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Daniel Agnew (1809-1902) —
of Beaver, Beaver
County, Pa.
Born in Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., January
5, 1809.
Lawyer;
delegate
to Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1837-38;
district judge in Pennsylvania, 1851-63; justice of
Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1863-79; chief
justice of Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1873-79.
Irish
and Welsh ancestry.
Died in Beaver, Beaver
County, Pa., March 9,
1902 (age 93 years, 63
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Frank Houston Bassett (1873-1950) —
of Hopkinsville, Christian
County, Ky.
Born in Stephensport, Breckinridge
County, Ky., November
1, 1873.
Democrat. Played and umpired professional
baseball in the Cotton and Southern leagues; dry goods
merchant; hardware
business; physician;
mayor
of Hopkinsville, Ky., 1918-21; Christian
County Court Clerk, 1922-34; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Kentucky, 1928.
Presbyterian.
Welsh ancestry. Member, American Medical
Association; Elks.
Died in Hopkinsville, Christian
County, Ky., August
5, 1950 (age 76 years, 277
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Hopkinsville, Ky.
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George T. Beach (1843-1915) —
of Covington, Kenton
County, Ky.
Born in Tredegar, Wales,
February
2, 1843.
Painter;
banker;
mayor
of Covington, Ky., 1904-07.
Welsh ancestry.
Died in Covington, Kenton
County, Ky., May 19,
1915 (age 72 years, 106
days).
Interment at Highland
Cemetery, Fort Mitchell, Ky.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Beach and Charlotte Beach. |
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William Bebb (1802-1873) —
of Ohio.
Born near Shandon, Butler
County, Ohio, December
8, 1802.
Whig. Lawyer;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio; Governor of
Ohio, 1846-49.
Welsh ancestry.
Died October
23, 1873 (age 70 years, 319
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Rockford, Ill.
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Riley Alvin Bender (1890-1973) —
also known as Riley A. Bender —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., July 8,
1890.
Prize
fighter; hotel
manager; music
store manager; seed
wholesaler; candidate in Democratic primary for Illinois
state senate 11th District, 1938; candidate for Republican
nomination for President, 1944,
1948,
1952.
Church
of Christ. German
and Welsh ancestry.
Died, in Illinois Central Hospital,
Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March 6,
1973 (age 82 years, 241
days).
Interment at Onarga
Cemetery, Onarga, Ill.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward Bender and Rachel Josephine 'Josie' (Davis)
Bender. |
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Edward Blythin (1884-1958) —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Parma Heights, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Newmarket, Wales,
October
10, 1884.
Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen; lawyer; mayor
of Cleveland, Ohio, 1941; common pleas court judge in Ohio, 1949.
Welsh ancestry. Member, Delta
Theta Phi; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died February
14, 1958 (age 73 years, 127
days).
Interment at Lake
View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
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Relatives: Son
of Peter Blythin and Elizabeth (Roberts) Blythin; married, April 5,
1913, to Jane Rankin. |
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Daniel Boone (1734-1820) —
Born in Berks
County, Pa., November
2, 1734.
Explorer and frontiersman; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1781, 1787.
English
and Welsh ancestry.
Died in St. Charles
County, Mo., September
26, 1820 (age 85 years, 329
days).
Original interment at a private or family graveyard, St. Charles County, Mo.;
reinterment at Frankfort
Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.
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Relatives:
Married to Rebecca Ann Bryan; father of Jessie
Bryan Boone and Nathan
Boone; grandfather of Harriett Morgan Boone (who married Hiram
Howell Baber); granduncle of Levi
Day Boone; second great-grandfather of Elmer
Charless Henderson. |
| | | Political families: Thomas-Smith-Irwin
family of Pennsylvania; Boone
family of St. Charles County, Missouri (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Boone counties in Ark., Ill., Ind., Ky., Mo., Neb. and W.Va. are
named for him. |
| | | The Daniel Boone National
Forest (established 1937 as Cumberland National Forest; renamed
1966), in Bath,
Clay,
Estill,
Harlan,
Jackson,
Knox,
Laurel,
Lee,
Leslie,
McCreary,
Menifee,
Morgan,
Owsley,
Perry,
Powell,
Pulaski,
Rockcastle,
Rowan,
Wayne,
Whitley,
and Wolfe
counties, Kentucky, is named for
him. — Boone Dam
(built 1950-52), on the South Fork Holston River, in Sullivan
and Washington
counties, Tennessee, and the Boone Lake
reservoir behind the dam, are named for
him. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Thomas E. Caldecott (1878-1951) —
of Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Chester, England,
July
27, 1878.
Pharmacist;
mayor
of Berkeley, Calif., 1930-32.
Welsh ancestry.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif., July 23,
1951 (age 72 years, 361
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Theodore N. Chapin (b. 1862) —
of Bellaire, Antrim
County, Mich.
