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Index to Locations
Bronx Corpus Christi Monastery
Bronx St. Anne's Episcopal
Churchyard
Bronx St. Paul's Churchyard
Bronx St. Peters Episcopal
Churchyard
Bronx St. Raymond's Cemetery
Bronx Woodlawn Cemetery
Corpus Christi
Monastery
Bronx, Bronx County, New York
| Politicians buried
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Morgan Joseph O'Brien (1852-1937) —
also known as Morgan J. O'Brien —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April
28, 1852.
Democrat. Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1888-1906; resigned 1906;
Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 1st
Department, 1896-1906; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1912,
1920,
1924;
candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1914;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New York.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Tammany
Hall.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 16,
1937 (age 85 years, 49
days).
Entombed at Corpus Christi Monastery.
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Kenneth O'Brien (1895-1954) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March
15, 1895.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1928,
1932;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1934-53; appointed 1934.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
20, 1954 (age 58 years, 311
days).
Entombed at Corpus Christi Monastery.
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John Daniel Crimmins (1844-1917) —
also known as John D. Crimmins —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 18,
1844.
Democrat. Contractor;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 12th District, 1894;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1896,
1912
(alternate); candidate for Presidential Elector for New York;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New York.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick.
Philanthropist.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
9, 1917 (age 73 years, 175
days).
Entombed at Corpus Christi Monastery.
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St. Anne's
Episcopal Churchyard
Bronx, Bronx County, New York
| Politicians buried
here: |
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Robert Hunter Morris (1808-1855) —
also known as Robert H. Morris —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
15, 1808.
Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County, 1833-34; mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1841-44; postmaster at New
York City, N.Y., 1845-49; Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1852.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
24, 1855 (age 47 years, 251
days).
Interment at St. Anne's Episcopal Churchyard.
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Lewis Morris (1726-1798) —
of Morrisania, Westchester County (now part of Bronx, Bronx
County), N.Y.
Born in Morrisania, Westchester County (now part of Bronx, Bronx
County), N.Y., April 8,
1726.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from New York, 1775; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; member of New York
state senate Southern District, 1777-78, 1780-81, 1783-90; member
of New
York council of appointment, 1786, 1788; delegate
to New York convention to ratify U.S. constitution from
Westchester County, 1788.
Died in Morrisania, Westchester County (now part of Bronx, Bronx
County), N.Y., January
22, 1798 (age 71 years, 289
days).
Interment at St. Anne's Episcopal Churchyard; memorial monument at Constitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.
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Gouverneur Morris (1752-1816) —
also known as "Penman of the
Constitution" —
of Westchester
County, N.Y.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Morrisania, Westchester County (now part of Bronx, Bronx
County), N.Y., January
31, 1752.
Lawyer;
Delegate
to Continental Congress from New York, 1777; signer,
Articles of Confederation, 1777; member of New York
state assembly from Westchester County, 1777-78; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; U.S. Minister to France, 1792-94; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1800-03.
Episcopalian.
Died in Morrisania, Westchester County (now part of Bronx, Bronx
County), N.Y., November
6, 1816 (age 64 years, 280
days).
Interment at St. Anne's Episcopal Churchyard.
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Richard Valentine Morris (1768-1815) —
also known as Richard V. Morris —
of Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Morrisania, Westchester County (now part of Bronx, Bronx
County), N.Y., March 8,
1768.
U.S. Navy Captain, starting in 1798; criticized
by his superiors for his inaction
as commander during an attempted blockade of Tripoli in 1803; he
faced a Naval Court of Inquiry
in 1804 and was dismissed
from the Navy; member of New York
state assembly from Westchester County, 1813-14.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 13,
1815 (age 47 years, 66
days).
Interment at St. Anne's Episcopal Churchyard.
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Gouverneur Morris Carnochan (1865-1915) —
also known as Gouverneur M. Carnochan —
of New City, Rockland
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
5, 1865.
Democrat. Stockbroker;
member of New York
state assembly from Rockland County, 1906; candidate for
Presidential Elector for New York.
Died in Nyack, Rockland
County, N.Y., June 30,
1915 (age 49 years, 298
days).
Interment at St. Anne's Episcopal Churchyard.
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St. Paul's
Churchyard
Bronx, Bronx County, New York
| Politicians buried
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Philip Pell Jr. (1753-1811) —
of Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Pelham Manor, Westchester
County, N.Y., July 7,
1753.
Lawyer;
served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member
of New York
state assembly from Westchester County, 1779-81, 1783-86; Delegate
to Continental Congress from New York, 1788-89.
Died in Pelham Manor, Westchester
County, N.Y., May 1,
1811 (age 57 years, 298
days).
Interment at St. Paul's Churchyard.
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buried here: |
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Joshua Sands (1757-1835) —
of New York.
Born in Cow Neck, Queens County (now part of Sands Point, Nassau
County), Long Island, N.Y., October
12, 1757.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member
of New
York state senate Southern District, 1791-97; member of New York
council of appointment, 1796; U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1797-1801; U.S.
Representative from New York 2nd District, 1803-05, 1825-27.
Slaveowner.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., September
13, 1835 (age 77 years, 336
days).
Original interment at St. Paul's Churchyard; reinterment in 1852 at
Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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St. Peters
Episcopal Churchyard
2500 Westchester Avenue
Bronx, Bronx County, New York
Founded 1693
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
| Politicians buried
here: |
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George Clinton Jr. (1771-1809) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 6,
1771.
Democrat. Delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1801; member of New York
state assembly from New York County, 1803-05; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1805-09 (3rd District 1805, 2nd
District 1805-09).
Slaveowner.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
16, 1809 (age 38 years, 102
days).
Interment at St. Peters Episcopal Churchyard.
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St. Raymond's
Cemetery
1201 Balcom Avenue
Bronx, Bronx County, New York
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
| Politicians buried
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Patrick F. Egan (1841-1919) —
of Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.
Born in County Longford, Ireland,
August
13, 1841.
Republican. Irish home rule advocate; prosecuted
in Dublin, 1880, for sedition;
grain
elevator business; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Nebraska, 1888;
U.S. Minister to Chile, 1889-93.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
30, 1919 (age 78 years, 48
days).
Interment at St. Raymond's Cemetery.
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James Vincent Ganly (1878-1923) —
also known as James V. Ganly —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
13, 1878.
Democrat. Member of New York
state assembly from New York County 24th District, 1907; Bronx
County Clerk, 1914-17; U.S.
Representative from New York 24th District, 1919-21, 1923;
defeated, 1920; died in office 1923.
Died in an automobile
accident in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
7, 1923 (age 44 years, 359
days).
Interment at St. Raymond's Cemetery.
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George William Loft (1865-1943) —
also known as George W. Loft —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
6, 1865.
Democrat. Candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; U.S.
Representative from New York 13th District, 1913-17; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1924,
1928
(alternate), 1932
(alternate), 1936
(alternate), 1940.
Died in Baldwin, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., November
6, 1943 (age 78 years, 273
days).
Interment at St. Raymond's Cemetery.
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Duncan T. O'Brien (1895-1938) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March
28, 1895.
Democrat. Secretary-treasurer, Amelia Island Fig
Preserving Company; insurance
broker; member of New York
state senate 19th District, 1923-38.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Knights
of Columbus; Elks; Redmen.
Died, of a cerebral
hemorrhage, September
14, 1938 (age 43 years, 170
days).
Interment at St. Raymond's Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Dr. Michael C. O'Brien. |
| | | Image source: New York Red Book
1936 |
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John M. Tierney (1860-1936) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
14, 1860.
Democrat. Lawyer;
general counsel, Union Railway
Company, 1893; municipal judge in New York, 1898-1915; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1916-29.
Catholic.
Member, Tammany
Hall; Knights
of Columbus; Elks.
Died, from "grip" (influenza),
in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., February
20, 1936 (age 75 years, 129
days).
Interment at St. Raymond's Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Launcelot J. Tierney and Elizabeth (Welch)
Tierney. |
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John E. McGeehan (1880-1968) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
17, 1880.
Democrat. Bronx
County District Attorney, 1924-29; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1930-50.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 17,
1968 (age 87 years, 182
days).
Interment at St. Raymond's Cemetery.
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Arthur H. Murphy (d. 1922) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; chair of
Bronx County Democratic Party, 1913-22; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1916,
1920.
Died, following gallstone
surgery, in St. Vincent's Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
6, 1922.
Interment at St. Raymond's Cemetery.
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John P. Cohalan (1873-1950) —
of Bronx, New York County (now Bronx
County), N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., March
17, 1873.
Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 35th District, 1906; member
of New
York state senate 22nd District, 1907-08; New
York County Surrogate, 1909-22.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Died March
19, 1950 (age 77 years, 2
days).
Interment at St. Raymond's Cemetery.
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Mary A. Parker (d. 1960) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
New York, 1920,
1924,
1928,
1932,
1936,
1940,
1944.
Female.
Died in 1960.
Interment at St. Raymond's Cemetery.
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Philip J. Kearns —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
New York, 1916;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New York.
Interment at St. Raymond's Cemetery.
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Thomas F. McAvoy —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; New York
City Deputy Police Commissioner; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1916.
Member, Tammany
Hall.
Interment at St. Raymond's Cemetery.
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Woodlawn
Cemetery
4199 Webster Avenue
Bronx, Bronx County, New York
Founded 1863
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
| Politicians buried
here: |
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Fiorello Henry LaGuardia (1882-1947) —
also known as Fiorello H. LaGuardia; "The Little
Flower" —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
11, 1882.
