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Index to Locations
Brockport City Cemetery
Brockport High Street Cemetery
Brockport Lakeview Cemetery
Brockport Old Brockport Cemetery
Clarkson West Clarkson Cemetery
Greece Our Mother of Sorrows
Cemetery
Parma Parma Union Cemetery
Rochester Unknown location
Rochester Highland Park
Rochester Holy Sepulchre Cemetery
Rochester Kodak Park
Rochester Mt. Hope Cemetery
Rochester Riverside Cemetery
City
Cemetery
Brockport, Monroe County, New York
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Elias Bellows Holmes (1807-1866) —
also known as Elias B. Holmes —
of Brockport, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Fletcher, Franklin
County, Vt., May 22,
1807.
Lawyer;
canal boat
business; U.S.
Representative from New York 28th District, 1845-49; railroad
promoter.
Died in Brockport, Monroe
County, N.Y., July 31,
1866 (age 59 years, 70
days).
Interment at City Cemetery.
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High Street
Cemetery
Brockport, Monroe County, New York
| Politicians buried
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Davis Carpenter (1799-1878) —
of Brockport, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Walpole, Cheshire
County, N.H., December
25, 1799.
U.S.
Representative from New York 29th District, 1853-55.
Died in Brockport, Monroe
County, N.Y., October
22, 1878 (age 78 years, 301
days).
Interment at High Street Cemetery.
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Lakeview
Cemetery
Brockport, Monroe County, New York
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Richard Cutts Shannon (1839-1920) —
also known as Richard C. Shannon —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New London, New London
County, Conn., February
12, 1839.
Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Minister to Nicaragua, 1891-93; Salvador, 1891-93; Costa Rica, 1891-93; U.S.
Representative from New York 13th District, 1895-99.
Died in Brockport, Monroe
County, N.Y., October
5, 1920 (age 81 years, 236
days).
Interment at Lakeview Cemetery.
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Henry William Seymour (1834-1906) —
also known as Henry W. Seymour —
of Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa
County, Mich.
Born in Brockport, Monroe
County, N.Y., July 21,
1834.
Lawyer;
farmer;
lumber
manufacturer; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Cheboygan District, 1881-82;
member of Michigan
state senate, 1883-84, 1887-88 (31st District 1883-84, 30th
District 1887-88); resigned 1888; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 11th District, 1888-89; defeated
(Democratic), 1896.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 7,
1906 (age 71 years, 260
days).
Interment at Lakeview Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of William Henry Seymour and Nancy (Pixley) Seymour; married, October
27, 1869, to Isabel Randell; married, June 30,
1875, to Elizabeth Craig; married, June 29,
1880, to Harriet L. Gillette; grandnephew of Moses
Seymour; first cousin once removed of Horatio
Seymour (1778-1857) and Henry
Seymour; second cousin of Origen
Storrs Seymour, Horatio
Seymour (1810-1886), George
Seymour and McNeil
Seymour; second cousin once removed of Edward
Woodruff Seymour, Joseph
Battell, Morris
Woodruff Seymour, Horatio
Seymour Jr. and Norman
Alexander Seymour; second cousin twice removed of Thomas
Seymour; second cousin thrice removed of William
Pitkin; third cousin of Hezekiah
Cook Seymour; third cousin once removed of Silas
Seymour, William
Chapman Williston and Augustus
Sherrill Seymour; third cousin twice removed of Josiah
Cowles, Daniel
Pitkin and Orlo
Erland Wadhams; third cousin thrice removed of Dalton
G. Seymour; fourth cousin of David
Lowrey Seymour and Thomas
Henry Seymour; fourth cousin once removed of Timothy
Pitkin, Orsamus
Cook Merrill, Timothy
Merrill, Ela
Collins and Caleb
Seymour Pitkin. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Murphy-Merrill
family of Harbor Beach, Michigan (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
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William B. Mann (d. 1946) —
of Brockport, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Monroe County 5th District, 1940-44.
Died in 1946.
Interment at Lakeview Cemetery.
