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Edward Arnold (1890-1956) —
also known as Gunther Edward Arnold Schneider —
of Encino, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
18, 1890.
Son of Carl Schneider and Elizabeth (Ohse) Schneider.
Republican. Actor;
appeared in more than 150 movies,
most during 1932-56; president,
Screen Actors Guild, 1940-42; candidate for Presidential Elector for
California, 1944.
German ancestry. Member, Screen
Actors Guild.
Died, from a cerebral
hemorrhage, in Encino, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., April 26,
1956 (age 66 years, 68
days).
Interment at San
Fernando Mission Cemetery, San Fernando, Calif.
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Louis Bamberger (b. 1808) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany,
November
20, 1808.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; merchant;
U.S. Consul in Asuncion, 1855-62.
German ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Bardel (1846-1926) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Nuremberg, Germany,
September
20, 1846.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; wholesale
jewelry business; U.S. Commercial Agent (Consul) in Bamberg, 1900-02; U.S. Consul in Bamberg, 1902-08; Rheims, 1908-15; SAINT Michaels, 1915-17; Nueva Gerona, 1918-19.
German ancestry.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., December
31, 1926 (age 80 years, 102
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Jacob Bartscherer (c.1868-1947) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Bavaria, Germany,
about 1868.
Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1920,
1924,
1928,
1932,
1936,
1940,
1944
(alternate); member of New York
Republican State Committee, 1930.
German ancestry.
Died, in Wyckoff Heights Hospital,
Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
22, 1947 (age about 79
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Max Bedacht (1883-1972) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; San
Francisco, Calif.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Munich (München), Germany,
October
13, 1883.
Communist. Barber; president,
Swiss National Barbers' Union, 1907; Workers candidate for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1928; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 19th District, 1930; candidate for
U.S.
Senator from New York, 1934.
German ancestry.
Expelled from the Communist Party in 1948 over factional differences.
Died July 4,
1972 (age 88 years, 265
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Leo Allen Bergholz (1857-1945) —
of New Rochelle, Westchester
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt., November
10, 1857.
Son of William Rudolph Otto Bergholz (c.1833-1901) and Mary (Lyon)
Bergholz (c.1837-1926).
Republican. U.S. Vice Consul in Chinkiang, 1883-87; U.S. Consul in Erzerum, 1896-1903; Three Rivers, 1903-04; Dawson, 1904-05; U.S. Consul General in Tientsin, 1905; Beirut, 1905-06; Canton, 1906, 1919-21; Kingston, 1912; Winnipeg, 1913; Dresden, 1913-17; Seoul, 1918-19.
Methodist.
German ancestry. Member, Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died in 1945
(age about
87 years).
Interment at Lakeview
Cemetery, Burlington, Vt.
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Solomon Berliner (1856-1910) —
also known as Sol Berliner —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
6, 1856.
Son of Julius Berliner (1819-1895) and Julia Berliner (1819-1890).
Republican. Tobacco
dealer; U.S. Consul in Tenerife, 1898, 1905-10, died in office 1910.
Jewish.
German ancestry.
Died, probably from diabetes,
in Washington,
D.C., November
14, 1910 (age 54 years, 39
days).
Interment at Cypress
Hills Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Married, September
1, 1901, to Jennie Ottenberg (secretary-general of
Spanish-American Atheneum at Washington, D.C.). |
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Charles A. Binder (c.1858-1891) —
also known as John Roth —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, about 1858.
Son of Margaret Binder.
Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 10th District, 1884, 1886.
German ancestry.
Accused
in 1891 of embezzling
$20,000 from the estate of Barbara Hausman; fled
and became a fugitive,
traveling under the alias "John Roth".
Committed suicide
by gunshot,
in his room at the Sheridan House Hotel, and
died there early the next morning, in Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J., May 17,
1891 (age about 33
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Frederick Bishop (1844-1913) —
also known as Charles F. Bishop; Charles Frederick
Bischoff —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Williamsville, Erie
County, N.Y., October
14, 1844.
Democrat. Dealer in tea, coffee,
and spices;
mayor
of Buffalo, N.Y., 1890-94.
German ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died, of cancer, in
Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., September
14, 1913 (age 68 years, 335
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y.
