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 anoceanvoyage to France, waslost at sea, 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.Drowned in acanoeaccident, near Marietta,WashingtonCounty, Ohio,November17, 1789 (age52 years, 187days).Cenotaph atMortimerCemetery, Middletown, Conn. | | Moses Cockrell (1767-1800) — ofLeeCounty, Va.Born inAugustaCounty, Va.,1767.Member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1799-1800.Dreamed one night that there was a white otter down in his salt well;in the morning, he had himself lowered into the well in a basket; thebasket broke, and hefell tohis death, or perhapsdrowned, inLeeCounty, Va.,1800(ageabout33 years).Intermentsomewhere in Lee County, Va. | | Nathaniel Williams Jr. (1742-1805) — ofGuilfordCounty, N.C.Born inHanoverCounty, Va.,October1, 1742.Lawyer;planter;delegateto North Carolina provincial congress, 1775.Accidentallydrowned while trying to ford a swollen stream, inRockinghamCounty, N.C.,January25, 1805 (age62 years, 116days).Burial location unknown. | | Thomas Sandford (1762-1808) — of Kentucky. Born inWestmorelandCounty, Va.,1762.Democrat. Member ofKentuckystate senate, 1800; member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1802;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 4th District, 1803-07.Slaveowner.Drowned in the Ohio River near Covington,KentonCounty, Ky.,December10, 1808 (ageabout 46years).Interment atHighlandCemetery, Fort Mitchell, Ky. | | James Carr (1777-1818) — of Massachusetts. Born in Bangor,PenobscotCounty, Maine,September9, 1777.Member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1806-11;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts 17th District, 1815-17.Drowned in the Ohio River, at Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,August24, 1818 (age40 years, 349days). His body was apparentlynotrecovered.Cenotaph atMt.Hope Cemetery, Bangor, Maine. | | Morris Birkbeck (1764-1825) — also known asJonathan Freeman — ofEdwardsCounty, Ill.Born in Settle, Yorkshire,England,January23, 1764.Secretaryof state of Illinois, 1824-25.Anti-slaverywriterunder the pseudonym "Jonathan Freeman".While returning onhorsebackfrom a visit toRobertOwen, hedrowned while fording the Fox River,EdwardsCounty, Ill.,June 4,1825 (age61 years, 132days).Interment atNewHarmony Cemetery, New Harmony, Ind.; memorial monument atCourthouseGrounds, Albion, Ill.  | George Washington Adams (1801-1829) — of Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.Born in Berlin,Germany,April12, 1801.Lawyer;member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1826-27.En route to New York City aboard theBenjamin Franklin, heapparentlykilledhimself by jumping from the ship anddrowning, inLong IslandSound,June 9,1829 (age28 years, 58days). His body washed ashore a few days later.Interment atHancockCemetery, Quincy, Mass. | | Abner Hammond (1762-1829) — of Georgia. Born in Virginia,January25, 1762.Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;secretaryof state of Georgia, 1811-23.Drowned, in Fishing Creek, near Milledgeville,BaldwinCounty, Ga.,July 9,1829 (age67 years, 165days).Original interment ataprivate or family graveyard, Baldwin County, Ga.; reinterment atMemoryHill Cemetery, Milledgeville, Ga. | | Charles Clement Johnston (1795-1832) — of Virginia. Born in Longwood,PrinceEdward County, Va.,April30, 1795.U.S.Representative from Virginia 22nd District, 1831-32; died inoffice 1832.Drowned near one of the docks inAlexandria,Va.,June 17,1832 (age37 years, 48days).Interment atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C. | | Robert M. Coleman (1799-1837) — also known asR. M. Coleman — of Texas. Born in Kentucky,1799.Delegateto Texas Consultation of 1835 from District of Mina, 1835;delegateto Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention fromDistrict of Mina, 1836;signer,Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836.Drowned in the Brazos River at Velasco,BrazoriaCounty, Tex.,July 1,1837 (ageabout 38years).Burial location unknown. | | 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.Perished in thewreck of thepacket shipHome, in theNorthAtlantic Ocean off Ocracoke Inlet, N.C.,October9, 1837 (ageabout 55years); his remains wereneverrecovered. | | James Collinsworth (1806-1838) — Born in Tennessee,1806.U.S.Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, 1829-35; servedin the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence;delegateto Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention fromDistrict of Brazoria, 1836;signer,Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836;TexasRepublic Secretary of State, 1836;AttorneyGeneral of the Texas Republic, 1836; member ofTexasRepublic Senate from District of Brazoria, 1836;justice ofTexas Republic supreme court, 1837.Member,Freemasons.While acandidatefor the presidency of the Texas Republic,jumpedoff a boat anddrowned inGalvestonBay,1838(ageabout32 years).Interment atFoundersMemorial Park, Houston, Tex. | | 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 whoperished on the the steam packet shipPulaski, en route from Charleston to Baltimore, when itsuffered 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.Perished in thewreck of thesteamerPulaski, off the coast of North Carolina, in theNorthAtlantic Ocean,June 14,1838 (ageabout 49years). His remains wereprobablynot recovered. | | Linn Banks (1784-1842) — of Virginia. Born in Culpeper County (part now inMadisonCounty), Va.,January23, 1784.Democrat. Member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1812-38;Speaker ofthe Virginia State House of Delegates, 1817-38;U.S.Representative from Virginia, 1838-41 (15th District 1838-39, 1stDistrict 1839-41, 13th District 1841).Slaveowner. Accidentallydrowned while attempting to ford the ConwayRiver, near Wolftown,MadisonCounty, Va.,January13, 1842 (age57 years, 355days).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Madison County, Va. | | John W. Burchard (d. 1844) — of Lansing Township,InghamCounty, Mich.Supervisorof Lansing Township, Michigan, 1844; died in office 1844.Drowned, in Lansing Township,InghamCounty, Mich., April,1844.Burial location unknown. | | Douglass Houghton (1809-1845) — of Michigan. Born in Troy,RensselaerCounty, N.Y.,September21, 1809.Geologist;mayorof Detroit, Mich., 1842.Drowned with four others, when asuddenstormoverturnedtheir 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. | | | 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 wasdrowned when the bridge over theGasconade Rivercollapsed,sending thetrain intothe water, near Hermann,GasconadeCounty, Mo.,November1, 1855 (age38 years, 212days).Interment atBellefontaineCemetery, St. Louis, Mo. | | 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 andsinking of thesteamerNiagara, a few miles from Port Washington, Wisconsin, inLakeMichigan,September24, 1856 (age57 years, 183days). His remains werenotfound.Cenotaph atForestLawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y. | | 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, wasdrowned in theGulf ofMexico,November15, 1857 (age71 years, 191days). His remains were probablyneverfound. | | Esbon Blackmar (1805-1857) — ofWayneCounty, N.Y.Born in Freehold,GreeneCounty, N.Y.,June 19,1805.Merchant;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Wayne County, 1838, 1841;U.S.Representative from New York 27th District, 1848-49.Accidentallydrowned in a well, in Newark,WayneCounty, N.Y.,November19, 1857 (age52 years, 153days).Interment atNewarkCemetery, Newark, N.Y. | | Louis Powell Harvey (1820-1862) — also known asLouis P. Harvey — of Shopiere,RockCounty, Wis.Born in East Haddam,MiddlesexCounty, Conn.,July 22,1820.Republican.Delegateto Wisconsin state constitutional convention, 1847; member ofWisconsinstate senate, 1854-58; delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom Wisconsin,1856(member,CredentialsCommittee);secretaryof state of Wisconsin, 1860-62;Governor ofWisconsin, 1862; died in office 1862.While on a trip to inspect Wisconsin troops after the battle ofShiloh, during theCivilWar,fell off aboat anddrowned in the Tennessee River, near PittsburgLanding,HardinCounty, Tenn.,April19, 1862 (age41 years, 271days).Interment atForestHill Cemetery, Madison, Wis. | | S. L. Burritt (d. 1865) — ofDuvalCounty, Fla.Electeddelegateto Florida state constitutional convention from Duval County1865, but died before taking office.Lost at sea in1865.Burial location unknown. | | Preston King (1806-1865) — of Ogdensburg,St.Lawrence County, N.Y.Born in Ogdensburg,St.Lawrence County, N.Y.,October14, 1806.Lawyer;postmaster atOgdensburg,N.Y., 1833-41; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from St. Lawrence County, 1835-38;U.S.Representative from New York 18th District, 1843-47, 1849-53;delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,1856(member,PlatformCommittee),1860,1864;U.S.Senator