Note: This is just one of1,325 family groupings listed onThe Political Graveyard web site.These families each have three or more politician members, all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption. This specific family group is a subset of themuch largerFour ThousandRelated Politicians group. An individual may be listed with more than one subset. These groupings — even thenames of the groupings,and the areas of main activity — are the result of a computer algorithm working with the data I have,not the choices of any historian or genealogist. | |  Josiah Hornblower (1729-1809) — ofEssexCounty, N.J.Born in Staffordshire,England,February23, 1729.Engineer;hardwaremerchant; member ofNewJersey state house of assembly from Essex County, 1779-80;Delegateto Continental Congress from New Jersey, 1785-86; county judge inNew Jersey, 1789-1809.Died in Newark,EssexCounty, N.J.,January21, 1809 (age79 years, 333days).Interment atDutchReformed Churchyard, Belleville, N.J. | | Thomas Seymour (1735-1829) — of Hartford,HartfordCounty, Conn.Born in Hartford,HartfordCounty, Conn.,March17, 1735.Lawyer;mayorof Hartford, Conn., 1774-1812; resigned 1812; member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives, 1789-1812; member ofConnecticutcouncil of assistants, 1793-1802; county judge in Connecticut,1798-1803.Died in Hartford,HartfordCounty, Conn.,July 30,1829 (age94 years, 135days).Burial location unknown.| |  Relatives: Sonof Thomas Seymour (1705-1767) and Hepzibah (Merrill) Seymour; marriedto Mary Ann Ledyard; grandfather ofThomasHenry Seymour; first cousin twice removed ofDavidLowrey Seymour; first cousin thrice removed ofCalebSeymour Pitkin; second cousin ofMosesSeymour; second cousin once removed ofHoratioSeymour (1778-1857) andHenrySeymour; second cousin twice removed ofOrigenStorrs Seymour,HoratioSeymour (1810-1886),HezekiahCook Seymour,GeorgeSeymour,McNeilSeymour andHenryWilliam Seymour; second cousin thrice removed ofSilasSeymour,EdwardWoodruff Seymour,AugustusSherrill Seymour,JosephBattell,MorrisWoodruff Seymour,HoratioSeymour Jr. andNormanAlexander Seymour; second cousin four times removed ofOrloErland Wadhams; second cousin five times removed ofFrankFiske Bostwick andDaltonG. Seymour; third cousin once removed ofOrsamusCook Merrill andTimothyMerrill; third cousin twice removed ofFarrandFassett Merrill,AlansonPike andWilliamSheffield Cowles (1846-1923); third cousin thrice removed ofCharlesSeymour,JohnSammis Seymour andWilliamSheffield Cowles (1898-1986). | | | | Political family:Seymourfamily of New York and Connecticut (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). |
| | John Strong (1738-1816) — of Dorset,BenningtonCounty, Vt.; Addison,AddisonCounty, Vt.Born in Salisbury,LitchfieldCounty, Conn.,August16, 1738.Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; memberofVermontstate house of representatives, 1779-82, 1784-87;delegateto Vermont state constitutional convention, 1791; member ofVermontGovernor's Council, 1801.Died in Addison,AddisonCounty, Vt.,June 16,1816 (age77 years, 305days).Interment atLake View Cemetery, West Addison, Addison, Vt.| | Relatives: Sonof Noah Strong and Deborah Strong; married to Agnes McCure; father ofSamuelStrong; grandfather ofGeorgeSeymour; great-grandfather ofFrederickEnoch Woodbridge; first cousin thrice removed ofCharlesHale; second cousin once removed ofDanielUpson; second cousin thrice removed ofCharlesUpson,GadEly Upson,ChristopherColumbus Upson,AndrewSeth Upson andEvelynM. Upson; second cousin four times removed ofAsburyWright Lee andWarrenEdward Anderson; third cousin ofElijahHunt Mills; third cousin once removed ofJosephChurchill Strong andEbenezerStrong; third cousin twice removed ofElishaHotchkiss Jr.,NormanA. Phelps,HerschelHarrison Hatch,JethroAyers Hatch andAlfredClark Chapin; third cousin thrice removed ofHiramBidwell Case,JuliusLevi Strong,WilliamChapman Williston,TimothyE. Griswold,WilliamWalter Phelps,RowlandCase Kellogg,MauriceLauchlin Wright,DanielParrish Witter,JosiahQuincy,HenryWard Beecher andEdwardStanley Kellogg; fourth cousin once removed ofChesterAckley. | | | | Political family:Seymourfamily of New York and Connecticut (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoWikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Moses Seymour (1742-1826) — of Litchfield,LitchfieldCounty, Conn.Born in Hartford,HartfordCounty, Conn.,July 23,1742.Furrier;hatter;merchant;farmer;major in Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives from Litchfield, 1795-1811.Died in Litchfield,LitchfieldCounty, Conn.,September17, 1826 (age84 years, 56days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Moses Seymour (1711-1795) and Rachel (Goodwin) Seymour; married,November7, 1771, to Molly Marsh; father ofHoratioSeymour (1778-1857) andHenrySeymour; grandfather ofOrigenStorrs Seymour,HoratioSeymour (1810-1886),GeorgeSeymour and Julia Catherine Seymour (who marriedRoscoeConkling); granduncle ofMcNeilSeymour andHenryWilliam Seymour; great-grandfather ofEdwardWoodruff Seymour,JosephBattell,MorrisWoodruff Seymour andHoratioSeymour Jr.; great-granduncle ofNormanAlexander Seymour; first cousin twice removed ofHezekiahCook Seymour; first cousin thrice removed ofSilasSeymour,WilliamChapman Williston andAugustusSherrill Seymour; first cousin four times removed ofOrloErland Wadhams; first cousin five times removed ofFrankFiske Bostwick andDaltonG. Seymour; second cousin ofThomasSeymour; second cousin once removed ofWilliamPitkin; second cousin twice removed ofDavidLowrey Seymour andThomasHenry Seymour; second cousin thrice removed ofCalebSeymour Pitkin; third cousin ofJosiahCowles andDanielPitkin; third cousin once removed ofTimothyPitkin,OrsamusCook Merrill,TimothyMerrill andElaCollins; third cousin twice removed ofFarrandFassett Merrill,WilliamCollins,AlansonPike,JohnRobert Graham Pitkin andWilliamSheffield Cowles (1846-1923); third cousin thrice removed ofCharlesSeymour,CharlesUpson,CalvinJosiah Cowles,GadEly Upson,JosephPomeroy Root,ElizurStillman Goodrich,FrederickWalker Pitkin,JohnSammis Seymour,LutherS. Pitkin,RussellCowles Ostrander,AddisonBeecher Colvin,LaMonte Cowles,HelenHerron Taft,GardnerCowles andWilliamSheffield Cowles (1898-1986). | | | | Political family:Seymourfamily of New York and Connecticut (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). |
| | Enoch Woodbridge (1750-1805) — of Vergennes,AddisonCounty, Vt.Born in Stockbridge,BerkshireCounty, Mass.,December25, 1750.Justiceof Vermont state supreme court, 1794-1800.Died in Vergennes,AddisonCounty, Vt.,July 14,1805 (age54 years, 201days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Timothy Woodbridge and Abigail (Day) Woodbridge; married to NancyWinchell; grandfather ofFrederickEnoch Woodbridge; second great-grandson ofWilliamLeete; second cousin once removed ofWilliamWoodbridge; second cousin thrice removed ofGeorgeDouglas Perkins; third cousin ofJosephSilliman (1756-1829) andTimothyPitkin; third cousin once removed ofBenjaminTallmadge,OliverWolcott Jr.,FrederickWolcott,DudleyWoodbridge andJosephSilliman (c.1786-1850); third cousin twice removed ofFrederickAugustus Tallmadge,EdwardGreen Bradford andJosephFitch Silliman; third cousin thrice removed ofJosephLyman Huntington,RogerCalvin Leete,RogerWolcott,DelosFall,EdwardGreen Bradford II andLewisWardlaw Haskell; fourth cousin once removed ofMartinChittenden,LeonardWhite,JohnAppleton andJanePierce. | | | | Political family:Seymourfamily of New York and Connecticut (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). |
| | Samuel Strong (1762-1832) — of Vergennes,AddisonCounty, Vt.Born in Salisbury,LitchfieldCounty, Conn.,July 17,1762.Farmer;sawmillowner;AddisonCounty Sheriff, 1787-89; member ofVermontstate house of representatives, 1804-05; served in the U.S. Armyduring the War of 1812; Federalist candidate forGovernor ofVermont, 1816;banker.Died in Vergennes,AddisonCounty, Vt.,December5, 1832 (age70 years, 141days).Interment atVergennes Burying Ground, Vergennes, Vt. | | Joseph Coerten Hornblower (1777-1864) — also known asJoseph C. Hornblower — of Belleville,EssexCounty, N.J.Born in Belleville,EssexCounty, N.J.,May 6,1777.Republican.Lawyer;Presidential Elector for New Jersey,1820;chiefjustice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1832-46;delegateto New Jersey state constitutional convention, 1844;lawprofessor; delegate to Republican National Convention from NewJersey,1856(ConventionVice-President).Died in Belleville,EssexCounty, N.J.,June 11,1864 (age87 years, 36days).Interment atMt.Pleasant Cemetery, Newark, N.J. | | Morris Woodruff (1777-1840) — of Litchfield,LitchfieldCounty, Conn.Born in Morris,LitchfieldCounty, Conn.,September3, 1777.Member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives from Litchfield, 1824-26, 1829-30,1836-37; Presidential Elector for Connecticut,1832.Died in Litchfield,LitchfieldCounty, Conn.,May 17,1840 (age62 years, 257days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof James Woodruff and Lucy (Morris) Woodruff; married to CandaceCatlin; father ofGeorgeCatlin Woodruff andLewisBartholomew Woodruff; grandfather ofEdwardWoodruff Seymour andMorrisWoodruff Seymour; third cousin twice removed ofJohnWoodruff andFranklinWoodruff; third cousin thrice removed ofEzekielGilbert Stoddard andTimothyLester Woodruff; fourth cousin ofOrsamusCook Merrill,TimothyMerrill,SilasWright Jr.,MarshallChapin andJamesSamuel Wadsworth; fourth cousin once removed ofTheodoreDwight,CharlesRobert Sherman,EliCoe Birdsey,FarrandFassett Merrill,WilliamChapman Williston,CharlesFrederick Wadsworth,JamesWolcott Wadsworth,WilliamSheffield Cowles,FranklinDarius Hale andGeorgeHarrison Hall. | | | | Political family:Seymourfamily of New York and Connecticut (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). |
