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Franklin Peleg Randall (1812-1892) —
also known as Franklin P. Randall —
of Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind.
Born in Madison
County, N.Y., June 2,
1812.
School
teacher; lawyer;
railroad promoter; candidate for Indiana
state house of representatives, 1845; member of Indiana
state senate, 1847-50; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Indiana; mayor
of Fort Wayne, Ind., 1859-64, 1869-73.
Episcopalian.
English
ancestry.
Died in Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind., May 23,
1892 (age 79 years, 356
days).
Interment at Lindenwood
Cemetery, Fort Wayne, Ind.
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Marcus Tullius Reynolds (1788-1864) —
Born in 1788.
Justice
of New York Supreme Court, 1850; founder and president of three
railroads.
Died in 1864
(age about
76 years).
Interment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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Eben Richards (1866-1942) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.; Tuxedo Park, Orange
County, N.Y.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., January
10, 1866.
Lawyer;
Consul
for Costa Rica in St.
Louis, Mo., 1895-1903; oil
executive; president, Mexican Central Railroad.
Died, in Tuxedo Memorial Hospital,
Tuxedo Park, Orange
County, N.Y., October
9, 1942 (age 76 years, 272
days).
Interment at St.
Mary's-in-Tuxedo Church Cemetery, Tuxedo Park, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Eben Richards and Caroline (Maxwell) Richards; married to Perle
(Pierce) Ruchards. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Dean Richmond (1804-1866) —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Barnard, Windsor
County, Vt., March
31, 1804.
Democrat. Railroad magnate; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1860,
1864.
He was a leader in the movement to consolidate seven railway
corporations into the New York Central Railroad in 1853;
served as vice-president and as president of the New York Central.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August
27, 1866 (age 62 years, 149
days).
Interment at Batavia
Cemetery, Batavia, N.Y.
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Howard Winfield Robison (1915-1987) —
also known as Howard W. Robison —
of Owego, Tioga
County, N.Y.
Born in Owego, Tioga
County, N.Y., October
30, 1915.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1958-75 (37th District 1958-63,
33rd District 1963-73, 27th District 1973-75); vice-president for
Congressional relations (lobbyist),
American Railroad Association, 1975-87.
Died, from heart
failure, in Rehoboth Beach, Sussex
County, Del., September
26, 1987 (age 71 years, 331
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Owego, N.Y.
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Elmore P. Ross (1809-1879) —
of Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Born in Dover, Dutchess
County, N.Y., May 18,
1809.
Democrat. Postmaster at Auburn,
N.Y., 1853-58; banker;
railroad president; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1860.
Died May 19,
1879 (age 70 years, 1
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Caroline Akin. |
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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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Samuel Rothschild (b. 1879) —
of Gloversville, Fulton
County, N.Y.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., December
12, 1879.
Republican. Vice-president, Gloversville Knitting
Co.; vice-president, Gloversville Hotel
Assoc.; director, Johnstown and Gloversville Railroad;
director, National Bank of
Gloversville; director, Glen Telephone
Co.; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1920
(alternate), 1936.
Jewish.
Member, Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Abraham Rothschild and Babette (Barnet) Rothschild; married, December
27, 1906, to Grace Levor. |
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Peter Rowe (1807-1876) —
of Schenectady, Schenectady
County, N.Y.
Born in Crescent, Saratoga
County, N.Y., March
10, 1807.
Democrat. Merchant;
chief auditor, New York Central Railroad; mayor
of Schenectady, N.Y., 1846-47, 1850; U.S.
Representative from New York 18th District, 1853-55.
Died in Schenectady, Schenectady
County, N.Y., April
17, 1876 (age 69 years, 38
days).
Interment at Vale
Cemetery, Schenectady, N.Y.
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Albert Rozell (c.1879-1951) —
of Croton-on-Hudson, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Lyons, Wayne
County, N.Y., about 1879.
Republican. Statistician for New York Central Railroad; mayor
of Croton-on-Hudson, N.Y., 1939-51; defeated, 1951; died in
office 1951.
Had gall
bladder surgery, and died three weeks later, in Ossining Hospital,
Ossining, Westchester
County, N.Y., March
30, 1951 (age about 72
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Minnie B. Merchant. |
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William Hepburn Russell (b. 1857) —
of Hannibal, Marion
County, Mo.; Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Hannibal, Marion
County, Mo., May 17,
1857.
Democrat. Newspaper
editor; lawyer;
general attorney, Louisville, New Albany and Chicago Railroad;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Tennessee.
Member, Tammany
Hall.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Daniel L. Russell and Matilda (Richmond) Russell; married, June 23,
1880, to Mary Gushert. |
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Russell Sage (1816-1906) —
also known as "The Sage of Troy"; "The Money
King"; "Father of Puts and Calls";
"Old Straddle" —
of Troy, Rensselaer
County, N.Y.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Verona, Oneida
County, N.Y., August
4, 1816.
