicians in Connecticut
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  Edward C. Allen (born c.1854) — of Hazardville, Enfield, Hartford County, Conn. Born in Scitico, Enfield, Hartford County, Conn., about 1854. Republican. Merchant; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Enfield, 1919-20. Burial location unknown.
Edward N. Allen Edward Normand Allen (1891-1972) — also known as Edward N. Allen; Ned Allen — of Hartford, Hartford County, Conn. Born in Hartford, Hartford County, Conn., April 18, 1891. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army on the Mexican border; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Hartford Police Commissioner, 1920-24; president, Sage-Allen department store; member of Connecticut state senate 1st District, 1927-29; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1928; mayor of Hartford, Conn., 1947-48; Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut, 1951-55. Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons; Elks. Died November 14, 1972 (age 81 years, 210 days). Interment at Enfield Street Cemetery, Enfield, Conn.
  Relatives: Son of Normand F. Allen and Carrie (Olmsted) Allen; brother of Julia Allen; married, December 13, 1916, to Ruby Tuttle; married, November 7, 1935, to Mildred Pomeranz.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: Connecticut Register & Manual 1953
  Edwin Robinson Allen (b. 1840) — also known as Edwin R. Allen — of Hopkinton, Washington County, R.I. Born in Windham, Windham County, Conn., November 26, 1840. Republican. Merchant; town clerk, Hopkinton, R.I., from 1867; Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island, 1894-97. Baptist. Member, Grand Army of the Republic. Interment at Pine Grove Cemetery, Hope Valley, Hopkinton, R.I.
  Relatives: Son of Edwin Allen and Ruth B. (Noyes) Allen; married, January 1, 1868, to Mary E. Thayer.
  William Smith Allen (1823-1891) — also known as William S. Allen — of Key West, Monroe County, Fla. Born in Enfield, Hartford County, Conn., February 16, 1823. Merchant; mayor of Key West, Fla., 1868, 1873-74. Died in Key West, Monroe County, Fla., October 10, 1891 (age 68 years, 236 days). Interment at Key West Cemetery, Key West, Fla.
  Relatives: Son of George Allen and Fanny (Smith) Allen; married 1845 to Roxalenah Abbey; married, February 9, 1853, to Mary Jane Sprague.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Ward Tiffany Alling (b. 1887) — of New London, New London County, Conn. Born in New Hartford, Litchfield County, Conn., June 27, 1887. Republican. Merchant; member, Alling Rubber Company; member of Connecticut state senate 18th District, 1931. Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Rotary. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Wilbur Sidney Alling and Mary Elizabeth (Tiffany) Alling; married, January 27, 1912, to Mary Scott Hull; married, February 6, 1916, to Emily Glass Coote.
  Kenneth A. Arnold (1891-1981) — of Broad Brook, East Windsor, Hartford County, Conn. Born in Broad Brook, East Windsor, Hartford County, Conn., 1891. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; merchant; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from East Windsor, 1923-24. Died in 1981 (age about 90 years). Interment at Melrose Cemetery, East Windsor, Conn.
  Relatives: Married to Amy Margaret Herron.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  W. Kenneth Avery — of Granby, Hartford County, Conn. Republican. Merchant; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Granby, 1939-41. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  Oscar D. Baker (1867-1947) — of Warrenville, Ashford, Windham County, Conn. Born in Ashford, Windham County, Conn., January 21, 1867. Democrat. Merchant; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Ashford, 1907-08, 1915-16; defeated, 1926. Died August 27, 1947 (age 80 years, 218 days). Interment at Warrenville Cemetery, Warrenville, Ashford, Conn.
  Relatives: Married to Annie E. Buell.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Raymond O. Baker (born c.1897) — of Warrenville, Ashford, Windham County, Conn. Born in Warrenville, Ashford, Windham County, Conn., about 1897. Democrat. Farmer; merchant; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Ashford, 1919-20, 1923-24. Burial location unknown.
  David Baldwin (c.1799-1848) — of Preston, New London County, Conn. Born about 1799. Whig. Merchant; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Preston, 1834, 1837; member of Connecticut state senate 8th District, 1847-48; died in office 1848. Died April 17, 1848 (age about 49 years). Interment at Preston City Cemetery, Preston, Conn.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Charles D. Barnes (born c.1844) — of Southington, Hartford County, Conn. Born in Southington, Hartford County, Conn., about 1844. Republican. Merchant; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Southington, 1891-94, 1899-1902. Burial location unknown.
  Frank H. Barnes (1865-1939) — of Southington, Hartford County, Conn. Born in Rocky Hill, Hartford County, Conn., 1865. Republican. Merchant; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Southington, 1917-20, 1933-35. Died in 1939 (age about 74 years). Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Southington, Conn.
  Relatives: Married to Louise R. Dunham.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Ira D. Bates (born c.1845) — of Thompson, Windham County, Conn. Born in Uxbridge, Worcester County, Mass., about 1845. Republican. Merchant; member of Connecticut state house of representatives, 1886; member of Connecticut state senate 16th District, 1887-88. Burial location unknown.
  George Beach (1812-1899) — of Hartford, Hartford County, Conn. Born June 26, 1812. Merchant; member of Connecticut state senate 1st District, 1866-67. Died July 16, 1899 (age 87 years, 20 days). Interment at Cedar Hill Cemetery, Hartford, Conn.
  Relatives: Son of George Beach (1788-1860) and Harriet (Bradley) Beach.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Cyrus G. Beckwith (born c.1843) — of New London, New London County, Conn. Born in Waterford, New London County, Conn., about 1843. Democrat. Merchant; member of Connecticut state senate 9th District, 1887-88; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1892; candidate for U.S. Representative from Connecticut 3rd District, 1894; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from New London, 1897-98; defeated, 1910. Burial location unknown.
  Daniel G. Beers (1817-1870) — of Brookfield, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Brookfield, Fairfield County, Conn., 1817. Merchant; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Brookfield, 1870. Died in Brookfield, Fairfield County, Conn., 1870 (age about 53 years). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Father of Henry S. Beers.
  Henry S. Beers (b. 1846) — of Brookfield, Fairfield County, Conn.; Middletown, Middlesex County, Conn. Born in Brookfield, Fairfield County, Conn., 1846. Merchant; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Brookfield, 1881; postmaster at Brookfield, Conn., 1887. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Daniel G. Beers.
  Alfred S. Bennett (born c.1859) — of Cheshire, New Haven County, Conn. Born in England, about 1859. Republican. Merchant; first selectman of Cheshire, Connecticut, 1899-1901, 1911-20; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Cheshire; elected 1902, 1904. Burial location unknown.
  Edward S. Birge — of Stratford, Fairfield County, Conn. Merchant; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Stratford, 1939-40; defeated (Democratic), 1920. Burial location unknown.
  Ebenezer D. Brockway (born c.1817) — of Lyme, New London County, Conn. Born about 1817. Merchant; member of Connecticut state senate 9th District, 1867. Burial location unknown.
  Isaac W. Brooks (b. 1838) — of Torrington, Litchfield County, Conn. Born in Goshen, Litchfield County, Conn., November 8, 1838. Republican. Merchant; banker; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Torrington, 1884, 1893-94; Speaker of the Connecticut State House of Representatives, 1893-94; member of Connecticut state senate 30th District, 1907-08. Member, Sons of the American Revolution; Society of Colonial Wars. Burial location unknown.
  J. Francis Browne (born c.1870) — of Thompsonville, Enfield, Hartford County, Conn. Born in Thompsonville, Enfield, Hartford County, Conn., about 1870. Democrat. Merchant; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1924 (alternate), 1928; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Enfield, 1929-32. Burial location unknown.