| | Horatio Seymour (1778-1857) — of Middlebury,AddisonCounty, Vt.Born in Litchfield,LitchfieldCounty, Conn.,May 31,1778.Whig.Lawyer;postmaster;member ofVermontGovernor's Council, 1809-14;AddisonCounty State's Attorney, 1810-13, 1815-19;U.S.Senator from Vermont, 1821-33; candidate forGovernor ofVermont, 1836; probate judge in Vermont, 1847-56.Died in Middlebury,AddisonCounty, Vt.,November21, 1857 (age79 years, 174days).Interment atMiddleburyCemetery, Middlebury, Vt.| | Relatives: SonofMosesSeymour and Molly (Marsh) Seymour; brother ofHenrySeymour; married1800 to LucyCase; uncle ofOrigenStorrs Seymour,HoratioSeymour (1810-1886) andGeorgeSeymour; grandfather of Emma Seymour Battell (who marriedJohnWolcott Stewart) andJosephBattell; granduncle ofEdwardWoodruff Seymour,MorrisWoodruff Seymour andHoratioSeymour Jr.; first cousin once removed ofMcNeilSeymour andHenryWilliam Seymour; first cousin twice removed ofNormanAlexander Seymour; second cousin once removed ofThomasSeymour andHezekiahCook Seymour; second cousin twice removed ofWilliamPitkin,SilasSeymour,WilliamChapman Williston andAugustusSherrill Seymour; second cousin thrice removed ofOrloErland Wadhams; second cousin four times removed ofFrankFiske Bostwick andDaltonG. Seymour; third cousin once removed ofJosiahCowles,DanielPitkin,DavidLowrey Seymour andThomasHenry Seymour; third cousin twice removed ofCalebSeymour Pitkin; fourth cousin ofTimothyPitkin,OrsamusCook Merrill,TimothyMerrill andElaCollins; fourth cousin once removed ofFarrandFassett Merrill,WilliamCollins,AlansonPike,JohnRobert Graham Pitkin andWilliamSheffield Cowles. | | | | Political family:Seymourfamily of New York and Connecticut (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage |
| | Joseph Churchill Strong (1778-1844) — also known asJoseph C. Strong — of Knoxville,KnoxCounty, Tenn.Born in Bolton,TollandCounty, Conn.,October3, 1778.Physician;mayorof Knoxville, Tenn., 1828-31.Died in Knoxville,KnoxCounty, Tenn.,November3, 1844 (age66 years, 31days).Interment atFirstPresbyterian Church Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn.| | Relatives: Sonof Martha (Alvord) Strong and Judah Strong; married,December6, 1804, to Catharine Neilsen; married,May 22,1811, to Jane Kain; father of Martha Alvord Strong (who marriedCharlesReady Jr.); first cousin ofEbenezerStrong; first cousin twice removed ofJuliusLevi Strong; second cousin twice removed ofTimothyE. Griswold; third cousin once removed ofJohnStrong,ElijahHunt Mills andJohnArnold Rockwell; third cousin twice removed ofAaronKellogg; third cousin thrice removed ofWilliamBerkeley Hotchkiss; fourth cousin ofJohnTaintor,SamuelStrong,RogerTaintor,SolomonTaintor andElishaHunt Allen; fourth cousin once removed ofJasonKellogg,EphraimSafford,OrsamusCook Merrill,AmaziahBrainard,TimothyMerrill,DeGrasseMaltby,HenryTaintor,CharlesCreighton Stratton,Asa H.Otis,JohnAdams Taintor,AnsonLevi Holcomb,TheodoreSill,RalphSmith Taintor,HenryG. Taintor,GeorgeSeymour,JohnLeake Newbold Stratton,WilliamFessenden Allen,HerschelHarrison Hatch,JethroAyers Hatch,AlfredClark Chapin andFrederickHobbes Allen. | | | | Political family:Seymourfamily of New York and Connecticut (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
 | William Woodbridge (1780-1861) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Norwich,New LondonCounty, Conn.,August20, 1780.Lawyer;member ofOhiostate house of representatives, 1807; member ofOhiostate senate, 1813-15;secretaryof Michigan Territory, 1815-28;Delegateto U.S. Congress from Michigan Territory, 1819-20; resigned 1820;justiceof Michigan territorial supreme court, 1828-32;delegateto Michigan state constitutional convention 1st District, 1835; candidate forU.S.Representative from Michigan at-large, 1835; member ofMichiganstate senate 1st District, 1838-40;Governor ofMichigan, 1840-41;U.S.Senator from Michigan, 1841-47.Died in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,October20, 1861 (age81 years, 61days).Interment atElmwoodCemetery, Detroit, Mich.| | Relatives: Sonof Dudley Woodbridge (1747-1823) and Lucy (Backus) Woodbridge;married,June 29,1806, to Julianna Trumbull; father of Julianna TrumbullWoodbridge (who marriedHenryTitus Backus (1809-1877)); third great-grandson ofWilliamLeete; first cousin ofHenryTitus Backus (1809-1877); first cousin twice removed ofGeorgeDouglas Perkins; first cousin thrice removed ofBenjaminHuntington; first cousin five times removed ofGeorgePhilip Kazen; second cousin ofIsaacBackus; second cousin once removed ofEnochWoodbridge andZinaHyde Jr.; second cousin twice removed ofJabezHuntington,SamuelHuntington,HenryHuntington andGurdonHuntington; third cousin ofThomasWorcester Hyde; third cousin once removed ofJedediahHuntington,EbenezerHuntington,JosephSilliman (1756-1829),SamuelH. Huntington,TimothyPitkin,AbelHuntington,PhineasLyman Tracy,AlbertHaller Tracy,BenjaminNicoll Huntington,FrederickEnoch Woodbridge,MatthewGriswold,CharlesEdward Hyde,JohnSedgwick Hyde andEdwardWarden Hyde; third cousin twice removed ofJohnDavenport,JoshuaCoit andJamesDavenport; third cousin thrice removed ofJohnFoster Dulles,AllenWelsh Dulles andSeldenChapin; fourth cousin ofBenjaminTallmadge,OliverWolcott Jr.,FrederickWolcott,DudleyWoodbridge (1782-1844),HenryMeigs,JosephSilliman (c.1786-1850),BelaEdgerton,JabezWilliams Huntington,HemanTicknor,NathanielHuntington,JamesHuntington,MartinOlds,JosephLyman Huntington,CharlesPhelps Huntington,ElishaMills Huntington andAlonzoMark Leffingwell; fourth cousin once removed ofAugustusSeymour Porter,SamuelLathrop,PeterBuell Porter,TheodoreDavenport,FrederickAugustus Tallmadge,HenryMeigs Jr.,JohnForsyth Jr.,AlfredPeck Edgerton,JosephKetchum Edgerton,EdwardGreen Bradford,CollinsDwight Huntington,GeorgeMilo Huntington,JosephFitch Silliman,WilliamClark Huntington,HenryStark Culver,HiramBingham,JohnLeffingwell Randolph andGeorgeLeffingwell Reed. | | | | Political family:Seymourfamily of New York and Connecticut (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | ThetownshipofWoodbridge,Michigan, isnamed forhim. — WoodbridgeStreet,in downtownDetroit,Michigan, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography | | | | Image source: Portrait & BiographicalAlbum of Washtenaw County (1891) |
| | Henry Seymour (1780-1837) — ofOnondagaCounty, N.Y.Born in Litchfield,LitchfieldCounty, Conn.,May 30,1780.Member ofNew Yorkstate senate Western District, 1815-19, 1821-22; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Onondaga County, 1819-20.Financially ruined in the Panic of 1837, he died from aself-inflictedgunshot,in Utica,OneidaCounty, N.Y.,August26, 1837 (age57 years, 88days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: SonofMosesSeymour and Molly (Marsh) Seymour; brother ofHoratioSeymour (1778-1857); married,January1, 1807, to Mary Ledyard Forman (first cousin once removed ofEdwinBarber Morgan andChristopherMorgan); father ofHoratioSeymour (1810-1886) and Julia Catherine Seymour (who marriedRoscoeConkling); uncle ofOrigenStorrs Seymour andGeorgeSeymour; grandfather ofHoratioSeymour Jr. and Helen Lincklaen (who marriedCharlesStebbins Fairchild); granduncle ofEdwardWoodruff Seymour,JosephBattell andMorrisWoodruff Seymour; first cousin once removed ofMcNeilSeymour andHenryWilliam Seymour; first cousin twice removed ofNormanAlexander Seymour; second cousin once removed ofThomasSeymour andHezekiahCook Seymour; second cousin twice removed ofWilliamPitkin,SilasSeymour,WilliamChapman Williston andAugustusSherrill Seymour; second cousin thrice removed ofOrloErland Wadhams; second cousin four times removed ofFrankFiske Bostwick andDaltonG. Seymour; third cousin once removed ofJosiahCowles,DanielPitkin,DavidLowrey Seymour andThomasHenry Seymour; third cousin twice removed ofCalebSeymour Pitkin; fourth cousin ofTimothyPitkin,OrsamusCook Merrill,TimothyMerrill andElaCollins; fourth cousin once removed ofFarrandFassett Merrill,WilliamCollins,AlansonPike,JohnRobert Graham Pitkin andWilliamSheffield Cowles. | | | | Political families:Seymourfamily of New York and Connecticut;Morganfamily of Aurora, New York (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Ebenezer Strong (1780-1864) — of Bolton,TollandCounty, Conn.BornMay 24,1780.Member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives from Bolton, 1832.DiedMarch23, 1864 (age83 years, 304days).Interment atBolton Center Cemetery, Bolton, Conn.