Whig. Merchant;
banker;
Rensselaer
County Treasurer; delegate to Whig National Convention from New
York, 1848; U.S.
Representative from New York 13th District, 1853-57; railroad
builder; arrested
in 1869 and charged
with violation of New York usury
laws by charging high interest rates on loans; fined
and sentenced
to five days in prison,
which was later suspended.
On December 4, 1891, Henry Norcross, a stockbroker, brought a bomb to
Sage's office in New York City as part of an extortion scheme; when
his demands were refused, he detonated
the bomb, but Sage suffered only minor injuries.
Died in Lawrence, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., July 22,
1906 (age 89 years, 352
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Troy, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Prudence (Risley) Sage and Elisha Sage, Jr.; married, January
23, 1840, to Maria-Henrie Winne; married, November
24, 1869, to Margarett Olivia Slocum; fourth great-grandnephew of
Robert
Treat; second cousin once removed of Edgar
Jared Doolittle; second cousin twice removed of Thomas
Chittenden and Jonathan
Brace; third cousin once removed of Martin
Chittenden, Thomas
Kimberly Brace, Alvah
Nash and Dwight
May Sabin; third cousin twice removed of Josiah
Cowles; third cousin thrice removed of Robert
Treat Paine; fourth cousin of Jeduthun
Wilcox and Chittenden
Lyon; fourth cousin once removed of Daniel
Chapin, Orsamus
Cook Merrill, Timothy
Merrill, Daniel
Upson, Greene
Carrier Bronson, Daniel
Kellogg, John
Russell Kellogg, Leonard
Wilcox, John
Adams Taintor, John
Calhoun Lewis, Millard
Fillmore, Daniel
Fiske Kellogg, Henry
G. Taintor, Henry
Gould Lewis and Daniel
Frederick Webster. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Murphy-Merrill
family of Harbor Beach, Michigan (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page |
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Charles M. Sanford (born c.1878) —
of Cromwell, Middlesex
County, Conn.
Born in Halcottsville, Delaware
County, N.Y., about 1878.
Democrat. Railway agent; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1935-36; first
selectman of Cromwell, Connecticut, 1937; member of Connecticut
state senate 33rd District, 1937-40.
Burial location unknown.
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Herbert Livingston Satterlee (1863-1947) —
also known as Herbert L. Satterlee —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
31, 1863.
Republican. Lawyer;
private secretary for U.S. Senator William
M. Evarts, 1887-89; served in the U.S. Navy during the
Spanish-American War; counsel for Missouri, Kansas & Texas
Railroad, 1898-1902; U.S. Assistant Secretary of the Treasury,
1906-07; U.S. Assistant Secretary of the Navy, 1908-09; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland, 1920.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Union
League; Navy
League; Society
of Colonial Wars.
Died, from a self-inflicted
gunshot,
in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 14,
1947 (age 83 years, 256
days).
Interment at Trinity
Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of George LeRoy Bowen Satterlee and Sarah Bradley (Wilcox) Satterlee;
married, November
15, 1909, to Louisa Pierpont Morgan (daughter of J. Pierpont
Morgan); second great-grandnephew of Peter
Robert Livingston (1737-1794) and Walter
Livingston; third great-grandson of Robert
Livingston (1708-1790); third great-grandnephew of Peter
Van Brugh Livingston, Philip
Livingston and William
Livingston; fourth great-grandnephew of John
Livingston, Robert
Livingston (1688-1775) and Gilbert
Livingston; fifth great-grandson of Robert
Livingston the Elder and Pieter
Van Brugh; fifth great-grandnephew of Pieter
Schuyler, Johannes
Cuyler and Johannes
Schuyler (1668-1747); first cousin thrice removed of Henry
Walter Livingston; first cousin four times removed of Philip
Peter Livingston and Henry
Brockholst Livingston; first cousin five times removed of Robert
Gilbert Livingston and Robert
R. Livingston (1718-1775); first cousin six times removed of Robert
Livingston the Younger, Johannes
Schuyler (1697-1746), Cornelis
Cuyler and John
Cruger Jr.; first cousin seven times removed of David
Davidse Schuyler and Myndert
Davidtse Schuyler; second cousin twice removed of Peter
Robert Livingston (1789-1859) and Edward
Livingston (1796-1840); second cousin thrice removed of Stephen
Van Rensselaer, Philip
Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Peter
Augustus Jay, Rensselaer
Westerlo, Edward
Philip Livingston, William
Alexander Duer, John
Duer, William
Jay and Charles
Ludlow Livingston (1800-1873); second cousin four times removed
of Robert
R. Livingston (1746-1813), Philip
Van Cortlandt, Pierre
Van Cortlandt Jr. and Edward
Livingston (1764-1836); second cousin five times removed of Stephanus
Bayard, Pierre
Van Cortlandt, Philip
John Schuyler, Philip
P. Schuyler, Stephen
John Schuyler and Henry
Cruger; third cousin twice removed of Philip
Schuyler, William
Duer, Henry
Bell Van Rensselaer, Denning
Duer, Henry
Brockholst Ledyard and John
Jay II; third cousin thrice removed of Hamilton
Fish; fourth cousin of Charles
Ludlow Livingston (born 1870) and Bronson
Murray Cutting; fourth cousin once removed of Kiliaen
Van Rensselaer, Nicholas
Fish, Hamilton
Fish Jr., John
Kean, Hamilton
Fish Kean and Brockholst
Livingston. |
| | | Political family: Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Augustus Schell (1812-1884) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Rhinebeck, Dutchess
County, N.Y., August
1, 1812.
