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Truman Heminway Aldrich (1848-1932) —
also known as Truman H. Aldrich —
of Selma, Dallas
County, Ala.; Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born in Palmyra, Wayne
County, N.Y., October
17, 1848.
Son of William F. Aldrich.
Republican. Banker; mining
engineer; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 9th District, 1896-97; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Alabama, 1904;
postmaster.
Died in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., April 28,
1932 (age 83 years, 194
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Birmingham, Ala.
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William Farrington Aldrich (1853-1925) —
also known as William F. Aldrich —
of Aldrich, Shelby
County, Ala.
Born in Palmyra, Wayne
County, N.Y., March 11,
1853.
Son of William F. Aldrich and Louisa Maria (Klapp) Aldrich.
Republican. Civil engineer; mining
business; manufacturer;
postmaster;
U.S.
Representative from Alabama 4th District, 1896-97, 1898-99,
1900-01; delegate to Republican National Convention from Alabama, 1900,
1904.
Died in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., October
30, 1925 (age 72 years, 233
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Harry Hurd Atwell (b. 1877) —
also known as Harry H. Atwell —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Perrysburg, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y., December
14, 1877.
Son of Henry Harrison Atwell and Julia Matilda (Hurd) Atwell.
Democrat. Engineer; grading
contractor; university
professor; Washtenaw
County Surveyor, 1921-30; Washtenaw
County Clerk, 1933-34.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
American
Arbitration Association.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Harrison Atwell and Julia Matilda (Hurd) Atwell; married 1904 to Clara
K. M. Rohde; married 1919 to
Katherine Anna Schaeberle. |
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John Anderson Bensel (1863-1922) —
also known as John A. Bensel —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Bernardsville, Somerset
County, N.J.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., 1863.
Son of Brownlee Bensel and Mary Maclay (Hogg) Bensel.
Democrat. Engineer; worked for the Pennsylvania Railroad;
in charge of construction on New York City's North River waterfront,
1889-95; New York
state engineer and surveyor, 1911-14; major in the U.S. Army
during World War I.
Died, of myelitis,
in Bernardsville, Somerset
County, N.J., June 19,
1922 (age about 58
years).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Married 1896
to Ella Louise Day. |
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John Bogart (c.1836-1920) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born about 1836.
Son of John Henry Bogart.
Civil engineer; New York
state engineer and surveyor, 1888-91.
Dutch
ancestry.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April 25,
1920 (age about 84
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1870
to Emma Cherrington Jefferis. |
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Edward A. Bond (b. 1849) —
of Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y.
Born in Dexter, Washtenaw
County, Mich., April 22,
1849.
Republican. Civil engineer; chief engineer for several railroads;
New York
state engineer and surveyor, 1899-1904; resigned 1904.
Burial
location unknown.
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Sam Borrelli (born c.1950) —
of Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born about 1950.
Democrat. Engineer; Democratic candidate for mayor of
Yonkers, N.Y., 1999, 2003 (primary).
Still living as of 2003.
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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, Hawthorne, N.Y.
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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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article |
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Alexander Oswald Brodie (1849-1918) —
also known as Alexander O. Brodie —
of Prescott, Yavapai
County, Ariz.; Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.; Haddonfield, Camden
County, N.J.
Born in Edwards, St. Lawrence
County, N.Y., November
13, 1849.
Son of Joseph Brodie and Margaret (Brown) Brodie.
Republican. Civil and mining
engineer; Yavapai
County Recorder, 1893-94; colonel in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War; candidate for Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Arizona Territory, 1898; Governor of
Arizona Territory, 1902-05; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Arizona Territory, 1904.
Died in Haddonfield, Camden
County, N.J., May 10,
1918 (age 68 years, 178
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Lowell Huntington Brown (1885-1965) —
also known as Lowell H. Brown —
of Riverdale, Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, July 10,
1885.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
engineer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 23rd District, 1940; member of New York
state senate 28th District, 1945-46.
Protestant.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Psi
Upsilon.
Died in February, 1965
(age 79
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Felix Campbell (1829-1902) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., February
28, 1829.
Democrat. Engineer; banker; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1883-91 (4th District 1883-85, 2nd
District 1885-91).
