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Joseph Barker (1751-1815) —
of Middleboro, Plymouth
County, Mass.
Born in Branford, New Haven
County, Conn., October
19, 1751.
Democrat. Minister; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 7th District, 1805-09; member
of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1812-13.
Died July 5,
1815 (age 63 years, 259
days).
Interment at Green
Cemetery, Middleboro, Mass.
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Daniel Burrows (1766-1858) —
of Hebron, Tolland
County, Conn.; Middletown, Middlesex
County, Conn.
Born in Fort Hill, Groton, New London
County, Conn., October
26, 1766.
Democrat. Carriage and
wagon manufacturer; Methodist minister; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1816-20, 1826 (Hebron 1816-20,
Middletown 1826); delegate
to Connecticut state constitutional convention, 1818; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut at-large, 1821-23.
Died in Mystic, Stonington, New London
County, Conn., January
23, 1858 (age 91 years, 89
days).
Interment at Elm
Grove Cemetery, Mystic, Stonington, Conn.
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Ernest C. Carpenter —
of East Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Republican. Clergyman; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from East Haven, 1939-42.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Sidney Dean (1818-1901) —
of Thompson, Windham
County, Conn.; Warren, Bristol
County, R.I.
Born in Glastonbury, Hartford
County, Conn., November
16, 1818.
Minister; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1854-55; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 3rd District, 1855-59; newspaper
editor; member of Rhode
Island state senate, 1870-71.
Died in Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass., October
29, 1901 (age 82 years, 347
days).
Interment at South
Cemetery, Warren, R.I.
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Samuel Clement Fessenden (1815-1882) —
also known as Samuel Fessenden —
of Thomaston, Knox
County, Maine; Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in New Gloucester, Cumberland
County, Maine, March 7,
1815.
Republican. Pastor, Second Congregational Church, Thomaston,
Maine, 1837-56; lawyer;
candidate for Governor of
Maine, 1846, 1847, 1848; U.S.
Representative from Maine 3rd District, 1861-63; U.S. Consul in
SAINT John, 1879-81; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Connecticut, 1880.
Congregationalist.
Died in Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn., April 18,
1882 (age 67 years, 42
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Stamford, Conn.
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Orin Fowler (1791-1852) —
of Plainfield, Windham
County, Conn.; Fall River, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in Lebanon, New London
County, Conn., July 29,
1791.
Missionary; minister; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1848; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1849-52 (9th District 1849-51,
2nd District 1851-52); died in office 1852.
Congregationalist.
Died in Washington,
D.C., September
3, 1852 (age 61 years, 36
days).
Interment at North
Burial Ground, Fall River, Mass.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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William H. Gleason (1833-1892) —
of Sag Harbor, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.; Newburgh, Orange
County, N.Y.; Newark, Essex
County, N.J.; Hudson, Columbia
County, N.Y.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Durham, Middlesex
County, Conn., September
28, 1833.
Son of Henry Gleason and Cynthia (Vandervoort) Gleason.
Merchant;
lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Suffolk County 1st District, 1864-65;
pastor.
Presbyterian.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
21, 1892 (age 58 years, 146
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Eli Edwin Hall (1818-1896) —
also known as E. Edwin Hall —
Born April 11,
1818.
Minister; U.S. Consul in Florence.
Died in Fair Haven, New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., May 2,
1896 (age 78 years, 21
days).
Interment at Alderbrook Cemetery, Guilford, Conn.
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George V. Hamilton —
of Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Republican. Clergyman; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Stamford, 1939-40.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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George H. Jackson (b. 1863) —
of Connecticut.
Born in Natick, Middlesex
County, Mass., February
28, 1863.
Medical
missionary; U.S. Consul in Cognac, 1897-98, 1908; La Rochelle, 1898-1908.
African
ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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Amasa Learned (1750-1825) —
of New London, New London
County, Conn.
Born in Killingly, Windham
County, Conn., November
15, 1750.
Minister; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1779; delegate to
Connecticut convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1788; member
of Connecticut
council of assistants, 1791; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut at-large, 1791-95; delegate
to Connecticut state constitutional convention, 1818.
Died in New London, New London
County, Conn., May 4,
1825 (age 74 years, 170
days).
Interment at Cedar
Grove Cemetery, New London, Conn.
