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William Radford (1814-1870) — of Yonkers, Westchester County, N.Y. Born in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, N.Y., June 24, 1814. Democrat. Merchant; village president of Yonkers, New York, 1855-56; U.S. Representative from New York 10th District, 1863-67; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1864. Died in Yonkers, Westchester County, N.Y., January 18, 1870 (age 55 years, 208 days). Interment at Old Presbyterian Cemetery, Westfield, N.J.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Jared Lewis Rathbone (1791-1845) — also known as Jared Rathbone — of Albany, Albany County, N.Y. Born in Colchester, New London County, Conn., August 2, 1791. Whig. Merchant; bank director; mayor of Albany, N.Y., 1838-41. Died in Albany, Albany County, N.Y., May 13, 1845 (age 53 years, 284 days). Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.   Relatives: Son of Samuel Rathbone and Lydia (Sparhawk) Rathbone; married, June 26, 1834, to Anna Pauline Noyes Pinney; father of Henry Reed Rathbone and Jared Lawrence Rathbone; grandfather of Henry Riggs Rathbone; second cousin of Daniel Burrows; second cousin once removed of Lorenzo Burrows; second cousin twice removed of Ezekiel Cornell; fourth cousin of Ezra Cornell; fourth cousin once removed of Alfred Henry Littlefield and Alonzo Barton Cornell.   Political families: Cornell family of New York; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   David M. Read (born c.1833) — of Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Hoosick Falls, Rensselaer County, N.Y., about 1833. Democrat. Merchant; member of Connecticut state house of representatives, 1881; member of Connecticut state senate 14th District, 1889-92. Burial location unknown.   Charles W. Reynolds (b. 1848) — of Petersburg, Rensselaer County, N.Y. Born in Petersburg, Rensselaer County, N.Y., February 8, 1848. Merchant; shirt manufacturer; member of New York state assembly from Rensselaer County 3rd District, 1901-03. Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of William W. Reynolds and Mary (Peckham) Reynolds; married, June 2, 1874, to Lucy M. Gifford.   John J. Richford — of Elmira, Chemung County, N.Y. Republican. Merchant; member of New York state assembly from Chemung County, 1918-22; defeated, 1922. Burial location unknown.   Rufus Richtmyer — of Fultonville, Montgomery County, N.Y. Born in Cobleskill, Schoharie County, N.Y. Republican. Farmer; merchant; hardware business; coal dealer; member of New York state assembly from Montgomery County, 1927-32; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1932. Member, Freemasons; Elks. Burial location unknown.   Reuben Robie (1799-1872) — of Bath, Steuben County, N.Y. Born in Corinth, Orange County, Vt., July 15, 1799. Democrat. Merchant; postmaster at Bath, N.Y., 1837-41; Steuben County Treasurer, 1844-47; U.S. Representative from New York 30th District, 1851-53. Died in Bath, Steuben County, N.Y., January 21, 1872 (age 72 years, 190 days). Interment at Grove Cemetery, Bath, N.Y.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Henry Rockefeller (1778-1831) — of Columbia County, N.Y. Born in Germantown, Columbia County, N.Y., January 17, 1778. Merchant; member of New York state assembly from Columbia County, 1813-14. Died in Germantown, Columbia County, N.Y., January 6, 1831 (age 52 years, 354 days). Interment at Germantown Reformed Cemetery, Germantown, N.Y.   Relatives: Son of Philip Rockefeller and Catherine (Best) Rockefeller; married to Margaret Lasher; first cousin once removed of Simon S. Rockefeller; first cousin twice removed of John Phillips Rockefeller; first cousin four times removed of Lewis Kirby Rockefeller; first cousin five times removed of Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller and Winthrop Rockefeller; first cousin six times removed of John Davison Rockefeller IV and Winthrop Paul Rockefeller.   Political family: Rockefeller family of New York City, New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Francis Rombouts (1631-1691) — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Belgium, June 22, 1631. Merchant; mayor of New York City, N.Y., 1679-80. Died in 1691 (age about 60 years). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Jan Rombouts and Johanna (Haenen) Rombouts; married 1665 to Aeltie Wessels; married 1675 to Anna Elizabeth Masschop; married 1683 to Helena Teller Bogardus Van Bael.   See also Wikipedia article   Peter Rowe (1807-1876) — of Schenectady, Schenectady County, N.Y. Born in Crescent, Saratoga County, N.Y., March 10, 1807. Democrat. Merchant; chief auditor, New York Central Railroad; mayor of Schenectady, N.Y., 1846-47, 1850; U.S. Representative from New York 18th District, 1853-55. Died in Schenectady, Schenectady County, N.Y., April 17, 1876 (age 69 years, 38 days). Interment at Vale Cemetery, Schenectady, N.Y.