  Epaphroditus Champion (1756-1834) — of East Haddam, Middlesex County, Conn. Born in Westchester, Colchester, New London County, Conn., April 6, 1756. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; merchant; shipowner; member of Connecticut state house of representatives, 1791-1806; U.S. Representative from Connecticut, 1807-17 (at-large 1807-09, 1st District 1809-11, at-large 1811-17). Died in East Haddam, Middlesex County, Conn., December 22, 1834 (age 78 years, 260 days). Interment at River View Cemetery, East Haddam, Conn.
  Relatives: Son of Henry Champion (1723-1797) and Deborah (Brainard) Champion; brother of Henry Champion (1751-1836); married, December 17, 1781, to Lucretia Hubbard; first cousin four times removed of Charlotte H. McMorran; second cousin once removed of Amaziah Brainard; second cousin twice removed of Leveret Brainard; second cousin four times removed of Asahel Rowland DeWolf, Winthrop Roger De Wolf and John Anderson De Wolf Jr.; second cousin five times removed of Charles Gates Dawes, Rufus Cutler Dawes, Beman Gates Dawes and Henry May Dawes; third cousin of Daniel Upson; third cousin twice removed of Chester Ackley, Charles Upson, Gad Ely Upson, Christopher Columbus Upson, Andrew Seth Upson and Evelyn M. Upson; third cousin thrice removed of Almar F. Dickson.
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Dawes-Upson family of Connecticut (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article
  Fred D. Chartier — of Moosup, Plainfield, Windham County, Conn. Democrat. Merchant; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Plainfield, 1937-40. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  Winfred P. Chittenden (born c.1895) — of Guilford, New Haven County, Conn. Born in Guilford, New Haven County, Conn., about 1895. Republican. Merchant; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Guilford, 1939-40, 1943-44, 1947-48. Burial location unknown.
  Alexander G. Constable (b. 1893) — of Torrington, Litchfield County, Conn. Born in Torrington, Litchfield County, Conn., March 19, 1893. Democrat. Merchant; town clerk; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Torrington, 1941-44; member of Connecticut state senate 30th District, 1945-46. Member, Eagles; Redmen. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Alexander P. Constable and Elizabeth Constable.
  Darius Nash Couch (1822-1897) — also known as Darius N. Couch — of Taunton, Bristol County, Mass.; Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Born in Putnam County, N.Y., July 23, 1822. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; naturalist; merchant; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; candidate for Governor of Massachusetts, 1865; U.S. Collector of Customs, 1866-67. Died in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Conn., February 12, 1897 (age 74 years, 204 days). Interment at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Taunton, Mass.
  Relatives: Married to Mary Caroline Crocker (daughter of Samuel Leonard Crocker).
  Political family: Crocker family of Taunton and Boston, Massachusetts.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Edward Allen Creevey (b. 1859) — also known as Edward A. Creevey — of Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Jersey City, Hudson County, N.J., November 7, 1859. Merchant; contractor; U.S. Consul in Glauchau, 1901-05; Yarmouth, 1905-07; Colombo, 1907-08; St. Michaels, 1908-11. Burial location unknown.
  Wallace Bruce Crumb (1858-1938) — also known as Wallace B. Crumb — of Forestville, Bristol, Hartford County, Conn. Born in Stonington, New London County, Conn., January 22, 1858. Democrat. Merchant; manufacturer; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Bristol, 1919-20; defeated, 1920, 1922. Died September 21, 1938 (age 80 years, 242 days). Interment at Forestville Cemetery, Forestville, Bristol, Conn.
  Relatives: Son of George W. Crumb and Ellen (Chapman) Crumb; married to Edith Ardell Farmer; father of Wallace Raymond Crumb; second cousin thrice removed of Augustus George Hazard; third cousin thrice removed of John Condit; fourth cousin of Walter Thomas Bliss; fourth cousin once removed of Chester Merton Bliss and George Walter Bliss.
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Condit family of Orange, New Jersey (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Raphael R. D'Ambruoso — of Ansonia, New Haven County, Conn. Democrat. Merchant; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Ansonia, 1937-40. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  Johnson D. Dayton (born c.1846) — of Derby, New Haven County, Conn. Born in New Milford, Litchfield County, Conn., about 1846. Republican. Merchant; member of Connecticut state senate 7th District, 1895-96. Burial location unknown.
  Winthrop Roger De Wolf (1863-1931) — also known as Winthrop R. De Wolf — of Blackhall, Old Lyme, New London County, Conn. Born in Old Lyme, New London County, Conn., October, 1863. Merchant; postmaster at Blackhall, Conn., 1887-1907. Died in Old Lyme, New London County, Conn., September 8, 1931 (age 67 years, 0 days). Interment at Duck River Cemetery, Old Lyme, Conn.
  Relatives: Son of Roger William DeWolf and Julia M. (Smith) DeWolf; married to Cora F. Ackerman; first cousin of Asahel Rowland DeWolf and John Anderson De Wolf Jr.; second cousin four times removed of Henry Champion and Epaphroditus Champion.
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Dawes-Upson family of Connecticut; Holden-Davis-Lawrence-Garcelon family of Massachusetts (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  William E. Dickerman (born c.1862) — of North Haven, New Haven County, Conn. Born in North Haven, New Haven County, Conn., about 1862. Republican. Merchant; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from North Haven, 1901-02. Burial location unknown.
  Junius Z. Douglass (born c.1877) — of Forestville, Bristol, Hartford County, Conn. Born in Forestville, Bristol, Hartford County, Conn., about 1877. Republican. Merchant; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Bristol, 1913-14, 1917-18. Burial location unknown.
  Edmund F. Dudley (born c.1886) — of Guilford, New Haven County, Conn. Born in Guilford, New Haven County, Conn., about 1886. Republican. Merchant; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Guilford, 1919-20. Burial location unknown.
  Francis J. Fagan — of Staffordville, Stafford, Tolland County, Conn. Democrat. Merchant; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Stafford, 1937-40. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  Wilbur B. Foster (born c.1854) — of Rockville, Vernon, Tolland County, Conn. Born in Monson, Hampden County, Mass., about 1854. Democrat. Merchant; member of Connecticut state senate 23rd District, 1891-92. Burial location unknown.
  Christian Frederick Fox (1861-1933) — also known as Christian F. Fox — of Meriden, New Haven County, Conn. Born in Germany, December 14, 1861. Republican. Sausage manufacturer; merchant; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Meriden, 1911-12. Episcopalian. German ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Royal Arch Masons; Knights Templar; Shriners. Died in Meriden, New Haven County, Conn., November 16, 1933 (age 71 years, 337 days). Interment at Walnut Grove Cemetery, Meriden, Conn.
  Relatives: Married, December 24, 1883, to Emma R. Dason.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Donald A. Fraser (born c.1896) — of Salem, New London County, Conn. Born in Unadilla, Dooly County, Ga., about 1896. Republican. Merchant; cartoonist; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Salem, 1935-38; member of Connecticut state senate 20th District, 1939-40. Burial location unknown.
  Addison E. Frink (born c.1864) — of Andover, Tolland County, Conn. Born in Baltic, Sprague, New London County, Conn., about 1864. Republican. Merchant; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Andover, 1917-18. Burial location unknown.
  Patrick Garvan (born c.1837) — of East Hartford, Hartford County, Conn. Born in Ireland, about 1837. Republican. Merchant; member of Connecticut state house of representatives, 1884-85; member of Connecticut state senate 2nd District, 1891-92; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1908. Irish ancestry. Burial location unknown.
