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Jacob Drennan Early (1859-1919) —
also known as Jacob D. Early —
of Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind.
Born in Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind., November
4, 1859.
Son of Samuel Stockwell Early (1827-1884) and Anna Louisa (Andrews)
Early (born 1835).
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Indiana, 1888;
member of Indiana
state senate, 1897-99.
Member, Freemasons;
Sons
of the American Revolution; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn., October
18, 1919 (age 59 years, 348
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Terre Haute, Ind.
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William Edmond (1755-1838) —
of Newtown, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Woodbury, Litchfield
County, Conn., September
28, 1755.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;
lawyer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1791-97, 1801-02; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut at-large, 1797-1801; member of Connecticut
council of assistants, 1803-05; superior court judge in
Connecticut, 1805-19.
Died in Newtown, Fairfield
County, Conn., August 1,
1838 (age 82 years, 307
days).
Interment at Newtown
Cemetery, Newtown, Conn.
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Henry Waggaman Edwards (1779-1847) —
also known as Henry W. Edwards —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., October, 1779.
Son of Pierpont
Edwards.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut at-large, 1819-23; U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1823-27; member of Connecticut
state senate at-large, 1828-29; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from New Haven, 1830; Speaker of
the Connecticut State House of Representatives, 1830; Governor of
Connecticut, 1833-34, 1835-38.
Died in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., July 22,
1847 (age 67 years, 0
days).
Interment at Grove
Street Cemetery, New Haven, Conn.
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Henry Leavitt Ellsworth (1791-1858) —
also known as Henry L. Ellsworth; "Father of the U.S.
Department of Agriculture" —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Windsor, Hartford
County, Conn., November
10, 1791.
Son of Oliver
Ellsworth and Abigail (Wolcott) Ellsworth.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Hartford, 1830; mayor
of Hartford, Conn., 1835; resigned 1835; commissioner of the U.S.
Patent Office, 1835-45.
Died in Fair Haven, New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., December
28, 1858 (age 67 years, 48
days).
Interment at Grove
Street Cemetery, New Haven, Conn.
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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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William Wolcott Ellsworth (1791-1868) —
also known as William W. Ellsworth —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Windsor, Hartford
County, Conn., November
10, 1791.
Son of Oliver
Ellsworth.
Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut at-large, 1829-34; resigned 1834;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Hartford, 1835; member of Connecticut
state senate 1st District, 1836; Governor of
Connecticut, 1838-42; superior court judge in Connecticut,
1847-61.
Died January
15, 1868 (age 76 years, 66
days).
Interment at Old
North Cemetery, Hartford, Conn.
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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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Francis J. Fahey —
of Thompsonville, Enfield, Hartford
County, Conn.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Enfield, 1939-41.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Frederick D. Faulkner —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for Connecticut
state senate 9th District, 1920; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from New Haven, 1923-24, 1937-42;
defeated, 1926.
Burial
location unknown.
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George Austin Fay (1838-1916) —
also known as George A. Fay —
of Meriden, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Marlborough, Middlesex
County, Mass., August
29, 1838.
Son of George W. Fay and Amanda Almina (Ward) Fay.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state senate 6th District, 1871.
Member, Freemasons.
Died September
22, 1916 (age 78 years, 24
days).
Interment at Walnut
Grove Cemetery, Meriden, 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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Orris Sanford Ferry (1823-1875) —
also known as Orris S. Ferry —
of Norwalk, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Bethel, Fairfield
County, Conn., August
15, 1823.
Republican. Lawyer; probate judge in Connecticut, 1849; member
of Connecticut
state senate 12th District, 1855-56; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1859-61; general in
the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1867-75; died in office 1875.
Died in Norwalk, Fairfield
County, Conn., November
21, 1875 (age 52 years, 98
days).
Interment at Norwalk
Cemetery, Norwalk, 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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David Dudley Field (1805-1894) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Haddam, Middlesex
County, Conn., February
13, 1805.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for New York
state assembly, 1841; U.S.
Representative from New York 7th District, 1877.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April 13,
1894 (age 89 years, 59
days).
