OTIS(SoundexO320)—See alsoATHAS,ATIAS,GIOTIS,HASSIOTIS,LOUZIOTIS,MALIOTIS,MANIOTIS,OATES,OATIS,ODIS,ORTIS,OTTIS,OTTS,POTISH,SPELIOTIS,SPILIOTIS,TISO,YEOTIS.
| |  OTIS:See alsoCharlesMoore Bancroft —MarkWilson Buyck Jr. —BertP. Gage —HoraceWesley Greeley —CharlesKellogg —DayOtis Kellogg —DwightKellogg —WalterCecil Owen —RobertHelyer Thayer —WilliamGarner Waddel —LemuelWilliams —LemuelWilliams | | Otis, Albert T. — of Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,1952.Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. | | Otis, Anna — Communist. Workers Communist candidate for Presidential Elector forPennsylvania,1928.Female.Burial location unknown. | | Otis, Asa H. (1797-1855) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Fort Ann,WashingtonCounty, N.Y.,March24, 1797.Farmer;delegateto Michigan state constitutional convention 1st District, 1835;member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Wayne County, 1850.Died in Greenfield Township (now part of Detroit),WayneCounty, Mich.,August26, 1855 (age58 years, 155days).Interment atWoodmereCemetery, Detroit, Mich.| |  Relatives: Sonof Matson Otis and Deborah (Wetheral) Otis; married to Mary Goodell;second cousin once removed ofAsahel OtisandNorton Prentiss Otis; second cousintwice removed ofJoseph Otis andSamuel Allyne Otis; second cousin thriceremoved ofAugustusSeymour Porter (1769-1849) andPeterBuell Porter; third cousin ofOran GrayOtis,DayOtis Kellogg,DwightKellogg,David Perry Otis andHarrison Gray Otis (1837-1917); third cousinonce removed ofHarrison Gray Otis(1765-1848) andLauren Ford Otis; thirdcousin twice removed ofBenjaminLincoln,JohnTaintor,RogerTaintor,SolomonTaintor,WilliamAugustus Bird,AugustusSeymour Porter (1798-1872),PeterBuell Porter Jr.,PeterAugustus Porter (1827-1864) andRalphChester Otis; third cousin thrice removed ofJosiahCowles andJonathanBrace; fourth cousin ofNathanielFreeman Jr.,EphraimSafford,John Otis,William Shaw Chandler Otis,Harris F. Otis,James Otis(1826-1875) andAbrahamLansing; fourth cousin once removed ofJamesParker,JosephChurchill Strong,CalvinFrisbie,EbenezerStrong,DeGrasseMaltby,HenryTaintor,BenjaminFessenden,JohnAdams Taintor,EdmundHolcomb,JamesSafford,JohnArnold Rockwell,RalphSmith Taintor,HenryG. Taintor,CharlesBackus Hyde Fessenden,Charles AugustusOtis, Sr.,James Otis (1836-1898),EdwinCarpenter Pinney,DanielFrederick Webster,PeterAugustus Porter (1853-1925) andTheronEphron Catlin. | | | | Political families:Otis#1 family of Boston, Massachusetts;Otis#2 family (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Otis, Asahel (1768-1837) — of Montville,New LondonCounty, Conn.Born in Montville,New LondonCounty, Conn.,May 1,1768.Member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives from Montville, 1822.Died in Bethany,GeneseeCounty, N.Y.,January12, 1837 (age68 years, 256days).Interment atChester Burying Ground, Montville, Conn.| | Relatives: Sonof Nathaniel Otis and Amy (Gardner) Otis; married,January15, 1792, to Mary Chester; first cousin once removed ofDayOtis Kellogg andDwightKellogg; second cousin once removed ofJoseph Otis,Samuel AllyneOtis andAsa H. Otis; third cousin ofHarrison Gray Otis; third cousin once removedofBenjaminLincoln,NathanielFreeman Jr. andAbrahamLansing; third cousin twice removed ofJohnAdams,BenjaminFessenden,CharlesBackus Hyde Fessenden,Charles AugustusOtis, Sr. andJames Otis; third cousinthrice removed ofWilliamBarret Ridgely andAustinEugene Lathrop; fourth cousin ofStephenDaniel Tilden,MosesYounglove Tilden andSamuelJones Tilden; fourth cousin once removed ofJohnQuincy Adams,DanielRose Tilden,CalvinTilden Hulburd,AndrewGould Chatfield andGeorgeBailey Loring. | | | | Political families:Kellogg#1 family of New York;Otis#1 family of Boston, Massachusetts (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Otis,Brigadier:SeeJoseph Otis | | Otis, Charles Augustus, Sr.