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Leonard Dalton Abbott (1878-1953) —
also known as Leonard D. Abbott —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Westfield, Union
County, N.J.
Born in Liverpool, England,
May
20, 1878.
Socialist. Writer; editor;
Social Democratic candidate for New York
state treasurer, 1900; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 15th District, 1906; candidate for
New
York state senate 15th District, 1910; president, Free Speech
League, predecessor of the American Civil Liberties Union.
English ancestry. Member, League
for Industrial Democracy.
Died, in Montefiore Hospital,
Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., March
19, 1953 (age 74 years, 303
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Lewis Lowe Abbott and Grace (Van Dusen) Abbott; married 1915 to Rose
Yuster. |
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article |
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Joseph Ackroyd (1847-1915) —
of Whitestown, Oneida
County, N.Y.
Born in Little Falls, Herkimer
County, N.Y., November
23, 1847.
Democrat. Grocer; undertaker;
member of New York
state assembly from Oneida County 2nd District, 1884; postmaster;
member of New York
state senate 36th District, 1907-08.
English ancestry. Member, Odd
Fellows.
Died in Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y., March
15, 1915 (age 67 years, 112
days).
Interment at Glenside
Cemetery, New York Mills, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Abram Ackroyd and Harriet (Robinson) Ackroyd; married 1871 to
Adelaide Hoag. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: New York Red Book
1907 |
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Allen Clark Adsit (1837-1912) —
also known as Allen C. Adsit —
of Adams, Jefferson
County, N.Y.; Spring Lake, Ottawa
County, Mich.; Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.
Born in Rutland, Jefferson
County, N.Y., February
20, 1837.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Ottawa County 2nd District,
1871-72; Ottawa
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1875-76; circuit
judge in Michigan 17th Circuit, 1891-99; defeated, 1899, 1908;
law partner of Peter
J. Danhof, 1901-12; candidate for justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1901, 1904.
Universalist.
English and Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died in Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich., January
3, 1912 (age 74 years, 317
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Mich.
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George Bliss Agnew (1868-1941) —
also known as George B. Agnew —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., 1868.
Republican. Stockbroker;
director of mining
companies and railroads;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1900
(alternate), 1904
(alternate), 1908;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 27th District, 1903-06;
member of New York
state senate 17th District, 1907-10.
Presbyterian.
English, French
Huguenot, Scottish,
and Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Union
League; Sons of
the Revolution.
Died, of pneumonia,
in New York
Hospital, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 21,
1941 (age about 72
years).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Andrew Gifford Agnew and Mary Hervey (Bliss) Agnew; married 1908 to Emily
D. Gruban. |
| | | Image source: New York Red Book
1907 |
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Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich (1841-1915) —
also known as Nelson W. Aldrich; "General Manager of
the United States" —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.; Warwick, Kent
County, R.I.
Born in Foster, Providence
County, R.I., November
6, 1841.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; grocer;
director, Roger Williams Bank;
president, First National Bank of
Providence; trustee, Providence, Hartford and Fishkill Railroad;
organizer and president, United Traction
and Electric
Company; member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1875-77; Speaker of
the Rhode Island State House of Representatives, 1876-77; U.S.
Representative from Rhode Island 1st District, 1879-81; U.S.
Senator from Rhode Island, 1881-1911; author of Aldrich-Vreeland
Currency Act and Payne-Aldrich Tariff Act.
English ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died, from an apoplectic
stroke, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April
16, 1915 (age 73 years, 161
days).
Interment at Swan
Point Cemetery, Providence, R.I.
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Herman Ossian Armour (1837-1901) —
also known as Herman O. Armour —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Stockbridge, Madison
County, N.Y., March 7,
1837.
Republican. Co-founder of Armour & Company meatpacking
firm; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1892;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New York.
English and Scottish
ancestry.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
8, 1901 (age 64 years, 185
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Robert Bacon (1860-1919) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., July 5,
1860.
Republican. Financier;
U.S.
Secretary of State, 1909; U.S. Ambassador to France, 1909-12; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1916; colonel in the U.S. Army during
World War I.
Presbyterian.
English ancestry. Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Died, from infection
following surgery for mastoiditis,
in the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 29,
1919 (age 58 years, 328
days).
Original interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.; reinterment at Walnut Hills Cemetery, Brookline, Mass.
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Charles Duane Baker Jr. (b. 1956) —
also known as Charlie Baker —
Born in Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y., November
13, 1956.
Governor
of Massachusetts, 2015-.
English ancestry.
Still living as of 2016.
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Herbert Almon Bartholomew (1871-1958) —
also known as Herbert A. Bartholomew —
of Whitehall, Washington
County, N.Y.
Born in Whitehall, Washington
County, N.Y., November
3, 1871.
Republican. Farmer; cattle
breeder; member of New York
state assembly from Washington County, 1921-40; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1936,
1940
(alternate), 1944,
1952;
chair
of Washington County Republican Party, 1939-42.
English, Scottish,
and Dutch
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Grange;
Farm
Bureau; Elks.
Died October
26, 1958 (age 86 years, 357
days).
Interment at Brick
Church Cemetery, Whitehall, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Heman Almon Bartholomew and Alice Lanta (Douglass) Bartholomew;
married 1896 to
Harriet Gibson Douglass. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: New York Red Book
1936 |
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Edward Theodore Bartlett (1841-1910) —
also known as Edward T. Bartlett —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Skaneateles, Onondaga
County, N.Y., June 14,
1841.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1891; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1894-1910; died in office 1910.
French
and English ancestry. Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Union
League.
Died, of heart
disease, in Albany Hospital,
Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., May 3,
1910 (age 68 years, 323
days).
Interment somewhere
in Skaneateles, N.Y.
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Leslie Vermilyea Bateman (1871-1946) —
also known as Leslie V. Bateman —
of Mt. Vernon, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 17,
1871.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; fuel oil
business; mayor
of Mt. Vernon, N.Y., 1932-35; defeated, 1935; Westchester County
rationing administrator during World War II.
English and Dutch
ancestry. Member, Rotary;
Elks; Freemasons.
Died, in Mt. Vernon Hospital,
Mt. Vernon, Westchester
County, N.Y., September
13, 1946 (age 75 years, 88
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Stephen Bateman and Margaret Jane (Ganun) Bateman; married, November
17, 1897, to Mary Templeton Tamblyn. |
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Zachary Taylor Bielby (1850-1924) —
also known as Zachary T. Bielby —
of DeLand, Volusia
County, Fla.
Born in Little Falls, Herkimer
County, N.Y., May 30,
1850.
Republican. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Florida; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Florida, 1912,
1916,
1920
(member, Resolutions
Committee).
English ancestry.
Died in Volusia
County, Fla., January
3, 1924 (age 73 years, 218
days).
Interment at Oakdale
Cemetery, DeLand, Fla.
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John Bigelow (1817-1911) —
of Highland Falls, Orange
County, N.Y.
Born in Malden, Ulster
County, N.Y., November
25, 1817.
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; author;
U.S. Consul in Paris, 1861-64; U.S. Minister to France, 1865-66; secretary
of state of New York, 1876-77; executor of the estate of Samuel
J. Tilden.
Swedenborgian.
English ancestry.
Died, from a bladder
ailment, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
19, 1911 (age 94 years, 24
days).
Interment at Peacedale
Cemetery, Highland Falls, N.Y.
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Cornelius Newton Bliss (1833-1911) —
also known as Cornelius N. Bliss —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Fall River, Bristol
County, Mass., January
26, 1833.
Republican. Dry goods
merchant; banker; New York
Republican state chair, 1887-89; Treasurer
of Republican National Committee, 1892-1904; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1896,
1900,
1904;
U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1897-99.