| | Relatives: Sonof Ebenezer Strong (1754-1824) and Lucy (Kilbourn) Strong; married,September3, 1800, to Mary 'Polly' Day; first cousin ofJosephChurchill Strong; first cousin twice removed ofJuliusLevi Strong; second cousin twice removed ofTimothyE. Griswold; third cousin once removed ofJohnStrong,ElijahHunt Mills andJohnArnold Rockwell; third cousin thrice removed ofWilliamBerkeley Hotchkiss; fourth cousin ofJohnTaintor,SamuelStrong,RogerTaintor andSolomonTaintor; fourth cousin once removed ofEphraimSafford,AmaziahBrainard,DeGrasseMaltby,HenryTaintor,CharlesCreighton Stratton,Asa H.Otis,JohnAdams Taintor,TheodoreSill,RalphSmith Taintor,HenryG. Taintor,GeorgeSeymour,JohnLeake Newbold Stratton,HerschelHarrison Hatch,JethroAyers Hatch andAlfredClark Chapin. | | | | Political family:Seymourfamily of New York and Connecticut (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Dudley Woodbridge (1782-1844) — of Manchester,HartfordCounty, Conn.Born in Manchester,HartfordCounty, Conn.,April20, 1782.Member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives from Manchester, 1831.Died in Manchester,HartfordCounty, Conn.,October13, 1844 (age62 years, 176days).Interment atEastCemetery, Manchester, Conn. | | Charles Robert Sherman (1788-1829) — of New Lancaster (now Lancaster),FairfieldCounty, Ohio.Born in Norwalk,FairfieldCounty, Conn.,September17, 1788.Lawyer;justiceof Ohio state supreme court, 1823-29; died in office 1829.Died in Lebanon,WarrenCounty, Ohio,June 24,1829 (age40 years, 280days).Interment atElmwoodCemetery, Lancaster, Ohio.| | Relatives: Sonof Taylor Sherman and Elizabeth (Stoddard) Sherman; married,May 8,1810, to Mary Hoyt; father ofCharlesTaylor Sherman,WilliamTecumseh Sherman,LampsonParker Sherman andJohnSherman; grandfather of Mary Hoyt Sherman (who marriedNelsonAppleton Miles); fifth great-grandson ofThomasWelles; second cousin once removed ofPhineasTaylor Barnum; second cousin twice removed ofPierpontEdwards,AaronBurr,EzekielGilbert Stoddard andBlancheM. Woodward; second cousin thrice removed ofLouisEzekiel Stoddard; third cousin once removed ofJohnDavenport,JamesDavenport,TheodoreDwight,HenryWaggaman Edwards,PhiloFairchild Barnum andAndrewGould Chatfield; third cousin twice removed ofChaunceyGoodrich,ElizurGoodrich andChaunceyMitchell Depew; third cousin thrice removed ofSamuelHuntington; fourth cousin ofTheodoreDavenport andDavidLowrey Seymour; fourth cousin once removed ofGershomBirdsey,MorrisWoodruff,BenjaminHard,GideonHard,JamesSamuel Wadsworth,AlfredPeck Edgerton,JohnAppleton,JosephKetchum Edgerton,JosephPomeroy Root,BushrodEbenezer Hoppin,CalebSeymour Pitkin andEdwardWilliams Hooker. | | | | Political family:Seymourfamily of New York and Connecticut (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Alfred Conkling (1789-1874) — of New York. Born in Amagansett,SuffolkCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,October12, 1789.U.S.Representative from New York 14th District, 1821-23;U.S.District Judge for the Northern District of New York, 1825-52;U.S. Minister toMexico, 1852-53.Died in Utica,OneidaCounty, N.Y.,February5, 1874 (age84 years, 116days).Interment atForestHill Cemetery, Utica, N.Y. | | Thomas Ewing (1789-1871) — of Lancaster,FairfieldCounty, Ohio.Born near West Liberty,OhioCounty, Va. (now W.Va.),December28, 1789.U.S.Senator from Ohio, 1831-37, 1850-51;U.S.Secretary of the Treasury, 1841;U.S.Secretary of the Interior, 1849-50.Died in Lancaster,FairfieldCounty, Ohio,October26, 1871 (age81 years, 302days).Interment atSt.Mary's Cemetery, Lancaster, Ohio. | | Frederick Augustus Tallmadge (1792-1869) — also known asFrederick A. Tallmadge — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Litchfield,LitchfieldCounty, Conn.,August29, 1792.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member ofNew Yorkstate senate 1st District, 1837-40;U.S.Representative from New York 5th District, 1847-49.Died in Litchfield,LitchfieldCounty, Conn.,September17, 1869 (age77 years, 19days).Interment atEastCemetery, Litchfield, Conn.| | Relatives: SonofBenjaminTallmadge and Mary (Floyd) Tallmadge; married,May 22,1815, to Elizabeth Hannah Canfield; father of Mary FloydTallmadge (who marriedEdwardWoodruff Seymour); nephew ofNicollFloyd; grandson ofWilliamAnson Floyd; fourth great-grandson ofThomasWillett andWilliamLeete; first cousin ofDavidGelston Floyd andJohnGelston Floyd; first cousin once removed ofJamesTallmadge; second cousin ofMatthiasBurnett Tallmadge,JamesTallmadge Jr.,JoelTallmadge Jr.,CharlesAlbert Floyd andNathanielPitcher Tallmadge; second cousin once removed ofPeterRobert Livingston,MaturinLivingston,JohnJames Tallmadge,IsaacSmith Tallmadge andDanielWebster Tallmadge; second cousin twice removed ofPierpontEdwards,MillardEllsworth Lane andCharlesDunsmore Millard; third cousin once removed ofAaronBurr,TheodoreDwight andHenryWaggaman Edwards; third cousin twice removed ofEnochWoodbridge,JosephSilliman (1756-1829),GeorgeLandon Ingraham,PeterGoelet Gerry andOgdenLivingston Mills; third cousin thrice removed ofCharlesH. Chittenden andDanielPhoenix Ingraham; fourth cousin once removed ofNoahPhelps,OliverWolcott Jr.,FrederickWolcott,WilliamWoodbridge,MartinKeeler andJosephSilliman (c.1786-1850). | | | | Political families:Seymourfamily of New York and Connecticut;Tallmadge-Floydfamily of New York (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | William Cameron (1795-1877) — of Lewisburg,UnionCounty, Pa.Born in Maytown,LancasterCounty, Pa.,October18, 1795.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention fromPennsylvania,1860;Republican Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania,1876(voted forRutherfordB. Hayes andWilliamA. Wheeler).Died in Lewisburg,UnionCounty, Pa.,September10, 1877 (age81 years, 327days).Interment atLewisburgCemetery, Lewisburg, Pa. | | Simon Cameron (1799-1889) — also known as"The Czar ofPennsylvania" —of Harrisburg,DauphinCounty, Pa.Born in Maytown,LancasterCounty, Pa.,March 8,1799.AdjutantGeneral of Pennsylvania, 1829-30;U.S.Senator from Pennsylvania, 1845-49, 1857-61, 1867-77; resigned1861, 1877; candidate for Republican nomination for President,1860;U.S.Secretary of War, 1861-62; U.S. Minister toRussia, 1862.Member,Freemasons.Died near Maytown,LancasterCounty, Pa.,June 26,1889 (age90 years, 110days).Interment atHarrisburgCemetery, Harrisburg, Pa. | | David Lowrey Seymour (1803-1867) — also known asDavid L. Seymour — of Troy,RensselaerCounty, N.Y.Born in Newington,HartfordCounty, Conn.,December2, 1803.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Rensselaer County, 1836;U.S.Representative from New York 12th District, 1843-45, 1851-53;defeated, 1844, 1852, 1858; Democratic candidate for PresidentialElector for New York,1856;delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,1860;delegateto New York state constitutional convention, 1867.Died in Lanesborough,BerkshireCounty, Mass.,October11, 1867 (age63 years, 313days).Interment atOldMt. Ida Cemetery, Troy, N.Y.; cenotaph atNewington Cemetery, Newington, Conn.| | Relatives: Sonof Ashbel Seymour and Mary (Lowrey) Seymour; married,July 27,1837, to Maria Lucy Curtiss; fifth great-grandson ofThomasWelles; first cousin once removed ofCalebSeymour Pitkin; first cousin twice removed ofThomasSeymour; second cousin twice removed ofMosesSeymour; third cousin ofThomasHenry Seymour; third cousin once removed ofHoratioSeymour (1778-1857) andHenrySeymour; fourth cousin ofCharlesRobert Sherman,OrigenStorrs Seymour,HoratioSeymour (1810-1886),HezekiahCook Seymour,GeorgeSeymour,McNeilSeymour andHenryWilliam Seymour; fourth cousin once removed ofOrsamusCook Merrill,GershomBirdsey,BenjaminHard,TimothyMerrill,CharlesTaylor Sherman,SilasSeymour,WilliamTecumseh Sherman,LampsonParker Sherman,JohnSherman,EdwardWoodruff Seymour,AugustusSherrill Seymour,JosephBattell,MorrisWoodruff Seymour,HoratioSeymour Jr. andNormanAlexander Seymour. | | | | Political family:Seymourfamily of New York and Connecticut (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Origen Storrs Seymour (1804-1881) — also known asOrigen S. Seymour — of Litchfield,LitchfieldCounty, Conn.Born in Litchfield,LitchfieldCounty, Conn.,February9, 1804.