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Politician members in New York

  Allison Leland Adams (1867-1920) — also known as Allison L. Adams — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in Missouri, January, 1867. Republican. Manager, tax and insurance department, Equitable Trust Company; candidate for U.S. Representative from New York 8th District, 1918. Member, Freemasons; Royal Arch Masons; Shriners; Royal Arcanum. Died in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., April 27, 1920 (age 53 years, 0 days). Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Arthur Aitkenhead (c.1881-1949) — of Glen Cove, Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y. Born in Glasgow, Scotland, about 1881. Republican. Carpenter; builder; vice-president, First National Bank of Glen Cove; mayor of Glen Cove, N.Y., 1944-47; defeated, 1947. Scottish ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Royal Arch Masons; Rotary. Died, in North Country Community Hospital, Glen Cove, Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y., November 2, 1949 (age about 68 years). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married to Janet Gordon.
  Mark W. Allen (b. 1877) — of West New Brighton, Staten Island, Richmond County, N.Y. Born in Fairfax County, Va., August 23, 1877. Democrat. Carpenter; Superintendent of Bridges and Buildings, Baltimore & Ohio Railroad; lumber business; member of New York state senate 24th District, 1923-24. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Royal Arch Masons; Knights Templar; Scottish Rite Masons; Shriners; Odd Fellows; Junior Order; Knights of Pythias. Burial location unknown.
  DeHart H. Ames (b. 1872) — of Franklinville, Cattaraugus County, N.Y. Born in Great Valley town, Cattaraugus County, N.Y., January 30, 1872. Republican. Cattaraugus County Sheriff, 1907-09; real estate business; member of New York state assembly from Cattaraugus County, 1915-20; member of New York state senate 51st District, 1921-24; delegate to New York state constitutional convention 51st District, 1938. Member, Freemasons; Scottish Rite Masons; Royal Arch Masons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Knights of Pythias. Burial location unknown.
  James Kellogg Apgar (1862-1940) — also known as James K. Apgar — of Peekskill, Westchester County, N.Y. Born in Peekskill, Westchester County, N.Y., November 8, 1862. Republican. Private secretary and clerk to Assembly Speaker James W. Husted, 1884-87 and 1890; clerk to Assembly Speaker Fremont Cole, 1888-89; clerk to Lt. Gov. Charles T. Saxton, 1894-96; private secretary to Rep. William L. Ward, 1896-97; member of New York state assembly from Westchester County 3rd District, 1899-1907; defeated, 1897; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1900; member of condemnation commission for appraising property for site of proposed Hill View Reservoir in Westchester County; censured by the New York Supreme Court in 1910 for unnecessary delay, such as holding 65 hearings on one parcel; Westchester County Register, 1919-24; village president of Peekskill, New York, 1925-27. Member, Freemasons; Royal Arch Masons; Elks. Died in Peekskill, Westchester County, N.Y., September 21, 1940 (age 77 years, 318 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Joseph A. Apgar and Eleanor (Herbert) Apgar; married, June 21, 1892, to Cecilia Annie Bellefeuille.
  George Archinal (1900-1987) — of Glendale, Queens, Queens County, N.Y. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., September 18, 1900. Republican. Stockbroker; candidate for U.S. Representative from New York, 1938 (2nd District), 1960 (5th District), 1962 (7th District); member of New York state assembly, 1941-47 (Queens County 6th District 1941-44, Queens County 7th District 1945-47); defeated, 1935; resigned 1947; candidate for borough president of Queens, New York, 1945; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1948; member of New York Republican State Committee, 1961; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York. Lutheran. Member, Freemasons; Royal Arch Masons; Elks; Moose. Died, from heart failure, in Glendale, Queens, Queens County, N.Y., October 12, 1987 (age 87 years, 24 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married to Dorothy Koelling.
  See also OurCampaigns candidate detail
  Allen J. Bloomfield (1883-1932) — of Richfield Springs, Otsego County, N.Y. Born in Warren, Herkimer County, N.Y., May 29, 1883. Republican. Hotelier; member of New York state assembly from Otsego County, 1915-20; member of New York state senate 39th District, 1921-24; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1932. Member, Freemasons; Royal Arch Masons; Shriners. Died in 1932 (age about 49 years). Interment at Lakeview Cemetery, Richfield Springs, N.Y.