Republican. U.S. Consular Agent in Fiume, 1904-06; interpreter;
lawyer;
U.S.
Representative from New York, 1917-19, 1923-33 (14th District
1917-19, 20th District 1923-33); defeated, 1914 (14th District), 1932
(20th District); major in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate
to Republican National Convention from New York, 1920,
1928
(alternate), 1932
(alternate); mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1934-45; defeated, 1921, 1929.
Episcopalian.
Italian
and Jewish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died of pancreatic
cancer, in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., September
20, 1947 (age 64 years, 283
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Achille Luigi Carlo La Guardia and Irene Coen; married 1919 to Thea
Almerigotti; married, February
28, 1929, to Marie Fisher. |
| | | Cross-reference: Vito
Marcantonio — Clendenin
Ryan |
| | | LaGuardia Airport,
in Queens,
New York, is named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books about Fiorello LaGuardia: H. Paul
Jeffers, The
Napoleon of New York : Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia —
Thomas Kessner, Fiorello
H. LaGuardia and the Making of Modern New York —
Mervyn D. Kaufman, Fiorello
LaGuardia — Alyn Brodsky, The
Great Mayor : Fiorello La Guardia and the Making of the City of New
York |
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William Frederick Havemeyer (1804-1874) —
also known as William F. Havemeyer —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
12, 1804.
Democrat. Sugar refining
business; banker;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1845-46, 1848-49, 1873-74; defeated,
1859; died in office 1874.
German
ancestry. Member, Tammany
Hall.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
30, 1874 (age 70 years, 291
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Charles Evans Hughes (1862-1948) —
of Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Glens Falls, Warren
County, N.Y., April
11, 1862.
Republican. Lawyer; law
professor; Governor of
New York, 1907-10; resigned 1910; candidate for Republican
nomination for President, 1908;
Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1910-16; resigned 1916; Chief
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1930-41; candidate for President
of the United States, 1916; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1921-25.
Baptist.
Welsh
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Epsilon; Union
League.
Died in Osterville, Barnstable, Barnstable
County, Mass., August
27, 1948 (age 86 years, 138
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Alfred Clark Chapin (1848-1936) —
also known as Alfred C. Chapin —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in South Hadley, Hampshire
County, Mass., March 8,
1848.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 11th District, 1882-83; Speaker of
the New York State Assembly, 1883; New York
state comptroller, 1884-87; mayor
of Brooklyn, N.Y., 1888-91; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1888
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization); U.S.
Representative from New York 2nd District, 1891-92.
Member, Alpha
Delta Phi.
Died in Montreal, Quebec,
October
2, 1936 (age 88 years, 208
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Ephraim Atlas Chapin and Josephine Jerusha (Clark) Chapin;
married, February
20, 1884, to Grace Stebbins; married, January
6, 1913, to Charlotte (Storrs) Montant; father of Grace Chapin
(who married Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1888-1991)); grandfather of Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1926-1996); grandnephew of Chester
William Chapin; great-grandfather of Hamilton
Fish and Alexa
Fish Ward; second cousin four times removed of Daniel
Chapin (1761-1821); third cousin of Arthur
Beebe Chapin; third cousin twice removed of John
Strong, Elijah
Hunt Mills, John
Putnam Chapin and Milton
Prince Higgins; third cousin thrice removed of Samuel
Clesson Allen, Daniel
Chapin (1791-1878) and Graham
Hurd Chapin; fourth cousin of Zenas
Ferry Moody; fourth cousin once removed of Samuel
Strong, Joseph
Churchill Strong, Ebenezer
Strong, James
Samuel Wadsworth, Charles
James Folger, Jacob
Sloat Fassett, Arthur
Platt Howard and Edward
Stanley Kellogg. |
| | | Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
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John Purroy Mitchel (1879-1918) —
of New York.
Born in Fordham, Westchester County (now part of Bronx, Bronx
County), N.Y., July 19,
1879.
Lawyer;
law partner of George
V. Mullan, 1902-13; U.S. Collector of Customs, 1913; mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1914-17; defeated (Fusion), 1917; on
April 17, 1914, at Park Row, New York, he was shot
at by an Michael P. Mahoney, an unemployed carpenter; the bullet
missed the mayor, but struck and wounded Frank L. Polk, the city's
Corporation Counsel.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Killed in a plane
crash during World
War I military training, at Gerstner Field, near Holmwood, Calcasieu
Parish, La., July 6,
1918 (age 38 years, 352
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery; memorial monument at Columbia University, Manhattan, N.Y.
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Robert Anderson Van Wyck (1849-1918) —
also known as Robert A. Van Wyck —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 20,
1849.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1898-1901; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1904.
Member, Tammany
Hall.
Died in Paris, France,
November
30, 1918 (age 69 years, 133
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Benjamin Franklin Butler (1795-1858) —
also known as Benjamin F. Butler —
of Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Kinderhook Landing, Columbia
County, N.Y., December
17, 1795.
Lawyer;
Albany
County District Attorney, 1821-24; member of New York
state assembly from Albany County, 1828; U.S.
Attorney General, 1833-38; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1838-41, 1845-48;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New York.
Presbyterian.
Died in Paris, France,
November
8, 1858 (age 62 years, 326
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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William L. Strong (1827-1900) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in 1827.
Republican. Mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1895-97.
Died in 1900
(age about
73 years).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Lindley Miller Garrison (1864-1932) —
also known as Lindley M. Garrison —
Born in Camden, Camden
County, N.J., November
28, 1864.
Democrat. Lawyer; vice-chancellor
of New Jersey court of chancery, 1904-13; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1913-16; resigned 1916.
Episcopalian.
Died in Sea Bright, Monmouth
County, N.J., October
19, 1932 (age 67 years, 326
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Daniel Scott Lamont (1851-1905) —
also known as Daniel S. Lamont —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in McGrawville (now McGraw), Cortland
County, N.Y., February
9, 1851.
Democrat. Confidential secretary to Gov. Samuel
J. Tilden; secretary of
New York Democratic Party, 1875-83; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1893-97; bank
director; vice-president, Northern Pacific Railroad,
1898-1904.
Member, Delta
Upsilon.
Died in Millbrook, Dutchess
County, N.Y., July 23,
1905 (age 54 years, 164
days).
Entombed at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Benjamin Helm Bristow (1832-1896) —
also known as Benjamin H. Bristow —
of Hopkinsville, Christian
County, Ky.; Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Elkton, Todd
County, Ky., June 20,
1832.
Republican. Lawyer;
colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Kentucky
state senate, 1863-65; U.S.
Attorney for Kentucky, 1866-70; law partner of John
M. Harlan, 1870; U.S. Solicitor General, 1870-72; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1874-76; candidate for Republican
nomination for President, 1876.
Member, American Bar
Association; Union
League.
Died, from appendicitis,
in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 22,
1896 (age 64 years, 2
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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William Vermilye Brady (1811-1870) —
also known as William V. Brady —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 24,
1811.
Whig. Silversmith;
jeweler;
mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1847-48; postmaster at New
York City, N.Y., 1849-53; insurance
business.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March
31, 1870 (age 58 years, 250
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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William Butler Ogden (1805-1877) —
also known as William B. Ogden —
of Delaware
County, N.Y.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; New York, New York County (part now in Bronx, Bronx
County), N.Y.
Born in Walton, Delaware
County, N.Y., June 15,
1805.
Member of New York
state assembly from Delaware County, 1835; mayor
of Chicago, Ill., 1837-38; member of Illinois
state senate 1st District, 1861-62; president, Union Pacific Railroad,
1862-63.
Died in New York, New York County (part now in Bronx, Bronx
County), N.Y., August
3, 1877 (age 72 years, 49
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Thomas Francis Gilroy (1840-1911) —
also known as Thomas F. Gilroy —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Ireland,
June
3, 1840.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1888
(alternate), 1896;
mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1893-94.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Tammany
Hall.
Died, from apoplexy,
in Far Rockaway, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., December
1, 1911 (age 71 years, 181
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Newbold Morris (1902-1966) —
also known as Augustus Newbold Morris —
of New York City (unknown
county), N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
2, 1902.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1945, 1949 (Republican); New York City
Parks Commissioner, 1960-66.
Died, of stomach
cancer, in St. Luke's Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March
31, 1966 (age 64 years, 57
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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William Collins Whitney (1841-1904) —
also known as William C. Whitney —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Conway, Franklin
County, Mass., July 5,
1841.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1876,
1880;
U.S.
Secretary of the Navy, 1885-89; established
the Naval War College, in Newport, R.I.; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 7th District, 1894.
English
ancestry.
Died, from peritonitis,
following appendicitis
surgery, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
2, 1904 (age 62 years, 212
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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George Frederick Seward (1840-1910) —
also known as George F. Seward —
of California; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Florida, Orange
County, N.Y., November
8, 1840.
U.S. Consul in Shanghai, 1861-63; U.S. Consul General in Shanghai, 1863-76; U.S. Minister to China, 1876-80; president, Fidelity and Casualty
Company of New York, 1893-1910.
Member, American
Philosophical Society; American
Academy of Political and Social Science.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
28, 1910 (age 70 years, 20
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Augustus Schell (1812-1884) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Rhinebeck, Dutchess
County, N.Y., August
1, 1812.
