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Henry Knox (1750-1806) —
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., July 25,
1750.
General in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1789-94.
Member, Society
of the Cincinnati.
He brought 59 cannon from Fort Ticonderoga to Dorchester, Mass.,
leading the British forces to evacuate Boston on March 17, 1776.
Swallowed a small chicken bone that damaged his intestines,
and died three days later of peritonitis, in Thomaston, Knox
County, Maine, October
21, 1806 (age 56 years, 88
days).
Interment at Elm
Grove Cemetery, Thomaston, Maine.
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Richardson A. Scurry (1811-1862) —
of Texas.
Born in Gallatin, Sumner
County, Tenn., November
11, 1811.
Democrat. Served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of
Independence; judge of Texas Republic, 1840-41; member of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1842-44; U.S.
Representative from Texas 1st District, 1851-53; general in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Accidentally
shot
himself in the foot while hunting,
in August 1854; the wound never healed and became infected;
though his leg was later amputated, he died as a result in Hempstead,
Waller
County, Tex., April 9,
1862 (age 50 years, 149
days).
Interment at Hempstead
Cemetery, Hempstead, Tex.
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Brigham Young (1801-1877) —
of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born in Whitingham, Windham
County, Vt., June 1,
1801.
Father of Susa
Young Gates.
Leader of the Mormon Church 1841-1877; Governor of
Utah Territory, 1850-58.
Mormon.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, of peritonitis and appendicitis,
in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, August
29, 1877 (age 76 years, 89
days).
Interment at Mormon
Pioneer Memorial, Salt Lake City, Utah; statue at Temple
Square, Salt Lake City, Utah; statue at Heritage
Plaza, St. George, Utah.
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Robert Latane Montague (1819-1880) —
of Middlesex
County, Va.
Born in Middlesex
County, Va., May 23,
1819.
Member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1850, 1872; Lieutenant
Governor of Virginia, 1860-64; delegate
to Virginia secession convention, 1861; Representative
from Virginia in the Confederate Congress, 1864-65; state court
judge in Virginia, 1875-80.
Baptist.
Died of erysipelas infection, near Saluda, Middlesex
County, Va., March 2,
1880 (age 60 years, 284
days).
Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment at Christ
Church Episcopal Cemetery, Urbanna, Va.
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F. B. Fenby (d. 1881) —
of Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass.
Inventor;
mayor
of Worcester, Mass., 1864.
Died, from an infection, 1881.
Burial
location unknown.
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James Abram Garfield (1831-1881) —
also known as James A. Garfield —
of Hiram, Portage
County, Ohio.
Born in a log
cabin near Orange, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, November
19, 1831.
Third cousin thrice removed of Samuel
Lathrop; son of Abram Garfield (1799-1833) and Elizabeth (Ballou)
Garfield (1801-1888); married, November
11, 1858, to Lucretia "Crete" Rudolph (1832-1918);
third cousin once removed of Abial
Lathrop; father of James
Rudolph Garfield.
Republican. Lawyer; college
professor; president,
Eclectic University (now Hiram College); member of Ohio state
senate, 1859-61; general in the Union Army during the Civil War;
U.S.
Representative from Ohio 19th District, 1863-81; President
of the United States, 1881; died in office 1881.
Disciples
of Christ. English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Delta
Upsilon.
His portrait appeared on the U.S. $20
gold certificate in about 1898-1905.
Shot
by the assassin
Charles J. Guiteau, in the Baltimore & Potomac Railroad
Station, Washington, D.C., July 2, 1881, and died from the
effects of the wound and infection, in Elberon, Monmouth
County, N.J., September
19, 1881 (age 49 years, 304
days).
Interment at Lake
View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio; statue erected 1887 at Garfield
Circle, Washington, D.C.; statue at Golden
Gate Park, San Francisco, Calif.
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Jacob Wark Griffith (1819-1885) —
also known as "Roaring Jake"; "Thundering
Jake" —
of Kentucky.
Born in Jefferson
County, Va. (now W.Va.), October
13, 1819.
Father of D. W. Griffith (early 20th century filmmaker).
Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member of Kentucky
state legislature, 1854-55, 1878-79; colonel in the Confederate Army
during the Civil War.
Died, of peritonitis, in Oldham
County, Ky., March 31,
1885 (age 65 years, 169
days).
Interment at Mt.
Tabor Methodist Cemetery, Oldham County, Ky.