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Jeremiah Russell (1786-1867) — of Saugerties, Ulster County, N.Y. Born in Saugerties, Ulster County, N.Y., January 26, 1786. Democrat. Merchant; real estate business; banker; postmaster at Saugerties, N.Y., 1836; member of New York state assembly from Ulster County, 1842; U.S. Representative from New York 10th District, 1843-45. Died in Saugerties, Ulster County, N.Y., September 30, 1867 (age 81 years, 247 days). Interment at Mountain View Cemetery, Saugerties, N.Y.   Relatives: Father of William Fiero Russell.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   John Russell (1772-1842) — of Cooperstown, Otsego County, N.Y. Born in Branford, New Haven County, Conn., September 7, 1772. Physician; merchant; Otsego County Clerk, 1801-04; U.S. Representative from New York 14th District, 1805-09; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; delegate to Whig National Convention from New York, 1839. Died in Cooperstown, Otsego County, N.Y., 1842 (age about 69 years). Interment at Christ Churchyard, Cooperstown, N.Y.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article   Russell Sage (1816-1906) — also known as "The Sage of Troy"; "The Money King"; "Father of Puts and Calls"; "Old Straddle" — of Troy, Rensselaer County, N.Y.; New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Verona, Oneida County, N.Y., August 4, 1816. Whig. Merchant; banker; Rensselaer County Treasurer; delegate to Whig National Convention from New York, 1848; U.S. Representative from New York 13th District, 1853-57; railroad builder; arrested in 1869 and charged with violation of New York usury laws by charging high interest rates on loans; fined and sentenced to five days in prison, which was later suspended. On December 4, 1891, Henry Norcross, a stockbroker, brought a bomb to Sage's office in New York City as part of an extortion scheme; when his demands were refused, he detonated the bomb, but Sage suffered only minor injuries. Died in Lawrence, Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y., July 22, 1906 (age 89 years, 352 days). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, N.Y.   Relatives: Son of Prudence (Risley) Sage and Elisha Sage, Jr.; married, January 23, 1840, to Maria-Henrie Winne; married, November 24, 1869, to Margarett Olivia Slocum; fourth great-grandnephew of Robert Treat; second cousin once removed of Edgar Jared Doolittle; second cousin twice removed of Thomas Chittenden and Jonathan Brace; third cousin once removed of Martin Chittenden, Thomas Kimberly Brace, Alvah Nash and Dwight May Sabin; third cousin twice removed of Josiah Cowles; third cousin thrice removed of Robert Treat Paine; fourth cousin of Jeduthun Wilcox and Chittenden Lyon; fourth cousin once removed of Daniel Chapin, Orsamus Cook Merrill, Timothy Merrill, Daniel Upson, Greene Carrier Bronson, Daniel Kellogg, John Russell Kellogg, Leonard Wilcox, John Adams Taintor, John Calhoun Lewis, Millard Fillmore, Daniel Fiske Kellogg, Henry G. Taintor, Henry Gould Lewis and Daniel Frederick Webster.   Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Murphy-Merrill family of Harbor Beach, Michigan (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Charles St. John (1818-1891) — of New York. Born in Mt. Hope, Orange County, N.Y., October 8, 1818. Republican. Lumberman; merchant; banker; U.S. Representative from New York, 1871-75 (11th District 1871-73, 12th District 1873-75); candidate for Presidential Elector for New York. Died in Port Jervis, Orange County, N.Y., July 6, 1891 (age 72 years, 271 days). Interment at Laurel Grove Cemetery, Port Jervis, N.Y.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Daniel Bennett St. John (1808-1890) — also known as Daniel B. St. John — of Sullivan County, N.Y.; Newburgh, Orange County, N.Y. Born in Sharon, Litchfield County, Conn., October 8, 1808. Merchant; real estate business; member of New York state assembly from Sullivan County, 1840; U.S. Representative from New York 9th District, 1847-49; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1876; member of New York state senate 10th District, 1876-79. Died in New York, New York County, N.Y., February 18, 1890 (age 81 years, 133 days). Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery, New Windsor, N.Y.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Cyrus Baldwin Sammons (1825-1881) — also known as Cyrus B. Sammons — of Blue Island, Cook County, Ill. Born in Geddes (now part of Syracuse), Onondaga County, N.Y., November 15, 1825. Merchant; postmaster; village president of Blue Island, Illinois, 1872-73. Universalist. Died in Blue Island, Cook County, Ill., May 31, 1881 (age 55 years, 197 days). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Johannis Sammons and Abigail (Smith) Sammons; married, January 1, 1852, to Cynthia Olivia Root; grandnephew of Thomas Sammons; first cousin once removed of Simeon Sammons; second cousin of John Henry Starin.   Political family: Sammons family of New York.   Myndert Davidtse Schuyler (1672-1755) — also known as Myndert Schuyler — of Albany, Albany County, N.Y. Born in Colonie, Albany County, N.Y., 1672. Merchant; mayor of Albany, N.Y., 1719-21, 1723-25. Died in Albany, Albany County, N.Y., October 21, 1755 (age about 83 years). Original interment at Dutch Church Burial Ground, Albany, N.Y.; reinterment at Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.   