| |  Mark W. Allen (b. 1877) — of West New Brighton, Staten Island,RichmondCounty, N.Y.Born inFairfaxCounty, Va.,August23, 1877.Democrat.Carpenter;Superintendent of Bridges and Buildings, Baltimore & OhioRailroad;lumberbusiness; member ofNew Yorkstate senate 24th District, 1923-24.Methodist.Member,Freemasons;RoyalArch Masons;KnightsTemplar;ScottishRite Masons;Shriners;OddFellows;Junior Order;Knightsof Pythias.Burial location unknown.  | Rae L. Egbert (b. 1892) — of Staten Island,RichmondCounty, N.Y.Born in Staten Island,RichmondCounty, N.Y.,1892.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;merchant;Republican candidate forNew Yorkstate assembly from Richmond County 1st District, 1921; member ofNewYork state senate 24th District, 1935-40; defeated, 1940, 1942;candidate forU.S.Representative from New York 16th District, 1944.Member,AmericanLegion;Freemasons;RoyalArch Masons;Elks;Kiwanis;Junior Order.Burial location unknown.| |  Image source:New York Red Book 1936 |
| | | Guy Leverne Fake (1879-1957) — also known asGuy L. Fake — of Rutherford,BergenCounty, N.J.Born in Cobleskill,SchoharieCounty, N.Y.,November15, 1879.Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;lawyer;member ofNewJersey state house of assembly from Bergen County, 1907-08;district judge in New Jersey 2nd District, 1909-24;U.S.District Judge for New Jersey, 1929-48.Presbyterian.Member,PhiGamma Delta;Freemasons;Elks;Junior Order;UnitedSpanish War Veterans;Sons ofthe American Revolution.Died in Rutherford,BergenCounty, N.J.,September23, 1957 (age77 years, 312days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Milton Elwood Fake and Mary Louise (Cook) Fake; married to GraceElizabeth Mucklow; first cousin ofKennethHearn Fake. |
 | 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;Junior Order.Died in Richmond Hill, Queens,QueensCounty, N.Y.,June 9,1931 (age58 years, 284days).Interment atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y. | | Harold Giles Hoffman (1896-1954) — also known asHarold G. Hoffman — of South Amboy,MiddlesexCounty, N.J.Born in South Amboy,MiddlesexCounty, N.J.,February7, 1896.Republican. Colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I;real estatebusiness;banker;newspapercolumnist andradiocommentator; member ofNewJersey state house of assembly from Middlesex County, 1923-24;mayorof South Amboy, N.J., 1925-27;U.S.Representative from New Jersey 3rd District, 1927-31; New JerseyCommissioner of Motor Vehicles, 1930-35;Governor ofNew Jersey, 1935-38; defeated in primary, 1940, 1946; delegate toRepublican National Convention from New Jersey,1936(member,Committeeon Rules and Order of Business); colonel in the U.S. Army duringWorld War II.Methodist.Member,Junior Order;PatrioticOrder Sons of America;AmericanLegion;Freemasons;Elks;Eagles;RoyalArcanum.Suspendedin 1954 as head of the New Jersey unemployment compensation systemfor aninvestigationof financial irregularities. Subsequently, when he died, his writtenconfessionofembezzlementschemes was disclosed.Died, of aheartattack, in his room at the BlakeHotel,Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,June 4,1954 (age58 years, 117days).Interment atChristChurch Cemetery, South Amboy, N.J. | | John M. Lupton (b. 1856) — of Mattituck,SuffolkCounty, Long Island, N.Y.Born in Mattituck,SuffolkCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,October6, 1856.Republican.Seedgrower; president, Long Island Seed Company; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Suffolk County 1st District, 1906-10.Member,Freemasons;Junior Order.Burial location unknown. | | Leonard Pikaart (1866-1924) — of Paterson,PassaicCounty, N.J.Born in Paterson,PassaicCounty, N.J.,July 19,1866.Republican.Carpenter;architect;lawyer;member ofNewJersey state house of assembly from Passaic County, 1910-12.Dutchancestry. Member,Grange;Junior Order.While repairing a chicken coop, he wasaccidentallyshotin the heart, and killed, by a rifle held by 12-year-old EdwardKupetz, in Hopewell Junction,DutchessCounty, N.Y.,October26, 1924 (age58 years, 99days).Interment atCedarLawn Cemetery, Paterson, N.J. | | Charles Clarence Sackmann (1879-1946) — also known asCharles C. Sackmann — ofDenver,Colo.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,November25, 1879.Lawyer;member ofColoradostate house of representatives, 1921-24;Speaker ofthe Colorado State House of Representatives, 1923-24; districtjudge in Colorado, 1925-31.Episcopalian.Member,Knightsof Pythias;Eagles;Junior Order;Freemasons;ScottishRite Masons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners.Died in1946(ageabout66 years).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives:Married1912 to ElnaA. Hug. |
