Very incomplete list! | |  Louis Henri Aymé (1855-1912) — also known asLouis H. Aymé — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May 29,1855.Republican.Ethnologist;newspapercorrespondent; U.S. Consul inMérida, 1880-84;Guadeloupe, 1898-99;Pará, 1903-06; U.S. Consul General inLisbon, 1906-12, died in office 1912.Member,LoyalLegion;Sonsof Veterans;American Antiquarian Society;AmericanSociety for International Law.Died, from "locomotor ataxia" (presumablysyphilis),in Lisbon,Portugal,May16, 1912 (age56 years, 353days).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Bronx, N.Y. | | Simeon Eben Baldwin (1840-1927) — also known asSimeon E. Baldwin — of New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.Born in New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.,February5, 1840.Democrat.Lawyer; candidate forConnecticutstate senate 4th District, 1867;lawprofessor;justice ofConnecticut state supreme court, 1897-1907;chiefjustice of Connecticut Supreme Court, 1907-10;Governor ofConnecticut, 1911-15; candidate for Democratic nomination forPresident,1912;candidate forU.S.Senator from Connecticut, 1914.Congregationalist.Member,PhiBeta Kappa;American BarAssociation;AmericanHistorical Association;AmericanPolitical Science Association;AmericanPhilosophical Society;American Antiquarian Society.DiedJanuary30, 1927 (age86 years, 359days).Interment atGroveStreet Cemetery, New Haven, Conn.| |  Relatives: SonofRogerSherman Baldwin and Emily (Perkins) Baldwin; brother of HenriettaPerkins (who marriedDwightFoster); married,October19, 1865, to Susan Mears Winchester; uncle ofEdwardBaldwin Whitney; grandson ofSimeonBaldwin; great-grandson ofRogerSherman; fifth great-grandnephew ofThomasWelles; first cousin once removed ofShermanDay,EbenezerRockwood Hoar,WilliamMaxwell Evarts,GeorgeFrisbie Hoar andHenryde Forest Baldwin; second cousin ofRogerSherman Greene,RockwoodHoar,ShermanHoar,MaxwellEvarts,ArthurOutram Sherman,ThomasDay Thacher andRogerKent; second cousin once removed ofRogerSherman Hoar; second cousin twice removed ofSamuelGager andArchibaldCox; second cousin thrice removed ofAlexanderBuel Trowbridge III; third cousin once removed ofSamuelR. Gager,SamuelAustin Gager,ChaunceyMitchell Depew andJohnFrederick Addis; third cousin twice removed ofJosiahCowles andJohnStanley Addis; fourth cousin ofJohnAdams Dix; fourth cousin once removed ofJamesDoolittle Wooster,DanielUpson,WalterBooth,GeorgeBailey Loring,CharlesPage,ErwinJ. Baldwin,ErnestHarvey Woodford,FrancisEverett Baldwin andClementPhineas Kellogg. | | | | Political family:Pitkin-Baldwin-Hoarfamily of Massachusetts (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:EdwinStark Thomas | | | | See alsoNationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Langdon Cheves (1776-1857) — of South Carolina. Born in Ninety Six District (part now inAbbevilleCounty), S.C.,September17, 1776.Democrat.Lawyer;banker;member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives, 1806-08;SouthCarolina state attorney general, 1808-10; Presidential Electorfor South Carolina,1808;U.S.Representative from South Carolina 1st District, 1810-15;Speaker ofthe U.S. House, 1814-15.ScottishandEnglishancestry. Member,American Antiquarian Society.Slaveowner. Died in Columbia,RichlandCounty, S.C.,June 26,1857 (age80 years, 282days).Interment atMagnoliaCemetery, Charleston, S.C.  | William Lawrence Clements (1861-1934) — also known asWilliam L. Clements — of Bay City,BayCounty, Mich.Born in Ann Arbor,WashtenawCounty, Mich.,April 1,1861.Republican.Manufacturer;banker;member ofUniversityof Michigan board of regents, 1910-33; defeated, 1933; delegateto Republican National Convention from Michigan,1924.ScottishandEnglishancestry. Member,American Antiquarian Society;AmericanHistorical Society.Died in Bay City,BayCounty, Mich.,November6, 1934 (age73 years, 219days).Burial location unknown.| | Image source:Michigan Manual 1927 |
| | David Daggett (1764-1851) — of New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.Born in Attleboro,BristolCounty, Mass.,December31, 1764.Lawyer;member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives, 1791-96, 1805;Speaker ofthe Connecticut State House of Representatives, 1794-96; memberofConnecticutcouncil of assistants, 1797-1804, 1809-13;U.S.Senator from Connecticut, 1813-19; superior court judge inConnecticut, 1826-34;mayorof New Haven, Conn., 1828-30.Member,American Antiquarian Society. Died in New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.,April12, 1851 (age86 years, 102days).Interment atGroveStreet Cemetery, New Haven, Conn.  | Livingston Davis (1882-1932) — also known asLivy Davis — of Milton,NorfolkCounty, Mass.; Brookline,NorfolkCounty, Mass.Born in Worcester,WorcesterCounty, Mass.,August13, 1882.Banker;director ofrailroads;Consulfor Belgium inBoston,Mass., 1930-32.Member,American Antiquarian Society. In ill health for some time, he died from aself-inflictedgunshot,in Brookline,NorfolkCounty, Mass.,January11, 1932 (age49 years, 151days).Interment atWorcesterRural Cemetery, Worcester, Mass.