from New York, 1857-63; Republican Presidential Electorfor New York,1864;U.S.Collector of Customs at New York, N.Y., New York, 1865; died inoffice 1865.Member,KappaAlpha Society.Tied bags of lead shot to his body,jumpedfrom the ferryboatPaterson, between New York and Hoboken, anddrowned in theLowerHudson River,November12, 1865 (age59 years, 29days).Interment atOgdensburgCemetery, Ogdensburg, N.Y. | | Thomas Francis Meagher (1823-1867) — of Montana. Born inIreland,August3, 1823.General in the Union Army during the Civil War;secretaryof Montana Territory, 1865;Governorof Montana Territory, 1865-66.Fell from asteamboatinto the Missouri River and presumablydrowned, at FortBenton,ChouteauCounty, Mont.,July 1,1867 (age43 years, 332days). His body wasneverfound.Statue atStateCapitol Grounds, Helena, Mont. | | 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 whoperished when the steamercollidedwith the Scottish sailing vesselLoch Earn, andsank, intheNorthAtlantic Ocean,November22, 1873 (age63 years, 337days). His remains wereneverfound.Cenotaph atAlbanyRural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y. | | Charles Hutchins Doolittle (1816-1874) — also known asCharles H. Doolittle — of Utica,OneidaCounty, N.Y.Born in Herkimer,HerkimerCounty, N.Y.,February19, 1816.Lawyer;mayorof Utica, N.Y., 1853;Justice ofNew York Supreme Court 5th District, 1869-74; died in office 1874.While sailing from New York to Europe on the steamerAbyssinia, he waslostoverboard and presumeddrowned, inNorthAtlantic Ocean,May 21,1874 (age58 years, 91days). His body was not recovered.Cenotaph atForestHill Cemetery, Utica, 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 transportingballast-lead to his yachtCora suddenlysank, inthe Detroit River near Amherstburg,Ontario,May20, 1875 (age55 years, 254days).Interment atElmwoodCemetery, Detroit, Mich. | | Benjamin F. Ferris (c.1806-1876) — also known asB. F. Ferris;H. A. Johnson — of Oakland,AlamedaCounty, Calif.Born in New York, about 1806. Justice of the Peace, 1853 to about 1860;mayorof Oakland, Calif., 1865-66;banker.While traveling under the pseudonym 'H. A. Johnson',aboard thesteamerAmador on the Sacramento River, hekilledhimself bytakingpoison, tying his feet together, and then jumping or fallingoverboard todrown in the river, near Sacramento,SacramentoCounty, Calif.,May 20,1876 (ageabout 70years).Interment atMountainView Cemetery, Oakland, Calif. | | William Tecumsah Avery (1819-1880) — of Tennessee. Born inHardemanCounty, Tenn.,November11, 1819.Democrat. Member ofTennesseestate house of representatives, 1843;U.S.Representative from Tennessee 10th District, 1857-61; colonel inthe Confederate Army during the Civil War.Slaveowner. Accidentallydrowned in Ten Mile Bayou,CrittendenCounty, Ark.,May 22,1880 (age60 years, 193days).Interment atElmwoodCemetery, Memphis, Tenn. | | 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 thesteamboatSeawanhaka, whichburned andsank in 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 thesteamboatSeawanhaka, whichburned andsank in theEastRiver,June 29,1880 (ageabout 50years).Interment atOakDale Cemetery, Urbana, Ohio. | | John W. Dwinelle (1816-1881) — of Oakland,AlamedaCounty, Calif.Born in New York,September7, 1816.Mayorof Oakland, Calif., 1866-67; member ofCaliforniastate assembly 9th District, 1867-69.While trying to board a ferryboat in the dark, hefell intothe water anddrowned, at Port Costa,ContraCosta County, Calif.,January28, 1881 (age64 years, 143days).Burial location unknown. | | Stephen Coburn (1817-1882) — of Skowhegan,SomersetCounty, Maine.Born in Skowhegan,SomersetCounty, Maine,November11, 1817.Republican.U.S.Representative from Maine 5th District, 1861.Drowned in the Kennebec River, at Skowhegan,SomersetCounty, Maine,July 4,1882 (age64 years, 235days).Interment atSouthsideCemetery, Skowhegan, Maine. | | 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.Perished in thewreck of thesteamshipSS 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.Drowned in aboatexplosionon Lake Minnetonka,July 12,1885 (age52 years, 193days).Burial location unknown. | | Andrew Jackson Bryant (1831-1888) — ofSanFrancisco, Calif.Born in Effingham,CarrollCounty, N.H.,October30, 1831.Democrat.Gold miner;wholesaleliquor merchant; importer and dealer in safes and locks;insurancebusiness;mayorof San Francisco, Calif., 1875-79.Jumpedorfellfrom the ferry steamerEncinal, anddrowned inSanFrancisco Bay,May 11,1888 (age56 