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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.
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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Relatives:
Married 1908
to Emily D. Gruban. |
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Eugene Clarence Aiken (b. 1856) —
also known as E. Clarence Aiken —
of Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Born in Scipio, Cayuga
County, N.Y., May 6,
1856.
Son of Ira Aiken and Ellen (Olney) Aiken.
Republican. Lawyer;
director and counsel, New York, Auburn & Lansing Railroad; mayor of
Auburn, N.Y., 1906-07; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 40th District, 1915.
Baptist.
Member, Elks.
Interment at Fort
Hill Cemetery, Auburn, N.Y.
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Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich (1841-1915) —
also known as Nelson W. Aldrich; "General Manager of
the United States" —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.; Warwick, Kent
County, R.I.
Born in Foster, Providence
County, R.I., November
6, 1841.
Son of Anan E. Aldrich (1807-1892) and Abby Ann (Burgess) Aldrich
(1809-1888).
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; grocer;
director, Roger Williams Bank;
president, First National Bank of
Providence; trustee, Providence, Hartford and Fishkill
Railroad; organizer and president, United Traction and
Electric
Company; member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1875-77; Speaker of
the Rhode Island State House of Representatives, 1876-77; U.S.
Representative from Rhode Island 1st District, 1879-81; U.S.
Senator from Rhode Island, 1881-1911; author of Aldrich-Vreeland
Currency Act and Payne-Aldrich Tariff Act.
English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died, from an apoplectic
stroke, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April 16,
1915 (age 73 years, 161
days).
Interment at Swan
Point Cemetery, Providence, R.I.
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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.
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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Mark W. Allen (b. 1877) —
of West New Brighton, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Born in Fairfax
County, Va., August
23, 1877.
Democrat. Carpenter;
Superintendent of Bridges and Buildings, Baltimore & Ohio
Railroad; lumber
business; member of New York
state senate 24th District, 1923-24.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Junior
Order; Knights
of Pythias.
Burial
location unknown.
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Ray Allen (b. 1860) —
of Kenmore, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Pavilion, Genesee
County, N.Y., March 22,
1860.
Son of Daniel Allen and Laverna (Cheney) Allen.
Republican. Railway passenger agent; ordained
minister; missionary;
Dry candidate for delegate to
New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Methodist.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Emory Andrus (1841-1934) —
also known as John E. Andrus; "The Millionaire
Strap-Hanger" —
of Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Pleasantville, Westchester
County, N.Y., February
16, 1841.
Son of Rev. Loyal B. Andrus and Ann (Palmer) Andrus.
Republican. School
teacher; pharmaceutical
manufacturer; investor in real
estate, mining
claims, and the Standard Oil Company;
owned considerable stock in railroads and utilities;
director, New York Life Insurance
Co.; president, New York Pharmaceutical
Association; treasurer, Arlington Chemical
Co.; director, National Fuel Gas
Co.; mayor of
Yonkers, N.Y., 1904; defeated, 1901; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1904
(alternate), 1908;
U.S.
Representative from New York 19th District, 1905-13.
Methodist.
Philanthropist who founded the Surna Foundation and the Julia Dyckman
Andrus Memorial (orphanage). Even when he was one of the nation's
wealthiest men, he still took the subway to work.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y., December
26, 1934 (age 93 years, 313
days).
Interment at Kensico
Cemetery, Valhalla, N.Y.
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Nathan Barlow, Jr. (1818-1899) —
of Hastings, Barry
County, Mich.
Born in Canandaigua, Ontario
County, N.Y., January
1, 1818.
Son of Nathan
Barlow.
Democrat. Hotel
owner; merchant;
Barry
County Clerk, 1843-44; Barry
County Treasurer, 1845-46; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Barry County, 1850;
Supervisor, Hastings Township, 1853; mayor, Hastings, Mich., 1873;
director, Grand River Valley Railroad, 1872-97.
Died January
25, 1899 (age 81 years, 24
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Hastings, Mich.
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Lyman Kidder Bass (1836-1889) —
also known as Lyman K. Bass —
of New York.
Born in Alden, Erie
County, N.Y., November
13, 1836.
Republican. Lawyer; Erie
County District Attorney, 1865; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1868;
U.S.
Representative from New York, 1873-77 (31st District 1873-75,
32nd District 1875-77); law partner with Grover
Cleveland and Wilson
S. Bissell, 1873-82; attorney for many railroads.
Died, of consumption,
in the Buckingham Hotel, New
York, New
York County, N.Y., May 11,
1889 (age 52 years, 179
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y.
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Charles Ulrick Bay (1888-1955) —
also known as Charles U. Bay —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Rensselaer, Rensselaer
County, N.Y., September
5, 1888.
Son of Jens Christopher Bay and Marie (Hauan) Bay.
Founder, Bay Company, manufacturer
of medical supplies; partner, A. M. Kidder & Co., stockbrokers;
founder, Bay Petroleum
Corporation; stockholder and director, New York, New Haven and
Hartford Railroad; director, First National Bank and
Trust Company of Bridgeport; also involved with the Connecticut
Railway and Lighting
Company; U.S. Ambassador to Norway, 1946-53.
Episcopalian.
Norwegian
ancestry.
Died, in the Harkness Pavilion of the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical
Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
31, 1955 (age 67 years, 117
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Married 1942
to Josephine Holt Perfect. |
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William Clinton Beardsley (1816-1900) —
also known as William C. Beardsley —
of Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Born in Stewarts Corners, Cayuga
County, N.Y., March 27,
1816.
Son of John Beardsley (1783-1857) and Alice (Booth) Beardsley
(1786-1877).
Democrat. Lawyer; postmaster;
banker;
railroad director; Presidential Elector for New York, 1852;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1864.
Died in Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y., January
25, 1900 (age 83 years, 304
days).
Interment at Fort
Hill Cemetery, Auburn, N.Y.
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John Anderson Bensel (1863-1922) —
also known as John A. Bensel —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Bernardsville, Somerset
County, N.J.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., 1863.
Son of Brownlee Bensel and Mary Maclay (Hogg) Bensel.
Democrat. Engineer;
worked for the Pennsylvania Railroad; in charge of
construction on New York City's North River waterfront,
1889-95; New York
state engineer and surveyor, 1911-14; major in the U.S. Army
during World War I.
Died, of myelitis,
in Bernardsville, Somerset
County, N.J., June 19,
1922 (age about 58
years).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Married 1896
to Ella Louise Day. |
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Nathan Bijur (1862-1930) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 1,
1862.
Son of Asher Bijur and Pauline (Sondheim) Bijur.
Republican. Lawyer; took
part in railroad reorganizations and the creation of the
Southern Railway; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1910-30; died in office
1930; Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court
1st Department, 1926-30; died in office 1930.
Jewish.
Member, American
Jewish Committee; American
Society for International Law; American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, from pleurisy and
empyema, in St. Luke's Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 8,
1930 (age 68 years, 37
days).
Interment at Beth
Olom Cemetery, Glendale, Queens, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Married 1886
to Lilly Pronich. |
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Abel E. Blackmar (c.1859-1931) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Newark, Wayne
County, N.Y., about 1859.
Lawyer;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1908-22; defeated, 1906;
appointed 1908; Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York
Supreme Court, 1917-22; director, Interborough Rapid Transit
Company, 1922-31.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Phi
Beta Kappa; American Bar
Association.
Died, in Brooklyn Hospital,
Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., February
14, 1931 (age about 72
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1888
to Adelle Marx. |
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Archibald Meserole Bliss (1838-1923) —
also known as Archibald M. Bliss —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
25, 1838.
Son of Neziah Bliss and Mary Ann (Meserole) Bliss.
Delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1864,
1868;
Republican candidate for mayor
of Brooklyn, N.Y., 1867; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1875-83, 1885-89 (4th District
1875-83, 5th District 1885-89); delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1876,
1880,
1884;
vice-president, Bushwick Railroad Company, 1877; real estate
business.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 19,
1923 (age 85 years, 53
days).
Interment at Cypress
Hills Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Henry Taylor Blow (1817-1875) —
also known as Henry T. Blow —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Southampton
County, Va., July 15,
1817.
Son of Peter Blow and Elizabeth (Taylor) Blow.
Republican. Lead products
business; president, Iron Mountain Railroad; member of Missouri
state senate, 1854-58; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 2nd District, 1863-67; U.S. Minister
to Brazil, 1869-70; member
District of Columbia board of commissioners, 1874.
Died in Saratoga, Saratoga
County, N.Y., September
11, 1875 (age 58 years, 58
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Edward A. Bond (b. 1849) —
of Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y.
Born in Dexter, Washtenaw
County, Mich., April 22,
1849.
Republican. Civil
engineer; chief engineer for several railroads; New York
state engineer and surveyor, 1899-1904; resigned 1904.
Burial
location unknown.
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Azariah Boody (1815-1885) —
of New York.
Born in Stanstead County, Quebec,
April
21, 1815.
Whig. U.S.
Representative from New York 29th District, 1853; served as
president of the Wabash Railroad.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
18, 1885 (age 70 years, 211
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Rochester, N.Y.
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William Breitenbach (1897-1937) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., April 17,
1897.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; railway
signalman; electrical
contractor; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 13th District, 1925-34; member
of New York
Democratic State Committee, 1936.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Elks.
Died, following an operation for appendicitis,
in Hamilton Hospital,
Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., May 13,
1937 (age 40 years, 26
days).
Interment at Long
Island National Cemetery, near Farmingdale, Long Island, N.Y.
