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Michael J. Adanti (1940-2005) —
also known as "Red" —
of Ansonia, New Haven
County, Conn.; Shelton, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born June 23,
1940.
Democrat. Played football
for the Ansonia Black Knights of the Atlantic Coast League; school
teacher; mayor
of Ansonia, Conn., 1973-77; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 5th District, 1976; president,
Southern Connecticut State University, 1984-2003.
Killed in an automobile
accident, in Sardinia,
July
31, 2005 (age 65 years, 38
days).
Interment at Mt.
St. Peter Catholic Cemetery, Derby, Conn.
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Robert Bernerd Anderson (1910-1989) —
also known as Robert B. Anderson —
of Texas.
Born in Burleson, Johnson
County, Tex., June 4,
1910.
School teacher; lawyer;
member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1932; Received the Medal
of Freedom in 1955; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1957-61.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Phi
Delta Phi; Order of
the Coif.
Pleaded
guilty in 1987 to charges
of evading
taxes by illegally operating an offshore
bank; sentenced
to jail, house
arrest, and probation;
disbarred
in 1988.
Died, of complications from surgery on cancer
of the esophagus, in New York
Hospital, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., August
14, 1989 (age 79 years, 71
days).
Interment at Rosehill Cemetery, Cleburne, Tex.
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Edwin Prosper Augur (1847-1925) —
also known as Edwin P. Augur —
of Middletown, Middlesex
County, Conn.
Born in Middlefield, Middlesex
County, Conn., January
31, 1847.
School teacher and principal; surveyor;
Middlesex
County Surveyor, 1870; Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 2nd District, 1886, 1888, 1896;
engineer.
Died in Middlefield, Middlesex
County, Conn., January
29, 1925 (age 77 years, 364
days).
Interment at Middlefield Cemetery, Middlefield, Conn.
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Ebenezer Don Carlos Bassett (1833-1908) —
also known as Ebenezer D. Bassett —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Litchfield, Litchfield
County, Conn., October
16, 1833.
School teacher; U.S. Minister to Haiti, 1869-77; U.S. Consul General in Port-au-Prince, as of 1874; Vice-Consul
for Haiti in New
York, N.Y., 1898-1902, 1904-08.
African
and Pequot
Indian ancestry.
First
Black American to be appointed a diplomat to a foreign country.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., November
14, 1908 (age 75 years, 29
days).
Interment at Grove
Street Cemetery, New Haven, Conn.
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Mark D. Benigni (b. 1972) —
of Meriden, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in 1972.
Mayor
of Meriden, Conn., 2001-08; resigned 2008; school
principal; superintendent of schools.
Still living as of 2010.
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John Chapin Brinsmade (1852-1930) —
also known as John C. Brinsmade —
of Washington, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born in Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass., August
24, 1852.
Republican. School principal; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Washington, 1893-94, 1909-10;
delegate
to Connecticut state constitutional convention, 1902; member of
Connecticut
state senate 32nd District, 1911-12.
Died August
21, 1930 (age 77 years, 362
days).
Interment at Washington
Cemetery on the Green, Washington, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of William Bartlett Brinsmade and Charlotte Blake (Chapin) Brinsmade;
married to Mary Gold Gunn. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Matthew Bulkley (1811-1895) —
of Weston, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Weston, Fairfield
County, Conn., August
27, 1811.
Democrat. School teacher; founder and headmaster, Weston
Boarding School; Weston Town Clerk; member of Connecticut
state senate 10th District, 1857, 1875; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Connecticut, 1868.
Died October
30, 1895 (age 84 years, 64
days).
Interment at Coley
Cemetery, Weston, Conn.
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David Nelson Camp (1820-1916) —
of New Britain, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Durham, Middlesex
County, Conn., October
3, 1820.
Republican. School teacher; superintendent of schools;
mayor
of New Britain, Conn., 1877-79.
Died in New Britain, Hartford
County, Conn., October
19, 1916 (age 96 years, 16
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, New Britain, Conn.
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George Redfield Curtis (1825-1893) —
also known as George R. Curtis —
of Meriden, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Meriden, New Haven
County, Conn., December
25, 1825.
School teacher; treasurer, Meriden Britania
Company; president, Meriden Silver Plate
Company, the Meridan Horse
Railroad Company, and the Meriden Gas
Light Company; mayor
of Meriden, Conn., 1880-81.
Episcopalian.
Died in Meriden, New Haven
County, Conn., May 20,
1893 (age 67 years, 146
days).
