Very incomplete list!  |  Thomas Dudley Bradstreet (1841-1915) — also known asThomas D. Bradstreet — of Thomaston,LitchfieldCounty, Conn.Born in Thomaston,LitchfieldCounty, Conn.,August1, 1841.Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;vice-president and general manager, Seth ThomasClock Company;member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives, 1886; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Connecticut,1892;member ofConnecticutstate senate, 1903-05;Connecticutstate comptroller, 1907-13; candidate forU.S.Representative from Connecticut 5th District, 1912.Congregationalist.Member,Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;Sons ofthe Revolution;GrandArmy of the Republic.Died in Thomaston,LitchfieldCounty, Conn.,August15, 1915 (age74 years, 14days).Interment atHillsideCemetery, Thomaston, Conn. | | Irving Hall Chase (1858-1951) — also known asIrving H. Chase — of Waterbury,New HavenCounty, Conn.Born in Waterbury,New HavenCounty, Conn.,May 13,1858.Republican. Secretary and treasurer, WaterburyClock Company;vice-president, WaterburyManufacturingCompany; president, A.S. Chase Company; secretary, ChaseRolling MillCompany; diretor, WaterburyHotelCorporation, AmericanPrintingCompany, WaterburyBuckleCompany, Smith and GriggsManufacturingCompany, and Waterbury NationalBank;member ofConnecticutstate senate 15th District, 1907-08; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Connecticut,1912,1916.DiedMarch14, 1951 (age92 years, 305days).Interment atRiversideCemetery, Waterbury, Conn. | | Sylvester Levin Giering (1823-1891) — also known asSylvester L. Giering — of Emmaus,LehighCounty, Pa.Born in Emmaus,LehighCounty, Pa.,May 31,1823.Clock and watch maker; postmaster atEmmaus,Pa., 1856-60, 1861-78, 1879-85.Died, fromdropsy,in Emmaus,LehighCounty, Pa.,December13, 1891 (age68 years, 196days).Interment atEmmaus Moravian Cemetery, Emmaus, Pa. | | Moses Hall (1777-1857) — of Waterbury,New HavenCounty, Conn.Born in Waterbury (part now in Wolcott),New HavenCounty, Conn.,March19, 1777.Farmer;clock salesman;warden(borough president) of Waterbury, Connecticut, 1830-31.DiedJanuary29, 1857 (age79 years, 316days).Burial location unknown.| |  Relatives: Sonof Curtiss Hall and Rachel (Beecher) Hall; married,February26, 1803, to Olive Porter. |
| | Lemuel Harrison (1765-1857) — of Waterbury,New HavenCounty, Conn.Born in Litchfield,LitchfieldCounty, Conn.,November17, 1765.Clock manufacturer;warden(borough president) of Waterbury, Connecticut, 1828-30.Member,Freemasons.Died in Waterbury,New HavenCounty, Conn.,November25, 1857 (age92 years, 8days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Lemuel Harrison ; married,March 4,1790, to Sarah Clark. |
| | Jacob Hostetter (1754-1831) — of Hanover,YorkCounty, Pa.Born near York,YorkCounty, Pa.,May 9,1754.Democrat.Clockmaker; member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives, 1797-1802;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 4th District, 1818-21.Died in Columbiana,ColumbianaCounty, Ohio,June 29,1831 (age77 years, 51days).Burial location unknown. | | Elisha Hotchkiss Jr. (1787-1882) — of Bristol,HartfordCounty, Conn.; Burlington,HartfordCounty, Conn.; Hartford,HartfordCounty, Conn.Born in Burlington,HartfordCounty, Conn.,May 4,1787.Clock manufacturer; member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives from Bristol, 1828.Died in Hartford,HartfordCounty, Conn.,May 9,1882 (age95 years, 5days).Intermentsomewherein Burlington, Conn.| | Relatives: Sonof Elisha Hotchkiss (1753-1838) and Lydia (Lee) Hotchkiss; married,August22, 1813, to Lodema Upson; fifth great-grandson ofThomasWelles; second cousin once removed ofCharlesM. Hotchkiss; third cousin once removed ofOrsamusCook Merrill,LutherHotchkiss,TimothyMerrill,WilliamJudson Clark,CharlesHull Clark andRowlandCase Kellogg; third cousin twice removed ofJosiahCowles,JohnAlsop,JohnStrong,ReturnJonathan Meigs, Sr. andJosiahMeigs; fourth cousin ofElishaHotchkiss (1778-1858),ThomasHale Sill andFarrandFassett Merrill; fourth cousin once removed ofEbenezerHazard,DanielChapin,SamuelStrong,MartinChittenden,ReturnJonathan Meigs Jr.,BenjaminHard,HenryMeigs,DanielUpson,ReubenBostwick Heacock,GideonHard,GrahamHurd Chapin,EdwinP. Hotchkiss andHenryDeWitt Hotchkiss. | | | | Political family:Merrillfamily of Vermont and New Hampshire (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). |
