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Howard Wells Alcorn (1901-1992) —
also known as Howard W. Alcorn —
of Suffield, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Suffield, Hartford
County, Conn., May 14,
1901.
Son of Hugh
Mead Alcorn and Cora Terry (wells) Alcorn.
Republican. Lawyer;
director and vice-president, First National Bank of
Suffield; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Suffield, 1927-32; Speaker of
the Connecticut State House of Representatives, 1931-32;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Connecticut, 1932;
member of Connecticut
state senate, 1933-34; superior court judge in Connecticut,
1943-61; justice of
Connecticut state supreme court, 1961-71; chief
justice of Connecticut Supreme Court, 1970-71.
Congregationalist. Member, American Bar
Association; Sons of
the American Revolution; Sons
of Union Veterans; Grange; Freemasons.
Died, in a hospital
at Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., August
10, 1992 (age 91 years, 88
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Suffield, Conn.
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Hugh Mead Alcorn (1872-1955) —
also known as Hugh M. Alcorn —
of Suffield, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Suffield, Hartford
County, Conn., October
24, 1872.
Son of Hugh Glen Alcorn and Susan (Ford) Alcorn.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Suffield, 1903-05; Hartford
County State's Attorney, 1908-42; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Connecticut, 1912,
1920,
1936;
candidate for Governor of
Connecticut, 1934.
Congregationalist. Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
American
Judicature Society; Sons
of Union Veterans.
Died, following a heart
attack, in Suffield, Hartford
County, Conn., May 26,
1955 (age 82 years, 214
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Suffield, Conn.
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Hugh Meade Alcorn, Jr. (1907-1992) —
also known as H. Meade Alcorn, Jr. —
of Suffield, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Suffield, Hartford
County, Conn., October
20, 1907.
Son of Hugh
Mead Alcorn and Cora Terry (Wells) Alcorn.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Suffield, 1937-42; Speaker of
the Connecticut State House of Representatives, 1941-42; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1940,
1944
(alternate), 1948,
1952,
1956,
1960;
Hartford
County State's Attorney, 1942-48; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Connecticut, 1948; member of Connecticut
Republican State Central Committee, 1948-57; member of Republican
National Committee from Connecticut, 1953-61; Chairman of
Republican National Committee, 1957-59; delegate
to Connecticut state constitutional convention 6th District, 1965.
Congregationalist. Member, American Bar
Association; Rotary; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Phi
Beta Kappa; Elks; Sons
of Union Veterans; Sons of
the American Revolution; Grange.
Died, from a stroke, in
Suffield, Hartford
County, Conn., January
13, 1992 (age 84 years, 85
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Suffield, Conn.
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Arthur Richmond Alderman (1895-1980) —
also known as Arthur Alderman —
of Burlington, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born December
30, 1895.
Son of Elliott
Alderman and Corina (Lagerstrom) Alderman.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives; probate judge in Connecticut,
1929-65.
Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons;
American
Legion.
Died December
13, 1980 (age 84 years, 349
days).
Interment at Center Cemetery, Burlington, Conn.
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Edward Normand Allen (1891-1972) —
also known as Edward N. Allen; Ned Allen —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., April 18,
1891.
Son of Normand F. Allen and Carrie (Olmsted) Allen.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Hartford Police
Commissioner, 1920-24; president, Sage-Allen department
store; member of Connecticut
state senate 1st District, 1927-29; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1928;
mayor
of Hartford, Conn., 1947-48; Lieutenant
Governor of Connecticut, 1951-55.
Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Died November
14, 1972 (age 81 years, 210
days).
Interment at Enfield
Street Cemetery, Enfield, Conn.
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Ward Tiffany Alling (b. 1887) —
of New London, New London
County, Conn.
Born in New Hartford, Litchfield
County, Conn., June 27,
1887.
Son of Wilbur Sidney Alling and Mary Elizabeth (Tiffany) Alling.
Republican. Merchant;
member, Alling Rubber Company; member of Connecticut
state senate 18th District, 1931.
Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Rotary.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Wilbur Sidney Alling and Mary Elizabeth (Tiffany) Alling; married,
January
27, 1912, to Mary Scott Hull; married, February
6, 1916, to Emily Glass Coote. |
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William Israel Allyn (1875-1948) —
also known as William I. Allyn —
of Ledyard, New London
County, Conn.; Mystic, Stonington, New London
County, Conn.
Born in Ledyard, New London
County, Conn., January
20, 1875.
Son of Israel Allyn and Mary Ann (Williams) Allyn.