Interment at Walnut
Grove Cemetery, Meriden, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of Asahel Curtis and Mehitable (Redfield) Curtis; married, May 22,
1855, to Augusta Munson. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Men of Mark in
Connecticut (1908) |
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James Daniels (born c.1856) —
of Hamburg, Lyme, New London
County, Conn.
Born in Lyme, New London
County, Conn., about 1856.
Democrat. Farmer;
school teacher; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Lyme, 1901-02.
Burial location unknown.
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John C. Daniels (1936-2015) —
also known as John Daniels —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Macon, Bibb
County, Ga., April
25, 1936.
Democrat. School teacher; member of Connecticut
state senate, 1980; mayor
of New Haven, Conn., 1990-93.
United
Church of Christ. African
ancestry.
Died March
14, 2015 (age 78 years, 323
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Tyler D. Davidson (1872-1952) —
of Bethany, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Bethany, New Haven
County, Conn., June 8,
1872.
Democrat. School teacher; farmer;
justice of the peace; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Bethany, 1915-16, 1931-32;
defeated, 1904, 1932, 1934, 1936; Dry candidate for delegate
to Connecticut convention to ratify 21st amendment 14th District,
1933.
Member, Grange.
Died September
13, 1952 (age 80 years, 97
days).
Interment at Carrington Cemetery, Bethany, Conn.
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William J. Day (born c.1874) —
of Barkhamsted, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born in Colchester, New London
County, Conn., about 1874.
Republican. School teacher; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Barkhamsted, 1917-18;
defeated, 1912.
Burial location unknown.
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John M. Fabrizi (born c.1957) —
of Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born about 1957.
Democrat. School teacher; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Connecticut, 2000;
mayor
of Bridgeport, Conn., 2003-07; admitted
in June 2006 that he had used
cocaine, and did not seek
re-election.
Still living as of 2007.
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Judith G. Freedman —
of Westport, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Republican. School teacher; member of Connecticut
state senate 26th District, 2002.
Female.
Member, Kiwanis.
Still living as of 2002.
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Edwin M. Grant (1858-1932) —
of Ashford, Windham
County, Conn.
Born in Connecticut, May 21,
1858.
Republican. School teacher; farmer;
postmaster at Ashford,
Conn., 1907; candidate for Connecticut
state house of representatives from Ashford, 1910, 1922.
Died in Preston, New London
County, Conn., August
16, 1932 (age 74 years, 87
days).
Interment at Old
Willimantic Cemetery, Windham, Conn.
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Joan V. Hartley —
of Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn.
School teacher; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives 73rd District, 1985-2000; member
of Connecticut
state senate 15th District, 2001-.
Female.
Still living as of 2010.
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Thomas J. Herlihy —
of Simsbury, Hartford
County, Conn.
Republican. School teacher; insurance
business; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives 16th District; elected 1996;
member of Connecticut
state senate 8th District, 2001-.
Member, Rotary.
Still living as of 2002.
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Frank A. Hooker (1844-1911) —
of Charlotte, Eaton
County, Mich.
Born in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., January
16, 1844.
Republican. Lawyer; Eaton
County Prosecuting Attorney; superintendent of schools; circuit
judge in Michigan 5th Circuit, 1878-92; appointed 1878; justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1893-1911; died in office 1911; chief
justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1902-03.
Died in Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y., July 10,
1911 (age 67 years, 175
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Lansing, Mich.
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Samuel Whaley Hopkins (1845-1923) —
also known as Samuel W. Hopkins —
of Coventry, Tolland
County, Conn.; Mt. Pleasant, Isabella
County, Mich.
Born in Exeter, Washington
County, R.I., April 1,
1845.
School teacher; lawyer; real estate
developer; Isabella
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1875-76; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Isabella District, 1877-80;
candidate for village
president of Mt. Pleasant, Michigan, 1877; chair of
Isabella County Republican Party, 1878-84; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1884;
president, Mount Pleasant Sugar
Company; member of Michigan
state senate 25th District, 1893-94; defeated, 1898 (Democratic),
1914 (Progressive).
Unitarian.
English
ancestry.
Died in Mt. Pleasant, Isabella
County, Mich., August
20, 1923 (age 78 years, 141
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Mt. Pleasant, Mich.
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Nancy Lee Johnson (b. 1935) —
also known as Nancy L. Johnson; Nancy Elizabeth
Lee —
of New Britain, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., January
5, 1935.
Republican. School teacher; member of Connecticut
state senate, 1977-82; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Connecticut, 1980,
2008
(alternate); U.S.
Representative from Connecticut, 1983-2006 (6th District
1983-2003, 5th District 2003-06).
Female.
Unitarian.
Still living as of 2014.
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Paul Kuczo Jr. —
of Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Democrat. School teacher; candidate for mayor
of Stamford, Conn., 1969.
