CINXE.COM

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Cony-Sewall family</a> of Augusta, Maine</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 338,260 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present."> <meta name="keywords" content="political biography history genealogy cemeteries politics candidates congress senators legislators governors politicians biographies ancestors mayors birthplace geography elections"> <meta name="author" content="Lawrence Kestenbaum"> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-7383562-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'https://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })(); </script> </head> <body bgcolor="#FFFFDD" text="#000000" link="#cc0000" alink="#ff0000" vlink="#760000"> <style type="text/css"> p {font-family:georgia,garamond,serif} td {font-family:georgia,garamond,serif} A:link {text-decoration: none} A:visited {text-decoration: none} A:active {text-decoration: none} A:hover {text-decoration: underline} </style> PoliticalGraveyard.com <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/index.html" border=0> <img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/images/tpgmain6.gif" width=450 height=216 border=0 alt="The Political Graveyard: A Database of American History"></a> Cony-Sewall family</a> of Augusta, Maine <table width=100%><tr><td valign="top"> Note: This is just one of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/index.html">1,325 family groupings</a> listed on <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/">The Political Graveyard</a> web site. These families each have three or more politician members, all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption. This specific family group is a subset of the much larger <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a> group. An individual may be listed with more than one subset. These groupings — even the names of the groupings, and the areas of main activity — are the result of a computer algorithm working with the data I have, not the choices of any historian or genealogist. <table align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Daniel Cony (1752-1842) — of Hallowell, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/KE-lived.html">Kennebec County</a>, Maine; Augusta, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/KE-lived.html">Kennebec County</a>, Maine. Born in Stoughton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/NO-born.html">Norfolk County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1752/08-03.html">August 3, 1752</a>. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">physician</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/sthse.html">Massachusetts state house of representatives</a>, 1786-92, 1797; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/stsen.html">Massachusetts state senate</a>, 1800; common pleas court judge in Massachusetts, 1810; probate judge in Maine, 1820. Died in Augusta, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/KE-died.html">Kennebec County</a>, Maine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1842/01-21.html">January 21, 1842</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/89.html">89 years, 171 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/KE-buried.html# ">Cony Cemetery</a>, Augusta, Maine. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Samuel Cony (1718-1803) and Rebecca (Guild) Cony; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1776/11-14.html">November 14, 1776</a>, to Susanna Curtis; father of Susan Bowdoin Cony (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conrey-coogan.html#303.67.64">Samuel Cony (1775-1835)</a>) and Paulina Bass Cony (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/weston.html#514.03.94">Nathan Weston Jr.</a>); uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conrey-coogan.html#303.67.64">Samuel Cony (1775-1835)</a>; grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conrey-coogan.html#267.18.91">Samuel Cony (1811-1870)</a> and Susan Cony (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/perkins.html#129.87.11">Richard Foster Perkins</a>); great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fuller.html#626.70.64">Melville Weston Fuller</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conrey-coogan.html#612.03.26">Daniel Albert Cony</a>; second great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conrey-coogan.html#449.90.28">Robert Alexander Cony</a>; third great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/meekins-mellen.html#033.00.37">Chase Mellen Jr.</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-2489.html">Cony-Sewall family</a> of Augusta, Maine (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/42032414">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Samuel Cony (1775-1835) — of Augusta, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/KE-lived.html">Kennebec County</a>, Maine. Born in Shutesbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/FR-born.html">Franklin County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1775/11-24.html">November 24, 1775</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">Merchant</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/adgen.html">Adjutant General of Maine</a>, 1820-30. Died in Augusta, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/KE-died.html">Kennebec County</a>, Maine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1835/11-08.html">November 8, 1835</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/59.html">59 years, 349 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/KE-buried.html#cms00691">Forest Grove Cemetery</a>, Augusta, Maine. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Samuel Cony (1746-1779) and Susanna (Johnson) Cony; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1803/11-24.html">November 24, 1803</a>, to Susan Bowdoin Cony (daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conrey-coogan.html#387.07.76">Daniel Cony (1752-1842)</a>); father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conrey-coogan.html#267.18.91">Samuel Cony (1811-1870)</a> and Susan Cony (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/perkins.html#129.87.11">Richard Foster Perkins</a>); nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conrey-coogan.html#387.07.76">Daniel Cony (1752-1842)</a>; grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conrey-coogan.html#612.03.26">Daniel Albert Cony</a>; great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conrey-coogan.html#449.90.28">Robert Alexander Cony</a>; second great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/meekins-mellen.html#033.00.37">Chase Mellen Jr.