Republican. Farmer; delegate
to Connecticut state constitutional convention, 1902; member of
Connecticut
state house of representatives from Ledyard, 1905-07; member of
Connecticut
state senate, 1909; Ledyard town clerk and treasurer; New
London County Auditor.
Congregationalist. Member, Grange; Royal
Arcanum.
Died July 11,
1948 (age 73 years, 173
days).
Interment at Ledyard
Center Cemetery, Ledyard, Conn.
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Howard Malcolm Baldrige (1922-1987) —
also known as Malcolm Baldrige; Mac
Baldrige —
of Woodbury, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born in Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb., October
4, 1922.
Son of Howard
Malcolm Baldrige (1894-1985) and Regina (Connell) Baldrige.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; business
executive; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Connecticut, 1964,
1972;
delegate
to Connecticut state constitutional convention 6th District,
1965; U.S.
Secretary of Commerce, 1981-87; died in office 1987.
Congregationalist.
Awarded the Presidential
Medal of Freedom posthumously in 1988.
Died after falling off
a horse
while practicing rodeo, July 25,
1987 (age 64 years, 294
days).
Interment at New
North Cemetery, Woodbury, Conn.
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Abraham Baldwin (1754-1807) —
of Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga.
Born in North Guilford, Guilford, New Haven
County, Conn., November
2, 1754.
Son of Michael Baldwin and Lucy (Dudley) Baldwin.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; lawyer;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1785; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Georgia, 1785, 1787-89; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; U.S.
Representative from Georgia at-large, 1789-99; U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1799-1807; died in office 1807.
Congregationalist. Member, Society
of the Cincinnati.
One of the founders,
and first president,
of Franklin College, which later became the University of Georgia.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 4,
1807 (age 52 years, 122
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; cenotaph at Greenfield
Hill Cemetery, Fairfield, Conn.
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John Denison Baldwin (1809-1883) —
also known as John D. Baldwin —
of Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in North Stonington, New London
County, Conn., September
28, 1809.
Republican. Newspaper
editor; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1847-52; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1860;
U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 8th District, 1863-69.
Congregationalist.
Died in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., July 8,
1883 (age 73 years, 283
days).
Interment at Rural
Cemetery, Worcester, Mass.
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Aaron Benedict (1785-1873) —
of Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn., August 9,
1785.
Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Waterbury, 1826; member of Connecticut
state senate 5th District, 1858.
Congregationalist.
Founder and president of Benedict & Burnham Manufacturing
Co., predecessor of Timex.
Died February
9, 1873 (age 87 years, 184
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Waterbury, Conn.
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Frank E. Blakeman (1857-1923) —
of Stratford, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Stratford, Fairfield
County, Conn., December
31, 1857.
Republican. Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives.
Congregationalist. Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Grange.
Died in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., February
18, 1923 (age 65 years, 49
days).
Interment at Putney
Cemetery, Stratford, Conn.
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Dennis A. Blakeslee (1856-1933) —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., March 11,
1856.
Son of Charles Wells Blakeslee and Martha Jane (Waters) Blakeslee.
Republican. Paving
contractor; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Connecticut, 1908;
Lieutenant
Governor of Connecticut, 1911-13.
Congregationalist.
Died April 5,
1933 (age 77 years, 25
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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George Francis Booth (1870-1955) —
also known as George F. Booth —
of Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., November
11, 1870.
Son of William Henry Booth and Eliza (Jackson) Booth.
Republican. Newspaper
publisher; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1924,
1932,
1936,
1944.
Congregationalist or Unitarian.
Died in Gloucester, Essex
County, Mass., September
1, 1955 (age 84 years, 294
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Walter Booth (1791-1870) —
of Meriden, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Woodbridge, New Haven
County, Conn., December
8, 1791.
Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Meriden, 1829, 1838; county
judge in Connecticut, 1834; member of Connecticut
state senate 6th District, 1834; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 2nd District, 1849-51; defeated,
1850.
Congregationalist.
Died in Meriden, New Haven
County, Conn., April 30,
1870 (age 78 years, 143
days).
Interment at East
Cemetery, Meriden, Conn.
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Thomas Dudley Bradstreet (b. 1841) —
also known as Thomas D. Bradstreet —
of Thomaston, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born in Thomaston, Litchfield
County, Conn., August 1,
1841.
Son of Rev. Thomas J. Bradstreet and Amanda (Thomas) Bradstreet.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of
Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1886; member of Connecticut
state senate, 1903; Connecticut
state comptroller, 1907-13.
Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Sons of
the Revolution; Grand
Army of the Republic.
Burial
location unknown.