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Calvin Stewart Brice (1845-1898) —
also known as Calvin S. Brice —
of Lima, Allen
County, Ohio.
Born in Denmark, Morrow
County, Ohio, September
17, 1845.
Son of Rev. William Kilpatrick Brice and Elizabeth (Stewart) Brice.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
active in railroad law; president of railroad
companies; candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio, 1876,
1884;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1888;
Chairman
of Democratic National Committee, 1889-92; U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1891-97.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
15, 1898 (age 53 years, 89
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Lima, Ohio.
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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.
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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William M. Brown (b. 1843) —
of Corning, Steuben
County, N.Y.; Brooklyn Township, Lincoln
County, S.Dak.
Born in May, 1843.
Republican. Railway conductor; farmer;
member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 4th District, 1903-06.
Burial
location unknown.
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Image source:
South Dakota Legislative Manual, 1903 |
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Edward Jackson Brundage (b. 1869) —
also known as Edward J. Brundage —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Lake Forest, Lake
County, Ill.
Born in Campbell, Steuben
County, N.Y., May 13,
1869.
Son of Victor D. Brundage and Maria L. (Armstrong) Brundage.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives 6th District, 1899-1900, 1903-04;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1916,
1928
(alternate); Illinois
state attorney general, 1917-25; corporate counsel, Chicago,
Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railway.
Protestant.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights
Templar; Knights
of Pythias; Royal
League.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married, December
17, 1913, to Germaine Vernier. |
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1919 |
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James A. Burke (1890-1965) —
of Hollis, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; Little Neck, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., March 3,
1890.
Democrat. Worked for various railroads as clerk, train
dispatcher, and car accountant; stock supervisor, Brooklyn Navy Yard;
real
estate broker; member of New York
state assembly from Queens County 4th District, 1931-33, 1935;
defeated, 1933; borough
president of Queens, New York, 1942-49.
Died in Little Neck, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., September
12, 1965 (age 75 years, 193
days).
Interment at St.
John's Cemetery, Middle Village, Queens, N.Y.
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Wellington R. Burt (1831-1919) —
also known as "The Lone Pine of
Michigan" —
of Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich.
Born in Pike, Wyoming
County, N.Y., August
26, 1831.
Son of Luther Burt.
Lumber and
timber business; railroad builder; mayor
of East Saginaw, Mich., 1867-68; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1880;
Fusion candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1888; member of Michigan
state senate 22nd District, 1893-94; defeated (Democratic), 1904,
1908; Democratic candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 8th District, 1900; Democratic
candidate for University
of Michigan board of regents, 1903; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention 22nd District,
1907-08; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1912
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee).
Burt, Michigan is named for
him.
Died March 2,
1919 (age 87 years, 188
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Saginaw, Mich.
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Robert Bushby (b. 1843) —
of Little York, Cortland
County, N.Y.; Cortland, Cortland
County, N.Y.
Born in Pawtucket, Providence
County, R.I., 1843.
Son of Joseph Bushby and Ann (Patterson) Bushby.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; Cortland
County Treasurer, 1876-84; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1884
(alternate), 1888;
traveling passenger agent, Grand Trunk Railway.
English
ancestry. Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Mary A. Miller. |
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Frank J. Caffery (1913-1980) —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., November
30, 1913.
Democrat. Yard foreman for Nickel Plate Railroad; member of New York
state assembly from Erie County 4th District, 1941-42, 1949-62;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 42nd District, 1942.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Knights
of Columbus; Holy
Name Society; Brotherhood
of Railroad Trainmen; Catholic
War Veterans; American
Legion; Knights
of Equity.
Died in September, 1980
(age 66
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Alanson Carley (1797-1879) —
of Cortland
County, N.Y.
Born in Butternuts, Otsego
County, N.Y., June 6,
1797.
Son of Ebenezer Carley.
Whig. Dry
goods merchant; member of New York
state assembly from Cortland County, 1829; director, Syracuse and
Binghamton Railroad; director, First National Bank of
Cortland; Cortland
County Sheriff, 1840; postmaster.
Universalist.
Died April 8,
1879 (age 81 years, 306
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Alfred Levi Cary (b. 1835) —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in Sterling, Cayuga
County, N.Y., July 23,
1835.
Son of Nathaniel C. Cary and Sophia (Eaton) Cary.
Lawyer;
general solicitor, Milwaukee, Lakeshore & Western Railroad;
member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1874.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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George W. Chadwick (1825-1885) —
of Chadwicks Mills, Oneida
County, N.Y.
Born in Sauquoit, Oneida
County, N.Y., June 16,
1825.
Republican. President and general manager, Willowvale Bleachery;
director, Oneida National Bank;
director, Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad; member of
New
York state assembly from Oneida County 1st District, 1871, 1874.
Episcopalian.
Died, from "congestion of the brain" (probably stroke),
in Chadwicks Mills, Oneida
County, N.Y., December
4, 1885 (age 60 years, 171
days).
Interment at Sauquoit
Valley Cemetery, Clayville, N.Y.
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Maro Spaulding Chapman (1839-1907) —
also known as Maro S. Chapman —
of Manchester, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in East Haddam, Middlesex
County, Conn., February
13, 1839.
Son of Nathaniel Chapman and Hannah (Percival) Chapman.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; postal
envelope manufacturer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1882; member of Connecticut
state senate 2nd District, 1885-86; Presidential Elector for
Connecticut, 1900.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Grand
Army of the Republic.
Instrumental in the establishment of the Hartford, Manchester,
Rockville Tramway Co. in 1895.
Died in Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y., March 2,
1907 (age 68 years, 17
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Nathaniel Chapman and Hannah (Percival) Chapman; married 1861 to Lucy
Woodbridge (died 1869); married 1871 to Helen
Robbins. |
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Edgar Erastus Clark (1856-1930) —
also known as Edgar E. Clark —
of Cedar Rapids, Linn
County, Iowa.
Born in Lima, Livingston
County, N.Y., February
18, 1856.
Son of Henry Dean Clark and Nancy Elizabeth (Jones) Clark.
Republican. Train conductor; Grand Senior
Conductor (1889), and Grand Chief
Conductor (1890-1906), of the Order of Railway Conductors of
America; delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa, 1904;
member, Interstate Commerce
Commission, 1906-21; chair, Interstate Commerce
Commission, 1913-14, 1918-21.
Member, Order of
Railway Conductors; Freemasons;
Elks.
Died in Monrovia, Los Angeles
County, Calif., December
1, 1930 (age 74 years, 286
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Dean Clark and Nancy Elizabeth (Jones) Clark; married, September
1, 1880, to Lovenia Jenkins (died 1903); married, June 28,
1911, to Agnes English Barnes. |
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article |
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Congress |
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James S. Clarkson (1842-1918) —
of Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa; New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Tarrytown, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Brookville, Franklin
County, Ind., May 17,
1842.
Son of Elizabeth (Goudie) Clarkson and Coker
Fifield Clarkson.
Republican. Newspaper
editor; railroad builder; Iowa
Republican state chair, 1869-71; postmaster;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa, 1876,
1880,
1884,
1888,
1892,
1896;
member of Republican
National Committee from Iowa, 1880-96; Chairman of
Republican National Committee, 1891-92; First Assistant U.S.
Postmaster General, 1889-90; U.S. Surveyor of Customs,
1902-10.
Assisted more than 500 escaping slaves en route to Canada via the
"underground railroad," 1856-62.
Died in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., May 31,
1918 (age 76 years, 14
days).
Interment somewhere
in Des Moines, Iowa.
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Frederick Collin (b. 1850) —
of Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y.
Born in Benton, Yates
County, N.Y., August 2,
1850.
Son of Henry Clark Collin and Maria Louisa (Park) Collin.
Lawyer;
director, Chemung Canal
Trust Co.; director, Arnot Realty
Corporation; director, Elmira, Corning, & Waverly Railway;
mayor
of Elmira, N.Y., 1894-98; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1910-20; appointed 1910.
Burial
location unknown.
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John J. Condon —
of Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Son of John J. Condon and Ellen Condon (c.1872-1941).
Republican. Auditor for the New York Central Railroad; mayor of
Yonkers, N.Y., 1940-41; defeated, 1935; in December 1940, he was
named as a
conspirator in the indictment of Patrick Fitzgerald, who was
charged with seeking a $3,000 bribe
from pinball operators.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Knights
of Columbus.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Peter Cooper (1791-1883) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
12, 1791.
Manufacturer,
inventor,
philanthropist, creator of first
U.S. steam locomotive; founder
of Cooper Union; Greenback candidate for President
of the United States, 1876.
Unitarian.
Elected to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1900.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April 4,
1883 (age 92 years, 51
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Erastus Corning (1794-1872) —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Norwich, New London
County, Conn., December
14, 1794.
Democrat. Mayor of
Albany, N.Y., 1834-37; member of New York
state senate 3rd District, 1842-45; U.S.
Representative from New York 14th District, 1857-59, 1861-63;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1860;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1867.
Founder and first president of the New York Central Railroad.
Died in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., April 9,
1872 (age 77 years, 117
days).
Interment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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Frederic René Coudert (1832-1903) —
also known as Frederic R. Coudert —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March 1,
1832.
Son of Charles Coudert.
Democrat. Lawyer;
government director, 1885-88, and receiver, 1892-98, of Union Pacific
Railroad; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
York, 1896.
Catholic.
French
ancestry.
Died, from heart and
liver
troubles, in Washington,
D.C., December
20, 1903 (age 71 years, 294
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
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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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Charles Crocker (1822-1888) —
of Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif.
