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George Abernethy (1807-1877) —
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
7, 1807.
Governor
of Oregon Territory, 1845-49; newspaper
publisher.
Methodist.
Scottish ancestry.
Died in Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., March 2,
1877 (age 69 years, 146
days).
Original interment somewhere in Vancouver, Wash.; reinterment in 1883 at River
View Cemetery, Portland, Ore.
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James Noble Adam (1842-1912) —
also known as James N. Adam —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Peebles, Scotland,
March
1, 1842.
Democrat. Dry goods
merchant; mayor
of Buffalo, N.Y., 1906-09.
Presbyterian.
Scottish ancestry.
Suffered a stroke of
apoplexy, while visiting his successor's office
in Buffalo City
Hall, and died the next day, in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., February
9, 1912 (age 69 years, 345
days).
Interment at St. Cuthbert's Churchyard, Edinburgh, Scotland.
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George Bliss Agnew (1868-1941) —
also known as George B. Agnew —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., 1868.
Republican. Stockbroker;
director of mining
companies and railroads;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1900
(alternate), 1904
(alternate), 1908;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 27th District, 1903-06;
member of New York
state senate 17th District, 1907-10.
Presbyterian.
English,
French
Huguenot, Scottish, and Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Union
League; Sons of
the Revolution.
Died, of pneumonia,
in New York
Hospital, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 21,
1941 (age about 72
years).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Andrew Gifford Agnew and Mary Hervey (Bliss) Agnew; married 1908 to Emily
D. Gruban. |
| | | Image source: New York Red Book
1907 |
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Robert P. Aitken (born c.1819) —
of Flint Township, Genesee
County, Mich.
Born in Perth, Fulton
County, N.Y., about 1819.
Republican. Farmer; supervisor
of Flint Township, Michigan, 1850; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Genesee County 2nd District,
1865-68.
Episcopalian.
Scottish ancestry.
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Flint, Mich.
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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.
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Relatives:
Married to Janet Gordon. |
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Herman Ossian Armour (1837-1901) —
also known as Herman O. Armour —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Stockbridge, Madison
County, N.Y., March 7,
1837.
Republican. Co-founder of Armour & Company meatpacking
firm; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1892;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New York.
English
and Scottish ancestry.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
8, 1901 (age 64 years, 185
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Andrew D. Baird (1839-1923) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Kelso, Scotland,
October
14, 1839.
Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; stonecutter;
banker;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1884;
candidate for mayor
of Brooklyn, N.Y., 1887, 1889; postmaster at Brooklyn,
N.Y., 1890.
Presbyterian.
Scottish ancestry.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., September
4, 1923 (age 83 years, 325
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Maryanne Trump Barry (b. 1937) —
also known as Maryanne Trump —
of New Jersey.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April 5,
1937.
Lawyer;
U.S.
District Judge for New Jersey, 1983-99; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, 1999-2011; took
senior status 2011; senior judge, 2011-.
Female.
German
and Scottish ancestry.
Still living as of 2016.
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Herbert Almon Bartholomew (1871-1958) —
also known as Herbert A. Bartholomew —
of Whitehall, Washington
County, N.Y.
Born in Whitehall, Washington
County, N.Y., November
3, 1871.
Republican. Farmer; cattle
breeder; member of New York
state assembly from Washington County, 1921-40; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1936,
1940
(alternate), 1944,
1952;
chair
of Washington County Republican Party, 1939-42.
English,
Scottish, and Dutch
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Grange;
Farm
Bureau; Elks.
Died October
26, 1958 (age 86 years, 357
days).
Interment at Brick
Church Cemetery, Whitehall, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Heman Almon Bartholomew and Alice Lanta (Douglass) Bartholomew;
married 1896 to
Harriet Gibson Douglass. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: New York Red Book
1936 |
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Adam Beattie (1833-1893) —
of Ovid, Clinton
County, Mich.
Born in Seneca
County, N.Y., November
26, 1833.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; sawmill
owner; member of Michigan
state senate 17th District, 1873-74; postmaster.
Congregationalist.
Scottish ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died June 26,
1893 (age 59 years, 212
days).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Ovid, Mich.
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Relatives:
Married to Mary E. Hand. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Past and Present of
Washtenaw County (1906) |
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John C. Bellingham —
of Schenectady
County, N.Y.
Born in Scotland.
Socialist. Electrical
worker; delegate to Socialist National Convention from New York,
1920; candidate for New York
state assembly from Schenectady County 1st District, 1920.
Scottish ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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James T. Bennett (b. 1857) —
of Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa
County, Mich.
Born in Geneva, Ontario
County, N.Y., February
21, 1857.
Republican. Merchant;
lumber
business; Chippewa
County Treasurer; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Chippewa County, 1907-08.
Scottish ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Allan Benny (1867-1942) —
of Bayonne, Hudson
County, N.J.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., July 12,
1867.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Hudson County, 1898-1900; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 9th District, 1903-05; defeated,
1904.
Scottish ancestry.
Died in Bayonne, Hudson
County, N.J., November
6, 1942 (age 75 years, 117
days).
Interment at Moravian
Cemetery, New Dorp, Staten Island, N.Y.
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Robert Blair Blaikie (1906-1992) —
also known as Robert B. Blaikie; "Battling
Bob" —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
17, 1906.
Democrat. Insurance
business; candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1953; candidate for borough
president of Manhattan, New York, 1965.
Irish
and Scottish ancestry.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March
26, 1992 (age 85 years, 100
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert Blaikie and Mary (Loughlin) Blaikie. |
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Alexander Gair Blue (1882-1941) —
also known as Alexander G. Blue —
of Patchogue, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J., March 5,
1882.
Progressive. Lawyer;
candidate for New York
state senate 1st District, 1912; Suffolk
County District Attorney, 1930-32.
