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Willis John Abbot (1863-1934) —
also known as Willis J. Abbot; Willis J.
Abbott —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.; Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich.; Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., March
16, 1863.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; chairman of Henry
George's campaign for Mayor of New York City, 1898; director of
the Democratic National Press Bureau, 1900 and 1908; close friend and
spokesman of William
Jennings Bryan; candidate for University
of Michigan board of regents, 1903; editor, Christian Science
Monitor, 1922-27.
Christian
Scientist. Member, American
Economic Association.
Died in Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass., May 19,
1934 (age 71 years, 64
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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Devere Allen (1891-1955) —
of Wilton, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., June 24,
1891.
Editor for various publications, including The Nation;
overseas correspondent for newspapers and magazines; author;
Socialist candidate for U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1932, 1934; Labor candidate for Governor of
Connecticut, 1938, 1940.
Member, War
Resisters League; League
for Industrial Democracy; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; American
Federation of Teachers; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in a hospital
at Westerly, Washington
County, R.I., August
27, 1955 (age 64 years, 64
days).
Interment at Wheeler
Cemetery, North Stonington, Conn.
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William Hollingsworth Attwood (1919-1989) —
also known as William Attwood —
of New Canaan, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Paris, France,
July
14, 1919.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; newspaper
correspondent; newspaper editor and publisher; U.S.
Ambassador to Guinea, 1961-63; Kenya, 1964-66.
He became partially
lame due to polio he caught in Africa.
Died, from congestive
heart failure, in New Canaan, Fairfield
County, Conn., April
15, 1989 (age 69 years, 275
days).
Interment somewhere
in New Canaan, Conn.
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Francis Atwater (1858-1935) —
of Meriden, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Plymouth, Litchfield
County, Conn., 1858.
Democrat. Newspaper editor and publisher; banker;
member of Connecticut
state senate 13th District, 1907-08.
Died in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., November
25, 1935 (age about 77
years).
Interment at Walnut
Grove Cemetery, Meriden, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Atwater and Catherine (Fenn) Atwater; married 1879 to Helena
J. Sellew. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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John Denison Baldwin (1809-1883) —
also known as John D. Baldwin —
of Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in North Stonington, New London
County, Conn., September
28, 1809.
Republican. Newspaper editor; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1847-52; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1860;
U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 8th District, 1863-69.
Congregationalist.
Died in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., July 8,
1883 (age 73 years, 283
days).
Interment at Worcester
Rural Cemetery, Worcester, Mass.
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Arthur S. Barnes (1871-1956) —
of Bristol, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Bristol, Hartford
County, Conn., March
12, 1871.
Republican. Newspaper editor; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Bristol, 1925-28.
Died December
25, 1956 (age 85 years, 288
days).
Interment at West Cemetery, Bristol, Conn.
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Phineas Taylor Barnum (1810-1891) —
also known as P. T. Barnum; "Prince of
Humbugs" —
of Fairfield, Fairfield
County, Conn.; Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Bethel, Fairfield
County, Conn., July 5,
1810.
Republican. Grocer; auctioneer;
newspaper publisher; Entrepreneur, impressario,
museum owner, founder of the Barnum & Bailey circus,
known as "The Greatest Show on Earth"; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1865-66, 1877-79; mayor
of Bridgeport, Conn., 1875-76.
Died, of heart
failure, in Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn., April 7,
1891 (age 80 years, 276
days).
Interment at Mountain
Grove Cemetery, Bridgeport, Conn.; statue at Seaside
Park, Bridgeport, Conn.; statue at Bethel Public Library Grounds, Bethel, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of Philo Barnum and Irena (Taylor) Barnum; half-brother of Philo
Fairchild Barnum; married, November
8, 1829, to Charity Hallet; married, September
16, 1874, to Nancy Fish; second cousin of Andrew
Gould Chatfield; second cousin once removed of Charles
Robert Sherman; second cousin thrice removed of Benjamin
Huntington and Almon
Ferdinand Rockwell; third cousin of Charles
Taylor Sherman, William
Tecumseh Sherman, Lampson
Parker Sherman and John
Sherman; third cousin once removed of William
Henry Barnum; third cousin twice removed of Samuel
Huntington, Henry
Huntington, Gurdon
Huntington and Charles
William Barnum; fourth cousin once removed of Ebenezer
Huntington, Samuel
H. Huntington, Abel
Huntington, Benjamin
Nicoll Huntington and Rhamanthus
Menville Stocker. |
| | | Political families: Otis
family of Connecticut; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | — Barnum Avenue,
in Bridgeport,
Connecticut, is named for
him. — The town
of Barnum (incorporated 1887; annexed 1896 to Denver,
Colorado), was named for
him. — The World War II Liberty
ship SS P. T. Barnum (built 1943 at Terminal
Island, Los Angeles, California; scrapped 1961) was named for
him. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books by P. T. Barnum: The
Life of P. T. Barnum: Written by Himself |
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Bennet Bicknell (1781-1841) —
of Madison
County, N.Y.
Born in Mansfield, Tolland
County, Conn., November
14, 1781.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; member of New York
state assembly from Madison County, 1811-12; member of New York
state senate Western District, 1814-18; Madison
County Clerk, 1821-25; U.S.
Representative from New York 23rd District, 1837-39.
Died in Morrisville, Madison
County, N.Y., September
15, 1841 (age 59 years, 305
days).
