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George Abernethy (1807-1877) —
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
7, 1807.
Governor
of Oregon Territory, 1845-49; newspaper
publisher.
Methodist. Scottish
ancestry.
Died in Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., March 2,
1877 (age 69 years, 146
days).
Original interment somewhere in Vancouver, Wash.; reinterment in 1883 at River
View Cemetery, Portland, Ore.
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John Quincy Adams (1848-1911) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Lancaster, Coos
County, N.H., October
26, 1848.
Democrat. Real estate
business; raised money to save "The Old Flag House", where Betsy
Ross is reputed to have sewed the first American flag; candidate for
U.S.
Representative from New York 14th District, 1896.
Methodist. Member, Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died, of Bright's
disease, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
14, 1911 (age 62 years, 80
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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William Everett Adams (1922-1983) —
also known as William E. Adams —
of Tonawanda, Erie
County, N.Y.; Kenmore, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Knightstown, Henry
County, Ind., December
25, 1922.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Erie County 2nd District, 1957-64; member of
New
York state senate, 1966-70 (61st District 1966, 53rd District
1967-70); indicted
in December 1969 on charges of lying to a
grand jury when he testified that he returned a cash
campaign contribution from a medical services company; tried in
1970 and found not guilty.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
American
Legion; Sigma
Nu; Knights
of Pythias.
Suffered a heart
attack, and died a week later, in Albany Medical
Center, Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., April
14, 1983 (age 60 years, 110
days).
Interment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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William Charles Adamson (1854-1929) —
also known as William C. Adamson —
of Carrollton, Carroll
County, Ga.
Born in Bowdon, Carroll
County, Ga., August
13, 1854.
Democrat. Lawyer;
city judge in Georgia, 1885-89; candidate for Presidential Elector
for Georgia; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 4th District, 1897-1917; Judge
of U.S. Customs Court, 1926-28.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arcanum; Knights
of Pythias.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Presbyterian Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
3, 1929 (age 74 years, 143
days).
Interment at Carrollton
City Cemetery, Carrollton, Ga.
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Myron Dale Albro (1897-1973) —
also known as Myron D. Albro —
of Lounsberry, Tioga
County, N.Y.; Nichols, Tioga
County, N.Y.
Born in Cortland, Cortland
County, N.Y., January
2, 1897.
Republican. Dairy farmer; cattle
breeder; member of New York
state assembly from Tioga County, 1938-52; director, Nichols
National Bank;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1964.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Grange;
Farm
Bureau.
Died in Lounsberry, Tioga
County, N.Y., August
4, 1973 (age 76 years, 214
days).
Interment at Nichols Cemetery, Nichols, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Wells G. Albro and Nellie J. (Feint) Albro; married 1919 to
Marguerite M. Shalter. |
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memorial |
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Howard N. Allen (1873-1953) —
of Pawling, Dutchess
County, N.Y.
Born in Pawling, Dutchess
County, N.Y., February
21, 1873.
Republican. Farmer;
president, Pawling Savings Bank;
director, National Bank of
Pawling; member of New York
state assembly from Dutchess County 1st District, 1923-44.
Methodist. Member, Grange;
Farm
Bureau; Freemasons.
Suffered a heart
attack at a Pawling Savings Bank board of
directors meeting, and died the next day, in Pawling, Dutchess
County, N.Y., January
7, 1953 (age 79 years, 321
days).
Interment at Pawling
Cemetery, Pawling, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Married to Ruth A. Howard. |
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memorial |
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1936 |
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Mark W. Allen (b. 1877) —
of West New Brighton, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Born in Fairfax
County, Va., August
23, 1877.
Democrat. Carpenter;
Superintendent of Bridges and Buildings, Baltimore & Ohio Railroad;
lumber
business; member of New York
state senate 24th District, 1923-24.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Junior
Order; Knights
of Pythias.
Burial location unknown.
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Ray Allen (b. 1860) —
of Kenmore, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Pavilion, Genesee
County, N.Y., March
22, 1860.
Republican. Railway
passenger agent; ordained
minister; missionary;
Dry candidate for delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Methodist.
Burial location unknown.
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Seth S. Allen (b. 1864) —
of Plattsburgh, Clinton
County, N.Y.
Born in Peru, Clinton
County, N.Y., October
20, 1864.
School
teacher; lawyer; Dry
candidate for delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Scottish
Rite Masons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Isaac C. Allen and Henrietta (Fuller) Allen; married 1892 to Della
Parsons. |
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Howard Wilmert Ameli (1881-1959) —
also known as Howard W. Ameli —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., October
12, 1881.
Republican. Lawyer; law
partner of Abner
C. Surpless; served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, 1929-34.
Methodist. Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; American
Legion; Sons
of Union Veterans; Military
Order of the World Wars; Delta
Chi; Freemasons.
Died, in Methodist Hospital,
Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., July 29,
1959 (age 77 years, 290
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Alonzo Ameli and Jessie Isabel (Robinson) Ameli; married, August
10, 1918, to Flora E. Maus. |
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Robert Bernerd Anderson (1910-1989) —
also known as Robert B. Anderson —
of Texas.
Born in Burleson, Johnson
County, Tex., June 4,
1910.
School
teacher; lawyer;
member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1932; Received the Medal
of Freedom in 1955; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1957-61.
Methodist. Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Phi
Delta Phi; Order of
the Coif.
Pleaded
guilty in 1987 to charges
of evading
taxes by illegally operating an offshore
bank; sentenced
to jail, house
arrest, and probation;
disbarred
in 1988.
Died, of complications from surgery on cancer
of the esophagus, in New York
Hospital, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., August
14, 1989 (age 79 years, 71
days).
Interment at Rosehill Cemetery, Cleburne, Tex.
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Albert S. Andrews (b. 1876) —
of Owego, Tioga
County, N.Y.
Born in Candor, Tioga
County, N.Y., April
21, 1876.
Republican. Lawyer;
treasurer and general manager, Owego Light and
Power Co.; Dry candidate for delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Methodist. Member, Kiwanis.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of David W. Andrews and Thirza J. (Howard) Andrews; married, August
9, 1899, to Susie C. Tompkins. |
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Harlan Page Andrews (1837-1909) —
also known as Harlan P. Andrews —
of Cuyler town, Cortland
County, N.Y.
Born in Fabius town, Onondaga
County, N.Y., October
12, 1837.
Republican. Dairy farmer;
member of New York
state assembly from Cortland County, 1885.
Baptist;
later Methodist. Member, Ancient
Order of United Workmen.
Died November
4, 1909 (age 72 years, 23
days).
Interment at Keeney Settlement Cemetery, Fabius, N.Y.
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John Emory Andrus (1841-1934) —
also known as John E. Andrus; "The Millionaire
Strap-Hanger" —
of Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Pleasantville, Westchester
County, N.Y., February
16, 1841.
Republican. School
teacher; pharmaceutical
manufacturer; investor in real
estate, mining
claims, and the Standard Oil
Company; owned considerable stock in railroads
and utilities;
director, New York Life Insurance
Co.; president, New York Pharmaceutical
Association; treasurer, Arlington Chemical
Co.; director, National Fuel Gas
Co.; mayor
of Yonkers, N.Y., 1904-05; defeated, 1901; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1904
(alternate), 1908;
U.S.
Representative from New York 19th District, 1905-13; candidate
for Presidential Elector for New York.
Methodist.
Philanthropist who founded the Surna Foundation and the Julia Dyckman
Andrus Memorial (orphanage). Even when he was one of the nation's
wealthiest men, he still took the subway to work.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y., December
26, 1934 (age 93 years, 313
days).
Interment at Kensico
Cemetery, Valhalla, N.Y.
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Elihu Anthony (1818-1905) —
of Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz
County, Calif.
Born in Greenfield, Saratoga
County, N.Y., November
30, 1818.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; Methodist
minister; member of California
state assembly 6th District, 1880-81.
Methodist.
Came overland to California in 1847. First
postmaster of Santa Cruz; started the first
foundry there; built the first
wharf; founded the first
Protestant church.
Died in Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz
County, Calif., August
15, 1905 (age 86 years, 258
days).
Interment at Santa Cruz Memorial Park, Santa Cruz, Calif.
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Harry Hurd Atwell (b. 1877) —
also known as Harry H. Atwell —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Perrysburg, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y., December
14, 1877.
Democrat. Engineer;
grading
contractor; university
professor; Washtenaw
County Surveyor, 1921-30; Washtenaw
County Clerk, 1933-34.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
American
Arbitration Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Harrison Atwell and Julia Matilda (Hurd) Atwell; married 1904 to Clara
K. M. Rohde; married 1919 to
Katherine Anna Schaeberle. |
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Barbara Jean Bachle (b. 1952) —
also known as Barbara J. Bachle —
of Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y.
Born in Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y., January
7, 1952.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1972.
Female.
Methodist.
Still living as of 1973.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Joseph Fred Bachle and Miriam (Graybill)
Bachle. |
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Chester Thurlow Backus (b. 1880) —
also known as Chester T. Backus —
of Morris, Otsego
County, N.Y.
Born in Morris, Otsego
County, N.Y., March
24, 1880.
Republican. Otsego
County Clerk; member of New York
state assembly from Otsego County, 1937-44.
Methodist. Member, Delta
Chi; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Allen S. Backus and Ella (Folts) Backus. |
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John Harris Baker (1832-1915) —
of Goshen, Elkhart
County, Ind.
Born in Parma town, Monroe
County, N.Y., February
28, 1832.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Indiana
state senate, 1863; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 13th District, 1875-81; U.S.
District Judge for Indiana, 1892-1902.
Methodist.
Died in Goshen, Elkhart
County, Ind., October
21, 1915 (age 83 years, 235
days).
Interment at Oakridge
Cemetery, Goshen, Ind.
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Arthur J. Baldwin (b. 1868) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Cortland, Cortland
County, N.Y., August
26, 1868.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 13th District, 1915;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1924,
1928,
1932.
Methodist. Member, Delta
Phi; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Eben R. Baldwin and Caroline (West) Baldwin; married, June 18,
1892, to Frances Smiley. |
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Francis Everett Baldwin (1856-1930) —
also known as Francis E. Baldwin —
of Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y.
Born in Otego, Otsego
County, N.Y., August
30, 1856.
Lawyer;
milk bottle
manufacturer; president, National Total Abstinence League; New York
Prohibition state chair, 1889-93; Prohibition candidate for Governor of
New York, 1894; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York;
Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 33rd District, 1906; Prohibition
candidate for New York
state attorney general, 1910; Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1914; Prohibition candidate for judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1920.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Rotary.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Mentone (Menton), France,
December
19, 1930 (age 74 years, 111
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Elmira, N.Y.
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Thomas Jacob Banfield (b. 1895) —
also known as T. Jacob Banfield —
of Van Etten, Chemung
County, N.Y.
Born in Hicks, Chemung
County, N.Y., March
28, 1895.
Democrat. Member of New York
state assembly from Chemung County, 1934; defeated, 1934; chair of
Chemung County Democratic Party, 1942; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1944.
Methodist. Member, Odd
Fellows; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Fred A. Barber (1865-1924) —
of Wauseon, Fulton
County, Ohio.
Born in Baldwinsville, Onondaga
County, N.Y., February
11, 1865.
Democrat. Lawyer; Fulton
County Probate Judge, 1905-17; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Ohio, 1916.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in 1924
(age about
59 years).