years, 194days).Original interment atLaurelHill Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;reinterment atCypressLawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif. | | William Terry (1824-1888) — of Virginia. Born in Virginia,August14, 1824.Democrat. General in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;U.S.Representative from Virginia, 1871-73, 1875-77 (8th District1871-73, 9th District 1875-77); delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Virginia,1880(member,Committeeon Permanent Organization).Slaveowner.Drowned while trying to ford Reed Creek, near Wytheville,WytheCounty, Va.,September5, 1888 (age64 years, 22days).Interment atEastEnd Cemetery, Wytheville, Va. | | James Thomas Stocker (1824-1889) — also known asJames T. Stocker — ofSanFrancisco, Calif.; San Rafael,MarinCounty, Calif.; Glenbrook,DouglasCounty, Nev.; Santa Cruz,Santa CruzCounty, Calif.Born inTalbotCounty, Md.,October3, 1824.Carpenter;member ofCaliforniastate assembly 11th District, 1858-59;MarinCounty Sheriff.Drowned, in Tillamook Bay, near Tillamook,TillamookCounty, Ore.,September7, 1889 (age64 years, 339days).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; presumeddrowned in awatercraftaccident, 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 |
| | Robert Ray Hamilton (1851-1890) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,March18, 1851.Republican.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County 11th District, 1881, 1886-89;in July 1889, while staying in Atlantic City, he was caught in anationalscandal,after his wife, Eva, stabbed a nurse; she was arrested and tried; itcame out that Eva wasstillmarried to another man, that she had bought a baby for $10 andtold Hamilton he was the father, to induce him to marry her; whenthis waspublicized,Hamilton sued for divorce; as the case dragged on, he moved toWyoming to help a friend establish ahotel.While on ahuntingtrip, hedrowned while attempting to ford the Snake River,in Uinta County (part now inTetonCounty), Wyo.,August23, 1890 (age39 years, 158days).Original intermentsomewhere in Teton County, Wyo.; reinterment in 1892 atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Schuyler Hamilton and Cornelia (Ray) Hamilton; grandnephew ofJamesAlexander Hamilton; great-grandson ofAlexanderHamilton; great-grandnephew ofPhilipJeremiah Schuyler; second great-grandson ofPhilipJohn Schuyler; second great-grandnephew ofStephenJohn Schuyler,JeremiahVan Rensselaer andRobertVan Rensselaer; third great-grandson ofJohannesSchuyler (1697-1746); fourth great-grandson ofStephanusVan Cortlandt,RobertLivingston the Younger andJohannesSchuyler (1668-1747); fourth great-grandnephew ofJacobusVan Cortlandt; fifth great-grandson ofPieterSchuyler (1657-1724); fifth great-grandnephew ofRobertLivingston the Elder; first cousin twice removed ofPhilipSchuyler; first cousin thrice removed ofPieterSchuyler (1746-1792) andJacobRutsen Van Rensselaer; first cousin four times removed ofStephanusBayard,VolkertPetrus Douw,PierreVan Cortlandt,HendrickKiliaen Van Rensselaer,JamesLivingston andKillianKillian Van Rensselaer; first cousin five times removed ofJohnLivingston,RobertLivingston (1688-1775),GilbertLivingston andPhilipP. Schuyler; first cousin six times removed ofDavidDavidse Schuyler andMyndertDavidtse Schuyler; second cousin twice removed ofHenryWalter Livingston; second cousin thrice removed ofNicholasBayard,RobertR. Livingston (1746-1813),PhilipVan Cortlandt,LeonardGansevoort,LeonardGansevoort Jr.,PierreVan Cortlandt Jr.,EdwardLivingston (1764-1836),PeterRobert Livingston (1766-1847),MaturinLivingston andJamesParker; second cousin four times removed ofRobertLivingston (1708-1790),PeterVan Brugh Livingston,RobertGilbert Livingston,HenryGilbert Livingston,PhilipLivingston,RobertR. Livingston (1718-1775),WilliamLivingston,JamesJay,JohnJay,FrederickJay andPeterSamuel Schuyler; second cousin five times removed ofMatthewClarkson; third cousin once removed ofEdwardLivingston (1796-1840),CortlandtSchuyler Van Rensselaer andJohnEliot Thayer Jr.; third cousin twice removed ofStephenVan Rensselaer,PhilipSchuyler Van Rensselaer,PeterGansevoort,PeterRobert Livingston (1789-1859),GerritSmith,ElizabethCady Stanton andJohnCortlandt Parker; third cousin thrice removed ofPeterRobert Livingston (1737-1794),WalterLivingston,PhilipPeter Livingston,HenryBrockholst Livingston,PeterAugustus Jay andWilliamJay; fourth cousin once removed ofHenryBell