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  Johannes Abeel (1667-1711) — also known as John Abeel — of Albany, Albany County, N.Y. Born in Albany, Albany County, N.Y., March 23, 1667. Merchant; fur trader; mayor of Albany, N.Y., 1694-95, 1709-10; member of New York colonial assembly, 1695, 1701-02. Dutch Reformed. Died in Albany, Albany County, N.Y., January 28, 1711 (age 43 years, 311 days). Original interment at Second Dutch Reformed Church Cemetery, Albany, N.Y.; reinterment at Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
  Relatives: Brother of Elizabeth Abeel (who married Evert Bancker); married 1694 to Catherine Schuyler.
  Political family: Bancker-Abeel family of Albany, New York.
  See also Wikipedia article
  George Bethune Adams (1845-1911) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., April 3, 1845. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; merchant; lawyer; U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1901-11; died in office 1911. Member, Union League. Died in Hague, Warren County, N.Y., October 9, 1911 (age 66 years, 189 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Andrew W. Adams and Mary A. Adams; married, July 12, 1904, to Helen Jean Balfour.
  See also federal judicial profile — Wikipedia article
  Herbert Erwin Allen (1874-1947) — also known as Herbert E. Allen; "Bertie" — of Clinton, Oneida County, N.Y. Born in Mexico, Oswego County, N.Y., December 13, 1874. Merchant; hardware business; member of New York state assembly from Oneida County 2nd District, 1910-13. Died in Clinton, Oneida County, N.Y., October 24, 1947 (age 72 years, 315 days). Interment at Sunset Hill Cemetery, Clinton, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Hiram Jonathan Allen.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  John Alsop (1724-1794) — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in New Windsor, Orange County, N.Y., 1724. Merchant; Delegate to Continental Congress from New York, 1774-76. Died in Newtown, Queens, Queens County, N.Y., November 22, 1794 (age about 70 years). Interment at Trinity Churchyard, Manhattan, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of John Alsop, Sr. and Abigail (Sackett) Alsop; married, June 6, 1766, to Mary Frogat; father of Mary Alsop (who married Rufus King (1755-1827)); grandfather of John Alsop King, James Gore King and Edward King; great-grandfather of Rufus King (1814-1876) and Rufus King (1817-1891); first cousin once removed of Ebenezer Hazard; first cousin twice removed of Erskine Hazard; first cousin seven times removed of John Forbes Kerry; third cousin twice removed of Benjamin Hard, Reuben Bostwick Heacock, Elisha Hotchkiss Jr., Gideon Hard and Graham Hurd Chapin; third cousin thrice removed of Walter Booth, Truman Hotchkiss, James Lockwood Conger, Austin George Nettleton, Charles M. Hotchkiss and George Winthrop Fairchild.
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Weeks-Bigelow-Andrew-Upham family; King-Hazard family of Connecticut and New York; Beakes-Greene-Witter family (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail
  Lawrence A. Appley (1904-1997) — of Glen Ridge, Essex County, N.J.; Hamilton, Madison County, N.Y. Born in Nyack, Rockland County, N.Y., April 22, 1904. Republican. Personnel manager, Buffalo Division, Socony Vacuum Oil Company, 1930-34; vice-president, Vick Chemical Company, 1941-46; vice-president, Montgomery Ward department stores, 1946-48; president, American Management Association, 1948-68; member, Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, 1953-55. Baptist. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Omicron Delta Kappa; Chi Phi; Delta Sigma Rho. Died in Hamilton, Madison County, N.Y., April 4, 1997 (age 92 years, 347 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Rev. Joseph Earl Appley and Jessie (Moore) Appley; married, September 1, 1927, to Ruth G. Wilson.
