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Sanford Winslow Abbey (1857-1935) —
also known as Sanford W. Abbey —
of Canandaigua, Ontario
County, N.Y.
Born in Richmond, Ontario
County, N.Y., January
11, 1857.
Democrat. Farmer;
member of New York
state assembly from Ontario County, 1890, 1910; postmaster at Canandaigua,
N.Y., 1916.
Presbyterian. Member, Eagles;
Freemasons.
Died in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., July 18,
1935 (age 78 years, 188
days).
Interment at Lakeview Cemetery, Honeoye, N.Y.
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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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Milo M. Acker (1853-1922) —
of Hornell, Steuben
County, N.Y.
Born in Hartsville, Steuben
County, N.Y., October
3, 1853.
Republican. Lawyer;
director, First National Bank of
Hornell; vice-president, Urbana Wine
Co. ; member of New York
state assembly from Steuben County 2nd District, 1888-91; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 27th District, 1894;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1908.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons.
Died in 1922
(age about
68 years).
Interment at Hornell
Rural Cemetery, Hornell, N.Y.
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Ernest Robinson Ackerman (1863-1931) —
also known as Ernest R. Ackerman —
of Plainfield, Union
County, N.J.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 17,
1863.
Republican. President, Lawrence Portland
Cement Company; banker;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New Jersey; member of New
Jersey state senate from Union County, 1906-11; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1908,
1916;
member of New Jersey
state board of education, 1918-20; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 5th District, 1919-31; died in
office 1931.
Presbyterian. Member, Union
League.
He was elected to the American Philatelic Society Hall of
Fame in 2000.
Died, of heart
disease, in Plainfield, Union
County, N.J., October
18, 1931 (age 68 years, 123
days).
Interment at Hillside
Cemetery, Scotch Plains, N.J.
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James Noble Adam (1842-1912) —
also known as James N. Adam —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Peebles, Scotland,
March
1, 1842.
Democrat. Dry goods
merchant; mayor
of Buffalo, N.Y., 1906-09.
Presbyterian. Scottish
ancestry.
Suffered a stroke of
apoplexy, while visiting his successor's office
in Buffalo City
Hall, and died the next day, in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., February
9, 1912 (age 69 years, 345
days).
Interment at St. Cuthbert's Churchyard, Edinburgh, Scotland.
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Andrew Addison Adams (b. 1864) —
also known as Andrew A. Adams —
of Columbia City, Whitley
County, Ind.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Columbia City, Whitley
County, Ind., January
27, 1864.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1888-92; member of Indiana
Democratic State Committee, 1904; Judge, Indiana Appellate Court,
1910-13; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1912
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee).
Presbyterian. Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Phi
Gamma Delta.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Quincy Adams and Christiana (Elliott) Adams; married 1890 to Lois
Andrew. |
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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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Lyell Thompson Adams (1837-1892) —
also known as Lyell T. Adams —
of New York.
Born in Monticello, Sullivan
County, N.Y., December
26, 1837.
Republican. Minister;
U.S. Consul in Malta, 1875-76; Geneva, 1879-84; Horgen, 1889-91.
Presbyterian.
Bequeathed $4,000 to Yale University.
Died in Horgen, Switzerland,
May
24, 1892 (age 54 years, 150
days).
Interment at Wiltwyck
Cemetery, Kingston, N.Y.
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George Bliss Agnew (1868-1941) —
also known as George B. Agnew —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., 1868.
Republican. Stockbroker;
director of mining
companies and railroads;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1900
(alternate), 1904
(alternate), 1908;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 27th District, 1903-06;
member of New York
state senate 17th District, 1907-10.
Presbyterian. English,
French
Huguenot, Scottish,
and Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Union
League; Sons of
the Revolution.
Died, of pneumonia,
in New York
Hospital, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 21,
1941 (age about 72
years).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Andrew Gifford Agnew and Mary Hervey (Bliss) Agnew; married 1908 to Emily
D. Gruban. |
| | | Image source: New York Red Book
1907 |
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Charles Beatty Alexander (1849-1927) —
also known as Charles B. Alexander —
of Tuxedo Park, Orange
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
6, 1849.
Democrat. Lawyer;
director and counsel for Equitable Life insurance
company; director of the Middletown & Unionville Railroad,
the Hocking Valley Railroad,
and several banks;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1912,
1916
(alternate), 1920;
member, New York State Board of Regents, 1913-27.
Presbyterian. Member, Society
of Colonial Wars; Sons of
the American Revolution; Sons of
the Revolution; Society
of the Cincinnati; American Bar
Association.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
7, 1927 (age 77 years, 63
days).
Interment at Princeton
Cemetery, Princeton, N.J.
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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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Augustus Franklin Allen (1813-1875) —
also known as Augustus F. Allen —
of Ellicott town, Chautauqua
County, N.Y.
Born in Wardsboro, Windham
County, Vt., December
13, 1813.
Democrat. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1867; elected U.S.
Representative from New York 33rd District 1874, but died before
taking office.
Presbyterian.
Died in Jamestown, Chautauqua
County, N.Y., January
20, 1875 (age 61 years, 38
days).
Interment at Lake
View Cemetery, Jamestown, 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; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York.
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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Newton Duelle Alling (1869-1948) —
also known as Newton D. Alling —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Stanford, Dutchess
County, N.Y., March
31, 1869.
Democrat. Banker;
candidate for New York
state assembly, 1894.
Presbyterian.
Died in Dutchess
County, N.Y., August
15, 1948 (age 79 years, 137
days).
Interment at Amenia Island Cemetery, Amenia, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Jehiel Sackett Alling and Ann Eliza (Bertine) Alling; married 1898 to Edythe
Spencer. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Warren Mattice Anderson (1915-2007) —
also known as Warren M. Anderson —
of Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y.
Born in Bainbridge, Chenango
County, N.Y., October
16, 1915.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of New York
state senate, 1953-88 (45th District 1953-54, 47th District
1955-65, 55th District 1966, 47th District 1967-82, 51st District
1983-88); delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1972,
1976,
1980;
Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1985-86.
Presbyterian. Member, American
Legion; American Bar
Association; Alpha
Tau Omega; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died, in Wilson Memorial Regional Medical
Center, Johnson City, Broome
County, N.Y., June 1,
2007 (age 91 years, 228
days).
Interment at Chenango Valley Cemetery, Binghamton, N.Y.
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Walter Gresham Andrews (1889-1949) —
also known as Walter G. Andrews —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Evanston, Cook
County, Ill., July 16,
1889.
Republican. Athletic
coach; major in the U.S. Army during World War I; sales
manager; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1931-49 (40th District 1931-45,
42nd District 1945-49).
Presbyterian. Member, American
Legion; Freemasons.
Died, from a heart
attack, in a hotel at
Daytona Beach, Volusia
County, Fla., March 5,
1949 (age 59 years, 232
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Old
Fort Niagara Cemetery, Youngstown, N.Y.