English ancestry. Member, Union
League.
Died, from heart
disease, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
9, 1911 (age 78 years, 256
days).
Entombed at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Horace Boies (1827-1923) —
of Hamburg, Erie
County, N.Y.; Waterloo, Black Hawk
County, Iowa; Palermo Township, Grundy
County, Iowa; Long Beach, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Aurora, Erie
County, N.Y., December
7, 1827.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Erie County 3rd District, 1857; Governor of
Iowa, 1890-94; defeated, 1893; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1892;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Iowa 3rd District, 1902.
French
and English ancestry.
Died in Long Beach, Los Angeles
County, Calif., April 4,
1923 (age 95 years, 118
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Waterloo, Iowa.
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Herbert Wolcott Bowen (1856-1927) —
also known as Herbert W. Bowen —
of New York; Woodstock, Windham
County, Conn.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., February
29, 1856.
Lawyer;
U.S. Consul in Barcelona, 1890-95; U.S. Consul General in Barcelona, 1895-98; last American official to leave Spain
before the Spanish American War; U.S. Minister to Persia, 1899-1901; Venezuela, 1901-05.
English ancestry.
Died, of heart
disease, Woodstock, Windham
County, Conn., May 29,
1927 (age 71 years, 0
days).
Interment at Woodstock Hill Cemetery, Woodstock, Conn.
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Arthur Gates Breckinridge (1864-1940) —
also known as Arthur G. Breckinridge —
of Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y.; Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Colorado Springs, El Paso
County, Colo.
Born in Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y., August
6, 1864.
Socialist. Candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; candidate
for U.S.
Representative from New York 34th District, 1918, 1920, 1922;
candidate for New York
state assembly from Kings County 21st District, 1923, 1924, 1926,
1927; candidate for New York
state senate 6th District, 1930.
English ancestry.
Died in Colorado Springs, El Paso
County, Colo., May 10,
1940 (age 75 years, 278
days).
Interment at Spring
Forest Cemetery, Binghamton, N.Y.
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Albert Edmund Brown (1874-1958) —
of Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y.; East Greenbush, Rensselaer
County, N.Y.; Pueblo, Pueblo
County, Colo.
Born in Derby, England,
December
9, 1874.
Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen; singer;
music educator; director of community singing; performed, Republican National Convention, 1920 ;
dean, Ithaca Institute of Public School Music (later, Ithaca College
Music Department), 1924-36.
Christian
Scientist. English ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Rotary.
Died in Denver,
Colo., December
7, 1958 (age 83 years, 363
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel Brown and Elizabeth (Frost) Brown; married, June 15,
1898, to Martha Elizabeth Taylor. |
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Robert Bushby (b. 1843) —
of Little York, Cortland
County, N.Y.; Cortland, Cortland
County, N.Y.
Born in Pawtucket, Providence
County, R.I., 1843.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; Cortland
County Treasurer, 1876-84; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1884
(alternate), 1888;
traveling passenger agent, Grand Trunk Railway;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New York.
English ancestry. Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Bushby and Ann (Patterson) Bushby; married to Mary A.
Miller. |
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Andrew J. Campbell (1828-1894) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., 1828.
Republican. Architectural
iron business; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 9th District, 1876; elected
U.S.
Representative from New York 10th District 1894, but died before
taking office.
Scottish
and English ancestry.
Died, of Bright's
disease, in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
6, 1894 (age about 66
years).
Burial location unknown.
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William F. Chapin (1831-1885) —
of Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.
Born in Butternuts, Otsego
County, N.Y., May 22,
1831.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer; farmer; Speaker
of Nebraska Territory House of Representatives, 1860; mayor
of Lincoln, Neb., 1871-72.
English ancestry.
Died in Grand Island, Hall
County, Neb., November
14, 1885 (age 54 years, 176
days).
Interment somewhere
in Greenwood, Neb.
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Image source:
City of Lincoln |
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Samuel A. Childs (b. 1830) —
of Cortland
County, N.Y.
Born in Owego, Tioga
County, N.Y., January
25, 1830.
Republican. Member of New York
state assembly from Cortland County, 1880.
English ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph Hodges Choate (1832-1917) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Salem, Essex
County, Mass., January
24, 1832.
Lawyer;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1894; U.S.
Ambassador to Great Britain, 1899-1905.
English ancestry. Member, American
Philosophical Society; American Bar
Association; Union
League.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 14,
1917 (age 85 years, 110
days).
Interment at Stockbridge
Cemetery, Stockbridge, Mass.
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Gaylord Church (1811-1869) —
of Meadville, Crawford
County, Pa.
Born in Otsego, Otsego
County, N.Y., August
11, 1811.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1840-42; burgess
of Meadville, Pennsylvania, 1842; justice of
Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1858.
Episcopalian.
English ancestry.
Died September
29, 1869 (age 58 years, 49
days).
Interment at Greendale
Cemetery, Meadville, Pa.
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George Henry Cobb (b. 1864) —
also known as George H. Cobb —
of Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y.
Born in Hounsfield town, Jefferson
County, N.Y., 1864.
Republican. Lawyer; Jefferson
County District Attorney, 1899; member of New York
state senate 35th District, 1905-12; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1908;
Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1910.
Presbyterian.
English, Scottish,
and Dutch
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Elijah Cobb and Emily (Crandall) Cobb; married, April
19, 1893, to Louisa Wenzel. |
| | | Image source: New York Red Book
1907 |
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William Cooper (1754-1809) —
of New York.
Born in a log
house, in Smithfield (now part of Philadelphia), Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
2, 1754.
Merchant;
common pleas court judge in New York, 1791; U.S.
Representative from New York 10th District, 1795-97, 1799-1801.
English ancestry.
Died in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., December
22, 1809 (age 55 years, 20
days).
Interment at Christ
Churchyard, Cooperstown, N.Y.
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Royal Samuel Copeland (1868-1938) —
also known as Royal S. Copeland —
of Bay City, Bay
County, Mich.; Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Suffern, Rockland
County, N.Y.
Born in Dexter, Washtenaw
County, Mich., November
7, 1868.
Homeopathic
physician; university
professor; mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1901-03; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1923-38; died in office 1938; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1924
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1936;
candidate in Democratic primary for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1937.
Methodist.
English ancestry. Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Maccabees;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks; American
Public Health Association.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 17,
1938 (age 69 years, 222
days).
Interment at Mahwah
Cemetery, Mahwah, N.J.
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Alexander Isaac Cotheal (1804-1894) —
also known as Alexander Cotheal —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
5, 1804.
Shipping
executive; linguist;
Consul-General
for Nicaragua in New
York, N.Y., 1871-94.
Episcopalian.
English ancestry. Member, Sons of
the Revolution.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
26, 1894 (age 89 years, 113
days).
Interment at Trinity
Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.
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Rousseau Owen Crump (1843-1901) —
also known as Rousseau O. Crump —
of West Bay City (now part of Bay City), Bay
County, Mich.
Born in Pittsford, Monroe
County, N.Y., May 20,
1843.
Republican. Manufacturer;
mayor
of West Bay City, Mich., 1892-95; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 10th District, 1895-1901; died in
office 1901.
English ancestry.
Died in West Bay City (now part of Bay City), Bay
County, Mich., May 1,
1901 (age 57 years, 346
days).
Interment at Elm
Lawn Cemetery, Bay City, Mich.
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John Homer Cudmore (1883-1963) —
also known as J. Homer Cudmore —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Fairfield, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
17, 1883.
Republican. Physician;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 16th District, 1934, 1936.
English and German
ancestry.
