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John B. Davidson (1855-1932) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Scotland,
February
22, 1855.
Architect;
member of New York
state senate 21st District, 1914; defeated (State Tax), 1922.
Presbyterian. Scottish
ancestry. Member, Grange;
Freemasons;
Royal
Arcanum.
Died in New Rochelle, Westchester
County, N.Y., February
20, 1932 (age 76 years, 363
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Married to Annie Cameron. |
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John C. Davies (b. 1857) —
of Camden, Oneida
County, N.Y.
Born in Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y., January
17, 1857.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Oneida County 3rd District, 1887; chair of
Oneida County Republican Party, 1893-95; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 23rd District, 1894;
New
York state attorney general, 1899-1902; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1900.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Davies and Esther M. (Hempstead) Davies; married, September
9, 1890, to Elma B. Dorrance. |
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Marion Lindsay Dawson —
of Richmond,
Va.; Suffolk
County, N.Y.; Brooksville, Hernando
County, Fla.
Born in Scottsville, Albemarle
County, Va.
Lawyer;
member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1915-19; campaign manager for
Gov. Cary
A. Hardee.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Redmen.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1903 to Alice
Taylor. |
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Alexander Samuel Diven (1809-1896) —
of Angelica, Allegany
County, N.Y.; Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y.
Born in Catharine (now Watkins Glen), Schuyler
County, N.Y., February
10, 1809.
Republican. Lawyer; law
partner of George
Miles, and later, of Samuel
G. Hathaway; railroad
promoter; candidate for New York
state assembly, 1843 (Allegany County), 1854 (Chemung County);
member of New York
state senate 27th District, 1858-59; U.S.
Representative from New York 27th District, 1861-63; general in
the Union Army during the Civil War; mayor of
Elmira, N.Y., 1880-82.
Presbyterian. Irish and
English
ancestry.
Died in Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y., June 11,
1896 (age 87 years, 122
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Elmira, N.Y.
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James Duane Doty (1799-1865) —
also known as James D. Doty —
of Neenah, Winnebago
County, Wis.; Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born in Salem, Washington
County, N.Y., November
5, 1799.
Democrat. Lawyer; federal
judge, 1828-32; member
Michigan territorial council 7th District, 1834-35; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Wisconsin Territory, 1839-41; Governor
of Wisconsin Territory, 1841-44; delegate
to Wisconsin state constitutional convention, 1846; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 3rd District, 1849-53; Governor
of Utah Territory, 1863-65; died in office 1865.
Presbyterian.
Died in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, June 13,
1865 (age 65 years, 220
days).
Interment at Fort
Douglas Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah.
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Ralph Watson Dox (1885-1951) —
also known as Ralph W. Dox —
of Lockport, Niagara
County, N.Y.
Born in Lockport, Niagara
County, N.Y., May 9,
1885.
Lawyer;
U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Nuremberg, 1910-16.
Presbyterian. Member, American
Academy of Political and Social Science.
Died in Lockport, Niagara
County, N.Y., March 3,
1951 (age 65 years, 298
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Lockport, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Isaac Dox and Emma (Watson) Dox. |
| | | Image source: U.S. passport application
(1916) |
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Allen Welsh Dulles (1893-1969) —
also known as Allen W. Dulles;
"Spymaster" —
of Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y., April 7,
1893.
Republican. Foreign Service officer; lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 16th District, 1938; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1940;
director, U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, 1953-61; member,
President's Commission on the Assassination of President KNDY,
1963-64.
Presbyterian. Member, Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died, from influenza
and pneumonia,
in Georgetown University Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., January
28, 1969 (age 75 years, 296
days).
Interment at Green
Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
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John Foster Dulles (1888-1959) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Washington,
D.C., February
25, 1888.
Republican. Lawyer;
major in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1944;
U.S.
Senator from New York, 1949; defeated, 1949; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1953-59.
Presbyterian. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Received the Medal
of Freedom in 1959.
