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William J. Abrams (1829-1900) —
of Green Bay, Brown
County, Wis.
Born in Cambridge, Washington
County, N.Y., March
19, 1829.
Democrat. Surveyor; member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1864-67; member of Wisconsin
state senate, 1868-69; mayor
of Green Bay, Wis., 1881-82, 1883-85.
Died in Green Bay, Brown
County, Wis., September
12, 1900 (age 71 years, 177
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Allouez, Wis.
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James Alexander (1691-1756) —
Born in Muthill, Perthshire, Scotland,
May
27, 1691.
In Scotland, he joined the Jacobite Rising of 1715, a revolt
that attempted to install James Francis Edward Stuart (the "Old
Pretender") as king; to avoid prosecution
for treason,
he fled
to New York; surveyor; lawyer;
member New York governor's council, 1721-32, 1737; Colonial
Attorney-General of New York, 1721-23.
Member, American
Philosophical Society.
Died in New York, April 2,
1756 (age 64 years, 311
days).
Interment at Trinity
Churchyard, Manhattan, N.Y.
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John E. Allen (1866-1915) —
of Westford, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born in Westford, Chittenden
County, Vt., 1866.
Republican. Farmer;
surveyor; superintendent
of schools; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Westford, 1910.
Congregationalist.
Died in 1915
(age about
49 years).
Interment at Pleasant View Cemetery, Westford, Vt.
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Relatives: Son
of John Allen and Ellen M. Allen; married to Jennie M.
Macomber. |
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memorial |
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William Marshall Anderson (1807-1881) —
also known as W. Marshall Anderson —
of Chillicothe, Ross
County, Ohio; Circleville, Pickaway
County, Ohio.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., January
24, 1807.
Lawyer;
explorer;
surveyor; candidate for Congress from Ohio.
Catholic.
Died in Ohio, January
7, 1881 (age 73 years, 349
days).
Interment at Oak
Dale Cemetery, Urbana, Ohio.
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Samuel Shaw Arentz (1879-1934) —
also known as Samuel S. Arentz; Ulysses
Arentz —
of Simpson, Lyon
County, Nev.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., January
8, 1879.
Republican. Surveyor; engineer;
mining
superintendent; chief engineer for several Western railroads;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Nevada at-large, 1921-23, 1925-33; defeated,
1932; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1922; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Nevada, 1928
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1932.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in Reno, Washoe
County, Nev., June 17,
1934 (age 55 years, 160
days).
Interment at Masonic
Memorial Gardens, Reno, Nev.
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John Armstrong (1717-1795) —
also known as "Hero of Kittanny" —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Brookeborough, County Fermanagh, Ireland (now Northern
Ireland), October
13, 1717.
Civil
engineer; surveyor; general in the Continental Army during
the Revolutionary War; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1778-80.
Died in Carlisle, Cumberland
County, Pa., March 9,
1795 (age 77 years, 147
days).
Interment at Old
Carlisle Cemetery, Carlisle, Pa.
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Edwin Prosper Augur (1847-1925) —
also known as Edwin P. Augur —
of Middletown, Middlesex
County, Conn.
Born in Middlefield, Middlesex
County, Conn., January
31, 1847.
School
teacher and principal; surveyor; Middlesex
County Surveyor, 1870; Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 2nd District, 1886, 1888, 1896;
engineer.
Died in Middlefield, Middlesex
County, Conn., January
29, 1925 (age 77 years, 364
days).
Interment at Middlefield Cemetery, Middlefield, Conn.
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Horace J. Austin (1837-1891) —
of Vermillion, Clay
County, S.Dak.
Born in Washington
County, N.Y., July 11,
1837.
Republican. Surveyor; served in the Union Army during the
Civil War; member of Dakota
territorial House of Representatives, 1865-67; member
Dakota territorial council, 1867-69, 1874-76; President
of the Dakota Territorial Council, 1867-68; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 2nd District, 1891; died in
office 1891.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Vermillion, Clay
County, S.Dak., February
27, 1891 (age 53 years, 231
days).
Interment at Bluff
View Cemetery, Vermillion, S.Dak.
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Edward Fitzgerald Beale (1822-1893) —
Born in Washington,
D.C., February
4, 1822.
Surveyor; explorer;
served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; led the experiment to
use camels in the U.S. Army; during the Mexican War, made six trips
between Washington, D.C. and the Pacific coast, relaying military
information; thought to be the courier who brought news to Washington
of the discovery of gold in California; Superintendent of Indian
Affairs for California and Nevada, 1853-56; U.S. Minister to Austria-Hungary, 1876-77.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April
22, 1893 (age 71 years, 77
days).
Interment at Chester
Rural Cemetery, Chester, Pa.
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John S. Bender (b. 1827) —
of Plymouth, Marshall
County, Ind.
Born near Carlisle, Cumberland
County, Pa., January
26, 1827.
School
teacher; miller;
surveyor; Starke
County Clerk and Auditor; lawyer; newspaper
publisher.
Methodist.
German
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Jacob Bender and Jane (Dobbs) Bender; married 1855 to Maggie
Bowers; married 1858 to Rachel
Houghton. |
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Harlan Page Bird (born c.1843) —
also known as Harlan P. Bird —
of Wausaukee, Marinette
County, Wis.
Born in Bradford
County, Pa., about 1843.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; school
teacher; surveyor; bookkeeper;
lumber
business; merchant;
member of Wisconsin
state senate 1st District, 1903-10.
Burial location unknown.
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Henry Williams Blodgett (1821-1905) —
of Waukegan, Lake
County, Ill.
Born in Amherst, Hampshire
County, Mass., July 21,
1821.
Surveyor; lawyer;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1852-54; member of Illinois
state senate, 1858-62; U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois, 1870-92.
Died in Waukegan, Lake
County, Ill., February
9, 1905 (age 83 years, 203
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Gail Borden Jr. (1801-1874) —
Born in Norwich, Chenango
County, N.Y., November
9, 1801.
School
teacher; surveyor; delegate
to Texas Convention of 1833 from District of Austin, 1833; newspaper
publisher; Collector of Customs at Galveston for the Texas
Republic, 1837-38 and 1841-43; in 1849, he invented
a dehydrated beef product called a "meat biscuit", but it failed
commercially; in 1853, he invented
a process to make sweetened condensed
milk, which could be transported without refrigeration, and
developed sanitation practices to to prevent contamination.
Died in Borden, Colorado
County, Tex., January
11, 1874 (age 72 years, 63
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Robert L. Bowser (born c.1936) —
of East Orange, Essex
County, N.J.
Born about 1936.
Democrat. City
planner; surveyor; engineer;
mayor
of East Orange, N.J., 1998-2013; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New Jersey, 2000.
African
ancestry. Member, Lions; Kiwanis.
Still living as of 2014.
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James D. Brackenrich (b. 1936) —
also known as J. D. Brackenrich —
of Lewisburg, Greenbrier
County, W.Va.
Born in Greenbrier
County, W.Va., January
23, 1936.
Democrat. Engineer;
surveyor; member of West
Virginia state senate 11th District, 1987-93; resigned 1993.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; National Rifle
Association.
