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John B. Davidson (1855-1932) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Scotland,
February
22, 1855.
Married to Annie Cameron.
Architect;
member of New York
state senate 21st District, 1914; defeated (State Tax), 1922.
Presbyterian. Member, Grange; Freemasons;
Royal
Arcanum.
Died in New Rochelle, Westchester
County, N.Y., February
20, 1932 (age 76 years, 363
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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John C. Davies (b. 1857) —
of Camden, Oneida
County, N.Y.
Born in Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y., January
17, 1857.
Son of Joseph Davies and Esther M. (Hempstead) Davies; married, September
9, 1890, to Elma B. Dorrance.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Oneida County 3rd District, 1887; chair of
Oneida County Republican Party, 1893-95; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 23rd District, 1894;
New
York state attorney general, 1899-1902; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1900.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Burial
location unknown.
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Marion Lindsay Dawson —
of Richmond,
Va.; Suffolk
County, N.Y.; Brooksville, Hernando
County, Fla.
Born in Scottsville, Albemarle
County, Va.
Married 1903
to Alice Taylor.
Lawyer;
member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1915-19; campaign manager for
Gov. Cary
A. Hardee.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Redmen.
Burial
location unknown.
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Alexander Samuel Diven (1809-1896) —
of Angelica, Allegany
County, N.Y.; Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y.
Born in Catharine (now Watkins Glen), Schuyler
County, N.Y., February
10, 1809.
Son of John Diven and Eleanor (Means) Diven; married 1834 to Amanda
M. Beers; married 1876 to Maria
Joy.
Republican. Lawyer; law
partner of George
Miles, and later, of Samuel
G. Hathaway; railroad
promoter; candidate for New York
state assembly, 1843 (Allegany County), 1854 (Chemung County);
member of New York
state senate 27th District, 1858-59; U.S.
Representative from New York 27th District, 1861-63; general in
the Union Army during the Civil War.
Presbyterian. Irish and
English
ancestry.
Died in Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y., June 11,
1896 (age 87 years, 122
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Elmira, N.Y.
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James Duane Doty (1799-1865) —
also known as James D. Doty —
Born in Salem, Washington
County, N.Y., November
5, 1799.
Cousin of Morgan
Lewis Martin; father of Charles
Doty.
Democrat. Federal
judge, 1828-32; member
Michigan territorial council 7th District, 1834-35; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Wisconsin Territory, 1839-41; Governor of
Wisconsin Territory, 1841-44; delegate to
Wisconsin state constitutional convention, 1846; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 3rd District, 1849-53; Governor of
Utah Territory, 1863-65; died in office 1865.
Presbyterian.
Died in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, June 13,
1865 (age 65 years, 220
days).
Interment at Fort
Douglas Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah.
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Allen Welsh Dulles (1893-1969) —
also known as Allen W. Dulles;
"Spymaster" —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y., April 7,
1893.
Grandson of John
Watson Foster; son of Allen Macy Dulles and Edith (Foster)
Dulles; brother of John
Foster Dulles; married 1920 to Clover
Todd (1894-1974).
Republican. Foreign Service officer; lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1940;
director, U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, 1953-61; member, President's Commission
on the Assassination of President KNDY, 1963-64.
Presbyterian. Member, Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died, from influenza
and pneumonia,
in Georgetown University Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., January
28, 1969 (age 75 years, 296
days).
Interment at Green
Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
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John Foster Dulles (1888-1959) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Washington,
D.C., February
25, 1888.
Grandson of John
Watson Foster; brother of Allen
Welsh Dulles.
Republican. Lawyer;
major in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1944;
U.S.
Senator from New York, 1949; defeated, 1949; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1953-59.
Presbyterian. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Received the Medal
of Freedom in 1959.
Died of cancer and
pneumonia,
in Washington,
D.C., May 24,
1959 (age 71 years, 88
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Walter Evans Edge (1873-1956) —
also known as Walter E. Edge —
of Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J.; Ventnor City, Atlantic
County, N.J.; Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., November
20, 1873.
