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Arthur Judson Abbott (b. 1880) —
also known as Arthur J. Abbott —
of Oneida, Madison
County, N.Y.
Born in Oneida, Madison
County, N.Y., March 30,
1880.
Son of Emery J. Abbott and Nancy S. (MacComb) Abbott; married, May 21,
1916, to Bertha A. Philipp.
Democrat. School
teacher; newspaper
editor; mayor of
Oneida, N.Y., 1924-25, 1928-29; candidate for New York
state assembly from Madison County, 1933.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Sons
of Union Veterans.
Burial
location unknown.
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Milo M. Acker (b. 1853) —
of Hornell, Steuben
County, N.Y.
Born in Hartsville, Steuben
County, N.Y., October
3, 1853.
Son of Hugh J. Acker and Huldah (Call) Acker; married, October
9, 1890, to Mary W. Clarke.
Republican. Lawyer;
director, First National Bank of
Hornell; vice-president, Urbana Wine Co.;
member of New York
state assembly from Steuben County 2nd District, 1888-91; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 27th District, 1894;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1908.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Ernest Robinson Ackerman (1863-1931) —
also known as Ernest R. Ackerman —
of Plainfield, Union
County, N.J.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 17,
1863.
Son of James Harvey Ackerman.
Republican. President, Lawrence Portland Cement Company; banker;
Presidential Elector for New Jersey, 1896;
member of New Jersey
state senate from Union County, 1906-11; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New Jersey, 1908,
1916;
member of New Jersey
state board of education, 1918-20; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 5th District, 1919-31; died in
office 1931.
Presbyterian. Member, Union
League.
He was elected to the American Philatelic Society Hall of
Fame in 2000.
Died, of heart
disease, in Plainfield, Union
County, N.J., October
18, 1931 (age 68 years, 123
days).
Interment at Hillside
Cemetery, Plainfield, N.J.
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James Noble Adam (1842-1912) —
also known as James N. Adam —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Peebles, Scotland,
March
1, 1842.
Son of Thomas Adam and Isabella (Borthwick) Adam; married, January
9, 1872, to Margaret L. Paterson.
Democrat. Dry goods
merchant; mayor of
Buffalo, N.Y., 1906-09.
Presbyterian.
Died in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., February
9, 1912 (age 69 years, 345
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Andrew Addison Adams (b. 1864) —
also known as Andrew A. Adams —
of Columbia City, Whitley
County, Ind.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Columbia City, Whitley
County, Ind., January
27, 1864.
Son of John Quincy Adams and Christiana (Elliott) Adams; married 1890 to Lois
Andrew.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1888-92; member of Indiana
Democratic State Committee, 1904; Judge, Indiana Appellate Court,
1910-13; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1912
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee).
Presbyterian. Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Phi
Gamma Delta.
Burial
location unknown.
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Edgar Lyman Adams (b. 1857) —
also known as Edgar L. Adams —
of Marathon, Cortland
County, N.Y.
Born in Marathon, Cortland
County, N.Y., April 27,
1857.
Son of Lyman Adams and Ruth (Squires) Adams; married, May 13,
1879, to Ella V. Courtney.
Democrat. Newspaper
editor and publisher; banker;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1916.
Presbyterian.
Burial
location unknown.
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Lyell T. Adams (1837-1892) —
of New York.
Born December
26, 1837.
Son of Rev. James Adams and Frances M. Adams; first cousin of John
Thompson Hoffman.
Republican. Minister;
U.S. Consul in Malta, 1875-76; Geneva, 1879-84; Horgen, 1889.
Presbyterian.
Bequeathed $4,000 to Yale University.
Died in Horgen, Switzerland,
May
24, 1892 (age 54 years, 150
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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George Bliss Agnew (1868-1941) —
also known as George B. Agnew —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., 1868.
Son of Andrew Gifford Agnew and Mary Hervey (Bliss) Agnew; married 1908 to Emily
D. Gruban.
Republican. Stockbroker;
director of mining
companies and railroads;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1900
(alternate), 1904
(alternate), 1908;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 27th District, 1903-06;
member of New York
state senate 17th District, 1907-10.
Presbyterian. English,
French
Huguenot, Scottish,
and Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Union
League; Sons of
the Revolution.
Died, of pneumonia,
in New
York Hospital, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 21,
1941 (age about 72
years).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Charles Beatty Alexander (1849-1927) —
also known as Charles B. Alexander —
of Tuxedo Park, Orange
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
6, 1849.
Son of Henry Martyn Alexander and Susan Mary (Brown) Alexander;
married, April 26,
1887, to Harriet Crocker (daughter of Charles
Crocker); father of Mary Alexander (who married Sheldon
Whitehouse (1883-1965)) and Harriet Crocker Alexander (1888-1972;
who married Winthrop
Williams Aldrich); grandfather of Charles
Sheldon Whitehouse; great-grandfather of Sheldon
Whitehouse (1955-).
Democrat. Lawyer;
director and counsel for Equitable Life insurance
company; director of the Middletown & Unionville Railroad,
the Hocking Valley Railroad,
and several banks;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1912,
1916
(alternate), 1920;
member, New York State Board of Regents, 1913-27.
Presbyterian. Member, Society
of Colonial Wars; Sons of
the American Revolution; Sons of
the Revolution; Society
of the Cincinnati; American Bar
Association.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
7, 1927 (age 77 years, 63
days).
Interment at Princeton
Cemetery, Princeton, N.J.
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Warren Mattice Anderson (1915-2007) —
also known as Warren M. Anderson —
of Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y.
Born in Bainbridge, Chenango
County, N.Y., October
16, 1915.
Son of Edna (Mattice) Anderson and Floyd
E. Anderson; married, June 28,
1941, to Eleanor C. Sanford (died 1996).