Interment at Wauseon
Union Cemetery, Wauseon, Ohio.
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Anthony Barbiero (1915-1983) —
of Elmont, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., April
25, 1915.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Nassau County 1st District, 1955-64.
Methodist. Italian
ancestry. Member, Lions.
Died in December, 1983
(age 68
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Lydia Pappalardi. |
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Horace Thomas Barnaby (1823-1917) —
also known as Horace T. Barnaby —
of Gratiot
County, Mich.
Born in Angelica, Allegany
County, N.Y., April
26, 1823.
Republican. Gratiot
County Clerk, 1861-62; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Gratiot County, 1869-72; bishop.
Methodist.
Died in Gaines Township, Kent
County, Mich., February
27, 1917 (age 93 years, 307
days).
Interment somewhere
in Gaines, Mich.
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Edward M. Bartholomew —
of Glens Falls, Warren
County, N.Y.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Glens Falls, N.Y., 1978-85.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons.
Still living as of 1985.
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Caleb Howard Baumes (1865-1937) —
also known as Caleb H. Baumes —
of Newburgh, Orange
County, N.Y.
Born in Bethlehem, Albany
County, N.Y., March
31, 1865.
Republican. School
teacher; bookkeeper;
lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Orange County 1st District, 1909-13; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 25th District, 1915;
member of New York
state senate 27th District, 1919-30; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1930.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Knights
of Pythias.
Author of "Baumes Law" which provided for mandatory life sentences
for fourth felony offenders.
Died, of a heart
attack, on a New York Central train,
near Hudson, Columbia
County, N.Y., September
25, 1937 (age 72 years, 178
days).
Interment at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Newburgh, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Peter H. Baumes and Mary E. (Wiltsie) Baumes; married, March
17, 1883, to Carrie S. Ten Eyck. |
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Alexander Gillespie Baxter (b. 1859) —
also known as Alexander G. Baxter —
of Ballston Spa, Saratoga
County, N.Y.
Born in Bloomingburg, Sullivan
County, N.Y., November
6, 1859.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
undertaker;
restaurant
owner; banker;
member of New York
state senate 32nd District, 1931-34.
Methodist. Member, United
Spanish War Veterans; Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons;
Elks; Kiwanis;
Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James Brean Baxter and Abigail Jane (Monell) Baxter; married, October
20, 1880, to Sarah E. Teetz; married, May 10,
1908, to Sarah J. Atkinson. |
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William Robert Bayes (1876-1964) —
also known as William R. Bayes —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Wauseon, Fulton
County, Ohio, July 29,
1876.
Republican. Lawyer;
president, Kings Highway Savings Bank;
president, Brooklyn National Life
Insurance Co.; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 8th District, 1915;
candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1922, 1933, 1940; delegate
to Republican National Convention from New York, 1924;
delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; justice,
New York City Court of Special Sessions, 1935-46.
Methodist. Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Theta; Freemasons;
Union
League.
Died in Gloversville, Fulton
County, N.Y., November
28, 1964 (age 88 years, 122
days).
Interment at Willowbrook
Cemetery, Westport, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of Isaac E. Bayes and Fannie A. (Guilford) Bayes; married, September
7, 1904, to Mabel Ross. |
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Charles Bennett (1838-1903) —
of Charlotte, Eaton
County, Mich.
Born in Waterloo, Seneca
County, N.Y., October, 1838.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; furniture
manufacturer; banker; mayor
of Charlotte, Mich., 1880.
Methodist. Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died in Charlotte, Eaton
County, Mich., November
21, 1903 (age 65 years, 0
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married, December
7, 1865, to Mary Myers. |
| | | Image source: Past and Present of Eaton
County, Michigan (1906) |
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John Davison Bennett (1911-2005) —
also known as John D. Bennett —
of Rockville Centre, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.; Greenport, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Rockville Centre, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., June 21,
1911.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Nassau County 1st District, 1938-44; member
of New
York state senate 2nd District, 1945-53; Nassau
County Surrogate Court Judge, 1953-78; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 7th District, 1967.
Methodist. Member, Elks; Freemasons;
Sons
of the American Revolution.
Died in Greenport, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., February
1, 2005 (age 93 years, 225
days).
Interment at Greenfield
Cemetery, Uniondale, Long Island, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Earl Bennett and Edna (Davison) Bennett; married to Mildred
Schwindt. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Leo Allen Bergholz (1857-1945) —
of New Rochelle, Westchester
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt., November
10, 1857.
Republican. U.S. Vice Consul in Chinkiang, 1883-87; U.S. Consul in Erzerum, 1896-1903; Three Rivers, 1903-04; Dawson, 1904-05; U.S. Consul General in Tientsin, 1905; Beirut, 1905-06; Canton, 1906, 1919-21; Kingston, 1912; Winnipeg, 1913; Dresden, 1913-17; Seoul, 1918-19.
Methodist. German
ancestry. Member, Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died in 1945
(age about
87 years).
Interment at Lakeview
Cemetery, Burlington, Vt.
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Aaron Thomas Bliss (1837-1906) —
also known as Aaron T. Bliss —
of Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich.
Born in Peterboro, Madison
County, N.Y., May 22,
1837.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lumber
business; member of Michigan
state senate 24th District, 1883-84; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 8th District, 1889-91; defeated,
1890; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1892;
Governor
of Michigan, 1901-04.
Methodist. Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., September
16, 1906 (age 69 years, 117
days).
Entombed at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Saginaw, Mich.
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Silas Walter Bond (1864-1939) —
also known as Silas W. Bond —
of Houghton, Allegany
County, N.Y.; Miltonvale, Cloud
County, Kan.; Wheaton, DuPage
County, Ill.; Santa Paula, Ventura
County, Calif.
Born in Nora, Jo Daviess
County, Ill., January
13, 1864.
Minister;
professor,
Houghton Seminary, Houghton, N.Y.; Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 37th District, 1904; president,
Miltonvale Wesleyan College, Miltonvale, Kan.; Prohibition candidate
for Governor of
Kansas, 1914; candidate for Presidential Elector for Illinois.
Wesleyan Methodist.
Died in Santa Paula, Ventura
County, Calif., December
3, 1939 (age 75 years, 324
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Daniel Williams Bond and Matilda (Shaw) Bond; married, August
11, 1896, to Harriet 'Hattie' West; married, November
26, 1931, to Jessie LaVinia Ward. |
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Henry Vroman Borst (1857-1925) —
also known as Henry V. Borst —
of Amsterdam, Montgomery
County, N.Y.
Born in Cobleskill, Schoharie
County, N.Y., July 4,
1857.
Democrat. Justice of
New York Supreme Court 4th District, 1913-25; appointed 1913;
resigned 1925.
Methodist.
Suffered a heart
attack while speaking at
a dinner, in the parish
house of St. Casimir's Church, Amsterdam, N.Y., and died soon
after, in Memorial Hospital,
Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., November
25, 1925 (age 68 years, 144
days).
Interment at Fairview Cemetery, Amsterdam, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Isaac Borst and Susan (Vrooman) Borst; married to Alida Yerdon and
Daisy Snook. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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John Brademas (1927-2016) —
of South Bend, St. Joseph
County, Ind.
Born in Mishawaka, St. Joseph
County, Ind., March 2,
1927.
Democrat. Rhodes
scholar; legislative assistant to U.S. Sen. Patrick
McNamara; administrative assistant to U.S. Rep Thomas
L. Ashley; executive assistant to presidential candidate Adlai
E. Stevenson; college
professor; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 3rd District, 1959-81; defeated,
1954, 1956; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana,
1964,
1968,
1972;
president,
New York University, 1981-92.
Methodist. Greek
ancestry. Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Order
of Ahepa; Eagles;
Moose;
Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 11,
2016 (age 89 years, 131
days).
Entombed at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Frank Milton Bristol (1851-1932) —
also known as Frank M. Bristol —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Evanston, Cook
County, Ill.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Jeddo, Orleans
County, N.Y., January
4, 1851.
Republican. Minister;
offered prayer, Republican National Convention,
1884 ; bishop.
Methodist. Member, Phi
Kappa Sigma.
Died in 1932
(age about
81 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
American Monthly Review of Reviews, July 1908 |
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Thomas C. Brown (b. 1870) —
of Schenectady, Schenectady
County, N.Y.
Born near Deseronto, Ontario,
April
21, 1870.
Republican. General
contractor; member of New York
state senate 32nd District, 1925-30.
Methodist. Member, Rotary;
Odd
Fellows; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1899 to
Harriet Beecher Humphrey. |
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Herbert Brownell Jr. (1904-1996) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Peru, Nemaha
County, Neb., February
20, 1904.
Republican. Lawyer;
counsel for hotel
associations; author, "Manual of New York Hotel
and Restaurant
Law"; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 10th District, 1933-37;
defeated, 1931; delegate to Republican National Convention from New
York, 1936,
1944,
1948;
campaign manager, Thomas
E. Dewey for Governor of New York and for President; Chairman
of Republican National Committee, 1944-46; U.S.
Attorney General, 1953-57.
Methodist. Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Upsilon; Sigma
Delta Chi; Phi
Delta Phi; Order of
the Coif.
Died of cancer,
in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 1,
1996 (age 92 years, 71
days).
Interment at Hilltop Cemetery, Mendham, N.J.
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Charles Henry Budd (b. 1848) —
of Montevideo, Chippewa
County, Minn.
Born in Niagara
County, N.Y., March
21, 1848.
Republican. Lawyer; banker; Chippewa
County Probate Judge, 1872-73; candidate for Presidential Elector
for Minnesota.
Methodist. Member, Odd
Fellows.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Andrew Spickerman Budd and Mary (Penoyer) Budd; married 1877 to Carrie
Eastman; married 1889 to Nellie
C. Moyer. |
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John H. Buhrmaster (b. 1876) —
of Scotia, Schenectady
County, N.Y.
Born in Auriesville, Montgomery
County, N.Y., March
27, 1876.
Republican. Grocer; coal,
feed,
and building
supply business; director and vice-president, Glenville Bank;
member of New York
state assembly from Schenectady County 2nd District, 1932-33.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Redmen;
Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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Andrew D. Burgdorf (b. 1892) —
of Martville, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Born in Victory, Cayuga
County, N.Y., March
27, 1892.
Republican. Farmer; hay
dealer; member of New York
state assembly from Cayuga County, 1934-38.
Methodist. Member, Odd
Fellows; Elks; United
Commercial Travelers; Freemasons;
Grange.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
New York Red Book 1936 |
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Richard Harvey Cain (1825-1887) —
also known as Richard H. Cain —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Greenbrier
County, Va. (now W.Va.), April
12, 1825.
Republican. Delegate
to South Carolina state constitutional convention from Charleston
County, 1868; member of South
Carolina state senate from Charleston County, 1868-70; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina, 1873-75, 1877-79 (at-large
1873-75, 2nd District 1877-79); Bishop, African Methodist Episcopal
Church, 1880-87.
African Methodist Episcopal. African
ancestry.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
18, 1887 (age 61 years, 281
days).
Interment at Graceland
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Charles Pope Caldwell (1875-1940) —
also known as C. Pope Caldwell —
of Forest Hills, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born near Bastrop, Bastrop
County, Tex., June 18,
1875.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1912;
U.S.