Pleaded
guilty on May 1, 1996 to a misdemeanor charge
of filling
wetlands without a Clean Water Act permit.
Still living as of 1996.
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Relatives: Son
of James Brackenrich and Helen Brackenrich; married 1958 to
Patricia Griffith. |
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Jacob Broom (1752-1810) —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., October
17, 1752.
Surveyor; postmaster at Wilmington,
Del., 1776-92; member of Delaware state legislature, 1784-88; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; banker; cotton mill
business.
Lutheran.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., April
25, 1810 (age 57 years, 190
days).
Interment at Christ
Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Pa.
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James Curns Brown (1848-1921) —
also known as James C. Brown —
of Bloomsburg, Columbia
County, Pa.
Born in Mifflinville, Columbia
County, Pa., April
29, 1848.
Republican. Surveyor; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1884,
1900,
1920;
postmaster at Bloomsburg,
Pa., 1902-14.
Died, from heart
disease, in Black Creek Township, Luzerne
County, Pa., January
8, 1921 (age 72 years, 254
days).
Interment at Brown Cemetery, Mifflinville, Pa.
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Edward Cole Bryan (1919-1997) —
also known as Edward C. Bryan; Ed Bryan —
of Ewa, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii; Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii.
Born in Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii, August
22, 1919.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
surveyor; electrical
engineer;
business
executive; delegate
to Hawaii state constitutional convention, 1950, 1968; Hawaii
Territory Republican Party chair, 1957-58; housing director, Ewa
Sugar
Company; board member, St. Francis Hospital.
Member, Rotary;
Freemasons;
Humane
Society.
Died in Johnson City, Washington
County, Tenn., May 27,
1997 (age 77 years, 278
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered in Pacific Ocean.
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Relatives: Son
of Kenneth Cole Bryan and Mary (Hayes) Bryan; married to Shada I.
Pflueger. |
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William H. Cadwell (b. 1863) —
of New Britain, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Connecticut, 1863.
Democrat. Civil
engineer; surveyor; architect;
plumbing
supplies manufacturer; candidate for Connecticut
state house of representatives from New Britain, 1904, 1906.
Burial location unknown.
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Horace Carpenter (b. 1805) —
of Pittsfield Township, Washtenaw
County, Mich.; Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Locke, Cayuga
County, N.Y., December
1, 1805.
Carpenter;
surveyor; supervisor
of Pittsfield Township, Michigan, 1848-50; Washtenaw
County Treasurer, 1863-64.
Presbyterian.
Burial location unknown.
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Richard Caswell (1729-1789) —
of Dobbs County (part now in Lenoir
County), N.C.
Born in Harford County (part now in Baltimore
County), Md., August
3, 1729.
Lawyer;
surveyor; Delegate
to Continental Congress from North Carolina, 1774; Governor of
North Carolina, 1776-80, 1785-87; delegate
to North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1776; member
of North
Carolina state senate from Dobbs County, 1780-84, 1788-89; died
in office 1789.
Died in Fayetteville, Cumberland
County, N.C., November
10, 1789 (age 60 years, 99
days).
Interment at Caswell
Memorial Cemetery, Kinston, N.C.
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Barzillai J. Chambers (1817-1895) —
of Cleburne, Johnson
County, Tex.
Born in Montgomery
County, Ky., December
5, 1817.
Surveyor; lawyer;
Greenback candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1880.
Christian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died September
16, 1895 (age 77 years, 285
days).
Interment at Cleburne
Memorial Cemetery, Cleburne, Tex.
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Relatives: Son
of Walker Chambers and Talitha Cumi (Mothershead) Chambers; married
1852 to
Susan Wood; married 1854 to Emma
Montgomery; married 1861 to
Harriet A. Killough. |
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Green Clay (1757-1826) —
Born in Powhatan
County, Va., August
14, 1757.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;
surveyor; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1788-89; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1793-94; member of Kentucky
state senate, 1795-98, 1807; delegate
to Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1799; general in the
U.S. Army during the War of 1812.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in White Hall, Madison
County, Ky., October
31, 1826 (age 69 years, 78
days).
Interment at White
Hall Family Cemetery, Richmond, Ky.
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Powell Clayton (1833-1914) —
of Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.; Eureka Springs, Carroll
County, Ark.
Born in Bethel, Delaware
County, Pa., August
7, 1833.
Republican. Engineer;
surveyor; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; planter;
president and general manager, Eureka Springs Railway;
Governor
of Arkansas, 1868-71; U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 1871-77; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Arkansas, 1872
(delegation chair), 1876,
1880,
1884,
1888,
1892,
1896
(speaker),
1908,
1912;
member of Republican
National Committee from Arkansas, 1872-74, 1896-1912; U.S.
Minister to Mexico, 1897-98; U.S. Ambassador to Mexico, 1898-1905.
Died in Washington,
D.C., August
25, 1914 (age 81 years, 18
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Verplanck Colvin (1847-1920) —
also known as "Savior of the
Adirondacks" —
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., January
4, 1847.
Republican. Lawyer;
surveyor; engineer;
candidate for New York
state engineer and surveyor, 1891.
Superintendent of the Adirondack Survey; successfully advocated for
the creation of the Adirondack Forest Preserve.
Died in 1920
(age about
73 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Franklin Pierce Combest (1853-1909) —
also known as F. P. Combest —
of Phil, Casey
County, Ky.
Born in Casey
County, Ky., October
10, 1853.
Republican. Surveyor; school
teacher; banker; merchant;
president, Green River Woolen Mills;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives; elected 1892; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1908.
Member, Freemasons.
He and his brother Liberty Madison Combest incorporated the Green
River Telephone
Company.
Died in Phil, Casey
County, Ky., October
22, 1909 (age 56 years, 12
days).
Interment at Antioch
Christian Church Cemetery, Phil, Ky.
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Elias Mulford Condit (1841-1932) —
also known as Elias M. Condit —
of West Orange, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Orange, Essex
County, N.J., May 22,
1841.
Republican. Surveyor; real estate
business; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Essex County, 1886-87;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New Jersey, 1890; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New Jersey, 1892.
Died in West Orange, Essex
County, N.J., March
13, 1932 (age 90 years, 296
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Ira Cook (1821-1902) —
of Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa.
Born in Union Center, Broome
County, N.Y., October
6, 1821.
Republican. Surveyor; banker; insurance
and real
estate business; mayor
of Des Moines, Iowa, 1861.
Died in Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa, March
11, 1902 (age 80 years, 156
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Des Moines, Iowa.
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George Whitney Cooke (b. 1856) —
of Bowman's Creek, Wyoming
County, Pa.; Johnson City, Washington
County, Tenn.
Born in Wyoming
County, Pa., October
3, 1856.
Engineer;
surveyor; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1891.
English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C.
Interment at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Suitland, Md.
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Relatives:
Married to Emma Florence Clark. |
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Caudy George Davis (1886-1985) —
also known as Caudy G. Davis —
of Yellow Spring, Hampshire
County, W.Va.
Born in Yellow Spring, Hampshire
County, W.Va., April
30, 1886.
