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Horace Tracy Cahill (1894-1976) —
also known as Horace T. Cahill —
of East Braintree, Braintree, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
12, 1894.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1928; Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1939-45; candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1944; superior court judge in Massachusetts,
1947-73.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Odd
Fellows.
Died, in City Hospital,
Quincy, Norfolk
County, Mass., August
21, 1976 (age 81 years, 253
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George William Cahill and Alice Gertrude (Dallas) Cahill; married,
February
4, 1922, to Josephine Gates. |
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Frederick Manwell Calder (1861-1921) —
also known as Frederick M. Calder —
of Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y.
Born in New York Mills, Oneida
County, N.Y., March
20, 1861.
Republican. Lawyer; chair of
Oneida County Republican Party, 1891-92; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 5th District, 1921; died in office 1921.
Member, Freemasons; Odd
Fellows.
Died, from cerebral
apoplexy, while presiding in
court, in Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y., January
17, 1921 (age 59 years, 303
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Utica, N.Y.
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Charles Pope Caldwell (1875-1940) —
also known as C. Pope Caldwell —
of Forest Hills, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born near Bastrop, Bastrop
County, Tex., June 18,
1875.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1912;
U.S.
Representative from New York 2nd District, 1915-21; candidate for
borough
president of Queens, New York, 1925.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Sunnyside, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., July 31,
1940 (age 65 years, 43
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Stephen Callaghan (1876-1952) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Lebanon, Laclede
County, Mo., October
3, 1876.
Republican. Lawyer;
municipal judge in New York, 1912-15; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1915-29; appointed 1915;
defeated, 1929; elected (Wet) delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment 1933, but did not
serve.
Episcopalian.
Member, Elks;
Freemasons.
Died October
12, 1952 (age 76 years, 9
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Donald A. Campbell (1922-1992) —
of Amsterdam, Montgomery
County, N.Y.
Born in Amsterdam, Montgomery
County, N.Y., August
2, 1922.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1951-68 (Montgomery County 1951-65, 123rd
District 1966, 104th District 1967-68).
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners;
Amvets;
American
Legion; American Bar
Association.
Died November
8, 1992 (age 70 years, 98
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Edgar C. Campbell (b. 1889) —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., December
28, 1889.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of New York
state assembly from Albany County 1st District, 1920-23.
Member, Freemasons; American
Legion.
Burial location unknown.
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Gordon Canfield (1898-1972) —
of Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J.
Born in Salamanca, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y., April
15, 1898.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; newspaper
reporter; secretary to U.S. Rep. George
N. Seger, 1923-40; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 8th District, 1941-61.
Protestant.
Member, Freemasons; Rotary;
American
Legion.
Died in Hawthorne, Passaic
County, N.J., June 20,
1972 (age 74 years, 66
days).
Interment at Laurel
Grove Cemetery, Totowa, N.J.
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Jacob Aaron Cantor (1854-1921) —
also known as Jacob A. Cantor —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
6, 1854.
Democrat. Newspaper
reporter; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1884,
1888;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 23rd District, 1885-87;
member of New York
state senate, 1888-98 (10th District 1888-93, 14th District
1894-95, 20th District 1896-98); borough
president of Manhattan, New York, 1902-03; U.S.
Representative from New York 20th District, 1913-15; defeated,
1894 (15th District), 1914 (20th District); president, New York City
Department of Taxes and Assessments, 1918-21.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 2,
1921 (age 66 years, 208
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y.
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Maurice F. Cantor (b. 1895) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., 1895.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 11th District, 1927-29.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Alburtis Alanson Carley (b. 1833) —
also known as Alburtis A. Carley —
of Marathon, Cortland
County, N.Y.; Cortland, Cortland
County, N.Y.
Born in Marathon, Cortland
County, N.Y., January
6, 1833.
Republican. Dry goods
merchant; manufacturer
of barrel staves; director, First National Bank of
Cortland; member of New York
state assembly from Cortland County, 1881-82; chair of
Cortland County Republican Party, 1886-90.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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John Nelson Carlisle (1866-1931) —
also known as John N. Carlisle —
of Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y.
Born in Preble, Cortland
County, N.Y., August
24, 1866.
Democrat. Lawyer; chair of
Jefferson County Democratic Party, 1891-96; secretary of
New York Democratic Party, 1898-1905; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1904;
member, New York Public Service Commission, 1910-12; New York State
Commissioner of Highways, 1913-15.
Universalist.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar.
Died July 21,
1931 (age 64 years, 331
days).
Interment at Brookside
Cemetery, Watertown, N.Y.
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Gouverneur Morris Carnochan (1892-1943) —
also known as Gouverneur M. Carnochan —
of New City, Rockland
County, N.Y.
Born in Riverdale, Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., June 28,
1892.
Democrat. Candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; served in
the U.S. Navy during World War I; stockbroker;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II.
Member, Freemasons.
While in wartime
service, he was killed in a plane
crash, in South America or the Atlantic Ocean, October
12, 1943 (age 51 years, 106
days).
