Very incomplete list!in chronological order | |  Adolph Abeles (1817-1855) — ofSt.Louis, Mo.Born in Petchau, Bohemia (nowCzechia),April3, 1817.Merchant;member ofMissouristate house of representatives; elected 1850.Jewish.On the inaugural run of the Pacific Railroad, from St. Louis toJefferson City, Mo., he wasdrownedwhen the bridge over the Gasconade Rivercollapsed, sendingthetrain intothe water, near Hermann,GasconadeCounty, Mo.,November1, 1855 (age38 years, 212days).Interment atBellefontaineCemetery, St. Louis, Mo. | | Charles Adams (1845-1895) — also known asKarl Adam Schwanbeck — of Colorado Springs,El PasoCounty, Colo.; Manitou Springs,El PasoCounty, Colo.Born in Pomerania,Germany,December19, 1845.Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Minister toBolivia, 1880-82.Member,Freemasons.Killed in the disaster at the GumryHotel,when aboilerexplosion caused most of the building tocollapse andburn,killing 22 people, inDenver,Colo.,August19, 1895 (age49 years, 243days).Interment atCrystal Valley Cemetery, Manitou Springs, Colo. | | Joseph Henry Peirce (1870-1908) — also known asJoseph H. Peirce — Born in Messina, Sicily,Italy,November6, 1870.U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul inMessina, 1900-06;newspapercorrespondent.He and his family were among about 80,000 people killed during anearthquakeandtsunami,specifically, when his housecollapsed, in Messina, Sicily,Italy,December28, 1908 (age38 years, 52days).Burial location unknown. | | Arthur Sanford Cheney (1869-1908) — also known asArthur S. Cheney — of Connecticut. Born in Joliet,WillCounty, Ill.,October4, 1869.Physician;U.S. Vice Consul inReichenberg, 1906-07; U.S. Consul inMessina, 1907-08, died in office 1908.He and his wife were among about 80,000 people killed during theMessinaEarthquake,specifically, when the U.S. consulate buildingcollapsed, inMessina, Sicily,Italy,December28, 1908 (age39 years, 85days).Interment atEvergreenCemetery, New Haven, Conn.| |  Relatives: Sonof Benjamin Hicks Cheney and Sarah (Austin) Cheney; married1895 to LauraA. Pfeiffer. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
 | Andrew Jackson Barchfeld (1863-1922) — also known asAndrew J. Barchfeld — of Pittsburgh,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.Born in Pittsburgh,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.,May 18,1863.Republican.Physician;president, South SideHospital;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 32nd District, 1905-17;defeated, 1902.Germanancestry. Member,American MedicalAssociation.One of 98 killed whenheavysnow caused aroof collapse at the KnickerbockerTheater,Washington,D.C.,January28, 1922 (age58 years, 255days).Interment atSouthSide Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa. | | Max David Kirjassoff (1888-1923) — also known asMax D. Kirjassoff — of Waterbury,New HavenCounty, Conn.Born in St. Petersburg,Russia,March2, 1888.U.S. Vice Consul inYokohama, as of 1916; U.S. Consul inTaihoku, as of 1917-19;Dairen, as of 1921; U.S. Consul General inYokohama, 1922-23, died in office 1923.Jewish.One of more than 100,000 people killed during the Great KantoEarthquake,probably in thecollapse of the consulate building or thefire thatfollowed, in Yokohama,Japan,September1, 1923 (age35 years, 183days).Interment atNegishi Foreign Cemetery, Yokohama, Japan. | | Paul E. Jenks (c.1863-1923) — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born about 1863. U.S. Vice Consul inYokohama, 1917-23, died in office 1923.One of more than 100,000 people killed during the Great KantoEarthquake,probably in thecollapse of the consulate building or thefire thatfollowed, in Yokohama,Japan,September1, 1923 (ageabout 60years).Burial location unknown. | | Jasper Baxter (1957-2001) — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,January28, 1957.Democrat. Candidate forPennsylvaniastate house of representatives 186th District, 1986.Africanancestry.Was conducting a seminar on the 93rd floor of 2 World Trade Center,when an airliner hijacked by terrorists wasdeliberatelycrashedinto the building, causing anexplosion,fire,andcollapse of the structure, killing almost 3,000, inManhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,September11, 2001 (age44 years, 226days).Cenotaph atNational September 11 Memorial, Manhattan, N.Y. | | Peter Adolf Augustus Berle (1937-2007) — also known asPeter A. A. Berle — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,December8, 1937.Democrat.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Air Force during the Vietnam War; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly, 1969-74 (64th District 1969-72, 68th District1973-74); delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,1972;New York State Commissioner of Environmental Conservation, 1976-78;president, National Audubon Society, 1985-95.Member,AudubonSociety.Injured in thecollapse of a barn roof, and died a few weekslater at BerkshireMedicalCenter, Pittsfield,BerkshireCounty, Mass.,November1, 2007 (age69 years, 328days).Interment atMuddy Brook Cemetery, Great Barrington, Mass.; cenotaph atSt. Paul's Episcopal Church Memorial Garden, Stockbridge, Mass.
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