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Mary Eldridge Alger (1876-1956) —
also known as Mary E. Alger; Mary Eldridge Swift;
Mrs. Frederick M. Alger —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Grosse Pointe, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Norfolk, Litchfield
County, Conn., May 21,
1876.
Republican. Delegate
to Michigan convention to ratify 21st amendment from Wayne County
1st District, 1933; member, Michigan Liquor Control Commission, 1933,
1935.
Female.
Presbyterian. Member, American
Legion Auxiliary.
Died in Plymouth, Wayne
County, Mich., November
9, 1956 (age 80 years, 172
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887) —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.; Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Litchfield, Litchfield
County, Conn., June 24,
1813.
Republican. Minister;
orator;
abolitionist; candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 2nd District, 1867;
in 1872, he was accused
of an adulterous
affair with Mrs. Elizabeth Tilton, the wife of a friend of his;
Beecher's church conducted an investigation
and declared him innocent; in 1874, Elizabeth Tilton's husband
Theodore sued Beecher; a highly-publicized months-long trial
took place in 1875; the jury was unable to reach a verdit.
Presbyterian; later Congregationalist.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., March 8,
1887 (age 73 years, 257
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.; memorial monument at Cadman Plaza Park, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Lyman Beecher and Roxana Ward (Foote) Beecher; brother of Harriet
Beecher Stowe; married, August
3, 1837, to Eunice White Bullard; uncle of George
Buckingham Beecher; second cousin twice removed of Jonathan
Elmer, Ebenezer
Elmer and Eli
Elmer; second cousin thrice removed of Erastus
Wolcott and Oliver
Wolcott Sr.; third cousin of Leveret
Brainard; third cousin once removed of Amaziah
Brainard and Lucius
Quintius Cincinnatus Elmer; third cousin twice removed of Oliver
Wolcott Jr., Roger
Griswold, John
Allen, Frederick
Wolcott, Walter
Keene Linscott, Sidney
Smythe Linscott and Frances
Payne Bolton; third cousin thrice removed of Aaron
Kellogg, Daniel
Chapin and Oliver
Payne Bolton; fourth cousin of Ambrose
Tuttle, Joseph
H. Elmer and George
Frederick Stone; fourth cousin once removed of Gaylord
Griswold, Luther
Walter Badger, Daniel
Kellogg, Gideon
Hotchkiss, Asahel
Augustus Hotchkiss, John
William Allen, Julius
Hotchkiss, Giles
Waldo Hotchkiss, Charles
Francis Chidsey, Ernest
Harvey Woodford and Samuel
Russell Chidsey. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Eastman
family; Walker-Meriwether-Kellogg
family of Virginia (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Cross-reference: Henry
W. Beecher |
| | | The World War II Liberty
ship SS Henry Ward Beecher (built 1942 at Terminal
Island, California; scrapped 1969) was named for
him. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Frederick Van Ness Bradley (1898-1947) —
also known as Fred Bradley —
of Rogers City, Presque
Isle County, Mich.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April
12, 1898.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Michigan 11th District, 1939-47; died in
office 1947.
Presbyterian. Member, Kiwanis.
Died, in the infirmary at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, New London,
New
London County, Conn., May 24,
1947 (age 49 years, 42
days).
Interment at Rogers
City Memorial Park, Rogers City, Mich.
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Joseph Arthur Burr (1850-1915) —
also known as Joseph A. Burr —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., September
11, 1850.
Republican. Lawyer;
Corporation Counsel, city of Brooklyn, 1896-97; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1904-15; appointed 1904;
died in office 1915; Justice of the Appellate Division of the New
York Supreme Court, 1909.
Presbyterian. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Sons of
the Revolution; Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Died, in New York
Hospital, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April
18, 1915 (age 64 years, 219
days).
Interment at Grove
Street Cemetery, New Haven, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Arthur Burr and Harriet (Nash) Burr; married to Ella A.
Dawson. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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George Ellsworth Chamberlin (1872-1952) —
also known as George E. Chamberlin —
of Oneonta, Otsego
County, N.Y.; Lynchburg,
Va.
Born in West Woodstock, Woodstock, Windham
County, Conn., February
17, 1872.
