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. 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 Bartlett (1729-1795) — of Kingston,RockinghamCounty, N.H.Born in Amesbury,EssexCounty, Mass.,November21, 1729.Physician;Delegateto Continental Congress from New Hampshire, 1775-76, 1778;signer,Declaration of Independence, 1776; member ofNewHampshire Governor's Council, 1776-84;signer,Articles of Confederation, 1779; common pleas court judge in NewHampshire, 1779-82;justice ofNew Hampshire state supreme court, 1782-90;chiefjustice of New Hampshire state supreme court, 1790;Presidentof New Hampshire, 1790-93; Presidential Elector for NewHampshire,1792;delegateto New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1792;Governor ofNew Hampshire, 1793-94.Congregationalist.Died in Kingston,RockinghamCounty, N.H.,May 19,1795 (age65 years, 179days).Interment atPlainsCemetery, Kingston, N.H.; statue atPublicSquare, Amesbury, Mass.; memorial monument atConstitution Gardens, Washington, D.C. | | Josiah Bartlett Jr. (1768-1838) — of Stratham,RockinghamCounty, N.H.Born in Kingston,RockinghamCounty, N.H.,August29, 1768.Member ofNewHampshire state senate 1st District, 1809-11, 1824-25;U.S.Representative from New Hampshire at-large, 1811-13; PresidentialElector for New Hampshire,1824.Died in Stratham,RockinghamCounty, N.H.,April16, 1838 (age69 years, 230days).Interment atOldCongregational Cemetery, Stratham, N.H. | | Ezra Bartlett — of New Hampshire. Presidential Elector for New Hampshire,1828.Burial location unknown. | | Wesley R. Orear (born c.1821) — of Danville,BoyleCounty, Ky.Born inMontgomeryCounty, Ky., about 1821.Whig. Postmaster atDanville,Ky., 1849-69.Died inFranklinCounty, Ky.Burial location unknown. | | Edward Theodore Bartlett (1841-1910) — also known asEdward T. Bartlett — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Skaneateles,OnondagaCounty, N.Y.,June 14,1841.Republican.Lawyer;candidate forJustice ofNew York Supreme Court, 1891;judge ofNew York Court of Appeals, 1894-1910; died in office 1910.FrenchandEnglishancestry. Member,Sons ofthe American Revolution;UnionLeague.Died, ofheartdisease, in AlbanyHospital,Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,May 3,1910 (age68 years, 323days).Intermentsomewherein Skaneateles, N.Y. | | James Hervey Hazelrigg (1848-1924) — of Mt. Sterling,MontgomeryCounty, Ky.Born inMontgomeryCounty, Ky.,December6, 1848.Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; county judge inKentucky, 1882-86;Judge,Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1893-1900.Died in Frankfort,FranklinCounty, Ky.,November28, 1924 (age75 years, 358days).Interment atFrankfortCemetery, Frankfort, Ky. | | Edward Clay O'Rear (1863-1961) — also known asEdward C. O'Rear — ofMontgomeryCounty, Ky.; Frankfort,FranklinCounty, Ky.Born in Camargo,MontgomeryCounty, Ky.,February2, 1863.Republican.Lawyer;Republican candidate for Presidential Elector for Kentucky,1884;MontgomeryCounty Judge, 1894-98;Judge,Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1907-11; candidate forGovernor ofKentucky, 1911; delegate to Republican National Convention fromKentucky,1916.Episcopalian.Died inWoodfordCounty, Ky.,September12, 1961 (age98 years, 222days).Interment atMachpelahCemetery, Mt. Sterling, Ky. | | John Davis O'Rear (1870-1918) — also known asJohn D. O'Rear — of Mexico,AudrainCounty, Mo.Born inAudrainCounty, Mo.,March21, 1870.U.S. Minister toBolivia, 1913-18, died in office 1918.Died ofsmallpox,in La Paz,Bolivia,July14, 1918 (age48 years, 115days).Intermentsomewherein La Paz, Bolivia. | | James Bigstaff O'Rear (1892-1975) — also known asJames B. O'Rear — of Versailles,WoodfordCounty, Ky.Born inMontgomeryCounty, Ky.,June 19,1892.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky,1960.Died in Frankfort,FranklinCounty, Ky.,April19, 1975 (age82 years, 304days).Interment atFrankfortCemetery, Frankfort, Ky.
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