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Private or familygraveyard
Albany County, New York
| Politicians buriedhere: | | |  Hugh Conger (1804-1869) — ofAlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,March30, 1804.Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Albany County 1st District, 1867, 1869; diedin office 1869.Died in Reidsville, Berne,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,November29, 1869 (age65 years, 244days).Interment in a private or family graveyard.| |  Relatives: Sonof William Conger and Margaret (McNab) Conger; married,July 1,1829, to Hannah Ward; father ofFrederickWard Conger; first cousin once removed ofOmarDwight Conger,MooreConger andChaunceyStewart Conger (1838-1916); first cousin twice removed ofEdwinHurd Conger,FranklinBarker Conger andChaunceyStewart Conger (1882-1963); first cousin four times removed ofRalphWaldo Hungerford; second cousin once removed ofAnsonGriffith Conger andHarmonSweatland Conger; second cousin thrice removed ofEdwardAugustus Conger; second cousin four times removed ofRobertJohn Conger; third cousin once removed ofJamesLockwood Conger andCharlesFranklin Conger; third cousin twice removed ofAbrahamBogart Conger,JamesW. Conger andBennConger; third cousin thrice removed ofAlexanderCaldwell,DanielClark Joyce,IsaacYoung Conger,AltonGeorge Parker andAbrahamBenjamin Conger; fourth cousin once removed ofOrestesCleveland. | | | | Political families:Conger#1 family of New York;Conger#2 family of Bainbridge and Ty Ty, Georgia (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| Politicians formerlyburied here: | | | William Paterson (1745-1806) — of New Jersey. Born in County Antrim, Ireland (nowNorthernIreland),December24, 1745.Delegateto New Jersey state constitutional convention, 1776;NewJersey state attorney general, 1776-83;Delegateto Continental Congress from New Jersey, 1780, 1787;member,U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787;U.S.Senator from New Jersey, 1789-90;Governor ofNew Jersey, 1790-93;chancellorof New Jersey court of chancery, 1790-93;AssociateJustice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1793-1806; died in office 1806.Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons.Injured in ahorsedrawncoach accident in 1803, and died from his wounds three yearslater, in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,September9, 1806 (age60 years, 259days).Original interment at in a private or family graveyard; reintermentatAlbany Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.;cenotaph atVanLiew Cemetery, North Brunswick, N.J.  | Philip John Schuyler (1733-1804) — also known asPhilip Schuyler — of New York. Born in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,November20, 1733.Member ofNew Yorkcolonial assembly, 1768;Delegateto Continental Congress from New York, 1775, 1777, 1779-80;general in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; memberofNewYork state senate Western District, 1780-84, 1785-89, 1791-97;member ofNew Yorkcouncil of appointment, 1786, 1788, 1790, 1794;U.S.Senator from New York, 1789-91, 1797-98.Built thefirstflax millin America.Slaveowner. Died in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,November18, 1804 (age70 years, 364days).Original interment at in a private or family graveyard; reintermentatAlbany Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.;statue (now gone) atAlbany City HallGrounds, Albany, N.Y.| | Relatives: SonofJohannesSchuyler (1697-1746) and Cornelia (Van Cortlandt) Schuyler;brother ofStephenJohn Schuyler; married,September17, 1755, to Catherine Van Rensselaer; father of ElizabethSchuyler (who marriedAlexanderHamilton), Margarita Schuyler (who marriedStephenVan Rensselaer) andPhilipJeremiah Schuyler; uncle ofPieterSchuyler (1746-1792); grandson ofStephanusVan Cortlandt andJohannesSchuyler (1668-1747); grandfather ofPhilipSchuyler,JamesAlexander Hamilton andWilliamStephen Hamilton; grandnephew ofPieterSchuyler (1657-1724) andJacobusVan Cortlandt; granduncle ofHenryWalter Livingston; great-granduncle ofEdwardLivingston (1796-1840); second great-grandfather ofRobertRay Hamilton; third great-grandfather ofJohnEliot Thayer Jr.; third great-granduncle ofCharlesLudlow Livingston (born 1870) andBronsonMurray Cutting; fourth great-granduncle ofBrockholstLivingston; first cousin ofStephanusBayard andPierreVan Cortlandt; first cousin once removed ofJohnLivingston,RobertLivingston (1688-1775),GilbertLivingston,NicholasBayard,PhilipVan Cortlandt,PierreVan Cortlandt Jr. andJamesParker; first cousin twice removed ofDavidDavidse Schuyler,MyndertDavidtse Schuyler,PhilipSchuyler Van Rensselaer andJohnCortlandt Parker; first cousin thrice removed ofHenryBell Van Rensselaer,JamesAdams Ekin,RichardWayne Parker andCharlesWolcott Parker; first cousin four times removed ofKiliaenVan Rensselaer andJohnSluyter Wirt; first cousin five times removed ofMariettaPeabody Tree andEndicottPeabody; second cousin ofRobertLivingston (1708-1790),PeterVan Brugh Livingston,RobertGilbert Livingston,HenryGilbert Livingston,RobertR. Livingston (1718-1775),WilliamLivingston,JamesJay,PhilipP. Schuyler,JohnJay andFrederickJay; second cousin once removed ofVolkertPetrus Douw,PeterRobert Livingston (1737-1794),JeremiahVan Rensselaer,RobertVan Rensselaer,WalterLivingston,PhilipPeter Livingston,HendrickKiliaen Van Rensselaer,RobertR. Livingston (1746-1813),JamesLivingston,HenryBrockholst Livingston,PeterSamuel Schuyler,KillianKillian Van Rensselaer,EdwardLivingston (1764-1836),PeterAugustus Jay (1776-1843) andWilliamJay; second cousin twice removed ofLeonardGansevoort,LeonardGansevoort Jr.,PeterRobert Livingston (1766-1847),JacobRutsen Van Rensselaer,MaturinLivingston,RensselaerWesterlo,EdwardPhilip Livingston,WilliamAlexander Duer,JohnDuer,CharlesLudlow Livingston (1800-1873),HamiltonFish,GeorgeWashington Schuyler,JohnJay II andPhilipN. Schuyler; second cousin thrice removed ofPeterGansevoort,PeterRobert Livingston (1789-1859),GilbertLivingston Thompson,GerritSmith,WilliamDuer,DenningDuer,HenryBrockholst Ledyard,ElizabethCady Stanton,JohnJacob Astor III,EugeneSchuyler,NicholasFish andHamiltonFish Jr. (1849-1936); second cousin four times removed ofWilliamWaldorf Astor,JohnKean,CortlandtSchuyler Van Rensselaer,HamiltonFish Kean,JonathanMayhew Wainwright,KarlCortlandt Schuyler,PeterAugustus Jay (1877-1933) andHamiltonFish Jr. (1888-1991); second cousin five times removed ofGuyVernor Henry,HerbertLivingston Satterlee,WilliamAstor Chanler,LewisStuyvesant Chanler,MontgomerySchuyler Jr.,PeterGoelet Gerry,HelenRoosevelt Robinson,OgdenLivingston Mills,RobertReginald Livingston,RobertWinthrop Kean andHamiltonFish Jr. (1926-1996). | | | | Political families:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York;Schuylerfamily of Albany, New York;Parker-Schuylerfamily of Perth Amboy, New Jersey (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Schuyler counties inIll.,Mo. andN.Y. arenamed for him. | | | | ThevillageofSchuylerville,New York, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier | | | | Image source: New York PublicLibrary |
| | Johannes Schuyler (1697-1746) — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,1697.Mayorof Albany, N.Y., 1741-42.Died inAlbanyCounty, N.Y.,1746(ageabout49 years).Original interment at in a private or family graveyard; reintermentatAlbany Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.| | Relatives: SonofJohannesSchuyler (1668-1747) and Elizabeth (Staats) Schuyler; father ofPhilipJohn Schuyler andStephenJohn Schuyler; nephew ofPieterSchuyler (1657-1724); grandfather ofPieterSchuyler (1746-1792) andPhilipJeremiah Schuyler; great-grandfather ofHenryWalter Livingston,PhilipSchuyler andJamesAlexander Hamilton; second great-grandfather ofEdwardLivingston (1796-1840); third great-grandfather ofRobertRay Hamilton; fourth great-grandfather ofCharlesLudlow Livingston (born 1870),JohnEliot Thayer Jr. andBronsonMurray Cutting; fifth great-grandfather ofBrockholstLivingston; first cousin ofJohnLivingston,RobertLivingston (1688-1775) andGilbertLivingston; first cousin once removed ofDavidDavidse Schuyler,MyndertDavidtse Schuyler,StephanusBayard,RobertLivingston (1708-1790),PeterVan Brugh Livingston,RobertGilbert Livingston,HenryGilbert Livingston,PhilipLivingston,RobertR. Livingston (1718-1775),PierreVan Cortlandt,WilliamLivingston andPhilipP. Schuyler; first cousin twice removed ofNicholasBayard,PeterRobert Livingston (1737-1794),JeremiahVan Rensselaer,RobertVan Rensselaer,WalterLivingston,PhilipPeter Livingston,RobertR. Livingston (1746-1813),JamesLivingston,PhilipVan Cortlandt,HenryBrockholst Livingston,PeterSamuel Schuyler,PierreVan Cortlandt Jr.,EdwardLivingston (1764-1836) andJamesParker; first cousin thrice removed ofPeterRobert Livingston (1766-1847),PhilipSchuyler Van Rensselaer,JacobRutsen Van Rensselaer,MaturinLivingston,PeterAugustus Jay (1776-1843),RensselaerWesterlo,EdwardPhilip Livingston,WilliamAlexander Duer,JohnDuer,WilliamJay,CharlesLudlow Livingston (1800-1873),HamiltonFish (1808-1893),GeorgeWashington Schuyler,JohnCortlandt Parker andPhilipN. Schuyler; first cousin four times removed ofPeterRobert Livingston (1789-1859),GilbertLivingston Thompson,GerritSmith,WilliamDuer,HenryBell Van Rensselaer,DenningDuer,HenryBrockholst Ledyard,ElizabethCady Stanton,JohnJay II,JamesAdams Ekin,JohnJacob Astor III,EugeneSchuyler,RichardWayne Parker,NicholasFish,HamiltonFish Jr. (1849-1936) andCharlesWolcott Parker; first cousin five times removed ofKiliaenVan Rensselaer,WilliamWaldorf Astor,JohnSluyter Wirt,JohnKean,CortlandtSchuyler Van Rensselaer,HamiltonFish Kean,JonathanMayhew Wainwright,KarlCortlandt Schuyler andHamiltonFish Jr. (1888-1991); first cousin six times removed ofGuyVernor Henry,HerbertLivingston Satterlee,WilliamAstor Chanler,LewisStuyvesant Chanler,MontgomerySchuyler Jr.,PeterAugustus Jay (1877-1933),PeterGoelet Gerry,HelenRoosevelt Robinson,OgdenLivingston Mills,RobertReginald Livingston,RobertWinthrop Kean,MariettaPeabody Tree,EndicottPeabody andHamiltonFish Jr. (1926-1996); first cousin seven times removed ofThomasHoward Kean,HamiltonFish (born 1951) andAlexaFish Ward; second cousin five times removed ofHenryNewton Schuyler. | | | | Political families:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York;Schuylerfamily of Albany, New York (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Peter Samuel Schuyler (1758-1832) — also known asPeter S. Schuyler — ofAlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in Watervliet,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,May 14,1758.Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Albany County, 1801-04, 1819-20.Died, fromapoplexy,in Watervliet,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,November1, 1832 (age74 years, 171days).Original interment at in a private or family graveyard; reintermentin 1877 atAlbany Rural Cemetery, Menands,N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Engeltie (Van Vechten) Schuyler and Stephanus Schuyler; married toCatherina Cuyler; nephew ofPhilipP. Schuyler; great-grandson ofPieterSchuyler (1657-1724); great-grandnephew ofJohannesSchuyler (1668-1747); second great-grandnephew ofStephanusVan Cortlandt andJacobusVan Cortlandt; first cousin ofPieterSchuyler (1746-1792); first cousin once removed ofHenryWalter Livingston; first cousin twice removed ofJohnLivingston,RobertLivingston (1688-1775),GilbertLivingston,JohannesSchuyler (1697-1746) andEdwardLivingston (1796-1840); first cousin thrice removed ofDavidDavidse Schuyler andMyndertDavidtse Schuyler; first cousin four times removed ofCharlesLudlow Livingston (born 1870) andBronsonMurray Cutting; first cousin five times removed ofBrockholstLivingston; second cousin ofJeremiahVan Rensselaer,RobertVan Rensselaer,JamesLivingston,StephenVan Rensselaer andPhilipSchuyler Van Rensselaer; second cousin once removed ofStephanusBayard,RobertLivingston (1708-1790),PeterVan Brugh Livingston,RobertGilbert Livingston,HenryGilbert Livingston,PhilipLivingston,RobertR. Livingston (1718-1775),VolkertPetrus Douw,PierreVan Cortlandt,WilliamLivingston,PhilipJohn Schuyler,StephenJohn Schuyler,HendrickKiliaen Van Rensselaer,RobertR. Livingston (1746-1813),KillianKillian Van Rensselaer,EdwardLivingston (1764-1836),PeterRobert Livingston (1766-1847),JacobRutsen Van Rensselaer,PhilipJeremiah Schuyler,MaturinLivingston,PhilipSchuyler andHenryBell Van Rensselaer; second cousin twice removed ofJamesJay,JohnJay,FrederickJay,JamesAlexander Hamilton,PeterRobert Livingston (1789-1859),GerritSmith,ElizabethCady Stanton andKiliaenVan Rensselaer; second cousin thrice removed ofJohnJacob Astor III andCortlandtSchuyler Van Rensselaer; second cousin four times removed ofWilliamWaldorf Astor,RobertRay Hamilton,PeterGoelet Gerry,OgdenLivingston Mills andJohnEliot Thayer Jr.; second cousin five times removed ofWilliamAstor Chanler,LewisStuyvesant Chanler,HelenRoosevelt Robinson andRobertReginald Livingston; third cousin ofNicholasBayard,PeterRobert Livingston (1737-1794),WalterLivingston,PhilipPeter Livingston,PhilipVan Cortlandt,LeonardGansevoort,LeonardGansevoort Jr.,HenryBrockholst Livingston,PierreVan Cortlandt Jr. andJamesParker; third cousin once removed ofRensselaerWesterlo,PeterAugustus Jay,EdwardPhilip Livingston,WilliamAlexander Duer,JohnDuer,PeterGansevoort,WilliamJay,CharlesLudlow Livingston (1800-1873),HamiltonFish,GeorgeWashington Schuyler,JohnCortlandt Parker andPhilipN. Schuyler; third cousin twice removed ofGilbertLivingston Thompson,WilliamDuer,DenningDuer,HenryBrockholst Ledyard,JohnJay II,JamesAdams Ekin,EugeneSchuyler,RichardWayne Parker,NicholasFish,HamiltonFish Jr. (1849-1936) andCharlesWolcott Parker; third cousin thrice removed ofJohnSluyter Wirt,JohnKean,HamiltonFish Kean,JonathanMayhew Wainwright,KarlCortlandt Schuyler andHamiltonFish Jr. (1888-1991). | | | | Political families:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York;Schuylerfamily of Albany, New York (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
Albany City HallGrounds
Albany, Albany County, New York
| Politicians who have(or had) monuments here: | | Philip John Schuyler (1733-1804) — also known asPhilip Schuyler — of New York. Born in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,November20, 1733.Member ofNew Yorkcolonial assembly, 1768;Delegateto Continental Congress from New York, 1775, 1777, 1779-80;general in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; memberofNewYork state senate Western District, 1780-84, 1785-89, 1791-97;member ofNew Yorkcouncil of appointment, 1786, 1788, 1790, 1794;U.S.Senator from New York, 1789-91, 1797-98.Built thefirstflax millin America.Slaveowner. Died in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,November18, 1804 (age70 years, 364days).Original interment ata private or familygraveyard, Albany County, N.Y.; reinterment atAlbany Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.; statue(now gone) at Albany City Hall Grounds.| | Relatives: SonofJohannesSchuyler (1697-1746) and Cornelia (Van Cortlandt) Schuyler;brother ofStephenJohn Schuyler; married,September17, 1755, to Catherine Van Rensselaer; father of ElizabethSchuyler (who marriedAlexanderHamilton), Margarita Schuyler (who marriedStephenVan Rensselaer) andPhilipJeremiah Schuyler; uncle ofPieterSchuyler (1746-1792); grandson ofStephanusVan Cortlandt andJohannesSchuyler (1668-1747); grandfather ofPhilipSchuyler,JamesAlexander Hamilton andWilliamStephen Hamilton; grandnephew ofPieterSchuyler (1657-1724) andJacobusVan Cortlandt; granduncle ofHenryWalter Livingston; great-granduncle ofEdwardLivingston (1796-1840); second great-grandfather ofRobertRay Hamilton; third great-grandfather ofJohnEliot Thayer Jr.; third great-granduncle ofCharlesLudlow Livingston (born 1870) andBronsonMurray Cutting; fourth great-granduncle ofBrockholstLivingston; first cousin ofStephanusBayard andPierreVan Cortlandt; first cousin once removed ofJohnLivingston,RobertLivingston (1688-1775),GilbertLivingston,NicholasBayard,PhilipVan Cortlandt,PierreVan Cortlandt Jr. andJamesParker; first cousin twice removed ofDavidDavidse Schuyler,MyndertDavidtse Schuyler,PhilipSchuyler Van Rensselaer andJohnCortlandt Parker; first cousin thrice removed ofHenryBell Van Rensselaer,JamesAdams Ekin,RichardWayne Parker andCharlesWolcott Parker; first cousin four times removed ofKiliaenVan Rensselaer andJohnSluyter Wirt; first cousin five times removed ofMariettaPeabody Tree andEndicottPeabody; second cousin ofRobertLivingston (1708-1790),PeterVan Brugh Livingston,RobertGilbert Livingston,HenryGilbert Livingston,RobertR. Livingston (1718-1775),WilliamLivingston,JamesJay,PhilipP. Schuyler,JohnJay andFrederickJay; second cousin once removed ofVolkertPetrus Douw,PeterRobert Livingston (1737-1794),JeremiahVan Rensselaer,RobertVan Rensselaer,WalterLivingston,PhilipPeter Livingston,HendrickKiliaen Van Rensselaer,RobertR. Livingston (1746-1813),JamesLivingston,HenryBrockholst Livingston,PeterSamuel Schuyler,KillianKillian Van Rensselaer,EdwardLivingston (1764-1836),PeterAugustus Jay (1776-1843) andWilliamJay; second cousin twice removed ofLeonardGansevoort,LeonardGansevoort Jr.,PeterRobert Livingston (1766-1847),JacobRutsen Van Rensselaer,MaturinLivingston,RensselaerWesterlo,EdwardPhilip Livingston,WilliamAlexander Duer,JohnDuer,CharlesLudlow Livingston (1800-1873),HamiltonFish,GeorgeWashington Schuyler,JohnJay II andPhilipN. Schuyler; second cousin thrice removed ofPeterGansevoort,PeterRobert Livingston (1789-1859),GilbertLivingston Thompson,GerritSmith,WilliamDuer,DenningDuer,HenryBrockholst Ledyard,ElizabethCady Stanton,JohnJacob Astor III,EugeneSchuyler,NicholasFish andHamiltonFish Jr. (1849-1936); second cousin four times removed ofWilliamWaldorf Astor,JohnKean,CortlandtSchuyler Van Rensselaer,HamiltonFish Kean,JonathanMayhew Wainwright,KarlCortlandt Schuyler,PeterAugustus Jay (1877-1933) andHamiltonFish Jr. (1888-1991); second cousin five times removed ofGuyVernor Henry,HerbertLivingston Satterlee,WilliamAstor Chanler,LewisStuyvesant Chanler,MontgomerySchuyler Jr.,PeterGoelet Gerry,HelenRoosevelt Robinson,OgdenLivingston Mills,RobertReginald Livingston,RobertWinthrop Kean andHamiltonFish Jr. (1926-1996). | | | | Political families:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York;Schuylerfamily of Albany, New York;Parker-Schuylerfamily of Perth Amboy, New Jersey (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Schuyler counties inIll.,Mo. andN.Y. arenamed for him. | | | | ThevillageofSchuylerville,New York, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier | | | | Image source: New York PublicLibrary |
Dutch ChurchBurial Ground
Albany, Albany County, New York
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Pieter Van Brugh (1666-1740) — also known asPieter Verbrugge — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in1666.Mayorof Albany, N.Y., 1699-1700, 1721-23.DutchandNorwegianancestry.Died in1740(ageabout74 years).Interment at Dutch Church Burial Ground.| | Relatives: Sonof Johannes Pieterse Van Brugh and Trijntje (Roeloffs) Van Brugh;married1688 toSarah Cuyler; grandfather ofRobertLivingston,PeterVan Brugh Livingston,PhilipLivingston andWilliamLivingston; great-grandfather ofPeterRobert Livingston (1737-1794),WalterLivingston,PhilipPeter Livingston andHenryBrockholst Livingston; second great-grandfather ofStephenVan Rensselaer,PhilipSchuyler Van Rensselaer,HenryWalter Livingston,PeterAugustus Jay (1776-1843),RensselaerWesterlo,EdwardPhilip Livingston,WilliamAlexander Duer,JohnDuer,WilliamJay andCharlesLudlow Livingston (1800-1873); third great-grandfather ofPhilipSchuyler,PeterRobert Livingston (1789-1859),EdwardLivingston,WilliamDuer,HenryBell Van Rensselaer,DenningDuer,HenryBrockholst Ledyard andJohnJay II; fourth great-grandfather ofKiliaenVan Rensselaer,NicholasFish,HamiltonFish Jr. (1849-1936),JohnKean,HamiltonFish Kean andCharlesLudlow Livingston (born 1870); fifth great-grandfather ofHerbertLivingston Satterlee,PeterAugustus Jay (1877-1933),BronsonMurray Cutting,RobertReginald Livingston,HamiltonFish Jr. (1888-1991),RobertWinthrop Kean andBrockholstLivingston; sixth great-grandfather ofJohnEliot Thayer Jr.,HamiltonFish Jr. (1926-1996) andThomasHoward Kean; seventh great-grandfather ofHamiltonFish,AlexaFish Ward andThomasHoward Kean Jr.. | | | | Political family:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| Politicians formerlyburied here: | | | Robert Livingston the Younger (1663-1725) — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born inScotland,1663.Mayorof Albany, N.Y., 1710-19.Died in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,April21, 1725 (ageabout 61years).Original interment at Dutch Church Burial Ground; reinterment atAlbany Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof James Livingston ; married1697 toMargarita Schuyler (daughter ofPieterSchuyler); nephew ofRobertLivingston the Elder; grandfather of Margaret Beekman (whomarriedRobertR. Livingston (1718-1775)),JeremiahVan Rensselaer,RobertVan Rensselaer andJamesLivingston (1747-1832); great-grandfather ofRobertR. Livingston (1746-1813),EdwardLivingston (1764-1836),PeterRobert Livingston (1766-1847),JacobRutsen Van Rensselaer,PhilipJeremiah Schuyler andMaturinLivingston; second great-grandfather ofPhilipSchuyler,JamesAlexander Hamilton,PeterRobert Livingston (1789-1859),GerritSmith andElizabethCady Stanton; third great-grandfather ofJohnJacob Astor III andCortlandtSchuyler Van Rensselaer; fourth great-grandfather ofWilliamWaldorf Astor,RobertRay Hamilton,PeterGoelet Gerry andOgdenLivingston Mills; fifth great-grandfather ofWilliamAstor Chanler,LewisStuyvesant Chanler,HelenRoosevelt Robinson,JohnEliot Thayer Jr. andRobertReginald Livingston; first cousin ofJohnLivingston,RobertLivingston (1688-1775) andGilbertLivingston; first cousin once removed ofRobertLivingston (1708-1790),PeterVan Brugh Livingston,RobertGilbert Livingston,HenryGilbert Livingston,PhilipLivingston,RobertR. Livingston (1718-1775) andWilliamLivingston; first cousin twice removed ofPeterRobert Livingston (1737-1794),WalterLivingston,PhilipPeter Livingston,PhilipVan Cortlandt,HenryBrockholst Livingston andPierreVan Cortlandt Jr.; first cousin thrice removed ofPhilipSchuyler Van Rensselaer,HenryWalter Livingston,PeterAugustus Jay (1776-1843),RensselaerWesterlo,EdwardPhilip Livingston,WilliamAlexander Duer,JohnDuer,WilliamJay,CharlesLudlow Livingston (1800-1873) andHamiltonFish (1808-1893); first cousin four times removed ofGilbertLivingston Thompson,EdwardLivingston (1796-1840),WilliamDuer,HenryBell Van Rensselaer,DenningDuer,HenryBrockholst Ledyard,JohnJay II,NicholasFish andHamiltonFish Jr. (1849-1936); first cousin five times removed ofKiliaenVan Rensselaer,JohnKean,HamiltonFish Kean,JonathanMayhew Wainwright,CharlesLudlow Livingston (born 1870) andHamiltonFish Jr. (1888-1991); first cousin six times removed ofGuyVernor Henry,HerbertLivingston Satterlee,MontgomerySchuyler Jr.,PeterAugustus Jay (1877-1933),BronsonMurray Cutting,RobertWinthrop Kean,BrockholstLivingston andHamiltonFish Jr. (1926-1996); first cousin seven times removed ofThomasHoward Kean,HamiltonFish (born 1951) andAlexaFish Ward. | | | | Political family:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoWikipedia article |
