Very incomplete list!in chronological order | |  William Harris Wharton (1802-1839) — of Texas. Born in Virginia,1802.Delegateto Texas Convention of 1832 from District of Victoria, 1832;delegateto Texas Convention of 1833 from District of Victoria, 1833;delegateto Texas Consultation of 1835 from District of Columbia, 1835;member ofTexasRepublic Senate from District of Brazoria, 1836, 1837-39; died inoffice 1839.Killed when heaccidentallyshothimself while dismounting from hishorse,near Hempstead,WallerCounty, Tex.,March14, 1839 (ageabout 36years).Interment atRestwoodMemorial Park, Clute, Tex. | | Thomas Walker Gilmer (1802-1844) — of Virginia. Born in Gilmerton,AlbemarleCounty, Va.,April 6,1802.Lawyer;member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1829-36, 1838-39;Speaker ofthe Virginia State House of Delegates, 1838-39;Governor ofVirginia, 1840-41;U.S.Representative from Virginia, 1841-44 (12th District 1841-43, 5thDistrict 1843-44);U.S.Secretary of the Navy, 1844; died in office 1844.Slaveowner. Among those killed in theexplosionwhen acannonaccidentally burstonboard the U.S.S.Princeton, on the Potomac River near FortWashington,PrinceGeorge's County, Md.,February28, 1844 (age41 years, 328days).Originally entombed atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment ataprivate or family graveyard, Albemarle County, Va.| |  Relatives: Sonof George Gilmer and Elizabeth Anderson (Hudson) Gilmer; married toAnne Elizabeth Baker; nephew of Mildred Gilmer (who marriedWilliamWirt); grandnephew ofJohnWalker andFrancisWalker; second cousin once removed ofMeriwetherLewis; second cousin twice removed ofAylettHawes; third cousin once removed ofRobertBrooke,GeorgeMadison,RichardAylett Buckner,RichardHawes,AlbertGallatin Hawes andGeorgeWashington Thornton Beck; third cousin twice removed ofHubbardT. Smith; third cousin thrice removed ofArcherWoodford; fourth cousin ofZacharyTaylor,FrancisTaliaferro Helm,AyletteBuckner,DavidShelby Walker andAylettHawes Buckner; fourth cousin once removed ofJohnStrother Pendleton,AlbertGallatin Pendleton,CharlesJohn Helm,RobertThomas Brooke,HubbardDozier Helm,JamesDavid Walker,DavidShelby Walker Jr. andHarryBartow Hawes. | | | | Political families:Cobb-Lumpkinfamily of Athens, Georgia;Meriwetherfamily of Georgia;Walker-Lowndesfamily of Maryland (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Gilmer County,W.Va. is named for him. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Abel Parker Upshur (1790-1844) — of Virginia. Born inNorthamptonCounty, Va.,June 17,1790.Lawyer;member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1812-13, 1824-27; state court judge inVirginia, 1826-41;delegateto Virginia state constitutional convention, 1829-30;U.S.Secretary of the Navy, 1841-43;U.S.Secretary of State, 1843-44; died in office 1844.Episcopalian.Among those killed in theexplosionwhen acannonaccidentally burstonboard the U.S.S.Princeton, on the Potomac River near FortWashington,PrinceGeorge's County, Md.,February28, 1844 (age53 years, 256days).Originally entombed atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment in 1874 atOakHill Cemetery, Washington, D.C. | | Virgil Maxcy (1785-1844) — of Maryland. Born in Attleboro,BristolCounty, Mass.,May 5,1785.Lawyer;member ofMarylandstate executive council, 1815; member ofMarylandstate house of delegates, 1820; member ofMarylandstate senate, 1820; U.S. Charge d'Affaires toBelgium, 1837-42.Among those killed in theexplosionwhen acannonaccidentally burstonboard the U.S.S.Princeton, on the Potomac River near FortWashington,PrinceGeorge's County, Md.,February28, 1844 (age58 years, 299days).Originally entombed atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment ataprivate or family graveyard, Anne Arundel County, Md. | | David Gardiner (1784-1844) — of New York. Born in East Hampton,SuffolkCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,May 29,1784.Member ofNew Yorkstate senate 1st District, 1824-27.Among those killed in theexplosionwhen acannonaccidentally burstonboard the U.S.S.Princeton, on the Potomac River near FortWashington,PrinceGeorge's County, Md.,February28, 1844 (age59 years, 275days).Originally entombed atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C.; later