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Erastus Corning Davis —
of Fonda, Montgomery
County, N.Y.
Republican. Merchant; member of New York
state assembly from Montgomery County, 1915-18.
Burial location unknown.
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Benjamin Franklin Deming (1790-1834) —
also known as Benjamin F. Deming —
of Vermont.
Born in Danville, Caledonia
County, Vt., August
12, 1790.
Merchant; Caledonia
County Clerk of Court, 1817-33; Caledonia
County Probate Judge, 1821-33; member of Vermont
Governor's Council, 1827-32; U.S.
Representative from Vermont 5th District, 1833-34; died in office
1834.
Died in Saratoga Springs, Saratoga
County, N.Y., July 11,
1834 (age 43 years, 333
days).
Interment at Danville
Green Cemetery, Danville, Vt.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Philip DePeyster (1772-1846) —
of New York.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
5, 1772.
Merchant; U.S. Consul in Curaçao, 1806-15; Basse-Terre, 1815-21.
Died in 1846
(age about
74 years).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of William DePeyster and Elizabeth (Brasher) DePeyster; grandnephew
of Johannes
DePeyster; great-grandson of Johannes
de Peyster; great-grandnephew of Abraham
de Peyster; first cousin once removed of Matthew
Clarkson and Henry
Rutgers; second cousin of James
I. Roosevelt; second cousin once removed of Pierre
Van Cortlandt, Nicholas
Roosevelt Jr. and Robert
Barnwell Roosevelt; second cousin twice removed of Theodore
Roosevelt and Corinne
Roosevelt Robinson; second cousin thrice removed of Theodore
Douglas Robinson, Alice
Roosevelt Longworth, Eleanor
Roosevelt, Corinne
Robinson Alsop, Theodore
Roosevelt Jr. and William
Sheffield Cowles; second cousin four times removed of James
Roosevelt, Elliott
Roosevelt, Corinne
A. Chubb, Franklin
Delano Roosevelt Jr. and John
deKoven Alsop; second cousin five times removed of Susan
Roosevelt Weld; third cousin of Philip
Peter Livingston, John
Stevens III, Philip
Van Cortlandt and Pierre
Van Cortlandt Jr.; third cousin once removed of William
Alexander Duer, John
Duer and Charles
Ludlow Livingston; third cousin twice removed of William
Duer, Denning
Duer, George
Washington Roosevelt and Franklin
Delano Roosevelt; third cousin thrice removed of Nicholas
Fish, Hamilton
Fish Jr., John
Kean and Hamilton
Fish Kean. |
| | | Political families: Roosevelt
family of New York; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Monroe-Grayson-Roosevelt-Breckinridge
family of Virginia and Kentucky (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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George A. Dobson (b. 1868) —
of Seneca Falls, Seneca
County, N.Y.
Born in Seneca Falls, Seneca
County, N.Y., November
9, 1868.
Republican. Merchant; member of New York
state assembly from Seneca County, 1920-23.
Burial location unknown.
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William L. Doige (b. 1887) —
of Chateaugay, Franklin
County, N.Y.
Born in Lewiston, Androscoggin
County, Maine, March 9,
1887.
Republican. Railroad
work; real estate
business; merchant; member of New York
state assembly from Franklin County, 1939-50.
Burial location unknown.
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Volkert Petrus Douw (1720-1801) —
also known as Volkert P. Douw —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., March
23, 1720.
Merchant; mayor of
Albany, N.Y., 1761-70; member of New York
state senate Western District, 1785-93.
Died in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., March
20, 1801 (age 80 years, 362
days).
