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George Birch Abbott (1850-1908) —
also known as George B. Abbott —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brookfield, Orange
County, Vt., September
27, 1850.
Son of Benjamin Franklin Abbott and Diancy (Pickering) Abbott;
married, November
20, 1878, to Eva Topping Reeve.
Democrat. Lawyer; Kings
County Surrogate, 1889-1901; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1907-08; died in office 1908.
Episcopalian. Member, Sigma
Phi; Society
of Colonial Wars.
Died, from blood
poisoning, in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., February
10, 1908 (age 57 years, 136
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Bert Leigh Acker (1882-1960) —
also known as Bert L. Acker; Adelbert Leigh
Acker —
of Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
21, 1882.
Son of Oscar J. Acker and Sarah E. Acker; married to Virginia E.
Sistrunk (1898-1991).
Republican. Presidential Elector for Florida, 1928;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Florida 4th District, 1940, 1942; candidate
for Governor of
Florida, 1944, 1948; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Florida, 1948,
1952.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Moose.
Actor
in two silent
movies, 1919-20.
Died in 1960
(age about
77 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Joseph Henry Adams (c.1859-1924) —
also known as Joseph H. Adams —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Washington,
D.C., about 1859.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 21st District, 1904.
Episcopalian. Member, Sons of
the Revolution.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., August
19, 1924 (age about 65
years).
Interment somewhere
in Washington, D.C.
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Robert P. Aitken (born c.1819) —
of Flint Township, Genesee
County, Mich.
Born in Perth, Fulton
County, N.Y., about 1819.
Son of William Aitken and Helen (Chalmers) Aitken; married, March 12,
1843, to Sarah J. Johnstone (1823-1886); father of David
Demerest Aitken.
Republican. Farmer; supervisor
of Flint Township, Michigan; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Genesee County 2nd District,
1865-68.
Episcopalian. Scottish
ancestry.
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Flint, Mich.
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Archibald Stevens Alexander (1906-1979) —
also known as Archibald S. Alexander —
of Bernardsville, Somerset
County, N.J.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., October
28, 1906.
Third great-grandson of John
Stevens; son of Archibald Stevens Alexander and Helen Tracy
(Barney) Alexander; married 1929 to Susanne
Dimock Tilton (died 1935); married 1937 to Jean
Struthers Sears (second great-granddaughter of Jonathan
Mason; sister-in-law of Henry
Cabot Lodge, Jr.); second cousin of Millicent
Hammond Fenwick.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1940
(alternate), 1948,
1952,
1956;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1948 (Democratic), 1952; assistant
secretary of the U.S. Army, 1949-50; undersecretary, 1950-52; member
of Democratic
National Committee from New Jersey, 1952; New Jersey
state treasurer, 1954-55; candidate for Presidential Elector for
New Jersey, 1972.
Episcopalian.
Died in Bernardsville, Somerset
County, N.J., September
4, 1979 (age 72 years, 311
days).
Interment at St.
Bernard's Cemetery, Bernardsville, N.J.
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Frederick Hobbes Allen (1858-1937) —
also known as Frederick H. Allen —
of Pelham Manor, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii, May 30,
1858.
Son of Elisha
Hunt Allen and Mary Harrod (Hobbes) Allen; married, June 30,
1892, to Adele Livingston Stevens.
Democrat. Lawyer; economist;
village president of Pelham Manor, N.Y., 1904-06; chair of
Westchester County Democratic Party, 1904-14; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1908,
1920
(alternate); served in the U.S. Navy during World War I.
Episcopalian. Member, Society
of Colonial Wars; Sons of
the Revolution; American
Legion; Military
Order of the World Wars.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Newport Hospital,
Newport, Newport
County, R.I., December
3, 1937 (age 79 years, 187
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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George Hanford Ansley (1875-1961) —
also known as George H. Ansley —
of Salamanca, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y.
Born in Salamanca, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y., December
14, 1875.
Son of Hudson Ansley (1838-1926) and Alzina Jane (Hanford) Ansley
(1839-1919); married, October
18, 1906, to Charlotte Estelle Fish (1881-1915); married, November
6, 1917, to Dorothy Robbins (1895-1974).
Democrat. Lawyer; chair of
Cattaraugus County Democratic Party, 1910; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1928.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Phi
Delta Theta.
Died in Salamanca, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y., September
20, 1961 (age 85 years, 280
days).
Interment at Wildwood
Cemetery, Salamanca, N.Y.
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Norman Armour (1887-1982) —
of Gladstone, Somerset
County, N.J.; Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Brighton, England
of American parents, October
14, 1887.
Son of George Allison Armour and Harriette (Foote) Armour; married,
February
2, 1919, to Princess Myra Koudacheff.
Lawyer;
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Minister to Haiti, 1932-33, 1933-35; Canada, 1935-38; U.S. Ambassador to Chile, 1938-39; Argentina, 1939-44; Spain, 1945; Venezuela, 1950-51; Guatamala, 1954-55.
Episcopalian. Member, Council on
Foreign Relations.
One of five retired diplomats who co-signed a famous 1954 letter
protesting U.S. Sen. Joe
McCarthy's attacks on the Foreign Service.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
27, 1982 (age 94 years, 348
days).
Interment at Princeton
Cemetery, Princeton, N.J.
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George Alexander Armstrong (1887-1970) —
also known as George A. Armstrong —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Nyack, Rockland
County, N.Y., September
5, 1887.
Son of James Sinclair Armstrong and Lizzie Howard (Welsh) Armstrong;
married, December
17, 1919, to Elizabeth Inglis (died 1933).
Insurance
broker; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Vice
Consul in Zurich, 1924-28; Nice, 1928-31; Monaco, 1929-31; U.S. Consul in Kingston, 1935-36; Colombo, 1937; Manchester, 1943.