Born in Troy, Rensselaer
County, N.Y., September
16, 1822.
Son of Isaac Crocker and Eliza (Wright) Crocker.
Went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; merchant;
banker;
member of California
state assembly 9th District, 1861-62; one of the builders of the
Central Pacific Railroad; first president of the Southern
Pacific Railroad.
Died in Monterey, Monterey
County, Calif., August
14, 1888 (age 65 years, 333
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Oakland, Calif.
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Edwin Bryant Crocker (1818-1875) —
also known as Edwin B. Crocker —
of Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif.
Born in Jamesville, Onondaga
County, N.Y., April 26,
1818.
Son of Isaac Crocker and (mother) Crocker.
Lawyer;
justice
of California state supreme court, 1863; chief counsel, Central
Pacific Railroad, 1864-69.
Founder of the Crocker Art Museum; partially
paralyzed following an 1869 stroke.
Died in Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif., June 24,
1875 (age 57 years, 59
days).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Sacramento, Calif.
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Richard Welsted Croker (1841-1922) —
also known as Richard Croker —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; County Dublin, Ireland.
Born in Clonakilty, County Cork, Ireland,
November
23, 1841.
Son of Eyre Coote Croker (1800-1881) and Frances Laura (Welsted)
Croker (1807-1894).
Democrat. Railroad mechanic; charged
with the murder
of a political enemy in 1874; tried and
found not guilty; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
York, 1888,
1892.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Tammany
Hall.
Leader of Tammany Hall from 1886 until 1901.
Suffered exposure during a snowstorm,
was ill for months, and subsequently died, in County Dublin, Ireland,
April
29, 1922 (age 80 years, 157
days).
Original interment at Glencairn
House Grounds, County Dublin, Ireland; reinterment in 1939 at Kilgobbin
Cemetery, County Dublin, Ireland.
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Relatives: Son
of Eyre Coote Croker (1800-1881) and Frances Laura (Welsted) Croker
(1807-1894); married, November
1, 1873, to Elizabeth Frazer (1853-1914); married, November
26, 1914, to Bula Benton Edmonson (1884-1957). |
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Woltman |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
| | | Image source: American Monthly Review
of Reviews, February 1902 |
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Mortimer A. Cullen —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Harvel, Montgomery
County, Ill.
Democrat. Employee of New York Central Railroad; member of New York
state assembly from Albany County 2nd District, 1941-44; member
of New
York state senate 35th District, 1945-46.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Dalzell (1845-1927) —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.; Braddock, Allegheny
County, Pa.; Swissvale, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April 19,
1845.
Son of Samuel Dalzell and Mary (McDonnell) Dalzell.
Republican. Lawyer;
attorney for Pennsylvania Railroad; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1887-1913 (22nd District
1887-1903, 30th District 1903-13); delegate to Republican National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1904,
1908.
Died in Altadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif., October
2, 1927 (age 82 years, 166
days).
Interment at Allegheny
Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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George Willets Davison (b. 1872) —
of Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Rockville Centre, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., March 25,
1872.
Son of Robert A. Davison and Emeline (Sealey) Davison.
Republican. Lawyer; Queens
County District Attorney, 1899; vice-president, Central Trust Co.;
director, Brooklyn Rapid Transit Co., New York Municipal
Railways Co., Third Avenue Railway Co., Hudson and
Manhattan Railroad Co., American Eagle Fire
Insurance Co.
Methodist.
Member, Alpha
Delta Phi; Phi
Delta Phi; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Burial
location unknown.
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Chauncey Mitchell Depew (1834-1928) —
also known as Chauncey M. Depew —
of Peekskill, Westchester
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Peekskill, Westchester
County, N.Y., April 23,
1834.
Son of Isaac Depew (1800-1869) and Martha Minot (Mitchell) Depew
(1810-1885).
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Westchester County 3rd District, 1862-63; secretary of
state of New York, 1864-65; Westchester
County Clerk, 1867; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New York, 1868,
1892,
1896,
1900,
1904,
1908,
1912,
1916,
1920,
1924;
Liberal Republican candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1872; president, later chairman, New York
Central Railroad; candidate for Republican nomination for
President, 1888;
U.S.
Senator from New York, 1899-1911.
French
Huguenot, Dutch,
and English
ancestry. Member, Union
League; Society
of the Cincinnati.
Died, of bronchial
pneumonia, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April 5,
1928 (age 93 years, 348
days).
Entombed at Hillside
Cemetery, Cortlandt town, Westchester County, N.Y.
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Peter Anthony Dey (1825-1911) —
also known as Peter A. Dey —
of Iowa City, Johnson
County, Iowa.
Born in Romulus, Seneca
County, N.Y., 1825.
Democrat. Chief engineer
of the Union Pacific Railroad, 1864; founder of the First
National Bank of
Iowa City; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Iowa, 1876;
member of Iowa
railroad commission, 1878-95.
Died in 1911
(age about
86 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Samuel Byron Dicker (b. 1889) —
also known as Samuel B. Dicker —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April 4,
1889.
Son of Moritz Dicker and Rose (Weinberg) Dicker.
Republican. Statistician;
lawyer;
director, Rochester and Genesee Valley Railroad; mayor
of Rochester, N.Y., 1939-55; appointed 1939; resigned 1955.
Jewish.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Elks.
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.
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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Alfred J. Doherty (1856-1929) —
of Clare, Clare
County, Mich.
Born in New York, May 1,
1856.
Republican. School
teacher; hardware
business; member of Michigan
state senate 28th District, 1901-06; member of Michigan
state board of agriculture, 1907-19; Presidential Elector for
Michigan, 1908;
represented the Pullman railroad car company as a lobbyist
in Michigan and other states; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Michigan, 1920.
Died September
24, 1929 (age 73 years, 146
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William L. Doige (b. 1887) —
of Chateaugay, Franklin
County, N.Y.
Born in Lewiston, Androscoggin
County, Maine, March 9,
1887.
Republican. Railroad work; real estate
business; merchant;
member of New York
state assembly from Franklin County, 1939-50.
Burial
location unknown.
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John T. Dooling —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Member of New York
state assembly from New York County 28th District, 1901-03; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 16th District, 1915;
director, Staten Island Midway Railway Co.; alternate delegate
to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1932,
1936,
1940;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 18th District, 1938.
Member, Tammany
Hall.
Burial
location unknown.
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George Hedford Dunn (1794-1854) —
also known as George H. Dunn —
of Indiana.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
15, 1794.
Whig. Lawyer;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1828-29, 1832-34; candidate for
Indiana
state senate, 1831; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 4th District, 1837-39; Indiana
state treasurer, 1841-44; circuit judge in Indiana, 1847-50;
railroad promoter.
Died in Lawrenceburg, Dearborn
County, Ind., January
12, 1854 (age 59 years, 58
days).
Original interment at Newtown
Cemetery, Lawrenceburg, Ind.; reinterment at Greendale
Cemetery, Lawrenceburg, Ind.
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John Wilbur Dwight (1859-1928) —
also known as John W. Dwight —
of Dryden, Tompkins
County, N.Y.
Born in Dryden, Tompkins
County, N.Y., May 24,
1859.
Son of Jeremiah
Wilbur Dwight and Rebecca A. Dwight.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1888,
1892,
1900,
1904,
1920;
U.S.
Representative from New York, 1902-13 (26th District 1902-03,
30th District 1903-13); president, Virginia Blue Ridge
Railway, 1913-28.
Member, Union
League.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
19, 1928 (age 68 years, 240
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Martin Van Buren Edgerly (1833-1895) —
also known as M. V. B. Edgerly —
of Pittsfield, Merrimack
County, N.H.; Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born September
26, 1833.
Democrat. President, Massachusetts Mutual Life
Insurance Company; president, Des Moines, Kansas City & Arcola
Railroad; member of Democratic
National Committee from New Hampshire, 1876; candidate for Governor of
New Hampshire, 1882.
Died, from an abcess
in his right ear, in a hotel at
New York, New York
County, N.Y., March 18,
1895 (age 61 years, 173
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Horace Fairbanks (1820-1888) —
of St. Johnsbury, Caledonia
County, Vt.
Born in Barnet, Caledonia
County, Vt., March 21,
1820.
Son of Lois (Crossman) Fairbanks (1792-1866) and Erastus
Fairbanks.
Republican. President, E. & T. Fairbanks & Co., platform
scale manufacturers; railroad promoter; Presidential
Elector for Vermont, 1868;
member of Vermont
state senate; Governor of
Vermont, 1876-78.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March 17,
1888 (age 67 years, 362
days).
Interment at Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery, St. Johnsbury, Vt.
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Charles Stebbins Fairchild (1842-1924) —
also known as Charles S. Fairchild —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.; Cazenovia, Madison
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Cazenovia, Madison
County, N.Y., April 30,
1842.
Son of Sidney
Thompson Fairchild and Helen (Childs) Fairchild (1810-1892).
Lawyer;
New
York state attorney general, 1876-77; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1887-89; president, New York Security
and Trust
Company, 1889-1904; president, Atlanta and Charlotte Air Line
Railroad; director, Erie and Pittsburgh Railroad.
Episcopalian.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Alpha
Delta Phi.
Died in Cazenovia, Madison
County, N.Y., November
24, 1924 (age 82 years, 208
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Cazenovia, N.Y.
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Isaac Alger Fancher (b. 1833) —
also known as Isaac A. Fancher —
of Mt. Pleasant, Isabella
County, Mich.
Born in Florida, Montgomery
County, N.Y., September
30, 1833.