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of New York
state senate, 1953-88 (45th District 1953-54, 47th District
1955-65, 55th District 1966, 47th District 1967-82, 51st District
1983-88); delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1972,
1976,
1980;
Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1985-86.
Presbyterian. Member, American
Legion; American Bar
Association; Alpha
Tau Omega; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died, in Wilson Memorial Regional Medical
Center, Johnson City, Broome
County, N.Y., June 1,
2007 (age 91 years, 228
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Walter Gresham Andrews (1889-1949) —
also known as Walter G. Andrews —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Evanston, Cook
County, Ill., July 16,
1889.
Grandson of Walter
Quintin Gresham; son of William Henry Andrews and Kate (Gresham)
Andrews.
Republican. Athletic
coach; major in the U.S. Army during World War I; sales
manager; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1931-49 (40th District 1931-45,
42nd District 1945-49).
Presbyterian. Member, American
Legion; Freemasons.
Died, from a heart
attack, in a hotel at
Daytona Beach, Volusia
County, Fla., March 5,
1949 (age 59 years, 232
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Old
Fort Niagara Cemetery, Youngstown, N.Y.
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Ray Stephens Ashbery (1902-1974) —
also known as Ray S. Ashbery —
of Trumansburg, Tompkins
County, N.Y.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., May 17,
1902.
Married 1937
to Jean Bradley.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Tompkins County, 1949-62.
Presbyterian. Member, Rotary.
Died in 1974
(age about
72 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Nathaniel Bacon (1802-1869) —
of Niles, Berrien
County, Mich.
Born in Ballston Spa, Saratoga
County, N.Y., July 14,
1802.
Married to Caroline S. Lord (1815-1887).
Republican. Lawyer; justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1855-57; circuit
judge in Michigan 2nd Circuit, 1858-63, 1867-69; died in office
1869.
Presbyterian.
Died in Niles Township, Berrien
County, Mich., September
9, 1869 (age 67 years, 57
days).
Interment at Silverbrook
Cemetery, Niles, Mich.
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Robert Bacon (1860-1919) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., July 5,
1860.
Son of William B. Bacon and Emily C. (Low) Bacon; married, October
10, 1883, to Martha Waldron Cowdin; father of Robert
Low Bacon and Gaspar
Griswold Bacon.
Republican. Financier;
U.S.
Secretary of State, 1909; U.S. Ambassador to France, 1909-12; candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1916; colonel in the U.S. Army during
World War I.
Presbyterian. English
ancestry. Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Died, from infection
following surgery for mastoiditis,
in the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 29,
1919 (age 58 years, 328
days).
Interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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Andrew D. Baird (1839-1923) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Kelso, Scotland,
October
14, 1839.
Married 1866
to Miss Warner (died 1875); married 1884 to
Catherine Lamb.
Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; stonecutter;
banker;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1884;
candidate for mayor
of Brooklyn, N.Y., 1887, 1889 (Republican).
Presbyterian. Scottish
ancestry.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., September
4, 1923 (age 83 years, 325
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Henry Ellsworth Barbour (1877-1945) —
also known as Henry E. Barbour —
of Fresno, Fresno
County, Calif.
Born in Ogdensburg, St. Lawrence
County, N.Y., March 8,
1877.
Son of William J. Barbour and Mary M. (Houston) Barbour; married, October
29, 1907, to Mary D. Meux.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from California 7th District, 1919-33; defeated,
1932.
Presbyterian. Member, Sigma
Phi.
Died in Fresno, Fresno
County, Calif., March 21,
1945 (age 68 years, 13
days).
Interment at Belmont
Memorial Park, Fresno, Calif.
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Orlando Mack Barnes (1824-1899) —
also known as Orlando M. Barnes —
of Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Cato, Cayuga
County, N.Y., November
21, 1824.
Married to Amanda Fleming (1825-1921); father of Orlando
Fleming Barnes.
Democrat. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Ingham County 1st District,
1863-64; mayor of
Lansing, Mich., 1877; candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1878.
Presbyterian.
Died in Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., November
11, 1899 (age 74 years, 355
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Lansing, Mich.
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Robert Gaylord Barnes (1914-1977) —
of Dobbs Ferry, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich., October
18, 1914.
Son of George Emerson Barnes and Myrtle Kendall (Montague) Barnes;
married, April 10,
1942, to Natalie Jane Stirling.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Foreign Service officer;
U.S. Ambassador to Jordan, 1964-66; manager of international government relations,
Mobil Oil
Corporation.
Presbyterian. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, in the Albert Einstein College of Medicine Hospital,
Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., October
24, 1977 (age 63 years, 6
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Henry Robertson Barrett (1869-1940) —
also known as Henry R. Barrett —
of White Plains, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Bedford, Westchester
County, N.Y., August
19, 1869.
Nephew of William
Henry Robertson; son of Joseph Barrett and Emma (Robertson)
Barrett; married to Anna R. Parker (died 1914) and Elizabeth J.
Endriss.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 24th District, 1915;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1916,
1924
(alternate), 1932
(alternate).
Presbyterian. Member, American Bar
Association; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Elks.
Died, from a heart
attack, in White Plains, Westchester
County, N.Y., February
4, 1940 (age 70 years, 169
days).
Interment at Kensico
Cemetery, Valhalla, N.Y.
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Robert Raymond Barry (1915-1988) —
also known as Robert R. Barry —
of Bronxville, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb., May 15,
1915.
Son of Ralph Barry and Ethel (Tamanosian) Barry; married, July 19,
1945, to Anne Rogers Benjamin.
Republican. President, Plumas Mining Co.;
U.S.
Representative from New York, 1959-65 (27th District 1959-63,
25th District 1963-65); defeated, 1964, 1972.
Presbyterian. Member, Farm
Bureau; Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick; Alpha
Delta Phi.
