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Joel Abbot (1776-1826) —
also known as Joel Abbott —
of Washington, Wilkes
County, Ga.
Born in Fairfield, Fairfield
County, Conn., March
17, 1776.
Democrat. Physician; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1799, 1802-04, 1808, 1811; U.S.
Representative from Georgia at-large, 1817-25.
Died in Lexington, Oglethorpe
County, Ga., November
19, 1826 (age 50 years, 247
days).
Interment at Rest
Haven Cemetery, Lexington, Ga.
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Augustus H. Abernethy (c.1838-1884) —
of Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born about 1838.
Served in the Union Navy during the Civil War; physician;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1881.
Died November
10, 1884 (age about 46
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas G. Alcorn (born c.1869) —
of Thompsonville, Enfield, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Thompsonville, Enfield, Hartford
County, Conn., about 1869.
Republican. Physician; surgeon; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Enfield; elected 1910, 1912.
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph Wright Alsop (1838-1891) —
also known as Joseph W. Alsop —
of Middletown, Middlesex
County, Conn.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August
20, 1838.
Democrat. Physician; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1873; member of Connecticut
state senate, 1881-86 (18th District 1881, 22nd District
1882-86); candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Connecticut, 1890.
Died, from heart
disease, in Fenwick, Old Saybrook, Middlesex
County, Conn., June 24,
1891 (age 52 years, 308
days).
Interment at Indian
Hill Cemetery, Middletown, Conn.
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Albert Elmer Austin (1877-1942) —
also known as Albert E. Austin —
of Sound Beach, Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn.; Old Greenwich, Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Medway, Norfolk
County, Mass., November
15, 1877.
Republican. Physician; orator;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Greenwich, 1917-18, 1921-22;
U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1939-41; defeated,
1940.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Medical
Association; Freemasons.
Died in Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn., January
26, 1942 (age 64 years, 72
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Ferncliff
Cemetery, Hartsdale, N.Y.
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Gamaliel Henry Barstow (1784-1865) —
also known as Gamaliel H. Barstow —
of Nichols, Tioga
County, N.Y.
Born in Sharon, Litchfield
County, Conn., July 20,
1784.
Physician; member of New York
state assembly from Tioga County, 1815-18, 1824, 1827; member of
New
York state senate Western District, 1818-22; county judge in New
York, 1818-23; New York
state treasurer, 1825-26, 1838-39; appointed 1825, 1838; U.S.
Representative from New York 25th District, 1831-33.
Died in Nichols, Tioga
County, N.Y., March
30, 1865 (age 80 years, 253
days).
Interment at Ashbury
Cemetery, Near Nichols, Tioga County, N.Y.
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George Austin Bowen (1841-1910) —
of Woodstock, Windham
County, Conn.
Born in Connecticut, July 7,
1841.
Republican. Physician; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Woodstock; elected 1902.
Died in Connecticut, October
30, 1910 (age 69 years, 115
days).
Interment at Woodstock Hill Cemetery, Woodstock, Conn.
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Edward A. Brace (born c.1881) —
of Ellington, Tolland
County, Conn.
Born in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., about 1881.
Republican. Physician; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Ellington, 1921-22.
Burial location unknown.
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Nathan Brownson (1742-1796) —
of Georgia.
Born in Woodbury, Litchfield
County, Conn., May 14,
1742.
Physician; served in the Continental Army during the
Revolutionary War; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Georgia, 1777; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1781, 1788; Speaker of
the Georgia State House of Representatives, 1781; Governor of
Georgia, 1781-82; delegate
to Georgia convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1788; delegate
to Georgia state constitutional convention, 1789; member of Georgia
state senate, 1789-91.
Died near Riceboro, Liberty
County, Ga., November
6, 1796 (age 54 years, 176
days).
Interment at Old
Midway Cemetery, Hinesville, Ga.
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Armin Ernest Brunn (1860-1909) —
also known as Armin E. Brunn —
of South Woodstock, Woodstock, Windham
County, Conn.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., December
18, 1860.
Republican. Physician; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Woodstock; elected 1906.
German
and Irish
ancestry.
Shot
by his brother, Constantine
F. Brunn, mortally
wounded, and died the next day, in South Woodstock, Woodstock, Windham
County, Conn., September
30, 1909 (age 48 years, 286
days). His sister, Freda Brunn, was also shot, and died
immediately; Constantine shot and killed himself at the scene.
Interment at Fair Lawn Memorial Cemetery, Fair Lawn, N.J.
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Harvey Campbell (1792-1877) —
of Voluntown, New London
County, Conn.
Born September
30, 1792.
Physician; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Voluntown, 1831, 1838; member
of Connecticut
state senate 13th District, 1861.
Died September
16, 1877 (age 84 years, 351
days).
Interment at Kennedy
Cemetery, Voluntown, Conn.
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Daniel Chapin (1761-1821) —
of Bloomfield, Hartford
County, Conn.; Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Salisbury, Litchfield
County, Conn., February
2, 1761.