Son of Jacob Schuyler Fancher and Eunice (Alger) Fancher.
Republican. Lawyer; surveyor;
postmaster;
railroad promoter; Isabella
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1865-66, 1871-72; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Midland District, 1873-74;
member of Michigan
state senate 26th District, 1875-76; law partner of Peter
F. Dodds, 1875-82; member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1878-80; candidate for circuit
judge in Michigan 21st Circuit, 1899.
Member, Odd
Fellows.
Burial
location unknown.
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Louis Fechter, Sr. (1851-1921) —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Alsace-Lorraine, France,
1851.
Republican. Employed on Lake Shore and Michigan Southern
Railroad; lost an
arm in an 1877 railroad accident; carting
business; organized Buffalo Rendering
Co.; manager, Buffalo Fertilizer
Co.; president, Minnehaha Mining and
Smelting
Co.; president, Fechter-Elliott Agency, real
estate and insurance;
member of New York
state senate 48th District, 1905-06.
Catholic.
Died in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., April 16,
1921 (age about 69
years).
Interment at United
German and French Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y.
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Joseph V. Fitzgerald —
of Lancaster, Erie
County, N.Y.
Railroad clerk; member of New York
state assembly from Erie County 7th District, 1913.
Burial
location unknown.
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Richard Hansen Franchot (1816-1875) —
also known as Richard Franchot —
of Otsego
County, N.Y.; Schenectady, Schenectady
County, N.Y.
Born in Morris, Otsego
County, N.Y., June 2,
1816.
Son of Stanislas Pascal Franchot (1774-1885) and Catherine (Hansen)
Franchot (1783-1818).
Republican. Civil
engineer; farmer;
president, Albany & Susquehanna Railroad; U.S.
Representative from New York 19th District, 1861-63; general in
the Union Army during the Civil War.
Died in Schenectady, Schenectady
County, N.Y., November
23, 1875 (age 59 years, 174
days).
Interment at Vale
Cemetery, Schenectady, N.Y.
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Joseph J. Galgano —
of North Tarrytown (now Sleepy Hollow), Westchester
County, N.Y.
Republican. Railway conductor; mayor
of North Tarrytown, N.Y.; elected 1965.
Still living as of 1965.
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Edwin Louis Garvin (1877-1960) —
also known as Edwin L. Garvin —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Flatbush, Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., October
25, 1877.
Son of Oliver Chauncey Garvin and Caroline (Selover) Garvin.
Democrat. Lawyer; special sessions court judge in
New York, 1915-18; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of New York, 1918-25;
receiver, New York, Westchester & Boston Railway, 1937; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1941-47; defeated, 1920.
Member, American Bar
Association; Psi
Upsilon; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died, in Brookhaven Memorial Hospital,
Bellport, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., 1960
(age about
82 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert Walton Goelet (1880-1941) —
also known as Robert W. Goelet; Bertie
Goelet —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Newport, Newport
County, R.I.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March 19,
1880.
Son of Robert Goelet (born 1841) and Harriette Louise (Warren)
Goelet.
Republican. One of New York's wealthiest men, he inherited $60
million by 1902; director of banks, the
Ritz-Carlton Hotel
Corporation, and the Union Pacific Railroad; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Rhode Island, 1936.
French
Huguenot ancestry.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 2,
1941 (age 61 years, 44
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Fred A. Graber (b. 1895) —
of Tarrytown, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
4, 1895.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; railway
clerk; ice
cream business; mayor
of Tarrytown, N.Y., 1941-44; member of New York
state assembly from Westchester County 2nd District, 1945-50.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Dudley Sanford Gregory (1800-1874) —
also known as Dudley S. Gregory —
of Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J.
Born in Redding, Fairfield
County, Conn., February
5, 1800.
Banker;
mayor
of Jersey City, N.J., 1838-40, 1841-42, 1858-60; delegate to Whig
National Convention from New Jersey, 1839 (member, Balloting
Committee); U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 5th District, 1847-49; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1856
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1860;
director of railroad companies.
Died in Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., December
8, 1874 (age 74 years, 306
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Solomon R. Guggenheim (1861-1949) —
of New York.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., February
2, 1861.
Son of Meyer Guggenheim and Barbara (Myers) Guggenheim.
Republican. Mining, smelting, and
railroad executive; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New York, 1924.
Jewish.
Founder of the Guggenheim Museum in New York City.
Died near Port Washington, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., November
3, 1949 (age 88 years, 274
days).
Interment at Salem
Fields Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Charles Godfrey Gunther (1822-1885) —
also known as C. Godfrey Gunther —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., 1822.
Son of Christian G. Gunther.
Democrat. Fur
merchant; mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1864-66; defeated, 1861; candidate for New York
state senate 7th District, 1878; railroad builder; hotel
owner.
German
ancestry. Member, Tammany
Hall.
Died, probably of heart
disease, in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
22, 1885 (age about 62
years).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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William Halpin (b. 1865) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August
23, 1865.
Son of Matthew Halpin and Delia (Nolan) Halpin.
Republican. Manufacturer
of railway supplies; member of New York
state assembly, 1895; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New York, 1904.
Burial
location unknown.
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Augustus Noble Hand (1869-1954) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Elizabethtown, Essex
County, N.Y., July 26,
1869.
Son of Richard
Lockhart Hand and Mary Elizabeth (Noble) Hand.
Democrat. Lawyer;
director, San Juan and Reio Pedras Railroad; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1914-27; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1927-53.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died October
28, 1954 (age 85 years, 94
days).
Interment somewhere
in Elizabethtown, N.Y.
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James Guthrie Harbord (1866-1947) —
also known as James G. Harbord —
of Manhattan, Riley
County, Kan.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Rye, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born near Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill., March 21,
1866.
Son of George W. Harbord and Effie Critton (Gault) Harbord
(c.1840-1923).
Republican. Major in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
general in the U.S. Army during World War I; president (1923-30), and
chairman (1930-47), Radio Corporation of America; director, Atchison,
Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad; director, Bankers Trust Co.;
director, National Broadcasting
Co.; director, Radio-Keith-Orpheum, Inc. (RKO); director, New York
Life Insurance
Co.; candidate for Republican nomination for Vice President, 1924,
1932;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1932;
delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Union
League.
Died in Rye, Westchester
County, N.Y., August
20, 1947 (age 81 years, 152
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Edward Henry Harriman (1848-1909) —
also known as E. H. Harriman —
of Arden, Orange
County, N.Y.
Born in Hempstead, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., February
25, 1848.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1904.
Railroad magnate; he controlled the Union Pacific, Southern
Pacific, Illinois Central and other railroads. His battle with
James J. Hill for control of the Northern Pacific caused an economic
panic in 1901; but he modernized every line he owned, creating a
fast, efficient system.
Died in Arden, Orange
County, N.Y., September
9, 1909 (age 61 years, 196
days).
Interment at Arden
Farm Graveyard, Arden, N.Y.
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Seth C. Hawley (1810-1884) —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Glens Falls, Warren
County, N.Y., February
10, 1810.
Lawyer;
newspaper
editor; member of New York
state assembly; railroad builder; U.S. Consul in Nassau, 1863; chief clerk, New York City Police
Department; the New York Times called him "the brains of the
department.".
English
ancestry.
Died, of pneumonia,
in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
10, 1884 (age 74 years, 274
days).
Interment at Trinity
Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.
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Frank Joseph Hogan (1877-1944) —
also known as Frank J. Hogan —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
12, 1877.
Son of Maurice E. Hogan and Mary (McSwiney) Hogan.
Republican. Lawyer;
general counsel, Capital Traction Company; general counsel,
Riggs National Bank;
attorney for Albert
B. Fall, Edward
L. Doheny during the Teapot Dome trials; delegate to Republican
National Convention from District of Columbia, 1920;
president, American Bar Association, 1938-39.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 15,
1944 (age 67 years, 124
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Maurice E. Hogan and Mary (McSwiney) Hogan; married 1899 to Mary
Cecile Adair; first cousin of James
Francis Byrnes. |
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Albert H. Holland (b. 1891) —
of Morristown, Morris
County, N.J.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., 1891.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Morris
County Prosecutor of the Pleas, 1925; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New Jersey, 1928;
common pleas court judge in New Jersey, 1928-43; delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Morris County,
1947; director, Morristown & Erie Railroad; director,
Remington Arms Company.
Burial
location unknown.
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Lyman A. Holmes (b. 1858) —
of St. Clair, St. Clair
County, Mich.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., November
7, 1858.
Republican. Worked in railway construction and as
superintendent of foundries;
vice-president, Romeo Savings Bank;
member of Michigan
state senate 11th District, 1917-20.
English
and Irish
ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Stewart Hopkins (1811-1882) —
also known as John S. Hopkins —
of Evansville, Vanderburgh
County, Ind.
Born in Truxton, Cortland
County, N.Y., October
28, 1811.
Merchant;
banker;
mayor
of Evansville, Ind., 1853-56; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1861, 1867, 1879; president of
Evansville, Cairo & Memphis Packet
Company; president of First National Bank in
Evansville; director of the Evansville & Terre Haute Railroad.
Died in Evansville, Vanderburgh
County, Ind., July 6,
1882 (age 70 years, 251
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1834
to Mary Ann Parrett. |
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Charles Merrill Hough (1858-1927) —
also known as Charles M. Hough —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 18,
1858.
Son of Gen. Alfred Lacey Hough and Mary (Merrill) Hough.
Republican. Lawyer;
attorney for the Pennsylvania Railroad, and for steamship
companies in maritime
litigation; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1906-16; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1916-27; died in
office 1927.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died, from angina
pectoris, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April 22,
1927 (age 68 years, 339
days).
