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Howard Wells Alcorn (1901-1992) —
also known as Howard W. Alcorn —
of Suffield, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Suffield, Hartford
County, Conn., May 14,
1901.
Republican. Lawyer;
director and vice-president, First National Bank of
Suffield; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Suffield, 1927-32; Speaker of
the Connecticut State House of Representatives, 1931-32;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Connecticut, 1932;
member of Connecticut
state senate, 1933-34; superior court judge in Connecticut,
1943-61; justice of
Connecticut state supreme court, 1961-71; chief
justice of Connecticut Supreme Court, 1970-71.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sons of the American Revolution; Sons
of Union Veterans; Grange;
Freemasons.
Died, in a hospital
at Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., August
10, 1992 (age 91 years, 88
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Suffield, Conn.
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Hugh Meade Alcorn Jr. (1907-1992) —
also known as H. Meade Alcorn, Jr. —
of Suffield, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Suffield, Hartford
County, Conn., October
20, 1907.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Suffield, 1937-42; Speaker of
the Connecticut State House of Representatives, 1941-42; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1940
(member, Committee
to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee), 1944
(alternate), 1948,
1952
(Honorary
Vice-President), 1956,
1960;
Hartford
County State's Attorney, 1942-48; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Connecticut, 1948; member of Connecticut
Republican State Central Committee, 1948-57; member of Republican
National Committee from Connecticut, 1953-61; Chairman
of Republican National Committee, 1957-59; delegate
to Connecticut state constitutional convention 6th District, 1965.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Rotary;
Freemasons;
Shriners;
Phi
Beta Kappa; Elks; Sons
of Union Veterans; Sons of the American Revolution; Grange.
Died, from a stroke,
in Suffield, Hartford
County, Conn., January
13, 1992 (age 84 years, 85
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Suffield, Conn.
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Thomas Raymond Ball (1896-1943) —
also known as Thomas R. Ball —
of Old Lyme, New London
County, Conn.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
12, 1896.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; architect;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Old Lyme, 1927-38; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 2nd District, 1939-41; defeated,
1940.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Institute of Architects; Sons of the American Revolution;
American
Legion; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Grange;
Society
of Colonial Wars.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Old Lyme, New London
County, Conn., June 16,
1943 (age 47 years, 124
days).
Interment at Duck
River Cemetery, Old Lyme, Conn.
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Isaac Washington Birdseye (1847-1927) —
also known as Isaac W. Birdseye —
of Shelton, Fairfield
County, Conn.; Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Huntington (now Shelton), Fairfield
County, Conn., June 18,
1847.
Republican. Manufacturer of corsets;
bank
director; candidate for Presidential Elector for Connecticut.
Congregationalist.
Member, Society
of Colonial Wars; Military
Order of Foreign Wars; Sons of the Revolution; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died in Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn., October
6, 1927 (age 80 years, 110
days).
Entombed at Mountain
Grove Cemetery, Bridgeport, Conn.
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Henry Alfred Bishop (1860-1934) —
also known as Henry A. Bishop —
of Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn., December
4, 1860.
Democrat. Ticket agent, purchasing agent, and superintendent of
several railroads;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Bridgeport, 1886; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1888
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1912
(alternate); candidate for secretary
of state of Connecticut, 1888; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Connecticut, 1904; president, Clapp Fire Resisting
Paint Co., Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey Power
Co., and Reed Carpet
Co.; vice-president, Brady Brass Co.,
Pacific Iron
Works, Connecticut National Bank, and
Consolidated Telephone
Co.; director, Westchester Street
Railway Co., Western Union Telegraph
Co.; director, Bridgeport Hospital.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sons of the American Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights
Templar; Psi
Upsilon; Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Died in Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn., October
22, 1934 (age 73 years, 322
days).
Interment at Mountain
Grove Cemetery, Bridgeport, Conn.
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Frank E. Blakeman (1857-1923) —
of Stratford, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Stratford, Fairfield
County, Conn., December
31, 1857.
Republican. Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Stratford, 1903-04.
Congregationalist.
Member, Sons of the American Revolution; Grange.
Died in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., February
18, 1923 (age 65 years, 49
days).
Interment at Putney
Cemetery, Stratford, Conn.