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Aurelius Buckingham (1793-1884) —
of Oxford, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Oxford, New Haven
County, Conn., November
30, 1793.
Son of Esther (Norton) Buckingham (1763-1802) and Samuel Andrew
Buckingham (1768-1841).
Farmer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Oxford, 1838.
Congregationalist.
Died in Oxford, New Haven
County, Conn., July 24,
1884 (age 90 years, 237
days).
Interment at Jack's Hill Cemetery, Oxford, Conn.
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Robert Paul Butler (b. 1883) —
also known as Robert P. Butler —
of West Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Prairieville, Barry
County, Mich., December
25, 1883.
Son of Robert W. Butler and Bertha E. (Watson) Butler.
Democrat. Newspaper
reporter; lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Connecticut, 1934-45.
Congregationalist. Member, American Bar
Association; Delta
Psi.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Christensen (1890-1970) —
of Wilson, Windsor, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., July 25,
1890.
Son of Lena (Arens) Christensen and Niels Christensen (1867-1947).
Republican. Vegetable
grower; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Windsor, 1933-42; member of
Connecticut
state senate 7th District, 1943.
Congregationalist. Danish
and German
ancestry. Member, Farm
Bureau; Freemasons;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; Rotary; Exchange
Club.
Died in Broward
County, Fla., January
24, 1970 (age 79 years, 183
days).
Interment at Palisado
Cemetery, Windsor, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of Lena (Arens) Christensen and Niels Christensen (1867-1947);
married to Mathilde Lassen (1892-1918); married, November
4, 1922, to Gladys Oliver Lawson (1901-1995). |
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Walter Eli Clark (1869-1950) —
also known as Walter E. Clark —
of Washington,
D.C.; Alaska; Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Ashford, Windham
County, Conn., January
7, 1869.
Son of Oren Andrus Clark and Emily Jeannette (Jones) Clark.
Republican. Newspaper
reporter; Governor of
Alaska District, 1909-12; Governor of
Alaska Territory, 1912-13; newspaper
editor.
Presbyterian
or Congregationalist. Member, Chi Psi.
Died of a heart
attack, in a hospital
at Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., February
4, 1950 (age 81 years, 28
days).
Interment at Spring
Hill Cemetery, Charleston, W.Va.
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Jesse Milton Coburn (1853-1923) —
also known as J. Milton Coburn —
of South Norwalk (now part of Norwalk), Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Pittsfield, Merrimack
County, N.H., March 27,
1853.
Son of Rev. Jesse Milton Coburn and Almira (Morse) Coburn.
Republican. Physician;
mayor
of South Norwalk, Conn., 1899-1900.
Congregationalist. Member, Odd
Fellows.
Died in Bridgeport Hospital,
Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn., August
13, 1923 (age 70 years, 139
days).
Interment at Mountain
Grove Cemetery, Bridgeport, Conn.
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Lorrin Alamson Cooke (1831-1902) —
also known as Lorrin A. Cooke —
of Colebrook, Litchfield
County, Conn.; Winsted, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born in New Marlborough, Berkshire
County, Mass., April 6,
1831.
Son of Levi Cooke and Amelia (Todd) Cooke.
Republican. Member of Connecticut
state senate 18th District, 1882-84; Lieutenant
Governor of Connecticut, 1885-87, 1895-97; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Connecticut, 1892;
Governor
of Connecticut, 1897-99.
Congregationalist.
Died in Winsted, Litchfield
County, Conn., August
12, 1902 (age 71 years, 128
days).
Interment at Center
Cemetery, Colebrook, Conn.
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Josiah Cowles (1716-1793) —
Born in Farmington, Hartford
County, Conn., November
20, 1716.
Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1780-81.
Congregationalist; later Episcopalian.
Died in Southington, Hartford
County, Conn., June 6,
1793 (age 76 years, 198
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married, November
11, 1739, to Jemima Dickinson (1717-1746); married, November
23, 1748, to Mary Scott (1732-1809); third cousin of Moses
Seymour; third cousin once removed of Horatio
Seymour (1778-1857) and Henry
Seymour; third cousin twice removed of Origen
Storrs Seymour, Horatio
Seymour (1810-1886), George
Seymour, McNeil
Seymour and Henry
William Seymour; great-grandfather of Calvin
Josiah Cowles; third cousin thrice removed of William
Chapman Williston, Edward
Woodruff Seymour, Joseph
Battell, Morris
Woodruff Seymour, Horatio
Seymour, Jr., Norman
Alexander Seymour, Russell
Cowles Ostrander, La
Monte Cowles and Gardner
Cowles; second cousin twice removed of William
Sheffield Cowles (1847-1923); second cousin four times removed of
Caleb
Seymour Pitkin; second great-grandfather of Charles
Holden Cowles; second cousin five times removed of Ephraim
Henry Cowles; second cousin thrice removed of William
Sheffield Cowles (1898-1986). See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams
family of New York. |
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Homer Stillé Cummings (1870-1956) —
also known as Homer S. Cummings —
of Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn.; Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April 30,
1870.
