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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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De Alva Stanwood Alexander (1846-1925) —
also known as De Alva S. Alexander —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.; Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Richmond, Sagadahoc
County, Maine, July 17,
1846.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; newspaper
editor; delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana,
1872;
secretary
of Indiana Republican Party, 1874-78; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of New York, 1889-93; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1897-1911 (33rd District 1897-1903,
36th District 1903-11); defeated, 1910.
Presbyterian.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Died in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., January
30, 1925 (age 78 years, 197
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y.
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Cassius McDonald Barnes (1845-1925) —
of Guthrie, Logan
County, Okla.
Born near Greigsville, Livingston
County, N.Y., August
25, 1845.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of
Oklahoma
territorial House of Representatives, 1895-97; member of Republican
National Committee from Oklahoma, 1896; Governor
of Oklahoma Territory, 1897-1901; mayor
of Guthrie, Okla., 1903-05, 1907-09.
Episcopalian.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic.
Died in Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M., February
18, 1925 (age 79 years, 177
days).
Interment at Summit
View Cemetery, Guthrie, Okla.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Hogan Barnes and Cemantha (Boyd) Barnes; married to Mary E.
Bartlett. |
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Adam Beattie (1833-1893) —
of Ovid, Clinton
County, Mich.
Born in Seneca
County, N.Y., November
26, 1833.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; sawmill
owner; member of Michigan
state senate 17th District, 1873-74; postmaster.
Congregationalist.
Scottish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Grand Army of the Republic.
Died June 26,
1893 (age 59 years, 212
days).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Ovid, Mich.
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Relatives:
Married to Mary E. Hand. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Washtenaw County (1906) |
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Spencer Hezekiah Beecher (1840-1926) —
also known as Spencer H. Beecher —
of Mason, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Knowlesville, Orleans
County, N.Y., September
27, 1840.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; hardware
business; candidate for mayor of
Mason, Mich., 1885.
Presbyterian.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic.
Died in Ionia, Ionia
County, Mich., January
2, 1926 (age 85 years, 97
days).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Mason, Mich.
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Charles Bennett (1838-1903) —
of Charlotte, Eaton
County, Mich.
Born in Waterloo, Seneca
County, N.Y., October, 1838.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; furniture
manufacturer; banker; mayor
of Charlotte, Mich., 1880.
Methodist.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died in Charlotte, Eaton
County, Mich., November
21, 1903 (age 65 years, 0
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married, December
7, 1865, to Mary Myers. |
| | | Image source: Past and Present of Eaton
County, Michigan (1906) |
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Aaron Thomas Bliss (1837-1906) —
also known as Aaron T. Bliss —
of Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich.
Born in Peterboro, Madison
County, N.Y., May 22,
1837.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lumber
business; member of Michigan
state senate 24th District, 1883-84; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 8th District, 1889-91; defeated,
1890; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1892;
Governor
of Michigan, 1901-04.
Methodist.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., September
16, 1906 (age 69 years, 117
days).
Entombed at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Saginaw, Mich.
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Henry Bristow (1840-1906) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in St. Michaels, Azores,
June
5, 1840.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; merchant;
U.S.
Representative from New York 3rd District, 1901-03; defeated,
1902.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Freemasons.
Died, from heart
trouble, in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., October
11, 1906 (age 66 years, 128
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Morgan Gardner Bulkeley (1837-1922) —
also known as Morgan G. Bulkeley —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in East Haddam, Middlesex
County, Conn., December
26, 1837.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; president,
Aetna Life
Insurance Company, 1870-1922; mayor
of Hartford, Conn., 1880-88; defeated, 1878; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1884
(alternate), 1896;
Governor
of Connecticut, 1889-93; candidate for Republican nomination for
Vice President, 1896;
U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1905-11.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Loyal
Legion; Grand Army of the Republic; Sons of
the Revolution; Society
of the Cincinnati; Society
of the War of 1812.
First
president of the National League of Professional Base
Ball Clubs in 1876.
Died in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., November
6, 1922 (age 84 years, 315
days).
Interment at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Hartford, Conn.
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Frank Noyes Burdick (1839-1917) —
also known as F. N. Burdick —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Vermillion, Clay
County, S.Dak.; East Guilford, Guilford, Windham
County, Vt.