Democrat. School
teacher; surveyor; justice of the peace; deputy
sheriff; elected West
Virginia state house of delegates from Hampshire County 1928.
Died in Yellow Spring, Hampshire
County, W.Va., September
18, 1985 (age 99 years, 141
days).
Interment at Timber Ridge Christian Church Cemetery, High View, W.Va.
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Relatives: Son
of George Franklin Davis and Hannah Caroline (Spaid) Davis; married,
June
6, 1912, to Ada E. Spaid. |
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memorial |
| | | Image source: West Virginia Blue Book
1929 |
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John Webster Davis (b. 1861) —
also known as John W. Davis —
of Fairlee, Orange
County, Vt.
Born in Fairlee, Orange
County, Vt., July 17,
1861.
Republican. Farmer;
surveyor; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Fairlee, 1906, 1910.
Protestant.
Burial location unknown.
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Edward James Dennis (1844-1904) —
of Charleston
County, S.C.; Berkeley
County, S.C.
Born in Charleston District (part now in Berkeley
County), S.C., March
23, 1844.
Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; surveyor;
cotton
planter;
lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1880-82, 1884-85,
1892-93 (Charleston County 1880-82, Berkeley County 1884-85,
1892-93); member of South
Carolina state senate from Berkeley County, 1894-1904; defeated,
1886, 1890; died in office 1904; delegate
to South Carolina state constitutional convention from Berkeley
County, 1895.
Member, United
Confederate Veterans.
Died in Macbeth, Berkeley
County, S.C., May 24,
1904 (age 60 years, 62
days).
Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Cross, S.C.
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Charles Doty (1824-1918) —
of Fond du Lac, Fond du
Lac County, Wis.; Godfrey, Madison
County, Ill.
Born in Green Bay, Brown
County, Wis., August
17, 1824.
Whig. Surveyor; member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1848; served in the Union Army during the Civil
War.
Died in Bay
County, Fla., 1918
(age about
93 years).
Interment at Greenwood Cemetery, Panama City, Fla.
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Isaac Alger Fancher (b. 1833) —
also known as Isaac A. Fancher —
of Mt. Pleasant, Isabella
County, Mich.
Born in Florida, Montgomery
County, N.Y., September
30, 1833.
Republican. Lawyer;
surveyor; postmaster;
railroad
promoter; Isabella
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1865-66, 1871-72; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Midland District, 1873-74;
member of Michigan
state senate 26th District, 1875-76; law partner of Peter
F. Dodds, 1875-82; member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1878-80; candidate for circuit
judge in Michigan 21st Circuit, 1899.
Member, Odd
Fellows.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Jacob Schuyler Fancher and Eunice (Alger) Fancher; married, June 6,
1860, to Althea May Preston. |
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John Fay (1773-1855) —
of Montgomery
County, N.Y.; Jefferson
County, N.Y.
Born in Hardwick, Worcester
County, Mass., February
10, 1773.
Democrat. Surveyor; miller; postmaster;
member of New York
state assembly from Montgomery County, 1808-09, 1811-12; U.S.
Representative from New York 14th District, 1819-21; Jefferson
County Sheriff, 1828-31; candidate for Presidential Elector for
New York.
Died in Northampton, Fulton
County, N.Y., June 21,
1855 (age 82 years, 131
days).
Interment at Old
Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Northampton, N.Y.
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Leland Merritt Ford (1893-1965) —
also known as Leland M. Ford —
of Santa Monica, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Eureka, Eureka
County, Nev., March 8,
1893.
Republican. Surveyor; rancher; real estate
broker; U.S.
Representative from California 16th District, 1939-43; defeated,
1942.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Kiwanis;
Elks; Eagles.
Died, of a heart
attack, at Santa Monica Hospital,
Santa Monica, Los Angeles
County, Calif., November
27, 1965 (age 72 years, 264
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Santa Monica, Calif.
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Carl Gunderson (1864-1933) —
of Vermillion, Clay
County, S.Dak.; Mitchell, Davison
County, S.Dak.
Born near Vermillion, Clay
County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.), June 20,
1864.
Republican. Engineer;
surveyor; farmer;
member of South
Dakota state senate 2nd District, 1893-94, 1897-1902, 1917-18; President
pro tempore of the South Dakota State Senate, 1899-1900; Lieutenant
Governor of South Dakota, 1921-25; Governor of
South Dakota, 1925-27; defeated, 1926; candidate in inconclusive
primary 1930.
Baptist.
Norwegian
ancestry. Member, Odd
Fellows; Elks; Freemasons;
Kiwanis.
Died in Mitchell, Davison
County, S.Dak., February
26, 1933 (age 68 years, 251
days).
Interment at Bluff
View Cemetery, Vermillion, S.Dak.
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Philip Hager Jr. (1872-1966) —
of Hamlin, Lincoln
County, W.Va.
Born in Hamlin, Lincoln
County, W.Va., February
23, 1872.
Republican. Surveyor; engineer;
lumber
business; director, Farmers and Merchants Bank;
member of West
Virginia state senate 5th District, 1921-24; chair of
Lincoln County Republican Party, 1922-24.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Odd
Fellows.
Died in Hamlin, Lincoln
County, W.Va., 1966
(age about
94 years).
Interment at Lincoln
Memorial Cemetery, Hamlin, W.Va.
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Hannibal Hamlin (1809-1891) —
of Hampden, Penobscot
County, Maine; Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in Paris, Oxford
County, Maine, August
27, 1809.
Farmer;
surveyor; compositor;
lawyer;
member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1836-41, 1847; Speaker of
the Maine State House of Representatives, 1837, 1839-40; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Maine, 1840;
U.S.
Representative from Maine 6th District, 1843-47; U.S.
Senator from Maine, 1848-57, 1857-61, 1869-81; Governor of
Maine, 1857; Vice
President of the United States, 1861-65; candidate for Republican
nomination for Vice President, 1864,
1868;
U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1865-66; U.S. Minister to Spain, 1881-82.
Died in Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, July 4,
1891 (age 81 years, 311
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Bangor, Maine; statue at Kenduskeag Parkway, Bangor, Maine.
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Relatives: Son
of Cyrus Hamlin and Anna (Livermore) Hamlin; brother of Elijah
Livermore Hamlin; married, December
10, 1833, to Sarah Jane Emery (daughter of Stephen
Emery (1790-1863)); married, September
25, 1856, to Ellen
Vesta Emery (daughter of Stephen
Emery (1790-1863)); father of Charles
Hamlin and Hannibal
Emery Hamlin; granduncle of Isaiah
Kidder Stetson; great-granduncle of Clarence
Cutting Stetson; first cousin once removed of John
Appleton; first cousin twice removed of Charles
Sumner Hamlin; third cousin once removed of David
Sears; fourth cousin of George
Pickering Bemis; fourth cousin once removed of Henry
Fisk Janes, John
Mason Jr., William
Henry Harrison Stowell, Walter
S. Bemis and Eldred
C. Pitkin. |
| | | Political families: Hamlin-Bemis
family of Bangor, Maine; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Hamlin County,
S.Dak. is named for him. |
| | | The town
of Hamlin,
Maine, is named for
him. — The town
of Hamlin,
New York, is named for
him. — The city
of Hamlin,
Kansas, is named for
him. — The World War II Liberty
ship SS Hannibal Hamlin (built 1942-43 at South
Portland, Maine; scrapped 1971) was named for
him. — Hannibal Hamlin Hall,
at the University
of Maine, Orono,
Maine, is named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books about Hannibal Hamlin: Charles
Eugene Hamlin, The
Life and Times of Hannibal Hamlin — Mark Scroggins, Hannibal |
| | | Image source: James G. Blaine, Twenty
Years of Congress, vol. 2 (1886) |
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Merton Ray Hodge (1892-1967) —
also known as Merton R. Hodge —
of Burlington, Hartford
County, Conn.; Simsbury, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Burlington, Hartford
County, Conn., January
20, 1892.
