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Herbert Erwin Allen (1874-1947) —
also known as Herbert E. Allen;
"Bertie" —
of Clinton, Oneida
County, N.Y.
Born in Mexico, Oswego
County, N.Y., December
13, 1874.
Merchant;
hardware business; member of New York
state assembly from Oneida County 2nd District, 1910-13.
Died in Clinton, Oneida
County, N.Y., October
24, 1947 (age 72 years, 315
days).
Interment at Sunset Hill Cemetery, Clinton, N.Y.
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William Alvord (1833-1904) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., January
3, 1833.
Hardware dealer; banker; mayor
of San Francisco, Calif., 1871-73; San Francisco Police
Commissioner, 1878-99.
Member, Loyal
Legion; American
Forestry Association.
Died, of heart
failure due to bronchial
troubles, in San
Francisco, Calif., December
21, 1904 (age 71 years, 353
days).
Interment at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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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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Walter Livingstone Brown (b. 1846) —
also known as Walter L. Brown —
of Oneonta, Otsego
County, N.Y.
Born in Carlisle, Schoharie
County, N.Y., September
5, 1846.
Republican. Hardware business; farmer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1888-89, 1891-93 (Otsego County 2nd District
1888-89, 1891-92, Otsego County 1893); member of New York
state senate 33rd District, 1896-98, 1903-06.
Burial location unknown.
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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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Martin Butterfield (1790-1866) —
of Palmyra, Wayne
County, N.Y.
Born in Westmoreland, Cheshire
County, N.H., December
8, 1790.
Hardware business; rope and
cordage manufacturer; candidate for Presidential Elector for New
York; U.S.
Representative from New York 25th District, 1859-61.
Died in Palmyra, Wayne
County, N.Y., August
6, 1866 (age 75 years, 241
days).
Interment at Village
Cemetery, Palmyra, N.Y.
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Walter Henry Churchill (1838-1900) —
also known as Walter H. Churchill —
of Shelby, Oceana
County, Mich.
Born in Batavia, Genesee
County, N.Y., April
27, 1838.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; postmaster;
supervisor, Shelby Township, 1866, 1885; hardware business; boot and shoe
merchant; banker; Oceana
County Probate Judge, 1889-92.
Died, from intestinal
adhesions, in Shelby Township, Oceana
County, Mich., June 23,
1900 (age 62 years, 57
days).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Shelby, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel Churchill and Eliza Churchill; married 1859 to Jane
P. Green; married 1869 to Lucada
A. Carter; married 1874 to Sarah
A. Hamlin. |
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memorial |
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John Richard Clancy (1859-1932) —
also known as John R. Clancy —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born in Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., March 8,
1859.
Democrat. Hardware manufacturer; U.S.
Representative from New York 35th District, 1913-15; defeated,
1914.
Member, Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
Died in Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., April
21, 1932 (age 73 years, 44
days).
Interment at St.
Agnes Cemetery, Syracuse, N.Y.
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Tracy Edward Crouse (1887-1957) —
also known as Tracy E. Crouse —
of North Granby, Granby, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Altmar, Oswego
County, N.Y., December
30, 1887.
Republican. Farmer;
hardware merchant; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Granby, 1921-22.
Died in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., December
10, 1957 (age 69 years, 345
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Henry Delavan (1810-1892) —
also known as Charles H. Delavan —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Sing Sing (now Ossining), Westchester
County, N.Y., July 23,
1810.
Hardware business; insurance
broker; U.S. Consul in Sydney, 1842-48; U.S. Commercial Agent (Consul) in St. Thomas, 1849-50.
French
Huguenot ancestry. Member, Sons of
the Revolution.
Died, of heart
failure, in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April 9,
1892 (age 81 years, 261
days).
Entombed at Sleepy
Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Daniel Delavan and Eliza (Johnston) Delavan. |
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Alfred J. Doherty (1856-1929) —
of Clare, Clare
County, Mich.
Born in New York, May 1,
1856.
Republican. School
teacher; hardware business; member of Michigan
state senate 28th District, 1901-06; member of Michigan
state board of agriculture, 1907-19; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Michigan; represented the Pullman railroad
car company as a lobbyist
in Michigan and other states; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Michigan, 1920.
Died September
24, 1929 (age 73 years, 146
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Benjamin Doolittle (b. 1825) —
of Oswego, Oswego
County, N.Y.
Born in Lenox, Madison
County, N.Y., December
29, 1825.
Republican. Hardware business; grain mill and
elevator business; member of New York
state assembly from Oswego County 1st District, 1869; mayor of
Oswego, N.Y., 1874; member of New York
state senate 21st District, 1876-77.
Burial location unknown.
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Reuben Ellwood (1821-1885) —
of Schenectady
County, N.Y.; Illinois.
