See thetrouble anddisgrace main page, as well as theFAQ and thePoliticalGraveyard privacy policy, for important explanations anddisclaimers. in chronological order | |  William Duer (1747-1799) — also known as"Philo-Publius" — ofNewYork County, N.Y.Born in Devon,England,March18, 1747.Planter;timber andlumber merchant;delegateto New York state constitutional convention, 1776; member ofNew Yorkstate senate Eastern District, 1777;Delegateto Continental Congress from New York, 1777; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County, 1785-86; went bankrupt as aresult of the Panic of 1792, and wasimprisonedfordebt.Died, indebtor'sprison, New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,April18, 1799 (age52 years, 31days).Originally entombed atOldSt. Thomas Church, Manhattan, N.Y.; reinterment atTrinityCemetery, Manhattan, N.Y. | | Robert Morris (1734-1806) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Liverpool,England,January31, 1734.Delegateto Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1776;signer,Declaration of Independence, 1776; member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives, 1785;member,U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787;U.S.Senator from Pennsylvania, 1789-95.Episcopalian.Englishancestry.Financier of the American Revolution, but went broke in the process.Imprisonedfordebt from February 1798 to August 1801.Slaveowner. Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,May 8,1806 (age72 years, 97days).Entombed atChristChurch Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Pa.; statue atIndependenceNational Historical Park, Philadelphia, Pa.; memorial monument atConstitution Gardens, Washington, D.C. | | Nathaniel Peabody (1741-1823) — of Atkinson,RockinghamCounty, N.H.Born in Topsfield,EssexCounty, Mass.,March 1,1741.Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; memberofNewHampshire state house of representatives, 1776-79, 1781-85,1787-90, 1793-96;Delegateto Continental Congress from New Hampshire, 1779-80, 1785;delegateto New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1782-83; memberofNewHampshire Governor's Council, 1784-86; member ofNewHampshire state senate from Rockingham County, 1785-86, 1790-93.Confinedin adebtor'sprisonfor about twenty years.Died, fromconsumption(tuberculosis),in Exeter,RockinghamCounty, N.H.,June 7,1823 (age82 years, 98days).Interment atOak Hill Cemetery, East Kingston, N.H. | | James Swan (1754-1830) — of Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.; Paris,France.Born in Fife,Scotland,1754.Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; twicewounded at the Battle of Bunker Hill; member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1777-78;imprisonedfordebt in Paris, from 1808 to about 1830.Died in Paris,France,July31, 1830 (ageabout 76years).Burial location unknown. | | Richard Cutts (1771-1845) — of Pepperell,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.Born in Saco,YorkCounty, Maine,June 28,1771.Democrat. Member of Massachusetts state legislature, 1790;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts, 1801-13 (at-large 1801-05,14th District 1805-13);imprisonedfordebt, 1828.Died inWashington,D.C.,April 7,1845 (age73 years, 283days).Original interment atSt.John's Church Cemetery, Lafayette Square, Washington, D.C.;reinterment in 1857 atOakHill Cemetery, Washington, D.C. | | Israel DeWolf Andrews (c.1813-1871) — also known asIsrael D. Andrews — of Maine. Born inNewBrunswick, about 1813.Naturalized U.S. citizen;imprisonedfordebt more than once; U.S. Consul inSaint John, 1843-48; U.S. Special Diplomatic Agent toCanada, 1849-54; U.S. Consul General inToronto, 1855-57; successfully advocated for reciprocal tradeagreements.Died, reportedly due toalcoholism,in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,February17, 1871 (ageabout 58years).Interment atHillsideCemetery, Eastport, Maine. | | Albert Hiram Lennox (1842-1907) — also known asAlbert H. Lennox;Albert HiramLenox —of Camden,CamdenCounty, N.J.Born in Trenton,MercerCounty, N.J.,December22, 1842.Shipbroker;commissionmerchant;Vice-Consulfor Haiti inPhiladelphia,Pa., 1877-83;Consulfor Greece inPhiladelphia,Pa., 1881-91;Consulfor Haiti inPhiladelphia,Pa., 1883-91; in 1891, he and other officers of some mutualbenefit associations werechargedin Philadelphia with obtaining moneyunder falsepretenses; in 1894, he resistedevictionfornon-payment of rent; he was no longer consul, butfalselyclaimddiplomaticimmunity; the government of Haiti contradicted his claim, and ascandalresulted.Died in Camden,CamdenCounty, N.J.,July 4,1907 (age64 years, 194days).Interment atColestownCemetery, Cherry Hill Township, Camden County, N.J.| |  Relatives: Sonof Elizabeth Jane Lenox and Hiram Lenox; married to EmmaStoy. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
 | John Edward Charles O'Sullivan Addicks(1841-1919) —also known asJ. Edward Addicks;"GasAddicks";"Napoleon of Gas";"Frenzied Financier" —of Claymont,New CastleCounty, Del.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,November21, 1841.Republican.Flourmerchant; built and controlled theilluminatinggas industry in Boston and other cities; tried for years withoutsuccess to win a seat in the U.S. Senate; member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Delaware, 1904; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Delaware,1904;arrestedin New York, 1913, over his refusal to acknowledgemoneyjudgements against him by creditors, and released on bond;jailedin 1915 forcontemptof court.Died in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,August7, 1919 (age77 years, 259days).Interment atLaurelHill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
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