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William Robert Bayes (1876-1964) —
also known as William R. Bayes —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Wauseon, Fulton
County, Ohio, July 29,
1876.
Republican. Lawyer;
president, Kings Highway Savings Bank;
president, Brooklyn National Life
Insurance Co.; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 8th District, 1915;
candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1922, 1933, 1940; delegate
to Republican National Convention from New York, 1924;
delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; justice,
New York City Court of Special Sessions, 1935-46.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Theta; Freemasons;
Union League.
Died in Gloversville, Fulton
County, N.Y., November
28, 1964 (age 88 years, 122
days).
Interment at Willowbrook
Cemetery, Westport, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of Isaac E. Bayes and Fannie A. (Guilford) Bayes; married, September
7, 1904, to Mabel Ross. |
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Frank Bosworth Brandegee (1864-1924) —
also known as Frank B. Brandegee —
of New London, New London
County, Conn.
Born in New London, New London
County, Conn., July 8,
1864.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from New London, 1889, 1899-1900;
Speaker
of the Connecticut State House of Representatives, 1899-1900;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Connecticut, 1900;
member of Connecticut
Republican State Central Committee, 1901; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 3rd District, 1902-05; U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1905-24; died in office 1924.
Member, Union League.
Killed
himself by inhaling from
a gaslight, in Washington,
D.C., October
14, 1924 (age 60 years, 98
days). Five years later, U.S. Sen. Cole
Blease of South Carolina received a letter from a woman alleging
that Brandegee had been murdered;
the letter was turned over to a Senate committee to investigate the
mystery,
but nothing came of it.
Interment at Cedar
Grove Cemetery, New London, Conn.
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Louis Richmond Cheney (1859-1944) —
also known as Louis R. Cheney —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in South Manchester, Manchester, Hartford
County, Conn., April
27, 1859.
Republican. Silk
manufacturer; mayor
of Hartford, Conn., 1912-14; member of Connecticut
state senate, 1915.
Member, Union League.
Died December
17, 1944 (age 85 years, 234
days).
Interment at East
Cemetery, Manchester, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of George Wells Cheney and Harriet K. (Richmond) Cheney; married 1890 to Mary
Alice Robinson; married to Margaret Bennett. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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William Judson Clark (b. 1825) —
also known as William J. Clark —
of Southington, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Southington, Hartford
County, Conn., August
19, 1825.
Republican. Went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; nut and bolt
manufacturer; member of Connecticut
state senate 2nd District, 1883-84.
Member, Union League; Odd
Fellows.
Burial location unknown.
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William Brainard Coit (1862-1920) —
of New London, New London
County, Conn.
Born in New London, New London
County, Conn., July 23,
1862.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from New London, 1901-04.
Congregationalist.
Member, Elks; Freemasons;
Union League.
Died in New London, New London
County, Conn., September
16, 1920 (age 58 years, 55
days).
Interment at Cedar
Grove Cemetery, New London, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert
Coit Jr. and Lucretia (Brainard) Coit; married, October
20, 1886, to Anna Blanchard Bancroft; great-grandson of Joshua
Coit; second cousin thrice removed of David
Hough; second cousin four times removed of Samuel
Huntington; third cousin twice removed of Ebenezer
Huntington, Samuel
Townsend Douglass, Silas
Hamilton Douglas, John
Foster Dulles and Allen
Welsh Dulles; third cousin thrice removed of John
Davenport, James
Davenport, Samuel
H. Huntington, Henry
Huntington, Jeremiah
Mason, Gurdon
Huntington, Augustus
Seymour Porter, Samuel
Lathrop and Peter
Buell Porter; fourth cousin once removed of Jabez
Williams Huntington, John
Hall Brockway, Charles
Wentworth Upham, Henry
Titus Backus, David
Edgerton, Henry
Woolsey Douglas and James
Gillespie Blaine III. |
| | | 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). |
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memorial |
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Fred Pierce Corson (1896-1985) —
also known as Fred P. Corson —
of Jackson Heights, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.; Port Washington, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.; Carlisle, Cumberland
County, Pa.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Cornwall, Lebanon
County, Pa.
Born in Millville, Cumberland
County, N.J., April
11, 1896.
Methodist
minister; president,
Dickinson College, 1934-44; Methodist Bishop of Philadelphia,
1944-68; offered prayer, Republican National Convention, 1948,
1952;
offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,
1948.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Union League; Rotary;
Kappa
Sigma; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Tau
Kappa Alpha; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, from a cerebral
hemorrhage after a fall, in
St. Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla., February
16, 1985 (age 88 years, 311
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Jeremiah Corson and Mary (Payne) Corson; married 1922 to
Frances Blount Beaman. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
| | | Image source: Dickinson
College |
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Edmund Day (b. 1831) —
of Seymour, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in West Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass., December
12, 1831.
Republican. Rubber goods
manufacturer; paper
manufacturer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Seymour, 1874; member of Connecticut
state senate 7th District, 1884-85; president, Seymour Electric
Light Company.
Member, Union League.
Burial location unknown.
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James A. Doughty (b. 1850) —
of Torrington, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born in Beekman, Dutchess
County, N.Y., 1850.
Republican. Brass
manufacturing executive; banker;
candidate for Connecticut
state senate 30th District, 1910.
Member, Union League.
Burial location unknown.
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Robert Orville Eaton (b. 1857) —
also known as Robert O. Eaton —
of North Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in North Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., 1857.
Republican. Farmer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from North Haven, 1895-96,
1915-21; U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue for Connecticut, 1908-13,
1921-33; delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut,
1932.