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Old Brockport
Cemetery
Brockport, Monroe County, New York
West Clarkson
Cemetery
Clarkson, Monroe County, New York
Our Mother of
Sorrows Cemetery
Mount Read Boulevard
Greece, Monroe County, New York
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
| Politicians buried
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Fred Joseph Slater (1885-1943) —
also known as Fred J. Slater —
of Greece, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Greece, Monroe
County, N.Y., June 26,
1885.
Republican. Lawyer; farmer; real estate
business; member of New York
state assembly from Monroe County 4th District, 1925-28; member
of New
York state senate 46th District, 1929-34; defeated, 1934, 1936.
Member, Order of
the Coif; Farm
Bureau; Elks; Moose.
Died, following a heart
attack, at I. M. Bassett Hospital,
Cooperstown, Otsego
County, N.Y., August
20, 1943 (age 58 years, 55
days).
Interment at Our Mother of Sorrows Cemetery.
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Parma Union
Cemetery
Parma, Monroe County, New York
Unknown
Location
Rochester, Monroe County, New York
Highland
Park
Rochester, Monroe County, New York
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Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey Douglass
(1818-1895) —
also known as Frederick Douglass —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in slavery
in Maryland, 1818.
Republican. Candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1888 ;
U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Santo Domingo, 1889-91; U.S. Minister to Haiti, 1889-91.
African
ancestry. Member, American
Anti-Slavery Society.
Lecturer and advocate of the abolition of slavery, starting in 1841.
Publisher of The North Star, an abolitionist paper. In 1848,
he attended the meeting in Seneca Falls, N.Y., which started the
women's rights movement.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Washington,
D.C., February
20, 1895 (age about 76
years).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery; statue
erected 1899 at Highland Park.
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Holy Sepulchre
Cemetery
Lake Avenue
Rochester, Monroe County, New York
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Joseph John O'Brien (1897-1953) —
also known as Joseph J. O'Brien —
of East Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., October
9, 1897.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from New York 38th District, 1939-45; defeated,
1944.
Professional football
player and wrestler,
1919-26.
Died in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., January
23, 1953 (age 55 years, 106
days).
Interment at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery.
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James Mary Early O'Grady (1863-1928) —
also known as James M. E. O'Grady —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, 1863.
Republican. Member of New York
state assembly from Monroe County 2nd District, 1893-98; U.S.
Representative from New York 31st District, 1899-1901.
Died in 1928
(age about
65 years).
Interment at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery.
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James Patrick Bernard Duffy (1878-1969) —
also known as James P. B. Duffy —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., November
25, 1878.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; U.S.
Representative from New York 38th District, 1935-37; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 7th District, 1937; appointed 1937;
defeated, 1937.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Knights
of Columbus.
Died in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., January
8, 1969 (age 90 years, 44
days).
Interment at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery.
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Michael J. Hendrick (1847-1922) —
Born in Penn Yan, Yates
County, N.Y., December
23, 1847.
Merchant;
U.S. Consul in Belleville, 1893-1908; Moncton, 1908-13; Plauen, 1915-17; Windsor, 1919-22; U.S. Consul General in Christiania, 1913-15.
Catholic.
Died in Windsor, Ontario,
September
9, 1922 (age 74 years, 260
days).
Interment at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery.
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Donald Archibald Dailey (1891-1966) —
also known as Donald A. Dailey —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Brockport, Monroe
County, N.Y., May 9,
1891.
Democrat. Grain
dealer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1928
(alternate), 1936,
1940;
delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; chair of
Monroe County Democratic Party, 1936-40; postmaster at Rochester,
N.Y., 1941-53 (acting, 1941).
Catholic.
Died in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., March
26, 1966 (age 74 years, 321
days).
Interment at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery.
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Peter Aloysius Hendrick (1858-1923) —
also known as Peter A. Hendrick —
of Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Penn Yan, Yates
County, N.Y., July 8,
1858.
Democrat. Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1907-20.
Catholic.
Died in a hospital
at Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., February
10, 1923 (age 64 years, 217
days).
Interment at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery.