Democrat. Engineer;
surveyor; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Burlington; defeated, 1922,
1924; elected 1934; defeated, 1936.
Died May 7,
1967 (age 75 years, 107
days).
Interment at Center Cemetery, Burlington, Conn.
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Thomas A. Holmes (1804-1888) —
of Sauk Rapids, Benton
County, Minn.; Shakopee, Scott
County, Minn.
Born in Pennsylvania, 1804.
Democrat. Surveyor; member of Minnesota
territorial House of Representatives 6th District, 1849-50;
postmaster at Shakopee,
Minn., 1853.
Died in Cullman, Cullman
County, Ala., 1888
(age about
84 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Samuel Clarence Hyde (1842-1922) —
also known as Samuel C. Hyde —
of Spokane, Spokane
County, Wash.
Born in Fort Ticonderoga, Essex
County, N.Y., April
22, 1842.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
surveyor; lawyer; Spokane
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1880-86; U.S.
Representative from Washington at-large, 1895-97; defeated, 1896.
Died in Spokane, Spokane
County, Wash., March 7,
1922 (age 79 years, 319
days).
Interment at Fairmount
Memorial Park, Spokane, Wash.
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John Jackson (1809-1887) —
of Tampa, Hillsborough
County, Fla.
Born in County Monaghan, Ireland,
1809.
Surveyor; merchant;
mayor
of Tampa, Fla., 1862.
Died November
4, 1887 (age about 78
years).
Burial location unknown.
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William Terry Jackson (1794-1882) —
of Havana, Chemung County (now Montour Falls, Schuyler
County), N.Y.
Born in Chester, Orange
County, N.Y., December
29, 1794.
School
teacher; surveyor; merchant;
justice of the peace; U.S.
Representative from New York 26th District, 1849-51.
Died in Havana (now Montour Falls), Schuyler
County, N.Y., September
15, 1882 (age 87 years, 260
days).
Interment at Montour
Cemetery, Montour Falls, N.Y.
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Silas Dewey Kellogg (b. 1786) —
also known as Silas D. Kellogg —
of Hampton, Washington
County, N.Y.
Born in Hampton, Washington
County, N.Y., June 23,
1786.
Surveyor; justice of the peace; member of New York
state assembly, 1821-22, 1824 (Washington and Warren counties
1821-22, Washington County 1824).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Jason
Kellogg and Mariam (Dewey) Kellogg; married to Polly E. French;
granduncle of Charles
Collins Kellogg; first cousin once removed of Charles
Adams Jr.; second cousin once removed of Orsamus
Cook Merrill and Timothy
Merrill; second cousin twice removed of Aaron
Kellogg; third cousin of Farrand
Fassett Merrill; third cousin once removed of Charles
Kellogg (1773-1842), Daniel
Fiske Kellogg and William
Pitt Kellogg; third cousin twice removed of Henry
Theodore Kellogg; fourth cousin of Luther
Walter Badger, Greene
Carrier Bronson, Chester
Ashley, Daniel
Kellogg (1791-1875), Alvan
Kellogg, Alvah
Nash, John
Russell Kellogg, Day
Otis Kellogg, Dwight
Kellogg, George
Smith Catlin, Albert
Gallatin Kellogg, Francis
William Kellogg, Ensign
Hosmer Kellogg and Charles
Kellogg (1839-1903); fourth cousin once removed of Gaylord
Griswold, Jeremiah
Mason, Stephen
Daniel Tilden, Elisha
Phelps, Orlando
Kellogg, William
Dean Kellogg, Stephen
Wright Kellogg, George
Bradley Kellogg, Arthur
Tappan Kellogg, Daniel
Kellogg (1835-1918) and Selah
Merrill. |
| | | Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
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Ephraim Kibbey (1756-1809) —
of Deerfield, Hamilton County (now South Lebanon, Warren
County), Ohio.
Born in Somers, Tolland
County, Conn., November
20, 1756.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;
surveyor; member of Northwest
Territory legislature, 1802; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1803-04.
Died in Deerfield, Hamilton County (now South Lebanon, Warren
County), Ohio, April
22, 1809 (age 52 years, 153
days).
Interment at Deerfield
Cemetery, South Lebanon, Ohio.
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James Kilbourne (1770-1850) —
of Worthington, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Born in New Britain, Hartford
County, Conn., October
19, 1770.
Democrat. Surveyor; merchant;
U.S.
Representative from Ohio 5th District, 1813-17; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Ohio; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1823.
Episcopalian.
Died April 9,
1850 (age 79 years, 172
days).
Interment at St.
John's Episcopal Church Burying Ground, Worthington, Ohio.
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Relatives: Son
of Josiah Kilbourne and Anna (Neal) Kilbourne; married, November
8, 1789, to Lucy Fitch; married 1808 to
Cynthia Goodale; father of Byron
H. Kilbourn; grandfather of James
Kilbourne (1842-1919); second cousin once removed of Charles
H. Eastman; second cousin twice removed of Robert
Cleveland Usher; second cousin four times removed of James
Warren Driver; third cousin of John
Taintor, Roger
Taintor, Solomon
Taintor and Jonathan
Stratton; third cousin once removed of John
Adams Taintor and Henry
G. Taintor; third cousin twice removed of Lemuel
Stetson, Samuel
Lount Kilbourne and George
Eastman; third cousin thrice removed of Warren
Walter Rich and Charles
Dudley Kilbourn; fourth cousin of Jonathan
Brace, Samuel
Clesson Allen and Greene
Carrier Bronson; fourth cousin once removed of Gold
Selleck Silliman, Benjamin
Silliman, Thomas
Kimberly Brace, Theodore
Davenport, Millard
Fillmore, Eliphalet
Adams Bulkeley, Elisha
Hunt Allen and William
Alfred Buckingham. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Eastman
family; Flanders
family of Vermont; Rowell
family of Maine (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page |
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William Lenoir (1751-1839) —
Born in Brunswick
County, Va., May 8,
1751.
School
teacher; surveyor; served in the Continental Army during
the Revolutionary War; member of North Carolina state legislature,
1781-95; delegate
to North Carolina convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1789.
French
Huguenot ancestry.
Slaveowner.
Died May 6,
1839 (age 87 years, 363
days).
Interment a private or family graveyard, Caldwell County, N.C.
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Samuel Lord (1831-1880) —
also known as Sam Lord —
of Marion Township, Olmsted
County, Minn.; Mantorville, Dodge
County, Minn.