</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fuller.html#626.70.64">Melville Weston Fuller</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-2489.html">Cony-Sewall family</a> of Augusta, Maine (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/58306707">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Nathan Weston Jr. (1782-1872) — of Augusta, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/KE-lived.html">Kennebec County</a>, Maine. Born in Hallowell, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/KE-born.html">Kennebec County</a>, Maine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1782/07-27.html">July 27, 1782</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/augusta.html#2">Augusta, Maine</a>, 1811-12; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/spju.html">justice of Maine state supreme court</a>, 1820-34; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/spcj.html">chief justice of Maine state supreme court</a>, 1834-41. Died in Augusta, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/KE-died.html">Kennebec County</a>, Maine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1872/06-04.html">June 4, 1872</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/89.html">89 years, 313 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/KE-buried.html# ">Cony Cemetery</a>, Augusta, Maine. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Nathan Weston and Elizabeth (Bancroft) Weston; married to Paulina Bass Cony (daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conrey-coogan.html#387.07.76">Daniel Cony</a>); grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fuller.html#626.70.64">Melville Weston Fuller</a>; great-grandfather of Mildred Fuller (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wallace.html#048.89.80">Hugh Campbell Wallace</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-2489.html">Cony-Sewall family</a> of Augusta, Maine (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan Weston">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/42032799">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Richard Foster Perkins (1809-1868) — also known as Richard F. Perkins — of Augusta, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/KE-lived.html">Kennebec County</a>, Maine; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-lived.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif. Born in Bridgewater, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/PL-born.html">Plymouth County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1809/11-12.html">November 12, 1809</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/augusta.html#2">Augusta, Maine</a>, 1842-43; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/sanfrancisco.html#2">San Francisco, Calif.</a>, 1864-68; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/sthse.html">Maine state house of representatives</a>, 1844-45. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/on-ships.html">aboard</a> the passenger ship Colorado, on a voyage from San Francisco to New York, in the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WW/PA-died.html">North Pacific Ocean</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1868/10-13.html">October 13, 1868</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/58.html">58 years, 336 days</a>). Buried at sea in North Pacific Ocean. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of George Washington Perkins and Anna (Ames) Perkins; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1834/12-29.html">December 29, 1834</a>, to Susan Cony (daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conrey-coogan.html#303.67.64">Samuel Cony (1775-1835)</a>; sister of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conrey-coogan.html#267.18.91">Samuel Cony (1811-1870)</a>; aunt of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conrey-coogan.html#612.03.26">Daniel Albert Cony</a>; granddaughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conrey-coogan.html#387.07.76">Daniel Cony</a>); married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1843/12-11.html">December 11, 1843</a>, to Emeline Page Avery.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-2489.html">Cony-Sewall family</a> of Augusta, Maine (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Samuel Cony (1811-1870) — of Augusta, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/KE-lived.html">Kennebec County</a>, Maine. Born in Augusta, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/KE-born.html">Kennebec County</a>, Maine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1811/02-27.html">February 27, 1811</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/sthse.html">Maine state house of representatives</a>, 1835, 1862; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/gvcn.html">Maine Governor's Council</a>, 1839; probate judge in Maine, 1840-47; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/trea.html">Maine state treasurer</a>, 1850-55; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/augusta.html">mayor of Augusta, Maine</a>, 1854; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Maine</a>, 1864-67. Died in Augusta, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/KE-died.html">Kennebec County</a>, Maine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1870/10-05.html">October 5, 1870</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/59.html">59 years, 220 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/KE-buried.html#cms00691">Forest Grove Cemetery</a>, Augusta, Maine. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conrey-coogan.html#303.67.64">Samuel Cony (1775-1835)</a> and Susan (Cony) Cony; brother of Susan Cony (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/perkins.html#129.87.11">Richard Foster Perkins</a>); married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1833/10-17.html">October 17, 1833</a>, to Mercy Hannah Sewall; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1849/11-22.html">November 22, 1849</a>, to Lucy Williams Brooks; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conrey-coogan.html#612.03.26">Daniel Albert Cony</a> and Susan Hannah Cony (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/malster-manly.html#059.58.21">Joseph Homan Manley</a>); grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conrey-coogan.html#387.07.76">Daniel Cony</a>; granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conrey-coogan.html#449.90.28">Robert Alexander Cony</a>; great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/meekins-mellen.html#033.00.37">Chase Mellen Jr.