Scottish ancestry.
Died, in Mather Memorial Hospital,
Port Jefferson, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., April
11, 1941 (age 59 years, 37
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Alexander Gair Blue and Isabella McFarlane (Black) Blue; married,
October
13, 1906, to Alma E. Smith. |
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George Sutherland Bowman (1810-1897) —
of Warwick, Kent
County, R.I.; New Brighton, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Born in Glasgow, Scotland,
1810.
First village president of New Brighton, Staten Island.
Scottish ancestry.
Died in New Brighton, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., February
11, 1897 (age about 86
years).
Burial location unknown.
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John B. Brisbin (1827-1898) —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Schuylerville, Saratoga
County, N.Y., January
10, 1827.
Democrat. Lawyer; member
Minnesota territorial council 2nd District, 1856-57; President
of the Minnesota Territorial Council, 1856-57; mayor
of St. Paul, Minn., 1857-58; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 21, 1863.
French
and Scottish ancestry.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., March
22, 1898 (age 71 years, 71
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, St. Paul, Minn.
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Alexander Brough (b. 1863) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Glasgow, Scotland,
January
25, 1863.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 19th District, 1907; member
of New
York state senate 18th District, 1909-10; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 19th District, 1912.
Scottish ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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John W. Brown (1796-1875) —
of Newburgh, Orange
County, N.Y.
Born in Dundee, Scotland,
October
11, 1796.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 6th District, 1833-37; Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1850-65.
Scottish ancestry.
Died in Newburgh, Orange
County, N.Y., September
6, 1875 (age 78 years, 330
days).
Interment at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Newburgh, N.Y.
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Alexander Brush (1824-1892) —
of New York.
Born in Edinburgh, Scotland,
February
8, 1824.
Republican. Mayor
of Buffalo, N.Y., 1870-73, 1880-81.
Scottish ancestry.
Died in North
Atlantic Ocean, June 1,
1892 (age 68 years, 114
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y.
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Andrew J. Campbell (1828-1894) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., 1828.
Republican. Architectural
iron business; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 9th District, 1876; elected
U.S.
Representative from New York 10th District 1894, but died before
taking office.
Scottish and English
ancestry.
Died, of Bright's
disease, in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
6, 1894 (age about 66
years).
Burial location unknown.
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William Brown Carswell (1883-1953) —
also known as William B. Carswell —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Edinburgh, Scotland,
1883.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state senate 6th District, 1913-16; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1923-53; died in office
1953; Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court
2nd Department, 1927-49; candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1937;
vice-president and trustee, Caledonian Hospital.
Christian
Reformed. Scottish ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Grotto;
Elks.
Died, following surgery for a stomach
ailment, in Sherbrooke Hospital,
Sherbrooke, Quebec,
September
7, 1953 (age about 70
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of David Bruce Carswell and Ann (Brown) Carswell. |
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William Barclay Charles (1861-1950) —
also known as William B. Charles —
of Amsterdam, Montgomery
County, N.Y.
Born in Glasgow, Scotland,
April
3, 1861.
Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen; cotton
dealer; member of New York
state assembly from Montgomery County, 1904-06; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1908
(alternate), 1928,
1936
(alternate); U.S.
Representative from New York 30th District, 1915-17.
Presbyterian.
Scottish ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Amsterdam, Montgomery
County, N.Y., November
25, 1950 (age 89 years, 236
days).
Interment at Green
Hill Cemetery, Amsterdam, N.Y.
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George Henry Cobb (b. 1864) —
also known as George H. Cobb —
of Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y.
Born in Hounsfield town, Jefferson
County, N.Y., 1864.
Republican. Lawyer; Jefferson
County District Attorney, 1899; member of New York
state senate 35th District, 1905-12; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1908;
Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1910.
Presbyterian.
English,
Scottish, and Dutch
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Elijah Cobb and Emily (Crandall) Cobb; married, April
19, 1893, to Louisa Wenzel. |
| | | Image source: New York Red Book
1907 |
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Benjamin Colvin (b. 1827) —
of Brant Township, Saginaw
County, Mich.
Born in Cato, Cayuga
County, N.Y., August
3, 1827.
Democrat. Farmer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Saginaw County 3rd District,
1897-1900; defeated, 1900.
Scottish ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Hector Craig (1775-1842) —
of Chester, Orange
County, N.Y.
Born in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland,
1775.
Sawmill
and grist
mill owner; U.S.
Representative from New York 6th District, 1823-25, 1829-30; U.S.
Surveyor of Customs, 1833-39.
Scottish ancestry.
Slaveowner.
Died in Craigville, Orange
County, N.Y., January
31, 1842 (age about 66
years).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Orange County, N.Y.
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Andrew Davidson (b. 1840) —
of Cooperstown, Otsego
County, N.Y.
Born in Morebattle, Roxburghshire, Scotland,
February
12, 1840.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of New York
state senate 23rd District, 1884-85.
Scottish ancestry.
Received the Medal
of Honor in 1892 for action at Petersburg, Va., July 30, 1864.
Interment at Lakewood
Cemetery, Cooperstown, N.Y.
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John B. Davidson (1855-1932) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Scotland,
February
22, 1855.
Architect;
member of New York
state senate 21st District, 1914; defeated (State Tax), 1922.
Presbyterian.
Scottish ancestry. Member, Grange;
Freemasons;
Royal
Arcanum.
Died in New Rochelle, Westchester
County, N.Y., February
20, 1932 (age 76 years, 363
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Married to Annie Cameron. |
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James B. Davie (b. 1845) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Scotland,
January, 1845.
Brass foundry
business; Prohibition candidate for New York
state senate 10th District, 1904, 1920, 1922; Prohibition
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York, 1910 (2nd District), 1912 (3rd
District); Prohibition candidate for New York
state assembly from Kings County 15th District, 1914.
