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Amos J. Ablett (1852-1904) —
of Cohoes, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Schaghticoke, Rensselaer
County, N.Y., April
24, 1852.
Republican. Grocer; member of New York
state assembly from Albany County 4th District, 1895-96.
Died October
24, 1904 (age 52 years, 183
days).
Interment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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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. |
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memorial |
| | | 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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William Bewley (b. 1878) —
of Lockport, Niagara
County, N.Y.
Born in Lockport, Niagara
County, N.Y., October
21, 1878.
Republican. Express
agent; canning business; member of New York
state assembly from Niagara County 1st District, 1914-19,
1927-28; member of New York
state senate, 1939-48 (47th District 1939-44, 52nd District
1945-48).
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Frederick Bishop (1844-1913) —
also known as Charles F. Bishop; Charles Frederick
Bischoff —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Williamsville, Erie
County, N.Y., October
14, 1844.
Democrat. Dealer in tea, coffee,
and spices; mayor
of Buffalo, N.Y., 1890-94.
German
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died, of cancer,
in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., September
14, 1913 (age 68 years, 335
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y.
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John H. Buhrmaster (b. 1876) —
of Scotia, Schenectady
County, N.Y.
Born in Auriesville, Montgomery
County, N.Y., March
27, 1876.
Republican. Grocer; coal,
feed,
and building
supply business; director and vice-president, Glenville Bank;
member of New York
state assembly from Schenectady County 2nd District, 1932-33.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Redmen;
Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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William Thomas Coleman (b. 1867) —
also known as William T. Coleman —
of Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y.
Born in Madison Township, Armstrong
County, Pa., April
20, 1867.
Republican. Grocer; mayor of
Elmira, N.Y., 1905.
Presbyterian.
Scotch-Irish
and German
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Royal
Arcanum.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Coleman and Mary E. (Langler) Coleman; married, September
16, 1896, to Mary J. Espey. |
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Samuel B. Collins (b. 1846) —
of Galion, Crawford
County, Ohio; Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich.
Born in Parma, Monroe
County, N.Y., October
18, 1846.
Republican. Traveling
salesman; wholesale grocer; coal
dealer; manufacturer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Jackson County 1st District,
1899-1900; defeated, 1900.
Burial location unknown.
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Lawrence Hillier Cortelyou (1802-1882) —
also known as Lawrence H. Cortelyou —
of Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Born in Greenridge, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., November
5, 1802.
Whig. Grocer; county judge in New York, 1840; member of New York
state assembly from Richmond County, 1852; director, and one of
the founders, Richmond County Mutual
Insurance Company.
Died in Greenridge, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., September
25, 1882 (age 79 years, 324
days).
Interment at Moravian
Cemetery, New Dorp, Staten Island, N.Y.
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Henry Stewart Dean (1830-1915) —
also known as Henry S. Dean —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Lima, Livingston
County, N.Y., June 14,
1830.
Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; grocer; miller;
postmaster at Ann
Arbor, Mich., 1870-72; member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1894-1907; appointed 1894;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Loyal
Legion; Sons of
the American Revolution; American
Historical Association.
Died in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., October
18, 1915 (age 85 years, 126
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich.
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Frederick Bartlett Fancher (1852-1944) —
also known as Frederick B. Fancher —
of Jamestown, Stutsman
County, N.Dak.; Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif.
Born in Orleans
County, N.Y., April 2,
1852.
Republican. Insurance
business; farmer; delegate
to North Dakota state constitutional convention from Stutsman
County, 1889; North
Dakota insurance commissioner, 1894-97; Governor of
North Dakota, 1899-1901; wholesale grocer.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
10, 1944 (age 91 years, 283
days).
Interment at East
Lawn Memorial Park, Sacramento, Calif.
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Arthur H. Gleason (1865-1935) —
of St. Johnsbury, Caledonia
County, Vt.
Born in Sag Harbor, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., November
25, 1865.
Democrat. Grocer; postmaster;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Vermont, 1924.