Son of William Edge and Mary (Evans) Edge; married, June 5,
1907, to Lady Lee Phillips (died 1915); married, December
9, 1922, to Camilla Loyall Ashe Sewall (daughter of Harold
Marsh Sewall).
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
advertising
business; newspaper
publisher; banker;
Presidential Elector for New Jersey, 1904;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1908
(alternate), 1920,
1924,
1928,
1932,
1936,
1940,
1944,
1948,
1952,
1956;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1910; member of New Jersey
state senate from Atlantic County, 1911-16; Governor of
New Jersey, 1917-19, 1944-47; resigned 1919; U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1919-29; U.S. Ambassador to France, 1929-33; candidate for Republican nomination for Vice
President, 1936.
Presbyterian; later Episcopalian.
Member, Union
League.
Died in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., October
29, 1956 (age 82 years, 344
days).
Interment at Northwood
Cemetery, Downingtown, Pa.
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Hiram H. Edgerton (1847-1922) —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Belfast, Allegany
County, N.Y., April 19,
1847.
Son of Ralph H. Edgerton and Octavia C. (Penhollow) Edgerton; married
1868 to
Medora L. DeWitt.
Republican. Lumber
business; contractor;
mayor
of Rochester, N.Y., 1908-21.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Elks.
He had been ill for some time, but his condition worsened with the
sudden death of his friend George
W. Aldridge; he collapsed at the viewing and was unable to attend
the funeral; his last words were "George is gone, and I'll join him
soon." Died, in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., June 18,
1922 (age 75 years, 60
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Rochester, N.Y.
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Webster Edmunds —
of Cohocton, Steuben
County, N.Y.
Born in Cohocton, Steuben
County, N.Y.
Republican. Farmer; school
teacher; insurance
and real
estate business; member of New York
state assembly from Steuben County 2nd District, 1927-28.
Presbyterian.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Jacob W. Egelston (1802-1889) —
of Indiana.
Born in Steuben
County, N.Y., May 28,
1802.
Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1838-39; defeated, 1837, 1839;
major in the Union Army during the Civil War.
Presbyterian.
Died in Dearborn
County, Ind., February
10, 1889 (age 86 years, 258
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John George Erhardt (1889-1951) —
also known as John G. Erhardt —
of Coram, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., November
4, 1889.
Son of John Erhardt and Mary (Bader) Erhardt; married, February
13, 1920, to Eleanor Davis (1889-1983).
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Athens, 1920; U.S. Consul in Athens, 1920-24; Winnipeg, 1924-26; Bordeaux, 1930-33; U.S. Consul General in Hamburg, 1933-37; London, 1939-41; U.S. Minister to Austria, 1946-50; U.S. Ambassador to South Africa, 1950-51, died in office 1951.
Presbyterian. Member, American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Delta
Upsilon.
Died, from coronary
thrombosis, in Wynberg, Cape Town, South
Africa, February
18, 1951 (age 61 years, 106
days).
Interment at Hamilton
College Cemetery, Clinton, N.Y.; cenotaph at Union
Cemetery, Middle Island, Long Island, N.Y.
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Austin W. Erwin (b. 1887) —
of Geneseo, Livingston
County, N.Y.
Born in West Sparta town, Livingston
County, N.Y., April 26,
1887.
Republican. Lawyer; Livingston
County District Attorney, 1924-31; member of New York
state senate, 1944-62 (44th District 1944, 49th District 1945-54,
53rd District 1955-62).
Presbyterian. Member, Rotary; American Bar
Association; Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Jacob Evertson (1734-1807) —
of Dutchess
County, N.Y.
Born in South Amboy, Middlesex
County, N.J., January
3, 1734.
Father of Margaret Evertson (1764-1837; who married John
Cotton Smith).
Member of New York
provincial congress, 1774-75; served in the Continental Army
during the Revolutionary War.
Presbyterian. Dutch
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Pleasant Valley, Dutchess
County, N.Y., May 1,
1807 (age 73 years, 118
days).