Died, in Carolton Convalescent
Hospital, Fairfield, Fairfield
County, Conn., February
27, 1963 (age 79 years, 133
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Chauncey Mitchell Depew (1834-1928) —
also known as Chauncey M. Depew —
of Peekskill, Westchester
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Peekskill, Westchester
County, N.Y., April
23, 1834.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Westchester County 3rd District, 1862-63; secretary
of state of New York, 1864-65; Westchester
County Clerk, 1867; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New York, 1868,
1892,
1896
(speaker),
1900,
1904,
1908,
1912,
1916,
1920
(speaker),
1924;
Liberal Republican candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1872; president, later chairman, New York
Central Railroad;
candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1888;
U.S.
Senator from New York, 1899-1911.
French
Huguenot, Dutch,
and English ancestry. Member, Union
League; Society
of the Cincinnati; Skull
and Bones.
Died, of bronchial
pneumonia, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April 5,
1928 (age 93 years, 348
days).
Entombed at Hillside
Cemetery, Cortlandt town, Westchester County, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Isaac Depew and Martha Minot (Mitchell) Depew; married, November
9, 1871, to Elise Hegeman; married, December
28, 1901, to May Palmer; second great-grandnephew of Roger
Sherman; second cousin twice removed of Roger
Sherman Baldwin, Sherman
Day, Ebenezer
Rockwood Hoar, William
Maxwell Evarts and George
Frisbie Hoar; second cousin four times removed of Aaron
Burr; third cousin once removed of Simeon
Eben Baldwin, Rockwood
Hoar, Sherman
Hoar, Maxwell
Evarts and Arthur
Outram Sherman; third cousin twice removed of Charles
Robert Sherman and Merton
William Fairbank; third cousin thrice removed of Reuben
Bostwick Heacock; fourth cousin of John
Frederick Addis, Henry
de Forest Baldwin and Roger
Sherman Hoar; fourth cousin once removed of John
Adams Dix, Charles
Taylor Sherman, William
Tecumseh Sherman, Lampson
Parker Sherman, John
Sherman, Charles
Warren Fairbanks, Newton
Hamilton Fairbanks, John
Stanley Addis and Archibald
Cox. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Sewall-Adams-Quincy
family of Maine (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | The village
of Depew, New
York, is named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: The Parties and The Men
(1896) |
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Thomas Edmund Dewey (1902-1971) —
also known as Thomas E. Dewey —
of Pawling, Dutchess
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Owosso, Shiawassee
County, Mich., March
24, 1902.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1933; New
York County District Attorney, 1937-41; candidate for Republican
nomination for President, 1940;
Governor
of New York, 1943-55; defeated, 1938; candidate for President
of the United States, 1944, 1948; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1952
(speaker),
1956.
Episcopalian.
English and French
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
American Bar
Association; Council on
Foreign Relations; Farm
Bureau; Grange;
Phi
Mu Alpha; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died, from a heart
attack, in his room at the Seaview Hotel,
Bal Harbor, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla., March
16, 1971 (age 68 years, 357
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Pawling
Cemetery, Pawling, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of George
Martin Dewey and Anne Louise 'Annie' (Thomas) Dewey; married, June 16,
1928, to Frances Eileen Hutt (grandniece of Jefferson
Finis Davis); nephew of Edmond
Otis Dewey; first cousin four times removed of David
Waterman; second cousin thrice removed of Thomas
Glasby Waterman; second cousin five times removed of Luther
Waterman and Joshua
Coit; third cousin thrice removed of John
Hall Brockway; fourth cousin once removed of James
Gillespie Blaine III. |
| | | Political families: Roosevelt
family of New York; Upham
family; Saltonstall-Davis-Frelinghuysen-Appleton
family of Massachusetts; Eastman
family; Conger-Hungerford
family of Connecticut and New York; Chandler-Hale
family of Portland, Maine; Abbott
family of Salinas, California; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Dewey-Blaine-Coit-Huntington
family of Connecticut and Pennsylvania (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Cross-reference: Herbert
Brownell, Jr. — Charles
C. Wing — Martin
T. Manton — Herman
Methfessel |
| | | The Thomas E. Dewey Thruway,
which runs through Westchester,
Rockland,
Orange,
Ulster,
Greene,
Albany,
Schenectady,
Montgomery,
Herkimer,
Oneida,
Madison,
Onondaga,
Cayuga,
Seneca,
Ontario,
Monroe,
Genesee,
Erie,
and Chautauqua
counties in New York, is named for
him. |
| | | See also National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier |
| | | Books about Thomas E. Dewey: Mary M.
Stolberg, Fighting
Organized Crime : Politics, Justice, and the Legacy of Thomas E.
Dewey — Barry K. Beyer, Thomas
E. Dewey, 1937-1947 : A Study in Political
Leadership — Richard Norton Smith, Thomas
E. Dewey and His Times — Scott Farris, Almost
President: The Men Who Lost the Race but Changed the
Nation — David Pietrusza, 1948:
Harry Truman's Improbable Victory and the Year that Transformed
America |
| | | Image source: Library of
Congress |
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Luren Dudley Dickinson (1859-1943) —
also known as Luren D. Dickinson —
of Charlotte, Eaton
County, Mich.
Born in Niagara
County, N.Y., April
15, 1859.
Republican. School teacher
and principal; farmer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1897-98, 1905-08 (Eaton County
2nd District 1897-98, Eaton County 1905-08); member of Michigan
state senate 15th District, 1909-10; Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1915-20, 1927-32, 1939; defeated, 1924,
1932, 1936; Governor of
Michigan, 1939-40; defeated, 1920, 1940; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1940.
Methodist.
English and Irish
ancestry. Member, Grange;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died April
22, 1943 (age 84 years, 7
days).
Interment at Maple
Hill Cemetery, Charlotte, Mich.
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Alexander Samuel Diven (1809-1896) —
of Angelica, Allegany
County, N.Y.; Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y.
Born in Catharine (now Watkins Glen), Schuyler
County, N.Y., February
10, 1809.
Republican. Lawyer; law
partner of George
Miles, and later, of Samuel
G. Hathaway; railroad
promoter; candidate for New York
state assembly, 1843 (Allegany County), 1854 (Chemung County);
member of New York
state senate 27th District, 1858-59; U.S.
Representative from New York 27th District, 1861-63; general in
the Union Army during the Civil War; mayor of
Elmira, N.Y., 1880-82.
Presbyterian.
Irish
and English ancestry.
Died in Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y., June 11,
1896 (age 87 years, 122
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Elmira, N.Y.
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Joseph Divine (b. 1820) —
of Hillsdale
County, Mich.
Born in Cayuga
County, N.Y., April 1,
1820.
Republican. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Hillsdale County 2nd
District, 1885-86.
English ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Divine (1756-1863) and Esther (Wilmoth) Divine; married 1840 to Amelia
Allen; married to Dorothy Fish; married, November
1, 1884, to Lois B. (Melendy) Stone (sister of Richard
W. Melendy). |
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George Albert Dockeray (b. 1852) —
also known as George A. Dockeray —
of Kent
County, Mich.
Born in Orleans
County, N.Y., March 9,
1852.
Lumber
business; Prohibition candidate for Michigan
state senate 17th District, 1914, 1916.
Methodist.
English ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert Dockeray and Lucy (White) Dockeray; married, June 28,
1899, to Edith C. Paine. |
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Samuel Drake —
of Westchester
County, N.Y.
Member of New York
state assembly from Westchester County, 1777-78, 1779-81,
1785-86, 1787-88.
English ancestry.
Interment at Old
St. Peter's Churchyard, Peekskill, N.Y.
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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, Rochester, N.Y.
