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George Birch Abbott (1850-1908) —
also known as George B. Abbott —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brookfield, Orange
County, Vt., September
27, 1850.
Democrat. Lawyer; Kings
County Surrogate, 1889-1901; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1907-08; died in office 1908.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sigma
Phi; Society of Colonial Wars.
Died, from "blood poisoning" (infection),
and pneumonia,
in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., February
10, 1908 (age 57 years, 136
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Benjamin Franklin Abbott and Diancy (Pickering) Abbott; married,
November
20, 1878, to Eva Topping Reeve. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Brooklyn (N.Y.) Daily
Eagle, February 10, 1908 |
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Charles Beatty Alexander (1849-1927) —
also known as Charles B. Alexander —
of Tuxedo Park, Orange
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
6, 1849.
Democrat. Lawyer;
director and counsel for Equitable Life insurance
company; director of the Middletown & Unionville Railroad,
the Hocking Valley Railroad,
and several banks;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1912,
1916
(alternate), 1920;
member, New York State Board of Regents, 1913-27.
Presbyterian.
Member, Society of Colonial Wars; Sons of
the American Revolution; Sons of
the Revolution; Society
of the Cincinnati; American Bar
Association.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
7, 1927 (age 77 years, 63
days).
Interment at Princeton
Cemetery, Princeton, N.J.
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Frederick Hobbes Allen (1858-1937) —
also known as Frederick H. Allen —
of Pelham Manor, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii, May 30,
1858.
Democrat. Lawyer; economist;
village
president of Pelham Manor, New York, 1904-06; chair of
Westchester County Democratic Party, 1904-14; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1908,
1920
(alternate); served in the U.S. Navy during World War I.
Episcopalian.
Member, Society of Colonial Wars; Sons of
the Revolution; American
Legion; Military
Order of the World Wars.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Newport Hospital,
Newport, Newport
County, R.I., December
3, 1937 (age 79 years, 187
days).
Interment at Beechwoods
Cemetery, New Rochelle, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Elisha
Hunt Allen and Mary Harrod (Hobbes) Allen; brother of William
Fessenden Allen; married, June 30,
1892, to Adele Livingston Stevens; grandson of Samuel
Clesson Allen; third great-grandnephew of Roger
Wolcott (1679-1767); first cousin four times removed of Erastus
Wolcott and Oliver
Wolcott Sr.; second cousin once removed of Gouverneur
Morris; second cousin twice removed of Elijah
Hunt Mills; second cousin thrice removed of Oliver
Ellsworth, Oliver
Wolcott Jr., Roger
Griswold and Frederick
Wolcott; second cousin four times removed of William
Pitkin; third cousin once removed of Chester
Ashley; third cousin twice removed of Theodore
Dwight, Henry
Leavitt Ellsworth, William
Wolcott Ellsworth and Abijah
Blodget; third cousin thrice removed of Matthew
Griswold (1714-1799), Return
Jonathan Meigs, Sr., Jonathan
Ingersoll, Jared
Ingersoll, Josiah
Meigs and Daniel
Pitkin; fourth cousin of Albert
Asahel Bliss and Philemon
Bliss; fourth cousin once removed of Joseph
Churchill Strong, Theodore
Davenport, Chester
William Chapin, Harrison
Blodget, John
William Allen, William
Alfred Buckingham, James
Samuel Wadsworth, Henry
Titus Backus, George
Washington Wolcott, William
Dean Kellogg, Christopher
Parsons Wolcott, Oliver
Morgan Hungerford, Matthew
Griswold (1833-1919), Judson
H. Warner, Roger
Wolcott (1847-1900) and Josiah
Quincy. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Morris-Ingersoll
family of New York and Connecticut; Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Henry Hersey Andrew (b. 1858) —
also known as Henry H. Andrew —
of Union, Monroe
County, W.Va.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Asbury Park, Monmouth
County, N.J.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., April, 1858.
Republican. Newspaper
publisher; lawyer;
candidate for West
Virginia state senate 8th District, 1898.