Died in Redwood City, San Mateo
County, Calif., June 14,
1988 (age 73 years, 30
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Kenneth Gill Bartlett (1906-1983) —
also known as Kenneth G. Bartlett —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.; Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio.
Born in Plymouth, Wayne
County, Mich., March 13,
1906.
Married to Bernice Kleinhans.
Republican. Dean, adult
education division, University College, Syracuse University, 1946-52;
vice president dean of
public affairs, 1953; director of Onondaga County Savings Bank;
member of New York
state assembly 119th District, 1967-70.
Presbyterian. Member, Phi
Kappa Phi; Alpha
Delta Sigma; Sigma Nu.
Died in October, 1983
(age 77
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Witter Johnston Baxter (1816-1888) —
also known as Witter J. Baxter —
of Jonesville, Hillsdale
County, Mich.
Born in Sidney Plains, Delaware
County, N.Y., June 18,
1816.
Son of Levi Baxter and Lois (Johnston) Baxter; married 1852 to Alice
Beaumont (1831-1872; granddaughter of Myron Holly (prominent
abolitionist)).
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer; banker;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1856;
member of Michigan
state board of education, 1857-76, 1877-81; appointed 1857;
resigned 1876, 1881; member of Michigan
state senate 9th District, 1877-78.
Presbyterian. Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Odd
Fellows.
Died February
6, 1888 (age 71 years, 233
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Josiah Williams Begole (1815-1896) —
also known as Josiah W. Begole —
of Flint, Genesee
County, Mich.
Born in Groveland, Livingston
County, N.Y., January
20, 1815.
Son of William Begole and Eleanor Bowls Begole; married, April 22,
1839, to Harriet Miles; great-grandfather of Charles
Begole Cumings.
School
teacher; farmer; Genesee
County Treasurer, 1856-64; lumber
business; member of Michigan
state senate 23rd District, 1871-72; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1872;
U.S.
Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1873-75; defeated,
1874, 1880; Governor of
Michigan, 1883-84; defeated (Fusion), 1884.
Presbyterian.
Died in Flint, Genesee
County, Mich., June 5,
1896 (age 81 years, 137
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Flint, Mich.
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Charles Webster Bell (1857-1927) —
of Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., June 11,
1857.
Son of Matthew Bell and Elizabeth Emma Bell; married, June 1,
1894, to Elizabeth May Dillman.
Progressive. Fruit
farmer; real estate
business; Los
Angeles County Clerk, 1899-1903; member of California
state senate, 1907-12; U.S.
Representative from California 9th District, 1913-15.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif., April 19,
1927 (age 69 years, 312
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Altadena, Calif.
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Augustus Witschief Bennet (1897-1983) —
also known as Augustus W. Bennet —
of Newburgh, Orange
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
7, 1897.
Son of William
Stiles Bennet and Gertrude (Witschief) Bennet; married, October
19, 1929, to Maxine Layne.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 29th District, 1945-47.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons;
Rotary;
Sons
of the American Revolution; Grange; Phi
Beta Kappa; Psi
Upsilon.
Died in Concord, Middlesex
County, Mass., June 5,
1983 (age 85 years, 241
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Cedar
Hills Mausoleum, Newburgh, N.Y.
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William Stiles Bennet (1870-1962) —
also known as William S. Bennet —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Port Jervis, Orange
County, N.Y., November
9, 1870.
Son of James Bennet and Alice Leonora (Stiles) Bennet; married, June 30,
1896, to Gertrude Witschief; father of Augustus
Witschief Bennet.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 21st District, 1901-02;
municipal judge in New York, 1903; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1905-11, 1915-17 (17th District
1905-11, 23rd District 1915-17); defeated, 1910, 1916, 1936, 1944;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1908,
1916;
candidate for Republican nomination for Vice President, 1936;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 15th District, 1938.
Presbyterian. Member, American Bar
Association; Sons of
the American Revolution; Elks; Freemasons;
Moose;
Delta
Chi.
Died in Falkirk Hospital,
Central Valley, Orange
County, N.Y., December
1, 1962 (age 92 years, 22
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Laurel
Grove Cemetery, Port Jervis, N.Y.
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Henry Wilbur Bentley (1838-1907) —
also known as Henry W. Bentley —
of Boonville, Oneida
County, N.Y.
Born in DeRuyter, Madison
County, N.Y., September
30, 1838.
Son of Zadock T. Bentley and Lucy Caroline (Gardner) Bentley; married
to Mary M. Dickerman.
Democrat. Lawyer;
vice-president, First National Bank of
Boonville; U.S.
Representative from New York 23rd District, 1891-93; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1896.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Boonville, Oneida
County, N.Y., January
27, 1907 (age 68 years, 119
days).
Interment at Boonville
Cemetery, Boonville, N.Y.
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Walter Hull Berry (b. 1860) —
also known as Walter H. Berry —
of Bennington, Bennington
County, Vt.
Born in Lansingburgh (now part of Troy), Rensselaer
County, N.Y., January
14, 1860.
Republican. Hotel
proprietor; member of Vermont
state senate from Bennington County, 1925-27.
Presbyterian.
Burial
location unknown.
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James Gillespie Birney (1792-1857) —
also known as James G. Birney —
of Danville, Boyle
County, Ky.; Huntsville, Madison
County, Ala.; Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio; New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Lower Saginaw, Saginaw County (now Bay City, Bay
County), Mich.
Born in Danville, Boyle
County, Ky., February
4, 1792.
Son of James Gillespie Birney and Mary Reed Birney; married, February
16, 1816, to Agatha McDowell; married 1840 to
Elizabeth Potts Fitzhugh (sister of Henry
Fitzhugh); uncle of Humphrey
Marshall; father of James
M. Birney; grandfather of Arthur
Alexis Birney.