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Ray Stephens Ashbery (1902-1974) —
also known as Ray S. Ashbery —
of Trumansburg, Tompkins
County, N.Y.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., May 17,
1902.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Tompkins County, 1949-62.
Presbyterian. Member, Rotary.
Died in May, 1974
(age about
72 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1937 to Jean
Bradley. |
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Edward Vose Babcock (1864-1948) —
also known as Edward V. Babcock —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Volney, Oswego
County, N.Y., January
31, 1864.
Republican. Lumber
business; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1916,
1920;
mayor
of Pittsburgh, Pa., 1918-22.
Presbyterian.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., September
2, 1948 (age 84 years, 215
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Homewood
Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of Leaman Burrell Babcock and Harriet Amanda (Vose) Babcock; married
1890 to
Emma Connell; married 1903 to Mary
Dundore Arnold. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Nathaniel Bacon (1802-1869) —
of Niles, Berrien
County, Mich.
Born in Ballston Spa, Saratoga
County, N.Y., July 14,
1802.
Republican. Lawyer; justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1855-57; circuit
judge in Michigan 2nd Circuit, 1858-63, 1867-69; died in office
1869.
Presbyterian.
Died in Niles Township, Berrien
County, Mich., September
9, 1869 (age 67 years, 57
days).
Interment at Silverbrook
Cemetery, Niles, Mich.
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Robert Bacon (1860-1919) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., July 5,
1860.
Republican. Financier;
U.S.
Secretary of State, 1909; U.S. Ambassador to France, 1909-12; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1916; colonel in the U.S. Army during
World War I.
Presbyterian. English
ancestry. Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Died, from infection
following surgery for mastoiditis,
in the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 29,
1919 (age 58 years, 328
days).
Original interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.; reinterment at Walnut Hills Cemetery, Brookline, Mass.
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Andrew D. Baird (1839-1923) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Kelso, Scotland,
October
14, 1839.
Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; stonecutter;
banker;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1884;
candidate for mayor
of Brooklyn, N.Y., 1887, 1889; postmaster at Brooklyn,
N.Y., 1890.
Presbyterian. Scottish
ancestry.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., September
4, 1923 (age 83 years, 325
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Henry Ellsworth Barbour (1877-1945) —
also known as Henry E. Barbour —
of Fresno, Fresno
County, Calif.
Born in Ogdensburg, St.
Lawrence County, N.Y., March 8,
1877.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from California 7th District, 1919-33; defeated,
1932.
Presbyterian. Member, Sigma
Phi.
Died in Fresno, Fresno
County, Calif., March
21, 1945 (age 68 years, 13
days).
Interment at Belmont
Memorial Park, Fresno, Calif.
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Albert Barnes (1798-1870) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Rome, Oneida
County, N.Y., December
1, 1798.
Republican. Minister;
offered prayer, Republican National Convention,
1856.
Presbyterian.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
24, 1870 (age 72 years, 23
days).
Interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Orlando Mack Barnes (1824-1899) —
also known as Orlando M. Barnes —
of Mason, Ingham
County, Mich.; Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Cato, Cayuga
County, N.Y., November
21, 1824.
Democrat. Lawyer; Ingham
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1853; law partner of George
M. Huntington, 1857-65; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Ingham County 1st District,
1863-64; mayor
of Lansing, Mich., 1877-78; candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1878; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Michigan, 1880;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Michigan, 1888; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Michigan.
Presbyterian.
Died in Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., November
11, 1899 (age 74 years, 355
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Lansing, Mich.
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Robert Gaylord Barnes (1914-1977) —
of Dobbs Ferry, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich., October
18, 1914.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Foreign Service officer;
U.S. Ambassador to Jordan, 1964-66; manager of international government relations,
Mobil Oil
Corporation.
Presbyterian. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, in the Albert Einstein College of Medicine Hospital,
Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., October
24, 1977 (age 63 years, 6
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Henry Robertson Barrett (1869-1940) —
also known as Henry R. Barrett —
of White Plains, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Bedford, Westchester
County, N.Y., August
19, 1869.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 24th District, 1915;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1916,
1924
(alternate), 1932
(alternate).
Presbyterian. Member, American Bar
Association; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Elks.
Died, from a heart
attack, in White Plains, Westchester
County, N.Y., February
4, 1940 (age 70 years, 169
days).
Interment at Kensico
Cemetery, Valhalla, N.Y.
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Robert Raymond Barry (1915-1988) —
also known as Robert R. Barry —
of Bronxville, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb., May 15,
1915.
Republican. President, Plumas Mining Co.;
U.S.
Representative from New York, 1959-65 (27th District 1959-63,
25th District 1963-65); defeated, 1964.
Presbyterian. Member, Farm
Bureau; Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick; Alpha
Delta Phi.
Died in Redwood City, San Mateo
County, Calif., June 14,
1988 (age 73 years, 30
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Kenneth Gill Bartlett (1906-1983) —
also known as Kenneth G. Bartlett —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.; Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio.
Born in Plymouth, Wayne
County, Mich., March
13, 1906.
Republican. Dean,
adult education division, University College, Syracuse University,
1946-52; vice president dean of
public affairs, 1953; director of Onondaga County Savings Bank;
member of New York
state assembly 119th District, 1967-70.
Presbyterian. Member, Phi
Kappa Phi; Alpha
Delta Sigma; Sigma
Nu.
Died in October, 1983
(age 77
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Bernice Kleinhans. |
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Witter Johnston Baxter (1816-1888) —
also known as Witter J. Baxter —
of Jonesville, Hillsdale
County, Mich.
Born in Sidney Plains, Delaware
County, N.Y., June 18,
1816.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer; banker;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1856;
member of Michigan
state board of education, 1857-76, 1877-81; appointed 1857;
resigned 1876, 1881; member of Michigan
state senate 9th District, 1877-78.
Presbyterian. Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Odd
Fellows.
Died February
6, 1888 (age 71 years, 233
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Levi Baxter and Lois (Johnston) Baxter; married 1852 to Alice
Beaumont (granddaughter of Myron Holly). |
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Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887) —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.; Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Litchfield, Litchfield
County, Conn., June 24,
1813.
Republican. Minister;
orator;
abolitionist; candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 2nd District, 1867;
in 1872, he was accused
of an adulterous
affair with Mrs. Elizabeth Tilton, the wife of a friend of his;
Beecher's church conducted an investigation
and declared him innocent; in 1874, Elizabeth Tilton's husband
Theodore sued Beecher; a highly-publicized months-long trial
took place in 1875; the jury was unable to reach a verdit.