Representative from New York 2nd District, 1915-21; candidate for
borough
president of Queens, New York, 1925.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Sunnyside, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., July 31,
1940 (age 65 years, 43
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Emor L. Calkins (b. 1855) —
also known as Emor Luther Capron —
of Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich.; Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Springville, Erie
County, N.Y., 1855.
Prohibition candidate for University
of Michigan board of regents, 1909; member of Michigan
Prohibition Party State Central Committee, 1919.
Female.
Methodist. Member, Women's
Christian Temperance Union.
Burial location unknown.
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Alburtis Alanson Carley (b. 1833) —
also known as Alburtis A. Carley —
of Marathon, Cortland
County, N.Y.; Cortland, Cortland
County, N.Y.
Born in Marathon, Cortland
County, N.Y., January
6, 1833.
Republican. Dry goods
merchant; manufacturer
of barrel staves; director, First National Bank of
Cortland; member of New York
state assembly from Cortland County, 1881-82; chair of
Cortland County Republican Party, 1886-90.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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David Carpenter (1815-1891) —
Born in Potsdam, St.
Lawrence County, N.Y., April
19, 1815.
Republican. Real estate
business; banker;
member of Michigan
state board of agriculture, 1861-71.
Methodist.
Died in Mt. Dora, Lake
County, Fla., December
22, 1891 (age 76 years, 247
days).
Interment at Pleasant
View Cemetery, Blissfield, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Clement Carpenter and Sarah (Gilmore) Carpenter; married 1834 to Tibza
Pease; married 1840 to Mary
L. Ellis; married 1848 to
Hepsibeth Worth. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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James Howard Chase (b. 1879) —
also known as James H. Chase —
of Aurora, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Born in Ledyard town, Cayuga
County, N.Y., September
20, 1879.
Republican. Farmer;
member of New York
state assembly from Cayuga County, 1939-46.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Grange;
Farm
Bureau.
Burial location unknown.
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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.
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Shirley Anita Chisholm (1924-2005) —
also known as Shirley Chisholm; Shirley Anita St.
Hill —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., November
30, 1924.
Democrat. Member of New York
state assembly, 1965-68 (Kings County 17th District 1965, 45th
District 1966, 55th District 1967-68); U.S.
Representative from New York 12th District, 1969-83; candidate
for Democratic nomination for President, 1972;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1980;
Honorary Co-Chair, 1984;
speaker, 1988.
Female.
Methodist. African
ancestry. Member, League of Women
Voters; NAACP; Americans
for Democratic Action; National
Organization for Women; Urban
League; Delta
Sigma Theta.
Inducted, National
Women's Hall of Fame, 1993.
Died in Ormond Beach, Volusia
County, Fla., January
1, 2005 (age 80 years, 32
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y.
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Rodney W. Choate (b. 1834) —
of Delta Township, Eaton
County, Mich.
Born in Somerset, Niagara
County, N.Y., March 4,
1834.
Republican. School
teacher; served in the Union Army during the Civil War; farmer; supervisor
of Delta Township, Michigan, 1869-74.
Methodist. Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Odd
Fellows.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Silas C. Choate and Saloma (Seymour) Choate; married, November
4, 1857, to Ursula M. Brown. |
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Marguerite Stitt Church (1892-1990) —
also known as Marguerite S. Church; Marguerite Stitt;
Mrs. Ralph E. Church —
of Evanston, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
13, 1892.
Republican. Psychologist;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 13th District, 1951-63; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1964;
speaker, 1952,
1960.
Female.
Methodist. Member, League of Women
Voters; Phi
Beta Kappa; American
Association of University Women; Delta
Kappa Gamma; Zonta; Beta
Sigma Phi; American
Legion Auxiliary.
Died May 26,
1990 (age 97 years, 255
days).
Interment at Memorial
Park Cemetery, Skokie, Ill.
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Walter F. Clayton (b. 1865) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., 1865.
Republican. Architect;
builder;
member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 21st District, 1921-25.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Hillary Rodham Clinton (b. 1947) —
also known as Hillary Clinton; Hillary Diane Rodham;
"Hill"; "Evergreen" —
of Chappaqua, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., October
26, 1947.
Democrat. Lawyer; First Lady
of the United States, 1993-2001; U.S.
Senator from New York, 2001-; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 2004,
2008
(speaker);
candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 2008;
U.S.
Secretary of State, 2009-13; candidate for President
of the United States, 2016.
Female.
Methodist. Member, Phi
Alpha Delta.
Inducted, National
Women's Hall of Fame, 2005.
Still living as of 2022.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Hugh Ellsworth Rodham and Dorothy Emma (Howell) Rodham;
sister of Hugh
Edwin Rodham; married, October
11, 1975, to William
Jefferson Clinton; mother of Chelsea Clinton (daughter-in-law of
Edward
Maurice Mezvinsky and Marjorie
Margolies-Mezvinsky). |
| | | Political family: Clinton
family of Wadesboro, North Carolina (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — Ballotpedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — OurCampaigns
candidate detail — National
Women's Hall of Fame |
| | | Books by Hillary Clinton: Living
History (2003) — An
Invitation To The White House : At Home With History
(2000) — It
Takes A Village |
| | | Books about Hillary Clinton: Joe
Conason, The
Hunting of the President : The Ten-Year Campaign to Destroy Bill and
Hillary Clinton — Donnie Radcliffe, Hillary
Rodham Clinton : A First Lady for Our Time — Gene
Lyons, Fools
for Scandal : How the Media Invented Whitewater — Gail
Sheehy, Hillary's
Choice — Michael Tomasky, Hillary's
Turn : Inside Her Improbable, Victorious Senate
Campaign — Sidney Blumenthal, The
Clinton Wars — Bernard Ryan, Jr., Hillary
Clinton : First Lady and Senator — Susan Estrich, The
Case For Hillary Clinton — Dick Morris and Eileen
McGann, Condi
vs. Hillary : The Next Great Presidential Race — Jeff
Gerth & Don Van Natta, Jr., Her
Way : The Hopes and Ambitions of Hillary Rodham
Clinton — Susan Morrison, ed., Thirty
Ways of Looking at Hillary: Reflections by Women
Writers — Jonathan Allen & Amie Parnes, HRC:
State Secrets and the Rebirth of Hillary Clinton |
| | | Critical books about Hillary Clinton:
Barbara Olson, Hell
to Pay : The Unfolding Story of Hillary Rodham
Clinton — Peggy Noonan, The
Case Against Hillary Clinton — R. Emmet Tyrell, Jr.,
Madame
Hillary : The Dark Road to the White House — Jack
Cashill, Ron
Brown's Body : How One Man's Death Saved the Clinton Presidency and
Hillary's Future — Christopher Hitchens, No
One Left To Lie To: The Values of the Worst Family —
Carl Limbacher, Hillary's
Scheme : Inside the Next Clinton's Ruthless Agenda to Take the White
House — Ed Klein, The
Truth About Hillary : What She Knew, When She Knew It, and How Far
She'll Go to Become President — Dick Morris, Rewriting
History — David N. Bossie, Hillary:
The Politics of Personal Destruction — Joyce Milton,
The
First Partner: Hillary Rodham Clinton |
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Silas Wattles Cole (1797-1875) —
also known as Silas W. Cole —
of Portsmouth, Scioto
County, Ohio.
Born in Chenango
County, N.Y., August
2, 1797.
Wagon
maker; mayor
of Portsmouth, Ohio, 1835-36.
Methodist.
Died in Scioto
County, Ohio, January
6, 1875 (age 77 years, 157
days).
Interment at Greenlawn
Cemetery, Portsmouth, Ohio.
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David Leigh Colvin (1880-1959) —
also known as D. Leigh Colvin —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Evanston, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in South Charleston, Clark
County, Ohio, January
28, 1880.
Candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; Prohibition
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York, 1914 (15th District), 1922 (11th
District); candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1916 (Prohibition), 1932 (Law
Preservation); Prohibition candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1917; Prohibition candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1920; Chairman of Prohibition
National Committee, 1926-32; Prohibition candidate for President
of the United States, 1936.
Methodist. Member, Alpha
Tau Omega.
Died, from uremia,
in Lawrence Hospital,
Bronxville, Westchester
County, N.Y., September
7, 1959 (age 79 years, 222
days).
Interment at Summit
Lawn Cemetery, Westfield, Ind.
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Mamie White Colvin (1883-1955) —
also known as Mamie W. Colvin; Mamie White —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Westview, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, June 12,
1883.
Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 21st District, 1918, 1922;
Prohibition candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1918; candidate for Presidential Elector
for New York; Dry candidate for delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Female.
Methodist. Member, Women's
Christian Temperance Union; Daughters of the
American Revolution.
Died in Clearwater, Pinellas
County, Fla., October
30, 1955 (age 72 years, 140
days).
Interment at Summit
Lawn Cemetery, Westfield, Ind.
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Royal Samuel Copeland (1868-1938) —
also known as Royal S. Copeland —
of Bay City, Bay
County, Mich.; Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Suffern, Rockland
County, N.Y.
Born in Dexter, Washtenaw
County, Mich., November
7, 1868.
Homeopathic
physician; university
professor; mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1901-03; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1923-38; died in office 1938; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1924
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1936;
candidate in Democratic primary for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1937.
Methodist. English
ancestry. Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Maccabees;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks; American
Public Health Association.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 17,
1938 (age 69 years, 222
days).
Interment at Mahwah
Cemetery, Mahwah, N.J.
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Fred Pierce Corson (1896-1985) —
also known as Fred P. Corson —
of Jackson Heights, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.; Port Washington, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.; Carlisle, Cumberland
County, Pa.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Cornwall, Lebanon
County, Pa.
Born in Millville, Cumberland
County, N.J., April
11, 1896.
Methodist
minister; president,
Dickinson College, 1934-44; Methodist Bishop of Philadelphia,
1944-68; offered prayer, Republican National Convention, 1948,
1952;
offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,
1948.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Union
League; Rotary;
Kappa
Sigma; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Tau
Kappa Alpha; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, from a cerebral
hemorrhage after a fall, in
St. Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla., February
16, 1985 (age 88 years, 311
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Jeremiah Corson and Mary (Payne) Corson; married 1922 to
Frances Blount Beaman. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
| | | Image source: Dickinson
College |
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Benjamin H. Crosby (b. 1859) —
of Tuckerton, Ocean
County, N.J.
Born in Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., January
17, 1859.
Republican. Printer;
newspaper
editor and publisher; fire
chief; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Ocean County, 1908-10.
Methodist.
Burial location unknown.
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Edward O. Davies (b. 1869) —
of Ilion, Herkimer
County, N.Y.
Born in Bridgewater town, Herkimer
County, N.Y., November
24, 1869.
Republican. Laundry
owner; member of New York
state assembly from Herkimer County, 1917-20, 1932-33.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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George Willets Davison (b. 1872) —
of Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Rockville Centre, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., March
25, 1872.
Republican. Lawyer; Queens
County District Attorney, 1899; vice-president, Central Trust Co.;
director, Brooklyn Rapid
Transit Co., New York Municipal Railways
Co., Third Avenue Railway
Co., Hudson and Manhattan Railroad
Co., American Eagle Fire
Insurance Co.
Methodist. Member, Alpha
Delta Phi; Phi
Delta Phi; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert A. Davison and Emeline (Sealey) Davison; married, April
24, 1895, to Harriet R. Baldwin. |
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Casper Gilbert Decker (1860-1942) —
also known as Casper G. Decker —
of Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y.