  James Patrick Geelan (1901-1982) — also known as James P. Geelan — of New Haven, New Haven County, Conn. Born in New Haven, New Haven County, Conn., August 11, 1901. Democrat. Retail manager; Vice-president, New Haven Central Labor Council; insurance broker; member of Connecticut state senate 8th District, 1939-44; U.S. Representative from Connecticut 3rd District, 1945-47; defeated, 1946; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1948, 1956; delegate to Connecticut state constitutional convention 3rd District, 1965. Member, American Arbitration Association; Knights of Columbus; Eagles. Died in New Haven, New Haven County, Conn., August 10, 1982 (age 80 years, 364 days). Interment at St. Lawrence Cemetery, West Haven, Conn.
  Relatives: Son of Thomas Edward Geelan and Mary Agnes (McDonnell) Geelan; married, October 9, 1933, to Elizabeth Marie Doll.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article
  Joseph H. Glasson (1857-1923) — of Bristol, Hartford County, Conn. Born in Bristol, Hartford County, Conn., October 18, 1857. Democrat. Merchant; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Bristol, 1915-18. Died June 30, 1923 (age 65 years, 255 days). Interment at West Cemetery, Bristol, Conn.
  Relatives: Married to Eliza S. Reynolds.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  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.
  Relatives: Son of Henry Gleason and Cynthia (Vandervoort) Gleason; married, November 11, 1857, to Ellen A. Gladwin; married, December 27, 1876, to Leila Seward; uncle of Arthur H. Gleason.
  Edward B. Goddard (born c.1874) — of Granby, Hartford County, Conn. Born in West Granby, Granby, Hartford County, Conn., about 1874. Republican. Merchant; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Granby, 1911-12. Burial location unknown.
  Robert W. Green (b. 1869) — of Brookfield Center, Brookfield, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in New Milford, Litchfield County, Conn., 1869. Republican. Merchant; farmer; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Brookfield, 1899-1900, 1905-06, 1939-40. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of George W. Green.
  Arthur A. Greenleaf — of Groton, New London County, Conn. Republican. Merchant; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Groton, 1935-40. Burial location unknown.
  Otto W. Grossman — of West Mystic, Groton, New London County, Conn. Republican. Merchant; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Groton, 1937-42. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  Havillah Gunn (1786-1867) — of Portsmouth, Scioto County, Ohio. Born in Connecticut, 1786. Merchant; Scioto County Treasurer, 1828-30; mayor of Portsmouth, Ohio, 1830-31. Died in Olney, Richland County, Ill., September 8, 1867 (age about 81 years). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Samuel Gunn and Joanna Gunn.
  Charles A. Hackney (born c.1861) — of Unionville, Farmington, Hartford County, Conn. Born in New Hartford, Litchfield County, Conn., about 1861. Republican. Merchant; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Farmington, 1905-06, 1929-32. Burial location unknown.
  Seth J. Hall (born c.1831) — of Meriden, New Haven County, Conn. Born in Middletown, Middlesex County, Conn., about 1831. Democrat. Merchant; member of Connecticut state senate 6th District, 1891-94. Burial location unknown.
  Henry K. Harral (d. 1854) — of Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Conn. Merchant; mayor of Bridgeport, Conn., 1844-47, 1849-51, 1852-53; member of Connecticut state senate 10th District, 1850. Died in Augusta, Richmond County, Ga., May 10, 1854. Burial location unknown.
  George S. Hart — of Simsbury, Hartford County, Conn. Republican. Merchant; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Simsbury, 1937-40. Burial location unknown.
  Irvin Hattin — of Pomfret Center, Pomfret, Windham County, Conn. Republican. Merchant; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Pomfret, 1939-40. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  Robert W. Hayes (born c.1880) — of East Hartland, Hartland, Hartford County, Conn. Born in Hartland, Hartford County, Conn., about 1880. Republican. Farmer; merchant; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Hartland, 1913-14, 1919-20, 1929-30. Burial location unknown.
  Reuben Bostwick Heacock (1787-1854) — also known as Reuben B. Heacock — of Buffalo, Erie County, N.Y. Born in Derby, New Haven County, Conn., July 21, 1787. Merchant; member of New York state assembly from Erie County, 1826; Independent candidate for mayor of Buffalo, N.Y., 1853. Died in Buffalo, Erie County, N.Y., April 7, 1854 (age 66 years, 260 days). Interment at Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Reuben Heacock and Silence (Easton) Heacock; married to Abigail Peabody Grosvenor; grandfather of Seth Grosvenor Heacock; second cousin of Graham Hurd Chapin; third cousin once removed of Gideon Hard; third cousin twice removed of John Alsop and Robert Cleveland Usher; third cousin thrice removed of Chauncey Mitchell Depew and Henry Merritt Hard; fourth cousin of Benjamin Hard and Israel Coe; fourth cousin once removed of Ebenezer Hazard, Elisha Hotchkiss Jr. and Lyman Wetmore Coe.
  Political families: Conger family of New York; King-Hazard family of Connecticut and New York; Wildman family of Danbury, Connecticut; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Saltonstall-Davis-Frelinghuysen-Appleton family of Massachusetts (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Frederick Huntington Holbrook (1883-1967) — also known as Fred H. Holbrook — of Madison, New Haven County, Conn. Born in Lebanon, New London County, Conn., October 15, 1883. Republican. Merchant; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Madison, 1935-48; delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1948. Died in Essex, Middlesex County, Conn., June 4, 1967 (age 83 years, 232 days). Interment at West Cemetery, Madison, Conn.
  Relatives: Son of Emerson Green Holbrook and Anne Lynde (Huntington) Holbrook; married to Louva Cleveland Nettleton.
  Franklin L. Homan (b. 1865) — of New Haven, New Haven County, Conn. Born in Oakdale, Suffolk County, Long Island, N.Y., 1865. Republican. Merchant; member of Connecticut state senate 10th District, 1907-08; defeated, 1906. Burial location unknown.
  Arthur E. Humphrey (born c.1865) — of Simsbury, Hartford County, Conn. Born in Simsbury, Hartford County, Conn., about 1865. Republican. Merchant; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Simsbury, 1901-02. Burial location unknown.
  John Hurley (born c.1862) — of Waterbury, New Haven County, Conn. Born in Ireland, about 1862. Democrat. Salesman; merchant; member of Connecticut state senate 16th District, 1907-10, 1913-20. Burial location unknown.
  Clair L. Huse — of Middlefield, Middlesex County, Conn. Republican. Merchant; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Middlefield, 1939-40. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  William Hyland Jr. (1880-1934) — of Thompsonville, Enfield, Hartford County, Conn. Born in Enfield, Hartford County, Conn., 1880. Republican. Merchant; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Enfield, 1923-28. Died in 1934 (age about 54 years). Interment at New St. Patrick's Cemetery, Enfield, Conn.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Aaron Johnson (born c.1858) — of South Manchester, Manchester, Hartford County, Conn. Born in Sweden, about 1858. Republican. Merchant; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Manchester, 1909-12; first selectman of Manchester, Connecticut, 1919-21. Swedish ancestry. Burial location unknown.
  George H. Johnson (born c.1870) — of East Morris, Morris, Litchfield County, Conn. Born in Morris, Litchfield County, Conn., about 1870. Republican. Merchant; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Morris, 1905-06; member of Connecticut state senate 32nd District, 1913-14. Burial location unknown.
