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Joseph Ackroyd (1847-1915) —
of Whitestown, Oneida
County, N.Y.
Born in Little Falls, Herkimer
County, N.Y., November
23, 1847.
Democrat. Grocer; undertaker;
member of New York
state assembly from Oneida County 2nd District, 1884;
postmaster; member of New York
state senate 36th District, 1907-08.
English
ancestry. Member, Odd
Fellows.
Died in Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y., March
15, 1915 (age 67 years, 112
days).
Interment at Glenside
Cemetery, New York Mills, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Abram Ackroyd and Harriet (Robinson) Ackroyd; married 1871 to
Adelaide Hoag. |
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memorial |
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1907 |
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William Farrington Aldrich (1853-1925) —
also known as William F. Aldrich —
of Aldrich, Shelby
County, Ala.
Born in Palmyra, Wayne
County, N.Y., March
11, 1853.
Republican. Civil
engineer; mining
business; manufacturer;
postmaster; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 4th District, 1896-97, 1898-99,
1900-01; delegate to Republican National Convention from Alabama, 1900,
1904.
Died in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., October
30, 1925 (age 72 years, 233
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Orson MacIntire Allaben (1808-1891) —
also known as Orson M. Allaben —
of Margaretville, Delaware
County, N.Y.
Born in Roxbury, Delaware
County, N.Y., August
5, 1808.
Democrat. Physician;
member of New York
state assembly, 1840, 1870 (Delaware County 1840, Delaware County
2nd District 1870); postmaster; member of New York
state senate 14th District, 1864-65; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 21st District, 1874; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1876.
Baptist.
Died in Margaretville, Delaware
County, N.Y., November
27, 1891 (age 83 years, 114
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Delhi, N.Y.
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Nathaniel Allen (1780-1832) —
of Ontario
County, N.Y.
Born in East Bloomfield, Ontario
County, N.Y., 1780.
Blacksmith;
postmaster; member of New York
state assembly from Ontario County, 1811-12; Ontario
County Sheriff, 1815-19; U.S.
Representative from New York 21st District, 1819-21.
Died in the Gault House hotel,
Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., December
22, 1832 (age about 52
years).
Interment at Allens
Hill Cemetery, Richmond, N.Y.
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Adam Beattie (1833-1893) —
of Ovid, Clinton
County, Mich.
Born in Seneca
County, N.Y., November
26, 1833.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; sawmill
owner; member of Michigan
state senate 17th District, 1873-74; postmaster.
Congregationalist.
Scottish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died June 26,
1893 (age 59 years, 212
days).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Ovid, Mich.
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Relatives:
Married to Mary E. Hand. |
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memorial |
| | | Image source: Past and Present of
Washtenaw County (1906) |
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Benjamin Earl Bowen (1801-1878) —
also known as Benjamin E. Bowen —
of Holland Patent, Oneida
County, N.Y.; Mexico, Oswego
County, N.Y.
Born in Coventry, Kent
County, R.I., January
15, 1801.
Republican. Physician;
surgeon;
postmaster; member of New York
state assembly from Oswego County 3rd District, 1862; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1868.
Died in Mexico, Oswego
County, N.Y., March
12, 1878 (age 77 years, 56
days).
Interment at Mexico Village Cemetery, Mexico, N.Y.
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Edward Stuyvesant Bragg (1827-1912) —
also known as Edward S. Bragg —
of Fond du Lac, Fond du
Lac County, Wis.
Born in Unadilla, Otsego
County, N.Y., February
20, 1827.
Democrat. Lawyer; Fond
du Lac County District Attorney, 1854-56; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Wisconsin, 1860,
1872,
1884,
1892,
1896;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War; postmaster;
member of Wisconsin
state senate, 1868-69; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin, 1877-83, 1885-87 (5th District
1877-83, 2nd District 1885-87); U.S. Minister to Mexico, 1888-89; U.S. Consul General in Havana, 1902-03; Hong Kong, 1903-06.
Member, Kappa
Alpha Society.
In 1884, made a famous speech supporting Grover
Cleveland, in which he declared: "We love him for the enemies he
has made," meaning the Tammany Hall organization in New York.
Died in Fond du Lac, Fond du Lac
County, Wis., June 20,
1912 (age 85 years, 121
days).
Interment at Rienzi
Cemetery, Fond du Lac, Wis.
