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John William Allen (1802-1887) — also known as John W. Allen — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in Litchfield, Litchfield County, Conn., August 4, 1802. Lawyer; director, Commercial Bank of Lake Erie, 1832; incorporator, Cleveland Newburg Railroad, 1834; member of Ohio state senate from Cuyahoga County, 1836; U.S. Representative from Ohio 15th District, 1837-41; mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, 1841; president, Columbus & Cincinnati Railroad, 1845; postmaster at Cleveland, Ohio, 1870-75. Episcopalian. Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, October 5, 1887 (age 85 years, 62 days). Interment at Erie Street Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.   Relatives: Son of John Allen and Ursala (McCurdy) Allen; married, July 22, 1830, to Harriet Caroline Mather; grandnephew of Roger Griswold; great-grandson of Matthew Griswold (1714-1799); great-grandnephew of Erastus Wolcott and Oliver Wolcott Sr.; second great-grandson of Roger Wolcott (1679-1767); first cousin twice removed of James Hillhouse, Oliver Wolcott Jr. and Frederick Wolcott; second cousin of Henry Titus Backus and Matthew Griswold (1833-1919); second cousin once removed of Frederick William Lord; second cousin twice removed of Selden Chapin; second cousin thrice removed of William Pitkin and Frederic Lincoln Chapin; third cousin of Luther Walter Badger, Daniel Kellogg (1791-1875), James Samuel Wadsworth, Christopher Parsons Wolcott and Roger Wolcott (1847-1900); third cousin once removed of Jonathan Elmer, Ebenezer Elmer, Eli Elmer, Gaylord Griswold, Samuel Clesson Allen, Thomas Hale Sill, Phineas Lyman Tracy, Henry Leavitt Ellsworth, William Wolcott Ellsworth, Albert Haller Tracy, Theodore Sill, George Bradley Kellogg, Charles Frederick Wadsworth, Daniel Kellogg (1835-1918), George Frederick Stone, James Wolcott Wadsworth, Edward Oliver Wolcott and Alfred Wolcott; third cousin twice removed of Daniel Chapin (1761-1821), Daniel Pitkin, Zina Hyde Jr. and James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr.; third cousin thrice removed of James Jermiah Wadsworth; fourth cousin of Amaziah Brainard, Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus Elmer, Elisha Hunt Allen, George Washington Wolcott, Augustus Frank and George Griswold Sill; fourth cousin once removed of Elijah Boardman, William Bostwick, Timothy Pitkin, Oliver Owen Forward, Daniel Warner Bostwick, Walter Forward, Daniel Chapin (1791-1878), Chauncey Forward, Chester William Chapin, Graham Hurd Chapin, Edmund Holcomb, Anson Levi Holcomb, Erastus Clark Scranton, Sereno Hamilton Scranton, Albert Asahel Bliss, Henry Ward Beecher, Philemon Bliss, Joseph H. Elmer, Leveret Brainard, William Fessenden Allen, Samuel Lord, Thomas Worcester Hyde, Frederick Hobbes Allen and Allen Jacob Holcomb.   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   Prelate Demick Barker (1835-1928) — also known as Prelate D. Barker — of Mobile, Mobile County, Ala. Born in North Branford, New Haven County, Conn., September 29, 1835. Republican. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; secretary-treasurer, Alabama & Mississippi Railroad, 1866-71; U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue for the 2nd Alabama District, 1871-78; delegate to Republican National Convention from Alabama, 1888, 1892, 1896, 1900 (member, Committee to Notify Presidential Nominee), 1908, 1912, 1916, 1920; postmaster at Mobile, Ala., 1890-94, 1897-1914; member of Republican National Committee from Alabama, 1908-16. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar. Died in Mobile, Mobile County, Ala., March 29, 1928 (age 92 years, 182 days). Interment at Magnolia Cemetery, Mobile, Ala.   Relatives: Son of Jonathan Brooks Barker and Frances Jane (Appell) Barker; married, August 1, 1865, to Joanna Elizabeth Ferguson; married, April 29, 1914, to Grace Salome Pettit.