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Charles Ferris Booher (1848-1921) —
also known as Charles F. Booher —
of St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo.; Savannah, Andrew
County, Mo.
Born in East Groveland, Livingston
County, N.Y., January
31, 1848.
Son of Henry Booher and Catharine (Updegraft) Booher.
Democrat. Lawyer;
Presidential Elector for Missouri, 1880;
U.S.
Representative from Missouri 4th District, 1889, 1907-21; died in
office 1921.
German and Swiss
ancestry.
Died, from a cerebral
hemorrhage, in Savannah, Andrew
County, Mo., January
21, 1921 (age 72 years, 356
days).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Savannah, Mo.
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John August Britting (1898-1968) —
also known as John A. Britting —
of East Farmingdale, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in New Jersey, April 3,
1898.
Republican. Deputy treasurer of Suffolk County, 1942-54; member of New York
state assembly from Suffolk County 3rd District, 1955-56; called
to testify in 1956 during an investigation
of his handling of tax-foreclosed properties as deputy county
treasurer (known as the "land grab" scandal),
he took the Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination
to refuse to answer questions; indicted
on bribery
and conspiracy charges
for channeling properties to favored speculators and receiving part
of the profits; tried in
1958 and convicted;
sentenced
to five to ten years in prison
and fined
$27,000; released pending appeal; also convicted
in a related case in 1959; in 1960, his prison sentence was reduced
to one to two years.
German ancestry.
Died in October, 1968
(age 70
years, 0 days).
Interment at Sacred
Heart Cemetery, Southampton, Long Island, N.Y.
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William Thomas Coleman (b. 1867) —
also known as William T. Coleman —
of Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y.
Born in Madison Township, Armstrong
County, Pa., April 20,
1867.
Son of John Coleman and Mary E. (Langler) Coleman.
Republican. Grocer; mayor of
Elmira, N.Y., 1905.
Presbyterian.
Scotch-Irish
and German ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Royal
Arcanum.
Burial
location unknown.
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Jacob S. Deuel (b. 1830) —
of Vermillion, Clay
County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.).
Born in Dutchess
County, N.Y., 1830.
Sawmill
owner; member
Dakota territorial council, 1862-63.
German ancestry.
Died in Dutchess
County, N.Y.
Burial
location unknown.
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Frederick H. E. Ebstein (1847-1916) —
of Poughkeepsie, Dutchess
County, N.Y.; Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.; Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Militsch, Prussia (now Milicz, Poland),
April
21, 1847.
Republican. Newspaper
reporter; served in the Union Army during the Civil War; major in
the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; candidate for borough
president of Brooklyn, New York, 1905.
German ancestry. Member, Loyal
Legion; Freemasons.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., February
8, 1916 (age 68 years, 293
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Married to Jeanie V. Smith. |
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Anthony Eickhoff (1827-1901) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Lippstadt, Westphalia (now Germany),
September
11, 1827.
Democrat. Founder or editor of several German-language newspapers,
in St. Louis, Mo., Dubuque, Iowa, and New York City; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 10th District, 1864; U.S.
Representative from New York 7th District, 1877-79; New York City
Fire Commissioner, 1891-96.
German ancestry.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
5, 1901 (age 74 years, 55
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Albert Cole Fach (1882-1972) —
also known as Albert C. Fach —
of West New Brighton, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Born in Stapleton, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., January
14, 1882.
Son of John Fach.
Democrat. Lawyer; Richmond
County District Attorney, 1910-19, 1924-31; Presidential Elector
for New York, 1932;
delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
German ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
On the morning of August 19, 1912, in his office, he was shot three
times and badly wounded, by Mrs. Elizabeth Edmunds, a disgruntled
former client.
Died June 3,
1972 (age 90 years, 141
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Henry Gaus (1840-1909) —
also known as Charles H. Gaus —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Zanesville, Muskingum
County, Ohio, September
1, 1840.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; druggist; mayor of
Albany, N.Y., 1902-08; New York
state comptroller, 1909; died in office 1909.
German ancestry.
Died, from pneumonia,
in a hunting
lodge on Long Lake, in the Laurentian Mountains, Quebec,
October
31, 1909 (age 69 years, 60
days).
