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Louis Kalish —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Real
estate and insurance business; member of New York
state assembly, 1947-66 (Kings County 7th District 1947-65, 57th
District 1966).
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Edwin L. Kantowski (1907-1976) —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.; Cheektowaga, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born January
10, 1907.
Democrat. Insurance agent; member of New York
state assembly from Erie County 5th District, 1931-37; defeated,
1929; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 49th District, 1938;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1940,
1948.
Died in 1976
(age about
69 years).
Interment at St.
Stanislaus Cemetery, Cheektowaga, N.Y.
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Roger Keith (b. 1888) —
of Brockton, Plymouth
County, Mass.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 8,
1888.
Republican. Insurance business; mayor
of Brockton, Mass., 1921-22; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1924;
member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1929-32.
Congregationalist.
Member, Chi Phi;
Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Elks; Knights
of Pythias.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Horace A. Keith and Nellie W. (Packard) Keith; married, April
12, 1913, to Carolyn Bruce Hastings; father of Paul
Keith. |
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Arthur Tappan Kellogg (1835-1916) —
also known as Arthur Kellogg —
of Oshkosh, Winnebago
County, Wis.
Born in Adams, Jefferson
County, N.Y., July 18,
1835.
Republican. Insurance business; flour mill
owner; dry goods
merchant; candidate for mayor
of Oshkosh, Wis., 1899.
Died in Oshkosh, Winnebago
County, Wis., January
26, 1916 (age 80 years, 192
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Oshkosh, Wis.
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Relatives: Son
of Lewis Kellogg and Louisa (Breed) Kellogg; married 1857 to Julia
Cornell; first cousin thrice removed of Aaron
Kellogg; third cousin once removed of Ashbel
Griswold, Greene
Carrier Bronson, John
Russell Kellogg, George
Smith Catlin and Francis
William Kellogg; third cousin twice removed of Jason
Kellogg, Charles
Kellogg (1773-1842), Orsamus
Cook Merrill, Timothy
Merrill and Daniel
Fiske Kellogg; fourth cousin of Selah
Merrill; fourth cousin once removed of Luther
Walter Badger, Silas
Dewey Kellogg, Chester
Ashley, Daniel
Kellogg, Alvan
Kellogg, Alvah
Nash, Day
Otis Kellogg, Dwight
Kellogg, Albert
Gallatin Kellogg, Ensign
Hosmer Kellogg, Farrand
Fassett Merrill, Charles
Kellogg (1839-1903), William
Lucius Case, Edward
Russell Kellogg and Albert
Clinton Griswold. |
| | | 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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Mark C. Kelly —
of Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Insurance business; member of New York
state assembly from Oneida County 1st District, 1929, 1931.
Burial location unknown.
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Martin John Kennedy (1892-1955) —
also known as Martin J. Kennedy —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August
29, 1892.
Democrat. Real
estate and insurance business; vice-president, Federal Rope
Company; member of New York
state senate 18th District, 1924-30; U.S.
Representative from New York 18th District, 1930-45.
Catholic.
Member, Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick; Knights
of Columbus.
Died October
27, 1955 (age 63 years, 59
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
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Laurence J. Kirwan (c.1942-2002) —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Massachusetts, about 1942.
Democrat. Insurance business; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1980,
1984
(alternate), 1988
(delegation chair); New York
Democratic state chair, 1984-89.
Died, of cancer,
in Wellfleet, Barnstable
County, Mass., January
31, 2002 (age about 60
years).
Burial location unknown.
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J. Maxwell Knapp (b. 1888) —
of Hurleyville, Sullivan
County, N.Y.
Born December
20, 1888.
Republican. Lawyer;
insurance business; member of New York
state assembly from Sullivan County, 1925-26, 1929-30, 1934-36.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
New York Red Book 1936 |
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Jerome C. Kreinheder —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Republican. Insurance business; member of New York
state assembly from Erie County 6th District, 1937-44.
Burial location unknown.
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Kristen Kristensen (born c.1889) —
of Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Denmark,
about 1889.