Van Rensselaer,JamesAdams Ekin,JohnJacob Astor III,RichardWayne Parker,CharlesWolcott Parker,CharlesLudlow Livingston andBronsonMurray Cutting. | | | | Political family:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Edwards Bobo Murray (1854-1894) — of Anderson,AndersonCounty, S.C.Born in Newberry District (nowNewberryCounty), S.C.,February5, 1854.Democrat.Lawyer;newspapereditor;chair ofAnderson County Democratic Party, 1878-90; member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives from Anderson County,1878-84; involved in a dispute over alcohol prohibition in AndersonCounty, which he supported; on September 15, 1885, in the publicsquare of Anderson, S.C., he wasshotat byJohnBrown Moore, andfiredback, injuring Moore;chargesagainst him were dismissed; member ofSouthCarolina state senate from Anderson County, 1886-90.Baptist.Member,Sons ofTemperance.Drowned while rescuing his daughter in a swimming pond,Anderson,AndersonCounty, S.C.,July 7,1894 (age40 years, 152days).Interment atSilver Brook Cemetery, Anderson, S.C. | | James Henry Platt Jr. (1837-1894) — also known asJames H. Platt, Jr. — ofNorfolk,Va.Born inCanada,July13, 1837.Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War;delegateto Virginia state constitutional convention, 1867;U.S.Representative from Virginia 2nd District, 1869-75.Drowned in Green Lake, near Georgetown,Clear CreekCounty, Colo.,August13, 1894 (age57 years, 31days).Interment atFairmountCemetery, Denver, Colo. | | Charles Daniel Sherwood (1833-1895) — also known asCharles D. Sherwood — of Rushford,FillmoreCounty, Minn.; Sherwood,FranklinCounty, Tenn.Born in New Milford,LitchfieldCounty, Conn.,November18, 1833.Republican.Physician;lawyer;member ofMinnesotastate house of representatives, 1859-61, 1863 (District 91859-60, District 14 1861, 1863);postmaster;LieutenantGovernor of Minnesota, 1864-66.Drowned, reportedly as asuicide,inLakeMichigan, near Chicago, Illinois,July 2,1895 (age61 years, 226days).Interment atMoundGrove Cemetery, Kankakee, Ill. | | 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. | | Otto Phillipp Max Adae (1840-1907) — also known asOtto M. Adae — of Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio; San Diego,San DiegoCounty, Calif.Born in Möckmühl,Germany,September26, 1840.Consulfor Austria-Hungary inCincinnati,Ohio, 1873-77.Germanancestry.Took hisown life bydrowning, inSan DiegoBay,August8, 1907 (age66 years, 316days).Interment atMt.Hope Cemetery, San Diego, Calif.  | Broer Baukes Haagsma (1831-1907) — also known asB. B. Haagsma — ofSt.Louis, Mo.Born in Schraard, Friesland,Netherlands,May16, 1831.Dry goodssalesman;bookkeeper;Consulfor Netherlands inSt.Louis, Mo., 1870-77, 1888-1904.Dutchancestry.Accidentallydrowned in the Mississippi River atSt.Louis, Mo.,August28, 1907 (age76 years, 104days).Interment atValhallaCemetery, Bel-Nor, Mo. | | | 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. | | 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.Perished in thewreck of thesteamshipTitanic, 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 |
| | Solomon Luna (1858-1912) — of Los Lunas,ValenciaCounty, N.M.BornOctober18, 1858.Republican. Member ofRepublicanNational Committee from New Mexico Territory, 1896, 1908;delegate to Republican National Convention from New Mexico Territory,1896(member,ResolutionsCommittee);delegateto New Mexico state constitutional convention, 1910.Reportedlyfell intoa sheep dip vat anddrowned,August29, 1912 (age53 years, 316days).Interment atMt.Calvary Cemetery, Albuquerque, N.M. | | William Walter Wedemeyer (1873-1913) — also known asWilliam W. Wedemeyer — of Ann Arbor,WashtenawCounty, Mich.Born inWashtenawCounty, Mich.,March22, 1873.Republican.Lawyer; lawpartner ofMartinJ. Cavanaugh, from 1896; U.S. Consul inGeorgetown, 1905; member ofMichiganRepublican State Central Committee, 1907;U.S.Representative from Michigan 2nd District, 1911-13; defeated,1912; died in office 1913.Germanancestry. Member,Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners;Knightsof Pythias.Accidentallydrowned in the harbor at Colón,Panama,January2, 1913 (age39 years, 286days); his remains wereneverrecovered. | | Frederick Van Dyne (1861-1915) — Born in Palmyra,WayneCounty, N.Y.,November24, 1861.U.S. Consul inKingston, 1907-09;Lyon, 1915, died in office 1915.While a passenger on the steamshipSant'Anna, en route fromNew York to Naples, hejumpedoverboard and was presumeddrowned, in theNorthAtlantic