Episcopalian.
Died in Neptune, Monmouth
County, N.J., December
15, 1970 (age 83 years, 101
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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James Sinclair Armstrong (1915-2000) —
also known as J. Sinclair Armstrong —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
15, 1915.
Son of Sinclair Howard Armstrong (1881-1980) and Katharine Martin
(LeBoutillier) Armstrong (1886-1977); married, June 29,
1940, to Elisabeth Stillman (divorced); married, November
12, 1960, to Joan Shepard (Miller) Gilchrist (divorced); married,
November
22, 1978, to Charlotte P. (Horwood) Faircloth.
Lawyer;
banker;
member, U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission, 1953-57; chair, U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission, 1955-57; Assistant Secretary of the Navy,
1957-59.
Episcopalian.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
5, 2000 (age 85 years, 21
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Lawrence Sheppard Armstrong (b. 1895) —
also known as Lawrence S. Armstrong —
of Penn Yan, Yates
County, N.Y.
Born in Penn Yan, Yates
County, N.Y., July 6,
1895.
Son of Hatley Kendig Armstrong and Sarah Fletcher (Sheppard)
Armstrong; married, October
19, 1920, to Fenia (Schwartz) Benezech.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Vice Consul in Liverpool, 1923-26; Messina, 1926-28; Naples, 1928-29; U.S. Consul in Naples, 1929; Lisbon, 1930-34; Tunis, 1934; Tampico, 1938; Havana, 1943.
Episcopalian.
Burial
location unknown.
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Silas R. Arnold (1810-1875) —
of Monroe, Monroe
County, Mich.
Born in Fairfield, Herkimer
County, N.Y., August
17, 1810.
Mayor
of Monroe, Mich., 1853, 1864-65.
Episcopalian.
Died March 9,
1875 (age 64 years, 204
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Frederick Christopher Arterton (b. 1942) —
also known as F. Christopher Arterton —
of Newton Highlands, Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., October
22, 1942.
Son of Frederick Harry Arterton and Eleanor (Bell) Arterton; married
1966 to
Janet MacArthur Bond.
Democrat. College
instructor; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1972.
Episcopalian. Member, Pi
Sigma Alpha; Phi
Kappa Phi; Alpha
Chi Rho; Americans
for Democratic Action.
Still living as of 1973.
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Chester Alan Arthur (1829-1886) —
also known as Chester A. Arthur; Chester Abell Arthur;
"The Gentleman Boss"; "His
Accidency"; "Elegant Arthur"; "Our
Chet"; "Dude President" —
of New York.
Born in Fairfield, Franklin
County, Vt., October
5, 1829.
Son of Rev. William Arthur (1796-1875) and Malvina (Stone) Arthur
(1802-1869); married, October
25, 1859, to Ellen Lewis "Nell" Herndon (1837-1880).
Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Collector of Customs,
1870-78; New York
Republican state chair, 1879-81; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1880;
Vice
President of the United States, 1881; President
of the United States, 1881-85; candidate for Republican
nomination for President, 1884.
Episcopalian. Member, Loyal
Legion; Psi
Upsilon; Union
League.
Died, of Bright's
disease and a cerebral
hemorrhage, in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
18, 1886 (age 57 years, 44
days).
Interment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.; statue at Madison
Square Park, Manhattan, N.Y.
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Albert Elmer Austin (1877-1942) —
also known as Albert E. Austin —
of Old Greenwich, Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Medway, Norfolk
County, Mass., November
15, 1877.
Married to Anne Tyrell Christy (divorced 1916); married, May 17,
1919, to Anne Clara Snyder (1882-1938; killed in automobile-train
accident in Miami, Fla.); married, September
3, 1939, to Lillian V. Lounsbury; step-father of Clare
Boothe Luce.
Republican. Physician;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1917-19, 1921-23; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1939-41; defeated,
1940.
Episcopalian. Member, American Medical
Association; Freemasons.
Died in Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn., January
26, 1942 (age 64 years, 72
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Ferncliff
Cemetery, Hartsdale, N.Y.
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Robert Low Bacon (1884-1938) —
also known as Robert L. Bacon; "Prince
Charming" —
of Westbury, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., July 23,
1884.
Son of Martha Waldron (Cowdin) Bacon and Robert
Bacon; married, April 14,
1913, to Virginia
Murray; brother of Gaspar
Griswold Bacon.
Republican. Banker;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1920;
U.S.
Representative from New York 1st District, 1923-38; died in
office 1938.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Moose.
Died, of a heart
attack, at the state police barracks, Lake Success, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., September
12, 1938 (age 54 years, 51
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Joseph Clark Baldwin III (1897-1957) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., January
11, 1897.
Son of Joseph Clark Baldwin and Fanny (Taylor) Baldwin; married, December
5, 1923, to Marthe Guillon-Verne (niece of Jules Verne
(1828-1905; author)).
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; newspaper
reporter; business
executive; member of New York
state senate 17th District, 1935-36; defeated (Republican), 1936;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 17th District, 1938;
U.S.
Representative from New York 17th District, 1941-47; defeated
(American Labor), 1946.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Died, in the Veterans Administration Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
27, 1957 (age 60 years, 289
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Raymond Earl Baldwin (1893-1986) —
also known as Raymond E. Baldwin —
of Stratford, Fairfield
County, Conn.; Glastonbury, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Rye, Westchester
County, N.Y., August
31, 1893.
Son of Lucian Earl Baldwin and Sarah Emily (Tyler) Baldwin; married,
June
29, 1922, to Edith Lindholm.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Stratford, 1931-34; Governor of
Connecticut, 1939-41, 1943-46; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Connecticut, 1940,
1944,
1948
(speaker);
U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1946-49; justice of
Connecticut state supreme court, 1949-59; delegate
to Connecticut state constitutional convention 1st District, 1965.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Grange;
Elks; Eagles; Delta
Tau Delta; Phi
Delta Phi; Moose; Redmen; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society.
