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Chauncey Mitchell Depew (1834-1928) —
also known as Chauncey M. Depew —
of Peekskill, Westchester
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Peekskill, Westchester
County, N.Y., April 23,
1834.
Son of Isaac Depew (1800-1869) and Martha Minot (Mitchell) Depew
(1810-1885).
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Westchester County 3rd District, 1862-63; secretary of
state of New York, 1864-65; Westchester
County Clerk, 1867; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New York, 1868,
1892,
1896,
1900,
1904,
1908,
1912,
1916,
1920,
1924;
Liberal Republican candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1872; president, later chairman, New York
Central Railroad;
candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1888;
U.S.
Senator from New York, 1899-1911.
French
Huguenot, Dutch,
and English
ancestry. Member, Union
League; Society
of the Cincinnati.
Died, of bronchial
pneumonia, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April 5,
1928 (age 93 years, 348
days).
Entombed at Hillside Cemetery.
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Philip Van Cortlandt (1749-1831) —
of Croton, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August
21, 1749.
Son of Pierre
Van Cortlandt and Joanna (Livingston) Van Cortlandt (1722-1808).
Democrat. Civil
engineer; colonel in the Continental Army during the
Revolutionary War; delegate to
New York convention to ratify U.S. constitution from Westchester
County, 1788; member of New York
state assembly from Westchester County, 1788-90; member of New York
state senate Southern District, 1790-93; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1793-1809 (3rd District 1793-1803,
4th District 1803-09).
Died in Westchester
County, N.Y., November
21, 1831 (age 82 years, 92
days).
Interment at Hillside Cemetery.
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James William Husted (1833-1892) —
also known as James W. Husted; "Bald
Eagle" —
of Peekskill, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Bedford, Westchester
County, N.Y., October
31, 1833.
Republican. Superintendent
of schools; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1869-81, 1884-92 (Westchester County 3rd District
1869-78, Rockland County 1879-80, Westchester County 3rd District
1881, 1884-92); died in office 1892; Speaker of
the New York State Assembly, 1874, 1876, 1878, 1886-87, 1890;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1884.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died, from kidney
disease and heart
failure, in Peekskill, Westchester
County, N.Y., September
25, 1892 (age 58 years, 330
days).
Interment at Hillside Cemetery.
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James William Husted (1870-1925) —
also known as James W. Husted —
of Peekskill, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Peekskill, Westchester
County, N.Y., March 16,
1870.
Son of James
William Husted (1833-1892).
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Westchester County 3rd District, 1895-97; U.S.
Representative from New York 25th District, 1915-23; defeated,
1912.
Died in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., January
2, 1925 (age 54 years, 292
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Hillside Cemetery.
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William Nelson (1784-1869) —
of Peekskill, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Hyde Park, Dutchess
County, N.Y., June 29,
1784.
Whig. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Westchester County, 1819-21; member of New York
state senate 2nd District, 1824-27; state court judge in New
York, 1824-27; U.S.
Representative from New York 7th District, 1847-51.
Died in Peekskill, Westchester
County, N.Y., October
3, 1869 (age 85 years, 96
days).
Interment at Hillside Cemetery.
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Pierre Van Cortlandt, Jr. (1762-1848) —
of Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, 1762.
Son of Pierre
Van Cortlandt and Joanna (Livingston) Van Cortlandt (1722-1808).
Lawyer;
banker;
member of New York
state assembly from Westchester County, 1791-92, 1793-95; U.S.
Representative from New York 3rd District, 1811-13; served in the
U.S. Army during the War of 1812; Presidential Elector for New York,
1840.
Died in 1848
(age about
86 years).
Interment at Hillside Cemetery.
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Pierre Van Cortlandt (1721-1814) —
of New York.
Born in Westchester
County, N.Y., January
10, 1721.
Son of Philip Van Cortlandt (1683-1748) and Catherine (DePeyster) Van
Cortlandt.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member
of New
York state senate Southern District, 1777-78; Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1778-95.
Died in Westchester
County, N.Y., May 1,
1814 (age 93 years, 111
days).
Original interment at a private or family
graveyard, Westchester County, N.Y.; reinterment at Hillside
Cemetery.
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Coleridge A. Hart (1852-1924) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Peekskill, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, 1852.
Lawyer;
bank
director; Prohibition candidate for New York
state assembly from New York County 19th District, 1888;
Prohibition candidate for New York
state attorney general, 1889; Prohibition candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1896, 1911, 1912;
Prohibition candidate for judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1908, 1916, 1917, 1920; Prohibition
candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1922.
Congregationalist.
Died November
21, 1924 (age about 72
years).
Interment at Hillside Cemetery.
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Walter Francis Burns —
also known as Walter F. Burns —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1912
(alternate), 1920.
Interment at Hillside Cemetery.
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James John Joseph Walker (1881-1946) —
also known as James J. Walker; Jimmy Walker;
"Beau James"; "The Night
Mayor" —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Greenwich Village, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 19,
1881.
Son of William
H. Walker.
Democrat. Lawyer; songwriter;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 5th District, 1910-14; member
of New
York state senate, 1915-25 (13th District 1915-18, 12th District
1919-25); resigned 1925; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1924,
1928,
1932;
mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1926-32; resigned 1932.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Elks.
Resigned
as mayor during an investigation
of corruption in his administration.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
18, 1946 (age 65 years, 152
days).
