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William James Wallace (1837-1917) —
of New York.
Born in Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., April 14,
1837.
Mayor
of Syracuse, N.Y., 1873; U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of New York, 1874; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1887-1907.
Died March 11,
1917 (age 79 years, 331
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Charles Andrews (1827-1918) —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born in New York Mills, Oneida
County, N.Y., May 27,
1827.
Son of George Andrews and Polly Andrews.
Republican. Lawyer; Onondaga
County District Attorney, 1853-56; mayor
of Syracuse, N.Y., 1861-62, 1868; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1867; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1868;
judge
of New York Court of Appeals, 1870-81; chief
judge of New York Court of Appeals, 1881-82, 1892-97.
Died in Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., October
22, 1918 (age 91 years, 148
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Frank Hiscock (1834-1914) —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born in Pompey, Onondaga
County, N.Y., September
6, 1834.
Republican. Lawyer; Onondaga
County District Attorney, 1860-63; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1867; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1868;
U.S.
Representative from New York 25th District, 1877-87; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1887-93.
Died in 1914
(age about
79 years).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Clay Stone Briggs (1876-1933) —
of Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex.
Born in Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex., January
8, 1876.
Son of George Dempster Briggs and Olive (Branch) Briggs.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1906-08; district judge in Texas
10th District, 1909-19; U.S.
Representative from Texas 7th District, 1919-33; died in office
1933.
Episcopalian.
Died of a heart
attack, in Washington,
D.C., April 29,
1933 (age 57 years, 111
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Horace White (1865-1943) —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., October
7, 1865.
Son of Horace Keep White (1835-1916) and Marion (Strong) White
(1844-1875).
Republican. Member of New York
state senate, 1896-1908 (36th District 1896-1906, 38th District
1907-08); Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1909-10; Governor of
New York, 1910-11.
Member, Kappa
Alpha Society.
Died in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., November
26, 1943 (age 78 years, 50
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Walter Warren Magee (1861-1927) —
also known as Walter W. Magee —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born in Groveland, Livingston
County, N.Y., May 23,
1861.
Son of Col. John Magee and Mariet (Patchin) Magee.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 35th District, 1915-27; died in
office 1927.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., May 27,
1927 (age 66 years, 4
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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James Jerome Belden (1825-1904) —
also known as James J. Belden —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born in Fabius, Onondaga
County, N.Y., September
30, 1825.
Republican. Builder;
banker;
hotel
owner; mayor
of Syracuse, N.Y., 1877-78; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1887-95, 1897-99 (25th District
1887-93, 27th District 1893-95, 1897-99).
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died, of uremic
poisoning, in Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., January
1, 1904 (age 78 years, 93
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Irving Goodwin Vann (1842-1921) —
also known as Irving G. Vann —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born in Ulysses town, Tompkins
County, N.Y., January
3, 1842.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Syracuse, N.Y., 1879-80; Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1882-95; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1896-1912.
Died in Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., March 22,
1921 (age 79 years, 78
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Michael Edward Driscoll (1851-1929) —
also known as Michael E. Driscoll —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born in Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., February
9, 1851.
Son of Michael Driscoll and Ellen Driscoll.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1899-1913 (27th District 1899-1903,
29th District 1903-13).
Died in Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., January
19, 1929 (age 77 years, 345
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Thomas Gold Alvord (1810-1897) —
also known as Thomas G. Alvord; "Old
Salt" —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born in Onondaga
County, N.Y., December
20, 1810.
Lawyer;
lumber
business; member of New York
state assembly, 1844, 1858, 1862, 1864, 1870-72, 1874-75, 1877-82
(Onondaga County 1844, Onondaga County 2nd District 1858, 1862, 1864,
Onondaga County 1st District 1870-72, 1874-75, 1877-82); Speaker of
the New York State Assembly, 1858, 1864, 1879; Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1865-66; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 24th District, 1894.
Died in Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., October
26, 1897 (age 86 years, 310
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Addison Henry Laflin (1823-1878) —
also known as Addison H. Laflin —
of Herkimer, Herkimer
County, N.Y.
Born in Lee, Berkshire
County, Mass., October
24, 1823.
Republican. Member of New York
state senate 20th District, 1858-59; U.S.
Representative from New York 20th District, 1865-71.
Died September
24, 1878 (age 54 years, 335
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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William Shankland Andrews (1858-1936) —
also known as William S. Andrews —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.; Taunton, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born in Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., September
25, 1858.
Son of Charles
Andrews and Marcia A. (Shankland) Andrews.