Died in Fairfield, Fairfield
County, Conn., October
4, 1986 (age 93 years, 34
days).
Interment at Indian
Hill Cemetery, Middletown, Conn.
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Thomas Raymond Ball (1896-1943) —
also known as Thomas R. Ball —
of Old Lyme, New London
County, Conn.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
12, 1896.
Son of Thomas Watson Ball and Alice Lynde (Raymond) Ball; married, December
18, 1934, to Elvira Urisarri de Polo.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; architect;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Old Lyme, 1927-38; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 2nd District, 1939-41; defeated,
1940.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Institute of Architects; Sons of
the American Revolution; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Grange; Society
of Colonial Wars.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Old Lyme, New London
County, Conn., June 16,
1943 (age 47 years, 124
days).
Interment at Duck
River Cemetery, Old Lyme, Conn.
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Anthony Bleecker Banks (b. 1837) —
also known as A. Bleecker Banks —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March 7,
1837.
Son of David Banks and Harriet (Lloyd) Banks; married to Phebe Wells.
Democrat. Publishing
business; member of New York
state assembly from Albany County 3rd District, 1862; member of
New
York state senate 13th District, 1868-71; mayor of
Albany, N.Y., 1876-78, 1884-86; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1884;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 19th District, 1894.
Episcopalian. Member, Society
of Colonial Wars.
Burial
location unknown.
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Cassius McDonald Barnes (1845-1925) —
of Guthrie, Logan
County, Okla.
Born near Greigsville, Livingston
County, N.Y., August
25, 1845.
Son of Henry Hogan Barnes and Cemantha (Boyd) Barnes; married to Mary
E. Bartlett.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of
Oklahoma
territorial House of Representatives, 1895-97; member of Republican
National Committee from Oklahoma, 1896; Governor of
Oklahoma Territory, 1897-1901; mayor of
Guthrie, Okla., 1903-05, 1907-09.
Episcopalian. Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M., February
18, 1925 (age 79 years, 177
days).
Interment at Summit
View Cemetery, Guthrie, Okla.
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Millard Bartels (1905-1997) —
of West Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., February
24, 1905.
Son of Herman Bartels and June (Millard) Bartels; married, June 1,
1934, to Eulalia Stevens.
Republican. Lawyer;
director, general counsel, Travelers Insurance
Co.; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Connecticut, 1964.
Episcopalian. Member, Phi
Delta Theta; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died October
16, 1997 (age 92 years, 234
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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George White Baxter (1855-1929) —
also known as George W. Baxter —
of Denver,
Colo.; Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.
Born in Hendersonville, Henderson
County, N.C., January
7, 1855.
Son of John
Baxter.
Democrat. Governor of
Wyoming Territory, 1886; delegate to
Wyoming state constitutional convention, 1889; candidate for Governor of
Wyoming, 1890; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Wyoming, 1893; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Tennessee, 1912.
Episcopalian.
Died, after suffering a gastric
hemorrhage, in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
18, 1929 (age 74 years, 345
days).
Interment at Old
Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn.
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Charles Ulrick Bay (1888-1955) —
also known as Charles U. Bay —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Rensselaer, Rensselaer
County, N.Y., September
5, 1888.
Son of Jens Christopher Bay and Marie (Hauan) Bay; married 1942 to
Josephine Holt Perfect.
Founder, Bay Company, manufacturer
of medical supplies; partner, A. M. Kidder & Co., stockbrokers;
founder, Bay Petroleum
Corporation; stockholder and director, New York, New Haven and
Hartford Railroad;
director, First National Bank and
Trust Company of Bridgeport; also involved with the Connecticut Railway
and Lighting
Company; U.S. Ambassador to Norway, 1946-53.
Episcopalian. Norwegian
ancestry.
Died, in the Harkness Pavilion of the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical
Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
31, 1955 (age 67 years, 117
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Howard Randolph Bayne (1851-1933) —
also known as Howard R. Bayne —
of New Brighton, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Born in Winchester,
Va., May 11,
1851.
Son of Charles Bayne and Mary Ellen (Ashby) Bayne; married, April 27,
1886, to Lizzie S. Moore (died 1923; daughter of Samuel Preston
Moore (Confederate surgeon-general)); married, February
17, 1932, to Amy (Hughes) D'Aeth.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state senate 23rd District, 1909-12.
Episcopalian. Member, Society
of Colonial Wars; Sons of
the Revolution; American Bar
Association.
Died in New Brighton, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., March 13,
1933 (age 81 years, 306
days).
Interment somewhere
in Richmond, Va.
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Samuel Willard Beakes (1861-1927) —
also known as Samuel W. Beakes —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Burlingham, Sullivan
County, N.Y., January
11, 1861.
Son of George
M. Beakes and Elizabeth (Bull) Beakes; married, July 6,
1886, to Annie S. Beakes (daughter of Hiram
J. Beakes).
Democrat. Lawyer;
private secretary to Judge Thomas
M. Cooley; newspaper
editor and publisher; mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1888-90; postmaster;
U.S.
Representative from Michigan 2nd District, 1913-17, 1917-19;
defeated, 1916, 1918; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Michigan, 1916.
Episcopalian.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
9, 1927 (age 66 years, 29
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich.
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Samuel Arthur Beardsley (1856-1932) —
also known as Samuel A. Beardsley —
of Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y., December
1, 1856.
Son of Arthur Moore Beardsley and Louise Howland (Adams) Beardsley;
married, September
14, 1881, to Elizabeth Ann Hopper (died 1916); married 1927 to Lillian
Valérie Ella Walpole-Moore.