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Cosmo Anthony Cilano (1893-1937) —
also known as Cosmo A. Cilano —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., March
22, 1893.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; member of New York
state assembly from Monroe County 3rd District, 1925-28; member
of New
York state senate 45th District, 1929-34.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Moose; Elks; Knights
of Columbus.
Died, of tuberculosis,
at the Ray Brook Sanitarium,
Ray Brook, Essex
County, N.Y., September
29, 1937 (age 44 years, 191
days).
Interment at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery.
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Austin J. Mahoney (d. 1959) —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
New York, 1924;
U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1941-51.
Died January
4, 1959.
Interment at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery.
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Ralph Quattrociocchi (1929-1996) —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born June 11,
1929.
Member of New York
state senate 55th District, 1985-92; defeated, 1992, 1994.
Died of a heart
attack, in Greece, Monroe
County, N.Y., February
24, 1996 (age 66 years, 258
days).
Interment at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery.
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John Francis Dailey (1876-1949) —
also known as John F. Dailey —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Brockport, Monroe
County, N.Y., January
21, 1876.
Democrat. Lumber
business; grain
dealer; member of New York
Democratic State Executive Committee, 1910-12; chair of
Monroe County Democratic Party, 1910-12; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1924.
Catholic.
Died August
29, 1949 (age 73 years, 220
days).
Interment at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery.
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Charles Albert Page (1899-1961) —
also known as Charles A. Page —
of Sherborn, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass., March
13, 1899.
Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; Foreign Service
officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Havana, as of 1929.
Died in Contra
Costa County, Calif., March
20, 1961 (age 62 years, 7
days).
Interment at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery.
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Kodak
Park
Rochester, Monroe County, New York
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George Eastman (1854-1932) —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Waterville, Oneida
County, N.Y., July 12,
1854.
Republican. Inventor;
founder, Eastman Kodak Company; philanthropist; candidate for
Presidential Elector for New York; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1928.
English
ancestry.
Died from a self-inflicted
gunshot,
in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., March
14, 1932 (age 77 years, 246
days). His suicide
note was just six words: "My work is done. Why wait?".
Interment at Kodak Park.
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Relatives: Son
of George Washington Eastman and Maria (Kilbourn) Eastman; first
cousin of Harvey
Gridley Eastman; third cousin of Frederick
Walker Pitkin; third cousin twice removed of James
Kilbourne and Daniel
Kellogg (1791-1875); fourth cousin once removed of Silas
Condict, Byron
H. Kilbourn, Harrison
Blodget, George
Bradley Kellogg, Daniel
Kellogg (1835-1918), Clarence
Horatio Pitkin, Carroll
Peabody Pitkin, Caleb
Seymour Pitkin and Eldred
C. Pitkin. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Eastman
family (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | The World War II Liberty
ship SS George Eastman (built 1943 at Richmond,
California; scrapped 1977) was named for
him. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about George Eastman: Carl W.
Ackerman, George
Eastman: Founder of Kodak and the Photography
Business — Elizabeth Brayer, George
Eastman: A Biography — Lynda Pflueger, George
Eastman: Bringing Photography to the People (for young
readers) |
| | | Image source: Time Magazine, March 31,
1924 |
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Mt. Hope
Cemetery
Rochester, Monroe County, New York
Founded 1838; approximate acreage: 196
| Politicians buried
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Hiram H. Edgerton (1847-1922) —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Belfast, Allegany
County, N.Y., April
19, 1847.
Republican. Lumber
business; contractor;
mayor
of Rochester, N.Y., 1908-21.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Elks.
He had been ill for some time, but his condition worsened with the
sudden death of his friend George
W. Aldridge; he collapsed at the viewing and was unable to attend
the funeral; his last words were "George is gone, and I'll join him
soon." Died, in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., June 18,
1922 (age 75 years, 60
days).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Ralph H. Edgerton and Octavia C. (Penhollow) Edgerton; married 1868 to Medora
L. DeWitt. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Abraham Maus Schermerhorn (1791-1855) —
also known as Abraham M. Schermerhorn —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Schenectady, Schenectady
County, N.Y., December
11, 1791.
Mayor
of Rochester, N.Y., 1837; resigned 1837; member of New York
state assembly from Monroe County 2nd District, 1848; U.S.