Interment at Gate of Heaven Cemetery.
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John Patrick O'Brien (1873-1951) —
also known as John P. O'Brien —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., February
1, 1873.
Son of Patrick O'Brien and Mary E. (Gibbons) O'Brien.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1933; defeated, 1933; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1936,
1940,
1944.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick; Knights
of Columbus; Elks; Tammany
Hall.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
22, 1951 (age 78 years, 233
days).
Interment at Gate of Heaven Cemetery.
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Joseph V. McKee (1889-1956) —
also known as "Holy Joe" —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., August 8,
1889.
School
teacher; lawyer; author;
member of New York
state assembly from Bronx County 7th District, 1918-23; municipal
judge in New York, 1924-26; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1932,
1936,
1940,
1944;
mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1932; defeated, 1932, 1933 (Recovery);
elected (Wet) delegate to
New York convention to ratify 21st amendment 1933, but did not
serve; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 23rd District, 1938.
Died January
28, 1956 (age 66 years, 173
days).
Interment at Gate of Heaven Cemetery.
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James Aloysius Farley (1888-1976) —
also known as James A. Farley —
of Stony Point, Rockland
County, N.Y.; Haverstraw, Rockland
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Grassy Point, Rockland
County, N.Y., May 30,
1888.
Son of James Farley and Ellen (Goldrick) Farley.
Democrat. Chair of
Rockland County Democratic Party, 1919-29; member of New York
state assembly from Rockland County, 1923; defeated, 1923;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1924,
1928,
1932,
1936,
1940,
1944,
1948,
1952,
1956,
1960,
1964,
1968;
secretary
of New York Democratic Party, 1928-30; New York
Democratic state chair, 1930-44; Chairman of
Democratic National Committee, 1932-40; Presidential Elector for
New York, 1932;
U.S.
Postmaster General, 1933-40; delegate to
New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; chairman, Coca-Cola
Export Corporation, 1940-73.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Ancient
Order of Hibernians; Eagles; Elks; Redmen; Knights
of Columbus; Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick; American
Academy of Political and Social Science.
Died, from cardiac
arrest, in his suite at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 9,
1976 (age 88 years, 10
days).
Interment at Gate of Heaven Cemetery.
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Edward Corsi (1896-1965) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Abruzzi, Italy,
December
29, 1896.
Son of Philip Frederick Corsi (member, Italian House of Deputies) and
Julia (Pantano) Corsi.
Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen; lawyer;
candidate for New York
state assembly from New York County 20th District, 1923; newspaper
correspondent; U.S. Immigration Commissioner, 1931; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1938;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1938; New York State Industrial
Commissioner; appointed in 1954 as a special assistant on immigration
problems to U.S. Secretary of State John
Foster Dulles, but was dismissed three months later; candidate
for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1950.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry.
Killed in an auto
accident, when a car in which he was a passenger skidded off the
road and overturned, near Phoenicia, Ulster
County, N.Y., December
13, 1965 (age 68 years, 349
days).
Interment at Gate of Heaven Cemetery.
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Spruille Braden (1894-1978) —
of Riverdale, Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Elkhorn, Jefferson
County, Mont., March 13,
1894.
Son of William Braden and Mary (Kimball) Braden.
Mining engineer;
financier;
U.S. Ambassador to Colombia, 1939-42; Cuba, 1942-45; Argentina, 1945.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; American
Arbitration Association; Navy
League; John
Birch Society.
Died, from a heart
ailment, in Good Samaritan Hospital,
Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
10, 1978 (age 83 years, 303
days).
Interment at Gate of Heaven Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of William Braden and Mary (Kimball) Braden; married, September
5, 1915, to Maria Humeres del Solar (died 1962); married 1964 to Verbena
Williams Hebbard (died 1977). |
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Harry M. Durning (d. 1958) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1928,
1932,
1936,
1940
(alternate); U.S. Collector
of Customs, 1941-51.
Died November
9, 1958.
Interment at Gate of Heaven Cemetery.
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J. Daniel Mahoney (d. 1996) —
Conservative. Candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1966; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1986-96; died in
office 1996.
Co-founder of New York's Conservative Party in 1963.
Died in 1996.
Interment at Gate of Heaven Cemetery.
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Charles Anthony Buckley (1890-1967) —
also known as Charles A. Buckley —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Bronx, New York County (now Bronx
County), N.Y., June 23,
1890.
Democrat. Bricklayer;
building
contractor; member of New York
Democratic State Committee, 1930; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1932
(alternate), 1948,
1952,
1956,
1960,
1964;
U.S.
Representative from New York, 1935-65 (23rd District 1935-45,
25th District 1945-53, 24th District 1953-63, 23rd District 1963-65);
chair
of Bronx County Democratic Party, 1953-67.
Irish
ancestry.
Died, of lung
cancer, in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., January
22, 1967 (age 76 years, 213
days).
Interment at Gate of Heaven Cemetery.
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William Bourke Cockran (1854-1923) —
also known as W. Bourke Cockran —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in County Sligo, Ireland,
February
28, 1854.
Son of Martin Cockran and Harriet (Knight) Cockran.
School
teacher and principal; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1887-89, 1891-95, 1904-09, 1921-23
(12th District 1887-89, 10th District 1891-93, 12th District 1893-95,
1904-09, 16th District 1921-23); defeated (Progressive), 1912; died
in office 1923; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
York, 1888,
1892,
1904,
1920.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 1,
1923 (age 69 years, 1
days).
