| |  Johannes Abeel (1667-1711) — also known asJohn Abeel — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,March23,1667.Merchant;fur trader;mayorof Albany, N.Y., 1694-95, 1709-10; member ofNew Yorkcolonial assembly, 1695, 1701-02.Dutch Reformed. Died in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,January28, 1711 (age43 years, 311days).Original interment atSecond Dutch Reformed Church Cemetery, Albany, N.Y.;reinterment atAlbanyRural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y. | | Simon Boerum (1724-1775) — of New York. Born in Flatbush (now part of Brooklyn),KingsCounty, N.Y.,February29, 1724.Member ofNew Yorkcolonial assembly, 1761-75;Delegateto Continental Congress from New York, 1774-75.Christian Reformed. Died in New Lots (now part of Brooklyn),KingsCounty, N.Y.,July 11,1775 (age51 years, 133days).Original interment atDutchReformed Burying Ground (which no longer exists), Brooklyn, N.Y.;reinterment in 1848 atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y. | | Joseph Philo Bradley (1813-1892) — also known asJoseph P. Bradley — Born in Berne,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,March14, 1813.Lawyer;AssociateJustice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1870-92; died in office 1892.Christian Reformed. As the only politically independent member of the ElectoralCommission to settle the disputed 1876 presidential election, he castthe deciding vote to award all of the disputed electoral votes to theRepublican candidate,RuthefordB. Hayes.Died inWashington,D.C.,January22, 1892 (age78 years, 314days).Interment atMt.Pleasant Cemetery, Newark, N.J. | | William Brown Carswell (1883-1953) — also known asWilliam B. Carswell — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Edinburgh,Scotland,1883.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate senate 6th District, 1913-16;Justice ofNew York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1923-53; died in office1953; Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court2nd Department, 1927-49; candidate fordelegateto New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1937;vice-president and trustee, CaledonianHospital.Christian Reformed.Scottishancestry. Member,American BarAssociation;Freemasons;Grotto;Elks.Died, following surgery for astomachailment, in SherbrookeHospital,Sherbrooke,Quebec,September7, 1953 (ageabout 70years).Burial location unknown.| |  Relatives: Sonof David Bruce Carswell and Ann (Brown) Carswell. |
 | William Wallace Chace (1872-1930) — also known asWilliam W. Chace — of Hudson,ColumbiaCounty, N.Y.Born in Hudson,ColumbiaCounty, N.Y.,March11, 1872.Republican.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Columbia County, 1915-17.Christian Reformed. Member,Freemasons;RoyalArch Masons;Royaland Select Masters;KnightsTemplar;Woodmen;Sonsof Veterans.Died in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,January19, 1930 (age57 years, 314days).Interment atCedar Park Cemetery, Hudson, N.Y.  | George Clinton (1739-1812) — ofUlsterCounty, N.Y.; New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Little Britain,OrangeCounty, N.Y.,July 26,1739.Delegateto Continental Congress from New York, 1775-76;Governor ofNew York, 1777-95, 1801-04;delegateto New York convention to ratify U.S. constitution from UlsterCounty, 1788; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County, 1800-01;VicePresident of the United States, 1805-12; died in office 1812.Christian Reformed.Scotch-Irishancestry. Member,Freemasons.Died inWashington,D.C.,April20, 1812 (age72 years, 269days).Original interment atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment in 1908 atOldDutch Churchyard, Kingston, N.Y. | | John Cruger (1678-1744) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born inGermany,1678.Merchant;mayorof New York City, N.Y., 1739-44; died in office 1744.Dutch Reformed; laterAnglican.Danishancestry.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,August13, 1744 (ageabout 66years).Burial location unknown. | | Johannes Cuyler (c.1661-1740) — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born about 1661.Mayorof Albany, N.Y., 1725-26.Christian Reformed.Dutchancestry.Died in1740(ageabout79 years).Original interment atDutchChurch Burial Ground, Albany, N.Y.; reinterment atAlbanyRural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Hendrick Cuyler and Annatje (Schepmoes) Cuyler; brother of MariaCuyler (who marriedJohnCruger); married to Elsje Ten Broeck; father ofCornelisCuyler; uncle ofJohnCruger Jr.; granduncle ofRobertLivingston,PeterVan Brugh Livingston,PhilipLivingston,WilliamLivingston andHenryCruger; great-granduncle ofPeterRobert Livingston (1737-1794),WalterLivingston,PhilipPeter