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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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Phanor James Eder (1880-1971) —
also known as Phanor J. Eder —
of Forest Hills, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Palmira, Colombia,
December
11, 1880.
Lawyer;
Vice-Consul-General
for Colombia in New
York, N.Y., 1905-07.
Latvian
and English ancestry.
Died, in St. Clare's Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March 1,
1971 (age 90 years, 80
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James Martin 'Santiago' Eder and Elizabeth 'Lizzie' (Benjamin)
Eder; married, April
21, 1909, to Violet Lindo. |
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Millard Fillmore (1800-1874) —
also known as "The Accidental
President" —
of East Aurora, Erie
County, N.Y.; Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Cayuga
County, N.Y., January
7, 1800.
Whig. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Erie County, 1829-31; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1833-35, 1837-43 (32nd District
1833-35, 1837-41, 38th District 1841-43); candidate for Governor of
New York, 1844; in 1846, he was one of the founders
of the University of Buffalo, originally a medical school; New York
state comptroller, 1848-49; Vice
President of the United States, 1849-50; President
of the United States, 1850-53; defeated, 1852, 1856.
Unitarian.
English ancestry.
Died, after a series of strokes,
in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., March 8,
1874 (age 74 years, 60
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Nathaniel Fillmore and Phoebe (Millard) Fillmore; married, February
5, 1826, to Abigail
Powers (1798-1853) and Abigail Powers (1798-1853); married, February
10, 1858, to Caroline (Carmichael) McIntosh; nephew of Calvin
Fillmore; third cousin of John
Leslie Russell; third cousin once removed of Jonathan
Brace, Bela
Edgerton, Heman
Ticknor, Leslie
Wead Russell, Alonzo
Mark Leffingwell, Alphonso
Alva Hopkins, Charles
Hazen Russell and John
Clarence Keeler; third cousin twice removed of John
Leffingwell Randolph; third cousin thrice removed of Matthew
Griswold; fourth cousin of Thomas
Kimberly Brace, Alfred
Peck Edgerton, Joseph
Ketchum Edgerton, Charles
Henry Pendleton, Chauncey
C. Pendleton and Eckford
Gustavus Pendleton; fourth cousin once removed of James
Kilbourne, Elijah
Abel, Samuel
Clesson Allen, Greene
Carrier Bronson, Willard
J. Chapin, Russell
Sage and Samuel
Lount Kilbourne. |
| | | 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). |
| | | Cross-reference: Edward
H. Thompson |
| | | Fillmore counties in Minn. and Neb., and Millard County,
Utah, are named for him. |
| | | The city
of Fillmore,
Utah, is named for
him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: Millard
F. Riley
— Millard
F. McCray
— Millard
F. Parker
— Millard
F. Dunlap
— Millard
F. Voies
— Millard
F. Cottrell
— Millard
F. Vores
— Millard
F. Saunders
— Millard
F. Tawes
— Millard
F. Caldwell, Jr.
|
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books about Millard Fillmore: Robert J.
Raybach, Millard
Fillmore : Biography of a President — Elbert B. Smith,
The
Presidencies of Zachary Taylor and Millard
Fillmore |
| | | Image source: Portrait & Biographical
Album of Washtenaw County (1891) |
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William H. Gallup (1858-1896) —
of Marcellus, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born in Marcellus, Onondaga
County, N.Y., May 27,
1858.
Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Onondaga County 2nd District, 1888-89.
English ancestry.
Died in Rockland
County, N.Y., May 28,
1896 (age 38 years, 1
days).
Interment at Highland Cemetery, Marcellus, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of George Gallup and Mary Gallup; married to Emma E.
Sweet. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Abraham Oakey Hall (1826-1898) —
also known as A. Oakey Hall; "Elegant
Oakey" —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., July 26,
1826.
Republican. Newspaper
reporter; lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1856;
mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1869-72; indicted
and tried in
1871-73 on charges
of covering up corruption during his mayoralty; acquitted.
Presbyterian;
later Catholic.
English, Welsh,
and French
ancestry.
Died, of heart
disease, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
7, 1898 (age 72 years, 73
days).
Entombed at Trinity
Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.
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Bret Harte (1836-1902) —
also known as Francis Brett Hart —
of Union (now Arcata), Humboldt
County, Calif.; London, England.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., August
25, 1836.
Writer;
editor;
U.S. Consul in Crefeld, 1878-80; Glasgow, 1880-85.
English, Dutch,
and Jewish
ancestry.
Died in Camberley, England,
May
2, 1902 (age 65 years, 250
days).
Interment at St.
Peter's Churchyard, Frimley, Surrey, England.
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Ernest I. Hatfield (b. 1890) —
of Poughkeepsie, Dutchess
County, N.Y.
Born in Mt. Pleasant town, Westchester
County, N.Y., April, 1890.
Republican. Insurance
and real
estate business; farmer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1943-47 (Dutchess County 2nd District 1943-44,
Dutchess County 1945-47); resigned 1947; member of New York
state senate, 1948-64 (33rd District 1948-54, 35th District
1955-64).
French
and English ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Grotto;
Exchange
Club.
Burial location unknown.
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Seth C. Hawley (1810-1884) —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Glens Falls, Warren
County, N.Y., February
10, 1810.
Lawyer;
newspaper
editor; member of New York
state assembly from Erie County, 1840-41; railroad
builder; U.S. Consul in Nassau, 1863; chief clerk, New York City Police
Department; the New York Times called him "the brains of the
department.".
English ancestry.
Died, of pneumonia,
in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
10, 1884 (age 74 years, 274
days).
Interment at Trinity
Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.
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Arthur Hay (b. 1859) —
of Oneida, Madison
County, N.Y.
Born in New Jersey, March, 1859.
Machinist;
insurance
business; justice of the peace; candidate for Presidential
Elector for New York; candidate for New York
state assembly from Madison County, 1901.
English and Scottish
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Merton W. Herrick (1834-1907) —
of St.
Croix County, Wis.
Born in Orleans
County, N.Y., November
19, 1834.
School
teacher; served in the Union Army during the Civil War; St.
Croix County Treasurer, 1867-72; lumber
business; member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1881.
Methodist.
English ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died March
24, 1907 (age 72 years, 125
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Abram Stevens Hewitt (1822-1903) —
also known as Abram S. Hewitt —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Haverstraw, Rockland
County, N.Y., July 31,
1822.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer;
early manufacturer of wrought
iron; U.S.
Representative from New York 10th District, 1875-79, 1881-87; Chairman
of Democratic National Committee, 1876-77; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1876;
member of Democratic
National Committee from New York, 1880; candidate for
Presidential Elector for New York; mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1887-88.
English and French
Huguenot ancestry.
Died in Ringwood, Passaic
County, N.J., January
18, 1903 (age 80 years, 171
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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William Henry Hill (1877-1972) —
also known as William H. Hill —
of Johnson City, Broome
County, N.Y.
Born in Plains, Luzerne
County, Pa., March
23, 1877.
Republican. Newspaper
editor and publisher; village
president of Lestershire, New York, 1898-1901; postmaster;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1912
(alternate), 1924,
1928,
1932,
1940
(member, Committee
to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee), 1944,
1948,
1952,
1956;
member of New York
state senate 39th District, 1915-18; U.S.
Representative from New York 34th District, 1919-21; chair of
Broome County Republican Party, 1940-55; member of New York
Republican State Executive Committee, 1945.
English ancestry.
Died in Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y., July 24,
1972 (age 95 years, 123
days).
Interment at Riverhurst
Cemetery, Endicott, N.Y.
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Edward Holland (1702-1756) —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., 1702.
