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. | |  Simon Frye (1737-1822) — of Fryeburg,OxfordCounty, Maine.Born in Andover,EssexCounty, Mass.,September29, 1737.Member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1770; member ofMassachusettsstate senate, 1780; member ofMassachusettsGovernor's Council, 1790.Died in Fryeburg,OxfordCounty, Maine,October1, 1822 (age85 years, 2days).Burial location unknown. | | Edmund Gibson Ross (1826-1907) — also known asEdmund G. Ross — of Lawrence,DouglasCounty, Kan.Born in Ashland,AshlandCounty, Ohio,December7, 1826.Republican.Delegateto Kansas state constitutional convention, 1859; major in theUnion Army during the Civil War;U.S.Senator from Kansas, 1866-71; candidate forGovernor ofKansas, 1880;Governorof New Mexico Territory, 1885-89.Presbyterian.Thought to have cast the deciding vote in the Senate to acquitPresidentAndrewJohnson. His grandson, Edmund Fessenden Cobb, was an actor whoappeared in over 200 movies and serials includingCitizen KaneandThe Last Hurrah.Died, ofpneumonia,in Albuquerque,BernalilloCounty, N.M.,May 8,1907 (age80 years, 152days).Interment atFairviewMemorial Park, Albuquerque, N.M. | | William Wallace Ross (1828-1889) — of Topeka,ShawneeCounty, Kan.Born in Huron,ErieCounty, Ohio,December25, 1828.Republican.Newspaperpublisher;delegateto Kansas state constitutional convention, 1857; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Kansas,1860;mayorof Topeka, Kan., 1865-66.Died, ofstomachcancer, in Los Angeles,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,June 5,1889 (age60 years, 162days).Original interment atEvergreenCemetery, Los Angeles, Calif.; reinterment in 1924 atHollywoodForever Cemetery, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Calif. | | Edwin Mortimer Hewins (1839-1898) — of Cedarvale,ChautauquaCounty, Kan.Born inLorainCounty, Ohio,March22, 1839.Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member ofKansasstate house of representatives 95th District, 1877-79; member ofKansasstate senate 21st District, 1885-87; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Kansas,1888.Member,Freemasons.Died in Douglas,ConverseCounty, Wyo.,1898(ageabout59 years).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Converse County, Wyo. | | Meredith Pinxton Snyder (1859-1937) — also known asMeredith P. Snyder;PinkySnyder —of Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in Winston-Salem,ForsythCounty, N.C.,October22, 1859.Democrat.Mayorof Los Angeles, Calif., 1896-98, 1900-04, 1919-21; defeated,1898, 1904, 1917, 1921.Protestant.Member,Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners;Knightsof Pythias;Elks.Died ofbladdercancer, in Los Angeles,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,April 7,1937 (age77 years, 167days).Interment atHollywoodForever Cemetery, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Calif.
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