Index to Locations BrooklynUnknown locationBrooklynCadman Plaza ParkBrooklynCanarsie CemeteryBrooklynCypress Hills CemeteryBrooklynCypress Hills NationalCemeteryBrooklynDutch Reformed BuryingGround (now gone)BrooklynFresh Pond Road CemeteryBrooklynGreen-Wood CemeteryBrooklynHoly Cross CemeteryBrooklynMaimonides CemeteryBrooklynProspect ParkBrooklynSt. Raymond's CemeteryBrooklynSalem Fields CemeteryBrooklynThe Evergreens CemeteryBrooklynWashington CemeteryProspect Park, BrooklynFriendsBurying Ground
UnknownLocations
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York
| Politicians buriedhere: |  |  Pedro José de Larralde (1880-1938) — also known asPedro J. de Larralde — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.; Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born inVenezuela,May15, 1880.Physician;HonoraryConsul for Venezuela inLosAngeles, Calif., 1927-38.In grief over the death of his wife a year earlier, hekilledhimself, bycarbonmonoxide poisoning, inside his garage, in Hollywood, Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.,August8, 1938 (age58 years, 85days).Interment somewhere.| |  Image source:Los Angeles Times, Agust 9, 1938 |
| | Murray Hearn — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Democrat.Realtor;lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Kings County 2nd District, 1924-29;Justice ofNew York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1948-53.Interment somewhere.
Cadman PlazaPark
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York
| Politicians who have(or had) monuments here: |  | William Jay Gaynor (1849-1913) — also known asWilliam J. Gaynor;"Brother AdrianDenys" —of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Oriskany,OneidaCounty, N.Y.,February2, 1849.Democrat.Lawyer;Justice ofNew York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1894-1909; Justice of theAppellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 2nd Department,1908-09;mayorof New York City, N.Y., 1910-13; died in office 1913;shotin the throat by James J. Gallagher, a former city employee, onAugust 9, 1910.; candidate for Democratic nomination for President,1912.Irishancestry.Died, from aheartattack, on board thesteamshipBaltic, in theNorthAtlantic Ocean,September10, 1913 (age64 years, 220days).Interment atGreen-Wood Cemetery; memorialmonument at Cadman Plaza Park. | | Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887) — of Indianapolis,MarionCounty, Ind.; Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Litchfield,LitchfieldCounty, Conn.,June 24,1813.Republican.Minister;orator;abolitionist; candidate fordelegateto New York state constitutional convention 2nd District, 1867;in 1872, he wasaccusedof anadulterousaffair with Mrs. Elizabeth Tilton, the wife of a friend of his;Beecher's church conducted aninvestigationand declared him innocent; in 1874, Elizabeth Tilton's husbandTheodore sued Beecher; a highly-publicized months-longtrialtook place in 1875; the jury was unable to reach a verdit.Presbyterian;laterCongregationalist.Died in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,March 8,1887 (age73 years, 257days).Interment atGreen-Wood Cemetery; memorialmonument at Cadman Plaza Park.| | Relatives: Sonof Lyman Beecher and Roxana Ward (Foote) Beecher; brother of HarrietBeecher Stowe; married,August3, 1837, to Eunice White Bullard; uncle ofGeorgeBuckingham Beecher; second cousin twice removed ofJonathanElmer,EbenezerElmer andEliElmer; second cousin thrice removed ofErastusWolcott andOliverWolcott Sr.; third cousin ofLeveretBrainard; third cousin once removed ofAmaziahBrainard andLuciusQuintius Cincinnatus Elmer; third cousin twice removed ofOliverWolcott Jr.,RogerGriswold,JohnAllen,FrederickWolcott,WalterKeene Linscott,SidneySmythe Linscott andFrancesPayne Bolton; third cousin thrice removed ofAaronKellogg,DanielChapin andOliverPayne Bolton; fourth cousin ofAmbroseTuttle,JosephH. Elmer andGeorgeFrederick Stone; fourth cousin once removed ofGaylordGriswold,LutherWalter Badger,DanielKellogg,GideonHotchkiss,AsahelAugustus Hotchkiss,JohnWilliam Allen,JuliusHotchkiss,GilesWaldo Hotchkiss,CharlesFrancis Chidsey,ErnestHarvey Woodford andSamuelRussell Chidsey. | | | | Political family:FourThousand Related Politicians.. | | | | Cross-reference:HenryW. Beecher | | | | The World War IILibertyshipSS Henry Ward Beecher (built 1942 atTerminalIsland, California; scrapped 1969) wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
CanarsieCemetery
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | John Cashmore (1895-1961) — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,June 7,1895.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; aide to thegeneral manager of the New York Edison Companyelectricutility;furnituremanufacturer;businessexecutive; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Kings County 5th District, 1923; defeated,1923; member ofNew YorkDemocratic State Committee, 1938-44;boroughpresident of Brooklyn, New York, 1940-61; died in office 1961;delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,1948,1952,1956,1960;candidate forU.S.Senator from New York, 1952.Member,AmericanLegion.Collapsed from aheartattack, in hiscar, anddied soon after, in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May 7,1961 (age65 years, 334days).Interment at Canarsie Cemetery. | | William R. Wilson (d. 1963) — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Justiceof New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1940-45.Died in1963.Interment at Canarsie Cemetery. | | Edythe Cashmore (1898-1972) — also known asEdythe Hall Tenney;EdytheHall —of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.; Larchmont,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.BornDecember14, 1898.Democrat. Democratic candidate for Presidential Elector for New York,1956.Female.DiedDecember21, 1972 (age74 years, 7days).Interment at Canarsie Cemetery.
Cypress HillsCemetery
833 Jamaica Avenue
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York
Founded 1848
See alsoFindagravepage for this location.| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Archibald Meserole Bliss (1838-1923) — also known asArchibald M. Bliss — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.;Washington,D.C.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,January25, 1838.Delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,1864,1868;Republican candidate formayorof Brooklyn, N.Y., 1867;U.S.Representative from New York, 1875-83, 1885-89 (4th District1875-83, 5th District 1885-89); delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from New York,1876,1880,1884;vice-president, BushwickRailroadCompany, 1877;real estatebusiness.Died inWashington,D.C.,March19, 1923 (age85 years, 53days).Interment at Cypress Hills Cemetery. | | Edward F. Cassidy (1868-1937) — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Bronx,BronxCounty, N.Y.Born in1868.Socialist.Organizerandvice-president,New York Typographical Union; candidate forU.S.Representative from New York, 1902 (Social Democratic, 15thDistrict), 1904 (Social Democratic, 12th District), 1904 (SocialDemocratic, 17th District), 1906 (Socialist, 8th District), 1913(Socialist, 20th District), 1926 (Socialist, 18th District), 1930(Socialist, 18th District), 1934 (Socialist, 20th District);candidate forNew Yorkstate assembly, 1908 (New York County 17th District), 1910 (NewYork County 22nd District), 1914 (New York County 22nd District),1915 (New York County 22nd District), 1918 (New York County 18thDistrict), 1924 (New York County 18th District), 1930 (New YorkCounty 16th District); candidate formayorof New York City, N.Y., 1909; candidate forNew Yorkstate senate, 1916 (20th District), 1932 (18th District);delegate to Socialist National Convention from New York, 1920;candidate forGovernor ofNew York, 1922; candidate forboroughpresident of Manhattan, New York, 1925, 1929; candidate forboroughpresident of Bronx, New York, 1933.Member,TypographicalUnion.Died, fromheartdisease, inNew YorkHospital, Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November18, 1937 (ageabout 69years).Interment at Cypress Hills Cemetery. | | Fleming Duncan Cheshire (1849-1922) — also known asFleming D. Cheshire — Born in Williamsburg (now part of Brooklyn),KingsCounty, N.Y.,March 4,1849.Merchant;U.S. Vice Consul inFoochow, 1878; U.S. Consul General inMukden, 1904-06;, 1906-12;Canton, 1912-15.Methodist.Died in ahospitalat Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,June 13,1922 (age73 years, 101days).Interment at Cypress Hills Cemetery. | | Edmund Hope Driggs (1865-1946) — also known asEdmund H. Driggs — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,May 2,1865.Democrat.U.S.Representative from New York 3rd District, 1897-1901; defeated,1900; candidate forboroughpresident of Brooklyn, New York, 1901.Died in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,September27, 1946 (age81 years, 148days).Interment at Cypress Hills Cemetery. | | Andrew Nicholas Petersen (1870-1952) — also known asAndrew Petersen — of New York. Born near Thisted,Denmark,March10, 1870.Republican. President, BrooklynFoundryCompany, 1900-52;U.S.Representative from New York 9th District, 1921-23; defeated,1922, 1924.Danishancestry.Died in East Rockaway,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,September28, 1952 (age82 years, 202days).Entombed in mausoleum at Cypress Hills Cemetery. | | Emanuel Bernard Hart (1809-1897) — also known asEmanuel B. Hart — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October27, 1809.Democrat.U.S.Representative from New York 3rd District, 1851-53; surveyor ofthe Port of New York, 1857-61;lawyer;president, Mount SinaiHospital,1870-76; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention fromNew York,1880.Jewish.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,August29, 1897 (age87 years, 306days).Interment at Cypress Hills Cemetery. | | Ella Alexander Boole (1858-1952) — also known asElla A. Boole;EllaAlexander —of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Van Wert,Van WertCounty, Ohio,July 26,1858.Prohibition candidate for Presidential Elector for New York,1916;candidate forU.S.Senator from New York, 1920 (Republican primary), 1920(Prohibition); president, Women's Christian Temperance Union(national, 1925-33; world, 1931-47); Dry candidate fordelegateto New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.Female.Presbyterian.Member,Women'sChristian Temperance Union.Died, of astroke,in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,March13, 1952 (age93 years, 231days).Interment at Cypress Hills Cemetery. | | John C. Jacobs (1839-1894) — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Lancaster,LancasterCounty, Pa.,December16, 1839.Democrat. Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Kings County 9th District, 1867-73; member ofNewYork state senate, 1874-85, 1890-91 (3rd District 1874-79, 4thDistrict 1880-85, 2nd District 1890-91); delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from New York,1876(member,Committeeon Permanent Organization),1880(speaker).Member,Freemasons.Died in Atlantic City,AtlanticCounty, N.J.,September22, 1894 (age54 years, 280days).Interment at Cypress Hills Cemetery. | | Solomon Berliner (1856-1910) — also known asSol Berliner — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October6, 1856.Republican.Tobaccodealer; U.S. Consul inTenerife, 1898, 1905-10, died in office 1910.Jewish.Germanancestry.Died, probably fromdiabetes,inWashington,D.C.,November14, 1910 (age54 years, 39days).Interment at Cypress Hills Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Julius Berliner and Julia Berliner; married,September1, 1901, to Jennie Ottenberg. |
| | James Allison Van Brunt (1826-1891) — also known asJames A. Van Brunt — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,August10, 1826.Shipbroker;alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,1868;Independent candidate forU.S.Representative from New York 2nd District, 1880.Died in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,April20, 1891 (age64 years, 253days).Interment at Cypress Hills Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Sarah Downing (Platt) Van Brunt and William B. Van Brunt; married1846 toMaria Ray Ming. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Samuel T. Maddox (1830-1876) — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May 20,1830.Republican. Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly, 1862, 1870 (Kings County 6th District 1862, KingsCounty 7th District 1870).Died in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,November17, 1876 (age46 years, 181days).Interment at Cypress Hills Cemetery. | | William Cullen Bryant (1849-1905) — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,August1, 1849.Republican.Newspaperpublisher; BrooklynFireCommissioner, 1896-97; delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom New York,1900.Episcopalian.Member,UnionLeague.Died, ofapoplexy,in Dr. Cooley'sSanitarium,Plainfield,UnionCounty, N.J.,February15, 1905 (age55 years, 198days).Interment at Cypress Hills Cemetery.
Cypress HillsNational Cemetery
625 Jamaica Avenue
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York
See alsoFindagravepage for this location.| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Edward Joseph Coughlin (1887-1945) — also known asEdward J. Coughlin — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Troy,RensselaerCounty, N.Y.,July 25,1887.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;civilengineer; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Kings County 11th District, 1923-34; memberofNewYork state senate 6th District, 1935-44.Catholic.Member,Elks;Knightsof Columbus;Veterans ofForeign Wars;AmericanLegion;CatholicWar Veterans.Died, in VeteransHospital,Bronx,BronxCounty, N.Y.,October10, 1945 (age58 years, 77days).Interment at Cypress Hills National Cemetery.
Dutch ReformedBurying Ground (now gone)
Fulton and Hoyt Streets
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York
| Politicians formerlyburied here: | | | Simon Boerum (1724-1775) — of New York. Born in Flatbush (now part of Brooklyn),KingsCounty, N.Y.,February29, 1724.Member ofNew Yorkcolonial assembly, 1761-75;Delegateto Continental Congress from New York, 1774-75.ChristianReformed.Died in New Lots (now part of Brooklyn),KingsCounty, N.Y.,July 11,1775 (age51 years, 133days).Original interment at Dutch Reformed Burying Ground; reinterment in1848 atGreen-Wood Cemetery.
Fresh Pond RoadCemetery
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Harry Howard Dale (1868-1935) — also known asHarry H. Dale — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,December3, 1868.Democrat. Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Kings County 15th District, 1898, 1902-05;U.S.Representative from New York 4th District, 1913-19.Died in Bellmore,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,November17, 1935 (age66 years, 349days).Cremated;ashes interred at Fresh Pond Road Cemetery.
Green-WoodCemetery
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York
Founded 1838; approximate acreage: 478
See alsoFindagravepage for this location.| Politicians buriedhere: |  | De Witt Clinton (1769-1828) — also known as"Father of the ErieCanal" —of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Napanoch,UlsterCounty, N.Y.,March 2,1769.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County, 1797-98; member ofNew Yorkstate senate Southern District, 1798-1802, 1805-11;delegateto New York state constitutional convention, 1801; member ofNew Yorkcouncil of appointment, 1801;U.S.Senator from New York, 1802-03;mayorof New York City, N.Y., 1803-07, 1808-10, 1811-15;LieutenantGovernor of New York, 1811-13; candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1812;Governor ofNew York, 1817-23, 1825-28; died in office 1828.Member,Freemasons.Chief advocate for the ErieCanal,completed 1825.Slaveowner. Died, fromheartfailure, in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,February11, 1828 (age58 years, 346days).Original interment atClintonCemetery, Little Britain, N.Y.; reinterment at Green-WoodCemetery.| | Relatives: SonofJamesClinton and Mary (De Witt) Clinton; half-brother ofJamesGraham Clinton; brother ofCharlesClinton,GeorgeClinton Jr., Mary Clinton (who marriedAmbroseSpencer (1765-1848)) and Katherine Clinton (who marriedAmbroseSpencer (1765-1848)); married,February13, 1796, to Maria Franklin; married,May 8,1819, to Catherine Livingston Jones; father ofGeorgeWilliam Clinton; nephew ofGeorgeClinton; first cousin ofJacobHasbrouck DeWitt; first cousin once removed ofCharlesDe Witt; first cousin five times removed ofAbrahamOwen Smoot III andIsaacAlbert Smoot; second cousin once removed ofCharlesD. Bruyn andCharlesGerrit De Witt; second cousin twice removed ofDavidMiller De Witt. | | | | Political families:DeWitt-Bruyn-Clinton-Hasbrouckfamily of New York;Clinton#1 family of New York (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:PeterGansevoort | | | | Clinton counties inIll.,Ind.,Iowa,Ky.,Mich.,Mo. andPa., andDeWitt County,Ill., are named for him. | | | | Thetownshipand city ofDeWitt,Michigan, arenamed forhim. — ThecityofDeWitt, Iowa, isnamed forhim. — ThevillageofDeWitt,Illinois, isnamed forhim. — ThecityofDeWitt, Missouri, isnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:DeWitt C. Stevens—DeWitt C. Willoughby—DeWittC. Walker—DeWittC. Hunter—DeWitt C. Littlejohn—De WittC. Gage—DeWittC. Clark—DewittC. Shankle—DeWitt C. Leach—DeWitt C. Stanford—DewittC. West—J.D. C. Atkins—DeWittC. Wilson—DeWitt C. Morris—D.C. Giddings—DeWittC. Hough—DeWittC. Jones—DeWitt C. Tower—D.C. Coolman—DeWittClinton Cregier—DeWittC. Hoyt—DeWittClinton Senter—DeWitt C. Rugg—DeWittC. Allen—DeWittC. Peck—DeWittC. Richman—DewittC. Alden—DeWittC. Cram—DeWitt C. Bolton—DeWittC. Huntington—DeWittC. Jones—DeWittC. Pond—De WittC. Carr—DeWittC. Pierce—DewittC. Dunham—DeWittC. Middleton—DeWitt C. Badger—DeWittC. Dominick—DeWittC. Becker—DewittC. Dow—DeWitt C. Titus—DeWitt C. Winchell—DewittC. Turner—DewittC. Ruscoe—DeWittC. Brown—DeWittC. French—DeWitt C. Flanagan—DeWittC. Cole—DeWittC. Talmage—DeWittC. Cunningham—DewittClinton Chase—DeWitt C. Poole, Jr.—DewittC. Chastain | | | | Coins and currency: Hisportraitappeared on the U.S. $1,000 note in 1898-1905. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about De Witt Clinton: EvanCornog,TheBirth of Empire : DeWitt Clinton and the American Experience,1769-1828 | | | | Image source: New York PublicLibrary |
 | Seth Low (1850-1916) — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,January18, 1850.Republican.Mayorof Brooklyn, N.Y., 1882-85;president,Columbia University, 1890-1900;mayorof New York City, N.Y., 1902-03; defeated, 1897 (Citizens Union),1903; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,1908;delegateto New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1915.Member,AmericanPhilosophical Society;AmericanAcademy of Political and Social Science;UnionLeague.Died in Bedford Hills,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,September17, 1916 (age66 years, 243days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | | Francis W. Moore Jr. (1808-1864) — of Houston,HarrisCounty, Tex.Born in Salem,EssexCounty, Mass.,April20, 1808.Newspapereditor and publisher;mayorof Houston, Tex., 1838-39, 1843, 1849-52; member ofTexasRepublic Senate from District of Harris, Liberty and Galveston,1839-42.Died, probably ofappendicitis,in Duluth,St. LouisCounty, Minn.,September1, 1864 (age56 years, 134days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Martin Kalbfleisch (1804-1873) — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born inNetherlands,February8, 1804.Democrat.Mayorof Brooklyn, N.Y., 1861-63, 1868-71;U.S.Representative from New York 2nd District, 1863-65.DiedFebruary12, 1873 (age69 years, 4days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | William Jay Gaynor (1849-1913) — also known asWilliam J. Gaynor;"Brother AdrianDenys" —of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Oriskany,OneidaCounty, N.Y.,February2, 1849.Democrat.Lawyer;Justice ofNew York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1894-1909; Justice of theAppellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 2nd Department,1908-09;mayorof New York City, N.Y., 1910-13; died in office 1913;shotin the throat by James J. Gallagher, a former city employee, onAugust 9, 1910.; candidate for Democratic nomination for President,1912.Irishancestry.Died, from aheartattack, on board thesteamshipBaltic, in theNorthAtlantic Ocean,September10, 1913 (age64 years, 220days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery; memorial monument atCadman Plaza Park. | | James Howell (1829-1897) — also known asJim Howell — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Bradford, Wiltshire,England,October16, 1829.Democrat.Grocer;mayorof Brooklyn, N.Y., 1878-81; defeated, 1881.Methodist.Died in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,January27, 1897 (age67 years, 103days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Joshua Sands (1757-1835) — of New York. Born in Cow Neck, Queens County (now part of Sands Point,NassauCounty), Long Island, N.Y.,October12, 1757.Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; memberofNewYork state senate Southern District, 1791-97; member ofNew Yorkcouncil of appointment, 1796;U.S.Collector of Customs at New York, N.Y., New York, 1797-1801;U.S.Representative from New York 2nd District, 1803-05, 1825-27.Slaveowner. Died in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,September13, 1835 (age77 years, 336days).Original interment atSt.Paul's Churchyard, Bronx, N.Y.; reinterment in 1852 at Green-WoodCemetery. | | Andrew Hutchins Mickle (1805-1863) — also known asAndrew H. Mickle — of New York. Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,February5, 1805.Democrat.Tobaccomerchant;mayorof New York City, N.Y., 1846-47.Died in Bayside, Queens,QueensCounty, N.Y.,January25, 1863 (age57 years, 354days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | George Hall (1795-1868) — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,September21, 1795.Printer;mayorof Brooklyn, N.Y., 1834, 1855-56; postmaster atBrooklyn,N.Y., 1841-45.Died in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,April16, 1868 (age72 years, 208days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | James Harper (1795-1869) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Newtown, Queens,QueensCounty, N.Y.,April13, 1795.One of the founders of Harper and Brothers,publishers;mayorof New York City, N.Y., 1844-45; defeated (Native American), 1845.DiedMarch27, 1869 (age73 years, 348days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Ambrose Cornelius Kingsland (1804-1878) — also known asAmbrose Kingsland — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May 24,1804.Whig.Mayorof New York City, N.Y., 1851-52.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October13, 1878 (age74 years, 142days).Entombed at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Jacob Aaron Westervelt (1800-1879) — also known asJacob Westervelt — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.;RocklandCounty, N.Y.Born in Tenafly,BergenCounty, N.J.,January20, 1800.Democrat.Shipbuilder;mayorof New York City, N.Y., 1853-54; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Rockland County, 1857.DutchReformed.Dutchancestry.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,February21, 1879 (age79 years, 32days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Charles Godfrey Gunther (1822-1885) — also known asC. Godfrey Gunther — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,February7, 1822.Democrat.Furmerchant;mayorof New York City, N.Y., 1864-65; defeated, 1861, 1865 (ReformDemocratic); candidate forNew Yorkstate senate 7th District, 1878;railroadbuilder;hotelowner.Germanancestry. Member,TammanyHall.Died, probably ofheartdisease, in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,January22, 1885 (age62 years, 350days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Abram Stevens Hewitt (1822-1903) — also known asAbram S. Hewitt — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Haverstraw,RocklandCounty, N.Y.,July 31,1822.Democrat.Schoolteacher;lawyer;early manufacturer ofwroughtiron;U.S.Representative from New York 10th District, 1875-79, 1881-87;Chairmanof Democratic National Committee, 1876-77; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from New York,1876;member ofDemocraticNational Committee from New York, 1880; Democratic candidate forPresidential Elector for New York,1880;mayorof New York City, N.Y., 1887-88; defeated (County Democratic),1888.EnglishandFrenchHuguenot ancestry.Died in Ringwood,PassaicCounty, N.J.,January18, 1903 (age80 years, 171days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Edward Cooper (1824-1905) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October26, 1824.Democrat. Early manufacturer ofwroughtiron; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,1860,1876,1880,1888(member,ResolutionsCommittee);mayorof New York City, N.Y., 1879-80.Died, of anapoplecticstroke, in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,February25, 1905 (age80 years, 122days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Daniel Darling Whitney (1818-1914) — also known asDaniel D. Whitney — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Oyster Bay, Queens County (nowNassauCounty), Long Island, N.Y.,January31, 1818.Democrat.Grocer;mayorof Brooklyn, N.Y., 1886-87.Died in1914(ageabout96 years).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Charles Adolph Schieren (1842-1915) — also known asCharles A. Schieren — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Rhein,Prussia,February28, 1842.Republican.Tanningbusiness;mayorof Brooklyn, N.Y., 1894-95; Republican candidate for PresidentialElector for New York,1912.Germanancestry.DiedMarch10, 1915 (age73 years, 10days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Frederick W. Wurster (1850-1917) — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Plymouth,WashingtonCounty, N.C.,April 1,1850.Republican. Manufacturer ofaxles;owner of abrassfoundry;mayorof Brooklyn, N.Y., 1896-97; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from New York,1896.Presbyterian.Germanancestry.DiedJune 27,1917 (age67 years, 87days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Cyrus Porter Smith (1800-1877) — also known asCyrus P. Smith — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Hanover,GraftonCounty, N.H.,April 5,1800.Whig.Mayorof Brooklyn, N.Y., 1839-41; member ofNew Yorkstate senate 2nd District, 1856-57.Presbyterian.DiedFebruary13, 1877 (age76 years, 314days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | David Augustus Boody (1837-1930) — also known asDavid A. Boody;"Grand Old Man ofBrooklyn";"Grand Old Man of WallStreet" —of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born, in alogcabin built by his father, in Jackson,WaldoCounty, Maine,August13, 1837.Democrat.Lawyer;banker;stockbroker;delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,1888;U.S.Representative from New York 2nd District, 1891; defeated(Independent Democratic), 1882; resigned 1891;mayorof Brooklyn, N.Y., 1892-93; defeated, 1893; DemocraticPresidential Elector for New York,1913(voted forWoodrowWilson andThomasR. Marshall).Presbyterian.Died in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,January20, 1930 (age92 years, 160days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.  | Horace Greeley (1811-1872) — also known as"Old Honesty";"Old WhiteHat" —of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Chappaqua,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.Born in Amherst,HillsboroughCounty, N.H.,February3, 1811.Founder and editor of the New YorkTribunenewspaper;U.S.Representative from New York 6th District, 1848-49; defeated(Republican), 1870; delegate to Republican National Convention fromOregon,1860;after the Civil War, became advocate of universal amnesty forConfederates; offered bail in May 1867 forJeffersonDavis; member ofRepublicanNational Committee from New York, 1866-70;delegateto New York state constitutional convention, 1867; candidate forNewYork state comptroller, 1869; Democratic candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1872.Died in Pleasantville,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,November29, 1872 (age61 years, 300days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery; statue atCityHall Park, Manhattan, N.Y.; statue atHeraldSquare, Manhattan, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Zaccheus Greeley and Mary (Woodburn) Greeley; married,July 5,1836, to Mary Young Cheney; second cousin ofWallaceM. Greeley. | | | | Cross-reference:JosiahB. Grinnell | | | | Greeley counties inKan. andNeb. arenamed for him. | | | | ThecityofGreeley,Colorado, isnamed forhim. — Horace GreeleyHighSchool, inChappaqua,New York, isnamed forhim. —MountHorace Greeley, inKeweenawCounty, Michigan, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS Horace Greeley (built 1942 atTerminalIsland, California; scuttled with obsolete ammunition in theNorthAtlantic Ocean, 1966) wasnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:HoraceG. Snover—HoraceG. Knowles—HoraceGreeley Dawson, Jr. | | | | Personal motto: "Go West, youngman." | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books by Horace Greeley:Americanconflict: A history of the Great Rebellion in the United States ofAmerica, 1860-1865 (1869) —RecollectionsOf A Busy Life | | | | Books about Horace Greeley: Glyndon G.Van Deusen,HoraceGreeley, Nineteenth Century Crusader — Harry J.Maihafer,TheGeneral and the Journalists: Ulysses S. Grant, Horace Greeley, andCharles Dana — Wilbur J. Granberg,Spreadthe truth : The life of Horace Greeley — Doris Faber,HoraceGreeley: The People's Editor — Coy F. Cross,GoWest Young Man! : Horace Greeley's Vision forAmerica — J. Parton,TheLife of Horace Greeley, Editor of the New YorkTribune | | | | Image source: Life and Work of James G.Blaine (1893) |