Mayor
of Albany, N.Y., 1733-41; mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1747-56; died in office 1756.
Anglican.
English ancestry.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
10, 1756 (age about 54
years).
Original interment at Trinity
Churchyard, Manhattan, N.Y.; reinterment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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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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Thomas Richard Hudd (1835-1896) —
also known as Thomas R. Hudd —
of Appleton, Outagamie
County, Wis.; Green Bay, Brown
County, Wis.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., October
2, 1835.
Democrat. Lawyer; Outagamie
County District Attorney, 1856-57; member of Wisconsin
state senate, 1862-63, 1876-79, 1882-85; member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1868, 1875; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Wisconsin, 1880
(member, Resolutions
Committee); U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 5th District, 1886-89.
English ancestry.
Died in Green Bay, Brown
County, Wis., June 22,
1896 (age 60 years, 264
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Allouez, Wis.
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Evelyn West Hughan (1871-1947) —
also known as Evelyn W. Hughan —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., March, 1871.
Socialist. Stenographer;
publishing
executive; candidate for New York
state assembly from New York County 3rd District, 1927, 1933;
candidate for New York
state senate 13th District, 1928; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 13th District, 1932.
Female.
Scottish,
English, and French
ancestry. Member, War
Resisters League.
Died, in the Wood Nursing
Home, Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., December
12, 1947 (age 76 years, 0
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Jessie Wallace Hughan (1875-1955) —
also known as Jessie W. Hughan —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., December
25, 1875.
Socialist. School
teacher; candidate for New York
state assembly, 1914 (Kings County 11th District), 1927 (New York
County 10th District), 1932 (New York County 10th District), 1933
(New York County 10th District), 1936 (New York County 6th District),
1938 (New York County 6th District); candidate for secretary
of state of New York, 1918; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1920; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York, 1922 (16th District), 1924 (17th
District), 1928 (15th District), 1934 (15th District); candidate for
U.S.
Senator from New York, 1926.
Female.
Scottish,
English, and French
ancestry. Member, Alpha
Omicron Pi; War
Resisters League; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April
10, 1955 (age 79 years, 106
days).
Burial location unknown.
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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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Webber A. Joiner (1860-1940) —
also known as Webb A. Joiner —
of Attica, Wyoming
County, N.Y.
Born in Weathersfield town, Wyoming
County, N.Y., July 8,
1860.
Republican. Livestock
dealer; real estate
business; farmer;
member of New York
state assembly from Wyoming County, 1922-26.
English and Dutch
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Farm
Bureau.
Died in 1940
(age about
79 years).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Attica, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Daniel Perry Joiner and Mariette (Cleveland) Joiner; married 1882 to Mary
A. Wilson. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: New York Red Book
1924 |
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Robert Charles Killough Jr. (1906-1961) —
also known as Robert C. Killough, Jr. —
of Watervliet, Albany
County, N.Y.; Loudonville, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Watervliet, Albany
County, N.Y., November
8, 1906.
Republican. Lawyer;
exempted from military service because childhood polio resulted in atrophy
of lower leg muscles and feet, though he learned to walk almost
normally using orthopedic shoes; candidate for New York
state assembly from Albany County 3rd District, 1930; Assistant
Commissioner for Professional Education, New York State Education
Department.
Presbyterian.
Irish
and English ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association.
Died, of cancer,
in Loudonville, Albany
County, N.Y., November
14, 1961 (age 55 years, 6
days).
Interment at St.
Agnes Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert C. Killough and Anna E. (Iverson) Killough; married, April 3,
1937, to Margaret Agnes Casey. |
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Edward DeWitt Kinne (1842-1921) —
also known as Edward D. Kinne —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in DeWitt Center, Onondaga
County, N.Y., February
9, 1842.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1875-77; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Washtenaw County 2nd
District, 1881-82; circuit
judge in Michigan 22nd Circuit, 1888-1917; president, First
National Bank, Ann
Arbor, Mich.; president, Washtenaw Gas Co.
Episcopalian.
English ancestry. Member, Sigma
Phi; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died July 25,
1921 (age 79 years, 166
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Julius C. Kinne (d. 1855) —
of Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Member of New York
state assembly from Onondaga County, 1845-46.
English ancestry.
Died in 1855.
Burial location unknown.
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Cholwell Knox (1839-1910) —
of Niles, Berrien
County, Mich.
Born in Red Hook, Dutchess
County, N.Y., 1839.
Lawyer;
mayor
of Niles, Mich., 1883.
English ancestry.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., February
23, 1910 (age about 70
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Abraham Phillip Knox and Elizabeth (Cholwell) Knox; married, September
7, 1864, to Caroline Angier Rowlatt. |
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Philip Adam Laing (1856-1948) —
also known as Philip A. Laing —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in East Otto, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y., May 14,
1856.
Lawyer;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 8th District, 1919-20; appointed 1919;
defeated, 1919; appointed 1920; defeated, 1920.
Scottish
and English ancestry.
Died in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., September
3, 1948 (age 92 years, 112
days).
Interment at Prospect Lawn Cemetery, Hamburg, N.Y.
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Abraham Lansing (1835-1899) —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., February
27, 1835.
Lawyer;
New
York state treasurer, 1874; member of New York
state senate 17th District, 1882-83.
Dutch
and English ancestry. Member, Kappa
Alpha Society.
Died in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., October
4, 1899 (age 64 years, 219
days).
Interment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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Abram Wendell Lansing (1836-1896) —
also known as Abram W. Lansing —
of Plattsburgh, Clinton
County, N.Y.
Born in Greenwich, Washington
County, N.Y., July 26,
1836.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; newspaper
publisher; postmaster at Plattsburgh,
N.Y., 1889-93.
Dutch
and English ancestry.
Died in Plattsburgh, Clinton
County, N.Y., June 8,
1896 (age 59 years, 318
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Plattsburgh, N.Y.
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William Leighton (1852-1919) —
of Grand Marais, Alger
County, Mich.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., 1852.
Republican. Alger
County Road Commissioner; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Schoolcraft District,
1917-19; died in office 1919.
English ancestry.
Died October
7, 1919 (age about 67
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Francis Lovelace (c.1621-1675) —
Born in Kent, England,
about 1621.
Tavern
owner; Colonial
Governor of New York, 1668-73.
English ancestry.
Died in England,
1675
(age about
54 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Sir William Lovelace and Anne (Barne) Lovelace; brother of Richard
Lovelace. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
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Clarence Hungerford Mackay (1874-1938) —
also known as Clarence H. Mackay —
of Roslyn, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., April
17, 1874.
Republican. Financier;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New York.
Catholic.
Irish
and English ancestry.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
12, 1938 (age 64 years, 209
days).
Entombed at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of John William Mackay and Marie Louise Antoinette (Hungerford)
Mackay; married, May 17,
1898, to Katherine Alexander Duer; married, July 18,
1931, to Anna Case; father of Katherine Duer Mackay (who married
Kenneth
O'Brien) and Ellin Blanca Mackay; second cousin twice removed of
Orville
Hungerford; third cousin twice removed of Amaziah
Brainard; fourth cousin once removed of Leveret
Brainard. |
| | | Political families: Weeks-Bigelow-Andrew-Upham
family; Conger-Hungerford
family of Connecticut and New York; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Brainard-O'Brien-Crimmins-Mackay
family of New York City, New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | The Mackay Mountains,
in Marie Byrd
Land, Antarctica, are named for
him. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Edward Bundy Manwaring (1851-1934) —
also known as Edward B. Manwaring —
of Menomonie, Dunn
County, Wis.; Superior, Douglas
County, Wis.; Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Windsor, Broome
County, N.Y., March
26, 1851.