  Benedict Arnold (1780-1849) — of Amsterdam, Montgomery County, N.Y. Born in Amsterdam, Tryon County (now Montgomery County), N.Y., October 5, 1780. Merchant; member of New York state assembly from Montgomery County, 1816-17; U.S. Representative from New York 16th District, 1829-31. Not related to the 1780 U.S. military traitor of the same name. Died in Amsterdam, Montgomery County, N.Y., March 3, 1849 (age 68 years, 149 days). Interment at Green Hill Cemetery, Amsterdam, N.Y.
  Relatives: Brother-in-law of Matthias Jacob Bovee.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Florence S. Babbitt (1847-1929) — also known as Florence Lewis Smalley — of Ypsilanti, Washtenaw County, Mich. Born in Friendship, Allegany County, N.Y., March 19, 1847. Democrat. Antique dealer; member of Michigan Democratic State Central Committee, 1919. Female. Member, Daughters of the American Revolution. Died in Ypsilanti, Washtenaw County, Mich., November 3, 1929 (age 82 years, 229 days). Interment at Highland Cemetery, Ypsilanti, Mich.
  Relatives: Daughter of Mortimer C. Smalley and Nancy Maria (Lewis) Smalley; married, August 2, 1866, to John Willard Babbitt.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  William Babcock (1785-1838) — of Penn Yan, Yates County, N.Y. Born in Hinsdale, Cheshire County, N.H., 1785. Merchant; Yates County Treasurer, 1823; U.S. Representative from New York 26th District, 1831-33; hotel-keeper. Died in Penn Yan, Yates County, N.Y., October 20, 1838 (age about 53 years). Interment at City Hill Cemetery, Near Penn Yan, Yates County, N.Y.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Alvin W. Bailey (1814-1887) — of Hastings, Barry County, Mich. Born in Cayuga County, N.Y., September 29, 1814. Democrat. Merchant; Hastings Township Supervisor, 1852; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Barry County, 1853-54; village president of Hastings, Michigan, 1855-56. Died in Hastings, Barry County, Mich., March 6, 1887 (age 72 years, 158 days). Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Hastings, Mich.
  Relatives: Brother of Norman Bailey.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Norman Bailey (1822-1896) — of Hastings, Barry County, Mich. Born in Cayuga County, N.Y., January 1, 1822. Republican. Merchant; newspaper editor; member of Michigan state senate 21st District, 1861-62. Member, Odd Fellows. Died in Hastings, Barry County, Mich., February 15, 1896 (age 74 years, 45 days). Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Hastings, Mich.
  Relatives: Brother of Alvin W. Bailey; married 1864 to Rachel Aldrich.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Jacob Baiz (1843-1899) — also known as Jacobo Baiz — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Barcelona, Venezuela, January 19, 1843. Naturalized U.S. citizen; commission merchant; coffee importer; Consul-General for Guatemala in New York, N.Y., 1874-92; Consul-General for Salvador in New York, N.Y., 1875-77; Charge d'Affaires for Honduras, 1878; Consul-General for Honduras in New York, N.Y., 1885-96. Jewish. Member, Freemasons. Died in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., June 13, 1899 (age 56 years, 145 days). Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Abraham Baiz and Sarah Miriam (Naar) Baiz; married, March 11, 1868, to Emily Mendes Seixas.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Louis Bamberger (b. 1808) — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, November 20, 1808. Naturalized U.S. citizen; merchant; U.S. Consul in Asuncion, 1855-62. German ancestry. Burial location unknown.
  Evert Bancker (1721-1803) — of New York County, N.Y. Born May 29, 1721. Merchant; member of New York state assembly from New York County, 1777-83, 1785-88; Speaker of the New York State Assembly, 1779-83. Died January 13, 1803 (age 81 years, 229 days). Interment at Old Dutch Churchyard, Kingston, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Christoffel Bancker and Elizabeth (Hooglant) Bancker; married 1748 to Elizabeth Boelen; grandson of Evert Bancker (1665-1734).
  Political family: Bancker-Abeel family of Albany, New York.