Son of Uriah C. Cummings and Audie Schuyler (Stillé) Cummings.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1900,
1904,
1920
(alternate), 1924,
1932,
1936,
1940,
1944,
1948;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Connecticut, 1900-25; Chairman of
Democratic National Committee, 1919-20; mayor
of Stamford, Conn., 1900-02, 1904-06; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Connecticut at-large, 1902; Vice-Chair
of Democratic National Committee, 1913-19; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1916; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1920;
U.S.
Attorney General, 1933-39; Presidential Elector for Connecticut,
1940,
1944.
Congregationalist. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Odd
Fellows; Elks; Eagles.
Died September
10, 1956 (age 86 years, 133
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Stamford, Conn.
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Daniel Davis (1768-1847) —
of Connecticut.
Born in West Stafford, Stafford, Tolland
County, Conn., October
26, 1768.
Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1811-12.
Congregationalist.
Died in West Stafford, Stafford, Tolland
County, Conn., October
27, 1847 (age 79 years, 1
days).
Interment at Meeting
House Hill Cemetery, West Stafford, Stafford, Conn.
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Edward Marvin Day (1872-1947) —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Colchester, New London
County, Conn., August
20, 1872.
Son of Erastus
Sheldon Day and Catherine (Olmsted) Day.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1897-99.
Congregationalist. Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Died in 1947
(age about
74 years).
Interment at Linwood
Cemetery, Colchester, Conn.
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Erastus Sheldon Day (1836-1921) —
also known as Erastus S. Day —
of Colchester, New London
County, Conn.
Born in Colchester, New London
County, Conn., July 7,
1836.
Son of Elihu M. Day and Jane E. (Buell) Day.
Republican. Lawyer;
president, Colchester Railway;
director, Colchester Wheel Company; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1862, 1864, 1874; probate judge
in Connecticut; Connecticut
Republican state chair, 1886-90; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Connecticut, 1888
(member, Credentials
Committee); U.S. Consul in Bradford, 1897-1909.
Congregationalist.
Died in Colchester, New London
County, Conn., August
30, 1921 (age 85 years, 54
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Oliver Ellsworth (1745-1807) —
of Connecticut.
Born in Windsor, Hartford
County, Conn., April 29,
1745.
Son of David Ellsworth (1709-1782) and Jemima (Leavitt) Ellsworth
(1771-1790).
Lawyer;
Delegate
to Continental Congress from Connecticut, 1777-84; member of Connecticut
council of assistants, 1780-85, 1802-07; died in office 1807;
superior court judge in Connecticut, 1785-89; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1789-96; received 11 electoral votes,
1796;
Chief
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1796-1800; resigned 1800.
Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Windsor, Hartford
County, Conn., November
26, 1807 (age 62 years, 211
days).
Interment at Palisado
Cemetery, Windsor, Conn.
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Edward Hart Fenn (1856-1939) —
also known as E. Hart Fenn —
of Wethersfield, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., September
12, 1856.
Republican. Journalist;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Wethersfield, 1907-08, 1915;
member of Connecticut
state senate, 1909-11; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Connecticut, 1916;
U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 1st District, 1921-31.
Congregationalist. Member, Sons of
the Revolution; Grange.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
23, 1939 (age 82 years, 164
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Hartford, Conn.
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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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Samuel Augustus Foot (1780-1846) —
also known as Samuel A. Foot; Samuel Augustus
Foote —
of Cheshire, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Cheshire, New Haven
County, Conn., November
8, 1780.
Shipping
business; farmer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Cheshire, 1817-18, 1821-23,
1825-26; Speaker of
the Connecticut State House of Representatives, 1825-26; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut at-large, 1819-21, 1823-25,
1833-34; resigned 1834; member of Connecticut
state senate at-large, 1821; U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1827-33; Governor of
Connecticut, 1834-35; Presidential Elector for Connecticut, 1844.
Congregationalist.
Died in Cheshire, New Haven
County, Conn., September
15, 1846 (age 65 years, 311
days).
Interment at Hillside
Cemetery, Cheshire, Conn.
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Ellsworth Bishop Foote (1898-1977) —
also known as Ellsworth B. Foote —
of North Branford, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in North Branford, New Haven
County, Conn., January
12, 1898.