Born in Meadville, Crawford
County, Pa., July 26,
1831.
Republican. Lawyer;
surveyor; school
teacher; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 8, 1857-58; member of Minnesota
state senate 15th District, 1866-67, 1870-71; district judge in
Minnesota 5th District, 1872-80.
Died February
12, 1880 (age 48 years, 201
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Mantorville, Minn.
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Nehemiah Homand Losey (1804-1875) —
also known as Nehemiah H. Losey —
of Galesburg, Knox
County, Ill.
Born in Montgomery, Orange
County, N.Y., March 4,
1804.
Democrat. School
teacher; surveyor; college
professor; postmaster at Galesburg,
Ill., 1837-40.
Died in Galesburg, Knox
County, Ill., June 1,
1875 (age 71 years, 89
days).
Interment at Hope
Cemetery, Galesburg, Ill.
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Norman H. Macdonald (b. 1863) —
Born in New
Zealand, 1863.
Not U.S. citizen; surveyor; land
agent; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Apia, 1910-14.
Burial location unknown.
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J. Hugh Malone (1944-2001) —
of Kenai, Kenai
Peninsula Borough, Alaska; Douglas, Juneau,
Alaska.
Born in Catskill, Greene
County, N.Y., January
22, 1944.
Democrat. Surveyor; member of Alaska
state house of representatives 11th District, 1973-84; Speaker of
the Alaska State House of Representatives, 1977-78; Alaska
Commissioner of Revenue, 1986-90.
Main author of the Alaska Permanent Fund.
Hit by a large wave on the shore of the Mediterranean Sea, fell, and
killed when his head struck rocks, near Riomaggiore, Italy,
March
7, 2001 (age 57 years, 44
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of F. J. Malone and Cate Malone. |
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Robert P. Marren (1918-1990) —
of Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Born in Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y., March
10, 1918.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; civil
engineer; surveyor; candidate for New York
state senate 48th District, 1954; member of city council, Auburn,
N.Y., 1957-63.
Died, from complications of diabetes,
in a hospital
at Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., January
26, 1990 (age 71 years, 322
days).
Interment at St.
Joseph's Cemetery, Auburn, N.Y.
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John Mathews (1768-1849) —
of Lewisburg, Greenbrier
County, Va. (now W.Va.).
Born in Rockbridge
County, Va., October
30, 1768.
Surveyor; lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates from Greenbrier County, 1798-1802,
1803-05, 1813-15, 1816-17.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Died in Lewisburg, Greenbrier
County, Va (now W.Va.), November
10, 1849 (age 81 years, 11
days).
Interment at Old
Stone Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Lewisburg, W.Va.
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Lewis Maxwell (1790-1862) —
of Virginia.
Born in Chester
County, Pa., April
17, 1790.
Lawyer;
surveyor; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1821-24; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 21st District, 1827-33.
Slaveowner.
Died in West Union, Doddridge
County, Va (now W.Va.), February
13, 1862 (age 71 years, 302
days).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, West Union, W.Va.
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Charles McClung (1761-1835) —
of Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.
Born in Lancaster
County, Pa., May 13,
1761.
Surveyor; merchant;
lawyer;
delegate
to Tennessee state constitutional convention, 1796.
Died in Harrodsburg, Mercer
County, Ky., August
9, 1835 (age 74 years, 88
days).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Mercer County, Ky.; reinterment in
1904 at Old
Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn.
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William McFarland (1774-1840) —
of San Augustine, San
Augustine County, Tex.; Belgrade, Newton
County, Tex.
Born in Lancaster, Lancaster
County, Pa., May 8,
1774.
Surveyor; delegate
to Texas Convention of 1832 from District of Ayish Bayou, 1832;
served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Belgrade, Newton
County, Tex., August
16, 1840 (age 66 years, 100
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas McFarland and Hannah (Stuart) McFarland; married to Ann
Singer; father of Thomas
Stuart McFarland. |
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John J. McMahon (d. 1995) —
of Grosse Pointe Farms, Wayne
County, Mich.
Republican. Surveyor; candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1952.
Died November
25, 1995.
Interment at Resurrection
Cemetery, Clinton Township, Macomb County, Mich.
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Archibald M. McPherson (born c.1802) —
of Altenburg, Perry
County, Mo.
Born in North Carolina, about 1802.
Surveyor; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 26th District, 1865.
Burial location unknown.
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Edwin Leard Mechem (1912-2002) —
also known as Edwin L. Mechem; "Big
Ed" —
of Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M.
Born in Alamogordo, Otero
County, N.M., July 2,
1912.
Republican. Surveyor; FBI
agent; lawyer;
member of New
Mexico state house of representatives, 1947-48; Governor of
New Mexico, 1951-55, 1957-59, 1961-62; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New Mexico, 1952,
1956;
U.S.
Senator from New Mexico, 1962-64; defeated, 1964; U.S.
District Judge for New Mexico, 1970-82; took senior status 1982.
Died, of congestive
heart failure, in Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M., November
27, 2002 (age 90 years, 148
days).
Interment at Fairview
Memorial Park, Albuquerque, N.M.
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Edwin Atkins Merritt (1828-1916) —
also known as Edwin A. Merritt —
of Potsdam, St.
Lawrence County, N.Y.
Born in Sudbury, Rutland
County, Vt., February
26, 1828.
Republican. Surveyor; engineer;
member of New York
state assembly from St. Lawrence County 2nd District, 1860-61;
served in the Union Army during the Civil War; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1867-68; candidate
for New
York state treasurer, 1875; U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1878-81; U.S. Consul General in London, 1882-85.
Died December
26, 1916 (age 88 years, 304
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Mitchell (1781-1849) —
of Bellefonte, Centre
County, Pa.
Born near Newport, Perry
County, Pa., March 8,
1781.
Democrat. Engineer;
surveyor; Centre
County Sheriff, 1818; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1822-23; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 12th District, 1825-29.
Died in Bridgewater, Beaver
County, Pa., August
3, 1849 (age 68 years, 148
days).
Interment at Old
Beaver Cemetery, Bridgewater, Pa.
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William Ellis Niblack (1822-1893) —
also known as William E. Niblack —
of Martin
County, Ind.; Vincennes, Knox
County, Ind.
Born in Portersville, Dubois
County, Ind., May 18,
1822.
Democrat. Surveyor; lawyer;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1849-50, 1863; member of Indiana
state senate, 1850-52; circuit judge in Indiana, 1854-57; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 1st District, 1857-61, 1865-75;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1864,
1868,
1880
(member, Credentials
Committee); member of Democratic
National Committee from Indiana, 1864-72; justice of
Indiana state supreme court, 1877-89.
Scottish
and English
ancestry. Member, Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., May 7,
1893 (age 70 years, 354
days).
Interment at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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Abijah O'Neall (1798-1874) —
of Montgomery
County, Ind.
Born in Newberry District (now Newberry
County), S.C., December
9, 1798.
Miller;
merchant;
surveyor; farmer;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1839-40; candidate for Indiana
state senate, 1849.
Quaker;
later Universalist.
Irish
ancestry.