Presbyterian; later Congregationalist.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., March 8,
1887 (age 73 years, 257
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.; memorial monument at Cadman Plaza Park, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Lyman Beecher and Roxana Ward (Foote) Beecher; brother of Harriet
Beecher Stowe; married, August
3, 1837, to Eunice White Bullard; uncle of George
Buckingham Beecher; second cousin twice removed of Jonathan
Elmer, Ebenezer
Elmer and Eli
Elmer; second cousin thrice removed of Erastus
Wolcott and Oliver
Wolcott Sr.; third cousin of Leveret
Brainard; third cousin once removed of Amaziah
Brainard and Lucius
Quintius Cincinnatus Elmer; third cousin twice removed of Oliver
Wolcott Jr., Roger
Griswold, John
Allen, Frederick
Wolcott, Walter
Keene Linscott, Sidney
Smythe Linscott and Frances
Payne Bolton; third cousin thrice removed of Aaron
Kellogg, Daniel
Chapin and Oliver
Payne Bolton; fourth cousin of Ambrose
Tuttle, Joseph
H. Elmer and George
Frederick Stone; fourth cousin once removed of Gaylord
Griswold, Luther
Walter Badger, Daniel
Kellogg, Gideon
Hotchkiss, Asahel
Augustus Hotchkiss, John
William Allen, Julius
Hotchkiss, Giles
Waldo Hotchkiss, Charles
Francis Chidsey, Ernest
Harvey Woodford and Samuel
Russell Chidsey. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Eastman
family; Walker-Meriwether-Kellogg
family of Virginia (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Cross-reference: Henry
W. Beecher |
| | | The World War II Liberty
ship SS Henry Ward Beecher (built 1942 at Terminal
Island, California; scrapped 1969) was named for
him. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Spencer Hezekiah Beecher (1840-1926) —
also known as Spencer H. Beecher —
of Mason, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Knowlesville, Orleans
County, N.Y., September
27, 1840.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; hardware
business; candidate for mayor of
Mason, Mich., 1885.
Presbyterian. Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in Ionia, Ionia
County, Mich., January
2, 1926 (age 85 years, 97
days).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Mason, Mich.
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Josiah Williams Begole (1815-1896) —
also known as Josiah W. Begole —
of Flint, Genesee
County, Mich.
Born in Groveland, Livingston
County, N.Y., January
20, 1815.
School
teacher; farmer; Genesee
County Treasurer, 1856-64; lumber
business; member of Michigan
state senate 23rd District, 1871-72; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1872;
U.S.
Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1873-75; defeated,
1874, 1880; Governor of
Michigan, 1883-84; defeated (Fusion), 1884.
Presbyterian.
Died in Flint, Genesee
County, Mich., June 5,
1896 (age 81 years, 137
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Flint, Mich.
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Charles Webster Bell (1857-1927) —
of Pasadena, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., June 11,
1857.
Progressive. Fruit
farmer;
real
estate business; Los
Angeles County Clerk, 1899-1903; member of California
state senate, 1907-12; U.S.
Representative from California 9th District, 1913-15.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif., April
19, 1927 (age 69 years, 312
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Altadena, Calif.
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Augustus Witschief Bennet (1897-1983) —
also known as Augustus W. Bennet —
of Newburgh, Orange
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
7, 1897.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 29th District, 1945-47.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons;
Rotary;
Sons
of the American Revolution; Grange;
Phi
Beta Kappa; Psi
Upsilon.
Died in Concord, Middlesex
County, Mass., June 5,
1983 (age 85 years, 241
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Newburgh, N.Y.
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William Stiles Bennet (1870-1962) —
also known as William S. Bennet —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Port Jervis, Orange
County, N.Y., November
9, 1870.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 21st District, 1901-02;
municipal judge in New York, 1903; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1905-11, 1915-17 (17th District
1905-11, 23rd District 1915-17); defeated, 1910 (17th District), 1916
(23rd District), 1936 (19th District), 1944 (21st District); delegate
to Republican National Convention from New York, 1908,
1916;
candidate for Republican nomination for Vice President, 1936;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 15th District, 1938.
Presbyterian. Member, American Bar
Association; Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Elks; Moose; Delta
Chi.
Died in Falkirk Hospital,
Central Valley, Orange
County, N.Y., December
1, 1962 (age 92 years, 22
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Laurel
Grove Cemetery, Port Jervis, N.Y.
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Henry Wilbur Bentley (1838-1907) —
also known as Henry W. Bentley —
of Boonville, Oneida
County, N.Y.
Born in DeRuyter, Madison
County, N.Y., September
30, 1838.
Democrat. Lawyer;
vice-president, First National Bank of
Boonville; U.S.
Representative from New York 23rd District, 1891-93; defeated,
1892; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1896.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Boonville, Oneida
County, N.Y., January
27, 1907 (age 68 years, 119
days).
Interment at Boonville
Cemetery, Boonville, N.Y.
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Walter Hull Berry (b. 1860) —
also known as Walter H. Berry —
of Bennington, Bennington
County, Vt.
Born in Lansingburgh (now part of Troy), Rensselaer
County, N.Y., January
14, 1860.
Republican. Hotel
proprietor; member of Vermont
state senate from Bennington County, 1925-27.
Presbyterian.
Burial location unknown.
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James Gillespie Birney (1792-1857) —
also known as James G. Birney —
of Danville, Boyle
County, Ky.; Huntsville, Madison
County, Ala.; Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio; New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Lower Saginaw, Saginaw County (now Bay City, Bay
County), Mich.
Born in Danville, Boyle
County, Ky., February
4, 1792.
Lawyer;
studied law in the office of Alexander
J. Dallas in Philadelphia; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1816-18; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1819-20; solicitor general of
Alabama, 1823-26; candidate for Presidential Elector for Alabama; mayor
of Huntsville, Ala., 1829; abolitionist; Liberty candidate for President
of the United States, 1840, 1844; candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1843, 1845.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons;
American
Anti-Slavery Society.
While traveling in 1845, the horse he
was riding bucked; he fell and
was injured; his condition worsened over time, leading to tremors and
paralysis, and he died as a result, in Perth Amboy, Middlesex
County, N.J., November
25, 1857 (age 65 years, 294
days).
Interment at Williamsburgh
Cemetery, Groveland, N.Y.
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Bernard Blair (1801-1880) —
of Salem, Washington
County, N.Y.
Born in Williamstown, Berkshire
County, Mass., May 24,
1801.
Whig. Lawyer; banker;
delegate to Whig National Convention from New York, 1839; U.S.
Representative from New York 12th District, 1841-43.
Presbyterian.
Died in Salem, Washington
County, N.Y., May 7,
1880 (age 78 years, 349
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Salem, N.Y.
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J. Seward Bodine (1903-1966) —
of Waterloo, Seneca
County, N.Y.
Born in Waterloo, Seneca
County, N.Y., September
21, 1903.
Lawyer;
county judge in New York, 1949; Judge of New York Court of Claims,
1964.
Presbyterian. Member, Beta
Theta Pi.
Died in January, 1966
(age 62
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Francis J. Boland Jr. (b. 1923) —
of Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y.
