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Frank Wayland Higgins (1856-1907) —
also known as Frank W. Higgins —
of Olean, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y.
Born in Rushford, Allegany
County, N.Y., August
18, 1856.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1888;
member of New York
state senate, 1894-1902 (32nd District 1894-95, 50th District
1896-1902); Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1903-04; Governor of
New York, 1905-06.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Olean, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y., February
12, 1907 (age 50 years, 178
days).
Interment at Mt. View Cemetery.
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Timothy H. Porter (died c.1840) —
of Cattaraugus
County, N.Y.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Member of New York
state assembly, 1815-17, 1838, 1840 (Allegany and Steuben
counties 1815-17, Cattaraugus County 1838, 1840); county judge in New
York, 1817-20; member of New York
state senate 8th District, 1823, 1828-31; U.S.
Representative from New York 28th District, 1825-27.
Died near Olean, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y., about 1840.
Interment at Mt. View Cemetery.
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Frederick Stanley Martin (1794-1865) —
also known as Frederick S. Martin —
of Cattaraugus
County, N.Y.
Born in Rutland
County, Vt., April 25,
1794.
County judge in New York, 1840-45; member of New York
state senate 32nd District, 1848-49; member of New York
state assembly from Cattaraugus County 1st District, 1850; U.S.
Representative from New York 31st District, 1851-53.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Olean, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y., June 28,
1865 (age 71 years, 64
days).
Original interment at Oak Lawn Cemetery;
reinterment in 1896 at Mt. View Cemetery.
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Charles Sylvester Cary —
also known as Charles S. Cary —
of Olean, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1876.
Interment at Mt. View Cemetery.
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Edward Butterfield Vreeland (1856-1936) —
also known as Edward B. Vreeland —
of Salamanca, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y.
Born in Cuba, Allegany
County, N.Y., 1856.
Republican. Superintendent
of schools; lawyer; banker; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1899-1913 (34th District 1899-1903,
37th District 1903-13); delegate to Republican National Convention
from New York, 1916.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in 1936
(age about
80 years).
Interment at Wildwood Cemetery.
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James Spencer Whipple (1852-1941) —
also known as James S. Whipple; Spence
Whipple —
of Salamanca, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y.
Born in Cold Spring, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y., October
1, 1852.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
New York, 1884;
member of New York
state assembly from Cattaraugus County 2nd District, 1888-89; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 51st District, 1915.
Member, Freemasons.
Died April 4,
1941 (age 88 years, 185
days).
Interment at Wildwood Cemetery.
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George Hanford Ansley (1875-1961) —
also known as George H. Ansley —
of Salamanca, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y.
Born in Salamanca, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y., December
14, 1875.
Son of Hudson Ansley (1838-1926) and Alzina Jane (Hanford) Ansley
(1839-1919).
Democrat. Lawyer; chair of
Cattaraugus County Democratic Party, 1910; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1928.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Phi
Delta Theta.
Died in Salamanca, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y., September
20, 1961 (age 85 years, 280
days).
Interment at Wildwood Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Hudson Ansley (1838-1926) and Alzina Jane (Hanford) Ansley
(1839-1919); married, October
18, 1906, to Charlotte Estelle Fish (1881-1915); married, November
6, 1917, to Dorothy Robbins (1895-1974). |
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