Relatives: Son of Davit Pieterse Schuyler and Catharina (Ver Planck) Schuyler; brother of David Davidse Schuyler; fourth great-granduncle of Henry Newton Schuyler; fifth great-granduncle of Marion Richard Schuyler; first cousin of Pieter Schuyler (1657-1724) and Johannes Schuyler (1668-1747); first cousin once removed of John Livingston, Robert Livingston (1688-1775), Gilbert Livingston and Johannes Schuyler (1697-1746); first cousin twice removed of Stephanus Bayard, Robert Livingston (1708-1790), Peter Van Brugh Livingston, Robert Gilbert Livingston, Philip Livingston, Robert R. Livingston (1718-1775), Pierre Van Cortlandt, William Livingston, Philip John Schuyler, Philip P. Schuyler and Stephen John Schuyler; first cousin thrice removed of Nicholas Bayard, Peter Robert Livingston (1737-1794), Jeremiah Van Rensselaer, Robert Van Rensselaer, Walter Livingston, Philip Peter Livingston, Pieter Schuyler (1746-1792), Robert R. Livingston (1746-1813), James Livingston, Philip Van Cortlandt, Henry Brockholst Livingston, Peter Samuel Schuyler, Pierre Van Cortlandt Jr., Edward Livingston (1764-1836), Philip Jeremiah Schuyler and James Parker; first cousin four times removed of Stephen Van Rensselaer, Peter Robert Livingston (1766-1847), Philip Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Jacob Rutsen Van Rensselaer, Henry Walter Livingston, Maturin Livingston, Rensselaer Westerlo, Peter Augustus Jay (1776-1843), Edward Philip Livingston, William Alexander Duer, John Duer, Philip Schuyler, James Alexander Hamilton, William Jay, Charles Ludlow Livingston (1800-1873), Hamilton Fish, George Washington Schuyler, John Cortlandt Parker and Philip N. Schuyler; first cousin five times removed of Peter Robert Livingston (1789-1859), Gilbert Livingston Thompson, Edward Livingston (1796-1840), Gerrit Smith, William Duer, Henry Bell Van Rensselaer, Denning Duer, Henry Brockholst Ledyard, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, John Jay II, James Adams Ekin, John Jacob Astor III, Eugene Schuyler, Richard Wayne Parker, Nicholas Fish, Hamilton Fish Jr. (1849-1936) and Charles Wolcott Parker; first cousin six times removed of Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, William Waldorf Astor, Robert Ray Hamilton, John Sluyter Wirt, John Kean, Cortlandt Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Hamilton Fish Kean, Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright, Charles Ludlow Livingston (born 1870), Karl Cortlandt Schuyler and Hamilton Fish Jr. (1888-1991); first cousin seven times removed of Guy Vernor Henry, Herbert Livingston Satterlee, William Astor Chanler, Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler, Montgomery Schuyler Jr., Peter Augustus Jay (1877-1933), Peter Goelet Gerry, Ogden Livingston Mills, John Eliot Thayer Jr., Bronson Murray Cutting, Robert Reginald Livingston, Robert Winthrop Kean, Brockholst Livingston and Hamilton Fish Jr. (1926-1996).   Political families: Livingston-Schuyler family of New York; Roosevelt family of New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   Thomas Henry Selby (1820-1875) — of San Francisco, Calif. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., May 14, 1820. Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; merchant; mayor of San Francisco, Calif., 1869-71. Died, of pneumonia, in San Francisco, Calif., June 17, 1875 (age 55 years, 34 days). Burial location unknown.   Daniel Sheehan (1860-1951) — of Elmira, Chemung County, N.Y. Born in Ridgebury, Bradford County, Pa., 1860. Democrat. Merchant; mayor of Elmira, N.Y., 1903-04, 1908-11; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1912; postmaster at Elmira, N.Y., 1918-21. Died in 1951 (age about 91 years). Interment at St. Peter and Paul's Cemetery, Elmira, N.Y.   Relatives: Married to Ellen 'Nellie' O'Herron.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   William Wallace Smith (1849-1929) — also known as William W. Smith — of Traverse City, Grand Traverse County, Mich. Born in Constantia, Oswego County, N.Y., August 22, 1849. Republican. Merchant; milling business; mayor of Traverse City, Mich., 1897-99; member of Michigan state senate 27th District, 1917-20. Died in Traverse City, Grand Traverse County, Mich., January 23, 1929 (age 79 years, 154 days). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery, Traverse City, Mich.   Relatives: Son of William Smith and Ada Ann (West) Smith; married 1874 to Susan Elizabeth Reynolds.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Francis Spies Jr. (1840-1893) — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., May 10, 1840. Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; commission merchant; Portland cement importer; Vice-Consul for Honduras in New York, N.Y., 1887-93. Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Tammany Hall. Died from a self-inflicted gunshot, in New York, New York County, N.Y., June 21, 1893 (age 53 years, 42 days). Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.   