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Benjamin Wright Raymond (1801-1883) —
also known as Benjamin W. Raymond —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Rome, Oneida
County, N.Y., October
23, 1801.
Whig. Mayor
of Chicago, Ill., 1839-40, 1842-43.
Presbyterian.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April 5,
1883 (age 81 years, 164
days).
Interment at Graceland
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Ogden Rogers Reid (1925-2019) —
also known as Ogden R. Reid —
of New York.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., June 24,
1925.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; newspaper
editor and publisher; U.S. Ambassador to Israel, 1959-61; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1963-75 (26th District 1963-73,
24th District 1973-75).
Presbyterian. Member, Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died in Waccabuc, Westchester
County, N.Y., March 2,
2019 (age 93 years, 251
days).
Interment at Sleepy
Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.
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Ellis Henry Roberts (1827-1918) —
also known as Ellis H. Roberts —
of Oneida
County, N.Y.
Born in Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y., September
30, 1827.
Republican. Newspaper
editor; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1864,
1868;
member of New York
state assembly from Oneida County 2nd District, 1867; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1871-75 (21st District 1871-73,
22nd District 1873-75); defeated, 1874; banker;
Treasurer of the United States, 1897-1905.
Presbyterian. Welsh
ancestry. Member, Alpha
Delta Phi; Phi
Beta Kappa; Skull
and Bones; American
Historical Association.
Died in 1918
(age about
90 years).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Utica, N.Y.
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James H. Robinson (born c.1907) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn., about 1907.
Liberal. Minister;
candidate for borough
president of Manhattan, New York, 1953.
Presbyterian. African
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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James R. Robinson (b. 1885) —
of Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y.
Born in Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y., June 27,
1885.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Tompkins County, 1923-36.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Eagles;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. James R. Robinson; married to Elsie L.
Williams. |
| | | Image source: New York Red Book
1936 |
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John Davison Rockefeller IV (b. 1937) —
also known as Jay Rockefeller —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 18,
1937.
Democrat. Served
in the Peace Corps; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Kanawha County, 1967-68;
secretary
of state of West Virginia, 1969-72; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from West Virginia, 1972
(alternate), 1976
(alternate), 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
Governor
of West Virginia, 1977-85; defeated, 1972; U.S.
Senator from West Virginia, 1985-.
Presbyterian. Member, Trilateral
Commission.
Still living as of 2014.
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Lewis Kirby Rockefeller (1875-1948) —
also known as Lewis K. Rockefeller —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.; Chatham, Columbia
County, N.Y.
Born in Schenectady, Schenectady
County, N.Y., November
25, 1875.
Republican. Accountant;
Deputy New York State Tax Commissioner, 1915-21; Deputy New York
State Commissioner of Taxation and Finance, 1921-33; chair of
Columbia County Republican Party, 1933-40; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1936;
U.S.
Representative from New York 27th District, 1937-43.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Died in Canaan, Columbia
County, N.Y., September
18, 1948 (age 72 years, 298
days).
Interment at Kinderhook
Cemetery, Kinderhook, N.Y.
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William Pierce Rogers (1913-2001) —
also known as William P. Rogers —
Born in Norfolk, St.
Lawrence County, N.Y., June 23,
1913.
Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Attorney General, 1957-61; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1969-73.
Presbyterian. Member, American Bar
Association; Order of
the Coif.
Received the Medal
of Freedom in 1973.
Died, of congestive
heart failure, in Suburban Hospital,
Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., January
2, 2001 (age 87 years, 193
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Ogden J. Ross (b. 1893) —
of Troy, Rensselaer
County, N.Y.
Born in Troy, Rensselaer
County, N.Y., April 6,
1893.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; railroad
official; member of New York
state senate 31st District, 1933-36; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 31st District, 1938;
general in the U.S. Army during World War II.
Presbyterian.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
New York Red Book 1936 |
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Spencer Booth Russell (1846-1913) —
also known as Spencer B. Russell —
of Mt. Clemens, Macomb
County, Mich.
Born in Jerusalem, Yates
County, N.Y., November
24, 1846.
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; mayor
of Mt. Clemens, Mich., 1881-83.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died in Mt. Clemens, Macomb
County, Mich., November
22, 1913 (age 66 years, 363
days).
Interment at Clinton
Grove Cemetery, Clinton Township, Macomb County, Mich.
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Willis Hubbard Sargent (1896-1976) —
also known as Willis H. Sargent —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.; Pasadena, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., October
11, 1896.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Onondaga County 2nd District, 1925-33; member
of California
state assembly, 1930; delegate to Republican National Convention
from California, 1940;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II.
Presbyterian.
Died in Wellesley Island, Jefferson
County, N.Y., August
22, 1976 (age 79 years, 316
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Syracuse, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Frank C. Sargent. |
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James Buchanan Shearer (1823-1896) —
also known as James Shearer —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Bay City, Bay
County, Mich.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., July 12,
1823.
Builder;
lumber mill
owner; banker;
member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1880-87.
Presbyterian. Scottish
ancestry. Member, Odd
Fellows.
Died in Bay City, Bay
County, Mich., October
14, 1896 (age 73 years, 94
days).