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Charles D. Bruyn (1784-1849) —
of Shawangunk, Ulster
County, N.Y.
Born in Shawangunk, Ulster
County, N.Y., December
12, 1784.
Member of New York
state assembly, 1821-22, 1826 (Sullivan and Ulster counties
1821-22, Ulster County 1826); postmaster.
Died in Shawangunk, Ulster
County, N.Y., February
9, 1849 (age 64 years, 59
days).
Interment at Bruynswick Rural Cemetery, Bruynswick, N.Y.
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Orlando Walter Burhyte (b. 1855) —
also known as Orlando W. Burhyte —
of Brookfield, Madison
County, N.Y.
Born in North Brookfield, Madison
County, N.Y., February
22, 1855.
Republican. Physician;
postmaster; Madison
County Coroner, 1891-99; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1904;
member of New York
state assembly from Madison County, 1907-09.
Member, American Medical
Association; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights of
the Maccabees.
Burial location unknown.
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Alanson Carley (1797-1879) —
of Cortland
County, N.Y.
Born in Butternuts, Otsego
County, N.Y., June 6,
1797.
Whig. Dry
goods merchant; member of New York
state assembly from Cortland County, 1829; director, Syracuse and
Binghamton Railroad;
director, First National Bank of
Cortland; Cortland
County Sheriff, 1840; postmaster.
Universalist.
Died April 8,
1879 (age 81 years, 306
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Barnabas Case (1799-1880) —
of Manchester, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Livingston
County, N.Y., November
19, 1799.
Democrat. Farmer; distiller;
postmaster; member of Michigan
state senate 2nd District, 1851-52.
Died in Manchester, Washtenaw
County, Mich., March 2,
1880 (age 80 years, 104
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Pitt Case and Anna Case; married to Clarissa M.
Squires. |
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Elisha Champlin (1798-1855) —
of Jonesville, Hillsdale
County, Mich.
Born in Greenfield, Saratoga
County, N.Y., June 25,
1798.
Member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Hillsdale County, 1838, 1840;
postmaster; member of Michigan
state senate, 1841, 1842 (2nd District 1841, 3rd District 1842).
Died February
20, 1855 (age 56 years, 240
days).
Interment at Sunset
View Cemetery, Jonesville, Mich.
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Walter Henry Churchill (1838-1900) —
also known as Walter H. Churchill —
of Shelby, Oceana
County, Mich.
Born in Batavia, Genesee
County, N.Y., April
27, 1838.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
postmaster; supervisor, Shelby Township, 1866, 1885; hardware
business; boot and shoe
merchant; banker; Oceana
County Probate Judge, 1889-92.
Died, from intestinal
adhesions, in Shelby Township, Oceana
County, Mich., June 23,
1900 (age 62 years, 57
days).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Shelby, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel Churchill and Eliza Churchill; married 1859 to Jane
P. Green; married 1869 to Lucada
A. Carter; married 1874 to Sarah
A. Hamlin. |
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memorial |
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Cornelius Van Santvoord Collins (1856-1926) —
also known as Cornelius V. Collins —
of Troy, Rensselaer
County, N.Y.
Born in Greenwich, Washington
County, N.Y., June 20,
1856.
Republican. Dry goods
merchant; Troy city police commissioner, 1888-90; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1900
(alternate), 1904,
1908,
1912,
1920;
Rensselaer
County Sheriff, 1905-08; postmaster.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in 1926
(age about
70 years).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Troy, N.Y.
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Daniel L. Crossman (1836-1901) —
also known as D. L. Crossman —
of Dansville, Ingham
County, Mich.; Williamston, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Cayuga
County, N.Y., November
4, 1836.
Republican. Postmaster; miller; banker;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1869; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1872;
clerk of the Michigan House of Representatives, 1873-91; candidate
for Presidential Elector for Michigan.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Royal
Arch Masons.
Died in Williamston, Ingham
County, Mich., March 7,
1901 (age 64 years, 123
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Fairview
Cemetery, Dansville, Mich.
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Frank W. Davis (b. 1850) —
of Belvidere Corners, Belvidere, Lamoille
County, Vt.
Born in Honeoye Falls, Monroe
County, N.Y., 1850.
Republican. Farmer;
postmaster; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Belvidere, 1888.
Baptist.
Burial location unknown.