Irish
ancestry.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., November
8, 1902 (age 73 years, 253
days).
Interment at Holy
Cross Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Raymond B. Carver —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Civil engineer; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 27th District, 1913.
Burial
location unknown.
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Harry Cassidy —
of Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Engineer; candidate for borough
president of Richmond, New York, 1949 (Democratic primary), 1949
(Liberal), 1953 (Democratic primary), 1953 (Liberal).
Still living as of 1953.
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Bertram Tracy Clayton (1862-1918) —
also known as Bertram T. Clayton —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Manila, Philippines.
Born near Clayton, Barbour
County, Ala., October
19, 1862.
Democrat. Civil engineer; served in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War; U.S.
Representative from New York 4th District, 1899-1901; defeated,
1900; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I.
Killed
in action in France,
May
30, 1918 (age 55 years, 223
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Mortimer Elwyn Cooley (b. 1855) —
also known as Mortimer E. Cooley —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born near Canandaigua, Ontario
County, N.Y., March 28,
1855.
Son of Albert Blake Cooley and Achsah Bennett (Griswold) Cooley.
Democrat. Engineer; university
professor; served in the U.S. Navy during the Spanish-American
War; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1924.
Member, Sigma
Phi; Sigma
Xi; Freemasons;
American
Society of Mechanical Engineers.
Burial
location unknown.
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Edward J. Coughlin —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; civil
engineer; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 11th District, 1923-34; member
of New
York state senate 6th District, 1935-44.
Catholic.
Member, Elks; Knights
of Columbus; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion.
Burial
location unknown.
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DeWitt Clinton Cregier (1829-1898) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 1,
1829.
Democrat. Engineer; mayor of
Chicago, Ill., 1889-91.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., November
9, 1898 (age 69 years, 161
days).
Interment at Rosehill
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Thomas Charles Desmond (b. 1887) —
also known as Thomas C. Desmond —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Newburgh, Orange
County, N.Y.
Born in Middletown, Orange
County, N.Y., September
15, 1887.
Son of Thomas Henry Desmond and Katharine (Safried) Desmond.
Republican. Engineer; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1928,
1940;
member of New York
state senate, 1931-58 (27th District 1931-44, 32nd District
1945-54, 33rd District 1955-58).
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Elks; Grange; Moose; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Redmen; Knights
of Pythias.
Burial
location unknown.
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Peter Anthony Dey (1825-1911) —
also known as Peter A. Dey —
of Iowa City, Johnson
County, Iowa.
Born in Romulus, Seneca
County, N.Y., 1825.
Democrat. Chief engineer of the Union Pacific Railroad,
1864; founder of the First National Bank of
Iowa City; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Iowa, 1876;
member of Iowa
railroad commission, 1878-95.
Died in 1911
(age about
86 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Chester Donaldson (b. 1862) —
of New York City (unknown
county), N.Y.
Born in Ovid, Seneca
County, N.Y., March 28,
1862.
School
teacher and principal; engineer; U.S. Consul in Managua, 1898-1905; Port Limon, 1905-17.
Burial
location unknown.
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Henry H. Eng (b. 1948) —
also known as Hank Eng —
of Appleton, Outagamie
County, Wis.; Arapahoe
County, Colo.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., February
7, 1948.
Democrat. Served
in the Peace Corps; aerospace
engineer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Colorado 6th District, 2008.
Jewish.
Chinese
ancestry.
Still living as of 2008.
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Harvey Feldmeier (1871-1936) —
of Little Falls, Herkimer
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., August
27, 1871.
Son of Maximilian Feldmeier and Elvire (d'Asnoy) Feldmeier.
Democrat. Engineer; commissioner of public works, Little
Falls, 1912-36; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1912,
1928.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Sigma
Xi; American
Society of Mechanical Engineers; Elks.
Died in 1936
(age about
64 years).
Interment at Church
Street Cemetery, Little Falls, N.Y.
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Roy G. Finch (b. 1884) —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Eagle Bridge, Rensselaer
County, N.Y., August
17, 1884.
Son of George Nelson Finch and Helen (Hunt) Finch.
