Very incomplete list! | |  Cheney Ames (1808-1892) — of Oswego,OswegoCounty, N.Y.Born in Mexico,OswegoCounty, N.Y.,June 19,1808.Hatter; postmaster atOswego,N.Y., 1849-53, 1877-81; member ofNew Yorkstate senate 21st District, 1858-59, 1864-65; colonel in theUnion Army during the Civil War.Died in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,September14, 1892 (age84 years, 87days).Interment atRiversideCemetery, Scriba town, Oswego County, N.Y. | | Charles K. Bailey (born c.1863) — of Bethel,FairfieldCounty, Conn.Born about 1863. Republican.Hatter; postmaster atBethel,Conn., 1898-1907; member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives from Bethel, 1919-20.Burial location unknown. | | John Joseph Cavanagh (1864-1957) — also known asJohn J. Cavanagh — of Norwalk,FairfieldCounty, Conn.Born in South Norwalk (now part of Norwalk),FairfieldCounty, Conn.,January16, 1864.Democrat.Hat manufacturer;mayorof South Norwalk, Conn., 1902-03;mayorof Norwalk, Conn., 1908-09; alternate delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Connecticut,1928.Catholic.Irishancestry. Member,FriendlySons of St. Patrick.Died in Norwalk,FairfieldCounty, Conn.,January24, 1957 (age93 years, 8days).Burial location unknown.| |  Relatives: Sonof Lawrence Cavanagh and Margaret (Murphy) Cavanagh; married to AgnesGarvan. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle |
| | Israel Dodd Condit (1802-1897) — also known asIsrael D. Condit — of Millburn,EssexCounty, N.J.Born in Orange,EssexCounty, N.J.,July 9,1802.Hat manufacturer; member ofNewJersey state house of assembly from Essex County, 1867.Episcopalian.Died in Millburn,EssexCounty, N.J.,January29, 1897 (age94 years, 204days).Interment atSt. Stephens Episcopal Cemetery, Millburn, N.J.  | Volney Byron Cushing (1856-1930) — also known asVolney B. Cushing — of Bangor,PenobscotCounty, Maine; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Winterport,WaldoCounty, Maine,January31, 1856.Hatter;minister;lecturer;Prohibition candidate forGovernor ofMaine, 1888; Prohibition candidate forU.S.Representative from Maine 4th District, 1890, 1904; Prohibitioncandidate forU.S.Representative from New York, 1914 (20th District), 1916 (19thDistrict); Prohibition candidate forNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County 19th District, 1915;hotelmanager.Unitarian.Died in Norwalk,FairfieldCounty, Conn.,September23, 1930 (age74 years, 235days).Interment atHillsideCemetery, Wilton, Conn.| | Relatives: Sonof Peter Cushing and Eunice Colby (Dorr) Cushing; married,January19, 1886, to Nellie M. Pearson. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Prohibition PartyNational Committee |
| | John Daprato (b. 1852) — of Iron Mountain,DickinsonCounty, Mich.Born in Barga,Italy,1852.Republican.Hatter; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Dickinson County, 1913-20,1931-34.Italianancestry. Member,Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;ScottishRite Masons.Burial location unknown. | | Frank A. Doran — of Danbury,FairfieldCounty, Conn.Democrat.Hatter; member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives from Danbury, 1935-40.Burial location unknown. | | Thomas Dowd (b. 1864) — of Fall River,BristolCounty, Mass.Born inEngland,May1, 1864.Republican.Hatter; member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives Ninth Bristol District, 1904-06.Burial location unknown.  | George J. Englehart — of St. Joseph,BuchananCounty, Mo.Hat business;mayorof St. Joseph, Mo., 1888-90.Burial location unknown.| | Image source:City of St. Joseph |
