Very incomplete list!in chronological order | |  Jacob Leisler (c.1640-1691) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Bockenheim, Holy Roman Empire (now part of Frankfurt am Main,Germany),about 1640.Fur trader;tobaccobusiness; following the English Revolution of 1688, which broughtProtestant rulers William and Mary to power, he led "Leisler'sRebellion" and seized control of the colony;ColonialGovernor of New York, 1689-91; provided land for a settlement ofFrench Huguenot refugees (now the city of New Rochelle); followingthe arrival of a new royal governor, he wasousted.Arrested,charged withtreason,tried,convicted,andsentenced todeath;executedbyhanging anddecapitation,in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May16,1691 (ageabout 51years). Four years later, he was posthumously exonerated by anact of Parliament.Original interment ata private or family graveyard, New York County, N.Y.;subsequent interment atDutchChurch Burial Ground, Manhattan, N.Y.; reinterment to unknownlocation; statue atBroadview Avenue, New Rochelle, N.Y. | | Samuel Calley (1821-1883) — of Salem,EssexCounty, Mass.Born in Salem,EssexCounty, Mass.,April13, 1821.Housepainter; member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1870-71;mayor ofSalem, Mass., 1872, 1881-82.Killedhimself byhanging, in the back stairway of his home,Salem,EssexCounty, Mass.,January1, 1883 (age61 years, 263days).Entombed atHarmonyGrove Cemetery, Salem, Mass. | | James Sanford Patterson (1860-1917) — also known asJ. Sanford Patterson — of Spray (now part of Eden),RockinghamCounty, N.C.Born inDavidsonCounty, N.C.,December19, 1860.Postmaster atSpray,N.C., 1893-99, 1904-12.Died, fromchoking on food, in theStateHospital (now Broughton Hospital), Morganton,BurkeCounty, N.C.,May 9,1917 (age56 years, 141days).Interment atLawson Cemetery, Eden, N.C. | | Henry Eells Barnard (1837-1919) — also known asHenry E. Barnard — of Iowa City,JohnsonCounty, Iowa; Plattsburgh,ClintonCounty, N.Y.Born in Plattsburgh,ClintonCounty, N.Y.,March29, 1837.Democrat.Schoolprincipal;lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Clinton County, 1893; Democratic candidatefor Presidential Elector for New York,1900.Member,Freemasons;RoyalArch Masons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners.Died bysuicide,byhanging, in Plattsburgh,ClintonCounty, N.Y.,August3, 1919 (age82 years, 127days).Interment atRiversideCemetery, Plattsburgh, N.Y. | | Harold Merriman Deane (1891-1929) — also known asHarold M. Deane — of Connecticut; Providence,ProvidenceCounty, R.I.Born in Waterbury,New HavenCounty, Conn.,October24, 1891.Foreign Service officer; U.S. Consul inValparaiso, 1925-27;Montreal, 1927-29, died in office 1929.Foundhanged in his apartment -- the coroner's jury wasunableto decide whether his death wasmurder orsuicide-- in Montreal,Quebec,August28, 1929 (age37 years, 308days).Intermentsomewherein Waterbury, Conn. | | Stanley J. Pacholek (1890-1932) — of Hamtramck,WayneCounty, Mich.Born inPoland,December8, 1890.Undertaker;candidate formayorof Hamtramck, Mich., 1932 (primary), 1932.Polishancestry.Arrestedin April, 1932, fordrunkdriving;died bysuicidein hisjailcell, byhanging himself with his scarf, in Birmingham,OaklandCounty, Mich.,April19, 1932 (age41 years, 133days).Burial location unknown. | | Charles Armijo Woodruff (1884-1945) — also known asCharles A. Woodruff — Born in Santa Fe,Santa FeCounty, N.M.,January12, 1884.U.S. Navy officer;Governor ofAmerican Samoa; captain in Merchant Marine.Died bysuicide,fromhanging, in his room at theHotelBossert, Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,November22, 1945 (age61 years, 314days).Burial location unknown. | | Joseph Wheeler Bloodgood (1926-1960) — also known asJoseph W. Bloodgood — of Madison,DaneCounty, Wis.Born in Madison,DaneCounty, Wis.,May 15,1926.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean conflict;DaneCounty Coroner, 1951-54;lawyer;member ofWisconsinstate assembly from Dane County 1st District, 1955-56;DaneCounty District Attorney, 1957-60;DaneCounty Family Court Judge, 1960.Died fromsuicide,byhanging himself with his belt, in ahospitalshower room, in Madison,DaneCounty, Wis.,July 7,1960 (age34 years, 53days).Interment atNashotah House Cemetery, Summit, Wis. | | Cyrus Scott Kump (1908-1964) — also known asCyrus S. Kump — of Elkins,RandolphCounty, W.Va.Born in Elkins,RandolphCounty, W.Va.,October26, 1908.Democrat.Lawyer;bankdirector; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;chair ofRandolph County Democratic Party, 1949-50; alternate delegate toDemocratic National Convention from West Virginia,1952;candidate forGovernor ofWest Virginia, 1952; candidate forU.S.Representative from West Virginia 2nd District, 1956.Presbyterian.Member,AmericanLegion;Elks;Rotary.Died, fromsuffocation caused byangioedema,in acar en route to a hospital, in Elkins,RandolphCounty, W.Va.,February25, 1964 (age55 years, 122days).Interment atMaplewoodCemetery, Elkins, W.Va. | | Balfour Bowen Thorn Lord (1906-1965) — also known asThorn Lord — of Lawrence Township,MercerCounty, N.J.Born in Plainfield,UnionCounty, N.J.,August24, 1906.Democrat.Lawyer;U.S.Attorney for New Jersey, 1943-45;delegateto New Jersey state constitutional convention from Mercer County,1947;chair ofMercer County Democratic Party, 1949-65; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from New Jersey,1956;candidate forU.S.Senator from New Jersey, 1960;New JerseyDemocratic state chair, 1961-65; Democratic Presidential Electorfor New Jersey,1964(voted forLyndonB. Johnson andHubertH. Humphrey).Episcopalian.Killedhimself bystrangling with an electric shaver cord, inPrinceton,MercerCounty, N.J.,June 16,1965 (age58 years, 296days).Burial location unknown.| |  Relatives: Sonof Carroll Putnam Lord and Frances Roberts (Troy) Lord; married toMargaret Eastburn andNinaUnderwood McAlpin. |
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