Republican. Engineer; New York
state engineer and surveyor, 1925-26.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
American
Society of Civil Engineers; Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Burial
location unknown.
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Richard Hansen Franchot (1816-1875) —
also known as Richard Franchot —
of Otsego
County, N.Y.; Schenectady, Schenectady
County, N.Y.
Born in Morris, Otsego
County, N.Y., June 2,
1816.
Son of Stanislas Pascal Franchot (1774-1885) and Catherine (Hansen)
Franchot (1783-1818).
Republican. Civil engineer; farmer;
president, Albany & Susquehanna Railroad;
U.S.
Representative from New York 19th District, 1861-63; general in
the Union Army during the Civil War.
Died in Schenectady, Schenectady
County, N.Y., November
23, 1875 (age 59 years, 174
days).
Interment at Vale
Cemetery, Schenectady, N.Y.
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Robert Garcia (b. 1933) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., January
9, 1933.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; computer
engineer; member of New York
state assembly, 1966-67 (83rd District 1966, 77th District 1967);
resigned 1967; member of New York
state senate 30th District, 1967-78; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1978-90 (21st District 1978-83,
18th District 1983-90); resigned 1990; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1980,
1984,
1988;
indicted
in 1988, along with his wife, on federal bribery
and extortion
charges;
convicted
in October 1989 and sentenced
to three years in prison
(served 104 days); the conviction was reversed on appeal; retried
and again convicted
in 1991; the second conviction was also overturned, and prosecutors
dropped the case.
Hispanic
ancestry.
Still living as of 2009.
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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, Syracuse, N.Y.
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George Geoghan —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Sanitary engineer; member of New York
state assembly, 1900-01, 1913 (Erie County 3rd District 1900-01,
Erie County 8th District 1913).
Burial
location unknown.
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Albert Waller Gilchrist (1858-1926) —
also known as Albert W. Gilchrist —
of Punta Gorda, Charlotte
County, Fla.
Born in Greenwood, Greenwood
County, S.C., January
15, 1858.
Son of William
E. Gilchrist and Rhoda Elizabeth (Waller) Gilchrist.
Democrat. Civil engineer; real estate
dealer; orange
grower; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1893-96, 1903-06; Speaker of
the Florida State House of Representatives, 1905; served in the
U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; Governor of
Florida, 1909-13; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Florida, 1912
(speaker);
candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1916.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, from a tumor of the
thigh, in the Hospital
for the Ruptured and Crippled, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 15,
1926 (age 68 years, 120
days).
Interment at Indian
Springs Cemetery, Punta Gorda, Fla.
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Douglas H. Grieve (c.1881-1951) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born about 1881.
Republican. Engineer; candidate for New York
state senate 21st District, 1928; candidate for borough
president of Bronx, New York, 1937.
Protestant.
Died, in Westchester Square Hospital,
Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., January
13, 1951 (age about 70
years).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Oscar Frederick Gunz (1854-1916) —
also known as Oscar F. Gunz —
of Rutherford, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
15, 1854.
Engineer; mayor
of Rutherford, N.J., 1914-15.
Suffered a cerebral
hemorrhage, and died three months later, March 22,
1916 (age 61 years, 189
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Louis F. Haffen (1854-1935) —
of Melrose, Westchester County (now part of Bronx, Bronx
County), N.Y.; Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Melrose, Westchester County (now part of Bronx, Bronx
County), N.Y., November
6, 1854.
Son of Mathias Haffen and Catherine (Hayes) Haffen.
Democrat. Civil engineer; engineer, New York City Department
of Parks, 1883-93; commissioner of street improvement in Annexed
Territory (Bronx), 1893-98; borough
president of Bronx, New York, 1898-1909; removed 1909; removed from
office by Gov. Charles
Evans Hughes over maladministration
charges,
1909; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 22nd District, 1915;
member of New York
Democratic State Committee, 1930.
Catholic.
German
and Irish
ancestry. Member, Royal
Arcanum; Tammany
Hall.
Haffen Park, Bronx, is named for
him.