Born in Guilford, Windham
County, Vt., September
14, 1839.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; physician;
newspaper
editor; member
Dakota territorial council, 1883-84.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic.
Died, from arteriosclerosis
and interstitial
nephritis, in Guilford, Windham
County, Vt., February
22, 1917 (age 77 years, 161
days).
Interment at Christ
Church Cemetery, Manhasset, Long Island, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Thompson Edwin Burdick and Elizabeth 'Betsy' (Noyes) Burdick;
married, September
2, 1862, to Amelia Bowker; married to Nina Davis. |
| | | Epitaph: "Physician and
Friend." |
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memorial |
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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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Asa Smith Bushnell (1834-1904) —
also known as Asa S. Bushnell —
of Springfield, Clark
County, Ohio.
Born in Rome, Oneida
County, N.Y., September
16, 1834.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; president,
Warder, Bushnell & Glassner Company, manufacturers of mowers and
reapers; candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio; Ohio
Republican state chair, 1885; Governor of
Ohio, 1896-1900; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Ohio, 1896
(speaker).
Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Freemasons.
Died January
15, 1904 (age 69 years, 121
days).
Interment at Ferncliff
Cemetery, Springfield, Ohio.
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Maro Spaulding Chapman (1839-1907) —
also known as Maro S. Chapman —
of Manchester, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in East Haddam, Middlesex
County, Conn., February
13, 1839.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; postal
envelope manufacturer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1882; member of Connecticut
state senate 2nd District, 1885-86; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Connecticut.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Grand Army of the Republic.
Instrumental in the establishment of the Hartford, Manchester,
Rockville Tramway
Co. in 1895.
Died in Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y., March 2,
1907 (age 68 years, 17
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Nathaniel Chapman and Hannah (Percival) Chapman; married 1861 to Lucy
Woodbridge; married 1871 to Helen
Robbins. |
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Leopold Charrier (c.1835-1906) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Born in France,
about 1835.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; in 1861, he was the first
man to receive a pension from the U.S. government for wounds received
in military service during the Civil War; cotton
broker; liquor
merchant; Consul
for Belgium in Savannah,
Ga., 1878-1903.
French
ancestry. Member, Grand Army of the Republic.
Died, from apoplexy,
in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., January
16, 1906 (age about 71
years).
Interment at Bonaventure
Cemetery, Savannah, Ga.
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Rodney W. Choate (b. 1834) —
of Delta Township, Eaton
County, Mich.
Born in Somerset, Niagara
County, N.Y., March 4,
1834.
Republican. School
teacher; served in the Union Army during the Civil War; farmer; supervisor
of Delta Township, Michigan, 1869-74.
Methodist.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Odd
Fellows.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Silas C. Choate and Saloma (Seymour) Choate; married, November
4, 1857, to Ursula M. Brown. |
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John Henry Colvin (b. 1839) —
also known as John H. Colvin —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Little Falls, Herkimer
County, N.Y., October
25, 1839.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; Chicago
alderman, 1882-88; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Illinois, 1904.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Foresters;
Royal
Arcanum; Knights
of Honor.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Gerard Conn (1844-1931) —
of Elkhart, Elkhart
County, Ind.
Born in Manchester, Ontario
County, N.Y., January
29, 1844.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; mayor
of Elkhart, Ind., 1880-83; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1889; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 13th District, 1893-95.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Freemasons.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
5, 1931 (age 86 years, 341
days).
Interment at Grace
Lawn Cemetery, Elkhart, Ind.
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Charles Henry Cotton (1845-1938) —
also known as Charles H. Cotton —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., 1845.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of
New
York state assembly from Kings County 4th District, 1899-1902,
1905; defeated, 1902.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., March
15, 1938 (age about 92
years).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of William H. Cotton. |
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Milton John Daniels (1838-1914) —
also known as Milton J. Daniels —
of Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn.; Riverside, Riverside
County, Calif.
Born in Cobleskill, Schoharie
County, N.Y., April
18, 1838.
Republican. Major in the Union Army during the Civil War; banker;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 14, 1883-86; member of
Minnesota
state senate 14th District, 1887-90; U.S.
Representative from California 8th District, 1903-05.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Loyal
Legion.
