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John F. Wadlin (d. 1953) —
of Highland, Ulster
County, N.Y.
Son of John J. F. Wadlin and Charlotte (Voight) Wadlin.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Ulster County, 1941-53; died in office 1953.
Methodist.
Member, Elks; Odd
Fellows; Freemasons.
Died April 30,
1953.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1935
to Beatrice Hasbrouck. |
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Lowell Curtis Wadmond (1896-1986) —
also known as Lowell Wadmond —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Racine, Racine
County, Wis., March 16,
1896.
Son of Christian George Wadmond and Celia (Jensen) Wadmond.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1952.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Order of the
Coif; Freemasons.
Died September
25, 1986 (age 90 years, 193
days).
Interment at Lakeview
Cemetery, Lakeland, Fla.
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Levi J. Wagner (c.1818-1882) —
of Missouri.
Born in Seneca
County, N.Y., about 1818.
Member of Missouri state legislature; elected 1858, 1872; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 12th District, 1875.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Memphis, Scotland
County, Mo., September
4, 1882 (age about 64
years).
Interment at Memphis
Cemetery, Memphis, Mo.
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Stuyvesant Wainwright II (b. 1921) —
of Wainscott, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March 16,
1921.
Son of Carroll L. Wainwright and Edith Catherine (Gould) Wainwright.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 1st District, 1953-61; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1956.
Member, Loyal
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons; Phi
Delta Phi; Chi Psi.
Still living as of 1998.
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Edmund Waring Wakelee (b. 1869) —
also known as Edmund W. Wakelee —
of Demarest, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y., November
21, 1869.
Son of Nicholas Wakelee and Eliza C. (Ingersoll) Wakelee.
Republican. Lawyer; utility
executive; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1899-1900; member of New Jersey
state senate from Bergen County, 1901-10; member of New Jersey
Republican State Committee, 1910; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New Jersey, 1940.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Delta
Upsilon; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons; Scottish
Rite Masons; Elks; Royal
Arcanum; Knights
of Honor; Junior
Order.
Burial
location unknown.
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Albert Wald (b. 1889) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., 1889.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state senate 17th District, 1933-34; defeated, 1930, 1934.
Member, American
Arbitration Association; Freemasons; Elks; Redmen.
Burial
location unknown.
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B. Roger Wales (1879-1929) —
of Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y.
Born in Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y., July 17,
1879.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state senate 40th District, 1925-29; died in office 1929.
Member, Freemasons; Elks; Kiwanis.
Died November
25, 1929 (age 50 years, 131
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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G. Frank Wallace —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born in Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Republican. Member of New York
state senate 38th District, 1941-44.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Henry Agard Wallace (1888-1965) —
also known as Henry A. Wallace —
of Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa; South Salem, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born near Orient, Adair
County, Iowa, October
7, 1888.
Son of May (Brodhead) Wallace and Henry
Cantwell Wallace.
U.S.
Secretary of Agriculture, 1933-40; Vice
President of the United States, 1941-45; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Iowa, 1940,
1944;
U.S.
Secretary of Commerce, 1945-46; Progressive candidate for President
of the United States, 1948.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Danbury, Fairfield
County, Conn., November
18, 1965 (age 77 years, 42
days).
Interment at Glendale
Cemetery, Des Moines, Iowa.
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David A. Wallach (b. 1895) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
9, 1895.
Son of Elias Wallach and Clara Wallach.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1948.
Jewish.
Member, Elks;
Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Madeleine Spiro. |
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John G. Wallenmeier, Jr. —
of Tonawanda, Erie
County, N.Y.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
New York, 1904;
New York
state treasurer, 1905-06.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Samuel Wallin (1856-1917) —
of Amsterdam, Montgomery
County, N.Y.
Born in Easton, Northampton
County, Pa., July 31,
1856.
Republican. Mayor
of Amsterdam, N.Y., 1900-01; U.S.
Representative from New York 30th District, 1913-15; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1916.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Died in Amsterdam, Montgomery
County, N.Y., December
1, 1917 (age 61 years, 123
days).
Interment at Green
Hill Cemetery, Amsterdam, N.Y.
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William J. Wallin (1879-1963) —
of Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y., February
17, 1879.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor of
Yonkers, N.Y., 1918-21; defeated, 1913; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 26th District, 1938.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons; Elks; American Bar
Association.