Original interment somewhere
in Rensselaer, N.Y.; reinterment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Petrus Douw and Anna (Van Rensselaer) Douw; married, May 20,
1742, to Anna De Peyster; uncle of Leonard
Gansevoort and Leonard
Gansevoort Jr.; granduncle of Peter
Gansevoort; great-grandnephew of Stephanus
Van Cortlandt and Jacobus
Van Cortlandt; first cousin of Jeremiah
Van Rensselaer, Robert
Van Rensselaer, Hendrick
Kiliaen Van Rensselaer and Killian
Killian Van Rensselaer; first cousin once removed of Jacob
Rutsen Van Rensselaer and Philip
Jeremiah Schuyler; first cousin twice removed of James
Alexander Hamilton and Philip
Schuyler; first cousin thrice removed of Cortlandt
Schuyler Van Rensselaer; first cousin four times removed of Robert
Ray Hamilton; first cousin five times removed of John
Eliot Thayer Jr. and John
Hubner II; second cousin of Philip
P. Schuyler; second cousin once removed of Stephanus
Bayard, Pierre
Van Cortlandt, James
Jay, Philip
John Schuyler, Stephen
John Schuyler, John
Jay, Pieter
Schuyler, Frederick
Jay, Peter
Samuel Schuyler, Stephen
Van Rensselaer and Philip
Schuyler Van Rensselaer; second cousin twice removed of Henry
Walter Livingston and Henry
Bell Van Rensselaer; second cousin thrice removed of Edward
Livingston, Charles
Pinckney Brown and Kiliaen
Van Rensselaer; second cousin five times removed of Charles
Ludlow Livingston and Bronson
Murray Cutting; third cousin of Nicholas
Bayard, Philip
Van Cortlandt, Pierre
Van Cortlandt Jr., James
Parker, Peter
Augustus Jay (1776-1843) and William
Jay; third cousin once removed of John
Jay II and John
Cortlandt Parker; third cousin twice removed of James
Adams Ekin, Richard
Wayne Parker and Charles
Wolcott Parker; third cousin thrice removed of John
Sluyter Wirt and Peter
Augustus Jay (1877-1933). |
| | | Political families: Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York; VanRensselaer
family of Albany, New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
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Edward P. Doyle (1890-1972) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., July 4,
1890.
Democrat. Merchant; real estate
business; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 15th District, 1926-37.
Died July 30,
1972 (age 82 years, 26
days).
Interment at St.
John's Cemetery, Middle Village, Queens, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Relative of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. |
| | | Image source: New York Red Book
1936 |
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William Duke Jr. —
of Wellsville, Allegany
County, N.Y.
Republican. Lawyer;
merchant; member of New York
state assembly from Allegany County, 1916-23; alternate delegate
to Republican National Convention from New York, 1920,
1924.
Burial location unknown.
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Perry B. Duryea —
of Montauk, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
merchant; member of New York
state senate 1st District, 1942-45; resigned 1945; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1952.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; American
Legion.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas Augustus Eddy (1854-1931) —
also known as Thomas A. Eddy —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Roseland, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., November
9, 1854.
Merchant; Consul
for Uruguay in New
York, N.Y., 1892-1903.
Died in Roseland, Essex
County, N.J., October
12, 1931 (age 76 years, 337
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hebron Cemetery, Upper Montclair, N.J.
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Rae L. Egbert (b. 1892) —
of Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Born in Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., 1892.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
merchant; Republican candidate for New York
state assembly from Richmond County 1st District, 1921; member of
New
York state senate 24th District, 1935-40; defeated, 1940, 1942;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 16th District, 1944.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Elks; Kiwanis;
Junior
Order.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
New York Red Book 1936 |
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Joseph Herman Emery (1859-1941) —
also known as Joseph H. Emery —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Dover, Strafford
County, N.H., December
15, 1859.
Republican. Dry goods
merchant; president, Lord and Taylor department store,
1912; founder, Onyx Hosiery
Company; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
New York, 1920.
Died in Carroll
County, N.H., March 2,
1941 (age 81 years, 77
days).
Entombed at Harmony
Grove Cemetery, Portsmouth, N.H.
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John K. Evans —
of Bloomingburg, Sullivan
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Merchant; member of New York
state assembly from Sullivan County, 1910-13; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 27th District, 1918.
Burial location unknown.
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Josiah Failing (1806-1877) —
of Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born in Canajoharie, Montgomery
County, N.Y., July 9,
1806.
Republican. Merchant; mayor
of Portland, Ore., 1853-54; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Oregon, 1864,
1868.
Baptist.
Died in Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., August
14, 1877 (age 71 years, 36
days).
Interment at River
View Cemetery, Portland, Ore.
