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Sanford Winslow Abbey (1857-1935) —
also known as Sanford W. Abbey —
of Canandaigua, Ontario
County, N.Y.
Born in Richmond, Ontario
County, N.Y., January
11, 1857.
Democrat. Farmer;
member of New York
state assembly from Ontario County, 1890, 1910; postmaster at Canandaigua,
N.Y., 1916.
Presbyterian.
Member, Eagles;
Freemasons.
Died in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., July 18,
1935 (age 78 years, 188
days).
Interment at Lakeview Cemetery, Honeoye, N.Y.
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Arthur Judson Abbott (1880-1958) —
also known as Arthur J. Abbott —
of Oneida, Madison
County, N.Y.
Born in Oneida, Madison
County, N.Y., March
30, 1880.
Democrat. School
teacher; newspaper
editor; mayor of
Oneida, N.Y., 1924-25, 1928-29; candidate for New York
state assembly from Madison County, 1933.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons; Elks; Sons
of Union Veterans.
Died May 24,
1958 (age 78 years, 55
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Oneida, N.Y.
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Clark Hamilton Abbott (b. 1869) —
Born in Otisco, Onondaga
County, N.Y., 1869.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for New York
state senate 10th District, 1910.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Myron W. Abbott and Sarah (Clark) Abbott. |
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Walter W. Abbott (b. 1894) —
of Rome, Oneida
County, N.Y.
Born in Rome, Oneida
County, N.Y., June 20,
1894.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Oneida County 3rd District, 1930-33; mayor of
Rome, N.Y., 1942-43.
Member, American Bar
Association; Delta
Tau Delta; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons; Elks; Odd
Fellows; Royal
Arcanum; Izaak
Walton League; Kiwanis.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William J. Abbott and Anna (Pritchard) Abbott; married, September
7, 1920, to Marion A. FitzGibbons. |
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Peter A. Abeles (1886-1952) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Oltenitza, Romania,
February
15, 1886.
Republican. Lawyer; accountant;
member of New York
state senate 22nd District, 1919-20; defeated, 1920, 1922;
magistrate.
Jewish.
Member, B'nai
B'rith; Freemasons.
Died, apparently of a heart
attack, in a stationery
store on Eighth Avenue, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
12, 1952 (age 66 years, 210
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Aron Abeles and Rebecca (Isser) Abeles; married, November
11, 1913, to Minerva Lobel. |
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Milton A. Abelove (1912-1986) —
of Oneida
County, N.Y.; Boca Raton, Palm Beach
County, Fla.
Born in Schenectady, Schenectady
County, N.Y., June 9,
1912.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for New York
state senate 36th District, 1938.
Jewish.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons.
Died, in St. Luke's Memorial Hospital,
Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y., July 22,
1986 (age 74 years, 43
days).
Interment at Temple Beth El Cemetery, Whitesboro, N.Y.
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Bert Leigh Acker (1882-1960) —
also known as Bert L. Acker; Adelbert Leigh
Acker —
of Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
21, 1882.
Republican. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Florida; candidate
for U.S.
Representative from Florida 4th District, 1940, 1942; candidate
for Governor of
Florida, 1944, 1948; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Florida, 1948,
1952.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons; Elks; Moose.
Actor
in two silent
movies, 1919-20.
Died, from heart
disease, in a hospital
at Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla., March 7,
1960 (age 77 years, 168
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Milo M. Acker (1853-1922) —
of Hornell, Steuben
County, N.Y.
Born in Hartsville, Steuben
County, N.Y., October
3, 1853.
Republican. Lawyer;
director, First National Bank of
Hornell; vice-president, Urbana Wine
Co. ; member of New York
state assembly from Steuben County 2nd District, 1888-91; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 27th District, 1894;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1908.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in 1922
(age about
68 years).
Interment at Hornell
Rural Cemetery, Hornell, N.Y.
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Allison Leland Adams (1867-1920) —
also known as Allison L. Adams —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Missouri, January, 1867.
Republican. Manager, tax and insurance department, Equitable Trust
Company; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 8th District, 1918.
Member, Freemasons; Royal
Arch Masons; Shriners;
Royal
Arcanum.
Died in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., April
27, 1920 (age 53 years, 0
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Andrew Addison Adams (b. 1864) —
also known as Andrew A. Adams —
of Columbia City, Whitley
County, Ind.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Columbia City, Whitley
County, Ind., January
27, 1864.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1888-92; member of Indiana
Democratic State Committee, 1904; Judge, Indiana Appellate Court,
1910-13; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1912
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee).
