Very incomplete list! | |  Watkins Moorman Abbitt (1908-1998) — also known asWatkins M. Abbitt — of Appomattox,AppomattoxCounty, Va.Born in Appomattox,AppomattoxCounty, Va.,May 21,1908.Democrat.Lawyer;AppomattoxCounty Commonwealth Attorney, 1932-48; Democratic PresidentialElector for Virginia,1944;delegateto Virginia limited constitutional convention 11th District,1945;U.S.Representative from Virginia 4th District, 1948-73; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Virginia,1964,1972;VirginiaDemocratic state chair, 1964-70.Baptist.Member,Ruritan;Lions;OmicronDelta Kappa;DeltaTheta Phi;American Forestry Association.Died, ofleukemia,at Virginia BaptistHospital,Lynchburg,Va.,July 13,1998 (age90 years, 53days).Interment atLibertyBaptist Church Cemetery, Appomattox, Va. | | William Alvord (1833-1904) — ofSanFrancisco, Calif.Born in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,January3, 1833.Hardwaredealer;banker;mayorof San Francisco, Calif., 1871-73; San FranciscoPoliceCommissioner, 1878-99.Member,LoyalLegion;American Forestry Association.Died, ofheartfailure due tobronchialtroubles, inSanFrancisco, Calif.,December21, 1904 (age71 years, 353days).Interment atCypressLawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif. | | Francis Henry Appleton (1847-1939) — also known asFrancis H. Appleton — of Peabody,EssexCounty, Mass.; Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.Born in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,June 17,1847.Republican. Member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1891-92; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Massachusetts,1892;member ofMassachusettsstate senate, 1902-03.Member,Sons ofthe American Revolution;American Forestry Association.Died in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,April 5,1939 (age91 years, 292days).Interment atMt.Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.| |  Relatives: Sonof Francis Henry Appleton (1823-1854) and Georgiana Crowninshield(Silsbee) Appleton; married,June 2,1874, to Fanny Rollins Tappan; married,November6, 1907, to Mary Spencer Tappan; nephew ofNathanielSilsbee Jr.; grandson ofNathanielSilsbee andWilliamAppleton; grandnephew ofJacobCrowninshield andBenjaminWilliams Crowninshield; second great-grandson ofJamesSullivan; first cousin twice removed ofNathanAppleton,JamesAppleton,NathanDane Appleton,LeverettSaltonstall andRichardSaltonstall; first cousin thrice removed ofWilliamLawrence Saltonstall; second cousin ofWilliamCrowninshield Endicott; second cousin once removed ofJohnAppleton (1804-1891),JanePierce,JohnAppleton (1815-1864) andCharlesFrancis Adams; third cousin once removed ofArthurTaggard Appleton; third cousin twice removed ofRandolphAppleton Kidder; fourth cousin once removed ofThomasPassmore Treadwell. | | | | Political families:Appletonfamily of Boston, Massachusetts;Appletonfamily of Boston, Massachusetts;Appletonfamily of New Hampshire (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Robert Perkins Bass (1873-1960) — also known asRobert P. Bass — of Peterborough,HillsboroughCounty, N.H.Born in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,September1, 1873.Farmer;member ofNewHampshire state house of representatives, 1905-09; member ofNewHampshire state senate 15th District, 1909-10;Governor ofNew Hampshire, 1911-13.Member,Council onForeign Relations;American Forestry Association.Died in Peterborough,HillsboroughCounty, N.H.,July 29,1960 (age86 years, 332days).Interment atPineHill Cemetery, Peterborough, N.H. | | Samuel Greene Wheeler Benjamin (1837-1914) — also known asS. G. W. Benjamin — of New York;Washington,D.C.; Burlington,ChittendenCounty, Vt.Born, of American parents, at Argos,Greece,February13, 1837.Librarian;author;artist;U.S. Minister toPersia, 1883-85; U.S. Consul General inTeheran, as of 1883-85.Member,Sons ofthe Revolution;Societyof Colonial Wars;PhiBeta Kappa;American Forestry Association;NavyLeague.Died in Burlington,ChittendenCounty, Vt.,July 19,1914 (age77 years, 156days).Interment atLakeviewCemetery, Burlington, Vt. | | Robert William Brown (b. 1875) — also known asR. W. Brown — of Carrollton,CarrollCounty, Mo.Born in Myrtleford, Victoria,Australia,October17, 1875.Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;farmer;delegateto Missouri state constitutional convention at-large, 1943-44.Presbyterian.Member,FarmBureau;Rotary;American Forestry Association.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof William Mathieso Brown and Flora (Aiton) Brown; married,October19, 1910, to Mary Hudson Goodson. |
