| |  John F. Wadlin (d. 1953) — of Highland,UlsterCounty, N.Y.Republican.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Ulster County, 1941-53; died in office 1953.Methodist.Member,Elks;OddFellows;Freemasons.DiedApril30, 1953.Burial location unknown.| |  Relatives: Sonof John J. F. Wadlin and Charlotte (Voight) Wadlin; married1935 toBeatrice Hasbrouck. |
| | Lowell Curtis Wadmond (1896-1986) — also known asLowell Wadmond — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Racine,RacineCounty, Wis.,March16, 1896.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;lawyer;delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,1952.Baptist.Member,American BarAssociation;Order ofthe Coif;Freemasons.DiedSeptember25, 1986 (age90 years, 193days).Interment atLakeviewCemetery, Lakeland, Fla. | | Levi J. Wagner (c.1818-1882) — of Missouri. Born inSenecaCounty, N.Y., about 1818.Member of Missouri state legislature; elected 1858, 1872;delegateto Missouri state constitutional convention 12th District, 1875.Methodist.Member,Freemasons.Died in Memphis,ScotlandCounty, Mo.,September4, 1882 (ageabout 64years).Interment atMemphisCemetery, Memphis, Mo. | | Stuyvesant Wainwright II (1921-2010) — of Wainscott,SuffolkCounty, Long Island, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,March16, 1921.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;lawyer;U.S.Representative from New York 1st District, 1953-61; defeated,1960; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from NewYork,1956.Member,LoyalLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;Freemasons;PhiDelta Phi;Chi Psi.Died in East Hampton,SuffolkCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,March 6,2010 (age88 years, 355days).Burial location unknown. | | Byron Sylvester Waite (1852-1930) — also known asByron S. Waite — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.; Yonkers,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.Born in Penfield,MonroeCounty, N.Y.,September27, 1852.Republican.Lawyer;member ofMichiganstate house of representatives, 1889-90, 1895-96; assistantprosecuting attorney;circuitjudge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1899-1900; appointed 1899;member, U.S. Board of General Appraisers, 1902-26;Judgeof U.S. Customs Court, 1926-30; retired 1930.Member,Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners;Elks;UnionLeague.Died in Yonkers,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,December31, 1930 (age78 years, 95days).Burial location unknown. | | 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;JuniorOrder.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Nicholas Wakelee and Eliza C. (Ingersoll) Wakelee. |
| | Cyrus Packard Walbridge (1849-1921) — also known asCyrus P. Walbridge — ofSt.Louis, Mo.Born in Madrid,St.Lawrence County, N.Y.,July 20,1849.Republican.Carpenter;lawyer;druggist;mayorof St. Louis, Mo., 1893-97; member,Arrangements Committee, Republican NationalConvention, 1896 ; candidate forGovernor ofMissouri, 1904;treasurer ofMissouri Republican Party, 1908.Congregationalist.Member,Freemasons;Knightsof Pythias;RoyalArcanum.Died inSt.Louis, Mo.,May 1,1921 (age71 years, 285days).Interment atBellefontaineCemetery, St. Louis, Mo. | | Albert Wald (b. 1889) — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,1889.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate senate 17th District, 1933-34; defeated, 1930, 1934.Member,AmericanArbitration Association;Freemasons;Elks;Redmen.Burial location unknown.  | Ernest Lynn Waldorf (1876-1943) — of Syracuse,OnondagaCounty, N.Y.; Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.; Cleveland,CuyahogaCounty, Ohio; Kansas City,JacksonCounty, Mo.; Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in South Valley,OtsegoCounty, N.Y.,May 14,1876.Republican.Pastor;chaplain;bishop;offered prayer, Republican National Convention,1928,1936.Methodist.Member,Freemasons.Died, in the Noble FoundationHospital,Alexandria Bay,JeffersonCounty, N.Y.,July 27,1943 (age67 years, 74days).Interment atOakwoodCemetery, Syracuse, N.Y. | | B. Roger Wales (1879-1929) — of Binghamton,BroomeCounty, N.Y.Born in Binghamton,BroomeCounty, N.Y.,July 17,1879.Republican.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate senate 40th District, 1925-29; died in office 1929.Member,Freemasons;Elks;Kiwanis.DiedNovember25, 1929 (age50 years, 131days).Burial location unknown.  | Harry Clay Walker (1873-1932) — also known asHarry C. Walker — of Binghamton,BroomeCounty, N.Y.Born in Binghamton,BroomeCounty, N.Y.,March18, 1873.Democrat.Lawyer;mayorof Binghamton, N.Y., 1918;LieutenantGovernor of New York, 1919-20; candidate forU.S.Senator from New York, 1920.Member,Freemasons;KnightsTemplar.Died in Binghamton,BroomeCounty, N.Y.,November2, 1932 (age59 years, 229days).Interment atSpringForest Cemetery, Binghamton, N.Y. | | | G. Frank Wallace — of Syracuse,OnondagaCounty, N.Y.Born in Syracuse,OnondagaCounty, N.Y.Republican. Member ofNew Yorkstate senate 38th District, 1941-44.Member,Freemasons;KnightsTemplar.Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. | | Henry Agard Wallace (1888-1965) — also known asHenry A. Wallace — of Des Moines,PolkCounty, Iowa; South Salem,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.Born near Orient,AdairCounty, Iowa,October7, 1888.U.S.Secretary of Agriculture, 1933-40;VicePresident of the United States, 1941-45; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Iowa,1940,1944(speaker);candidate for Democratic nomination for Vice President,1944;U.S.Secretary of Commerce, 1945-46; Progressive candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1948.Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons.Died in Danbury,FairfieldCounty, Conn.,November18, 1965 (age77 years, 42days).Interment atGlendaleCemetery, Des Moines, Iowa. | | David A. Wallach (b. 1895) — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,February9, 1895.Democrat.Lawyer;delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,1948.Jewish. Member,Elks;Freemasons.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Elias Wallach and Clara Wallach; married to MadeleineSpiro. |
| | John G. Wallenmeier Jr. — of Tonawanda,ErieCounty, N.Y.Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,1896,1904;postmaster atTonawanda,N.Y., 1898-1905;New Yorkstate treasurer, 1905-06; Prohibition candidate forU.S.Representative from New York 40th District, 1916.Member,Freemasons. Burial location unknown. | | Samuel Wallin (1856-1917) — of Amsterdam,MontgomeryCounty, N.Y.Born in Easton,NorthamptonCounty, Pa.,July 31,1856.Republican.Mayorof Amsterdam, N.Y., 1900-01;U.S.Representative from New York 30th District, 1913-15; delegate toRepublican National Convention from New York,1916.Methodist.Member,Freemasons;Knightsof Pythias;Elks.Died in Amsterdam,MontgomeryCounty, N.Y.,December1, 1917 (age61 years, 123days).Interment atGreenHill Cemetery, Amsterdam, N.Y. | | William John Wallin (1879-1963) — also known asWilliam J. Wallin — of Yonkers,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.Born in Yonkers,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,February17, 1879.Republican.Lawyer;mayorof Yonkers, N.Y., 1918-21; defeated, 1913;delegateto New York state constitutional convention 26th District, 1938.Member,PhiBeta Kappa;PhiDelta Phi;Freemasons;Elks;American BarAssociation.Fellfrom the window of his room, and was found dead on the lawn, at theSaw Mill RiverNursingHome, Yonkers,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,July 7,1963 (age84 years, 140days).Interment atKensicoCemetery, Valhalla, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Isabel (Watson) Wallin and John Cooper Wallin; married to EvelynM. Walsh. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | William E. Walsh (b. 1903) — of Coos Bay,CoosCounty, Ore.Born in Oswego,OswegoCounty, N.Y.,January29, 1903.Republican.Lawyer;CoosCounty District Attorney, 1931-33; member ofOregonstate senate, 1941-51; delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom Oregon,1952(member,CredentialsCommittee;speaker);co-owner,RadioStation KWRO, Coquille, Ore.Member,American BarAssociation;Freemasons;Order of theEastern Star;Shriners;Elks;PhiDelta Theta.Burial location unknown. | | Reuben Hyde Walworth (1788-1867) — also known asReuben H. Walworth — of Plattsburgh,ClintonCounty, N.Y.; Saratoga Springs,SaratogaCounty, N.Y.Born in Bozrah,New LondonCounty, Conn.,October26, 1788.Democrat.Lawyer;colonel in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;U.S.Representative from New York 12th District, 1821-23;Chancellorof New York, 1828-47; candidate forGovernor ofNew York, 1848.Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons;AmericanAntiquarian Society.Died in Saratoga Springs,SaratogaCounty, N.Y.,November27, 1867 (age79 years, 32days).Interment atGreenridgeCemetery, Saratoga Springs, N.Y. | | Charles Bonnell Ward (1879-1946) — also known asCharles B. Ward — of DeBruce,SullivanCounty, N.Y.Born in Newark,EssexCounty, N.J.,April27, 1879.Republican.Newspapereditor;banker;U.S.Representative from New York 27th District, 1915-25; defeated,1912.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons.Died in1946(ageabout67 years).Interment atMt.Pleasant Cemetery, Newark, N.J. | | Joseph W. Ward (b. 1891) — of Caledonia,LivingstonCounty, N.Y.Born in Nutley,EssexCounty, N.J.,June 28,1891.Republican.Engineer;miller;director of First NationalBank ofCaledonia; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Livingston County, 1942-56.Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives:Married1917 toGertrude Hamilton. |