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David E. Doyle —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Newspaper
reporter; letter carrier; member of New York
state senate 48th District, 1935-36.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Knights
of Equity.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
New York Red Book 1936 |
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Lewis Eaton (1790-1857) —
of Duanesburg, Schenectady
County, N.Y.; Schoharie Bridge (unknown
county), N.Y.; Lockport, Niagara
County, N.Y.
Born in Duanesburg, Schenectady
County, N.Y., February
17, 1790.
Schenectady
County Sheriff, 1821-22; U.S.
Representative from New York 12th District, 1823-25;
postmaster; member of New York
state senate 3rd District, 1829-32; banker.
Died in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., August
22, 1857 (age 67 years, 186
days).
Original interment at Black Rock Burial Ground, Buffalo, N.Y.; reinterment at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y.
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Isaac Alger Fancher (b. 1833) —
also known as Isaac A. Fancher —
of Mt. Pleasant, Isabella
County, Mich.
Born in Florida, Montgomery
County, N.Y., September
30, 1833.
Republican. Lawyer; surveyor;
postmaster; railroad
promoter; Isabella
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1865-66, 1871-72; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Midland District, 1873-74;
member of Michigan
state senate 26th District, 1875-76; law partner of Peter
F. Dodds, 1875-82; member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1878-80; candidate for circuit
judge in Michigan 21st Circuit, 1899.
Member, Odd
Fellows.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Jacob Schuyler Fancher and Eunice (Alger) Fancher; married, June 6,
1860, to Althea May Preston. |
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John Fay (1773-1855) —
of Montgomery
County, N.Y.; Jefferson
County, N.Y.
Born in Hardwick, Worcester
County, Mass., February
10, 1773.
Democrat. Surveyor;
miller;
postmaster; member of New York
state assembly from Montgomery County, 1808-09, 1811-12; U.S.
Representative from New York 14th District, 1819-21; Jefferson
County Sheriff, 1828-31; candidate for Presidential Elector for
New York.
Died in Northampton, Fulton
County, N.Y., June 21,
1855 (age 82 years, 131
days).
Interment at Old
Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Northampton, N.Y.
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Andrew Jackson Felt (1833-1912) —
also known as Andrew J. Felt —
of Nashua, Chickasaw
County, Iowa; Seneca, Nemaha
County, Kan.
Born in East Victor, Ontario
County, N.Y., December
27, 1833.
Republican. School
teacher; newspaper
editor; lawyer;
served in the Union Army during the Civil War; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Iowa, 1868,
1872;
postmaster; banker;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Kansas; Lieutenant
Governor of Kansas, 1889-93.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died June 27,
1912 (age 78 years, 183
days).
Interment at Seneca
City Cemetery, Seneca, Kan.
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William Henry Frederick Fiedler (1847-1919) —
also known as William H. F. Fiedler —
of Newark, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August
25, 1847.
Democrat. Member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Essex County, 1878-79, 1882;
mayor
of Newark, N.J., 1880-82; defeated, 1904; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 6th District, 1883-85;
postmaster; real estate
business.
Died in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., January
1, 1919 (age 71 years, 129
days).
Entombed at Fairmount
Cemetery, Newark, N.J.
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Seth Merrill Gates (1800-1877) —
also known as Seth M. Gates —
of Le Roy, Genesee
County, N.Y.; Warsaw, Wyoming
County, N.Y.
Born in Winfield, Herkimer
County, N.Y., October
10, 1800.
Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Genesee County, 1832; newspaper
editor; U.S.
Representative from New York 29th District, 1839-43; Free Soil
candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1848; lumber and
hardware
merchant; postmaster.
Died in Warsaw, Wyoming
County, N.Y., August
24, 1877 (age 76 years, 318
days).
Interment at Warsaw
Cemetery, Warsaw, N.Y.
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David Gilman (1812-1885) —
of Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo
County, Mich.; Watab, Benton
County, Minn.
Born in New York, April
29, 1812.
Democrat. Livery
business; hotelier;
farmer;
Benton
County Sheriff, 1849-51; member of Minnesota
territorial House of Representatives 6th District, 1851;
postmaster; delegate
to Minnesota state constitutional convention 5th District, 1857.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Watab, Benton
County, Minn., May 9,
1885 (age 73 years, 10
days).
Interment at Benton
County Cemetery, Sauk Rapids, Minn.
