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Louis Henri Aymé (1855-1912) —
also known as Louis H. Aymé —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 29,
1855.
Republican. Ethnologist;
newspaper
correspondent; U.S. Consul in Mérida, 1880-84; Guadeloupe, 1898-99; Pará, 1903-06; U.S. Consul General in Lisbon, 1906-12, died in office 1912.
Member, Loyal
Legion; Sons
of Veterans; American Antiquarian Society; American
Society for International Law.
Died, from "locomotor ataxia" (presumably syphilis),
in Lisbon, Portugal,
May
16, 1912 (age 56 years, 353
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Simeon Eben Baldwin (1840-1927) —
also known as Simeon E. Baldwin —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., February
5, 1840.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for Connecticut
state senate 4th District, 1867; law
professor; justice of
Connecticut state supreme court, 1897-1907; chief
justice of Connecticut Supreme Court, 1907-10; Governor of
Connecticut, 1911-15; candidate for Democratic nomination for
President, 1912;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1914.
Congregationalist.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; American Bar
Association; American
Historical Association; American
Political Science Association; American
Philosophical Society; American Antiquarian Society.
Died January
30, 1927 (age 86 years, 359
days).
Interment at Grove
Street Cemetery, New Haven, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of Roger
Sherman Baldwin and Emily (Perkins) Baldwin; brother of Henrietta
Perkins (who married Dwight
Foster); married, October
19, 1865, to Susan Mears Winchester; uncle of Edward
Baldwin Whitney; grandson of Simeon
Baldwin; great-grandson of Roger
Sherman; fifth great-grandnephew of Thomas
Welles; first cousin once removed of Sherman
Day, Ebenezer
Rockwood Hoar, William
Maxwell Evarts, George
Frisbie Hoar and Henry
de Forest Baldwin; second cousin of Roger
Sherman Greene, Rockwood
Hoar, Sherman
Hoar, Maxwell
Evarts, Arthur
Outram Sherman, Thomas
Day Thacher and Roger
Kent; second cousin once removed of Roger
Sherman Hoar; second cousin twice removed of Samuel
Gager and Archibald
Cox; second cousin thrice removed of Alexander
Buel Trowbridge III; third cousin once removed of Samuel
R. Gager, Samuel
Austin Gager, Chauncey
Mitchell Depew and John
Frederick Addis; third cousin twice removed of Josiah
Cowles and John
Stanley Addis; fourth cousin of John
Adams Dix; fourth cousin once removed of James
Doolittle Wooster, Daniel
Upson, Walter
Booth, George
Bailey Loring, Charles
Page, Erwin
J. Baldwin, Ernest
Harvey Woodford, Francis
Everett Baldwin and Clement
Phineas Kellogg. |
| | | Political family: Pitkin-Baldwin-Hoar
family of Massachusetts (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Cross-reference: Edwin
Stark Thomas |
| | | See also National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Langdon Cheves (1776-1857) —
of South Carolina.
Born in Ninety Six District (part now in Abbeville
County), S.C., September
17, 1776.
Democrat. Lawyer; banker;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1806-08; South
Carolina state attorney general, 1808-10; Presidential Elector
for South Carolina, 1808;
U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 1st District, 1810-15; Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1814-15.
Scottish
and English
ancestry. Member, American Antiquarian Society.
Slaveowner.
Died in Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., June 26,
1857 (age 80 years, 282
days).
Interment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Charleston, S.C.
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William Lawrence Clements (1861-1934) —
also known as William L. Clements —
of Bay City, Bay
County, Mich.
Born in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., April 1,
1861.
Republican. Manufacturer;
banker;
member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1910-33; defeated, 1933; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1924.
Scottish
and English
ancestry. Member, American Antiquarian Society; American
Historical Society.
Died in Bay City, Bay
County, Mich., November
6, 1934 (age 73 years, 219
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
Michigan Manual 1927 |
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David Daggett (1764-1851) —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Attleboro, Bristol
County, Mass., December
31, 1764.
Lawyer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1791-96, 1805; Speaker of
the Connecticut State House of Representatives, 1794-96; member
of Connecticut
council of assistants, 1797-1804, 1809-13; U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1813-19; superior court judge in
Connecticut, 1826-34; mayor
of New Haven, Conn., 1828-30.
Member, American Antiquarian Society.
Died in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., April
12, 1851 (age 86 years, 102
days).
Interment at Grove
Street Cemetery, New Haven, Conn.
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Livingston Davis (1882-1932) —
also known as Livy Davis —
of Milton, Norfolk
County, Mass.; Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., August
13, 1882.
Banker;
director of railroads;
Consul
for Belgium in Boston,
Mass., 1930-32.
Member, American Antiquarian Society.