Interment at Pleasant
Valley Presbyterian Churchyard, Pleasant Valley, N.Y.
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Benjamin Lewis Fairchild (1863-1946) —
also known as Benjamin L. Fairchild —
of Pelham, Westchester
County, N.Y.; Pelham Manor, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Sweden, Monroe
County, N.Y., January
5, 1863.
Son of Benjamin Fairchild and Calista (Schaeffer) Fairchild; married,
February
28, 1893, to Anna E. Crumbie (died 1902); married, April 21,
1922, to Elinor Gardiner Parsons.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1895-97, 1917-19, 1921-23, 1923-27
(16th District 1895-97, 24th District 1917-19, 1921-23, 1923-27);
defeated, 1896 (Independent, 16th District), 1918 (24th District),
1922 (24th District), 1926 (24th District), 1928 (24th District),
1930 (24th District).
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Pelham Manor, Westchester
County, N.Y., October
25, 1946 (age 83 years, 293
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Guy Leverne Fake (b. 1879) —
of Rutherford, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in Cobleskill, Schoharie
County, N.Y., November
15, 1879.
Son of Milton E. Fake and Mary (Cook) Fake; married to Grace
Elizabeth Micklow.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Bergen County, 1907-08;
district judge in New Jersey 2nd District, 1909-24; U.S.
District Judge for New Jersey, 1929-48.
Presbyterian. Member, Phi
Gamma Delta; Freemasons;
Elks; Junior
Order; United
Spanish War Veterans; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Burial
location unknown.
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Elbert O. Farrar —
of Onondaga
County, N.Y.; Granville, Washington
County, N.Y.
Born in Middletown Springs, Rutland
County, Vt.
Married, September
14, 1869, to Ida A. Jackson.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Onondaga County 2nd District, 1882-83.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias.
Burial
location unknown.
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Harold Daniel Finley (b. 1893) —
also known as Harold D. Finley —
of Saratoga Springs, Saratoga
County, N.Y.
Born in Ballston Spa, Saratoga
County, N.Y., November
4, 1893.
Son of Peter Anson Finley and Mary Bell (Ostrom) Finley; married, October
20, 1920, to Virginia Sampson Wheat.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Vice Consul in Naples, 1924; U.S. Consul in Naples, 1926-27; Edinburgh, 1927-30; Bordeaux, 1933-36; Mexico City, 1943; Managua, 1945; Algiers, 1945; U.S. Consul General in Algiers, 1947-49.
Presbyterian. Member, Beta
Theta Pi.
Burial
location unknown.
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Hubert Frederick Fisher (1877-1941) —
also known as Hubert Fisher —
of Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born in Milton, Santa Rosa
County, Fla., October
6, 1877.
Son of Frederick Fisher and Mary Anna (McCarter) Fisher; married, November
6, 1909, to Louise Sanford (sister of Edward
Terry Sanford).
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, 1912;
member of Tennessee
state senate, 1913-14; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, 1914-17; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 10th District, 1917-31.
Presbyterian. Member, Sigma
Chi.
Died in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., June 16,
1941 (age 63 years, 253
days).
Interment at Old
Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn.
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William Floyd (1734-1821) —
of New York.
Born in Brookhaven, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., December
17, 1734.
Grandfather of Frederick
Augustus Tallmadge.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from New York, 1774-77, 1778-83; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; member of New York
state senate, 1777-88, 1807-08 (Southern District 1777-88,
Western District 1807-08); U.S.
Representative from New York 1st District, 1789-91; Presidential
Elector for New York, 1792;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1801.
Presbyterian.
Died in Westernville, Oneida
County, N.Y., August 4,
1821 (age 86 years, 230
days).
Interment at Presbyterian
Church Cemetery, Westernville, N.Y.
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Marion Bayard Folsom (1893-1976) —
also known as Marion B. Folsom —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in McRae, Telfair
County, Ga., November
23, 1893.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member, Commission on
Intergovernmental Relations, 1953-55; U.S.
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, 1955-58.