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George Henry Boker (1823-1890) —
also known as George H. Boker —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., October
6, 1823.
Son of Charles S. Boker (financier); married 1844 to Julia
Mandeville Riggs.
Republican. Author; poet; U.S.
Minister to Turkey, 1871-75; Russia, 1875-78.
Member, Union
League.
Died, from a throat infection, in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., January
2, 1890 (age 66 years, 88
days).
Interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Orlow W. Chapman (1832-1890) —
of Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y.
Born in Ellington, Tolland
County, Conn., 1832.
Lawyer;
member of New York
state senate 24th District, 1868-71; U.S. Solicitor General,
1889-90; died in office 1890.
Died, of pneumonia
and an ear infection, in Washington,
D.C., January
19, 1890 (age about 57
years).
Interment somewhere
in Binghamton, N.Y.
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John Charles Frémont (1813-1890) —
also known as "The Pathfinder"; "The
Champion of Freedom" —
Born in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., January
21, 1813.
Son of Jean Charles Frémont and Ann Whiting (Pryor)
Frémont; married, October
19, 1841, to Jessie Benton (daughter of Thomas
Hart Benton).
Republican. Explorer;
Military
Governor of California, 1847; arrested
for mutiny,
1847; court-martialed;
found
guilty of mutiny,
disobedience,
and conduct
prejudicial to order; penalty remitted by Pres. James
K. Polk; U.S.
Senator from California, 1850-51; candidate for President
of the United States, 1856; general in the Union Army during the
Civil War; Governor of
Arizona Territory, 1878-81; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1888.
Episcopalian.
French
ancestry.
Died, of peritonitis, in a hotel room
at New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 13,
1890 (age 77 years, 173
days).
Original interment at Trinity
Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.; reinterment in 1891 at Rockland
Cemetery, Nyack, N.Y.
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Fremont County,
Colo., Fremont County,
Idaho, Fremont County,
Iowa and Fremont County,
Wyo. are named for him. |
| | | Politician named for him: John F.
Hill
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| | | Cross-reference: Selah
Hill |
| | | Campaign slogan (1856): "Free Soil,
Free Men, Fremont." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books by John C. Fremont: Memoirs
of My Life and Times |
| | | Books about John C. Fremont: Tom
Chaffin, Pathfinder:
John Charles Fremont and the Course of American
Empire — David Roberts, A
Newer World : Kit Carson, John C. Fremont and the Claiming of the
American West — Andrew Rolle, John
Charles Fremont: Character As Destiny |
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John Pettit Borden (1812-1890) —
of Texas.
Born in Norwich, Chenango
County, N.Y., December
30, 1812.
Served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; Texas
Republic Land Office Commissioner, 1837-40; county judge in
Texas, 1846.
Died, of erysipelas, at Borden, Colorado
County, Tex., November
12, 1890 (age 77 years, 317
days).
Interment at Weimer
Odd Fellows Cemetery, Borden, Tex.
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Martin Van Buren Edgerly (1833-1895) —
also known as M. V. B. Edgerly —
of Pittsfield, Merrimack
County, N.H.; Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born September
26, 1833.
Democrat. President, Massachusetts Mutual Life
Insurance Company; president, Des Moines, Kansas City & Arcola Railroad;
member of Democratic
National Committee from New Hampshire, 1876; candidate for Governor of
New Hampshire, 1882.
Died, from an abcess in his right ear, in a hotel at
New York, New York
County, N.Y., March 18,
1895 (age 61 years, 173
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Joshua Hopkins Marvil (1825-1895) —
of Laurel, Sussex
County, Del.
Born near Laurel, Sussex
County, Del., September
3, 1825.
Son of Joseph Marvil; married 1849 to Sarah
M. Sirman.
Governor
of Delaware, 1895; died in office 1895.
Methodist.
English
and French
ancestry.
Died, from heart
disease and erysipelas, in Laurel, Sussex
County, Del., April 8,
1895 (age 69 years, 217
days).
Interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery, Laurel, Del.
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Daniel Frederick Webster (1853-1896) —
also known as Daniel F. Webster —
of Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Litchfield, Litchfield
County, Conn., March 14,
1853.
Third cousin thrice removed of Luther
Hotchkiss; fourth cousin once removed of Russell
Sage and Henry
DeWitt Hotchkiss; son of Cornelia Clarissa (Loomis) Webster and
Frederick Buel Webster (1830-1862); married, June 26,
1879, to Elizabeth Rogers Fox.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Waterbury, Conn., 1892-94; member of Connecticut
state senate 5th District, 1895-96; died in office 1896.