Interment at Morrisville
Rural Cemetery, Morrisville, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Huldah (Field) Bicknell and Moses Bicknell; married, April
28, 1802, to Lucinda Crane; grandfather of Herschel
Harrison Hatch; second cousin once removed of Simeon
W. Spafard; third cousin once removed of Ira
Sherwin Hazeltine; third cousin twice removed of David
Thayer Bunker; third cousin thrice removed of Jonathan
Ingersoll, Jared
Ingersoll, Walter
Samuel Hine, Frank
Clark Woodruff, Watson
Stiles Woodruff and John
Brown Judson Jr.; fourth cousin of Samuel
Clement Fessenden (1784-1869); fourth cousin once removed of Willard
J. Chapin, Ira A.
Locke, William
Pitt Fessenden, Samuel
Clement Fessenden (1815-1882), Thomas
Amory Deblois Fessenden, Joseph
Palmer Fessenden, Alvred
Bayard Nettleton, Oscar
Sherman Gifford and Everett
Chamberlin Benton. |
| | | 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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Daniel D. Bidwell (born c.1866) —
of East Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in East Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., about 1866.
Republican. Journalist; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from East Hartford, 1905-08;
defeated, 1916.
Burial location unknown.
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Alfred Mitchell Bingham (1905-1998) —
also known as Alfred M. Bingham —
of Salem, New London
County, Conn.; Clinton, Oneida
County, N.Y.
Born in Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass., February
20, 1905.
Democrat. Magazine editor; lawyer;
member of Connecticut
state senate 29th District, 1941-42; major in the U.S. Army
during World War II; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Connecticut, 1952;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 2nd District, 1952.
Member, American Civil
Liberties Union.
Died in Clinton, Oneida
County, N.Y., November
2, 1998 (age 93 years, 255
days).
Interment at Woodbridge Cemetery, Salem, Conn.
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Theodore Bodenwein (1864-1939) —
of New London, New London
County, Conn.
Born in Dusseldorf, Prussia (now Germany),
January
25, 1864.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; secretary
of state of Connecticut, 1905-09; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Connecticut, 1908
(alternate), 1932,
1936
(alternate); member of Connecticut
Republican State Central Committee, 1930.
German
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Elks.
Died, from a heart
ailment, in Lawrence and Memorial Associated Hospitals,
New London, New London
County, Conn., January
12, 1939 (age 74 years, 352
days).
Interment at Cedar
Grove Cemetery, New London, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of Anton Bodenwein and Agnes (Bornes) Bodenwein; married, February
21, 1889, to Jennie Muir; married to Edna G.
Simpson. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Legislative History and
Souvenir of Connecticut 1907-08 |
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George Francis Booth (1870-1955) —
also known as George F. Booth —
of Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., November
11, 1870.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1924,
1932,
1936
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1944.
Congregationalist
or Unitarian.
Died in Gloucester, Essex
County, Mass., September
1, 1955 (age 84 years, 294
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Henry Booth and Eliza (Jackson) Booth; married, November
18, 1896, to Minnie L. Welles. |
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Henry Chandler Bowen (1813-1896) —
also known as Henry C. Bowen —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Woodstock, Windham
County, Conn., September
11, 1813.
Republican. Dry goods
merchant; abolitionist; newspaper editor and publisher; insurance
business; U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue for the 3rd New York
District, 1862-66; delegate to Republican National Convention from
New York, 1872.
Congregationalist.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., February
24, 1896 (age 82 years, 166
days).
Interment at Woodstock Hill Cemetery, Woodstock, Conn.
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Chester Bliss Bowles (1901-1986) —
also known as Chester Bowles —
of Essex, Middlesex
County, Conn.
Born in Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass., April 5,
1901.
Democrat. Newspaper reporter; advertising
business; candidate for Presidential Elector for Connecticut;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1948,
1956,
1960;
Governor
of Connecticut, 1949-51; U.S. Ambassador to India, 1951-53, 1963-69; Nepal, 1951-53; , 1961-63; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 2nd District, 1959-61; author.
Unitarian.
Member, Urban
League; Grange;
Americans
for Democratic Action; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died in Essex, Middlesex
County, Conn., May 25,
1986 (age 85 years, 50
days).
Interment at River
View Cemetery, Essex, Conn.
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Heywood Campbell Broun (1888-1939) —
also known as Heywood Broun —
of New York; Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., December
7, 1888.
Socialist. Sportswriter;
columnist
for New York newspapers;; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 17th District, 1930; founder of
the American Newspaper Guild in 1933 and its first president;
expelled from Socialist Party in 1933.
Catholic.
Member, American Civil
Liberties Union.
Died, of pneumonia,
in the Harkness Pavilion of the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical
Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
18, 1939 (age 51 years, 11
days).
Interment at Gate
of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, N.Y.
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Daniel Russell Brown (1848-1919) —
also known as D. Russell Brown —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Bolton, Tolland
County, Conn., March
28, 1848.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Rhode Island; Governor of
Rhode Island, 1892-95.
Member, Freemasons.
Died February
28, 1919 (age 70 years, 337
days).
Interment at Swan
Point Cemetery, Providence, R.I.
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William Frank Buckley Jr. (1925-2008) —
also known as William F. Buckley, Jr. —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
24, 1925.
Conservative. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; candidate
for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1965.
Catholic.
Irish
and Swiss
ancestry. Member, Skull
and Bones.
Leader of the conservative movement; founder and editor of
National Review magazine; author and
lecturer; host of television
news show "Firing Line"; recipient of the Presidential
Medal of Freedom on November 18, 1991.
