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George W. Neill (1877-1965) —
of Madison, Morris
County, N.J.; York, York
County, Neb.; Lomita, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Torrance, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in New York, February
22, 1877.
Republican. Banker; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Nebraska, 1912.
Died May 15,
1965 (age 88 years, 82
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William James Neill and Susan E. (Walker) Neill; married, April
19, 1904, to Jane Nobes. |
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Charles E. Nichols (b. 1862) —
of Jefferson, Schoharie
County, N.Y.; Cobleskill, Schoharie
County, N.Y.
Born in Jefferson, Schoharie
County, N.Y., May 2,
1862.
Republican. Lawyer;
bank director; chair of
Schoharie County Republican Party, 1916; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 3rd District, 1917-29.
Methodist.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Eugene R. Norton (b. 1856) —
of Granville, Washington
County, N.Y.
Born in Middle Granville, Washington
County, N.Y., September
23, 1856.
Republican. Grocer; roofing slate
manufacturer; director of two banks; member of New York
state assembly from Washington County, 1906-07, 1913, 1919-20;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1908,
1916.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows.
Burial location unknown.
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Alfred Oakley (1839-1892) —
of Rutherford, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
16, 1839.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; banker; mayor
of Rutherford, N.J., 1881-83.
Episcopalian.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died October
19, 1892 (age 53 years, 3
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George Oakley and Elizabeth (Travis) Oakley. |
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Eugene Franklin O'Connor (1844-1928) —
also known as Eugene F. O'Connor —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., November
10, 1844.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
banker; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 4th District, 1886; member of New York
state senate 3rd District, 1888-89; candidate for secretary
of state of New York, 1891.
Catholic.
Member, Union
League.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., March
29, 1928 (age 83 years, 140
days).
Interment at Holy
Cross Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Benjamin Barker Odell Jr. (1854-1926) —
also known as Benjamin B. Odell, Jr. —
of Newburgh, Orange
County, N.Y.
Born in Newburgh, Orange
County, N.Y., January
14, 1854.
Republican. Ice
business; president, Newburgh Electric
Light Co.; treasurer, Central Hudson Steamboat
Co.; president Orange County Traction
Co.; banker; member of New York
Republican State Committee, 1884-96; U.S.
Representative from New York 17th District, 1895-99; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1896,
1900,
1904,
1908,
1924;
New York
Republican state chair, 1898-1900, 1904-06; Governor of
New York, 1901-05; candidate for Presidential Elector for New
York.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died in Newburgh, Orange
County, N.Y., May 9,
1926 (age 72 years, 115
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, New Windsor, N.Y.
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Nathaniel Holmes Odell (1828-1904) —
also known as N. Holmes Odell —
of Tarrytown, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Greenburgh, Westchester
County, N.Y., October
10, 1828.
Democrat. Steamboat
business; member of New York
state assembly from Westchester County 2nd District, 1860-61;
banker; Westchester
County Treasurer, 1867-75; U.S.
Representative from New York 12th District, 1875-77; real estate
business; postmaster at Tarrytown,
N.Y., 1887-92, 1894-98.
Died in Tarrytown, Westchester
County, N.Y., October
30, 1904 (age 76 years, 20
days).
Interment at Sleepy
Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.
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Hermann Oelrichs (1850-1906) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., June 8,
1850.
Democrat. Steamship
agent; banker; member of Democratic
National Committee from New York, 1888.
German
ancestry.
Died, from liver
trouble, on
board the S.S. Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, in the North
Atlantic Ocean, September
1, 1906 (age 56 years, 85
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Ferdinand Oelrichs and Julia Matilda (May) Oelrichs; married
1890 to
Theresa Alice 'Tessie' Fair (daughter of James
Graham Fair). |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Washington Times,
September 4, 1906 |
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William T. O'Neil (b. 1850) —
of St. Regis Falls, Franklin
County, N.Y.
Born in Brighton, Franklin
County, N.Y., February
7, 1850.
Republican. Farmer; creamery
business; president, Cascade Chair
Company; director, St. Regis Falls National Bank and St. Regis
Light and
Power Company; member of New York
state assembly from Franklin County, 1882-85; candidate for
Presidential Elector for New York; member of New York
state senate 34th District, 1907-08.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
New York Red Book 1907 |
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George Opdyke (1805-1880) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Hunterdon
County, N.J., December
7, 1805.
Republican. Clothing
manufacturer and merchant; banker; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 14th District, 1859; mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1862-64.
Christian
Reformed.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 12,
1880 (age 74 years, 188
days).
Entombed at Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery, Newark, N.J.
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Tracy Pardee (1807-1883) —
of Oakfield, Genesee
County, N.Y.; Batavia, Genesee
County, N.Y.
Born in Prattsburg, Steuben
County, N.Y., November
26, 1807.
Banker; member of New York
state assembly from Genesee County 1st District, 1848-49.
Died in Batavia, Genesee
County, N.Y., July 30,
1883 (age 75 years, 246
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Asahel W. Parkhurst (1816-1903) —
of Mason, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Mendon, Monroe
County, N.Y., August
11, 1816.