  Relatives: Married to Elizabeth McCreedy.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
John Boyle, Jr. John Boyle Jr. (b. 1876) — of Huntington, Suffolk County, Long Island, N.Y. Born in Northern Ireland, 1876. Republican. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly from Suffolk County 2nd District, 1924-28. Member, Freemasons; Royal Arch Masons; Knights Templar. Burial location unknown.
  Image source: New York Red Book 1924
  William E. Brady (1889-1970) — of Coxsackie, Greene County, N.Y. Born in Athens, Greene County, N.Y., August 7, 1889. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; funeral director; owner, Coxsackie Granite Works; Greene County Coroner, 1921-36; member of New York state assembly from Greene County, 1940-62. Member, Freemasons; Royal Arch Masons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Odd Fellows; Rotary; American Legion; Forty and Eight. Died in Coxsackie, Greene County, N.Y., August 5, 1970 (age 80 years, 363 days). Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Coxsackie, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of William C. Brady; married to Jane A. Smith; married 1939 to Iantha M. Carter.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Ernest E. Cole (1871-1949) — of Bath, Steuben County, N.Y. Born in Savona, Steuben County, N.Y., November 18, 1871. Republican. School principal; lawyer; member of New York state assembly from Steuben County 1st District, 1920-22; member of New York state senate 43rd District, 1923-26; New York Commissioner of Education, 1940. Member, Freemasons; Royal Arch Masons; Odd Fellows. Died in 1949 (age about 77 years). Interment at Seamans Cemetery, Savona, N.Y.
  Edwin F. Conely (b. 1847) — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., September 7, 1847. Democrat. Lawyer; law professor; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1880, 1892; member of Michigan state house of representatives, 1887; member of Michigan Gold Democratic State Central Committee, 1899. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Royal Arch Masons; Royal and Select Masters; Knights Templar; Shriners; American Bar Association. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of William S. Conely and Eliza (O'Connor) Conely; married, December 9, 1873, to Achsah Butterfield; married, May 9, 1882, to Fanny Butterfield.
  Daniel L. Crossman (1836-1901) — also known as D. L. Crossman — of Dansville, Ingham County, Mich.; Williamston, Ingham County, Mich. Born in Cayuga County, N.Y., November 4, 1836. Republican. Postmaster; miller; banker; member of Michigan state house of representatives, 1869; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1872; clerk of the Michigan House of Representatives, 1873-91; candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Royal Arch Masons. Died in Williamston, Ingham County, Mich., March 7, 1901 (age 64 years, 123 days). Entombed in mausoleum at Fairview Cemetery, Dansville, Mich.
  Relatives: Married to Nancy M. Woodhouse.
  The village of Dansville, Michigan, is named for him.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
Rae L. Egbert Rae L. Egbert (b. 1892) — of Staten Island, Richmond County, N.Y. Born in Staten Island, Richmond County, N.Y., 1892. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; merchant; Republican candidate for New York state assembly from Richmond County 1st District, 1921; member of New York state senate 24th District, 1935-40; defeated, 1940, 1942; candidate for U.S. Representative from New York 16th District, 1944. Member, American Legion; Freemasons; Royal Arch Masons; Elks; Kiwanis; Junior Order. Burial location unknown.
  Image source: New York Red Book 1936
Kenneth H. Fake Kenneth Hearn Fake (1895-1963) — also known as Kenneth H. Fake — of Cobleskill, Schoharie County, N.Y. Born in Chatham, Columbia County, N.Y., February 9, 1895. Republican. Insurance business; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of New York state assembly from Schoharie County, 1923-32; defeated, 1932; lobbyist for New York State Grange. Member, Grange; American Legion; Freemasons; Royal Arch Masons; Rotary. Died in a hospital at Syracuse, Onondaga County, N.Y., May 24, 1963 (age 68 years, 104 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Leonidas Fake and Clara (Hearn) Fake; married, June 12, 1920, to Eva Kling; first cousin of Guy Leverne Fake.
  Image source: New York Red Book 1924
  Eugene Foster (1860-1928) — of Gladwin, Gladwin County, Mich. Born in Caroga town, Fulton County, N.Y., August 8, 1860. Republican. Newspaper editor; chair of Gladwin County Republican Party, 1892-1928; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1896; delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention 28th District, 1907-08; member of Michigan state senate 28th District, 1909-12. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Royal Arch Masons; Order of the Eastern Star; Knights of Pythias; Foresters; Woodmen. Died, probably from heart disease, in his office at the Gladwin County Record newspaper, Gladwin, Gladwin County, Mich., October 2, 1928 (age 68 years, 55 days). Interment at Highland Cemetery, Gladwin, Mich.