Sheltered escaping slaves as part of the "Underground
Railroad" before the Civil War.
Died in 1874
(age about
75 years).
Original interment at Yountsville
Cemetery, Crawfordsville, Ind.; reinterment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Crawfordsville, Ind.
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Philo Orton (1778-1856) —
of Pomfret town, Chautauqua
County, N.Y.
Born September
9, 1778.
Surveyor; member of New York
state assembly from Cattaraugus, Chautauqua and Niagara counties,
1818-19.
Died in Pomfret town, Chautauqua
County, N.Y., August
12, 1856 (age 77 years, 338
days).
Interment at West Main Street Cemetery, Pomfret town, Chautauqua County, N.Y.
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James N. Paul (1839-1922) —
of St. Paul, Howard
County, Neb.
Born in Beaver
County, Pa., September
23, 1839.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
surveyor; newspaper
editor; lawyer;
member of Nebraska
state senate, 1885-86; district judge in Nebraska 11th District,
1901-17.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in St. Paul, Howard
County, Neb., March 9,
1922 (age 82 years, 167
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Richard Franklin Pettigrew (1848-1926) —
also known as Richard F. Pettigrew —
of Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.
Born in Ludlow, Windsor
County, Vt., July 23,
1848.
Lawyer;
surveyor; real estate
business; member of Dakota
territorial House of Representatives, 1872; member
Dakota territorial council, 1877-79, 1885-86; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Dakota Territory, 1881-83; defeated, 1882;
U.S.
Senator from South Dakota, 1889-1901; delegate to Republican
National Convention from South Dakota, 1896
(speaker);
delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Dakota, 1904
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1908.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak., October
5, 1926 (age 78 years, 74
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Sioux Falls, S.Dak.
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Daniel Longfellow Plumer (1837-1920) —
also known as Daniel L. Plumer —
of Wausau, Marathon
County, Wis.
Born in Epping, Rockingham
County, N.H., July 3,
1837.
Surveyor; lumber
manufacturer; banker; mayor of
Wausau, Wis., 1878-79, 1882-84.
Died November
20, 1920 (age 83 years, 140
days).
Interment at Pine
Grove Cemetery, Wausau, Wis.
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Relatives: Son
of Abraham Plumer and Sarah (Longfellow) Plumer; married, September
13, 1869, to Mary Jane Draper. |
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William Polke (c.1775-1843) —
of Knox
County, Ind.
Born in Brooke
County, Va. (now W.Va.), about 1775.
Farmer;
surveyor; member of Indiana
territorial House of Representatives, 1814-15; delegate
to Indiana state constitutional convention, 1816; member of Indiana
state senate, 1816-21; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Indiana, 1822; probate judge in Indiana, 1829-31.
Baptist.
Swedish
ancestry.
Died in Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind., April
26, 1843 (age about 68
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Augustus Seymour Porter (1769-1849) —
also known as Augustus Porter —
of Canandaigua, Ontario
County, N.Y.; Niagara Falls, Niagara
County, N.Y.
Born in Salisbury, Litchfield
County, Conn., January
18, 1769.
Surveyor; member of New York
state assembly from Genesee and Ontario counties, 1802-03;
postmaster at Niagara
Falls, N.Y., 1836.
Died in Niagara Falls, Niagara
County, N.Y., June 10,
1849 (age 80 years, 143
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Niagara Falls, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Joshua Porter and Abigail (Buell) Porter; brother of Peter
Buell Porter; married, March
10, 1796, to Lavinia Steele; married, January
24, 1801, to Jane Howell (sister of Nathaniel
Woodhull Howell); father of Augustus
Seymour Porter (1798-1872) and Peter
Buell Porter Jr.; uncle of Peter
Augustus Porter (1827-1864); granduncle of Peter
Augustus Porter (1853-1925); first cousin twice removed of Ulysses
Simpson Grant; first cousin thrice removed of Frederick
Dent Grant and Ulysses
Simpson Grant Jr.; second cousin twice removed of Benjamin
Huntington; second cousin thrice removed of Asa H.
Otis and Alvred
Bayard Nettleton; second cousin four times removed of Daniel
Frederick Webster, Lovel
Davis Parmelee and Theron
Ephron Catlin; third cousin of John
Davenport, Joshua
Coit, James
Davenport, Henry
Huntington, Gurdon
Huntington, Samuel
Lathrop and Abel
Huntington; third cousin once removed of Samuel
Huntington, Henry
Scudder, Ebenezer
Huntington, Gaylord
Griswold, Benjamin
Trumbull, Parmenio
Adams, Elisha
Phelps, Lancelot
Phelps, Theodore
Davenport, Abijah
Blodget and Benjamin
Nicoll Huntington; third cousin twice removed of Jabez
Williams Huntington, Abiel
Case, Samuel
George Andrews, Harrison
Blodget, John
Hall Brockway, Jairus
Case, Lorenzo
Burrows, Norman
A. Phelps, Anson
Levi Holcomb, George
Smith Catlin, Waitman
Thomas Willey, Lyman
Trumbull, William
Dean Kellogg, John
Smith Phelps, William
Gleason Jr., Almon
Case, James
Phelps, Robert
Coit Jr., Samuel
Lathrop Bronson, Abial
Lathrop, Roger
Wolcott and Allen
Jacob Holcomb; third cousin thrice removed of Charles
Creighton Stratton, Edmund
Holcomb, Ira
Chandler Backus, Calvin
Tilden Hulburd, Albert
Asahel Bliss, Philemon
Bliss, Charles
Jenkins Hayden, John
Leake Newbold Stratton, Bushrod
Ebenezer Hoppin, Judson
B. Phelps, Edwin
Carpenter Pinney, Timothy
E. Griswold, Erskine
Mason Phelps, William
Walter Phelps, William
Patrick Willey, Charles
A. Hungerford, Walter
Harrison Blodget, William
Barret Ridgely, George
Harrison Hall, Clayton
Hyde Lathrop, Phineas
Orange Small, Clement
Phineas Kellogg, Monroe
Marsh Sweetland, William
Brainard Coit, Lafayette
Blanchard Gleason, Arthur
Eugene Parmelee, Austin
Eugene Lathrop and Hiram
Bingham; fourth cousin of Samuel
H. Huntington; fourth cousin once removed of Leonard
White, William
Woodbridge, Isaac
Backus, Eli
Thacher Hoyt, Nathaniel
Huntington, Caleb
Scudder, James
Huntington, Joseph
Lyman Huntington, Charles
Phelps Huntington, John
Arnold Rockwell, Elisha
Mills Huntington, Henry
Titus Backus, Bailey
Frye Adams and Henry
Joel Scudder. |
| | | Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Richard Richardson (1704-1780) —
Born in James City
County, Va., 1704.
Surveyor; planter;
justice of the peace; member of South
Carolina Legislative Council, 1776; general in the Continental
Army during the Revolutionary War; member of South
Carolina state senate, 1779-80, 1779-80; died in office 1780.
Died in Clarendon District (now Clarendon
County), S.C., September, 1780
(age about
76 years).
Interment at Richardson
Cemetery, Near Remini, Clarendon County, S.C.