Died, from arteriosclerosis,
in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., December
25, 1935 (age 81 years, 49
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Married 1886
to Caroline Kurz. |
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Arthur Sherburne Hardy (1847-1930) —
also known as Arthur S. Hardy —
of Hanover, Grafton
County, N.H.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Woodstock, Windham
County, Conn.
Born in Andover, Essex
County, Mass., August
13, 1847.
Son of Alpheus Hardy and Susan W. (Holmes) Hardy.
Civil engineer; college
professor; author;
editor of Cosmopolitan magazine,
1893-95; U.S. Minister to Persia, 1897-99; Greece, 1899-1901; Romania, 1899-1901; Serbia, 1899-1901; Switzerland, 1901-03; Spain, 1902-05; U.S. Consul General in Teheran, 1897-99.
Died in Woodstock, Windham
County, Conn., March 14,
1930 (age 82 years, 213
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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James Hartness (1861-1934) —
of Springfield, Windsor
County, Vt.
Born in Schenectady, Schenectady
County, N.Y., September
3, 1861.
Son of John Williams Hartness and Ursilla (Jackson) Hartness.
Engineer; inventor;
Governor
of Vermont, 1921-23.
Died February
2, 1934 (age 72 years, 152
days).
Interment at Summer
Hill Cemetery, Springfield, Vt.
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George Joseph Hochbrueckner (b. 1938) —
also known as George J. Hochbrueckner —
of Coram, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., September
20, 1938.
Democrat. Electronics engineer; member of New York
state assembly, 1975-84 (2nd District 1975-82, 4th District
1983-84); U.S.
Representative from New York 1st District, 1987-95; defeated,
1984, 1994; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1988,
2000.
Catholic.
Still living as of 2000.
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Herbert Clark Hoover (1874-1964) —
also known as Herbert Hoover; "The Great
Engineer"; "The Grand Old Man" —
of Palo Alto, Santa Clara
County, Calif.; Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in West Branch, Cedar
County, Iowa, August
10, 1874.
Son of Jesse Clark Hoover (1847-1880) and Hulda Randall (Minthorn)
Hoover (1848-1883).
Republican. Mining
engineer; candidate for Republican nomination for President,
1920;
U.S.
Secretary of Commerce, 1921-28; President
of the United States, 1929-33; defeated, 1932; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1960.
Quaker.
Swiss
and Dutch
ancestry.
Inducted into the National Mining Hall of
Fame, Leadville, Colorado.
Died, of intestinal
cancer, in his suite at the Waldorf Towers Hotel, New
York, New
York County, N.Y., October
20, 1964 (age 90 years, 71
days).
Interment at Herbert
Hoover National Historic Site, West Branch, Iowa.
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Relatives: Son
of Jesse Clark Hoover (1847-1880) and Hulda Randall (Minthorn) Hoover
(1848-1883); distant cousin of Charles
Lewis Hoover; married, February
10, 1899, to Lou Henry (1874-1944); father of Herbert
Clark Hoover, Jr.. See Hoover
family of California. |
| | | Cross-reference: Horace
A. Mann — Walter
H. Newton — Christian
A. Herter — Lewis
L. Strauss |
| | | Campaign slogan (1928): "A chicken in
every pot." |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books by Herbert Hoover: The
Ordeal of Woodrow Wilson |
| | | Books about Herbert Hoover: Martin L.
Fausold, The
Presidency of Herbert C. Hoover — Joan Hoff Wilson, Herbert
Hoover : Forgotten Progressive — George H. Nash, Life
of Herbert Hoover : The Humanitarian, 1914-1917 —
George H. Nash, The
Life of Herbert Hoover : Masters of Emergencies,
1917-1918 — David Holford, Herbert
Hoover (for young readers) |
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Eberly Hutchinson (b. 1871) —
of Green Lake, Fulton
County, N.Y.; Canada Lake, Fulton
County, N.Y.
Born in Johnstown, Fulton
County, N.Y., 1871.
Republican. Mining
engineer; member of New York
state assembly from Fulton and Hamilton counties, 1919-31; chair of
Fulton County Republican Party, 1939.
Burial
location unknown.
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Vladimir Karapetoff (b. 1876) —
of Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y.
Born in St. Petersburg, Russia,
January
8, 1876.
