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James Abbott (1776-1858) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., June 1,
1776.
Fur trader; postmaster at Detroit,
Mich., 1806-31; receiver
of U.S. Land Office at Detroit, Michigan, 1816.
Died March
12, 1858 (age 81 years, 284
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of James Abbott and Mary (Barker) Abbott; married to Sarah
Whistler. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Johannes Abeel (1667-1711) —
also known as John Abeel —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., March
23, 1667.
Merchant;
fur trader; mayor of
Albany, N.Y., 1694-95, 1709-10; member of New York
colonial assembly, 1695, 1701-02.
Dutch
Reformed.
Died in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., January
28, 1711 (age 43 years, 311
days).
Original interment at Second Dutch Reformed Church Cemetery, Albany, N.Y.;
reinterment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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William Henry Ashley (c.1778-1838) —
also known as William H. Ashley —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Powhatan
County, Va., about 1778.
Democrat. Fur trader; Lieutenant
Governor of Missouri, 1820-24; U.S.
Representative from Missouri at-large, 1831-37.
Died near Boonville, Cooper
County, Mo., March
26, 1838 (age about 60
years).
Interment in private or family graveyard.
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Relatives:
Married, November
17, 1806, to Mary Able; married, October
17, 1832, to Elizabeth Woodson Moss. |
| | | The Ashley National
Forest (established 1908), in Daggett,
Duchesne,
Summit,
Uintah,
and Utah
counties, Utah, and Sweetwater
County, Wyoming, is named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article |
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Alexis C. Bailly (1798-1861) —
of Mendota, Dakota
County, Minn.
Born in St. Joseph, Ontario,
December
14, 1798.
Fur trader; member of Minnesota
territorial House of Representatives 7th District, 1849-50.
French
and Ottawa
Indian ancestry.
Died in Wabasha, Wabasha
County, Minn., June 13,
1861 (age 62 years, 181
days).
Interment at Riverview
Cemetery, Wabasha, Minn.
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Henry Joseph Berquist (1905-1990) —
also known as Henry J. Berquist; Henry Joseph
Schultz —
of Rhinelander, Oneida
County, Wis.
Born in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., February
26, 1905.
Fur farmer;
member of Wisconsin
state assembly from Florence, Forest and Oneida counties,
1937-42; defeated (Democratic), 1956, 1958; served in the U.S. Army
during World War II; Democratic candidate for U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 10th District, 1946; Democratic
candidate for Wisconsin
state senate 12th District, 1960.
Died in Silver City, Grant
County, N.M., May 1,
1990 (age 85 years, 64
days).
Interment at Fort Bayard National Cemetery, Fort Bayard, N.M.
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Relatives:
Step-son of Nels John Bergquist; son of Henry Schultz and Clara M.
(Krause) Schultz. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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1940 |
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Jerome Holland Bishop (1846-1928) —
also known as Jerome H. Bishop —
of Decatur, Van Buren
County, Mich.; Wyandotte, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Oxbow, Jefferson
County, N.Y., September
3, 1846.
Republican. Superintendent
of schools; founder, J.H. Bishop fur company of Wyandotte,
Mich.; rug
and coat
manufacturer; mayor
of Wyandotte, Mich., 1885-87, 1905-08; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 2nd District, 1898; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1900;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan.
Congregationalist.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died May 22,
1928 (age 81 years, 262
days).
Interment at Woodmere
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of William Bishop and Zebina (Sterne) Bishop; married 1867 to Jennie
Gray; married 1876 to Ella
M. Clark. |
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memorial |
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Jan Jansen Bleecker (1641-1732) —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in 1641.
Fur trader; mayor of
Albany, N.Y., 1700-01.
Died in 1732
(age about
91 years).
Original interment at Dutch
Church Burial Ground, Albany, N.Y.; reinterment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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Charles Edward Bresler (1816-1898) —
also known as Charles E. Bresler; Charles Edward
Breslauer —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Konstadt, Prussia (now Wolczyn, Poland),
November
12, 1816.
Furrier; Honorary
Consul for Venezuela in Detroit,
Mich., 1893-98.
German
ancestry.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., December
12, 1898 (age 82 years, 30
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Pierre Chouteau Jr. (1789-1865) —
also known as Pierre Cadet Chouteau —
of St.
Louis County, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., January
19, 1789.
Merchant;
lead mining
business; fur trader; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention from St. Louis
County, 1820.