Interment at Gate of Heaven Cemetery.
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Charles Malcolm Wilson (1914-2000) —
also known as Malcolm Wilson —
of Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.; Scarsdale, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
26, 1914.
Son of Charles
Herbert Wilson.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1939-58 (Westchester County 5th District 1939-44,
Westchester County 1st District 1945-58); served in the U.S. Navy
during World War II; Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1959-73; Governor of
New York, 1973-75; defeated, 1974; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1984.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick; Ancient
Order of Hibernians.
Died in New Rochelle, Westchester
County, N.Y., March 13,
2000 (age 86 years, 16
days).
Interment at Gate of Heaven Cemetery.
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Walter Aloysius Lynch (1894-1957) —
also known as Walter A. Lynch —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York County (part now in Bronx, Bronx
County), N.Y., July 7,
1894.
Son of Joseph B. Lynch and Katherine (Joyce) Lynch.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 21st District, 1938;
U.S.
Representative from New York, 1940-51 (22nd District 1940-45,
23rd District 1945-51); delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1944,
1948,
1952;
candidate for Governor of
New York, 1950; New York
Democratic state chair, 1953; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1955-57; died in office 1957.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Knights
of Columbus; American Bar
Association; Catholic
Lawyers Guild; Elks; Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Belle Harbor, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., September
10, 1957 (age 63 years, 65
days).
Interment at Gate of Heaven Cemetery.
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James Joseph Lyons (1890-1966) —
also known as James J. Lyons —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
12, 1890.
Democrat. Delegate to
New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; borough
president of Bronx, New York, 1934-61; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1940
(alternate), 1944
(alternate), 1948,
1952,
1956.
Died, from complications of gall
bladder surgery, in Columbia-Presbyterian Medical
Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
7, 1966 (age 75 years, 329
days).
Interment at Gate of Heaven Cemetery.
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Thomas Vincent Learson (1912-1996) —
also known as T. Vincent Learson —
of Bronxville, Westchester
County, N.Y.; Rye, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Roslindale, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., September
26, 1912.
Son of Richard J. Learson and Katharine E. (Goode) Learson.
Business
executive; chief executive officer, IBM Corporation, from 1971;
U.S. Ambassador to , 1975-77.
Died in 1996
(age about
83 years).
Interment at Gate of Heaven Cemetery.
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George Murray Hulbert (1881-1950) —
also known as G. Murray Hulbert —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., May 14,
1881.
Son of Moses H. Hulbert and Anna (Murray) Hulbert.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 21st District, 1915-18; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1924;
U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1934-50;
died in office 1950.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Elks.
Died in Bayport, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., April 26,
1950 (age 68 years, 347
days).
Interment at Gate of Heaven Cemetery.
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Joseph Andrew Gavagan (1892-1968) —
also known as Joseph A. Gavagan —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August
20, 1892.
Son of John Gavagan and Mary (Lyons) Gavagan.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 22nd District, 1923-29; U.S.
Representative from New York 21st District, 1929-43; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1940;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1944-61.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; American
Legion.
Died in Bennington, Bennington
County, Vt., October
18, 1968 (age 76 years, 59
days).
Interment at Gate of Heaven Cemetery.
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Heywood Campbell Broun (1888-1939) —
also known as Heywood Broun —
of New York; Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., December
7, 1888.
Son of Heywood Cox Broun and Henriette (Brose) Broun.
Socialist. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 17th District, 1930.
Catholic.
Member, American Civil
Liberties Union.
Sportswriter;
columnist
for New York newspapers;
founder of
the American Newspaper Guild in 1933 and its first president;
expelled from Socialist Party in 1933.
Died, of pneumonia,
in the Harkness Pavilion of the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical
Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
18, 1939 (age 51 years, 11
days).
Interment at Gate of Heaven Cemetery.
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Vincent L. Leibell (1883-1968) —
of New York.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
10, 1883.
U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1936-54;
took senior status 1954.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
22, 1968 (age 84 years, 287
days).
Interment at Gate of Heaven Cemetery.
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William Beck Widnall (1906-1983) —
also known as William B. Widnall —
of Saddle River, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in Hackensack, Bergen
County, N.J., March 17,
1906.
Republican. Member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1946-50; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 7th District, 1950-74; defeated,
1974.
Episcopalian.
Died in Ridgewood, Bergen
County, N.J., December
28, 1983 (age 77 years, 286
days).
Interment at Gate of Heaven Cemetery.
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Michael Joseph Kennedy (1897-1949) —
also known as Michael J. Kennedy —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., October
25, 1897.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York 15th District, 1939-43; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1940;
leader of
New York County Democratic Party, 1942.
Member, Tammany
Hall.
Killed in an airplane
collision between an Eastern Air Lines DC-4 passenger airliner
and a war surplus P-38 fighter plane purchased by Bolivia, near
Washington National Airport,
Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., November
1, 1949 (age 52 years, 7
days).
Interment at Gate of Heaven Cemetery.
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James H. Torrens (1874-1952) —
of New York.
Born in New York, 1874.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York 21st District, 1944-47.
Died in 1952
(age about
78 years).
Interment at Gate of Heaven Cemetery.
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Thomas Francis Burchill (1882-1955) —
also known as Thomas F. Burchill —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Belle Harbor, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August 3,
1882.