Physician; member of New York
state assembly from Ontario and Steuben counties, 1801-02.
Died in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., 1821
(age about
60 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Chapin and Anna (Camp) Chapin; married, October
26, 1783, to Parthena Wheeler; uncle of Graham
Hurd Chapin; first cousin four times removed of Roy
Dikeman Chapin; second cousin once removed of Josiah
Cowles and Daniel
Chapin (1791-1878); second cousin twice removed of Chester
William Chapin, Marshall
Chapin, John
Hall Brockway and John
Putnam Chapin; second cousin thrice removed of Edmund
Gillett Chapin, Zenas
Ferry Moody and Andrew
Bliss Chapin; second cousin four times removed of Alfred
Clark Chapin, John
W. Chapin, Arthur
Beebe Chapin and Albert
Clark Chapin; second cousin five times removed of Theodore
Henry Hinchman and Selden
Chapin; third cousin of Daniel
Upson; third cousin once removed of Jonathan
Elmer, Ebenezer
Elmer, Eli
Elmer, Elijah
Boardman, John
Allen, William
Bostwick, Peter
B. Garnsey, Daniel
Warner Bostwick and Jesse
Hoyt; third cousin twice removed of Daniel
Greene Garnsey, Amaziah
Brainard, Luther
Walter Badger, Willard
J. Chapin, Daniel
Kellogg (1791-1875), Lucius
Quintius Cincinnatus Elmer, William
Whiting Boardman, John
William Allen, Roscius
R. Kennedy, Barzillai
Bulkeley Kellogg, John
Milton Thayer, Charles
Upson, Calvin
Josiah Cowles, Gad
Ely Upson, Christopher
Columbus Upson, Andrew
Seth Upson, Alvred
Bayard Nettleton and Evelyn
M. Upson; third cousin thrice removed of Oliver
Owen Forward, Walter
Forward, Chauncey
Forward, Anson
Levi Holcomb, Alphonso
Taft, Albert
Asahel Bliss, Henry
Ward Beecher, Philemon
Bliss, George
Bradley Kellogg, Joseph
H. Elmer, Leveret
Brainard, Edward
M. Chapin, Daniel
Kellogg (1835-1918), George
Frederick Stone, Ezekiel
Gilbert Stoddard, Allen
Jacob Holcomb, Edmund
Park Kellogg, Charles
Holden Cowles and Asbury
Elliott Kellogg; fourth cousin of Orsamus
Cook Merrill, Timothy
Merrill, Thomas
Hale Sill, Ira
Yale, Levi
Yale and Theodore
Sill; fourth cousin once removed of Elisha
Hotchkiss Jr., Charles
Yale, John
Arnold Rockwell, Farrand
Fassett Merrill, Russell
Sage, George
Griswold Sill, Levi
Bacon Yale and Austin
George Nettleton. |
| | | 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). |
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Arthur Sanford Cheney (1869-1908) —
also known as Arthur S. Cheney —
of Connecticut.
Born in Joliet, Will
County, Ill., October
4, 1869.
Physician; U.S. Vice Consul in Reichenberg, 1906-07; U.S. Consul in Messina, 1907-08, died in office 1908.
He and his wife were among about 80,000 people killed during the
Messina Earthquake,
specifically, when the U.S. consulate building collapsed,
in Messina, Sicily, Italy,
December
28, 1908 (age 39 years, 85
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, New Haven, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of Benjamin Hicks Cheney and Sarah (Austin) Cheney; married 1895 to Laura
A. Pfeiffer. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Edwin Clifford Chipman (b. 1861) —
of Niantic, East Lyme, New London
County, Conn.; New London, New London
County, Conn.
Born in West Saugerties, Ulster
County, N.Y., March 7,
1861.
Physician; delegate
to Connecticut state constitutional convention, 1902; Prohibition
candidate for Connecticut
state house of representatives from New London, 1910; member of
Connecticut Prohibition Party State Central Committee, 1922.
Seventh-Day
Baptist. Member, Odd
Fellows.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Nathan Truman Chipman and Harriet A. Chipman; married 1888 to Eunice
C. Crumb. |
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Lemuel Chipman (1754-1831) —
of Pawlet, Rutland
County, Vt.; Ontario
County, N.Y.
Born in Salisbury, Litchfield
County, Conn., July 25,
1754.
Physician; served in the Continental Army during the
Revolutionary War; candidate for Presidential Elector for Vermont;
member of New York
state assembly, 1796-97, 1800-01 (Ontario County 1796-97, Ontario
and Steuben counties 1800-01); member of New York
state senate Western District, 1801-05; member of New York
council of appointment, 1802.
Episcopalian.
Died in Richmond, Ontario
County, N.Y., April
28, 1831 (age 76 years, 277
days).
Interment at West
Avenue Cemetery, Canandaigua, N.Y.
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Jesse Milton Coburn (1853-1923) —
also known as J. Milton Coburn —
of South Norwalk (now part of Norwalk), Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Pittsfield, Merrimack
County, N.H., March
27, 1853.
