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. | |  Martin Keeler (1781-1860) — ofDelawareCounty, N.Y.Born in Ridgefield,FairfieldCounty, Conn.,July 3,1781.Merchant;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Delaware County, 1816-17;DelawareCounty Sheriff, 1819; common pleas court judge in New York, 1820.Died in South Kortright,DelawareCounty, N.Y.,April 1,1860 (age78 years, 273days).Intermentsomewherein South Kortright, N.Y.| |  Relatives: Sonof Jabez Keeler and Sarah (Benedict) Keeler; married,June 1,1802, to Patience Mace; father ofStephenHiram Keeler; first cousin thrice removed ofBurrL. Castle andAnsonFoster Keeler; second cousin once removed ofErastusDeWitt Benedict; second cousin twice removed ofAlfredWalstein Bangs andJohnClarence Keeler; second cousin thrice removed ofTracyR. Bangs,FrankD. Bangs,AsburyElliott Kellogg andRandolphFitzhugh Carroll; second cousin four times removed ofGeorgeA. Bangs; third cousin once removed ofWilliamAnson Floyd,ElijahHunt Mills,DanielDarling Whitney andEdwinOlmstead Keeler; third cousin thrice removed ofWalterSamuel Hine,FrankClark Woodruff andWatsonStiles Woodruff; fourth cousin ofCalebTompkins,NicollFloyd,DanielD. Tompkins,ThaddeusBetts andSilasWright Jr.; fourth cousin once removed ofSamuelHuntington,DanielLockwood,HanfordNichols Lockwood,CharlesAlbert Floyd,FrederickAugustus Tallmadge,DavidGelston Floyd,JohnGelston Floyd,MangleMinthorne Tompkins andWilliamChapman Williston. | | | | Political family:Keeler-Russellfamily of Canton, New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). |
| | John Leslie Russell (1805-1861) — also known asJohn L. Russell — of Canton,St.Lawrence County, N.Y.Born in Fairfax,FranklinCounty, Vt.,February11, 1805.Postmaster atCanton,N.Y., 1836; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from St. Lawrence County, 1845.Died in Canton,St.Lawrence County, N.Y.,April19, 1861 (age56 years, 67days).Interment atEvergreenCemetery, Canton, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof John Hancock Russell and Anna (Wood) Russell; married1832 to MarySybil Wead; father ofLeslieWead Russell; uncle ofCharlesHazen Russell andJohnClarence Keeler; second cousin once removed ofCalvinFillmore andBenjaminHard; third cousin ofMillardFillmore; third cousin once removed ofTimothyPitkin,BelaEdgerton,HemanTicknor andAlonzoMark Leffingwell; third cousin twice removed ofPierpontEdwards andJohnLeffingwell Randolph; third cousin thrice removed ofMatthewGriswold; fourth cousin ofHenryMeigs,WilliamWhiting Boardman,AlfredPeck Edgerton andJosephKetchum Edgerton; fourth cousin once removed ofJohnDavenport,AaronBurr,JamesDavenport,TheodoreDwight,NathanielMerriam,ElijahAbel,HenryWaggaman Edwards,JonathanStratton,WillardJ. Chapin,HenryMeigs Jr.,JohnForsyth Jr.,CharlesA. Hungerford,RhamanthusMenville Stocker andHermanArod Gager. | | | | Political family:Keeler-Russellfamily of Canton, New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Stephen Hiram Keeler (1807-1876) — also known asStephen H. Keeler — ofDelawareCounty, N.Y.Born in Kortright,DelawareCounty, N.Y.,October24, 1807.Merchant;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Delaware County, 1841.Died in Bloomville,DelawareCounty, N.Y.,September27, 1876 (age68 years, 339days).Interment atRiversideCemetery, Bloomville, N.Y.| | Relatives: SonofMartinKeeler and Patience (Mace) Keeler; married,May 20,1832, to Elizabeth Lyman Merwin; second cousin twice removed ofBurrL. Castle andAnsonFoster Keeler; third cousin ofErastusDeWitt Benedict; third cousin once removed ofAlfredWalstein Bangs andJohnClarence Keeler; third cousin twice removed ofWilliamAnson Floyd,ElijahHunt Mills,TracyR. Bangs,FrankD. Bangs,AsburyElliott Kellogg andRandolphFitzhugh Carroll; third cousin thrice removed ofGeorgeA. Bangs; fourth cousin ofDanielDarling Whitney andEdwinOlmstead Keeler; fourth cousin once removed ofCalebTompkins,NicollFloyd,DanielD. Tompkins,ThaddeusBetts andSilasWright Jr.. | | | | Political family:Keeler-Russellfamily of Canton, New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). |
| | Leslie Wead Russell (1840-1903) — also known asLeslie W. Russell — of Canton,St.Lawrence County, N.Y.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Canton,St.Lawrence County, N.Y.,April15, 1840.Republican.Lawyer;delegateto New York state constitutional convention, 1867; county judgein New York, 1877-81; Republican Presidential Elector for New York,1880(voted forJamesA. Garfield andChesterA. Arthur);New Yorkstate attorney general, 1882-83; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from New York,1884,1900;U.S.Representative from New York 22nd District, 1891;Justice ofNew York Supreme Court 4th District, 1891-1902.Universalist.Died in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,February3, 1903 (age62 years, 294days).Interment atEvergreenCemetery, Canton, N.Y.  | Charles Hazen Russell (1845-1912) — also known asCharles H. Russell — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Canton,St.Lawrence County, N.Y.,July 11,1845.Republican.Lawyer;banker;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Kings County 9th District, 1880-81; member ofNewYork state senate 3rd District, 1882-83; Republican PresidentialElector for New York,1901(voted forWilliamMcKinley andTheodoreRoosevelt).Member,UnionLeague.Died in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,March14, 1912 (age66 years, 247days).Interment atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Thomas Victor Russell and Lucia L. (Conkey) Russell; married,January30, 1878, to Stella Goodrich; married1906 to Anna(Ayres) Lindquist; nephew ofJohnLeslie Russell; first cousin ofLeslieWead Russell andJohnClarence Keeler; second cousin twice removed ofCalvinFillmore andBenjaminHard; third cousin once removed ofMillardFillmore; third cousin twice removed ofTimothyPitkin,BelaEdgerton andHemanTicknor; third cousin thrice removed ofPierpontEdwards; fourth cousin ofAlonzoMark Leffingwell; fourth cousin once removed ofHenryMeigs,WilliamWhiting Boardman,AlfredPeck Edgerton,JosephKetchum Edgerton andJohnLeffingwell Randolph. | | | | Political family:Keeler-Russellfamily of Canton, New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Brooklyn (N.Y.) DailyEagle, March 15, 1912 |
| | Edwin Olmstead Keeler (1846-1923) — also known asEdwin O. Keeler — of Norwalk,FairfieldCounty, Conn.Born in Ridgefield,FairfieldCounty, Conn.,January12, 1846.Republican.Wholesalegrocer;banker;member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives from Norwalk, 1893-96;mayorof Norwalk, Conn., 1893-94; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Connecticut,1896(member,Committeeto Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee); member ofConnecticutstate senate, 1897-1900;LieutenantGovernor of Connecticut, 1901-03; member ofConnecticutRepublican State Central Committee, 1901.Member,Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;OddFellows;Elks.DiedDecember4, 1923 (age77 years, 326days).Intermentsomewherein Norwalk, Conn.| | Relatives: Sonof Jonah Charles Keeler and Henrietta (Olmstead) Keeler; married,May 13,1868, to Sarah Velina Whiting; second cousin once removed ofFredLockwood Keeler; third cousin once removed ofMartinKeeler; fourth cousin ofStephenHiram Keeler,CharlesTaylor Sherman,WilliamTecumseh Sherman,LampsonParker Sherman,DavidMunson Osborne andJohnSherman; fourth cousin once removed ofAlfredWalstein Bangs,JohnClarence Keeler,ThomasMott Osborne andAnsonFoster Keeler. | | | | Political family:Keeler-Russellfamily of Canton, New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). |
| | John Clarence Keeler (1851-1899) — also known asJohn C. Keeler — of Canton,St.Lawrence County, N.Y.Born in Malone,FranklinCounty, N.Y.,February17, 1851.Republican.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from St. Lawrence County 2nd District, 1891-92.Died, fromheartdisease andpneumonia,in aprivatehospital, Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October19, 1899 (age48 years, 244days).Interment atKensicoCemetery, Valhalla, N.Y.; cenotaph atEvergreenCemetery, Canton, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Amanda (Russell) Keeler and Carlos Cook Keeler; married,February28, 1878, to Ada H. Servis; married,September6, 1888, to Mattie Howard Lynde; nephew ofJohnLeslie Russell; first cousin ofLeslieWead Russell andCharlesHazen Russell; second cousin twice removed ofCalvinFillmore,BenjaminHard andMartinKeeler; second cousin five times removed ofAaronBurr; third cousin ofAlfredWalstein Bangs; third cousin once removed ofMillardFillmore,StephenHiram Keeler,TracyR. Bangs andFrankD. Bangs; third cousin twice removed ofTimothyPitkin,BelaEdgerton,HemanTicknor andGeorgeA. Bangs; third cousin thrice removed ofWilliamAnson Floyd andPierpontEdwards; fourth cousin ofAlonzoMark Leffingwell andAnsonFoster Keeler; fourth cousin once removed ofHenryMeigs,WilliamWhiting Boardman,AlfredPeck Edgerton,JosephKetchum Edgerton,DanielDarling Whitney,EdwinOlmstead Keeler,BurrL. Castle,JohnLeffingwell Randolph andAsburyElliott Kellogg. | | | | Political family:Keeler-Russellfamily of Canton, New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Anson Foster Keeler (1887-1943) — also known asAnson F. Keeler — of South Norwalk, Norwalk,FairfieldCounty, Conn.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,September22, 1887.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;laundryowner;mayorof Norwalk, Conn., 1927-31; member ofConnecticutstate senate 26th District, 1931;Connecticutstate comptroller, 1933-35.Congregationalist.Member,Freemasons;Shriners;Elks;Moose;Redmen.Died, from aheartailment, in VeteransHospital,Newington,HartfordCounty, Conn.,September29, 1943 (age56 years, 7days).Burial location unknown.
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