| | William Israel Allyn (1875-1948) — also known asWilliam I. Allyn — of Ledyard,New LondonCounty, Conn.Born in Ledyard,New LondonCounty, Conn.,January20, 1875.Republican.Farmer;delegateto Connecticut state constitutional convention, 1902; member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives from Ledyard, 1905-08, 1911-12,1917-20; member ofConnecticutstate senate 19th District, 1909-10; Ledyard town clerk andtreasurer;NewLondon County Auditor.Congregationalist.Member,Grange;Royal Arcanum.DiedJuly 11,1948 (age73 years, 173days).Interment atLedyardCenter Cemetery, Ledyard, Conn. | | Bernard Ira Ashmun (b. 1871) — also known asB. I. Ashmun — of Bridgeport,FairfieldCounty, Conn.Born in Rutland,RutlandCounty, Vt.,July 18,1871.Democrat.Manufacturer;alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention fromConnecticut,1920;director, BridgeportHospital.Member,Freemasons;Royal Arcanum.Burial location unknown.| |  Relatives: Sonof Sydney Ashmun and Rose (Hershfield) Ashmun; married to LillianLouise Armstrong. |
 | Martin Bourke (1867-1939) — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Bridgeport,FairfieldCounty, Conn.,December1, 1867.Republican.Pharmacist;lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly, 1915, 1917-18, 1920 (New York County 17thDistrict 1915, 1917, New York County 9th District 1918, 1920);defeated, 1915.Catholic.Irishancestry. Member,Royal Arcanum;Knightsof Columbus.Died in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,April 8,1939 (age71 years, 128days).Interment atSt. Benedict's Cemetery, Springfield, Mass.  | Charles Frederick Murphy (1875-1934) — also known asCharles F. Murphy — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Norwood,St.Lawrence County, N.Y.,April13, 1875.Republican.Schoolteacher;lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Kings County 10th District, 1905-09; memberofNewYork state senate 6th District, 1917-18; defeated, 1914; delegateto Republican National Convention from New York,1920,1924,1928,1932;member ofNew YorkRepublican State Committee, 1930;delegateto New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.Episcopalian.Member,American BarAssociation;Freemasons;RoyalArch Masons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners;OddFellows;Royal Arcanum;PhiGamma Delta;DeltaChi;Sonsof Veterans.Struckby a car, badly injured, and died two days later, in DanburyHospital,Danbury,FairfieldCounty, Conn.,June 19,1934 (age59 years, 67days).Interment atMilltown Cemetery, Brewster, N.Y. | | James Pendleton (b. 1854) — of Stonington,New LondonCounty, Conn.Born in Stonington,New LondonCounty, Conn.,July 29,1854.Republican.Postmaster;member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives from Stonington, 1895-98;warden(borough president) of Stonington, Connecticut, 1896-97;alternate delegate to Republican National Convention fromConnecticut,1896;member ofConnecticutstate senate 9th District, 1899-1900.Member,Freemasons;Royal Arcanum.Burial location unknown.| |  Relatives: Sonof Harris Pendleton (1811-1890) and Sarah (Chester) Pendleton;brother ofHarrisPendleton (born 1845); married,June 12,1884, to Sarah Elizabeth Potter; great-grandnephew ofNathanPendleton (1754-1841); first cousin twice removed ofNathanPendleton (1779-1827); second cousin once removed ofCharlesMarsh Pendleton,JamesMonroe Pendleton,CyrusHenry Pendleton andCorneliusWelles Pendleton; second cousin twice removed ofDanielBurrows; third cousin ofCalvinCrane Pendleton,EdwardWheeler Pendleton,JosephPalmer Dyer,CharlesHenry Pendleton,ChaunceyC. Pendleton,NathanWilliam Pendleton andEckfordGustavus Pendleton; third cousin once removed ofLorenzoBurrows andClaudiusVictor Pendleton; fourth cousin ofEnochC. Chapman. | | |  | Political family:Pendletonfamily of Connecticut (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). |
| | Thomas Lawrence Reilly (1858-1924) — also known asThomas L. Reilly — of Meriden,New HavenCounty, Conn.Born in New Britain,HartfordCounty, Conn.,September20, 1858.Democrat.Newspapereditor;mayorof Meriden, Conn., 1906-11;U.S.Representative from Connecticut, 1911-15 (2nd District 1911-13,3rd District 1913-15); defeated, 1908 (2nd District), 1914 (3rdDistrict), 1916 (3rd District); delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Connecticut,1916;NewHaven County Sheriff, 1918-24.Catholic.Member,Elks;Knightsof Columbus;Royal Arcanum.Died in New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.,July 6,1924 (age65 years, 290days).Interment atSacredHeart Cemetery, Meriden, Conn.
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