| |  Albert Elmer Austin (1877-1942) — also known asAlbert E. Austin — of Sound Beach, Greenwich,FairfieldCounty, Conn.; Old Greenwich, Greenwich,FairfieldCounty, Conn.Born in Medway,NorfolkCounty, Mass.,November15, 1877.Republican.Physician;orator; member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives from Greenwich, 1917-18, 1921-22;U.S.Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1939-41; defeated,1940.Episcopalian.Member,American MedicalAssociation;Freemasons.Died in Greenwich,FairfieldCounty, Conn.,January26, 1942 (age64 years, 72days).Entombed in mausoleum atFerncliffCemetery, Hartsdale, N.Y. | | Phineas Taylor Barnum (1810-1891) — also known asP. T. Barnum;"Prince ofHumbugs" —of Fairfield,FairfieldCounty, Conn.; Bridgeport,FairfieldCounty, Conn.Born in Bethel,FairfieldCounty, Conn.,July 5,1810.Republican.Grocer;auctioneer;newspaperpublisher; Entrepreneur,impressario, museum owner,founder of the Barnum & Baileycircus, known as "TheGreatest Show on Earth"; member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives, 1865-66, 1877-79;mayorof Bridgeport, Conn., 1875-76.Died, ofheartfailure, in Bridgeport,FairfieldCounty, Conn.,April 7,1891 (age80 years, 276days).Interment atMountainGrove Cemetery, Bridgeport, Conn.; statue atSeasidePark, Bridgeport, Conn.; statue atBethel Public Library Grounds, Bethel, Conn.| |  Relatives: Sonof Philo Barnum and Irena (Taylor) Barnum; half-brother ofPhiloFairchild Barnum; married,November8, 1829, to Charity Hallet; married,September16, 1874, to Nancy Fish; second cousin ofAndrewGould Chatfield; second cousin once removed ofCharlesRobert Sherman; second cousin thrice removed ofBenjaminHuntington andAlmonFerdinand Rockwell; third cousin ofCharlesTaylor Sherman,WilliamTecumseh Sherman,LampsonParker Sherman andJohnSherman; third cousin once removed ofWilliamHenry Barnum; third cousin twice removed ofJabezHuntington,SamuelHuntington,HenryHuntington,GurdonHuntington andCharlesWilliam Barnum; fourth cousin once removed ofJedediahHuntington,EbenezerHuntington,SamuelH. Huntington,AbelHuntington,BenjaminNicoll Huntington andRhamanthusMenville Stocker. | | | | Political families:FourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | BarnumAvenue,inBridgeport,Connecticut, isnamed forhim. — Thetownof Barnum (incorporated 1887; annexed 1896 toDenver,Colorado), wasnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS P. T. Barnum (built 1943 atTerminalIsland, Los Angeles, California; scrapped 1961) wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books by P. T. Barnum:TheLife of P. T. Barnum: Written by Himself |
| | Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887) — of Indianapolis,MarionCounty, Ind.; Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Litchfield,LitchfieldCounty, Conn.,June 24,1813.Republican.Minister;orator; abolitionist; candidate fordelegateto New York state constitutional convention 2nd District, 1867;in 1872, he wasaccusedof anadulterousaffair with Mrs. Elizabeth Tilton, the wife of a friend of his;Beecher's church conducted aninvestigationand declared him innocent; in 1874, Elizabeth Tilton's husbandTheodore sued Beecher; a highly-publicized months-longtrialtook place in 1875; the jury was unable to reach a verdit.Presbyterian;laterCongregationalist.Died in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,March 8,1887 (age73 years, 257days).Interment atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.; memorial monument atCadman Plaza Park, Brooklyn, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Lyman Beecher and Roxana Ward (Foote) Beecher; brother of HarrietBeecher Stowe; married,August3, 1837, to Eunice White Bullard; uncle ofGeorgeBuckingham Beecher; second cousin twice removed ofJonathanElmer,EbenezerElmer andEliElmer; second cousin thrice removed ofErastusWolcott andOliverWolcott Sr.; third cousin ofLeveretBrainard; third cousin once removed ofAmaziahBrainard andLuciusQuintius Cincinnatus Elmer; third cousin twice removed ofOliverWolcott Jr.,RogerGriswold,JohnAllen,FrederickWolcott,WalterKeene Linscott,SidneySmythe Linscott andFrancesPayne Bolton; third cousin thrice removed ofAaronKellogg,DanielChapin andOliverPayne Bolton; fourth cousin ofAmbroseTuttle,JosephH. Elmer andGeorgeFrederick Stone; fourth cousin once removed ofGaylordGriswold,LutherWalter Badger,DanielKellogg,GideonHotchkiss,AsahelAugustus Hotchkiss,JohnWilliam Allen,JuliusHotchkiss,GilesWaldo Hotchkiss,CharlesFrancis Chidsey,ErnestHarvey Woodford andSamuelRussell Chidsey. | | | | Political families:Kelloggfamily of Vermont and New York;Kelloggfamily of New York;Kelloggfamily of New York;Kelloggfamily of New York (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:HenryW. Beecher | | | | The World War IILibertyshipSS Henry Ward Beecher (built 1942 atTerminalIsland, California; scrapped 1969) wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Francesca Braggiotti (1902-1998) — Born in Florence (Firenze),Italy,October17, 1902.Dancer;actress; First Lady of Connecticut, 1951-55.Female.Italianancestry.Died in Marbella,Spain,February25, 1998 (age95 years, 131days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | Hope Elise Ross Lange (1933-2003) — also known asHope Lange — Born in Redding Ridge, Redding,FairfieldCounty, Conn.,November28, 1933.Democrat.Actress;honored guest, Democratic National Convention,1960.Female.Died, fromischemiccolitis, in St. JohnsHospital,Santa Monica,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,December19, 2003 (age70 years, 21days).Cremated.| | Relatives:Daughter of John George Lange and Minetta (Buddecke) Lange; married,April14, 1956, to Don Murray; married,October19, 1963, to Alan Jay Pakula; married,January29, 1986, to Charles Hollerith, Jr. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial |
 | John Davis Lodge (1903-1985) — of Westport,FairfieldCounty, Conn.Born inWashington,D.C.,October20, 1903.Republican.Lawyer;professionalactor in 1933-40, appearing inmovies suchasLittle Women,The Scarlet Empress,The LittleColonel, andIn Like Flint; served in the U.S. Navy duringWorld War II;U.S.Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1947-51;Governor ofConnecticut, 1951-55; delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom Connecticut,1952(speaker),1960;U.S. Ambassador toSpain, 1955-61;Argentina, 1969-73;Switzerland, 1983-85; candidate forU.S.Senator from Connecticut, 1964;delegateto Connecticut state constitutional convention 4th District,1965; Republican Presidential Elector for Connecticut,1980(voted forRonaldReagan andGeorgeBush).Member,AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;PhiBeta Kappa.Collapsed whilefinishing aspeech to the Women's National Republican Club, and died lessthan an hour later at St. Clare'sHospital,Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October29, 1985 (age82 years, 9days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | | James Melton (1904-1961) — of Greenwich,FairfieldCounty, Conn.Born in Moultrie,ColquittCounty, Ga.,January2, 1904.Republican.Professionalsinger;actor;performed, Republican National Convention, 1952.Died, fromlobarpneumonia, in RooseveltHospital,Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,April21, 1961 (age57 years, 109days).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Ocala, Fla. | | George Lloyd Murphy (1902-1992) — also known asGeorge L. Murphy — of Beverly Hills,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.,July 4,1902.Republican. Professionalactor anddancer in1934-52; appeared infilms such asFor Me And My Gal,Battleground;president,Screen Actors Guild, 1944-46; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from California,1948,1952(speaker),1956,1960(alternate);U.S.Senator from California, 1965-71; defeated, 1970.Irishancestry. Member,ScreenActors Guild.Died, ofleukemia,in Palm Beach,Palm BeachCounty, Fla.,May 3,1992 (age89 years, 304days).Cremated;ashes scattered. | | Paul Leonard Newman (1925-2008) — also known asPaul Newman;"KingCool" —of Westport,FairfieldCounty, Conn.Born in Shaker Heights,CuyahogaCounty, Ohio,January26, 1925.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; Americanactor andfilm director; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Connecticut,1968;created the Newman's Own line ofsaladdressing and otherfoodproducts, with all profits donated to charity.SlovakandJewishancestry. Member,PhiKappa Tau.Died, oflungcancer, in Westport,FairfieldCounty, Conn.,September26, 2008 (age83 years, 244days).Cremated. | | Jane Powell (1929-2021) — also known asSuzanne Lorraine Burce — Born in Portland,MultnomahCounty, Ore.,April 1,1929.Actress;singer;dancer;performed, Republican National Convention, 1956.Female.Died in Wilton,FairfieldCounty, Conn.,September16, 2021 (age92 years, 168days).Cremated. | | Henry Brewster Stanton (1805-1887) — also known asHenry B. Stanton — of Seneca Falls,SenecaCounty, N.Y.Born in Griswold,New LondonCounty, Conn.,June 27,1805.Journalist;orator;lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate senate 25th District, 1850-51, 1851; resigned 1851.Died, ofpneumonia,in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,January14, 1887 (age81 years, 201days).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Bronx, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Susan M. (Brewster) Stanton and Joseph Stanton; married,May 1,1840, toElizabethSmith Cady; fifth great-grandnephew ofRobertTreat; first cousin once removed ofNathanBelcher; second cousin once removed ofErskineMason Phelps; second cousin four times removed ofWaightstillAvery; third cousin ofEnochC. Chapman; third cousin once removed ofJeremiahMason,EdwardWheeler Pendleton andGilesRussell Taggart; third cousin twice removed ofJohnAdams,GeorgeChamplin andJohnBaldwin; fourth cousin ofAlbertGallup; fourth cousin once removed ofDavidHough,JohnTaintor,RogerTaintor,JohnQuincy Adams,ChristopherGrant Champlin,SolomonTaintor,DanielCady,DanielPacker,JabezWilliams Huntington,LorenzoBurrows,AsaPacker,AlbertSmith Gallup andAbialT. Browning. | | | | Political family:Lenoir-Avery-Moreheadfamily of North Carolina (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
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