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Frederick Hobbes Allen (1858-1937) —
also known as Frederick H. Allen —
of Pelham Manor, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii, May 30,
1858.
Son of Elisha
Hunt Allen and Mary Harrod (Hobbes) Allen.
Democrat. Lawyer; economist;
village president of Pelham Manor, N.Y., 1904-06; chair of
Westchester County Democratic Party, 1904-14; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1908,
1920
(alternate); served in the U.S. Navy during World War I.
Episcopalian. Member, Society
of Colonial Wars; Sons of
the Revolution; American
Legion; Military
Order of the World Wars.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Newport Hospital,
Newport, Newport
County, R.I., December
3, 1937 (age 79 years, 187
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Lincoln Carter Almond (b. 1936) —
also known as Lincoln Almond —
of Lincoln, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Pawtucket, Providence
County, R.I., June 16,
1936.
Son of Thomas Clifton Almond and Elsie (Carter) Almond.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Rhode Island 1st District, 1968; U.S.
Attorney for Rhode Island, 1969-73, 1981-93; Governor of
Rhode Island, 1995-; defeated, 1978.
Episcopalian. Member, Lambda
Chi Alpha.
Still living as of 2009.
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Henry Porter Baldwin (1814-1892) —
also known as Henry P. Baldwin —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Coventry, Kent
County, R.I., February
22, 1814.
Son of John Baldwin and Margaret (Williams) Baldwin.
Republican. Merchant;
banker;
member of Michigan
state senate 2nd District, 1861-62; Governor of
Michigan, 1869-72; U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1879-81; appointed 1879; Michigan
Republican state chair, 1880-81.
Episcopalian.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., December
31, 1892 (age 78 years, 313
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Robert Livingston Beeckman (1866-1935) —
also known as R. Livingston Beeckman —
of Newport, Newport
County, R.I.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April 15,
1866.
Son of Gilbert Livingston Beeckman and Margaret Atherton (Foster)
Beeckman.
Republican. Stockbroker;
member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1909-11; member of Rhode
Island state senate, 1912-14; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Rhode Island, 1912,
1916,
1924;
Governor
of Rhode Island, 1915-21; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Rhode Island, 1922.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Died, of apparently of a heart
attack, in Santa Barbara, Santa
Barbara County, Calif., January
21, 1935 (age 68 years, 281
days).
Interment at Sleepy
Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.
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Samuel M. Blatchford (1820-1893) —
of Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March 9,
1820.
Son of Julia (Mumford) Blatchford and Richard
Milford Blatchford.
Lawyer;
U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1867-78; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1878-82; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1882-93; died in office 1893.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Newport, Newport
County, R.I., July 7,
1893 (age 73 years, 120
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Henry Manchester Boss, Jr. (1875-1960) —
also known as Henry M. Boss, Jr. —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., September
13, 1875.
Son of Henry M. Boss and Emma J. (Wilbur) Boss.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Rhode Island, 1926, 1929-34; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Rhode Island, 1934.
Episcopalian. Member, Zeta Psi.
Died April 9,
1960 (age 84 years, 209
days).
Interment at Swan
Point Cemetery, Providence, R.I.
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Clark Burdick (1868-1948) —
of Newport, Newport
County, R.I.
Born in Newport, Newport
County, R.I., January
13, 1868.
Son of J. Truman Burdick and Emily F. (Sherman) Burdick.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1906-08; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Rhode Island, 1912;
member of Rhode
Island state senate, 1915-16; mayor of
Newport, R.I., 1917-18; U.S.
Representative from Rhode Island 1st District, 1919-33.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Died August
27, 1948 (age 80 years, 227
days).
Interment at St.
Mary's Episcopal Cemetery, Portsmouth, R.I.
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John Hubbard Chafee (1922-1999) —
also known as John H. Chafee —
of Warwick, Kent
County, R.I.
Born in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., October
22, 1922.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;
served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean conflict; lawyer;
member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1957-63; Governor of
Rhode Island, 1963-69; U.S.
Senator from Rhode Island, 1976-99; defeated, 1972; died in
office 1999.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Legion.
Died, of heart
failure, at the National
Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., October
24, 1999 (age 77 years, 2
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Kent County, R.I.; statue at Colt
State Park, Bristol, R.I.
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Lincoln Davenport Chafee (b. 1953) —
also known as Lincoln Chafee —
of Warwick, Kent
County, R.I.
Born in Warwick, Kent
County, R.I., March 26,
1953.
Son of John
Hubbard Chafee.