Interment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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Leonard A. Giegerich (b. 1855) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Bavaria, Germany,
May
20, 1855.
Son of Leonhard Giegerich and Theresa (Krämer) Giegerich.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 12th District, 1887; common
pleas court judge in New York, 1891-95; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 8th District, 1894;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1896-1925.
Catholic.
German ancestry. Member, Knights
of Columbus; Tammany
Hall.
Burial
location unknown.
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Bernard Hugo Goetz (b. 1947) —
also known as Bernard H. Goetz; Bernhard Goetz;
"Subway Vigilante" —
of New York City (unknown
county), N.Y.
Born in Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., November
7, 1947.
Fusion candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 2001.
German and Jewish
ancestry.
On December 22, 1984, he shot
and wounded four young men who were about to rob him, and
subsequently fled
to New England, until he turned
himself in at Concord, N.H.; arraigned
on attempted
murder, assault,
and weapons
charges;
convicted
only for carrying an
unlicensed gun; sentenced
to one year in jail;
served eight months.
Still living as of 2009.
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Charles L. Goetz (b. 1859) —
of South Bend, St. Joseph
County, Ind.
Born in Rome, Oneida
County, N.Y., January
22, 1859.
Son of Casper Goetz and Mary (Holderied) Goetz.
Democrat. Cigar
manufacturer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Indiana, 1912
(Honorary
Vice-President).
German ancestry. Member, Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1883
to Emma E. Klingel. |
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Joseph Greusel (1837-1913) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Glasco, Ulster
County, N.Y., August 5,
1837.
Son of John
Greusel.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Michigan, 1912.
German ancestry.
Died in Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., February
13, 1913 (age 75 years, 192
days).
Interment at Woodmere
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Charles Godfrey Gunther (1822-1885) —
also known as C. Godfrey Gunther —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., 1822.
Son of Christian G. Gunther.
Democrat. Fur
merchant; mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1864-66; defeated, 1861; candidate for New York
state senate 7th District, 1878; railroad
builder; hotel
owner.
German ancestry. Member, Tammany
Hall.
Died, probably of heart
disease, in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
22, 1885 (age about 62
years).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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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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Eric Hass (1905-1980) —
of Oregon; New York.
Born in Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb., 1905.
Advertising
business; Socialist Labor candidate for U.S.
Senator from Oregon, 1936; editor of
The Weekly People, 1938-68; Industrial Government candidate
for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1944; candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1949 (Industrial Government), 1957
(Socialist Labor), 1961 (Socialist Labor), 1965 (Socialist Labor);
candidate for Governor of
New York, 1950 (Industrial Government), 1958 (Socialist Labor),
1962 (Socialist Labor); Socialist Labor candidate for President
of the United States, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964; librarian.
German and Danish
ancestry.
Resigned or expelled from the Socialist Labor Party, 1969.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Community Hospital,
Santa Rosa, Sonoma
County, Calif., October
2, 1980 (age about 75
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Peter August Hatting (1867-1933) —
also known as Peter A. Hatting —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
15, 1867.
Democrat. Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1924-33; died in office 1933.
German ancestry.
Died, from diabetes
and osteomyelitis
and complications from the amputation of his left leg, in
Post-Graduate Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
28, 1933 (age 65 years, 105
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Married to Rose L. Magee (died 1937). |
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Charles Heling (1880-1938) —
of Lindenhurst, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Babylon town, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., March 1,
1880.
Son of Valentine Heling (born 1844) and Catherina Heling.
Democrat. Undertaker;
contractor;
banker;
mayor
of Lindenhurst, N.Y., 1931-37; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1932.
German ancestry.
Suffered a stroke,
and died a few hours later, in Lindenhurst, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., June 21,
1938 (age 58 years, 112
days).
Interment at Breslau
Cemetery, North Lindenhurst, Long Island, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Valentine Heling (born 1844) and Catherina Heling; married to
Elizabeth Wolter (1879-1915) and Josephine Roubal. |
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Philip Hone (1780-1851) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born October
25, 1780.
Whig. Merchant;
mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1826-27.
German ancestry.
Kept a famous diary of New York life in the 19th century.
Died May 5,
1851 (age 70 years, 192
days).
Interment at St.
