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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Addison County, Vt.</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 320,919 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 ? 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Born in Warwick, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/FR-born.html">Franklin County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1771/09-13.html">September 13, 1771</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/sthse.html">Vermont state house of representatives</a>, 1800-11; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Vermont</a>, 1813-15, 1817-24 (at-large 1813-15, 1817-19, 3rd District 1819-24); died in office 1824. Died in Shoreham, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/AD-died.html">Addison County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1824/10-15.html">October 15, 1824</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/53.html">53 years, 32 days</a>). Interment in a private or family graveyard. <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 Thomas Rich; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1791/">1791</a> to Molly Watts; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rich-richard.html#715.57.96">Charles Rich Jr.</a>; grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rich-richard.html#052.49.14">John Tyler Rich</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/16224.html">Rich family</a> of Lapeer, Michigan.</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://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000207">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409183">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles Rich">Wikipedia article</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name=" ">Lake View Cemetery</a> West Addison, Addison, Addison County, Vermont <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John Strong (1738-1816) — of Dorset, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/BE-lived.html">Bennington County</a>, Vt.; Addison, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/AD-lived.html">Addison County</a>, Vt. Born in Salisbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/LI-born.html">Litchfield County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1738/08-16.html">August 16, 1738</a>. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/sthse.html">Vermont state house of representatives</a>, 1779-82, 1784-87; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/cncn.html">delegate to Vermont state constitutional convention</a>, 1791; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/gvcn.html">Vermont Governor's Council</a>, 1801. Died in Addison, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/AD-died.html">Addison County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1816/06-16.html">June 16, 1816</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 305 days</a>). Interment at Lake View Cemetery. <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 Noah Strong and Deborah Strong; married to Agnes McCure; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/strong.html#353.85.15">Samuel Strong</a>; grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seymour.html#141.11.46">George Seymour</a>; great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woodall-woodburn.html#668.08.14">Frederick Enoch Woodbridge</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hale.html#038.84.69">Charles Hale</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/upjohn-upston.html#967.04.59">Daniel Upson</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/upjohn-upston.html#647.53.19">Charles Upson</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/upjohn-upston.html#336.78.61">Gad Ely Upson</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/upjohn-upston.html#291.66.45">Christopher Columbus Upson</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/upjohn-upston.html#436.82.26">Andrew Seth Upson</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/upjohn-upston.html#928.05.17">Evelyn M. Upson</a>; second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee1.html#885.54.91">Asbury Wright Lee</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/anderson9.html#253.21.49">Warren Edward Anderson</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mills.html#732.81.53">Elijah Hunt Mills</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/strong.html#394.41.71">Joseph Churchill Strong</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/strong.html#981.03.48">Ebenezer Strong</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hotchkiss-hougen.html#472.46.19">Elisha Hotchkiss Jr.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/phelps.html#826.92.69">Norman A. Phelps</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hatch.html#984.56.83">Herschel Harrison Hatch</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hatch.html#444.86.31">Jethro Ayers Hatch</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chandless-chapline.html#246.73.90">Alfred Clark Chapin</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/case.html#598.27.26">Hiram Bidwell Case</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/strong.html#922.81.54">Julius Levi Strong</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/willison-wilshire.html#381.58.05">William Chapman Williston</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/griswold.html#575.32.41">Timothy E. Griswold</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/phelps.html#550.74.35">William Walter Phelps</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#335.49.90">Rowland Case Kellogg</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wright6.html#076.74.13">Maurice Lauchlin Wright</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/witherspoon-woldanski.html#469.63.20">Daniel Parrish Witter</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/quiles-quinlivan.html#047.27.05">Josiah Quincy</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beechem-beesley.html#871.92.96">Henry Ward Beecher</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#924.87.75">Edward Stanley Kellogg</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/acampora-adamowski.html#373.14.08">Chester Ackley</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/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0065.html">Tallmadge-Floyd family</a> of New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0003.html">Livingston-Schuyler family</a> of New York (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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John Strong (Vermont politician)">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/48059955">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms07655">Greenwood Cemetery</a> Bristol, Addison County, Vermont <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Willis Royal Peake (1836-1901) — also known as Willis R. Peake — of Bristol, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/AD-lived.html">Addison County</a>, Vt. Born in Bristol, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/AD-born.html">Addison County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1836/06-22.html">June 22, 1836</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/sthse.html">Vermont state house of representatives</a> from Bristol, 1876; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/stsen.html">Vermont state senate</a> from Addison County, 1888. Died in Bristol, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/AD-died.html">Addison County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1901/09-05.html">September 5, 1901</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/65.html">65 years, 75 days</a>). Interment at Greenwood Cemetery. <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 Royal Whitman Peake and Jane Ann (Holley) Peake; married to Susan G. Wright and Kate Riley.