 |  Daniel Scott Lamont (1851-1905) — also known asDaniel S. Lamont — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in McGrawville (now McGraw),CortlandCounty, N.Y.,February9, 1851.Democrat. Confidential secretary to Gov.SamuelJ. Tilden;secretary ofNew York Democratic Party, 1875-83;U.S.Secretary of War, 1893-97;bank director; vice-president,Northern PacificRailroad,1898-1904.Member,DeltaUpsilon.Died in Millbrook,DutchessCounty, N.Y.,July 23,1905 (age54 years, 164days).Entombed atWoodlawnCemetery, Bronx, N.Y. | | | George LaMonte (1834-1913) — Born in Charlotte Center,ChautauquaCounty, N.Y.,August5, 1834.Inventorofsafetypaper forbanking; Prohibition candidate forGovernor ofNew Jersey, 1889.Died in Bound Brook,SomersetCounty, N.J.,October19, 1913 (age79 years, 75days).Interment atBound Brook Cemetery, Bound Brook, N.J. | | Abraham C. Lansing — of Lansingburgh (now part of Troy),RensselaerCounty, N.Y.Banker; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Rensselaer County, 1830.Burial location unknown. | | Frederick Lansing (1806-1861) — of Little Falls,HerkimerCounty, N.Y.BornMay 30,1806.Democrat. Postmaster atLittleFalls, N.Y., 1827-41, 1859-61; member ofNew YorkDemocratic State Committee, 1840; vice-president and director,Herkimer CountyBank; Democratic candidate for PresidentialElector for New York,1856.Died in1861(ageabout55 years).Interment atChurchStreet Cemetery, Little Falls, N.Y. | | Gerrit Yates Lansing (1783-1862) — also known asGerrit Y. Lansing — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,August4, 1783.Lawyer;AlbanyCounty Probate Judge, 1816-23;U.S.Representative from New York 10th District, 1831-37; president,Albany SavingsBank, 1854-62; president, AlbanyInsuranceCompany, 1859-62.Died in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,January3, 1862 (age78 years, 152days).Interment atAlbanyRural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y. | | Stuart Douglas Lansing (1866-1927) — also known asStuart D. Lansing — of Watertown,JeffersonCounty, N.Y.Born in Watertown,JeffersonCounty, N.Y.,November21, 1866.Republican. President, Bagley Sewall Co., manufacturers ofpaper-makingmachines;banker; Republican candidate for PresidentialElector for New York,1912.Died, fromheartdisease, in Watertown,JeffersonCounty, N.Y.,September3, 1927 (age60 years, 286days).Interment atBrooksideCemetery, Watertown, N.Y. | | Cornelius Van Wyck Lawrence (1791-1861) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Flushing, Queens,QueensCounty, N.Y.,February28, 1791.Democrat.Merchant;bank director;U.S.Representative from New York 3rd District, 1833-34;mayorof New York City, N.Y., 1834-37;U.S.Collector of Customs at New York, N.Y., New York, 1845-49.Died in Flushing, Queens,QueensCounty, N.Y.,February20, 1861 (age69 years, 358days).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Queens County, N.Y. | | Frank Jacob LeFevre (1874-1941) — also known asFrank J. LeFevre — of New Paltz,UlsterCounty, N.Y.Born in New Paltz,UlsterCounty, N.Y.,November30, 1874.Republican.Banker; member ofNew Yorkstate senate 25th District, 1903-04;U.S.Representative from New York 24th District, 1905-07.FrenchHuguenot ancestry.Died in Atlantic City,AtlanticCounty, N.J.,April29, 1941 (age66 years, 150days).Interment atMoravianCemetery, New Dorp, Staten Island, N.Y. | | William Henry Leonard (1873-1947) — also known asW. H. Leonard — ofDenver,Colo.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,March29, 1873.Republican.Miner;cattletrader; organizer and president, Denver Rock DrillManufacturingCo.; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;bankdirector; alternate delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom Colorado,1920,1944.Episcopalian.Died in Colorado Springs,El PasoCounty, Colo.,May 29,1947 (age74 years, 61days).Interment atWillRogers Shrine of the Sun, Colorado Springs, Colo.  | Loran Ludowick Lewis (1825-1916) — also known asLoran L. Lewis — of Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.Born in Mentz,CayugaCounty, N.Y.,May 9,1825.Republican.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate senate 31st District, 1870-73; candidate for Buffalosuperior court judge, 1877;Justice ofNew York Supreme Court 8th District, 1883-95; president, ThirdNationalBank of Buffalo; appointed in 1901 as defense counselfor Leon Czolgosz, assassin of PresidentWilliamMcKinley.Died, frompneumonia,in Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.,March 8,1916 (age90 years, 304days).Interment atForestLawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y.  | Thomas E. Logan (b. 1834) — of Boise,AdaCounty, Idaho.Born in New York,1834.Republican.Druggist;bank director; postmaster atBoise,Idaho, 1869-73;mayor ofBoise, Idaho, 1873-75, 1876-78.Burial location unknown.| |  Image source:City of Boise |
| | Peter B. Loomis (b. 1820) — of Jackson,JacksonCounty, Mich.Born in Amsterdam,MontgomeryCounty, N.Y.,April14, 1820.Republican.Merchant;miller;banker;mayorof Jackson, Mich., 1858-59; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Jackson County 2nd District,1859-60; treasurer, and later president, Jackson, Fort Wayne &SaginawRailroad.Burial location unknown. | | Seymour Lowman (1868-1940) — of Elmira,ChemungCounty, N.Y.Born in Chemung town,ChemungCounty, N.Y.,October7, 1868.Republican.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Chemung County, 1909-10;chair ofChemung County Republican Party, 1910-34; member ofNew Yorkstate senate 41st District, 1919-24; defeated, 1910; delegate toRepublican National Convention from New York,1924,1932;LieutenantGovernor of New York, 1925-26; defeated, 1926; U.S. AssistantSecretary of the Treasury, 1927-33; president, Elmira SavingsBank, 1933; president, LowmanConstructionCorp.; president, U.S.Cut FlowerCo.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;Knightsof Pythias;Elks;Sons ofthe American Revolution.Died in1940(ageabout71 years).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof John Lowman and Fanny (Bixby) Lowman; married,September9, 1893, to Katherine Harding 'Kate' Smith. |
| | James J. Lynch (c.1872-1931) — of Yonkers,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.Born inIreland,about 1872.Republican.Builder;business partner ofThomasF. Larkin;banker; candidate formayorof Yonkers, N.Y., 1921.Member,Elks.Died in Yonkers,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,November24, 1931 (ageabout 59years).Burial location unknown. | | Cecil Burton Lyon (1903-1993) — also known asCecil B. Lyon — of New York City (unknowncounty), N.Y.; Hancock,HillsboroughCounty, N.H.Born in Staten Island,RichmondCounty, N.Y.,November8, 1903.Investment banker; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice ConsulinHavana, 1931;Hong Kong, as of 1932; U.S. Consul inTientsin, as of 1938; U.S. Ambassador toChile, 1956-58;Ceylon, 1964-67;Maldive Islands, 1965.Catholic.DiedApril 6,1993 (age89 years, 149days).Burial location unknown.
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