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Arthur H. Gleason (1865-1935) —
of St. Johnsbury, Caledonia
County, Vt.
Born in Sag Harbor, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., November
25, 1865.
Democrat. Grocer;
postmaster; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Vermont, 1924.
Died, while suffering from acute angina
pectoris, in St. Johnsbury, Caledonia
County, Vt., November
29, 1935 (age 70 years, 4
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of G. Havens Gleason and Susan (Vail) Gleason; nephew of William
H. Gleason. |
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Martin Henry Glynn (1871-1924) —
also known as Martin H. Glynn —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Valatie, Columbia
County, N.Y., September
27, 1871.
Democrat. Lawyer;
postmaster; owner and editor of Albany Times-Union newspaper;
U.S.
Representative from New York 20th District, 1899-1901; defeated,
1900; New York
state comptroller, 1907-08; defeated, 1908; Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1913; Governor of
New York, 1913-15; defeated, 1914; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1916
(Temporary
Chair; speaker),
1924.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
First
Catholic governor of New York State; brokered peace and independence
for Ireland in 1921.
Killed
himself, in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., December
14, 1924 (age 53 years, 78
days).
Entombed at St.
Agnes Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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Milo Goodrich (1814-1881) —
of Dryden, Tompkins
County, N.Y.; Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Born in East Homer, Cortland
County, N.Y., January
3, 1814.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer;
postmaster; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1867-68; U.S.
Representative from New York 26th District, 1871-73; defeated
(Liberal Republican), 1872.
Died in Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y., April
15, 1881 (age 67 years, 102
days).
Interment at Green
Hills Cemetery, Dryden, N.Y.
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Samuel Gordon (1802-1873) —
of Delhi, Delaware
County, N.Y.
Born in Wattles Ferry (now Unadilla), Otsego
County, N.Y., April
28, 1802.
Democrat. Lawyer;
postmaster; member of New York
state assembly from Delaware County, 1834; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1841-43, 1845-47 (20th District
1841-43, 10th District 1845-47).
Died in Delhi, Delaware
County, N.Y., October
28, 1873 (age 71 years, 183
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Delhi, N.Y.
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Seth Grosvenor Heacock (1857-1928) —
also known as Seth G. Heacock —
of Ilion, Herkimer
County, N.Y.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., March 1,
1857.
Republican. Postmaster; oil
producer; member of New York
state senate, 1907-14 (33rd District 1907-08, 32nd District
1909-14); candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1914, 1918; candidate for Presidential
Elector for New York.
Died, in Presbyterian Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
4, 1928 (age 71 years, 278
days).
Interment at Armory Hill Cemetery, Ilion, N.Y.
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William Henry Hill (1877-1972) —
also known as William H. Hill —
of Johnson City, Broome
County, N.Y.
Born in Plains, Luzerne
County, Pa., March
23, 1877.
Republican. Newspaper
editor and publisher; village
president of Lestershire, New York, 1898-1901; postmaster;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1912
(alternate), 1924,
1928,
1932,
1940
(member, Committee
to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee), 1944,
1948,
1952,
1956;
member of New York
state senate 39th District, 1915-18; U.S.
Representative from New York 34th District, 1919-21; chair of
Broome County Republican Party, 1940-55; member of New York
Republican State Executive Committee, 1945.
English
ancestry.
Died in Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y., July 24,
1972 (age 95 years, 123
days).
Interment at Riverhurst
Cemetery, Endicott, N.Y.
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Harry Edward Hull (1864-1938) —
also known as Harry E. Hull —
of Williamsburg, Iowa
County, Iowa.
Born near Belvidere, Allegany
County, N.Y., March
12, 1864.
Republican. Grain
business; mayor of Williamsburg, Iowa, 1889-1901;
postmaster; president, Williamsburg Telephone
Company; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 2nd District, 1915-25.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
16, 1938 (age 73 years, 310
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Williamsburg, Iowa.
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Wolcott J. Humphrey (1817-1890) —
of Wyoming
County, N.Y.
Born in Canton, Hartford
County, Conn., 1817.
Postmaster; banker;
member of New York
state assembly from Wyoming County, 1851-52; member of New York
state senate 30th District, 1866-69.
