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Genesee County
New York

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Genesee County

Index to Locations Alexander Unknown location Alexander Alexander Village Cemetery Batavia Batavia Cemetery Batavia Elmwood Cemetery Batavia Grand View Cemetery Batavia St. Joseph's Cemetery Corfu Evergreen Hill Cemetery Darien town Darien Cemetery Le Roy Machpelah Cemetery Le Roy Myrtle Street Cemetery Stafford Stafford Rural Cemetery Unknown Location Alexander, Genesee County, New York Politicians buried here:   Barber Benjamin Conable Jr. (1922-2003) — also known as Barber B. Conable, Jr. — of Batavia, Genesee County, N.Y.; Alexander, Genesee County, N.Y. Born in Warsaw, Wyoming County, N.Y., November 2, 1922. Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean conflict; lawyer; member of New York state senate 53rd District, 1963-64; U.S. Representative from New York, 1965-85 (37th District 1965-73, 35th District 1973-83, 30th District 1983-85); president, World Bank. Member, American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Rotary; Jaycees. Died in Sarasota, Sarasota County, Fla., November 30, 2003 (age 81 years, 28 days). Interment somewhere.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — NNDB dossier   Books about Barber Conable: James S. Fleming, Window on Congress : A Congressional Biography of Barber Conable Alexander Village Cemetery Alexander, Genesee County, New York Politicians buried here:   Alexander Rea (1767-1814) — of New York. Born in 1767. Member of New York state assembly, 1804-07 (Genesee and Ontario counties 1804-06, Allegany, Genesee and Ontario counties 1806-07); member of New York state senate Western District, 1807-11. Died in 1814 (age about 47 years). Interment at Alexander Village Cemetery.   Relatives: Married to Nancy Jones. Batavia Cemetery Batavia, Genesee County, New York Politicians buried here:   Heman J. Redfield (1788-1877) — of Le Roy, Genesee County, N.Y.; Batavia, Genesee County, N.Y.; New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Suffield, Hartford County, Conn., December 27, 1788. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; lawyer; Genesee County District Attorney, 1821; member of New York state senate 8th District, 1823-25; postmaster at Le Roy, N.Y., 1836; U.S. Collector of Customs, 1853-57. Died in Batavia, Genesee County, N.Y., July 22, 1877 (age 88 years, 207 days). Interment at Batavia Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Peleg Redfield and Mary (Judd) Redfield; married, January 27, 1817, to Abigail N. Gould; married, April 14, 1846, to Constances C. Bolles.   See also Wikipedia article   George Washington Lay (1798-1860) — also known as George W. Lay — of Genesee County, N.Y. Born in Catskill, Greene County, N.Y., July 26, 1798. U.S. Representative from New York 29th District, 1833-37; member of New York state assembly from Genesee County, 1840; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Sweden, 1842-45. Died October 21, 1860 (age 62 years, 87 days). Interment at Batavia Cemetery.   Presumably named for: George Washington   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — U.S. State Dept career summary   Phineas Lyman Tracy (1786-1876) — also known as Phineas L. Tracy — of Batavia, Genesee County, N.Y. Born in Norwich, New London County, Conn., December 25, 1786. Whig. U.S. Representative from New York 29th District, 1827-33; delegate to Whig National Convention from New York, 1839; county judge in New York, 1841-46. Died in Batavia, Genesee County, N.Y., December 22, 1876 (age 89 years, 363 days). Interment at Batavia Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Philemon Tracy and Abigail (Trott) Tracy; brother of Albert Haller Tracy; first cousin twice removed of Matthew Griswold (1714-1799); first cousin four times removed of Roger Wolcott; second cousin once removed of James Hillhouse and Roger Griswold; second cousin thrice removed of Erastus Wolcott, Oliver Wolcott Sr. and Edward Russell Kellogg; third cousin of Zina Hyde Jr. and Henry Titus Backus; third cousin once removed of William Woodbridge, Isaac Backus, John William Allen, George Griswold Sill, Matthew Griswold (1833-1919) and Thomas Worcester Hyde; third cousin twice removed of Oliver Wolcott Jr., Frederick Wolcott, George Frederick Stone, Charles Edward Hyde, Herman Arod Gager, John Sedgwick Hyde and Edward Warden Hyde; third cousin thrice removed of George Leffingwell Reed and Selden Chapin; fourth cousin of Nathan Read, Elijah Abel, Thomas Hale Sill, Bela Edgerton, Frederick William Lord and Theodore Sill; fourth cousin once removed of Samuel Clesson Allen, Henry Leavitt Ellsworth, William Wolcott Ellsworth, Gideon Hard, Joseph Lyman Huntington, John Arnold Rockwell, Alfred Peck Edgerton, Joseph Ketchum Edgerton, Alexander Hamilton Waterman and Augustus Frank.   