Died of cancer
and pneumonia,
in Washington,
D.C., May 24,
1959 (age 71 years, 88
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Allen Macy Dulles and Edith F. (Foster) Dulles; brother of Allen
Welsh Dulles; married, June 26,
1912, to Janet Pomeroy Avery; grandson of John
Watson Foster; great-grandnephew of John
Welsh; third great-grandnephew of Joshua
Coit; first cousin twice removed of Langdon
Cheves Jr.; first cousin six times removed of Benjamin
Huntington; second cousin once removed of Samuel
Welsh; second cousin thrice removed of Robert
Coit Jr.; second cousin four times removed of John
Davenport, James
Davenport, Henry
Huntington, Gurdon
Huntington and Abel
Huntington; second cousin five times removed of Samuel
Huntington; third cousin of Lewis
Wardlaw Haskell; third cousin twice removed of Alonzo
Mark Leffingwell and William
Brainard Coit; third cousin thrice removed of Ebenezer
Huntington, William
Woodbridge, Zina
Hyde Jr., Isaac
Backus, Theodore
Davenport, Henry
Titus Backus and Benjamin
Nicoll Huntington; fourth cousin once removed of John
Leffingwell Randolph. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Upham
family; Saltonstall-Davis-Frelinghuysen-Appleton
family of Massachusetts (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Cross-reference: Edward
Corsi |
| | | Washington Dulles International Airport
(opened 1962), in Loudoun
and Fairfax
counties, Virginia, is named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — Arlington National
Cemetery unofficial website |
| | | Image source: Time Magazine, August 13,
1951 |
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Walter Evans Edge (1873-1956) —
also known as Walter E. Edge —
of Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J.; Ventnor City, Atlantic
County, N.J.; Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., November
20, 1873.
Republican. Colonel in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
advertising
business; newspaper
publisher; banker;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New Jersey; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1908
(alternate), 1920,
1924,
1928,
1932,
1936
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1940
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1944,
1948,
1952
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1956;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Atlantic County, 1910; member
of New
Jersey state senate from Atlantic County, 1911-16; Governor of
New Jersey, 1917-19, 1944-47; resigned 1919; U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1919-29; U.S. Ambassador to France, 1929-33; delegate
to New Jersey convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933;
candidate for Republican nomination for Vice President, 1936.
Presbyterian; later Episcopalian.
Member, Union
League.
Died, from uremic
poisoning, in Memorial Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
29, 1956 (age 82 years, 344
days).
Interment at Northwood
Cemetery, Downingtown, Pa.
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Hiram H. Edgerton (1847-1922) —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Belfast, Allegany
County, N.Y., April
19, 1847.
Republican. Lumber
business; contractor;
mayor
of Rochester, N.Y., 1908-21.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Elks.
He had been ill for some time, but his condition worsened with the
sudden death of his friend George
W. Aldridge; he collapsed at the viewing and was unable to attend
the funeral; his last words were "George is gone, and I'll join him
soon." Died, in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., June 18,
1922 (age 75 years, 60
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Rochester, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Ralph H. Edgerton and Octavia C. (Penhollow) Edgerton; married 1868 to Medora
L. DeWitt. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Webster Edmunds —
of Cohocton, Steuben
County, N.Y.
Born in Cohocton, Steuben
County, N.Y.
Republican. Farmer; school
teacher; insurance
and real
estate business; member of New York
state assembly from Steuben County 2nd District, 1927-28.
Presbyterian.
Burial location unknown.
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Jacob W. Egelston (1802-1889) —
of Indiana.
Born in Steuben
County, N.Y., May 28,
1802.
Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1838-39; defeated, 1837, 1839;
major in the Union Army during the Civil War.
Presbyterian.
Died in Dearborn
County, Ind., February
10, 1889 (age 86 years, 258
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John George Erhardt (1889-1951) —
also known as John G. Erhardt —
of Coram, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., November
4, 1889.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Athens, 1920; U.S. Consul in Athens, 1920-24; Winnipeg, 1924-26; Bordeaux, 1930-33; U.S. Consul General in Hamburg, 1933-37; London, 1939-41; U.S. Minister to Austria, 1946-50; U.S. Ambassador to South Africa, 1950-51, died in office 1951.
Presbyterian. Member, American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Delta
Upsilon.
