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William Pelham Barr (b. 1950) —
also known as William Barr —
of Virginia.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., May 23,
1950.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Attorney General, 1991-93; vice-president and general counsel for
General Telephone and Electronics (GTE), and later for Verizon
Communications.
Still living as of 2009.
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William Berri (1848-1917) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., September
12, 1848.
Son of William Berri .
Republican. Carpet
merchant; printing
business; newspaper
publisher; officer or director of banks, electric
utilities, and the New York Telephone Company; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1904,
1908,
1912,
1916;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1915;
member, New York State Board of Regents, 1916-17.
Congregationalist.
Member, Union
League.
In 1911, he was arraigned
on a charge of
criminal
libel over an article he published in his newspaper, brought by
three candidates for Supreme Court, Herbert
T. Ketcham, Patrick
E. Callahan, and William
Willett, Jr.; the case was withdrawn a few days later when the
other two candidates discovered that Willett had indeed (as Berri
charged) paid bribes for his nomination.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., April 19,
1917 (age 68 years, 219
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Married 1869
to Frances Williams Morris (died c.1910). |
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Philip Wilson Bonsal (1903-1995) —
also known as Philip W. Bonsal —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 22,
1903.
Son of Stephen Bonsal and Henrietta (Morris) Bonsal.
Executive in overseas telephone companies; Foreign Service
officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Havana, 1938; U.S. Consul in Madrid, 1947; Barcelona, 1947; U.S. Ambassador to Colombia, 1955-57; Bolivia, 1957-59; Cuba, 1959-60; Morocco, 1961-62.
Died, while ill with pneumonia,
in Washington,
D.C., June 28,
1995 (age 92 years, 37
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Horace Walpole Carpentier (1824-1918) —
also known as Horace W. Carpentier —
of Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Galway, Saratoga
County, N.Y., 1824.
Son of James Carpenter and Henrietta Carpenter.
Went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; lawyer; banker;
member of California
state assembly 5th District, 1853, 1853-54; mayor of
Oakland, Calif., 1854-55; president of telegraph companies
which developed a system of telegraph lines in California and
connecting to the Eastern U.S.
Philanthropist; also left more than $1 million to Columbia University
and to Barnard College on his death in 1918.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
31, 1918 (age about 93
years).
Interment somewhere
in Galway, N.Y.
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John Dorst, Jr. —
of Akron, Erie
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Telegraph operator; real estate
business; member of New York
state assembly from Erie County 9th District, 1913; defeated,
1927.
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert Benjamin Fegan (b. 1877) —
also known as R. B. Fegan —
of Junction City, Geary
County, Kan.
Born in New York, May 15,
1877.
Son of John Wesler Fagan and Eliza (Weeks) Fagan.
Republican. Telephone company manager; rancher;
Kansas Highway Commissioner, 1929; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Kansas, 1932.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Jesters;
Elks; Rotary.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1910
to Marion Lewis. |
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George Gregg Fuller (1886-1973) —
of Alexandria,
Va.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., October
29, 1886.
Son of George R. Fuller and Helen (Gregg) Fuller.
Officer of telephone companies, 1910-13; U.S. Vice Consul in
Oslo, 1920; Malmo, 1921; Reval, 1922; Jerusalem, 1923; Teheran, 1924-25; Berlin, 1926; U.S. Consul in Berlin, 1926; Niagara Falls, 1927; Kingston, 1929-32; Winnipeg, 1938-43; SAINT John, 1943-44; Antwerp, 1944-45; major in the U.S. Army during World War II;
U.S. Consul General in Tunis, 1946-48.
Member, Psi
Upsilon.
Died March 12,
1973 (age 86 years, 134
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Walter Sherman Gifford (1885-1966) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; North Castle town, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Salem, Essex
County, Mass., January
10, 1885.
Son of Nathan Poole Gifford and Harriet Maria (Spinney) Gifford.
U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1950-53.
Member, American
Philosophical Society.
President of American Telephone & Telegraph Co.
Died May 7,
1966 (age 81 years, 117
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Nathan Poole Gifford and Harriet Maria (Spinney) Gifford; married,
October
28, 1916, to Florence Pitman; married, December
22, 1944, to Augustine Lloyd Perry. |
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Elmer Vernon Griggs (1887-1968) —
also known as Elmer V. Griggs —
of White Plains, Westchester
County, N.Y.; West Cornwall, Cornwall, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born May 31,
1887.
Lawyer;
assistant general patent attorney for Bell Telephone
Laboratories; Dry candidate for delegate to
New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Died, in Torrington Hospital,
Torrington, Litchfield
County, Conn., May 30,
1968 (age 80 years, 365
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married, November
26, 1912, to Lydia Moser (1887-1972; daughter of James Henry
Moser (1854-1913; artist)). |
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Leonard J. Guyre (born c.1921) —
of Lindenhurst, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born about 1921.
Democrat. Telephone company executive; candidate for mayor
of Lindenhurst, N.Y., 1967.
Still living as of 1973.
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Amory Houghton, Jr. (b. 1926) —
also known as Amo Houghton —
of Corning, Steuben
County, N.Y.
Born in Corning, Steuben
County, N.Y., August 7,
1926.