Died September
6, 1865 (age 76 years, 230
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Nicholas Dockstader (1802-1871) —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., January
4, 1802.
Whig. Fur trader; mayor
of Cleveland, Ohio, 1840.
Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, November
9, 1871 (age 69 years, 309
days).
Original interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio; reinterment at Lake
View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
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Ben Elbert Douglas, Sr. (1894-1982) —
also known as Ben E. Douglas —
of Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C.
Born in Scotts Crossroad, Iredell
County, N.C., September
3, 1894.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; fur
merchant; mayor
of Charlotte, N.C., 1935-41; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from North Carolina, 1940,
1956.
Died in 1982
(age about
87 years).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Charlotte, N.C.
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John Thomas Durnin (1888-1963) —
also known as John T. Durnin —
of Lower Merion Township, Montgomery
County, Pa.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March 3,
1888.
Democrat. Fur buyer; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1940,
1948.
Died in 1963
(age about
75 years).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Near West Conshohocken, Montgomery County, Pa.
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Alexander Faribault (1806-1882) —
of Mendota, Dakota
County, Minn.
Born in Prairie du Chien, Crawford
County, Wis., June 22,
1806.
Fur trader; Founder
of the city of Faribault, Minnesota; member of Minnesota
territorial House of Representatives 7th District, 1851.
French
and Dakota
Indian ancestry.
Died in Faribault, Rice
County, Minn., 1882
(age about
76 years).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Faribault, Minn.
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Henry Fink (b. 1840) —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in Bavaria, Germany,
September
7, 1840.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; dealer in
wool, hides, and
furs; real estate
business; member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1876-77; U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue for
the 1st Wisconsin District, 1889-1909; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, 1916.
German
ancestry. Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Engelhart Fink and Catherine (Dielmann) Fink; married, May 13,
1866, to Catherine Strieff; married, September
12, 1883, to Rosa Blankenhorn. |
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Maurice J. Fitzsimons Jr. (b. 1906) —
of Fond du Lac, Fond du
Lac County, Wis.
Born in Fond du Lac, Fond du Lac
County, Wis., September
30, 1906.
Democrat. Shoe
business; fur farmer;
member of Wisconsin
state assembly from Fond du Lac County 1st District, 1933-40;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Wisconsin, 1936
(alternate), 1948;
candidate for Wisconsin
state senate 18th District, 1940.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
Wisconsin Blue Book 1940 |
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Charles Godfrey Gunther (1822-1885) —
also known as C. Godfrey Gunther —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., 1822.
Democrat. Fur merchant; mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1864-66; defeated, 1861; candidate for New York
state senate 7th District, 1878; railroad
builder; hotel
owner.
German
ancestry. Member, Tammany
Hall.
Died, probably of heart
disease, in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
22, 1885 (age about 62
years).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Solomon Juneau (1793-1856) —
also known as Laurent-Salomon Juneau —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in L'Asumption, Quebec,
August
9, 1793.
Democrat. Fur trader; founder of Milwaukee; postmaster at Milwaukee,
Wis., 1835-43; mayor
of Milwaukee, Wis., 1846-47.
Catholic.
French
ancestry.
Died, reportedly from appendicitis,
in Keshena, Shawano County (now Menominee
County), Wis., November
14, 1856 (age 63 years, 97
days).
Original interment in unknown location; reinterment in 1866 at Calvary
Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wis.; cenotaph at Juneau
Park, Milwaukee, Wis.
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August Kickbusch (1828-1901) —
of Wausau, Marathon
County, Wis.
Born in Kolberg, Prussia (now Kolobrzeg, Poland),
October
15, 1828.
Fur trader; brick
manufacturer; hardware
merchant; mayor of
Wausau, Wis., 1872-73, 1874-75.
German
ancestry.
Died May 28,
1901 (age 72 years, 225
days).
Interment at Pine
Grove Cemetery, Wausau, Wis.
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Relatives: Son
of Martin F. Kickbusch and Katrina (Koahn) Kickbusch; married to
Matilda Schochow. |
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Norman Wolfred Kittson (1814-1888) —
also known as Norman W. Kittson; "Commodore
Kittson" —
of Pembina, Pembina
County, Minn. (now N.Dak.); St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Sorel, Lower Canada (now part of Sorel-Tracy, Quebec),
March
5, 1814.