Died, from coronary
thrombosis, in Wynberg, Cape Town, South
Africa, February
18, 1951 (age 61 years, 106
days).
Interment at Hamilton
College Cemetery, Clinton, N.Y.; cenotaph at Union
Cemetery, Middle Island, Long Island, N.Y.
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Austin W. Erwin (b. 1887) —
of Geneseo, Livingston
County, N.Y.
Born in West Sparta town, Livingston
County, N.Y., April
26, 1887.
Republican. Lawyer; Livingston
County District Attorney, 1924-31; member of New York
state senate, 1944-62 (44th District 1944, 49th District 1945-54,
53rd District 1955-62).
Presbyterian. Member, Rotary;
American Bar
Association; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Jacob Evertson (1734-1807) —
of Dutchess
County, N.Y.
Born in South Amboy, Middlesex
County, N.J., January
3, 1734.
Member of New York
provincial congress, 1774-75; served in the Continental Army
during the Revolutionary War.
Presbyterian. Dutch
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Pleasant Valley, Dutchess
County, N.Y., May 1,
1807 (age 73 years, 118
days).
Interment at Pleasant
Valley Presbyterian Churchyard, Pleasant Valley, N.Y.
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Benjamin Lewis Fairchild (1863-1946) —
also known as Benjamin L. Fairchild —
of Pelham, Westchester
County, N.Y.; Pelham Manor, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Sweden, Monroe
County, N.Y., January
5, 1863.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1895-97, 1917-19, 1921-23, 1923-27
(16th District 1895-97, 24th District 1917-19, 1921-23, 1923-27);
defeated, 1896 (Independent, 16th District), 1914 (Independence
League, 24th District), 1918 (24th District), 1922 (24th District),
1926 (24th District), 1928 (24th District), 1930 (24th District),
1932 (24th District).
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Pelham Manor, Westchester
County, N.Y., October
25, 1946 (age 83 years, 293
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Guy Leverne Fake (1879-1957) —
also known as Guy L. Fake —
of Rutherford, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in Cobleskill, Schoharie
County, N.Y., November
15, 1879.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Bergen County, 1907-08;
district judge in New Jersey 2nd District, 1909-24; U.S.
District Judge for New Jersey, 1929-48.
Presbyterian. Member, Phi
Gamma Delta; Freemasons;
Elks; Junior
Order; United
Spanish War Veterans; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died in Rutherford, Bergen
County, N.J., September
23, 1957 (age 77 years, 312
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Milton Elwood Fake and Mary Louise (Cook) Fake; married to Grace
Elizabeth Mucklow; first cousin of Kenneth
Hearn Fake. |
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Elbert O. Farrar —
of Onondaga
County, N.Y.; Granville, Washington
County, N.Y.
Born in Middletown Springs, Rutland
County, Vt.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Onondaga County 2nd District, 1882-83.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias.
Burial location unknown.
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John Villiers Farwell (1825-1908) —
also known as John V. Farwell;
"Dutch" —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Lake Forest, Lake
County, Ill.
Born in Painted Post, Steuben
County, N.Y., July 29,
1825.
Republican. Dry goods
merchant; candidate for Presidential Elector for Illinois; mayor
of Lake Forest, Ill., 1871-72.
Presbyterian. Member, Union
League.
Died in Lake Forest, Lake
County, Ill., August
20, 1908 (age 83 years, 22
days).
Interment at Lake
Forest Cemetery, Lake Forest, Ill.
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Thomas Edward Finegan (b. 1866) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in West Fulton, Schoharie
County, N.Y., September
28, 1866.
School
teacher; lawyer; bank
director; Pennsylvania
superintendent of public instruction, 1919-21.
Presbyterian.
Burial location unknown.
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Harold Daniel Finley (b. 1893) —
also known as Harold D. Finley —
of Saratoga Springs, Saratoga
County, N.Y.
Born in Ballston Spa, Saratoga
County, N.Y., November
4, 1893.
