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Charles William Barnum (1852-1936) —
also known as Charles W. Barnum —
of Lime Rock, Salisbury, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born in Lime Rock, Salisbury, Litchfield
County, Conn., October
30, 1852.
Republican. Iron foundry business; member of Connecticut
state senate 31st District, 1907-12; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1916.
Died October
9, 1936 (age 83 years, 345
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, New Haven, Conn.
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William Henry Barnum (1818-1889) —
also known as William H. Barnum; "Seven Mule
Barnum" —
of Lime Rock, Salisbury, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born in Boston Corner, Berkshire County, Mass. (now Columbia
County, N.Y.), September
17, 1818.
Democrat. Pig iron manufacturer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1851; postmaster at Lime
Rock, Conn., 1851-67; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1867-76; member of
Democratic
National Committee from Connecticut, 1876-88; Chairman
of Democratic National Committee, 1877-89; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Connecticut, 1876,
1880
(speaker),
1884,
1888
(speaker);
U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1876-79.
Died in Lime Rock, Salisbury, Litchfield
County, Conn., April
30, 1889 (age 70 years, 225
days).
Interment at Lime
Rock Cemetery, Lime Rock, Salisbury, Conn.
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Henry Alfred Bishop (1860-1934) —
also known as Henry A. Bishop —
of Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn., December
4, 1860.
Democrat. Ticket agent, purchasing agent, and superintendent of
several railroads;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Bridgeport, 1886; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1888
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1912
(alternate); candidate for secretary
of state of Connecticut, 1888; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Connecticut, 1904; president, Clapp Fire Resisting
Paint Co., Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey Power
Co., and Reed Carpet
Co.; vice-president, Brady Brass Co., Pacific Iron
Works, Connecticut National Bank, and
Consolidated Telephone
Co.; director, Westchester Street
Railway Co., Western Union Telegraph
Co.; director, Bridgeport Hospital.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights
Templar; Psi
Upsilon; Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Died in Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn., October
22, 1934 (age 73 years, 322
days).
Interment at Mountain
Grove Cemetery, Bridgeport, Conn.
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Irving Hall Chase (1858-1951) —
also known as Irving H. Chase —
of Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn., May 13,
1858.
Republican. Secretary and treasurer, Waterbury Clock
Company; vice-president, Waterbury Manufacturing
Company; president, A.S. Chase Company; secretary, Chase Rolling
Mill Company; diretor, Waterbury Hotel
Corporation, American Printing
Company, Waterbury Buckle
Company, Smith and Griggs Manufacturing
Company, and Waterbury National Bank;
member of Connecticut
state senate 15th District, 1907-08; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Connecticut, 1912,
1916.
Died March
14, 1951 (age 92 years, 305
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Waterbury, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of Augustus
Sabin Chase (1828-1896) and Martha Clark (Starkweather) Chase;
married, February
28, 1889, to Elizabeth Hosmer Kellogg (daughter of Stephen
Wright Kellogg); father of Eleanor Kellogg Chase (who married Charles
Phelps Taft II); uncle of Augustus
Sabin Chase (1897-1970); grandfather of Seth
Chase Taft; second cousin once removed of Marden
Sabin and Joseph
Spalding; second cousin twice removed of George
Anson Starkweather, Samuel
Starkweather and David
Austin Starkweather; second cousin thrice removed of Alvah
Sabin; third cousin once removed of Henry
Howard Starkweather; third cousin twice removed of Henry
Dodge, Daniel
Chapin, Martin
Olds and Nelson
Appleton Miles; third cousin thrice removed of John
Adams, Elijah
Abel, Thomas
Cogswell and Chauncey
Fitch Cleveland; fourth cousin of Charles
Henry Pendleton and Eckford
Gustavus Pendleton; fourth cousin once removed of Augustus
Caesar Dodge, Chauncey
Brewer Sabin and Edgar
Weeks. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Starkweather-Pendleton
family of Preston, Connecticut (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Charles Hull Clark (b. 1832) —
also known as Charles H. Clark —
of Milldale, Southington, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Southington, Hartford
County, Conn., October
23, 1832.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; nut and
bolt manufacturer; banker;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Southington, 1895-96,
1899-1900, 1905-06; president, Waterbury and Milldale Tramway
Company, 1907.