Mark's-in-the-Bowerie Churchyard, Manhattan, N.Y.
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Cornelius Huth (1867-1934) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March 11,
1867.
Son of Michael Huth and Mina Huth.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 10th District, 1907; trustee,
Commonwealth Savings Bank of New
York City; delegate to
New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
German ancestry.
Died February
10, 1934 (age 66 years, 336
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Alfred Charles Kihn (1868-1936) —
also known as Alfred C. Kihn —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
4, 1868.
Son of Carl Frederic Kihn and Augusta (von Grunberg) Kihn.
Banknote, stamp, and portrait
engraver and etcher; his portrait subjects included Karl Marx,
Edward Bellamy, and Susan B. Anthony; Socialist Labor candidate for
New York
state comptroller, 1900.
German ancestry.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., August
12, 1936 (age 67 years, 282
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Ardolph Loges Kline (1858-1930) —
also known as Ardolph L. Kline —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born near Newton, Sussex
County, N.J., February
21, 1858.
Son of Anthony Kline and Margaret (Busby) Kline.
Republican. Colonel in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1913; U.S.
Representative from New York 5th District, 1921-23; defeated,
1922.
Episcopalian.
German and Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, United
Spanish War Veterans; Sons
of Veterans; Royal
Arcanum.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., October
13, 1930 (age 72 years, 234
days).
Interment at Holy
Cross Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Albert Davis Lasker (1880-1952) —
also known as Albert D. Lasker; "The Father of Modern
Advertising" —
of Lake Forest, Lake
County, Ill.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born, of American parents, in Freiburg (Freiburg im Breisgau), Germany,
May 1,
1880.
Son of Morris Lasker (died 1916) and Nettie (Davis) Lasker
(1856-1930).
Republican. Advertising
business; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Illinois, 1936,
1940;
University
of Illinois trustee, 1937-42.
Jewish.
German ancestry. Member, American
Jewish Committee.
As part owner of the Chicago Cubs baseball
team, devised "Lasker Plan" for reorganization of baseball, 1920.
Established the Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation for promotion of
medical research.
Died, of cancer, in
the Harkness Pavilion of the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical
Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 30,
1952 (age 72 years, 29
days).
Entombed at Sleepy
Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.
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Fred C. Meinhardt (1890-1965) —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., May 24,
1890.
Son of Max Meinhardt and Matilda Meinhardt.
Cutter in button
factory; foreman for manufacturer
of advertising
novelties; candidate for New York
state assembly, 1921 (Farmer-Labor, Monroe County 2nd District),
1933 (Democratic, Monroe County 1st District).
German ancestry.
Died in January, 1965
(age 74
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Henry A. Meyer —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Republican. Grocer;
candidate for mayor
of Brooklyn, N.Y., 1891.
German ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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Edmund Miller, Sr. (1808-1878) —
of Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y.
Born in Chemung
County, N.Y., 1808.
Son of Jacob Miller.
Democrat. Member of New York
state assembly from Chemung County, 1868, 1874, 1876.
German ancestry.
Died in 1878
(age about
70 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Edward A. Miller (b. 1859) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Smyrna, Kent
County, Del., August
30, 1859.
Democrat. Newspaper
compositor; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 21st District, 1903-04.
German ancestry. Member, Typographical
Unon.
Burial
location unknown.
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Nathan Lewis Miller (1868-1953) —
also known as Nathan L. Miller —
of Cortland, Cortland
County, N.Y.; Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born in Solon town, Cortland
County, N.Y., October
10, 1868.
Son of Samuel Miller and Almira (Russell) Miller.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer; New York
state comptroller, 1901-03; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 6th District, 1903-13; Justice of the
Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 2nd Department,
1904-13; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1913-15; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1920;
Governor
of New York, 1921-22; defeated, 1922.
German ancestry.
Died June 26,
1953 (age 84 years, 259
days).
Interment at Cortland
Rural Cemetery, Cortland, N.Y.
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Frederick R. Ming (1865-1943) —
also known as Fred R. Ming —
of Cheboygan
County, Mich.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., October
13, 1865.