Born in Johnson City, Broome
County, N.Y., September
13, 1923.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; dairy farmer; real estate
developer; builder;
excavation
contractor; appraiser;
insurance
business; member of New York
state assembly, 1966-74 (126th District 1966, 124th District
1967-74).
Presbyterian. Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Rotary.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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David Augustus Boody (1837-1930) —
also known as David A. Boody; "Grand Old Man of
Brooklyn"; "Grand Old Man of Wall
Street" —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born, in a log
cabin built by his father, in Jackson, Waldo
County, Maine, August
13, 1837.
Democrat. Lawyer; banker; stockbroker;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1888;
U.S.
Representative from New York 2nd District, 1891; defeated
(Independent Democratic), 1882; resigned 1891; mayor
of Brooklyn, N.Y., 1892-93; defeated, 1893; candidate for
Presidential Elector for New York.
Presbyterian.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
20, 1930 (age 92 years, 160
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Ella Alexander Boole (1858-1952) —
also known as Ella A. Boole; Ella
Alexander —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Van Wert, Van Wert
County, Ohio, July 26,
1858.
Candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1920 (Republican primary), 1920
(Prohibition); president, Women's Christian Temperance Union
(national, 1925-33; world, 1931-47); Dry candidate for delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Female.
Presbyterian. Member, Women's
Christian Temperance Union.
Died, of a stroke,
in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., March
13, 1952 (age 93 years, 231
days).
Interment at Cypress
Hills National Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Francis Eugene Bouck (1873-1941) —
also known as Francis E. Bouck —
of Leadville, Lake
County, Colo.; Denver,
Colo.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
25, 1873.
Democrat. Lawyer;
district judge in Colorado 5th District, 1918-33; justice of
Colorado state supreme court, 1933-41; died in office 1941; chief
justice of Colorado Supreme Court, 1941; died in office 1941.
Presbyterian. Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Elks; Royal
Arcanum.
Died, from a heart
ailment, in Denver,
Colo., November
24, 1941 (age 67 years, 364
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Dr. Francis Anthony Bouck and Pauline Emilie (Raefle) Bouck;
married, November
29, 1900, to Mabel Frankland Worcester; married, August
20, 1917, to Harriet Wolcott Vaile. |
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John Bowman (1782-1853) —
of Clarkson, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born August
29, 1782.
Member of New York
state assembly from Monroe County, 1823; member of New York
state senate 8th District, 1824-26.
Presbyterian.
Died September
14, 1853 (age 71 years, 16
days).
Interment at West
Clarkson Cemetery, Clarkson, N.Y.
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Aubrey Boyles (b. 1878) —
of Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Mt. Pleasant, Monroe
County, Ala., October
9, 1878.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama, 1922-26; candidate
for U.S.
Representative from Alabama 1st District, 1926; promoted
construction of natural
gas pipelines.
Presbyterian. Member, Knights
of Pythias.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Andrew Jackson Boyles and Minnie (Ferrell) Boyles; married, November
5, 1907, to Mary Washington Moody. |
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Sam B. Bradner (1869-1937) —
of Benson, Cochise
County, Ariz.
Born in New York, 1869.
Democrat. Member of Arizona
state house of representatives, 1912-14; Speaker of
the Arizona State House of Representatives, 1912-14.
Presbyterian.
Died in 1937
(age about
68 years).
Burial location unknown.
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John Green Brady (1848-1918) —
also known as John G. Brady —
of Alaska.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 25,
1848.
Republican. Missionary;
co-founder
of the school that later became Sheldon Jackson College, in Sitka,
Alaska; merchant;
Governor
of Alaska District, 1897-1906; forced to
resign as governor in 1906, after an inquiry
about his involvement with the Reynolds-Alaska Development Company.
Presbyterian.
Ill with diabetes,
he suffered a stroke
and died in Sitka,
Alaska, December
17, 1918 (age 70 years, 206
days).
Interment at Sitka
National Cemetery, Sitka, Alaska.
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Alfred Franklin Rice Braley (1827-1880) —
also known as Alfred F. R. Braley —
of Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich.
Born in Albion, Orleans
County, N.Y., October
20, 1827.
Mayor
of Saginaw, Mich., 1867-70.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich., August
6, 1880 (age 52 years, 291
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Saginaw Township, Saginaw County, Mich.
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Henry Skillman Breckinridge (1886-1960) —
also known as Henry Breckinridge; Henry
Breckenridge —
of Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Fresh Meadows, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., May 25,
1886.
Democrat. Assistant Secretary of War, 1913-16; served in the U.S.
Army during World War I; lawyer;
attorney for Charles A. Lindbergh, 1932; Constitutional candidate for
U.S.
Senator from New York, 1934; candidate for Democratic nomination
for President, 1936.
Presbyterian. Member, American Bar
Association; Sons of
the American Revolution; Military
Order of the World Wars; American
Legion; Loyal
Legion; Navy
League.
Died, in St. Vincent's Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 3,
1960 (age 73 years, 344
days).
Interment at Lexington
Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Cabell Breckinridge (1842-1921) and Louise Ludlow (Dudley)
Breckinridge; married, July 7,
1910, to Ruth (Bradley) Woodman; married, August
5, 1927, to Aida (de Acosta) Root; married, March
27, 1947, to Margaret Lucy Smith; nephew of Robert
Jefferson Breckinridge Jr. and William
Campbell Preston Breckinridge; grandson of Robert
Jefferson Breckinridge; grandnephew of Joseph
Cabell Breckinridge (1788-1823), William
Campbell Preston and John
Smith Preston; great-grandson of John
Breckinridge and Francis
Smith Preston; great-grandnephew of James
Patton Preston; second great-grandson of William
Preston and William
Campbell; second great-grandnephew of William
Cabell and Patrick
Henry; first cousin of Levin
Irving Handy and Desha
Breckinridge; first cousin once removed of John
Cabell Breckinridge and Peter
Augustus Porter (1827-1864); first cousin twice removed of James
Douglas Breckinridge, Benjamin
William Sheridan Cabell, James
McDowell, John
Buchanan Floyd and George
Rogers Clark Floyd; first cousin thrice removed of William
Cabell Jr. and William
Henry Cabell; second cousin of Clifton
Rodes Breckinridge and Peter
Augustus Porter (1853-1925); second cousin once removed of Carter
Henry Harrison, William
Lewis Cabell and George
Craighead Cabell; second cousin twice removed of Valentine
Wood Southall, Frederick
Mortimer Cabell, Samuel
Meredith Garland (1802-1880) and Edward
Carrington Cabell; third cousin of Benjamin
Earl Cabell and Carter
Henry Harrison II; third cousin once removed of John
William Leftwich, Stephen
Valentine Southall and Earle
Cabell; fourth cousin of Samuel
Meredith Garland (1861-1945). |
| | | Political families: Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell
family of Virginia; Breckinridge-Preston-Cabell-Floyd
family of Virginia; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Monroe-Grayson-Roosevelt-Breckinridge
family of Virginia and Kentucky (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Henry Colvin Brewster (1845-1928) —
also known as Henry C. Brewster —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., September
7, 1845.
