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Willis John Abbot (1863-1934) —
also known as Willis J. Abbot; Willis J.
Abbott —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.; Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich.; Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., March
16, 1863.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; chairman of Henry
George's campaign for Mayor of New York City, 1898; director of
the Democratic National Press Bureau, 1900 and 1908; close friend and
spokesman of William
Jennings Bryan; candidate for University
of Michigan board of regents, 1903; editor, Christian Science
Monitor, 1922-27.
Christian
Scientist. Member, American
Economic Association.
Died in Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass., May 19,
1934 (age 71 years, 64
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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Arthur Judson Abbott (1880-1958) —
also known as Arthur J. Abbott —
of Oneida, Madison
County, N.Y.
Born in Oneida, Madison
County, N.Y., March
30, 1880.
Democrat. School
teacher; newspaper editor; mayor of
Oneida, N.Y., 1924-25, 1928-29; candidate for New York
state assembly from Madison County, 1933.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Sons
of Union Veterans.
Died May 24,
1958 (age 78 years, 55
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Oneida, N.Y.
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Henry E. Abell (1837-1924) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Cornwall, Orange
County, N.Y.
Born in Schoharie
County, N.Y., June 25,
1837.
Republican. Newspaper editor; member of New York
state assembly, 1895, 1897 (Kings County 14th District 1895,
Kings County 12th District 1897); defeated, 1897; New York City
Police Commissioner, 1898-1901.
Died in Firthcliffe, Orange
County, N.Y., March
12, 1924 (age 86 years, 261
days).
Burial location unknown.
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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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Theodore Carter Achilles (1905-1986) —
also known as Theodore C. Achilles —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., December
29, 1905.
Newspaper work; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in
Havana, as of 1932; Rome, as of 1933; while serving as director of the State
Department's Division of Western European Affairs in 1947-49, was one
of the main architects of the North Atlantic Treaty, the founding
document of NationalO; U.S. Ambassador to Peru, 1956-60.
Member, Beta
Theta Pi; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Suffered an embolism,
and died, in the Washington Hospital
Center, Washington,
D.C., April 8,
1986 (age 80 years, 100
days).
Entombed at St.
John's Church Cemetery, Lafayette Square, Washington, D.C.
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Edgar Lyman Adams (b. 1857) —
also known as Edgar L. Adams —
of Marathon, Cortland
County, N.Y.
Born in Marathon, Cortland
County, N.Y., April
27, 1857.
Democrat. Newspaper editor and publisher; banker;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1916.
Presbyterian.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Lyman Adams and Ruth (Squires) Adams; married, May 13,
1879, to Ella V. Courtney. |
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Edward Le Grand Adams (1851-1928) —
also known as Edward L. Adams —
of Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y.
Born in Clarence, Erie
County, N.Y., January
3, 1851.
Republican. Newspaper editor; oil
producer; New York State Tax Commissioner, 1895-98; U.S. Consul
General in Stockholm, 1902-09; U.S. Consul in Dublin, 1909-19; Sherbrooke, 1920-24.
Died in Booterstown, County Dublin, Ireland,
October
2, 1928 (age 77 years, 273
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Elmira, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Benjamin T. Adams and Janet (Gibson) Adams; married, January
22, 1879, to Kate L. Atwater. |
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memorial |
| | | Image source: U.S. passport application
(1919) |
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Francis Alexandre Adams (1874-1975) —
also known as Francis A. Adams —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Stuart, Martin
County, Fla.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 11,
1874.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
newspaper editor; author;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 16th District, 1908.
Episcopalian.
Member, Theta
Delta Chi.
Died in Stuart, Martin
County, Fla., September
24, 1975 (age 101 years,
136 days).
Interment at All Saints Cemetery, Jensen Beach, Fla.
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De Alva Stanwood Alexander (1846-1925) —
also known as De Alva S. Alexander —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.; Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Richmond, Sagadahoc
County, Maine, July 17,
1846.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
newspaper editor; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Indiana, 1872;
secretary
of Indiana Republican Party, 1874-78; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of New York, 1889-93; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1897-1911 (33rd District 1897-1903,
36th District 1903-11); defeated, 1910.
Presbyterian.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Died in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., January
30, 1925 (age 78 years, 197
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y.
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Edward Lisle Allen (1868-1932) —
also known as Edward L. Allen —
of Jamestown, Chautauqua
County, N.Y.
Born in Leicester, Livingston
County, N.Y., August
14, 1868.
Republican. Newspaper editor; Republican Presidential Elector
for New York, 1920.
Congregationalist
or Presbyterian.
Member, Alpha
Zeta; Grange.
