Very incomplete list!in chronological order | |  Meriwether Lewis Randolph (1810-1837) — of Whelan Springs,ClarkCounty, Ark.Born near Charlottesville,AlbemarleCounty, Va.,January31, 1810.Secretaryof Arkansas Territory, 1835-36.Died, ofmalaria, in Whelan Springs,ClarkCounty, Ark.,September24, 1837 (age27 years, 236days).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Clark County, Ark.| |  Presumably namedfor:MeriwetherLewis | | | | Relatives: Son ofThomasMann Randolph Jr. andMarthaJefferson Randolph; brother ofBenjaminFranklin Randolph andGeorgeWythe Randolph; married to Elizabeth Anderson Martin (who latermarriedAndrewJackson Donelson); uncle ofThomasJefferson Coolidge; grandson ofThomasJefferson; granduncle ofJohnGardner Coolidge; great-grandson ofArchibaldCary; second great-grandson ofRichardRandolph; first cousin ofFrancisWayles Eppes; first cousin once removed ofDabneyCarr,JohnWayles Eppes andFrederickMadison Roberts; first cousin twice removed ofJohnRandolph of Roanoke; first cousin thrice removed ofRichardBland andPeytonRandolph (1721-1775); second cousin ofDabneySmith Carr; second cousin once removed ofJohnMarshall,JamesMarkham Marshall andAlexanderKeith Marshall; second cousin twice removed ofTheodorickBland,EdmundJenings Randolph,BeverleyRandolph andEdithWilson; third cousin ofThomasMarshall,JohnJordan Crittenden,ThomasTurpin Crittenden,RobertCrittenden,JamesKeith Marshall,CarterHenry Harrison andJohnBreckinridge Castleman; third cousin once removed ofHenryLee,CharlesLee,RichardBland Lee,EdmundJennings Lee,PeytonRandolph (1779-1828),HenrySt. George Tucker,JohnRobertson,BenjaminWilliam Sheridan Cabell,AlexanderParker Crittenden,ThomasLeonidas Crittenden,ThomasTheodore Crittenden,ArchelausMarius Woodson,JohnAugustine Marshall andCarterHenry Harrison II; third cousin twice removed ofThomasTheodore Crittenden Jr.,WilliamMarshall Bullitt andAlexanderScott Bullitt; fourth cousin ofNathanielBeverly Tucker,EdmundRandolph,WilliamLewis Cabell andGeorgeCraighead Cabell; fourth cousin once removed ofThomasJones Hardeman,BaileyHardeman,FitzhughLee,WilliamHenry Fitzhugh Lee,JoelWalker Flood,EdmundRandolph Cocke,BenjaminEarl Cabell andWilliamHenry Robertson. | | | | Political family:Cabell-Breckinridgefamily of Virginia (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | John Kirby Allen (1810-1838) — of Texas. Born in Canaseraga,AlleganyCounty, N.Y.,1810.Major in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; memberofTexasRepublic House of Representatives, 1836.One of the founders of the city of Houston. Died ofmalaria,August15, 1838 (ageabout 28years).Interment atFoundersMemorial Park, Houston, Tex. | | John Thomson Mason (1787-1850) — also known asJohn T. Mason — of near Leesburg,LoudounCounty, Va.; Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.; Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born near Leesburg,LoudounCounty, Va.,January8, 1787.Secretaryof Michigan Territory, 1830-31.Died, ofmalaria, in the Fremont Househotel,Galveston,GalvestonCounty, Tex.,April17, 1850 (age63 years, 99days).Burial location unknown. | | Robert Ludwell Yates Peyton (1822-1863) — of Missouri. Born inLoudounCounty, Va.,February8, 1822.Member ofMissouristate senate, 1858; colonel in the Confederate Army during theCivil War;Delegatefrom Missouri to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1862;Senatorfrom Missouri in the Confederate Congress, 1862-63; died inoffice 1863.Died, apparently ofmalaria contracted while whiledefendingVicksburg, in Bladon Springs,ChoctawCounty, Ala.,September3, 1863 (age41 years, 207days).Burial location unknown.  | Jefferson Finis Davis (1808-1889) — also known asJefferson Davis — of Warrenton,WarrenCounty, Miss.;WarrenCounty, Miss.Born in alogcabin, Fairview, Christian County (nowToddCounty), Ky.,June 3,1808.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Black Hawk War; candidate forMississippistate house of representatives, 1843; Presidential Elector forMississippi,1844;U.S.Representative from Mississippi at-large, 1845-46; served in theU.S. Army during the Mexican War;U.S.Senator from Mississippi, 1847-51, 1857-61; candidate forGovernor ofMississippi, 1851;U.S.Secretary of War, 1853-57;Presidentof the Confederacy, 1861-65.CapturedbyUnionforces in May 1865 andimprisonedwithout trial for about two years.Slaveowner. Died ofbronchitisandmalaria in New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.,December6, 1889 (age81 years, 186days).Original interment atMetairieCemetery, New Orleans, La.; reinterment in 1893 atHollywoodCemetery, Richmond, Va.; memorial monument atMemorial Avenue, Richmond, Va.