Republican. Cheboygan
County Sheriff, 1901-02; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1905-06, 1923-32 (Cheboygan
County 1905-06, 1923-24, Cheboygan District 1925-32); defeated, 1932;
Speaker
of the Michigan State House of Representatives, 1929-32; member
of Michigan
state senate 29th District, 1907-10; candidate in primary for Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1934.
German ancestry.
Died February
22, 1943 (age 77 years, 132
days).
Interment at Pine
Hill Cemetery, Cheboygan, Mich.
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Robert Adam Mosbacher, Sr. (1927-2010) —
also known as Robert Mosbacher —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Mt. Vernon, Westchester
County, N.Y., March 11,
1927.
Son of Emil Mosbacher and Gertrude (Schwartz) Mosbacher.
Republican. Founder, Mosbacher Energy
Company; member, board of directors and Executive Committee, American
Petroleum
Institute; director, Texas Commerce Bank;
director, New York Life
Insurance Company; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Texas, 1988;
U.S.
Secretary of Commerce, 1989-92.
Jewish;
later Presbyterian.
German ancestry.
Died, of pancreatic
cancer, in the M.D. Anderson Cancer
Center, Houston, Harris
County, Tex., January
24, 2010 (age 82 years, 319
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas Nast (1840-1902) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Morristown, Morris
County, N.J.
Born in Landau, Germany,
September
27, 1840.
Son of Joseph Thomas Nast and Appolonia (Abriss) Nast.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; news
correspondent and cartoonist
for Harper's Weekly and other magazines
and newspapers;
noted for his creation of such icons as the Republican elephant and
Democratic donkey; instrumental in the downfall of New York City
political boss William
M. Tweed; U.S. Consul General in Guayaquil, 1902, died in office 1902.
German ancestry.
Died, of yellow
fever, in Guayaquil, Ecuador,
December
7, 1902 (age 62 years, 71
days).
Original interment somewhere
in Guayaquil, Ecuador; reinterment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Reinhold Niebuhr (1892-1971) —
also known as Karl Paul Reinhold Niebuhr —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Wright City, Warren
County, Mo., June 21,
1892.
Son of Gustave Niebuhr and Lydia (Hosto) Niebuhr.
Pastor;
professor,
Union Theological Seminary, 1928-60; Socialist candidate for New York
state senate 19th District, 1930; Socialist candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1937; vice-chair of New York Liberal
Party, 1958.
Protestant.
German ancestry. Member, Americans
for Democratic Action.
Theologian; Socialist and pacifist until World War II; received the
Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1964.
Died in Stockbridge, Berkshire
County, Mass., June 1,
1971 (age 78 years, 345
days).
Interment at Stockbridge
Cemetery, Stockbridge, Mass.
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August V. Pappert (b. 1874) —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., December
28, 1874.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Monroe County 3rd District, 1911-13.
German ancestry. Member, Union
League.
Burial
location unknown.
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Samuel Wilson Parker (1805-1859) —
of Connersville, Fayette
County, Ind.
Born near Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y., September
9, 1805.
Farmer;
lawyer;
newspaper
editor; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1839-40, 1843-44; member of Indiana
state senate, 1840-43; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Indiana, 1844,
1856;
U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1851-55 (4th District 1851-53, 5th
District 1853-55); defeated, 1849.
German and English
ancestry.
Died in Sackets Harbor, Jefferson
County, N.Y., February
1, 1859 (age 53 years, 145
days).
Interment in private or family graveyard.
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Valentine Rettig (b. 1846) —
of Corning, Steuben
County, N.Y.
Born in Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany,
June
11, 1846.
Son of Valentine Rettig and Anna (Olenslager) Rettig.
Republican. Proprietor of bottling
works; mayor of
Corning, N.Y., 1905-07.
German ancestry. Member, Elks; Odd
Fellows; Maccabees.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1870
to Mary Kriger. |
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Adolph Julius Rodenbeck (1862-1960) —
also known as Adolph J. Rodenbeck —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., 1862.
Son of Charles T. Rodenbeck and Fredericka C. Rodenbeck.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Monroe County 2nd District, 1899-1901; mayor
of Rochester, N.Y., 1902-03; Judge of New York Court of Claims,
1903-16; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1915; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 7th District, 1916-32.
