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James Beach Wakefield (1825-1910) —
also known as James B. Wakefield —
of Blue Earth, Faribault
County, Minn.
Born in Winsted, Litchfield
County, Conn., March 21,
1825.
Son of Dr. Luman Wakefield (1787-1850) and Betsey (Rockwell)
Wakefield.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1857-58, 1863, 1866 (14th
District 1857-58, 20th District 1863, 1866); Speaker of
the Minnesota State House of Representatives, 1866; member of Minnesota
state senate 20th District, 1867-69; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Minnesota, 1868;
Lieutenant
Governor of Minnesota, 1876-80; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 2nd District, 1883-87.
Died in Blue Earth, Faribault
County, Minn., August
25, 1910 (age 85 years, 157
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Painesville, Ohio.
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Abram Wakeman (1824-1889) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Fairfield, Fairfield
County, Conn., May 31,
1824.
Son of Clara (Wakeman) Wakeman (1784-1850) and Jonathan Wakeman (died
1867).
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 4th District, 1850-51; U.S.
Representative from New York 8th District, 1855-57; postmaster;
organized railroads
on Long Island, N.Y.
Died June 29,
1889 (age 65 years, 29
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Patricia McGowan Wald (b. 1928) —
also known as Patricia Ann McGowan —
of Chevy Chase, Montgomery
County, Md.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Torrington, Litchfield
County, Conn., September
16, 1928.
Daughter of Joseph F. McGowan and Margaret (O'Keefe) McGowan.
Lawyer; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1979-.
Female.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 1991.
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Loren Pinckney Waldo (1802-1881) —
also known as Loren P. Waldo —
of Tolland, Tolland
County, Conn.
Born in Canterbury, Windham
County, Conn., February
2, 1802.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Tolland, 1832-34, 1839,
1847-48; probate judge in Connecticut, 1842-43; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 1st District, 1849-51; superior
court judge in Connecticut, 1856-63.
Died in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., September
8, 1881 (age 79 years, 218
days).
Interment at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Hartford, Conn.
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John Wales (1783-1863) —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., July 31,
1783.
Lawyer; banker; secretary of
state of Delaware, 1845-49; U.S.
Senator from Delaware, 1849-51; one of the founders
of Newark College, now the University of Delaware.
Died in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., December
3, 1863 (age 80 years, 125
days).
Interment at Wilmington
and Brandywine Cemetery, Wilmington, Del.
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Thomas McDonald Waller (1839-1924) —
also known as Thomas M. Waller —
of New London, New London
County, Conn.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., 1839.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; member
of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1867-68, 1872, 1876; Speaker of
the Connecticut State House of Representatives, 1876; secretary of
state of Connecticut, 1870-71; mayor
of New London, Conn., 1873; Governor of
Connecticut, 1883-85; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Connecticut, 1884;
U.S. Consul General in London, 1885-89; delegate to Gold Democrat National Convention
from Connecticut, 1896; delegate
to Connecticut state constitutional convention, 1902.
Died January
24, 1924 (age about 84
years).
Interment at Cedar
Grove Cemetery, New London, Conn.
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Robert Jay Walsh (born c.1855) —
also known as R. Jay Walsh —
of Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Lewisboro, Westchester
County, N.Y., about 1855.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state senate 12th District, 1885-88; secretary of
state of Connecticut, 1889-93; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Connecticut, 1900.
Burial
location unknown.
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Donald T. Warner (born c.1852) —
of Salisbury, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born in Salisbury, Litchfield
County, Conn., about 1852.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state senate 19th District, 1895-96.
Burial
location unknown.
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Levi Warner (1831-1911) —
of Norwalk, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Wethersfield, Hartford
County, Conn., October
10, 1831.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1876-79.
Died in Norwalk, Fairfield
County, Conn., April 12,
1911 (age 79 years, 184
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Norwalk, Conn.
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Samuel Larkin Warner (1828-1893) —
also known as Samuel L. Warner —
of Portland, Middlesex
County, Conn.; Middletown, Middlesex
County, Conn.
Born in Wethersfield, Hartford
County, Conn., June 14,
1828.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1858; mayor
of Middletown, Conn., 1862-66; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Connecticut, 1864,
1888
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1892;
U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 2nd District, 1865-67.
Died in Middletown, Middlesex
County, Conn., February
6, 1893 (age 64 years, 237
days).
Interment at Indian
Hill Cemetery, Middletown, Conn.
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James Henry Webb (b. 1854) —
of Hamden, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Santa Fe, Santa Fe
County, N.M., December
22, 1854.