Republican. Delegate to
Rhode Island state constitutional convention, 1985; mayor of
Warwick, R.I., 1993-99; U.S.
Senator from Rhode Island, 1999-; appointed 1999.
Episcopalian.
Still living as of 2009.
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Daniel Butler Fearing (1859-1918) —
of Newport, Newport
County, R.I.
Born in Newport, Newport
County, R.I., August
14, 1859.
Son of Henry Seymour Fearing and Serena Mason (Jones) Fearing.
Democrat. Mayor of
Newport, R.I., 1894.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Died May 26,
1918 (age 58 years, 285
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Seymour Fearing and Serena Mason (Jones) Fearing; married 1887 to
Henrietta Strong (died 1908); married 1912 to
Charlotte Strong. |
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Peter Goelet Gerry (1879-1957) —
also known as Peter G. Gerry —
of Newport, Newport
County, R.I.; Warwick, Kent
County, R.I.; Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
18, 1879.
Son of Elbridge
Thomas Gerry and Louisa Matilda (Livingston) Gerry.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Rhode Island, 1912
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee), 1916
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee), 1932;
U.S.
Representative from Rhode Island 2nd District, 1913-15; defeated,
1914; U.S.
Senator from Rhode Island, 1917-29, 1935-47; defeated, 1928,
1930; member of Democratic
National Committee from Rhode Island, 1932-36.
Episcopalian.
Died in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., October
31, 1957 (age 78 years, 43
days).
Interment at St.
James' Churchyard, Hyde Park, N.Y.
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Clifford Chesley Hubbard (b. 1884) —
also known as Clifford C. Hubbard —
of Norton, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., April 30,
1884.
Son of Elmer Elston Hubbard and Lucy Amelia (Read) Hubbard.
Democrat. School
teacher; college
professor; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1944.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Historical Association; American
Political Science Association; American
Legion; Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Peter Augustus Jay (1877-1933) —
of Newport, Newport
County, R.I.
Born in Newport, Newport
County, R.I., August
23, 1877.
Son of Augustus Jay and Emily Astor (Kane) Jay.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Consul General in Cairo, 1909-13; U.S. Minister to Salvador, 1920-21; Romania, 1921-25; U.S. Ambassador to Argentina, 1925-26.
Episcopalian.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
18, 1933 (age 56 years, 56
days).
Interment at Jay
Family Cemetery, Rye, N.Y.
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Flora Cameron Kampmann (born c.1926) —
also known as Flora Cameron; Mrs. Ike S. Kampmann,
Jr. —
of San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex.
Born in Waco, McLennan
County, Tex., about 1926.
Daughter of William Waldo Cameron and Helen Emelyn (Miller) Cameron.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, 1960,
1964;
member of Republican
National Committee from Texas, 1960-68.
Female.
Episcopalian. Member, Junior
League; Colonial
Dames.
Still living as of 1968.
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John Pendleton Kennedy (1795-1870) —
of Maryland.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., October
25, 1795.
Member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1820-22, 1846; Speaker of
the Maryland State House of Delegates, 1846; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 4th District, 1838-39, 1841-45; U.S.
Secretary of the Navy, 1852-53.
Episcopalian.
Died in Newport, Newport
County, R.I., August
18, 1870 (age 74 years, 297
days).
Interment at Green
Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
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Lincoln MacVeagh (1890-1972) —
of New Canaan, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Narragansett Pier, Narragansett, Washington
County, R.I., October
1, 1890.
Son of Charles
MacVeagh and Fanny Davenport (Rogers) MacVeagh.
Democrat. Major in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Minister to
Greece, 1933-41; Iceland, 1941-42; South Africa, 1942-43; U.S. Ambassador to Yugoslavia, 1943-44; Greece, 1943-47; Portugal, 1948-52; Spain, 1952-53.
Episcopalian. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, in a nursing
home at Adelphi, Prince
George's County, Md., January
15, 1972 (age 81 years, 106
days).
Interment at Church
of the Redeemer Cemetery, Bryn Mawr, Pa.
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William Ferdinand Morgan (1816-1888) —
also known as William F. Morgan —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., December
21, 1816.
Democrat. Episcopal
priest; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1868.
Episcopalian.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 19,
1888 (age 71 years, 150
days).
Interment somewhere
in Newport, R.I.
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Dana Gardner Munro (1892-1990) —
also known as Dana G. Munro —
of New Jersey.
Born in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., July 18,
1892.
Son of Dana Carleton Munro and Alice Gardner (Beecher) Munro.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; economist;
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Consul in Valparaiso, 1920-21; U.S. Minister to Haiti, 1930-32.
