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George W. Baker (1863-1928) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., November
12, 1863.
Republican. Shoe manufacturer; candidate for borough
president of Brooklyn, New York, 1921.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, from heart
disease, in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
20, 1928 (age 64 years, 69
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of George Baker and Sarah (Randell) Baker; married to Isabel C.
Huggins. |
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John J. Burns (b. 1860) —
of Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y.
Born in Dimock, Susquehanna
County, Pa., June 20,
1860.
Democrat. Boot and shoe business; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 34th District, 1933; candidate for
mayor
of Binghamton, N.Y., 1937.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Rotary;
Knights
of Columbus.
Died in Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y.
Burial location unknown.
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Willard J. Chapin (1791-1852) —
of Perry, Genesee County (now Wyoming
County), N.Y.
Born in Livonia, Livingston
County, N.Y., March 6,
1791.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; tanner;
postmaster at Perry,
N.Y., 1836.
Baptist.
Died, probably of cholera,
in Perry, Wyoming
County, N.Y., July 28,
1852 (age 61 years, 144
days).
Interment at Hope Cemetery, Perry, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel Chapin and Sibyl (Joslyn) Chapin; married 1813 to Nancy
Cooley; second cousin once removed of Alphonso
Taft; second cousin twice removed of Charles
Phelps Taft, William
Howard Taft and Henry
Waters Taft; second cousin thrice removed of George
Franklin Chapin, Walbridge
S. Taft, Robert
Alphonso Taft and Charles
Phelps Taft II; second cousin four times removed of William
Howard Taft III, Robert
Taft Jr. and Seth
Chase Taft; second cousin five times removed of Eleanor
Repass and Robert
Alphonso Taft III; third cousin once removed of Edward
M. Chapin; third cousin twice removed of Samuel
Adams, Samuel
Huntington, Daniel
Chapin (1761-1821) and Arthur
Chapin; fourth cousin of Calvin
Fillmore, Bela
Edgerton, Heman
Ticknor and John
Milton Thayer; fourth cousin once removed of Jonathan
Elmer, Joseph
Allen, Ebenezer
Elmer, Eli
Elmer, Elijah
Boardman, John
Allen, William
Bostwick, Samuel
H. Huntington, Bennet
Bicknell, Daniel
Warner Bostwick, Daniel
Chapin (1791-1878), Chester
William Chapin, Graham
Hurd Chapin, Millard
Fillmore, John
Leslie Russell, Alfred
Peck Edgerton, Joseph
Ketchum Edgerton and Staley
N. Wood. |
| | | 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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Eli Perry Chatfield (b. 1846) —
also known as Eli P. Chatfield —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Prattsville, Greene
County, N.Y., August
14, 1846.
Republican. Secretary, J. E. Tilt Shoe Company; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Illinois.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Ira D. Chatfield and Eliza (Case) Chatfield; married, February
13, 1873, to Ida M. Parker. |
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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. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Sylvester Jones Conklin (b. 1829) —
also known as S. J. Conklin —
of Waterloo, Jefferson
County, Wis.; Watertown, Codington
County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.).
Born in Penn Yan, Yates
County, N.Y., May 5,
1829.
Republican. Shoemaker; member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1859, 1869; served in the Union Army during the
Civil War; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Wisconsin, 1868;
newspaper
publisher; Adjutant
General of South Dakota, 1901-03.
Dutch,
Welsh,
and French
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1848 to Maria
Wait; married 1884 to Mattie
Greenslate; married 1895 to Anna
Duff. |
| | | Image source: South Dakota Legislative
Manual, 1903 |
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Cornelius M. Demarest (1803-1899) —
of Nanuet, Rockland
County, N.Y.; Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Nanuet, Rockland
County, N.Y., August
28, 1803.
Democrat. Tanner; currier;
member of New York
state assembly from Rockland County, 1843.
French
Huguenot ancestry.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., February
18, 1899 (age 95 years, 174
days).
Interment at Nanuet True Reformed Church Cemetery, Nanuet, N.Y.
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William Henry Flack (1861-1907) —
also known as William H. Flack —
of Malone, Franklin
County, N.Y.
Born in Franklin Falls, Franklin
County, N.Y., March
22, 1861.
Republican. Lumber
business; tanner; Franklin
County Clerk, 1898-1902; chair of
Franklin County Republican Party, 1898-1902; U.S.
Representative from New York 26th District, 1903-07; died in
office 1907.