 | Daniel F. Farrell (1869-1939) — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,April17, 1869.Democrat.Hatter; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Kings County 7th District, 1910-18; member ofNewYork state senate 5th District, 1919-30; resigned 1930; DeputyRegister, Kings County, 1930-35.Catholic.Member,Knightsof Columbus.Died in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,June 17,1939 (age70 years, 61days).Interment atSt.John's Cemetery, Middle Village, Queens, N.Y. | | John B. Ferre — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Democrat.Retail hatter; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Kings County 14th District, 1902-04.Burial location unknown. | | Henry Fister (1772-1853) — of Hamburg,BerksCounty, Pa.Born in Reading,BerksCounty, Pa.,January20, 1772.Hatter; postmaster atHamburg,Pa., 1809-30.Died in Hamburg,BerksCounty, Pa.,February7, 1853 (age81 years, 18days).Interment atSt. John's Cemetery, Hamburg, Pa.| | Relatives: Sonof Durst Fister and Elizabeth Fister; married to ElizabethStambach. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Thomas Gallagher (1850-1930) — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Concord,MerrimackCounty, N.H.,July 6,1850.Democrat.Hat business;bankdirector;U.S.Representative from Illinois 8th District, 1909-21.Catholic.Member,RoyalLeague;ImprovedOrder of Heptasophs.Died in San Antonio,BexarCounty, Tex.,February4, 1930 (age79 years, 213days).Interment atSt.Boniface Cemetery, Chicago, Ill. | | Howard S. Gilbert (born c.1860) — of Bethel,FairfieldCounty, Conn.Born in Bethel,FairfieldCounty, Conn., about 1860.Republican.Hatter; member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives from Bethel, 1917-18.Burial location unknown. | | Joseph J. Gillotte — of Danbury,FairfieldCounty, Conn.Democrat.Hatter; member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives from Danbury, 1935-40.Burial location unknown.  | Ransom Halloway (c.1793-1851) — also known asRansom Holloway — of Beekman,DutchessCounty, N.Y.Born in Beekman,DutchessCounty, N.Y., about 1793.Whig.Farmer;hatter;U.S.Representative from New York 8th District, 1849-51.Died in Upper Marlboro,PrinceGeorge's County, Md.,April 6,1851 (ageabout 58years).Interment atDodge Family Burial Ground, Pawling, N.Y. | | George H. Hickok (b. 1845) — of Bethel,FairfieldCounty, Conn.; Bound Brook,SomersetCounty, N.J.Born in Connecticut, December,1845.Manager inhat factory;warden(borough president) of Bethel, Connecticut, 1896-97, 1904-09,1917.Interment atCenter Cemetery, Bethel, Conn.| | Relatives: Sonof George Anson Hickok and Sarah Ann (Coley) Hickok; married toCaroline 'Carrie' Foster. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Robert E. Howard — of Norwalk,FairfieldCounty, Conn.Democrat. Executive with theHat Corporation of America;candidate formayorof Norwalk, Conn., 1947.Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. | | Charles A. Lighthipe (1824-1905) — of Orange,EssexCounty, N.J.Born in Orange,EssexCounty, N.J.,October11, 1824.Hat maker and manufacturer ofhat-forming machines;director, Morris and EssexRailroad;director, AmericanInsuranceCompany of Newark; organizer, CitizensGasCompany of Newark; member ofNewJersey state house of assembly from Essex County, 1864-65.Episcopalian.Suffered aparalyticstroke, and died two years later, in Orange,EssexCounty, N.J.,February14, 1905 (age80 years, 126days).Burial location unknown. | | Peter Nagle Jr. (b. 1782) — of Reading,BerksCounty, Pa.Born in Reading,BerksCounty, Pa.,June 11,1782.Hat manufacturer;tavernkeeper;grocer;distiller;chiefburgess of Reading, Pennsylvania, 1825-31, 1832-33, 1837-39.Burial location unknown. | | Edward Neblett (1818-1907) — of Weaverville,TrinityCounty, Calif.; Santa Rosa,SonomaCounty, Calif.Born inPrinceGeorge County, Va.,July 18,1818.Whig.Hatter;wentto California for the 1849 Gold Rush;TrinityCounty Sheriff, 1855-57; member ofCaliforniastate assembly 21st District, 1858-59;banker;hardwarebusiness;mayorof Santa Rosa, Calif., 1876-78.Member,Freemasons;KnightsTemplar.Died in Santa Rosa,SonomaCounty, Calif.,January19, 1907 (age88 years, 185days).Interment atSanta Rosa Rural Cemetery, Santa Rosa, Calif. | | Garry Paddock (born c.1872) — of Bridgeport,FairfieldCounty, Conn.Born in Brewster,PutnamCounty, N.Y., about 1872.Democrat.Hatter; member ofConnecticutstate senate 23rd District, 1911-12.Burial location unknown. | | Reuben S. Payne (1844-1896) — of Knoxville,KnoxCounty, Tenn.Born inDavidsonCounty, Tenn.,1844.Hat