(1827-1905) —also known asCharles A. Otis — of Cleveland,CuyahogaCounty, Ohio.Born in Bloomfield,MuskingumCounty, Ohio,January30, 1827.Democrat.Mayorof Cleveland, Ohio, 1873-74.Founder, OtisIron andSteel Co.Died in Cleveland,CuyahogaCounty, Ohio,June 28,1905 (age78 years, 149days).Interment atLakeView Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio. | | Otis, Charles Eugene(1846-1917) —also known asCharles E. Otis — of St. Paul,RamseyCounty, Minn.Born, in alogcabin, Prairieville,BarryCounty, Mich.,May 11,1846.Democrat. District judge in Minnesota 2nd District, 1889-1902;candidate forjustice ofMinnesota state supreme court, 1904.DiedNovember26, 1917 (age71 years, 199days).Burial location unknown. | | Otis, Darlene McCulligh — of Michigan. Democrat. Candidate forMichiganstate house of representatives 23rd District, 1976.Female.Still living as of 1976. | | Otis, David Perry(1809-1890) —also known asDavid P. Otis — of Salem,New LondonCounty, Conn.; Norwich,New LondonCounty, Conn.; Niantic, East Lyme,New LondonCounty, Conn.Born in East Haddam,MiddlesexCounty, Conn.,February28, 1809.Merchant;pianomanufacturing business; member ofConnecticutstate senate 9th District, 1860.DiedDecember30, 1890 (age81 years, 305days).Burial location unknown. | | Otis, Duval H. — of Rutherford,BergenCounty, N.J.Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention fromNew Jersey,1940.Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. | | Otis, Edna M. — of East Tawas,IoscoCounty, Mich.Republican. Member ofMichiganRepublican State Central Committee, 1947.Female.Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. | | Otis, Frank M.(1852-1932) —also known asFrank Otis — of Alameda,AlamedaCounty, Calif.Born inSanFrancisco, Calif.,November18, 1852.Member ofCaliforniastate assembly, 1907; member ofCaliforniastate senate, 1910;mayorof Alameda, Calif., 1919-25.Member,Elks.Died, fromperitonitis,at AlamedaSanatorium,Alameda,AlamedaCounty, Calif.,January7, 1932 (age79 years, 50days).Interment atMountainView Cemetery, Oakland, Calif. | | Otis, George Lorenzo(1829-1882) —also known asGeorge L. Otis — of St. Paul,RamseyCounty, Minn.Born in Homer,CortlandCounty, N.Y.,October7, 1829.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofMinnesotastate house of representatives District 2, 1857-58; member ofMinnesotastate senate 21st District, 1866;mayorof St. Paul, Minn., 1867-68; candidate forGovernor ofMinnesota, 1869.Episcopalian.Englishancestry.Died in St. Paul,RamseyCounty, Minn.,March29, 1882 (age52 years, 173days).Interment atOaklandCemetery, St. Paul, Minn. | | Otis, Harold — Socialist. Candidate forMichiganstate senate 9th District, 1934.Burial location unknown. | | Otis, Harris F.(1816-1861) —of Danby,RutlandCounty, Vt.; Manchester,BenningtonCounty, Vt.; Topeka,ShawneeCounty, Kan.Born in Vermont,June 3,1816.Lawyer;member ofVermontstate house of representatives, 1849;mayor ofTopeka, Kan., 1860-61.Died in Topeka,ShawneeCounty, Kan.,1861(ageabout45 years).Burial location unknown. | | Otis, Harris F. — of Danby,RutlandCounty, Vt.Member ofVermontstate house of representatives from Danby, 1888.Burial location unknown. | | Otis, Harrison Gray(1765-1848) —of Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.Born in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,October8, 1765.Lawyer;member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1796, 1803-05;Speaker ofthe Massachusetts State House of Representatives, 1803-05;U.S.Attorney for Massachusetts, 1796;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts at-large, 1797-1801; member ofMassachusettsstate senate, 1805; common pleas court judge in Massachusetts,1814;U.S.Senator from Massachusetts, 1817-22; Federalist candidate forGovernor ofMassachusetts, 1823;mayor ofBoston, Mass., 1829-32.Died in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,October28, 1848 (age83 years, 20days).Interment atMt.Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.