  Martin Keeler (1781-1860) — of Delaware County, N.Y. Born in Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Conn., July 3, 1781. Merchant; member of New York state assembly from Delaware County, 1816-17; Delaware County Sheriff, 1819; common pleas court judge in New York, 1820. Died in South Kortright, Delaware County, N.Y., April 1, 1860 (age 78 years, 273 days). Interment somewhere in South Kortright, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Jabez Keeler and Sarah (Benedict) Keeler; married, June 1, 1802, to Patience Mace; father of Stephen Hiram Keeler; first cousin thrice removed of Burr L. Castle and Anson Foster Keeler; second cousin twice removed of Alfred Walstein Bangs and John Clarence Keeler; second cousin thrice removed of Tracy R. Bangs, Frank D. Bangs and Asbury Elliott Kellogg; second cousin four times removed of George A. Bangs; third cousin once removed of William Anson Floyd, Elijah Hunt Mills, Daniel Darling Whitney and Edwin Olmstead Keeler; third cousin thrice removed of Walter Samuel Hine, Frank Clark Woodruff and Watson Stiles Woodruff; fourth cousin of Nicoll Floyd, Thaddeus Betts and Silas Wright Jr.; fourth cousin once removed of Samuel Huntington, Charles Albert Floyd, Frederick Augustus Tallmadge, David Gelston Floyd, John Gelston Floyd and William Chapman Williston.
  Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  John Russell Kellogg (1793-1868) — also known as John R. Kellogg — of Allegan, Allegan County, Mich. Born in New Hartford, Litchfield County, Conn., May 16, 1793. Republican. Merchant; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Allegan County, 1838; member of Michigan state board of education, 1855-60; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1856. Presbyterian. Died in Allegan, Allegan County, Mich., March 13, 1868 (age 74 years, 302 days). Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Scriba town, Oswego County, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Susanna (Griswold) Kellogg and Jesse Kellogg; married to Mary Otterson; grandfather of Edward Russell Kellogg; first cousin twice removed of Aaron Kellogg; second cousin of Greene Carrier Bronson; second cousin once removed of Selah Merrill; third cousin of George Smith Catlin and Francis William Kellogg; third cousin once removed of Jason Kellogg, Jonathan Brace, Charles Kellogg (1773-1842), Orsamus Cook Merrill, Timothy Merrill, Daniel Fiske Kellogg and Arthur Tappan Kellogg; third cousin twice removed of William Lucius Case; third cousin thrice removed of Leonard Leach Case; fourth cousin of Thomas Kimberly Brace, Luther Walter Badger, Silas Dewey Kellogg, Chester Ashley, Daniel Kellogg (1791-1875), Alvan Kellogg, Alvah Nash, Day Otis Kellogg, Dwight Kellogg, Albert Gallatin Kellogg, Ensign Hosmer Kellogg, Farrand Fassett Merrill and Charles Kellogg (1839-1903); fourth cousin once removed of Jonathan Ingersoll, Jared Ingersoll, Abel Merrill, Orlando Kellogg, William Dean Kellogg, Russell Sage, Stephen Wright Kellogg, George Bradley Kellogg, William Pitt Kellogg, Daniel Kellogg (1835-1918) and Benjamin Baker Merrill.
  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
  James Kilbourne (1770-1850) — of Worthington, Franklin County, Ohio. Born in New Britain, Hartford County, Conn., October 19, 1770. Democrat. Surveyor; merchant; U.S. Representative from Ohio 5th District, 1813-17; candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio; member of Ohio state house of representatives, 1823. Episcopalian. Died April 9, 1850 (age 79 years, 172 days). Interment at St. John's Episcopal Church Burying Ground, Worthington, Ohio.
  Relatives: Son of Josiah Kilbourne and Anna (Neal) Kilbourne; married, November 8, 1789, to Lucy Fitch; married 1808 to Cynthia Goodale; father of Byron H. Kilbourn; grandfather of James Kilbourne (1842-1919); second cousin once removed of Charles H. Eastman; second cousin twice removed of Robert Cleveland Usher; second cousin four times removed of James Warren Driver; third cousin of John Taintor, Roger Taintor, Solomon Taintor and Jonathan Stratton; third cousin once removed of John Adams Taintor and Henry G. Taintor; third cousin twice removed of Lemuel Stetson, Samuel Lount Kilbourne and George Eastman; third cousin thrice removed of Warren Walter Rich and Charles Dudley Kilbourn; fourth cousin of Jonathan Brace, Samuel Clesson Allen and Greene Carrier Bronson; fourth cousin once removed of Gold Selleck Silliman, Benjamin Silliman, Thomas Kimberly Brace, Theodore Davenport, Millard Fillmore, Eliphalet Adams Bulkeley, Elisha Hunt Allen and William Alfred Buckingham.
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Eastman family; Flanders family of Vermont; Rowell family of Maine (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Wyllys King (born c.1803) — of St. Louis, Mo. Born in Connecticut, about 1803. Merchant; delegate to Missouri state constitutional convention 29th District, 1865. Burial location unknown.
  Richard J. Kinsella — of Hartford, Hartford County, Conn. Democrat. Merchant; mayor of Hartford, Conn., 1918-20, 1922-24; defeated, 1916, 1920, 1924; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1924. Burial location unknown.
  Simon Larned (1753-1817) — of Massachusetts. Born in Thompson, Windham County, Conn., August 3, 1753. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; Berkshire County Sheriff; merchant; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1791; Berkshire County Treasurer, 1792-1812; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts at-large, 1804-05; colonel in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; president, Berkshire Bank. Died in Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Mass., November 16, 1817 (age 64 years, 105 days). Interment at Pittsfield Cemetery, Pittsfield, Mass.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Oscar Leach (born c.1832) — of Durham, Middlesex County, Conn. Born in Madison, New Haven County, Conn., about 1832. Republican. Merchant; member of Connecticut state house of representatives, 1866; member of Connecticut state senate, 1869, 1887-88 (18th District 1869, 21st District 1887-88); postmaster at Durham, Conn., 1885; delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1888. Burial location unknown.
  Joel Lee (1776-1850) — of Ballston (now Ballston Spa), Saratoga County, N.Y. Born in Danbury, Fairfield County, Conn., April 12, 1776. Merchant; postmaster at Ballston Springs, N.Y., 1805-29; Ballston, N.Y., 1829-41; member of New York state assembly from Saratoga County, 1809-10, 1836. Died in Ballston Spa, Saratoga County, N.Y., September 13, 1850 (age 74 years, 154 days). Interment at Ballston Spa Cemetery, Ballston Spa, N.Y.
  Relatives: Married to Patience Westcott.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  James N. Loomis (born c.1833) — of Granby, Hartford County, Conn. Born in Southwick, Hampden County, Mass., about 1833. Republican. Merchant; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Granby, 1868, 1903-04; postmaster at Granby, Conn., 1901. Burial location unknown.
  Frederick M. Lord (born c.1871) — of Marlborough, Hartford County, Conn. Born in Marlborough, Hartford County, Conn., about 1871. Republican. Merchant; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Marlborough, 1901-02. Burial location unknown.
  Josiah B. Lougee (born c.1854) — of Collinsville, Canton, Hartford County, Conn. Born in Effingham, Carroll County, N.H., about 1854. Democrat. Merchant; first selectman of Canton, Connecticut, 1901, 1906, 1922-24; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Canton, 1907-08; defeated, 1894. Burial location unknown.
  Charles H. Lounsbury (born c.1849) — of Seymour, New Haven County, Conn. Born in Bethany, New Haven County, Conn., about 1849. Republican. Merchant; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Seymour, 1878; first selectman of Seymour, Connecticut, 1888; member of Connecticut state senate 17th District, 1911-12. Burial location unknown.
  Frederick A. Lucas (born c.1842) — of West Goshen, Goshen, Litchfield County, Conn. Born in Goshen, Litchfield County, Conn., about 1842. Republican. Merchant; member of Connecticut state house of representatives, 1869, 1886; member of Connecticut state senate 18th District, 1887-88. Burial location unknown.