 | Frederick Percival Champ (1896-1976) — also known asF. P. Champ — of Logan,CacheCounty, Utah.Born in Salt Lake City,Salt LakeCounty, Utah,June 4,1896.Democrat.Banker;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Utah,1928;director, St. Mark'sHospital.Episcopalian.Member,AmericanBankers Association;American Forestry Association;AmericanArbitration Association;NewcomenSociety;Rotary.Died in Pasadena,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,March15, 1976 (age79 years, 285days).Interment atCedar Bluff Cemetery, Rockford, Ill.| | Relatives: Sonof George Herbert Champ and Alla Dora (Cochran) Champ; married,December29, 1921, to Frances Elizabeth Winton. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Eminent Americans(1954) |
| | | Joseph Lyman Fisher (1914-1992) — of Arlington,ArlingtonCounty, Va.Born in Pawtucket,ProvidenceCounty, R.I.,January11, 1914.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;U.S.Representative from Virginia 10th District, 1975-81.Unitarian.Member,AmericanEconomic Association;AmericanSociety for Public Administration;American ForestryAssociation.Died in Arlington,ArlingtonCounty, Va.,February19, 1992 (age78 years, 39days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | Curtis Guild Jr. (1860-1915) — of Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.Born in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,February2, 1860.Republican.Newspapereditor and publisher; member ofMassachusettsRepublican State Committee, 1884; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Massachusetts,1896(ConventionVice-President); colonel in the U.S. Army during theSpanish-American War;LieutenantGovernor of Massachusetts, 1903-06;Governor ofMassachusetts, 1906-09; candidate for Republican nomination forVice President,1908;U.S. Ambassador toRussia, 1911-13.Member,Freemasons;Societyof Colonial Wars;Sons ofthe American Revolution;American Forestry Association.In 1907, John A. Steele came to the State House with a revolver, andattemptedto kill Gov. Guild; he was subdued and arrested after shootingtwo people.Died, ofpneumonia,in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,April 6,1915 (age55 years, 63days).Interment atForestHills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Boston, Mass.  | Harry Bartow Hawes (1869-1947) — also known asHarry B. Hawes — ofSt.Louis, Mo.Born in Covington,KentonCounty, Ky.,November15, 1869.Democrat.Lawyer;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri,1904,1928;member, Committee to Notify Presidential Nominee,1904,1916;member ofMissouristate house of representatives from St. Louis City 3rd District,1917-18; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;U.S.Representative from Missouri 11th District, 1921-26;U.S.Senator from Missouri, 1926-33; resigned 1933.Episcopalian.Member,Sons ofthe American Revolution;Sonsof Confederate Veterans;AmericanLegion;ReserveOfficers Association;MilitaryOrder of the World Wars;American BarAssociation;AmericanSociety for International Law;AmericanEconomic Association;IzaakWalton League;AudubonSociety;American Forestry Association;National RifleAssociation.Died inWashington,D.C.,July 31,1947 (age77 years, 258days).Cremated;ashes scattered ina private or family graveyard, Ripley County, Mo.| | Relatives: Sonof Smith Nicholas Hawes and Susan Elizabeth (Simrall) Hawes; married,November15, 1899, to Elizabeth Eppes Osborne Robinson; grandson ofRichardHawes; grandnephew ofRobertCarter Nicholas (1787-1857) andAlbertGallatin Hawes; great-grandson ofGeorgeNicholas; great-grandnephew ofWilsonCary Nicholas,JohnNicholas andAylettHawes; second great-grandson ofRobertCarter Nicholas (1729-1780); first cousin twice removed ofPeytonRandolph; first cousin four times removed ofBenjaminHarrison (1726-1791) andWilliamFitzhugh; second cousin once removed ofPeterMyndert Dox,AylettHawes Buckner andEdmundRandolph; second cousin thrice removed ofJohnWalker,CarterBassett Harrison,FrancisWalker andWilliamHenry Harrison; third cousin ofEdmundRandolph Cocke; third cousin once removed ofThomasMarshall,JamesKeith Marshall andFrancisBeverley Biddle; third cousin twice removed ofJohnScott Harrison (1804-1878); third cousin thrice removed ofBurwellBassett; fourth cousin once removed ofThomasWalker Gilmer,CarterHenry Harrison,BenjaminHarrison (1833-1901),WilliamHenry Fitzhugh Lee,JohnBreckinridge Castleman andJohnScott Harrison (1844-1926). | | | | Political family:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:JohnJ. Cochran | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage | | | | Image source: Missouri Official Manual1921 |