Son of Nikita Karapetoff and Anna (Ivanova) Karapetoff.
Socialist. Engineer; university
professor; candidate for New York
state engineer and surveyor, 1920, 1924; candidate for New York
state senate 41st District, 1932.
Christian.
Member, American
Association of University Professors; Sigma
Xi; Phi Mu
Alpha; Theta Xi.
Burial
location unknown.
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Burt Z. Kasson —
of Gloversville, Fulton
County, N.Y.
Republican. Civil engineer; farmer;
member of New York
state assembly from Fulton and Hamilton counties, 1916-18; member
of New
York state senate 35th District, 1919-20; chair of
Fulton County Republican Party, 1929.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Kelly (b. 1854) —
of Vulcan, Dickinson
County, Mich.; Iron Mountain, Dickinson
County, Mich.
Born in New York, April 17,
1854.
Republican. Mining
engineer; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Michigan, 1912
(alternate), 1916.
Member, Tau Beta
Pi; Psi
Upsilon; Rotary.
Burial
location unknown.
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Dwight B. La Du (b. 1876) —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Van Buren, Onondaga
County, N.Y., 1876.
Son of J. Sears La Du and Julia L. (Warner) La Du.
Democrat. Engineer; New York
state engineer and surveyor, 1923-24; defeated, 1918, 1924.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Burial
location unknown.
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Jesse P. Larrimer —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Engineer; contractor;
member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 16th District, 1913.
Burial
location unknown.
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Frederick Lavis —
of Scarsdale, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Engineer; elected () mayor
of Scarsdale, N.Y. 1931.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Ludlow Livingston (b. 1870) —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 10,
1870.
Electrical
engineer; lawyer; U.S.
Consul in Salina Cruz, 1908-10; Swansea, 1910-11.
Burial
location unknown.
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Lodian W. Lodian (b. 1866) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Hartford
County, Conn., July 15,
1866.
Son of Kalos I. Lodian and Anita (Mana) Lodian.
Civil engineer; metallurgist;
world traveler; inventor;
claimed to be first
American to cross the Himalayan mountains, 1895; secretary,
international antisemitic convention, Paris, 1900; candidate for New York
state assembly from New York County 1st District, 1918
(Prohibition), 1921 (Prohibition), 1933 (Law Preservation);
Prohibition candidate for New York
state senate 12th District, 1922; Law Preservation candidate for
U.S.
Representative from New York 12th District, 1932.
Burial
location unknown.
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Michael Joseph Mansfield (1903-2001) —
also known as Mike Mansfield —
of Missoula, Missoula
County, Mont.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March 16,
1903.
Son of Patrick Mansfield and Josephine (O'Brien) Mansfield.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; mining
engineer; university
professor; U.S.
Representative from Montana 1st District, 1943-53; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Montana, 1944,
1948,
1952,
1956,
1996,
2000;
U.S.
Senator from Montana, 1953-77; U.S. Ambassador to Japan, 1977-88.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Alpha
Tau Omega.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1989.
Died, of congestive
heart failure, at the Walter
Reed Army Hospital, Washington,
D.C., October
5, 2001 (age 98 years, 203
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Robert P. Marren (1918-1990) —
of Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Born in Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y., March 10,
1918.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; civil
engineer; surveyor;
candidate for New York
state senate 48th District, 1954; member of city council, Auburn,
N.Y., 1957-63.
Died, from complications of diabetes,
in a hospital
at Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., January
26, 1990 (age 71 years, 322
days).
Interment at St.
Joseph's Cemetery, Auburn, N.Y.
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Alexander C. Martin (b. 1866) —
of Seneca Falls, Seneca
County, N.Y.
Born in Warren, Bristol
County, R.I., 1866.
Son of Prof. W. E. Martin.
Republican. Engineer; contractor;
member of New York
state assembly from Seneca County, 1909.
Burial
location unknown.
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William C. McDonald (1858-1918) —
of Carrizozo, Lincoln
County, N.M.
Born in Jordanville, Herkimer
County, N.Y., July 25,
1858.
Son of John McDonald and Lydia Marshall (Biggs) McDonald.