| | William Schnitzspan (c.1859-1929) — of New York. Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y., about 1859.Republican. Justice, Third District Civil Court, Brooklyn, 1895;candidate forNew Yorkstate senate 9th District, 1900; candidate forU.S.Representative from New York 4th District, 1902;undersheriff.Member,Freemasons;Junior Order;OddFellows.Died in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,December15, 1929 (ageabout 70years).Interment atLutheranAll Faiths Cemetery, Middle Village, Queens, N.Y.  | John Dunning Stivers (1861-1935) — also known asJohn D. Stivers — of Middletown,OrangeCounty, N.Y.Born in Middletown,OrangeCounty, N.Y.,August30, 1861.Republican.Newspapereditor and publisher;printingbusiness; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Orange County 2nd District, 1910-12; memberofNewYork state senate 25th District, 1913-18; postmaster atMiddletown,N.Y., 1921-32.Member,Freemasons;Knightsof Pythias;Elks;Junior Order;Eagles.Died in Middletown,OrangeCounty, N.Y.,February23, 1935 (age73 years, 177days).Interment atHillsideCemetery, Middletown, N.Y. | | Wilson C. Van Duzer (b. 1894) — of Middletown,OrangeCounty, N.Y.Born in Warwick,OrangeCounty, N.Y.,1894.Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I;merchant;farmer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Orange County 2nd District, 1943-64.Presbyterian.Dutchancestry. Member,AmericanLegion;Rotary;Junior Order.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives:Married to Gladys Wisner. |
| | Clarence C. Van Fleet (c.1888-1933) — of Middletown,OrangeCounty, N.Y.Born about 1888. Republican. General manager, MiddletownOilCompany;mayorof Middletown, N.Y., 1930-33; died in office 1933.Member,Freemasons;Junior Order;Kiwanis;Veterans ofForeign Wars.DiedSeptember22, 1933 (ageabout 45years).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives:Married1917 toBlanche Marion Vincent. |
| | Edmund Waring Wakelee (b. 1869) — also known asEdmund W. Wakelee — of Demarest,BergenCounty, N.J.Born in Kingston,UlsterCounty, N.Y.,November21, 1869.Republican.Lawyer;utilityexecutive; member ofNewJersey state house of assembly from Bergen County, 1899-1900;member ofNewJersey state senate from Bergen County, 1901-10; member ofNew JerseyRepublican State Committee, 1910; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from New Jersey,1940.Presbyterian.Member,American BarAssociation;DeltaUpsilon;PhiDelta Phi;Freemasons;ScottishRite Masons;Elks;RoyalArcanum;Knightsof Honor;Junior Order.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Nicholas Wakelee and Eliza C. (Ingersoll) Wakelee. |
 | Arthur H. Wicks (1887-1985) — also known asA. H. Wicks — of Kingston,UlsterCounty, N.Y.; Lake Katrine,UlsterCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,December24, 1887.Republican. Worked inpianomanufacturing business; employed in the engineering department ofthe New York City Board ofWaterSupply, and then in construction ofsubways;owner and operator ofsteamlaundry in Kingston; director, Governor ClintonHotel;member ofNew Yorkstate senate, 1927-56 (29th District 1927-44, 34th District1945-56); delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,1940(alternate),1944(alternate),1948,1952(HonoraryVice-President),1956;resignedin November 1953 as Senate Majority Leader and acting LieutenantGovernor, whileunder threatof ouster over his Sing Sing prison visits to convictedextortionistand labor leader Joseph S. Fay.Member,Freemasons;Junior Order;Rotary.Died in Lake Katrine,UlsterCounty, N.Y.,February18, 1985 (age97 years, 56days).Interment atFairview Cemetery, Stone Ridge, N.Y.| | Relatives:Married to Mabel Everett. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: New York Red Book1936 |
| | | Roy T. Yates (1895-1960) — ofPassaicCounty, N.J.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Paterson,PassaicCounty, N.J.,August8, 1895.Republican.Banker;member ofNew JerseyRepublican State Committee, 1925-27; member ofNewJersey state senate from Passaic County, 1928-31; resigned 1931.Member,Freemasons;Junior Order;PatrioticOrder Sons of America.Shotin the abdomen, on August 14, 1931, by Miss Ruth Cranmer, in herapartment in Manhattan, New York; this incident led to the discoverythat Miss Cranmer, apparently hismistress,had also received checks from the State of New Jersey; the New JerseyState Senate Judiciary committee began aninvestigationinto whether Sen. Yates should beimpeached;but then heresigned.Died, of aheartailment, in DoctorsHospital,Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,March 8,1960 (age64 years, 213days).Intermentsomewherein Easton, Conn.| | Relatives:Married to Elsie Southrope. |
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