Democrat. Lawyer;
director or trustee of several railroad companies; New York
Democratic state chair, 1853-55; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1856,
1860,
1876
(speaker);
U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1857-61; member of Democratic
National Committee from New York, 1872-76; Chairman
of Democratic National Committee, 1872-76; candidate for New York
state senate 7th District, 1877; candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1878.
German
and Dutch
ancestry. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Kappa
Alpha Society; Tammany
Hall.
Died, from complications of Bright's
disease, in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March
27, 1884 (age 71 years, 239
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Hezekiah Cook Seymour (1811-1853) —
also known as Hezekiah C. Seymour —
of Nyack, Rockland
County, N.Y.
Born in Westmoreland, Oneida
County, N.Y., June 24,
1811.
Railroad executive; New York
state engineer and surveyor, 1850-51.
Died in Piermont, Rockland
County, N.Y., July 24,
1853 (age 42 years, 30
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Bradford Steele Seymour and Mary (Cook) Seymour; married, February
9, 1836, to Mary Sherrill; father of Augustus
Sherrill Seymour; first cousin twice removed of Moses
Seymour; second cousin once removed of Horatio
Seymour (1778-1857), Henry
Seymour and Silas
Seymour; second cousin twice removed of Thomas
Seymour; second cousin thrice removed of Dalton
G. Seymour; third cousin of Origen
Storrs Seymour, Horatio
Seymour (1810-1886), George
Seymour, McNeil
Seymour and Henry
William Seymour; third cousin once removed of Edward
Woodruff Seymour, Joseph
Battell, Morris
Woodruff Seymour, Horatio
Seymour Jr. and Norman
Alexander Seymour; third cousin twice removed of Orlo
Erland Wadhams; fourth cousin of David
Lowrey Seymour and Thomas
Henry Seymour; fourth cousin once removed of Orsamus
Cook Merrill, Timothy
Merrill and Caleb
Seymour Pitkin. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Murphy-Merrill
family of Harbor Beach, Michigan (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
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Horatio Seymour Jr. (1844-1907) —
of Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y.; Marquette, Marquette
County, Mich.
Born in Oneida
County, N.Y., January
8, 1844.
Democrat. Civil
engineer; worked on railroad construction; New York
state engineer and surveyor, 1878-81.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Society of Civil Engineers.
Died in Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y., February
21, 1907 (age 63 years, 44
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Silas Seymour (1817-1890) —
of Piermont, Rockland
County, N.Y.; Saratoga Springs, Saratoga
County, N.Y.
Born in Stillwater, Saratoga
County, N.Y., June 20,
1817.
Engineer;
worked on railroad construction; New York
state engineer and surveyor, 1856-57, 1882-83.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 15,
1890 (age 73 years, 25
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hermon Cemetery, Sillery, Quebec City, Quebec.
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Relatives: Son
of John Seymour and Sarah (Montgomery) Seymour; married, December
23, 1840, to Delia S. French; first cousin thrice removed of Moses
Seymour; second cousin once removed of Hezekiah
Cook Seymour; second cousin twice removed of Horatio
Seymour (1778-1857) and Henry
Seymour; second cousin thrice removed of Thomas
Seymour; third cousin of Augustus
Sherrill Seymour; third cousin once removed of Origen
Storrs Seymour, Horatio
Seymour (1810-1886), George
Seymour, McNeil
Seymour and Henry
William Seymour; third cousin twice removed of Dalton
G. Seymour; fourth cousin of Edward
Woodruff Seymour, Joseph
Battell, Morris
Woodruff Seymour, Horatio
Seymour Jr. and Norman
Alexander Seymour; fourth cousin once removed of David
Lowrey Seymour, Thomas
Henry Seymour and Orlo
Erland Wadhams. |
| | | Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
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William Bunn Shattuc (1841-1911) —
also known as William B. Shattuc —
of Madisonville (now part of Cincinnati), Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Hector, Tompkins County (now Schuyler
County), N.Y., June 11,
1841.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; railway
passenger agent; member of Ohio
state senate, 1895; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Ohio, 1896;
U.S.
Representative from Ohio 1st District, 1897-1903.
Died in Madisonville (now part of Cincinnati), Hamilton
County, Ohio, July 13,
1911 (age 70 years, 32
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Charles Hitchcock Sherrill (1814-1887) —
also known as Charles H. Sherrill —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Sandy Hill (now Hudson Falls), Washington
County, N.Y., March
24, 1814.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
canal commission, 1857-59; lobbyist
for railroad interests.