Died, probably of diabetes
and emphysema,
in Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn., February
27, 2008 (age 82 years, 95
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at St. Bernard Cemetery, Sharon, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of William Frank Buckley, Sr. and Aloise (Steiner) Buckley; brother
of James
Lane Buckley and Patricia Lee Buckley (who married Leo
Brent Bozell); married 1950 to
Patricia Alden Austin Taylor. |
| | | Political family: Buckley
family of New York and Connecticut. |
| | | Cross-reference: Frederic
R. Coudert, Jr. |
| | | See also Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books by William F. Buckley, Jr.: Getting
It Right (2003) — God
and Man at Yale : The Superstitions of 'Academic Freedom'
(1951) — Spytime
: The Undoing of James Jesus Angleton (2000) — Nearer,
My God : An Autobiography of Faith (1997) — The
Lexicon : A Cornucopia of Wonderful Words for the Inquisitive Word
Lover (1998) — Airborne
: A Sentimental Journey (1984) — In
Search of Anti-Semitism (1992) — Brothers
No More (1995) — Up
From Liberalism (1959) — The
Committee and its critics : a calm review of the House Committee on
Un-American Activities (1962) — Elvis
in the Morning (2001) — Execution
eve, and other contemporary ballads (1975) — Four
reforms : a guide for the seventies (1973) — Gratitude
: reflections on what we owe to our country (1990) —
Nuremberg
: the reckoning (2002) — Overdrive
: a personal documentary (1983) — United
Nations Journal : A Delegate's Odyssey (1974) — The
unmaking of a mayor (1966) — Ronald
Reagan: An American Hero (2001) — The
Reagan I Knew (2008) |
| | | Fiction by William F. Buckley, Jr.: Stained
Glass : A Blackford Oakes Novel — Marco
Polo, If You Can : A Blackford Oakes Mystery — Saving
the Queen : A Blackford Oakes Mystery — See
You Later, Alligator : A Blackford Oakes Mystery — Tucker's
Last Stand : A Blackford Oakes Mystery — Mongoose,
R.I.P. : A Blackford Oakes Mystery — A
Very Private Plot : A Blackford Oakes Mystery — High
Jinx : A Blackford Oakes Mystery — Who's
on First : A Blackford Oakes Mystery — The
Redhunter : a novel based on the life of Senator Joe
McCarthy |
| | | Books about William F. Buckley, Jr.:
John B. Judis, William
F. Buckley, Jr.: Patron Saint of the Conservatives —
Lee Edwards, William
F. Buckley Jr.: The Maker of a Movement — Carl T.
Bogus, Buckley:
William F. Buckley Jr. and the Rise of American
Conservatism |
| | | Critical books about William F. Buckley,
Jr.: David Miller, Chairman
Bill: A Biography of William F. Buckley, Jr. |
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Alfred Edmond Burr (d. 1900) —
also known as Alfred E. Burr —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Democrat. Newspaper publisher; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Connecticut, 1864,
1880,
1884,
1888
(member, Resolutions
Committee).
Died in 1900.
Burial location unknown.
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Willie Olcott Burr (b. 1843) —
also known as W. O. Burr —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Connecticut, September
27, 1843.
Democrat. Newspaper publisher; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Connecticut, 1912,
1916.
Burial location unknown.
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Robert Paul Butler (b. 1883) —
also known as Robert P. Butler —
of West Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Prairieville, Barry
County, Mich., December
25, 1883.
Democrat. Newspaper reporter; lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Connecticut, 1934-45.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Delta
Psi.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert W. Butler and Bertha E. (Watson) Butler; married, June 4,
1910, to Emily Joslyn. |
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Aaron Homer Byington (c.1825-1910) —
also known as A. Homer Byington —
of Norwalk, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born about 1825.
Republican. Newspaper editor; member of Connecticut
state senate 12th District, 1861-62; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Connecticut, 1868
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1880
(alternate); U.S. Consul in Naples, 1897-1907.
Died in Flushing, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., December
29, 1910 (age about 85
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Orestes Hampton Caldwell (b. 1888) —
also known as Orestes H. Caldwell —
of New York; Cos Cob, Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., 1888.
Electrical
engineer;
editor of trade journals in radio and
electronics;
member, Federal Radio Commission, 1927-29; resigned 1929.
Burial location unknown.
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Lewis Cass Carpenter (1836-1908) —
also known as Lewis C. Carpenter —
of South Carolina; Leadville, Lake
County, Colo.
Born in Putnam, Windham
County, Conn., February
20, 1836.
Republican. Lawyer;
secretary to U.S. Sen. William
H. Buckingham, 1868-73; member of Republican
National Committee from South Carolina, 1870-72; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 3rd District, 1874-75;
newspaper editor.
Died in Denver,
Colo., March 6,
1908 (age 72 years, 15
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Fairmount
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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H. S. Challenger (born c.1872) —
of Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Derby, New Haven
County, Conn., about 1872.
Republican. News dealer; member of Connecticut
state senate 23rd District, 1921-22.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Hopkins Clark (1848-1926) —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., April 1,
1848.
Republican. Newspaper editor; delegate
to Connecticut state constitutional convention from Hartford;
elected 1901; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Connecticut, 1908,
1912,
1916
(speaker),
1920,
1924.
Died in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., September
5, 1926 (age 78 years, 157
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Hartford, Conn.
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Walter Eli Clark (1869-1950) —
also known as Walter E. Clark —
of Washington,
D.C.; Alaska; Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Ashford, Windham
County, Conn., January
7, 1869.
Republican. Newspaper reporter; Governor
of Alaska District, 1909-12; Governor
of Alaska Territory, 1912-13; newspaper editor.