| | Relatives: SonofSamuel Allyne Otis and Elizabeth (Gray)Otis; married,May 31,1790, to Sally Foster; nephew ofJosephOtis; grandfather ofJames Otis(1836-1898); second great-grandfather ofRobertHelyer Thayer; second cousin once removed ofNathanielFreeman Jr.; second cousin twice removed ofBenjaminFessenden andCharlesBackus Hyde Fessenden; second cousin thrice removed ofAlbertClinton Griswold; third cousin ofAsahelOtis; third cousin once removed ofBenjaminLincoln,Oran Gray Otis,DayOtis Kellogg,DwightKellogg,Asa H. Otis,John Otis,William ShawChandler Otis,David Perry Otis,Harris F. Otis,James Otis(1826-1875) andHarrison Gray Otis(1837-1917); third cousin twice removed ofCharles Augustus Otis, Sr.,George Lorenzo Otis,JohnGrant Otis,Norton Prentiss Otis,Lauren Ford Otis andCharles Eugene Otis; fourth cousin ofChillusDoty; fourth cousin once removed ofJamesDuane Doty,GeorgeBailey Loring andAbrahamLansing. | | | | Political families:Otis#1 family of Boston, Massachusetts;Otis#2 family (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | ThetownofHarrison,Maine, isnamed forhim. | | | | Politician named for him:HarrisonGray Otis Blake | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Otis, Harrison Gray(1837-1917) —of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.; Santa Barbara,SantaBarbara County, Calif.; Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born inWashingtonCounty, Ohio,February10, 1837.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky,1860;colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War;newspaperpublisher; alternate delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom California,1892;general in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War.Died, from arupture of theheart, in Hollywood, Los Angeles,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,July 30,1917 (age80 years, 170days).Interment atHollywoodForever Cemetery, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Calif. | | Otis, Henry Dalton — ofWayneCounty, Mich.Democrat. Candidate forMichiganstate house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,1950.Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. | | Otis, Hugh — of Hackensack,BergenCounty, N.J.Independent candidate formayorof Hackensack, N.J., 1930.Burial location unknown. | | Otis, James (1826-1875) — ofSanFrancisco, Calif.Born in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,August11, 1826.Republican.Wentto California for the 1849 Gold Rush;importerand exporter; Republican Presidential Elector for California,1860;delegate to Republican National Convention from California,1872(delegation chair);mayorof San Francisco, Calif., 1873-75; died in office 1875.Unitarian.Died, ofdiphtheria,inSanFrancisco, Calif.,October30, 1875 (age49 years, 80days).Original interment atLaurelHill Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;reinterment atCypressLawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif. | | Otis, James (1836-1898) — of New York. Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October12, 1836.Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; candidateforU.S.Representative from New York 1st District, 1878; member ofNew Yorkstate senate 1st District, 1884-85.Member,UnionLeague.Died, fromcongestion ofthe lungs, in Bellport,SuffolkCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,July 22,1898 (age61 years, 283days).Burial location unknown. | | Otis, James E. — of Tuckerton,OceanCounty, N.J.Born in Connecticut. Republican.U.S.Collector of Customs at Tuckerton, N.J., New Jersey, 1891.Burial location unknown. | | Otis, Joe — of Mishawaka,St. JosephCounty, Ind.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana,1944.Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. | | Otis, John (1801-1857) — of Hallowell,KennebecCounty, Maine.Born in Maine,1801.Lawyer;member of Maine state legislature, 1840;U.S.Representative from Maine 3rd District, 1849-51.DiedAugust17, 1857 (ageabout 56years).Interment atHallowellCemetery, Hallowell, Maine.| | Relatives: Sonof Oliver Otis and Elizabeth (Stanchfield) Otis; married1831 toHarriet Frances Vaughn; married,August21, 1848, to Ellen Grant; second cousin twice removed ofSamuel Allyne Otis; third cousin ofWilliam Shaw Chandler Otis,Harris F. Otis andJamesOtis; third cousin once removed ofHarrisonGray Otis (1765-1848),Charles AugustusOtis, Sr.,George Lorenzo Otis,John Grant Otis andCharles Eugene Otis; fourth cousin ofOran Gray Otis,Asa H.Otis,David Perry Otis andHarrison Gray Otis (1837-1917). | | | | Political families:Otis#1 family of Boston, Massachusetts;Otis#2 family (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage |
| | Otis, John — Labor candidate for Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania,1928.Burial location unknown. | | Otis, John C. — ofHamiltonCounty, Ohio.Democrat. Member ofOhiostate house of representatives from Hamilton County; elected 1897.Burial location unknown. | | Otis, John E. — of West New York,HudsonCounty, N.J.Mayorof West New York, N.J., 1898-1902.Burial location unknown. | | Otis, John E., Jr. — of West New York,HudsonCounty, N.J.Mayorof West New York, N.J., 1949-54.Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. | | Otis, John F. — of Oswego,OswegoCounty, N.Y.Democrat.Mayor ofOswego, N.Y., 1932-33; defeated, 1937;chair ofOswego County Democratic Party, 1941-42; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from New York,1944,1948(alternate).Burial location unknown. | | Otis, John Grant(1838-1916) —of Topeka,ShawneeCounty, Kan.Born in Danby,RutlandCounty, Vt.,1838.U.S.Representative from Kansas 4th District, 1891-93.Died in1916(ageabout78 years).Interment atTopekaCemetery, Topeka, Kan. | | Otis, John H. — Member ofNew Yorkstate senate 8th District, 1852-53.Burial location unknown. | | Otis, John L. — of Leeds, Northampton,HampshireCounty, Mass.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention fromMassachusetts,1892.Burial location unknown. | | Otis, Joseph (1725-1810) — also known as"Brigadier Otis" — of Barnstable,BarnstableCounty, Mass.Born in Barnstable,BarnstableCounty, Mass.,March 6,1725.U.S.Collector of Customs at Barnstable, Mass., Massachusetts,1789-1810.Died in Barnstable,BarnstableCounty, Mass.,September21, 1810 (age85 years, 199days).Interment atWest Barnstable Cemetery, West Barnstable, Barnstable, Mass. | | Otis, L. P. — of Illinois. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention fromIllinois,1868.Burial location unknown. | | Otis, Lauren Ford(1842-1917) —also known asLauren F. Otis — ofAlleganCounty, Mich.Born near Syracuse,OnondagaCounty, N.Y.,September10, 1842.Republican.Dry goodsmerchant;fruitgrower;member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Allegan County 1st District,1895-98.Died, ofapoplexy,November19, 1917 (age75 years, 70days).Burial location unknown. | | Otis, M. E.SeeMerrill E. Otis | | Otis, Merrill E.(1884-1944) —also known asM. E. Otis — Born inNodawayCounty, Mo.,July 7,1884.Republican. Candidate forU.S.Representative from Missouri 4th District, 1914;U.S.District Judge for the Western District of Missouri, 1925-44;died in office 1944.DiedDecember23, 1944 (age60 years, 169days).Burial location unknown. | | Otis, Michael J. — of Fulton,OswegoCounty, N.Y.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,1980.Still living as of 1980. | | Otis, Nathaniel — of Newport,NewportCounty, R.I.Postmaster atNewport,R.I., 1775-76.Burial location unknown. | | Otis, Norton Prentiss(1840-1905) —also known asNorton P. Otis — of Yonkers,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.Born in Halifax,WindhamCounty, Vt.,March18, 1840.Republican.Mayorof Yonkers, N.Y., 1880-82; defeated, 1886; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Westchester County 1st District, 1884;U.S.Representative from New York 19th District, 1903-05; defeated,1900; died in office 1905.Died in Yonkers,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,February20, 1905 (age64 years, 339days).Interment atOaklandCemetery, Hudson Terrace, N.Y. | | Otis, Oliver — of Rockland,KnoxCounty, Maine.Democrat. Candidate formayorof Rockland, Maine, 1905.Burial location unknown. | | Otis, Oran Gray(1795-1836) —of Ballston Spa,SaratogaCounty, N.Y.BornDecember5, 1795.