Born in Summitville, Sullivan
County, N.Y., May 5,
1860.
President, Elmira Knitting
Mills; Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York, 1898 (29th District), 1916 (37th
District); candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; Dry
candidate for delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Methodist. Dutch
ancestry. Member, Rotary;
Freemasons.
Died in Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y., January
27, 1942 (age 81 years, 267
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Casper Schermerhorn Decker and Euphemia (Simpson) Decker; married,
March
2, 1901, to Caroline Fenton Spencer. |
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William Albro De Groot (b. 1869) —
also known as William A. De Groot —
of Richmond Hill, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., November
27, 1869.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1904, 1906-09 (Queens County 2nd District 1904,
1906, Queens County 4th District 1907-09); candidate for New York
state senate 2nd District, 1904; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, 1925-29.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Burial location unknown.
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Allin Depew (1886-1959) —
of Watervliet, Albany
County, N.Y.; Latham, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in White Creek, Washington
County, N.Y., March
18, 1886.
Socialist. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 28th District, 1916, 1918, 1926,
1928, 1932; candidate for New York
state assembly from Albany County 3rd District, 1919, 1920, 1921,
1923, 1925, 1929, 1931, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1938; candidate for New York
state senate 30th District, 1930.
Methodist.
Hit by
a car and killed, while walking on the Troy-Schenectady road,
Latham, Albany
County, N.Y., December
9, 1959 (age 73 years, 266
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Luren Dudley Dickinson (1859-1943) —
also known as Luren D. Dickinson —
of Charlotte, Eaton
County, Mich.
Born in Niagara
County, N.Y., April
15, 1859.
Republican. School teacher
and principal; farmer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1897-98, 1905-08 (Eaton County
2nd District 1897-98, Eaton County 1905-08); member of Michigan
state senate 15th District, 1909-10; Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1915-20, 1927-32, 1939; defeated, 1924,
1932, 1936; Governor of
Michigan, 1939-40; defeated, 1920, 1940; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1940.
Methodist. English
and Irish
ancestry. Member, Grange;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died April
22, 1943 (age 84 years, 7
days).
Interment at Maple
Hill Cemetery, Charlotte, Mich.
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George Albert Dockeray (b. 1852) —
also known as George A. Dockeray —
of Kent
County, Mich.
Born in Orleans
County, N.Y., March 9,
1852.
Lumber
business; Prohibition candidate for Michigan
state senate 17th District, 1914, 1916.
Methodist. English
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert Dockeray and Lucy (White) Dockeray; married, June 28,
1899, to Edith C. Paine. |
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D. Clinton Dominick III (b. 1918) —
of near Newburgh, Orange
County, N.Y.
Born in Newburgh, Orange
County, N.Y., June 4,
1918.
Republican. Colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of New York
Republican State Committee, 1950; member of New York
state assembly from Orange County 1st District, 1955-58; member
of New
York state senate, 1959-70 (33rd District 1959-65, 42nd District
1966, 37th District 1967-70).
Methodist. Member, Kiwanis;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Agnes C. L. Donohugh (b. 1876) —
also known as Agnes Crawford Leaycraft —
of White Plains, Westchester
County, N.Y.; Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April
25, 1876.
Dry candidate for delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Female.
Methodist.
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas Joseph Downey (b. 1949) —
also known as Thomas J. Downey —
of West Islip, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.; Amityville, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Ozone Park, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., January
28, 1949.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1972,
1984,
1988;
U.S.
Representative from New York 2nd District, 1975-93; defeated,
1992.
Methodist. Member, Sigma
Alpha Mu; Sons of
Italy.
Still living as of 2014.
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Samuel Edsall (c.1804-1865) —
of Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind.
Born in Orange
County, N.Y., about 1804.
Member of Indiana
state senate, 1853.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind., 1865
(age about
61 years).
Burial location unknown.
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George Edwin Ellis (b. 1864) —
also known as George E. Ellis;
"Deacon" —
of Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.
Born in Belleville, Jefferson
County, N.Y., December
22, 1864.
Republican. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1905-06; mayor
of Grand Rapids, Mich., 1906-16; defeated, 1916, 1917; candidate
for Governor of
Michigan, 1914; candidate for Michigan
state senate 16th District, 1916.
Methodist.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Caleb Ellis and Christina (Ellis) Ellis; married, November
20, 1891, to Ella Huff. |
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William Few (1748-1828) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born near Baltimore (unknown
county), Md., June 8,
1748.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member
of Georgia state legislature, 1777-79; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Georgia, 1780-85; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1789-93; state court judge in Georgia,
1796-99; member of New York
state assembly from New York County, 1801-05.
Methodist.
Died in Fishkill Landing (now part of Beacon), Dutchess
County, N.Y., July 16,
1828 (age 80 years, 38
days).
Original interment at Reformed
Dutch Church Cemetery, Beacon, N.Y.; reinterment at St.
Paul's Churchyard, Augusta, Ga.
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Edwin W. Fiske (c.1861-1928) —
of Mt. Vernon, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born about 1861.
Democrat. Real estate
business; mayor
of Mt. Vernon, N.Y., 1896-1903, 1910-17; defeated, 1894, 1917,
1923, 1927.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Foresters.
Suffered a stroke
and died, in Mt. Vernon, Westchester
County, N.Y., May 30,
1928 (age about 67
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Annie Smith. |
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Floyd Harold Flake (b. 1945) —
also known as Floyd H. Flake —
of Rosedale, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
30, 1945.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1984,
1988,
1992,
1996;
U.S.
Representative from New York 6th District, 1987-97; defeated
(Unity), 1986; resigned 1997; offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,
1992.
Methodist. African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
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Arthur Sherwood Flemming (1905-1996) —
also known as Arthur S. Flemming —
of Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y.; Delaware, Delaware
County, Ohio; Eugene, Lane
County, Ore.
Born in Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y., June 12,
1905.
Republican. Member, U.S. Civil Service Commission, 1939-48; president,
Ohio-Wesleyan University, 1948-53; U.S.
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, 1958-61; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1960;
president,
University of Oregon, 1961-68; president,
Macalester College, 1968-71.
Methodist. Member, American
Society for Public Administration; Alpha
Sigma Phi; Delta
Sigma Rho; Omicron
Delta Kappa.
Received the Medal
of Freedom in 1994.
Died of acute renal
failure, at a retirement
home in Alexandria,
Va., September
7, 1996 (age 91 years, 87
days).
Interment at Montrepose
Cemetery, Kingston, N.Y.
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Eugene Foster (1860-1928) —
of Gladwin, Gladwin
County, Mich.
Born in Caroga town, Fulton
County, N.Y., August
8, 1860.
Republican. Newspaper
editor; chair of
Gladwin County Republican Party, 1892-1928; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1896;
delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention 28th District,
1907-08; member of Michigan
state senate 28th District, 1909-12.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Order of the
Eastern Star; Knights
of Pythias; Foresters;
Woodmen.
Died, probably from heart
disease, in his office
at the Gladwin County Record newspaper, Gladwin, Gladwin
County, Mich., October
2, 1928 (age 68 years, 55
days).
Interment at Highland Cemetery, Gladwin, Mich.
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Jay Dickson Frisbee (1873-1961) —
also known as J. D. Frisbee —
of Andes, Delaware
County, N.Y.
Born in Andes, Delaware
County, N.Y., October
16, 1873.
Dentist;
Prohibition candidate for New York
state assembly from Delaware County, 1915.
Methodist.
Died in Andes, Delaware
County, N.Y., August
23, 1961 (age 87 years, 311
days).
Interment at Andes Cemetery, Andes, N.Y.
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Lyman Judson Gage (1836-1927) —
also known as Lyman J. Gage —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in DeRuyter, Madison
County, N.Y., June 28,
1836.
Republican. Bank
president; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1897-1902; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from California, 1916.
Methodist. Member, American
Bankers Association.
Died in San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif., January
26, 1927 (age 90 years, 212
days).
Interment at Rosehill
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Harold P. Garnham (b. 1913) —
of Webster, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., March
11, 1913.
Dairy
business; member of New York
state assembly from Monroe County 1st District, 1965.
Methodist. Member, Lions; Grange.
Burial location unknown.
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Walter C. Gifford (1829-1909) —
of Jamestown, Chautauqua
County, N.Y.
Born in Busti town, Chautauqua
County, N.Y., May 8,
1829.
Farmer;
member of New York
state assembly from Chautauqua County 1st District, 1891-92.
Methodist. Member, Grange.
Died August
9, 1909 (age 80 years, 93
days).
Interment at Lake
View Cemetery, Jamestown, N.Y.
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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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Philip Arnold Goodwin (1882-1937) —
also known as Philip A. Goodwin —
of Coxsackie, Greene
County, N.Y.
Born in Athens, Greene
County, N.Y., January
20, 1882.
Republican. Bridge
builder; lumber
business; banker; U.S.
Representative from New York 27th District, 1933-37; died in
office 1937.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Grange.
Died in Coxsackie, Greene
County, N.Y., June 6,
1937 (age 55 years, 137
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Coxsackie, N.Y.
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Ulysses Simpson Grant (1822-1885) —
also known as Ulysses S. Grant; Hiram Ulysses Grant;
"Savior of the Union"; "Lion of
Vicksburg"; "The Austerlitz of American
Politics"; "Unconditional Surrender Grant";
"The Galena Tanner"; "The Silent
Soldier"; "The Silent General" —
of Galena, Jo Daviess
County, Ill.
Born in Point Pleasant, Clermont
County, Ohio, April
27, 1822.
Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; President
of the United States, 1869-77; candidate for Republican
nomination for President, 1880.
Methodist. Scottish
ancestry. Member, Loyal
Legion.
Elected to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1900.
Died of throat
cancer, at Mt. McGregor, Saratoga
County, N.Y., July 23,
1885 (age 63 years, 87
days).
Interment at General
Grant Memorial, Manhattan, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Jesse Root Grant and Hannah (Simpson) Grant; married, August
22, 1848, to Julia
Boggs Dent (sister-in-law of Alexander
Sharp; sister of George
Wrenshall Dent and Lewis
Dent); father of Frederick
Dent Grant and Ulysses
Simpson Grant Jr.; grandfather of Nellie Grant (who married William
Pigott Cronan); first cousin twice removed of Augustus
Seymour Porter (1769-1849) and Peter
Buell Porter; second cousin once removed of Augustus
Seymour Porter (1798-1872), Peter
Buell Porter Jr. and Peter
Augustus Porter (1827-1864); second cousin four times removed of
Benjamin
Huntington; third cousin of Peter
Augustus Porter (1853-1925); third cousin twice removed of John
Davenport, Joshua
Coit, James
Davenport, Henry
Huntington, Gurdon
Huntington, Samuel
Lathrop, Abel
Huntington and William
Rush Merriam; third cousin thrice removed of Samuel
Huntington and Henry
Scudder; fourth cousin once removed of Ebenezer
Huntington, Theodore
Davenport, Benjamin
Nicoll Huntington, Jesse
Monroe Hatch, Franklin
Delano Roosevelt and Warren
Delano Robbins. |
| | | Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Cross-reference: Horace
Porter — Ayres
Phillips Merrill — Robert
Martin Douglas — Thomas
L. Hamer — James
Arkell |
| | | Grant counties in Ark., Kan., La., Minn., Neb., N.M., N.Dak., Okla., Ore., S.Dak., Wash. and W.Va. are
named for him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: Ulysses
G. Palmer
— Ulysses
S. G. Bieber
— Ulysses
G. Denman
— Ulysses
G. Crandell
— Ulysses
S. G. Blakely
— S. U.