 | Earle S. Warner (b. 1880) — of Phelps,OntarioCounty, N.Y.Born in Phelps town,OntarioCounty, N.Y.,August12, 1880.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate senate, 1933-45 (43rd District 1933-44, 48th District1945); defeated (Democratic), 1914; resigned 1945; delegate toRepublican National Convention from New York,1940;Justiceof New York Supreme Court 7th District, 1945-49; appointed 1945.Member,Elks;ExchangeClub;Grange;American BarAssociation;Freemasons;Shriners;Rotary.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Henry D. Warner. | | | | Image source: New York Red Book1936 |
|  | Harvey Warner (1809-1889) — of Coldwater,BranchCounty, Mich.Born in Glens Falls,WarrenCounty, N.Y.,April 5,1809.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Black Hawk War;postmaster atColdwater,Mich., 1832-35, 1838-46;villagepresident of Coldwater, Michigan, 1847-49, 1851-52.Member,Freemasons;Grange.Died in Coldwater,BranchCounty, Mich.,January15, 1889 (age79 years, 285days).Interment atOakGrove Cemetery, Coldwater, Mich.| | Relatives: Sonof Zadoc Warner and Annis (Twist) Warner; married,July 16,1831, to Henrietta Anderson. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: History of Branch County(1879) |
|  | Frederick A. Washburn (b. 1877) — also known asFred A. Washburn — of Hudson,ColumbiaCounty, N.Y.Born in Adrian,LenaweeCounty, Mich.,December10, 1877.Republican.Manufacturer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Columbia County, 1932-46.Methodist.Member,Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners;Rotary.Burial location unknown.| | Image source:New York Red Book 1936 |
| | | Alonzo L. Waters (b. 1893) — of Medina,OrleansCounty, N.Y.Born inOrleansCounty, N.Y.,September6, 1893.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;newspaperpublisher; postmaster atMedina,N.Y., 1928; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Orleans County, 1949-65.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons;RoyalArch Masons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners;Elks;Moose;Rotary;AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;Sons ofthe American Revolution;SigmaChi.Burial location unknown. | | James Lopez Watson (1922-2001) — also known asJames L. Watson — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May 21,1922.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate senate 21st District, 1955-63; alternate delegate toDemocratic National Convention from New York,1956;Judgeof U.S. Customs Court, 1966-80; Judge of U.S. Court ofInternational Trade, 1980-91; took senior status 1991.Episcopalian.Africanancestry. Member,UrbanLeague;AmericanLegion;NAACP;Veterans ofForeign Wars;DisabledAmerican Veterans;FederalBar Association;Freemasons.Died in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,September1, 2001 (age79 years, 103days).Burial location unknown.  | William L. Webber (1825-1901) — of Milford,OaklandCounty, Mich.; East Saginaw (now part of Saginaw),SaginawCounty, Mich.Born in Ogden,MonroeCounty, N.Y.,July 19,1825.Democrat.Lawyer;SaginawCounty Circuit Court Commissioner, 1854-56;SaginawCounty Prosecuting Attorney; land commissioner and generalsolicitor, Flint and Pere MarquetteRailway,1870-85;mayorof East Saginaw, Mich., 1873-74; member ofMichiganstate senate 25th District, 1875; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Michigan,1876(delegation chair); candidate forGovernor ofMichigan, 1876.Member,Freemasons;RoyalArch Masons;KnightsTemplar;OddFellows.DiedOctober15, 1901 (age76 years, 88days).Interment atForestLawn Cemetery, Saginaw, Mich.| | Relatives: Sonof James S. Webber and Phoebe (Smith) Webber; married1849 to NancyM. Whithington. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Portrait & BiographicalAlbum of Saginaw and Bay counties (1892) |
| | Harvey L. Webster (b. 1867) — of Tekamah,BurtCounty, Neb.Born in Troupsburg,SteubenCounty, N.Y.,May 21,1867.Republican.Farmer;member ofNebraskastate house of representatives, 1920-23; alternate delegate toRepublican National Convention from Nebraska,1940.Baptist.Member,OddFellows;Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Albert Webster and Rhoda Delana (Horton) Webster; married,July 15,1893, to Mary Ann Gilbert. |
