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George Clinton (1739-1812) —
of Ulster
County, N.Y.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Little Britain, Orange
County, N.Y., July 26,
1739.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from New York, 1775-76; Governor of
New York, 1777-95, 1801-04; delegate to
New York convention to ratify U.S. constitution from Ulster
County, 1788; member of New York
state assembly from New York County, 1800-01; Vice
President of the United States, 1805-12; died in office 1812.
Christian
Reformed. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 20,
1812 (age 72 years, 269
days).
Original interment at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment in 1908 at First Reformed
Dutch Churchyard.
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Barent Gardenier (c.1762-1822) —
of Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y.
Born in Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y., about 1762.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Representative from New York, 1807-11 (7th District 1807-09, 5th
District 1809-11).
Died in Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y., January
10, 1822 (age about 60
years).
Interment at First Reformed Dutch Churchyard.
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Lucas Conrad Elmendorf (1758-1843) —
also known as Lucas Elmendorf —
of Ulster
County, N.Y.
Born in Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y., 1758.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York 4th District, 1797-1803; defeated,
1794; member of New York
state assembly from Ulster County, 1803-05; member of New York
state senate Middle District, 1813-17; common pleas court judge
in New York, 1815-21; Ulster
County Surrogate, 1835-40.
Died in Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y., August
17, 1843 (age about 85
years).
Entombed at First Reformed Dutch Churchyard.
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Evert Bancker (1721-1803) —
of New
York County, N.Y.
Born May 29,
1721.
Son of Christoffel Bancker and Elizabeth (Hooglant) Bancker.
Merchant;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County, 1777-83, 1785-88; Speaker of
the New York State Assembly, 1779-83.
Died January
13, 1803 (age 81 years, 229
days).
Interment at First Reformed Dutch Churchyard.
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Peter Van Gaasbeck (1754-1797) —
of New York.
Born in New York, 1754.
U.S.
Representative from New York 4th District, 1793-95.
Died in 1797
(age about
43 years).
Interment at First Reformed Dutch Churchyard.
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Nicholas Sickles (1801-1845) —
of New York.
Born in New York, 1801.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York 7th District, 1835-37.
Died in 1845
(age about
44 years).
Interment at First Reformed Dutch Churchyard.
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John Van Buren (1799-1855) —
of Ulster
County, N.Y.
Born in Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y., May 13,
1799.
Democrat. Member of New York
state assembly from Ulster County, 1831; county judge in New
York, 1836-41; U.S.
Representative from New York 7th District, 1841-43.
Dutch
ancestry.
Died in Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y., January
16, 1855 (age 55 years, 248
days).
Interment at First Reformed Dutch Churchyard.
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Abraham Bruyn Hasbrouck (1791-1879) —
of New York.
Born in Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y., November
29, 1791.
Son of Jonathan Hasbrouck (1763-1846) and Catherine (Wynkoop)
Hasbrouck (born 1765).
Lawyer;
U.S.
Representative from New York 7th District, 1825-27; college
professor; president
of Rutgers College (now Rutgers University), 1840-50.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y., February
24, 1879 (age 87 years, 87
days).
Interment at First Reformed Dutch Churchyard.
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Dirck Wynkoop (1732-1796) —
of Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y.
Born October
15, 1732.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member
of New
York state assembly from Ulster County, 1780-81; delegate to
New York convention to ratify U.S. constitution from Ulster
County, 1788; common pleas court judge in New York.
Died December
9, 1796 (age 64 years, 55
days).
Interment at First Reformed Dutch Churchyard.
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Arthur Sherwood Flemming (1905-1996) —
also known as Arthur S. Flemming —
of Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y.; Washington,
D.C.; Eugene, Lane
County, Ore.
Born in Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y., June 12,
1905.
Republican. Member, U.S.
Civil Service Commission, 1939-48; president,
Ohio-Wesleyan University, 1948-53; U.S.
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, 1958-61; president,
University of Oregon, 1961-68; president,
Macalester College, 1968-71.
Methodist.
Received the Medal
of Freedom in 1994.
Died of acute renal
failure, at a retirement
home in Alexandria,
Va., September
7, 1996 (age 91 years, 87
days).
Interment at Montrepose Cemetery.
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Thomas Cornell (1814-1890) —
of Rondout, Ulster
County, N.Y.
Born in White Plains, Westchester
County, N.Y., January
27, 1814.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from New York, 1867-69, 1881-83 (13th District
1867-69, 15th District 1881-83); delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1884.
Died in Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y., March 30,
1890 (age 76 years, 62
days).
Interment at Montrepose Cemetery.
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James Girard Lindsley (1819-1898) —
of New York.