G. Rhodes
— Ulysses
G. Borden
— U.
Grant Mengel
— Ulysses
G. Foster
— Ulysses
G. Byers
— U.
S. Grant Leverett
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| | | Coins and currency: His portrait
appears on the U.S. $50 bill, and also appeared on $1 and $5
silver certificates in 1887-1927. |
| | | Personal motto: "When in doubt,
fight." |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books about Ulysses S. Grant: Jean
Edward Smith, Grant —
Frank J. Scaturro, President
Grant Reconsidered — William S. McFeely, Grant —
Brooks D. Simpson, Ulysses
S. Grant: Triumph Over Adversity, 1822-1865 — Brooks
D. Simpson, Let
Us Have Peace: Ulysses S. Grant and the Politics of War and
Reconstruction, 1861-1868 — James S. Brisbin, The
campaign lives of Ulysses S. Grant and Schuyler
Colfax — Josiah Bunting III, Ulysses
S. Grant — Michael Korda, Ulysses
S. Grant : The Unlikely Hero — Edward H. Bonekemper,
A
Victor, Not a Butcher: Ulysses S. Grant's Overlooked Military
Genius — Harry J. Maihafer, The
General and the Journalists: Ulysses S. Grant, Horace Greeley, and
Charles Dana — H. W. Brands, The
Man Who Saved the Union: Ulysses Grant in War and
Peace — Charles Bracelen Flood, Grant's
Final Victory: Ulysses S. Grant's Heroic Last Year —
Joan Waugh, U.
S. Grant: American Hero, American Myth |
| | | Critical books about Ulysses S. Grant:
Nathan Miller, Star-Spangled
Men : America's Ten Worst Presidents |
| | | Fiction about Ulysses S. Grant: Newt
Gingrich & William R. Forstchen, Grant
Comes East — Newt Gingrich & William R. Forstchen, Never
Call Retreat : Lee and Grant: The Final Victory |
| | | Image source: Portrait & Biographical
Album of Washtenaw County (1891) |
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George William Grider (1912-1991) —
also known as George W. Grider;
"Gindy" —
of Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.; Niagara Falls, Niagara
County, N.Y.; Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., October
1, 1912.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
county judge in Tennessee, 1959-64; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 9th District, 1965-67.
Methodist. Member, American
Legion.
Died in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., March
20, 1991 (age 78 years, 170
days).
Interment at National
Cemetery, Memphis, Tenn.
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Ralph Waldo Gwinn (1884-1962) —
also known as Ralph W. Gwinn —
of Bronxville, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Noblesville, Hamilton
County, Ind., March
29, 1884.
Republican. Lawyer; writer; U.S.
Representative from New York 27th District, 1945-59; defeated,
1940, 1942.
Methodist or Christian
Reformed. Member, Phi
Kappa Psi; Freemasons.
Died of a heart
attack, in Delray Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla., February
27, 1962 (age 77 years, 335
days).
Interment at Pawling
Cemetery, Pawling, N.Y.
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Joseph Rhodes Hanley (1876-1961) —
also known as Joe R. Hanley —
of Muscatine, Muscatine
County, Iowa; Perry, Wyoming
County, N.Y.
Born in Davenport, Scott
County, Iowa, May 30,
1876.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer;
ordained
minister; member of New York
state assembly from Wyoming County, 1927-31; member of New York
state senate 44th District, 1932-43; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1932
(alternate), 1944,
1948;
Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1943-50; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1950.
Presbyterian
or Methodist. Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Rotary;
United
Spanish War Veterans.
Died, in Perry Nursing
Home, Perry, Wyoming
County, N.Y., September
4, 1961 (age 85 years, 97
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John R. Hanley and Katherine (Rhodes) Hanley; married, October
31, 1900, to Henrietta Victoria Robertson. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
| | | Image source: New York Red Book
1936 |
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Philip Jacob Arcularius Harper (1824-1896) —
also known as Philip J. A. Harper —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Hempstead, Queens County (now Nassau
County), Long Island, N.Y.
Born October
21, 1824.
Member of the firm Harper and Brothers, publishers;
village
president of Hempstead, New York, 1870.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons.
Died, from heart and
kidney
trouble, in Hempstead, Queens County (now Nassau
County), Long Island, N.Y., March 6,
1896 (age 71 years, 137
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Melchert Helmer (1802-1876) —
of Indiana.
Born in Little Falls, Herkimer
County, N.Y., April
20, 1802.
Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1837-39, 1851-52; delegate
to Indiana state constitutional convention, 1850-51.
Methodist.
Died June 13,
1876 (age 74 years, 54
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Merton W. Herrick (1834-1907) —
of St.
Croix County, Wis.
Born in Orleans
County, N.Y., November
19, 1834.
School
teacher; served in the Union Army during the Civil War; St.
Croix County Treasurer, 1867-72; lumber
business; member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1881.
Methodist. English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died March
24, 1907 (age 72 years, 125
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper (1896-1971) —
also known as Bourke B. Hickenlooper —
of Cedar Rapids, Linn
County, Iowa.
Born in Blockton, Taylor
County, Iowa, July 21,
1896.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Iowa
state house of representatives, 1934-38; Lieutenant
Governor of Iowa, 1939-43; Governor of
Iowa, 1943-45; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Iowa, 1944,
1952,
1956
(speaker),
1960;
U.S.
Senator from Iowa, 1945-69.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; Moose; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died in Shelter Island, Suffolk
County, N.Y., September
4, 1971 (age 75 years, 45
days).
Entombed at Cedar
Memorial Cemetery, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
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Harold Giles Hoffman (1896-1954) —
also known as Harold G. Hoffman —
of South Amboy, Middlesex
County, N.J.
Born in South Amboy, Middlesex
County, N.J., February
7, 1896.
Republican. Colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; real estate
business; banker; newspaper
columnist and radio
commentator; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Middlesex County, 1923-24; mayor
of South Amboy, N.J., 1925-27; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 3rd District, 1927-31; New Jersey
Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, 1930-35; Governor of
New Jersey, 1935-38; defeated in primary, 1940, 1946; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1936
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business); colonel in the U.S. Army during
World War II.
Methodist. Member, Junior
Order; Patriotic
Order Sons of America; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Elks; Eagles;
Royal
Arcanum.
Suspended
in 1954 as head of the New Jersey unemployment compensation system
for an investigation
of financial irregularities. Subsequently, when he died, his written
confession
of embezzlement
schemes was disclosed.
Died, of a heart
attack, in his room at the Blake Hotel,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 4,
1954 (age 58 years, 117
days).
Interment at Christ
Church Cemetery, South Amboy, N.J.
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Wilford Bacon Hoggatt (1865-1938) —
also known as Wilford B. Hoggatt —
of Alaska.
Born in Paoli, Orange
County, Ind., September
11, 1865.
Governor
of Alaska District, 1906-09.
Methodist.
Died in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., February
26, 1938 (age 72 years, 168
days).
Interment somewhere
in Utica, N.Y.
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Marvin James Howard (b. 1879) —
also known as Marvin J. Howard —
of South Londonderry, Londonderry, Windham
County, Vt.
Born in Bouckville, Madison
County, N.Y., January
23, 1879.
Republican. Member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Londonderry, 1910.
Methodist.
Burial location unknown.
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James Howell (1829-1897) —
also known as Jim Howell —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Bradford, Wiltshire, England,
October
16, 1829.
Democrat. Grocer; mayor
of Brooklyn, N.Y., 1878-81; defeated, 1881.
Methodist.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
27, 1897 (age 67 years, 103
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Arthur Mastick Hyde (1877-1947) —
also known as Arthur M. Hyde —
of Princeton, Mercer
County, Mo.; Trenton, Grundy
County, Mo.
Born in Princeton, Mercer
County, Mo., July 12,
1877.
Republican. Lawyer; farmer;
mayor of Princeton, Mo., 1908-10; Progressive candidate for Missouri
state attorney general, 1912; Governor of
Missouri, 1921-25; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Missouri, 1924,
1928
(member, Resolutions
Committee; speaker),
1932;
president, Sentinel Life
Insurance Company of Kansas City; U.S.
Secretary of Agriculture, 1929-33.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Delta
Upsilon.
Died, following cancer
surgery, in Memorial Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
17, 1947 (age 70 years, 97
days).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Trenton, Mo.
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Samuel G. Ives (b. 1812) —
of Livingston
County, Mich.; Chelsea, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Lansing, Tompkins
County, N.Y., December
21, 1812.
Republican. Farmer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Livingston County 1st
District, 1855-58; candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan;
banker.
Methodist.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Orrin Ives and Mary (Gibbs) Ives; married to Louisa Hedden and
Mary (Watson) Duncan. |
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Willard Ives (1806-1896) —
of New York.
Born in Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y., July 7,
1806.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York 19th District, 1851-53; one of the
founders
of Syracuse University, and served on its board of trustees, 1870-86.
Methodist.
Died in Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y., April
19, 1896 (age 89 years, 287
days).
Interment at Brookside
Cemetery, Watertown, N.Y.
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Fred Vail Johnson (b. 1873) —
also known as Fred V. Johnson —
of Somerset, Windham
County, Vt.
Born in Pleasantville, Westchester
County, N.Y., May 12,
1873.
Republican. Lumberman;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Somerset, 1904, 1910.
Methodist.
Burial location unknown.
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Benjamin Franklin Jones (b. 1870) —
also known as Benjamin F. Jones —
of Maplewood, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
1, 1870.
Republican. Member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Essex County, 1899-1900; Speaker of
the New Jersey State House of Assembly, 1900; district judge in
New Jersey, 1906-11; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from New Jersey, 1924.
Methodist. Member, Phi
Delta Phi; Lions; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Clarence Evans Kilburn (1893-1975) —
also known as Clarence E. Kilburn —
of Malone, Franklin
County, N.Y.
Born in Malone, Franklin
County, N.Y., April
13, 1893.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1940-65 (31st District 1940-45,
34th District 1945-53, 33rd District 1953-63, 31st District 1963-65).
Methodist. Member, Psi
Upsilon; Elks; Freemasons.
Died May 20,
1975 (age 82 years, 37
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Morningside
Cemetery, Malone, N.Y.
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Stallham W. LaDu (b. 1823) —
of Montcalm
County, Mich.
Born in Dutchess
County, N.Y., February
28, 1823.
Republican. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1881-84 (Montcalm County 1881-82,
Montcalm County 2nd District 1883-84).
Methodist.
Burial location unknown.
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John Edgar Leaycraft (1849-1916) —
also known as J. Edgar Leaycraft —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March
15, 1849.
Republican. Real estate
business; New York State Tax Commissioner, 1899.
Methodist. Member, Union
League; Society
of Colonial Wars; Sons of
the Revolution.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 3,
1916 (age 67 years, 110
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Henry W. Lengyel (1920-1999) —
of Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y.; Antwerp, Jefferson
County, N.Y.; Boca Raton, Palm Beach
County, Fla.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., April
28, 1920.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
legislative counsel to State Senator Henry
A. Wise, 1955-58; chair of
Jefferson County Republican Party, 1958-63; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1960
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business); Judge of New York Court of
Claims, 1963-64.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons.