Democrat. Lawyer;
incorporated New York Gas, Electric
Light, Heat & Power Co., which later became the New York Edison
Co.; director of several other utilities;
member of New York
Democratic State Committee, 1889-92; secretary of
New York Democratic Party, 1889-92; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1904,
1908,
1912.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Redmen.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April 28,
1932 (age 75 years, 149
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Ralph Elihu Becker (1907-1994) —
also known as Ralph E. Becker —
of Port Chester, Westchester
County, N.Y.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
29, 1907.
Son of Max Joseph Becker and Rose (Becker) Becker; married to Ann
Marie Watters.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1936;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; candidate for
Presidential Elector for District of Columbia, 1972;
U.S. Ambassador to Honduras, 1976-77.
Jewish;
later Episcopalian. Lithuanian
and Belarusian
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Federal
Bar Association; National
Trust for Historic Preservation; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Jewish
War Veterans; American
Legion; B'nai
B'rith; American
Jewish Committee.
Donor of the Ralph E. Becker Collection of Political Americana to the
Smithsonian Institution; a sponsor of the Antarctic-South Pole
Operation Deep Freeze expedition, 1963; a mountain in Antarctica is
named
for him.
Died, from congestive
heart failure, in George Washington University Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., August
24, 1994 (age 87 years, 207
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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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.
Descendant of Robert
Livingston the Elder, Philip
Livingston and Robert
R. Livingston; son of Gilbert Livingston Beeckman and Margaret
Atherton (Foster) Beeckman; married, October
8, 1902, to Eleanor Thomas (died 1920); married 1923 to Edna
(Marston) Burke; uncle of Katherine Steward (who married of Hallett
C. Johnson).
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,
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, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.
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Burton Ellsworth Bennett (1863-1929) —
also known as Burton E. Bennett —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.; Sitka,
Alaska.
Born in North Brookfield, Madison
County, N.Y., April 17,
1863.
Son of Samuel Rhoades Bennett and Mary Hill (Loomis) Bennett.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Alaska Territory, 1895-98.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Died in 1929
(age about
66 years).
Interment at Evergreen-Washelli
Memorial Park, Seattle, Wash.
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William Burnett Benton (1900-1973) —
also known as William Benton —
of Southport, Fairfield, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., April 1,
1900.
Son of Charles William Benton and Elma (Hixson) Benton; married 1928 to Helen
Hemingway.
Democrat. Advertising
business; introduced sound effects into television commercials;
popularized the "Amos 'n' Andy" radio show; vice-president,
University of Chicago, 1937-45; publisher of the Encyclopedia
Brittanica; U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs,
1945-47; U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1949-53; defeated, 1952; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1952,
1956,
1960.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Legion; Council on
Foreign Relations; Zeta Psi.
The William Benton Museum of Art at the University of Connecticut is
named
for him.
Died, in the Waldorf Towers Hotel,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March 18,
1973 (age 72 years, 351
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Halvor Viggo Berg (b. 1890) —
also known as Halvor Berg —
of Christiansted, St. Croix, Virgin
Islands; Frederiksted, St. Croix, Virgin
Islands; Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Virgin Islands, February
21, 1890.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virgin
Islands, 1928,
1932,
1936,
1940;
member of Democratic National Committee from Virgin Islands, 1938-40.
Anglican.
Burial
location unknown.
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Gilson Grant Blake, Jr. (1893-1970) —
also known as Gilson G. Blake, Jr. —
of Maryland; Asheville, Buncombe
County, N.C.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., February
7, 1893.
Son of Gilson Grant Blake and Alice Louise (Swan) Blake; married, August
23, 1922, to Margaret Cross Slingluff.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; Foreign Service officer;
U.S. Vice Consul in Newcastle, 1920-21, 1921; Adelaide, 1921; Melbourne, 1921-22; Ottawa, 1922-25; U.S. Consul in Georgetown, 1925-27; Geneva, 1927-36; Rome, 1936-42; Valparaiso, 1946-47; U.S. Consul General in Valparaiso, 1947-49.
Episcopalian. Member, Phi
Delta Theta; Rotary.
Died in December, 1970
(age 77
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Samuel M. Blatchford (1820-1893) —
of New York.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March 9,
1820.
Son of Julia (Mumford) Blatchford and Richard
Milford Blatchford; married, December
17, 1844, to Caroline Appleton (1817-1881).
Lawyer;
U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1867-78; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1878-82; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1882-93; died in office 1893.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Newport, Newport
County, R.I., July 7,
1893 (age 73 years, 120
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Joseph Breckinridge Board, Jr. (b. 1931) —
also known as Joseph B. Board, Jr. —
of Scotia, Schenectady
County, N.Y.
Born in Princeton, Gibson
County, Ind., March 5,
1931.
Democrat. Rhodes
scholar; university
professor; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1972.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Association of University Professors; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Still living as of 1993.
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Richard Walker Bolling (1916-1991) —
also known as Richard Bolling —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., May 17,
1916.
Second great-grandson of John
Williams Walker; great-grandnephew of Percy
Walker; son of Richard Walker Bolling and Florence (Easton)
Bolling; married, June 7,
1945, to Barbara Stratton.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 5th District, 1949-83.
Episcopalian. Member, Americans
for Democratic Action; Phi
Delta Theta; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, apparently from a heart
attack, in Washington,
D.C., April 21,
1991 (age 74 years, 339
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Douglas Harry Bosco (b. 1946) —
also known as Douglas H. Bosco —
of Occidental, Sonoma
County, Calif.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., July 28,
1946.
Democrat. Member of California
state assembly, 1979-83; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1980,
1988;
U.S.