Traveling
salesman; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul
General in Singapore, 1906-10; U.S. Consul in Swatow, 1910; Queenstown, 1910-14; Georgetown, 1914-19; Glasgow, 1919-26; U.S. Consul General in Glasgow, as of 1927-30; Halifax, as of 1932.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons;
American
Geographic Society.
Died in Lynchburg,
Va., December
7, 1952 (age 80 years, 294
days).
Interment at Oak Knoll Cemetery, Palmer, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward Chandler Chamberlin and Maria Jane (Kinney) Chamberlin;
married, September
7, 1911, to Grace Anna Stone. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: U.S. passport application
(1922) |
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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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William Orville Douglas (1898-1980) —
also known as William O. Douglas —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.; Goose Prairie, Yakima
County, Wash.
Born in Maine, Otter Tail
County, Minn., October
16, 1898.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; law
professor; member, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission,
1936-39; chair, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 1937-39; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1939-75; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1948.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons;
United
World Federalists; American Bar
Association; Beta
Theta Pi; Phi
Alpha Delta; Delta
Sigma Rho; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
19, 1980 (age 81 years, 95
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of William Douglas and Julia Bickford (Fiske) Douglas; married, August
16, 1923, to Mildred M. Riddle; married 1966 to
Kathleen Heffernan. |
| | | Cross-reference: Warren
Christopher — William
A. Norris |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Arlington National
Cemetery unofficial website |
| | | Books by William O. Douglas: Of
Men and Mountains (1982) — My
wilderness: east to Katahdin (1961) — Go
East, Young Man (1974) — The
Court Years, 1939 to 1975: The Autobiography of William O.
Douglas (1980) |
| | | Books about William O. Douglas: Bruce
Allen Murphy, Wild
Bill : The Legend and Life of William O. Douglas —
Howard Ball & Phillip J. Cooper, Of
Power and Right: Hugo Black, William O. Douglas, and America's
Constitutional Revolution — James F. Simon, Independent
Journey: The Life of William O. Douglas |
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Curtiss E. Frank (1904-1990) —
of Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.; Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., November
13, 1904.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Yonkers, N.Y., 1944-49; resigned 1949; publishing
executive.
Presbyterian. Member, Union
League.
Died, from Alzheimer's
disease, in Naples, Collier
County, Fla., February
3, 1990 (age 85 years, 82
days).
Burial location unknown.
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James Albert Gary (1833-1920) —
also known as James A. Gary —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Uncasville, Montville, New London
County, Conn., October
22, 1833.
Cotton duck
manufacturer; Whig candidate for Maryland
state senate, 1858; Republican candidate for U.S.
Representative from Maryland 5th District, 1870, 1872; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Maryland, 1872,
1876,
1880,
1884,
1888,
1892,
1896
(member, Resolutions
Committee); Republican candidate for Governor of
Maryland, 1879; member of Republican
National Committee from Maryland, 1880-96; Maryland
Republican state chair, 1883; U.S.
Postmaster General, 1897-98; vice-president, Consolidated Gas
Company; president, Citizens National Bank of
Baltimore.
Presbyterian.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., October
31, 1920 (age 87 years, 9
days).
Interment at Loudon
Park Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
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Relatives:
Married 1856 to Lavin
Corrie. |
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William H. Gleason (1833-1892) —
of Sag Harbor, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.; Newburgh, Orange
County, N.Y.; Newark, Essex
County, N.J.; Hudson, Columbia
County, N.Y.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Durham, Middlesex
County, Conn., September
28, 1833.
Merchant;
lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Suffolk County 1st District, 1864-65; pastor.
Presbyterian.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
21, 1892 (age 58 years, 146
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Porter J. Goss (b. 1938) —
of Sanibel, Lee
County, Fla.
Born in Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn., November
26, 1938.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Florida, 1989-2004 (13th District 1989-93,
14th District 1993-2004); resigned 2004; Director of Central
Intelligence, 2004-06.
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 2014.
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George Charles Hanson (1883-1935) —
also known as George C. Hanson —
of Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn., October
11, 1883.
Engineer;
U.S. Deputy Consul General in Shanghai, 1911-12; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Chefoo, 1912-13; Dalny, 1913-14; Newchwang, 1914; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul General in Tientsin, 1914-15; U.S. Consul in Swatow, 1915-17; Chungking, 1917-18; Foochow, 1918-21; Harbin, 1921-31; U.S. Consul General in Harbin, 1931-33; Moscow, 1934-35; Salonika, 1935, died in office 1935.
