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Dean Gooderham Acheson (1893-1971) —
also known as Dean Acheson —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Middletown, Middlesex
County, Conn., April 11,
1893.
Son of Edward Campion Acheson (1858-1934; Episcopal bishop of
Connecticut) and Eleanor Gertrude (Gooderham) Acheson (1870-1958).
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer;
private secretary to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis
D. Brandeis, 1919-21; undersecretary of treasury, 1933; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1949-53.
Episcopalian. English
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Academy of Arts and Sciences; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1964; received a Pulitzer
Prize in History, 1970, for his book Present At The Creation:
My Years In The State Department.
Died, probably from a heart
attack, over his desk in his study,
Sandy Spring, Montgomery
County, Md., October
12, 1971 (age 78 years, 184
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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John William Allen (1802-1887) —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Litchfield, Litchfield
County, Conn., August, 1802.
Son of John
Allen.
Whig. Lawyer;
director, Commercial Bank of
Lake Erie, 1832; incorporator, Cleveland Newburg Railroad,
1834; member of Ohio state
senate from Cuyahoga County, 1836; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 15th District, 1837-41; mayor
of Cleveland, Ohio, 1841-42; president, Columbus & Cincinnati
Railroad,
1845; postmaster.
Episcopalian.
Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, October
5, 1887 (age 85 years, 0
days).
Interment at Erie
Street Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
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John deKoven Alsop (1915-2000) —
also known as John Alsop —
of Avon, Hartford
County, Conn.; Old Lyme, New London
County, Conn.
Born in Avon, Hartford
County, Conn., August 4,
1915.
Son of Joseph
Wright Alsop (1876-1953) and Corinne
Robinson Alsop.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; insurance
executive; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Avon, 1947-50; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1952,
1960,
1972;
Republican candidate for Governor of
Connecticut, 1958 (primary), 1962; delegate
to Connecticut state constitutional convention 6th District, 1965.
Episcopalian.
Died, in a health
care center at Old Saybrook, Middlesex
County, Conn., April 6,
2000 (age 84 years, 246
days).
Interment at Indian
Hill Cemetery, Middletown, Conn.
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Joseph Wright Alsop (1876-1953) —
also known as Joseph W. Alsop —
of Avon, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Middletown, Middlesex
County, Conn., April 2,
1876.
Son of Joseph
Wright Alsop (1838-?) and Elizabeth Winthrop (Beach) Alsop.
Republican. Tobacco grower; insurance
business; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Avon, 1907-09; member of Connecticut
state senate, 1909-13; member of Connecticut
Republican State Central Committee, 1909-12.
Episcopalian. Member, Delta
Psi.
Died March 17,
1953 (age 76 years, 349
days).
Interment somewhere
in Middletown, Conn.
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Thurman Wesley Arnold (1891-1969) —
also known as Thurman W. Arnold —
of Laramie, Albany
County, Wyo.; New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.; Washington,
D.C.; Alexandria,
Va.
Born in Laramie, Albany
County, Wyo., June 2,
1891.
Son of Constantine Peter Arnold and Annie (Brockway) Arnold.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Wyoming
state house of representatives, 1921; mayor of
Laramie, Wyo., 1923-24; dean,
College of Law, West Virginia University, 1927-30; professor of
law, Yale University, from 1931; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1943-45; resigned
1945.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Elks; Lions.
Suffered a heart
attack, and died two months later, in Alexandria,
Va., November
7, 1969 (age 78 years, 158
days).
Interment at Green
Hill Cemetery, Laramie, Wyo.
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Albert Elmer Austin (1877-1942) —
also known as Albert E. Austin —
of Old Greenwich, Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Medway, Norfolk
County, Mass., November
15, 1877.
Republican. Physician;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1917-19, 1921-23; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1939-41; defeated,
1940.
Episcopalian. Member, American Medical
Association; Freemasons.
Died in Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn., January
26, 1942 (age 64 years, 72
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Ferncliff
Cemetery, Hartsdale, N.Y.