Republican. Insurance broker; mayor
of Yonkers, N.Y., 1950-61; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 27th District, 1958.
Danish
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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John Dryden Kuser (1897-1964) —
also known as Dryden Kuser —
of Bernardsville, Somerset
County, N.J.; Reno, Washoe
County, Nev.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., September
24, 1897.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Somerset County, 1926-29;
member of New
Jersey state senate from Somerset County, 1930-35; insurance
agent; real estate
broker.
Member, American
Legion; Elks; Eagles;
Moose;
Grange;
Audubon
Society.
Died, in Columbia-Presbyterian Medical
Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March 3,
1964 (age 66 years, 161
days).
Interment at St.
Bernard's Cemetery, Bernardsville, N.J.
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Gerrit Yates Lansing (1783-1862) —
also known as Gerrit Y. Lansing —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., August
4, 1783.
Lawyer;
Albany
County Probate Judge, 1816-23; U.S.
Representative from New York 10th District, 1831-37; president,
Albany Savings Bank,
1854-62; president, Albany Insurance Company, 1859-62.
Died in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., January
3, 1862 (age 78 years, 152
days).
Interment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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W. Irving Latimer (b. 1836) —
of Big Rapids, Mecosta
County, Mich.
Born in Dutchess
County, N.Y., 1836.
Republican. Insurance business; mayor
of Big Rapids, Mich., 1870; member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1876; Michigan
state auditor general, 1879-82; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Mecosta County, 1895-96;
member of Michigan
state senate 25th District, 1897-1900.
Burial location unknown.
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Peter A. Leininger (d. 1937) —
of Astoria, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Real
estate and insurance business; Populist candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 14th District, 1904; member of New York
state assembly from Queens County 1st District, 1917-23; defeated
(Independent Fusion), 1923.
Member, Elks.
While fixing a broken pane in a window at his home, fell to
his death in the back yard, in Astoria, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., August
21, 1937.
Interment at St.
Michael's Cemetery, East Elmhurst, Queens, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Married to Kate Smith. |
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Sylvan Levy (1870-1934) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Alsace-Lorraine, France,
1870.
Democrat. Naturalized U.S. citizen; hay and
grain
dealer; insurance business; candidate for Presidential Elector
for New York.
Jewish.
Member, Elks.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
19, 1934 (age about 64
years).
Interment at Salem
Fields Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Maturin Livingston (1769-1847) —
of Dutchess
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April
10, 1769.
Delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1801; Dutchess
County Judge, 1823-28; insurance business.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
7, 1847 (age 78 years, 211
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert James Livingston and Susanna (Smith) Livingston; brother of
Peter
Robert Livingston (1766-1847); married, May 28,
1798, to Margaret Lewis (daughter of Morgan
Lewis); great-grandson of Robert
Livingston the Younger; great-grandfather of Peter
Goelet Gerry and Ogden
Livingston Mills; second great-grandson of Pieter
Schuyler (1657-1724); second great-grandnephew of Robert
Livingston the Elder and Johannes
Schuyler (1668-1747); first cousin once removed of Jeremiah
Van Rensselaer, Robert
Van Rensselaer, James
Livingston and Peter
Robert Livingston (1789-1859); first cousin twice removed of Philip
P. Schuyler; first cousin thrice removed of John
Livingston, Gilbert
Livingston and Johannes
Schuyler (1697-1746); first cousin four times removed of David
Davidse Schuyler and Myndert
Davidtse Schuyler; second cousin of Robert
R. Livingston, Benjamin
Tallmadge, Edward
Livingston (1764-1836), Jacob
