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Hermes Luther Ames (1865-1920) —
also known as Hermes L. Ames; Henry Ames —
of Falconer, Chautauqua
County, N.Y.
Born in Carroll town, Chautauqua
County, N.Y., October
28, 1865.
Son of Loretta Woodward (Tiller) Ames and Ezra Wales Ames
(1841-1920).
Republican. Farmer; school
teacher; hay
dealer; milling business; member of New York
state assembly from Chautauqua County 1st District, 1918-20; died
in office 1920.
Member, United
Commercial Travelers; Odd
Fellows; Moose; Grange.
Died August
23, 1920 (age 54 years, 300
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Simeon Bates (1801-1883) —
of Oswego, Oswego
County, N.Y.
Born in Otsego
County, N.Y., March 15,
1801.
Miller; mayor of
Oswego, N.Y., 1867.
Baptist.
Died September
20, 1883 (age 82 years, 189
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Scriba town, Oswego County, N.Y.
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George W. Brown (b. 1859) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Schenevus, Otsego
County, N.Y., October
14, 1859.
Son of Carlton Brown.
Republican. Produce
dealer; produce dealer
in Otsego County; later, employed by a hay,
grain, and produce
merchant in Brooklyn; bookkeeper
and manager for a carriage
painting and sign-making
business; bookkeeper;
member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 4th District, 1907, 1909-10.
Burial
location unknown.
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Jacob Payson Chamberlain (1802-1878) —
also known as Jacob P. Chamberlain —
of Seneca Falls, Seneca
County, N.Y.
Born in Dudley, Worcester
County, Mass., August 1,
1802.
Republican. Flour mill business; member of New York
state assembly from Seneca County, 1859; U.S.
Representative from New York 26th District, 1861-63.
Died in Seneca Falls, Seneca
County, N.Y., October
5, 1878 (age 76 years, 65
days).
Interment at Restvale
Cemetery, Seneca Falls, N.Y.
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George William Chase (d. 1867) —
of New York.
Born in Maryland, Otsego
County, N.Y.
Merchant;
miller; U.S.
Representative from New York 19th District, 1853-55.
Died in Maryland, Otsego
County, N.Y., April 17,
1867.
Entombed at Schenevus
Cemetery, Schenevus, N.Y.
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Daniel L. Crossman (1836-1901) —
also known as D. L. Crossman —
of Dansville, Ingham
County, Mich.; Williamston, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Cayuga
County, N.Y., November
4, 1836.
Republican. Postmaster;
miller; banker;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1869; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1872;
clerk of the Michigan House of Representatives, 1873-91; Presidential
Elector for Michigan, 1876.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Royal
Arch Masons.
The village of Dansville, Michigan is named for
him.
Died in Williamston, Ingham
County, Mich., March 7,
1901 (age 64 years, 123
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Fairview
Cemetery, Dansville, Mich.
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Donald A. Dailey —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Brockport, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Son of William Dailey and Jessie (McGerry) Dailey.
Democrat. Grain dealer; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1928
(alternate), 1936,
1940;
delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; chair of
Monroe County Democratic Party, 1939-40.
Catholic.
Burial
location unknown.
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John F. Dailey (b. 1876) —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Brockport, Monroe
County, N.Y., January
21, 1876.
Son of William Dailey and Jessie (McGerry) Dailey.
Democrat. Lumber
business; grain dealer; member of New York
Democratic State Executive Committee, 1910-12; chair of
Monroe County Democratic Party, 1910-12; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1924.
Catholic.
Burial
location unknown.
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Henry Stewart Dean (1830-1915) —
also known as Henry S. Dean —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Lima, Livingston
County, N.Y., June 14,
1830.
Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; grocer;
miller; member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1894-1907; appointed 1894;
Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1912;
Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1912.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Loyal
Legion; Sons of
the American Revolution; American
Historical Association.
Died in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., October
18, 1915 (age 85 years, 126
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich.
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Benjamin Doolittle (b. 1825) —
of Oswego, Oswego
County, N.Y.
Born in Lenox, Madison
County, N.Y., December
29, 1825.
Son of Francis Wetmore Doolittle (1802-1839) and Olive (Lee)
Doolittle (1802-1881).