Died, from heart
disease, in Washington,
D.C., January
4, 1887 (age 72 years, 286
days).
Interment at South
End Cemetery, East Hampton, Long Island, N.Y.
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Avery Skinner (1796-1876) —
of Union Square, Oswego
County, N.Y.
Born in Westmoreland, Cheshire
County, N.H., June 9,
1796.
Democrat. School
teacher; tavern
keeper; postmaster;
Oswego
County Treasurer, 1826-1838; member of New York
state assembly from Oswego County, 1832-33; member of New York
state senate 5th District, 1838-41; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 23rd District, 1846; director,
Syracuse Northern Railway.
Died in Union Square, Oswego
County, N.Y., November
24, 1876 (age 80 years, 168
days).
Interment at Maple
View Cemetery, Mexico, N.Y.
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Samuel Sloan (1817-1907) —
of New York.
Born in County Down, Ireland (now Northern
Ireland), December
25, 1817.
Importing
business; member of New York
state senate 2nd District, 1858-59; president, Delaware,
Lackawanna and Western Railroad, 1867-99.
Episcopalian
or Christian
Reformed. Member, Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick.
Died in Garrison, Putnam
County, N.Y., September
22, 1907 (age 89 years, 271
days).
Interment at St.
Philip's Cemetery, Garrison, N.Y.; statue at Erie-Lackawanna Park, Hoboken, N.J.
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Homer Peter Snyder (1863-1937) —
also known as Homer P. Snyder —
of Little Falls, Herkimer
County, N.Y.
Born in Amsterdam, Montgomery
County, N.Y., December
6, 1863.
Republican. Manufacturer of knitting
machinery and bicycles
as Homer P. Snyder Manufacturing Co.; vice-president, Little Falls
National Bank;
director, Little Falls and Johnstown Railroad; director,
Little Falls Hotel
Co.; U.S.
Representative from New York 33rd District, 1915-25; defeated,
1912; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1916,
1920;
delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Died in Little Falls, Herkimer
County, N.Y., December
30, 1937 (age 74 years, 24
days).
Interment at Church
Street Cemetery, Little Falls, N.Y.
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John Coit Spooner (1843-1919) —
also known as John C. Spooner; "The Tinker of
Legislation" —
of Hudson, St. Croix
County, Wis.; Madison, Dane
County, Wis.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Lawrenceburg, Dearborn
County, Ind., January
6, 1843.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
private and military secretary to Gov. Lucius
Fairchild; member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1872; general solicitor, Omaha Railroad,
1880; law partner of Arthur
Loomis Sanborn; U.S.
Senator from Wisconsin, 1885-91, 1897-1907; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, 1888
(delegation chair), 1892
(delegation chair); candidate for Governor of
Wisconsin, 1892.
Died, of pneumonia
and apoplexy,
in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 11,
1919 (age 76 years, 156
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Madison, Wis.
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John Wilson Sprague (1817-1893) —
also known as John W. Sprague —
of Sandusky, Erie
County, Ohio; Tacoma, Pierce
County, Wash.
Born in White Creek, Washington
County, N.Y., April 4,
1817.
Erie
County Treasurer, 1851-52; steamboat
business; general in the Union Army during the Civil War;
received the Medal
of Honor (posthumously, in 1894) for actions at Decatur, Georgia,
in 1862; railroad executive; mayor of
Tacoma, Wash., 1883.
Died in Tacoma, Pierce
County, Wash., December
27, 1893 (age 76 years, 267
days).
Interment at Tacoma
Cemetery, Tacoma, Wash.
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Amasa Leland Stanford (1824-1893) —
also known as Leland Stanford —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Watervliet, Albany
County, N.Y., March 9,
1824.
Republican. Lawyer; merchant;
builder and president, Central Pacific Railroad; founder
of Stanford University; Governor of
California, 1862-63; defeated, 1859; U.S.
Senator from California, 1885-93; died in office 1893.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Palo Alto, Santa Clara
County, Calif., June 21,
1893 (age 69 years, 104
days).
Entombed at Stanford
University, Palo Alto, Calif.
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John Stevens III (1749-1838) —
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 26,
1749.
Lawyer;
inventor;
New
Jersey state treasurer, 1776-79; colonel in the Continental Army
during the Revolutionary War; successfully advocated for the first
U.S. patent law (1790); innovated steam-powered ships and
locomotives; built railroads in New Jersey.
Member, American
Philosophical Society.