  Charles P. Lyman (born c.1859) — of Washington, Litchfield County, Conn. Born in Washington, Litchfield County, Conn., about 1859. Democrat. Merchant; member of Connecticut state house of representatives, 1883-84; member of Connecticut state senate 20th District, 1891-92; candidate for U.S. Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1898, 1900. Burial location unknown.
  Archibald McNeil (born c.1844) — of Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Conn., about 1844. Democrat. Merchant; member of Connecticut state senate 21st District, 1903-04, 1907-08. Burial location unknown.
  Archibald McNeil Jr. (born c.1884) — of Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Conn., about 1884. Democrat. Merchant; newspaper business; candidate for Connecticut state house of representatives from Bridgeport, 1908; member of Connecticut state senate 22nd District, 1911-14; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1912, 1924, 1928 (member, Committee on Permanent Organization), 1936; candidate for U.S. Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1922. Burial location unknown.
  Benjamin P. Mead (born c.1848) — of New Canaan, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Conn., about 1848. Republican. Merchant; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from New Canaan, 1885, 1887; first selectman of New Canaan, Connecticut, 1888; member of Connecticut state senate 12th District, 1889-92; Connecticut state comptroller, 1895-99. Burial location unknown.
  William Meeker (1779-1827) — of Brookfield, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Greenfield Hill, Fairfield, Fairfield County, Conn., 1779. Merchant; manufacturer; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Brookfield, 1820, 1822, 1825. Died in Brookfield, Fairfield County, Conn., 1827 (age about 48 years). Burial location unknown.
  Howard A. Middleton (1869-1956) — of Broad Brook, East Windsor, Hartford County, Conn. Born in Enfield, Hartford County, Conn., October 31, 1869. Republican. Merchant; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from East Windsor, 1901-02; delegate to Connecticut state constitutional convention from East Windsor, 1902; member of Connecticut state senate 7th District, 1907-08; first selectman of East Windsor, Connecticut, 1909-19. Member, Freemasons; Foresters. Died in 1956 (age about 86 years). Interment at Melrose Cemetery, East Windsor, Conn.
  Relatives: Married to Jane F. Titley.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Frederick Miles (1815-1896) — of Chapinville, Salisbury, Litchfield County, Conn. Born in Goshen, Litchfield County, Conn., December 19, 1815. Republican. Merchant; iron manufacturer; member of Connecticut state senate 17th District, 1878-79; U.S. Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1879-83, 1889-91; defeated, 1886, 1890, 1892; delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1880 (alternate), 1884, 1888 (alternate). Died in Salisbury, Litchfield County, Conn., November 20, 1896 (age 80 years, 337 days). Interment at Salisbury Cemetery, Salisbury, Conn.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
Edwin D. Morgan Edwin Denison Morgan (1811-1883) — also known as Edwin D. Morgan — of Hartford, Hartford County, Conn.; New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Washington, Berkshire County, Mass., February 8, 1811. Merchant; member of New York state senate 6th District, 1850-53; New York Republican state chair, 1856-58, 1874-75; Chairman of Republican National Committee, 1856-64, 1872-76; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1856, 1860, 1864, 1876; Governor of New York, 1859-62; defeated (Republican), 1876; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Senator from New York, 1863-69; member of Republican National Committee from New York, 1872-; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York. Died of Bright's disease, in New York, New York County, N.Y., February 14, 1883 (age 72 years, 6 days). Entombed at Cedar Hill Cemetery, Hartford, Conn.
  Relatives: Son of Catherine (Copp) Morgan and Jasper Morgan; married, August 19, 1833, to Eliza Waterman; uncle of William Frederick Morgan Rowland; first cousin of Lydia Smith Morgan (who married Eliphalet Adams Bulkeley); first cousin once removed of Morgan Gardner Bulkeley and William Henry Bulkeley; second cousin of Edwin Barber Morgan and Christopher Morgan; second cousin twice removed of Waightstill Avery; third cousin of Alfred Avery Burnham; third cousin twice removed of George Champlin; third cousin thrice removed of Mason Turner; fourth cousin of Lorenzo Burrows and William Waigstill Avery; fourth cousin once removed of David Hough, Christopher Grant Champlin, Jeremiah Mason, Daniel Packer, Asa Packer and Samuel S. Knabenshue.
  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).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: New York Red Book 1896
  Ezra Morgan (c.1801-1871) — of Newtown, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Newtown, Fairfield County, Conn., about 1801. Merchant; banker; farmer; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Newtown, 1842, 1862, 1868. Died June 9, 1871 (age about 70 years). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married to Hannah Nash; father of Daniel Nash Morgan.
  Political family: Morgan-Judson family of Newtown and Bridgeport, Connecticut.
  George N. Morse (born c.1854) — of Meriden, New Haven County, Conn. Born in Meriden, New Haven County, Conn., about 1854. Democrat. Merchant; member of Connecticut state senate 6th District, 1889; candidate for mayor of Meriden, Conn., 1889. Burial location unknown.
  Peter A. Musnicki — of Danbury, Fairfield County, Conn. Democrat. Merchant; candidate for first selectman of Danbury, Connecticut, 1963. Still living as of 1963.
  Andrew B. Mygatt (1820-1901) — of New Milford, Litchfield County, Conn. Born October 31, 1820. Merchant; banker; member of Connecticut state senate 16th District, 1860-61. Died March 30, 1901 (age 80 years, 150 days). Interment at Center Cemetery, New Milford, Conn.
  Relatives: Married to Caroline Canfield.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Charles Oliver O'Donnell (1822-1877) — also known as C. Oliver O'Donnell — of Baltimore, Md. Born in Baltimore, Md., January 20, 1822. Commission merchant; insurance business; vice-president, Gaslight Company of Baltimore; director, Union Bank of Maryland; director, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad; Vice-Consul for Brazil in Baltimore, Md., 1864-76. Catholic. Died, from apoplexy, in the Pequod House Hotel, New London, New London County, Conn., August 12, 1877 (age 55 years, 204 days). Interment at New Cathedral Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
  Relatives: Son of Christopher Columbus O'Donnell and Eleanora Cecilia (Pascault) O'Donnell; married, September 1, 1852, to Luizinha Iantha Pereira=de=Sodre; married to Helen Sophia Carroll (sister of John Lee Carroll; great-granddaughter of Benjamin Chew, Charles Carroll of Carrollton and Thomas Sim Lee).
  Political families: Lee-Randolph family; Ballard-Gadsden-Randolph family of West Virginia and South Carolina; Pendleton-Lee family of Maryland; Shippen-Middleton family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Bache-Dallas family of Pennsylvania and New York; Biddle-Randolph family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Carroll family of Maryland (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  John Osgood (1782-1872) — of Cincinnatus, Cortland County, N.Y. Born in Pomfret, Windham County, Conn., May 13, 1782. Merchant; member of New York state assembly from Cortland County, 1838. English ancestry. Died in Cincinnatus, Cortland County, N.Y., December 19, 1872 (age 90 years, 220 days). Interment at Cincinnatus Cemetery, Cincinnatus, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of William Osgood and Mary (Scarborough) Osgood; married, May 27, 1808, to Olive Grosvenor.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  David Perry Otis (1809-1890) — also known as David P. Otis — of Salem, New London County, Conn.; Norwich, New London County, Conn.; Niantic, East Lyme, New London County, Conn. Born in East Haddam, Middlesex County, Conn., February 28, 1809. Merchant; piano manufacturing business; member of Connecticut state senate 9th District, 1860. Died December 30, 1890 (age 81 years, 305 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of David Otis and Nancy (Perry) Otis; married, March 21, 1832, to Hannah Comstock; married, October 4, 1837, to Julia Ann Florence; first cousin twice removed of Ralph Chester Otis; second cousin of Oran Gray Otis and Harrison Gray Otis (1837-1917); second cousin once removed of Lauren Ford Otis; second cousin twice removed of Samuel Allyne Otis; third cousin of Asa H. Otis; third cousin once removed of Harrison Gray Otis (1765-1848) and Norton Prentiss Otis; fourth cousin of John Otis, William Shaw Chandler Otis, Harris F. Otis and James Otis.
