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Allen Clark Adsit (1837-1912) —
also known as Allen C. Adsit —
of Adams, Jefferson
County, N.Y.; Spring Lake, Ottawa
County, Mich.; Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.
Born in Rutland, Jefferson
County, N.Y., February
20, 1837.
Son of Stephen Adsit (1805-1884) and Polly (Smiley) Adsit (died
1853).
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Ottawa County 2nd District,
1871-72; Ottawa
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1875-76; circuit
judge in Michigan 17th Circuit, 1891-99; defeated, 1899, 1908;
law partner of Peter
J. Danhof, 1901-12; candidate for justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1901, 1904.
Universalist.
English
and Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died in Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich., January
3, 1912 (age 74 years, 317
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Mich.
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De Alva Stanwood Alexander (1846-1925) —
also known as De Alva S. Alexander —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.; Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Richmond, Sagadahoc
County, Maine, July 17,
1846.
Son of Stanwood Alexander and Priscilla (Brown) Alexander.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; newspaper
editor; delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana,
1872;
secretary
of Indiana Republican Party, 1874-78; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of New York, 1889-93; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1897-1911 (33rd District 1897-1903,
36th District 1903-11); defeated, 1910.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Died in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., January
30, 1925 (age 78 years, 197
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y.
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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.
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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Relatives:
Married to Mary E. Bartlett. |
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Adam Beattie (1833-1893) —
of Ovid, Clinton
County, Mich.
Born in Seneca
County, N.Y., November
26, 1833.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; sawmill
owner; member of Michigan
state senate 17th District, 1873-74; postmaster.
Congregationalist.
Scottish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Grand Army of the Republic.
Died June 26,
1893 (age 59 years, 212
days).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Ovid, Mich.
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Aaron Thomas Bliss (1837-1906) —
also known as Aaron T. Bliss —
of Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich.
Born in Peterboro, Madison
County, N.Y., May 22,
1837.
Son of Lyman Bliss and Anna M. (Chaffee) Bliss.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lumber
business; member of Michigan
state senate 24th District, 1883; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 8th District, 1889-91; defeated,
1890; Governor of
Michigan, 1901-04.
Methodist.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., September
16, 1906 (age 69 years, 117
days).
Entombed at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Saginaw, Mich.
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Henry Bristow (1840-1906) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in St. Michaels, Azores,
June
5, 1840.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from New York 3rd District, 1901-03; defeated,
1892 (2nd District), 1902 (6th District).
Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Freemasons.
Died, from heart
trouble, in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., October
11, 1906 (age 66 years, 128
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Frank Noyes Burdick (1839-1917) —
also known as F. N. Burdick —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Vermillion, Clay
County, S.Dak.; East Guilford, Guilford, Windham
County, Vt.
Born in Guilford, Windham
County, Vt., September
14, 1839.
Son of Thompson Edwin Burdick (1810-1892) and Elizabeth 'Betsy'
(Noyes) Burdick (1813-1901).
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; physician;
newspaper
editor; member
Dakota territorial council, 1883-84.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic.
Died, from arteriosclerosis
and interstitial
nephritis, in Guilford, Windham
County, Vt., February
22, 1917 (age 77 years, 161
days).
Interment at Christ
Church Cemetery, Manhasset, Long Island, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Thompson Edwin Burdick (1810-1892) and Elizabeth 'Betsy' (Noyes)
Burdick (1813-1901); married, September
2, 1862, to Amelia Bowker; married to Nina Davis
(1837-1916). |
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Friend." |
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memorial |
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Robert Bushby (b. 1843) —
of Little York, Cortland
County, N.Y.; Cortland, Cortland
County, N.Y.
Born in Pawtucket, Providence
County, R.I., 1843.
Son of Joseph Bushby and Ann (Patterson) Bushby.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; Cortland
County Treasurer, 1876-84; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1884
(alternate), 1888;
traveling passenger agent, Grand Trunk Railway.
English
ancestry. Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Mary A. Miller. |
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Asa Smith Bushnell (1834-1904) —
also known as Asa S. Bushnell —
of Springfield, Clark
County, Ohio.
Born in Rome, Oneida
County, N.Y., September
16, 1834.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; president,
Warder, Bushnell & Glassner Company, manufacturers of mowers and
reapers; Presidential Elector for Ohio, 1884;
Ohio
Republican state chair, 1885; Governor of
Ohio, 1896-1900.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Freemasons.
Died January
15, 1904 (age 69 years, 121
days).
Interment at Ferncliff
Cemetery, Springfield, Ohio.
