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Victor Maxon Allen (1870-1916) —
also known as Victor M. Allen —
of Petersburg, Rensselaer
County, N.Y.
Born in Petersburg, Rensselaer
County, N.Y., July 14,
1870.
Publishing business; banker; Rensselaer
County Sheriff, 1903; member of New York
state senate 29th District, 1909-12; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 29th District, 1915.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks.
Died in Saranac Lake, Franklin
County, N.Y., September
25, 1916 (age 46 years, 73
days).
Interment at Pleasant
Valley and Meadowlawn Cemetery, Petersburg, N.Y.
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James Arkell (1829-1902) —
also known as "Father of the Paper Sack
Industry" —
of Canajoharie, Montgomery
County, N.Y.
Born in Oxford, England,
October
16, 1829.
Republican. Newspaper
editor; manufacturer and printer of flour bags,
originally from cotton,
then when cotton became scarce during the Civil War, he innovated the
use of paper
bags as a substitute for cotton; his inventions
received dozens of U.S. patents; member of New York
state senate 18th District, 1884-85; in 1885, former General and
President Ulysses
S. Grant died at Arkell's summer home in Mt. McGregor.
Died in Canajoharie, Montgomery
County, N.Y., August
11, 1902 (age 72 years, 299
days).
Interment at Canajoharie Falls Cemetery, Canajoharie, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of William Arkell and Mary (Carter) Arkell; married, July 23,
1853, to Sarah Hall Bartlett; father-in-law of Bernhard
Gillam. |
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Arthur J. Audett (born c.1858) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Hamilton, Ontario,
about 1858.
Republican. Lithographer; member of New York
state assembly, 1895-96 (Kings County 13th District 1895, Kings
County 6th District 1896); member of New York
state senate 4th District, 1901-02.
Member, Royal
Arcanum; Odd
Fellows.
Burial location unknown.
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Anthony Bleecker Banks (b. 1837) —
also known as A. Bleecker Banks —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March 7,
1837.
Democrat. Publishing business; member of New York
state assembly from Albany County 3rd District, 1862; member of
New
York state senate 13th District, 1868-71; mayor of
Albany, N.Y., 1876-78, 1884-86; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1884;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 19th District, 1894.
Episcopalian.
Member, Society
of Colonial Wars.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of David Banks and Harriet (Lloyd) Banks; married to Phebe
Wells. |
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Henry Baum (b. 1871) —
of Woodhaven, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., 1871.
Republican. Printer; member of New York
state assembly from Queens County 6th District, 1920-21, 1925;
defeated, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1933.
Member, Typographical
Union.
Burial location unknown.
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Erastus Flavel Beadle (1821-1894) —
also known as Erastus F. Beadle —
of Cooperstown, Otsego
County, N.Y.
Born in Oswego
County, N.Y., September
11, 1821.
Republican. Publisher of dime novels; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 21st District, 1892.
Died in Cooperstown, Otsego
County, N.Y., December
18, 1894 (age 73 years, 98
days).
Interment at Lakewood
Cemetery, Cooperstown, N.Y.
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William Berri (1848-1917) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., September
12, 1848.
Republican. Carpet
merchant; printing business; newspaper
publisher; officer or director of banks, electric
utilities, and the New York Telephone
Company; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1904,
1908,
1912,
1916;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1915;
member, New York State Board of Regents, 1916-17.
Congregationalist.
Member, Union
League.
In 1911, he was arraigned
on a charge
of criminal
libel over an article he published in his newspaper, brought by
three candidates for Supreme Court, Herbert
T. Ketcham, Patrick
E. Callahan, and William
Willett, Jr.; the case was withdrawn a few days later when the
other two candidates discovered that Willett had indeed (as Berri
charged) paid bribes for his nomination.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., April
19, 1917 (age 68 years, 219
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of William Berri ; married 1869 to
Frances Williams Morris. |
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Orlo Marion Brees (1896-1980) —
also known as Orlo M. Brees —
of Endicott, Broome
County, N.Y.