  See also Wikipedia article
  Nathan Barlow Jr. (1818-1899) — of Hastings, Barry County, Mich. Born in Canandaigua, Ontario County, N.Y., January 1, 1818. Democrat. Hotel owner; merchant; Barry County Clerk, 1843-44; Barry County Treasurer, 1845-46; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Barry County, 1850; Supervisor, Hastings Township, 1853; postmaster at Hastings, Mich., 1854; director, Grand River Valley Railroad, 1872-97; mayor of Hastings, Mich., 1873-74. Died in Hastings, Barry County, Mich., January 25, 1899 (age 81 years, 24 days). Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Hastings, Mich.
  Relatives: Son of Nathan Barlow.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Samuel Ezra Barnum (b. 1828) — of Lake Forest, Lake County, Ill. Born in Utica, Oneida County, N.Y., July 19, 1828. Merchant; mayor of Lake Forest, Ill., 1870-71, 1873-74, 1879-81. Burial location unknown.
  James Battistoni — of New York. Born in Italy. Socialist. Merchant; delegate to Socialist National Convention from New York, 1920; candidate for U.S. Representative from New York 40th District, 1928. Italian ancestry. Burial location unknown.
  Alfred Florian Beiter (1894-1974) — also known as Alfred F. Beiter — of Williamsville, Erie County, N.Y. Born in Clarence, Erie County, N.Y., July 7, 1894. Democrat. Merchant; U.S. Representative from New York 41st District, 1933-39, 1941-43; defeated, 1938, 1942. Catholic. Member, Veterans of Foreign Wars; Elks; Moose; Eagles; Rotary. Died in Boca Raton, Palm Beach County, Fla., March 11, 1974 (age 79 years, 247 days). Interment at Boca Raton Cemetery, Boca Raton, Fla.
  Relatives: Son of Nicholas I. Beiter and Elizabeth (Wyman) Beiter; married, November 19, 1919, to Caroline A. Kibler.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  James T. Bennett (b. 1857) — of Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa County, Mich. Born in Geneva, Ontario County, N.Y., February 21, 1857. Republican. Merchant; lumber business; Chippewa County Treasurer; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Chippewa County, 1907-08. Scottish ancestry. Burial location unknown.
  William M. Bennett (b. 1822) — of Jackson, Jackson County, Mich. Born in Bethany, Genesee County, N.Y., 1822. Democrat. Merchant; mayor of Jackson, Mich., 1869-71; postmaster at Jackson, Mich., 1888-89. Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of James Bennett and Alta M. (Rumsey) Bennett; married to Laura J. Hubbard and Mary C. Winne.
  Abram V. Berry (b. 1804) — of Jackson, Jackson County, Mich. Born in Oneida County, N.Y., August 20, 1804. Merchant; village president of Jackson, Michigan, 1843-46. Burial location unknown.
Mark C. Betts Mark Calvin Betts (1865-1940) — also known as Mark C. Betts — of Mt. Vernon, Davison County, S.Dak. Born in Onondaga County, N.Y., December 21, 1865. Republican. Merchant; member of South Dakota state house of representatives 13th District, 1903-06. Died in Mitchell, Davison County, S.Dak., October 6, 1940 (age 74 years, 290 days). Interment at Graceland Cemetery, Mitchell, S.Dak.
  Relatives: Son of Calvin Betts and Charlotte Louise (Jones) Betts; married to Sarah Ann Samuel.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: South Dakota Legislative Manual, 1903
  John Birdsall (1840-1891) — also known as "John Williams" — of Glen Cove, Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y. Born in Flatbush (now part of Brooklyn), Kings County, N.Y., October 5, 1840. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; merchant; farmer; member of New York state senate 1st District, 1880-81. While registered under the assumed name "John Williams," he killed himself with illuminating gas in his room at the United States Hotel, New York, New York County, N.Y., April 14, 1891 (age 50 years, 191 days). Interment at St. Paul's Episcopal Church Cemetery, Glen Cove, Long Island, N.Y.
