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Index to Locations
Auburn Fort Hill Cemetery
Auburn North Street Cemetery
Auburn St. Joseph's Cemetery
Auburn St. Peter and St. John
Churchyard
Aurora Aurora Cemetery
Aurora Oak Glen Cemetery
Locke Abbott Farm Cemetery
Moravia Indian Mound Cemetery
Sempronius Sand Hill Cemetery
Twelve Corners Westfall Cemetery
Fort Hill
Cemetery
19 Fort Street, Auburn NY 13021
Auburn, Cayuga County, New York
Founded 1851
| Politicians buried
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William Henry Seward (1801-1872) —
also known as William H. Seward —
of Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Born in Florida, Orange
County, N.Y., May 16,
1801.
Lawyer;
co-founded (with Thurlow
Weed), the Albany Evening Journal newspaper
in 1830; member of New York
state senate 7th District, 1831-34; Governor of
New York, 1839-43; defeated (Whig), 1834; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1849-61; candidate for Republican
nomination for President, 1856,
1860;
U.S.
Secretary of State, 1861-69; as Secretary of State in 1867, he
made a treaty with Russia for the purchase of Alaska; critics dubbed
the territory "Seward's Folly".
Survived an assassination
attempt on April 14, 1865 (the same night Abraham
Lincoln was shot), when Lewis Payne, an associate of John Wilkes
Booth, broke into his bedroom and stabbed him repeatedly. Payne was
arrested, tried with the other conspirators, and hanged.
Died in Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y., October
16, 1872 (age 71 years, 153
days).
Interment at Fort Hill Cemetery; statue at Madison
Square Park, Manhattan, N.Y.; statue at Volunteer
Park, Seattle, Wash.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel
Swayze Seward and Mary (Jennings) Seward; married to Frances
Adeline Miller; father of Frederick
William Seward and William
Henry Seward Jr.; uncle of Caroline Cornelia Canfield (who
married John
Lawrence Schoolcraft) and George
Frederick Seward; granduncle of Frederick
Whittlesey Seward Jr.. |
| | | Political family: Seward
family of New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Cross-reference: George
W. Jones — Samuel
J. Barrows — Frederick
W. Seward — Elias
P. Pellet |
| | | Seward counties in Kan. and Neb. are
named for him. |
| | | Seward Mountain,
in the Adirondack Mountains, Franklin
County, New York, is named for
him. — The city
of Seward,
Nebraska, is named for
him. — The town
of Seward,
New York, is named for
him. — The city
of Seward,
Alaska, is named for
him. — Seward Park
(300 acres on a forested peninsula, established 1911), in Seattle,
Washington, is named for
him. — Seward Park
(three acres on East Broadway, opened 1903), in Manhattan,
New York, is named for
him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: W.
Seward Whittlesey
— W.
H. Seward Thomson
— William
S. Shanahan
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| | | Coins and currency: His portrait
appeared on the $50 U.S. Treasury note in the 1890s.
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| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about William H. Seward: Doris
Kearns Goodwin, Team
of Rivals : The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln —
Walter Stahr, Seward:
Lincoln's Indispensable Man — Walter Stahr, Seward:
Lincoln's Indispensable Man — Michael Burgan, William
Henry Seward : Senator and Statesman (for young
readers) |
| | | Image source: New York Public
Library |
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Theodore Medad Pomeroy (1824-1905) —
also known as Theodore M. Pomeroy —
of Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Born in Cayuga, Cayuga
County, N.Y., December
31, 1824.
Republican. Lawyer; Cayuga
County District Attorney, 1850-56; member of New York
state assembly from Cayuga County 2nd District, 1857; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1860,
1876
(Temporary
Chair; speaker);
U.S.
Representative from New York, 1861-69 (25th District 1861-63,
24th District 1863-69); Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1869; mayor of
Auburn, N.Y., 1875-76; member of New York
state senate 25th District, 1878-79.
Died in Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y., March
23, 1905 (age 80 years, 82
days).
Interment at Fort Hill Cemetery.
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William Miller Collier (1867-1956) —
of Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Born in Lodi, Seneca
County, N.Y., October
11, 1867.
Lawyer;
U.S. Minister to Spain, 1905-09; president,
George Washington University, 1917; U.S. Ambassador to Chile, 1921-28.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Chi Psi;
American
Academy of Political and Social Science.
Died in 1956
(age about
88 years).
Interment at Fort Hill Cemetery.