Republican. Probate judge in Connecticut, 1938-46; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 3rd District, 1947-49; defeated,
1948, 1950.
Congregationalist. Member, American Bar
Association; Grange.
Died in Guilford, New Haven
County, Conn., January
18, 1977 (age 79 years, 6
days).
Interment at Bare
Plain Cemetery, North Branford, 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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Marsh Giddings (1816-1875) —
of Galesburg, Kalamazoo
County, Mich.; Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo
County, Mich.
Born in Sherman, Fairfield
County, Conn., November
19, 1816.
Republican. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Kalamazoo County, 1849;
probate judge in Michigan, 1860-68; Presidential Elector for
Michigan, 1864;
member of Republican
National Committee from Michigan, 1866-70; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention, 1867; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1868;
Governor
of New Mexico Territory, 1871-75.
Congregationalist.
Died in Santa Fe, Santa Fe
County, N.M., June 3,
1875 (age 58 years, 196
days).
Interment at Mountain
Home Cemetery, Kalamazoo, Mich.
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Valentine Gideon (1859-1951) —
of Ogden, Weber
County, Utah; West Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Iron
County, Mo., January
11, 1859.
Son of Calvin Gideon and Artemesia (Matkin) Gideon.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Utah, 1916
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business); justice of
Utah state supreme court, 1917-27, 1927-29; appointed 1927; chief
justice of Utah state supreme court, 1925-27.
Congregationalist. Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died February
11, 1951 (age 92 years, 31
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, West Hartford, Conn.
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Relatives:
Married 1889
to Elizabeth L. Lang. |
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Stanley Griswold (1763-1815) —
Born in Torrington, Litchfield
County, Conn., November
14, 1763.
Democrat. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary
War; secretary
of Michigan Territory, 1805-08; U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1809-11; justice of
Illinois territorial supreme court, 1810-15; died in office 1815.
Congregationalist.
Died in Shawneetown, Gallatin
County, Ill., August
21, 1815 (age 51 years, 280
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Lyman Hall (1724-1790) —
of Georgia.
Born in Wallingford, New Haven
County, Conn., April 12,
1724.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from Georgia, 1775; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; Governor of
Georgia, 1783-84.
Congregationalist.
Died October
19, 1790 (age 66 years, 190
days).
Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment at Courthouse
Grounds, Augusta, Ga.
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Henry B. Hawley (b. 1874) —
of Brookfield, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Brookfield, Fairfield
County, Conn., May 11,
1874.
Republican. Real estate
business; bank
director; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Brookfield, 1919-20.
Congregationalist. Member, Sons of
the American Revolution.
Burial
location unknown.
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Stephen P. Hempstead (1812-1883) —
of Iowa.
Born in New London, New London
County, Conn., October
1, 1812.
Lawyer;
member
Iowa territorial council, 1838-48; delegate
to Iowa state constitutional convention from Dubuque, Delaware,
Black Hawk and Fayette counties, 1844; Governor of
Iowa, 1850-54.
Congregationalist.
Died in Dubuque, Dubuque
County, Iowa, February
16, 1883 (age 70 years, 138
days).
Interment at Linwood
Cemetery, Dubuque, Iowa.
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William Lincoln Higgins (1867-1951) —
also known as William L. Higgins —
of Coventry, Tolland
County, Conn.
Born in Chesterfield, Hampshire
County, Mass., March 8,
1867.
Republican. Physician;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Coventry, 1905; member of Connecticut
state senate, 1909-12; secretary of
state of Connecticut, 1929-33; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 2nd District, 1933-37; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1936.
Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Died in Norwich, New London
County, Conn., November
19, 1951 (age 84 years, 256
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Chesterfield
Center Cemetery, Chesterfield, Mass.
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Samuel Huntington (1731-1796) —
of Norwich, New London
County, Conn.
Born in Windham, Windham
County, Conn., July 16,
1731.
Superior court judge in Connecticut, 1773-85; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Connecticut, 1776-84; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; member of Connecticut
council of assistants, 1776-83; Lieutenant
Governor of Connecticut, 1784-86; Governor of
Connecticut, 1786-96; died in office 1796; received 2 electoral
votes, 1789.
Congregationalist.
Died in Norwich, New London
County, Conn., January
5, 1796 (age 64 years, 173
days).
Interment at Norwichtown
Cemetery, Norwich, Conn.
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George Lewis Ingalls (1914-2001) —
also known as George L. Ingalls —
of Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y.
Born in Danielson, Killingly, Windham
County, Conn., June 7,
1914.