Secretary and assistant to Sir Wilfred T. Grenfell, medical
missionary, 1915-16; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Vice Consul in Le Havre, 1920-23; Naples, 1923; U.S. Consul in Patras, 1926; Naples, 1926-27; Edinburgh, 1927-30; Bordeaux, 1933-36; Mexico City, as of 1943; Managua, 1945; Algiers, 1945; U.S. Consul General in Algiers, as of 1947-49.
Presbyterian. Member, Beta
Theta Pi.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Peter Anson Finley and Mary Bell (Ostrom) Finley; married, October
20, 1920, to Virginia Sampson Wheat. |
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Hubert Frederick Fisher (1877-1941) —
also known as Hubert Fisher —
of Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born in Milton, Santa Rosa
County, Fla., October
6, 1877.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, 1912;
member of Tennessee
state senate, 1913-14; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, 1914-17; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 10th District, 1917-31.
Presbyterian. Member, Sigma
Chi.
Died in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., June 16,
1941 (age 63 years, 253
days).
Interment at Old
Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn.
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William Anson Floyd (1734-1821) —
also known as William Floyd —
of New York.
Born in Brookhaven, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., December
17, 1734.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from New York, 1774-77, 1778-83; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; member of New York
state senate, 1777-88, 1807-08 (Southern District 1777-88,
Western District 1807-08); member of New York
council of appointment, 1787; U.S.
Representative from New York 1st District, 1789-91; candidate for
Presidential Elector for New York; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1801.
Presbyterian.
Slaveowner.
Died in Westernville, Oneida
County, N.Y., August
4, 1821 (age 86 years, 230
days).
Interment at Presbyterian
Church Cemetery, Westernville, N.Y.; memorial monument at Constitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.
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Marion Bayard Folsom (1893-1976) —
also known as Marion B. Folsom —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in McRae (now part of McRae-Helena), Telfair
County, Ga., November
23, 1893.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member,
Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, 1953-55; U.S.
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, 1955-58.
Presbyterian. Member, American
Academy of Arts and Sciences; American
Economic Association.
Treasurer of Eastman Kodak Company, 1935-53.
Died September
27, 1976 (age 82 years, 309
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Alexander Robert Fordyce Jr. (b. 1873) —
of Middlesex
County, N.J.; West Orange, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
13, 1873.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Middlesex County, 1904-05.
Presbyterian.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Alexander Robert Fordyce and Margaret Livingston (Hall) Fordyce;
married, November
22, 1905, to Ida McCoy. |
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Clellan S. Forsythe (1895-1953) —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born in Houtzdale, Clearfield
County, Pa., March 6,
1895.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; automobile
dealer; member of New York
state assembly from Onondaga County 2nd District, 1945-48.
Presbyterian. Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons.
On a hunting
trip, he suffered a heart
attack while sitting in his
Jeep, holding a shotgun,
which accidentally
discharged, hitting him in the chest and killing him, on Fox
Island, Cape Vincent, Jefferson
County, N.Y., September
18, 1953 (age 58 years, 196
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Melville Jefferson France (1878-1955) —
also known as Melville J. France —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., October
29, 1878.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, 1915-19.
Presbyterian. Member, American Bar
Association.
Died, in the Cornwallis Inn,
Kentville, Nova
Scotia, July 22,
1955 (age 76 years, 266
days).
Interment somewhere
in Walton, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Jefferson France and Addie (Clark) France; married, October
29, 1904, to Annie Franklin Wilson; married, December
22, 1953, to Adele (Dyott) Hart. |
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Curtiss E. Frank (1904-1990) —
of Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.; Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., November
13, 1904.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Yonkers, N.Y., 1944-49; resigned 1949; publishing
executive.
Presbyterian. Member, Union
League.
Died, from Alzheimer's
disease, in Naples, Collier
County, Fla., February
3, 1990 (age 85 years, 82
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles W. Froessel (b. 1892) —
of Jamaica, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., November
8, 1892.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1938-49 (2nd District 1938-48, 10th
District 1948-49); judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1950.
Presbyterian. Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Elks; American
Legion.
Burial location unknown.
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Claude Moore Fuess (b. 1885) —
also known as Claude M. Fuess —
of Andover, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Waterville, Oneida
County, N.Y., January
12, 1885.