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Sereno Elisha Payne (1843-1914) —
also known as Sereno E. Payne —
of Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Born in Hamilton, Madison
County, N.Y., June 26,
1843.
Republican. Lawyer; Cayuga
County District Attorney, 1873-79; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1883-87, 1889-1914 (26th District
1883-85, 27th District 1885-87, 1889-93, 28th District 1893-1903,
31st District 1903-13, 36th District 1913-14); died in office 1914;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1896,
1900,
1904,
1908,
1912.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
10, 1914 (age 71 years, 167
days).
Interment at Fort Hill Cemetery.
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John Taber (1880-1965) —
of Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Born in Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y., May 5,
1880.
Republican. Lawyer;
county judge in New York, 1911-18; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1920,
1924,
1936
(member, Resolutions
Committee); chair of
Cayuga County Republican Party, 1920-24; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1923-63 (36th District 1923-45,
38th District 1945-53, 36th District 1953-63).
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Died in Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y., November
22, 1965 (age 85 years, 201
days).
Interment at Fort Hill Cemetery.
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Lithgow Osborne (1892-1980) —
of Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Born in Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y., April 2,
1892.
Democrat. Private secretary to U.S. Ambassador James
W. Gerard, 1915; newspaper
editor; candidate for New York
state assembly from Cayuga County, 1923; candidate for New York
state senate 42nd District, 1924; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1928;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 36th District, 1932; New York State
Conservation Commissioner, 1933; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1938; U.S.
Ambassador to Norway, 1944-46.
Member, Audubon
Society; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died in Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y., March
10, 1980 (age 87 years, 343
days).
Interment at Fort Hill Cemetery.
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Jerome Heartwell Holland (1916-1985) —
also known as Jerome H. Holland; Brud
Holland —
of Virginia.
Born January
9, 1916.
U.S. Ambassador to Sweden, 1970-72.
African
ancestry.
Died January
13, 1985 (age 69 years, 4
days).
Interment at Fort Hill Cemetery.
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Truman Adams Merriman (1839-1892) —
also known as Truman A. Merriman —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, 1839.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York 11th District, 1885-89.
Died in 1892
(age about
53 years).
Interment at Fort Hill Cemetery.
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Charles Edward Pearce (1842-1902) —
also known as Charles E. Pearce —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Whitesboro, Oneida
County, N.Y., May 29,
1842.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri,
1888;
U.S.
Representative from Missouri 12th District, 1897-1901.
Member, Kappa
Alpha Society.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., January
30, 1902 (age 59 years, 246
days).
Interment at Fort Hill Cemetery.
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William Osborne Dapping (1880-1969) —
also known as William O. Dapping —
of Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 12,
1880.
Democrat. Newspaper
reporter; newspaper
editor and publisher; received a Pulitzer
Prize Special Citation in 1930, for the Auburn Citizen's
coverage of an inmate uprising at the Auburn prison; candidate for
Presidential Elector for New York; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1936.
Universalist.
Member, Elks.
Died August
1, 1969 (age 89 years, 50
days).
Interment at Fort Hill Cemetery.
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Christopher Morgan (1808-1877) —
of Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Born in Aurora, Cayuga
County, N.Y., June 4,
1808.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Representative from New York 24th District, 1839-43; defeated,
1842; secretary
of state of New York, 1847-51; mayor of
Auburn, N.Y., 1860.
Died in Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y., April 3,
1877 (age 68 years, 303
days).
Interment at Fort Hill Cemetery.
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George Oscar Rathbun (1803-1870) —
also known as George Rathbun —
of Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Born in Scipioville, Cayuga
County, N.Y., 1803.
Democrat. Lawyer;
postmaster at Auburn,
N.Y., 1840-41; U.S.
Representative from New York 25th District, 1843-47.
Died in Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y., January
5, 1870 (age about 66
years).
Interment at Fort Hill Cemetery.
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Nathaniel Garrow (1780-1841) —
of Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Born in Barnstable, Barnstable
County, Mass., April
25, 1780.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York 24th District, 1827-29.
Slaveowner.
Died in Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y., March 3,
1841 (age 60 years, 312
days).
Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment at
Fort Hill Cemetery.
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Thomas Yardley Howe Jr. (1801-1860) —
also known as Thomas Y. Howe, Jr.; Thomas Yardley How
Jr. —
of Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Born in Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y., 1801.
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; president and treasurer of railroads;
inspector, Auburn Prison, 1834-38; Cayuga
County Surrogate, 1836-40; U.S.