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William Matthew Fenton (1808-1871) —
also known as William M. Fenton —
of Fenton, Genesee
County, Mich.; Flint, Genesee
County, Mich.
Born in Norwich, Chenango
County, N.Y., December
19, 1808.
Democrat. Merchant; lawyer;
member of Michigan
state senate 6th District, 1846-47; Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1848-51; register
of U.S. Land Office at Genesee, Michigan, 1853-57; mayor of
Flint, Mich., 1858-59; served in the Union Army during the Civil
War; candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1864.
Injured while fire-fighting,
and subsequently died, in Flint, Genesee
County, Mich., May 12,
1871 (age 62 years, 144
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Flint, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Seneca Fenton and Sarah (Thompson) Fenton; married 1835 to
Adelaide Birdsall; second cousin thrice removed of Walter
Samuel Fenton. |
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George H. Few (1855-1948) —
of Flandreau, Moody
County, S.Dak.
Born in Albion, Orleans
County, N.Y., December
23, 1855.
Republican. Merchant; mayor of Flandreau, S.D.; member of South
Dakota state senate 15th District, 1901-04.
Died November
23, 1948 (age 92 years, 336
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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Relatives:
Married 1881 to Ella
B. Marinus. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: South Dakota Legislative
Manual, 1903 |
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William Craig Fields (1804-1882) —
also known as William C. Fields —
of Laurens, Otsego
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
13, 1804.
Republican. Merchant; manufacturer of cotton and
linen
goods; Otsego
County Clerk, 1852-55; U.S.
Representative from New York 19th District, 1867-69.
Died in Laurens, Otsego
County, N.Y., October
27, 1882 (age 78 years, 256
days).
Interment at Laurens
Cemetery, Laurens, N.Y.
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Chauncey Ives Filley (1829-1923) —
also known as Chauncey I. Filley —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Lansingburgh (now part of Troy), Rensselaer
County, N.Y., October
17, 1829.
Republican. Merchant; mayor
of St. Louis, Mo., 1863-64; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 29th District, 1865;
postmaster at St.
Louis, Mo., 1873-78; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Missouri, 1884,
1888,
1896
(member, Arrangements
Committee); Missouri
Republican state chair, 1896.
Died in Overland, St. Louis
County, Mo., September
24, 1923 (age 93 years, 342
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Clinton Bowen Fisk (1828-1890) —
also known as Clinton B. Fisk —
of Coldwater, Branch
County, Mich.; New Jersey.
Born in York, Livingston
County, N.Y., December
8, 1828.
Merchant; miller; banker; insurance
business; general in the Union Army during the Civil War;
Prohibition candidate for President
of the United States, 1888.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 9,
1890 (age 61 years, 213
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Coldwater, Mich.
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Jelles Fonda (1727-1791) —
of New York.
Born in 1727.
Merchant; member of New York
state senate Western District, 1777-78, 1779-81, 1787-91; died in
office 1791.
Died June 23,
1791 (age about 63
years).
Interment at Caughnawaga
Cemetery, Fonda, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Douw Fonda; married 1757 to
Jannetje Vrooman. |
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Augustus Frank (1826-1895) —
of Warsaw, Wyoming
County, N.Y.
Born in Warsaw, Wyoming
County, N.Y., July 17,
1826.
Republican. Merchant; director and vice-president, Buffalo &
New York City Railroad;
later, director, Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh Railroad;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1856;
U.S.
Representative from New York, 1859-65 (30th District 1859-63,
36th District 1863-65); banker; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1867-68; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1894.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April
29, 1895 (age 68 years, 286
days).