Livingston andHenryBrockholst Livingston; second great-granduncle ofStephenVan Rensselaer,PhilipSchuyler Van Rensselaer,HenryWalter Livingston,RensselaerWesterlo,PeterAugustus Jay (1776-1843),EdwardPhilip Livingston,WilliamAlexander Duer,JohnDuer,WilliamJay andCharlesLudlow Livingston (1800-1873); third great-granduncle ofPhilipSchuyler,PeterRobert Livingston (1789-1859),EdwardLivingston,WilliamDuer,HenryBell Van Rensselaer,DenningDuer,HenryBrockholst Ledyard andJohnJay II; fourth great-granduncle ofKiliaenVan Rensselaer,NicholasFish,HamiltonFish Jr. (1849-1936),JohnKean,HamiltonFish Kean andCharlesLudlow Livingston (born 1870); fifth great-granduncle ofHerbertLivingston Satterlee,PeterAugustus Jay (1877-1933),BronsonMurray Cutting,RobertReginald Livingston,HamiltonFish Jr. (1888-1991),RobertWinthrop Kean andBrockholstLivingston; sixth great-granduncle ofJohnEliot Thayer Jr.,HamiltonFish Jr. (1926-1996) andThomasHoward Kean; seventh great-granduncle ofHamiltonFish,AlexaFish Ward andThomasHoward Kean Jr.. | | | | Political families:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York;Livingston-Duerfamily of New York City, New York (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). |
 | Erastus Corning Davis (1862-1956) — also known asE. Corning Davis — of Fonda,MontgomeryCounty, N.Y.Born in Fonda,MontgomeryCounty, N.Y.,July 24,1862.Republican.Merchant;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Montgomery County, 1915-18.Dutch Reformed. Member,Freemasons;ScottishRite Masons;Shriners;RoyalArcanum;ImprovedOrder of Red Men;OddFellows.Died in1956(ageabout93 years).Interment atEvergreen Cemetery, Fonda, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Isaac Matthew Davis and Rachel Maria (Fonda) Davis; married,November25, 1886, to Helen M. Quackenbush. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: New York Red Book1917 |
| | Beveridge C. Dunlop (1879-1961) — of Spring Valley,RocklandCounty, N.Y.Born in Paterson,PassaicCounty, N.J.,April28, 1879.Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;textileexecutive;bankdirector; Progressive candidate for Presidential Elector for NewYork,1912;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Rockland County, 1914; RepublicanPresidential Elector for New York,1917.Christian Reformed. Member,UnitedSpanish War Veterans;Freemasons.Died in Spring Valley,RocklandCounty, N.Y.,July 2,1961 (age82 years, 65days).Interment atBrickChurch Cemetery, Spring Valley, N.Y. | | David Greenlie (1867-1911) — of Passaic,PassaicCounty, N.J.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,1867.Republican.Shipbuilder;mayorof Passaic, N.J., 1904-07.Christian Reformed. Member,Elks;Freemasons.Died, fromapoplexy,in his room at the NorthwesternHotel,Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,December16, 1911 (ageabout 44years).Interment atCedarLawn Cemetery, Paterson, N.J.| | Relatives: Sonof William Powell Greenlie and Georgina Cameron (Ireland) Greenlie;married to Mattie Ora Pierson. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Ralph Waldo Gwinn (1884-1962) — also known asRalph W. Gwinn — of Bronxville,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.Born in Noblesville,HamiltonCounty, Ind.,March29, 1884.Republican.Lawyer;writer;U.S.Representative from New York 27th District, 1945-59; defeated,1940, 1942.MethodistorChristian Reformed. Member,PhiKappa Psi;Freemasons.Died of aheartattack, in Delray Beach,Palm BeachCounty, Fla.,February27, 1962 (age77 years, 335days).Interment atPawlingCemetery, Pawling, N.Y.  | Adrian Hegeman (1788-1861) — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in New Utrecht (now part of Brooklyn),KingsCounty, N.Y.,December19, 1788.Democrat.Schoolteacher; postmaster atBrooklyn,N.Y., 1832-41; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Kings County, 1840.Christian Reformed. DiedApril25, 1861 (age72 years, 127days).Interment atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Jacobus Hegeman and Sarah (Van der Bilt) Hegeman. | | | | Image source: Chronicles of ErasmusHall (1906) |