Died in Riverside, Riverside
County, Calif., December
1, 1914 (age 76 years, 227
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Memorial Park, Riverside, Calif.
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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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Roscoe D. Dix (1839-1912) —
of Berrien Springs, Berrien
County, Mich.
Born in Jefferson
County, N.Y., June 11,
1839.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; permanently
disabled by injuries suffered in the battle at Knoxville,
November 24, 1863; barber; real estate
business; banker; Michigan
land commissioner, 1887-90; Michigan
state auditor general, 1897-1900.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic.
Died in Berrien Springs, Berrien
County, Mich., September
5, 1912 (age 73 years, 86
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Berrien Springs, Mich.
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Richard Grant Augustus Donnelly (1841-1905) —
also known as Richard A. Donnelly —
of Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., March 4,
1841.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; clothing
merchant; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Mercer County, 1880-81; mayor
of Trenton, N.J., 1884-86; New Jersey
state treasurer, 1895-1901.
Irish
and Scottish
ancestry. Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks.
Died February
27, 1905 (age 63 years, 360
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Peter Donnelly and Elizabeth (Grant) Donnelly; married to Sue A.
Davidson and Susie Isabel Gold. |
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Ferdinand Eidman (c.1842-1910) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Worms, Germany,
about 1842.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of
New
York state assembly from New York County 10th District, 1879;
member of New York
state senate 7th District, 1880-81; defeated, 1895; U.S.
Collector of Internal Revenue for the 3rd New York District, 1890-94,
1897-98; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 11th District, 1894, 1896; member of
New York
Republican State Committee, 1902.
German
ancestry. Member, Grand Army of the Republic.
Died, from diabetes,
in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 5,
1910 (age about 68
years).
Interment at Lutheran
All Faiths Cemetery, Middle Village, Queens, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Married 1865 to Mary
Germann. |
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Andrew Jackson Felt (1833-1912) —
also known as Andrew J. Felt —
of Nashua, Chickasaw
County, Iowa; Seneca, Nemaha
County, Kan.
Born in East Victor, Ontario
County, N.Y., December
27, 1833.
Republican. School
teacher; newspaper
editor; lawyer;
served in the Union Army during the Civil War; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Iowa, 1868,
1872;
postmaster;
banker;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Kansas; Lieutenant
Governor of Kansas, 1889-93.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic.
Died June 27,
1912 (age 78 years, 183
days).
Interment at Seneca
City Cemetery, Seneca, Kan.
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Winsor Brown French (1832-1910) —
also known as Winsor B. French —
of Saratoga Springs, Saratoga
County, N.Y.
Born in Cavendish, Windsor
County, Vt., July 28,
1832.
Republican. Lawyer;
colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; candidate for
Presidential Elector for New York; postmaster at Saratoga
Springs, N.Y., 1899-1903.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Loyal
Legion.
Died in Saratoga Springs, Saratoga
County, N.Y., March
24, 1910 (age 77 years, 239
days).
Interment at Greenridge
Cemetery, Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
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Asa Bird Gardiner (1839-1919) —
also known as Asa Bird Gardner —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Suffern, Rockland
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
30, 1839.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the Union Army during the Civil War; received the Medal
of Honor for actions in Civil War War battles, but it was revoked
in 1917 when no evidence was found to support his award; law
professor; New
York County District Attorney, 1898-1900; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1900;
removed
from office as District Attorney in December 1900, by Gov. Theodore
Roosevelt, over charges
that he had interfered
with the prosecution of election cases against Tammany Hall.
Member, Tammany
Hall; Society
of the Cincinnati; Loyal
Legion; Grand Army of the Republic; Society
of the War of 1812; Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Died, from a stroke of
apoplexy, in Suffern, Rockland
County, N.Y., May 24,
1919 (age 79 years, 236
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Charles J. Gardner (1843-1901) —
of Warsaw, Wyoming
County, N.Y.
Born in Attica, Wyoming
County, N.Y., May 12,
1843.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; wounded in
the war, and lost his
right leg; postmaster at Warsaw,
N.Y., 1884-88; Wyoming
County Sheriff, 1888-90; member of New York
state assembly from Wyoming County, 1900-01; died in office 1901.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic.