Interment at St.
Bernard's Cemetery, Bernardsville, N.J.
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William Brown Carswell (1883-1953) —
also known as William B. Carswell —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Edinburgh, Scotland,
1883.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state senate 6th District, 1913-16; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1923-53; died in office
1953; Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court
2nd Department, 1927-49; candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1937;
vice-president and trustee, Caledonian Hospital.
Christian
Reformed. Scottish
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons; Grotto;
Elks.
Died, following surgery for a stomach
ailment, in Sherbrooke Hospital,
Sherbrooke, Quebec,
September
7, 1953 (age about 70
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of David Bruce Carswell and Ann (Brown) Carswell. |
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Elbert Nostrand Carvel (1910-2005) —
also known as Elbert N. Carvel; "Big
Bert" —
of Laurel, Sussex
County, Del.
Born in Shelter Island, Suffolk
County, N.Y., February
9, 1910.
Democrat. Fertilizer
manufacturer; Lieutenant
Governor of Delaware, 1945-49; Delaware
Democratic state chair, 1946-47, 1955; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Delaware, 1948,
1952,
1956,
1960;
Governor
of Delaware, 1949-53, 1961-65; defeated, 1952; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Delaware, 1958, 1964; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Delaware.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners;
Lions;
Grange;
Sigma
Delta Kappa; Alpha
Zeta.
Died in Laurel, Sussex
County, Del., February
6, 2005 (age 94 years, 363
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Queen Anne's County, Md.
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Alfred Levi Cary (b. 1835) —
also known as Alfred L. Cary —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in Sterling, Cayuga
County, N.Y., July 23,
1835.
Lawyer;
general solicitor, Milwaukee, Lakeshore & Western Railroad;
member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1874.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Nathaniel C. Cary and Sophia (Eaton) Cary; married, September
6, 1864, to Harriet M. Van Slyck. |
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James Henry Cassidy (1869-1926) —
also known as James H. Cassidy —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Forest Hills Gardens, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, October
28, 1869.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 21st District, 1909-11; defeated, 1910.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Forest Hills Gardens, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., August
23, 1926 (age 56 years, 299
days).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Kew Gardens, Queens, N.Y.
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Robert A. Catchpole (b. 1865) —
of Geneva, Ontario
County, N.Y.
Born in London, England,
August
17, 1865.
Republican. Meat
merchant; mayor of
Geneva, N.Y., 1922-23; member of New York
state assembly from Ontario County, 1925-33.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Eagles;
Elks; Lions.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John G. Catchpole and Elizabeth A. (Walsh) Catchpole; married to
Helen F. McCarthy. |
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Emanuel Celler (1888-1981) —
also known as Manny Celler —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., May 6,
1888.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1923-73 (10th District 1923-45,
15th District 1945-53, 11th District 1953-63, 10th District 1963-73);
defeated (Liberal), 1972; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1936,
1940,
1944
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1948,
1952,
1956,
1960,
1964.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
of Pythias; Elks; United
World Federalists; American
Jewish Congress; American
Jewish Committee; B'nai
B'rith.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
15, 1981 (age 92 years, 254
days).
Interment at Mt.
Neboh Cemetery, Glendale, Queens, N.Y.
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George Ellsworth Chamberlin (1872-1952) —
also known as George E. Chamberlin —
of Oneonta, Otsego
County, N.Y.; Lynchburg,
Va.
Born in West Woodstock, Woodstock, Windham
County, Conn., February
17, 1872.
Traveling
salesman; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul
General in Singapore, 1906-10; U.S. Consul in Swatow, 1910; Queenstown, 1910-14; Georgetown, 1914-19; Glasgow, 1919-26; U.S. Consul General in Glasgow, as of 1927-30; Halifax, as of 1932.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons; American
Geographic Society.
Died in Lynchburg,
Va., December
7, 1952 (age 80 years, 294
days).
Interment at Oak Knoll Cemetery, Palmer, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward Chandler Chamberlin and Maria Jane (Kinney) Chamberlin;
married, September
7, 1911, to Grace Anna Stone. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: U.S. passport application
(1922) |
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John Wayne Champlin (1831-1901) —
also known as John W. Champlin —
of Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.
Born in Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y., February
17, 1831.
Democrat. Candidate for circuit
judge in Michigan, 1863; mayor
of Grand Rapids, Mich., 1867-68; defeated, 1868; justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1884-91; chief
justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1890-91; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Michigan.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich., July 24,
1901 (age 70 years, 157
days).
Interment at Fulton
Street Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Mich.
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Maro Spaulding Chapman (1839-1907) —
also known as Maro S. Chapman —
of Manchester, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in East Haddam, Middlesex
County, Conn., February
13, 1839.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; postal
envelope manufacturer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1882; member of Connecticut
state senate 2nd District, 1885-86; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Connecticut.
Member, Freemasons; Odd
Fellows; Grand
Army of the Republic.
Instrumental in the establishment of the Hartford, Manchester,
Rockville Tramway
Co. in 1895.