| | Albert Weed (1855-1938) — of Ticonderoga,EssexCounty, N.Y.Born in Ticonderoga,EssexCounty, N.Y.,January10, 1855.Republican.Carpenter;druggist;fireinsurance business; partner in aclothingstore; director, First NationalBank ofTiconderoga; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Essex County, 1895-96;postmaster.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons;RoyalArch Masons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners.Died in Ticonderoga,EssexCounty, N.Y.,November22, 1938 (age83 years, 316days).Interment atMt.Hope Cemetery, Ticonderoga, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Joseph Weed and Mary (Hay) Weed; married1884 to Ida A.Stevens. |
| | Frederick E. Weeks (c.1871-1946) — of White Plains,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.Born inWestchesterCounty, N.Y., about 1871.Republican.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;WestchesterCounty District Attorney, 1915-17, 1922;mayorof White Plains, N.Y., 1920-25.Member,Freemasons. Died, in St. AgnesHospital,White Plains,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,September27, 1946 (ageabout 75years).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Abiel Weeks and Elmira F. (Miller) Weeks; married to Catherine A.Halpin. |
| | William J. Wells (1876-1940) — of Montclair,EssexCounty, N.J.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,December15, 1876.Republican.Accountant;general manager, later president, R.H. Macy & Co.departmentstore;bankdirector; alternate delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom New Jersey,1936.Member,Freemasons;Shriners.Died, from aheartcondition, in MountainsideHospital,Montclair,EssexCounty, N.J.,March22, 1940 (age63 years, 98days).Interment atTheEvergreens Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.  | William W. Wemple (b. 1862) — of Schenectady,SchenectadyCounty, N.Y.Born in Duanesburg,SchenectadyCounty, N.Y.,January19, 1862.Republican.School teacherand principal;lawyer;SchenectadyCounty District Attorney, 1899; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Schenectady County, 1903-06; member ofNew Yorkstate senate 31st District, 1907-08.Member,Freemasons;Shriners;OddFellows;Redmen;RoyalArcanum;Elks.Burial location unknown. | | Ben Werbel (b. 1898) — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born inPoland,November23, 1898.Democrat.Advertisingbusiness; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Kings County 24th District, 1949-54.Jewish. Member,Freemasons;Knightsof Pythias;ZionistOrganization of America;B'naiB'rith.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives:Married to Mollie Katz. |
| | Walter W. Westall — of White Plains,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.Born in Cornwall,OrangeCounty, N.Y.Republican.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Westchester County 2nd District, 1919-22;member ofNew Yorkstate senate 25th District, 1923-34; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from New York,1948,1952,1956.Member,Freemasons;Elks;Rotary.Burial location unknown.  | Leon F. Wheatley (1872-1944) — of Hornell,SteubenCounty, N.Y.Born in West Franklin,ArmstrongCounty, Pa.,February20, 1872.Republican.Dry goodsmerchant;bankdirector; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Steuben County 2nd District, 1922-26; memberofNewYork state senate 43rd District, 1927-32;mayorof Hornell, N.Y., 1934-37; defeated, 1937.Baptist.Member,Freemasons;RoyalArch Masons;KnightsTemplar;ScottishRite Masons;Shriners;Elks;OddFellows.Died in Hornell,SteubenCounty, N.Y.,December19, 1944 (age72 years, 303days).Interment atHornellRural Cemetery, Hornell, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof William Wheatley and Geraldine Wheatley; married,May 17,1898, to Mary Elizabeth Burt. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: New York Red Book1924 |
| | | George Post Wheeler (1869-1956) — also known asPost Wheeler — Born in Owego,TiogaCounty, N.Y.,August6, 1869.Newspapereditor;miningbusiness;author;Foreign Service officer; U.S. Minister toParaguay, 1930-33;Albania, 1933-34;poet.Member,LoyalLegion;Freemasons.Died in1956(ageabout86 years).Interment atRiversideCemetery, Hopkinsville, Ky.  | Heber Eugene Wheeler (1859-1936) — also known asHeber E. Wheeler — of Holcomb,OntarioCounty, N.Y.Born in Bergen,GeneseeCounty, N.Y.,December24, 1859.Republican.Merchant;postmaster;OntarioCounty Treasurer, 1904-09; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Ontario County, 1914-17.Congregationalist.Englishancestry. Member,Freemasons.Died in1936(ageabout76 years).Interment atEastBloomfield Cemetery, East Bloomfield, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Oscar Fitzelan Wheeler and Lucy (Rowley) Wheeler; married,September22, 1886, to Mary Adams; married to Theda M.Mead. | | | | Image source: New York Red Book1917 |