Born in Minden, Montgomery
County, N.Y., February
21, 1821.
Republican. Farm
implement manufacturer; hardware business; member of New York
state assembly from Schenectady County, 1851; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 5th District, 1883-85; died in
office 1885.
Died in Sycamore, DeKalb
County, Ill., July 1,
1885 (age 64 years, 130
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Sycamore, Ill.
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Charles Carroll Fitch (1842-1899) —
also known as Charles C. Fitch —
of Mason, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Cuylerville, Livingston
County, N.Y., July 19,
1842.
Democrat. Abstractor;
hardware business; president, Mason Water and
Electric Light Company; Ingham
County Register of Deeds, 1885-88; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Ingham County 2nd District,
1889-92.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died suddenly, of heart
disease, June 28,
1899 (age 56 years, 344
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Seth Merrill Gates (1800-1877) —
also known as Seth M. Gates —
of Le Roy, Genesee
County, N.Y.; Warsaw, Wyoming
County, N.Y.
Born in Winfield, Herkimer
County, N.Y., October
10, 1800.
Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Genesee County, 1832; newspaper
editor; U.S.
Representative from New York 29th District, 1839-43; Free Soil
candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1848; lumber and
hardware merchant; postmaster.
Died in Warsaw, Wyoming
County, N.Y., August
24, 1877 (age 76 years, 318
days).
Interment at Warsaw
Cemetery, Warsaw, N.Y.
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John Hugh Graham (1835-1895) —
also known as John H. Graham —
of New York.
Born in Belfast, Ireland (now Northern
Ireland), April 1,
1835.
Democrat. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; hardware
business; U.S.
Representative from New York 5th District, 1893-95.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., July 11,
1895 (age 60 years, 101
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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David Howell Jerome (1829-1896) —
also known as David H. Jerome —
of Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., November
17, 1829.
Republican. Went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; hardware merchant;
lumber
business; member of Michigan
state senate, 1863-68 (27th District 1863-66, 26th District
1867-68); alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Michigan, 1868;
member of Michigan
state constitutional commission 8th District, 1873; Governor of
Michigan, 1881-82; defeated, 1882.
Episcopalian.
Died in Watkins Glen, Schuyler
County, N.Y., April
23, 1896 (age 66 years, 158
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Saginaw Township, Saginaw County, Mich.
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Asbury Elliott Kellogg (1886-1970) —
also known as A. Elliott Kellogg —
of Katonah, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Katonah, Westchester
County, N.Y., August
25, 1886.
Prohibition candidate for New York
state assembly from Westchester County 2nd District, 1917, 1918;
hardware merchant.
Died in Katonah, Westchester
County, N.Y., February
11, 1970 (age 83 years, 170
days).
Interment at Union
Cemetery, Bedford, N.Y.
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John Laing (1880-1934) —
of East Otto, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y.
Born in East Otto, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y., July 20,
1880.
Democrat. Hardware merchant; candidate for New York
state assembly from Cattaraugus County, 1929.
Died in East Otto, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y., May 21,
1934 (age 53 years, 305
days).
Interment at East Otto Cemetery, East Otto, N.Y.
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Mark T. Lambert —
of Lockport, Niagara
County, N.Y.
Republican. Hardware business; member of New York
state assembly from Niagara County 1st District, 1924-26.
Burial location unknown.
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Peter Lowe (1812-1891) —
of Mason, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Neversink, Sullivan
County, N.Y., May 24,
1812.
Hardware merchant; druggist; village
president of Mason, Michigan, 1866-67.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April 7,
1891 (age 78 years, 318
days).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Mason, Mich.
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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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Henry Meurs —
of Rensselaer, Rensselaer
County, N.Y.
Republican. Hardware dealer; mayor
of Rensselaer, N.Y., 1921; member of New York
state assembly from Rensselaer County 2nd District, 1924.
Burial location unknown.
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Edward Sloman Minor (1840-1924) —
also known as Edward S. Minor —
of Fish Creek, Door
County, Wis.; Sturgeon Bay, Door
County, Wis.
Born in Point Peninsula, Jefferson
County, N.Y., December
13, 1840.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
hardware business; member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1878, 1880-81; member of Wisconsin
state senate, 1883-85; superintendent of Sturgeon Bay and Lake
Michigan Ship
Canal, 1884-91; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin, 1895-1907 (8th District 1895-1903,
9th District 1903-07); postmaster.
Died in Sturgeon Bay, Door
County, Wis., July 26,
1924 (age 83 years, 226
days).
Interment at Bayside
Cemetery, Sturgeon Bay, Wis.
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Webster J. Oliver (1888-1969) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
14, 1888.
Democrat. Hardware buyer; lawyer; Judge
of U.S. Customs Court, 1940-67; took senior status 1967.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
16, 1969 (age 81 years, 306
days).
