Very incomplete list! | |  Neal Dow Becker (1883-1955) — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Cherry Creek,ChautauquaCounty, N.Y.,February13, 1883.Lawyer;president, HammondTypewriter Corporation, 1913-24; president(1925-52) and chairman (1952-55), Intertype Corporation; trustee andmember of executive committee, Consolidated Edisonelectricutility;bankdirector;HonoraryConsul-General for Bulgaria inNewYork, N.Y., 1923-33; chairman, Cornell University Board ofTrustees, 1947-53.Member,Council onForeign Relations.Died in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May 16,1955 (age72 years, 92days).Interment atAll Souls Onteora Park Church Cemetery, Hunter, N.Y. | | Benn Conger (1856-1922) — of Groton,TompkinsCounty, N.Y.Born in Groton,TompkinsCounty, N.Y.,October29, 1856.President, CoronaTypewriter Co.; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Tompkins County, 1900-01; member ofNew Yorkstate senate 41st District, 1909-10; resigned 1910.In 1910, heaccusedSen.JothamP. Allds, the majority leader, of accepting a bribe from bridgecompanies; Allds was investigated and ultimately resigned. Conger,who had also taken part in thebriberyscheme, was criticized for not coming forward sooner; facing a likelyattempt toexpelhim, heresigneda few days later.Died in Groton,TompkinsCounty, N.Y.,February28, 1922 (age65 years, 122days).Interment atGrotonRural Cemetery, Groton, N.Y.  | Timothy F. Gould (1879-1965) — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Bronx,BronxCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,June 22,1879.Democrat.Cigarbusiness; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County 30th District, 1916-17;typewriter supplies salesman.Died in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,August12, 1965 (age86 years, 51days).Interment atGateof Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, N.Y. | | Henry Morgenthau (1856-1946) — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Mannheim,Germany,April26, 1856.Lawyer;U.S. Ambassador toTurkey, 1913-16; director, UnderwoodTypewriter Company;director, EquitableLifeAssurance Society of U.S.; president, Herald SquareRealtyCompany; director, Mt. SinaiHospital.Jewish.Died following acerebralhemorrhage, in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November25, 1946 (age90 years, 213days).Interment atMt.Pleasant Cemetery, Hawthorne, N.Y. | | Charles Ames Washburn (1822-1889) — also known asCharles A. Washburn — ofSanFrancisco, Calif.Born in Livermore,AndroscogginCounty, Maine,March16, 1822.Republican.Wentto California for the 1849 Gold Rush; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from California,1856(member,CredentialsCommittee); Republican Presidential Elector for California,1860(voted forAbrahamLincoln andHannibalHamlin); U.S. Diplomatic Commissioner toParaguay, 1861-63; U.S. Minister toParaguay, 1863-68;novelist;inventedan earlytypewriter.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,January26, 1889 (age66 years, 316days).Burial location unknown.
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