Born in Grattan, Kent
County, Mich., December
10, 1862.
Republican. Antrim
County Sheriff, 1911-14; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Antrim County, 1915-20.
Welsh ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1883 to Vesta
J. Hutchinson. |
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John C. Clarke (1831-1906) —
of Wausau, Marathon
County, Wis.
Born in Anglesey, Wales,
February
17, 1831.
Democrat. Sawmill
owner; Marathon
County Sheriff, 1859; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Wisconsin, 1876;
mayor
of Wausau, Wis., 1877-78; member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1882; postmaster.
Welsh ancestry.
Died December
14, 1906 (age 75 years, 300
days).
Interment at Pine
Grove Cemetery, Wausau, Wis.
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David Marston Clough (1846-1924) —
also known as David M. Clough —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.; Everett, Snohomish
County, Wash.
Born in Lyme, Grafton
County, N.H., December
27, 1846.
Republican. Lumberman;
member of Minnesota
state senate 28th District, 1887-90; Lieutenant
Governor of Minnesota, 1893-95; Governor of
Minnesota, 1895-99.
Congregationalist.
Welsh ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died August
28, 1924 (age 77 years, 245
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Everett, Wash.
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Sylvester Jones Conklin (b. 1829) —
also known as S. J. Conklin —
of Waterloo, Jefferson
County, Wis.; Watertown, Codington
County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.).
Born in Penn Yan, Yates
County, N.Y., May 5,
1829.
Republican. Shoemaker;
member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1859, 1869; served in the Union Army during the
Civil War; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Wisconsin, 1868;
newspaper
publisher; Adjutant
General of South Dakota, 1901-03.
Dutch,
Welsh, and French
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1848 to Maria
Wait; married 1884 to Mattie
Greenslate; married 1895 to Anna
Duff. |
| | | Image source: South Dakota Legislative
Manual, 1903 |
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Joseph Parker Dando (1883-1954) —
also known as Joseph P. Dando —
of Branch Township, Schuylkill
County, Pa.
Born in Llewellyn, Schuylkill
County, Pa., January
14, 1883.
Democrat. Coal miner;
engineer;
member of Pennsylvania
state senate 29th District, 1937-40.
Welsh ancestry. Member, United
Mine Workers.
Died in Pottsville, Schuylkill
County, Pa., December
6, 1954 (age 71 years, 326
days).
Interment at Mt.
Peace Cemetery, Minersville, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of Isaac Dando and Margaret A. (Fisher) Dando; married, October
25, 1904, to Anna R. James. |
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William T. Davies (1831-1912) —
of Bradford
County, Pa.
Born in Glamorganshire, Wales,
December
20, 1831.
Republican. Lawyer; Bradford
County District Attorney, 1865-68; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 23rd District, 1877-84; Lieutenant
Governor of Pennsylvania, 1887-91.
Welsh ancestry.
Died September
21, 1912 (age 80 years, 276
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph Hamilton Daviess (1774-1811) —
also known as Joe Daviess —
of Danville, Boyle
County, Ky.; Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
Born in Bedford
County, Va., March 4,
1774.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Attorney for Kentucky, 1800-06; major in the U.S. Army during the
War of 1812.
Welsh ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Around 1801, he served as a second to John
Rowan in his duel
with James Chambers; after Chambers was killed, he fled
to avoid
prosecution as accomplice to murder,
and became a fugitive,
but when Rowan was arrested, he returned to act as Rowan's legal
counsel.
Shot
and killed
in the Battle of Tippecanoe, in what is now Tippecanoe
County, Ind., November
7, 1811 (age 37 years, 248
days).
Interment at Tippecanoe
Battlefield Park, Battle Ground, Ind.
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David William Davis (1873-1959) —
also known as D. W. Davis —
of American Falls, Power
County, Idaho; Orlando, Orange
County, Fla.
Born in Wales,
April
23, 1873.
Republican. Banker;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Idaho, 1912;
member of Idaho
state senate, 1912-14; Governor of
Idaho, 1919-23; defeated, 1916; Commissioner of Reclamation and
Director of Finance, U.S. Department of the Interior, 1924-32.
Methodist.
Welsh ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died August
5, 1959 (age 86 years, 104
days).
Interment at Cloverdale
Memorial Park, Boise, Idaho.
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James John Davis (1873-1947) —
also known as James J. Davis; "Puddler
Jim" —
of Elwood, Madison
County, Ind.; Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Tredegar, Wales,
October
27, 1873.
Republican. Madison
County Recorder, 1903-07; U.S.
Secretary of Labor, 1921-30; resigned 1930; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1928,
1936,
1940
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee; speaker);
U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1930-45; defeated, 1944.
Baptist.
Welsh ancestry. Member, Moose; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Grotto;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Eagles;
Foresters;
Woodmen;
Maccabees;
Delta
Sigma Phi.
