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Robert Bacon (1860-1919) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., July 5,
1860.
Republican. Financier; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1909; U.S. Ambassador to France, 1909-12; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1916; colonel in the U.S. Army during
World War I.
Presbyterian.
English
ancestry. Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Died, from infection
following surgery for mastoiditis,
in the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 29,
1919 (age 58 years, 328
days).
Original interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.; reinterment at Walnut Hills Cemetery, Brookline, Mass.
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Frederick Butler (b. 1884) —
of Lawrence, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Lawrence, Essex
County, Mass., September
21, 1884.
Republican. Stockbroker; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1914-18; member of Massachusetts
state senate Fifth Essex District, 1920-22; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 7th District, 1922.
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph Patrick Kennedy, Sr. (1888-1969) —
also known as Joseph P. Kennedy; Joe
Kennedy —
of Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass.; Bronxville, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., September
6, 1888.
Supervisor of the shipyard
at Quincy, Mass.; banker;
stockbroker; owner and financier of movie
studios in the 1920s; organized the merger that created
Radio-Keith-Orpheum (RKO) in 1928; chair, U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission, 1934-35; U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1938-40.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Died, of complications from a stroke,
in Hyannis Port, Barnstable, Barnstable
County, Mass., November
18, 1969 (age 81 years, 73
days).
Interment at Holyhood
Cemetery, Brookline, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of Mary Augusta (Hickey) Kennedy and Patrick
Joseph Kennedy (1858-1929); married, October
7, 1914, to Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald (daughter of John
Francis Fitzgerald); father of Joseph
Patrick Kennedy Jr., John
Fitzgerald Kennedy (who married Jaqueline
Lee Bouvier), Eunice Mary Kennedy (who married Robert
Sargent Shriver Jr.), Patricia
Kennedy Lawford (who married Peter
Lawford), Robert
Francis Kennedy, Jean
Kennedy Smith and Edward
Moore Kennedy; grandfather of Kathleen
Kennedy Townsend, Joseph
Patrick Kennedy II, John
Fitzgerald Kennedy Jr., Mark
Kennedy Shriver and Patrick
Joseph Kennedy (born 1967). |
| | Political family: Kennedy
family. |
| | See also Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | Books about Joseph P. Kennedy: Richard
J. Whalen, The
Founding Father : The Story of Joseph P. Kennedy, A Study in Power,
Wealth, and Family Ambition |
| | Critical books about Joseph P. Kennedy:
Ronald Kessler, The
Sins of the Father : Joseph P. Kennedy and the Dynasty He
Founded — Ted Schwarz, Joseph
P. Kennedy : The Mogul, the Mob, the Statesman, and the Making of an
American Myth |
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Daniel W. Lane (b. 1871) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., December
11, 1871.
Republican. Broker; member of Massachusetts
state senate Ninth Suffolk District, 1903-06; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 11th District, 1906, 1908.
Burial location unknown.
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Philip Dunton Murphy (b. 1957) —
also known as Phil Murphy —
of Red Bank, Monmouth
County, N.J.
Born in Needham, Norfolk
County, Mass., August
16, 1957.
Democrat. Financier; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New Jersey, 2008;
U.S. Ambassador to Germany, 2009-13; Governor of
New Jersey, 2018-.
Irish
ancestry.
Still living as of 2022.
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Dudley Leavitt Pickman (1779-1846) —
of Salem, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Salem, Essex
County, Mass., 1779.
Shipowner;
importer
and exporter; investor and stockholder in cotton and
woolen
mills and railroads;
financier; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1820.
Died November
4, 1846 (age about 67
years).
Interment at Harmony
Grove Cemetery, Salem, Mass.
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Frederick Henry Prince (1859-1953) —
also known as Frederick H. Prince —
of Wenham, Essex
County, Mass.; Newport, Newport
County, R.I.; Biarritz, France.
Born in Winchester, Middlesex
County, Mass., 1859.
Republican. Financier; owned or controlled stockyards,
meatpacking
plants, and railroads;
one of the world's wealthiest men; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1928.
Episcopalian.
Died in Biarritz, France,
February
3, 1953 (age about 93
years).
Entombed at Washington
National Cathedral, Washington, D.C.
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Arthur Robert Taft (b. 1859) —
of Uxbridge, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Uxbridge, Worcester
County, Mass., February
19, 1859.
Merchant;
financier; president, Uxbridge & Northbridge Electric
Light Co.; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1898.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert Taft and Mary (Balcom) Taft; married 1880 to Mary
Seagrave; married, May 2,
1889, to Rose F. George. |
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Owen Daniel Young (1874-1962) —
also known as Owen D. Young —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Van Hornesville, Herkimer
County, N.Y., October
27, 1874.
Democrat. Lawyer;
financier; industrialist;
chairman, General Electric, 1922-39 and 1942-45; founded Radio
Corporation of America (RCA) and was chairman 1919-29; one of the
founders of the National Broadcasting
Company (NBC); author of the "Young Plan" in 1929 for settlement of
German war reparations; candidate for Democratic nomination for
President, 1932.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sons of
the American Revolution; Beta
Theta Pi; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Grange.
Died in St. Augustine, St. Johns
County, Fla., July 11,
1962 (age 87 years, 257
days).
Interment at Van
Hornesville Cemetery, Van Hornesville, N.Y.
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