Son of Louis Sessions Ingalls and Mary Ethel (Gallup) Ingalls.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1953-66 (Broome County 2nd District 1953-65,
125th District 1966).
Congregationalist. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Kappa Phi; Phi
Delta Phi; Rotary; Jaycees;
American Bar
Association.
Trustee of the New York Power
Authority in 1967-90; in 1991, the powerhouse at the NYPA's
Blenheim-Gilboa Pumped Storage Power Project, in Schoharie County,
was named for
him.
Died in Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y., April 10,
2001 (age 86 years, 307
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Sherman Kimberly Ives (b. 1902) —
of Connecticut.
Born in Goshen, Litchfield
County, Conn., April 18,
1902.
Republican. Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1952-53.
Congregationalist. Member, Grange; Freemasons.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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William A. King (b. 1855) —
of Willimantic, Windham
County, Conn.
Born in Greenfield, Franklin
County, Mass., July 22,
1855.
Son of Patrick King and Mary King.
Republican. Lawyer; Connecticut
state attorney general, 1903-07; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Windham; elected 1918.
Congregationalist.
Interment at Old
Willimantic Cemetery, Windham, Conn.
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Everett John Lake (1871-1948) —
also known as Everett Lake —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.; West Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Woodstock, Windham
County, Conn., February
8, 1871.
Son of Thomas A. Lake and Martha A. (Cockings) Lake.
Republican. Lumber
business; Lieutenant
Governor of Connecticut, 1907-09; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Connecticut, 1912;
Governor
of Connecticut, 1921-23.
Congregationalist. Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Freemasons.
Died September
16, 1948 (age 77 years, 221
days).
Interment at Westford
Cemetery, Ashford, Conn.
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John Henry Light (b. 1855) —
also known as John H. Light —
of South Norwalk (now part of Norwalk), Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Carmel, Putnam
County, N.Y., March 27,
1855.
Son of Belden Light and Ann (Keenan) Light.
Republican. Lawyer; Fairfield
County Treasurer, 1899-1906; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1899-1901; Speaker of
the Connecticut State House of Representatives, 1901-02; common
pleas court judge in Connecticut, 1901-05; Connecticut
state attorney general, 1910-15.
Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows.
Burial
location unknown.
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Herbert Stanley MacDonald (1907-1998) —
also known as Herbert S. MacDonald —
of North Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.; North Branford, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Uniontown, Fayette
County, Pa., January
14, 1907.
Son of Daniel Webster MacDonald and Bessie (Bowman) MacDonald.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Connecticut
state senate, 1947-48; superior court judge in Connecticut,
1957-72; justice of
Connecticut state supreme court, 1972-.
Congregationalist. Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons.
Died January
15, 1998 (age 91 years, 1
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Bernard H. Matthies —
of Seymour, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Seymour, New Haven
County, Conn.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; business
executive; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Seymour, 1925-34, 1937-42;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1932
(alternate), 1948
(alternate), 1952,
1956
(alternate).
Congregationalist.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Francis Irving Nettleton (b. 1874) —
also known as Francis I. Nettleton —
of Shelton, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Shelton, Fairfield
County, Conn., October
23, 1874.
Son of Charles P. Nettleton and Frances A. (Hallock) Nettleton.
Physician;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1907-08; mayor of
Shelton, Conn., 1919-30.
Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1899
to Jean M. Mitchell. |
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Henry Gleason Newton (b. 1843) —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Durham, Middlesex
County, Conn., June 5,
1843.
Son of Capt. Gaylord Newton and Nancy M. (Merwin) Newton.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1885, 1895; trustee, Farmers' and
Mechanics' Savings Bank,
Middletown, Conn.
Congregationalist. Member, American Bar
Association; Sons of
the American Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Burial
location unknown.
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Frank H. Peet (1892-1964) —
of Kent, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born in Kent, Litchfield
County, Conn., November
30, 1892.
Republican. Farmer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Kent, 1939-40; member of Connecticut
state senate.
Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star.
Died in 1964
(age about
71 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Frederick Lord Perry (b. 1871) —
also known as Frederick L. Perry —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.; Woodbridge, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Manchester, Hartford
County, Conn., March 14,
1871.
Son of Edwin Niles Perry and Fedora Elizabeth (Lord) Perry.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1915-17, 1921-23; secretary of
state of Connecticut, 1917-21; member of Connecticut
Republican State Central Committee, 1922.
Congregationalist. Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Phelps (1852-1940) —
of Rockville, Tolland
County, Conn.
Born in East Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., August
10, 1852.