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Wilbert Nelson Austin (1859-1943) —
of Torrington, Litchfield
County, Conn.; Plymouth, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born in Goshen, Litchfield
County, Conn., June 23,
1859.
Livery
business; trucking
business; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1891, 1899, 1931-35, 1941.
Episcopalian.
Died in Plymouth, Litchfield
County, Conn., May 20,
1943 (age 83 years, 331
days).
Interment at West
Cemetery, Plymouth, Conn.
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Henry Baldwin (1780-1844) —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., January
14, 1780.
Son of Henry Baldwin and Theodora (Wolcott) Baldwin.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 14th District, 1817-22; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1830-44; died in office 1844.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., April 21,
1844 (age 64 years, 98
days).
Original interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment at Greendale
Cemetery, Meadville, Pa.
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Raymond Earl Baldwin (1893-1986) —
also known as Raymond E. Baldwin —
of Stratford, Fairfield
County, Conn.; Glastonbury, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Rye, Westchester
County, N.Y., August
31, 1893.
Son of Lucian Earl Baldwin and Sarah Emily (Tyler) Baldwin.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Stratford, 1931-34; Governor of
Connecticut, 1939-41, 1943-46; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Connecticut, 1940,
1944,
1948
(speaker);
U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1946-49; justice of
Connecticut state supreme court, 1949-59; delegate
to Connecticut state constitutional convention 1st District, 1965.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Grange;
Elks; Eagles; Delta
Tau Delta; Phi
Delta Phi; Moose; Redmen; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society.
Died in Fairfield, Fairfield
County, Conn., October
4, 1986 (age 93 years, 34
days).
Interment at Indian
Hill Cemetery, Middletown, Conn.
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Thomas Raymond Ball (1896-1943) —
also known as Thomas R. Ball —
of Old Lyme, New London
County, Conn.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
12, 1896.
Son of Thomas Watson Ball and Alice Lynde (Raymond) Ball.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; architect;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Old Lyme, 1927-38; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 2nd District, 1939-41; defeated,
1940.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Institute of Architects; Sons of
the American Revolution; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Grange; Society
of Colonial Wars.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Old Lyme, New London
County, Conn., June 16,
1943 (age 47 years, 124
days).
Interment at Duck
River Cemetery, Old Lyme, Conn.
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Millard Bartels (1905-1997) —
of West Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., February
24, 1905.
Son of Herman Bartels and June (Millard) Bartels.
Republican. Lawyer;
director, general counsel, Travelers Insurance
Co.; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Connecticut, 1964.
Episcopalian. Member, Phi
Delta Theta; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died October
16, 1997 (age 92 years, 234
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Lyon Bennett (b. 1848) —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., May 19,
1848.
Son of Thomas Bennett and Mary Ann (Hull) Bennett.
Democrat. Lawyer;
common pleas court judge in Connecticut, 1905-08; superior court
judge in Connecticut, 1908-16.
Episcopalian.
Burial
location unknown.
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Richard Dewey Bensen (1898-1997) —
also known as Richard D. Bensen —
of Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Weehawken, Hudson
County, N.J., March 20,
1898.
Son of Richard Bensen and Annie Bensen.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; member of Connecticut
Republican State Central Committee, 1946; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1948,
1952.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
American
Legion.
Died in St. Johns
County, Fla., August
18, 1997 (age 99 years, 151
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Burnett Benton (1900-1973) —
also known as William Benton —
of Southport, Fairfield, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., April 1,
1900.
Son of Charles William Benton and Elma (Hixson) Benton.
Democrat. Advertising
business; introduced sound effects into television commercials;
popularized the "Amos 'n' Andy" radio show; vice-president,
University of Chicago, 1937-45; publisher of the Encyclopedia
Brittanica; U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs,
1945-47; U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1949-53; defeated, 1952; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1952,
1956,
1960.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Legion; Council on
Foreign Relations; Zeta Psi.
The William Benton Museum of Art at the University of Connecticut is
named
for him.