Died in a hospital
at Takoma Park, Montgomery
County, Md., November
22, 1947 (age 74 years, 26
days).
Interment at Union
Dale Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Denias Dawe (b. 1859) —
of Monroe, Monroe
County, Mich.
Born in Careleon, Wales,
October
31, 1859.
Democrat. Physician;
surgeon;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Monroe County, 1923-24;
defeated in primary, 1932, 1938; member of Michigan
state senate 19th District, 1935-36; defeated, 1936.
English
and Welsh ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Ernest R. Dexter (b. 1875) —
of Mt. Pleasant, Isabella
County, Mich.
Born in Washington
County, Ill., February
23, 1875.
Republican. Farmer; merchant;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Isabella County, 1923-28.
English
and Welsh ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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George A. Dix (1885-1959) —
of near Delaware, Delaware
County, Ohio.
Born in Delaware
County, Ohio, September
27, 1885.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Ohio, 1940.
Welsh, English,
and German
ancestry.
Died, in Marion General Hospital,
Marion, Marion
County, Ohio, August
10, 1959 (age 73 years, 317
days).
Interment at Radnor Cemetery, Radnor, Ohio.
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Edward Irving Edwards (1863-1931) —
also known as Edward I. Edwards —
of Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J.
Born in Bergen town (now part of Jersey City), Hudson
County, N.J., December
1, 1863.
Democrat. General
contractor; banker; New Jersey
state comptroller, 1911-17; member of New
Jersey state senate from Hudson County, 1919; Governor of
New Jersey, 1920-23; candidate for Democratic nomination for
President, 1920;
U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1923-29; defeated, 1928; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1924
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1928.
Episcopalian.
Welsh and English
ancestry. Member, American
Bankers Association; Zeta
Psi; Freemasons;
Elks; Moose; Eagles.
Depressed over political and financial misfortunes, the deaths of
those close to him, and his own poor health, he shot and
killed
himself, in Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., January
26, 1931 (age 67 years, 56
days).
Interment at Bayview
- New York Bay Cemetery, Jersey City, N.J.
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William D. Edwards (c.1853-1916) —
of Hudson
County, N.J.
Born about 1853.
Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state senate from Hudson County, 1887-89.
Welsh and English
ancestry.
Died in Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., March 6,
1916 (age about 63
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Evans (b. 1859) —
of Tipton, Lenawee
County, Mich.
Born in Forden, Montgomeryshire, Wales,
August
14, 1859.
Republican. Livestock
shipping business; banker;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Lenawee County 1st District,
1917-26; defeated, 1914.
English
and Welsh ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas D. Evans —
of Wyandotte, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Wales.
Mayor
of Wyandotte, Mich., 1882-85.
Welsh ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Glenn Ford (1916-2006) —
also known as Gwyllyn Samuel Newton Ford —
Born in Quebec City, Quebec,
May
1, 1916.
Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen; served in the U.S. Marine Corps
during World War II; film and television actor
in dozens of roles; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1972.
Welsh and English
ancestry.
Died in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles
County, Calif., August
30, 2006 (age 90 years, 121
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Santa Monica, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of Newton Ford and Hannah Ford; married, October
23, 1943, to Eleanor Powell; married, March
27, 1966, to Kathryn Hays; married, September
10, 1977, to Cynthia Hayward; married, March 5,
1993, to Jeanne Baus. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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John Lewis Griffiths (1855-1914) —
also known as John L. Griffiths —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
7, 1855.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1887; Indiana
reporter of state courts, 1889-93; U.S. Consul in Liverpool, 1905-09; U.S. Consul General in London, 1909-14, died in office 1914.
Congregationalist.
Welsh ancestry.
Died, of a heart
seizure, in London, England,
May
17, 1914 (age 58 years, 222
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of David G. Griffiths and Elizabeth (Hughes) Griffiths; married, June 5,
1889, to Caroline Henderson. |
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George B. Guinnip (1794-1869) —
of Salubria, Chemung
County, N.Y.
Born in Hunterdon
County, N.J., September
12, 1794.
Merchant;
member of New York
state assembly from Tompkins County, 1834, 1836; member of New York
state senate 26th District, 1850-51; resigned 1851; defeated,
1851.
Welsh ancestry.
Died in Watkins (now Watkins Glen), Schuyler
County, N.Y., July 20,
1869 (age 74 years, 311
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Watkins Glen, N.Y.
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Abraham Oakey Hall (1826-1898) —
also known as A. Oakey Hall; "Elegant
Oakey" —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., July 26,
1826.
Republican. Newspaper
reporter; lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1856;
mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1869-72; indicted
and tried in
1871-73 on charges
of covering up corruption during his mayoralty; acquitted.
Presbyterian;
later Catholic.
English,
Welsh, and French
ancestry.
