| |  James Arkell (1829-1902) — also known as"Father of the Paper SackIndustry" —of Canajoharie,MontgomeryCounty, N.Y.Born in Oxford,England,October16, 1829.Republican.Newspapereditor; manufacturer andprinterofflourbags, originally fromcotton, then when cotton becamescarce during the Civil War, he innovated the use ofpaperbags as a substitute for cotton; hisinventionsreceived dozens of U.S. patents; member ofNew Yorkstate senate 18th District, 1884-85; in 1885, former General andPresidentUlyssesS. Grant died at Arkell's summer home in Mt. McGregor.Died in Canajoharie,MontgomeryCounty, N.Y.,August11, 1902 (age72 years, 299days).Interment atCanajoharie Falls Cemetery, Canajoharie, N.Y.| |  Relatives: Sonof William Arkell and Mary (Carter) Arkell; married,July 23,1853, to Sarah Hall Bartlett; father-in-law of BernhardGillam. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | William D. Barnes (b. 1856) — of Brainard,RensselaerCounty, N.Y.Born inColumbiaCounty, N.Y.,April 4,1856.Cotton manufacturer;paper millbusiness; member ofNew Yorkstate senate 30th District, 1902-06.Burial location unknown. | | Isaac Bell Jr. (1846-1889) — of Newport,NewportCounty, R.I.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November6, 1846.Democrat.Cotton broker; 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 atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y. | | Joseph Cabell Breckinridge (1844-1906) — also known asJ. Cabell Breckinridge — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born in Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.,December28, 1844.Major in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;cottongrower;U.S. Surveyor-General for Washington, 1886-89.Died, frommalaria,in Yonkers,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,January8, 1906 (age61 years, 11days).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Bronx, N.Y.| | Relatives: SonofJohnCabell Breckinridge andMaryBreckinridge; brother ofCliftonRodes Breckinridge; married,December1, 1869, to Sallie Frances Johnson (daughter ofRobertWard Johnson); father of Laura Cyrene Breckinridge(daughter-in-law ofJohnConover Ten Eyck); grandson ofJosephCabell Breckinridge (1788-1823); grandnephew ofRobertJefferson Breckinridge; great-grandson ofJohnBreckinridge; second great-grandson ofJohnWitherspoon; second great-grandnephew ofWilliamPreston andWilliamCabell; first cousin once removed ofPeterAugustus Porter (1827-1864),RobertJefferson Breckinridge Jr. andWilliamCampbell Preston Breckinridge; first cousin twice removed ofJamesDouglas Breckinridge andBenjaminWilliam Sheridan Cabell; first cousin thrice removed ofWilliamCabell Jr.,FrancisSmith Preston,WilliamHenry Cabell andJamesPatton Preston; second cousin ofPeterAugustus Porter (1853-1925),LevinIrving Handy,DeshaBreckinridge andHenrySkillman Breckinridge; second cousin once removed ofCarterHenry Harrison,WilliamLewis Cabell,GeorgeCraighead Cabell andJohnBreckinridge Castleman; second cousin twice removed ofWilliamCampbell Preston,JamesMcDowell,FrederickMortimer Cabell,JohnBuchanan Floyd,JohnSmith Preston,GeorgeRogers Clark Floyd andEdwardCarrington Cabell; third cousin ofBenjaminEarl Cabell andCarterHenry Harrison II; third cousin once removed ofJohnWilliam Leftwich andEarleCabell. | | | | Political families:Cabell-Breckinridgefamily of Virginia;Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardsonfamily of Virginia (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | William Barclay Charles (1861-1950) — also known asWilliam B. Charles — of Amsterdam,MontgomeryCounty, N.Y.Born in Glasgow,Scotland,April3, 1861.Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen;cotton dealer; member ofNewYork state assembly from Montgomery County, 1904-06; delegate toRepublican National Convention from New York,1908(alternate),1928,1936(alternate);U.S.Representative from New York 30th District, 1915-17.Presbyterian.Scottishancestry. Member,Freemasons.Died in Amsterdam,MontgomeryCounty, N.Y.,November25, 1950 (age89 years, 236days).Interment atGreenHill Cemetery, Amsterdam, N.Y. | | Leopold Charrier (c.1835-1906) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Savannah,ChathamCounty, Ga.Born inFrance,about 1835.Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; in 1861, he was thefirstman to receive a pension from the U.S. government for wounds receivedin military service during the Civil War;cotton broker;liquormerchant;Consulfor Belgium inSavannah,Ga., 1878-1905.Frenchancestry. Member,GrandArmy of the Republic.Died, fromapoplexy,in Savannah,ChathamCounty, Ga.,January16, 1906 (ageabout 71years).Interment atBonaventureCemetery, Savannah, Ga. | | Casper Gilbert Decker (1860-1942) — also known asCasper G. Decker — of Elmira,ChemungCounty, N.Y.Born in Summitville,SullivanCounty, N.Y.,May 5,1860.President, ElmiraKnitting Mills; Prohibition candidate forU.S.Representative from New York, 1898 (29th District), 1916 (37thDistrict); Prohibition candidate for Presidential Elector for NewYork,1900;Dry candidate fordelegateto New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.Methodist.Dutchancestry. Member,Rotary;Freemasons.Died in Elmira,ChemungCounty, N.Y.,January27, 1942 (age81 years, 267days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Casper Schermerhorn Decker and Euphemia (Simpson) Decker; married,March2, 1901, to Caroline Fenton Spencer. |