  Political family: Otis family of Connecticut (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  John M. Page (born c.1839) — of Naugatuck, New Haven County, Conn. Born in North Branford, New Haven County, Conn., about 1839. Democrat. Merchant; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Naugatuck, 1899-1902; defeated, 1902. Burial location unknown.
  Almond M. Paine (1869-1959) — of East Killingly, Killingly, Windham County, Conn. Born in September, 1869. Republican. Merchant; postmaster at East Killingly, Conn., 1908-14. Died in Killingly, Windham County, Conn., November 19, 1959 (age 90 years, 0 days). Interment at Westfield Cemetery, Danielson, Killingly, Conn.
  Relatives: Son of James A. Paine and Mariette (Mathews) Paine; married to Phebe Salisbury; nephew of Almond M. Paine (1820-1890).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  William F. Palmer (born c.1825) — of Scotland, Windham County, Conn. Born in Scotland, Windham County, Conn., about 1825. Republican. Merchant; member of Connecticut state house of representatives, 1866; member of Connecticut state senate 17th District, 1891-92. Burial location unknown.
  Joseph L. Parsons (born c.1868) — of North Canaan, Litchfield County, Conn. Born in Great Barrington, Berkshire County, Mass., about 1868. Republican. Merchant; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from North Canaan, 1923-24; member of Connecticut state senate 31st District, 1929-31. Burial location unknown.
  Alexander Patterson (1791-1870) — of Key West, Monroe County, Fla. Born in Stonington, New London County, Conn., 1791. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; merchant; auctioneer; member of Florida state house of representatives, 1830; mayor of Key West, Fla., 1841-42, 1849-52, 1856-57, 1861-64, 1865-66, 1867-68. Died in 1870 (age about 79 years). Interment at Key West Cemetery, Key West, Fla.
Alexander T. Pattison Alexander Thomas Pattison (b. 1861) — also known as Alexander T. Pattison — of Simsbury, Hartford County, Conn. Born in Simsbury, Hartford County, Conn., March 26, 1861. Republican. Merchant; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Simsbury, 1897-98; member of Connecticut state senate 3rd District, 1903-04; president, Simsbury Electric Light Company; director, Simsbory Water Company; treasurer, Simsbury Cemetery Association. Scotch-Irish ancestry. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Joseph Pattison and Delia (Sceery) Pattison; married 1885 to Ella Ruth Wilcox.
  Image source: Men of Mark in Connecticut (1908)
  Henry S. Peck (1834-1884) — of Brookfield, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Brookfield Center, Brookfield, Fairfield County, Conn., 1834. Merchant; bank director; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Brookfield, 1879. Died in Brookfield Center, Brookfield, Fairfield County, Conn., 1884 (age about 50 years). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Henry L. Peck.
  Edwin A. Pelton (b. 1814) — of Cold Spring, Putnam County, N.Y. Born in Portland, Middlesex County, Conn., December 23, 1814. Manufacturer; merchant; member of New York state assembly from Putnam County, 1859-60. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Samuel Pelton and Sarah (Bailey) Pelton; married, November 5, 1840, to Almira Clark; father of Jennie A. Pelton (who married Monroe Leland Hayward); grandfather of William Hayward; third cousin of Guy Ray Pelton and Frederic William Pelton; third cousin once removed of George Pelton Lawrence.
  Political family: Pelton-Hayward family of New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  William H. Phillips (born c.1853) — of Chaplin, Windham County, Conn. Born in Jewett City, Griswold, New London County, Conn., about 1853. Republican. Merchant; lumber dealer; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Chaplin, 1905-06. Burial location unknown.
  Charles P. Pope (born c.1888) — of Oxford, New Haven County, Conn. Born in Oxford, New Haven County, Conn., about 1888. Democrat. Merchant; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Oxford, 1919-20. Burial location unknown.
  Jared Lewis Rathbone (1791-1845) — also known as Jared Rathbone — of Albany, Albany County, N.Y. Born in Colchester, New London County, Conn., August 2, 1791. Whig. Merchant; bank director; mayor of Albany, N.Y., 1838-41. Died in Albany, Albany County, N.Y., May 13, 1845 (age 53 years, 284 days). Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Samuel Rathbone and Lydia (Sparhawk) Rathbone; married, June 26, 1834, to Anna Pauline Noyes Pinney; father of Henry Reed Rathbone and Jared Lawrence Rathbone; grandfather of Henry Riggs Rathbone; second cousin of Daniel Burrows; second cousin once removed of Lorenzo Burrows; second cousin twice removed of Ezekiel Cornell; fourth cousin of Ezra Cornell; fourth cousin once removed of Alfred Henry Littlefield and Alonzo Barton Cornell.
  Political families: Cornell family of New York; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  David M. Read (born c.1833) — of Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Hoosick Falls, Rensselaer County, N.Y., about 1833. Democrat. Merchant; member of Connecticut state house of representatives, 1881; member of Connecticut state senate 14th District, 1889-92. Burial location unknown.
  Michael A. Rita (born c.1900) — of Hartford, Hartford County, Conn. Born in Hartford, Hartford County, Conn., about 1900. Democrat. Merchant; member of Connecticut state senate 3rd District, 1937-40. Burial location unknown.
  Silas W. Robbins (born c.1823) — of Wethersfield, Hartford County, Conn. Born about 1823. Republican. Merchant; farmer; member of Connecticut state senate 2nd District, 1889-90. Burial location unknown.
  John Russell (1772-1842) — of Cooperstown, Otsego County, N.Y. Born in Branford, New Haven County, Conn., September 7, 1772. Physician; merchant; Otsego County Clerk, 1801-04; U.S. Representative from New York 14th District, 1805-09; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; delegate to Whig National Convention from New York, 1839. Died in Cooperstown, Otsego County, N.Y., 1842 (age about 69 years). Interment at Christ Churchyard, Cooperstown, N.Y.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article
  Daniel Bennett St. John (1808-1890) — also known as Daniel B. St. John — of Sullivan County, N.Y.; Newburgh, Orange County, N.Y. Born in Sharon, Litchfield County, Conn., October 8, 1808. Merchant; real estate business; member of New York state assembly from Sullivan County, 1840; U.S. Representative from New York 9th District, 1847-49; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1876; member of New York state senate 10th District, 1876-79. Died in New York, New York County, N.Y., February 18, 1890 (age 81 years, 133 days). Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery, New Windsor, N.Y.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Abel Madison Scranton (1805-1872) — also known as Abel Scranton — of Madison, New Haven County, Conn. Born in Guilford, New Haven County, Conn., September 26, 1805. Merchant; member of Connecticut state senate 6th District, 1859. Died in Madison, New Haven County, Conn., June 7, 1872 (age 66 years, 255 days). Interment at West Cemetery, Madison, Conn.