Relatives: Son of Francis Spies and Amanda Maria (Harding) Spies; married 1869 to Amelia L. Schwarzwaelder.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Amasa Leland Stanford (1824-1893) — also known as Leland Stanford — of San Francisco, Calif. Born in Watervliet, Albany County, N.Y., March 9, 1824. Republican. Lawyer; merchant; builder and president, Central Pacific Railroad; founder of Stanford University; Governor of California, 1862-63; defeated, 1859; U.S. Senator from California, 1885-93; died in office 1893. Member, Freemasons. Died in Palo Alto, Santa Clara County, Calif., June 21, 1893 (age 69 years, 104 days). Entombed at Stanford University, Palo Alto, Calif.   Relatives: Son of Josiah Stanford and Elizabeth (Phillips) Stanford; brother of Charles Stanford; married to Jane Elizabeth Lathrop.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier   Books about Leland Stanford: Norman E. Tutorow, The Governor : The Life and Legacy of Leland Stanford, a California Colossus   Image source: Yonkers (N.Y.) Herald-Statesman, June 22, 1893   Oren Stone (1833-1897) — of Flint, Genesee County, Mich. Born in Auburn, Cayuga County, N.Y., July 24, 1833. Republican. Merchant; co-founder of Flint Woolen Mills; owner of Stone's Opera House; mayor of Flint, Mich., 1888-89; defeated, 1889. Died in Flint, Genesee County, Mich., April 20, 1897 (age 63 years, 270 days). Interment at Glenwood Cemetery, Flint, Mich.   Jonathan Stratton (1791-1863) — of Thompsonville, Sullivan County, N.Y. Born in Fairfield, Fairfield County, Conn., August 24, 1791. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; merchant; leather business; lumber manufacturer; member of New York state assembly from Sullivan County, 1843, 1851. Died in Thompsonville, Sullivan County, N.Y., August 8, 1863 (age 71 years, 349 days). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Stephen Stratton and Sarah (Darrow) Stratton; married, July 8, 1829, to Cornelia A. Thompson; third cousin of James Kilbourne (1770-1850); third cousin once removed of Joseph Silliman (1756-1829), Gold Selleck Silliman, Benjamin Silliman and Byron H. Kilbourn; third cousin twice removed of James Kilbourne (1842-1919) and Rhamanthus Menville Stocker; fourth cousin of John Taintor, Roger Taintor, Solomon Taintor, Joseph Silliman (c.1786-1850), Israel Coe and Benjamin Douglas Silliman; fourth cousin once removed of John Adams Taintor, Eliphalet Adams Bulkeley, John Leslie Russell, Henry G. Taintor, William Henry Barnum, Lyman Wetmore Coe and Joseph Fitch Silliman.   Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Wentworth-Pitman family of New Hampshire (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   Jesse Isidor Straus (1872-1936) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., June 25, 1872. Democrat. President, R. H. Macy & Co. department stores; U.S. Ambassador to France, 1933-36. Jewish. Member, Sphinx. Died, from pneumonia, in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., October 4, 1936 (age 64 years, 101 days). Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.   Relatives: Son of Isidor Straus and Ida (Blum) Straus; married, November 20, 1895, to Irma S. Nathan; nephew of Oscar Solomon Straus; uncle of Stuart Scheftel; first cousin of Nathan Straus Jr.; first cousin once removed of Ronald Peter Straus.   Political family: Straus family of New York City, New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also U.S. State Dept career summary — Find-A-Grave memorial   Nathan Straus Jr. (1889-1961) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., May 27, 1889. Democrat. Partner, R. H. Macy & Co. department store; served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1920, 1924, 1940 (alternate), 1944; member of New York state senate 15th District, 1921-26; Chief, U.S. Housing Authority, 1937-42. Member, Elks; Moose. Died, in a motel room at Massapequa, Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y., September 13, 1961 (age 72 years, 109 days). Interment at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Hawthorne, N.Y.   Relatives: Son of Nathan Straus and Lina (Gutherz) Straus; brother of Sissie Straus (who married Irving Lehman); married, April 29, 1915, to Helen E. Sachs; father of Ronald Peter Straus; nephew of Isidor Straus and Oscar Solomon Straus; first cousin of Jesse Isidor Straus; first cousin once removed of Stuart Scheftel.   Political family: Straus family of New York City, New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Cyrus L. Sulzberger (b. 1858) — of New York, New York County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., 1858. Merchant; philanthropist; Republican candidate for borough president of Manhattan, New York, 1903. Jewish. Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Leopold Sulzberger and Sophia (Lindauer) Sulzberger; married, May 13, 1884, to Rachel Hays.   John James Tallmadge (1818-1873) — also known as John J. Tallmadge — of Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wis. Born in Claverack, Columbia County, N.Y., January 10, 1818. Democrat. Merchant; mayor of Milwaukee, Wis., 1865-66; candidate for Governor of Wisconsin, 1867. Died in Summit, Waukesha County, Wis., October 16, 1873 (age 55 years, 279 days). Interment at Forest Home Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wis.   