Republican. Instructor
and headmaster,
Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass.; director, Andover National Bank;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1932.
Presbyterian. Member, American
Antiquarian Society; Society
of Colonial Wars.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Louis Philip Fuess and Helen Augusta (Moore) Fuess; married, June 27,
1911, to Elizabeth Cushing Goodhue. |
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Henry Highland Garnet (1815-1882) —
Born in slavery
in New Market, Frederick
County, Md., December
23, 1815.
Minister;
U.S. Minister to Liberia, 1881-82, died in office 1882.
Presbyterian. African
ancestry. Member, American
Anti-Slavery Society.
On February 12, 1865, was the first
Black person to make a speech to the U.S. House of Representatives.
Died in Liberia,
February
13, 1882 (age 66 years, 52
days).
Interment at Palm Grove Cemetery, Monrovia, Liberia.
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Louise Cuyler Gerry (1883-1962) —
also known as Louise C. Gerry —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.; Snyder, Erie
County, N.Y.; Robbinston, Washington
County, Maine.
Born in Robbinston, Washington
County, Maine, June 12,
1883.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1936,
1940.
Female.
Congregationalist
or Presbyterian. Member, Daughters of the
American Revolution; Zonta; Grange.
Died in Robbinston, Washington
County, Maine, June 21,
1962 (age 79 years, 9
days).
Interment at Brewer Cemetery, Robbinston, Maine.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Elbridge Joseph Gerry and Sophia Teresa (Jones)
Gerry. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Lafayette Blanchard Gleason (1863-1937) —
also known as Lafayette B. Gleason; Lafe
Gleason —
of Delhi, Delaware
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Delhi, Delaware
County, N.Y., May 30,
1863.
Republican. Lawyer; chair of
Delaware County Republican Party, 1889-90; clerk of the New York
State Senate, 1906-11; secretary of
New York Republican Party, 1906-37; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1912,
1920,
1932
(alternate); Convention Secretary, 1916,
1920,
1924,
1928,
1936;
speaker, 1920,
1924,
1928.
Presbyterian.
Died, in St. Luke's Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
24, 1937 (age 74 years, 147
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Delhi, N.Y.
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William H. Gleason (1833-1892) —
of Sag Harbor, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.; Newburgh, Orange
County, N.Y.; Newark, Essex
County, N.J.; Hudson, Columbia
County, N.Y.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Durham, Middlesex
County, Conn., September
28, 1833.
Merchant;
lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Suffolk County 1st District, 1864-65; pastor.
Presbyterian.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
21, 1892 (age 58 years, 146
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Norman Judd Gould (1877-1964) —
also known as Norman J. Gould —
of Seneca Falls, Seneca
County, N.Y.
Born in Seneca Falls, Seneca
County, N.Y., March
15, 1877.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1908
(alternate), 1916;
member of New York
Republican State Committee, 1914-22; U.S.
Representative from New York 36th District, 1915-23.
Presbyterian. Member, Newcomen
Society; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Elks.
Died at Geneva Hospital,
Geneva, Ontario
County, N.Y., August
20, 1964 (age 87 years, 158
days).
Interment at Restvale
Cemetery, Seneca Falls, N.Y.
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Scott E. Greene —
of Cooperstown, Otsego
County, N.Y.
Born in Fleischmanns, Delaware
County, N.Y.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of New York
state assembly from Otsego County, 1965.
Presbyterian. Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Rotary;
Elks; Freemasons;
Grange.
Still living as of 1967.
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Thomas Watt Gregory (1861-1933) —
also known as Thomas W. Gregory —
of Austin, Travis
County, Tex.
Born in Crawfordsville (unknown
county), Miss., November
6, 1861.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1904
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1912
(Honorary
Vice-President); U.S.
Attorney General, 1914-19.
Presbyterian. Member, Alpha
Tau Omega.
Died, of pneumonia,
in his room at the Hotel
Pennsylvania, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
26, 1933 (age 71 years, 112
days).
Interment somewhere
in Austin, Tex.
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Frederick Winter Griffith (b. 1858) —
also known as Frederick W. Griffith —
of Palmyra, Wayne
County, N.Y.