Died, of heart
disease, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
7, 1898 (age 72 years, 73
days).
Entombed at Trinity
Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.
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Harry LeRoy Heer (1873-1962) —
also known as Harry L. Heer —
of Galena, Jo Daviess
County, Ill.
Born in Galena, Jo Daviess
County, Ill., January
22, 1873.
Mining
engineer;
lawyer;
circuit judge in Illinois 15th Circuit, 1925.
German
and Welsh ancestry.
Died in Hennepin
County, Minn., November
12, 1962 (age 89 years, 294
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Galena, Ill.
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Relatives: Son
of David H. Heer and Martha (Evans) Heer; married, April
21, 1914, to Myrtle L. Renwick. |
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Marcus Hoyt (b. 1871) —
of Suttons Bay, Leelanau
County, Mich.
Born in Muir, Ionia
County, Mich., February
6, 1871.
Republican. Druggist;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Leelanau District, 1923-26.
Welsh ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Modern
Woodmen of America.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Evans Hughes (1862-1948) —
of Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Glens Falls, Warren
County, N.Y., April
11, 1862.
Republican. Lawyer; law
professor; Governor of
New York, 1907-10; resigned 1910; candidate for Republican
nomination for President, 1908;
Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1910-16; resigned 1916; Chief
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1930-41; candidate for President
of the United States, 1916; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1921-25.
Baptist.
Welsh ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Epsilon; Union
League.
Died in Osterville, Barnstable, Barnstable
County, Mass., August
27, 1948 (age 86 years, 138
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Arthur Horace James (1883-1973) —
also known as Arthur H. James; "Breaker
Boy" —
of Plymouth, Luzerne
County, Pa.
Born in Plymouth, Luzerne
County, Pa., July 14,
1883.
Republican. Lieutenant
Governor of Pennsylvania, 1927-31; superior court judge in
Pennsylvania, 1933-39; Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1939-43; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Pennsylvania, 1940;
candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1940.
Methodist.
Welsh ancestry.
Died in Plymouth, Luzerne
County, Pa., April
27, 1973 (age 89 years, 287
days).
Interment at Hanover
Green Cemetery, Hanover Township, Luzerne County, Pa.
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Thomas Lemuel James (1831-1916) —
also known as Thomas L. James —
of Tenafly, Bergen
County, N.J.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y., March
29, 1831.
Republican. Canal toll
collector; newspaper
publisher; customs
inspector; postmaster at New
York City, N.Y., 1873-81; U.S.
Postmaster General, 1881-82; bank
director; mayor
of Tenafly, N.J., 1896.
Welsh ancestry. Member, Union
League.
Died, following several strokes of
apoplexy, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
11, 1916 (age 85 years, 166
days).
Entombed at Church
of the Heavenly Rest, Manhattan, N.Y.
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Bela Whipple Jenks (1849-1930) —
also known as Bela W. Jenks —
of Harbor Beach, Huron
County, Mich.
Born in Essex
County, N.Y., July 18,
1849.
Republican. Member of Michigan
state senate 20th District, 1905-08; member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1911.
Welsh ancestry.
Died in 1930
(age about
80 years).
Interment at Rock
Falls Cemetery, Harbor Beach, Mich.
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Edwin Jones (1862-1921) —
of Wellston, Jackson
County, Ohio; Jackson, Jackson
County, Ohio.
Born in Ohio, December
12, 1862.
Republican. Coal
operator; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio,
1908,
1920
(alternate).
Welsh ancestry.
Died, from stomach
cancer, in Grant Hospital,
Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, February
3, 1921 (age 58 years, 53
days).
Interment at Fairmount
Cemetery, Jackson, Ohio.
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George Wallace Jones (1804-1896) —
also known as George W. Jones —
of Dubuque, Dubuque
County, Iowa.
Born in Vincennes, Knox
County, Ind., April
12, 1804.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during the Black Hawk War; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Michigan Territory, 1835-36; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Wisconsin Territory, 1836-39; U.S.
Surveyor-General for Iowa & Wisconsin, 1845; U.S.
Senator from Iowa, 1848-59; U.S. Minister to New Grenada, 1859-61.
Welsh ancestry.
In 1861, was arrested
in New York City by order of Secretary of State William
H. Seward on a charge
of disloyalty,
based on correspondence with his friend Jefferson
Davis; imprisoned
for 64 days; released by order of President Abraham
Lincoln.
Slaveowner.
Died in Dubuque, Dubuque
County, Iowa, July 22,
1896 (age 92 years, 101
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Dubuque, Iowa.
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John Rice Jones (1759-1824) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.; Vincennes, Knox
County, Ind.; Kaskaskia, Randolph
County, Ill.; Potosi, Washington
County, Mo.
Born in Mallwyd, Gwynedd, Wales,
February
11, 1759.