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives, 1842, 1849-50, 1880;Speaker ofthe Connecticut State House of Representatives, 1850;U.S.Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1851-55; superiorcourt judge in Connecticut, 1855-63; candidate forGovernor ofConnecticut, 1864, 1865;justice ofConnecticut state supreme court, 1870-74;chiefjustice of Connecticut Supreme Court, 1873-74.Episcopalian.Died in Litchfield,LitchfieldCounty, Conn.,August12, 1881 (age77 years, 184days).Interment atEastCemetery, Litchfield, Conn. | | George Catlin Woodruff (1805-1885) — also known asGeorge C. Woodruff — of Litchfield,LitchfieldCounty, Conn.Born in Litchfield,LitchfieldCounty, Conn.,December1, 1805.Democrat.Lawyer;postmaster atLitchfield,Conn., 1832-42, 1842-46; member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives, 1851, 1866, 1874;U.S.Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1861-63.Died in Litchfield,LitchfieldCounty, Conn.,November21, 1885 (age79 years, 355days).Interment atEastCemetery, Litchfield, Conn. | | Edwin Barber Morgan (1806-1881) — also known asEdwin B. Morgan — of Aurora,CayugaCounty, N.Y.Born in Aurora,CayugaCounty, N.Y.,1806.Republican.U.S.Representative from New York 25th District, 1853-59; delegate toRepublican National Convention from New York,1856.Died in Aurora,CayugaCounty, N.Y.,October13, 1881 (ageabout 75years).Interment atOakGlen Cemetery, Aurora, N.Y. | | Thomas Henry Seymour (1807-1868) — also known asThomas H. Seymour;Thomas HartSeymour —of Hartford,HartfordCounty, Conn.Born in Hartford,HartfordCounty, Conn.,September29, 1807.Democrat.Lawyer;probate judge in Connecticut, 1836-38;U.S.Representative from Connecticut 1st District, 1843-45; colonel inthe U.S. Army during the Mexican War;Governor ofConnecticut, 1850-53; defeated, 1863; U.S. Minister toRussia, 1853-58; candidate for Democratic nomination forPresident,1864.Died oftyphoidfever, in Hartford,HartfordCounty, Conn.,September3, 1868 (age60 years, 340days).Interment atCedarHill Cemetery, Hartford, Conn.| | Relatives: Sonof Henry Seymour (1754-1846) and Jane (Ellery) Seymour; married,September17, 1827, to Henrietta Maria Stanley; grandson ofThomasSeymour; second cousin twice removed ofMosesSeymour; third cousin ofDavidLowrey Seymour; third cousin once removed ofHoratioSeymour (1778-1857),HenrySeymour (1780-1837) andCalebSeymour Pitkin; third cousin thrice removed ofJoshuaCoit; fourth cousin ofOrigenStorrs Seymour,HoratioSeymour (1810-1886),HezekiahCook Seymour,GeorgeSeymour,McNeilSeymour andHenryWilliam Seymour; fourth cousin once removed ofOrsamusCook Merrill,TimothyMerrill,SilasSeymour,EdwardWoodruff Seymour,AugustusSherrill Seymour,JosephBattell,MorrisWoodruff Seymour,HoratioSeymour Jr. andNormanAlexander Seymour. | | | | Political family:Seymourfamily of New York and Connecticut (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | ThetownofSeymour,Connecticut, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —U.S. State Dept career summary —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Christopher Morgan (1808-1877) — of Auburn,CayugaCounty, N.Y.Born in Aurora,CayugaCounty, N.Y.,June 4,1808.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from New York 24th District, 1839-43; defeated,1842;secretaryof state of New York, 1847-51;mayor ofAuburn, N.Y., 1860.Died in Auburn,CayugaCounty, N.Y.,April 3,1877 (age68 years, 303days).Interment atFortHill Cemetery, Auburn, N.Y. | | Sidney Thompson Fairchild (1808-1889) — also known asSidney T. Fairchild — of Cazenovia,MadisonCounty, N.Y.Born in Norwich,ChenangoCounty, N.Y.,November15, 1808.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,1860,1864.Died in Cazenovia,MadisonCounty, N.Y.,February15, 1889 (age80 years, 92days).Interment atEvergreenCemetery, Cazenovia, N.Y. | | Lewis Bartholomew Woodruff (1809-1875) — also known asLewis B. Woodruff — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Litchfield,LitchfieldCounty, Conn.,June 19,1809.Lawyer;common pleas court judge in New York, 1849-55; New York City superiorcourt judge, 1856-61;judge ofNew York Court of Appeals, 1868-69; Judge of U.S. Circuit Courtfor the 2nd Circuit, 1869-75; died in office 1875.Died in Litchfield,LitchfieldCounty, Conn.,September10, 1875 (age66 years, 83days).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Bronx, N.Y.  | Horatio Seymour (1810-1886) — also known as"The Great Decliner" — of Utica,OneidaCounty, N.Y.Born in Pompey Hill,OnondagaCounty, N.Y.,May 31,1810.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Oneida County, 1842, 1844-45;Speaker ofthe New York State Assembly, 1845;mayor ofUtica, N.Y., 1843;Governor ofNew York, 1853-55, 1863-65; defeated, 1850, 1854, 1864; candidatefor Democratic nomination for President,1860;delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,1864;candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1868; Democratic Presidential Elector forNew York,1876.Episcopalian.Died in Deerfield,OneidaCounty, N.Y.,February12, 1886 (age75 years, 257days).Interment atForestHill Cemetery, Utica, N.Y.| | Relatives: SonofHenrySeymour and Mary Ledyard (Forman) Seymour; brother of JuliaCatherine Seymour (who marriedRoscoeConkling); married,May 31,1835, to Mary Bleecker; nephew ofHoratioSeymour (1778-1857); uncle ofHoratioSeymour Jr. and Helen Lincklaen (who marriedCharlesStebbins Fairchild); grandson ofMosesSeymour; first cousin ofOrigenStorrs Seymour andGeorgeSeymour; first cousin once removed ofEdwardWoodruff Seymour,JosephBattell andMorrisWoodruff Seymour; second cousin ofEdwinBarber Morgan,ChristopherMorgan,McNeilSeymour andHenryWilliam Seymour; second cousin once removed ofNormanAlexander Seymour; second cousin twice removed ofThomasSeymour; second cousin thrice removed ofWilliamPitkin; third cousin ofHezekiahCook Seymour; third cousin once removed ofSilasSeymour,WilliamChapman Williston andAugustusSherrill Seymour; third cousin twice removed ofJosiahCowles,DanielPitkin andOrloErland Wadhams; third cousin thrice removed ofFrankFiske Bostwick andDaltonG. Seymour; fourth cousin ofDavidLowrey Seymour andThomasHenry Seymour; fourth cousin once removed ofTimothyPitkin,OrsamusCook Merrill,TimothyMerrill,ElaCollins andCalebSeymour Pitkin. | | | | Political family:Seymourfamily of New York and Connecticut (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | SeymourMountain,in the Adirondack Mountains,FranklinCounty, New York, isnamed forhim. — ThecityofSeymour,Wisconsin, isnamed forhim. | | | | Politician named for him:SeymourMerritt | | | | See alsoNationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about Horatio Seymour: StewartMitchell,HoratioSeymour of New York | | | | Image source: William C. Roberts,Leading Orators (1884) |
| | Hezekiah Cook Seymour (1811-1853) — also known asHezekiah C. Seymour — of Nyack,RocklandCounty, N.Y.Born in Westmoreland,OneidaCounty, N.Y.,June 24,1811.Railroadexecutive;New Yorkstate engineer and surveyor, 1850-51.Died in Piermont,RocklandCounty, N.Y.,July 24,1853 (age42 years, 30days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Bradford Steele Seymour and Mary (Cook) Seymour; married,February9, 1836, to Mary Sherrill; father ofAugustusSherrill Seymour; first cousin twice removed ofMosesSeymour; second cousin once removed ofHoratioSeymour (1778-1857),HenrySeymour andSilasSeymour; second cousin twice removed ofThomasSeymour; second cousin thrice removed ofFrankFiske Bostwick andDaltonG. Seymour; third cousin ofOrigenStorrs Seymour,HoratioSeymour (1810-1886),GeorgeSeymour,McNeilSeymour andHenryWilliam Seymour; third cousin once removed ofEdwardWoodruff Seymour,JosephBattell,MorrisWoodruff Seymour,HoratioSeymour Jr. andNormanAlexander Seymour; third cousin twice removed ofOrloErland Wadhams; fourth cousin ofDavidLowrey Seymour andThomasHenry Seymour; fourth cousin once removed ofOrsamusCook Merrill,TimothyMerrill andCalebSeymour Pitkin. | | | | Political family:Seymourfamily of New York and Connecticut (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). |