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   William Augustus Barstow (1813-1865) — also known as William A. Barstow — of Waukesha, Waukesha County, Wis.; Janesville, Rock County, Wis. Born in Plainfield, Windham County, Conn., September 13, 1813. Postmaster at Prairieville, Wis., 1842-43; secretary of state of Wisconsin, 1850-52; Governor of Wisconsin, 1854-56; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Wisconsin, 1860; president, St. Croix & Lake Superior Railroad; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War. Died in Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, Kan., December 13, 1865 (age 52 years, 91 days). Interment somewhere in Cleveland, Ohio.   Relatives: Son of William A. Barstow; married 1844 to Maria Quarles.   See also National Governors Association biography George Wells Beach (1833-1906) — of Waterbury, New Haven County, Conn. Born in Humphreysville (now Seymour), New Haven County, Conn., August 18, 1833. Postmaster; superintendent, Naugatuck Railroad, 1868-87; division superintendent, New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, 1887-1902; director, Watertown and Waterbury Railroad; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Waterbury, 1870-71; president, Manufacturers' National Bank. Congregationalist. Died in Waterbury, New Haven County, Conn., March 2, 1906 (age 72 years, 196 days). Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Waterbury, Conn.   Relatives: Son of Adeline (Sperry) Beach and Sharon Yale Beach; married 1855 to Sarah Upson; married, April 2, 1883, to Sarah Ann (Steele) Blackall; fourth cousin once removed of Ernest Ransom Brockett and George Newbury Blakeslee.   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   Image source: Men of Mark in Connecticut (1908) Henry Alfred Bishop (1860-1934) — also known as Henry A. Bishop — of Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Conn., December 4, 1860. Democrat. Ticket agent, purchasing agent, and superintendent of several railroads; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Bridgeport, 1886; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1888 (member, Committee on Permanent Organization), 1912 (alternate); candidate for secretary of state of Connecticut, 1888; candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut, 1904; president, Clapp Fire Resisting Paint Co., Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey Power Co., and Reed Carpet Co.; vice-president, Brady Brass Co., Pacific Iron Works, Connecticut National Bank, and Consolidated Telephone Co.; director, Westchester Street Railway Co., Western Union Telegraph Co.; director, Bridgeport Hospital. Episcopalian. Member, Sons of the American Revolution; Society of Colonial Wars; Freemasons; Scottish Rite Masons; Knights Templar; Psi Upsilon; Delta Kappa Epsilon. Died in Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Conn., October 22, 1934 (age 73 years, 322 days). Interment at Mountain Grove Cemetery, Bridgeport, Conn.   Relatives: Son of William Darius Bishop and Julia Ann (Tomlinson) Bishop; brother of Nathaniel Wheeler Bishop; married, February 6, 1883, to Jessie Alvord Trubee; nephew of Russell Tomlinson.   Political family: Bishop-Tomlinson family of Bridgeport, Connecticut.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: Men of Mark in Connecticut (1908) William Darius Bishop (1827-1904) — also known as William D. Bishop — of Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Bloomfield, Essex County, N.J., September 14, 1827. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1857-59; defeated, 1858, 1902; U.S. Commissioner of Patents, 1859-60; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1860; member of Connecticut state senate 10th District, 1866, 1877-78; president, New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, 1867-79; president, Naugatuck Railroad, 1855-67, 1885-1903; director, Bridgeport Steamboat Company; lawyer; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Bridgeport, 1871. Died, of chronic endocarditis, in Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Conn., February 4, 1904 (age 76 years, 143 days). Cremated; ashes interred at Mountain Grove Cemetery, Bridgeport, Conn.   Relatives: Son of Alfred Bishop and Mary (Ferris) Bishop; married 1850 to Julia Ann Tomlinson (sister of Russell Tomlinson); married to Susan Adele Washburne; father of Henry Alfred Bishop and Nathaniel Wheeler Bishop.   Political family: Bishop-Tomlinson family of Bridgeport, Connecticut.