Presbyterian
or Congregationalist.
Member, Chi Psi.
Died of a heart
attack, in a hospital
at Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., February
4, 1950 (age 81 years, 28
days).
Interment at Spring
Hill Cemetery, Charleston, W.Va.
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George Harry Cohen (b. 1892) —
also known as George H. Cohen —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass., February
5, 1892.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; magazine editor;
U.S.
Attorney for Connecticut, 1934.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; B'nai
B'rith; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Abraham L. Cohen and Sarah (Grodjiensky) Cohen; married, August
25, 1931, to Pauline Kaufman. |
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Sidney Dean (1818-1901) —
of Thompson, Windham
County, Conn.; Warren, Bristol
County, R.I.
Born in Glastonbury, Hartford
County, Conn., November
16, 1818.
Minister;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1854-55; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 3rd District, 1855-59;
newspaper editor; member of Rhode
Island state senate, 1870-71.
Died in Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass., October
29, 1901 (age 82 years, 347
days).
Interment at South
Cemetery, Warren, R.I.
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Le Roy Donnelly Downs (1900-1970) —
also known as Le Roy D. Downs —
of South Norwalk, Norwalk, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Danbury, Fairfield
County, Conn., April
11, 1900.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; newspaper
publisher; Norwalk City Clerk, 1933-40; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1941-43; defeated,
1942; candidate for mayor
of Norwalk, Conn., 1949.
Died in Norwalk, Fairfield
County, Conn., January
18, 1970 (age 69 years, 282
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Norwalk, Conn.
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Daniel P. Dunn (b. 1859) —
of Willimantic, Windham
County, Conn.
Born in Windham, Windham
County, Conn., September
14, 1859.
Democrat. News dealer; cigar and
tobacco merchant; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Windham, 1903-04, 1907-12;
defeated, 1904; mayor
of Willimantic, Conn., 1909-11, 1917; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Connecticut, 1912
(speaker),
1920;
Connecticut
state comptroller, 1913-15; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 2nd District, 1916.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Ancient
Order of Hibernians; Foresters
of America; Improved
Order of Heptasophs; Elks.
Interment at St. Joseph Cemetery, Willimantic, Conn.
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Theodore Dwight (1764-1846) —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.; Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Northampton, Hampshire
County, Mass., December
15, 1764.
Lawyer;
newspaper editor; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 6th District, 1806-07; member of
Connecticut
council of assistants, 1809-15.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 12,
1846 (age 81 years, 179
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Timothy Dwight and Mary (Edwards) Dwight; married to Abigail
Alsop; nephew of Pierpont
Edwards; third great-grandson of Thomas
Willett; first cousin of Aaron
Burr and Henry
Waggaman Edwards; 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 and Greene
Carrier Bronson; third cousin once removed of Charles
Robert Sherman, Frederick
Augustus Tallmadge and Elisha
Hunt Allen; third cousin twice removed of Charles
Taylor Sherman, John
Appleton, William
Tecumseh Sherman, Lampson
Parker Sherman, John
Sherman, Joseph
Pomeroy Root, William
Chapman Williston, William
Fessenden Allen, Frederick
Hobbes Allen and Edward
Williams Hooker; third cousin thrice removed of Ezekiel
Gilbert Stoddard, Maurice
Lauchlin Wright, George
Landon Ingraham, George
Williston Nash, Charles
Dunsmore Millard, Franklin
Clark Pomeroy and Blanche
M. Woodward; fourth cousin of Noah
Phelps and Hezekiah
Case; fourth cousin once removed of Parmenio
Adams, Morris
Woodruff, Elisha
Phelps, Ambrose
Tuttle, Jesse
Hoyt, Abiel
Case, Silas
Wright Jr., Jairus
Case, John
Leslie Russell, James
Samuel Wadsworth, George
Washington Wolcott, William
Dean Kellogg and Almon
Case. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Morris-Ingersoll
family of New York and Connecticut; Conger-Hungerford
family of Connecticut and New York; Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Edward Hart Fenn (1856-1939) —
also known as E. Hart Fenn —
of Wethersfield, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., September
12, 1856.
Republican. Journalist; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Wethersfield, 1907-08,
1915-16; member of Connecticut
state senate 4th District, 1909-12; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1916;
U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 1st District, 1921-31.
Congregationalist.
Member, Sons of
the Revolution; Grange.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
23, 1939 (age 82 years, 164
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Hartford, Conn.
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Mary Katherine Goddard (1738-1816) —
also known as Katherine Goddard —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Connecticut, June 16,
1738.
Newspaper publisher; bookseller;
postmaster at Baltimore,
Md., 1775-89.
Female.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., August
12, 1816 (age 78 years, 57
days).
Interment at Old
St. Paul's Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
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John Addison Gurley (1813-1863) —
of Methuen, Essex
County, Mass.; Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in East Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., December
9, 1813.
Republican. Pastor;
newspaper editor and publisher; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 2nd District, 1859-63.
Universalist.
Appointed Governor of Arizona Territory, but died before taking
office.
Died in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, August
19, 1863 (age 49 years, 253
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Albert Halstead (1867-1949) —
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, September
19, 1867.
Colonel and aide-de-camp on staff of Gov. William
McKinley, 1892-96; newspaper editor; U.S. Consul in Birmingham, 1906-15; U.S. Consul General in Vienna, 1915-17; Stockholm, 1917-19; Montreal, 1920-28; London, 1928-32.