Interment at Elm
Lawn Cemetery, Bay City, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of George Shearer and Agnes (Buchanan) Shearer; brother of George
H. Shearer; married 1850 to
Margaret J. Hutchison. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Portrait & Biographical
Record of Saginaw and Bay counties (1892) |
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Elliott Fitch Shepard (1833-1893) —
also known as Elliott F. Shepard —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Jamestown, Chautauqua
County, N.Y., July 25,
1833.
Republican. Lawyer; law
partner of Theron
R. Strong, 1868-73; banker; newspaper
owner; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1892.
Presbyterian. Member, Union
League; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March
24, 1893 (age 59 years, 242
days).
Entombed at Moravian
Cemetery, New Dorp, Staten Island, N.Y.
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Charles Hitchcock Sherrill (1867-1936) —
also known as Charles H. Sherrill —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Washington,
D.C., April
13, 1867.
Republican. Lawyer;
U.S. Minister to Argentina, 1909-10; general in the U.S. Army during World War
I; U.S. Ambassador to Turkey, 1932-33.
Presbyterian. Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Phi
Delta Phi; Sons of
the Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars; Society
of the War of 1812.
Died in Paris, France,
June
25, 1936 (age 69 years, 73
days).
Interment at South
End Cemetery, East Hampton, Long Island, N.Y.
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Herbert Delano Sibley (1861-1937) —
also known as Herbert D. Sibley —
of Olean, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y.
Born in Napoli, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y., December
8, 1861.
Democrat. Newspaper
editor; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1912;
postmaster at Olean,
N.Y., 1915-24.
Presbyterian.
Died August
30, 1937 (age 75 years, 265
days).
Interment at Pleasant
Grove Cemetery, Ithaca, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Judson Sibley and Ann Eliza (Miller) Sibley; married, June 16,
1884, to Margaret E. Campbell. |
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Richard D. Simons (b. 1927) —
of New York.
Born in Niagara Falls, Niagara
County, N.Y., March
23, 1927.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 5th District, 1963-83; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1983-.
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 1993.
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Cyrus Porter Smith (1800-1877) —
also known as Cyrus P. Smith —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Hanover, Grafton
County, N.H., April 5,
1800.
Whig. Mayor
of Brooklyn, N.Y., 1839-41; member of New York
state senate 2nd District, 1856-57.
Presbyterian.
Died February
13, 1877 (age 76 years, 314
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Henry Perkins Smith III (1911-1995) —
also known as Henry P. Smith III —
of North Tonawanda, Niagara
County, N.Y.
Born in North Tonawanda, Niagara
County, N.Y., September
29, 1911.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of North Tonawanda, N.Y., 1961-63; Niagara
County Judge, 1963-64; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1965-75 (40th District 1965-73,
36th District 1973-75).
Presbyterian. Member, Rotary.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
1, 1995 (age 84 years, 2
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Herbert L. Smith (b. 1867) —
of Cortland, Cortland
County, N.Y.
Born in North Adams, Berkshire
County, Mass., December
23, 1867.
Republican. Dairy supply
business; banker; mayor
of Cortland, N.Y., 1905-06; postmaster at Cortland,
N.Y., 1925-28.
Presbyterian.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Benjamin Smith and Emily (Hall) Smith; married to Adeline
Bennett. |
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Richard G. Smith (1922-1999) —
of Bay City, Bay
County, Mich.
Born in Clinton, Oneida
County, N.Y., September
2, 1922.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; lawyer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Bay County, 1953-56; defeated
in primary, 1950; circuit
judge in Michigan 18th Circuit, 1957-64; appointed 1957;
resigned 1964; candidate for justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1963.
Presbyterian. Member, Kiwanis;
Elks; American
Legion.
Died December
4, 1999 (age 77 years, 93
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1947 to Joyce
Cummings. |
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William T. Smith II (b. 1916) —
of Big Flats, Chemung
County, N.Y.
Born in Corning, Steuben
County, N.Y., January
25, 1916.
Republican. Farmer; restaurant
owner; member of New York
state senate, 1963-86 (49th District 1963-65, 56th District 1966,
51st District 1967-82, 52nd District 1983-86).
Presbyterian. Member, Farm
Bureau; Rotary.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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William Smyth (1819-1898) —
of Owego, Tioga
County, N.Y.
Born in County Londonderry, Ireland (now Northern
Ireland), June 19,
1819.
Republican. School
principal; newspaper
publisher; Tioga
County School Commissioner, 1858-63; village
president of Owego, New York, 1866-69; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1868;
member of New York
state assembly from Tioga County, 1872; postmaster at Owego,
N.Y., 1889-93.
Presbyterian. Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Died in Owego, Tioga
County, N.Y., September
27, 1898 (age 79 years, 100
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Owego, N.Y.
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Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon (1930-2001) —
also known as Gerald B. H. Solomon; "The Congressman
from General Electric" —
of Glens Falls, Warren
County, N.Y.
Born in Okeechobee, Okeechobee
County, Fla., August
14, 1930.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean
conflict; insurance
agent; member of New York
state assembly 110th District, 1973-77; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1976;
U.S.
Representative from New York, 1979-99 (29th District 1979-83,
24th District 1983-93, 22nd District 1993-99).
Presbyterian. Member, Disabled
American Veterans; American
Legion; Farm
Bureau; Grange;
Freemasons;
Shriners;
Kiwanis.