  Relatives: Married to Annie Frost.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
John H. Black John H. Black — of Faust, Franklin County, N.Y. Republican. Merchant; member of New York state assembly from Franklin County, 1935-38. Burial location unknown.
  Image source: New York Red Book 1936
  Esbon Blackmar (1805-1857) — of Wayne County, N.Y. Born in Freehold, Greene County, N.Y., June 19, 1805. Merchant; member of New York state assembly from Wayne County, 1838, 1841; U.S. Representative from New York 27th District, 1848-49. Accidentally drowned in a well, in Newark, Wayne County, N.Y., November 19, 1857 (age 52 years, 153 days). Interment at Newark Cemetery, Newark, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Abel Edward Blackmar (1771-1843) and Polly (Trowbridge) Blackmar; married to Arabella Reed; uncle of Abel Edward Blackmar (1852-1931).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Nicholas Cornelius Blauvelt (1814-1899) — also known as Nicholas C. Blauvelt — of Spring Valley, Rockland County, N.Y. Born in Clarkstown, Rockland County, N.Y., July 22, 1814. Democrat. School teacher; merchant; candidate for U.S. Representative from New York, 1846; member of New York state assembly from Rockland County, 1853. Died, from heart failure, in Spring Valley, Rockland County, N.Y., October 30, 1899 (age 85 years, 100 days). Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Nyack, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Cornelius Joseph Blauvelt and Brechje (Tallman) Blauvelt; married 1835 to Mary Ann Demarest; married 1846 to Maria Demarest; married 1869 to Lavinia (Mackie) Conklin; father of John Dewitt Blauvelt; third cousin of Gerrit Smith.
  Political families: Livingston-Schuyler family of New York; Demarest family of New York; Birney family of Danville, Kentucky (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Joseph Blumenthal (b. 1834) — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Munich (München), Germany, December 13, 1834. Democrat. Merchant; member of New York state assembly, 1873-74, 1888-91 (New York County 15th District 1873-74, New York County 22nd District 1888-91); president, Jewish Theological Seminary Association. Jewish. German ancestry. Burial location unknown.
  Hartwell W. Booth (b. 1883) — of Utica, Oneida County, N.Y. Born in Forest City, Meeker County, Minn., May 7, 1883. Republican. Office supply business; member of New York state assembly from Oneida County 1st District, 1919-22. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Charles W. Booth.
  Matthias Jacob Bovee (1793-1872) — also known as Matthias J. Bovee — of Amsterdam, Montgomery County, N.Y. Born in Amsterdam, Montgomery County, N.Y., July 24, 1793. Merchant; member of New York state assembly from Montgomery and Hamilton counties, 1826; U.S. Representative from New York 15th District, 1835-37. Died in Eagle, Waukesha County, Wis., September 12, 1872 (age 79 years, 50 days). Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery, Eagle, Wis.
  Relatives: Brother-in-law of Benedict Arnold.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  John Green Brady (1848-1918) — also known as John G. Brady — of Alaska. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., May 25, 1848. Republican. Missionary; co-founder of the school that later became Sheldon Jackson College, in Sitka, Alaska; merchant; Governor of Alaska District, 1897-1906; forced to resign as governor in 1906, after an inquiry about his involvement with the Reynolds-Alaska Development Company. Presbyterian. Ill with diabetes, he suffered a stroke and died in Sitka, Alaska, December 17, 1918 (age 70 years, 206 days). Interment at Sitka National Cemetery, Sitka, Alaska.
  Relatives: Adoptive son of John Green; married 1887 to Elizabeth Patton.
  The World War II Liberty ship SS John G. Brady (built 1943 at Portland, Oregon; scrapped 1960) was named for him.
  Epitaph: "A Life Ruled By Faith In God And Man."
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Henry Bristow (1840-1906) — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in St. Michaels, Azores, June 5, 1840. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; merchant; U.S. Representative from New York 3rd District, 1901-03; defeated, 1902. Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Freemasons. Died, from heart trouble, in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., October 11, 1906 (age 66 years, 128 days). Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Harry Broadbent (b. 1866) — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in England, January 21, 1866. Naturalized U.S. citizen; merchant; U.S. Consular Agent in Port Said, 1900-11. Burial location unknown.
