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Politicians in Nautical and Maritime Trades in Rhode Island
including Shipbuilding and Fishing

John Milton Fessenden (1804-1883) — also known as John M. Fessenden — Born in Warren, Bristol County, R.I., December 21, 1804. Civil engineer; worked on canals and railroads; U.S. Consul in Dresden, 1850-54. Died in Washington, D.C., February 8, 1883 (age 78 years, 49 days). Interment at Princeton Cemetery, Princeton, N.J.   Relatives: Son of John Fessenden and Abigail Miller (Child) Fessenden; married, May 21, 1834, to Mary Pierce Bumstead; married, June 25, 1868, to Sarah Ann Murphy; second cousin twice removed of Henry Nichols Blake; third cousin of Samuel Clement Fessenden (1784-1869), Benjamin Fessenden and Charles Backus Hyde Fessenden; third cousin once removed of William Pitt Fessenden, Walter Fessenden, Samuel Clement Fessenden (1815-1882), Thomas Amory Deblois Fessenden, William Fessenden Allen, Joseph Palmer Fessenden and Samuel Fessenden (1845-1903); third cousin twice removed of James Deering Fessenden, Francis Fessenden, Joshua Abbe Fessenden, Samuel Fessenden (1847-1908) and Oliver Grosvenor Fessenden; third cousin thrice removed of Charles Milton Fessenden; fourth cousin once removed of Timothy Pitkin, Peter Rawson Taft, Ebenezer Oliver Grosvenor and Charles Grenfill Washburn.   Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Upham family; Weeks-Bigelow-Andrew-Upham family (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Stephen A. Gardner (born c.1845) — of New London, New London County, Conn. Born in Newport, Newport County, R.I., about 1845. Democrat. Superintendent of marine construction; member of Connecticut state house of representatives, 1887-88; member of Connecticut state senate 9th District, 1889-94. Burial location unknown.   Nathan Pendleton (1754-1841) — of Westerly, Washington County, R.I.; Stonington (part now in North Stonington), New London County, Conn.; Norwich, Chenango County, N.Y. Born in Westerly, Washington County, R.I., April 2, 1754. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; shipmaster; farmer; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Stonington, 1802-07. Died in Norwich, Chenango County, N.Y., January 26, 1841 (age 86 years, 299 days). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of William Pendleton and Mary (Stanton) Pendleton; married, January 22, 1775, to Amelia Babcock; married, October 20, 1816, to Rhoda (Babcock) Gavitt; father of Nathan Pendleton (1779-1827); grandfather of James Monroe Pendleton; granduncle of Charles Marsh Pendleton and Cyrus Henry Pendleton; great-granduncle of Calvin Crane Pendleton, Edward Wheeler Pendleton, Joseph Palmer Dyer, Charles Henry Pendleton, Harris Pendleton, Chauncey C. Pendleton, Nathan William Pendleton, James Pendleton and Eckford Gustavus Pendleton; second great-granduncle of Cornelius Welles Pendleton and Claudius Victor Pendleton; first cousin thrice removed of Enoch C. Chapman.   Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).

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