Died, while suffering from acute angina
pectoris, in St. Johnsbury, Caledonia
County, Vt., November
29, 1935 (age 70 years, 4
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of G. Havens Gleason and Susan (Vail) Gleason; nephew of William
H. Gleason. |
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Granville W. Harman (1852-1926) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Ohio, June 5,
1852.
Republican. Steamboat
inspector; wholesale grocer; banker; financier;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1896.
Died, from heart
disease, in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., April
14, 1926 (age 73 years, 313
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of John W. Harman and Sarah Harman. |
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memorial |
| | | Image source: Brooklyn Daily Eagle,
April 15, 1926 |
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James Howell (1829-1897) —
also known as Jim Howell —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Bradford, Wiltshire, England,
October
16, 1829.
Democrat. Grocer; mayor
of Brooklyn, N.Y., 1878-81; defeated, 1881.
Methodist.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
27, 1897 (age 67 years, 103
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Oliver Gould Jennings (1865-1936) —
also known as Oliver G. Jennings —
of Fairfield, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April
27, 1865.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
Connecticut, 1916;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Connecticut; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Fairfield, 1923-24; director,
U.S. Industrial Alcohol Company; director, Bethlehem Steel
Corporation; director, Grocery Store Products, Inc.
Episcopalian.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Skull
and Bones.
Died, of bronchial
pneumonia, in the Harbor Sanitarium,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
13, 1936 (age 71 years, 169
days).
Interment at Oak
Lawn Cemetery, Fairfield, Conn.
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Bradford R. Lansing (1860-1912) —
of Rensselaer, Rensselaer
County, N.Y.
Born in Niskayuna, Schenectady
County, N.Y., 1860.
Republican. Grocer; pork dealer;
mayor
of Rensselaer, N.Y., 1901; member of New York
state assembly, 1906-12 (Rensselaer County 3rd District 1906,
Rensselaer County 2nd District 1907-12); died in office 1912.
Died in Rensselaer, Rensselaer
County, N.Y., February
4, 1912 (age about 51
years).
Interment at Greenbush
Cemetery, Rensselaer, N.Y.
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William H. C. Lyon (1814-1891) —
of Flint, Genesee
County, Mich.
Born in Lima, Livingston
County, N.Y., August
19, 1814.
Democrat. Grocer; hardware
business; Genesee
County Register of Deeds, 1859-61.
Died in Griffin, Spalding
County, Ga., February
6, 1891 (age 76 years, 171
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Wakeman Lyon; married to Esther W. Riggs. |
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David Mawhinney (1914-1995) —
also known as Dave Mawhinney —
of Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.; Miramar, Broward
County, Fla.
Born, of American parents, in Montreal, Quebec,
1914.
Supermarket owner; service
station owner; police
officer; candidate for mayor
of Miramar, Fla., 1959, 1960.
Died in 1995
(age about
81 years).
Interment at Riverview Memorial Park, Fort Pierce, Fla.
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William Lawrence Merry (1842-1911) —
also known as William L. Merry —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil,
December
27, 1842.
Steamship
captain; wholesale grocer; lawyer; Consul-General
for Nicaragua in San
Francisco, Calif., 1891-96; U.S. Minister to Salvador, 1897-1907; Nicaragua, 1897-1908; Costa Rica, 1897-1911.
Member, Freemasons.
Advocate of Nicaraguan Canal.
Died in Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich., December
14, 1911 (age 68 years, 352
days).
Interment at St.
James the Less Cemetery, Scarsdale, N.Y.
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Henry A. Meyer —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Republican. Grocer; candidate for mayor
of Brooklyn, N.Y., 1891.
German
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Frank G. Miller (b. 1863) —
of Apalachin, Tioga
County, N.Y.
Born in Cortland
County, N.Y., July 12,
1863.
Republican. Bookkeeper;
grocer; member of New York
state assembly from Tioga County, 1930-37; Dry candidate for delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
New York Red Book 1936 |
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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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J. Austin Otto (b. 1890) —
of Atlanta, Steuben
County, N.Y.
Born in Atlanta, Steuben
County, N.Y., September
20, 1890.