Died in Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y., March 2,
1907 (age 68 years, 17
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Nathaniel Chapman and Hannah (Percival) Chapman; married 1861 to Lucy
Woodbridge; married 1871 to Helen
Robbins. |
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Elmer E. Charles (1862-1936) —
of Warsaw, Wyoming
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, January
3, 1862.
Lawyer;
law partner of I.
Sam Johnson, 1886-1906; Wyoming
County District Attorney, 1895-1904; member of New York
state assembly from Wyoming County, 1904-05.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons.
Died in Warsaw, Wyoming
County, N.Y., October
31, 1936 (age 74 years, 302
days).
Interment at Warsaw
Cemetery, Warsaw, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of William Henry Charles and Lurana (Witherell) Charles; married to
Sadie Baird. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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William Barclay Charles (1861-1950) —
also known as William B. Charles —
of Amsterdam, Montgomery
County, N.Y.
Born in Glasgow, Scotland,
April
3, 1861.
Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen; cotton
dealer; member of New York
state assembly from Montgomery County, 1904-06; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1908
(alternate), 1928,
1936
(alternate); U.S.
Representative from New York 30th District, 1915-17.
Presbyterian.
Scottish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Amsterdam, Montgomery
County, N.Y., November
25, 1950 (age 89 years, 236
days).
Interment at Green
Hill Cemetery, Amsterdam, N.Y.
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James Howard Chase (b. 1879) —
also known as James H. Chase —
of Aurora, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Born in Ledyard town, Cayuga
County, N.Y., September
20, 1879.
Republican. Farmer;
member of New York
state assembly from Cayuga County, 1939-46.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; Elks; Grange;
Farm
Bureau.
Burial location unknown.
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Andrew Gould Chatfield (1810-1875) —
also known as Andrew G. Chatfield —
of Addison, Steuben
County, N.Y.; Racine, Racine
County, Wis.; Belle Plaine, Scott
County, Minn.
Born in Butternuts, Otsego
County, N.Y., January
27, 1810.
Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Steuben County, 1839-41, 1846; justice of
Minnesota territorial supreme court, 1853-57.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Belle Plaine, Scott
County, Minn., October
3, 1875 (age 65 years, 249
days).
Interment at Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration Cemetery, Belle Plaine,
Minn.
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Relatives: Son
of Enos Chatfield and Hannah (Starr) Chatfield; married, June 27,
1836, to Eunice Electa Clark Beeman; sixth great-grandson of Thomas
Welles; first cousin thrice removed of Almon
Ferdinand Rockwell; second cousin of Philo
Fairchild Barnum and Phineas
Taylor Barnum; third cousin once removed of Charles
Robert Sherman and Truman
Hotchkiss; fourth cousin of Charles
Taylor Sherman, William
Tecumseh Sherman, Lampson
Parker Sherman, John
Sherman, Benjamin
Pulaski Chatfield and Glover
Wheeler Cable; fourth cousin once removed of Asahel
Otis, Nathan
Summers Beardslee and Hobart
Chatfield Chatfield-Taylor. |
| | | Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | The city
of Chatfield, in Fillmore
and Olmsted
counties, Minnesota, is named for
him. |
| | | 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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Fenimore Chatterton (1860-1958) —
of Wyoming.
Born in Oswego, Oswego
County, N.Y., July 21,
1860.
Republican. Member of Wyoming
state senate, 1890; Wyoming
Republican state chair, 1893-94; secretary
of state of Wyoming, 1899-1907; Governor of
Wyoming, 1903-05.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons; Knights
Templar.
Died May 9,
1958 (age 97 years, 292
days).
Interment at Lakeview
Cemetery, Cheyenne, Wyo.
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Guy Warren Cheney (1886-1939) —
also known as Guy W. Cheney —
of Corning, Steuben
County, N.Y.
Born in Fort Covington, Franklin
County, N.Y., February
20, 1886.
Lawyer;
secretary to U.S. Rep. Alanson
B. Houghton, 1919-21; Steuben
County District Attorney, 1922-31; member of New York
state assembly from Steuben County 1st District, 1937-39; died in
office 1939.
Presbyterian.
Member, Alpha
Chi Rho; Phi
Delta Phi; Odd
Fellows; Elks; Rotary;
Freemasons; Scottish
Rite Masons.
Died April
18, 1939 (age 53 years, 57
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Addison Chickering (1843-1900) —
also known as Charles A. Chickering —
of Copenhagen, Lewis
County, N.Y.
Born in Harrisburg, Lewis
County, N.Y., November
26, 1843.
Republican. Member of New York
state assembly from Lewis County, 1879-81; clerk of the New York
Assembly, 1884-1890; U.S.
Representative from New York 24th District, 1893-1900; died in
office 1900.
Member, Freemasons.
Jumped
or fell
from a fourth-floor balcony of the Grand Union Hotel,
and died from his injuries, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
13, 1900 (age 56 years, 79
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Copenhagen, N.Y.
