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Milton John Daniels (1838-1914) —
also known as Milton J. Daniels —
of Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn.; Riverside, Riverside
County, Calif.
Born in Cobleskill, Schoharie
County, N.Y., April
18, 1838.
Republican. Major in the Union Army during the Civil War;
banker; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 14, 1883-86; member of
Minnesota
state senate 14th District, 1887-90; U.S.
Representative from California 8th District, 1903-05.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Loyal
Legion.
Died in Riverside, Riverside
County, Calif., December
1, 1914 (age 76 years, 227
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Memorial Park, Riverside, Calif.
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Horatio Nelson Davis (b. 1812) —
also known as Horatio N. Davis —
of Beloit, Rock
County, Wis.
Born in Henderson, Jefferson
County, N.Y., June 17,
1812.
Republican. Waukesha
County Treasurer, 1847; banker; served in the Union Army
during the Civil War; mayor of
Beloit, Wis., 1872; member of Wisconsin
state senate 17th District, 1873-76.
Burial location unknown.
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Norman Hezekiah Davis (1878-1944) —
also known as Norman Davis —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Tullahoma, Coffee
County, Tenn.; Alexandria,
Va.
Born in Bedford
County, Tenn., August
9, 1878.
Democrat. Banker; Assistant Secretary of the Treasury,
1919-20; Undersecretary of State, 1920-21; U.S. delegate to
international conferences; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1928;
U.S. Ambassador to , 1933-38; chairman, American Red Cross, 1938-44, and also of
International Red Cross, 1939-44.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died, from a cerebral
hemorrhage, in Hot Springs, Bath
County, Va., July 2,
1944 (age 65 years, 328
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Tullahoma, Tenn.
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Shelby Cullom Davis (1909-1994) —
also known as Shelby Davis —
of New York.
Born in Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill., 1909.
Journalist;
economist;
investment banker; philanthropist; U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland, 1969-75.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died in Hobe Sound, Martin
County, Fla., May 29,
1994 (age about 84
years).
Burial location unknown.
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George Willets Davison (b. 1872) —
of Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Rockville Centre, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., March
25, 1872.
Republican. Lawyer; Queens
County District Attorney, 1899; vice-president, Central
Trust Co.; director, Brooklyn Rapid
Transit Co., New York Municipal Railways
Co., Third Avenue Railway
Co., Hudson and Manhattan Railroad
Co., American Eagle Fire
Insurance Co.
Methodist.
Member, Alpha
Delta Phi; Phi
Delta Phi; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert A. Davison and Emeline (Sealey) Davison; married, April
24, 1895, to Harriet R. Baldwin. |
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George Benjamin Delamater (1821-1907) —
also known as George B. Delamater —
of Meadville, Crawford
County, Pa.
Born in Whitehall, Washington
County, N.Y., January
14, 1821.
Republican. Lawyer; newspaper
editor and publisher; oil
producer; banker; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 29th District, 1871-73.
Died in Meadville, Crawford
County, Pa., 1907
(age about
86 years).
Interment at Greendale
Cemetery, Meadville, Pa.
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Benjamin H. Demo (born c.1898) —
of Croghan, Lewis
County, N.Y.
Born in Massena, St.
Lawrence County, N.Y., about 1898.
Republican. Banker; member of New York
state assembly from Lewis County, 1939-58.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi; Elks; American
Legion.
Burial location unknown.
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David B. Dennis (1817-1902) —
of Adrian, Lenawee
County, Mich.; Coldwater, Branch
County, Mich.
Born in Farmington, Ontario
County, N.Y., June 17,
1817.
Democrat. Banker; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Lenawee County, 1848-50; mayor
of Coldwater, Mich., 1863-64, 1871-72; postmaster at Coldwater,
Mich., 1886-90.
Died in Coldwater, Branch
County, Mich., April
11, 1902 (age 84 years, 298
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Coldwater, Mich.
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Peter Anthony Dey (1825-1911) —
also known as Peter A. Dey —
of Iowa City, Johnson
County, Iowa.
Born in Romulus, Seneca
County, N.Y., 1825.
Democrat. Chief engineer
of the Union Pacific Railroad,
1864; founder of the First National Bank of Iowa City;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Iowa, 1876;
member of Iowa
railroad commission, 1878-95.
Died in 1911
(age about
86 years).
Burial location unknown.