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   John Henry Martindale (1815-1881) — also known as John H. Martindale — of Batavia, Genesee County, N.Y.; Rochester, Monroe County, N.Y. Born in Sandy Hill (now Hudson Falls), Washington County, N.Y., March 20, 1815. Lawyer; Genesee County District Attorney, 1842-51; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; Military Governor of Washington, 1862-64; New York state attorney general, 1866-67. Died in Nice, France, 1881 (age about 66 years). Interment at Batavia Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Henry Clinton Martindale; married 1840 to Emeline M. Holden.   Benjamin Ellicott (1765-1827) — of New York. Born in Ellicotts Mills (now Ellicott City), Howard County, Md., April 17, 1765. Democrat. U.S. Representative from New York 21st District, 1817-19. Died in Williamsville, Erie County, N.Y., December 10, 1827 (age 62 years, 237 days). Original interment at Williamsville Graveyard, Williamsville, N.Y.; reinterment in 1849 at Batavia Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Benjamin Pringle (1807-1887) — of Batavia, Genesee County, N.Y. Born in Richfield Springs, Otsego County, N.Y., November 9, 1807. Whig. Lawyer; banker; Genesee County Judge, 1841-46; U.S. Representative from New York 30th District, 1853-57; member of New York state assembly from Genesee County, 1862. Died in Hastings, Dakota County, Minn., June 7, 1887 (age 79 years, 210 days). Interment at Batavia Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial   John Teunis Bergen (1786-1855) — also known as John T. Bergen — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in Gowanus, Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., 1786. Democrat. U.S. Representative from New York 2nd District, 1831-33. Slaveowner. Died in Batavia, Genesee County, N.Y., March 9, 1855 (age about 68 years). Interment at Batavia Cemetery.   Relatives: Second cousin of Teunis Garret Bergen.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   John Fisher (1806-1882) — of Hamilton, Ontario; Batavia, Genesee County, N.Y. Born in Londonderry, Rockingham County, N.H., March 13, 1806. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1868, 1872 (alternate); U.S. Representative from New York 29th District, 1869-71. Died in Batavia, Genesee County, N.Y., March 28, 1882 (age 76 years, 15 days). Interment at Batavia Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   David Ellicott Evans (1788-1850) — also known as David E. Evans — of Batavia, Genesee County, N.Y. Born in Ellicotts Upper Mills (now part of Ellicott City), Howard County, Md., March 19, 1788. Democrat. Member of New York state senate Western District, 1818-22; U.S. Representative from New York 29th District, 1827. Died in Batavia, Genesee County, N.Y., May 17, 1850 (age 62 years, 59 days). Interment at Batavia Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Dean Richmond (1804-1866) — of Buffalo, Erie County, N.Y. Born in Barnard, Windsor County, Vt., March 31, 1804. Democrat. Railroad magnate; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1860, 1864. He was a leader in the movement to consolidate seven railway corporations into the New York Central Railroad in 1853; served as vice-president and as president of the New York Central. Died in New York, New York County, N.Y., August 27, 1866 (age 62 years, 149 days). Interment at Batavia Cemetery.   Henry Fiske Tarbox (1839-1916) — also known as Henry F. Tarbox — of Batavia, Genesee County, N.Y. Born March 1, 1839. Republican. Member of New York state assembly from Genesee County, 1867-68; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1884; postmaster at Batavia, N.Y., 1893-94. Died August 12, 1916 (age 77 years, 164 days). Interment at Batavia Cemetery.   Relatives: Married to Elizabeth Lucretia Lord.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Elmwood Cemetery Batavia, Genesee County, New York Politicians buried here:   Seth Wakeman (1811-1880) — of Batavia, Genesee County, N.Y. Born in Franklin, Franklin County, Vt., January 15, 1811. Republican. Lawyer; Genesee County District Attorney, 1850-56; member of New York state assembly from Genesee County 1st District, 1856-57; delegate to New York state constitutional convention, 1867-68; U.S. Representative from New York 29th District, 1871-73. Died in Batavia, Genesee County, N.Y., January 4, 1880 (age 68 years, 354 days). Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Nathan Wakeman and Phoebe (Johnston) Wakeman; married 1832 to Demis Powers; married 1856 to Laura Winans; fourth cousin of Abram Wakeman.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article Grand View Cemetery Batavia, Genesee County, New York Founded 1905 See also Findagrave page for this location. Politicians buried here:   Desda Chapin (1893-1945) — also known as Desdamona Baldwin — of Batavia, Genesee County, N.Y. Born in Elkhorn, Douglas County, Neb., 1893. Democrat. Member of New York Democratic State Committee, 1936. Female. Died in Batavia, Genesee County, N.Y., August 14, 1945 (age about 52 years). Interment at Grand View Cemetery.   