Congregationalist.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Odd
Fellows.
Burial location unknown.
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William Judson Clark (b. 1825) —
also known as William J. Clark —
of Southington, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Southington, Hartford
County, Conn., August
19, 1825.
Republican. Went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; nut and bolt
manufacturer; member of Connecticut
state senate 2nd District, 1883-84.
Member, Union
League; Odd
Fellows.
Burial location unknown.
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George Redfield Curtis (1825-1893) —
also known as George R. Curtis —
of Meriden, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Meriden, New Haven
County, Conn., December
25, 1825.
School
teacher; treasurer, Meriden Britania Company; president,
Meriden Silver Plate Company, the Meridan Horse
Railroad Company, and the Meriden Gas
Light Company; mayor
of Meriden, Conn., 1880-81.
Episcopalian.
Died in Meriden, New Haven
County, Conn., May 20,
1893 (age 67 years, 146
days).
Interment at Walnut
Grove Cemetery, Meriden, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of Asahel Curtis and Mehitable (Redfield) Curtis; married, May 22,
1855, to Augusta Munson. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Men of Mark in
Connecticut (1908) |
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James A. Doughty (b. 1850) —
of Torrington, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born in Beekman, Dutchess
County, N.Y., 1850.
Republican. Brass manufacturing executive; banker;
candidate for Connecticut
state senate 30th District, 1910.
Member, Union
League.
Burial location unknown.
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John Prince Elton (1809-1864) —
also known as John P. Elton —
of Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Watertown, Litchfield
County, Conn., April
25, 1809.
Brass foundry business; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Waterbury, 1840, 1848, 1850,
1862.
Died in Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn., November
10, 1864 (age 55 years, 199
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Waterbury, Conn.
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William J. Galvin (born c.1865) —
of Guilford, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., about 1865.
Republican. Iron molder; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Guilford, 1909-10.
Burial location unknown.
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Frederick L. Gaylord (1850-1930) —
of Ansonia, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Connecticut, January
19, 1850.
Republican. Brass foundry business; postmaster at Ansonia,
Conn., 1898-1910; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Connecticut, 1900;
member of Connecticut
Republican State Central Committee, 1901.
Died May 26,
1930 (age 80 years, 127
days).
Interment at Pine Grove Cemetery, Ansonia, Conn.
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Charles H. Graham (1837-1920) —
of Unionville, Farmington, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in New Britain, Hartford
County, Conn., October
10, 1837.
Republican. Nut and bolt manufacturer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Farmington, 1903-04.
Died in Connecticut, October
1, 1920 (age 82 years, 357
days).
Interment at Hillside
Cemetery, Unionville, Farmington, Conn.
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James Graham (born c.1831) —
of Orange, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., about 1831.
Republican. Brass foundry business; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1878, 1885-86; member of Connecticut
state senate 7th District, 1887-90; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1896.
Burial location unknown.
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James P. Hooley (b. 1855) —
of Troy, Rensselaer
County, N.Y.
Born in Connecticut, July 12,
1855.
Iron molder; organizer
for the Knights of Labor; member of New York
state assembly from Rensselaer County 1st District, 1884-85.
Irish
ancestry.
Interment at St.
John the Baptist Catholic Cemetery, Schenectady, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Morgan Hooley and Mary Margaret (Coffey) Hooley. |
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Oliver Gould Jennings (1865-1936) —
also known as Oliver G. Jennings —
of Fairfield, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April
27, 1865.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
Connecticut, 1916;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Connecticut; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Fairfield, 1923-24; director,
U.S. Industrial Alcohol Company; director, Bethlehem Steel
Corporation; director, Grocery Store
Products, Inc.
Episcopalian.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Skull
and Bones.