</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/45654938">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> Robert Holley — Candidate for Presidential Elector for Vermont. Interment at Greenwood Cemetery. </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name=" ">Mount St. Joseph Cemetery</a> Bristol, Addison County, Vermont <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> George H. Ash (1887-1959) — of New Haven, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/AD-lived.html">Addison County</a>, Vt. Born in New Haven, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/AD-born.html">Addison County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1887/07-01.html">July 1, 1887</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/sthse.html">Vermont state house of representatives</a>, 1947-52; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/stsen.html">Vermont state senate</a> from Addison County; elected 1952. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Died in New Haven, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/AD-died.html">Addison County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1959/04-28.html">April 28, 1959</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 301 days</a>). Interment at Mount St. Joseph Cemetery. <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 Joseph Ash and Katherine (Gill) Ash; married to Winifred Flint.</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/87012047">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms06505">Evergreen Cemetery</a> West Cornwall, Cornwall, Addison County, Vermont <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Ralph Albert Foote (1923-2003) — also known as Ralph A. Foote — of Middlebury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/AD-lived.html">Addison County</a>, Vt. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1923/01-22.html">January 22, 1923</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean conflict; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/AD-officials.html">Addison County State's Attorney</a>, 1950-56; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/sthse.html">Vermont state house of representatives</a>, 1957-60; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Vermont</a>, 1961-64; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Vermont</a>, 1964. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2003/07-16.html">July 16, 2003</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">80 years, 175 days</a>). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery. <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 Ralph Abram Foote and Sylvia (Pastene) Foote; married to Nancy Dickey; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/foote.html#790.48.70">Abram William Foote</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/foote.html#928.43.27">Kate D. Foote</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/26176.html">Foote family</a> of Middlebury and West Cornwall, Vermont.</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/129769628">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> Abram William Foote (1862-1941) — also known as Abram W. Foote — of Cornwall, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/AD-lived.html">Addison County</a>, Vt. Born in Cornwall, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/AD-born.html">Addison County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1862/10-24.html">October 24, 1862</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">insurance business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/telephone.html">telephone business</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/sthse.html">Vermont state house of representatives</a>, 1900-01, 1915-16, 1931-33; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/stsen.html">Vermont state senate</a>, 1917-19; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Vermont</a>, 1921-23; delegate to Republican National Convention from Vermont, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/VT.html">1928</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/committees.html">Committee to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee</a>). Died in Middlebury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/AD-died.html">Addison County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1941/05-14.html">May 14, 1941</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 202 days</a>). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery. <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 Rollin Abram Foote and Julia Arabella (Sampson) Foote; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1883/12-18.html">December 18, 1883</a>, to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/foote.html#928.43.27">Kate Dodge Nichols</a>; grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/foote.html#065.66.54">Ralph Albert Foote</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/26176.html">Foote family</a> of Middlebury and West Cornwall, Vermont.</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/26972912">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> Kate D. Foote (1864-1941) — also known as Kate Dodge Nichols; Mrs. A. W. Foote — of Cornwall, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/AD-lived.html">Addison County</a>, Vt. Born in Peru, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CL-born.html">Clinton County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1864/11-14.html">November 14, 1864</a>. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Vermont, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/VT.html">1928</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Died in Middlebury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/AD-died.html">Addison County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1941/04-24.html">April 24, 1941</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 161 days</a>). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery. <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: Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1883/12-18.html">December 18, 1883</a>, to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/foote.html#790.48.70">Abram William Foote</a>; grandmother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/foote.html#065.66.54">Ralph Albert Foote</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/26176.html">Foote family</a> of Middlebury and West Cornwall, Vermont.</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/66010748">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms08197">North Ferrisburgh Cemetery</a> Ferrisburg, Addison County, Vermont <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Martin Fletcher Allen (b. 1842) — also known as Martin F. Allen — of North Ferrisburg, Ferrisburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/AD-lived.html">Addison County</a>, Vt. Born in North Ferrisburg, Ferrisburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/AD-born.html">Addison County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1842/11-28.html">November 28, 1842</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">Merchant</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">farmer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/sthse.html">Vermont state house of representatives</a>, 1882-83; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/stsen.html">Vermont state senate</a>, 1890-91; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Vermont</a>, 1900-02. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-templar.html">Knights Templar</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>. Interment at North Ferrisburgh Cemetery. <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 Norman Jasper Allen and Sarah (Martin) Allen; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1867/09-25.html">September 25, 1867</a>, to Eliza F. Daniels.</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/26919073">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms02781">Brookside Cemetery</a> Leicester, Addison County, Vermont <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Henry Olin (1768-1837) — of Leicester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/AD-lived.html">Addison County</a>, Vt. Born in Shaftsbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/BE-born.html">Bennington County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1768/05-07.html">May 7, 1768</a>. Member of Vermont state legislature, 1800; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Vermont</a> 3rd District, 1824-25; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Vermont</a>, 1827-30. Died in Salisbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/AD-died.html">Addison County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1837/08-18.html">August 18, 1837</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 103 days</a>). Interment at Brookside Cemetery. <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: Nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/olden-oliven.html#845.70.86">Gideon Olin</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/10905.html">Olin family</a> of Shaftsbury, Vermont.</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://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=O000068">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408341">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms01595">West Cemetery</a> Middlebury, Addison County, Vermont <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Samuel Shethar Phelps (1793-1855) — also known as Samuel S. Phelps — of Middlebury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/AD-lived.html">Addison County</a>, Vt. Born in Litchfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/LI-born.html">Litchfield County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1793/05-13.html">May 13, 1793</a>. Whig. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/sthse.html">Vermont state house of representatives</a>, 1821-32; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/spju.html">justice of Vermont state supreme court</a>, 1832-38; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/stsen.html">Vermont state senate</a>, 1838-39; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Vermont</a>, 1839-51, 1853-54. Died in Middlebury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/AD-died.html">Addison County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1855/03-25.html">March 25, 1855</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/61.html">61 years, 316 days</a>). Interment at West Cemetery. <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 John Phelps; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1821/11-21.html">November 21, 1821</a>, to Frances Shurtleff; married to Electa Satterlee; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/phelps.html#252.91.51">Edward John Phelps</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://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000299">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408699">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel S. Phelps">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/22693">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> Horatio Seymour (1778-1857) — of Middlebury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/AD-lived.html">Addison County</a>, Vt. Born in Litchfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/LI-born.html">Litchfield County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1778/05-31.html">May 31, 1778</a>. Whig. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/postal.html">postmaster</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/gvcn.html">Vermont Governor's Council</a>, 1809-14; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/AD-officials.html">Addison County State's Attorney</a>, 1810-13, 1815-19; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Vermont</a>, 1821-33; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Vermont</a>, 1836; probate judge in Vermont, 1847-56. Died in Middlebury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/AD-died.html">Addison County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1857/11-21.html">November 21, 1857</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 174 days</a>). Interment at West Cemetery. <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/seymour.html#358.48.30">Moses Seymour</a> and Molly (Marsh) Seymour; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seymour.html#388.11.15">Henry Seymour</a>; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1800/">1800</a> to Lucy Case; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seymour.html#149.90.39">Origen Storrs Seymour</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seymour.html#287.08.86">Horatio Seymour (1810-1886)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seymour.html#141.11.46">George Seymour</a>; grandfather of Emma Seymour Battell (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stewart5.html#770.61.04">John Wolcott Stewart</a>) and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bathgate-battistoni.html#926.24.50">Joseph Battell</a>; granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seymour.html#481.80.02">Edward Woodruff Seymour</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seymour.html#053.56.67">Morris Woodruff Seymour</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seymour.html#036.08.64">Horatio Seymour Jr.</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seymour.html#145.68.22">McNeil Seymour</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seymour.html#871.97.99">Henry William Seymour</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seymour.html#998.45.96">Norman Alexander Seymour</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seymour.html#683.55.96">Thomas Seymour</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seymour.html#975.61.35">Hezekiah Cook Seymour</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinkerton-pittoni.html#337.35.14">William Pitkin</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seymour.html#035.02.14">Silas Seymour</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/willison-wilshire.html#381.58.05">William Chapman Williston</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seymour.html#366.83.36">Augustus Sherrill Seymour</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wadhams-waggy.html#638.21.16">Orlo Erland Wadhams</a>; second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seymour.html#427.50.53">Dalton G. Seymour</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cowart-cowpland.html#469.29.30">Josiah Cowles</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinkerton-pittoni.html#700.58.06">Daniel Pitkin</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seymour.html#626.06.04">David Lowrey Seymour</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seymour.html#740.73.58">Thomas Henry Seymour</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinkerton-pittoni.html#499.87.77">Caleb Seymour Pitkin</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinkerton-pittoni.html#138.34.76">Timothy Pitkin</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/merrill.html#118.03.57">Orsamus Cook Merrill</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/merrill.html#001.75.05">Timothy Merrill</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/collins3.html#209.06.86">Ela