Burial location unknown.
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David Munson Osborne (1822-1886) —
also known as David M. Osborne —
of Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Born in Rye, Westchester
County, N.Y., December
15, 1822.
Republican. Hardware business; farm
implement manufacturer; mayor of
Auburn, N.Y., 1879-80; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New York, 1884.
Died in Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y., July 6,
1886 (age 63 years, 203
days).
Interment at Fort
Hill Cemetery, Auburn, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of John Hall Osborn and Caroline (Bulkley) Osborn; married 1851 to Eliza
Lidy Wright; father of Thomas
Mott Osborne; grandfather of Charles
Devens Osborne and Lithgow
Osborne; second cousin of Charles
Taylor Sherman, Barzillai
Bulkeley Kellogg, William
Tecumseh Sherman, Lampson
Parker Sherman and John
Sherman; third cousin once removed of Dwight
Arthur Silliman; third cousin twice removed of Ira
Yale and Asbury
Elliott Kellogg; third cousin thrice removed of Ebenezer
Lockwood, Jonathan
Brace and Aaron
Burr; fourth cousin of Howkin
Bulkley Beardslee, Henry
Jarvis Raymond and Edwin
Olmstead Keeler; fourth cousin once removed of Ebenezer
Huntington, Charles
Yale, Eli
Thacher Hoyt, Millard
Ellsworth Lane, Oliver
Cromwell Jennings, Fred
Lockwood Keeler and Thomas
McKeen Chidsey. |
| | | Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Rufus Richtmyer —
of Fultonville, Montgomery
County, N.Y.
Born in Cobleskill, Schoharie
County, N.Y.
Republican. Farmer; merchant;
hardware business; coal
dealer; member of New York
state assembly from Montgomery County, 1927-32; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1932.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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George Montgomery Scott (1835-1915) —
also known as George M. Scott —
of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born in Chazy, Clinton
County, N.Y., July 27,
1835.
Hardware business; mayor
of Salt Lake City, Utah, 1890-92.
Episcopalian.
Died in San Mateo, San Mateo
County, Calif., November
19, 1915 (age 80 years, 115
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Peter Sonna (b. 1835) —
of Boise, Ada
County, Idaho.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., 1835.
Hardware business; mining supplies
dealer; mayor of
Boise, Idaho, 1893-95.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
City of Boise |
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Walter M. Taussig (1862-1923) —
of Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., June 10,
1862.
Democrat. President, Wiesbuch & Hilger, hardware
exporters; vice-president, American Chain Company; president,
Challenge Cutlery Company; mayor
of Yonkers, N.Y., 1922-23; defeated, 1923; died in office 1923.
Shot
himself
in the head, in the garage of his home, and died forty minutes later,
in St. John's Hospital,
Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y., November
21, 1923 (age 61 years, 164
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Mason Turner (1891-1978) —
of Torrington, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 28,
1891.
Hardware store clerk; U.S. Vice Consul in Colombo, as of 1926; U.S. Consul in Colombo, as of 1927-28; Paris, as of 1929-30; Malta, as of 1932; Callao-Lima, as of 1938-40; Perth, 1941-46.
Died in Polk
County, Fla., December
20, 1978 (age 87 years, 206
days).
Interment at Hillside Cemetery, Torrington, Conn.
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Charles Lee Underhill (1867-1946) —
also known as Charles L. Underhill —
of Somerville, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Richmond,
Va., July 20,
1867.
Republican. Blacksmith;
hardware merchant; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1900; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 9th District, 1921-33.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
28, 1946 (age 78 years, 192
days).
Interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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Charles Christopher Brainerd Walker (1824-1888) —
also known as Charles C. B. Walker —
of Corning, Steuben
County, N.Y.
Born in Drewsville, Walpole, Cheshire
County, N.H., June 27,
1824.
Democrat. Contractor;
lumber
and hardware merchant; postmaster at Corning,
N.Y., 1856-60; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
New York, 1860,
1872;
U.S.
Representative from New York 29th District, 1875-77; New York
Democratic state chair, 1886-87.
Died in Corning, Steuben
County, N.Y., January
26, 1888 (age 63 years, 213
days).
Interment at Palmyra
Cemetery, Palmyra, N.Y.
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John L. Watrous —
of Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Hardware business; village
president of Auburn, New York, 1843-44; mayor of
Auburn, N.Y., 1855.
Burial location unknown.
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Orin S. Wilcox (b. 1898) —
of Theresa, Jefferson
County, N.Y.
Born in Alexandria town, Jefferson
County, N.Y., September
22, 1898.
Republican. Hardware merchant; farmer;
member of New York
state assembly from Jefferson County, 1945-65.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Grange.
Burial location unknown.
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