</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fuller.html#626.70.64">Melville Weston Fuller</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-2489.html">Cony-Sewall family</a> of Augusta, Maine (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/samuel-cony/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/137321337">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Melville Weston Fuller (1833-1910) — also known as Melville W. Fuller — of Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill. Born in Augusta, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/KE-born.html">Kennebec County</a>, Maine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1833/02-11.html">February 11, 1833</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/cncn3.html">Delegate to Illinois state constitutional convention</a> from Cook County, 1862; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/sthse.html">Illinois state house of representatives</a>, 1863; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1864/IL.html">1864</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1876/IL.html">1876</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1880/IL.html">1880</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1880/committees.html">Resolutions Committee</a>); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/us-supreme-ct.html">Chief Justice of U.S. Supreme Court</a>, 1888-1910; died in office 1910. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Died in Sorrento, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/HA-died.html">Hancock County</a>, Maine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1910/07-04.html">July 4, 1910</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 143 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-buried.html#cms00128">Graceland Cemetery</a>, Chicago, Ill. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Frederick Augustus Fuller and Catherine Martin (Weston) Fuller; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1858/">1858</a> to Calista Ophelia Reynolds; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1866/">1866</a> to Mary Ellen 'Molly' Coolbaugh (daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cookerly-cooledge.html#385.49.74">William Findlay Coolbaugh</a>); father of Mildred Fuller (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wallace.html#048.89.80">Hugh Campbell Wallace</a>); grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/weston.html#514.03.94">Nathan Weston Jr.</a>; great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conrey-coogan.html#387.07.76">Daniel Cony</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conrey-coogan.html#267.18.91">Samuel Cony (1811-1870)</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conrey-coogan.html#303.67.64">Samuel Cony (1775-1835)</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conrey-coogan.html#612.03.26">Daniel Albert Cony</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conrey-coogan.html#449.90.28">Robert Alexander Cony</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/meekins-mellen.html#033.00.37">Chase Mellen Jr.</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-2489.html">Cony-Sewall family</a> of Augusta, Maine (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Cross-reference: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dawyn-day.html#979.44.25">Stephen A. Day</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Fuller <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-parks.html">Park</a> (opened about 1914), in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-names.html">Chicago, Illinois</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> SS Melville W. Fuller (built 1942 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/CC-names.html">Richmond, California</a>; later renamed USS Cassiopeia; sunk as target 1961) was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melville W. Fuller">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/889/000180349">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/5580">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://billiongraves.com/pages/record/burial/*">BillionGraves burial record</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Books about Melville W. Fuller: James W. Ely, Jr., <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1570030189/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1570030189&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">The Chief Justiceship of Melville W. Fuller, 1888-1910</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/id?3950140"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/665/62.47.jpg" width=70 height=99 border=0 alt="Arthur Sewall"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Arthur Sewall (1835-1900) — of Bath, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/SA-lived.html">Sagadahoc County</a>, Maine. Born in Bath, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/SA-born.html">Sagadahoc County</a>, Maine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1835/11-25.html">November 25, 1835</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/nautical.html">Shipbuilder</a>; part owner of the Bath <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/metal.html">Iron Works</a>; president, Maine Central <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">Railroad</a>; director for other <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">railroads</a>; president, Bath National <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Bank</a>; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1876/ME.html">1876</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1880/ME.html">1880</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1880/committees.html">Credentials Committee</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1888/ME.html">1888</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/ME.html">Democratic National Committee from Maine</a>, 1888-96; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/pres-vp.html">Vice President of the United States</a>, 1896. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/swedenborgian.html">Swedenborgian</a>. Suffered a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/stroke.html">stroke of apoplexy</a> and died three days later, in Phippsburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/SA-died.html">Sagadahoc County</a>, Maine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1900/09-05.html">September 5, 1900</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">64 years, 284 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/SA-buried.html#cms04218">Oak Grove Cemetery</a>, Bath, Maine. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of William Dunning Sewall and Rachel Allen (Trufant) Sewall; married to Emma Duncan Crooker; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sewall.html#579.18.45">Harold Marsh Sewall</a>; grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sewall.html#333.94.85">Arthur Sewall (1887-1961)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sewall.html#543.30.13">Loyall Farragut Sewall</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sewall.html#714.27.51">Sumner Sewall</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sewall.html#000.07.40">Arthur Sewall II</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conrey-coogan.html#612.03.26">Daniel Albert Cony</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/meekins-mellen.html#033.00.37">Chase Mellen Jr.</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sewall.html#196.78.65">Samuel Sewall</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/malster-manly.html#059.58.21">Joseph Homan Manley</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-2489.html">Cony-Sewall family</a> of Augusta, Maine; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-2492.html">Sewall family</a> of Bath, Maine (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/274/000206653">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7232538">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: New York Public Library</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Daniel Albert Cony (1837-1892) — also known as Daniel A. Cony — of Augusta, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/KE-lived.html">Kennebec County</a>, Maine. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1837/05-05.html">May 5, 1837</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/grain.html">Grain merchant</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/augusta.html">mayor of Augusta, Maine</a>, 1875. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart disease</a>, in Augusta, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/KE-died.html">Kennebec County</a>, Maine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1892/07-23.html">July 23, 1892</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/55.html">55 years, 79 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/KE-buried.html#cms00691">Forest Grove Cemetery</a>, Augusta, Maine. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conrey-coogan.html#267.18.91">Samuel Cony (1811-1870)</a> and Mercy Hannah (Sewall) Cony; married to Mary Jones; nephew of Susan Cony (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/perkins.html#129.87.11">Richard Foster Perkins</a>); grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conrey-coogan.html#303.67.64">Samuel Cony (1775-1835)</a>; granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/meekins-mellen.html#033.00.37">Chase Mellen Jr.</a>; great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conrey-coogan.html#387.07.76">Daniel Cony</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sewall.html#665.62.47">Arthur Sewall (1835-1900)</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sewall.html#579.18.45">Harold Marsh Sewall</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conrey-coogan.html#449.90.28">Robert Alexander Cony</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sewall.html#333.94.85">Arthur Sewall (1887-1961)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sewall.html#543.30.13">Loyall Farragut Sewall</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sewall.html#714.27.51">Sumner Sewall</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sewall.html#000.07.40">Arthur Sewall II</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fuller.html#626.70.64">Melville Weston Fuller</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sewall.html#196.78.65">Samuel Sewall</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/malster-manly.html#059.58.21">Joseph Homan Manley</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-2489.html">Cony-Sewall family</a> of Augusta, Maine; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-2492.html">Sewall family</a> of Bath, Maine (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/58327139">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/8751751814/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/059/58.21.jpg" width=70 height=98 border=0 alt="Joseph H. Manley"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Joseph Homan Manley (1842-1905) — also known as Joseph H. Manley — of Augusta, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/KE-lived.html">Kennebec County</a>, Maine. Born in Bangor, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/PE-born.html">Penobscot County</a>, Maine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1842/10-13.html">October 13, 1842</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/augusta.html#2">Augusta, Maine</a>, 1881-85, 1889-92; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">publisher</a>, Maine Farmer; delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1888/ME.html">1888</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1900/ME.html">1900</a>; speaker, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1896/speakers.html">1896</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/ME.html">Maine Republican state chair</a>, 1888-96; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/ME.html">Republican National Committee from Maine</a>, 1896; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/index.html">Secretary of Republican National Committee</a>, 1896. Died in Augusta, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/KE-died.html">Kennebec County</a>, Maine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1905/02-07.html">February 7, 1905</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/62.html">62 years, 117 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/KE-buried.html#cms00691">Forest Grove Cemetery</a>, Augusta, Maine. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of James Sullivan Manley and Caroline Gill (Sewall) Manley; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1866/10-04.html">October 4, 1866</a>, to Susan Hannah Cony (daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conrey-coogan.html#267.18.91">Samuel Cony</a>); grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/meekins-mellen.html#033.00.37">Chase Mellen Jr.