Ocean,April21, 1915 (age53 years, 148days); his remains werenotrecovered. | | 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 whoperished when the ship was hit by aGermantorpedo, andsank, intheMediterraneanSea,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 whoperished when the shipsank, intheNorthAtlantic 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,drowning all passengers and crew (more than 340), in LynnCanal,InsidePassage,October25, 1918 (age41 years, 304days).Interment atEvergreenCemetery, Juneau, Alaska. | | John Arthur Elston (1874-1921) — also known asJohn A. Elston;J. A. Elston — of Berkeley,AlamedaCounty, Calif.Born in Woodland,YoloCounty, Calif.,February10, 1874.Republican.Schoolteacher;lawyer;U.S.Representative from California 6th District, 1915-21; died inoffice 1921.Killedhimself bydrowning in the Potomac River,Washington,D.C.,December15, 1921 (age47 years, 308days). In his suicide note, he wrote that he was "caught in achain of circumstances that spelled ruin.".Cremated. | | Joseph H. Brownell (1854-1925) — of Windsor,BroomeCounty, N.Y.Born in Windsor,BroomeCounty, N.Y.,April21, 1854.Republican.Farmer;lumberman;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly, 1894-96 (Broome County 1894-95, Broome County 1stDistrict 1896).Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;Redmen.Died bysuicide,bydrowning himself in the icy Susquehanna River, in Windsor,BroomeCounty, N.Y.,March 6,1925 (age70 years, 319days).Interment atRiverside Cemetery, Windsor, N.Y. | | Maurice Edgar Crumpacker (1886-1927) — also known asMaurice E. Crumpacker — of Oregon. Born in Valparaiso,PorterCounty, Ind.,December19, 1886.Republican.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during World War I;U.S.Representative from Oregon 3rd District, 1925-27; died in office1927.Visited San Francisco withNicholasLongworth and others; left the group and was found by police,sitting on a curb and claiming he had beenpoisonedby someone trying tomurderhim; deemed paranoid, taken to a hospital, and sedated; released athis insistence; walking near the shoreline with a friend, he yelled"Tell everybody good-bye!",jumpedinto the water, anddrowned, inSanFrancisco Bay,July 24,1927 (age40 years, 217days).Interment atRiverView Cemetery, Portland, Ore. | | Samuel Hollister Jackson (1875-1927) — also known asHollister Jackson;Samuel HollisterJackson —of Barre,WashingtonCounty, Vt.Born in Toronto,Ontario,December7, 1875.Republican.WashingtonCounty State's Attorney, 1904-06; member ofVermontstate house of representatives, 1906-07;LieutenantGovernor of Vermont, 1927; died in office 1927.Member,Freemasons;Shriners;Knightsof Pythias.Drowned in a flood near his home, Barre,WashingtonCounty, Vt.,November2, 1927 (age51 years, 330days).Interment atLakeviewCemetery, Burlington, Vt. | | Frank Tetes Johns (1889-1928) — also known asFrank T. Johns — of Portland,MultnomahCounty, Ore.BornFebruary23, 1889.Socialist.Carpenter;Industrial Labor candidate forU.S.Representative from Oregon 3rd District, 1920, 1922; SocialistLabor candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1924.Interrupting an outdoorcampaignspeech, he dove into the Deschutes River in an attempt to save a10-year-old boy who had fallen in, but bothdrowned, in Bend,DeschutesCounty, Ore.,May 20,1928 (age39 years, 87days).Burial location unknown. | | Charles Blakeslee Law (1872-1929) — also known asCharles B. Law — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Hannibal,OswegoCounty, N.Y.,February5, 1872.Republican.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from New York 4th District, 1905-11; defeated,1910; state court judge in New York, 1916; candidate forJustice ofNew York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1924.Baptist.Member,UnionLeague.Died whileswimming(presumablydrowned) at his summer home on Kattskill Bay, nearLake George,WarrenCounty, N.Y.,September15, 1929 (age57 years, 222days).Interment atMapleGrove Cemetery, Jordan, N.Y. | | Hans Adolph Aune (1878-1931) — also known asHans A. Aune;H. A. Aune — of Baldwin,St. CroixCounty, Wis.; Osseo,TrempealeauCounty, Wis.Born in Baldwin,St. CroixCounty, Wis.,December19, 1878.Schoolteacher and principal;superintendentof schools;lawyer;member ofWisconsinstate assembly, 1931; died in office 1931.Norwegianancestry.Killedhimself bydrowning in Lake Monona, Madison,DaneCounty, Wis.,February25, 1931 (age52 years, 68days). He left a note saying, "You will find my body in the lakeeast of the Capitol," but it was not found until almost two monthslater.Interment atWoodside Cemetery, Baldwin, Wis. | | William Edwin Schaak (1872-1934) — also known asWilliam E. Schaak — of Lebanon,LebanonCounty, Pa.Born in South Londonderry Township,LebanonCounty, Pa.,July 30,1872.Democrat.Lawyer;postmaster atLebanon,Pa., 1913-17;chair ofLebanon County Democratic Party, 1927.ChristianReformed. Member,Elks;Eagles.Died, from an accidentaldrowning, while swimming in LakeConewago, South Londonderry Township,LebanonCounty, Pa.,June 27,1934 (age61 years, 332days).Interment atMt.Lebanon Cemetery, Lebanon, Pa.