Presbyterian. Member, American
Academy of Arts and Sciences; American
Economic Association.
Treasurer of Eastman Kodak Company, 1935-53.
Died September
27, 1976 (age 82 years, 309
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Alexander Robert Fordyce, Jr. (b. 1873) —
of Middlesex
County, N.J.; West Orange, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
13, 1873.
Son of Alexander Robert Fordyce and Margaret Livingston (Hall)
Fordyce; married, November
22, 1905, to Ida McCoy.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Middlesex County, 1904-05.
Presbyterian.
Burial
location unknown.
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Clellan S. Forsythe (1895-1953) —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born in Houtzdale, Clearfield
County, Pa., March 6,
1895.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; automobile
dealer; member of New York
state assembly from Onondaga County 2nd District, 1945-48.
Presbyterian. Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons.
Suffered a heart
attack while holding a shotgun,
which accidentally
discharged, killing him, on Fox Island, Jefferson
County, N.Y., September
18, 1953 (age 58 years, 196
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Melville Jefferson France (1878-1955) —
also known as Melville J. France —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., October
29, 1878.
Son of Thomas Jefferson France and Addie (Clark) France; married, October
29, 1904, to Annie Franklin Wilson (died 1949; newspaper
reporter); married, December
22, 1953, to Adele (Dyott) Hart.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, 1915-19.
Presbyterian. Member, American Bar
Association.
Died, in the Cornwallis Inn,
Kentville, Nova
Scotia, July 22,
1955 (age 76 years, 266
days).
Interment somewhere
in Walton, N.Y.
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Charles W. Froessel (b. 1892) —
of Jamaica, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., November
8, 1892.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1938-49 (2nd District 1938-48, 10th
District 1948-49); judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1950.
Presbyterian. Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Elks; American
Legion.
Burial
location unknown.
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Claude Moore Fuess (b. 1885) —
also known as Claude M. Fuess —
of Andover, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Waterville, Oneida
County, N.Y., January
12, 1885.
Son of Louis Philip Fuess and Helen Augusta (Moore) Fuess; married,
June
27, 1911, to Elizabeth Cushing Goodhue.
Republican. Instructor
and headmaster,
Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass.; director, Andover National Bank;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1932.
Presbyterian. Member, Society
of Colonial Wars.
Burial
location unknown.
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Henry Highland Garnet (1815-1882) —
Born in New Market, Frederick
County, Md., December
23, 1815.
Minister;
U.S. Minister to Liberia, 1881-82, died in office 1882.
Presbyterian. African
ancestry.
On February 12, 1865, was the first
black person to make a speech to the U.S. House of Representatives.
Died in Liberia,
February
13, 1882 (age 66 years, 52
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Louise Cuyler Gerry —
also known as Louise C. Gerry —
of Snyder, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Robbinston, Washington
County, Maine.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1936,
1940.
Female.
Congregationalist
or Presbyterian. Member, Daughters of the
American Revolution; Zonta; Grange.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Lafayette Blanchard Gleason (1863-1937) —
also known as Lafayette B. Gleason; Lafe
Gleason —
of Delhi, Delaware
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Delhi, Delaware
County, N.Y., May 30,
1863.
Son of William
Gleason, Jr. and Caroline (Blanchard) Gleason; married 1908 to Frances
(Rich) McEntee (died 1936).
Republican. Lawyer;
clerk of the New York State Senate, 1906-11; secretary of
New York Republican Party, 1906-37; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1912,
1932
(alternate); Convention Secretary, 1916.
Presbyterian.
Died, in St. Luke's Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
24, 1937 (age 74 years, 147
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Delhi, N.Y.
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William H. Gleason (1833-1892) —
of Sag Harbor, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.; Newburgh, Orange
County, N.Y.; Newark, Essex
County, N.J.; Hudson, Columbia
County, N.Y.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Durham, Middlesex
County, Conn., September
28, 1833.