Died in Old Lyme, New London
County, Conn., May 21,
1949 (age 81 years, 244
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Arthur Sherburne Hardy (1847-1930) —
also known as Arthur S. Hardy —
of Hanover, Grafton
County, N.H.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Woodstock, Windham
County, Conn.
Born in Andover, Essex
County, Mass., August
13, 1847.
Civil
engineer; college
professor; author;
editor of Cosmopolitan magazine, 1893-95; U.S. Minister
to Persia, 1897-99; Greece, 1899-1901; Romania, 1899-1901; Serbia, 1899-1901; Switzerland, 1901-03; Spain, 1902-05; U.S. Consul General in Teheran, 1897-99.
Died in Woodstock, Windham
County, Conn., March
13, 1930 (age 82 years, 212
days).
Interment at Woodstock Hill Cemetery, Woodstock, Conn.
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Charles Joseph Harris (1853-1944) —
also known as Charles J. Harris —
of Dillsboro, Jackson
County, N.C.
Born in Putnam, Windham
County, Conn., September
11, 1853.
Republican. President, Harris Kaolin Co. (mining),
Harris Granite Quarries,
and Harris-Woodbury Lumber Co.;
president, Jackson County Bank
(Sylva, N.C.); vice-president, American National Bank
(Asheville, N.C.); president, Asheville Daily Times newspaper;
delegate to Republican National Convention from North Carolina, 1896
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1908,
1916,
1920,
1924,
1928,
1932,
1936
(alternate); candidate for Governor of
North Carolina, 1904.
Suffered a broken back, probably from a fall, was
unable to eat, and died from inanition,
in Asheville, Buncombe
County, N.C., February
14, 1944 (age 90 years, 156
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Asheville, N.C.
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Relatives: Son
of William Harris and Zilpah (Torrey) Harris; married to Florence
Rust. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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George E. Hinman (1870-1961) —
of Willimantic, Windham
County, Conn.
Born in Alford, Berkshire
County, Mass., May 7,
1870.
Republican. Newspaper editor; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1899-1900; secretary of
Connecticut Republican Party, 1902-14; Connecticut
state attorney general, 1915-19; superior court judge in
Connecticut, 1919-26; justice of
Connecticut state supreme court, 1926-40.
Died in 1961
(age about
91 years).
Interment at Old
Willimantic Cemetery, Windham, Conn.
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George Bunce Holt (1790-1871) —
also known as George B. Holt —
of Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio.
Born in Norfolk, Litchfield
County, Conn., June 12,
1790.
Lawyer;
newspaper editor; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1824-25; member of Ohio
state senate, 1828-30; common pleas court judge in Ohio, 1828-36,
1843-49; delegate
to Ohio state constitutional convention from Montgomery County,
1850-51.
Presbyterian.
Died October
30, 1871 (age 81 years, 140
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Dayton, Ohio.
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Hamilton Holt (1872-1951) —
of Connecticut.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., August
18, 1872.
Democrat. Magazine editor and publisher; one of the founding
members of the NAACP, 1909; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1924; president,
Rollins College, 1925-49.
Member, NAACP.
Died in Woodstock, Windham
County, Conn., April
26, 1951 (age 78 years, 251
days).
Interment at Woodstock Hill Cemetery, Woodstock, Conn.
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Alfred F. Howe (born c.1874) —
of Derby, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Derby, New Haven
County, Conn., about 1874.
Democrat. Journalist; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Darien, 1901-02.
Burial location unknown.
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Eliot Janeway (1913-1993) —
also known as Eliot Jacobstein; "Calamity
Janeway" —
of Redding, Fairfield
County, Conn.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born January
1, 1913.
Democrat. Economist;
economic advisor to Presidents Franklin
Roosevelt and Lyndon
Johnson; candidate for Connecticut
state house of representatives from Redding, 1948;
newspaper columnist.
Jewish
ancestry.
Died, from diabetes
and heart
problems, in Columbia-Presbyterian Medical
Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
8, 1993 (age 80 years, 38
days).
Burial location unknown.
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W. A. Kelsey —
of Meriden, New Haven
County, Conn.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; candidate for mayor
of Meriden, Conn., 1899.
Burial location unknown.
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John Kendrick (1825-1877) —
of Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C., May 27,
1825.
Democrat. Lawyer;
newspaper editor; mayor
of Waterbury, Conn., 1864-66, 1868-69; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Waterbury, 1867-68; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1868;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Connecticut, 1870.
Died in Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn., May 27,
1877 (age 52 years, 0
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Clare Boothe Luce (1903-1987) —
also known as Ann Clare Boothe; Clare Boothe
Brokaw —
of Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn.; Ridgefield, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April
10, 1903.
Republican. Writer;
journalist; playwright;
U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1943-47; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1944,
1948
(speaker),
1952;
U.S. Ambassador to Italy, 1953-56.
Female.
Catholic.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1983.
Died, from a brain
tumor, in Washington,
D.C., October
9, 1987 (age 84 years, 182
days).
Interment at Mepkin
Abbey, Moncks Corner, S.C.
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Francis Thomas Maloney (1894-1945) —
also known as Francis T. Maloney —
of Meriden, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Meriden, New Haven
County, Conn., March
31, 1894.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; newspaper
city editor; insurance
agent; member of Connecticut
Democratic State Central Committee, 1928-30; mayor
of Meriden, Conn., 1930-33; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 3rd District, 1933-35; U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1935-45; died in office 1945; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1936,
1940,
1944
(speaker).
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Elks; Moose; Knights
of Columbus; Ancient
Order of Hibernians.
Died, following a heart
attack, at the Meriden Hospital,
Meriden, New Haven
County, Conn., January
16, 1945 (age 50 years, 291
days).