Republican. Physician; mayor
of South Norwalk, Conn., 1898-99; candidate for Connecticut
state house of representatives from Norwalk, 1902.
Congregationalist.
Member, Odd
Fellows.
Died in Bridgeport Hospital,
Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn., August
13, 1923 (age 70 years, 139
days).
Interment at Mountain
Grove Cemetery, Bridgeport, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. Jesse Milton Coburn and Almira (Morse) Coburn; married, August
4, 1879, to Abbie M. Cutler. |
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Apollos Comstock (1836-1889) —
of New Canaan, Fairfield
County, Conn.; Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.; Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y.; Silver Springs, Park
County, Colo.; Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio.
Born in New Canaan, Fairfield
County, Conn., October
18, 1836.
Major in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from New Canaan, 1866;
physician.
Died December
15, 1889 (age 53 years, 58
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Watts Comstock and Nancy (Hoyt) Comstock; married, June 23,
1869, to Lizzie E. Merrill; married, October
22, 1878, to Julia C. Bouton. |
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Joseph A. Cooke (1866-1936) —
of Meriden, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., February
11, 1866.
Democrat. Physician; mayor
of Meriden, Conn., 1916-17.
Member, Eagles;
Foresters;
Elks; Ancient
Order of Hibernians.
Died in Meriden, New Haven
County, Conn., January
22, 1936 (age 69 years, 345
days).
Interment at Sacred
Heart Cemetery, Meriden, Conn.
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William Hall Coon —
of Easton, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Republican. Physician; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Easton, 1939-40.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Francis Patrick Corrigan (1881-1968) —
also known as Frank P. Corrigan —
of Ohio.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, July 14,
1881.
Physician; surgeon; U.S. Minister to El Salvador, 1934-37; Panama, 1937-39; U.S. Ambassador to Venezuela, 1939-47.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, American Medical
Association; Rotary.
Assisted with the first
modern blood transfusion, in 1906 at the Cleveland Clinic.
Died, in St. Joseph's Manor home
for the aged, Trumbull, Fairfield
County, Conn., January
21, 1968 (age 86 years, 191
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
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John Homer Cudmore (1883-1963) —
also known as J. Homer Cudmore —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Fairfield, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
17, 1883.
Republican. Physician; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 16th District, 1934, 1936.
English
and German
ancestry.
Died, in Carolton Convalescent
Hospital, Fairfield, Fairfield
County, Conn., February
27, 1963 (age 79 years, 133
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Manasseh Cutler (1742-1823) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Killingly, Windham
County, Conn., May 13,
1742.
Ordained
minister; physician; member of Massachusetts state
legislature, 1780; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts at-large, 1801-05.
Congregationalist.
Died in Hamilton, Essex
County, Mass., July 28,
1823 (age 81 years, 76
days).
Interment at Hamilton
Cemetery, Hamilton, Mass.
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Charles Henry Stanley Davis (1840-1917) —
also known as Charles H. S. Davis —
of Meriden, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Goshen, Litchfield
County, Conn., March 2,
1840.
Democrat. Physician; author;
Egyptologist; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1873, 1885-86; mayor
of Meriden, Conn., 1887-88.
Died in 1917
(age about
77 years).
Interment at In Memoriam Cemetery, Wallingford, Conn.
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Frederick Farnsworth (1842-1914) —
of New London, New London
County, Conn.
Born in Connecticut, December
5, 1842.
Republican. Physician; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Connecticut, 1896
(alternate), 1900.
Died in New London, New London
County, Conn., February
23, 1914 (age 71 years, 80
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Eunice Williams (Billings) Farnsworth and Ralph Farnsworth; third
cousin once removed of Elon
Farnsworth. |
| | | Political family: Farnsworth
family of Connecticut and Ohio. |
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Elial Todd Foote (1796-1877) —
also known as Elial T. Foote —
of Jamestown, Chautauqua
County, N.Y.; New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Gill, Franklin
County, Mass., May 1,
1796.
Physician; banker;
member of New York
state assembly, 1819-20, 1826-27 (Cattaraugus, Chautauqua and
Niagara counties 1819-20, Chautauqua County 1826-27); Chautauqua
County Judge, 1823-43; postmaster at Jamestown,
N.Y., 1829-41.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., November
17, 1877 (age 81 years, 200
days).
Interment at Lake
View Cemetery, Jamestown, N.Y.
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Dean Foster (born c.1871) —
of Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Edwardsburg, Cass
County, Mich., about 1871.
Democrat. Physician; member of Connecticut
state senate 27th District, 1911-14.
Burial location unknown.
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David Austin Fox Jr. (1877-1933) —
of Clinton, Middlesex
County, Conn.
Born January
8, 1877.
Physician; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Clinton, 1931.
Died January
3, 1933 (age 55 years, 361
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of David Austin Fox and Aurelia (Wood) Fox. |
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Roger M. Griswold (born c.1853) —
of Kensington, Berlin, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., about 1853.