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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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Edgar Erastus Clark (1856-1930) —
also known as Edgar E. Clark —
of Cedar Rapids, Linn
County, Iowa.
Born in Lima, Livingston
County, N.Y., February
18, 1856.
Republican. Train
conductor; Grand Senior
Conductor (1889), and Grand Chief
Conductor (1890-1906), of the Order of Railway Conductors of
America; delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa, 1904;
member, Interstate Commerce Commission, 1906-21; chair, Interstate
Commerce Commission, 1913-14, 1918-21.
Member, Order
of Railway Conductors; Freemasons; Elks.
Died in Monrovia, Los Angeles
County, Calif., December
1, 1930 (age 74 years, 286
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas Campbell Clark (1899-1977) —
also known as Tom C. Clark —
Born in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., September
23, 1899.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; U.S.
Attorney General, 1945-49; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1949-67; took senior status 1967.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners;
American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Eagles;
Delta
Tau Delta.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 13,
1977 (age 77 years, 263
days).
Interment at Restland
Memorial Park, Dallas, Tex.
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William Andrews Clark (1839-1925) —
also known as William A. Clark —
of Butte, Silver Bow
County, Mont.
Born near Connellsville, Fayette
County, Pa., January
8, 1839.
Democrat. Banker; mine owner;
delegate
to Montana state constitutional convention, 1884, 1889; candidate
for Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Montana Territory, 1888; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Montana, 1892,
1904;
U.S.
Senator from Montana, 1899-1900, 1901-07; resigned 1900.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March 2,
1925 (age 86 years, 53
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Walter F. Clayton (b. 1865) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., 1865.
Republican. Architect;
builder;
member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 21st District, 1921-25.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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De Witt Clinton (1769-1828) —
also known as "Father of the Erie
Canal" —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Napanoch, Ulster
County, N.Y., March 2,
1769.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County, 1797-98; member of New York
state senate Southern District, 1798-1802, 1805-11; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1801; member of New York
council of appointment, 1801; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1802-03; mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1803-07, 1808-10, 1811-15; Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1811-13; candidate for President
of the United States, 1812; Governor of
New York, 1817-23, 1825-28; died in office 1828.
Member, Freemasons.
Chief advocate for the Erie Canal,
completed 1825.
Slaveowner.
Died, from heart
failure, in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., February
11, 1828 (age 58 years, 346
days).
Original interment at Clinton
Cemetery, Little Britain, N.Y.; reinterment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of James
Clinton and Mary (De Witt) Clinton; half-brother of James
Graham Clinton; brother of Charles
Clinton, George
Clinton Jr., Mary Clinton (who married Ambrose
Spencer (1765-1848)) and Katherine Clinton (who married Ambrose
Spencer (1765-1848)); married, February
13, 1796, to Maria Franklin; married, May 8,
1819, to Catherine Livingston Jones; father of George
William Clinton; nephew of George
Clinton; first cousin of Jacob
Hasbrouck DeWitt; first cousin once removed of Charles
De Witt; first cousin five times removed of Abraham
Owen Smoot III and Isaac
Albert Smoot; second cousin once removed of Charles
D. Bruyn and Charles
Gerrit De Witt; second cousin twice removed of David
Miller De Witt. |
| | | Political families: Clinton-DeWitt
family of New York; DeWitt-Bruyn-Hasbrouck-Kellogg
family of New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Cross-reference: Peter
Gansevoort |
| | | Clinton counties in Ill., Ind., Iowa, Ky., Mich., Mo. and Pa., and DeWitt County,
Ill., are named for him. |
| | | The township
and city of DeWitt,
Michigan, are named for
him. — The city
of De
Witt, Iowa, is named for
him. — The village
of DeWitt,
Illinois, is named for
him. — The city
of De
Witt, Missouri, is named for
him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: De
Witt C. Stevens
— DeWitt
C. Walker
— De
Witt C. Stanford
— De
Witt C. Littlejohn
— De Witt
C. Gage
— DeWitt
C. Clark
— De
Witt C. Leach
— Dewitt
C. West
— John
DeWitt Clinton Atkins
— DeWitt
C. Wilson
— De
Witt C. Morris
— D.
C. Giddings
— DeWitt
C. Hough
— DeWitt
C. Jones
— De
Witt C. Tower
— D.
C. Coolman
— DeWitt
Clinton Cregier
— DeWitt
C. Hoyt
— DeWitt
Clinton Senter
— De
Witt C. Rugg
— DeWitt
C. Allen
— DeWitt
C. Peck
— DeWitt
C. Richman
— Dewitt
C. Alden
— DeWitt
C. Cram
— De
Witt C. Bolton
— DeWitt
C. Huntington
— DeWitt
C. Jones
— DeWitt
C. Pond
— De Witt
C. Carr
— DeWitt
C. Pierce
— DeWitt
C. Middleton
— De
Witt C. Badger
— DeWitt
C. Dominick
— DeWitt
C. Becker
— De
Witt C. Titus
— De
Witt C. Winchell
— Dewitt
C. Turner
— Dewitt
C. Ruscoe
— DeWitt
C. Brown
— DeWitt
C. French
— De
Witt C. Flanagan
— DeWitt
C. Cole
— DeWitt
C. Talmage
— Dewitt
Clinton Chase
— De
Witt C. Poole, Jr.
