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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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Cassius Lynn Alexander (1875-1931) —
also known as Cassius L. Alexander —
of Corry, Erie
County, Pa.
Born in Wayne Township, Erie
County, Pa., January
24, 1875.
Republican. Undertaker; mayor of
Corry, Pa., 1909-13, 1918-25, 1929-31; died in office 1931;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives 3rd District, 1915-16.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Eagles.
While en route to Buffalo, N.Y., he was killed in a one-car automobile
accident, when his car went off the road and hit a telephone
pole, in near Dunkirk, Chautauqua
County, N.Y., June 9,
1931 (age 56 years, 136
days).
Interment at Pine
Grove Cemetery, Corry, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert Alexander and Sarah M. (Dutton) Alexander; married to
Melinda Alvira Cody. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Alexander Gillespie Baxter (b. 1859) —
also known as Alexander G. Baxter —
of Ballston Spa, Saratoga
County, N.Y.
Born in Bloomingburg, Sullivan
County, N.Y., November
6, 1859.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
undertaker; restaurant
owner; banker;
member of New York
state senate 32nd District, 1931-34.
Methodist.
Member, United
Spanish War Veterans; Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons;
Elks; Kiwanis;
Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James Brean Baxter and Abigail Jane (Monell) Baxter; married, October
20, 1880, to Sarah E. Teetz; married, May 10,
1908, to Sarah J. Atkinson. |
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Charles P. Blake —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Undertaker; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 6th District, 1889.
Burial location unknown.
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John A. Boyle (b. 1883) —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born June 24,
1883.
Democrat. Undertaker; member of New York
state assembly from Albany County 2nd District, 1923-24;
defeated, 1915.
Catholic.
Member, Elks; Knights
of Columbus.
Burial location unknown.
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George E. D. Brady (b. 1881) —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y., June 10,
1881.
Republican. Undertaker; member of New York
state assembly from Erie County 1st District, 1919-21.
Interment at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y.
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William C. Brady (b. 1852) —
of Athens, Greene
County, N.Y.
Born in Athens, Greene
County, N.Y., September
26, 1852.
Republican. Funeral director; member of New York
state assembly from Greene County, 1905-09; defeated, 1909.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Burial location unknown.
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William E. Brady (1889-1970) —
of Coxsackie, Greene
County, N.Y.
Born in Athens, Greene
County, N.Y., August
7, 1889.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; funeral
director; owner, Coxsackie Granite Works; Greene
County Coroner, 1921-36; member of New York
state assembly from Greene County, 1940-62.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Rotary;
American
Legion; Forty and
Eight.
Died in Coxsackie, Greene
County, N.Y., August
5, 1970 (age 80 years, 363
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Coxsackie, N.Y.
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Thomas A. Brennan —
also known as Tom Brennan —
of Lindenhurst, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Republican. Funeral director; mayor
of Lindenhurst, N.Y., 2004-.
Still living as of 2009.
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James C. Campbell —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Undertaker; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 13th District, 1912-16.
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas F. Campbell (1897-1957) —
of Schenectady, Schenectady
County, N.Y.
Born in Amsterdam, Montgomery
County, N.Y., April
26, 1897.
Republican. Funeral director; member of New York
state senate, 1945-57 (37th District 1945-54, 38th District
1955-57); died in office 1957.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Elks; Eagles;
Ancient
Order of Hibernians.
Died March 7,
1957 (age 59 years, 315
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Edwin S. Hanford (b. 1858) —
of Waverly, Tioga
County, N.Y.
Born near Waverly, Tioga
County, N.Y., August
17, 1858.
Republican. Furniture
and undertaking business; member of New York
state assembly from Tioga County, 1901-05; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1916.
Burial location unknown.
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James Michael Hanley (1920-2003) —
also known as James M. Hanley —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born in Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., July 19,
1920.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; funeral
director; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1965-81 (34th District 1965-71,
35th District 1971-73, 32nd District 1973-81); delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1984.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Holy
Name Society; Knights
of Columbus; Ancient
Order of Hibernians; Order
of Alhambra; Elks.
Died in Geddes (now part of Syracuse), Onondaga
County, N.Y., October
16, 2003 (age 83 years, 89
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Heling (1880-1938) —
of Lindenhurst, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Babylon town, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., March 1,
1880.
Democrat. Undertaker; contractor;
banker;
mayor
of Lindenhurst, N.Y., 1931-37; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1932.
German
ancestry.
Suffered a stroke,
and died a few hours later, in Lindenhurst, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., June 21,
1938 (age 58 years, 112
days).