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Maro Spaulding Chapman (1839-1907) —
also known as Maro S. Chapman —
of Manchester, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in East Haddam, Middlesex
County, Conn., February
13, 1839.
Son of Nathaniel Chapman and Hannah (Percival) Chapman.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; postal
envelope manufacturer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1882; member of Connecticut
state senate 2nd District, 1885-86; Presidential Elector for
Connecticut, 1900.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Grand Army of the Republic.
Instrumental in the establishment of the Hartford, Manchester,
Rockville Tramway
Co. in 1895.
Died in Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y., March 2,
1907 (age 68 years, 17
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Nathaniel Chapman and Hannah (Percival) Chapman; married 1861 to Lucy
Woodbridge (died 1869); married 1871 to Helen
Robbins. |
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John Henry Colvin (b. 1839) —
also known as John H. Colvin —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Little Falls, Herkimer
County, N.Y., October
25, 1839.
Son of Nancy Colvin and Harvey
Doolittle Colvin.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; Chicago
alderman, 1882-88; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Illinois, 1904.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Foresters;
Royal
Arcanum; Knights
of Honor.
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Gerard Conn (1844-1931) —
of Elkhart, Elkhart
County, Ind.
Born in Manchester, Ontario
County, N.Y., January
29, 1844.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; mayor of
Elkhart, Ind., 1880-83; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1889; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 13th District, 1893-95.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Freemasons.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
5, 1931 (age 86 years, 341
days).
Interment at Grace
Lawn Cemetery, Elkhart, Ind.
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Charles Henry Cotton (1845-1938) —
also known as Charles H. Cotton —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., 1845.
Son of William H. Cotton.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of
New
York state assembly from Kings County 4th District, 1899-1902,
1905; defeated, 1902.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., March 15,
1938 (age about 92
years).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Milton John Daniels (1838-1914) —
also known as Milton J. Daniels —
of Minnesota; Riverside, Riverside
County, Calif.
Born in Cobleskill, Schoharie
County, N.Y., April 18,
1838.
Son of John V. Daniels and Hester Ann (Wheeler) Daniels.
Republican. Major in the Union Army during the Civil War; banker;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1882-89; U.S.
Representative from California 8th District, 1903-05.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Loyal
Legion.
Died in Riverside, Riverside
County, Calif., December
1, 1914 (age 76 years, 227
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Memorial Park, Riverside, Calif.
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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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Roscoe D. Dix (1839-1912) —
of Berrien Springs, Berrien
County, Mich.
Born in Jefferson
County, N.Y., June 11,
1839.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; permanently
disabled by injuries suffered in the battle at Knoxville,
November 24, 1863; real estate
business; banker; Michigan
land commissioner, 1887-90; Michigan
state auditor general, 1897-1900.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic.
Died September
5, 1912 (age 73 years, 86
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Berrien Springs, Mich.
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Richard Grant Augustus Donnelly (1841-1905) —
also known as Richard A. Donnelly —
of Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., March 4,
1841.
Son of Peter Donnelly and Elizabeth (Grant) Donnelly.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; clothing
merchant; mayor of
Trenton, N.J., 1884-86; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly; New Jersey
state treasurer, 1895-1901.
Irish
and Scottish
ancestry. Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks.
Died February
27, 1905 (age 63 years, 360
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Peter Donnelly and Elizabeth (Grant) Donnelly; married to Sue A.
Davidson (died 1872) and Susie Isabel Gold. |
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Ferdinand Eidman (born c.1842) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Worms, Germany,
about 1842.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of
New
York state assembly from New York County 10th District, 1879;
member of New York
state senate 7th District, 1880-81; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 11th District, 1896.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic.
Burial
location unknown.
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Andrew Jackson Felt (1833-1912) —
also known as Andrew J. Felt —
of Nashua, Chickasaw
County, Iowa; Seneca, Nemaha
County, Kan.
Born in East Victor, Ontario
County, N.Y., December
27, 1833.
Son of Warren Torry Felt (1809-1872) and Cynthia Amelia (Stowell)
Felt (1812-1855).
Republican. School
teacher; newspaper
editor; lawyer;
served in the Union Army during the Civil War; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Iowa, 1868,
1872;
postmaster;
banker;
Presidential Elector for Kansas, 1884;
Lieutenant
Governor of Kansas, 1889-93.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic.
Died June 27,
1912 (age 78 years, 183
days).
Interment at Seneca
City Cemetery, Seneca, Kan.