Son of John Burchill and Mary (Wholey) Burchill.
Democrat. Auctioneer;
appraiser;
insurance
business; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 3rd District, 1920-24; member
of New
York state senate 13th District, 1925-38; U.S.
Representative from New York 15th District, 1943-45.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick; Elks.
Died, following a heart
attack, in St. Joseph Hospital,
Far Rockaway, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., March 26,
1955 (age 72 years, 235
days).
Interment at Gate of Heaven Cemetery.
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Martin Conboy (1878-1944) —
of Riverdale, Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August
28, 1878.
Son of Martin Conboy and Bridget (Harlow) Conboy.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1933-35.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick.
Died, in New York
Hospital, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March 5,
1944 (age 65 years, 190
days).
Interment at Gate of Heaven Cemetery.
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Victor James Dowling (1866-1934) —
also known as Victor J. Dowling —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 20,
1866.
Son of Denis Dowling and Eliza Fierlants (Faider) Dowling.
Democrat. Lawyer; law
partner of William
Q. Titus, 1887-1901; member of New York
state assembly, 1894; member of New York
state senate 18th District, 1901-04; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1904;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1905-31; resigned 1931;
Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 1st
Department, 1911-31.
Catholic.
Member, Tammany
Hall.
Stricken with a cerebral
hemorrhage in the office of
the Interborough Rapid Transit Company, and died soon after, in
Harbor Sanitarium,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March 23,
1934 (age 67 years, 246
days).
Interment at Gate of Heaven Cemetery.
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Relatives:
Married, June 16,
1891, to Mary Agnes Ford (died 1920). |
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Salvatore A. Cotillo (1886-1939) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Italy,
November
19, 1886.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 28th District, 1913, 1915-16;
member of New York
state senate, 1917-23 (20th District 1917-18, 18th District
1919-23); delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1920;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1924-39; died in office
1939.
Italian
ancestry. Member, Sons of
Italy.
Died, following an operation for a chest
tumor, in Columbia-Presbyterian Medical
Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 27,
1939 (age 52 years, 250
days).
Interment at Gate of Heaven Cemetery.
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Charles Francis Connolly —
of New York.
Republican. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 22nd District, 1922.
Interment at Gate of Heaven Cemetery.
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John J. Donovan, Jr. (1913-1955) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., February
14, 1913.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state senate, 1951-55 (24th District 1951-54, 26th District
1955); died in office 1955.
Member, Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick; Federal
Bar Association; Knights
of Columbus; Delta
Theta Phi.
Died March 12,
1955 (age 42 years, 26
days).
Interment at Gate of Heaven Cemetery.
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S. Samuel DiFalco (1906-1978) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Italy,
July
26, 1906.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate in primary for New York
state assembly, 1935; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1949-56; New
York County Surrogate, 1957-76.
Italian
ancestry. Member, Tammany
Hall.
Indicted
in May 1976, along with Justice Irving
Saypol, on official
misconduct charges,
in connection with an alleged scheme to obtain appraisal and auction
commissions for Saypol's son; the charges were later dismissed. Indicted
in February 1978 for criminal
contempt, in connection with his statements to a grand jury, but
died before trial.
Died, from a heart
attack, while dining
with friends at the Columbus Club, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 28,
1978 (age 71 years, 337
days).
Interment at Gate of Heaven Cemetery.
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Lester W. Patterson (c.1893-1947) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born about 1893.
Son of Lillian C. Patterson.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Bronx County 2nd District, 1922-25; Bronx
County Sheriff, 1926-29; Bronx
County Clerk, 1930-33.
Died November
15, 1947 (age about 54
years).
Interment at Gate of Heaven Cemetery.
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Relatives:
Married to Ethyle Lang. |
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Edmund J. Delany (1906-1959) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
9, 1906.
Son of John A. Delany and Estelle M. Delany.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 12th District, 1937-42; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 16th District, 1938.
Catholic.
Member, Tammany
Hall; Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
16, 1959 (age 53 years, 7
days).
Interment at Gate of Heaven Cemetery.
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Alphonsus J. Donahue (d. 1949) —
of Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Connecticut, 1932,
1944.
Died July 2,
1949.
Interment at Gate of Heaven Cemetery.
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Eugene Lester Garey (1891-1953) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Mt. Kisco, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., August
28, 1891.
Son of Eugene Francis Garey and Ellen Frances (O'Boyle) Garey.
Democrat. Lawyer;
director, Butte Copper and Zinc Co. (mining); delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 13th District, 1938.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick.
Died May 20,
1953 (age 61 years, 265
days).
Interment at Gate of Heaven Cemetery.
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Gerard J. Muccigrosso (d. 1981) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Bronx County 7th District, 1938; defeated
(American Labor), 1938.
Died February
12, 1981.
Interment at Gate of Heaven Cemetery.
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Mortimer C. O'Brien (born c.1889) —
of White Plains, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born about 1889.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Westchester County 4th District, 1913;
candidate for mayor
of White Plains, N.Y., 1935.
Interment at Gate of Heaven Cemetery.
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Whitelaw Reid (1837-1912) —
also known as James Whitelaw Reid;
"Agate" —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Cedarville, Greene
County, Ohio, October
27, 1837.
Republican. Newspaper
editor; librarian;
cotton planter;
U.S. Minister to France, 1889-92; candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1892; U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1905-12, died in office 1912.