| | Relatives: Sonof Elias Kettering Schaak and Mary Louise (Erb) Schaak; married,November24, 1896, to Elizabeth Behney. |
| | James Robert Hogg (1863-1934) — also known asJim Hogg — of Poplar Bluff,ButlerCounty, Mo.Born inJenningsCounty, Ind.,January4, 1863.Republican.Farmer;meatmerchant;distilleryowner; produced Jim Hogg'sCornWhiskey;ButlerCounty Sheriff, 1892-96, 1902-06, 1920-24;mayorof Poplar Bluff, Mo., 1897-99.Member,OddFellows;Knightsof Pythias;Redmen.Fell into the Black River, anddrowned, in Poplar Bluff,ButlerCounty, Mo.,July 12,1934 (age71 years, 189days).Interment atPoplarBluff City Cemetery, Poplar Bluff, Mo.| | Relatives: Sonof Marion Hogg and Mary Belle (Winslow) Hogg; married,September5, 1880, to Ida Dillard (1864-1888; divorced); married,December13, 1884, to Susan S. 'Susie' Klutts; married,November19, 1887, to Ida Dillard (1864-1888; died); married,December7, 1889, to Clara Catherine Smith; married,August14, 1914, to Naoma Ruth Hawas. | | | | Epitaph: "Peace be thy silentslumber." | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
 | 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)drowned when theirboatcapsized, 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.Drowned when hisboatcapsized,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 munitionsshipLaSalle was struck by torpedos,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. | | Arthur A. Shonbeck (1878-1945) — ofAnchorage,Alaska.Born in1878.Democrat.Gold miner;implementdealer;oilbusiness;farmer; candidate formayorof Anchorage, Alaska, 1924; trustee, Alaska Agricultural Collegeand School of Mines (now University of Alaska), 1925-33; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Alaska Territory,1932,1944(member,CredentialsCommittee; member,Platformand Resolutions Committee; member,Committeeto Notify Presidential Nominee; member,Committeeto Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee);AlaskaTerritory Democratic Party chair, 1934-37.Drowned in a river when hispickuptruck went off the road, near Ophir,Yukon-Koyukukcensus area, Alaska,June 20,1945 (ageabout 66years).Interment atAnchorageMemorial Park Cemetery, Anchorage, Alaska.| | Relatives:Married to Ann Peckenpaugh. |
| | Clarence A. Dahle (1894-1949) — also known as"Whiff" — of Duluth,St. LouisCounty, Minn.Born in Spokane,SpokaneCounty, Wash.,January22, 1894.Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;lawyer;member ofMinnesotastate house of representatives District 57, 1933-36; member ofMinnesotastate senate 57th District, 1937-49; died in office 1949.Episcopalian.Member,DeltaTau Delta;Freemasons;Elks.During afishingtrip, hedrowned whileswimmingoff an island in Lake Kabetogama,St. LouisCounty, Minn.,July 26,1949 (age55 years, 185days).Burial location unknown. | | Emanuel Haldeman-Julius (1889-1951) — also known asE. Haldeman-Julius;EmanuelJulius —of Girard,CrawfordCounty, Kan.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,July 30,1889.Socialist.Author;editor of the SocialistnewspaperAppeal to Reason; founder of Haldeman-Julius Publications,publisherof many five-cent paperback books, called "Little Blue Books"; therewere more than 6,000 titles, mostly literature, biography,self-improvement, and other educational topics, to make them widelyaccessible to the public; all together, from 1919 to 1951, over 500million copies were printed and sold; candidate forU.S.Senator from Kansas, 1932;indictedby a federal grand jury in March, 1950 forincometax evasion;triedandconvictedin April, 1951;sentencedto six months inprison,andfined$12,500; released pending appeal.Jewish;laterAgnostic.Drowned in hisswimmingpool, in Girard,CrawfordCounty, Kan.,July 31,1951 (age62 years, 1days). Possiblysuicide,but the coroner ruled his death to be accidental.Interment atCedarvilleCemetery, Cedarville, Ill. | | 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 hisboat anddrowned him, on Torch Lake,AntrimCounty, Mich.,August2, 1952 (age54 years, 347days).Burial location unknown. | | Henry Endicott Stebbins (1905-1973) — also known asHenry E. Stebbins — of Milton,NorfolkCounty, Mass.Born in Milton,NorfolkCounty, Mass.,June 16,1905.Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador toNepal, 1959-66;Uganda, 1966-69.Apparentlyfell fromthe deck of the ocean linerLeonardo da Vinci, anddrowned, in theNorthAtlantic Ocean,March28, 1973 (age67 years, 285days). His body was apparentlyneverfound. | | Maxwell Lewis Rafferty (1917-1982) — also known asMax Rafferty — of La Canada (now part of La Canada Flintridge),LosAngeles County, Calif.; Alabama.Born in New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.,May 9,1917.Republican.School teacherand principal;superintendentof schools;newspapercolumnist;Californiasuperintendent of public instruction, 1963-70; defeated, 1970;candidate forU.S.Senator from California, 1968;dean,Education Department, Troy State University, 1971-82.Episcopalian.Irishancestry. Member,PhiDelta Kappa;Lions;Rotary.Drowned when hiscar wentoff the road into a pond, in Troy,PikeCounty, Ala.,June 13,1982 (age65 years, 35days).Interment atGreenHills Cemetery, Troy, Ala. | | Renz L. Jennings (1899-1983) — also known asLorenzo Jennings — of Phoenix,MaricopaCounty, Ariz.Born in Taylor,NavajoCounty, Ariz.,August5, 1899.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;lawyer;member ofArizonastate house of representatives, 1931-32;MaricopaCounty Attorney, 1933-34; candidate forU.S.Senator from Arizona, 1934, 1964; candidate forU.S.Representative from Arizona, 1942; superior court judge inArizona, 1949-60;justice ofArizona state supreme court, 1960-64; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Arizona,1960,1968(alternate).Mormon. Member,Eagles;Moose;Woodmenof the World.Suffered aheartattack in hisswimmingpool, anddrowned, in Phoenix,MaricopaCounty, Ariz.,February11, 1983 (age83 years, 190days).Interment atPhoenix Memorial Park & Mortuary, Phoenix, Ariz. | | Bertram Thomas Combs (1911-1991) — also known asBert T. Combs — of Prestonsburg,FloydCounty, Ky.Born in Manchester,ClayCounty, Ky.,August13, 1911.Democrat.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during World War II;Judge,Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1951-55; state court judge inKentucky, 1957-59;Governor ofKentucky, 1959-63; defeated, 1955, 1971; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Kentucky,1960,1964;member ofDemocraticNational Committee from Kentucky, 1966;Judgeof U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, 1967-70.Baptist.Member,American BarAssociation;Freemasons;Shriners;Order ofthe Coif;PhiDelta Phi.Drowned when hisautomobilewas washed from the roadway into the Red River, during a flood, nearRosslyn,PowellCounty, Ky.,December4, 1991 (age80 years, 113days).Interment atBeechCreek Cemetery, Manchester, Ky.| | Relatives: Sonof Stephen Gibson Combs and Martha (Jones) Combs; married,June 15,1937, to Mabel Hall. | | | | The Bert T. Combs MountainParkway,which runs throughClark,Powell,Wolfe,Morgan,andMagoffincounties in Kentucky, isnamed forhim. — Bert T. CombsLake,inClayCounty, Kentucky, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoNationalGovernors Association biography —NNDBdossier |
| | James Benjamin Payton (1943-1994) — also known asJames Payton — of Sylacauga,TalladegaCounty, Ala.BornJune 12,1943.Mayorof Sylacauga, Ala., 1984-94; died in office 1994.Drowned whileswimmingto retrieve a radio-controlled miniature boat, in Lake Howard,Sylacauga,TalladegaCounty, Ala.,July 28,1994 (age51 years, 46days).Interment atFort Williams Cemetery, Sylacauga, Ala. | | Sheila Abdus-Salaam (1952-2017) — also known asSheila Turner — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born inWashington,D.C.,March14, 1952.Lawyer;Justiceof New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1993-2013; Justice of theAppellate Division of the New York Supreme Court, 2009-13;judge ofNew York Court of Appeals, 2013-17; died in office 2017;firstBlack woman to serve on New York State's highest court.Female.Africanancestry.From Riverbank State Park in Manhattan, she evidentlyjumped15 feet down to the water anddrowned in theLowerHudson River,April12, 2017 (age65 years, 29days).Burial location unknown.
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