Died, in the Waldorf Towers Hotel,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March 18,
1973 (age 72 years, 351
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Henry Alfred Bishop (b. 1860) —
also known as Henry A. Bishop —
of Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn., December
4, 1860.
Son of William
Darius Bishop and Julia Ann (Tomlinson) Bishop.
Democrat. Ticket agent, purchasing agent, and superintendent of
several railroads;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1886; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Connecticut, 1888
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1912
(alternate); candidate for secretary of
state of Connecticut, 1888; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Connecticut, 1904; president, Clapp Fire Resisting
Paint Co., Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey Power
Co., and Reed Carpet
Co.; vice-president, Brady Brass Co.,
Pacific Iron
Works, Connecticut National Bank, and
Consolidated Telephone
Co.; director, Westchester Street
Railway Co., Western Union Telegraph
Co.; director, Bridgeport Hospital.
Episcopalian. Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Bostwick (1765-1825) —
of Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Born in Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn., November
25, 1765.
Son of Arthur Bostwick (1729-1802) and Eunice (Warriner) Bostwick
(1729-1801).
Hotelier;
tavern
proprietor; village
president of Auburn, New York, 1824-25.
Episcopalian.
Died in Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y., June 24,
1825 (age 59 years, 211
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Prescott Sheldon Bush (1895-1972) —
also known as Prescott S. Bush —
of Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, May 15,
1895.
Son of Samuel Prescott Bush (1863-1948) and Flora (Sheldon) Bush
(1872-1920).
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; banker;
director, Pan American Airways;
director, Columbia Broadcasting
System (CBS); delegate to Republican National Convention from
Connecticut, 1948,
1956,
1960
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1964
(alternate); U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1952-63; defeated, 1950.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Skull and
Bones.
Died, of lung
cancer, in the Memorial Hospital
for Cancer and Allied Diseases, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
8, 1972 (age 77 years, 146
days).
Interment at Putnam
Cemetery, Greenwich, Conn.
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Homer Morrison Byington (1879-1966) —
also known as Homer M. Byington —
of Norwalk, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Washington,
D.C., September
19, 1879.
Son of George Richmond Byington and Emma Marsalena (Morrison)
Byington.
U.S. Vice Consul in Naples, 1900-08; Rome, 1908-09; U.S. Consul in Bristol, 1909-13; Leeds, 1913-17; Hull, 1917-19; Palermo, 1919-20; Naples, 1920-21; U.S. Consul General in Naples, 1923-29; Antwerp, 1935; Montreal, 1936-43.
Episcopalian.
Died, in a nursing
home at Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn., July 7,
1966 (age 86 years, 291
days).
Interment at Norwalk
Cemetery, Norwalk, Conn.
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Lemuel Chipman (1754-1831) —
of Pawlet, Rutland
County, Vt.; Ontario
County, N.Y.
Born in Salisbury, Litchfield
County, Conn., July 25,
1754.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;
Presidential Elector for Vermont, 1792;
member of New York
state assembly, 1796-97, 1800-01 (Ontario County 1796-97, Ontario
and Steuben counties 1800-01); member of New York
state senate Western District, 1801-05.
Episcopalian.
Died in Sheldon Center, Wyoming
County, N.Y., April 28,
1831 (age 76 years, 277
days).
Interment somewhere
in Sheldon, N.Y.
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Francis Shepard Cornell (1899-1985) —
also known as F. Shepard Cornell —
of Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.; Charlottesville,
Va.
Born in Montclair, Essex
County, N.J., July 13,
1899.
Son of George Birdsall Cornell (c.1856-1929) and Eleanor (Jackson)
Cornell (died 1929).
Republican. Stockbroker;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 22nd District, 1940; general
manager, Kankakee Works of the A.O. Smith Corporation, manufacturers
of water heaters.
Episcopalian. Member, Psi
Upsilon; Rotary.