| | Francis B. Stryker (1811-1892) — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.BornDecember10, 1811.Whig.Mayorof Brooklyn, N.Y., 1846-48.DiedJanuary12, 1892 (age80 years, 33days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Joel Benedict Erhardt (1838-1909) — also known asJoel B. Erhardt — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Pottstown,MontgomeryCounty, Pa.,February21, 1838.Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;lawyer; NewYork CityPoliceCommissioner; receiver, New York and NorthernRailroadCompany; candidate formayorof New York City, N.Y., 1888;U.S.Collector of Customs at New York, N.Y., New York, 1889-91.Member,LoyalLegion;UnionLeague;Sphinx;Society forthe Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.Died in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,September7, 1909 (age71 years, 198days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Jeremiah Johnson (1768-1852) — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.BornJanuary22, 1768.Whig. Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Kings County, 1808-10, 1840-41;mayorof Brooklyn, N.Y., 1837-38.DiedOctober20, 1852 (age84 years, 272days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Greene Carrier Bronson (1789-1863) — also known asGreene C. Bronson — of Utica,OneidaCounty, N.Y.; New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Simsbury,HartfordCounty, Conn.,November17, 1789.OneidaCounty Surrogate, 1819-21; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Oneida and Oswego counties, 1821-22;New Yorkstate attorney general, 1829-36; appointed 1829;Justice ofNew York Supreme Court, 1836-47;judge ofNew York Court of Appeals, 1847-51; resigned 1851;chiefjudge of New York Court of Appeals, 1850-51;U.S.Collector of Customs at New York, N.Y., New York, 1853; candidateforGovernor ofNew York, 1854.Died in Saratoga,SaratogaCounty, N.Y.,September9, 1863 (age73 years, 296days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Oliver Bronson and Sarah (Merrill) Bronson; married,February3, 1818, to Lucretia Kilbourn; first cousin once removed ofSelahMerrill; first cousin twice removed ofAaronKellogg; second cousin ofJohnRussell Kellogg; second cousin twice removed ofEdwardRussell Kellogg; third cousin ofTheodoreDwight,GeorgeSmith Catlin andFrancisWilliam Kellogg; third cousin once removed ofJasonKellogg,JonathanBrace,CharlesKellogg (1773-1842),OrsamusCook Merrill,TimothyMerrill,AnsonLevi Holcomb,DanielFiske Kellogg andArthurTappan Kellogg; third cousin twice removed ofWilliamChapman Williston andWilliamLucius Case; third cousin thrice removed ofAaronBurr,MauriceLauchlin Wright,GeorgeWilliston Nash,FranklinClark Pomeroy andLeonardLeach Case; fourth cousin ofJamesKilbourne,SamuelClesson Allen,ThomasKimberly Brace,LutherWalter Badger,SilasDewey Kellogg,ChesterAshley,DanielKellogg (1791-1875),TheodoreDavenport,AlvanKellogg,AlvahNash,DayOtis Kellogg,DwightKellogg,WilliamAlfred Buckingham,AbijahCatlin,AlbertGallatin Kellogg,EnsignHosmer Kellogg,FarrandFassett Merrill andCharlesKellogg (1839-1903); fourth cousin once removed ofJonathanHunt,JonathanIngersoll,JaredIngersoll,AbelMerrill,SilasWright Jr.,MillardFillmore,ByronH. Kilbourn,ElishaHunt Allen,OrlandoKellogg,WilliamDean Kellogg,RussellSage,AlexanderWheelock Thayer,StephenWright Kellogg,GeorgeBradley Kellogg,WilliamPitt Kellogg,EdwardM. Chapin,DanielKellogg (1835-1918) andBenjaminBaker Merrill. | | | | Political family:FourThousand Related Politicians.. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle |
| | Jonathan Trotter (1797-1865) — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Newcastle-on-Tyne,England,August,1797.Democrat.Leatherfinisher;mayorof Brooklyn, N.Y., 1835-36;banker.Member,TammanyHall.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,April 5,1865 (age67 years, 0days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Conklin Brush (1794-1870) — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.BornMarch 8,1794.Whig.Mayorof Brooklyn, N.Y., 1851-52.DiedJuly 4,1870 (age76 years, 118days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Henry Cruse Murphy (1810-1882) — also known asHenry C. Murphy — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,July 5,1810.Democrat.Mayorof Brooklyn, N.Y., 1842;U.S.Representative from New York 2nd District, 1843-45, 1847-49;delegateto New York state constitutional convention, 1846; U.S. MinistertoNetherlands, 1857-61; member ofNew Yorkstate senate 3rd District, 1862-73;delegateto New York state constitutional convention, 1867; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from New York,1876.Owner and editor of Brooklyn Daily Eaglenewspaper.DiedDecember1, 1882 (age72 years, 149days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Samuel B. H. Vance (1814-1890) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Pennsylvania,1814.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War;mayorof New York City, N.Y., 1874.Member,UnionLeague.Died in Douglaston (now part of Queens),QueensCounty, N.Y.,August10, 1890 (ageabout 76years).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Samuel Booth (d. 1894) — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Republican.Mayorof Brooklyn, N.Y., 1866-67; postmaster atBrooklyn,N.Y., 1869-73.Died in1894.Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | John Ward Hunter (1807-1900) — also known asJohn W. Hunter — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Bedford (now part of Brooklyn),KingsCounty, N.Y.,October15, 1807.Democrat.U.S.Representative from New York 3rd District, 1866-67;mayorof Brooklyn, N.Y., 1874-75.Censuredby the U.S. House of Representatives in 1867 for the use ofunparliamentarylanguage.Died in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,April16, 1900 (age92 years, 183days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Henry Brockholst Livingston (1757-1823) — also known asBrockholst Livingston — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November25, 1757.Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County, 1788-89, 1800-02;AssociateJustice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1806-23.Presbyterian.Member,Societyof the Cincinnati.Died inWashington,D.C.,March18, 1823 (age65 years, 113days).Original interment atTrinityChurchyard, Manhattan, N.Y.; reinterment at Green-Wood Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Susannah (French) Livingston andWilliamLivingston; brother of Susannah Livingston (who marriedJohnCleves Symmes) and Sarah Van Brugh Livingston (who marriedJohnJay); married1774 to AnnLudlow; nephew ofRobertLivingston (1708-1790),PeterVan Brugh Livingston andPhilipLivingston; uncle ofPeterAugustus Jay (1776-1843) andWilliamJay; grandfather ofHenryBrockholst Ledyard; grandnephew ofJohnLivingston,RobertLivingston (1688-1775) andGilbertLivingston; granduncle ofJohnJay II; great-grandson ofRobertLivingston the Elder,AnthonyBrockholls,PieterVan Brugh andPhillipFrench; great-grandfather ofCharlesLudlow Livingston (born 1870); great-grandnephew ofPieterSchuyler (1657-1724),JohannesCuyler andJohannesSchuyler (1668-1747); second great-grandfather ofBrockholstLivingston; second great-granduncle ofPeterAugustus Jay (1877-1933); first cousin by marriage ofJamesDuane andWilliamDuer (1747-1799); first cousin ofPeterRobert Livingston (1737-1794),WalterLivingston,PhilipPeter Livingston, Catherine Livingston (who marriedNicholasBayard), Susanna Livingston (who marriedJohnKean (1756-1795)) andMatthewClarkson; first cousin once removed ofRobertGilbert Livingston,HenryGilbert Livingston,RobertR. Livingston (1718-1775),StephenVan Rensselaer,PhilipSchuyler Van Rensselaer,HenryWalter Livingston,RensselaerWesterlo,EdwardPhilip Livingston,WilliamAlexander Duer,JohnDuer andCharlesLudlow Livingston (1800-1873); first cousin twice removed ofRobertLivingston the Younger,CornelisCuyler,JohannesSchuyler (1697-1746),JohnCruger Jr.,PhilipSchuyler,PeterRobert Livingston (1789-1859),EdwardLivingston (1796-1840),WilliamDuer (1805-1879),HenryBell Van Rensselaer andDenningDuer; first cousin thrice removed ofDavidDavidse Schuyler,MyndertDavidtse Schuyler,KiliaenVan Rensselaer,NicholasFish,HamiltonFish Jr. (1849-1936),JohnKean (1852-1914) andHamiltonFish Kean; first cousin four times removed ofHerbertLivingston Satterlee,BronsonMurray Cutting,RobertReginald Livingston,HamiltonFish Jr. (1888-1991) andRobertWinthrop Kean; first cousin five times removed ofJohnEliot Thayer Jr.,HamiltonFish Jr. (1926-1996) andThomasHoward Kean; first cousin six times removed ofHamiltonFish (born 1951),AlexaFish Ward andThomasHoward Kean Jr.; second cousin ofRobertR. Livingston (1746-1813),PhilipVan Cortlandt,PierreVan Cortlandt Jr. andEdwardLivingston (1764-1836); second cousin once removed ofStephanusBayard,PierreVan Cortlandt,JamesJay,PhilipJohn Schuyler,PhilipP. Schuyler,StephenJohn Schuyler,HenryCruger,FrederickJay andHamiltonFish (1808-1893); second cousin twice removed ofGilbertLivingston Thompson andJohnJacob Astor III; second cousin thrice removed ofWilliamWaldorf Astor andJonathanMayhew Wainwright; second cousin four times removed ofGuyVernor Henry,WilliamAstor Chanler,LewisStuyvesant Chanler,MontgomerySchuyler Jr.,PeterGoelet Gerry,HelenRoosevelt Robinson andOgdenLivingston Mills; third cousin ofJeremiahVan Rensselaer,RobertVan Rensselaer,PieterSchuyler (1746-1792),JamesLivingston,PeterSamuel Schuyler,PhilipJeremiah Schuyler andJamesParker; third cousin once removed ofPeterRobert Livingston (1766-1847),JacobRutsen Van Rensselaer,MaturinLivingston,JamesAlexander Hamilton,GeorgeWashington Schuyler,JohnCortlandt Parker andPhilipN. Schuyler; third cousin twice removed ofGerritSmith,ElizabethCady Stanton,JamesAdams Ekin,EugeneSchuyler,RichardWayne Parker andCharlesWolcott Parker; third cousin thrice removed ofRobertRay Hamilton,JohnSluyter Wirt,CortlandtSchuyler Van Rensselaer andKarlCortlandt Schuyler. | | | | Political families:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York;Livingston-Duerfamily of New York City, New York (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoNNDBdossier |
| | Samuel M. Blatchford (1820-1893) — of Auburn,CayugaCounty, N.Y.; New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,March 9,1820.Lawyer;U.S.District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1867-78;Judgeof U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1878-82;AssociateJustice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1882-93; died in office 1893.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons.Died in Newport,NewportCounty, R.I.,July 7,1893 (age73 years, 120days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.  | Edward Marshall Grout (1861-1931) — also known asEdward M. Grout — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.; Greens Farms, Westport,FairfieldCounty, Conn.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October27, 1861.Democrat.Lawyer; lawpartner ofWilliamJ. Gaynor, later New York City mayor; candidate formayorof Brooklyn, N.Y., 1895;boroughpresident of Brooklyn, New York, 1898-1901; New York CityController, 1902-05; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromNew York,1904;president of UnionBank inBrooklyn; after the bank closed in 1911, he wasindictedforperjury,based on the sworn report he had made of the bank's condition to theNew York Banking Department;tried in1915 andconvicted;sentencedtoprison;in 1916 the conviction was overturned, and he was not retried.Died in Greens Farms, Westport,FairfieldCounty, Conn.,November9, 1931 (age70 years, 13days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.  | Tom Loftin Johnson (1854-1911) — also known asTom L. Johnson — of Cleveland,CuyahogaCounty, Ohio.Born in Georgetown,ScottCounty, Ky.,July 18,1854.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Ohio 21st District, 1891-95; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Ohio,1892,1900,1904;mayorof Cleveland, Ohio, 1901-09.DiedApril10, 1911 (age56 years, 266days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Alfred E. Steers (c.1861-1948) — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y., about 1861.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;grocer;broommanufacturer;real estatebusiness; magistrate;boroughpresident of Brooklyn, New York, 1910-13; resigned 1913; delegateto Democratic National Convention from New York,1912.ChristianReformed. Member,Freemasons.Died in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,March 2,1948 (ageabout 87years).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Christopher Steers. |
| | Henry George (1839-1897) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,September2, 1839.Economist;candidate formayorof New York City, N.Y., 1886 (United Labor); candidate forsecretaryof state of New York, 1887.AuthorofProgress and Poverty.DiedOctober29, 1897 (age58 years, 57days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.  | Bird Sim Coler (1868-1941) — also known asBird S. Coler — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.; Mt. Vernon,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.Born in Champaign,ChampaignCounty, Ill.,October9, 1868.Democrat.Stockbroker;banker;delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,1896,1904;candidate forGovernor ofNew York, 1902;boroughpresident of Brooklyn, New York, 1906-09; defeated in primary,1917; candidate forNew Yorkstate comptroller, 1918.Died, in CaledoniaHospital,Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,June 12,1941 (age72 years, 246days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Cordelia Shipley (Sim) Coler and William Nichols Coler; married,October10, 1888, to Emily Moore. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle | | | | Image source: American Monthly Reviewof Reviews, November 1902 |
 | Samuel Osgood (1748-1813) — of Andover (part now in North Andover),EssexCounty, Mass.; New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Andover (part now in North Andover),EssexCounty, Mass.,February3, 1748.Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;delegateto Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1779-80; memberofMassachusettsstate senate, 1780;Delegateto Continental Congress from Massachusetts, 1781-84; member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1784;U.S.Postmaster General, 1789-91; Presidential Elector for New York,1792(voted forGeorgeWashington andGeorgeClinton); member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County, 1800-02.Member,AmericanPhilosophical Society.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,August12, 1813 (age65 years, 190days).Original interment atBrickPresbyterian Church, Manhattan, N.Y.; reinterment in 1856 atGreen-Wood Cemetery. | | | James Kirke Paulding (1778-1860) — Born in Pleasant Valley,DutchessCounty, N.Y.,August22, 1778.Novelist;poet;U.S.Secretary of the Navy, 1838-41.Said to have written the rhyme 'Peter Piper picked a peck of pickledpeppers'.Died in Hyde Park,DutchessCounty, N.Y.,April 6,1860 (age81 years, 228days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Thomas W. Whittle (c.1868-1951) — of Bronx,BronxCounty, N.Y.; Mt. Vernon,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.Born about 1868. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,1904(alternate),1908(alternate),1916,1920(alternate),1924,1928,1932;U.S.Surveyor of Customs at New York, N.Y., New York, 1921-32; memberofNewYork Republican State Committee, 1930.Died in April,1951(ageabout83 years).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.  | Benjamin Franklin Tracy (1830-1915) — also known asBenjamin F. Tracy — ofTiogaCounty, N.Y.; Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.; New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Owego,TiogaCounty, N.Y.,April26, 1830.Republican.Lawyer;TiogaCounty District Attorney, 1853-59; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Tioga County, 1862; colonel in the Union Armyduring the Civil War;U.S.Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, 1866-77;judge ofNew York Court of Appeals, 1881-83;U.S.Secretary of the Navy, 1889-93; Republican Presidential Electorfor New York,1896;candidate formayorof New York City, N.Y., 1897.Received theMedalof Honor in 1895 for action at Wilderness, Va., May 6, 1864.Died in Owego,TiogaCounty, N.Y.,August6, 1915 (age85 years, 102days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | William Livingston (1723-1790) — of Elizabethtown, Essex County (now Elizabeth,UnionCounty), N.J.Born in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,November30, 1723.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkcolonial assembly, 1759-61;Delegateto Continental Congress from New Jersey, 1774-76;Governor ofNew Jersey, 1776-90; died in office 1790;chancellorof New Jersey court of chancery, 1776-90; died in office 1790;member,U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787.Presbyterian.Died in Elizabethtown, Essex County (now Elizabeth,UnionCounty), N.J.,July 25,1790 (age66 years, 237days).Originally entombed atTrinityChurchyard, Manhattan, N.Y.; re-entombed in 1846 at Green-WoodCemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Philip Livingston (1686-1749) and Catherine (Van Brugh)Livingston; brother ofRobertLivingston (1708-1790),PeterVan Brugh Livingston andPhilipLivingston (1716-1778); married1745 toSusannah French (granddaughter ofPhillipFrench); father of Susannah Livingston (who marriedJohnCleves Symmes), Sarah Van Brugh Livingston (who marriedJohnJay) andHenryBrockholst Livingston; nephew ofJohnLivingston,RobertLivingston (1688-1775) andGilbertLivingston; uncle by marriage ofJamesDuane andWilliamDuer (1747-1799); uncle ofPeterRobert Livingston (1737-1794),WalterLivingston,PhilipPeter Livingston, Catherine Livingston (who marriedNicholasBayard) and Susanna Livingston (who marriedJohnKean (1756-1795)); grandson ofRobertLivingston the Elder andPieterVan Brugh; grandfather ofPeterAugustus Jay (1776-1843) andWilliamJay; grandnephew ofPieterSchuyler (1657-1724),JohannesCuyler andJohannesSchuyler (1668-1747); granduncle ofStephenVan Rensselaer,PhilipSchuyler Van Rensselaer,HenryWalter Livingston,RensselaerWesterlo,EdwardPhilip Livingston,WilliamAlexander Duer,JohnDuer andCharlesLudlow Livingston (1800-1873); great-grandfather ofHenryBrockholst Ledyard andJohnJay II; great-granduncle ofPhilipSchuyler,PeterRobert Livingston (1789-1859),EdwardLivingston (1796-1840),WilliamDuer (1805-1879),HenryBell Van Rensselaer andDenningDuer; second great-grandfather ofCharlesLudlow Livingston (born 1870); second great-granduncle ofKiliaenVan Rensselaer,NicholasFish,HamiltonFish Jr. (1849-1936),JohnKean (1852-1914) andHamiltonFish Kean; third great-grandfather ofPeterAugustus Jay (1877-1933) andBrockholstLivingston; third great-granduncle ofHerbertLivingston Satterlee,BronsonMurray Cutting,RobertReginald Livingston,HamiltonFish Jr. (1888-1991) andRobertWinthrop Kean; fourth great-granduncle ofJohnEliot Thayer Jr.,HamiltonFish Jr. (1926-1996) andThomasHoward Kean; fifth great-granduncle ofHamiltonFish (born 1951),AlexaFish Ward andThomasHoward Kean Jr.; first cousin ofRobertGilbert Livingston,HenryGilbert Livingston andRobertR. Livingston (1718-1775); first cousin once removed ofRobertLivingston the Younger,CornelisCuyler,JohannesSchuyler (1697-1746),JohnCruger Jr.,RobertR. Livingston (1746-1813),PhilipVan Cortlandt,PierreVan Cortlandt Jr. andEdwardLivingston (1764-1836); first cousin twice removed ofDavidDavidse Schuyler,MyndertDavidtse Schuyler andHamiltonFish (1808-1893); first cousin thrice removed ofGilbertLivingston Thompson andJohnJacob Astor III; first cousin four times removed ofWilliamWaldorf Astor andJonathanMayhew Wainwright; first cousin five times removed ofGuyVernor Henry,WilliamAstor Chanler,LewisStuyvesant Chanler,MontgomerySchuyler Jr.,PeterGoelet Gerry,HelenRoosevelt Robinson andOgdenLivingston Mills; second cousin ofStephanusBayard,PierreVan Cortlandt,PhilipJohn Schuyler,PhilipP. Schuyler,StephenJohn Schuyler andHenryCruger; second cousin once removed ofJeremiahVan Rensselaer,RobertVan Rensselaer,PieterSchuyler (1746-1792),JamesLivingston,PeterSamuel Schuyler,PhilipJeremiah Schuyler andJamesParker; second cousin twice removed ofPeterRobert Livingston (1766-1847),JacobRutsen Van Rensselaer,MaturinLivingston,JamesAlexander Hamilton,GeorgeWashington Schuyler,JohnCortlandt Parker andPhilipN. Schuyler; second cousin thrice removed ofGerritSmith,ElizabethCady Stanton,JamesAdams Ekin,EugeneSchuyler,RichardWayne Parker andCharlesWolcott Parker; second cousin four times removed ofRobertRay Hamilton,JohnSluyter Wirt,CortlandtSchuyler Van Rensselaer andKarlCortlandt Schuyler; second cousin five times removed ofMariettaPeabody Tree andEndicottPeabody. | | | | Political families:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York;Livingston-Duerfamily of New York City, New York (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography |
| | Townsend Harris (1804-1878) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Sandy Hill (now Hudson Falls),WashingtonCounty, N.Y.,October3, 1804.Merchant;importer;U.S. Minister toJapan, 1859.DiedFebruary25, 1878 (age73 years, 145days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery; memorial monument atZenpuku-ji,Tokyo, Japan. | | James Watson Gerard III (1867-1951) — also known asJames W. Gerard — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Geneseo,LivingstonCounty, N.Y.,August25, 1867.Democrat.Lawyer;Justice ofNew York Supreme Court 1st District, 1908-13; U.S. Ambassador toGermany, 1913-17; candidate forU.S.Senator from New York, 1914; candidate for Democratic nominationfor President,1920;delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,1924,1928,1932,1936,1944,1948;Treasurerof Democratic National Committee, 1929-32.Member,Sons ofthe American Revolution.Died in Southampton,SuffolkCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,September6, 1951 (age84 years, 12days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Joseph Sherman Brownell (1806-1861) — also known asJ. Sherman Brownell — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,April17, 1806.Democrat. Candidate formayorof New York City, N.Y., 1847.Member,OddFellows.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,September28, 1861 (age55 years, 164days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Frederick Augustus Conkling (1816-1891) — also known asFrederick A. Conkling — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Canajoharie,MontgomeryCounty, N.Y.,August22, 1816.Republican. Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly, 1854, 1859-60 (New York County 13th District1854, New York County 7th District 1859-60);U.S.Representative from New York 6th District, 1861-63; defeated(Union), 1862; candidate formayorof New York City, N.Y., 1868.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,September18, 1891 (age75 years, 27days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Joseph Clifford Hendrix (1853-1904) — also known asJoseph C. Hendrix — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Fayette,HowardCounty, Mo.,May 25,1853.Democrat.Banker;candidate formayorof Brooklyn, N.Y., 1883; postmaster atBrooklyn,N.Y., 1886-90;U.S.Representative from New York 3rd District, 1893-95.Member,AmericanBankers Association.Died in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,November9, 1904 (age51 years, 168days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.  | Allan Campbell (1815-1894) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,1815.Civilengineer; president, New York and HarlemRailroad;New York City Commissioner of Public Works, 1876-80; New York CityController, 1880-83; Citizens candidate formayorof New York City, N.Y., 1882.Episcopalian.Scottishancestry. Member,AmericanSociety of Civil Engineers.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,March18, 1894 (ageabout 78years).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. |  | Franklin Woodruff (1832-1898) — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Farmington,HartfordCounty, Conn.,April29, 1832.Republican. Candidate formayorof Brooklyn, N.Y., 1879; candidate forNew Yorkstate senate 3rd District, 1895.Member,UnionLeague.Died, fromapoplexy,in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,March15, 1898 (age65 years, 320days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | | William Dowd (1824-1899) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Batavia,GeneseeCounty, N.Y.,August30, 1824.Republican.Banker;president, Hannibal & St. JosephRailroad,and also of the Louisville & New AlbanyRailroad;vice-president, Missouri, Kansas and TexasRailroad;candidate formayorof New York City, N.Y., 1880.Member,UnionLeague.Died in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October7, 1899 (age75 years, 38days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.  | Edward Morse Shepard (1850-1911) — also known asEdward M. Shepard — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,July 23,1850.Democrat.Lawyer;Democratic Reform candidate formayorof Brooklyn, N.Y., 1895; candidate formayorof New York City, N.Y., 1901.Died, ofpneumonia,in Lake George,WarrenCounty, N.Y.,July 28,1911 (age61 years, 5days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Cornelius Kingsland Garrison (1809-1885) — also known asC. K. Garrison — of Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.;St.Louis, Mo.;SanFrancisco, Calif.Born near West Point,OrangeCounty, N.Y.,March 1,1809.Banker;shipbuilder;mayorof San Francisco, Calif., 1853-54;railroadpresident.Died, of aheartattack, in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May 1,1885 (age76 years, 61days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Joseph Albert Wright (1810-1867) — of Indiana. Born in Washington,WashingtonCounty, Pa.,April17, 1810.Democrat. Member ofIndianastate house of representatives, 1833-34, 1836-37; member ofIndianastate senate, 1839-40;U.S.Representative from Indiana 7th District, 1843-45;Governor ofIndiana, 1849-57; U.S. Minister toPrussia, 1857-61, 1865-67, died in office 1867;U.S.Senator from Indiana, 1862-63.Methodist.Died in Berlin,Germany,May11, 1867 (age57 years, 24days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | John Cloughen (c.1849-1911) — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born about 1849.Contractor;boroughpresident of Manhattan, New York, 1909.Irishancestry.Died, ofcancer,in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,December27, 1911 (ageabout 62years).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.| | Relatives:Father of Robert Cloughen. |
| | Dudley Sanford Gregory (1800-1874) — also known asDudley S. Gregory — of Jersey City,HudsonCounty, N.J.Born in Redding,FairfieldCounty, Conn.,February5, 1800.Banker;mayorof Jersey City, N.J., 1838-40, 1841-42, 1858-60; delegate to WhigNational Convention from New Jersey, 1839 (member, BallotingCommittee);U.S.Representative from New Jersey 5th District, 1847-49; delegate toRepublican National Convention from New Jersey,1856(member,CredentialsCommittee),1860;director ofrailroadcompanies.Died in Jersey City,HudsonCounty, N.J.,December8, 1874 (age74 years, 306days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Leon Abbett (1836-1894) — of Jersey City,HudsonCounty, N.J.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,October8, 1836.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofNewJersey state house of assembly from Hudson County, 1865-66,1869-70; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey,1872,1876(delegation chair),1884,1888(member,ResolutionsCommittee;speaker),1892;member ofNewJersey state senate from Hudson County, 1875-77;Governor ofNew Jersey, 1884-87, 1890-93;associatejustice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1893-94; appointed1893; died in office 1894.Died, fromdiabetesand other conditions, in Jersey City,HudsonCounty, N.J.,December4, 1894 (age58 years, 57days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Robert Stockton Green (1831-1895) — also known asRobert S. Green — of Elizabeth,UnionCounty, N.J.Born in Princeton,MercerCounty, N.J.,March25, 1831.Democrat.Lawyer;UnionCounty Surrogate, 1862-67; common pleas court judge in NewJersey, 1868-73; delegate to Democratic National Convention from NewJersey,1880,1888(speaker);U.S.Representative from New Jersey 3rd District, 1885-87; resigned1887;Governor ofNew Jersey, 1887-90;vice-chancellorof New Jersey court of chancery, 1890-95; died in office 1895.Died in Elizabeth,UnionCounty, N.J.,May 7,1895 (age64 years, 43days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Peter Cooper (1791-1883) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,February12, 1791.Manufacturer,inventor,philanthropist, creator offirstU.S.steamlocomotive;founderof Cooper Union; Greenback candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1876.Unitarian.Elected to theHallof Fame for Great Americans in 1900.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,April 4,1883 (age92 years, 51days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Bronson Murray Cutting (1888-1935) — also known asBronson M. Cutting — of Santa Fe,Santa FeCounty, N.M.Born in Oakdale,SuffolkCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,June 23,1888.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;U.S.Senator from New Mexico, 1927-28, 1929-35; died in office 1935;delegate to Republican National Convention from New Mexico,1932;member ofRepublicanNational Committee from New Mexico, 1932.Episcopalian.Member,AmericanLegion.Killed, along with both pilots and one other passenger, when atwin-engine Transcontinental and Westernairliner, ran out of fuel in adensefog, and crashed near Atlanta,MaconCounty, Mo.,May 6,1935 (age46 years, 317days). Nine other passengers were injured.Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof William Bayard Cutting and Olivia Peyton (Murray) Cutting;great-grandnephew ofHenryWalter Livingston; second great-grandson ofWalterLivingston; second great-grandnephew ofPeterRobert Livingston (1737-1794) andPieterSchuyler (1746-1792); third great-grandson ofRobertLivingston (1708-1790); third great-grandnephew ofPeterVan Brugh Livingston,PhilipLivingston,WilliamLivingston,PhilipJohn Schuyler,PhilipP. Schuyler andStephenJohn Schuyler; fourth great-grandson ofJohannesSchuyler (1697-1746) andStephanusBayard; fourth great-grandnephew ofJohnLivingston,RobertLivingston (1688-1775) andGilbertLivingston; fifth great-grandson ofStephanusVan Cortlandt,RobertLivingston the Elder,PieterSchuyler (1657-1724),PieterVan Brugh andJohannesSchuyler (1668-1747); fifth great-grandnephew ofJacobusVan Cortlandt andJohannesCuyler; sixth great-grandson ofNicholasBayard (c.1644-1707); seventh great-grandnephew ofPieterStuyvesant; first cousin twice removed ofEdwardLivingston (1796-1840); first cousin four times removed ofPhilipPeter Livingston,HenryBrockholst Livingston,PeterSamuel Schuyler andPhilipJeremiah Schuyler; first cousin five times removed ofRobertGilbert Livingston,HenryGilbert Livingston,RobertR. Livingston (1718-1775),PierreVan Cortlandt andNicholasBayard (1736-1802); first cousin six times removed ofRobertLivingston the Younger,CornelisCuyler andJohnCruger Jr.; first cousin seven times removed ofDavidDavidse Schuyler andMyndertDavidtse Schuyler; second cousin twice removed ofPeterRobert Livingston (1789-1859); second cousin thrice removed ofStephenVan Rensselaer,PhilipSchuyler Van Rensselaer,PeterAugustus Jay,RensselaerWesterlo,EdwardPhilip Livingston,WilliamAlexander Duer,JohnDuer,PhilipSchuyler,JamesAlexander Hamilton,WilliamJay andCharlesLudlow Livingston (1800-1873); second cousin four times removedofJeremiahVan Rensselaer,RobertVan Rensselaer,RobertR. Livingston (1746-1813),JamesLivingston,JohnTyler (1747-1813),PhilipVan Cortlandt,PierreVan Cortlandt Jr.,EdwardLivingston (1764-1836) andJamesParker; second cousin five times removed ofVolkertPetrus Douw,JamesJay,HenryCruger,HendrickKiliaen Van Rensselaer,JohnJay,FrederickJay andKillianKillian Van Rensselaer; third cousin ofCharlesLudlow Livingston (born 1870) andJohnEliot Thayer Jr.; third cousin once removed ofBrockholstLivingston; third cousin twice removed ofWilliamDuer,HenryBell Van Rensselaer,DenningDuer,HenryBrockholst Ledyard andJohnJay II; third cousin thrice removed ofGeorgeMadison,PeterRobert Livingston (1766-1847),JacobRutsen Van Rensselaer,MaturinLivingston,JohnTyler (1790-1862),HamiltonFish,JohnCortlandt Parker andJamesAdams Ekin; fourth cousin ofHerbertLivingston Satterlee; fourth cousin once removed ofKiliaenVan Rensselaer,NicholasFish,HamiltonFish Jr.,RobertRay Hamilton,JohnKean andHamiltonFish Kean. | | | | Political family:FourThousand Related Politicians.. | | | | Politician named for him:BronsonC. LaFollette | | | | Epitaph: "Light and understanding andwisdom was found in him. And the common people heard himgladly." | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Dixon Hall Lewis (1802-1848) — also known asDixon H. Lewis — of Montgomery,MontgomeryCounty, Ala.; Lowndesboro,LowndesCounty, Ala.Born inDinwiddieCounty, Va.,August10, 1802.Lawyer;member ofAlabamastate house of representatives, 1826-28;U.S.Representative from Alabama, 1829-44 (3rd District 1829-33, 4thDistrict 1833-41, at-large 1841-43, 3rd District 1843-44);U.S.Senator from Alabama, 1844-48; died in office 1848.He weighed as much as 500 pounds, and was probably the heaviest-evermember of Congress.Slaveowner. Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October25, 1848 (age46 years, 76days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.  | Adrian Hegeman (1788-1861) — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in New Utrecht (now part of Brooklyn),KingsCounty, N.Y.,December19, 1788.Democrat.Schoolteacher; postmaster atBrooklyn,N.Y., 1832-41; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Kings County, 1840.ChristianReformed.DiedApril25, 1861 (age72 years, 127days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Jacobus Hegeman and Sarah (Van der Bilt) Hegeman. | | | | Image source: Chronicles of ErasmusHall (1906) |