Scottish ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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John M. DePuy (1837-1907) —
of Taney
County, Mo.
Born in Ulster
County, N.Y., March
23, 1837.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Taney County, 1905-07; died
in office 1907.
French
Huguenot and Scottish ancestry.
Died in Jefferson City, Cole
County, Mo., March 3,
1907 (age 69 years, 345
days).
Interment at Edwards Cemetery, Kirbyville, Mo.
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Clarence Douglas Dillon (1909-2003) —
also known as C. Douglas Dillon; Clarence Douglass
Dillon —
of Far Hills, Somerset
County, N.J.
Born in Geneva, Switzerland,
of American parents, August
21, 1909.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; financier;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1952
(alternate), 1968;
U.S. Ambassador to France, 1953-57; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1961-65.
Scottish, French,
Swedish,
and Jewish
ancestry. Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Society
of Colonial Wars.
Recipient of the Presidential
Medal of Freedom on July 6, 1989.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
10, 2003 (age 93 years, 142
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Addie Donald (1857-1922) —
also known as John A. Donald —
of Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.; Rye, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Kirkintilloch, East Dunbartonshire, Scotland,
July
24, 1857.
Democrat. Naturalized U.S. citizen; steamship
business; member, U.S. Shipping Board, 1917-21.
Episcopalian.
Scottish ancestry.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Rye, Westchester
County, N.Y., January
13, 1922 (age 64 years, 173
days).
Interment at Moravian
Cemetery, New Dorp, Staten Island, N.Y.
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Richard Grant Augustus Donnelly (1841-1905) —
also known as Richard A. Donnelly —
of Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., March 4,
1841.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; clothing
merchant; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Mercer County, 1880-81; mayor
of Trenton, N.J., 1884-86; New Jersey
state treasurer, 1895-1901.
Irish
and Scottish ancestry. Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks.
Died February
27, 1905 (age 63 years, 360
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Peter Donnelly and Elizabeth (Grant) Donnelly; married to Sue A.
Davidson and Susie Isabel Gold. |
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Helen Gahagan Douglas (1900-1980) —
also known as Helen Gahagan; "The Pink
Lady" —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Boonton, Morris
County, N.J., November
25, 1900.
Actress
and opera
singer, 1922-38; member of Democratic
National Committee from California, 1940-44; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from California, 1940
(alternate), 1944
(speaker),
1948;
vice-chair
of California Democratic Party, 1941-42; U.S.
Representative from California 14th District, 1945-51; candidate
for U.S.
Senator from California, 1950 (Democratic), 1952 (Independent).
Female.
Scottish and Irish
ancestry. Member, League of Women
Voters; American
Academy of Political and Social Science.
Died, of cancer,
in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 28,
1980 (age 79 years, 216
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Melvyn Douglas (1901-1981) —
also known as Melvyn Edouard Hesselberg —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Macon, Bibb
County, Ga., April 5,
1901.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,
1940;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Actor,
producer,
director
of many motion
pictures; worked in radio, television,
and Broadway.
Jewish
and Scottish ancestry. Member, Screen
Actors Guild; Americans
for Democratic Action; American Civil
Liberties Union.
Died, of pneumonia
and cardiac
complications, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., August
4, 1981 (age 80 years, 121
days).
Cremated.
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Gwendolyn Burden Dows (1884-1935) —
also known as Mary Gwendolyn Townsend Burden; Mrs. David
Dows —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born September
18, 1884.
Republican. Member of New York
Republican State Committee, 1934.
Female.
Scottish ancestry.
Died, in New York
Hospital, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 30,
1935 (age 50 years, 315
days).
Interment at Sleepy
Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.
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John Kenneth Galbraith (1908-2006) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Iona Station, Ontario,
October
15, 1908.
Democrat. Naturalized U.S. citizen; economist;
university
professor; U.S. Ambassador to India, 1961-63; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1972.
Scottish ancestry. Member, Americans
for Democratic Action; American
Economic Association; American
Academy of Arts and Sciences; American
Philosophical Society.
Received the Medal
of Freedom in 1946, and again in 2000.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Mt. Auburn Hospital,
Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass., April
29, 2006 (age 97 years, 196
days).
Interment at Indian
Hill Cemetery, Middletown, Conn.
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Ulysses Simpson Grant (1822-1885) —
also known as Ulysses S. Grant; Hiram Ulysses Grant;
"Savior of the Union"; "Lion of
Vicksburg"; "The Austerlitz of American
Politics"; "Unconditional Surrender Grant";
"The Galena Tanner"; "The Silent
Soldier"; "The Silent General" —
of Galena, Jo Daviess
County, Ill.
Born in Point Pleasant, Clermont
County, Ohio, April
27, 1822.
Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; President
of the United States, 1869-77; candidate for Republican
nomination for President, 1880.
Methodist.
Scottish ancestry. Member, Loyal
Legion.
Elected to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1900.
Died of throat
cancer, at Mt. McGregor, Saratoga
County, N.Y., July 23,
1885 (age 63 years, 87
days).