| | Chester Arthur Heitman (b. 1880) — also known asChester A. Heitman — of Spring Valley,RocklandCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,August12, 1880.Investmentsecurities business; Republican candidate forNew Yorkstate senate 24th District, 1924;mayorof Spring Valley, N.Y., 1930; defeated (Democratic), 1935;Democratic candidate forNew Yorkstate assembly from Rockland County, 1934.Christian Reformed. Member,Freemasons;Knightsof Pythias;RoyalArcanum;Elks.Burial location unknown. | | D-Cady Herrick II (1908-1974) — of Slingerlands,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,March 5,1908.Democrat.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Albany County 1st District, 1947-54.Christian Reformed. Member,AmericanLegion;Freemasons;AlphaDelta Phi;PiDelta Epsilon.DiedFebruary20, 1974 (age65 years, 352days).Interment atNorth Chatham Cemetery, North Chatham, N.Y. | | William Bancroft Hill (c.1858-1945) — of Poughkeepsie,DutchessCounty, N.Y.Born in Colebrook,CoosCounty, N.H., about 1858.Lawyer;pastor;collegeprofessor; Dry candidate fordelegateto New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.Christian Reformed orPresbyterian.DiedJanuary23, 1945 (ageabout 87years).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives:Married to Elise Weyerhaeuser (daughter of Frederick E.Weyerhaeuser). |
| | Frederick John Henry Kracke (1868-1954) — also known asFrederick J. H. Kracke — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,July 11,1868.Republican.Producemerchant;cemeterymonument business; delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom New York,1904,1916,1920,1924,1928,1932,1948,1952;member ofNew YorkRepublican State Committee, 1907, 1930;chair ofKings County Republican Party, 1932;delegateto New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.Christian Reformed. Member,Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners;Grange;UnionLeague.Died in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,December2, 1954 (age86 years, 144days).Intermentsomewherein West Eaton, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Henry Kracke and Henrietta (Hoffman) Kracke; married1890 toFlorence Tayntor. |
| | John Ten Eyck Lansing Jr. (b. 1754) — also known asJohn Lansing, Jr. — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,January30, 1754.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Albany County, 1780-84, 1785-87, 1788-89;Speaker ofthe New York State Assembly, 1786;Delegateto Continental Congress from New York, 1785;mayor ofAlbany, N.Y., 1786-90;member,U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787;delegateto New York convention to ratify U.S. constitution from AlbanyCounty, 1788;Justice ofNew York Supreme Court, 1790-1801.Christian Reformed.Mysteriouslydisappeared in New York City, December 12, 1829, after leavinghis hotel to post a letter; hisfate isunknown.Cenotaph atAlbanyRural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y. | | Gilbert Livingston (1690-1746) — of New York. Born inMarch3,1690.Member ofNew Yorkcolonial assembly, 1728-37.Dutch Reformed. DiedApril25, 1746 (age56 years, 53days).Interment atOld Dutch Churchyard, Kingston, N.Y.| | Relatives: SonofRobertLivingston the Elder and Alida (Schuyler) Livingston; brother ofJohnLivingston andRobertLivingston (1688-1775); married to Cornelia Beekman; father ofRobertGilbert Livingston,HenryGilbert Livingston and Joanna Livingston (who marriedPierreVan Cortlandt); nephew ofPieterSchuyler (1657-1724) andJohannesSchuyler (1668-1747); uncle ofRobertLivingston (1708-1790),PeterVan Brugh Livingston,PhilipLivingston,RobertR. Livingston (1718-1775) andWilliamLivingston; grandfather ofPhilipVan Cortlandt andPierreVan Cortlandt Jr.; granduncle ofPeterRobert Livingston (1737-1794),WalterLivingston,PhilipPeter Livingston,RobertR. Livingston (1746-1813),HenryBrockholst Livingston andEdwardLivingston (1764-1836); great-grandfather ofHamiltonFish (1808-1893); great-granduncle ofStephenVan Rensselaer,PhilipSchuyler Van Rensselaer,HenryWalter Livingston,PeterAugustus Jay (1776-1843),RensselaerWesterlo,EdwardPhilip Livingston,WilliamAlexander Duer,JohnDuer,WilliamJay andCharlesLudlow Livingston (1800-1873); second great-grandfather ofGilbertLivingston Thompson,NicholasFish andHamiltonFish Jr. (1849-1936); second great-granduncle ofPhilipSchuyler,PeterRobert Livingston (1789-1859),EdwardLivingston (1796-1840),WilliamDuer,HenryBell Van Rensselaer,DenningDuer,HenryBrockholst Ledyard,JohnJay II andJohnJacob Astor III; third great-grandfather ofJonathanMayhew Wainwright andHamiltonFish Jr. (1888-1991); third great-granduncle ofKiliaenVan Rensselaer,WilliamWaldorf Astor,JohnKean,HamiltonFish Kean andCharlesLudlow Livingston (born 1870); fourth great-grandfather ofGuyVernor Henry,MontgomerySchuyler Jr. andHamiltonFish Jr. (1926-1996); fourth great-granduncle ofHerbertLivingston Satterlee,WilliamAstor Chanler,LewisStuyvesant Chanler,PeterAugustus Jay (1877-1933),PeterGoelet Gerry,HelenRoosevelt Robinson,OgdenLivingston Mills,BronsonMurray Cutting,RobertReginald Livingston,RobertWinthrop Kean andBrockholstLivingston; fifth great-grandfather ofHamiltonFish (born 1951) andAlexaFish Ward; fifth great-granduncle ofJohnEliot Thayer Jr. andThomasHoward Kean; sixth great-granduncle ofThomasHoward Kean Jr.; first cousin ofRobertLivingston