Reid Hall, a dormitory at Miami University (built 1948, demolished
2006) was named for
him.
Died in London, England,
December
15, 1912 (age 75 years, 49
days).
Interment at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.
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Carl Schurz (1829-1906) —
of Watertown, Jefferson
County, Wis.; Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.; St.
Louis, Mo.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Liblar (now part of Erfstadt), Germany,
March
2, 1829.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Wisconsin, 1857; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Wisconsin, 1860;
U.S. Minister to Spain, 1861; general in the Union Army during the Civil War;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1868
(Temporary
Chair; speaker);
U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1869-75; U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1877-81.
German
ancestry.
Died in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., May 14,
1906 (age 77 years, 73
days).
Interment at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery; statue at Morningside
Park, Manhattan, N.Y.
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Walter S. Gurnee (1813-1903) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born March 9,
1813.
Mayor
of Chicago, Ill., 1851-53.
Scottish
ancestry.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April 17,
1903 (age 90 years, 39
days).
Interment at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.
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Washington Irving (1783-1859) —
of New York.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April 3,
1783.
U.S. Minister to Spain, 1842-46.
essayist;
historian;
author
of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and other stories; elected to
the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1900.
Died in Tarrytown, Westchester
County, N.Y., November
28, 1859 (age 76 years, 239
days).
Interment at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.
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Robert Livingston Beeckman (1866-1935) —
also known as R. Livingston Beeckman —
of Newport, Newport
County, R.I.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April 15,
1866.
Son of Gilbert Livingston Beeckman and Margaret Atherton (Foster)
Beeckman.
Republican. Stockbroker;
member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1909-11; member of Rhode
Island state senate, 1912-14; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Rhode Island, 1912,
1916,
1924;
Governor
of Rhode Island, 1915-21; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Rhode Island, 1922.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, of apparently of a heart
attack, in Santa Barbara, Santa
Barbara County, Calif., January
21, 1935 (age 68 years, 281
days).
Interment at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.
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Moses Hicks Grinnell (1803-1877) —
also known as Moses H. Grinnell —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New Bedford, Bristol
County, Mass., March 3,
1803.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from New York 3rd District, 1839-41; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1856
(speaker),
1868;
Presidential Elector for New York, 1856;
U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1869-70.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
24, 1877 (age 74 years, 266
days).
Interment at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.
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Charles Dunsmore Millard (1873-1944) —
also known as Charles D. Millard —
of Tarrytown, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, 1873.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
New York, 1928;
U.S.
Representative from New York 25th District, 1931-37.
Died in 1944
(age about
71 years).
Interment at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.
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William Irving (1766-1821) —
of New York.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August
15, 1766.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York 2nd District, 1814-19.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
8, 1821 (age 55 years, 85
days).
Interment at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.
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William Griggs Stahlnecker (1849-1902) —
also known as William G. Stahlnecker —
of Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y., June 20,
1849.
Son of Oliver Stahlnecker.
Democrat. Mayor of
Yonkers, N.Y., 1884-86; U.S.
Representative from New York 14th District, 1885-93.
Died in Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y., March 26,
1902 (age 52 years, 279
days).
Interment at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.
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William Harris Douglas (1853-1944) —
also known as William H. Douglas —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
5, 1853.
Son of Alfred Douglas and Rebecca (Harris) Douglas.
Republican. Exporter;
U.S.
Representative from New York, 1901-05 (14th District 1901-03,
15th District 1903-05); delegate to Republican National Convention
from New York, 1908,
1912,
1916.
Member, Sons of
the Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
27, 1944 (age 90 years, 53
days).
Interment at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.
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William Adams Walker (1805-1861) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New Hampshire, June 5,
1805.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York 7th District, 1853-55.
Died in Irvington, Westchester
County, N.Y., December
18, 1861 (age 56 years, 196
days).
Interment at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.
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Nathaniel Holmes Odell (1828-1904) —
also known as N. Holmes Odell —
of Tarrytown, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Greenburgh, Westchester
County, N.Y., October
10, 1828.
Democrat. Steamboat
business; member of New York
state assembly from Westchester County 2nd District, 1860-61; banker; Westchester
County Treasurer, 1867-75; U.S.
Representative from New York 12th District, 1875-77; real estate
business; postmaster.
Died in Tarrytown, Westchester
County, N.Y., October
30, 1904 (age 76 years, 20
days).
Interment at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.
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Albert Davis Lasker (1880-1952) —
also known as Albert D. Lasker; "The Father of Modern
Advertising" —
of Lake Forest, Lake
County, Ill.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born, of American parents, in Freiburg (Freiburg im Breisgau), Germany,
May 1,
1880.
Son of Morris Lasker (died 1916) and Nettie (Davis) Lasker
(1856-1930).
Republican. Advertising
business; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Illinois, 1936,
1940;
University
of Illinois trustee, 1937-42.
Jewish.
German
ancestry. Member, American
Jewish Committee.
As part owner of the Chicago Cubs baseball
team, devised "Lasker Plan" for reorganization of baseball, 1920.
Established the Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation for promotion of
medical research.
Died, of cancer, in
the Harkness Pavilion of the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical
Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 30,
1952 (age 72 years, 29
days).
Entombed at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.
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Augustin William Ferrin (1875-1976) —
also known as Augustin W. Ferrin —
of Dobbs Ferry, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Little Valley, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y., September
1, 1875.