Died August
26, 1999 (age 79 years, 120
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Norman Frederick Lent Jr. (1931-2012) —
also known as Norman F. Lent —
of East Rockaway, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Oceanside, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., March
23, 1931.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean conflict; lawyer;
confidential law secretary to Justice Thomas
P. Farley, 1960-62; member of New York
state senate, 1963-70 (2nd District 1963-65, 6th District 1966,
7th District 1967-70); U.S.
Representative from New York, 1971-93 (5th District 1971-73, 4th
District 1973-93); delegate to Republican National Convention from
New York, 1972.
Methodist. Member, American Bar
Association.
Died, from cancer,
in Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., June 11,
2012 (age 81 years, 80
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Abner Lewis (1801-1879) —
of Panama, Chautauqua
County, N.Y.; Winona, Winona
County, Minn.
Born in Wells, Rutland
County, Vt., August
17, 1801.
Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Chautauqua County, 1838-39; U.S.
Representative from New York 31st District, 1845-47; Chautauqua
County Judge, 1847-52; Temperance candidate for Governor of
Minnesota, 1870.
Methodist.
Died in Winona, Winona
County, Minn., October
12, 1879 (age 78 years, 56
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Winona, Minn.
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Merton Elmer Lewis (b. 1861) —
also known as Merton E. Lewis —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Webster, Monroe
County, N.Y., December
10, 1861.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 28th District, 1894;
member of New York
state assembly from Monroe County 1st District, 1897, 1899-1901;
member of New York
state senate 43rd District, 1902-06; New York
state attorney general, 1917-18; appointed 1917; candidate for Governor of
New York, 1918.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Chadwick Lewis and Rhoda Ann (Willard) Lewis; married, January
2, 1886, to Adaline Louise Moody; married, November
8, 1899, to Eva J. Gates. |
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Lincoln R. Long (b. 1861) —
of New Kingston, Delaware
County, N.Y.
Born in Hancock town, Delaware
County, N.Y., February
3, 1861.
Republican. Farmer; stonecutter;
school
principal; Methodist
minister; member of New York
state assembly from Delaware County, 1919-23.
Methodist.
Burial location unknown.
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Hollis Irving Loveland (b. 1880) —
also known as Hollis I. Loveland —
of Rutland, Rutland
County, Vt.
Born in Wevertown, Warren
County, N.Y., October
7, 1880.
Republican. Member of Vermont
state senate from Rutland County, 1941-47.
Methodist.
Burial location unknown.
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Peter Lowe (1812-1891) —
of Mason, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Neversink, Sullivan
County, N.Y., May 24,
1812.
Hardware
merchant; druggist; village
president of Mason, Michigan, 1866-67.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April 7,
1891 (age 78 years, 318
days).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Mason, Mich.
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Evelyn J. Lynn (b. 1930) —
of Volusia
County, Fla.
Born in Astoria, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., February
2, 1930.
Republican. Member of Florida
state house of representatives 27th District, 1995-.
Female.
Methodist. Member, Phi
Delta Kappa; American
Association of University Women.
Still living as of 1999.
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Ernest Lyon (1860-1938) —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Belize City, Belize,
October
22, 1860.
Republican. Minister;
U.S. Minister to Liberia, 1903-10; U.S. Consul General in Monrovia, 1903-10; Consul-General
for Liberia in Washington,
D.C., 1911-13.
Methodist. African
ancestry. Member, American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Freemasons.
Died in 1938
(age about
77 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Emmanuel Lyon and Ann F. (Bending) Lyon; married to Marie
Wright. |
| | | See also U.S. State Dept career summary |
| | | Image source: New York Public
Library |
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Denise L. Majette (b. 1955) —
of Stone Mountain, DeKalb
County, Ga.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., May 18,
1955.
Democrat. Lawyer;
state court judge in Georgia, 1993-2002; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 4th District, 2003-05; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 2004;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 2004.
Female.
African Methodist Episcopal. African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
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John Caldwell Calhoun Mayo (1864-1914) —
also known as John C. C. Mayo —
of Paintsville, Johnson
County, Ky.
Born in Johnson
County, Ky., September
16, 1864.
Democrat. School
teacher; coal mining
baron; reputed to be the wealthiest man and largest landholder in
Kentucky; philanthropist; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Kentucky, 1908,
1912;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Kentucky, 1912-14.
Methodist.
Died, from Bright's
disease and peritonitis,
in the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 11,
1914 (age 49 years, 237
days).
Interment at Mayo
Cemetery, Paintsville, Ky.
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Charles Paul McClelland (1854-1944) —
also known as Charles P. McClelland —
of Dobbs Ferry, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Glenluce, Wigtownshire, Scotland,
December
19, 1854.
Democrat. Naturalized U.S. citizen; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Westchester County 1st District, 1885-86,
1891; member of New York
state senate, 1892-93, 1903 (12th District 1892-93, 22nd District
1903); resigned 1903; member, U.S. Board of General Appraisers,
1903-26; Judge
of U.S. Customs Court, 1926-39; retired 1939.
Methodist. Scottish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Dobbs Ferry, Westchester
County, N.Y., June 6,
1944 (age 89 years, 170
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William Alexander McIntosh (1833-1912) —
of Barnsville, Bourbon
County, Kan.
Born in Grant, Herkimer
County, N.Y., March
18, 1833.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Kansas state
legislature, 1866-67.
Methodist. Member, Odd
Fellows.
Died in 1912
(age about
79 years).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Near Fort Scott, Bourbon County, Kan.
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William McKinley Jr. (1843-1901) —
also known as "Idol of Ohio" —
of Canton, Stark
County, Ohio.
Born in Niles, Trumbull
County, Ohio, January
29, 1843.
Republican. Major in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1877-84, 1885-91 (17th District
1877-79, 16th District 1879-81, 17th District 1881-83, 18th District
1883-84, 20th District 1885-87, 18th District 1887-91); delegate to
Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1884,
1888;
Governor
of Ohio, 1892-96; President
of the United States, 1897-1901; died in office 1901.
Methodist. Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Loyal
Legion; Freemasons;
Grand
Army of the Republic; Knights
of Pythias; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Shot
by the assassin
Leon Czolgosz, at a reception
in the Temple of Music, at the Pan American Exposition in Buffalo,
N.Y., September 6, 1901, and died eight days later, in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., September
14, 1901 (age 58 years, 228
days).
Originally entombed at West
Lawn Cemetery, Canton, Ohio; re-entombed in 1907 at McKinley
Monument, Canton, Ohio; statue at Lucas
County Courthouse Grounds, Toledo, Ohio.
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Relatives: Son
of William McKinley and Nancy Campbell (Allison) McKinley; married to
Ida
Saxton; first cousin of William
McKinley Osborne; fourth cousin once removed of Henry
Prather Fletcher. |
| | | Political family: McKinley
family of Canton, Ohio. |
| | | Cross-reference: Albert
Halstead — Loran
L. Lewis — George
B. Cortelyou — John
Goodnow |
| | | McKinley County,
N.M. is named for him. |
| | | Mount
McKinley (the highest peak in North America, now known by its
traditional name, Denali), in Denali
Borough, Alaska, was named for
him. — McKinley High
School, in Honolulu,
Hawaii, is named for
him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: William
McKinley Thomas
— William
McKinley Thomas
— William
M. Bell
— William
M. Branch
|
| | | Coins and currency: His portrait
appeared on the U.S. $500 bill in 1928-46. |
| | | Campaign slogan (1896): "The Full
Dinner Pail." |
| | | Campaign slogan (1896): "The Advance
Agent of Prosperity." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books about William McKinley: Lewis L.
Gould, The
Presidency of William McKinley — Kevin Phillips, William
McKinley — H. Wayne Morgan, William
McKinley and His America |
| | | Image source: American Monthly Review
of Reviews, October 1901 |
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William James McKone (1866-1928) —
also known as William J. McKone —
of Albion, Calhoun
County, Mich.
Born in Montezuma, Cayuga
County, N.Y., August
23, 1866.
Republican. School
teacher; superintendent
of schools; member of Michigan
state board of education, 1906-15.
Methodist. Irish
ancestry. Member, Foresters;
Royal
Arcanum; Freemasons.
Died in Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich., August
28, 1928 (age 62 years, 5
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Jackson, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Franklin McKone and Mary C. (Bell) McKone; married 1892 to Minnie
Townsend; grandnephew of Samuel
Bell. |
| | | Image source: Michigan Manual
1911 |
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Paul Vories McNutt (1891-1955) —
also known as Paul V. McNutt —
of Bloomington, Monroe
County, Ind.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Franklin, Johnson
County, Ind., July 19,
1891.
Democrat. Lawyer;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; law
professor; national commander, American Legion, 1928-29; Governor of
Indiana, 1933-37; High Commissioner to the Philippines, 1937-39,
1945-46; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1940;
candidate for Democratic nomination for Vice President, 1940,
1944;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1944;
U.S. Ambassador to Philippines, 1946-47; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1948.
Methodist. Member, American Bar
Association; Order of
the Coif; Phi
Beta Kappa; Sigma
Delta Chi; Beta
Theta Pi; Phi
Delta Phi; Tau
Kappa Alpha; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Elks; Rotary;
Kiwanis.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March
24, 1955 (age 63 years, 248
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Gregory Weldon Meeks (b. 1953) —
also known as Gregory W. Meeks —
of Far Rockaway, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in East Harlem, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
25, 1953.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly 31st District, 1993-98; U.S.
Representative from New York 6th District, 1998-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 2000,
2004,
2008;
member of Democratic
National Committee from New York, 2008.
African Methodist Episcopal. African
ancestry. Member, Alpha
Phi Alpha; NAACP.
Still living as of 2014.
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Hunter Meighan —
of Mamaroneck, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Westchester County 4th District, 1951-59;
member of New York
state senate 30th District, 1960-64.
Methodist. Member, American Bar
Association.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Donald Jerome Mitchell (1923-2003) —
also known as Donald J. Mitchell —
of Herkimer, Herkimer
County, N.Y.
Born in Ilion, Herkimer
County, N.Y., May 8,
1923.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; optometrist;
mayor
of Herkimer, N.Y., 1956-59; member of New York
state assembly, 1965-72 (Herkimer County 1965, 122nd District
1966, 112th District 1967-72); U.S.
Representative from New York 31st District, 1973-83.
Methodist. Member, Kiwanis;
Elks; Freemasons;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died in Little Falls, Herkimer
County, N.Y., September
27, 2003 (age 80 years, 142
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Herkimer, N.Y.
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Sherman Moreland (b. 1870) —
of Van Etten, Chemung
County, N.Y.
Born in Van Etten town, Chemung
County, N.Y., October
22, 1870.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Chemung County, 1903-07; defeated, 1907.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Chauncey Moreland and Elizabeth (Simpson)
Moreland. |
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Harry K. Morton (b. 1905) —
of Hornell, Steuben
County, N.Y.
Born in Hornell, Steuben
County, N.Y., October
14, 1905.
Republican. Lawyer; Steuben
County District Attorney, 1945-52; member of New York
state senate, 1953-58 (48th District 1953-54, 49th District
1955-58).