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: Men of Mark in Connecticut (1908)   Lloyd Wheaton Bowers (1859-1910) — also known as Lloyd W. Bowers — of Winona, Winona County, Minn. Born in Springfield, Hampden County, Mass., March 9, 1859. Lawyer; general counsel, Chicago & North Western Railway, 1893-1909; U.S. Solicitor General, 1909-10; died in office 1910. Member, Skull and Bones. Died, from a heart attack, while suffering from bronchitis, in the Touraine Hotel, Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., September 9, 1910 (age 51 years, 184 days). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Samuel Dwight Bowers and Martha Wheaton (Dowd) Bowers; married, September 7, 1887, to Louisa Bennett Wilson (daughter of Thomas Wilson); married 1906 to Charlotte Josephine (Lewis) Watson; father of Martha Wheaton Bowers (who married Robert Alphonso Taft).   Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier   Charles Frederick Brooker (b. 1847) — also known as Charles F. Brooker — of Torrington, Litchfield County, Conn.; Ansonia, New Haven County, Conn. Born in Litchfield, Litchfield County, Conn., March 4, 1847. Republican. Manufacturer; banker; railroad business; member of Connecticut state house of representatives, 1875; member of Connecticut state senate 18th District, 1893-94; delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1900, 1904, 1908, 1912, 1920; member of Republican National Committee from Connecticut, 1900-12. Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Martin Cook Brooker and Sarah Maria (Seymour) Brooker; married, October 30, 1894, to Julia Elizabeth (Clark) Farrel; step-father of Alton Farrel.   Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   Owen Vincent Coffin (1836-1921) — also known as O. Vincent Coffin — of Middletown, Middlesex County, Conn. Born in Union Vale, Dutchess County, N.Y., June 20, 1836. Republican. Banker; insurance business; treasurer and director, New Haven, Middletown & Willimantic Railroad; mayor of Middletown, Conn., 1872-73; member of Connecticut state senate 22nd District, 1887-90; Governor of Connecticut, 1895-97. Congregationalist. Died January 13, 1921 (age 84 years, 207 days). Interment at Indian Hill Cemetery, Middletown, Conn.   Relatives: Son of Alexander Hamilton Coffin and Jane (Vincent) Coffin; married, June 24, 1858, to Ellen Elizabeth Coe.   See also National Governors Association biography — Find-A-Grave memorial Robert Coit Jr. (1830-1904) — of New London, New London County, Conn. Born in New London, New London County, Conn., April 26, 1830. Republican. Lawyer; probate judge in Connecticut, 1860; president and treasurer, New London and Northern Railroad; mayor of New London, Conn., 1879; member of Connecticut state senate, 1880-83 (7th District 1880-81, 9th District 1882-83); alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1880; president, Union Bank of New London, 1893-1904; vice-president, Savings Bank of New London; prsident, New London Gas & Electric Company; president, New London Steamboat Company; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from New London, 1897-98. Died in New London, New London County, Conn., June 19, 1904 (age 74 years, 54 days). Interment at Cedar Grove Cemetery, New London, Conn.   Relatives: Son of Robert Coit and Charlotte Elizabeth (Coit) Coit; married, August 1, 1854, to Lucretia Brainard; father of William Brainard Coit; grandson of Joshua Coit; second cousin twice removed of David Hough; second cousin thrice removed of Samuel Huntington, John Foster Dulles and Allen Welsh Dulles; third cousin once removed of Ebenezer Huntington, Samuel Townsend Douglass and Silas Hamilton Douglas; third cousin twice removed of John Davenport, James Davenport, Samuel H. Huntington, Henry Huntington, Jeremiah Mason, Gurdon Huntington, Augustus Seymour Porter (1769-1849), Samuel Lathrop, Peter Buell Porter and James Gillespie Blaine III; third cousin thrice removed of George Champlin and Henry Scudder; fourth cousin of Jabez Williams Huntington, John Hall Brockway, Charles Wentworth Upham, Henry Titus Backus, David Edgerton and Henry Woolsey Douglas; fourth cousin once removed of John Taintor, Roger Taintor, Solomon Taintor, Zina Hyde Jr., Theodore Davenport, Nathaniel Huntington, James Huntington, Augustus Seymour Porter (1798-1872), Joseph Lyman Huntington, Peter Buell Porter Jr., Elisha Mills Huntington, Benjamin Nicoll Huntington and Peter Augustus Porter.   Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Upham family; Saltonstall-Davis-Frelinghuysen-Appleton family of Massachusetts (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: Men of Mark in Connecticut (1908)   Erastus Corning (1794-1872) — of Albany, Albany County, N.Y. Born in Norwich, New London County, Conn., December 14, 1794. Democrat. Mayor of Albany, N.Y., 1834-37; member of New York state senate 3rd District, 1842-45; founder (1853) and first president of the New York Central Railroad; U.S. Representative from New York 14th District, 1857-59, 1861-63; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1860; delegate to New York state constitutional convention, 1867. Died in Albany, Albany County, N.Y., April 9, 1872 (age 77 years, 117 days). Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.   Relatives: Son of Bliss Corning and Lucinda (Smith) Corning; married 1819 to Harriet Weld; father of Erastus Corning (1827-1897); grandfather of Parker Corning and Edwin Corning; great-grandfather of Erastus Corning II and Edwin Corning Jr.; first cousin twice removed of Amos Elwood Corning; third cousin once removed of Archibald Meserole Bliss; fourth cousin of Elijah Abel; fourth cousin once removed of Bela Edgerton, John Hall Brockway and Abial Lathrop.   Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   The city of Corning, New York, is named for him.  — The city of Corning, Iowa, is named for him.  — The city of Corning, Kansas, is named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial   Winthrop More Daniels (b. 1867) — also known as Winthrop M. Daniels — of Princeton, Mercer County, N.J.; Saybrook, Middlesex County, Conn. Born in Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, September 30, 1867. University professor; member, Interstate Commerce Commission, 1914-23; trustee of New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, 1935. Member, American Economic Association. Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of E. A. Daniels; married, October 12, 1898, to Joan Robertson.   Erastus Sheldon Day (1836-1921) — also known as Erastus S. Day — of Colchester, New London County, Conn. Born in Colchester, New London County, Conn., July 7, 1836. Republican. Lawyer; president, Colchester Railway; director, Colchester Wheel Company; member of Connecticut state house of representatives, 1862, 1864, 1874; probate judge in Connecticut, 1880; Connecticut Republican state chair, 1886-90; delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1888 (member, Credentials Committee); U.S. Consul in Bradford, 1897-1909. Congregationalist. Died in Colchester, New London County, Conn., August 30, 1921 (age 85 years, 54 days). Interment at Linwood Cemetery, Colchester, Conn.   Relatives: Son of Elihu M. Day and Jane E. (Buell) Day; married, August 29, 1864, to Catherine G. Olmsted; father of Edward Marvin Day.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Carlos French (1835-1903) — of Seymour, New Haven County, Conn. Born in Humphreysville (now Seymour), New Haven County, Conn., August 6, 1835. Democrat. Inventor; president and treasurer, Fowler Nail Co.; vice-president, H. A. Matthews Manufacturing Co.; director, Union Horse Shoe Nail Co.; director, Second National Bank of New Haven; director, New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad; member of Connecticut state house of representatives, 1860, 1868; U.S. Representative from Connecticut 2nd District, 1887-89; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1892. Died, from a heart attack, in Seymour, New Haven County, Conn., April 14, 1903 (age 67 years, 251 days). Interment at Seymour Union Cemetery, Seymour, Conn.   Relatives: Son of Raymond French and Olive (Curtis) French; married, April 29, 1863, to Julia H. Thompson; father of Raymond Thompson French; third cousin twice removed of James Levi Hotchkiss.   Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Morton family (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   Epitaph: "A native of Seymour, always identified with its interests, and one of its most honored and successful citizens … an honest man, a wise counselor, a devoted husband and father, and a faithful friend. Those who knew him best most deeply mourn his loss."   