The Political Graveyard: Chenango County, N.Y.

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Chenango County
New York

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Chenango County

Index to Locations

Afton Glenwood Cemetery

Bainbridge Greenlawn Cemetery

Bainbridge St. Peter's Churchyard

Columbus town Lambs Corners Cemetery

Greene Canal Street Cemetery

Greene Greene Cemetery

Greene Sylvan Lawn Cemetery

Guilford Sunset Hill Cemetery

New Berlin St. Andrews' Cemetery

North Norwich North Norwich Cemetery

North Norwich Riverside Cemetery

Norwich Mt. Hope Cemetery

Norwich St. Paul's Cemetery

Oxford Riverview Cemetery

Smyrna Lines Hill Cemetery

Smyrna Smyrna East Cemetery

Glenwood Cemetery
Afton, Chenango County, New York

Politicians buried here:

Bert Lord (1869-1939) — of Afton, Chenango County, N.Y. Born in Sanford, Broome County, N.Y., December 4, 1869. Republican. Merchant; lumber business; member of New York state assembly from Chenango County, 1915-21, 1924-30; member of New York state senate 40th District, 1930-34; U.S. Representative from New York 34th District, 1935-39; died in office 1939. Member, Freemasons; Redmen; Odd Fellows. Died in Washington, D.C., May 24, 1939 (age 69 years, 171 days). Interment at Glenwood Cemetery.

See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

Greenlawn Cemetery
Bainbridge, Chenango County, New York

Politicians buried here:

Irving McNeil Ives (1896-1962) — also known as Irving M. Ives — of Norwich, Chenango County, N.Y. Born in Bainbridge, Chenango County, N.Y., January 24, 1896. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; insurance business; member of New York state assembly from Chenango County, 1930-46; Speaker of the New York State Assembly, 1936; U.S. Senator from New York, 1947-59; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1948, 1952 (member, Resolutions Committee), 1956; candidate for Governor of New York, 1954. Presbyterian. Member, American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Phi Beta Kappa; Theta Delta Chi; Elks; Grange. Author and sponsor of legislation creating the New York State Department of Commerce, and the School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University. Died in Chenango Memorial Hospital, Norwich, Chenango County, N.Y., February 24, 1962 (age 66 years, 31 days). Interment at Greenlawn Cemetery.

		See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier
		Image source: New York Red Book 1936

St. Peter's Churchyard
Bainbridge, Chenango County, New York

Politicians buried here:

John Chamberlain Clark (1793-1852) — also known as John C. Clark — of Chenango County, N.Y. Born in Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Mass., January 14, 1793. Democrat. Member of New York state assembly from Chenango County, 1826; U.S. Representative from New York 21st District, 1827-29, 1837-43. Died in Elmira, Chemung County, N.Y., October 25, 1852 (age 59 years, 285 days). Interment at St. Peter's Churchyard.

See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

Lambs Corners Cemetery
(formerly Columbus Corners Cemetery)
Columbus town, Chenango County, New York

Politicians buried here:

Samuel Campbell (1773-1853) — of Chenango County, N.Y. Born in Mansfield, Tolland County, Conn., July 11, 1773. Member of New York state assembly from Chenango County, 1808-09, 1811-12, 1819-20; Chenango County Sheriff, 1815-19; U.S. Representative from New York 15th District, 1821-23. Died in Columbus town, Chenango County, N.Y., June 2, 1853 (age 79 years, 326 days). Interment at Lambs Corners Cemetery.

See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

Canal Street Cemetery
Greene, Chenango County, New York

Politicians buried here:

Robert Monell (1787-1860) — of Greene, Chenango County, N.Y. Born in Claverack, Columbia County, N.Y., April 25, 1787. Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly from Chenango County, 1814-15, 1825-26, 1828; U.S. Representative from New York, 1819-21, 1829-31 (15th District 1819-21, 21st District 1829-31); circuit judge in New York, 1831-45. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons. Slaveowner. Died in Greene, Chenango County, N.Y., November 29, 1860 (age 73 years, 218 days). Interment at Canal Street Cemetery.