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Phi
Gamma Delta.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Quincy Adams and Christiana (Elliott) Adams; married 1890 to Lois
Andrew. |
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Clarence Henry Adams (1905-1987) —
also known as Clarence H. Adams —
of Bloomfield, Hartford
County, Conn.; Washington,
D.C.; Mamaroneck, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Ogunquit, Wells, York
County, Maine, November
1, 1905.
Republican. Securities administrator for Connecticut Banking
Department, 1931-52; member, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission,
1952-56; president and trustee, Boston Celtics professional
basketball team, 1965-68.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Jesters;
Shriners.
Died, in the Maine Medical
Center, Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, May 10,
1987 (age 81 years, 190
days).
Interment at Ocean View Cemetery, Wells, Maine.
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William Everett Adams (1922-1983) —
also known as William E. Adams —
of Tonawanda, Erie
County, N.Y.; Kenmore, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Knightstown, Henry
County, Ind., December
25, 1922.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Erie County 2nd District, 1957-64; member of
New
York state senate, 1966-70 (61st District 1966, 53rd District
1967-70); indicted
in December 1969 on charges of lying to a
grand jury when he testified that he returned a cash
campaign contribution from a medical services company; tried in
1970 and found not guilty.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; American
Legion; Sigma
Nu; Knights
of Pythias.
Suffered a heart
attack, and died a week later, in Albany Medical
Center, Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., April
14, 1983 (age 60 years, 110
days).
Interment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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William Charles Adamson (1854-1929) —
also known as William C. Adamson —
of Carrollton, Carroll
County, Ga.
Born in Bowdon, Carroll
County, Ga., August
13, 1854.
Democrat. Lawyer;
city judge in Georgia, 1885-89; candidate for Presidential Elector
for Georgia; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 4th District, 1897-1917; Judge
of U.S. Customs Court, 1926-28.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; Royal
Arcanum; Knights
of Pythias.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Presbyterian Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
3, 1929 (age 74 years, 143
days).
Interment at Carrollton
City Cemetery, Carrollton, Ga.
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Israel J. P. Adlerman (c.1879-1941) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born about 1879.
Democrat. Member of New York
Democratic State Committee, 1930; Justice of City Court in the
Bronx, 1933-41.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., September
3, 1941 (age about 62
years).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Rochelle Park, N.J.
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Allen Clark Adsit (1837-1912) —
also known as Allen C. Adsit —
of Adams, Jefferson
County, N.Y.; Spring Lake, Ottawa
County, Mich.; Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.
Born in Rutland, Jefferson
County, N.Y., February
20, 1837.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Ottawa County 2nd District,
1871-72; Ottawa
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1875-76; circuit
judge in Michigan 17th Circuit, 1891-99; defeated, 1899, 1908;
law partner of Peter
J. Danhof, 1901-12; candidate for justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1901, 1904.
Universalist.
English
and Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died in Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich., January
3, 1912 (age 74 years, 317
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Mich.
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Arthur Melville Agnew (b. 1878) —
also known as Arthur M. Agnew —
of Grantwood, Cliffside Park, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
22, 1878.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Bergen County, 1913-15;
candidate for New
Jersey state senate from Bergen County, 1916.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Elks; Moose;
Freemasons; Kiwanis;
Union
League.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James Agnew and Maria (McGovern) Agnew; married, October
20, 1910, to Elizabeth Johnston. |
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Arthur Aitkenhead (c.1881-1949) —
of Glen Cove, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Glasgow, Scotland,
about 1881.
Republican. Carpenter;
builder;
vice-president, First National Bank of
Glen Cove; mayor
of Glen Cove, N.Y., 1944-47; defeated, 1947.
Scottish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Royal
Arch Masons; Rotary.
Died, in North Country Community Hospital,
Glen Cove, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., November
2, 1949 (age about 68
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Janet Gordon. |
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Myron Dale Albro (1897-1973) —
also known as Myron D. Albro —
of Lounsberry, Tioga
County, N.Y.; Nichols, Tioga
County, N.Y.
Born in Cortland, Cortland
County, N.Y., January
2, 1897.
Republican. Dairy farmer; cattle
breeder; member of New York
state assembly from Tioga County, 1938-52; director, Nichols
National Bank;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1964.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; Elks; Grange;
Farm
Bureau.
Died in Lounsberry, Tioga
County, N.Y., August
4, 1973 (age 76 years, 214
days).