Representative from New York 28th District, 1849-53.
Died in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., August
22, 1855 (age 63 years, 254
days).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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George Washington Aldridge (1856-1922) —
also known as George W. Aldridge; "The Boss";
"The Big Fellow" —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Michigan City, LaPorte
County, Ind., December
28, 1856.
Republican. Manufacturer;
mayor
of Rochester, N.Y., 1894; New York State Superintendent of Public
Works, 1895-99; delegate to Republican National Convention from New
York, 1896,
1900,
1904,
1908,
1912,
1916,
1920;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 32nd District, 1910; U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1921-22; died in office 1922.
Member, Freemasons;
Sons
of the American Revolution; Odd
Fellows; Elks; Knights
of Pythias.
Died suddenly, from a heart
attack or stroke,
while golfing
at the Biltmore Country Club, near Rye, Westchester
County, N.Y., June 13,
1922 (age 65 years, 167
days).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Samuel George Andrews (1796-1863) —
also known as Samuel G. Andrews —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Derby, New Haven
County, Conn., October
16, 1796.
Member of New York
state assembly from Monroe County, 1831-32; mayor
of Rochester, N.Y., 1840, 1856; postmaster at Rochester,
N.Y., 1842-46; delegate to Republican National Convention from
New York, 1856;
U.S.
Representative from New York 29th District, 1857-59.
Died in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., June 11,
1863 (age 66 years, 238
days).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel James Andrews and Demaris (Tyler) Andrews; third cousin
once removed of Nathaniel
Merriam; third cousin twice removed of Matthew
Griswold, Jonathan
Brace, Joshua
Coit, Augustus
Seymour Porter (1769-1849), Samuel
Lathrop and Peter
Buell Porter; third cousin thrice removed of Henry
Scudder, George
Anthony Sweetland and Joseph
Buell Ely; fourth cousin once removed of James
Hillhouse, Ebenezer
Huntington, Roger
Griswold, Peter
B. Garnsey, James
Doolittle Wooster, Thomas
Kimberly Brace, Augustus
Seymour Porter (1798-1872), Peter
Buell Porter Jr., William
Judson Clark, Peter
Augustus Porter, Charles
Hull Clark, Rush
Green Leaming and Hiram
Bingham. |
| | | 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 congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page |
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John Williams (1807-1875) —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y., January
7, 1807.
Democrat. Flour mill
business; mayor
of Rochester, N.Y., 1853; U.S.
Representative from New York 29th District, 1855-57.
Died in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., March
26, 1875 (age 68 years, 78
days).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Samuel Richard Thayer (1837-1909) —
also known as Samuel R. Thayer —
of Minnesota.
Born in 1837.
U.S. Minister to Netherlands, 1889-93.
Died in 1909
(age about
72 years).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Freeman Clarke (1809-1887) —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Troy, Rensselaer
County, N.Y., March
22, 1809.
Banker;
railroad
president; delegate to Whig National Convention from New York,
1852; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1863-65, 1871-75 (28th District
1863-65, 1871-73, 29th District 1873-75); U.S. Comptroller of the
Currency, 1865-66; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1867; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1872;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New York.
Died in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., June 24,
1887 (age 78 years, 94
days).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey Douglass
(1818-1895) —
also known as Frederick Douglass —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in slavery
in Maryland, 1818.
Republican. Candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1888 ;
U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Santo Domingo, 1889-91; U.S. Minister to Haiti, 1889-91.
African
ancestry. Member, American
Anti-Slavery Society.
Lecturer and advocate of the abolition of slavery, starting in 1841.
Publisher of The North Star, an abolitionist paper. In 1848,
he attended the meeting in Seneca Falls, N.Y., which started the
women's rights movement.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Washington,
D.C., February
20, 1895 (age about 76
years).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery; statue erected 1899 at Highland Park.
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Thomas Kempshall (c.1796-1865) —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in England,
about 1796.
Mayor
of Rochester, N.Y., 1837; U.S.
Representative from New York 28th District, 1839-41.