Born in Phelps town, Ontario
County, N.Y., December
17, 1858.
Republican. Member of New York
state assembly from Wayne County, 1900-02; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1908;
member of New York
state senate 42nd District, 1910-12; candidate for Presidential
Elector for New York.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons;
Phi
Beta Kappa.
Burial location unknown.
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Henry Watson Griffith (b. 1897) —
also known as Henry W. Griffith —
of Palmyra, Wayne
County, N.Y.
Born in Palmyra, Wayne
County, N.Y., January
1, 1897.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of New York
state senate, 1939-50 (42nd District 1939-44, 47th District
1945-50).
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons;
American
Legion.
Burial location unknown.
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Ebenezer Oliver Grosvenor (1820-1910) —
also known as Ebenezer O. Grosvenor —
of Jonesville, Hillsdale
County, Mich.
Born in Stillwater, Saratoga
County, N.Y., January
26, 1820.
Republican. Banker; merchant;
member of Michigan
state senate 14th District, 1859-60, 1863-64; Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1865-66; Michigan
state treasurer, 1867-70; member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1880-87; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1896;
member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1903.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died in Jonesville, Hillsdale
County, Mich., March
10, 1910 (age 90 years, 43
days).
Interment at Sunset
View Cemetery, Jonesville, Mich.
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Jacob Edward Gunther III (1953-2003) —
also known as Jacob E. Gunther III; Jake
Gunther —
of Forestburgh, Sullivan
County, N.Y.
Born in Middletown, Orange
County, N.Y., June 11,
1953.
Democrat. Glass
business; member of New York
state assembly 98th District, 1993-2003; died in office 2003.
Presbyterian.
Died, of neck
cancer, in St. Peter's Hospital,
Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., July 9,
2003 (age 50 years, 28
days).
Cremated.
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George Marlette Haight (1879-1967) —
also known as George M. Haight —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born in Onondaga Valley, Onondaga
County, N.Y., September
5, 1879.
Democrat. School teacher
and principal; lawyer;
justice of the peace; member of New York
state assembly from Onondaga County 2nd District, 1914, 1924;
defeated, 1915; chair of
Onondaga County Democratic Party, 1920-22, 1932-34; candidate for
New
York state senate 38th District, 1924; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 36th District, 1944.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died, in Crouse Irving Hospital,
Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., April, 1967
(age 87
years, 0 days).
Interment at Onondaga
Valley Cemetery, Onondaga Valley, N.Y.
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Abraham Oakey Hall (1826-1898) —
also known as A. Oakey Hall; "Elegant
Oakey" —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., July 26,
1826.
Republican. Newspaper
reporter; lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1856;
mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1869-72; indicted
and tried in
1871-73 on charges
of covering up corruption during his mayoralty; acquitted.
Presbyterian; later Catholic.
English,
Welsh,
and French
ancestry.
Died, of heart
disease, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
7, 1898 (age 72 years, 73
days).
Entombed at Trinity
Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.
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Clarence Eugene Hancock (1885-1948) —
also known as Clarence E. Hancock —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born in Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., February
13, 1885.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army on the Mexican border; served in the U.S.
Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1927-47 (35th District 1927-45,
36th District 1945-47); alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1928.
Presbyterian. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi; Alpha
Delta Phi.
Died in a hospital
at Washington,
D.C., January
3, 1948 (age 62 years, 324
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Syracuse, N.Y.
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Joseph Rhodes Hanley (1876-1961) —
also known as Joe R. Hanley —
of Muscatine, Muscatine
County, Iowa; Perry, Wyoming
County, N.Y.
Born in Davenport, Scott
County, Iowa, May 30,
1876.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer;
ordained
minister; member of New York
state assembly from Wyoming County, 1927-31; member of New York
state senate 44th District, 1932-43; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1932
(alternate), 1944,
1948;
Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1943-50; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1950.
Presbyterian or Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Rotary;
United
Spanish War Veterans.