Interment in private or family graveyard.
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Amory Houghton (1899-1981) —
of Corning, Steuben
County, N.Y.
Born in Corning, Steuben
County, N.Y., July 27,
1899.
Son of Alanson
Bigelow Houghton and Adelaide Louise (Wellington) Houghton.
Republican. President (1930-41) and chairman (1941-61), Corning Glass Works;
director, Metropolitan Life Insurance
Company, Erie Railroad, and National City Bank;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1948
(alternate), 1952,
1964;
Presidential Elector for New York, 1956;
U.S. Ambassador to France, 1957-61; candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1966.
Episcopalian.
Died in 1981
(age about
81 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Arthur Amory Houghton, Jr. (b. 1906) —
also known as Arthur A. Houghton, Jr. —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Corning, Steuben
County, N.Y., December
12, 1906.
Son of Arthur
Amory Houghton and Mabel (Hollister) Houghton.
Republican. Vice-president, Corning Glass Works,
1935-40; director, Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad;
served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; alternate delegate
to Republican National Convention from New York, 1960.
Episcopalian.
Member, National
Trust for Historic Preservation; Council on
Foreign Relations; Modern
Language Association.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Elizabeth Douglas McCall. |
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Lucius Frederick Hubbard (1836-1913) —
also known as Lucius F. Hubbard —
of Red Wing, Goodhue
County, Minn.; St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Troy, Rensselaer
County, N.Y., January
26, 1836.
Son of Charles F. Hubbard and Margaret (Van Valkenberg) Hubbard.
Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; grain
business; railroad builder; member of Minnesota
state senate 16th District, 1872-75; Governor of
Minnesota, 1882-87; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Minnesota, 1896;
member of Republican
National Committee from Minnesota, 1896; general in the U.S. Army
during the Spanish-American War.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Loyal
Legion; Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons.
Died February
5, 1913 (age 77 years, 10
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Edward D. Jackson —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Railroad switchman; member of New York
state assembly from Erie County 4th District, 1907, 1909-13.
Burial
location unknown.
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James E. Kennedy (b. 1870) —
of North Williston, Williston, Chittenden
County, Vt.; Essex, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born in Mooers, Clinton
County, N.Y., January
6, 1870.
Democrat. Farmer;
railway station agent; postmaster;
member of Vermont
state senate, 1908; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Williston, 1910; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Vermont, 1916;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Vermont 1st District, 1922; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Vermont, 1924;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Vermont, 1926.
Catholic.
Burial
location unknown.
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Meyer Kestnbaum (1896-1960) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
31, 1896.
Son of Benjamin Kestnbaum (1872-1965) and Julia (Weintraub) Kestnbaum
(1876-1943).
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; president, Hart,
Schaffner and Marx, clothing
manufacturers, from 1941; director, Chicago and North Western
Railway; chair,
Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, 1954-55; special
assistant to Pres. Dwight
D. Eisenhower, 1955-60.
Jewish.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., December
14, 1960 (age 64 years, 44
days).
Interment at Rosehill
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Relatives: Son
of Benjamin Kestnbaum (1872-1965) and Julia (Weintraub) Kestnbaum
(1876-1943); married, June 2,
1925, to Gertrude Dana (1895-1982); granduncle of Lawrence
Kestenbaum. |
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A. C. Lathrop (born c.1841) —
of Bryan, Sweetwater
County, Wyo.
Born in New York, about 1841.
Republican. Railway station agent; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Wyoming Territory, 1880.
Burial
location unknown.
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Clarence L. Lathrop (b. 1872) —
of Angelica, Allegany
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, June 23,
1872.
Son of Christopher Columbus Lathrop (1844-1921) and Rosamond (Lapham)
Lathrop (1845-1932).
Republican. Electrician;
railroad signalman; railroad claims agent; chair of
Allegany County Republican Party, 1933-45; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 44th District, 1938.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married, March 26,
1894, to Josephine Longdon Blauvelt (1874-1948). |
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Alexander Robert Lawton (1818-1896) —
also known as Alexander R. Lawton —
of Georgia.
Born in St. Peter's Parish, Beaufort District (now part of Beaufort
County), S.C., November
4, 1818.
Son of Alexander James Lawton and Martha (Mosse) Lawton.
Democrat. Lawyer;
president, Augusta and Savannah Railroad, 1849-54; member of
Georgia
state house of representatives, 1855-56, 1870-75; member of Georgia
state senate, 1860; general in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; member of Democratic
National Committee from Georgia, 1876; delegate to
Georgia state constitutional convention, 1877; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1880,
1884;
U.S. Minister to Austria-Hungary, 1887-89.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in Clifton Springs, Ontario
County, N.Y., July 2,
1896 (age 77 years, 241
days).
Interment at Bonaventure
Cemetery, Savannah, Ga.
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Charles M. Leonard (b. 1870) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New
Brunswick, April 11,
1870.
Broom
manufacturer; railway clerk; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in
Chihuahua, 1902-11.
Burial
location unknown.
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Peter B. Loomis (b. 1820) —
of Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich.
Born in Amsterdam, Montgomery
County, N.Y., April 14,
1820.
Republican. Merchant;
miller; banker; mayor of
Jackson, Mich., 1858-59; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Jackson County 2nd District,
1859-60; treasurer, and later president, Jackson, Fort Wayne &
Saginaw Railroad.
Burial
location unknown.
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James Taber Loree (b. 1888) —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Logansport, Cass
County, Ind., April 6,
1888.
Son of Leonor Fresnol Loree and Jessie (Taber) Loree.
Republican. Colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I;
Railway official; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New York, 1932.
Catholic.
Member, Beta
Theta Pi.
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert Abercrombie Lovett (1895-1986) —
also known as Robert A. Lovett —
of Locust Valley, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Huntsville, Walker
County, Tex., September
14, 1895.
Son of Robert Scott Lovett (1860-1932; railroad president) and
Lavinia Chilton (Abercrombie) Lovett.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; partner, Brown Brothers
Harriman; director of several railroad companies; director,
Presbyterian Hospital
of New York; U.S.
Secretary of Defense, 1951-53.
Member, Skull and
Bones.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1963.
Died in Locust Valley, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., May 7,
1986 (age 90 years, 235
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Edward Augustin Maher —
also known as Edward A. Maher —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
President, Union Railway Company; president, South End Bank;
member of New York
state assembly from Albany County 3rd District, 1883-84; mayor of
Albany, N.Y., 1888-90.
Burial
location unknown.
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James Hilton Manning —
also known as James H. Manning —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Democrat. President, Weed Parsons Printing
Company; president, Albany Railway Company (street railways);
president, Hudson River Telephone
Company; president, National Savings Bank; mayor of
Albany, N.Y., 1890-94; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1892.
Interment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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Harry Ray Marble (b. 1876) —
also known as Harry R. Marble —
of Holcomb, Ontario
County, N.Y.
Born in West Bloomfield, Ontario
County, N.Y., July 27,
1876.
Son of Harrison R. Marble and Sabra (Simmons) Marble.
Republican. School
teacher; railroad office employee; farmer; merchant;
member of New York
state assembly from Ontario County, 1934-50.
Universalist.
Member, Grange; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Burial
location unknown.
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Alden March (b. 1869) —
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., July 2,
1869.
Railway clerk; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Leghorn, 1907-11.
Burial
location unknown.
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William J. Martin (b. 1844) —
of West Bay City (now part of Bay City), Bay
County, Mich.
Born in New York, 1844.
Democrat. Division superintendent for Michigan Central
Railroad; mayor
of West Bay City, Mich., 1888-91; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Michigan, 1892.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Gibbs McAdoo (1863-1941) —
also known as William G. McAdoo —
of Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.; Santa Barbara, Santa
Barbara County, Calif.
Born near Marietta, Cobb
County, Ga., October
31, 1863.
Son of William Gibbs McAdoo (1820-1849) and Mary Faith (Floyd) McAdoo
(1832-1913).
Democrat. Lawyer; law
partner with William
McAdoo (no relation); attorney for railroads; president,
Hudson & Manhattan Railroad Co.; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1904,
1912;
member of Democratic
National Committee from New York, 1912; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1913-18; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1920,
1924;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1932,
1936;
U.S.
Senator from California, 1933-38; member of Democratic
National Committee from California, 1937.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
1, 1941 (age 77 years, 93
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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James Michael Mead (1885-1964) —
also known as James M. Mead —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.; Angola, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Mt. Morris, Livingston
County, N.Y., December
27, 1885.
Democrat. Railroad switchman; member of New York
state assembly from Erie County 4th District, 1915-18; U.S.
Representative from New York 42nd District, 1919-38; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1936,
1940,
1944,
1948,
1952;
U.S.
Senator from New York, 1938-47; candidate for Governor of
New York, 1942, 1946; member, Federal Trade
Commission, 1949-55; chair, Federal Trade
Commission, 1950-53; candidate for Presidential Elector for New
York, 1956.
Catholic.
Died in Lakeland, Polk
County, Fla., March 15,
1964 (age 78 years, 79
days).
Interment at Oakhill
Cemetery, Clermont, Fla.
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Joseph J. Monahan (b. 1877) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 22,
1877.
Democrat. Railway conductor; member of New York
state assembly, 1913, 1932-35 (Kings County 22nd District 1913,
Kings County 20th District 1932-35).
Burial
location unknown.
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Benjamin Barker Odell, Jr. (1854-1926) —
also known as Benjamin B. Odell, Jr. —
of Newburgh, Orange
County, N.Y.
