The Political Graveyard: Tioga County, N.Y.

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Tioga County
New York

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Tioga County

Index to Locations

Berkshire Evergreen Cemetery

Nichols Nichols Cemetery

Near Nichols Ashbury Cemetery

Owego Evergreen Cemetery

Owego Presbyterian Church Burying Ground

Owego Tioga Cemetery

Waverly Glenwood Cemetery

Evergreen Cemetery
Berkshire, Tioga County, New York

Politicians buried here:

Daniel Parrish Witter (1852-1930) — also known as Daniel P. Witter — of Berkshire, Tioga County, N.Y. Born in Richford, Tioga County, N.Y., July 2, 1852. Republican. Farmer; member of New York state assembly from Tioga County, 1896-1900, 1916-29. Died in Berkshire, Tioga County, N.Y., January 9, 1930 (age 77 years, 191 days). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.

		Relatives: Son of Asa Witter and Delia (Torrey) Witter; married, March 1, 1876, to Sarah M. Belden; first cousin six times removed of William Greene; second cousin once removed of Samuel Austin Gager; second cousin twice removed of Abel Madison Scranton; second cousin four times removed of John Brown; second cousin five times removed of William Greene Jr. and Andrew Adams; third cousin of Howkin Bulkley Beardslee; third cousin twice removed of John Appleton and Jane Pierce; third cousin thrice removed of John Strong, Waightstill Avery, Ebenezer Huntington, Elijah Hunt Mills and Gideon Hard; fourth cousin of George Mortimer Beakes, Chauncey C. Pendleton, Cornelia Cole Fairbanks and Llewellyn James Barden; fourth cousin once removed of Elijah Babbitt, Albert Bliss, Joshua Perkins, Bradford Kirk Durfee, Samuel Willard Beakes and Charles W. Durfee.
		Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Sprague family of Providence, Rhode Island; Biddle-Randolph family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Saltonstall-Davis-Frelinghuysen-Appleton family of Massachusetts; Beakes-Greene-Witter family; Shippen-Middleton family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
		See also Find-A-Grave memorial
		Image source: New York Red Book 1924

Nichols Cemetery
Nichols, Tioga County, New York

Politicians buried here:

Myron Dale Albro (1897-1973) — also known as Myron D. Albro — of Lounsberry, Tioga County, N.Y.; Nichols, Tioga County, N.Y. Born in Cortland, Cortland County, N.Y., January 2, 1897. Republican. Dairy farmer; cattle breeder; member of New York state assembly from Tioga County, 1938-52; director, Nichols National Bank; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1964. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Elks; Grange; Farm Bureau. Died in Lounsberry, Tioga County, N.Y., August 4, 1973 (age 76 years, 214 days). Interment at Nichols Cemetery.

		Relatives: Son of Wells G. Albro and Nellie J. (Feint) Albro; married 1919 to Marguerite M. Shalter.
		See also Find-A-Grave memorial

Ashbury Cemetery
Near Nichols, Tioga County, New York

Politicians buried here:

Gamaliel Henry Barstow (1784-1865) — also known as Gamaliel H. Barstow — of Nichols, Tioga County, N.Y. Born in Sharon, Litchfield County, Conn., July 20, 1784. Physician; member of New York state assembly from Tioga County, 1815-18, 1824, 1827; member of New York state senate Western District, 1818-22; county judge in New York, 1818-23; New York state treasurer, 1825-26, 1838-39; appointed 1825, 1838; U.S. Representative from New York 25th District, 1831-33. Died in Nichols, Tioga County, N.Y., March 30, 1865 (age 80 years, 253 days). Interment at Ashbury Cemetery.

See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

Evergreen Cemetery
Owego, Tioga County, New York

Politicians buried here:

Thomas Collier Platt (1833-1910) — also known as Thomas C. Platt; Tom Platt; "The Easy Boss"; "The Machiavelli of Tioga County" — of Owego, Tioga County, N.Y. Born in Owego, Tioga County, N.Y., July 15, 1833. Republican. Druggist; lumber business; Tioga County Clerk, 1859-61; banker; director and president, Southern Central Railroad; U.S. Representative from New York, 1873-77 (27th District 1873-75, 28th District 1875-77); delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1876, 1880, 1884, 1888, 1892, 1896 (speaker), 1900, 1904, 1908; U.S. Senator from New York, 1881, 1897-1909; resigned 1881. Presbyterian. In 1903, when he was about to marry his second wife, government clerk Mae C. Wood, armed with a collection of love letters from Platt, threatened a lawsuit for breach of promise to marry; she was induced to drop the lawsuit, reportedly for $5,000. In 1905, she sued a number of Republican officials who, she claimed, had taken Platt's letters from her to stop her from publishing them. She later went on to charge the Senator with bigamy, claiming that he had secretly married her in 1901. This case was thrown out in 1908, and Miss Wood was arrested and charged with perjury. Died, from Bright's disease, in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., March 6, 1910 (age 76 years, 234 days). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.

		Relatives: Son of William Platt and Lesbia (Hinchman) Platt; married, December 12, 1852, to Ellen Lucy Barstow; married, October 11, 1903, to Lillian (Thompson) Janeway.
		See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
		Image source: The Parties and The Men (1896)

Howard Winfield Robison (1915-1987) — also known as Howard W. Robison — of Owego, Tioga County, N.Y. Born in Owego, Tioga County, N.Y., October 30, 1915. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S. Representative from New York, 1958-75 (37th District 1958-63, 33rd District 1963-73, 27th District 1973-75); vice-president for Congressional relations (lobbyist), American Railroad Association, 1975-87. Died, from heart failure, in Rehoboth Beach, Sussex County, Del., September 26, 1987 (age 71 years, 331 days). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.