Died in Warsaw, Wyoming
County, N.Y., January
19, 1890 (age about 72
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1841 to Amanda
B. Martindale; married 1874 to Hannah
Mulholland. |
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Alvan Kellogg (1793-1864) —
also known as Alvin Kellogg —
of East Scott, Cortland
County, N.Y.
Born in Galway, Saratoga
County, N.Y., January
12, 1793.
Farmer;
member of New York
state assembly from Cortland County, 1851; postmaster.
Died in New York, March
31, 1864 (age 71 years, 79
days).
Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery, Friendship, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Mary (Phelps) Kellogg and Frederick Kellogg; married to Sylvia
Stow; nephew of Charles
Kellogg (1773-1842); first cousin of Day
Otis Kellogg and Dwight
Kellogg; second cousin of Ensign
Hosmer Kellogg; second cousin twice removed of Aaron
Kellogg; second cousin thrice removed of Martin
Weld Deyo; third cousin once removed of Jason
Kellogg, Orsamus
Cook Merrill, Timothy
Merrill, Daniel
Fiske Kellogg, Orlando
Kellogg and William
Dean Kellogg; third cousin twice removed of Rowland
Case Kellogg and Frank
Billings Kellogg; fourth cousin of Luther
Walter Badger, Silas
Dewey Kellogg, Greene
Carrier Bronson, Chester
Ashley, Daniel
Kellogg (1791-1875), John
Russell Kellogg, Alvah
Nash, Thomas
Belden Butler, George
Smith Catlin, Albert
Gallatin Kellogg, Francis
William Kellogg, Farrand
Fassett Merrill and Charles
Kellogg (1839-1903); fourth cousin once removed of Stephen
Wright Kellogg, George
Bradley Kellogg, William
Pitt Kellogg, Daniel
Kellogg (1835-1918), Arthur
Tappan Kellogg and Selah
Merrill. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Murphy-Merrill
family of Harbor Beach, Michigan (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Charles Kellogg (1773-1842) —
of Kelloggsville, Cayuga
County, N.Y.; Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Sheffield, Berkshire
County, Mass., October
3, 1773.
Merchant;
miller;
lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Cayuga County, 1808-10, 1820-22;
postmaster; U.S.
Representative from New York 24th District, 1825-27.
Died in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., May 11,
1842 (age 68 years, 220
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Asa Kellogg and Lucy (Powell) Kellogg; married, October
21, 1794, to Mary Ann Otis; father of Day
Otis Kellogg and Dwight
Kellogg; uncle of Alvan
Kellogg; first cousin once removed of Ensign
Hosmer Kellogg; first cousin four times removed of Martin
Weld Deyo; second cousin once removed of Aaron
Kellogg; second cousin twice removed of Orlando
Kellogg and William
Dean Kellogg; second cousin thrice removed of Rowland
Case Kellogg and Frank
Billings Kellogg; third cousin of Jason
Kellogg, Orsamus
Cook Merrill, Timothy
Merrill and Daniel
Fiske Kellogg; third cousin once removed of Luther
Walter Badger, Silas
Dewey Kellogg, Greene
Carrier Bronson, Chester
Ashley, Daniel
Kellogg (1791-1875), John
Russell Kellogg, Alvah
Nash, Thomas
Belden Butler, George
Smith Catlin, Albert
Gallatin Kellogg, Francis
William Kellogg, Farrand
Fassett Merrill and Charles
Kellogg (1839-1903); third cousin twice removed of Stephen
Wright Kellogg, George
Bradley Kellogg, William
Pitt Kellogg, Daniel
Kellogg (1835-1918), Arthur
Tappan Kellogg and Selah
Merrill; third cousin thrice removed of William
Lucius Case, Charles
Collins Kellogg, Clement
Phineas Kellogg, Edward
Russell Kellogg, Henry
Theodore Kellogg, Edward
Stanley Kellogg and Franklin
Warren Kellogg. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Murphy-Merrill
family of Harbor Beach, Michigan (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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James E. Kennedy (b. 1870) —
of North Williston, Williston, Chittenden
County, Vt.; Essex, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born in Mooers, Clinton
County, N.Y., January
6, 1870.
Democrat. Farmer; railway
station agent; postmaster; member of Vermont
state senate, 1908; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Williston, 1910; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Vermont, 1916;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Vermont 1st District, 1922; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Vermont; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Vermont, 1926.
Catholic.
Burial location unknown.