Died, from peritonitis, in Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn., October
31, 1896 (age 43 years, 231
days).
Interment at Hillside
Cemetery, Thomaston, Conn.
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Samuel W. Vance (d. 1900) —
of Port Huron, St. Clair
County, Mich.
Circuit
judge in Michigan 31st Circuit, 1892-1900; died in office 1900.
Died, from an ear abscess, in Port Huron, St. Clair
County, Mich., April 3,
1900.
Burial
location unknown.
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Albion Winegar Tourgee (1838-1905) —
also known as Albion W. Tourgee —
of Greensboro, Guilford
County, N.C.; Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.; Denver,
Colo.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Mayville, Chautauqua
County, N.Y.
Born in Williamsfield, Ashtabula
County, Ohio, May 2,
1838.
Son of Louisa Emma (Winegar) Tourgee and Valentine Tourgee
(1814-1889); married 1863 to Emma
Doiska Kilbourne; uncle of Clyde
Carlos Tourgee.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; newspaper
editor; delegate to
North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1868, 1875;
superior court judge in North Carolina, 1868-75; candidate for U.S.
Representative from North Carolina, 1878; author;
U.S. Consul in Bordeaux, 1897-1905, died in office 1905.
French
Huguenot and Swiss
ancestry.
Died, of acute
uremia, due to an infected wound, in Bordeaux, France,
May
21, 1905 (age 67 years, 19
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Mayville
Cemetery, Mayville, N.Y.
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George Birch Abbott (1850-1908) —
also known as George B. Abbott —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brookfield, Orange
County, Vt., September
27, 1850.
Son of Benjamin Franklin Abbott and Diancy (Pickering) Abbott;
married, November
20, 1878, to Eva Topping Reeve.
Democrat. Lawyer; Kings
County Surrogate, 1889-1901; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1907-08; died in office 1908.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sigma
Phi; Society
of Colonial Wars.
Died, from blood poisoning, in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., February
10, 1908 (age 57 years, 136
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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William Pinkney Whyte (1824-1908) —
also known as William Pinkney White —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., August 9,
1824.
Grandson of William
Pinkney; son of Joseph White and Isabella (Pinkney) White;
married, December
7, 1847, to Louisa D. Hollingsworth (died 1885); married, August
28, 1892, to Mary (McDonald) Thomas (died 1900).
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Maryland
state house of delegates from Baltimore city, 1847-49; candidate
for U.S.
Representative from Maryland, 1851, 1857; Maryland
state comptroller, 1854-56; U.S.
Senator from Maryland, 1868-69, 1875-81, 1906-08; died in office
1908; Governor of
Maryland, 1872-74; mayor
of Baltimore, Md., 1881-83; Maryland
state attorney general, 1887-91.
Episcopalian.
Died, of erysipelas, in Baltimore,
Md., March 17,
1908 (age 83 years, 221
days).
Interment at Green
Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
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Oliver Hazard Perry Belmont (1858-1908) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
12, 1858.
Son of August
Belmont (1816-1890) and Caroline Slidell (Perry) Belmont; brother
of Perry
Belmont and August
Belmont (1853-1924); married 1882 to Sarah
Swan 'Sally' Whiting (divorced); married 1896 to Alva
Erskine (Smith) Vanderbilt (1853-1933; donor to woman's suffrage
campaigns; grandaunt by marriage of William
Henry Vanderbilt III).
Democrat. Financier;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1900;
U.S.
Representative from New York 13th District, 1901-03.
Member, Freemasons.
Died of infections following surgery for appendicitis,
in Hempstead, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., June 10,
1908 (age 49 years, 211
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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John T. Carmody (1861-1909) —
of Fremont, Sandusky
County, Ohio; Cedar Rapids, Linn
County, Iowa.
Born in Ireland,
December, 1861.
Married 1892
to Mary E. Buckingham (1868-1913).
Foundry
owner; mayor
of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 1909; died in office 1909.
Shot
and badly
wounded in the abdomen by a burglar on May 23, and subsequently
died, probably due to infection, in Cedar Rapids, Linn
County, Iowa, August 7,
1909 (age 47 years, 0
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Henry Martyn Hoyt (1856-1910) —
also known as Henry M. Hoyt —
Born in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne
County, Pa., December
5, 1856.