— DeWitt
C. Cunningham
— Dewitt
C. Chastain
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| | | Coins and currency: His portrait
appeared on the U.S. $1,000 note in 1898-1905.
|
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books about De Witt Clinton: Evan
Cornog, The
Birth of Empire : DeWitt Clinton and the American Experience,
1769-1828 |
| | | Image source: New York Public
Library |
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George Clinton (1739-1812) —
of Ulster
County, N.Y.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Little Britain, Orange
County, N.Y., July 26,
1739.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from New York, 1775-76; Governor of
New York, 1777-95, 1801-04; delegate
to New York convention to ratify U.S. constitution from Ulster
County, 1788; member of New York
state assembly from New York County, 1800-01; Vice
President of the United States, 1805-12; died in office 1812.
Christian
Reformed. Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April
20, 1812 (age 72 years, 269
days).
Original interment at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment in 1908 at Old
Dutch Churchyard, Kingston, N.Y.
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John T. Clyne (b. 1857) —
of Joliet, Will
County, Ill.
Born in Cohoes, Albany
County, N.Y., December
8, 1857.
Republican. Postmaster at Joliet,
Ill., 1903-15; banker.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James Clyne and Catherine (Quinn) Clyne. |
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Herbert P. Coats (b. 1872) —
of Saranac Lake, Franklin
County, N.Y.
Born in Fulton, Oswego
County, N.Y., September
1, 1872.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state senate 34th District, 1910-14.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
| | |
Relatives: Son
of William H. Coats and Emma G. Coats; married 1895 to Bertha
E. Roberts. |
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George Henry Cobb (b. 1864) —
also known as George H. Cobb —
of Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y.
Born in Hounsfield town, Jefferson
County, N.Y., 1864.
Republican. Lawyer; Jefferson
County District Attorney, 1899; member of New York
state senate 35th District, 1905-12; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1908;
Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1910.
Presbyterian.
English,
Scottish,
and Dutch
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
| | |
Relatives: Son
of Elijah Cobb and Emily (Crandall) Cobb; married, April
19, 1893, to Louisa Wenzel. |
| | | Image source: New York Red Book
1907 |
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Hewitt Coburn Jr. (b. 1859) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Manchester, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
6, 1859.
Republican. Manufacturer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Manchester, 1907-08.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward Hewitt Coburn and Martha (Sterritt) Coburn; married, December
12, 1895, to Lena May Carter. |
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James Hodge Codding (1849-1919) —
also known as James H. Codding —
of Towanda, Bradford
County, Pa.
Born in Pike Township, Bradford
County, Pa., July 8,
1849.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 15th District, 1895-99.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., September
12, 1919 (age 70 years, 66
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Towanda, Pa.
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Albert Martin Cohen (b. 1901) —
also known as Albert M. Cohen —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., June 10,
1901.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 23rd District, 1928-34.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
of Pythias.
Burial location unknown.
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William Wolfe Cohen (1874-1940) —
also known as William W. Cohen —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., September
6, 1874.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York 17th District, 1927-29.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons; Elks; B'nai
B'rith.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
12, 1940 (age 66 years, 36
days).
Interment at Mt.
Neboh Cemetery, Glendale, Queens, N.Y.
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Ernest E. Cole (1871-1949) —
of Bath, Steuben
County, N.Y.
Born in Savona, Steuben
County, N.Y., November
18, 1871.
Republican. School
principal; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Steuben County 1st District, 1920-22; member
of New
York state senate 43rd District, 1923-26; New York Commissioner
of Education, 1940.
Member, Freemasons; Royal
Arch Masons; Odd
Fellows.
Died in 1949
(age about
77 years).
Interment at Seamans
Cemetery, Savona, N.Y.
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George Wilson Cole (1858-1923) —
also known as George W. Cole —
of Salamanca, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y.
Born in Humphrey, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y., December
31, 1858.
Republican. Lawyer; Cattaraugus
County District Attorney, 1902-13; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 8th District, 1916-23; appointed 1916;
died in office 1923.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Elks.
Died in Salamanca, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y., March
30, 1923 (age 64 years, 89
days).
Interment at Wildwood
Cemetery, Salamanca, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Stephen S. Cole and Lemira P. (Berry) Cole; married to Lucia Ellen
Weber. |
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William Sterling Cole (1904-1987) —
also known as W. Sterling Cole —
of Bath, Steuben
County, N.Y.
Born in Painted Post, Steuben
County, N.Y., April
18, 1904.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1935-57 (37th District 1935-45,
39th District 1945-53, 37th District 1953-57).
Presbyterian.
Member, Sigma
Nu; Phi
Beta Kappa; Pi
Delta Epsilon; Delta
Sigma Rho; Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March
15, 1987 (age 82 years, 331
days).