</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sewall.html#196.78.65">Samuel Sewall</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sewall.html#665.62.47">Arthur Sewall</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conrey-coogan.html#612.03.26">Daniel Albert Cony</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-2489.html">Cony-Sewall family</a> of Augusta, Maine (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/58328047">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Life and Work of James G. Blaine (1893)</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Harold Marsh Sewall (1860-1924) — also known as Harold M. Sewall — of Bath, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/SA-lived.html">Sagadahoc County</a>, Maine. Born in Bath, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/SA-born.html">Sagadahoc County</a>, Maine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1860/01-03.html">January 3, 1860</a>. Republican. U.S. Vice Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ED-consuls.html ">Liverpool</a>, 1885-87; U.S. Consul General in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SX-consuls.html ">Apia</a>, 1887-92; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/sthse.html">Maine state house of representatives</a>, 1896, 1903-07; delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1896/ME.html">1896</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1916/ME.html">1916</a>; U.S. Minister to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/HI/ofc/diplo.html ">Hawaiian Islands</a>, 1897-98; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/stsen.html">Maine state senate</a>, 1907-09; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Maine</a> 2nd District, 1914; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/ME.html">Republican National Committee from Maine</a>, 1924. Died, in a private <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">hospital</a> in Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-died.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1924/10-28.html">October 28, 1924</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">64 years, 299 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/SA-buried.html#cms04218">Oak Grove Cemetery</a>, Bath, Maine. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sewall.html#665.62.47">Arthur Sewall (1835-1900)</a> and Emma Duncan (Crooker) Sewall; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1893/09-14.html">September 14, 1893</a>, to Camilla Loyall Ashe; father of Camilla Loyall Ashe Sewall (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ede-edlin.html#147.53.09">Walter Evans Edge</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sewall.html#543.30.13">Loyall Farragut Sewall</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sewall.html#000.07.40">Arthur Sewall II</a>; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sewall.html#333.94.85">Arthur Sewall (1887-1961)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sewall.html#714.27.51">Sumner Sewall</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conrey-coogan.html#612.03.26">Daniel Albert Cony</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/meekins-mellen.html#033.00.37">Chase Mellen Jr.</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sewall.html#196.78.65">Samuel Sewall</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-2489.html">Cony-Sewall family</a> of Augusta, Maine; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-2492.html">Sewall family</a> of Bath, Maine (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/sewall-harold-marsh ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Robert Alexander Cony (1876-1945) — also known as Robert A. Cony — of Augusta, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/KE-lived.html">Kennebec County</a>, Maine. Born in Augusta, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/KE-born.html">Kennebec County</a>, Maine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1876/09-13.html">September 13, 1876</a>. Republican. Private secretary, U.S. Rep. and Sen. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/burket-burnet.html#029.17.48">Edwin C. Burleigh</a>, 1907-16; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/augusta.html">mayor of Augusta, Maine</a>, 1929-33. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sons-union-vets.html">Sons of Veterans</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kiwanis.html">Kiwanis</a>. Died in Augusta, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/KE-died.html">Kennebec County</a>, Maine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1945/01-01.html">January 1, 1945</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">68 years, 110 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/KE-buried.html#cms05887">Riverside Cemetery</a>, Augusta, Maine. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Robert Alonzo Cony and Ida E. (Pratt) Cony; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1913/11-26.html">November 26, 1913</a>, to Louise E. Gartley; grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conrey-coogan.html#267.18.91">Samuel Cony (1811-1870)</a>; great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conrey-coogan.html#303.67.64">Samuel Cony (1775-1835)</a>; second great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conrey-coogan.html#387.07.76">Daniel Cony</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conrey-coogan.html#612.03.26">Daniel Albert Cony</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fuller.html#626.70.64">Melville Weston Fuller</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/meekins-mellen.html#033.00.37">Chase Mellen Jr.</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-2489.html">Cony-Sewall family</a> of Augusta, Maine (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/88482846">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Chase Mellen Jr. (1897-1978) — of Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Born in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-born.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1897/02-05.html">February 5, 1897</a>. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/cr21.html">delegate to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment</a>, 1933; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-parties.html">chair of New York County Republican Party</a>, 1933-35; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/NY.html">1936</a>; Liberal Party candidate for New York City Controller, 1953. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/soc-cincinnati.html">Society of the Cincinnati</a>. Died, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1978/09-12.html">September 12, 1978</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">81 years, 219 days</a>). His <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/donated.html">body was donated</a> to the New York University Hospital. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Chase Mellen and Lucy Cony (Manley) Mellen; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1941/01-30.html">January 30, 1941</a>, to Sarah (Brisbane) McCrary; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/malster-manly.html#059.58.21">Joseph Homan Manley</a>; grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conrey-coogan.html#612.03.26">Daniel Albert Cony</a>; great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conrey-coogan.html#267.18.91">Samuel Cony (1811-1870)</a>; second great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conrey-coogan.html#303.67.64">Samuel Cony (1775-1835)</a>; third great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conrey-coogan.html#387.07.76">Daniel Cony</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sewall.html#665.62.47">Arthur Sewall (1835-1900)</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sewall.html#579.18.45">Harold Marsh Sewall</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conrey-coogan.html#449.90.28">Robert Alexander Cony</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fuller.html#626.70.64">Melville Weston Fuller</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sewall.html#333.94.85">Arthur Sewall (1887-1961)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sewall.html#543.30.13">Loyall Farragut Sewall</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sewall.html#714.27.51">Sumner Sewall</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sewall.html#000.07.40">Arthur Sewall II</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-2489.html">Cony-Sewall family</a> of Augusta, Maine (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="center"> </td></tr></table> <hr> <table width=100%> <tr><td align="center"> "Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard." Henry L. Clinton, Apollo Hall, New York City, February 3, 1872</td> <td><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/"> <img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/images/tpgsub.gif" width=450 height=71 align="right" border=0 alt="The Political Graveyard"></a></td></tr></table> <table width=100% cellpadding=2> <tr><td colspan=3> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/index.html">The Political Graveyard</a> is a web site about U.S. political history and cemeteries. Founded in 1996, it is the Internet's most comprehensive free source for American political biography, listing 338,260 politicians, living and dead.</td></tr> <tr><td colspan=3> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> The coverage of this site includes (1) the President, Vice President, members of Congress, elected state and territorial officeholders in all fifty states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories; and the chief elected official, typically the mayor, of qualifying municipalities; (2) candidates at election, including primaries, for any of the above; (3) all federal judges and all state appellate judges; (4) certain federal officials, including the federal cabinet, diplomatic chiefs of mission, consuls, U.S. district attorneys, collectors of customs and internal revenue, members of major federal commissions; and political appointee (pre-1969) postmasters of qualifying communities; (5) state and national political party officials, including delegates, alternate delegates, and other participants in national party nominating conventions; (6) Americans who served as "honorary" consuls for other nations before 1950. Note: municipalities or communities "qualify", for Political Graveyard purposes, if they have at least half a million person-years of history, inclusive of predecessor, successor, and merged entities.</td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> The listings are incomplete; development of the database is a continually ongoing project.</td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> Information on this page — and on all other pages of this site — is believed to be accurate, but is not guaranteed. Users are advised to check with other sources before relying on any information here.</td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> The official URL for this page is: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-2489.html">https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-2489.html</a>.</td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> Links to this or any other Political Graveyard page are welcome, but specific page addresses may sometimes change as the site develops.</td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> If you are searching for a specific named individual, try the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html">alphabetical index of politicians</a>.</td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td colspan=3 align="left" valign="top"> Copyright notices: (1) Facts are not subject to copyright; see <a href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/copyright/cases/499_US_340.htm">Feist v. Rural Telephone</a>. (2) Politician portraits displayed on this site are 70-pixel-wide monochrome thumbnail images, which I believe to constitute fair use under applicable copyright law. Where possible, each image is linked to its online source. However, requests from owners of copyrighted images to delete them from this site are honored. (3) Original material, programming, selection and arrangement are © 1996-2025 Lawrence Kestenbaum. (4) This work is also licensed for free non-commercial re-use, with attribution, under a <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.en">Creative Commons License</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td colspan=3 align="left" valign="top"> What is a "political graveyard"? See <a href="https://politicaldictionary.com/words/political-graveyard">Political Dictionary</a>; <a href="https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=political%20graveyard">Urban Dictionary</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td colspan=3 align="left" valign="top"> Site information: The Political Graveyard is created and maintained by Lawrence Kestenbaum, who is solely responsible for its structure and content. — The mailing address is The Political Graveyard, P.O. Box 2563, Ann Arbor MI 48106. — This site is hosted by <a href="https://www.hdlmi.com">HDLmi.com</a>. — The Political Graveyard opened on July 1, 1996; the last full revision was done on February 17, 2025. </td></tr> </table> </body> </html>

CINXE.COM

The Political Graveyard: Cony-Sewall family of Augusta, Maine