Republican. Banker; U.S.
Representative from New York 31st District, 1895-99; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1900,
1904
(alternate).
Presbyterian. Member, Society
of Colonial Wars; Sons of
the American Revolution; Union
League.
Died in Canandaigua, Ontario
County, N.Y., January
29, 1928 (age 82 years, 144
days).
Originally entombed at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Rochester, N.Y.; reinterment to unknown location.
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Jesse David Bright (1812-1875) —
also known as Jesse D. Bright —
of Madison, Jefferson
County, Ind.; Jeffersonville, Clark
County, Ind.
Born in Norwich, Chenango
County, N.Y., December
18, 1812.
Democrat. State court judge in Indiana, 1834-39; member of Indiana
state senate, 1841-43; Lieutenant
Governor of Indiana, 1843-45; U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1845-62; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1867-71; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Kentucky.
Presbyterian.
Expelled
from the U.S. Senate, February 5, 1862, over alleged disloyalty
to the Union, as evidenced by a letter of introduction he wrote
for an arms merchant, addressed to Confederate president Jefferson
Davis.
Slaveowner.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., May 20,
1875 (age 62 years, 153
days).
Interment at Green
Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
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John Robert Brook (1905-1968) —
also known as John R. Brook —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Woodstock, Windsor
County, Vt.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March
26, 1905.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1944-64 (New York County 15th District 1944, New
York County 9th District 1945-64).
Presbyterian. Member, Phi
Gamma Delta.
Died in Woodstock, Windsor
County, Vt., July 1,
1968 (age 63 years, 97
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1928 to
Elizabeth Munro Waters. |
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Charles Francis Brown (1844-1929) —
of Newburgh, Orange
County, N.Y.
Born in Newburgh, Orange
County, N.Y., September
12, 1844.
Democrat. Lawyer; secretary of
New York Democratic Party, 1874, 1880-82; Orange
County District Attorney, 1875-77; Orange
County Judge, 1878-82; Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1883-96; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1889-92; Justice of the Appellate
Division of the New York Supreme Court 2nd Department, 1893-96;
general counsel, Metropolitan Street
Railway Co., 1897-1901.
Presbyterian. Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Died, from an intestinal
malady, in Newburgh, Orange
County, N.Y., June 19,
1929 (age 84 years, 280
days).
Burial location unknown.
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David L. Brunstrom (1899-1941) —
of Lakewood, Chautauqua
County, N.Y.
Born in Lindsborg, McPherson
County, Kan., March
13, 1899.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Chautauqua County 1st District, 1933-34.
Presbyterian. Member, American
Legion.
Died in 1941
(age about
42 years).
Interment at Harris
Hill Cemetery, Clarence, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. David V. Brunstrom and Catherine (Nelson) Brunstrom; married
1926 to
Kathryn M. Blume. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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George Sturges Buck (b. 1875) —
also known as George S. Buck —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Hyde Park (now part of Chicago), Cook
County, Ill., February
10, 1875.
Republican. Lawyer; Erie
County Auditor, 1912-17; mayor
of Buffalo, N.Y., 1918-21.
Presbyterian. Member, Beta
Theta Pi; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Boswell R. Buck and Maria Catherine (Barnes) Buck; married, October
6, 1903, to Louise Hussey. |
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Robert Lewis Buell (1898-1966) —
also known as Robert L. Buell —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., March 6,
1898.
U.S. Vice Consul in Calcutta, 1925-27; U.S. Consul in Tientsin, as of 1932; Colombo, 1933-37; Berlin, 1941; Singapore, 1941; Rangoon, 1941-42; Calcutta, 1942-43; U.S. Consul General in Léopoldville, 1945-46; Johannesburg, as of 1946; Alexandria, 1947-49.
Presbyterian.
Died in Newport, Newport
County, R.I., July 5,
1966 (age 68 years, 121
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George Clifford Buell and Gertrude (Ackerman)
Buell. |
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Oliver D. Burden (b. 1873) —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born in Nelson, Madison
County, N.Y., March
15, 1873.
Republican. Lawyer;
attorney for Theodore
Roosevelt in the libel case brought by political boss William
Barnes, Jr., 1915; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of New York, 1923-36.
Presbyterian. Member, American Bar
Association; Delta
Chi; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James H. Burden and Lucia (Groesbeck) Burden; married, June 26,
1905, to Irene de Tamble. |
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Aaron Burr (1756-1836) —
also known as Aaron Edwards —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., February
6, 1756.
Democrat. Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary
War; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1784-85, 1797-99, 1800-01 (New York County
1784-85, 1797-99, Orange County 1800-01); New York
state attorney general, 1789-91; appointed 1789; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1791-97; Vice
President of the United States, 1801-05; Killed Alexander
Hamilton in a duel,
July 11, 1804; tried
for treason
in 1807; found not guilty.
Presbyterian.
Slaveowner.
Died, after several strokes,
at the Winants or Port Richmond Hotel,
Port Richmond, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., September
14, 1836 (age 80 years, 221
days).
Interment at Princeton
Cemetery, Princeton, N.J.
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Relatives: Son
of Aaron Burr (1716-1757) and Esther (Edwards) Burr; brother of Sarah
Burr (who married Tapping
Reeve); married, July 2,
1782, to Theodosia (Bartow) Prevost (first cousin twice removed
of Francis
Stebbins Bartow); married 1833 to Eliza
(Bowen) Jumel; father of Theodosia Burr (who married Joseph
Alston); nephew of Pierpont
Edwards; third great-grandson of Thomas
Willett; ancestor of Karla
Ballard; first cousin of Theodore
Dwight and Henry
Waggaman Edwards; first cousin four times removed of Anson
Foster Keeler; second cousin of John
Davenport and James
Davenport; second cousin once removed of Theodore
Davenport; second cousin twice removed of Charles
Robert Sherman; second cousin thrice removed of Charles
Taylor Sherman, William
Tecumseh Sherman, Lampson
Parker Sherman, John
Sherman and Evert
Harris Kittell; second cousin four times removed of Chauncey
Mitchell Depew, Ezekiel
Gilbert Stoddard, Stillman
Stephen Light and Blanche
M. Woodward; second cousin five times removed of Alfred
Walstein Bangs, John
Clarence Keeler, Louis
Ezekiel Stoddard, John
Cecil Purcell and Arthur
Callen Kittell Jr.; third cousin of Benjamin
Tallmadge; third cousin once removed of Frederick
Augustus Tallmadge; third cousin twice removed of Eli
Thacher Hoyt, George
Smith Catlin, John
Appleton, Howkin
Bulkley Beardslee, Joseph
Pomeroy Root and Edward
Williams Hooker; third cousin thrice removed of Greene
Carrier Bronson, Abijah
Catlin, David
Munson Osborne, George
Landon Ingraham, Dwight
Arthur Silliman and Charles
Dunsmore Millard; fourth cousin of Noah
Phelps and Hezekiah
Case; fourth cousin once removed of Parmenio
Adams, Elisha
Phelps, Ambrose
Tuttle, Jesse
Hoyt, Abiel
Case, Henry
Fisk Janes, Jairus
Case, John
Leslie Russell, George
Washington Wolcott, William
Dean Kellogg and Almon
Case. |
| | | Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Cross-reference: Jonathan
Dayton — Nathaniel
Pendleton — John
Smith — John
Tayler — Walter
D. Corrigan, Sr. — Cowles
Mead — Luther
Martin — William
P. Van Ness — Samuel
Swartwout — William
Wirt — Theophilus
W. Smith |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about Aaron Burr: Milton Lomask,
Aaron
Burr: The Years from Princeton to Vice President,
1756-1805 — Milton Lomask, Aaron
Burr: The Conspiracy and Years of Exile, 1805-1836 —
Joseph Wheelan, Jefferson's
Vendetta : The Pursuit of Aaron Burr and the
Judiciary — Buckner F. Melton Jr., Aaron
Burr : Conspiracy to Treason — Thomas Fleming, Duel:
Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr, and the Future of
America — Arnold A. Rogow, A
Fatal Friendship: Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr —
H. W. Brands, The
Heartbreak of Aaron Burr — David O. Stewart, American
Emperor: Aaron Burr's Challenge to Jefferson's
America — Donald Barr Chidsey, The
great conspiracy: Aaron Burr and his strange doings in the
West |
| | | Fiction about Aaron Burr: Gore Vidal,
Burr |
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Joseph Arthur Burr (1850-1915) —
also known as Joseph A. Burr —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., September
11, 1850.