Lawyer;
civil engineer; cattle ranch
manager; member of New Mexico
territorial House of Representatives, 1891-92; Governor of
New Mexico, 1912-17.
Died April 11,
1918 (age 59 years, 260
days).
Interment at Cedarvale
Cemetery, White Oaks, N.M.
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Edwin Atkins Merritt (1828-1916) —
also known as Edwin A. Merritt —
of Potsdam, St.
Lawrence County, N.Y.
Born in Sudbury, Rutland
County, Vt., February
26, 1828.
Surveyor;
engineer; member of New York
state assembly from St. Lawrence County 2nd District, 1860-61;
served in the Union Army during the Civil War; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1867-68; candidate
for New
York state treasurer, 1875; U.S. Collector of Customs,
1878-81; U.S. Consul General in London, 1882-85.
Died December
26, 1916 (age 88 years, 304
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Melvin Nord (b. 1918) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., August 3,
1918.
Son of Sol Nord and Rose (Hertzoff) Nord.
Democrat. Lawyer; chemical
engineer; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County 6th
District, 1961-62.
Member, Sigma Xi.
Still living as of 1962.
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Relatives:
Married to Eleanor Greenbaum. |
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Robert Hector O'Brien (1904-1997) —
also known as Robert H. O'Brien —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Helena, Lewis and
Clark County, Mont., September
15, 1904.
Son of Joseph Grant O'Brien and Margaret (Flanagan) O'Brien.
Mining
engineer; lawyer; member, U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission, 1942-44; special assistant to Barney
Balaban, president of Paramount Pictures,
and director, Paramount International Films;
when the companies split in 1949, he became secretary-treasurer of
the movie
theater chain, United Paramount Theaters; following a merger with
American Broadcasting Company, he became financial vice-president of
the ABC television
network; in 1957, he joined the Loew's movie
theater chain as vice-president and treasurer; president of the
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer movie
studio, 1963-69.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sigma
Chi; Phi
Delta Phi; Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick.
Died, of a stroke, in
Seattle, King
County, Wash., October
6, 1997 (age 93 years, 21
days).
Interment somewhere
in Butte, Mont.
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William Morrow Knox Olcott (b. 1862) —
also known as William M. K. Olcott —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August
27, 1862.
Son of John N. Olcott and Euphemia Helen (Knox) Olcott.
Republican. Lawyer; New
York County District Attorney, 1896-98; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1904;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 18th District, 1915;
vice-president and director, Lawyers Engineering and Surveying
Co.; director, Mary Powell Steamboat
Co.; director, Everard Brewing Co.
Burial
location unknown.
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J. Austin Otto (b. 1890) —
of Atlanta, Steuben
County, N.Y.
Born in Atlanta, Steuben
County, N.Y., September
20, 1890.
Son of William E. Otto and Frances (Wallace) Otto.
Republican. Civil engineer; railway
yardmaster; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; grocer; coal
dealer; member of New York
state assembly from Steuben County 2nd District, 1932-36.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Alice M. Rowe. |
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Richard Cunningham Patterson, Jr. (1886-1966) —
also known as Richard C. Patterson, Jr. —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Locust Valley, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb., January
31, 1886.
Son of Richard Cunningham Patterson and Martha Belle (Neiswanger)
Patterson.
Democrat. Gold miner;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; engineer; New York
City Commissioner of Correction, 1927-32; executive vice-president
and director, National Broadcasting
Co., 1932-36; chairman, Radio-Keith-Orpheum (RKO) Corp., 1939-43;
chairman, Ogden Corp. (Utilities Power &
Light Co.); delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
York, 1928
(alternate), 1932
(alternate), 1936,
1944,
1948;
U.S. Ambassador to Yugoslavia, 1944-47; Guatamala, 1948-50; U.S. Minister to Switzerland, 1951-53.
Methodist.
Member, Military
Order of the World Wars; American
Legion; Society
of Colonial Wars; Sons of
the Revolution; Beta
Theta Pi; Freemasons.
Died September
30, 1966 (age 80 years, 242
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Harris Pendleton (b. 1845) —
of Guilford, New Haven
County, Conn.; New London, New London
County, Conn.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., July 15,
1845.