Born in Newburgh, Orange
County, N.Y., January
14, 1854.
Son of Ophelia (Bookstaver) Odell (1824-1902) and Benjamin
Barker Odell, Sr..
Republican. President, Newburgh Electric
Light Co.; treasurer, Central Hudson Steamboat
Co.; president Orange County Traction Co.; member of New York
Republican State Committee, 1884-96; U.S.
Representative from New York 17th District, 1895-99; New York
Republican state chair, 1898-1900, 1904-06; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1900,
1904,
1908,
1924;
Governor
of New York, 1901-05; Presidential Elector for New York, 1920.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died in Newburgh, Orange
County, N.Y., May 9,
1926 (age 72 years, 115
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, New Windsor, N.Y.
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J. Austin Otto (b. 1890) —
of Atlanta, Steuben
County, N.Y.
Born in Atlanta, Steuben
County, N.Y., September
20, 1890.
Son of William E. Otto and Frances (Wallace) Otto.
Republican. Civil
engineer; railway yardmaster; served in the U.S. Army
during World War I; grocer; coal
dealer; member of New York
state assembly from Steuben County 2nd District, 1932-36.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Alice M. Rowe. |
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Myles Anderson Paige (c.1898-1983) —
also known as Myles A. Paige —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., about 1898.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Pullman car
porter; lawyer;
Republican candidate for New York
state senate 19th District, 1926; American Labor candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1937;
justice, New York City Court of Special Sessions, 1940-58; judge,
Court of Domestic Relations (later Family Court).
Catholic.
African
ancestry. Member, Knights
of Columbus; Urban
League; Alpha
Phi Alpha; American
Legion; Catholic
Lawyers Guild.
New York City's first
black magistrate, 1936, and first
black judge, 1940.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., March 30,
1983 (age about 85
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Lewis Baldwin Parsons (b. 1818) —
also known as Lewis B. Parsons —
of Flora, Clay
County, Ill.
Born in Genesee
County, N.Y., April 5,
1818.
Son of Lewis Parsons and Lucina (Hoar) Parsons.
Democrat. Lawyer;
treasurer and president, Ohio and Mississippi Railroad;
colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Illinois, 1880; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Illinois, 1884.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Sons of
the Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Lewis Parsons and Lucina (Hoar) Parsons; married, September
21, 1847, to Sarah Green Edwards (died 1850); married, July 5,
1852, to Julia Maria Edwards (died 1857); married, December
28, 1869, to Elizabeth Darrah (died 1887). |
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Thomas Lee Perkins (b. 1905) —
also known as Thomas L. Perkins —
of Rye, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Newport
News, Va., November
9, 1905.
Son of William R. Perkins and Mary (Bell) Perkins.
Republican. Stockbroker;
lawyer;
Presidential Elector for New York, 1952;
director, Pennsylvania Railroad, American Cyanamid Co., Duke
Power
Co., and others.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Delta Phi; Phi
Delta Theta.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas Collier Platt (1833-1910) —
also known as Thomas C. Platt; Tom Platt; "The
Easy Boss"; "The Machiavelli of Tioga
County" —
of Owego, Tioga
County, N.Y.
Born in Owego, Tioga
County, N.Y., July 15,
1833.
Son of William Platt (1791-1855) and Lesbia (Hinchman) Platt
(1791-1859).
Republican. Lumber
business; Tioga
County Clerk, 1859-61; banker;
director and president, Southern Central Railroad; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1873-77 (27th District 1873-75,
28th District 1875-77); delegate to Republican National Convention
from New York, 1876,
1880,
1884,
1888,
1892,
1896,
1900,
1904,
1908;
U.S.
Senator from New York, 1881, 1897-1909; resigned 1881.
Presbyterian.
In 1903, when he was about to marry his second wife, government clerk
Mae C. Wood, armed with a collection of love letters from Platt, threatened a
lawsuit for breach
of promise to marry; she was induced to drop the lawsuit,
reportedly for $5,000. In 1905, she sued a number of Republican
officials who, she claimed, had taken Platt's letters from her to
stop her from publishing them. She later went on to charge the
Senator with bigamy,
claiming that he had secretly
married her in 1901. This case was thrown out in 1908, and Miss
Wood was arrested and charged with perjury.
Died, from Bright's
disease, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March 6,
1910 (age 76 years, 234
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Owego, N.Y.
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Ralph Plumb (1816-1903) —
of Oberlin, Lorain
County, Ohio; Streator, La Salle
County, Ill.
Born in Busti, Chautauqua
County, N.Y., March 29,
1816.
Republican. Merchant;
lawyer;
member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1855; served in the Union Army during
the Civil War; coal mining
business; railroad builder; banker; mayor
of Streator, Ill., 1882-85; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 8th District, 1885-89.
Died in Streator, La Salle
County, Ill., April 8,
1903 (age 87 years, 10
days).
Interment at Riverview
Cemetery, Streator, Ill.
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Charles A. Pooley (b. 1854) —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., November
17, 1854.
Son of William Pooley and Mary A. (Menary) Pooley.
Republican. Lawyer;
attorney for New York Central and Hudson River Railroad; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 8th District, 1911-22.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Horace Porter (1837-1921) —
Born in Huntingdon, Huntingdon
County, Pa., April 15,
1837.
Son of David
Rittenhouse Porter.
General in the Union Army during the Civil War; received the Medal
of Honor for action at Chickamauga, September 20, 1863; executive
secretary to Pres. Ulysses
S. Grant, 1869-73; vice-president, Pullman Palace Car Co.
(railroad cars); president, New York West Shore & Buffalo
Railroad; U.S. Ambassador to France, 1897-1905.
Member, Union
League.
Died May 29,
1921 (age 84 years, 44
days).
Interment at Old
First Methodist Churchyard, West Long Branch, N.J.
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Franklin Peleg Randall (1812-1892) —
also known as Franklin P. Randall —
of Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind.
Born in Madison
County, N.Y., June 2,
1812.
School
teacher; lawyer;
railroad promoter; candidate for Indiana
state house of representatives, 1845; member of Indiana
state senate, 1847-50; Presidential Elector for Indiana, 1856;
mayor
of Fort Wayne, Ind., 1859-64, 1869-73.
Episcopalian.
English
ancestry.
Died in Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind., May 23,
1892 (age 79 years, 356
days).
Interment at Lindenwood
Cemetery, Fort Wayne, Ind.
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Marcus Tullius Reynolds (1788-1864) —
Born in 1788.
Justice
of New York Supreme Court; founder and president of three
railroads.
Died in 1864
(age about
76 years).
Interment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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Dean Richmond (1804-1866) —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Barnard, Windsor
County, Vt., March 31,
1804.
Democrat. Railroad magnate; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1860,
1864.
He was a leader in the movement to consolidate seven railway
corporations into the New York Central Railroad in 1853;
served as vice-president and as president of the New York Central.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August
27, 1866 (age 62 years, 149
days).
Interment at Batavia
Cemetery, Batavia, N.Y.
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Elmore P. Ross (1809-1879) —
of Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Born in Dover, Dutchess
County, N.Y., May 18,
1809.
Democrat. Postmaster;
banker;
railroad president; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1860.
Died May 19,
1879 (age 70 years, 1
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Caroline Akin. |
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Samuel Rothschild (b. 1879) —
of Gloversville, Fulton
County, N.Y.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., December
12, 1879.
Son of Abraham Rothschild and Babette (Barnet) Rothschild.
Republican. Vice-president, Gloversville Knitting
Co.; vice-president, Gloversville Hotel
Assoc.; director, Johnstown and Gloversville Railroad;
director, National Bank of
Gloversville; director, Glen Telephone
Co.; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1936.
Jewish.
Member, Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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Peter Rowe (1807-1876) —
of Schenectady, Schenectady
County, N.Y.
Born in Crescent, Saratoga
County, N.Y., March 10,
1807.
Democrat. Merchant;
chief auditor, New York Central Railroad; mayor
of Schenectady, N.Y., 1846-50; U.S.
Representative from New York 18th District, 1853-55.
Died in Schenectady, Schenectady
County, N.Y., April 17,
1876 (age 69 years, 38
days).
Interment at Vale
Cemetery, Schenectady, N.Y.
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William Hepburn Russell (b. 1857) —
of Hannibal, Marion
County, Mo.; Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Hannibal, Marion
County, Mo., May 17,
1857.
Son of Daniel L. Russell and Matilda (Richmond) Russell.
Democrat. Newspaper
editor; lawyer;
general attorney, Louisville, New Albany and Chicago Railroad;
Presidential Elector for Tennessee, 1892.
Member, Tammany
Hall.
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas Fortune Ryan (1851-1928) —
also known as Thomas F. Ryan —
of Hempstead, Queens County (now Nassau
County), Long Island, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Oak Ridge, Nelson
County, Va.
Born in Nelson
County, Va., October
17, 1851.
Son of George Ryan and Lucinda (Fortune) Ryan.
Democrat. Financier;
organizer and consolidator of streetcar companies in New York
City; owned controlling interest in Equitable Life
Assurance Society; co-founder, American Tobacco
Company; engaged in mining
development in Africa; one of the richest men in America at the time;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1904,
1912.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Died in 1928
(age about
76 years).
Entombed at Oak
Ridge Estate, Nelson County, Va.
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Russell Sage (1816-1906) —
also known as "The Sage of Troy"; "The Money
King"; "Father of Puts and Calls";
"Old Straddle" —
of Troy, Rensselaer
County, N.Y.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Verona, Oneida
County, N.Y., August 4,
1816.