Episcopalian. Member, Delta
Phi; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in 1990
(age about
97 years).
Interment somewhere
in Waquoit, Mass.
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Relatives:
Married 1920
to Margaret Bennett Wiley. |
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Claiborne de Borda Pell (1918-2009) —
also known as Claiborne Pell; "Senator
Oddball" —
of Newport, Newport
County, R.I.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
22, 1918.
Son of Herbert
Claiborne Pell, Jr. and Matilda (Bigelow) Pell.
Democrat. U.S.
Senator from Rhode Island, 1961-97; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Rhode Island, 1964,
1996.
Episcopalian. Member, Society
of the Cincinnati; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died, from Parkinson's
disease, in Newport, Newport
County, R.I., January
1, 2009 (age 90 years, 40
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Herbert Claiborne Pell, Jr. (1884-1961) —
also known as Herbert C. Pell, Jr. —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Newport, Newport
County, R.I.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
16, 1884.
Son of Herbert Claiborne Pell and Katherine Lorillard (Kernochan)
Pell.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York 17th District, 1919-21; defeated,
1920; New
York Democratic state chair, 1921-26; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1924;
U.S. Minister to Portugal, 1937-41; Hungary, 1941.
Episcopalian. Member, Delta
Phi.
Died in Munich (München), Germany,
July
17, 1961 (age 77 years, 151
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Harry Sandager (1887-1955) —
of Auburn, Cranston, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., April 12,
1887.
Son of Maurice Sandager and Louise (Larssen) Sandager.
Republican. Newspaper
reporter; automobile
dealer; member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1928-36; U.S.
Representative from Rhode Island 2nd District, 1939-41; defeated,
1940, 1942; member of Republican
National Committee from Rhode Island, 1941-44; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Rhode Island, 1948,
1952
(alternate).
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Eagles; Lions; Delta
Phi Epsilon.
Died in Cranston, Providence
County, R.I., December
24, 1955 (age 68 years, 256
days).
Interment at St.
Francis Cemetery, Pawtucket, R.I.
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Hans Frederick Arthur Schoenfeld (1889-1952) —
also known as H. F. Arthur Schoenfeld —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., January
31, 1889.
Son of Prof. Hermann Schoenfeld and Johanna (Richter) Schoenfeld.
U.S. Consular Agent in Caracas, 1910-12; U.S. Minister to Dominican Republic, 1931-37; Finland, 1937-42; Hungary, 1945-47.
Episcopalian. Member, Theta
Delta Chi.
Died March 2,
1952 (age 63 years, 31
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Orray Taft, Jr. (b. 1909) —
of Santa Barbara, Santa
Barbara County, Calif.
Born in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., February
21, 1909.
Son of Orray Taft and Mary Margaret (Aylesworth) Taft.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Guadalajara, 1932; Warsaw, 1938; Algiers, 1942; U.S. Consul in Mexicali, 1942; Havana, 1943-45; Vancouver, 1945-48; Tripoli, 1949-51; Sydney, 1956-60.
Episcopalian.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Henry Vanderbilt III (1901-1981) —
also known as William H. Vanderbilt —
of Portsmouth, Newport
County, R.I.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
24, 1901.
Son of Ellen (French) Vanderbilt and Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt
(1887-1915; horse breeder;died in the wreck of the Lusitania,
ocean liner torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine in 1915).
Republican. Member of Rhode
Island state senate, 1928-34; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Rhode Island, 1928,
1936;
Governor
of Rhode Island, 1939-41; defeated, 1940.
Episcopalian.
Died April 14,
1981 (age 79 years, 141
days).
Interment somewhere
in Williamstown, Mass.
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Henry White (1850-1927) —
Born in Baltimore,
Md., March 29,
1850.
U.S. Ambassador to Italy, 1905-07; France, 1906-09.
Episcopalian.
Died in Lenox, Berkshire
County, Mass., July 15,
1927 (age 77 years, 108
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Washington
National Cathedral, Washington, D.C.
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Sheldon Whitehouse (1883-1965) —
of New York.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
5, 1883.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Minister to Guatamala, 1930-33; Colombia, 1933-34.
Episcopalian. Member, Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died in 1965
(age about
82 years).
Interment at St.
Mary's Episcopal Cemetery, Portsmouth, R.I.
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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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Henry O. Wood (1837-1925) —
of Swansea, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in Rhode Island, 1837.
Merchant;
postmaster;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives.
Episcopalian.
Died in Swansea, Bristol
County, Mass., October
27, 1925 (age about 88
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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