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Index to Locations
Big Flats Rural Home Cemetery
Elmira Unknown location
Elmira Fitzsimmons Cemetery
Elmira St. Peter and Paul's
Cemetery
Elmira Second Street Cemetery
Elmira Woodlawn Cemetery
Horseheads Maple Grove Cemetery
Veteran town Van Duzer Cemetery
Wellsburg Ashland Cemetery
Rural Home
Cemetery
Big Flats, Chemung County, New York
Unknown
Locations
Elmira, Chemung County, New York
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John Barry Stanchfield (1855-1921) —
also known as John B. Stanchfield —
of Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y., March
30, 1855.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor of
Elmira, N.Y., 1886-88; member of New York
state assembly from Chemung County, 1895-96; candidate for Governor of
New York, 1900; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
New York, 1904,
1912
(speaker);
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 13th District, 1915.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Died of kidney
failure, in Islip, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., June 25,
1921 (age 66 years, 87
days).
Interment somewhere.
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Relatives: Son
of John K. Stanchfield; married 1886 to Clara
S. Spaulding. |
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John F. Murtaugh —
of Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Member of New York
state senate 41st District, 1911-14; candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1914.
Interment somewhere.
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Fitzsimmons
Cemetery
Elmira, Chemung County, New York
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Caleb Baker (1762-1849) —
of Tioga County (part now in Chemung
County), N.Y.
Born in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., 1762.
Lawyer;
common pleas court judge in New York, 1810; member of New York
state assembly from Tioga County, 1813-15, 1829; U.S.
Representative from New York 20th District, 1819-21.
Died in Southport (now part of Elmira), Chemung
County, N.Y., June 26,
1849 (age about 86
years).
Interment at Fitzsimmons Cemetery.
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St. Peter and
Paul's Cemetery
623 Franklin Street
Elmira, Chemung County, New York
Founded 1850
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
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Daniel Sheehan (1860-1951) —
of Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y.
Born in Ridgebury, Bradford
County, Pa., 1860.
Democrat. Merchant;
mayor
of Elmira, N.Y., 1903-04, 1908-11; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1912;
postmaster at Elmira,
N.Y., 1918-21.
Died in 1951
(age about
91 years).
Interment at St. Peter and Paul's Cemetery.
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Henry W. Honan (1888-1935) —
of Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y.
Born in 1888.
Democrat. Mayor of
Elmira, N.Y., 1934-35; died in office 1935.
Died May 20,
1935 (age about 46
years).
Interment at St. Peter and Paul's Cemetery.
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Max O. Pabis (1916-1989) —
of Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y.
Born in 1916.
Union
organizer; American Labor candidate for New York
state senate 46th District, 1946.
Died in 1989
(age about
73 years).
Interment at St. Peter and Paul's Cemetery.
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Second Street
Cemetery
Elmira, Chemung County, New York
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Samuel Partridge (1790-1883) —
of New York.
Born in Norwich, Windsor
County, Vt., November
29, 1790.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York 22nd District, 1841-43.
Died in Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y., March
30, 1883 (age 92 years, 121
days).
Interment at Second Street Cemetery.
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Woodlawn
Cemetery
Elmira, Chemung County, New York
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Alexander Williams Randall (1819-1872) —
also known as Alexander W. Randall —
of Prairieville, Milwaukee County (now Waukesha, Waukesha
County), Wis.; Manitowoc, Manitowoc
County, Wis.; Waukesha, Waukesha
County, Wis.; Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y.
Born in Ames, Montgomery
County, N.Y., October
31, 1819.
Lawyer;
postmaster at Prairieville,
Wis., 1843-46; delegate
to Wisconsin state constitutional convention, 1846; member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1855; circuit judge in Wisconsin 2nd Circuit,
1856; Governor of
Wisconsin, 1858-62; U.S. Minister to Papal States, 1861-63; U.S.
Postmaster General, 1866-69.
Died in Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y., July 26,
1872 (age 52 years, 269
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Lucius Robinson (1810-1886) —
of Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y.
Born in Windham, Greene
County, N.Y., November
4, 1810.
Democrat. Member of New York
state assembly from Chemung County, 1860-61; New York
state comptroller, 1862-65, 1876; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 27th District, 1870; Governor of
New York, 1877-80; defeated, 1879; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1880.
Died in Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y., March
23, 1886 (age 75 years, 139
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Jacob Sloat Fassett (1853-1924) —
also known as J. Sloat Fassett —
of Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y.
Born in Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y., November
13, 1853.
Republican. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; Chemung
County District Attorney, 1879-80; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1880,
1892,
1904,
1908,
1916;
member of New York
state senate 27th District, 1884-91; Secretary
of Republican National Committee, 1888-92; U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1891; candidate for Governor of
New York, 1891; U.S.