the Younger andJohannesSchuyler (1697-1746); first cousin once removed ofDavidDavidse Schuyler,MyndertDavidtse Schuyler,StephanusBayard,PhilipJohn Schuyler,PhilipP. Schuyler andStephenJohn Schuyler; first cousin twice removed ofNicholasBayard,JeremiahVan Rensselaer,RobertVan Rensselaer,PieterSchuyler (1746-1792),JamesLivingston,PeterSamuel Schuyler,PhilipJeremiah Schuyler andJamesParker; first cousin thrice removed ofPeterRobert Livingston (1766-1847),JacobRutsen Van Rensselaer,MaturinLivingston,JamesAlexander Hamilton,GeorgeWashington Schuyler,JohnCortlandt Parker andPhilipN. Schuyler; first cousin four times removed ofGerritSmith,ElizabethCady Stanton,JamesAdams Ekin,EugeneSchuyler,RichardWayne Parker andCharlesWolcott Parker; first cousin five times removed ofRobertRay Hamilton,JohnSluyter Wirt,CortlandtSchuyler Van Rensselaer andKarlCortlandt Schuyler; first cousin six times removed ofMariettaPeabody Tree andEndicottPeabody; second cousin five times removed ofHenryNewton Schuyler. | | | | Political families:Chanler-Astor-Wardfamily of New York City, New York;Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Henry Gilbert Livingston (1714-1799) — of Poughkeepsie,DutchessCounty, N.Y.Born in Kingston,UlsterCounty, N.Y.,August27, 1714.Member ofNew Yorkcolonial assembly, 1759-68.Dutch Reformed. Died in Poughkeepsie,DutchessCounty, N.Y.,February10, 1799 (age84 years, 167days).Interment atPoughkeepsieRural Cemetery, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.| | Relatives: SonofGilbertLivingston and Cornelia (Beekman) Livingston; brother ofRobertGilbert Livingston; married to Susannah Storm Conklin; nephew ofJohnLivingston andRobertLivingston (1688-1775); uncle ofPhilipVan Cortlandt andPierreVan Cortlandt Jr.; grandson ofRobertLivingston the Elder; grandnephew ofPieterSchuyler (1657-1724) andJohannesSchuyler (1668-1747); granduncle ofHamiltonFish (1808-1893); great-grandfather ofGilbertLivingston Thompson; great-granduncle ofNicholasFish andHamiltonFish Jr. (1849-1936); second great-granduncle ofJonathanMayhew Wainwright andHamiltonFish Jr. (1888-1991); third great-grandfather ofGuyVernor Henry; third great-granduncle ofMontgomerySchuyler Jr. andHamiltonFish Jr. (1926-1996); fourth great-granduncle ofHamiltonFish (born 1951) andAlexaFish Ward; first cousin ofRobertLivingston (1708-1790),PeterVan Brugh Livingston,PhilipLivingston,RobertR. Livingston (1718-1775) andWilliamLivingston; first cousin once removed ofRobertLivingston the Younger,JohannesSchuyler (1697-1746),PeterRobert Livingston (1737-1794),WalterLivingston,PhilipPeter Livingston,RobertR. Livingston (1746-1813),HenryBrockholst Livingston andEdwardLivingston (1764-1836); first cousin twice removed ofDavidDavidse Schuyler,MyndertDavidtse Schuyler,StephenVan Rensselaer,PhilipSchuyler Van Rensselaer,HenryWalter Livingston,PeterAugustus Jay (1776-1843),RensselaerWesterlo,EdwardPhilip Livingston,WilliamAlexander Duer,JohnDuer,WilliamJay andCharlesLudlow Livingston (1800-1873); first cousin thrice removed ofPhilipSchuyler,PeterRobert Livingston (1789-1859),EdwardLivingston (1796-1840),WilliamDuer,HenryBell Van Rensselaer,DenningDuer,HenryBrockholst Ledyard,JohnJay II andJohnJacob Astor III; first cousin four times removed ofKiliaenVan Rensselaer,WilliamWaldorf Astor,JohnKean,HamiltonFish Kean andCharlesLudlow Livingston (born 1870); first cousin five times removed ofHerbertLivingston Satterlee,WilliamAstor Chanler,LewisStuyvesant Chanler,PeterAugustus Jay (1877-1933),PeterGoelet Gerry,HelenRoosevelt Robinson,OgdenLivingston Mills,BronsonMurray Cutting,RobertReginald Livingston,RobertWinthrop Kean andBrockholstLivingston; first cousin six times removed ofJohnEliot Thayer Jr. andThomasHoward Kean; first cousin seven times removed ofThomasHoward Kean Jr.; second cousin ofStephanusBayard,PierreVan Cortlandt,PhilipJohn Schuyler,PhilipP. Schuyler andStephenJohn Schuyler; second cousin once removed ofNicholasBayard,JeremiahVan Rensselaer,RobertVan Rensselaer,PieterSchuyler (1746-1792),JamesLivingston,PeterSamuel Schuyler,PhilipJeremiah Schuyler andJamesParker; second cousin twice removed ofPeterRobert Livingston (1766-1847),JacobRutsen Van Rensselaer,MaturinLivingston,JamesAlexander Hamilton,GeorgeWashington Schuyler,JohnCortlandt Parker andPhilipN. Schuyler; second cousin thrice removed ofGerritSmith,ElizabethCady Stanton,JamesAdams Ekin,EugeneSchuyler,RichardWayne Parker andCharlesWolcott Parker; second cousin four times removed ofRobertRay Hamilton,JohnSluyter Wirt,CortlandtSchuyler Van Rensselaer andKarlCortlandt Schuyler; second cousin five times removed ofMariettaPeabody Tree andEndicottPeabody. | | | | Political family:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Samuel Lyman Munson (b. 1844) — also known asSamuel L. Munson — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in Norwich (now Huntington),HampshireCounty, Mass.,June 14,1844.Republican.Collarmanufacturer; vice-president, Home SavingsBank;director, National ExchangeBank;vice-president, Albany HomeopathicHospital;Republican Presidential Elector for New York,1901(voted forWilliamMcKinley andTheodoreRoosevelt).Christian Reformed. Member,Sons ofthe Revolution;AmericanAntiquarian Society.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Garry Munson and Harriet (Lyman) Munson; married,May 21,1868, to Susan Babcock Hopkins. |