Son of Henry
Martyn Hoyt (1830-1892) and Mary (Loveland) Hoyt; married 1883 to Anne
McMichael (daughter of Morton
McMichael).
Lawyer;
U.S. Solicitor General,
1903-09.
Died, from peritonitis, in Washington,
D.C., November
20, 1910 (age 53 years, 350
days).
Interment somewhere
in Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
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James Marshall Hanger (1833-1912) —
also known as Marshall Hanger —
Born near Waynesboro, Augusta
County, Va., November
12, 1833.
Son of Peter Hanger (1795-1869) and Martha Elizabeth 'Patsy'
(Crawford) Hanger (1797-1864).
Lawyer;
served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1869-76; Speaker of
the Virginia State House of Delegates, 1876; U.S. Consul in Bermuda, 1894-98.
Died, of intestinal
paralysis and gangrene, in King's Daughters Hospital,
Staunton,
Va., August
26, 1912 (age 78 years, 288
days).
Interment at Thornrose
Cemetery, Staunton, Va.
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Francis Marion Hamilton (1839-1914) —
also known as Francis M. Hamilton —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Indiana, 1839.
Son of James Hamilton and Elizabeth (Walker) Hamilton.
Republican. Real estate
business; mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1905-07; defeated, 1907.
Died, of peritonitis, in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., May 2,
1914 (age about 74
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Caldwell Calhoun Mayo (1864-1914) —
also known as John C. C. Mayo —
of Paintsville, Johnson
County, Ky.
Born in Johnson
County, Ky., September
16, 1864.
Married, February
21, 1897, to Alice
Alka Meek.
Democrat. School
teacher; coal mining
baron; reputed to be the wealthiest man and largest landholder in
Kentucky; philanthropist; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Kentucky, 1912;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Kentucky, 1912-14.
Methodist.
Died, from Bright's
disease and peritonitis, in the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 11,
1914 (age 49 years, 237
days).
Interment at Mayo
Cemetery, Paintsville, Ky.
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Elsworth Raymond Bathrick (1863-1917) —
also known as Elsworth R. Bathrick —
of Akron, Summit
County, Ohio.
Born near Pontiac, Oakland
County, Mich., January
6, 1863.
Son of Sumner Bathrick and Louisa Bathrick; married 1889 to May L.
Clark.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1911-15, 1917 (19th District 1911-15,
14th District 1917); died in office 1917.
Underwent surgery for gallstones,
and died ten days later, probably from infection, in Akron, Summit
County, Ohio, December
23, 1917 (age 54 years, 351
days).
Interment at Glendale
Cemetery, Akron, Ohio.
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Richard Wilson Austin (1857-1919) —
also known as Richard W. Austin —
of Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.
Born in Decatur, Morgan
County, Ala., August
26, 1857.
Son of John Hall Austin and Mary E. (Parker) Austin; married, May 2,
1882, to Margaret Morrison.
Republican. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Tennessee,
1900;
U.S. Consul in Glasgow, 1906-07; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 2nd District, 1909-19.
Died, of peritonitis, in Washington,
D.C., April 20,
1919 (age 61 years, 237
days).
Interment at Old
Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn.
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Robert Bacon (1860-1919) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., July 5,
1860.
Son of William B. Bacon and Emily C. (Low) Bacon; married, October
10, 1883, to Martha Waldron Cowdin; father of Robert
Low Bacon and Gaspar
Griswold Bacon.
Republican. Financier;
U.S.
Secretary of State, 1909; U.S. Ambassador to France, 1909-12; candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1916; colonel in the U.S. Army during
World War I.
Presbyterian.
English
ancestry. Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Died, from infection following surgery for mastoiditis,
in the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 29,
1919 (age 58 years, 328
days).
Interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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Lucian Walton Parrish (1878-1922) —
also known as Lucian W. Parrish —
of Texas.
Born in Sister Grove, Grayson
County, Tex., January
10, 1878.
Married 1912
to Gladys Edwards.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Texas 13th District, 1919-22; died in office
1922.
Injured in an automobile
accident, and died from infection twelve days later, in
Wichita Falls, Wichita
County, Tex., March 27,
1922 (age 44 years, 76
days).
Interment at Hope
Cemetery, Henrietta, Tex.
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John Scott Sweeney (1851-1924) —
also known as John S. Sweeney —
of East Charleston, Charleston, Orleans
County, Vt.; Island Pond, Brighton, Essex
County, Vt.