Republican. Hardware
business; grain mill and elevator business; member of New York
state assembly from Oswego County 1st District, 1869; mayor of
Oswego, N.Y., 1874; member of New York
state senate 21st District, 1876-77.
Burial
location unknown.
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Franklin Edson (1832-1904) —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Chester, Windsor
County, Vt., April 5,
1832.
Democrat. Grain commission merchant; president, New York
Produce Exchange, 1866, 1873-74; mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1883-84.
Episcopalian.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
24, 1904 (age 72 years, 172
days).
Interment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Married 1856
to Fanny C. Wood (granddaughter of Jethro Wood (1774-1834; inventor
of the cast-iron plow)). |
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Patrick F. Egan (1841-1919) —
of Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.
Born in County Longford, Ireland,
August
13, 1841.
Republican. Irish home rule advocate; prosecuted
in Dublin, 1880, for sedition;
grain elevator business; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Nebraska, 1888;
U.S. Minister to Chile, 1889-93.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
30, 1919 (age 78 years, 48
days).
Interment at St.
Raymond's Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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James Ford (1783-1859) —
of Lawrenceville, Tioga
County, Pa.
Born in Perth Amboy, Middlesex
County, N.J., May 4,
1783.
Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1824-25; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 9th District, 1829-33; sawmill and
grist mill owner.
Died in Lawrenceville, Tioga
County, Pa., August
18, 1859 (age 76 years, 106
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Steuben County, N.Y.
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Robert Henry Gittins (1869-1957) —
also known as Robert H. Gittins —
of Niagara Falls, Niagara
County, N.Y.; Sloatsburg, Rockland
County, N.Y.
Born in Oswego, Oswego
County, N.Y., December
14, 1869.
Democrat. Coal,
grain, and lumber
dealer; lawyer;
member of New York
state senate 47th District, 1911-12; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1912;
U.S.
Representative from New York 40th District, 1913-15; newspaper
publisher; postmaster.
Died, in Tuxedo Memorial Hospital,
Tuxedo, Orange
County, N.Y., December
25, 1957 (age 88 years, 11
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Oakwood
Cemetery, Niagara Falls, N.Y.
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Nicoll Halsey (1782-1865) —
of Trumansburg, Tompkins
County, N.Y.
Born in Southampton, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., March 8,
1782.
Son of Silas
Halsey.
Democrat. Miller; member of New York
state assembly, 1815-16, 1824 (Seneca County 1815-16, Tompkins
County 1824); Tompkins
County Sheriff, 1819-21; U.S.
Representative from New York 22nd District, 1833-35; county judge
in New York, 1834.
Died in Marshall, Calhoun
County, Mich., March 3,
1865 (age 82 years, 360
days).
Interment at Grove
Cemetery, Trumansburg, N.Y.
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Lucius Frederick Hubbard (1836-1913) —
also known as Lucius F. Hubbard —
of Red Wing, Goodhue
County, Minn.; St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Troy, Rensselaer
County, N.Y., January
26, 1836.
Son of Charles F. Hubbard and Margaret (Van Valkenberg) Hubbard.
Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; grain
business; railroad
builder; member of Minnesota
state senate 16th District, 1872-75; Governor of
Minnesota, 1882-87; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Minnesota, 1896;
member of Republican
National Committee from Minnesota, 1896; general in the U.S. Army
during the Spanish-American War.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Loyal
Legion; Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons.
Died February
5, 1913 (age 77 years, 10
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Harry Edward Hull (1864-1938) —
also known as Harry E. Hull —
of Williamsburg, Iowa
County, Iowa.
Born near Belvidere, Allegany
County, N.Y., March 12,
1864.
Son of Henry D. Hull and Isabel (Renwick) Hull.
Republican. Grain business; mayor of Williamsburg, Iowa,
1889-1901; postmaster;
president, Williamsburg Telephone
Company; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 2nd District, 1915-25.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
16, 1938 (age 73 years, 310
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Williamsburg, Iowa.
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Charles Kellogg (1773-1842) —
of Kelloggsville, Cayuga
County, N.Y.; Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Sheffield, Berkshire
County, Mass., October
3, 1773.
Merchant;
miller; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Cayuga County, 1808-10, 1820-22; postmaster;
U.S.
Representative from New York 24th District, 1825-27.