interred atSouthEnd Cemetery, East Hampton, Long Island, N.Y. | | Joseph Roffignac (1766-1846) — also known asLouis Philippe Joseph de Rouffignac — of New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.Born in Angoulême,France,1766.FledFrance in 1789 toescape theguillotine, presumably overdisloyaltyto the revolutionary regime;mayorof New Orleans, La., 1820-28.Frenchancestry.Suffered astroke,and dropped the gun he was holding, whichaccidentallydischarged,shootinghim in the head and killing him, in Périgueux,France,1846(ageabout80 years).Burial location unknown. | | George Nixon Briggs (1796-1861) — also known asGeorge N. Briggs — of Lanesborough,BerkshireCounty, Mass.Born in Adams,BerkshireCounty, Mass.,April12, 1796.Lawyer;BerkshireCounty Register of Deeds, 1824-31;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts, 1831-43 (9th District 1831-33,7th District 1833-43);Governor ofMassachusetts, 1844-51; defeated (American), 1859; common pleascourt judge in Massachusetts, 1851-56;delegateto Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1853.Killed by theaccidental discharge of a "fowling piece" (shotgun),in Pittsfield,BerkshireCounty, Mass.,September11, 1861 (age65 years, 152days).Interment atPittsfieldCemetery, Pittsfield, Mass. | | Richardson A. Scurry (1811-1862) — of Texas. Born in Gallatin,SumnerCounty, Tenn.,November11, 1811.Democrat. Served in the Texas Army during the Texas War ofIndependence; judge of Texas Republic, 1840-41; member ofTexasRepublic House of Representatives, 1842-44;U.S.Representative from Texas 1st District, 1851-53; general in theConfederate Army during the Civil War.Accidentallyshothimself in the foot whilehunting,in August 1854; the wound never healed and becameinfected;though his leg was later amputated, he died as a result in Hempstead,WallerCounty, Tex.,April 9,1862 (age50 years, 149days).Interment atHempsteadCemetery, Hempstead, Tex. | | Charles Tillinghast James (1805-1862) — also known asCharles T. James — of Providence,ProvidenceCounty, R.I.Born in West Greenwich Center, West Greenwich,KentCounty, R.I.,September15, 1805.U.S.Senator from Rhode Island, 1851-57.Died of wounds that he received from theaccidentalexplosionof acannonshell of his own manufacture, with which he was experimenting, atSag Harbor,SuffolkCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,October17, 1862 (age57 years, 32days).Interment atSwanPoint Cemetery, Providence, R.I. | | George M. Carhart (d. 1863) — of California. Member ofCaliforniastate assembly 21st District, 1853-54.Accidentallyshot andkilled while sleeping in Skinner'sSaloon,Bannock,BeaverheadCounty, Mont.,May 17,1863.Burial location unknown. | | Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb (1807-1864) — also known asWilliamson R. W. Cobb — of Bellefonte,JacksonCounty, Ala.Born inRheaCounty, Tenn.,June 8,1807.Democrat. Member ofAlabamastate house of representatives, 1845;U.S.Representative from Alabama, 1847-61 (6th District 1847-53, 8thDistrict 1853-55, 6th District 1855-61);Representativefrom Alabama in the Confederate Congress 3rd District; defeated,1861; elected 1863.Slaveowner. Killed by theaccidental discharge of his ownpistol,while putting up a fence on his plantation near Bellefonte,JacksonCounty, Ala.,November1, 1864 (age57 years, 146days).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Madison County, Ala.  | Clement Laird Vallandigham (1820-1871) — also known asClement L. Vallandigham — of Ohio. Born in New Lisbon (now Lisbon),ColumbianaCounty, Ohio,July 29,1820.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofOhiostate house of representatives, 1845-46; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Ohio,1856,1864,1868;U.S.Representative from Ohio 3rd District, 1858-63; defeated, 1852,1854, 1862; candidate forGovernor ofOhio, 1863.Leader of the pro-Southern "Copperheads" during the Civil War;arrestedby the Union military authorities in 1863 fortreasonableutterances, andbanishedto the Confederate States; returned to the North by way of Canada.Accidentallyshothimself, while practicing acourtroomdemonstration he planned as part of a defense in a murder trial (notactually in court at the time, contrary to