Died in Malone, Franklin
County, N.Y., February
2, 1907 (age 45 years, 317
days).
Interment at Morningside
Cemetery, Malone, N.Y.
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Daniel Smith Glidden (b. 1844) —
also known as Daniel S. Glidden —
of Montour, Tama
County, Iowa; Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.
Born in Clarendon, Orleans
County, N.Y., February
24, 1844.
Democrat. Boot and shoe business; insurance
business; treasurer, Dakota Territory Democratic Party.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Josephine Martin. |
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James McKinley Graeff (1862-1908) —
also known as James M. Graeff —
of Westport, Essex
County, N.Y.
Born in Pottsville, Schuylkill
County, Pa., November
18, 1862.
Republican. Importer and dealer in wool;
president of a boot and shoe company; creamery
business; farmer;
member of New York
state assembly from Essex County, 1901-04.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Westport, Essex
County, N.Y., February
22, 1908 (age 45 years, 96
days).
Interment at Hillside
Cemetery, Westport, N.Y.
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Lawrence Gresser (1851-1935) —
also known as Lorenz Gresser; "Honest
Larry" —
of Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Bavaria, Germany,
January
1, 1851.
Shoe manufacturer; borough
president of Queens, New York, 1908-11; removed 1911; removed from
office as borough president by Gov. John
A. Dix, for neglect
of duty in failing to prevent corruption among his subordinates.
Died, in the rectory of the Church
of the Holy Family, Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
30, 1935 (age 84 years, 29
days).
Interment at St.
John's Cemetery, Middle Village, Queens, N.Y.
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Archibald A. Hine (1888-1973) —
of Gloversville, Fulton
County, N.Y.
Born in Gloversville, Fulton
County, N.Y., October
4, 1888.
Leather finisher; candidate for New York
state assembly from Fulton and Hamilton counties, 1942 (American
Labor), 1954 (Liberal), 1956 (Liberal), 1958 (Liberal).
German
ancestry.
Died in January, 1973
(age 84
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Hine and Julia Hine. |
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Dennis W. Keating (1869-1934) —
of Olean, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y.
Born in Clermont, McKean
County, Pa., 1869.
Democrat. Tanner; violinist;
band
leader; candidate for New York
state assembly from Cattaraugus County, 1928; chair of
Cattaraugus County Democratic Party, 1932-33; postmaster at Olean,
N.Y., 1933-34 (acting, 1933-34).
Died in Olean, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y., December
13, 1934 (age about 65
years).
Interment at St.
Bonaventure Cemetery, Allegany, N.Y.
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Austin N. Kimmis (1813-1897) —
of Novi Township (now Novi), Oakland
County, Mich.
Born in Washington
County, N.Y., August
21, 1813.
Shoemaker; farmer; Oakland
County Sheriff, 1861-65; supervisor
of Novi Township, Michigan, 1868-69.
Died in 1897
(age about
83 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel Kimmis; married, October
26, 1849, to Rhoda M. Coldren. |
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John Ladue (1804-1854) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in New York, November
18, 1804.
Tanner; mayor
of Detroit, Mich., 1850-51.
Died December
1, 1854 (age 50 years, 13
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Gideon Lee (1778-1841) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Amherst, Hampshire
County, Mass., April
27, 1778.
Shoemaker; leather business; member of New York
state assembly from New York County, 1823; mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1833-34; U.S.
Representative from New York 3rd District, 1835-37.
Died in Geneva, Ontario
County, N.Y., August
21, 1841 (age 63 years, 116
days).
Interment at Washington
Street Cemetery, Geneva, N.Y.
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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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George Watson Pratt (1830-1862) —
also known as George W. Pratt —
of Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y.
Born in Prattsville, Greene
County, N.Y., April
18, 1830.
Leather manufacturer; member of New York
state senate 10th District, 1858-59; colonel in the Union Army
during the Civil War.
Shot
and wounded at the Second Battle of Bull Run, Va., August 30, 1862,
and died
as a result, in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., September
11, 1862 (age 32 years, 146
days).
Interment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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Zadock Pratt (1790-1871) —
of New York.
Born in Stephentown, Rensselaer
County, N.Y., October
30, 1790.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;
tanner; justice of the peace; banker; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1837-39, 1843-45 (8th District
1837-39, 11th District 1843-45); delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1852.