Interment somewhere
in Bath, N.Y.
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William Thomas Coleman (b. 1867) —
also known as William T. Coleman —
of Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y.
Born in Madison Township, Armstrong
County, Pa., April
20, 1867.
Republican. Grocer; mayor of
Elmira, N.Y., 1905.
Presbyterian.
Scotch-Irish
and German
ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Royal
Arcanum.
Burial location unknown.
| | |
Relatives: Son
of John Coleman and Mary E. (Langler) Coleman; married, September
16, 1896, to Mary J. Espey. |
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Schuyler Colfax Jr. (1823-1885) —
also known as "The Christian Statesman";
"Smiler" —
of South Bend, St. Joseph
County, Ind.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March
23, 1823.
Delegate
to Indiana state constitutional convention, 1850-51; delegate to
Whig National Convention from Indiana, 1852; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 9th District, 1855-69; Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1863-69; Vice
President of the United States, 1869-73; candidate for Republican
nomination for Vice President, 1872.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Freemasons.
Died in Mankato, Blue Earth
County, Minn., January
13, 1885 (age 61 years, 296
days).
Interment at South
Bend City Cemetery, South Bend, Ind.
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Relatives: Son
of Schuyler Washington Colfax and Hannah (Stryker) Colfax; married 1844 to Evelyn
Clark; married, November
18, 1868, to Ellen
Maria Wade (niece of Benjamin
Franklin Wade and Edward
Wade; first cousin of Decius
Spear Wade); father of Schuyler
Colfax III. |
| | | Political family: Wade-Colfax
family of Andover and Jefferson, Ohio. |
| | | Colfax counties in Neb. and N.M. are
named for him. |
| | | The city
of Schuyler,
Nebraska, is named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about Schuyler Colfax: Willard H.
Smith, Schuyler
Colfax : The changing fortunes of a political idol —
James S. Brisbin, The
campaign lives of Ulysses S. Grant and Schuyler
Colfax — Willard H. Smith, Schuyler
Colfax and the political upheaval of 1854-1855 —
Willard H. Smith, Schuyler
Colfax: a reappraisal |
| | | Image source: James G. Blaine, Twenty
Years of Congress, vol. 2 (1886) |
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Cornelius Van Santvoord Collins (1856-1926) —
also known as Cornelius V. Collins —
of Troy, Rensselaer
County, N.Y.
Born in Greenwich, Washington
County, N.Y., June 20,
1856.
Republican. Dry goods
merchant; Troy city police commissioner, 1888-90; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1900
(alternate), 1904,
1908,
1912,
1920;
Rensselaer
County Sheriff, 1905-08; postmaster.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in 1926
(age about
70 years).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Troy, N.Y.
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Norman Jay Colman (1827-1911) —
also known as Norman J. Colman —
of New Albany, Floyd
County, Ind.; St.
Louis, Mo.
Born near Richfield Springs, Otsego
County, N.Y., May 16,
1827.
Democrat. Lawyer;
colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; Lieutenant
Governor of Missouri, 1875-77; defeated, 1868; U.S.
Secretary of Agriculture, 1889.
Member, Freemasons.
Editor and publisher of an agricultural newspaper.
Died, of apoplexy,
in St.
Louis, Mo., November
3, 1911 (age 84 years, 171
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
| | |
Relatives: Son
of Hamilton Colman and Nancy (Sprague) Colman; married 1851 to Clara
Porter; married 1866 to
Catherine 'Kate' Wright. |
| | | See also NNDB
dossier |
| | | Image source: Life and Work of James G.
Blaine (1893) |
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John Henry Colvin (b. 1839) —
also known as John H. Colvin —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Little Falls, Herkimer
County, N.Y., October
25, 1839.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; Chicago
alderman, 1882-88; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Illinois, 1904.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Foresters;
Royal
Arcanum; Knights
of Honor.
Burial location unknown.
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Frank Comesky (b. 1858) —
of Nyack, Rockland
County, N.Y.
Born in Carmel, Putnam
County, N.Y., January
14, 1858.
Democrat. School
principal; lawyer; Rockland
County District Attorney, 1894; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1896,
1900.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Foresters.
Burial location unknown.
| | |
Relatives: Son
of Owen Comesky and Ann (Magie) Comesky. |
| | | Image source: Library of
Congress |
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Oliver Cromwell Comstock (1780-1860) —
also known as Oliver C. Comstock —
of Seneca
County, N.Y.
Born in Warwick, Kent
County, R.I., March 1,
1780.
Democrat. Member of New York
state assembly from Seneca County, 1809-10, 1811-12; common pleas
court judge in New York, 1812-15, 1817-18; U.S.
Representative from New York 20th District, 1813-19; Michigan
superintendent of public instruction, 1843-45.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Marshall, Calhoun
County, Mich., January
11, 1860 (age 79 years, 316
days).
Interment at Oakridge
Cemetery, Marshall, Mich.
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Edwin F. Conely (b. 1847) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
7, 1847.