Republican. Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 5th District, 1900-20; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1917-29; delegate to
New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Three days after his wife's death, he fell from
his bed, suffered a broken neck, and died as a result, in Taunton, Onondaga
County, N.Y., August 5,
1936 (age 77 years, 315
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Relatives:
Married, December
31, 1884, to Mary Raymond Shipman (1860-1936;
novelist). |
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Amos Phelps Granger (1789-1866) —
also known as Amos P. Granger —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born in Suffield, Hartford
County, Conn., June 3,
1789.
Whig. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; delegate to
Whig National Convention from New York, 1839, 1852; U.S.
Representative from New York 24th District, 1855-59.
Died in Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., August
20, 1866 (age 77 years, 78
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Thomas Treadwell Davis (1810-1872) —
also known as Thomas T. Davis —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born in Middlebury, Addison
County, Vt., August
22, 1810.
U.S.
Representative from New York 23rd District, 1863-67.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 2,
1872 (age 61 years, 254
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Horace Wheaton (1803-1882) —
of Pompey, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born in Connecticut, 1803.
Democrat. Member of New York
state assembly from Onondaga County, 1834; U.S.
Representative from New York 24th District, 1843-47.
Died in 1882
(age about
79 years).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Charles Baldwin Sedgwick (1815-1883) —
also known as Charles B. Sedgwick —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, 1815.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from New York 24th District, 1859-63.
Died in 1883
(age about
68 years).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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William Kirkpatrick (1769-1832) —
of Salina (now part of Syracuse), Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born near Zion, Hunterdon
County, N.J., November
7, 1769.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York 15th District, 1807-09.
Died September
2, 1832 (age 62 years, 300
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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James Geddes (1763-1838) —
of Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born near Carlisle, Cumberland
County, Pa., July 22,
1763.
Salt
manufacturer; justice of the peace; member of New York
state assembly from Onondaga County, 1803-04, 1821-22; common
pleas court judge in New York, 1809; U.S.
Representative from New York 19th District, 1813-15; canal engineer.
Died in Geddes (now part of Syracuse), Onondaga
County, N.Y., August
19, 1838 (age 75 years, 28
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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William Jervis Hough (1795-1869) —
also known as William J. Hough —
of Cazenovia, Madison
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, 1795.
Democrat. Member of New York
state assembly from Madison County, 1835-36; U.S.
Representative from New York 23rd District, 1845-47.
Died in 1869
(age about
74 years).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Nehemiah Hezekiah Earll (1787-1872) —
of New York.
Born in Whitehall, Washington
County, N.Y., October
5, 1787.
Democrat. County judge in New York, 1823-31; U.S.
Representative from New York 23rd District, 1839-41; defeated,
1840.
Blind
for many years.
Died in Mottville, Onondaga
County, N.Y., August
26, 1872 (age 84 years, 326
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Elias Warner Leavenworth (1803-1887) —
also known as Elias W. Leavenworth; E. W.
Leavenworth —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born in Canaan, Columbia
County, N.Y., December
20, 1803.
Republican. Mayor
of Syracuse, N.Y., 1849; member of New York
state assembly from Onondaga County 3rd District, 1850, 1857; secretary of
state of New York, 1854-55; U.S.
Representative from New York 25th District, 1875-77.
Died November
25, 1887 (age 83 years, 340
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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David Smith Bennett (1811-1894) —
also known as David S. Bennett —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born near Camillus, Onondaga
County, N.Y., May 3,
1811.
Republican. Member of New York
state senate 31st District, 1866-67; U.S.
Representative from New York 30th District, 1869-71.
Died in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., November
6, 1894 (age 83 years, 187
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Theodore Lewis Poole (1840-1900) —
also known as Theodore L. Poole —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born in Jordan, Onondaga
County, N.Y., April 10,
1840.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; Onondaga
County Clerk, 1868-70; U.S.
Representative from New York 27th District, 1895-97; defeated,
1896.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., December
23, 1900 (age 60 years, 257
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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William Burns Kirk III —
also known as William B. Kirk III —
of New York.
Democrat. Mayor
of Syracuse, N.Y., 1890; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1892.
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Willis Hubbard Sargent (1896-1976) —
also known as Willis H. Sargent —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.; Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., October
11, 1896.
Son of Frank C. Sargent (died 1910; lawyer).
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Onondaga County 2nd District, 1925-33; member
of California
state assembly; delegate to Republican National Convention from
California, 1940;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II.
Presbyterian.
Died in Wellesley Island, Jefferson
County, N.Y., August
22, 1976 (age 79 years, 316
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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