| | Myndert Davidtse Schuyler (1672-1755) — also known asMyndert Schuyler — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in Colonie,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,1672.Merchant;mayorof Albany, N.Y., 1719-21, 1723-25.Died in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,October21, 1755 (ageabout 83years).Original interment at Dutch Church Burial Ground; reinterment atAlbany Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Davit Pieterse Schuyler and Catharina (Ver Planck) Schuyler;brother ofDavidDavidse Schuyler; fourth great-granduncle ofHenryNewton Schuyler; fifth great-granduncle ofMarionRichard Schuyler; first cousin ofPieterSchuyler (1657-1724) andJohannesSchuyler (1668-1747); first cousin once removed ofJohnLivingston,RobertLivingston (1688-1775),GilbertLivingston andJohannesSchuyler (1697-1746); first cousin twice removed ofStephanusBayard,RobertLivingston (1708-1790),PeterVan Brugh Livingston,RobertGilbert Livingston,HenryGilbert Livingston,PhilipLivingston,RobertR. Livingston (1718-1775),PierreVan Cortlandt,WilliamLivingston,PhilipJohn Schuyler,PhilipP. Schuyler andStephenJohn Schuyler; first cousin thrice removed ofNicholasBayard,PeterRobert Livingston (1737-1794),JeremiahVan Rensselaer,RobertVan Rensselaer,WalterLivingston,PhilipPeter Livingston,PieterSchuyler (1746-1792),RobertR. Livingston (1746-1813),JamesLivingston,PhilipVan Cortlandt,HenryBrockholst Livingston,PeterSamuel Schuyler,PierreVan Cortlandt Jr.,EdwardLivingston (1764-1836),PhilipJeremiah Schuyler andJamesParker; first cousin four times removed ofStephenVan Rensselaer,PeterRobert Livingston (1766-1847),PhilipSchuyler Van Rensselaer,JacobRutsen Van Rensselaer,HenryWalter Livingston,MaturinLivingston,RensselaerWesterlo,PeterAugustus Jay (1776-1843),EdwardPhilip Livingston,WilliamAlexander Duer,JohnDuer,PhilipSchuyler,JamesAlexander Hamilton,WilliamJay,CharlesLudlow Livingston (1800-1873),HamiltonFish,GeorgeWashington Schuyler,JohnCortlandt Parker andPhilipN. Schuyler; first cousin five times removed ofPeterRobert Livingston (1789-1859),GilbertLivingston Thompson,EdwardLivingston (1796-1840),GerritSmith,WilliamDuer,HenryBell Van Rensselaer,DenningDuer,HenryBrockholst Ledyard,ElizabethCady Stanton,JohnJay II,JamesAdams Ekin,JohnJacob Astor III,EugeneSchuyler,RichardWayne Parker,NicholasFish,HamiltonFish Jr. (1849-1936) andCharlesWolcott Parker; first cousin six times removed ofKiliaenVan Rensselaer,WilliamWaldorf Astor,RobertRay Hamilton,JohnSluyter Wirt,JohnKean,CortlandtSchuyler Van Rensselaer,HamiltonFish Kean,JonathanMayhew Wainwright,CharlesLudlow Livingston (born 1870),KarlCortlandt Schuyler andHamiltonFish Jr. (1888-1991); first cousin seven times removed ofGuyVernor Henry,HerbertLivingston Satterlee,WilliamAstor Chanler,LewisStuyvesant Chanler,MontgomerySchuyler Jr.,PeterAugustus Jay (1877-1933),PeterGoelet Gerry,HelenRoosevelt Robinson,OgdenLivingston Mills,JohnEliot Thayer Jr.,BronsonMurray Cutting,RobertReginald Livingston,RobertWinthrop Kean,BrockholstLivingston,MariettaPeabody Tree,EndicottPeabody andHamiltonFish Jr. (1926-1996). | | | | Political families:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York;Schuylerfamily of Albany, New York (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). |
| | Pieter Schuyler (1657-1724) — also known asPeter Schuyler — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in Beverwyck, New Netherland (now Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.),1657.Mayorof Albany, N.Y., 1686-94.DiedFebruary19, 1724 (ageabout 66years).Original interment at Dutch Church Burial Ground; subsequentinterment atMadison Avenue Dutch Church;reinterment atAlbany Rural Cemetery,Menands, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Pieter Pieterse Schuyler and Margarita (Van Slichtenhorst)Schuyler; brother ofJohannesSchuyler (1668-1747); married1681 toEngeltie Van Schaick; married1691 toMaria Van Rensselaer; father of Margarita Schuyler (who marriedRobertLivingston the Younger); uncle ofJohnLivingston,RobertLivingston (1688-1775),GilbertLivingston andJohannesSchuyler (1697-1746); grandfather ofPhilipP. Schuyler; granduncle ofStephanusBayard,RobertLivingston (1708-1790),PeterVan Brugh Livingston,RobertGilbert Livingston,HenryGilbert Livingston,PhilipLivingston,RobertR. Livingston (1718-1775),PierreVan Cortlandt,WilliamLivingston,PhilipJohn Schuyler andStephenJohn Schuyler; great-grandfather ofJeremiahVan Rensselaer,RobertVan Rensselaer,PieterSchuyler (1746-1792),JamesLivingston andPeterSamuel Schuyler; great-granduncle ofNicholasBayard,PeterRobert Livingston (1737-1794),WalterLivingston,PhilipPeter Livingston,PhilipVan Cortlandt,HenryBrockholst Livingston,PierreVan Cortlandt Jr. andJamesParker; second great-grandfather ofRobertR. Livingston (1746-1813),EdwardLivingston (1764-1836),PeterRobert Livingston (1766-1847),JacobRutsen Van Rensselaer,HenryWalter Livingston,PhilipJeremiah Schuyler andMaturinLivingston; second great-granduncle ofStephenVan Rensselaer,PhilipSchuyler Van Rensselaer,PeterAugustus Jay (1776-1843),RensselaerWesterlo,EdwardPhilip Livingston,WilliamAlexander Duer,JohnDuer,WilliamJay,CharlesLudlow Livingston (1800-1873),HamiltonFish (1808-1893),GeorgeWashington Schuyler,JohnCortlandt Parker andPhilipN. Schuyler; third great-grandfather ofPhilipSchuyler,JamesAlexander Hamilton,PeterRobert Livingston (1789-1859),EdwardLivingston (1796-1840),GerritSmith andElizabethCady Stanton; third great-granduncle ofGilbertLivingston Thompson,WilliamDuer,HenryBell Van Rensselaer,DenningDuer,HenryBrockholst Ledyard,JohnJay II,JamesAdams Ekin,EugeneSchuyler,RichardWayne Parker,NicholasFish,HamiltonFish Jr. (1849-1936) andCharlesWolcott Parker; fourth great-grandfather ofJohnJacob Astor III andCortlandtSchuyler Van Rensselaer; fourth great-granduncle ofKiliaenVan Rensselaer,JohnSluyter Wirt,JohnKean,HamiltonFish Kean,JonathanMayhew Wainwright,KarlCortlandt Schuyler andHamiltonFish Jr. (1888-1991); fifth great-grandfather ofWilliamWaldorf Astor,RobertRay Hamilton,CharlesLudlow Livingston (born 1870),PeterGoelet Gerry,OgdenLivingston Mills andBronsonMurray Cutting; fifth great-granduncle ofGuyVernor Henry,HerbertLivingston Satterlee,MontgomerySchuyler Jr.,PeterAugustus Jay (1877-1933),RobertWinthrop Kean,MariettaPeabody Tree,EndicottPeabody andHamiltonFish Jr. (1926-1996); sixth great-grandfather ofWilliamAstor Chanler,LewisStuyvesant Chanler,HelenRoosevelt Robinson,JohnEliot Thayer Jr.,RobertReginald Livingston andBrockholstLivingston; sixth great-granduncle ofThomasHoward Kean,HamiltonFish (born 1951) andAlexaFish Ward; seventh great-granduncle ofThomasHoward Kean Jr.; first cousin ofDavidDavidse Schuyler andMyndertDavidtse Schuyler; first cousin six times removed ofHenryNewton Schuyler; first cousin seven times removed ofMarionRichard Schuyler. | | | | Political families:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York;Schuylerfamily of Albany, New York (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle |
| | Johannes DePeyster (1694-1783) — also known asJohn DePeyster — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in1694.Mayorof Albany, N.Y., 1729-31, 1732-33.DiedFebruary27, 1783 (ageabout 88years).Original interment at Dutch Church Burial Ground; reinterment atAlbany Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y. | | Johannes Schuyler (1668-1747) — also known asJohn Schuyler — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,1668.Mayorof Albany, N.Y., 1703-06.Died in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,June 25,1747 (ageabout 78years).Original interment at Dutch Church Burial Ground; reinterment atAlbany Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Philip Pieterse Schuyler and Mararetta (Van Sclichtenhorst)Schuyler; brother ofPieterSchuyler (1657-1724); married1694 toElizabeth Staats; father ofJohannesSchuyler (1697-1746); uncle ofJohnLivingston,RobertLivingston (1688-1775) andGilbertLivingston; grandfather ofPhilipJohn Schuyler andStephenJohn Schuyler; granduncle ofStephanusBayard,RobertLivingston (1708-1790),PeterVan Brugh Livingston,RobertGilbert Livingston,HenryGilbert Livingston,PhilipLivingston,RobertR. Livingston (1718-1775),PierreVan Cortlandt,WilliamLivingston andPhilipP. Schuyler; great-grandfather ofPieterSchuyler (1746-1792) andPhilipJeremiah Schuyler; great-granduncle ofNicholasBayard,PeterRobert Livingston (1737-1794),JeremiahVan Rensselaer,RobertVan Rensselaer,WalterLivingston,PhilipPeter Livingston,RobertR. Livingston (1746-1813),JamesLivingston,PhilipVan Cortlandt,HenryBrockholst Livingston,PeterSamuel Schuyler,PierreVan Cortlandt Jr.,EdwardLivingston (1764-1836) andJamesParker; second great-grandfather ofHenryWalter Livingston,PhilipSchuyler andJamesAlexander Hamilton; second great-granduncle ofPeterRobert Livingston (1766-1847),PhilipSchuyler Van Rensselaer,JacobRutsen Van Rensselaer,MaturinLivingston,PeterAugustus Jay (1776-1843),RensselaerWesterlo,EdwardPhilip Livingston,WilliamAlexander Duer,JohnDuer,WilliamJay,CharlesLudlow Livingston (1800-1873),HamiltonFish (1808-1893),GeorgeWashington Schuyler,JohnCortlandt Parker andPhilipN. Schuyler; third great-grandfather ofEdwardLivingston (1796-1840); third great-granduncle ofPeterRobert Livingston (1789-1859),GilbertLivingston Thompson,GerritSmith,WilliamDuer,HenryBell Van Rensselaer,DenningDuer,HenryBrockholst Ledyard,ElizabethCady Stanton,JohnJay II,JamesAdams Ekin,JohnJacob Astor III,EugeneSchuyler,RichardWayne Parker,NicholasFish,HamiltonFish Jr. (1849-1936) andCharlesWolcott Parker; fourth great-grandfather ofRobertRay Hamilton; fourth great-granduncle ofKiliaenVan Rensselaer,WilliamWaldorf Astor,JohnSluyter Wirt,JohnKean,CortlandtSchuyler Van Rensselaer,HamiltonFish Kean,JonathanMayhew Wainwright,KarlCortlandt Schuyler andHamiltonFish Jr. (1888-1991); fifth great-grandfather ofCharlesLudlow Livingston (born 1870),JohnEliot Thayer Jr. andBronsonMurray Cutting; fifth great-granduncle ofGuyVernor Henry,HerbertLivingston Satterlee,WilliamAstor Chanler,LewisStuyvesant Chanler,MontgomerySchuyler Jr.,PeterAugustus Jay (1877-1933),PeterGoelet Gerry,HelenRoosevelt Robinson,OgdenLivingston Mills,RobertReginald Livingston,RobertWinthrop Kean,MariettaPeabody Tree,EndicottPeabody andHamiltonFish Jr. (1926-1996); sixth great-grandfather ofBrockholstLivingston; sixth great-granduncle ofThomasHoward Kean,HamiltonFish (born 1951) andAlexaFish Ward; seventh great-granduncle ofThomasHoward Kean Jr.; first cousin ofDavidDavidse Schuyler andMyndertDavidtse Schuyler; first cousin six times removed ofHenryNewton Schuyler; first cousin seven times removed ofMarionRichard Schuyler. | | | | Political families:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York;Schuylerfamily of Albany, New York (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). |
| | Johannes Hansen (1695-1756) — also known asHans Hansen — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in1695.Mayorof Albany, N.Y., 1754-56.Died in1756(ageabout61 years).Original interment at Dutch Church Burial Ground; reinterment atAlbany Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y. | | Hendrick Hansen (c.1670-1724) — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born about 1670.Mayorof Albany, N.Y., 1698-99.Died in1724(ageabout54 years).Original interment at Dutch Church Burial Ground; reinterment atAlbany Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y. | | Jan Jansen Bleecker (1641-1732) — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in1641.Fur trader;mayorof Albany, N.Y., 1700-01.Died in1732(ageabout91 years).Original interment at Dutch Church Burial Ground; reinterment atAlbany Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y. | | Johannes Bleecker (1668-1737) — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in1668.Mayorof Albany, N.Y., 1701-02.Died in1737(ageabout69 years).Original interment at Dutch Church Burial Ground; reinterment atAlbany Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y. | | Johannes Cuyler (c.1661-1740) — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born about 1661.Mayorof Albany, N.Y., 1725-26.ChristianReformed.Dutchancestry.Died in1740(ageabout79 years).Original interment at Dutch Church Burial Ground; reinterment atAlbany Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Hendrick Cuyler and Annatje (Schepmoes) Cuyler; brother of MariaCuyler (who marriedJohnCruger); married to Elsje Ten Broeck; father ofCornelisCuyler; uncle ofJohnCruger Jr.; granduncle ofRobertLivingston,PeterVan Brugh Livingston,PhilipLivingston,WilliamLivingston andHenryCruger; great-granduncle ofPeterRobert Livingston (1737-1794),WalterLivingston,PhilipPeter Livingston andHenryBrockholst Livingston; second great-granduncle ofStephenVan Rensselaer,PhilipSchuyler Van Rensselaer,HenryWalter Livingston,RensselaerWesterlo,PeterAugustus Jay (1776-1843),EdwardPhilip Livingston,WilliamAlexander Duer,JohnDuer,WilliamJay andCharlesLudlow Livingston (1800-1873); third great-granduncle ofPhilipSchuyler,PeterRobert Livingston (1789-1859),EdwardLivingston,WilliamDuer,HenryBell Van Rensselaer,DenningDuer,HenryBrockholst Ledyard andJohnJay II; fourth great-granduncle ofKiliaenVan Rensselaer,NicholasFish,HamiltonFish Jr. (1849-1936),JohnKean,HamiltonFish Kean andCharlesLudlow Livingston (born 1870); fifth great-granduncle ofHerbertLivingston Satterlee,PeterAugustus Jay (1877-1933),BronsonMurray Cutting,RobertReginald Livingston,HamiltonFish Jr. (1888-1991),RobertWinthrop Kean andBrockholstLivingston; sixth great-granduncle ofJohnEliot Thayer Jr.,HamiltonFish Jr. (1926-1996) andThomasHoward Kean; seventh great-granduncle ofHamiltonFish,AlexaFish Ward andThomasHoward Kean Jr.. | | | | Political family:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). |
Dutch ReformedCemetery
Albany, Albany County, New York
| Politicians formerlyburied here: | | | Jeremiah Van Rensselaer (1738-1810) — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in Watervliet,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,August27, 1738.Democrat.Merchant;surveyor;served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; memberofNew Yorkstate assembly from Albany County, 1788-89;U.S.Representative from New York 6th District, 1789-91; PresidentialElector for New York,1800;LieutenantGovernor of New York, 1801-04.Slaveowner. Died in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,February19, 1810 (age71 years, 176days).Original interment at Dutch Reformed Cemetery; reinterment atAlbany Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Engeltie 'Angelica' (Livingston) Van Rensselaer and Johannes VanRensselaer; brother ofRobertVan Rensselaer; married,July 3,1760, to Judith Bayard; married1764 to HelenaLansing; father ofSolomonVan Vechten Van Rensselaer; uncle ofJacobRutsen Van Rensselaer andPhilipJeremiah Schuyler; grandson ofRobertLivingston the Younger; granduncle ofJamesAlexander Hamilton andPhilipSchuyler; great-grandson ofPieterSchuyler (1657-1724); great-grandnephew ofStephanusVan Cortlandt,RobertLivingston the Elder,JacobusVan Cortlandt andJohannesSchuyler (1668-1747); great-granduncle ofCortlandtSchuyler Van Rensselaer; second great-granduncle ofRobertRay Hamilton; third great-granduncle ofJohnEliot Thayer Jr.; first cousin ofVolkertPetrus Douw,HendrickKiliaen Van Rensselaer,JamesLivingston andKillianKillian Van Rensselaer; first cousin once removed ofPhilipP. Schuyler,RobertR. Livingston (1746-1813),LeonardGansevoort,LeonardGansevoort Jr.,EdwardLivingston (1764-1836),PeterRobert Livingston (1766-1847) andMaturinLivingston; first cousin twice removed ofJohnLivingston,RobertLivingston (1688-1775),GilbertLivingston,JohannesSchuyler (1697-1746),PeterRobert Livingston (1789-1859),PeterGansevoort,GerritSmith andElizabethCady Stanton; first cousin thrice removed ofDavidDavidse Schuyler,MyndertDavidtse Schuyler andJohnJacob Astor III; first cousin four times removed ofWilliamWaldorf Astor,PeterGoelet Gerry andOgdenLivingston Mills; first cousin five times removed ofWilliamAstor Chanler,LewisStuyvesant Chanler,HelenRoosevelt Robinson,RobertReginald Livingston andJohnHubner II; second cousin ofPieterSchuyler (1746-1792) andPeterSamuel Schuyler; second cousin once removed ofStephanusBayard,RobertLivingston (1708-1790),PeterVan Brugh Livingston,RobertGilbert Livingston,HenryGilbert Livingston,PhilipLivingston,RobertR. Livingston (1718-1775),PierreVan Cortlandt,WilliamLivingston,JamesJay,PhilipJohn Schuyler,MatthewClarkson (1733-1800),StephenJohn Schuyler,JohnJay,FrederickJay,StephenVan Rensselaer,PhilipSchuyler Van Rensselaer andHenryWalter Livingston; second cousin twice removed ofEdwardLivingston (1796-1840) andHenryBell Van Rensselaer; second cousin thrice removed ofCharlesPinckney Brown andKiliaenVan Rensselaer; second cousin four times removed ofCharlesLudlow Livingston (born 1870) andBronsonMurray Cutting; second cousin five times removed ofBrockholstLivingston; third cousin ofNicholasBayard,PeterRobert Livingston (1737-1794),WalterLivingston,PhilipPeter Livingston,PhilipVan Cortlandt,HenryBrockholst Livingston,MatthewClarkson (1758-1825),PierreVan Cortlandt Jr.,JamesParker,PeterAugustus Jay (1776-1843) andWilliamJay; third cousin once removed ofRensselaerWesterlo,EdwardPhilip Livingston,WilliamAlexander Duer,JohnDuer,CharlesLudlow Livingston (1800-1873),HamiltonFish,GeorgeWashington Schuyler,JohnJay II,JohnCortlandt Parker andPhilipN. Schuyler; third cousin twice removed ofGilbertLivingston Thompson,WilliamDuer,DenningDuer,HenryBrockholst Ledyard,JamesAdams Ekin,EugeneSchuyler,RichardWayne Parker,NicholasFish,HamiltonFish Jr. (1849-1936) andCharlesWolcott Parker; third cousin thrice removed ofJohnSluyter Wirt,JohnKean,HamiltonFish Kean,JonathanMayhew Wainwright,KarlCortlandt Schuyler,PeterAugustus Jay (1877-1933) andHamiltonFish Jr. (1888-1991). | | | | Political families:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York;VanRensselaer-Gansevoortfamily of Albany, New York (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | The World War IILibertyshipSS Jeremiah Van Rensselaer (built 1942 atWilmington,North Carolina; torpedoed and sunk in theNorthAtlantic Ocean, 1943) wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial |
Madison AvenueDutch Church
Albany, Albany County, New York
