Very incomplete list!in chronological order | |  Thomas Lynch Jr. (1749-1779) — of South Carolina. Born in South Carolina,August5, 1749.Member of South Carolina state legislature, 1776;Delegateto Continental Congress from South Carolina, 1776;signer,Declaration of Independence, 1776.While on anocean voyage to France, waslost atsea, in theNorthAtlantic Ocean,1779(ageabout29 years). His remains werenotrecovered.Memorial monument atConstitution Gardens, Washington, D.C. | | Samuel Holden Parsons (1737-1789) — Born in Lyme,New LondonCounty, Conn.,May 14,1737.Lawyer;member ofConnecticutcolonial assembly, 1762-74; general in the Continental Armyduring the Revolutionary War; member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives, 1784-85;justice ofNorthwest Territory supreme court, 1788-89.Drownedin acanoe accident, near Marietta,WashingtonCounty, Ohio,November17, 1789 (age52 years, 187days).Cenotaph atMortimerCemetery, Middletown, Conn. | | Josiah Stoddard Johnston (1784-1833) — also known asJosiah S. Johnston — of Alexandria,RapidesParish, La.Born in Salisbury,LitchfieldCounty, Conn.,November24, 1784.Democrat. Member ofOrleansterritorial legislature, 1805; state court judge in Louisiana,1812;U.S.Representative from Louisiana at-large, 1821-23;U.S.Senator from Louisiana, 1824-33; died in office 1833.Slaveowner. Killed by anexplosionon thesteamboatLioness, on the Red River, inLouisiana,May 19,1833 (age48 years, 176days).Interment atRapidesCemetery, Pineville, La.; cenotaph atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C. | | George L. Kinnard (1803-1836) — of Indiana. Born in Pennsylvania,1803.Democrat. Member ofIndianastate house of representatives, 1827;U.S.Representative from Indiana 6th District, 1833-36; died in office1836.Died from injuries received in anexplosionon thesteamerFlora on the Ohio River,November26, 1836 (ageabout 33years).Interment atPresbyterianBurying Ground, Cincinnati, Ohio; cenotaph atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C. | | Oliver Hillhouse Prince (1782-1837) — also known asOliver H. Prince — of Macon,BibbCounty, Ga.Born in Montville,New LondonCounty, Conn.,1782.Member ofGeorgiastate senate, 1824;U.S.Senator from Georgia, 1828-29.Perishedin thewreck of the packet shipHome, in theNorthAtlantic Ocean off Ocracoke Inlet, N.C.,October9, 1837 (ageabout 55years); his remains wereneverrecovered. | | William Beatty Rochester (1789-1838) — also known asWilliam B. Rochester — of Bath,SteubenCounty, N.Y.Born in Hagerstown,WashingtonCounty, Md.,January29, 1789.Democrat. Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Allegany and Steuben counties, 1816-18;U.S.Representative from New York, 1821-23 (20th District 1821-23,28th District 1823); candidate forGovernor ofNew York, 1826.One of 128 people whoperishedon the the steam packet shipPulaski, en route from Charlestonto Baltimore, when it suffered aboilerexplosion andsank in theNorthAtlantic Ocean off the coast of North Carolina,June 14,1838 (age49 years, 136days); his remains wereneverrecovered. | | John Adams Cameron (1788-1838) — also known asJohn A. Cameron — of Fayetteville,CumberlandCounty, N.C.; Florida.Born inMecklenburgCounty, Va.,1788.Newspapereditor; member ofNorthCarolina house of commons from Fayetteville, 1810-12, 1820; majorin the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; U.S. Consul inVeracruz, 1831-32;U.S.District Judge for Florida, 1832-38.Member,Freemasons.Perishedin thewreck of the steamerPulaski, off the coast ofNorth Carolina, in theNorthAtlantic Ocean,June 14,1838 (ageabout 49years). His remains wereprobablynot recovered. | | Douglass Houghton (1809-1845) — of Michigan. Born in Troy,RensselaerCounty, N.Y.,September21, 1809.Geologist;mayorof Detroit, Mich., 1842.Drownedwith four others, when asuddenstormoverturned their boat, at Eagle Harbor,KeweenawCounty, Mich.,October13, 1845 (age36 years, 22days).Interment atElmwoodCemetery, Detroit, Mich.  | Stephen Allen (1767-1852) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.BornJuly 2,1767.Mayorof New York City, N.Y., 1821-24; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County, 1826; member ofNew Yorkstate senate 1st District, 1829-32.Killed when thesteamboatHenry Clayburned andsank,killing about eighty passengers, in theLowerHudson River, next to what is now the Riverdale section of theBronx,July 28,1852 (age85 years, 26days).Entombed atNewYork City Marble Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y. | | | Alexander Anderson (c.1812-1855) — of California. Born about 1812. Member ofCaliforniastate senate, 1852;justice ofCalifornia state supreme court, 1852-53.Killed by theexplosionof theriver steamerPearl,January27, 1855 (ageabout 43years).Burial location unknown. | | John B. Macy (1799-1856) — of Fond du Lac,Fond duLac County, Wis.Born in Nantucket,NantucketCounty, Mass.,March25, 1799.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Wisconsin 3rd District, 1853-55.Lost his life in theburning andsinkingof thesteamerNiagara, a few miles from PortWashington, Wisconsin, inLakeMichigan,September24, 1856 (age57 years, 183days). His remains werenotfound.Cenotaph atForestLawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y. | | Stephen Clarendon Phillips (1801-1857) — also known asStephen C. Phillips — of Massachusetts. Born in Salem,EssexCounty, Mass.,November4, 1801.Member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1824-29; member ofMassachusettsstate senate, 1830;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts 2nd District, 1834-38;mayor ofSalem, Mass., 1838-42; Free Soil candidate forGovernor ofMassachusetts, 1848, 1849.He was among 253 passengers and crew who perished in theburning ofthesteamshipMontreal, on the St. Lawrence River, nearQuebec City,Quebec,June26, 1857 (age55 years, 234days). His remains wereneverrecovered.Cenotaph atHarmonyGrove Cemetery, Salem, Mass. | | James Hamilton Jr. (1786-1857) — of Charleston, Charleston District (nowCharlestonCounty), S.C.Born in Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.,May 8,1786.Major in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;lawyer;intendantof Charleston, South Carolina, 1821-22; member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives, 1820;U.S.Representative from South Carolina 2nd District, 1822-29;Governor ofSouth Carolina, 1830-32.Slaveowner. While en route from New Orleans to Galveston, through somemishap, wasdrownedin theGulf ofMexico,November15, 1857 (age71 years, 191days). His remains were probablyneverfound. | | Rufus Wheeler Peckham (1809-1873) — also known asRufus W. Peckham — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in Rensselaerville,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,December20, 1809.Democrat.Lawyer; lawpartner ofLymanTremain;U.S.Representative from New York 14th District, 1853-55;Justice ofNew York Supreme Court, 1861-69;judge ofNew York Court of Appeals, 1870-73; died in office 1873.Member,KappaAlpha Society.En route to Europe on the steamerVille du Havre, he was among226 passengers and crew whoperishedwhen the steamercollided with the Scottish sailing vesselLoch Earn, andsank, in theNorthAtlantic Ocean,November22, 1873 (age63 years, 337days). His remains wereneverfound.Cenotaph atAlbanyRural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y. | | Kirkland C. Barker (1819-1875) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in East Schuyler,HerkimerCounty, N.Y.,September8, 1819.Mayorof Detroit, Mich., 1864-65.Drowned,when the sailboat in which he was transporting ballast-lead to hisyachtCora suddenlysank, in the Detroit River nearAmherstburg,Ontario,May20, 1875 (age55 years, 254days).Interment atElmwoodCemetery, Detroit, Mich. | | Joseph I. Stein (d. 1880) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County 20th District, 1877.Jewish. Member,Freemasons;OddFellows.One of dozens killed in thewreck of the steamboatSeawanhaka, whichburned andsankin theEastRiver,June 28,1880.Interment atLindenHill Cemetery, Ridgewood, Queens, N.Y. | | Hiland R. Hulburd (1829-1880) — of Great Neck, Queens County (nowNassauCounty), Long Island, N.Y.Born in Ohio,1829.Lawyer;U.S. Comptroller of the Currency, 1867-72.One of dozens killed in thewreck of the steamboatSeawanhaka, whichburned andsankin theEastRiver,June 29,1880 (ageabout 50years).Interment atOakDale Cemetery, Urbana, Ohio. | | Oscar Anthony Iasigi (1846-1884) — also known asOscar Iasigi — of Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.Born in Cambridge,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.,October18, 1846.Importerand exporter; treasurer, Vassalborowoolen mills;Vice-Consulfor Turkey inBoston,Mass., 1871-77;Consul-Generalfor Turkey inBoston,Mass., 1877-84.ArmenianandFrenchancestry.Perishedin thewreck of the steamshipSS City of Columbus,which hit a reef and sank, inVineyardSound,January18, 1884 (age37 years, 92days).Interment atMt.Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass. | | A. C. Rand (1832-1885) — of Minneapolis,HennepinCounty, Minn.Born in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,December31, 1832.Republican.Mayorof Minneapolis, Minn., 1878-82.Drownedin aboatexplosionon Lake Minnetonka,July 12,1885 (age52 years, 193days).Burial location unknown. | | Thomas Taylor Minor (1844-1889) — also known asThomas T. Minor — of Port Townsend,JeffersonCounty, Wash.; Seattle,KingCounty, Wash.Born, of American parents, in Manepy, Ceylon (nowSriLanka),February20, 1844.Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;physician;one of the founders of the Seattle, Lake Shore and EasternRailroad;delegate to Republican National Convention from Washington Territory,1880;mayorof Port Townsend, Wash., 1880-83;mayorof Seattle, Wash., 1887-88.Member,Freemasons.Last seen traveling by canoe to Whidbey Island, with others, on aduck hutingtrip, and wasneverheard from again; presumeddrownedin awatercraft accident, inPugetSound,December2, 1889 (age45 years, 285days). His canoe was recovered, but his remains werenotfound.| |  Relatives: Sonof Eastman Strong Minor and Judith (Manchester) Minor; married,August20, 1872, to Sarah Montgomery; grandfather ofThomasMinor Pelly. | | | | Political family:Moriarty-Minorfamily of Seattle, Washington. | | | | The T.T. MinorSchool(built 1890, demolished 1940, rebuilt 1941, closed 2010, renovatedand reopened 2016), inSeattle,Washington, isnamed forhim. — MinorAvenue,inSeattle,Washington, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Rounsevelle Wildman (1864-1901) — of California. Born in Batavia,GeneseeCounty, N.Y.,March19, 1864.U.S. Consul inSingapore, 1889-97; U.S. Consul General inHong Kong, 1897-1901, died in office 1901.En route from Hong Kong to San Francisco on theSS City of Rio deJaneiro, he and his family were among 135 whoperishedwhen the ship struck a reef indensefog, and quicklysank, inSanFrancisco Bay,February22, 1901 (age36 years, 340days); his remains werenotfound. | | Isidor Straus (1845-1912) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Otterberg, Bavaria (nowGermany),February6, 1845.Democrat.U.S.Representative from New York 15th District, 1894-95.Jewish.One of the owners of the R. H. Macy & Co. department store in NewYork.Perishedin thewreck of the steamshipTitanic, in theNorthAtlantic Ocean,April15, 1912 (age67 years, 69days); his body was subsequently recovered.Originally entombed atBethEl Cemetery, Glendale, Queens, N.Y.; later interred atWoodlawnCemetery, Bronx, N.Y.; memorial monument atStrausPark, Manhattan, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Lazarus Straus and Sara (Straus) Straus; brother ofOscarSolomon Straus; married,July 12,1871, to Ida Blum; father ofJesseIsidor Straus; uncle ofNathanStraus Jr.; grandfather of Evelyn Straus Weil (who marriedGeorgeBacker) andStuartScheftel; granduncle ofRonaldPeter Straus. | | | | Political family:Straus-Morgenthau-Lehman-Vanderbiltfamily of New York City, New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Straus Hall (built 1926), a dormitory atHarvardUniversity,Cambridge,Massachusetts, isnamed forhim and his wife. — StrausPark(established 1895 as Schuyler Square; renamed 1907 as BloomingdaleSquare; renamed 1915 as Straus Park), at Broadway and West End Avenuein Morningside Heights,Manhattan,New York, isnamed forhim and his wife. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about Isidor Straus: June HallMcCash,ATitanic Love Story: Ida and Isidor Straus |