  James Emilius Broome (1808-1883) — also known as James E. Broome; "The Veto Governor" — of Tallahassee, Leon County, Fla.; Fernandina (now part of Fernandina Beach), Nassau County, Fla.; New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Hamburg, Aiken County, S.C., December 15, 1808. Democrat. Merchant; planter; lawyer; probate judge in Florida, 1843-48; Governor of Florida, 1853-57; member of Florida state senate, 1861. Died in DeLand, Volusia County, Fla., November 23, 1883 (age 74 years, 343 days). Original interment at Oakdale Cemetery, DeLand, Fla.; reinterment in 1897 somewhere in Quincy, Fla.
  Relatives: Son of John Broome and Jeanette (Witherspoon) Broome; father of John Dozier Broome and James E. Broome.
  Political family: Broome family of Quincy and DeLand, Florida.
  See also National Governors Association biography
  Charles M. Brown (b. 1858) — of Ithaca, Gratiot County, Mich. Born in Wilson, Niagara County, N.Y., September 10, 1858. Democrat. Merchant; member of Michigan Democratic State Central Committee, 1899; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1900; chair of Gratiot County Democratic Party, 1900-12. Member, Freemasons. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Merritt J. Brown and Fannie H. (Swan) Brown; married, July 21, 1886, to Isabel J. De Peel.
  Ezra Brown (born c.1839) — of Harvard, Clay County, Neb. Born in New York, about 1839. Republican. Merchant; member of Nebraska state senate, 1883-86. Burial location unknown.
  Richard A. Brown (1908-1994) — of Bridgeport, Madison County, N.Y.; Cape Coral, Lee County, Fla. Born in Bridgeport, Madison County, N.Y., July 27, 1908. Merchant; real estate business; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of New York state assembly 114th District, 1968-72. Member, American Legion; Grange; Lions; Freemasons; Shriners; Veterans of Foreign Wars. Died January 24, 1994 (age 85 years, 181 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married to Edith S. Steier.
  Arthur E. Brundage (b. 1886) — of Newburgh, Orange County, N.Y. Born in Ossining, Westchester County, N.Y., April 4, 1886. Republican. Merchant; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of New York state assembly from Orange County 1st District, 1920-22; postmaster at Newburgh, N.Y., 1928. Burial location unknown.
Charles A. Budlong Charles Aaron Budlong (b. 1859) — also known as Charles A. Budlong — of Marinette, Marinette County, Wis. Born in Frankfort, Herkimer County, N.Y., July 8, 1859. Republican. Telegrapher; railway agent; merchant; customs inspector; Marinette County Sheriff, 1913; member of Wisconsin state assembly from Marinette County, 1915-16, 1927-34, 1937-40; delegate to Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, 1936. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of John Aaron Budlong and Julianna (Meyers) Budlong; married to Ellen Finnegan.
  Image source: Wisconsin Blue Book 1940
  Thomas Brockway Bullene (1828-1894) — also known as Thomas B. Bullene — of Kansas City, Jackson County, Mo. Born in Oswego, Oswego County, N.Y., August 10, 1828. Republican. Merchant; mayor of Kansas City, Mo., 1882-83; candidate for U.S. Representative from Missouri 5th District, 1888. Died December 4, 1894 (age 66 years, 116 days). Interment at Elmwood Cemetery, Kansas City, Mo.
  LaVerne P. Butts — of Oneonta, Otsego County, N.Y. Democrat. Merchant; member of New York state assembly from Otsego County, 1913; candidate for U.S. Representative from New York 34th District, 1918; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1924; chair of Otsego County Democratic Party, 1927. Burial location unknown.