 | Samuel Sullivan Cox (1824-1889) — also known asSamuel S. Cox;"SunsetCox" —of Columbus,FranklinCounty, Ohio; New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Zanesville,MuskingumCounty, Ohio,September30, 1824.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Ohio, 1857-65 (12th District 1857-63, 7thDistrict 1863-65); delegate to Democratic National Convention fromOhio,1864(speaker);delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,1868,1876;U.S.Representative from New York, 1869-73, 1873-85, 1886-89 (6thDistrict 1869-73, 1873-85, 9th District 1885, 1886-89); defeated,1872; died in office 1889; U.S. Minister toTurkey, 1885-86.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,September10, 1889 (age64 years, 345days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery; statue atTompkinsSquare Park, Manhattan, N.Y.  | William Musgrave Calder (1869-1945) — also known asWilliam M. Calder — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,March 3,1869.Republican.Builder;U.S.Representative from New York 6th District, 1905-15; delegate toRepublican National Convention from New York,1908,1912,1916,1920,1924(member,CredentialsCommittee),1928,1932,1936,1940;U.S.Senator from New York, 1917-23; defeated, 1922; elected (Wet)delegateto New York convention to ratify 21st amendment 1933, but did notserve.Died in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,March 3,1945 (age76 years, 0days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.  | Samuel Latham Mitchill (1764-1831) — also known asSamuel L. Mitchill — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Hempstead, Queens County (nowNassauCounty), Long Island, N.Y.,August20, 1764.Democrat.Physician;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County, 1797-98, 1809-10;U.S.Representative from New York, 1801-04, 1810-13 (2nd District1801-03, 3rd District 1803-04, 2nd District 1810-13);U.S.Senator from New York, 1804-09.Slaveowner. Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,September7, 1831 (age67 years, 18days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Lloyd Stephens Bryce (1851-1917) — also known asLloyd Bryce — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Flushing, Queens,QueensCounty, N.Y.,September20, 1851.Democrat.U.S.Representative from New York 7th District, 1887-89; defeated(County Democratic), 1888; editor,North American Reviewmagazine,1889-96; U.S. Minister toNetherlands, 1911-13;Luxembourg, 1911-13.Died in Mineola,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,April 2,1917 (age65 years, 194days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Hamilton Fish Kean (1862-1941) — also known asHamilton F. Kean — of Elizabeth,UnionCounty, N.J.Born in Union Township,UnionCounty, N.J.,February27, 1862.Republican.Banker;farmer;chair ofUnion County Republican Party, 1900; member ofNew JerseyRepublican State Committee, 1905-19; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from New Jersey,1916,1932;member ofRepublicanNational Committee from New Jersey, 1919-28;U.S.Senator from New Jersey, 1929-35; defeated, 1924, 1934;delegateto New Jersey convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933;Republican candidate for Presidential Elector for New Jersey,1940.Episcopalian.Member,Sons ofthe American Revolution;Societyof Colonial Wars;Freemasons.Died in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,December27, 1941 (age79 years, 303days).Entombed at Green-Wood Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof John Kean (1814-1895) and Lucinetta 'Lucy' (Halsted) Kean; brotherofJohnKean (1852-1914); married,January12, 1888, to Katharine Taylor Winthrop; father ofRobertWinthrop Kean; grandfather ofThomasHoward Kean; great-grandson ofJohnKean (1756-1795); great-grandfather ofThomasHoward Kean Jr.; great-grandnephew ofPhilipPeter Livingston; second great-grandson ofPeterVan Brugh Livingston; second great-grandnephew ofRobertLivingston (1708-1790),PhilipLivingston andWilliamLivingston; third great-grandson ofJamesAlexander; third great-grandnephew ofJohnLivingston,RobertLivingston (1688-1775) andGilbertLivingston; fourth great-grandson ofRobertLivingston the Elder andPieterVan Brugh; fourth great-grandnephew ofPieterSchuyler (1657-1724),Abrahamde Peyster,JohannesCuyler,Johannesde Peyster andJohannesSchuyler (1668-1747); first cousin ofNicholasFish andHamiltonFish Jr. (1849-1936); first cousin once removed ofHamiltonFish Jr. (1888-1991); first cousin twice removed ofCharlesLudlow Livingston (1800-1873) andHamiltonFish Jr. (1926-1996); first cousin thrice removed ofPeterRobert Livingston (1737-1794),WalterLivingston,JohnStevens III,HenryBrockholst Livingston,HamiltonFish (born 1951) andAlexaFish Ward; first cousin four times removed ofRobertGilbert Livingston,HenryGilbert Livingston andRobertR. Livingston (1718-1775); first cousin five times removed ofRobertLivingston the Younger,JohannesDePeyster,JohannesSchuyler (1697-1746),CornelisCuyler andJohnCruger Jr.; first cousin six times removed ofDavidDavidse Schuyler andMyndertDavidtse Schuyler; second cousin twice removed ofStephenVan Rensselaer,PhilipSchuyler Van Rensselaer,HenryWalter Livingston,PeterAugustus Jay (1776-1843),RensselaerWesterlo,EdwardPhilip Livingston,WilliamAlexander Duer,JohnDuer andWilliamJay; second cousin thrice removed ofRobertR. Livingston (1746-1813),PhilipVan Cortlandt,PierreVan Cortlandt Jr. andEdwardLivingston (1764-1836); second cousin four times removed ofStephanusBayard,PierreVan Cortlandt,PhilipJohn Schuyler,MatthewClarkson,PhilipP. Schuyler,StephenJohn Schuyler,HenryCruger andHenryRutgers; third cousin once removed ofPhilipSchuyler,PeterRobert Livingston (1789-1859),EdwardLivingston (1796-1840),WilliamDuer,HenryBell Van Rensselaer,DenningDuer,HenryBrockholst Ledyard andJohnJay II; third cousin twice removed ofHamiltonFish (1808-1893); third cousin thrice removed ofNicholasBayard,JeremiahVan Rensselaer,RobertVan Rensselaer,PieterSchuyler (1746-1792),JamesLivingston,PeterSamuel Schuyler,PhilipJeremiah Schuyler,PhilipDePeyster andJamesParker; fourth cousin ofKiliaenVan Rensselaer andCharlesLudlow Livingston (born 1870); fourth cousin once removed ofGilbertLivingston Thompson,JohnJacob Astor III,HerbertLivingston Satterlee,PeterAugustus Jay (1877-1933),BronsonMurray Cutting,RobertReginald Livingston andBrockholstLivingston. | | | | Political families:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York;Chapin-Fishfamily of New York City, New York;Keanfamily of New Jersey (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | John Lewis Griffiths (1855-1914) — also known asJohn L. Griffiths — of Indianapolis,MarionCounty, Ind.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October7, 1855.Republican.Lawyer;member ofIndianastate house of representatives, 1887;Indianareporter of state courts, 1889-93; U.S. Consul inLiverpool, 1905-09; U.S. Consul General inLondon, 1909-14, died in office 1914.Congregationalist.Welshancestry.Died, of aheartseizure, in London,England,May17, 1914 (age58 years, 222days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof David G. Griffiths and Elizabeth (Hughes) Griffiths; married,June 5,1889, to Caroline Henderson. |
| | Gold Selleck Silliman (1777-1868) — also known asGold S. Silliman — of Newport,NewportCounty, R.I.; Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Fairfield,FairfieldCounty, Conn.,October26, 1777.Whig.Lawyer;postmaster atBrooklyn,N.Y., 1849-53.ChristianReformed.Died in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,June 3,1868 (age90 years, 221days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Francis Henry Wilson (1844-1910) — also known asFrancis H. Wilson — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Nebraska,February11, 1844.Republican.U.S.Representative from New York 3rd District, 1895-97; resigned1897; postmaster atBrooklyn,N.Y., 1897-1901.DiedSeptember25, 1910 (age66 years, 226days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | John Brooks Henderson (1826-1913) — also known asJohn B. Henderson — of Louisiana,PikeCounty, Mo.;St.Louis, Mo.;Washington,D.C.Born near Danville,PittsylvaniaCounty, Va.,November16, 1826.Lawyer;member ofMissouristate house of representatives, 1848-50, 1856-58; PresidentialElector for Missouri,1856;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri,1860;Presidential Elector for Missouri,1860;U.S.Senator from Missouri, 1862-69; Republican candidate forGovernor ofMissouri, 1872; delegate to Republican National Convention fromMissouri,1884.Slaveowner. Died inWashington,D.C.,April12, 1913 (age86 years, 147days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Willard Bartlett (1846-1925) — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Uxbridge,WorcesterCounty, Mass.,October14, 1846.Democrat.Lawyer; lawpartner ofElihuRoot, 1869-83 and 1917-24;dramacritic;Justice ofNew York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1884-1907; Justice of theAppellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 2nd Department,1896-1906;judge ofNew York Court of Appeals, 1906-16;chiefjudge of New York Court of Appeals, 1914-16.Member,American BarAssociation;Sons ofthe Revolution;Societyof Colonial Wars;AmericanAcademy of Arts and Sciences.Died, fromheartdisease, in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,January17, 1925 (age78 years, 95days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof William Osborne Bartlett and Agnes E. H. (Willard) Bartlett;brother ofFranklinBartlett; married,October26, 1870, to Mary Fairbanks Buffum. |
| | Isaac Bell Jr. (1846-1889) — of Newport,NewportCounty, R.I.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November6, 1846.Democrat.Cottonbroker; U.S. Minister toNetherlands, 1885-88; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Rhode Island,1888.Died, from complications oftyphoidfever, andpyaemia,in St. Luke'sHospital,New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,January20, 1889 (age42 years, 75days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | George W. Baker (1863-1928) — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,November12, 1863.Republican.Shoemanufacturer; candidate forboroughpresident of Brooklyn, New York, 1921.Congregationalist.Member,Freemasons.Died, fromheartdisease, in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,January20, 1928 (age64 years, 69days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof George Baker and Sarah (Randell) Baker; married to Isabel C.Huggins. |
 | Montgomery Schuyler Jr. (1877-1955) — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Stamford,FairfieldCounty, Conn.,September2, 1877.Author;U.S. Consul General inBangkok, 1904-06; U.S. Minister toEcuador, 1913;Salvador, 1921-25; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;stockbroker;banker.Episcopalian.DiedNovember1, 1955 (age78 years, 60days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Katherine Beeckman (Livingston) Schuyler and Montgomery Schuyler;married,August22, 1906, to Edith Lawver; second great-grandson ofValentineBrother; third great-grandson ofRobertGilbert Livingston; third great-grandnephew ofHenryGilbert Livingston; fourth great-grandson ofGilbertLivingston; fourth great-grandnephew ofJohnLivingston andRobertLivingston (1688-1775); fifth great-grandson ofRobertLivingston the Elder; fifth great-grandnephew ofPieterSchuyler andJohannesSchuyler (1668-1747); first cousin four times removed ofPhilipVan Cortlandt andPierreVan Cortlandt Jr.; first cousin five times removed ofRobertLivingston (1708-1790),PeterVan Brugh Livingston,PhilipLivingston,RobertR. Livingston (1718-1775) andWilliamLivingston; first cousin six times removed ofRobertLivingston the Younger andJohannesSchuyler (1697-1746); first cousin seven times removed ofDavidDavidse Schuyler andMyndertDavidtse Schuyler; second cousin thrice removed ofHamiltonFish andPhilipN. Schuyler; second cousin four times removed ofPeterRobert Livingston,WalterLivingston,PhilipPeter Livingston,RobertR. Livingston (1746-1813),HenryBrockholst Livingston andEdwardLivingston; second cousin five times removed ofStephanusBayard,PierreVan Cortlandt,PhilipJohn Schuyler,PhilipP. Schuyler andStephenJohn Schuyler; third cousin twice removed ofGilbertLivingston Thompson,NicholasFish andHamiltonFish Jr. (1849-1936); third cousin thrice removed ofStephenVan Rensselaer,PhilipSchuyler Van Rensselaer,HenryWalter Livingston,RensselaerWesterlo,PeterAugustus Jay,EdwardPhilip Livingston,WilliamAlexander Duer,JohnDuer,WilliamJay andCharlesLudlow Livingston; fourth cousin ofJonathanMayhew Wainwright; fourth cousin once removed ofHamiltonFish Jr. (1888-1991). | | | | Political family:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoU.S. State Dept career summary —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: U.S. passport application(1921) |
| | Churchill Caldom Cambreleng (1786-1862) — also known asChurchill C. Cambreleng — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Washington,BeaufortCounty, N.C.,October24, 1786.Democrat.U.S.Representative from New York, 1821-39 (2nd District 1821-23, 3rdDistrict 1823-39); U.S. Minister toRussia, 1840-41;delegateto New York state constitutional convention, 1846.Died in Huntington,SuffolkCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,April30, 1862 (age75 years, 188days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Caleb Lyon (1822-1875) — of Lyonsdale,LewisCounty, N.Y.Born in Lyonsdale,LewisCounty, N.Y.,December7, 1822.Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Lewis County, 1851; resigned 1851; member ofNewYork state senate 21st District, 1851;U.S.Representative from New York 23rd District, 1853-55;Governorof Idaho Territory, 1864-66.In 1866, anauditrevealed that he hadembezzled$46,418 in federal funds intended for the Nez Perce Indians, but hewas never convicted.Died in Staten Island,RichmondCounty, N.Y.,September8, 1875 (age52 years, 275days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Charles Willoughby Dayton (1846-1910) — also known asCharles W. Dayton — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,October3, 1846.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County 23rd District, 1881;Democratic Presidential Elector for New York,1884;postmaster atNewYork City, N.Y., 1893-97; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from New York,1904;Justiceof New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1907-10; defeated, 1901;died in office 1910.Member,Sons ofthe Revolution.Died, ofpneumonia,in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,December7, 1910 (age64 years, 65days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Simon Boerum (1724-1775) — of New York. Born in Flatbush (now part of Brooklyn),KingsCounty, N.Y.,February29, 1724.Member ofNew Yorkcolonial assembly, 1761-75;Delegateto Continental Congress from New York, 1774-75.ChristianReformed.Died in New Lots (now part of Brooklyn),KingsCounty, N.Y.,July 11,1775 (age51 years, 133days).Original interment atDutch Reformed BuryingGround (which no longer exists); reinterment in 1848 atGreen-Wood Cemetery.  | Samuel Finley Breese Morse (1791-1872) — also known asSamuel F. B. Morse — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Poughkeepsie,DutchessCounty, N.Y.Born in Charlestown, Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,April27, 1791.Artist;inventorof thetelegraph;Native American candidate formayorof New York City, N.Y., 1836, 1841; Democratic candidate forU.S.Representative from New York 12th District, 1854.Member,PhiBeta Kappa.Died, ofpneumonia,in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,April 2,1872 (age80 years, 341days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Richard Milford Blatchford (1798-1875) — also known asRichard M. Blatchford — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Stratford,FairfieldCounty, Conn.,April24, 1798.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County 13th District, 1855; U.S.Minister toPapal States, 1862; New York City Park Commissioner, 1872.Died in Newport,NewportCounty, R.I.,September4, 1875 (age77 years, 133days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Abram Wakeman (1824-1889) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Greenfield Hill, Fairfield,FairfieldCounty, Conn.,May 31,1824.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County 4th District, 1850-51;U.S.Representative from New York 8th District, 1855-57; postmaster atNewYork City, N.Y., 1862-64; organizedrailroadson Long Island, N.Y.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,June 29,1889 (age65 years, 29days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Beekman Winthrop (1874-1940) — of Westbury,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.Born in Orange,EssexCounty, N.J.,September18, 1874.Republican.Lawyer;Governor ofPuerto Rico, 1904-07; U.S. Assistant Secretary of the Treasury,1907-09; U.S. Assistant Secretary of the Navy, 1909-13; director,Delaware, Lackawanna and WesternRailroad,LackawannaSteel Co.,and National CityBank.DiedNovember10, 1940 (age66 years, 53days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.  | Nicholas Muller (1836-1917) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; New Brighton, Staten Island,RichmondCounty, N.Y.Born inLuxembourg,November15, 1836.Democrat. Member ofNew YorkDemocratic State Committee, 1875; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County 1st District, 1875-76;U.S.Representative from New York, 1877-81, 1883-87, 1899-1902 (5thDistrict 1877-81, 1883-85, 6th District 1885-87, 7th District1899-1902); defeated (Independent Democratic), 1880; resigned 1901;candidate forboroughpresident of Richmond, New York, 1901.Died in New Brighton, Staten Island,RichmondCounty, N.Y.,November12, 1917 (age80 years, 362days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | | John Drake Sloat (1781-1867) — Born in Sloatsburg,RocklandCounty, N.Y.,July 6,1781.Commodore in U.S. Navy; claimed California for the United States onJuly 7, 1846;MilitaryGovernor of California, 1846.Dutchancestry.Died in New Brighton, Staten Island,RichmondCounty, N.Y.,November28, 1867 (age86 years, 145days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery; memorial monument atPresidioof Monterey, Monterey, Calif. | | James Brooks (1810-1873) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine,November10, 1810.Democrat.Newspaperpublisher; member ofMainestate house of representatives, 1835; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County 16th District, 1848;U.S.Representative from New York, 1849-53, 1863-66, 1867-73 (6thDistrict 1849-53, 8th District 1863-66, 1867-73, 6th District 1873);died in office 1873;delegateto New York state constitutional convention, 1867.Censuredby the House in 1873 for his role in the Credit Mobilierbriberyscandal.Died inWashington,D.C.,April30, 1873 (age62 years, 171days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Robert Barnwell Roosevelt (1829-1906) — also known asRobert B. Roosevelt — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,August7, 1829.Democrat.U.S.Representative from New York 4th District, 1871-73; U.S. MinistertoNetherlands, 1888-89; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from New York,1892.Died in Sayville,SuffolkCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,June 14,1906 (age76 years, 311days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Francis Edwin Dorn (1911-1987) — also known asFrancis E. Dorn — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,April18, 1911.Republican.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Kings County 10th District, 1941-42;defeated, 1937, 1938; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;U.S.Representative from New York 12th District, 1953-61; defeated,1948 (7th District), 1949 (7th District), 1950 (7th District), 1960(12th District), 1962 (15th District); candidate forboroughpresident of Brooklyn, New York, 1961.Catholic.Member,American BarAssociation;CatholicLawyers Guild;Eagles;Elks;AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;Knightsof Columbus.Died, ofcancer,in Columbia PresbyterianHospital,Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,September17, 1987 (age76 years, 152days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | George Nicholas Seger (1866-1940) — also known asGeorge N. Seger — of Passaic,PassaicCounty, N.J.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,January4, 1866.Republican.Builder;mayorof Passaic, N.J., 1911-19; alternate delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from New Jersey,1916;U.S.Representative from New Jersey, 1923-40 (7th District 1923-33,8th District 1933-40); died in office 1940.Member,RoyalArcanum;Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners;Elks.DiedAugust26, 1940 (age74 years, 235days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Sumner Pell Gerard (1916-2005) — also known asSumner Gerard — of Ennis,MadisonCounty, Mont.Born in Melville,SuffolkCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,July 15,1916.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;rancher;member ofMontanastate house of representatives, 1955-60; alternate delegate toRepublican National Convention from Montana,1956;candidate forU.S.Senator from Montana, 1960; member ofMontanastate senate, 1963-66; U.S. Ambassador toJamaica, 1974-77.Died, in ahospitalat Vero Beach,IndianRiver County, Fla.,February24, 2005 (age88 years, 224days).Entombed at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Dudley Selden (c.1794-1855) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born about 1794. Whig.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County, 1831;U.S.Representative from New York 3rd District, 1833-34; defeated,1834; delegate to Whig National Convention from New York, 1839;candidate formayorof New York City, N.Y., 1845.Died in Paris,France,November7, 1855 (ageabout 61years).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Freeborn Garretson Smith (c.1827-1911) — also known asFreeborn G. Smith — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in alogcabin, near Baltimore (unknowncounty), Md., about 1827.Pianomanufacturing business; Prohibition candidate forU.S.Representative from New York, 1890 (3rd District), 1894 (2ndDistrict); Prohibition candidate formayorof Brooklyn, N.Y., 1891, 1895; Prohibition candidate forPresidential Elector for New York,1896.Died in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,October9, 1911 (ageabout 84years).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Henry George Jr. (1862-1916) — of Fort Hamilton, Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Sacramento,SacramentoCounty, Calif.,November3, 1862.Democrat.Newspaperwork; Jeffersonian Democratic candidate formayorof New York City, N.Y., 1897; Democratic candidate forPresidential Elector for New York,1900;U.S.Representative from New York, 1911-15 (17th District 1911-13,21st District 1913-15).Died inWashington,D.C.,November14, 1916 (age54 years, 11days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Lewis Beach (1835-1886) — of Cornwall,OrangeCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,March30, 1835.Democrat.Lawyer;treasurer ofNew York Democratic Party, 1877-79;U.S.Representative from New York, 1881-86 (14th District 1881-85,15th District 1885-86); died in office 1886.Died, fromtyphoidfever andBright'sdisease, in Cornwall,OrangeCounty, N.Y.,August10, 1886 (age51 years, 133days).Entombed at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Charles Linnaeus Benedict (1824-1901) — also known asCharles L. Benedict — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Newbury,OrangeCounty, Vt.,March 2,1824.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Kings County 5th District, 1862;U.S.District Judge for the Eastern District of New York, 1865-97;resigned 1897.Died in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,January8, 1901 (age76 years, 312days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Norman Hapgood (1868-1937) — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,March28, 1868.Lawyer;editor, Collier's Weeklymagazine,1903-12; Harper's Weekly, 1913-16; U.S. Minister toDenmark, 1919.Died, inNew YorkHospital, Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,April29, 1937 (age69 years, 32days).Cremated;ashes interred at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | George Alfred Arkwright (1888-1972) — also known asGeorge A. Arkwright — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,September19, 1888.Republican.Schoolteacher;lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from New York,1944;candidate forboroughpresident of Brooklyn, New York, 1945;Justice ofNew York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1950-64; appointed 1950;Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 2ndDepartment, 1954-62.Catholic.Member,American BarAssociation;FederalBar Association;CatholicLawyers Guild;AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;Knightsof Columbus;Rotary.Died in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,August25, 1972 (age83 years, 341days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Simeon Baldwin Chittenden (1814-1889) — also known asSimeon B. Chittenden — of New York. Born in Guilford,New HavenCounty, Conn.,March29, 1814.U.S.Representative from New York 3rd District, 1874-81; defeated(Republican), 1880.Died in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,April14, 1889 (age75 years, 16days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Francis Barretto Spinola (1821-1891) — also known asFrancis B. Spinola — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.; New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Stony Brook,SuffolkCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,March19, 1821.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly, 1856, 1877, 1881, 1883 (Kings County 2nd District1856, New York County 16th District 1877, 1881, 1883); member ofNew Yorkstate senate 3rd District, 1858-61; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from New York,1860;general in the Union Army during the Civil War;U.S.Representative from New York 10th District, 1887-91; died inoffice 1891.Died inWashington,D.C.,April14, 1891 (age70 years, 26days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | William Erigena Robinson (1814-1892) — also known asWilliam E. Robinson — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in County Tyrone, Ireland (nowNorthernIreland),May 6,1814.U.S.Representative from New York, 1867-69, 1881-85 (3rd District1867-69, 2nd District 1881-85); defeated, 1872 (IndependentDemocratic, 2nd District), 1880 (Brooklyn Democratic, 3rd District),1886 (Independent Democratic, 4th District), 1888 (Republican, 4thDistrict).Died in1892(ageabout78 years).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Gorham Parks (1794-1877) — of Bangor,PenobscotCounty, Maine.Born in Westfield,HampdenCounty, Mass.,May 27,1794.Democrat.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Maine 7th District, 1833-37; candidate forGovernorof Maine, 1837;U.S.Attorney for Maine, 1843-45; U.S. Consul inRio de Janeiro, as of 1845-49.Died in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,November23, 1877 (age83 years, 180days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Orison Blunt (1815-1879) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Gardiner,KennebecCounty, Maine,July 27,1815.Riflemanufacturer; candidate forU.S.Representative from New York 6th District, 1862; Union candidateformayorof New York City, N.Y., 1863.Died, fromcongestiveheart failure, in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,April21, 1879 (age63 years, 268days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Wilson G. Hunt (1804-1892) — also known asWilson Hunt — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Macedonia (now Tinton Falls),MonmouthCounty, N.J.,November26, 1804.Democrat.Wholesale drygoods business; Reform Democratic candidate formayorof New York City, N.Y., 1854;bankdirector; director, Western UnionTelegraphCompany; director, ConsolidatedGasCompany; president, Illinois CentralRailroad.Died, in the ClarendonHotel,New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,December7, 1892 (age88 years, 11days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Henry Warner Slocum (1827-1894) — also known asHenry W. Slocum — ofOnondagaCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,September24, 1827.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Onondaga County 2nd District, 1859; generalin the Union Army during the Civil War;U.S.Representative from New York, 1869-73, 1883-85 (3rd District1869-73, at-large 1883-85); delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from New York,1892.DiedApril24, 1894 (age66 years, 212days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | John Godfrey Schumaker (1826-1905) — also known asJohn G. Schumaker — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,1826.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,1864;U.S.Representative from New York 2nd District, 1869-71, 1873-77;delegateto New York state constitutional convention 2nd District, 1894.Died in1905(ageabout79 years).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Mortimer W. Byers (1877-1962) — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,May 28,1877.Republican.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during World War I;U.S.District Judge for the Eastern District of New York, 1929-60;took senior status 1960.Episcopalian.Member,DeltaKappa Epsilon.Died in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,March 5,1962 (age84 years, 281days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Thomas S. Byers and Isabella F. (Wardle) Byers; married,June 6,1906, to Kate A. House. |