Died in Bergen Township, Bergen County (part now in Hoboken, Hudson
County), N.J., March 6,
1838 (age 88 years, 253
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John
Stevens and Elizabeth (Alexander) Stevens; brother of Mary
Stevens (who married Robert
R. Livingston); married, October
17, 1782, to Rachel Cox; grandson of James
Alexander; great-grandnephew of Abraham
de Peyster and Johannes
de Peyster; second great-granduncle of Robert
Reginald Livingston; first cousin of Philip
Peter Livingston; first cousin once removed of William
Alexander Duer, John
Duer and Charles
Ludlow Livingston; first cousin twice removed of Johannes
DePeyster, William
Duer and Denning
Duer; first cousin thrice removed of Nicholas
Fish, Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1849-1936), John
Kean and Hamilton
Fish Kean; first cousin four times removed of Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1888-1991) and Robert
Winthrop Kean; first cousin five times removed of Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1926-1996) and Thomas
Howard Kean; first cousin six times removed of Hamilton
Fish, Alexa
Fish Ward and Thomas
Howard Kean Jr.; second cousin once removed of Pierre
Van Cortlandt, Matthew
Clarkson and Henry
Rutgers; third cousin of Philip
Van Cortlandt, Pierre
Van Cortlandt Jr. and Philip
DePeyster. |
| | | Political families: Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York; Roosevelt
family of New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | The World War II Liberty
ship SS John Stevens (built 1942 at Richmond,
California; scrapped 1962) was named for
him. |
| | | See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Henry Clifford Stuart (1864-1952) —
also known as Henry C. Stuart; "Stuart
X" —
of Denver,
Colo.; Washington,
D.C.; Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., December
10, 1864.
Mining
engineer;
real
estate investor; author;
director-general, Guaremala Central Railroad; U.S. Vice Consul
General in Guatemala City, 1885-86; U.S. Consul General in Guatemala City, 1893.
Died in Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif., May 21,
1952 (age 87 years, 163
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Leslie M. Sutherland —
of Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Republican. Vice-president, Third Avenue Railway, New York; mayor
of Yonkers, N.Y., 1898-1901; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1900,
1920.
Burial location unknown.
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Samuel Swartwout (1783-1856) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess
County, N.Y., November
17, 1783.
He was participant in Aaron
Burr's "Western Conspiracy"; delivered a message from Burr to
Gen. James Wilkinson in New Orleans; subsequently arrested
in November 1806 for misprision
of treason, but released a few months later; early promoter of
railroads; openly supported the Texas Republic in its war for
independence from Mexico; served in the U.S. Army during the War of
1812; U.S.
Collector of Customs, 1829-38; in 1838, it was alleged that he
had embezzled
more than $1.2 million from the New York customs house, and fled
to England; later investigation implicated a subordinate of his as
having obtained most of that money; forfeited
his property and returned to the U.S. in 1841.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
21, 1856 (age 73 years, 4
days).
Interment at Trinity
Churchyard, Manhattan, N.Y.
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Henry Waters Taft (1859-1945) —
also known as Henry W. Taft —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, May 27,
1859.
Republican. Lawyer;
counsel, New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad; director,
Central Savings Bank of
New York; trustee, Mutual Life
Insurance Company;; candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1898; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1920,
1924.
Member, American Bar
Association; Skull
and Bones; Psi
Upsilon.
Tripped and
fell on April 27, suffered a hip injury, and subsequently died as
a result, in St. Luke's Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., August
11, 1945 (age 86 years, 76
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Thomas Goyn Talmadge (1801-1863) —
also known as Thomas G. Talmadge —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Somerset, Somerset
County, N.J., October
22, 1801.
Democrat. Member of New York
state assembly from New York County, 1837; mayor
of Brooklyn, N.Y., 1845; county judge in New York, 1846;
president, Broadway Railroad Company.
Died May 4,
1863 (age 61 years, 194
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Douglas Taylor (b. 1858) —
also known as Charles D. Taylor —
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., 1858.
Railway supply agent; commission
merchant; U.S. Consular Agent in Guaymas, 1906-17.
Burial location unknown.
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George Hornell Thacher (1818-1887) —
also known as George H. Thacher —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born June 4,
1818.
Democrat. Owner of Thacher Carwheel Company, makers of wheels for
railroad cars; mayor of
Albany, N.Y., 1860-62, 1866-68, 1870-74; candidate for
Presidential Elector for New York.
Died February
5, 1887 (age 68 years, 246
days).
Interment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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John Boyd Thacher (1847-1909) —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Ballston Center, Saratoga
County, N.Y., September
11, 1847.
Owner of Thacher Carwheel Company, makers of wheels for railroad
cars; author; historian;
member of New York
state senate 17th District, 1884-85; mayor of
Albany, N.Y., 1886-88, 1896-97.
Died in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., February
25, 1909 (age 61 years, 167
days).
Entombed at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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John M. Tierney (1860-1936) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
14, 1860.
Democrat. Lawyer;
general counsel, Union Railway Company, 1893; municipal judge
in New York, 1898-1915; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1916-29.
Catholic.
Member, Tammany
Hall; Knights
of Columbus; Elks.
Died, from "grip" (influenza),
in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., February
20, 1936 (age 75 years, 129
days).
Interment at St.
Raymond's Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Launcelot J. Tierney and Elizabeth (Welch)
Tierney. |
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Charlemagne Tower (1848-1923) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., April
17, 1848.