Born in Hatley, Quebec,
January
23, 1851.
Son of Francis Sweeney and Mary (Jenness) Sweeney.
Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen; merchant;
postmaster;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Charleston, 1888; real estate
business; banker.
Died, from cellulitis and gangrene of the left foot, in
Brighton, Essex
County, Vt., April 14,
1924 (age 73 years, 82
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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James M. Wilson (1866-1924) —
of Centerville, Appanoose
County, Iowa.
Born near Monmouth, Warren
County, Ill., September
8, 1866.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Iowa state
senate, 1913-19.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Kiwanis.
Died, of septicemia resulting from pulled teeth, in
Centerville, Appanoose
County, Iowa, May 2,
1924 (age 57 years, 237
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Centerville, Iowa.
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William Stormont Hackett (c.1867-1926) —
also known as William S. Hackett —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., about 1867.
Democrat. President, Albany City Savings Bank; mayor of
Albany, N.Y., 1922-26; died in office 1926.
Member, Freemasons.
Injured in an automobile
accident in Cuba, and died three weeks later, from the injuries
and erysipelas, in American Hospital,
Havana (La Habana), Cuba, March 4,
1926 (age about 59
years).
Interment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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Edward Mott Angell (1868-1927) —
also known as Edward M. Angell —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.; Glens Falls, Warren
County, N.Y.
Born in Moreau, Saratoga
County, N.Y., January
6, 1868.
Son of William Penn Angell (1839-1913) and Francena (Mott) Angell
(1843-1911); married, October
18, 1913, to Gertrude Abigail Sheldon.
Lawyer;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 33rd District, 1915;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 4th District, 1922-27; died in office
1927.
Quaker.
Died, probably from infection, six days after appendicitis
surgery, in Glens Falls Hospital,
Glens Falls, Warren
County, N.Y., November
25, 1927 (age 59 years, 323
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Frank Snowden Katzenbach, Jr. (1868-1929) —
also known as Frank S. Katzenbach, Jr. —
of Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., November
6, 1868.
Son of Augusta (Mushbach) Katzenbach and Frank Snowden Katzenbach
(1844-1921); married, November
10, 1904, to Natalie (McNeal) Grunn (1872-1964); brother of Edward
Lawrence Katzenbach; father of Frank
Snowden Katzenbach III; uncle of Nicholas
de Belleville Katzenbach.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor of
Trenton, N.J., 1902-06; candidate for Governor of
New Jersey, 1907; associate
justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1920-29; died in
office 1929.
Presbyterian.
German
ancestry.
Died, from sepsis resulting from a leg infection, in
Mercer Hospital,
Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., March 13,
1929 (age 60 years, 127
days).
Interment at Ewing
Cemetery, Ewing Township, Mercer County, N.J.
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Mortimer J. Wohl (1888-1931) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., March 20,
1888.
Son of Samuel Wohl and Fannie Whol; married, November
11, 1923, to Adelaide Finkelstein.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; candidate for New York
state assembly from Kings County 18th District, 1921.
Member, American
Legion.
In 1929, he was one of several Brooklyn lawyers who were charged
with ambulance
chasing activities; he disputed the charges.
Died, from septicemia, in Jewish Hospital,
Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., October
14, 1931 (age 43 years, 208
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Anton Joseph Cermak (1873-1933) —
also known as Anton J. Cermak; "Pushcart
Tony" —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Kladno, Bohemia (now Czech
Republic), May 9,
1873.
Father of Helena I. Cermak (who married Otto
Kerner, Jr.).
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,
1924,
1928,
1932;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1928; mayor of
Chicago, Ill., 1931-33; died in office 1933.
On February 15, 1933, while he was standing on the running board of
an open
car from which president-elect Franklin
D. Roosevelt had just given a speech, was shot and
badly
wounded by Italian-American bricklayer Guiseppe Zangara, who had
aimed for Roosevelt; over the next month, the wound became
infected, and he died, in Jackson Memorial Hospital,
Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla., March 6,
1933 (age 59 years, 301
days).
Interment at Bohemian
National Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Frederick Moulton Alger (1876-1933) —
also known as Frederick M. Alger; Fred M.
Alger —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., June 27,
1876.
Son of Russell
Alexander Alger and Annette (Henry) Alger; married, May 2,
1901, to Mary
Eldridge Swift; father of Frederick
Moulton Alger, Jr..