| Politicians formerlyburied here: | | | Pieter Schuyler (1657-1724) — also known asPeter Schuyler — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in Beverwyck, New Netherland (now Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.),1657.Mayorof Albany, N.Y., 1686-94.DiedFebruary19, 1724 (ageabout 66years).Original interment atDutch Church BurialGround; subsequent interment at Madison Avenue Dutch Church;reinterment atAlbany Rural Cemetery,Menands, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Pieter Pieterse Schuyler and Margarita (Van Slichtenhorst)Schuyler; brother ofJohannesSchuyler (1668-1747); married1681 toEngeltie Van Schaick; married1691 toMaria Van Rensselaer; father of Margarita Schuyler (who marriedRobertLivingston the Younger); uncle ofJohnLivingston,RobertLivingston (1688-1775),GilbertLivingston andJohannesSchuyler (1697-1746); grandfather ofPhilipP. Schuyler; granduncle ofStephanusBayard,RobertLivingston (1708-1790),PeterVan Brugh Livingston,RobertGilbert Livingston,HenryGilbert Livingston,PhilipLivingston,RobertR. Livingston (1718-1775),PierreVan Cortlandt,WilliamLivingston,PhilipJohn Schuyler andStephenJohn Schuyler; great-grandfather ofJeremiahVan Rensselaer,RobertVan Rensselaer,PieterSchuyler (1746-1792),JamesLivingston andPeterSamuel Schuyler; great-granduncle ofNicholasBayard,PeterRobert Livingston (1737-1794),WalterLivingston,PhilipPeter Livingston,PhilipVan Cortlandt,HenryBrockholst Livingston,PierreVan Cortlandt Jr. andJamesParker; second great-grandfather ofRobertR. Livingston (1746-1813),EdwardLivingston (1764-1836),PeterRobert Livingston (1766-1847),JacobRutsen Van Rensselaer,HenryWalter Livingston,PhilipJeremiah Schuyler andMaturinLivingston; second great-granduncle ofStephenVan Rensselaer,PhilipSchuyler Van Rensselaer,PeterAugustus Jay (1776-1843),RensselaerWesterlo,EdwardPhilip Livingston,WilliamAlexander Duer,JohnDuer,WilliamJay,CharlesLudlow Livingston (1800-1873),HamiltonFish (1808-1893),GeorgeWashington Schuyler,JohnCortlandt Parker andPhilipN. Schuyler; third great-grandfather ofPhilipSchuyler,JamesAlexander Hamilton,PeterRobert Livingston (1789-1859),EdwardLivingston (1796-1840),GerritSmith andElizabethCady Stanton; third great-granduncle ofGilbertLivingston Thompson,WilliamDuer,HenryBell Van Rensselaer,DenningDuer,HenryBrockholst Ledyard,JohnJay II,JamesAdams Ekin,EugeneSchuyler,RichardWayne Parker,NicholasFish,HamiltonFish Jr. (1849-1936) andCharlesWolcott Parker; fourth great-grandfather ofJohnJacob Astor III andCortlandtSchuyler Van Rensselaer; fourth great-granduncle ofKiliaenVan Rensselaer,JohnSluyter Wirt,JohnKean,HamiltonFish Kean,JonathanMayhew Wainwright,KarlCortlandt Schuyler andHamiltonFish Jr. (1888-1991); fifth great-grandfather ofWilliamWaldorf Astor,RobertRay Hamilton,CharlesLudlow Livingston (born 1870),PeterGoelet Gerry,OgdenLivingston Mills andBronsonMurray Cutting; fifth great-granduncle ofGuyVernor Henry,HerbertLivingston Satterlee,MontgomerySchuyler Jr.,PeterAugustus Jay (1877-1933),RobertWinthrop Kean,MariettaPeabody Tree,EndicottPeabody andHamiltonFish Jr. (1926-1996); sixth great-grandfather ofWilliamAstor Chanler,LewisStuyvesant Chanler,HelenRoosevelt Robinson,JohnEliot Thayer Jr.,RobertReginald Livingston andBrockholstLivingston; sixth great-granduncle ofThomasHoward Kean,HamiltonFish (born 1951) andAlexaFish Ward; seventh great-granduncle ofThomasHoward Kean Jr.; first cousin ofDavidDavidse Schuyler andMyndertDavidtse Schuyler; first cousin six times removed ofHenryNewton Schuyler; first cousin seven times removed ofMarionRichard Schuyler. | | | | Political families:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York;Schuylerfamily of Albany, New York (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle |
North DutchChurch Cemetery
Albany, Albany County, New York
| Politicians formerlyburied here: | | | Solomon Van Vechten Van Rensselaer (1774-1852) — also known asSolomon Van Rensselaer — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,1774.Whig.U.S.Representative from New York 9th District, 1819-22; postmaster atAlbany,N.Y., 1822-39, 1841-43; delegate to Whig National Convention fromNew York, 1839.Slaveowner. Died in1852(ageabout78 years).Original interment at North Dutch Church Cemetery; reinterment atAlbany Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
St. Peter'sEpiscopal Church Burial Ground
Albany, Albany County,
Second DutchReformed Church Cemetery
Albany, Albany County, New York
| Politicians formerlyburied here: | | | Johannes Abeel (1667-1711) — also known asJohn Abeel — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,March23,1667.Merchant;fur trader;mayorof Albany, N.Y., 1694-95, 1709-10; member ofNew Yorkcolonial assembly, 1695, 1701-02.DutchReformed.Died in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,January28, 1711 (age43 years, 311days).Original interment at Second Dutch Reformed Church Cemetery;reinterment atAlbany Rural Cemetery,Menands, N.Y.
SecondPresbyterian Church Cemetery
Albany, Albany County, New York
ElmwoodCemetery
Bethlehem, Albany County, New York
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | John Mosher Bailey (1838-1916) — also known asJohn M. Bailey — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in Bethlehem,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,August24, 1838.Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;AlbanyCounty District Attorney, 1874-77;U.S.Representative from New York 16th District, 1878-81; U.S. ConsulinHamburg, 1881-85; delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom New York,1888;U.S.Surveyor of Customs at Albany, N.Y., New York, 1891.Died in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,February21, 1916 (age77 years, 181days).Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
Nicoll-SillFamily Cemetery
Dinmore Road
Cedar Hill, Albany County, New York
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Francis Nicoll — ofAlbanyCounty, N.Y.Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly, 1791-93, 1795-96, 1799-1800 (Albany County1791-93, Albany and Schoharie counties 1795-96, Albany County1799-1800); member ofNew Yorkstate senate Eastern District, 1796-98.Interment at Nicoll-Sill Family Cemetery.
GroveCemetery
Coeymans, Albany County, New York
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Andrew James Colvin (1808-1889) — also known asAndrew J. Colvin — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in Coeymans,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,April30, 1808.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate senate 13th District, 1860-61.Died in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,July 8,1889 (age81 years, 69days).Interment at Grove Cemetery.
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Colonie, Albany County, New York
Our Lady ofAngels Cemetery
1389 Central Avenue
Colonie, Albany County, New York
See alsoFindagravepage for this location.| Politicians buriedhere: |  | John George Malone (1877-1935) — also known asJohn G. Malone — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,December27, 1877.Republican.Accountant;electricalcontractor; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Albany County 2nd District, 1912-19.Catholic.Member,HolyName Society;Knightsof Columbus;Elks.Struckby a car, on Central Avenue, suffered broken bones and internalinjuries, and died a week later, in St. Peter'sHospital,Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,October5, 1935 (age57 years, 282days).Interment at Our Lady of Angels Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof John Malone and Susan V. (Newman) Malone; married to Olga CarolinaDirolf. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: New York Red Book1917 |
St. John'sCemetery
Colonie, Albany County, New York
| Politicians buriedhere: |  | William Thomas Byrne (1876-1952) — also known asWilliam T. Byrne — of Loudonville,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in Bean Hill, Florida town,MontgomeryCounty, N.Y.,March 6,1876.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate senate 30th District, 1923-36;U.S.Representative from New York, 1937-52 (28th District 1937-45,32nd District 1945-52); died in office 1952.Died in Troy,RensselaerCounty, N.Y.,January27, 1952 (age75 years, 327days).Interment at St. John's Cemetery. |
Our Lady Help ofChristians Cemetery
41 Jolley Road
Glenmont, Albany County, New York
Albany RuralCemetery
Cemetery Avenue
Menands, Albany County, New York
Founded 1841
Listed in National Register of Historic Places, 1979
See alsoFindagravepage for this location.| Politicians buriedhere: |  | Chester Alan Arthur (1829-1886) — also known asChester A. Arthur;Chester Abell Arthur;"The Gentleman Boss";"HisAccidency";"Elegant Arthur";"OurChet";"Dude President" —of New York. Born in Fairfield,FranklinCounty, Vt.,October5, 1829.Republican.Lawyer;U.S.Collector of Customs at New York, N.Y., New York, 1870-78;New YorkRepublican state chair, 1879-81; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from New York,1880;VicePresident of the United States, 1881;Presidentof the United States, 1881-85; candidate for Republicannomination for President,1884.Episcopalian.Member,LoyalLegion;PsiUpsilon;UnionLeague.Died, ofBright'sdisease and acerebralhemorrhage, in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November18, 1886 (age57 years, 44days).Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery; statue atMadisonSquare Park, Manhattan, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Rev. William Arthur and Malvina (Stone) Arthur; married,October25, 1859, to Ellen Lewis "Nell" Herndon; fourth cousin onceremoved ofBenjaminFranklin Flanders andCassiusMontgomery Clay Twitchell. | | | | Political family:FourThousand Related Politicians.. | | | | Arthur County,Neb. is named for him. | | | | ThevillageofArthur,Nebraska, isnamed forhim. — ThevillageofChester,Nebraska, isnamed forhim. —LakeArthur, inPolkCounty, Minnesota, isnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:ChesterA. Heitman—ChesterArthur Pike—ChesterA. Johnson | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about Chester A. Arthur: ThomasC. Reeves,GentlemanBoss : The Life of Chester Alan Arthur — Justus D.Doenecke,ThePresidencies of James A. Garfield and Chester A.Arthur — George Frederick Howe,ChesterA. Arthur, A Quarter-Century of Machine Politics —Zachary Karabell,ChesterAlan Arthur — Paul Joseph,ChesterArthur (for young readers) | | | | Image source: Portrait & BiographicalAlbum of Washtenaw County (1891) |
| | Edward Holland (1702-1756) — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.; New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,1702.Mayorof Albany, N.Y., 1733-41;mayorof New York City, N.Y., 1747-56; died in office 1756.Anglican.Englishancestry.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November10, 1756 (ageabout 54years).Original interment atTrinityChurchyard, Manhattan, N.Y.; reinterment at Albany Rural Cemetery.  | William Learned Marcy (1786-1857) — also known asWilliam L. Marcy — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in Southbridge,WorcesterCounty, Mass.,December12, 1786.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;lawyer;New Yorkstate comptroller, 1823-29;Justice ofNew York Supreme Court, 1829;U.S.Senator from New York, 1831-33;Governor ofNew York, 1833-39; defeated, 1838;U.S.Secretary of War, 1845-49; candidate for Democratic nominationfor President,1852;U.S.Secretary of State, 1853-57.Died in Ballston Spa,SaratogaCounty, N.Y.,July 4,1857 (age70 years, 204days).Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery. | | | John Canfield Spencer (1788-1855) — also known asJohn C. Spencer — of Canandaigua,OntarioCounty, N.Y.Born in Hudson,ColumbiaCounty, N.Y.,January8, 1788.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; postmasteratCanandaigua,N.Y., 1816;U.S.Representative from New York 21st District, 1817-19; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Ontario County, 1819-21, 1831, 1833;Speaker ofthe New York State Assembly, 1820; member ofNew Yorkstate senate 7th District, 1825-28;secretaryof state of New York, 1839-42;U.S.Secretary of War, 1841-43;U.S.Secretary of the Treasury, 1843-44.Methodist.Slaveowner. Died in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,May 18,1855 (age67 years, 130days).Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery. | | Franklin Edson (1832-1904) — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.; New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Chester,WindsorCounty, Vt.,April 5,1832.Democrat.Grain commissionmerchant; president, New York Produce Exchange, 1866, 1873-74;mayorof New York City, N.Y., 1883-84.Episcopalian.Died in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,September24, 1904 (age72 years, 172days).Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery. | | Daniel Manning (1831-1887) — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,May 16,1831.Democrat.Newspapereditor; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,1876,1880;New YorkDemocratic state chair, 1882-84;U.S.Secretary of the Treasury, 1885-87.Died, fromBright'sdisease, in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,December24, 1887 (age56 years, 222days).Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery. | | William Paterson (1745-1806) — of New Jersey. Born in County Antrim, Ireland (nowNorthernIreland),December24, 1745.Delegateto New Jersey state constitutional convention, 1776;NewJersey state attorney general, 1776-83;Delegateto Continental Congress from New Jersey, 1780, 1787;member,U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787;U.S.Senator from New Jersey, 1789-90;Governor ofNew Jersey, 1790-93;chancellorof New Jersey court of chancery, 1790-93;AssociateJustice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1793-1806; died in office 1806.Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons.Injured in ahorsedrawncoach accident in 1803, and died from his wounds three yearslater, in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,September9, 1806 (age60 years, 259days).Original interment ata private or familygraveyard, Albany County, N.Y.; reinterment at Albany RuralCemetery; cenotaph atVanLiew Cemetery, North Brunswick, N.J. | | Rufus Wheeler Peckham Jr. (1838-1909) — also known asRufus W. Peckham — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.;Washington,D.C.Born in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,November8, 1838.Democrat.Lawyer;AlbanyCounty District Attorney, 1869-72; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from New York,1876(member,CredentialsCommittee),1880(member,ResolutionsCommittee);Justice ofNew York Supreme Court, 1883-86;judge ofNew York Court of Appeals, 1886-95;AssociateJustice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1895-1909; died in office 1909.Episcopalian.Died in Altamont,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,October24, 1909 (age70 years, 350days).Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.  | William Cox Redfield (1858-1932) — also known asWilliam C. Redfield — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,June 18,1858.Democrat.U.S.Representative from New York 5th District, 1911-13; defeated(National Democratic), 1896;U.S.Secretary of Commerce, 1913-19.Episcopalian.Died in New York City (unknowncounty), N.Y.,June 13,1932 (age73 years, 361days).Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery. | | Robert Hewson Pruyn (1815-1882) — also known asRobert H. Pruyn — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in1815.Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Albany County 3rd District, 1848-50, 1854;Speaker ofthe New York State Assembly, 1850; U.S. Minister toJapan, 1861.Died in1882(ageabout67 years).Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery. | | Myndert Van Schaick (1782-1865) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,September2, 1782.Democrat. Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County, 1832; member ofNew Yorkstate senate 1st District, 1833-36; candidate formayorof New York City, N.Y., 1849.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,December1, 1865 (age83 years, 90days).Original interment atNewYork Marble Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.; reinterment in 1891 atAlbany Rural Cemetery.  | Erastus Corning II (1909-1983) — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,October7, 1909.Democrat.Insurancebroker; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Albany County 1st District, 1936; member ofNewYork state senate 30th District, 1937-41; resigned 1941;mayor ofAlbany, N.Y., 1942-83; died in office 1983; served in the U.S.Army during World War II; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom New York,1944,1948,1952,1956,1960,1964,1968,1972,1980;candidate forLieutenantGovernor of New York, 1946; member ofNew YorkDemocratic State Committee, 1964;delegateto New York state constitutional convention 40th District, 1967.Member,PhiBeta Kappa;Chi Psi.Died, ofcardio-pulmonaryfailure, in UniversityHospital,Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,May 28,1983 (age73 years, 233days).Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery. | Philip John Schuyler (1733-1804) — also known asPhilip Schuyler — of New York. Born in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,November20, 1733.Member ofNew Yorkcolonial assembly, 1768;Delegateto Continental Congress from New York, 1775, 1777, 1779-80;general in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; memberofNewYork state senate Western District, 1780-84, 1785-89, 1791-97;member ofNew Yorkcouncil of appointment, 1786, 1788, 1790, 1794;U.S.Senator from New York, 1789-91, 1797-98.Built thefirstflax millin America.Slaveowner. Died in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,November18, 1804 (age70 years, 364days).Original interment ata private or familygraveyard, Albany County, N.Y.; reinterment at Albany RuralCemetery; statue (now gone) atAlbany City HallGrounds, Albany, N.Y.| | Relatives: SonofJohannesSchuyler (1697-1746) and Cornelia (Van Cortlandt) Schuyler;brother ofStephenJohn Schuyler; married,September17, 1755, to Catherine Van Rensselaer; father of ElizabethSchuyler (who marriedAlexanderHamilton), Margarita Schuyler (who marriedStephenVan Rensselaer) andPhilipJeremiah Schuyler; uncle ofPieterSchuyler (1746-1792); grandson ofStephanusVan Cortlandt andJohannesSchuyler (1668-1747); grandfather ofPhilipSchuyler,JamesAlexander Hamilton andWilliamStephen Hamilton; grandnephew ofPieterSchuyler (1657-1724) andJacobusVan Cortlandt; granduncle ofHenryWalter Livingston; great-granduncle ofEdwardLivingston (1796-1840); second great-grandfather ofRobertRay Hamilton; third great-grandfather ofJohnEliot Thayer Jr.; third great-granduncle ofCharlesLudlow Livingston (born 1870) andBronsonMurray Cutting; fourth great-granduncle ofBrockholstLivingston; first cousin ofStephanusBayard andPierreVan Cortlandt; first cousin once removed ofJohnLivingston,RobertLivingston (1688-1775),GilbertLivingston,NicholasBayard,PhilipVan Cortlandt,PierreVan Cortlandt Jr. andJamesParker; first cousin twice removed ofDavidDavidse Schuyler,MyndertDavidtse Schuyler,PhilipSchuyler Van Rensselaer andJohnCortlandt Parker; first cousin thrice removed ofHenryBell Van Rensselaer,JamesAdams Ekin,RichardWayne Parker andCharlesWolcott Parker; first cousin four times removed ofKiliaenVan Rensselaer andJohnSluyter Wirt; first cousin five times removed ofMariettaPeabody Tree andEndicottPeabody; second cousin ofRobertLivingston (1708-1790),PeterVan Brugh Livingston,RobertGilbert Livingston,HenryGilbert Livingston,RobertR. Livingston (1718-1775),WilliamLivingston,JamesJay,PhilipP. Schuyler,JohnJay andFrederickJay; second cousin once removed ofVolkertPetrus Douw,PeterRobert Livingston (1737-1794),JeremiahVan Rensselaer,RobertVan Rensselaer,WalterLivingston,PhilipPeter Livingston,HendrickKiliaen Van Rensselaer,RobertR. Livingston (1746-1813),JamesLivingston,HenryBrockholst Livingston,PeterSamuel Schuyler,KillianKillian Van Rensselaer,EdwardLivingston (1764-1836),PeterAugustus Jay (1776-1843) andWilliamJay; second cousin twice removed ofLeonardGansevoort,LeonardGansevoort Jr.,PeterRobert Livingston (1766-1847),JacobRutsen Van Rensselaer,MaturinLivingston,RensselaerWesterlo,EdwardPhilip Livingston,WilliamAlexander Duer,JohnDuer,CharlesLudlow Livingston (1800-1873),HamiltonFish,GeorgeWashington Schuyler,JohnJay II andPhilipN. Schuyler; second cousin thrice removed ofPeterGansevoort,PeterRobert Livingston (1789-1859),GilbertLivingston Thompson,GerritSmith,WilliamDuer,DenningDuer,HenryBrockholst Ledyard,ElizabethCady Stanton,JohnJacob Astor III,EugeneSchuyler,NicholasFish andHamiltonFish Jr. (1849-1936); second cousin four times removed ofWilliamWaldorf Astor,JohnKean,CortlandtSchuyler Van Rensselaer,HamiltonFish Kean,JonathanMayhew Wainwright,KarlCortlandt Schuyler,PeterAugustus Jay (1877-1933) andHamiltonFish Jr. (1888-1991); second cousin five times removed ofGuyVernor Henry,HerbertLivingston Satterlee,WilliamAstor Chanler,LewisStuyvesant Chanler,MontgomerySchuyler Jr.,PeterGoelet Gerry,HelenRoosevelt Robinson,OgdenLivingston Mills,RobertReginald Livingston,RobertWinthrop Kean andHamiltonFish Jr. (1926-1996). | | | | Political families:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York;Schuylerfamily of Albany, New York;Parker-Schuylerfamily of Perth Amboy, New Jersey (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Schuyler counties inIll.,Mo. andN.Y. arenamed for him. | | | | ThevillageofSchuylerville,New York, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier | | | | Image source: New York PublicLibrary |
