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William Babcock (1785-1838) —
of Penn Yan, Yates
County, N.Y.
Born in Hinsdale, Cheshire
County, N.H., 1785.
Merchant;
Yates
County Treasurer, 1823; U.S.
Representative from New York 26th District, 1831-33;
hotel-keeper.
Died in Penn Yan, Yates
County, N.Y., October
20, 1838 (age about 53
years).
Interment at City
Hill Cemetery, Near Penn Yan, Yates County, N.Y.
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Nathan Barlow Jr. (1818-1899) —
of Hastings, Barry
County, Mich.
Born in Canandaigua, Ontario
County, N.Y., January
1, 1818.
Democrat. Hotel owner; merchant;
Barry
County Clerk, 1843-44; Barry
County Treasurer, 1845-46; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Barry County, 1850;
Supervisor, Hastings Township, 1853; postmaster at Hastings,
Mich., 1854; director, Grand River Valley Railroad,
1872-97; mayor
of Hastings, Mich., 1873-74.
Died in Hastings, Barry
County, Mich., January
25, 1899 (age 81 years, 24
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Hastings, Mich.
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James Jerome Belden (1825-1904) —
also known as James J. Belden —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born in Fabius, Onondaga
County, N.Y., September
30, 1825.
Republican. Builder;
banker;
hotel owner; mayor
of Syracuse, N.Y., 1877-78; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1887-95, 1897-99 (25th District
1887-93, 27th District 1893-95, 1897-99).
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died, of uremic
poisoning, in Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., January
1, 1904 (age 78 years, 93
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Syracuse, N.Y.
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Frank X. Bernhardt —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Republican. Hotel business; wholesale
wine and liquor business; garage
business; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 35th District, 1906; member of New York
state assembly from Erie County 3rd District, 1925-34, 1936;
defeated, 1934.
Catholic.
Member, Eagles.
Burial location unknown.
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Presumably named
for: Francis
Xavier |
| | | Relatives: Son of Aloys Bernhardt and
Martina (Hoffman) Bernhardt. |
| | | Image source: New York Red Book
1936 |
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Walter Hull Berry (b. 1860) —
also known as Walter H. Berry —
of Bennington, Bennington
County, Vt.
Born in Lansingburgh (now part of Troy), Rensselaer
County, N.Y., January
14, 1860.
Republican. Hotel proprietor; member of Vermont
state senate from Bennington County, 1925-27.
Presbyterian.
Burial location unknown.
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Allen J. Bloomfield (1883-1932) —
of Richfield Springs, Otsego
County, N.Y.
Born in Warren, Herkimer
County, N.Y., May 29,
1883.
Republican. Hotelier; member of New York
state assembly from Otsego County, 1915-20; member of New York
state senate 39th District, 1921-24; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1932.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Shriners.
Died in 1932
(age about
49 years).
Interment at Lakeview Cemetery, Richfield Springs, N.Y.
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Esterita Blumberg (1928-2004) —
also known as Cissie Blumberg; Esterita
Rosenberg —
of Glen Wild, Sullivan
County, N.Y.; Liberty, Sullivan
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March 8,
1928.
Hotel-keeper; newspaper
columnist;
American Labor candidate for New York
state senate 34th District, 1952.
Female.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Liberty, Sullivan
County, N.Y., September
3, 2004 (age 76 years, 179
days).
Interment at Workmen's Circle Cemetery, Glen Wild, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Elmer
Rosenberg and Rose (Braverman) Rosenberg; married to Larry
Blumberg. |
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William Bostwick (1765-1825) —
of Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Born in Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn., November
25, 1765.
Hotelier; tavern
proprietor; village
president of Auburn, New York, 1824-25.
Episcopalian.
Died in Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y., June 24,
1825 (age 59 years, 211
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Arthur Bostwick and Eunice (Warriner) Bostwick; first cousin of Elijah
Boardman and Daniel
Warner Bostwick; first cousin once removed of William
Whiting Boardman; first cousin thrice removed of Mabel
Thorp Boardman; second cousin once removed of Jabez
Bostwick; second cousin twice removed of Ezra
Bostwick; second cousin thrice removed of Elias
William Bostwick, Edward
Everett Bostwick, Abel
Arthur Bostwick and Charles
Francis Bostwick; third cousin once removed of Daniel
Chapin (1761-1821); fourth cousin of Jonathan
Elmer, Ebenezer
Elmer, Eli
Elmer, John
Allen, Daniel
Chapin (1791-1878), Chester
William Chapin and Graham
Hurd Chapin; fourth cousin once removed of Amaziah
Brainard, Luther
Walter Badger, Willard
J. Chapin, Daniel
Kellogg, Eli
Thacher Hoyt, Lucius
Quintius Cincinnatus Elmer, Marshall
Chapin, John
Hall Brockway, John
William Allen, John
Putnam Chapin, John
Milton Thayer, Henry
Purdy Day and Edmund
Day. |
| | | Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
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George E. Brassard (1867-1944) —
of Ogdensburg, St.