| | James De Wolf (1764-1837) — of Bristol,BristolCounty, R.I.Born in Bristol,BristolCounty, R.I.,March18, 1764.Democrat.Slavetrader; built an earlycotton mill;manufacturer;member ofRhodeIsland state house of representatives, 1800;Speaker ofthe Rhode Island State House of Representatives, 1819-21;U.S.Senator from Rhode Island, 1821-27.Slaveowner. Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,December21, 1837 (age73 years, 278days).Original interment atDeWolf Family Cemetery, Bristol, R.I.; reinterment atJuniperHill Cemetery, Bristol, R.I. | | William Fatman (1852-1919) — of Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November9, 1852.Cotton buyer;Consulfor Belgium inCharleston,S.C., 1883-94.Jewish.Died in Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.,February15, 1919 (age66 years, 98days).Interment atKahal Kadosh Beth Elohim Cemetery, Charleston, S.C. | | William Craig Fields (1804-1882) — also known asWilliam C. Fields — of Laurens,OtsegoCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,February13, 1804.Republican.Merchant;manufacturer ofcotton andlinengoods;OtsegoCounty Clerk, 1852-55;U.S.Representative from New York 19th District, 1867-69.Died in Laurens,OtsegoCounty, N.Y.,October27, 1882 (age78 years, 256days).Interment atLaurensCemetery, Laurens, N.Y. | | Albert Smith Gallup (1823-1906) — also known asAlbert S. Gallup — of Providence,ProvidenceCounty, R.I.; New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in East Berne,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,September20, 1823.Democrat.Cotton manufacturer; member ofRhodeIsland state house of representatives, 1853-54; postmaster atProvidence,R.I., 1858-61.Member,Society for thePrevention of Cruelty to Animals.Died in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,March21, 1906 (age82 years, 182days).Interment atSwanPoint Cemetery, Providence, R.I. | | William J. Hutchins (1813-1884) — of Houston,HarrisCounty, Tex.Born in Fishkill,DutchessCounty, N.Y.,March 3,1813.Merchant;cotton mill business;hotelowner;banker;co-founded Buffalo Bayou, Brazos and ColoradoRailway;owner and president of the Houston and Texas CentralRailway;mayorof Houston, Tex., 1861.Episcopalian.Englishancestry.Died in Fort Worth,TarrantCounty, Tex.,June 4,1884 (age71 years, 93days).Interment atGlenwoodCemetery, Houston, Tex.  | Herbert Henry Lehman (1878-1963) — also known asHerbert H. Lehman — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,March28, 1878.Democrat. Director, ConsolidatedCotton Duck Co., ImperialCotton Co., U.S.Cotton Duck Co., Washington Mills;colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from New York,1928,1932,1936,1940,1948,1952,1956,1960;LieutenantGovernor of New York, 1929-32;Governor ofNew York, 1933-42;U.S.Senator from New York, 1949-57; defeated, 1946.Jewish. Member,AmericanJewish Committee;Council onForeign Relations;PhiGamma Delta;Americansfor Democratic Action.Awarded thePresidentialMedal of Freedom posthumously in 1963; inducted into theJewish-AmericanHall ofFame in 1974.Died in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,December5, 1963 (age85 years, 252days).Interment atKensicoCemetery, Valhalla, N.Y. | | | Benjamin Franklin Mebane (1860-1926) — also known asB. Frank Mebane — of Greensboro,GuilfordCounty, N.C.Born in North Carolina, November,1860.Republican.Cotton mill president; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from North Carolina,1904.Died in New York City (unknowncounty), N.Y.,June 15,1926 (age65 years, 0days).Burial location unknown. | | John Anthony Quitman (1799-1858) — also known asJohn A. Quitman — of Mississippi. Born in Rhinebeck,DutchessCounty, N.Y.,September1, 1799.Democrat.Lawyer;cotton andsugarplanter;member ofMississippistate house of representatives, 1826-27;delegateto Mississippi state constitutional convention, 1832; member ofMississippistate senate, 1835-36;Governor ofMississippi, 1835-36, 1850-51; state court judge in Mississippi,1838; general in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; candidate forDemocratic nomination for Vice President,1848,1856;U.S.Representative from Mississippi 5th District, 1855-58; died inoffice 1858.Member,Freemasons;ScottishRite Masons.Slaveowner. While in Washington, D.C., for the inauguration of PresidentJamesBuchanan, he became ill with "National Hotel disease" (attributedtopoison,but probablydysentery),and subsequently died, near Natchez,AdamsCounty, Miss.,July 17,1858 (age58 years, 319days).Interment atNatchezCity Cemetery, Natchez, Miss.; cenotaph atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C.  | Whitelaw Reid (1837-1912) — also known asJames Whitelaw Reid;"Agate" —of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Cedarville,GreeneCounty, Ohio,October27, 1837.Republican.Newspapereditor;librarian;cottonplanter;U.S. Minister toFrance, 1889-92; candidate forVicePresident of the United States, 1892; U.S. Ambassador toGreat Britain, 1905-12, died in office 1912.Died in London,England,December15, 1912 (age75 years, 49days).Interment atSleepyHollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y. |
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