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Oscar Sherman Gifford (1842-1913) —
also known as Oscar S. Gifford —
of Canton, Lincoln
County, S.Dak.
Born in Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y., October
20, 1842.
Son of Ebenezer Gifford (born 1804) and Mary Gifford.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; delegate to
South Dakota state constitutional convention, 1883; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Dakota Territory, 1885; U.S.
Representative from South Dakota at-large, 1889-91.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Grand Army of the Republic.
Died in Lincoln
County, S.Dak., January
16, 1913 (age 70 years, 88
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Canton, S.Dak.
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Henry Baldwin Harshaw (1842-1900) —
also known as Henry B. Harshaw —
of Oshkosh, Winnebago
County, Wis.
Born in Argyle, Washington
County, N.Y., June 14,
1842.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; Wisconsin
state treasurer, 1887-91.
Member, Elks;
Grand Army of the Republic; Loyal
Legion; Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias.
Wounded at the battle of Laurel Hill, Va., 1864, and lost his
left arm as a result.
Died, of tongue
cancer, in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., December
25, 1900 (age 58 years, 194
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Riverside
Cemetery, Oshkosh, Wis.
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Charles H. Houghton —
of Metuchen, Middlesex
County, N.J.
Born in New York.
Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; lost a
leg in a Civil War battle; U.S. Collector of Customs,
1875-82.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic.
Arrested
in May 1882, and charged
with embezzlement,
fraud,
and forgery;
tried,
convicted,
and fined.
Burial
location unknown.
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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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Horatio Collins King (1837-1918) —
also known as Horatio C. King —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, December
22, 1837.
Son of Horatio
King and Anne (Collins) King.
Lawyer;
major in the Union Army during the Civil War; Democratic candidate
for secretary of
state of New York, 1895; Independent Democratic candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 3rd District, 1897; Progressive
candidate for New York
state comptroller, 1912.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Loyal
Legion; Grand Army of the Republic; Sons of
the American Revolution; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Received Medal
of Honor for action near Dinwiddie Court House, Va., March 29,
1865.
Died November
15, 1918 (age 80 years, 328
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Joseph James Little (1841-1913) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Bristol, England,
June
5, 1841.
Son of James Little.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; printer;
U.S.
Representative from New York 12th District, 1891-93.
Member, Freemasons;
Grand Army of the Republic.
Died February
11, 1913 (age 71 years, 251
days).
Interment at Kensico
Cemetery, Valhalla, N.Y.
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Henry Champney Loomis (1834-1905) —
also known as Henry C. Loomis —
of Winfield, Cowley
County, Kan.
Born in Otto Township, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y., March 16,
1834.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; mayor
of Winfield, Kan., 1896-98.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Freemasons;
Elks; Redmen.
Died in St. Mary's Hospital,
Winfield, Cowley
County, Kan., October
14, 1905 (age 71 years, 212
days).
Interment at Union
Cemetery, Winfield, Kan.
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Perry Mayo (1829-1921) —
of Michigan.
Born in Hancock, Delaware
County, N.Y., June 14,
1829.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of
Michigan
state senate 7th District, 1887-88; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1894.
Member, Grange;
Grand Army of the Republic.
Mayo Hall at Michigan State University, originally a women's
dormitory, was named for his wife, Mary Mayo.
Died in Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich., January
5, 1921 (age 91 years, 205
days).
Interment at Austin
Cemetery, Convis Township, Calhoun County, Mich.
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William McKinley, Jr. (1843-1901) —
also known as "Idol of Ohio" —
of Canton, Stark
County, Ohio.
Born in Niles, Trumbull
County, Ohio, January
29, 1843.
Republican. Major in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1877-84, 1885-91 (17th District
1877-79, 16th District 1879-81, 17th District 1881-83, 18th District
1883-84, 20th District 1885-87, 18th District 1887-91); delegate to
Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1884,
1888;
Governor
of Ohio, 1892-96; President
of the United States, 1897-1901; died in office 1901.
Methodist.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Loyal
Legion; Freemasons;
Grand Army of the Republic; Knights
of Pythias; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
His portrait appeared on the U.S. $500
bill from about 1928 until 1946.
Shot
by the assassin
Leon Czolgosz, at a reception
in the Temple of Music, at the Pan American Exposition in Buffalo,
N.Y., September 6, 1901, and died eight days later, in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., September
14, 1901 (age 58 years, 228
days).
Interment at McKinley
Monument, Canton, Ohio; statue at Lucas
County Courthouse Grounds, Toledo, Ohio.
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Alfred Oakley (1839-1892) —
of Rutherford, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
16, 1839.