Died in Bergen town (now part of Jersey City), Hudson
County, N.J., April 5,
1871 (age 80 years, 157
days).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Prattsville, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Zadock Pratt, Sr. and Hannah (Pickett) Pratt; married, October
18, 1818, to Beda Dickerman; married 1823 to Esther
Dickerman; married, October
12, 1827, to Abigail P. Watson; married, March
16, 1835, to Mary E. Watson; married, October
16, 1869, to Susie A. Grimm; father of George
Watson Pratt and Julia Harriet Pratt (who married Colin
Macrae Ingersoll); grandfather of George
Pratt Ingersoll. |
| | | Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Epitaph: "Died Ever Regretted. While
Member of Congress, Moved the Reduction of Postage, A.D. 1838, and
the Survey for a Railroad to the Pacific, A.D. 1844." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article |
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Andrew Robison (1800-1879) —
of Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Ontario
County, N.Y., November
18, 1800.
Farmer;
tanner; currier;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Washtenaw County 4th
District, 1859-60.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Died January
27, 1879 (age 78 years, 70
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William Henry Ryan (1860-1939) —
also known as William H. Ryan —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Hopkinton, Middlesex
County, Mass., May 10,
1860.
Democrat. Boot and shoe business; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1899-1909 (32nd District 1899-1903,
35th District 1903-09); delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1904,
1924
(alternate).
Died in 1939
(age about
79 years).
Entombed at Mt.
Calvary Cemetery, Cheektowaga, N.Y.
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Charles Adolph Schieren (1842-1915) —
also known as Charles A. Schieren —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Rhein, Prussia,
February
28, 1842.
Republican. Tanning business; mayor
of Brooklyn, N.Y., 1894-95; candidate for Presidential Elector
for New York.
German
ancestry.
Died March
10, 1915 (age 73 years, 10
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Jonathan Stratton (1791-1863) —
of Thompsonville, Sullivan
County, N.Y.
Born in Fairfield, Fairfield
County, Conn., August
24, 1791.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; merchant;
leather business; lumber
manufacturer; member of New York
state assembly from Sullivan County, 1843, 1851.
Died in Thompsonville, Sullivan
County, N.Y., August
8, 1863 (age 71 years, 349
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Stephen Stratton and Sarah (Darrow) Stratton; married, July 8,
1829, to Cornelia A. Thompson; third cousin of James
Kilbourne (1770-1850); third cousin once removed of Joseph
Silliman (1756-1829), Gold
Selleck Silliman, Benjamin
Silliman and Byron
H. Kilbourn; third cousin twice removed of James
Kilbourne (1842-1919) and Rhamanthus
Menville Stocker; fourth cousin of John
Taintor, Roger
Taintor, Solomon
Taintor, Joseph
Silliman (c.1786-1850), Israel
Coe and Benjamin
Douglas Silliman; fourth cousin once removed of John
Adams Taintor, Eliphalet
Adams Bulkeley, John
Leslie Russell, Henry
G. Taintor, William
Henry Barnum, Lyman
Wetmore Coe and Joseph
Fitch Silliman. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Wentworth-Pitman
family of New Hampshire (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
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Patrick Andrew Sullivan (c.1855-1890) —
also known as P. Andrew Sullivan —
of Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born about 1855.
Shoemaker; member of New York
state assembly from Monroe County 2nd District, 1888, 1890; died
in office 1890.
Died January
14, 1890 (age about 35
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Jonathan Trotter (1797-1865) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Newcastle-on-Tyne, England,
August, 1797.
Democrat. Leather finisher; mayor
of Brooklyn, N.Y., 1835-36; banker.
Member, Tammany
Hall.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April 5,
1865 (age 67 years, 0
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Michael S. Tynan (c.1835-1893) —
of Stapleton, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Born about 1835.
Republican. Shoe merchant; member of New York
state assembly from Richmond County, 1885.
Reportedly afflicted with "melancholia", he died by suicide,
from illuminating
gas, in Stapleton, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., November
13, 1893 (age about 58
years).
Burial location unknown.
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John E. Van Eps (1822-1908) —
of Mt. Clemens, Macomb
County, Mich.
Born in Madison, Madison
County, N.Y., January
15, 1822.
Democrat. Tanner; mayor
of Mt. Clemens, Mich., 1885-87.
Member, Odd
Fellows.
Died in Mt. Clemens, Macomb
County, Mich., November
3, 1908 (age 86 years, 293
days).
Interment at Clinton
Grove Cemetery, Clinton Township, Macomb County, Mich.