| | Chauncey Jerome (1793-1868) — of Plymouth,LitchfieldCounty, Conn.; Bristol,HartfordCounty, Conn.; New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.; Waterbury,New HavenCounty, Conn.; Ansonia,New HavenCounty, Conn.; New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.Born in Canaan,LitchfieldCounty, Conn.,June 10,1793.Whig.Clockmaker; member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives from Bristol, 1834; PresidentialElector for Connecticut,1852;mayorof New Haven, Conn., 1854-55.Congregationalist.Died in New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.,April20, 1868 (age74 years, 315days).Interment atGroveStreet Cemetery, New Haven, Conn. | | Frank Charles Lee (b. 1891) — also known asFrank C. Lee — of Salida,ChaffeeCounty, Colo.Born in Norfolk,MadisonCounty, Neb.,August14, 1891.Jeweler;watchmaker; U.S. Vice Consul inBordeaux, 1916;Petrograd, 1916-18;Moscow, 1918;Malmo, 1918; U.S. Consul inBradford, 1923-25; U.S. Consul General inSingapore, 1927-29;Halifax, 1930-31;Prague, 1931-34.Member,PhiGamma Delta.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof John T. Lee and Agnes (Greenwald) Lee; married,November17, 1923, to Olga Pilson. |
| | Noah Allen Plympton (1841-1911) — also known asNoah A. Plympton — of Worcester,WorcesterCounty, Mass.; Wellesley,NorfolkCounty, Mass.Born in Shrewsbury,WorcesterCounty, Mass.,September7, 1841.Watchmaker;jeweler;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts,1880;MassachusettsDemocratic state chair, 1884;insurancebusiness; member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives Ninth Norfolk District, 1905.Member,Freemasons;RoyalArch Masons.DiedSeptember9, 1911 (age70 years, 2days).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Wellesley, Mass. | | David Rittenhouse (1732-1796) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Germantown (now part of Philadelphia),PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,April 8,1732.Astronomer;mathematician;financier;clockmaker;surveyor;Pennsylvaniastate treasurer, 1777-89;firstdirector of the U.S. Mint, 1792-95.Member,AmericanPhilosophical Society.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,June 26,1796 (age64 years, 79days).Original interment in unknown location; reinterment atLaurelHill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa. | | James Mitchell Lamson Scovill (b. 1789) — also known asJames M. L. Scovill — of Waterbury,New HavenCounty, Conn.Born in Waterbury,New HavenCounty, Conn.,September4, 1789.Co-founder of ScovillManufacturingCo., makers ofbrassbuttons, fasteners,looms,andclocks; member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives from Waterbury, 1826, 1846, 1849;member ofConnecticutstate senate 5th District, 1834.Burial location unknown. | | Frank Crawford Sites (1864-1935) — also known asFrank C. Sites — of Harrisburg,DauphinCounty, Pa.Born in Shippensburg,CumberlandCounty, Pa.,December24, 1864.Democrat.Watchmaker;jeweler;postmaster atHarrisburg,Pa., 1913-22;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 19th District, 1923-25;defeated, 1924, 1926; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromPennsylvania,1924.Died in Harrisburg,DauphinCounty, Pa.,May 23,1935 (age70 years, 150days).Interment atEastHarrisburg Cemetery, Harrisburg, Pa.
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