Leading advocate of a Constitutional amendment to ban burning of the
U.S. flag.
Died, of congestive
heart failure, in Queensbury, Warren
County, N.Y., October
26, 2001 (age 71 years, 73
days).
Interment at Saratoga
National Cemetery, Saratoga, N.Y.
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Charles Henry Springer (1857-1916) —
also known as Charles H. Springer —
of Moravia, Cayuga
County, N.Y.; Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Born in Niles, Cayuga
County, N.Y., March 9,
1857.
Republican. Produce
merchant; coal,
lumber,
and feed
dealer; member of New York
state assembly from Cayuga County, 1914.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Rotary.
Suffered a stroke,
and died ten days later, in Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y., June 8,
1916 (age 59 years, 91
days).
Interment at Sand Hill Cemetery, Sempronius, N.Y.
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C. Tracey Stagg (1878-1939) —
of Cayuga Heights, Tompkins
County, N.Y.
Born in Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y., December
16, 1878.
Republican. Lawyer; law
professor; member of New York
state senate 41st District, 1935-39; died in office 1939.
Presbyterian. Member, Phi
Delta Phi; Acacia;
Order of
the Coif; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died July 14,
1939 (age 60 years, 210
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
New York Red Book 1936 |
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Henry Stanberry (1803-1881) —
of Fairfield
County, Ohio; Franklin
County, Ohio.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
20, 1803.
Whig. Ohio
state attorney general, 1846-51; delegate
to Ohio state constitutional convention from Franklin County,
1850-51; U.S.
Attorney General, 1866-68.
Presbyterian.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 26,
1881 (age 78 years, 126
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Eleanor Steber (1914-1990) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Wheeling, Ohio
County, W.Va., July 17,
1914.
Democrat. Opera
singer; performed, Democratic National Convention, 1944.
Female.
Presbyterian.
Died, from congestive
heart failure, in the Attleboro Nursing
Home, Langhorne, Bucks
County, Pa., October
3, 1990 (age 76 years, 78
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Wheeling, W.Va.
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Dean Mallory Stephens (1893-1961) —
also known as D. Mallory Stephens —
of Brewster, Putnam
County, N.Y.
Born in Patterson, Putnam
County, N.Y., December
17, 1893.
Republican. Farmer;
member of New York
state assembly from Putnam County, 1926-52; chair of
Putnam County Republican Party, 1939; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1948
(alternate), 1952.
Presbyterian. Member, Grange.
Died, from a heart
ailment, in New York
Hospital, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
11, 1961 (age 67 years, 25
days).
Interment at Maple
Avenue Cemetery, Patterson, N.Y.
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Joseph Ross Stevenson (1866-1939) —
also known as J. Ross Stevenson —
of Sedalia, Pettis
County, Mo.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; New York City (unknown
county), N.Y.; Baltimore,
Md.; Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Ligonier, Westmoreland
County, Pa., March 1,
1866.
Democrat. Pastor; college
professor; offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,
1912 ; president,
Princeton Theological Seminary, 1914-36.
Presbyterian.
Died in Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J., August
13, 1939 (age 73 years, 165
days).
Interment at Princeton
Cemetery, Princeton, N.J.
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Henry Lewis Stimson (1867-1950) —
also known as Henry L. Stimson —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Huntington, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
21, 1867.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1906-09;
candidate for Governor of
New York, 1910; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1911-13, 1940-45; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1915;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1916,
1920,
1932;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; Governor-General
of the Philippine Islands, 1927-29; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1929-33.
Presbyterian. Member, Skull
and Bones.
Died in Huntington, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., October
20, 1950 (age 83 years, 29
days).
Interment at Memorial
Cemetery of St. John's Church, Laurel Hollow, Long Island, N.Y.
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John Timothy Stone (1868-1954) —
of Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y.; Cortland, Cortland
County, N.Y.; Baltimore,
Md.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Coral Gables, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.
Born in Stow, Middlesex
County, Mass., September
7, 1868.
Republican. Pastor;
offered prayer, Republican National Convention, 1916,
1920.
Presbyterian. Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died, in Presbyterian Hospital,
Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., June 27,
1954 (age 85 years, 293
days).
Interment at Graceland Memorial Park North, Coral Gables, Fla.
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Samuel Studdiford Stratton (1916-1990) —
also known as Samuel S. Stratton —
of Schenectady, Schenectady
County, N.Y.; Amsterdam, Montgomery
County, N.Y.
Born in Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y., September
27, 1916.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; served in the
U.S. Navy during the Korean conflict; candidate for New York
state assembly from Schenectady County, 1950; mayor
of Schenectady, N.Y., 1956-58; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1959-89 (32nd District 1959-63,
35th District 1963-71, 29th District 1971-73, 28th District 1973-83,
23rd District 1983-89); delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1964,
1980,
1984,
1988.
Presbyterian. Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Amvets;
Freemasons;
Eagles.
Died, in a nursing
home, 1990
(age about
73 years).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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William Strong (1808-1895) —
of Reading, Berks
County, Pa.
Born in Somers, Tolland
County, Conn., May 6,
1808.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 9th District, 1847-51; justice of
Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1857-68; resigned 1868; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1870-80; retired 1880.