Lawyer;
studied law in the office of Alexander
J. Dallas in Philadelphia; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1816-18; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1819-20; solicitor general of
Alabama, 1823-26; candidate for Presidential Elector for Alabama, 1828;
mayor
of Huntsville, Ala., 1829; abolitionist; Liberty candidate for President
of the United States, 1840, 1844; candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1843, 1845.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons.
While traveling in 1845, the horse he
was riding bucked; he fell and
was injured; his condition worsened over time, leading to tremors and
paralysis, and he died as a result, in Perth Amboy, Middlesex
County, N.J., November
25, 1857 (age 65 years, 294
days).
Interment at Williamsburgh
Cemetery, Groveland, N.Y.
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Bernard Blair (1801-1880) —
of Salem, Washington
County, N.Y.
Born in Williamstown, Berkshire
County, Mass., May 24,
1801.
Son of William Blair and Sally (Train) Blair; married to Charlotte
Lansing; third cousin of Austin
Blair; third cousin once removed of Charles
Austin Blair.
Whig. Lawyer; banker;
delegate to Whig National Convention from New York, 1839; U.S.
Representative from New York 12th District, 1841-43.
Presbyterian.
Died in Salem, Washington
County, N.Y., May 7,
1880 (age 78 years, 349
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Salem, N.Y.
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J. Seward Bodine (1903-1966) —
of Waterloo, Seneca
County, N.Y.
Born in Waterloo, Seneca
County, N.Y., September
21, 1903.
Lawyer;
county judge in New York, 1949; Judge of New York Court of Claims,
1964.
Presbyterian. Member, Beta
Theta Pi.
Died in January, 1966
(age 62
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Francis J. Boland, Jr. (b. 1923) —
of Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y.
Born in Johnson City, Broome
County, N.Y., September
13, 1923.
Married to Sara
Caven.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; dairy farmer;
real
estate developer; builder;
excavation
contractor; appraiser;
insurance
business; member of New York
state assembly, 1966-74 (126th District 1966, 124th District
1967-74).
Presbyterian. Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Rotary.
Still living as of 1974.
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David Augustus Boody (1837-1930) —
also known as David A. Boody; "Grand Old Man of
Brooklyn"; "Grand Old Man of Wall
Street" —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born, in a log
cabin built by his father, in Jackson, Waldo
County, Maine, August
13, 1837.
Son of David Boody and Lucretia Boody; married to Alice H. Treat.
Democrat. Lawyer; banker; stockbroker;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1888;
U.S.
Representative from New York 2nd District, 1891; resigned 1891;
mayor
of Brooklyn, N.Y., 1892-93; defeated, 1893.
Presbyterian.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
20, 1930 (age 92 years, 160
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Francis Eugene Bouck (1873-1941) —
also known as Francis E. Bouck —
of Leadville, Lake
County, Colo.; Denver,
Colo.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
25, 1873.
Son of Dr. Francis Anthony Bouck and Pauline Emilie (Raefle) Bouck;
married, November
29, 1900, to Mabel Frankland Worcester (died); married, August
20, 1917, to Harriet Wolcott Vaile.
Democrat. Lawyer;
district judge in Colorado 5th District, 1918-33; justice of
Colorado state supreme court, 1933-41; died in office 1941; chief
justice of Colorado Supreme Court, 1941; died in office 1941.
Presbyterian. Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Elks; Royal
Arcanum.
Died, from a heart
ailment, in Denver,
Colo., November
24, 1941 (age 67 years, 364
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Bowman (1782-1853) —
of Clarkson, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born August
29, 1782.
Member of New York
state senate 8th District, 1824-26.
Presbyterian.
Died September
14, 1853 (age 71 years, 16
days).
Interment at West
Clarkson Cemetery, Clarkson, N.Y.
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Aubrey Boyles (b. 1878) —
of Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Mt. Pleasant, Monroe
County, Ala., October
9, 1878.
Son of Andrew Jackson Boyles and Minnie (Ferrell) Boyles; married, November
5, 1907, to Mary Washington Moody.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama, 1922-26; candidate
for U.S.
Representative from Alabama 1st District, 1926; promoted
construction of natural
gas pipelines.
Presbyterian. Member, Knights
of Pythias.
Burial
location unknown.
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Samuel B. Bradner (1869-1937) —
of Cochise
County, Ariz.
Born in New York, 1869.
Democrat. Speaker of
the Arizona State House of Representatives, 1912-14.
Presbyterian.
Died in 1937
(age about
68 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Green Brady (1848-1918) —
also known as John G. Brady —
of Alaska.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 25,
1848.
Governor
of Alaska Territory, 1897-1906.
Presbyterian.
Forced to
resign as governor in 1906, after an inquiry
about his involvement with the Reynolds-Alaska Development Company.
Ill with diabetes,
he suffered a stroke and
died in Sitka,
Alaska, December
17, 1918 (age 70 years, 206
days).
Interment at National
Cemetery, Sitka, Alaska.
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Alfred Franklin Rice Braley (b. 1828) —
of Michigan.
Born in Albion, Orleans
County, N.Y., October
20, 1828.
Mayor
of Saginaw, Mich., 1867-70.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Henry Skillman Breckinridge (1886-1960) —
also known as Henry Breckinridge; Henry
Breckenridge —
of Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Fresh Meadows, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., May 25,
1886.
Great-grandson of John
Breckinridge; grandnephew of Joseph
Cabell Breckinridge (1788-1823); grandson of Robert
Jefferson Breckinridge; first cousin once removed of John
Cabell Breckinridge; nephew of Robert
Jefferson Breckinridge, Jr. and William
Campbell Preston Breckinridge; son of Joseph Cabell Breckinridge
(1842-1921) and Louise Ludlow (Dudley) Breckinridge (1849-1911);
second cousin of Clifton
Rodes Breckinridge; married, July 7,
1910, to Ruth (Bradley) Woodman (divorced 1925); married, August 5,
1927, to Aida (de Acosta) Root (divorced 1947); married, March 27,
1947, to Margaret Lucy Smith.