Interment at Sacred
Heart Cemetery, Meriden, Conn.
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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.
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Josiah Meigs (1757-1822) —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.; St. Georges, Bermuda;
Athens, Clarke
County, Ga.
Born in Middletown, Middlesex
County, Conn., August
21, 1757.
Lawyer;
newspaper editor and publisher; acting president,
University of Georgia, 1801-10; U.S. Surveyor General, 1812-14;
Commissioner of the General Land Office, 1814-22; died in office 1822.
Member, American
Philosophical Society.
Died in Washington,
D.C., September
4, 1822 (age 65 years, 14
days).
Original interment at Holmead's Burying Ground, Washington, D.C.; reinterment in 1878
at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Jonathan Meigs and Elizabeth (Hamlin) Meigs; brother of Return
Jonathan Meigs, Sr.; married 1782 to Clara
Benjamin; father of Henry
Meigs and Clara Meigs (who married John
Forsyth); uncle of Return
Jonathan Meigs Jr.; grandfather of Henry
Meigs Jr. and John
Forsyth Jr.; granduncle of Return
Jonathan Meigs III; first cousin once removed of Martin
Chittenden; first cousin twice removed of Chittenden
Lyon; second cousin twice removed of John
Willard; second cousin thrice removed of Roger
Calvin Leete; third cousin once removed of Elijah
Hunt Mills; third cousin twice removed of Elisha
Hotchkiss Jr., Elisha
Hunt Allen, Anson
Levi Holcomb, Gouverneur
Morris, Ensign
Hosmer Kellogg, William
Dean Kellogg and Charles
Jenkins Hayden; third cousin thrice removed of Charles
H. Eastman, William
Fessenden Allen, Rush
Green Leaming, Frederick
Walker Pitkin, Alvred
Bayard Nettleton, Robert
Cleveland Usher, Charles
M. Hotchkiss, Frederick
Hobbes Allen, Allen
Clarence Wilcox and Carl
Trumbull Hayden; fourth cousin of Thomas
Chittenden; fourth cousin once removed of Zina
Hyde Jr.. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Morris-Ingersoll
family of New York and Connecticut; Conger-Hungerford
family of Connecticut and New York; Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | The city
of Meigs,
Georgia, is named for
him. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Orsamus Cook Merrill (1775-1865) —
of Bennington, Bennington
County, Vt.
Born in Farmington, Hartford
County, Conn., June 18,
1775.
Democrat. Newspaper editor and publisher; lawyer;
postmaster at Bennington,
Vt., 1809-12; colonel in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; U.S.
Representative from Vermont, 1817-20 (at-large 1817-19, 1st
District 1819-20); delegate
to Vermont state constitutional convention, 1822; probate judge
in Vermont, 1822-23; Bennington
County State's Attorney, 1823-25; member of Vermont
Governor's Council, 1824-27; member of Vermont
state senate, 1836; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Vermont, 1839.
Died in Bennington, Bennington
County, Vt., April
12, 1865 (age 89 years, 298
days).
Interment at Old
Bennington Cemetery, Bennington, Vt.
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Relatives: Son
of James Merrill and Jerusha (Seymour) Merrill; brother of Timothy
Merrill; married, August
18, 1805, to Mary 'Polly' Robinson (daughter of Jonathan
Robinson); uncle of Farrand
Fassett Merrill; fourth great-grandson of Thomas
Welles; second cousin of Jason
Kellogg; second cousin once removed of Aaron
Kellogg, Silas
Dewey Kellogg and William
Sheffield Cowles (1846-1923); second cousin twice removed of William
Pitt Kellogg and William
Sheffield Cowles (1898-1986); second cousin thrice removed of Charles
Collins Kellogg and Henry
Theodore Kellogg; second cousin four times removed of Irene
Ellis Murphy; third cousin of Charles
Kellogg (1773-1842) and Daniel
Fiske Kellogg; third cousin once removed of Josiah
Cowles, Thomas
Seymour, Moses
Seymour, Luther
Walter Badger, Elisha
Hotchkiss Jr., Greene
Carrier Bronson, Chester
Ashley, Daniel
Kellogg (1791-1875), Alvan
Kellogg, Alvah
Nash, John
Russell Kellogg, Day
Otis Kellogg, Dwight
Kellogg, George
Smith Catlin, Albert
Gallatin Kellogg, Francis
William Kellogg, Ensign
Hosmer Kellogg and Charles
Kellogg (1839-1903); third cousin twice removed of Orlando
Kellogg, William
Dean Kellogg, Stephen
Wright Kellogg, George
Bradley Kellogg, Daniel
Kellogg (1835-1918), Arthur
Tappan Kellogg, Selah
Merrill, Rowland
Case Kellogg, Arthur
Burnham Woodford and Benjamin
Baker Merrill; third cousin thrice removed of William
Lucius Case, Frank
Billings Kellogg, Clement
Phineas Kellogg, Edward
Russell Kellogg, Edward
Stanley Kellogg, Franklin
Warren Kellogg and Donald
Barr Chidsey; fourth cousin of Daniel
Chapin, Abel
Merrill, Gaylord
Griswold, Jeremiah
Mason, Stephen
Daniel Tilden, Morris
Woodruff, Horatio
Seymour (1778-1857), Elisha
Phelps, Henry
Seymour, Oliver
Owen Forward, Daniel
Upson, Walter
Forward and Chauncey
Forward; fourth cousin once removed of Ebenezer
Huntington, Hezekiah
Case, Joseph
Churchill Strong, Calvin
Frisbie, Amaziah
Brainard, DeGrasse
Maltby, Samuel
Clement Fessenden, Henry
Taintor, Silas
Wright Jr., John
Adams Dix, Marshall
Chapin, Graham
Hurd Chapin, David
Lowrey Seymour, John
Arnold Rockwell, Origen
Storrs Seymour, Daniel
Rose Tilden, George
Catlin Woodruff, Norman
A. Phelps, Thomas
Henry Seymour, Lewis
Bartholomew Woodruff, Horatio
Seymour (1810-1886), Hezekiah
Cook Seymour, John
Smith Phelps, George
Seymour, Russell
Sage, Howkin
Bulkley Beardslee, McNeil
Seymour, Ayres
Phillips Merrill, Lucretia
Garfield and Henry
William Seymour. |
| | | 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). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Arthur Edson Blair Moody (1902-1954) —
also known as Blair Moody —
of Michigan.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., February
13, 1902.