Interment at General
Grant Memorial, Manhattan, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Jesse Root Grant and Hannah (Simpson) Grant; married, August
22, 1848, to Julia
Boggs Dent (sister-in-law of Alexander
Sharp; sister of George
Wrenshall Dent and Lewis
Dent); father of Frederick
Dent Grant and Ulysses
Simpson Grant Jr.; grandfather of Nellie Grant (who married William
Pigott Cronan); first cousin twice removed of Augustus
Seymour Porter (1769-1849) and Peter
Buell Porter; second cousin once removed of Augustus
Seymour Porter (1798-1872), Peter
Buell Porter Jr. and Peter
Augustus Porter (1827-1864); second cousin four times removed of
Benjamin
Huntington; third cousin of Peter
Augustus Porter (1853-1925); third cousin twice removed of John
Davenport, Joshua
Coit, James
Davenport, Henry
Huntington, Gurdon
Huntington, Samuel
Lathrop, Abel
Huntington and William
Rush Merriam; third cousin thrice removed of Samuel
Huntington and Henry
Scudder; fourth cousin once removed of Ebenezer
Huntington, Theodore
Davenport, Benjamin
Nicoll Huntington, Jesse
Monroe Hatch, Franklin
Delano Roosevelt and Warren
Delano Robbins. |
| | | Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Cross-reference: Horace
Porter — Ayres
Phillips Merrill — Robert
Martin Douglas — Thomas
L. Hamer — James
Arkell |
| | | Grant counties in Ark., Kan., La., Minn., Neb., N.M., N.Dak., Okla., Ore., S.Dak., Wash. and W.Va. are
named for him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: Ulysses
G. Palmer
— Ulysses
S. G. Bieber
— Ulysses
G. Denman
— Ulysses
G. Crandell
— Ulysses
S. G. Blakely
— S. U.
G. Rhodes
— Ulysses
G. Borden
— U.
Grant Mengel
— Ulysses
G. Foster
— Ulysses
G. Byers
— U.
S. Grant Leverett
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| | | Coins and currency: His portrait
appears on the U.S. $50 bill, and also appeared on $1 and $5
silver certificates in 1887-1927. |
| | | Personal motto: "When in doubt,
fight." |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books about Ulysses S. Grant: Jean
Edward Smith, Grant —
Frank J. Scaturro, President
Grant Reconsidered — William S. McFeely, Grant —
Brooks D. Simpson, Ulysses
S. Grant: Triumph Over Adversity, 1822-1865 — Brooks
D. Simpson, Let
Us Have Peace: Ulysses S. Grant and the Politics of War and
Reconstruction, 1861-1868 — James S. Brisbin, The
campaign lives of Ulysses S. Grant and Schuyler
Colfax — Josiah Bunting III, Ulysses
S. Grant — Michael Korda, Ulysses
S. Grant : The Unlikely Hero — Edward H. Bonekemper,
A
Victor, Not a Butcher: Ulysses S. Grant's Overlooked Military
Genius — Harry J. Maihafer, The
General and the Journalists: Ulysses S. Grant, Horace Greeley, and
Charles Dana — H. W. Brands, The
Man Who Saved the Union: Ulysses Grant in War and
Peace — Charles Bracelen Flood, Grant's
Final Victory: Ulysses S. Grant's Heroic Last Year —
Joan Waugh, U.
S. Grant: American Hero, American Myth |
| | | Critical books about Ulysses S. Grant:
Nathan Miller, Star-Spangled
Men : America's Ten Worst Presidents |
| | | Fiction about Ulysses S. Grant: Newt
Gingrich & William R. Forstchen, Grant
Comes East — Newt Gingrich & William R. Forstchen, Never
Call Retreat : Lee and Grant: The Final Victory |
| | | Image source: Portrait & Biographical
Album of Washtenaw County (1891) |
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Walter Smith Gurnee (1813-1903) —
also known as Walter S. Gurnee —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Haverstraw, Rockland
County, N.Y., March 9,
1813.
Democrat. Saddle and
harness maker; real estate
business; mayor
of Chicago, Ill., 1851-53.
Scottish ancestry.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April
17, 1903 (age 90 years, 39
days).
Entombed at Sleepy
Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.
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Alexander Hamilton (1757-1804) —
also known as "Alexander the
Coppersmith" —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Charles Town, Nevis,
January
11, 1757.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; lawyer; Delegate
to Continental Congress from New York, 1782-83; member of New York
state assembly from New York County, 1786-87; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; delegate
to New York convention to ratify U.S. constitution from New York
County, 1788; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1789-95.
Episcopalian.
Scottish and French
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Society
of the Cincinnati.
Elected to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1915.
Shot
and mortally
wounded in a duel with
Aaron
Burr, on July 11, 1804, and died the next day in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 12,
1804 (age 47 years, 183
days).
Interment at Trinity
Churchyard, Manhattan, N.Y.; statue at Treasury
Building Grounds, Washington, D.C.; statue at Commonwealth Avenue Mall, Boston, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of James Hamilton and Rachel (Faucette) Hamilton; married, December
14, 1780, to Elizabeth Schuyler (daughter of Philip
John Schuyler; sister of Philip
Jeremiah Schuyler); father of Alexander
Hamilton Jr., James
Alexander Hamilton and William
Stephen Hamilton; great-grandfather of Robert
Ray Hamilton; second great-grandfather of Laurens
M. Hamilton; ancestor *** of Robert
Hamilton Woodruff. |
| | | Political families: Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York; VanRensselaer
family of Albany, New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Cross-reference: Nathaniel
Pendleton — Robert
Troup — John
Tayler — William
P. Van Ness |
| | | Hamilton counties in Fla., Ill., Ind., Kan., Neb., N.Y., Ohio and Tenn. are
named for him. |
| | | The city
of Hamilton,
Ohio, is named for
him. — Hamilton Hall (dormitory, built 1926), at
Harvard University
Business School, Boston,
Massachusetts, is named for
him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: Alexander
H. Buell
— Alexander
H. Holley
— Hamilton
Fish
— Alexander
H. Stephens
— Alexander
H. Bullock
— Alexander
H. Bailey
— Alexander
H. Rice
— Alexander
Hamilton Jones
— Alexander
H. Waterman
— Alexander
H. Coffroth
— Alexander
H. Dudley
— Alexander
H. Revell
— Alexander
Hamilton Hargis
— Alexander
Hamilton Phillips
— Alex
Woodle
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| | | Coins and currency: His portrait
appears on the U.S. $10 bill; from the 1860s to the 1920s, his
portrait also appeared on U.S. notes and certificates of various
denominations from $2 to $1,000. |
| | | Personal motto: "Do it better
yet." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — Historical
Society of the New York Courts |
| | | Books about Alexander Hamilton: Richard
Brookhiser, Alexander
Hamilton, American — Forrest McDonald, Alexander
Hamilton: A Biography — Gertrude Atherton, Conqueror
: Dramatized Biography of Alexander Hamilton — Ron
Chernow, Alexander
Hamilton — Thomas Fleming, Duel:
Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr, and the Future of
America — Arnold A. Rogow, A
Fatal Friendship: Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr —
Willard Sterne Randall, Alexander
Hamilton: A Life — John Harper, American
Machiavelli : Alexander Hamilton and the Origins of U.S. Foreign
Policy — Stephen F. Knott, Alexander
Hamilton and the Persistence of Myth — Charles Cerami,
Young
Patriots: The Remarkable Story of Two Men. Their Impossible Plan and
The Revolution That Created The Constitution — Donald
Barr Chidsey, Mr.