Lawyer;
member
Indiana territorial council, 1805-08; member of Missouri
territorial legislature, 1814; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention from Washington
County, 1820; justice of
Missouri state supreme court, 1820-24; appointed 1820; died in
office 1824.
Welsh ancestry.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., February
1, 1824 (age 64 years, 355
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Rice Jones (1792-1845) —
of Texas.
Born in Vincennes, Knox
County, Ind., January
8, 1792.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; served in the Texas
Army during the Texas War of Independence; Texas
Republic Postmaster General, 1835-36, 1839-41.
Welsh ancestry.
Died in Fayette
County, Tex., 1845
(age about
53 years).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Fayette County, Tex.
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Richard Jones (b. 1887) —
of Kempton, Grand
Forks County, N.Dak.; Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn.
Born in Brisbin, Clearfield
County, Pa., August
14, 1887.
Telegraph
operator; secretary
and president,
Duluth Federated Trades Assembly; lawyer;
member of Minnesota
state senate 58th District, 1915-18.
Welsh ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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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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William Jones (1790-1867) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born near Rockville, Montgomery
County, Md., April
12, 1790.
Democrat. Physician;
postmaster at Washington,
D.C., 1829-39, 1841-45, 1858-61.
Episcopalian.
Welsh ancestry.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 25,
1867 (age 77 years, 74
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Willie Jones (1741-1801) —
of North Carolina.
Born in Surry
County, Va., May 25,
1741.
Delegate
to North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1776; member
of North Carolina state legislature, 1776; Delegate
to Continental Congress from North Carolina, 1780.
Welsh and English
ancestry.
Died in Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., June 18,
1801 (age 60 years, 24
days).
Interment in private or family graveyard.
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David W. Lewis (b. 1863) —
of Clarion
County, Pa.
Born in Dewlais, Wales,
April
9, 1863.
Democrat. Merchant;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Clarion County, 1909.
Welsh ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Francis Lewis (1713-1803) —
of New York.
Born in Llandaff, Wales,
March
21, 1713.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from New York, 1775; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776.
Welsh ancestry.
Died December
30, 1803 (age 90 years, 284
days).
Interment at Trinity
Churchyard, Manhattan, N.Y.; memorial monument at Constitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.
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Lynn J. Lewis (1876-1938) —
of Bangor, Van Buren
County, Mich.; South Haven, Van Buren
County, Mich.
Born in Bangor, Van Buren
County, Mich., June 3,
1876.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Van Buren County, 1915-20; mayor
of South Haven, Mich.; elected 1935.
Welsh and Irish
ancestry. Member, Kiwanis;
Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Odd
Fellows.
Died in 1938
(age about
62 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Abel J. Lewis and Imogene (Sackett) Lewis; married, October
12, 1895, to Nellie Gray. |
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Meriwether Lewis (1774-1809) —
of Missouri.
Born near Ivy, Albemarle
County, Va., August
18, 1774.
Governor
of Louisiana (Missouri) Territory, 1807-09; died in office 1809.
English
and Welsh ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Commanded expedition with William
Clark to Oregon, 1803-04.
Died from gunshot
wounds under mysterious
circumstances (murder or
suicide?)
at Grinder's Stand, an inn on
the Natchez Trace near Hohenwald, Lewis
County, Tenn., October
11, 1809 (age 35 years, 54
days).
Interment at Meriwether
Lewis Park, Near Hohenwald, Lewis County, Tenn.
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Relatives: Son
of William Lewis and Lucy (Meriwether) Lewis; first cousin once
removed of Howell
Lewis, John
Walker, David
Meriwether (1755-1822), James
Meriwether (1755-1817), Francis
Walker and George
Rockingham Gilmer; first cousin five times removed of Arthur
Sidney Demarest; second cousin of James
Meriwether (1788-1852), David
Meriwether (1800-1893) and James
Archibald Meriwether; second cousin once removed of George
Washington, Howell
Cobb (1772-1818), Thomas
Walker Gilmer, David
Shelby Walker and Reuben
Handy Meriwether; second cousin twice removed of Howell
Cobb (1815-1868), Thomas
Reade Rootes Cobb, James
David Walker and David
Shelby Walker Jr.; second cousin thrice removed of Hubbard
T. Smith; second cousin four times removed of Archer
Woodford; third cousin of Theodorick
Bland, Robert
Brooke, Bushrod
Washington, George
Madison and Richard
Aylett Buckner; third cousin once removed of John
Randolph of Roanoke, Henry
St. George Tucker, John
Thornton Augustine Washington, Zachary
Taylor, Francis
Taliaferro Helm and Aylette
Buckner; third cousin twice removed of John
Strother Pendleton, Albert
Gallatin Pendleton, Aylett
Hawes Buckner, Charles
John Helm, Thomas
Leonidas Crittenden, Nathaniel
Beverly Tucker and Hubbard
Dozier Helm; third cousin thrice removed of James
Francis Buckner Jr., Key
Pittman, Claude
Pollard and Vail
Montgomery Pittman; fourth cousin once removed of Henry
Rootes Jackson. |
| | | Political families: Demarest-Meriwether-Lewis
family of New Jersey; Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell
family of Virginia; Walker-Meriwether-Kellogg
family of Virginia (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Cross-reference: George
F. Shannon |
| | | Lewis counties in Idaho, Ky., Mo., Tenn. and Wash. are
named for him; Lewis and Clark
County, Mont. is named partly for him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: Meriwether
Lewis Randolph
— Meriwether
Lewis Walker
|
| | | Coins and currency: His portrait
appeared (along with Clark's) on the $10 U.S. Note from 1898 to
1927. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier |
| | | Books about Meriwether Lewis: Thomas C.