Interment at Warsaw
Cemetery, Warsaw, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Augustus Frank (1792-1851) and Jane (Patterson) Frank; married 1867 to Agnes
McNair; nephew of William
Patterson and George
Washington Patterson; second cousin thrice removed of Matthew
Griswold; second cousin four times removed of Benjamin
Huntington; third cousin once removed of Thomas
Hale Sill, Frederick
William Lord and Theodore
Sill; third cousin twice removed of James
Hillhouse, Roger
Griswold, Bela
Edgerton and Zina
Hyde Jr.; third cousin thrice removed of Samuel
Huntington, Henry
Huntington and Gurdon
Huntington; fourth cousin of John
William Allen and George
Griswold Sill; fourth cousin once removed of Hezekiah
Case, Samuel
Lathrop, Phineas
Lyman Tracy, Albert
Haller Tracy, Jairus
Case, Henry
Titus Backus, Alfred
Peck Edgerton, Joseph
Ketchum Edgerton and Thomas
Worcester Hyde. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Roosevelt
family of New York; Dewey-Blaine-Coit-Huntington
family of Connecticut and Pennsylvania (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Walter A. Gage —
of Canajoharie, Montgomery
County, N.Y.
Merchant; member of New York
state assembly from Montgomery County, 1912-14.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles T. Geyer (1848-1924) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Massachusetts, 1848.
Merchant; banker; Vice-Consul
for Liberia in New
York, N.Y., 1899-1903.
Died September
12, 1924 (age about 76
years).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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George W. Gilbert —
of Ellenberg, Clinton
County, N.Y.
Republican. Merchant; member of New York
state assembly from Clinton County, 1923-25; Law Preservation
candidate for New York
state senate 33rd District, 1932.
Burial location unknown.
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William H. Gleason (1833-1892) —
of Sag Harbor, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.; Newburgh, Orange
County, N.Y.; Newark, Essex
County, N.J.; Hudson, Columbia
County, N.Y.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Durham, Middlesex
County, Conn., September
28, 1833.
Merchant; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Suffolk County 1st District, 1864-65; pastor.
Presbyterian.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
21, 1892 (age 58 years, 146
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Harry E. Goodrich (1876-1960) —
of Richburg, Allegany
County, N.Y.
Born in Crystal Spring, Yates
County, N.Y., March
31, 1876.
Republican. Merchant; oil
producer; member of New York
state assembly from Allegany County, 1930-35.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in March, 1960
(age about
84 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Martin E. Goodrich and Lydia (Clark) Goodrich; married 1896 to Leona
Millis. |
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Raymond C. Green (b. 1893) —
of Sauquoit, Oneida
County, N.Y.
Born in Sauquoit, Oneida
County, N.Y., January
27, 1893.
Republican. Merchant; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1948.
Protestant.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Edward Whitford Greenman (1840-1908) —
also known as Edward W. Greenman —
of Troy, Rensselaer
County, N.Y.
Born in Berlin, Rensselaer
County, N.Y., January
26, 1840.
Democrat. Merchant; manufacturer;
Rensselaer
County Clerk, 1868-71; U.S.
Representative from New York 18th District, 1887-89; banker.
Died in Troy, Rensselaer
County, N.Y., August
3, 1908 (age 68 years, 190
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Troy, N.Y.
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Asahel Gridley (1810-1881) —
of Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill.
Born in Cazenovia, Madison
County, N.Y., April
21, 1810.
Whig. Served in the U.S. Army during the Black Hawk War; lawyer;
merchant; banker;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1840-42; member of Illinois
state senate 11th District, 1851-54.
Died in Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill., January
25, 1881 (age 70 years, 279
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Memorial Cemetery, Bloomington, Ill.
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Ebenezer Oliver Grosvenor (1820-1910) —
also known as Ebenezer O. Grosvenor —
of Jonesville, Hillsdale
County, Mich.
Born in Stillwater, Saratoga
County, N.Y., January
26, 1820.
Republican. Banker;
merchant; member of Michigan
state senate 14th District, 1859-60, 1863-64; Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1865-66; Michigan
state treasurer, 1867-70; member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1880-87; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1896;
member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1903.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died in Jonesville, Hillsdale
County, Mich., March
10, 1910 (age 90 years, 43
days).
Interment at Sunset
View Cemetery, Jonesville, Mich.
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George B. Guinnip (1794-1869) —
of Salubria, Chemung
County, N.Y.
Born in Hunterdon
County, N.J., September
12, 1794.
Merchant; member of New York
state assembly from Tompkins County, 1834, 1836; member of New York
state senate 26th District, 1850-51; resigned 1851; defeated,
1851.