Died, of bronchial
pneumonia, in the Harbor Sanitarium,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
13, 1936 (age 71 years, 169
days).
Interment at Oak
Lawn Cemetery, Fairfield, Conn.
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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.
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Orville Howard Northrop (1859-1941) —
also known as Orville H. Northrop —
of East Hampton, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Ridgefield, Fairfield
County, Conn., February
23, 1859.
Plumber;
tinsmith; Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 1st District, 1910; candidate for
Presidential Elector for New York.
Died in East Hampton, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., November
20, 1941 (age 82 years, 270
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Wooster
Cemetery, Danbury, Conn.
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Matthew H. Rogers (b. 1861) —
of Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Cornwall, Litchfield
County, Conn., January
19, 1861.
Republican. Iron and steel manufacturer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Bridgeport, 1897-98; secretary
of state of Connecticut, 1909-13.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Francis Rogers and Susan Rogers; married, January
10, 1883, to Nellie Forestelle. |
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George Edwin Somers (1833-1915) —
also known as George E. Somers —
of Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Newtown, Fairfield
County, Conn., January
21, 1833.
Republican. Machinist;
inventor;
superintendent, later president, Bridgeport Brass Company; bank
director; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Bridgeport, 1897.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died December
18, 1915 (age 82 years, 331
days).
Interment at Mountain
Grove Cemetery, Bridgeport, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of Esther (Peck) Somers and Rufus Somers; married 1858 to Sarah
J. Noble; married, December
6, 1865, to Fannie Elizabeth (French) Clark. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Men of Mark in
Connecticut (1908) |
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Frederick Trent Stanley (1802-1883) —
also known as Frederick T. Stanley —
of New Britain, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in New Britain, Hartford
County, Conn., August
12, 1802.
Republican. Foundry business; hardware
manufacturer; mayor
of New Britain, Conn., 1871-72.
Died in New Britain, Hartford
County, Conn., August
2, 1883 (age 80 years, 355
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, New Britain, Conn.
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Howard Beecher Tuttle (1863-1933) —
also known as Howard B. Tuttle —
of Naugatuck, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Naugatuck, New Haven
County, Conn., October
25, 1863.
Chairman, Eastern Malleable Iron Company; chairman, Naugatuck
National Bank;
member of Connecticut
state senate, 1910; warden
(borough president) of Naugatuck, Connecticut, 1914-18, 1919-20.
Suffered a stroke at
luncheon in the Waterbury Country Club, and died seven days later, in
Middlebury, New Haven
County, Conn., September
29, 1933 (age 69 years, 339
days).
Interment at Grove Cemetery, Naugatuck, Conn.
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Robert J. White (born c.1884) —
of Plainville, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Connecticut, about 1884.
Democrat. Steelworker; candidate for Connecticut
state house of representatives from Plainville, 1926, 1932.
Irish
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Horace C. Wilcox (1824-1890) —
of Meriden, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born January
24, 1824.
President, Meriden Britannia Company; president, Wilcox &
White Organ
Company; member of Connecticut
state senate, 1874, 1877; mayor
of Meriden, Conn., 1875-76.
Died August
27, 1890 (age 66 years, 215
days).
Interment at Wilcox Cemetery, Middletown, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of Elisha B. Wilcox and Hepzibah (Cornwall) Wilcox; married to
Charlotte Smith and Ellen M. Parker. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Rollin Simmons Woodruff (1854-1925) —
also known as Rollin S. Woodruff —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., July 14,
1854.
Republican. President, C. S. Mersick & Co., wholesale iron
dealers; director, Connecticut Savings Bank and
Mechanics Bank;
president, Grace Hospital
of New Haven; member of Connecticut
state senate, 1903; Lieutenant
Governor of Connecticut, 1905-07; Governor of
Connecticut, 1907-09; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Connecticut, 1912
(alternate), 1916,
1920
(alternate), 1924.
English
ancestry. Member, Union
League.
Died June 30,
1925 (age 70 years, 351
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, New Haven, Conn.
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