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James Burtis Van Woert Jr. (1870-1934) —
also known as James B. Van Woert —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Greig, Lewis
County, N.Y.
Born in Greig, Lewis
County, N.Y., November
8, 1870.
Democrat. Leather manufacturer; member of New York
state assembly from Lewis County, 1913.
Dutch
ancestry. Member, Sons of
the Revolution.
Died, in St. Luke's Hospital,
Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y., November
14, 1934 (age 64 years, 6
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Jacob Van Woert and Theresa (Palen) Van Woert; married, April
11, 1898, to Jessie Georgiana Varker. |
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William Egbert Wheeler (1843-1911) —
also known as William E. Wheeler —
of Portville, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y.
Born in Mayville, Chautauqua
County, N.Y., November
21, 1843.
Republican. Tannery manager; lumber
business; banker;
member of New York
state assembly, 1892-93, 1900 (Cattaraugus County 1st District
1892, Cattaraugus County 1893, Cattaraugus County 1st District 1900).
Presbyterian.
Died in Portville, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y., April
28, 1911 (age 67 years, 158
days).
Interment at Chestnut Hill Cemetery, Portville, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of William French Wheeler and Flora (Atkins) Wheeler; brother of Nelson
Platt Wheeler; married to Almira Mersereau; uncle of Alexander
Royal Wheeler; first cousin thrice removed of Hezekiah
Case; first cousin four times removed of Noah
Phelps; first cousin five times removed of Erastus
Wolcott and Oliver
Wolcott Sr.; second cousin once removed of Asahel
Pierson Case; second cousin twice removed of Parmenio
Adams and Amos
Pettibone; second cousin thrice removed of Gaylord
Griswold and Elisha
Phelps; second cousin four times removed of Oliver
Wolcott Jr., Roger
Griswold and Frederick
Wolcott; third cousin once removed of Hiram
Bidwell Case; third cousin twice removed of Norman
A. Phelps, John
Smith Phelps and Almon
Case; third cousin thrice removed of Augustus
Pettibone and Rufus
Pettibone; fourth cousin of Joseph
Wells Holcomb, William
Lucius Case and Arthur
Burnham Woodford; fourth cousin once removed of Charles
Creighton Stratton, Edmund
Holcomb, Francis
William Kellogg, John
Leake Newbold Stratton, Selah
Merrill, William
Walter Phelps, Edmond
Alfred Holcomb, Leonard
Leach Case and Donald
Barr 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 |
| | | Image source: New York State
Legislative Souvenir (1893) |
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Forman E. Whitcomb (b. 1866) —
of Union (now part of Endicott), Broome
County, N.Y.
Born in Smithboro, Tioga
County, N.Y., July 24,
1866.
Shoemaker; member of New York
state assembly from Broome County 2nd District, 1918-32.
Methodist.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Redmen.
Burial location unknown.
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John Osborne Whitehouse (1817-1881) —
also known as John O. Whitehouse —
of Poughkeepsie, Dutchess
County, N.Y.
Born in Rochester, Strafford
County, N.H., July 19,
1817.
Democrat. Shoe manufacturer; U.S.
Representative from New York 13th District, 1873-77; newspaper
publisher.
Died in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess
County, N.Y., August
24, 1881 (age 64 years, 36
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Benjamin Martin Wilcox (1854-1912) —
also known as Benjamin M. Wilcox —
of Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Born in Fleming, Cayuga
County, N.Y., June 21,
1854.
Cayuga
County Clerk, 1883-91; shoe manufacturer; coal
dealer; member of New York
state assembly from Cayuga County, 1894-95; member of New York
state senate, 1896-1908 (39th District 1896-1906, 41st District
1907-08).
Died in 1912
(age about
58 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Wilcox and Lydia (Martin) Wilcox. |
| | | Image source: New York Red Book
1907 |
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John Blackburne Woodward (1835-1896) —
also known as John B. Woodward —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., May 31,
1835.
Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; leather
business; importer
and exporter; Independent candidate for mayor
of Brooklyn, N.Y., 1885.
Unitarian.
English
ancestry. Member, National Rifle
Association; Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Grand
Army of the Republic; Loyal
Legion.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., March 7,
1896 (age 60 years, 281
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Woodward and Mary Barrow (Blackburne) Woodward; married, May 31,
1870, to Elizabeth Cook Blackburne. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: John B. Woodward: a
biographical memoir (1897) |
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