In ill health for some time, he died from a self-inflicted
gunshot,
in Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass., January
11, 1932 (age 49 years, 151
days).
Interment at Worcester
Rural Cemetery, Worcester, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward
Livingston Davis and Maria Louisa (Robbins) Davis; married, April
23, 1908, to Alice Gardiner; married, August
31, 1927, to Georgia Appleton; grandson of Isaac
Davis; great-grandnephew of John
Davis (1787-1854); first cousin twice removed of John
Chandler Bancroft Davis and Horace
Davis; second cousin once removed of John
Davis (1851-1902); third cousin once removed of John
Barnard Fairbank, Henry
Cabot Lodge Jr. and John
Davis Lodge; third cousin twice removed of Merton
William Fairbank and George
Cabot Lodge; fourth cousin once removed of Wilson
Henry Fairbank, Alexander
Warren Fairbank, Charles
Warren Fairbanks and Newton
Hamilton Fairbanks. |
| | | Political family: Davis-Lodge
family of Worcester, Massachusetts (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Boston Globe, January 12,
1932 |
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John Murray Forbes (1771-1831) —
also known as John M. Forbes —
of Massachusetts.
Born in 1771.
U.S. Consul in Hamburg, 1802-11; Copenhagen, 1816-19; Schwerin, 1816-19; U.S. Consul General in Stettin, 1816-19; U.S. Agent for Commerce and Seamen (Consul)
in Buenos Aires, 1820-23; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Argentina, 1825-31, died in office 1831.
Member, American Antiquarian Society.
Died in Buenos Aires, Argentina,
June
14, 1831 (age about 59
years).
Original interment at Protestant
Cemetery at Socorro Church, Buenos Aires, Argentina; reinterment
in 1892 at British
Cemetery at Chacarita, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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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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William Gaston (1778-1844) —
of New Bern, Craven
County, N.C.
Born in New Bern, Craven
County, N.C., September
19, 1778.
Lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state senate, 1800, 1812, 1818-19; member of North
Carolina house of commons, 1807-09; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina, 1813-17 (at-large 1813-15,
4th District 1815-17); member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1824, 1827-31; justice of
North Carolina state supreme court, 1833-44; died in office 1844;
delegate
to North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1835.
Catholic.
Member, American Antiquarian Society; American
Philosophical Society.
Slaveowner.
Died in Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., January
23, 1844 (age 65 years, 126
days).
Interment at Cedar
Grove Cemetery, New Bern, N.C.
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Relatives: Son
of Alexander Gaston and Margaret (Sharpe) Gaston; married, September
4, 1803, to Susan Sarah Hay; married, October
6, 1805, to Hannah McClure; married, September
3, 1816, to Elizabeth Worthington. |
| | | Gaston County,
N.C. is named for him. |
| | | The city
of Gastonia,
North Carolina, was named for
him. — Lake Gaston, a reservoir
(created 1963) in Halifax,
Northampton,
and Warren
counties in North Carolina, as well as Brunswick,
and Mecklenburg
counties in Virginia, is named for
him. — Gaston Hall (completed 1901), a famed auditorium
at Georgetown
University, Washington,
D.C., is named for
him. — The World War II Liberty
ship SS William Gaston (built 1942 at Wilmington,
North Carolina; torpedoed and lost in the South
Atlantic Ocean, 1944) was named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: The South in the Building
of the Nation (1909) |
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Francis Russell Hart (1868-1938) —
also known as Francis R. Hart —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in New Bedford, Bristol
County, Mass., January
16, 1868.
Engineer;
vice-president, Cartagena-Magdalena Railway;
director, Costa Rica Northern Railway;
director, Boston and Providence Railroad;
director, Mayan Steamship
Corporation director, Revere Sugar
Refinery; Vice-Consul
for Colombia in Boston,
Mass., 1905-07; banker;
president, United Fruit
Company, 1933-38.
Member, American
Academy of Arts and Sciences; American Antiquarian Society.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., January
18, 1938 (age 70 years, 2
days).
Interment at Rural
Cemetery, New Bedford, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Mandell Hart and Sarah Davis (Watson) Hart; married, June 4,
1896, to Helen Bronson Hobbey. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Boston Globe, January 19,
1938 |
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William Jones (1753-1822) —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Newport, Newport
County, R.I., October
8, 1753.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; justice
of the peace; Speaker of
the Rhode Island State House of Representatives, 1809-10,
1810-11; Governor of
Rhode Island, 1811-17.
Congregationalist.
Welsh
ancestry. Member, Society
of the Cincinnati; American Antiquarian Society.
Died April 9,
1822 (age 68 years, 183
days).
Interment at Swan
Point Cemetery, Providence, R.I.
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Arthur Lord (1850-1925) —
of Plymouth, Plymouth
County, Mass.