Lawrence County, N.Y.
Born in New York, 1867.
Hotel manager; freight house worker, New York Central Railroad;
Socialist candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 31st District, 1932; American Labor
candidate for New York
state assembly from St. Lawrence County 1st District, 1940.
French
Canadian ancestry.
Died in 1944
(age about
77 years).
Interment at Ogdensburg
Cemetery, Ogdensburg, N.Y.
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Herbert Brownell Jr. (1904-1996) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Peru, Nemaha
County, Neb., February
20, 1904.
Republican. Lawyer;
counsel for hotel associations; author, "Manual of New York
Hotel and Restaurant
Law"; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 10th District, 1933-37;
defeated, 1931; delegate to Republican National Convention from New
York, 1936,
1944,
1948;
campaign manager, Thomas
E. Dewey for Governor of New York and for President; Chairman
of Republican National Committee, 1944-46; U.S.
Attorney General, 1953-57.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Upsilon; Sigma
Delta Chi; Phi
Delta Phi; Order of
the Coif.
Died of cancer,
in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 1,
1996 (age 92 years, 71
days).
Interment at Hilltop Cemetery, Mendham, N.J.
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Samuel J. Burden —
of Long Island City, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Hotel-keeper; member of New York
state assembly from Queens County 1st District, 1913.
Burial location unknown.
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Jasper B. Chapin (1822-1896) —
of Virginia City, Madison
County, Mont.; Moorhead, Clay
County, Minn.; Fargo, Cass
County, Dakota Territory (now N.Dak.).
Born in Genesee
County, N.Y., January
7, 1822.
Hotel owner; mayor of
Fargo, N.Dak., 1880-82.
Killed
himself, in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., January
26, 1896 (age 74 years, 19
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Emma Jane Clark. |
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Robert Keaton Christenberry (1899-1973) —
also known as Robert K. Christenberry —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill.; Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Fort Lauderdale, Broward
County, Fla.
Born in Huntingdon, Carroll
County, Tenn., January
27, 1899.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; lost his
right hand and wrist in a grenade explosion; U.S. Vice Consul in
Vladivostok, as of 1919; hotel manager and executive;
candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1957; postmaster at New
York City, N.Y., 1958-66 (acting, 1958-59).
Presbyterian.
Member, Disabled
American Veterans; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Jesters.
Suffered a stroke,
and died two months later, in Methodist Hospital,
Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., April
13, 1973 (age 74 years, 76
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Calvin Christenberry and Rebecca Arminta (Keaton)
Christenberry; married, August
14, 1929, to Edna Joan LeRoy. |
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Montgomery F. Crowe (b. 1890) —
of Stroudsburg, Monroe
County, Pa.
Born in Piermont, Rockland
County, N.Y., November
9, 1890.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; insurance
business; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 14th District, 1939-54; director, General Hospital
of Monroe County; director, Stroudsburg Security Trust
Company; president, Monroe County Industries;
treasurer, Pocono Lodges Hotel Company director, Van Karner Chemical
Arms Corporation; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1956
(alternate), 1960.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles H. Crowe and Jessie M. (Durkee) Crowe; married to Frances
K. Wirth. |
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Philip Dorsheimer (c.1797-1868) —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born about 1797.
Hotel proprietor; postmaster at Buffalo,
N.Y., 1838-41, 1845-46; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1856;
New
York state treasurer, 1860-61.
Died in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., April
11, 1868 (age about 71
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Francis Xavier Duer (1873-1923) —
also known as Francis X. Duer —
of Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in College Point (now part of Queens), Queens
County, N.Y., June 3,
1873.
Democrat. Wholesale
paint business; hotel proprietor; restauranteur;
member of New York
state assembly from Queens County 2nd District, 1902-03; Queens
borough Superintendent of Public Buildings and Offices, 1912-14.
Catholic.
German
ancestry. Member, Elks; Redmen;
Eagles.