Representative from California 1st District, 1983-91; defeated,
1990.
Episcopalian.
Still living as of 2009.
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Charles Francis Bostwick (1866-1923) —
also known as Charles F. Bostwick —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Tuckahoe, Westchester
County, N.Y., October
10, 1866.
Third cousin twice removed of Jabez
Bostwick; second cousin thrice removed of Daniel
Warner Bostwick; fourth cousin once removed of Ezra
Bostwick; fourth cousin of Elias
William Bostwick; son of Charles Coffin Bostwick and Mary Frances
(Goodwin) Bostwick; married, January
20, 1898, to Laura Bostwick.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for New York
state senate 17th District, 1900; member of New York
state assembly, 1903-04.
Episcopalian.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 21,
1923 (age 56 years, 254
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Clay Stone Briggs (1876-1933) —
of Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex.
Born in Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex., January
8, 1876.
Son of George Dempster Briggs and Olive (Branch) Briggs; married, August
17, 1927, to Lois Slayton Woodworth.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1906-08; district judge in Texas
10th District, 1909-19; U.S.
Representative from Texas 7th District, 1919-33; died in office
1933.
Episcopalian.
Died of a heart
attack, in Washington,
D.C., April 29,
1933 (age 57 years, 111
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Syracuse, N.Y.
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John Bright (1884-1948) —
of Middletown, Orange
County, N.Y.
Born in Middletown, Orange
County, N.Y., May 23,
1884.
Son of Frank Bright and Ellen (Higham) Bright; married, May 24,
1909, to Cornelia Denton.
Lawyer;
U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1941-48;
died in office 1948.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Middletown, Orange
County, N.Y., March 24,
1948 (age 63 years, 306
days).
Interment at Hillside
Cemetery, Middletown, N.Y.
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Michael Graham Bright (1803-1881) —
of Jefferson
County, Ind.
Born in Plattsburgh, Clinton
County, N.Y., January
16, 1803.
Brother of Jesse
David Bright.
Democrat. Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1838-39; delegate
to Indiana state constitutional convention, 1850-51.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., January
19, 1881 (age 78 years, 3
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles H. Brown (b. 1858) —
of Belmont, Allegany
County, N.Y.
Born in West Winfield, Herkimer
County, N.Y., July 20,
1858.
Son of Hiram Clark Brown and Alice Ann (Stuart) Brown; married, November
16, 1881, to Alice C. Smith.
Republican. Lawyer; Allegany
County District Attorney, 1889-97; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of New York, 1899-1900; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of New York, 1900-06; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 8th District, 1907-26.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Frederick Howard Bryant (1877-1945) —
also known as Frederick H. Bryant —
of Malone, Franklin
County, N.Y.
Born in Lincoln, Addison
County, Vt., July 25,
1877.
Son of Lester A. Bryant and Mary A. (Delphy) Bryant; married, October
22, 1907, to Florence B. Boyce.
Republican. Lawyer; chair of
Franklin County Republican Party, 1927; U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of New York, 1927-45;
died in office 1945.
Episcopalian. Member, Chi Psi;
Freemasons.
Died September
4, 1945 (age 68 years, 41
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Cullen Bryant (1849-1905) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August 1,
1849.
Married, June 4,
1889, to Mary Whiting Peters.
Republican. Newspaper
publisher; delegate to Republican National Convention from New
York, 1900.
Episcopalian.
Died, of apoplexy,
in Dr. Cooley's Sanitarium,
Plainfield, Union
County, N.J., February
15, 1905 (age 55 years, 198
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Bessie Allison Buchanan (1902-1980) —
also known as Bessie A. Buchanan —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March 7,
1902.
Married to Charles P. Buchanan.
Democrat. Actress;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 12th District, 1955-62;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1956.
Female.
Episcopalian. African
ancestry. Member, Screen
Actors Guild; Urban
League.
First
black woman member of the New York legislature.
Died in September, 1980
(age 78
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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James Cardwell Burger (b. 1866) —
also known as James C. Burger —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
21, 1866.
Son of James C. Burger, Sr.; married 1888 to Edith
M. Brown.
Republican. Banker; insurance
executive; member of Colorado
state senate; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Colorado, 1920.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners.
Burial
location unknown.
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Carter Lane Burgess (1916-2002) —
also known as Carter L. Burgess —
of Roanoke,
Va.
Born in Roanoke,
Va., December
31, 1916.
Insurance
agent; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; while
stationed in England, he delivered a message from Gen. Dwight
D. Eisenhower to Gen. Charles de Gaulle, then in North Africa,
informing him of the plans to invade Normandy; business
executive; chief executive officer of Trans World Airlines
(TWA), 1956-57; U.S. Ambassador to Argentina, 1968-69.
Episcopalian.
Died, following two strokes,
at Pheasant Ridge Nursing
Home, Roanoke,
Va., August
18, 2002 (age 85 years, 230
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Burial Park, Roanoke, Va.
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Charles Henry Burke (1861-1944) —
also known as Charles H. Burke —
of Pierre, Hughes
County, S.Dak.
Born near Batavia, Genesee
County, N.Y., April 1,
1861.
Son of Walter Burke and Sarah T. (Beckwith) Burke; married, January
14, 1886, to Caroline Schlosser.
Republican. Lawyer; real estate
investor; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 26th District, 1895-98; U.S.
Representative from South Dakota, 1899-1907, 1909-15 (at-large
1899-1907, 1909-13, 2nd District 1913-15); candidate for U.S.
Senator from South Dakota, 1914; U.S. Commissioner of Indian
Affairs, 1921-29.
Episcopalian. Member, Elks; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Ancient
Order of United Workmen.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 7,
1944 (age 83 years, 6
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Pierre, S.Dak.