Episcopalian.
Member, Society of Colonial Wars; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas Raymond Ball (1896-1943) —
also known as Thomas R. Ball —
of Old Lyme, New London
County, Conn.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
12, 1896.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; architect;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Old Lyme, 1927-38; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 2nd District, 1939-41; defeated,
1940.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Institute of Architects; Sons of
the American Revolution; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Grange;
Society of Colonial Wars.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Old Lyme, New London
County, Conn., June 16,
1943 (age 47 years, 124
days).
Interment at Duck
River Cemetery, Old Lyme, Conn.
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Anthony Bleecker Banks (b. 1837) —
also known as A. Bleecker Banks —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March 7,
1837.
Democrat. Publishing
business; member of New York
state assembly from Albany County 3rd District, 1862; member of
New
York state senate 13th District, 1868-71; mayor of
Albany, N.Y., 1876-78, 1884-86; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1884;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 19th District, 1894.
Episcopalian.
Member, Society of Colonial Wars.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of David Banks and Harriet (Lloyd) Banks; married to Phebe
Wells. |
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Franklin Bartlett (1847-1909) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Grafton, Worcester
County, Mass., September
10, 1847.
Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1892,
1896,
1904;
U.S.
Representative from New York 7th District, 1893-97; defeated
(Republican), 1896.
Member, Sons of
the Revolution; Society of Colonial Wars; Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Died, of a kidney
disorder, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April
23, 1909 (age 61 years, 225
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Willard Bartlett (1846-1925) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Uxbridge, Worcester
County, Mass., October
14, 1846.
Democrat. Lawyer; law
partner of Elihu
Root, 1869-83 and 1917-24; drama
critic; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1884-1907; Justice of the
Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 2nd Department,
1896-1906; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1906-16; chief
judge of New York Court of Appeals, 1914-16.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sons of
the Revolution; Society of Colonial Wars; American
Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Died, from heart
disease, in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
17, 1925 (age 78 years, 95
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Howard Randolph Bayne (1851-1933) —
also known as Howard R. Bayne —
of New Brighton, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Born in Winchester,
Va., May 11,
1851.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state senate 23rd District, 1909-12.
Episcopalian.
Member, Society of Colonial Wars; Sons of
the Revolution; American Bar
Association.
Died in New Brighton, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., March
13, 1933 (age 81 years, 306
days).
Interment somewhere
in Richmond, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Bayne and Mary Ellen (Ashby) Bayne; married, April
27, 1886, to Lizzie S. Moore (daughter of Samuel Preston Moore);
married, February
17, 1932, to Amy (Hughes) D'Aeth. |
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Russell Benedict (1859-1936) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Great Neck Estates, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
25, 1859.
Republican. Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1912-25.
Member, American Bar
Association; Society of Colonial Wars; Sons of
the Revolution.
Died, from a cerebral
hemorrhage, in Great Neck Estates, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., November
29, 1936 (age 77 years, 4
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Samuel Greene Wheeler Benjamin (1837-1914) —
also known as S. G. W. Benjamin —
of New York; Washington,
D.C.; Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born, of American parents, at Argos, Greece,
February
13, 1837.
Librarian;
author;
artist;
U.S. Minister to Persia, 1883-85; U.S. Consul General in Teheran, as of 1883-85.
Member, Sons of
the Revolution; Society of Colonial Wars; Phi
Beta Kappa; American
Forestry Association; Navy
League.
Died in Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt., July 19,
1914 (age 77 years, 156
days).
Interment at Lakeview
Cemetery, Burlington, Vt.
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Henry Colvin Brewster (1845-1928) —
also known as Henry C. Brewster —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., September
7, 1845.
Republican. Banker; U.S.
Representative from New York 31st District, 1895-99; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1900,
1904
(alternate).
Presbyterian.
Member, Society of Colonial Wars; Sons of
the American Revolution; Union
League.
Died in Canandaigua, Ontario
County, N.Y., January
29, 1928 (age 82 years, 144
days).