Representative from New York 25th District, 1851-53; mayor of
Auburn, N.Y., 1853.
Died in Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y., July 15,
1860 (age about 59
years).
Interment at Fort Hill Cemetery.
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Benjamin Franklin Hall (1814-1891) —
also known as Benjamin F. Hall —
of Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y.; Colorado.
Born in Whitehall, Washington
County, N.Y., July 23,
1814.
Lawyer;
newspaper
editor; member of New York
state assembly from Cayuga County, 1844; mayor of
Auburn, N.Y., 1852-53; justice of
Colorado territorial supreme court, 1861-63; U.S. Consul in Valparaiso, 1863-65.
Died in Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y., September
6, 1891 (age 77 years, 45
days).
Interment at Fort Hill Cemetery.
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Charles Devens Osborne (1888-1961) —
also known as Charles D. Osborne —
of Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Born in Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y., November
22, 1888.
Democrat. Newspaper
publisher; mayor of
Auburn, N.Y., 1928-31, 1936-39; member of New York
Democratic State Committee, 1934-48; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 36th District, 1942.
Died in Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y., June 1,
1961 (age 72 years, 191
days).
Interment at Fort Hill Cemetery.
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George Underwood (1816-1859) —
of Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Born in Cooperstown, Otsego
County, N.Y., January
4, 1816.
Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Cayuga County 2nd District, 1851-52; mayor of
Auburn, N.Y., 1854; resigned 1854.
Presbyterian.
Member, Alpha
Delta Phi.
Died in Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y., May 25,
1859 (age 43 years, 141
days).
Interment at Fort Hill Cemetery.
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William Clinton Beardsley (1816-1900) —
also known as William C. Beardsley —
of Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Born in Stewarts Corners, Cayuga
County, N.Y., March
27, 1816.
Democrat. Lawyer;
postmaster at Auburn,
N.Y., 1841-45; banker; railroad
director; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1864;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 27th District, 1884, 1886.
Died in Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y., January
25, 1900 (age 83 years, 304
days).
Interment at Fort Hill Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of John Beardsley and Alice (Booth) Beardsley; married to Catharine
Richardson. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Maurice I. Schwartz (1901-1967) —
of Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Born in 1901.
Republican. Mayor of
Auburn, N.Y., 1960-67; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New York, 1964.
Industrialist, philanthropist.
Died in 1967
(age about
66 years).
Interment at Fort Hill Cemetery.
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Thomas Mott Osborne (1859-1926) —
also known as Thomas M. Osborne; "Tom
Brown" —
of Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Born in Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y., September
23, 1859.
Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1896,
1924;
Independent candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1898; mayor of
Auburn, N.Y., 1903-05.
Son of the founder of International Harvester; prison reformer; New
York State Public Service Commissioner; New York State Fish and Game
Commissioner, 1911; warden of Sing Sing Prison, Ossining, N.Y.,
1914-16; indicted
by a grand jury in 1915 for alleged perjury
and neglect
of duty; tried,
but the charges were dismissed; commander of naval prison,
Portsmouth, N.H., 1917-20.
Died in Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y., October
20, 1926 (age 67 years, 27
days).
Interment at Fort Hill Cemetery.
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John M. Hurd (1832-1886) —
of Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Born in Sandwich, Carroll
County, N.H., 1832.
Bookbinder;
paper
bag manufacturer; wheelbarrow
manufacturer; mayor of
Auburn, N.Y., 1869.
Died in Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y., 1886
(age about
54 years).
Interment at Fort Hill Cemetery.
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David Munson Osborne (1822-1886) —
also known as David M. Osborne —
of Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Born in Rye, Westchester
County, N.Y., December
15, 1822.
Republican. Hardware
business; farm
implement manufacturer; mayor of
Auburn, N.Y., 1879-80; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New York, 1884.
Died in Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y., July 6,
1886 (age 63 years, 203
days).
Interment at Fort Hill Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of John Hall Osborn and Caroline (Bulkley) Osborn; married 1851 to Eliza
Lidy Wright; father of Thomas
Mott Osborne; grandfather of Charles
Devens Osborne and Lithgow
Osborne; second cousin of Charles
Taylor Sherman, Barzillai
Bulkeley Kellogg, William
Tecumseh Sherman, Lampson
Parker Sherman and John
Sherman; third cousin once removed of Dwight
Arthur Silliman; third cousin twice removed of Ira
Yale and Asbury
Elliott Kellogg; third cousin thrice removed of Ebenezer
Lockwood, Jonathan
Brace and Aaron
Burr; fourth cousin of Howkin
Bulkley Beardslee, Henry
Jarvis Raymond and Edwin
Olmstead Keeler; fourth cousin once removed of Ebenezer
Huntington, Charles
Yale, Eli
Thacher Hoyt, Millard
Ellsworth Lane, Oliver
Cromwell Jennings, Fred
Lockwood Keeler and Thomas
McKeen Chidsey. |
| | | 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 |
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Eugene Clarence Aiken (b. 1856) —
also known as E. Clarence Aiken —
of Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Born in Scipio, Cayuga
County, N.Y., May 6,
1856.
