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Nathaniel Allen (1780-1832) —
of Ontario
County, N.Y.
Born in East Bloomfield, Ontario
County, N.Y., 1780.
Blacksmith; postmaster;
member of New York
state assembly from Ontario County, 1811-12; Ontario
County Sheriff, 1815-19; U.S.
Representative from New York 21st District, 1819-21.
Died in the Gault House hotel,
Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., December
22, 1832 (age about 52
years).
Interment at Allens
Hill Cemetery, Richmond, N.Y.
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David Dows (1885-1966) —
also known as "Big Dave" —
of Locust Valley, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.; Bradley, Greenwood
County, S.C.
Born in Irvington, Westchester
County, N.Y., August
12, 1885.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; worked in iron and steel
mills; supervised construction
of steel
mills overseas; studied foreign industries as representative of a
steamship
line; horse breeder; bank
director; Nassau
County Sheriff, 1932-34; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1944;
member, New York State Racing Commission, 1944-49; delegate to
Republican National Convention from South Carolina, 1956;
South
Carolina Republican state chair, 1956-58; candidate for
Presidential Elector for South Carolina.
Convicted
of assault
in 1913, over his treatment of a New York Times reporter who was
attempting to interview him.
Died in Hot Springs, Bath
County, Va., August
13, 1966 (age 81 years, 1
days).
Interment at Sleepy
Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.
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David Gilman (1812-1885) —
of Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo
County, Mich.; Watab, Benton
County, Minn.
Born in New York, April
29, 1812.
Democrat. Livery business; hotelier;
farmer;
Benton
County Sheriff, 1849-51; member of Minnesota
territorial House of Representatives 6th District, 1851; postmaster;
delegate
to Minnesota state constitutional convention 5th District, 1857.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Watab, Benton
County, Minn., May 9,
1885 (age 73 years, 10
days).
Interment at Benton
County Cemetery, Sauk Rapids, Minn.
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Walter Smith Gurnee (1813-1903) —
also known as Walter S. Gurnee —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Haverstraw, Rockland
County, N.Y., March 9,
1813.
Democrat. Saddle and harness maker; real estate
business; mayor
of Chicago, Ill., 1851-53.
Scottish
ancestry.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April
17, 1903 (age 90 years, 39
days).
Entombed at Sleepy
Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.
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Edward Wingate Hatch (1852-1924) —
also known as Edward W. Hatch —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Friendship, Allegany
County, N.Y., November
26, 1852.
Republican. Blacksmith; lawyer; Erie
County District Attorney, 1881-86; Buffalo superior court judge,
1887-95; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 8th District, 1896-1903; Justice of the
Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 2nd Department,
1896-1900; law partner of Alton
B. Parker, 1905-12, and William
F. Sheehan, 1905-15.
Member, Union
League.
Died in Friendship, Allegany
County, N.Y., June 1,
1924 (age 71 years, 188
days).
Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery, Friendship, N.Y.
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Nathan Keator (1838-1886) —
of Rosendale, Ulster
County, N.Y.
Born in Rosendale, Ulster
County, N.Y., May 11,
1838.
Blacksmith; farmer;
member of New York
state assembly from Ulster County 2nd District, 1877-78.
Died in Rosendale, Ulster
County, N.Y., February
25, 1886 (age 47 years, 290
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Joseph Kelly —
also known as John J. Kelly —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Master horseshoer; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 1st District, 1913.
Burial location unknown.
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C. A. Neill (b. 1859) —
of Watertown, Codington
County, S.Dak.
Born in Westfield, Chautauqua
County, N.Y., April
25, 1859.
Republican. Harness and saddle business; Codington
County Sheriff, 1895-98; member of South
Dakota state senate 28th District, 1903-06.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married, February
9, 1887, to Ada D. Harrington. |
| | | Image source: South Dakota Legislative
Manual, 1903 |
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Lewis Selye (1803-1883) —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Chittenango, Madison
County, N.Y., July 11,
1803.
Blacksmith; iron
manufacturer; Monroe
County Treasurer, 1848-51, 1854; newspaper
publisher; U.S.
Representative from New York 28th District, 1867-69.
Died in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., January
27, 1883 (age 79 years, 200
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Rochester, N.Y.
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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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James Tallmadge (1743-1821) —
of Dutchess
County, N.Y.
Born in Sharon, Litchfield
County, Conn., September
11, 1743.
Blacksmith; farmer;
member of New York
state assembly from Dutchess County, 1784-85, 1790-92; candidate
for Presidential Elector for New York.
Died in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess
County, N.Y., December
21, 1821 (age 78 years, 101
days).
Interment at Old Baptist Burying Ground, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
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Justus Thorington (1848-1927) —
also known as Chet Thorington —
of Midland, Midland
County, Mich.
Born in Prattsville, Greene
County, N.Y., February
20, 1848.
Democrat. Lumber and
timber business; shingle
manufacturer; livery business; farmer; Midland
County Sheriff, 1891-92; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1903-04; defeated, 1900;
candidate for mayor
of Midland, Mich., 1914.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Odd
Fellows; Modern
Woodmen; Foresters;
Maccabees.
Died in Midland, Midland
County, Mich., September
26, 1927 (age 79 years, 218
days).
Interment at Midland
Cemetery, Midland, Mich.
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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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Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney (1899-1992) —
also known as Cornelius V. Whitney;
"Sonny" —
of Westbury, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.; Saratoga Springs, Saratoga
County, N.Y.
Born in Roslyn, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., February
20, 1899.
Democrat. Co-founder and chairman of Pam American Airways;
chairman, Hudson Bay Mining and
Smelting
Company; horse breeder; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 1st District, 1932; along with David
O. Selznick, he helped to finance and produce Hollywood
films in the 1930s and 1940s.
Died in Saratoga Springs, Saratoga
County, N.Y., December
13, 1992 (age 93 years, 297
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Harry Payne Whitney and Gertrude (Vanderbilt) Whitney; married, March 5,
1923, to Marie Norton (who later married William
Averell Harriman); married, September
29, 1931, to Gladys Crosby Hopkins; married, June 18,
1941, to Eleanor Searle; married, January
24, 1958, to Mary Lou (Schroeder) Hosford; grandson of William
Collins Whitney; grandnephew of Henry
Melville Whitney; great-grandson of Henry
B. Payne and James
Scollay Whitney; second great-grandson of Henry
Collins Flagg; first cousin of William
Henry Vanderbilt III and John
Hay Whitney; first cousin once removed of Frances
Payne Bolton; second cousin of William
Armistead Moale Burden and Oliver
Payne Bolton; second cousin once removed of Shirley
Carter Burden Jr.; third cousin thrice removed of Thomas
Mackie Burgess. |
| | | Political families: Roosevelt
family of New York; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Morton
family; Bolton-Whitney-Brainard-Wolcott
family of Ohio and New York; Whitney-Nye-Lincoln-Hay
family of Massachusetts (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
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W. Irving Yeckley (b. 1833) —
of Ypsilanti Township, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Ontario
County, N.Y., May 5,
1833.
Republican. Harness maker; farmer; supervisor
of Ypsilanti Township, Michigan, 1869-79.
German
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arcanum.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Adam Yeckley and Gertrude (Snyder) Yeckley; married 1873 to Nancy
E. Gilbert. |
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