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Harvey Jacob Burkhart (b. 1861) —
also known as Harvey J. Burkhart —
of Batavia, Genesee
County, N.Y.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, August
14, 1861.
Son of Jacob Burkhart and Biena (Buckholtz) Burkhart; married, November
6, 1890, to Jane Hingston.
Republican. Dentist; mayor of
Batavia, N.Y., 1902-04, 1915-16.
Episcopalian.
Burial
location unknown.
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William L. Burns (b. 1913) —
of Amityville, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Amityville, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., January
24, 1913.
Married to Florence Kinne.
Republican. Member of New York
state assembly, 1966-77 (7th District 1966, 5th District 1967-72,
9th District 1973-77).
Episcopalian. Member, Rotary.
Still living as of 1977.
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Prescott Sheldon Bush (1895-1972) —
also known as Prescott S. Bush —
of Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, May 15,
1895.
Son of Samuel Prescott Bush (1863-1948) and Flora (Sheldon) Bush
(1872-1920); married, August 6,
1921, to Dorothy Walker (1901-1992); father of George
Herbert Walker Bush; grandfather of George
Walker Bush and John
Ellis Bush.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; banker;
director, Pan American Airways;
director, Columbia Broadcasting
System (CBS); delegate to Republican National Convention from
Connecticut, 1948,
1956,
1960
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1964
(alternate); U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1952-63; defeated, 1950.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Skull and
Bones.
Died, of lung
cancer, in the Memorial Hospital
for Cancer and Allied Diseases, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
8, 1972 (age 77 years, 146
days).
Interment at Putnam
Cemetery, Greenwich, Conn.
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Nicholas Murray Butler (1862-1947) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J., April 2,
1862.
Son of Henry L. Butler and Mary J. (Murray) Butler; married 1887 to Susanna
Edwards Schuyler (died 1903); married, March 5,
1907, to Kate La Montagne.
Republican. University
professor; delegate to Republican National Convention from New
Jersey, 1888;
President
of Columbia University, 1901-45; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1904,
1912,
1916,
1920,
1924,
1928,
1932;
candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1912; candidate for Republican
nomination for President, 1920,
1928;
co-recipient of Nobel
Peace Prize in 1931; elected (Wet) delegate to
New York convention to ratify 21st amendment 1933, but did not
serve; blind
in his later years.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Philosophical Society; American
Historical Association; Psi
Upsilon; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, of bronchio-pneumonia,
in St. Luke's Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
7, 1947 (age 85 years, 249
days).
Interment at Cedar
Lawn Cemetery, Paterson, N.J.
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Mortimer W. Byers (1877-1962) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., May 28,
1877.
Son of Thomas S. Byers and Isabella F. (Wardle) Byers; married, June 6,
1906, to Kate A. House.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of New York, 1929-60;
took senior status 1960.
Episcopalian. Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., March 5,
1962 (age 84 years, 281
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Stephen Callaghan (1876-1952) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Lebanon, Laclede
County, Mo., October
3, 1876.
Son of William Henry Callaghan and Lucy (Fulbright) Callaghan;
married, November
28, 1905, to Ethel Van Dien (1884-1976).
Republican. Lawyer;
municipal judge in New York, 1912-15; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1915-29; appointed 1915;
defeated, 1929; elected (Wet) delegate to
New York convention to ratify 21st amendment 1933, but did not
serve.
Episcopalian. Member, Elks; Freemasons.
Died October
12, 1952 (age 76 years, 9
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Donald A. Campbell (1922-1992) —
of Amsterdam, Montgomery
County, N.Y.
Born in Amsterdam, Montgomery
County, N.Y., August 2,
1922.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1951-68 (Montgomery County 1951-65, 123rd
District 1966, 104th District 1967-68).
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Amvets;
American
Legion; American Bar
Association.
Died November
8, 1992 (age 70 years, 98
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Jeanne Johnson Capozzoli (b. 1940) —
also known as Jeanne Capozzoli —
of West Nyack, Rockland
County, N.Y.
Born in Webster, Day
County, S.Dak., June 24,
1940.
Democrat. Member of New York
Democratic State Committee, 1972; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1972.
Female.
Episcopalian. Member, Kappa
Delta Pi; Pi Beta
Phi.
Still living as of 1993.
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Edward Codrington Carrington, Jr. (1872-1938) —
also known as Edward C. Carrington, Jr. —
of Baltimore,
Md.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Washington,
D.C., April 10,
1872.
Grandson of Edward
Carrington; son of Edward Codrington Carrington and Florida
Troupe (Harrison) Carrington; married, October
5, 1899, to Ethel Stuart Coyle (divorced 1919); married 1920 to Anna
Walsh Snyder (divorced 1927); married 1936 to Alice
W. Preston (daughter of James
Harry Preston).
Republican. Lawyer; financier;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland, 1912;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Maryland, 1914; candidate for borough
president of Manhattan, New York, 1931.
Episcopalian.
Died, following a heart
attack, in Baltimore,
Md., December
30, 1938 (age 66 years, 264
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Elbert Nostrand Carvel (1910-2005) —
also known as Elbert N. Carvel; "Big
Bert" —
of Laurel, Sussex
County, Del.
Born in Shelter Island, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., February
9, 1910.
Son of Arnold Wrightson Carvel and Elizabeth (Nostrand) Carvel;
married, December
17, 1932, to Ann Hall Valliant.
Democrat. Fertilizer
manufacturer; Lieutenant
Governor of Delaware, 1945-49; Delaware
Democratic state chair, 1946-47, 1955; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Delaware, 1948,
1952,
1956,
1960;
Governor
of Delaware, 1949-53, 1961-65; defeated, 1952; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Delaware, 1958, 1964; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Delaware, 1972.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Lions;
Grange;
Sigma
Delta Kappa; Alpha
Zeta.