| | | William Marion Jardine (1879-1955) — also known asWilliam M. Jardine — of Manhattan,RileyCounty, Kan.; Wichita,SedgwickCounty, Kan.Born inOneidaCounty, Idaho,January16, 1879.Collegeprofessor;agronomist;president,Kansas State Agricultural College, 1918-25;U.S.Secretary of Agriculture, 1925-29; U.S. Minister toEgypt, 1930;Kansasstate treasurer, 1933-34; appointed 1933; resigned 1934.Congregationalist.Member,SigmaXi;BetaTheta Pi;AlphaZeta;PhiKappa Phi;GammaSigma Delta;Freemasons;Rotary;American Forestry Association;FarmBureau.DiedJanuary17, 1955 (age76 years, 1days).Interment atLoganCity Cemetery, Logan, Utah. | | Lawrence Douglas Kingsland (1841-1924) — also known asL. D. Kingsland — ofSt.Louis, Mo.Born inSt.Louis, Mo.,September15, 1841.Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;manufacturerofagriculturalimplements,sawmillmachinery, andcottonseparators;Consul-Generalfor Honduras inSt.Louis, Mo., 1896, 1898-1915;HonoraryConsul-General for Guatemala inSt.Louis, Mo., 1896-1921;Consul-Generalfor Central America inSt.Louis, Mo., 1897-98;Consul-Generalfor Nicaragua inSt.Louis, Mo., 1899-1904; St. Louispolicecommissioner;HonoraryConsul for Salvador inSt.Louis, Mo., 1904-07.Episcopalian.Member,American Forestry Association;RoyalArcanum.Died inSt.Louis, Mo.,December9, 1924 (age83 years, 85days).Interment atBellefontaineCemetery, St. Louis, Mo. | | Charles Lathrop Pack (1857-1937) — also known asCharles L. Pack — of Cleveland,CuyahogaCounty, Ohio; Lakewood,OceanCounty, N.J.Born in Lexington,SanilacCounty, Mich.,May 7,1857.Republican.Forester;president, AmericanForestryAssociation, 1916-20;economist;director, Seaboard NationalBank, NewYork; founder, ClevelandTrust Co.;alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey,1924;Republican Presidential Elector for New Jersey,1928.Presbyterian.Member,Societyof Colonial Wars;BetaTheta Pi;American Forestry Association.DiedJune 14,1937 (age80 years, 38days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof George Willis Pack and Frances (Farman) Pack; married1886 to AliceGertrude Hatch. |
| | Gifford Pinchot (1865-1946) — of Milford,PikeCounty, Pa.Born in Simsbury,HartfordCounty, Conn.,August11, 1865.Chief Forester of the U.S.; close confidant of PresidentTheodoreRoosevelt; candidate forU.S.Senator from Pennsylvania, 1914 (Roosevelt Progressive), 1926(Republican primary);Governor ofPennsylvania, 1923-27, 1931-35; defeated in Republican primary,1938.Frenchancestry. Member,AmericanAcademy of Arts and Sciences;American ForestryAssociation;AmericanAcademy of Political and Social Science.Died, fromleukemia,at the Harkness Pavilion, Columbia-PresbyterianMedicalCenter, Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October4, 1946 (age81 years, 54days).Interment atMilfordCemetery, Milford, Pa. | | George Otis Smith (1871-1944) — of Skowhegan,SomersetCounty, Maine.Born in Hodgdon,AroostookCounty, Maine,February22, 1871.Republican.Geologist;director, U.S. Geological Survey, 1907-30 (except 1922-23); chair,Federal Power Commission, 1930-33; alternate delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Maine,1936.Baptist.Member,American Forestry Association;PhiBeta Kappa.Suffered aheartattack during ameetingof the board of directors of the Central Maine Power Company, anddied soon after, in Augusta,KennebecCounty, Maine,January10, 1944 (age72 years, 322days).Interment atSouthsideCemetery, Skowhegan, Maine. | | George C. Warren Jr. (b. 1877) — of Summit,UnionCounty, N.J.Born in Barnegat,OceanCounty, N.J.,October15, 1877.Republican.Stockbroker;Republican Presidential Elector for New Jersey,1917;Republican Presidential Elector for New Jersey,1921;delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey,1936.Methodist.Member,Sons ofthe Revolution;American Forestry Association;Freemasons.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof George C. Warren and Sarah M. (Cranmer) Warren. |
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