Representative from New York 33rd District, 1905-11; defeated,
1910; banker; lumber
business.
Died in Vancouver, British
Columbia, April
21, 1924 (age 70 years, 160
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Newton Pomeroy Fassett and Martha Ellen (Sloat) Fassett; married,
February
13, 1879, to Jennie L. Crocker (daughter of Edwin
Bryant Crocker; niece of Charles
Crocker); fourth cousin once removed of Zenas
Ferry Moody and Alfred
Clark Chapin. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Crocker-Whitehouse
family of Sacramento, California (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
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of Fassett,
Quebec, Canada, is named for
him. — Fassett Elementary
School, in Elmira,
New York, is named for
him. — Fassett Commons, a building
at Elmira College,
Elmira,
New York, is named for
him. — The World War II Liberty
ship SS Jacob Sloat Fassett (built 1944 at Savannah,
Georgia; scrapped 1965) was named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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John Arnot Jr. (1831-1886) —
of Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y.
Born in Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y., March
11, 1831.
Democrat. Banker; village
president of Elmira, New York, 1859-61; mayor of
Elmira, N.Y., 1864-65, 1870-71, 1874-75; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1883-86 (29th District 1883-85,
28th District 1885-86); died in office 1886.
Died in Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y., November
20, 1886 (age 55 years, 254
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Horace Boardman Smith (1826-1888) —
of Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y.
Born in Whitingham, Windham
County, Vt., August
18, 1826.
Republican. Lawyer; Chemung
County Judge, 1859-60; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1871-75 (27th District 1871-73,
28th District 1873-75); Justice of
New York Supreme Court 6th District, 1883-88; resigned 1888.
Died in Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y., December
26, 1888 (age 62 years, 130
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Thomas Schmeck Flood (1844-1908) —
also known as Thomas S. Flood —
of Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y.
Born in Lodi, Seneca
County, N.Y., April
12, 1844.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from New York 28th District, 1887-91.
Died in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., October
28, 1908 (age 64 years, 199
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Hosea Hunt Rockwell (1840-1918) —
also known as Hosea H. Rockwell —
of Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y.
Born in Lawrenceville, Tioga
County, N.Y., May 31,
1840.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; school
teacher; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Chemung County, 1877; U.S.
Representative from New York 28th District, 1891-93; candidate
for Presidential Elector for New York.
English
ancestry. Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in 1918
(age about
78 years).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Edward Le Grand Adams (1851-1928) —
also known as Edward L. Adams —
of Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y.
Born in Clarence, Erie
County, N.Y., January
3, 1851.
Republican. Newspaper
editor; oil
producer; New York State Tax Commissioner, 1895-98; U.S. Consul
General in Stockholm, 1902-09; U.S. Consul in Dublin, 1909-19; Sherbrooke, 1920-24.
Died in Booterstown, County Dublin, Ireland,
October
2, 1928 (age 77 years, 273
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Benjamin T. Adams and Janet (Gibson) Adams; married, January
22, 1879, to Kate L. Atwater. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: U.S. passport application
(1919) |
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Hiram Gray (1801-1890) —
of New York.
Born in Salem, Washington
County, N.Y., July 10,
1801.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 22nd District, 1837-39; circuit
judge in New York, 1846; Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1847-60; Member of the New York
Commission of Appeals, 1871-73; appointed 1871.
Died in Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y., May 6,
1890 (age 88 years, 300
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Thomas Maxwell (1792-1864) —
of Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y.; Geneva, Ontario
County, N.Y.
Born in Tioga Point (now Athens), Bradford
County, Pa., February
16, 1792.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; lawyer; Tioga
County Clerk, 1819-29; U.S.
Representative from New York 25th District, 1829-31; newspaper
editor; postmaster at Elmira,
N.Y., 1834-39; Chemung
County Treasurer, 1836-43; vice-president, New York & Erie Railroad,
1841.
Died in Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y., November
4, 1864 (age 72 years, 262
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Asher Tyler (1798-1875) —
of New York.
Born in New York, 1798.
U.S.
Representative from New York 31st District, 1843-45.
Died in 1875
(age about
77 years).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Alexander Samuel Diven (1809-1896) —
of Angelica, Allegany
County, N.Y.; Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y.
Born in Catharine (now Watkins Glen), Schuyler
County, N.Y., February
10, 1809.
Republican. Lawyer; law
partner of George
Miles, and later, of Samuel
G. Hathaway; railroad
promoter; candidate for New York
state assembly, 1843 (Allegany County), 1854 (Chemung County);
member of New York
state senate 27th District, 1858-59; U.S.