Rutsen Van Rensselaer and Philip
Jeremiah Schuyler; second cousin once removed of Pieter
Schuyler (1746-1792), Peter
Samuel Schuyler, Philip
Schuyler, James
Alexander Hamilton, Frederick
Augustus Tallmadge, Gerrit
Smith and Elizabeth
Cady Stanton; second cousin twice removed of Stephanus
Bayard, Robert
Livingston, Peter
Van Brugh Livingston, Robert
Gilbert Livingston, Philip
Livingston, Pierre
Van Cortlandt, William
Livingston, Philip
John Schuyler, Matthew
Clarkson (1733-1800), Stephen
John Schuyler, John
Jacob Astor III and Cortlandt
Schuyler Van Rensselaer; second cousin thrice removed of William
Waldorf Astor, Robert
Ray Hamilton and Charles
Dunsmore Millard; second cousin four times removed of William
Astor Chanler, Lewis
Stuyvesant Chanler, John
Eliot Thayer Jr. and Robert
Reginald Livingston; third cousin of Henry
Walter Livingston; third cousin once 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 and Edward
Livingston (1796-1840); third cousin thrice removed of Charles
Ludlow Livingston (born 1870) and Bronson
Murray Cutting; fourth cousin of Stephen
Van Rensselaer, Philip
Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Peter
Augustus Jay, Rensselaer
Westerlo, Edward
Philip Livingston, William
Alexander Duer, John
Duer, Peter
Gansevoort, William
Jay, Charles
Ludlow Livingston (1800-1873), Hamilton
Fish, George
Washington Schuyler, John
Cortlandt Parker and Philip
N. Schuyler; fourth cousin once removed of Gilbert
Livingston Thompson, William
Duer, Henry
Bell Van Rensselaer, Denning
Duer, Henry
Brockholst Ledyard, John
Jay II, James
Adams Ekin, Eugene
Schuyler, Richard
Wayne Parker, Nicholas
Fish, Hamilton
Fish Jr. and Charles
Wolcott Parker. |
| | | Political families: Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York; VanRensselaer
family of Albany, New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
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Ira Edgar Locke (1831-1888) —
also known as Ira E. Locke —
of Sandy Hill (now Hudson Falls), Washington
County, N.Y.
Born in Gainesville, Wyoming
County, N.Y., August
10, 1831.
Fire insurance agent; postmaster at Sandy
Hill, N.Y., 1881.
Died, from erysipelas,
in Denver,
Colo., December
31, 1888 (age 57 years, 143
days).
Interment at Glens
Falls Cemetery, Glens Falls, N.Y.
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George Lord (1815-1893) —
of Bay City, Bay
County, Mich.
Born in Hamilton, Madison
County, N.Y., March
17, 1815.
Democrat. Sawmill
business; druggist; railroad
ticket agent; insurance business; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Michigan, 1872;
mayor
of Bay City, Mich., 1878.
Died in Bay City, Bay
County, Mich., April
30, 1893 (age 78 years, 44
days).
Interment at Elm
Lawn Cemetery, Bay City, Mich.
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Edmund R. Lupton —
of Riverhead, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Republican. Insurance business; member of New York
state assembly from Suffolk County 1st District, 1937-56.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Stewart MacFarland —
of Glens Falls, Warren
County, N.Y.
Republican. Insurance business; member of New York
state assembly from Warren County, 1920-21.
Burial location unknown.
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John G. Madden —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Republican. Insurance broker; candidate for borough
president of Bronx, New York, 1969.
Still living as of 1969.
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E. Herman Magnuson (d. 1955) —
of Jamestown, Chautauqua
County, N.Y.
Republican. Insurance business; member of New York
state assembly, 1941-55 (Chautauqua County 1st District 1941-44,
Chautauqua County 1945-55); died in office 1955.
Died July 15,
1955.
Burial location unknown.
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George T. Manning (d. 1956) —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Republican. Insurance business; member of New York
state assembly from Monroe County 3rd District, 1939-46; member
of New
York state senate, 1947-56 (50th District 1947-54, 52nd District
1955-56); died in office 1956.
Member, Elks.
Died December
1, 1956.
Burial location unknown.
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Harold Whitney Mason (1895-1944) —
also known as Harold W. Mason —
of Brattleboro, Windham
County, Vt.