Relatives: Son of James Tallmadge (1784-1855) and Anna (West) Tallmadge; married to Harriet A. Jacobs; grandnephew of James Tallmadge (1743-1821); first cousin once removed of Matthias Burnett Tallmadge, James Tallmadge Jr., Joel Tallmadge Jr. and Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge; first cousin twice removed of Benjamin Tallmadge; second cousin of Isaac Smith Tallmadge and Daniel Webster Tallmadge; second cousin once removed of Frederick Augustus Tallmadge; third cousin once removed of Millard Ellsworth Lane.   Political families: Tallmadge-Floyd family of New York; Thompson-Sutherland family of New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Charles Douglas Taylor (b. 1858) — also known as Charles D. Taylor — Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., 1858. Railway supply agent; commission merchant; U.S. Consular Agent in Guaymas, 1906-17. Burial location unknown.   Samuel W. Taylor (1833-1892) — of Washington, D.C.; New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Washington, D.C., February 11, 1833. Merchant; Prominent in Washington local politics. Died, from apoplexy, in New York, New York County, N.Y., July 31, 1892 (age 59 years, 171 days). Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Washington, D.C. George Lincoln Thompson (1864-1941) — also known as George L. Thompson — of Kings Park, Suffolk County, Long Island, N.Y. Born in Smithtown, Suffolk County, Long Island, N.Y., November 22, 1864. Republican. Merchant; banker; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1908; member of New York state assembly from Suffolk County 2nd District, 1909-10, 1912; member of New York state senate 1st District, 1915-41; defeated, 1912; died in office 1941. Member, Freemasons; Elks; Odd Fellows; Lions. Died, from a heart attack, in Kings Park, Suffolk County, Long Island, N.Y., September 1, 1941 (age 76 years, 283 days). Interment at St. James Episcopal Church Graveyard, St. James, Long Island, N.Y.   Relatives: Son of Richmond Ansel Thompson and Ennie Elizabeth (Handshaw) Thompson; married to Lottie F. Scott.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: New York Red Book 1936   Jonathan Thompson (1773-1846) — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Islip, Suffolk County, Long Island, N.Y., December 7, 1773. Merchant; importing business; banker; U.S. Collector of Customs, 1820-29. Died in New York, New York County, N.Y., December 30, 1846 (age 73 years, 23 days). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Isaac Thompson and Mary (Gardiner) Thompson; married to Elizabeth Havens.   See also Wikipedia article   John L. Thorne (b. 1814) — of Batavia, Genesee County, N.Y.; Hastings, Dakota County, Minn. Born in Winkleigh, Devon, England, May 18, 1814. Merchant; banker; mayor of Hastings, Minn., 1860-61, 1863-65, 1869-70. Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Married 1863 to Josephine Chapman.   Mitchell A. Trahan Jr. — of Yonkers, Westchester County, N.Y. Republican. Merchant; member of New York state assembly from Westchester County 4th District, 1918, 1920-21. Burial location unknown.   Charles Edward Treman (b. 1868) — also known as Charles E. Treman — of Ithaca, Tompkins County, N.Y. Born in Ithaca, Tompkins County, N.Y., October 11, 1868. Democrat. Merchant; banker; New York State Superintendent of Public Works, 1911-13; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1912. Presbyterian. Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Elias Treman and Elizabeth (Lovejoy) Treman; married, December 5, 1900, to Mary A. Bott.   James Madison Turner (1820-1869) — also known as James Turner — of Mason, Ingham County, Mich.; Lansing, Ingham County, Mich. Born in Cazenovia, Madison County, N.Y., April 1, 1820. Republican. Merchant; railroad builder; member of Michigan state senate 21st District, 1867. Methodist. Died, from typhoid fever, in Lansing, Ingham County, Mich., October 10, 1869 (age 49 years, 192 days). Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Lansing, Mich.   Presumably named for: James Madison   Relatives: Son of Francis Stiles Turner and Deborah (Morten) Turner; married, October 1, 1843, to Marian Munroe; father of James Munroe Turner and Abigail Rogers 'Abby' Turner (who married Franklin Luke Dodge); grandfather of James Turner; second cousin once removed of Marcus Morton (1784-1864); third cousin of Daniel Oliver Morton, Marcus Morton (1819-1891) and Levi Parsons Morton; third cousin once removed of George Watson French; third cousin thrice removed of Philip Allcock Sprague.   Political family: Morton family (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Scott W. Updike (c.1819-1889) — of Rochester, Monroe County, N.Y. Born in New York, about 1819. Republican. Merchant; postmaster at Rochester, N.Y., 1861-67; sauce manufacturer. Died in Rochester, Monroe County, N.Y., October 24, 1889 (age about 70 years). Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Rochester, N.Y.   Relatives: Married to Esther A. Terrel.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   John Evert Van Alen (1749-1807) — also known as John E. Van Alen — of Rensselaer County, N.Y. Born in Kinderhook, Columbia County, N.Y., 1749. Merchant; civil engineer; U.S. Representative from New York 7th District, 1793-99; member of New York state assembly from Rensselaer County, 1800-01. Slaveowner. Died in DeFreestville, Rensselaer County, N.Y., February 27, 1807 (age about 57 years). Interment at Van Alen Cemetery, North Greenbush, N.Y.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial   John Van Beuren (1784-1831) — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Flatbush (now part of Brooklyn), Kings County, N.Y., October 13, 1784. Merchant; member of New York state assembly from New York County, 1829-30. Died in Staten Island, Richmond County, N.Y., November 23, 1831 (age 47 years, 41 days). Interment at St. Andrew's Cemetery, Richmondtown, Staten Island, N.Y.   Relatives: Son of Jacobus Van Beuren and Else (Lott) Van Beuren; married, October 13, 1816, to Elizabeth Scott Aspinwall.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Jacobus Van Cortlandt (1658-1739) — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Nieuw Amsterdam, Niew Neederlandt (now part of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y.), 1658. Merchant; mayor of New York City, N.Y., 1710-11, 1719-20. Died in Bergen, Bergen County (now part of Jersey City, Hudson County), N.J., 1739 (age about 81 years). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Annetje 'Anna' (Loockermans) van Cortlandt and Olof Stevense van Cortlandt; brother of Stephanus Van Cortlandt; married to Eva Maria de Vries; grandfather of James Jay, John Jay and Frederick Jay; granduncle of Stephanus Bayard, Pierre Van Cortlandt, Philip John Schuyler and Stephen John Schuyler; great-grandfather of Peter Augustus Jay (1776-1843) and William Jay; great-granduncle of Volkert Petrus Douw, Nicholas Bayard, Philip P. Schuyler, Jeremiah Van Rensselaer, Robert Van Rensselaer, Hendrick Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, Pieter Schuyler, Philip Van Cortlandt, Pierre Van Cortlandt Jr., Killian Killian Van Rensselaer, Philip Jeremiah Schuyler and James Parker; second great-grandfather of John Jay II; second great-granduncle of Leonard Gansevoort, Leonard Gansevoort Jr., Peter Samuel Schuyler, Stephen Van Rensselaer, Philip Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Jacob Rutsen Van Rensselaer, Henry Walter Livingston, James Alexander Hamilton, Philip Schuyler and John Cortlandt Parker; third great-granduncle of Peter Gansevoort, Edward Livingston, Henry Bell Van Rensselaer, James Adams Ekin, Richard Wayne Parker and Charles Wolcott Parker; fourth great-grandfather of Peter Augustus Jay (1877-1933); fourth great-granduncle of Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, Robert Ray Hamilton, John Sluyter Wirt and Cortlandt Schuyler Van Rensselaer; fifth great-granduncle of Charles Ludlow Livingston, John Eliot Thayer Jr. and Bronson Murray Cutting; sixth great-granduncle of John Hubner II and Brockholst Livingston.   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   Wilson C. Van Duzer (b. 1894) — of Middletown, Orange County, N.Y. Born in Warwick, Orange County, N.Y., 1894. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; merchant; farmer; member of New York state assembly from Orange County 2nd District, 1943-64. Presbyterian. Dutch ancestry. Member, American Legion; Rotary; Junior Order. Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Married to Gladys Wisner.   Richard Van Horne (1770-1823) — of Montgomery County, N.Y. Born in Sussex County, N.J., November 15, 1770. Merchant; miller; member of New York state assembly from Montgomery County, 1808-10, 1812-13, 1815-16; delegate to New York state constitutional convention, 1821. Died in Van Hornesville, Herkimer County, N.Y., March 12, 1823 (age 52 years, 117 days). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Abraham Van Horne.   David Van Ness (1745-1818) — of Dutchess County, N.Y.; Troy, Rensselaer County, N.Y. Born in Columbia County, N.Y., August 3, 1745. Merchant; served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of New York state assembly from Dutchess County, 1790-91; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; member of New York state senate Middle District, 1800-02. Died in Troy, Rensselaer County, N.Y., October 3, 1818 (age 73 years, 61 days). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of William Van Ness; married to Cornelia Heermance.   Jeremiah Van Rensselaer (1738-1810) — of Albany, Albany County, N.Y. Born in Watervliet, Albany County, N.Y., August 27, 1738. Democrat. Merchant; surveyor; served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of New York state assembly from Albany County, 1788-89; U.S. Representative from New York 6th District, 1789-91; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; Lieutenant Governor of New York, 1801-04. Slaveowner. Died in Albany, Albany County, N.Y., February 19, 1810 (age 71 years, 176 days). Original interment at Dutch Reformed Cemetery, Albany, N.Y.; reinterment at Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.   