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Thomas Dudley Bradstreet (b. 1841) —
also known as Thomas D. Bradstreet —
of Thomaston, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born in Thomaston, Litchfield
County, Conn., August
1, 1841.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
vice-president and general manager, Seth Thomas Clock
Company; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1886; member of Connecticut
state senate, 1903-05; Connecticut
state comptroller, 1907-13; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 5th District, 1912.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Sons of the Revolution; Grand
Army of the Republic.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. Thomas J. Bradstreet and Amanda (Thomas) Bradstreet; married,
March
23, 1864, to Sarah M. Perry. |
| | | Image source: Legislative History and
Souvenir of Connecticut 1907-08 |
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Isaac W. Brooks (b. 1838) —
of Torrington, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born in Goshen, Litchfield
County, Conn., November
8, 1838.
Republican. Merchant;
banker;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Torrington, 1884, 1893-94; Speaker of
the Connecticut State House of Representatives, 1893-94; member
of Connecticut
state senate 30th District, 1907-08.
Member, Sons of the American Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars.
Burial location unknown.
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Morgan Gardner Bulkeley (1837-1922) —
also known as Morgan G. Bulkeley —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in East Haddam, Middlesex
County, Conn., December
26, 1837.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; president,
Aetna Life
Insurance Company, 1870-1922; mayor
of Hartford, Conn., 1880-88; defeated, 1878; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1884
(alternate), 1896;
Governor
of Connecticut, 1889-93; candidate for Republican nomination for
Vice President, 1896;
U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1905-11.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Loyal
Legion; Grand
Army of the Republic; Sons of the Revolution; Society
of the Cincinnati; Society
of the War of 1812.
First
president of the National League of Professional Base
Ball Clubs in 1876.
Died in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., November
6, 1922 (age 84 years, 315
days).
Interment at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Hartford, Conn.
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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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Kenneth Frank Cramer (1894-1954) —
also known as Kenneth F. Cramer —
of Wethersfield, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Gloversville, Fulton
County, N.Y., October
3, 1894.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; coal
business; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Wethersfield, 1929-32; member
of Connecticut
state senate, 1933-37; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Connecticut, 1936;
general in the U.S. Army during World War II.
Member, American
Legion; Purple
Heart; Sons of the American Revolution; Society
of the War of 1812; Sons
of Union Veterans; Phi
Beta Kappa; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Rotary.
Died, from a heart
attack, while hunting,
in Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany,
February
20, 1954 (age 59 years, 140
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Wilbur Lucius Cross (1862-1948) —
also known as Wilbur L. Cross —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Mansfield, Tolland
County, Conn., April
10, 1862.
Democrat. University
professor; Governor of
Connecticut, 1931-39; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Connecticut, 1932,
1936,
1940,
1944;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1946.
Member, American
Philosophical Society; Society
of the Cincinnati; Sons of the American Revolution; Phi
Beta Kappa; Society
of Colonial Wars.
Died in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., October
5, 1948 (age 86 years, 178
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, New Haven, Conn.
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Jacob Drennan Early (1859-1919) —
also known as Jacob D. Early —
of Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind.
Born in Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind., November
4, 1859.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1888;
member of Indiana
state senate, 1897-99.
Member, Freemasons;
Sons of the American Revolution; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn., October
18, 1919 (age 59 years, 348
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Terre Haute, Ind.
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Edward Hart Fenn (1856-1939) —
also known as E. Hart Fenn —
of Wethersfield, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., September
12, 1856.
Republican. Journalist;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Wethersfield, 1907-08,
1915-16; member of Connecticut
state senate 4th District, 1909-12; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1916;
U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 1st District, 1921-31.
Congregationalist.
Member, Sons of the Revolution; Grange.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
23, 1939 (age 82 years, 164
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Hartford, Conn.
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Henry Baldwin Harrison (1821-1901) —
also known as Henry B. Harrison —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., September
11, 1821.
Member of Connecticut
state senate 4th District, 1854; Republican candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Connecticut, 1857; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from New Haven, 1865, 1873, 1884;
Speaker
of the Connecticut State House of Representatives, 1884; Governor of
Connecticut, 1885-87; defeated (Republican), 1874.
Member, Skull
and Bones; Sons of the American Revolution.
Died in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., October
29, 1901 (age 80 years, 48
days).