Died, from uremic
poisoning, in Warsaw, Wyoming
County, N.Y., May 7,
1901 (age 57 years, 360
days).
Interment at Warsaw
Cemetery, Warsaw, N.Y.
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Oscar Sherman Gifford (1842-1913) —
also known as Oscar S. Gifford —
of Canton, Lincoln
County, S.Dak.
Born in Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y., October
20, 1842.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; delegate
to South Dakota state constitutional convention, 1883; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Dakota Territory, 1885; U.S.
Representative from South Dakota at-large, 1889-91.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Grand Army of the Republic.
Died in Lincoln
County, S.Dak., January
16, 1913 (age 70 years, 88
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Canton, S.Dak.
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Henry Alger Gildersleeve (1840-1923) —
also known as Henry A. Gildersleeve —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Clinton town, Dutchess
County, N.Y., August
1, 1840.
Democrat. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
general sessions court judge in New York, 1876-89; New York City
superior court judge, 1891-95; appointed 1891; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1896-1909; resigned 1909.
Member, National Rifle
Association; Grand Army of the Republic.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
27, 1923 (age 82 years, 210
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Henry Baldwin Harshaw (1842-1900) —
also known as Henry B. Harshaw —
of Oshkosh, Winnebago
County, Wis.
Born in Argyle, Washington
County, N.Y., June 14,
1842.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; postmaster
at Oshkosh,
Wis., 1877-86; Wisconsin
state treasurer, 1887-91.
Member, Elks;
Grand Army of the Republic; Loyal
Legion; Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias.
Wounded at the battle of Laurel Hill, Va., 1864, and lost his
left arm as a result.
Died, of tongue
cancer, in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., December
25, 1900 (age 58 years, 194
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Riverside
Cemetery, Oshkosh, Wis.
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Charles H. Houghton —
of Metuchen, Middlesex
County, N.J.
Born in New York.
Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; lost a
leg in a Civil War battle; U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1875-82.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic.
Arrested
in May 1882, and charged
with embezzlement,
fraud,
and forgery;
tried,
convicted,
and fined.
Burial location unknown.
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Lucius Frederick Hubbard (1836-1913) —
also known as Lucius F. Hubbard —
of Red Wing, Goodhue
County, Minn.; St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Troy, Rensselaer
County, N.Y., January
26, 1836.
Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; grain
business; railroad
builder; member of Minnesota
state senate 16th District, 1872-75; Governor of
Minnesota, 1882-87; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Minnesota, 1896;
member of Republican
National Committee from Minnesota, 1896; general in the U.S. Army
during the Spanish-American War.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Loyal
Legion; Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons.
Died in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., February
5, 1913 (age 77 years, 10
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Red Wing, Minn.
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Gideon Sprague Ives (1846-1927) —
also known as Gideon S. Ives; Gid S. Ives —
of St. Peter, Nicollet
County, Minn.; St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Dickinson, Franklin
County, N.Y., January
19, 1846.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; mayor
of St. Peter, Minn., 1885; member of Minnesota
state senate 17th District, 1887-90; Lieutenant
Governor of Minnesota, 1891-93.
Member, Freemasons;
Grand Army of the Republic; Sons of
the American Revolution; Odd
Fellows.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., December
20, 1927 (age 81 years, 335
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, St. Paul, Minn.
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Rowland Case Kellogg (1843-1911) —
also known as Rowland C. Kellogg —
of Elizabethtown, Essex
County, N.Y.
Born in Elizabethtown, Essex
County, N.Y., December
31, 1843.
Major in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of New York
state senate 19th District, 1886-89.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Grand Army of the Republic.
Died in Elizabethtown, Essex
County, N.Y., 1911
(age about
67 years).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Elizabethtown, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Orlando
Kellogg and Polly (Woodruff) Kellogg; married to Mary E.