Hamilton and Mr. Jefferson |
| | | Critical books about Alexander
Hamilton: Thomas DiLorenzo, Hamilton's
Curse : How Jefferson's Arch Enemy Betrayed the American Revolution
-- and What It means for Americans Today |
| | | Image source: U.S. postage stamp
(1957) |
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William Frederick Havemeyer (1874-1904) —
also known as William F. Havemeyer —
of New York.
Born in New York, May 25,
1874.
Republican. U.S. Consular Agent in Bassorah, 1904, died in office 1904.
German
and Scottish ancestry.
Died, of cholera,
in Bassorah, Mesopatamia (Basra, Iraq),
June
25, 1904 (age 30 years, 31
days).
Interment somewhere in Iraq.
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Arthur Hay (b. 1859) —
of Oneida, Madison
County, N.Y.
Born in New Jersey, March, 1859.
Machinist;
insurance
business; justice of the peace; candidate for Presidential
Elector for New York; candidate for New York
state assembly from Madison County, 1901.
English
and Scottish ancestry.
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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Jessie Wallace Hughan (1875-1955) —
also known as Jessie W. Hughan —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., December
25, 1875.
Socialist. School
teacher; candidate for New York
state assembly, 1914 (Kings County 11th District), 1927 (New York
County 10th District), 1932 (New York County 10th District), 1933
(New York County 10th District), 1936 (New York County 6th District),
1938 (New York County 6th District); candidate for secretary
of state of New York, 1918; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1920; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York, 1922 (16th District), 1924 (17th
District), 1928 (15th District), 1934 (15th District); candidate for
U.S.
Senator from New York, 1926.
Female.
Scottish, English,
and French
ancestry. Member, Alpha
Omicron Pi; War
Resisters League; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April
10, 1955 (age 79 years, 106
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Johnstone (c.1661-1732) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Perth Amboy, Middlesex
County, N.J.
Born in Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland,
about 1661.
Druggist;
mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1714-19.
Scottish ancestry.
Died in Perth Amboy, Middlesex
County, N.J., September
3, 1732 (age about 71
years).
Burial location unknown.
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John Hume Kedzie (1815-1903) —
also known as John H. Kedzie —
of Evanston, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Stamford, Delaware
County, N.Y., September
8, 1815.
Republican. Lawyer; real estate
developer; member of Illinois
state house of representatives 7th District, 1877-78.
Congregationalist.
Scottish ancestry.
Died in Evanston, Cook
County, Ill., April 9,
1903 (age 87 years, 213
days).
Interment at Rosehill
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Philip Adam Laing (1856-1948) —
also known as Philip A. Laing —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in East Otto, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y., May 14,
1856.
Lawyer;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 8th District, 1919-20; appointed 1919;
defeated, 1919; appointed 1920; defeated, 1920.
Scottish and English
ancestry.
Died in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., September
3, 1948 (age 92 years, 112
days).
Interment at Prospect Lawn Cemetery, Hamburg, N.Y.
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Robert Livingston the Elder (1654-1728) —
also known as "First Lord of the Manor" —
of New York.
Born in Ancrum, Roxburghshire, Scotland,
December
13, 1654.
Fur trader;
member of New York
colonial assembly, 1709-11, 1716-26; Speaker
of New York Colonial Assembly, 1718.