Still living as of 1969.
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William Larrabee (1832-1912) —
of Iowa.
Born in Ledyard, New London
County, Conn., January
20, 1832.
School teacher; grain
miller; banker;
member of Iowa
state senate, 1867; Governor of
Iowa, 1886-90.
Methodist.
French
Huguenot ancestry.
Blinded
in his right eye by a gun accident at age 15.
Died November
16, 1912 (age 80 years, 301
days).
Interment at God's
Acre Cemetery, Clermont, Iowa.
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Gary D. LeBeau —
of East Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Easthampton, Hampshire
County, Mass.
Democrat. School teacher; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives; elected 1990; member of Connecticut
state senate 3rd District, 1997-; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Connecticut, 2004.
Member, League of Women
Voters; Lions; Elks.
Still living as of 2010.
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Flavel Sweeten Luther (1850-1928) —
also known as Flavel S. Luther —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Brooklyn, Windham
County, Conn., March
26, 1850.
Republican. School teacher; college
professor; president,
Trinity College, Hartford, Conn., 1904-19; member of Connecticut
state senate 1st District, 1907-08.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
American
Society of Mechanical Engineers.
Died in 1928
(age about
78 years).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Altadena, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of Flavel S. Luther and Jane (Lillie) Luther; married, November
2, 1871, to Isabel Blake Ely. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Legislative History and
Souvenir of Connecticut |
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Winifred McDonald (1888-1976) —
also known as Winifred Genevieve Weis —
of Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn., June 8,
1888.
Democrat. School teacher; member of Connecticut
Democratic State Central Committee, 1940, 1950; alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1948;
secretary
of state of Connecticut, 1949-51.
Female.
Catholic.
Died February
23, 1976 (age 87 years, 260
days).
Interment at St.
Joseph's Cemetery, Waterbury, Conn.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Charles X. Weis and Mary (McGuiness) Weis; married 1912 to Edward
J. McDonald. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Connecticut Register and
Manual 1950 |
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Charles Henry Pendleton (1840-1918) —
also known as Charles H. Pendleton —
of Scotland, Windham
County, Conn.
Born in Preston, New London
County, Conn., May 14,
1840.
Republican. School teacher; bookkeeper;
farmer;
justice of the peace; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Scotland; elected 1904.
Baptist.
Died in 1918
(age about
78 years).
Interment at Palmertown Cemetery, Scotland, Conn.
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Henry J. Potter (b. 1850) —
of East Woodstock, Woodstock, Windham
County, Conn.
Born in West Woodstock, Woodstock, Windham
County, Conn., September
15, 1850.
Republican. School teacher and principal; farmer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Woodstock, 1903-04; member of
Connecticut
state senate 28th District, 1907-08.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Grange.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Stephen L. Potter and Sarah C. (Morse) Potter; married, February
17, 1898, to Alice C. Chandler. |
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Edith G. Prague —
of Columbia, Tolland
County, Conn.
Democrat. Social
worker; school teacher; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1990; member of Connecticut
state senate 19th District, 1995-.
Female.
Still living as of 2010.
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Edward Spellman Roberts (1842-1923) —
also known as Edward S. Roberts —
of East Canaan, North Canaan, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born in Goshen, Litchfield
County, Conn., April
15, 1842.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; school
teacher; creamery
business; bank
director; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1875, 1889; member of Connecticut
Democratic State Central Committee, 1901; Connecticut
state treasurer, 1913-15; defeated, 1906.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Grand
Army of the Republic; Grange.
Died April 9,
1923 (age 80 years, 359
days).
Interment at Hillside Cemetery, East Canaan, North Canaan, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of Frederick Roberts and Hannah (Spellman) Roberts; married, September
4, 1867, to Lois Jane Briggs. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Hartford Courant,
September 13, 1906 |
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Alice V. Rowland (b. 1894) —
also known as Alice V. McSherry —
of Ridgefield, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 18,
1894.
Republican. School teacher; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Ridgefield, 1931-34; member
of Connecticut
state senate 24th District, 1943-46.
Female.
Member, Grange;
League of
Women Voters.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Frank McSherry and Ellen McSherry. |
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Benjamin Ruggles (1783-1857) —
also known as "Wheel-Horse of the
Senate" —
of St. Clairsville, Belmont
County, Ohio.
Born in Abington, Pomfret, Windham
County, Conn., February
21, 1783.
School teacher; lawyer; farmer; U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1815-33; candidate for Presidential Elector
for Ohio.
Died September
2, 1857 (age 74 years, 193
days).
Interment at Union
Cemetery, St. Clairsville, Ohio.
