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William Pelham Barr (b. 1950) —
also known as William Barr —
of Virginia.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., May 23,
1950.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Attorney General, 1991-93; vice-president and general counsel for
General Telephone and Electronics (GTE), and later for Verizon
Communications.
Still living as of 2020.
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Sosthenes Behn (1884-1957) —
also known as Louis Richard Sosthenes Behn —
of San Juan, San Juan
Municipio, Puerto Rico; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in St. Thomas, Danish West Indies (now Virgin
Islands), January
30, 1884.
Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen; sugar
business; member of Republican National Committee from Puerto
Rico, 1912; delegate to Republican National Convention from Puerto
Rico, 1912;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; he and his brother
Hernand bought a telephone company in Puerto Rico, and went on
to establish International Telephone and Telegraph (ITT), which
rapidly expanded worldwide.
Danish,
French,
and Italian
ancestry.
Died, from a heart
ailment, in St. Luke's Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
6, 1957 (age 72 years, 342
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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William Berri (1848-1917) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., September
12, 1848.
Republican. Carpet
merchant; printing
business; newspaper
publisher; officer or director of banks, electric
utilities, and the New York Telephone Company; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1904,
1908,
1912,
1916;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1915;
member, New York State Board of Regents, 1916-17.
Congregationalist.
Member, Union
League.
In 1911, he was arraigned
on a charge
of criminal
libel over an article he published in his newspaper, brought by
three candidates for Supreme Court, Herbert
T. Ketcham, Patrick
E. Callahan, and William
Willett, Jr.; the case was withdrawn a few days later when the
other two candidates discovered that Willett had indeed (as Berri
charged) paid bribes for his nomination.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., April
19, 1917 (age 68 years, 219
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of William Berri ; married 1869 to
Frances Williams Morris. |
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Philip Wilson Bonsal (1903-1995) —
also known as Philip W. Bonsal —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 22,
1903.
Executive in overseas telephone companies; Foreign Service
officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Havana, 1938; U.S. Consul in Madrid, as of 1947; Barcelona, as of 1947; U.S. Ambassador to Colombia, 1955-57; Bolivia, 1957-59; Cuba, 1959-60; Morocco, 1961-62.
Died, while ill with pneumonia,
in Washington,
D.C., June 28,
1995 (age 92 years, 37
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Arthur Label Bresler (1862-1908) —
also known as Arthur L. Bresler —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 8,
1862.
Honorary
Consul for Hawaiian Islands in Detroit,
Mich., 1895-1900; Consul-General
for Nicaragua in Detroit,
Mich., 1901-03; manager of DeForest wireless
telegraph system.
German
ancestry.
Died, from stomach
cancer, at the Hotel St.
Lorenz, East 72nd Street, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
6, 1908 (age 46 years, 121
days). Initial reports that he had been poisoned were dispelled
by an autopsy.
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Charles Aaron Budlong (b. 1859) —
also known as Charles A. Budlong —
of Marinette, Marinette
County, Wis.
Born in Frankfort, Herkimer
County, N.Y., July 8,
1859.
Republican. Telegrapher; railway
agent; merchant;
customs
inspector; Marinette
County Sheriff, 1913; member of Wisconsin
state assembly from Marinette County, 1915-16, 1927-34, 1937-40;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, 1936.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Aaron Budlong and Julianna (Meyers) Budlong; married to Ellen
Finnegan. |
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1940 |
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Horace Walpole Carpentier (1824-1918) —
also known as Horace W. Carpentier —
of Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Galway, Saratoga
County, N.Y., 1824.
Went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; lawyer; banker;
member of California
state assembly 5th District, 1853, 1853-54; mayor
of Oakland, Calif., 1854-55; president of telegraph
companies which developed a system of telegraph lines in
California and connecting to the Eastern U.S.
Philanthropist; also left more than $1 million to Columbia University
and to Barnard College on his death in 1918.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
31, 1918 (age about 93
years).
Interment somewhere
in Galway, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of James Carpenter and Henrietta Carpenter. |
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John Dorst Jr. —
of Akron, Erie
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Telegraph operator; real estate
business; member of New York
state assembly from Erie County 9th District, 1913; defeated,
1918, 1927.
Burial location unknown.
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Robert Benjamin Fegan (b. 1877) —
also known as R. B. Fegan —
of Junction City, Geary
County, Kan.
Born in New York, May 15,
1877.
Republican. Telephone company manager; rancher;
Kansas Highway Commissioner, 1929; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Kansas, 1932.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Jesters;
Elks; Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Wesler Fagan and Eliza (Weeks) Fagan; married 1910 to Marion
Lewis. |
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George Gregg Fuller (1886-1973) —
of Alexandria,
Va.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., October
29, 1886.
Officer of telephone companies, 1910-13; served in the U.S.
Army on the Mexican border; U.S. Vice Consul in Oslo, 1920-21; Trondheim, 1921; Malmo, 1921; Reval, 1921-22; Jerusalem, 1923; Bushire, 1923-24; Teheran, 1924-26; Berlin, 1926-27; U.S. Consul in Niagara Falls, 1927-28; Kingston, 1928-33; Winnipeg, as of 1938-43; Saint John, as of 1943-44; Antwerp, as of 1944-45; major in the U.S. Army during World War
II; U.S. Consul General in Tunis, as of 1946-48.