Republican. Lawyer;
Corporation Counsel, city of Brooklyn, 1896-97; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1904-15; appointed 1904;
died in office 1915; Justice of the Appellate Division of the New
York Supreme Court, 1909.
Presbyterian. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Sons of
the Revolution; Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Died, in New York
Hospital, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April
18, 1915 (age 64 years, 219
days).
Interment at Grove
Street Cemetery, New Haven, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Arthur Burr and Harriet (Nash) Burr; married to Ella A.
Dawson. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Thomas H. Bussey (b. 1857) —
of Perry, Wyoming
County, N.Y.
Born in Troy, Rensselaer
County, N.Y., February
25, 1857.
Republican. Manufacturer;
member of New York
state senate 44th District, 1911-14.
Presbyterian. Member, Odd
Fellows; Moose.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Esek Bussey. |
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Benjamin Franklin Butler (1795-1858) —
also known as Benjamin F. Butler —
of Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Kinderhook Landing, Columbia
County, N.Y., December
17, 1795.
Lawyer;
Albany
County District Attorney, 1821-24; member of New York
state assembly from Albany County, 1828; U.S.
Attorney General, 1833-38; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1838-41, 1845-48;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New York.
Presbyterian.
Died in Paris, France,
November
8, 1858 (age 62 years, 326
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Axtell J. Byles (1880-1941) —
of Titusville, Crawford
County, Pa.; Ardsley-on-Hudson, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Titusville, Crawford
County, Pa., October
21, 1880.
Republican. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1908;
president, Tide Water Oil
Company, 1924-26, and of its successor, Tide Water Associated Oil
Company, 1926-33; president, American Petroleum
Institute, 1933-41.
Presbyterian.
Died in Ardsley-on-Hudson, Westchester
County, N.Y., September
28, 1941 (age 60 years, 342
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1905 to
Florence Payne. |
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Gordon K. Cameron —
of Cornwall-on-Hudson, Orange
County, N.Y.
Born in Westfield, Chautauqua
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; insurance
and real
estate business; member of New York
state assembly 96th District, 1967-68.
Presbyterian. Member, American
Legion.
Still living as of 1968.
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Horace Carpenter (b. 1805) —
of Pittsfield Township, Washtenaw
County, Mich.; Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Locke, Cayuga
County, N.Y., December
1, 1805.
Carpenter;
surveyor;
supervisor
of Pittsfield Township, Michigan, 1848-50; Washtenaw
County Treasurer, 1863-64.
Presbyterian.
Burial location unknown.
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Morton F. Case (b. 1840) —
of Pittsfield Township, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Ontario
County, N.Y., August
22, 1840.
Republican. Supervisor
of Pittsfield Township, Michigan, 1876-83, 1884-1901.
Presbyterian.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Richmond Case and Lydia Case; married, February
23, 1865, to Gertrude Dibble. |
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Edmund Bigelow Chaffee (1887-1936) —
also known as Edmund B. Chaffee —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Rose Center, Oakland
County, Mich., February
19, 1887.
Minister;
Dry candidate for delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Presbyterian.
Dropped dead, while making a
speech, at a social work conference in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., September
15, 1936 (age 49 years, 209
days).
Interment at Rose Center Cemetery, Rose Center, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of John K. Chaffee and Marietta (Bigelow) Chaffee. |
| | | Epitaph: "Servant for God and Man,
Toiler for Justice and Peace." |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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George Ellsworth Chamberlin (1872-1952) —
also known as George E. Chamberlin —
of Oneonta, Otsego
County, N.Y.; Lynchburg,
Va.
Born in West Woodstock, Woodstock, Windham
County, Conn., February
17, 1872.
Traveling
salesman; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul
General in Singapore, 1906-10; U.S. Consul in Swatow, 1910; Queenstown, 1910-14; Georgetown, 1914-19; Glasgow, 1919-26; U.S. Consul General in Glasgow, as of 1927-30; Halifax, as of 1932.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons;
American
Geographic Society.
Died in Lynchburg,
Va., December
7, 1952 (age 80 years, 294
days).
Interment at Oak Knoll Cemetery, Palmer, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward Chandler Chamberlin and Maria Jane (Kinney) Chamberlin;
married, September
7, 1911, to Grace Anna Stone. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: U.S. passport application
(1922) |
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William Barclay Charles (1861-1950) —
also known as William B. Charles —
of Amsterdam, Montgomery
County, N.Y.
Born in Glasgow, Scotland,
April
3, 1861.
Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen; cotton
dealer; member of New York
state assembly from Montgomery County, 1904-06; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1908
(alternate), 1928,
1936
(alternate); U.S.
Representative from New York 30th District, 1915-17.
Presbyterian. Scottish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Amsterdam, Montgomery
County, N.Y., November
25, 1950 (age 89 years, 236
days).
Interment at Green
Hill Cemetery, Amsterdam, N.Y.
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Emory Albert Chase (b. 1854) —
also known as Emory A. Chase —
of Catskill, Greene
County, N.Y.
Born in Hensonville, Greene
County, N.Y., August
31, 1854.
Republican. Lawyer;
first vice-president, Catskill Savings Bank;
director, Tanners' National Bank;
president, Catskill Rural Cemetery Association; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 3rd District, 1897-1920; Justice of the
Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 3rd Department,
1900-05; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1906; defeated, 1912.