| | Eli Perry (1799-1881) — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in Cambridge,WashingtonCounty, N.Y.,December25, 1799.Democrat. Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly, 1851, 1879 (Albany County 4th District 1851,Rensselaer County 2nd District 1879);mayor ofAlbany, N.Y., 1851-54, 1856-60, 1862-66;U.S.Representative from New York, 1871-75 (14th District 1871-73,15th District 1873-75); defeated (Independent Democratic), 1874.Died in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,May 17,1881 (age81 years, 143days).Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery. | | Charles Edward Dudley (1780-1841) — also known asCharles E. Dudley — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in Staffordshire,England,May23, 1780.Democrat. Member ofNew Yorkstate senate, 1819-25 (Middle District 1819-22, 3rd District1823-25);mayor ofAlbany, N.Y., 1821-24, 1828-29;U.S.Senator from New York, 1829-33.Died in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,January23, 1841 (age60 years, 245days).Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery. | | Robert Livingston the Younger (1663-1725) — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born inScotland,1663.Mayorof Albany, N.Y., 1710-19.Died in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,April21, 1725 (ageabout 61years).Original interment atDutch Church BurialGround, Albany, N.Y.; reinterment at Albany Rural Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof James Livingston ; married1697 toMargarita Schuyler (daughter ofPieterSchuyler); nephew ofRobertLivingston the Elder; grandfather of Margaret Beekman (whomarriedRobertR. Livingston (1718-1775)),JeremiahVan Rensselaer,RobertVan Rensselaer andJamesLivingston (1747-1832); great-grandfather ofRobertR. Livingston (1746-1813),EdwardLivingston (1764-1836),PeterRobert Livingston (1766-1847),JacobRutsen Van Rensselaer,PhilipJeremiah Schuyler andMaturinLivingston; second great-grandfather ofPhilipSchuyler,JamesAlexander Hamilton,PeterRobert Livingston (1789-1859),GerritSmith andElizabethCady Stanton; third great-grandfather ofJohnJacob Astor III andCortlandtSchuyler Van Rensselaer; fourth great-grandfather ofWilliamWaldorf Astor,RobertRay Hamilton,PeterGoelet Gerry andOgdenLivingston Mills; fifth great-grandfather ofWilliamAstor Chanler,LewisStuyvesant Chanler,HelenRoosevelt Robinson,JohnEliot Thayer Jr. andRobertReginald Livingston; first cousin ofJohnLivingston,RobertLivingston (1688-1775) andGilbertLivingston; first cousin once removed ofRobertLivingston (1708-1790),PeterVan Brugh Livingston,RobertGilbert Livingston,HenryGilbert Livingston,PhilipLivingston,RobertR. Livingston (1718-1775) andWilliamLivingston; first cousin twice removed ofPeterRobert Livingston (1737-1794),WalterLivingston,PhilipPeter Livingston,PhilipVan Cortlandt,HenryBrockholst Livingston andPierreVan Cortlandt Jr.; first cousin thrice removed ofPhilipSchuyler Van Rensselaer,HenryWalter Livingston,PeterAugustus Jay (1776-1843),RensselaerWesterlo,EdwardPhilip Livingston,WilliamAlexander Duer,JohnDuer,WilliamJay,CharlesLudlow Livingston (1800-1873) andHamiltonFish (1808-1893); first cousin four times removed ofGilbertLivingston Thompson,EdwardLivingston (1796-1840),WilliamDuer,HenryBell Van Rensselaer,DenningDuer,HenryBrockholst Ledyard,JohnJay II,NicholasFish andHamiltonFish Jr. (1849-1936); first cousin five times removed ofKiliaenVan Rensselaer,JohnKean,HamiltonFish Kean,JonathanMayhew Wainwright,CharlesLudlow Livingston (born 1870) andHamiltonFish Jr. (1888-1991); first cousin six times removed ofGuyVernor Henry,HerbertLivingston Satterlee,MontgomerySchuyler Jr.,PeterAugustus Jay (1877-1933),BronsonMurray Cutting,RobertWinthrop Kean,BrockholstLivingston andHamiltonFish Jr. (1926-1996); first cousin seven times removed ofThomasHoward Kean,HamiltonFish (born 1951) andAlexaFish Ward. | | | | Political family:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoWikipedia article |
| | Myndert Davidtse Schuyler (1672-1755) — also known asMyndert Schuyler — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in Colonie,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,1672.Merchant;mayorof Albany, N.Y., 1719-21, 1723-25.Died in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,October21, 1755 (ageabout 83years).Original interment atDutch Church BurialGround, Albany, N.Y.; reinterment at Albany Rural Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Davit Pieterse Schuyler and Catharina (Ver Planck) Schuyler;brother ofDavidDavidse Schuyler; fourth great-granduncle ofHenryNewton Schuyler; fifth great-granduncle ofMarionRichard Schuyler; first cousin ofPieterSchuyler (1657-1724) andJohannesSchuyler (1668-1747); first cousin once removed ofJohnLivingston,RobertLivingston (1688-1775),GilbertLivingston andJohannesSchuyler (1697-1746); first cousin twice removed ofStephanusBayard,RobertLivingston (1708-1790),PeterVan Brugh Livingston,RobertGilbert Livingston,HenryGilbert Livingston,PhilipLivingston,RobertR. Livingston (1718-1775),PierreVan Cortlandt,WilliamLivingston,PhilipJohn Schuyler,PhilipP. Schuyler andStephenJohn Schuyler; first cousin thrice removed ofNicholasBayard,PeterRobert Livingston (1737-1794),JeremiahVan Rensselaer,RobertVan Rensselaer,WalterLivingston,PhilipPeter Livingston,PieterSchuyler (1746-1792),RobertR. Livingston (1746-1813),JamesLivingston,PhilipVan Cortlandt,HenryBrockholst Livingston,PeterSamuel Schuyler,PierreVan Cortlandt Jr.,EdwardLivingston (1764-1836),PhilipJeremiah Schuyler andJamesParker; first cousin four times removed ofStephenVan Rensselaer,PeterRobert Livingston (1766-1847),PhilipSchuyler Van Rensselaer,JacobRutsen Van Rensselaer,HenryWalter Livingston,MaturinLivingston,RensselaerWesterlo,PeterAugustus Jay (1776-1843),EdwardPhilip Livingston,WilliamAlexander Duer,JohnDuer,PhilipSchuyler,JamesAlexander Hamilton,WilliamJay,CharlesLudlow Livingston (1800-1873),HamiltonFish,GeorgeWashington Schuyler,JohnCortlandt Parker andPhilipN. Schuyler; first cousin five times removed ofPeterRobert Livingston (1789-1859),GilbertLivingston Thompson,EdwardLivingston (1796-1840),GerritSmith,WilliamDuer,HenryBell Van Rensselaer,DenningDuer,HenryBrockholst Ledyard,ElizabethCady Stanton,JohnJay II,JamesAdams Ekin,JohnJacob Astor III,EugeneSchuyler,RichardWayne Parker,NicholasFish,HamiltonFish Jr. (1849-1936) andCharlesWolcott Parker; first cousin six times removed ofKiliaenVan Rensselaer,WilliamWaldorf Astor,RobertRay Hamilton,JohnSluyter Wirt,JohnKean,CortlandtSchuyler Van Rensselaer,HamiltonFish Kean,JonathanMayhew Wainwright,CharlesLudlow Livingston (born 1870),KarlCortlandt Schuyler andHamiltonFish Jr. (1888-1991); first cousin seven times removed ofGuyVernor Henry,HerbertLivingston Satterlee,WilliamAstor Chanler,LewisStuyvesant Chanler,MontgomerySchuyler Jr.,PeterAugustus Jay (1877-1933),PeterGoelet Gerry,HelenRoosevelt Robinson,OgdenLivingston Mills,JohnEliot Thayer Jr.,BronsonMurray Cutting,RobertReginald Livingston,RobertWinthrop Kean,BrockholstLivingston,MariettaPeabody Tree,EndicottPeabody andHamiltonFish Jr. (1926-1996). | | | | Political families:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York;Schuylerfamily of Albany, New York (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). |
| | Abraham Robertse Yates (1724-1796) — also known asAbraham Yates — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,August23, 1724.Member ofNew Yorkcouncil of appointment, 1777, 1783-84; member ofNew Yorkstate senate Western District, 1777-90;Delegateto Continental Congress from New York, 1787-88;mayor ofAlbany, N.Y., 1790-96; Presidential Elector for New York,1792(voted forGeorgeWashington andGeorgeClinton).Died in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,June 30,1796 (age71 years, 312days).Original interment in unknown location; reinterment at Albany RuralCemetery. | | George Hornell Thacher (1818-1887) — also known asGeorge H. Thacher — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in Hornellsville (now Hornell),SteubenCounty, N.Y.,June 4,1818.Democrat. Owner of Thacher Carwheel Company, makers of wheels forrailroadcars;mayor ofAlbany, N.Y., 1860-62, 1866-68, 1870-74; Democratic candidate forPresidential Elector for New York,1880.Died in St. Augustine,St. JohnsCounty, Fla.,February5, 1887 (age68 years, 246days).Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery. | | Pieter Schuyler (1657-1724) — also known asPeter Schuyler — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in Beverwyck, New Netherland (now Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.),1657.Mayorof Albany, N.Y., 1686-94.DiedFebruary19, 1724 (ageabout 66years).Original interment atDutch Church BurialGround, Albany, N.Y.; subsequent interment atMadison Avenue Dutch Church, Albany, N.Y.;reinterment at Albany Rural Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Pieter Pieterse Schuyler and Margarita (Van Slichtenhorst)Schuyler; brother ofJohannesSchuyler (1668-1747); married1681 toEngeltie Van Schaick; married1691 toMaria Van Rensselaer; father of Margarita Schuyler (who marriedRobertLivingston the Younger); uncle ofJohnLivingston,RobertLivingston (1688-1775),GilbertLivingston andJohannesSchuyler (1697-1746); grandfather ofPhilipP. Schuyler; granduncle ofStephanusBayard,RobertLivingston (1708-1790),PeterVan Brugh Livingston,RobertGilbert Livingston,HenryGilbert Livingston,PhilipLivingston,RobertR. Livingston (1718-1775),PierreVan Cortlandt,WilliamLivingston,PhilipJohn Schuyler andStephenJohn Schuyler; great-grandfather ofJeremiahVan Rensselaer,RobertVan Rensselaer,PieterSchuyler (1746-1792),JamesLivingston andPeterSamuel Schuyler; great-granduncle ofNicholasBayard,PeterRobert Livingston (1737-1794),WalterLivingston,PhilipPeter Livingston,PhilipVan Cortlandt,HenryBrockholst Livingston,PierreVan Cortlandt Jr. andJamesParker; second great-grandfather ofRobertR. Livingston (1746-1813),EdwardLivingston (1764-1836),PeterRobert Livingston (1766-1847),JacobRutsen Van Rensselaer,HenryWalter Livingston,PhilipJeremiah Schuyler andMaturinLivingston; second great-granduncle ofStephenVan Rensselaer,PhilipSchuyler Van Rensselaer,PeterAugustus Jay (1776-1843),RensselaerWesterlo,EdwardPhilip Livingston,WilliamAlexander Duer,JohnDuer,WilliamJay,CharlesLudlow Livingston (1800-1873),HamiltonFish (1808-1893),GeorgeWashington Schuyler,JohnCortlandt Parker andPhilipN. Schuyler; third great-grandfather ofPhilipSchuyler,JamesAlexander Hamilton,PeterRobert Livingston (1789-1859),EdwardLivingston (1796-1840),GerritSmith andElizabethCady Stanton; third great-granduncle ofGilbertLivingston Thompson,WilliamDuer,HenryBell Van Rensselaer,DenningDuer,HenryBrockholst Ledyard,JohnJay II,JamesAdams Ekin,EugeneSchuyler,RichardWayne Parker,NicholasFish,HamiltonFish Jr. (1849-1936) andCharlesWolcott Parker; fourth great-grandfather ofJohnJacob Astor III andCortlandtSchuyler Van Rensselaer; fourth great-granduncle ofKiliaenVan Rensselaer,JohnSluyter Wirt,JohnKean,HamiltonFish Kean,JonathanMayhew Wainwright,KarlCortlandt Schuyler andHamiltonFish Jr. (1888-1991); fifth great-grandfather ofWilliamWaldorf Astor,RobertRay Hamilton,CharlesLudlow Livingston (born 1870),PeterGoelet Gerry,OgdenLivingston Mills andBronsonMurray Cutting; fifth great-granduncle ofGuyVernor Henry,HerbertLivingston Satterlee,MontgomerySchuyler Jr.,PeterAugustus Jay (1877-1933),RobertWinthrop Kean,MariettaPeabody Tree,EndicottPeabody andHamiltonFish Jr. (1926-1996); sixth great-grandfather ofWilliamAstor Chanler,LewisStuyvesant Chanler,HelenRoosevelt Robinson,JohnEliot Thayer Jr.,RobertReginald Livingston andBrockholstLivingston; sixth great-granduncle ofThomasHoward Kean,HamiltonFish (born 1951) andAlexaFish Ward; seventh great-granduncle ofThomasHoward Kean Jr.; first cousin ofDavidDavidse Schuyler andMyndertDavidtse Schuyler; first cousin six times removed ofHenryNewton Schuyler; first cousin seven times removed ofMarionRichard Schuyler. | | | | Political families:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York;Schuylerfamily of Albany, New York (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle |
| | Volkert Petrus Douw (1720-1801) — also known asVolkert P. Douw — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,March23, 1720.Merchant;mayorof Albany, N.Y., 1761-70; member ofNew Yorkstate senate Western District, 1785-93.Died in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,March20, 1801 (age80 years, 362days).Original intermentsomewherein Rensselaer, N.Y.; reinterment at Albany Rural Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Petrus Douw and Anna (Van Rensselaer) Douw; married,May 20,1742, to Anna De Peyster; uncle ofLeonardGansevoort andLeonardGansevoort Jr.; granduncle ofPeterGansevoort; great-grandnephew ofStephanusVan Cortlandt andJacobusVan Cortlandt; first cousin ofJeremiahVan Rensselaer,RobertVan Rensselaer,HendrickKiliaen Van Rensselaer andKillianKillian Van Rensselaer; first cousin once removed ofJacobRutsen Van Rensselaer andPhilipJeremiah Schuyler; first cousin twice removed ofJamesAlexander Hamilton andPhilipSchuyler; first cousin thrice removed ofCortlandtSchuyler Van Rensselaer; first cousin four times removed ofRobertRay Hamilton; first cousin five times removed ofJohnEliot Thayer Jr. andJohnHubner II; second cousin ofPhilipP. Schuyler; second cousin once removed ofStephanusBayard,PierreVan Cortlandt,JamesJay,PhilipJohn Schuyler,StephenJohn Schuyler,JohnJay,PieterSchuyler,FrederickJay,PeterSamuel Schuyler,StephenVan Rensselaer andPhilipSchuyler Van Rensselaer; second cousin twice removed ofHenryWalter Livingston andHenryBell Van Rensselaer; second cousin thrice removed ofEdwardLivingston,CharlesPinckney Brown andKiliaenVan Rensselaer; second cousin five times removed ofCharlesLudlow Livingston andBronsonMurray Cutting; third cousin ofNicholasBayard,PhilipVan Cortlandt,PierreVan Cortlandt Jr.,JamesParker,PeterAugustus Jay (1776-1843) andWilliamJay; third cousin once removed ofJohnJay II andJohnCortlandt Parker; third cousin twice removed ofJamesAdams Ekin,RichardWayne Parker andCharlesWolcott Parker; third cousin thrice removed ofJohnSluyter Wirt andPeterAugustus Jay (1877-1933). | | | | Political families:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York;VanRensselaer-Gansevoortfamily of Albany, New York (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle |
| | William Stormont Hackett (1868-1926) — also known asWilliam S. Hackett — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,December7, 1868.Democrat. President, Albany City SavingsBank;mayor ofAlbany, N.Y., 1922-26; died in office 1926.Member,Freemasons.Injured in anautomobileaccident in Cuba, and died three weeks later, from the injuriesanderysipelas,in AmericanHospital,Havana (La Habana),Cuba,March4, 1926 (age57 years, 87days).Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery. | | John Boyd Thacher II (1882-1957) — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in Leadville,LakeCounty, Colo.,October26, 1882.Democrat.Lawyer;banker;mayor ofAlbany, N.Y., 1926-40; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom New York,1928,1932,1936,1940;delegateto New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; candidatefordelegateto New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1937; judgeof Albany County Children's Court, 1940-47.Died in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,April25, 1957 (age74 years, 181days).Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery. | | Billings Learned Hand (1872-1961) — also known asLearned Hand — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,January27, 1872.Progressive.Lawyer;U.S.District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1909-24;candidate forchiefjudge of New York Court of Appeals, 1913;Judgeof U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1924-51.Member,American BarAssociation.Died, fromheartfailure, in St. Luke'sHospital,Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,August18, 1961 (age89 years, 203days).Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery. | | Johannes Abeel (1667-1711) — also known asJohn Abeel — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,March23,1667.Merchant;fur trader;mayorof Albany, N.Y., 1694-95, 1709-10; member ofNew Yorkcolonial assembly, 1695, 1701-02.DutchReformed.Died in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,January28, 1711 (age43 years, 311days).Original interment atSecond Dutch ReformedChurch Cemetery, Albany, N.Y.; reinterment at Albany RuralCemetery. | | Johannes DePeyster (1694-1783) — also known asJohn DePeyster — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in1694.Mayorof Albany, N.Y., 1729-31, 1732-33.DiedFebruary27, 1783 (ageabout 88years).Original interment atDutch Church BurialGround, Albany, N.Y.; reinterment at Albany Rural Cemetery. | | Johannes Schuyler (1668-1747) — also known asJohn Schuyler — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,1668.Mayorof Albany, N.Y., 1703-06.Died in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,June 25,1747 (ageabout 78years).Original interment atDutch Church BurialGround, Albany, N.Y.; reinterment at Albany Rural Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Philip Pieterse Schuyler and Mararetta (Van Sclichtenhorst)Schuyler; brother ofPieterSchuyler (1657-1724); married1694 toElizabeth Staats; father ofJohannesSchuyler (1697-1746); uncle ofJohnLivingston,RobertLivingston (1688-1775) andGilbertLivingston; grandfather ofPhilipJohn Schuyler andStephenJohn Schuyler; granduncle ofStephanusBayard,RobertLivingston (1708-1790),PeterVan Brugh Livingston,RobertGilbert Livingston,HenryGilbert Livingston,PhilipLivingston,RobertR. Livingston (1718-1775),PierreVan Cortlandt,WilliamLivingston andPhilipP. Schuyler; great-grandfather ofPieterSchuyler (1746-1792) andPhilipJeremiah Schuyler; great-granduncle ofNicholasBayard,PeterRobert Livingston (1737-1794),JeremiahVan Rensselaer,RobertVan Rensselaer,WalterLivingston,PhilipPeter Livingston,RobertR. Livingston (1746-1813),JamesLivingston,PhilipVan Cortlandt,HenryBrockholst Livingston,PeterSamuel Schuyler,PierreVan Cortlandt Jr.,EdwardLivingston (1764-1836) andJamesParker; second great-grandfather ofHenryWalter Livingston,PhilipSchuyler andJamesAlexander Hamilton; second great-granduncle ofPeterRobert Livingston (1766-1847),PhilipSchuyler Van Rensselaer,JacobRutsen Van Rensselaer,MaturinLivingston,PeterAugustus Jay (1776-1843),RensselaerWesterlo,EdwardPhilip Livingston,WilliamAlexander Duer,JohnDuer,WilliamJay,CharlesLudlow Livingston (1800-1873),HamiltonFish (1808-1893),GeorgeWashington Schuyler,JohnCortlandt Parker andPhilipN. Schuyler; third great-grandfather ofEdwardLivingston (1796-1840); third great-granduncle ofPeterRobert Livingston (1789-1859),GilbertLivingston Thompson,GerritSmith,WilliamDuer,HenryBell Van Rensselaer,DenningDuer,HenryBrockholst Ledyard,ElizabethCady Stanton,JohnJay II,JamesAdams Ekin,JohnJacob Astor III,EugeneSchuyler,RichardWayne Parker,NicholasFish,HamiltonFish Jr. (1849-1936) andCharlesWolcott Parker; fourth great-grandfather ofRobertRay Hamilton; fourth great-granduncle ofKiliaenVan Rensselaer,WilliamWaldorf Astor,JohnSluyter Wirt,JohnKean,CortlandtSchuyler Van Rensselaer,HamiltonFish Kean,JonathanMayhew Wainwright,KarlCortlandt Schuyler andHamiltonFish Jr. (1888-1991); fifth great-grandfather ofCharlesLudlow Livingston (born 1870),JohnEliot Thayer Jr. andBronsonMurray Cutting; fifth great-granduncle ofGuyVernor Henry,HerbertLivingston Satterlee,WilliamAstor Chanler,LewisStuyvesant Chanler,MontgomerySchuyler Jr.,PeterAugustus Jay (1877-1933),PeterGoelet Gerry,HelenRoosevelt Robinson,OgdenLivingston Mills,RobertReginald Livingston,RobertWinthrop Kean,MariettaPeabody Tree,EndicottPeabody andHamiltonFish Jr. (1926-1996); sixth great-grandfather ofBrockholstLivingston; sixth great-granduncle ofThomasHoward Kean,HamiltonFish (born 1951) andAlexaFish Ward; seventh great-granduncle ofThomasHoward Kean Jr.; first cousin ofDavidDavidse Schuyler andMyndertDavidtse Schuyler; first cousin six times removed ofHenryNewton Schuyler; first cousin seven times removed ofMarionRichard Schuyler. | | | | Political families:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York;Schuylerfamily of Albany, New York (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). |