| | Peter Sharpe (1777-1842) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,December10, 1777.Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County, 1814-15, 1816-21;Speaker ofthe New York State Assembly, 1820-21;delegateto New York state constitutional convention, 1821;U.S.Representative from New York, 1821, 1823-25 (2nd District 1821,3rd District 1823-25); defeated, 1824.Died in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,August3, 1842 (age64 years, 236days).Original interment atNewYork Marble Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.; reinterment at Green-WoodCemetery. | | William Brown Maclay (1812-1882) — also known asWilliam B. Maclay — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,March20, 1812.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County, 1840-42;U.S.Representative from New York, 1843-49, 1857-61 (4th District1843-49, 5th District 1857-61).Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,February19, 1882 (age69 years, 336days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.  | John Blackburne Woodward (1835-1896) — also known asJohn B. Woodward — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,May 31,1835.Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War;leatherbusiness;importerand exporter; Independent candidate formayorof Brooklyn, N.Y., 1885.Unitarian.Englishancestry. Member,National RifleAssociation;Freemasons;RoyalArch Masons;GrandArmy of the Republic;LoyalLegion.Died, frompneumonia,in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,March 7,1896 (age60 years, 281days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Thomas Woodward and Mary Barrow (Blackburne) Woodward; married,May 31,1870, to Elizabeth Cook Blackburne. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: John B. Woodward: abiographical memoir (1897) |
| | Oswald Ottendorfer (1826-1900) — also known asValentin Oswald Ottendorfer — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Zwittau, Moravia (now Svitavy,Czechia),February28, 1826.Democrat.Newspaperpublisher; delegate to Democratic National Convention from NewYork,1864;Liberal Democratic candidate formayorof New York City, N.Y., 1874; Democratic Presidential Elector forNew York,1884;Gold Democratic candidate for Presidential Elector for New York,1896.Austrianancestry.Died in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,December15, 1900 (age74 years, 290days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | John Swinton (1829-1901) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Haddingtonshire (now East Lothian),Scotland,December12, 1829.Socialist.Newspapereditorialwriter;Industrial candidate formayorof New York City, N.Y., 1874.Scottishancestry.Died in Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,December15, 1901 (age72 years, 3days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Frederick Seymour Gibbs (1845-1903) — also known asFrederick S. Gibbs;"The WickedGibbs" —of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Seneca Falls,SenecaCounty, N.Y.,March22, 1845.Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member ofNewYork state senate 8th District, 1884-85; candidate formayorof New York City, N.Y., 1884; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from New York,1888,1892,1896,1900;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County 13th District, 1889-90;member ofRepublicanNational Committee from New York, 1896-1903.Died in Asbury Park,MonmouthCounty, N.J.,September21, 1903 (age58 years, 183days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Thomas James Creamer (1843-1914) — also known asThomas J. Creamer — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in County Leitrim,Ireland,May26, 1843.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly, 1865-67, 1889 (New York County 10th District1865-66, New York County 14th District 1867, 1889); member ofNew Yorkstate senate 6th District, 1868-71;U.S.Representative from New York, 1873-75, 1901-03 (7th District1873-75, 8th District 1901-03).Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,August4, 1914 (age71 years, 70days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | William Mills Ivins (1851-1915) — also known asWilliam M. Ivins — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Freehold,MonmouthCounty, N.J.,April22, 1851.Republican.Lawyer;candidate formayorof New York City, N.Y., 1905.Died, ofBright'sdisease, in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,July 23,1915 (age64 years, 92days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Horatio Collins King (1837-1918) — also known asHoratio C. King — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine,December22, 1837.Lawyer;major in the Union Army during the Civil War; Democratic candidateforsecretaryof state of New York, 1895; Independent Democratic candidate forU.S.Representative from New York 3rd District, 1897; Progressivecandidate forNew Yorkstate comptroller, 1912.Congregationalist.Member,Freemasons;Elks;LoyalLegion;GrandArmy of the Republic;Sons ofthe American Revolution;PhiBeta Kappa.ReceivedMedalof Honor for action near Dinwiddie Court House, Va., March 29,1865.DiedNovember15, 1918 (age80 years, 328days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | John Joseph Adams (1848-1919) — also known asJohn J. Adams — of New York. Born in Douglas Town,NewBrunswick,September16, 1848.Democrat.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from New York, 1883-87 (8th District 1883-85, 7thDistrict 1885-87).Died suddenly, ofheartdisease (a year after suffering astroke ofparalysis), in the AnsoniaHotel,Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,February16, 1919 (age70 years, 153days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Asa Bird Gardiner (1839-1919) — also known asAsa Bird Gardner — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Suffern,RocklandCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,September30, 1839.Democrat.Lawyer;served in the Union Army during the Civil War; received theMedalof Honor for actions in Civil War War battles, but it was revokedin 1917 when no evidence was found to support his award;lawprofessor;NewYork County District Attorney, 1898-1900; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from New York,1900;removedfrom office as District Attorney in December 1900, by Gov.TheodoreRoosevelt, overchargesthat he hadinterferedwith the prosecution of election cases against Tammany Hall.Member,TammanyHall;Societyof the Cincinnati;LoyalLegion;GrandArmy of the Republic;Societyof the War of 1812;DeltaKappa Epsilon.Died, from astroke ofapoplexy, in Suffern,RocklandCounty, N.Y.,May 24,1919 (age79 years, 236days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | William Jerome Coombs (1833-1922) — also known asWilliam J. Coombs — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Jordan,OnondagaCounty, N.Y.,December24, 1833.Democrat.U.S.Representative from New York, 1891-95 (3rd District 1891-93, 4thDistrict 1893-95); defeated, 1888 (3rd District), 1894 (4th District).Died in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,January12, 1922 (age88 years, 19days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | James Humphrey (1811-1866) — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Fairfield,FairfieldCounty, Conn.,October9, 1811.Republican.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from New York, 1859-61, 1865-66 (2nd District1859-61, 3rd District 1865-66); died in office 1866.Died in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,June 16,1866 (age54 years, 250days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery; cenotaph atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C. | | George Briggs (1805-1869) — of Bennington,BenningtonCounty, Vt.; New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born near Broadalbin,FultonCounty, N.Y.,May 6,1805.Member ofVermontstate house of representatives, 1837;U.S.Representative from New York, 1849-53, 1859-61 (5th District1849-53, 7th District 1859-61).Died in Saratoga Springs,SaratogaCounty, N.Y.,June 1,1869 (age64 years, 26days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Henry Jarvis Raymond (1820-1869) — also known asHenry J. Raymond — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Lima town,LivingstonCounty, N.Y.,January24, 1820.Republican.Newspapereditor; founder of the New York Times; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County 7th District, 1850-51, 1862;Speakerof the New York State Assembly, 1851, 1862;LieutenantGovernor of New York, 1855-56;Chairmanof Republican National Committee, 1864-66;U.S.Representative from New York 6th District, 1865-67.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,June 18,1869 (age49 years, 145days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | John Osborne Whitehouse (1817-1881) — also known asJohn O. Whitehouse — of Poughkeepsie,DutchessCounty, N.Y.Born in Rochester,StraffordCounty, N.H.,July 19,1817.Democrat.Shoemanufacturer;U.S.Representative from New York 13th District, 1873-77;newspaperpublisher.Died in Poughkeepsie,DutchessCounty, N.Y.,August24, 1881 (age64 years, 36days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | John Hardy (1835-1913) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born inScotland,September10, 1835.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County 11th District, 1861;U.S.Representative from New York 9th District, 1881-85; defeated,1872 (Anti-Tammany Democrat, 9th District), 1874 (IndependentDemocratic, 9th District), 1874 (Independent Democratic, 9thDistrict), 1878 (Anti-Tammany Democrat, 9th District), 1880(Independent Democratic, 9th District), 1884 (Tammany HallDemocratic, 11th District).Died in New York City (unknowncounty), N.Y.,December9, 1913 (age78 years, 90days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Jacob Van Vechten Olcott (1856-1940) — also known asJ. Van Vechten Olcott — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May 17,1856.Republican.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from New York 15th District, 1905-11; delegate toRepublican National Convention from New York,1912.Episcopalian.Member,Sons ofthe Revolution;AlphaDelta Phi;UnionLeague.DiedJune 1,1940 (age84 years, 15days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Frederick William Rowe (1863-1946) — also known asFrederick W. Rowe — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Wappingers Falls,DutchessCounty, N.Y.,March10, 1863.Republican.U.S.Representative from New York 6th District, 1915-21.Congregationalist.Member,Rotary.DiedJune 20,1946 (age83 years, 102days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Robert McClellan (1806-1860) — of New York. Born in New York,October2, 1806.Democrat.U.S.Representative from New York 8th District, 1837-39, 1841-43.DiedJune 28,1860 (age53 years, 270days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Dwight Townsend (1826-1899) — of New York. Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,September25, 1826.Democrat.Sugar refiningbusiness;U.S.Representative from New York 1st District, 1864-65, 1871-73;defeated (Independent Democratic), 1882;telegraphbusiness.Died in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October29, 1899 (age73 years, 34days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Franklin Bartlett (1847-1909) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Grafton,WorcesterCounty, Mass.,September10, 1847.Lawyer;delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,1892,1896,1904;U.S.Representative from New York 7th District, 1893-97; defeated(Republican), 1896.Member,Sons ofthe Revolution;Societyof Colonial Wars;DeltaKappa Epsilon.Died, of akidneydisorder, in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,April23, 1909 (age61 years, 225days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.  | James Robinson Howe (1839-1914) — also known asJames R. Howe — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,January27, 1839.Republican.Dry goodsmerchant;U.S.Representative from New York 6th District, 1895-99; defeated,1902;KingsCounty Register of Deeds, 1900-02; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from New York,1900.Member,UnionLeague.Died in North Salem,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,September21, 1914 (age75 years, 237days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Moses Fowler Odell (1818-1866) — of New York. Born in New York,February24, 1818.Democrat.U.S.Representative from New York, 1861-65 (2nd District 1861-63, 3rdDistrict 1863-65).Died, ofcancer,in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,June 13,1866 (age48 years, 109days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | James I. Roosevelt (1795-1875) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,December14, 1795.Democrat. Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County, 1835, 1840;U.S.Representative from New York 3rd District, 1841-43;U.S.Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1859-61.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,April 5,1875 (age79 years, 112days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | John Murray Mitchell (1858-1905) — also known asJohn M. Mitchell — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,March18, 1858.Republican.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from New York 8th District, 1896-99; defeated,1894, 1898; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,1900.Died, fromcancer,in Tuxedo Park,OrangeCounty, N.Y.,May 31,1905 (age47 years, 74days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Almet Francis Jenks (1853-1924) — also known asAlmet F. Jenks — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,May 21,1853.Democrat.Lawyer;delegateto New York state constitutional convention 2nd District, 1894;Justiceof New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1900-21; resigned 1921;candidate forchiefjudge of New York Court of Appeals, 1916.Member,Societyof Colonial Wars.Died in1924(ageabout71 years).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Grenville Tudor Jenks and Persis Sophia (Smith) Jenks; brother ofPaulE. Jenks; married,April29, 1891, to Lena Barré. |
| | Luther Bradish (1783-1863) — of Malone,FranklinCounty, N.Y.Born in Cummington,HampshireCounty, Mass.,September15, 1783.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Franklin County, 1828-30, 1836-38;Speaker ofthe New York State Assembly, 1838;LieutenantGovernor of New York, 1837-42; candidate forGovernor ofNew York, 1842.Died, in Ocean Househotel,Newport,NewportCounty, R.I.,August30, 1863 (age79 years, 349days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Col. John Bradish and Hannah (Warner) Bradish; married1814 to HelenElizabeth Gibbs; married1839 to MaryEliza Hart. |
| | John Brownson (d. 1865) — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.U.S.Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana, 1823-30.Died in South Oyster Bay,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,March23, 1865.Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Alexander Hamilton Wallis (1819-1879) — also known asAlexander H. Wallis — of Jersey City,HudsonCounty, N.J.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,June 26,1819.Democrat.Lawyer;banker;candidate formayorof Jersey City, N.J., 1854 (Democratic), 1857 (Union).Died in Jersey City,HudsonCounty, N.J.,July 22,1879 (age60 years, 26days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Abijah Mann Jr. (1793-1868) — of Fairfield,HerkimerCounty, N.Y.; Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Fairfield,HerkimerCounty, N.Y.,September24, 1793.Merchant;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Herkimer County, 1828-30, 1838;postmaster;U.S.Representative from New York 16th District, 1833-37; candidateforNew Yorkstate attorney general, 1855; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from New York,1856;candidate forNew Yorkstate senate, 1857.Died in Auburn,CayugaCounty, N.Y.,September6, 1868 (age74 years, 348days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Philip Schuyler Crooke (1810-1881) — also known asPhilip S. Crooke — ofKingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Poughkeepsie,DutchessCounty, N.Y.,March 2,1810.Republican. Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Kings County 1st District, 1864;U.S.Representative from New York 4th District, 1873-75.Died in Flatbush, Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,March17, 1881 (age71 years, 15days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | John Hyatt Smith (1824-1886) — also known asJ. Hyatt Smith — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,April10, 1824.Democrat.U.S.Representative from New York 3rd District, 1881-83.DiedDecember7, 1886 (age62 years, 241days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Stephen Tyng Hopkins (1849-1892) — also known asStephen T. Hopkins — of Catskill,GreeneCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,March25, 1849.Republican.Ironmerchant; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Greene County, 1885-86;U.S.Representative from New York 17th District, 1887-89.DiedMarch 3,1892 (age42 years, 344days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Orlando Brunson Potter (1823-1894) — also known asOrlando B. Potter — of New York. Born in Charlemont,FranklinCounty, Mass.,March10, 1823.Democrat.U.S.Representative from New York 11th District, 1883-85; defeated(Tammany Hall Democratic), 1878.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,January2, 1894 (age70 years, 298days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | John Hugh Graham (1835-1895) — also known asJohn H. Graham — of New York. Born in Belfast, Ireland (nowNorthernIreland),April 1,1835.Democrat. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War;hardwarebusiness;U.S.Representative from New York 5th District, 1893-95.Died in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,July 11,1895 (age60 years, 101days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | John Daniel Lawson (1816-1896) — also known asJohn D. Lawson;"SittingBull" —of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Montgomery,OrangeCounty, N.Y.,February18, 1816.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,1868,1872,1884,1892;U.S.Representative from New York 8th District, 1873-75; defeated,1874.DiedJanuary24, 1896 (age79 years, 340days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Henry Clay Miner (1842-1900) — also known asHenry C. Miner — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,March23, 1842.Democrat.U.S.Representative from New York 9th District, 1895-97.DiedFebruary22, 1900 (age57 years, 336days).Entombed at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Anthony Eickhoff (1827-1901) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Lippstadt, Westphalia (nowGermany),September11, 1827.Democrat. Founder or editor of several German-languagenewspapers,in St. Louis, Mo., Dubuque, Iowa, and New York City; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County 10th District, 1864;U.S.Representative from New York 7th District, 1877-79; defeated,1878; New York City Fire Commissioner, 1891-96.Germanancestry.Died in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November5, 1901 (age74 years, 55days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | William Copeland Wallace (1856-1901) — also known asWilliam C. Wallace — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,May 21,1856.Republican.Lawyer;banker;U.S.Representative from New York 3rd District, 1889-91; defeated,1890; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,1892,1900.Died in Warwick,OrangeCounty, N.Y.,September4, 1901 (age45 years, 106days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Henry Bristow (1840-1906) — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in St. Michaels,Azores,June5, 1840.Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;merchant;U.S.Representative from New York 3rd District, 1901-03; defeated,1902.Member,GrandArmy of the Republic;Freemasons.Died, fromhearttrouble, in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,October11, 1906 (age66 years, 128days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Robert Troup (1757-1832) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Geneva,OntarioCounty, N.Y.Born in Elizabethtown, Essex County (now Elizabeth,UnionCounty), N.J.,August19, 1757.Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County, 1785-86;U.S.District Judge for New York, 1796-98.Columbia classmate and close friend ofAlexanderHamilton.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,January14, 1832 (age74 years, 148days).Entombed in mausoleum at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Lucien Bonaparte Chase (1817-1864) — of Dover,StewartCounty, Tenn.; Clarksville,MontgomeryCounty, Tenn.; New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Derby Line, Derby,OrleansCounty, Vt.,December5, 1817.Democrat.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Tennessee 9th District, 1845-49.Died in Derby Line, Derby,OrleansCounty, Vt.,December4, 1864 (age46 years, 365days).Entombed at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | John M. Wood (1813-1864) — of Maine. Born in New York,November17, 1813.Republican. Member of Maine state legislature, 1850;U.S.Representative from Maine 1st District, 1855-59.DiedDecember24, 1864 (age51 years, 37days).Entombed at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Stephen Van Culen White (1831-1913) — also known asStephen V. White — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in North Carolina,August1, 1831.Republican.U.S.Representative from New York 3rd District, 1887-89.DiedJanuary18, 1913 (age81 years, 170days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Michael Joseph Hogan (1871-1940) — also known asMichael J. Hogan — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.; Rockville Centre,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,April22, 1871.Republican.U.S.Representative from New York 7th District, 1921-23; defeated,1922 (7th District), 1932 (at-large);truckingbusiness;indictedin 1934 foracceptingmoney from applicants for New York City plumbing licenses;convictedon federal charges in 1935 ofacceptingbribes from illegal immigrants and helping them filefalseaffidavits, andsentencedto a year and a day in federal prison;testifiedin 1936 that he had assisted in ajurytampering conspiracy.Died in Rockville Centre,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,May 7,1940 (age69 years, 15days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | John Lefferts (1785-1829) — of New York. Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,December17, 1785.Democrat.U.S.Representative from New York 1st District, 1813-15; member ofNew Yorkstate senate, 1820-25 (Southern District 1820-22, 1st District1823-25);delegateto New York state constitutional convention, 1821.Slaveowner. DiedSeptember18, 1829 (age43 years, 275days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | James Porter (1787-1839) — of New York. Born in Williamstown,BerkshireCounty, Mass.,April18, 1787.Democrat. Member of New York state legislature, 1814;U.S.Representative from New York 19th District, 1817-19.DiedFebruary7, 1839 (age51 years, 295days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Joel Thompson (1760-1843) — of Sherburne,ChenangoCounty, N.Y.Born in Stanford,DutchessCounty, N.Y.,October3, 1760.Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly, 1797-98, 1802-04 (Albany County 1797-98, ChenangoCounty 1802-04); common pleas court judge in New York, 1799-1807;county judge in New York, 1807-14;U.S.Representative from New York 15th District, 1813-15.Died in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,February8, 1843 (age82 years, 128days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | James Milnor (1773-1844) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Pennsylvania,June 20,1773.U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 1st District, 1811-13.DiedApril 8,1844 (age70 years, 293days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Richard Young (1846-1935) — of Flatbush, Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Londonderry, Ireland (nowNorthernIreland),August6, 1846.Republican.U.S.Representative from New York 5th District, 1909-11.Died in Flatbush, Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,June 9,1935 (age88 years, 307days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Harry Alfred Hanbury (1863-1940) — also known asHarry A. Hanbury — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Bristol,England,January1, 1863.Republican. Founder of HanburyIron Worksin Brooklyn; candidate forNew Yorkstate senate, 1895;U.S.Representative from New York 4th District, 1901-03; defeated,1902.Died in Methuen,EssexCounty, Mass.,August22, 1940 (age77 years, 234days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Warren Isbell Lee (1874-1955) — also known asWarren I. Lee — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Bartlett,OneidaCounty, N.Y.,February5, 1874.Republican.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly, 1906-10, 1920 (Kings County 18th District1906-10, Kings County 21st District 1920);U.S.Representative from New York 6th District, 1921-23; defeated,1910 (5th District), 1922 (6th District), 1924 (6th District).Member,DeltaKappa Epsilon;Freemasons;UnionLeague.DiedDecember25, 1955 (age81 years, 323days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | John Brown Johnston (1882-1960) — also known asJohn B. Johnston — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Glasgow,Scotland,July10, 1882.Democrat.Lawyer;candidate forNew Yorkstate assembly from Kings County 12th District, 1915;U.S.Representative from New York 5th District, 1919-21; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from New York,1920,1924;Justiceof New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1928-52; Justice of theAppellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 2nd Department,1935-52.Died in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,January11, 1960 (age77 years, 185days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | William Starr Miller (1793-1854) — also known asWilliam S. Miller — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Connecticut,August22, 1793.U.S.Representative from New York 3rd District, 1845-47.DiedNovember9, 1854 (age61 years, 79days).Entombed at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Thomas William Cumming (c.1814-1855) — also known asThomas W. Cumming — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Frederick,FrederickCounty, Md., about 1814.Democrat.Druggist;clothmanufacturer;U.S.Representative from New York 2nd District, 1853-55.Died in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,October13, 1855 (ageabout 41years).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | John Henry Hobart Haws (1809-1858) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,1809.Whig.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from New York 4th District, 1851-53.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,January27, 1858 (ageabout 48years).Original interment atSt.Stephen's Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.; reinterment in 1866 atGreen-Wood Cemetery. | | Thomas Richard Whitney (1807-1858) — also known asThomas R. Whitney — of New York. Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May 2,1807.Member ofNew Yorkstate senate 4th District, 1854-55;U.S.Representative from New York 5th District, 1855-57.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,April12, 1858 (age50 years, 345days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Michael Walsh (1810-1859) — also known asMike Walsh — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Youghal, County Cork,Ireland,May4, 1810.Democrat.Convictedabout 1845 for publication of alibel;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly, 1847-48, 1852 (New York County 1847, New YorkCounty 12th District 1848, 1852);U.S.Representative from New York 4th District, 1853-55.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,March17, 1859 (age48 years, 317days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | David Alexander Bokee (1805-1860) — also known asDavid A. Bokee — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October6, 1805.Whig.