Died in September, 1985
(age 86
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George Birdsall Cornell (c.1856-1929) and Eleanor (Jackson)
Cornell (died 1929); married, February
28, 1923, to Helen Leigh Best; married, May 18,
1933, to Nathalie Lee Laimbeer (divorced); married, July 27,
1943, to Lucille Fraser. |
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Peter P. Cornen (1815-1893) —
of Ridgefield, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March 13,
1815.
Democrat. Went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; real estate
business; oil
producer; banker;
member of Connecticut
state senate 11th District, 1867; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Ridgefield, 1871.
Episcopalian. Member, Odd
Fellows.
Died March 23,
1893 (age 78 years, 10
days).
Interment at Scott's Cemetery, Ridgefield, 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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Charles Boyd Curtis (1878-1962) —
also known as Charles B. Curtis —
of Litchfield, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
6, 1878.
Son of Charles Boyd Curtis and Isabel (Douglass) Curtis.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Consul General in Santo Domingo, 1912-14; Munich, 1925-27; U.S. Minister to Dominican Republic, 1929-31; El Salvador, 1931-33.
Episcopalian.
Died, in Charlotte Hungerford Hospital,
Torrington, Litchfield
County, Conn., June 25,
1962 (age 83 years, 201
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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James Dixon (1814-1873) —
of Enfield, Hartford
County, Conn.; Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Enfield, Hartford
County, Conn., August 5,
1814.
Lawyer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Enfield, 1837-38; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 1st District, 1845-49; member of
Connecticut
state senate 1st District, 1849, 1854; U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1857-69.
Episcopalian. Member, Kappa
Alpha Society.
Died in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., March 27,
1873 (age 58 years, 234
days).
Interment at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Hartford, Conn.
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Peter Hoyt Dominick (1915-1981) —
also known as Peter H. Dominick —
of Englewood, Arapahoe
County, Colo.
Born in Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn., July 7,
1915.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; member of Colorado
state house of representatives, 1957-61; U.S.
Representative from Colorado 2nd District, 1961-63; U.S.
Senator from Colorado, 1963-75; defeated, 1974; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Colorado, 1964,
1972
(delegation chair); U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland, 1975.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died in Hobe Sound, Martin
County, Fla., March 18,
1981 (age 65 years, 254
days).
Interment at Fairmount
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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William T. Elmer (1835-1907) —
of Middletown, Middlesex
County, Conn.
Born in Rome, Oneida
County, N.Y., November
6, 1835.
Son of Lobbeus E. Elmer (U.S. Marshal) and Charlotte (Mudge) Elmer.
Republican. Lawyer; Middlesex
County State's Attorney, 1863-75, 1883-95; member of Connecticut
state senate 18th District, 1873; mayor
of Middletown, Conn., 1876; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1895; superior court judge in
Connecticut, 1895-1904.
Episcopalian.
Died, of heart
trouble, in Middletown, Middlesex
County, Conn., November
11, 1907 (age 72 years, 5
days).
Interment at Indian
Hill Cemetery, Middletown, Conn.
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Leland F. Ferry (b. 1900) —
of Teaneck, Bergen
County, N.J.; West Englewood, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in Bethel, Fairfield
County, Conn., February
12, 1900.
Son of Fairchild N. Ferry and Clara B. Ferry.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
criminal court judge in New Jersey, 1936-44; delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Bergen County,
1947.
Episcopalian. Member, Rotary; Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Lois A. Curtis. |
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Stephen Johnson Field (1816-1899) —
also known as Stephen J. Field —
of Yuba
County, Calif.
Born in Haddam, Middlesex
County, Conn., November
4, 1816.
Went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; member of California
state assembly 14th District, 1851-52; justice of
California state supreme court, 1857-63; chief
justice of California state supreme court, 1859-63; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1863-97; arrested
in San Francisco, August 16, 1889, on charges
of being party to the alleged murder
of David
S. Terry; released on bail; ultimately the killing was ruled to
be justifiable homicide.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 9,
1899 (age 82 years, 156
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Robert Howland Fisk (b. 1873) —
of Stafford Springs, Stafford, Tolland
County, Conn.
