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William Stormont Hackett (1868-1926) —
also known as William S. Hackett —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., December
7, 1868.
Democrat. President, Albany City Savings Bank; mayor of
Albany, N.Y., 1922-26; died in office 1926.
Member, Freemasons.
Injured in an automobile
accident in Cuba, and died three weeks later, from the injuries
and erysipelas,
in American Hospital,
Havana (La Habana), Cuba,
March
4, 1926 (age 57 years, 87
days).
Interment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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John A. Haggerty —
of Mamaroneck, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Banker; candidate for mayor
of Mamaroneck, N.Y., 1951.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Edwin Arthur Hall Jr. (1909-2004) —
of Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y.; Montrose, Susquehanna
County, Pa.
Born in Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y., February
11, 1909.
Republican. Building
contractor; banker; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1939-53 (34th District 1939-45,
37th District 1945-53).
Died in Montrose, Susquehanna
County, Pa., October
18, 2004 (age 95 years, 250
days).
Interment at Quaker Lake Cemetery, Brackney, Pa.
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Laurens M. Hamilton —
of Sterlington, Rockland
County, N.Y.
Republican. Active in journalism
and banking; candidate for New York
state senate 24th District, 1932; member of New York
state assembly from Rockland County, 1934-37; member of New York
Republican State Committee, 1936.
Burial location unknown.
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John Wesley Hanes (b. 1892) —
also known as John W. Hanes —
of Millbrook, Dutchess
County, N.Y.
Born in Winston-Salem, Forsyth
County, N.C., April
24, 1892.
Investment banker; member, U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission, 1938; assistant U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, 1938;
Undersecretary, 1938-39.
Burial location unknown.
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James Guthrie Harbord (1866-1947) —
also known as James G. Harbord —
of Manhattan, Riley
County, Kan.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Rye, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born near Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill., March
21, 1866.
Republican. Major in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
general in the U.S. Army during World War I; president (1923-30), and
chairman (1930-47), Radio Corporation of America; director, Atchison,
Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad;
director, Bankers Trust Co.; director, National Broadcasting
Co.; director, Radio-Keith-Orpheum, Inc. (RKO); director, New York
Life Insurance
Co.; candidate for Republican nomination for Vice President, 1924,
1932;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1932;
delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Union
League.
Died in Rye, Westchester
County, N.Y., August
20, 1947 (age 81 years, 152
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Granville W. Harman (1852-1926) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Ohio, June 5,
1852.
Republican. Steamboat
inspector; wholesale
grocer; banker; financier;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1896.
Died, from heart
disease, in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., April
14, 1926 (age 73 years, 313
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of John W. Harman and Sarah Harman. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Brooklyn Daily Eagle,
April 15, 1926 |
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Coleridge A. Hart (1852-1924) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Peekskill, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, 1852.
Lawyer;
bank director; Prohibition candidate for New York
state assembly from New York County 19th District, 1888;
Prohibition candidate for New York
state attorney general, 1889; Prohibition candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1896, 1906, 1911, 1912;
Prohibition candidate for judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1908, 1913, 1916, 1917, 1920;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; Prohibition
candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1922.
Congregationalist.
Died November
21, 1924 (age about 72
years).
Interment at Hillside
Cemetery, Cortlandt town, Westchester County, N.Y.
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Albert Haskell Jr. (b. 1891) —
of Cortland, Cortland
County, N.Y.
Born in Cortland, Cortland
County, N.Y., October
15, 1891.
Republican. Lawyer; Cortland
County District Attorney; bank director; member of New York
state assembly from Cortland County, 1934-36.
Member, Rotary;
Elks; Eagles;
Moose;
American Bar
Association; Grange;
Knights
of Columbus; Gamma
Eta Gamma.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
New York Red Book 1936 |
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William Frederick Havemeyer (1804-1874) —
also known as William F. Havemeyer —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
12, 1804.
Democrat. Sugar refining
business; banker; candidate for Presidential Elector for
New York; mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1845-46, 1848-49, 1873-74; defeated,
1859; died in office 1874.
German
ancestry. Member, Tammany
Hall.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
30, 1874 (age 70 years, 291
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Wickham Sayre Havens (1806-1880) —
also known as Wickham S. Havens —
of Sag Harbor, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Shelter Island, Suffolk
County, N.Y., October
23, 1806.
Whaling captain;
banker; U.S.
Collector of Customs, 1865-79.
Died in Sag Harbor, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., November
26, 1880 (age 74 years, 34
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Sag Harbor, Long Island, N.Y.
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Stuart F. Hawley —
of Lake George, Warren
County, N.Y.
Republican. Banker; member of New York
state assembly from Warren County, 1951-58.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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William Elisha Haynes (1829-1914) —
also known as William E. Haynes —
of Ohio.