merchant;banker;mayorof Knoxville, Tenn., 1882.Died in1896(ageabout52 years).Interment atOldGray Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn. | | John Hamilton Reid (1854-1927) — also known asJohn H. Reid — of Bethel,FairfieldCounty, Conn.Born in Bethel,FairfieldCounty, Conn.,1854.Republican.Hatter; member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives from Bethel, 1911-12;warden(borough president) of Bethel, Connecticut, 1911.Scotch-Irishancestry.Died in1927(ageabout73 years).Interment atCenter Cemetery, Bethel, Conn. | | Solomon D. Rosenthal (b. 1845) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,February15, 1845.Democrat.Hat business; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County 12th District, 1884-85, 1888.Germanancestry.Burial location unknown. | | John B. Sanford (b. 1788) — of Brookfield,FairfieldCounty, Conn.Born in1788.Hat manufacturer; member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives from Brookfield, 1827.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives:Married1813 toRebecca Camp. |
| | 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). |
| | Samuel Shethar (c.1887-1940) — of Weston,FairfieldCounty, Conn.Born in New York, about 1887. Republican. Major in the U.S. Army during World War I;hatmanufacturer; member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives from Weston; defeated, 1930;elected 1932.Member,PhiGamma Delta;Freemasons.Died in Weston,FairfieldCounty, Conn.,April25, 1940 (ageabout 53years).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Edwin Hall Shethar and Agnes (Nesmuth) Shethar. |
| | Henry Stetson (1857-1905) — of Orange,EssexCounty, N.J.Born in Orange,EssexCounty, N.J., January,1857.Democrat.Hat manufacturer;mayor ofOrange, N.J., 1898-1904; defeated in primary, 1904.Member,Freemasons.Died, frompneumonia,in Atlantic City,AtlanticCounty, N.J.,March15, 1905 (age48 years, 0days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Napoleon Stetson and Mary (Leonard) Stetson; nephew of John B.Stetson; first cousin ofJohnBatterson Stetson Jr.. |
| | John Batterson Stetson Jr. (1884-1952) — also known asJohn B. Stetson, Jr. — of Ashbourne,MontgomeryCounty, Pa.; Elkins Park,MontgomeryCounty, Pa.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,October14, 1884.Republican. Pilot and captain for U.S. Air Service, World War I;hat manufacturer; U.S. Minister toPoland, 1925-29; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II.Baptist.Member,AmericanGeographic Society.Died in Elkins Park,MontgomeryCounty, Pa.,November15, 1952 (age68 years, 32days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | Hiram L. Sturdevant (b. 1801) — of Danbury,FairfieldCounty, Conn.Born in Brookfield,FairfieldCounty, Conn.,1801.Hat manufacturer; member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives from Danbury, 1844.Died in Danbury,FairfieldCounty, Conn.Burial location unknown. | | Bloomfield Usher (1814-1893) — of Potsdam,St.Lawrence County, N.Y.Born in Herkimer,HerkimerCounty, N.Y.,1814.Hatter;canalsuperintendent;banker;member ofNew Yorkstate senate 15th District, 1857.Died in1893(ageabout79 years).Interment atBaysideCemetery, Potsdam, N.Y. | | Zalmon Wildman (1775-1835) — of Danbury,FairfieldCounty, Conn.Born in Danbury,FairfieldCounty, Conn.,February16, 1775.Democrat.Hat manufacturer;banker;postmaster atDanbury,Conn., 1808-35; member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives, 1818-19;U.S.Representative from Connecticut at-large, 1835; died in office1835.Died inWashington,D.C.,December10, 1835 (age60 years, 297days).Interment atWoosterCemetery, Danbury, Conn.; cenotaph atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C. | | Philip Wissig (b. 1848) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born inGermany,March28, 1848.Democrat.Hat business;liquordealer; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County 8th District, 1888, 1890,1892; defeated, 1881, 1882, 1886.Germanancestry.Burial location unknown.
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