Presbyterian.
Died in Lake Minnewaska, Ulster
County, N.Y., August
19, 1895 (age 87 years, 105
days).
Interment at Charles
Evans Cemetery, Reading, Pa.
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William Morey Stuart (b. 1883) —
also known as William M. Stuart —
of Canisteo, Steuben
County, N.Y.
Born in Cameron town, Steuben
County, N.Y., May 7,
1883.
Republican. School
teacher; postmaster;
author;
member of New York
state assembly, 1937-52 (Steuben County 2nd District 1937-44,
Steuben County 1945-52).
Presbyterian. Member, Grange;
Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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William Sulzer (1863-1941) —
also known as "Plain Bill" —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J., March
18, 1863.
Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1890-94, 1914 (New York County 14th District
1890-92, New York County 10th District 1893-94, New York County 6th
District 1914); Speaker of
the New York State Assembly, 1893; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1895-1912 (11th District 1895-1903,
10th District 1903-12); delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1896,
1900,
1912
(speaker);
Governor
of New York, 1913; removed 1913; defeated, 1914, 1914.
Presbyterian. German
and Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Impeached
and removed from
office as governor, 1913.
Died in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., November
6, 1941 (age 78 years, 233
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Hillside, N.J.
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Phillips Talbot (1915-2010) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., June 7,
1915.
Newspaper
reporter; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Ambassador to Greece, 1965-69.
Presbyterian. Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; American
Political Science Association; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died October
1, 2010 (age 95 years, 116
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Asa Wentworth Tenney (1833-1897) —
also known as Asa W. Tenney; "Magnetic
Tenney" —
of Lancaster, Coos
County, N.H.; Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Dalton, Coos
County, N.H., May 20,
1833.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, 1877-85; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of New York, 1897.
Presbyterian.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., December
10, 1897 (age 64 years, 204
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Warren Thomas Thayer (1869-1956) —
also known as Warren T. Thayer —
of Chateaugay, Franklin
County, N.Y.
Born in Burke, Franklin
County, N.Y., July 12,
1869.
Republican. Newspaper
publisher; member of New York
state assembly from Franklin County, 1916-20; member of New York
state senate 34th District, 1921-34.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons.
Died, in Alice Hyde Hospital,
Malone, Franklin
County, N.Y., March 2,
1956 (age 86 years, 234
days).
Interment at East
Side Cemetery, Chateaugay, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Alfred Thayer and Hulda (Hall) Thayer; married to Haseltine
Miller. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Norman Mattoon Thomas (1884-1968) —
also known as Norman Thomas —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Marion, Marion
County, Ohio, November
20, 1884.
Socialist. Ordained
minister; candidate for Governor of
New York, 1924, 1938; candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1925 (Socialist), 1929; candidate for New York
state senate 14th District, 1926; candidate for President
of the United States, 1928, 1932, 1936, 1940, 1944, 1948;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 6th District, 1930; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1934; candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1937;
delegate to Socialist National Convention from New York, 1960.
Presbyterian. Member, American Civil
Liberties Union; League
for Industrial Democracy.
Died December
19, 1968 (age 84 years, 29
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Smith Thompson (1768-1843) —
of Dutchess
County, N.Y.
Born in Dutchess
County, N.Y., January
17, 1768.
Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Dutchess County, 1800-01; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1801; Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1802-18; U.S.
Secretary of the Navy, 1819-23; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1823-43; died in office 1843;
candidate for Governor of
New York, 1828.
Presbyterian.
Died in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess
County, N.Y., December
18, 1843 (age 75 years, 335
days).
Interment at Poughkeepsie
Rural Cemetery, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
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Daniel D. Tompkins (1774-1825) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Born in Scarsdale, Westchester
County, N.Y., June 21,
1774.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1801; member of New York
state assembly from New York County, 1802-03; U.S.
Representative from New York 3rd District, 1805; Governor of
New York, 1807-17; Vice
President of the United States, 1817-25; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1821.
Presbyterian or Christian
Reformed. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., June 11,
1825 (age 50 years, 355
days).
Entombed at St.
Mark's-in-the-Bowery Churchyard, Manhattan, N.Y.
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Gardner Towne (1795-1879) —
of Rutland, Jefferson
County, N.Y.; Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y.
Born in Rindge, Cheshire
County, N.H., 1795.
Farmer;
member of New York
state senate 21st District, 1856-57.
Congregationalist;
later Presbyterian.
Died in Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y., June 20,
1879 (age about 83
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Francis Towne and Relief Towne; married 1826 to Dorcas
Eames. |
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Edolphus Towns (b. 1934) —
also known as Ed Towns —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Chadbourn, Columbus
County, N.C., July 21,
1934.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York, 1983-2003 (11th District 1983-93,
10th District 1993-2003); delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1984,
1988,
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Presbyterian or Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Kiwanis;
Phi
Beta Sigma.
Still living as of 2014.
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Uri Tracy (1764-1838) —
of Oxford, Chenango
County, N.Y.
Born in Norwich, New London
County, Conn., February
8, 1764.
Democrat. Minister;
postmaster;
Chenango
County Sheriff, 1798-1801; Chenango
County Clerk, 1801-15; member of New York
state assembly from Chenango County, 1802-03; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1805-07, 1809-13 (16th District
1805-07, 13th District 1809-13); county judge in New York, 1819-23.