Scottish ancestry.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
1, 1728 (age 73 years, 293
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. John Livingston and Janet (Fleming) Livingston; married 1679 to
Alida Schuyler; father of John
Livingston, Robert
Livingston (1688-1775) and Gilbert
Livingston; uncle of Robert
Livingston the Younger; grandfather of Robert
Livingston (1708-1790), Peter
Van Brugh Livingston, Robert
Gilbert Livingston, Philip
Livingston, Robert
R. Livingston (1718-1775) and William
Livingston; great-grandfather of Peter
Robert Livingston (1737-1794), Walter
Livingston, Philip
Peter Livingston, Margaret Livingston (who married Nicholas
Fish (1758-1833)), Robert
R. Livingston (1746-1813), Philip
Van Cortlandt, Henry
Brockholst Livingston, Pierre
Van Cortlandt Jr. and Edward
Livingston (1764-1836); great-granduncle of Jeremiah
Van Rensselaer, Robert
Van Rensselaer and James
Livingston; second great-grandfather of Stephen
Van Rensselaer, Philip
Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Henry
Walter Livingston, Peter
Augustus Jay (1776-1843), Rensselaer
Westerlo, Edward
Philip Livingston, William
Alexander Duer, John
Duer, William
Jay, Charles
Ludlow Livingston (1800-1873) and Hamilton
Fish (1808-1893); second great-granduncle of Peter
Robert Livingston (1766-1847), Jacob
Rutsen Van Rensselaer, Philip
Jeremiah Schuyler and Maturin
Livingston; third great-grandfather of Philip
Schuyler, Peter
Robert Livingston (1789-1859), Gilbert
Livingston Thompson, Edward
Livingston (1796-1840), William
Duer, Henry
Bell Van Rensselaer, Denning
Duer, Henry
Brockholst Ledyard, John
Jay II, John
Jacob Astor III, Nicholas
Fish (1848-1902) and Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1849-1936); third great-granduncle of James
Alexander Hamilton, Gerrit
Smith and Elizabeth
Cady Stanton; fourth great-grandfather of Kiliaen
Van Rensselaer, William
Waldorf Astor, John
Kean, Hamilton
Fish Kean, Jonathan
Mayhew Wainwright, Charles
Ludlow Livingston (born 1870) and Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1888-1991); fourth great-granduncle of Cortlandt
Schuyler Van Rensselaer; fifth great-grandfather of Guy
Vernor Henry, Herbert
Livingston Satterlee, William
Astor Chanler, Lewis
Stuyvesant Chanler, Montgomery
Schuyler Jr., Peter
Augustus Jay (1877-1933), Peter
Goelet Gerry, Ogden
Livingston Mills, Bronson
Murray Cutting, Robert
Reginald Livingston, Robert
Winthrop Kean, Brockholst
Livingston and Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1926-1996); fifth great-granduncle of Robert
Ray Hamilton; sixth great-grandfather of John
Eliot Thayer Jr., Thomas
Howard Kean, Hamilton
Fish (born 1951) and Alexa
Fish Ward; seventh great-grandfather of Thomas
Howard Kean Jr.; ancestor *** of Robert
Livingston Beeckman. |
| | | Political family: Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Wikipedia article |
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Walter Lowrie (1784-1868) —
of Butler, Butler
County, Pa.
Born in Edinburgh, Scotland,
December
10, 1784.
Democrat. Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1811; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 19th District, 1815-19; U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1819-25.
Presbyterian.
Scottish ancestry.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
14, 1868 (age 84 years, 4
days).
Entombed at First
Presbyterian Churchyard, Manhattan, N.Y.
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James P. Mackenzie (1855-1935) —
of North Tonawanda, Niagara
County, N.Y.
Born in Penetanguishene, Ontario,
November
14, 1855.
Republican. Wholesale
lumber business; member of New York
state senate 47th District, 1909-10; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1916;
mayor
of North Tonawanda, N.Y., 1926-27.
Scottish ancestry.
Died in North Tonawanda, Niagara
County, N.Y., October
20, 1935 (age 79 years, 340
days).
Burial location unknown.
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George H. McAdam (b. 1854) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., 1854.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 15th District, 1887.
Scottish ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Duncan McArthur (1772-1839) —
of Chillicothe, Ross
County, Ohio.
Born in Dutchess
County, N.Y., June 14,
1772.
Democrat. Member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1804; member of Ohio
state senate, 1805-13 (Ross and Franklin counties 1805-07, Ross,
Franklin and Highland counties 1807-08, Ross County 1808-13); colonel
in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1813, 1823-25 (3rd District 1813, 6th
District 1823-25); Governor of
Ohio, 1830-32.
Scottish ancestry.
Died April
29, 1839 (age 66 years, 319
days).
Interment at Grandview
Cemetery, Chillicothe, Ohio.
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James McCallum —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
People's candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1894.
Scottish ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Paul McClelland (1854-1944) —
also known as Charles P. McClelland —
of Dobbs Ferry, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Glenluce, Wigtownshire, Scotland,
December
19, 1854.
Democrat. Naturalized U.S. citizen; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Westchester County 1st District, 1885-86,
1891; member of New York
state senate, 1892-93, 1903 (12th District 1892-93, 22nd District
1903); resigned 1903; member, U.S. Board of General Appraisers,
1903-26; Judge
of U.S. Customs Court, 1926-39; retired 1939.
Methodist.
Scottish ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Dobbs Ferry, Westchester
County, N.Y., June 6,
1944 (age 89 years, 170
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas Miller McClintock II (b. 1956) —
also known as Tom McClintock —
of Roseville, Placer
County, Calif.
Born in Bronxville, Westchester
County, N.Y., July 10,
1956.
Republican. Journalist;
chair
of Ventura County Republican Party, 1979-81; chief of staff for
State Senator Ed
Davis, 1980-82; member of California
state assembly, 1983-92, 1997-2000 (36th District 1983-92, 38th
District 1997-2000); candidate for California
state controller, 1994, 2002; member of California
state senate 19th District, 2001-08; candidate for Governor of
California, 2003; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of California, 2006; U.S.
Representative from California 4th District, 2009-; defeated,
1992.
Scottish ancestry.
Still living as of 2018.
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Alexander McDougall (1731-1786) —
of New York.
Born in Scotland,
1731.
Banker;
general in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; Delegate
to Continental Congress from New York, 1781; member of New York
state senate Southern District, 1783-86; died in office 1786.
Presbyterian.
Scottish ancestry. Member, Society
of the Cincinnati.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 9,
1786 (age about 54
years).
Entombed at First
Presbyterian Churchyard, Manhattan, N.Y.
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Robert M. McFarlane (b. 1857) —
of Eagle, Wyoming
County, N.Y.
Born in Castile, Wyoming
County, N.Y., May 26,
1857.
Merchant;
member of New York
state assembly from Wyoming County, 1908-09.
Scottish ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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John F. McIntyre (b. 1855) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., 1855.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 22nd District, 1887; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1912.
Scottish ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph V. McKee (1889-1956) —
also known as James W. Dawson; "Holy
Joe" —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., August
8, 1889.
School
teacher; lawyer; author;
member of New York
state assembly from Bronx County 7th District, 1918-23; municipal
judge in New York, 1924-26; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1932,
1936,
1940,
1944;
mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1932; defeated, 1932, 1933 (Recovery);
elected (Wet) delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment 1933, but did not
serve; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 23rd District, 1938.