Born in Hoosick Falls, Rensselaer
County, N.Y., October
19, 1829.
Democrat. Merchant;
Sandusky
County Auditor, 1856-60; colonel in the Union Army during the
Civil War; U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue for the 9th Ohio
District, 1866-67; banker; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Ohio, 1880
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1884;
U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1889-93 (10th District 1889-91, 7th
District 1891-93).
Died in Fremont, Sandusky
County, Ohio, December
5, 1914 (age 85 years, 47
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Fremont, Ohio.
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Sidney S. Hein (1907-1972) —
of Far Rockaway, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; Laurelton, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April
16, 1907.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1948,
1952,
1956,
1960,
1964;
member of New York
Republican State Committee, 1961; director, Franklin National
Bank, Eagle Insurance
Company of New Jersey, Peninsula Hospital,
and Brunswick Hospital.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Foresters.
Died, from a heart
attack, at the Inwood Country Club, Inwood, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., April 1,
1972 (age 64 years, 351
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Hugo Hein and Regina (Pulitzer) Hein; married to Frederica
Clark. |
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Charles Heling (1880-1938) —
of Lindenhurst, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Babylon town, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., March 1,
1880.
Democrat. Undertaker;
contractor;
banker; mayor
of Lindenhurst, N.Y., 1931-37; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1932.
German
ancestry.
Suffered a stroke,
and died a few hours later, in Lindenhurst, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., June 21,
1938 (age 58 years, 112
days).
Interment at Breslau
Cemetery, North Lindenhurst, Long Island, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Valentine Heling and Catherina Heling; married to Elizabeth Wolter
and Josephine Roubal. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Henry Perry Henderson (1842-1909) —
also known as Henry P. Henderson —
of Mason, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Tully, Onondaga
County, N.Y., 1842.
Democrat. Lawyer;
bank director; candidate for mayor of
Mason, Mich., 1876; law partner of George
M. Huntington, 1881-88; justice of
Utah territorial supreme court, 1886-89; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Utah Territory, 1892.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, June 3,
1909 (age about 66
years).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Mason, Mich.
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Francis Hendricks (1834-1920) —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born in Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y., November
23, 1834.
Republican. Banker; mayor
of Syracuse, N.Y., 1880-81; member of New York
state assembly from Onondaga County 2nd District, 1884-85; member
of New
York state senate 25th District, 1886-91; U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1891-93; delegate to Republican National Convention from
New York, 1896,
1904,
1908,
1912,
1916;
New York State Superintendent of Insurance, 1900-06.
Presbyterian.
Died in Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., June 9,
1920 (age 85 years, 199
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Syracuse, N.Y.
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Joseph Clifford Hendrix (1853-1904) —
also known as Joseph C. Hendrix —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Fayette, Howard
County, Mo., May 25,
1853.
Democrat. Banker; candidate for mayor
of Brooklyn, N.Y., 1883; postmaster at Brooklyn,
N.Y., 1886-90; U.S.
Representative from New York 3rd District, 1893-95.
Member, American
Bankers Association.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., November
9, 1904 (age 51 years, 168
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Alonzo Barton Hepburn (1846-1922) —
also known as A. Barton Hepburn —
of Colton, St.
Lawrence County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Colton, St.
Lawrence County, N.Y., July 24,
1846.
Republican. Lawyer; timber
business; banker; member of New York
state assembly from St. Lawrence County 2nd District, 1875-79;
superintendent, New York State Banking Department, 1880-83; U.S.
Comptroller of the Currency, 1892-93; director, New York Life Insurance
Company, American Agricultural
Chemical
Company, Studebaker Corporation (automobile
manufacturer), and Great Northern Railway.
Hit by
a bus at Fifth Avenue and 23rd Street, injured, and died five
days later, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
25, 1922 (age 75 years, 185
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Canton, N.Y.
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D-Cady Herrick (1846-1926) —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Esperance, Schoharie
County, N.Y., April
12, 1846.
Democrat. Lawyer; Albany
County District Attorney, 1881-86; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1888;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 3rd District, 1892-1904; Justice of the
Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 3rd Department,
1896-1900; candidate for Governor of
New York, 1904; director, Albany City National Bank;
candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1914.
Died in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., February
21, 1926 (age 79 years, 315
days).
Interment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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Charles J. Hewitt (1867-1940) —
of Locke, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Born in Navarino, Onondaga
County, N.Y., July 15,
1867.
Republican. Farmer; produce
business; banker; member of New York
state assembly from Cayuga County 2nd District, 1902-04; member
of New
York state senate, 1909-38 (40th District 1909-18, 42nd District
1919-38).
Died in 1940
(age about
72 years).
