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James Wolcott Wadsworth, Jr. (1877-1952) —
also known as James W. Wadsworth, Jr. —
of Mt. Morris, Livingston
County, N.Y.; Groveland, Livingston
County, N.Y.; Geneseo, Livingston
County, N.Y.
Born in Geneseo, Livingston
County, N.Y., August
12, 1877.
Son of James
Wolcott Wadsworth and Louise (Travers) Wadsworth.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
farmer;
member of New York
state assembly from Livingston County, 1905-10; Speaker of
the New York State Assembly, 1906-10; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1908,
1912,
1916,
1920,
1924,
1928,
1936,
1940;
candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1912; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1915-27; defeated, 1926; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1933-51 (39th District 1933-45,
41st District 1945-51); delegate to
New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Episcopalian.
Member, Loyal
Legion; Grange; United
Spanish War Veterans; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Union
League; Skull and
Bones.
The U.S. Senate's leading opponent of woman suffrage and alcohol
prohibition.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 21,
1952 (age 74 years, 314
days).
Interment at Temple Hill Cemetery.
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John Young (1802-1852) —
of New York.
Born in Chelsea, Orange
County, Vt., June 12,
1802.
Member of New York
state assembly, 1832, 1845-46; U.S.
Representative from New York 30th District, 1836-37, 1841-43; Governor of
New York, 1847-49.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April 23,
1852 (age 49 years, 316
days).
Interment at Temple Hill Cemetery.
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James Wolcott Wadsworth (1846-1926) —
also known as James W. Wadsworth —
of Geneseo, Livingston
County, N.Y.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., October
12, 1846.
Son of James
S. Wadsworth.
Republican. Major in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of
New
York state assembly from Livingston County, 1878-79; New York
state comptroller, 1880-81; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1881-85, 1891-1907 (27th District
1881-85, 31st District 1891-93, 30th District 1893-1903, 34th
District 1903-07); defeated, 1906; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1884,
1904;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 43rd District, 1915.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
24, 1926 (age 80 years, 73
days).
Interment at Temple Hill Cemetery.
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Philo Case Fuller (1787-1855) —
also known as Philo C. Fuller —
of Geneseo, Livingston
County, N.Y.; Adrian, Lenawee
County, Mich.
Born near Marlborough, Middlesex
County, Mass., August
14, 1787.
Whig. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1829-30; member of New York
state senate 8th District, 1831-32; U.S.
Representative from New York 30th District, 1833-36; resigned
1836; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Lenawee County, 1841; Speaker of
the Michigan State House of Representatives, 1841; resigned 1841;
candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1841; New York
state comptroller, 1850-51.
Died near Geneva, Ontario
County, N.Y., August
16, 1855 (age 68 years, 2
days).
Interment at Temple Hill Cemetery.
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William Henry Kelsey (1812-1879) —
of New York.
Born in Smyrna, Chenango
County, N.Y., October
2, 1812.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from New York, 1855-59, 1867-71 (28th District
1855-59, 25th District 1867-71); alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1868.
Died April 20,
1879 (age 66 years, 200
days).
Interment at Temple Hill Cemetery.
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James S. Wadsworth (1807-1864) —
of New York.
Born in Geneseo, Livingston
County, N.Y., October
30, 1807.
Republican. Candidate for Governor of
New York, 1862; general in the Union Army during the Civil War.
Died
of wounds received in the Battle of the Wilderness, Virginia, May 8,
1864 (age 56 years, 191
days).
Interment at Temple Hill Cemetery.
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Scott Lord (1820-1885) —
of New York.
Born in Nelson, Madison
County, N.Y., December
11, 1820.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York 23rd District, 1875-77.
Died in Morris Plains, Morris
County, N.J., September
10, 1885 (age 64 years, 273
days).
Interment at Temple Hill Cemetery.
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Allen Ayrault (1793-1861) —
of Geneseo, Livingston
County, N.Y.
Born in Sandisfield, Berkshire
County, Mass., October
30, 1793.
Whig. Delegate to Whig National Convention from New York, 1839;
member of New York
state senate 29th District, 1848; resigned 1848.
Died in Geneseo, Livingston
County, N.Y., February
4, 1861 (age 67 years, 97
days).
Interment at Temple Hill Cemetery.
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James Gillespie Birney (1792-1857) —
also known as James G. Birney —
of Danville, Boyle
County, Ky.; Huntsville, Madison
County, Ala.; Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio; New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Lower Saginaw, Saginaw County (now Bay City, Bay
County), Mich.
Born in Danville, Boyle
County, Ky., February
4, 1792.
Son of James Gillespie Birney and Mary Reed Birney.
Lawyer;
studied law in the office of Alexander
J. Dallas in Philadelphia; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1816-18; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1819-20; solicitor general of
Alabama, 1823-26; candidate for Presidential Elector for Alabama, 1828;
mayor
of Huntsville, Ala., 1829; abolitionist; Liberty candidate for President
of the United States, 1840, 1844; candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1843, 1845.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
While traveling in 1845, the horse he
was riding bucked; he fell and
was injured; his condition worsened over time, leading to tremors and
paralysis, and he died as a result, in Perth Amboy, Middlesex
County, N.J., November
25, 1857 (age 65 years, 294
days).
Interment at Williamsburgh Cemetery.
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Charles Holker Carroll (1794-1865) —
also known as Charles H. Carroll —
of Groveland Center, Livingston
County, N.Y.
Born in Hagerstown, Washington
County, Md., May 4,
1794.
County judge in New York, 1823-29; member of New York
state senate 8th District, 1827-28; resigned 1828; member of New York
state assembly, 1836; U.S.
Representative from New York 29th District, 1843-47; American
candidate for Presidential Elector for New York, 1856.
Died in Groveland, Livingston
County, N.Y., June 8,
1865 (age 71 years, 35
days).
Interment at Williamsburgh Cemetery.
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Henry Fitzhugh (1801-1866) —
of Oswego, Oswego
County, N.Y.
Born in Washington
County, Md., August 7,
1801.
Son of William Fitzhugh, Jr. (1761-1839) and Ann (Hughes) Fitzhugh
(1771-1829).
Whig. Member of New York
state assembly from Oswego County 1st District, 1849; New York
State Canal Commissioner, 1852-57; mayor of
Oswego, N.Y., 1859-61.
Died August
11, 1866 (age 65 years, 4
days).
Interment at Williamsburgh Cemetery.
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