Originally entombed at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Rochester, N.Y.; reinterment to unknown location.
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Philip Kingsland Crowe (1908-1976) —
also known as Philip K. Crowe —
of Easton, Talbot
County, Md.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., January
7, 1908.
Newspaper
reporter; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; U.S.
Ambassador to Ceylon, 1953-56; South Africa, 1959-61; Norway, 1969-73; Denmark, 1973-75.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Society of Colonial Wars.
Died in 1976
(age about
68 years).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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James G. Cutler (1848-1927) —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., April
24, 1848.
Republican. Architect;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; candidate for
Presidential Elector for New York; mayor
of Rochester, N.Y., 1904-07.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Society of Colonial Wars; Union
League.
Patented
the mail chute for tall buildings.
Died in 1927
(age about
79 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John N. Cutler and Mary E. (Goold) Cutler; married, September
27, 1871, to Anna K. Abbey. |
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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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William Harris Douglas (1853-1944) —
also known as William H. Douglas —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
5, 1853.
Republican. Exporter;
U.S.
Representative from New York, 1901-05 (14th District 1901-03,
15th District 1903-05); delegate to Republican National Convention
from New York, 1908,
1912,
1916.
Member, Sons of
the Revolution; Society of Colonial Wars.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
27, 1944 (age 90 years, 53
days).
Interment at Sleepy
Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.
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Claude Moore Fuess (b. 1885) —
also known as Claude M. Fuess —
of Andover, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Waterville, Oneida
County, N.Y., January
12, 1885.
Republican. Instructor
and headmaster,
Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass.; director, Andover National Bank;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1932.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Antiquarian Society; Society of Colonial Wars.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Louis Philip Fuess and Helen Augusta (Moore) Fuess; married, June 27,
1911, to Elizabeth Cushing Goodhue. |
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Franklin Mott Gunther (1885-1941) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
28, 1885.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Minister to Egypt, 1928-30; Romania, 1937-41.
Member, American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Society of Colonial
Wars; Sons of
the Revolution.
Died in Bucharest, Romania,
December
22, 1941 (age 56 years, 297
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Almet Francis Jenks (1853-1924) —
also known as Almet F. Jenks —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., May 21,
1853.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 2nd District, 1894;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1900-21; resigned 1921;
candidate for chief
judge of New York Court of Appeals, 1916.
Member, Society of Colonial Wars.
Died in 1924
(age about
71 years).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Grenville Tudor Jenks and Persis Sophia (Smith) Jenks; brother of
Paul
E. Jenks; married, April
29, 1891, to Lena Barré. |
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Hallett C. Johnson (1888-1968) —
also known as Francis Hallett Johnson —
of South Orange, Essex
County, N.J.; Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
26, 1888.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Consul General in Stockholm, as of 1938; U.S. Ambassador to Costa Rica, 1944-47.
Episcopalian.
Member, Society of Colonial Wars; Sons of
the American Revolution; Delta
Psi.
Died, in Massachusetts General Hospital,
Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., August
11, 1968 (age 79 years, 259
days).
Interment at Rosedale
Cemetery, Orange, N.J.
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Hamilton Fish Kean (1862-1941) —
also known as Hamilton F. Kean —
of Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J.
Born in Union Township, Union
County, N.J., February
27, 1862.
Republican. Banker; farmer; chair of
Union County Republican Party, 1900; member of New Jersey
Republican State Committee, 1905-19; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New Jersey, 1916,
1932;
member of Republican
National Committee from New Jersey, 1919-28; U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1929-35; defeated, 1924, 1934; delegate
to New Jersey convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New Jersey.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Society of Colonial Wars; Freemasons.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
27, 1941 (age 79 years, 303
days).