Son of Prudence (Risley) Sage (1778-1865) and Elisha Sage, Jr.
(1779-1854).
Whig. Merchant;
banker;
Rensselaer
County Treasurer; delegate to Whig National Convention from New
York, 1848; U.S.
Representative from New York 13th District, 1853-57; railroad
builder; arrested
in 1869 and charged
with violation of New York usury
laws by charging high interest rates on loans; fined and
sentenced
to five days in prison,
which was later suspended.
On December 4, 1891, Henry Norcross, a stockbroker, brought a bomb to
Sage's office in New York City as part of an extortion scheme; when
his demands were refused, he detonated
the bomb, but Sage suffered only minor injuries.
Died in Lawrence, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., July 22,
1906 (age 89 years, 352
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Troy, N.Y.
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Augustus Schell (1812-1884) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Rhinebeck, Dutchess
County, N.Y., August 1,
1812.
Democrat. Lawyer;
director or trustee of several railroad companies; New York
Democratic state chair, 1853-55; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1856,
1860,
1876
(speaker);
U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1857-61; member of Democratic
National Committee from New York, 1872-76; Chairman of
Democratic National Committee, 1872-76; candidate for New York
state senate 7th District, 1877; candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1878.
German
and Dutch
ancestry. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Kappa
Alpha Society; Tammany
Hall.
Died, from complications of Bright's
disease, in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March 27,
1884 (age 71 years, 239
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Hezekiah Cook Seymour (1811-1853) —
also known as Hezekiah C. Seymour —
of Nyack, Rockland
County, N.Y.
Born in Westmoreland, Oneida
County, N.Y., June 24,
1811.
Son of Bradford Steele Seymour (1781-1844) and Mary (Cook) Seymour.
Railroad executive; New York
state engineer and surveyor, 1850-51.
Died in Piermont, Rockland
County, N.Y., July 24,
1853 (age 42 years, 30
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: First
cousin twice removed of Moses
Seymour; second cousin once removed of Horatio
Seymour (1778-1857), Henry
Seymour and Silas
Seymour; son of Bradford Steele Seymour (1781-1844) and Mary
(Cook) Seymour; fourth cousin of David
Lowrey Seymour; third cousin of Origen
Storrs Seymour, Horatio
Seymour (1810-1886), George
Seymour, McNeil
Seymour and Henry
William Seymour; married, February
9, 1836, to Mary Sherrill (1815-1865); third cousin once removed
of Edward
Woodruff Seymour, Joseph
Battell, Morris
Woodruff Seymour, Horatio
Seymour, Jr. and Norman
Alexander Seymour; father of Augustus
Sherill Seymour; fourth cousin once removed of Caleb
Seymour Pitkin; second cousin thrice removed of Dalton
G. Seymour. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams
family of New York. |
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Horatio Seymour, Jr. (1844-1907) —
of Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y.; Marquette, Marquette
County, Mich.
Born in Oneida
County, N.Y., January
8, 1844.
Son of John Forman Seymour (1814-1890) and Frances Antill (Tappan)
Seymour (1815-1860).
Democrat. Civil
engineer; worked on railroad construction; New York
state engineer and surveyor, 1878-81.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Society of Civil Engineers.
Died in Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y., February
21, 1907 (age 63 years, 44
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Silas Seymour (1817-1890) —
of Piermont, Rockland
County, N.Y.; Saratoga Springs, Saratoga
County, N.Y.
Born in Stillwater, Saratoga
County, N.Y., June 20,
1817.
Son of John Seymour (1792-1824) and Sarah (Montgomery) Seymour
(1793-1824).
Engineer;
worked on railroad construction; New York
state engineer and surveyor, 1856-57, 1882-83.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 15,
1890 (age 73 years, 25
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hermon Cemetery, Sillery, Quebec City, Quebec.
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Relatives: First
cousin thrice removed of Moses
Seymour; second cousin twice removed of Horatio
Seymour (1778-1857) and Henry
Seymour; son of John Seymour (1792-1824) and Sarah (Montgomery)
Seymour (1793-1824); fourth cousin once removed of David
Lowrey Seymour; third cousin once removed of Origen
Storrs Seymour, Horatio
Seymour (1810-1886), George
Seymour, McNeil
Seymour and Henry
William Seymour; second cousin once removed of Hezekiah
Cook Seymour; married, December
23, 1840, to Delia S. French; fourth cousin of Edward
Woodruff Seymour, Joseph
Battell, Morris
Woodruff Seymour, Horatio
Seymour, Jr. and Norman
Alexander Seymour; third cousin of Augustus
Sherill Seymour; third cousin twice removed of Dalton
G. Seymour. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams
family of New York. |
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article |
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Homer Peter Snyder (1863-1937) —
also known as Homer P. Snyder —
of Little Falls, Herkimer
County, N.Y.
Born in Amsterdam, Montgomery
County, N.Y., December
6, 1863.
Son of Edwin Snyder and Mary E. (Rivenburg) Snyder.
Republican. Manufacturer of knitting
machinery and bicycles
as Homer P. Snyder Manufacturing Co.; vice-president, Little Falls
National Bank;
director, Little Falls and Johnstown Railroad; director,
Little Falls Hotel
Co.; U.S.
Representative from New York 33rd District, 1915-25; defeated,
1912; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1916;
delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Died in Little Falls, Herkimer
County, N.Y., December
30, 1937 (age 74 years, 24
days).
Interment at Church
Street Cemetery, Little Falls, N.Y.
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John Coit Spooner (1843-1919) —
also known as John C. Spooner; "The Tinker of
Legislation" —
of Hudson, St. Croix
County, Wis.; Madison, Dane
County, Wis.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Lawrenceburg, Dearborn
County, Ind., January
6, 1843.
Son of Philip L. Spooner (judge) and Lydia (Coit) Spooner.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
private and military secretary to Gov. Lucius
Fairchild; member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1872; general solicitor, Omaha Railroad,
1880; U.S.
Senator from Wisconsin, 1885-91, 1897-1907; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, 1888
(delegation chair), 1892
(delegation chair); candidate for Governor of
Wisconsin, 1892.
Died, of pneumonia
and apoplexy,
in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 11,
1919 (age 76 years, 156
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Madison, Wis.
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Amasa Leland Stanford (1824-1893) —
also known as Leland Stanford —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Watervliet, Albany
County, N.Y., March 9,
1824.
Son of Josiah Stanford and Elizabeth (Phillips) Stanford.
Republican. Lawyer; merchant;
builder and president, Central Pacific Railroad; founder
of Stanford University; Governor of
California, 1862-63; defeated, 1859; U.S.
Senator from California, 1885-93; died in office 1893.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Palo Alto, Santa Clara
County, Calif., June 21,
1893 (age 69 years, 104
days).
Entombed at Stanford
University, Palo Alto, Calif.
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Leslie M. Sutherland —
of Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Republican. Vice-president, Third Avenue Railway, New York;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1900,
1920;
mayor
of Yonkers, N.Y., 1901.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Matilda Karg (c.1876-1950). |
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Samuel Swartwout (1783-1856) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess
County, N.Y., November
17, 1783.
Son of Abraham Swartwout and Maria (North) Swartwout.
He was participant in Aaron
Burr's "Western Conspiracy"; delivered a message from Burr to
Gen. James Wilkinson in New Orleans; subsequently arrested
in November 1806 for misprision
of treason, but released a few months later; early promoter of
railroads; openly supported the Texas Republic in its war for
independence from Mexico; served in the U.S. Army during the War of
1812; U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1829-38; in 1838, it was alleged that he had embezzled
more than $1.2 million from the New York customs house, and fled
to England; later investigation implicated a subordinate of his as
having obtained most of that money; forfeited
his property and returned to the U.S. in 1841.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
21, 1856 (age 73 years, 4
days).
Interment at Trinity
Churchyard, Manhattan, N.Y.
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Henry Waters Taft (1859-1945) —
also known as Henry W. Taft —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, May 27,
1859.
Son of Alphonso
Taft and Louisa Maria (Torrey) Taft (1827-1907).
Republican. Lawyer;
counsel, New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad; director,
Central Savings Bank of New
York; trustee, Mutual Life
Insurance Company;; candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1898; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1920,
1924.
Member, American Bar
Association; Skull and
Bones; Psi
Upsilon.
Tripped and
fell on April 27, suffered a hip injury, and subsequently died as
a result, in St. Luke's Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., August
11, 1945 (age 86 years, 76
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Thomas Goyn Talmadge (1801-1863) —
also known as Thomas G. Talmadge —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Somerset, Somerset
County, N.J., October
22, 1801.
Democrat. Member of New York
state assembly from New York County, 1837; mayor
of Brooklyn, N.Y., 1845; county judge in New York, 1846;
president, Broadway Railroad Company.
Died May 4,
1863 (age 61 years, 194
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1823
to Dorothy Miller (died 1834; sister of Jacob
Welsh Miller); married 1835 to Sarah
Van Brunt (died 1843); married 1848 to Harriet
Joralemon. |
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Charles Douglas Taylor (b. 1858) —
also known as Charles D. Taylor —
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., 1858.
Railway supply agent; commission
merchant; U.S. Consular Agent in Guaymas, 1906-17.
Burial
location unknown.
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George Hornell Thacher (1818-1887) —
also known as George H. Thacher —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born June 4,
1818.
Owner of Thacher Carwheel Company, makers of wheels for railroad
cars; mayor of
Albany, N.Y., 1860-62, 1866-68, 1870-74.