| | Charles Taylor Sherman (1811-1879) — also known asCharles T. Sherman — of Mansfield,RichlandCounty, Ohio.Born in Norwalk,FairfieldCounty, Conn.,February3, 1811.Whig. Delegate to Whig National Convention from Ohio, 1839;U.S.District Judge for the Northern District of Ohio, 1867-72;resigned 1872.Died in Cleveland,CuyahogaCounty, Ohio,January1, 1879 (age67 years, 332days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Mary (Hoyt) Sherman andCharlesRobert Sherman; brother ofWilliamTecumseh Sherman,LampsonParker Sherman andJohnSherman; married,February2, 1841, to Eliza Jane Williams; father of Mary Hoyt Sherman (whomarriedNelsonAppleton Miles); sixth great-grandson ofThomasWelles; second cousin ofDavidMunson Osborne; second cousin once removed ofThomasMott Osborne; second cousin twice removed ofCharlesDevens Osborne andLithgowOsborne; second cousin thrice removed ofPierpontEdwards andAaronBurr; third cousin ofPhineasTaylor Barnum; third cousin once removed ofEzekielGilbert Stoddard andBlancheM. Woodward; third cousin twice removed ofJohnDavenport,JamesDavenport,TheodoreDwight,HenryWaggaman Edwards,IraYale,LouisEzekiel Stoddard andAsburyElliott Kellogg; third cousin thrice removed ofJonathanBrace,ChaunceyGoodrich andElizurGoodrich; fourth cousin ofPhiloFairchild Barnum,AndrewGould Chatfield,HenryJarvis Raymond andEdwinOlmstead Keeler; fourth cousin once removed ofCharlesYale,TheodoreDavenport,DavidLowrey Seymour,ChaunceyMitchell Depew,FredLockwood Keeler andThomasMcKeen Chidsey. | | | | Political family:Seymourfamily of New York and Connecticut (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsofederaljudicial profile —BiographicalDirectory of Federal Judges |
| | Joseph Philo Bradley (1813-1892) — also known asJoseph P. Bradley — Born in Berne,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,March14, 1813.Lawyer;AssociateJustice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1870-92; died in office 1892.ChristianReformed.As the only politically independent member of the ElectoralCommission to settle the disputed 1876 presidential election, he castthe deciding vote to award all of the disputed electoral votes to theRepublican candidate,RuthefordB. Hayes.Died inWashington,D.C.,January22, 1892 (age78 years, 314days).Interment atMt.Pleasant Cemetery, Newark, N.J. | | Frederick Augustus Conkling (1816-1891) — also known asFrederick A. Conkling — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Canajoharie,MontgomeryCounty, N.Y.,August22, 1816.Republican. Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly, 1854, 1859-60 (New York County 13th District1854, New York County 7th District 1859-60);U.S.Representative from New York 6th District, 1861-63; defeated(Union), 1862; candidate formayorof New York City, N.Y., 1868.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,September18, 1891 (age75 years, 27days).Interment atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y. | | George Seymour (1816-1861) — of Litchfield,LitchfieldCounty, Conn.BornDecember27, 1816.Physician;member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives, 1850.Died in Litchfield,LitchfieldCounty, Conn.,January29, 1861 (age44 years, 33days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Moses Seymour (1774-1826) and Mabel (Strong) Seymour; married,February10, 1841, to Sarah Newell Hunt; nephew ofSamuelStrong,HoratioSeymour (1778-1857) andHenrySeymour; grandson ofJohnStrong andMosesSeymour (1742-1826); first cousin ofOrigenStorrs Seymour andHoratioSeymour (1810-1886); first cousin once removed ofFrederickEnoch Woodbridge,EdwardWoodruff Seymour,JosephBattell,MorrisWoodruff Seymour andHoratioSeymour Jr.; second cousin ofMcNeilSeymour andHenryWilliam Seymour; second cousin once removed ofNormanAlexander Seymour; second cousin twice removed ofThomasSeymour; second cousin thrice removed ofWilliamPitkin; third cousin ofHezekiahCook Seymour; third cousin once removed ofDanielUpson,SilasSeymour,WilliamChapman Williston,CharlesHale andAugustusSherrill Seymour; third cousin twice removed ofJosiahCowles,DanielPitkin,ElijahHunt Mills andOrloErland Wadhams; third cousin thrice removed ofFrankFiske Bostwick andDaltonG. Seymour; fourth cousin ofDavidLowrey Seymour andThomasHenry Seymour; fourth cousin once removed ofTimothyPitkin,OrsamusCook Merrill,JosephChurchill Strong,EbenezerStrong,TimothyMerrill,ElaCollins,CharlesUpson,GadEly Upson,ChristopherColumbus Upson,AndrewSeth Upson,EvelynM. Upson andCalebSeymour Pitkin. | | | | Political family:Seymourfamily of New York and Connecticut (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). |
| | 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. | | Silas Seymour (1817-1890) — of Piermont,RocklandCounty, N.Y.; Saratoga Springs,SaratogaCounty, N.Y.Born in Stillwater,SaratogaCounty, N.Y.,June 20,1817.Engineer;worked onrailroadconstruction;New Yorkstate engineer and surveyor, 1856-57, 1882-83.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,July 15,1890 (age73 years, 25days).Interment atMt.Hermon Cemetery, Sillery, Quebec City, Quebec.| | Relatives: Sonof John Seymour and Sarah (Montgomery) Seymour; married,December23, 1840, to Delia S. French; first cousin thrice removed ofMosesSeymour; second cousin once removed ofHezekiahCook Seymour; second cousin twice removed ofHoratioSeymour (1778-1857) andHenrySeymour; second cousin thrice removed ofThomasSeymour; third cousin ofAugustusSherrill Seymour; third cousin once removed ofOrigenStorrs Seymour,HoratioSeymour (1810-1886),GeorgeSeymour,McNeilSeymour andHenryWilliam Seymour; third cousin twice removed ofFrankFiske Bostwick andDaltonG. Seymour; fourth cousin ofEdwardWoodruff Seymour,JosephBattell,MorrisWoodruff Seymour,HoratioSeymour Jr. andNormanAlexander Seymour; fourth cousin once removed ofDavidLowrey Seymour,ThomasHenry Seymour andOrloErland Wadhams. | | | | Political family:Seymourfamily of New York and Connecticut (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle |
| | Frederick Enoch Woodbridge (1818-1888) — also known asFrederick E. Woodbridge — of Vergennes,AddisonCounty, Vt.Born in Vergennes,AddisonCounty, Vt.,August29, 1818.Republican.Lawyer;member ofVermontstate house of representatives, 1849, 1857-58;Vermontstate auditor of accounts, 1850-53; member ofVermontstate senate, 1860-62;U.S.Representative from Vermont 1st District, 1863-69.Died in Vergennes,AddisonCounty, Vt.,April25, 1888 (age69 years, 240days).Interment atProspectCemetery, Vergennes, Vt.  | William Tecumseh Sherman (1820-1891) — Born in Lancaster,FairfieldCounty, Ohio,February8, 1820.Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; general in the UnionArmy during the Civil War; in 1864, he led Union troops who attackedand burned Atlanta, Georgia;U.S.Secretary of War, 1869.Member,LoyalLegion.Elected to theHallof Fame for Great Americans in 1905.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,February14, 1891 (age71 years, 6days).Interment atCalvaryCemetery, St. Louis, Mo.; statue atGrand Army Plaza, Manhattan, N.Y.; statue atSherman Park, Washington, D.C.| | Relatives: Sonof Mary (Hoyt) Sherman andCharlesRobert Sherman; brother ofCharlesTaylor Sherman,LampsonParker Sherman andJohnSherman; married,May 1,1850, to Eleanor Boyle Ewing (daughter ofThomasEwing); father of Eleanor M. Sherman (who marriedAlexanderMontgomery Thackara); uncle of Mary Hoyt Sherman (who marriedNelsonAppleton Miles) and Elizabeth Sherman (who marriedJamesDonald Cameron); sixth great-grandson ofThomasWelles; second cousin ofDavidMunson Osborne; second cousin once removed ofThomasMott Osborne; second cousin twice removed ofCharlesDevens Osborne andLithgowOsborne; second cousin thrice removed ofPierpontEdwards andAaronBurr; third cousin ofPhineasTaylor Barnum; third cousin once removed ofEzekielGilbert Stoddard andBlancheM. Woodward; third cousin twice removed ofJohnDavenport,JamesDavenport,TheodoreDwight,HenryWaggaman Edwards,IraYale,LouisEzekiel Stoddard andAsburyElliott Kellogg; third cousin thrice removed ofJonathanBrace,ChaunceyGoodrich andElizurGoodrich; fourth cousin ofPhiloFairchild Barnum,AndrewGould Chatfield,HenryJarvis Raymond andEdwinOlmstead Keeler; fourth cousin once removed ofCharlesYale,TheodoreDavenport,DavidLowrey Seymour,ChaunceyMitchell Depew,FredLockwood Keeler andThomasMcKeen Chidsey. | | | | Political families:Seymourfamily of New York and Connecticut;Ewingfamily of Yonkers and New York City, New York (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:JosephD. Webster | | | | Sherman counties inKan.,Neb. andOre. arenamed for him. | | | | ThecommunityofSherman,Michigan, isnamed forhim. —MountSherman, inLakeandParkcounties, Colorado, isnamed forhim. | | | | Politician named for him:W.T. S. Rath | | | | See alsoWikipedia article —NNDBdossier | | | | Books about William T. Sherman: StanleyP. Hirshson,TheWhite Tecumseh : A Biography of General William T.Sherman — Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] | | | | Image source: Great Men and FamousWomen (1894) |