Livingston; married, April
28, 1897, to Mary Richards; sixth great-grandson of Thomas
Welles; second cousin thrice removed of Charles
Kellogg; second cousin four times removed of Aaron
Kellogg; third cousin of Frank
Billings Kellogg; third cousin once removed of Elisha
Hotchkiss Jr. and William
Dean Kellogg; third cousin twice removed of Orsamus
Cook Merrill, Timothy
Merrill, Alvan
Kellogg, Day
Otis Kellogg, Dwight
Kellogg and Ensign
Hosmer Kellogg; third cousin thrice removed of Josiah
Cowles, John
Strong, Jason
Kellogg and Daniel
Fiske Kellogg; fourth cousin of Alphonso
Alva Hopkins and Arthur
Burnham Woodford; fourth cousin once removed of Farrand
Fassett Merrill and Donald
Barr Chidsey. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Murphy-Merrill
family of Harbor Beach, Michigan (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Horatio Collins King (1837-1918) —
also known as Horatio C. King —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, December
22, 1837.
Lawyer;
major in the Union Army during the Civil War; Democratic candidate
for secretary
of state of New York, 1895; Independent Democratic candidate for
U.S.
Representative from New York 3rd District, 1897; Progressive
candidate for New York
state comptroller, 1912.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Loyal
Legion; Grand Army of the Republic; Sons of
the American Revolution; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Received Medal
of Honor for action near Dinwiddie Court House, Va., March 29,
1865.
Died November
15, 1918 (age 80 years, 328
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Henry W. Knight (c.1846-1917) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Maine, about 1846.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; publishing
business; president, Young Men's Republican Club of Brooklyn,
1884.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic.
Died, in Pilcher Hospital,
Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., July 2,
1917 (age about 71
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Lansing Edgar Lincoln (1842-1916) —
also known as Lansing E. Lincoln —
of Mason, Ingham
County, Mich.; Harbor Beach, Huron
County, Mich.; Omer, Arenac
County, Mich.
Born in Groton, Tompkins
County, N.Y., November
23, 1842.
Progressive. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; merchant;
farmer;
livestock
dealer; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Huron County, 1885-88;
defeated, 1914.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic.
While entering a country
store, he slipped and fell,
never regained consciousness, and died soon after, in Omer, Arenac
County, Mich., November
4, 1916 (age 73 years, 347
days).
Interment at Evergreen Cemetery, Omer, Mich.
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Joseph James Little (1841-1913) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Bristol, England,
June
5, 1841.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; printer;
U.S.
Representative from New York 12th District, 1891-93.
Member, Freemasons;
Grand Army of the Republic.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
11, 1913 (age 71 years, 251
days).
Interment at Kensico
Cemetery, Valhalla, N.Y.
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Henry Champney Loomis (1834-1905) —
also known as Henry C. Loomis —
of Winfield, Cowley
County, Kan.
Born in Otto Township, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y., March
16, 1834.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; mayor
of Winfield, Kan., 1896-98.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Freemasons;
Elks; Redmen.
Died in St. Mary's Hospital,
Winfield, Cowley
County, Kan., October
14, 1905 (age 71 years, 212
days).
Interment at Union
Cemetery, Winfield, Kan.
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Perry Mayo (1829-1921) —
of Michigan.
Born in Hancock, Delaware
County, N.Y., June 14,
1829.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of
Michigan
state senate 7th District, 1887-88; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1894.
Member, Grange;
Grand Army of the Republic.
Mayo Hall at Michigan State University, originally a women's
dormitory, was named for his wife, Mary Mayo.
Died in Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich., January
5, 1921 (age 91 years, 205
days).
Interment at Austin
Cemetery, Convis Township, Calhoun County, Mich.
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William McKinley Jr. (1843-1901) —
also known as "Idol of Ohio" —
of Canton, Stark
County, Ohio.
Born in Niles, Trumbull
County, Ohio, January
29, 1843.
Republican. Major in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1877-84, 1885-91 (17th District
1877-79, 16th District 1879-81, 17th District 1881-83, 18th District
1883-84, 20th District 1885-87, 18th District 1887-91); delegate to
Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1884,
1888;
Governor
of Ohio, 1892-96; President
of the United States, 1897-1901; died in office 1901.
Methodist.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Loyal
Legion; Freemasons;
Grand Army of the Republic; Knights
of Pythias; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Shot
by the assassin
Leon Czolgosz, at a reception
in the Temple of Music, at the Pan American Exposition in Buffalo,
N.Y., September 6, 1901, and died eight days later, in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., September
14, 1901 (age 58 years, 228
days).