Presbyterian. Member, Alpha
Delta Sigma; Delta
Tau Delta; American
Academy of Political and Social Science.
Killed by a self-inflicted
gunshot,
aboard
the steamship President Polk, en route from Marseilles to
New York, in the North
Atlantic Ocean, September
2, 1935 (age 51 years, 326
days).
Interment somewhere
in Fairfield, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles C. Hanson and Josephine (Stegkemper)
Hanson. |
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John Marshall Harlan (1899-1971) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., May 20,
1899.
Rhodes
scholar; lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1954-55; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1955-71.
Presbyterian. Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
29, 1971 (age 72 years, 223
days).
Interment at Emmanuel
Church Cemetery, Weston, Conn.
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William Franklin Henney (b. 1852) —
also known as William F. Henney —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Enfield, Hartford
County, Conn., November
2, 1852.
Republican. Lawyer;
director and counsel, Hartford Electric
Light Co. and Southern New England Telephone
Co.; mayor
of Hartford, Conn., 1904-08; member of Republican
National Committee from Connecticut, 1913-16.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Henney and Mene (Barclay) Henney. |
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David Frederick Hollister (1826-1906) —
also known as David F. Hollister —
of Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Washington, Litchfield
County, Conn., March
31, 1826.
Lawyer;
probate judge in Connecticut, 1858; U.S. Collector of Internal
Revenue for the 2nd Connecticut District, 1863-83.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn., May 4,
1906 (age 80 years, 34
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Gideon Hollister and Harriet (Jackson) Hollister; married 1852 to Mary
E. Jackson. |
| | | Image source: Men of Mark in
Connecticut (1908) |
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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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Jared Ingersoll (1749-1822) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., October
24, 1749.
Lawyer;
Delegate
to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1780-81; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; Pennsylvania
state attorney general, 1791-1800, 1811-16; U.S.
Attorney for Pennsylvania, 1800-01; candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1812; district judge in
Pennsylvania, 1821-22.
Presbyterian.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., October
31, 1822 (age 73 years, 7
days).
Interment at Old
Pine Street Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
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William Samuel Johnson (1727-1819) —
of Connecticut.
Born in Stratford, Fairfield
County, Conn., October
7, 1727.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from Connecticut, 1784-87; member of Connecticut
council of assistants, 1786-88; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1789-91.
Presbyterian or Episcopalian.
Slaveowner.
Died in Stratford, Fairfield
County, Conn., November
14, 1819 (age 92 years, 38
days).
Interment at Episcopal
Cemetery, Stratford, Conn.
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Aaron Kellogg (1742-1826) —
of Columbia
County, N.Y.
Born in New Hartford, Litchfield
County, Conn., 1742.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member
of New York
state assembly from Columbia County, 1802-03.
Presbyterian.
Died in Canaan, Columbia
County, N.Y., April 5,
1826 (age about 83
years).