Interment at Grove
Street Cemetery, New Haven, Conn.
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Owen Ruick Havens (b. 1856) —
also known as Owen R. Havens —
of Rocky Hill, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Wethersfield, Hartford
County, Conn., August
23, 1856.
Republican. Farmer; manufacturer;
first
selectman of Rocky Hill, Connecticut, 1892-93, 1901-09; member of
Connecticut
state house of representatives from Rocky Hill, 1893-94, 1905-06;
delegate
to Connecticut state constitutional convention from Rocky Hill;
elected 1901.
Congregationalist.
Member, Sons of the American Revolution; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Ebenezer G. Havens and Melvine (Ruick) Havens; married 1897 to
Lillian Sophia White. |
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Henry B. Hawley (b. 1874) —
of Brookfield Center, Brookfield, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Brookfield Center, Brookfield, Fairfield
County, Conn., May 11,
1874.
Republican. Real estate
business; bank
director; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Brookfield, 1919-20; Dry
candidate for delegate
to Connecticut convention to ratify 21st amendment 24th District,
1933.
Congregationalist.
Member, Sons of the American Revolution.
Burial location unknown.
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William Hayward (1877-1944) —
of Nebraska City, Otoe
County, Neb.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Nebraska City, Otoe
County, Neb., April
29, 1877.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer;
Otoe
County Judge, 1901-02; Nebraska
Republican state chair, 1907-09; Secretary
of Republican National Committee, 1908-12; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1921-25; delegate
to Republican National Convention from New York, 1924.
Member, United
Spanish War Veterans; Sons of the Revolution; American
Legion; Union
League.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
13, 1944 (age 67 years, 167
days).
Interment at Cedar
Grove Cemetery, New London, Conn.
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Edward Stevens Henry (1836-1921) —
also known as E. Stevens Henry —
of Rockville, Vernon, Tolland
County, Conn.
Born in Gill, Franklin
County, Mass., February
10, 1836.
Republican. Farmer; dry goods
merchant; banker;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Vernon, 1883; member of Connecticut
state senate 23rd District, 1887-88; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Connecticut, 1888
(member, Committee
to Notify Nominees); Connecticut
state treasurer, 1889-93; mayor
of Rockville, Conn., 1894-95; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 1st District, 1895-1913;
defeated, 1892.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Sons of the American Revolution; Freemasons.
Died in Rockville, Vernon, Tolland
County, Conn., October
10, 1921 (age 85 years, 242
days).
Interment at Grove
Hill Cemetery, Rockville, Vernon, Conn.
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Edwin Werter Higgins (1874-1954) —
also known as Edwin W. Higgins —
of Norwich, New London
County, Conn.
Born in Clinton, Middlesex
County, Conn., July 2,
1874.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Norwich, 1899-1900; member of
Connecticut
Republican State Central Committee, 1900-06; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1904
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1916;
U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 3rd District, 1905-13.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sons of the American Revolution; Phi
Sigma Kappa.
Died in Norwich, New London
County, Conn., September
24, 1954 (age 80 years, 84
days).
Interment at Maplewood
Cemetery, Norwich, Conn.
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Isaac Chauncey Lewis (1812-1893) —
also known as Isaac C. Lewis —
of Meriden, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Wallingford, New Haven
County, Conn., October
19, 1812.
Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1848, 1859, 1862, 1866; mayor
of Meriden, Conn., 1870-72.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Sons of the American Revolution.
Died in Meriden, New Haven
County, Conn., December
7, 1893 (age 81 years, 49
days).
Interment at Walnut
Grove Cemetery, Meriden, Conn.
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Joseph Edward Lumbard (1901-1999) —
also known as J. Edward Lumbard —
of New York; Fairfield, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August
18, 1901.
Republican. Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1947; defeated, 1947; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1953-55; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1955-71; took
senior status 1971.
Unitarian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sons of the Revolution.
Died in Fairfield, Fairfield
County, Conn., June 3,
1999 (age 97 years, 289
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Edward Lumbard and Martha Louise (Meier) Lumbard; married,
September
4, 1929, to Polly Poindexter. |
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Lyman Allen Mills (1841-1929) —
also known as Lyman A. Mills —
of Middlefield, Middlesex
County, Conn.