Democrat. Lawyer;
director or trustee of several railroad
companies; New York
Democratic state chair, 1853-55; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1856,
1860,
1876
(speaker);
U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1857-61; member of Democratic
National Committee from New York, 1872-76; Chairman
of Democratic National Committee, 1872-76; candidate for New York
state senate 7th District, 1877; candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1878.
German
and Dutch
ancestry. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Kappa
Alpha Society; Tammany
Hall.
Died, from complications of Bright's
disease, in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March
27, 1884 (age 71 years, 239
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Martin Wiley Littleton (1872-1934) —
also known as Martin W. Littleton —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born near Kingston, Roane
County, Tenn., February
12, 1872.
Democrat. Lawyer; borough
president of Brooklyn, New York, 1904-05; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1904;
U.S.
Representative from New York 1st District, 1911-13; candidate for
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1914.
Died in Mineola, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., December
19, 1934 (age 62 years, 310
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Jesse Isidor Straus (1872-1936) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 25,
1872.
Democrat. President, R. H. Macy & Co. department
stores; U.S. Ambassador to France, 1933-36.
Jewish.
Member, Sphinx.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
4, 1936 (age 64 years, 101
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Cornelius Newton Bliss (1833-1911) —
also known as Cornelius N. Bliss —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Fall River, Bristol
County, Mass., January
26, 1833.
Republican. Dry goods
merchant; banker; New York
Republican state chair, 1887-89; Treasurer
of Republican National Committee, 1892-1904; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1896,
1900,
1904;
U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1897-99.
English
ancestry. Member, Union
League.
Died, from heart
disease, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
9, 1911 (age 78 years, 256
days).
Entombed at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Josiah Belden (1815-1892) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.; San Jose, Santa
Clara County, Calif.
Born in Cromwell, Middlesex
County, Conn., May 4,
1815.
Republican. Mayor
of San Jose, Calif., 1850-51; delegate to Republican National
Convention from California, 1876.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April
23, 1892 (age 76 years, 355
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Vito Anthony Marcantonio (1902-1954) —
also known as Vito Marcantonio —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., December
10, 1902.
Lawyer;
campaign manager for U.S. Rep. Fiorello
H. LaGuardia, 1924-32; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1935-37, 1939-51 (20th District
1935-37, 1939-45, 18th District 1945-51); defeated, 1936 (Republican,
20th District), 1950 (American Labor, 18th District); American Labor
candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1949; New York American Labor Party state
chair, 1949.
Catholic.
Member, United
World Federalists; American Civil
Liberties Union.
Fell dead, after coming up the stairs from a subway
station, on Broadway by City Hall Park, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., August
9, 1954 (age 51 years, 242
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Paul Morton (1857-1911) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., May 22,
1857.
Republican. Vice-president, Santa Fe Railroad;
U.S.
Secretary of the Navy, 1904-05; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Illinois, 1904.
Episcopalian.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
19, 1911 (age 53 years, 273
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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James Warren Nye (1814-1876) —
also known as James W. Nye —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Carson
City, Nev.
Born in DeRuyter, Madison
County, N.Y., June 10,
1814.
Republican. Lawyer; Madison
County Surrogate, 1844-47; Madison
County Judge, 1847-51; Free Soil candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 23rd District, 1848; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1860;
Governor
of Nevada Territory, 1861-64; U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1864-73; member of Republican
National Committee from Nevada, 1870-.
Died in White Plains, Westchester
County, N.Y., December
25, 1876 (age 62 years, 198
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Louis Francis Haffen (1854-1935) —
also known as Louis F. Haffen; "Father of the
Bronx" —
of Melrose, Westchester County (now part of Bronx, Bronx
County), N.Y.; Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Melrose, Westchester County (now part of Bronx, Bronx
County), N.Y., November
6, 1854.
Democrat. Civil
engineer; engineer, New York City Department of Parks, 1883-93;
commissioner of street improvement in Annexed Territory (Bronx),
1893-98; borough
president of Bronx, New York, 1898-1909; removed 1909; removed from
office by Gov. Charles
Evans Hughes over maladministration
charges,
1909; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 22nd District, 1915;
member of New York
Democratic State Committee, 1930.
Catholic.
German
and Irish
ancestry. Member, Royal
Arcanum; Tammany
Hall.
Died, from arteriosclerosis,
in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., December
25, 1935 (age 81 years, 49
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Henry Bruckner (1871-1942) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Bronx, New York County (now Bronx
County), N.Y., June 17,
1871.
Democrat. President, Bruckner Beverages;
director, Milton Realty
Co.; director, American Metal Cap Co.; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 35th District, 1901; New York
City Commissioner of Public Works, 1902-06; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1912
(alternate), 1924,
1932
(alternate); U.S.
Representative from New York 22nd District, 1913-17; resigned
1917; borough
president of Bronx, New York, 1918-33.
Member, Freemasons;
Rotary;
Elks.
In 1932, the Seabury investigating committee, looking into corruption
in New York City, called him to testify about the wealth he had
accumulated; at the conclusion of the investigation, the committee called for
his removal as Borough President.
Died, from chronic
nephritis, in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., April
14, 1942 (age 70 years, 301
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Lewis Bartholomew Woodruff (1809-1875) —
also known as Lewis B. Woodruff —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Litchfield, Litchfield
County, Conn., June 19,
1809.
Lawyer;
common pleas court judge in New York, 1849-55; New York City superior
court judge, 1856-61; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1868-69; Judge of U.S. Circuit Court
for the 2nd Circuit, 1869-75; died in office 1875.
Died in Litchfield, Litchfield
County, Conn., September
10, 1875 (age 66 years, 83
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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William Andrews Clark (1839-1925) —
also known as William A. Clark —
of Butte, Silver Bow
County, Mont.
Born near Connellsville, Fayette
County, Pa., January
8, 1839.
Democrat. Banker; mine owner;
delegate
to Montana state constitutional convention, 1884, 1889; candidate
for Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Montana Territory, 1888; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Montana, 1892,
1904;
U.S.
Senator from Montana, 1899-1900, 1901-07; resigned 1900.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March 2,
1925 (age 86 years, 53
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Edward Oliver Wolcott (1848-1905) —
also known as Edward O. Wolcott —
of Denver,
Colo.; Wolhurst, Arapahoe
County, Colo.
Born in Longmeadow, Hampden
County, Mass., March
26, 1848.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of
Colorado
state senate, 1879-82; U.S.
Senator from Colorado, 1889-1901; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Colorado, 1904.
Died in Monte Carlo, Monaco,
March
1, 1905 (age 56 years, 340
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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James Watson Webb (1802-1884) —
also known as J. Watson Webb —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in 1802.
Republican. U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Austria, 1849-50; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New York, 1856
(speaker);
U.S. Minister to Brazil, 1861-69.
Died in 1884
(age about
82 years).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Hiram Barney (1811-1895) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Henderson, Jefferson
County, N.Y., May 30,
1811.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York, 1840; candidate for Presidential
Elector for New York; delegate to Republican National Convention from
New York, 1856;
U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1861-64.
Died in Spuyten Duyvil, Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., May 18,
1895 (age 83 years, 353
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Cyrus Chace Miller (c.1867-1956) —
also known as Cyrus C. Miller —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Claverack, Columbia
County, N.Y., about 1867.
Lawyer;
borough
president of Bronx, New York, 1910-13.
Died, in St. Luke's Hospital,
New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
21, 1956 (age about 89
years).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Jacob F. Miller. |
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Simon Guggenheim (1867-1941) —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
30, 1867.
Republican. Mining and
smelting
business; candidate for Presidential Elector for Colorado; U.S.
Senator from Colorado, 1907-13; member of Republican
National Committee from Colorado, 1912; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Colorado, 1912.
Jewish.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
2, 1941 (age 73 years, 307
days).
Entombed at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Charles Ulrick Bay (1888-1955) —
also known as Charles U. Bay —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Rensselaer, Rensselaer
County, N.Y., September
5, 1888.
Founder, Bay Company, manufacturer
of medical supplies; partner, A. M. Kidder & Co., stockbrokers;
founder, Bay Petroleum
Corporation; stockholder and director, New York, New Haven and
Hartford Railroad;
director, First National Bank and
Trust Company of Bridgeport; also involved with the Connecticut Railway
and Lighting
Company; U.S. Ambassador to Norway, 1946-53.
Episcopalian.
Norwegian
ancestry.
Died, in the Harkness Pavilion of the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical
Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
31, 1955 (age 67 years, 117
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Henry Brewer Quinby (1846-1924) —
also known as Henry B. Quinby —
of Gilford, Belknap
County, N.H.; Lakeport, Laconia, Belknap
County, N.H.
Born in Biddeford, York
County, Maine, June 10,
1846.
Republican. Iron
manufacturer; banker;
member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1887-88; member of New
Hampshire state senate 6th District, 1889-90; member of New
Hampshire Governor's Council, 1891-92; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New Hampshire, 1892;
Governor
of New Hampshire, 1909-11.
Unitarian.
Member, Freemasons;
Sons
of the American Revolution.
Died in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., February
8, 1924 (age 77 years, 243
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Samuel Rossiter Betts (1787-1868) —
of New York.
Born in Richmond, Berkshire
County, Mass., June 8,
1787.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; U.S.
Representative from New York 7th District, 1815-17; circuit judge
in New York, 1823-26; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1826-67;
resigned 1867.