Republican. Physician; surgeon; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Berlin, 1915-16; first
selectman of Berlin, Connecticut, 1920.
Burial location unknown.
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George L. Gunther —
also known as "Doc"; "Father of the
Environment in Connecticut" —
of Stratford, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Republican. Physician; member of Connecticut
state senate 21st District, 1967-; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Connecticut.
Still living as of 2002.
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Samuel Waldo Hart (1825-1891) —
of New Britain, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in New Britain, Hartford
County, Conn., May 22,
1825.
Republican. Physician; mayor
of New Britain, Conn., 1872-77.
Died December
31, 1891 (age 66 years, 223
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, New Britain, Conn.
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William Lincoln Higgins (1867-1951) —
also known as William L. Higgins —
of South Coventry, Coventry, Tolland
County, Conn.
Born in Chesterfield, Hampshire
County, Mass., March 8,
1867.
Republican. Physician; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Coventry, 1905-08, 1917-22,
1925-28; member of Connecticut
state senate, 1909-12; first
selectman of Coventry, Connecticut, 1917-32; Tolland
County Commissioner, 1921-32; secretary
of state of Connecticut, 1929-33; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 2nd District, 1933-37; defeated,
1936; delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1936
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization).
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Died in Norwich, New London
County, Conn., November
19, 1951 (age 84 years, 256
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Chesterfield
Center Cemetery, Chesterfield, Mass.
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Noah Webster Holcomb (b. 1826) —
also known as N. Webster Holcomb —
of Canton, Hartford
County, Conn.; Simsbury, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Simsbury, Hartford
County, Conn., May 27,
1826.
Physician; farmer;
member of Connecticut
state senate 3rd District, 1869.
Died in Simsbury, Hartford
County, Conn.
Burial location unknown.
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Abel Huntington (1777-1858) —
of East Hampton, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Norwich, New London
County, Conn., February
21, 1777.
Democrat. Physician; candidate for Presidential Elector for
New York; member of New York
state senate Southern District, 1821-22; U.S.
Representative from New York 1st District, 1833-37; U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1845-49; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1846.
Died in East Hampton, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., May 18,
1858 (age 81 years, 86
days).
Interment at South
End Cemetery, East Hampton, Long Island, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Ezra Huntington and Elizabeth Huntington; married, January
27, 1800, to Frances Lee; first cousin twice removed of Benjamin
Huntington and William
Clark Huntington; second cousin of John
Davenport, James
Davenport, Henry
Huntington and Gurdon
Huntington; second cousin once removed of Samuel
Huntington, Theodore
Davenport and Benjamin
Nicoll Huntington; second cousin twice removed of Roger
Wolcott; second cousin thrice removed of Henry
Arthur Huntington and Arthur
Evarts Lord; second cousin four times removed of John
Foster Dulles and Allen
Welsh Dulles; second cousin five times removed of Randolph
Appleton Kidder; third cousin of Ebenezer
Huntington, Samuel
H. Huntington, Augustus
Seymour Porter (1769-1849) and Peter
Buell Porter; third cousin once removed of William
Woodbridge, Jabez
Williams Huntington, Isaac
Backus, Nathaniel
Huntington, James
Huntington, Augustus
Seymour Porter (1798-1872), Joseph
Lyman Huntington, Charles
Phelps Huntington, Peter
Buell Porter Jr., Elisha
Mills Huntington, Henry
Titus Backus and Peter
Augustus Porter (1827-1864); third cousin twice removed of Ulysses
Simpson Grant, Collins
Dwight Huntington, George
Milo Huntington and Peter
Augustus Porter (1853-1925); third cousin thrice removed of Frederick
Dent Grant, Ulysses
Simpson Grant Jr., William
Barret Ridgely, Clement
Phineas Kellogg, Josiah
Quincy and Charles
E. Wooster; fourth cousin of Alfred
Conkling; fourth cousin once removed of Samuel
Lathrop, Bela
Edgerton, John
Arnold Rockwell, Philo
Fairchild Barnum, Phineas
Taylor Barnum, Frederick
Augustus Conkling and Roscoe
Conkling. |
| | | 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 — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
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Allen F. Jackson —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Democrat. Physician; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Connecticut, 1956.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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George H. Jackson (b. 1863) —
of Connecticut.
Born in Natick, Middlesex
County, Mass., February
28, 1863.
Medical missionary;
U.S. Consul in Cognac, 1897-98, 1908; La Rochelle, 1898-1908.
African
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Leander P. Jones (born c.1847) —
of Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Shaftsbury, Bennington
County, Vt., about 1847.
Republican. Physician; member of Connecticut
state senate 12th District, 1893-94; warden
(borough president) of Greenwich, Connecticut, 1896.
Burial location unknown.
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Michael J. Kelly (born c.1876) —
of Windsor Locks, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Warehouse Point, East Windsor, Hartford
County, Conn., about 1876.
Democrat. Physician; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Windsor Locks, 1919-22.
Burial location unknown.
