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. | | John Wentworth (1719-1781) — of Somersworth,StraffordCounty, N.H.Born in Dover,StraffordCounty, N.H.,March30, 1719.Member ofNewHampshire colonial Assembly, 1768-75;justice ofNew Hampshire state supreme court, 1776-81.Died in Somersworth,StraffordCounty, N.H.,May 17,1781 (age62 years, 48days).Interment atOld Town Cemetery, Rollinsford, N.H. | | Nicholas Gilman (1731-1783) — of Exeter,RockinghamCounty, N.H.Born in New Hampshire,October21, 1731.Member ofNewHampshire Governor's Council, 1777-83; died in office 1783.Died in New Hampshire,April 7,1783 (age51 years, 168days).Interment atWinterStreet Cemetery, Exeter, N.H. | | John Wentworth Jr. (1745-1787) — of Dover,StraffordCounty, N.H.Born in Salmon Falls, Rollinsford,StraffordCounty, N.H.,July 17,1745.Lawyer;StraffordCounty Register of Probate, 1773-87; member ofNewHampshire state house of representatives, 1776; member ofNewHampshire Governor's Council, 1776-84;Delegateto Continental Congress from New Hampshire, 1778;signer,Articles of Confederation, 1778; member ofNewHampshire state senate from Strafford County, 1784-86.Died in Dover,StraffordCounty, N.H.,January10, 1787 (age41 years, 177days).Interment atPineHill Cemetery, Dover, N.H. | | John Taylor Gilman (1753-1828) — of Exeter,RockinghamCounty, N.H.Born in Exeter,RockinghamCounty, N.H.,December19, 1753.Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; memberofNewHampshire state house of representatives, 1779-81, 1810-11;Delegateto Continental Congress from New Hampshire, 1782-83;NewHampshire state treasurer, 1783-89, 1791-94;Governor ofNew Hampshire, 1794-1805, 1813-16.Died in Exeter,RockinghamCounty, N.H.,September1, 1828 (age74 years, 257days).Interment atWinterStreet Cemetery, Exeter, N.H. | | Nicholas Gilman (1755-1814) — of Exeter,RockinghamCounty, N.H.Born in Exeter,RockinghamCounty, N.H.,August3, 1755.Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;Delegateto Continental Congress from New Hampshire, 1787-89;member,U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787;U.S.Representative from New Hampshire at-large, 1789-97; member ofNewHampshire state senate 2nd District, 1804-05;U.S.Senator from New Hampshire, 1805-14; died in office 1814.Congregationalist.Member,Societyof the Cincinnati.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,May 2,1814 (age58 years, 272days).Interment atExeterCemetery, Exeter, N.H. | | Nathaniel Gilman (1759-1847) — of Exeter,RockinghamCounty, N.H.Born in Exeter,RockinghamCounty, N.H.,November10, 1759.Member ofNewHampshire state senate, 1792-93, 1795-96, 1802-03 (RockinghamCounty 1792-93, 2nd District 1795-96, 1802-03).Died in Exeter,RockinghamCounty, N.H.,January26, 1847 (age87 years, 77days).Interment atExeterCemetery, Exeter, N.H. | | Chester Wentworth (1790-1885) — of Barkhamsted,LitchfieldCounty, Conn.; Winchester,LitchfieldCounty, Conn.Born in Sandisfield,BerkshireCounty, Mass.,January8, 1790.Member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives from Barkhamsted, 1835.Died in Winsted,LitchfieldCounty, Conn.,February4, 1885 (age95 years, 27days).Interment atForest View Cemetery, Winsted, Conn. | | Tappan Wentworth (1802-1875) — of Lowell,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.Born in Dover,StraffordCounty, N.H.,February24, 1802.Lawyer;member ofMassachusettsstate senate, 1848-49, 1865-66; member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1851, 1859-60, 1863-64;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts 8th District, 1853-55; delegateto Republican National Convention from Massachusetts,1864.Died in Lowell,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.,June 12,1875 (age73 years, 108days).Interment atLowellCemetery, Lowell, Mass. | | John Wentworth (1815-1888) — also known as"Long John" — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Sandwich,CarrollCounty, N.H.,March 5,1815.Lawyer;newspapereditor;U.S.Representative from Illinois, 1843-51, 1853-55, 1865-67 (4thDistrict 1843-51, 2nd District 1853-55, 1st District 1865-67);mayorof Chicago, Ill., 1857-58, 1860-61;delegateto Illinois state constitutional convention from Cook County,1862.Died in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,October16, 1888 (age73 years, 225days).Interment atRosehillCemetery, Chicago, Ill. | | Eli Wentworth (1830-1894) — of Milton,StraffordCounty, N.H.Born in Milton,StraffordCounty, N.H.,April 8,1830.Member ofNewHampshire state senate 6th District, 1860-62.Died, frompneumonia,in Milton,StraffordCounty, N.H.,October31, 1894 (age64 years, 206days).Burial location unknown. | | Moses Jones Wentworth (1848-1922) — also known asMoses J. Wentworth — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Sandwich,CarrollCounty, N.H.,May 9,1848.Democrat. Member ofIllinoisstate house of representatives 1st District, 1875-80; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Illinois,1896.Died in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,March12, 1922 (age73 years, 307days).Interment atRosehillCemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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