Slaveowner.
Died in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., November
2, 1868 (age 81 years, 147
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Richard Busteed (1822-1898) —
Born in County Cavan, Ireland,
February
16, 1822.
Lawyer;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of Alabama, 1863-74;
resigned 1874; U.S.
District Judge for the Middle District of Alabama, 1863-74;
resigned 1874; U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama, 1863-74;
resigned 1874.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
14, 1898 (age 76 years, 210
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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George Scott Graham (1850-1931) —
also known as George S. Graham —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., September
13, 1850.
Republican. Lawyer; Philadelphia
County District Attorney, 1880-98; law
professor; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1892,
1916
(alternate), 1924;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 2nd District, 1913-31; died in
office 1931.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Union
League.
Died in Islip, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., July 4,
1931 (age 80 years, 294
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Benjamin Lewis Fairchild (1863-1946) —
also known as Benjamin L. Fairchild —
of Pelham, Westchester
County, N.Y.; Pelham Manor, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Sweden, Monroe
County, N.Y., January
5, 1863.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1895-97, 1917-19, 1921-23, 1923-27
(16th District 1895-97, 24th District 1917-19, 1921-23, 1923-27);
defeated, 1896 (Independent, 16th District), 1914 (Independence
League, 24th District), 1918 (24th District), 1922 (24th District),
1926 (24th District), 1928 (24th District), 1930 (24th District),
1932 (24th District).
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Pelham Manor, Westchester
County, N.Y., October
25, 1946 (age 83 years, 293
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Elijah Ward (1816-1882) —
of New York.
Born in New York, 1816.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York, 1857-59, 1861-65, 1875-77 (7th
District 1857-59, 1861-63, 6th District 1863-65, 8th District
1875-77); defeated, 1876.
Died in 1882
(age about
66 years).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Ashbel Parmelee Fitch (1848-1904) —
also known as Ashbel P. Fitch —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Mooers, Clinton
County, N.Y., October
8, 1848.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Representative from New York, 1887-93 (13th District 1887-93,
15th District 1893); resigned 1893; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1896.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 4,
1904 (age 55 years, 209
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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John Clinton Gray (1843-1915) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
4, 1843.
Democrat. Lawyer; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1888-1913; appointed 1888.
Episcopalian.
Died in Newport, Newport
County, R.I., June 28,
1915 (age 71 years, 206
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Charles Evans Hughes Jr. (1889-1950) —
of Riverdale, Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
30, 1889.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Solicitor General,
1929-30; director, New York Life Insurance
Company.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Upsilon; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died, following surgery for a brain
tumor, in Columbia-Presbyterian Medical
Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
21, 1950 (age 60 years, 52
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Paul Albert Fino (1913-2009) —
also known as Paul A. Fino —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., December
15, 1913.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for New York
state assembly from Bronx County 6th District, 1940; member of New York
state senate 27th District, 1945-50; defeated, 1942; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1953-68 (25th District 1953-63,
24th District 1963-68); resigned 1968; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1964,
1968;
chair
of Bronx County Republican Party, 1965; Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1969.
Catholic.
Member, Elks; Knights
of Columbus; American Bar
Association; Sons of
Italy; Royal
Arcanum.
Died in North Woodmere, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., June 16,
2009 (age 95 years, 183
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Royal Hurlburt Weller (1881-1929) —
also known as Royal H. Weller —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 2,
1881.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 21st District, 1923-29; died in
office 1929; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1928.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March 1,
1929 (age 47 years, 242
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Frederick Morgan Davenport (1866-1956) —
also known as Frederick M. Davenport —
of Clinton, Oneida
County, N.Y.
Born in Salem, Essex
County, Mass., August
27, 1866.
College
professor; member of New York
state senate 36th District, 1909-10, 1919-24; Progressive
candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1912; Progressive candidate for Governor of
New York, 1914; delegate to Republican National Convention from
New York, 1924,
1928;
U.S.
Representative from New York 33rd District, 1925-33; defeated
(Republican), 1932, 1934.
Member, American
Political Science Association; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
26, 1956 (age 90 years, 121
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Waldo Hutchins (1822-1891) —
of Kings
County, N.Y.; Kingsbridge, New York, New York County (now Bronx,
Bronx
County), N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Windham
County, Conn., September
30, 1822.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 2nd District, 1852; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1867; U.S.
Representative from New York 12th District, 1879-85.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
8, 1891 (age 68 years, 131
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815-1902) —
also known as Elizabeth Smith Cady —
of Seneca Falls, Seneca
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Johnstown, Fulton
County, N.Y., November
12, 1815.
Candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York, 1868.
Female.
Member, American
Anti-Slavery Society.
Inducted, National
Women's Hall of Fame, 1973.
Died, of heart
failure, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
26, 1902 (age 86 years, 348
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Daniel
Cady and Margaret (Livingston) Cady; married, May 1,
1840, to Henry
Brewster Stanton; granddaughter of James
Livingston; second great-granddaughter of Robert
Livingston the Younger and Dirck
Ten Broeck; third great-granddaughter of Pieter
Schuyler (1657-1724); third great-grandniece of Robert
Livingston the Elder and Johannes
Schuyler (1668-1747); fourth great-granddaughter of Dirck
Wesselse Ten Broeck; first cousin of Gerrit
Smith; first cousin twice removed of Jeremiah
Van Rensselaer and Robert
Van Rensselaer; first cousin thrice removed of Philip
P. Schuyler; first cousin four times removed of John
Livingston, Robert
Livingston (1688-1775), Gilbert
Livingston, Johannes
Schuyler (1697-1746) and Cornelis
Cuyler; first cousin five times removed of David
Davidse Schuyler and Myndert
Davidtse Schuyler; second cousin once removed of Robert
R. Livingston (1746-1813), Edward
Livingston (1764-1836), Stephen
Van Rensselaer, Peter
Robert Livingston (1766-1847), Philip
Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Jacob
Rutsen Van Rensselaer, Philip
Jeremiah Schuyler, Maturin
Livingston, Rensselaer
Westerlo and Edward
Philip Livingston; second cousin twice removed of Pieter
Schuyler (1746-1792) and Peter
Samuel Schuyler; second cousin thrice removed of Stephanus
Bayard, Robert
Livingston (1708-1790), Peter
Van Brugh Livingston, Robert
Gilbert Livingston, Philip
Livingston, Robert
R. Livingston (1718-1775), Pierre
Van Cortlandt, William
Livingston, Philip
John Schuyler, Matthew
Clarkson (1733-1800) and Stephen
John Schuyler; third cousin of Philip
Schuyler, James
Alexander Hamilton, Peter
Robert Livingston (1789-1859), Edward
Livingston (1796-1840) and Henry
Bell Van Rensselaer; third cousin once removed of Henry
Walter Livingston, Peter
Gansevoort, John
Jacob Astor III, Kiliaen
Van Rensselaer and Cortlandt
Schuyler Van Rensselaer; third cousin twice removed of Nicholas
Bayard, Peter
Robert Livingston (1737-1794), Walter
Livingston, Philip
Peter Livingston, Philip
Van Cortlandt, Henry
Brockholst Livingston, Matthew
Clarkson (1758-1825), Pierre
Van Cortlandt Jr., James
Parker, William
Waldorf Astor, Robert
Ray Hamilton, Peter
Goelet Gerry, Ogden
Livingston Mills and Robert
Reginald Livingston; third cousin thrice removed of William
Astor Chanler, Lewis
Stuyvesant Chanler and John
Eliot Thayer Jr.; fourth cousin once removed of Jeremiah
Mason, Peter
Augustus Jay, William
Alexander Duer, John
Duer, William
Jay, Charles
Ludlow Livingston, Hamilton
Fish, George
Washington Schuyler, John
Cortlandt Parker and Philip
N. Schuyler. |
| | | Political families: Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York; Roosevelt
family of New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — National
Women's Hall of Fame |
| | | Books about Elizabeth Cady Stanton:
Lori D. Ginzberg, Elizabeth
Cady Stanton: An American Life |
| | | Image source: American Monthly Review
of Reviews, December 1902 |
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Addison Brown (1830-1913) —
of New York.
Born in West Newbury, Essex
County, Mass., February
21, 1830.
Lawyer;
botanist;
U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1881-1901;
retired 1901.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April 9,
1913 (age 83 years, 47
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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James Coats Auchincloss (1885-1976) —
also known as James C. Auchincloss —
of Rumson, Monmouth
County, N.J.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
19, 1885.
Republican. Mayor of Rumson, N.J., 1938-43; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 3rd District, 1943-65.
Died in Alexandria,
Va., October
2, 1976 (age 91 years, 257
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Aaron Vanderpoel (1799-1870) —
of Kinderhook, Columbia
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, 1799.
Democrat. Member of New York
state assembly from Columbia County, 1826, 1830; U.S.
Representative from New York 8th District, 1833-37, 1839-41.
Died in 1870
(age about
71 years).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Benjamin Albertson Willis (1840-1886) —
also known as Benjamin A. Willis —
of New York.
Born in New York, 1840.
U.S.
Representative from New York 11th District, 1875-79; defeated,
1870 (Independent Republican, 7th District), 1878 (Tammany Hall
Democratic, 11th District).
Died in 1886
(age about
46 years).
Original interment at Friends
Cemetery, Westbury, Long Island, N.Y.; reinterment at Woodlawn
Cemetery.