| | Daniel Dewey Barnard (1797-1861) — also known asDaniel D. Barnard — ofAlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in Sheffield,BerkshireCounty, Mass.,July 16,1797.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from New York, 1827-29, 1839-45 (27th District1827-29, 10th District 1839-43, 13th District 1843-45); member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Albany County, 1838; U.S. Minister toPrussia, 1850-53.Died in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,April24, 1861 (age63 years, 282days).Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery. | | Erastus Corning (1794-1872) — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in Norwich,New LondonCounty, Conn.,December14, 1794.Democrat.Mayor ofAlbany, N.Y., 1834-37; member ofNew Yorkstate senate 3rd District, 1842-45; founder (1853) and firstpresident of the New York CentralRailroad;U.S.Representative from New York 14th District, 1857-59, 1861-63;delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,1860;delegateto New York state constitutional convention, 1867.Died in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,April 9,1872 (age77 years, 117days).Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery. | | Ira Harris (1802-1875) — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in Charleston,MontgomeryCounty, N.Y.,May 31,1802.Republican.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Albany County, 1845-46;delegateto New York state constitutional convention, 1846; member ofNew Yorkstate senate 3rd District, 1847;Justice ofNew York Supreme Court, 1847-59;U.S.Senator from New York, 1861-67;delegateto New York state constitutional convention, 1867.Died in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,December2, 1875 (age73 years, 185days).Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery. | | James Briggs McEwan (1855-1915) — also known asJames B. McEwan — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,February7, 1855.Republican.Coaldealer; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Albany County 2nd District, 1897-1900; memberofNewYork state senate 29th District, 1901-06; postmaster atAlbany,N.Y., 1908-09;mayor ofAlbany, N.Y., 1910-13.Died in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,December27, 1915 (age60 years, 323days).Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery. | | Johannes Hansen (1695-1756) — also known asHans Hansen — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in1695.Mayorof Albany, N.Y., 1754-56.Died in1756(ageabout61 years).Original interment atDutch Church BurialGround, Albany, N.Y.; reinterment at Albany Rural Cemetery. | | Jacob Coenraedt Ten Eyck (1705-1793) — also known asJacob C. Ten Eyck — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in1705.Mayorof Albany, N.Y., 1748-50.Died in1793(ageabout88 years).Original interment in unknown location; reinterment at Albany RuralCemetery. | | Jared Lewis Rathbone (1791-1845) — also known asJared Rathbone — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in Colchester,New LondonCounty, Conn.,August2, 1791.Whig.Merchant;bankdirector;mayor ofAlbany, N.Y., 1838-41.Died in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,May 13,1845 (age53 years, 284days).Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery. | | Ambrose Spencer (1765-1848) — of Hudson,ColumbiaCounty, N.Y.; Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in Salisbury,LitchfieldCounty, Conn.,December13, 1765.Democrat. Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Columbia County, 1793-94; member ofNew Yorkstate senate, 1795-1802 (Eastern District 1795-97, MiddleDistrict 1797-1802); member ofNew Yorkcouncil of appointment, 1797, 1801;New Yorkstate attorney general, 1802-04; appointed 1802;Justice ofNew York Supreme Court, 1804-23;delegateto New York state constitutional convention, 1821;mayor ofAlbany, N.Y., 1824-26;U.S.Representative from New York 10th District, 1829-31.Slaveowner. Died in Lyons,WayneCounty, N.Y.,March13, 1848 (age82 years, 91days).Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery. | | Charles Henry Gaus (1840-1909) — also known asCharles H. Gaus — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in Zanesville,MuskingumCounty, Ohio,September1, 1840.Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;druggist;mayor ofAlbany, N.Y., 1902-08;New Yorkstate comptroller, 1909; died in office 1909.Germanancestry.Died, frompneumonia,in ahuntinglodge on Long Lake, in the Laurentian Mountains,Quebec,October31, 1909 (age69 years, 60days).Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery. | | John Boyd Thacher (1847-1909) — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in Ballston Center,SaratogaCounty, N.Y.,September11, 1847.Owner of Thacher Carwheel Company, makers of wheels forrailroadcars;author;historian;member ofNew Yorkstate senate 17th District, 1884-85;mayor ofAlbany, N.Y., 1886-88, 1896-97.Died in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,February25, 1909 (age61 years, 167days).Entombed at Albany Rural Cemetery. | | Bradford Ripley Wood (1800-1889) — also known asBradford R. Wood — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in Westport,FairfieldCounty, Conn.,September3, 1800.U.S.Representative from New York 13th District, 1845-47; delegate toRepublican National Convention from New York,1856;U.S. Minister toDenmark, 1861-65.Congregationalist.Died in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,September26, 1889 (age89 years, 23days).Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery. | | John Meredith Read Jr. (1837-1896) — Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,February21, 1837.U.S. Minister toGreece, 1873-77; U.S. Charge d'Affaires toGreece, 1877-79.Died in1896(ageabout59 years).Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery. | | David Davidse Schuyler (1669-1715) — also known asDavid Schuyler — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,June11,1669.Mayorof Albany, N.Y., 1706-07.DiedDecember16, 1715 (age46 years, 188days).Original interment ataprivate or family graveyard, Essex County, N.Y.; reinterment atAlbany Rural Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Davit Pieterse Schuyler and Catalina (Ver Planck) Schuyler;brother ofMyndertDavidtse Schuyler; fourth great-granduncle ofHenryNewton Schuyler; fifth great-granduncle ofMarionRichard Schuyler; first cousin ofPieterSchuyler (1657-1724) andJohannesSchuyler (1668-1747); first cousin once removed ofJohnLivingston,RobertLivingston (1688-1775),GilbertLivingston andJohannesSchuyler (1697-1746); first cousin twice removed ofStephanusBayard,RobertLivingston (1708-1790),PeterVan Brugh Livingston,RobertGilbert Livingston,HenryGilbert Livingston,PhilipLivingston,RobertR. Livingston (1718-1775),PierreVan Cortlandt,WilliamLivingston,PhilipJohn Schuyler,PhilipP. Schuyler andStephenJohn Schuyler; first cousin thrice removed ofNicholasBayard,PeterRobert Livingston (1737-1794),JeremiahVan Rensselaer,RobertVan Rensselaer,WalterLivingston,PhilipPeter Livingston,PieterSchuyler (1746-1792),RobertR. Livingston (1746-1813),JamesLivingston,PhilipVan Cortlandt,HenryBrockholst Livingston,PeterSamuel Schuyler,PierreVan Cortlandt Jr.,EdwardLivingston (1764-1836),PhilipJeremiah Schuyler andJamesParker; first cousin four times removed ofStephenVan Rensselaer,PeterRobert Livingston (1766-1847),PhilipSchuyler Van Rensselaer,JacobRutsen Van Rensselaer,HenryWalter Livingston,MaturinLivingston,RensselaerWesterlo,PeterAugustus Jay (1776-1843),EdwardPhilip Livingston,WilliamAlexander Duer,JohnDuer,PhilipSchuyler,JamesAlexander Hamilton,WilliamJay,CharlesLudlow Livingston (1800-1873),HamiltonFish,GeorgeWashington Schuyler,JohnCortlandt Parker andPhilipN. Schuyler; first cousin five times removed ofPeterRobert Livingston (1789-1859),GilbertLivingston Thompson,EdwardLivingston (1796-1840),GerritSmith,WilliamDuer,HenryBell Van Rensselaer,DenningDuer,HenryBrockholst Ledyard,ElizabethCady Stanton,JohnJay II,JamesAdams Ekin,JohnJacob Astor III,EugeneSchuyler,RichardWayne Parker,NicholasFish,HamiltonFish Jr. (1849-1936) andCharlesWolcott Parker; first cousin six times removed ofKiliaenVan Rensselaer,WilliamWaldorf Astor,RobertRay Hamilton,JohnSluyter Wirt,JohnKean,CortlandtSchuyler Van Rensselaer,HamiltonFish Kean,JonathanMayhew Wainwright,CharlesLudlow Livingston (born 1870),KarlCortlandt Schuyler andHamiltonFish Jr. (1888-1991); first cousin seven times removed ofGuyVernor Henry,HerbertLivingston Satterlee,WilliamAstor Chanler,LewisStuyvesant Chanler,MontgomerySchuyler Jr.,PeterAugustus Jay (1877-1933),PeterGoelet Gerry,HelenRoosevelt Robinson,OgdenLivingston Mills,JohnEliot Thayer Jr.,BronsonMurray Cutting,RobertReginald Livingston,RobertWinthrop Kean,BrockholstLivingston,MariettaPeabody Tree,EndicottPeabody andHamiltonFish Jr. (1926-1996). | | | | Political families:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York;Schuylerfamily of Albany, New York (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). |
| | Hendrick Hansen (c.1670-1724) — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born about 1670.Mayorof Albany, N.Y., 1698-99.Died in1724(ageabout54 years).Original interment atDutch Church BurialGround, Albany, N.Y.; reinterment at Albany Rural Cemetery. | | Jan Jansen Bleecker (1641-1732) — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in1641.Fur trader;mayorof Albany, N.Y., 1700-01.Died in1732(ageabout91 years).Original interment atDutch Church BurialGround, Albany, N.Y.; reinterment at Albany Rural Cemetery. | | Johannes Bleecker (1668-1737) — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in1668.Mayorof Albany, N.Y., 1701-02.Died in1737(ageabout69 years).Original interment atDutch Church BurialGround, Albany, N.Y.; reinterment at Albany Rural Cemetery. | | Johannes Cuyler (c.1661-1740) — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born about 1661.Mayorof Albany, N.Y., 1725-26.ChristianReformed.Dutchancestry.Died in1740(ageabout79 years).Original interment atDutch Church BurialGround, Albany, N.Y.; reinterment at Albany Rural Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Hendrick Cuyler and Annatje (Schepmoes) Cuyler; brother of MariaCuyler (who marriedJohnCruger); married to Elsje Ten Broeck; father ofCornelisCuyler; uncle ofJohnCruger Jr.; granduncle ofRobertLivingston,PeterVan Brugh Livingston,PhilipLivingston,WilliamLivingston andHenryCruger; great-granduncle ofPeterRobert Livingston (1737-1794),WalterLivingston,PhilipPeter Livingston andHenryBrockholst Livingston; second great-granduncle ofStephenVan Rensselaer,PhilipSchuyler Van Rensselaer,HenryWalter Livingston,RensselaerWesterlo,PeterAugustus Jay (1776-1843),EdwardPhilip Livingston,WilliamAlexander Duer,JohnDuer,WilliamJay andCharlesLudlow Livingston (1800-1873); third great-granduncle ofPhilipSchuyler,PeterRobert Livingston (1789-1859),EdwardLivingston,WilliamDuer,HenryBell Van Rensselaer,DenningDuer,HenryBrockholst Ledyard andJohnJay II; fourth great-granduncle ofKiliaenVan Rensselaer,NicholasFish,HamiltonFish Jr. (1849-1936),JohnKean,HamiltonFish Kean andCharlesLudlow Livingston (born 1870); fifth great-granduncle ofHerbertLivingston Satterlee,PeterAugustus Jay (1877-1933),BronsonMurray Cutting,RobertReginald Livingston,HamiltonFish Jr. (1888-1991),RobertWinthrop Kean andBrockholstLivingston; sixth great-granduncle ofJohnEliot Thayer Jr.,HamiltonFish Jr. (1926-1996) andThomasHoward Kean; seventh great-granduncle ofHamiltonFish,AlexaFish Ward andThomasHoward Kean Jr.. | | | | Political family:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). |
| | Robert Yates (1738-1801) — ofAlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,January27, 1738.State court judge in New York, 1777-98;member,U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787;delegateto New York convention to ratify U.S. constitution from AlbanyCounty, 1788; candidate forGovernor ofNew York, 1789, 1795.ChristianReformed.Slaveowner. DiedSeptember9, 1801 (age63 years, 225days).Original interment in unknown location; reinterment at Albany RuralCemetery. | | Abraham Ten Broeck — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Mayorof Albany, N.Y., 1779-83, 1796-99; member ofNew Yorkstate senate Western District, 1779-83; member ofNew Yorkcouncil of appointment, 1780.Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery. | | Johannes Schuyler (1697-1746) — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,1697.Mayorof Albany, N.Y., 1741-42.Died inAlbanyCounty, N.Y.,1746(ageabout49 years).Original interment ata private or familygraveyard, Albany County, N.Y.; reinterment at Albany RuralCemetery.| | Relatives: SonofJohannesSchuyler (1668-1747) and Elizabeth (Staats) Schuyler; father ofPhilipJohn Schuyler andStephenJohn Schuyler; nephew ofPieterSchuyler (1657-1724); grandfather ofPieterSchuyler (1746-1792) andPhilipJeremiah Schuyler; great-grandfather ofHenryWalter Livingston,PhilipSchuyler andJamesAlexander Hamilton; second great-grandfather ofEdwardLivingston (1796-1840); third great-grandfather ofRobertRay Hamilton; fourth great-grandfather ofCharlesLudlow Livingston (born 1870),JohnEliot Thayer Jr. andBronsonMurray Cutting; fifth great-grandfather ofBrockholstLivingston; first cousin ofJohnLivingston,RobertLivingston (1688-1775) andGilbertLivingston; first cousin once removed ofDavidDavidse Schuyler,MyndertDavidtse Schuyler,StephanusBayard,RobertLivingston (1708-1790),PeterVan Brugh Livingston,RobertGilbert Livingston,HenryGilbert Livingston,PhilipLivingston,RobertR. Livingston (1718-1775),PierreVan Cortlandt,WilliamLivingston andPhilipP. Schuyler; first cousin twice removed ofNicholasBayard,PeterRobert Livingston (1737-1794),JeremiahVan Rensselaer,RobertVan Rensselaer,WalterLivingston,PhilipPeter Livingston,RobertR. Livingston (1746-1813),JamesLivingston,PhilipVan Cortlandt,HenryBrockholst Livingston,PeterSamuel Schuyler,PierreVan Cortlandt Jr.,EdwardLivingston (1764-1836) andJamesParker; first cousin thrice removed ofPeterRobert Livingston (1766-1847),PhilipSchuyler Van Rensselaer,JacobRutsen Van Rensselaer,MaturinLivingston,PeterAugustus Jay (1776-1843),RensselaerWesterlo,EdwardPhilip Livingston,WilliamAlexander Duer,JohnDuer,WilliamJay,CharlesLudlow Livingston (1800-1873),HamiltonFish (1808-1893),GeorgeWashington Schuyler,JohnCortlandt Parker andPhilipN. Schuyler; first cousin four times removed ofPeterRobert Livingston (1789-1859),GilbertLivingston Thompson,GerritSmith,WilliamDuer,HenryBell Van Rensselaer,DenningDuer,HenryBrockholst Ledyard,ElizabethCady Stanton,JohnJay II,JamesAdams Ekin,JohnJacob Astor III,EugeneSchuyler,RichardWayne Parker,NicholasFish,HamiltonFish Jr. (1849-1936) andCharlesWolcott Parker; first cousin five times removed ofKiliaenVan Rensselaer,WilliamWaldorf Astor,JohnSluyter Wirt,JohnKean,CortlandtSchuyler Van Rensselaer,HamiltonFish Kean,JonathanMayhew Wainwright,KarlCortlandt Schuyler andHamiltonFish Jr. (1888-1991); first cousin six times removed ofGuyVernor Henry,HerbertLivingston Satterlee,WilliamAstor Chanler,LewisStuyvesant Chanler,MontgomerySchuyler Jr.,PeterAugustus Jay (1877-1933),PeterGoelet Gerry,HelenRoosevelt Robinson,OgdenLivingston Mills,RobertReginald Livingston,RobertWinthrop Kean,MariettaPeabody Tree,EndicottPeabody andHamiltonFish Jr. (1926-1996); first cousin seven times removed ofThomasHoward Kean,HamiltonFish (born 1951) andAlexaFish Ward; second cousin five times removed ofHenryNewton Schuyler. | | | | Political families:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York;Schuylerfamily of Albany, New York (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Charles Edward Bleecker (1826-1873) — also known asCharles E. Bleecker — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in1826.Winemerchant;mayor ofAlbany, N.Y., 1868-70.Died in1873(ageabout47 years).Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery. | | James Hilton Manning (1854-1925) — also known asJames H. Manning — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,September22, 1854.Democrat. President, Weed ParsonsPrintingCompany; president, AlbanyRailwayCompany (street railways); president, Hudson RiverTelephoneCompany; president, National SavingsBank ofAlbany;mayor ofAlbany, N.Y., 1890-94; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom New York,1892.Died, fromacute dilationof heart, in AlbanyHospital,Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,July 4,1925 (age70 years, 285days).Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.  | John Alden Dix (1860-1928) — also known asJohn A. Dix — of Thomson,WashingtonCounty, N.Y.; Santa Barbara,SantaBarbara County, Calif.Born in Glens Falls,WarrenCounty, N.Y.,December25, 1860.Democrat.Banker;lumberbusiness;papermanufacturer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from NewYork,1904,1912(member,Committeeto Notify Presidential Nominee); candidate forLieutenantGovernor of New York, 1908;New YorkDemocratic state chair, 1910;Governor ofNew York, 1911-12; candidate fordelegateto New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1914.Died, fromheartdisease, in HarborHospital,Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,April 9,1928 (age67 years, 106days).Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery. | | | Leonard Gansevoort (1751-1810) — also known asLeendert Harmense Gansevoort — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,July 14,1751.Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; memberofNew Yorkstate assembly from Albany County, 1778-79, 1787-88;Delegateto Continental Congress from New York, 1788; member ofNew Yorkstate senate, 1790-93, 1796-1802 (Western District 1790-93,Eastern District 1796-98, Western District 1798-99, Eastern District1799-1802); member ofNew Yorkcouncil of appointment, 1797.Dutchancestry.Died in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,August26, 1810 (age59 years, 43days).Original interment in unknown location; reinterment at Albany RuralCemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Harmen Gansevoort and Magdalena (Douw) Gansevoort; married,April10, 1770, to Hester Cuyler; nephew ofVolkertPetrus Douw; uncle ofPeterGansevoort; second great-grandnephew ofStephanusVan Cortlandt andJacobusVan Cortlandt; first cousin ofLeonardGansevoort Jr.; first cousin once removed ofJeremiahVan Rensselaer,RobertVan Rensselaer,HendrickKiliaen Van Rensselaer andKillianKillian Van Rensselaer; second cousin ofJacobRutsen Van Rensselaer andPhilipJeremiah Schuyler; second cousin once removed ofPhilipP. Schuyler,JamesAlexander Hamilton andPhilipSchuyler; second cousin twice removed ofStephanusBayard,PierreVan Cortlandt,JamesJay,PhilipJohn Schuyler,StephenJohn Schuyler,JohnJay,FrederickJay andCortlandtSchuyler Van Rensselaer; second cousin thrice removed ofRobertRay Hamilton; second cousin four times removed ofJohnEliot Thayer Jr. andJohnHubner II; third cousin ofPieterSchuyler,PeterSamuel Schuyler,StephenVan Rensselaer andPhilipSchuyler Van Rensselaer; third cousin once removed ofNicholasBayard,PhilipVan Cortlandt,PierreVan Cortlandt Jr.,HenryWalter Livingston,JamesParker,PeterAugustus Jay,WilliamJay andHenryBell Van Rensselaer; third cousin twice removed ofEdwardLivingston,CharlesPinckney Brown andKiliaenVan Rensselaer; fourth cousin ofJohnJay II andJohnCortlandt Parker; fourth cousin once removed ofJamesAdams Ekin,RichardWayne Parker andCharlesWolcott Parker. | | | | Political families:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York;VanRensselaer-Gansevoortfamily of Albany, New York (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial |
 | John Tayler (1742-1829) — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,July 4,1742.Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Albany County, 1777-79, 1780-81, 1785-87;member ofNew Yorkstate senate Eastern District, 1801-02, 1803-13;LieutenantGovernor of New York, 1811, 1813-22;Governor ofNew York, 1817.The words leading to the fateful duel betweenAlexanderHamilton andAaronBurr were uttered at Tayler's home in Albany.Died in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,April19, 1829 (age86 years, 289days).Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery. | | | Joseph William Stevens — also known asJoseph W. Stevens — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;tobaccomerchant;mayor ofAlbany, N.Y., 1914-17.Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery. | | James R. Watt — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Republican.Mayor ofAlbany, N.Y., 1918-21.Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery. | | John Swinburne (1820-1889) — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,1820.Republican.Mayor ofAlbany, N.Y., 1883-84;U.S.Representative from New York 19th District, 1885-87; defeated,1886.Died in1889(ageabout69 years).Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery. | | Thomas Jefferson Van Alstyne (1827-1903) — also known asThomas J. Van Alstyne — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,1827.Democrat.U.S.Representative from New York 16th District, 1883-85; defeated,1884;mayor ofAlbany, N.Y., 1898-99.Died in1903(ageabout76 years).Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery. | | George Newell Southwick (1863-1912) — also known asGeorge N. Southwick — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,March 7,1863.Republican.U.S.Representative from New York, 1895-99, 1901-11 (20th District1895-99, 1901-03, 23rd District 1903-11); defeated, 1898.Died in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,October17, 1912 (age49 years, 224days).Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery. | | Friend Humphrey — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Member ofNew Yorkstate senate 3rd District, 1840-41;mayor ofAlbany, N.Y., 1843-45, 1849-50.Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery. | | Teunis Van Vechten — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Mayorof Albany, N.Y., 1837-38, 1841-42.Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery. | | John Schuyler Crosby (1839-1914) — of Montana. Born in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,September19, 1839.Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.Consul inFlorence, 1876-82;Governorof Montana Territory, 1883-84.Attackedand beaten by a deranged servant, and died as a result, inNewport,NewportCounty, R.I.,August8, 1914 (age74 years, 323days).Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery. | | Parker Corning (1874-1943) — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,January22, 1874.Democrat.U.S.Representative from New York 28th District, 1923-37; alternatedelegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,1924.Died in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,May 24,1943 (age69 years, 122days).Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.  | Stephen Van Rensselaer (1764-1839) — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November1, 1764.Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Albany County, 1789-90, 1807-10, 1817-18;member ofNew Yorkstate senate Western District, 1790-95; member ofNew Yorkcouncil of appointment, 1792;LieutenantGovernor of New York, 1795-1801; general in the U.S. Army duringthe War of 1812; candidate forGovernor ofNew York, 1813;delegateto New York state constitutional convention, 1821;U.S.Representative from New York, 1822-29 (9th District 1822-23, 10thDistrict 1823-29).Dutchancestry. Member,Freemasons.Albany's last Dutch Patroon; took thefirsttrain ride in U.S.; founded Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.Slaveowner. Died in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,January26, 1839 (age74 years, 86days).Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment atAlbany Rural Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Stephen Van Rensselaer (1742-1769) and Catharina (Livingston) VanRensselaer; half-brother ofRensselaerWesterlo and Catherine Westerlo (who marriedJohnWoodworth); brother ofPhilipSchuyler Van Rensselaer; married1783 toMargarita Schuyler (daughter ofPhilipJohn Schuyler); married,May 17,1802, to Cornelia Bell Paterson (daughter ofWilliamPaterson); father ofHenryBell Van Rensselaer; uncle ofPhilipSchuyler; grandson ofPhilipLivingston; grandfather ofKiliaenVan Rensselaer; grandnephew ofRobertLivingston (1708-1790),PeterVan Brugh Livingston andWilliamLivingston; great-grandson ofDirckTen Broeck; great-grandnephew ofJohnLivingston,RobertLivingston (1688-1775) andGilbertLivingston; second great-grandson ofStephanusVan Cortlandt,RobertLivingston the Elder andPieterVan Brugh; second great-grandfather ofJohnEliot Thayer Jr.; second great-grandnephew ofPieterSchuyler (1657-1724),JacobusVan Cortlandt andJohannesCuyler; third great-grandson ofDirckWesselse Ten Broeck; first cousin ofEdwardPhilip Livingston; first cousin once removed ofPhilipP. Schuyler,PeterRobert Livingston (1737-1794),WalterLivingston,PhilipPeter Livingston,JamesLivingston,HenryBrockholst Livingston andEdwardLivingston (1796-1840); first cousin twice removed ofStephanusBayard,RobertGilbert Livingston,HenryGilbert Livingston,RobertR. Livingston (1718-1775),PierreVan Cortlandt andStephenJohn Schuyler; first cousin thrice removed ofCornelisCuyler,JohnCruger Jr. andRobertReginald Livingston; first cousin four times removed ofDavidDavidse Schuyler andMyndertDavidtse Schuyler; second cousin ofPieterSchuyler (1746-1792),PeterSamuel Schuyler,HenryWalter Livingston,PeterAugustus Jay (1776-1843),WilliamAlexander Duer,JohnDuer,WilliamJay andCharlesLudlow Livingston (1800-1873); second cousin once removed ofVolkertPetrus Douw,NicholasBayard,JeremiahVan Rensselaer,RobertVan Rensselaer,HendrickKiliaen Van Rensselaer,RobertR. Livingston (1746-1813),PhilipVan Cortlandt,PierreVan Cortlandt Jr.,KillianKillian Van Rensselaer,EdwardLivingston (1764-1836),PhilipJeremiah Schuyler,JamesParker,PeterRobert Livingston (1789-1859),GerritSmith,WilliamDuer,DenningDuer,HenryBrockholst Ledyard,ElizabethCady Stanton andJohnJay II; second cousin twice removed ofJamesJay,HenryCruger,JohnJay,FrederickJay,NicholasFish,HamiltonFish Jr. (1849-1936),JohnKean,HamiltonFish Kean andCharlesLudlow Livingston (born 1870); second cousin thrice removed ofHerbertLivingston Satterlee,PeterAugustus Jay (1877-1933),BronsonMurray Cutting,HamiltonFish Jr. (1888-1991),RobertWinthrop Kean andBrockholstLivingston; second cousin four times removed ofHamiltonFish Jr. (1926-1996) andThomasHoward Kean; second cousin five times removed ofHamiltonFish (born 1951),AlexaFish Ward andThomasHoward Kean Jr.; third cousin ofLeonardGansevoort,LeonardGansevoort Jr.,JacobRutsen Van Rensselaer,JamesAlexander Hamilton,PeterGansevoort,HamiltonFish (1808-1893) andJohnCortlandt Parker; third cousin once removed ofGilbertLivingston Thompson,JamesAdams Ekin,JohnJacob Astor III,RichardWayne Parker andCharlesWolcott Parker; third cousin twice removed ofWilliamWaldorf Astor,RobertRay Hamilton,JohnSluyter Wirt,CortlandtSchuyler Van Rensselaer andJonathanMayhew Wainwright; third cousin thrice removed ofGuyVernor Henry,WilliamAstor Chanler,LewisStuyvesant Chanler,MontgomerySchuyler Jr.,PeterGoelet Gerry,HelenRoosevelt Robinson,OgdenLivingston Mills,MariettaPeabody Tree andEndicottPeabody; fourth cousin ofPeterRobert Livingston (1766-1847),MaturinLivingston,GeorgeWashington Schuyler andPhilipN. Schuyler; fourth cousin once removed ofBarentVan Buren,MartinVan Buren andEugeneSchuyler. | | | | Political family:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: New York PublicLibrary |
| | Lyman Tremain (1819-1878) — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in Durham,GreeneCounty, N.Y.,June 14,1819.Republican.Lawyer; lawpartner ofRufusW. Peckham; county judge in New York, 1846-51;New Yorkstate attorney general, 1858-59; candidate forLieutenantGovernor of New York, 1862; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Albany County 2nd District, 1866;Speaker ofthe New York State Assembly, 1866; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from New York,1868;U.S.Representative from New York at-large, 1873-75.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November30, 1878 (age59 years, 169days).Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery. | | Barent Philip Staats — also known asBarent P. Staats — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Albany County, 1834;mayor ofAlbany, N.Y., 1842-43.Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery. | | Franklin Townsend — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Mayorof Albany, N.Y., 1850-51; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Albany County 4th District, 1857.Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery. | | James Henry Blessing — also known asJames H. Blessing — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Republican.Mayor ofAlbany, N.Y., 1900-01.Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery. | | Henry F. Snyder — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Mayorof Albany, N.Y., 1909;postmaster.Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery. | | Oren Elbridge Wilson — also known asOren E. Wilson — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Accountant;mayorof Albany, N.Y., 1894-95.Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery. | | Harmanus Bleecker (1779-1849) — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,October9, 1779.U.S.Representative from New York 7th District, 1811-13; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Albany County, 1813-15; U.S. Charged'Affaires toNetherlands, 1839-42.Died in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,July 19,1849 (age69 years, 283days).Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery. | | Amasa Junius Parker (1807-1890) — also known asAmasa J. Parker — of Delhi,DelawareCounty, N.Y.; Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in Sharon,LitchfieldCounty, Conn.,June 2,1807.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Delaware County, 1834;U.S.Representative from New York 20th District, 1837-39; circuitjudge in New York, 1844-47;Justice ofNew York Supreme Court, 1847-55; candidate forGovernor ofNew York, 1856, 1858; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom New York,1864;delegateto New York state constitutional convention, 1867-68.Died in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,May 13,1890 (age82 years, 345days).Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery. | | John Cochrane (1813-1898) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Palatine,MontgomeryCounty, N.Y.,August27, 1813.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from New York 6th District, 1857-61; defeated,1860; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,1860;general in the Union Army during the Civil War;New Yorkstate attorney general, 1864-65; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from New York,1868(speaker).Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,February7, 1898 (age84 years, 164days).Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery. | | Peter Gansevoort Ten Eyck (1873-1944) — also known asPeter G. Ten Eyck — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in Bethlehem,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,November7, 1873.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,1912(alternate),1920;U.S.Representative from New York 28th District, 1913-15, 1921-23;defeated, 1914.Died in1944(ageabout70 years).Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery. | | Rollin Brewster Sanford (1874-1957) — also known asRollin B. Sanford — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.; Loudonville,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in Nicholville,St.Lawrence County, N.Y.,May 18,1874.Republican.Lawyer;AlbanyCounty District Attorney, 1908-14;U.S.Representative from New York 28th District, 1915-21; alternatedelegate to Republican National Convention from New York,1920.Episcopalian.Member,ThetaDelta Chi;Freemasons.DiedMay 16,1957 (age82 years, 363days).Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery. | | Solomon Van Vechten Van Rensselaer (1774-1852) — also known asSolomon Van Rensselaer — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,1774.Whig.U.S.Representative from New York 9th District, 1819-22; postmaster atAlbany,N.Y., 1822-39, 1841-43; delegate to Whig National Convention fromNew York, 1839.Slaveowner. Died in1852(ageabout78 years).Original interment atNorth Dutch ChurchCemetery, Albany, N.Y.; reinterment at Albany Rural Cemetery.  | John Van Buren (1810-1866) — also known as"Prince John" — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in Hudson,ColumbiaCounty, N.Y.,February10, 1810.Lawyer;NewYork state attorney general, 1845-47; appointed 1845; defeated,1847, 1865; in September 1845, during a trial, he and opposingcounselAmbroseL. Jordancame toblows in the courtroom; both weresentencedto 24 hours solitary confinement in jail; hisresignationas Attorney General was refused by the governor.Died, fromexposure,on boardthe shipScotia, en route from Liverpool to New York, intheNorthAtlantic Ocean,October13, 1866 (age56 years, 245days).Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery. | | John Van Schaick Lansing Pruyn (1811-1877) — also known asJohn V. L. Pruyn — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,1811.Democrat. Member ofNew Yorkstate senate 13th District, 1862-63;U.S.Representative from New York 14th District, 1863-65, 1867-69.Died in1877(ageabout66 years).Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery. | | Gerrit Yates Lansing (1783-1862) — also known asGerrit Y. Lansing — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,August4, 1783.Lawyer;AlbanyCounty Probate Judge, 1816-23;U.S.Representative from New York 10th District, 1831-37; president,Albany SavingsBank,1854-62; president, AlbanyInsuranceCompany, 1859-62.Died in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,January3, 1862 (age78 years, 152days).Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery. | | Hugh White (1798-1870) — of Cohoes,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in Whitestown,OneidaCounty, N.Y.,December25, 1798.Whig.Railroadbuilder;banker;U.S.Representative from New York 16th District, 1845-51.Died in Waterford,SaratogaCounty, N.Y.,October6, 1870 (age71 years, 285days).Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery. | | Jeremiah Van Rensselaer (1738-1810) — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in Watervliet,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,August27, 1738.Democrat.Merchant;surveyor;served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; memberofNew Yorkstate assembly from Albany County, 1788-89;U.S.Representative from New York 6th District, 1789-91; PresidentialElector for New York,1800;LieutenantGovernor of New York, 1801-04.Slaveowner. Died in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,February19, 1810 (age71 years, 176days).Original interment atDutch ReformedCemetery, Albany, N.Y.; reinterment at Albany Rural Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Engeltie 'Angelica' (Livingston) Van Rensselaer and Johannes VanRensselaer; brother ofRobertVan Rensselaer; married,July 3,1760, to Judith Bayard; married1764 to HelenaLansing; father ofSolomonVan Vechten Van Rensselaer; uncle ofJacobRutsen Van Rensselaer andPhilipJeremiah Schuyler; grandson ofRobertLivingston the Younger; granduncle ofJamesAlexander Hamilton andPhilipSchuyler; great-grandson ofPieterSchuyler (1657-1724); great-grandnephew ofStephanusVan Cortlandt,RobertLivingston the Elder,JacobusVan Cortlandt andJohannesSchuyler (1668-1747); great-granduncle ofCortlandtSchuyler Van Rensselaer; second great-granduncle ofRobertRay Hamilton; third great-granduncle ofJohnEliot Thayer Jr.; first cousin ofVolkertPetrus Douw,HendrickKiliaen Van Rensselaer,JamesLivingston andKillianKillian Van Rensselaer; first cousin once removed ofPhilipP. Schuyler,RobertR. Livingston (1746-1813),LeonardGansevoort,LeonardGansevoort Jr.,EdwardLivingston (1764-1836),PeterRobert Livingston (1766-1847) andMaturinLivingston; first cousin twice removed ofJohnLivingston,RobertLivingston (1688-1775),GilbertLivingston,JohannesSchuyler (1697-1746),PeterRobert Livingston (1789-1859),PeterGansevoort,GerritSmith andElizabethCady Stanton; first cousin thrice removed ofDavidDavidse Schuyler,MyndertDavidtse Schuyler andJohnJacob Astor III; first cousin four times removed ofWilliamWaldorf Astor,PeterGoelet Gerry andOgdenLivingston Mills; first cousin five times removed ofWilliamAstor Chanler,LewisStuyvesant Chanler,HelenRoosevelt Robinson,RobertReginald Livingston andJohnHubner II; second cousin ofPieterSchuyler (1746-1792) andPeterSamuel Schuyler; second cousin once removed ofStephanusBayard,RobertLivingston (1708-1790),PeterVan Brugh Livingston,RobertGilbert Livingston,HenryGilbert Livingston,PhilipLivingston,RobertR. Livingston (1718-1775),PierreVan Cortlandt,WilliamLivingston,JamesJay,PhilipJohn Schuyler,MatthewClarkson (1733-1800),StephenJohn Schuyler,JohnJay,FrederickJay,StephenVan Rensselaer,PhilipSchuyler Van Rensselaer andHenryWalter Livingston; second cousin twice removed ofEdwardLivingston (1796-1840) andHenryBell Van Rensselaer; second cousin thrice removed ofCharlesPinckney Brown andKiliaenVan Rensselaer; second cousin four times removed ofCharlesLudlow Livingston (born 1870) andBronsonMurray Cutting; second cousin five times removed ofBrockholstLivingston; third cousin ofNicholasBayard,PeterRobert Livingston (1737-1794),WalterLivingston,PhilipPeter Livingston,PhilipVan Cortlandt,HenryBrockholst Livingston,MatthewClarkson (1758-1825),PierreVan Cortlandt Jr.,JamesParker,PeterAugustus Jay (1776-1843) andWilliamJay; third cousin once removed ofRensselaerWesterlo,EdwardPhilip Livingston,WilliamAlexander Duer,JohnDuer,CharlesLudlow Livingston (1800-1873),HamiltonFish,GeorgeWashington Schuyler,JohnJay II,JohnCortlandt Parker andPhilipN. Schuyler; third cousin twice removed ofGilbertLivingston Thompson,WilliamDuer,DenningDuer,HenryBrockholst Ledyard,JamesAdams Ekin,EugeneSchuyler,RichardWayne Parker,NicholasFish,HamiltonFish Jr. (1849-1936) andCharlesWolcott Parker; third cousin thrice removed ofJohnSluyter Wirt,JohnKean,HamiltonFish Kean,JonathanMayhew Wainwright,KarlCortlandt Schuyler,PeterAugustus Jay (1877-1933) andHamiltonFish Jr. (1888-1991). | | | | Political families:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York;VanRensselaer-Gansevoortfamily of Albany, New York (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | The World War IILibertyshipSS Jeremiah Van Rensselaer (built 1942 atWilmington,North Carolina; torpedoed and sunk in theNorthAtlantic Ocean, 1943) wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | John Lawrence Schoolcraft (1804-1860) — also known asJohn L. Schoolcraft — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in Guilderland,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,September22, 1804.Republican.U.S.Representative from New York 13th District, 1849-53; delegate toRepublican National Convention from New York,1856,1860.Died in St. Catherines,Ontario,July7, 1860 (age55 years, 289days).Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery. | | Abraham Van Vechten — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Member ofNew Yorkstate senate, 1797-1805, 1815-19 (Eastern District 1797-1805,Middle District 1815-19); member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Albany County, 1805-06, 1807-13;New Yorkstate attorney general, 1810-11, 1813-15; appointed 1810, 1813.Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery. | | Morris Smith Miller (1779-1824) — of Utica,OneidaCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,July 31,1779.Lawyer;common pleas court judge in New York, 1810;U.S.Representative from New York 16th District, 1813-15.Slaveowner. Died in Utica,OneidaCounty, N.Y.,November17, 1824 (age45 years, 109days).Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery. | | James Russell Parsons Jr. (1861-1905) — also known asJames R. Parsons, Jr. — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in Hoosick Falls,RensselaerCounty, N.Y.,February20, 1861.U.S. Consul inAix-la-Chapelle, 1888-90; official in various capacities withthe New York State Board of Regents, 1891-1904; U.S. Consul GeneralinMexico City, 1904-05, died in office 1905.Member,PhiBeta Kappa;DeltaPsi;Sons ofthe Revolution.Killed in the collision of anelectrictrolley car with hishorsedrawncarriage, in Mexico City (Ciudad de México),DistritoFederal,December5, 1905 (age44 years, 288days).Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery. | | Daniel Evan Button (1917-2009) — also known asDaniel E. Button — of New York. Born in Dunkirk,ChautauquaCounty, N.Y.,November1, 1917.Republican.Newspapereditor;writer;U.S.Representative from New York 29th District, 1967-71; defeated,1970.Died in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,March 7,2009 (age91 years, 126days).Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery. | | Rensselaer Westerlo (1776-1851) — of New York. Born in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,April29, 1776.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;U.S.Representative from New York 9th District, 1817-19.Slaveowner. Died in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,April18, 1851 (age74 years, 354days).Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Eilardus Westerlo and Catharina (Livingston) Westerlo;half-brother ofStephenVan Rensselaer andPhilipSchuyler Van Rensselaer; brother of Catherine Westerlo (whomarriedJohnWoodworth); married,May 5,1805, to Jane Lansing; uncle ofPhilipSchuyler andHenryBell Van Rensselaer; grandson ofPhilipLivingston; grandnephew ofRobertLivingston (1708-1790),PeterVan Brugh Livingston andWilliamLivingston; granduncle ofKiliaenVan Rensselaer; great-grandson ofDirckTen Broeck; great-grandnephew ofJohnLivingston,RobertLivingston (1688-1775) andGilbertLivingston; second great-grandson ofRobertLivingston the Elder andPieterVan Brugh; second great-grandnephew ofPieterSchuyler (1657-1724),JohannesCuyler andJohannesSchuyler (1668-1747); second great-granduncle ofJohnEliot Thayer Jr.; third great-grandson ofDirckWesselse Ten Broeck; first cousin ofEdwardPhilip Livingston; first cousin once removed ofPeterRobert Livingston (1737-1794),WalterLivingston,PhilipPeter Livingston,JamesLivingston,HenryBrockholst Livingston andEdwardLivingston (1796-1840); first cousin twice removed ofRobertGilbert Livingston,HenryGilbert Livingston andRobertR. Livingston (1718-1775); first cousin thrice removed ofRobertLivingston the Younger,JohannesSchuyler (1697-1746),CornelisCuyler,JohnCruger Jr. andRobertReginald Livingston; first cousin four times removed ofDavidDavidse Schuyler andMyndertDavidtse Schuyler; second cousin ofHenryWalter Livingston,PeterAugustus Jay (1776-1843),WilliamAlexander Duer,JohnDuer,WilliamJay andCharlesLudlow Livingston (1800-1873); second cousin once removed ofRobertR. Livingston (1746-1813),PhilipVan Cortlandt,PierreVan Cortlandt Jr.,EdwardLivingston (1764-1836),PeterRobert Livingston (1789-1859),GerritSmith,WilliamDuer,DenningDuer,HenryBrockholst Ledyard,ElizabethCady Stanton andJohnJay II; second cousin twice removed ofStephanusBayard,PierreVan Cortlandt,PhilipJohn Schuyler,PhilipP. Schuyler,StephenJohn Schuyler,HenryCruger,NicholasFish,HamiltonFish Jr. (1849-1936),JohnKean,HamiltonFish Kean andCharlesLudlow Livingston (born 1870); second cousin thrice removed ofHerbertLivingston Satterlee,PeterAugustus Jay (1877-1933),BronsonMurray Cutting,HamiltonFish Jr. (1888-1991),RobertWinthrop Kean andBrockholstLivingston; second cousin four times removed ofHamiltonFish Jr. (1926-1996) andThomasHoward Kean; second cousin five times removed ofHamiltonFish (born 1951),AlexaFish Ward andThomasHoward Kean Jr.; third cousin ofPeterGansevoort andHamiltonFish (1808-1893); third cousin once removed ofNicholasBayard,JeremiahVan Rensselaer,RobertVan Rensselaer,PieterSchuyler (1746-1792),PeterSamuel Schuyler,PhilipJeremiah Schuyler,JamesParker,GilbertLivingston Thompson andJohnJacob Astor III; third cousin twice removed ofWilliamWaldorf Astor andJonathanMayhew Wainwright; third cousin thrice removed ofGuyVernor Henry,WilliamAstor Chanler,LewisStuyvesant Chanler,MontgomerySchuyler Jr.,PeterGoelet Gerry,HelenRoosevelt Robinson andOgdenLivingston Mills; fourth cousin ofPeterRobert Livingston (1766-1847),JacobRutsen Van Rensselaer,MaturinLivingston,JamesAlexander Hamilton,GeorgeWashington Schuyler,JohnCortlandt Parker andPhilipN. Schuyler; fourth cousin once removed ofBarentVan Buren,MartinVan Buren,JamesAdams Ekin,EugeneSchuyler,RichardWayne Parker andCharlesWolcott Parker. | | | | Political family:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Chesselden Ellis (1808-1854) — of Waterford,SaratogaCounty, N.Y.; New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New Windsor (unknowncounty), Vt.,1808.Democrat.Lawyer;SaratogaCounty Prosecuting Attorney, 1837-43;U.S.Representative from New York 16th District, 1843-45.