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John Alden Dix (1860-1928) —
also known as John A. Dix —
of Thomson, Washington
County, N.Y.; Santa Barbara, Santa
Barbara County, Calif.
Born in Glens Falls, Warren
County, N.Y., December
25, 1860.
Democrat. Banker; lumber
business; paper
manufacturer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
York, 1904,
1912
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee); candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1908; New York
Democratic state chair, 1910; Governor of
New York, 1911-12; candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1914.
Died, from heart
disease, in Harbor Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April 9,
1928 (age 67 years, 106
days).
Interment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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Roscoe D. Dix (1839-1912) —
of Berrien Springs, Berrien
County, Mich.
Born in Jefferson
County, N.Y., June 11,
1839.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; permanently
disabled by injuries suffered in the battle at Knoxville,
November 24, 1863; barber; real estate
business; banker; Michigan
land commissioner, 1887-90; Michigan
state auditor general, 1897-1900.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in Berrien Springs, Berrien
County, Mich., September
5, 1912 (age 73 years, 86
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Berrien Springs, Mich.
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Michael L. Donahue (b. 1940) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Geneva, Ontario
County, N.Y., March
26, 1940.
Libertarian. Lawyer;
bank officer; candidate for Michigan
state senate 5th District, 1998; candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives 12th District, 2000; candidate for
justice
of Michigan state supreme court, 2002; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 14th District, 2004.
Still living as of 2004.
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John Jay Dorman (c.1871-1953) —
also known as John J. Dorman —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born about 1871.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1912
(alternate), 1916,
1924
(alternate), 1928
(alternate), 1932
(alternate), 1936
(alternate), 1940
(alternate), 1944
(alternate), 1948,
1952
(alternate); chair of
Kings County Democratic Party, 1923-53; New York City Fire
Commissioner, 1926-33; vice-president, Commercial State Bank and
Trust Company.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Elks; Moose.
Died, in St. Mary's Hospital,
Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., June 21,
1953 (age about 82
years).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
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James A. Doughty (b. 1850) —
of Torrington, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born in Beekman, Dutchess
County, N.Y., 1850.
Republican. Brass
manufacturing executive; banker; candidate for Connecticut
state senate 30th District, 1910.
Member, Union
League.
Burial location unknown.
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David Dows (1885-1966) —
also known as "Big Dave" —
of Locust Valley, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.; Bradley, Greenwood
County, S.C.
Born in Irvington, Westchester
County, N.Y., August
12, 1885.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; worked in iron and steel
mills; supervised construction
of steel
mills overseas; studied foreign industries as representative of a
steamship
line; horse
breeder; bank director; Nassau
County Sheriff, 1932-34; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1944;
member, New York State Racing Commission, 1944-49; delegate to
Republican National Convention from South Carolina, 1956;
South
Carolina Republican state chair, 1956-58; candidate for
Presidential Elector for South Carolina.
Convicted
of assault
in 1913, over his treatment of a New York Times reporter who was
attempting to interview him.
Died in Hot Springs, Bath
County, Va., August
13, 1966 (age 81 years, 1
days).
Interment at Sleepy
Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.
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William H. DuBois (b. 1835) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.; West Randolph, Randolph, Orange
County, Vt.
Born in Randolph, Orange
County, Vt., March
24, 1835.
Republican. Banker; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Randolph, 1876; Vermont
state treasurer, 1882-90.
Baptist.
Burial location unknown.
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Denning Duer (1812-1891) —
also known as William Denning Duer —
of Hoboken, Hudson
County, N.J.; Weehawken, Hudson
County, N.J.
Born in Rhinebeck, Dutchess
County, N.Y., December
6, 1812.
Republican. Banker; stockbroker;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1856
(speaker),
1860.
Died in Weehawken, Hudson
County, N.J., March
10, 1891 (age 78 years, 94
days).