Republican. Lawyer;
president, Duluth & Iron Range Railroad; managing
director, Minnesota Iron Co. (mining);
U.S. Minister to Austria-Hungary, 1897-99; U.S. Ambassador to Russia, 1899-1902; Germany, 1902-08; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1916.
Member, American
Philosophical Society.
Died February
24, 1923 (age 74 years, 313
days).
Original interment at West
Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pa.; reinterment at Waterville
Cemetery, Waterville, N.Y.
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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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James Madison Turner (1820-1869) —
also known as James Turner —
of Mason, Ingham
County, Mich.; Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Cazenovia, Madison
County, N.Y., April 1,
1820.
Republican. Merchant;
railroad builder; member of Michigan
state senate 21st District, 1867.
Methodist.
Died, from typhoid
fever, in Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., October
10, 1869 (age 49 years, 192
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Lansing, Mich.
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Henry Bell Van Rensselaer (1810-1864) —
of New York.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., May 14,
1810.
U.S.
Representative from New York 14th District, 1841-43; mining
business; railroad promoter; colonel in the Union Army
during the Civil War.
Died, from typhoid
fever, in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, March
24, 1864 (age 53 years, 315
days).
Interment at Grace
Church Cemetery, Jamaica, Queens, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Stephen
Van Rensselaer and Cornelia (Paterson) Van Rensselaer; married,
August
22, 1833, to Elizabeth Ray King (daughter of John
Alsop King); nephew of Philip
Schuyler Van Rensselaer and Rensselaer
Westerlo; uncle of Kiliaen
Van Rensselaer; grandson of William
Paterson; great-grandson of Philip
Livingston; great-grandnephew of Robert
Livingston (1708-1790), Peter
Van Brugh Livingston and William
Livingston; great-granduncle of John
Eliot Thayer Jr.; second great-grandson of Dirck
Ten Broeck; second great-grandnephew of John
Livingston, Robert
Livingston (1688-1775) and Gilbert
Livingston; third great-grandson of Stephanus
Van Cortlandt, Robert
Livingston the Elder and Pieter
Van Brugh; third great-grandnephew of Pieter
Schuyler (1657-1724), Jacobus
Van Cortlandt, Johannes
Cuyler and Johannes
Schuyler (1668-1747); fourth great-grandson of Dirck
Wesselse Ten Broeck; first cousin of Philip
Schuyler; first cousin once removed of Edward
Philip Livingston; first cousin twice removed of Philip
P. Schuyler, Peter
Robert Livingston (1737-1794), Walter
Livingston, Philip
Peter Livingston, James
Livingston and Henry
Brockholst Livingston; first cousin thrice removed of Stephanus
Bayard, Robert
Gilbert Livingston, Robert
R. Livingston (1718-1775), Pierre
Van Cortlandt, Philip
John Schuyler and Stephen
John Schuyler; first cousin four times removed of Robert
Livingston the Younger, Cornelis
Cuyler, Johannes
Schuyler (1697-1746) and John
Cruger Jr.; first cousin five times removed of David
Davidse Schuyler and Myndert
Davidtse Schuyler; second cousin of Edward
Livingston (1796-1840); second cousin once 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 twice 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, James
Parker and Robert
Reginald Livingston; second cousin thrice removed of James
Jay, Henry
Cruger, John
Jay and Frederick
Jay; third cousin of Peter
Robert Livingston (1789-1859), Gerrit
Smith, William
Duer, Denning
Duer, Henry
Brockholst Ledyard, Elizabeth
Cady Stanton and John
Jay II; third cousin once removed of Leonard
Gansevoort, Leonard
Gansevoort Jr., Jacob
Rutsen Van Rensselaer, James
Alexander Hamilton, Peter
Gansevoort, Hamilton
Fish, John
Cortlandt Parker, Nicholas
Fish, Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1849-1936), John
Kean, Hamilton
Fish Kean and Charles
Ludlow Livingston (born 1870); third cousin twice removed of Herbert
Livingston Satterlee, Peter
Augustus Jay (1877-1933), Bronson
Murray Cutting, Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1888-1991), Robert
Winthrop Kean and Brockholst
Livingston; third cousin thrice removed of Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1926-1996) and Thomas
Howard Kean; fourth cousin of Gilbert
Livingston Thompson, James
Adams Ekin, John
Jacob Astor III, Richard
Wayne Parker and Charles
Wolcott Parker; fourth cousin once removed of Peter
Robert Livingston (1766-1847), Maturin
Livingston, George
Washington Schuyler, Philip
N. Schuyler, William
Waldorf Astor, Robert
Ray Hamilton, John
Sluyter Wirt, Cortlandt
Schuyler Van Rensselaer and Jonathan
Mayhew Wainwright. |
| | | Political families: Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York; VanRensselaer
family of Albany, New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page |
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Webster Wagner (1817-1882) —
of Palatine Bridge, Montgomery
County, N.Y.
Born in Palatine Bridge, Montgomery
County, N.Y., October
2, 1817.