School
teacher and principal; banker; Greenback candidate for mayor of
Mason, Mich., 1880.
Methodist.
Died in Mason, Ingham
County, Mich., October
9, 1903 (age 87 years, 59
days).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Mason, Mich.
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Philo Parsons (1817-1865) —
of Michigan.
Born in Scipio, Cayuga
County, N.Y., February
7, 1817.
Wholesale
grocer; banker; member of Michigan
state board of agriculture, 1861-63.
Presbyterian;
later Congregationalist.
Died in Winchendon, Worcester
County, Mass., January
12, 1865 (age 47 years, 340
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Lewis Baldwin Parsons and Lucine (Hoar) Parsons; married, June 27,
1843, to Anne Eliza Barnum. |
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Archibald Holly Patterson (1898-1980) —
also known as A. Holly Patterson; "Mr.
Republican" —
of Hempstead, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Uniondale, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., May 31,
1898.
Republican. Lawyer;
banker; Nassau
County Executive, 1953-61; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1956,
1960;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New York.
Died, following a heart
attack, in Hempsted General Hospital,
Hempstead, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., September
20, 1980 (age 82 years, 112
days).
Interment at Greenfield
Cemetery, Uniondale, Long Island, N.Y.
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George Foster Peabody (1852-1938) —
of Saratoga Springs, Saratoga
County, N.Y.
Born in Columbus, Muscogee
County, Ga., July 27,
1852.
Democrat. Lawyer;
banker; Treasurer
of Democratic National Committee, 1904-05.
Died in 1938
(age about
85 years).
Interment at Trask Cemetery, Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
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George W. Phillips (b. 1823) —
of Homer, Cortland
County, N.Y.
Born in Onondaga
County, N.Y., December
18, 1823.
Republican. School
teacher; superintendent
of schools; farmer; merchant;
member of New York
state assembly from Cortland County, 1873-74; president, Homer
National Bank.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Waterman Phillips and Rachel (Kinney) Phillips; married 1850 to Abby
Rhodes. |
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Mathias B. Pittman (1837-1909) —
also known as Matt B. Pittman —
of Boscobel, Grant
County, Wis.
Born in Chazy, Clinton
County, N.Y., July, 1837.
Republican. Banker; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Wisconsin, 1900.
Died in 1909
(age about
71 years).
Interment at Boscobel Cemetery, Boscobel, Wis.
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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, Owego, N.Y.
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Ralph Plumb (1816-1903) —
of Oberlin, Lorain
County, Ohio; Streator, La Salle
County, Ill.
Born in Busti, Chautauqua
County, N.Y., March
29, 1816.
Republican. Merchant;
lawyer;
member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1855; served in the Union Army
during the Civil War; coal mining
business; railroad
builder; banker; mayor
of Streator, Ill., 1882-85; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 8th District, 1885-89.
Died in Streator, La Salle
County, Ill., April 8,
1903 (age 87 years, 10
days).
Interment at Riverview
Cemetery, Streator, Ill.
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Peter Augustus Porter (1853-1925) —
also known as Peter A. Porter —
of Niagara Falls, Niagara
County, N.Y.
Born in Niagara Falls, Niagara
County, N.Y., October
10, 1853.
Banker; newspaper
editor; village
president of Niagara Falls, New York, 1878; member of New York
state assembly from Niagara County 2nd District, 1886-87; U.S.
Representative from New York 34th District, 1907-09.
Died in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., December
15, 1925 (age 72 years, 66
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Niagara Falls, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Mary Cabell (Breckinridge) Porter and Peter
Augustus Porter (1827-1864); married 1887 to Alice
Adele Taylor; grandson of Peter
Buell Porter; grandnephew of Augustus
Seymour Porter (1769-1849), Joseph
Cabell Breckinridge and Robert
Jefferson Breckinridge; great-grandson of John
Breckinridge; second great-grandnephew of William
Preston and William
Cabell; first cousin once removed of Augustus
Seymour Porter (1798-1872), Peter
Buell Porter Jr., John
Cabell Breckinridge, Robert
Jefferson Breckinridge Jr. and William
Campbell Preston Breckinridge; first cousin twice removed of James
Douglas Breckinridge and Benjamin
William Sheridan Cabell; first cousin thrice removed of William
Cabell Jr., Francis
Smith Preston, William
Henry Cabell and James
Patton Preston; second cousin of Clifton
Rodes Breckinridge, Levin
Irving Handy, Desha
Breckinridge and Henry
Skillman Breckinridge; second cousin once removed of Carter
Henry Harrison, William
Lewis Cabell and George
Craighead Cabell; second cousin twice removed of William
Campbell Preston, James
McDowell, Frederick
Mortimer Cabell, John
Buchanan Floyd, John
Smith Preston, George
Rogers Clark Floyd and Edward
Carrington Cabell; second cousin four times removed of Benjamin
Huntington; third cousin of Ulysses
Simpson Grant, Benjamin
Earl Cabell and Carter
Henry Harrison II; third cousin once removed of John
William Leftwich, Frederick
Dent Grant, Ulysses
Simpson Grant Jr. and Earle
Cabell; third cousin twice removed of John
Davenport, Joshua
Coit, James
Davenport, Henry
Huntington, Gurdon
Huntington, Samuel
Lathrop and Abel
Huntington; third cousin thrice removed of Samuel
Huntington and Henry
Scudder; fourth cousin once removed of Ebenezer
Huntington, Gaylord
Griswold, Benjamin
Trumbull, Parmenio
Adams, Elisha
Phelps, Lancelot
Phelps, Theodore
Davenport, Asa H.