| | James Spencer Whipple (1852-1941) — also known asJames S. Whipple;SpenceWhipple —of Salamanca,CattaraugusCounty, N.Y.Born in Cold Spring,CattaraugusCounty, N.Y.,October1, 1852.Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention fromNew York,1884;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Cattaraugus County 2nd District, 1888-91;delegateto New York state constitutional convention 51st District, 1915.Member,Freemasons. DiedApril 4,1941 (age88 years, 185days).Interment atWildwoodCemetery, Salamanca, N.Y. | | James Whitcomb (1795-1852) — of Indiana. Born near Windsor,WindsorCounty, Vt.,December1, 1795.Democrat. Member ofIndianastate senate, 1830-36; Commissioner of the General Land Office,1836-41;Governor ofIndiana, 1843-48;U.S.Senator from Indiana, 1849-52; died in office 1852.Methodist.Member,Freemasons.Poet James Whitcomb Riley is named for him. Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October4, 1852 (age56 years, 308days).Original interment atGreenlawnCemetery (which no longer exists), Indianapolis, Ind.;reinterment in 1892 atCrownHill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.; statue atMonumentCircle, Indianapolis, Ind. | | James Lucius Whitley (1872-1959) — also known asJames L. Whitley — of Rochester,MonroeCounty, N.Y.Born in Rochester,MonroeCounty, N.Y.,May 24,1872.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Monroe County 2nd District, 1906-10; memberofNewYork state senate 45th District, 1919-28;U.S.Representative from New York 38th District, 1929-35; defeated,1934.Episcopalian.Member,American BarAssociation;Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners;Elks;OddFellows;Maccabees;Woodmenof the World;UnitedSpanish War Veterans;Sonsof Veterans;UnionLeague.Died in1959(ageabout87 years).Interment atMt.Hope Cemetery, Rochester, N.Y. | | William Seward Whittlesey (1840-1917) — also known asW. Seward Whittlesey — of Rochester,MonroeCounty, N.Y.Born in Rochester,MonroeCounty, N.Y.,July 15,1840.Republican. Postmaster atRochester,N.Y., 1907-11.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons;OddFellows;Sons ofthe American Revolution.Died, frompneumonia,in Rochester,MonroeCounty, N.Y.,1917(ageabout76 years).Interment atMt.Hope Cemetery, Rochester, N.Y.  | William Wickham (b. 1871) — of Hector,SchuylerCounty, N.Y.Born in Bennettsburg,SchuylerCounty, N.Y.,August11, 1871.Republican.Farmer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Schuyler County, 1924-25.Member,FarmBureau;Freemasons.Burial location unknown.| | Image source:New York Red Book 1924 |
|  | 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;JuniorOrder;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 |
|  | Charles Wells Wicks (1862-1931) — also known asCharles W. Wicks — of Sauquoit,OneidaCounty, N.Y.; Kennebunkport,YorkCounty, Maine.Born in Paris,OneidaCounty, N.Y.,December16, 1862.Republican.Farmer;clothingmerchant; member ofNew Yorkstate senate 36th District, 1915-18; alternate delegate toRepublican National Convention from New York,1916.Member,Freemasons. Died in Kennebunkport,YorkCounty, Maine,August25, 1931 (age68 years, 252days).Interment atForestHill Cemetery, Utica, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Charles Chidsey Wicks and Nancy Bicknell (Dickinson) Wicks;married,May 5,1892, to Lucie Canterbury Glenn; father of Glen DickensonWicks. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: New York Red Book1917 |