  Lyman Rufus Casey (1837-1914) — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich.; Jamestown, Stutsman County, N.Dak. Born in York, Livingston County, N.Y., May 6, 1837. Republican. Merchant; manufacturer; U.S. Senator from North Dakota, 1889-93. Died in Washington, D.C., January 26, 1914 (age 76 years, 265 days). Interment at Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
  Relatives: Son of Lyman Casey and Annie M. Casey; married 1861 to Harriet M. Platt.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  George H. Chase — of Jewett, Greene County, N.Y. Republican. Merchant; member of New York state assembly from Greene County, 1914-16. Interment at Maplewood Cemetery, Jewett town, Greene County, N.Y.
  George William Chase (d. 1867) — also known as George W. Chase — of Schenevus, Otsego County, N.Y. Born in Maryland, Otsego County, N.Y. Merchant; miller; U.S. Representative from New York 19th District, 1853-55. Died in Maryland, Otsego County, N.Y., April 17, 1867. Entombed at Schenevus Cemetery, Schenevus, N.Y.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Fleming Duncan Cheshire (1849-1922) — also known as Fleming D. Cheshire — Born in Williamsburg (now part of Brooklyn), Kings County, N.Y., March 4, 1849. Merchant; U.S. Vice Consul in Foochow, 1878; U.S. Consul General in Mukden, 1904-06; , 1906-12; Canton, 1912-15. Methodist. Died in a hospital at Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., June 13, 1922 (age 73 years, 101 days). Interment at Cypress Hills National Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Maria (Havens) Cheshire and Jonas Cheshire.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Clark S. Chittenden (1803-1892) — of Hopkinton, St. Lawrence County, N.Y. Born in Benson, Rutland County, Vt., May 16, 1803. Republican. Merchant; member of New York state assembly from St. Lawrence County 3rd District, 1860-61. Died in St. Lawrence County, N.Y., May 18, 1892 (age 89 years, 2 days). Interment at Fort Jackson Hopkinton Cemetery, Hopkinton, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Solomon Chittenden and Susannah (Sanford) Chittenden; married, January 8, 1828, to Julia A. Sheldon; second cousin twice removed of Thomas Chittenden and Charles H. Chittenden; third cousin once removed of Martin Chittenden and Elisha Kelsey; fourth cousin of David Kelsey and Chittenden Lyon; fourth cousin once removed of Chauncey Goodrich, Oliver Wolcott Jr., Elizur Goodrich, Frederick Wolcott and David Parmalee Kelsey.
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Tallmadge-Floyd family of New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  William Coffin (1877-1927) — of Middlesboro, Bell County, Ky. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., October 8, 1877. Merchant; U.S. Consul in Masqat, 1906-07; Tripoli, 1908-10; Jerusalem, 1910-13; U.S. Consul General in Budapest, 1913-17; Christiania, 1917; Stockholm, 1917-18; Berlin, 1919-26. Died, from heart disease, in Algiers, Algeria, February 13, 1927 (age 49 years, 128 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Charles A. Coffin and Alice E. (Gale) Coffin; married 1905 to Mabel Sands Rees.
  William Cooper (1754-1809) — of New York. Born in a log house, in Smithfield (now part of Philadelphia), Philadelphia County, Pa., December 2, 1754. Merchant; common pleas court judge in New York, 1791; U.S. Representative from New York 10th District, 1795-97, 1799-1801. English ancestry. Died in Albany, Albany County, N.Y., December 22, 1809 (age 55 years, 20 days). Interment at Christ Churchyard, Cooperstown, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of James Cooper and Hannah (Hibbs) Cooper; married to Elizabeth Fenimore; father of James Fenimore Cooper.
  The village of Cooperstown, New York, is named for him.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  George Morey Copeland (1815-1892) — also known as George M. Copeland — of Clarendon, Orleans County, N.Y. Born in Norton, Bristol County, Mass., February 23, 1815. Merchant; member of New York state assembly from Orleans County, 1852. Died in Clarendon, Orleans County, N.Y., February 12, 1892 (age 76 years, 354 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Samuel Copeland, Jr. and Mercy Rich (Titus) Copeland; married 1839 to Laura Ann Sturges; married, November 2, 1870, to Charlotte M. Hanson; third cousin once removed of Arthur Corwin Copeland; fourth cousin once removed of Joseph Tarr Copeland and Roscoe Pulaski Copeland.