Son of Rev. Benjamin Clark Phelps (1810-1896) and Sarah Parker
(Humphrey) Phelps (1812-1888).
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1885; member of Connecticut
state senate 23rd District, 1893-94; secretary of
state of Connecticut, 1897-99; Connecticut
state attorney general, 1899-1903; delegate
to Connecticut state constitutional convention, 1902; Tolland
County State's Attorney, 1904-15; bank
director.
Congregationalist. Member, American Bar
Association; Psi
Upsilon; Odd
Fellows; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died in St. Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla., February
3, 1940 (age 87 years, 177
days).
Entombed at Grove
Hill Cemetery, Rockville, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. Benjamin Clark Phelps (1810-1896) and Sarah Parker (Humphrey)
Phelps (1812-1888); married, October
19, 1881, to Leila Loomis Bill (1861-1888); married, March 28,
1900, to Elsie Edith Sykes (1870-1965). |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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James Lee Rankin (1907-1996) —
also known as J. Lee Rankin —
of Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Weston, Fairfield
County, Conn.; Los Gatos, Santa Clara
County, Calif.
Born in Hartington, Cedar
County, Neb., July 7,
1907.
Son of Herman P. Rankin and Lois (Gable) Rankin.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Solicitor General,
1956-61; general counsel for the Warren Commission; New York City
Corporation Counsel, 1966-72; candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1966.
Congregationalist. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died, following a series of strokes,
in Batterson's Convalescent
Home at Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz
County, Calif., June 28,
1996 (age 88 years, 357
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Roger Sherman (1721-1793) —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass., April 19,
1721.
Son of Mehitable (Wellington) Sherman (1688-1776) and William Sherman
(1692-1741).
Superior court judge in Connecticut, 1766-89; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Connecticut, 1774-81, 1783-84;
member of Connecticut
council of assistants, 1776-85; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; signer,
Articles of Confederation, 1777; mayor
of New Haven, Conn., 1784-93; died in office 1793; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut at-large, 1789-91; U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1791-93; died in office 1793.
Congregationalist.
Died in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., July 23,
1793 (age 72 years, 95
days).
Interment at Grove
Street Cemetery, New Haven, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of Mehitable (Wellington) Sherman (1688-1776) and William Sherman
(1692-1741); married, November
17, 1749, to Elizabeth Hartwell (1726-1760); married, May 12,
1763, to Rebecca Prescott (1742-1813); father of Rebecca Sherman
(who married Simeon
Baldwin (1761-1851)), Elizabeth Sherman (who married Simeon
Baldwin (1761-1851)) and Sarah Sherman (who married Samuel
Hoar); grandfather of Roger
Sherman Baldwin, Sherman
Day, Ebenezer
Rockwood Hoar, William
Maxwell Evarts and George
Frisbie Hoar; second great-granduncle of Chauncey
Mitchell Depew and John
Frederick Addis; ancestor of George
Sherman Batcheller; great-grandfather of Roger
Sherman Greene, Simeon
Eben Baldwin, Rockwood
Hoar, Sherman
Hoar and Maxwell
Evarts; second great-grandfather of Henry
Sherman Boutell, Edward
Baldwin Whitney, Henry
de Forest Baldwin, Thomas
Day Thacher, Roger
Sherman Greene II, Roger
Sherman Hoar and Roger
Kent; third great-granduncle of John
Stanley Addis. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams
family of New York. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier |
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James Arthur Sherwood (1867-1944) —
of Connecticut.
Born May 8,
1867.
Republican. Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives.
Congregationalist. Member, Grange; Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star.
Died April 24,
1944 (age 76 years, 352
days).
Interment at Easton
Cemetery, Easton, Conn.
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Ralph Smith Taintor (1811-1892) —
also known as Ralph S. Taintor —
of Colchester, New London
County, Conn.
Born in Colchester, New London
County, Conn., November
13, 1811.
Republican. Farmer; wool commission
merchant; member of Connecticut
state senate 9th District, 1857.
Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons;
Grange.
Died in Colchester, New London
County, Conn., October
22, 1892 (age 80 years, 344
days).
Interment at Linwood
Cemetery, Colchester, Conn.
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Almon H. Taylor (1843-1917) —
of Brookfield, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in 1843.
Farmer;
organist;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Brookfield, 1909-10.
Congregationalist.
Died in 1917
(age about
74 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Treadwell (1745-1823) —
of Farmington, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Farmington, Hartford
County, Conn., November
23, 1745.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from Connecticut, 1784-87; member of Connecticut
council of assistants, 1786-98; Lieutenant
Governor of Connecticut, 1797-1809; Governor of
Connecticut, 1809-11.