| | Orin S. Wilcox (b. 1898) — of Theresa,JeffersonCounty, N.Y.Born in Alexandria town,JeffersonCounty, N.Y.,September22, 1898.Republican.Hardwaremerchant;farmer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Jefferson County, 1945-65.Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons;OddFellows;Grange.Burial location unknown. | | John McClure Wiley (1841-1912) — also known asJohn M. Wiley — of Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.Born in Londonderry, Ireland (nowNorthernIreland),August11, 1841.Democrat. Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Erie County 5th District, 1871-72; delegateto Democratic National Convention from New York,1880,1884,1888;U.S.Representative from New York 33rd District, 1889-91; U.S. ConsulinBordeaux, 1893-97; Democratic candidate for PresidentialElector for New York,1900.Member,Freemasons. Died in St. Catherines,Ontario,August13, 1912 (age71 years, 2days).Interment atCrownHill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind. | | Ashbel Parsons Willard (1820-1860) — also known asAshbel P. Willard — of New Albany,FloydCounty, Ind.Born in Vernon,OneidaCounty, N.Y.,October31, 1820.Member ofIndianastate house of representatives, 1850-51;LieutenantGovernor of Indiana, 1853-57;Governor ofIndiana, 1857-60; died in office 1860.Member,Freemasons. Died in St. Paul,RamseyCounty, Minn.,October4, 1860 (age39 years, 339days).Interment atFairviewCemetery, New Albany, Ind. | | William Forte Willett Jr. (1869-1938) — also known asWilliam Willett, Jr. — of Far Rockaway, Queens,QueensCounty, N.Y.; Woodmere,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,November27, 1869.Democrat.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from New York 14th District, 1907-11; defeated,1904; candidate forJustice ofNew York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1911;indictedin 1912 onchargesthat heboughtthe nomination for Supreme Court justice;triedandconvictedin 1914,sentencedto one year inprisonandfined$1,000; released on parole in 1916.Member,Freemasons;OddFellows;Elks.Died, from aheartattack, in his room at theHotelMcAlpin, Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,February12, 1938 (age68 years, 77days).Interment atTheEvergreens Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y. | | John F. Williams (b. 1885) — of North Greenbush,RensselaerCounty, N.Y.Born in Troy,RensselaerCounty, N.Y.,1885.Republican.Farmer;RensselaerCounty Sheriff, 1922-24; member ofNew Yorkstate senate 31st District, 1925-32; defeated, 1932, 1934.Member,Freemasons. Burial location unknown. | | Seward Henry Williams (1870-1922) — also known asSeward H. Williams — of Lorain,LorainCounty, Ohio.Born in Amsterdam,MontgomeryCounty, N.Y.,November7, 1870.Republican.Lawyer;member ofOhiostate house of representatives, 1910-13;U.S.Representative from Ohio 14th District, 1915-17.Member,Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;Knightsof Pythias.Died in Lorain,LorainCounty, Ohio,September2, 1922 (age51 years, 299days).Interment atElmwoodCemetery, Lorain, Ohio.  | Pliny W. Williamson — of Scarsdale,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.Born in Russellville,BrownCounty, Ohio.Republican.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate senate, 1935-58 (25th District 1935-44, 31st District1945-58).Presbyterian;laterCongregationalist.Member,Freemasons;PhiGamma Delta.Burial location unknown.| | Image source:New York Red Book 1936 |
| | Philip Herman Willkie (1919-1974) — also known asPhilip H. Willkie — of Rushville,RushCounty, Ind.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.BornDecember7, 1919.Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;lawyer;banker;farmer;alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana,1948,1960;member ofIndianastate house of representatives, 1949-54.Member,BetaTheta Pi;Freemasons;Moose;Elks.DiedApril10, 1974 (age54 years, 124days).Interment atEastHill Cemetery, Rushville, Ind.  | Wendell Lewis Willkie (1892-1944) — also known asWendell L. Willkie — of Akron,SummitCounty, Ohio.Born in Elwood,MadisonCounty, Ind.,February18, 1892.Lawyer;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio,1924;Republican candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1940.Episcopalian.Germanancestry. Member,Freemasons.Died, of complications from aheartattack, in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October8, 1944 (age52 years, 233days).Interment atEastHill Cemetery, Rushville, Ind.  | Frank Eugene Wilson (1857-1935) — also known asFrank E. Wilson — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Roxbury,DelawareCounty, N.Y.,December22, 1857.Democrat.Physician;U.S.Representative from New York, 1899-1905, 1911-15 (5th District1899-1903, 4th District 1903-05, 1911-13, 3rd District 1913-15);defeated, 1904; delegate to Democratic National Convention from NewYork,1900.Member,Freemasons;Shriners;RoyalArcanum;Foresters.Died in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,July 12,1935 (age77 years, 202days).Cremated;ashes interred atRoxburyCemetery, Roxbury, N.Y. | | | Henry V. Wilson — of Medina,OrleansCounty, N.Y.; Wolcott,WayneCounty, N.Y.Born in Carlton town,OrleansCounty, N.Y.Republican. Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly, 1905-06, 1941-46 (Orleans County 1905-06, WayneCounty 1941-46).Methodist.Member,Freemasons;Grange;Rotary.Burial location unknown. | | Paul Windels (1885-1967) — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,December7, 1885.Republican.Lawyer;delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,1920,1924,1928,1940;candidate fordelegateto New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1937.Member,PhiDelta Phi;Freemasons.Died, in NorwalkHospital,Norwalk,FairfieldCounty, Conn.,December15, 1967 (age82 years, 8days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof John Henry Windels and Pauline (Klink) Windels. |
| | Henry Rogers Winthrop (1876-1958) — of Westbury,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.Born in Newport,NewportCounty, R.I.,July 2,1876.Republican.Banker;stockbroker;major in the U.S. Army during World War I;delegateto New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; director,Long IslandRailroad.Episcopalian.Member,DeltaKappa Epsilon;Freemasons.Died in Sarasota,SarasotaCounty, Fla.,November14, 1958 (age82 years, 135days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Buchanan Winthrop and Sarah Helen (Townsend) Winthrop; married,October3, 1905, to Alice Woodward Babcock. |
 | Joseph C. Wolff (b. 1849) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Besancon,France,January9, 1849.Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County 16th District, 1893; memberofNewYork state senate 11th District, 1894-95.Jewish. Member,TammanyHall;Freemasons;OddFellows;GrandArmy of the Republic.Burial location unknown.| | Image source:New York State Legislative Souvenir (1893) |
| | Gary H. Wood (b. 1854) — of Antwerp,JeffersonCounty, N.Y.Born in Ohio,HerkimerCounty, N.Y.,December10, 1854.Republican.Physician;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Jefferson County 2nd District, 1906-10.Methodist.Member,Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners;Order of theEastern Star.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Benjamin H. Wood and Asenath (Barnes) Wood; married,August30, 1876, to Mary F. Tamblin. |
 | John Blackburne Woodward (1835-1896) — also known asJohn B. Woodward — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,May 31,1835.Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War;leatherbusiness;importerand exporter; Independent candidate formayorof Brooklyn, N.Y., 1885.Unitarian.Englishancestry. Member,National RifleAssociation;Freemasons;RoyalArch Masons;GrandArmy of the Republic;LoyalLegion.Died, frompneumonia,in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,March 7,1896 (age60 years, 281days).Interment atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Thomas Woodward and Mary Barrow (Blackburne) Woodward; married,May 31,1870, to Elizabeth Cook Blackburne. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: John B. Woodward: abiographical memoir (1897) |
| | Maurice Lauchlin Wright (1845-1911) — also known asMaurice L. Wright — of Mexico,OswegoCounty, N.Y.; Oswego,OswegoCounty, N.Y.Born in Scriba town,OswegoCounty, N.Y.,November27, 1845.Republican. Served in the Union Navy during the Civil War;lawyer;Justice ofNew York Supreme Court 5th District, 1892-1905.Member,Freemasons. Died in Clifton Springs,OntarioCounty, N.Y.,October14, 1911 (age65 years, 321days).Interment atRiversideCemetery, Scriba town, Oswego County, N.Y. | | John Waldemar Wydler (1924-1987) — also known asJohn W. Wydler — of Garden City,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,June 9,1924.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;U.S.Representative from New York, 1963-81 (4th District 1963-73, 5thDistrict 1973-81); delegate to Republican National Convention fromNew York,1968,1972(alternate).Episcopalian.Member,AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;Lions;Order ofAhepa;Freemasons;Elks.Died inWashington,D.C.,August4, 1987 (age63 years, 56days).Interment atCemeteryof the Holy Rood, Westbury, Long Island, N.Y.  | John Reed Yale (1855-1925) — also known asJohn R. Yale — of Brewster,PutnamCounty, N.Y.Born in Patterson town,PutnamCounty, N.Y.,May 8,1855.Republican.Farmer;real estatebusiness;contractor;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Putnam County, 1902-13, 1921-25; died inoffice 1925; delegate to Republican National Convention from NewYork,1904;chairof Putnam County Republican Party, 1910, 1925.Member,Freemasons;OddFellows;Elks.Died in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,July 17,1925 (age70 years, 70days).Interment atMilltown Cemetery, Brewster, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Belden Yale and Margaret (Glennen) Yale. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: New York Red Book1924 |