Interment at Nichols Cemetery, Nichols, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Wells G. Albro and Nellie J. (Feint) Albro; married 1919 to
Marguerite M. Shalter. |
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memorial |
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Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich (1841-1915) —
also known as Nelson W. Aldrich; "General Manager of
the United States" —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.; Warwick, Kent
County, R.I.
Born in Foster, Providence
County, R.I., November
6, 1841.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; grocer;
director, Roger Williams Bank;
president, First National Bank of
Providence; trustee, Providence, Hartford and Fishkill Railroad;
organizer and president, United Traction
and Electric
Company; member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1875-77; Speaker of
the Rhode Island State House of Representatives, 1876-77; U.S.
Representative from Rhode Island 1st District, 1879-81; U.S.
Senator from Rhode Island, 1881-1911; author of Aldrich-Vreeland
Currency Act and Payne-Aldrich Tariff Act.
English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died, from an apoplectic
stroke, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April
16, 1915 (age 73 years, 161
days).
Interment at Swan
Point Cemetery, Providence, R.I.
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George Washington Aldridge (1856-1922) —
also known as George W. Aldridge; "The Boss";
"The Big Fellow" —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Michigan City, LaPorte
County, Ind., December
28, 1856.
Republican. Manufacturer;
mayor
of Rochester, N.Y., 1894; New York State Superintendent of Public
Works, 1895-99; delegate to Republican National Convention from New
York, 1896,
1900,
1904,
1908,
1912,
1916,
1920;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 32nd District, 1910; U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1921-22; died in office 1922.
Member, Freemasons; Sons of
the American Revolution; Odd
Fellows; Elks; Knights
of Pythias.
Died suddenly, from a heart
attack or stroke,
while golfing
at the Biltmore Country Club, near Rye, Westchester
County, N.Y., June 13,
1922 (age 65 years, 167
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Rochester, N.Y.
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Cassius Lynn Alexander (1875-1931) —
also known as Cassius L. Alexander —
of Corry, Erie
County, Pa.
Born in Wayne Township, Erie
County, Pa., January
24, 1875.
Republican. Undertaker;
mayor
of Corry, Pa., 1909-13, 1918-25, 1929-31; died in office 1931;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives 3rd District, 1915-16.
Member, Freemasons; Odd
Fellows; Elks; Eagles.
While en route to Buffalo, N.Y., he was killed in a one-car automobile
accident, when his car went off the road and hit a telephone
pole, in near Dunkirk, Chautauqua
County, N.Y., June 9,
1931 (age 56 years, 136
days).
Interment at Pine
Grove Cemetery, Corry, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert Alexander and Sarah M. (Dutton) Alexander; married to
Melinda Alvira Cody. |
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memorial |
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Howard N. Allen (1873-1953) —
of Pawling, Dutchess
County, N.Y.
Born in Pawling, Dutchess
County, N.Y., February
21, 1873.
Republican. Farmer;
president, Pawling Savings Bank;
director, National Bank of
Pawling; member of New York
state assembly from Dutchess County 1st District, 1923-44.
Methodist.
Member, Grange;
Farm
Bureau; Freemasons.
Suffered a heart
attack at a Pawling Savings Bank board of
directors meeting, and died the next day, in Pawling, Dutchess
County, N.Y., January
7, 1953 (age 79 years, 321
days).
Interment at Pawling
Cemetery, Pawling, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Married to Ruth A. Howard. |
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memorial |
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1936 |
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Mark W. Allen (b. 1877) —
of West New Brighton, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Born in Fairfax
County, Va., August
23, 1877.
Democrat. Carpenter;
Superintendent of Bridges and Buildings, Baltimore & Ohio Railroad;
lumber
business; member of New York
state senate 24th District, 1923-24.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Junior
Order; Knights
of Pythias.
Burial location unknown.
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Norman M. Allen (1828-1909) —
of Dayton, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y.
Born December
24, 1828.
Republican. Member of New York
state senate 32nd District, 1864-65, 1872-73, 1882-83; delegate
to Republican National Convention from New York, 1884.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Dayton, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y., November
15, 1909 (age 80 years, 326
days).
Interment at Cottage
Cemetery, Dayton, N.Y.
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Seth S. Allen (b. 1864) —
of Plattsburgh, Clinton
County, N.Y.
Born in Peru, Clinton
County, N.Y., October
20, 1864.
