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Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Lewis County

Index to Locations Beaver Falls Beaver Falls New Cemetery Constableville Constableville Cemetery Copenhagen Riverside Cemetery Lowville East Road Cemetery Lowville East State Street Burying Ground Lowville Jackson Street Cemetery Lowville Lowville Rural Cemetery Port Leyden Leyden Hill Cemetery Port Leyden Locust Grove Cemetery Port Leyden Port Leyden Cemetery Beaver Falls New Cemetery Beaver Falls, Lewis County, New York Politicians buried here:   Orley Nobel Tooley (1904-1991) — also known as Orley N. Tooley — of Jefferson County, N.Y. Born in Deferiet, Jefferson County, N.Y., July 5, 1904. Socialist. Candidate for New York state assembly from Jefferson County, 1932, 1934, 1937; candidate for U.S. Representative from New York 32nd District, 1936, 1938. Died June 15, 1991 (age 86 years, 345 days). Interment at Beaver Falls New Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Elizabeth Ann (Moulson) Tooley and James Lemuel Tooley; married to Eva W. Biccum.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail Constableville Cemetery Constableville, Lewis County, New York Politicians buried here:   Perry Gittean Williams (1876-1965) — also known as Perry G. Williams — of Lowville, Lewis County, N.Y. Born October 29, 1876. Republican. Lawyer; Lewis County District Attorney, 1907-12; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1912, 1920, 1928, 1936; delegate to New York state constitutional convention 32nd District, 1915; chair of Lewis County Republican Party, 1932; delegate to New York state constitutional convention 35th District, 1938. Died, in the Sunset Nursing Home, Boonville, Oneida County, N.Y., October 29, 1965 (age 89 years, 0 days). Interment at Constableville Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Pierce G. Williams and Clara Sophia (Smith) Williams; married to N. Elizabeth Mullen; fourth cousin once removed of Emerson Wight.   Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Fairbanks-Adams family (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Riverside Cemetery Copenhagen, Lewis County, New York Politicians buried here:   Charles Addison Chickering (1843-1900) — also known as Charles A. Chickering — of Copenhagen, Lewis County, N.Y. Born in Harrisburg, Lewis County, N.Y., November 26, 1843. Republican. Member of New York state assembly from Lewis County, 1879-81; clerk of the New York Assembly, 1884-1890; U.S. Representative from New York 24th District, 1893-1900; died in office 1900. Member, Freemasons. Jumped or fell from a fourth-floor balcony of the Grand Union Hotel, and died from his injuries, in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., February 13, 1900 (age 56 years, 79 days). Interment at Riverside Cemetery.   Relatives: Married 1870 to Emma B. Stanton.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page East Road Cemetery Lowville, Lewis County, New York Politicians buried here:   Levi Adams (1762-1831) — of New York. Born in Simsbury, Hartford County, Conn., December 30, 1762. Member of New York state senate Eastern District, 1818-22. Died in Martinsburg, Lewis County, N.Y., June 18, 1831 (age 68 years, 170 days). Interment at East Road Cemetery.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial East State Street Burying Ground Lowville, Lewis County, New York Politicians buried here:   Silas Stow (1773-1827) — of New York. Born in Middlefield, Middlesex County, Conn., December 21, 1773. State court judge in New York, 1801; U.S. Representative from New York 10th District, 1811-13. Died January 19, 1827 (age 53 years, 29 days). Interment at East State Street Burying Ground.   Relatives: Father of Horatio J. Stow.   Political family: Stow family of Lowville, New York.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page Jackson Street Cemetery Lowville, Lewis County, New York Politicians buried here:   Ela Collins (1786-1848) — of Lowville, Lewis County, N.Y. Born in Meriden, New Haven County, Conn., February 14, 1786. Democrat. Member of New York state assembly from Lewis County, 1814-15; U.S. Representative from New York 20th District, 1823-25. Died in Lowville, Lewis County, N.Y., November 23, 1848 (age 62 years, 283 days). Interment at Jackson Street Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Lois (Cowles) Collins and Oliver Collins; married to Maria Clinton; father of William Collins; grandfather of Helen Louise Herron (who married William Howard Taft); great-grandfather of Robert Alphonso Taft, Charles Phelps Taft II and Frederick Lippitt; second great-grandfather of William Howard Taft III, Robert Taft Jr. and Seth Chase Taft; third great-grandfather of Robert Alphonso Taft III; second cousin once removed of Josiah Cowles; second cousin twice removed of William Pitkin; third cousin once removed of Moses Seymour and William Sheffield Cowles (1846-1923); third cousin twice removed of Charles Upson, Calvin Josiah Cowles, Gad Ely Upson, Addison Beecher Colvin and William Sheffield Cowles (1898-1986); third cousin thrice removed of Franklin Woodruff, Caleb Seymour Pitkin and Charles Holden Cowles; fourth cousin of Timothy Pitkin, Horatio Seymour (1778-1857) and Henry Seymour; fourth cousin once removed of Origen Storrs Seymour, Horatio Seymour (1810-1886), George Seymour, McNeil Seymour and Henry William Seymour.   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 — Find-A-Grave memorial Lowville Rural Cemetery Lowville, Lewis County, New York See also Findagrave page for this location. Politicians buried here:   Charles Luman Knapp (1847-1929) — also known as Charles L. Knapp — of Lowville, Lewis County, N.Y. Born near Harrisburg, Lewis County, N.Y., July 4, 1847. Republican. Lawyer; member of New York state senate 20th District, 1886-87; U.S. Consul General in Montreal, 1889-93; U.S. Representative from New York, 1901-11 (24th District 1901-03, 28th District 1903-11). Died January 3, 1929 (age 81 years, 183 days). Interment at Lowville Rural Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Charles Martin Knapp and Alzada (Shull) Knapp; married, June 26, 1887, to Sarah Dorrance (daughter of Daniel G. Dorrance).