Member, Psi
Upsilon.
Died March
12, 1973 (age 86 years, 134
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Relatives: Son
of George R. Fuller and Helen (Gregg) Fuller; married, February
27, 1926, to Therese Alston Williams. |
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Walter Sherman Gifford (1885-1966) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; North Castle town, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Salem, Essex
County, Mass., January
10, 1885.
U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1950-53.
Member, American
Philosophical Society.
President of American Telephone & Telegraph Co.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 7,
1966 (age 81 years, 117
days).
Interment at Middle Patent Rural Cemetery, Bedford, N.Y.
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Elmer Vernon Griggs (1887-1968) —
also known as Elmer V. Griggs —
of White Plains, Westchester
County, N.Y.; West Cornwall, Cornwall, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born May 31,
1887.
Lawyer;
assistant general patent attorney for Bell Telephone
Laboratories; Dry candidate for delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Died, in Torrington Hospital,
Torrington, Litchfield
County, Conn., May 30,
1968 (age 80 years, 365
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married, November
26, 1912, to Lydia Moser (daughter of James Henry
Moser). |
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Leonard J. Guyre (born c.1921) —
of Lindenhurst, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born about 1921.
Democrat. Telephone company executive; candidate for mayor
of Lindenhurst, N.Y., 1967.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Benjamin Franklin Hopkins (1829-1870) —
also known as Benjamin F. Hopkins —
of Madison, Dane
County, Wis.
Born in Hebron, Washington
County, N.Y., April
22, 1829.
Republican. Telegraph operator; private secretary to Gov. Coles
Bashford, 1856-57; member of Wisconsin
state senate, 1862-63; member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1866; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 2nd District, 1867-70; died in
office 1870.
Died in Madison, Dane
County, Wis., January
1, 1870 (age 40 years, 254
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Madison, Wis.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Amory Houghton Jr. (b. 1926) —
also known as Amo Houghton —
of Corning, Steuben
County, N.Y.
Born in Corning, Steuben
County, N.Y., August
7, 1926.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;
president, Corning Glass Works,
1961; director, New York Telephone Company; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1987-2003 (34th District 1987-93,
31st District 1993-2003, 29th District 2003); delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 2008.
Episcopalian.
Still living as of 2014.
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David Franklin Houston (1866-1940) —
also known as David F. Houston —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Monroe, Union
County, N.C., February
17, 1866.
Superintendent
of schools; university
professor; president,
Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, 1902-05; president,
University of Texas, 1905-08; chancellor,
Washington University, St. Louis, 1908-16; U.S.
Secretary of Agriculture, 1913-20; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1920-21; vice president, American
Telephone and Telegraph Co. and president, Bell
Telephone Securities Co.; president, Mutual Life
Insurance Company of New York, 1930-1940; director, United States
Steel
Corporation.
Member, American
Economic Association.
Died, from heart
disease, at the Harkness Pavilion of the Columbia Presbyterian Medical
Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
2, 1940 (age 74 years, 198
days).
Interment at Memorial
Cemetery of St. John's Church, Laurel Hollow, Long Island, N.Y.
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Harry Edward Hull (1864-1938) —
also known as Harry E. Hull —
of Williamsburg, Iowa
County, Iowa.
Born near Belvidere, Allegany
County, N.Y., March
12, 1864.
Republican. Grain
business; mayor of Williamsburg, Iowa, 1889-1901; postmaster;
president, Williamsburg Telephone Company; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 2nd District, 1915-25.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
16, 1938 (age 73 years, 310
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Williamsburg, Iowa.
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Clarence Lapham Lathrop (1872-1956) —
also known as Clarence L. Lathrop —
of Angelica, Allegany
County, N.Y.
Born in Pike, Wyoming
County, N.Y., June 23,
1872.
Republican. Telegraph operator; organizer and manager,
Angelica Telephone Company; electrician;
railroad
signalman; railroad
claims agent; chair of
Allegany County Republican Party, 1932-48; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 44th District, 1938.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons.
Died in Angelica, Allegany
County, N.Y., August
30, 1956 (age 84 years, 68
days).
Interment at Angelica
Cemetery, Angelica, N.Y.
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Alfred D. Lowe (b. 1850) —
of Depauville, Jefferson
County, N.Y.
Born in Clayton, Jefferson
County, N.Y., September
26, 1850.
Republican. Merchant;
postmaster;
director, Depauville Telephone Exchange; member of New York
state assembly from Jefferson County 1st District, 1907-09.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Foresters.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Isaac Lowe and Zilla (Atwood) Lowe; married, August
13, 1873, to Emma F. Smith. |
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Lee Beattie Mailler (1898-1967) —
also known as Lee B. Mailler —
of Cornwall-on-Hudson, Orange
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, March
17, 1898.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; credit
manager, Cornwall Hospital;
director, Highland Telephone Company, Highland Mills, N.Y.;
member of New York
state assembly from Orange County 1st District, 1934-54; member,
New York State Parole Board, 1955-58.
