| |  John Emory Andrus (1841-1934) — also known asJohn E. Andrus;"The MillionaireStrap-Hanger" —of Yonkers,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.Born in Pleasantville,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,February16, 1841.Republican.Schoolteacher;pharmaceuticalmanufacturer; investor inrealestate,miningclaims, and the StandardOilCompany; owned considerable stock inrailroadsandutilities;director, New York LifeInsuranceCo.; president, New YorkPharmaceuticalAssociation; treasurer, ArlingtonChemical Co.; director,NationalFuel GasCo.;mayorof Yonkers, N.Y., 1904-05; defeated, 1901; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from New York,1904(alternate),1908;U.S.Representative from New York 19th District, 1905-13; RepublicanPresidential Elector for New York,1916.Methodist.Philanthropist who founded the Surna Foundation and the Julia DyckmanAndrus Memorial (orphanage). Even when he was one of the nation'swealthiest men, he still took the subway to work.Died, ofpneumonia,in Yonkers,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,December26, 1934 (age93 years, 313days).Interment atKensicoCemetery, Valhalla, N.Y. | | Lawrence A. Appley (1904-1997) — of Glen Ridge,EssexCounty, N.J.; Hamilton,MadisonCounty, N.Y.Born in Nyack,RocklandCounty, N.Y.,April22, 1904.Republican. Personnel manager, Buffalo Division, Socony VacuumOilCompany, 1930-34; vice-president, VickChemical Company,1941-46; vice-president, Montgomery Warddepartmentstores, 1946-48; president, American Management Association,1948-68; member, Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, 1953-55.Baptist.Member,PhiBeta Kappa;OmicronDelta Kappa;Chi Phi;DeltaSigma Rho.Died in Hamilton,MadisonCounty, N.Y.,April 4,1997 (age92 years, 347days).Burial location unknown.| |  Relatives: Sonof Rev. Joseph Earl Appley and Jessie (Moore) Appley; married,September1, 1927, to Ruth G. Wilson. |
| | William Armistead Moale Burden (1906-1984) — also known asWilliam A. M. Burden — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,April 8,1906.Analyst ofaviationindustry; founder of Wall Street investment firm; chairman of UnionTexas Natural Gas Corporation; director, AlliedChemical Co.,ColumbiaBroadcastingSystem, and LockheedAircraft;president, Museum of Modern Art in New York, 1953-59, 1962-65; U.S.Ambassador toBelgium, 1959-61.Member,Council onForeign Relations.Died, ofheartdisease, inNew YorkHospital, Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October10, 1984 (age78 years, 185days).Burial location unknown. | | Louis Gary Clemente (1908-1968) — also known asL. Gary Clemente — of Queens,QueensCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,June 10,1908.Democrat.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during World War II; vice-president anddirector, UnexcelledChemical Corporation; executive withModernePaintCompany, PremierChemical Corporation, and OhioBronzeCompany; director, Mary ImmaculateHospital;U.S.Representative from New York 4th District, 1949-53; defeated,1952.Catholic.Member,DisabledAmerican Veterans.Died, fromcancer,in Mary ImmaculateHospital,Jamaica, Queens,QueensCounty, N.Y.,May 13,1968 (age59 years, 338days).Interment atSt.John's Cemetery, Middle Village, Queens, N.Y. | | John Thomas Connor (1914-2000) — also known asJohn T. Connor;Jack Connor — Born in Syracuse,OnondagaCounty, N.Y.,November3, 1914.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;U.S.Secretary of Commerce, 1965-67.Catholic.Member,Council onForeign Relations;PhiKappa Psi.President and CEO of the Merckpharmaceuticalcompany from 1955; chairman and CEO of AlliedChemical,1967-79.Died, ofcancer,at Massachusetts GeneralHospital,Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,October6, 2000 (age85 years, 338days).Interment atMosswoodCemetery, Cotuit, Barnstable, Mass. | | Montgomery F. Crowe (b. 1890) — of Stroudsburg,MonroeCounty, Pa.Born in Piermont,RocklandCounty, N.Y.,November9, 1890.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;insurancebusiness; member ofPennsylvaniastate senate 14th District, 1939-54; director, GeneralHospitalof Monroe County; director, Stroudsburg SecurityTrustCompany; president, Monroe CountyIndustries;treasurer, Pocono LodgesHotelCompany director, Van KarnerChemical Arms Corporation;delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania,1956(alternate),1960.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Charles H. Crowe and Jessie M. (Durkee) Crowe; married to FrancesK. Wirth. |
| | Ralph L. Custer (d. 1950) — of Garden City,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.Born in Logansport,CassCounty, Ind.Chemicalengineer;vice-president, FederatedLaundryCorporation;mayorof Garden City, N.Y., 1949-50; died in office 1950.Died, probably from abrainaneurysm, in NassauHospital,Mineola,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,March24, 1950.Burial location unknown. | | Melvin Carr Eaton (1891-1966) — also known asMelvin C. Eaton — of Norwich,ChenangoCounty, N.Y.Born in Norwich,ChenangoCounty, N.Y.,April 2,1891.Republican.Chemist; director, superintendent, latervice-president, president and chairman, NorwichPharmaceuticalCo.; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,1932,1936,1940;chairof Chenango County Republican Party, 1932-33;delegateto New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933;New YorkRepublican state chair, 1934-36; Republican Presidential Electorfor New York,1952(voted forDwightD. Eisenhower andRichardM. Nixon).Congregationalist.Member,AmericanLegion;Forty andEight;Veterans ofForeign Wars;Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners;Elks;PhiKappa Sigma;Rotary.Died, following an apparentheartattack, in St. CharlesHospital,Toledo,LucasCounty, Ohio,August1, 1966 (age75 years, 121days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Robert D. Eaton and Maria E. (Smith) Eaton; married,April14, 1915, to Ethel Jewell. |