Died, in Perry Nursing
Home, Perry, Wyoming
County, N.Y., September
4, 1961 (age 85 years, 97
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John R. Hanley and Katherine (Rhodes) Hanley; married, October
31, 1900, to Henrietta Victoria Robertson. |
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article |
| | | Image source: New York Red Book
1936 |
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William Albert Harbison (b. 1874) —
of White Plains, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Allegheny (now part of Pittsburgh), Allegheny
County, Pa., November
14, 1874.
Republican. Dry candidate for delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Presbyterian. Member, Union
League.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel Pollock Harbison and Emma Jane (Boyd) Harbison; married, November
2, 1911, to Harriet Virginia Euwer. |
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John Marshall Harlan (1899-1971) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., May 20,
1899.
Rhodes
scholar; lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1954-55; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1955-71.
Presbyterian. Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
29, 1971 (age 72 years, 223
days).
Interment at Emmanuel
Church Cemetery, Weston, Conn.
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Charles Smith Havens (1834-1906) —
also known as Charles S. Havens —
of Suffolk
County, N.Y.
Born in Patchogue, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., August
26, 1834.
Democrat. Merchant;
member of New York
state assembly from Suffolk County, 1878.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons.
Died, from a heart
attack, in his general
store, Center Moriches, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., April
23, 1906 (age 71 years, 240
days).
Interment at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Center Moriches, Long Island, N.Y.
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David Hedges (c.1744-1817) —
of Bridgehampton, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born about 1744.
Member of New York
state assembly from Suffolk County, 1785-89, 1803-04, 1805-07; delegate
to New York convention to ratify U.S. constitution from Suffolk
County, 1788.
Presbyterian.
Died November
8, 1817 (age about 73
years).
Interment at Sagg
Burial Ground, Bridgehampton, Long Island, N.Y.
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Charles P. Henderson (1911-1990) —
of Youngstown, Mahoning
County, Ohio.
Born in Youngstown, Mahoning
County, Ohio, March 3,
1911.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; mayor
of Youngstown, Ohio, 1948-54; member, Commission on
Intergovernmental Relations, 1953-55.
Presbyterian. Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Elks; Moose; Eagles;
Phi
Delta Phi.
Died, from a heart
attack, at LaGuardia Airport,
Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., September
15, 1990 (age 79 years, 196
days).
Interment at Belmont Park Cemetery, Liberty Township, Trumbull County, Ohio.
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Francis Hendricks (1834-1920) —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born in Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y., November
23, 1834.
Republican. Banker; mayor
of Syracuse, N.Y., 1880-81; member of New York
state assembly from Onondaga County 2nd District, 1884-85; member
of New
York state senate 25th District, 1886-91; U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1891-93; delegate to Republican National Convention from
New York, 1896,
1904,
1908,
1912,
1916;
New York State Superintendent of Insurance, 1900-06.
Presbyterian.
Died in Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., June 9,
1920 (age 85 years, 199
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Syracuse, N.Y.
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Clarence James Henry (1902-1973) —
also known as Clarence J. Henry; Cass
Henry —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., August
15, 1902.
Republican. Justice of
New York Supreme Court 7th District, 1961-70.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons.
Died, from multiple
myeloma, in a hospital
at Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., August
23, 1973 (age 71 years, 8
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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John Vernon Henry (1767-1829) —
also known as John V. Henry —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in 1767.
Member of New York
state assembly from Albany County, 1799-1802; New York
state comptroller, 1800-01.
Presbyterian.
Died October
22, 1829 (age about 62
years).
Interment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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William Bancroft Hill (c.1858-1945) —
of Poughkeepsie, Dutchess
County, N.Y.
Born in Colebrook, Coos
County, N.H., about 1858.
Lawyer;
pastor;
college
professor; Dry candidate for delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Christian
Reformed or Presbyterian.
Died January
23, 1945 (age about 87
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Elise Weyerhaeuser (daughter of Frederick E.
Weyerhaeuser). |
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Charles Lewis Hoover (1872-1949) —
also known as Charles L. Hoover —
of Edgemont, Fall River
County, S.Dak.; Springfield, Greene
County, Mo.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Oskaloosa, Mahaska
County, Iowa, January
11, 1872.