Democrat. Assistant Secretary of War, 1913-16; served in the U.S.
Army during World War I; lawyer;
attorney for Charles A. Lindbergh, 1932; Constitutional candidate for
U.S.
Senator from New York, 1934; candidate for Democratic nomination
for President, 1936.
Presbyterian. Member, American Bar
Association; Sons of
the American Revolution; Military
Order of the World Wars; American
Legion; Loyal
Legion; Navy
League.
Died, in St. Vincent's Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 3,
1960 (age 73 years, 344
days).
Interment at Lexington
Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
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Henry Colvin Brewster (1845-1928) —
also known as Henry C. Brewster —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., September
7, 1845.
Son of Simon L. Brewster and Editha C. (Colvin) Brewster; married, October
5, 1876, to Alice E. Chapin.
Republican. Banker; U.S.
Representative from New York 31st District, 1895-99; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1900,
1904
(alternate).
Presbyterian. Member, Society
of Colonial Wars; Sons of
the American Revolution; Union
League.
Died in Canandaigua, Ontario
County, N.Y., January
29, 1928 (age 82 years, 144
days).
Originally entombed at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Rochester, N.Y.; reinterment to unknown location.
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Jesse David Bright (1812-1875) —
also known as Jesse D. Bright —
of Madison, Madison
County, Ill.; Jeffersonville, Clark
County, Ind.
Born in Norwich, Chenango
County, N.Y., December
18, 1812.
Brother of Michael
Graham Bright.
Democrat. State court judge in Indiana, 1834-39; member of Indiana
state senate, 1841-43; Lieutenant
Governor of Indiana, 1843-45; U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1845-62; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1867-71; Presidential Elector for
Kentucky, 1868.
Presbyterian.
Expelled
from the U.S. Senate, February 5, 1862, over alleged disloyalty
to the Union, as evidenced by a letter of introduction he wrote
for an arms merchant, addressed to Confederate president Jefferson
Davis.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., May 20,
1875 (age 62 years, 153
days).
Interment at Green
Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
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John Robert Brook (1905-1968) —
also known as John R. Brook —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Woodstock, Windsor
County, Vt.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March 26,
1905.
Married 1928
to Elizabeth Munro Waters.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1944-64 (New York County 15th District 1944, New
York County 9th District 1945-64).
Presbyterian. Member, Phi
Gamma Delta.
Died in Woodstock, Windsor
County, Vt., July 1,
1968 (age 63 years, 97
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Francis Brown (1844-1929) —
of Newburgh, Orange
County, N.Y.
Born in Newburgh, Orange
County, N.Y., September
12, 1844.
Son of John
W. Brown and Eliza (Reeve) Brown; married, June 27,
1876, to Harriet E. Shaffer.
Democrat. Lawyer; secretary of
New York Democratic Party, 1874, 1880-82; Orange
County District Attorney, 1875-77; Orange
County Judge, 1878-82; Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1883-96; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1889-92; Justice of the Appellate
Division of the New York Supreme Court 2nd Department, 1893-96;
general counsel, Metropolitan Street
Railway Co., 1897-1901.
Presbyterian. Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Died, from an intestinal
malady, in Newburgh, Orange
County, N.Y., June 19,
1929 (age 84 years, 280
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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David L. Brunstrom (1899-1941) —
of Lakewood, Chautauqua
County, N.Y.
Born in Lindsborg, McPherson
County, Kan., March 13,
1899.
Son of Rev. David V. Brunstrom and Catherine (Nelson) Brunstrom;
married 1926
to Kathryn M. Blume.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Chautauqua County 1st District, 1933-34.
Presbyterian. Member, American
Legion.
Died in 1941
(age about
42 years).
Interment at Harris
Hill Cemetery, Clarence, N.Y.
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George Sturges Buck (b. 1875) —
also known as George S. Buck —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Hyde Park (now part of Chicago), Cook
County, Ill., February
10, 1875.
Son of Boswell R. Buck and Maria Catherine (Barnes) Buck; married, October
6, 1903, to Louise Hussey.
Republican. Lawyer; Erie
County Auditor, 1912-17; mayor of
Buffalo, N.Y., 1918-21.
Presbyterian. Member, Beta
Theta Pi; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert Lewis Buell (1898-1966) —
also known as Robert L. Buell —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., March 6,
1898.
Son of George Clifford Buell and Gertrude (Ackerman) Buell.
U.S. Vice Consul in Calcutta, 1925-27; U.S. Consul in Tientsin, 1932; Colombo, 1933; Berlin, 1941; Singapore, 1941; Calcutta, 1942-43; U.S. Consul General in Léopoldville, 1945; Johannesburg, 1947; Alexandria, 1949.
Presbyterian.
Died in Newport, Newport
County, R.I., July 5,
1966 (age 68 years, 121
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Oliver D. Burden (b. 1873) —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born in Nelson, Madison
County, N.Y., March 15,
1873.
Son of James H. Burden and Lucia (Groesbeck) Burden; married, June 26,
1905, to Irene de Tamble.
Republican. Lawyer;
attorney for Theodore
Roosevelt in the libel case brought by political boss William
Barnes, Jr., 1915; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of New York, 1923-36.
Presbyterian. Member, American Bar
Association; Delta
Chi; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias.
Burial
location unknown.
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Aaron Burr (1756-1836) —
also known as Aaron Edwards —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., February
6, 1756.
Son of Aaron Burr ; nephew of Pierpont
Edwards; married 1782 to
Theodosia Prevos (died 1794); married 1833 to Eliza
(Bowen) Jumel (1775-1865); first cousin of Theodore
Dwight and Henry
Waggaman Edwards; father of Theodosia Burr (1783-1813; who
married Joseph
Alston).