		Relatives: Son of Catherine (Dwight) Monell and George Monell; brother of Joseph Dwight Monell; married to Charlotte Squires.
		See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial

Alvah Hunt (1798-1858) — of Greene, Chenango County, N.Y. Born in Seekonk, Bristol County, Mass., 1798. Member of New York state senate 6th District, 1839-42; New York state treasurer, 1848-51. Died in New York, New York County, N.Y., October 23, 1858 (age about 60 years). Interment at Canal Street Cemetery.

		Relatives: Married to Anna Birdsall (sister of John Charles Birdsall; aunt of Benjamin Pixley Birdsall).
		Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
		See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial

Greene Cemetery
Greene, Chenango County, New York

Politicians buried here:

Edwin Ruthven Meade (1836-1889) — also known as Edwin R. Meade — of New York. Born in New York, 1836. Democrat. U.S. Representative from New York 5th District, 1875-77. Died in 1889 (age about 53 years). Interment at Greene Cemetery.

See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

Sylvan Lawn Cemetery
Greene, Chenango County, New York

Politicians buried here:

David B. Sherwood (1835-1910) — also known as David Sherwood — of Greene, Chenango County, N.Y. Born in Smithville, Chenango County, N.Y., July 10, 1835. Republican. Farmer; member of New York state assembly from Chenango County, 1894-95. Died in Greene, Chenango County, N.Y., May 2, 1910 (age 74 years, 296 days). Interment at Sylvan Lawn Cemetery.

		Relatives: Son of Isaac Sherwood and Amy (Budlong) Sherwood; brother of George Isaac Sherwood; married 1855 to Rosanna Warner; uncle of Carl G. Sherwood; sixth great-grandnephew of Thomas Welles; second cousin once removed of David Huestis Budlong; third cousin once removed of Francis William Kellogg; third cousin twice removed of George Champlin and Rollin Morse Severance; third cousin thrice removed of Josiah Cowles, Simeon Baldwin and Daniel Cady; fourth cousin once removed of Christopher Grant Champlin, Josiah Quincy and Evert Harris Kittell.
		Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Livingston-Schuyler family of New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
		See also Find-A-Grave memorial

Sunset Hill Cemetery
Guilford, Chenango County, New York
See also Findagrave page for this location.

Politicians buried here:

Laman Ingersoll (1805-1863) — of Guilford, Chenango County, N.Y. Born in Guilford, Chenango County, N.Y., April 2, 1805. Member of New York state assembly from Chenango County 2nd District, 1851. Died in Guilford, Chenango County, N.Y., December 30, 1863 (age 58 years, 272 days). Interment at Sunset Hill Cemetery.

		Relatives: Son of Thomas Horton Ingersoll and Elizabeth (Laman) Ingersoll; married, January 12, 1825, to Sarah Sherwood; second cousin twice removed of Jonathan Ingersoll and Jared Ingersoll; third cousin once removed of Charles Jared Ingersoll, Joseph Reed Ingersoll, Ralph Isaacs Ingersoll and Charles Anthony Ingersoll; fourth cousin of Chester Ashley, Colin Macrae Ingersoll and Charles Roberts Ingersoll; fourth cousin once removed of Elijah Hunt Mills, Orlando Kellogg, Ebon Clarke Ingersoll, Robert Green Ingersoll, Charles Edward Ingersoll and George Pratt Ingersoll.
		Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
		See also Find-A-Grave memorial

St. Andrews' Cemetery
New Berlin, Chenango County, New York

Politicians buried here:

Henry Bennett (1808-1868) — of New Berlin, Chenango County, N.Y. Born in New Lisbon, Otsego County, N.Y., September 29, 1808. U.S. Representative from New York, 1849-59 (22nd District 1849-53, 21st District 1853-59). Died in New Berlin, Chenango County, N.Y., May 10, 1868 (age 59 years, 224 days). Interment at St. Andrews' Cemetery.