Born in Middletown (part now in Middlefield), Middlesex
County, Conn., February
25, 1841.
Republican. Manufacturer;
cattle
breeder; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Middlefield, 1895; Lieutenant
Governor of Connecticut, 1899-1901.
Member, Sons of the American Revolution.
Died in Dunedin, Pinellas
County, Fla., February
22, 1929 (age 87 years, 363
days).
Interment at Middlefield Cemetery, Middlefield, Conn.
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Daniel Nash Morgan (1844-1931) —
also known as Daniel N. Morgan —
of Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Newtown, Fairfield
County, Conn., August
18, 1844.
Democrat. Grocer; dry goods
merchant; banker; mayor
of Bridgeport, Conn., 1880-81, 1884-85; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1883; member of Connecticut
state senate 14th District, 1885-86, 1893; resigned 1893;
Treasurer of the United States, 1893-97; candidate for Governor of
Connecticut, 1898.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sons of the Revolution; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Odd
Fellows.
While crossing a street, he was hit by an
automobile, was badly injured, and died twelve days later, in
Bridgeport Hospital,
Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn., May 30,
1931 (age 86 years, 285
days).
Interment at Mountain
Grove Cemetery, Bridgeport, Conn.
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Henry Gleason Newton (1843-1914) —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Durham, Middlesex
County, Conn., June 5,
1843.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1885, 1895; trustee, Farmers' and
Mechanics' Savings Bank,
Middletown, Conn.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sons of the American Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died March
21, 1914 (age 70 years, 289
days).
Interment at Durham Cemetery, Durham, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of Capt. Gaylord Newton and Nancy M. (Merwin) Newton; married 1885 to Dr.
Sarah Allen Baldwin. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Francis Hubert Parker (1850-1927) —
also known as Francis H. Parker —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in East Haddam, Middlesex
County, Conn., September
23, 1850.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Hartford, 1878, 1880,
1909-10; candidate for Connecticut
state senate, 1894; U.S.
Attorney for Connecticut, 1900-08.
Member, Sons of the Revolution; American
Historical Association.
Died in East Haddam, Middlesex
County, Conn., February
9, 1927 (age 76 years, 139
days).
Interment at Mt. Parnassus Burying Ground, East Haddam, Conn.
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Charles Phelps (1852-1940) —
of Rockville, Tolland
County, Conn.
Born in East Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., August
10, 1852.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Vernon, 1885; member of Connecticut
state senate 23rd District, 1893-94; secretary
of state of Connecticut, 1897-99; Connecticut
state attorney general, 1899-1903; delegate
to Connecticut state constitutional convention from Vernon, 1902;
Tolland
County State's Attorney, 1904-15; bank
director.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Psi
Upsilon; Odd
Fellows; Sons of the American Revolution.
Died in St. Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla., February
3, 1940 (age 87 years, 177
days).
Entombed at Grove
Hill Cemetery, Rockville, Vernon, Conn.
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Henry Roberts (1853-1929) —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
22, 1853.
Republican. President, Hartford Woven Wire
Mattress Company; director, Hartford Electric
Light Company; also director of several banks;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Hartford, 1899-1900; member
of Connecticut
state senate 1st District, 1901-02; Lieutenant
Governor of Connecticut, 1903-05; Governor of
Connecticut, 1905-07.
Congregationalist.
Welsh
ancestry. Member, Sons of the American Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars.
Died, from respiratory
failure, in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., May 1,
1929 (age 76 years, 99
days).
Interment at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Hartford, Conn.
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Bartow Sumter Weeks (1861-1922) —
also known as Bartow S. Weeks —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Round Hill, Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn., April
25, 1861.
Democrat. Lawyer; law
partner of George
Gordon Battle and H.
Snowden Marshall; candidate for New York
state senate 15th District, 1898; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1913, 1914-22; appointed
1913; defeated, 1913; appointed 1914; died in office 1922.
Member, Tammany
Hall; Alpha
Delta Phi; Sons of the Revolution.
Died in Miami Beach, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla., February
3, 1922 (age 60 years, 284
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Astor Weeks and Aletha (White) Weeks; married 1900 to
Antoinette Mataran; married 1901 to Emma
B. Sears; married 1918 to
Josephine (de Martigny) Smith. |
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