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John DeMott Laing (1858-1929) —
also known as J. DeMott Laing —
of East Otto, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y.
Born in East Otto, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y., September
17, 1858.
Democrat. Merchant;
postmaster; candidate for New York
state assembly from Cattaraugus County, 1918; Cattaraugus
County Treasurer, 1926.
Died in East Otto, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y., June 23,
1929 (age 70 years, 279
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Alfred D. Lowe (b. 1850) —
of Depauville, Jefferson
County, N.Y.
Born in Clayton, Jefferson
County, N.Y., September
26, 1850.
Republican. Merchant;
postmaster; director, Depauville Telephone
Exchange; member of New York
state assembly from Jefferson County 1st District, 1907-09.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Foresters.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Isaac Lowe and Zilla (Atwood) Lowe; married, August
13, 1873, to Emma F. Smith. |
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Abijah Mann Jr. (1793-1868) —
of Fairfield, Herkimer
County, N.Y.; Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Fairfield, Herkimer
County, N.Y., September
24, 1793.
Merchant;
member of New York
state assembly from Herkimer County, 1828-30, 1838;
postmaster; U.S.
Representative from New York 16th District, 1833-37; candidate
for New York
state attorney general, 1855; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1856;
candidate for New York
state senate, 1857.
Died in Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y., September
6, 1868 (age 74 years, 348
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Jimmy McMillan —
of New York City (unknown
county), N.Y.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war; letter
carrier; Rent Is Too Damn High candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 2005, 2009; Rent Is Too Damn High
candidate for Governor of
New York, 2006, 2010.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2010.
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Edward Casterline Mercereau (1828-1896) —
also known as Edward C. Mercereau —
of Union (now part of Endicott), Broome
County, N.Y.
Born in Union (now part of Endicott), Broome
County, N.Y., September
22, 1828.
Member of New York
state assembly from Broome County, 1865; postmaster.
Died in Union (now part of Endicott), Broome
County, N.Y., 1896
(age about
67 years).
Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Endicott, N.Y.
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Cornelius Mersereau (1798-1877) —
of Vestal, Broome
County, N.Y.
Born in Vestal, Broome
County, N.Y., August
2, 1798.
Member of New York
state assembly from Broome County, 1840; postmaster.
Died in Vestal, Broome
County, N.Y., February
17, 1877 (age 78 years, 199
days).
Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Endicott, N.Y.
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Marcus H. Miles (1813-1877) —
of St. Clair, St. Clair
County, Mich.
Born in Apulia, Onondaga
County, N.Y., October
23, 1813.
Postmaster; St.
Clair County Clerk, 1839-42, 1849-50; lawyer;
served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1866; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention, 1867.
Died in St. Clair, St. Clair
County, Mich., December
13, 1877 (age 64 years, 51
days).
Interment at Hillside
Cemetery, St. Clair, Mich.
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John Miller (1774-1862) —
of Truxton, Cortland
County, N.Y.
Born in Amenia, Dutchess
County, N.Y., November
10, 1774.
Physician;
Cortland
County Coroner, 1802; postmaster; member of New York
state assembly from Cortland County, 1816-17, 1819-20, 1846; U.S.
Representative from New York 22nd District, 1825-27; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1846.
Died in Truxton, Cortland
County, N.Y., March
31, 1862 (age 87 years, 141
days).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Truxton, N.Y.
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Edward Sloman Minor (1840-1924) —
also known as Edward S. Minor —
of Fish Creek, Door
County, Wis.; Sturgeon Bay, Door
County, Wis.
Born in Point Peninsula, Jefferson
County, N.Y., December
13, 1840.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; hardware
business; member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1878, 1880-81; member of Wisconsin
state senate, 1883-85; superintendent of Sturgeon Bay and Lake
Michigan Ship
Canal, 1884-91; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin, 1895-1907 (8th District 1895-1903,
9th District 1903-07); postmaster.
Died in Sturgeon Bay, Door
County, Wis., July 26,
1924 (age 83 years, 226
days).
Interment at Bayside
Cemetery, Sturgeon Bay, Wis.
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Bankson Taylor Morgan (b. 1841) —
also known as Bankson T. Morgan —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Reading, Berks
County, Pa., May 17,
1841.
Republican. School
teacher; served in the Union Army during the Civil War; coal
dealer; assistant postmaster; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 7th District, 1888.
Burial location unknown.