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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.
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Relatives: Son
of Harriet (Betts) Seymour and William Wells Seymour; married to
Rebecca Mary Sproull. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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James Andrew Shanley (1896-1965) —
also known as James A. Shanley —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., April 1,
1896.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; school
teacher; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 3rd District, 1935-43; defeated,
1930, 1942; probate judge in Connecticut, 1950-65; died in office
1965.
Catholic.
Member, Elks; Eagles;
Knights
of Columbus.
Died in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., April 4,
1965 (age 69 years, 3
days).
Interment at St.
Lawrence Cemetery, West Haven, Conn.
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Francis Emanuel Shober (1860-1919) —
also known as Frank E. Shober —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Salisbury, Rowan
County, N.C., October
24, 1860.
Democrat. School teacher; minister;
newspaper
reporter; newspaper
editor; U.S.
Representative from New York 17th District, 1903-05; defeated,
1906.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Danbury, Fairfield
County, Conn., October
7, 1919 (age 58 years, 348
days).
Interment at Wooster
Cemetery, Danbury, Conn.
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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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Anthony J. Tercyak (c.1924-2003) —
of New Britain, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in New Britain, Hartford
County, Conn., about 1924.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; served in
the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; school teacher;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives 26th District, 1994-2003; died in
office 2003.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Knights
of Columbus.
Died, of a heart
attack, in New Britain, Hartford
County, Conn., June 11,
2003 (age about 79
years).
Interment at Sacred
Heart Cemetery, New Britain, Conn.
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John Skidmore Thornhill (1864-1946) —
also known as John S. Thornhill —
of Brookfield Center, Brookfield, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Bridgewater, Litchfield
County, Conn., March 6,
1864.
Republican. School teacher; farmer; first
selectman of Brookfield, Connecticut, 1904-07, 1910-15, 1919-21,
1924; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Brookfield, 1923-38;
defeated, 1904 (Democratic), 1910, 1920; member of Connecticut
state senate 24th District, 1939-40.
Died in Brookfield, Fairfield
County, Conn., December
29, 1946 (age 82 years, 298
days).
Interment at Central Cemetery, Brookfield Center, Brookfield, Conn.
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Elisha Waterman (1777-1857) —
of Lebanon, New London
County, Conn.
Born in Lebanon, New London
County, Conn., October
1, 1777.
School teacher; farmer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Lebanon, 1824, 1827; member
of Connecticut
state senate 9th District, 1837.
Congregationalist.
Died in Lebanon, New London
County, Conn., March
30, 1857 (age 79 years, 180
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Elisha Whittlesey (1783-1863) —
of Canfield, Mahoning
County, Ohio.
Born in Washington, Litchfield
County, Conn., October
19, 1783.
School teacher; lawyer; Mahoning
County Prosecuting Attorney; served in the U.S. Army during the
War of 1812; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1820-21; U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1823-38 (13th District 1823-33, 16th
District 1833-38); resigned 1838; First Comptroller, U.S. Treasury,
1849-57, 1861-63.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
7, 1863 (age 79 years, 80
days).
Interment at Canfield
Village Cemetery, Canfield, Ohio.
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Arthur Burnham Woodford (1861-1946) —
also known as Arthur B. Woodford —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Winsted, Winchester, Litchfield
County, Conn., October
7, 1861.
Republican. School headmaster; candidate for Connecticut
state house of representatives from New Haven, 1912.
Died in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., November
3, 1946 (age 85 years, 27
days).
Interment at Grove
Street Cemetery, New Haven, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of John Woodford and Laura Clarene (Burnham) Woodford; married, August
19, 1885, to Margaret Cornelia Bowditch; first cousin four times
removed of Noah
Phelps; second cousin twice removed of Amos
Pettibone; second cousin thrice removed of Elisha
Phelps; third cousin once removed of Asahel
Pierson Case and Donald
Barr Chidsey; third cousin twice removed of Orsamus
Cook Merrill, Timothy
Merrill, Norman
A. Phelps and John
Smith Phelps; third cousin thrice removed of Augustus
Pettibone, Hezekiah
Case and Rufus
Pettibone; fourth cousin of Nelson
Platt Wheeler, William
Egbert Wheeler and Rowland
Case Kellogg; fourth cousin once removed of Farrand
Fassett Merrill, William
Walter Phelps, Clarence
Roland Hotchkiss and Alexander
Royal Wheeler. |
| | | 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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Asahel Johnson Wright (b. 1854) —
of Killingly, Windham
County, Conn.
Born in Foster, Providence
County, R.I., September
29, 1854.
School teacher; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Killingly, 1882.
Burial location unknown.
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