Congregationalist.
Died in Farmington, Hartford
County, Conn., August
18, 1823 (age 77 years, 268
days).
Interment at Farmington
Old Cemetery, Farmington, Conn.
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John Harper Trumbull (1873-1961) —
also known as John H. Trumbull —
of Plainville, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Ashford, Windham
County, Conn., March 4,
1873.
Son of Hugh Homer Trumbull (1847-1922) and Mary Ann (Harper) Trumbull
(1849-1923).
Republican. Organizer and president, Trumbull Electric Manufacturing
Co.; board chairman, Colonial Air
Transport, Inc.; director and treasurer, Plainville Realty
Co.; president, Plainville Trust Co.;
director, Connecticut Light &
Power Co.; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Connecticut, 1920
(alternate), 1924,
1928,
1932,
1936;
member of Connecticut
state senate 5th District, 1921-24; member of Connecticut
Republican State Central Committee, 1922-27; Lieutenant
Governor of Connecticut, 1925; Governor of
Connecticut, 1925-31; delegate to
Connecticut convention to ratify 21st amendment 5th District,
1933.
Congregationalist. Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Redmen; Humane
Society.
Died in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., May 21,
1961 (age 88 years, 78
days).
Interment at West
Cemetery, Plainville, Conn.
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Frank Albert Wallace (b. 1857) —
also known as F. A. Wallace —
of Wallingford, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Wallingford, New Haven
County, Conn., September
23, 1857.
Son of Robert Wallace and Harriet (Moulthroup) Wallace.
Republican. Manufacturer;
banker;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Connecticut, 1908;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1909.
Congregationalist. Member, Union
League.
Burial
location unknown.
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Elisha Waterman (1777-1857) —
of Lebanon, New London
County, Conn.
Born in Lebanon, New London
County, Conn., October
1, 1777.
Son of Elizabeth (Fitch) Waterman (1736-1821) and Andrew Waterman
(1737-1822).
School
teacher; farmer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Lebanon, 1824, 1827; member
of Connecticut
state senate 9th District, 1837.
Congregationalist.
Died in Lebanon, New London
County, Conn., March 30,
1857 (age 79 years, 180
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Frank Bentley Weeks (1854-1935) —
also known as Frank B. Weeks —
of Middletown, Middlesex
County, Conn.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
20, 1854.
Son of Daniel L. Weeks and Frances M. (Edwards) Weeks.
Republican. Grain milling
business; Presidential Elector for Connecticut, 1904;
Lieutenant
Governor of Connecticut, 1909; Governor of
Connecticut, 1909-11; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Connecticut, 1912,
1916.
Congregationalist. Member, Society
of Colonial Wars.
Died October
2, 1935 (age 81 years, 255
days).
Interment at Indian
Hill Cemetery, Middletown, Conn.
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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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Oliver Wolcott, Sr. (1726-1797) —
of Litchfield, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born in Windsor, Hartford
County, Conn., December
1, 1726.
Son of Roger
Wolcott and Sarah (Drake) Wolcott (1686-1748).
Delegate
to Continental Congress from Connecticut, 1775-78, 1780-84;
member of Connecticut
council of assistants, 1776-85; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; served in the Continental Army
during the Revolutionary War; Lieutenant
Governor of Connecticut, 1786-96; Governor of
Connecticut, 1796-97; died in office 1797.
Congregationalist.
Died in Litchfield, Litchfield
County, Conn., December
1, 1797 (age 71 years, 0
days).
Interment at East
Cemetery, Litchfield, Conn.
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Oliver Wolcott, Jr. (1760-1833) —
of Litchfield, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born in Litchfield, Litchfield
County, Conn., January
11, 1760.
Son of Oliver
Wolcott, Sr..
Connecticut
state comptroller, 1788-90; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1795-1800; Governor of
Connecticut, 1817-27; delegate
to Connecticut state constitutional convention, 1818.
Congregationalist.
Accused,
by political adversaries in 1800, of setting
fire to the State Department, and resigned
from the Cabinet in protest against the investigation.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 1,
1833 (age 73 years, 141
days).
Interment at East
Cemetery, Litchfield, Conn.
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Bradford Ripley Wood (1800-1889) —
also known as Bradford R. Wood —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Westport, Fairfield
County, Conn., September
3, 1800.
U.S.
Representative from New York 13th District, 1845-47; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1856;
U.S. Minister to Denmark, 1861-65.
Congregationalist.
Died in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., September
26, 1889 (age 89 years, 23
days).
Interment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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