Born in Canton, Fulton
County, Ill., April
13, 1896.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; newspaper
editor; printing business; author; lecturer;
poet;
member of New York
state assembly from Broome County 2nd District, 1941-52; member
of New
York state senate 45th District, 1952.
Member, American
Legion.
Died in November, 1980
(age 84
years, 0 days).
Interment somewhere
in Peoria, Ill.
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Relatives:
Married 1933 to
Frances W. Freeman. |
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Edward W. Buckley (b. 1877) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Lewiston, Androscoggin
County, Maine, October
14, 1877.
Democrat. Printing executive; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 28th District, 1907-08.
Member, Typographical
Union; Knights
of Columbus; Royal
Arcanum.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Hunter Corregan (b. 1860) —
also known as Charles H. Corregan —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born in Oswego, Oswego
County, N.Y., December
11, 1860.
Socialist. Printer; president,
Central Trades and Labor Assembly of Syracuse, 1892; vice-president,
New York State Federation of Labor, 1893; Socialist Labor candidate
for U.S.
Representative from New York 27th District, 1896; Socialist Labor
candidate for Governor of
New York, 1900, 1928; Socialist Labor candidate for President
of the United States, 1904.
Episcopalian.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William H. Corregan and Susannah (Gilmore) Corregan; married, May 3,
1890, to Margaret Watson. |
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Cornelius J. Cronin —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Printer; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 20th District, 1913.
Burial location unknown.
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Benjamin H. Crosby (b. 1859) —
of Tuckerton, Ocean
County, N.J.
Born in Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., January
17, 1859.
Republican. Printer; newspaper
editor and publisher; fire
chief; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Ocean County, 1908-10.
Methodist.
Burial location unknown.
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George E. Dennen (b. 1884) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., July 3,
1884.
Democrat. Printer; newspaper
reporter; member of New York
state assembly, 1913, 1926-34 (Kings County 10th District 1913,
Kings County 4th District 1926-34).
Member, Typographical
Union.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1905 to May R.
Conklin. |
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Ernest F. Eilert (b. 1866) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Pelham Manor, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born August
1, 1866.
Republican. Printing business; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1904
(alternate), 1912;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; candidate for borough
president of Manhattan, New York, 1921.
Lutheran.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Ernest F. Eilert and Elizabeth C. (Miller) Eilert; married, September
3, 1891, to Emilie M. Meyer. |
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Daniel E. Finn (b. 1845) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Limerick, Ireland,
July
11, 1845.
Democrat. Printer; liquor
dealer; deputy
sheriff; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 1st District, 1885-88,
1895-99.
Irish
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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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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Edward Gilbert (c.1819-1852) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Cherry Valley, Otsego
County, N.Y., about 1819.
Democrat. Printer; newspaper
editor; delegate
to California state constitutional convention from San Francisco
District, 1849; U.S.
Representative from California at-large, 1850-51.
Killed
in a duel with
Col. James W. Denver, near Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif., August
2, 1852 (age about 33
years).
Original interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;
reinterment to unknown location.
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George Hall (1795-1868) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
21, 1795.
Printer; mayor
of Brooklyn, N.Y., 1834, 1855-56; postmaster at Brooklyn,
N.Y., 1841-45.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., April
16, 1868 (age 72 years, 208
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Benjamin Hanford (1861-1910) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, 1861.
Socialist. Printer; typesetter; Socialist Labor
candidate for borough
president of Brooklyn, New York, 1897; Social Democratic
candidate for Governor of
New York, 1898, 1900, 1902; Social Democratic candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1901; candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1904, 1908.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
24, 1910 (age about 48
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
American Monthly Review of Reviews, September 1908 |
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James Harper (1795-1869) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Newtown, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., April
13, 1795.
One of the founders of Harper and Brothers, publishers; mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1844-45.
Died March
27, 1869 (age 73 years, 348
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Philip Jacob Arcularius Harper (1824-1896) —
also known as Philip J. A. Harper —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Hempstead, Queens County (now Nassau
County), Long Island, N.Y.