Died, from peritonitis,
in the Post Graduate Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
14, 1923 (age 50 years, 103
days).
Interment at Mount
St. Mary Cemetery, Flushing, Queens, N.Y.
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Philip Henry Dugro (1855-1920) —
also known as P. Henry Dugro —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
2, 1855.
Democrat. Lawyer;
hotelier; banker;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 14th District, 1879; U.S.
Representative from New York 7th District, 1881-83; New York City
superior court judge, 1887-95; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1896-1920; died in office
1920.
Alsatian
ancestry. Member, Tammany
Hall; Phi
Kappa Psi.
Died, from pneumonia,
in his apartment at the Savoy Hotel,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March 1,
1920 (age 64 years, 151
days).
Entombed at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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James Alfred Emerson (1865-1922) —
also known as James A. Emerson —
of Warrensburg, Warren
County, N.Y.
Born in Warrensburg, Warren
County, N.Y., April
25, 1865.
Republican. Lumber
business; woollen
manufacturer; steamboat
business; hotel owner; banker;
member of New York
state senate, 1907-18 (32nd District 1907-08, 33rd District
1909-18); as an opponent of alcohol prohibition in 1918, he was
called "wringing wet" (in contrast to prohibition advocates, who were
"desert dry").
Became ill, from heart
disease and gastritis,
while on
board the steamship Porto Rico, and died soon after, in
Long Island Hospital,
Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
31, 1922 (age 56 years, 281
days).
Interment at Warrensburg
Cemetery, Warrensburg, N.Y.
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William Plymon Garrety (b. 1878) —
also known as William P. Garrety —
of New York.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April
14, 1878.
School
teacher; hotel manager; experimenter for inventor Thomas
A. Edison, 1909; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Consul in Ceiba, 1919-20; Puerto Cabello, 1920-25; Prescott, 1925-29; Tahiti, 1929-32.
Burial location unknown.
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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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Robert Walton Goelet (1880-1941) —
also known as Robert W. Goelet; Bertie
Goelet —
of Newport, Newport
County, R.I.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March
19, 1880.
Republican. One of New York's wealthiest men, he inherited $60
million by 1902; director of banks, the
Ritz-Carlton Hotel Corporation, and the Union Pacific Railroad;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Rhode Island; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Rhode Island, 1932,
1936.
French
Huguenot ancestry.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 2,
1941 (age 61 years, 44
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Charles Godfrey Gunther (1822-1885) —
also known as C. Godfrey Gunther —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., 1822.
Democrat. Fur
merchant; mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1864-66; defeated, 1861; candidate for New York
state senate 7th District, 1878; railroad
builder; hotel owner.
German
ancestry. Member, Tammany
Hall.
Died, probably of heart
disease, in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
22, 1885 (age about 62
years).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Robert Ray Hamilton (1851-1890) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March
18, 1851.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 11th District, 1881, 1886-89;
in July 1889, while staying in Atlantic City, he was caught in a
national scandal,
after his wife, Eva, stabbed a nurse; she was arrested and tried; it
came out that Eva was still
married to another man, that she had bought a baby for $10 and
told Hamilton he was the father, to induce him to marry her; when
this was publicized,
Hamilton sued for divorce; as the case dragged on, he moved to
Wyoming to help a friend establish a hotel.
While on a hunting
trip, he drowned
while attempting to ford the Snake River, in Uinta County (part now
in Teton
County), Wyo., August
23, 1890 (age 39 years, 158
days).