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1908;
member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1915, 1917; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1916;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; director, Packard Motor
Company, automobile
manufacturer; director, People's Wayne County Bank.
Member, American
Legion.
Accidentally
injured his left leg while attending the American Legion
convention in Chicago; his condition worsened, presumably due to
infection, and the leg was amputated, but he died soon after,
in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., December
30, 1933 (age 57 years, 186
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Hartman Woodin (1868-1934) —
also known as William H. Woodin; Will
Woodin —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Berwick, Columbia
County, Pa., May 27,
1868.
Son of Clement Woodin.
President, American Car and Foundry Company, manufacturer of railroad
freight cars; music
composer; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1933.
Presbyterian.
Member, Lions; Union
League.
Died, from a throat infection and nephritis,
in the Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 3,
1934 (age 65 years, 341
days).
Entombed at Pine
Grove Cemetery, Berwick, Pa.
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Edward J. Ahearn (1891-1934) —
also known as Eddie Ahearn —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 15,
1891.
Son of John
Francis Ahearn; brother of William
J. Ahearn.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1928,
1932;
member of New York
Democratic State Committee, 1930; member of New York
state senate 14th District, 1931-32.
Catholic.
Member, Tammany
Hall.
Died, of peritonitis, at Post-Graduate Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., August
23, 1934 (age 43 years, 69
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
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Abraham Isaac Shiplacoff (1877-1936) —
also known as Abraham I. Shiplacoff —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Province of Chernigov, Russia,
December
25, 1877.
Socialist. Labor union
official; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 23rd District, 1916-18;
defeated, 1922; delegate to Socialist National Convention from New
York, 1920; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York, 1926 (10th District), 1928 (10th
District), 1930 (10th District), 1932 (9th District).
Jewish.
Died, of an infection secondary to kidney
stones, in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., February, 1936
(age 58
years, 0 days).
Interment at Mt.
Carmel Cemetery, Glendale, Queens, N.Y.
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James Alexander Barks (1879-1936) —
also known as James A. Barks —
of Cape Girardeau, Cape
Girardeau County, Mo.
Born in Millheim, Perry
County, Mo., August 7,
1879.
Son of Margaret Belinda (Blaylock) Barks (1843-1907) and Joseph Barks
(1851-1928); married, September
21, 1915, to Edna H. Kerth.
School
teacher and principal; lawyer; mayor
of Cape Girardeau, Mo., 1921-29.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, from septicemia and acute
nephritis, in Jefferson City, Cole
County, Mo., February
10, 1936 (age 56 years, 187
days).
Interment at Cape
County Memorial Park Cemetery, Cape Girardeau, Mo.
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Edwin Lee Gavin (1888-1972) —
also known as Edwin L. Gavin —
of Roseboro, Sampson
County, N.C.; Sanford, Lee
County, N.C.
Born in Giddinsville, Sampson
County, N.C., August
17, 1888.
Son of Edward Lewis Gavin and Minnie Irene (Darden) Gavin; married,
March
6, 1912, to Mamie Florence Caudle (1890-1988); father of Robert
Lee Gavin.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer;
mayor of Roseboro, N.C., 1912-14; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1919-21; U.S.
Attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina, 1928-32;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1950.
Missionary
Baptist. Member, Woodmen;
Junior
Order; Moose; Knights
of Pythias.
Died, of peritonitis, in Lee County Hospital,
Sanford, Lee
County, N.C., May 5,
1972 (age 83 years, 262
days).
Interment at Buffalo
Cemetery, Sanford, N.C.
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Dixy Lee Ray (1914-1994) —
also known as Marguerite Ray —
of Washington.
Born in Tacoma, Pierce
County, Wash., September
3, 1914.
Democrat. University
professor; marine
biologist; host of weekly television
show "Animals of the Sea," on KCTS-TV in Seattle; member, U.S. Atomic Energy
Commission, 1972-75; chair, U.S. Atomic Energy
Commission, 1973-75; Governor of
Washington, 1977-81; defeated in primary, 1980.
Female.
Died, from a bronchial
infection, in Fox Island, Pierce
County, Wash., January
2, 1994 (age 79 years, 121
days).
Interment at Fox
Island Cemetery, Fox Island, Wash.
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William Lloyd Scott (1915-1997) —
of Fairfax,
Va.
Born in Williamsburg,
Va., July 1,
1915.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 8th District, 1967-73; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Virginia, 1972;
U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1973-79.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Lions; Forty and
Eight; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died, of a chest infection and Alzheimer's
disease, in the Fairfax Nursing
Center, Fairfax,
Va., February
14, 1997 (age 81 years, 228
days).