Entombed at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of John Kean (1814-1895) and Lucinetta 'Lucy' (Halsted) Kean; brother
of John
Kean (1852-1914); married, January
12, 1888, to Katharine Taylor Winthrop; father of Robert
Winthrop Kean; grandfather of Thomas
Howard Kean; great-grandson of John
Kean (1756-1795); great-grandfather of Thomas
Howard Kean Jr.; great-grandnephew of Philip
Peter Livingston; second great-grandson of Peter
Van Brugh Livingston; second great-grandnephew of Robert
Livingston (1708-1790), Philip
Livingston and William
Livingston; third great-grandson of James
Alexander; third great-grandnephew of John
Livingston, Robert
Livingston (1688-1775) and Gilbert
Livingston; fourth great-grandson of Robert
Livingston the Elder and Pieter
Van Brugh; fourth great-grandnephew of Pieter
Schuyler (1657-1724), Abraham
de Peyster, Johannes
Cuyler, Johannes
de Peyster and Johannes
Schuyler (1668-1747); first cousin of Nicholas
Fish and Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1849-1936); first cousin once removed of Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1888-1991); first cousin twice removed of Charles
Ludlow Livingston (1800-1873) and Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1926-1996); first cousin thrice removed of Peter
Robert Livingston (1737-1794), Walter
Livingston, John
Stevens III, Henry
Brockholst Livingston, Hamilton
Fish (born 1951) and Alexa
Fish Ward; first cousin four times removed of Robert
Gilbert Livingston and Robert
R. Livingston (1718-1775); first cousin five times removed of Robert
Livingston the Younger, Johannes
DePeyster, Johannes
Schuyler (1697-1746), Cornelis
Cuyler and John
Cruger Jr.; first cousin six times removed of David
Davidse Schuyler and Myndert
Davidtse Schuyler; second cousin twice removed 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 and William
Jay; second cousin thrice removed of Robert
R. Livingston (1746-1813), Philip
Van Cortlandt, Pierre
Van Cortlandt Jr. and Edward
Livingston (1764-1836); second cousin four times removed of Stephanus
Bayard, Pierre
Van Cortlandt, Philip
John Schuyler, Matthew
Clarkson, Philip
P. Schuyler, Stephen
John Schuyler, Henry
Cruger and Henry
Rutgers; third cousin once removed of Philip
Schuyler, Peter
Robert Livingston (1789-1859), Edward
Livingston (1796-1840), William
Duer, Henry
Bell Van Rensselaer, Denning
Duer, Henry
Brockholst Ledyard and John
Jay II; third cousin twice removed of Hamilton
Fish (1808-1893); third cousin thrice removed of Nicholas
Bayard, Jeremiah
Van Rensselaer, Robert
Van Rensselaer, Pieter
Schuyler (1746-1792), James
Livingston, Peter
Samuel Schuyler, Philip
Jeremiah Schuyler, Philip
DePeyster and James
Parker; fourth cousin of Kiliaen
Van Rensselaer and Charles
Ludlow Livingston (born 1870); fourth cousin once removed of Gilbert
Livingston Thompson, John
Jacob Astor III, Herbert
Livingston Satterlee, Peter
Augustus Jay (1877-1933), Bronson
Murray Cutting, Robert
Reginald Livingston and Brockholst
Livingston. |
| | | Political families: Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York; Roosevelt
family of New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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John Edgar Leaycraft (1849-1916) —
also known as J. Edgar Leaycraft —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March
15, 1849.
Republican. Real estate
business; New York State Tax Commissioner, 1899.
Methodist.
Member, Union
League; Society of Colonial Wars; Sons of
the Revolution.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 3,
1916 (age 67 years, 110
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Harold Whitney Mason (1895-1944) —
also known as Harold W. Mason —
of Brattleboro, Windham
County, Vt.
Born in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., April
21, 1895.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; boot and shoe
business; vice-president, Brattleboro Memorial Hospital;
director for power
companies, insurance
companies, the Central Vermont Railway,
and the Estey Organ
Co.; delegate to Republican National Convention from Vermont, 1932;
Convention Secretary, 1940,
1944;
secretary, Arrangements Committee, secretary, 1940;
speaker, 1940;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Vermont; delegate
to Vermont convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; member of
Republican
National Committee from Vermont, 1936-44; Secretary
of Republican National Committee, 1937-44.