Died January
14, 1865 (age about 69
years).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Abel Carter Wilder (1828-1875) —
also known as A. Carter Wilder —
of Leavenworth, Leavenworth
County, Kan.; Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Mendon, Worcester
County, Mass., March
18, 1828.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Kansas,
1860,
1864;
served in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Kansas at-large, 1863-65; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1868,
1872;
mayor
of Rochester, N.Y., 1872-73.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., December
22, 1875 (age 47 years, 279
days).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Addison Gardiner (1797-1883) —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Rindge, Cheshire
County, N.H., March
19, 1797.
Democrat. Lawyer; Monroe
County District Attorney, 1825; Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1845-47; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1847-55; chief
judge of New York Court of Appeals, 1854-55; candidate for
Presidential Elector for New York.
Died in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., June 5,
1883 (age 86 years, 78
days).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Richard Mott (1804-1888) —
of Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio.
Born in New York, July 21,
1804.
Republican. Mayor of
Toledo, Ohio, 1845-46; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 5th District, 1855-59.
Died January
22, 1888 (age 83 years, 185
days).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Thomas Hart Rochester (1797-1874) —
also known as Thomas H. Rochester —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Hagerstown, Washington
County, Md., September
23, 1797.
Mayor
of Rochester, N.Y., 1839.
Died October
6, 1874 (age 77 years, 13
days).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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James Breck Perkins (1847-1910) —
also known as James B. Perkins —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.; Paris, France.
Born in St. Croix Falls, Polk
County, Wis., November
4, 1847.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Monroe County 1st District, 1898; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1901-10 (31st District 1901-03,
32nd District 1903-10); died in office 1910; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1904.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March
11, 1910 (age 62 years, 127
days).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Isaac Adler (1868-1941) —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Medina, Orleans
County, N.Y., May 10,
1868.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Rochester, N.Y., 1930-31.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died suddenly while attending a city
planning meeting at the Chamber of Commerce, Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., June 24,
1941 (age 73 years, 45
days).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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John Van Voorhis (1826-1905) —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, 1826.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from New York, 1879-83, 1893-95 (30th District
1879-83, 31st District 1893-95); defeated, 1882, 1890.
Died in 1905
(age about
79 years).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Thomas Byrne Dunn (1853-1924) —
also known as Thomas B. Dunn —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., March
16, 1853.
Republican. Perfume
manufacturer; member of New York
state senate 45th District, 1907-08; New York
state treasurer, 1909-10; U.S.
Representative from New York 38th District, 1913-23; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1920.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., July 2,
1924 (age 71 years, 108
days).
Entombed at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Charles Simeon Baker (1839-1902) —
also known as Charles S. Baker —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Churchville, Monroe
County, N.Y., February
18, 1839.
Republican. Member of New York
state assembly from Monroe County 2nd District, 1879-80, 1882;
member of New York
state senate 29th District, 1884-85; U.S.
Representative from New York 30th District, 1885-91.
Died, from paralysis
of the throat, in Washington,
D.C., April
21, 1902 (age 63 years, 62
days).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Halbert Stevens Greenleaf (1827-1906) —
also known as Halbert S. Greenleaf —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Guilford, Windham
County, Vt., April
12, 1827.
Democrat. Lock
manufacturer; justice of the peace; colonel in the Union Army
during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from New York 30th District, 1883-85, 1891-93;
defeated, 1884.
Died in Greece, Monroe
County, N.Y., August
25, 1906 (age 79 years, 135
days).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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James Lucius Whitley (1872-1959) —
also known as James L. Whitley —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., May 24,
1872.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Monroe County 2nd District, 1906-10; member
of New
York state senate 45th District, 1919-28; U.S.
Representative from New York 38th District, 1929-35; defeated,
1934.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; Maccabees;
Woodmen
of the World; United
Spanish War Veterans; Sons
of Veterans; Union
League.
Died in 1959
(age about
87 years).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Frederick Whittlesey (1799-1851) —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in New Preston, Washington, Litchfield
County, Conn., June 12,
1799.
Lawyer;
Monroe
County Treasurer, 1829-30; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1831-35 (27th District 1831-33,
28th District 1833-35); Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1847-48; law
professor.
