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Jonathan G. Wait (1811-1873) —
of Sturgis, St. Joseph
County, Mich.
Born in York, Livingston
County, N.Y., November
22, 1811.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from St. Joseph County, 1851-52;
member of Michigan
state senate, 1863-68 (16th District 1863-66, 14th District
1867-68); alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Michigan, 1872.
Founder, editor, and publisher of the Sturgis Journal.
Died in Sturgis, St. Joseph
County, Mich., October
24, 1873 (age 61 years, 336
days).
Interment at Oak
Lawn Cemetery, Sturgis, Mich.
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Clair Hiram Walbridge (1880-1970) —
also known as Clair H. Walbridge —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, July 15,
1880.
Socialist. Linotype
operator; newspaper compositor; candidate for New York
state assembly from Monroe County 5th District, 1932, 1933;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 39th District, 1936, 1938.
Died in November, 1970
(age 90
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Lewis Waller (1850-1907) —
also known as John L. Waller —
of Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan.; Wyandotte (now part of Kansas City), Wyandotte
County, Kan.; Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in slavery
in New
Madrid County, Mo., January
12, 1850.
Republican. Barber; lawyer;
Republican Presidential Elector for Kansas, 1889;
U.S. Consul in Tamatave, 1891-93; in March 1895, during France's military
takeover of Madagascar from the Hova monarchy, he was arrested
by French forces and tried in
a French military court, purportedly for the offense of corresponding
with (or spying
for) the Hovas, but more likely because the Queen of the Hovas had
granted him 2.5 square miles, rich with rubber and mahogany trees; sentenced
to twenty years in a French prison; his case became an international
cause celebre, and the U.S. government protested his imprisonment;
ultimately pardoned
in February 1896 by French president Félix Faure, and freed
after ten months in prison, in exchange for U.S. acquiesance to
French rule over Madagascar; served in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War; newspaper editor.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y., October
13, 1907 (age 57 years, 274
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Yonkers, N.Y.
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Ansel Tracy Walling (1824-1896) —
also known as Ansel T. Walling —
of Keokuk, Lee
County, Iowa; Circleville, Pickaway
County, Ohio.
Born in Otsego
County, N.Y., January
10, 1824.
Democrat. Lawyer;
newspaper editor; postmaster at Keokuk,
Iowa, 1855-57; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Iowa, 1856;
member of Ohio
state senate 10th District, 1866-67; member of Ohio
state house of representatives from Pickaway County, 1868-69; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 12th District, 1875-77.
Died in Circleville, Pickaway
County, Ohio, June 22,
1896 (age 72 years, 164
days).
Interment at Forest
Cemetery, Circleville, Ohio.
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Lester Aglar Walton (1882-1965) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., April
20, 1882.
Newspaper writer; theater
manager; U.S. Minister to Liberia, 1935-46.
African
ancestry. Member, Elks; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Alpha
Phi Alpha.
In 1913, started movement for capitalization of "N" in "Negro" in
newspapers and magazines.
Died in 1965
(age about
83 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Bonnell Ward (1879-1946) —
also known as Charles B. Ward —
of DeBruce, Sullivan
County, N.Y.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., April
27, 1879.
Republican. Newspaper editor; banker; U.S.
Representative from New York 27th District, 1915-25; defeated,
1912.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in 1946
(age about
67 years).
Interment at Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery, Newark, N.J.
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Robert Whitney Waterman (1826-1891) —
also known as Robert W. Waterman —
of Geneva, Kane
County, Ill.; Wilmington, Will
County, Ill.; California.
Born in Fairfield, Herkimer
County, N.Y., December
15, 1826.
Postmaster;
newspaper publisher; involved in silver and gold mining;
president, San Diego, Cuyamaca & Eastern Railway;
Lieutenant
Governor of California, 1887; Governor of
California, 1887-91.
Died in San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif., April
12, 1891 (age 64 years, 118
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, San Diego, Calif.
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Alonzo L. Waters (b. 1893) —
of Medina, Orleans
County, N.Y.
