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Daniel Stevens Dickinson (1800-1866) —
also known as Daniel S. Dickinson;
"Bray" —
of Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y.
Born in Goshen, Litchfield
County, Conn., September
11, 1800.
Member of New York
state senate 6th District, 1837-40; Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1843-44; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1844-51; New York
state attorney general, 1862-63; candidate for Republican
nomination for Vice President, 1864;
U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1865-66.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April 12,
1866 (age 65 years, 213
days).
Interment at Spring Forest Cemetery.
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Gilbert Carlton Walker (1833-1885) —
of Owego, Tioga
County, N.Y.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Norfolk,
Va.; Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in South Gibson, Susquehanna
County, Pa., August 1,
1833.
Lawyer;
Governor
of Virginia, 1870-74; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 3rd District, 1875-79; president,
New York Underground Railroad
Co.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 11,
1885 (age 51 years, 283
days).
Interment at Spring Forest Cemetery.
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John Cleveland Robinson (1817-1897) —
of Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y.
Born in Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y., April 10,
1817.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; general in the Union
Army during the Civil War; Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1873-74.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Received the Medal
of Honor in 1894 for action at Laurel Hill, Va., May 8, 1864.
Died February
18, 1897 (age 79 years, 314
days).
Interment at Spring Forest Cemetery; statue at Gettysburg
National Military Park, Gettysburg, Pa.
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Giles Waldo Hotchkiss (1815-1878) —
also known as Giles W. Hotchkiss —
of Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y.
Born in Windsor, Broome
County, N.Y., October
25, 1815.
Son of Cyrus Hotchkiss (1774-1836) and Sally (Andrews) Hotchkiss
(1777-1827).
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1860;
U.S.
Representative from New York 26th District, 1863-67, 1869-71.
Died in Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y., July 5,
1878 (age 62 years, 253
days).
Interment at Spring Forest Cemetery.
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Stephen Columbus Millard (1841-1914) —
of New York.
Born in Vermont, 1841.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from New York, 1883-87 (28th District 1883-85,
26th District 1885-87).
Died in 1914
(age about
73 years).
Interment at Spring Forest Cemetery.
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John Allen Collier (1787-1873) —
also known as John A. Collier —
of Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y.
Born in Litchfield, Litchfield
County, Conn., November
13, 1787.
U.S.
Representative from New York 21st District, 1831-33; New York
state comptroller, 1841-42.
Died in Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y., March 24,
1873 (age 85 years, 131
days).
Interment at Spring Forest Cemetery.
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George E. Green (d. 1917) —
of Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y.
Mayor
of Binghamton, N.Y., 1893-99; member of New York
state senate 38th District, 1901-04; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 39th District, 1915.
Died January
16, 1917.
Interment at Spring Forest Cemetery.
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Ausburn Birdsall (1814-1903) —
of Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Otego, Otsego
County, N.Y., November
13, 1814.
Son of Michael Calkins Birdsall (1775-1863) and Wealthy (Webster)
Birdsall (1782-1860).
Democrat. Lawyer; Broome
County District Attorney; U.S.
Representative from New York 22nd District, 1847-49.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 10,
1903 (age 88 years, 239
days).
Original interment at Spring Forest Cemetery; reinterment in 1910 at
Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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| Politicians buried
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William Henry Hill (1877-1972) —
also known as William H. Hill —
of Johnson City, Broome
County, N.Y.
Born in Plains, Luzerne
County, Pa., March 23,
1877.
Republican. Newspaper
editor and publisher; village
president of Lestershire, New York, 1898-1901; postmaster;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1912
(alternate), 1924,
1928,
1932,
1940,
1944,
1948,
1952,
1956;
member of New York
state senate 39th District, 1915-18; U.S.
Representative from New York 34th District, 1919-21; chair of
Broome County Republican Party, 1940-45, 1955; member of New York
Republican State Executive Committee, 1945.
Died in Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y., July 24,
1972 (age 95 years, 123
days).
Interment at Riverhurst Cemetery.
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Earl Winfield Travis (1879-1948) —
also known as Earl W. Travis —
of Endicott, Broome
County, N.Y.
Born in Upsonville, Susquehanna
County, Pa., May 26,
1879.
Republican. Furniture
and undertaking
business; mayor
of Endicott, N.Y., 1933-37.
Died in 1948
(age about
69 years).
Interment at Riverhurst Cemetery.
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