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Franklin H. Mayberry (born c.1860) —
of Burnside, East Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Casco, Cumberland
County, Maine, about 1860.
Republican. Physician; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from East Hartford, 1895-96,
1903-04, 1923-24; member of Connecticut
state senate 4th District, 1905-06.
Burial location unknown.
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A. E. Merrill —
of Barkhamsted, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Physician; postmaster;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Barkhamsted, 1869.
Burial location unknown.
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John H. Mountain (born c.1872) —
of Middletown, Middlesex
County, Conn.
Born in Middletown, Middlesex
County, Conn., about 1872.
Democrat. Physician; member of Connecticut
state senate 33rd District, 1913-14.
Burial location unknown.
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Francis Irving Nettleton (b. 1874) —
also known as Francis I. Nettleton —
of Shelton, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Shelton, Fairfield
County, Conn., October
23, 1874.
Republican. Physician; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Huntington, 1907-08; mayor
of Shelton, Conn., 1919-30.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles P. Nettleton and Frances A. (Hallock) Nettleton; married
1899 to
Jean M. Mitchell. |
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Matthew Turner Newton (b. 1829) —
of Suffield, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Colchester, New London
County, Conn., June 4,
1829.
Physician; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1853, 1893; served in the Union
Army during the Civil War; president, Suffield Savings Bank.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Loyal
Legion.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Israel Newton and Harriet (Turner) Newton. |
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Jared Whitfield Pardee (1792-1867) —
also known as Jared W. Pardee —
of Bristol, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in East Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., January
2, 1792.
Physician; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Bristol, 1830-31; probate
judge in Connecticut, 1840.
Died in Bristol, Hartford
County, Conn., January
7, 1867 (age 75 years, 5
days).
Interment at Old
North Cemetery, Bristol, Conn.
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Cyrus Henry Pendleton (1830-1919) —
also known as Cyrus H. Pendleton —
of Hebron, Tolland
County, Conn.
Born in Norwich, New London
County, Conn., October
5, 1830.
Democrat. Physician; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Hebron; defeated, 1904;
elected 1906; defeated, 1908.
Died in Hebron, Tolland
County, Conn., April 6,
1919 (age 88 years, 183
days).
Interment at St.
Peter's Episcopal Cemetery, Hebron, Conn.
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John Samuel Peters (1772-1858) —
also known as John S. Peters —
of Hebron, Tolland
County, Conn.
Born in Hebron, Tolland
County, Conn., September
21, 1772.
Whig. Physician; member of Connecticut
council of assistants, 1818; member of Connecticut
state senate at-large, 1819-22; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Hebron, 1824-25; Lieutenant
Governor of Connecticut, 1827-31; Governor of
Connecticut, 1831-33; delegate to Whig National Convention from
Connecticut, 1839 (Convention Vice-President).
Died March
30, 1858 (age 85 years, 190
days).
Interment at St.
Peter's Episcopal Cemetery, Hebron, Conn.
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Jabez Baldwin Phelps (1777-1851) —
also known as Jabez B. Phelps —
of Cortland
County, N.Y.
Born in Lebanon, New London
County, Conn., January
4, 1777.
Physician; postmaster;
member of New York
state assembly from Cortland County, 1840.
Died in 1851
(age about
74 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Lancelot Phelps (1784-1866) —
of Colebrook, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born in Windsor, Hartford
County, Conn., November
9, 1784.
Democrat. Physician; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Colebrook, 1820-21, 1824,
1827-28, 1830; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut, 1835-39 (at-large 1835-37, 5th
District 1837-39).
Died in Colebrook, Litchfield
County, Conn., September
1, 1866 (age 81 years, 296
days).
Interment at Center
Cemetery, Winsted, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of Lancelot Phelps (1750-1836) and Jerusha (Pinney) Phelps; married,
July
6, 1809, to Elizabeth Loveland Sage; father of James
Phelps; third cousin of Benjamin
Trumbull; third cousin once removed of Noah
Phelps, Augustus
Seymour Porter (1769-1849), Peter
Buell Porter, George
Smith Catlin and Lyman
Trumbull; third cousin twice removed of Calvin
Tilden Hulburd, Bushrod
Ebenezer Hoppin, Judson
B. Phelps, Edwin
Carpenter Pinney and Erskine
Mason Phelps; third cousin thrice removed of Claude
Carpenter Pinney; fourth cousin of Gaylord
Griswold, Elisha
Phelps, Augustus
Seymour Porter (1798-1872), Peter
Buell Porter Jr. and Peter
Augustus Porter (1827-1864); fourth cousin once removed of Parmenio
Adams, Amos
Pettibone, Lorenzo
Burrows, Norman
A. Phelps, William
Dean Kellogg, John
Smith Phelps, Almon
Case and Peter
Augustus Porter (1853-1925). |
| | | 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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John Brownlee Robertson (1809-1892) —
also known as John B. Robertson —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., September
14, 1809.