  Relatives: Married, September 30, 1916, to Cora W. Mills.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
Alfred J. Gilchrist Alfred John Gilchrist (b. 1872) — also known as Alfred J. Gilchrist — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., August, 1872. Republican. Lawyer; member of New York state senate 10th District, 1907-08, 1915-18. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Royal Arch Masons; Knights Templar; Shriners. Burial location unknown.
  Image source: New York Red Book 1907
  Frank Jefferson Horton (1919-2004) — also known as Frank Horton — of Rochester, Monroe County, N.Y.; Bentonville, Warren County, Va. Born in Cuero, DeWitt County, Tex., December 12, 1919. Republican. Major in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; U.S. Representative from New York, 1963-93 (36th District 1963-73, 34th District 1973-83, 29th District 1983-93). Presbyterian. Member, American Bar Association; Veterans of Foreign Wars; American Legion; Freemasons; Royal Arch Masons; Knights Templar; Shriners. Died, following a stroke, in a hospital at Winchester, Va., August 30, 2004 (age 84 years, 262 days). Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  Relatives: Married to Marjorie Wilcox and Nancy Richmond.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Lucius Frederick Hubbard (1836-1913) — also known as Lucius F. Hubbard — of Red Wing, Goodhue County, Minn.; St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minn. Born in Troy, Rensselaer County, N.Y., January 26, 1836. Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; grain business; railroad builder; member of Minnesota state senate 16th District, 1872-75; Governor of Minnesota, 1882-87; delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1896; member of Republican National Committee from Minnesota, 1896; general in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War. Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Loyal Legion; Sons of the American Revolution; Freemasons; Royal Arch Masons. Died in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minn., February 5, 1913 (age 77 years, 10 days). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery, Red Wing, Minn.
  Relatives: Son of Charles F. Hubbard and Margaret (Van Valkenberg) Hubbard; married, April 17, 1868, to Amelia Thomas.
  Hubbard County, Minn. is named for him.
  See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial — Minnesota Legislator record
  Samuel Kress Huson (1828-1875) — also known as Samuel K. Huson — of Dundee, Yates County, N.Y.; Lawrence, Douglas County, Kan. Born in New York, 1828. Physician; postmaster at Lawrence, Kan., 1859-61; mayor of Lawrence, Kan., 1862. Member, Freemasons; Royal Arch Masons. Died in Lawrence, Douglas County, Kan., January 2, 1875 (age about 46 years). Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Lawrence, Kan.
  Relatives: Son of Richard Huson and Rebecca (Kress) Huson; married to Polly Ann Spicer.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  John F. Kavanagh (b. 1890) — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y.; Staten Island, Richmond County, N.Y. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., February 8, 1890. Republican. Private secretary to Dwight W. Morrow, 1909-25; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; candidate for New York state assembly, 1923 (Kings County 12th District), 1928 (Richmond County 1st District). Member, Freemasons; Royal Arch Masons; American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; American Bar Association. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of William Kavanagh and Margaret (Fox) Kavanagh; married, September 26, 1931, to Dolores Wertenberger.
  John Flint Kidder (1830-1901) — also known as John F. Kidder — of El Dorado County, Calif.; Grass Valley, Nevada County, Calif. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., July 2, 1830. Republican. Civil engineer; railroad builder; member of California state assembly 15th District, 1865-67; delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1892. Member, Freemasons; Royal Arch Masons; Ancient Order of United Workmen. Died in Grass Valley, Nevada County, Calif., April 10, 1901 (age 70 years, 282 days). Original interment at Odd Fellows Masonic Cemetery, Grass Valley, Calif.; reinterment at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
  Relatives: Son of Levi Kidder and Elvira (Parker) Kidder; married 1873 to Sarah Ann Clark.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  John Knight (b. 1871) — of Arcade, Wyoming County, N.Y. Born in Arcade, Wyoming County, N.Y., April 30, 1871. Republican. Lawyer; Wyoming County District Attorney, 1904-12; member of New York state assembly from Wyoming County, 1913-16; member of New York state senate 44th District, 1917-31; resigned 1931; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1924 (alternate), 1928 (member, Committee to Notify Presidential Nominee); federal judge, 1931. Member, Odd Fellows; Freemasons; Royal Arch Masons. Burial location unknown.