Catholic.
Scottish ancestry.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
28, 1956 (age 66 years, 173
days).
Interment at Gate
of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, N.Y.
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Robert Mills —
of Patchogue, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Scotland.
Republican. U.S. Surveyor of Customs, 1891.
Scottish ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Alexander Mitchell (1817-1887) —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in Ellon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland,
October
17, 1817.
Democrat. Banker;
president, Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway,
1864-87; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin, 1871-75 (1st District 1871-73, 4th
District 1873-75); defeated, 1868; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Wisconsin, 1876
(member, Resolutions
Committee).
Scottish ancestry.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April
19, 1887 (age 69 years, 184
days).
Interment at Forest
Home Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wis.
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Joseph Mullin (1811-1882) —
of Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y.
Born in Dromore, County Down, Ireland (now Northern
Ireland), August
6, 1811.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 19th District, 1847-49; Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1857-81.
Scottish ancestry.
Died in Saratoga Springs, Saratoga
County, N.Y., May 17,
1882 (age 70 years, 284
days).
Interment at Brookside
Cemetery, Watertown, N.Y.
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John Gardner Murray (1857-1929) —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.; Baltimore,
Md.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Lonaconing, Allegany
County, Md., August
31, 1857.
Democrat. Episcopal
priest; Bishop of Maryland, 1911-29; Presiding Bishop of the
United States, 1926-29; offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,
1912.
Methodist;
later Episcopalian.
Scottish ancestry.
Died, of a stroke,
during a session
of the House of Bishops, in St. James Church,
Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J., October
3, 1929 (age 72 years, 33
days).
Interment at Druid
Ridge Cemetery, Pikesville, Md.
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Relatives: Son
of James Murray and Ann (Kirkwood) Murray; married, October
13, 1881, to Harriet May 'Hattie' Sprague; married, December
4, 1889, to Clara Alice Hunsicker. |
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Richard Nicolls (1624-1672) —
Born in Ampthill, Bedfordshire, England,
1624.
Colonial
Governor of New York, 1664-68.
English
and Scottish ancestry.
During the Anglo-Dutch War, he was killed in the naval Battle of
Solebay, North
Sea, May
28, 1672 (age
about 47
years).
Interment at St. Andrew Churchyard, Ampthill, Bedfordshire, England.
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James Andrew Outterson (1858-1922) —
also known as James A. Outterson —
of Carthage, Jefferson
County, N.Y.
Born in Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y., October
18, 1858.
Paper
manufacturer; member of New York
state assembly from Jefferson County 2nd District, 1902-03;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1904;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New York.
Episcopalian.
Scottish ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Redmen.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 6,
1922 (age 63 years, 200
days).
Interment at Fairview Cemetery, Carthage, N.Y.
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Robert Dale Owen (1801-1877) —
also known as Robert D. Owen —
of New Harmony, Posey
County, Ind.
Born in Glasgow, Scotland,
November
9, 1801.
Democrat. Farmer; author; newspaper
editor; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1836-39, 1851-52; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 1st District, 1843-47; defeated,
1839, 1847; candidate for Presidential Elector for Indiana; delegate
to Indiana state constitutional convention, 1850-51; U.S. Charge
d'Affaires to Two Sicilies, 1853-54; U.S. Minister to Two Sicilies, 1854-58.
Scottish and Welsh
ancestry.
Aided his father in the establishment of the New Harmony social
experiment.
Died in Lake George, Warren
County, N.Y., June 24,
1877 (age 75 years, 227
days).
Original interment at Village
Cemetery, Lake George, N.Y.; reinterment at Maple
Hill Cemetery, New Harmony, Ind.
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John Gibson Parkhurst (1824-1906) —
also known as John G. Parkhurst —
of Coldwater, Branch
County, Mich.
Born in Oneida Castle, Oneida
County, N.Y., April
17, 1824.
Democrat. Lawyer; insurance
business; Branch
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1852-55; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Michigan, 1860
(Convention
Secretary), 1888
(member, Credentials
Committee; speaker);
general in the Union Army during the Civil War; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1868; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 3rd District, 1872; candidate for Michigan
state treasurer, 1875; U.S. Minister to Belgium, 1888-89; postmaster at Coldwater,
Mich., 1894-98.
Episcopalian.
English
and Scottish ancestry. Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Loyal
Legion; American Bar
Association.
Died in Coldwater, Branch
County, Mich., May 6,
1906 (age 82 years, 19
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Coldwater, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Stephen Parkhurst and Sally (Gibson) Parkhurst; married 1852 to Amelia
Noyes; married 1863 to Josie
B. Reeves; married 1874 to
Frances J. (Roberts) Fiske. |
| | | See also U.S. State Dept career summary |
| | | Image source: History and Biographical
Record of Branch County (1906) |
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John Upfold Pettit (1820-1881) —
also known as John U. Pettit —
of Wabash, Wabash
County, Ind.
Born in Fabius, Onondaga
County, N.Y., September
11, 1820.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1844-45, 1865; Speaker of
the Indiana State House of Representatives, 1865; circuit judge
in Indiana, 1853-54, 1873-79; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 11th District, 1855-61; colonel in
the Union Army during the Civil War.
Episcopalian.
Scottish and French
ancestry. Member, Odd
Fellows.
Died in Wabash, Wabash
County, Ind., March
21, 1881 (age 60 years, 191
days).
Interment at Falls
Cemetery, Wabash, Ind.
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J. Herbert Read (1858-1937) —
of Pomona, Manistee
County, Mich.; Copemish, Manistee
County, Mich.
Born in Yates
County, N.Y., 1858.