Died in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., May 11,
1842 (age 68 years, 220
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich.
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Peter B. Loomis (b. 1820) —
of Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich.
Born in Amsterdam, Montgomery
County, N.Y., April 14,
1820.
Republican. Merchant;
miller; banker; mayor of
Jackson, Mich., 1858-59; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Jackson County 2nd District,
1859-60; treasurer, and later president, Jackson, Fort Wayne &
Saginaw Railroad.
Burial
location unknown.
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Martinus F. Mattice (1790-1852) —
of Schoharie
County, N.Y.
Born June 11,
1790.
Son of Maria (Vroman) Mattice (1768-1846) and Frederick Mattice
(1770-1851).
Farmer;
miller; member of New York
state assembly from Schoharie County, 1826, 1833; common pleas
court judge in New York.
Died in Middleburgh, Schoharie
County, N.Y., July 19,
1852 (age 62 years, 38
days).
Interment at Middleburgh
Cemetery, Middleburgh, N.Y.
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Charles Mosher (1822-1889) —
of Michigan.
Born in Chatham, Columbia
County, N.Y., January
2, 1822.
Farmer;
miller; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Hillsdale County 1st
District, 1863-64, 1877-80; Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 2nd District, 1884; Prohibition
candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1886.
Methodist.
Died May 14,
1889 (age 67 years, 132
days).
Interment at Mosherville
Cemetery, Mosherville, Mich.
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John F. O'Brien —
of Plattsburgh, Clinton
County, N.Y.; West Chazy, Clinton
County, N.Y.
Born in Fort Edward, Washington
County, N.Y.
Son of James O'Brien.
Republican. Wholesale flour business; partner in firm which
controlled docks and
waterfront in Plattsburgh; member of New York
state assembly from Clinton County, 1901-02; secretary of
state of New York, 1903-06; U.S. Collector of Customs,
1909; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1920
(alternate), 1924.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Orr (b. 1859) —
of Orrs Mills, Orange
County, N.Y.
Born in Cornwall, Orange
County, N.Y., March 5,
1859.
Republican. Grain and coal
dealer; member of New York
state assembly from Orange County 1st District, 1901-04.
Member, Redmen.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Wallace Smith (1849-1929) —
also known as William W. Smith —
of Traverse City, Grand
Traverse County, Mich.
Born in Constantia, Oswego
County, N.Y., August
22, 1849.
Republican. Merchant;
milling business; member of Michigan
state senate 27th District, 1917-20.
Died in 1929
(age about
79 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Richard Van Horne (1770-1823) —
of Montgomery
County, N.Y.
Born in Sussex
County, N.J., November
15, 1770.
Son of Abraham Van Horne.
Merchant;
miller; member of New York
state assembly from Montgomery County, 1808-10, 1812-13, 1815-16;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1821.
Died in Van Hornesville, Herkimer
County, N.Y., March 12,
1823 (age 52 years, 117
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Joseph W. Ward (b. 1891) —
of Caledonia, Livingston
County, N.Y.
Born in Nutley, Essex
County, N.J., June 28,
1891.
Republican. Engineer;
miller; director of First National Bank of
Caledonia; member of New York
state assembly from Livingston County, 1942-56.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1917
to Gertrude Hamilton. |
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Frank Bentley Weeks (1854-1935) —
also known as Frank B. Weeks —
of Middletown, Middlesex
County, Conn.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
20, 1854.
Son of Daniel L. Weeks and Frances M. (Edwards) Weeks.
Republican. Grain milling business; Presidential Elector for
Connecticut, 1904;
Lieutenant
Governor of Connecticut, 1909; Governor of
Connecticut, 1909-11; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Connecticut, 1912,
1916.
Congregationalist.
Member, Society
of Colonial Wars.
Died October
2, 1935 (age 81 years, 255
days).
Interment at Indian
Hill Cemetery, Middletown, Conn.
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Luther Wright (b. 1799) —
of Oswego, Oswego
County, N.Y.
Born in Nelson, Cheshire
County, N.H., September
13, 1799.
Merchant;
miller; banker; village
president of Oswego, New York, 1839, 1841; treasurer of several
railroad
companies; president of the Oswego Gas Light
company.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1828
to Lucinda Smith (died 1838); married 1840 to Miss L.
Bailey. |
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