Originally entombed at West
Lawn Cemetery, Canton, Ohio; re-entombed in 1907 at McKinley
Monument, Canton, Ohio; statue at Lucas
County Courthouse Grounds, Toledo, Ohio.
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Relatives: Son
of William McKinley and Nancy Campbell (Allison) McKinley; married to
Ida
Saxton; first cousin of William
McKinley Osborne; fourth cousin once removed of Henry
Prather Fletcher. |
| | | Political family: McKinley
family of Canton, Ohio. |
| | | Cross-reference: Albert
Halstead — Loran
L. Lewis — George
B. Cortelyou — John
Goodnow |
| | | McKinley County,
N.M. is named for him. |
| | | Mount
McKinley (the highest peak in North America, now known by its
traditional name, Denali), in Denali
Borough, Alaska, was named for
him. — McKinley High
School, in Honolulu,
Hawaii, is named for
him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: William
McKinley Thomas
— William
McKinley Thomas
— William
M. Bell
— William
M. Branch
|
| | | Coins and currency: His portrait
appeared on the U.S. $500 bill in 1928-46. |
| | | Campaign slogan (1896): "The Full
Dinner Pail." |
| | | Campaign slogan (1896): "The Advance
Agent of Prosperity." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books about William McKinley: Lewis L.
Gould, The
Presidency of William McKinley — Kevin Phillips, William
McKinley — H. Wayne Morgan, William
McKinley and His America |
| | | Image source: American Monthly Review
of Reviews, October 1901 |
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Alfred Oakley (1839-1892) —
of Rutherford, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
16, 1839.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; banker; mayor
of Rutherford, N.J., 1881-83.
Episcopalian.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic.
Died October
19, 1892 (age 53 years, 3
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George Oakley and Elizabeth (Travis) Oakley. |
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Henry Zenas Osborne (1848-1923) —
also known as Henry Z. Osborne —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in New Lebanon, Columbia
County, N.Y., October
4, 1848.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; newspaper
editor and publisher; delegate to Republican National Convention
from California, 1888
(member, Resolutions
Committee); member of California
Republican State Executive Committee, 1890-1900; U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1890-94; U.S.
Representative from California 10th District, 1917-23; defeated,
1914; died in office 1923.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Grand Army of the Republic.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., February
8, 1923 (age 74 years, 127
days).
Interment at Angelus-Rosedale
Cemetery, Los Angeles, Calif.
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James Owens (b. 1841) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Ireland,
1841.
Democrat. Served in the Union Navy during the Civil War; member of New York
state senate 21st District, 1907-08.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Grand Army of the Republic.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
New York Red Book 1907 |
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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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Lewis Gilbert Palmer (1851-1911) —
also known as Lewis G. Palmer —
of Big Rapids, Mecosta
County, Mich.
Born in Herkimer
County, N.Y., September
17, 1851.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
member of Michigan
state senate, 1880; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Michigan, 1890-94; circuit
judge in Michigan 27th Circuit, 1899-1911; died in office 1911.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died in 1911
(age about
59 years).
Burial location unknown.
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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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Lewis Baldwin Parsons (b. 1818) —
also known as Lewis B. Parsons —
of Flora, Clay
County, Ill.
Born in Genesee
County, N.Y., April 5,
1818.
Democrat. Lawyer;
treasurer and president, Ohio and Mississippi Railroad;
colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Illinois, 1880; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Illinois, 1884.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Sons of
the Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars.
Burial location unknown.
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Theodore Lewis Poole (1840-1900) —
also known as Theodore L. Poole —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born in Jordan, Onondaga
County, N.Y., April
10, 1840.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; Onondaga
County Clerk, 1868-70; U.S.
Representative from New York 27th District, 1895-97; defeated,
1896.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic.
Died in Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., December
23, 1900 (age 60 years, 257
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Syracuse, N.Y.
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Philip Sidney Post (1833-1895) —
also known as P. Sidney Post —
of Galesburg, Knox
County, Ill.
Born in Florida, Orange
County, N.Y., March
19, 1833.
Republican. Lawyer;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Consul in Vienna, 1866-74; U.S. Consul General in Vienna, 1874-79; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 10th District, 1887-95; died in
office 1895.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic.