Superintendent
of schools; botanist;
linguist;
divisional superintendent of schools, Philippine Islands, 1902-09;
U.S. Consul in Madrid, 1909-12; Carlsbad, 1912-14; Prague, 1914-16; Sao Paulo, 1916-20; Danzig, as of 1922; Batavia, as of 1926; U.S. Consul General in Amsterdam, as of 1928-32.
Presbyterian.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April
30, 1949 (age 77 years, 109
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel A. Hoover and Miriam J. (Beardsley) Hoover; married to
Harriet White; married, October
1, 1901, to Helen E. Lowrie; distant cousin *** of Herbert
Clark Hoover. |
| | | Political family: Hoover
family of Palo Alto, California. |
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Frank Jefferson Horton (1919-2004) —
also known as Frank Horton —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.; Bentonville, Warren
County, Va.
Born in Cuero, DeWitt
County, Tex., December
12, 1919.
Republican. Major in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1963-93 (36th District 1963-73,
34th District 1973-83, 29th District 1983-93).
Presbyterian. Member, American Bar
Association; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died, following a stroke,
in a hospital
at Winchester,
Va., August
30, 2004 (age 84 years, 262
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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S. Wentworth Horton (b. 1885) —
of Greenport, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.; Orient, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Greenport, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., October
16, 1885.
Republican. Member of New York
state senate 1st District, 1947-56; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1948.
Presbyterian. Member, Sigma
Phi Epsilon; Phi Mu
Alpha.
Burial location unknown.
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William Lloyd Imes (1889-1986) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., December
29, 1889.
Minister;
Dry candidate for delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; president,
Knoxville College, 1943-47.
Presbyterian. African
ancestry.
Died in 1986
(age about
96 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Benjamin A. Imes and Elizabeth (Wallace) Imes; married, September
9, 1915, to Grace Virginia Frank. |
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Irving McNeil Ives (1896-1962) —
also known as Irving M. Ives —
of Norwich, Chenango
County, N.Y.
Born in Bainbridge, Chenango
County, N.Y., January
24, 1896.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; insurance
business; member of New York
state assembly from Chenango County, 1930-46; Speaker of
the New York State Assembly, 1936; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1947-59; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1948,
1952
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1956;
candidate for Governor of
New York, 1954.
Presbyterian. Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Phi
Beta Kappa; Theta
Delta Chi; Elks; Grange.
Author and sponsor of legislation creating the New York State
Department of Commerce, and the School of Industrial and Labor
Relations at Cornell University.
Died in Chenango Memorial Hospital,
Norwich, Chenango
County, N.Y., February
24, 1962 (age 66 years, 31
days).
Interment at Greenlawn
Cemetery, Bainbridge, N.Y.
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William P. James (b. 1870) —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., January
10, 1870.
Republican. Lawyer;
superior court judge in California, 1905-10; Judge,
California Court of Appeal, 1910-23; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of California, 1923.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of David James and Jane (Parry) James; married 1896 to Ella
V. Haas. |
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Harold Johnson (b. 1928) —
of San Luis Obispo, San Luis
Obispo County, Calif.; Arroyo Grande, San Luis
Obispo County, Calif.
Born in Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., October
8, 1928.
Republican. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from California,
1964;
district judge in California, 1971-.
Presbyterian. Member, Zeta
Psi; American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 1973.
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William Johnson (1771-1834) —
of Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., December
27, 1771.
Member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from St. Philip & St.
Michael, 1787-90, 1794-99; common pleas court judge in South
Carolina, 1799-1800; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1804-34.
Presbyterian.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August
4, 1834 (age 62 years, 220
days). His remains were apparently lost in
transit.
Cenotaph at St.
Philip's Churchyard, Charleston, S.C.
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Lee E. Joslyn (b. 1864) —
of Bay
County, Mich.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Darien, Genesee
County, N.Y., July 23,
1864.
Democrat. Lawyer; Bay
County Circuit Court Commissioner, 1888-92; Bay
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1893-94; candidate for circuit
judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1923.
Presbyterian. Member, Knights
of Pythias; American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Elks; Odd
Fellows.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Benham Joslyn and Amy R. (Foster) Joslyn; married, June 29,
1893, to Alice L. Wilson. |
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