| |  Thales S. Bliss (c.1824-1885) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born about 1824. Democrat.Wheelwright; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County 13th District, 1883.Member,Freemasons.Died in Nyack,RocklandCounty, N.Y.,August5, 1885 (ageabout 61years).Burial location unknown. | | Charles Bodle (1787-1835) — of Bloomingburg,SullivanCounty, N.Y.Born near Poughkeepsie,DutchessCounty, N.Y.,1787.Wagon maker;U.S.Representative from New York 7th District, 1833-35.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October31, 1835 (ageabout 48years).Interment atBloomingburgCemetery, Bloomingburg, N.Y. | | Nelson Burdick (1820-1908) — of Watertown,JeffersonCounty, N.Y.Born in Point Peninsula,JeffersonCounty, N.Y.,December28, 1820.Democrat.Carriage manufacturer;mayorof Watertown, N.Y., 1882-83.Member,Freemasons.Died in Watertown,JeffersonCounty, N.Y.,February20, 1908 (age87 years, 54days).Interment atBrooksideCemetery, Watertown, N.Y. | | Silas Wattles Cole (1797-1875) — also known asSilas W. Cole — of Portsmouth,SciotoCounty, Ohio.Born inChenangoCounty, N.Y.,August2, 1797.Wagon maker;mayorof Portsmouth, Ohio, 1835-36.Methodist.Died inSciotoCounty, Ohio,January6, 1875 (age77 years, 157days).Interment atGreenlawnCemetery, Portsmouth, Ohio. | | James Henry Roberts Cromwell (1896-1990) — also known asJames H. R. Cromwell — of Somerville,SomersetCounty, N.J.; Weehawken,HudsonCounty, N.J.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,June 4,1896.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; vice-president,PeerlessMotor Car Company; U.S. Minister toCanada, 1940; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromNew Jersey,1940;candidate forU.S.Senator from New Jersey, 1940; president, Chemwood Corporation,pulpand paper manufacturers.Member,AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;MilitaryOrder of the World Wars;MarineCorps League;AmericanAcademy of Political and Social Science.Died in1990(ageabout94 years).Burial location unknown. | | Charles A. Dana (b. 1881) — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,1881.Republican.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County 27th District, 1910, 1912;president, SpicerManufacturingCo.; president, ParishPressedSteel Co.; president, SalisburyAxle Co. president, NewYork and New JerseyWater Co.Member,American BarAssociation.Burial location unknown. | | John Francis Dodge (1864-1920) — also known asJohn F. Dodge — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Niles,BerrienCounty, Mich.,October25, 1864.Republican. Earlyautomobile manufacturer; made parts forOldsmobile and Ford in the early 20th century; co-founder of DodgeBrothersMotor Car Company in 1914, manufacturer of Dodge carsand trucks; the Dodge operation became part of Chrysler Corporationin 1928; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan,1916.Died in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,January14, 1920 (age55 years, 81days).Entombed atWoodlawnCemetery, Detroit, Mich.| |  Relatives: Sonof Daniel Rugg Dodge and Maria Duval (Casto) Dodge; married,September22, 1892, to Ivy Hawkins; married,December9, 1903, to Isabelle Smith; married,December10, 1907, toMatildaRausch; uncle ofHoraceElgin Dodge Jr.. | | | | Political family:Dodge-Duke-Cromwellfamily of Detroit, Michigan (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). |
 | Alonzo Barton Hepburn (1846-1922) — also known asA. Barton Hepburn — of Colton,St.Lawrence County, N.Y.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Colton,St.Lawrence County, N.Y.,July 24,1846.Republican.Lawyer;timberbusiness;banker;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from St. Lawrence County 2nd District, 1875-79;superintendent, New York State Banking Department, 1880-83; U.S.Comptroller of the Currency, 1892-93; director, New York LifeInsuranceCompany, AmericanAgriculturalChemicalCompany, Studebaker Corporation (automobile manufacturer), andGreat NorthernRailway.Hit bya bus at Fifth Avenue and 23rd Street, injured, and died fivedays later, in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,January25, 1922 (age75 years, 185days).Interment atEvergreenCemetery, Canton, N.Y. | | Herman Kramer — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Democrat.Carriage manufacturer; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Kings County 13th District, 1914-16.Burial location unknown.  | Frank Lovell (1913-1998) — also known asFrederick J. Lang — ofSanFrancisco, Calif.; Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Ipava,FultonCounty, Ill.,July 24,1913.Socialist.Seaman;automobile worker; candidate in primary formayorof Detroit, Mich., 1953; Socialist Workers candidate forGovernor ofMichigan, 1954, 1958, 1964; Socialist Workers candidate forU.S.Senator from Michigan, 1960; Socialist Workers candidate forPresidential Elector for Michigan,1960;Socialist Workers candidate fordelegateto Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County 4thDistrict, 1961; Socialist Workers candidate for Presidential Electorfor Michigan,1964;Socialist Workers candidate forU.S.Representative from Michigan 12th District, 1968; SocialistWorkers candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan,1968(on behalf ofFredHalstead andPaulBoutelle).Member,UnitedAuto Workers.Died, from aheartattack, in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May 1,1998 (age84 years, 281days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives:Married1949 toSarahZucker. | | | | Image source: The Militant, October 27,1958 |
| | | John W. Meldrum (1843-1936) — of Laramie,AlbanyCounty, Wyo.Born in Caledonia,LivingstonCounty, N.Y.,September17, 1843.Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;carpenter;wagon maker; candidate forDelegateto U.S. Congress from Wyoming Territory, 1882; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Wyoming Territory,1884;Surveyor General of Wyoming Territory, 1884-85;secretaryof Wyoming Territory, 1889-90; U.S. Commissioner in YellowstoneNational Park, 1894-1935.Died inDenver,Colo.,February27, 1936 (age92 years, 163days).Burial location unknown.  | John Jacob Raskob (1879-1950) — also known asJohn J. Raskob — Born in Lockport,NiagaraCounty, N.Y.,March19, 1879.Democrat. Executive atGeneral Motors andDuPont;Chairmanof Democratic National Committee, 1928-32.Catholic.GermanandIrishancestry.Died in Centreville,QueenAnne's County, Md.,October15, 1950 (age71 years, 210days).Interment atCathedralCemetery, Wilmington, Del.| | Relatives: Sonof John Raskob and Anna Frances (Moran) Raskob; married1906 to HelenaSpringer Green. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle | | | | Image source: Library ofCongress |
| | | Alonzo Sidney Upham (1811-1882) — also known asAlonzo S. Upham — of Le Roy,GeneseeCounty, N.Y.Born in Hamilton,MadisonCounty, N.Y.,June 9,1811.Whig.Carriage builder;farmer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly, 1847-48 (Genesee County 1847, Genesee County 2ndDistrict 1848); member ofNew Yorkstate senate 28th District, 1850-53.Died in Baldwinsville,OnondagaCounty, N.Y.,August21, 1882 (age71 years, 73days).Interment atRiverview Cemetery, Baldwinsville, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Joshua Upham and Lydia (Chamberlain) Upham; married,April17, 1836, to Mary Munro; married,December11, 1867, to Emily Louise Munro; second cousin ofWilliamUpham; second cousin once removed ofIsaiahBlood,CalvinHoadley Upham andWilliamHenry Upham; second cousin twice removed ofFredericWilliam Upham; third cousin ofDonAlonzo Joshua Upham; third cousin once removed ofCharlesLeslie Upham; third cousin twice removed ofRobertTreat Paine; third cousin thrice removed ofClarenceAlbert Upham; fourth cousin ofJabezUpham,GeorgeBaxter Upham,NathanielUpham,SamuelFinley Vinton andCharlesWentworth Upham; fourth cousin once removed ofNathanAppleton,NathanielGookin Upham,JamesPhineas Upham,LucretiaGarfield andEdwinCarpenter Pinney. | | | | Political families:Uphamfamily of Massachusetts and New Hampshire;Uphamfamily of Massachusetts (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | John North Willys (1873-1935) — also known asJohn N. Willys — of Toledo,LucasCounty, Ohio.Born in Canandaigua,OntarioCounty, N.Y.,October25, 1873.Republican. President ofautomobile manufacturing companies;delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio,1916;U.S. Ambassador toPoland, 1930-32.Died in New York City (unknowncounty), N.Y.,August26, 1935 (age61 years, 305days).Interment atKensicoCemetery, Valhalla, N.Y. | | 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 atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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