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate senate 2nd District, 1848-49;U.S.Representative from New York 2nd District, 1849-51.Died inWashington,D.C.,March15, 1860 (age54 years, 161days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Lot Clark (1788-1862) — of Norwich,ChenangoCounty, N.Y.; Lockport,NiagaraCounty, N.Y.Born in Hillsdale,ColumbiaCounty, N.Y.,May 23,1788.Lawyer;postmaster atNorwich,N.Y., 1819-23, 1825-29;ChenangoCounty District Attorney, 1822-23, 1828-29;U.S.Representative from New York 21st District, 1823-25; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Niagara County, 1846.Died in Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.,December18, 1862 (age74 years, 209days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Isaac Clason Delaplaine (1817-1866) — of New York. Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October27, 1817.U.S.Representative from New York 8th District, 1861-63.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,July 17,1866 (age48 years, 263days).Entombed at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Anson Herrick (1812-1868) — of New York. Born in Lewiston,AndroscogginCounty, Maine,January21, 1812.Democrat.Printer;newspapereditor and publisher;U.S.Representative from New York 9th District, 1863-65.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,February6, 1868 (age56 years, 16days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Thomas Child Jr. (1818-1869) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Port Richmond, Staten Island,RichmondCounty, N.Y.Born in Bakersfield,FranklinCounty, Vt.,March22, 1818.Democrat.Delegateto Vermont state constitutional convention, 1838;lawyer;U.S.Representative from New York 7th District, 1855-57; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Richmond County, 1866.Died in Port Richmond, Staten Island,RichmondCounty, N.Y.,March 9,1869 (age50 years, 352days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Francis Brockholst Cutting (1804-1870) — also known asFrancis B. Cutting — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,August6, 1804.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County, 1836-37;U.S.Representative from New York 8th District, 1853-55.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,June 26,1870 (age65 years, 324days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | William Wall (1800-1872) — of Williamsburg (now part of Brooklyn),KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,March20, 1800.Republican.Ropemanufacturer;banker;mayorof Williamsburgh, N.Y., 1853;U.S.Representative from New York 5th District, 1861-63.Died in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,April20, 1872 (age72 years, 31days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Franklin Clark (1801-1874) — of Maine. Born in Wiscasset,LincolnCounty, Maine,August2, 1801.Democrat. Member of Maine state legislature, 1840;U.S.Representative from Maine 4th District, 1847-49.Died in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,August24, 1874 (age73 years, 22days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Luther Cullen Carter (1805-1875) — also known asLuther C. Carter — of Flushing, Queens,QueensCounty, N.Y.Born in Bethel,OxfordCounty, Maine,February25, 1805.U.S.Representative from New York 1st District, 1859-61.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,January3, 1875 (age69 years, 312days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | William Magear Tweed (1823-1878) — also known asWilliam M. Tweed;William Marcy Tweed;"Boss Tweed" —of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,April 3,1823.Democrat.Chairmaker;firefighter;U.S.Representative from New York 5th District, 1853-55; member ofNew Yorkstate senate 4th District, 1868-73.Scotch-Irishancestry. Member,OddFellows;Freemasons.Convictedofembezzlementandsentencedto twelve years inprison;escaped;capturedin Spain and brought back to New York.Diedinprison, in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,April12, 1878 (age55 years, 9days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Jesse Johnson (1842-1918) — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.; Orford,GraftonCounty, N.H.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Bradford,OrangeCounty, Vt.,February20, 1842.Republican.Lawyer;delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,1888;U.S.Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, 1889-94;delegateto New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1894;Justice ofNew York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1897-98; defeated, 1883.Died, in the St. GeorgeHotel,Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October31, 1918 (age76 years, 253days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.| | Relatives:Married to Sarah E. Russell and Mary A. Prichard. |
| | George Blinn Francis (1883-1967) — also known asGeorge B. Francis — of New York. Born in Providence,ProvidenceCounty, R.I.,August12, 1883.Republican.U.S.Representative from New York 18th District, 1917-19; defeated,1914.Died in Boca Raton,Palm BeachCounty, Fla.,May 20,1967 (age83 years, 281days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Theodore Dwight (1764-1846) — of Hartford,HartfordCounty, Conn.; Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.; New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Northampton,HampshireCounty, Mass.,December15, 1764.Lawyer;newspapereditor;U.S.Representative from Connecticut 6th District, 1806-07; member ofConnecticutcouncil of assistants, 1809-15.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,June 12,1846 (age81 years, 179days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Timothy Dwight and Mary (Edwards) Dwight; married to AbigailAlsop; nephew ofPierpontEdwards; third great-grandson ofThomasWillett; first cousin ofAaronBurr andHenryWaggaman Edwards; second cousin ofJohnDavenport andJamesDavenport; second cousin once removed ofTheodoreDavenport; second cousin thrice removed ofEvertHarris Kittell andFrancisWatkinson Cole; second cousin five times removed ofArthurCallen Kittell Jr.; third cousin ofBenjaminTallmadge andGreeneCarrier Bronson; third cousin once removed ofCharlesRobert Sherman,FrederickAugustus Tallmadge andElishaHunt Allen; third cousin twice removed ofCharlesTaylor Sherman,JohnAppleton,WilliamTecumseh Sherman,LampsonParker Sherman,JohnSherman,JosephPomeroy Root,WilliamChapman Williston,WilliamFessenden Allen,FrederickHobbes Allen andEdwardWilliams Hooker; third cousin thrice removed ofEzekielGilbert Stoddard,MauriceLauchlin Wright,GeorgeLandon Ingraham,GeorgeWilliston Nash,CharlesDunsmore Millard,FranklinClark Pomeroy andBlancheM. Woodward; fourth cousin ofNoahPhelps andHezekiahCase; fourth cousin once removed ofParmenioAdams,MorrisWoodruff,ElishaPhelps,AmbroseTuttle,JesseHoyt,AbielCase,SilasWright Jr.,JairusCase,JohnLeslie Russell,JamesSamuel Wadsworth,GeorgeWashington Wolcott,WilliamDean Kellogg andAlmonCase. | | | | Political family:Edwards-Burr-Davenportfamily of Connecticut (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | James Michael Cavanaugh (1823-1879) — also known asJames M. Cavanaugh — of Chatfield,FillmoreCounty, Minn.; Helena,Lewis andClark County, Mont.Born in Springfield,HampdenCounty, Mass.,July 4,1823.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Minnesota at-large, 1858-59;Delegateto U.S. Congress from Montana Territory, 1867-71.DiedOctober30, 1879 (age56 years, 118days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Teunis Garret Bergen (1806-1881) — also known asTeunis G. Bergen — of New Utrecht (now part of Brooklyn),KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,October6, 1806.Democrat.Delegateto New York state constitutional convention, 1846; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from New York,1860;U.S.Representative from New York 2nd District, 1865-67;delegateto New York state constitutional convention, 1867-68.Died in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,April24, 1881 (age74 years, 200days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Demas Barnes (1827-1888) — of New York. Born in Gorham Township,OntarioCounty, N.Y.,April 4,1827.Democrat.U.S.Representative from New York 2nd District, 1867-69.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May 1,1888 (age61 years, 27days).Entombed at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Morgan Jones (1830-1894) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born inEngland,February26, 1830.Democrat.U.S.Representative from New York 4th District, 1865-67.DiedJuly 13,1894 (age64 years, 137days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | James Samuel Thomas Stranahan (1808-1898) — also known asJames S. T. Stranahan;"Father ofProspect Park" —ofOneidaCounty, N.Y.; Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Peterboro,MadisonCounty, N.Y.,August25, 1808.Republican. Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Oneida County, 1838;U.S.Representative from New York 2nd District, 1855-57; delegate toRepublican National Convention from New York,1860.DiedSeptember3, 1898 (age90 years, 9days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery; statue atProspect Park. | | Howard Wilmert Ameli (1881-1959) — also known asHoward W. Ameli — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,October12, 1881.Republican.Lawyer; lawpartner ofAbnerC. Surpless; served in the U.S. Navy during World War I;U.S.Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, 1929-34.Methodist.Member,American BarAssociation;FederalBar Association;AmericanLegion;Sonsof Union Veterans;MilitaryOrder of the World Wars;DeltaChi;Freemasons.Died, in MethodistHospital,Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,July 29,1959 (age77 years, 290days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Alonzo Ameli and Jessie Isabel (Robinson) Ameli; married,August10, 1918, to Flora E. Maus. |
| | Lorenzo Bingham Shepard (1821-1856) — also known asLorenzo B. Shepard — of New York. Born in Cairo,GreeneCounty, N.Y.,May 27,1821.Democrat.Lawyer;delegateto New York state constitutional convention, 1846;U.S.Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1849-50; delegateto Democratic National Convention from New York,1852,1856;NewYork County District Attorney, 1854; New York City CorporationCounsel, 1855-56.Member,TammanyHall.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,September18, 1856 (age35 years, 114days).Original interment atNewYork City Marble Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.; reinterment atGreen-Wood Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof David Shepard; married,July 5,1842, to Lucy Morse; father ofEdwardMorse Shepard. | | | | Epitaph: "This monument Is erected bythe voluntary subscriptions of Citizens who valued him as a publicofficer, of Associates and Clients Who trusted him as a Counsellor,of Friends who loved him as a man, Just, generous and true, In allthe relations of Life." | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle |
| | Day Otis Kellogg (1796-1874) — also known asDay O. Kellogg — of Troy,RensselaerCounty, N.Y.Born in Galway,SaratogaCounty, N.Y.,August7, 1796.Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Rensselaer County, 1839;mayor ofTroy, N.Y., 1850; U.S. Consul inGlasgow, 1850-53.DiedAugust9, 1874 (age78 years, 2days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.| | Relatives: SonofCharlesKellogg (1773-1842) and Mary Ann (Otis) Kellogg; brother ofDwightKellogg; married to Mary Ann Dimon and Harriet Walter Odin; firstcousin ofAlvanKellogg; first cousin once removed ofAsahelOtis; second cousin ofEnsignHosmer Kellogg; second cousin twice removed ofJosephOtis,SamuelAllyne Otis andAaronKellogg; second cousin thrice removed ofMartinWeld Deyo; third cousin ofAsa H.Otis; third cousin once removed ofJasonKellogg,HarrisonGray Otis,OrsamusCook Merrill,TimothyMerrill,DanielFiske Kellogg,OrlandoKellogg andWilliamDean Kellogg; third cousin twice removed ofBenjaminLincoln,RowlandCase Kellogg andFrankBillings Kellogg; third cousin thrice removed ofJohnAdams; fourth cousin ofNathanielFreeman Jr.,LutherWalter Badger,SilasDewey Kellogg,GreeneCarrier Bronson,ChesterAshley,DanielKellogg (1791-1875),JohnRussell Kellogg,AlvahNash,ThomasBelden Butler,GeorgeSmith Catlin,AlbertGallatin Kellogg,FrancisWilliam Kellogg,FarrandFassett Merrill,AbrahamLansing andCharlesKellogg (1839-1903); fourth cousin once removed ofStephenDaniel Tilden,BenjaminFessenden,MosesYounglove Tilden,CharlesBackus Hyde Fessenden,SamuelJones Tilden,StephenWright Kellogg,GeorgeBradley Kellogg,CharlesAugustus Otis, Sr.,WilliamPitt Kellogg,DanielKellogg (1835-1918),ArthurTappan Kellogg,JamesOtis andSelahMerrill. | | | | Political families:Kellogg#1 family of New York;Kellogg#2 family of New York;Kellogg#3 family of New York;Kellogg#4 family of Vermont and New York (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Benjamin Douglas Silliman (1805-1901) — also known asBenjamin D. Silliman — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Newport,NewportCounty, R.I.,September14, 1805.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Kings County, 1838; delegate to Whig NationalConvention from New York, 1839 (speaker); Whig candidate forU.S.Representative from New York 2nd District, 1843;U.S.Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, 1865-66;Republican candidate forNew Yorkstate attorney general, 1873.At the time of his death, he was the oldest practicing lawyer in NewYork State, and the oldest graduate of Yale University.Died, frombronchialpneumonia, in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,January24, 1901 (age95 years, 132days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.  | John Kendrick Bangs (1862-1922) — of Yonkers,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.; Ogunquit, Wells,YorkCounty, Maine.Born in Yonkers,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,May 27,1862.Democrat.Magazineeditor;author;playwright;candidate formayorof Yonkers, N.Y., 1894; candidate forU.S.Representative from Maine 1st District, 1921.Died, fromintestinalcancer, in CityHospital,Atlantic City,AtlanticCounty, N.J.,January21, 1922 (age59 years, 239days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Francis N. Bangs and Amelia Francis (Bull) Bangs; married,March 3,1886, to Agnes Lawson Hyde; married,April27, 1904, to Mary Blakeney Gray. | | | | Image source: American Review ofReviews, March 1922 |
| | Henry George Stebbins (1811-1881) — of New York. Born in Ridgefield,FairfieldCounty, Conn.,September15, 1811.U.S.Representative from New York 1st District, 1863-64.DiedDecember6, 1881 (age70 years, 82days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Clarence Rice Slocum (1870-1912) — also known asClarence R. Slocum — of New York. Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,June 22,1870.Importerand exporter; U.S. Consul inWarsaw, 1903-05;Weimar, 1905-06;Zittau, 1907-08;Fiume, 1908-12, died in office 1912; U.S. Consul General inBoma, 1906.Member,DeltaKappa Epsilon.Died in Fiume, Hungary (now Rijeka,Croatia),February25, 1912 (age41 years, 248days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Isaac Kauffman Funk (1839-1912) — also known asIsaac K. Funk — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born inClarkCounty, Ohio,September10, 1839.Pastor;publishingbusiness; co-founder of Funk & Wagnalls; Prohibition candidateforU.S.Representative from New York, 1888 (4th District), 1892 (2ndDistrict), 1896 (2nd District); Prohibition candidate forboroughpresident of Brooklyn, New York, 1897, 1901; Prohibitioncandidate for Presidential Elector for New York,1900.Lutheran.Died in Montclair,EssexCounty, N.J.,April 4,1912 (age72 years, 207days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.  | Warren Irving Glover (1879-1956) — also known asW. Irving Glover — of Englewood,BergenCounty, N.J.; Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,October2, 1879.Republican.BergenCounty Freeholder, 1915; member ofNewJersey state house of assembly from Bergen County, 1917-21;Speaker ofthe New Jersey State House of Assembly, 1920; AssistantPostmaster General, 1921-32.Died, fromcancer,in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,April29, 1956 (age76 years, 210days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.| | Relatives:Married to Anna Bell Englis. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Library ofCongress |
 | Eugene Mabbett Travis (1863-1940) — also known asEugene M. Travis — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,June 10,1863.Republican.Wholesalefruit and vegetable business; member ofNew Yorkstate senate 6th District, 1907-12; defeated, 1912;New Yorkstate comptroller, 1915-20.Methodist.Member,RoyalArcanum;Orderof Heptasophs;Freemasons;RoyalArch Masons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners.Died in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,July 25,1940 (age77 years, 45days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Frederick H. E. Ebstein (1847-1916) — of Poughkeepsie,DutchessCounty, N.Y.; Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.; Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Militsch, Prussia (now Milicz,Poland),April21, 1847.Republican.Newspaperreporter; served in the Union Army during the Civil War; major inthe U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; candidate forboroughpresident of Brooklyn, New York, 1905.Germanancestry. Member,LoyalLegion;Freemasons.Died in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,February8, 1916 (age68 years, 293days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.| | Relatives:Married to Jeanie V. Smith. |
 | Timothy Lester Woodruff (1858-1913) — also known asTimothy L. Woodruff — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.,August4, 1858.Republican. Brooklyn Park Commissioner, 1895; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from New York,1896,1904,1908,1912;LieutenantGovernor of New York, 1897-1902;New YorkRepublican state chair, 1906-10.Suffered astrokewhile addressing acampaignmeeting at Cooper Union, and died two weeks later, in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October12, 1913 (age55 years, 69days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.  | Charles Holmes Van Brunt (1835-1905) — also known asCharles H. Van Brunt — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New Utrecht (now part of Brooklyn),KingsCounty, N.Y.,December26, 1835.Lawyer;Justiceof New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1884-1905; died in office1905; Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court1st Department, 1900-05; died in office 1905.Died in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May 26,1905 (age69 years, 151days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Albert N. Van Brunt and Mary (Holmes) Van Brunt. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: New-York Daily Tribune,May 27, 1905 |
| | John Anderson Bensel (1863-1922) — also known asJohn A. Bensel — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Bernardsville,SomersetCounty, N.J.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,1863.Democrat.Engineer;worked for the PennsylvaniaRailroad;in charge of construction on New York City's North Riverwaterfront,1889-95;New Yorkstate engineer and surveyor, 1911-14; major in the U.S. Armyduring World War I.Died, ofmyelitis,in Bernardsville,SomersetCounty, N.J.,June 19,1922 (ageabout 58years).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Brownlee Bensel and Mary Maclay (Hogg) Bensel; married1896 to EllaLouise Day. |
| | William H. Reynolds (1868-1931) — of Long Beach,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,February29, 1868.Republican.Builder;realestate developer; member ofNew Yorkstate senate 3rd District, 1894-95;indictedby a grand jury in August 1917 forperjury,over his 1912 expert testimony on the value of land sought by thecity for a park; the grand jury alleged that hefalselydenied anypersonalinterest in the realty company which owned the property; alsoindictedin October 1917, with three others, for conspiracydefraudthe city of $500,000 by inflating the appraisal; the indictments weredismissed in May 1920 over the prosecutor's delay of the trial;villagepresident of Long Beach, New York, 1921-22;mayorof Long Beach, N.Y., 1922-24; removed 1924; defeated, 1925;indictedon May 1, 1924, along with the Long Beach city treasurer, formisappropriatingcity funds in connection with a bond issue;tried inJune 1924,convicted,sentencedto six months in thecountyjail, and automaticallyremoved fromoffice as mayor; released pending appeal; the Appellate Divisionreversed the conviction in June 1925 and ordered a new trial; theindictment was dismissed in June 1927.EnglishandScotch-Irishancestry. Member,Elks;Freemasons.Died, fromheartdisease, in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October13, 1931 (age63 years, 227days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof William Reynolds and Margaret (McChesney) Reynolds; married toElise Guerrier. |
| | Henry Rutgers (1745-1830) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; New Brunswick,MiddlesexCounty, N.J.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October7, 1745.Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; memberofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County, 1777-78, 1783-84, 1800-02,1803-05, 1806-08; resigned 1778.DutchReformed.DiedFebruary17, 1830 (age84 years, 133days).Original interment atDutchChurch Burial Ground, Manhattan, N.Y.; reinterment in 1865 atGreen-Wood Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Hendrick Rutgers and Catharine (De Peyster) Rutgers; nephew ofJohannesDePeyster; grandson ofJohannesde Peyster; grandnephew ofAbrahamde Peyster; first cousin ofMatthewClarkson; first cousin once removed ofPhilipDePeyster; second cousin ofPierreVan Cortlandt; second cousin once removed ofPhilipPeter Livingston,PhilipVan Cortlandt,JohnStevens III andPierreVan Cortlandt Jr.; second cousin twice removed ofWilliamAlexander Duer,JohnDuer andCharlesLudlow Livingston; second cousin thrice removed ofWilliamDuer andDenningDuer; second cousin four times removed ofNicholasFish,HamiltonFish Jr. (1849-1936),JohnKean andHamiltonFish Kean; second cousin five times removed ofRobertReginald Livingston,HamiltonFish Jr. (1888-1991) andRobertWinthrop Kean. | | | | Political family:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | RutgersUniversity(founded 1766 as Queens College; renamed 1825 as Rutgers College) inNewBrunswick, New Jersey, isnamed forhim. — HenryStreetand RutgersStreet,inManhattan,New York, are bothnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Abel Edward Blackmar (1852-1931) — also known asAbel E. Blackmar — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Newark,WayneCounty, N.Y.,August21, 1852.Democrat.Lawyer;Justice ofNew York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1908-22; defeated (CitizensJudiciary), 1906; appointed 1908; Justice of the Appellate Divisionof the New York Supreme Court, 1917-22; director, InterboroughRapidTransit Company, 1922-31.Member,DeltaKappa Epsilon;PhiBeta Kappa;American BarAssociation.Died, in BrooklynHospital,Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,February14, 1931 (age78 years, 177days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Curtis Coe Bean (1828-1904) — of Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.; Prescott,YavapaiCounty, Ariz.; New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Tamworth,CarrollCounty, N.H.,January4, 1828.Republican.Lawyer;member ofTennesseestate house of representatives, 1867-68; member ofArizonaterritorial senate, 1879;Delegateto U.S. Congress from Arizona Territory, 1885-87; defeated, 1876,1886.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,February1, 1904 (age76 years, 28days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | John Hays Hammond (1855-1936) — ofSanFrancisco, Calif.;SouthAfrica;Washington,D.C.; Gloucester,EssexCounty, Mass.Born inSanFrancisco, Calif.,March31, 1855.Republican.Miningengineer;worked on mines in Mexico and South Africa; worked for Cecil Rhodes;in 1895, he took part in the Jameson raid, anattemptto overthrow the Boer government in South Africa; wasarrestedwith other leaders andsentencedto be hanged; his sentence was commuted, and he was eventuallyreleased to return to the U.S.; candidate for Republican nominationfor Vice President,1908;chair, U.S. Coal Commission, 1922-23.Member,AmericanAcademy of Arts and Sciences.Died, fromcoronaryocclusion, in Gloucester,EssexCounty, Mass.,June 8,1936 (age81 years, 69days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Isaac M. Kapper (1864-1944) — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May 29,1864.Democrat.Lawyer;Justice ofNew York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1910-34; defeated, 1906;Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 2ndDepartment, 1933-34.Member,Freemasons;Shriners;RoyalArcanum;OddFellows.Died in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,March25, 1944 (age79 years, 301days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Myer Nelan Kapper and Hannah Leah (Van Dam) Kapper; married1889 to LucyB. Burnham. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
 | Charles Hercules Ebbets (1859-1925) — also known asCharles H. Ebbets;CharlieEbbets —ofKingsCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October29, 1859.Architect;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Kings County 12th District, 1896; owner,Brooklyn Dodgersprofessionalbaseball team, 1902-25.Died, fromheartfailure, in his suite at the Waldorf-AstoriaHotel,Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,April18, 1925 (age65 years, 171days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.| | Relatives:Married,April10, 1878, to Minnie Frances Amelia Broadbent; married,May 8,1922, to Grace Eleanor Slade. | | | | Ebbets Field (built 1912, demolished 1960),ballparkfor the Brooklyn Dodgers, inBrooklyn,New York, wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Library ofCongress |
| | Abraham Bogart Conger (1814-1887) — also known asAbraham B. Conger — of Waldberg (now Congers),RocklandCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,July 5,1814.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate senate 7th District, 1852-53; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from New York,1864.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May 24,1887 (age72 years, 323days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof John Smith Conger and Sarah (Bogart) Conger; married,November12, 1836, to Mary Rutgers McCrea Hedges; third cousin twiceremoved ofHughConger; fourth cousin once removed ofJamesLockwood Conger,AnsonGriffith Conger,HarmonSweatland Conger,OmarDwight Conger,MooreConger,FrederickWard Conger,ChaunceyStewart Conger andCharlesFranklin Conger. | | | | Political family:Conger#1 family of New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | ThecommunityofCongers,New York, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887) — of Indianapolis,MarionCounty, Ind.; Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Litchfield,LitchfieldCounty, Conn.,June 24,1813.Republican.Minister;orator;abolitionist; candidate fordelegateto New York state constitutional convention 2nd District, 1867;in 1872, he wasaccusedof anadulterousaffair with Mrs. Elizabeth Tilton, the wife of a friend of his;Beecher's church conducted aninvestigationand declared him innocent; in 1874, Elizabeth Tilton's husbandTheodore sued Beecher; a highly-publicized months-longtrialtook place in 1875; the jury was unable to reach a verdit.Presbyterian;laterCongregationalist.Died in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,March 8,1887 (age73 years, 257days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery; memorial monument atCadman Plaza Park.| | Relatives: Sonof Lyman Beecher and Roxana Ward (Foote) Beecher; brother of HarrietBeecher Stowe; married,August3, 1837, to Eunice White Bullard; uncle ofGeorgeBuckingham Beecher; second cousin twice removed ofJonathanElmer,EbenezerElmer andEliElmer; second cousin thrice removed ofErastusWolcott andOliverWolcott Sr.; third cousin ofLeveretBrainard; third cousin once removed ofAmaziahBrainard andLuciusQuintius Cincinnatus Elmer; third cousin twice removed ofOliverWolcott Jr.,RogerGriswold,JohnAllen,FrederickWolcott,WalterKeene Linscott,SidneySmythe Linscott andFrancesPayne Bolton; third cousin thrice removed ofAaronKellogg,DanielChapin andOliverPayne Bolton; fourth cousin ofAmbroseTuttle,JosephH. Elmer andGeorgeFrederick Stone; fourth cousin once removed ofGaylordGriswold,LutherWalter Badger,DanielKellogg,GideonHotchkiss,AsahelAugustus Hotchkiss,JohnWilliam Allen,JuliusHotchkiss,GilesWaldo Hotchkiss,CharlesFrancis Chidsey,ErnestHarvey Woodford andSamuelRussell Chidsey. | | | | Political family:FourThousand Related Politicians.. | | | | Cross-reference:HenryW. Beecher | | | | The World War IILibertyshipSS Henry Ward Beecher (built 1942 atTerminalIsland, California; scrapped 1969) wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | John Quincy Adams (1848-1911) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Lancaster,CoosCounty, N.H.,October26, 1848.Democrat.Real estatebusiness; raised money to save "The Old Flag House", where BetsyRoss is reputed to have sewed the first American flag; candidate forU.S.Representative from New York 14th District, 1896.Methodist.Member,Sons ofthe American Revolution.Died, ofBright'sdisease, in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,January14, 1911 (age62 years, 80days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Alfred Ronalds Conkling (1850-1917) — also known asAlfred R. Conkling — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,September28, 1850.Republican. Candidate forU.S.Representative from New York 7th District, 1884; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly, 1892, 1895 (New York County 7th District 1892,New York County 8th District 1895).Killedhimself byjumping tohis death from a fourth-story window, in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,September18, 1917 (age66 years, 355days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Allison Leland Adams (1867-1920) — also known asAllison L. Adams — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Missouri, January,1867.Republican. Manager, tax and insurance department, EquitableTrustCompany; candidate forU.S.Representative from New York 8th District, 1918.Member,Freemasons;RoyalArch Masons;Shriners;RoyalArcanum.Died in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,April27, 1920 (age53 years, 0days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.  | James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938) — also known asJames W. Johnson;James WilliamJohnson —of Jacksonville,DuvalCounty, Fla.Born in Jacksonville,DuvalCounty, Fla.,June 17,1871.Schoolprincipal;author;lawyer;U.S. Consul inPuerto Cabello, 1906-07;Dakar, 1907-08;Corinto, 1908-09;universityprofessor.Africanancestry. Member,NAACP;SigmaPi Phi;PhiBeta Sigma;Freemasons.Author of the words to the song "Lift Every Voice and Sing," whichbecame known as the "Negro National Anthem".Killed in acar-traincollision, in Wiscasset,LincolnCounty, Maine,June 26,1938 (age67 years, 9days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Howard Conkling (1855-1938) — of Luzerne,WarrenCounty, N.Y.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,December7, 1855.Republican.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly, 1892-93, 1903, 1914-15 (Warren County 1892-93,New York County 25th District 1903, New York County 29th District1914-15); candidate forU.S.Representative from New York 12th District, 1898.Died in Providence,ProvidenceCounty, R.I.,September5, 1938 (age82 years, 272days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Edward Held Wilson (1874-1942) — also known asEdward H. Wilson — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,August24, 1874.Republican.Lawyer;alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,1936;candidate forU.S.Representative from New York 10th District, 1940.Died, ofcancer,in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,November26, 1942 (age68 years, 94days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Isaac Crawford 'Ike' Wilson and Elvina P. Wilson; married to EvaCapron. |