Interment at Stockbridge
Cemetery, Stockbridge, Mass.
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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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Chauncey Forward (1793-1839) —
of Somerset, Somerset
County, Pa.
Born in Granby, Hartford
County, Conn., February
4, 1793.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1820-22; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 22nd District, 1824-25; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 13th District, 1826-31; Somerset
County Prothonotary and Recorder, 1831.
Died in Somerset, Somerset
County, Pa., October
19, 1839 (age 46 years, 257
days).
Interment at Aukeny
Square Cemetery, Somerset, Pa.
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Walter Forward (1786-1852) —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in East Granby, Hartford
County, Conn., January
24, 1786.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1822-25 (14th District 1822-23,
16th District 1823-25); defeated, 1824; delegate to
Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1837-38; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1841-43; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Denmark, 1849-51; district judge in Pennsylvania, 1851.
Methodist.
Died in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., November
24, 1852 (age 66 years, 305
days).
Interment at Allegheny
Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Henry Allen Foster (1800-1889) —
also known as Henry A. Foster —
of New York.
Born in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., May 7,
1800.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state senate 5th District, 1831-34, 1841-44; resigned 1844; U.S.
Representative from New York 17th District, 1837-39; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1844-45; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of New York, 1853; Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1864-72.
Died in Rome, Oneida
County, N.Y., May 11,
1889 (age 89 years, 4
days).
Interment at Rome
Cemetery, Rome, N.Y.
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Lafayette Sabine Foster (1806-1880) —
also known as Lafayette S. Foster —
of Norwich, New London
County, Conn.
Born in Franklin, New London
County, Conn., November
22, 1806.
Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1839, 1846-48, 1854, 1870; Speaker of
the Connecticut State House of Representatives, 1847-48, 1854,
1870; resigned 1854, 1870; candidate for Governor of
Connecticut, 1850, 1851; mayor of
Norwich, Conn., 1851-52; U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1855-67; justice of
Connecticut state supreme court, 1870-76; Republican candidate
for U.S.
Representative from Connecticut, 1874.
Died in Norwich, New London
County, Conn., September
19, 1880 (age 73 years, 302
days).
Interment at Yantic
Cemetery, Norwich, Conn.
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Timothy J. Fox (born c.1848) —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Ireland,
about 1848.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1882; member of Connecticut
state senate 8th District, 1891-94.
Burial
location unknown.
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Peter V. R. Franchot (b. 1947) —
of Takoma Park, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., November
25, 1947.
Democrat. Lawyer; staff director for Rep. Edward
J. Markey, 1980-86; member of Maryland
state house of delegates District 20, 1987-2007; candidate for
U.S.
Representative from Maryland 8th District, 1988; Maryland
state comptroller, 2007-; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Maryland, 2008.
Still living as of 2011.
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Jerome New Frank (1889-1957) —
also known as Jerome Frank —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
10, 1889.
Son of Herman Frank and Clara (New) Frank.
Lawyer; member, U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission, 1937-41; chair, U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission, 1939-41; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1941-57; died in
office 1957.
Jewish.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Order of the
Coif.
Died in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., January
13, 1957 (age 67 years, 125
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Jerome Fuller (1808-1880) —
of Brockport, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Litchfield, Litchfield
County, Conn., 1808.
Lawyer; member of New York
state senate 27th District, 1848-49; chief
justice of Minnesota territorial supreme court, 1851-52.
Died September
2, 1880 (age about 72
years).
Interment at Old
Brockport Cemetery, Brockport, N.Y.
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John Foster Furcolo (1911-1995) —
also known as Foster Furcolo —
of Longmeadow, Hampden
County, Mass.; Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., July 29,
1911.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;
U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 2nd District, 1949-52;
defeated, 1946; resigned 1952; Massachusetts
state treasurer, 1953-54; Democratic candidate for U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1954, 1960 (primary); Governor of
Massachusetts, 1957-61; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1960,
1964.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry. Member, Americans
for Democratic Action.
Died in Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass., July 5,
1995 (age 83 years, 341
days).
Interment at Holyhood
Cemetery, Brookline, Mass.
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