Democrat. Fur trader; helped end the Hudson Bay Company's fur
trading monopoly in 1849; member
Minnesota territorial council 7th District, 1852-55; mayor
of St. Paul, Minn., 1858-59; operated steamboats
on the Red River from Minnesota north into Winnipeg in the 1870s;
worked with James J. Hill to build the St. Paul, Minneapolis and
Manitoba Railway
in 1879-81.
Episcopalian.
English
ancestry.
Died in the dining
car of a train
en route from Chicago to St. Paul, near Roberts, St. Croix
County, Wis., May 10,
1888 (age 74 years, 66
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, St. Paul, Minn.
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Jacob Leisler (c.1640-1691) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Bockenheim, Holy Roman Empire (now part of Frankfurt am Main,
Germany),
about 1640.
Fur trader; tobacco
business; following the English Revolution of 1688, which brought
Protestant rulers William and Mary to power, he led "Leisler's
Rebellion" and seized control of the colony; Colonial
Governor of New York, 1689-91; provided land for a settlement of
French Huguenot refugees (now the city of New Rochelle); following
the arrival of a new royal governor, he was ousted.
Arrested,
charged with treason,
tried,
convicted,
and sentenced to
death; executed
by hanging
and decapitation,
in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May
16, 1691 (age
about 51
years). Four years later, he was posthumously exonerated by an
act of Parliament.
Original interment at a private or family graveyard, New York County, N.Y.;
subsequent interment at Dutch
Church Burial Ground, Manhattan, N.Y.; reinterment to unknown
location; statue at Broadview Avenue, New Rochelle, N.Y.
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Robert Livingston the Elder (1654-1728) —
also known as "First Lord of the Manor" —
of New York.
Born in Ancrum, Roxburghshire, Scotland,
December
13, 1654.
Fur trader; member of New York
colonial assembly, 1709-11, 1716-26; Speaker
of New York Colonial Assembly, 1718.
Scottish
ancestry.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
1, 1728 (age 73 years, 293
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. John Livingston and Janet (Fleming) Livingston; married 1679 to
Alida Schuyler; father of John
Livingston, Robert
Livingston (1688-1775) and Gilbert
Livingston; uncle of Robert
Livingston the Younger; grandfather of Robert
Livingston (1708-1790), Peter
Van Brugh Livingston, Robert
Gilbert Livingston, Philip
Livingston, Robert
R. Livingston (1718-1775) and William
Livingston; great-grandfather of Peter
Robert Livingston (1737-1794), Walter
Livingston, Philip
Peter Livingston, Margaret Livingston (who married Nicholas
Fish (1758-1833)), Robert
R. Livingston (1746-1813), Philip
Van Cortlandt, Henry
Brockholst Livingston, Pierre
Van Cortlandt Jr. and Edward
Livingston (1764-1836); great-granduncle of Jeremiah
Van Rensselaer, Robert
Van Rensselaer and James
Livingston; second great-grandfather 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, William
Jay, Charles
Ludlow Livingston (1800-1873) and Hamilton
Fish (1808-1893); second great-granduncle of Peter
Robert Livingston (1766-1847), Jacob
Rutsen Van Rensselaer, Philip
Jeremiah Schuyler and Maturin
Livingston; third great-grandfather of Philip
Schuyler, Peter
Robert Livingston (1789-1859), Gilbert
Livingston Thompson, Edward
Livingston (1796-1840), William
Duer, Henry
Bell Van Rensselaer, Denning
Duer, Henry
Brockholst Ledyard, John
Jay II, John
Jacob Astor III, Nicholas
Fish (1848-1902) and Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1849-1936); third great-granduncle of James
Alexander Hamilton, Gerrit
Smith and Elizabeth
Cady Stanton; fourth great-grandfather of Kiliaen
Van Rensselaer, William
Waldorf Astor, John
Kean, Hamilton
Fish Kean, Jonathan
Mayhew Wainwright, Charles
Ludlow Livingston (born 1870) and Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1888-1991); fourth great-granduncle of Cortlandt
Schuyler Van Rensselaer; fifth great-grandfather of Guy
Vernor Henry, Herbert
Livingston Satterlee, William
Astor Chanler, Lewis
Stuyvesant Chanler, Montgomery
Schuyler Jr., Peter
Augustus Jay (1877-1933), Peter
Goelet Gerry, Ogden
Livingston Mills, Bronson
Murray Cutting, Robert
Reginald Livingston, Robert
Winthrop Kean, Brockholst
Livingston and Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1926-1996); fifth great-granduncle of Robert
Ray Hamilton; sixth great-grandfather of John
Eliot Thayer Jr., Thomas
Howard Kean, Hamilton
Fish (born 1951) and Alexa
Fish Ward; seventh great-grandfather of Thomas
Howard Kean Jr.; ancestor *** of Robert
Livingston Beeckman. |
| | | Political family: Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
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Alexander Macomb (1748-1831) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in County Antrim, Ireland (now Northern
Ireland), 1748.