See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

North Norwich Cemetery
North Norwich, Chenango County, New York

Politicians buried here:
	Edmund G. Perlee — of Chenango County, N.Y. Member of New York state assembly from Chenango County, 1820-22, 1832. Interment at North Norwich Cemetery.

Riverside Cemetery
North Norwich, Chenango County, New York

Politicians buried here:

Obadiah German (1766-1842) — of Chenango County, N.Y. Born in Amenia, Dutchess County, N.Y., April 22, 1766. Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly from Chenango County, 1798-99, 1803-05, 1806-09, 1818-19; Speaker of the New York State Assembly, 1819; U.S. Senator from New York, 1809-15. Died in Norwich, Chenango County, N.Y., September 24, 1842 (age 76 years, 155 days). Interment at Riverside Cemetery.

Mt. Hope Cemetery
Norwich, Chenango County, New York
See also Findagrave page for this location.

Politicians buried here:

George Washington Ray (1844-1925) — also known as George W. Ray — of Norwich, Chenango County, N.Y. Born in Otselic, Chenango County, N.Y., February 3, 1844. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; director, Norwich Furniture Co.; U.S. Representative from New York, 1883-85, 1891-1902 (21st District 1883-85, 26th District 1891-1902); U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of New York, 1902-08. Baptist. Member, American Society for International Law; Grand Army of the Republic; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Redmen. Died in 1925 (age about 81 years). Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.

		Presumably named for: George Washington
		Relatives: Son of Asher Minor Ray and Melissa P. (Gray) Ray; married, June 26, 1871, to Mary Johnson.
		See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial

Elizur H. Prindle (1829-1890) — of Norwich, Chenango County, N.Y. Born in Connecticut, 1829. Republican. Member of New York state assembly from Chenango County 1st District, 1863; U.S. Representative from New York 19th District, 1871-73. Died in 1890 (age about 61 years). Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.

Henry Mitchell (1784-1856) — of Chenango County, N.Y. Born in Connecticut, 1784. Member of New York state assembly from Chenango County, 1828; U.S. Representative from New York 21st District, 1833-35. Died in 1856 (age about 72 years). Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.

William Mason (1786-1860) — of Chenango County, N.Y. Born in Connecticut, 1786. Democrat. Member of New York state assembly from Chenango County, 1820-22; U.S. Representative from New York 21st District, 1835-37. Died in 1860 (age about 74 years). Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.

		Relatives: Son of James Mason and Abigail (Beaumont) Mason.
		See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial

Smith Meade Purdy (1796-1870) — of New York. Born in New York, 1796. Democrat. U.S. Representative from New York 22nd District, 1843-45. Died in 1870 (age about 74 years). Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.

James Perminter Hill (1878-1950) — also known as James P. Hill — of Norwich, Chenango County, N.Y. Born in German, Chenango County, N.Y., April 7, 1878. Republican. Chenango County District Attorney, 1908-13; chair of Chenango County Republican Party, 1908-10; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1916, 1920; Justice of New York Supreme Court 6th District, 1924-48; defeated, 1923; Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 3rd Department, 1927-48; delegate to New York state constitutional convention 40th District, 1938. Died in Norwich, Chenango County, N.Y., June 9, 1950 (age 72 years, 63 days). Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.

		Relatives: Married to Florine Pellett Hall; father of Janet Hill Gordon.
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		Image source: Empire State Notables (1914)

Janet Hill Gordon (1915-1990) — also known as Janet Hill — of Norwich, Chenango County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., January 11, 1915. Republican. Lawyer; member of New York Republican State Committee, 1942-46; Chenango County Attorney, 1944-45; first woman county attorney in New York State; member of New York state assembly from Chenango County, 1947-58; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1948; member of New York state senate 46th District, 1959-62; candidate for U.S. Representative from New York 35th District, 1962. Female. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association; Daughters of the American Revolution; Grange; Gamma Phi Beta; Delta Kappa Gamma; Order of the Eastern Star; American Legion Auxiliary. Died September 17, 1990 (age 75 years, 249 days). Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.