Representative from New York 27th District, 1861-63; general in
the Union Army during the Civil War; mayor of
Elmira, N.Y., 1880-82.
Presbyterian.
Irish
and English
ancestry.
Died in Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y., June 11,
1896 (age 87 years, 122
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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William Irvine (1820-1882) —
of Corning, Steuben
County, N.Y.; Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y.; San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Whitney Point, Broome
County, N.Y., February
14, 1820.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1856;
U.S.
Representative from New York 28th District, 1859-61; colonel in
the Union Army during the Civil War; taken prisoner by Confederate
forces at Beverly Ford, 1863, and held at Libby Prison in Richmond,
Va.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., November
12, 1882 (age 62 years, 271
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Lewis Henry (1885-1941) —
of Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y.
Born in Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y., June 8,
1885.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 37th District, 1922-23; president,
Oriental Consolidated Mining
Company.
Member, Kappa
Alpha Society.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., July 23,
1941 (age 56 years, 45
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Francis Everett Baldwin (1856-1930) —
also known as Francis E. Baldwin —
of Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y.
Born in Otego, Otsego
County, N.Y., August
30, 1856.
Lawyer;
milk bottle
manufacturer; president, National Total Abstinence League; New York
Prohibition state chair, 1889-93; Prohibition candidate for Governor of
New York, 1894; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York;
Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 33rd District, 1906; Prohibition
candidate for New York
state attorney general, 1910; Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1914; Prohibition candidate for judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1920.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Rotary.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Mentone (Menton), France,
December
19, 1930 (age 74 years, 111
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Jay Maxwell Beers (1870-1941) —
also known as J. Maxwell Beers —
of Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y.
Born in Lindley, Steuben
County, N.Y., January
1, 1870.
Republican. Mayor of
Elmira, N.Y., 1936-41; died in office 1941.
Died in Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y., November
29, 1941 (age 71 years, 332
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Zebulon Reed Brockway (1827-1920) —
also known as Z. Reed Brockway; "Father of Prison
Reform"; "Father of American
Parole" —
of Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y.
Born in Brockway Landing, Lyme, New London
County, Conn., April
27, 1827.
Warden, Elmira Reformatory, 1876-1900; mayor of
Elmira, N.Y., 1906-07.
Died in Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y., 1920
(age about
93 years).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Erwin J. Baldwin (1849-1927) —
of Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y.
Born in Otego, Otsego
County, N.Y., March
10, 1849.
Lawyer;
Prohibition candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 6th District, 1906, 1909, 1913, 1915;
Prohibition candidate for judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1912; Prohibition candidate for chief
judge of New York Court of Appeals, 1916.
Died in Chemung, Chemung
County, N.Y., May 14,
1927 (age 78 years, 65
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Menzo Clinton Beardsley (1859-1946) —
also known as Menzo C. Beardsley —
of White Plains, Westchester
County, N.Y.; Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y.; Jamaica, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Catharine (now Watkins Glen), Schuyler
County, N.Y., October
5, 1859.
Insurance
agent; Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York, 1902 (19th District), 1910 (33rd
District); Prohibition candidate for New York
state assembly, 1911 (Chemung County), 1914 (Chemung County),
1920 (Queens County 4th District); candidate for Presidential Elector
for New York.
Died in Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., August
23, 1946 (age 86 years, 322
days).
Entombed at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Charles W. Perry (1900-1972) —
of Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y.
Born in Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y., August
21, 1900.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; chair of
Chemung County Republican Party, 1935-42; member of New York
Republican State Committee, 1945-50; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1948.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
American
Legion; Alpha
Sigma Phi.
Died in July, 1972
(age 71
years, 0 days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Maple Grove
Cemetery
Horseheads, Chemung County, New York
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William Edgar Tuttle Jr. (1870-1923) —
also known as William E. Tuttle, Jr. —
of Westfield, Union
County, N.J.
Born in Horseheads, Chemung
County, N.Y., December
10, 1870.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 5th District, 1911-15; chair of
Union County Democratic Party, 1913; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New Jersey, 1916.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi.
Died in 1923
(age about
52 years).
Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery.
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Van Duzer
Cemetery
County Route 15
Veteran town, Chemung County, New York
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Charles Hulett (1805-1883) —
of Horseheads, Chemung
County, N.Y.
Born February
19, 1805.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1860;
member of New York
state assembly from Chemung County, 1863.
Died in Horseheads, Chemung
County, N.Y., January
26, 1883 (age 77 years, 341
days).
Interment at Van Duzer Cemetery.
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Relatives:
Married to Nancy McDowell, Ann Elizabeth Munson and Eliza P.
Hulett. |
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Ashland
Cemetery
Wellsburg, Chemung County, New York
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