Whig. Physician; carpet
manufacturer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from New Haven, 1840; secretary
of state of Connecticut, 1847-49; postmaster at New
Haven, Conn., 1849-53; mayor
of New Haven, Conn., 1881-82.
Episcopalian.
Scotch-Irish
and French
Huguenot ancestry.
Died in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., July 14,
1892 (age 82 years, 304
days).
Interment at Grove
Street Cemetery, New Haven, Conn.
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Emelien Roch (1864-1925) —
of North Grosvenordale, Thompson, Windham
County, Conn.
Born in Saint-Norbert, Quebec,
July
17, 1864.
Democrat. Physician; candidate for Connecticut
state house of representatives from Thompson, 1918, 1920.
French
Canadian ancestry.
Died in North Grosvenordale, Thompson, Windham
County, Conn., October
5, 1925 (age 61 years, 80
days).
Interment at St. Joseph Cemetery, North Grosvenordale, Thompson, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of Adolphe Fecteau Roch and Emilie (Coutu) Roch; married, February
8, 1891, to Emma Lamoureux; married to Dolenda
Paradis. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Roch family
photo |
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Joseph Pomeroy Root (1826-1885) —
also known as Joseph P. Root —
of Connecticut; Wyandotte (now part of Kansas City), Wyandotte
County, Kan.
Born in Greenwich (now part of Quabbin Reservoir), Hampshire
County, Mass., April
23, 1826.
Physician; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1855; member
Kansas territorial council, 1857; Lieutenant
Governor of Kansas, 1861-63; served in the Union Army during the
Civil War; U.S. Minister to Chile, 1870-73; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Kansas, 1884.
Died in Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan., July 20,
1885 (age 59 years, 88
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Root and Lucy (Reynolds) Root; married, September
9, 1851, to Frances Eveline Alden; second great-grandnephew of William
Pitkin and Abraham
Davenport (1715-1789); fifth great-grandson of Thomas
Welles; first cousin twice removed of Daniel
Davis; first cousin thrice removed of John
Davenport and James
Davenport; first cousin five times removed of Roger
Wolcott; second cousin once removed of Noah
Davis; second cousin twice removed of Timothy
Pitkin, Abraham
Davenport (1767-1837) and Theodore
Davenport; second cousin thrice removed of Pierpont
Edwards and Daniel
Pitkin; second cousin four times removed of Erastus
Wolcott and Oliver
Wolcott Sr.; third cousin once removed of Thaddeus
Betts; third cousin twice removed of Aaron
Burr, Theodore
Dwight, Elijah
Hunt Mills, Gold
Selleck Silliman, Henry
Waggaman Edwards and Benjamin
Silliman; third cousin thrice removed of Josiah
Cowles, Moses
Seymour, Aaron
Kitchell, Oliver
Wolcott Jr., Roger
Griswold and Frederick
Wolcott; fourth cousin of Frederick
Walker Pitkin; fourth cousin once removed of Abel
Merrill, Charles
Robert Sherman, Gideon
Hard, Elisha
Hunt Allen, Benjamin
Douglas Silliman, Gouverneur
Morris, Aaron
Augustus Sargent, John
Robert Graham Pitkin and Walter
Harrison Blodget. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Conger-Hungerford
family of Connecticut and New York; Bolton-Whitney-Brainard-Wolcott
family of Ohio and New York; Wolcott-Griswold-Packwood-Brandegee
family of Connecticut (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also U.S. State Dept career summary |
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Daniel Rose (1772-1833) —
Born in Branford, New Haven
County, Conn., July 31,
1772.
Physician; served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;
member of Maine
state senate, 1820-24; Governor of
Maine, 1822.
Died in Thomaston, Knox
County, Maine, October
25, 1833 (age 61 years, 86
days).
Burial location unknown.
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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.
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Ebenezer Sage (1755-1834) —
of Sag Harbor, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Chatham (part now in Portland), Middlesex
County, Conn., August
16, 1755.
Democrat. Physician; U.S.
Representative from New York 1st District, 1809-15, 1819-20; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1821.
Died in Sag Harbor, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., January
20, 1834 (age 78 years, 157
days).
Original interment at Old
Burying Ground, Sag Harbor, Long Island, N.Y.; reinterment at Oakland
Cemetery, Sag Harbor, Long Island, N.Y.
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George Seymour (1816-1861) —
of Litchfield, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born December
27, 1816.
Physician; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1850.