Original interment somewhere in Teton County, Wyo.; reinterment in 1892 at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Schuyler Hamilton and Cornelia (Ray) Hamilton; grandnephew of James
Alexander Hamilton; great-grandson of Alexander
Hamilton; great-grandnephew of Philip
Jeremiah Schuyler; second great-grandson of Philip
John Schuyler; second great-grandnephew of Stephen
John Schuyler, Jeremiah
Van Rensselaer and Robert
Van Rensselaer; third great-grandson of Johannes
Schuyler (1697-1746); fourth great-grandson of Stephanus
Van Cortlandt, Robert
Livingston the Younger and Johannes
Schuyler (1668-1747); fourth great-grandnephew of Jacobus
Van Cortlandt; fifth great-grandson of Pieter
Schuyler (1657-1724); fifth great-grandnephew of Robert
Livingston the Elder; first cousin twice removed of Philip
Schuyler; first cousin thrice removed of Pieter
Schuyler (1746-1792) and Jacob
Rutsen Van Rensselaer; first cousin four times removed of Stephanus
Bayard, Volkert
Petrus Douw, Pierre
Van Cortlandt, Hendrick
Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, James
Livingston and Killian
Killian Van Rensselaer; first cousin five times removed of John
Livingston, Robert
Livingston (1688-1775), Gilbert
Livingston and Philip
P. Schuyler; first cousin six times removed of David
Davidse Schuyler and Myndert
Davidtse Schuyler; second cousin twice removed of Henry
Walter Livingston; second cousin thrice removed of Nicholas
Bayard, Robert
R. Livingston (1746-1813), Philip
Van Cortlandt, Leonard
Gansevoort, Leonard
Gansevoort Jr., Pierre
Van Cortlandt Jr., Edward
Livingston (1764-1836), Peter
Robert Livingston (1766-1847), Maturin
Livingston and James
Parker; second cousin four times removed of Robert
Livingston (1708-1790), Peter
Van Brugh Livingston, Robert
Gilbert Livingston, Philip
Livingston, Robert
R. Livingston (1718-1775), William
Livingston, James
Jay, John
Jay, Frederick
Jay and Peter
Samuel Schuyler; second cousin five times removed of Matthew
Clarkson; third cousin once removed of Edward
Livingston (1796-1840), Cortlandt
Schuyler Van Rensselaer and John
Eliot Thayer Jr.; third cousin twice removed of Stephen
Van Rensselaer, Philip
Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Peter
Gansevoort, Peter
Robert Livingston (1789-1859), Gerrit
Smith, Elizabeth
Cady Stanton and John
Cortlandt Parker; third cousin thrice removed of Peter
Robert Livingston (1737-1794), Walter
Livingston, Philip
Peter Livingston, Henry
Brockholst Livingston, Peter
Augustus Jay and William
Jay; fourth cousin once removed of Henry
Bell Van Rensselaer, James
Adams Ekin, John
Jacob Astor III, Richard
Wayne Parker, Charles
Wolcott Parker, Charles
Ludlow Livingston and Bronson
Murray Cutting. |
| | | Political families: Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York; VanRensselaer
family of Albany, New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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John A. Healy (b. 1870) —
of Hibbing, St. Louis
County, Minn.
Born in Oswego, Oswego
County, N.Y., 1870.
Hotel business; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 49, 1911-14; member of
Minnesota
state senate 60th District, 1915-18.
Burial location unknown.
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Abraham Jacob Hirschfeld (1919-2005) —
also known as Abraham J. Hirschfeld; Abe Hirschfeld;
"Honest Abe" —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Miami Beach, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.
Born in Tarnow, Poland,
December
12, 1919.
Real
estate developer; hotel owner; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1974 (Democratic primary), 1976
(Democratic primary), 2004 (Builders); candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 14th District, 1992 (Independent
Fusion), 1994 (Democratic primary); Republican candidate for borough
president of Manhattan, New York, 1997; Independence candidate
for New
York state comptroller, 1998.
In 1998, offered Paula Jones $1 million to drop her sexual harassment
lawsuit against President Bill
Clinton; later sued by Jones when he tried to back out of the
offer. Indicted
in 2000 of trying to hire
a hit man to kill
his former business partner Stanley Stahl; also charged
with tax
evasion; briefly jailed
for violating
a court order against discussing the trial with the media;
ultimately convicted,
and served two years in prison.
Died, from complications of cancer,
in St. Barnabas Hospital,
Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., August
9, 2005 (age 85 years, 240
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William J. Hutchins (1813-1884) —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Fishkill, Dutchess
County, N.Y., March 3,
1813.
Merchant;
cotton mill
business; hotel owner; banker;
co-founded Buffalo Bayou, Brazos and Colorado Railway;
owner and president of the Houston and Texas Central Railway;
mayor
of Houston, Tex., 1861.
Episcopalian.
English
ancestry.
Died in Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex., June 4,
1884 (age 71 years, 93
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Houston, Tex.
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Frederick W. Kavanaugh (1871-1940) —
also known as Fred W. Kavanaugh —
of Waterford, Saratoga
County, N.Y.
Born in Waterford, Saratoga
County, N.Y., September
10, 1871.
Republican. Knit goods
manufacturer; hotel owner; banker;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1908
(alternate), 1936;
Saratoga
County Sheriff; member of New York
state senate 32nd District, 1921-24; chair of
Saratoga County Republican Party, 1924-32.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Redmen.