Member, American
Legion; Military
Order of the World Wars; Sons of
the American Revolution; Society of Colonial Wars; Union
League; Sigma
Nu.
Died, from a heart
attack, in his room at the Savoy-Plaza Hotel,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
3, 1944 (age 49 years, 196
days).
Interment at Morningside
Cemetery, Brattleboro, Vt.
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Relatives: Son
of William Lysander Mason and Margaret Etta (Matthews) Mason;
married, March
17, 1918, to Evelyn Hawley Dunham. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Official Report of the
22nd Republican National Convention (1940) |
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Thomas Channing Moore (b. 1872) —
also known as T. Channing Moore —
of Bronxville, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., June 1,
1872.
Republican. Sales
manager; member of New York
state assembly from Westchester County 1st District, 1920-26,
1929.
Member, Society of Colonial Wars; Sons of
the Revolution; Loyal
Legion; Phi
Delta Theta; Union
League; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of T. W. C. Moore; married 1907 to Bertha
Douglas Stone; grandson of Francis
Elias Spinner. |
| | | Image source: New York Red Book
1924 |
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Luther Wright Mott (1874-1923) —
also known as Luther W. Mott —
of Oswego, Oswego
County, N.Y.
Born in Oswego, Oswego
County, N.Y., November
30, 1874.
Republican. Banker;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1908;
U.S.
Representative from New York, 1911-23 (28th District 1911-13,
32nd District 1913-23); died in office 1923.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Society of Colonial Wars.
Died in Oswego, Oswego
County, N.Y., July 10,
1923 (age 48 years, 222
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Scriba town, Oswego County, N.Y.
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Thomas Herbert Norton (b. 1851) —
also known as Thomas H. Norton —
of White Plains, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Rushford, Allegany
County, N.Y., June 30,
1851.
Republican. Chemist;
newspaper
editor; university
professor; librarian;
U.S. Consul in Harput, 1900-05; Smyrna, 1905-06; Chemnitz, 1906-14.
Presbyterian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Sons of
the American Revolution; Sons of
the Revolution; Society of Colonial Wars; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; American
Chemical Society.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. Robert Norton and Julia Ann Granger (Horsford) Norton;
married, December
27, 1883, to Edith Eliza Ames. |
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Lewis Baldwin Parsons (b. 1818) —
also known as Lewis B. Parsons —
of Flora, Clay
County, Ill.
Born in Genesee
County, N.Y., April 5,
1818.
Democrat. Lawyer;
treasurer and president, Ohio and Mississippi Railroad;
colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Illinois, 1880; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Illinois, 1884.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Sons of
the Revolution; Society of Colonial Wars.
Burial location unknown.
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Richard Cunningham Patterson Jr. (1886-1966) —
also known as Richard C. Patterson, Jr. —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Locust Valley, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb., January
31, 1886.
Democrat. Gold miner;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; engineer;
New York City Commissioner of Correction, 1927-32; executive
vice-president and director, National Broadcasting
Co., 1932-36; chairman, Radio-Keith-Orpheum (RKO) Corp., 1939-43;
chairman, Ogden Corp. (Utilities Power &
Light Co.); delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
York, 1928
(alternate), 1932
(alternate), 1936,
1944,
1948;
U.S. Ambassador to Yugoslavia, 1944-47; Guatemala, 1948-50; U.S. Minister to Switzerland, 1951-53.
Methodist.
Member, Military
Order of the World Wars; American
Legion; Society of Colonial Wars; Sons of
the Revolution; Beta
Theta Pi; Freemasons.
Died September
30, 1966 (age 80 years, 242
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Phelps Phelps (1897-1981) —
also known as Phelps von Rottenburg —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Newark, Essex
County, N.J.; Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J.; Wildwood, Cape May
County, N.J.
Born in Bonn, Germany,
May
4, 1897.