Died in Litchfield, Litchfield
County, Conn., January
29, 1861 (age 44 years, 33
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Moses Seymour (1774-1826) and Mabel (Strong) Seymour; married, February
10, 1841, to Sarah Newell Hunt; nephew of Samuel
Strong, Horatio
Seymour (1778-1857) and Henry
Seymour; grandson of John
Strong and Moses
Seymour (1742-1826); first cousin of Origen
Storrs Seymour and Horatio
Seymour (1810-1886); first cousin once removed of Frederick
Enoch Woodbridge, Edward
Woodruff Seymour, Joseph
Battell, Morris
Woodruff Seymour and Horatio
Seymour Jr.; second cousin of McNeil
Seymour and Henry
William Seymour; second cousin once removed of Norman
Alexander Seymour; second cousin twice removed of Thomas
Seymour; second cousin thrice removed of William
Pitkin; third cousin of Hezekiah
Cook Seymour; third cousin once removed of Daniel
Upson, Silas
Seymour, William
Chapman Williston, Charles
Hale and Augustus
Sherrill Seymour; third cousin twice removed of Josiah
Cowles, Daniel
Pitkin, Elijah
Hunt Mills and Orlo
Erland Wadhams; third cousin thrice removed of Dalton
G. Seymour; fourth cousin of David
Lowrey Seymour and Thomas
Henry Seymour; fourth cousin once removed of Timothy
Pitkin, Orsamus
Cook Merrill, Joseph
Churchill Strong, Ebenezer
Strong, Timothy
Merrill, Ela
Collins, Charles
Upson, Gad
Ely Upson, Christopher
Columbus Upson, Andrew
Seth Upson, Evelyn
M. Upson and Caleb
Seymour Pitkin. |
| | | 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). |
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Charles Daniel Sherwood (1833-1895) —
also known as Charles D. Sherwood —
of Rushford, Fillmore
County, Minn.; Sherwood, Franklin
County, Tenn.
Born in New Milford, Litchfield
County, Conn., November
18, 1833.
Republican. Physician; lawyer;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1859-61, 1863 (District 9
1859-60, District 14 1861, 1863); postmaster;
Lieutenant
Governor of Minnesota, 1864-66.
Drowned,
reportedly as a suicide,
in Lake
Michigan, near Chicago, Illinois, July 2,
1895 (age 61 years, 226
days).
Interment at Mound
Grove Cemetery, Kankakee, Ill.
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Theodore Sill (1808-1853) —
of Windsor, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Windsor, Hartford
County, Conn., January
12, 1808.
Physician; member of Connecticut
state senate 3rd District, 1842.
Died in Windsor, Hartford
County, Conn., April
28, 1853 (age 45 years, 106
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Elisha Noyes Sill and Chloe (Allyn) Sill; married, June 20,
1833, to Elizabeth Newberry Rowland; second cousin of Thomas
Hale Sill; second cousin once removed of George
Griswold Sill; second cousin twice removed of Matthew
Griswold (1714-1799); second cousin thrice removed of Allan
Percy Sill; third cousin of Frederick
William Lord; third cousin once removed of James
Hillhouse, Roger
Griswold, Zina
Hyde Jr., John
William Allen and Augustus
Frank; third cousin thrice removed of John
Brown Judson Jr.; fourth cousin of Daniel
Chapin, Phineas
Lyman Tracy, Albert
Haller Tracy, Henry
Titus Backus and Thomas
Worcester Hyde; fourth cousin once removed of John
Taintor, Roger
Taintor, Solomon
Taintor, Joseph
Churchill Strong, Ebenezer
Strong, John
Larkin Payson, Graham
Hurd Chapin, Joseph
Lyman Huntington, John
Arnold Rockwell, Alexander
Hamilton Waterman, Samuel
Lord, Matthew
Griswold (1833-1919), Charles
Edward Hyde, Herman
Arod Gager, John
Sedgwick Hyde and Edward
Warden Hyde. |
| | | Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
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Samuel Simons (1792-1847) —
of Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn., 1792.
Democrat. Physician; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Bridgeport, 1830; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1843-45.
Died in Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn., January
13, 1847 (age about 54
years).
Original interment at Mountain
Grove Cemetery, Bridgeport, Conn.; reinterment 1859 to unknown
location.
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Ashbel Smith (1805-1886) —
also known as "The Father of Texas
Medicine" —
of Salisbury, Rowan
County, N.C.; Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex.; Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., August
13, 1805.
Democrat. Physician; Texas Republic Charge d'Affaires to
England and France, 1842-44; Texas
Republic Secretary of State, 1845; negotiated the Smith-Cuevas
treaty in 1845, in which Mexico recognized Texas independence; served
in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1855, 1866, 1879; colonel in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Texas, 1872,
1876
(member, Resolutions
Committee).
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Slaveowner.
Died in Baytown, Harris
County, Tex., January
21, 1886 (age 80 years, 161
days).
Interment at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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Joseph Spalding (1846-1923) —
of Woodstock, Windham
County, Conn.
Born in Connecticut, April
27, 1846.
Physician; first
selectman of Woodstock, Connecticut, 1909-10.
Died in Woodstock, Windham
County, Conn., July 17,
1923 (age 77 years, 81
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Benjamin McLaine Spock (1903-1998) —
also known as Benjamin Spock —
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., May 2,
1903.
Won an Olympic
gold medal in rowing at the 1924 Paris games; physician;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; author of
influential book, Baby and Child Care; People's candidate for
President
of the United States, 1972; People's candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1976.
Member, United
World Federalists.
Died in La Jolla, San Diego
County, Calif., March
15, 1998 (age 94 years, 317
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph Churchill Strong (1778-1844) —
also known as Joseph C. Strong —
of Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.