Died from a self-inflicted
gunshot,
in the garage adjoining his home, in Waterford, Saratoga
County, N.Y., December
2, 1940 (age 69 years, 83
days).
Entombed at Oakwood
Cemetery, Troy, N.Y.
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Charles P. Kellison (1850-1921) —
of Plymouth, Marshall
County, Ind.
Born near Hornellsville (now Hornell), Steuben
County, N.Y., June 17,
1850.
Democrat. Physician;
lawyer;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1885-87; hotel proprietor;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1896.
Member, Knights
of Pythias.
Died, of cancer,
in Plymouth, Marshall
County, Ind., January
27, 1921 (age 70 years, 224
days).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Plymouth, Ind.
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Lorenzo Alson Kelsey (1803-1890) —
also known as Lorenzo A. Kelsey —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Port Leyden, Lewis
County, N.Y., February
22, 1803.
Democrat. Lumber
business; steamboat
owner; hotelier; mayor
of Cleveland, Ohio, 1848.
Died in 1890
(age about
87 years).
Interment at Lake
View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
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Relatives: Son
of Eber Leete Kelsey and Lucy (Leete) Kelsey; married 1825 to Sophia
Smith; father of Theodore Rowland Kelsey. |
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David H. Knott —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Hotel-keeper; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 25th District, 1913; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1916
(alternate), 1924
(alternate), 1928
(alternate), 1932
(alternate), 1936,
1952;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 14th District, 1922; chair of
New York County Democratic Party, 1927-42.
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas A. Leahy —
of Lake Placid, Essex
County, N.Y.
Republican. Hotelier; member of New York
state assembly from Essex County, 1936-38.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
New York Red Book 1936 |
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Victor C. Lewis (1880-1942) —
of Fulton, Oswego
County, N.Y.
Born in Fulton, Oswego
County, N.Y., June 3,
1880.
Republican. Engineer;
hotel owner; mayor of
Fulton, N.Y., 1916, 1936-37; member of New York
state assembly from Oswego County, 1924-34.
Died in Oswego
County, N.Y., 1942
(age about
62 years).
Interment at Mt.
Adnah Cemetery, Fulton, N.Y.
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George Henry Lindsay (1837-1916) —
also known as George H. Lindsay —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
7, 1837.
Democrat. Real estate
business; hotelier; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 7th District, 1882-86; Kings
County Coroner, 1887-92; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1901-13 (6th District 1901-03, 2nd
District 1903-13).
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., May 25,
1916 (age 79 years, 139
days).
Interment at The
Evergreens Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Martin G. McCue (b. 1875) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born February
18, 1875.
Democrat. Hotel-keeper; laundry supply
business; real estate
agent; member of New York
state assembly, 1907-20 (New York County 16th District 1907-17,
New York County 12th District 1918-20); member of New York
state senate 16th District, 1921; resigned 1921; alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1928,
1932.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Foresters;
Ancient
Order of Hibernians.
Burial location unknown.
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Nathaniel Merriam (1769-1847) —
of Leyden, Lewis
County, N.Y.; Indiana.
Born in Wallingford, New Haven
County, Conn., June 3,
1769.
Innkeeper; member of New York
state assembly from Lewis County, 1810-11, 1819-20.
Died August
19, 1847 (age 78 years, 77
days).
Interment at Locust Grove Cemetery, Port Leyden, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Nathaniel Merriam (1734-1807) and Martha (Berry) Merriam; married,
December
2, 1792, to Eunice Curtis; married, January
31, 1824, to Sally Black; second cousin twice removed of William
Judson Clark, Charles
Hull Clark and Charles
Page; second cousin thrice removed of Adrial
Hebard Case; third cousin once removed of Matthew
Griswold and Samuel
George Andrews; third cousin thrice removed of Oliver
Cromwell Jennings and Kenneth
Sidney White; fourth cousin of James
Hillhouse, Roger
Griswold, Peter
B. Garnsey, Nathaniel
Upham, James
Doolittle Wooster and Benjamin
Hard; fourth cousin once removed of Daniel
Greene Garnsey, Nathaniel
Gookin Upham, Roscius
R. Kennedy, John
Leslie Russell and Henry
Titus Backus. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Weeks-Bigelow-Andrew-Upham
family; Wolcott-Griswold-Packwood-Brandegee
family of Connecticut; Hosmer-Griswold-Parsons
family of Middletown, Connecticut (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Hugh C. Morrissey —
of North Troy, Rensselaer
County, N.Y.