Born in Orange, Essex
County, N.J., March 19,
1819.
Republican. Mayor
of Kingston, N.Y., 1872; U.S.
Representative from New York 17th District, 1885-87.
Died December
4, 1898 (age 79 years, 260
days).
Interment at Montrepose Cemetery.
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Alton Brooks Parker (1852-1926) —
also known as Alton B. Parker —
of Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y.; Esopus, Ulster
County, N.Y.
Born near Cortland, Cortland
County, N.Y., May 14,
1852.
Son of John Brooks Parker and Harriet F. (Stratton) Parker.
Democrat. Lawyer; Ulster
County Surrogate, 1877-85; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1884,
1908,
1912
(Temporary
Chair; chair, Committee
to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee; speaker);
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 3rd District, 1885-97; chief
judge of New York Court of Appeals, 1897-1904; resigned 1904;
candidate for President
of the United States, 1904; law partner of William
F. Sheehan and Edward
W. Hatch, 1905-12.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died, from heart
disease, while riding in his
automobile through Central Park, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 10,
1926 (age 73 years, 361
days).
Interment at Wiltwyck Cemetery.
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George H. Sharpe —
of Ulster
County, N.Y.
Born in New York.
U.S. Surveyor of
Customs, 1873-77; member of New York
state assembly from Ulster County 1st District, 1879-82; Speaker of
the New York State Assembly, 1880-81.
Interment at Wiltwyck Cemetery.
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John Benedict Steele (1814-1866) —
also known as John B. Steele —
of New York.
Born in New York, 1814.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York, 1861-65 (11th District 1861-63,
13th District 1863-65).
Member, Kappa
Alpha Society.
Died in 1866
(age about
52 years).
Interment at Wiltwyck Cemetery.
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Theodoric Romeyn Westbrook (1821-1885) —
of New York.
Born in Fishkill, Dutchess
County, N.Y., November
20, 1821.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York 11th District, 1853-55; state court
judge in New York, 1873.
Died while holding court,
in Troy, Rensselaer
County, N.Y., October
6, 1885 (age 63 years, 320
days).
Interment at Wiltwyck Cemetery.
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Marius Schoonmaker (1811-1894) —
of Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y.
Born in Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y., April 24,
1811.
Lawyer;
member of New York
state senate 10th District, 1850-51; resigned 1851; U.S.
Representative from New York 10th District, 1851-53; village
president of Kingston, New York, 1866, 1869-70; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1867.
Died in Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y., January
5, 1894 (age 82 years, 256
days).
Interment at Wiltwyck Cemetery.
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William Scheuneman Kenyon (1820-1896) —
also known as William S. Kenyon —
of Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y.
Born in Catskill, Greene
County, N.Y., December
13, 1820.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 11th District, 1859-61; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1872,
1876;
candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 3rd District, 1873; Ulster
County Judge, 1883-89.
Died in Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y., February
10, 1896 (age 75 years, 59
days).
Interment at Wiltwyck Cemetery.
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William Lounsbery (1831-1905) —
of Ulster
County, N.Y.
Born in Stone Ridge, Ulster
County, N.Y., December
25, 1831.
Democrat. Member of New York
state assembly from Ulster County 1st District, 1868; mayor
of Kingston, N.Y., 1878-80; U.S.
Representative from New York 15th District, 1879-81.
Died in Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y., November
8, 1905 (age 73 years, 318
days).
Interment at Wiltwyck Cemetery.
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David Miller De Witt (1837-1912) —
also known as David M. De Witt —
of Ulster
County, N.Y.
Born in Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J., November
25, 1837.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York 14th District, 1873-75; member of New York
state assembly from Ulster County 2nd District, 1883.
Died in Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y., June 23,
1912 (age 74 years, 211
days).
Interment at Wiltwyck Cemetery.
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George Joseph Smith (1859-1913) —
also known as George J. Smith —
of Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y.
Born in Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y., November
7, 1859.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
New York, 1900;
U.S.
Representative from New York 24th District, 1903-05.
Died in Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J., December
24, 1913 (age 54 years, 47
days).
Interment at Wiltwyck Cemetery.
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Jacob Hardenburgh (d. 1872) —
of Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1864;
member of New York
state senate 14th District, 1870-72; died in office 1872.
Died in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., April 29,
1872.
Interment at Wiltwyck Cemetery.
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Robert Loughran (1834-1899) —
of Ulster
County, N.Y.
Born in Hancock, Delaware
County, N.Y., August
30, 1834.
Member of New York
state assembly from Ulster County 1st District, 1861, 1872.
Died in Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y., April 11,
1899 (age 64 years, 224
days).
Interment at Wiltwyck Cemetery.
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