Fell
from the window of his room, and was found dead on the lawn, at the
Saw Mill River Nursing
Home, Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y., July 7,
1963 (age 84 years, 140
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Evelyn M. Walsh. |
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William E. Walsh (b. 1903) —
of Coos Bay, Coos
County, Ore.
Born in Oswego, Oswego
County, N.Y., January
29, 1903.
Son of William E. Walsh and Mary (Schneider) Walsh.
Republican. Lawyer; Coos
County District Attorney, 1931-33; member of Oregon
state senate, 1941-51; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Oregon, 1952;
co-owner, Radio
Station KWRO, Coquille, Ore.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons; Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Elks; Phi
Delta Theta.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Bonnell Ward (1879-1946) —
also known as Charles B. Ward —
of DeBruce, Sullivan
County, N.Y.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., April 27,
1879.
Son of Elias Sayre Ward and Anna Dickerson (Bonnell) Ward.
Republican. Newspaper
editor; banker; U.S.
Representative from New York 27th District, 1915-25.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in 1946
(age about
67 years).
Interment at Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery, Newark, N.J.
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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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Earle S. Warner (b. 1880) —
of Phelps, Ontario
County, N.Y.
Born in Phelps town, Ontario
County, N.Y., August
12, 1880.
Son of Henry D. Warner.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state senate, 1933-45 (43rd District 1933-44, 48th District
1945); resigned 1945; delegate to Republican National Convention from
New York, 1940;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 7th District, 1945-49; appointed 1945.
Member, Elks; Exchange
Club; Grange; American Bar
Association; Freemasons; Shriners;
Rotary.
Burial
location unknown.
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Frederick A. Washburn (b. 1877) —
also known as Fred A. Washburn —
of Hudson, Columbia
County, N.Y.
Born in Adrian, Lenawee
County, Mich., December
10, 1877.
Republican. Manufacturer;
member of New York
state assembly from Columbia County, 1932-46.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Rotary.
Burial
location unknown.
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Alonzo L. Waters (b. 1893) —
of Medina, Orleans
County, N.Y.
Born in Orleans
County, N.Y., September
6, 1893.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; newspaper
publisher; postmaster;
member of New York
state assembly from Orleans County, 1949-65.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons; Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Moose; Rotary; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Sons of
the American Revolution; Sigma
Chi.
Burial
location unknown.
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James Lopez Watson (b. 1922) —
also known as James L. Watson —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., 1922.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of New York
state senate 21st District, 1955-63; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1956.
Episcopalian.
African
ancestry. Member, Urban
League; American
Legion; NAACP; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Disabled
American Veterans; Federal
Bar Association; Freemasons.
Still living as of 1963.
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William L. Webber (1825-1901) —
of East Saginaw (now part of Saginaw), Saginaw
County, Mich.
Born in Ogden, Monroe
County, N.Y., July 19,
1825.
Democrat. Saginaw
County Circuit Court Commissioner, 1854-56; Saginaw
County Prosecuting Attorney; mayor
of East Saginaw, Mich., 1873-74; member of Michigan
state senate 25th District, 1875; candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1876; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Michigan, 1876.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Odd
Fellows.
Died October
15, 1901 (age 76 years, 88
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Harvey L. Webster (b. 1867) —
of Tekamah, Burt
County, Neb.
Born in Troupsburg, Steuben
County, N.Y., May 21,
1867.
Son of Albert Webster and Rhoda Delana (Horton) Webster.
Republican. Farmer;
member of Nebraska
state house of representatives, 1920-23; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Nebraska, 1940.
Baptist.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Burial
location unknown.
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Albert Weed (1855-1938) —
of Ticonderoga, Essex
County, N.Y.
Born in Ticonderoga, Essex
County, N.Y., January
10, 1855.
Son of Joseph Weed and Mary (Hay) Weed.
Republican. Carpenter;
druggist;
fire
insurance business; partner in a clothing
store; director, First National Bank of
Ticonderoga; member of New York
state assembly from Essex County, 1895-96; postmaster.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons; Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died in Ticonderoga, Essex
County, N.Y., November
22, 1938 (age 83 years, 316
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Ticonderoga, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Married 1884
to Ida A. Stevens. |
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Frederick E. Weeks (c.1871-1946) —
of White Plains, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Westchester
County, N.Y., about 1871.
Son of Abiel Weeks and Elmira F. (Miller) Weeks.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; Westchester
County District Attorney, 1915-17, 1922; mayor
of White Plains, N.Y., 1920-25.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, in St. Agnes Hospital,
White Plains, Westchester
County, N.Y., September
27, 1946 (age about 75
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Catherine A. Halpin. |
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William J. Wells (1876-1940) —
of Montclair, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., December
15, 1876.