| | William Henry Hornblower (1820-1883) — Born in Belleville,EssexCounty, N.J.,March21, 1820.Republican.Minister;Republican Presidential Elector for New Jersey,1860.Presbyterian.Died in Pittsburgh,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.,July 16,1883 (age63 years, 117days).Burial location unknown. | | Charles Seymour (b. 1821) — of La Crosse,La CrosseCounty, Wis.Born in Vermont,1821.Republican.Newspapereditor and publisher; postmaster atLaCrosse, Wis., 1871-82; U.S. Consul inCanton, as of 1884-97.Burial location unknown. | | Lampson Parker Sherman (1821-1900) — also known asLampson P. Sherman — of Des Moines,PolkCounty, Iowa.Born in New Lancaster (now Lancaster),FairfieldCounty, Ohio,October13, 1821.Republican.Printer;newspaperpublisher;merchant;mayorof Des Moines, Iowa, 1854-55;U.S.Collector of Internal Revenue at Des Moines, Iowa, 1867-79.Died in Des Moines,PolkCounty, Iowa,November21, 1900 (age79 years, 39days).Interment atWoodlandCemetery, Des Moines, Iowa.| | Relatives: Sonof Mary (Hoyt) Sherman andCharlesRobert Sherman; brother ofCharlesTaylor Sherman,WilliamTecumseh Sherman andJohnSherman; married,April19, 1845, to Mary Getchell; married,December31, 1851, to Susan Rebecca Lawson; uncle of Mary Hoyt Sherman(who marriedNelsonAppleton Miles); sixth great-grandson ofThomasWelles; second cousin ofDavidMunson Osborne; second cousin once removed ofThomasMott Osborne; second cousin twice removed ofCharlesDevens Osborne andLithgowOsborne; second cousin thrice removed ofPierpontEdwards andAaronBurr; third cousin ofPhineasTaylor Barnum; third cousin once removed ofEzekielGilbert Stoddard andBlancheM. Woodward; third cousin twice removed ofJohnDavenport,JamesDavenport,TheodoreDwight,HenryWaggaman Edwards,IraYale,LouisEzekiel Stoddard andAsburyElliott Kellogg; third cousin thrice removed ofJonathanBrace,ChaunceyGoodrich andElizurGoodrich; fourth cousin ofPhiloFairchild Barnum,AndrewGould Chatfield,HenryJarvis Raymond andEdwinOlmstead Keeler; fourth cousin once removed ofCharlesYale,TheodoreDavenport,DavidLowrey Seymour,ChaunceyMitchell Depew,FredLockwood Keeler andThomasMcKeen Chidsey. | | | | Political family:Seymourfamily of New York and Connecticut (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | McNeil Seymour (1822-1870) — ofLivingstonCounty, N.Y.Born in Rome,OneidaCounty, N.Y.,January5, 1822.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Livingston County 2nd District, 1855.Died, fromtyphoidfever, in Mt. Morris,LivingstonCounty, N.Y.,May 7,1870 (age48 years, 122days).Interment atMt. Morris Cemetery, Mt. Morris, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Norman Seymour and Lydia (Kelsey) Seymour; married,January8, 1857, to Elmira Adaline Burpee; father of Anna Isabel Seymour(who marriedEdwardCharles Stringer); uncle ofNormanAlexander Seymour; grandnephew ofMosesSeymour; first cousin once removed ofHoratioSeymour (1778-1857) andHenrySeymour; second cousin ofOrigenStorrs Seymour,HoratioSeymour (1810-1886),GeorgeSeymour andHenryWilliam Seymour; second cousin once removed ofEdwardWoodruff Seymour,JosephBattell,MorrisWoodruff Seymour andHoratioSeymour Jr.; second cousin twice removed ofThomasSeymour; second cousin thrice removed ofWilliamPitkin; third cousin ofHezekiahCook Seymour; third cousin once removed ofSilasSeymour,WilliamChapman Williston andAugustusSherrill Seymour; third cousin twice removed ofJosiahCowles,DanielPitkin andOrloErland Wadhams; third cousin thrice removed ofFrankFiske Bostwick andDaltonG. Seymour; fourth cousin ofDavidLowrey Seymour andThomasHenry Seymour; fourth cousin once removed ofTimothyPitkin,OrsamusCook Merrill,TimothyMerrill,ElaCollins andCalebSeymour Pitkin. | | | | Political family:Seymourfamily of New York and Connecticut (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
 | John Sherman (1823-1900) — also known as"The Ohio Icicle" — of Mansfield,RichlandCounty, Ohio.Born in Lancaster,FairfieldCounty, Ohio,May 10,1823.Republican.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Ohio 13th District, 1855-61;U.S.Senator from Ohio, 1861-77, 1881-97;U.S.Secretary of the Treasury, 1877-81; candidate for Republicannomination for President,1880,1884,1888;U.S.Secretary of State, 1897-98.Methodist.Died inWashington,D.C.,October22, 1900 (age77 years, 165days).Interment atMansfieldCemetery, Mansfield, Ohio.| | Relatives: Sonof Mary (Hoyt) Sherman andCharlesRobert Sherman; brother ofCharlesTaylor Sherman,WilliamTecumseh Sherman andLampsonParker Sherman; married,August31, 1848, to Margaret Sarah Cecilia Stewart; uncle of Mary HoytSherman (who marriedNelsonAppleton Miles); sixth great-grandson ofThomasWelles; second cousin ofDavidMunson Osborne; second cousin once removed ofThomasMott Osborne; second cousin twice removed ofCharlesDevens Osborne andLithgowOsborne; second cousin thrice removed ofPierpontEdwards andAaronBurr; third cousin ofPhineasTaylor Barnum; third cousin once removed ofEzekielGilbert Stoddard andBlancheM. Woodward; third cousin twice removed ofJohnDavenport,JamesDavenport,TheodoreDwight,HenryWaggaman Edwards,IraYale,LouisEzekiel Stoddard andAsburyElliott Kellogg; third cousin thrice removed ofJonathanBrace,ChaunceyGoodrich andElizurGoodrich; fourth cousin ofPhiloFairchild Barnum,AndrewGould Chatfield,HenryJarvis Raymond andEdwinOlmstead Keeler; fourth cousin once removed ofCharlesYale,TheodoreDavenport,DavidLowrey Seymour,ChaunceyMitchell Depew,FredLockwood Keeler andThomasMcKeen Chidsey. | | | | Political family:Seymourfamily of New York and Connecticut (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | The World War IILibertyshipSS John Sherman (built 1943 atRichmond,California; sold 1947; scrapped 1967) wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: The Parties and The Men(1896) |
| | | John Wolcott Stewart (1825-1915) — also known asJohn W. Stewart — of Middlebury,AddisonCounty, Vt.Born in Middlebury,AddisonCounty, Vt.,November24, 1825.Republican.Lawyer;member ofVermontstate house of representatives from Middlebury, 1856-57, 1864-67,1876;Speaker ofthe Vermont State House of Representatives, 1865-67, 1876;delegate to Republican National Convention from Vermont,1860;member ofVermontstate senate from Addison County, 1861-62;Governor ofVermont, 1870-72;U.S.Representative from Vermont 1st District, 1883-91;U.S.Senator from Vermont, 1908.Congregationalist.Died in Middlebury,AddisonCounty, Vt.,October29, 1915 (age89 years, 339days).Interment atMiddleburyCemetery, Middlebury, Vt. | | John Woodruff (1826-1868) — of New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.Born in West Hartford,HartfordCounty, Conn.,February12, 1826.Republican. Member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives from New Haven, 1854;U.S.Representative from Connecticut 2nd District, 1855-57, 1859-61;U.S.Collector of Internal Revenue at New Haven, Connecticut, 1862-68;died in office 1868.Died in New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.,May 20,1868 (age42 years, 98days).Interment atEvergreenCemetery, New Haven, Conn.  | Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. (1828-1898) — also known asThomas F. Bayard, Sr. — of Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.Born in Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.,October29, 1828.Democrat.Lawyer;U.S.Attorney for Delaware, 1853-55;U.S.Senator from Delaware, 1869-85; candidate for Democraticnomination for President,1880,1884;U.S.Secretary of State, 1885-89; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Delaware,1892(member,ResolutionsCommittee); U.S. Ambassador toGreat Britain, 1893-97.Died in Dedham,NorfolkCounty, Mass.,September28, 1898 (age69 years, 334days).Interment atOldSwedes Church Cemetery, Wilmington, Del.| | Relatives: SonofJamesAsheton Bayard Jr. and Anne (Francis) Bayard; married1856 to LouisaLee; married,November7, 1889, to Mary W. Clymer; father ofThomasFrancis Bayard Jr.; nephew ofRichardHenry Bayard (1796-1868); grandson ofJamesAsheton Bayard Sr.; grandfather of Mabel Bayard Warren (whomarriedJosephGardner Bradley),ThomasFrancis Bayard III andAlexisIrenee du Pont Bayard; great-grandson ofRichardBassett; great-grandfather ofRichardHenry Bayard (born c.1949); great-grandnephew ofJohnBubenheim Bayard; fourth great-grandnephew ofNicholasBayard (c.1644-1707); fifth great-grandnephew ofPieterStuyvesant; second cousin once removed ofThomasClayton andLittletonKirkpatrick; second cousin four times removed ofStephanusBayard; third cousin ofAndrewKirkpatrick; third cousin thrice removed ofNicholasBayard (1736-1802); fourth cousin ofJohnSluyter Wirt. | | | | Political families:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York;Seymourfamily of New York and Connecticut;DuPont-Bayardfamily of Wilmington, Delaware (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | MountBayard, on the border betweenBritishColumbia, Canada, and thePrince ofWales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —U.S. State Dept career summary —NNDBdossier | | | | Image source: James G. Blaine, TwentyYears of Congress, vol. 2 (1886) |