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Charles A. Gates (b. 1867) — of Willimantic, Windham County, Conn. Born in Mansfield, Richland County, Ohio, August 22, 1867. Republican. Railway station baggage master; railway station agent; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Windham, 1899-1902; member of Connecticut state senate 29th District, 1903-04, 1907-08; delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1912, 1928; mayor of Willimantic, Conn., 1918-22, 1928-29; member of Connecticut Republican State Central Committee, 1922. Member, Knights of Pythias; Odd Fellows. Burial location unknown.   Dudley Sanford Gregory (1800-1874) — also known as Dudley S. Gregory — of Jersey City, Hudson County, N.J. Born in Redding, Fairfield County, Conn., February 5, 1800. Banker; mayor of Jersey City, N.J., 1838-40, 1841-42, 1858-60; delegate to Whig National Convention from New Jersey, 1839 (member, Balloting Committee); U.S. Representative from New Jersey 5th District, 1847-49; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1856 (member, Credentials Committee), 1860; director of railroad companies. Died in Jersey City, Hudson County, N.J., December 8, 1874 (age 74 years, 306 days). Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page Galusha Aaron Grow (1823-1907) — also known as Galusha A. Grow — of Glenwood, Susquehanna County, Pa. Born in Ashford (part now in Eastford), Windham County, Conn., August 31, 1823. Republican. Lawyer; farmer; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania, 1851-63, 1894-1903 (12th District 1851-53, 14th District 1853-63, at-large 1894-1903); Speaker of the U.S. House, 1861-63; in February 1858, during a House debate, Rep. Lawrence M. Keitt attacked and attempted to choke him;; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1864, 1884, 1892; Pennsylvania Republican state chair, 1868; president, International and Great Northern Railroad, 1871-76. Died in Glenwood, Susquehanna County, Pa., March 31, 1907 (age 83 years, 212 days). Interment at Harford Cemetery, Harford, Pa.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article   Image source: Autobiographies and Portraits of the President, Cabinet, etc. (1899)   Dennis Kimberly (1790-1862) — of New Haven, New Haven County, Conn. Born in New Haven (part now in Orange), New Haven County, Conn., October 23, 1790. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from New Haven, 1826-29, 1832, 1835; mayor of New Haven, Conn., 1831-32; director, New York and New Haven Railroad. Died in New Haven, New Haven County, Conn., December 15, 1862 (age 72 years, 53 days). Interment at Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, Conn.   Relatives: Son of Silas Kimberly and Sarah (Smith) Kimberly.   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Henry Gould Lewis (1820-1891) — also known as Henry G. Lewis — of New Haven, New Haven County, Conn. Born in Cornwall, Litchfield County, Conn., September 9, 1820. Democrat. Lawyer; wheel manufacturer; railroad promoter; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from New Haven, 1868; mayor of New Haven, Conn., 1870-76, 1883-84. Died, from pneumonia, in New Haven, New Haven County, Conn., December 25, 1891 (age 71 years, 107 days). Interment at Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, Conn.   Relatives: Son of William Lewis and Sarah Ann (Calhoun) Lewis; brother of John Calhoun Lewis; married, October 5, 1858, to Julia Wright Coley; second cousin twice removed of Jonathan Brace; third cousin once removed of Thomas Kimberly Brace; fourth cousin of Daniel Kellogg (1791-1875), Levi Yale and Daniel Fiske Kellogg; fourth cousin once removed of Albert Gallatin Kellogg, James Rood Doolittle, Russell Sage, George Bradley Kellogg, Daniel Kellogg (1835-1918), Levi Bacon Yale, Charles Kellogg, Robert Cleveland Usher and Charles M. Hotchkiss.   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).   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Albert H. Mansfield (1866-1928) — of Putnam, Windham County, Conn. Born in Webster, Worcester County, Mass., June 7, 1866. Railroad builder; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Putnam, 1901-02. Member, Odd Fellows. Died, from angina pectoris, in Putnam, Windham County, Conn., June 3, 1928 (age 61 years, 362 days). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Married, September 4, 1887, to Iva Mack.   Edwin McNeill (born c.1858) — of Litchfield, Litchfield County, Conn. Born in Macon, Bibb County, Ga., about 1858. Republican. Railroad superintendent; member of Connecticut state senate 20th District, 1889-90. Burial location unknown.   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.   Relatives: Married 1826 to Mary Church.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Charles Oliver O'Donnell (1822-1877) — also known as C. Oliver O'Donnell — of Baltimore, Md. Born in Baltimore, Md., January 20, 1822. Commission merchant; insurance business; vice-president, Gaslight Company of Baltimore; director, Union Bank of Maryland; director, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad; Vice-Consul for Brazil in Baltimore, Md., 1864-76. Catholic. Died, from apoplexy, in the Pequod House Hotel, New London, New London County, Conn., August 12, 1877 (age 55 years, 204 days). Interment at New Cathedral Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.   Relatives: Son of Christopher Columbus O'Donnell and Eleanora Cecilia (Pascault) O'Donnell; married, September 1, 1852, to Luizinha Iantha Pereira=de=Sodre; married to Helen Sophia Carroll (sister of John Lee Carroll; great-granddaughter of Benjamin Chew, Charles Carroll of Carrollton and Thomas Sim Lee).   Political families: Lee-Randolph family; Ballard-Gadsden-Randolph family of West Virginia and South Carolina; Pendleton-Lee family of Maryland; Shippen-Middleton family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Bache-Dallas family of Pennsylvania and New York; Biddle-Randolph family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Carroll family of Maryland (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Asa Packer (1805-1879) — of Mauch Chunk (now part of Jim Thorpe), Carbon County, Pa. Born in Mystic, Stonington, New London County, Conn., December 20, 1805. Democrat. Member of Pennsylvania state house of representatives, 1842-43; state court judge in Pennsylvania, 1843-48; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 13th District, 1853-57; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1860, 1864; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1868; candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania, 1869. Episcopalian. Founder, Lehigh Valley Railroad; founder, in 1865, of Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pa. By some accounts, he had the largest fortune in Pennsylvania at the time. Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., May 17, 1879 (age 73 years, 148 days). Interment at Mauch Chunk Cemetery, Jim Thorpe, Pa.   Relatives: Son of Elisha Packer and Desiree (Packer) Packer; married, January 23, 1828, to Sarah Minerva Blakeslee; father of Robert Asa Packer; nephew of Daniel Packer; first cousin once removed of Daniel Burrows; second cousin of Lorenzo Burrows; second cousin twice removed of Waightstill Avery; third cousin twice removed of Jonathan R. Herrick and Alfred Avery Burnham; third cousin thrice removed of D-Cady Herrick, Herman Arod Gager and Walter Richmond Herrick; fourth cousin of Jabez Williams Huntington and William Waigstill Avery; fourth cousin once removed of Enoch C. Chapman, Henry Brewster Stanton, Edwin Barber Morgan, Christopher Morgan and Edwin Denison Morgan.   Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Fairbanks-Adams family; Lenoir family of North Carolina; Beakes-Greene-Witter family; Livingston-Schuyler family of New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial   Charles M. Sanford (born c.1878) — of Cromwell, Middlesex County, Conn. Born in Halcottsville, Delaware County, N.Y., about 1878. Democrat. Railway agent; member of Connecticut state house of representatives, 1935-36; first selectman of Cromwell, Connecticut, 1937; member of Connecticut state senate 33rd District, 1937-40. Burial location unknown.   Herbert Livingston Satterlee (1863-1947) — also known as Herbert L. Satterlee — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y.; Greenwich, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., October 31, 1863. Republican. Lawyer; private secretary for U.S. Senator William M. Evarts, 1887-89; served in the U.S. Navy during the Spanish-American War; counsel for Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad, 1898-1902; U.S. Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, 1906-07; U.S. Assistant Secretary of the Navy, 1908-09; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland, 1920. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association; Union League; Navy League; Society of Colonial Wars. Died, from a self-inflicted gunshot, in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., July 14, 1947 (age 83 years, 256 days). Interment at Trinity Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.   Relatives: Son of George LeRoy Bowen Satterlee and Sarah Bradley (Wilcox) Satterlee; married, November 15, 1909, to Louisa Pierpont Morgan (daughter of J. Pierpont Morgan); second great-grandnephew of Peter Robert Livingston (1737-1794) and Walter Livingston; third great-grandson of Robert Livingston (1708-1790); third great-grandnephew of Peter Van Brugh Livingston, Philip Livingston and William Livingston; fourth great-grandnephew of John Livingston, Robert Livingston (1688-1775) and Gilbert Livingston; fifth great-grandson of Robert Livingston the Elder and Pieter Van Brugh; fifth great-grandnephew of Pieter Schuyler, Johannes Cuyler and Johannes Schuyler (1668-1747); first cousin thrice removed of Henry Walter Livingston; first cousin four times removed of Philip Peter Livingston and Henry Brockholst Livingston; first cousin five times removed of Robert Gilbert Livingston and Robert R. Livingston (1718-1775); first cousin six times removed of Robert Livingston the Younger, Johannes Schuyler (1697-1746), Cornelis Cuyler and John Cruger Jr.; first cousin seven times removed of David Davidse Schuyler and Myndert Davidtse Schuyler; second cousin twice removed of Peter Robert Livingston (1789-1859) and Edward Livingston (1796-1840); second cousin thrice removed of Stephen Van Rensselaer, Philip Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Peter Augustus Jay, Rensselaer Westerlo, Edward Philip Livingston, William Alexander Duer, John Duer, William Jay and Charles Ludlow Livingston (1800-1873); second cousin four times removed of Robert R. Livingston (1746-1813), Philip Van Cortlandt, Pierre Van Cortlandt Jr. and Edward Livingston (1764-1836); second cousin five times removed of Stephanus Bayard, Pierre Van Cortlandt, Philip John Schuyler, Philip P. Schuyler, Stephen John Schuyler and Henry Cruger; third cousin twice removed of Philip Schuyler, William Duer, Henry Bell Van Rensselaer, Denning Duer, Henry Brockholst Ledyard and John Jay II; third cousin thrice removed of Hamilton Fish; fourth cousin of Charles Ludlow Livingston (born 1870) and Bronson Murray Cutting; fourth cousin once removed of Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, Nicholas Fish, Hamilton Fish Jr., John Kean, Hamilton Fish Kean and Brockholst Livingston.   Political family: Livingston-Schuyler family of New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Theodore Crosby Sears (1828-1898) — also known as Theodore C. Sears — of Ottawa, Franklin County, Kan.; Tacoma, Pierce County, Wash. Born in Danbury, Fairfield County, Conn., August 4, 1828. Republican. Lawyer; member of Kansas state senate, 1871-72; general attorney for the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad, 1872-81; delegate to Republican National Convention from Kansas, 1880. Died, reportedly from senility, in Lakeview, Pierce County, Wash., November 8, 1898 (age 70 years, 96 days). Interment at Tacoma Cemetery, Tacoma, Wash.   Relatives: Son of Lewis Sears and Sarah (Crosby) Sears; married to Elizabeth Hoyt.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   William Oscar Seymour (1833-1911) — also known as William O. Seymour — of Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Conn., October 16, 1833. Republican. School teacher; civil engineer; chief engineer, New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad; probate judge in Connecticut, 1890; banker; Connecticut state railroad commissioner; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Ridgefield, 1911; died in office 1911. Died in Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Conn., January 24, 1911 (age 77 years, 100 days). Interment at Scott's Cemetery, Ridgefield, Conn.   