Died in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., September
19, 1851 (age 52 years, 99
days).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery; cenotaph at New Preston Village Cemetery, New Preston, Washington, Conn.
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Meyer Jacobstein (1880-1963) —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
25, 1880.
Democrat. University
professor; newspaper
publisher; U.S.
Representative from New York 38th District, 1923-29; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1924,
1928,
1932.
Jewish.
Died in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., April
18, 1963 (age 83 years, 83
days).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Theron Rudd Strong (1802-1873) —
also known as Theron R. Strong —
of Palmyra, Wayne
County, N.Y.; Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Salisbury, Litchfield
County, Conn., November
7, 1802.
Democrat. Lawyer; Wayne
County District Attorney, 1835-39; U.S.
Representative from New York 25th District, 1839-41; member of New York
state assembly from Wayne County, 1842; Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1851-59; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1859; law partner of Elliott
F. Shepard, 1868-73.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 14,
1873 (age 70 years, 188
days).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Henry R. Selden (1805-1885) —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in 1805.
Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1857-58; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1860;
judge
of New York Court of Appeals, 1862; Republican candidate for chief
judge of New York Court of Appeals, 1870; member of New York
state assembly from Monroe County 2nd District, 1866; candidate
for Presidential Elector for New York; candidate for Presidential
Elector for New York.
Died in 1885
(age about
80 years).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Simon Louis Adler (1867-1934) —
also known as Simon L. Adler —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Seneca Falls, Seneca
County, N.Y., August
30, 1867.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Monroe County 2nd District, 1911-26; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of New York, 1927-34;
died in office 1934.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Suffered a heart
attack at breakfast, and died soon after, in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., May 23,
1934 (age 66 years, 266
days).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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John Madison Davy (1835-1909) —
also known as John M. Davy —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Ottawa, Ontario,
June
29, 1835.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; Monroe
County District Attorney, 1868-71; U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1872-75; U.S.
Representative from New York 30th District, 1875-77; defeated,
1876; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 7th District, 1889-1903.
Died in Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J., April
21, 1909 (age 73 years, 296
days).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Frank Ernest Gannett (1876-1957) —
also known as Frank E. Gannett —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Bristol, Ontario
County, N.Y., September
15, 1876.
Republican. Newspaper
editor and publisher; founder of Gannett newspaper
chain; candidate for Governor of
New York, 1936; candidate for Republican nomination for
President, 1940;
Vice-Chair
of Republican National Committee, 1942.
Unitarian.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Phi
Beta Kappa; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Society
of the Cincinnati; Elks; Rotary.
Died December
3, 1957 (age 81 years, 79
days).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Graham Hurd Chapin (1799-1843) —
also known as Graham H. Chapin —
of Lyons, Wayne
County, N.Y.; Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Salisbury, Litchfield
County, Conn., February
10, 1799.
Democrat. Lawyer; Wayne
County Surrogate, 1826-33; Wayne
County District Attorney, 1829-30; U.S.
Representative from New York 25th District, 1835-37.