  Political family: Copeland family.
  Gerothman W. Cornell (1817-1885) — of Lansingburgh (now part of Troy), Rensselaer County, N.Y. Born in Cambridge, Washington County, N.Y., January 4, 1817. Republican. Merchant; grain dealer; postmaster at Lansingburgh, N.Y., 1874-81. Died in Lansingburgh (now part of Troy), Rensselaer County, N.Y., April 11, 1885 (age 68 years, 97 days). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Govit Cornell and Phebe (Almy) Cornell; married to Mary Frances MacMurray; first cousin four times removed of Ezekiel Cornell; third cousin twice removed of Ezra Cornell and Nathaniel Briggs Durfee; fourth cousin of Francis Russell Edward Cornell; fourth cousin once removed of Alonzo Barton Cornell and Thurber Cornell.
  Political families: Durfee-Wanton family of Newport, Rhode Island; Cornell family of New York; King-Hazard family of Connecticut and New York; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Hatfield-Cornell-Woolsey family of New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Darius Nash Couch (1822-1897) — also known as Darius N. Couch — of Taunton, Bristol County, Mass.; Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Born in Putnam County, N.Y., July 23, 1822. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; naturalist; merchant; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; candidate for Governor of Massachusetts, 1865; U.S. Collector of Customs, 1866-67. Died in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Conn., February 12, 1897 (age 74 years, 204 days). Interment at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Taunton, Mass.
  Relatives: Married to Mary Caroline Crocker (daughter of Samuel Leonard Crocker).
  Political family: Crocker family of Taunton and Boston, Massachusetts.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Joseph Covert (b. 1828) — of Faribault, Rice County, Minn. Born in New York, 1828. Farmer; merchant; member of Minnesota state house of representatives District 18, 1876, 1879-80. Burial location unknown.
  See also Minnesota Legislator record
  Charles Crocker (1822-1888) — of Sacramento, Sacramento County, Calif. Born in Troy, Rensselaer County, N.Y., September 16, 1822. Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; merchant; banker; member of California state assembly 9th District, 1861-62; one of the builders of the Central Pacific Railroad; first president of the Southern Pacific Railroad. Died in Monterey, Monterey County, Calif., August 14, 1888 (age 65 years, 333 days). Interment at Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland, Calif.
  Relatives: Son of Isaac Crocker and Eliza (Wright) Crocker; brother of Edwin Bryant Crocker; married 1852 to Mary Deming; father of Harriet Crocker (who married Charles Beatty Alexander), Charles Frederick Crocker and William Henry Crocker; uncle of Jennie Louise Crocker (who married Jacob Sloat Fassett); grandfather of Mary Alexander (who married Sheldon Whitehouse (1883-1965)), Mary Crocker (who married Francis Burton Harrison) and Harriet Crocker Alexander (who married Winthrop Williams Aldrich); great-grandfather of Charles Sheldon Whitehouse; second great-grandfather of Sheldon Whitehouse (born 1955).
  Political families: Rockefeller family of New York City, New York; Crocker-Whitehouse family of Sacramento, California (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Lucius B. Crocker (1801-1869) — of Oswego, Oswego County, N.Y. Born in Rensselaerville, Albany County, N.Y., 1801. Democrat. Merchant; mayor of Oswego, N.Y., 1856-58; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York. Died in Paris, France, 1869 (age about 68 years). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married 1831 to Ann Eliza Pardee.