Welsh
ancestry.
Died in Watkins (now Watkins Glen), Schuyler
County, N.Y., July 20,
1869 (age 74 years, 311
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Watkins Glen, N.Y.
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John W. Gurnett, Sr. —
of Watkins (now Watkins Glen), Schuyler
County, N.Y.
Merchant; member of New York
state assembly from Schuyler County, 1905-06, 1911-13.
Burial location unknown.
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John Hanible Hamilton (b. 1862) —
also known as John H. Hamilton —
of New York; San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Colusa, Colusa
County, Calif., September
8, 1862.
Merchant; accountant;
U.S. Consular Agent in Manaos, 1905-11; tile
manufacturer.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George Hamilton; married, April
14, 1913, to Sallie Wyman. |
| | | Image source: U.S. passport application
(1924) |
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John Hannan (b. 1836) —
of Johnstown, Cambria
County, Pa.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
18, 1836.
Merchant; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Cambria County, 1875-76; foundry
business.
Burial location unknown.
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Townsend Harris (1804-1878) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Sandy Hill (now Hudson Falls), Washington
County, N.Y., October
3, 1804.
Merchant; importer;
U.S. Minister to Japan, 1859.
Died February
25, 1878 (age 73 years, 145
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.; memorial monument at Zenpuku-ji, Tokyo, Japan.
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Charles Smith Havens (1834-1906) —
also known as Charles S. Havens —
of Suffolk
County, N.Y.
Born in Patchogue, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., August
26, 1834.
Democrat. Merchant; member of New York
state assembly from Suffolk County, 1878.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, from a heart
attack, in his general
store, Center Moriches, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., April
23, 1906 (age 71 years, 240
days).
Interment at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Center Moriches, Long Island, N.Y.
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John Lewis Havens (1859-1932) —
also known as John L. Havens —
of Center Moriches, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Patchogue, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., October
8, 1859.
Democrat. Merchant; chair of
Suffolk County Democratic Party, 1898; member of New York
state senate 1st District, 1899-1900.
Died in Center Moriches, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., September
17, 1932 (age 72 years, 345
days).
Interment at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Center Moriches, Long Island, N.Y.
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John Scudder Havens (1826-1903) —
also known as John S. Havens —
of Patchogue, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Patchogue, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., October
20, 1826.
Merchant; member of New York
state assembly from Suffolk County 2nd District, 1862-63.
Died in East Moriches, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., August
17, 1903 (age 76 years, 301
days).
Interment at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Center Moriches, Long Island, N.Y.
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Robert Bradley Hawley (1849-1921) —
also known as R. B. Hawley —
of Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex.
Born in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., October
25, 1849.
Republican. Merchant; importer;
manufacturer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, 1896,
1904;
U.S.
Representative from Texas 10th District, 1897-1901.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
28, 1921 (age 72 years, 34
days).
Interment at Lakeview
Cemetery, Galveston, Tex.
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Job Hawxhurst (1823-1906) —
of Fairfax,
Va.
Born in Jamaica (now part of Queens), Queens
County, N.Y., March
30, 1823.
Republican. Farmer; miller;
merchant; postmaster at Fairfax
Court House, Va., 1865-85, 1889-93; Fairfax,
Va., 1897-1903; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1870; mayor
of Fairfax, Va., 1892.
Member, Good
Templars.
Died in Falls
Church, Va., February
7, 1906 (age 82 years, 314
days).
Interment at Fairfax
City Cemetery, Fairfax, Va.
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William Elisha Haynes (1829-1914) —
also known as William E. Haynes —
of Ohio.
Born in Hoosick Falls, Rensselaer
County, N.Y., October
19, 1829.
Democrat. Merchant; Sandusky
County Auditor, 1856-60; colonel in the Union Army during the
Civil War; U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue for the 9th Ohio
District, 1866-67; banker;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1880
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1884;
U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1889-93 (10th District 1889-91, 7th
District 1891-93).
Died in Fremont, Sandusky
County, Ohio, December
5, 1914 (age 85 years, 47
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Fremont, Ohio.