Relatives: Daughter of Beecher Benjamin Baldwin and Mary Ann (Chambers) Baldwin; married, June 27, 1914, to Horace H. Chapin; second cousin thrice removed of Nathaniel Freeman Jr.; third cousin twice removed of Benjamin Fessenden, Charles Backus Hyde Fessenden and Reuben Eaton Fenton.   Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Otis family of Connecticut (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial St. Joseph's Cemetery Batavia, Genesee County, New York Politicians buried here:   Albert F. Kleps (1880-1947) — of Batavia, Genesee County, N.Y. Born in 1880. Democrat. Chair of Genesee County Democratic Party, 1932; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1932 (alternate), 1936 (alternate), 1940; member of New York Democratic State Committee, 1936. Died in 1947 (age about 67 years). Interment at St. Joseph's Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Martin Friedrich Kleps and Mary A. (Zillman) Kleps.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Evergreen Hill Cemetery Corfu, Genesee County, New York See also Findagrave page for this location. Politicians buried here:   James J. Beach (1894-1979) — of Corfu, Genesee County, N.Y. Born in 1894. Republican. Chair of Genesee County Republican Party, 1942, 1955; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1960. Died in 1979 (age about 85 years). Interment at Evergreen Hill Cemetery.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Darien Cemetery U.S. Route 20 Darien town, Genesee County, New York Politicians buried here: Herbert A. Rapp (1891-1964) — of Darien Center, Genesee County, N.Y. Born in Byron, Genesee County, N.Y., February 13, 1891. Republican. Member of New York state assembly from Genesee County, 1932-46. Died July 24, 1964 (age 73 years, 162 days). Interment at Darien Cemetery.   Image source: New York Red Book 1936 Machpelah Cemetery Le Roy, Genesee County, New York Politicians buried here:   Schuyler Carl Wells (1881-1964) — also known as Schuyler C. Wells — of Le Roy, Genesee County, N.Y. Born in Le Roy, Genesee County, N.Y., October 13, 1881. Republican. Patent medicine manufacturer; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1920. Methodist. Died in Le Roy, Genesee County, N.Y., August 21, 1964 (age 82 years, 313 days). Interment at Machpelah Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Schuyler Charles Wells and Anna Elizabeth (Hooker) Wells; married to Elizabeth 'Bess' Osborne; second cousin thrice removed of Ebenezer Huntington; second cousin four times removed of Joshua Coit; second cousin five times removed of Samuel Huntington; third cousin twice removed of Jabez Williams Huntington.   Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Roosevelt family of New York; Dewey-Blaine-Coit-Huntington family of Connecticut and Pennsylvania (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Myrtle Street Cemetery Le Roy, Genesee County, New York Politicians buried here:   Augustus Porter Hascall (1800-1872) — of New York. Born in Hinsdale, Berkshire County, Mass., June 24, 1800. U.S. Representative from New York 33rd District, 1851-53. Died June 27, 1872 (age 72 years, 3 days). Interment at Myrtle Street Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page Stafford Rural Cemetery Stafford, Genesee County, New York Politicians buried here:   Archie Dovell Sanders (1857-1941) — also known as Archie D. Sanders — of Stafford, Genesee County, N.Y. Born in Stafford, Genesee County, N.Y., June 17, 1857. Republican. Farmer; member of New York state assembly from Genesee County, 1896-97; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1896, 1924, 1932, 1936 (alternate), 1940 (alternate); member of New York Republican State Committee, 1900-01; U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue for the 28th New York District, 1909; member of New York state senate 44th District, 1915-16; U.S. Representative from New York 39th District, 1917-33; chair of Genesee County Republican Party, 1929-39. Died, in Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester, Monroe County, N.Y., July 15, 1941 (age 84 years, 28 days). Interment at Stafford Rural Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Elizabeth (Dovell) Sanders and John Sanders; uncle of Harry D. Sanders.   Political family: Sanders family of Stafford, New York.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Harry D. Sanders (1874-1953) — of Buffalo, Erie County, N.Y. Born in Stafford, Genesee County, N.Y., September 27, 1874. Lawyer; delegate to New York state constitutional convention 50th District, 1915. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association. Died in 1953 (age about 78 years). Interment at Stafford Rural Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Edwin B. Sanders and Belle (Douglas) Sanders; nephew of Archie Dovell Sanders.   Political family: Sanders family of Stafford, New York.

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