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May 10,1854 (ageabout 45years).Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery. | | Lemuel Jenkins (1789-1862) — of Bloomingburg,SullivanCounty, N.Y.Born in Bloomingburg, Ulster County (nowSullivanCounty), N.Y.,October20, 1789.Democrat.Lawyer;SullivanCounty District Attorney, 1818-19;U.S.Representative from New York 7th District, 1823-25.Died in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,August18, 1862 (age72 years, 302days).Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery. | | Edwin Nelson Hubbell (1815-1897) — also known asEdwin N. Hubbell — of Coxsackie,GreeneCounty, N.Y.; East Saginaw (now part of Saginaw),SaginawCounty, Mich.Born in Coxsackie,GreeneCounty, N.Y.,August13, 1815.Democrat.Farmer;U.S.Representative from New York 13th District, 1865-67.Died in Nyack,RocklandCounty, N.Y.,February5, 1897 (age81 years, 176days).Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery. | | D-Cady Herrick (1846-1926) — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in Esperance,SchoharieCounty, N.Y.,April12, 1846.Democrat.Lawyer;AlbanyCounty District Attorney, 1881-86; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from New York,1888;Justiceof New York Supreme Court 3rd District, 1892-1904; Justice of theAppellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 3rd Department,1896-1900; candidate forGovernor ofNew York, 1904; director, Albany City NationalBank;candidate fordelegateto New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1914.Died in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,February21, 1926 (age79 years, 315days).Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery. | | Abraham Gerritse Lansing (1756-1834) — also known asAbraham G. Lansing — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,December12, 1756.Postmaster atAlbany,N.Y., 1782-92;New Yorkstate treasurer, 1803-08, 1810-12; appointed 1803, 1810.Died in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,May 15,1834 (age77 years, 154days).Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery. | | Truman G. Younglove (1815-1882) — ofSaratogaCounty, N.Y.Born in Edinburg,SaratogaCounty, N.Y.,October31, 1815.Republican.Engineer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Saratoga County 1st District, 1866-69;Speaker ofthe New York State Assembly, 1869; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from New York,1868(member,CredentialsCommittee).DiedSeptember17, 1882 (age66 years, 321days).Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery. | | Samuel Hand (1834-1886) — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in Elizabethtown,EssexCounty, N.Y.,May 1,1834.Lawyer;judgeof New York Court of Appeals, 1878.Member,Chi Psi.Died in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,May 21,1886 (age52 years, 20days).Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery. | | Jesse Buel — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Albany County, 1823; candidate forGovernor ofNew York, 1836.Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.  | William Gorham Rice (b. 1856) — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,December23, 1856.Democrat. Secretary to N.Y. Gov.GroverCleveland; member, U.S. Civil Service Commission, 1895-98; candidate formayor ofAlbany, N.Y., 1903; Democratic candidate for Presidential Electorfor New York,1908;candidate forLieutenantGovernor of New York, 1914.Episcopalian.Member,LoyalLegion;Sons ofthe Revolution.Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof William A. Rice and Hannah (Seely) Rice; married,February10, 1892, to Harriet Langdon Pruyn. | | | | Image source: New York Red Book1917 |
| | Archibald McIntyre — ofMontgomeryCounty, N.Y.Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly, 1798-1802, 1803-04, 1811-12, 1820-21 (MontgomeryCounty 1798-1802, 1803-04, 1811-12, Montgomery and Hamilton counties1820-21);New Yorkstate comptroller, 1805-21; member ofNew Yorkstate senate, 1821-26 (Western District 1821-22, 4th District1823-26).Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.  | Edwin Corning (1883-1934) — of Bethlehem,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,September30, 1883.Democrat. President of LudlumSteelCompany; officer of AlbanyFeltCompany; director ofbanks;New YorkDemocratic state chair, 1926-28;LieutenantGovernor of New York, 1927-28.Died in Bar Harbor,HancockCounty, Maine,August7, 1934 (age50 years, 311days).Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery. | | | John Vernon Henry (1767-1829) — also known asJohn V. Henry — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in1767.Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Albany County, 1799-1802;New Yorkstate comptroller, 1800-01.Presbyterian.DiedOctober22, 1829 (ageabout 62years).Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery. | | Benjamin Knower — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.NewYork state treasurer, 1821-24; appointed 1821.Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery. | | John Van Ness Yates — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Secretaryof state of New York, 1818-26; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Albany County, 1818-19.Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery. | | Abraham Lansing (1835-1899) — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,February27, 1835.Lawyer;NewYork state treasurer, 1874; member ofNew Yorkstate senate 17th District, 1882-83.DutchandEnglishancestry. Member,KappaAlpha Society.Died in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,October4, 1899 (age64 years, 219days).Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery. | | Cortlandt Schuyler Van Rensselaer (1859-1927) — also known asCortlandt S. Van Rensselaer — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,November22, 1859.Republican.Lawyer;assistant U.S. Attorney; candidate forU.S.Representative from New York 10th District, 1890.Member,Sons ofthe Revolution;Societyof Colonial Wars;Societyof the Cincinnati.Died, fromnephritis,in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,January15, 1927 (age67 years, 54days).Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Gratz Van Rensselaer and Catherine Van Cortlandt (Van Rensselaer)Van Renss; married,June 17,1891, to Miss Horace Macauley; great-grandnephew ofJeremiahVan Rensselaer andRobertVan Rensselaer; third great-grandson ofRobertLivingston the Younger; fourth great-grandson ofPieterSchuyler (1657-1724); fourth great-grandnephew ofStephanusVan Cortlandt,RobertLivingston the Elder,JacobusVan Cortlandt andJohannesSchuyler (1668-1747); first cousin twice removed ofJacobRutsen Van Rensselaer andPhilipJeremiah Schuyler; first cousin thrice removed ofVolkertPetrus Douw,HendrickKiliaen Van Rensselaer,JamesLivingston andKillianKillian Van Rensselaer; first cousin four times removed ofPhilipP. Schuyler; first cousin five times removed ofJohnLivingston,RobertLivingston (1688-1775),GilbertLivingston andJohannesSchuyler (1697-1746); first cousin six times removed ofDavidDavidse Schuyler andMyndertDavidtse Schuyler; second cousin once removed ofJamesAlexander Hamilton andPhilipSchuyler; second cousin twice removed ofRobertR. Livingston (1746-1813),LeonardGansevoort,LeonardGansevoort Jr.,EdwardLivingston (1764-1836),PeterRobert Livingston (1766-1847) andMaturinLivingston; second cousin thrice removed ofPieterSchuyler (1746-1792) andPeterSamuel Schuyler; second cousin four times removed ofStephanusBayard,RobertLivingston (1708-1790),PeterVan Brugh Livingston,RobertGilbert Livingston,HenryGilbert Livingston,PhilipLivingston,RobertR. Livingston (1718-1775),PierreVan Cortlandt,WilliamLivingston,JamesJay,PhilipJohn Schuyler,MatthewClarkson (1733-1800),StephenJohn Schuyler,JohnJay andFrederickJay; third cousin once removed ofPeterGansevoort,PeterRobert Livingston (1789-1859),GerritSmith,ElizabethCady Stanton andRobertRay Hamilton; third cousin twice removed ofStephenVan Rensselaer,PhilipSchuyler Van Rensselaer,HenryWalter Livingston andJohnEliot Thayer Jr.; third cousin thrice removed ofNicholasBayard,PeterRobert Livingston (1737-1794),WalterLivingston,PhilipPeter Livingston,PhilipVan Cortlandt,HenryBrockholst Livingston,MatthewClarkson (1758-1825),PierreVan Cortlandt Jr.,JamesParker,PeterAugustus Jay andWilliamJay; fourth cousin ofJohnJacob Astor III; fourth cousin once removed ofEdwardLivingston (1796-1840),HenryBell Van Rensselaer,WilliamWaldorf Astor,PeterGoelet Gerry andOgdenLivingston Mills. | | | | Political family:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). |
| | Stephen Clark — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.NewYork state treasurer, 1856-57.Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery. | | Hamilton Harris — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Republican. Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Albany County 3rd District, 1851;New YorkRepublican state chair, 1866-70; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from New York,1868(member,Committeeon Permanent Organization); member ofNew Yorkstate senate 13th District, 1876-79; candidate forU.S.Representative from New York 16th District, 1876; Republicancandidate for Presidential Elector for New York,1884.Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.  | Henry Manning Sage (1868-1933) — also known asHenry M. Sage — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.; Menands,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in Menands,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,May 18,1868.Republican.Landandtimberbusiness;bankdirector; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Albany County 4th District, 1899; delegate toRepublican National Convention from New York,1900(alternate),1904(alternate),1908(alternate),1916,1920,1924;member ofNew Yorkstate senate, 1911-20 (28th District 1911-18, 30th District1919-20); defeated, 1922.Died in Menands,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,September25, 1933 (age65 years, 130days).Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery. | | James F. Donlon (d. 1948) — of Watervliet,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Democrat.Mayorof Watervliet, N.Y., 1932-44; member ofNew YorkDemocratic State Committee, 1945.Died in1948.Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery. | | George Henry Fitts (1851-1909) — also known asGeorge H. Fitts — of Cohoes,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in Cohoes,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,September29, 1851.Republican.Lawyer;AlbanyCounty Surrogate, 1896-1905;Justice ofNew York Supreme Court 3rd District, 1906-09; died in office 1909.Died, fromheartdisease, in his room at the EagleHotel,Kingston,UlsterCounty, N.Y.,December17, 1909 (age58 years, 79days).Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery. | | William Law Learned (1821-1904) — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in New London,New LondonCounty, Conn.,July 24,1821.Lawyer;Justiceof New York Supreme Court, 1870-84.Died in1904(ageabout82 years).Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery. | | William Everett Adams (1922-1983) — also known asWilliam E. Adams — of Tonawanda,ErieCounty, N.Y.; Kenmore,ErieCounty, N.Y.Born in Knightstown,HenryCounty, Ind.,December25, 1922.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Erie County 2nd District, 1957-64; member ofNewYork state senate, 1966-70 (61st District 1966, 53rd District1967-70);indictedin December 1969 on charges oflying to agrand jury when he testified that he returned acashcampaign contribution from a medical services company;tried in1970 and found not guilty.Methodist.Member,Freemasons;AmericanLegion;SigmaNu;Knightsof Pythias.Suffered aheartattack, and died a week later, in AlbanyMedicalCenter, Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,April14, 1983 (age60 years, 110days).Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery. | | Amasa Junius Parker Jr. (1843-1938) — also known asAmasa J. Parker, Jr. — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in Delhi,DelawareCounty, N.Y.,May 6,1843.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Albany County 3rd District, 1882; member ofNewYork state senate, 1886-87, 1892-95 (17th District 1886-87,1892-93, 19th District 1894-95).Episcopalian.Member,KappaAlpha Society.Died in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,May 2,1938 (age94 years, 361days).Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery. | | Peter Gansevoort (1789-1876) — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,December22, 1789.Lawyer;private secretary forDeWitt Clinton, 1817-19; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Albany County, 1830-31; member ofNew Yorkstate senate 3rd District, 1833-36;bankdirector.One of the founders of Albany Rural Cemetery. Died in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,January4, 1876 (age86 years, 13days).Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Peter Gansevoort (1749-1812; Revolutionary War general) andCatherine (Van Schaick) Gansevoort; married1833 to MarySanford (daughter ofNathanSanford; half-sister ofEdwardSanford); married1843 to SusanLansing; nephew ofLeonardGansevoort; uncle of Herman Melville; grandnephew ofVolkertPetrus Douw; great-grandnephew ofDirckTen Broeck; third great-grandson ofDirckWesselse Ten Broeck; third great-grandnephew ofStephanusVan Cortlandt andJacobusVan Cortlandt; first cousin once removed ofLeonardGansevoort Jr.; first cousin twice removed ofJeremiahVan Rensselaer,RobertVan Rensselaer,HendrickKiliaen Van Rensselaer andKillianKillian Van Rensselaer; first cousin thrice removed ofCornelisCuyler; second cousin once removed ofJamesLivingston,JacobRutsen Van Rensselaer andPhilipJeremiah Schuyler; second cousin twice removed ofMatthewClarkson (1733-1800) andPhilipP. Schuyler; second cousin thrice removed ofStephanusBayard,PierreVan Cortlandt,JamesJay,PhilipJohn Schuyler,StephenJohn Schuyler,JohnJay andFrederickJay; third cousin ofStephenVan Rensselaer,PhilipSchuyler Van Rensselaer,RensselaerWesterlo,EdwardPhilip Livingston,JamesAlexander Hamilton andPhilipSchuyler; third cousin once removed ofPieterSchuyler,PeterSamuel Schuyler,MatthewClarkson (1758-1825),EdwardLivingston (1796-1840),GerritSmith,HenryBell Van Rensselaer,ElizabethCady Stanton andCortlandtSchuyler Van Rensselaer; third cousin twice removed ofNicholasBayard,PhilipVan Cortlandt,PierreVan Cortlandt Jr.,JamesParker,PeterAugustus Jay,WilliamJay,KiliaenVan Rensselaer andRobertRay Hamilton; third cousin thrice removed ofJohnEliot Thayer Jr.,RobertReginald Livingston andJohnHubner II; fourth cousin ofRobertR. Livingston,EdwardLivingston (1764-1836),PeterRobert Livingston (1766-1847),HenryWalter Livingston andMaturinLivingston; fourth cousin once removed ofBarentVan Buren,MartinVan Buren,PeterRobert Livingston (1789-1859),JohnJay II,JohnCortlandt Parker andCharlesPinckney Brown. | | | | Political family:VanRensselaer-Gansevoortfamily of Albany, New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoWikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Charles Stanford (1819-1885) — of Schenectady,SchenectadyCounty, N.Y.Born in Watervliet,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,April26, 1819.Republican. Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Schenectady County, 1864-65; member ofNew Yorkstate senate, 1866-69 (14th District 1866-67, 15th District1868-69); alternate delegate to Republican National Convention fromNew York,1868.Died in Niskayuna,SchenectadyCounty, N.Y.,August24, 1885 (age66 years, 120days).Entombed at Albany Rural Cemetery. | | Marcus Tullius Reynolds (1788-1864) — Born in1788.Justiceof New York Supreme Court, 1850; founder and president of threerailroads.Died in1864(ageabout76 years).Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery. | | Randall James Le Boeuf (1870-1939) — also known asRandall J. Le Boeuf — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in Cohoes,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,March10, 1870.Lawyer;Justiceof New York Supreme Court 3rd District, 1909-10; appointed 1909.Died in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,September14, 1939 (age69 years, 188days).Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Sarah Ann (Saunders) Le Boeuf and Peter J. Le Boeuf; married toKatharine Washbu. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | George Watson Pratt (1830-1862) — also known asGeorge W. Pratt — of Kingston,UlsterCounty, N.Y.Born in Prattsville,GreeneCounty, N.Y.,April18, 1830.Leathermanufacturer; member ofNew Yorkstate senate 10th District, 1858-59; colonel in the Union Armyduring the Civil War.Shotand wounded at the Second Battle of Bull Run, Va., August 30, 1862,anddiedas a result, in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,September11, 1862 (age32 years, 146days).Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery. | | Dirck W. Ten Broeck — of New York. Member ofNew Yorkstate senate Western District, 1777-79; member ofNew Yorkcouncil of appointment, 1779.Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery. | | William Barnes Jr. (1866-1930) — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.; Armonk,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.Born in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,November17, 1866.Republican.Newspapereditor; member ofNew YorkRepublican State Committee, 1892-1914; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from New York,1896,1904,1908,1912,1920(member,Committeeon Permanent Organization);U.S.Surveyor of Customs at Albany, N.Y., New York, 1899-1911;New YorkRepublican state chair, 1911-14; member ofRepublicanNational Committee from New York, 1912-16;delegateto New York state constitutional convention 28th District, 1915.WhenTheodoreRoosevelt contended, in 1914, that Barnes was a crooked boss ofthe Republican Machine, in league with the Democratic Machine, hesued the former president for libel, and lost.Died, ofpneumonia,in Armonk,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,June 25,1930 (age63 years, 220days).Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery. | | Peter Samuel Schuyler (1758-1832) — also known asPeter S. Schuyler — ofAlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in Watervliet,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,May 14,1758.Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Albany County, 1801-04, 1819-20.Died, fromapoplexy,in Watervliet,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,November1, 1832 (age74 years, 171days).Original interment ata private or familygraveyard, Albany County, N.Y.; reinterment in 1877 at AlbanyRural Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Engeltie (Van Vechten) Schuyler and Stephanus Schuyler; married toCatherina Cuyler; nephew ofPhilipP. Schuyler; great-grandson ofPieterSchuyler (1657-1724); great-grandnephew ofJohannesSchuyler (1668-1747); second great-grandnephew ofStephanusVan Cortlandt andJacobusVan Cortlandt; first cousin ofPieterSchuyler (1746-1792); first cousin once removed ofHenryWalter Livingston; first cousin twice removed ofJohnLivingston,RobertLivingston (1688-1775),GilbertLivingston,JohannesSchuyler (1697-1746) andEdwardLivingston (1796-1840); first cousin thrice removed ofDavidDavidse Schuyler andMyndertDavidtse Schuyler; first cousin four times removed ofCharlesLudlow Livingston (born 1870) andBronsonMurray Cutting; first cousin five times removed ofBrockholstLivingston; second cousin ofJeremiahVan Rensselaer,RobertVan Rensselaer,JamesLivingston,StephenVan Rensselaer andPhilipSchuyler Van Rensselaer; second cousin once removed ofStephanusBayard,RobertLivingston (1708-1790),PeterVan Brugh Livingston,RobertGilbert Livingston,HenryGilbert Livingston,PhilipLivingston,RobertR. Livingston (1718-1775),VolkertPetrus Douw,PierreVan Cortlandt,WilliamLivingston,PhilipJohn Schuyler,StephenJohn Schuyler,HendrickKiliaen Van Rensselaer,RobertR. Livingston (1746-1813),KillianKillian Van Rensselaer,EdwardLivingston (1764-1836),PeterRobert Livingston (1766-1847),JacobRutsen Van Rensselaer,PhilipJeremiah Schuyler,MaturinLivingston,PhilipSchuyler andHenryBell Van Rensselaer; second cousin twice removed ofJamesJay,JohnJay,FrederickJay,JamesAlexander Hamilton,PeterRobert Livingston (1789-1859),GerritSmith,ElizabethCady Stanton andKiliaenVan Rensselaer; second cousin thrice removed ofJohnJacob Astor III andCortlandtSchuyler Van Rensselaer; second cousin four times removed ofWilliamWaldorf Astor,RobertRay Hamilton,PeterGoelet Gerry,OgdenLivingston Mills andJohnEliot Thayer Jr.; second cousin five times removed ofWilliamAstor Chanler,LewisStuyvesant Chanler,HelenRoosevelt Robinson andRobertReginald Livingston; third cousin ofNicholasBayard,PeterRobert Livingston (1737-1794),WalterLivingston,PhilipPeter Livingston,PhilipVan Cortlandt,LeonardGansevoort,LeonardGansevoort Jr.,HenryBrockholst Livingston,PierreVan Cortlandt Jr. andJamesParker; third cousin once removed ofRensselaerWesterlo,PeterAugustus Jay,EdwardPhilip Livingston,WilliamAlexander Duer,JohnDuer,PeterGansevoort,WilliamJay,CharlesLudlow Livingston (1800-1873),HamiltonFish,GeorgeWashington Schuyler,JohnCortlandt Parker andPhilipN. Schuyler; third cousin twice removed ofGilbertLivingston Thompson,WilliamDuer,DenningDuer,HenryBrockholst Ledyard,JohnJay II,JamesAdams Ekin,EugeneSchuyler,RichardWayne Parker,NicholasFish,HamiltonFish Jr. (1849-1936) andCharlesWolcott Parker; third cousin thrice removed ofJohnSluyter Wirt,JohnKean,HamiltonFish Kean,JonathanMayhew Wainwright,KarlCortlandt Schuyler andHamiltonFish Jr. (1888-1991). | | | | Political families:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York;Schuylerfamily of Albany, New York (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