| | Clarence Hungerford Mackay (1874-1938) — also known asClarence H. Mackay — of Roslyn,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.Born inSanFrancisco, Calif.,April17, 1874.Republican.Financier;Republican Presidential Elector for New York,1916.Catholic.IrishandEnglishancestry.Died in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November12, 1938 (age64 years, 209days).Entombed at Green-Wood Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof John William Mackay and Marie Louise Antoinette (Hungerford)Mackay; married,May 17,1898, to Katherine Alexander Duer; married,July 18,1931, to Anna Case; father of Katherine Duer Mackay (who marriedKennethO'Brien) and Ellin Blanca Mackay; second cousin twice removed ofOrvilleHungerford; third cousin twice removed ofAmaziahBrainard; fourth cousin once removed ofLeveretBrainard andEugeneLamb Richards Jr.. | | | | Political family:O'Brien-Crimmins-Mackayfamily of New York City, New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | The MackayMountains,inMarie ByrdLand, Antarctica, arenamed forhim. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Henry Varnum Poor (1914-1972) — also known asHenry V. Poor — Born in New York City (unknowncounty), N.Y.,January7, 1914.Republican.Lawyer;U.S. Vice Consul inMontreal, as of 1938; served in the U.S. Navy during World WarII; candidate forU.S.Representative from New York 20th District, 1950.Member,Council onForeign Relations.Died in Port Washington,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,October10, 1972 (age58 years, 277days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Philip DePeyster (1772-1846) — of New York. Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,February5, 1772.Merchant;U.S. Consul inCuraçao, 1806-15;Basse-Terre, 1815-21.Died in1846(ageabout74 years).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof William DePeyster and Elizabeth (Brasher) DePeyster; grandnephewofJohannesDePeyster; great-grandson ofJohannesde Peyster; great-grandnephew ofAbrahamde Peyster; first cousin once removed ofMatthewClarkson andHenryRutgers; second cousin ofJamesI. Roosevelt; second cousin once removed ofPierreVan Cortlandt,NicholasRoosevelt Jr. andRobertBarnwell Roosevelt; second cousin twice removed ofTheodoreRoosevelt andCorinneRoosevelt Robinson; second cousin thrice removed ofTheodoreDouglas Robinson,AliceRoosevelt Longworth,EleanorRoosevelt,CorinneAlsop Cole,TheodoreRoosevelt Jr. andWilliamSheffield Cowles; second cousin four times removed ofJamesRoosevelt,ElliottRoosevelt,CorinneAlsop Chubb,FranklinDelano Roosevelt Jr. andJohndeKoven Alsop; second cousin five times removed ofSusanRoosevelt Weld; third cousin ofPhilipPeter Livingston,JohnStevens III,PhilipVan Cortlandt andPierreVan Cortlandt Jr.; third cousin once removed ofWilliamAlexander Duer,JohnDuer andCharlesLudlow Livingston; third cousin twice removed ofWilliamDuer,DenningDuer,GeorgeWashington Roosevelt andFranklinDelano Roosevelt; third cousin thrice removed ofNicholasFish,HamiltonFish Jr.,JohnKean,HamiltonFish Kean andHelenRoosevelt Robinson. | | | | Political family:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | George Gardner Barnard (c.1829-1879) — also known asGeorge G. Barnard — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Poughkeepsie,DutchessCounty, N.Y., about 1829.Democrat.Lawyer; aclose ally of corrupt New York City political bossWilliamM. Tweed; Recorder, New York City, 1858-60;Justice ofNew York Supreme Court 1st District, 1861-72; removed 1872;impeachedby the New York legislature in 1872, onchargesthat heabusedhis judicial power through the takeover of severalrailroads,putting them under the control of receivers who were allied with"robber barons" Jay Gould and Jim Fisk; the Union Pacific and otherrailroads had to relocate their headquarters away from New York Cityto evade the jurisdiction of Barnard and JusticeAlbertCardozo; Barnard was unanimouslyconvictedby the Court of Impeachment, and alsobarredfrom holding office of any kind.Died, fromBright'sdisease, in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,April27, 1879 (ageabout 50years).Entombed at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Charles Mali (1818-1899) — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Verviers,Belgium,1818.Importingbusiness;Consulfor Belgium inNewYork, N.Y., 1867-98.Belgianancestry.Died, frompneumonia,in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,July 10,1899 (ageabout 81years).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Samuel Thomas Maddox (1854-1916) — also known asSamuel T. Maddox — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Williamsburg (now part of Brooklyn),KingsCounty, N.Y., August,1854.Republican.Lawyer;Justice ofNew York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1897-1916; died in office1916.Died, fromuraemicpoisoning (kidneyfailure), in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,March12, 1916 (age61 years, 0days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Jasper W. Gilbert (1812-1898) — of Rochester,MonroeCounty, N.Y.; Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Rome,OneidaCounty, N.Y.,January15, 1812.Lawyer;MonroeCounty District Attorney, 1840-45;Justice ofNew York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1866-82.Died in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,February10, 1898 (age86 years, 26days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.  | Alvah Waterman Burlingame Jr. (1879-1952) — also known asAlvah W. Burlingame, Jr. — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,August22, 1879.Republican.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate senate 8th District, 1909-10, 1915-22; defeated, 1912,1922; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Kings County 17th District, 1914.DiedMay 18,1952 (age72 years, 270days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Henry Rutgers Beekman (1845-1900) — also known asHenry R. Beekman — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,December8, 1845.Lawyer;New York City Park Commissioner, 1885-87; president, New York CityBoard of Aldermen, 1887-88; New York City Corporation Counsel,1888-89; New York City superior court judge, 1895;Justice ofNew York Supreme Court 1st District, 1896-1900; died in office1900.Dutchancestry. Member,PsiUpsilon.Died, from astroke ofapoplexy, in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,December17, 1900 (age55 years, 9days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof William Fenwick Beekman and Catharine Alexander (Neilson) Beekman;married1870 toIsabella Lawrence. | | | | See alsoWikipedia article |
| | Frederick Smyth (1832-1900) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in County Galway,Ireland,1832.Democrat.Lawyer;delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,1876;Democratic Presidential Elector for New York,1876;Justiceof New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1896-1900; died in office1900.Episcopalian;laterCatholic.Member,TammanyHall.Suffered a debilitatingattackof vertigo, from which he never completely recovered, contractedpneumonia,and died, in the DennisHotel,Atlantic City,AtlanticCounty, N.J.,August18, 1900 (ageabout 68years).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.  | Alfred John Gilchrist (1872-1931) — also known asAlfred J. Gilchrist — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.; Richmond Hill, Queens,QueensCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,August29, 1872.Republican.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate senate 10th District, 1907-08, 1915-18.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons;RoyalArch Masons;KnightsTemplar;Grotto;Shriners;JuniorOrder.Died in Richmond Hill, Queens,QueensCounty, N.Y.,June 9,1931 (age58 years, 284days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Stephen Callaghan (1876-1952) — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Lebanon,LacledeCounty, Mo.,October3, 1876.Republican.Lawyer;municipal judge in New York, 1912-15;Justice ofNew York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1915-29; appointed 1915;defeated, 1929; elected (Wet)delegateto New York convention to ratify 21st amendment 1933, but did notserve.Episcopalian.Member,Elks;Freemasons.DiedOctober12, 1952 (age76 years, 9days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Isaac Townsend Smith (1813-1906) — also known asIsaac T. Smith — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,March12, 1813.Republican.Banker;Republican Presidential Elector for New York,1864;Consul-Generalfor Siam inNewYork, N.Y., 1887-1904.Member,UnionLeague.Died, frompneumonia,in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,March30, 1906 (age93 years, 18days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Russell Benedict (1859-1936) — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.; Great Neck Estates,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November25, 1859.Republican.Lawyer;Justice ofNew York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1912-25.Member,American BarAssociation;Societyof Colonial Wars;Sons ofthe Revolution.Died, from acerebralhemorrhage, in Great Neck Estates,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,November29, 1936 (age77 years, 4days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Jacob Morrill Patterson Jr. (1838-1899) — also known asJacob M. Patterson — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,June 20,1838.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,1872,1880,1884,1888,1892,1896;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County 10th District, 1873;chair ofNew York County Republican Party, 1876, 1890-93; New York CityQuarantine Commissioner, 1895-99.Died in Fordham, Bronx, New York County (nowBronxCounty), N.Y.,May 31,1899 (age60 years, 345days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Jacob M. Patterson and Susan (Wheeler) Patterson; married,May 3,1861, to Leah Frances Granger. |
 | William Clarke Vyse (1895-1979) — Born in Babylon,SuffolkCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,June 16,1895.Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Vice Consul inOttawa, 1920-22;Winnipeg, 1922-23;Paris, 1923-25;Algiers, 1925;Havana, 1925-29; U.S. Consul inHavana, 1930;Windsor, 1930;Stuttgart, 1930-31;Shanghai, 1931-39.Died in Laguna Hills,OrangeCounty, Calif.,November11, 1979 (age84 years, 148days).Cremated;ashes interred at Green-Wood Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof William Edward Davis Vyse and Virginia (Clarke) Vyse; married toElizabeth Wise. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: U.S. passport application(1924) |
 | George Birch Abbott (1850-1908) — also known asGeorge B. Abbott — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Brookfield,OrangeCounty, Vt.,September27, 1850.Democrat.Lawyer;KingsCounty Surrogate, 1889-1901;Justice ofNew York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1907-08; died in office 1908.Episcopalian.Member,SigmaPhi;Societyof Colonial Wars.Died, from "blood poisoning" (infection),andpneumonia,in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,February10, 1908 (age57 years, 136days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Benjamin Franklin Abbott and Diancy (Pickering) Abbott; married,November20, 1878, to Eva Topping Reeve. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Brooklyn (N.Y.) DailyEagle, February 10, 1908 |
| | | Edward Sanford (c.1804-1876) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born about 1804.Lawyer;newspapereditor; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County, 1843-44; member ofNew Yorkstate senate 1st District, 1846-47; candidate forsecretaryof state of New York, 1847.DiedAugust28, 1876 (ageabout 72years).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Erastus Cornelius Benedict (1800-1880) — also known asErastus C. Benedict — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Branford,New HavenCounty, Conn.,March19, 1800.Republican.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly, 1848, 1864 (New York County 13th District 1848,New York County 7th District 1864); member, New York State Board ofRegents, 1855; member ofNew Yorkstate senate 5th District, 1872-73.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October22, 1880 (age80 years, 217days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Rev. Joel Tyler Benedict and Currence (Wheeler) Benedict; marriedto Caroline Margaret Bloodgood. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Ernesto August Schernikow (1860-1933) — also known asErnest Schernikow — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.;SanFrancisco, Calif.Born in Berlin,Germany,October13, 1860.Mineralogist;Vice-Consulfor Salvador inNewYork, N.Y., 1891-96, 1899-1900;Vice-Consulfor Central America inNewYork, N.Y., 1897-98;Vice-Consulfor Honduras inNewYork, N.Y., 1899-1902;Vice-Consulfor Nicaragua inNewYork, N.Y., 1899-1900;Consulfor Salvador inNewYork, N.Y., 1901-07.Died inSanFrancisco, Calif.,December16, 1933 (age73 years, 64days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.  | George Bliss Agnew (1868-1941) — also known asGeorge B. Agnew — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,1868.Republican.Stockbroker;director ofminingcompanies andrailroads;delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,1900(alternate),1904(alternate),1908;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County 27th District, 1903-06;member ofNew Yorkstate senate 17th District, 1907-10.Presbyterian.English,FrenchHuguenot,Scottish,andScotch-Irishancestry. Member,UnionLeague;Sons ofthe Revolution.Died, ofpneumonia,inNew YorkHospital, Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,June 21,1941 (ageabout 72years).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Andrew Gifford Agnew and Mary Hervey (Bliss) Agnew; married1908 to EmilyD. Gruban. | | | | Image source: New York Red Book1907 |
| | Loring Townsend Hildreth (1873-1915) — also known asLoring T. Hildreth;Loring ThayerHildreth —of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Elizabeth,UnionCounty, N.J.,July 24,1873.Lawyer;Consulfor Siam inNewYork, N.Y., 1902-07.Member,UnionLeague.Died, in aprivatesanitarium, at Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,April 1,1915 (age41 years, 251days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Nicolás Francisco Veloz (1880-1957) — also known asNicolás Veloz — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.BornDecember27, 1880.Coffeebusiness;HonoraryVice-Consul for Venezuela inNewYork, N.Y., 1915-45;Consulfor Venezuela inNewYork, N.Y., 1946-50.Died in February,1957(age76years, 0 days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | William Mitchell (1801-1886) — Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,February24, 1801.Justiceof New York Supreme Court, 1871.Died in Morristown,MorrisCounty, N.J.,October6, 1886 (age85 years, 224days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Robert Ray Hamilton (1851-1890) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,March18, 1851.Republican.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County 11th District, 1881, 1886-89;in July 1889, while staying in Atlantic City, he was caught in anationalscandal,after his wife, Eva, stabbed a nurse; she was arrested and tried; itcame out that Eva wasstillmarried to another man, that she had bought a baby for $10 andtold Hamilton he was the father, to induce him to marry her; whenthis waspublicized,Hamilton sued for divorce; as the case dragged on, he moved toWyoming to help a friend establish ahotel.While on ahuntingtrip, hedrownedwhile attempting to ford the Snake River, in Uinta County (part nowinTetonCounty), Wyo.,August23, 1890 (age39 years, 158days).Original intermentsomewherein Teton County, Wyo.; reinterment in 1892 at Green-Wood Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Schuyler Hamilton and Cornelia (Ray) Hamilton; grandnephew ofJamesAlexander Hamilton; great-grandson ofAlexanderHamilton; great-grandnephew ofPhilipJeremiah Schuyler; second great-grandson ofPhilipJohn Schuyler; second great-grandnephew ofStephenJohn Schuyler,JeremiahVan Rensselaer andRobertVan Rensselaer; third great-grandson ofJohannesSchuyler (1697-1746); fourth great-grandson ofStephanusVan Cortlandt,RobertLivingston the Younger andJohannesSchuyler (1668-1747); fourth great-grandnephew ofJacobusVan Cortlandt; fifth great-grandson ofPieterSchuyler (1657-1724); fifth great-grandnephew ofRobertLivingston the Elder; first cousin twice removed ofPhilipSchuyler; first cousin thrice removed ofPieterSchuyler (1746-1792) andJacobRutsen Van Rensselaer; first cousin four times removed ofStephanusBayard,VolkertPetrus Douw,PierreVan Cortlandt,HendrickKiliaen Van Rensselaer,JamesLivingston andKillianKillian Van Rensselaer; first cousin five times removed ofJohnLivingston,RobertLivingston (1688-1775),GilbertLivingston andPhilipP. Schuyler; first cousin six times removed ofDavidDavidse Schuyler andMyndertDavidtse Schuyler; second cousin twice removed ofHenryWalter Livingston; second cousin thrice removed ofNicholasBayard,RobertR. Livingston (1746-1813),PhilipVan Cortlandt,LeonardGansevoort,LeonardGansevoort Jr.,PierreVan Cortlandt Jr.,EdwardLivingston (1764-1836),PeterRobert Livingston (1766-1847),MaturinLivingston andJamesParker; second cousin four times removed ofRobertLivingston (1708-1790),PeterVan Brugh Livingston,RobertGilbert Livingston,HenryGilbert Livingston,PhilipLivingston,RobertR. Livingston (1718-1775),WilliamLivingston,JamesJay,JohnJay,FrederickJay andPeterSamuel Schuyler; second cousin five times removed ofMatthewClarkson; third cousin once removed ofEdwardLivingston (1796-1840),CortlandtSchuyler Van Rensselaer andJohnEliot Thayer Jr.; third cousin twice removed ofStephenVan Rensselaer,PhilipSchuyler Van Rensselaer,PeterGansevoort,PeterRobert Livingston (1789-1859),GerritSmith,ElizabethCady Stanton andJohnCortlandt Parker; third cousin thrice removed ofPeterRobert Livingston (1737-1794),WalterLivingston,PhilipPeter Livingston,HenryBrockholst Livingston,PeterAugustus Jay andWilliamJay; fourth cousin once removed ofHenryBell Van Rensselaer,JamesAdams Ekin,JohnJacob Astor III,RichardWayne Parker,CharlesWolcott Parker,CharlesLudlow Livingston andBronsonMurray Cutting. | | | | Political family:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
 | Charles Hazen Russell (1845-1912) — also known asCharles H. Russell — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Canton,St.Lawrence County, N.Y.,July 11,1845.Republican.Lawyer;banker;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Kings County 9th District, 1880-81; member ofNewYork state senate 3rd District, 1882-83; Republican PresidentialElector for New York,1901(voted forWilliamMcKinley andTheodoreRoosevelt).Member,UnionLeague.Died in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,March14, 1912 (age66 years, 247days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Thomas Victor Russell and Lucia L. (Conkey) Russell; married,January30, 1878, to Stella Goodrich; married1906 to Anna(Ayres) Lindquist; nephew ofJohnLeslie Russell; first cousin ofLeslieWead Russell andJohnClarence Keeler; second cousin twice removed ofCalvinFillmore andBenjaminHard; third cousin once removed ofMillardFillmore; third cousin twice removed ofTimothyPitkin,BelaEdgerton andHemanTicknor; third cousin thrice removed ofPierpontEdwards; fourth cousin ofAlonzoMark Leffingwell; fourth cousin once removed ofHenryMeigs,WilliamWhiting Boardman,AlfredPeck Edgerton,JosephKetchum Edgerton andJohnLeffingwell Randolph. | | | | Political family:Keeler-Russellfamily of Canton, New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Brooklyn (N.Y.) DailyEagle, March 15, 1912 |
| | Wallace Benjamin Flint (1863-1937) — also known asWallace B. Flint — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Forest Hills, Queens,QueensCounty, N.Y.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,October10, 1863.Shipbuilder;Consulfor Uruguay inNewYork, N.Y., 1892;Vice-Consulfor Uruguay inNewYork, N.Y., 1896-1904.Died in Forest Hills, Queens,QueensCounty, N.Y.,March29, 1937 (age73 years, 170days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | John Treat Irving (1778-1838) — also known asJohn T. Irving — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May 26,1778.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County, 1816-17, 1818-20; commonpleas court judge in New York, 1821-38.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,March15, 1838 (age59 years, 293days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | William Berri (1848-1917) — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,September12, 1848.Republican.Carpetmerchant;printingbusiness;newspaperpublisher; officer or director ofbanks,electricutilities, and the New YorkTelephoneCompany; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,1904,1908,1912,1916;Republican candidate for Presidential Elector for New York,1912;delegateto New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1915;member, New York State Board of Regents, 1916-17.Congregationalist.Member,UnionLeague.In 1911, he wasarraignedon achargeofcriminallibel over an article he published in his newspaper, brought bythree candidates for Supreme Court,HerbertT. Ketcham,PatrickE. Callahan, andWilliamWillett, Jr.; the case was withdrawn a few days later when theother two candidates discovered that Willett had indeed (as Berricharged) paid bribes for his nomination.Died in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,April19, 1917 (age68 years, 219days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof William Berri ; married1869 toFrances Williams Morris. |
| | Charles Henry Cotton (1845-1938) — also known asCharles H. Cotton — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,1845.Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member ofNewYork state assembly from Kings County 4th District, 1899-1902,1905; defeated, 1902.Member,GrandArmy of the Republic.Died in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,March15, 1938 (ageabout 92years).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof William H. Cotton. |
 | Frederick S. Burr (1866-1939) — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born inSuffolk,Va.,September15, 1866.Democrat.Realestate andinsurancebusiness; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Kings County 9th District, 1913, 1915-19;defeated, 1919.Died, frompneumoniaandheartdisease, in St. John'sHospital,Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,January6, 1939 (age72 years, 113days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Stephen M. Griswold — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Member ofNew Yorkstate senate 3rd District, 1886-87.Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Francis Spies Jr. (1840-1893) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,May 10,1840.Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;commissionmerchant;Portlandcementimporter;Vice-Consulfor Honduras inNewYork, N.Y., 1887-93.Member,GrandArmy of the Republic;TammanyHall.Died from aself-inflictedgunshot,in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,June 21,1893 (age53 years, 42days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Francis Spies and Amanda Maria (Harding) Spies; married1869 to AmeliaL. Schwarzwaelder. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Seth Low Pierrepont (1884-1956) — of Ridgefield,FairfieldCounty, Conn.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,December12, 1884.Republican. Member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives from Ridgefield, 1921-27;delegateto Connecticut convention to ratify 21st amendment 24th District,1933.Episcopalian.Died in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,March31, 1956 (age71 years, 110days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Daniel Webster Tallmadge (1842-1894) — also known asDaniel W. Tallmadge — ofKingsCounty, N.Y.Born inSaratogaCounty, N.Y.,February5, 1842.Schoolteacher; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly, 1879-80, 1888 (Kings County 9th District 1879,Kings County 11th District 1880, Kings County 12th District 1888).Died in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,November15, 1894 (age52 years, 283days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Charles C. Schoeneck (1859-1940) — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,April10, 1859.Democrat. Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Kings County 12th District, 1898-99.Germanancestry. Member,Elks.Died in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,January10, 1940 (age80 years, 275days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Charles W. Schoeneck and Katherine M. (Schaffer) Schoeneck;married to Minnie Warkentin. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Henry Hilton — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,1864;Greenback candidate forU.S.Representative from New York 16th District, 1878.Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Thomas Cooper Campbell (1845-1877) — also known asThomas C. Campbell — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,October16, 1845.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County 18th District, 1875.Died in Alexandria Bay,JeffersonCounty, N.Y.,August16, 1877 (age31 years, 304days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | William W. Lee (c.1817-1882) — of Jersey City,HudsonCounty, N.J.Born about 1817. Republican. Candidate forNewJersey state house of assembly, 1879.While depressed over the death of his wife, hekilledhimself by taking an ounce and a half oflaudanum,in Jersey City,HudsonCounty, N.J.,December19, 1882 (ageabout 65years).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Edward T. Backhouse (1806-1884) — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,1806.Fruitmerchant; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Kings County 3rd District, 1851; president,Kings CountyFireInsurance Company, 1861-84.Died, ofpneumonia,in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,September28, 1884 (ageabout 78years).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Jacques J. Stillwell (1827-1884) — also known asJ. J. Stillwell — of Gravesend (now part of Brooklyn),KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in1827.Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Kings County 12th District, 1881-82.While suffering from anoverdoseof chloral hydrate, and fearing the onset of insanity, heshothimself,and died several days later, in Gravesend (now part of Brooklyn),KingsCounty, N.Y.,December14, 1884 (ageabout 57years).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | John W. Degrauw (1797-1885) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May 21,1797.Firefighter; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County, 1834.DiedOctober3, 1885 (age88 years, 135days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | John C. Niglutsch (d. 1887) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Clerk at Castle Garden;organist;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County 10th District, 1882.Suffered aself-inflictedgunshotwound, apparently while in a paranoid state, and died soon after,in BellevueHospital,New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November8, 1887.Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Henry J. Cullen Jr. (1841-1892) — ofKingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,1841.Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Kings County 2nd District, 1869-70.Episcopalian.Died in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,March 7,1892 (ageabout 50years).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Kiliaen Van Rensselaer (1845-1905) — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,February14, 1845.Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;customhousebroker;Vice-Consulfor Nicaragua inNewYork, N.Y., 1901-04.Presbyterian.Died in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November26, 1905 (age60 years, 285days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof William Paterson Van Rensselaer and Sarah (Rogers) Van Rensselaer;married to Olivia Phelps Atterbury; nephew ofHenryBell Van Rensselaer; grandson ofStephenVan Rensselaer; grandnephew ofPhilipSchuyler Van Rensselaer andRensselaerWesterlo; great-grandson ofWilliamPaterson; second great-grandson ofPhilipLivingston; second great-grandnephew ofRobertLivingston (1708-1790),PeterVan Brugh Livingston andWilliamLivingston; third great-grandson ofDirckTen Broeck; third great-grandnephew ofJohnLivingston,RobertLivingston (1688-1775) andGilbertLivingston; fourth great-grandson ofStephanusVan Cortlandt,RobertLivingston the Elder andPieterVan Brugh; fourth great-grandnephew ofPieterSchuyler (1657-1724),JacobusVan Cortlandt,JohannesCuyler andJohannesSchuyler (1668-1747); fifth great-grandson ofDirckWesselse Ten Broeck; first cousin once removed ofPhilipSchuyler; first cousin twice removed ofEdwardPhilip Livingston andJohnEliot Thayer Jr.; first cousin thrice removed ofPhilipP. Schuyler,PeterRobert Livingston (1737-1794),WalterLivingston,PhilipPeter Livingston,JamesLivingston andHenryBrockholst Livingston; first cousin four times removed ofStephanusBayard,RobertGilbert Livingston,HenryGilbert Livingston,RobertR. Livingston (1718-1775),PierreVan Cortlandt,PhilipJohn Schuyler andStephenJohn Schuyler; first cousin five times removed ofRobertLivingston the Younger,JohannesSchuyler (1697-1746),CornelisCuyler andJohnCruger Jr.; first cousin six times removed ofDavidDavidse Schuyler andMyndertDavidtse Schuyler; second cousin once removed ofEdwardLivingston (1796-1840); second cousin twice removed ofPieterSchuyler (1746-1792),PeterSamuel Schuyler,HenryWalter Livingston,PeterAugustus Jay (1776-1843),WilliamAlexander Duer,JohnDuer,WilliamJay andCharlesLudlow Livingston (1800-1873); second cousin thrice 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 andJamesParker; second cousin four times removed ofJamesJay,HenryCruger,JohnJay andFrederickJay; third cousin once removed ofPeterRobert Livingston (1789-1859),GerritSmith,WilliamDuer,DenningDuer,HenryBrockholst Ledyard,ElizabethCady Stanton,JohnJay II andRobertReginald Livingston; third cousin twice removed ofLeonardGansevoort,LeonardGansevoort Jr.,JacobRutsen Van Rensselaer,JamesAlexander Hamilton,PeterGansevoort,HamiltonFish andJohnCortlandt Parker; fourth cousin ofNicholasFish,HamiltonFish Jr. (1849-1936),JohnKean,HamiltonFish Kean andCharlesLudlow Livingston (born 1870); fourth cousin once removed ofGilbertLivingston Thompson,JamesAdams Ekin,JohnJacob Astor III,RichardWayne Parker,CharlesWolcott Parker,HerbertLivingston Satterlee,PeterAugustus Jay (1877-1933),BronsonMurray Cutting,HamiltonFish Jr. (1888-1991),RobertWinthrop Kean andBrockholstLivingston. | | | | Political family:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | James Wilton Brooks (1854-1916) — also known asJ. Wilton Brooks — of Garrison,PutnamCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,April19, 1854.Republican.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Putnam County, 1883; alternate delegate toRepublican National Convention from New York,1884.Died in Atlantic City,AtlanticCounty, N.J.,July 6,1916 (age62 years, 78days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Frank Spencer Witherbee (1852-1917) — also known asFrank S. Witherbee — of Port Henry,EssexCounty, N.Y.Born in Port Henry,EssexCounty, N.Y.,May 12,1852.Republican. President, TroySteelCompany; vice-president, TennesseeCoal,Iron, andRailroadCompany; president, CubitasIron OreCompany; president, Lake Champlain & MoriahRailroad;vice-president CheeverIron OreCompany; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,1892,1896(alternate),1900;Republican candidate for Presidential Elector for New York,1912.Died in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,April13, 1917 (age64 years, 336days).Entombed at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Fred C. Williams (1858-1920) — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,1858.Republican.Journalist;advertisingbusiness; alternate delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom New York,1908.Member,UnionLeague.Died in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,May 14,1920 (ageabout 61years).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Michael J. Dady (c.1850-1921) — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y., about 1850.Republican.Contractor;Republican Presidential Elector for New York,1900(did not serve); delegate to Republican National Convention from NewYork,1904,1908,1912,1916;Republican Presidential Elector for New York,1920.Died, ofpneumonia,in St. Mary'sHospital,Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,June 2,1921 (ageabout 71years).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Ambrose Orville Neal (1856-1923) — also known asAmbrose O. Neal — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,April 9,1856.Republican.Heatingcontractor; delegate to Republican National Convention from NewYork,1900(alternate),1904,1916(alternate),1920(alternate); Republican Presidential Elector for New York,1908.Died in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,February21, 1923 (age66 years, 318days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Edward Bell (1882-1924) — of New York. Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,August9, 1882.U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul General inCairo, 1909-11; counsellor of U.S. embassy in Japan, 1919-21,and in China, 1922-24.Died, fromheartfailure, in Peking (Beijing),China,October28, 1924 (age42 years, 80days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Helen Augusta (Wilmerding) Bell and Edward Bell (1860-1902; NewYork City Park Commissioner). | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Thorndyke Corning McKennee (1857-1924) — also known asThorndyke C. McKennee — of Rockaway Beach, Queens,QueensCounty, N.Y.Born in Williamsburg, Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,May 4,1857.Republican.Lawyer;real estatebusiness; delegate to Republican National Convention from NewYork,1920.Died in Rockaway Park, Queens,QueensCounty, N.Y.,April21, 1924 (age66 years, 353days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Henry Guilford McKennee and Caroline Mary (Wilder) McKennee;married to Sarah Guilford Stone. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Charles T. Geyer (1848-1924) — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Massachusetts,1848.Merchant;banker;Vice-Consulfor Liberia inNewYork, N.Y., 1899-1904.DiedSeptember12, 1924 (ageabout 76years).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.  | Granville W. Harman (1852-1926) — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Ohio,June 5,1852.Republican.Steamboatinspector;wholesalegrocer;banker;financier;delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,1896.Died, fromheartdisease, in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,April14, 1926 (age73 years, 313days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof John W. Harman and Sarah Harman. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Brooklyn (N.Y.) DailyEagle, April 15, 1926 |
| | Leon Abbett (c.1867-1928) — of Hoboken,HudsonCounty, N.J.Born about 1867. Member ofNewJersey state house of assembly from Hudson County, 1899-1901.Died in East Orange,EssexCounty, N.J.,April15, 1928 (ageabout 61years).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | David Henry Ralston (1863-1930) — also known asD. Harry Ralston — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born inBaltimore,Md.,January22, 1863.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,1904(alternate),1908(alternate),1924;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Kings County 1st District, 1907.Member,Elks.Died, from aheartailment and acerebralhemorrhage, in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,April 4,1930 (age67 years, 72days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Ebba M. Winslow (1865-1952) — also known asEbba M. Loewenmark — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.; Rosedale, Queens,QueensCounty, N.Y.Born in Gothenberg (Göteborg),Sweden,November5, 1865.Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen; alternate delegate toRepublican National Convention from New York,1920,1924,1932;candidate forNew Yorkstate assembly from Queens County 4th District, 1921; member ofNew YorkRepublican State Committee, 1930-36.Female.Swedishancestry.Died in Hempstead,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,May 5,1952 (age86 years, 182days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.  | Reinald Werrenrath (1883-1953) — Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,August7, 1883.Republican.Operasinger;honored guest, Republican National Convention,1936.Danishancestry.Died, following aheartattack, in Physicians'Hospital,Plattsburgh,ClintonCounty, N.Y.,September12, 1953 (age70 years, 36days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | Amos Elwood Corning (1885-1954) — also known asA. Elwood Corning — of Newburgh,OrangeCounty, N.Y.Born in Sparkill,RocklandCounty, N.Y.,February25, 1885.Progressive.Minister;candidate forNew Yorkstate senate 25th District, 1912.Died in Balmville,OrangeCounty, N.Y.,June 12,1954 (age69 years, 107days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.  | Alfred Dennis Bell (1886-1961) — also known asAlfred D. Bell — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Nuttall,GloucesterCounty, Va.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,August7, 1886.Republican.Real estatebusiness; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County 29th District, 1916-17.Died in Nuttall,GloucesterCounty, Va.,June 23,1961 (age74 years, 320days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof James Christy Bell and Mary Eliza (Dennis) Bell; married1919 toDorothy McAlpin; married to Helen Burt (Holmes)Streit. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: New York Red Book1917 |
 | Edmund George Seergy (1921-1972) — also known asEdmund G. Seergy — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.BornJune 2,1921.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,1960(alternate),1964,1968(alternate),1972.DiedJune 29,1972 (age51 years, 27days).Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery. | | | John Feitner — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,1908(alternate),1912(alternate),1916(alternate),1924.Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery.| | Relatives:Married to Augusta Schlegel. |
| Politicians formerlyburied here: | | | Thomas Peck Ochiltree (1837-1902) — of Marshall,HarrisonCounty, Tex.Born in Nacogdoches,NacogdochesCounty, Tex.,October26, 1837.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas,1860;major in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;U.S.Representative from Texas 7th District, 1883-85.Died in Hot Springs,BathCounty, Va.,November25, 1902 (age65 years, 30days).Original interment at Green-Wood Cemetery; reinterment in 1903 atMt.Hope Cemetery, Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y. | Other politicians whohave (or had) monuments here: | | | Townsend Scudder (1865-1960) — of Glen Head,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.Born in Northport,SuffolkCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,July 26,1865.Democrat.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from New York 1st District, 1899-1901, 1903-05;Justice ofNew York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1907-20, 1927-35; defeated,1920; appointed 1927; candidate forjudge ofNew York Court of Appeals, 1921; Justice of the AppellateDivision of the New York Supreme Court 2nd Department, 1933.Member,Freemasons.Died in Greenwich,FairfieldCounty, Conn.,February22, 1960 (age94 years, 211days).Interment atPutnamCemetery, Greenwich, Conn.; cenotaph at Green-Wood Cemetery.
Holy CrossCemetery
3620 Tilden Avenue
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York
Founded 1849
See alsoFindagravepage for this location.| Politicians buriedhere: |  | William Russell Grace (1832-1904) — also known asWilliam R. Grace — of Callao,Peru;New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Queenstown (now Cobh),Ireland,May10, 1832.Democrat.Steamshipbusiness;mayorof New York City, N.Y., 1881-82, 1885-86; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from New York,1888.Catholic.FirstCatholic mayor of New York.Died, frompneumoniaandkidneyproblems, in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,March21, 1904 (age71 years, 316days).Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery. | | Ardolph Loges Kline (1858-1930) — also known asArdolph L. Kline — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born near Newton,SussexCounty, N.J.,February21, 1858.Republican. Colonel in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;mayorof New York City, N.Y., 1913;U.S.Representative from New York 5th District, 1921-23; defeated,1922.Episcopalian.GermanandScotch-Irishancestry. Member,UnitedSpanish War Veterans;Sonsof Veterans;RoyalArcanum.Died in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,October13, 1930 (age72 years, 234days).Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery. | | James J. Byrne (1863-1930) — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,April 8,1863.Democrat. Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Kings County 9th District, 1905;boroughpresident of Brooklyn, New York, 1926-30; died in office 1930.Catholic.Irishancestry. Member,Elks;Knightsof Columbus.Died, fromgallstones,in BrooklynHospital,Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,March14, 1930 (age66 years, 340days).Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery. | | Henry Hesterberg (c.1882-1950) — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Flatbush, Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y., about 1882.Democrat.Boroughpresident of Brooklyn, New York, 1930-33; defeated, 1933; memberofNewYork Democratic State Committee, 1930-36, 1948; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from New York,1932,1936,1940.Died, in MidwoodHospital,Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,July 3,1950 (ageabout 68years).Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Henry Hesterberg . |
 | Thomas Henry Cullen (1868-1944) — also known asThomas H. Cullen — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,March29, 1868.Democrat.Marineinsurancebusiness; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Kings County 3rd District, 1896-98; member ofNewYork state senate 3rd District, 1899-1918;U.S.Representative from New York 4th District, 1919-44; died inoffice 1944; delegate to Democratic National Convention from NewYork,1920,1924,1928,1932,1940(alternate); member ofNew YorkDemocratic State Committee, 1930-36;delegateto New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933;delegateto New York state constitutional convention 5th District, 1938.Died inWashington,D.C.,March 1,1944 (age75 years, 338days).Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery. | | Andrew Lawrence Somers (1895-1949) — also known asAndrew L. Somers — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,March21, 1895.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I;U.S.Representative from New York, 1925-49 (6th District 1925-45, 10thDistrict 1945-49); died in office 1949.Died in St. Albans, Queens,QueensCounty, N.Y.,April 6,1949 (age54 years, 16days).Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery. | | John James Rooney (1903-1975) — also known asJohn J. Rooney — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,November29, 1903.Democrat.Lawyer;delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,1944,1952(alternate),1964;U.S.Representative from New York, 1944-74 (4th District 1944-45, 12thDistrict 1945-53, 14th District 1953-74).Catholic.Member,Elks;AncientOrder of Hibernians;Knightsof Columbus.Died inWashington,D.C.,October26, 1975 (age71 years, 331days).Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery.  | Thomas Kinsella (1832-1884) — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in County Wexford,Ireland,December31, 1832.Democrat.Newspapereditor; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,1864,1876;postmaster atBrooklyn,N.Y., 1866-67;U.S.Representative from New York 2nd District, 1871-73.Irishancestry.Died in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,February11, 1884 (age51 years, 42days).Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery. | | John Joseph Delaney (1878-1948) — also known asJohn J. Delaney — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,August21, 1878.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,1904;U.S.Representative from New York 7th District, 1918-19, 1931-48; diedin office 1948.Catholic.Member,Knightsof Columbus;Elks.Died in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,November18, 1948 (age70 years, 89days).Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery. | | John Henry McCooey (1864-1934) — also known asJohn H. McCooey;"Tammany's UncleJohn" —of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,June 18,1864.Democrat.Shipyardworker; candidate forboroughpresident of Brooklyn, New York, 1909;chair ofKings County Democratic Party, 1910-34; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from New York,1912,1916,1920,1924,1928,1932;Democratic Presidential Elector for New York,1913(voted forWoodrowWilson andThomasR. Marshall); member ofNew YorkDemocratic State Committee, 1930; Democratic Presidential Electorfor New York,1933;member ofDemocraticNational Committee from New York, 1933-34;delegateto New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.Catholic.Irishancestry.Died, ofmyocarditis,in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,January21, 1934 (age69 years, 217days).Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery. | | Donald Lawrence O'Toole (1902-1964) — also known asDonald L. O'Toole — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,August1, 1902.Democrat.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from New York, 1937-53 (8th District 1937-45, 13thDistrict 1945-53); defeated, 1952, 1954, 1956.Catholic.Member,Knightsof Columbus;Eagles;Moose.Died in Ocala,MarionCounty, Fla.,September12, 1964 (age62 years, 42days).Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery. | | Felix Campbell (1829-1902) — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,February28, 1829.Democrat.Engineer;banker;U.S.Representative from New York, 1883-91 (4th District 1883-85, 2ndDistrict 1885-91).Irishancestry.Died, ofpneumonia,in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,November8, 1902 (age73 years, 253days).Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery. | | William Edward Cleary (1849-1932) — also known asWilliam E. Cleary — of New York. Born in Ellenville,UlsterCounty, N.Y.,July 20,1849.Democrat.U.S.Representative from New York 8th District, 1918-21, 1923-27;defeated, 1920.Died in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,December20, 1932 (age83 years, 153days).Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery. | | James Joseph Heffernan (1888-1967) — also known asJames J. Heffernan — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,November8, 1888.Democrat.Architect;member ofNew YorkDemocratic State Committee, 1930-36, 1948; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from New York,1932;delegateto New York state constitutional convention 6th District, 1938;U.S.Representative from New York, 1941-53 (5th District 1941-45, 11thDistrict 1945-53).Catholic.Irishancestry. Member,Knightsof Columbus;Veterans ofForeign Wars.Died in Long Branch,MonmouthCounty, N.J.,January27, 1967 (age78 years, 80days).Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery. | | John Michael Clancy (1837-1903) — also known asJohn M. Clancy — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in County Queens (now County Laois),Ireland,May7, 1837.Democrat. Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly, 1878-81 (Kings County 1st District 1878-79, KingsCounty 4th District 1880-81);U.S.Representative from New York, 1889-95 (4th District 1889-93, 2ndDistrict 1893-95); defeated, 1896.Died in Butte,Silver BowCounty, Mont.,July 25,1903 (age66 years, 79days).Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery.  | Denis Michael Hurley (1843-1899) — also known asDenis M. Hurley — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Limerick,Ireland,March14, 1843.Republican.Carpenter;buildingcontractor; candidate forNew Yorkstate assembly from Kings County 1st District, 1881;U.S.Representative from New York 2nd District, 1895-99; defeated,1898; died in office 1899; alternate delegate to Republican NationalConvention from New York,1896.Catholic.Irishancestry. Member,UnionLeague.Suffered astroke ofparalysis on November 10, 1898, and died three months later, inHot Springs,BathCounty, Va.,February26, 1899 (age55 years, 349days).Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery.  | John James Bennett (1894-1967) — also known asJohn J. Bennett — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,March 2,1894.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;lawyer;New Yorkstate attorney general, 1931-42; defeated, 1938;delegateto New York state constitutional convention 4th District, 1938;delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,1940;candidate forGovernor ofNew York, 1942.Catholic.Member,American BarAssociation;AmericanLegion;PhiDelta Phi;CatholicWar Veterans;Veterans ofForeign Wars;Elks;Eagles.One of the organizers of the American Legion. Also served as DeputyMayor of New York City, Corporation Counsel of the City of New York,Chief Justice of the Court of Special Sessions, and Chairman of theNew York City Planning Commission.Died, of aheartattack, in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,October4, 1967 (age73 years, 216days).Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof John James Bennett and Kathryn (O'Brien) Bennett; married,September4, 1923, to Evelyn Anne Cogan. | | | | Image source: New York Red Book1936 |
| | | John W. Flaherty (1832-1904) — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Youghal, County Cork,Ireland,1832.Democrat.Shipcarpenter;contractor;Independent Democratic candidate forNew Yorkstate assembly from Kings County 7th District, 1874; BrooklynCommissioner of City Works;indicted,along withGeorgeC. Bennett, in December 1878, for conspiracy todefraudthe city of $50,000;triedandconvicted;fined$250; the conviction, which he claimed was the work of MayorJamesHowell and the corrupt "Brooklyn Ring", was reversed on appeal;Independent Democratic candidate formayorof Brooklyn, N.Y., 1879.Catholic.Irishancestry. Member,FriendlySons of St. Patrick.Died, fromBright'sdisease, in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,October26, 1904 (ageabout 72years).Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery. | | Thomas Francis Magner (1860-1945) — also known asThomas F. Magner — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,March 8,1860.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Kings County 6th District, 1888;U.S.Representative from New York, 1889-95 (5th District 1889-93, 6thDistrict 1893-95); Independence League candidate forJustice ofNew York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1906.Died, in his room at theHotelBossert, Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,December22, 1945 (age85 years, 289days).Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery. | | Matthew T. Abruzzo (1889-1971) — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,April30, 1889.Democrat.Lawyer;clerk to U.S. JudgeMartinT. Manton;U.S.District Judge for the Eastern District of New York, 1936-66;took senior status 1966; senior judge, 1966-71.Catholic.Italianancestry.Died, from aheartattack, in Potomac,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,May 28,1971 (age82 years, 28days).Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery. | | Daniel Joseph Griffin (1880-1926) — also known asDaniel J. Griffin — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,March26, 1880.Democrat.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from New York 8th District, 1913-17; alternatedelegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,1916;KingsCounty Sheriff, 1918-19.Catholic.Member,Knightsof Columbus;Elks.Died, following surgery forappendicitis,in St. Mary'sHospital,Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,December11, 1926 (age46 years, 260days).Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery. | | Daniel O'Reilly (1838-1911) — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Limerick,Ireland,June3, 1838.Democrat.U.S.Representative from New York 2nd District, 1879-81; defeated(Independent Democratic), 1880.Died in Bayville,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,September23, 1911 (age73 years, 112days).Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery. | | Matthew Vincent O'Malley (1878-1931) — also known asMatthew V. O'Malley — of New York. Born in New York,1878.Democrat.U.S.Representative from New York 7th District, 1931; died in office1931.DiedMay 26,1931 (ageabout 52years).Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery. | | James Henry O'Brien (1860-1924) — also known asJames H. O'Brien — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Jamaica, Queens,QueensCounty, N.Y.,July 15,1860.Democrat. Member ofNew Yorkstate senate 10th District, 1911-12;U.S.Representative from New York 9th District, 1913-15; defeated,1914; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,1916.Catholic.Member,Knightsof Columbus;Elks.Died in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,September2, 1924 (age64 years, 49days).Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery. | | Michael F. Walsh (1894-1956) — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,February24, 1894.Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I;lawyer;U.S.Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, 1938-39;secretaryof state of New York, 1939-42;Justice ofNew York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1943-54; retired 1954.Catholic.Member,Knightsof Columbus.Died in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,July 22,1956 (age62 years, 149days).Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Patrick Walsh; married to Catherine Dundon. |
| | Luke D. Stapleton (1869-1923) — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,December11, 1869.Democrat.Lawyer;delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,1904;Justiceof New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1908-17; defeated, 1906;appointed 1908; resigned 1917; Justice of the Appellate Division ofthe New York Supreme Court, 1913-17.Catholic.Member,American BarAssociation;PhiDelta Phi;Knightsof Columbus.Died, frompneumonia,in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,February12, 1923 (age53 years, 63days).Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery. | | Eugene Franklin O'Connor (1844-1928) — also known asEugene F. O'Connor — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,November10, 1844.Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;lawyer;banker;candidate forU.S.Representative from New York 4th District, 1886; member ofNew Yorkstate senate 3rd District, 1888-89; candidate forsecretaryof state of New York, 1891.Catholic.Member,UnionLeague.Died in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,March29, 1928 (age83 years, 140days).Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery. | | Peter P. Smith (c.1877-1960) — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y., about 1877.Democrat.Lawyer;Justice ofNew York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1933-45; appointed 1933;Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court, 1936.Member,FriendlySons of St. Patrick.Suffered aheartattack, and died a few hours later, in MethodistHospital,Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,February3, 1960 (ageabout 83years).Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery. | | William Joseph Kelly (1860-1927) — also known asWilliam J. Kelly — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,April13, 1860.Democrat.Lawyer;Justice ofNew York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1903-27; died in office 1927.Died, in Long Island CollegeHospital,Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,October11, 1927 (age67 years, 181days).Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery. | | Arthur S. Somers — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Democrat. Candidate forU.S.Representative from New York 6th District, 1894; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from New York,1912(alternate),1916(alternate),1928;Democratic Presidential Elector for New York,1913(voted forWoodrowWilson andThomasR. Marshall).Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery. | | John Henry McCooey Jr. (1899-1948) — also known asJohn H. McCooey, Jr. — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,December7, 1899.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I;Justice ofNew York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1932-48; died in office 1948.Died in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,June 23,1948 (age48 years, 199days).Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery. | | William John Carr (1862-1917) — also known asWilliam J. Carr — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,October10, 1862.Democrat.Lawyer;Justice ofNew York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1907-17; died in office 1917.Catholic.Died in Good Ground (now Hampton Bays), Long Island,SuffolkCounty, N.Y.,August5, 1917 (age54 years, 299days).Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery.  | William J. Heffernan (1872-1955) — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,September21, 1872.Democrat.Real estatebusiness; member ofNew Yorkstate senate 5th District, 1913-18; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from New York,1916(alternate),1920,1924,1928,1932;member ofNew YorkDemocratic State Committee, 1930-36, 1948; member, New York CityBoard of Elections, 1931-52.Catholic.Irishancestry. Member,Knightsof Columbus;AncientOrder of Hibernians;RoyalArcanum;Elks.Died, in St. John's EpiscopalHospital,Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,February8, 1955 (age82 years, 140days).Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery.  | Frank J. Taylor (1884-1958) — also known asFrank J. Barrett Jr. — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,March15, 1884.Democrat.Riveter;real estatebusiness; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Kings County 3rd District, 1913-25;KingsCounty Sheriff, 1926-28; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from New York,1928(alternate),1932(alternate),1940,1944(alternate),1948(alternate),1952(alternate),1956(alternate); New York City Commissioner of Welfare, 1930-34; New YorkCity Controller, 1935-37; assistant to the president of ToddShipyards;president, AmericanMerchantMarine Institute (chief negotiator with East Coastmaritimeunions), 1938-53; Democratic candidate for Presidential Elector forNew York,1956.Catholic.Irishancestry. Member,Elks.Died, from aheartailment, in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,May 7,1958 (age74 years, 53days).Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery.| | Relatives:Adoptive son of James Taylor; son of Frank J. Barrett; married1909 toGertrude M. Carmody; married to Josephine McCarthy. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: New York Red Book1917 |