Son of Harris Pendleton (1811-1890) and Sarah (Chester) Pendleton.
Telegraph
operator; civil engineer; druggist;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Guilford, 1886; undertaker.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Burial
location unknown.
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Howard Everett Race (b. 1918) —
also known as Howard E. Race —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in Rome, Oneida
County, N.Y., May 9,
1918.
Son of Homer D. Race and Estelle Maude (Herman) Race.
Republican. Engineer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War
II; member of Wisconsin
Republican State Central Committee, 1962; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, 1964.
Member, American
Legion.
Still living as of 1964.
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Jeremiah F. Ryan (1882-1948) —
also known as Jere F. Ryan —
of Bayside, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; Auburndale, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., 1882.
Son of Jeremiah Ryan and Catherine (Kane) Ryan.
Democrat. Engineer; building
contractor; automobile
dealer; member of New York
state assembly from Queens County 4th District, 1926-28;
defeated, 1928; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1932;
New York City Commissioner of Markets, 1933-34.
Catholic.
Member, Tammany
Hall; Moose; Elks; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died, in Flushing Hospital,
Flushing, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., April 2,
1948 (age about 65
years).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
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Horatio Seymour, Jr. (1844-1907) —
of Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y.; Marquette, Marquette
County, Mich.
Born in Oneida
County, N.Y., January
8, 1844.
Son of John Forman Seymour (1814-1890) and Frances Antill (Tappan)
Seymour (1815-1860).
Democrat. Civil engineer; worked on railroad
construction; New York
state engineer and surveyor, 1878-81.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Society of Civil Engineers.
Died in Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y., February
21, 1907 (age 63 years, 44
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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James Madison Seymour (1837-1905) —
also known as James M. Seymour —
of Newark, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
30, 1837.
Democrat. Engineer; New Jersey State Supervisor of Prisons,
1891; mayor of
Newark, N.J., 1896-1902; candidate for Governor of
New Jersey, 1901.
Died in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., April 1,
1905 (age 68 years, 61
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Silas Seymour (1817-1890) —
of Piermont, Rockland
County, N.Y.; Saratoga Springs, Saratoga
County, N.Y.
Born in Stillwater, Saratoga
County, N.Y., June 20,
1817.
Son of John Seymour (1792-1824) and Sarah (Montgomery) Seymour
(1793-1824).
Engineer; worked on railroad
construction; New York
state engineer and surveyor, 1856-57, 1882-83.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 15,
1890 (age 73 years, 25
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hermon Cemetery, Sillery, Quebec City, Quebec.
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Relatives: First
cousin thrice removed of Moses
Seymour; second cousin twice removed of Horatio
Seymour (1778-1857) and Henry
Seymour; son of John Seymour (1792-1824) and Sarah (Montgomery)
Seymour (1793-1824); fourth cousin once removed of David
Lowrey Seymour; third cousin once removed of Origen
Storrs Seymour, Horatio
Seymour (1810-1886), George
Seymour, McNeil
Seymour and Henry
William Seymour; second cousin once removed of Hezekiah
Cook Seymour; married, December
23, 1840, to Delia S. French; fourth cousin of Edward
Woodruff Seymour, Joseph
Battell, Morris
Woodruff Seymour, Horatio
Seymour, Jr. and Norman
Alexander Seymour; third cousin of Augustus
Sherill Seymour; third cousin twice removed of Dalton
G. Seymour. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams
family of New York. |
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John Reynard Todd (c.1868-1945) —
also known as John R. Todd —
of Summit, Union
County, N.J.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Johnstown, Rock
County, Wis., about 1868.
Son of Rev. James Doeg Todd and Susan (Webster) Todd.
Republican. Lawyer;
president of the Todd Robertson Todd construction
and engineering firm; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New Jersey, 1928,
1932,
1940.
Member, Union
League.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 12,
1945 (age about 77
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Webster Bray Todd (c.1900-1989) —
also known as Webster B. Todd —
of Oldwick, Hunterdon
County, N.J.
Born in Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y., about 1900.
Son of John
Reynard Todd and Alice (Bray) Todd (c.1866-1956).