Democrat. Lawyer; law
professor; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Michigan, 1880,
1892;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1887; member of Michigan Gold
Democratic State Central Committee, 1899.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons; Royal
Arch Masons; Royal
and Select Masters; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
American Bar
Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William S. Conely and Eliza (O'Connor) Conely; married, December
9, 1873, to Achsah Butterfield; married, May 9,
1882, to Fanny Butterfield. |
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Cassius Congdon (b. 1870) —
of West Clarksville, Allegany
County, N.Y.
Born in West Clarksville, Allegany
County, N.Y., 1870.
Republican. Farmer; cheese
manufacturer; oil and gas
producer; member of New York
state assembly from Allegany County, 1924-29.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons; Odd
Fellows.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Gerard Conn (1844-1931) —
of Elkhart, Elkhart
County, Ind.
Born in Manchester, Ontario
County, N.Y., January
29, 1844.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; mayor
of Elkhart, Ind., 1880-83; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1889; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 13th District, 1893-95.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Freemasons.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
5, 1931 (age 86 years, 341
days).
Interment at Grace
Lawn Cemetery, Elkhart, Ind.
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Don W. Cook (b. 1919) —
of Henrietta, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., July 8,
1919.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;
member of New York
state assembly 135th District, 1967-75.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons; Shriners;
Lions.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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John H. Cooke (b. 1911) —
of Alden, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Jamestown, Chautauqua
County, N.Y., June 29,
1911.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state senate, 1951-62 (51st District 1951-54, 57th District
1955-62); Judge of New York Court of Claims, 1962-64.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles W. Cool (1858-1932) —
of Glens Falls, Warren
County, N.Y.
Born in Glens Falls, Warren
County, N.Y., August
19, 1858.
Republican. Mayor
of Glens Falls, N.Y., 1908-10, 1922-24.
Member, Freemasons; Elks.
Died in 1932
(age about
73 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Mortimer Elwyn Cooley (b. 1855) —
also known as Mortimer E. Cooley —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born near Canandaigua, Ontario
County, N.Y., March
28, 1855.
Democrat. Engineer;
university
professor; served in the U.S. Navy during the Spanish-American
War; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1924.
Member, Sigma
Phi; Sigma
Xi; Freemasons; American
Society of Mechanical Engineers.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Albert Blake Cooley and Achsah Bennett (Griswold) Cooley; married,
December
25, 1879, to Caroline Elizabeth Mosely. |
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Jesse Sherwood Cooper Jr. (1899-1971) —
also known as Jesse S. Cooper, Jr. —
of Mt. Vernon, Westchester
County, N.Y.; Dover, Kent
County, Del.
Born in Dover, Kent
County, Del., March
13, 1899.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Delaware, 1928;
Delaware
state treasurer, 1945-46; defeated, 1946.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Sons of
the American Revolution.
In 1950, he quietly helped Sen. John
J. Williams to expose corruption in the U.S. Internal Revenue
Service, but his role was not disclosed until after his death.
Died in Dover, Kent
County, Del., 1971
(age about
72 years).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Royal Samuel Copeland (1868-1938) —
also known as Royal S. Copeland —
of Bay City, Bay
County, Mich.; Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Suffern, Rockland
County, N.Y.
Born in Dexter, Washtenaw
County, Mich., November
7, 1868.
Homeopathic
physician; university
professor; mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1901-03; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1923-38; died in office 1938; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1924
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1936;
candidate in Democratic primary for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1937.
Methodist.
English
ancestry. Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Maccabees;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks; American
Public Health Association.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 17,
1938 (age 69 years, 222
days).
Interment at Mahwah
Cemetery, Mahwah, N.J.
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Fred Pierce Corson (1896-1985) —
also known as Fred P. Corson —
of Jackson Heights, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.; Port Washington, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.; Carlisle, Cumberland
County, Pa.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Cornwall, Lebanon
County, Pa.
Born in Millville, Cumberland
County, N.J., April
11, 1896.
Methodist
minister; president,
Dickinson College, 1934-44; Methodist Bishop of Philadelphia,
1944-68; offered prayer, Republican National Convention, 1948,
1952;
offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,
1948.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; Union
League; Rotary;
Kappa
Sigma; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Tau
Kappa Alpha; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, from a cerebral
hemorrhage after a fall, in
St. Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla., February
16, 1985 (age 88 years, 311
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Jeremiah Corson and Mary (Payne) Corson; married 1922 to
Frances Blount Beaman. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
| | | Image source: Dickinson
College |
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Charles Henry Coster (1898-1977) —
also known as Charles H. Coster —
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., 1898.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Vice Consul in Florence, as of 1926.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Florence (Firenze), Italy,
April
3, 1977 (age about 78
years).
Interment at Allori
Cemetery, Firenze, Italy.
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Relatives: Son
of C. H. Coster and Emily (Pell) Coster; married to Vincenza
Giuliani; uncle of Sumner
Pell Gerard. |
| | | Political family: Gerard
family of Brooklyn, New York. |
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George D. Cowdin (b. 1835) —
of Oxford, Oakland
County, Mich.