Danisi, Uncovering
the Truth About Meriwether Lewis — Donald Barr
Chidsey, Lewis
and Clark: The Great Adventure |
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John Lloyd —
of Ebensburg, Cambria
County, Pa.
Born in Wales.
Postmaster at Ebensburg,
Pa., 1816.
Welsh ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Hugh Shepperd Darby Mallory (1848-1920) —
also known as H. S. D. Mallory —
of Selma, Dallas
County, Ala.
Born in Talladega
County, Ala., February
6, 1848.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor of
Selma, Ala., 1885-87; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Alabama, 1904,
1912.
Baptist.
Scottish,
English,
and Welsh ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Honor; Odd
Fellows.
Died in Selma, Dallas
County, Ala., March
10, 1920 (age 72 years, 33
days).
Interment at Live
Oak Cemetery, Selma, Ala.
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Relatives: Son
of James Mallory and Ann Maria (Darby) Mallory; married, October
15, 1872, to Jacqueline Louisa Billingslea. |
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Frank Marsh (1924-2001) —
of Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.
Born in Norfolk, Madison
County, Neb., April
27, 1924.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; secretary
of state of Nebraska, 1953-71; Lieutenant
Governor of Nebraska, 1971-75; Nebraska
state treasurer, 1975-81, 1987-91; defeated, 1990.
Methodist.
Welsh and English
ancestry. Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Sertoma;
Alpha
Phi Omega.
Died, of pulmonary
fibrosis, Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb., March
10, 2001 (age 76 years, 317
days).
Interment at Wyuka
Cemetery, Lincoln, Neb.
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George Washington Martin (1841-1914) —
also known as George W. Martin —
of Junction City, Geary
County, Kan.
Born in Hollidaysburg, Blair
County, Pa., June 30,
1841.
Newspaper
publisher; postmaster at Junction
City, Kan., 1864-65; Kansas state printer, 1873-81; member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1883; mayor
of Junction City, Kan., 1883-85.
Presbyterian.
Scotch-Irish
and Welsh ancestry. Member, Odd
Fellows.
Died March
27, 1914 (age 72 years, 270
days).
Interment at Highland
Cemetery, Junction City, Kan.
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Harold Carlton Mason (1888-1964) —
also known as Harold C. Mason —
of Blissfield, Lenawee
County, Mich.; Huntington, Huntington
County, Ind.; Winona Lake, Kosciusko
County, Ind.
Born in Kunkle, Williams
County, Ohio, November
9, 1888.
School
teacher; minister;
Prohibition candidate for Michigan
state senate 19th District, 1914; bishop; college
professor; president,
Huntington College, 1932-39.
Free
Methodist. German,
Scottish,
English,
and Welsh ancestry.
Died, from a myocardial
infarction, in Winona Lake, Kosciusko
County, Ind., June 2,
1964 (age 75 years, 206
days).
Interment at Waldron
Cemetery, Waldron, Mich.
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David Stephen Mathias (1844-1917) —
also known as D. S. Mathias —
of Rosedale (now part of Kansas City), Wyandotte
County, Kan.
Born in Wales,
January
6, 1844.
Mayor
of Rosedale, Kan., 1877-78.
Welsh ancestry.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., December
5, 1917 (age 73 years, 333
days).
Interment at Oak
Woods Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Daniel Morgan (1736-1802) —
of Virginia.
Born in Hunterdon
County, N.J., 1736.
General in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; U.S.
Representative from Virginia at-large, 1797-99.
Presbyterian.
Welsh ancestry.
Slaveowner.
Died July 6,
1802 (age about 66
years).
Original interment at Old
Stone Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Winchester, Va.; reinterment
at Mt.
Hebron Cemetery, Winchester, Va.; statue at Morgan
Square, Spartanburg, S.C.
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Albert Morris (1840-1923) —
of Oneonta, Otsego
County, N.Y.
Born in Milford, Otsego
County, N.Y., January
2, 1840.