Son of Augustin William Ferrin and Flavilla Jane (Van Hoosen)
Ferrin.
Newspaper
reporter; magazine
editor; U.S. Consul in Madrid, 1924-26; Tabriz, 1926-28; Teheran, 1928-30; Malaga, 1930-35; Montevideo, 1935-38.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Sons of
the Revolution.
Died, in a nursing
home, in Marion
County, W.Va., March 17,
1976 (age 100 years,
198 days).
Interment at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.
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Joseph W. Harper (1826-1886) —
Born in 1826.
Son of Fletcher Harper (died 1877).
U.S. Consul in Munich, 1880-86, died in office 1886.
Died, of Bright's
disease, in Munich (München), Germany,
December
8, 1886 (age about 60
years).
Interment at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.
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Relatives:
Married to Ellen Urling Smith. |
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Charles H. Delavan (c.1810-1892) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Sing Sing (now Ossining), Westchester
County, N.Y., about 1810.
Hardware
business; insurance
broker; U.S. Consul in Sydney, 1842-48; U.S. Commercial Agent (Consul) in SAINT Thomas, 1849-50.
French
Huguenot ancestry. Member, Sons of
the Revolution.
Died, of heart
failure, in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April 9,
1892 (age about 82
years).
Entombed at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.
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David Dows (1885-1966) —
also known as "Big Dave" —
of Locust Valley, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.; Bradley, Greenwood
County, S.C.
Born in Irvington, Westchester
County, N.Y., August
12, 1885.
Son of David Dows (1857-1899) and Jane (Strahan) Dows (1859-1945).
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; worked in iron and steel
mills; supervised construction
of steel
mills overseas; studied foreign industries as representative of a
steamship
line; horse
breeder; bank
director; Nassau
County Sheriff, 1932-34; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1944;
member, New York State Racing Commission, 1944-49; delegate to
Republican National Convention from South Carolina, 1956;
candidate for Presidential Elector for South Carolina, 1956.
Convicted
of assault
in 1913, over his treatment of a New York Times reporter who was
attempting to interview him.
Died in Hot Springs, Bath
County, Va., August
13, 1966 (age 81 years, 1
days).
Interment at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.
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William Boyce Thompson (1869-1930) —
also known as William B. Thompson —
of Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Virginia City, Madison
County, Mont., May 13,
1869.
Son of William Thompson and Anna M. (Boyce) Thompson.
Republican. Mining
magnate; banker;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New York, 1912;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1916,
1920;
director, Federal Reserve Bank of New York; director, Metropolitan
Life Insurance
Co.
Died, from pneumonia,
June
27, 1930 (age 61 years, 45
days).
Interment at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.
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Gwendolyn Burden Dows (1884-1935) —
also known as Mary Gwendolyn Townsend Burden; Mrs. David
Dows —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born September
18, 1884.
Daughter of Isaiah Townsend Burden (1838-1913) and Evelyn Byrd
(Moale) Burden (1848-1916).
Republican. Member of New York
Republican State Committee, 1934.
Female.
Scottish
ancestry.
Died, in New York
Hospital, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 30,
1935 (age 50 years, 315
days).
Interment at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.
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James Speyer (1861-1941) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 22,
1861.
Son of Gustavus Speyer (1825-1883) and Sophie (Rubino) Speyer
(1840-1910).
Banker;
delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
German
ancestry.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
31, 1941 (age 80 years, 101
days).
Interment at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.
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Relatives:
Married, November
11, 1897, to Ellen Leslie (Prince) Lowery. |
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Emily Dows (1895-1971) —
also known as Emily Jeannette Weller; Emily Schweizer;
Mrs. David Dows —
of Noroton, Darien, Fairfield
County, Conn.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Brookville, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.; Locust Valley, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.; Bradley, Greenwood
County, S.C.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April 18,
1895.
Daughter of William Jennings Weller (1862-1948) and Mary Ellen
(Comfort) Weller (1864-1939).
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
South Carolina, 1956.
Female.
Died in Aiken, Aiken
County, S.C., November
27, 1971 (age 76 years, 223
days).
Interment at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.
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Messmore Kendall —
of New York.
Republican. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York at-large, 1940.
Interment at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.
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Herbert Henry Lehman (1878-1963) —
also known as Herbert H. Lehman —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March 28,
1878.
Son of Mayer Lehman (1830-1897) and Babette (Newgass) Lehman.
Democrat. Director, Consolidated Cotton Duck
Co., Imperial Cotton Co.,
U.S. Cotton
Duck Co., Washington Mills; colonel in the U.S. Army during World
War I; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1928,
1932,
1936,
1940,
1948,
1952,
1956,
1960;
Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1929-32; Governor of
New York, 1933-42; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1949-57; defeated, 1946.
Jewish.
Member, American
Jewish Committee; Council on
Foreign Relations; Phi
Gamma Delta; Americans
for Democratic Action.
Awarded the Presidential
Medal of Freedom posthumously in 1963; inducted into the
Jewish-American Hall of
Fame in 1974.
Died December
5, 1963 (age 85 years, 252
days).
Interment at Kensico Cemetery.
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Frederick Evan Crane (1869-1947) —
also known as Frederick E. Crane —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Garden City, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., March 2,
1869.
Republican. Lawyer;
county judge in New York, 1902-06; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1907-20; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1917-34; chief
judge of New York Court of Appeals, 1935-39; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1938.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Law Institute.