School
teacher; lawyer; Dry
candidate for delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Scottish
Rite Masons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Isaac C. Allen and Henrietta (Fuller) Allen; married 1892 to Della
Parsons. |
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Victor Maxon Allen (1870-1916) —
also known as Victor M. Allen —
of Petersburg, Rensselaer
County, N.Y.
Born in Petersburg, Rensselaer
County, N.Y., July 14,
1870.
Publishing
business; banker; Rensselaer
County Sheriff, 1903; member of New York
state senate 29th District, 1909-12; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 29th District, 1915.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks.
Died in Saranac Lake, Franklin
County, N.Y., September
25, 1916 (age 46 years, 73
days).
Interment at Pleasant
Valley and Meadowlawn Cemetery, Petersburg, N.Y.
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Bradford Almy (b. 1845) —
of Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y.
Born in Enfield, Tompkins
County, N.Y., February
10, 1845.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer; Tompkins
County Judge and Surrogate, 1898; mayor of
Ithaca, N.Y., 1905-06.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar.
Burial location unknown.
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Howard Wilmert Ameli (1881-1959) —
also known as Howard W. Ameli —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., October
12, 1881.
Republican. Lawyer; law
partner of Abner
C. Surpless; served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, 1929-34.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; American
Legion; Sons
of Union Veterans; Military
Order of the World Wars; Delta
Chi; Freemasons.
Died, in Methodist Hospital,
Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., July 29,
1959 (age 77 years, 290
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Alonzo Ameli and Jessie Isabel (Robinson) Ameli; married, August
10, 1918, to Flora E. Maus. |
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DeHart H. Ames (b. 1872) —
of Franklinville, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y.
Born in Great Valley town, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y., January
30, 1872.
Republican. Cattaraugus
County Sheriff, 1907-09; real estate
business; member of New York
state assembly from Cattaraugus County, 1915-20; member of New York
state senate 51st District, 1921-24; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 51st District, 1938.
Member, Freemasons; Scottish
Rite Masons; Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias.
Burial location unknown.
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Floyd E. Anderson (1891-1976) —
of Port Dickinson, Broome
County, N.Y.; Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y.
Born in Bainbridge, Chenango
County, N.Y., January
24, 1891.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
Republican State Committee, 1934-51; member of New York
state assembly from Broome County 1st District, 1941-42; member
of New
York state senate, 1943-51 (40th District 1943-44, 45th District
1945-51); Justice of
New York Supreme Court 6th District, 1953-58.
Protestant.
Member, Freemasons; Phi
Gamma Delta; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died in February, 1976
(age 85
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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John H. Anderson (1905-1974) —
of Tacoma, Pierce
County, Wash.
Born in Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y., October
18, 1905.
Building
contractor; mayor of
Tacoma, Wash., 1950-54, 1956-58.
Member, Kappa
Sigma; Elks; Moose;
Freemasons; Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners.
Died in November, 1974
(age 69
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Eddy M. Anderson and Alice E. (Rawlinson) Anderson; married, June 15,
1928, to Caroline Parsons. |
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Robert Bernerd Anderson (1910-1989) —
also known as Robert B. Anderson —
of Texas.
Born in Burleson, Johnson
County, Tex., June 4,
1910.
School
teacher; lawyer;
member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1932; Received the Medal
of Freedom in 1955; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1957-61.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons; Shriners;
Phi
Delta Phi; Order of
the Coif.
Pleaded
guilty in 1987 to charges
of evading
taxes by illegally operating an offshore
bank; sentenced
to jail, house
arrest, and probation;
disbarred
in 1988.
Died, of complications from surgery on cancer
of the esophagus, in New York
Hospital, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., August
14, 1989 (age 79 years, 71
days).
Interment at Rosehill Cemetery, Cleburne, Tex.
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Walter Gresham Andrews (1889-1949) —
also known as Walter G. Andrews —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Evanston, Cook
County, Ill., July 16,
1889.
Republican. Athletic
coach; major in the U.S. Army during World War I; sales
manager; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1931-49 (40th District 1931-45,
42nd District 1945-49).
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons.
Died, from a heart
attack, in a hotel at
Daytona Beach, Volusia
County, Fla., March 5,
1949 (age 59 years, 232
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Old
Fort Niagara Cemetery, Youngstown, N.Y.
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Floyd W. Annabel (c.1886-1944) —
of Bath, Steuben
County, N.Y.
Born in Howard, Steuben
County, N.Y., about 1886.
Democrat. Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 7th District, 1935; appointed 1935;
defeated, 1935.