| | Louis Fechter Sr. (1851-1921) — of Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.Born in Alsace-Lorraine,France,1851.Republican. Employed on Lake Shore and Michigan SouthernRailroad;lostan arm in an 1877 railroad accident;cartingbusiness; organized BuffaloRendering Co.; manager,BuffaloFertilizerCo.; president, MinnehahaMining andSmeltingCo.; president, Fechter-Elliott Agency,realestate andinsurance;member ofNew Yorkstate senate 48th District, 1905-06.Catholic.Died in Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.,April16, 1921 (ageabout 69years).Interment atUnitedGerman and French Cemetery, Cheektowaga, N.Y.  | Stanislaus Pascal Franchot (1851-1908) — also known asStanislaus P. Franchot — of Niagara Falls,NiagaraCounty, N.Y.Born in Morris,OtsegoCounty, N.Y.,January30, 1851.Republican.Civilengineer;chemical manufacturer; alternate delegate toRepublican National Convention from New York,1904;member ofNew Yorkstate senate 47th District, 1907-08.Died in Montreal,Quebec,March24, 1908 (age57 years, 54days).Burial location unknown.  | 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, AmericanAgriculturalChemical Company, Studebaker Corporation (automobilemanufacturer), and Great 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. | | Robert W. Hilton (b. 1868) — of Smethport,McKeanCounty, Pa.Born in Hornellsville (now Hornell),SteubenCounty, N.Y.,January26, 1868.Democrat. Organizer and executive for severalchemicalcompanies; member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives from McKean County, 1909; memberofPennsylvaniastate senate 25th District, 1913-16.Burial location unknown. | | Elon Huntington Hooker (1869-1938) — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Rochester,MonroeCounty, N.Y.,November23, 1869.Progressive.Engineer;founder and president, HookerElectrochemical Company;Progressive candidate for Presidential Elector for New York,1912.Died, frompneumonia,in Pasadena,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,May 10,1938 (age68 years, 168days).Interment atMt.Hope Cemetery, Rochester, N.Y. | | Roy Innis (1934-2017) — also known asEmile Alfredo Innis — of New York City (unknowncounty), N.Y.Born in St. Croix,VirginIslands,June 6,1934.Democrat.Chemist; civil rights leader; chairman of the Harlemchapter, and national board member and vice-chairman of the Congressof Racial Equality (CORE); candidate forU.S.Representative from New York 12th District, 1986; candidate formayorof New York City, N.Y., 1993.Africanancestry. Member,National RifleAssociation.DiedJanuary8, 2017 (age82 years, 216days).Burial location unknown. | | Ann S. Iselin (1892-1978) — also known asAnn Sworts;Mrs. WilliamIselin —of Greenwich,FairfieldCounty, Conn.; Southbury,New HavenCounty, Conn.Born in Dundee,YatesCounty, N.Y.,February12, 1892.Republican.Schoolteacher;chemist; alternate delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Connecticut,1952,1956.Female.Died in Southbury,New HavenCounty, Conn.,March18, 1978 (age86 years, 34days).Interment atHillsideCemetery, Dundee, N.Y. | | David Hamilton Koch (1940-2019) — also known asDavid Koch — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Wichita,SedgwickCounty, Kan.,May 3,1940.Libertarian.Chemicalengineer;candidate forVicePresident of the United States, 1980; candidate forTexasstate house of representatives 66th District, 2002.Member,BetaTheta Pi.Died in Southampton,SuffolkCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,August23, 2019 (age79 years, 112days).Burial location unknown. | | Paul G. Lauffer — of Hastings-on-Hudson,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.Democrat.Chemist;mayorof Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y.; elected 1949.Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. | | Seabury C. Mastick (b. 1871) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; near Pleasantville,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.Born inSanFrancisco, Calif.,July 19,1871.Republican.Lawyer;alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,1904;served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; president, WarnerChemical Company; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Westchester County 3rd District, 1921-22;member ofNew Yorkstate senate 26th District, 1923-34; defeated, 1934.Episcopalian.Member,Sons ofthe American Revolution;AmericanLegion;Freemasons;Elks;American BarAssociation;AmericanChemical Society.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives:Married1896 to AgnesE. Warner. |