Born in Bolton, Tolland
County, Conn., October
3, 1778.
Physician; mayor
of Knoxville, Tenn., 1828-31.
Died in Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn., November
3, 1844 (age 66 years, 31
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Martha (Alvord) Strong and Judah Strong; married to Catharine
Neilsen; father of Martha Alvord Strong (who married Charles
Ready Jr.); first cousin of Ebenezer
Strong; first cousin twice removed of Julius
Levi Strong; second cousin twice removed of Timothy
E. Griswold; third cousin once removed of John
Strong, Elijah
Hunt Mills and John
Arnold Rockwell; third cousin twice removed of Aaron
Kellogg; third cousin thrice removed of William
Berkeley Hotchkiss; fourth cousin of John
Taintor, Samuel
Strong, Roger
Taintor, Solomon
Taintor and Elisha
Hunt Allen; fourth cousin once removed of Jason
Kellogg, Ephraim
Safford, Orsamus
Cook Merrill, Amaziah
Brainard, Timothy
Merrill, DeGrasse
Maltby, Henry
Taintor, Charles
Creighton Stratton, Asa H.
Otis, John
Adams Taintor, Anson
Levi Holcomb, Theodore
Sill, Ralph
Smith Taintor, Henry
G. Taintor, George
Seymour, John
Leake Newbold Stratton, William
Fessenden Allen, Herschel
Harrison Hatch, Jethro
Ayers Hatch, Alfred
Clark Chapin and Frederick
Hobbes Allen. |
| | | 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 Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Andrew W. Tracy (1846-1917) —
of Meriden, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Ireland,
1846.
Democrat. Physician; mayor
of Meriden, Conn., 1892; defeated, 1890, 1892; candidate for Connecticut
state house of representatives from Meriden, 1900.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Died in Meriden, New Haven
County, Conn., December
10, 1917 (age about 71
years).
Interment at Sacred
Heart Cemetery, Meriden, Conn.
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Lester F. Turney (born c.1878) —
of Windsor, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn., about 1878.
Republican. Physician; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Windsor, 1917-20.
Burial location unknown.
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Daniel Upson (1786-1863) —
Born in Southington, Hartford
County, Conn., March
18, 1786.
Physician; farmer; mining
business; member of Ohio
state senate, 1836-38.
Died in Tallmadge, Summit
County, Ohio, June 21,
1863 (age 77 years, 95
days).
Interment at Tallmadge
Cemetery, Tallmadge, Ohio.
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Relatives: Son
of John Upson and Lois (Atwater) Upson; married, May 19,
1814, to Polly Wright; father of William
Hanford Upson; great-grandfather of William
Hazlett Upson; first cousin once removed of Josiah
Cowles; second cousin once removed of John
Strong; second cousin twice removed of Charles
Upson, Calvin
Josiah Cowles, Harvey
Washington Upson, Gad
Ely Upson, Christopher
Columbus Upson, Andrew
Seth Upson and Evelyn
M. Upson; second cousin thrice removed of James
Wesley Upson and Charles
Holden Cowles; third cousin of Henry
Champion, Epaphroditus
Champion, Daniel
Chapin and Samuel
Strong; third cousin once removed of Simeon
Baldwin, Graham
Hurd Chapin and George
Seymour; third cousin twice removed of Frederick
Enoch Woodbridge and Charles
Hale; third cousin thrice removed of Franklin
Woodruff, Asbury
Wright Lee and Warren
Edward Anderson; fourth cousin of Orsamus
Cook Merrill, James
Doolittle Wooster, Timothy
Merrill and Roger
Sherman Baldwin; fourth cousin once removed of Elisha
Hotchkiss Jr., John
Charles Birdsall, John
Arnold Rockwell, Norman
A. Phelps, Francis
William Kellogg, Ausburn
Birdsall, Farrand
Fassett Merrill, Russell
Sage and Simeon
Eben Baldwin. |
| | | 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 Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Luther Waterman (1753-1807) —
of Hamilton, Chenango County (now Madison
County), N.Y.
Born in Norwich, New London
County, Conn., 1753.
Physician; member of New York
state assembly from Chenango County, 1804-05.
Died in Cazenovia, Madison
County, N.Y., September
9, 1807 (age about 54
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Westel Willoughby Jr. (1769-1844) —
of Herkimer
County, N.Y.
Born in Goshen, Litchfield
County, Conn., November
20, 1769.
Democrat. Physician; common pleas court judge in New York,
1805-21; member of New York
state assembly from Herkimer County, 1807-09; U.S.
Representative from New York 17th District, 1815-17.
Died in Newport, Herkimer
County, N.Y., October
3, 1844 (age 74 years, 318
days).
Interment at Newport
Cemetery, Newport, N.Y.
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William Witter (born c.1804) —
of Windham, Windham
County, Conn.
Born about 1804.
Democrat. Physician; member of Connecticut
state senate 13th District, 1847.
Burial location unknown.
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