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Saratoga County, 1831-32.Died, ofapoplexy,in Hartford,HartfordCounty, Conn.,June 28,1836 (age40 years, 206days).Burial location unknown. | | Otis, Ralph Chester (b.1870) —also known asRalph C. Otis — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,March 8,1870.Republican.Banker;alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois,1916.Interment atOakWoods Cemetery, Chicago, Ill. | | Otis, Ralph E. — of Pittsfield,BerkshireCounty, Mass.Member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1920; candidate formayorof Pittsfield, Mass., 1939.Burial location unknown. | | Otis, Samuel Allyne(1740-1814) —of Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.Born in Barnstable,BarnstableCounty, Mass.,November24, 1740.Merchant;member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1776-85;Speaker ofthe Massachusetts State House of Representatives, 1784-85;delegateto Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1780;Delegateto Continental Congress from Massachusetts, 1787-88; Secretary ofthe United States Senate, 1789-1814.Died inWashington,D.C.,April22, 1814 (age73 years, 149days).Interment atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C.| | Relatives: Sonof James Otis (1702-1778) and Mary (Allyne) Otis; brother ofJoseph Otis; married,December31, 1764, to Elizabeth Gray; married,March28, 1782, to Mary (Smith) Gray; father ofHarrison Gray Otis (1765-1848);great-grandfather ofJames Otis (1836-1898);third great-grandfather ofRobertHelyer Thayer; first cousin twice removed ofNathanielFreeman Jr.; first cousin thrice removed ofBenjaminFessenden andCharlesBackus Hyde Fessenden; first cousin four times removed ofAlbertClinton Griswold; second cousin once removed ofAsahel Otis; second cousin twice removed ofOran Gray Otis,DayOtis Kellogg,Asa H. Otis,DwightKellogg,John Otis,William Shaw Chandler Otis,David Perry Otis,HarrisF. Otis,James Otis (1826-1875) andHarrison Gray Otis (1837-1917); second cousinthrice removed ofCharles Augustus Otis,Sr.,George Lorenzo Otis,John Grant Otis,NortonPrentiss Otis,Lauren Ford Otis andCharles Eugene Otis; second cousin four timesremoved ofRalph Chester Otis; third cousinofBenjaminLincoln; third cousin once removed ofChillusDoty; third cousin twice removed ofJamesDuane Doty,GeorgeBailey Loring andAbrahamLansing; third cousin thrice removed ofCharlesDoty. | | | | Political families:Otis#1 family of Boston, Massachusetts;Otis#2 family (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Otis, Samuel D. — of Meriden,New HavenCounty, Conn.Populist candidate formayorof Meriden, Conn., 1892.Burial location unknown. | | Otis, Samuel G. — of Hallowell,KennebecCounty, Maine.Democrat.Mayorof Hallowell, Maine, 1914-15.Burial location unknown. | | Otis, Sara E. — of Concord,MerrimackCounty, N.H.Republican.Delegateto New Hampshire state constitutional convention from Concord 4thWard, 1948; electedNewHampshire state senate 15th District 1948.Female.Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. | | Otis, Steve — of Rye,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.Mayor ofRye, N.Y., 1998-2010.Still living as of 2010. | | Otis, Thomas — of Barnstable,BarnstableCounty, Mass.Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention fromMassachusetts,1920,1924.Burial location unknown. | | Otis, Waldemier — of Ohio. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio,1876.Burial location unknown. | | Otis, William Shaw Chandler(1807-c.1887) —also known asWilliam S. C. Otis — ofSummitCounty, Ohio.Born in Massachusetts,August24, 1807.Lawyer;delegateto Ohio state constitutional convention from Summit County,1850-51.Died about 1887 (ageabout 80years).Burial location unknown.
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