Died in Garden City, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., November
21, 1947 (age 78 years, 264
days).
Interment at Kensico Cemetery.
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Frederic Courtland Penfield (1855-1922) —
of Germantown, Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Connecticut, April 23,
1855.
Son of Daniel Penfield and Sophia (Young) Penfield.
Author;
U.S. Vice Consul in London, 1885; U.S. Diplomatic Agent to Egypt, 1893-97; U.S. Consul General in Cairo, 1893-97; U.S. Ambassador to Austria-Hungary, 1913-17.
Died June 19,
1922 (age 67 years, 57
days).
Interment at Kensico Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Daniel Penfield and Sophia (Young) Penfield; married 1892 to
Katharine Albert McMurdo Welles (died 1905); married 1908 to Anne
(Weightman) Walker. |
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John North Willys (1873-1935) —
also known as John N. Willys —
of Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio.
Born in Canandaigua, Ontario
County, N.Y., October
25, 1873.
Republican. President of automobile
manufacturing companies; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Ohio, 1916;
U.S. Ambassador to Poland, 1930-32.
Died in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., August
26, 1935 (age 61 years, 305
days).
Interment at Kensico Cemetery.
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Edward Walter Curley (1873-1940) —
also known as Edward W. Curley —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Easton, Northampton
County, Pa., May 23,
1873.
Democrat. Builder;
president, Stanley Hoist and Machine Company; U.S.
Representative from New York 22nd District, 1935-40; died in
office 1940.
Member, Eagles.
Died, from a heart
attack, while seriously ill from a throat
ailment, in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., January
6, 1940 (age 66 years, 228
days).
Interment at Kensico Cemetery.
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Caroline Love Goodwin O'Day (1875-1943) —
also known as Caroline O'Day —
of Rye, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Georgia, 1875.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1920
(alternate), 1924,
1928,
1932,
1936;
U.S.
Representative from New York at-large, 1935-43; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1938.
Female.
Died in 1943
(age about
68 years).
Interment at Kensico Cemetery.
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Jacob Ruppert, Jr. (1867-1939) —
also known as Jacob Ruppert; Jake Ruppert —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August 5,
1867.
Son of Jacob Ruppert and Anna (Gillig) Ruppert.
Democrat. Brewer; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1899-1907 (15th District 1899-1903,
16th District 1903-07); owner and president, New York Yankees baseball
team, 1915-39; president, Astoria Silk
Mills; vice-president, Beck Flaming Arc-Light Co.; director,
Yorkville Bank;
director, Casualty Insurance
Company of America; director, German Hospital;
trustee, Lenox Hill Hospital.
Catholic.
German
ancestry.
Died, from phlebitis,
in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
13, 1939 (age 71 years, 161
days).
Entombed at Kensico Cemetery.
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John Emory Andrus (1841-1934) —
also known as John E. Andrus; "The Millionaire
Strap-Hanger" —
of Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Pleasantville, Westchester
County, N.Y., February
16, 1841.
Son of Rev. Loyal B. Andrus and Ann (Palmer) Andrus.
Republican. School
teacher; pharmaceutical
manufacturer; investor in real
estate, mining
claims, and the Standard Oil Company;
owned considerable stock in railroads
and utilities;
director, New York Life Insurance
Co.; president, New York Pharmaceutical
Association; treasurer, Arlington Chemical
Co.; director, National Fuel Gas
Co.; mayor of
Yonkers, N.Y., 1904; defeated, 1901; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1904
(alternate), 1908;
U.S.
Representative from New York 19th District, 1905-13.
Methodist.
Philanthropist who founded the Surna Foundation and the Julia Dyckman
Andrus Memorial (orphanage). Even when he was one of the nation's
wealthiest men, he still took the subway to work.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y., December
26, 1934 (age 93 years, 313
days).
Interment at Kensico Cemetery.
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William Lukens Ward (1856-1933) —
also known as William L. Ward —
of Port Chester, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Connecticut, 1856.
Republican. Presidential Elector for New York, 1896;
U.S.
Representative from New York 16th District, 1897-99; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1904,
1908,
1912,
1916,
1920,
1924,
1928,
1932;
member of Republican
National Committee from New York, 1908; chair of
Westchester County Republican Party, 1927-31.
Died in 1933
(age about
77 years).
Entombed in mausoleum at Kensico Cemetery.
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Herbert Zelenko (1906-1979) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., March 16,
1906.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 21st District, 1955-63.
Jewish.
Died in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., February
23, 1979 (age 72 years, 344
days).
Interment at Kensico Cemetery.
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Hudson Snowden Marshall (1870-1931) —
also known as H. Snowden Marshall —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., January
15, 1870.
Son of Charles Marshall and Rebecca (Snowden) Marshall.
Lawyer;
law partner of Bartow
S. Weeks, George
Gordon Battle, and James
A. O'Gorman; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1913-17; in
1915-16, U.S. Rep. Frank
Buchanan (who was at the time being indicted by a federal grand
jury) introduced impeachment
resolutions against Marshall; the charges, including malfeasance
in the handling of past cases, were investigated
by a House Judiciary subcommittee, which held hearings in New York,
and inquired into the proceedings of the grand jury which had
indicted Rep. Buchanan; Marshall wrote a critical letter to the
subcommittee, impugning its motives; based on this letter, the full
House voted to find him in contempt
of Congress, and ordered his
arrest; on appeal, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the
authority of the House to punish for contempt extended only to
actions which directly interfered with its proceedings.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 29,
1931 (age 61 years, 134
days).
