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. | |  James Steele (1763-1845) — of Pennsylvania. Born in1763.Member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives, 1830.DiedSeptember30, 1845 (ageabout 82years).Interment atHarrisburgCemetery, Harrisburg, Pa. | | Solomon Sibley (1769-1846) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Sutton,WorcesterCounty, Mass.,October7, 1769.Member ofNorthwestTerritory legislature, 1799;U.S.Attorney for Michigan, 1815-24;Delegateto U.S. Congress from Michigan Territory, 1820-23;justice ofMichigan territorial supreme court, 1824-27.Died in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,April 4,1846 (age76 years, 179days).Interment atElmwoodCemetery, Detroit, Mich. | | Stephen Van Rensselaer Trowbridge (1794-1859) — also known asStephen V. R. Trowbridge — of Birmingham,OaklandCounty, Mich.Born in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,July 4,1794.MemberMichigan territorial council from Oakland County, 1828-29; memberofMichiganstate senate, 1839-41, 1842 (3rd District 1839-41, 6th District1842).Died in Troy,OaklandCounty, Mich.,March 1,1859 (age64 years, 240days).Interment atBeach Cemetery, Troy, Mich. | | Charles Christopher Trowbridge (1800-1883) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,December29, 1800.Mayorof Detroit, Mich., 1834; candidate forGovernor ofMichigan, 1837.Died in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,April 6,1883 (age82 years, 98days).Interment atElmwoodCemetery, Detroit, Mich. | | Henry Hastings Sibley (1811-1891) — also known asHenry H. Sibley — of Sault Ste. Marie,ChippewaCounty, Mich.; Mendota,DakotaCounty, Minn.; St. Paul,RamseyCounty, Minn.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,February20, 1811.Democrat.Delegateto U.S. Congress from Wisconsin Territory, 1848-49;Delegateto U.S. Congress from Minnesota Territory, 1849-53; member ofMinnesotaterritorial House of Representatives 6th District, 1855;Governor ofMinnesota, 1858-60; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Minnesota,1860;general in the Union Army during the Civil War.Died in St. Paul,RamseyCounty, Minn.,February18, 1891 (age79 years, 363days).Interment atOaklandCemetery, St. Paul, Minn.| |  Relatives: SonofSolomonSibley and Sarah Whipple (Sproat) Sibley; brother of CatherineWhipple Sibley (who marriedCharlesChristopher Trowbridge); married to Sarah Jane Steele (daughterofJamesSteele). | | | | Political family:Trowbridgefamily of Detroit, Michigan (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Sibley County,Minn. is named for him. | | | | ThecityofHastings,Minnesota, isnamed forhim. — Henry SibleyHighSchool (founded 1954, rebuilt 1971), inMendotaHeights, Minnesota, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS Henry H. Sibley (built 1943 atTerminalIsland, California; scrapped 1968) wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about Henry Hastings Sibley:Rhoda R. Gilman,HenryHastings Sibley: Divided Heart |
| | Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge (1821-1881) — also known asRowland E. Trowbridge — of Birmingham,OaklandCounty, Mich.Born in Horseheads,ChemungCounty, N.Y.,June 18,1821.Member ofMichiganstate senate 5th District, 1857-60;U.S.Representative from Michigan, 1861-63, 1865-69 (4th District1861-63, 5th District 1865-69); defeated, 1862, 1868.Member,Grange.Died in Birmingham,OaklandCounty, Mich.,April20, 1881 (age59 years, 306days).Interment atGreenwoodCemetery, Birmingham, Mich. | | Luther Stephen Trowbridge (1836-1912) — also known asLuther S. Trowbridge — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Troy,OaklandCounty, Mich.,July 28,1836.Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War;U.S.Collector of Internal Revenue at Detroit, Michigan, 1879.Died in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,February2, 1912 (age75 years, 189days).Interment atElmwoodCemetery, Detroit, Mich. | | Stephen Van Rensselaer Trowbridge (1855-1891) — also known asStephen V. R. Trowbridge — of Michigan. Born in Bloomfield Township,OaklandCounty, Mich.,January1, 1855.Republican.Michiganstate attorney general, 1889-90.DiedApril19, 1891 (age36 years, 108days).Interment atGreenwoodCemetery, Birmingham, Mich. | | Alexander Buel Trowbridge III (1929-2006) — also known asAlexander B. Trowbridge;SandyTrowbridge —of White Plains,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.Born in Englewood,BergenCounty, N.J.,December12, 1929.Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean conflict;president, Esso StandardOil PuertoRico;U.S.Secretary of Commerce, 1967-68; vice-chairman, AlliedChemicalCorporation.Presbyterian.Member,Council onForeign Relations.Died inWashington,D.C.,April27, 2006 (age76 years, 136days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va.| | Relatives: Sonof Alexander Buel Trowbridge, Jr. and Julia Stafford (Chamberlain)Trowbridge; married,July 2,1955, to Nancy Horst; married,April18, 1981, to Eleanor Joyce 'Ellie' (Kann) Hutzler; great-grandsonofLutherStephen Trowbridge; great-grandnephew ofRowlandEbenezer Trowbridge; second great-grandson ofStephenVan Rensselaer Trowbridge (1794-1859) andAlexanderWoodruff Buel; second great-grandnephew ofCharlesChristopher Trowbridge; fourth great-grandson ofRogerSherman; first cousin twice removed ofStephenVan Rensselaer Trowbridge (1855-1891); first cousin four timesremoved ofRogerSherman Baldwin,ShermanDay,EbenezerRockwood Hoar,WilliamMaxwell Evarts andGeorgeFrisbie Hoar; first cousin six times removed ofFrancisDana; second cousin thrice removed ofSimeonEben Baldwin,RockwoodHoar,ShermanHoar,MaxwellEvarts andArthurOutram Sherman; third cousin twice removed ofHenryde Forest Baldwin andRogerSherman Hoar; fourth cousin once removed ofArchibaldCox. | | | | Political family:Trowbridgefamily of Detroit, Michigan (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoNNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial |
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