Presbyterian.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Albert Chase and Laura O. (Woodworth) Chase; married, June 30,
1885, to Mary E. Churchill. |
| | | Image source: Empire State Notables
(1914) |
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Henry Martyn Cheever (b. 1832) —
also known as Henry M. Cheever —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Stillwater, Saratoga
County, N.Y., June 20,
1832.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1899-1900.
Presbyterian. Member, American Bar
Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. Ebenezer Cheever; married to Sarah Buckbee. |
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Guy Warren Cheney (1886-1939) —
also known as Guy W. Cheney —
of Corning, Steuben
County, N.Y.
Born in Fort Covington, Franklin
County, N.Y., February
20, 1886.
Lawyer;
secretary to U.S. Rep. Alanson
B. Houghton, 1919-21; Steuben
County District Attorney, 1922-31; member of New York
state assembly from Steuben County 1st District, 1937-39; died in
office 1939.
Presbyterian. Member, Alpha
Chi Rho; Phi
Delta Phi; Odd
Fellows; Elks; Rotary;
Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons.
Died April
18, 1939 (age 53 years, 57
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Robert Keaton Christenberry (1899-1973) —
also known as Robert K. Christenberry —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill.; Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Fort Lauderdale, Broward
County, Fla.
Born in Huntingdon, Carroll
County, Tenn., January
27, 1899.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; lost his
right hand and wrist in a grenade explosion; U.S. Vice Consul in
Vladivostok, as of 1919; hotel
manager and executive; candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1957; postmaster at New
York City, N.Y., 1958-66 (acting, 1958-59).
Presbyterian. Member, Disabled
American Veterans; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Jesters.
Suffered a stroke,
and died two months later, in Methodist Hospital,
Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., April
13, 1973 (age 74 years, 76
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Calvin Christenberry and Rebecca Arminta (Keaton)
Christenberry; married, August
14, 1929, to Edna Joan LeRoy. |
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Thomas Campbell Clark (1899-1977) —
also known as Tom C. Clark —
Born in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., September
23, 1899.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; U.S.
Attorney General, 1945-49; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1949-67; took senior status 1967.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Eagles;
Delta
Tau Delta.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 13,
1977 (age 77 years, 263
days).
Interment at Restland
Memorial Park, Dallas, Tex.
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Grover Cleveland (1837-1908) —
also known as Stephen Grover Cleveland; "Uncle
Jumbo"; "The Veto Mayor"; "Grover
The Good"; "The Sage of Princeton";
"Dumb Prophet"; "Buffalo Hangman";
"The Veto President"; "Beast of
Buffalo"; "Big Steve" —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.; Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.; Tamworth, Carroll
County, N.H.
Born in Caldwell, Essex
County, N.J., March
18, 1837.
Democrat. Lawyer; Erie
County Sheriff, 1870-73; mayor
of Buffalo, N.Y., 1882; resigned 1882; Governor of
New York, 1883-85; President
of the United States, 1885-89, 1893-97; defeated, 1888.
Presbyterian. Member, Sigma
Chi.
Elected to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1935.
Died in Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J., June 24,
1908 (age 71 years, 98
days).
Interment at Princeton
Cemetery, Princeton, N.J.; statue at City Hall Grounds, Buffalo, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. Richard Falley Cleveland and Anne (Neal) Cleveland; married,
June
2, 1886, to Frances Folsom and Frances
Clara Folsom; father of Richard
Folsom Cleveland (son-in-law of Thomas
Frank Gailor; brother-in-law of Frank
Hoyt Gailor); first cousin once removed of Francis
Landon Cleveland; second cousin of James
Harlan Cleveland; second cousin once removed of James
Harlan Cleveland Jr.; second cousin twice removed of Jonathan
Usher and Joseph
Wheeler Bloodgood; third cousin once removed of John
Palmer Usher and Robert
Cleveland Usher; third cousin thrice removed of Ephraim
Safford and Isaiah
Kidder; fourth cousin once removed of Samuel
Lord and Rollin
Usher Tyler. |
| | | Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Cross-reference: Henry
T. Ellett — Wilson
S. Bissell — David
King Udall — Edward
S. Bragg — Thomas
F. Grady — Lyman
K. Bass — George
B. Cortelyou — J.
Hampton Hoge |
| | | Cleveland counties in Ark. and Okla. are
named for him. |
| | | Mount
Cleveland, a volcano on Chuginadak
Island, Alaska, is named for
him. — The town
of Grover,
North Carolina, is named for
him. — The Cleveland National
Forest (established 1908), in San
Diego, Riverside,
Orange
counties, California, is named for
him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: Grover
C. Cook
— Grover
C. Meyrs
— Grover
C. Talbot
— Grover
C. Helm
— Grover
C. Robertson
— G. C.
Cooley
— Grover
A. Whalen
— Grover
C. Taylor
— Grover
C. Winn
— Grover
C. Luke
— Grover
C. Albright
— Grover
Cleveland Welsh
— Grover
C. Belknap
— Grover
C. Worrell
— Grover
B. Hill
— Grover
C. Dillman
— Grover
C. Brenneman
— Grover
C. George
— Grover
C. Mitchell
— Grover
C. Ladner
— Grover
C. Hall
— Grover
C. Tye
— Grover
C. Cisel
— Grover
C. Hedrick
— Grover
C. Hunter
— Grover
C. Montgomery
— Grover
C. Farwell
— Grover
C. Gillingham
— Grover
C. Studivan
— Grover
C. Layne
— Grover
C. Hudson
— Grover
C. Combs
— Grover
C. Snyder
— Grover
C. Guernsey
— Grover
C. Henderson
— Grover
C. Smith
— Grover
C. Jackson
— Grover
C. Hunter
— Grover
C. Bower
— Grover
C. Land
— Grover
C. Moritz
— Grover
C. Gregg
— Grover
C. Richman, Jr.
— Grover
C. Anderson
— Grover
C. Chriss
— Grover
C. Criswell
— Grover
C. Brown
— Grover
C. Robinson III
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| | | Coins and currency: His portrait
appeared on the U.S. $20 bill (1914-28), and on the $1,000 bill
(1928-46). |
| | | Campaign slogan (1884): "We love him
for the enemies he has made." |
| | | Opposition slogan (1884): "Ma, Ma,
Where's My Pa?" |
| | | See also National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books about Grover Cleveland: Alyn
Brodsky, Grover
Cleveland : A Study in Character — H. Paul Jeffers, An
Honest President: The Life and Presidencies of Grover
Cleveland — Mark Wahlgren Summers, Rum,
Romanism, & Rebellion : The Making of a President,
1884 — Henry F. Graff, Grover
Cleveland — Troy Senik, A
Man of Iron: The Turbulent Life and Improbable Presidency of Grover
Cleveland — Jeff C. Young, Grover
Cleveland (for young readers) |
| | | Critical books about Grover Cleveland:
Matthew Algeo, The
President Is a Sick Man: the Supposedly Virtuous Grover Cleveland
Survives a Secret Surgery at Sea and Vilifies the Courageous
Newspaperman Who Dared Expose the Truth — Charles
Lachman, A
Secret Life : The Lies and Scandals of President Grover
Cleveland |
| | | Image source: New York Red Book
1896 |
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George Henry Cobb (b. 1864) —
also known as George H. Cobb —
of Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y.