Member of New York
state assembly, 1924-28, 1937-38 (New York County 10th District
1924-28, New York County 3rd District 1937-38); delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1932;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1936,
1948
(alternate); member of New York
state senate 13th District, 1939-42; served in the U.S. Army
during World War II; Governor of
American Samoa, 1951-52; U.S. Ambassador to Dominican Republic, 1952-53; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New Jersey, 1956,
1960,
1964
(alternate); delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention, 1966.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sons of
the Revolution; Psi
Upsilon; Urban
League; Elks; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Society of Colonial Wars; Union
League; Delta
Theta Phi.
Died in Wildwood, Cape May
County, N.J., June 10,
1981 (age 84 years, 37
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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LeBaron Bradford Prince (1840-1922) —
also known as L. Bradford Prince —
of Flushing, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; Santa Fe, Santa Fe
County, N.M.
Born in Flushing, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., July 3,
1840.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1868,
1876;
member of New York
state assembly from Queens County 1st District, 1871-75; member
of New
York state senate 1st District, 1876-77; justice of
New Mexico territorial supreme court, 1878-82; candidate for Delegate
to U.S. Congress from New Mexico Territory, 1882, 1884; Governor
of New Mexico Territory, 1889-93; member New
Mexico territorial council, 1909; delegate
to New Mexico state constitutional convention, 1911.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Society
of the Cincinnati; Society of Colonial Wars; Sons of
the Revolution.
Died in Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., December
22, 1922 (age 82 years, 172
days).
Interment at Flushing
Cemetery, Flushing, Queens, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of William Robert Prince and Charlotte Goodwin (Collins) Prince;
married to Hattie Estelle Childs; married, November
17, 1881, to Mary Catherine Beardsley. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Stanley Forman Reed (1884-1980) —
also known as Stanley F. Reed —
of Maysville, Mason
County, Ky.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Minerva, Mason
County, Ky., December
31, 1884.
Democrat. Lawyer;
counsel, Burley Tobacco
Growers Cooperative Association; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1912-16; served in the U.S. Army
during World War I; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Kentucky, 1920,
1936;
U.S. Solicitor General, 1935-38; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1938-57.
Protestant.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
American Bar
Association; Society of Colonial Wars; Sons of
the American Revolution; Delta
Phi.
Died in Huntington, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., April 2,
1980 (age 95 years, 93
days).
Interment at Maysville
Cemetery, Maysville, Ky.
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Henry Roberts (1853-1929) —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
22, 1853.
Republican. President, Hartford Woven Wire
Mattress Company; director, Hartford Electric
Light Company; also director of several banks;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Hartford, 1899-1900; member
of Connecticut
state senate 1st District, 1901-02; Lieutenant
Governor of Connecticut, 1903-05; Governor of
Connecticut, 1905-07.
Congregationalist.
Welsh
ancestry. Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Society of Colonial Wars.
Died, from respiratory
failure, in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., May 1,
1929 (age 76 years, 99
days).
Interment at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Hartford, Conn.
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James Arthur Roberts (1847-1922) —
also known as James A. Roberts —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Waterboro, York
County, Maine, March 8,
1847.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1879-80 (Erie County 3rd District 1879, Erie
County 4th District 1880); New York
state comptroller, 1894-98; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1900.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Sons
of the American Revolution; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Grand
Army of the Republic; Society of Colonial Wars.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
19, 1922 (age 75 years, 256
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Jeremiah Roberts and Alma (Roberts) Roberts; married, June 1,
1871, to Minnie Pineo; married, December
11, 1884, to Martha Dresser. |
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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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Charles Hitchcock Sherrill (1867-1936) —
also known as Charles H. Sherrill —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Washington,
D.C., April
13, 1867.
Republican. Lawyer;
U.S. Minister to Argentina, 1909-10; general in the U.S. Army during World War
I; U.S. Ambassador to Turkey, 1932-33.
Presbyterian.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Phi
Delta Phi; Sons of
the Revolution; Society of Colonial Wars; Society
of the War of 1812.