German ancestry. Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Phi
Beta Kappa; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died in 1960
(age about
98 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Image source:
American Monthly Review of Reviews, December 1901 |
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Jacob Ruppert, Jr. (1867-1939) —
also known as Jacob Ruppert; Jake Ruppert —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August 5,
1867.
Son of Jacob Ruppert and Anna (Gillig) Ruppert.
Democrat. Brewer; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1899-1907 (15th District 1899-1903,
16th District 1903-07); owner and president, New York Yankees baseball
team, 1915-39; president, Astoria Silk
Mills; vice-president, Beck Flaming Arc-Light Co.; director,
Yorkville Bank;
director, Casualty Insurance
Company of America; director, German Hospital;
trustee, Lenox Hill Hospital.
Catholic.
German ancestry.
Died, from phlebitis,
in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
13, 1939 (age 71 years, 161
days).
Entombed at Kensico
Cemetery, Valhalla, N.Y.
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Carl S. Salmon (b. 1887) —
of Amsterdam, Montgomery
County, N.Y.
Born in Potsdam, St. Lawrence
County, N.Y., May 28,
1887.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Amsterdam, N.Y., 1924-29.
German ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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Augustus Schell (1812-1884) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Rhinebeck, Dutchess
County, N.Y., August 1,
1812.
Democrat. Lawyer;
director or trustee of several railroad
companies; New York
Democratic state chair, 1853-55; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1856,
1860,
1876
(speaker);
U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1857-61; member of Democratic
National Committee from New York, 1872-76; Chairman of
Democratic National Committee, 1872-76; candidate for New York
state senate 7th District, 1877; candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1878.
German and Dutch
ancestry. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Kappa
Alpha Society; Tammany
Hall.
Died, from complications of Bright's
disease, in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March 27,
1884 (age 71 years, 239
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Richard Schell (1810-1879) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Rhinebeck, Dutchess
County, N.Y., May 15,
1810.
Son of Christian Schell.
Democrat. Member of New York
state senate 6th District, 1858-59; U.S.
Representative from New York 9th District, 1874-75.
Christian
Reformed. Dutch
and German ancestry.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
10, 1879 (age 69 years, 179
days).
Interment at Old
Dutch Cemetery, Rhinebeck, N.Y.
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Joseph Schulum, Jr. (d. 1906) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Son of Joseph Schulum.
Democrat. Cigar
manufacturer; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 12th District, 1896-98.
German ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Tammany
Hall.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
4, 1906.
Interment at Salem
Fields Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Carl Schurz (1829-1906) —
of Watertown, Jefferson
County, Wis.; Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.; St.
Louis, Mo.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Liblar (now part of Erfstadt), Germany,
March
2, 1829.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Wisconsin, 1857; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Wisconsin, 1860;
U.S. Minister to Spain, 1861; general in the Union Army during the Civil War;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1868
(Temporary
Chair; speaker);
U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1869-75; U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1877-81.
German ancestry.
Died in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., May 14,
1906 (age 77 years, 73
days).
Interment at Sleepy
Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.; statue at Morningside
Park, Manhattan, N.Y.
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Alfred Emanuel Smith (1873-1944) —
also known as Alfred E. Smith; Al Smith; "The
Happy Warrior"; "The Brown Derby";
"The King of Oliver Street"; "The First
Citizen" —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
30, 1873.
Son of Alfred Emanuel Smith and Catherine (Mulvihill) Smith.
Democrat. Real estate
business; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 2nd District, 1904-15; Speaker of
the New York State Assembly, 1913; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1912
(alternate), 1916,
1920,
1932,
1936;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 11th District, 1915;
Governor
of New York, 1919-21, 1923-29; defeated, 1920; candidate for
Democratic nomination for President, 1920,
1932;
candidate for President
of the United States, 1928; delegate to
New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 12th District, 1938.
Catholic.
Irish,
German, and Italian
ancestry.
Died October
4, 1944 (age 70 years, 279
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.; statue at Alfred
E. Smith Park, Manhattan, N.Y.
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Sanford Willard Smith (1869-1929) —
also known as Sanford W. Smith —
of Chatham, Columbia
County, N.Y.
Born in Kinderhook, Columbia
County, N.Y., August
19, 1869, reportedly in the same house where President Martin
Van Buren was born in 1782.