 | William C. Baxter (1867-1938) — of Watervliet,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in West Troy (now Watervliet),AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,January25, 1867.Republican.Coaldealer;bankdirector; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Albany County 3rd District, 1913-17.Member,RoyalArcanum;Maccabees;Freemasons.Died in Watervliet,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,December31, 1938 (age71 years, 340days).Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof William E. Baxter and Olive (Longstaff) Baxter; married toCaroline A. Graham. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: New York Red Book1917 |
| | Edwin Corning Jr. (1919-1964) — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,September26, 1919.Democrat. Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Albany County 1st District, 1955-59.Died in Clarksville,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,January31, 1964 (age44 years, 127days).Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery. | | John Walker (1779-1832) — of Rouses Point,ClintonCounty, N.Y.Born in Worcester,WorcesterCounty, Mass.,January1, 1779.Printer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Clinton County, 1831-32; died in office 1832.Died in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,January14, 1832 (age53 years, 13days).Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery. | | Stephen John Schuyler (1737-1820) — also known asStephen J. Schuyler — ofAlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in Troy,RensselaerCounty, N.Y.,April14, 1737.Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Albany County, 1777-79.Died in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,December14, 1820 (age83 years, 244days).Original intermentsomewherein Troy, N.Y.; reinterment at Albany Rural Cemetery.| | Relatives: SonofJohannesSchuyler (1697-1746) and Cornelia (Van Cortlandt) Schuyler;brother ofPhilipJohn Schuyler; married to Helena Ten Eyck; uncle ofPieterSchuyler (1746-1792) andPhilipJeremiah Schuyler; grandson ofStephanusVan Cortlandt andJohannesSchuyler (1668-1747); grandnephew ofPieterSchuyler (1657-1724) andJacobusVan Cortlandt; granduncle ofHenryWalter Livingston,PhilipSchuyler andJamesAlexander Hamilton; great-granduncle ofEdwardLivingston (1796-1840); second great-granduncle ofRobertRay Hamilton; third great-granduncle ofCharlesLudlow Livingston (born 1870),JohnEliot Thayer Jr. andBronsonMurray Cutting; fourth great-granduncle ofBrockholstLivingston; first cousin ofStephanusBayard andPierreVan Cortlandt; first cousin once removed ofJohnLivingston,RobertLivingston (1688-1775),GilbertLivingston,NicholasBayard,PhilipVan Cortlandt,PierreVan Cortlandt Jr. andJamesParker; first cousin twice removed ofDavidDavidse Schuyler,MyndertDavidtse Schuyler,StephenVan Rensselaer,PhilipSchuyler Van Rensselaer andJohnCortlandt Parker; first cousin thrice removed ofHenryBell Van Rensselaer,JamesAdams Ekin,RichardWayne Parker andCharlesWolcott Parker; first cousin four times removed ofKiliaenVan Rensselaer andJohnSluyter Wirt; first cousin five times removed ofMariettaPeabody Tree andEndicottPeabody; second cousin ofRobertLivingston (1708-1790),PeterVan Brugh Livingston,RobertGilbert Livingston,HenryGilbert Livingston,PhilipLivingston,RobertR. Livingston (1718-1775),WilliamLivingston,JamesJay,PhilipP. Schuyler,JohnJay andFrederickJay; second cousin once removed ofVolkertPetrus Douw,PeterRobert Livingston (1737-1794),JeremiahVan Rensselaer,RobertVan Rensselaer,WalterLivingston,PhilipPeter Livingston,HendrickKiliaen Van Rensselaer,RobertR. Livingston (1746-1813),JamesLivingston,HenryBrockholst Livingston,PeterSamuel Schuyler,KillianKillian Van Rensselaer,EdwardLivingston (1764-1836),PeterAugustus Jay (1776-1843) andWilliamJay; second cousin twice removed ofLeonardGansevoort,LeonardGansevoort Jr.,PeterRobert Livingston (1766-1847),JacobRutsen Van Rensselaer,MaturinLivingston,RensselaerWesterlo,EdwardPhilip Livingston,WilliamAlexander Duer,JohnDuer,CharlesLudlow Livingston (1800-1873),HamiltonFish,GeorgeWashington Schuyler,JohnJay II andPhilipN. Schuyler; second cousin thrice removed ofPeterGansevoort,PeterRobert Livingston (1789-1859),GilbertLivingston Thompson,GerritSmith,WilliamDuer,DenningDuer,HenryBrockholst Ledyard,ElizabethCady Stanton,JohnJacob Astor III,EugeneSchuyler,NicholasFish andHamiltonFish Jr. (1849-1936); second cousin four times removed ofWilliamWaldorf Astor,JohnKean,CortlandtSchuyler Van Rensselaer,HamiltonFish Kean,JonathanMayhew Wainwright,KarlCortlandt Schuyler,PeterAugustus Jay (1877-1933) andHamiltonFish Jr. (1888-1991); second cousin five times removed ofGuyVernor Henry,HerbertLivingston Satterlee,WilliamAstor Chanler,LewisStuyvesant Chanler,MontgomerySchuyler Jr.,PeterGoelet Gerry,HelenRoosevelt Robinson,OgdenLivingston Mills,RobertReginald Livingston,RobertWinthrop Kean andHamiltonFish Jr. (1926-1996). | | | | Political families:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York;Schuylerfamily of Albany, New York;Parker-Schuylerfamily of Perth Amboy, New Jersey (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Leonard Gansevoort Jr. (1754-1834) — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.BornJune 3,1754.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Albany County, 1794-95.Dutchancestry.DiedDecember16, 1834 (age80 years, 196days).Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Johannes Gansevoort and Maria (Douw) Gansevoort; married1777 to MariaVan Rensselaer; nephew ofVolkertPetrus Douw; second great-grandnephew ofStephanusVan Cortlandt andJacobusVan Cortlandt; first cousin ofLeonardGansevoort; first cousin once removed ofJeremiahVan Rensselaer,RobertVan Rensselaer,HendrickKiliaen Van Rensselaer,KillianKillian Van Rensselaer andPeterGansevoort; second cousin ofJacobRutsen Van Rensselaer andPhilipJeremiah Schuyler; second cousin once removed ofPhilipP. Schuyler,JamesAlexander Hamilton andPhilipSchuyler; second cousin twice removed ofStephanusBayard,PierreVan Cortlandt,JamesJay,PhilipJohn Schuyler,StephenJohn Schuyler,JohnJay,FrederickJay andCortlandtSchuyler Van Rensselaer; second cousin thrice removed ofRobertRay Hamilton; second cousin four times removed ofJohnEliot Thayer Jr. andJohnHubner II; third cousin ofPieterSchuyler,PeterSamuel Schuyler,StephenVan Rensselaer andPhilipSchuyler Van Rensselaer; third cousin once removed ofNicholasBayard,PhilipVan Cortlandt,PierreVan Cortlandt Jr.,HenryWalter Livingston,JamesParker,PeterAugustus Jay,WilliamJay andHenryBell Van Rensselaer; third cousin twice removed ofEdwardLivingston,CharlesPinckney Brown andKiliaenVan Rensselaer; fourth cousin ofJohnJay II andJohnCortlandt Parker; fourth cousin once removed ofJamesAdams Ekin,RichardWayne Parker andCharlesWolcott Parker. | | | | Political families:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York;VanRensselaer-Gansevoortfamily of Albany, New York (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). |
| | James Boyd (1792-1839) — ofSchenectadyCounty, N.Y.Born in County Antrim, Ireland (nowNorthernIreland),February2, 1792.Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Schenectady County, 1810-12; Weighmaster ofthe Erie Canal.Died in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,February2, 1839 (age47 years, 0days).Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery. | | Thurlow Weed (1797-1882) — also known asEdward Thurlow Weed — of Norwich,ChenangoCounty, N.Y.; Rochester,MonroeCounty, N.Y.Born in Cairo,GreeneCounty, N.Y.,November15, 1797.Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;newspaperpublisher; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Monroe County, 1825, 1830.Influential political leader in New York State from the 1820s throughthe 1860s; supportedJohnQuincy Adams in 1820s; led the New York Whigs in the 1840s;joined the Republican Party in the 1850s and supportedWilliamH. Seward for president in 1860.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November22, 1882 (age85 years, 7days).Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery. | | Erastus Corning (1827-1897) — of New York. Born in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,June 16,1827.Democrat. Democratic Presidential Elector for New York,1884;delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,1896.Died in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,August31, 1897 (age70 years, 76days).Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery. | | Amos J. Ablett (1852-1904) — of Cohoes,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in Schaghticoke,RensselaerCounty, N.Y.,April24, 1852.Republican.Grocer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Albany County 4th District, 1895-96.DiedOctober24, 1904 (age52 years, 183days).Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery. | | Rufus Hildreth Thayer (1849-1917) — ofWashington,D.C.Born in Plymouth,WayneCounty, Mich.,June 25,1849.Lawyer;Judge of the United States Court for China, 1908.Died in Kingston,UlsterCounty, N.Y.,July 12,1917 (age68 years, 17days).Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Rufus Thayer and Hersilora Eliza (Utley) Thayer; married toHarriet Barnes. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | John A. Scott (1876-1939) — of Menands,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in1876.Republican. Candidate forNew Yorkstate assembly from Albany County 3rd District, 1933.Died in1939(ageabout63 years).Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery. | | Robert Edwin Whalen (1874-1951) — also known asRobert E. Whalen — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in Ballston Spa,SaratogaCounty, N.Y.,July 29,1874.Democrat.Lawyer;alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,1912;delegateto New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933;delegateto New York state constitutional convention 30th District, 1938.Died, from aheartattack, while vacationing in Stockbridge,BerkshireCounty, Mass.,August12, 1951 (age77 years, 14days).Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery. | | John Palmer Harcourt (1907-1989) — also known asJ. Palmer Harcourt — of Loudonville,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born inAlbanyCounty, N.Y.,October4, 1907.Republican. Candidate forNew Yorkstate senate 30th District, 1936; candidate forNew Yorkstate assembly from Albany County 1st District, 1937; delegate toRepublican National Convention from New York,1968,1972(alternate); Republican Presidential Elector for New York,1972(voted forRichardM. Nixon andSpiroT. Agnew).Died in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,March24, 1989 (age81 years, 171days).Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery. | | Frank B. Graves — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,1924.Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery. | | Charles C. Wing — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.; Loudonville,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Republican.Chair ofAlbany County Republican Party, 1935-38; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from New York,1936;secretary to Gov.ThomasE. Dewey; member ofNew YorkRepublican State Committee, 1950.Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery. | | Adam Van Allen — ofAlbanyCounty, N.Y.Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Albany County 2nd District, 1857.Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery. | | Walter Ellis Ward — also known asWalter E. Ward — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Progressive. Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Albany County 2nd District, 1891-92;Progressive candidate for Presidential Elector for New York,1912.Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery. | Other politicians whohave (or had) monuments here: | | | John Ten Eyck Lansing Jr. (b. 1754) — also known asJohn Lansing, Jr. — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,January30, 1754.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Albany County, 1780-84, 1785-87, 1788-89;Speaker ofthe New York State Assembly, 1786;Delegateto Continental Congress from New York, 1785;mayor ofAlbany, N.Y., 1786-90;member,U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787;delegateto New York convention to ratify U.S. constitution from AlbanyCounty, 1788;Justice ofNew York Supreme Court, 1790-1801.ChristianReformed.Mysteriouslydisappeared in New York City, December 12, 1829, after leavinghis hotel to post a letter; hisfate isunknown.Cenotaph at Albany Rural Cemetery. | | Rufus Wheeler Peckham (1809-1873) — also known asRufus W. Peckham — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in Rensselaerville,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,December20, 1809.Democrat.Lawyer; lawpartner ofLymanTremain;U.S.Representative from New York 14th District, 1853-55;Justice ofNew York Supreme Court, 1861-69;judge ofNew York Court of Appeals, 1870-73; died in office 1873.Member,KappaAlpha Society.En route to Europe on the steamerVille du Havre, he was among226 passengers and crew whoperishedwhen the steamercollidedwith the Scottish sailing vesselLoch Earn, andsank, intheNorthAtlantic Ocean,November22, 1873 (age63 years, 337days). His remains wereneverfound.Cenotaph at Albany Rural Cemetery.
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Menands, Albany County, New York
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Michael Nicholas Nolan (1833-1905) — also known asMichael N. Nolan — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in County Carlow,Ireland,May4, 1833.Democrat.Mayor ofAlbany, N.Y., 1878-83; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom New York,1880;U.S.Representative from New York 16th District, 1881-83; Democraticcandidate for Presidential Elector for New York,1896.Died in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,May 31,1905 (age72 years, 27days).Interment at St. Agnes Cemetery.  | Martin Henry Glynn (1871-1924) — also known asMartin H. Glynn — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in Valatie,ColumbiaCounty, N.Y.,September27, 1871.Democrat.Lawyer;postmaster;owner and editor ofAlbany Times-Unionnewspaper;U.S.Representative from New York 20th District, 1899-1901; defeated,1900;New Yorkstate comptroller, 1907-08; defeated, 1908;LieutenantGovernor of New York, 1913;Governor ofNew York, 1913-15; defeated, 1914; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from New York,1916(TemporaryChair;speaker),1924.Catholic.Irishancestry.FirstCatholic governor of New York State; brokered peace and independencefor Ireland in 1921.Killedhimself, in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,December14, 1924 (age53 years, 78days).Entombed at St. Agnes Cemetery. | | Charles Tracey (1847-1905) — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,May 27,1847.Democrat.Distiller;U.S.Representative from New York, 1887-95 (19th District 1887-93,20th District 1893-95); defeated, 1894; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from New York,1896;chairman of Gold Democratic National Committee, 1900.Died in Watkins Glen,SchuylerCounty, N.Y.,March24, 1905 (age57 years, 301days).Interment at St. Agnes Cemetery. | | Leo William O'Brien (1900-1982) — also known asLeo W. O'Brien — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.,September21, 1900.Newspaperwork;radio andtelevision commentator;U.S.Representative from New York, 1952-67 (32nd District 1952-53,30th District 1953-63, 29th District 1963-67).Died in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,May 4,1982 (age81 years, 225days).Interment at St. Agnes Cemetery. | | Terence John Quinn (1836-1878) — also known asTerence J. Quinn — ofAlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,1836.Democrat. Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Albany County 3rd District, 1874;U.S.Representative from New York 16th District, 1877-78; defeated,1874; died in office 1878.Died in1878(ageabout42 years).Interment at St. Agnes Cemetery. | | Nicholas Thomas Kane (1846-1887) — also known asNicholas T. Kane — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born inIreland,September12, 1846.Democrat.U.S.Representative from New York 19th District, 1887; died in office1887.DiedSeptember14, 1887 (age41 years, 2days).Interment at St. Agnes Cemetery. | | Frank S. Ablett (1867-1950) — of Cohoes,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.BornJanuary12, 1867.Democrat.Mayor ofCohoes, N.Y., 1936-39; Cohoes Industrial Commissioner, 1940-50.Died, in aconvalescenthome at Troy,RensselaerCounty, N.Y.,October13, 1950 (age83 years, 274days).Interment at St. Agnes Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Philip Ablett and Julia Ablett; married to Mary EllenStanton. |
| | Frank P. Cox (1895-1977) — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,October16, 1895.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;president,Albany Typographical Union No. 4;vice-president,Albany Central Federation of Labor; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly, 1960-68 (Albany County 1st District 1960-65,113th District 1966, 102nd District 1967-68).Catholic.Member,AmericanLegion;Elks.DiedJune 4,1977 (age81 years, 231days).Interment at St. Agnes Cemetery.| | Relatives:Married to Etolla L. McCarthy. |
| | John Joseph Cassin (1840-1901) — also known asJohn J. Cassin — of Greenbush (now Rensselaer),RensselaerCounty, N.Y.; Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born inRensselaerCounty, N.Y.,August15, 1840.Democrat. Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Rensselaer County 3rd District, 1892-94.Died in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,January1, 1901 (age60 years, 139days).Interment at St. Agnes Cemetery. | | Robert Charles Killough Jr. (1906-1961) — also known asRobert C. Killough, Jr. — of Watervliet,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.; Loudonville,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in Watervliet,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,November8, 1906.Republican.Lawyer;exempted from military service because childhood polio resulted inatrophyof lower leg muscles and feet, though he learned to walk almostnormally using orthopedic shoes; candidate forNew Yorkstate assembly from Albany County 3rd District, 1930; AssistantCommissioner for Professional Education, New York State EducationDepartment.Presbyterian.IrishandEnglishancestry. Member,American BarAssociation.Died, ofcancer,in Loudonville,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,November14, 1961 (age55 years, 6days).Interment at St. Agnes Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Robert C. Killough and Anna E. (Iverson) Killough; married,April 3,1937, to Margaret Agnes Casey. |
New ScotlandPresbyterian Church Cemetery
New Scotland, Albany County, New York
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Samuel Dickson (1807-1858) — of New York. Born in New Scotland,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,March29, 1807.Physician;U.S.Representative from New York 14th District, 1855-57.Died in New Scotland,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,May 3,1858 (age51 years, 35days).Interment at New Scotland Presbyterian Church Cemetery.
VoorheesvilleCemetery
Voorheesville, Albany County, New York
Berne andBeaverdam Cemetery
1749 Helderberg Trail
West Berne, Albany County, New York
See alsoFindagravepage for this location.| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Hiram Walden (1800-1880) — ofSchoharieCounty, N.Y.Born in Pawlet,RutlandCounty, Vt.,August21, 1800.Democrat.Axemanufacturer; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Schoharie County, 1836;U.S.Representative from New York 21st District, 1849-51.Died in Wright town,SchoharieCounty, N.Y.,July 21,1880 (age79 years, 335days).Interment at Berne and Beaverdam Cemetery.
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