Son of Henry Gleason and Cynthia (Vandervoort) Gleason; married, November
11, 1857, to Ellen A. Gladwin (died 1875); married, December
27, 1876, to Leila Seward; uncle of Arthur
H. Gleason.
Merchant;
lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Suffolk County 1st District, 1864-65; pastor.
Presbyterian.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
21, 1892 (age 58 years, 146
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Norman Judd Gould (1877-1964) —
also known as Norman J. Gould —
of Seneca Falls, Seneca
County, N.Y.
Born in Seneca Falls, Seneca
County, N.Y., March 15,
1877.
Grandson of Norman
Buel Judd.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1908
(alternate), 1916;
member of New York
Republican State Committee, 1914-22; U.S.
Representative from New York 36th District, 1915-23.
Presbyterian.
Died at Geneva Hospital,
Geneva, Ontario
County, N.Y., August
20, 1964 (age 87 years, 158
days).
Interment at Restvale
Cemetery, Seneca Falls, N.Y.
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Scott E. Greene —
of Cooperstown, Otsego
County, N.Y.
Born in Fleischmanns, Delaware
County, N.Y.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of New York
state assembly from Otsego County, 1965.
Presbyterian. Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Rotary; Elks; Freemasons;
Grange.
Still living as of 1967.
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Frederick Winter Griffith (b. 1858) —
also known as Frederick W. Griffith —
of Palmyra, Wayne
County, N.Y.
Born in Phelps town, Ontario
County, N.Y., December
17, 1858.
Father of Henry
Watson Griffith.
Republican. Member of New York
state assembly from Wayne County, 1900-02; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1908;
member of New York
state senate 42nd District, 1910-12.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons;
Phi
Beta Kappa.
Burial
location unknown.
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Henry Watson Griffith (b. 1897) —
also known as Henry W. Griffith —
of Palmyra, Wayne
County, N.Y.
Born in Palmyra, Wayne
County, N.Y., January
1, 1897.
Son of Frederick
Winter Griffith.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of New York
state senate, 1939-50 (42nd District 1939-44, 47th District
1945-50).
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons;
American
Legion.
Burial
location unknown.
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Ebenezer Oliver Grosvenor (b. 1820) —
also known as Ebenezer O. Grosvenor —
of Jonesville, Hillsdale
County, Mich.; Monroe, Monroe
County, Mich.
Born in Stillwater, Saratoga
County, N.Y., January
26, 1820.
Son of E. O. Grosvenor and Mary Ann (Livermore) Grosvenor; married,
February
22, 1844, to Sally Ann Champlin (daughter of Elisha
Champlin).
Republican. Banker; merchant;
member of Michigan
state senate 14th District, 1859-60, 1863-64; Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1865-66; Michigan
state treasurer, 1867-70; member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1880-87; member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1903.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Burial
location unknown.
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Jacob Edward Gunther III (1953-2003) —
also known as Jacob E. Gunther III; Jake
Gunther —
of Forestburgh, Sullivan
County, N.Y.
Born in Middletown, Orange
County, N.Y., June 11,
1953.
Married, May 27,
1978, to Aileen
M. Malone.
Democrat. Glass
business; member of New York
state assembly 98th District, 1993-2003; died in office 2003.
Presbyterian.
Died, of neck
cancer, in St. Peter's Hospital,
Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., July 9,
2003 (age 50 years, 28
days).
Cremated.
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Abraham Oakey Hall (1826-1898) —
also known as A. Oakey Hall; "Elegant
Oakey" —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., July 26,
1826.
Republican. Newspaper
reporter; lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1856;
mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1869-72; indicted
and tried in
1871-73 on charges
of covering up corruption during his mayoralty; acquitted.
Presbyterian; later Catholic.
English,
Welsh,
and French
ancestry.
Died, of heart
disease, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
7, 1898 (age 72 years, 73
days).
Entombed at Trinity
Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.
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Clarence Eugene Hancock (1885-1948) —
also known as Clarence E. Hancock —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born in Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., February
13, 1885.