Died in Paris, France,
June
25, 1936 (age 69 years, 73
days).
Interment at South
End Cemetery, East Hampton, Long Island, N.Y.
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Howard Alexander Smith (1880-1966) —
also known as H. Alexander Smith —
of Colorado Springs, El Paso
County, Colo.; Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
30, 1880.
Republican. Lawyer; treasurer of
New Jersey Republican Party, 1934-41; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New Jersey, 1940
(alternate), 1948,
1956;
New Jersey
Republican state chair, 1941-43; member of Republican
National Committee from New Jersey, 1942-44; U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1944-59.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Society of Colonial Wars.
Died in Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J., October
27, 1966 (age 86 years, 270
days).
Interment at Princeton
Cemetery, Princeton, N.J.
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William Henry Harrison Stowell (1840-1922) —
also known as William H. H. Stowell —
of Burkeville, Nottoway
County, Va.; Appleton, Outagamie
County, Wis.; Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn.; Amherst, Hampshire
County, Mass.
Born in West Windsor, Windsor
County, Vt., July 26,
1840.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Virginia 4th District, 1871-77; Virginia
Republican state chair, 1872-73; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Virginia, 1876;
founder, secretary-treasurer, Fox River Pulp
Co., Atlas Paper
Co., Duluth Iron and
Steel Co.; president of Manufacturers Bank of
West Duluth, 1889-1895.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Society of Colonial Wars.
Died in Amherst, Hampshire
County, Mass., April
27, 1922 (age 81 years, 275
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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John Lindsley Tappin (1906-1964) —
also known as John L. Tappin —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., January
22, 1906.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Ambassador to Libya, 1954-58.
Episcopalian.
Member, Society of Colonial Wars.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Aspen, Pitkin
County, Colo., December
24, 1964 (age 58 years, 337
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Guy Van Amrige (1868-1936) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., 1868.
Republican. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1908;
magistrate.
Member, Society of Colonial Wars.
Died, of appendicitis,
in St. Vincent's Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April 3,
1936 (age about 67
years).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Howard Van Amrige. |
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Cortlandt Schuyler Van Rensselaer (1859-1927) —
also known as Cortlandt S. Van Rensselaer —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., November
22, 1859.
Republican. Lawyer;
assistant U.S. Attorney; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 10th District, 1890.
Member, Sons of
the Revolution; Society of Colonial Wars; Society
of the Cincinnati.
Died, from nephritis,
in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
15, 1927 (age 67 years, 54
days).
Interment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Gratz Van Rensselaer and Catherine Van Cortlandt (Van Rensselaer)
Van Renss; married, June 17,
1891, to Miss Horace Macauley; great-grandnephew of Jeremiah
Van Rensselaer and Robert
Van Rensselaer; third great-grandson of Robert
Livingston the Younger; fourth great-grandson of Pieter
Schuyler (1657-1724); fourth great-grandnephew of Stephanus
Van Cortlandt, Robert
Livingston the Elder, Jacobus
Van Cortlandt and Johannes
Schuyler (1668-1747); first cousin twice removed of Jacob
Rutsen Van Rensselaer and Philip
Jeremiah Schuyler; first cousin thrice removed of Volkert
Petrus Douw, Hendrick
Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, James
Livingston and Killian
Killian Van Rensselaer; first cousin four times removed of Philip
P. Schuyler; first cousin five times removed of John
Livingston, Robert
Livingston (1688-1775), Gilbert
Livingston and Johannes
Schuyler (1697-1746); first cousin six times removed of David
Davidse Schuyler and Myndert
Davidtse Schuyler; second cousin once removed of James
Alexander Hamilton and Philip
Schuyler; second cousin twice removed of Robert
R. Livingston (1746-1813), Leonard
Gansevoort, Leonard
Gansevoort Jr., Edward
Livingston (1764-1836), Peter