Presbyterian.
Died in Oxford, Chenango
County, N.Y., July 21,
1838 (age 74 years, 163
days).
Interment at Riverview
Cemetery, Oxford, N.Y.
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Charles Edward Treman (b. 1868) —
also known as Charles E. Treman —
of Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y.
Born in Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y., October
11, 1868.
Democrat. Merchant;
banker;
New York State Superintendent of Public Works, 1911-13; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1912.
Presbyterian.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Elias Treman and Elizabeth (Lovejoy) Treman; married, December
5, 1900, to Mary A. Bott. |
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George Underwood (1816-1859) —
of Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Born in Cooperstown, Otsego
County, N.Y., January
4, 1816.
Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Cayuga County 2nd District, 1851-52; mayor of
Auburn, N.Y., 1854; resigned 1854.
Presbyterian. Member, Alpha
Delta Phi.
Died in Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y., May 25,
1859 (age 43 years, 141
days).
Interment at Fort
Hill Cemetery, Auburn, N.Y.
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William H. Van Cleef (1857-1934) —
of Seneca Falls, Seneca
County, N.Y.
Born in Seneca Falls, Seneca
County, N.Y., April 9,
1857.
Republican. Farmer;
justice of the peace; member of New York
state assembly from Seneca County, 1924-29.
Presbyterian. Member, Grange.
Died in Seneca Falls, Seneca
County, N.Y., November
20, 1934 (age 77 years, 225
days).
Interment at Restvale
Cemetery, Seneca Falls, N.Y.
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Wilson C. Van Duzer (b. 1894) —
of Middletown, Orange
County, N.Y.
Born in Warwick, Orange
County, N.Y., 1894.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; merchant;
farmer;
member of New York
state assembly from Orange County 2nd District, 1943-64.
Presbyterian. Dutch
ancestry. Member, American
Legion; Rotary;
Junior
Order.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Gladys Wisner. |
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Kiliaen Van Rensselaer (1845-1905) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., February
14, 1845.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; customhouse
broker; Vice-Consul
for Nicaragua in New
York, N.Y., 1901-03.
Presbyterian.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
26, 1905 (age 60 years, 285
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of William Paterson Van Rensselaer and Sarah (Rogers) Van Rensselaer;
married to Olivia Phelps Atterbury; nephew of Henry
Bell Van Rensselaer; grandson of Stephen
Van Rensselaer; grandnephew of Philip
Schuyler Van Rensselaer and Rensselaer
Westerlo; great-grandson of William
Paterson; second great-grandson of Philip
Livingston; second great-grandnephew of Robert
Livingston (1708-1790), Peter
Van Brugh Livingston and William
Livingston; third great-grandson of Dirck
Ten Broeck; third great-grandnephew of John
Livingston, Robert
Livingston (1688-1775) and Gilbert
Livingston; fourth great-grandson of Stephanus
Van Cortlandt, Robert
Livingston the Elder and Pieter
Van Brugh; fourth great-grandnephew of Pieter
Schuyler (1657-1724), Jacobus
Van Cortlandt, Johannes
Cuyler and Johannes
Schuyler (1668-1747); fifth great-grandson of Dirck
Wesselse Ten Broeck; first cousin once removed of Philip
Schuyler; first cousin twice removed of Edward
Philip Livingston and John
Eliot Thayer Jr.; first cousin thrice removed of Philip
P. Schuyler, Peter
Robert Livingston (1737-1794), Walter
Livingston, Philip
Peter Livingston, James
Livingston and Henry
Brockholst Livingston; first cousin four times removed of Stephanus
Bayard, Robert
Gilbert Livingston, Robert
R. Livingston (1718-1775), Pierre
Van Cortlandt, Philip
John Schuyler and Stephen
John Schuyler; first cousin five times removed of Robert
Livingston the Younger, Johannes
Schuyler (1697-1746), Cornelis
Cuyler and John
Cruger Jr.; first cousin six times removed of David
Davidse Schuyler and Myndert
Davidtse Schuyler; second cousin once removed of Edward
Livingston (1796-1840); second cousin twice removed of Pieter
Schuyler (1746-1792), Peter
Samuel Schuyler, Henry
Walter Livingston, Peter
Augustus Jay (1776-1843), William
Alexander Duer, John
Duer, William
Jay and Charles
Ludlow Livingston (1800-1873); second cousin thrice removed of Volkert
Petrus Douw, Nicholas
Bayard, Jeremiah
Van Rensselaer, Robert
Van Rensselaer, Hendrick
Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, Robert
R. Livingston (1746-1813), Philip
Van Cortlandt, Pierre
Van Cortlandt Jr., Killian
Killian Van Rensselaer, Edward
Livingston (1764-1836), Philip
Jeremiah Schuyler and James
Parker; second cousin four times removed of James
Jay, Henry
Cruger, John
Jay and Frederick
Jay; third cousin once removed of Peter
Robert Livingston (1789-1859), Gerrit
Smith, William
Duer, Denning
Duer, Henry
Brockholst Ledyard, Elizabeth
Cady Stanton, John
Jay II and Robert
Reginald Livingston; third cousin twice removed of Leonard
Gansevoort, Leonard
Gansevoort Jr., Jacob
Rutsen Van Rensselaer, James
Alexander Hamilton, Peter
Gansevoort, Hamilton
Fish and John
Cortlandt Parker; fourth cousin of Nicholas
Fish, Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1849-1936), John
Kean, Hamilton
Fish Kean and Charles
Ludlow Livingston (born 1870); fourth cousin once removed of Gilbert
Livingston Thompson, James
Adams Ekin, John
Jacob Astor III, Richard
Wayne Parker, Charles
Wolcott Parker, Herbert
Livingston Satterlee, Peter
Augustus Jay (1877-1933), Bronson
Murray Cutting, Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1888-1991), Robert
Winthrop Kean and Brockholst
Livingston. |
| | | Political families: Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York; VanRensselaer
family of Albany, New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Albert Henry Vestal (1875-1932) —
also known as Albert H. Vestal; Bert
Vestal —
of Anderson, Madison
County, Ind.