Interment at Grace
Church Cemetery, Jamaica, Queens, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of William
Alexander Duer and Hannah Maria (Denning) Duer; married, May 11,
1837, to Caroline King (daughter of James
Gore King; granddaughter of Rufus
King); nephew of John
Duer; grandson of William
Denning and William
Duer (1747-1799); great-grandnephew of Robert
Livingston (1708-1790), Peter
Van Brugh Livingston, Philip
Livingston and William
Livingston; second great-grandson of James
Alexander; second great-grandnephew of John
Livingston, Robert
Livingston (1688-1775) and Gilbert
Livingston; third great-grandson of Robert
Livingston the Elder and Pieter
Van Brugh; third great-grandnephew of Pieter
Schuyler (1657-1724), Abraham
de Peyster, Johannes
Cuyler, Johannes
de Peyster and Johannes
Schuyler (1668-1747); first cousin of William
Duer (1805-1879); first cousin twice removed of Peter
Robert Livingston (1737-1794), Walter
Livingston, Philip
Peter Livingston, John
Stevens III and Henry
Brockholst Livingston; first cousin thrice removed of Robert
Gilbert Livingston and Robert
R. Livingston (1718-1775); first cousin four times removed of Robert
Livingston the Younger, Johannes
DePeyster, Johannes
Schuyler (1697-1746), Cornelis
Cuyler and John
Cruger Jr.; first cousin five times removed of David
Davidse Schuyler and Myndert
Davidtse Schuyler; second cousin once removed of Stephen
Van Rensselaer, Philip
Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Henry
Walter Livingston, Peter
Augustus Jay (1776-1843), Rensselaer
Westerlo, Edward
Philip Livingston, William
Jay and Charles
Ludlow Livingston (1800-1873); second cousin twice removed of Robert
R. Livingston (1746-1813), Philip
Van Cortlandt, Pierre
Van Cortlandt Jr. and Edward
Livingston (1764-1836); second cousin thrice removed of Stephanus
Bayard, Pierre
Van Cortlandt, Philip
John Schuyler, Matthew
Clarkson, Philip
P. Schuyler, Stephen
John Schuyler, Henry
Cruger and Henry
Rutgers; third cousin of Philip
Schuyler, Peter
Robert Livingston (1789-1859), Edward
Livingston (1796-1840), Henry
Bell Van Rensselaer, Henry
Brockholst Ledyard and John
Jay II; third cousin once removed of Hamilton
Fish, Kiliaen
Van Rensselaer, Nicholas
Fish, Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1849-1936), John
Kean, Hamilton
Fish Kean and Charles
Ludlow Livingston (born 1870); third cousin twice removed of Nicholas
Bayard, Jeremiah
Van Rensselaer, Robert
Van Rensselaer, Pieter
Schuyler (1746-1792), James
Livingston, Peter
Samuel Schuyler, Philip
Jeremiah Schuyler, Philip
DePeyster, James
Parker, Herbert
Livingston Satterlee, Peter
Augustus Jay (1877-1933), Robert
Reginald Livingston, Bronson
Murray Cutting, Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1888-1991), Robert
Winthrop Kean and Brockholst
Livingston; third cousin thrice removed of John
Eliot Thayer Jr., Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1926-1996) and Thomas
Howard Kean; fourth cousin of Gilbert
Livingston Thompson and John
Jacob Astor III; fourth cousin once removed of Peter
Robert Livingston (1766-1847), Jacob
Rutsen Van Rensselaer, Maturin
Livingston, James
Alexander Hamilton, George
Washington Schuyler, John
Cortlandt Parker, Philip
N. Schuyler, William
Waldorf Astor and Jonathan
Mayhew Wainwright. |
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family of New York; VanRensselaer
family of Albany, New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Philip Henry Dugro (1855-1920) —
also known as P. Henry Dugro —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
2, 1855.
Democrat. Lawyer; hotelier;
banker; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 14th District, 1879; U.S.
Representative from New York 7th District, 1881-83; New York City
superior court judge, 1887-95; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1896-1920; died in office
1920.
Alsatian
ancestry. Member, Tammany
Hall; Phi
Kappa Psi.
Died, from pneumonia,
in his apartment at the Savoy Hotel,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March 1,
1920 (age 64 years, 151
days).
Entombed at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Beveridge C. Dunlop (1879-1961) —
of Spring Valley, Rockland
County, N.Y.
Born in Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J., April
28, 1879.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; textile
executive; bank director; candidate for Presidential
Elector for New York; member of New York
state assembly from Rockland County, 1914; candidate for
Presidential Elector for New York.
Christian
Reformed. Member, United
Spanish War Veterans; Freemasons.
Died in Spring Valley, Rockland
County, N.Y., July 2,
1961 (age 82 years, 65
days).
Interment at Brick
Church Cemetery, Spring Valley, N.Y.
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