Member, Rotary;
Freemasons; Odd
Fellows.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Bath Hospital,
Bath, Steuben
County, N.Y., January
13, 1944 (age about 58
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Olive Dutcher. |
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George Hanford Ansley (1875-1961) —
also known as George H. Ansley —
of Salamanca, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y.
Born in Salamanca, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y., December
14, 1875.
Democrat. Lawyer; chair of
Cattaraugus County Democratic Party, 1910; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1928.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons; Phi
Delta Theta.
Died in Salamanca, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y., September
20, 1961 (age 85 years, 280
days).
Interment at Wildwood
Cemetery, Salamanca, N.Y.
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Martin Charles Ansorge (1882-1967) —
also known as Martin C. Ansorge —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Corning, Steuben
County, N.Y., January
1, 1882.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from New York 21st District, 1921-23; defeated,
1912, 1914, 1916, 1922; candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1927, 1928, 1929; director,
United Air
Lines, 1934-51.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons; Elks; American
Legion.
Co-sponsor of the Edge-Ansorge bill to create the New York Port
Authority. Represented Henry
Ford in negotiations over his formal apology for anti-Semitic
books and articles he had published.
Died, in the Ansonia Hotel,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
4, 1967 (age 85 years, 34
days).
Interment at Temple
Israel Cemetery, Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y.
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Benjamin Antin (1884-1956) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Berlinez, Ukraine,
August
4, 1884.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Bronx County 3rd District, 1921-22; member of
New
York state senate 22nd District, 1923-30; delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; American
Jewish Congress; Lions; Tammany
Hall; Knights
of Khorassan; B'nai
B'rith.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
22, 1956 (age 72 years, 79
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Antin and Frances (Schwartzman) Antin; married, August
18, 1918, to Dora Polsky. |
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Louis Willard Antisdel (b. 1925) —
also known as Louis W. Antisdel —
of Nichols, Tioga
County, N.Y.
Born in Bradford
County, Pa., January
15, 1925.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
New York, 1972,
1976.
Member, Lions; American
Legion; Freemasons.
Still living as of 1993.
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James Kellogg Apgar (1862-1940) —
also known as James K. Apgar —
of Peekskill, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Peekskill, Westchester
County, N.Y., November
8, 1862.
Republican. Private secretary and clerk to Assembly Speaker James
W. Husted, 1884-87 and 1890; clerk to Assembly Speaker Fremont
Cole, 1888-89; clerk to Lt. Gov. Charles
T. Saxton, 1894-96; private secretary to Rep. William
L. Ward, 1896-97; member of New York
state assembly from Westchester County 3rd District, 1899-1907;
defeated, 1897; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from New York, 1900;
member of condemnation commission for appraising property for site of
proposed Hill View Reservoir in Westchester County; censured
by the New York Supreme Court in 1910 for unnecessary
delay, such as holding 65 hearings on one parcel; Westchester
County Register, 1919-24; village
president of Peekskill, New York, 1925-27.
Member, Freemasons; Royal
Arch Masons; Elks.
Died in Peekskill, Westchester
County, N.Y., September
21, 1940 (age 77 years, 318
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph A. Apgar and Eleanor (Herbert) Apgar; married, June 21,
1892, to Cecilia Annie Bellefeuille. |
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George Archinal (1900-1987) —
of Glendale, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., September
18, 1900.
Republican. Stockbroker;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York, 1938 (2nd District), 1960 (5th
District), 1962 (7th District); member of New York
state assembly, 1941-47 (Queens County 6th District 1941-44,
Queens County 7th District 1945-47); defeated, 1935; resigned 1947;
candidate for borough
president of Queens, New York, 1945; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1948;
member of New York
Republican State Committee, 1961; candidate for Presidential
Elector for New York.
Lutheran.
Member, Freemasons; Royal
Arch Masons; Elks; Moose.
Died, from heart
failure, in Glendale, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., October
12, 1987 (age 87 years, 24
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Isaac Newton Arnold (1815-1884) —
also known as Isaac N. Arnold —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Hartwick, Otsego
County, N.Y., November
30, 1815.
Lawyer;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1842-43, 1855; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Illinois; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1861-65 (2nd District 1861-63, 1st
District 1863-65).
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April
24, 1884 (age 68 years, 146
days).
Interment at Graceland
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Harold John Arthur (1904-1971) —
also known as Harold J. Arthur —
of Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born in Whitehall, Washington
County, N.Y., February
9, 1904.