Democrat. Newspaper reporter; U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1951-52; defeated, 1952, 1954; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1952
(chair, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business).
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, during his campaign
for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senator, of a heart
ailment and pneumonia,
in University Hospital,
Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., July 20,
1954 (age 52 years, 157
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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William Jamieson Pape (b. 1873) —
also known as William J. Pape —
of Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn.; Woodbury, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born in Liverpool, England,
December
1, 1873.
Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen; newspaper editor and
publisher; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Connecticut, 1944.
Episcopalian.
Member, Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert Pape and Martha (Burnett) Pape; married, September
14, 1898, to Julia E. F. Bolton. |
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Sheffield Phelps (1864-1902) —
of Teaneck, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., July 24,
1864.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New Jersey, 1900.
Died, of typhoid
fever, in Aiken, Aiken
County, S.C., December
9, 1902 (age 38 years, 138
days).
Entombed at Hop
Meadow Cemetery, Simsbury, Conn.
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Thomas Lawrence Reilly (1858-1924) —
also known as Thomas L. Reilly —
of Meriden, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in New Britain, Hartford
County, Conn., September
20, 1858.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; mayor
of Meriden, Conn., 1906-11; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut, 1911-15 (2nd District 1911-13,
3rd District 1913-15); defeated, 1908 (2nd District), 1914 (3rd
District), 1916 (3rd District); delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Connecticut, 1916;
New
Haven County Sheriff, 1918-24.
Catholic.
Member, Elks; Knights
of Columbus; Royal
Arcanum.
Died in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., July 6,
1924 (age 65 years, 290
days).
Interment at Sacred
Heart Cemetery, Meriden, Conn.
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William Blackman Roe (1856-1932) —
also known as William B. Roe —
of Brookfield, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Millerton, Dutchess
County, N.Y., August
5, 1856.
Civil
engineer; newspaper publisher; first
selectman of Brookfield, Connecticut, 1898-1901, 1917; member of
Connecticut
state house of representatives from Brookfield, 1901-02; probate
judge in Connecticut, 1906-26.
Died in Brookfield, Fairfield
County, Conn., August
7, 1932 (age 76 years, 2
days).
Interment at Central Cemetery, Brookfield Center, Brookfield, Conn.
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Charles Addison Russell (1852-1902) —
also known as Charles A. Russell —
of Killingly, Windham
County, Conn.
Born in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., March 2,
1852.
Republican. Newspaper editor; woollen
manufacturer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1883; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1884;
secretary
of state of Connecticut, 1885-87; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 3rd District, 1887-1902; died in
office 1902.
Died in Killingly, Windham
County, Conn., October
23, 1902 (age 50 years, 235
days).
Interment at High
Street Cemetery, Dayville, Killingly, Conn.
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George Sawter (1857-1922) —
of Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., 1857.
Democrat. Newspaper editor and publisher; U.S. Commercial
Agent (Consul) in Glauchau, 1895-96; U.S. Consul in Glauchau, 1896-99; Antigua, 1901-02.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March 1,
1922 (age about 64
years).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Joseph Augustine Scranton (1838-1908) —
also known as Joseph A. Scranton —
of Scranton, Lackawanna
County, Pa.
Born in Madison, New Haven
County, Conn., July 26,
1838.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1872,
1888,
1908;
postmaster at Scranton,
Pa., 1874-81; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1881-83, 1885-87, 1889-91,
1893-97 (12th District 1881-83, 1885-87, 11th District 1889-91,
1893-97); Lackawanna
County Treasurer, 1901-03.
Died in Scranton, Lackawanna
County, Pa., October
12, 1908 (age 70 years, 78
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Dunmore, Pa.
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Francis Emanuel Shober (1860-1919) —
also known as Frank E. Shober —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Salisbury, Rowan
County, N.C., October
24, 1860.
Democrat. School
teacher; minister;
newspaper reporter; newspaper editor; U.S.
Representative from New York 17th District, 1903-05; defeated,
1906.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Danbury, Fairfield
County, Conn., October
7, 1919 (age 58 years, 348
days).
Interment at Wooster
Cemetery, Danbury, Conn.
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Charles Emory Smith (1842-1908) —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Mansfield, Tolland
County, Conn., February
18, 1842.
Republican. Newspaper editor; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1876;
U.S. Minister to Russia, 1890-92; U.S.
Postmaster General, 1898-1902.
Baptist.
Member, Union
League; Freemasons.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., January
19, 1908 (age 65 years, 335
days).
Interment at West
Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pa.
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Thomas J. Spellacy (1880-1957) —
also known as "Long Tom" —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., March 6,
1880.