Republican. Lawyer;
director and counsel, New York, Auburn & Lansing Railroad;
mayor
of Auburn, N.Y., 1906-07; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 40th District, 1915.
Baptist.
Member, Elks.
Interment at Fort Hill Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Ira Aiken and Ellen (Olney) Aiken; married, July 13,
1881, to Frances Baker. |
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William Bruce MacMaster (1838-1891) —
also known as William B. MacMaster —
Born in Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y., May 24,
1838.
U.S. Consul in Cartagena, 1886-91, died in office 1891.
Died in Cartagena, Colombia,
February
13, 1891 (age 52 years, 265
days).
Interment at Fort Hill Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Zalmon J. MacMaster and Sophia (Bruce) MacMaster; brother of
Zalmon MacMaster; father of William
Bruce MacMaster Jr.. |
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Frederick William Seward (1830-1915) —
also known as Frederick W. Seward —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Montrose, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y., July 8,
1830.
Republican. Lawyer;
U.S. Assistant Secretary of State, 1861-65, 1877-79; on April 14,
1865, the same evening that Abraham
Lincoln was assassinated, Lewis Powell, a co-conspirator of John
Wilkes Booth, came to the Seward home intending to kill his father,
Secretary of State William
H. Seward; Frederick, trying to block Powell, was attacked
and suffered a skull fracture; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 7th District, 1875; candidate
for secretary
of state of New York, 1875.
Died April
25, 1915 (age 84 years, 291
days).
Interment at Fort Hill Cemetery.
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Abraham Gridley (d. 1850) —
of New York.
Member of New York
state senate 7th District, 1847.
Died in 1850.
Interment at Fort Hill Cemetery.
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John Newcomb Knapp (1826-1893) —
also known as John N. Knapp —
of Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Born in Victory, Cayuga
County, N.Y., November
8, 1826.
Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1860;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1880;
New York
Republican state chair, 1889-91; postmaster at Auburn,
N.Y., 1890-93.
Died in Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y., December
9, 1893 (age 67 years, 31
days).
Interment at Fort Hill Cemetery.
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William Henry Seward Jr. (1839-1920) —
also known as William H. Seward, Jr. —
Born in Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y., June 18,
1839.
Republican. Banker;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War; candidate for
Presidential Elector for New York.
Member, Loyal
Legion.
Died in Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y., April
29, 1920 (age 80 years, 316
days).
Interment at Fort Hill Cemetery.
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North Street
Cemetery
Auburn, Cayuga County, New York
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John Whitefield Hulbert (1770-1831) —
also known as John W. Hulbert —
of Pittsfield, Berkshire
County, Mass.; Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Born in Alford, Berkshire
County, Mass., June 1,
1770.
Lawyer;
bank
director; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1814-17 (at-large 1814-15, 7th
District 1815-17); member of New York
state assembly from Cayuga County, 1825.
Died in Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y., October
19, 1831 (age 61 years, 140
days).
Interment at North Street Cemetery.
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Ulysses Freeman Doubleday (1792-1866) —
also known as Ulysses F. Doubleday —
of Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Born in Otsego
County, N.Y., December
15, 1792.
U.S.
Representative from New York 24th District, 1831-33, 1835-37.
Died in Belvidere, Boone
County, Ill., March
11, 1866 (age 73 years, 86
days).
Interment at North Street Cemetery.
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Gershom Powers (1789-1831) —
of New York.
Born in Croydon, Sullivan
County, N.H., July 11,
1789.
Lawyer;
Cayuga
County Common Pleas Judge, 1823-28; U.S.
Representative from New York 24th District, 1829-31.
Died in Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y., June 25,
1831 (age 41 years, 349
days).
Interment at North Street Cemetery.
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St. Joseph's
Cemetery
Auburn, Cayuga County, New York
| Politicians buried
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Robert P. Marren (1918-1990) —
of Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Born in Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y., March
10, 1918.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; civil
engineer; surveyor;
candidate for New York
state senate 48th District, 1954; member of city council, Auburn,
N.Y., 1957-63.