Died in Mt. Morris, Livingston
County, N.Y., September
8, 1843 (age 44 years, 210
days).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Phineas Chapin and Love (Hurd) Chapin; married to Caroline
Elizabeth Holley; nephew of Daniel
Chapin (1761-1821); second cousin of Reuben
Bostwick Heacock; second cousin twice removed of Josiah
Cowles and Seth
Grosvenor Heacock; second cousin thrice removed of Roy
Dikeman Chapin; third cousin of Daniel
Chapin (1791-1878); third cousin once removed of Daniel
Upson, Gideon
Hard, Chester
William Chapin, Marshall
Chapin, John
Hall Brockway and John
Putnam Chapin; third cousin twice removed of John
Alsop, Edmund
Gillett Chapin, Zenas
Ferry Moody and Andrew
Bliss Chapin; third cousin thrice removed of Henry
Merritt Hard, Alfred
Clark Chapin, John
W. Chapin, Arthur
Beebe Chapin and Albert
Clark Chapin; fourth cousin of Jonathan
Elmer, Ebenezer
Elmer, Eli
Elmer, Elijah
Boardman, John
Allen, William
Bostwick, Peter
B. Garnsey, Benjamin
Hard, Daniel
Warner Bostwick and Jesse
Hoyt; fourth cousin once removed of Ebenezer
Hazard, Orsamus
Cook Merrill, Daniel
Greene Garnsey, Amaziah
Brainard, Timothy
Merrill, Thomas
Hale Sill, Ira
Yale, Luther
Walter Badger, Elisha
Hotchkiss Jr., Willard
J. Chapin, Daniel
Kellogg, Levi
Yale, Lucius
Quintius Cincinnatus Elmer, William
Whiting Boardman, John
William Allen, Roscius
R. Kennedy, Theodore
Sill, Barzillai
Bulkeley Kellogg, John
Milton Thayer, Charles
Upson, Calvin
Josiah Cowles, Gad
Ely Upson, Christopher
Columbus Upson, Andrew
Seth Upson, Alvred
Bayard Nettleton and Evelyn
M. Upson. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Murphy-Merrill
family of Harbor Beach, Michigan (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Vincent Mathews (1766-1846) —
also known as Vincent Matthews —
of Tioga
County, N.Y.; Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, 1766.
Member of New York
state assembly, 1793-95, 1826 (Tioga County 1793-95, Monroe
County 1826); member of New York
state senate Western District, 1796-1803; U.S.
Representative from New York 14th District, 1809-11.
Slaveowner.
Died in 1846
(age about
80 years).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Alfred Ely (1815-1892) —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Lyme, New London
County, Conn., February
15, 1815.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from New York 29th District, 1859-63.
While witnessing the Battle of Bull Run in 1861, was captured
by the Confederates,
and imprisoned
at Richmond for several months; released in exchange for Charles
J. Faulkner.
Died in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., May 18,
1892 (age 77 years, 93
days).
Entombed at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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James Hawkes (1776-1865) —
of Richfield, Otsego
County, N.Y.
Born in Petersham, Worcester
County, Mass., December
13, 1776.
Otsego
County Sheriff, 1815-19; member of New York
state assembly from Otsego County, 1819-20; U.S.
Representative from New York 15th District, 1821-23.
Died in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., October
2, 1865 (age 88 years, 293
days).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Roswell Hart (1824-1883) —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., August
4, 1824.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1856;
U.S.
Representative from New York 28th District, 1865-67.
Died April
20, 1883 (age 58 years, 259
days).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Lewis Selye (1803-1883) —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Chittenango, Madison
County, N.Y., July 11,
1803.
Blacksmith;
iron
manufacturer; Monroe
County Treasurer, 1848-51, 1854; newspaper
publisher; U.S.
Representative from New York 28th District, 1867-69.
Died in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., January
27, 1883 (age 79 years, 200
days).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Azariah Boody (1815-1885) —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Stanstead County, Quebec,
April
21, 1815.
Whig. U.S.
Representative from New York 29th District, 1853; served as
president of the Wabash Railroad.
Died, from pneumonia,
in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
18, 1885 (age 70 years, 211
days).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Scott W. Updike (c.1819-1889) —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, about 1819.
Republican. Merchant;
postmaster at Rochester,
N.Y., 1861-67; sauce
manufacturer.
Died in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., October
24, 1889 (age about 70
years).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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William Seward Whittlesey (1840-1917) —
also known as W. Seward Whittlesey —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., July 15,
1840.
Republican. Postmaster at Rochester,
N.Y., 1907-11.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., 1917
(age about
76 years).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Frederick Theodore Pierson (1873-1930) —
also known as Frederick T. Pierson —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Fayetteville, Onondaga
County, N.Y., May 23,
1873.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 38th District, 1922.
Died September
13, 1930 (age 57 years, 113
days).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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James Levi Hotchkiss (1857-1930) —
also known as James L. Hotchkiss —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Naples, Ontario
County, N.Y., May 1,
1857.
Republican. Lawyer; dry goods
merchant; banker; chair of
Monroe County Republican Party, 1901-27; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1904
(alternate), 1908,
1912,
1916,
1920,
1924;
Monroe
County Clerk, 1905-27.