Republican. Accountant;
general manager, later president, R.H. Macy & Co. department
store; bank
director; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from New Jersey, 1936.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners.
Died, from a heart
condition, in Mountainside Hospital,
Montclair, Essex
County, N.J., March 22,
1940 (age 63 years, 98
days).
Interment at The
Evergreens Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Ben Werbel (b. 1898) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Poland,
November
23, 1898.
Democrat. Advertising
business; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 24th District, 1949-54.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
of Pythias; Zionist
Organization of America; B'nai
B'rith.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Mollie Katz. |
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Walter W. Westall —
of White Plains, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Cornwall, Orange
County, N.Y.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Westchester County 2nd District, 1919-22;
member of New York
state senate 25th District, 1923-34; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1948,
1952,
1956.
Member, Freemasons; Elks; Rotary.
Burial
location unknown.
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Leon F. Wheatley (1872-1944) —
of Hornell, Steuben
County, N.Y.
Born in West Franklin, Armstrong
County, Pa., February
20, 1872.
Son of William Wheatley and Geraldine Wheatley.
Republican. Dry goods
merchant; bank
director; member of New York
state assembly from Steuben County 2nd District, 1922-26; member
of New
York state senate 43rd District, 1927-32; mayor of
Hornell, N.Y., 1934-37.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons; Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Elks; Odd
Fellows.
Died in Hornell, Steuben
County, N.Y., December
19, 1944 (age 72 years, 303
days).
Interment at Hornell
Cemetery, Hornell, N.Y.
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George Post Wheeler (1869-1956) —
also known as Post Wheeler —
Born in Owego, Tioga
County, N.Y., August 6,
1869.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Minister to Paraguay, 1930-33; Albania, 1933-34; poet.
Member, Loyal
Legion; Freemasons.
Died in 1956
(age about
86 years).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Hopkinsville, Ky.
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Heber Eugene Wheeler (1859-1936) —
also known as Heber E. Wheeler —
of Holcomb, Ontario
County, N.Y.
Born in Bergen, Genesee
County, N.Y., December
24, 1859.
Son of Oscar Fitzelan Wheeler (1831-1901) and Lucy (Rowley) Wheeler
(1833-1920).
Republican. Merchant;
postmaster;
Ontario
County Treasurer, 1904-09; member of New York
state assembly from Ontario County, 1914-17.
Congregationalist.
English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in 1936
(age about
76 years).
Interment at East
Bloomfield Cemetery, East Bloomfield, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Oscar Fitzelan Wheeler (1831-1901) and Lucy (Rowley) Wheeler
(1833-1920); married, September
22, 1886, to Mary Adams (1863-1925); married to Theda M. Mead
(1861-1944). |
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James Spencer Whipple (1852-1941) —
also known as James S. Whipple; Spence
Whipple —
of Salamanca, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y.
Born in Cold Spring, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y., October
1, 1852.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
New York, 1884;
member of New York
state assembly from Cattaraugus County 2nd District, 1888-89; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 51st District, 1915.
Member, Freemasons.
Died April 4,
1941 (age 88 years, 185
days).
Interment at Wildwood
Cemetery, Salamanca, N.Y.
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James Whitcomb (1795-1852) —
of Indiana.
Born near Windsor, Windsor
County, Vt., December
1, 1795.
Democrat. Member of Indiana
state senate, 1830-36; Governor of
Indiana, 1843-48; U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1849-52; died in office 1852.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Poet James Whitcomb Riley is named for him.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
4, 1852 (age 56 years, 308
days).
Original interment at Greenlawn
Cemetery (which no longer exists), Indianapolis, Ind.;
reinterment in 1892 at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.; statue at Monument
Circle, Indianapolis, Ind.
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James Lucius Whitley (1872-1959) —
also known as James L. Whitley —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., May 24,
1872.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Monroe County 2nd District, 1906-10; member
of New
York state senate 45th District, 1919-28; U.S.
Representative from New York 38th District, 1929-35; defeated,
1934.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; Maccabees;
Woodmen;
United
Spanish War Veterans; Sons
of Veterans; Union
League.
Died in 1959
(age about
87 years).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Rochester, N.Y.
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William Wickham (b. 1871) —
of Hector, Schuyler
County, N.Y.
Born in Bennettsburg, Schuyler
County, N.Y., August
11, 1871.