Son of George Oakley and Elizabeth (Travis) Oakley.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; banker; mayor
of Rutherford, N.J., 1881-83.
Episcopalian.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic.
Died October
19, 1892 (age 53 years, 3
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Henry Zenas Osborne (1848-1923) —
also known as Henry Z. Osborne —
of Express (unknown
county), Calif.; Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in New Lebanon, Columbia
County, N.Y., October
4, 1848.
Son of Rev. Zenas Osborne and Juliaette (Bristol) Osborne.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; newspaper
editor and publisher; delegate to Republican National Convention
from California, 1888
(member, Resolutions
Committee); member of California
Republican State Executive Committee, 1890-1900; U.S.
Representative from California 10th District, 1917-23; died in
office 1923.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Grand Army of the Republic.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., February
8, 1923 (age 74 years, 127
days).
Interment at Angelus-Rosedale
Cemetery, Los Angeles, Calif.
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John Palmer (1842-1905) —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Stapleton, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., March 22,
1842.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; house
painter; secretary of
state of New York, 1894-98.
English
ancestry. Member, Grand Army of the Republic.
Died in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., April 15,
1905 (age 63 years, 24
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Lewis Gilbert Palmer (1851-1911) —
also known as Lewis G. Palmer —
of Big Rapids, Mecosta
County, Mich.
Born in Herkimer
County, N.Y., September
17, 1851.
Son of Morgan Lewis Palmer and Mary Palmer.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
member of Michigan
state senate; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Michigan, 1890-94; circuit
judge in Michigan 27th Circuit, 1899-1911; died in office 1911.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died in 1911
(age about
59 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Lewis Baldwin Parsons (b. 1818) —
also known as Lewis B. Parsons —
of Flora, Clay
County, Ill.
Born in Genesee
County, N.Y., April 5,
1818.
Son of Lewis Parsons and Lucina (Hoar) Parsons.
Democrat. Lawyer;
treasurer and president, Ohio and Mississippi Railroad;
colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Illinois, 1880; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Illinois, 1884.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Sons of
the Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Lewis Parsons and Lucina (Hoar) Parsons; married, September
21, 1847, to Sarah Green Edwards (died 1850); married, July 5,
1852, to Julia Maria Edwards (died 1857); married, December
28, 1869, to Elizabeth Darrah (died 1887). |
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Theodore Lewis Poole (1840-1900) —
also known as Theodore L. Poole —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born in Jordan, Onondaga
County, N.Y., April 10,
1840.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; Onondaga
County Clerk, 1868-70; U.S.
Representative from New York 27th District, 1895-97; defeated,
1896.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic.
Died in Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., December
23, 1900 (age 60 years, 257
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Syracuse, N.Y.
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John Raines (1840-1909) —
of Canandaigua, Ontario
County, N.Y.
Born in Canandaigua, Ontario
County, N.Y., May 6,
1840.
Son of Rev. John Raines.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of New York
state assembly from Ontario County, 1881-82, 1885; member of New York
state senate, 1886-89, 1895-1909 (28th District 1886-89, 26th
District 1895, 42nd District 1896-1909); U.S.
Representative from New York 29th District, 1889-93; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1896
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business; speaker),
1900
(alternate), 1904,
1908
(alternate).
Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Loyal
Legion; Freemasons.
Died in Canandaigua, Ontario
County, N.Y., December
16, 1909 (age 69 years, 224
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Canandaigua, N.Y.
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George Washington Ray (1844-1925) —
also known as George W. Ray —
of Norwich, Chenango
County, N.Y.
Born in Otselic, Chenango
County, N.Y., February
3, 1844.
Son of Asher Minor Ray and Melissa P. (Gray) Ray.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
director, Norwich Furniture
Co.; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1883-85, 1891-1902 (21st District
1883-85, 26th District 1891-1902); U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of New York, 1902-08.
Baptist.
Member, American
Society for International Law; Grand Army of the Republic;
Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Redmen.
Died in 1925
(age about
81 years).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Norwich, N.Y.
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James Arthur Roberts (1847-1922) —
also known as James A. Roberts —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Waterboro, York
County, Maine, March 8,
1847.
Son of Jeremiah Roberts and Alma (Roberts) Roberts.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1879-80; New York
state comptroller, 1894-98; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1900.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Sons
of the American Revolution; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Grand Army of the Republic; Society
of Colonial Wars.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
19, 1922 (age 75 years, 256
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Jeremiah Roberts and Alma (Roberts) Roberts; married, June 1,
1871, to Minnie Pineo; married, December
11, 1884, to Martha Dresser. |
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John Cleveland Robinson (1817-1897) —
of Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y.