Son of Theodore
E. Hancock and Martha B. (Connelly) Hancock; married, October
4, 1912, to Emily W. Shonk.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1927-47 (35th District 1927-45,
36th District 1945-47); alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1928.
Presbyterian. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi; Alpha
Delta Phi.
The airport in Syracuse was named for
him.
Died in a hospital
at Washington,
D.C., January
3, 1948 (age 62 years, 324
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Syracuse, N.Y.
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Joseph Rhodes Hanley (1876-1961) —
also known as Joe R. Hanley —
of Muscatine, Muscatine
County, Iowa; Perry, Wyoming
County, N.Y.
Born in Davenport, Scott
County, Iowa, May 30,
1876.
Son of John R. Hanley and Katherine (Rhodes) Hanley; married, October
31, 1900, to Henrietta Victoria Robertson.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer;
ordained
minister; member of New York
state assembly from Wyoming County, 1927-31; member of New York
state senate 44th District, 1932-43; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1932
(alternate), 1944,
1948;
Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1943-50; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1950.
Presbyterian or Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Rotary;
United
Spanish War Veterans.
Died, in Perry Nursing
Home, Perry, Wyoming
County, N.Y., September
4, 1961 (age 85 years, 97
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Albert Harbison (b. 1874) —
of White Plains, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Allegheny (now part of Pittsburgh), Allegheny
County, Pa., November
14, 1874.
Son of Samuel Pollock Harbison and Emma Jane (Boyd) Harbison;
married, November
2, 1911, to Harriet Virginia Euwer.
Republican. Dry candidate for delegate to
New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Presbyterian. Member, Union
League.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Marshall Harlan (1899-1971) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., May 20,
1899.
Grandson of John
Marshall Harlan (1833-1911); son of John Maynard Harlan and
Elizabeth Palmer (Flagg) Harlan; married, November
10, 1928, to Ethel (Andrews) Murphy (1897-1972).
Rhodes
scholar; lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1954-55; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1955-71.
Presbyterian. Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
29, 1971 (age 72 years, 223
days).
Interment at Emmanuel
Church Cemetery, Weston, Conn.
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David Hedges (c.1744-1817) —
of Bridgehampton, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born about 1744.
Member of New York
state assembly from Suffolk County, 1785-89, 1803-04, 1805-07; delegate to
New York convention to ratify U.S. constitution from Suffolk
County, 1788.
Presbyterian.
Died November
8, 1817 (age about 73
years).
Interment at Sagg
Burial Ground, Bridgehampton, Long Island, N.Y.
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Clarence James Henry (1902-1973) —
also known as Clarence J. Henry; Cass
Henry —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., August
15, 1902.
Republican. Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1961-70.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons.
Died, from multiple
myeloma, in a hospital
at Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., August
23, 1973 (age 71 years, 8
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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John Vernon Henry (1767-1829) —
also known as John V. Henry —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in 1767.
Cousin of Benjamin
Henry.
Member of New York
state assembly from Albany County, 1799-1802; New York
state comptroller, 1800-01.
Presbyterian.
Died October
22, 1829 (age about 62
years).
Interment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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William Bancroft Hill (c.1858-1945) —
of Poughkeepsie, Dutchess
County, N.Y.
Born in Colebrook, Coos
County, N.H., about 1858.
Married to Elise Weyerhaeuser (1860-1946; daughter of Frederick E.
Weyerhaeuser (1872-1945; lumber executive)).
Lawyer;
pastor;
college
professor; Dry candidate for delegate to
New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Christian
Reformed or Presbyterian.
Died January
23, 1945 (age about 87
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Lewis Hoover (1872-1949) —
also known as Charles L. Hoover —
of Edgemont, Fall River
County, S.Dak.; Springfield, Greene
County, Mo.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Oskaloosa, Mahaska
County, Iowa, January
11, 1872.
Son of Samuel A. Hoover and Miriam J. (Beardsley) Hoover; married to
Harriet White (died 1898); married, October
1, 1901, to Helen E. Lowrie; distant cousin of Herbert
Clark Hoover.