legend), and died of hiswound the next day, in the Lebanon Househotel,Lebanon,WarrenCounty, Ohio,June 17,1871 (age50 years, 323days).Interment atWoodlandCemetery, Dayton, Ohio. | | Claiborne Hooper Phillips (1847-1886) — of Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.Born in1847.Mayorof Nashville, Tenn., 1883-86.Accidentallyshot andkilled while on ahuntingtrip, near Britton,MarshallCounty, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.),September10, 1886 (ageabout 39years).Burial location unknown. | | Datus Ensign Coon (1831-1893) — also known asDatus E. Coon — of Osage,MitchellCounty, Iowa; Mason City,CerroGordo County, Iowa; Selma,DallasCounty, Ala.; San Diego,San DiegoCounty, Calif.Born in DeRuyter,MadisonCounty, N.Y.,February20, 1831.Republican.Newspaperpublisher; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War;delegateto Alabama state constitutional convention, 1868; member ofAlabamastate senate, 1870; member ofAlabamastate house of representatives, 1870; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Alabama,1872;U.S. Commercial Agent (Consul) inBaracoa, 1879-85.Accidentallyshot,and died soon after, in San Diego,San DiegoCounty, Calif.,December17, 1893 (age62 years, 300days).Interment atMt.Hope Cemetery, San Diego, Calif. | | Alson Bailey Abbott (1844-1894) — also known asAlson B. Abbott — of Queensbury,WarrenCounty, N.Y.; Glens Falls,WarrenCounty, N.Y.Born in Andover,EssexCounty, Mass.,November3, 1844.Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Warren County, 1878; president, Canton BridgeCompany.While cleaning ashotgunforhunting,itaccidentally discharged, killing him, in Glens Falls,WarrenCounty, N.Y.,August27, 1894 (age49 years, 297days).Interment atPineviewCemetery, Queensbury, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof William F. Abbott and Sarah Job (Abbott) Abbott; married1873 to SarahMorgan. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Horace Riverside Buck (1853-1897) — also known asHorace R. Buck — of Helena,Lewis andClark County, Mont.Born inYazooCounty, Miss.,September18, 1853.MemberMontana territorial council, 1884; district judge in Montana 1stDistrict, 1891-96;justice ofMontana state supreme court, 1897; died in office 1897.Died, from aself-inflictedgunshot(possibly agun accident), in Helena,Lewis andClark County, Mont.,December6, 1897 (age44 years, 79days).Interment atForestvaleCemetery, Helena, Mont. | | Athelston Gaston (1838-1907) — of Meadville,CrawfordCounty, Pa.Born in Castile,WyomingCounty, N.Y.,April24, 1838.Democrat.Mayorof Meadville, Pa., 1891;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 26th District, 1899-1901.Accidentally hit bygunshotwhile on ahuntingtrip at Lake Edward,Quebec,September23, 1907 (age69 years, 152days).Interment atGreendaleCemetery, Meadville, Pa.  | Paul Oscar Adolph Husting (1866-1917) — also known asPaul O. Husting — of Mayville,DodgeCounty, Wis.Born in Fond du Lac,Fond du LacCounty, Wis.,April25, 1866.Democrat.Lawyer;DodgeCounty District Attorney, 1903-06; member ofWisconsinstate senate 13th District, 1907-14;U.S.Senator from Wisconsin, 1915-17; died in office 1917; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Wisconsin,1916(member,Platformand Resolutions Committee).French,Luxemburgian,andMenomineeIndian ancestry.Accidentallyshot inthe back by his brother Gustave, when he stood upin hisboat whileduckhunting on Rush Lake, and died soon after in a nearby farmhouse,near Pickett,WinnebagoCounty, Wis.,October21, 1917 (age51 years, 179days).Interment atGracelandCemetery, Mayville, Wis. | | Leonard Pikaart (1866-1924) — of Paterson,PassaicCounty, N.J.Born in Paterson,PassaicCounty, N.J.,July 19,1866.Republican.Carpenter;architect;lawyer;member ofNewJersey state house of assembly from Passaic County, 1910-12.Dutchancestry. Member,Grange;JuniorOrder.While repairing a chicken coop, he wasaccidentallyshot inthe heart, and killed, by a rifle held by 12-year-old Edward Kupetz,in Hopewell Junction,DutchessCounty, N.Y.,October26, 1924 (age58 years, 99days).Interment atCedarLawn Cemetery, Paterson, N.J.  | Edward Frederick Peters (1875-1931) — also known asEdward F. Peters — of Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio.Born in Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio,January29, 1875.Democrat.Lawyer;Vice-Consulfor Uruguay inCincinnati,Ohio, 1902-07;Vice-Consulfor Honduras inCincinnati,Ohio, 1903-04; served in the U.S. Army during World War I.Member,American BarAssociation.Accidentally ordeliberatelyshothimself, in hislawoffice, in Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio,March 4,1931 (age56 years, 34days).Interment atSpringGrove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.| | Relatives: Sonof Adolph Peters and Eva (Stermer) Peters; married1900 to BerthaM. Rice. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Cincinnati Post, March 4,1931 |
|  | Robert Lee Henry (1864-1931) — also known asRobert L. Henry — of Texarkana,BowieCounty, Tex.; Waco,McLennanCounty, Tex.Born in Linden,CassCounty, Tex.,May 12,1864.Democrat.Lawyer;mayorof Texarkana, Tex., 1890-91;U.S.Representative from Texas, 1897-1917 (7th District 1897-1903, 1stDistrict 1903-05, 11th District 1905-17); delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Texas,1912(member,Committeeon Rules and Order of Business;speaker).Died from theaccidental discharge of apistol,in Houston,HarrisCounty, Tex.,July 9,1931 (age67 years, 58days).Interment atRoseHill Cemetery, Texarkana, Tex. | | Edward Coke Mann (1880-1931) — of South Carolina. Born in Lowndesville,AbbevilleCounty, S.C.,November21, 1880.Democrat.U.S.Representative from South Carolina 8th District, 1919-21.While returning from ahuntingtrip, wasaccidentallyshot andkilled, near Rowesville,OrangeburgCounty, S.C.,November11, 1931 (age50 years, 355days).Interment atSunnysideCemetery, Orangeburg, S.C.  | Melville Clyde Kelly (1883-1935) — also known asM. Clyde Kelly;"Father of AirMail" —of Edgewood,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.Born in Bloomfield,MuskingumCounty, Ohio,August4, 1883.Republican.Newspapereditor and publisher; member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives, 1911-12;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania, 1913-15, 1917-35 (30th District1913-15, 1917-23, 33rd District 1923-33, 31st District 1933-35).Presbyterian.Member,Sons ofthe American Revolution;OddFellows;Knightsof Pythias;RoyalArcanum.On returning from afroghunting trip, was injured when arifle hewas cleaningaccidentally fired; he died one week later, in ahospitalat Punxsutawney,JeffersonCounty, Pa.,April29, 1935 (age51 years, 268days).Interment atMahoningUnion Cemetery, Marchand, Pa.  | John William Brown (c.1867-1941) — also known asJohn W. Brown — of Worcester,WorcesterCounty, Mass.; Woolwich,SagadahocCounty, Maine.Born inCanada,about 1867.Socialist. Naturalized U.S. citizen;carpenter;labororganizer; candidate forU.S.Representative from Massachusetts 3rd District, 1904; candidateforGovernor ofMassachusetts, 1907; candidate forU.S.Representative from Maine 3rd District, 1910;newspapercolumnist.Member,UnitedMine Workers.While working on hishuntingrifle, itaccidentally discharged, and he died soon after,in Woolwich,SagadahocCounty, Maine,June 19,1941 (ageabout 74years).Burial location unknown. | | | Paul Ranous Greever (1891-1943) — also known asPaul R. Greever — of Wyoming. Born in Lansing,LeavenworthCounty, Kan.,September28, 1891.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;lawyer;mayor ofCody, Wyo., 1930-32;U.S.Representative from Wyoming at-large, 1935-39; defeated, 1938.Killedaccidentally, while cleaning hisshotgun,in Cody,ParkCounty, Wyo.,February16, 1943 (age51 years, 141days).Interment atRiversideCemetery, Cody, Wyo. | | Clellan S. Forsythe (1895-1953) — of Syracuse,OnondagaCounty, N.Y.Born in Houtzdale,ClearfieldCounty, Pa.,March 6,1895.Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I;automobiledealer; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Onondaga County 2nd District, 1945-48.Presbyterian.Member,AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;Freemasons.On ahuntingtrip, he suffered aheartattack while sittingin hisJeep, holding ashotgun,whichaccidentally discharged, hitting him in the chest andkilling him, on Fox Island, Cape Vincent,JeffersonCounty, N.Y.,September18, 1953 (age58 years, 196days).Burial location unknown.
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