Democrat. Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary
War; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1784-85, 1797-99, 1800-01 (New York County
1784-85, 1797-99, Orange County 1800-01); New York
state attorney general, 1789-91; appointed 1789; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1791-97; Vice
President of the United States, 1801-05.
Presbyterian.
Killed Alexander
Hamilton in a duel,
July 11, 1804. Tried for
treason
in 1807 and acquitted.
Died, after several strokes,
at the Winants or Port Richmond Hotel,
Port Richmond, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., September
14, 1836 (age 80 years, 221
days).
Interment at Princeton
Cemetery, Princeton, N.J.
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Cross-reference:
Alexander
Hamilton — Jonathan
Dayton — Nathaniel
Pendleton — John
Smith — John
Tayler — Walter
D. Corrigan, Sr. — Cowles
Mead — Luther
Martin — William
P. Van Ness — Samuel
Swartwout |
| | | See also Edwards-Wagner
family of New York |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier |
| | | Books about Aaron Burr: Milton Lomask,
Aaron
Burr: The Years from Princeton to Vice President, 1756-1805 (out
of print) — Milton Lomask, Aaron
Burr: The Conspiracy and Years of Exile, 1805-1836 (out of
print) — Joseph Wheelan, Jefferson's
Vendetta : The Pursuit of Aaron Burr and the
Judiciary — Buckner F. Melton Jr., Aaron
Burr : Conspiracy to Treason — Thomas Fleming, Duel:
Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr, and the Future of
America — Arnold A. Rogow, A
Fatal Friendship: Alexander Hamilton and Aaron
Burr |
| | | Fiction about Aaron Burr: Gore Vidal,
Burr |
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Thomas H. Bussey (b. 1857) —
of Perry, Wyoming
County, N.Y.
Born in Troy, Rensselaer
County, N.Y., February
25, 1857.
Son of Esek Bussey.
Republican. Manufacturer;
member of New York
state senate 44th District, 1911-14.
Presbyterian. Member, Odd
Fellows; Moose.
Burial
location unknown.
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Benjamin Franklin Butler (1795-1858) —
also known as Benjamin F. Butler —
of Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Kinderhook Landing, Columbia
County, N.Y., December
17, 1795.
Descendant of Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658; English military leader and
politician); son of Medad Butler and Hannah (Tylee) Butler; married
1818 to
Harriet Allen.
Lawyer;
Albany
County District Attorney, 1821-24; member of New York
state assembly from Albany County, 1828; U.S.
Attorney General, 1833-38; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1838-41, 1845-48;
Presidential Elector for New York, 1844.
Presbyterian.
Died in Paris, France,
November
8, 1858 (age 62 years, 326
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Axtell J. Byles (1880-1941) —
of Titusville, Crawford
County, Pa.; Ardsley-on-Hudson, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Titusville, Crawford
County, Pa., October
21, 1880.
Married 1905
to Florence Payne.
Republican. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1908;
president, Tide Water Oil Company,
1924-26, and of its successor, Tide Water Associated Oil Company,
1926-33; president, American Petroleum
Institute, 1933-41.
Presbyterian.
Died in Ardsley-on-Hudson, Westchester
County, N.Y., September
28, 1941 (age 60 years, 342
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Gordon K. Cameron —
of Cornwall-on-Hudson, Orange
County, N.Y.
Born in Westfield, Chautauqua
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; insurance
and real
estate business; member of New York
state assembly 96th District, 1967-68.
Presbyterian. Member, American
Legion.
Still living as of 1968.
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Horace Carpenter (b. 1805) —
of Pittsfield Township, Washtenaw
County, Mich.; Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Locke, Cayuga
County, N.Y., December
1, 1805.
Son of Ezra Carpenter (died 1841); married, September
20, 1826, to Celia Bradley; married, October
1, 1879, to Ann A. Stevens.
Carpenter;
surveyor;
supervisor
of Pittsfield Township, Michigan, 1848-50; Washtenaw
County Treasurer, 1863-64.
Presbyterian.
Burial
location unknown.
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Morton F. Case (b. 1840) —
of Pittsfield Township, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Ontario
County, N.Y., August
22, 1840.
Son of Richmond Case and Lydia Case; married, February
23, 1865, to Gertrude Dibble.
Republican. Supervisor
of Pittsfield Township, Michigan, 1876-83, 1884-1901.
Presbyterian.
Burial
location unknown.
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Edmund B. Chaffee (c.1887-1936) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Rose Center, Oakland
County, Mich., about 1887.
Minister;
Dry candidate for delegate to
New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Presbyterian.
Dropped dead, while making a
speech, at a social work conference in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., September
15, 1936 (age about 49
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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George Ellsworth Chamberlin (b. 1872) —
also known as George E. Chamberlin —
of Oneonta, Otsego
County, N.Y.
Born in West Woodstock, Woodstock, Windham
County, Conn., February
17, 1872.
Son of Edward Chandler Chamberlin and M. Jane (Kinney) Chamberlin;
married, September
7, 1911, to Grace Anna Stone.
Traveling
salesman; piano
manufacturing business; U.S. Vice Consul in Singapore, 1906-10; U.S. Consul in Swatow, 1910; Queenstown, 1910-14; Georgetown, 1914-19; Glasgow, 1919-26; U.S. Consul General in Glasgow, 1927-29; Halifax, 1932.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Barclay Charles (1862-1950) —
also known as William B. Charles —
of Amsterdam, Montgomery
County, N.Y.
Born in Glasgow, Scotland,
April
3, 1862.
Married to Eleanor Rhodes.
Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen; cotton
dealer; member of New York
state assembly from Montgomery County, 1904-06; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1908
(alternate), 1928,
1936
(alternate); U.S.