 | William MacRae Nicoll (b. 1893) — also known asWilliam M. Nicoll — of Scotia,SchenectadyCounty, N.Y.Born in Dundee,Scotland,May7, 1893.Republican.Lawyer;justice of the peace; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Schenectady County 2nd District, 1924-29.Christian Reformed. Member,Freemasons;Knightsof Pythias.Burial location unknown.| | Image source:New York Red Book 1924 |
 | Benjamin Barker Odell Sr. (1825-1916) — also known asBenjamin B. Odell, Sr. — of Newburgh,OrangeCounty, N.Y.Born in New Windsor,OrangeCounty, N.Y.,September25, 1825.Republican.Restaurantowner;icebusiness;OrangeCounty Sheriff, 1880-83; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from New York,1884;mayorof Newburgh, N.Y., 1884-90, 1894-1900.Christian Reformed.FrenchandEnglishancestry.DiedJuly 21,1916 (age90 years, 300days).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, New Windsor, N.Y. | | George Opdyke (1805-1880) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born inHunterdonCounty, N.J.,December7, 1805.Republican.Clothingmanufacturer and merchant;banker;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County 14th District, 1859;mayorof New York City, N.Y., 1862-63; defeated, 1859.Christian Reformed. Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,June 12,1880 (age74 years, 188days).Entombed atMt.Pleasant Cemetery, Newark, N.J.  | Alfred Rider Page (1859-1931) — also known asAlfred R. Page — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Bronx,BronxCounty, N.Y.Born in Carlinville,MacoupinCounty, Ill.,October7, 1859.Republican.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate senate 19th District, 1905-08; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from New York,1908;Justiceof New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1910-23; resigned 1923;Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 1stDepartment, 1916-23; law partner ofGeorgeL. Ingraham, 1923-25.Christian Reformed. Member,Chi Psi;Freemasons.Died, ofpneumonia,in SouthamptonHospital,Southampton,SuffolkCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,February3, 1931 (age71 years, 119days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Charles Page and Angeline (Rider) Page; married,April27, 1886, to Elizabeth M. Rose. | | | | Image source: New York Red Book1907 |
| | Anning Smith Prall (1870-1937) — also known asAnning S. Prall — of West New Brighton, Staten Island,RichmondCounty, N.Y.; Westerleigh, Staten Island,RichmondCounty, N.Y.Born in Port Richmond, Staten Island,RichmondCounty, N.Y.,September17, 1870.Democrat.U.S.Representative from New York 11th District, 1923-35; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from New York,1924,1928(alternate),1932(alternate),1936(alternate); Honest Government candidate forboroughpresident of Richmond, New York, 1933; member, FederalCommunications Commission, 1935-37; died in office 1937; chair,Federal Communications Commission, 1935-37; died in office 1937.Christian Reformed. Died in Boothbay Harbor,LincolnCounty, Maine,July 23,1937 (age66 years, 309days).Interment atMoravianCemetery, New Dorp, Staten Island, N.Y.  | Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) — also known as"T.R.";"Teddy";"The Colonel";"The Hero of San JuanHill";"The Rough Rider";"Trust-Buster";"The HappyWarrior";"The Bull Moose" —of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Oyster Bay,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October27, 1858.Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County 21st District, 1882-84;delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,1884,1900;Republican candidate formayorof New York City, N.Y., 1886; colonel in the U.S. Army during theSpanish-American War;Governor ofNew York, 1899-1901;VicePresident of the United States, 1901;Presidentof the United States, 1901-09; defeated (Progressive), 1912;candidate for Republican nomination for President,1916.Christian Reformed; laterEpiscopalian.Dutchancestry. Member,Freemasons;Moose;PhiBeta Kappa;DeltaKappa Epsilon;AlphaDelta Phi;UnionLeague.Received theMedalof Honor for leading a charge up San Juan Hill during battlethere, July 1, 1898. While campaigning for president in Milwaukee,Wis., on October 14, 1912, wasshotin the chest by John F. Schrank; despite the injury, he continued hisspeech for another hour and a half before seeking medical attention.AwardedNobelPeace Prize in 1906; elected to theHallof Fame for Great Americans in 1950.Died in Oyster Bay,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,January6, 1919 (age60 years, 71days).Interment atYoungsMemorial Cemetery, Oyster Bay, Long Island, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Theodore Roosevelt, Sr. and Martha (Bulloch) Roosevelt; brother ofAnna L. Roosevelt (who marriedWilliamSheffield Cowles (1846-1923)) andCorinneRoosevelt Robinson; married,October27, 1880, to Alice Hathaway Lee; married,December2, 1886, toEdithKermit Carow (first cousin once removed ofDanielPutnam Tyler); father ofAliceLee Roosevelt (who marriedNicholasLongworth) andTheodoreRoosevelt Jr.; nephew ofRobertBarnwell Roosevelt; uncle ofTheodoreDouglas Robinson,EleanorRoosevelt (who marriedFranklinDelano Roosevelt (1882-1945)),CorinneAlsop Cole andWilliamSheffield Cowles (1898-1986); grandnephew ofJamesI. Roosevelt; granduncle ofJamesRoosevelt,ElliottRoosevelt,CorinneAlsop Chubb,FranklinDelano Roosevelt Jr. andJohndeKoven Alsop; great-grandfather ofSusanRoosevelt (who marriedWilliamFloyd Weld); great-grandnephew ofWilliamBellinger Bulloch; second great-grandson ofArchibaldBulloch; second cousin twice removed ofPhilipDePeyster; second cousin thrice removed ofNicholasRoosevelt Jr.; third cousin twice removed ofMartinVan Buren; fourth cousin once removed ofFranklinDelano Roosevelt (1882-1945). | | | | Political family:Rooseveltfamily of New York City, New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:GiffordPinchot —DavidJ. Leahy —WilliamBarnes, Jr. —OliverD. Burden —WilliamJ. Youngs —GeorgeB. Cortelyou —MasonMitchell —FredericMacMaster —JohnGoodnow —WilliamLoeb, Jr. —AsaBird Gardiner | | | | Roosevelt counties inMont. andN.M. arenamed for him. | | | | Theminorplanet (asteroid)188693 Roosevelt (discovered 2005), isnamedfor him. | | | | Other politicians named for him:TheodoreBassett—TheodoreR. McKeldin—TedDalton—TheodoreR. Kupferman—TheodoreRoosevelt Britton, Jr. | | | | Personal motto: "Speak softly and carrya big stick." | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail —NobelLaureates | | | | Books about Theodore Roosevelt: JamesMacGregor Burns & Susan Dunn,TheThree Roosevelts: Patrician Leaders Who TransformedAmerica — H. W. Brands,T.R: The Last Romantic — Edmund Morris,TheodoreRex — Edmund Morris,TheRise of Theodore Roosevelt — John Morton Blum,TheRepublican Roosevelt — Richard D. White, Jr.,Rooseveltthe Reformer : Theodore Roosevelt as Civil Service Commissioner,1889-1895 — Frederick W. Marks III,Velveton Iron : The Diplomacy of Theodore Roosevelt — JamesChace,1912: Wilson, Roosevelt, Taft and Debs : The Election that Changed theCountry — Patricia O'Toole,WhenTrumpets Call : Theodore Roosevelt After the WhiteHouse — Candice Millard,TheRiver of Doubt : Theodore Roosevelt's DarkestJourney — Lewis Einstein,Roosevelt: His Mind in Action — Rick Marshall,Bully!:The Life and Times of Theodore Roosevelt: Illustrated with More Than250 Vintage Political Cartoons — Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] | | | | Image source: American Monthly Reviewof Reviews, October 1901 |
| | Henry Rutgers (1745-1830) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; New Brunswick,MiddlesexCounty, N.J.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October7, 1745.Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; memberofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County, 1777-78, 1783-84, 1800-02,1803-05, 1806-08; resigned 1778.Dutch Reformed. DiedFebruary17, 1830 (age84 years, 133days).Original interment atDutchChurch Burial Ground, Manhattan, N.Y.; reinterment in 1865 atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Hendrick Rutgers and Catharine (De Peyster) Rutgers; nephew ofJohannesDePeyster; grandson ofJohannesde Peyster; grandnephew ofAbrahamde Peyster; first cousin ofMatthewClarkson; first cousin once removed ofPhilipDePeyster; second cousin ofPierreVan Cortlandt; second cousin once removed ofPhilipPeter Livingston,PhilipVan Cortlandt,JohnStevens III andPierreVan Cortlandt Jr.; second cousin twice removed ofWilliamAlexander Duer,JohnDuer andCharlesLudlow Livingston; second cousin thrice removed ofWilliamDuer andDenningDuer; second cousin four times removed ofNicholasFish,HamiltonFish Jr. (1849-1936),JohnKean andHamiltonFish Kean; second cousin five times removed ofRobertReginald