Interment at Indian
Mound Cemetery, Moravia, N.Y.
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Image source:
New York Red Book 1936 |
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Richard Higbie (1857-1900) —
of Babylon, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in West Islip, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., July 11,
1857.
Republican. Merchant;
bank director; member of New York
state assembly from Suffolk County, 1893-95; member of New York
state senate 1st District, 1896-98.
Died, from heart
disease, in Babylon, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., April
10, 1900 (age 42 years, 273
days).
Interment at Babylon Rural Cemetery, Babylon, Long Island, N.Y.
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Harold Giles Hoffman (1896-1954) —
also known as Harold G. Hoffman —
of South Amboy, Middlesex
County, N.J.
Born in South Amboy, Middlesex
County, N.J., February
7, 1896.
Republican. Colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; real estate
business; banker; newspaper
columnist and radio
commentator; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Middlesex County, 1923-24; mayor
of South Amboy, N.J., 1925-27; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 3rd District, 1927-31; New Jersey
Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, 1930-35; Governor of
New Jersey, 1935-38; defeated in primary, 1940, 1946; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1936
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business); colonel in the U.S. Army during
World War II.
Methodist.
Member, Junior
Order; Patriotic
Order Sons of America; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Elks; Eagles;
Royal
Arcanum.
Suspended
in 1954 as head of the New Jersey unemployment compensation system
for an investigation
of financial irregularities. Subsequently, when he died, his written
confession
of embezzlement
schemes was disclosed.
Died, of a heart
attack, in his room at the Blake Hotel,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 4,
1954 (age 58 years, 117
days).
Interment at Christ
Church Cemetery, South Amboy, N.J.
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Frank Joseph Hogan (1877-1944) —
also known as Frank J. Hogan —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
12, 1877.
Republican. Lawyer;
general counsel, Capital Traction
Company; general counsel, Riggs National Bank; attorney for Albert
B. Fall, Edward
L. Doheny during the Teapot Dome trials; delegate to Republican
National Convention from District of Columbia, 1920
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization; member, Resolutions
Committee); president, American Bar Association, 1938-39.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 15,
1944 (age 67 years, 124
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Maurice E. Hogan and Mary (McSwiney) Hogan; married 1899 to Mary
Cecile Adair; first cousin of James
Francis Byrnes. |
| | | Image source: Time Magazine, March 11,
1935 |
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Lyman A. Holmes (b. 1858) —
of St. Clair, St. Clair
County, Mich.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., November
7, 1858.
Republican. Worked in railway
construction and as superintendent of foundries;
vice-president, Romeo Savings Bank; member of Michigan
state senate 11th District, 1917-20.
English
and Irish
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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John Stewart Hopkins (1811-1882) —
also known as John S. Hopkins —
of Evansville, Vanderburgh
County, Ind.
Born in Truxton, Cortland
County, N.Y., October
28, 1811.
Merchant;
banker; mayor
of Evansville, Ind., 1853-56; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1861, 1867, 1879; president of
Evansville, Cairo & Memphis Packet
Company; president of First National Bank in Evansville;
director of the Evansville & Terre Haute Railroad.
Died in Evansville, Vanderburgh
County, Ind., July 6,
1882 (age 70 years, 251
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1834 to Mary
Ann Parrett. |
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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, Rochester, N.Y.
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Amory Houghton (1899-1981) —
of Corning, Steuben
County, N.Y.
Born in Corning, Steuben
County, N.Y., July 27,
1899.
Republican. President (1930-41) and chairman (1941-61), Corning Glass Works;
director, Metropolitan Life Insurance
Company, Erie Railroad,
and National City Bank; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1948
(alternate), 1952,
1964;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; U.S. Ambassador to
France, 1957-61; candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1966.
Episcopalian.
Died in 1981
(age about
81 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Henry Howard (1801-1878) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Hinsdale, Berkshire
County, Mass., September
15, 1801.
Dry goods
merchant; lumber
business; Michigan
state treasurer, 1836-39; mayor
of Detroit, Mich., 1837; Michigan
state auditor general, 1839-40; banker.
Died in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., July 15,
1878 (age 76 years, 303
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William Spring Hubbell (1801-1873) —
also known as William S. Hubbell —
of Bath, Steuben
County, N.Y.
Born in Painted Post, Steuben
County, N.Y., January
17, 1801.
Democrat. Banker; postmaster at Bath,
N.Y., 1829-35; member of New York
state assembly from Steuben County, 1841; U.S.
Representative from New York 30th District, 1843-45.
Died in Bath, Steuben
County, N.Y., November
16, 1873 (age 72 years, 303
days).
Interment at Grove
Cemetery, Bath, N.Y.