Interment at Flatbrook Cemetery, Canaan, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Kellogg and Elizabeth (Brown) Kellogg; married, April
22, 1762, to Tabitha Hancock; married 1766 to Hannah
Robbins; married 1798 to Rhoda
Dean; first cousin twice removed of Greene
Carrier Bronson, John
Russell Kellogg, George
Smith Catlin and Francis
William Kellogg; first cousin thrice removed of Arthur
Tappan Kellogg and Selah
Merrill; first cousin four times removed of William
Lucius Case and Edward
Russell Kellogg; first cousin five times removed of Leonard
Leach Case; second cousin once removed of Jason
Kellogg, Charles
Kellogg (1773-1842), Orsamus
Cook Merrill, Timothy
Merrill and Daniel
Fiske Kellogg; second cousin twice removed of Luther
Walter Badger, Silas
Dewey Kellogg, Chester
Ashley, Daniel
Kellogg (1791-1875), Alvan
Kellogg, Alvah
Nash, Day
Otis Kellogg, Dwight
Kellogg, Albert
Gallatin Kellogg, Ensign
Hosmer Kellogg, Farrand
Fassett Merrill and Charles
Kellogg (1839-1903); second cousin thrice removed of Orlando
Kellogg, William
Dean Kellogg, Stephen
Wright Kellogg, George
Bradley Kellogg, William
Pitt Kellogg, Daniel
Kellogg (1835-1918) and Benjamin
Baker Merrill; second cousin four times removed of Rowland
Case Kellogg, Frank
Billings Kellogg, Charles
Collins Kellogg, Clement
Phineas Kellogg, Henry
Theodore Kellogg, Edward
Stanley Kellogg and Franklin
Warren Kellogg; second cousin five times removed of Anna
Gordon Kellogg, Dwight
Palmer Griswold and Martin
Weld Deyo; third cousin once removed of Abel
Merrill; third cousin twice removed of Joseph
Churchill Strong, Calvin
Frisbie, Amaziah
Brainard, DeGrasse
Maltby, Samuel
Clement Fessenden (1784-1869), Henry
Taintor, John
Adams Dix and Ayres
Phillips Merrill; third cousin thrice removed of George
Anson Starkweather, Samuel
Starkweather, David
Austin Starkweather, Anson
Levi Holcomb, William
Pitt Fessenden, Henry
Ward Beecher, Samuel
Clement Fessenden (1815-1882), Alfred
Avery Burnham, Thomas
Amory Deblois Fessenden, Leveret
Brainard, William
Chapman Williston, Joseph
Palmer Fessenden, Hiram
Augustus Huse and Charles
L. Merrill. |
| | | Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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John Russell Kellogg (1793-1868) —
also known as John R. Kellogg —
of Allegan, Allegan
County, Mich.
Born in New Hartford, Litchfield
County, Conn., May 16,
1793.
Republican. Merchant;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Allegan County, 1838; member
of Michigan
state board of education, 1855-60; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1856.
Presbyterian.
Died in Allegan, Allegan
County, Mich., March
13, 1868 (age 74 years, 302
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Scriba town, Oswego County, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Susanna (Griswold) Kellogg and Jesse Kellogg; married to Mary
Otterson; grandfather of Edward
Russell Kellogg; first cousin twice removed of Aaron
Kellogg; second cousin of Greene
Carrier Bronson; second cousin once removed of Selah
Merrill; third cousin of George
Smith Catlin and Francis
William Kellogg; third cousin once removed of Jason
Kellogg, Jonathan
Brace, Charles
Kellogg (1773-1842), Orsamus
Cook Merrill, Timothy
Merrill, Daniel
Fiske Kellogg and Arthur
Tappan Kellogg; third cousin twice removed of William
Lucius Case; third cousin thrice removed of Leonard
Leach Case; fourth cousin of Thomas
Kimberly Brace, Luther
Walter Badger, Silas
Dewey Kellogg, Chester
Ashley, Daniel
Kellogg (1791-1875), Alvan
Kellogg, Alvah
Nash, Day
Otis Kellogg, Dwight
Kellogg, Albert
Gallatin Kellogg, Ensign
Hosmer Kellogg, Farrand
Fassett Merrill and Charles
Kellogg (1839-1903); fourth cousin once removed of Jonathan
Ingersoll, Jared
Ingersoll, Abel
Merrill, Orlando
Kellogg, William
Dean Kellogg, Russell
Sage, Stephen
Wright Kellogg, George
Bradley Kellogg, William
Pitt Kellogg, Daniel
Kellogg (1835-1918) and Benjamin
Baker Merrill. |
| | | Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Charles Henry Leeds (b. 1834) —
also known as Charles H. Leeds —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
9, 1834.
Republican. Manufacturer;
mayor
of Stamford, Conn., 1894-95, 1904.
Presbyterian.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel Leeds and Mary Warren (Mellen) Leeds; married, December
21, 1865, to Sarah P. Lambert. |
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Charles Davenport Lockwood (1877-1949) —
also known as Charles D. Lockwood —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn., November
11, 1877.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Stamford; elected 1912;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1916
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee), 1920;
delegate
to Connecticut convention to ratify 21st amendment at-large, 1933.
Presbyterian. Member, Sigma
Xi; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died in Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn., December
6, 1949 (age 72 years, 25
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Stamford, Conn.