Republican. Civil
engineer; railway
yardmaster; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
grocer; coal
dealer; member of New York
state assembly from Steuben County 2nd District, 1932-36.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William E. Otto and Frances (Wallace) Otto; married to Alice M.
Rowe. |
| | | Image source: New York Red Book
1936 |
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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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Jay H. Pratt (b. 1874) —
of Verona, Oneida
County, N.Y.
Born in Verona town, Oneida
County, N.Y., 1874.
Republican. Farmer;
canning business; member of New York
state assembly from Oneida County 2nd District, 1904-06.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Maccabees.
Burial location unknown.
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Valentine Rettig (1846-1917) —
of Corning, Steuben
County, N.Y.
Born in Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany,
June
11, 1846.
Republican. Grocer; meat dealer;
hotelier;
beer
bottler; mayor
of Corning, N.Y., 1905-07.
German
ancestry. Member, Elks; Odd
Fellows; Maccabees.
Died, from pancreatic
cancer, in Corning Hospital,
Corning, Steuben
County, N.Y., March
17, 1917 (age 70 years, 279
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Valentine Rettig and Anna (Olenslager) Rettig; married 1870 to Mary
Kriger. |
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William Elmendorf Rothery (1851-1932) —
also known as William E. Rothery —
of Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; San
Francisco, Calif.; Seattle, King
County, Wash.; Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March
25, 1851.
Newspaper
editor and publisher; Consul
for Liberia in Philadelphia,
Pa., 1888-95; manufacturers'
agent; food broker.
German
ancestry.
Died, following a heart
attack, in St. Peter's Hospital,
Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C., July 8,
1932 (age 81 years, 105
days).
Interment at Cataumet Cemetery, Bourne, Mass.
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Thomas McKinzie Saraw (1835-1927) —
also known as T. M. Saraw —
of Mason, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Lockport, Niagara
County, N.Y., February
11, 1835.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; grocer;
Industrial candidate for mayor of
Mason, Mich., 1891.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., January
26, 1927 (age 91 years, 349
days).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Mason, Mich.
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Alfred E. Steers (c.1861-1948) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., about 1861.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
grocer; broom
manufacturer; real estate
business; magistrate; borough
president of Brooklyn, New York, 1910-13; resigned 1913; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1912.
Christian
Reformed. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., March 2,
1948 (age about 87
years).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Christopher Steers. |
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Arthur S. Tompkins (b. 1881) —
of Berne, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in 1881.
Democrat. Grocer; candidate for New York
state assembly from Albany County 3rd District, 1919; Albany
County Coroner.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Edna M. Willsey. |
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Scott W. Updike (c.1819-1889) —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, about 1819.
Republican. Merchant;
postmaster at Rochester,
N.Y., 1861-67; sauce manufacturer.
Died in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., October
24, 1889 (age about 70
years).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Rochester, N.Y.
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Frederick H. Waldorf (c.1861-1935) —
of New Rochelle, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., about 1861.
Democrat. Wholesale grocer; coal
dealer; real estate
developer; mayor
of New Rochelle, N.Y., 1912-14, 1918-20; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1912.
Died in New Rochelle, Westchester
County, N.Y., August
3, 1935 (age about 74
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Robert B. Wallace —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Republican. Grocer; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 13th District, 1920-21.
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph Mabbett Warren (1813-1896) —
also known as Joseph M. Warren —
of Troy, Rensselaer
County, N.Y.
Born in Troy, Rensselaer
County, N.Y., January
28, 1813.
Democrat. Wholesale grocer; banker; mayor of
Troy, N.Y., 1851-52; U.S.
Representative from New York 15th District, 1871-73.
Died in Troy, Rensselaer
County, N.Y., September
9, 1896 (age 83 years, 225
days).
Entombed at Oakwood
Cemetery, Troy, N.Y.
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Daniel Darling Whitney (1818-1914) —
also known as Daniel D. Whitney —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Oyster Bay, Queens County (now Nassau
County), Long Island, N.Y., January
31, 1818.
Democrat. Grocer; mayor
of Brooklyn, N.Y., 1886-87.
Died in 1914
(age about
96 years).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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