Republican. President, Todd Associates construction
engineering firm; treasurer of
New Jersey Republican Party, 1943; director of Economic Affairs
in U.S. Mission to NATO and Europe, 1953-54; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New Jersey, 1960
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1964
(delegation chair), 1972;
New Jersey
Republican state chair, 1961-69, 1974-77.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Oldwick, Hunterdon
County, N.J., February
8, 1989 (age about 89
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Evert Van Alen (1749-1807) —
also known as John E. Van Alen —
of Rensselaer
County, N.Y.
Born in Kinderhook, Columbia
County, N.Y., 1749.
Merchant;
civil engineer; U.S.
Representative from New York 7th District, 1793-99; member of New York
state assembly from Rensselaer County, 1800-01.
Died in DeFreestville, Columbia
County, N.Y., February
27, 1807 (age about 57
years).
Interment at Van
Alen Cemetery, North Greenbush, N.Y.
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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, Cortlandt town, Westchester County, N.Y.
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William Van Slooten (c.1857-1901) —
also known as "The Mysterious Van
Slooten" —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., about 1857.
Son of John Van Slooten.
Democrat. Mining
engineer; candidate for New York
state senate 5th District, 1893.
Died, from a self-inflicted
gunshot,
in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., December
14, 1901 (age about 44
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Walter Van Wiggeren (1887-1968) —
of Ilion, Herkimer
County, N.Y.
Born in Yorkville, Oneida
County, N.Y., November
12, 1887.
Republican. Engineer; Herkimer
County Clerk, 1927-49; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New York, 1944;
member of New York
state senate, 1949-64 (40th District 1949-54, 41st District
1955-64).
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in 1968
(age about
80 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1913
to Gladys Bradbury. |
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William B. Vaughn (b. 1946) —
also known as Bill Vaughn —
of Lafayette, Contra
Costa County, Calif.
Born in Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y., October
23, 1946.
Democrat. Engineer; candidate for Governor of
California, 2003.
Still living as of 2003.
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Louis Waldman (b. 1892) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in 1892.
Socialist. Civil engineer; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 8th District, 1918, 1920;
expelled 1920; defeated, 1920; candidate for New York
state senate 14th District, 1922; candidate for New York
state attorney general, 1924; candidate for Governor of
New York, 1928, 1930, 1932; delegate to
New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Expelled
from the New York State Assembly over alleged disloyalty,
along with the other four Socialist members, April 1, 1920.
Burial
location unknown.
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Joseph W. Ward (b. 1891) —
of Caledonia, Livingston
County, N.Y.
Born in Nutley, Essex
County, N.J., June 28,
1891.
Republican. Engineer; miller;
director of First National Bank of
Caledonia; member of New York
state assembly from Livingston County, 1942-56.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1917
to Gertrude Hamilton. |
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William Halsted Wiley (1842-1925) —
also known as William H. Wiley —
of East Orange, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 10,
1842.
Son of John Wiley and Elizabeth B. Wiley.
Republican. Major in the Union Army during the Civil War;
engineer; publisher
of scientific works; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 8th District, 1903-07, 1909-11.
Member, Loyal
Legion.
Died in 1925
(age about
82 years).
Interment at Rosedale
Cemetery, Orange, N.J.
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Harold William Worzel (1901-1950) —
also known as Harold W. Worzel —
of Holbrook, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., August
10, 1901.
Son of George V. Worzel and Minnie Worzel.
Democrat. Civil engineer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 1st District, 1948.
Killed in a commuter
train collision, on the Long Island Railroad, at Rockville
Centre, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., February
17, 1950 (age 48 years, 191
days).
Interment at Union
Cemetery, Sayville, Long Island, N.Y.
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Truman G. Younglove (1815-1882) —
of Saratoga
County, N.Y.
Born in Edinburg, Saratoga
County, N.Y., October
31, 1815.
Son of Daniel Copeland Younglove (1791-1867) and Elizabeth (Stimson)
Younglove (1793-1850).
Republican. Engineer; member of New York
state assembly from Saratoga County 1st District, 1866-69; Speaker of
the New York State Assembly, 1869; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1868
(member, Credentials
Committee).
Died September
17, 1882 (age 66 years, 321
days).
Interment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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