Born in Willington, Tolland
County, Conn., January
1, 1873.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1907.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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George Pratt Ingersoll (1861-1927) —
of Ridgefield, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., April 24,
1861.
Son of Colin
Macrae Ingersoll and Julia Harriet (Pratt) Ingersoll.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Connecticut at-large, 1910; U.S. Minister to
Siam, 1917-18.
Episcopalian. Member, Delta
Psi.
Died in 1927
(age about
66 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Oliver Gould Jennings (1865-1936) —
also known as Oliver G. Jennings —
of Fairfield, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., 1865.
Son of Oliver Burr Jennings (1825-1893; one of the original
stockholders of Standard Oil Company, 1871) and Esther Judson
(Goodsell) Jennings (1828-1908).
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
Connecticut, 1916;
Presidential Elector for Connecticut, 1920;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1923; director, U.S. Industrial
Alcohol Company; director, Bethlehem Steel
Corporation; director, Grocery Store
Products, Inc.
Episcopalian. Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Skull and
Bones.
Died, of bronchial
pneumonia, in the Harbor Sanitarium,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
13, 1936 (age about 71
years).
Interment at Oaklawn
Cemetery, Fairfield, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of Oliver Burr Jennings (1825-1893; one of the original stockholders
of Standard Oil Company, 1871) and Esther Judson (Goodsell) Jennings
(1828-1908); married 1896 to Mary
Dows Brewster; uncle of Hugh
Dudley Auchincloss; father of Benjamin Brewster Jennings
(1898-1968; president of Socony-Vacuum, which later became Mobil
Oil); granduncle of Hugh
Dudley Auchincloss III. See Kennedy
family of Massachusetts and New York. |
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William Samuel Johnson (1727-1819) —
of Connecticut.
Born in Stratford, Fairfield
County, Conn., October
7, 1727.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from Connecticut, 1784-87; member of Connecticut
council of assistants, 1786-88; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1789-91.
Presbyterian
or Episcopalian.
Died in Stratford, Fairfield
County, Conn., November
14, 1819 (age 92 years, 38
days).
Interment at Episcopal
Cemetery, Stratford, Conn.
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James Kilbourne (1770-1850) —
of Worthington, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Born in New Britain, Hartford
County, Conn., October
19, 1770.
Son of Josiah Kilbourne (1730-1814) and Anna (Neal) Kilbourne
(1734-1832).
Democrat. Surveyor;
merchant;
U.S.
Representative from Ohio 5th District, 1813-17; Presidential
Elector for Ohio, 1820;
member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1823.
Episcopalian.
Died April 9,
1850 (age 79 years, 172
days).
Interment at St.
John's Episcopal Church Burying Ground, Worthington, Ohio.
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Henry Richardson Labouisse, Jr. (1904-1987) —
also known as Henry R. Labouisse, Jr. —
of Washington,
D.C.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., February
11, 1904.
Son of Henry Richardson Labouisse and Frances Devereux (Huger)
Labouisse.
Lawyer;
U.S. Ambassador to Greece, 1962-65.
Episcopalian. Member, Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died in 1987
(age about
83 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Richardson Labouisse and Frances Devereux (Huger) Labouisse;
married, June 29,
1935, to Elizabeth Scriven Clark (died 1945); married, November
19, 1954, to Eve Curie. |
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Alfred Baker Lewis (1897-c.1980) —
also known as Alfred B. Lewis —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 20,
1897.
Son of John Frederick Lewis and Anne Henrietta Rush (Baker) Lewis.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer;
secretary of Massachusetts Socialist Party, 1924-40; Socialist
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1926, 1928; Socialist candidate for
Governor
of Massachusetts, 1930, 1932, 1934, 1936; Democratic candidate
for Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1944; vice-president, later
president, Union Casualty insurance
company.
Episcopalian. Member, NAACP; American Civil
Liberties Union; American
Federation of Teachers; Americans
for Democratic Action.
Died about 1980 (age about 83
years).