Son of James J. Webb and Florilla M. (Slade) Webb.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 2nd District, 1898; delegate
to Connecticut state constitutional convention, 1902; superior
court judge in Connecticut, 1914-22.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Burial
location unknown.
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Daniel Frederick Webster (1853-1896) —
also known as Daniel F. Webster —
of Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Litchfield, Litchfield
County, Conn., March 14,
1853.
Son of Cornelia Clarissa (Loomis) Webster and Frederick Buel Webster
(1830-1862).
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Waterbury, Conn., 1892-94; member of Connecticut
state senate 5th District, 1895-96; died in office 1896.
Died, from peritonitis,
in Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn., October
31, 1896 (age 43 years, 231
days).
Interment at Hillside
Cemetery, Thomaston, Conn.
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Bartow Sumter Weeks (1861-1922) —
also known as Bartow S. Weeks —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Round Hill, Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn., April 25,
1861.
Son of Henry Astor Weeks (1822-1891) and Aletha (White) Weeks
(1826-1901).
Democrat. Lawyer; law partner of George
Gordon Battle and H.
Snowden Marshall; candidate for New York
state senate 15th District, 1898; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1916-22; died in office 1922.
Member, Tammany
Hall; Alpha
Delta Phi; Sons of
the Revolution.
Died in Miami Beach, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla., February
3, 1922 (age 60 years, 284
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Astor Weeks (1822-1891) and Aletha (White) Weeks
(1826-1901); married 1900 to
Antoinette Mataran (died 1900); married 1901 to Emma B.
Sears (1863-1917); married 1918 to
Josephine (de Martigny) Smith (c.1878-1939). |
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Lemuel Whitman (1780-1841) —
of Farmington, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Farmington, Hartford
County, Conn., June 8,
1780.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state senate at-large, 1822; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut at-large, 1823-25; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Farmington, 1831-32.
Died in Farmington, Hartford
County, Conn., November
13, 1841 (age 61 years, 158
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Edward Baldwin Whitney (1857-1911) —
also known as Edward B. Whitney —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., August
15, 1857.
Son of William Dwight Whitney.
Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1909-11; defeated, 1904,
1910; appointed 1910; died in office 1911.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Cornwall, Litchfield
County, Conn., January
5, 1911 (age 53 years, 143
days).
Interment at Cornwall
Cemetery, Cornwall, Conn.
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Thomas Tucker Whittlesey (1798-1868) —
also known as Thomas T. Whittlesey —
of Danbury, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Danbury, Fairfield
County, Conn., December
8, 1798.
Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut, 1836-39 (at-large 1836-37, 3rd
District 1837-39); member of Wisconsin
state senate, 1853-54.
Died in Pheasant Branch, Dane
County, Wis., August
20, 1868 (age 69 years, 256
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Madison, Wis.
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William Augustus Whittlesey (1796-1866) —
of Marietta, Washington
County, Ohio.
Born in Danbury, Fairfield
County, Conn., July 14,
1796.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1839-40; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 13th District, 1849-51; mayor
of Marietta, Ohio, 1856, 1860, 1862.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., November
6, 1866 (age 70 years, 115
days).
Interment at Mound
Cemetery, Marietta, Ohio.
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Washington Frederick Willcox (1834-1909) —
also known as Washington F. Willcox —
of Chester, Middlesex
County, Conn.; Deep River, Saybrook, Middlesex
County, Conn.
Born in Killingworth, Middlesex
County, Conn., August
22, 1834.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1862-63; member of Connecticut
state senate 19th District, 1875-76; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 2nd District, 1889-93.
Died in Chester, Middlesex
County, Conn., March 8,
1909 (age 74 years, 198
days).
Interment at Fountain
Hill Cemetery, Deep River, Conn.
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Calvin Willey (1776-1858) —
of Stafford Springs, Stafford, Tolland
County, Conn.; Tolland, Tolland
County, Conn.
Born in East Haddam, Middlesex
County, Conn., September
15, 1776.
Democrat. Lawyer; postmaster;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Tolland, 1820-21; member of
Connecticut
state senate at-large, 1823-24; U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1825-31.
Died in Stafford, Tolland
County, Conn., August
23, 1858 (age 81 years, 342
days).
Interment at East
Cemetery, Tolland, Conn.
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Alpheus Starkey Williams (1810-1878) —
also known as Alpheus S. Williams —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Saybrook, Middlesex
County, Conn., September
20, 1810.