Collins</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/merrill.html#134.93.10">Farrand Fassett Merrill</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/collins9.html#769.45.74">William Collins</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinkerton-pittoni.html#584.07.76">John Robert Graham Pitkin</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cowart-cowpland.html#849.24.85">William Sheffield Cowles</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/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0416.html">Murphy-Merrill family</a> of Harbor Beach, Michigan (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://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000268">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409769">Govtrack.us page</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> John Wolcott Stewart (1825-1915) — also known as John W. Stewart — of Middlebury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/AD-lived.html">Addison County</a>, Vt. Born in Middlebury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/AD-born.html">Addison County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1825/11-24.html">November 24, 1825</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/sthse.html">Vermont state house of representatives</a> from Middlebury, 1856-57, 1864-67, 1876; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/spkr.html">Speaker of the Vermont State House of Representatives</a>, 1865-67, 1876; delegate to Republican National Convention from Vermont, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1860/VT.html">1860</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/stsen.html">Vermont state senate</a> from Addison County, 1861-62; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Vermont</a>, 1870-72; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Vermont</a> 1st District, 1883-91; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Vermont</a>, 1908. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</a>. Died in Middlebury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/AD-died.html">Addison County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1915/10-29.html">October 29, 1915</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/89.html">89 years, 339 days</a>). Interment at West Cemetery. <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: Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1870/11-25.html">November 25, 1870</a>, to Emma Seymour Battell (sister of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bathgate-battistoni.html#926.24.50">Joseph Battell</a>; granddaughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seymour.html#737.15.66">Horatio Seymour</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seymour.html#053.56.67">Morris Woodruff Seymour</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/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York (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://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000917">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=410377">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/john-wolcott-stewart/">National Governors Association biography</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> William Slade (1786-1859) — of Middlebury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/AD-lived.html">Addison County</a>, Vt. Born in Cornwall, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/AD-born.html">Addison County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1786/05-09.html">May 9, 1786</a>. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Vermont; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/sos.html">secretary of state of Vermont</a>, 1815-23; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Vermont</a> 2nd District, 1831-43; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Vermont</a>, 1844-46. Died in Middlebury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/AD-died.html">Addison County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1859/01-16.html">January 16, 1859</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 252 days</a>). Interment at West Cemetery. <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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000475">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409964">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/william-slade/">National Governors Association biography</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> James Meacham (1810-1856) — of Middlebury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/AD-lived.html">Addison County</a>, Vt. Born in Vermont, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1810/index.html">1810</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Vermont</a>, 1849-56 (3rd District 1849-53, 1st District 1853-56); died in office 1856. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1856/index.html">1856</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/46.html">about 46 years</a>). Interment at West Cemetery; cenotaph at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-buried.html#cms00416">Congressional Cemetery</a>, Washington, D.C. <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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000613">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=407602">Govtrack.us page</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> Daniel Chipman (1765-1850) — of Middlebury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/AD-lived.html">Addison County</a>, Vt.; Ripton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/AD-lived.html">Addison County</a>, Vt. Born in Salisbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/LI-born.html">Litchfield County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1765/10-22.html">October 22, 1765</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/cncn.html">delegate to Vermont state constitutional convention</a>, 1793, 1814, 1836, 1843, 1850; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/sthse.html">Vermont state house of representatives</a>, 1798-1808, 1812-14, 1818, 1821; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/spkr.html">Speaker of the Vermont State House of Representatives</a>, 1813-14; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/gvcn.html">Vermont Governor's Council</a>, 1808; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Vermont</a> at-large, 1815-16. Died in Ripton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/AD-died.html">Addison County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1850/04-23.html">April 23, 1850</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/84.html">84 years, 183 days</a>). Interment at West Cemetery. <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: Brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chipman.html#096.90.85">Nathaniel Chipman</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chipman.html#210.99.70">Lemuel Chipman</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/10261.html">Chipman family</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://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000366">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402505">Govtrack.us page</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> Albert Augustus Fletcher (1835-1907) — also known as Albert A. Fletcher — of Bridport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/AD-lived.html">Addison County</a>, Vt.; Middlebury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/AD-lived.html">Addison County</a>, Vt. Born in Bridport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/AD-born.html">Addison County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1835/08-17.html">August 17, 1835</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/sthse.html">Vermont state house of representatives</a>, 1871-72; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/stsen.html">Vermont state senate</a> from Addison County, 1882-84. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/royal-arch-masons.html">Royal Arch Masons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-templar.html">Knights Templar</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-honor.html">Knights of Honor</a>. Died in Middlebury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/AD-died.html">Addison County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1907/10-02.html">October 2, 1907</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 46 days</a>). Interment at West Cemetery. <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 Paris Fletcher and Anna (Miner) Fletcher; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1857/03-04.html">March 4, 1857</a>, to Delia G. Murray.</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/38645356">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> Elbridge G. Gale (1811-1885) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/GE-lived.html">Genesee County</a>, Mich. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1811/02-02.html">February 2, 1811</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/cncn4.html">Delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention</a>, 1850; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Genesee County 2nd District, 1853-54; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 24th District, 1861-62. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1885/11-03.html">November 3, 1885</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 274 days</a>). Interment at West Cemetery. <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">Presumably named for: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gerry.html#546.21.44">Elbridge Gerry</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> Joseph Battell (1839-1915) — of Middlebury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/AD-lived.html">Addison County</a>, Vt. Born in Middlebury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/AD-born.html">Addison County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1839/07-15.html">July 15, 1839</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/writing.html">Author</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">farmer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/stsen.html">Vermont state senate</a>, 1876; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/sthse.html">Vermont state house of representatives</a> from Middlebury, 1910. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1915/02-23.html">February 23, 1915</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 223 days</a>). Interment at West Cemetery. <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 Philip Battell and Emma Hart (Seymour) Battell; brother of Emma Seymour Battell (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stewart5.html#770.61.04">John Wolcott Stewart</a>); grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seymour.html#737.15.66">Horatio Seymour (1778-1857)</a>; grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seymour.html#388.11.15">Henry Seymour</a>; great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seymour.html#358.48.30">Moses Seymour</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seymour.html#149.90.39">Origen Storrs Seymour</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seymour.html#287.08.86">Horatio Seymour (1810-1886)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seymour.html#141.11.46">George Seymour</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seymour.html#481.80.02">Edward Woodruff Seymour</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seymour.html#053.56.67">Morris Woodruff Seymour</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seymour.html#036.08.64">Horatio Seymour Jr.</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seymour.html#145.68.22">McNeil Seymour</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seymour.html#871.97.99">Henry William Seymour</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seymour.html#683.55.96">Thomas Seymour</a>; second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinkerton-pittoni.html#337.35.14">William Pitkin</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seymour.html#998.45.96">Norman Alexander Seymour</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seymour.html#975.61.35">Hezekiah Cook Seymour</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cowart-cowpland.html#469.29.30">Josiah Cowles</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinkerton-pittoni.html#700.58.06">Daniel Pitkin</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seymour.html#035.02.14">Silas Seymour</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/willison-wilshire.html#381.58.05">William Chapman Williston</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seymour.html#366.83.36">Augustus Sherrill Seymour</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seymour.html#626.06.04">David Lowrey Seymour</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seymour.html#740.73.58">Thomas Henry Seymour</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wadhams-waggy.html#638.21.16">Orlo Erland Wadhams</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/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York (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">Epitaph: "Benefactor of Middlebury."</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/7455993">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> William Hazlett Upson (1891-1975) — of Middlebury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/AD-lived.html">Addison County</a>, Vt. Born in Glen Ridge, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ES-born.html">Essex County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1891/09-26.html">September 26, 1891</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/writing.html">writer</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from Vermont, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/VT.html">1956</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/committees.html">Committee on Rules and Order of Business</a>). Died in Middlebury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/AD-died.html">Addison County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1975/02-05.html">February 5, 1975</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/83.html">83 years, 132 days</a>). Interment at West Cemetery. <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 Ford Upson and Grace (Hazlett) Upson; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1923/08-18.html">August 18, 1923</a>, to Marjory Alexander Wright; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/upjohn-upston.html#400.86.77">William Hanford Upson</a>; great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/upjohn-upston.html#967.04.59">Daniel Upson</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/upjohn-upston.html#647.53.19">Charles Upson</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/upjohn-upston.html#573.30.64">Harvey Washington Upson</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/upjohn-upston.html#336.78.61">Gad Ely Upson</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/upjohn-upston.html#436.82.26">Andrew Seth Upson</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/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0181.html">Dawes-Upson family</a> of Connecticut (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/35249795">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms08467">Boro Cemetery</a> Monkton, Addison County, Vermont <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Gaylord N. Baldwin (1882-1971) — of Hinesburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/CH-lived.html">Chittenden County</a>, Vt. Born in Monkton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/AD-born.html">Addison County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1882/10-23.html">October 23, 1882</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; director, Shelburne Co-operative <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/dairy.html">Creamery</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/sthse.html">Vermont state house of representatives</a> from Hinesburg, 1925; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/stsen.html">Vermont state senate</a> from Chittenden County, 1927. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Died in Burlington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/CH-died.html">Chittenden County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1971/07-25.html">July 25, 1971</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/88.html">88 years, 275 days</a>). Interment at Boro Cemetery. <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 Albert Noble Baldwin and Elizabeth (Taylor) Baldwin.</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/17834080">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms08343">East Monkton Cemetery</a> East Monkton, Monkton, Addison County, Vermont <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John Wesley Thomas (1878-1921) — also known as John W. Thomas — of Monkton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/AD-lived.html">Addison County</a>, Vt. Born in Monkton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/AD-born.html">Addison County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1878/09-27.html">September 27, 1878</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/sthse.html">Vermont state house of representatives</a> from Monkton, 1910. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1921/index.html">1921</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/42.html">about 42 years</a>). Interment at East Monkton Cemetery. <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">Presumably named for: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/pols-named-for-famous.html">John Wesley</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">Relatives: Son of George R. Thomas and Harriet (Clark) Thomas; married to Mary A. Dean.</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/36522063">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms01096">Salisbury Cemetery</a> Salisbury, Addison County, Vermont <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John Eliakim Weeks (1853-1949) — also known as John E. Weeks — of Salisbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/AD-lived.html">Addison County</a>, Vt.; Middlebury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/AD-lived.html">Addison County</a>, Vt. Born in Salisbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/AD-born.html">Addison County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1853/06-14.html">June 14, 1853</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; state court judge in Vermont, 1884-86, 1902-04; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/sthse.html">Vermont state house of representatives</a>, 1888, 1912, 1915; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/stsen.html">Vermont state senate</a>, 1896; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Vermont</a>, 1927-31; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Vermont</a> 1st District, 1931-33; Dry candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/cr21.html">delegate to Vermont convention to ratify 21st amendment</a>, 1933. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</a>. Died in Middlebury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/AD-died.html">Addison County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1949/09-10.html">September 10, 1949</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/96.html">96 years, 88 days</a>). Interment at Salisbury Cemetery. <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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000244">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411412">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/john-eliakim-weeks/">National Governors Association biography</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms08150">Jenison Cemetery</a> Shoreham, Addison County, Vermont <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=_L0MAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA84"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/308/32.21.jpg" width=70 height=106 border=0 alt="Silas H. Jenison"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Silas Hemenway Jenison (1791-1849) — also known as Silas H. Jenison — of Shoreham, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/AD-lived.html">Addison County</a>, Vt. Born in Shoreham, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/AD-born.html">Addison County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1791/05-17.html">May 17, 1791</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Vermont</a>, 1835-36; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Vermont</a>, 1835-41; probate judge in Vermont, 1842-47. Died in Shoreham, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/AD-died.html">Addison County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1849/09-30.html">September 30, 1849</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/58.html">58 years, 136 days</a>). Interment at Jenison Cemetery. <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">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/silas-h-jension/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/13055879">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: Men of Vermont (1894)</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms00916">Prospect Cemetery</a> Vergennes, Addison County, Vermont <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Frederick Enoch Woodbridge (1818-1888) — also known as Frederick E. Woodbridge — of Vergennes, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/AD-lived.html">Addison County</a>, Vt. Born in Vergennes, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/AD-born.html">Addison County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1818/08-29.html">August 29, 1818</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/sthse.html">Vermont state house of representatives</a>, 1849, 1857-58; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/aud.html">Vermont state auditor of accounts</a>, 1850-53; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/stsen.html">Vermont state senate</a>, 1860-62; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Vermont</a> 1st District, 1863-69. Died in Vergennes, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/AD-died.html">Addison County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1888/04-25.html">April 25, 1888</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 240 days</a>). Interment at Prospect Cemetery. <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 Enoch Day Woodbridge and Clarissa (Strong) Woodbridge; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1846/10-27.html">October 27, 1846</a>, to Mary Parkhurst Halsey; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woodall-woodburn.html#985.05.82">Enoch Woodbridge</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/strong.html#353.85.15">Samuel Strong</a>; great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/strong.html#154.07.62">John Strong</a>; fourth great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/leech-lehlbach.html#763.72.14">William Leete</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seymour.html#141.11.46">George Seymour</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woodall-woodburn.html#742.80.84">William Woodbridge</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sigerson-silon.html#516.94.17">Joseph Silliman (1756-1829)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinkerton-pittoni.html#138.34.76">Timothy Pitkin</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/upjohn-upston.html#967.04.59">Daniel Upson</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mills.html#732.81.53">Elijah Hunt Mills</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hale.html#038.84.69">Charles Hale</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tallmadge-tannehill.html#048.03.47">Benjamin Tallmadge</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/witherspoon-woldanski.html#426.84.67">Oliver Wolcott Jr.