Superintendent
of schools; botanist;
linguist;
divisional superintendent of schools, Philippine Islands, 1902-09;
U.S. Consul in Madrid, 1909-12; Carlsbad, 1912-14; Prague, 1914-16; Sao Paulo, 1916-20; Danzig, 1922; Batavia, 1926; U.S. Consul General in Amsterdam, 1928-32.
Presbyterian.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April 30,
1949 (age 77 years, 109
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Frank Jefferson Horton (1919-2004) —
also known as Frank Horton —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.; Bentonville, Warren
County, Va.
Born in Cuero, DeWitt
County, Tex., December
12, 1919.
Married to Marjorie Wilcox and Nancy Richmond.
Republican. Major in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1963-93 (36th District 1963-73,
34th District 1973-83, 29th District 1983-93).
Presbyterian. Member, American Bar
Association; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died, following a stroke, in
a hospital
at Winchester,
Va., August
30, 2004 (age 84 years, 262
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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S. Wentworth Horton (b. 1885) —
of Greenport, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.; Orient, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Greenport, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., October
16, 1885.
Republican. Member of New York
state senate 1st District, 1947-56; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1948.
Presbyterian. Member, Sigma
Phi Epsilon; Phi Mu
Alpha.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Lloyd Imes (1889-1986) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., December
29, 1889.
Son of Benjamin A. Imes and Elizabeth (Wallace) Imes; married, September
9, 1915, to Grace Virginia Frank.
Minister;
Dry candidate for delegate to
New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; president,
Knoxville College, 1943-47.
Presbyterian. African
ancestry.
Died in 1986
(age about
96 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Irving McNeil Ives (1896-1962) —
also known as Irving M. Ives —
of Norwich, Chenango
County, N.Y.
Born in Bainbridge, Chenango
County, N.Y., January
24, 1896.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; insurance
business; member of New York
state assembly from Chenango County, 1930-46; Speaker of
the New York State Assembly, 1936; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1947-59; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1948,
1952,
1956;
candidate for Governor of
New York, 1954.
Presbyterian. Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Phi
Beta Kappa; Theta
Delta Chi; Elks; Grange.
Author and sponsor of legislation creating the New York State
Department of Commerce, and the School of Industrial and Labor
Relations at Cornell University.
Died in Chenango Memorial Hospital,
Norwich, Chenango
County, N.Y., February
24, 1962 (age 66 years, 31
days).
Interment at Greenlawn
Cemetery, Bainbridge, N.Y.
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William P. James (b. 1870) —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., January
10, 1870.
Son of David James and Jane (Parry) James; married 1896 to Ella V.
Haas.
Republican. Lawyer;
superior court judge in California, 1905-10; Judge,
California Court of Appeal, 1910-23; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of California, 1923.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Burial
location unknown.
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Harold Johnson (b. 1928) —
of San Luis Obispo, San Luis
Obispo County, Calif.; Arroyo Grande, San Luis
Obispo County, Calif.
Born in Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., October
8, 1928.
Republican. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from California,
1964;
district judge in California, 1971-.
Presbyterian. Member, Zeta
Psi; American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 1973.
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William Johnson (1771-1834) —
of South Carolina.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., December
27, 1771.
Member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1794; state court judge
in South Carolina, 1799; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1804-34.
Presbyterian.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August 4,
1834 (age 62 years, 220
days); his remains apparently were lost in
transit.
Cenotaph at St.
Philip's Churchyard, Charleston, S.C.
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Lee E. Joslyn (b. 1864) —
of Bay
County, Mich.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Darien, Genesee
County, N.Y., July 23,
1864.
Son of William Benham Joslyn and Amy R. (Foster) Joslyn; married, June 29,
1893, to Alice L. Wilson.
Democrat. Lawyer; Bay
County Circuit Court Commissioner, 1888-92; Bay
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1893-94; candidate for circuit
judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1923.
Presbyterian. Member, Knights
of Pythias; American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Elks; Odd
Fellows.
Burial
location unknown.
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