Relatives: Son of Engeltie 'Angelica' (Livingston) Van Rensselaer and Johannes Van Rensselaer; brother of Robert Van Rensselaer; married, July 3, 1760, to Judith Bayard; married 1764 to Helena Lansing; father of Solomon Van Vechten Van Rensselaer; uncle of Jacob Rutsen Van Rensselaer and Philip Jeremiah Schuyler; grandson of Robert Livingston the Younger; granduncle of James Alexander Hamilton and Philip Schuyler; great-grandson of Pieter Schuyler (1657-1724); great-grandnephew of Stephanus Van Cortlandt, Robert Livingston the Elder, Jacobus Van Cortlandt and Johannes Schuyler (1668-1747); great-granduncle of Cortlandt Schuyler Van Rensselaer; second great-granduncle of Robert Ray Hamilton; third great-granduncle of John Eliot Thayer Jr.; first cousin of Volkert Petrus Douw, Hendrick Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, James Livingston and Killian Killian Van Rensselaer; first cousin once removed of Philip P. Schuyler, Robert R. Livingston (1746-1813), Leonard Gansevoort, Leonard Gansevoort Jr., Edward Livingston (1764-1836), Peter Robert Livingston (1766-1847) and Maturin Livingston; first cousin twice removed of John Livingston, Robert Livingston (1688-1775), Gilbert Livingston, Johannes Schuyler (1697-1746), Peter Robert Livingston (1789-1859), Peter Gansevoort, Gerrit Smith and Elizabeth Cady Stanton; first cousin thrice removed of David Davidse Schuyler, Myndert Davidtse Schuyler and John Jacob Astor III; first cousin four times removed of William Waldorf Astor, Peter Goelet Gerry and Ogden Livingston Mills; first cousin five times removed of William Astor Chanler, Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler, Robert Reginald Livingston and John Hubner II; second cousin of Pieter Schuyler (1746-1792) and Peter Samuel Schuyler; second cousin once removed of Stephanus Bayard, Robert Livingston (1708-1790), Peter Van Brugh Livingston, Robert Gilbert Livingston, Philip Livingston, Robert R. Livingston (1718-1775), Pierre Van Cortlandt, William Livingston, James Jay, Philip John Schuyler, Matthew Clarkson (1733-1800), Stephen John Schuyler, John Jay, Frederick Jay, Stephen Van Rensselaer, Philip Schuyler Van Rensselaer and Henry Walter Livingston; second cousin twice removed of Edward Livingston (1796-1840) and Henry Bell Van Rensselaer; second cousin thrice removed of Charles Pinckney Brown and Kiliaen Van Rensselaer; second cousin four times removed of Charles Ludlow Livingston (born 1870) and Bronson Murray Cutting; second cousin five times removed of Brockholst Livingston; third cousin of Nicholas Bayard, Peter Robert Livingston (1737-1794), Walter Livingston, Philip Peter Livingston, Philip Van Cortlandt, Henry Brockholst Livingston, Matthew Clarkson (1758-1825), Pierre Van Cortlandt Jr., James Parker, Peter Augustus Jay (1776-1843) and William Jay; third cousin once removed of Rensselaer Westerlo, Edward Philip Livingston, William Alexander Duer, John Duer, Charles Ludlow Livingston (1800-1873), Hamilton Fish, George Washington Schuyler, John Jay II, John Cortlandt Parker and Philip N. Schuyler; third cousin twice removed of Gilbert Livingston Thompson, William Duer, Denning Duer, Henry Brockholst Ledyard, James Adams Ekin, Eugene Schuyler, Richard Wayne Parker, Nicholas Fish, Hamilton Fish Jr. (1849-1936) and Charles Wolcott Parker; third cousin thrice removed of John Sluyter Wirt, John Kean, Hamilton Fish Kean, Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright, Karl Cortlandt Schuyler, Peter Augustus Jay (1877-1933) and Hamilton Fish Jr. (1888-1991).   Political families: Livingston-Schuyler family of New York; Roosevelt family of New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   The World War II Liberty ship SS Jeremiah Van Rensselaer (built 1942 at Wilmington, North Carolina; torpedoed and sunk in the North Atlantic Ocean, 1943) was named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   William J. Wells (1876-1940) — of Montclair, Essex County, N.J. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., December 15, 1876. Republican. Accountant; general manager, later president, R.H. Macy & Co. department store; bank director; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1936. Member, Freemasons; Shriners. Died, from a heart condition, in Mountainside Hospital, Montclair, Essex County, N.J., March 22, 1940 (age 63 years, 98 days). Interment at The Evergreens Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.   George Herrick West (1854-1936) — also known as George H. West — of Ballston Spa, Saratoga County, N.Y.; Albany, Albany County, N.Y.; Scotia, Schenectady County, N.Y. Born in Galway, Saratoga County, N.Y., December 23, 1854. Republican. School teacher; merchant; insurance and real estate business; member of New York state assembly from Saratoga County, 1899-1900. Died October 8, 1936 (age 81 years, 290 days). Interment at Ballston Spa Cemetery, Ballston Spa, N.Y.   