Received the Medal
of Honor in 1893 for action at the Battle of Nashville.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
6, 1895 (age 61 years, 293
days).
Interment at Hope
Cemetery, Galesburg, Ill.
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John Raines (1840-1909) —
of Canandaigua, Ontario
County, N.Y.
Born in Canandaigua, Ontario
County, N.Y., May 6,
1840.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the Union Army during the Civil War; insurance
agent; member of New York
state assembly from Ontario County, 1881-82, 1885; member of New York
state senate, 1886-89, 1895-1909 (28th District 1886-89, 26th
District 1895, 42nd District 1896-1909); U.S.
Representative from New York 29th District, 1889-93; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1896
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business; speaker),
1900
(alternate), 1904,
1908
(alternate).
Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Loyal
Legion; Freemasons.
Died in Canandaigua, Ontario
County, N.Y., December
16, 1909 (age 69 years, 224
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Canandaigua, N.Y.
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George Washington Ray (1844-1925) —
also known as George W. Ray —
of Norwich, Chenango
County, N.Y.
Born in Otselic, Chenango
County, N.Y., February
3, 1844.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
director, Norwich Furniture
Co.; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1883-85, 1891-1902 (21st District
1883-85, 26th District 1891-1902); U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of New York, 1902-08.
Baptist.
Member, American
Society for International Law; Grand Army of the Republic;
Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Redmen.
Died in 1925
(age about
81 years).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Norwich, N.Y.
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James Arthur Roberts (1847-1922) —
also known as James A. Roberts —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Waterboro, York
County, Maine, March 8,
1847.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1879-80 (Erie County 3rd District 1879, Erie
County 4th District 1880); New York
state comptroller, 1894-98; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1900.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Sons
of the American Revolution; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Grand Army of the Republic; Society
of Colonial Wars.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
19, 1922 (age 75 years, 256
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Jeremiah Roberts and Alma (Roberts) Roberts; married, June 1,
1871, to Minnie Pineo; married, December
11, 1884, to Martha Dresser. |
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John Cleveland Robinson (1817-1897) —
also known as John C. Robinson —
of Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y.
Born in Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y., April
10, 1817.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; general
in the Union Army during the Civil War; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1872;
Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1873-74.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic.
Received the Medal
of Honor in 1894 for action at Laurel Hill, Va., May 8, 1864.
Died February
18, 1897 (age 79 years, 314
days).
Interment at Spring
Forest Cemetery, Binghamton, N.Y.; statue at Gettysburg
National Military Park, Gettysburg, Pa.
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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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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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Albert Duane Shaw (1841-1901) —
also known as Albert D. Shaw —
of Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y.
Born in Lyme town, Jefferson
County, N.Y., December
21, 1841.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of
New
York state assembly from Jefferson County 2nd District, 1867;
U.S. Consul in Toronto, as of 1868-78; Manchester, 1878-85; U.S.
Representative from New York 24th District, 1900-01; died in
office 1901.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic.
Died, probably of apoplexy,
in his room at the Riggs House hotel, Washington,
D.C., February
10, 1901 (age 59 years, 51
days).
Interment at Brookside
Cemetery, Watertown, N.Y.
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Isaac Ruth Sherwood (1835-1925) —
also known as Isaac R. Sherwood —
of Bryan, Williams
County, Ohio; Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio.
Born in Stanford, Dutchess
County, N.Y., August
13, 1835.
Democrat. Probate judge in Ohio, 1860; general in the Union Army
during the Civil War; secretary
of state of Ohio, 1869-73; U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1873-75, 1907-21, 1923-25 (6th District
1873-75, 9th District 1907-21, 1923-25); defeated, 1920, 1924;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio.
Member, Loyal
Legion; Grand Army of the Republic.
Leading advocate of the $1/day pension for Union Civil War veterans.
Voted against U.S. entry into World War I.
Died in Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio, October
15, 1925 (age 90 years, 63
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Toledo, Ohio.
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Daniel Edgar Sickles (1819-1914) —
also known as Daniel E. Sickles; "Devil
Dan" —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
20, 1819.
Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County, 1847; member of New York
state senate 3rd District, 1856-57; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1857-61, 1893-95 (3rd District
1857-61, 10th District 1893-95); defeated (Democratic), 1894; general
in the Union Army during the Civil War; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1868;
U.S. Minister to Spain, 1869-74; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
New York, 1892.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic.