Republican. Hotelier; member of New York
state assembly from Rensselaer County 1st District, 1920-21;
defeated, 1921.
Burial location unknown.
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David S. Paige —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Proprietor of Paige's Hotel; owner, Fort Leo Line of steamboats;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 5th District, 1872.
Shot
twice and injured on May 5, 1875, by Samuel Decker, an unemployed
bartender.
Burial location unknown.
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Edward Wheeler Pendleton (1825-1889) —
also known as Edward W. Pendleton —
of Sturgis, St. Joseph
County, Mich.
Born in Broadalbin, Fulton
County, N.Y., December
13, 1825.
Went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; hotel-keeper; merchant;
member of Michigan
state senate 10th District, 1879-80.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died in Sturgis, St. Joseph
County, Mich., May 18,
1889 (age 63 years, 156
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Timothy Morgan Regan (1843-1919) —
also known as Timothy Regan —
of Boise, Ada
County, Idaho.
Born near Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., November
14, 1843.
Democrat. Mining
business; lumberman;
hotel proprietor; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Idaho, 1904
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee), 1908.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar.
Died in Boise, Ada
County, Idaho, October
7, 1919 (age 75 years, 327
days).
Interment at Morris
Hill Cemetery, Boise, Idaho.
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Relatives: Son
of Morgan Regan and Mary (Burke) Regan; married 1878 to Rose
Charlotte Blackinger; father of Lt. John M. Regan. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: History of Idaho
(1920) |
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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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Samuel Rothschild (b. 1879) —
of Gloversville, Fulton
County, N.Y.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., December
12, 1879.
Republican. Vice-president, Gloversville Knitting
Co.; vice-president, Gloversville Hotel Assoc.; director,
Johnstown and Gloversville Railroad;
director, National Bank of
Gloversville; director, Glen Telephone
Co.; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1920
(alternate), 1936.
Jewish.
Member, Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Abraham Rothschild and Babette (Barnet) Rothschild; married, December
27, 1906, to Grace Levor. |
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Marion Richard Schuyler (1891-1961) —
also known as Marion R. Schuyler —
of Fonda, Montgomery
County, N.Y.; Naples, Ontario
County, N.Y.
Born in Fonda, Montgomery
County, N.Y., December
8, 1891.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; candidate for
New
York state assembly from Montgomery County, 1920; hotel
proprietor; chair of
Ontario County Democratic Party, 1939-42; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1940
(alternate), 1944.
Died in Naples, Ontario
County, N.Y., January
5, 1961 (age 69 years, 28
days).
Interment at Rose
Ridge Cemetery, Naples, N.Y.
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Norman Alexander Seymour (1849-1914) —
also known as Norman A. Seymour —
of Livingston
County, N.Y.
Born in Mt. Morris, Livingston
County, N.Y., February
14, 1849.
Democrat. Hotelier; postmaster of Mt. Morris, N.Y., 1894-98;
candidate for New York
state assembly from Livingston County, 1900.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons.
Died, at St. Mary's Hospital,
Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., February
22, 1914 (age 65 years, 8
days).
Interment at Mt. Morris Cemetery, Mt. Morris, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Norman Seymour and Frances Hale (Metcalf) Seymour; married, September
1, 1874, to Mary Elizabeth Curtis; nephew of McNeil
Seymour; great-grandnephew of Moses
Seymour; first cousin twice removed of Horatio
Seymour (1778-1857) and Henry
Seymour; second cousin once removed of Origen
Storrs Seymour, Horatio
Seymour (1810-1886), George
Seymour and Henry
William Seymour; second cousin thrice removed of Thomas
Seymour; second cousin four times removed of William
Pitkin; third cousin of Edward
Woodruff Seymour, Joseph
Battell, Morris
Woodruff Seymour and Horatio
Seymour Jr.; third cousin once removed of Hezekiah
Cook Seymour; third cousin thrice removed of Josiah
Cowles and Daniel
Pitkin; fourth cousin of Silas
Seymour, William
Chapman Williston and Augustus
Sherrill Seymour; fourth cousin once removed of David
Lowrey Seymour, Thomas
Henry Seymour and Orlo
Erland Wadhams. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Conkling-Seymour
family of Utica, New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Illustrated Buffalo
Express, March 8, 1914 |
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Albert Keith Smiley (1828-1912) —
also known as Albert K. Smiley —
Born in Vassalboro, Kennebec
County, Maine, March
17, 1828.