  Relatives: Son of Timothy Scranton and Deborah (Chittenden) Scranton; married, July 14, 1831, to Hannah Wilmot Green; married, December 24, 1837, to Leah Howard; first cousin of Josiah C. Chittenden; first cousin twice removed of Thomas Chittenden; first cousin four times removed of William Greene; second cousin once removed of Martin Chittenden and Roger Calvin Leete; second cousin twice removed of Daniel Parrish Witter; second cousin thrice removed of William Greene Jr.; third cousin of Chittenden Lyon; third cousin twice removed of Ray Greene; fourth cousin of Jabez Upham, George Baxter Upham and Frederick Walker Pitkin; fourth cousin once removed of Chauncey Goodrich, Oliver Wolcott Jr., Elizur Goodrich, Frederick Wolcott, Erastus Clark Scranton, Sereno Hamilton Scranton and James Phineas Upham.
  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 Find-A-Grave memorial
  Moses Seymour (1742-1826) — of Litchfield, Litchfield County, Conn. Born in Hartford, Hartford County, Conn., July 23, 1742. Furrier; hatter; merchant; farmer; major in Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Litchfield, 1795-1811. Died in Litchfield, Litchfield County, Conn., September 17, 1826 (age 84 years, 56 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Moses Seymour (1711-1795) and Rachel (Goodwin) Seymour; married, November 7, 1771, to Molly Marsh; father of Horatio Seymour (1778-1857) and Henry Seymour; grandfather of Origen Storrs Seymour, Horatio Seymour (1810-1886), George Seymour and Julia Catherine Seymour (who married Roscoe Conkling); granduncle of McNeil Seymour and Henry William Seymour; great-grandfather of Edward Woodruff Seymour, Joseph Battell, Morris Woodruff Seymour and Horatio Seymour Jr.; great-granduncle of Norman Alexander Seymour; first cousin twice removed of Hezekiah Cook Seymour; first cousin thrice removed of Silas Seymour, William Chapman Williston and Augustus Sherrill Seymour; first cousin four times removed of Orlo Erland Wadhams; first cousin five times removed of Dalton G. Seymour; second cousin of Thomas Seymour; second cousin once removed of William Pitkin; second cousin twice removed of David Lowrey Seymour and Thomas Henry Seymour; second cousin thrice removed of Caleb Seymour Pitkin; third cousin of Josiah Cowles and Daniel Pitkin; third cousin once removed of Timothy Pitkin, Orsamus Cook Merrill, Timothy Merrill and Ela Collins; third cousin twice removed of Farrand Fassett Merrill, William Collins, John Robert Graham Pitkin and William Sheffield Cowles (1846-1923); third cousin thrice removed of Charles Seymour, Charles Upson, Calvin Josiah Cowles, Gad Ely Upson, Joseph Pomeroy Root, Elizur Stillman Goodrich, Frederick Walker Pitkin, John Sammis Seymour, Luther S. Pitkin, Russell Cowles Ostrander, Addison Beecher Colvin, La Monte Cowles, Helen Herron Taft, Gardner Cowles and William Sheffield Cowles (1898-1986).
  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).
  Carl M. Sharpe — of Abington, Pomfret, Windham County, Conn. Republican. Merchant; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Pomfret, 1937-40; member of Connecticut Republican State Central Committee, 1940; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1940; Connecticut state treasurer, 1943-45. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  Edwin H. Shattuck (born c.1875) — of Granby, Hartford County, Conn. Born in Granby, Hartford County, Conn., about 1875. Republican. Merchant; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Granby, 1927-30. Burial location unknown.
Joseph F. Silliman Joseph Fitch Silliman (1840-1913) — also known as Joseph F. Silliman — of New Canaan, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in New Canaan, Fairfield County, Conn., February 7, 1840. Republican. Merchant; stone crushing business; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from New Canaan, 1901-02; member of Connecticut state senate 26th District, 1909-10. Congregationalist. Died in 1913 (age about 73 years). Interment at Lakeview Cemetery, New Canaan, Conn.
  Relatives: Son of Joseph Silliman (c.1786-1850) and Martha Ann (Mitchell) Silliman; married, October 17, 1866, to Caroline Hoyt; grandson of Joseph Silliman (1756-1829); fourth great-grandson of William Leete; second cousin twice removed of Gold Selleck Silliman and Benjamin Silliman; third cousin once removed of Benjamin Douglas Silliman and Dwight Arthur Silliman; third cousin twice removed of Enoch Woodbridge; fourth cousin once removed of Benjamin Tallmadge, Oliver Wolcott Jr., Frederick Wolcott, William Woodbridge and Jonathan Stratton.
  Political families: Livingston-Schuyler family of New York; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Tallmadge-Floyd family of New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: Connecticut Legislative History and Souvenir (1909)
  Willard Spencer (1801-1890) — of Waterbury, New Haven County, Conn. Born in Waterbury (part now in Prospect), New Haven County, Conn., May 14, 1801. Merchant; button manufacturer; banker; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Waterbury, 1834; probate judge in Connecticut, 1846; warden (borough president) of Waterbury, Connecticut, 1850-51; member of Connecticut state senate 5th District, 1857. Died May 2, 1890 (age 88 years, 353 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Ansel Spencer and Lowly (Benham) Spencer; married, June 27, 1830, to Marcia Burton; father of Joseph Burton Spencer.
  Nathan Spiro (born c.1867) — of Danbury, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Poland, about 1867. Republican. Merchant; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Danbury; defeated, 1930; elected 1932; member of Connecticut state senate, 1935. Pleaded guilty in June 1938 to accepting a bribe while State Senator, and fined $1,500. Burial location unknown.
  Nicholas Staub (1841-1907) — of New Milford, Litchfield County, Conn. Born in France, January 1, 1841. Democrat. Merchant; farmer; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from New Milford, 1876, 1884-85, 1903-04; defeated, 1904; member of Connecticut state senate 19th District, 1886-88; Connecticut state comptroller, 1891-95. Died January 5, 1907 (age 66 years, 4 days). Interment at Center Cemetery, New Milford, Conn.
  Relatives: Married to Nancy J. Peck.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Jonathan Stratton (1791-1863) — of Thompsonville, Sullivan County, N.Y. Born in Fairfield, Fairfield County, Conn., August 24, 1791. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; merchant; leather business; lumber manufacturer; member of New York state assembly from Sullivan County, 1843, 1851. Died in Thompsonville, Sullivan County, N.Y., August 8, 1863 (age 71 years, 349 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Stephen Stratton and Sarah (Darrow) Stratton; married, July 8, 1829, to Cornelia A. Thompson; third cousin of James Kilbourne (1770-1850); third cousin once removed of Joseph Silliman (1756-1829), Gold Selleck Silliman, Benjamin Silliman and Byron H. Kilbourn; third cousin twice removed of James Kilbourne (1842-1919) and Rhamanthus Menville Stocker; fourth cousin of John Taintor, Roger Taintor, Solomon Taintor, Joseph Silliman (c.1786-1850), Israel Coe and Benjamin Douglas Silliman; fourth cousin once removed of John Adams Taintor, Eliphalet Adams Bulkeley, John Leslie Russell, Henry G. Taintor, William Henry Barnum, Lyman Wetmore Coe and Joseph Fitch Silliman.
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Wentworth-Pitman family of New Hampshire (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  William C. Street (born c.1817) — of Norwalk, Fairfield County, Conn. Born about 1817. Merchant; member of Connecticut state senate 12th District, 1867-68. Burial location unknown.
  Otto F. Strunz (born c.1852) — of Bristol, Hartford County, Conn. Born in Germany, about 1852. Republican. Merchant; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Bristol, 1899-1902. German ancestry. Burial location unknown.