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William Sterling Ostrander (1858-1924) —
also known as William S. Ostrander —
of Schuylerville, Saratoga
County, N.Y.
Born in Saratoga, Saratoga
County, N.Y., June 28,
1858.
Republican. Lawyer;
postmaster; candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 4th District, 1913; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 30th District, 1915.
Died June 21,
1924 (age 65 years, 359
days).
Interment somewhere
in Schuylerville, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of William Proper Ostrander and Isabel Corliss (Winney) Ostrander;
married, October
17, 1883, to Cora Eliza Laing. |
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Walter Patterson (d. 1852) —
of Columbia
County, N.Y.
Born in Columbia
County, N.Y.
Farmer;
lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Columbia County, 1817-18; U.S.
Representative from New York 5th District, 1821-23;
postmaster; Columbia
County Judge, 1828.
Slaveowner.
Died November
5, 1852.
Interment at Christ
Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Jabez Baldwin Phelps (1777-1851) —
also known as Jabez B. Phelps —
of Cortland
County, N.Y.
Born in Lebanon, New London
County, Conn., January
4, 1777.
Physician;
postmaster; member of New York
state assembly from Cortland County, 1840.
Died in 1851
(age about
74 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Henry Hamilton Pulver (1843-1936) —
also known as Henry H. Pulver —
of Laingsburg, Shiawassee
County, Mich.
Born in Livingston
County, N.Y., September
2, 1843.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
member of Michigan
state senate 20th District, 1885-86; postmaster.
Died, from bronchial
pneumonia, in Laingsburg, Shiawassee
County, Mich., January
25, 1936 (age 92 years, 145
days).
Interment at Laingsburg Cemetery, Laingsburg, Mich.
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Albert Berger Rossdale (1878-1968) —
also known as Albert B. Rossdale —
of New York.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
23, 1878.
Republican. Postal worker; jeweler;
U.S.
Representative from New York 23rd District, 1921-23; defeated,
1922, 1924; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
New York, 1924.
Jewish.
Died in Eastchester, Westchester
County, N.Y., April
17, 1968 (age 89 years, 177
days).
Interment at Maimonides
Cemetery, Elmont, Long Island, N.Y.
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Cyrus Baldwin Sammons (1825-1881) —
also known as Cyrus B. Sammons —
of Blue Island, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Geddes (now part of Syracuse), Onondaga
County, N.Y., November
15, 1825.
Merchant;
postmaster; village
president of Blue Island, Illinois, 1872-73.
Universalist.
Died in Blue Island, Cook
County, Ill., May 31,
1881 (age 55 years, 197
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Lee Randall Sanborn (1831-1900) —
also known as Lee R. Sanborn —
of Sanborn, Niagara
County, N.Y.
Born in Sweden, Monroe
County, N.Y., August
8, 1831.
Republican. Grain milling
business; lumber
dealer; member of New York
state assembly from Niagara County 2nd District, 1870-71;
postmaster; delegate to Republican National Convention from
New York, 1884.
Died in Sanborn, Niagara
County, N.Y., February
9, 1900 (age 68 years, 185
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Avery Skinner (1796-1876) —
of Union Square, Oswego
County, N.Y.
Born in Westmoreland, Cheshire
County, N.H., June 9,
1796.
Democrat. School
teacher; tavern
keeper; postmaster; Oswego
County Treasurer, 1826-1838; member of New York
state assembly from Oswego County, 1832-33; member of New York
state senate 5th District, 1838-41; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 23rd District, 1846; director,
Syracuse Northern Railway.
Died in Union Square, Oswego
County, N.Y., November
24, 1876 (age 80 years, 168
days).
Interment at Maple
View Cemetery, Mexico, N.Y.
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Henry F. Snyder —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Mayor
of Albany, N.Y., 1909; postmaster.
Interment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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John Henry Starin (1825-1909) —
also known as John H. Starin —
of Fultonville, Montgomery
County, N.Y.
Born in Sammonsville, Montgomery County (now Fulton
County), N.Y., August
27, 1825.
Republican. Druggist; banker;
postmaster; U.S.
Representative from New York 20th District, 1877-81.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March
21, 1909 (age 83 years, 206
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Fultonville
Cemetery, Fultonville, N.Y.
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Laurens J. Storke (d. 1912) —
of Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Born in Sennett, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Newspaper
editor; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1888;
postmaster; telephone
business.