Born in Frankton, Madison
County, Ind., January
18, 1875.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 8th District, 1917-32; died in office
1932.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died, from a heart
ailment, in the Navy
Hospital, Washington,
D.C., April 1,
1932 (age 57 years, 74
days).
Interment at Maplewood Cemetery, Anderson, Ind.
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Thomas Waaland (b. 1911) —
of Corning, Steuben
County, N.Y.
Born in Stavanger, Norway,
May
22, 1911.
Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen; glass
manufacturing executive; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1956.
Presbyterian. Member, Tau Beta
Pi; Phi
Gamma Delta.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Waaland and Anna Marie (Simonsen) Waaland; married, April
30, 1938, to Jean McKinley. |
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George Wadsworth II (1893-1958) —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., April 3,
1893.
University
professor; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Nantes, 1917-19; Constantinople, 1919-20; Sofia, 1920; Alexandria, 1920-21; U.S. Consul in Cairo, 1922-24, 1928-31; U.S. Consul General in Bucharest, 1935; Jerusalem, 1936-40; Damascus, 1942-44; Beirut, 1942-44; U.S. Diplomatic Agent to Syria, 1942-44; Lebanon, 1942-44; U.S. Minister to Lebanon, 1944-47; Syria, 1944-47; Iraq, 1946-48; Yemen, 1953-57; U.S. Ambassador to Turkey, 1948-52; Czechoslovakia, 1952-53; Saudi Arabia, 1953-58.
Presbyterian. Member, Alpha
Delta Phi.
Died, of cancer,
March
5, 1958 (age 64 years, 336
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Edmund Waring Wakelee (b. 1869) —
also known as Edmund W. Wakelee —
of Demarest, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y., November
21, 1869.
Republican. Lawyer; utility
executive; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Bergen County, 1899-1900;
member of New
Jersey state senate from Bergen County, 1901-10; member of New Jersey
Republican State Committee, 1910; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New Jersey, 1940.
Presbyterian. Member, American Bar
Association; Delta
Upsilon; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Elks; Royal
Arcanum; Knights
of Honor; Junior
Order.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Nicholas Wakelee and Eliza C. (Ingersoll) Wakelee. |
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Ebenezer William Walbridge (1779-1856) —
also known as Ebenezer W. Walbridge —
of Lansingburgh (now part of Troy), Rensselaer
County, N.Y.
Born in Bennington, Bennington
County, Vt., October
28, 1779.
Lawyer;
banker;
paper
mill business; village
president of Lansingburgh, New York, 1809-10, 1838; member of New York
state assembly from Rensselaer County, 1816-17, 1819-20.
Presbyterian.
Died in Lansingburgh (now part of Troy), Rensselaer
County, N.Y., March
23, 1856 (age 76 years, 147
days).
Interment at Troy
Cemetery, Troy, N.Y.
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Frederic Collin Walcott (1869-1949) —
also known as Frederic C. Walcott —
of Norfolk, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born in New York Mills, Oneida
County, N.Y., February
19, 1869.
Republican. Manufacturer;
banker;
member of Connecticut
state senate, 1925-27; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Connecticut, 1928
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee), 1932;
U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1929-35; defeated, 1934.
Presbyterian.
Died in Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn., April
27, 1949 (age 80 years, 67
days).
Interment at Center
Cemetery, Norfolk, Conn.
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Henry Agard Wallace (1888-1965) —
also known as Henry A. Wallace —
of Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa; South Salem, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born near Orient, Adair
County, Iowa, October
7, 1888.
U.S.
Secretary of Agriculture, 1933-40; Vice
President of the United States, 1941-45; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Iowa, 1940,
1944
(speaker);
candidate for Democratic nomination for Vice President, 1944;
U.S.
Secretary of Commerce, 1945-46; Progressive candidate for President
of the United States, 1948.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Danbury, Fairfield
County, Conn., November
18, 1965 (age 77 years, 42
days).
Interment at Glendale
Cemetery, Des Moines, Iowa.
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Reuben Hyde Walworth (1788-1867) —
also known as Reuben H. Walworth —
of Plattsburgh, Clinton
County, N.Y.; Saratoga Springs, Saratoga
County, N.Y.
Born in Bozrah, New London
County, Conn., October
26, 1788.