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; probate judge in Michigan, 1839; recorder's court judge
in Michigan, 1842; colonel in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War;
postmaster;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War; candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1866; U.S. Minister to Salvador, 1866-69; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1875-78; died in
office 1878.
Suffered a stroke and
died in the U.S. Capitol
Building, Washington,
D.C., December
21, 1878 (age 68 years, 92
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.; statue erected 1921 at Belle
Isle Park, Detroit, Mich.
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Thomas Scott Williams (1777-1861) —
also known as Thomas S. Williams —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Wethersfield, Hartford
County, Conn., June 26,
1777.
Whig. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Hartford, 1813-16, 1819,
1825, 1827-29; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut at-large, 1817-19; superior court
judge in Connecticut, 1829-47; mayor
of Hartford, Conn., 1831-35.
Died in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., December
15, 1861 (age 84 years, 172
days).
Interment at Old
North Cemetery, Hartford, Conn.
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Charles E. Williamson (born c.1880) —
of Darien, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Darien, Fairfield
County, Conn., about 1880.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Darien, 1909-12, 1915-16;
member of Connecticut
state senate 26th District, 1917-20; member of Connecticut
Republican State Central Committee, 1922; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Connecticut, 1924,
1932
(alternate).
Charged
in May, 1938, along with Mayor T.
Frank Hayes and 25 others, with conspiracy to cheat
and defraud the city of Waterbury of more than a million dollars;
tried
in 1938-39 and convicted;
sentenced
to one year in jail and
fined
$500.
Burial
location unknown.
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Clifford Brittin Wilson (1879-1943) —
also known as Clifford B. Wilson —
of Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn.; Weston, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn., December
2, 1879.
Son of James A. Wilson (died 1897) and Mary E. (Wordin) Wilson (died
1915).
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Bridgeport, Conn., 1911-21; defeated, 1921, 1935; Lieutenant
Governor of Connecticut, 1915-21.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Sons
of Veterans.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Weston, Fairfield
County, Conn., January
1, 1943 (age 63 years, 30
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Paul Windels (1885-1967) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., December
7, 1885.
Son of John Henry Windels and Pauline (Klink) Windels.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New York, 1920,
1924,
1928,
1940;
candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1937.
Member, Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons.
Died, in Norwalk Hospital,
Norwalk, Fairfield
County, Conn., December
15, 1967 (age 82 years, 8
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Herbert E. Winsor (1850-1920) —
of Marshall, Calhoun
County, Mich.
Born in Sterling Hill, Sterling, Windham
County, Conn., October
22, 1850.
Son of Horace W. Winsor and Sabra (Gallup) Winsor.
Lawyer; circuit
judge in Michigan 37th Circuit, 1901-02; defeated, 1902.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., October
26, 1920 (age 70 years, 4
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Woodbridge (1780-1861) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Norwich, New London
County, Conn., August
20, 1780.
Son of Dudley Woodbridge (1747-1823) and Lucy (Backus) Woodbridge
(1757-1817).
Lawyer; member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1807; member of Ohio state
senate, 1813-15; secretary
of Michigan Territory, 1815-28; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Michigan Territory, 1819-20; resigned 1820;
justice
of Michigan territorial supreme court, 1828-32; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention 1st District, 1835;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan at-large, 1835; member of Michigan
state senate 1st District, 1838-40; Governor of
Michigan, 1840-41; U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1841-47.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., October
20, 1861 (age 81 years, 61
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Stewart Lyndon Woodford (1835-1913) —
also known as Stewart L. Woodford —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
3, 1835.
Son of Josiah Curtis Woodford and Susan (Terry) Woodford.
Republican. Lawyer; general in the Union Army during the Civil
War; Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1867-68; candidate for Governor of
New York, 1870; Presidential Elector for New York, 1872;
U.S.
Representative from New York 3rd District, 1873-74; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1877-83; delegate
to Republican National Convention from New York, 1880
(alternate), 1908;
U.S. Minister to Spain, 1897-98.
Member, Delta
Psi; Loyal
Legion.
Died in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., February
14, 1913 (age 77 years, 164
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Stamford, Conn.
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George Catlin Woodruff (1805-1885) —
also known as George C. Woodruff —
of Litchfield, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born in Litchfield, Litchfield
County, Conn., December
1, 1805.
Son of Morris Woodruff and Candace (Catlin) Woodruff.
Democrat. Lawyer; postmaster;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1851, 1866, 1874; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1861-63.
Died in Litchfield, Litchfield
County, Conn., November
21, 1885 (age 79 years, 355
days).
Interment at East
Cemetery, Litchfield, Conn.
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