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Michael Kieran Reilly (1869-1944) —
also known as Michael K. Reilly —
of Fond du Lac, Fond du
Lac County, Wis.
Born in Empire, Fond du Lac
County, Wis., July 15,
1869.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Wisconsin, 1908,
1924;
U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 6th District, 1913-17, 1930-39;
defeated, 1924.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Knights
of Columbus; Foresters;
Elks; Moose.
Died October
14, 1944 (age 75 years, 91
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Philip Burrill Low (1836-1912) —
also known as Philip B. Low —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Chelsea, Suffolk
County, Mass., May 6,
1836.
Republican. Served in the Union Navy during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from New York 15th District, 1895-99; defeated,
1898.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August
23, 1912 (age 76 years, 109
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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James Joseph Lanzetta (1894-1956) —
also known as James J. Lanzetta —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
21, 1894.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; engineer;
lawyer;
U.S.
Representative from New York 20th District, 1933-35, 1937-39;
defeated, 1934, 1938, 1940; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1940;
justice, New York City Domestic Relations Court, 1948-56.
Catholic.
Died, at the Greystone Hotel,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
27, 1956 (age 61 years, 311
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Joseph Clark Baldwin III (1897-1957) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
11, 1897.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; newspaper
reporter; insurance
business; member of New York
state senate 17th District, 1935-36; defeated, 1936; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 17th District, 1938;
U.S.
Representative from New York 17th District, 1941-47; defeated
(American Labor), 1946.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Died, in the Veterans Administration Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
27, 1957 (age 60 years, 289
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Louis Henri Aymé (1855-1912) —
also known as Louis H. Aymé —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 29,
1855.
Republican. Ethnologist;
newspaper
correspondent; U.S. Consul in Mérida, 1880-84; Guadeloupe, 1898-99; Pará, 1903-06; U.S. Consul General in Lisbon, 1906-12, died in office 1912.
Member, Loyal
Legion; Sons
of Veterans; American
Antiquarian Society; American
Society for International Law.
Died, from "locomotor ataxia" (presumably syphilis),
in Lisbon, Portugal,
May
16, 1912 (age 56 years, 353
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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James George Donovan (1898-1987) —
also known as James G. Donovan —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Clinton, Worcester
County, Mass., December
15, 1898.
Member of New York
state senate 16th District, 1943; U.S.
Representative from New York 18th District, 1951-57; defeated
(Republican), 1956; Republican candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1958.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April 6,
1987 (age 88 years, 112
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Charles Henry Adams (1824-1902) —
also known as Charles H. Adams —
of Cohoes, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Coxsackie, Greene
County, N.Y., April
10, 1824.
Republican. Member of New York
state assembly from Albany County 4th District, 1858; mayor of
Cohoes, N.Y., 1870-72; member of New York
state senate 13th District, 1872-73; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1872;
U.S.
Representative from New York 16th District, 1875-77; defeated,
1872.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
15, 1902 (age 78 years, 249
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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William Butler Hornblower (1851-1914) —
also known as William B. Hornblower —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J., May 13,
1851.
Democrat. Lawyer;
nominated for a seat on the U.S. Supreme Court in 1893, but not
confirmed; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1914; appointed 1914; died in office
1914.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died, from myocarditis,
in Litchfield, Litchfield
County, Conn., June 16,
1914 (age 63 years, 34
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Paul M. Crandell (c.1877-1935) —
of New Rochelle, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., about 1877.
Lawyer;
mayor
of New Rochelle, N.Y., 1934-35; appointed 1934; nominated, but
died before the election 1935; died in office 1935.
After completing a speech at a meeting
of the New Rochelle Teachers Club, at Albert Leonard Junior High
School, suffered a heart
attack and died, from coronary
thrombosis, in New Rochelle, Westchester
County, N.Y., October
23, 1935 (age about 58
years).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Horace Francis Clark (1815-1873) —
also known as Horace F. Clark —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Southbury, New Haven
County, Conn., November
29, 1815.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York 8th District, 1857-61.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 19,
1873 (age 57 years, 202
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Oliver Hazard Perry Belmont (1858-1908) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
12, 1858.
Democrat. Financier;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1900;
U.S.
Representative from New York 13th District, 1901-03.
Member, Freemasons.
Died of infections
following surgery for appendicitis,
in Hempstead, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., June 10,
1908 (age 49 years, 211
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Philip Henry Dugro (1855-1920) —
also known as P. Henry Dugro —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
2, 1855.
Democrat. Lawyer; hotelier;
banker;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 14th District, 1879; U.S.
Representative from New York 7th District, 1881-83; New York City
superior court judge, 1887-95; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1896-1920; died in office
1920.
Alsatian
ancestry. Member, Tammany
Hall; Phi
Kappa Psi.
Died, from pneumonia,
in his apartment at the Savoy Hotel,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March 1,
1920 (age 64 years, 151
days).
Entombed at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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William Henry Harrison Stowell (1840-1922) —
also known as William H. H. Stowell —
of Burkeville, Nottoway
County, Va.; Appleton, Outagamie
County, Wis.; Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn.; Amherst, Hampshire
County, Mass.
Born in West Windsor, Windsor
County, Vt., July 26,
1840.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Virginia 4th District, 1871-77; Virginia
Republican state chair, 1872-73; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Virginia, 1876;
founder, secretary-treasurer, Fox River Pulp
Co., Atlas Paper
Co., Duluth Iron and
Steel Co.; president of Manufacturers Bank of
West Duluth, 1889-1895.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars.
Died in Amherst, Hampshire
County, Mass., April
27, 1922 (age 81 years, 275
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Samuel McMillan (1850-1924) —
of Lake Mahopac, Putnam
County, N.Y.
Born in Dromore, County Down, Ireland (now Northern
Ireland), August
6, 1850.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from New York 21st District, 1907-09.
Died in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., May 6,
1924 (age 73 years, 274
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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John Bussing Haskin (1821-1895) —
of Fordham, Westchester County (now part of Bronx, Bronx
County), N.Y.
Born in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., August
27, 1821.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York 9th District, 1857-61.
Died September
18, 1895 (age 74 years, 22
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Andrew Jackson Rogers (1828-1900) —
also known as Andrew J. Rogers —
of Newton, Sussex
County, N.J.
Born in New Jersey, 1828.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 4th District, 1863-67.
Died in 1900
(age about
72 years).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Thomas Nast (1840-1902) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Morristown, Morris
County, N.J.
Born in Landau, Germany,
September
27, 1840.
Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen; news
correspondent and cartoonist
for Harper's Weekly and other magazines
and newspapers;
noted for his creation of such icons as the Republican elephant and
Democratic donkey; instrumental in the downfall of New York City
political boss William
M. Tweed; U.S. Consul General in Guayaquil, 1902, died in office 1902.
German
ancestry. Member, Union
League.
Died, of yellow
fever, in Guayaquil, Ecuador,
December
7, 1902 (age 62 years, 71
days).
Original interment somewhere
in Guayaquil, Ecuador; reinterment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Charles Waldron Buckley (1835-1906) —
also known as Charles W. Buckley; C. W.
Buckley —
of Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.
Born in Unadilla, Otsego
County, N.Y., February
18, 1835.
Republican. Chaplain in Union Army, Civil War; banker; insurance
business; mining
business; delegate
to Alabama state constitutional convention, 1867; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 2nd District, 1868-73; probate judge
in Alabama, 1874-78; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Alabama, 1876
(alternate), 1896,
1900;
postmaster at Montgomery,
Ala., 1881-85, 1890-93, 1897-1906.
Died in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., December
4, 1906 (age 71 years, 289
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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John Wheeler (1823-1906) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Humphreysville (now Seymour), New Haven
County, Conn., February
11, 1823.
Democrat. Hotel
business; U.S.
Representative from New York 6th District, 1853-57; president,
New York City Department of Taxes and Assesments, 1872-80.
Episcopalian.
Died, from pneumonia,
in the Hotel
Seville, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April 1,
1906 (age 83 years, 49
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Joseph Pulitzer (1847-1911) —
Born in Hungary,
April
10, 1847.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of
Missouri state legislature, 1869; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 31st District, 1875;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1880
(member, Resolutions
Committee; speaker);
U.S.
Representative from New York 9th District, 1885-86.
Jewish.
Died aboard his
yacht in the harbor of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., October
29, 1911 (age 64 years, 202
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Joseph Rowan (1870-1930) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
8, 1870.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 19th District, 1919-21.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., August
3, 1930 (age 59 years, 329
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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William McAdoo (1853-1930) —
of Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J.
Born in Ireland,
October
25, 1853.
Democrat. Lawyer; law
partner with William
Gibbs McAdoo (no relation); member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Hudson County, 1882; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 7th District, 1883-91.
Died in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., June 7,
1930 (age 76 years, 225
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Henry John Seaman (1805-1861) —
also known as Henry J. Seaman —
of Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Born in Marshland (now Greenridge), Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., April
16, 1805.
U.S.
Representative from New York 2nd District, 1845-47.
Died in Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., May 3,
1861 (age 56 years, 17
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Walter Underhill (1795-1866) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, 1795.
U.S.
Representative from New York 4th District, 1849-51.
Died in 1866
(age about
71 years).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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William Earle Dodge (1805-1883) —
also known as William E. Dodge —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., September
4, 1805.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from New York 8th District, 1865-67; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1872.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
9, 1883 (age 77 years, 158
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Robert William Bonynge (1863-1939) —
also known as Robert W. Bonynge —
of Denver,
Colo.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
8, 1863.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Colorado
state house of representatives, 1893-94; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Colorado, 1896;
U.S.