		Relatives: Daughter of James Perminter Hill and Florine (Hall) Hill; married to William J. Gordon.
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Elias Porter Pellet (1837-c.1904) — also known as Elias P. Pellet — Born in Norwich, Chenango County, N.Y., July 7, 1837. Newspaper publisher; served in the Union Army during the Civil War; private secretary to U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward, 1866; U.S. Commercial Agent (Consul) in Sabanilla, 1866-74; U.S. Consul in Sabanilla, 1874-80; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Barranquilla, 1893-99. Died about 1904 (age about 67 years). Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.

		Relatives: Grandfather of Elias Pellet Buitrago.
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Samuel A. Jones (1861-1937) — of Norwich, Chenango County, N.Y. Born in New Berlin, Chenango County, N.Y., May 16, 1861. Merchant; lumberman; postmaster at Norwich, N.Y., 1894-1900; member of New York state assembly from Chenango County, 1914; member of New York state senate 37th District, 1915-16. Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons; Odd Fellows; Elks; Redmen. Died in 1937 (age about 76 years). Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.

		Relatives: Married 1886 to Clara B. Barstow.
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Perez Randall (1784-1838) — of Norwich, Chenango County, N.Y. Born in Stonington, New London County, Conn., April 6, 1784. Postmaster at Norwich, N.Y., 1811-19; member of New York state assembly from Chenango County, 1817-18. Died in Norwich, Chenango County, N.Y., March 29, 1838 (age 53 years, 357 days). Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.

		Relatives: Son of John Randall and Mary (Swan) Randall; married 1808 to Betsey Edmunds.
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Hascall Ransford (1766-1839) — of Norwich, Chenango County, N.Y. Born in Voluntown, New London County, Conn., February 10, 1766. Postmaster at Norwich, N.Y., 1805-11; member of New York state assembly from Chenango County, 1813-14. Died in Norwich, Chenango County, N.Y., June 30, 1839 (age 73 years, 140 days). Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.

		Relatives: Married to Fanny Graves.
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Sherwood S. Merritt (1817-1869) — of Norwich, Chenango County, N.Y.; Oxford, Chenango County, N.Y. Born in 1817. Democrat. Postmaster at Norwich, N.Y., 1854-61; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1864. Died in 1869 (age about 52 years). Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.

		Relatives: Married to Mary A. Wilcox.
		See also Find-A-Grave memorial

Hugh M. Bulger (1869-1946) — of Norwich, Chenango County, N.Y. Born in 1869. Democrat. Postmaster at Norwich, N.Y., 1933-45 (acting, 1933-34). Died in 1946 (age about 77 years). Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.

		Relatives: Married to Ida Smith.
		See also Find-A-Grave memorial

Irving Dilley Tillman (1886-1954) — also known as Irving D. Tillman — of Norwich, Chenango County, N.Y. Born in Bainbridge, Chenango County, N.Y., September 30, 1886. Republican. Lawyer; Chenango County Clerk, 1928-48; chair of Chenango County Republican Party, 1934-37. Baptist. Member, Freemasons; Royal Arch Masons; Knights Templar; Shriners. Died, following a heart attack, in Chenango Memorial Hospital, Norwich, Chenango County, N.Y., September 3, 1954 (age 67 years, 338 days). Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.

		Relatives: Son of Irving J. Tillman and Arabel (Guiles) Tillman; married, January 16, 1917, to Roxa V. Hann; third cousin twice removed of Jonathan R. Herrick; fourth cousin once removed of James Hammond Trumbull, Erskine Mason Phelps, D-Cady Herrick and Walter Richmond Herrick.
		Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
		See also Find-A-Grave memorial

St. Paul's Cemetery
Norwich, Chenango County, New York

Politicians buried here:

David E. Lee (1926-2007) — also known as "Fuzzy" — of Norwich, Chenango County, N.Y. Born in Norwich, Chenango County, N.Y., May 27, 1926. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1948; chair of Chenango County Democratic Party, 1958-61; postmaster at Norwich, N.Y., 1963-86 (acting, 1963-65). Died in Miramar, Broward County, Fla., April 8, 2007 (age 80 years, 316 days). Interment at St. Paul's Cemetery.