Son of Amory
Houghton and Laura DeKay (Richardson) Houghton.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;
president, Corning Glass Works,
1961; director, New York Telephone Company; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1987-2003 (34th District 1987-93,
31st District 1993-2003, 29th District 2003); delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 2008.
Episcopalian.
Still living as of 2009.
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David Franklin Houston (1866-1940) —
also known as David F. Houston —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Monroe, Union
County, N.C., February
17, 1866.
Son of William H. Houston and Cornelia Anne (Stevens) Houston.
Superintendent
of schools; university
professor; president,
Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, 1902-05; president,
University of Texas, 1905-08; chancellor,
Washington University, St. Louis, 1908-16; U.S.
Secretary of Agriculture, 1913-20; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1920-21; vice president, American
Telephone and Telegraph Co. and president, Bell
Telephone Securities Co.; president, Mutual Life
Insurance Company of New York, 1930-1940; director, United States
Steel
Corporation.
Member, American
Economic Association.
Died, from heart
disease, at the Harkness Pavilion of the Columbia Presbyterian Medical
Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
2, 1940 (age 74 years, 198
days).
Interment at Memorial
Cemetery, near Cold Spring Harbor, Long Island, N.Y.
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Harry Edward Hull (1864-1938) —
also known as Harry E. Hull —
of Williamsburg, Iowa
County, Iowa.
Born near Belvidere, Allegany
County, N.Y., March 12,
1864.
Son of Henry D. Hull and Isabel (Renwick) Hull.
Republican. Grain
business; mayor of Williamsburg, Iowa, 1889-1901; postmaster;
president, Williamsburg Telephone Company; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 2nd District, 1915-25.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
16, 1938 (age 73 years, 310
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Williamsburg, Iowa.
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Alfred D. Lowe (b. 1850) —
of Depauville, Jefferson
County, N.Y.
Born in Clayton, Jefferson
County, N.Y., September
26, 1850.
Son of Isaac Lowe and Zilla (Atwood) Lowe.
Republican. Merchant;
postmaster;
director, Depauville Telephone Exchange; member of New York
state assembly from Jefferson County 1st District, 1907-09.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Foresters.
Burial
location unknown.
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Lee Beattie Mailler (1898-1967) —
also known as Lee B. Mailler —
of Cornwall-on-Hudson, Orange
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, March 17,
1898.
Son of William Henry Mailler (1861-1929) and Sophia Jane (Preston)
Mailler (1864-1941).
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; credit
manager, Cornwall Hospital;
director, Highland Telephone Company, Highland Mills, N.Y.;
member of New York
state assembly from Orange County 1st District, 1934-54; member,
New York State Parole Board, 1955-58.
Died, from leukemia,
in Cornwall Hospital,
Cornwall, Orange
County, N.Y., September
22, 1967 (age 69 years, 189
days).
Interment at Cemetery
of the Highlands, Highland Mills, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of William Henry Mailler (1861-1929) and Sophia Jane (Preston)
Mailler (1864-1941); third cousin of Irene
Hazard Gerlinger; married to Marion MacKenzie
(1907-1976). |
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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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Samuel Finley Breese Morse (1791-1872) —
also known as Samuel F. B. Morse —
of New York.
Born in Charlestown, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., April 27,
1791.
Son of Jedidiah Morse.
Artist;
inventor
of the telegraph; candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1841; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 12th District, 1854.
Died, of pneumonia,
in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April 2,
1872 (age 80 years, 341
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Harris Pendleton (b. 1845) —
of Guilford, New Haven
County, Conn.; New London, New London
County, Conn.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., July 15,
1845.
Son of Harris Pendleton (1811-1890) and Sarah (Chester) Pendleton.
Telegraph operator; civil
engineer; druggist;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Guilford, 1886; undertaker.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Burial
location unknown.
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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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Thomas N. Sammons (1863-1935) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
7, 1863.
Son of John Sammons (1826-1888) and Julia (Flynn) Sammons
(1828-1881).
Telegraph operator; newspaper
reporter; newspaper
editor and publisher; U.S. Consul General in Newchwang, 1905-06; Seoul, 1907-09; Yokohama, 1909-11; Shanghai, 1913-19; Melbourne, 1919-23.
Died October
15, 1935 (age 72 years, 250
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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James Denson Sayers (1888-1957) —
also known as James D. Sayers —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.; Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Summerfield, Claiborne
Parish, La., March 17,
1888.
Son of David Joel Sayers (1841-1888) and Emma Missouri (Sayers)
Sayers (1852-1906).
Socialist. Telegraph operator; editor;
delegate to Socialist National Convention from Texas, 1920; candidate
for New York
state assembly from Queens County 1st District, 1932.
Died December
26, 1957 (age 69 years, 284
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Eda Eugenia Martin (born 1895). |
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Laurens J. Storke (d. 1912) —
of Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Born in Sennett, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Newspaper
editor; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1888;
postmaster;
telephone business.
Died January
26, 1912.
Burial
location unknown.
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Dwight Townsend (1826-1899) —
of New York.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
25, 1826.
Son of Walter Wilmot Townsend.
Democrat. Sugar refining
business; U.S.
Representative from New York 1st District, 1864-65, 1871-73;
telegraph business.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
29, 1899 (age 73 years, 34
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, 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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