Representative from Colorado 1st District, 1904-09; defeated,
1900.
Member, American Bar
Association; Union
League.
Died, in Presbyterian Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
22, 1939 (age 76 years, 14
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Mangle Minthorne Tompkins (1807-1881) —
also known as Minthorne Tompkins —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Born in Westchester
County, N.Y., December
26, 1807.
Member of New York
state assembly from New York County, 1833-34; member of New York
state senate 1st District, 1840-41; resigned 1841; Free Soil
Democratic candidate for Governor of
New York, 1852; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York;
colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 5,
1881 (age 73 years, 161
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Josiah Sutherland (1804-1887) —
of Hudson, Columbia
County, N.Y.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Stanford, Dutchess
County, N.Y., June 12,
1804.
Democrat. Lawyer; Columbia
County District Attorney, 1832-43; U.S.
Representative from New York 11th District, 1851-53; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1857-71.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 25,
1887 (age 82 years, 347
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Ausburn Birdsall (1814-1903) —
of Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Otego, Otsego
County, N.Y., November
13, 1814.
Democrat. Lawyer; Broome
County District Attorney; U.S.
Representative from New York 22nd District, 1847-49.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 10,
1903 (age 88 years, 239
days).
Original interment at Spring
Forest Cemetery, Binghamton, N.Y.; reinterment in 1910 at
Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Hervey Chittenden Calkin (1828-1913) —
of New York.
Born in Malden, Ulster
County, N.Y., March
23, 1828.
Democrat. Metal
dealer; U.S.
Representative from New York 7th District, 1869-71.
Died in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., April
20, 1913 (age 85 years, 28
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Alonzo Bell (d. 1906) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Assistant Secretary of the Interior; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 29th District, 1895;
candidate for borough
president of Bronx, New York, 1897.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 10,
1906.
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Douglas H. Grieve (c.1881-1951) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born about 1881.
Republican. Engineer;
candidate for New York
state senate 21st District, 1928; candidate for borough
president of Bronx, New York, 1937.
Protestant.
Died, in Westchester Square Hospital,
Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., January
13, 1951 (age about 70
years).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Robert Moses (1888-1981) —
also known as "The Great Builder" —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., December
18, 1888.
Republican. Secretary
of state of New York, 1927-28; candidate for Governor of
New York, 1934; delegate to Republican National Convention from
New York, 1936;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 1st District, 1938;
as head of multiple state and city agencies, led the building of
dozens of major projects, including highways, bridges, parks, and
public housing.
Jewish
ancestry. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, of heart
disease, in West Islip, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., July 29,
1981 (age 92 years, 223
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery; statue at Village
Hall Grounds, Babylon, Long Island, N.Y.
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De Witt Clinton Flanagan (1870-1946) —
also known as De Witt C. Flanagan —
of Morristown, Morris
County, N.J.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
28, 1870.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 4th District, 1902-03; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1904
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee).
Died in Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y., January
15, 1946 (age 75 years, 18
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Cornelius Newton Bliss Jr. (1874-1949) —
also known as Cornelius N. Bliss, Jr. —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April
13, 1874.
Republican. Business
executive; philanthropist; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1916
(alternate), 1924,
1928
(speaker);
Treasurer
of Republican National Committee, 1916.
Member, Union
League.
Died, in Roosevelt Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April 5,
1949 (age 74 years, 357
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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George Landon Ingraham (1847-1931) —
also known as George L. Ingraham —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August
1, 1847.
Democrat. Lawyer; law
partner of Alton
B. Parker, Edward
W. Hatch, William
F. Sheehan (1916-17), and Alfred
R. Page (1923-25); New York City superior court judge, 1883-91;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1891-1915; appointed
1891; resigned 1915; Justice of the Appellate Division of the New
York Supreme Court 1st Department, 1896-1915.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
24, 1931 (age 83 years, 176
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Carrie Chapman Catt (1859-1947) —
also known as Carrie Lane; Carrie Chapman —
of Mason City, Cerro
Gordo County, Iowa; New Rochelle, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Ripon, Fond du Lac
County, Wis., January
9, 1859.
School
teacher; superintendent
of schools; woman suffrage activist; president, National American
Woman Suffrage Association, 1900-04 (succeeding Susan B. Anthony) and
1915-20; founder of the League of Women Voters; Dry candidate for delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Female.
Member, League of Women
Voters.
Inducted, National
Women's Hall of Fame, 1982.
Died, from a heart
attack, in New Rochelle, Westchester
County, N.Y., March 9,
1947 (age 88 years, 59
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Francis Martin (c.1878-1947) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born about 1878.
Democrat. Bronx
County District Attorney, 1914-20; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 22nd District, 1915;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1921-45; Justice of the
Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 1st Department,
1933-45; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 23rd District, 1938.
Catholic.
Died in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., June 1,
1947 (age about 69
years).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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George Carter Barrett (1838-1906) —
also known as George C. Barrett —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Dublin, Ireland,
July
28, 1838.
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1872-1906; resigned 1906;
Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 1st
Department, 1895-1900.
Irish
ancestry.
Died in Saratoga Springs, Saratoga
County, N.Y., June 7,
1906 (age 67 years, 314
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Jesse Sherwood Cooper Jr. (1899-1971) —
also known as Jesse S. Cooper, Jr. —
of Mt. Vernon, Westchester
County, N.Y.; Dover, Kent
County, Del.
Born in Dover, Kent
County, Del., March
13, 1899.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Delaware, 1928;
Delaware
state treasurer, 1945-46; defeated, 1946.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Sons of
the American Revolution.
In 1950, he quietly helped Sen. John
J. Williams to expose corruption in the U.S. Internal Revenue
Service, but his role was not disclosed until after his death.
Died in Dover, Kent
County, Del., 1971
(age about
72 years).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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William Henry Leonard (1812-1891) —
also known as William H. Leonard —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Bedford, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Amenia, Dutchess
County, N.Y., June 11,
1812.
Democrat. Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1861-67, 1872; defeated,
1872; Member of the New York Commission of Appeals, 1870-72.
Died in Bedford, Westchester
County, N.Y., April
30, 1891 (age 78 years, 323
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Gail Borden Jr. (1801-1874) —
Born in Norwich, Chenango
County, N.Y., November
9, 1801.
School
teacher; surveyor;
delegate
to Texas Convention of 1833 from District of Austin, 1833; newspaper
publisher; Collector of Customs at Galveston for the Texas
Republic, 1837-38 and 1841-43; in 1849, he invented
a dehydrated beef product called a "meat biscuit", but it failed
commercially; in 1853, he invented
a process to make sweetened condensed
milk, which could be transported without refrigeration, and
developed sanitation practices to to prevent contamination.
Died in Borden, Colorado
County, Tex., January
11, 1874 (age 72 years, 63
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Clarence J. Shearn (c.1870-1953) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Leeds, Northampton, Hampshire
County, Mass., about 1870.
Lawyer;
counsel and political associate to William
Randolph Hearst; counsel for Brooklyn Manhattan Transit, now part
of the New York City subway
system; Independence League candidate for Governor of
New York, 1908; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1915-19; defeated, 1911;
appointed 1915; resigned 1919; Justice of the Appellate Division of
the New York Supreme Court, 1918-19; commissioner for Gov. Alfred
E. Smith in a 1928 investigation of sewer graft in the borough of
Queens, New York City, which resulted in the conviction of Maurice
E. Connolly.
Died, from a cerebral
hemorrhage, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
10, 1953 (age about 83
years).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Irwin Untermyer (b. 1886) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
2, 1886.
Democrat. Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1930-45; defeated, 1919;
Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 1st
Department, 1940-45.
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Jacob Baiz (1843-1899) —
also known as Jacobo Baiz —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Barcelona, Venezuela,
January
19, 1843.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; commission
merchant; coffee
importer;
Consul-General
for Guatemala in New
York, N.Y., 1874-92; Consul-General
for Salvador in New
York, N.Y., 1875-77; Charge d'Affaires for Honduras, 1878; Consul-General
for Honduras in New
York, N.Y., 1885-96.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 13,
1899 (age 56 years, 145
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Charles Henry Truax (1846-1910) —
also known as Charles H. Truax —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Durhamville, Oneida
County, N.Y., October
31, 1846.
Democrat. School teacher
and principal; lawyer; New
York City superior court judge, 1881-94; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 10th District, 1894;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1897-1909; defeated, 1909.
Died, from "the grip" (influenza),
in the Hotel
Savoy, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
14, 1910 (age 63 years, 75
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Henry Alger Gildersleeve (1840-1923) —
also known as Henry A. Gildersleeve —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Clinton town, Dutchess
County, N.Y., August
1, 1840.
Democrat. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
general sessions court judge in New York, 1876-89; New York City
superior court judge, 1891-95; appointed 1891; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1896-1909; resigned 1909.
Member, National Rifle
Association; Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
27, 1923 (age 82 years, 210
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Henry William Theodore Mali (1804-1867) —
also known as Henry W. T. Mali —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Belgium,
October
9, 1804.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; importing
business; Consul
for Belgium in New
York, N.Y., 1839-67.
Belgian
ancestry.