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William Ferdinand Morgan (1816-1888) —
also known as William F. Morgan —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., December
21, 1816.
Democrat. Episcopal priest; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1868.
Episcopalian.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 19,
1888 (age 71 years, 150
days).
Interment somewhere
in Newport, R.I.
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Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. (1908-1972) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., November
29, 1908.
Son of Adam Clayton Powell, Sr. (1865-1953; minister) and Mattie
(Fletcher) Powell.
Democrat. Baptist minister; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1945-71 (22nd District 1945-53,
16th District 1953-63, 18th District 1963-71); delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1952,
1960,
1964.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, Alpha
Phi Alpha; Elks.
Cited
for contempt
of court in 1966 for refusing to pay damages in a lawsuit against
him; on February 28, 1967, he was expelled
from the House of Representatives on charges
of unbecoming
conduct and misusing
public funds; the Supreme Court overturned the expulsion in 1969.
Died, of prostate
cancer, in Jackson Memorial Hospital,
Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla., April 4,
1972 (age 63 years, 127
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered in a
private or family graveyard, Bahamas.
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Relatives: Son
of Adam Clayton Powell, Sr. (1865-1953; minister) and Mattie
(Fletcher) Powell; married, March 8,
1933, to Isabel Washington (divorced 1945); married, August 1,
1945, to Hazel Scott (divorced 1960); married, December
15, 1960, to Yvette Marjorie Diago (Flores) Powell; father of Adam
Clayton Powell IV. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier |
| | | Books by Powell,Adam Clayton,Jr.: Adam
by Adam: The Autobiography of Adam Clayton Powell,
Jr. |
| | | Books about Powell,Adam Clayton,Jr.:
Tisha Hamilton, Adam
Clayton Powell, Jr.: The Political Biography of an American
Dilemma — Wil Haygood, King
of the Cats: The Life and Times of Adam Clayton Powell,
Jr. |
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Gurdon Saltonstall (1666-1724) —
of New London, New London
County, Conn.
Born in Haverhill, Essex
County, Mass., April
7, 1666.
Son of Nathaniel Saltonstall and Elizabeth (Ward) Saltonstall.
Ordained minister; Colonial
Governor of Connecticut, 1708-24.
Puritan.
Died in New London, New London
County, Conn., October
1, 1724 (age 58 years, 177
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Nathaniel Saltonstall and Elizabeth (Ward) Saltonstall; married to
Jerusha Richards, Elizabeth Rosewell and Mary Whittingham;
grandfather of Elizabeth Saltonstall Evards (who married Silas
Deane). |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
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Francis Emanuel Shober (1860-1919) —
also known as Francis E. Shober —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Salisbury, Rowan
County, N.C., October
24, 1860.
Son of Francis
Edwin Shober and Josephine May (Wheat) Shober.
Democrat. School
teacher; minister; newspaper
reporter; newspaper
editor; U.S.
Representative from New York 17th District, 1903-05.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Danbury, Fairfield
County, Conn., October
7, 1919 (age 58 years, 348
days).
Interment at Wooster
Cemetery, Danbury, Conn.
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Julian A. Taylor —
of Ansonia, New Haven
County, Conn.
Democrat. Minister; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Connecticut, 1960.
Still living as of 1960.
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Uri Tracy (1764-1838) —
of Oxford, Chenango
County, N.Y.
Born in Norwich, New London
County, Conn., February
8, 1764.
Democrat. Minister; postmaster;
Chenango
County Sheriff, 1798-1801; Chenango
County Clerk, 1801-15; member of New York
state assembly from Chenango County, 1802-03; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1805-07, 1809-13 (16th District
1805-07, 13th District 1809-13); county judge in New York, 1819-23.
Presbyterian.
Died in Oxford, Chenango
County, N.Y., July 21,
1838 (age 74 years, 163
days).
Interment at Riverview
Cemetery, Oxford, N.Y.
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William Williams (1731-1811) —
of Lebanon, New London
County, Conn.
Born in Lebanon, New London
County, Conn., April 28,
1731.
Merchant;
pastor; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1757; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Connecticut, 1776; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; member of Connecticut
council of assistants, 1776-79, 1784-1802.
Congregationalist.
Died August 2,
1811 (age 80 years, 96
days).
Interment at Trumbull
Cemetery, Lebanon, Conn.
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