Born in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., April
21, 1895.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; boot and shoe
business; vice-president, Brattleboro Memorial Hospital;
director for power
companies, insurance companies, the Central Vermont Railway,
and the Estey Organ
Co.; delegate to Republican National Convention from Vermont, 1932;
Convention Secretary, 1940,
1944;
secretary, Arrangements Committee, secretary, 1940;
speaker, 1940;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Vermont; delegate
to Vermont convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; member of
Republican
National Committee from Vermont, 1936-44; Secretary
of Republican National Committee, 1937-44.
Member, American
Legion; Military
Order of the World Wars; Sons of
the American Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars; Union
League; Sigma
Nu.
Died, from a heart
attack, in his room at the Savoy-Plaza Hotel,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
3, 1944 (age 49 years, 196
days).
Interment at Morningside
Cemetery, Brattleboro, Vt.
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Relatives: Son
of William Lysander Mason and Margaret Etta (Matthews) Mason;
married, March
17, 1918, to Evelyn Hawley Dunham. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Official Report of the
22nd Republican National Convention (1940) |
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Peter A. McArdle (b. 1876) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., September
1, 1876.
Democrat. Real estate
broker; insurance business; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 4th District, 1915-25.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus.
Burial location unknown.
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Edward Everett McCall (1863-1924) —
also known as Edward E. McCall —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., January
6, 1863.
Democrat. Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1903-13; resigned 1913;
candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1913; chair, New York State Public
Service Commission, 1913-15; removed from
office in November, 1915, because he owned
stock in a company under commission jurisdiction; president, New
Jersey Life Insurance Company, 1916.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March
12, 1924 (age 61 years, 66
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Presumably named
for: Edward
Everett |
| | | Relatives: Son of John McCall and
Katherine McCall; brother of John A. McCall; married 1886 to Ella
Frances Gaynor. |
| | | Image source: Library of
Congress |
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John T. McCall (b. 1863) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August
25, 1863.
Democrat. Newspaper
superintendent; real
estate and insurance business; member of New York
state senate, 1907-08, 1931-40 (16th District 1907-08, 18th
District 1931-40); defeated, 1940, 1942; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 18th District, 1938;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1940.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
New York Red Book 1936 |
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John E. McCarthy —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Insurance broker; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 15th District, 1924.
Burial location unknown.
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Francis P. McCloskey (b. 1917) —
of Levittown, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.; Wantagh, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., July 22,
1917.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; insurance
consultant; member of New York
state assembly, 1955-64, 1966-70 (Nassau County 5th District
1955-64, 8th District 1966, 9th District 1967-70).
Catholic.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Knights
of Columbus.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Harry J. McKay —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Republican. Insurance business; member of New York
state assembly from Monroe County 2nd District, 1927-32;
defeated, 1932.
Burial location unknown.
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Matthew J. H. McLaughlin —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Real
estate and insurance business; member of New York
state assembly, 1934-46 (Bronx County 1st District 1934-44, Bronx
County 4th District 1945-46); defeated, 1946.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Knights
of Columbus; Holy
Name Society.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward McLaughlin and Alice McLaughlin. |
| | | Image source: New York Red Book
1936 |
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William Vance McMaken (b. 1857) —
also known as William V. McMaken —
of Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
11, 1857.
Colonel in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; real
estate and insurance business; U.S. Collector of Internal
Revenue for the 10th Ohio District, 1909.
Burial location unknown.
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Frank J. McMullen —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Republican. Insurance broker; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 9th District, 1945-60; delegate
to Republican National Convention from New York, 1948,
1952,
1960.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Willis Merriam (1877-1961) —
also known as Charles W. Merriam —
of Schenectady, Schenectady
County, N.Y.
Born in Waverly, Tioga
County, N.Y., November
5, 1877.
Republican. Insurance business; member of New York
state assembly from Schenectady County 1st District, 1924-31.
Member, Rotary.
Died July 17,
1961 (age 83 years, 254
days).
Interment at Slate
Hill Cemetery, Goshen, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Edward Merriam and Jane (Wells) Merriam; married to Jessie
Parch McGlashan. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: New York Red Book
1924 |
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Matthew Joseph Merritt (1895-1946) —
also known as Matthew J. Merritt —
of Flushing, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April 2,
1895.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; real
estate and insurance business; U.S.
