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  Henry Sherman Boutell (1856-1926) — also known as Henry S. Boutell — of Chicago, Cook County, Ill. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., March 14, 1856. Republican. Lawyer; member of Illinois state house of representatives, 1884; U.S. Representative from Illinois, 1897-1911 (6th District 1897-1903, 9th District 1903-11); delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1908; U.S. Minister to Switzerland, 1911-13; law professor. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Sons of the American Revolution; Society of Colonial Wars; Loyal Legion. Died, of bronchial pneumonia, in Sanremo, Italy, March 11, 1926 (age 69 years, 362 days). Interment at Pine Grove Cemetery, Westborough, Mass.
  Relatives: Son of Lewis Henry Boutell and Anna (Greene) Boutell; married, December 29, 1880, to Euphemia Lucia Clara Gates; nephew of Roger Sherman Greene; grandnephew of William Maxwell Evarts; second great-grandson of Roger Sherman.
  Political family: Pitkin-Baldwin-Hoar family of Massachusetts (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB dossier
  Hobart Chatfield Chatfield-Taylor (1865-1945) — also known as Hobart C. Chatfield-Taylor; Hobart Chatfield Taylor; Hobart C. Taylor — of Chicago, Cook County, Ill. Born in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., March 24, 1865. Author; novelist; biographer; Consul for Spain in Chicago, Ill., 1892-98. Member, Society of the Cincinnati; Society of Colonial Wars. Died in Montecito, Santa Barbara County, Calif., January 16, 1945 (age 79 years, 298 days). Interment at Santa Barbara Cemetery, Santa Barbara, Calif.
  Relatives: Son of Henry Hobart Taylor and Adelaide S. (Chatfield) Taylor; married, June 19, 1890, to Rose Farwell (daughter of Charles Benjamin Farwell); married 1920 to Estelle (Barbour) Stillman; second cousin of Nathan Summers Beardslee; second cousin once removed of Glover Wheeler Cable; third cousin once removed of Benjamin Pulaski Chatfield and Alton Farrel; third cousin twice removed of Truman Hotchkiss; fourth cousin once removed of Andrew Gould Chatfield and Henry Ward Beecher.
  Political families:Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
Carter H. Harrison Carter Henry Harrison II (1860-1953) — also known as Carter H. Harrison — of Chicago, Cook County, Ill. Born in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., April 23, 1860. Democrat. Lawyer; real estate business; newspaper editor and publisher; mayor of Chicago, Ill., 1897-1905, 1911-15; defeated in primary, 1915; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1900, 1916, 1920, 1932, 1936; U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue at Chicago, Illinois, 1934-44. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Sons of the American Revolution; Sons of the Revolution; Society of the Cincinnati; Veterans of Foreign Wars; American Legion; Society of Colonial Wars; Society of the War of 1812; Military Order of the World Wars. Died in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., December 25, 1953 (age 93 years, 246 days). Interment at Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
  Relatives: Son of Carter Henry Harrison and Sophonisba Grayson (Preston) Harrison; married to Marguerite Stearns; married, December 14, 1887, to Edith Ogden; great-grandson of William Russell (1758-1825); great-grandnephew of Alfred William Grayson and Benjamin William Sheridan Cabell; second great-grandson of William Russell (1735-1793) and William Grayson; second great-grandnephew of Benjamin Harrison (1726-1791), William Cabell and William Smallwood; third great-grandnephew of Richard Randolph; first cousin once removed of John Breckinridge Castleman; first cousin twice removed of Joseph Cabell Breckinridge (1788-1823), Robert Jefferson Breckinridge, William Lewis Cabell and George Craighead Cabell; first cousin thrice removed of Thomas Jefferson, Carter Bassett Harrison, William Cabell Jr., William Henry Cabell, William Henry Harrison (1773-1841) and Beverly Robinson Grayson; first cousin four times removed of Richard Bland, Peyton Randolph (1721-1775), Robert Carter Nicholas (1729-1780) and William Fitzhugh; second cousin once removed of John Cabell Breckinridge, Peter Augustus Porter (1827-1864), Robert Jefferson Breckinridge Jr., William Campbell Preston Breckinridge and Benjamin Earl Cabell; second cousin twice removed of Martha Jefferson Randolph, Dabney Carr, Frederick Mortimer Cabell, John Scott Harrison (1804-1878) and Edward Carrington Cabell; second cousin thrice removed of Theodorick Bland, Edmund Jenings Randolph, George Nicholas, Beverley Randolph, James Monroe (1758-1831), Wilson Cary Nicholas, John Nicholas, John Randolph of Roanoke and John Robertson; third cousin of Joseph Cabell Breckinridge (1844-1906), Clifton Rodes Breckinridge, Peter Augustus Porter (1853-1925), Levin Irving Handy, Desha Breckinridge, Henry Skillman Breckinridge and Earle Cabell; third cousin once removed of Francis Wayles Eppes, Dabney Smith Carr, Benjamin Franklin Randolph, Meriwether Lewis Randolph, George Wythe Randolph, John William Leftwich, Benjamin Harrison (1833-1901), Joel Walker Flood and John Scott Harrison (1844-1926); third cousin twice removed of John Marshall, Henry Lee, Charles Lee, Richard Bland Lee, James Markham Marshall, Thomas Mann Randolph Jr., Alexander Keith Marshall, Edmund Jennings Lee, Peyton Randolph (1779-1828), Henry St. George Tucker, Robert Carter Nicholas (1787-1857), Thomas Bell Monroe, James Monroe (1799-1870) and Stanley Matthews; third cousin thrice removed of Burwell Bassett and Samuel Nicholls Smallwood; fourth cousin of Thomas Jefferson Coolidge, Russell Benjamin Harrison, Henry De La Warr Flood, John Brady Grayson, Frederick Madison Roberts and Joel West Flood; fourth cousin once removed of Thomas Marshall, James Keith Marshall, John Strother Pendleton, Albert Gallatin Pendleton, Victor Monroe, Peter Myndert Dox, Edmund Randolph, Nathaniel Beverly Tucker, William Henry Fitzhugh Lee, John Gardner Coolidge, Edith Wilson, Harry Flood Byrd and William Henry Harrison (1896-1990).
  Political families: Cabell-Breckinridge family of Virginia; Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardson family of Virginia (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Cross-reference: Robert E. Burke
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: Library of Congress
  Lewis Baldwin Parsons (b. 1818) — also known as Lewis B. Parsons — of Flora, Clay County, Ill. Born in Genesee County, N.Y., April 5, 1818. Democrat. Lawyer; treasurer and president, Ohio and Mississippi Railroad; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Illinois, 1880; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1884. Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Sons of the Revolution; Society of Colonial Wars. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Lewis Parsons and Lucina (Hoar) Parsons; married, September 21, 1847, to Sarah Green Edwards; married, July 5, 1852, to Julia Maria Edwards; married, December 28, 1869, to Elizabeth Darrah.
Fred W. Upham Frederic William Upham (1861-1925) — also known as Fred W. Upham — of Chicago, Cook County, Ill. Born in Racine, Racine County, Wis., January 29, 1861. Republican. Lumber business; president, City Fuel Company, coal dealers; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1892, 1912, 1916, 1920 (chair, Arrangements Committee), 1924; member of Illinois Republican State Central Committee, 1919; Treasurer of Republican National Committee, 1920-24; member of Republican National Committee from Illinois, 1924. Member, Union League; Society of Colonial Wars; Sons of the American Revolution; Loyal Legion. Died, from a cerebral hemorrhage, in Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, Fla., February 15, 1925 (age 64 years, 17 days). Interment at Rosehill Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
  Relatives: Son of Calvin Hoadley Upham and Amanda Eveline (Gibbs) Upham; married to Alice Judd and Helen Hall; nephew of William Henry Upham; second cousin once removed of Isaiah Blood; second cousin twice removed of William Upham and Alonzo Sidney Upham; third cousin twice removed of Don Alonzo Joshua Upham; fourth cousin once removed of Charles Leslie Upham.
  Political families: Upham family of Massachusetts and New Hampshire; Upham family of Massachusetts (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: Proceedings of the 1920 Republican National Convention

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