| | Alice Campbell Good (1870-1956) — also known asAlice Campbell;Mrs. William H.Good —of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,December10, 1870.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,1924,1928(member,Committeeon Permanent Organization),1932,1936,1940,1944(member,Committeeto Notify Presidential Nominee),1948,1952;Democratic Presidential Elector for New York,1933;delegateto New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; member ofDemocraticNational Committee from New York, 1936-45; candidate fordelegateto New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1937;Democratic Presidential Elector for New York,1940;Democratic Presidential Elector for New York,1944.Female.Died in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,January14, 1956 (age85 years, 35days).Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery.  | James Henry Caulfield Jr. (1875-1958) — also known asJames H. Caulfield, Jr. — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.; Southern Pines,MooreCounty, N.C.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,January11, 1875.Republican.Investigator;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Kings County 5th District, 1917-22; candidateforNew Yorkstate senate 7th District, 1922.Member,Elks;Moose.Died, fromcongestiveheart failure, while also suffering fromsenility,in the North Carolinastate mentalhospital at Butner,GranvilleCounty, N.C.,August30, 1958 (age83 years, 231days).Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery.  | Frederick M. Ahern (1884-1950) — also known asFred M. Ahern — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,November6, 1884.Republican.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Kings County 10th District, 1911-12, 1914-17.Catholic.Member,Knightsof Columbus;CatholicLawyers Guild.Died, of aheartattack, in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,September17, 1950 (age65 years, 315days).Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery.  | James V. Mangano (c.1905-1988) — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born about 1905. Democrat. Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Kings County 8th District, 1935-37; delegateto Democratic National Convention from New York,1936(alternate),1940,1956,1960,1964,1968;KingsCounty Sheriff, 1938-42; member ofNew YorkDemocratic State Committee, 1948.Catholic.Italianancestry.Died, ofcancer,in Long Island CollegeHospital,Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,October28, 1988 (ageabout 83years).Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery.| | Relatives:Married to Rose Mancaruso; father ofGuyJames Mangano. | | | | Image source: New York Red Book1936 |
| | | William Hughes (1857-1906) — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,1857.Democrat.Lawyer;candidate forJustice ofNew York Supreme Court 2nd District 1906, but died beforeelection.Catholic.Irishancestry. Member,Knightsof Columbus;RoyalArcanum;Elks.Died, frompneumonia,followingappendicitissurgery, in St. Peter'sHospital,Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,November2, 1906 (ageabout 49years).Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery. | | John T. Willoughby (c.1864-1914) — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Port Jefferson,SuffolkCounty, Long Island, N.Y., about 1864.Democrat.Beerbrewer; member ofNew YorkDemocratic State Committee, 1912; Democratic Presidential Electorfor New York,1913(voted forWoodrowWilson andThomasR. Marshall).Catholic.Member,Elks;HolyName Society.Died, fromBright'sdisease, in West Islip,SuffolkCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,January2, 1914 (ageabout 50years).Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery. | | Edward Ward McMahon (1884-1936) — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in1884.Democrat. Candidate forJustice ofNew York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1920; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from New York,1932,1936.Died in1936(ageabout52 years).Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery. | | John F. Jameson (1879-1937) — also known asBud Jameson — of Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,May 12,1879.Democrat. Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Kings County 16th District, 1911; alternatedelegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,1920.Catholic.Member,Knightsof Columbus.Died ofbroncho-pneumonia,May14, 1937 (age58 years, 2days).Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery. | | Michael A. Scudi (1872-1937) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in1872.Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention fromNew York,1912.Died in1937(ageabout65 years).Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery. | | Gaetano Parisi (1877-1949) — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Palermo, Sicily,Italy,August28, 1877.Republican. Candidate forNew Yorkstate assembly from Kings County 2nd District, 1904; City Marshalof New York City; delegate to Republican National Convention from NewYork,1944.Catholic.Italianancestry. Member,Sons ofItaly.DiedJanuary2, 1949 (age71 years, 127days).Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery.  | Patrick H. Larney (1879-1952) — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,August19, 1879.Democrat.Printer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly, 1917-18 (Kings County 2nd District 1917, KingsCounty 1st District 1918).Catholic.Died in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,March28, 1952 (age72 years, 222days).Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery.  | Quentin James Reynolds (1902-1965) — also known asQuentin Reynolds — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,April11, 1902.Democrat.Journalist;World War IIwarcorrespondent;speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1944.Member,DeltaTau Delta.Died inSanFrancisco, Calif.,March17, 1965 (age62 years, 340days).Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery. | | Thomas G. Parisi (1905-1972) — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,September24, 1905.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,1948,1952,1956,1960,1964,1968;Kings County Public Administrator, 1964-72.Catholic.Italianancestry.Died in Miami, Dade County (nowMiami-DadeCounty), Fla.,January27, 1972 (age66 years, 125days).Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery. | | Gertrude McMahon (1896-1993) — also known asGertrude F. Vaughan — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.BornOctober12, 1896.Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention fromNew York,1920,1924.Female.DiedApril15, 1993 (age96 years, 185days).Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery. | Politicians formerlyburied here: |  | Peter J. Hamill (1887-1930) — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,March29, 1887.Democrat.Lawyer;insurancebusiness; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly, 1916-30 (New York County 2nd District 1916-17,New York County 1st District 1918-30); died in office 1930.Member,TammanyHall.Died, from complications ofappendicitissurgery, in PolyclinicHospital,Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,January13, 1930 (age42 years, 290days).Original interment at Holy Cross Cemetery; reinterment atSt.John's Cemetery, Goshen, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Peter Hamill and Mary (Robinson) Hamill; married to MatildaVanAxen. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: New York Red Book1917 |
MaimonidesCemetery
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Israel Frederick Fischer (1858-1940) — also known asIsrael F. Fischer — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,August17, 1858.Republican.Lawyer;member ofNew YorkRepublican State Executive Committee, 1888-90;U.S.Representative from New York 4th District, 1895-99; defeated,1898; member, U.S. Board of General Appraisers, 1899-1927;Judgeof U.S. Customs Court, 1927-33.Jewish.Died in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,March16, 1940 (age81 years, 212days).Interment at Maimonides Cemetery. | | Samuel Hamilton Kaufman (1893-1960) — of New York. Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October26, 1893.Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;U.S.District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1948.Jewish. Member,American BarAssociation.DiedMay 5,1960 (age66 years, 192days).Interment at Maimonides Cemetery.
ProspectPark
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York
| Politicians who have(or had) monuments here: | | | James Samuel Thomas Stranahan (1808-1898) — also known asJames S. T. Stranahan;"Father ofProspect Park" —ofOneidaCounty, N.Y.; Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Peterboro,MadisonCounty, N.Y.,August25, 1808.Republican. Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Oneida County, 1838;U.S.Representative from New York 2nd District, 1855-57; delegate toRepublican National Convention from New York,1860.DiedSeptember3, 1898 (age90 years, 9days).Interment atGreen-Wood Cemetery; statue atProspect Park. | | John Howard Payne (1791-1852) — also known asJohn H. Payne — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,June 9,1791.Actor;playwright;author of the lines which were later adapted as the song "Home SweetHome"; U.S. Consul inTunis, 1842-45, 1851-52, died in office 1852.Inducted into the SongwritersHall ofFame, 1970.Died in Tunis,Tunisia,April10, 1852 (age60 years, 306days).Original interment atSt.George's Protestant Cemetery, Tunis, Tunisia; reinterment in 1883atOakHill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; memorial monument at ProspectPark.
St. Raymond'sCemetery
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | James Martin Fitzpatrick (1869-1949) — also known asJames M. Fitzpatrick — of Bronx,BronxCounty, N.Y.Born in West Stockbridge,BerkshireCounty, Mass.,June 27,1869.Democrat.U.S.Representative from New York 24th District, 1927-45.Catholic.Member,Elks;Knightsof Columbus;Moose.Died in Bronx,BronxCounty, N.Y.,April10, 1949 (age79 years, 287days).Interment at St. Raymond's Cemetery. | | James Kerrigan (1828-1899) — of New York. Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,December25, 1828.Democrat.U.S.Representative from New York 4th District, 1861-63.Irishancestry.DiedNovember1, 1899 (age70 years, 311days).Interment at St. Raymond's Cemetery.
Salem FieldsCemetery
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York
See alsoFindagravepage for this location.| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Harry Frank Guggenheim (1890-1971) — also known asHarry F. Guggenheim — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in West End, Long Branch,MonmouthCounty, N.J.,August23, 1890.Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I;mining andsmeltingbusiness; U.S. Ambassador toCuba, 1929-33; co-founder, with his wife Alicia, ofNewsday, the dailynewspaperof Long Island, New York.Jewish.Died, ofcancer,in Sloan-Kettering MemorialHospital,Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,January22, 1971 (age80 years, 152days).Interment at Salem Fields Cemetery. | | Maxwell Milton Rabb (1910-2002) — also known asMaxwell M. Rabb — of Brookline,NorfolkCounty, Mass.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,September28, 1910.Republican.Lawyer;administrative assistant to U.S. Sen.HenryCabot Lodge, Jr., 1937-43, and U.S. Sen.SinclairWeeks, 1944; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;alternate delegate to Republican National Convention fromMassachusetts,1952,1956;delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,1976,1980;U.S. Ambassador toItaly, 1981-89.Jewish. Member,Council onForeign Relations;American BarAssociation.Died in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,June 9,2002 (age91 years, 254days).Interment at Salem Fields Cemetery. | | Isaac Siegel (1880-1947) — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,1880.Republican.U.S.Representative from New York 20th District, 1915-23; defeated,1924; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,1916(alternate),1920,1924,1936.Jewish.Died in1947(ageabout67 years).Interment at Salem Fields Cemetery. | | Joseph Schulum Jr. (d. 1906) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Democrat.Cigarmanufacturer; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County 12th District, 1896-98.Germanancestry. Member,Freemasons;TammanyHall.Died, ofpneumonia,in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,February4, 1906.Interment at Salem Fields Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Joseph Schulum. |
| | Edward Lauterbach (1844-1923) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.BornAugust12, 1844.Republican.Delegateto New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1894;delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,1896(member,ResolutionsCommittee),1900,1904.Jewish.DiedMarch 4,1923 (age78 years, 204days).Interment at Salem Fields Cemetery. | | Sylvan Levy (1870-1934) — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Alsace-Lorraine,France,1870.Democrat. Naturalized U.S. citizen;hay andgraindealer;insurancebusiness; Democratic Presidential Elector for New York,1913(voted forWoodrowWilson andThomasR. Marshall); Democratic candidate for Presidential Elector forNew York,1916.Jewish. Member,Elks.Died in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November19, 1934 (ageabout 64years).Interment at Salem Fields Cemetery.  | Felix Moritz Warburg (1871-1937) — also known asFelix M. Warburg — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Hamburg,Germany,January14, 1871.Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen;financier;philanthropist; Republican Presidential Elector for New York,1908.Jewish.Died, from aheartattack, in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October20, 1937 (age66 years, 279days).Interment at Salem Fields Cemetery. | | Solomon Robert Guggenheim (1861-1949) — also known asSolomon R. Guggenheim — of New York. Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,February2, 1861.Republican.Mining,smelting,andrailroadexecutive; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,1924.Jewish.Founder of the Guggenheim Museum in New York City. Died near Port Washington,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,November3, 1949 (age88 years, 274days).Entombed at Salem Fields Cemetery.
The EvergreensCemetery
1629 Bushwick Avenue
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York
Founded 1849
See alsoFindagravepage for this location.| Politicians buriedhere: | | | George Henry Lindsay (1837-1916) — also known asGeorge H. Lindsay — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,January7, 1837.Democrat.Real estatebusiness;hotelier;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Kings County 7th District, 1882-86;KingsCounty Coroner, 1887-92;U.S.Representative from New York, 1901-13 (6th District 1901-03, 2ndDistrict 1903-13).Died in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,May 25,1916 (age79 years, 139days).Interment at The Evergreens Cemetery. | | Lucien Delabarre Sanial (1835-1927) — also known asLucien Sanial;LucienDelabarre —of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Northport,SuffolkCounty, Long Island, N.Y.Born inFrance,September12, 1835.Socialist.Newspaperreporter; Socialist Labor candidate forU.S.Representative from New York, 1894 (15th District), 1896 (16thDistrict), 1898 (9th District); Socialist Labor candidate formayorof New York City, N.Y., 1894, 1897; Socialist candidate forPresidential Elector for New York,1912.Frenchancestry.Died in Northport,SuffolkCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,January7, 1927 (age91 years, 117days).Interment at The Evergreens Cemetery. | | George Washington Lindsay (1865-1938) — also known asGeorge W. Lindsay — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,March28, 1865.Democrat.Real estatebusiness; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Kings County 13th District, 1920;U.S.Representative from New York 3rd District, 1923-35; member ofNew YorkDemocratic State Committee, 1930.DiedMarch15, 1938 (age72 years, 352days).Interment at The Evergreens Cemetery. | | Charles Tappan Dunwell (1852-1908) — also known asCharles T. Dunwell — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Newark,WayneCounty, N.Y.,February13, 1852.Republican.Lawyer;insuranceagent; member ofNew YorkRepublican State Committee, 1891-92;U.S.Representative from New York 3rd District, 1903-08; died inoffice 1908.Member,KappaAlpha Society.Died in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,June 12,1908 (age56 years, 120days).Interment at The Evergreens Cemetery. | | Stephen Andrew Rudd (1874-1936) — also known asStephen A. Rudd — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,December11, 1874.Democrat.U.S.Representative from New York 9th District, 1931-36; died inoffice 1936.DiedMarch31, 1936 (age61 years, 111days).Interment at The Evergreens Cemetery. | | James Lent (1782-1833) — of Newtown, Queens,QueensCounty, N.Y.Born in Newtown, Queens,QueensCounty, N.Y.,1782.QueensCounty Judge, 1823-29;U.S.Representative from New York 1st District, 1829-33; died inoffice 1833.Slaveowner. Died inWashington,D.C.,February22, 1833 (ageabout 50years).Original interment and cenotaph atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C.; subsequent interment atFirstPresbyterian Cemetery, Newtown, Queens, N.Y.; reinterment in 1958at The Evergreens Cemetery. | | Charles Goodwin Bennett (1863-1914) — also known asCharles G. Bennett — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,December11, 1863.Republican.Lawyer;banker;U.S.Representative from New York 5th District, 1895-99; defeated,1892, 1898; Secretary of the U.S. Senate, 1900-12.Member,UnionLeague.Died in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,May 25,1914 (age50 years, 165days).Interment at The Evergreens Cemetery. | | William Forte Willett Jr. (1869-1938) — also known asWilliam Willett, Jr. — of Far Rockaway, Queens,QueensCounty, N.Y.; Woodmere,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,November27, 1869.Democrat.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from New York 14th District, 1907-11; defeated,1904; candidate forJustice ofNew York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1911;indictedin 1912 onchargesthat heboughtthe nomination for Supreme Court justice;triedandconvictedin 1914,sentencedto one year inprisonandfined$1,000; released on parole in 1916.Member,Freemasons;OddFellows;Elks.Died, from aheartattack, in his room at theHotelMcAlpin, Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,February12, 1938 (age68 years, 77days).Interment at The Evergreens Cemetery. | | Bayard Clarke (1815-1884) — of New York. Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,March17, 1815.Whig.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from New York 9th District, 1855-57; defeated,1852; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War.Died in Schroon Lake,EssexCounty, N.Y.,June 20,1884 (age69 years, 95days).Original interment atFirstPresbyterian Cemetery, Newtown, Queens, N.Y.; reinterment in 1958at The Evergreens Cemetery. | | Robert Baker (1862-1943) — also known as"Anti-Pass Baker" — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk,England,April1, 1862.Democrat. Candidate forNew Yorkstate assembly, 1894;U.S.Representative from New York 6th District, 1903-05; defeated,1904, 1906.Advocate of "Single Tax" and other reforms; noted for his oppositionto free railroad passes for public officials.Died in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,June 15,1943 (age81 years, 75days).Interment at The Evergreens Cemetery. | | Jacob Worth (1838-1905) — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,1838.Republican. Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly, 1864-66, 1868, 1873-76, 1878 (Kings County 7thDistrict 1864-66, Kings County 6th District 1868, 1873-76, 1878);candidate forU.S.Representative from New York 5th District, 1884, 1900; member ofNewYork state senate 4th District, 1886-89; alternate delegate toRepublican National Convention from New York,1896.Died, of aheartattack, at the EastmanHotel,Hot Springs,GarlandCounty, Ark.,February21, 1905 (ageabout 66years).Interment at The Evergreens Cemetery.  | Nelson Herrick Henry (1855-1923) — also known asNelson H. Henry — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,April27, 1855.Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County 5th District, 1899-1901;AdjutantGeneral of New York, 1908-10.Died in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,March16, 1923 (age67 years, 323days).Interment at The Evergreens Cemetery.  | Charles Clapp Lockwood (1877-1958) — also known asCharles C. Lockwood — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,September2, 1877.Republican.Lawyer;delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,1912(alternate),1924,1928;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Kings County 5th District, 1914; member ofNew Yorkstate senate, 1915-22 (4th District 1915-18, 7th District1919-22); law partner ofNathanielL. Goldstein during the 1920s;chair ofKings County Republican Party, 1927-29; candidate forLieutenantGovernor of New York, 1928;Justice ofNew York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1932-47.Congregationalist.Member,Freemasons;American BarAssociation;RoyalArcanum.Died, following aheartattack, in BrooklynHospital,Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,September21, 1958 (age81 years, 19days).Interment at The Evergreens Cemetery. | | John R. Crews (1894-1975) — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,July 4,1894.Republican.Boxer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Kings County 6th District, 1921-22; delegateto Republican National Convention from New York,1928,1932,1936(member,Committeeto Notify Presidential Nominee),1940(HonoraryVice-President),1944,1948,1952,1956,1960,1964,1968;member ofNew YorkRepublican State Committee, 1930;delegateto New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933;chair ofKings County Republican Party, 1939-42, 1955; member ofNew YorkRepublican State Executive Committee, 1945.Suffered astroke,and later died, at Good SamaritanHospital,West Islip,SuffolkCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,February22, 1975 (age80 years, 233days).Interment at The Evergreens Cemetery. | | Frederick E. Muller (1844-1907) — also known asFriderich Emil Muller=y=Storer — ofBaltimore,Md.; Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Santa Cruz, Danish West Indies (now St. Croix,VirginIslands),November4, 1844.Manager, Monumental Trading Company (fruitimporter);auditor,AmericanFruitCompany;Consulfor Argentina inBaltimore,Md., 1899-1901.Died, frominterstitialnephritis, in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,January30, 1907 (age62 years, 87days).Interment at The Evergreens Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Jacobo Muller and Malvina (Storer) Muller. |
| | Felix Lucian de Castro (1844-1906) — also known asFelix L. de Castro — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born inCuba,January9, 1844.Naturalized U.S. citizen;merchant;Vice-Consulfor Argentina inNewYork, N.Y., 1888-1904;Consulfor Argentina inGulfport,Miss., 1905.Cubanancestry.Died in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,August4, 1906 (age62 years, 207days).Interment at The Evergreens Cemetery. | | Charles Alt — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Republican. Member ofNew Yorkstate senate 10th District, 1909-10; defeated, 1910.Interment at The Evergreens Cemetery.  | Robert J. Crews (1894-1968) — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,July 4,1894.Republican.Advertisingbusiness;real estatebusiness; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Kings County 6th District, 1936, 1938-47;defeated, 1936; resigned 1947; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from New York,1940(alternate),1944(alternate),1948(alternate),1952(alternate),1956,1960,1964,1968.Died, in Long Island CollegeHospital,Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,1968(ageabout73 years).Interment at The Evergreens Cemetery.| | Relatives: Twinbrother ofJohnR. Crews. | | | | Image source: New York Red Book1936 |
| | | Joseph H. DeBragga — of Elmhurst, Queens,QueensCounty, N.Y.; Ridgewood, Queens,QueensCounty, N.Y.Republican.QueensCounty Sheriff, 1901; delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom New York,1916,1924,1928;chairof Queens County Republican Party, 1927-29.Interment at The Evergreens Cemetery. | | Carl Adolphus Gottlieb Adae (1839-1915) — also known asCarl A. G. Adae — of Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio.Born in Möckmühl,Germany,June9, 1839.Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;Vice-Consulfor Germany inCincinnati,Ohio, 1871-77; president of the C. F. Adae & Co.bank;after the bank became insolvent in December 1878, he wasarrestedandchargedwithbankfraud, that is, accepting deposits knowing that the bank wasabout to fail; the case was referred to the grand jury, but noindictments resulted;insuranceagent.Germanancestry.Died in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,January26, 1915 (age75 years, 231days).Interment at The Evergreens Cemetery. | | Edward Marcellus Clarkson (1851-1913) — also known asEdward M. Clarkson — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Seneca Falls,SenecaCounty, N.Y.,December27, 1851.Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Kings County 6th District, 1895.Member,Freemasons.Died, frommyocarditisandnephritis,in Coney IslandHospital,Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,May 25,1913 (age61 years, 149days).Interment at The Evergreens Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Peter Phineas Clarkson and Mary C. (Robinson) Clarkson; married,April1, 1872, to Marietta E. 'Mary' (Noles) Coleman. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
 | George Henning Ericson (1880-1927) — also known asGeorge H. Ericson — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,February7, 1880.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;undertaker;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Kings County 1st District, 1917; defeated,1924.Lutheran.Swedishancestry. Member,Freemasons;RoyalArch Masons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners;OddFellows.Died in New Milford,LitchfieldCounty, Conn.,July 24,1927 (age47 years, 167days).Interment at The Evergreens Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Andrew E. Ericson and Anna Maria (Hendricksdotter) Ericson;married,September26, 1903, to Annie Elisabeth Lindquist. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: New York Red Book1917 |
| | William J. Wells (1876-1940) — of Montclair,EssexCounty, N.J.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,December15, 1876.Republican.Accountant;general manager, later president, R.H. Macy & Co.departmentstore;bankdirector; alternate delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom New Jersey,1936.Member,Freemasons;Shriners.Died, from aheartcondition, in MountainsideHospital,Montclair,EssexCounty, N.J.,March22, 1940 (age63 years, 98days).Interment at The Evergreens Cemetery.
WashingtonCemetery
5820 Bay Parkway
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York
See alsoFindagravepage for this location.| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Nicholas Aleinikoff (1861-1921) — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Kiev (Kyiv),Ukraine,1861.Socialist.Lawyer;candidate forJustice ofNew York Supreme Court 1st District, 1909 (Socialist), 1911, 1913(Socialist), 1914 (Socialist), 1915, 1917 (Socialist), 1918(Socialist); candidate forU.S.Representative from New York 20th District, 1912.Ukrainianancestry.Died in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,June 25,1921 (ageabout 59years).Interment at Washington Cemetery.  | Jacob Goldstein (1891-1920) — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May 27,1891.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County 31st District, 1916-17.Jewish. Member,Knightsof Pythias.Died, frompneumonia,in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,February12, 1920 (age28 years, 261days).Interment at Washington Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Morris L. Goldstein and Rebecca Goldstein. | | | | Epitaph: "In Our Hearts, He LivesForever." | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: New York Red Book1917 |
Friends BuryingGround
Prospect Park, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Raymond Vail Ingersoll (1875-1940) — also known asRaymond V. Ingersoll — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Corning,SteubenCounty, N.Y.,April 3,1875.Lawyer;campaign manager forAlfredE. Smith, 1924; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromNew York,1928;boroughpresident of Brooklyn, New York, 1934-40; died in office 1940.Member,PhiBeta Kappa;PhiDelta Theta.Died, following surgery, in Long Island CollegeHospital,Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,February24, 1940 (age64 years, 327days).Interment at Friends Burying Ground. | | George Wood Wingate (1840-1928) — also known asGeorge W. Wingate — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,July 1,1840.Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;lawyer; ledconstruction ofelevatedrailways in Brooklyn; marksmanship promoter; president, NationalRifle Association, 1886-1900; Gold Democratic candidate forPresidential Elector for New York,1896.Member,GrandArmy of the Republic;National RifleAssociation.Died in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,March22, 1928 (age87 years, 265days).Interment at Friends Burying Ground.
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