Son of Henry Smith (1827-1894) and Rachel (Shaw) Smith (1834-1918).
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Columbia County, 1901; Columbia
County Judge, 1902; member of New York
state senate, 1906-08 (24th District 1906, 25th District
1907-08); Judge of New York Court of Claims, 1918-27; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1924;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 3rd District, 1928; appointed 1928.
Scottish
and German ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Chatham, Columbia
County, N.Y., January
24, 1929 (age 59 years, 158
days).
Interment at Chatham
Rural Cemetery, Chatham, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Married, July 1,
1896, to Maud Peck Harding (1876-1956). |
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James Speyer (1861-1941) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 22,
1861.
Son of Gustavus Speyer (1825-1883) and Sophie (Rubino) Speyer
(1840-1910).
Banker;
delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
German ancestry.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
31, 1941 (age 80 years, 101
days).
Interment at Sleepy
Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Married, November
11, 1897, to Ellen Leslie (Prince) Lowery. |
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Yorkers of 1896-1899 |
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Herman Emil Sprigade (1891-1976) —
also known as Herman E. Sprigade;
"Bunny" —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Douglaston, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., June 25,
1891.
Son of Emma Sprigade (1856-1931) and Carl Sprigade (born 1842).
Republican. Real estate
business; candidate for New York
state assembly from Kings County 15th District, 1920, 1921;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 3rd District, 1924; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1928.
German ancestry.
Died in 1976
(age about
85 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Frederic Storm (1844-1935) —
of Bayside, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Alsace, France,
July
2, 1844.
Republican. Delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 1st District, 1894;
member of New York
state assembly from Queens County 2nd District, 1896; U.S.
Representative from New York 1st District, 1901-03; defeated,
1902.
Alsatian ancestry.
Died June 9,
1935 (age 90 years, 342
days).
Interment at Flushing
Cemetery, Flushing, Queens, N.Y.
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Henry George Gordon Struve (1836-1905) —
also known as Henry G. Struve —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Westerstede, Germany,
November
17, 1836.
Son of Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve (1793-1864) and Maria
(Claussen) von Struve.
Republican. Lawyer; newspaper
publisher; mayor of
Seattle, Wash., 1882-84.
German ancestry.
Died in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., June 13,
1905 (age 68 years, 208
days).
Interment at Lake
View Cemetery, Seattle, Wash.
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Theodore Jonathan Struve (1868-1936) —
also known as Theodore J. Struve; Yonathon Theodor
Struve —
of Haifa, Palestine (now Israel).
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., November
2, 1868.
Son of Andrew Peter Struve (died 1906) and Friederika (Kuhn) Struve
(1841-1879).
Importing
business; U.S. Consular Agent in Haifa, 1906-16.
German ancestry.
Died, from apoplexia,
in Haifa, Palestine (now Israel),
October
10, 1936 (age 67 years, 343
days).
Interment at German Cemetery, Haifa, Israel.
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William Sulzer (1863-1941) —
also known as "Plain Bill" —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J., March 18,
1863.
Son of Thomas Sulzer and Lydia Sulzer.
Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1890-94, 1914 (New York County 14th District
1890-92, New York County 10th District 1893-94, New York County 6th
District 1914); Speaker of
the New York State Assembly, 1893; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1895-1912 (11th District 1895-1903,
10th District 1903-09, 16th District 1909-11, 10th District 1911-12);
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1896,
1912
(speaker);
Governor
of New York, 1913; removed 1913; defeated, 1914, 1914.
Presbyterian.
German and Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Impeached
and removed from
office as governor, 1913.
Died in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., November
6, 1941 (age 78 years, 233
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Hillside, N.J.
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Herbert Bayard Swope (1882-1958) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Sands Point, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., January
5, 1882.
Son of Isaac Swope and Ida Swope.
Democrat. Newspaper
reporter and editor; received the Pulitzer
Prize in 1917 for a series of articles titled "Inside the German
Empire"; executive editor, New York World, 1920-29; under his
leadership, the newspaper won a Pulitzer
Prize for meritorious public service in 1922, for reporting on
the Ku Klux Klan; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
York, 1932,
1936,
1940;
elected (Wet) delegate to
New York convention to ratify 21st amendment 1933, but did not
serve.
