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Augustus Noble Hand (1869-1954) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Elizabethtown, Essex
County, N.Y., July 26,
1869.
Son of Richard
Lockhart Hand and Mary Elizabeth (Noble) Hand.
Democrat. Lawyer;
director, San Juan and Reio Pedras Railroad;
U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1914-27; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1927-53.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died October
28, 1954 (age 85 years, 94
days).
Interment somewhere.
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Charles Poletti (1903-2002) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Barre, Washington
County, Vt., July 2,
1903.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1936
(alternate), 1940;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1937-38; appointed 1937;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1938; Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1939-42; defeated, 1942; Governor of
New York, 1942-43; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II.
Baptist.
Italian
ancestry. Member, Urban
League; American Bar
Association; Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Phi
Beta Kappa.
First
American of Italian ancestry to serve as a Governor. During World
War II, he was a senior officer in the Allied Military Government of
occupied Italy. The New York Power Authority's plant in Astoria,
Queens, is named for him.
Died in Marco Island, Collier
County, Fla., August 7,
2002 (age 99 years, 36
days).
Interment somewhere.
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Orlando Kellogg (1809-1865) —
of Elizabethtown, Essex
County, N.Y.
Born in Elizabethtown, Essex
County, N.Y., June 18,
1809.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from New York, 1847-49, 1863-65 (14th District
1847-49, 16th District 1863-65); died in office 1865; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1860.
Died August
24, 1865 (age 56 years, 67
days).
Interment at Riverside Cemetery; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Robert Safford Hale (1822-1881) —
also known as Robert S. Hale —
of Elizabethtown, Essex
County, N.Y.
Born in Chelsea, Orange
County, Vt., September
24, 1822.
Republican. State court judge in New York, 1856-64; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1866-67, 1873-75 (16th District
1866-67, 17th District 1873-75).
Died in Elizabethtown, Essex
County, N.Y., December
14, 1881 (age 59 years, 81
days).
Interment at Riverside Cemetery.
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Benjamin Pond (1768-1814) —
of Essex
County, N.Y.
Born in Stockbridge, Berkshire
County, Mass., 1768.
Democrat. Member of New York
state assembly from Essex County, 1807-10; U.S.
Representative from New York 8th District, 1811-13; served in the
U.S. Army during the War of 1812.
Suffered exposure and disease
at the seige of Plattsburg, and died
as a result, in Schroom, Essex
County, N.Y., October
6, 1814 (age about 46
years).
Original interment at Pine Ridge Cemetery,
North Hudson, N.Y.; reinterment in 1923 at Riverside Cemetery.
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Augustus Cincinnatus Hand (1803-1878) —
also known as Augustus C. Hand —
of Elizabethtown, Essex
County, N.Y.
Born in Shoreham, Addison
County, Vt., September
4, 1803.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York 13th District, 1839-41; member of New York
state senate 4th District, 1845-47; state court judge in New
York, 1847; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1864.
Died March 8,
1878 (age 74 years, 185
days).
Interment at Riverside Cemetery.
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Isaac Finch (1783-1845) —
of Essex
County, N.Y.
Born in Stillwater, Saratoga
County, N.Y., October
13, 1783.
Democrat. Major in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; lawyer; farmer;
member of New York
state assembly from Essex County, 1821-22, 1824; U.S.
Representative from New York 19th District, 1829-31.
Died in Jay, Essex
County, N.Y., June 23,
1845 (age 61 years, 253
days).
Interment at Central Cemetery.
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Clarence W. Smith (1853-1937) —
of Wells, Hamilton
County, N.Y.; Johnstown, Fulton
County, N.Y.
Born in Jay, Essex
County, N.Y., October
19, 1853.
Son of Eli Smith and Mary (Atwood) Smith.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Fulton and Hamilton counties, 1902-03; mayor
of Johnstown, N.Y., 1914-15, 1918-19.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died, from complications of a stroke, in
Mount Stewart, Prince
Edward Island, June 24,
1937 (age 83 years, 248
days).
Interment at Central Cemetery.
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Married to Cora E. Bruce. |
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Wallace Turner Foote, Jr. (1864-1910) —
also known as Wallace T. Foote, Jr. —
of Port Henry, Essex
County, N.Y.
Born in Port Henry, Essex
County, N.Y., April 7,
1864.
Son of Wallace T. Foote (iron manufacturer).
Republican. Lawyer; iron
manufacturer; U.S.
Representative from New York 23rd District, 1895-99; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1908.
Died, in St. Luke's Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
17, 1910 (age 46 years, 254
days).
Interment at Union Cemetery.
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Walter C. Witherbee —
of Port Henry, Essex
County, N.Y.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1912
(alternate), 1916.
Entombed at Union Cemetery.
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Henry Gordon Burleigh (1832-1900) —
also known as Henry G. Burleigh —
of Whitehall, Washington
County, N.Y.
Born in Canaan, Grafton
County, N.H., June 2,
1832.
Republican. Member of New York
state assembly from Washington County 2nd District, 1876;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1880,
1884,
1888,
1892,
1896;
U.S.
Representative from New York, 1883-87 (17th District 1883-85,
18th District 1885-87); defeated, 1886.
Died in Whitehall, Washington
County, N.Y., August
10, 1900 (age 68 years, 69
days).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Albert Weed (1855-1938) —
of Ticonderoga, Essex
County, N.Y.
Born in Ticonderoga, Essex
County, N.Y., January
10, 1855.
Son of Joseph Weed and Mary (Hay) Weed.
Republican. Carpenter;
druggist;
fire
insurance business; partner in a clothing
store; director, First National Bank of
Ticonderoga; member of New York
state assembly from Essex County, 1895-96; postmaster.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died in Ticonderoga, Essex
County, N.Y., November
22, 1938 (age 83 years, 316
days).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Married 1884
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John Tyler Cutting (1844-1911) —
also known as John T. Cutting —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Westport, Essex
County, N.Y., September
7, 1844.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1888;
U.S.
Representative from California 4th District, 1891-93.
Died in Toronto, Ontario,
November
24, 1911 (age 67 years, 78
days).
Interment at Hillside Cemetery.
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James McKinley Graeff (1862-1908) —
also known as James M. Graeff —
of Westport, Essex
County, N.Y.
Born in Pottsville, Schuylkill
County, Pa., November
18, 1862.
Republican. Importer and dealer in wool;
president of a boot and
shoe company; creamery
business; farmer;
member of New York
state assembly from Essex County, 1901-04.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Westport, Essex
County, N.Y., February
22, 1908 (age 45 years, 96
days).
Interment at Hillside Cemetery.
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