Died, from complications of diabetes,
in a hospital
at Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., January
26, 1990 (age 71 years, 322
days).
Interment at St. Joseph's Cemetery.
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St. Peter and St.
John Churchyard
Auburn, Cayuga County, New York
| Politicians buried
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Enos Thompson Throop (1784-1874) —
also known as Enos T. Throop —
of Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y.; Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo
County, Mich.
Born in Johnstown, Fulton
County, N.Y., August
21, 1784.
Democrat. Lawyer;
postmaster at Aurelius,
N.Y., 1807-14; U.S.
Representative from New York 20th District, 1815-16; circuit
judge in New York, 1823-28; Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1829; Governor of
New York, 1829-33; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Two Sicilies, 1838-41.
Died in Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y., November
1, 1874 (age 90 years, 72
days).
Interment at St. Peter and St. John Churchyard.
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Aurora
Cemetery
Aurora, Cayuga County, New York
Oak Glen
Cemetery
Aurora, Cayuga County, New York
| Politicians buried
here: |
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Daniel Avery (1766-1842) —
of New York.
Born in Groton, New London
County, Conn., September
18, 1766.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York, 1811-15, 1816-17 (14th District
1811-13, 20th District 1813-15, 1816-17).
Died in Aurora, Cayuga
County, N.Y., January
30, 1842 (age 75 years, 134
days).
Interment at Oak Glen Cemetery.
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Edwin Barber Morgan (1806-1881) —
also known as Edwin B. Morgan —
of Aurora, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Born in Aurora, Cayuga
County, N.Y., 1806.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from New York 25th District, 1853-59; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1856.
Died in Aurora, Cayuga
County, N.Y., October
13, 1881 (age about 75
years).
Interment at Oak Glen Cemetery.
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Abbott Farm
Cemetery
Locke, Cayuga County, New York
| Politicians buried
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Silas Bowker (1763-1834) —
of Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Born in Concord, Middlesex
County, Mass., April
26, 1763.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member
of New York
state assembly from Cayuga County, 1813-15, 1824; member of New York
state senate 7th District, 1823.
Died in Locke, Cayuga
County, N.Y., October
14, 1834 (age 71 years, 171
days).
Interment at Abbott Farm Cemetery.
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Indian Mound
Cemetery
Moravia, Cayuga County, New York
| Politicians buried
here: |
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Rowland Day (1779-1853) —
of Sempronius, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Born in Chester, Hampden
County, Mass., March 6,
1779.
Democrat. Member of New York
state assembly from Cayuga County, 1816-17; U.S.
Representative from New York 24th District, 1823-25, 1833-35.
Died in Moravia, Cayuga
County, N.Y., December
23, 1853 (age 74 years, 292
days).
Interment at Indian Mound Cemetery.
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Charles J. Hewitt (1867-1940) —
of Locke, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Born in Navarino, Onondaga
County, N.Y., July 15,
1867.
Republican. Farmer; produce
business; banker;
member of New York
state assembly from Cayuga County 2nd District, 1902-04; member
of New
York state senate, 1909-38 (40th District 1909-18, 42nd District
1919-38).
Died in 1940
(age about
72 years).
Interment at Indian Mound Cemetery.
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Image source:
New York Red Book 1936 |
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Leander Fitts (1822-1891) —
of Moravia, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Born in Sempronius, Cayuga
County, N.Y., May 23,
1822.
Cashier and director, First National Bank of
Moravia; member of New York
state assembly from Cayuga County 2nd District, 1889-90.
Died April 3,
1891 (age 68 years, 315
days).
Interment at Indian Mound Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Martin Fitts and Marian (Dresser) Fitts; married to Mary
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Sand Hill
Cemetery
Sempronius, Cayuga County, New York
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Charles Henry Springer (1857-1916) —
also known as Charles H. Springer —
of Moravia, Cayuga
County, N.Y.; Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Born in Niles, Cayuga
County, N.Y., March 9,
1857.
Republican. Produce
merchant; coal,
lumber,
and feed
dealer; member of New York
state assembly from Cayuga County, 1914.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Rotary.
Suffered a stroke,
and died ten days later, in Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y., June 8,
1916 (age 59 years, 91
days).
Interment at Sand Hill Cemetery.
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Westfall
Cemetery
Twelve Corners, Cayuga County, New York
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