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David Rittenhouse (1732-1796) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Germantown (now part of Philadelphia), Philadelphia
County, Pa., April 8,
1732.
Astronomer;
mathematician;
financier;
clockmaker;
surveyor; Pennsylvania
state treasurer, 1777-89; first
director of the U.S. Mint.
Member, American
Philosophical Society.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., June 26,
1796 (age 64 years, 79
days).
Original interment in unknown location; reinterment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Frank Foster Rogers (b. 1858) —
also known as Frank F. Rogers —
of Marlette, Sanilac
County, Mich.; Port Huron, St. Clair
County, Mich.; Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Raisin Township, Lenawee
County, Mich., August
30, 1858.
Surveyor; civil
engineer; Michigan
state highway commissioner, 1913-28.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Ada E. Lee. |
| | | Image source: Michigan Manual
1927 |
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Adam L. Roof (1810-1885) —
of Lyons, Ionia
County, Mich.
Born in New York, February
22, 1810.
Lawyer;
surveyor; Ionia
County Register of Deeds; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Ionia District, 1845; member
of Michigan
state senate 7th District, 1849-50.
Died January
26, 1885 (age 74 years, 339
days).
Interment at Lyons
Township Cemetery, Lyons, Mich.
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Thomas F. Schweigert (1917-2001) —
of Petoskey, Emmet
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., September
29, 1917.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; forester;
surveyor; member of Michigan
state senate, 1961-70 (29th District 1961-64, 37th District
1965-70).
Christian
Scientist. Member, Freemasons;
Kiwanis;
Elks; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died, of respiratory
failure, at Northern Michigan Hospital,
Petoskey, Emmet
County, Mich., 2001
(age about
83 years).
Burial location unknown.
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John B. Shea (b. 1854) —
of Fordham, New York, New York County (now Bronx, Bronx
County), N.Y.
Born in Fordham, Westchester County (now part of Bronx, Bronx
County), N.Y., 1854.
Democrat. Surveyor; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 24th District, 1885-88.
Irish
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Robert V. Short (b. 1823) —
of Yamhill
County, Ore.
Born in Pennsylvania, 1823.
Republican. Surveyor; delegate
to Oregon state constitutional convention from Yamhill County,
1857.
Burial location unknown.
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John C. Smallwood (1797-1878) —
of Deptford, Gloucester
County, N.J.; Woodbury, Gloucester
County, N.J.
Born in New Jersey, February
2, 1797.
Surveyor; member of New
Jersey state senate from Gloucester County, 1845-48.
Presbyterian.
Died September
18, 1878 (age 81 years, 228
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1822 to Mary
Dunham. |
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Daniel Smith (1748-1818) —
of North Carolina; Hendersonville, Sumner
County, Tenn.
Born in Stafford
County, Va., October
29, 1748.
Democrat. Surveyor; served in the Continental Army during the
Revolutionary War; delegate
to North Carolina convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1789;
delegate
to Tennessee state constitutional convention, 1796; U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1798-99, 1805-09; resigned 1809.
Slaveowner.
Died near Hendersonville, Sumner
County, Tenn., June 16,
1818 (age 69 years, 230
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Sumner County, Tenn.
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John William Smith (1792-1845) —
also known as John W. Smith; William John Smith;
"El Colorado" —
of Ralls
County, Mo.; San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex.
Born in Virginia, March 4,
1792.
Ralls
County Sheriff and Tax Collector, 1823-26; merchant;
surveyor; served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of
Independence; mayor
of San Antonio, Tex., 1837-38, 1840-41, 1842-44; member of Texas
Republic Senate from District of Bexar, 1842-45; died in office
1845.
Catholic.
In 1836, he was the last messenger from the Alamo, San Antonio Tex.,
before it fell to the Mexican Army in the battle there.
Died, probably of pneumonia,
in Washington, Washington
County, Tex., January
12, 1845 (age 52 years, 314
days).
Original interment at Washington-on-the-Brazos
State Park, Washington, Tex.; reinterment at Washington
Cemetery, Washington, Tex.
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Relatives: Son
of John Smith and Isabel Smith; married 1821 to
Harriet Stone; married 1830 to Maria
de Jesús Delgado Curbelo. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
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Edward F. Stahle (1860-1925) —
of Cheyenne, Laramie
County, Wyo.; La Jolla, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in California, 1860.
Republican. Surveyor; civil
engineer; mayor
of Cheyenne, Wyo., 1893; theater
manager.
Died in La Jolla, San Diego
County, Calif., January
3, 1925 (age about 64
years).
Interment at Greenwood
Memorial Park, San Diego, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward Stahle and Eliza Stahle; married to Emma
Griffith. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Merrill Emmet Stalbaum (1911-1999) —
also known as Merrill E. Stalbaum —
Born in Norway town, Racine
County, Wis., April
24, 1911.
Republican. Farmer;
surveyor; member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1961-72; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 1st District, 1972.
Lutheran.
Norwegian
ancestry.
Died, in Burlington Memorial Hospital,
Burlington, Racine
County, Wis., August
30, 1999 (age 88 years, 128
days).
Interment at Norway
Lutheran Cemetery, Wind Lake, Wis.
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Dave Sypolt (b. 1964) —
of Kingwood, Preston
County, W.Va.
Born September
28, 1964.
Republican. Surveyor; member of West
Virginia state senate 14th District, 2007-.
Member, Lambda
Chi Alpha; National Rifle
Association; Farm
Bureau.
Ham radio operator KC8YSO.
Still living as of 2014.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles R. Sypolt and Alice Sypolt. |
| | | Image source: West Virginia
Legislature |
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Jeremiah Van Rensselaer (1738-1810) —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Watervliet, Albany
County, N.Y., August
27, 1738.
Democrat. Merchant;
surveyor; served in the Continental Army during the
Revolutionary War; member of New York
state assembly from Albany County, 1788-89; U.S.
Representative from New York 6th District, 1789-91; candidate for
Presidential Elector for New York; Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1801-04.
Slaveowner.
Died in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., February
19, 1810 (age 71 years, 176
days).