  Clarence Lapham Lathrop (1872-1956) — also known as Clarence L. Lathrop — of Angelica, Allegany County, N.Y. Born in Pike, Wyoming County, N.Y., June 23, 1872. Republican. Telegraph operator; organizer and manager, Angelica Telephone Company; electrician; railroad signalman; railroad claims agent; chair of Allegany County Republican Party, 1932-48; delegate to New York state constitutional convention 44th District, 1938. Member, Freemasons; Royal Arch Masons. Died in Angelica, Allegany County, N.Y., August 30, 1956 (age 84 years, 68 days). Interment at Angelica Cemetery, Angelica, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Christopher Columbus Lathrop and Rosamond (Lapham) Lathrop; married, March 26, 1894, to Josephine Longdon Blauvelt; first cousin twice removed of Porter Beal; second cousin once removed of Rice Aner Beal, Eugene Emery Beal and Joseph Lorenzo Beal; third cousin of Junius Emery Beal and Emery Richard Beal.
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Beal family of Michigan (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Almet Reed Latson (b. 1860) — also known as Almet R. Latson — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., September 17, 1860. Republican. Lawyer; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; candidate for Justice of New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1909; delegate to New York state constitutional convention 8th District, 1915. Episcopalian. Member, Union League; Freemasons; Royal Arch Masons; Shriners. Burial location unknown.
  Burr Mattice (1856-1903) — of Oneonta, Otsego County, N.Y. Born in Jefferson, Schoharie County, N.Y., July 10, 1856. Republican. Lawyer; Otsego County District Attorney, 1893; Justice of New York Supreme Court 6th District, 1897-1903; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1900. Member, Freemasons; Royal Arch Masons. Died in Oneonta, Otsego County, N.Y., November 9, 1903 (age 47 years, 122 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of George Mattice and Delissa (Picket) Mattice; married 1880 to Charlotte L. Johnson; grandnephew of Martinus F. Mattice; second cousin twice removed of Adam Mattice; third cousin once removed of Manly Burr Mattice; fourth cousin once removed of Warner Bryce Mattice.
  Political family: Mattice family of New York.
James D. Pollard James D. Pollard (b. 1892) — of Seneca Falls, Seneca County, N.Y. Born in Seneca Falls, Seneca County, N.Y., December 24, 1892. Republican. Newspaper editor; member of New York state assembly from Seneca County, 1930-36. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Royal Arch Masons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Elks; Knights of Pythias. Burial location unknown.
  Image source: New York Red Book 1936
William Powell William Powell (b. 1830) — of Marshall, Calhoun County, Mich. Born in Victor, Ontario County, N.Y., March 31, 1830. Republican. Banker; mayor of Marshall, Mich., 1876-77. Universalist. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Royal Arch Masons. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of John Powell and Docia (Boughton) Powell; married, March 18, 1853, to Martha L. Paddock; married to Anna Moeschler and Sarah Francis Bacon.
  Image source: History of Calhoun County (1877)
Timothy Regan Timothy Morgan Regan (1843-1919) — also known as Timothy Regan — of Boise, Ada County, Idaho. Born near Rochester, Monroe County, N.Y., November 14, 1843. Democrat. Mining business; lumberman; hotel proprietor; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Idaho, 1904 (member, Committee to Notify Presidential Nominee), 1908. Irish ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Royal Arch Masons; Knights Templar. Died in Boise, Ada County, Idaho, October 7, 1919 (age 75 years, 327 days). Interment at Morris Hill Cemetery, Boise, Idaho.
  Relatives: Son of Morgan Regan and Mary (Burke) Regan; married 1878 to Rose Charlotte Blackinger; father of Lt. John M. Regan.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: History of Idaho (1920)
Norman A. Seymour Norman Alexander Seymour (1849-1914) — also known as Norman A. Seymour — of Livingston County, N.Y. Born in Mt. Morris, Livingston County, N.Y., February 14, 1849. Democrat. Hotelier; postmaster of Mt. Morris, N.Y., 1894-98; candidate for New York state assembly from Livingston County, 1900. Member, Freemasons; Royal Arch Masons. Died, at St. Mary's Hospital, Rochester, Monroe County, N.Y., February 22, 1914 (age 65 years, 8 days). Interment at Mt. Morris Cemetery, Mt. Morris, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Norman Seymour and Frances Hale (Metcalf) Seymour; married, September 1, 1874, to Mary Elizabeth Curtis; nephew of McNeil Seymour; great-grandnephew of Moses Seymour; first cousin twice removed of Horatio Seymour (1778-1857) and Henry Seymour; second cousin once removed of Origen Storrs Seymour, Horatio Seymour (1810-1886), George Seymour and Henry William Seymour; second cousin thrice removed of Thomas Seymour; second cousin four times removed of William Pitkin; third cousin of Edward Woodruff Seymour, Joseph Battell, Morris Woodruff Seymour and Horatio Seymour Jr.; third cousin once removed of Hezekiah Cook Seymour; third cousin thrice removed of Josiah Cowles and Daniel Pitkin; fourth cousin of Silas Seymour, William Chapman Williston and Augustus Sherrill Seymour; fourth cousin once removed of David Lowrey Seymour, Thomas Henry Seymour and Orlo Erland Wadhams.