Republican. Railway station agent; inventor;
founder of the Wagner Car Company, makers of sleeping cars and
"drawing room" cars for railroad passenger service; member of
New
York state assembly from Montgomery County, 1871; member of New York
state senate, 1872-82 (15th District 1872-79, 18th District
1880-82); died in office 1882; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1880.
German
ancestry.
Killed in a railroad
accident on the Hudson River Railroad, at Spuyten Duyvil, New
York County (now part of Bronx, Bronx
County), N.Y., January
13, 1882 (age 64 years, 103
days).
Interment at Palatine
Bridge Cemetery, Palatine Bridge, N.Y.
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Abram Wakeman (1824-1889) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Greenfield Hill, Fairfield, Fairfield
County, Conn., May 31,
1824.
Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 4th District, 1850-51; U.S.
Representative from New York 8th District, 1855-57; postmaster at
New
York City, N.Y., 1862-64; organized railroads on Long
Island, N.Y.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 29,
1889 (age 65 years, 29
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Aldace Freeman Walker (1842-1901) —
also known as Aldace F. Walker —
of Rutland, Rutland
County, Vt.
Born in West Rutland, Rutland
County, Vt., May 11,
1842.
Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
member of Vermont
state senate from Rutland County, 1882; member, Interstate
Commerce Commission, 1887-89; president, Atchison, Topeka, and Santa
Fe Railway, 1894-95.
Congregationalist.
Died in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., April
12, 1901 (age 58 years, 336
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Rutland, Vt.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. Aldace Walker and Mary Ann (Baker) Walker; married to
Katharine Shaw. |
| | | Epitaph: "An upright lawyer and
legislator, a faithful soldier and public officer, an able
administrator of important railway interests." |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Gilbert Carlton Walker (1833-1885) —
also known as Gilbert C. Walker —
of Owego, Tioga
County, N.Y.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Norfolk,
Va.; Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in South Gibson, Susquehanna
County, Pa., August
1, 1833.
Democrat. Lawyer; Governor of
Virginia, 1869-74; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 3rd District, 1875-79; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1880;
president, New York Underground Railroad Co.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 11,
1885 (age 51 years, 283
days).
Interment at Spring
Forest Cemetery, Binghamton, N.Y.
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Adoniram Judson Warner (1834-1910) —
also known as Adoniram J. Warner —
of Ohio.
Born in Wales, Erie
County, N.Y., January
13, 1834.
Democrat. School
principal; superintendent
of schools; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1879-81, 1883-87 (13th District
1879-81, 15th District 1883-85, 17th District 1885-87); defeated,
1880; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1896;
engaged in street
railway construction in Washington, D.C., and railroad
construction in Ohio; candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio.
Died in Marietta, Washington
County, Ohio, August
12, 1910 (age 76 years, 211
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Marietta, Ohio.
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Robert Whitney Waterman (1826-1891) —
also known as Robert W. Waterman —
of Geneva, Kane
County, Ill.; Wilmington, Will
County, Ill.; California.
Born in Fairfield, Herkimer
County, N.Y., December
15, 1826.
Postmaster;
newspaper
publisher; involved in silver and gold mining;
president, San Diego, Cuyamaca & Eastern Railway; Lieutenant
Governor of California, 1887; Governor of
California, 1887-91.
Died in San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif., April
12, 1891 (age 64 years, 118
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, San Diego, Calif.
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William L. Webber (1825-1901) —
of Milford, Oakland
County, Mich.; East Saginaw (now part of Saginaw), Saginaw
County, Mich.
Born in Ogden, Monroe
County, N.Y., July 19,
1825.
Democrat. Lawyer; Saginaw
County Circuit Court Commissioner, 1854-56; Saginaw
County Prosecuting Attorney; land commissioner and general
solicitor, Flint and Pere Marquette Railway, 1870-85; mayor
of East Saginaw, Mich., 1873-74; member of Michigan
state senate 25th District, 1875; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Michigan, 1876
(delegation chair); candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1876.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Odd
Fellows.
Died October
15, 1901 (age 76 years, 88
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Saginaw, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of James S. Webber and Phoebe (Smith) Webber; married 1849 to Nancy
M. Whithington. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Portrait & Biographical
Album of Saginaw and Bay counties (1892) |
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Ellis J. Westlake (b. 1854) —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Horseheads, Chemung
County, N.Y., April
30, 1854.
Superintendent of dining cars for Northern Pacific Railway; hotel
manager; insurance
business; member of Minnesota
state senate 31st District, 1915-18.
Member, Elks; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles D. Westlake and Harriet E. (McNish)
Westlake. |
| | | Image source: Minnesota Legislative
Manual 1917 |
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Albert Smith White (1803-1864) —
also known as Albert S. White —
of Lafayette, Tippecanoe
County, Ind.
Born in Blooming Grove, Orange
County, N.Y., October
24, 1803.