Methodist. Member, Rotary;
Grange.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Mosher (1822-1889) —
of Hillsdale
County, Mich.
Born in Chatham, Columbia
County, N.Y., January
2, 1822.
Farmer;
miller;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Hillsdale County 1st
District, 1863-64, 1877-80; Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 2nd District, 1884; Prohibition
candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1886.
Methodist.
Died May 14,
1889 (age 67 years, 132
days).
Interment at Mosherville
Cemetery, Mosherville, Mich.
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Robert Jan Mrazek (b. 1945) —
also known as Robert J. Mrazek —
of Centerport, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Newport, Newport
County, R.I., November
6, 1945.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1980,
1988;
U.S.
Representative from New York 3rd District, 1983-93.
Methodist. Czech
ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
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Darius H. Muller (1838-1909) —
of Oshkosh, Winnebago
County, Wis.; Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.; Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.; Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.; Covington, Kenton
County, Ky.; Erie, Erie
County, Pa.; Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Canton, Stark
County, Ohio.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., October, 1838.
Republican. Minister;
offered prayer, Republican National Convention,
1876.
Methodist.
Died in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., July 21,
1909 (age 70 years, 0
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y.
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John Gardner Murray (1857-1929) —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.; Baltimore,
Md.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Lonaconing, Allegany
County, Md., August
31, 1857.
Democrat. Episcopal
priest; Bishop of Maryland, 1911-29; Presiding Bishop of the
United States, 1926-29; offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,
1912.
Methodist; later Episcopalian.
Scottish
ancestry.
Died, of a stroke,
during a session
of the House of Bishops, in St. James Church,
Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J., October
3, 1929 (age 72 years, 33
days).
Interment at Druid
Ridge Cemetery, Pikesville, Md.
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Relatives: Son
of James Murray and Ann (Kirkwood) Murray; married, October
13, 1881, to Harriet May 'Hattie' Sprague; married, December
4, 1889, to Clara Alice Hunsicker. |
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Janet Napolitano (b. 1957) —
of Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., November
29, 1957.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Arizona, 1993-97; Arizona
state attorney general, 1999-2003; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Arizona, 2000,
2004,
2008
(speaker);
Governor
of Arizona, 2003-09; U.S.
Secretary of Homeland Security, 2009-.
Female.
Methodist. Italian
ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
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Charles E. Nichols (b. 1862) —
of Jefferson, Schoharie
County, N.Y.; Cobleskill, Schoharie
County, N.Y.
Born in Jefferson, Schoharie
County, N.Y., May 2,
1862.
Republican. Lawyer; bank
director; chair of
Schoharie County Republican Party, 1916; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 3rd District, 1917-29.
Methodist. Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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William Merritt Osband (b. 1836) —
of Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Arcadia, Wayne
County, N.Y., June 15,
1836.
Republican. College
professor; furniture
business; newspaper
editor; pipe
organ manufacturer; chair of
Washtenaw County Republican Party, 1886-90.
Methodist. English
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Wilson Osband and Susanna (Sherman) Osband; married, August
7, 1861, to Lucy Aldrich. |
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Asahel W. Parkhurst (1816-1903) —
of Mason, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Mendon, Monroe
County, N.Y., August
11, 1816.
School
teacher and principal; banker;
Greenback candidate for mayor of
Mason, Mich., 1880.
Methodist.
Died in Mason, Ingham
County, Mich., October
9, 1903 (age 87 years, 59
days).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Mason, Mich.
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Richard Cunningham Patterson Jr. (1886-1966) —
also known as Richard C. Patterson, Jr. —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Locust Valley, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb., January
31, 1886.
Democrat. Gold miner;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; engineer;
New York City Commissioner of Correction, 1927-32; executive
vice-president and director, National Broadcasting
Co., 1932-36; chairman, Radio-Keith-Orpheum (RKO) Corp., 1939-43;
chairman, Ogden Corp. (Utilities Power &
Light Co.); delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
York, 1928
(alternate), 1932
(alternate), 1936,
1944,
1948;
U.S. Ambassador to Yugoslavia, 1944-47; Guatemala, 1948-50; U.S. Minister to Switzerland, 1951-53.
Methodist. Member, Military
Order of the World Wars; American
Legion; Society
of Colonial Wars; Sons of
the Revolution; Beta
Theta Pi; Freemasons.
Died September
30, 1966 (age 80 years, 242
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Dutton S. Peterson (b. 1894) —
of Enfield Center, Tompkins
County, N.Y.; near Odessa, Schuyler
County, N.Y.
Born in Costello, Potter
County, Pa., December
10, 1894.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; Methodist
minister; Dry candidate for delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; member of
New
York state assembly from Schuyler County, 1937-42; member of New York
state senate, 1953-64 (46th District 1953-54, 50th District
1955-64).
Methodist. Norwegian
ancestry. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Sigma Rho; American
Legion; Disabled
American Veterans; Marine
Corps League; Sons of
the American Revolution; Grange;
Rotary;
Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas W. Phelps (b. 1829) —
of Olmsted
County, Minn.
Born in Steuben
County, N.Y., April
28, 1829.
Republican. Farmer;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1871, 1877 (District 12 1871,
District 9 1877).
Methodist.
Burial location unknown.
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Erastus Munson Pierce (b. 1838) —
also known as E. M. Pierce —
of Mendon, Rutland
County, Vt.
Born in Beekmantown, Clinton
County, N.Y., August
21, 1838.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; farmer;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Mendon, 1910.
Methodist.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles A. Pooley (b. 1854) —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., November
17, 1854.
Republican. Lawyer;
attorney for New York Central and Hudson River Railroad;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 8th District, 1911-24.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Pooley and Mary A. (Menary) Pooley; married, June 4,
1884, to Carrie Adams. |
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Lewis Humphrey Pounds (b. 1861) —
also known as Lewis H. Pounds —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Lorain
County, Ohio, 1861.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1908,
1912
(alternate), 1936,
1940;
borough
president of Brooklyn, New York, 1913-17; New York
state treasurer, 1925-26.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Royal
Arcanum.
Interment at Northport
Rural Cemetery, Northport, Long Island, N.Y.
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Charles G. Putney (b. 1866) —
of Sandusky, Sanilac
County, Mich.
Born in Lisbon, St.
Lawrence County, N.Y., December
4, 1866.
Republican. Superintendent
of schools; member of Michigan
state senate 20th District, 1911-12.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1894 to Jessie
A. Moore. |
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Asa Philip Randolph (1889-1979) —
also known as A. Philip Randolph —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Crescent City, Putnam
County, Fla., April
15, 1889.
Socialist. Candidate for New York
state assembly from New York County 19th District, 1919;
candidate for New York
state comptroller, 1920; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 21st District, 1924; organizer,
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters; vice-president,
AFL-CIO, 1957; candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1937.
Methodist. African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Elks; American Civil
Liberties Union; United
World Federalists.
Recipient of the Presidential
Medal of Freedom on September 14, 1964.
Died May 16,
1979 (age 90 years, 31
days).
Cremated.
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George Edward Reed (1846-1930) —
also known as "The Grand Old Man" —
of Willimantic, Windham
County, Conn.; Fall River, Bristol
County, Mass.; Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.; Carlisle, Cumberland
County, Pa.; Harrisburg, Dauphin
County, Pa.
Born in Brownville, Piscataquis
County, Maine, March
28, 1846.
Republican. Minister;
president,
Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pa., 1889-1911; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1900.
Methodist. English
ancestry.
Died, in Polyclinic Hospital,
Harrisburg, Dauphin
County, Pa., February
7, 1930 (age 83 years, 316
days).
Interment at Old
Carlisle Cemetery, Carlisle, Pa.
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George Leffingwell Reed (1885-1958) —
also known as George L. Reed —
of Harrisburg, Dauphin
County, Pa.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., February
4, 1885.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1929-32; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 15th District, 1933-36; defeated, 1936.
Methodist. Member, Phi
Kappa Sigma; Freemasons.
Died in Harrisburg, Dauphin
County, Pa., October
8, 1958 (age 73 years, 246
days).
Interment at Old
Carlisle Cemetery, Carlisle, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of George
Edward Reed and Ella Frances (Leffingwell) Reed; married 1911 to Helen
Roberta Moorhead; second cousin four times removed of Matthew
Griswold and Samuel
Huntington; third cousin once removed of Herman
Arod Gager; third cousin twice removed of Zina
Hyde Jr.; third cousin thrice removed of John
Davenport, James
Hillhouse, Joshua
Coit, James
Davenport, Roger
Griswold, Samuel
H. Huntington, Henry
Huntington, Gurdon
Huntington, Phineas
Lyman Tracy and Albert
Haller Tracy; fourth cousin once removed of William
Woodbridge, Isaac
Backus, Henry
Titus Backus, Thomas
Worcester Hyde and Alonzo
Mark Leffingwell. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Weeks-Bigelow-Andrew-Upham
family; Wolcott-Griswold-Packwood-Brandegee
family of Connecticut; Hosmer-Griswold-Parsons
family of Middletown, Connecticut (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Otto A. Riegelman (c.1889-1958) —
of Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born about 1889.
Socialist. Owner, O. A. Riegelman Glass Company; candidate for New York
state assembly from Westchester County 4th District, 1932, 1933,
1934; candidate for mayor
of Yonkers, N.Y., 1935, 1937.
Methodist.
Died in Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y., February
7, 1958 (age about 69
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Winthrop Paul Rockefeller (1948-2006) —
also known as Win Paul Rockefeller —
of Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., September
17, 1948.
Republican. Rancher; Arkansas
Republican state chair, 1994; Lieutenant
Governor of Arkansas, 1996-2006; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Arkansas, 2004.
Methodist. Member, National Rifle
Association.
Died, from a blood
disorder and complications of pneumonia,
in Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark., July 16,
2006 (age 57 years, 302
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William Walter Root (1837-1912) —
also known as William W. Root —
of Mason, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Cato, Cayuga
County, N.Y., June 28,
1837.
Physician;
major in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1870; mayor of
Mason, Mich., 1882-83, 1904-06; Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1884.
Methodist. English
ancestry. Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in Mason, Ingham
County, Mich., April
20, 1912 (age 74 years, 297
days).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Mason, Mich.
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John Russell (1822-1912) —
of Milton, Macomb
County, Mich.
Born near Geneseo, Livingston
County, N.Y., September
20, 1822.
Methodist
minister; newspaper
publisher; Chairman of Prohibition National Committee, 1869;
Prohibition candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1872; member of Michigan
Prohibition Party State Central Committee, 1887; Prohibition
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 7th District, 1890; Prohibition
candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1892; candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan.
Methodist. Member, Good
Templars.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., November
3, 1912 (age 90 years, 44
days).
Interment at Hart Cemetery, Chesterfield Township, Macomb County, Mich.
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Carl G. Sherwood (1855-1938) —
of Clark, Clark
County, S.Dak.
Born in Broome
County, N.Y., January
18, 1855.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of South
Dakota state senate 29th District, 1889-90; delegate to
Republican National Convention from South Dakota, 1896
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business); South Dakota
Republican state chair, 1912; circuit judge in South Dakota,
1912-17; judge of
South Dakota state supreme court 3rd District, 1922-31.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Modern
Woodmen of America; Ancient
Order of United Workmen; Kiwanis.
Died in Clark, Clark
County, S.Dak., August
17, 1938 (age 83 years, 211
days).