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Conkling-Seymour family of Utica, New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: Illustrated Buffalo Express, March 8, 1914
Julian C. Smith Julian C. Smith (b. 1865) — of Oneonta, Otsego County, N.Y. Born in Davenport, Delaware County, N.Y., December 8, 1865. Republican. Physician; bank director; member of New York state assembly from Otsego County, 1921-24; chair of Otsego County Republican Party, 1927. Member, American Legion; Freemasons; Royal Arch Masons; Elks. Burial location unknown.
  Image source: New York Red Book 1924
Miles M. Smith Miles M. Smith (1876-1938) — of Lestershire (now Johnson City), Broome County, N.Y.; Binghamton, Broome County, N.Y. Born in East Union, Broome County, N.Y., February 4, 1876. Democrat. School teacher; dentist; candidate for New York state assembly from Broome County, 1907; mayor of Binghamton, N.Y., 1932-35; resigned 1935; district labor director, Works Progress Administration, 1935-38. Member, Freemasons; Scottish Rite Masons; Royal Arch Masons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Order of the Eastern Star; White Shrine of Jerusalem. Died in Binghamton, Broome County, N.Y., May 12, 1938 (age 62 years, 97 days). Interment at Chenango Valley Cemetery, Binghamton, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Wellington D. Smith and Ellen (Andrews) Smith; married, November 3, 1898, to May Youngs.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: Binghamton (N.Y.) Press & Sun-Bulletin, November 2, 1931
  Willard B. Smith (1838-1899) — of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich. Born in Orleans County, N.Y., March 7, 1838. Republican. Physician; served in the Union Army during the Civil War; mayor of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1878-80, 1887-88; defeated, 1888. Member, Freemasons; Royal Arch Masons; Knights Templar; Grand Army of the Republic. Died, of pneumonia, in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich., 1899 (age about 61 years). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Dr. Ransom S. Smith and Emily B. (Burroughs) Smith; married, November 14, 1863, to Sarah F. North; married, October 5, 1898, to Jennie Phillips.
  William A. Smyth (1852-1919) — of Owego, Tioga County, N.Y. Born in Owego, Tioga County, N.Y., March 14, 1852. Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; bank director; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1896, 1904 (alternate); postmaster at Owego, N.Y., 1897-1914; director, Owego Power & Light Company. Scotch-Irish ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Royal Arch Masons; Scottish Rite Masons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Royal Arcanum; Redmen. Died, from arteriosclerosis and asthma, in Owego, Tioga County, N.Y., August 11, 1919 (age 67 years, 150 days). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery, Owego, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of William Smyth and Martha (MacKay) Smyth; married, December 21, 1887, to Fannie Louise Bristol (daughter of Wheeler Hutchison Bristol); father of Stuart Worthington Smyth.
  Political family: Smyth-Bristol family of Owego, New York.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Robert Goodloe Harper Speed (1845-1925) — also known as Robert G. H. Speed — of Ithaca, Tompkins County, N.Y. Born in Caroline, Tompkins County, N.Y., July 6, 1845. Progressive. Fire insurance business; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York. Member, Grange; Freemasons; Royal Arch Masons. Died in Ithaca, Tompkins County, N.Y., January 27, 1925 (age 79 years, 205 days). Interment at Lake View Cemetery, Ithaca, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of James Richard Speed and Frances Cuthbert (Peters) Speed; married, October 29, 1872, to Romelia Van Pelt; father of Robert Loring Speed; grandnephew of Robert Goodloe Harper; second cousin once removed of James Speed.