English,
German, and Jewish
ancestry.
Died, from pneumonia,
following surgery for an intestinal
ailment, in Doctors Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 20,
1958 (age 76 years, 166
days).
Cremated.
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Relatives: Son
of Isaac Swope and Ida Swope; brother of Gerard B. Swope (1872-1957;
president of General Electric, 1922-39); married 1912 to
Margaret Honeyman Powell (1890-1967). |
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Samuel Untermyer (1858-1940) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Lynchburg,
Va., March 2,
1858.
Son of Isadore Untermyer and Therese Untermyer.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1904,
1908,
1912,
1916,
1932,
1936;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1938.
Jewish.
German ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Society for International Law.
Died in Palm Springs, Riverside
County, Calif., March 16,
1940 (age 82 years, 14
days).
Entombed at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Webster Wagner (1817-1882) —
of Palatine Bridge, Montgomery
County, N.Y.
Born in Palatine Bridge, Montgomery
County, N.Y., October
2, 1817.
Republican. Railway
station agent; inventor;
founder of the Wagner Car Company, makers of sleeping cars and
"drawing room" cars for railroad
passenger service; member of New York
state assembly from Montgomery County, 1871; member of New York
state senate, 1872-82 (15th District 1872-79, 18th District
1880-82); died in office 1882; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1880.
German ancestry.
Killed in a railroad
accident on the Hudson River Railroad, at Spuyten Duyvil, New
York County (now part of Bronx, Bronx
County), N.Y., January
13, 1882 (age 64 years, 103
days).
Interment at Palatine
Bridge Cemetery, Palatine Bridge, N.Y.
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Wendell Lewis Willkie (1892-1944) —
also known as Wendell L. Willkie —
of Akron, Summit
County, Ohio.
Born in Elwood, Madison
County, Ind., February
18, 1892.
Son of Herman Francis Willkie and Henrietta (Trisch) Willkie.
Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1924;
Republican candidate for President
of the United States, 1940.
Episcopalian.
German ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died, of complications from a heart
attack, in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
8, 1944 (age 52 years, 233
days).
Interment at East
Hill Cemetery, Rushville, Ind.
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Edwin Baruch Winans (1826-1894) —
also known as Edwin B. Winans —
of Hamburg Township, Livingston
County, Mich.
Born in Avon, Livingston
County, N.Y., May 16,
1826.
Son of John Winans and Eliza (Way) Winans.
Democrat. Farmer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Livingston County 1st
District, 1861-64; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention, 1867; supervisor
of Hamburg Township, Michigan, 1872-74; probate judge in
Michigan, 1877-80; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1883-87; defeated,
1880; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1888;
Governor
of Michigan, 1891-92.
Episcopalian.
German and English
ancestry.
Died in Hamburg, Livingston
County, Mich., July 4,
1894 (age 68 years, 49
days).
Interment at Hamburg
Cemetery, Hamburg, Mich.
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Peter Wintermute (1806-1876) —
of Chemung
County, N.Y.
Born in Sussex
County, N.J., August
20, 1806.
Son of Peter Wintermute (1773-1837) and Sarah (Kiser) Wintermute
(1774-1852).
Republican. Merchant;
member of New York
state assembly from Chemung County, 1859.
German ancestry.
Died in Horseheads, Chemung
County, N.Y., May 4,
1876 (age 69 years, 258
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1841
to Emeline Lain. |
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Frederick W. Wurster (1850-1917) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Plymouth, Washington
County, N.C., April 1,
1850.
Republican. Manufacturer of axles;
owner of a brass
foundry; mayor
of Brooklyn, N.Y., 1896-97.
Presbyterian.
German ancestry.
Died June 27,
1917 (age 67 years, 87
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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W. Irving Yeckley (b. 1833) —
of Ypsilanti Township, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Ontario
County, N.Y., May 5,
1833.
Son of Adam Yeckley and Gertrude (Snyder) Yeckley.
Republican. Harness
maker; farmer; supervisor
of Ypsilanti Township, Michigan, 1869-79.
German ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arcanum.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1873
to Nancy E. Gilbert (died 1890). |
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