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Reuben Bostwick Heacock (1787-1854) —
also known as Reuben B. Heacock —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Derby, New Haven
County, Conn., July 21,
1787.
Merchant; member of New York
state assembly from Erie County, 1826; Independent candidate for
mayor
of Buffalo, N.Y., 1853.
Died in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., April 7,
1854 (age 66 years, 260
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y.
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Rufus Heaton (b. 1813) —
of Champlain, Clinton
County, N.Y.
Born in Chazy, Clinton
County, N.Y., November
10, 1813.
Democrat. Merchant; member of New York
state assembly from Clinton County, 1847-48; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 17th District, 1872.
Burial location unknown.
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George B. Hemenway (b. 1852) —
of Naples, Ontario
County, N.Y.
Born in Waterloo, Seneca
County, N.Y., January
26, 1852.
School
teacher; merchant; produce
shipping business; member of New York
state assembly from Ontario County, 1908-09.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles G. Hemenway. |
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Michael J. Hendrick (1847-1922) —
Born in Penn Yan, Yates
County, N.Y., December
23, 1847.
Merchant; U.S. Consul in Belleville, 1893-1908; Moncton, 1908-13; Plauen, 1915-17; Windsor, 1919-22; U.S. Consul General in Christiania, 1913-15.
Catholic.
Died in Windsor, Ontario,
September
9, 1922 (age 74 years, 260
days).
Interment at Holy
Sepulchre Cemetery, Rochester, N.Y.
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Richard Higbie (1857-1900) —
of Babylon, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in West Islip, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., July 11,
1857.
Republican. Merchant; bank
director; member of New York
state assembly from Suffolk County, 1893-95; member of New York
state senate 1st District, 1896-98.
Died, from heart
disease, in Babylon, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., April
10, 1900 (age 42 years, 273
days).
Interment at Babylon Rural Cemetery, Babylon, Long Island, N.Y.
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Charles Himrod (1842-1920) —
of Boise, Ada
County, Idaho.
Born in Burdett, Schuyler
County, N.Y., November
4, 1842.
Merchant; mayor of
Boise, Idaho, 1869-72, 1878-79.
Died January
26, 1920 (age 77 years, 83
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
City of Boise |
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James Lawrence Hogeboom (1766-1839) —
also known as James L. Hogeboom —
of Castleton-on-Hudson, Rensselaer
County, N.Y.
Born in Ghent, Columbia
County, N.Y., August
25, 1766.
Member of New York
state assembly from Rensselaer County, 1804-05, 1807-08; Rensselaer
County Judge, 1805-08; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1821; U.S.
Representative from New York 9th District, 1823-25;
merchant.
Slaveowner.
Died in Castleton-on-Hudson, Rensselaer
County, N.Y., December
23, 1839 (age 73 years, 120
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Castleton-on-Hudson, N.Y.
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Franklin L. Homan (b. 1865) —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Oakdale, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., 1865.
Republican. Merchant; member of Connecticut
state senate 10th District, 1907-08; defeated, 1906.
Burial location unknown.
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Philip Hone (1780-1851) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
25, 1780.
Whig. Merchant; president, Delaware and Hudson Canal
Company; mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1826-27.
German
ancestry.
Kept a famous diary of New York life in the 19th century.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 5,
1851 (age 70 years, 192
days).
Interment at St.
Mark's-in-the-Bowery Churchyard, Manhattan, N.Y.
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John Stewart Hopkins (1811-1882) —
also known as John S. Hopkins —
of Evansville, Vanderburgh
County, Ind.
Born in Truxton, Cortland
County, N.Y., October
28, 1811.
Merchant; banker; mayor
of Evansville, Ind., 1853-56; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1861, 1867, 1879; president of
Evansville, Cairo & Memphis Packet
Company; president of First National Bank in
Evansville; director of the Evansville & Terre Haute Railroad.
Died in Evansville, Vanderburgh
County, Ind., July 6,
1882 (age 70 years, 251
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1834 to Mary
Ann Parrett. |
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Alexander W. Hover —
also known as Alex W. Hover —
of Germantown, Columbia
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Farmer;
merchant; member of New York
state assembly from Columbia County, 1913-14; defeated, 1914; chair of
Columbia County Democratic Party, 1927.