  Henry Taintor (b. 1793) — of Branford, New Haven County, Conn.; Clinton, Middlesex County, Conn. Born in Branford, New Haven County, Conn., May 19, 1793. Whig. Merchant; manufacturer; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Branford, 1823; member of Connecticut state senate 19th District, 1844. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Medad Taintor and Anna (Lindsley) Taintor; second cousin of DeGrasse Maltby; second cousin once removed of John Taintor, Roger Taintor and Solomon Taintor; second cousin twice removed of Samuel DeWitt Maltby and Benjamin Josiah Maltby; third cousin of Calvin Frisbie, John Adams Taintor, Ralph Smith Taintor and Henry G. Taintor; third cousin once removed of Charles Newhall Taintor; third cousin twice removed of Aaron Kellogg; fourth cousin once removed of Jason Kellogg, Orsamus Cook Merrill, Joseph Churchill Strong, Ebenezer Strong, Timothy Merrill and Asa H. Otis.
  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).
  Henry G. Taintor (1813-1889) — of Hampton, Windham County, Conn. Born in Hampton, Windham County, Conn., February 17, 1813. Republican. Merchant; member of Connecticut state senate 13th District, 1851; Connecticut state treasurer, 1866-67. Died March 11, 1889 (age 76 years, 22 days). Interment at South Cemetery, Hampton, Conn.
  Relatives: Son of Solomon Taintor and Judith (Bulkeley) Taintor; nephew of John Taintor and Roger Taintor; first cousin of John Adams Taintor; second cousin of Ralph Smith Taintor; second cousin once removed of Charles Newhall Taintor; third cousin of DeGrasse Maltby, Henry Taintor and Eliphalet Adams Bulkeley; third cousin once removed of James Kilbourne (1770-1850), Amaziah Brainard, Theodore Davenport, Morgan Gardner Bulkeley and William Henry Bulkeley; third cousin twice removed of Samuel DeWitt Maltby and Benjamin Josiah Maltby; third cousin thrice removed of Richard Wayne Parker and Charles Wolcott Parker; fourth cousin of Calvin Frisbie, Alvah Nash, Byron H. Kilbourn and Leveret Brainard; fourth cousin once removed of Joseph Churchill Strong, Ebenezer Strong, Jonathan Stratton, Asa H. Otis, Elisha Hunt Allen, Gouverneur Morris, Russell Sage, John Ransom Buck, James Kilbourne (1842-1919), Samuel S. Knabenshue and Benjamin Baker Merrill.
  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
  Roger Taintor (1767-1831) — of Hampton, Windham County, Conn. Born in Colchester, New London County, Conn., 1767. Merchant; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Hampton, 1820, 1822. Died in Hampton, Windham County, Conn., 1831 (age about 64 years). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Brother of John Taintor and Solomon Taintor; father of John Adams Taintor; uncle of Henry G. Taintor; first cousin once removed of Ralph Smith Taintor; first cousin twice removed of Charles Newhall Taintor; second cousin once removed of DeGrasse Maltby, Henry Taintor and Eliphalet Adams Bulkeley; second cousin twice removed of Morgan Gardner Bulkeley and William Henry Bulkeley; second cousin thrice removed of Samuel DeWitt Maltby and Benjamin Josiah Maltby; third cousin of James Kilbourne (1770-1850); third cousin once removed of Calvin Frisbie and Byron H. Kilbourn; third cousin twice removed of Asa H. Otis, John Ransom Buck, James Kilbourne (1842-1919), Samuel S. Knabenshue and Benjamin Baker Merrill; third cousin thrice removed of Delos Fall and Paul Knabenshue; fourth cousin of Joseph Churchill Strong, Ebenezer Strong and Jonathan Stratton; fourth cousin once removed of Ephraim Safford, John Baldwin, Amaziah Brainard, Albert Gallup, John Arnold Rockwell, Henry Brewster Stanton, Theodore Sill and Robert Coit Jr..
  Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Charles Augustus Templeton (1871-1955) — also known as Charles A. Templeton — of Waterbury, New Haven County, Conn. Born in Sharon, Litchfield County, Conn., March 3, 1871. Republican. Merchant; member of Connecticut state senate 15th District, 1919-20; delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1920; Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut, 1921-23; Governor of Connecticut, 1923-25. Died August 15, 1955 (age 84 years, 165 days). Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Waterbury, Conn.
  Cross-reference: Anson T. McCook
  See also National Governors Association biography — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  George M. Tracy (born c.1880) — of Derby, New Haven County, Conn. Born in New Haven, New Haven County, Conn., about 1880. Democrat. Merchant; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Derby, 1915-16, 1919-20. Burial location unknown.
  J. Sedgwick Tracy (born c.1873) — of Falls Village, Canaan, Litchfield County, Conn. Born in Elmwood, Peoria County, Ill., about 1873. Republican. Merchant; candidate for Connecticut state house of representatives from Canaan. Burial location unknown.
  Joseph Trumbull (1737-1778) — of Connecticut. Born in Lebanon, New London County, Conn., March 11, 1737. Merchant; Delegate to Continental Congress from Connecticut, 1774; commissary general of the Continental Army, 1775-77. Died in Lebanon, New London County, Conn., July 23, 1778 (age 41 years, 134 days). Interment at Trumbull Cemetery, Lebanon, Conn.
  Relatives: Son of Jonathan Trumbull; brother of Jonathan Trumbull Jr. and David Trumbull; uncle of Joseph Trumbull (1782-1861) and Jonathan G. W. Trumbull; second cousin once removed of Benjamin Trumbull; second cousin twice removed of Lyman Trumbull; second cousin thrice removed of Carl Trumbull Hayden; third cousin twice removed of Ethan Colby; third cousin thrice removed of Joseph Livermore Perley.
  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
  Linneus F. Turner (1856-1944) — of Burlington, Hartford County, Conn. Born in Palermo, Waldo County, Maine, 1856. Republican. Merchant; postmaster at Burlington, Conn., 1885-1903; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Burlington, 1927-28. Died June 12, 1944 (age about 87 years). Interment at Center Cemetery, Burlington, Conn.
  Relatives: Married 1881 to Carrie Beckley; married to Grace Barnes.
  Charles Leslie Upham (1839-1929) — also known as Charles L. Upham — of Meriden, New Haven County, Conn. Born in Townshend, Windham County, Vt., May 24, 1839. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; one of the founders of the Ives, Upham & Rand department store in Meriden; mayor of Meriden, Conn., 1873-74. Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Freemasons. Died in Meriden, New Haven County, Conn., May 28, 1929 (age 90 years, 4 days). Interment at Walnut Grove Cemetery, Meriden, Conn.
  Relatives: Son of Rev. William Dennis Upham and Lucy Marie (Spink) Upham; married to Emiie Clark; married, July 12, 1877, to Elizabeth Hall.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  William H. Webster (1852-1941) — of Berlin, Hartford County, Conn. Born in Berlin, Hartford County, Conn., November 25, 1852. Republican. Merchant; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Berlin, 1905-06. Died September 28, 1941 (age 88 years, 307 days). Interment at Maple Cemetery, Berlin, Conn.
  Relatives: Married to Cornelia A. Wells.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Ernest N. Weir (born c.1876) — of East Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Conn. Born in Glastonbury, Hartford County, Conn., about 1876. Republican. Merchant; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Glastonbury, 1921-22. Burial location unknown.
  Ephraim Williams (born c.1791) — of Stonington, New London County, Conn. Born about 1791. Democrat. Merchant; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Stonington, 1830; member of Connecticut state senate 7th District, 1847-48. Burial location unknown.
  Ephraim Williams (born c.1827) — of Stonington, New London County, Conn. Born about 1827. Merchant; member of Connecticut state senate 7th District, 1867; warden (borough president) of Stonington, Connecticut, 1888. Burial location unknown.
  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.
  Relatives: Married, February 14, 1771, to Mary Trumbull (daughter of Jonathan Trumbull).
  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
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