| | Julius Levi Strong (1828-1872) — of Hartford,HartfordCounty, Conn.Born in Bolton,TollandCounty, Conn.,November8, 1828.Republican.Lawyer;member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives, 1852, 1855;U.S.Representative from Connecticut 1st District, 1869-72; died inoffice 1872.Died in Hartford,HartfordCounty, Conn.,September7, 1872 (age43 years, 304days).Interment atCedarHill Cemetery, Hartford, Conn.  | Roscoe Conkling (1829-1888) — also known as"The Oneida Chieftan";"MyLord Roscoe" —of Utica,OneidaCounty, N.Y.Born in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,October30, 1829.Republican.Lawyer;mayor ofUtica, N.Y., 1858-59;U.S.Representative from New York, 1859-63, 1865-67 (20th District1859-63, 21st District 1865-67);U.S.Senator from New York, 1867, 1869-81; resigned 1881; candidatefor Republican nomination for President,1876;delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,1880.Died, frommastoiditis,in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,April18, 1888 (age58 years, 171days).Interment atForestHill Cemetery, Utica, N.Y.; statue atMadisonSquare Park, Manhattan, N.Y.| | Relatives: SonofAlfredConkling and Elizabeth 'Eliza' (Cockburn) Conkling; brother ofFrederickAugustus Conkling; married,June 25,1855, to Julia Catherine Seymour (daughter ofHenrySeymour; sister ofHoratioSeymour; granddaughter ofMosesSeymour; first cousin once removed ofMorrisWoodruff Seymour); uncle ofAlfredConkling Coxe,AlfredRonalds Conkling andHowardConkling; granduncle ofAlfredConkling Coxe Jr.; fourth cousin once removed ofAbelHuntington. | | | | Political family:Seymourfamily of New York and Connecticut (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | ThecommunityofRoscoe,New York, isnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:RoscoeC. Chandley—RoscoeC. Patterson—RoscoeC. Waterbury—RoscoeC. McCulloch—RoscoeC. Marcum—RoscoeC. Emery—RoscoeConkling Simmons—RoscoeConkling Fitch—RoscoeC. Van Marter—RoscoeC. Summers—RoscoeC. Rowe—RoscoeC. Lennon—RoscoeC. Austin—RoscoeC. Hobbs—RoscoeC. Stacey—RoscoeC. Brown, Jr.—RoscoeC. Howard | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about Roscoe Conkling: DonaldBarr Chidsey,Thegentleman from New York: A life of RoscoeConkling | | | | Image source: James G. Blaine, TwentyYears of Congress, vol. 2 (1886) |
| | Edward Woodruff Seymour (1832-1892) — also known asEdward W. Seymour — of Litchfield,LitchfieldCounty, Conn.Born in Litchfield,LitchfieldCounty, Conn.,August30, 1832.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives from Litchfield, 1859-60, 1870-71;member ofConnecticutstate senate 15th District, 1876;U.S.Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1883-87;justice ofConnecticut state supreme court, 1889.Episcopalian.Died in Litchfield,LitchfieldCounty, Conn.,October16, 1892 (age60 years, 47days).Interment atEastCemetery, Litchfield, Conn.  | Franklin Woodruff (1832-1898) — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Farmington,HartfordCounty, Conn.,April29, 1832.Republican. Candidate formayorof Brooklyn, N.Y., 1879; candidate forNew Yorkstate senate 3rd District, 1895.Member,UnionLeague.Died, fromapoplexy,in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,March15, 1898 (age65 years, 320days).Interment atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y. |  | James Donald Cameron (1833-1918) — also known asJ. Donald Cameron — of Harrisburg,DauphinCounty, Pa.Born in Middletown,DauphinCounty, Pa.,May 14,1833.Republican.Banker;ironmanufacturer; president, Northern CentralRailroad,1863-74; delegate to Republican National Convention fromPennsylvania,1868,1880;U.S.Secretary of War, 1876-77;U.S.Senator from Pennsylvania, 1877-97;Chairmanof Republican National Committee, 1879-80.Died inLancasterCounty, Pa.,August30, 1918 (age85 years, 108days).Interment atHarrisburgCemetery, Harrisburg, Pa. | | Isaac Wayne MacVeagh (1833-1917) — also known asWayne MacVeagh — ofChesterCounty, Pa.; Bryn Mawr,MontgomeryCounty, Pa.Born in Phoenixville,ChesterCounty, Pa.,April19, 1833.Republican.Lawyer;ChesterCounty District Attorney, 1859-64; served in the Union Armyduring the Civil War;PennsylvaniaRepublican state chair, 1863; U.S. Minister toTurkey, 1870-71;delegateto Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1872;U.S.Attorney General, 1881; U.S. Ambassador toItaly, 1893-97.Methodist.Member,DeltaKappa Epsilon.Died inWashington,D.C.,January11, 1917 (age83 years, 267days).Interment atChurchof the Redeemer Cemetery, Bryn Mawr, Pa.| | Relatives: Sonof Maj. John MacVeagh and Margaret (Lincoln) MacVeagh; brother ofFranklinMacVeagh; married,May 22,1856, to Letitia Miner 'Letty' Lewis; married,December27, 1866, to Virginia Rolette Cameron (daughter ofSimonCameron); father ofCharlesMacVeagh; grandfather ofLincolnMacVeagh. | | | | Political families:Seymourfamily of New York and Connecticut;MacVeaghfamily of Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Epitaph: "Genial to his friends.Enlightening to all. Keen eyed, clear spoken. He remembered, heobserved, he foresaw." | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —U.S. State Dept career summary —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Henry William Seymour (1834-1906) — also known asHenry W. Seymour — of Sault Ste. Marie,ChippewaCounty, Mich.Born in Brockport,MonroeCounty, N.Y.,July 21,1834.Lawyer;farmer;lumbermanufacturer; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Cheboygan District, 1881-82;member ofMichiganstate senate, 1883-84, 1887-88 (31st District 1883-84, 30thDistrict 1887-88); resigned 1888;U.S.Representative from Michigan 11th District, 1888-89; defeated(Democratic), 1896.Died inWashington,D.C.,April 7,1906 (age71 years, 260days).Interment atLakeviewCemetery, Brockport, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof William Henry Seymour and Nancy (Pixley) Seymour; married,October27, 1869, to Isabel Randell; married,June 30,1875, to Elizabeth Craig; married,June 29,1880, to Harriet L. Gillette; grandnephew ofMosesSeymour; first cousin once removed ofHoratioSeymour (1778-1857) andHenrySeymour; second cousin ofOrigenStorrs Seymour,HoratioSeymour (1810-1886),GeorgeSeymour andMcNeilSeymour; second cousin once removed ofEdwardWoodruff Seymour,JosephBattell,MorrisWoodruff Seymour,HoratioSeymour Jr. andNormanAlexander Seymour; second cousin twice removed ofThomasSeymour; second cousin thrice removed ofWilliamPitkin; third cousin ofHezekiahCook Seymour; third cousin once removed ofSilasSeymour,WilliamChapman Williston andAugustusSherrill Seymour; third cousin twice removed ofJosiahCowles,DanielPitkin andOrloErland Wadhams; third cousin thrice removed ofFrankFiske Bostwick andDaltonG. Seymour; fourth cousin ofDavidLowrey Seymour andThomasHenry Seymour; fourth cousin once removed ofTimothyPitkin,OrsamusCook Merrill,TimothyMerrill,ElaCollins andCalebSeymour Pitkin. | | | | Political family:Seymourfamily of New York and Connecticut (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage |
| | Augustus Sherrill Seymour (1836-1897) — Born in Ithaca,TompkinsCounty, N.Y.,November30, 1836.Lawyer;member ofNorthCarolina state house of representatives, 1868-70;delegateto North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1871; memberofNorthCarolina state senate, 1872-74; superior court judge in NorthCarolina, 1874;U.S.District Judge for the Eastern District of North Carolina,1882-97; died in office 1897.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,February19, 1897 (age60 years, 81days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: SonofHezekiahCook Seymour and Mary (Sherill) Seymour; married,October22, 1863, to Nancy Ophelia Roberts Barton; first cousin thriceremoved ofMosesSeymour; second cousin twice removed ofHoratioSeymour (1778-1857) andHenrySeymour; second cousin thrice removed ofThomasSeymour; third cousin ofSilasSeymour; third cousin once removed ofOrigenStorrs Seymour,HoratioSeymour (1810-1886),GeorgeSeymour,McNeilSeymour andHenryWilliam Seymour; third cousin twice removed ofFrankFiske Bostwick andDaltonG. Seymour; fourth cousin ofEdwardWoodruff Seymour,JosephBattell,MorrisWoodruff Seymour,HoratioSeymour Jr. andNormanAlexander Seymour; fourth cousin once removed ofDavidLowrey Seymour,ThomasHenry Seymour andOrloErland Wadhams. | | | | Political family:Seymourfamily of New York and Connecticut (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsofederaljudicial profile —BiographicalDirectory of Federal Judges |