Relatives: Son of Harriet (Betts) Seymour and William Wells Seymour; married to Rebecca Mary Sproull.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Henry Sherwood (1813-1896) — of Wellsboro, Tioga County, Pa. Born in Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Conn., October 9, 1813. Democrat. Served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; lawyer; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 18th District, 1871-73; president, Wellsboro & Lawrenceville Railroad; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1880. Died in Wellsboro, Tioga County, Pa., November 10, 1896 (age 83 years, 32 days). Interment at Wellsboro Cemetery, Wellsboro, Pa.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Abram Wakeman (1824-1889) — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Greenfield Hill, Fairfield, Fairfield County, Conn., May 31, 1824. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly from New York County 4th District, 1850-51; U.S. Representative from New York 8th District, 1855-57; postmaster at New York City, N.Y., 1862-64; organized railroads on Long Island, N.Y. Died in New York, New York County, N.Y., June 29, 1889 (age 65 years, 29 days). Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.   Relatives: Son of Clara (Wakeman) Wakeman and Jonathan Wakeman; married to Mary E. Harwood; fourth cousin of Seth Wakeman.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Ray C. Wildman (born c.1883) — of Brookfield Center, Brookfield, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Brookfield, Fairfield County, Conn., about 1883. Democrat. Railway station baggage master; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Brookfield, 1911-12. Burial location unknown.   Thomas Wheeler Williams (1789-1874) — also known as Thomas W. Williams — of New London, New London County, Conn. Born in Stonington, New London County, Conn., September 28, 1789. Whig. U.S. Representative from Connecticut 3rd District, 1839-43; member of Connecticut state house of representatives, 1846-47; president, New London, Willimantic, and Palmer Railroad. Died in New London, New London County, Conn., December 31, 1874 (age 85 years, 94 days). Interment at Cedar Grove Cemetery, New London, Conn.   Relatives: Married to Lucretia W. Perkins and Nancy L. Allyn.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   William Williams (1815-1876) — of Buffalo, Erie County, N.Y. Born in Bolton, Tolland County, Conn., September 6, 1815. Democrat. Banker; railroad president; member of New York state assembly, 1866-67 (Erie County 1st District 1866, Erie County 2nd District 1867); U.S. Representative from New York 30th District, 1871-73; defeated, 1872. Died in Buffalo, Erie County, N.Y., September 10, 1876 (age 61 years, 4 days). Interment at Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Lysander Woodward (1817-1880) — of Rochester, Oakland County, Mich. Born in Columbia, Tolland County, Conn., November 19, 1817. Supervisor of Avon Township, Michigan, 1856, 1876; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Oakland County 1st District, 1861-62; Oakland County Treasurer, 1866-70; member of Michigan state constitutional commission 6th District, 1873; candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Michigan, 1878; president, Detroit and Bay City Railroad. Died in Rochester, Oakland County, Mich., January 14, 1880 (age 62 years, 56 days). Interment at Mt. Avon Cemetery, Rochester, Mich.   Relatives: Son of Asahel Woodward and Harriet (House) Woodward; married to Penina Axford Simpson.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   William W. Woodworth (1807-1873) — of Hyde Park, Dutchess County, N.Y.; Yonkers, Westchester County, N.Y. Born in New London, New London County, Conn., March 16, 1807. Democrat. Dutchess County Judge, 1838; U.S. Representative from New York 8th District, 1845-47; defeated, 1842; village president of Yonkers, New York, 1857-58; railroad builder; real estate business; banker. Died in Yonkers, Westchester County, N.Y., February 13, 1873 (age 65 years, 334 days). Interment at Oakland Cemetery, Yonkers, N.Y.   Relatives: Son of William Woodworth.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article

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