Very incomplete list! | |  James Abbott (1776-1858) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,June 1,1776.Fur trader; postmaster atDetroit,Mich., 1806-31;receiverof U.S. Land Office at Detroit, Michigan, 1816.DiedMarch12, 1858 (age81 years, 284days).Interment atElmwoodCemetery, Detroit, Mich.| |  Relatives: Sonof James Abbott and Mary (Barker) Abbott; married to SarahWhistler. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Johannes Abeel (1667-1711) — also known asJohn Abeel — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,March23,1667.Merchant;fur trader;mayor ofAlbany, N.Y., 1694-95, 1709-10; member ofNew Yorkcolonial assembly, 1695, 1701-02.DutchReformed.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. | | William Henry Ashley (c.1778-1838) — also known asWilliam H. Ashley — ofSt.Louis, Mo.Born inPowhatanCounty, Va., about 1778.Democrat.Fur trader;LieutenantGovernor of Missouri, 1820-24;U.S.Representative from Missouri at-large, 1831-37.Died near Boonville,CooperCounty, Mo.,March26, 1838 (ageabout 60years).Interment in private or family graveyard.| | Relatives:Married,November17, 1806, to Mary Able; married,October17, 1832, to Elizabeth Woodson Moss. | | | | The AshleyNationalForest (established 1908), inDaggett,Duchesne,Summit,Uintah,andUtahcounties, Utah, andSweetwaterCounty, Wyoming, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article |
| | Alexis C. Bailly (1798-1861) — of Mendota,DakotaCounty, Minn.Born in St. Joseph,Ontario,December14, 1798.Fur trader; member ofMinnesotaterritorial House of Representatives 7th District, 1849-50.FrenchandOttawaIndian ancestry.Died in Wabasha,WabashaCounty, Minn.,June 13,1861 (age62 years, 181days).Interment atRiverviewCemetery, Wabasha, Minn.  | Henry Joseph Berquist (1905-1990) — also known asHenry J. Berquist;Henry JosephSchultz —of Rhinelander,OneidaCounty, Wis.Born in Minneapolis,HennepinCounty, Minn.,February26, 1905.Furfarmer;member ofWisconsinstate assembly from Florence, Forest and Oneida counties,1937-42; defeated (Democratic), 1956, 1958; served in the U.S. Armyduring World War II; Democratic candidate forU.S.Representative from Wisconsin 10th District, 1946; Democraticcandidate forWisconsinstate senate 12th District, 1960.Died in Silver City,GrantCounty, N.M.,May 1,1990 (age85 years, 64days).Interment atFort Bayard National Cemetery, Fort Bayard, N.M.| | Relatives:Step-son of Nels John Bergquist; son of Henry Schultz and Clara M.(Krause) Schultz. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Wisconsin Blue Book1940 |
| | Jerome Holland Bishop (1846-1928) — also known asJerome H. Bishop — of Decatur,Van BurenCounty, Mich.; Wyandotte,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Oxbow,JeffersonCounty, N.Y.,September3, 1846.Republican.Superintendentof schools; founder, J.H. Bishopfur company of Wyandotte,Mich.;rugandcoatmanufacturer;mayorof Wyandotte, Mich., 1885-87, 1905-08; candidate forU.S.Representative from Michigan 2nd District, 1898; alternatedelegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan,1900;Republican Presidential Elector for Michigan,1909.Congregationalist.Member,Sons ofthe American Revolution;Freemasons;KnightsTemplar.DiedMay 22,1928 (age81 years, 262days).Interment atWoodmereCemetery, Detroit, Mich.| | Relatives: Sonof William Bishop and Zebina (Sterne) Bishop; married1867 to JennieGray; married1876 to EllaM. Clark. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Jan Jansen Bleecker (1641-1732) — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in1641.Fur trader;mayor ofAlbany, N.Y., 1700-01.Died in1732(ageabout91 years).Original interment atDutchChurch Burial Ground, Albany, N.Y.; reinterment atAlbanyRural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y. | | Charles Edward Bresler (1816-1898) — also known asCharles E. Bresler;Charles EdwardBreslauer —of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Konstadt, Prussia (now Wolczyn,Poland),November12, 1816.Furrier;HonoraryConsul for Venezuela inDetroit,Mich., 1893-98.Germanancestry.Died in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,December12, 1898 (age82 years, 30days).Burial location unknown. | | Pierre Chouteau Jr. (1789-1865) — also known asPierre Cadet Chouteau — ofSt.Louis County, Mo.Born inSt.Louis, Mo.,January19, 1789.Merchant;lead miningbusiness;fur trader;delegateto Missouri state constitutional convention from St. LouisCounty, 1820.DiedSeptember6, 1865 (age76 years, 230days).Burial location unknown. | | Nicholas Dockstader (1802-1871) — of Cleveland,CuyahogaCounty, Ohio.Born in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,January4, 1802.Whig.Fur trader;mayorof Cleveland, Ohio, 1840.Died in Cleveland,CuyahogaCounty, Ohio,November9, 1871 (age69 years, 309days).Original interment atWoodlandCemetery, Cleveland, Ohio; reinterment atLakeView Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio. | | Ben Elbert Douglas, Sr. (1894-1982) — also known asBen E. Douglas — of Charlotte,MecklenburgCounty, N.C.Born in Scotts Crossroad,IredellCounty, N.C.,September3, 1894.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;furmerchant;mayorof Charlotte, N.C., 1935-41; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from North Carolina,1940,1956.Died in1982(ageabout87 years).Interment atElmwoodCemetery, Charlotte, N.C. | | John Thomas Durnin (1888-1963) — also known asJohn T. Durnin — of Lower Merion Township,MontgomeryCounty, Pa.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,March 3,1888.Democrat.Fur buyer; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Pennsylvania,1940,1948.Died in1963(ageabout75 years).Interment atCalvaryCemetery, Near West Conshohocken, Montgomery County, Pa. | | Alexander Faribault (1806-1882) — of Mendota,DakotaCounty, Minn.Born in Prairie du Chien,CrawfordCounty, Wis.,June 22,1806.Fur trader;Founderof the city of Faribault, Minnesota; member ofMinnesotaterritorial House of Representatives 7th District, 1851.FrenchandDakotaIndian ancestry.Died in Faribault,RiceCounty, Minn.,1882(ageabout76 years).Interment atCalvaryCemetery, Faribault, Minn. | | Henry Fink (b. 1840) — of Milwaukee,MilwaukeeCounty, Wis.Born in Bavaria,Germany,September7, 1840.Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; dealer inwool,hides, andfurs;real estatebusiness; member ofWisconsinstate assembly, 1876-77;U.S.Collector of Internal Revenue at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1889-1909;alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Wisconsin,1916.Germanancestry. Member,GrandArmy of the Republic.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof John Engelhart Fink and Catherine (Dielmann) Fink; married,May 13,1866, to Catherine Strieff; married,September12, 1883, to Rosa Blankenhorn. |
 | Maurice J. Fitzsimons Jr. (b. 1906) — of Fond du Lac,Fond duLac County, Wis.Born in Fond du Lac,Fond du LacCounty, Wis.,September30, 1906.Democrat.Shoebusiness;furfarmer;member ofWisconsinstate assembly from Fond du Lac County 1st District, 1933-40;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Wisconsin,1936(alternate),1948;candidate forWisconsinstate senate 18th District, 1940.Burial location unknown.| | Image source:Wisconsin Blue Book 1940 |