Republican. Lawyer;
major in the U.S. Army during World War II; Lieutenant
Governor of Vermont, 1949-50; Governor of
Vermont, 1950-51; Republican candidate for U.S.
Representative from Vermont at-large, 1950 (primary), 1958.
Unitarian.
Member, United
Commercial Travelers; American
Legion; Amvets;
Farm
Bureau; Sons of
the American Revolution; Elks; Grange;
Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Eagles;
Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows.
Died, from cancer,
in the Air Force Base Hospital,
Plattsburgh, Clinton
County, N.Y., July 19,
1971 (age 67 years, 160
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Lakeview
Cemetery, Burlington, Vt.
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Warren B. Ashmead (1874-1947) —
of Jamaica, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in 1874.
Republican. Postmaster at Jamaica,
N.Y., 1907-14; chair of
Queens County Republican Party, 1930-47; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1932,
1936,
1940,
1944;
delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; member of
New York
Republican State Executive Committee, 1945.
Member, Freemasons; Elks.
Died November
24, 1947 (age about 73
years).
Interment at Prospect Hill Cemetery, Valatie, N.Y.
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Joseph M. Aspinall (b. 1854) —
also known as Joseph Aspinwall —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., 1854.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 11th District, 1888-89, 1891;
member of New York
state senate 3rd District, 1892-93; Kings
County Judge, 1896; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1907-24.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners;
Union
League.
Burial location unknown.
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Harry Hurd Atwell (b. 1877) —
also known as Harry H. Atwell —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Perrysburg, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y., December
14, 1877.
Democrat. Engineer;
grading
contractor; university
professor; Washtenaw
County Surveyor, 1921-30; Washtenaw
County Clerk, 1933-34.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
American
Arbitration Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Harrison Atwell and Julia Matilda (Hurd) Atwell; married 1904 to Clara
K. M. Rohde; married 1919 to
Katherine Anna Schaeberle. |
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Willard Shurtleff Augsbury (1858-1939) —
also known as Willard S. Augsbury —
of Antwerp, Jefferson
County, N.Y.
Born in Plessis, Jefferson
County, N.Y., August
31, 1858.
Republican. Farmer; banker;
member of New York
state assembly from Jefferson County 2nd District, 1915-17;
member of New York
state senate 37th District, 1923-24.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died August
15, 1939 (age 80 years, 349
days).
Interment at Hillside Cemetery, Antwerp, N.Y.
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Albert Elmer Austin (1877-1942) —
also known as Albert E. Austin —
of Sound Beach, Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn.; Old Greenwich, Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Medway, Norfolk
County, Mass., November
15, 1877.
Republican. Physician;
orator;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Greenwich, 1917-18, 1921-22;
U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1939-41; defeated,
1940.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Medical
Association; Freemasons.
Died in Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn., January
26, 1942 (age 64 years, 72
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Ferncliff
Cemetery, Hartsdale, N.Y.
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Bernard Austin (1896-1959) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Russia,
1896.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; accountant;
lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 4th District, 1935-59; died in
office 1959.
Jewish.
Member, American
Legion; Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons; Elks; Federal
Bar Association.
After giving a short speech at the swearing-in
of City Court Justice Louis
B. Heller, he collapsed and died from a heart
attack, in the Central Courts
Building, Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
6, 1959 (age about 62
years).
Interment at Beth-David
Cemetery, Elmont, Long Island, N.Y.
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Horace J. Austin (1837-1891) —
of Vermillion, Clay
County, S.Dak.
Born in Washington
County, N.Y., July 11,
1837.
Republican. Surveyor;
served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Dakota
territorial House of Representatives, 1865-67; member
Dakota territorial council, 1867-69, 1874-76; President
of the Dakota Territorial Council, 1867-68; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 2nd District, 1891; died in
office 1891.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Vermillion, Clay
County, S.Dak., February
27, 1891 (age 53 years, 231
days).
Interment at Bluff
View Cemetery, Vermillion, S.Dak.
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Wallace Ray Austin (b. 1888) —
also known as W. Ray Austin —
of Spencerport, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Spencerport, Monroe
County, N.Y., July 25,
1888.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; pharmacist;
member of New York
state assembly from Monroe County 5th District, 1923-33;
defeated, 1933.
Member, Freemasons; Odd
Fellows.
Burial location unknown.
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Robert Averill (b. 1872) —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Palmyra, Wayne
County, N.Y., 1872.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1906-07 (Monroe County 3rd District 1906, Monroe
County 4th District 1907).
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Edwin S. Averill and Mary (Caulkins) Averill. |
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