Died in Fordham, Westchester County (now part of Bronx, Bronx
County), N.Y., February
24, 1867 (age 62 years, 138
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Bartow Sumter Weeks (1861-1922) —
also known as Bartow S. Weeks —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Round Hill, Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn., April
25, 1861.
Democrat. Lawyer; law
partner of George
Gordon Battle and H.
Snowden Marshall; candidate for New York
state senate 15th District, 1898; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1913, 1914-22; appointed
1913; defeated, 1913; appointed 1914; died in office 1922.
Member, Tammany
Hall; Alpha
Delta Phi; Sons of
the Revolution.
Died in Miami Beach, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla., February
3, 1922 (age 60 years, 284
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Astor Weeks and Aletha (White) Weeks; married 1900 to
Antoinette Mataran; married 1901 to Emma
B. Sears; married 1918 to
Josephine (de Martigny) Smith. |
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Francis Key Pendleton (1850-1930) —
also known as Francis K. Pendleton —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Clifton (now part of Cincinnati), Hamilton
County, Ohio, January
3, 1850.
Democrat. Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1911-20; defeated, 1909;
appointed 1911; resigned 1920.
Member, Society
of the Cincinnati; Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Injured in an automobile
accident on Riverside Drive, and died two months later as a
result, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 26,
1930 (age 80 years, 204
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Mary Alicia (Key) Pendleton and George
Hunt Pendleton; married, December
20, 1890, to Elizabeth La Montagne (sister-in-law of Nicholas
Murray Butler); nephew of Philip
Barton Key (1818-1859); grandson of Francis
Scott Key and Nathanael
Greene Pendleton; grandnephew of Edward
Lloyd (1779-1834) and Edmund
Henry Pendleton; great-grandson of Edward
Lloyd (1744-1796) and Nathaniel
Pendleton; great-grandnephew of Philip
Barton Key (1757-1815); second great-grandnephew of Edmund
Pendleton; first cousin twice removed of Philip
Clayton Pendleton; first cousin thrice removed of John
Pendleton Jr. and Philip
Key; first cousin four times removed of Matthew
Tilghman; second cousin of Henry
Lloyd; second cousin thrice removed of Charles
Carroll, Barrister, John
Penn, James
Joseph Tilghman and William
Tilghman; third cousin once removed of Henry
Gaines Johnson, John
Strother Pendleton, Albert
Gallatin Pendleton, Philip
Coleman Pendleton, Joseph
Henry Pendleton and William
Welby Beverley; third cousin twice removed of James
Madison, William
Taylor Madison, Frisby
Tilghman and Zachary
Taylor; fourth cousin of William
Barret Pendleton, Charles
Rittenhouse Pendleton and John
Overton Pendleton; fourth cousin once removed of Coleby
Chew, Tench
Tilghman, Edward
Tilghman Paca and Sidney
Fletcher Taliaferro. |
| | | Political families: Pendleton-Lee
family of Maryland; Lee-Randolph
family; Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell
family of Virginia; Blackburn-Slaughter-Buckner-Madison
family of Kentucky (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Everett Colby (1874-1943) —
of West Orange, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., December
10, 1874.
Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Essex County, 1903-05; member
of New
Jersey state senate from Essex County, 1906-08; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1912;
Progressive candidate for Governor of
New Jersey, 1913.
Died in Montclair, Essex
County, N.J., June 19,
1943 (age 68 years, 191
days).
Entombed at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Henry Bischoff Jr. (1852-1913) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August
16, 1852.
Common pleas court judge in New York, 1895; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1896-1913; died in office
1913.
German
ancestry.
While taking an ascending elevator
to his office
in the Emigrants Industrial Savings Bank Building, he got off at the
wrong floor, and while trying to re-enter the elevator, he hit his
head on a door frame, smashing some glass, and fell about
150 feet down the elevator shaft to his death, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March
28, 1913 (age 60 years, 224
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Bischoff and Amelia (Bolte) Bischoff; married to Annie
Louise Moshier. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Daniel Phoenix Ingraham (1800-1881) —
also known as Daniel P. Ingraham —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born April
22, 1800.
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1857-73.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
12, 1881 (age 81 years, 234
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Henry Brewster Stanton (1805-1887) —
also known as Henry B. Stanton —
of Seneca Falls, Seneca
County, N.Y.
Born in Griswold, New London
County, Conn., June 27,
1805.
Journalist;
orator;
lawyer;
member of New York
state senate 25th District, 1850-51, 1851; resigned 1851.
Died, of pneumonia,
in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
14, 1887 (age 81 years, 201
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Susan M. (Brewster) Stanton and Joseph Stanton; married, May 1,
1840, to Elizabeth
Smith Cady; fifth great-grandnephew of Robert
Treat; first cousin once removed of Nathan
Belcher; second cousin once removed of Erskine
Mason Phelps; second cousin four times removed of Waightstill
Avery; third cousin of Enoch
C. Chapman; third cousin once removed of Jeremiah
Mason, Edward
Wheeler Pendleton and Giles
Russell Taggart; third cousin twice removed of John
Adams, George
Champlin and John
Baldwin; fourth cousin of Albert
Gallup; fourth cousin once removed of David
Hough, John
Taintor, Roger
Taintor, John
Quincy Adams, Christopher
Grant Champlin, Solomon
Taintor, Daniel
Cady, Daniel
Packer, Jabez
Williams Huntington, Lorenzo
Burrows, Asa
Packer, Albert
Smith Gallup and Abial
T. Browning. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Fairbanks-Adams
family; Lenoir
family of North Carolina; Beakes-Greene-Witter
family; Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Peter August Hatting (1867-1933) —
also known as Peter A. Hatting —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
15, 1867.
Democrat. Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1924-33; died in office 1933.
German
ancestry.
Died, from diabetes
and osteomyelitis
and complications from the amputation of his left leg, in
Post-Graduate Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
28, 1933 (age 65 years, 105
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Relatives:
Married to Rose L. Magee. |
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Daniel Phoenix Ingraham (1874-1934) —
also known as Phoenix Ingraham —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
23, 1874.
Democrat. Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1924-34; died in office 1934.
Member, Freemasons;
Sons
of the Revolution; Society
of the Cincinnati; Tammany
Hall.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April
30, 1934 (age 59 years, 189
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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George Sawter (1857-1922) —
of Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., 1857.
Democrat. Newspaper
editor and publisher; U.S. Commercial Agent (Consul) in Glauchau, 1895-96; U.S. Consul in Glauchau, 1896-99; Antigua, 1901-02.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March 1,
1922 (age about 64
years).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Mortimer Clark Addoms (1842-1930) —
also known as Mortimer C. Addoms —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 4,
1842.
Republican. Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1905; defeated, 1904;
appointed 1905; defeated, 1905.
Member, Union
League.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April
25, 1930 (age 87 years, 356
days).
Entombed at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of John Addoms and Mary Agnes (Clark) Addoms; married 1875 to Mary
Ann Baldwin. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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John B. Davidson (1855-1932) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Scotland,
February
22, 1855.
Architect;
member of New York
state senate 21st District, 1914; defeated (State Tax), 1922.
Presbyterian.
Scottish
ancestry. Member, Grange;
Freemasons;
Royal
Arcanum.
Died in New Rochelle, Westchester
County, N.Y., February
20, 1932 (age 76 years, 363
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Relatives:
Married to Annie Cameron. |
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Samuel Hanson Ordway (1860-1934) —
also known as Samuel H. Ordway —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 8,
1860.
Republican. Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1917; defeated, 1906;
appointed 1917; defeated, 1917.
Episcopalian.
Advocate for civil service reform.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April
19, 1934 (age 73 years, 315
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Fred A. Potts —
of Hunterdon
County, N.J.
Member of New
Jersey state senate from Hunterdon County, 1874-76.
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Hamilton Fish Potter (1901-1978) —
also known as Hamilton F. Potter —
of Smithtown Branch, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Westchester
County, N.Y., July 29,
1901.
Republican. Accountant;
member of New York
state assembly from Suffolk County 2nd District, 1929-36;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New York.
Died in 1978
(age about
76 years).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Image source:
New York Red Book 1936 |
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William Watson Niles (1822-1900) —
also known as William W. Niles —
of Bedford Park, Bronx, New York County (now Bronx
County), N.Y.
Born in West Fairlee, Orange
County, Vt., March
26, 1822.
Democrat. Lawyer;
attorney for Samuel
J. Tilden; member of New York
state assembly, 1872, 1881 (Westchester County 1st District 1872,
New York County 24th District 1881); candidate for New York
state senate, 1883.
Died in Bedford Park, Bronx, New York County (now Bronx
County), N.Y., October
29, 1900 (age 78 years, 217
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Samuel Untermyer (1858-1940) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Lynchburg,
Va., March 2,
1858.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1900,
1904,
1908,
1912,
1916,
1932,
1936;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1914; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1938.
Jewish.
German
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Society for International Law.
Died in Palm Springs, Riverside
County, Calif., March
16, 1940 (age 82 years, 14
days).
Entombed at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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John Phillips Rockefeller (1845-1900) —
also known as John P. Rockefeller —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Germantown, Columbia
County, N.Y., December
2, 1845.
Republican. Ice
business; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 9th District, 1885.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March
21, 1900 (age 54 years, 109
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Herman Ossian Armour (1837-1901) —
also known as Herman O. Armour —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Stockbridge, Madison
County, N.Y., March 7,
1837.
Republican. Co-founder of Armour & Company meatpacking
firm; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1892;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New York.