Born in Orleans
County, N.Y., September
6, 1893.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; newspaper
publisher; postmaster at Medina,
N.Y., 1928; member of New York
state assembly from Orleans County, 1949-65.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Moose; Rotary;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Sons of
the American Revolution; Sigma
Chi.
Burial location unknown.
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John Griswold Webb —
also known as J. Griswold Webb —
of Clinton Corners, Dutchess
County, N.Y.; Hyde Park, Dutchess
County, N.Y.
Republican. Newspaper correspondent; farmer;
member of New York
state assembly from Dutchess County 1st District, 1919-22; member
of New
York state senate 28th District, 1923-34; chair of
Dutchess County Republican Party, 1927-29.
Member, American
Legion.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Walter Webb; married 1914 to Anne
Pendleton Rogers. |
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Thurlow Weed (1797-1882) —
also known as Edward Thurlow Weed —
of Norwich, Chenango
County, N.Y.; Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Cairo, Greene
County, N.Y., November
15, 1797.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; newspaper
publisher; member of New York
state assembly from Monroe County, 1825, 1830.
Influential political leader in New York State from the 1820s through
the 1860s; supported John
Quincy Adams in 1820s; led the New York Whigs in the 1840s;
joined the Republican Party in the 1850s and supported William
H. Seward for president in 1860.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
22, 1882 (age 85 years, 7
days).
Interment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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William W. Weinstone (1897-1985) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Vilna (now Vilnius), Lithuania,
December
15, 1897.
Communist. Labor
organizer; Workers candidate for New York
state assembly, 1924 (New York County 17th District), 1927 (New
York County 8th District); Workers candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 20th District, 1926; candidate for
mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1929; editor of the Communist
newspaper, The Daily Worker, 1931-32; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1932; convicted
in 1953 of advocating the violent
overthrow of the government, and served two years in prison.
Died, in LaGuardia Hospital,
Forest Hills, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., October
22, 1985 (age 87 years, 311
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Alfred Wells (1814-1867) —
of Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y.
Born in Dagsboro, Sussex
County, Del., May 27,
1814.
Republican. Lawyer;
newspaper publisher; Tompkins
County District Attorney, 1845-47; Tompkins
County Judge, 1847-51; U.S.
Representative from New York 27th District, 1859-61.
Died in Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y., July 18,
1867 (age 53 years, 52
days).
Interment at Ithaca
City Cemetery, Ithaca, 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. |
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memorial |
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Anne L. Wexler (1930-2009) —
also known as Anne Levy —
of Westport, Fairfield
County, Conn.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
10, 1930.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Connecticut, 1968;
associate publisher, Rolling Stone magazine, 1973; lobbyist.
Female.
Jewish.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died, from breast
cancer, in Washington,
D.C., August
7, 2009 (age 79 years, 178
days).
Burial location unknown.
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George Post Wheeler (1869-1956) —
also known as Post Wheeler —
Born in Owego, Tioga
County, N.Y., August
6, 1869.
Newspaper editor; mining
business; author;
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Minister to Paraguay, 1930-33; Albania, 1933-34; poet.
Member, Loyal
Legion; Freemasons.
Died in 1956
(age about
86 years).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Hopkinsville, Ky.
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John Osborne Whitehouse (1817-1881) —
also known as John O. Whitehouse —
of Poughkeepsie, Dutchess
County, N.Y.
Born in Rochester, Strafford
County, N.H., July 19,
1817.
Democrat. Shoe
manufacturer; U.S.
Representative from New York 13th District, 1873-77; newspaper
publisher.
Died in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess
County, N.Y., August
24, 1881 (age 64 years, 36
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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John Hay Whitney (1904-1982) —
also known as Jock Whitney —
of Manhasset, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Ellsworth, Hancock
County, Maine, August
17, 1904.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; financier;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1956,
1968;
U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1957-61; publisher of the New York Herald
Tribune newspaper, 1961-66.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Died in Manhasset, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., February
8, 1982 (age 77 years, 175
days).