| | Relatives: Sonof Samuel Emory Davis and Jane (Cook) Davis; married,June 17,1835, to Sarah Knox Taylor (daughter ofZacharyTaylor andMargaretTaylor); married,February25, 1845, to Varina Howell (granddaughter ofRichardHowell); uncle of Mary Bradford (who marriedRichardBrodhead); granduncle ofJosephDavis Brodhead and Frances Eileen Hutt (who marriedThomasEdmund Dewey). | | | | Political family:Taylor-Brodheadfamily of Easton, Pennsylvania (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:JesseD. Bright —JohnH. Reagan —HoraceGreeley —SolomonCohen —GeorgeW. Jones —SamuelA. Roberts —WilliamT. Sutherlin —VictorVifquain —CharlesO'Conor | | | | Jeff DavisCounty, Ga.,Jefferson DavisParish, La.,Jefferson DavisCounty, Miss. andJeff DavisCounty, Tex. are named for him. | | | | The World War IILibertyshipSS Jefferson Davis (built 1942 atMobile,Alabama; scrapped 1961) wasnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:J.Davis Brodhead—JeffersonD. Hostetter—JeffersonD. Blount—JeffersonDavis Carwile—JeffersonD. Helms—JeffersonDavis Wiggins—JeffersonDavis Parris | | | | Coins and currency: Hisportraitappeared on Confederate States 50 cent notes in 1861-64. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books by Jefferson Davis:TheRise and Fall of the Confederate Government(1881) | | | | Books about Jefferson Davis: William J.Cooper, Jr.,JeffersonDavis, American : A Biography — Varina Davis,JeffersonDavis : Ex-President of the Confederate States of America : A Memoirby His Wife — William C. Davis,AnHonorable Defeat: The Last Days of the ConfederateGovernment — James Ronald Kennedy & Walter DonaldKennedy,WasJefferson Davis Right? — Robert Penn Warren,JeffersonDavis Gets His Citizenship Back — Herman Hattaway &Richard E. Beringer,JeffersonDavis, Confederate President — Felicity Allen,JeffersonDavis: Unconquerable Heart — Clint Johnson,Pursuit:The Chase, Capture, Persecution, and Surprising Release ofConfederate President Jefferson Davis | | | | Image source: Frank Leslie'sIllustrated Newspaper, March 9, 1861 |
| | Eugene Schuyler (1840-1890) — of Ithaca,TompkinsCounty, N.Y.Born in Ithaca,TompkinsCounty, N.Y.,February26, 1840.U.S. Consul inMoscow, 1866-69;Reval, 1869-70;Birmingham, 1878-79; U.S. Consul General inConstantinople, 1876-78;Rome, 1879-80;Bucharest, as of 1880-82;Athens, as of 1882-84;Cairo, 1889-90; U.S. Diplomatic Agent toRomania, 1880; U.S. Charge d'Affaires toRomania, 1880-82; U.S. Minister toRomania, 1882-84;Serbia, 1882-84;Greece, 1882-84.Died, ofmalarial fever, in Venice,Italy,July16, 1890 (age50 years, 140days).Interment atCimiterodi San Michele, Venice, Italy; cenotaph atIthacaCity Cemetery, Ithaca, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Matilda (Scriber) Schuyler andGeorgeWashington Schuyler; married,July 8,1877, to Gertrude Wallace King; third great-grandnephew ofPieterSchuyler (1657-1724) andJohannesSchuyler (1668-1747); first cousin once removed ofKarlCortlandt Schuyler; first cousin four times removed ofJohnLivingston,RobertLivingston (1688-1775),GilbertLivingston andJohannesSchuyler (1697-1746); first cousin five times removed ofDavidDavidse Schuyler andMyndertDavidtse Schuyler; second cousin thrice removed ofStephanusBayard,RobertLivingston (1708-1790),PeterVan Brugh Livingston,RobertGilbert Livingston,HenryGilbert Livingston,PhilipLivingston,RobertR. Livingston (1718-1775),PierreVan Cortlandt,WilliamLivingston,PhilipJohn Schuyler,PhilipP. Schuyler andStephenJohn Schuyler; third cousin twice removed ofNicholasBayard,PeterRobert Livingston (1737-1794),JeremiahVan Rensselaer,RobertVan Rensselaer,WalterLivingston,PhilipPeter Livingston,PieterSchuyler (1746-1792),RobertR. Livingston (1746-1813),JamesLivingston,PhilipVan Cortlandt,HenryBrockholst Livingston,PeterSamuel Schuyler,PierreVan Cortlandt Jr.,EdwardLivingston,PhilipJeremiah Schuyler andJamesParker; fourth cousin once removed ofStephenVan Rensselaer,PeterRobert Livingston (1766-1847),PhilipSchuyler Van Rensselaer,JacobRutsen Van Rensselaer,HenryWalter Livingston,MaturinLivingston,RensselaerWesterlo,PeterAugustus Jay,EdwardPhilip Livingston,WilliamAlexander Duer,JohnDuer,JamesAlexander Hamilton,PhilipSchuyler,WilliamJay,CharlesLudlow Livingston,HamiltonFish,JohnCortlandt Parker andPhilipN. Schuyler. | | | | Political families:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York;Livingston-Duerfamily of New York City, New York (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoU.S. State Dept career summary —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Edward Dwight Holton (1815-1892) — also known asEdward D. Holton — of Milwaukee,MilwaukeeCounty, Wis.Born in Lancaster,CoosCounty, N.H.,April28, 1815.Abolitionist;wheattrader; Liberty candidate forDelegateto U.S. Congress from Wisconsin Territory, 1845; founder,Milwaukee and Prairie du ChienRailroad;banker;Free Soil candidate forGovernor ofWisconsin, 1853; Presidential Elector for Wisconsin,1856;delegate to Republican National Convention from Wisconsin,1856;member ofWisconsinstate assembly from Milwaukee County 4th District, 1860.Died, frommalaria anderysipelas,in Savannah,ChathamCounty, Ga.,April21, 1892 (age76 years, 359days).Interment atForestHome Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wis.