Born October
21, 1824.
Member of the firm Harper and Brothers, publishers; village
president of Hempstead, New York, 1870.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, from heart and
kidney
trouble, in Hempstead, Queens County (now Nassau
County), Long Island, N.Y., March 6,
1896 (age 71 years, 137
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Ebenezer Hazard (1745-1817) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., January
15, 1745.
Publisher; postmaster at New
York City, N.Y., 1775-76; U.S.
Postmaster General, 1782-89; insurance
business; historian.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., June 13,
1817 (age 72 years, 149
days).
Original interment in unknown location; reinterment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Anson Herrick (1812-1868) —
of New York.
Born in Lewiston, Androscoggin
County, Maine, January
21, 1812.
Democrat. Printer; newspaper
editor and publisher; U.S.
Representative from New York 9th District, 1863-65.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
6, 1868 (age 56 years, 16
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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William H. Hilsdorf —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Socialist. Lithographer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 39th District, 1916, 1930; delegate
to Socialist National Convention from New York, 1920; candidate for
New
York state assembly from Monroe County 5th District, 1920, 1921,
1922; candidate for New York
state comptroller, 1930.
Burial location unknown.
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Evelyn West Hughan (1871-1947) —
also known as Evelyn W. Hughan —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., March, 1871.
Socialist. Stenographer;
publishing executive; candidate for New York
state assembly from New York County 3rd District, 1927, 1933;
candidate for New York
state senate 13th District, 1928; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 13th District, 1932.
Female.
Scottish,
English,
and French
ancestry. Member, War
Resisters League.
Died, in the Wood Nursing
Home, Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., December
12, 1947 (age 76 years, 0
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John M. Hurd (1832-1886) —
of Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Born in Sandwich, Carroll
County, N.H., 1832.
Bookbinder; paper bag
manufacturer; wheelbarrow
manufacturer; mayor of
Auburn, N.Y., 1869.
Died in Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y., 1886
(age about
54 years).
Interment at Fort
Hill Cemetery, Auburn, N.Y.
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Samuel Eaton Jones (1876-1945) —
also known as Samuel E. Jones —
of Norwich, Chenango
County, N.Y.; Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born in Brisben, Chenango
County, N.Y., February
6, 1876.
Printer; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York.
Died in Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., August
11, 1945 (age 69 years, 186
days).
Interment at Onondaga
Valley Cemetery, Onondaga Valley, N.Y.
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A. W. Josephson —
of New York.
Socialist. Printer; delegate to Socialist National Convention
from New York, 1920.
Burial location unknown.
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John Brown Judson (1861-1926) —
also known as John B. Judson —
of Gloversville, Fulton
County, N.Y.
Born in Fulton
County, N.Y., August
20, 1861.
Democrat. Printer; stationer;
candidate for New York
state treasurer, 1900; postmaster at Gloversville,
N.Y., 1915-21.
Died in 1926
(age about
64 years).
Interment at Prospect Hill Cemetery, Gloversville, N.Y.
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George Washington Kingsbury (1837-1925) —
also known as George W. Kingsbury —
of Yankton, Yankton
County, S.Dak.
Born in Lee, Oneida
County, N.Y., December
16, 1837.
Republican. Printer; member
Dakota territorial council, 1863-67; candidate for Presidential
Elector for South Dakota; member of South
Dakota state senate 3rd District, 1895-96; newspaper
editor.
Died in Yankton, Yankton
County, S.Dak., January
28, 1925 (age 87 years, 43
days).
Interment at Yankton
Municipal Cemetery, Yankton, S.Dak.
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Henry W. Knight (c.1846-1917) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Maine, about 1846.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
publishing business; president, Young Men's Republican Club of
Brooklyn, 1884.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died, in Pilcher Hospital,
Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., July 2,
1917 (age about 71
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas J. Lanahan (b. 1871) —
of Mariner's Harbor, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 28,
1871.
Democrat. Linotype operator; member of New York
state assembly from Richmond County, 1909.