Died February
5, 1887 (age 68 years, 246
days).
Interment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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John Boyd Thacher (1847-1909) —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Ballston, Saratoga
County, N.Y., September
11, 1847.
Son of George
Hornell Thacher.
Owner of Thacher Carwheel Company, makers of wheels for railroad
cars; author; historian;
member of New York
state senate 17th District, 1884-85; mayor of
Albany, N.Y., 1886-88, 1896-97.
Died February
25, 1909 (age 61 years, 167
days).
Interment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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John M. Tierney (1860-1936) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
14, 1860.
Son of Launcelot J. Tierney and Elizabeth (Welch) Tierney.
Democrat. Lawyer;
general counsel, Union Railway Company, 1893; municipal judge
in New York, 1898-1915; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1916-29.
Catholic.
Member, Tammany
Hall; Knights
of Columbus; Elks.
Died, from "grip" (influenza),
in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., February
20, 1936 (age 75 years, 129
days).
Interment at St.
Raymond's Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Charlemagne Tower (1848-1923) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., April 17,
1848.
Son of Charlemagne Tower and Amelia (Bartle) Tower.
Republican. Lawyer;
president, Duluth & Iron Range Railroad; managing
director, Minnesota Iron Co. (mining);
U.S. Minister to Austria-Hungary, 1897-99; U.S. Ambassador to Russia, 1899-1902; Germany, 1902-08; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1916.
Member, American
Philosophical Society.
Died February
24, 1923 (age 74 years, 313
days).
Original interment at West
Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pa.; reinterment at Waterville
Cemetery, Waterville, N.Y.
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Robert Lee Tudor (b. 1874) —
also known as Robert L. Tudor —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Virginia, 1874.
Democrat. Telegrapher;
railway station agent; publishing
business; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 14th District, 1913-17.
Member, Tammany
Hall.
Interment at Tudor
Family Cemetery, Critz, Va.
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Webster Wagner (1817-1882) —
of Palatine Bridge, Montgomery
County, N.Y.
Born in Palatine Bridge, Montgomery
County, N.Y., October
2, 1817.
Republican. Railway station agent; inventor;
founder of the Wagner Car Company, makers of sleeping cars and
"drawing room" cars for railroad passenger service; member of
New
York state assembly from Montgomery County, 1871; member of New York
state senate, 1872-82 (15th District 1872-79, 18th District
1880-82); died in office 1882; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1880.
German
ancestry.
Killed in a railroad
accident on the Hudson River Railroad, at Spuyten Duyvil, New
York County (now part of Bronx, Bronx
County), N.Y., January
13, 1882 (age 64 years, 103
days).
Interment at Palatine
Bridge Cemetery, Palatine Bridge, N.Y.
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Abram Wakeman (1824-1889) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Fairfield, Fairfield
County, Conn., May 31,
1824.
Son of Clara (Wakeman) Wakeman (1784-1850) and Jonathan Wakeman (died
1867).
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 4th District, 1850-51; U.S.
Representative from New York 8th District, 1855-57; postmaster;
organized railroads on Long Island, N.Y.
Died June 29,
1889 (age 65 years, 29
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Aldace Freeman Walker (1842-1901) —
also known as Aldace F. Walker —
of Rutland, Rutland
County, Vt.
Born in West Rutland, Rutland
County, Vt., May 11,
1842.
Son of Rev. Aldace Walker (c.1812-1878) and Mary Ann (Baker) Walker
(1813-1899).
Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
member of Vermont
state senate from Rutland County, 1882; member, Interstate Commerce
Commission, 1887-89; president, Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe
Railway, 1894-95.
Congregationalist.
Died in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., April 12,
1901 (age 58 years, 336
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Rutland, Vt.
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Relatives:
Married to Katharine Shaw (1848-1932). |
| | | Epitaph: "An upright lawyer and
legislator, a faithful soldier and public officer, an able
administrator of important railway interests." |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Gilbert Carlton Walker (1833-1885) —
of Owego, Tioga
County, N.Y.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Norfolk,
Va.; Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in South Gibson, Susquehanna
County, Pa., August 1,
1833.
Lawyer;
Governor
of Virginia, 1870-74; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 3rd District, 1875-79; president,
New York Underground Railroad Co.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 11,
1885 (age 51 years, 283
days).
Interment at Spring
Forest Cemetery, Binghamton, N.Y.
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Adoniram Judson Warner (1834-1910) —
also known as Adoniram J. Warner —
of Ohio.
Born in Wales, Erie
County, N.Y., January
13, 1834.
Democrat. School
principal; superintendent
of schools; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1879-81, 1883-87 (13th District
1879-81, 15th District 1883-85, 17th District 1885-87); defeated,
1880; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1896;
engaged in street railway construction in Washington, D.C.,
and railroad construction in Ohio.
Died in Marietta, Washington
County, Ohio, August
12, 1910 (age 76 years, 211
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Marietta, Ohio.
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Robert Whitney Waterman (1826-1891) —
also known as Robert W. Waterman —
of Geneva, Kane
County, Ill.; Wilmington, Will
County, Ill.; California.
Born in Fairfield, Herkimer
County, N.Y., December
15, 1826.
Son of John Dean Waterman (1785-1837) and Mary Graves (Waldo)
Waterman (1787-1843).
Postmaster;
newspaper
publisher; involved in silver and gold mining;
president, San Diego, Cuyamaca & Eastern Railway; Lieutenant
Governor of California, 1887; Governor of
California, 1887-91.
Died in San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif., April 12,
1891 (age 64 years, 118
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, San Diego, Calif.
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Ellis J. Westlake (b. 1854) —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Horseheads, Chemung
County, N.Y., April 30,
1854.
Son of Charles D. Westlake and Harriet E. (McNish) Westlake.
Superintendent of dining cars for Northern Pacific Railway; hotel
manager; insurance
business; member of Minnesota
state senate 31st District, 1915-18.
Member, Elks; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Burial
location unknown.
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Image source:
Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917 |
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Albert Smith White (1803-1864) —
of Indiana.
Born in Blooming Grove, Orange
County, N.Y., October
24, 1803.
Lawyer;
candidate for Indiana
state house of representatives, 1832; Presidential Elector for
Indiana, 1836;
U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1837-39, 1861-63 (7th District
1837-39, 8th District 1861-63); U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1839-45; railroad president.
Died in Stockwell, Tippecanoe
County, Ind., September
4, 1864 (age 60 years, 316
days).
Interment at Greenbush
Cemetery, Lafayette, Ind.
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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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John T. Wilder (1830-1917) —
of Lawrenceburg, Dearborn
County, Ind.; Greensburg, Decatur
County, Ind.; Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn.; Johnson City, Washington
County, Tenn.; Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.
Born in Hunter, Greene
County, N.Y., January
31, 1830.
Son of Reuben Wilder and Mary (Merritt) Wilder.
Millwright;
foundry
owner; general in the Union Army during the Civil War;
manufacturer of railroad rails; railroad promoter; mayor
of Chattanooga, Tenn., 1871-72; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Tennessee, 1876; postmaster;
hotel
owner.
Died in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., October
20, 1917 (age 87 years, 262
days).
Interment at Forest
Hills Cemetery, Chattanooga, Tenn.
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Beekman Winthrop (b. 1874) —
of Westbury, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Orange, Essex
County, N.J., September
18, 1874.
Son of Robert Winthrop and Kate W. (Taylor) Winthrop.
Republican. Lawyer; Governor of
Puerto Rico, 1904-07; U.S. Assistant Secretary of the Treasury,
1907-09; U.S. Assistant Secretary of the Navy, 1909-13; director,
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad, Lackawanna Steel Co.,
and National City Bank.
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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William Hartman Woodin (1868-1934) —
also known as William H. Woodin; Will
Woodin —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Berwick, Columbia
County, Pa., May 27,
1868.
Son of Clement Woodin.
President, American Car and Foundry Company, manufacturer of
railroad freight cars; music
composer; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1933.
Presbyterian.
Member, Lions; Union
League.
Died, from a throat
infection and nephritis,
in the Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 3,
1934 (age 65 years, 341
days).
Entombed at Pine
Grove Cemetery, Berwick, Pa.
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William W. Woodworth (1807-1873) —
of Hyde Park, Dutchess
County, N.Y.; Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in New London, New London
County, Conn., March 16,
1807.
Son of William Woodworth (1780-1839; inventor).
Democrat. Dutchess
County Judge, 1838; U.S.
Representative from New York 8th District, 1845-47; defeated,
1842; railroad builder; real estate
business; banker; village
president of Yonkers, New York, 1857-58.
Died in Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y., February
13, 1873 (age 65 years, 334
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Yonkers, N.Y.
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Luther Wright (b. 1799) —
of Oswego, Oswego
County, N.Y.
Born in Nelson, Cheshire
County, N.H., September
13, 1799.
Merchant;
miller; banker; village
president of Oswego, New York, 1839, 1841; treasurer of several
railroad companies; president of the Oswego Gas Light
company.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1828
to Lucinda Smith (died 1838); married 1840 to Miss L.
Bailey. |
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William Wright (1794-1866) —
of Newark, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Clarksville, Rockland
County, N.Y., November
13, 1794.
Democrat. Mayor of
Newark, N.J., 1841-43; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 5th District, 1843-47; president,
Morris and Essex Railroad, 1843-66; candidate for Governor of
New Jersey, 1847; U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1853-59, 1863-66; died in office 1866;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1860.
Died in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., November
1, 1866 (age 71 years, 353
days).
Interment at Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery, Newark, N.J.
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