  Henry Cruger (1739-1827) — of Bristol, England; New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., November 22, 1739. Merchant; member, British Parliament, 1774-80, 1784-90; also served as mayor and sheriff of Bristol, England; member of New York state senate Southern District, 1792-96. Died April 24, 1827 (age 87 years, 153 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Henry Cruger (1707-1780) and Elizabeth (Harris) Cruger; nephew of John Cruger Jr.; grandson of John Cruger; grandnephew of Johannes Cuyler; first cousin once removed of Cornelis Cuyler; second cousin of Robert Livingston, Peter Van Brugh Livingston, Philip Livingston and William Livingston; second cousin once removed of Peter Robert Livingston (1737-1794), Walter Livingston, Philip Peter Livingston and Henry Brockholst Livingston; second cousin twice removed of Stephen Van Rensselaer, Philip Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Henry Walter Livingston, Rensselaer Westerlo, Peter Augustus Jay (1776-1843), Edward Philip Livingston, William Alexander Duer, John Duer, William Jay and Charles Ludlow Livingston (1800-1873); second cousin thrice removed of Philip Schuyler, Peter Robert Livingston (1789-1859), Edward Livingston, William Duer, Henry Bell Van Rensselaer, Denning Duer, Henry Brockholst Ledyard and John Jay II; second cousin four times removed of Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, Nicholas Fish, Hamilton Fish Jr. (1849-1936), John Kean, Hamilton Fish Kean and Charles Ludlow Livingston (born 1870); second cousin five times removed of Herbert Livingston Satterlee, Peter Augustus Jay (1877-1933), Bronson Murray Cutting, Robert Reginald Livingston, Hamilton Fish Jr. (1888-1991), Robert Winthrop Kean and Brockholst Livingston.
  Political families: Livingston-Schuyler family of New York; Roosevelt family of New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Wikipedia article
  John Cruger (1678-1744) — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Germany, 1678. Merchant; mayor of New York City, N.Y., 1739-44; died in office 1744. Dutch Reformed; later Anglican. Danish ancestry. Died in New York, New York County, N.Y., August 13, 1744 (age about 66 years). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married, March 5, 1703, to Maria Cuyler (sister of Johannes Cuyler); father of John Cruger Jr.; grandfather of Henry Cruger.
  Political family: Livingston-Schuyler family of New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Wikipedia article
John Cruger John Cruger Jr. (1710-1791) — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born July 18, 1710. Merchant; mayor of New York City, N.Y., 1756-66; Speaker of New York Colonial Assembly, 1769-75. Died December 27, 1791 (age 81 years, 162 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of John Cruger; nephew of Johannes Cuyler; uncle of Henry Cruger; first cousin of Cornelis Cuyler; first cousin once removed of Robert Livingston, Peter Van Brugh Livingston, Philip Livingston and William Livingston; first cousin twice removed of Peter Robert Livingston (1737-1794), Walter Livingston, Philip Peter Livingston and Henry Brockholst Livingston; first cousin thrice removed of Stephen Van Rensselaer, Philip Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Henry Walter Livingston, Rensselaer Westerlo, Peter Augustus Jay (1776-1843), Edward Philip Livingston, William Alexander Duer, John Duer, William Jay and Charles Ludlow Livingston (1800-1873); first cousin four times removed of Philip Schuyler, Peter Robert Livingston (1789-1859), Edward Livingston, William Duer, Henry Bell Van Rensselaer, Denning Duer, Henry Brockholst Ledyard and John Jay II; first cousin five times removed of Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, Nicholas Fish, Hamilton Fish Jr. (1849-1936), John Kean, Hamilton Fish Kean and Charles Ludlow Livingston (born 1870); first cousin six times removed of Herbert Livingston Satterlee, Peter Augustus Jay (1877-1933), Bronson Murray Cutting, Robert Reginald Livingston, Hamilton Fish Jr. (1888-1991), Robert Winthrop Kean and Brockholst Livingston; first cousin seven times removed of John Eliot Thayer Jr., Hamilton Fish Jr. (1926-1996) and Thomas Howard Kean.
  Political family: Livingston-Schuyler family of New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Wikipedia article
  Image source: New York Public Library
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