Mayor
of Oneonta, N.Y., 1910-11.
Welsh ancestry.
Died in Oneonta, Otsego
County, N.Y., March
17, 1923 (age 83 years, 74
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Richard Boles Morris and Zilpha (Westcott) Morris; married to Mary
J. Birdsall. |
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John Singleton Mosby (1833-1916) —
also known as John S. Mosby; "The Gray
Ghost" —
of Bristol,
Va.; Warrenton, Fauquier
County, Va.
Born in Powhatan
County, Va., December
6, 1833.
In 1852, he shot
and wounded George R. Turpin, with whom he had quarreled; arrested
and tried,
ultimately convicted
only of the misdemeanor charge of unlawful
shooting and sentenced
to one year in jail; pardoned
by Gov. Joseph
Johnson in 1853; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil
War; U.S. Consul in Hong Kong, 1878-85.
Scottish
and Welsh ancestry.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 30,
1916 (age 82 years, 176
days).
Interment at Warrenton
Cemetery, Warrenton, Va.
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Abner Nash (1740-1786) —
of Jones
County, N.C.
Born near Farmville, Prince
Edward County, Va., August
8, 1740.
Lawyer;
member of Virginia
House of Burgesses, 1761-65; member of North
Carolina house of commons, 1777-78, 1782, 1784-85; member of North
Carolina state senate from Jones County, 1779; Governor of
North Carolina, 1780-81; Delegate
to Continental Congress from North Carolina, 1782-86; died in
office 1786.
Welsh ancestry.
Died while attending a session of the Continental
Congress, in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
2, 1786 (age 46 years, 116
days).
Original interment at St.
Paul's Churchyard, Manhattan, N.Y.; reinterment at Pembroke
Plantation Cemetery, New Bern, N.C.
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Francis Nash (1742-1777) —
of Hillsborough, Orange
County, N.C.
Born in Prince
Edward County, Va., 1742.
Member of North Carolina state legislature, 1764; general in the
Continental Army during the Revolutionary War.
Welsh ancestry.
During the Battle of Germanown, he was hit by cannonball
and musket
shot, was mortally
wounded, and died soon after, in Montgomery
County, Pa., October
7, 1777 (age about 35
years).
Interment at Towamencin
Mennonite Churchyard, Near Lansdale, Montgomery County, Pa.
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James L. Nash (1829-1896) —
of Sullivan
County, Ind.
Born in Haddon Township, Sullivan
County, Ind., March
16, 1829.
Democrat. Farmer;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1875.
Disciples
of Christ. Welsh ancestry. Member, Odd
Fellows.
Died in Paxton, Sullivan
County, Ind., October
10, 1896 (age 67 years, 208
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Harry Stewart New (1858-1937) —
also known as Harry S. New —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., December
31, 1858.
Republican. Newspaper
editor and publisher; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Indiana, 1896,
1912,
1920,
1924;
member of Indiana
state senate, 1897-99; served in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War; member of Republican
National Committee from Indiana, 1900-12; Chairman
of Republican National Committee, 1907-08; U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1917-23; U.S.
Postmaster General, 1923-29.
Disciples
of Christ. English
and Welsh ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Sigma
Chi.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., May 9,
1937 (age 78 years, 129
days).
Interment at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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John Chalfant New (1831-1906) —
also known as John C. New —
of Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Vernon, Jennings
County, Ind., July 6,
1831.
Republican. Banker; newspaper
publisher; lawyer;
member of Indiana
state senate, 1863; Treasurer of the United States, 1875-76; Indiana
Republican state chair, 1880-82.
Disciples
of Christ. English
and Welsh ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., June 4,
1906 (age 74 years, 333
days).
Interment at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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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 Pendry (1848-1928) —
of Johnstown, Cambria
County, Pa.
Born in Wales,
1848.
Republican. Undertaker;
mayor
of Johnstown, Pa., 1902-05.
Welsh ancestry.
Died in Johnstown, Cambria
County, Pa., December
23, 1928 (age about 80
years).
Interment at Grandview
Cemetery, Southmont, Pa.
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William Vernon Phillips (1875-1931) —
also known as W. Vernon Phillips —
of Yeadon, Delaware
County, Pa.
Born in Wales,
November
18, 1875.
Iron and
steel business; bank
director; burgess
of Yeadon, Pennsylvania, 1923-31; died in office 1931.
Episcopalian.
Welsh ancestry. Member, Union
League.
Died, from heart
disease, in Jefferson Hospital,
Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., July 2,
1931 (age 55 years, 226
days).
Interment at Arlington
Cemetery, Drexel Hill, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of Frederick Richard Phillips and Emily Mary (Jenkins) Phillips;
married 1912 to
Florence Louise Starr. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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John T. Pritchard (1883-1965) —
of Eau Claire, Eau Claire
County, Wis.