Robert Livingston (1766-1847) and Maturin
Livingston; second cousin thrice removed of Pieter
Schuyler (1746-1792) and Peter
Samuel Schuyler; second cousin four times removed of Stephanus
Bayard, Robert
Livingston (1708-1790), Peter
Van Brugh Livingston, Robert
Gilbert Livingston, Philip
Livingston, Robert
R. Livingston (1718-1775), Pierre
Van Cortlandt, William
Livingston, James
Jay, Philip
John Schuyler, Matthew
Clarkson (1733-1800), Stephen
John Schuyler, John
Jay and Frederick
Jay; third cousin once removed of Peter
Gansevoort, Peter
Robert Livingston (1789-1859), Gerrit
Smith, Elizabeth
Cady Stanton and Robert
Ray Hamilton; third cousin twice removed of Stephen
Van Rensselaer, Philip
Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Henry
Walter Livingston and John
Eliot Thayer Jr.; third cousin thrice removed of Nicholas
Bayard, Peter
Robert Livingston (1737-1794), Walter
Livingston, Philip
Peter Livingston, Philip
Van Cortlandt, Henry
Brockholst Livingston, Matthew
Clarkson (1758-1825), Pierre
Van Cortlandt Jr., James
Parker, Peter
Augustus Jay and William
Jay; fourth cousin of John
Jacob Astor III; fourth cousin once removed of Edward
Livingston (1796-1840), Henry
Bell Van Rensselaer, William
Waldorf Astor, Peter
Goelet Gerry and Ogden
Livingston Mills. |
| | | Political families: Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York; Roosevelt
family of New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
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James M. Varnum (1848-1907) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., 1848.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 11th District, 1879-80;
candidate for New York
state attorney general, 1889; candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1890; New
York County Surrogate, 1899.
Member, Society
of the Cincinnati; Society of Colonial Wars.
Badly injured when his car
collided with a streetcar,
and died soon after, in Roosevelt Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March
26, 1907 (age about 58
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1899 to Mary
Witherspoon Dickey. |
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Frank Bentley Weeks (1854-1935) —
also known as Frank B. Weeks —
of Middletown, Middlesex
County, Conn.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
20, 1854.
Republican. Grain milling
business; banker;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Connecticut; Lieutenant
Governor of Connecticut, 1909; Governor of
Connecticut, 1909-11; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Connecticut, 1912,
1916.
Congregationalist.
Member, Society of Colonial Wars; Union
League.
Died October
2, 1935 (age 81 years, 255
days).
Interment at Indian
Hill Cemetery, Middletown, Conn.
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Joseph Wheeler (1836-1906) —
also known as "Fighting Joe" —
of Wheeler, Lawrence
County, Ala.
Born in Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., September
10, 1836.
Democrat. General in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; planter; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 8th District, 1881-82, 1885-1900;
served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War.
Episcopalian.
Member, Society of Colonial Wars; Sons of
the American Revolution; Sons of
the War of 1812.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
25, 1906 (age 69 years, 137
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Wheeler and Julia Knox (Hull) Wheeler; married, February
6, 1866, to Daniella Jones (granddaughter of Peter
Early); father of Thomas Harrison Wheeler. |
| | | Wheeler County,
Ga. is named for him. |
| | | Wheeler Dam
(built 1933-36), on the Tennessee River in Lauderdale
and Lawrence
counties, Alabama, and the Wheeler Lake
reservoir, which extends into Limestone,
Morgan,
and Madison
counties, are named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article |
| | | Image source: Men of Mark in America
(1906) |
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Joshua Butler Wright (1877-1939) —
also known as J. Butler Wright —
of Wyoming.
Born in Irvington, Westchester
County, N.Y., October
18, 1877.
Banker;
U.S. Minister to Hungary, 1927-30; Uruguay, 1930-34; Czechoslovakia, 1934-37; U.S. Ambassador to Cuba, 1937-39, died in office 1939.
Episcopalian.
Member, Society of Colonial Wars.
Died in Havana (La Habana), Cuba,
December
4, 1939 (age 62 years, 47
days).
Burial location unknown.
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