Very incomplete list!in chronological order  |  Thomas Theodore Prentis (1844-1902) — also known asThomas T. Prentis — Born in Waitsfield,WashingtonCounty, Vt.,June 17,1844.Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Consul inSeychelles, 1871-80;Port Louis, 1880-94;St. Pierre, 1900-02, died in office 1902.Killed in thevolcanic eruption of Mount Pelée, when afast-moving cloud of ash and hot gasesburnedabout eight square miles, killing an estimated 30,000 people, in St.Pierre,Martinique,May8, 1902 (age57 years, 325days).Intermentsomewhere in Fort-de-France, Martinique. | | | 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 anearthquake andtsunami,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. consulatebuildingcollapsed,in Messina, 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 |
| | 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 thecollapseof 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 thecollapseof the consulate building or thefire thatfollowed, in Yokohama,Japan,September1, 1923 (ageabout 60years).Burial location unknown.
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