Lawyer;
fruit
grower;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Washtenaw County 1st
District, 1921-24; defeated (Progressive), 1912.
English ancestry.
Died, from prostate
cancer, in the University of Michigan Hospital,
Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., November
1, 1934 (age 83 years, 220
days).
Interment at Evergreen Cemetery, Menomonie, Wis.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward Scoville Manwaring and Sarah Jane (Bundy) Manwaring;
married to Syndonia Barwise. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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James Monroe (1758-1831) —
of Spotsylvania
County, Va.; Loudoun
County, Va.
Born in Westmoreland
County, Va., April
28, 1758.
Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1782, 1786, 1810-11; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1783-86; delegate
to Virginia convention to ratify U.S. constitution from
Spotsylvania County, 1788; U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1790-94; U.S. Minister to France, 1794-96; Great Britain, 1803-07; Governor of
Virginia, 1799-1802, 1811; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1811-17; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1814-15; President
of the United States, 1817-25; delegate
to Virginia state constitutional convention, 1829.
Episcopalian.
English ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Elected to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1930.
Slaveowner.
Died, probably of tuberculosis,
in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 4,
1831 (age 73 years, 67
days).
Originally entombed at New
York Marble Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.; subsequently entombed at
New
York City Marble Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.; reinterment in 1858
at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Andrew Spence Monroe and Elizabeth (Jones) Monroe; married, February
16, 1786, to Eliza Kortright and Elizabeth
Kortright; father of Eliza Kortright Monroe (who married George
Hay) and Maria Hester Monroe (who married Samuel
Laurence Gouverneur); nephew of Joseph
Jones; uncle of Thomas
Bell Monroe and James
Monroe (1799-1870); granduncle of Victor
Monroe; great-grandnephew of Douglas Robinson (who married Corinne
Roosevelt Robinson); second great-granduncle of Theodore
Douglas Robinson and Corinne
Robinson Alsop; third great-granduncle of Corinne
A. Chubb and John
deKoven Alsop; first cousin once removed of William
Grayson; second cousin of Alfred
William Grayson and Beverly
Robinson Grayson; second cousin thrice removed of Carter
Henry Harrison II and John
Brady Grayson. |
| | | Political family: Monroe-Grayson-Roosevelt-Breckinridge
family of Virginia and Kentucky (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Monroe counties in Ala., Ark., Fla., Ga., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Ky., Mich., Miss., Mo., N.Y., Ohio, Pa., Tenn., W.Va. and Wis. are
named for him. |
| | | The city
of Monrovia,
Liberia, is named for
him. — Mount
Monroe, in the White Mountains, Coos
County, New Hampshire, is named for
him. — Fort
Monroe (military installation 1819-2011), at Old Point Comfort, Hampton,
Virginia, is named for
him. — The World War II Liberty
ship SS James Monroe (built 1942 at Terminal
Island, California; scrapped 1970) was named for
him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: James
Monroe
— James
Monroe
— James
M. Pendleton
— James
M. Jackson
— James
Monroe Letts
— James
M. Ritchie
— James
M. Rosse
— James
M. Comly
— James
Monroe Buford
— James
M. Seibert
— J.
Monroe Driesbach
— James
M. Lown
— James
M. Miller
— James
Monroe Jones
— James
Monroe Hale
— James
Monroe Spears
— J.
M. Alford
— James
M. Lown, Jr.
— James
M. Miley
|
| | | Coins and currency: His portrait
appeared on the U.S. $100 silver certificate in the 1880s and
1890s. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National Governors
Association biography — Wikipedia
article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books about James Monroe: Harry Ammon,
James
Monroe: The Quest for National Identity |
| | | Image source: Portrait & Biographical
Album of Washtenaw County (1891) |
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George C. Myers (b. 1863) —
of Genesee
County, Mich.
Born in Otsego
County, N.Y., July 10,
1863.
Republican. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Genesee County 2nd District;
elected 1910.
German
and English ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George L. Myers and Nancy (Somers) Myers; married, March
14, 1884, to Carrie E. Estes. |
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Charles O. Newton —
of Homer, Cortland
County, N.Y.
Born in Brimfield, Hampden
County, Mass.
Republican. Merchant;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1896;
member of New York
state assembly from Cortland County, 1905, 1907.
English ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Richard Nicolls (1624-1672) —
Born in Ampthill, Bedfordshire, England,
1624.
Colonial
Governor of New York, 1664-68.
English and Scottish
ancestry.
During the Anglo-Dutch War, he was killed in the naval Battle of
Solebay, North
Sea, May
28, 1672 (age
about 47
years).
Interment at St. Andrew Churchyard, Ampthill, Bedfordshire, England.
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Benjamin Barker Odell Sr. (1825-1916) —
also known as Benjamin B. Odell, Sr. —
of Newburgh, Orange
County, N.Y.
Born in New Windsor, Orange
County, N.Y., September
25, 1825.
Republican. Restaurant
owner; ice
business; Orange
County Sheriff, 1880-83; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1884;
mayor
of Newburgh, N.Y., 1884-90, 1894-1900.
Christian
Reformed. French
and English ancestry.
Died July 21,
1916 (age 90 years, 300
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, New Windsor, N.Y.
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William Merritt Osband (b. 1836) —
of Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Arcadia, Wayne
County, N.Y., June 15,
1836.
Republican. College
professor; furniture
business; newspaper
editor; pipe
organ manufacturer; chair of
Washtenaw County Republican Party, 1886-90.
Methodist.
English ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Wilson Osband and Susanna (Sherman) Osband; married, August
7, 1861, to Lucy Aldrich. |
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John Osgood (1782-1872) —
of Cincinnatus, Cortland
County, N.Y.
Born in Pomfret, Windham
County, Conn., May 13,
1782.
Merchant;
member of New York
state assembly from Cortland County, 1838.
English ancestry.
Died in Cincinnatus, Cortland
County, N.Y., December
19, 1872 (age 90 years, 220
days).
Interment at Cincinnatus
Cemetery, Cincinnatus, N.Y.
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George Lorenzo Otis (1829-1882) —
also known as George L. Otis —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Homer, Cortland
County, N.Y., October
7, 1829.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 2, 1857-58; member of Minnesota
state senate 21st District, 1866; mayor
of St. Paul, Minn., 1867-68; candidate for Governor of
Minnesota, 1869.
Episcopalian.
English ancestry.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., March
29, 1882 (age 52 years, 173
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, St. Paul, Minn.
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John Palmer (1842-1905) —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Stapleton, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., March
22, 1842.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; house
painter; secretary
of state of New York, 1894-98.
English ancestry. Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., April
15, 1905 (age 63 years, 24
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1867 to
Margaret Moore. |
| | | See also Wikipedia article |
| | | Image source: New York Red Book
1896 |
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Samuel Wilson Parker (1805-1859) —
also known as Samuel W. Parker —
of Connersville, Fayette
County, Ind.
Born near Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y., September
9, 1805.
Farmer;
lawyer;
newspaper
editor; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1839-40, 1843-44; member of Indiana
state senate, 1840-43; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Indiana; U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1851-55 (4th District 1851-53, 5th
District 1853-55); defeated, 1849.
German
and English ancestry.
Died in Sackets Harbor, Jefferson
County, N.Y., February
1, 1859 (age 53 years, 145
days).
Interment in private or family graveyard.
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John Gibson Parkhurst (1824-1906) —
also known as John G. Parkhurst —
of Coldwater, Branch
County, Mich.
Born in Oneida Castle, Oneida
County, N.Y., April
17, 1824.