English
and Scottish
ancestry.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
8, 1901 (age 64 years, 185
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Henry D. Purroy (1848-1903) —
of Fordham, New York, New York County (now Bronx, Bronx
County), N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August
27, 1848.
Democrat. Lawyer; led
the New York City Fire
Department in 1885-93, and brought many innovations; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1892,
1896;
New
York County Clerk, 1893.
Spanish
and Irish
ancestry. Member, Tammany
Hall.
Died in Saratoga, Saratoga
County, N.Y., August
22, 1903 (age 54 years, 360
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Hermann Oelrichs (1850-1906) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., June 8,
1850.
Democrat. Steamship
agent; banker;
member of Democratic
National Committee from New York, 1888.
German
ancestry.
Died, from liver
trouble, on
board the S.S. Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, in the North
Atlantic Ocean, September
1, 1906 (age 56 years, 85
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Ferdinand Oelrichs and Julia Matilda (May) Oelrichs; married
1890 to
Theresa Alice 'Tessie' Fair (daughter of James
Graham Fair). |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Washington Times,
September 4, 1906 |
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Henry Hachemeister (1867-1907) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Tottenville, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
8, 1867.
Democrat. Brewer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 22nd District, 1898;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New York.
While suffering from Bright's
disease and dropsy (probably congestive
heart failure), he was drinking heavily, when he collapsed, and
died soon after, in a room at the Harlem Central Hotel,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 5,
1907 (age 39 years, 239
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Joseph Livermore Perley (1836-1908) —
also known as Joseph L. Perley —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August
4, 1836.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; mechanical
engineer; fire
fighter; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from New York, 1884.
Died in Bay Shore, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., July 17,
1908 (age 71 years, 348
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Charles Frederick Naething (1852-1913) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Boonville, Oneida
County, N.Y., October
27, 1852.
Democrat. Candidate for Presidential Elector for New York.
Died in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess
County, N.Y., January
30, 1913 (age 60 years, 95
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Joseph Nicola Francolini (1856-1920) —
also known as Joseph N. Francolini —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Corleto Perticara, Potenza, Italy,
March
29, 1856.
Progressive. Banker;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New York.
Italian
ancestry.
Died, from bronchial
pneumonia, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
14, 1920 (age 64 years, 260
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Dr. Biagio Francolini and Francesca (Galotti) Francolini; married,
September
17, 1897, to Marguerite Mackellar. |
| | | Epitaph: "An exemplary life he lived:
as a citizen gratuitiously he served the state many years: knighted
by the King of Italy with the Order ot St. Maurizio and Lazzaro for
attainments in a foreign field: in practice love for God and man was
his religion." |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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William White Niles (1860-1935) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Waterford, Saratoga
County, N.Y., July 22,
1860.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 30th District, 1895;
vice-president, Bronx Parkway Commission, 1907-25.
Died in Riverdale, Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., January
12, 1935 (age 74 years, 174
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of William
Watson Niles and Isabel (White) Niles; married to Florence Brown;
grandson of Hugh
White. |
| | | Political family: Niles-White
family of Bronx and Waterford, New York. |
| | | Epitaph: Originator of The Bronx River
Parkway. / "I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I
have kept the faith." -II.TIM.IV. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Guy Van Amrige (1868-1936) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., 1868.
Republican. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1908;
magistrate.
Member, Society
of Colonial Wars.
Died, of appendicitis,
in St. Vincent's Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April 3,
1936 (age about 67
years).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Howard Van Amrige. |
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Robert Walton Goelet (1880-1941) —
also known as Robert W. Goelet; Bertie
Goelet —
of Newport, Newport
County, R.I.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March
19, 1880.
Republican. One of New York's wealthiest men, he inherited $60
million by 1902; director of banks, the
Ritz-Carlton Hotel
Corporation, and the Union Pacific Railroad;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Rhode Island; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Rhode Island, 1932,
1936.
French
Huguenot ancestry.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 2,
1941 (age 61 years, 44
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Clarence Seymour Wadsworth (1871-1941) —
also known as Clarence S. Wadsworth —
of Middletown, Middlesex
County, Conn.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August
29, 1871.
Delegate
to Connecticut convention to ratify 21st amendment 33rd District,
1933.
Died in Montreal, Quebec,
April
7, 1941 (age 69 years, 221
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Frank Lyon Polk (1871-1943) —
also known as Frank L. Polk —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
13, 1871.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; lawyer;
Corporation counsel, New York City, 1914-15; Counselor, U.S. State
Department, 1915-19; Undersecretary of State, 1919-20; alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1916.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
7, 1943 (age 71 years, 147
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Robert E. Dowling (1866-1943) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Calaveras
County, Calif., October
21, 1866.
Democrat. Real estate
broker; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York;
chairman, New York State Workmen's Compensation Commission.
Member, American
Geographic Society.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March
16, 1943 (age 76 years, 146
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Henry Waters Taft (1859-1945) —
also known as Henry W. Taft —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, May 27,
1859.
Republican. Lawyer;
counsel, New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad;
director, Central Savings Bank of
New York; trustee, Mutual Life
Insurance Company;; candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1898; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1920,
1924.
Member, American Bar
Association; Skull
and Bones; Psi
Upsilon.
Tripped and
fell on April 27, suffered a hip injury, and subsequently died as
a result, in St. Luke's Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., August
11, 1945 (age 86 years, 76
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Henry de Forest Baldwin (1862-1947) —
of Pelham Manor, Westchester
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Clinton, Clinton
County, Iowa, November
7, 1862.
Lawyer;
candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1911.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Skull
and Bones.
Died, following a stroke,
in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 18,
1947 (age 84 years, 192
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Generoso Pope (1891-1950) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born April 1,
1891.
Democrat. Newspaper
publisher; delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1936,
1940
(alternate); candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1937.
Publisher of Il Progresso, the largest-circulation
Italian-language newspaper
in the U.S. His son, Generoso Pope Jr., was the creator of the
National Enquirer.
Died April
28, 1950 (age 59 years, 27
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Mary Stillman Harkness (1874-1950) —
also known as Mary Stillman —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., July 4,
1874.
Philanthropist; delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Female.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 6,
1950 (age 75 years, 337
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Thomas Edgar Stillman and Elizabeth (Greenman) Stillman;
married, November
15, 1904, to Edward Stephen Harkness. |
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Beverley Randolph Robinson (1876-1951) —
also known as Beverley R. Robinson —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 24,
1876.
Republican. Lawyer; New
York City Alderman, 1904-06; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 27th District, 1907-09;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1916.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Lawrence, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., September
21, 1951 (age 75 years, 89
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Beverly Randolph Robinson and Anna Eloize (Foster) Robinson;
married 1917 to Gladys
Endicott. |
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memorial |
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Edith Hyde Colby (1876-1962) —
also known as Edith H. Colby; Edith Letitia
Hyde —
of West Orange, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Plainfield, Union
County, N.J., June 21,
1876.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New
Jersey, 1924.
Female.
Died in West Orange, Essex
County, N.J., March
23, 1962 (age 85 years, 275
days).
Entombed at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Elsie Cryder Woodward (1883-1981) —
also known as Elsie C. Woodward; Elizabeth Ogden
Cryder; Mrs. William Woodward —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
21, 1883.
Philanthropist; delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Female.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 13,
1981 (age 97 years, 204
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Peter Goelet (1911-1986) —
of Chester, Orange
County, N.Y.
Born in Newport, Newport
County, R.I., June 8,
1911.
Democrat. Candidate for New York
state assembly from Orange County 2nd District, 1940.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April 1,
1986 (age 74 years, 297
days).
Entombed at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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William Woodward III (1944-1999) —
also known as Woody Woodward —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born July 24,
1944.
Democrat. Newspaper
reporter; magazine
publisher; candidate for New York
state senate 26th District, 1978.
Jumped
from the kitchen window of his apartment, and fell to
his death fourteen stories below, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 2,
1999 (age 54 years, 282
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Salvatore Ninfo —
of New York.
Socialist. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 23rd District, 1922.
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Isidor Straus (1845-1912) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Otterberg, Bavaria (now Germany),
February
6, 1845.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York 15th District, 1894-95.
Jewish.
One of the owners of the R. H. Macy & Co. department store in New
York.
Perished
in the wreck
of the steamship Titanic, in the North
Atlantic Ocean, April
15, 1912 (age 67 years, 69
days); his body was subsequently recovered.
Originally entombed at Beth
El Cemetery, Glendale, Queens, N.Y.; later interred at Woodlawn
Cemetery; memorial monument at Straus
Park, Manhattan, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Lazarus Straus and Sara (Straus) Straus; brother of Oscar
Solomon Straus; married, July 12,
1871, to Ida Blum; father of Jesse
Isidor Straus; uncle of Nathan
Straus Jr.; grandfather of Stuart
Scheftel; granduncle of Ronald
Peter Straus. |
| | | Political family: Straus
family of New York City, New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Straus Hall (built 1926), a dormitory at
Harvard University,
Cambridge,
Massachusetts, is named for
him and his wife. — Straus Park
(established 1895 as Schuyler Square; renamed 1907 as Bloomingdale
Square; renamed 1915 as Straus Park), at Broadway and West End Avenue
in Morningside Heights, Manhattan,
New York, is named for
him and his wife. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about Isidor Straus: June Hall
McCash, A
Titanic Love Story: Ida and Isidor Straus |
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