Shot and killed
Philip
Barton Key, his wife's lover and the son of the author of the
national anthem, at Lafayette Park, Washington, D.C, 1859; charged
with murder,
but with the help of his attorney Edwin
M. Stanton, was acquitted after the first
successful plea of temporary insanity in U.S. legal history.
Received the Medal
of Honor in 1897 for action at the Battle of Gettysburg, July 2,
1863; lost a
leg in that battle; his amputated leg was displayed at the Army
Medical Museum, where he frequently visited it in later years.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 3,
1914 (age 94 years, 195
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Frank D. Sloat (1835-1922) —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Fishkill, Dutchess
County, N.Y., September
28, 1835.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; president, Victor Sewing
Machine Company, 1873; Connecticut
state comptroller, 1883-85.
Member, Freemasons;
Grand Army of the Republic.
Died March
10, 1922 (age 86 years, 163
days).
Interment at Union Valley Cemetery, Carmel, N.Y.
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Willard B. Smith (1838-1899) —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Orleans
County, N.Y., March 7,
1838.
Republican. Physician;
served in the Union Army during the Civil War; mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1878-80, 1887-88; defeated, 1888.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Grand Army of the Republic.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., 1899
(age about
61 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Dr. Ransom S. Smith and Emily B. (Burroughs) Smith; married, November
14, 1863, to Sarah F. North; married, October
5, 1898, to Jennie Phillips. |
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John G. Snook (1845-1929) —
of Mason, Ingham
County, Mich.; Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Waterloo, Seneca
County, N.Y., June 3,
1845.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; harness
maker; carriage
trimmer; candidate for mayor of
Mason, Mich., 1889 (Prohibition), 1890 (Prohibition), 1894
(Prohibition), 1896 (Prohibition), 1907 (Law and Order).
Methodist.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic.
Died in Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., December
17, 1929 (age 84 years, 197
days).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Mason, Mich.
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Francis Spies Jr. (1840-1893) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., May 10,
1840.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; commission
merchant; Portland
cement importer;
Vice-Consul
for Honduras in New
York, N.Y., 1887-93.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Tammany
Hall.
Died from a self-inflicted
gunshot,
in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 21,
1893 (age 53 years, 42
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Francis Spies and Amanda Maria (Harding) Spies; married 1869 to Amelia
L. Schwarzwaelder. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Isaac DeGraff Toll (1818-1908) —
also known as Isaac D. Toll; "The
General" —
of Fawn River, St. Joseph
County, Mich.; Petoskey, Emmet
County, Mich.
Born in Glenville, Schenectady
County, N.Y., December
1, 1818.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from St. Joseph County, 1846;
member of Michigan
state senate 4th District, 1847; served in the Union Army during
the Civil War; village
president of Petoskey, Michigan, 1881-83; postmaster at Petoskey,
Mich., 1887.
Dutch
ancestry. Member, Grand Army of the Republic.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Petoskey, Emmet
County, Mich., March
27, 1908 (age 89 years, 117
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Petoskey, Mich.
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Charles H. Weygant (b. 1839) —
of Newburgh, Orange
County, N.Y.
Born in Cornwall, Orange
County, N.Y., July 8,
1839.
Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; Orange
County Sheriff, 1870; mayor
of Newburgh, N.Y., 1878-80.
Methodist.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1868 to
Charlotte Sackett. |
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George Wood Wingate (1840-1928) —
also known as George W. Wingate —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 1,
1840.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; led
construction of elevated
railways in Brooklyn; marksmanship promoter; president, National
Rifle Association, 1886-1900; candidate for Presidential Elector for
New York.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic; National Rifle
Association.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., March
22, 1928 (age 87 years, 265
days).
Interment at Friends
Burying Ground, Prospect Park, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Joseph C. Wolff (b. 1849) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Besancon, France,
January
9, 1849.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 16th District, 1893; member
of New
York state senate 11th District, 1894-95.
Jewish.
Member, Tammany
Hall; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Grand Army of the Republic.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
New York State Legislative Souvenir (1893) |
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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. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: John B. Woodward: a
biographical memoir (1897) |
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