Interment at Rose Hill Cemetery, Near Clark, Clark County, S.Dak.
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John G. Snook (1845-1929) —
of Mason, Ingham
County, Mich.; Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Waterloo, Seneca
County, N.Y., June 3,
1845.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; harness
maker; carriage
trimmer; candidate for mayor of
Mason, Mich., 1889 (Prohibition), 1890 (Prohibition), 1894
(Prohibition), 1896 (Prohibition), 1907 (Law and Order).
Methodist. Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., December
17, 1929 (age 84 years, 197
days).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Mason, Mich.
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John Canfield Spencer (1788-1855) —
also known as John C. Spencer —
of Canandaigua, Ontario
County, N.Y.
Born in Hudson, Columbia
County, N.Y., January
8, 1788.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; postmaster
at Canandaigua,
N.Y., 1816; U.S.
Representative from New York 21st District, 1817-19; member of New York
state assembly from Ontario County, 1819-21, 1831, 1833; Speaker of
the New York State Assembly, 1820; member of New York
state senate 7th District, 1825-28; secretary
of state of New York, 1839-42; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1841-43; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1843-44.
Methodist.
Slaveowner.
Died in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., May 18,
1855 (age 67 years, 130
days).
Interment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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Gale Hamilton Stalker (1889-1985) —
also known as Gale H. Stalker —
of Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y.; Palm Bay, Brevard
County, Fla.
Born in Long Eddy, Sullivan
County, N.Y., November
7, 1889.
Republican. Lumber
business; banker; U.S.
Representative from New York 37th District, 1923-35.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons.
Died November
4, 1985 (age 95 years, 362
days).
Interment at Hillside
Cemetery, Ormond Beach, Fla.
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Charles B. Sternberg (b. 1869) —
of Stannard, Caledonia
County, Vt.
Born in Parishville, St.
Lawrence County, N.Y., 1869.
Republican. Farmer;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Stannard, 1910.
Methodist.
Burial location unknown.
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Monroe Marsh Sweetland (1860-1944) —
also known as Monroe M. Sweetland —
of Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y.
Born in Dryden, Tompkins
County, N.Y., August
14, 1860.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 6th District, 1917.
Methodist. Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Odd
Fellows; Grange;
Delta
Chi.
Died in Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y., February
12, 1944 (age 83 years, 182
days).
Interment at Willow Glen Cemetery, Dryden, N.Y.
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George H. Taylor Jr. (1873-1958) —
of Mt. Vernon, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Westport, Fairfield
County, Conn., 1873.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for mayor
of Mt. Vernon, N.Y., 1911; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 9th District, 1923-43; Justice of the
Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 2nd Department,
1940.
Methodist. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Injured in a fall at
home, and died two weeks later, in Lawrence Hospital,
Bronxville, Westchester
County, N.Y., November
18, 1958 (age about 85
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George H. Taylor and Elizabeth (Newlin) Taylor. |
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Edward Charles Toy (1865-1934) —
also known as E. C. Toy —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., June 5,
1865.
Minister;
candidate for New York
state senate 49th District, 1914.
Methodist.
Died in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., July 11,
1934 (age 69 years, 36
days).
Interment at Elmlawn
Cemetery, Tonawanda, N.Y.
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Eugene Mabbett Travis (1863-1940) —
also known as Eugene M. Travis —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., June 10,
1863.
Republican. Wholesale
fruit and vegetable business; member of New York
state senate 6th District, 1907-12; defeated, 1912; New York
state comptroller, 1915-20.
Methodist. Member, Royal
Arcanum; Order
of Heptasophs; Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., July 25,
1940 (age 77 years, 45
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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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.
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Harvey Washington Upson (1823-1896) —
of Indiana.
Born near Masonville, Delaware
County, N.Y., March
14, 1823.
Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1865.
Methodist.
Died in Warsaw, Kosciusko
County, Ind., July 15,
1896 (age 73 years, 123
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Franklin Van de Water (1872-1920) —
also known as Charles F. Van de Water —
of Long Beach, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Hobart, Delaware
County, N.Y., October
10, 1872.
Republican. Real estate
developer; bank
director; elected U.S.
Representative from California 9th District 1920, but died before
taking office.
Methodist.
While driving in a dense
fog, he collided
with a truck parked on the road, and died soon after, in Pomona
Valley Hospital,
Pomona, Los Angeles
County, Calif., November
20, 1920 (age 48 years, 41
days). His secretary, Janice Luebben, was also killed, and others
in his car were injured. The truck driver, Carlyle Hughes, was later
convicted of criminal negligence for leaving the truck on the road.
Interment at Sunnyside Cemetery, Long Beach, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of Jane Bertha 'Jennie' (Wilde) Van de Water and Rev. Isaac Randolph
Van de Water; married 1904 to Edith
Weir Van de Water. |
| | | Image source: U.S. passport application
(1920) |
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Charles W. VanSlyke (1840-1917) —
of Stockbridge, Ingham
County, Mich.; Mason, Ingham
County, Mich.; Loveland, Larimer
County, Colo.
Born in Lockport, Niagara
County, N.Y., December
28, 1840.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; photography
business; mayor of
Mason, Mich., 1896-99; defeated, 1895.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Loveland, Larimer
County, Colo., January
18, 1917 (age 76 years, 21
days).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Mason, Mich.
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William L. Vaughan (b. 1866) —
of Tottenville, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Born in Glen Cove, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., 1866.
Democrat. Building
contractor; member of New York
state assembly from Richmond County 2nd District, 1922-33.
Methodist. Member, Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias.
Burial location unknown.
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John F. Wadlin (d. 1953) —
of Highland, Ulster
County, N.Y.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Ulster County, 1941-53; died in office 1953.
Methodist. Member, Elks; Odd
Fellows; Freemasons.
Died April
30, 1953.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John J. F. Wadlin and Charlotte (Voight) Wadlin; married 1935 to
Beatrice Hasbrouck. |
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Levi J. Wagner (c.1818-1882) —
of Missouri.
Born in Seneca
County, N.Y., about 1818.
Member of Missouri state legislature; elected 1858, 1872; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 12th District, 1875.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Memphis, Scotland
County, Mo., September
4, 1882 (age about 64
years).
Interment at Memphis
Cemetery, Memphis, Mo.
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Ernest Lynn Waldorf (1876-1943) —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.; Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.; Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in South Valley, Otsego
County, N.Y., May 14,
1876.
Republican. Pastor; chaplain;
bishop;
offered prayer, Republican National Convention, 1928,
1936.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons.
Died, in the Noble Foundation Hospital,
Alexandria Bay, Jefferson
County, N.Y., July 27,
1943 (age 67 years, 74
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Syracuse, N.Y.
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Samuel Wallin (1856-1917) —
of Amsterdam, Montgomery
County, N.Y.
Born in Easton, Northampton
County, Pa., July 31,
1856.
Republican. Mayor
of Amsterdam, N.Y., 1900-01; U.S.
Representative from New York 30th District, 1913-15; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1916.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Died in Amsterdam, Montgomery
County, N.Y., December
1, 1917 (age 61 years, 123
days).
Interment at Green
Hill Cemetery, Amsterdam, N.Y.
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Frederick A. Washburn (b. 1877) —
also known as Fred A. Washburn —
of Hudson, Columbia
County, N.Y.
Born in Adrian, Lenawee
County, Mich., December
10, 1877.
Republican. Manufacturer;
member of New York
state assembly from Columbia County, 1932-46.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
New York Red Book 1936 |
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Robert Clifton Weaver (1907-1997) —
also known as Robert C. Weaver —
of Washington,
D.C.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Washington,
D.C., December
29, 1907.
Democrat. Economist;
received the Spingarn
Medal in 1962; U.S.
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, 1966-68; first
African-American cabinet member; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1968 ;
president,
Baruch College, 1969; trustee, Mount Sinai Medical
Center.
Methodist. African
ancestry. Member, NAACP; Americans
for Democratic Action.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 17,
1997 (age 89 years, 200
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Schuyler Carl Wells (1881-1964) —
also known as Schuyler C. Wells —
of Le Roy, Genesee
County, N.Y.
Born in Le Roy, Genesee
County, N.Y., October
13, 1881.
Republican. Patent medicine
manufacturer; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1920.
Methodist.
Died in Le Roy, Genesee
County, N.Y., August
21, 1964 (age 82 years, 313
days).
Interment at Machpelah Cemetery, Le Roy, N.Y.
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Henry Litchfield West (1859-1940) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Factoryville, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., August
20, 1859.
Democrat. Newspaper
editor; member
District of Columbia board of commissioners, 1902-10.
Methodist; later Congregationalist.
English
ancestry.
Died in West Haven, Dorchester
County, Md., September
3, 1940 (age 81 years, 14
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert Athow West and Elizabeth (Cook) West; married, July 25,
1882, to Mary Hope White. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Men of Mark in America
(1906) |
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Charles H. Weygant (b. 1839) —
of Newburgh, Orange
County, N.Y.
Born in Cornwall, Orange
County, N.Y., July 8,
1839.
Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; Orange
County Sheriff, 1870; mayor
of Newburgh, N.Y., 1878-80.
Methodist. Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1868 to
Charlotte Sackett. |
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Forman E. Whitcomb (b. 1866) —
of Union (now part of Endicott), Broome
County, N.Y.
Born in Smithboro, Tioga
County, N.Y., July 24,
1866.
Shoemaker;
member of New York
state assembly from Broome County 2nd District, 1918-32.
Methodist. Member, Odd
Fellows; Redmen.
Burial location unknown.
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James Whitcomb (1795-1852) —
of Indiana.
Born near Windsor, Windsor
County, Vt., December
1, 1795.
Democrat. Member of Indiana
state senate, 1830-36; Commissioner of the General Land Office,
1836-41; Governor of
Indiana, 1843-48; U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1849-52; died in office 1852.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons.
Poet James Whitcomb Riley is named for him.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
4, 1852 (age 56 years, 308
days).
Original interment at Greenlawn
Cemetery (which no longer exists), Indianapolis, Ind.;
reinterment in 1892 at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.; statue at Monument
Circle, Indianapolis, Ind.
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Henry V. Wilson —
of Medina, Orleans
County, N.Y.; Wolcott, Wayne
County, N.Y.
Born in Carlton town, Orleans
County, N.Y.
Republican. Member of New York
state assembly, 1905-06, 1941-46 (Orleans County 1905-06, Wayne
County 1941-46).
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Grange;
Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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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.
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Gary H. Wood (b. 1854) —
of Antwerp, Jefferson
County, N.Y.
Born in Ohio, Herkimer
County, N.Y., December
10, 1854.
Republican. Physician;
member of New York
state assembly from Jefferson County 2nd District, 1906-10.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Order of the
Eastern Star.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Benjamin H. Wood and Asenath (Barnes) Wood; married, August
30, 1876, to Mary F. Tamblin. |
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Joseph Albert Wright (1810-1867) —
of Indiana.
Born in Washington, Washington
County, Pa., April
17, 1810.
Democrat. Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1833-34, 1836-37; member of Indiana
state senate, 1839-40; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 7th District, 1843-45; Governor of
Indiana, 1849-57; U.S. Minister to Prussia, 1857-61, 1865-67, died in office 1867; U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1862-63.
Methodist.
Died in Berlin, Germany,
May
11, 1867 (age 57 years, 24
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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