Otis, Abijah
Blodget, Benjamin
Nicoll Huntington and Alvred
Bayard Nettleton. |
| | | Political families: Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell
family of Virginia; Breckinridge-Preston-Cabell-Floyd
family of Virginia; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Walker-Randolph
family of Huntsville, Alabama (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article |
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Erastus Foster Post (1859-1937) —
also known as Erastus F. Post —
of Quogue, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Quogue, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., July 3,
1859.
Farmer;
banker; member of New York
state assembly from Suffolk County 1st District, 1896-98.
Died, from angina
pectoris and liver
cancer, on board a train
near Rocky Mount, Edgecombe
County, N.C., March
30, 1937 (age 77 years, 270
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George Oliver Post and Harriet (Foster) Post; married, November
12, 1885, to Anna Grace Foster; third cousin twice removed of Jotham
Post Jr.. |
| | | Political family: Post
family of New York City, New York. |
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William Powell (b. 1830) —
of Marshall, Calhoun
County, Mich.
Born in Victor, Ontario
County, N.Y., March
31, 1830.
Republican. Banker; mayor
of Marshall, Mich., 1876-77.
Universalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Royal
Arch Masons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Powell and Docia (Boughton) Powell; married, March
18, 1853, to Martha L. Paddock; married to Anna Moeschler and
Sarah Francis Bacon. |
| | | Image source: History of Calhoun County
(1877) |
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Zadock Pratt (1790-1871) —
of New York.
Born in Stephentown, Rensselaer
County, N.Y., October
30, 1790.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; tanner;
justice of the peace; banker; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1837-39, 1843-45 (8th District
1837-39, 11th District 1843-45); delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1852.
Died in Bergen town (now part of Jersey City), Hudson
County, N.J., April 5,
1871 (age 80 years, 157
days).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Prattsville, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Zadock Pratt, Sr. and Hannah (Pickett) Pratt; married, October
18, 1818, to Beda Dickerman; married 1823 to Esther
Dickerman; married, October
12, 1827, to Abigail P. Watson; married, March
16, 1835, to Mary E. Watson; married, October
16, 1869, to Susie A. Grimm; father of George
Watson Pratt and Julia Harriet Pratt (who married Colin
Macrae Ingersoll); grandfather of George
Pratt Ingersoll. |
| | | Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Epitaph: "Died Ever Regretted. While
Member of Congress, Moved the Reduction of Postage, A.D. 1838, and
the Survey for a Railroad to the Pacific, A.D. 1844." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article |
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Jess J. Present (b. 1921) —
of Jamestown, Chautauqua
County, N.Y.
Born in Jamestown, Chautauqua
County, N.Y., July 28,
1921.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; jeweler;
director, First National Bank of Jamestown; chair of
Chautauqua County Republican Party, 1964-66; member of New York
state assembly, 1966-68 (164th District 1966, 150th District
1967-68).
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Grotto.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Elaine Coates. |
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Benjamin Pringle (1807-1887) —
of Batavia, Genesee
County, N.Y.
Born in Richfield Springs, Otsego
County, N.Y., November
9, 1807.
Whig. Lawyer;
banker; Genesee
County Judge, 1841-46; U.S.
Representative from New York 30th District, 1853-57; member of New York
state assembly from Genesee County, 1862.
Died in Hastings, Dakota
County, Minn., June 7,
1887 (age 79 years, 210
days).
Interment at Batavia
Cemetery, Batavia, N.Y.
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Cornelius Amory Pugsley (1850-1936) —
also known as Cornelius A. Pugsley —
of Peekskill, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born near Peekskill, Westchester
County, N.Y., July 17,
1850.
Democrat. Banker; U.S.
Representative from New York 16th District, 1901-03; defeated,
1902, 1910.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died in 1936
(age about
85 years).
Interment at Raymond
Hill Cemetery, Carmel, N.Y.
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Henry Purcell (1848-1931) —
of Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y.
Born in Wilna, Jefferson
County, N.Y., October
13, 1848.
Democrat. Lawyer;
banker; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 28th District, 1904; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 5th District, 1911, 1914; appointed 1911;
defeated, 1911; appointed 1914; defeated, 1914; candidate for
Presidential Elector for New York.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y., January
20, 1931 (age 82 years, 99
days).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery, Watertown, N.Y.
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