		Relatives: Son of John Carey Lee and Mae Agnes (Fleming) Lee; married, January 8, 1952, to Charlotte T. Wnuk.
		See also Find-A-Grave memorial

Riverview Cemetery
Oxford, Chenango County, New York

Politicians buried here:

Uri Tracy (1764-1838) — of Oxford, Chenango County, N.Y. Born in Norwich, New London County, Conn., February 8, 1764. Democrat. Minister; postmaster; Chenango County Sheriff, 1798-1801; Chenango County Clerk, 1801-15; member of New York state assembly from Chenango County, 1802-03; U.S. Representative from New York, 1805-07, 1809-13 (16th District 1805-07, 13th District 1809-13); county judge in New York, 1819-23. Presbyterian. Died in Oxford, Chenango County, N.Y., July 21, 1838 (age 74 years, 163 days). Interment at Riverview Cemetery.

See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

Solomon Bundy (1823-1889) — of New York. Born in Oxford, Chenango County, N.Y., May 22, 1823. Republican. U.S. Representative from New York 21st District, 1877-79. Died in Oxford, Chenango County, N.Y., January 13, 1889 (age 65 years, 236 days). Interment at Riverview Cemetery.

See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

John Tracy (1783-1864) — of Oxford, Chenango County, N.Y. Born in Norwich, New London County, Conn., October 26, 1783. Member of New York state assembly from Chenango County, 1820-22, 1826; Lieutenant Governor of New York, 1833-36. Died in Oxford, Chenango County, N.Y., June 18, 1864 (age 80 years, 236 days). Interment at Riverview Cemetery.

Ransom Balcom (1818-1879) — of Chenango County, N.Y.; Binghamton, Broome County, N.Y. Born April 6, 1818. Member of New York state assembly from Chenango County, 1847; Justice of New York Supreme Court 6th District, 1871-76. Died January 6, 1879 (age 60 years, 275 days). Interment at Riverview Cemetery.

		Relatives: Son of Samuel Balcom and Polly (Knapp) Balcom.
		See also Find-A-Grave memorial

Lines Hill Cemetery
Smyrna, Chenango County, New York

Politicians buried here:

William Stephens Smith (1755-1816) — of New York. Born in Long Island (unknown county), N.Y., November 8, 1755. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; U.S. Representative from New York 17th District, 1813-15. Member, Society of the Cincinnati. Died in Smith Valley, Madison County, N.Y., June 10, 1816 (age 60 years, 215 days). Interment at Lines Hill Cemetery.

		Relatives: Son of John Smith and Margaret (Stephens) Smith; married, June 12, 1786, to Abigail Amelia Adams (daughter of John Adams; sister of John Quincy Adams; aunt of Charles Francis Adams).
		Political families: Otis family of Connecticut; Adams-Baldwin family of Boston, Massachusetts; Fairbanks-Adams family; Sewall-Adams-Quincy family of Maine; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Livingston-Schuyler family of New York; Adams-Pope family of Quincy, Massachusetts; Adams-Rusling family (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
		See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

Smyrna East Cemetery
Smyrna, Chenango County, New York

Politicians buried here:

Demas Hubbard Jr. (1806-1873) — of Smyrna, Chenango County, N.Y. Born in Winfield, Herkimer County, N.Y., January 17, 1806. Republican. Member of New York state assembly from Chenango County, 1838-40; U.S. Representative from New York 19th District, 1865-67. Died in Smyrna, Chenango County, N.Y., September 2, 1873 (age 67 years, 228 days). Interment at Smyrna East Cemetery.

See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

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