Died in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., October
19, 1930 (age 73 years, 171
days).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Nathaniel Rochester (1752-1831) —
of Hagerstown, Washington
County, Md.; Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Westmoreland
County, Va., February
21, 1752.
Postmaster at Hagerstown,
Md., 1792-93; candidate for Presidential Elector for Maryland;
member of New York
state assembly from Monroe County, 1821-22.
Episcopalian.
Founder of Rochester, New York.
Died in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., May 17,
1831 (age 79 years, 85
days).
Original interment in unknown location; reinterment at Mt. Hope
Cemetery.
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Edwin A. Loder (1834-1890) —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Warsaw, Wyoming
County, N.Y., October
18, 1834.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of
New
York state assembly from Monroe County 3rd District, 1889-90;
died in office 1890.
Died in Chili, Monroe
County, N.Y., June 5,
1890 (age 55 years, 230
days).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Charles Edwin Ogden (1859-1934) —
also known as Charles E. Ogden —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Penn Yan, Yates
County, N.Y., July 31,
1859.
Newspaper
reporter; orator;
member of New York
state assembly from Monroe County 2nd District, 1904-05.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., November
6, 1934 (age 75 years, 98
days).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Elon Huntington Hooker (1869-1938) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., November
23, 1869.
Progressive. Engineer;
founder and president, Hooker Electrochemical
Company; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif., May 10,
1938 (age 68 years, 168
days).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Esten A. Fletcher (1869-1941) —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Canada,
1869.
Republican. Lumber
business; delegate to Republican National Convention from New
York, 1932.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in 1941
(age about
72 years).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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William Caesar Warfield (1920-2002) —
also known as William Warfield —
Born in West Helena (now part of Helena-West Helena), Phillips
County, Ark., January
22, 1920.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; professional
singer; actor;
performed, Republican National Convention, 1952 ;
university
professor.
Baptist.
African
ancestry.
Broke his neck in an accidental fall, and
died a few weeks later, in Northwestern Memorial Hospital,
Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., August
25, 2002 (age 82 years, 215
days).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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buried here: |
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Henry Colvin Brewster (1845-1928) —
also known as Henry C. Brewster —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., September
7, 1845.
Republican. Banker; U.S.
Representative from New York 31st District, 1895-99; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1900,
1904
(alternate).
Presbyterian.
Member, Society
of Colonial Wars; Sons of
the American Revolution; Union
League.
Died in Canandaigua, Ontario
County, N.Y., January
29, 1928 (age 82 years, 144
days).
Originally entombed at Mt. Hope Cemetery; reinterment to unknown
location.
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James Smith Havens (1859-1927) —
also known as James S. Havens —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Weedsport, Cayuga
County, N.Y., May 28,
1859.
Democrat. Lawyer;
vice-president and secretary of Kodak Company; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1904,
1920;
U.S.
Representative from New York 32nd District, 1910-11.
Died, in Strong Memorial Hospital,
Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., February
27, 1927 (age 67 years, 275
days).
Originally entombed at Mt. Hope Cemetery; reinterment to unknown
location.
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Riverside
Cemetery
Rochester, Monroe County, New York
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George Frederick Rogers (1887-1948) —
also known as George F. Rogers —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Canada,
March
19, 1887.
Democrat. Candidate for New York
state assembly from Monroe County 4th District, 1927; member of
New
York state senate 46th District, 1937-38; defeated, 1938, 1940;
U.S.
Representative from New York 40th District, 1945-47; defeated,
1946, 1948.
Died in Canada,
November
20, 1948 (age 61 years, 246
days).
Interment at Riverside Cemetery.
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Allen James Oliver (1903-1953) —
also known as Allen J. Oliver —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., May 18,
1903.
Republican. Accountant;
member of New York
state senate, 1943-48 (46th District 1943-44, 51st District
1945-48); defeated, 1948.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Rotary.
Died, of a coronary
occlusion (heart
attack), in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., July 9,
1953 (age 50 years, 52
days).
Interment at Riverside Cemetery.
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