Representative from New York 30th District, 1915-17.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Amsterdam, Montgomery
County, N.Y., November
25, 1950 (age 88 years, 236
days).
Interment at Green
Hill Cemetery, Amsterdam, N.Y.
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Emory Albert Chase (b. 1854) —
also known as Emory A. Chase —
of Catskill, Greene
County, N.Y.
Born in Hensonville, Greene
County, N.Y., August
31, 1854.
Son of Albert Chase and Laura O. (Woodworth) Chase; married, June 30,
1885, to Mary E. Churchill.
Republican. Lawyer;
first vice-president, Catskill Savings Bank;
director, Tanners' National Bank;
president, Catskill Rural Cemetery Association; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 3rd District, 1897-1920; Justice of the
Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 3rd Department,
1900-05; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1906; defeated, 1912.
Presbyterian.
Burial
location unknown.
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Henry Martyn Cheever (b. 1832) —
also known as Henry M. Cheever —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Stillwater, Saratoga
County, N.Y., June 20,
1832.
Son of Rev. Ebenezer Cheever (1791-1866); married to Sarah Buckbee
(died 1890).
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1899-1900.
Presbyterian. Member, American Bar
Association.
Burial
location unknown.
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Guy Warren Cheney (1886-1939) —
also known as Guy W. Cheney —
of Corning, Steuben
County, N.Y.
Born in Fort Covington, Franklin
County, N.Y., February
20, 1886.
Son of Elizabeth 'Lizzie' (Southwick) Cheney (died 1886) and Warren
J. Cheney (1862-1921); married, February
2, 1911, to Edith
Madison Costello.
Lawyer;
secretary to U.S. Rep. Alanson
B. Houghton, 1919-21; Steuben
County District Attorney, 1922-31; member of New York
state assembly from Steuben County 1st District, 1937-39; died in
office 1939.
Presbyterian. Member, Alpha
Chi Rho; Phi
Delta Phi; Odd
Fellows; Elks; Rotary; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons.
Died April 18,
1939 (age 53 years, 57
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert Keaton Christenberry (1899-1973) —
also known as Robert K. Christenberry —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill.; Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Fort Lauderdale, Broward
County, Fla.
Born in Huntingdon, Carroll
County, Tenn., January
27, 1899.
Son of William Calvin Christenberry and Rebecca Arminta (Keaton)
Christenberry; married, August
14, 1929, to Edna Joan LeRoy.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; lost his
right hand and wrist in a grenade explosion; U.S. Vice Consul in
Vladivostok, 1919; hotel
manager and executive; candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1957; New York City postmaster, 1958-66.
Presbyterian. Member, Disabled
American Veterans; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Jesters.
Suffered a stroke,
and died two months later, in Methodist Hospital,
Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., April 13,
1973 (age 74 years, 76
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas Campbell Clark (1899-1977) —
also known as Tom C. Clark —
Born in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., September
23, 1899.
Son of William H. Clark and Jennie (Falls) Clark; married, November
8, 1924, to Mary Jane Ramsey; father of Ramsey
Clark.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; U.S.
Attorney General, 1945-49; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1949-67.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Eagles; Delta
Tau Delta.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 13,
1977 (age 77 years, 263
days).
Interment at Restland
Memorial Park, Dallas, Tex.
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Grover Cleveland (1837-1908) —
also known as Stephen Grover Cleveland; "Uncle
Jumbo"; "The Veto Mayor"; "Grover
The Good"; "The Sage of Princeton";
"Dumb Prophet"; "Buffalo Hangman";
"The Veto President"; "Beast of
Buffalo"; "Big Steve" —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.; Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.; Tamworth, Carroll
County, N.H.
Born in Caldwell, Essex
County, N.J., March 18,
1837.
Third cousin thrice removed of Ephraim
Safford; second cousin twice removed of Jonathan
Usher; son of Rev. Richard Falley Cleveland (1804-1853) and Ann
(Neal) Cleveland (1806-1882); third cousin once removed of John
Palmer Usher; married, June 2,
1886, to Frances Folsom (1864-1947); fourth cousin once removed
of Rollin
Usher Tyler; father of Richard
F. Cleveland.
Democrat. Lawyer; Erie
County Sheriff, 1870-73; mayor of
Buffalo, N.Y., 1882; Governor of
New York, 1883-85; President
of the United States, 1885-89, 1893-97; defeated, 1888.
Presbyterian. Member, Sigma
Chi.
Elected to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1935. His portrait appeared on the
U.S. $20
bill from 1914 to 1928, and on the $1,000
bill from 1928 to 1946.
Died in Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J., June 24,
1908 (age 71 years, 98
days).
Interment at Princeton
Cemetery, Princeton, N.J.
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Cleveland counties in
Ark. and
Okla. are
named for him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: Grover
C. Helm
— Grover
A. Whalen
— Grover
C. Winn
— Grover
C. Dillman
|
| | | Cross-reference: Henry
T. Ellett — Wilson
S. Bissell — David
King Udall — Edward
S. Bragg — Thomas
F. Grady — Lyman K.
Bass — George
B. Cortelyou |
| | | See also Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Clay
family of New York |
| | | Campaign slogan (1884): "We love him
for the enemies he has made." |
| | | Opposition slogan (1884): "Ma, Ma,
Where's My Pa?" |
| | | See also National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile |
| | | Books about Grover Cleveland: Alyn
Brodsky, Grover
Cleveland : A Study in Character — H. Paul Jeffers, An
Honest President: The Life and Presidencies of Grover
Cleveland — Mark Wahlgren Summers, Rum,
Romanism, & Rebellion : The Making of a President,
1884 — Henry F. Graff, Grover
Cleveland — Jeff C. Young, Grover
Cleveland (for young readers) |
| | | Image source: Portrait &
Biographical Album of Washtenaw County (1891) |
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George Henry Cobb —
also known as George H. Cobb —
of Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y.