Interment somewhere
in Fairfield County, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of John Frederick Lewis and Anne Henrietta Rush (Baker) Lewis;
married, November
20, 1924, to Lena Greenspan (divorced 1939); married, October
14, 1939, to Eileen B. (O'Connor) Lane. |
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George Edward Lounsbury (1838-1904) —
also known as George E. Lounsbury —
of Ridgefield, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Pound Ridge, Westchester
County, N.Y., May 7,
1838.
Republican. Manufacturer;
member of Connecticut
state senate 12th District, 1895-96; Governor of
Connecticut, 1899-1901.
Episcopalian.
Died in Ridgefield, Fairfield
County, Conn., August
16, 1904 (age 66 years, 101
days).
Interment at Ridgefield
Cemetery, Ridgefield, Conn.
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Lincoln MacVeagh (1890-1972) —
of New Canaan, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Narragansett Pier, Narragansett, Washington
County, R.I., October
1, 1890.
Son of Charles
MacVeagh and Fanny Davenport (Rogers) MacVeagh.
Democrat. Major in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Minister to
Greece, 1933-41; Iceland, 1941-42; South Africa, 1942-43; U.S. Ambassador to Yugoslavia, 1943-44; Greece, 1943-47; Portugal, 1948-52; Spain, 1952-53.
Episcopalian. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, in a nursing
home at Adelphi, Prince
George's County, Md., January
15, 1972 (age 81 years, 106
days).
Interment at Church
of the Redeemer Cemetery, Bryn Mawr, Pa.
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Stephen E. Merrill (b. 1946) —
also known as Steve Merrill —
of Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Hampton, Rockingham
County, N.H., June 21,
1946.
Lawyer;
New
Hampshire state attorney general, 1984-89; Governor of
New Hampshire, 1993-97.
Episcopalian.
Still living as of 2009.
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Schuyler Merritt (1853-1953) —
of Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
16, 1853.
Son of Matthew F. Merritt and Maria (Shaw) Merritt.
Republican. Manufacturer;
banker;
delegate
to Connecticut state constitutional convention, 1904; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1908
(alternate), 1916;
U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1917-31, 1933-37.
Episcopalian.
Merritt Parkway, in southern Connecticut, was named for
him.
Died in Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn., April 1,
1953 (age 99 years, 106
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Stamford, Conn.
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William Joseph Mills (1849-1915) —
also known as William J. Mills —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.; Santa Fe, Santa Fe
County, N.M.
Born in Yazoo City, Yazoo
County, Miss., January
11, 1849.
Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1878; member of Connecticut
state senate, 1881-82 (4th District 1881, 8th District 1882); justice of
New Mexico territorial supreme court, 1898-1910; Governor of
New Mexico Territory, 1910-12.
Episcopalian.
Died in East Las Vegas, San Miguel
County, N.M., December
24, 1915 (age 66 years, 347
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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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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Asa Packer (1805-1879) —
of Mauch Chunk (now Jim Thorpe), Carbon
County, Pa.
Born in Mystic, Stonington, New London
County, Conn., December
20, 1805.
Son of Elisha Packer (1781-1830) and Desiree (Packer) Packer
(1783-1821).
Democrat. Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1842-43; state court judge in
Pennsylvania, 1843-48; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 13th District, 1853-57; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1860,
1864;
candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1868;
candidate for Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1869.
Episcopalian.
Founder, Lehigh Valley Railroad;
founder,
in 1865, of Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pa. By some accounts, he
had the largest fortune in Pennsylvania at the time.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 17,
1879 (age 73 years, 148
days).
Interment at Mauch
Chunk Cemetery, Jim Thorpe, Pa.
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Rodney C. Paine (1806-1873) —
of Niles, Berrien
County, Mich.
Born in Connecticut, 1806.
Banker;
Berrien
County Treasurer, 1836; village
president of Niles, Michigan, 1848-54; member of Michigan
state senate, 1855; mayor of
Niles, Mich., 1873.
Episcopalian.