Democrat. Lawyer;
colonel in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; U.S.
Representative from New York 12th District, 1821-23; Chancellor
of New York, 1828-47; candidate for Governor of
New York, 1848.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons;
American
Antiquarian Society.
Died in Saratoga Springs, Saratoga
County, N.Y., November
27, 1867 (age 79 years, 32
days).
Interment at Greenridge
Cemetery, Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
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Joseph W. Ward (b. 1891) —
of Caledonia, Livingston
County, N.Y.
Born in Nutley, Essex
County, N.J., June 28,
1891.
Republican. Engineer;
miller;
director of First National Bank of
Caledonia; member of New York
state assembly from Livingston County, 1942-56.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1917 to
Gertrude Hamilton. |
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Tom Warner (b. 1948) —
of Florida.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., February
6, 1948.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Florida
state house of representatives 82nd District, 1993-.
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 1999.
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Nathan A. Warren (c.1856-1944) —
of Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Hubbardston, Worcester
County, Mass., about 1856.
Republican. Physician;
mayor
of Yonkers, N.Y., 1908-09; defeated, 1909; postmaster at Yonkers,
N.Y., 1910-14.
Presbyterian. Member, American Medical
Association; Elks; Odd
Fellows; Foresters.
Died in Oak Bluffs, Martha's Vineyard, Dukes
County, Mass., August
14, 1944 (age about 88
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Walter Warren and Lydia (Read) Warren. |
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Alexander Hamilton Waterman (1825-1856) —
also known as Alexander H. Waterman —
of Little Falls, Herkimer
County, N.Y.
Born in Newport, Herkimer
County, N.Y., November
6, 1825.
Lawyer;
U.S. Consul in Curaçao, 1856.
Presbyterian.
Died in Little Falls, Herkimer
County, N.Y., October
8, 1856 (age 30 years, 337
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Presumably named
for: Alexander
Hamilton |
| | | Relatives: Son of George Washington
Waterman and Catherine (Van Slyke) Waterman; married, September
11, 1850, to Jeannette Frisbee Ingham; first cousin of Robert
Whitney Waterman; second cousin twice removed of David
Waterman; second cousin thrice removed of Matthew
Griswold (1714-1799) and Luther
Waterman; second cousin four times removed of Samuel
Huntington and Samuel
Gager; third cousin once removed of Thomas
Glasby Waterman and William
Harrison Waterman; third cousin twice removed of James
Hillhouse, Roger
Griswold, Elisha
Waterman, Zina
Hyde Jr. and Henry
Arthur Huntington; third cousin thrice removed of John
Davenport, Ebenezer
Huntington, Joshua
Coit, James
Davenport, Samuel
R. Gager, Samuel
H. Huntington, Henry
Huntington, Gurdon
Huntington and Samuel
Austin Gager; fourth cousin of Matthew
Griswold (1833-1919); fourth cousin once removed of Thomas
Hale Sill, Phineas
Lyman Tracy, Albert
Haller Tracy, Frederick
William Lord, Theodore
Sill, Henry
Titus Backus, Thomas
Worcester Hyde, Edmond
Otis Dewey, George
Martin Dewey and Sterry
Robinson Waterman. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Weeks-Bigelow-Andrew-Upham
family; Wolcott-Griswold-Packwood-Brandegee
family of Connecticut; Hosmer-Griswold-Parsons
family of Middletown, Connecticut (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
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William Almon Wheeler (1819-1887) —
also known as William A. Wheeler —
of Malone, Franklin
County, N.Y.
Born in Malone, Franklin
County, N.Y., June 30,
1819.
Republican. Member of New York
state assembly from Franklin County, 1850-51; member of New York
state senate 17th District, 1858-59; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1861-63, 1869-77 (16th District
1861-63, 17th District 1869-73, 18th District 1873-75, 19th District
1875-77); delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1867-68; Vice
President of the United States, 1877-81.
Presbyterian.
Died in Malone, Franklin
County, N.Y., June 4,
1887 (age 67 years, 339
days).
Interment at Morningside
Cemetery, Malone, N.Y.
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William Egbert Wheeler (1843-1911) —
also known as William E. Wheeler —
of Portville, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y.
Born in Mayville, Chautauqua
County, N.Y., November
21, 1843.
Republican. Tannery
manager; lumber
business; banker;
member of New York
state assembly, 1892-93, 1900 (Cattaraugus County 1st District
1892, Cattaraugus County 1893, Cattaraugus County 1st District 1900).
Presbyterian.
Died in Portville, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y., April
28, 1911 (age 67 years, 158
days).