Born in Hounsfield town, Jefferson
County, N.Y., 1864.
Republican. Lawyer; Jefferson
County District Attorney, 1899; member of New York
state senate 35th District, 1905-12; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1908;
Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1910.
Presbyterian. English,
Scottish,
and Dutch
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Elijah Cobb and Emily (Crandall) Cobb; married, April
19, 1893, to Louisa Wenzel. |
| | | Image source: New York Red Book
1907 |
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Charles Woolsey Cole (1906-1978) —
also known as Charles W. Cole —
of Amherst, Hampshire
County, Mass.; New York.
Born in Montclair, Essex
County, N.J., February
8, 1906.
University
professor; President
of Amherst College, 1946-60; U.S. Ambassador to Chile, 1961-64.
Presbyterian. Member, American
Academy of Arts and Sciences; American
Association of University Professors; Council on
Foreign Relations; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Delta
Sigma Rho; American
Historical Association; American
Economic Association.
Died in 1978
(age about
72 years).
Burial location unknown.
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William Sterling Cole (1904-1987) —
also known as W. Sterling Cole —
of Bath, Steuben
County, N.Y.
Born in Painted Post, Steuben
County, N.Y., April
18, 1904.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1935-57 (37th District 1935-45,
39th District 1945-53, 37th District 1953-57).
Presbyterian. Member, Sigma
Nu; Phi
Beta Kappa; Pi
Delta Epsilon; Delta
Sigma Rho; Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March
15, 1987 (age 82 years, 331
days).
Interment somewhere
in Bath, N.Y.
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William Thomas Coleman (b. 1867) —
also known as William T. Coleman —
of Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y.
Born in Madison Township, Armstrong
County, Pa., April
20, 1867.
Republican. Grocer; mayor of
Elmira, N.Y., 1905.
Presbyterian. Scotch-Irish
and German
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Royal
Arcanum.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Coleman and Mary E. (Langler) Coleman; married, September
16, 1896, to Mary J. Espey. |
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Addison Beecher Colvin (1858-1939) —
also known as Addison B. Colvin —
of Glens Falls, Warren
County, N.Y.
Born in Glens Falls, Warren
County, N.Y., December
15, 1858.
Republican. Newspaper
editor and publisher; New York
state treasurer, 1894-98; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1896.
Presbyterian.
Died, from liver
cancer, in Glens Falls, Warren
County, N.Y., June 21,
1939 (age 80 years, 188
days).
Interment at Pineview
Cemetery, Glens Falls, N.Y.
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Harry E. Colwell —
of New Rochelle, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Republican. Banker; real
estate and insurance
business; mayor
of New Rochelle, N.Y., 1910-11; defeated, 1911; Westchester
County Treasurer, 1919-25; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1920.
Presbyterian.
Burial location unknown.
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Don W. Cook (b. 1919) —
of Henrietta, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., July 8,
1919.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;
member of New York
state assembly 135th District, 1967-75.
Presbyterian. Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Lions.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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John H. Cooke (b. 1911) —
of Alden, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Jamestown, Chautauqua
County, N.Y., June 29,
1911.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state senate, 1951-62 (51st District 1951-54, 57th District
1955-62); Judge of New York Court of Claims, 1962-64.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Richard T. Cooke (b. 1913) —
of Alden, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Alden, Erie
County, N.Y., July 5,
1913.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state senate 57th District, 1963-64.
Presbyterian. Member, American
Legion; Kiwanis.
Burial location unknown.
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Henry Perrin Coon (1822-1884) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Columbia
County, N.Y., September
30, 1822.
Physician;
state court judge in California, 1856-60; mayor
of San Francisco, Calif., 1863-67.
Presbyterian.
Died of heart
failure in the Palace Hotel, San
Francisco, Calif., December
4, 1884 (age 62 years, 65
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Oakland, Calif.
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Hovey E. Copley (b. 1869) —
of Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y.
Born in Chemung town, Chemung
County, N.Y., May 2,
1869.
Republican. Farmer; Chemung
County Clerk; member of New York
state assembly from Chemung County, 1924-26.
Presbyterian.
Burial location unknown.
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George Washington Covington (1838-1911) —
also known as George W. Covington —
of Snow Hill, Worcester
County, Md.
Born in Berlin, Worcester
County, Md., September
12, 1838.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to Maryland state constitutional convention, 1867; attorney for
Pennsylvania Railroad;
director, Delaware Railway
Company; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 1st District, 1881-85.
Presbyterian.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April 6,
1911 (age 72 years, 206
days).
Interment at All
Hallows Cemetery, Snow Hill, Md.
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Arthur Griswold Crane (1877-1955) —
also known as A. G. Crane —
of Cheyenne, Laramie
County, Wyo.
Born in Davenport Center, Delaware
County, N.Y., September
1, 1877.
Republican. Secretary
of state of Wyoming, 1947-51; Governor of
Wyoming, 1949-51.
Presbyterian. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Sigma Rho; Phi
Delta Kappa; Freemasons.
Died August
21, 1955 (age 77 years, 354
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Edward P. Crane —
of Pennsylvania; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Minister;
U.S. Consul in Stuttgart, 1887-90; Hanover, 1893-98.
Presbyterian.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Miller Croswell (1825-1886) —
also known as Charles M. Croswell —
of Adrian, Lenawee
County, Mich.
Born in Newburgh, Orange
County, N.Y., October
31, 1825.
Republican. Carpenter;
contractor;
lawyer;
Lenawee
County Register of Deeds, 1851-54; law partner of Thomas
M. Cooley, 1855; mayor of
Adrian, Mich., 1862-63; member of Michigan
state senate, 1863-66, 1867-68 (10th District 1863-66, 8th
District 1867-68); delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention, 1867; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Michigan; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Lenawee County 4th District,
1873-74; Speaker of
the Michigan State House of Representatives, 1873-74; Governor of
Michigan, 1877-80.
Presbyterian. Scotch-Irish
and Dutch
ancestry.
Died in Adrian, Lenawee
County, Mich., December
13, 1886 (age 61 years, 43
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Adrian, Mich.
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Warren Wardlaw Cunningham (1885-1953) —
also known as Warren W. Cunningham —
of Scarsdale, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J., October
11, 1885.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Scarsdale, N.Y., 1927-29.
Presbyterian. Member, American Bar
Association.
Died November
10, 1953 (age 68 years, 30
days).
Interment at St.
James the Less Cemetery, Scarsdale, N.Y.
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