School
principal; created a resort hotel, now known as Mohonk
Mountain House, where many important conferences were held; member,
U.S. Board of Indian Commissioners, 1879-1912; Prohibition candidate
for U.S.
Representative from New York 17th District, 1888.
Died in Redlands, San
Bernardino County, Calif., December
2, 1912 (age 84 years, 260
days).
Interment at Poughkeepsie
Rural Cemetery, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
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Gerrit Smith (1797-1874) —
of Peterboro, Madison
County, N.Y.
Born in Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y., March 6,
1797.
Lawyer;
hotelier; abolitionist; candidate for Governor of
New York, 1840 (Liberty), 1858; candidate for President
of the United States, 1848 (Liberty), 1852, 1856; U.S.
Representative from New York 22nd District, 1853-54; resigned
1854; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1872.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
28, 1874 (age 77 years, 297
days).
Interment at Peterboro
Cemetery, Peterboro, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Peter Gerrit Smith and Elizabeth (Livingston) Smith; married 1822 to Ann
Carroll Fitzhugh (sister of Henry
Fitzhugh); grandson of James
Livingston; second great-grandson of Robert
Livingston the Younger and Dirck
Ten Broeck; third great-grandson of Pieter
Schuyler (1657-1724); third great-grandnephew of Robert
Livingston the Elder and Johannes
Schuyler (1668-1747); fourth great-grandson of Dirck
Wesselse Ten Broeck; first cousin of Elizabeth
Cady Stanton; first cousin twice removed of Jeremiah
Van Rensselaer and Robert
Van Rensselaer; first cousin thrice removed of Philip
P. Schuyler; first cousin four times removed of John
Livingston, Robert
Livingston (1688-1775), Gilbert
Livingston, Johannes
Schuyler (1697-1746) and Cornelis
Cuyler; first cousin five times removed of David
Davidse Schuyler and Myndert
Davidtse Schuyler; second cousin once removed of Robert
R. Livingston (1746-1813), Edward
Livingston (1764-1836), Stephen
Van Rensselaer, Peter
Robert Livingston (1766-1847), Philip
Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Jacob
Rutsen Van Rensselaer, Philip
Jeremiah Schuyler, Maturin
Livingston, Rensselaer
Westerlo and Edward
Philip Livingston; second cousin twice removed of Pieter
Schuyler (1746-1792) and Peter
Samuel Schuyler; second cousin thrice removed of Stephanus
Bayard, Robert
Livingston (1708-1790), Peter
Van Brugh Livingston, Robert
Gilbert Livingston, Philip
Livingston, Robert
R. Livingston (1718-1775), Pierre
Van Cortlandt, William
Livingston, Philip
John Schuyler, Matthew
Clarkson (1733-1800) and Stephen
John Schuyler; third cousin of Philip
Schuyler, James
Alexander Hamilton, Peter
Robert Livingston (1789-1859), Edward
Livingston (1796-1840), Henry
Bell Van Rensselaer and Nicholas
Cornelius Blauvelt; third cousin once removed of Henry
Walter Livingston, Peter
Gansevoort, John
Jacob Astor III, John
Dewitt Blauvelt, Kiliaen
Van Rensselaer and Cortlandt
Schuyler Van Rensselaer; third cousin twice removed of Nicholas
Bayard, Peter
Robert Livingston (1737-1794), Walter
Livingston, Philip
Peter Livingston, Philip
Van Cortlandt, Henry
Brockholst Livingston, Matthew
Clarkson (1758-1825), Pierre
Van Cortlandt Jr., James
Parker, William
Waldorf Astor, Robert
Ray Hamilton, Peter
Goelet Gerry, Ogden
Livingston Mills and Robert
Reginald Livingston; third cousin thrice removed of William
Astor Chanler, Lewis
Stuyvesant Chanler and John
Eliot Thayer Jr.; fourth cousin once removed of Peter
Augustus Jay, William
Alexander Duer, John
Duer, William
Jay, Charles
Ludlow Livingston, Hamilton
Fish, George
Washington Schuyler, John
Cortlandt Parker and Philip
N. Schuyler. |
| | | Political families: Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York; Roosevelt
family of New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: New York Public
Library |
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Homer Peter Snyder (1863-1937) —
also known as Homer P. Snyder —
of Little Falls, Herkimer
County, N.Y.
Born in Amsterdam, Montgomery
County, N.Y., December
6, 1863.
Republican. Manufacturer of knitting
machinery and bicycles
as Homer P. Snyder Manufacturing Co.; vice-president, Little Falls
National Bank;
director, Little Falls and Johnstown Railroad;
director, Little Falls Hotel Co.; U.S.