Died in 1873
(age about
67 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Jamieson Pape (b. 1873) —
also known as William J. Pape —
of Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn.; Woodbury, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born in Liverpool, England,
December
1, 1873.
Son of Robert Pape and Martha (Burnett) Pape.
Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen; newspaper
editor and publisher; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Connecticut, 1944.
Episcopalian. Member, Rotary.
Burial
location unknown.
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Dwight Whitfield Pardee (1822-1893) —
also known as Dwight W. Pardee —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Bristol, Hartford
County, Conn., February
11, 1822.
Son of Jared
Whitfield Pardee and Ruth Norton (Upson) Pardee (1795-1874).
Lawyer;
law partner of Isaac
Toucey; member of Connecticut
state senate 1st District, 1858-59; superior court judge in
Connecticut, 1863-73; justice of
Connecticut state supreme court, 1873-90.
Episcopalian.
Died in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., October
6, 1893 (age 71 years, 237
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Seth Low Pierrepont (1884-1956) —
of Ridgefield, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., December
12, 1884.
Son of Henry Evelyn Pierrepont (1845-1911) and Ellen Almira (Low)
Pierrepont (1846-1884).
Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1921-27; delegate to
Connecticut convention to ratify 21st amendment 24th District,
1933.
Episcopalian.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March 31,
1956 (age 71 years, 110
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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John Pitcher (1795-1892) —
of Spencer
County, Ind.; Posey
County, Ind.
Born in Watertown, Litchfield
County, Conn., August
22, 1795.
Lawyer;
Spencer
County Sheriff, 1826-30; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1830-31; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1837; member of Indiana
state senate, 1841-44; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Indiana, 1848;
candidate for delegate to
Indiana state constitutional convention, 1850.
Episcopalian. English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Reputed to have loaned law books to the young Abraham
Lincoln.
Died in Mt. Vernon, Posey
County, Ind., August 2,
1892 (age 96 years, 346
days).
Interment at Hedges
Central Elementary School Playground, Mt. Vernon, Ind.
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Samuel Frazier Pryor, Jr. (b. 1898) —
also known as Samuel F. Pryor, Jr. —
of Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Ferguson, St. Louis
County, Mo., March 1,
1898.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; business
executive; delegate to
Connecticut convention to ratify 21st amendment 27th District,
1933; delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1936
(alternate), 1940;
member of Republican
National Committee from Connecticut, 1936-41.
Episcopalian.
Interment at Kipahulu
Hawaiian Churchyard, Kipahulu, Island of Maui, Hawaii.
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M. Jodi Rell (b. 1946) —
also known as Mary Carolyn Reavis —
of Brookfield, Fairfield
County, Conn.; Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Norfolk,
Va., June 16,
1946.
Republican. Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives 107th District, 1985-95; Lieutenant
Governor of Connecticut, 1995-2004; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Connecticut, 2000,
2008
(delegation chair); Governor of
Connecticut, 2004-.
Female.
Episcopalian. Member, Lions.
Still living as of 2009.
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John Wallace Riddle (1864-1941) —
also known as John W. Riddle —
of Minnesota; Farmington, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., July 12,
1864.
Son of John Wallace Riddle and Rebecca Blair (McClure) Riddle.
Republican. Foreign Service officer; U.S. Diplomatic Agent to Egypt, 1903-05; U.S. Consul General in Cairo, 1903-05; U.S. Minister to Romania, 1905-07; Serbia, 1905-07; U.S. Ambassador to Russia, 1907-09; Argentina, 1921-25.
Episcopalian.
Died in 1941
(age about
76 years).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Farmington, Conn.
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Montgomery Schuyler, Jr. (1877-1955) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn., September
2, 1877.
Son of Katherine Beeckman (Livingston) Schuyler (1842-1914) and
Montgomery Schuyler (1843-1914).
Author;
U.S. Consul General in Bangkok, 1904-06; U.S. Minister to Ecuador, 1913; Salvador, 1921-25; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
stockbroker;
banker.
Episcopalian.