John Mason Parker (1805-1873) — also known as John M. Parker — of Owego, Tioga County, N.Y. Born in Granville, Washington County, N.Y., June 14, 1805. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from New York 27th District, 1855-59; Justice of New York Supreme Court 6th District, 1859-73; died in office 1873. Died in Owego, Tioga County, N.Y., December 16, 1873 (age 68 years, 185 days). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.

John Reuben Drake (1782-1857) — also known as John R. Drake — of Owego, Tioga County, N.Y. Born in Pleasant Valley, Dutchess County, N.Y., November 28, 1782. County judge in New York, 1815-23; U.S. Representative from New York 15th District, 1817-19; common pleas court judge in New York, 1833-38; member of New York state assembly from Tioga County, 1834. Died in Owego, Tioga County, N.Y., March 21, 1857 (age 74 years, 113 days). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.

John James Taylor (1808-1892) — also known as John J. Taylor — of Owego, Tioga County, N.Y. Born in Leominster, Worcester County, Mass., April 27, 1808. Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to New York state constitutional convention, 1846; U.S. Representative from New York 27th District, 1853-55; defeated, 1850; candidate for Lieutenant Governor of New York, 1858; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1864. Died in Owego, Tioga County, N.Y., July 1, 1892 (age 84 years, 65 days). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.

Wheeler Hutchison Bristol (1818-1904) — also known as Wheeler H. Bristol — of Owego, Tioga County, N.Y.; DeLand, Volusia County, Fla. Born in Canaan, Columbia County, N.Y., 1818. Civil engineer; New York state treasurer, 1868-71; defeated, 1871. Died in DeLand, Volusia County, Fla., 1904 (age about 86 years). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.

		Relatives: Son of George E. Bristol and Sarah (Hutchison) Bristol; married, October 5, 1848, to Mary Ann Worthington; father of Fannie Louise Bristol (who married William A. Smyth); grandfather of Stuart Worthington Smyth.
		Political family: Smyth-Bristol family of Owego, New York.
		See also Find-A-Grave memorial

William Smyth (1819-1898) — of Owego, Tioga County, N.Y. Born in County Londonderry, Ireland (now Northern Ireland), June 19, 1819. Republican. School principal; newspaper publisher; Tioga County School Commissioner, 1858-63; village president of Owego, New York, 1866-69; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1868; member of New York state assembly from Tioga County, 1872; postmaster at Owego, N.Y., 1889-93. Presbyterian. Scotch-Irish ancestry. Died in Owego, Tioga County, N.Y., September 27, 1898 (age 79 years, 100 days). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.

		Relatives: Married to Martha MacKay; father of William A. Smyth; grandfather of Stuart Worthington Smyth.
		Political family: Smyth-Bristol family of Owego, New York.
		See also Find-A-Grave memorial

William A. Smyth (1852-1919) — of Owego, Tioga County, N.Y. Born in Owego, Tioga County, N.Y., March 14, 1852. Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; bank director; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1896, 1904 (alternate); postmaster at Owego, N.Y., 1897-1914; director, Owego Power & Light Company. Scotch-Irish ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Royal Arch Masons; Scottish Rite Masons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Royal Arcanum; Redmen. Died, from arteriosclerosis and asthma, in Owego, Tioga County, N.Y., August 11, 1919 (age 67 years, 150 days). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.

		Relatives: Son of William Smyth and Martha (MacKay) Smyth; married, December 21, 1887, to Fannie Louise Bristol (daughter of Wheeler Hutchison Bristol); father of Stuart Worthington Smyth.
		Political family: Smyth-Bristol family of Owego, New York.
		See also Find-A-Grave memorial

Presbyterian Church Burying Ground
Owego, Tioga County, New York

Politicians buried here:

Stephen Banks Leonard (1793-1876) — also known as Stephen B. Leonard — of Owego, Tioga County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., April 15, 1793. Newspaper editor and publisher; postmaster at Owego, N.Y., 1816-20, 1844-49; U.S. Representative from New York 22nd District, 1835-37, 1839-41. Died in Owego, Tioga County, N.Y., May 8, 1876 (age 83 years, 23 days). Interment at Presbyterian Church Burying Ground.

		Relatives: Married to Esther Henrietta Sperry.
		See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial

Tioga Cemetery
Owego, Tioga County, New York

Politicians buried here:

Welles Goodspeed Catlin (1887-1968) — also known as Welles G. Catlin — of Montour Falls, Schuyler County, N.Y. Born in Owego, Tioga County, N.Y., August 30, 1887. Dry candidate for delegate to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933. Died in Utica, Oneida County, N.Y., May 5, 1968 (age 80 years, 249 days). Interment at Tioga Cemetery.

		Relatives: Son of Frank Herbert Catlin and Jeanette G. (Goodspeed) Catlin; married, March 9, 1911, to Pearl Margaret Heath.
		See also Find-A-Grave memorial

Glenwood Cemetery
Waverly, Tioga County, New York

Politicians buried here:

George D. Genung (1853-1928) — of Waverly, Tioga County, N.Y. Born in 1853. Postmaster at Waverly, N.Y., 1901-15. Died in 1928 (age about 75 years). Interment at Glenwood Cemetery.

		Relatives: Married to Mary A. Vanderlip and Lenora Tuthill.
		See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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