Member, Eagles;
Typographical
Union.
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph James Little (1841-1913) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Bristol, England,
June
5, 1841.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
printer; U.S.
Representative from New York 12th District, 1891-93.
Member, Freemasons;
Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
11, 1913 (age 71 years, 251
days).
Interment at Kensico
Cemetery, Valhalla, N.Y.
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James Hilton Manning (1854-1925) —
also known as James H. Manning —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., September
22, 1854.
Democrat. President, Weed Parsons Printing Company; president,
Albany Railway
Company (street railways); president, Hudson River Telephone
Company; president, National Savings Bank of
Albany; mayor of
Albany, N.Y., 1890-94; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1892.
Died, from acute dilation
of heart, in Albany Hospital,
Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., July 4,
1925 (age 70 years, 285
days).
Interment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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Ralph Rappé McKee —
also known as Ralph R. McKee —
of Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio; Tompkinsville, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Born in Upper Sandusky, Wyandot
County, Ohio.
Democrat. Publishing business; tea importing
business; member of New York
state assembly from Richmond County, 1912-13.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John D. McKee and Marian (Rappé) McKee; married, June 8,
1893, to Nora Lowe. |
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John R. Meade (c.1851-1894) —
of New London, New London
County, Conn.
Born in New York, about 1851.
Democrat. Printer; U.S. Consul in Santo Domingo, 1893-94, died in office 1894.
Died, from yellow
fever, in Santo Domingo, Dominican
Republic, January
21, 1894 (age about 43
years).
Burial location unknown.
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David Batcheller Mellish (1831-1874) —
also known as David B. Mellish —
of New York.
Born in Oxford, Worcester
County, Mass., January
2, 1831.
Republican. Printer; school
teacher; newspaper
reporter; appraiser;
U.S.
Representative from New York 9th District, 1873-74; died in
office 1874.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 23,
1874 (age 43 years, 141
days).
Interment at Hillside
Cemetery, Auburn, Mass.
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Charles Metzendorf —
of Woodhaven, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Lithographer; member of New York
state assembly from Queens County 3rd District, 1910.
Burial location unknown.
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Martin Nachtmann (1836-1886) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Germany,
September
29, 1836.
Printer; real
estate and insurance
business; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 8th District, 1869-71, 1877;
candidate for New York
state senate 6th District, 1871.
Died, from bronchitis,
in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
7, 1886 (age 50 years, 69
days).
Interment at Lutheran
All Faiths Cemetery, Middle Village, Queens, N.Y.
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Caleb Cushing Norvell (1813-1891) —
also known as Caleb C. Norvell —
of Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Born in Green
County, Ky., April
24, 1813.
Republican. Newspaper
editor; printer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 1st District, 1870.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
3, 1891 (age 77 years, 285
days).
Interment at Moravian
Cemetery, New Dorp, Staten Island, N.Y.
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David Joseph O'Connell (1868-1930) —
also known as David J. O'Connell —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
25, 1868.
Democrat. Bookseller; U.S.
Representative from New York 9th District, 1919-21, 1923-30;
defeated, 1920; died in office 1930; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1920.
Catholic.
Member, Royal
Arcanum; Elks.
Died in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., December
29, 1930 (age 62 years, 4
days).
Interment at St.
John's Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Luke O'Reilly (b. 1862) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., November
10, 1862.
Democrat. Printer; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 8th District, 1930-34; alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1932.
Irish
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Luke O'Reilly and Margaret (Fitzpatrick)
O'Reilly. |
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Francis Wayland Palmer (1827-1907) —
also known as Frank W. Palmer —
of Jamestown, Chautauqua
County, N.Y.; Dubuque, Dubuque
County, Iowa; Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Manchester, Dearborn
County, Ind., October
11, 1827.
Republican. Newspaper
editor and publisher; printer; member of New York
state assembly from Chautauqua County 2nd District, 1854-55; Iowa
State Printer, 1861-69; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 5th District, 1869-73; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1876;
postmaster at Chicago,
Ill., 1877-85; U.S. Public Printer, 1889-94, 1897-1905.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., December
3, 1907 (age 80 years, 53
days).