Died in Laurel, Sussex
County, Del., February
6, 2005 (age 94 years, 363
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Queen Anne's County, Md.
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Robert A. Catchpole (b. 1865) —
of Geneva, Ontario
County, N.Y.
Born in London, England,
August
17, 1865.
Son of John G. Catchpole and Elizabeth A. (Walsh) Catchpole; married
to Helen F. McCarthy.
Republican. Meat merchant;
mayor
of Geneva, N.Y., 1922-23; member of New York
state assembly from Ontario County, 1925-33.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Eagles;
Elks; Lions.
Burial
location unknown.
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George W. Chadwick (1825-1885) —
of Chadwicks Mills, Oneida
County, N.Y.
Born in Sauquoit, Oneida
County, N.Y., June 16,
1825.
Republican. President and general manager, Willowvale Bleachery;
director, Oneida National Bank;
director, Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad;
member of New York
state assembly from Oneida County 1st District, 1871, 1874.
Episcopalian.
Died, from "congestion of the brain" (probably stroke),
in Chadwicks Mills, Oneida
County, N.Y., December
4, 1885 (age 60 years, 171
days).
Interment at Sauquoit
Valley Cemetery, Clayville, N.Y.
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Salmon Portland Chase (1808-1873) —
also known as Salmon P. Chase; "Old Mr.
Greenbacks" —
of Ohio.
Born in Cornish, Sullivan
County, N.H., January
13, 1808.
Nephew of Dudley
Chase; cousin of Dudley
Chase Denison; father-in-law of William
Sprague.
Republican. U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1849-55, 1861; Governor of
Ohio, 1856-60; candidate for Republican nomination for President,
1856,
1860;
U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1861-64; Chief
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1864-73; died in office 1873.
Episcopalian.
His portrait appeared on various U.S. currency, including one-dollar
and ten-dollar
notes in the 1860s, and the $10,000
bill from 1918 to 1946.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 7,
1873 (age 65 years, 114
days).
Original interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Fenimore Chatterton (1860-1958) —
of Wyoming.
Born in Oswego, Oswego
County, N.Y., July 21,
1860.
Republican. Member of Wyoming
state senate, 1890; Wyoming
Republican state chair, 1893-94; secretary of
state of Wyoming, 1899-1907; Governor of
Wyoming, 1903-05.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died May 9,
1958 (age 97 years, 292
days).
Interment at Lakeview
Cemetery, Cheyenne, Wyo.
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Edith C. Cheney (b. 1888) —
also known as Edith Madison Costello —
of Corning, Steuben
County, N.Y.
Born July 12,
1888.
Daughter of William Cheney (born 1863) and Virginia Cheney (born
1867); married, February
2, 1911, to Guy
Warren Cheney.
Republican. Member of New York
state assembly from Steuben County 1st District, 1940-44.
Female.
Episcopalian. Member, Daughters of the
American Revolution.
Burial
location unknown.
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W. E. Chilton III (1921-1987) —
also known as W. E. 'Ned' Chilton —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y., November
26, 1921.
Grandson of William
Edwin Chilton and Mary
Louise Chilton; son of William
E. Chilton, Jr..
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 1948,
1960;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Kanawha County, 1953-60.
Episcopalian. Member, Elks; Chi Phi.
Publisher of the Charleston Gazette newspaper,
1961-87.
Died in 1987
(age about
65 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Lemuel Chipman (1754-1831) —
of Pawlet, Rutland
County, Vt.; Ontario
County, N.Y.
Born in Salisbury, Litchfield
County, Conn., July 25,
1754.
Brother of Nathaniel
Chipman and Daniel
Chipman.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;
Presidential Elector for Vermont, 1792;
member of New York
state assembly, 1796-97, 1800-01 (Ontario County 1796-97, Ontario
and Steuben counties 1800-01); member of New York
state senate Western District, 1801-05.
Episcopalian.
Died in Sheldon Center, Wyoming
County, N.Y., April 28,
1831 (age 76 years, 277
days).
Interment somewhere
in Sheldon, N.Y.
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Gaylord Church (1811-1869) —
of Meadville, Crawford
County, Pa.
Born in Otsego, Otsego
County, N.Y., August
11, 1811.
Son of William Church and Wealthy (Palmer) Church; married 1837 to Anna B.
Pearson; father of Pearson
Church.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1840-42; burgess
of Meadville, Pennsylvania, 1842; justice of
Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1858.
Episcopalian. English
ancestry.
Died September
29, 1869 (age 58 years, 49
days).
Interment at Greendale
Cemetery, Meadville, Pa.
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Lloyd Church (c.1890-1948) —
also known as "Lulu Lloyd" —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Norfolk,
Va., about 1890.
Father of Lloyd Church, Jr. (Army lieutenant, killed in action in
Europe, 1945).
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1935-41, 1942-48; resigned
1941; died in office 1948; candidate for New York City Controller,
1941.
Episcopalian. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Alpha Delta; Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick; Elks; Tammany
Hall.
Died, from a cerebral
hemorrhage, on board the ocean
liner President Cleveland, en route from Yokohama to
Shanghai, in the North
Pacific Ocean, August 2,
1948 (age about 58
years).
Interment at Long
Island National Cemetery, near Farmingdale, Long Island, N.Y.
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William Miller Collier (1867-1956) —
of Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Born in Lodi, Seneca
County, N.Y., October
11, 1867.
Son of Rev. Isaac H. Collier and Frances (Miller) Collier; married,
September
13, 1893, to Frances Beardsley Ross.
Lawyer;
U.S. Minister to Spain, 1905-09; president,
George Washington University, 1917; U.S. Ambassador to Chile, 1921-28.