Born in Hounsfield town, Jefferson
County, N.Y.
Son of Elijah Cobb and Emily (Crandall) Cobb; married, April 19,
1893, to Louisa Wenzel.
Republican. Lawyer; Jefferson
County District Attorney, 1899; member of New York
state senate 35th District, 1905-12; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1908;
Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1910.
Presbyterian. English,
Scottish,
and Dutch
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Woolsey Cole (1906-1978) —
also known as Charles W. Cole —
of Amherst, Hampshire
County, Mass.; New York.
Born in Montclair, Essex
County, N.J., February
8, 1906.
U.S. Ambassador to Chile, 1961-64.
Presbyterian. Member, American
Academy of Arts and Sciences; American
Association of University Professors; Council on
Foreign Relations; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Delta
Sigma Rho; American
Historical Association; American
Economic Association.
Died in 1978
(age about
72 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Sterling Cole (1904-1987) —
also known as W. Sterling Cole —
of Bath, Steuben
County, N.Y.
Born in Painted Post, Steuben
County, N.Y., April 18,
1904.
Son of Ernest Ethelbert Cole and Minnie (Pierce) Cole; married, July 3,
1929, to Mary Elizabeth Thomas.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1935-57 (37th District 1935-45,
39th District 1945-53, 37th District 1953-57).
Presbyterian. Member, Sigma
Nu; Phi
Beta Kappa; Pi
Delta Epsilon; Delta
Sigma Rho; Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 15,
1987 (age 82 years, 331
days).
Interment somewhere
in Bath, 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; married, September
16, 1896, to Mary J. Espey.
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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Harry E. Colwell —
of New Rochelle, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Married, February
8, 1936, to Eugenia Louise Valentine (bacteriologist).
Republican. Banker; real
estate and insurance
business; mayor
of New Rochelle, N.Y., 1910-11; Westchester
County Treasurer, 1919-25.
Presbyterian.
Burial
location unknown.
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Don W. Cook (b. 1919) —
of Henrietta, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., July 8,
1919.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;
member of New York
state assembly 135th District, 1967-75.
Presbyterian. Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Lions.
Still living as of 1975.
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John H. Cooke (b. 1911) —
of Alden, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Jamestown, Chautauqua
County, N.Y., June 29,
1911.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state senate, 1951-62 (51st District 1951-54, 57th District
1955-62); Judge of New York Court of Claims, 1962-64.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Richard T. Cooke (b. 1913) —
of Alden, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Alden, Erie
County, N.Y., July 5,
1913.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state senate 57th District, 1963-64.
Presbyterian. Member, American
Legion; Kiwanis.
Still living as of 1964.
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Henry Perrin Coon (1822-1884) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Columbia
County, N.Y., September
30, 1822.
Physician;
state court judge in California, 1856-60; mayor
of San Francisco, Calif., 1863-67.
Presbyterian.
Died of heart
failure in the Palace Hotel, San
Francisco, Calif., December
4, 1884 (age 62 years, 65
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Oakland, Calif.
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Hovey E. Copley (b. 1869) —
of Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y.
Born in Chemung town, Chemung
County, N.Y., May 2,
1869.
Republican. Farmer; Chemung
County Clerk; member of New York
state assembly from Chemung County, 1924-26.
Presbyterian.
Burial
location unknown.
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George Washington Covington (1838-1911) —
also known as George W. Covington —
of Maryland.
Born in Berlin, Worcester
County, Md., September
12, 1838.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to Maryland state constitutional convention, 1867; attorney for
Pennsylvania Railroad;
director, Delaware Railway
Company; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 1st District, 1881-85.
Presbyterian.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April 6,
1911 (age 72 years, 206
days).
Interment at All
Hallows Cemetery, Snow Hill, Md.
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Arthur Griswold Crane (1877-1955) —
also known as A. G. Crane —
of Cheyenne, Laramie
County, Wyo.
Born in Davenport Center, Delaware
County, N.Y., September
1, 1877.
Republican. Secretary of
state of Wyoming, 1947-51; Governor of
Wyoming, 1949-51.
Presbyterian. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Sigma Rho; Phi
Delta Kappa; Freemasons.
Died August
21, 1955 (age 77 years, 354
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Edward P. Crane —
of Pennsylvania; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Minister;
U.S. Consul in Stuttgart, 1887; Hanover, 1893-98.
Presbyterian.
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Miller Croswell (1825-1886) —
also known as Charles M. Croswell —
of Adrian, Lenawee
County, Mich.
Born in Newburgh, Orange
County, N.Y., October
31, 1825.
Son of John Croswell and Sally (Hicks) Croswell; married 1852 to Lucy M.
Eddy (died 1868); married to Elizabeth Musgrove.
Republican. Carpenter;
contractor;
lawyer;
Lenawee
County Register of Deeds, 1851-54; law partner of Thomas
M. Cooley, 1855; mayor of
Adrian, Mich., 1862-63; member of Michigan
state senate, 1863-66, 1867-68 (10th District 1863-66, 8th
District 1867-68); delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention, 1867; Presidential
Elector for Michigan, 1868;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Lenawee County 4th District,
1873-74; Speaker of
the Michigan State House of Representatives, 1873-74; Governor of
Michigan, 1877-80.
Presbyterian. Scotch-Irish
and Dutch
ancestry.
Died in Adrian, Lenawee
County, Mich., December
13, 1886 (age 61 years, 43
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Adrian, Mich.
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Warren Wardlaw Cunningham (1885-1953) —
also known as Warren W. Cunningham —
of Scarsdale, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J., October
11, 1885.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Scarsdale, N.Y., 1927-29.
Presbyterian. Member, American Bar
Association.
Died November
10, 1953 (age 68 years, 30
days).
Interment at St.
James the Less Cemetery, Scarsdale, N.Y.
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