Representative from New York at-large, 1935-45; defeated, 1938.
Member, American
Legion; Elks.
Died in Malba, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., September
29, 1946 (age 51 years, 180
days).
Interment at Mount
St. Mary Cemetery, Flushing, Queens, N.Y.
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Henry Morgenthau (1856-1946) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Mannheim, Germany,
April
26, 1856.
Lawyer;
U.S. Ambassador to Turkey, 1913-16; director, Underwood Typewriter
Company; director, Equitable Life Assurance Society of U.S.;
president, Herald Square Realty
Company; director, Mt. Sinai Hospital.
Jewish.
Died following a cerebral
hemorrhage, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
25, 1946 (age 90 years, 213
days).
Interment at Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery, Hawthorne, N.Y.
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Robert Adam Mosbacher, Sr. (1927-2010) —
also known as Robert Mosbacher —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Mt. Vernon, Westchester
County, N.Y., March
11, 1927.
Republican. Founder, Mosbacher Energy
Company; member, board of directors and Executive Committee, American
Petroleum
Institute; director, Texas Commerce Bank;
director, New York Life Insurance Company; alternate delegate
to Republican National Convention from Texas, 1988;
U.S.
Secretary of Commerce, 1989-92.
Jewish;
later Presbyterian.
German
ancestry.
Died, of pancreatic
cancer, in the M.D. Anderson Cancer
Center, Houston, Harris
County, Tex., January
24, 2010 (age 82 years, 319
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John B. Mullan —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Republican. Insurance business; member of New York
state senate 46th District, 1915-21; postmaster at Rochester,
N.Y., 1921-30 (acting, 1921-22).
Burial location unknown.
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Henry A. Murphy —
of Huntington, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Republican. Real
estate and insurance business; member of New York
state assembly from Suffolk County 2nd District, 1914-18;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1916.
Burial location unknown.
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Martin Nachtmann (1836-1886) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Germany,
September
29, 1836.
Printer;
real
estate and insurance business; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 8th District, 1869-71, 1877;
candidate for New York
state senate 6th District, 1871.
Died, from bronchitis,
in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
7, 1886 (age 50 years, 69
days).
Interment at Lutheran
All Faiths Cemetery, Middle Village, Queens, N.Y.
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John P. Nugent (b. 1879) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
21, 1879.
Democrat. Worked in shipbuilding;
business
agent of his Railroad Iron Workers local; appraiser;
insurance business; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 13th District, 1922-29;
member of New York
Democratic State Committee, 1930.
Burial location unknown.
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Duncan T. O'Brien (1895-1938) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March
28, 1895.
Democrat. Secretary-treasurer, Amelia Island Fig
Preserving Company; insurance broker; member of New York
state senate 19th District, 1923-38.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Knights
of Columbus; Elks; Redmen.
Died, of a cerebral
hemorrhage, September
14, 1938 (age 43 years, 170
days).
Interment at St.
Raymond's Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Dr. Michael C. O'Brien. |
| | | Image source: New York Red Book
1936 |
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Henry L. O'Brien (d. 1935) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Real
estate and insurance business; member of New York
state senate 9th District, 1930-35; died in office 1935.
Died February
8, 1935.
Burial location unknown.
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Herman L. Page (1818-1873) —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in Oneida
County, N.Y., May 27,
1818.
Democrat. Dry goods
merchant; mayor
of Milwaukee, Wis., 1859-60; insurance agent.
Member, Odd
Fellows.
Died in Dresden, Germany,
October
15, 1873 (age 55 years, 141
days).
Interment at Alter
Annenfriedhof, Dresden, Germany.
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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
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Record of Branch County (1906) |
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Theodore Albert Peyser (1873-1937) —
also known as Theodore A. Peyser —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., February
18, 1873.
Democrat. Traveling
salesman; insurance business; U.S.
Representative from New York 17th District, 1933-37; died in
office 1937.
Jewish.
Died, from coronary
thrombosis, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., August
8, 1937 (age 64 years, 171
days).
Interment at Walnut Hills United Jewish Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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