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial   Andrew Wheeler Doig (1799-1875) — also known as Andrew W. Doig — of Lewis County, N.Y. Born in Salem, Washington County, N.Y., July 24, 1799. Democrat. Member of New York state assembly from Lewis County, 1832; U.S. Representative from New York 16th District, 1839-43. Died in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., July 11, 1875 (age 75 years, 352 days). Interment at Lowville Rural Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial   Charles Dayan (1792-1877) — of Lowville, Lewis County, N.Y. Born in Amsterdam, Montgomery County, N.Y., July 8, 1792. Democrat. Colonel in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; lawyer; member of New York state senate 5th District, 1827-28; Lieutenant Governor of New York, 1828; U.S. Representative from New York 20th District, 1831-33; member of New York state assembly from Lewis County, 1835-36; Lewis County District Attorney, 1840-45. Died in Lowville, Lewis County, N.Y., December 25, 1877 (age 85 years, 170 days). Interment at Lowville Rural Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Charles Dayan ; married to Sallie Buttrick.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial Charles Fred Boshart (1860-1928) — also known as C. Fred Boshart — of Lowville, Lewis County, N.Y. Born in Lowville, Lewis County, N.Y., September 17, 1860. Republican. Hop farmer; banker; member of New York state assembly from Lewis County, 1906-10; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1908; member, governing council, New York State Department of Farms and Markets, 1921. Swiss and Dutch ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners. Died in Lowville, Lewis County, N.Y., October 16, 1928 (age 68 years, 29 days). Interment at Lowville Rural Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Charles Dayan Boshart and Margaret (Quackenbush) Boshart; married, October 20, 1887, to Clara Amelia Smiley (daughter of Amos V. Smiley).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: Library of Congress   Eli West (1792-1866) — of Jefferson County, N.Y. Born in 1792. Member of New York state assembly from Jefferson County, 1834, 1844. Died in 1866 (age about 74 years). Entombed at Lowville Rural Cemetery.   Relatives: Father of Dewitt Clinton West.   Dewitt Clinton West (1824-1880) — also known as Dewitt C. West — of Jefferson County, N.Y.; Lowville, Lewis County, N.Y. Born February 14, 1824. Democrat. Member of New York state assembly from Jefferson County 2nd District, 1853; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1860, 1876. Died August 24, 1880 (age 56 years, 192 days). Entombed at Lowville Rural Cemetery.   Presumably named for: DeWitt Clinton   Relatives: Son of Eli West.   William L. Easton — of Lowville, Lewis County, N.Y. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1936; chair of Lewis County Democratic Party, 1936; candidate for New York state assembly from Lewis County, 1936. Interment at Lowville Rural Cemetery.   Frederick Shaw Easton Jr. — also known as Frederick S. Easton, Jr. — of Lowville, Lewis County, N.Y. Democrat. Newspaper editor; chair of Lewis County Democratic Party, 1910; member of New York state assembly from Lewis County, 1920; defeated, 1909. Interment at Lowville Rural Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Frederick Shaw Easton and Anna S. (House) Easton. Leyden Hill Cemetery Port Leyden, Lewis County, New York Politicians buried here:   Clinton Levi Merriam (1824-1900) — of New York. Born in New York, 1824. Republican. U.S. Representative from New York, 1871-75 (20th District 1871-73, 21st District 1873-75). Died in 1900 (age about 76 years). Interment at Leyden Hill Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page Locust Grove Cemetery Port Leyden, Lewis County, New York Politicians buried here:   Nathaniel Merriam (1769-1847) — of Leyden, Lewis County, N.Y.; Indiana. Born in Wallingford, New Haven County, Conn., June 3, 1769. Innkeeper; member of New York state assembly from Lewis County, 1810-11, 1819-20. Died August 19, 1847 (age 78 years, 77 days). Interment at Locust Grove Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Nathaniel Merriam (1734-1807) and Martha (Berry) Merriam; married, December 2, 1792, to Eunice Curtis; married, January 31, 1824, to Sally Black; second cousin twice removed of William Judson Clark, Charles Hull Clark and Charles Page; second cousin thrice removed of Adrial Hebard Case; third cousin once removed of Matthew Griswold and Samuel George Andrews; third cousin thrice removed of Oliver Cromwell Jennings and Kenneth Sidney White; fourth cousin of James Hillhouse, Roger Griswold, Peter B. Garnsey, Nathaniel Upham, James Doolittle Wooster and Benjamin Hard; fourth cousin once removed of Daniel Greene Garnsey, Nathaniel Gookin Upham, Roscius R. Kennedy, John Leslie Russell and Henry Titus Backus.   Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Weeks-Bigelow-Andrew-Upham family; Wolcott-Griswold-Packwood-Brandegee family of Connecticut; Hosmer-Griswold-Parsons family of Middletown, Connecticut (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Port Leyden Cemetery Port Leyden, Lewis County, New York Politicians buried here:   John S. Koster — of Lyons Falls, Lewis County, N.Y.; Port Leyden, Lewis County, N.Y. Republican. Manufacturer; member of New York state assembly from Lewis County, 1896-97; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1904. Interment at Port Leyden Cemetery.

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