Fur trader; merchant;
land
speculator; member of New York
state assembly from New York County, 1788-89, 1790-91.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Died in Washington,
D.C., 1831
(age about
83 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Joshua Pilcher (1790-1843) —
of Missouri.
Born in Culpeper
County, Va., March
15, 1790.
Fur trader; U.S. Consul in Chihuahua, 1825-27; Indian agent; Superintendent of Indian
Affairs.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, of sickness resulting from exposure to
the elements, in St.
Louis, Mo., June 5,
1843 (age 53 years, 82
days).
Original interment at Christ
Church Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.; reinterment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Relatives: Son
of Joshua Pilcher (1749-1810) and Nancy Pilcher. |
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Henry Mower Rice (1816-1894) —
also known as Henry M. Rice —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Waitsfield, Washington
County, Vt., November
29, 1816.
Democrat. Fur trader; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Minnesota Territory, 1853-57; U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1858-63; candidate for Governor of
Minnesota, 1865.
Died in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., January
15, 1894 (age 77 years, 47
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, St. Paul, Minn.
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Joseph Robidoux (1783-1868) —
of St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., August
10, 1783.
Fur trader; bakery
business; town
president of St. Joseph, Missouri, 1845-46.
Catholic.
French
Canadian ancestry.
Founder of St. Joseph, Mo.
Died in St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo., May 27,
1868 (age 84 years, 291
days).
Original interment at Calvary Cemetery (which no longer exists), St. Joseph, Mo.;
reinterment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery, St. Joseph, Mo.
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Moses Seymour (1742-1826) —
of Litchfield, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., July 23,
1742.
Furrier; hatter; merchant;
farmer;
major in Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Litchfield, 1795-1811.
Died in Litchfield, Litchfield
County, Conn., September
17, 1826 (age 84 years, 56
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Moses Seymour (1711-1795) and Rachel (Goodwin) Seymour; married,
November
7, 1771, to Molly Marsh; father of Horatio
Seymour (1778-1857) and Henry
Seymour; grandfather of Origen
Storrs Seymour, Horatio
Seymour (1810-1886), George
Seymour and Julia Catherine Seymour (who married Roscoe
Conkling); granduncle of McNeil
Seymour and Henry
William Seymour; great-grandfather of Edward
Woodruff Seymour, Joseph
Battell, Morris
Woodruff Seymour and Horatio
Seymour Jr.; great-granduncle of Norman
Alexander Seymour; first cousin twice removed of Hezekiah
Cook Seymour; first cousin thrice removed of Silas
Seymour, William
Chapman Williston and Augustus
Sherrill Seymour; first cousin four times removed of Orlo
Erland Wadhams; first cousin five times removed of Dalton
G. Seymour; second cousin of Thomas
Seymour; second cousin once removed of William
Pitkin; second cousin twice removed of David
Lowrey Seymour and Thomas
Henry Seymour; second cousin thrice removed of Caleb
Seymour Pitkin; third cousin of Josiah
Cowles and Daniel
Pitkin; third cousin once removed of Timothy
Pitkin, Orsamus
Cook Merrill, Timothy
Merrill and Ela
Collins; third cousin twice removed of Farrand
Fassett Merrill, William
Collins, John
Robert Graham Pitkin and William
Sheffield Cowles (1846-1923); third cousin thrice removed of Charles
Seymour, Charles
Upson, Calvin
Josiah Cowles, Gad
Ely Upson, Joseph
Pomeroy Root, Elizur
Stillman Goodrich, Frederick
Walker Pitkin, John
Sammis Seymour, Luther
S. Pitkin, Russell
Cowles Ostrander, Addison
Beecher Colvin, La
Monte Cowles, Helen
Herron Taft, Gardner
Cowles and William
Sheffield Cowles (1898-1986). |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Murphy-Merrill
family of Harbor Beach, Michigan (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
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Robert Stuart (1785-1848) —
of Michigan.
Born in Perthshire, Scotland,
February
19, 1785.
Explorer;
fur trader; business partner of John Jacob Astor; Michigan
state treasurer, 1840-41.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., October
28, 1848 (age 63 years, 252
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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