Representative from New York 33rd District, 1915-25; defeated,
1912; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1916,
1920;
delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Died in Little Falls, Herkimer
County, N.Y., December
30, 1937 (age 74 years, 24
days).
Interment at Church
Street Cemetery, Little Falls, N.Y.
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George Asher Stevens (1856-1920) —
also known as George A. Stevens —
of Lake Placid, Essex
County, N.Y.
Born in Black Brook, Clinton
County, N.Y., 1856.
Republican. Hotel-keeper; banker;
member of New York
state assembly from Essex County, 1893-94; Independence League
candidate for New York
state senate 33rd District, 1914.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Lake Placid, Essex
County, N.Y., September
17, 1920 (age about 64
years).
Interment at Fairview Cemetery, Black Brook, N.Y.
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Ellis J. Westlake (b. 1854) —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Horseheads, Chemung
County, N.Y., April
30, 1854.
Superintendent of dining cars for Northern Pacific Railway;
hotel manager; insurance
business; member of Minnesota
state senate 31st District, 1915-18.
Member, Elks; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles D. Westlake and Harriet E. (McNish)
Westlake. |
| | | Image source: Minnesota Legislative
Manual 1917 |
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John Wheeler (1823-1906) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Humphreysville (now Seymour), New Haven
County, Conn., February
11, 1823.
Democrat. Hotel business; U.S.
Representative from New York 6th District, 1853-57; president,
New York City Department of Taxes and Assesments, 1872-80.
Episcopalian.
Died, from pneumonia,
in the Hotel
Seville, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April 1,
1906 (age 83 years, 49
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Arthur H. Wicks (1887-1985) —
also known as A. H. Wicks —
of Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y.; Lake Katrine, Ulster
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
24, 1887.
Republican. Worked in piano
manufacturing business; employed in the engineering department of
the New York City Board of Water
Supply, and then in construction of subways;
owner and operator of steam
laundry in Kingston; director, Governor Clinton Hotel;
member of New York
state senate, 1927-56 (29th District 1927-44, 34th District
1945-56); delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1940
(alternate), 1944
(alternate), 1948,
1952
(Honorary
Vice-President), 1956;
resigned
in November 1953 as Senate Majority Leader and acting Lieutenant
Governor, while under threat
of ouster over his Sing Sing prison visits to convicted extortionist
and labor leader Joseph S. Fay.
Member, Freemasons;
Junior
Order; Rotary.
Died in Lake Katrine, Ulster
County, N.Y., February
18, 1985 (age 97 years, 56
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
New York Red Book 1936 |
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John T. Wilder (1830-1917) —
of Lawrenceburg, Dearborn
County, Ind.; Greensburg, Decatur
County, Ind.; Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn.; Johnson City, Washington
County, Tenn.; Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.
Born in Hunter, Greene
County, N.Y., January
31, 1830.
Republican. Millwright;
foundry
owner; general in the Union Army during the Civil War;
manufacturer of railroad
rails; railroad
promoter; mayor
of Chattanooga, Tenn., 1871-72; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Tennessee, 1876; postmaster at Chattanooga,
Tenn., 1877-82; hotel owner.
Died in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., October
20, 1917 (age 87 years, 262
days).
Interment at Forest
Hills Cemetery, Chattanooga, Tenn.
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Isaiah Davis Winne (1818-1902) —
also known as Davis Winne —
of Ulster
County, N.Y.
Born in Shandaken town, Ulster
County, N.Y., July 18,
1818.
Farmer;
lumber
business; hotelier; Ulster
County Sheriff, 1861, 1864; served in the Union Army during the
Civil War; member of New York
state assembly from Ulster County 3rd District, 1876, 1887.
Christian
Reformed.
Died February
27, 1902 (age 83 years, 224
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William Wallace Worden (1843-1915) —
also known as William W. Worden —
of Saratoga Springs, Saratoga
County, N.Y.
Born in Saratoga
County, N.Y., March
10, 1843.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; hotel
proprietor; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1896,
1900;
postmaster at Saratoga
Springs, N.Y., 1903-12.
Died in Saratoga Springs, Saratoga
County, N.Y., May 28,
1915 (age 72 years, 79
days).
Interment at Greenridge
Cemetery, Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Elizabeth (Badgley) Worden and Charles D. Worden. |
| | | Epitaph: "He was a soldier of the
Republic." |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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