| | | 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;JuniorOrder;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. |
| | W. Irving Yeckley (b. 1833) — of Ypsilanti Township,WashtenawCounty, Mich.Born inOntarioCounty, N.Y.,May 5,1833.Republican.Harnessmaker;farmer;supervisorof Ypsilanti Township, Michigan, 1869-79.Germanancestry. Member,Freemasons;RoyalArcanum.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Adam Yeckley and Gertrude (Snyder) Yeckley; married1873 to NancyE. Gilbert. |
| | Frank L. Young (1860-1930) — of Ossining,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.Born in Port Byron,CayugaCounty, N.Y.,October31, 1860.Republican.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Westchester County 3rd District, 1909-12;alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,1912;delegateto New York state constitutional convention 24th District, 1915;Justiceof New York Supreme Court 9th District, 1922-30; died in office1930.Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons;RoyalArcanum.Died, fromacuteindigestion, in Ossining,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,May 21,1930 (age69 years, 202days).Interment atDaleCemetery, Ossining, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Levi W. Young and Margaret (Lane) Young; married to Mary Yawgerand Mary Lockwood; married1916 to MaryE. Cummings. |
| | Frank Landon Young (1871-1952) — also known asFrank L. Young — of Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in Esperance,SchoharieCounty, N.Y.,July 24,1871.Republican.Hay andgraindealer;real estatebusiness; member ofMichiganstate senate 14th District, 1923-26.Baptist.EnglishandScotch-Irishancestry. Member,Freemasons.Died in Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.,June 23,1952 (age80 years, 335days).Interment atMt.Hope Cemetery, Lansing, Mich. | | Owen Daniel Young (1874-1962) — also known asOwen D. Young — of Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Van Hornesville,HerkimerCounty, N.Y.,October27, 1874.Democrat.Lawyer;financier;industrialist;chairman, General Electric, 1922-39 and 1942-45; founded RadioCorporation of America (RCA) and was chairman 1919-29; one of thefounders of the NationalBroadcastingCompany (NBC); author of the "Young Plan" in 1929 for settlement ofGerman war reparations; candidate for Democratic nomination forPresident,1932.Member,American BarAssociation;Sons ofthe American Revolution;BetaTheta Pi;PhiBeta Kappa;PhiDelta Phi;Freemasons;OddFellows;Grange.Died in St. Augustine,St. JohnsCounty, Fla.,July 11,1962 (age87 years, 257days).Interment atVanHornesville Cemetery, Van Hornesville, N.Y. | | William Young (b. 1870) — of Williamsport,LycomingCounty, Pa.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Topeka,ShawneeCounty, Kan.,April23, 1870.Republican.Lawyer;chair ofLycoming County Republican Party, 1896-97; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly, 1905-07 (New York County 21st District 1905-06,New York County 17th District 1907).Presbyterian.Member,AlphaDelta Phi;Freemasons.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof John M. Young and Caroline (Van Patten) Young. |
| | William Jones Youngs (1851-1916) — also known asWilliam J. Youngs — of Oyster Bay, Queens County (nowNassauCounty), Long Island, N.Y.; Garden City,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.Born in Oyster Bay, Queens County (nowNassauCounty), Long Island, N.Y.,June 24,1851.Republican.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Queens County 1st District, 1879-80;QueensCounty District Attorney; private secretary to Gov.TheodoreRoosevelt;U.S.Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, 1902-15;newspapereditor.Member,Freemasons;Chi Psi.Died, fromhearttrouble, in Garden City,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,April27, 1916 (age64 years, 308days).Interment atYoungsMemorial Cemetery, Oyster Bay, Long Island, N.Y. | | Joseph Zaretzki (b. 1900) — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York City (unknowncounty), N.Y.,March 9,1900.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate senate, 1948-74 (23rd District 1948-65, 32nd District 1966,28th District 1967-74).Member,AmericanLegion;Freemasons;Elks;NAACP.Burial location unknown.
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