| | Relatives: SonofEdwardLivingston Davis and Maria Louisa (Robbins) Davis; married,April23, 1908, to Alice Gardiner; married,August31, 1927, to Georgia Appleton; grandson ofIsaacDavis; great-grandnephew ofJohnDavis (1787-1854); first cousin twice removed ofJohnChandler Bancroft Davis andHoraceDavis; second cousin once removed ofJohnDavis (1851-1902); third cousin once removed ofJohnBarnard Fairbank,HenryCabot Lodge Jr. andJohnDavis Lodge; third cousin twice removed ofMertonWilliam Fairbank andGeorgeCabot Lodge; fourth cousin once removed ofWilsonHenry Fairbank,AlexanderWarren Fairbank,CharlesWarren Fairbanks andNewtonHamilton Fairbanks. | | | | Political family:Davis-Lodgefamily of Worcester, Massachusetts (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Boston Globe, January 12,1932 |
| | | John Murray Forbes (1771-1831) — also known asJohn M. Forbes — of Massachusetts. Born in1771.U.S. Consul inHamburg, 1802-11;Copenhagen, 1816-19;Schwerin, 1816-19; U.S. Consul General inStettin, 1816-19; U.S. Agent for Commerce and Seamen (Consul)inBuenos Aires, 1820-23; U.S. Charge d'Affaires toArgentina, 1825-31, died in office 1831.Member,American Antiquarian Society. Died in Buenos Aires,Argentina,June14, 1831 (ageabout 59years).Original interment atProtestantCemetery at Socorro Church, Buenos Aires, Argentina; reintermentin 1892 atBritishCemetery at Chacarita, Buenos Aires, Argentina. | | Claude Moore Fuess (b. 1885) — also known asClaude M. Fuess — of Andover,EssexCounty, Mass.Born in Waterville,OneidaCounty, N.Y.,January12, 1885.Republican.Instructorandheadmaster,Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass.; director, Andover NationalBank;alternate delegate to Republican National Convention fromMassachusetts,1932.Presbyterian.Member,American Antiquarian Society;Societyof Colonial Wars.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Louis Philip Fuess and Helen Augusta (Moore) Fuess; married,June 27,1911, to Elizabeth Cushing Goodhue. |
 | William Gaston (1778-1844) — of New Bern,CravenCounty, N.C.Born in New Bern,CravenCounty, N.C.,September19, 1778.Lawyer;member ofNorthCarolina state senate, 1800, 1812, 1818-19; member ofNorthCarolina house of commons, 1807-09;U.S.Representative from North Carolina, 1813-17 (at-large 1813-15,4th District 1815-17); member ofNorthCarolina state house of representatives, 1824, 1827-31;justice ofNorth Carolina state supreme court, 1833-44; died in office 1844;delegateto North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1835.Catholic.Member,American Antiquarian Society;AmericanPhilosophical Society.Slaveowner. Died in Raleigh,WakeCounty, N.C.,January23, 1844 (age65 years, 126days).Interment atCedarGrove Cemetery, New Bern, N.C.| | Relatives: Sonof Alexander Gaston and Margaret (Sharpe) Gaston; married,September4, 1803, to Susan Sarah Hay; married,October6, 1805, to Hannah McClure; married,September3, 1816, to Elizabeth Worthington. | | | | Gaston County,N.C. is named for him. | | | | ThecityofGastonia,North Carolina, wasnamed forhim. — Lake Gaston, areservoir(created 1963) inHalifax,Northampton,andWarrencounties in North Carolina, as well asBrunswick,andMecklenburgcounties in Virginia, isnamed forhim. — Gaston Hall (completed 1901), a famedauditoriumatGeorgetownUniversity,Washington,D.C., isnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS William Gaston (built 1942 atWilmington,North Carolina; torpedoed and lost in theSouthAtlantic Ocean, 1944) wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: The South in the Buildingof the Nation (1909) |
|  | Francis Russell Hart (1868-1938) — also known asFrancis R. Hart — of Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.Born in New Bedford,BristolCounty, Mass.,January16, 1868.Engineer;vice-president, Cartagena-MagdalenaRailway;director, Costa Rica NorthernRailway;director, Boston and ProvidenceRailroad;director, MayanSteamshipCorporation director, RevereSugarRefinery;Vice-Consulfor Colombia inBoston,Mass., 1905-07;banker;president, UnitedFruitCompany, 1933-38.Member,AmericanAcademy of Arts and Sciences;American Antiquarian Society.Died, from aheartattack, in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,January18, 1938 (age70 years, 2days).Interment atRuralCemetery, New Bedford, Mass.| | Relatives: Sonof Thomas Mandell Hart and Sarah Davis (Watson) Hart; married,June 4,1896, to Helen Bronson Hobbey. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Boston Globe, January 19,1938 |
