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Otto Tremont Bannard (1854-1929) —
also known as Otto T. Bannard —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., April 28,
1854.
Son of John W. Bannard and Eliza Landon (Stone) Bannard.
Republican. Lawyer; banker;
director, Niagara Fire
Insurance Co., Dolphin Jute Mills, and Jersey United Gas and
Electric Co.; delegate to Republican National Convention from New
York, 1908,
1912,
1916;
candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1909.
Died, of bronchial
pneumonia, on the ocean
liner President Cleveland, en route from Seattle to
Manila, in the North
Pacific Ocean, January
15, 1929 (age 74 years, 262
days).
Interment at Grove
Street Cemetery, New Haven, Conn.
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Louis Richmond Cheney (1859-1944) —
also known as Louis R. Cheney —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in South Manchester, Manchester, Hartford
County, Conn., April 27,
1859.
Son of George Wells Cheney and Harriet K. (Richmond) Cheney.
Republican. Silk manufacturer; mayor
of Hartford, Conn., 1912-14; member of Connecticut
state senate, 1915.
Member, Union
League.
Died December
17, 1944 (age 85 years, 234
days).
Interment at East
Cemetery, Manchester, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of George Wells Cheney and Harriet K. (Richmond) Cheney; married 1890 to Mary
Alice Robinson (1856-1926); married to Margaret Bennett
(1874-1940). |
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David Sheldon Day (b. 1880) —
also known as David S. Day —
of Colchester, New London
County, Conn.; Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Colchester, New London
County, Conn., September
8, 1880.
Son of Erastus Sheldon Day and Catherine Gardner (Olmstead) Day.
Lawyer;
vice-president, Bridgeport Storage
Warehouse Co.; secretary and director, Bead Chain Manufacturing
Co.; director, Bridgeport Gas Light
Co.; director, American Fabrics Co.; director and member
executive committee, Bridgeport Hospital;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1905.
Burial
location unknown.
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Frank A. Doran —
of Danbury, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Democrat. Hatter; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Danbury, 1935-40.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Edward P. Egan (b. 1892) —
of Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn., October
23, 1892.
Son of Patrick G. Egan and Nora B. Egan.
Democrat. Factory superintendent, Waterbury Buckle Co.; delegate to
Connecticut convention to ratify 21st amendment 16th District,
1933; member of Connecticut
state senate, 1939-42, 1945-46 (16th District 1939-42, 15th
District 1945-46).
Burial
location unknown.
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James Albert Gary (1833-1920) —
also known as James A. Gary —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Uncasville, Montville, New London
County, Conn., October
22, 1833.
Cotton duck manufacturer; Whig candidate for Maryland
state senate, 1858; Republican candidate for U.S.
Representative from Maryland 5th District, 1870, 1872; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Maryland, 1872,
1876,
1880,
1884,
1888,
1892,
1896;
Republican candidate for Governor of
Maryland, 1879; member of Republican
National Committee from Maryland, 1880-96; Maryland
Republican state chair, 1883; U.S.
Postmaster General, 1897-98; vice-president, Consolidated Gas
Company; president, Citizens National Bank of
Baltimore.
Presbyterian.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., October
31, 1920 (age 87 years, 9
days).
Interment at Loudon
Park Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
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Relatives:
Married 1856
to Lavin Corrie. |
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Joseph J. Gillotte —
of Danbury, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Democrat. Hatter; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Danbury, 1935-40.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Julius Hotchkiss (1810-1878) —
of Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn.; Middletown, Middlesex
County, Conn.
Born in Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn., July 11,
1810.
Son of Mary (Castle) Hotchkiss (1770-1870) and Woodward Hotchkiss
(1773-1861).
Republican. Manufacturer of cotton
webbing and suspenders; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1851, 1858; mayor
of Waterbury, Conn., 1853-54; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 2nd District, 1867-69; Lieutenant
Governor of Connecticut, 1870-71.
Died in Middletown, Middlesex
County, Conn., December
23, 1878 (age 68 years, 165
days).
Interment at Pine
Grove Cemetery, Middletown, Conn.
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Robert E. Howard —
of Norwalk, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Democrat. Executive with the Hat Corporation of America;
candidate for mayor of
Norwalk, Conn., 1947.
Still living as of 1947.
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John B. Sanford (b. 1788) —
of Brookfield, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in 1788.
Hat manufacturer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Brookfield, 1827.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1813
to Rebecca Camp. |
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James Mitchell Lamson Scovill (b. 1789) —
also known as James M. L. Scovill —
of Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn., September
4, 1789.
Co-founder of Scovill Manufacturing
Co., makers of brass buttons, fasteners, looms, and
clocks; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Waterbury, 1826; member of Connecticut
state senate 5th District, 1834.
Burial
location unknown.
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Moses Seymour (1742-1826) —
of Litchfield, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., July 23,
1742.
Son of Moses Seymour (1711-1795) and Rachel (Goodwin) Seymour
(1816-1763).
Furrier; hatter; merchant;
farmer;
major in Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Litchfield, 1795-1811.
Died in Litchfield, Litchfield
County, Conn., September
17, 1826 (age 84 years, 56
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Second cousin once removed of William
Pitkin; son of Moses Seymour (1711-1795) and Rachel (Goodwin)
Seymour (1816-1763); third cousin of Josiah
Cowles and Daniel
Pitkin; married, November
7, 1771, to Molly Marsh (1752-1826); third cousin once removed of
Timothy
Pitkin; father of Horatio
Seymour (1778-1857) and Henry
Seymour; second cousin twice removed of David
Lowrey Seymour; grandfather of Origen
Storrs Seymour, Horatio
Seymour (1810-1886) and George
Seymour; first cousin twice removed of Hezekiah
Cook Seymour; first cousin thrice removed of Silas
Seymour, William
Chapman Williston and Augustus
Sherill Seymour; third cousin thrice removed of Charles
Seymour, Calvin
Josiah Cowles, Frederick
Walker Pitkin, John
Sammis Seymour, Luther
S. Pitkin, Russell
Cowles Ostrander, La
Monte Cowles, Gardner
Cowles and William
Sheffield Cowles (1898-1986); granduncle of McNeil
Seymour and Henry
William Seymour; great-grandfather of Edward
Woodruff Seymour, Joseph
Battell, Morris
Woodruff Seymour and Horatio
Seymour, Jr.; third cousin twice removed of John
Robert Graham Pitkin and William
Sheffield Cowles (1847-1923); great-granduncle of Norman
Alexander Seymour; second cousin thrice removed of Caleb
Seymour Pitkin; first cousin five times removed of Dalton
G. Seymour. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams
family of New York. |
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Hiram L. Sturdevant (b. 1801) —
of Danbury, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Brookfield, Fairfield
County, Conn., 1801.
Hat manufacturer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Danbury, 1844.
Died in Danbury, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Burial
location unknown.
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Zalmon Wildman (1775-1835) —
of Danbury, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Danbury, Fairfield
County, Conn., February
16, 1775.
Democrat. Hat manufacturer; banker;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1818-19; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut at-large, 1835; died in office
1835.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
10, 1835 (age 60 years, 297
days).
Interment at Wooster
Cemetery, Danbury, Conn.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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