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John Whitefield Hulbert (1770-1831) —
also known as John W. Hulbert —
of Pittsfield, Berkshire
County, Mass.; Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Born in Alford, Berkshire
County, Mass., June 1,
1770.
Lawyer;
bank director; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1814-17 (at-large 1814-15, 7th
District 1815-17); member of New York
state assembly from Cayuga County, 1825.
Died in Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y., October
19, 1831 (age 61 years, 140
days).
Interment at North
Street Cemetery, Auburn, N.Y.
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Wolcott J. Humphrey (1817-1890) —
of Wyoming
County, N.Y.
Born in Canton, Hartford
County, Conn., 1817.
Postmaster;
banker; member of New York
state assembly from Wyoming County, 1851-52; member of New York
state senate 30th District, 1866-69.
Died in Warsaw, Wyoming
County, N.Y., January
19, 1890 (age about 72
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1841 to Amanda
B. Martindale; married 1874 to Hannah
Mulholland. |
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Benjamin Nicoll Huntington (1816-1882) —
also known as Benjamin N. Huntington —
of Rome, Oneida
County, N.Y.
Born in Rome, Oneida
County, N.Y., May 5,
1816.
Banker; member of New York
state senate 19th District, 1851-53; member of New York
state assembly from Oneida County 3rd District, 1866.
Died in Rome, Oneida
County, N.Y., November
10, 1882 (age 66 years, 189
days).
Interment at Rome
Cemetery, Rome, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry
Huntington and Catherine Mary (Havens) Huntington; married, January
24, 1855, to Mabel Limbrieck Utley; nephew of Jonathan
Nicoll Havens and Gurdon
Huntington; grandson of Benjamin
Huntington; first cousin once removed of John
Davenport and James
Davenport; first cousin four times removed of Randolph
Appleton Kidder; second cousin of Theodore
Davenport; second cousin once removed of Samuel
Huntington and Abel
Huntington; third cousin of Ebenezer
Huntington and Samuel
H. Huntington; third cousin once removed of Joshua
Coit, Augustus
Seymour Porter (1769-1849), Peter
Buell Porter, William
Woodbridge, Jabez
Williams Huntington, Isaac
Backus, Nathaniel
Huntington, James
Huntington, Joseph
Lyman Huntington, Charles
Phelps Huntington, Elisha
Mills Huntington, Henry
Titus Backus and Roger
Wolcott; third cousin twice removed of Collins
Dwight Huntington, George
Milo Huntington and William
Clark Huntington; third cousin thrice removed of William
Barret Ridgely, Josiah
Quincy, Henry
Arthur Huntington, Arthur
Evarts Lord, John
Foster Dulles and Allen
Welsh Dulles; fourth cousin of Zina
Hyde Jr., Augustus
Seymour Porter (1798-1872), Peter
Buell Porter Jr., Wickham
Sayre Havens, John
Scudder Havens, Peter
Augustus Porter (1827-1864) and Charles
Smith Havens; fourth cousin once removed of Chauncey
Goodrich, Elizur
Goodrich, Samuel
Lathrop, Bela
Edgerton, John
Hall Brockway, Philo
Fairchild Barnum, Phineas
Taylor Barnum, Ulysses
Simpson Grant, Robert
Coit Jr., Thomas
Worcester Hyde, Alonzo
Mark Leffingwell, Abial
Lathrop, Peter
Augustus Porter (1853-1925) and John
Lewis Havens. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Adams-Waite-Forshee-Cowan
family of Dexter, Michigan (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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William J. Hutchins (1813-1884) —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Fishkill, Dutchess
County, N.Y., March 3,
1813.
Merchant;
cotton mill
business; hotel
owner; banker; co-founded Buffalo Bayou, Brazos and
Colorado Railway;
owner and president of the Houston and Texas Central Railway;
mayor
of Houston, Tex., 1861.
Episcopalian.
English
ancestry.
Died in Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex., June 4,
1884 (age 71 years, 93
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Houston, Tex.
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George Smith Hutchinson (b. 1853) —
also known as George S. Hutchinson —
of Huron, Beadle
County, S.Dak.
Born in Pike, Wyoming
County, N.Y., December
5, 1853.
Republican. Traveling
salesman; mayor of
Huron, S.Dak., 1890; banker; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 23rd District, 1903-04;
member of South
Dakota state senate 22nd District, 1905-06.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Dr. George Hutchinson. |
| | | Image source: South Dakota Legislative
Manual, 1903 |
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Cornelius Huth (1867-1934) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March
11, 1867.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 10th District, 1907; trustee,
Commonwealth Savings Bank of New York City; delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
German
ancestry.
Died February
10, 1934 (age 66 years, 336
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Michael Huth and Mina Huth. |
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