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Post Office Politicians in New Hampshire

Byron M. Cutcheon (1836-1908) — of Ypsilanti, Washtenaw County, Mich.; Manistee, Manistee County, Mich.; Grand Rapids, Kent County, Mich. Born in Pembroke, Merrimack County, N.H., May 11, 1836. Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan; Manistee County Prosecuting Attorney, 1873-74; member of University of Michigan board of regents, 1875-81; postmaster; U.S. Representative from Michigan 9th District, 1883-91; defeated, 1890. Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Sons of the American Revolution; Loyal Legion. Received the Medal of Honor in 1891 for action at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend, Ky., May 10, 1863. Died in Ypsilanti, Washtenaw County, Mich., April 12, 1908 (age 71 years, 337 days). Interment at Highland Cemetery, Ypsilanti, Mich.   Relatives: Son of James M. Cutcheon and Hannah (Tripp) Cutcheon; married, June 22, 1863, to Marie Annie Warner.   Cross-reference: Ralph Stone   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial   David Alvaro Felt (1820-1892) — also known as David A. Felt — of East Sullivan, Sullivan, Cheshire County, N.H.; Beresford, Volusia County, Fla. Born in Nelson, Cheshire County, N.H., December 21, 1820. Sullivan County Commissioner; member of New Hampshire state house of representatives, 1860; postmaster. Died in Beresford, Volusia County, Fla., December 4, 1892 (age 71 years, 349 days). Interment at Beresford Cemetery, DeLand, Fla.   Relatives: Son of Joseph Felt and Lefy (Woods) Felt; married, December 18, 1848, to Harriet Susan Howes; married, July 7, 1853, to Almeda Sarah Taft; married, March 14, 1877, to Sarah Ann (Bevill) Jones Jones; nephew of John Felt; uncle of Marcellus Hazen Felt; first cousin once removed of Peter Felt and Daniel Felt; second cousin of Dorman Felt; second cousin twice removed of Jesse Felt Libby.   Political family: Libby-Felt family of Maine (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Elam Andrew Jackson Greeley (1818-1882) — also known as Elam A. J. Greeley — of Stillwater, Washington County, Minn. Born in Salisbury, Merrimack County, N.H., August 13, 1818. Postmaster; member Minnesota territorial council 1st District, 1852-53; member of Minnesota territorial House of Representatives 1st District, 1857. Died September 13, 1882 (age 64 years, 31 days). Burial location unknown.   Presumably named for: Andrew Jackson   Relatives: Son of John Greeley and Hannah (Greeley) Greeley; married, August 25, 1850, to Hannah Pope Hinman; third cousin of Martin Greeley; third cousin once removed of Jonathan Clark Greeley; third cousin twice removed of Otto Ethan Greeley.   Political family: Greeley family of Minnesota and Maine.   See also Minnesota Legislator record   George Winthrop Maston Pitman (1819-1898) — also known as George W. M. Pitman — of Bartlett, Carroll County, N.H. Born in Bartlett, Carroll County, N.H., May 8, 1819. Civil engineer; postmaster; member of New Hampshire state senate 12th District, 1870-72. Died in New Hampshire, December 3, 1898 (age 79 years, 209 days). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Joanna (Meserve) Pitman and Joseph Pitman (1788-1875); brother of Joseph Pitman (1823-1908); married to Emeline Chubbuck; father of Lycurgus Pitman and William Pitman; fourth cousin of Edward Henry Rollins; fourth cousin once removed of John Greenleaf Whittier, Caleb Cummings Libby and Frank West Rollins.   Political family: Wentworth-Pitman family of New Hampshire (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   William Pitman (1855-1940) — of Bartlett, Carroll County, N.H. Born in Bartlett, Carroll County, N.H., 1855. Democrat. Postmaster; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Hampshire, 1916. Died in Bartlett, Carroll County, N.H., August 5, 1940 (age about 85 years). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of George Winthrop Maston Pitman and Emeline (Chubbuck) Pitman; brother of Lycurgus Pitman; married, November 16, 1879, to Jeannette O. Eastman; nephew of Joseph Pitman (1823-1908); grandson of Joseph Pitman (1788-1875); fourth cousin once removed of Edward Henry Rollins.   Political families: Libby-Felt family of Maine; Wentworth-Pitman family of New Hampshire (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   Avery Skinner (1796-1876) — of Union Square, Oswego County, N.Y. Born in Westmoreland, Cheshire County, N.H., June 9, 1796. Democrat. School teacher; tavern keeper; postmaster; Oswego County Treasurer, 1826-1838; member of New York state assembly from Oswego County, 1832-33; member of New York state senate 5th District, 1838-41; candidate for U.S. Representative from New York 23rd District, 1846; director, Syracuse Northern Railway. Died in Union Square, Oswego County, N.Y., November 24, 1876 (age 80 years, 168 days). Interment at Maple View Cemetery, Mexico, N.Y.   Relatives: Son of Timothy Skinner and Ruth (Warner) Skinner; brother of Alanson Skinner; married, June 9, 1822, to Elizabeth Lathrop Huntington; married 1834 to Charlotte Prior Stebbins; father of Charles Rufus Skinner and Mary Grace Skinner (who married Maurice Lauchlin Wright).   Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Alpha E. Thompson (1815-1892) — of Woburn, Middlesex County, Mass. Born in Mont Vernon, Hillsborough County, N.H., October 27, 1815. Democrat. Postmaster; candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts, 1880; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1880. Died in Woburn, Middlesex County, Mass., July 23, 1892 (age 76 years, 270 days). Burial location unknown.   Herbert Edwin Walbridge (b. 1878) — also known as Herbert E. Walbridge — of Enfield, Grafton County, N.H. Born in Massachusetts, September 27, 1878. Republican. Wool percher; postmaster; member of New Hampshire state house of representatives from Enfield; elected 1938. Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Evelyn (Webster) Walbridge and Herbert Hiram Walbridge; second cousin five times removed of Ebenezer William Walbridge and Henry Sanford Walbridge.   Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   Joseph E. Watson (1860-1937) — of Bronson, Branch County, Mich. Born in Center Sandwich, Sandwich, Carroll County, N.H., July 8, 1860. Republican. Merchant; banker; postmaster; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Branch County, 1919-24; member of Michigan state senate 9th District, 1925-28. English ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Shriners. Died March 20, 1937 (age 76 years, 255 days). Burial location unknown.   Eleazer Wooster (1811-1870) — of Poestenkill, Rensselaer County, N.Y. Born in New Hampshire, October 2, 1811. Lawyer; postmaster; member of New York state assembly from Rensselaer County 3rd District, 1866-67. Died January 11, 1870 (age 58 years, 101 days). Interment at Hillside Cemetery, Poestenkill, N.Y.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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