Died January
26, 1912.
Burial location unknown.
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William Morey Stuart (b. 1883) —
also known as William M. Stuart —
of Canisteo, Steuben
County, N.Y.
Born in Cameron town, Steuben
County, N.Y., May 7,
1883.
Republican. School
teacher; postmaster; author;
member of New York
state assembly, 1937-52 (Steuben County 2nd District 1937-44,
Steuben County 1945-52).
Presbyterian.
Member, Grange;
Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Uri Tracy (1764-1838) —
of Oxford, Chenango
County, N.Y.
Born in Norwich, New London
County, Conn., February
8, 1764.
Democrat. Minister;
postmaster; Chenango
County Sheriff, 1798-1801; Chenango
County Clerk, 1801-15; member of New York
state assembly from Chenango County, 1802-03; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1805-07, 1809-13 (16th District
1805-07, 13th District 1809-13); county judge in New York, 1819-23.
Presbyterian.
Died in Oxford, Chenango
County, N.Y., July 21,
1838 (age 74 years, 163
days).
Interment at Riverview
Cemetery, Oxford, N.Y.
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Barent Van Buren (1776-1849) —
of Ghent, Columbia
County, N.Y.
Born in Kinderhook, Columbia
County, N.Y., June 8,
1776.
Postmaster; member of New York
state assembly from Columbia County, 1818-19.
Christian
Reformed. Dutch
ancestry.
Died in Kinderhook, Columbia
County, N.Y., January
22, 1849 (age 72 years, 228
days).
Interment somewhere
in Ghent, N.Y.
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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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Albert Weed (1855-1938) —
of Ticonderoga, Essex
County, N.Y.
Born in Ticonderoga, Essex
County, N.Y., January
10, 1855.
Republican. Carpenter;
druggist;
fire
insurance business; partner in a clothing
store; director, First National Bank of
Ticonderoga; member of New York
state assembly from Essex County, 1895-96; postmaster.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died in Ticonderoga, Essex
County, N.Y., November
22, 1938 (age 83 years, 316
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Ticonderoga, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Weed and Mary (Hay) Weed; married 1884 to Ida A.
Stevens. |
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Horace Wheaton (1803-1882) —
of Pompey, Onondaga
County, N.Y.; Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born in New Milford, Litchfield
County, Conn., February
24, 1803.
Democrat. Member of New York
state assembly from Onondaga County, 1834; postmaster; U.S.
Representative from New York 24th District, 1843-47; mayor
of Syracuse, N.Y., 1851.
Died in Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., June 23,
1882 (age 79 years, 119
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Syracuse, N.Y.
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Heber Eugene Wheeler (1859-1936) —
also known as Heber E. Wheeler —
of Holcomb, Ontario
County, N.Y.
Born in Bergen, Genesee
County, N.Y., December
24, 1859.
Republican. Merchant;
postmaster; Ontario
County Treasurer, 1904-09; member of New York
state assembly from Ontario County, 1914-17.
Congregationalist.
English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in 1936
(age about
76 years).
Interment at East
Bloomfield Cemetery, East Bloomfield, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Oscar Fitzelan Wheeler and Lucy (Rowley) Wheeler; married, September
22, 1886, to Mary Adams; married to Theda M.
Mead. |
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James Franklin Wiley (1832-1902) —
also known as James F. Wiley —
of Hancock, Waushara
County, Wis.
Born in Gouverneur, St.
Lawrence County, N.Y., May 17,
1832.
Republican. Postmaster; member of Wisconsin
state senate 9th District, 1881-85.
Died in Hancock, Waushara
County, Wis., January
12, 1902 (age 69 years, 240
days).
Interment at Hancock Cemetery, Hancock, Wis.
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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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Michael Winters —
of Great Falls, Cascade
County, Mont.
Born in New York.
Postmaster; mayor
of Great Falls, Mont., 2010-.
Still living as of 2012.
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Eleazer Wooster (1811-1870) —
of Poestenkill, Rensselaer
County, N.Y.
Born in New Hampshire, October
2, 1811.
Lawyer;
postmaster; member of New York
state assembly from Rensselaer County 3rd District, 1866-67.
Died January
11, 1870 (age 58 years, 101
days).
Interment at Hillside Cemetery, Poestenkill, N.Y.
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