Interment at Chestnut Hill Cemetery, Portville, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of William French Wheeler and Flora (Atkins) Wheeler; brother of Nelson
Platt Wheeler; married to Almira Mersereau; uncle of Alexander
Royal Wheeler; first cousin thrice removed of Hezekiah
Case; first cousin four times removed of Noah
Phelps; first cousin five times removed of Erastus
Wolcott and Oliver
Wolcott Sr.; second cousin once removed of Asahel
Pierson Case; second cousin twice removed of Parmenio
Adams and Amos
Pettibone; second cousin thrice removed of Gaylord
Griswold and Elisha
Phelps; second cousin four times removed of Oliver
Wolcott Jr., Roger
Griswold and Frederick
Wolcott; third cousin once removed of Hiram
Bidwell Case; third cousin twice removed of Norman
A. Phelps, John
Smith Phelps and Almon
Case; third cousin thrice removed of Augustus
Pettibone and Rufus
Pettibone; fourth cousin of Joseph
Wells Holcomb, William
Lucius Case and Arthur
Burnham Woodford; fourth cousin once removed of Charles
Creighton Stratton, Edmund
Holcomb, Francis
William Kellogg, John
Leake Newbold Stratton, Selah
Merrill, William
Walter Phelps, Edmond
Alfred Holcomb, Leonard
Leach Case and Donald
Barr Chidsey. |
| | | Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: New York State
Legislative Souvenir (1893) |
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Christine Todd Whitman (b. 1946) —
also known as Christie Whitman; Christine Temple
Todd —
of Far Hills, Somerset
County, N.J.; Oldwick, Hunterdon
County, N.J.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., September
26, 1946.
Republican. Candidate for U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1990; Governor of
New Jersey, 1994-2001; resigned 2001; Administrator, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, 2001-03; lobbyist.
Female.
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 2014.
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Daniel E. Whitmore (b. 1825) —
of Marathon, Cortland
County, N.Y.
Born in Columbus, Chenango
County, N.Y., January
6, 1825.
School commissioner; wholesale
produce dealer; fire
insurance business; member of New York
state assembly from Cortland County, 1875.
Presbyterian.
Lost a
limb in an accident at age 10.
Burial location unknown.
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Orin S. Wilcox (b. 1898) —
of Theresa, Jefferson
County, N.Y.
Born in Alexandria town, Jefferson
County, N.Y., September
22, 1898.
Republican. Hardware
merchant; farmer;
member of New York
state assembly from Jefferson County, 1945-65.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Grange.
Burial location unknown.
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Hugh Williamson (1735-1819) —
of Edenton, Chowan
County, N.C.
Born in West Nottingham, Chester
County, Pa., December
5, 1735.
Preacher;
university
professor; physician;
member of North Carolina state legislature, 1782; Delegate
to Continental Congress from North Carolina, 1782; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; delegate
to North Carolina convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1788;
U.S.
Representative from North Carolina at-large, 1789-93.
Presbyterian.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 22,
1819 (age 83 years, 168
days).
Entombed at Trinity
Churchyard, Manhattan, N.Y.
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Pliny W. Williamson —
of Scarsdale, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Russellville, Brown
County, Ohio.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state senate, 1935-58 (25th District 1935-44, 31st District
1945-58).
Presbyterian; later Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Phi
Gamma Delta.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
New York Red Book 1936 |
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Edwin Willits (1830-1896) —
of Monroe, Monroe
County, Mich.
Born in Otto, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y., April
24, 1830.
Republican. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; Monroe
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1860-62; member of Michigan
state board of education, 1861-72; postmaster;
member of Michigan
state constitutional commission 2nd District, 1873; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 2nd District, 1877-83.
Presbyterian.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
22, 1896 (age 66 years, 181
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Monroe, Mich.
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William Hartman Woodin (1868-1934) —
also known as William H. Woodin; Will
Woodin —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Berwick, Columbia
County, Pa., May 27,
1868.
President, American Car and Foundry Company, manufacturer of railroad
freight cars; chairman, American Locomotive
Company; music
composer; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1933.
Presbyterian. Member, Lions; Union
League.
Died, from a throat
infection and nephritis,
in the Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 3,
1934 (age 65 years, 341
days).
Entombed at Pine
Grove Cemetery, Berwick, Pa.
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Frank T. Woodworth (b. 1861) —
of Bay City, Bay
County, Mich.
Born in Seneca
County, N.Y., 1861.
Republican. Lumber
business; mayor
of Bay City, Mich., 1903-05.
Presbyterian. Member, Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Frederick W. Wurster (1850-1917) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Plymouth, Washington
County, N.C., April 1,
1850.
Republican. Manufacturer of axles;
owner of a brass
foundry; mayor
of Brooklyn, N.Y., 1896-97; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1896.
Presbyterian. German
ancestry.
Died June 27,
1917 (age 67 years, 87
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Frank L. Young (1860-1930) —
of Ossining, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Port Byron, Cayuga
County, N.Y., October
31, 1860.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Westchester County 3rd District, 1909-12;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1912;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 24th District, 1915;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 9th District, 1922-30; died in office
1930.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arcanum.
Died, from acute
indigestion, in Ossining, Westchester
County, N.Y., May 21,
1930 (age 69 years, 202
days).
Interment at Dale
Cemetery, Ossining, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Levi W. Young and Margaret (Lane) Young; married to Mary Yawger
and Mary Lockwood; married 1916 to Mary
E. Cummings. |
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William Young (b. 1870) —
of Williamsport, Lycoming
County, Pa.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan., April
23, 1870.
Republican. Lawyer; chair of
Lycoming County Republican Party, 1896-97; member of New York
state assembly, 1905-07 (New York County 21st District 1905-06,
New York County 17th District 1907).
Presbyterian. Member, Alpha
Delta Phi; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John M. Young and Caroline (Van Patten) Young. |
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