Democrat. Lawyer;
newspaper publisher; member of Connecticut
state senate 3rd District, 1907-08, 1911-12; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1912
(alternate; Honorary
Vice-President; speaker),
1920,
1924
(delegation chair), 1928,
1936,
1940;
U.S.
Attorney for Connecticut, 1915-18; candidate for Governor of
Connecticut, 1918; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1922; member of Democratic
National Committee from Connecticut, 1925-29; mayor
of Hartford, Conn., 1935-43; defeated, 1912; resigned 1943;
defeated, 1945; member of Connecticut
Democratic State Central Committee, 1940-41; Connecticut
Insurance Commissioner, 1955-57.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Ancient
Order of Hibernians; Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick; Foresters
of America.
Died, of a heart
attack, in his room at the Commodore Hotel,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
5, 1957 (age 77 years, 274
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James Spellacy and Catharine A. (Bourke) Spellacy; married, November
25, 1903, to Nellie Walsh; married to Elizabeth
Gill. |
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Henry Brewster Stanton (1805-1887) —
also known as Henry B. Stanton —
of Seneca Falls, Seneca
County, N.Y.
Born in Griswold, New London
County, Conn., June 27,
1805.
Journalist; orator;
lawyer;
member of New York
state senate 25th District, 1850-51, 1851; resigned 1851.
Died, of pneumonia,
in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
14, 1887 (age 81 years, 201
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Susan M. (Brewster) Stanton and Joseph Stanton; married, May 1,
1840, to Elizabeth
Smith Cady; fifth great-grandnephew of Robert
Treat; first cousin once removed of Nathan
Belcher; second cousin once removed of Erskine
Mason Phelps; second cousin four times removed of Waightstill
Avery; third cousin of Enoch
C. Chapman; third cousin once removed of Jeremiah
Mason, Edward
Wheeler Pendleton and Giles
Russell Taggart; third cousin twice removed of John
Adams, George
Champlin and John
Baldwin; fourth cousin of Albert
Gallup; fourth cousin once removed of David
Hough, John
Taintor, Roger
Taintor, John
Quincy Adams, Christopher
Grant Champlin, Solomon
Taintor, Daniel
Cady, Daniel
Packer, Jabez
Williams Huntington, Lorenzo
Burrows, Asa
Packer, Albert
Smith Gallup and Abial
T. Browning. |
| | | 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 Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Philip Troup —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; postmaster at New
Haven, Conn., 1914-22; candidate for mayor
of New Haven, Conn., 1927, 1929; member of Connecticut
Democratic State Central Committee, 1928-30.
Burial location unknown.
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Robert Johnstone Vance (1854-1902) —
also known as Robert J. Vance —
of New Britain, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March
15, 1854.
Democrat. Newspaper editor and publisher; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1886; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 1st District, 1887-89; defeated,
1888, 1898; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Connecticut, 1888,
1892;
Connecticut labor commissioner, 1893-95; mayor
of New Britain, Conn., 1896-98; delegate to Gold Democrat
National Convention from Connecticut, 1896; delegate
to Connecticut state constitutional convention from New Britain,
1902.
Died in Montreat, Buncombe
County, N.C., June 15,
1902 (age 48 years, 92
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, New Britain, Conn.
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Amos Parker Wilder (1862-1936) —
also known as Amos P. Wilder —
of Wisconsin.
Born in Calais, Washington
County, Maine, February
15, 1862.
Newspaper editor; U.S. Consul General in Hong Kong, 1906-09; Shanghai, 1909-14.
Congregationalist.
Died in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., July 2,
1936 (age 74 years, 138
days).
Interment at Mount Carmel Cemetery, Hamden, Conn.
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Alpheus Starkey Williams (1810-1878) —
also known as Alpheus S. Williams —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Saybrook, Middlesex
County, Conn., September
20, 1810.
Democrat. Lawyer;
newspaper editor; probate judge in Michigan, 1839; recorder's
court judge in Michigan, 1842; colonel in the U.S. Army during the
Mexican War; postmaster at Detroit,
Mich., 1849-53; general in the Union Army during the Civil War;
candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1866; U.S. Minister to Salvador, 1866-69; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1875-78; died in
office 1878.
Suffered a stroke
and died in the U.S. Capitol
Building, Washington,
D.C., December
21, 1878 (age 68 years, 92
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.; statue erected 1921 at Belle
Isle Park, Detroit, Mich.
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John Crafts Wright (1783-1861) —
also known as John C. Wright —
of Troy, Rensselaer
County, N.Y.; Steubenville, Jefferson
County, Ohio.
Born in Wethersfield, Hartford
County, Conn., August
17, 1783.
Newspaper editor; lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Ohio, 1818-23; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 11th District, 1823-29; defeated, 1828;
justice
of Ohio state supreme court, 1831-35.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
13, 1861 (age 77 years, 180
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Luther Kimbell Zabriskie (1879-1921) —
also known as Luther K. Zabriskie —
of Preston, New London
County, Conn.
Born in Preston, New London
County, Conn., October
20, 1879.
Republican. Newspaper work; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Preston, 1907-08; U.S. Deputy
Consul in Callao, 1912-13; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Callao, 1913-15; U.S. Vice Consul in Moscow, 1915-16; St. Thomas, 1916-17; U.S. Consul in Aguascalientes, 1918-21, died in office 1921.
Died, from smallpox,
in Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes,
January
17, 1921 (age 41 years, 89
days).
Interment at Comstock Cemetery, Uncasville, Montville, Conn.
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