Born in Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y., April 10,
1817.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; general in the Union
Army during the Civil War; Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1873-74.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic.
Received the Medal
of Honor in 1894 for action at Laurel Hill, Va., May 8, 1864.
Died February
18, 1897 (age 79 years, 314
days).
Interment at Spring
Forest Cemetery, Binghamton, N.Y.; statue at Gettysburg
National Military Park, Gettysburg, Pa.
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Hosea Hunt Rockwell (1840-1918) —
also known as Hosea H. Rockwell —
of Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y.
Born in Lawrenceville, Tioga
County, N.Y., May 31,
1840.
Son of Samuel Rockwell and Johanna (Hunt) Rockwell.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; school
teacher; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Chemung County, 1877; U.S.
Representative from New York 28th District, 1891-93; candidate
for Presidential Elector for New York, 1896.
English
ancestry. Member, Grand Army of the Republic.
Died in 1918
(age about
78 years).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Elmira, N.Y.
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William Walter Root (b. 1837) —
also known as William W. Root —
of Mason, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Cato, Cayuga
County, N.Y., June 28,
1837.
Son of Harvey Root (1810-1891) and Polly A. (Barnes) Root
(1816-1891).
Physician;
major in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Michigan
state house of representatives; Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1884.
Methodist.
English
ancestry. Member, Grand Army of the Republic.
Burial
location unknown.
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Albert Duane Shaw (1841-1901) —
also known as Albert D. Shaw —
of Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, December
27, 1841.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of
New
York state assembly from Jefferson County 2nd District, 1867; U.S.
Representative from New York 24th District, 1900-01; died in
office 1901.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic.
Died February
10, 1901 (age 59 years, 45
days).
Interment at Brookside
Cemetery, Watertown, N.Y.
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Isaac R. Sherwood (1835-1925) —
of Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio.
Born in Stanford, Dutchess
County, N.Y., August
13, 1835.
Democrat. Probate judge in Ohio, 1860; mayor of
Toledo, Ohio, 1861; general in the Union Army during the Civil
War; secretary of
state of Ohio, 1869-73; U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1873-75, 1907-21, 1923-25 (6th District
1873-75, 9th District 1907-21, 1923-25); defeated, 1920, 1924.
Member, Loyal
Legion; Grand Army of the Republic.
Leading advocate of the $1/day pension for Union Civil War veterans.
Voted against U.S. entry into World War I.
Died in 1925
(age about
89 years).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Toledo, Ohio.
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Daniel Edgar Sickles (1819-1914) —
also known as Daniel E. Sickles; "Devil
Dan" —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
20, 1819.
Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County, 1847; member of New York
state senate 3rd District, 1856-57; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1857-61, 1893-95 (3rd District
1857-61, 10th District 1893-95); defeated, 1894; general in the Union
Army during the Civil War; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New York, 1868;
U.S. Minister to Spain, 1869-74; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
New York, 1892.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic.
Shot and killed
Philip
Barton Key, his wife's lover and the son of the author of the
national anthem, at Lafayette Park, Washington, D.C, 1859; charged
with murder,
but with the help of his attorney Edwin
M. Stanton, was acquitted after the first
successful plea of temporary insanity in U.S. legal history.
Received the Medal
of Honor in 1897 for action at the Battle of Gettysburg, July 2,
1863; lost a
leg in that battle; his amputated leg was displayed at the Army
Medical Museum, where he frequently visited it in later years.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 3,
1914 (age 94 years, 195
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Willard B. Smith (1838-1899) —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Orleans
County, N.Y., March 7,
1838.
Son of Dr. Ransom S. Smith (died 1876) and Emily B. (Burroughs) Smith
(died c.1840).
Republican. Physician;
served in the Union Army during the Civil War; mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1878-80, 1887-88.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Grand Army of the Republic.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., 1899
(age about
61 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Dr. Ransom S. Smith (died 1876) and Emily B. (Burroughs) Smith
(died c.1840); married, November
14, 1863, to Sarah F. North (died 1897); married, October
5, 1898, to Jennie Phillips. |
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Charles H. Weygant (b. 1839) —
of Newburgh, Orange
County, N.Y.
Born in Cornwall, Orange
County, N.Y., July 8,
1839.
Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; Orange
County Sheriff, 1870; mayor
of Newburgh, N.Y., 1878-80.
Methodist.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1868
to Charlotte Sackett. |
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