| | | William Jones (1753-1822) — of Providence,ProvidenceCounty, R.I.Born in Newport,NewportCounty, R.I.,October8, 1753.Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; justiceof the peace;Speaker ofthe Rhode Island State House of Representatives, 1809-10,1810-11;Governor ofRhode Island, 1811-17.Congregationalist.Welshancestry. Member,Societyof the Cincinnati;American Antiquarian Society.DiedApril 9,1822 (age68 years, 183days).Interment atSwanPoint Cemetery, Providence, R.I. | | Arthur Lord (1850-1925) — of Plymouth,PlymouthCounty, Mass.Born in Port Washington,OzaukeeCounty, Wis.,September2, 1850.Lawyer;member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1885-86.Member,AmericanHistorical Association;American Antiquarian Society.DiedApril10, 1925 (age74 years, 220days).Interment atOakGrove Cemetery, Plymouth, Mass. | | Francis Cabot Lowell (1855-1911) — of Massachusetts. Born in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,January7, 1855.Member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1895;U.S.District Judge for Massachusetts, 1898;Judgeof U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit, 1905-11; died inoffice 1911.Member,American BarAssociation;American Antiquarian Society.Died in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,March 6,1911 (age56 years, 58days).Interment atMt.Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass. | | 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).ChristianReformed. Member,Sons ofthe Revolution;American Antiquarian Society.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Garry Munson and Harriet (Lyman) Munson; married,May 21,1868, to Susan Babcock Hopkins. |
| | John Phillips (1770-1823) — of Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.Born in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,November26, 1770.Member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1803; member ofMassachusettsstate senate, 1804;mayor ofBoston, Mass., 1822-23.Englishancestry. Member,AmericanAcademy of Arts and Sciences;American Antiquarian Society.Died in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,May 29,1823 (age52 years, 184days).Interment atOldGranary Burying Ground, Boston, Mass. | | William Whitney Rice (1826-1896) — also known asWilliam W. Rice — of Worcester,WorcesterCounty, Mass.Born in Deerfield,FranklinCounty, Mass.,March 7,1826.Republican.Schoolteacher;lawyer;WorcesterCounty Judge of Insolvency, 1858;mayorof Worcester, Mass., 1860; defeated, 1858; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Massachusetts,1868;District Attorney, Middle District, 1869-74; member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1875;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts, 1877-87 (9th District 1877-83,10th District 1883-87);bankdirector.Member,American Antiquarian Society. Died in Worcester,WorcesterCounty, Mass.,March 1,1896 (age69 years, 360days).Interment atWorcesterRural Cemetery, Worcester, Mass. | | Nathaniel Bradstreet Shurtleff (1810-1874) — also known asNathaniel B. Shurtleff — of Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.Born in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,June 29,1810.Physician;mayorof Boston, Mass., 1868-71; defeated, 1855 (Know-Nothing), 1865(Democratic), 1866 (Democratic).Member,American Antiquarian Society;AmericanPhilosophical Society.Died in Dorchester, Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,October17, 1874 (age64 years, 110days).Interment atMt.Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.| | Relatives: Sonof Benjamin Shurtleff and Sally (Shaw) Shurtleff; married,July 18,1836, to Sarah Eliza Smith; father of Nathaniel BradstreetShurtleff (1838-1862; Capt. Union Army, killed at Civil War battle atCedar Mountain, Virginia). | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | 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;American Antiquarian Society.Died in Saratoga Springs,SaratogaCounty, N.Y.,November27, 1867 (age79 years, 32days).Interment atGreenridgeCemetery, Saratoga Springs, N.Y. | | William Wilson (1773-1827) — of Newark,LickingCounty, Ohio.Born in New Boston,HillsboroughCounty, N.H.,March19, 1773.Lawyer;common pleas court judge in Ohio, 1808-23;U.S.Representative from Ohio 8th District, 1823-27; died in office1827.Member,American Antiquarian Society. Died in Newark,LickingCounty, Ohio,June 6,1827 (age54 years, 79days).Original interment atOldCemetery, Newark, Ohio; reinterment in 1853 atCedarHill Cemetery, Newark, Ohio.  | Carroll Davidson Wright (1840-1909) — also known asCarroll D. Wright — Born in Dunbarton,MerrimackCounty, N.H.,July 25,1840.Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War;lawyer;member ofMassachusettsstate senate Sixth Middlesex District, 1872-73; PresidentialElector for Massachusetts,1876;chief, Massachusetts Bureau of Statistics, 1873-88; in charge of thestate census in 1875 and 1885, and the federal census forMassachusetts in 1880; U.S. Commissioner of Labor, 1885-1905;universityprofessor;president,Clark College, Worcester, Mass., 1902.Unitarian.EnglishandScottishancestry. Member,AmericanEconomic Association;AmericanStatistical Association;American Antiquarian Society.DiedFebruary20, 1909 (age68 years, 210days).Burial location unknown.
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