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/witherspoon-woldanski.html#251.24.21">Frederick Wolcott</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woodall-woodburn.html#701.34.45">Dudley Woodbridge</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sigerson-silon.html#635.58.79">Joseph Silliman (c.1786-1850)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/perkins.html#073.50.89">George Douglas Perkins</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/10001-0003.html">Livingston-Schuyler family</a> of New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0065.html">Tallmadge-Floyd family</a> of New York (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://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000708">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411860">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick E. Woodbridge">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/23052">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> Edrick Adams Jr. (1844-1912) — of Panton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/AD-lived.html">Addison County</a>, Vt. Born in Panton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/AD-born.html">Addison County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1844/12-04.html">December 4, 1844</a>. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/masonry.html">marble and granite dealer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/sthse.html">Vermont state house of representatives</a> from Panton, 1888. Died in Panton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/AD-died.html">Addison County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1912/07-15.html">July 15, 1912</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">67 years, 224 days</a>). Interment at Prospect Cemetery. <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 Edrick Adams and Marion Helen Adams; married to Annetta Curler.</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/42115882">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> William Russell Warner (1871-1936) — also known as William R. Warner — of Vergennes, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/AD-lived.html">Addison County</a>, Vt. Born in Bridport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/AD-born.html">Addison County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1871/07-07.html">July 7, 1871</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/drugs.html">Druggist</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from Vermont, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1912/VT.html">1912</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>. Died in Vergennes, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/AD-died.html">Addison County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1936/09-04.html">September 4, 1936</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/65.html">65 years, 59 days</a>). Interment at Prospect Cemetery. <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 Joseph Almon Warner and Isabelle (Taylor) Warner; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1897/11-17.html">November 17, 1897</a>, to Bessie Foss.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name=" ">Vergennes Burying Ground</a> Vergennes, Addison County, Vermont <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Samuel Strong (1762-1832) — of Vergennes, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/AD-lived.html">Addison County</a>, Vt. Born in Salisbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/LI-born.html">Litchfield County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1762/07-17.html">July 17, 1762</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lumber.html">sawmill owner</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/AD-officials.html">Addison County Sheriff</a>, 1787-89; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/sthse.html">Vermont state house of representatives</a>, 1804-05; served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; Federalist candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Vermont</a>, 1816; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>. Died in Vergennes, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/AD-died.html">Addison County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1832/12-05.html">December 5, 1832</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">70 years, 141 days</a>). Interment at Vergennes Burying Ground. <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/strong.html#154.07.62">John Strong</a> and Agnes (McCure) Strong; married to Mercy Bloomer; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seymour.html#141.11.46">George Seymour</a>; grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woodall-woodburn.html#668.08.14">Frederick Enoch Woodbridge</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hale.html#038.84.69">Charles Hale</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/upjohn-upston.html#967.04.59">Daniel Upson</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mills.html#732.81.53">Elijah Hunt Mills</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/upjohn-upston.html#647.53.19">Charles Upson</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/upjohn-upston.html#336.78.61">Gad Ely Upson</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/upjohn-upston.html#291.66.45">Christopher Columbus Upson</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/upjohn-upston.html#436.82.26">Andrew Seth Upson</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/upjohn-upston.html#928.05.17">Evelyn M. Upson</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee1.html#885.54.91">Asbury Wright Lee</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/anderson9.html#253.21.49">Warren Edward Anderson</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/strong.html#394.41.71">Joseph Churchill Strong</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/strong.html#981.03.48">Ebenezer Strong</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hotchkiss-hougen.html#472.46.19">Elisha Hotchkiss Jr.