Burial location unknown.
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Albert Howard (b. 1850) —
of Kingston, Caldwell
County, Mo.
Born in Fort Ann, Washington
County, N.Y., May 9,
1850.
Republican. Merchant; Caldwell
County Treasurer, 1907-12; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Caldwell County, 1921-26.
Burial location unknown.
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Augustus S. Hughes (1872-1942) —
of Seneca Falls, Seneca
County, N.Y.
Born in Seneca Falls, Seneca
County, N.Y., 1872.
Democrat. Merchant; village
president of Seneca Falls, New York, 1910-13; member of New York
state assembly from Seneca County, 1913; postmaster at Seneca
Falls, N.Y., 1916-21.
Catholic.
Member, Ancient
Order of Hibernians; Knights
of Columbus.
Died in Seneca Falls, Seneca
County, N.Y., July 23,
1942 (age about 70
years).
Interment at St. Columbkille Cemetery, Seneca Falls, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of James B. Hughes and Mary (Smith) Hughes; married 1899 to Mary
Coleman. |
| | | Campaign slogan: "Take Seneca Falls Out
of the Mud." |
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Robert J. Hunt —
of Rosedale, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Republican. Merchant; member of New York
state assembly from Queens County 4th District, 1929; defeated,
1927.
Burial location unknown.
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William J. Hutchins (1813-1884) —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Fishkill, Dutchess
County, N.Y., March 3,
1813.
Merchant; cotton mill
business; hotel
owner; banker;
co-founded Buffalo Bayou, Brazos and Colorado Railway;
owner and president of the Houston and Texas Central Railway;
mayor
of Houston, Tex., 1861.
Episcopalian.
English
ancestry.
Died in Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex., June 4,
1884 (age 71 years, 93
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Houston, Tex.
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Amos Henry Jackson (1846-1924) —
also known as Amos H. Jackson —
of Fremont, Sandusky
County, Ohio.
Born near Franklin, Delaware
County, N.Y., May 10,
1846.
Republican. Street vendor; undergarments
manufacturer; mayor
of Fremont, Ohio, 1897-1901; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 13th District, 1903-05.
Died in Fremont, Sandusky
County, Ohio, August
30, 1924 (age 78 years, 112
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Fremont, Ohio.
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William Terry Jackson (1794-1882) —
of Havana, Chemung County (now Montour Falls, Schuyler
County), N.Y.
Born in Chester, Orange
County, N.Y., December
29, 1794.
School
teacher; surveyor;
merchant; justice of the peace; U.S.
Representative from New York 26th District, 1849-51.
Died in Havana (now Montour Falls), Schuyler
County, N.Y., September
15, 1882 (age 87 years, 260
days).
Interment at Montour
Cemetery, Montour Falls, N.Y.
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George S. Johnson —
of Palmyra, Wayne
County, N.Y.
Republican. Merchant; member of New York
state assembly from Wayne County, 1923-24.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
New York Red Book 1924 |
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John Winthrop Jones (1817-1887) —
also known as J. Winthrop Jones —
of Ellsworth, Hancock
County, Maine; Greenpoint, Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Ellsworth, Hancock
County, Maine, February
14, 1817.
Democrat. School
teacher; merchant; shipbuilder;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maine, 1860;
lumber
business.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Greenfield, Franklin
County, Mass., September
19, 1887 (age 70 years, 217
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Samuel A. Jones (1861-1937) —
of Norwich, Chenango
County, N.Y.
Born in New Berlin, Chenango
County, N.Y., May 16,
1861.
Merchant; lumberman;
postmaster at Norwich,
N.Y., 1894-1900; member of New York
state assembly from Chenango County, 1914; member of New York
state senate 37th District, 1915-16.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Redmen.
Died in 1937
(age about
76 years).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Norwich, N.Y.
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Elisée Jouard (b. 1851) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Cognac, France.
Born in France,
1851.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; merchant; U.S. Consular Agent in Cognac, 1899-1908; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Cognac, 1908-14; U.S. Vice Consul in La Rochelle, as of 1919-24.
Burial location unknown.
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