Interment at Christ
Church Cemetery, Manhasset, Long Island, N.Y.
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Edwin Rounsevelle Wildman (1867-1932) —
also known as Edwin Wildman —
of Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Corning, Steuben
County, N.Y., May 9,
1867.
Newspaper editor; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul General in Hong Kong, 1898-99; newspaper correspondent; writer.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
3, 1932 (age 65 years, 178
days).
Interment at Oramel Cemetery, Oramel, Caneadea, N.Y.
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Fred C. Williams (1858-1920) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., 1858.
Republican. Journalist; advertising
business; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from New York, 1908.
Member, Union
League.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., May 14,
1920 (age about 61
years).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Oliver T. B. Williams (b. 1835) —
of Columbus, Platte
County, Neb.; Seward, Seward
County, Neb.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August
30, 1835.
Lawyer;
newspaper editor; member of Nebraska
state senate, 1866; postmaster at Columbus,
Neb., 1866; People's Independent candidate for Governor of
Nebraska, 1880.
Episcopalian.
English
and Scottish
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Edwin Willits (1830-1896) —
of Monroe, Monroe
County, Mich.
Born in Otto, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y., April
24, 1830.
Republican. Lawyer;
newspaper editor; Monroe
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1860-62; member of Michigan
state board of education, 1861-72; postmaster;
member of Michigan
state constitutional commission 2nd District, 1873; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 2nd District, 1877-83.
Presbyterian.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
22, 1896 (age 66 years, 181
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Monroe, Mich.
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Walter V. Windus (1860-1918) —
of Pullman, Whitman
County, Wash.
Born in Scio, Allegany
County, N.Y., December
3, 1860.
Brick
manufacturer; newspaper editor; real estate
business; banker; mayor
of Pullman, Wash., 1890-93.
Died in 1918
(age about
57 years).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Pullman, Wash.
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William Woodward III (1944-1999) —
also known as Woody Woodward —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born July 24,
1944.
Democrat. Newspaper reporter; magazine publisher;
candidate for New York
state senate 26th District, 1978.
Jumped
from the kitchen window of his apartment, and fell to
his death fourteen stories below, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 2,
1999 (age 54 years, 282
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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John Crafts Wright (1783-1861) —
also known as John C. Wright —
of Troy, Rensselaer
County, N.Y.; Steubenville, Jefferson
County, Ohio.
Born in Wethersfield, Hartford
County, Conn., August
17, 1783.
Newspaper editor; lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Ohio, 1818-23; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 11th District, 1823-29; defeated, 1828;
justice
of Ohio state supreme court, 1831-35.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
13, 1861 (age 77 years, 180
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Robert John Wynne (1851-1922) —
also known as Robert J. Wynne —
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
18, 1851.
Telegrapher;
journalist; U.S.
Postmaster General, 1904-05; U.S. Consul General in London, 1905-10; insurance
executive.
Catholic.
Member, Loyal
Legion.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March
11, 1922 (age 70 years, 113
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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John Russell Young (1840-1899) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in County Tyrone, Ireland (now Northern
Ireland), November
20, 1840.
Newspaper correspondent and managing editor; U.S. Minister to
China, 1882-85; Librarian of Congress, 1897-99.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
17, 1899 (age 58 years, 58
days).
Interment at Mt.
Moriah Cemetery, West Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa.
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William Jones Youngs (1851-1916) —
also known as William J. Youngs —
of Oyster Bay, Queens County (now Nassau
County), Long Island, N.Y.; Garden City, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Oyster Bay, Queens County (now Nassau
County), Long Island, N.Y., June 24,
1851.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Queens County 1st District, 1879-80; Queens
County District Attorney; private secretary to Gov. Theodore
Roosevelt; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, 1902-15;
newspaper editor.
Member, Freemasons;
Chi
Psi.
Died, from heart
trouble, in Garden City, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., April
27, 1916 (age 64 years, 308
days).
Interment at Youngs
Memorial Cemetery, Oyster Bay, Long Island, N.Y.
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