Republican. Farmer;
member of New York
state assembly from Schuyler County, 1924-25.
Member, Farm
Bureau; Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Arthur H. Wicks (b. 1887) —
also known as A. H. Wicks —
of Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
24, 1887.
Republican. Worked in piano
manufacturing business; employed in the engineering department of
the New York City Board of Water
Supply, and then in construction of subways;
owner and operator of steam
laundry in Kingston; director, Governor Clinton Hotel;
member of New York
state senate, 1927-56 (29th District 1927-44, 34th District
1945-56); delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1940
(alternate), 1944
(alternate), 1948,
1952,
1956;
resigned
in November 1953 as Senate Majority Leader and acting Lieutenant
Governor, while under threat
of ouster over his Sing Sing prison visits to convicted extortionist
and labor leader Joseph S. Fay.
Member, Freemasons; Junior
Order; Rotary.
Burial
location unknown.
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Orin S. Wilcox (b. 1898) —
of Theresa, Jefferson
County, N.Y.
Born in Alexandria town, Jefferson
County, N.Y., September
22, 1898.
Republican. Hardware
merchant; farmer;
member of New York
state assembly from Jefferson County, 1945-65.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons; Odd
Fellows; Grange.
Burial
location unknown.
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John McClure Wiley (1846-1912) —
also known as John M. Wiley —
of New York.
Born in Londonderry, Ireland (now Northern
Ireland), August
11, 1846.
Democrat. Member of New York
state assembly, 1871-72; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1884,
1888;
U.S.
Representative from New York 33rd District, 1889-91; U.S. Consul
in Bordeaux, 1893-97.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in St. Catherines, Ontario,
August
13, 1912 (age 66 years, 2
days).
Interment at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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Ashbel Parsons Willard (1820-1860) —
also known as Ashbel P. Willard —
of New Albany, Floyd
County, Ind.
Born in Vernon, Oneida
County, N.Y., October
31, 1820.
Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1850-51; Lieutenant
Governor of Indiana, 1853-57; Governor of
Indiana, 1857-60; died in office 1860.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., October
4, 1860 (age 39 years, 339
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, New Albany, Ind.
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William Forte Willett, Jr. (1869-1938) —
also known as William Willett, Jr. —
of Far Rockaway, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; Woodmere, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., November
27, 1869.
Son of William Willett and Marion Willett.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 14th District, 1907-11; defeated,
1904; candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1911; indicted
in 1912 on charges
that he bought
the nomination for Supreme Court justice; tried and
convicted
in 1914, sentenced
to one year in prison
and fined
$1,000; released on parole in 1916.
Member, Freemasons; Odd
Fellows; Elks.
Died, from a heart
attack, in his room at the Hotel
McAlpin, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
12, 1938 (age 68 years, 77
days).
Interment at The
Evergreens Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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John F. Williams (b. 1885) —
of North Greenbush, Rensselaer
County, N.Y.
Born in Troy, Rensselaer
County, N.Y., 1885.
Republican. Farmer; Rensselaer
County Sheriff, 1922-24; member of New York
state senate 31st District, 1925-32; defeated, 1932, 1934.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Pliny W. Williamson —
of Scarsdale, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Russellville, Brown
County, Ohio.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state senate, 1935-58 (25th District 1935-44, 31st District
1945-58).
Presbyterian;
later Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons; Phi
Gamma Delta.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Philip Herman Willkie (1919-1974) —
also known as Philip H. Willkie —
of Rushville, Rush
County, Ind.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born December
7, 1919.
Son of Edith (Wilk) Willkie (1890-1978) and Wendell
Lewis Willkie.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; banker; farmer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1948,
1960;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1949-54.
Member, Beta
Theta Pi; Freemasons; Moose; Elks.
Died April 10,
1974 (age 54 years, 124
days).
Interment at East
Hill Cemetery, Rushville, Ind.
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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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Frank Eugene Wilson (1857-1935) —
also known as Frank E. Wilson —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Roxbury, Delaware
County, N.Y., December
22, 1857.
Democrat. Physician;
U.S.
Representative from New York, 1899-1905, 1911-15 (5th District
1899-1903, 4th District 1903-05, 1911-13, 3rd District 1913-15);
defeated, 1904.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners;
Royal
Arcanum; Foresters.
Died in 1935
(age about
77 years).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Roxbury
Cemetery, Roxbury, N.Y.
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Henry V. Wilson —
of Medina, Orleans
County, N.Y.; Wolcott, Wayne
County, N.Y.