Interment at Graceland
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Oliver A. Quayle Jr. (b. 1894) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., March 6,
1894.
Democrat. President, Quayle & Son, bank note engravers; Treasurer
of Democratic National Committee, 1937-41; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from District of Columbia, 1944.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Oliver A. Quayle and Belle K. (Blampied) Quayle; married, June 20,
1915, to Signa Norstrand. |
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Edward F. Reilly (b. 1856) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March 7,
1856.
Democrat. Bookbinder; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 6th District, 1885; defeated,
1882, 1883; member of New York
state senate 6th District, 1886-88.
Irish
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Terence Reilly. |
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George F. Small —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Print cutter; member of New York
state assembly from Erie County 1st District, 1913.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Newhall Taintor (1840-1920) —
also known as Charles N. Taintor —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Pomfret, Windham
County, Conn., November
28, 1840.
Republican. Map and book publisher; New York Commissioner of
Emigration, 1881-89; New York City Police Justice, 1889-95; delegate
to Republican National Convention from New York, 1884;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 7th District, 1888; candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1893; president,
United States Savings Bank,
1910-20.
Member, Psi
Upsilon.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March
12, 1920 (age 79 years, 105
days).
Interment at Linwood
Cemetery, Colchester, Conn.
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Robert Lee Tudor (b. 1874) —
also known as Robert L. Tudor —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Virginia, 1874.
Democrat. Telegrapher;
railway
station agent; publishing business; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 14th District, 1913-17.
Member, Tammany
Hall.
Interment at Tudor
Family Cemetery, Critz, Va.
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Clair Hiram Walbridge (1880-1970) —
also known as Clair H. Walbridge —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, July 15,
1880.
Socialist. Linotype operator; newspaper
compositor; candidate for New York
state assembly from Monroe County 5th District, 1932, 1933;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 39th District, 1936, 1938.
Died in November, 1970
(age 90
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Walker (1779-1832) —
of Rouses Point, Clinton
County, N.Y.
Born in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., January
1, 1779.
Printer; member of New York
state assembly from Clinton County, 1831-32; died in office 1832.
Died in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., January
14, 1832 (age 53 years, 13
days).
Interment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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Michael J. Walsh (b. 1872) —
of Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Pownal, Bennington
County, Vt., May, 1872.
Democrat. Printer; mayor
of Yonkers, N.Y., 1902-03; defeated, 1903; postmaster at Yonkers,
N.Y., 1917-19; real estate
business; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
York, 1920,
1924.
Irish
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Rosetta Cockerill; married, February
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Gilbert Wasserman —
of Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Typesetter; American Labor candidate for New York
state senate, 1950 (17th District), 1954 (19th District);
American Labor candidate for borough
president of Richmond, New York, 1953.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Herbert Moore Wicks (1889-1957) —
also known as Harry M. Wicks; Herbert
Moore —
of Oregon; New York; Pennsylvania.
Born in Arcola, Douglas
County, Ill., December
10, 1889.
Communist. Typesetter; Socialist candidate for U.S.
Representative from Oregon 3rd District, 1918; founding member
Communist Party of America, 1919; Workers candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 23rd District, 1924; Workers
candidate for Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1926; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1932, 1934; expelled from Communist
Party, 1937.
Not to be confused with the British Communist of the same name.
Died in 1957
(age about
67 years).
Burial location unknown.
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William Halsted Wiley (1842-1925) —
also known as William H. Wiley —
of East Orange, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 10,
1842.
Republican. Major in the Union Army during the Civil War; engineer;
publisher of scientific works; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 8th District, 1903-07, 1909-11.
Member, Loyal
Legion.
Died in 1925
(age about
82 years).
Interment at Rosedale
Cemetery, Orange, N.J.
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Erastus Worthington —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Stationer;
bookseller; postmaster at Brooklyn,
N.Y., 1826-31.
Burial location unknown.
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