| | Charles Godfrey Gunther (1822-1885) — also known asC. Godfrey Gunther — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,February7, 1822.Democrat.Fur merchant;mayorof New York City, N.Y., 1864-65; defeated, 1861, 1865 (ReformDemocratic); candidate forNew Yorkstate senate 7th District, 1878;railroadbuilder;hotelowner.Germanancestry. Member,TammanyHall.Died, probably ofheartdisease, in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,January22, 1885 (age62 years, 350days).Interment atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y. | | Solomon Juneau (1793-1856) — also known asLaurent-Salomon Juneau — of Milwaukee,MilwaukeeCounty, Wis.Born in L'Asumption,Quebec,August9, 1793.Democrat.Fur trader; founder of Milwaukee; postmaster atMilwaukee,Wis., 1835-43;mayorof Milwaukee, Wis., 1846-47.Catholic.Frenchancestry.Died, reportedly fromappendicitis,in Keshena, Shawano County (nowMenomineeCounty), Wis.,November14, 1856 (age63 years, 97days).Original interment in unknown location; reinterment in 1866 atCalvaryCemetery, Milwaukee, Wis.; cenotaph atJuneauPark, Milwaukee, Wis.  | August Kickbusch (1828-1901) — of Wausau,MarathonCounty, Wis.Born in Kolberg, Prussia (now Kolobrzeg,Poland),October15, 1828.Fur trader;brickmanufacturer;hardwaremerchant;mayor ofWausau, Wis., 1872-73, 1874-75.Germanancestry.DiedMay 28,1901 (age72 years, 225days).Interment atPineGrove Cemetery, Wausau, Wis.| | Relatives: Sonof Martin F. Kickbusch and Katrina (Koahn) Kickbusch; married toMatilda Schochow. | | | | Image source: City ofWausau |
| | Norman Wolfred Kittson (1814-1888) — also known asNorman W. Kittson;"CommodoreKittson" —of Pembina,PembinaCounty, Minn. (now N.Dak.); St. Paul,RamseyCounty, Minn.Born in Sorel, Lower Canada (now part of Sorel-Tracy,Quebec),March5, 1814.Democrat.Fur trader; helped end the Hudson Bay Company's furtrading monopoly in 1849;memberMinnesota territorial council 7th District, 1852-55;mayorof St. Paul, Minn., 1858-59; operatedsteamboatson the Red River from Minnesota north into Winnipeg in the 1870s;worked with James J. Hill to build the St. Paul, Minneapolis andManitobaRailwayin 1879-81.Episcopalian.Englishancestry.Died in thediningcar of atrainen route from Chicago to St. Paul, near Roberts,St. CroixCounty, Wis.,May 10,1888 (age74 years, 66days).Interment atOaklandCemetery, St. Paul, Minn. | | Jacob Leisler (c.1640-1691) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Bockenheim, Holy Roman Empire (now part of Frankfurt am Main,Germany),about 1640.Fur trader;tobaccobusiness; following the English Revolution of 1688, which broughtProtestant rulers William and Mary to power, he led "Leisler'sRebellion" and seized control of the colony;ColonialGovernor of New York, 1689-91; provided land for a settlement ofFrench Huguenot refugees (now the city of New Rochelle); followingthe arrival of a new royal governor, he wasousted.Arrested,charged withtreason,tried,convicted,andsentenced todeath;executedbyhanginganddecapitation,in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May16,1691 (ageabout 51years). Four years later, he was posthumously exonerated by anact of Parliament.Original interment ata private or family graveyard, New York County, N.Y.;subsequent interment atDutchChurch Burial Ground, Manhattan, N.Y.; reinterment to unknownlocation; statue atBroadview Avenue, New Rochelle, N.Y. | | Robert Livingston the Elder (1654-1728) — also known as"First Lord of the Manor" — of New York. Born in Ancrum, Roxburghshire,Scotland,December13,1654.Fur trader; member ofNew Yorkcolonial assembly, 1709-11, 1716-26;Speakerof New York Colonial Assembly, 1718.Scottishancestry.Died in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,October1, 1728 (age73 years, 293days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Rev. John Livingston and Janet (Fleming) Livingston; married1679 toAlida Schuyler; father ofJohnLivingston,RobertLivingston (1688-1775) andGilbertLivingston; uncle ofRobertLivingston the Younger; grandfather ofRobertLivingston (1708-1790),PeterVan Brugh Livingston,RobertGilbert Livingston,HenryGilbert Livingston,PhilipLivingston,RobertR. Livingston (1718-1775) andWilliamLivingston; great-grandfather ofPeterRobert Livingston (1737-1794),WalterLivingston,PhilipPeter Livingston, Margaret Livingston (who marriedNicholasFish (1758-1833)),RobertR. Livingston (1746-1813),PhilipVan Cortlandt,HenryBrockholst Livingston,PierreVan Cortlandt Jr. andEdwardLivingston (1764-1836); great-granduncle ofJeremiahVan Rensselaer,RobertVan Rensselaer andJamesLivingston; second great-grandfather ofStephenVan Rensselaer,PhilipSchuyler Van Rensselaer,HenryWalter Livingston,PeterAugustus Jay (1776-1843),RensselaerWesterlo,EdwardPhilip Livingston,WilliamAlexander Duer,JohnDuer,WilliamJay,CharlesLudlow Livingston (1800-1873) andHamiltonFish (1808-1893); second great-granduncle ofPeterRobert Livingston (1766-1847),JacobRutsen Van Rensselaer,PhilipJeremiah Schuyler andMaturinLivingston; third great-grandfather ofPhilipSchuyler,PeterRobert Livingston (1789-1859),GilbertLivingston Thompson,EdwardLivingston (1796-1840),WilliamDuer,HenryBell Van Rensselaer,DenningDuer,HenryBrockholst Ledyard,JohnJay II,JohnJacob Astor III,NicholasFish (1848-1902) andHamiltonFish Jr. (1849-1936); third great-granduncle ofJamesAlexander Hamilton,GerritSmith andElizabethCady Stanton; fourth great-grandfather ofKiliaenVan Rensselaer,WilliamWaldorf Astor,JohnKean,HamiltonFish Kean,JonathanMayhew Wainwright,CharlesLudlow Livingston (born 1870) andHamiltonFish Jr. (1888-1991); fourth great-granduncle ofCortlandtSchuyler Van Rensselaer; fifth great-grandfather ofGuyVernor Henry,HerbertLivingston Satterlee,WilliamAstor Chanler,LewisStuyvesant Chanler,MontgomerySchuyler Jr.,PeterAugustus Jay (1877-1933),PeterGoelet Gerry,HelenRoosevelt Robinson,OgdenLivingston Mills,BronsonMurray Cutting,RobertReginald Livingston,RobertWinthrop Kean,BrockholstLivingston andHamiltonFish Jr. (1926-1996); fifth great-granduncle ofRobertRay Hamilton; sixth great-grandfather ofJohnEliot Thayer Jr.,ThomasHoward Kean,HamiltonFish (born 1951) andAlexaFish Ward; seventh great-grandfather ofThomasHoward Kean Jr.; ancestor *** ofRobertLivingston Beeckman. | | | | Political families:Chanler-Astor-Wardfamily of New York City, New York;Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoWikipedia article |
| | Alexander Macomb (1748-1831) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in County Antrim, Ireland (nowNorthernIreland),1748.Fur trader;merchant;landspeculator; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County, 1788-89, 1790-91.Scotch-Irishancestry.Died inWashington,D.C.,1831(ageabout83 years).Burial location unknown. | | Joshua Pilcher (1790-1843) — of Missouri. Born inCulpeperCounty, Va.,March15, 1790.Fur trader; U.S. Consul inChihuahua, 1825-27; Indian agent; Superintendent of IndianAffairs.Member,Freemasons.Died, of sickness resulting fromexposure tothe elements, inSt.Louis, Mo.,June 5,1843 (age53 years, 82days).Original interment atChristChurch Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.; reinterment atBellefontaineCemetery, St. Louis, Mo.| | Relatives: Sonof Joshua Pilcher (1749-1810) and Nancy Pilcher. |