Born in Port Washington, Ozaukee
County, Wis., September
2, 1850.
Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1885-86.
Member, American
Historical Association; American Antiquarian Society.
Died April
10, 1925 (age 74 years, 220
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Plymouth, Mass.
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Francis Cabot Lowell (1855-1911) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., January
7, 1855.
Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1895; U.S.
District Judge for Massachusetts, 1898; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit, 1905-11; died in
office 1911.
Member, American Bar
Association; American Antiquarian Society.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., March 6,
1911 (age 56 years, 58
days).
Interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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Samuel Lyman Munson (b. 1844) —
also known as Samuel L. Munson —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Norwich (now Huntington), Hampshire
County, Mass., June 14,
1844.
Republican. Collar
manufacturer; vice-president, Home Savings Bank;
director, National Exchange Bank;
vice-president, Albany Homeopathic Hospital;
Republican Presidential Elector for New York, 1901
(voted for William
McKinley and Theodore
Roosevelt).
Christian
Reformed. Member, Sons of
the Revolution; American Antiquarian Society.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Garry Munson and Harriet (Lyman) Munson; married, May 21,
1868, to Susan Babcock Hopkins. |
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John Phillips (1770-1823) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., November
26, 1770.
Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1803; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1804; mayor of
Boston, Mass., 1822-23.
English
ancestry. Member, American
Academy of Arts and Sciences; American Antiquarian Society.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., May 29,
1823 (age 52 years, 184
days).
Interment at Old
Granary Burying Ground, Boston, Mass.
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William Whitney Rice (1826-1896) —
also known as William W. Rice —
of Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Deerfield, Franklin
County, Mass., March 7,
1826.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer; Worcester
County Judge of Insolvency, 1858; mayor
of Worcester, Mass., 1860; defeated, 1858; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1868;
District Attorney, Middle District, 1869-74; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1875; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1877-87 (9th District 1877-83,
10th District 1883-87); bank
director.
Member, American Antiquarian Society.
Died in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., March 1,
1896 (age 69 years, 360
days).
Interment at Worcester
Rural Cemetery, Worcester, Mass.
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Nathaniel Bradstreet Shurtleff (1810-1874) —
also known as Nathaniel B. Shurtleff —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., June 29,
1810.
Physician;
mayor
of Boston, Mass., 1868-71; defeated, 1855 (Know-Nothing), 1865
(Democratic), 1866 (Democratic).
Member, American Antiquarian Society; American
Philosophical Society.
Died in Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
17, 1874 (age 64 years, 110
days).
Interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of Benjamin Shurtleff and Sally (Shaw) Shurtleff; married, July 18,
1836, to Sarah Eliza Smith; father of Nathaniel Bradstreet
Shurtleff (1838-1862; Capt. Union Army, killed at Civil War battle at
Cedar Mountain, Virginia). |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Reuben Hyde Walworth (1788-1867) —
also known as Reuben H. Walworth —
of Plattsburgh, Clinton
County, N.Y.; Saratoga Springs, Saratoga
County, N.Y.
Born in Bozrah, New London
County, Conn., October
26, 1788.
Democrat. Lawyer;
colonel in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; U.S.
Representative from New York 12th District, 1821-23; Chancellor
of New York, 1828-47; candidate for Governor of
New York, 1848.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
American Antiquarian Society.
Died in Saratoga Springs, Saratoga
County, N.Y., November
27, 1867 (age 79 years, 32
days).
Interment at Greenridge
Cemetery, Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
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William Wilson (1773-1827) —
of Newark, Licking
County, Ohio.
Born in New Boston, Hillsborough
County, N.H., March
19, 1773.
Lawyer;
common pleas court judge in Ohio, 1808-23; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 8th District, 1823-27; died in office
1827.
Member, American Antiquarian Society.
Died in Newark, Licking
County, Ohio, June 6,
1827 (age 54 years, 79
days).
Original interment at Old
Cemetery, Newark, Ohio; reinterment in 1853 at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Newark, Ohio.
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Carroll Davidson Wright (1840-1909) —
also known as Carroll D. Wright —
Born in Dunbarton, Merrimack
County, N.H., July 25,
1840.
Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state senate Sixth Middlesex District, 1872-73; Presidential
Elector for Massachusetts, 1876;
chief, Massachusetts Bureau of Statistics, 1873-88; in charge of the
state census in 1875 and 1885, and the federal census for
Massachusetts in 1880; U.S. Commissioner of Labor, 1885-1905; university
professor; president,
Clark College, Worcester, Mass., 1902.
Unitarian.
English
and Scottish
ancestry. Member, American
Economic Association; American
Statistical Association; American Antiquarian Society.
Died February
20, 1909 (age 68 years, 210
days).
Burial location unknown.
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