Member, Grange;
Freemasons;
Elks;
Union League.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Jesse Orville Eaton and Mary Ann (Bradley) Eaton; married, May 19,
1881, to Catherine Almira Grannis. |
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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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John Matthew Golden (b. 1895) —
also known as John M. Golden —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Old Saybrook, Middlesex
County, Conn., November
4, 1895.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Connecticut, 1932
(alternate), 1940,
1952,
1956,
1960,
1968;
member of Connecticut
Democratic State Central Committee, 1941; member of Democratic
National Committee from Connecticut, 1954-68.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Eagles;
Ancient
Order of Hibernians; Union League.
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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George Leavens Lilley (1859-1909) —
also known as George L. Lilley —
of Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Oxford, Worcester
County, Mass., August
3, 1859.
Republican. Meat dealer;
real
estate business; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Waterbury, 1901-02; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut at-large, 1903-09; member of Connecticut
Republican State Committee, 1904-09; Governor of
Connecticut, 1909; died in office 1909.
Member, Union League.
Died, in the Connecticut Executive
Mansion, Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., April
21, 1909 (age 49 years, 261
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Waterbury, Conn.
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Charles Hine Nettleton (b. 1850) —
of Shelton, Fairfield
County, Conn.; Derby, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., June 29,
1850.
Warden
(borough president) of Shelton, Connecticut, 1882-83; president,
New Haven Gas
Light Company; president, Birmingham National Bank;
general manager, Birmingham Water
Company.
Episcopalian.
Member, Alpha
Delta Phi; Phi
Beta Kappa; Union League; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Nettleton and Ellen (Hine) Nettleton; married, November
11, 1874, to Katharine Arold. |
| | | Image source: Men of Mark in
Connecticut (1908) |
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Allan W. Paige (1854-1913) —
of Huntington (now Shelton), Fairfield
County, Conn.; Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Sherman, Fairfield
County, Conn., February
28, 1854.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1882, 1891-92; Speaker of
the Connecticut State House of Representatives, 1891-92; member
of Connecticut
state senate 21st District, 1905-06; defeated, 1906.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Union League.
Died July 27,
1913 (age 59 years, 149
days).
Interment at Mountain
Grove Cemetery, Bridgeport, Conn.
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Frank James Rice (1869-1917) —
also known as Frank J. Rice —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in North Adams, Berkshire
County, Mass., February
5, 1869.
Republican. Streetcar
conductor; grocer; real estate
business; mayor
of New Haven, Conn., 1910-17; died in office 1917.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Grotto;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Redmen;
Order
of Heptasophs; Knights
of Pythias; Union League.
Died January
18, 1917 (age 47 years, 348
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, New Haven, Conn.
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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.
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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 |
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Charles Emory Smith (1842-1908) —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Mansfield, Tolland
County, Conn., February
18, 1842.
Republican. Newspaper
editor; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1876;
U.S. Minister to Russia, 1890-92; U.S.
Postmaster General, 1898-1902.
Baptist.
Member, Union League; Freemasons.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., January
19, 1908 (age 65 years, 335
days).
Interment at West
Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pa.
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Clarence E. Thompson (b. 1844) —
of Orange, New Haven
County, Conn.; West Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Orange, New Haven
County, Conn., November
15, 1844.
Republican. Banker;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Orange, 1903-06; member of Connecticut
state senate 14th District, 1907-08.
Member, Union League.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Silas Thompson and Minerva (Smith) Thompson; married, October
15, 1868, to Helena R. Smith. |
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Frank Albert Wallace (b. 1857) —
also known as F. A. Wallace —
of Wallingford, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Wallingford, New Haven
County, Conn., September
23, 1857.
Republican. Manufacturer;
banker;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Connecticut, 1908;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Wallingford, 1909-10.
Congregationalist.
Member, Union League.
Burial location unknown.
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Frank Bentley Weeks (1854-1935) —
also known as Frank B. Weeks —
of Middletown, Middlesex
County, Conn.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
20, 1854.
Republican. Grain milling
business; banker;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Connecticut; Lieutenant
Governor of Connecticut, 1909; Governor of
Connecticut, 1909-11; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Connecticut, 1912,
1916.
Congregationalist.
Member, Society
of Colonial Wars; Union League.
Died October
2, 1935 (age 81 years, 255
days).
Interment at Indian
Hill Cemetery, Middletown, Conn.
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Charles Seymour Whitman (1868-1947) —
also known as Charles S. Whitman —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Hanover, Sprague, New London
County, Conn., September
29, 1868.
Republican. New
York County District Attorney; Governor of
New York, 1915-19; defeated, 1918; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1916,
1920;
delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Member, Union League.
Died March
29, 1947 (age 78 years, 181
days).
Interment at Westlawn
Cemetery, Williamstown, Mass.
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Franklin Woodruff (1832-1898) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Farmington, Hartford
County, Conn., April
29, 1832.
Republican. Candidate for mayor
of Brooklyn, N.Y., 1879; candidate for New York
state senate 3rd District, 1895.
Member, Union League.
Died, from apoplexy,
in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., March
15, 1898 (age 65 years, 320
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Rollin Simmons Woodruff (1854-1925) —
also known as Rollin S. Woodruff —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., July 14,
1854.
Republican. President, C. S. Mersick & Co., wholesale iron
dealers; director, Connecticut Savings Bank and
Mechanics Bank;
president, Grace Hospital
of New Haven; member of Connecticut
state senate, 1903; Lieutenant
Governor of Connecticut, 1905-07; Governor of
Connecticut, 1907-09; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Connecticut, 1912
(alternate), 1916,
1920
(alternate), 1924.
English
ancestry. Member, Union League.
Died June 30,
1925 (age 70 years, 351
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, New Haven, Conn.
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