Died in Bemus Point, Chautauqua
County, N.Y., October
30, 1932 (age 64 years, 77
days).
Interment at Bemus
Point Cemetery, Bemus Point, N.Y.
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Charles William Anderson (1866-1938) —
also known as Charles W. Anderson —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Oxford, Butler
County, Ohio, April
28, 1866.
Republican. Newspaper work; U.S.
Collector of Internal Revenue at New York City, New York,
1905-15, 1922-34; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1908,
1912,
1916,
1920.
African
ancestry.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
28, 1938 (age 71 years, 275
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Anderson and Serena Anderson; married 1896 to Emma
L. Bonaparte. |
| | | Image source: New York Tribune, March
26, 1905 |
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Henry Hersey Andrew (b. 1858) —
also known as Henry H. Andrew —
of Union, Monroe
County, W.Va.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Asbury Park, Monmouth
County, N.J.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., April, 1858.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; lawyer;
candidate for West
Virginia state senate 8th District, 1898.
Episcopalian.
Member, Society
of Colonial Wars; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Burial location unknown.
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James Arkell (1829-1902) —
also known as "Father of the Paper Sack
Industry" —
of Canajoharie, Montgomery
County, N.Y.
Born in Oxford, England,
October
16, 1829.
Republican. Newspaper editor; manufacturer and printer
of flour
bags, originally from cotton,
then when cotton became scarce during the Civil War, he innovated the
use of paper
bags as a substitute for cotton; his inventions
received dozens of U.S. patents; member of New York
state senate 18th District, 1884-85; in 1885, former General and
President Ulysses
S. Grant died at Arkell's summer home in Mt. McGregor.
Died in Canajoharie, Montgomery
County, N.Y., August
11, 1902 (age 72 years, 299
days).
Interment at Canajoharie Falls Cemetery, Canajoharie, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of William Arkell and Mary (Carter) Arkell; married, July 23,
1853, to Sarah Hall Bartlett; father-in-law of Bernhard
Gillam. |
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memorial |
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Smith Dykins Atkins (1835-1913) —
also known as Smith D. Atkins —
of Freeport, Stephenson
County, Ill.
Born in Horseheads, Chemung
County, N.Y., June 9,
1835.
Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War;
newspaper editor; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Illinois, 1896;
postmaster at Freeport,
Ill., 1901.
Died in Freeport, Stephenson
County, Ill., March
27, 1913 (age 77 years, 291
days).
Interment at Freeport City Cemetery, Freeport, Ill.
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Harry L. Averill (b. 1875) —
of Palmyra, Wayne
County, N.Y.
Born in Palmyra, Wayne
County, N.Y., 1875.
Republican. Newspaper editor; member of New York
state assembly from Wayne County, 1932-40.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward S. Averill. |
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1936 |
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Benjamin Parke Avery (1828-1875) —
also known as Benjamin P. Avery —
of California.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
11, 1828.
Went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; newspaper editor;
U.S. Minister to China, 1874-75, died in office 1875.
Died, of kidney
disease, in Peking (Beijing), China,
November
8, 1875 (age 46 years, 362
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Oakland, Calif.
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Carlos Avery (1868-1930) —
of Hutchinson, McLeod
County, Minn.; Rockville Centre, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Minooka, Grundy
County, Ill., January
25, 1868.
Democrat. Newspaper editor and publisher; naturalist;
Minnesota Fish and Game Commissioner; candidate for Governor of
Minnesota, 1924.
Died, from a stroke of
apoplexy, in Rockville Centre, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., October
4, 1930 (age 62 years, 252
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Hutchinson, Minn.
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Louis Henri Aymé (1855-1912) —
also known as Louis H. Aymé —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 29,
1855.
Republican. Ethnologist;
newspaper correspondent; U.S. Consul in Mérida, 1880-84; Guadeloupe, 1898-99; Pará, 1903-06; U.S. Consul General in Lisbon, 1906-12, died in office 1912.
Member, Loyal
Legion; Sons
of Veterans; American
Antiquarian Society; American
Society for International Law.
Died, from "locomotor ataxia" (presumably syphilis),
in Lisbon, Portugal,
May
16, 1912 (age 56 years, 353
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Steven Beckwith Ayres (1861-1929) —
also known as Steven B. Ayres —
of New York.
Born in Fort Dodge, Webster
County, Iowa, October
27, 1861.
Newspaper editor; real estate
business; advertising
business; U.S.
Representative from New York 18th District, 1911-13; defeated
(Progressive), 1914.
Member, Psi
Upsilon.
Died, in Park West Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 1,
1929 (age 67 years, 217
days).
Interment at Clearwater
Municipal Cemetery, Clearwater, Fla.
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