 | George W. Merck (1894-1957) — of West Orange,EssexCounty, N.J.; Rupert,BenningtonCounty, Vt.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,March29, 1894.Republican.Chemist; president (1925-49) and chairman(1949-57), Merck & Co.,pharmaceuticalmakers;delegateto New Jersey convention to ratify 21st amendment at-large;elected 1933; delegate to Republican National Convention from NewJersey,1948;alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Vermont,1956.Suffered acerebralhemorrhage, and died the next day, in Orange MemorialHospital,Orange,EssexCounty, N.J.,November9, 1957 (age63 years, 225days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof George Merck and Friedrike (Schenck) Merck; married,September22, 1917, to Josephine Carey Wall; married1926 to SerenaStevens. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle | | | | Image source: Time Magazine, August 18,1952 |
 | Eugene Isaac Meyer (1875-1959) — also known asEugene Meyer — of Mt. Kisco,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.Born in Los Angeles,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,October31, 1875.Republican.Stockbroker;banker;instrumental in the merger of five chemical companies to createAlliedChemical and Dye Corporation, 1920; delegate toRepublican National Convention from New York,1928;Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System,1930-33; bought theWashington Postnewspaperin 1933, and was itspublisheruntil 1946; president, World Bank, 1946.Jewish.Died, fromheartdisease andcancer,at George Washington UniversityHospital,Washington,D.C.,July 17,1959 (age83 years, 259days).Interment atKensicoCemetery, Valhalla, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Marc Eugene Meyer and Harriet (Newmark) Meyer; married1910 to AgnesElizabeth Ernst; father of Katherine Graham. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier | | | | Image source: Time Magazine, May 31,1932 |
| | | Melvin Nord (b. 1918) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in New York City (unknowncounty), N.Y.,August3, 1918.Democrat.Lawyer;chemicalengineer;delegateto Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County 6thDistrict, 1961-62.Member,SigmaXi.Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Sol Nord and Rose (Hertzoff) Nord; married to EleanorGreenbaum. |
| | Thomas Herbert Norton (b. 1851) — also known asThomas H. Norton — of White Plains,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.Born in Rushford,AlleganyCounty, N.Y.,June 30,1851.Republican.Chemist;newspapereditor;universityprofessor;librarian;U.S. Consul inHarput, 1900-05;Smyrna, 1905-06;Chemnitz, 1906-14.Presbyterian.Member,PhiBeta Kappa;Sons ofthe American Revolution;Sons ofthe Revolution;Societyof Colonial Wars;DeltaKappa Epsilon;AmericanChemical Society.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Rev. Robert Norton and Julia Ann Granger (Horsford) Norton;married,December27, 1883, to Edith Eliza Ames. |
| | Conrad H. Palmateer (c.1853-1926) — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in New York, about 1853.Chemist; Prohibition candidate forU.S.Representative from New York, 1896 (6th District), 1912 (4thDistrict); Prohibition candidate forNew Yorkstate assembly, 1902 (Kings County 13th District), 1914 (KingsCounty 13th District), 1914 (Kings County 19th District).Died in Queens,QueensCounty, N.Y.,August20, 1926 (ageabout 73years).Interment atCedarGrove Cemetery, Flushing, Queens, N.Y.  | John Jacob Raskob (1879-1950) — also known asJohn J. Raskob — Born in Lockport,NiagaraCounty, N.Y.,March19, 1879.Democrat. Executive atGeneralMotors 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 |
| | | Alexander Buel Trowbridge III (1929-2006) — also known asAlexander B. Trowbridge;SandyTrowbridge —of White Plains,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.Born in Englewood,BergenCounty, N.J.,December12, 1929.Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean conflict;president, Esso StandardOil PuertoRico;U.S.Secretary of Commerce, 1967-68; vice-chairman, AlliedChemical Corporation.Presbyterian.Member,Council onForeign Relations.Died inWashington,D.C.,April27, 2006 (age76 years, 136days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va.| | Relatives: Sonof Alexander Buel Trowbridge, Jr. and Julia Stafford (Chamberlain)Trowbridge; married,July 2,1955, to Nancy Horst; married,April18, 1981, to Eleanor Joyce 'Ellie' (Kann) Hutzler; great-grandsonofLutherStephen Trowbridge; great-grandnephew ofRowlandEbenezer Trowbridge; second great-grandson ofStephenVan Rensselaer Trowbridge (1794-1859) andAlexanderWoodruff Buel; second great-grandnephew ofCharlesChristopher Trowbridge; fourth great-grandson ofRogerSherman; first cousin twice removed ofStephenVan Rensselaer Trowbridge (1855-1891); first cousin four timesremoved ofRogerSherman Baldwin,ShermanDay,EbenezerRockwood Hoar,WilliamMaxwell Evarts andGeorgeFrisbie Hoar; first cousin six times removed ofFrancisDana; second cousin thrice removed ofSimeonEben Baldwin,RockwoodHoar,ShermanHoar,MaxwellEvarts andArthurOutram Sherman; third cousin twice removed ofHenryde Forest Baldwin andRogerSherman Hoar; fourth cousin once removed ofArchibaldCox. | | | | Political family:Pitkin-Baldwin-Hoarfamily of Massachusetts (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoNNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| |