| | Relatives:Married,October14, 1845, to Lucinda Millard. | | | | ThecityofHolton,Kansas, isnamed forhim. — Holton Hall, at theUniversityof WisconsinMilwaukee,isnamed forhim. — HoltonStreet,inMilwaukee,Wisconsin, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Robert Samuel Triplett (1830-1905) — also known asRobert S. Triplett — of Owensboro,DaviessCounty, Ky.Born inScottCounty, Ky.,January29, 1830.Steamboatbusiness;commissionmerchant;railroadbuilder; member ofKentuckystate senate, 1886-89.Died, frommalarial fever, in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,September11, 1905 (age75 years, 225days).Interment atRosehillElmwood Cemetery, Owensboro, Ky. | | Joseph Cabell Breckinridge (1844-1906) — also known asJ. Cabell Breckinridge — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born in Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.,December28, 1844.Major in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;cottongrower;U.S. Surveyor-General for Washington, 1886-89.Died, frommalaria, in Yonkers,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,January8, 1906 (age61 years, 11days).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Bronx, N.Y.| | Relatives: SonofJohnCabell Breckinridge andMaryBreckinridge; brother ofCliftonRodes Breckinridge; married,December1, 1869, to Sallie Frances Johnson (daughter ofRobertWard Johnson); father of Laura Cyrene Breckinridge(daughter-in-law ofJohnConover Ten Eyck); grandson ofJosephCabell Breckinridge (1788-1823); grandnephew ofRobertJefferson Breckinridge; great-grandson ofJohnBreckinridge; second great-grandson ofJohnWitherspoon; second great-grandnephew ofWilliamPreston andWilliamCabell; first cousin once removed ofPeterAugustus Porter (1827-1864),RobertJefferson Breckinridge Jr. andWilliamCampbell Preston Breckinridge; first cousin twice removed ofJamesDouglas Breckinridge andBenjaminWilliam Sheridan Cabell; first cousin thrice removed ofWilliamCabell Jr.,FrancisSmith Preston,WilliamHenry Cabell andJamesPatton Preston; second cousin ofPeterAugustus Porter (1853-1925),LevinIrving Handy,DeshaBreckinridge andHenrySkillman Breckinridge; second cousin once removed ofCarterHenry Harrison,WilliamLewis Cabell,GeorgeCraighead Cabell andJohnBreckinridge Castleman; second cousin twice removed ofWilliamCampbell Preston,JamesMcDowell,FrederickMortimer Cabell,JohnBuchanan Floyd,JohnSmith Preston,GeorgeRogers Clark Floyd andEdwardCarrington Cabell; third cousin ofBenjaminEarl Cabell andCarterHenry Harrison II; third cousin once removed ofJohnWilliam Leftwich andEarleCabell. | | | | Political families:Cabell-Breckinridgefamily of Virginia;Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardsonfamily of Virginia (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Joseph Dominic Montedonico (1852-1909) — also known asJoseph D. Montedonico — of Memphis,ShelbyCounty, Tenn.Born in Memphis,ShelbyCounty, Tenn.,April 4,1852.Banker;insurancebusiness;ConsularAgent for Italy inMemphis,Tenn., 1875-77, 1892-96; member ofTennesseestate senate; elected 1884.Italianancestry.Died, fromheartdisease andmalaria, inHotelPilgrim, Plymouth,PlymouthCounty, Mass.,September8, 1909 (age57 years, 157days).Interment atCalvary Cemetery, Memphis, Tenn. | | Thomas J. Surpless (c.1875-1911) — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y., about 1875.Republican.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Kings County 6th District, 1906-09.Member,Freemasons;Shriners.Died, from the effects ofmalaria andtyphoidfever, in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,December23, 1911 (ageabout 36years).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof James Surpless. |
| | Clarence Cecil Woolard (1873-1923) — also known asClarence C. Woolard — of Idaho. Born in Grafton,TaylorCounty, W.Va.,January12, 1873.U.S. Vice Consul inCape Hatien, 1915-23, died in office 1923.Died, frommalaria, in Port-au-Prince,Haiti,December22, 1923 (age50 years, 344days).Interment atMt.Olivet Cemetery, Parkersburg, W.Va.
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