Born in Caernarvon, Wales,
December
20, 1883.
Farmer;
member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1933-54, 1957-62 (Eau Claire County 1933-54, Eau
Claire County 2nd District 1957-62); defeated (Republican), 1954.
Welsh ancestry.
Died in 1965
(age about
81 years).
Interment at Lakeview
Cemetery, Eau Claire, Wis.
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John J. Rees (b. 1839) —
of Powell, Edmunds
County, S.Dak.; Ipswich, Edmunds
County, S.Dak.
Born in Wales,
January, 1839.
Republican. Farmer;
member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 37th District, 1899-1900,
1903-04.
Welsh ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
South Dakota Legislative Manual, 1903 |
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Ellis Henry Roberts (1827-1918) —
also known as Ellis H. Roberts —
of Oneida
County, N.Y.
Born in Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y., September
30, 1827.
Republican. Newspaper
editor; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1864,
1868;
member of New York
state assembly from Oneida County 2nd District, 1867; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1871-75 (21st District 1871-73,
22nd District 1873-75); defeated, 1874; banker;
Treasurer of the United States, 1897-1905.
Presbyterian.
Welsh ancestry. Member, Alpha
Delta Phi; Phi
Beta Kappa; Skull
and Bones; American
Historical Association.
Died in 1918
(age about
90 years).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Utica, N.Y.
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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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Ann Romney (b. 1949) —
also known as Ann Lois Davies —
of Belmont, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., April
16, 1949.
Republican. Speaker, Republican National Convention, 2012.
Female.
Mormon.
Welsh ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
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Edwin Merwyn Rowlands (1901-1961) —
also known as E. Merwyn Rowlands —
of Cambria, Columbia
County, Wis.
Born in Cambria, Columbia
County, Wis., April 1,
1901.
Banker;
member of Wisconsin
state assembly from Columbia County, 1927-33; member of Wisconsin
state senate 27th District, 1935-38; defeated (Progressive),
1938; Wisconsin Progressive state chair, 1936.
Welsh ancestry.
Died in Harris
County, Tex., March
28, 1961 (age 59 years, 361
days).
Interment at Cambria Cemetery, Cambria, Wis.
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Isaac Shelby (1750-1826) —
Born in Frederick County (part now in Washington
County), Md., December
11, 1750.
Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member
of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1779; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1782; delegate
to Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1792; Governor of
Kentucky, 1792-96, 1812-16; general in the U.S. Army during the
War of 1812.
Welsh and English
ancestry.
Died of a broken blood
vessel in the head, in Lincoln
County, Ky., July 18,
1826 (age 75 years, 219
days).
Interment at Shelby Traveller's Rest Burying Ground, Stanford, Ky.
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Relatives: Son
of Evan Shelby and Letitia 'Leddy' (Cox) Shelby; married, April
19, 1783, to Susannah Hart; father of Susanna Hart Shelby (who
married James
Shannon); grandfather of Anna Nelson Shelby (who married Beriah
Magoffin); great-grandfather of Beriah
Magoffin Jr.. |
| | | Political family: Shannon-Shelby
family. |
| | | Shelby counties in Ala., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Ky., Mo., Ohio, Tenn. and Tex. are
named for him. |
| | | The town
of Shelby,
New York, is named for
him. — The city
of Shelbyville,
Illinois, is named for
him. — The city
of Shelbyville,
Indiana, is named for
him. — The city
of Shelbyville,
Missouri, is named for
him. — The city
of Shelbyville,
Tennessee, is named for
him. — The World War II Liberty
ship SS Isaac Shelby (built 1944 at Brunswick,
Georgia; mined and wrecked in the Tyrrhenian
Sea, 1945) was named for
him. |
| | | See also National Governors
Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Harry S. Toy (b. 1892) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Elkhorn, McDowell
County, W.Va., January
12, 1892.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Wayne
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1931-34; Michigan
state attorney general, 1935; justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1935-36; appointed 1935; defeated,
1936; candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1938; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Michigan, 1948.
German
and Welsh ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Izaak
Walton League; American
Legion.
Burial location unknown.
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James M. Wilcox (b. 1850) —
of Calumet, Houghton
County, Mich.
Born in Wales,
July
22, 1850.
Republican. Mining
superintendent; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Iron District, 1913-14;
member of Michigan
state senate 32nd District, 1917-28; defeated in primary, 1928.
Welsh ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Aaron Milton Wilkins (1854-1910) —
also known as Aaron M. Wilkins —
of Amherst, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Amherst, Hillsborough
County, N.H., January
22, 1854.
Republican. Farmer;
member of New
Hampshire state senate 15th District, 1903-04.
Congregationalist.
Welsh ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died in Amherst, Hillsborough
County, N.H., May 27,
1910 (age 56 years, 125
days).
Interment at Meadow
View Cemetery, Amherst, N.H.
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