| | Robert Ney McNeely (1883-1915) — also known asRobert McNeely — of Monroe,UnionCounty, N.C.Born inUnionCounty, N.C.,November12, 1883.Lawyer;member ofNorthCarolina state house of representatives, 1909-10; U.S. Consul inAden, 1915, died in office 1915.While en route to Aden as a passenger on the British linerPersia, he was one of 385 passengers and crew whoperishedwhen the ship was hit by aGermantorpedo, andsank, in theMediterraneanSea,December20, 1915 (age32 years, 38days). His body was apparentlynotrecovered. | | Alfred Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1873-1918) — also known asAlfred L. M. Gottschalk — Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,February8, 1873.Newspapercorrespondent;sugargrower;U.S. Consul inCallao, 1903-05; U.S. Consul General inCallao, 1905-06;Mexico City, 1906-08;, 1908-11;Rio de Janeiro, 1916-18, died in office 1918.Member,DeltaKappa Epsilon.While en route from Bahia, Brazil to Baltimore on the U.S. Navy shipCyclops, duringWorldWar I, he was one of 306 sailors and passengers whoperishedwhen the shipsank, in theNorthAtlantic Ocean, March,1918(age45years, 0 days). The wreckage wasneverfound.| | Relatives: Sonof L. G. Gottschalk and Louise de L. (Boucher)Gottschalk. |
| | John Fraser Pugh (1876-1918) — also known asJohn F. Pugh — ofJuneau,Alaska.Born inJeffersonCounty, Wash.,December25, 1876.Democrat.U.S.Collector of Customs at Juneau, Alaska, Alaska, 1914-18; died inoffice 1918.Was a passenger on theSS Princess Sophia, en route fromSkagway to Juneau, which grounded on Vanderbilt Reef in astorm,and ultimately was damaged andsank,drowningall passengers and crew (more than 340), in Lynn Canal,InsidePassage,October25, 1918 (age41 years, 304days).Interment atEvergreenCemetery, Juneau, Alaska.  | George W. Borowitz (1870-1938) — of Wausau,MarathonCounty, Wis.Born inGermany,December7, 1870.Tailor;mayorof Wausau, Wis., 1935-38.Catholic.Member,Knightsof Columbus;CatholicOrder of Foresters;Eagles;Elks.While on ahunting andfishing trip, he and three other men from Wausau (N. P. Beck,Herman Belter, and J. William Delaney)drownedwhen theirboat capsized, in Island Lake,VilasCounty, Wis.,November12, 1938 (age67 years, 340days). The overturned boat was found two days later; the bodieswere recovered from the lake the following April.Interment atSt. Joseph's Catholic Cemetery, Wausau, Wis.| | Relatives: Sonof Michael Borowitz and Hulda (Lambs) Borowitz; married,January20, 1899, to Josephine Kroupa. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Appleton (Wis.)Post-Crescent, November 14, 1938 |
| | John W. Speakman (1900-1942) — of Danville,VermilionCounty, Ill.Born inVermilionCounty, Ill.,March 5,1900.Republican.Lawyer;member ofIllinoisstate house of representatives; elected 1936, 1938; member ofIllinoisstate senate 22nd District; elected 1940.Member,Freemasons.Drownedwhen hisboat capsized,June 7,1942 (age42 years, 94days).Interment atSpringHill Cemetery, Danville, Ill. | | Carl Frederick Zeidler (1908-1942) — also known asCarl Zeidler;"Singing Mayor";"Boy Mayor" —of Milwaukee,MilwaukeeCounty, Wis.Born in Milwaukee,MilwaukeeCounty, Wis.,January4, 1908.Mayorof Milwaukee, Wis., 1940-42; resigned 1942; served in the U.S.Navy during World War II.Killedwhen the munitionsshipLa Salle was struck bytorpedos,exploded,andsank,about 350 miles southeast of the Cape of Good Hope, in theIndianOcean,November7, 1942 (age34 years, 307days); his remains wereneverfound.Cenotaph atForestHome Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wis. | | Albert Denis Cash (1897-1952) — also known asAlbert D. Cash — of Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio.Born in Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio,August21, 1897.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;lawyer;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio,1940;mayorof Cincinnati, Ohio, 1948-51.Catholic.Wasfishingwhen afreakstormoverturned his boat anddrownedhim, on Torch Lake,AntrimCounty, Mich.,August2, 1952 (age54 years, 347days).Burial location unknown. | | Stanley Jarolin (c.1933-2000) — Born about 1933. Democrat.Plumbingand heating contractor; member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives, 1983-98; defeated in primary,1998.Whilefishingwith a friend, theirboat capsized; he made it to shore butdied soon after from aheartattack, inLuzerneCounty, Pa.,May 13,2000 (ageabout 67years).Burial location unknown.
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