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Walter Roe Mansfield (1911-1987) —
also known as Walter R. Mansfield —
of New York; New Canaan, Fairfield
County, Conn.; Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., July 1,
1911.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1966-71; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1971-81; took
senior status 1981.
Presbyterian. Member, American Bar
Association.
Died, of a stroke,
in Christchurch, New
Zealand, January
8, 1987 (age 75 years, 191
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Eben Newton (1795-1885) —
of Ohio.
Born in Goshen, Litchfield
County, Conn., October
16, 1795.
Lawyer;
member of Ohio
state senate, 1842-51, 1862-64; common pleas court judge in Ohio,
1844; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 19th District, 1851-53; railroad
president.
Presbyterian.
Died in Canfield, Mahoning
County, Ohio, November
6, 1885 (age 90 years, 21
days).
Interment at Canfield
Village Cemetery, Canfield, Ohio.
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William Warren Scranton (1917-2013) —
also known as William W. Scranton —
of Dalton, Lackawanna
County, Pa.
Born in Madison, New Haven
County, Conn., July 19,
1917.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer; banker; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 10th District, 1961-63; Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1963-67; candidate for Republican nomination for
President, 1964;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1964;
U.S. Representative to United Nations, 1976-77.
Presbyterian. Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Trilateral
Commission; Chi Psi.
Died, from a cerebral
hemorrhage, in Montecito, Santa
Barbara County, Calif., July 28,
2013 (age 96 years, 9
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William Strong (1808-1895) —
of Reading, Berks
County, Pa.
Born in Somers, Tolland
County, Conn., May 6,
1808.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 9th District, 1847-51; justice of
Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1857-68; resigned 1868; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1870-80; retired 1880.
Presbyterian.
Died in Lake Minnewaska, Ulster
County, N.Y., August
19, 1895 (age 87 years, 105
days).
Interment at Charles
Evans Cemetery, Reading, Pa.
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Uri Tracy (1764-1838) —
of Oxford, Chenango
County, N.Y.
Born in Norwich, New London
County, Conn., February
8, 1764.
Democrat. Minister;
postmaster;
Chenango
County Sheriff, 1798-1801; Chenango
County Clerk, 1801-15; member of New York
state assembly from Chenango County, 1802-03; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1805-07, 1809-13 (16th District
1805-07, 13th District 1809-13); county judge in New York, 1819-23.
Presbyterian.
Died in Oxford, Chenango
County, N.Y., July 21,
1838 (age 74 years, 163
days).
Interment at Riverview
Cemetery, Oxford, N.Y.
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Frederic Collin Walcott (1869-1949) —
also known as Frederic C. Walcott —
of Norfolk, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born in New York Mills, Oneida
County, N.Y., February
19, 1869.
Republican. Manufacturer;
banker;
member of Connecticut
state senate, 1925-27; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Connecticut, 1928
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee), 1932;
U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1929-35; defeated, 1934.
Presbyterian.
Died in Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn., April
27, 1949 (age 80 years, 67
days).
Interment at Center
Cemetery, Norfolk, Conn.
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Henry Agard Wallace (1888-1965) —
also known as Henry A. Wallace —
of Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa; South Salem, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born near Orient, Adair
County, Iowa, October
7, 1888.
U.S.
Secretary of Agriculture, 1933-40; Vice
President of the United States, 1941-45; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Iowa, 1940,
1944
(speaker);
candidate for Democratic nomination for Vice President, 1944;
U.S.
Secretary of Commerce, 1945-46; Progressive candidate for President
of the United States, 1948.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Danbury, Fairfield
County, Conn., November
18, 1965 (age 77 years, 42
days).
Interment at Glendale
Cemetery, Des Moines, Iowa.
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Reuben Hyde Walworth (1788-1867) —
also known as Reuben H. Walworth —
of Plattsburgh, Clinton
County, N.Y.; Saratoga Springs, Saratoga
County, N.Y.
Born in Bozrah, New London
County, Conn., October
26, 1788.
Democrat. Lawyer;
colonel in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; U.S.
Representative from New York 12th District, 1821-23; Chancellor
of New York, 1828-47; candidate for Governor of
New York, 1848.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons;
American
Antiquarian Society.
Died in Saratoga Springs, Saratoga
County, N.Y., November
27, 1867 (age 79 years, 32
days).
Interment at Greenridge
Cemetery, Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
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