Democrat. Lawyer; insurance
business; Branch
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1852-55; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Michigan, 1860
(Convention
Secretary), 1888
(member, Credentials
Committee; speaker);
general in the Union Army during the Civil War; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1868; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 3rd District, 1872; candidate for Michigan
state treasurer, 1875; U.S. Minister to Belgium, 1888-89; postmaster at Coldwater,
Mich., 1894-98.
Episcopalian.
English and Scottish
ancestry. Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Loyal
Legion; American Bar
Association.
Died in Coldwater, Branch
County, Mich., May 6,
1906 (age 82 years, 19
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Coldwater, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Stephen Parkhurst and Sally (Gibson) Parkhurst; married 1852 to Amelia
Noyes; married 1863 to Josie
B. Reeves; married 1874 to
Frances J. (Roberts) Fiske. |
| | | See also U.S. State Dept career summary |
| | | Image source: History and Biographical
Record of Branch County (1906) |
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Franklin Peleg Randall (1812-1892) —
also known as Franklin P. Randall —
of Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind.
Born in Madison
County, N.Y., June 2,
1812.
School
teacher; lawyer; railroad
promoter; candidate for Indiana
state house of representatives, 1845; member of Indiana
state senate, 1847-50; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Indiana; mayor
of Fort Wayne, Ind., 1859-64, 1869-73.
Episcopalian.
English ancestry.
Died in Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind., May 23,
1892 (age 79 years, 356
days).
Interment at Lindenwood
Cemetery, Fort Wayne, Ind.
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J. Herbert Read (1858-1937) —
of Pomona, Manistee
County, Mich.; Copemish, Manistee
County, Mich.
Born in Yates
County, N.Y., 1858.
Republican. Farmer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Manistee County, 1899-1906,
1925-30; candidate for Michigan
state senate 26th District, 1930.
Scottish
and English ancestry.
Died March 2,
1937 (age about 78
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas Read (1881-1962) —
of Shelby, Oceana
County, Mich.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., May 28,
1881.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Oceana County, 1915-20; Speaker of
the Michigan State House of Representatives, 1919-20; Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1921-24, 1935-36; defeated in primary,
1930, 1936, 1938, 1942; candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1924, 1940; member of Michigan
state senate 26th District, 1927-28; defeated in primary, 1928;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan; Michigan
state attorney general, 1939-40; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Michigan, 1940;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 9th District, 1950.
Congregationalist.
English and Scottish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Rotary.
Died in 1962
(age about
81 years).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Shelby, Mich.
| | |
Relatives: Son
of Thomas Read (1841-1911) and Jane (Davidson) Read; married, March
20, 1915, to Ethel Katherine White. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Michigan Manual
1939 |
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 |
George Edward Reed (1846-1930) —
also known as "The Grand Old Man" —
of Willimantic, Windham
County, Conn.; Fall River, Bristol
County, Mass.; Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.; Carlisle, Cumberland
County, Pa.; Harrisburg, Dauphin
County, Pa.
Born in Brownville, Piscataquis
County, Maine, March
28, 1846.
Republican. Minister;
president,
Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pa., 1889-1911; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1900.
Methodist.
English ancestry.
Died, in Polyclinic Hospital,
Harrisburg, Dauphin
County, Pa., February
7, 1930 (age 83 years, 316
days).
Interment at Old
Carlisle Cemetery, Carlisle, Pa.
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William H. Reynolds (1868-1931) —
of Long Beach, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., February
29, 1868.
Republican. Builder;
real
estate developer; member of New York
state senate 3rd District, 1894-95; indicted
by a grand jury in August 1917 for perjury,
over his 1912 expert testimony on the value of land sought by the
city for a park; the grand jury alleged that he falsely
denied any personal
interest in the realty company which owned the property; also indicted
in October 1917, with three others, for conspiracy defraud
the city of $500,000 by inflating the appraisal; the indictments were
dismissed in May 1920 over the prosecutor's delay of the trial; village
president of Long Beach, New York, 1921-22; mayor
of Long Beach, N.Y., 1922-24; removed 1924; defeated, 1925; indicted
on May 1, 1924, along with the Long Beach city treasurer, for misappropriating
city funds in connection with a bond issue; tried in
June 1924, convicted,
sentenced
to six months in the county
jail, and automatically removed from
office as mayor; released pending appeal; the Appellate Division
reversed the conviction in June 1925 and ordered a new trial; the
indictment was dismissed in June 1927.
English and Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Elks; Freemasons.
Died, from heart
disease, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
13, 1931 (age 63 years, 0
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of William Reynolds and Margaret (McChesney) Reynolds; married to
Elise Guerrier. |
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George A. Robinson (1851-1908) —
of Sayville, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Newmarket, Ontario,
January, 1851.
Republican. Physician;
naturalized U.S. citizen; volunteer
fire fighter; director, Sayville Electric
Light and Power Company; member of New York
state assembly from Suffolk County 2nd District, 1901-02.
English ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Foresters;
Royal
Arcanum.
Died in St. Augustine, St. Johns
County, Fla., February
22, 1908 (age 57 years, 0
days).
Interment somewhere
in Islip, Long Island, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Married to Amelia A. Foster. |
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John J. Robison (b. 1824) —
of Sharon Township, Washtenaw
County, Mich.; Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Phelps, Ontario
County, N.Y., August
23, 1824.
Democrat. Member of Michigan
state senate 8th District, 1863-64; Washtenaw
County Clerk, 1869-72, 1883-86; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Michigan, 1872;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 2nd District, 1874, 1876; member of
Michigan
state house of representatives from Washtenaw County 3rd
District, 1879-80; mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1886-87.
Scotch-Irish,
English, and Dutch
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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| |
Hosea Hunt Rockwell (1840-1918) —
also known as Hosea H. Rockwell —
of Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y.
Born in Lawrenceville, Tioga
County, N.Y., May 31,
1840.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; school
teacher; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Chemung County, 1877; U.S.
Representative from New York 28th District, 1891-93; candidate
for Presidential Elector for New York.
English ancestry. Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in 1918
(age about
78 years).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Elmira, N.Y.
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William Walter Root (1837-1912) —
also known as William W. Root —
of Mason, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Cato, Cayuga
County, N.Y., June 28,
1837.
Physician;
major in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1870; mayor of
Mason, Mich., 1882-83, 1904-06; Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1884.
Methodist.
English ancestry. Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in Mason, Ingham
County, Mich., April
20, 1912 (age 74 years, 297
days).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Mason, Mich.
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Franklin Pierce Saunders (b. 1849) —
also known as Franklin P. Saunders —
of Cortland, Cortland
County, N.Y.
Born in Fabius, Onondaga
County, N.Y., February
27, 1849.
Member of New York
state assembly from Cortland County, 1896-97.
English ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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James Rockwell Sheffield (1864-1938) —
also known as James R. Sheffield —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Dubuque, Dubuque
County, Iowa, August
13, 1864.
Republican. Lawyer;
private secretary to U.S. Sen. William
B. Allison; member of New York
state assembly, 1894, 1904; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1916,
1920,
1924,
1936;
U.S. Ambassador to Mexico, 1924-27; delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
English and Scottish
ancestry. Member, Union
League.
Died, from a cerebral
hemorrhage, in Saranac Inn, Franklin
County, N.Y., September
2, 1938 (age 74 years, 20
days).
Interment somewhere
in Utica, N.Y.
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Henry Kendall Smith (1811-1854) —
also known as Henry K. Smith —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in St. Croix, Virgin
Islands, April 2,
1811.
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; postmaster at Buffalo,
N.Y., 1846-49; mayor
of Buffalo, N.Y., 1850-51.
English ancestry.