Episcopalian. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Chi Psi;
American
Academy of Political and Social Science.
Died in 1956
(age about
88 years).
Interment at Fort
Hill Cemetery, Auburn, N.Y.
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Constance Eberhardt Cook (1919-2009) —
also known as Constance E. Cook; Constance
Eberhardt —
of Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y.
Born in Shaker Heights, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, August
17, 1919.
Daughter of Walter Eberhardt and Catherine (Sellmann) Eberhardt;
married to Alfred P. Cook.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1963-73 (Tompkins County 1963-65, 138th District
1966, 125th District 1967-72, 128th District 1973); president of land
grant affairs, Cornell University, 1976-80; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 28th District, 1984.
Female.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; Zonta.
Co-sponsor, in 1970, of the bill which legalized abortion in New York
State.
Died in Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y., January
20, 2009 (age 89 years, 156
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Francis Shepard Cornell (1899-1985) —
also known as F. Shepard Cornell —
of Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.; Charlottesville,
Va.
Born in Montclair, Essex
County, N.J., July 13,
1899.
Son of George Birdsall Cornell (c.1856-1929) and Eleanor (Jackson)
Cornell (died 1929); married, February
28, 1923, to Helen Leigh Best; married, May 18,
1933, to Nathalie Lee Laimbeer (divorced); married, July 27,
1943, to Lucille Fraser.
Republican. Stockbroker;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 22nd District, 1940; general
manager, Kankakee Works of the A.O. Smith Corporation, manufacturers
of water heaters.
Episcopalian. Member, Psi
Upsilon; Rotary.
Died in September, 1985
(age 86
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Hunter Corregan (b. 1860) —
also known as Charles H. Corregan —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born in Oswego, Oswego
County, N.Y., December
11, 1860.
Son of William H. Corregan and Susannah (Gilmore) Corregan; married,
May 3,
1890, to Margaret Watson.
Printer;
president,
Central Trades and Labor Assembly of Syracuse, 1892; vice-president,
New York State Federatio of Labor, 1893; Socialist Labor candidate
for U.S.
Representative from New York 27th District, 1896; Socialist Labor
candidate for Governor of
New York, 1900, 1928; Socialist Labor candidate for President
of the United States, 1904.
Episcopalian.
Burial
location unknown.
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Alfred Conkling Coxe, Jr. (1880-1957) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y., May 7,
1880.
Great-grandson of Alfred
Conkling; grandnephew of Frederick
Augustus Conkling and Roscoe
Conkling; son of Alfred
Conkling Coxe and Maryette (Doolittle) Coxe; married, October
11, 1913, to Helen P. Emery.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1929.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; Alpha
Delta Phi.
Died December
21, 1957 (age 77 years, 228
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Andrew Murray Crawford (1853-1925) —
also known as Andrew M. Crawford —
of Marshfield (now Coos Bay), Coos
County, Ore.; Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born in Cannonsville, Delaware
County, N.Y., January
29, 1853.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Oregon
state house of representatives, 1897; Oregon
state attorney general, 1903-15.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Died January
29, 1925 (age 72 years, 0
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Cecil O. Creal (1899-1986) —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Kiantone, Chautauqua
County, N.Y., December
19, 1899.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; manager,
Godfrey Moving &
Storage Co.; mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1959-65.
Episcopalian. Member, Lions; Elks; Freemasons;
American
Legion.
Died in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., November
20, 1986 (age 86 years, 336
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich.
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Leonard Callender Crouch (b. 1866) —
also known as Leonard C. Crouch —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born in Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y., July 30,
1866.
Democrat. Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 5th District, 1913-33; appointed 1913;
Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court,
1923-32; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1932-33; defeated, 1928; appointed
1932.
Episcopalian.
Burial
location unknown.
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Alfred B. Cruikshank (b. 1847) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Fredericton, New
Brunswick, 1847.
Son of John Cruikshank and Matilda (Irwin) Cruikshank; married 1874 to Jessie
Goodliffe.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; banker; lawyer;
United Democracy candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1897.
Episcopalian.
Burial
location unknown.
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Edgar M. Cullen (b. 1843) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., December
4, 1843.
Son of Dr. Henry J. Cullen and Eliza M. (McCue) Cullen; brother of Henry
J. Cullen, Jr..
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1881-1903; Justice of the
Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 2nd Department,
1900; chief
judge of New York Court of Appeals, 1904-13.
Episcopalian.
Burial
location unknown.
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Henry J. Cullen, Jr. (1841-1892) —
of Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., 1841.
Brother of Edgar
M. Cullen.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 2nd District, 1869-70.
Episcopalian.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., March 7,
1892 (age about 50
years).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Charles Boyd Curtis (1878-1962) —
also known as Charles B. Curtis —
of Litchfield, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
6, 1878.
Son of Charles Boyd Curtis and Isabel (Douglass) Curtis; married, February
25, 1911, to Louise Berg (died 1959).
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Consul General in Santo Domingo, 1912-14; Munich, 1925-27; U.S. Minister to Dominican Republic, 1929-31; El Salvador, 1931-33.
Episcopalian.
Died, in Charlotte Hungerford Hospital,
Torrington, Litchfield
County, Conn., June 25,
1962 (age 83 years, 201
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Bronson Murray Cutting (1888-1935) —
also known as Bronson M. Cutting —
of Santa Fe, Santa Fe
County, N.M.
Born in Oakdale, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., June 23,
1888.
Republican. U.S.
Senator from New Mexico, 1927-28, 1929-35; died in office 1935;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New Mexico, 1932;
member of Republican
National Committee from New Mexico, 1932.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Legion.
Died in an airplane
crash, near Atlanta, Macon
County, Mo., May 6,
1935 (age 46 years, 317
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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