Interment at Fairfax
Memorial Park, Fairfax, Va.
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Oscar William Adams, Jr. (1925-1997) —
also known as Oscar W. Adams —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., February
7, 1925.
Lawyer;
associate
justice of Alabama state supreme court, 1980-93.
African
Methodist Episcopal. African
ancestry. Member, National
Bar Association; American
Judicature Society; Omega
Psi Phi; NAACP.
First
African-American ever elected to statewide office in Alabama.
Died of an infection related to cancer, in
Baptist Medical
Center-Montclair, Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., February
15, 1997 (age 72 years, 8
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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George Edward Brown, Jr. (1920-1999) —
also known as George Brown, Jr. —
of Monterey Park, Los Angeles
County, Calif.; Colton, San
Bernardino County, Calif.; San Bernardino, San
Bernardino County, Calif.
Born in Holtville, Imperial
County, Calif., March 6,
1920.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; mayor
of Monterey Park, Calif., 1958; member of California
state assembly, 1959-63; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1960
(alternate), 1964,
1972,
1988,
1996;
U.S.
Representative from California, 1963-71, 1973-99 (29th District
1963-71, 38th District 1973-75, 36th District 1975-93, 42nd District
1993-99); died in office 1999; candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from California, 1970.
Methodist.
Member, Urban
League; Kiwanis;
American
Legion; Amvets.
Died, of an infection following ealier heart valve
replacement surgery, at Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., July 15,
1999 (age 79 years, 131
days).
Cremated.
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Morris Berthold Abram (1918-2000) —
also known as Morris Abram —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Fitzgerald, Ben Hill
County, Ga., June 19,
1918.
Son of Sam Abram and Irene (Cohen) Abram; married, December
23, 1944, to Jane Isabella McGuire (divorced 1974); married, January
25, 1975, to Carlyn (Feldman) Fisher (divorced 1987); married, August
26, 1990, to Bruna Molina.
Democrat. Rhodes
scholar; lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; served on
prosecution staff at Nuremburg war crimes trials; U.S. Representative
to United Nations European office; worked on Marshall Plan for
postwar reconstruction of Europe; candidate in primary for U.S.
Representative from Georgia 5th District, 1952; candidate for
nomination for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1968; president
of Brandeis University, 1968-70; member, U.S. Civil Rights
Commission, 1984-86.
Jewish.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Phi
Kappa Phi; American Bar
Association; American
Academy of Arts and Sciences; American
Jewish Committee; Urban
League; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died, from a viral infection, in a hospital
at Geneva, Switzerland,
March
16, 2000 (age 81 years, 271
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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James Allen Rhodes (1909-2001) —
also known as James A. Rhodes; Jim Rhodes —
of Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio; Bexley, Franklin
County, Ohio; Upper Arlington, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Born in Coalton, Jackson
County, Ohio, September
13, 1909.
Son of James Allen Rhodes (1880-1918) and Susan Ann (Howe) Rhodes
(1884-1950); married 1941 to Helen
Bertha Rawlins (1915-1987).
Republican. Mayor
of Columbus, Ohio, 1943-52; Ohio auditor
of state, 1953-63; Governor of
Ohio, 1963-71, 1975-83; defeated, 1950, 1954, 1986; candidate for
Republican nomination for President, 1964,
1968;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1964,
1972;
candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1970.
Presbyterian.
His decision, in 1970, to send the National Guard to the Kent State
University campus to quell a disturbance was blamed for the deaths of
four students there. Along with Alabama Gov. George
C. Wallace, he was the longest-serving state governor in U.S.
history.
Died, from infection complications and heart
failure, in Ohio State University Medical
Center, Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, March 4,
2001 (age 91 years, 172
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Green
Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio; statue at Broad
Street, Columbus, Ohio.
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Josef Winkler III (1928-2002) —
also known as Joe Winkler —
of Douglas
County, Colo.
Born in Douglas
County, Colo., April 23,
1928.
Son of Josef Winkler II and Rose Paoli Winkler; married, February
11, 1966, to Lois Simon.
Rancher;
member of Colorado
state house of representatives, 1973-78; member of Colorado
state senate, 1979-86.
Catholic.
Austrian
ancestry.