Born in Carlton town, Orleans
County, N.Y.
Republican. Member of New York
state assembly, 1905-06, 1941-46 (Orleans County 1905-06, Wayne
County 1941-46).
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; Grange; Rotary.
Burial
location unknown.
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Paul Windels (1885-1967) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., December
7, 1885.
Son of John Henry Windels and Pauline (Klink) Windels.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1920,
1924,
1928,
1940;
candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1937.
Member, Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons.
Died, in Norwalk Hospital,
Norwalk, Fairfield
County, Conn., December
15, 1967 (age 82 years, 8
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Henry Rogers Winthrop (1876-1958) —
of Westbury, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Newport, Newport
County, R.I., July 2,
1876.
Son of Buchanan Winthrop and Sarah Helen (Townsend) Winthrop.
Republican. Banker; stockbroker;
major in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to
New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; director,
Long Island Railroad.
Episcopalian.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Freemasons.
Died in Sarasota, Sarasota
County, Fla., November
14, 1958 (age 82 years, 135
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Gary H. Wood (b. 1854) —
of Antwerp, Jefferson
County, N.Y.
Born in Ohio, Herkimer
County, N.Y., December
10, 1854.
Son of Benjamin H. Wood and Asenath (Barnes) Wood.
Republican. Physician;
member of New York
state assembly from Jefferson County 2nd District, 1906-10.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Order of the
Eastern Star.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Waldemar Wydler (1924-1987) —
also known as John W. Wydler —
of Garden City, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., June 9,
1924.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1963-81 (4th District 1963-73, 5th
District 1973-81); alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1972.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Lions; Order of
Ahepa; Freemasons; Elks.
Died in Washington,
D.C., August 4,
1987 (age 63 years, 56
days).
Interment at Cemetery
of the Holy Rood, Westbury, Long Island, N.Y.
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John R. Yale —
of Brewster, Putnam
County, N.Y.
Born in Patterson town, Putnam
County, N.Y.
Republican. Farmer; real estate
business; contractor;
member of New York
state assembly from Putnam County, 1902-13, 1921-25; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1904;
chair
of Putnam County Republican Party, 1910, 1925.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Roy T. Yates (1895-1960) —
of Passaic
County, N.J.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J., August 8,
1895.
Republican. Banker;
member of New Jersey
Republican State Committee, 1925-27; member of New Jersey
state senate from Passaic County, 1928-31; resigned 1931.
Member, Freemasons; Junior
Order; Patriotic
Order Sons of America.
Shot
in the abdomen, on August 14, 1931, by Miss Ruth Cranmer, in her
apartment in Manhattan, New York; this incident led to the discovery
that Miss Cranmer, apparently his mistress,
had also received checks from the State of New Jersey; the New Jersey
State Senate Judiciary committee began an investigation
into whether Sen. Yates should be impeached;
but then he resigned.
Died, of a heart
ailment, in Doctors Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March 8,
1960 (age 64 years, 213
days).
Interment somewhere
in Easton, Conn.
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Relatives:
Married to Elsie Southrope. |
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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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Frank L. Young (1860-1930) —
of Ossining, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Port Byron, Cayuga
County, N.Y., October
31, 1860.
Son of Levi W. Young and Margaret (Lane) Young.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Westchester County 3rd District, 1909-12;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1912;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 24th District, 1915;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 9th District, 1923-30; died in office
1930.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons; Royal
Arcanum.
Died, from acute
indigestion, in Ossining, Westchester
County, N.Y., May 21,
1930 (age 69 years, 202
days).
Interment at Dale
Cemetery, Ossining, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Levi W. Young and Margaret (Lane) Young; married to Mary Yawger
and Mary Lockwood; married 1916 to Mary E.
Cummings. |
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William Young (b. 1870) —
of Williamsport, Lycoming
County, Pa.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan., April 23,
1870.
Son of John M. Young and Caroline (Van Patten) Young.
Republican. Lawyer; chair of
Lycoming County Republican Party, 1896-97; member of New York
state assembly, 1905-07 (New York County 21st District 1905-06,
New York County 17th District 1907).
Presbyterian.
Member, Alpha
Delta Phi; Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Joseph Zaretzki (b. 1900) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., March 9,
1900.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of New York
state senate, 1948-74 (23rd District 1948-65, 32nd District 1966,
28th District 1967-74).
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons; Elks; NAACP.
Burial
location unknown.
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