| | Henry Mower Rice (1816-1894) — also known asHenry M. Rice — of St. Paul,RamseyCounty, Minn.Born in Waitsfield,WashingtonCounty, Vt.,November29, 1816.Democrat.Fur trader;Delegateto U.S. Congress from Minnesota Territory, 1853-57;U.S.Senator from Minnesota, 1858-63; candidate forGovernor ofMinnesota, 1865.Died in San Antonio,BexarCounty, Tex.,January15, 1894 (age77 years, 47days).Interment atOaklandCemetery, St. Paul, Minn. | | Joseph Robidoux (1783-1868) — of St. Joseph,BuchananCounty, Mo.Born inSt.Louis, Mo.,August10, 1783.Fur trader;bakerybusiness;townpresident of St. Joseph, Missouri, 1845-46.Catholic.FrenchCanadian ancestry.Founder of St. Joseph, Mo. Died in St. Joseph,BuchananCounty, Mo.,May 27,1868 (age84 years, 291days).Original interment atCalvary Cemetery (which no longer exists), St. Joseph, Mo.;reinterment atMt. Olivet Cemetery, St. Joseph, Mo. | | Moses Seymour (1742-1826) — of Litchfield,LitchfieldCounty, Conn.Born in Hartford,HartfordCounty, Conn.,July 23,1742.Furrier;hatter;merchant;farmer;major in Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives from Litchfield, 1795-1811.Died in Litchfield,LitchfieldCounty, Conn.,September17, 1826 (age84 years, 56days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Moses Seymour (1711-1795) and Rachel (Goodwin) Seymour; married,November7, 1771, to Molly Marsh; father ofHoratioSeymour (1778-1857) andHenrySeymour; grandfather ofOrigenStorrs Seymour,HoratioSeymour (1810-1886),GeorgeSeymour and Julia Catherine Seymour (who marriedRoscoeConkling); granduncle ofMcNeilSeymour andHenryWilliam Seymour; great-grandfather ofEdwardWoodruff Seymour,JosephBattell,MorrisWoodruff Seymour andHoratioSeymour Jr.; great-granduncle ofNormanAlexander Seymour; first cousin twice removed ofHezekiahCook Seymour; first cousin thrice removed ofSilasSeymour,WilliamChapman Williston andAugustusSherrill Seymour; first cousin four times removed ofOrloErland Wadhams; first cousin five times removed ofFrankFiske Bostwick andDaltonG. Seymour; second cousin ofThomasSeymour; second cousin once removed ofWilliamPitkin; second cousin twice removed ofDavidLowrey Seymour andThomasHenry Seymour; second cousin thrice removed ofCalebSeymour Pitkin; third cousin ofJosiahCowles andDanielPitkin; third cousin once removed ofTimothyPitkin,OrsamusCook Merrill,TimothyMerrill andElaCollins; third cousin twice removed ofFarrandFassett Merrill,WilliamCollins,AlansonPike,JohnRobert Graham Pitkin andWilliamSheffield Cowles (1846-1923); third cousin thrice removed ofCharlesSeymour,CharlesUpson,CalvinJosiah Cowles,GadEly Upson,JosephPomeroy Root,ElizurStillman Goodrich,FrederickWalker Pitkin,JohnSammis Seymour,LutherS. Pitkin,RussellCowles Ostrander,AddisonBeecher Colvin,LaMonte Cowles,HelenHerron Taft,GardnerCowles andWilliamSheffield Cowles (1898-1986). | | | | Political family:Merrillfamily of Vermont and New Hampshire (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). |
| | Robert Stuart (1785-1848) — of Michigan. Born in Perthshire,Scotland,February19, 1785.Explorer;fur trader; business partner of John Jacob Astor;Michiganstate treasurer, 1840-41.Died in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,October28, 1848 (age63 years, 252days).Interment atElmwoodCemetery, Detroit, Mich.
| |