Republican. Farmer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Manistee County, 1899-1906,
1925-30; candidate for Michigan
state senate 26th District, 1930.
Scottish and English
ancestry.
Died March 2,
1937 (age about 78
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas Read (1881-1962) —
of Shelby, Oceana
County, Mich.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., May 28,
1881.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Oceana County, 1915-20; Speaker of
the Michigan State House of Representatives, 1919-20; Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1921-24, 1935-36; defeated in primary,
1930, 1936, 1938, 1942; candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1924, 1940; member of Michigan
state senate 26th District, 1927-28; defeated in primary, 1928;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan; Michigan
state attorney general, 1939-40; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Michigan, 1940;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 9th District, 1950.
Congregationalist.
English
and Scottish ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Rotary.
Died in 1962
(age about
81 years).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Shelby, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Read (1841-1911) and Jane (Davidson) Read; married, March
20, 1915, to Ethel Katherine White. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Michigan Manual
1939 |
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Archibald Robertson (b. 1850) —
of Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April 7,
1850.
Republican. Life
insurance business; laundry
owner; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Saginaw County 1st District,
1915-16, 1923-24; defeated, 1916, 1924.
Scottish ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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John Morin Scott (1730-1784) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., 1730.
Lawyer;
general in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member
of New
York council of appointment, 1777; member of New York
state senate Southern District, 1777-82; secretary
of state of New York, 1778-84; died in office 1784; Delegate
to Continental Congress from New York, 1780-82.
Scottish and French
Huguenot ancestry.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
14, 1784 (age about 54
years).
Interment at Trinity
Churchyard, Manhattan, N.Y.
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James Buchanan Shearer (1823-1896) —
also known as James Shearer —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Bay City, Bay
County, Mich.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., July 12,
1823.
Builder;
lumber mill
owner; banker;
member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1880-87.
Presbyterian.
Scottish ancestry. Member, Odd
Fellows.
Died in Bay City, Bay
County, Mich., October
14, 1896 (age 73 years, 94
days).
Interment at Elm
Lawn Cemetery, Bay City, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of George Shearer and Agnes (Buchanan) Shearer; brother of George
H. Shearer; married 1850 to
Margaret J. Hutchison. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Portrait & Biographical
Record of Saginaw and Bay counties (1892) |
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James Rockwell Sheffield (1864-1938) —
also known as James R. Sheffield —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Dubuque, Dubuque
County, Iowa, August
13, 1864.
Republican. Lawyer;
private secretary to U.S. Sen. William
B. Allison; member of New York
state assembly, 1894, 1904; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1916,
1920,
1924,
1936;
U.S. Ambassador to Mexico, 1924-27; delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
English
and Scottish ancestry. Member, Union
League.
Died, from a cerebral
hemorrhage, in Saranac Inn, Franklin
County, N.Y., September
2, 1938 (age 74 years, 20
days).
Interment somewhere
in Utica, N.Y.
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John Slidell (1793-1871) —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., 1793.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, 1829-33; member
of Louisiana state legislature, 1830; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 1st District, 1843-45; resigned
1845; U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1853-61; Confederate
States Envoy to France, 1861.
Scottish ancestry.
Slaveowner.
Died in Cowes, Isle of Wight, England,
July
29, 1871 (age about 78
years).
Interment in private or family graveyard.
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Sanford Willard Smith (1869-1929) —
also known as Sanford W. Smith —
of Chatham, Columbia
County, N.Y.
Born in Kinderhook, Columbia
County, N.Y., August
19, 1869, reportedly in the same house where President Martin
Van Buren was born in 1782.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Columbia County, 1901; Columbia
County Judge, 1902; member of New York
state senate, 1905-08 (24th District 1905-06, 25th District
1907-08); Judge of New York Court of Claims, 1918-27; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1924;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 3rd District, 1928; appointed 1928.
Scottish and German
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Chatham, Columbia
County, N.Y., January
24, 1929 (age 59 years, 158
days).
Interment at Chatham
Rural Cemetery, Chatham, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Smith and Rachel (Shaw) Smith; married, July 1,
1896, to Maud Peck Harding. |
| | | Image source: New York Red Book
1907 |
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William Wallace Smith (1830-1913) —
also known as William W. Smith —
of Poughkeepsie, Dutchess
County, N.Y.
Born in Scotland,
1830.
Restaurant
business; co-owner of Smith Brothers, cough drop
manufacturers; Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York, 1890 (16th District), 1908 (21st
District); Prohibition candidate for Governor of
New York, 1896; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York.
Scottish ancestry.
Died in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess
County, N.Y., November
15, 1913 (age about 83
years).
Interment at Poughkeepsie
Rural Cemetery, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of James Smith and Ann (Anderson) Smith; married to Huldah
Gilbert. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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James A. Trotter (1852-1928) —
of Vassar, Tuscola
County, Mich.; Glendale, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Schoharie
County, N.Y., March, 1852.
Republican. Newspaper
publisher; Vassar village Clerk, 1877-80;; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1892;
member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1899; postmaster of Vassar,
Mich., 1902.
Scottish ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., 1928
(age about
76 years).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Riverside Cemetery, Vassar, Mich.
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Donald John Trump (b. 1946) —
also known as Donald Trump; David Dennison;
"Drumpf" —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla.
Born in Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., June 14,
1946.
Republican. President
of the United States, 2017-21; defeated, 2020; speaker, Republican National Convention, 2020.
German
and Scottish ancestry.
Still living as of 2022.
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Oliver T. B. Williams (b. 1835) —
of Columbus, Platte
County, Neb.; Seward, Seward
County, Neb.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August
30, 1835.
Lawyer;
newspaper
editor; member of Nebraska
state senate, 1866; postmaster at Columbus,
Neb., 1866; People's Independent candidate for Governor of
Nebraska, 1880.
Episcopalian.
English
and Scottish ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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