Interment at Breslau
Cemetery, North Lindenhurst, Long Island, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Valentine Heling and Catherina Heling; married to Elizabeth Wolter
and Josephine Roubal. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Frederick John Henry Kracke (1868-1954) —
also known as Frederick J. H. Kracke —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 11,
1868.
Republican. Produce
merchant; cemetery monument business; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1904,
1916,
1920,
1924,
1928,
1932,
1948,
1952;
member of New York
Republican State Committee, 1907, 1930; chair of
Kings County Republican Party, 1932; delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Christian
Reformed. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Grange;
Union
League.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., December
2, 1954 (age 86 years, 144
days).
Interment somewhere
in West Eaton, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Kracke and Henrietta (Hoffman) Kracke; married 1890 to
Florence Tayntor. |
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John McBain —
of Watervliet, Albany
County, N.Y.
Republican. Undertaker; member of New York
state assembly from Albany County 3rd District, 1937, 1939-44,
1947-48; defeated, 1937, 1944, 1948.
Burial location unknown.
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Harris Pendleton (b. 1845) —
of Guilford, New Haven
County, Conn.; New London, New London
County, Conn.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., July 15,
1845.
Telegraph
operator; civil
engineer; druggist;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Guilford, 1886;
undertaker.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Harris Pendleton (1811-1890) and Sarah (Chester) Pendleton;
brother of James
Pendleton; married, November
8, 1871, to Mary Brewster Burtch; great-grandnephew of Nathan
Pendleton (1754-1841); first cousin twice removed of Nathan
Pendleton (1779-1827); second cousin once removed of Charles
Marsh Pendleton, James
Monroe Pendleton, Cyrus
Henry Pendleton and Cornelius
Welles Pendleton; second cousin twice removed of Daniel
Burrows; third cousin of Calvin
Crane Pendleton, Edward
Wheeler Pendleton, Joseph
Palmer Dyer, Charles
Henry Pendleton, Chauncey
C. Pendleton, Nathan
William Pendleton and Eckford
Gustavus Pendleton; third cousin once removed of Lorenzo
Burrows and Claudius
Victor Pendleton; fourth cousin of Enoch
C. Chapman. |
| | | Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
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John Smolenski (d. 1953) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Mortician; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 15th District, 1938-53; died in
office 1953.
Died May 31,
1953.
Burial location unknown.
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Samuel P. Stroud (1824-1902) —
of Mason, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Morristown, St.
Lawrence County, N.Y., August
7, 1824.
Furniture
and undertaking business; People's candidate for mayor of
Mason, Mich., 1895.
Died in Mason, Ingham
County, Mich., February
9, 1902 (age 77 years, 186
days).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Mason, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Taylor Stroud and Anna (Persell) Stroud; married to Rhoda
Rodway. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Timothy Daniel Sullivan (1862-1913) —
also known as Timothy D. Sullivan; Tim Sullivan;
"Dry Dollar"; "Big Tim" —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 23,
1862.
Democrat. Undertaker; saloon
part-owner; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 2nd District, 1887-93; member
of New
York state senate, 1894-1902, 1909-12 (9th District 1894-95, 11th
District 1896-1902, 12th District 1909-12); delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1900,
1904,
1912;
U.S.
Representative from New York, 1903-06, 1913 (8th District
1903-06, 13th District 1913); resigned 1906; died in office 1913.
Irish
ancestry.
Struck
and killed by a locomotive, near Pelham Parkway, Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., August
31, 1913 (age 51 years, 39
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
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Earl Winfield Travis (1879-1948) —
also known as Earl W. Travis —
of Endicott, Broome
County, N.Y.
Born in Upsonville, Susquehanna
County, Pa., May 26,
1879.
Republican. Furniture
and undertaking business; mayor
of Endicott, N.Y., 1933-37.
Died in 1948
(age about
69 years).
Interment at Riverhurst
Cemetery, Endicott, N.Y.
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Alfred E. Watson (c.1875-1960) —
of Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born about 1875.
Republican. Funeral director; mayor
of Yonkers, N.Y., 1923; defeated, 1927.
Member, Odd
Fellows.
Died in Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y., September
30, 1960 (age about 85
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Ada Page. |
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John J. Whalen (1899-1958) —
of Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born November
28, 1899.
Democrat. Funeral director; mayor
of Yonkers, N.Y., 1949; defeated, 1949.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Elks; Ancient
Order of Hibernians.
Died, of a heart
attack, while attending a dinner
of the Metropolitan Funeral Directors Association, at the Roosevelt
Hotel,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
22, 1958 (age 58 years, 359
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Mina Elmore. |
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James Winterbottom —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Republican. Undertaker; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 8th District, 1908.
Burial location unknown.
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