Original interment at Dutch
Reformed Cemetery, Albany, N.Y.; reinterment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Engeltie 'Angelica' (Livingston) Van Rensselaer and Johannes Van
Rensselaer; brother of Robert
Van Rensselaer; married, July 3,
1760, to Judith Bayard; married 1764 to Helena
Lansing; father of Solomon
Van Vechten Van Rensselaer; uncle of Jacob
Rutsen Van Rensselaer and Philip
Jeremiah Schuyler; grandson of Robert
Livingston the Younger; granduncle of James
Alexander Hamilton and Philip
Schuyler; great-grandson of Pieter
Schuyler (1657-1724); great-grandnephew of Stephanus
Van Cortlandt, Robert
Livingston the Elder, Jacobus
Van Cortlandt and Johannes
Schuyler (1668-1747); great-granduncle of Cortlandt
Schuyler Van Rensselaer; second great-granduncle of Robert
Ray Hamilton; third great-granduncle of John
Eliot Thayer Jr.; first cousin of Volkert
Petrus Douw, Hendrick
Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, James
Livingston and Killian
Killian Van Rensselaer; first cousin once removed of Philip
P. Schuyler, Robert
R. Livingston (1746-1813), Leonard
Gansevoort, Leonard
Gansevoort Jr., Edward
Livingston (1764-1836), Peter
Robert Livingston (1766-1847) and Maturin
Livingston; first cousin twice removed of John
Livingston, Robert
Livingston (1688-1775), Gilbert
Livingston, Johannes
Schuyler (1697-1746), Peter
Robert Livingston (1789-1859), Peter
Gansevoort, Gerrit
Smith and Elizabeth
Cady Stanton; first cousin thrice removed of David
Davidse Schuyler, Myndert
Davidtse Schuyler and John
Jacob Astor III; first cousin four times removed of William
Waldorf Astor, Peter
Goelet Gerry and Ogden
Livingston Mills; first cousin five times removed of William
Astor Chanler, Lewis
Stuyvesant Chanler, Robert
Reginald Livingston and John
Hubner II; second cousin of Pieter
Schuyler (1746-1792) and Peter
Samuel Schuyler; second cousin once removed of Stephanus
Bayard, Robert
Livingston (1708-1790), Peter
Van Brugh Livingston, Robert
Gilbert Livingston, Philip
Livingston, Robert
R. Livingston (1718-1775), Pierre
Van Cortlandt, William
Livingston, James
Jay, Philip
John Schuyler, Matthew
Clarkson (1733-1800), Stephen
John Schuyler, John
Jay, Frederick
Jay, Stephen
Van Rensselaer, Philip
Schuyler Van Rensselaer and Henry
Walter Livingston; second cousin twice removed of Edward
Livingston (1796-1840) and Henry
Bell Van Rensselaer; second cousin thrice removed of Charles
Pinckney Brown and Kiliaen
Van Rensselaer; second cousin four times removed of Charles
Ludlow Livingston (born 1870) and Bronson
Murray Cutting; second cousin five times removed of Brockholst
Livingston; third cousin of Nicholas
Bayard, Peter
Robert Livingston (1737-1794), Walter
Livingston, Philip
Peter Livingston, Philip
Van Cortlandt, Henry
Brockholst Livingston, Matthew
Clarkson (1758-1825), Pierre
Van Cortlandt Jr., James
Parker, Peter
Augustus Jay (1776-1843) and William
Jay; third cousin once removed of Rensselaer
Westerlo, Edward
Philip Livingston, William
Alexander Duer, John
Duer, Charles
Ludlow Livingston (1800-1873), Hamilton
Fish, George
Washington Schuyler, John
Jay II, John
Cortlandt Parker and Philip
N. Schuyler; third cousin twice removed of Gilbert
Livingston Thompson, William
Duer, Denning
Duer, Henry
Brockholst Ledyard, James
Adams Ekin, Eugene
Schuyler, Richard
Wayne Parker, Nicholas
Fish, Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1849-1936) and Charles
Wolcott Parker; third cousin thrice removed of John
Sluyter Wirt, John
Kean, Hamilton
Fish Kean, Jonathan
Mayhew Wainwright, Karl
Cortlandt Schuyler, Peter
Augustus Jay (1877-1933) and Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1888-1991). |
| | | Political families: Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York; Roosevelt
family of New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | The World War II Liberty
ship SS Jeremiah Van Rensselaer (built 1942 at Wilmington,
North Carolina; torpedoed and sunk in the North
Atlantic Ocean, 1943) was named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Anthony Wayne (1745-1796) —
also known as "Mad Anthony" —
of Chester
County, Pa.; Chatham
County, Ga.
Born in Chester
County, Pa., January
1, 1745.
Surveyor; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1774-80, 1784; general in the
Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; delegate
to Georgia convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1788; U.S.
Representative from Georgia at-large, 1791-92.
Member, Society
of the Cincinnati.
Slaveowner.
Died in Fort Presque Isle (now Erie), Erie
County, Pa., December
15, 1796 (age 51 years, 349
days).
Original interment at Garrison
Hill, Erie, Pa.; reinterment in 1809 at Old
St. David's Church Cemetery, Radnor, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of Isaac Wayne (1699-1774) and Elizabeth (Eddings) Wayne; married 1766 to Mary
Penrose; father of Isaac
Wayne (1772-1852). |
| | | Wayne counties in Ga., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Ky., Mich., Miss., Mo., Neb., N.Y., N.C., Ohio, Pa. and Tenn. are
named for him. |
| | | Fort
Wayne (1794), and the subsequent city
of Fort
Wayne, Indiana, were named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Nelson Platt Wheeler (1841-1920) —
also known as Nelson P. Wheeler —
of Endeavor, Forest
County, Pa.; Pasadena, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Portville, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y., November
4, 1841.
Republican. Surveyor; civil
engineer; lumber
business; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1878-79; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 28th District, 1907-11.
Died in Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif., March 3,
1920 (age 78 years, 120
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Altadena, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of William French Wheeler and Flora (Atkins) Wheeler; brother of William
Egbert Wheeler; father of Alexander
Royal Wheeler; first cousin thrice removed of Hezekiah
Case; first cousin four times removed of Noah
Phelps; first cousin five times removed of Erastus
Wolcott and Oliver
Wolcott Sr.; second cousin once removed of Asahel
Pierson Case; second cousin twice removed of Parmenio
Adams and Amos
Pettibone; second cousin thrice removed of Gaylord
Griswold and Elisha
Phelps; second cousin four times removed of Oliver
Wolcott Jr., Roger
Griswold and Frederick
Wolcott; third cousin once removed of Hiram
Bidwell Case; third cousin twice removed of Norman
A. Phelps, John
Smith Phelps and Almon
Case; third cousin thrice removed of Augustus
Pettibone and Rufus
Pettibone; fourth cousin of Joseph
Wells Holcomb, William
Lucius Case and Arthur
Burnham Woodford; fourth cousin once removed of Charles
Creighton Stratton, Edmund
Holcomb, Francis
William Kellogg, John
Leake Newbold Stratton, Selah
Merrill, William
Walter Phelps, Edmond
Alfred Holcomb, Leonard
Leach Case and Donald
Barr Chidsey. |
| | | Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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H. Laban White Jr. (b. 1916) —
of Clarksburg, Harrison
County, W.Va.
Born in Spencer, Roane
County, W.Va., May 1,
1916.
Democrat. School
teacher; surveyor; lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Harrison County, 1957-68;
Speaker
of the West Virginia State House of Delegates, 1965-67.
Baptist.
Member, Elks; Moose; Lions; American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Amvets;
Reserve
Officers Association.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of H. Laban White, Sr. and Nannie Leigh (Cox) White; married, December
23, 1943, to Gwendolyn Beall. |
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Elias Williams (1830-1904) —
of Stonington, New London
County, Conn.
Born in Stonington, New London
County, Conn., January
19, 1830.
Republican. Meat
business; lumberman;
wagon
master; surveyor; farmer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Stonington, 1880, 1896.
Congregationalist.
Died in Stonington, New London
County, Conn., 1904
(age about
74 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Stanton Williams and Julia Ann (Gallup) Williams; married
1885 to
Sarah Palmer. |
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