Died, from an infection, in Porter Adventist Hospital,
Denver,
Colo., July 18,
2002 (age 74 years, 86
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Daniel Patrick Moynihan (1927-2003) —
also known as Pat Moynihan —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.; New York City (unknown
county), N.Y.; Pindars Corners, Delaware
County, N.Y.
Born in Tulsa, Tulsa
County, Okla., March 16,
1927.
Married, May 29,
1955, to Elizabeth Therese Brennan.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; political
scientist; university
professor; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
York, 1960
(alternate), 1984,
1988,
1996,
2000;
U.S. Ambassador to India, 1973-75; U.S. Representative to United Nations, 1975-76; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1977-.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Americans
for Democratic Action.
Died, of infection from a ruptured appendix,
in Washington,
D.C., March 26,
2003 (age 76 years, 10
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Laurence Ingram Radway (1919-2003) —
also known as Laurence Radway —
of Hanover, Grafton
County, N.H.; West Lebanon, Lebanon, Grafton
County, N.H.
Born in Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., February
2, 1919.
Son of Frederick Radway and Dorothy Radway; married, August
20, 1949, to Patricia Ann Headland.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; university
professor; chair of
Grafton County Democratic Party, 1958-62; member of New Hampshire
Democratic State Committee, 1958-62; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New Hampshire, 1964,
1972
(alternate); candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1972.
Protestant.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; American
Political Science Association; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died, from complications of abdominal
surgery, in Lebanon, Grafton
County, N.H., May 7,
2003 (age 84 years, 94
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Christopher D'Olier Reeve (1952-2004) —
also known as Christopher Reeve —
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., September
25, 1952.
Great-grandson of Mahlon
Pitney; son of Franklin D'Olier Reeve and Barbara Pitney (Lamb)
Reeve; married, April 11,
1992, to Dana Morosini (1961-2006).
Democrat. Actor;
paralyzed
in a horseback-riding accident in 1995; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1996.
Died, from heart
failure while being treated for an infection, in Northern
Westchester Hospital,
Mt. Kisco, Westchester
County, N.Y., October
10, 2004 (age 52 years, 15
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Olcott Hawthorne Deming (1909-2007) —
also known as Olcott H. Deming —
Born in Westchester
County, N.Y., February
28, 1909.
Great-grandson of Nathaniel
Hawthorne; son of William Champion Deming and Imogen (Hawthorne)
Deming; married to Louise Macpherson (died 1976); father of Rust
Macpherson Deming.
U.S. Ambassador to Uganda, 1963-66.
Died, of septicemia, at a hospice
in Washington,
D.C., March 20,
2007 (age 98 years, 20
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Patrick Murtha, Jr. (1932-2010) —
also known as John P. Murtha; Jack Murtha;
"King of Pork" —
of Johnstown, Cambria
County, Pa.
Born in New Martinsville, Wetzel
County, W.Va., June 17,
1932.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Vietnam War;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1969-74; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 12th District, 1974-; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Catholic.
Implicated
in the Abscam sting, in which FBI agents impersonating Arab
businessmen offered bribes
to political figures; never charged, but cited by the grand jury in
1980 as an unindicted
co-conspirator.
During gall bladder surgery, suffered an intestinal
cut, which led to infection; he subsequently died at
Virginia Medical
Center, Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., February
8, 2010 (age 77 years, 236
days).
Interment at Grandview
Cemetery, Johnstown, Pa.
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Alexander Meigs Haig, Jr. (1924-2010) —
also known as Alexander M. Haig, Jr. —
Born in Bala Cynwyd, Montgomery
County, Pa., December
2, 1924.
Son of Alexander Meigs Haig, Sr. and Regina Anne (Murphy) Haig;
married 1950
to Patricia Fox.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict;
served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war; target of an assassination
attempt in Belgium, June 25, 1979; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1981-82; candidate for Republican nomination
for President, 1988;
host, World Business Review television
news show.
Catholic.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died, from an infection, at John Hopkins Hospital,
Baltimore,
Md., February
20, 2010 (age 85 years, 80
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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John Herbert Adler (1959-2011) —
also known as John H. Adler —
of Cherry Hill, Camden
County, N.J.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., August
23, 1959.
Married to Shelley Levitan.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New Jersey
state senate, 1991-2008; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New Jersey, 2004,
2008;
U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 3rd District, 2009-; defeated,
1990.
Jewish.
Died while recovering from heart
surgery, in connection with a staph infection, in
Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., April 4,
2011 (age 51 years, 224
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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