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/phelps.html#826.92.69">Norman A. Phelps</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hatch.html#984.56.83">Herschel Harrison Hatch</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hatch.html#444.86.31">Jethro Ayers Hatch</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chandless-chapline.html#246.73.90">Alfred Clark Chapin</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/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0065.html">Tallmadge-Floyd family</a> of New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0003.html">Livingston-Schuyler family</a> of New York (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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel Strong (Vermont politician)">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/34517510">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms08393">Sunset View Cemetery</a> Waltham, Addison County, Vermont <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William H. Jackman (1874-1956) — of Waltham, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/AD-lived.html">Addison County</a>, Vt.; Vergennes, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/AD-lived.html">Addison County</a>, Vt. Born in Waltham, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/AD-born.html">Addison County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1874/05-19.html">May 19, 1874</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">cattle breeder</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/sthse.html">Vermont state house of representatives</a> from Waltham, 1910. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</a>. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">arteriosclerosis</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/dementia.html">senility</a>, in Vergennes, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/AD-died.html">Addison County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1956/09-04.html">September 4, 1956</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 108 days</a>). Interment at Sunset View Cemetery. <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 Henry S. Jackman and Emma C. (Wright) Jackman; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1901/">1901</a> to Cora M. Chapman; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1909/12-09.html">December 9, 1909</a>, to Anna M. Hallock; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wright6.html#076.74.13">Maurice Lauchlin Wright</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/10001-0003.html">Livingston-Schuyler family</a> of New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York (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/29893104">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name=" ">Weybridge Town Center</a> Weybridge, Addison County, Vermont <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians who have (or had) monuments here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/952/74.51.jpg" width=70 height=111 border=0 alt="Silas Wright, Jr."></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Silas Wright Jr. (1795-1847) — of Canton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SL-lived.html">St. Lawrence County</a>, N.Y. Born in Amherst, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/HM-born.html">Hampshire County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1795/05-24.html">May 24, 1795</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SL-officials.html">St. Lawrence County Surrogate</a>, 1821-24; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> 4th District, 1824-27; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 20th District, 1827-29, 1829-30; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/comp.html">New York state comptroller</a>, 1829-34; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from New York</a>, 1833-44; resigned 1844; candidate for Democratic nomination for Vice President, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1844/index.html">1844</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/gov.html">Governor of New York</a>, 1845-47; defeated, 1846. Died in Canton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SL-died.html">St. Lawrence County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1847/08-27.html">August 27, 1847</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/52.html">52 years, 95 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SL-buried.html#cms00856">Silas Wright Cemetery</a>, Canton, N.Y.; memorial monument at Weybridge Town Center. <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 Silas Wright and Eleanor (Goodale) Wright; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/witherspoon-woldanski.html#063.59.93">Henry Merrill Wolcott</a>; second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/goodell-goodrell.html#842.60.73">Charles Ellsworth Goodell</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mills.html#732.81.53">Elijah Hunt Mills</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woodnutt-woodrum.html#484.35.05">Morris Woodruff</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/keathley-keena.html#541.43.02">Martin Keeler</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chandless-chapline.html#599.53.72">Marshall Chapin</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#013.58.69">William Dean Kellogg</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/duvall-dworzanski.html#542.62.04">Theodore Dwight</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/merrill.html#118.03.57">Orsamus Cook Merrill</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/merrill.html#001.75.05">Timothy Merrill</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bronson.html#437.89.78">Greene Carrier Bronson</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#138.27.81">Charles Phelps Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woodnutt-woodrum.html#019.97.99">George Catlin Woodruff</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/keathley-keena.html#412.80.96">Stephen Hiram Keeler</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woodnutt-woodrum.html#902.99.23">Lewis Bartholomew Woodruff</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chandless-chapline.html#267.40.66">Edmund Gillett Chapin</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/willison-wilshire.html#381.58.05">William Chapman Williston</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/moody.html#368.32.81">Zenas Ferry Moody</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/phelps.html#099.83.19">Charles Edward Phelps</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chandless-chapline.html#403.46.98">Arthur Chapin</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/weeks.html#098.67.90">John Wingate Weeks</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/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0416.html">Murphy-Merrill family</a> of Harbor Beach, Michigan (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">Wright counties in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/WR.html">Minn.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/WI.html">Mo.</a> are named for him; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/WG.html">Wright County, Iowa</a> may have been named for him.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Wright <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-mountains.html">Peak</a>, in the Ardirondack Mountains, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ES-names.html">Essex County, New York</a>, is <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">Coins and currency: His <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/coins-currency.html">portrait appeared</a> on the U.S. $50 gold certificate from the 1880s until 1913.</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://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000770">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411919">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/silas-wright/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silas Wright">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/056/000051900">NNDB dossier</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 Red Book 1896</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></tr></table> <table width=100%> <td align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></table> <table width=100%> <tr><td align="center"> "Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard." 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