Relatives: Son of Matthew West and Eliza (Doty) West; married 1881 to Carrie L. Burdick.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   George S. Wheeler (b. 1830) — of Salem, Washtenaw County, Mich. Born in New York, 1830. Republican. Merchant; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Washtenaw County 1st District, 1899-1900; defeated, 1900. Burial location unknown.   Heber Eugene Wheeler (1859-1936) — also known as Heber E. Wheeler — of Holcomb, Ontario County, N.Y. Born in Bergen, Genesee County, N.Y., December 24, 1859. Republican. Merchant; postmaster; Ontario County Treasurer, 1904-09; member of New York state assembly from Ontario County, 1914-17. Congregationalist. English ancestry. Member, Freemasons. Died in 1936 (age about 76 years). Interment at East Bloomfield Cemetery, East Bloomfield, N.Y.   Relatives: Son of Oscar Fitzelan Wheeler and Lucy (Rowley) Wheeler; married, September 22, 1886, to Mary Adams; married to Theda M. Mead.   Peter White (1820-1908) — of Marquette, Marquette County, Mich. Born in Rome, Oneida County, N.Y., October 31, 1820. Democrat. Merchant; lawyer; banker; founder of Cleveland Cliffs mining company; postmaster at Carp River, Mich., 1851-56; Marquette, Mich., 1856; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Chippewa District, 1857-58; member of Michigan state senate 32nd District, 1875-76; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1876, 1888, 1896; candidate for U.S. Representative from Michigan 11th District, 1882; member of University of Michigan board of regents, 1904-08; died in office 1908. Died in Marquette, Marquette County, Mich., 1908 (age about 87 years). Interment at Presque Isle Park, Marquette, Mich.   Elias Whitmore (1772-1853) — of Windsor, Broome County, N.Y. Born in Pembroke, Hillsborough County (now Merrimack County), N.H., March 2, 1772. Democrat. Merchant; U.S. Representative from New York 21st District, 1825-27. Died in Windsor, Broome County, N.Y., December 26, 1853 (age 81 years, 299 days). Interment at Windsor Village Cemetery, Windsor, N.Y.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Thomas Willett (1605-1674) — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Bartley, Hertfordshire, England, 1605. Merchant; mayor of New York City, N.Y., 1665-66, 1667-68. Died in 1674 (age about 69 years). Interment at Little Neck Cemetery, East Providence, R.I.   Relatives: Son of Rev. Andrew Willet; married 1636 to Mary Brown; married 1671 to Joanna (Boyse) Prudden; second great-grandfather of Pierpont Edwards; third great-grandfather of Benjamin Tallmadge, Aaron Burr, Theodore Dwight and Henry Waggaman Edwards; fourth great-grandfather of Frederick Augustus Tallmadge; sixth great-grandfather of George Landon Ingraham, Charles Dunsmore Millard and John Brown Judson Jr.; seventh great-grandfather of Charles H. Chittenden and Daniel Phoenix Ingraham.   Political families: Livingston-Schuyler family of New York; 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 Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Charles Sumner Winans (1863-1935) — also known as Charles S. Winans — of Chelsea, Washtenaw County, Mich. Born in Tyre, Seneca County, N.Y., January 25, 1863. Merchant; college professor; U.S. Consul in Iquique, 1900-07; Valencia, 1907-09; Seville, 1909-14; Nuremberg, 1914-17; Cienfuegos, 1917-19; London, 1919-20; Prague, 1920-26; U.S. Consul General in Prague, as of 1927. Methodist. Died July 13, 1935 (age 72 years, 169 days). Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery, Chelsea, Mich.   Presumably named for: Charles Sumner   Relatives: Son of Benjamin Winans and Mary Jane (Sumner) Winans; married 1890 to Emma Rosina Kempf.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Elisha I. Winter (1781-1849) — of Clinton County, N.Y.; Fayette County, Ky. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., July 15, 1781. Mining business; U.S. Representative from New York 12th District, 1813-15; planter; merchant; president, Lexington & Ohio Railroad. Slaveowner. Died in Lexington, Fayette County, Ky., June 30, 1849 (age 67 years, 350 days). Interment at Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.   Relatives: Married to Virginia Carr.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Peter Wintermute (1806-1876) — of Chemung County, N.Y. Born in Sussex County, N.J., August 20, 1806. Republican. Merchant; member of New York state assembly from Chemung County, 1859. German ancestry. Died in Horseheads, Chemung County, N.Y., May 4, 1876 (age 69 years, 258 days). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Peter Wintermute (1773-1837) and Sarah (Kiser) Wintermute; married 1841 to Emeline Lain.   Luther Wright (b. 1799) — of Oswego, Oswego County, N.Y. Born in Nelson, Cheshire County, N.H., September 13, 1799. Merchant; miller; banker; village president of Oswego, New York, 1839, 1841; treasurer of several railroad companies; president of the Oswego Gas Light company. Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Married 1828 to Lucinda Smith; married 1840 to Miss L. Bailey.

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