Lawyer;
candidate for Indiana
state house of representatives, 1832; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Indiana; U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1837-39, 1861-63 (7th District
1837-39, 8th District 1861-63); U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1839-45; railroad president.
Died in Stockwell, Tippecanoe
County, Ind., September
4, 1864 (age 60 years, 316
days).
Interment at Greenbush
Cemetery, Lafayette, Ind.
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Hugh White (1798-1870) —
of Cohoes, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Whitestown, Oneida
County, N.Y., December
25, 1798.
Whig. Railroad builder; banker; U.S.
Representative from New York 16th District, 1845-51.
Died in Waterford, Saratoga
County, N.Y., October
6, 1870 (age 71 years, 285
days).
Interment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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John T. Wilder (1830-1917) —
of Lawrenceburg, Dearborn
County, Ind.; Greensburg, Decatur
County, Ind.; Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn.; Johnson City, Washington
County, Tenn.; Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.
Born in Hunter, Greene
County, N.Y., January
31, 1830.
Republican. Millwright;
foundry
owner; general in the Union Army during the Civil War;
manufacturer of railroad rails; railroad promoter; mayor
of Chattanooga, Tenn., 1871-72; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Tennessee, 1876; postmaster at Chattanooga,
Tenn., 1877-82; hotel
owner.
Died in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., October
20, 1917 (age 87 years, 262
days).
Interment at Forest
Hills Cemetery, Chattanooga, Tenn.
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William Williams (1815-1876) —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Bolton, Tolland
County, Conn., September
6, 1815.
Democrat. Banker;
railroad president; member of New York
state assembly, 1866-67 (Erie County 1st District 1866, Erie
County 2nd District 1867); U.S.
Representative from New York 30th District, 1871-73; defeated,
1872.
Died in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., September
10, 1876 (age 61 years, 4
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y.
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Elisha I. Winter (1781-1849) —
of Clinton
County, N.Y.; Fayette
County, Ky.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 15,
1781.
Mining
business; U.S.
Representative from New York 12th District, 1813-15; planter; merchant;
president, Lexington & Ohio Railroad.
Slaveowner.
Died in Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., June 30,
1849 (age 67 years, 350
days).
Interment at Lexington
Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
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Beekman Winthrop (1874-1940) —
of Westbury, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Orange, Essex
County, N.J., September
18, 1874.
Republican. Lawyer; Governor of
Puerto Rico, 1904-07; U.S. Assistant Secretary of the Treasury,
1907-09; U.S. Assistant Secretary of the Navy, 1909-13; director,
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad, Lackawanna Steel Co.,
and National City Bank.
Died November
10, 1940 (age 66 years, 53
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Henry Rogers Winthrop (1876-1958) —
of Westbury, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Newport, Newport
County, R.I., July 2,
1876.
Republican. Banker; stockbroker;
major in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; director,
Long Island Railroad.
Episcopalian.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Freemasons.
Died in Sarasota, Sarasota
County, Fla., November
14, 1958 (age 82 years, 135
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Buchanan Winthrop and Sarah Helen (Townsend) Winthrop; married, October
3, 1905, to Alice Woodward Babcock. |
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Frank Spencer Witherbee (1852-1917) —
also known as Frank S. Witherbee —
of Port Henry, Essex
County, N.Y.
Born in Port Henry, Essex
County, N.Y., May 12,
1852.
Republican. President, Troy Steel
Company; vice-president, Tennessee Coal, Iron, and
Railroad Company; president, Cubitas Iron Ore
Company; president, Lake Champlain & Moriah Railroad;
vice-president Cheever Iron Ore
Company; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1892,
1896
(alternate), 1900;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New York.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April
13, 1917 (age 64 years, 336
days).
Entombed at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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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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William W. Woodworth (1807-1873) —
of Hyde Park, Dutchess
County, N.Y.; Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in New London, New London
County, Conn., March
16, 1807.
Democrat. Dutchess
County Judge, 1838; U.S.
Representative from New York 8th District, 1845-47; defeated,
1842; village
president of Yonkers, New York, 1857-58; railroad builder;
real
estate business; banker.
Died in Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y., February
13, 1873 (age 65 years, 334
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Yonkers, N.Y.
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Luther Wright (b. 1799) —
of Oswego, Oswego
County, N.Y.
Born in Nelson, Cheshire
County, N.H., September
13, 1799.
Merchant;
miller;
banker;
village
president of Oswego, New York, 1839, 1841; treasurer of several
railroad companies; president of the Oswego Gas
Light company.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1828 to
Lucinda Smith; married 1840 to Miss
L. Bailey. |
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William Wright (1794-1866) —
of Newark, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Clarksville, Rockland
County, N.Y., November
13, 1794.
Democrat. Mayor of
Newark, N.J., 1841-43; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 5th District, 1843-47; president,
Morris and Essex Railroad, 1843-66; candidate for Governor of
New Jersey, 1847; U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1853-59, 1863-66; died in office 1866;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1860.
Died in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., November
1, 1866 (age 71 years, 353
days).
Interment at Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery, Newark, N.J.
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