Born in Livingston
County, N.Y., October
21, 1835.
Republican. Farmer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Oakland County 2nd District,
1907-08.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Arthur Cowee (b. 1859) —
of Berlin, Rensselaer
County, N.Y.
Born in Berlin, Rensselaer
County, N.Y., August
31, 1859.
Republican. Farmer;
member of New York
state assembly from Rensselaer County 2nd District, 1916-22;
defeated, 1922.
Member, Grange;
Freemasons; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Burial location unknown.
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Kenneth Frank Cramer (1894-1954) —
also known as Kenneth F. Cramer —
of Wethersfield, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Gloversville, Fulton
County, N.Y., October
3, 1894.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; coal
business; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Wethersfield, 1929-32; member
of Connecticut
state senate, 1933-37; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Connecticut, 1936;
general in the U.S. Army during World War II.
Member, American
Legion; Purple
Heart; Sons of
the American Revolution; Society
of the War of 1812; Sons
of Union Veterans; Phi
Beta Kappa; Freemasons; Shriners;
Rotary.
Died, from a heart
attack, while hunting,
in Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany,
February
20, 1954 (age 59 years, 140
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Arthur Griswold Crane (1877-1955) —
also known as A. G. Crane —
of Cheyenne, Laramie
County, Wyo.
Born in Davenport Center, Delaware
County, N.Y., September
1, 1877.
Republican. Secretary
of state of Wyoming, 1947-51; Governor of
Wyoming, 1949-51.
Presbyterian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Sigma Rho; Phi
Delta Kappa; Freemasons.
Died August
21, 1955 (age 77 years, 354
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph Force Crater (b. 1889) —
also known as Joseph F. Crater; "Good Time
Joe" —
of New York.
Born in Easton, Northampton
County, Pa., January
5, 1889.
Democrat. Lawyer;
secretary to Robert
F. Wagner, 1920-26; newspapers reported that the two became law
partners, but Wagner later denied it; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1930; appointed 1930.
Member, Freemasons; Sigma
Chi; Tammany
Hall.
Mysteriously
disappeared (probably kidnapped and murdered)
on August 6, 1930; his body was never
found; he was declared legally dead in 1939.
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Andrew Murray Crawford (1853-1925) —
also known as Andrew M. Crawford —
of Marshfield (now Coos Bay), Coos
County, Ore.; Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born in Cannonsville, Delaware
County, N.Y., January
29, 1853.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Oregon
state house of representatives, 1897; Oregon
state attorney general, 1903-15.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died January
29, 1925 (age 72 years, 0
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Cecil O. Creal (1899-1986) —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Kiantone, Chautauqua
County, N.Y., December
19, 1899.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; manager,
Godfrey Moving &
Storage Co.; mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1959-65.
Episcopalian.
Member, Lions; Elks;
Freemasons; American
Legion.
Died in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., November
20, 1986 (age 86 years, 336
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich.
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Harold L. Creal (b. 1896) —
of Homer, Cortland
County, N.Y.
Born in Chautauqua
County, N.Y., July 31,
1896.
Republican. Farmer;
member of New York
state assembly from Cortland County, 1939-50.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons; Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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DeWitt Clinton Cregier (1829-1898) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 1,
1829.
Democrat. Engineer;
mayor
of Chicago, Ill., 1889-91.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., November
9, 1898 (age 69 years, 161
days).
Interment at Rosehill
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Sidney Winter Crofut (b. 1847) —
also known as Sidney W. Crofut —
of Danielson, Killingly, Windham
County, Conn.
Born in Sing Sing (now Ossining), Westchester
County, N.Y., October
17, 1847.
Republican. Insurance
business; banker; warden
(borough president) of Danielsonville, Connecticut, 1888-90;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Killingly, 1893; Connecticut
Banking Commissioner, 1895-1900.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George W. Crofut; married, June 9,
1870, to Lucy E. Marcy. |
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George Cromwell (1860-1934) —
of Dongan Hills, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., July 3,
1860.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Richmond County, 1888; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 1st District, 1888; borough
president of Richmond, New York, 1898-1913; defeated, 1921;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1912,
1916,
1920,
1924;
member of New York
state senate 23rd District, 1915-18.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Elks.
Suffered a stroke,
and died a week later, in Dongan Hills, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., September
17, 1934 (age 74 years, 76
days).
Interment at Moravian
Cemetery, New Dorp, Staten Island, N.Y.
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Daniel L. Crossman (1836-1901) —
also known as D. L. Crossman —
of Dansville, Ingham
County, Mich.; Williamston, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Cayuga
County, N.Y., November
4, 1836.
Republican. Postmaster;
miller;
banker;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1869; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1872;
clerk of the Michigan House of Representatives, 1873-91; candidate
for Presidential Elector for Michigan.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Royal
Arch Masons.
Died in Williamston, Ingham
County, Mich., March 7,
1901 (age 64 years, 123
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Fairview
Cemetery, Dansville, Mich.
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