Livingston,HamiltonFish Jr. (1888-1991) andRobertWinthrop Kean. | | | | Political families:Livingston-Duerfamily of New York City, New York;Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | RutgersUniversity(founded 1766 as Queens College; renamed 1825 as Rutgers College) inNewBrunswick, New Jersey, isnamed forhim. — HenryStreetand RutgersStreet,inManhattan,New York, are bothnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Richard Schell (1810-1879) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Rhinebeck,DutchessCounty, N.Y.,May 15,1810.Democrat. Member ofNew Yorkstate senate 6th District, 1858-59;U.S.Representative from New York 9th District, 1874-75.Christian Reformed.DutchandGermanancestry.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November10, 1879 (age69 years, 179days).Interment atOldDutch Cemetery, Rhinebeck, N.Y. | | James Schoolcraft Sherman (1855-1912) — also known asJames S. Sherman;"SunnyJim" —of Utica,OneidaCounty, N.Y.Born in Utica,OneidaCounty, N.Y.,October24, 1855.Republican.Mayor ofUtica, N.Y., 1884-86;U.S.Representative from New York, 1887-91, 1893-1909 (23rd District1887-91, 25th District 1893-1903, 27th District 1903-09); defeated,1890; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,1892;VicePresident of the United States, 1909-12; died in office 1912.Christian Reformed. Died in Utica,OneidaCounty, N.Y.,October30, 1912 (age57 years, 6days).Entombed atForestHill Cemetery, Utica, N.Y. | | Gold Selleck Silliman (1777-1868) — also known asGold S. Silliman — of Newport,NewportCounty, R.I.; Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Fairfield,FairfieldCounty, Conn.,October26, 1777.Whig.Lawyer;postmaster atBrooklyn,N.Y., 1849-53.Christian Reformed. Died in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,June 3,1868 (age90 years, 221days).Interment atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y. | | Samuel Sloan (1817-1907) — of New York. Born in County Down, Ireland (nowNorthernIreland),December25, 1817.Importingbusiness; member ofNew Yorkstate senate 2nd District, 1858-59; president, Delaware,Lackawanna and WesternRailroad,1867-99.EpiscopalianorChristian Reformed. Member,FriendlySons of St. Patrick.Died in Garrison,PutnamCounty, N.Y.,September22, 1907 (age89 years, 271days).Interment atSt.Philip's Cemetery, Garrison, N.Y.; statue atErie-Lackawanna Park, Hoboken, N.J. | | Alfred E. Steers (c.1861-1948) — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y., about 1861.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;grocer;broommanufacturer;real estatebusiness; magistrate;boroughpresident of Brooklyn, New York, 1910-13; resigned 1913; delegateto Democratic National Convention from New York,1912.Christian Reformed. Member,Freemasons.Died in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,March 2,1948 (ageabout 87years).Interment atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Christopher Steers. |
 | Daniel D. Tompkins (1774-1825) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Staten Island,RichmondCounty, N.Y.Born in Scarsdale,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,June 21,1774.Democrat.Lawyer;delegateto New York state constitutional convention, 1801; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County, 1802-03;U.S.Representative from New York 3rd District, 1805;Governor ofNew York, 1807-17;VicePresident of the United States, 1817-25;delegateto New York state constitutional convention, 1821.PresbyterianorChristian Reformed. Member,Freemasons.Died in Staten Island,RichmondCounty, N.Y.,June 11,1825 (age50 years, 355days).Entombed atSt.Mark's-in-the-Bowery Churchyard, Manhattan, N.Y. | | Barent Van Buren (1776-1849) — of Ghent,ColumbiaCounty, N.Y.Born in Kinderhook,ColumbiaCounty, N.Y.,June 8,1776.Postmaster;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Columbia County, 1818-19.Christian Reformed.Dutchancestry.Died in Kinderhook,ColumbiaCounty, N.Y.,January22, 1849 (age72 years, 228days).Intermentsomewherein Ghent, N.Y.  | Martin Van Buren (1782-1862) — also known as"The Little Magician";"OldKinderhook";"Red Fox of Kinderhook";"Matty Van";"American Talleyrand";"Blue Whiskey Van" —of Kinderhook,ColumbiaCounty, N.Y.; Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in Kinderhook,ColumbiaCounty, N.Y.,December5, 1782.Lawyer;ColumbiaCounty Surrogate, 1808-13; member ofNew Yorkstate senate Middle District, 1812-20;New Yorkstate attorney general, 1815-19; appointed 1815;delegateto New York state constitutional convention, 1821;U.S.Senator from New York, 1821-28;Governor ofNew York, 1829;U.S.Secretary of State, 1829-31; U.S. Minister toGreat Britain, 1831-32;VicePresident of the United States, 1833-37;Presidentof the United States, 1837-41; defeated, 1840 (Democratic), 1848(Free Soil); candidate for Democratic nomination for President,1844.Christian Reformed.Dutchancestry.Slaveowner. Died, reportedly due toasthma,but more likely some kind ofheartfailure, in Kinderhook,ColumbiaCounty, N.Y.,July 24,1862 (age79 years, 231days).Interment atKinderhookCemetery, Kinderhook, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Abraham Van Buren and Maria (Hoes) Van Alen Van Buren;half-brother ofJamesIsaac Van Alen; married to the sister-in-law ofMosesI. Cantine; married,February21, 1807, to Hannah Hoes; father ofJohnVan Buren; second cousin ofBarentVan Buren; second cousin twice removed ofDirckTen Broeck,CornelisCuyler andThomasBrodhead Van Buren; second cousin thrice removed ofHaroldSheffield Van Buren; third cousin twice removed ofTheodoreRoosevelt; fourth cousin ofJamesLivingston; fourth cousin once removed ofStephenVan Rensselaer,PhilipSchuyler Van Rensselaer,RensselaerWesterlo,EdwardPhilip Livingston andPeterGansevoort. | | | | Political families:Cantinefamily of Marbletown, New York;VanBurenfamily of New York (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:SanfordW. Smith —JesseHoyt —CharlesOgle | | | | Van BurenCounty, Ark.,Van BurenCounty, Iowa,Van BurenCounty, Mich. andVan BurenCounty, Tenn. are named for him. | | | | ThecityofVanBuren, Arkansas, isnamed forhim. — ThetownofVanBuren, New York, isnamed forhim. —MountVan Buren, inPalmerLand, Antarctica, isnamed forhim. — Martin Van BurenHighSchool (opened 1955), in Queens Village,Queens,New York, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS Martin Van Buren (built 1943 atBaltimore,Maryland; torpedoed and lost 1944 in theNorthAtlantic Ocean) wasnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:M.V. B. Edgerly—M.V. B. Jefferson—M.V. B. Bennett—VanB. Wisker—MartinV. B. Rowland—MartinV. B. Ives—MartinV. B. Clark—MartinV. Godbey | | | | Opposition slogan (1840): "Van, Van, isa used-up man." | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —U.S. State Dept career summary —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about Martin Van Buren: Major L.Wilson,ThePresidency of Martin Van Buren — Joel H. Silbey,MartinVan Buren and the Emergence of American PopularPolitics — Jerome Mushkat & Robert G. Rayback,MartinVan Buren : Law, Politics, and the Shaping of RepublicanIdeology — John Niven,MartinVan Buren : The Romantic Age of American Politics —Ted Widmer,MartinVan Buren | | | | Image source: Portrait & BiographicalAlbum of Washtenaw County (1891) |
| | Jacob Aaron Westervelt (1800-1879) — also known asJacob Westervelt — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.;RocklandCounty, N.Y.Born in Tenafly,BergenCounty, N.J.,January20, 1800.Democrat.Shipbuilder;mayorof New York City, N.Y., 1853-54; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Rockland County, 1857.Dutch Reformed.Dutchancestry.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,February21, 1879 (age79 years, 32days).Interment atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y. | | Isaiah Davis Winne (1818-1902) — also known asDavis Winne — ofUlsterCounty, N.Y.Born in Shandaken town,UlsterCounty, N.Y.,July 18,1818.Farmer;lumberbusiness;hotelier;UlsterCounty Sheriff, 1861, 1864; served in the Union Army during theCivil War; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Ulster County 3rd District, 1876, 1887.Christian Reformed. DiedFebruary27, 1902 (age83 years, 224days).Burial location unknown. | | John Barentse Yates (1784-1836) — also known asJohn B. Yates — of Schenectady,SchenectadyCounty, N.Y.; Chittenango,MadisonCounty, N.Y.Born in Schenectady,SchenectadyCounty, N.Y.,February1, 1784.Democrat.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;U.S.Representative from New York 16th District, 1815-17; county judgein New York, 1835; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Madison County, 1836; died in office 1836.Christian Reformed. Slaveowner. Died in Chittenango,MadisonCounty, N.Y.,July 10,1836 (age52 years, 160days).Interment atWalnutGrove Cemetery, Near Chittenango, Madison County, N.Y. | | Robert Yates (1738-1801) — ofAlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,January27, 1738.State court judge in New York, 1777-98;member,U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787;delegateto New York convention to ratify U.S. constitution from AlbanyCounty, 1788; candidate forGovernor ofNew York, 1789, 1795.Christian Reformed. Slaveowner. DiedSeptember9, 1801 (age63 years, 225days).Original interment in unknown location; reinterment atAlbanyRural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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