Died November
1, 1955 (age 78 years, 60
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Edward Woodruff Seymour (1832-1892) —
also known as Edward W. Seymour —
of Litchfield, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born in Litchfield, Litchfield
County, Conn., August
30, 1832.
Son of Origen
Storrs Seymour and Lucy Morris (Woodruff) Seymour (1807-1894).
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Litchfield, 1859-60, 1870-71;
member of Connecticut
state senate 15th District, 1876; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1883-87; justice of
Connecticut state supreme court, 1889.
Episcopalian.
Died in Litchfield, Litchfield
County, Conn., October
16, 1892 (age 60 years, 47
days).
Interment at East
Cemetery, Litchfield, Conn.
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Morris Woodruff Seymour (1842-1920) —
also known as Morris W. Seymour —
of Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born October
6, 1842.
Son of Origen
Storrs Seymour.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Connecticut
state senate, 1881-82 (10th District 1881, 14th District 1882).
Episcopalian. Member, Society
of Colonial Wars; Society
of the Cincinnati.
Died October
27, 1920 (age 78 years, 21
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Origen Storrs Seymour (1804-1881) —
also known as Origen S. Seymour —
of Litchfield, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born in Litchfield, Litchfield
County, Conn., February
9, 1804.
Son of Ozias Seymour (1776-1851) and Selima (Storrs) Seymour
(1786-1814).
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1842, 1849-50, 1880; Speaker of
the Connecticut State House of Representatives, 1850; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1851-55; superior
court judge in Connecticut, 1855-63; candidate for Governor of
Connecticut, 1864, 1865; justice of
Connecticut state supreme court, 1870-74; chief
justice of Connecticut Supreme Court, 1873-74.
Episcopalian.
Died in Litchfield, Litchfield
County, Conn., August
12, 1881 (age 77 years, 184
days).
Interment at East
Cemetery, Litchfield, Conn.
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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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Robert Simmons (b. 1943) —
also known as Rob Simmons —
of Stonington, New London
County, Conn.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
11, 1943.
Republican. Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1991-2000; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 2000,
2008;
U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 2nd District, 2001-.
Episcopalian.
Still living as of 2009.
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Charles Wilbert Snow (1884-1977) —
also known as C. Wilbert Snow —
of Middletown, Middlesex
County, Conn.
Born in White Head Island, Knox
County, Maine, April 6,
1884.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Lieutenant
Governor of Connecticut, 1945-46; Governor of
Connecticut, 1946-47; delegate
to Connecticut state constitutional convention 2nd District, 1965.
Episcopalian. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Freemasons;
American
Legion.
Died September
28, 1977 (age 93 years, 175
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Morrison Remick Waite (1816-1888) —
also known as Morrison R. Waite —
of Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio.
Born in Lyme, New London
County, Conn., November
29, 1816.
Son of Henry
Matson Waite.
Republican. Member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1849-50; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1862; delegate
to Ohio state constitutional convention from Lucas County, 1873;
Chief
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1874-88.
Episcopalian.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 23,
1888 (age 71 years, 115
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Toledo, Ohio.
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Lowell Palmer Weicker, Jr. (b. 1931) —
also known as Lowell P. Weicker, Jr. —
of Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn.; Stonington, New London
County, Conn.
Born in Paris, France,
May
16, 1931.
Republican. Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1963-69; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1969-71; U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1971-89; defeated, 1988; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1972;
Governor
of Connecticut, 1991-95.
Episcopalian.
Still living as of 2009.
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Gideon Welles (1802-1878) —
of Glastonbury, Hartford
County, Conn.; Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Glastonbury, Hartford
County, Conn., July 1,
1802.
Republican. Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Glastonbury, 1827, 1829-30,
1832, 1834-35; Connecticut
state comptroller, 1835-36, 1842-44; member of Republican
National Committee from Connecticut, 1856-64; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1860;
U.S.
Secretary of the Navy, 1861-69.
Episcopalian.
Died in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., February
11, 1878 (age 75 years, 225
days).
Interment at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Hartford, Conn.
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