Interment at Kensico Cemetery.
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Oscar William Swift (1869-1940) —
also known as Oscar W. Swift —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, 1869.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from New York 9th District, 1915-19.
Died in 1940
(age about
71 years).
Interment at Kensico Cemetery.
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Douglas Mathewson (c.1870-1948) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., about 1870.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 35th District, 1897;
defeated, 1895; borough
president of Bronx, New York, 1914-17; candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1925.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Died, in St. Barnabas Hospital,
Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., September
24, 1948 (age about 78
years).
Interment at Kensico Cemetery.
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Relatives:
Married to Mary Dillingham. |
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Joseph James Little (1841-1913) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Bristol, England,
June
5, 1841.
Son of James Little.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; printer;
U.S.
Representative from New York 12th District, 1891-93.
Member, Freemasons;
Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died February
11, 1913 (age 71 years, 251
days).
Interment at Kensico Cemetery.
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Herman August Metz (1867-1934) —
also known as Herman A. Metz —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
19, 1867.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1912,
1920;
U.S.
Representative from New York 10th District, 1913-15; defeated,
1922.
Died in 1934
(age about
66 years).
Interment at Kensico Cemetery.
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Peter Moore Speer (1862-1933) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born near Oil City, Venango
County, Pa., December
29, 1862.
Republican. Member of Pennsylvania state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 28th District, 1911-13.
Died in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., August 3,
1933 (age 70 years, 217
days).
Interment at Kensico Cemetery.
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Benjamin Irving Taylor (1877-1946) —
also known as Benjamin I. Taylor —
of Harrison, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
21, 1877.
Son of Maurice H. Taylor and Ella (Archer) Taylor.
Democrat. Lawyer; banker; U.S.
Representative from New York 25th District, 1913-15.
Member, Elks; Freemasons;
Redmen;
Royal
Arcanum; Foresters.
Died, in United Hospital,
Port Chester, Westchester
County, N.Y., September
5, 1946 (age 68 years, 258
days).
Interment at Kensico Cemetery.
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Curtis Arnoux Peters (c.1879-1933) —
also known as Curtis A. Peters —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born about 1879.
Democrat. Lawyer;
campaign manager, Thomas
C. T. Crain for Supreme Court, 1924; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1927-33; died in office 1933.
Died, of tolsythemia
vera, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
17, 1933 (age about 54
years).
Interment at Kensico Cemetery.
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Relatives:
Father of Peter Arno (1904-1968; cartoonist). |
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Thomas A. Mangin (c.1860-1905) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born about 1860.
Member of New York
state assembly from New York County 23rd District, 1899.
Died, in St. Luke's Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
17, 1905 (age about 45
years).
Interment at Kensico Cemetery.
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Grayson Mallet-Prevost Murphy (1878-1937) —
also known as Grayson M. P. Murphy —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
19, 1878.
Son of Howard Murphy and Anita (Mallet-Prevost) Murphy.
Republican. Colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; Commissioner
of the American Red Cross in Europe, 1917; financier;
director, Bethlehem Steel
Corporation, Goodyear Tire and
Rubber Company, Anaconda Copper Mining
Company, National Aviation
Corporation; delegate to
New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Died, of bronchial
pneumonia, in Doctors Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
18, 1937 (age 58 years, 303
days).
Interment at Kensico Cemetery.
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Henry Robertson Barrett (1869-1940) —
also known as Henry R. Barrett —
of White Plains, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Bedford, Westchester
County, N.Y., August
19, 1869.
Son of Joseph Barrett and Emma (Robertson) Barrett.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 24th District, 1915;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1916,
1924
(alternate), 1932
(alternate).
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Elks.
Died, from a heart
attack, in White Plains, Westchester
County, N.Y., February
4, 1940 (age 70 years, 169
days).
Interment at Kensico Cemetery.
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Relatives:
Nephew of William
Henry Robertson; son of Joseph Barrett and Emma (Robertson)
Barrett; married to Anna R. Parker (died 1914) and Elizabeth J.
Endriss. |
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Eugene Isaac Meyer (1875-1959) —
also known as Eugene Meyer —
of Mt. Kisco, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., October
31, 1875.
Son of Marc Eugene Meyer and Harriet (Newmark) Meyer.
Republican. Stockbroker;
banker;
instrumental in the merger of five chemical companies to create
Allied Chemical
and Dye Corporation, 1920; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New York, 1928;
Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System,
1930-33; bought the Washington Post newspaper
in 1933, and was its publisher
until 1946; president, World Bank, 1946.
Jewish.
Died, from heart
disease and cancer, at
George Washington University Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., July 17,
1959 (age 83 years, 259
days).
Interment at Kensico Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Marc Eugene Meyer and Harriet (Newmark) Meyer; married 1910 to Agnes
Elizabeth Ernst; father of Katherine Graham (1917-2001; publisher of
the Washington Post). |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier |
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Harry Geist —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Republican. Candidate for New York
state senate 22nd District, 1926, 1928.
Interment at Kensico Cemetery.
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Leslie Jay Tompkins —
also known as Leslie J. Tompkins —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Member of New York
state assembly from New York County 5th District, 1905-06.
Interment at Kensico Cemetery.
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