Died in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., September
23, 1854 (age 43 years, 174
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Married to Sally Ann Thompson. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Pictorial History of the
Superior Court of Buffalo (1886) |
|
| |
Thomas R. Suozzi (b. 1962) —
of Glen Cove, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Glen Cove, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., August
31, 1962.
Democrat. Accountant;
lawyer;
mayor
of Glen Cove, N.Y., 1994-2001; defeated, 1991; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1996,
2000,
2008;
Nassau
County Executive, 2002-09; candidate for Governor of
New York, 2006; U.S.
Representative from New York 3rd District, 2017-.
Catholic.
Italian,
English, and Irish
ancestry.
Still living as of 2018.
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Herbert Bayard Swope (1882-1958) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Sands Point, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., January
5, 1882.
Democrat. Newspaper
reporter and editor; received the Pulitzer
Prize in 1917 for a series of articles titled "Inside the German
Empire"; executive editor, New York World, 1920-29; under his
leadership, the newspaper won a Pulitzer
Prize for meritorious public service in 1922, for reporting on
the Ku Klux Klan; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
York, 1932,
1936,
1940;
elected (Wet) delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment 1933, but did not
serve.
English, German,
and Jewish
ancestry.
Died, from pneumonia,
following surgery for an intestinal
ailment, in Doctors Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 20,
1958 (age 76 years, 166
days).
Cremated.
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Relatives: Son
of Isaac Swope and Ida Swope; brother of Gerard B. Swope; married 1912 to
Margaret Honeyman Powell. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
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Seymour Van Santvoord (born c.1860) —
of Troy, Rensselaer
County, N.Y.
Born in Troy, Rensselaer
County, N.Y., about 1860.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New York.
Dutch,
English, and French
Huguenot ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Fred L. Warner (b. 1877) —
of Belding, Ionia
County, Mich.; Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Penn Yan, Yates
County, N.Y., September
16, 1877.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Ionia County, 1915-22;
defeated in primary, 1922; Speaker of
the Michigan State House of Representatives, 1921-22.
English ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
Ingham County News, June 18, 1936 |
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Nathan Webb (b. 1808) —
of Pittsfield Township, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Ontario
County, N.Y., 1808.
Republican. Physician;
supervisor
of Pittsfield Township, Michigan, 1850-51, 1857-60; member of Michigan
state senate 8th District, 1861-62.
English ancestry. Member, Odd
Fellows.
Burial location unknown.
| | |
Relatives: Son
of Nathan Webb and Mary (Pratt) Webb; married, February
19, 1835, to Larinda Enos; father of Frederick
Webb. |
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Henry Litchfield West (1859-1940) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Factoryville, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., August
20, 1859.
Democrat. Newspaper
editor; member
District of Columbia board of commissioners, 1902-10.
Methodist;
later Congregationalist.
English ancestry.
Died in West Haven, Dorchester
County, Md., September
3, 1940 (age 81 years, 14
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
| | |
Relatives: Son
of Robert Athow West and Elizabeth (Cook) West; married, July 25,
1882, to Mary Hope White. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Men of Mark in America
(1906) |
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Cyrenus Wheeler Jr. (1817-1899) —
of Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Born in Michigan, March
17, 1817.
Republican. Inventor
and manufacturer of agricultural
implements; mayor of
Auburn, N.Y., 1881-86, 1889-90.
English ancestry.
Died March
25, 1899 (age 82 years, 8
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Thirza (Evans) Wheeler; married to Harriet Trumbull, Susan Tracy
and Jane Barker. |
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Heber Eugene Wheeler (1859-1936) —
also known as Heber E. Wheeler —
of Holcomb, Ontario
County, N.Y.
Born in Bergen, Genesee
County, N.Y., December
24, 1859.
Republican. Merchant;
postmaster;
Ontario
County Treasurer, 1904-09; member of New York
state assembly from Ontario County, 1914-17.
Congregationalist.
English ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in 1936
(age about
76 years).
Interment at East
Bloomfield Cemetery, East Bloomfield, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Oscar Fitzelan Wheeler and Lucy (Rowley) Wheeler; married, September
22, 1886, to Mary Adams; married to Theda M.
Mead. |
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William Collins Whitney (1841-1904) —
also known as William C. Whitney —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Conway, Franklin
County, Mass., July 5,
1841.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1876,
1880;
U.S.
Secretary of the Navy, 1885-89; established
the Naval War College, in Newport, R.I.; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 7th District, 1894.
English ancestry.
Died, from peritonitis,
following appendicitis
surgery, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
2, 1904 (age 62 years, 212
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Oliver T. B. Williams (b. 1835) —
of Columbus, Platte
County, Neb.; Seward, Seward
County, Neb.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August
30, 1835.
Lawyer;
newspaper
editor; member of Nebraska
state senate, 1866; postmaster at Columbus,
Neb., 1866; People's Independent candidate for Governor of
Nebraska, 1880.
Episcopalian.
English and Scottish
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Edwin Baruch Winans (1826-1894) —
also known as Edwin B. Winans —
of Hamburg Township, Livingston
County, Mich.
Born in Avon, Livingston
County, N.Y., May 16,
1826.
Democrat. Farmer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Livingston County 1st
District, 1861-64; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention, 1867; supervisor
of Hamburg Township, Michigan, 1872-74; probate judge in
Michigan, 1877-80; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Michigan, 1880
(alternate), 1888;
U.S.
Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1883-87; defeated,
1880; Governor of
Michigan, 1891-92.
Episcopalian.
German
and English ancestry.
Died in Hamburg, Livingston
County, Mich., July 4,
1894 (age 68 years, 49
days).
Interment at Hamburg
Cemetery, Hamburg, Mich.
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Emory J. Wood (1838-1919) —
of Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich.
Born in Mendon, Monroe
County, N.Y., November
12, 1838.
Republican. Justice of the peace; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Jackson County 1st District,
1909-16.
English ancestry.
Died, from acute
uremia, in Mercy Hospital,
Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich., January
12, 1919 (age 80 years, 61
days).
Interment at Mt.
Evergreen Cemetery, Jackson, Mich.
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Rollin Simmons Woodruff (1854-1925) —
also known as Rollin S. Woodruff —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., July 14,
1854.
Republican. President, C. S. Mersick & Co., wholesale iron
dealers; director, Connecticut Savings Bank and
Mechanics Bank;
president, Grace Hospital
of New Haven; member of Connecticut
state senate, 1903; Lieutenant
Governor of Connecticut, 1905-07; Governor of
Connecticut, 1907-09; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Connecticut, 1912
(alternate), 1916,
1920
(alternate), 1924.
English ancestry. Member, Union
League.
Died June 30,
1925 (age 70 years, 351
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, New Haven, Conn.
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John Blackburne Woodward (1835-1896) —
also known as John B. Woodward —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., May 31,
1835.
Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; leather
business; importer
and exporter; Independent candidate for mayor
of Brooklyn, N.Y., 1885.
Unitarian.
English ancestry. Member, National Rifle
Association; Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Grand
Army of the Republic; Loyal
Legion.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., March 7,
1896 (age 60 years, 281
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Woodward and Mary Barrow (Blackburne) Woodward; married, May 31,
1870, to Elizabeth Cook Blackburne. |
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memorial |
| | | Image source: John B. Woodward: a
biographical memoir (1897) |
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Frank Landon Young (1871-1952) —
also known as Frank L. Young —
of Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Esperance, Schoharie
County, N.Y., July 24,
1871.
Republican. Hay and
grain
dealer; real estate
business; member of Michigan
state senate 14th District, 1923-26.
Baptist.
English and Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., June 23,
1952 (age 80 years, 335
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Lansing, Mich.
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