 | Nelson Appleton Miles (1839-1925) — also known asNelson A. Miles — Born in Westminster,WorcesterCounty, Mass.,August8, 1839.Democrat. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; receivedtheMedalof Honor in 1892 for action at the battle of Chancellorsville,1863; general in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;Governor ofPuerto Rico; candidate for Democratic nomination for President,1904.Suffered aheartattack and died, while attending acircus,inWashington,D.C.,May 15,1925 (age85 years, 280days).Entombed atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | Joseph Battell (1839-1915) — of Middlebury,AddisonCounty, Vt.Born in Middlebury,AddisonCounty, Vt.,July 15,1839.Republican.Author;farmer;member ofVermontstate senate, 1876; member ofVermontstate house of representatives from Middlebury, 1910.Died inWashington,D.C.,February23, 1915 (age75 years, 223days).Interment atMiddleburyCemetery, Middlebury, Vt.  | Charles Stebbins Fairchild (1842-1924) — also known asCharles S. Fairchild — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.; Cazenovia,MadisonCounty, N.Y.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Cazenovia,MadisonCounty, N.Y.,April30, 1842.Lawyer;NewYork state attorney general, 1876-77;U.S.Secretary of the Treasury, 1887-89; president, New York SecurityandTrustCompany, 1889-1904; president, Atlanta and Charlotte Air LineRailroad;director, Erie and PittsburghRailroad.Episcopalian.Member,DeltaKappa Epsilon;AlphaDelta Phi.Died in Cazenovia,MadisonCounty, N.Y.,November24, 1924 (age82 years, 208days).Interment atEvergreenCemetery, Cazenovia, N.Y. | | Morris Woodruff Seymour (1842-1920) — also known asMorris W. Seymour — of Bridgeport,FairfieldCounty, Conn.BornOctober6, 1842.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofConnecticutstate senate, 1881-82 (10th District 1881, 14th District 1882);candidate forU.S.Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1888 (Democratic),1896 (Gold Democratic).Episcopalian.Member,Societyof Colonial Wars;Societyof the Cincinnati.DiedOctober27, 1920 (age78 years, 21days).Burial location unknown. | | Horatio Seymour Jr. (1844-1907) — of Utica,OneidaCounty, N.Y.; Marquette,MarquetteCounty, Mich.Born inOneidaCounty, N.Y.,January8, 1844.Democrat.Civilengineer; worked onrailroadconstruction;New Yorkstate engineer and surveyor, 1878-81.Episcopalian.Member,AmericanSociety of Civil Engineers.Died in Utica,OneidaCounty, N.Y.,February21, 1907 (age63 years, 44days).Burial location unknown.  | Alfred Conkling Coxe (1847-1923) — of Utica,OneidaCounty, N.Y.; Hartford,HartfordCounty, Conn.Born in Auburn,CayugaCounty, N.Y.,May 20,1847.Lawyer;U.S.District Judge for the Northern District of New York, 1882-1902;Judgeof U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1902-17.Died in Utica,OneidaCounty, N.Y.,April15, 1923 (age75 years, 330days).Interment atForestHill Cemetery, Utica, N.Y. | | Alexander Montgomery Thackara (b. 1848) — also known asAlexander M. Thackara — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,September24, 1848.Manufacturer;U.S. Consul inLe Havre, 1897-1905; U.S. Consul General inBerlin, 1905-13;Paris, 1913-24.Intermentsomewherein Versailles, France. | | John Sammis Seymour (1848-1931) — also known asJohn S. Seymour — of Norwalk,FairfieldCounty, Conn.Born in Whitney Point,BroomeCounty, N.Y.,September28, 1848.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofConnecticutstate senate 13th District, 1891-92; Connecticut Commissioner ofInsurance, 1893; U.S. Commissioner of Patents, 1893-97.DiedJune 16,1931 (age82 years, 261days).Burial location unknown.  | Norman Alexander Seymour (1849-1914) — also known asNorman A. Seymour — ofLivingstonCounty, N.Y.Born in Mt. Morris,LivingstonCounty, N.Y.,February14, 1849.Democrat.Hotelier;postmaster of Mt. Morris, N.Y., 1894-98; candidate forNew Yorkstate assembly from Livingston County, 1900.Member,Freemasons;RoyalArch Masons.Died, at St. Mary'sHospital,Rochester,MonroeCounty, N.Y.,February22, 1914 (age65 years, 8days).Interment atMt. Morris Cemetery, Mt. Morris, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Norman Seymour and Frances Hale (Metcalf) Seymour; married,September1, 1874, to Mary Elizabeth Curtis; nephew ofMcNeilSeymour; great-grandnephew ofMosesSeymour; first cousin twice removed ofHoratioSeymour (1778-1857) andHenrySeymour; second cousin once removed ofOrigenStorrs Seymour,HoratioSeymour (1810-1886),GeorgeSeymour andHenryWilliam Seymour; second cousin thrice removed ofThomasSeymour; second cousin four times removed ofWilliamPitkin; third cousin ofEdwardWoodruff Seymour,JosephBattell,MorrisWoodruff Seymour andHoratioSeymour Jr.; third cousin once removed ofHezekiahCook Seymour; third cousin thrice removed ofJosiahCowles andDanielPitkin; fourth cousin ofSilasSeymour,WilliamChapman Williston andAugustusSherrill Seymour; fourth cousin once removed ofDavidLowrey Seymour,ThomasHenry Seymour andOrloErland Wadhams. | | | | Political family:Seymourfamily of New York and Connecticut (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Illustrated BuffaloExpress, March 8, 1914 |
| | Alfred Ronalds Conkling (1850-1917) — also known asAlfred R. Conkling — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,September28, 1850.Republican. Candidate forU.S.Representative from New York 7th District, 1884; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly, 1892, 1895 (New York County 7th District 1892,New York County 8th District 1895).Killedhimself byjumping tohis death from a fourth-story window, in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,September18, 1917 (age66 years, 355days).Interment atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.  | William Butler Hornblower (1851-1914) — also known asWilliam B. Hornblower — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Paterson,PassaicCounty, N.J.,May 13,1851.Democrat.Lawyer;nominated for a seat on the U.S. Supreme Court in 1893, but notconfirmed;judge ofNew York Court of Appeals, 1914; appointed 1914; died in office1914.Member,American BarAssociation.Died, frommyocarditis,in Litchfield,LitchfieldCounty, Conn.,June 16,1914 (age63 years, 34days).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Bronx, N.Y. | | Edward Charles Stringer (1852-1916) — also known asE. C. Stringer — of Minnesota. Born in Auburn,CayugaCounty, N.Y.,June 19,1852.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Minnesota,1888(member,ResolutionsCommittee);U.S.Attorney for Minnesota, 1894-98.Died in St. Paul,RamseyCounty, Minn.,July 8,1916 (age64 years, 19days).Interment atOaklandCemetery, St. Paul, Minn. | | Howard Conkling (1855-1938) — of Luzerne,WarrenCounty, N.Y.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,December7, 1855.Republican.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly, 1892-93, 1903, 1914-15 (Warren County 1892-93,New York County 25th District 1903, New York County 29th District1914-15); candidate forU.S.Representative from New York 12th District, 1898.Died in Providence,ProvidenceCounty, R.I.,September5, 1938 (age82 years, 272days).Interment atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.  | Timothy Lester Woodruff (1858-1913) — also known asTimothy L. Woodruff — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.,August4, 1858.Republican. Brooklyn Park Commissioner, 1895; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from New York,1896,1904,1908,1912;LieutenantGovernor of New York, 1897-1902;New YorkRepublican state chair, 1906-10.Suffered astrokewhile addressing acampaignmeeting at Cooper Union, and died two weeks later, in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October12, 1913 (age55 years, 69days).Interment atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y. | | Alfred Conkling Coxe Jr. (1880-1957) — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Utica,OneidaCounty, N.Y.,May 7,1880.Republican.Lawyer;U.S.District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1929.Episcopalian.Member,American BarAssociation;AlphaDelta Phi.Died in Old Lyme,New LondonCounty, Conn.,December21, 1957 (age77 years, 228days).Interment atForestHill Cemetery, Utica, N.Y. | | Joseph Gardner Bradley (b. 1881) — also known asJ. G. Bradley — of Dundon,ClayCounty, W.Va.Born in Newark,EssexCounty, N.J.,September12, 1881.Republican.Coal miningmagnate; organizer of Elk RiverCoal andLumber Co.;organizer of the Buffalo Creek & GauleyRailroad;director, CentralIron andSteel Co.; created the town of Widen, W.Va.; delegate toRepublican National Convention from West Virginia,1916,1928;chairof Clay County Republican Party, 1917.Episcopalian.Burial location unknown. | | Dalton G. Seymour (1908-1981) — of St. Joseph,BerrienCounty, Mich.Born in Indiana,January12, 1908.Republican. Candidate forMichiganstate house of representatives from Berrien County 1st District,1950.Died in St. Joseph,BerrienCounty, Mich.,April17, 1981 (age73 years, 95days).Burial location unknown.
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