  Political families: Blackburn-Slaughter-Buckner-Madison family of Kentucky; Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell family of Virginia; Walker-Meriwether-Kellogg family of Virginia; Bullitt-Speed-Fry-Henry family (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Irving Dilley Tillman (1886-1954) — also known as Irving D. Tillman — of Norwich, Chenango County, N.Y. Born in Bainbridge, Chenango County, N.Y., September 30, 1886. Republican. Lawyer; Chenango County Clerk, 1928-48; chair of Chenango County Republican Party, 1934-37. Baptist. Member, Freemasons; Royal Arch Masons; Knights Templar; Shriners. Died, following a heart attack, in Chenango Memorial Hospital, Norwich, Chenango County, N.Y., September 3, 1954 (age 67 years, 338 days). Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Norwich, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Irving J. Tillman and Arabel (Guiles) Tillman; married, January 16, 1917, to Roxa V. Hann; third cousin twice removed of Jonathan R. Herrick; fourth cousin once removed of James Hammond Trumbull, Erskine Mason Phelps, D-Cady Herrick and Walter Richmond Herrick.
  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
Eugene M. Travis Eugene Mabbett Travis (1863-1940) — also known as Eugene M. Travis — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., June 10, 1863. Republican. Wholesale fruit and vegetable business; member of New York state senate 6th District, 1907-12; defeated, 1912; New York state comptroller, 1915-20. Methodist. Member, Royal Arcanum; Order of Heptasophs; Freemasons; Royal Arch Masons; Knights Templar; Shriners. Died in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., July 25, 1940 (age 77 years, 45 days). Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
  Relatives: Married 1884 to Fannie Bell Peck.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail
  Image source: New York Red Book 1907
  George E. Van Kennen (b. 1861) — of Ogdensburg, St. Lawrence County, N.Y. Born in Norfolk, St. Lawrence County, N.Y., September 11, 1861. Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1904; mayor of Ogdensburg, N.Y., 1911; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York. German ancestry. Member, Royal Arch Masons; Phi Beta Kappa. Interment at Ogdensburg Cemetery, Ogdensburg, N.Y.
  Relatives: Married 1890 to Harriet Houston; father of John D. Van Kennen.
  Alonzo L. Waters (b. 1893) — of Medina, Orleans County, N.Y. Born in Orleans County, N.Y., September 6, 1893. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; newspaper publisher; postmaster at Medina, N.Y., 1928; member of New York state assembly from Orleans County, 1949-65. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Royal Arch Masons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Elks; Moose; Rotary; American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Sons of the American Revolution; Sigma Chi. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married, September 26, 1923, to Helen D. Eckert.
William L. Webber 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.
  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)
  Albert Weed (1855-1938) — of Ticonderoga, Essex County, N.Y. Born in Ticonderoga, Essex County, N.Y., January 10, 1855. Republican. Carpenter; druggist; fire insurance business; partner in a clothing store; director, First National Bank of Ticonderoga; member of New York state assembly from Essex County, 1895-96; postmaster. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Royal Arch Masons; Knights Templar; Shriners. Died in Ticonderoga, Essex County, N.Y., November 22, 1938 (age 83 years, 316 days). Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Ticonderoga, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Joseph Weed and Mary (Hay) Weed; married 1884 to Ida A. Stevens.
Leon F. Wheatley Leon F. Wheatley (1872-1944) — of Hornell, Steuben County, N.Y. Born in West Franklin, Armstrong County, Pa., February 20, 1872. Republican. Dry goods merchant; bank director; member of New York state assembly from Steuben County 2nd District, 1922-26; member of New York state senate 43rd District, 1927-32; mayor of Hornell, N.Y., 1934-37; defeated, 1937. Baptist. Member, Freemasons; Royal Arch Masons; Knights Templar; Scottish Rite Masons; Shriners; Elks; Odd Fellows. Died in Hornell, Steuben County, N.Y., December 19, 1944 (age 72 years, 303 days). Interment at Hornell Rural Cemetery, Hornell, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of William Wheatley and Geraldine Wheatley; married, May 17, 1898, to Mary Elizabeth Burt.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: New York Red Book 1924
John B. Woodward John Blackburne Woodward (1835-1896) — also known as John B. Woodward — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., May 31, 1835. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; leather business; importer and exporter; Independent candidate for mayor of Brooklyn, N.Y., 1885. Unitarian. English ancestry. Member, National Rifle Association; Freemasons; Royal Arch Masons; Grand Army of the Republic; Loyal Legion. Died, from pneumonia, in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., March 7, 1896 (age 60 years, 281 days). Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Thomas Woodward and Mary Barrow (Blackburne) Woodward; married, May 31, 1870, to Elizabeth Cook Blackburne.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: John B. Woodward: a biographical memoir (1897)
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