Died, from leukemia,
in Cornwall Hospital,
Cornwall, Orange
County, N.Y., September
22, 1967 (age 69 years, 189
days).
Interment at Cemetery
of the Highlands, Highland Mills, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of William Henry Mailler and Sophia Jane (Preston) Mailler; married
to Marion MacKenzie; third cousin of Irene
Hazard Gerlinger. |
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1936 |
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James Hilton Manning (1854-1925) —
also known as James H. Manning —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., September
22, 1854.
Democrat. President, Weed Parsons Printing
Company; president, Albany Railway
Company (street railways); president, Hudson River Telephone
Company; president, National Savings Bank of
Albany; mayor of
Albany, N.Y., 1890-94; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1892.
Died, from acute dilation
of heart, in Albany Hospital,
Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., July 4,
1925 (age 70 years, 285
days).
Interment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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Samuel Finley Breese Morse (1791-1872) —
also known as Samuel F. B. Morse —
of Poughkeepsie, Dutchess
County, N.Y.
Born in Charlestown, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., April
27, 1791.
Artist;
inventor
of the telegraph; candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1841; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 12th District, 1854.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, of pneumonia,
in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April 2,
1872 (age 80 years, 341
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Harris Pendleton (b. 1845) —
of Guilford, New Haven
County, Conn.; New London, New London
County, Conn.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., July 15,
1845.
Telegraph operator; civil
engineer; druggist;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Guilford, 1886; undertaker.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Harris Pendleton (1811-1890) and Sarah (Chester) Pendleton;
brother of James
Pendleton; married, November
8, 1871, to Mary Brewster Burtch; great-grandnephew of Nathan
Pendleton (1754-1841); first cousin twice removed of Nathan
Pendleton (1779-1827); second cousin once removed of Charles
Marsh Pendleton, James
Monroe Pendleton, Cyrus
Henry Pendleton and Cornelius
Welles Pendleton; second cousin twice removed of Daniel
Burrows; third cousin of Calvin
Crane Pendleton, Edward
Wheeler Pendleton, Joseph
Palmer Dyer, Charles
Henry Pendleton, Chauncey
C. Pendleton, Nathan
William Pendleton and Eckford
Gustavus Pendleton; third cousin once removed of Lorenzo
Burrows and Claudius
Victor Pendleton; fourth cousin of Enoch
C. Chapman. |
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family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
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Samuel Rothschild (b. 1879) —
of Gloversville, Fulton
County, N.Y.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., December
12, 1879.
Republican. Vice-president, Gloversville Knitting
Co.; vice-president, Gloversville Hotel
Assoc.; director, Johnstown and Gloversville Railroad;
director, National Bank of
Gloversville; director, Glen Telephone Co.; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1920
(alternate), 1936.
Jewish.
Member, Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Abraham Rothschild and Babette (Barnet) Rothschild; married, December
27, 1906, to Grace Levor. |
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Thomas N. Sammons (1863-1935) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
7, 1863.
Telegraph operator; newspaper
reporter; newspaper
editor and publisher; U.S. Consul General in Newchwang, 1905-06; Seoul, 1907-09; Yokohama, 1909-11; Shanghai, 1913-19; Melbourne, 1919-23.
Died October
15, 1935 (age 72 years, 250
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Sammons and Julia (Flynn) Sammons; married, October
30, 1888, to Elizabeth Wheeler. |
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James Denson Sayers (1888-1957) —
also known as James D. Sayers —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.; Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Summerfield, Claiborne
Parish, La., March
17, 1888.
Socialist. Telegraph operator; editor;
delegate to Socialist National Convention from Texas, 1920; candidate
for New York
state assembly from Queens County 1st District, 1932.
Died December
26, 1957 (age 69 years, 284
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of David Joel Sayers and Emma Missouri (Sayers) Sayers; married to
Eda Eugenia Martin. |
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Laurens J. Storke (d. 1912) —
of Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Born in Sennett, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Newspaper
editor; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1888;
postmaster;
telephone business.
Died January
26, 1912.
Burial location unknown.
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Dwight Townsend (1826-1899) —
of New York.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
25, 1826.
Democrat. Sugar refining
business; U.S.
Representative from New York 1st District, 1864-65, 1871-73;
defeated (Independent Democratic), 1882; telegraph business.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
29, 1899 (age 73 years, 34
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Robert Lee Tudor (b. 1874) —
also known as Robert L. Tudor —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Virginia, 1874.
Democrat. Telegrapher; railway
station agent; publishing
business; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 14th District, 1913-17.
Member, Tammany
Hall.
Interment at Tudor
Family Cemetery, Critz, Va.
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Robert John Wynne (1851-1922) —
also known as Robert J. Wynne —
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
18, 1851.
Telegrapher; journalist;
U.S.
Postmaster General, 1904-05; U.S. Consul General in London, 1905-10; insurance
executive.
Catholic.
Member, Loyal
Legion.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March
11, 1922 (age 70 years, 113
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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