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. | |  Harry Toulmin (1766-1823) — of Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.Born in Taunton,England,September7, 1766.Secretaryof state of Kentucky, 1796-1804; firstpresident,Transylvania University, 1804-18;judge ofMississippi territorial supreme court, 1804;U.S.District Judge for Alabama, 1818-19.Died in Millry,WashingtonCounty, Ala.,November11, 1823 (age57 years, 65days).Intermentsomewherein Millry, Ala.; cenotaph atSpring Hill Graveyard, Mobile, Ala. | | James Dellet (1788-1848) — of Claiborne,MonroeCounty, Ala.Born in Camden,CamdenCounty, N.J.,February18, 1788.Member ofAlabamastate house of representatives, 1819;U.S.Representative from Alabama, 1839-41, 1843-45 (5th District1839-41, 1st District 1843-45).Slaveowner. Died in Claiborne,MonroeCounty, Ala.,December21, 1848 (age60 years, 307days).Interment in private or family graveyard. | | Amos Gustine (1789-1844) — of Mifflintown,JuniataCounty, Pa.Born in Pennsylvania,1789.Democrat.Schoolteacher;merchant;JuniataCounty Sheriff, 1831-34;JuniataCounty Treasurer;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 13th District, 1841-43.Died in Jericho Mills,JuniataCounty, Pa.,March 3,1844 (ageabout 54years).Interment atPresbyterianCemetery, Mifflintown, Pa. | | David Henshaw (1791-1852) — of Leicester,WorcesterCounty, Mass.Born in Leicester,WorcesterCounty, Mass.,April 2,1791.Democrat.Wholesaledruggist;banker;insurancebusiness; member ofMassachusettsstate senate, 1826;U.S.Collector of Customs at Boston, Mass., Massachusetts, 1829-38;member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1839;U.S.Secretary of the Navy, 1843-44.Member,Freemasons.Died in Leicester,WorcesterCounty, Mass.,November11, 1852 (age61 years, 223days).Interment atPineGrove Cemetery, Leicester, Mass. | | Lyman Gibbons (1808-1879) — Born in Dormansville,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,June 3,1808.Lawyer;planter;circuit judge in Alabama, 1851-52;associatejustice of Alabama state supreme court, 1852-54;delegateto Alabama secession convention, 1861.Died in Claiborne,MonroeCounty, Ala.,June 27,1879 (age71 years, 24days).Burial location unknown. | | Rufus Campbell Torrey (1813-1882) — Born in Oxford,WorcesterCounty, Mass.,February19, 1813.Member of Alabama state legislature, 1875. Died in Claiborne,MonroeCounty, Ala.,September13, 1882 (age69 years, 206days).Interment atMcConnico Cemetery, Monroe County, Ala. | | Andrew Isbell Henshaw (1825-1865) — Born inClarkeCounty, Ala.,November7, 1825.Member ofAlabamastate house of representatives, 1851-52; served in theConfederate Army during the Civil War.Member,AlphaDelta Phi.Died in Claiborne,MonroeCounty, Ala.,August23, 1865 (age39 years, 289days).Interment atMcConnico Cemetery, Monroe County, Ala.  | Horace Boies (1827-1923) — of Hamburg,ErieCounty, N.Y.; Waterloo,Black HawkCounty, Iowa; Palermo Township,GrundyCounty, Iowa; Long Beach,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in Aurora,ErieCounty, N.Y.,December7, 1827.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Erie County 3rd District, 1857;Governor ofIowa, 1890-94; defeated, 1893; candidate for Democraticnomination for President,1892;candidate forU.S.Representative from Iowa 3rd District, 1902.FrenchandEnglishancestry.Died in Long Beach,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,April 4,1923 (age95 years, 118days).Interment atElmwoodCemetery, Waterloo, Iowa. | | | Harry Theophilus Toulmin (1838-1916) — Born in Mobile,MobileCounty, Ala.,March 4,1838.Lawyer;colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member ofAlabamastate house of representatives, 1870-72; circuit judge inAlabama, 1874-82;U.S.District Judge for the Southern District of Alabama, 1887-1916;died in office 1916.Died in Toulminville,MobileCounty, Ala.,November12, 1916 (age78 years, 253days).Interment atMagnoliaCemetery, Mobile, Ala. | | Harry Pillans (1847-1940) — of Mobile,MobileCounty, Ala.Born in Bonham,FanninCounty, Tex.,June 27,1847.Lawyer;delegateto Alabama state constitutional convention, 1901;mayor ofMobile, Ala., 1914-15, 1916-17, 1919-21.Died in Mobile,MobileCounty, Ala.,March12, 1940 (age92 years, 259days).Interment atMagnoliaCemetery, Mobile, Ala.| |  Relatives: Sonof Palmer Job Pillans and Laura Malvina (Roberts) Pillans; married toElizabeth Henshaw Torrey (daughter ofRufusCampbell Torrey). | | | | Political family:Henshaw-Torreyfamily of Claiborne, Alabama. |
| | Charles John Torrey (1850-1917) — Born in Claiborne,MonroeCounty, Ala.,April25, 1850.Lawyer;member ofAlabamastate house of representatives, 1890.Died in Mobile,MobileCounty, Ala.,July 13,1917 (age67 years, 79days).Burial location unknown. | | Charles Pennell Crosby (1859-1938) — also known asC. P. Crosby — of Rhinelander,OneidaCounty, Wis.Born in La Crosse,La CrosseCounty, Wis.,August3, 1859.Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention fromWisconsin,1916.Died in Rhinelander,OneidaCounty, Wis.,September14, 1938 (age79 years, 42days).Burial location unknown. | | Herbert B. Boies (1867-1930) — of Waterloo,Black HawkCounty, Iowa.Born in Iowa,1867.Lawyer;district judge in Iowa 10th District, 1915-20.DiedJanuary14, 1930 (ageabout 62years).Interment atElmwoodCemetery, Waterloo, Iowa.
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