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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Shippen-Middleton family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania</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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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> Edward Shippen (1639-1712) — of Boston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/SU-lived.html">Suffolk County</a>, Mass.; Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa. Born in Methley, Yorkshire, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ED-born.html">England</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/date/born-03-05.html">March 5</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1639.html">1639</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">Merchant</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/philadelphia.html">mayor of Philadelphia, Pa.</a>, 1701-03. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/quaker.html">Quaker</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/english.html">English</a> ancestry. Died in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-died.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1712/10-02.html">October 2, 1712</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">73 years, 211 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-buried.html#cms01330">Old Pine Street Presbyterian Church Cemetery</a>, Philadelphia, Pa. <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 Shippen and Mary Shippen; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1671.html">1671</a> to Elizabeth Lybrand; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1689.html">1689</a> to Rebecca (Howard) Richardson; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1706/">1706</a> to Esther (Wilcox) James; grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shien-shlaudeman.html#419.18.44">Edward Shippen (1703-1781)</a>, Anne Nancy Shippen (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/williard-willingham.html#921.55.52">Charles Willing</a>) and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shien-shlaudeman.html#157.96.59">William Shippen (1712-1801)</a>; great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shien-shlaudeman.html#393.56.68">Edward Shippen (1729-1806)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/williard-willingham.html#096.57.01">Thomas Willing</a>; second great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/button-byrer.html#406.94.37">Charles Willing Byrd</a>; third great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/francis.html#112.89.40">John Brown Francis</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shien-shlaudeman.html#461.40.05">Edward Shippen (1823-1904)</a>; fourth great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/overton-ovington.html#692.95.14">Edward Overton Jr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/irvine-irving.html#734.69.01">Bertha Shippen Irving</a>; fifth great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/macdougal-maciora.html#242.35.83">James Rieman Macfarlane</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kane.html#190.80.45">Francis Fisher Kane</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/10001-0207.html">Shippen-Middleton family</a> of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0012.html">Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell family</a> of Virginia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0699.html">Morris-Willing-Wilson-Griffin family</a> of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (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/Edward Shippen">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/18313283">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> Edward Shippen (1703-1781) — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa.; Lancaster, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-lived.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa. Born in Boston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/SU-born.html">Suffolk County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1703/07-09.html">July 9, 1703</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">Merchant</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/philadelphia.html">mayor of Philadelphia, Pa.</a>, 1744-45. Died in Lancaster, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-died.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1781/09-25.html">September 25, 1781</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 78 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-buried.html#cms03427">St. James' Episcopal Churchyard</a>, Lancaster, Pa. <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 Abigail (Grosse) Shippen and Joseph Shippen; brother of Anne Nancy Shippen (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/williard-willingham.html#921.55.52">Charles Willing</a>) and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shien-shlaudeman.html#157.96.59">William Shippen</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1725/09-20.html">September 20, 1725</a>, to Sarah Plumley; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shien-shlaudeman.html#393.56.68">Edward Shippen (1729-1806)</a>; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/williard-willingham.html#096.57.01">Thomas Willing</a>; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shien-shlaudeman.html#860.88.84">Edward Shippen (1639-1712)</a>; granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/button-byrer.html#406.94.37">Charles Willing Byrd</a>; great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shien-shlaudeman.html#461.40.05">Edward Shippen (1823-1904)</a>; great-granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/francis.html#112.89.40">John Brown Francis</a>; second great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/irvine-irving.html#734.69.01">Bertha Shippen Irving</a>; second great-granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/overton-ovington.html#692.95.14">Edward Overton Jr.</a>; third great-granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/macdougal-maciora.html#242.35.83">James Rieman Macfarlane</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kane.html#190.80.45">Francis Fisher Kane</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/10001-0207.html">Shippen-Middleton family</a> of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0012.html">Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell family</a> of Virginia (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">The <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-cities.html">borough</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CU-names.html">Shippensburg, Pennsylvania</a>, which he founded, 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">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward Shippen III">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/26105564">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> Charles Willing (1710-1754) — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa. Born in Bristol, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ED-born.html">England</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1710/05-18.html">May 18, 1710</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">Merchant</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/philadelphia.html">mayor of Philadelphia, Pa.</a>, 1748-49, 1754; died in office 1754. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/english.html">English</a> ancestry. Died in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-died.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1754/11-30.html">November 30, 1754</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/44.html">44 years, 196 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <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 B. Willing and Anne (Harrison) Willing; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1731/">1731</a> to Anne Nancy Shippen (sister of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shien-shlaudeman.html#419.18.44">Edward Shippen (1703-1781)</a>; granddaughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shien-shlaudeman.html#860.88.84">Edward Shippen (1639-1712)</a>); father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/williard-willingham.html#096.57.01">Thomas Willing</a> and Elizabeth Willing (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/potterton-powe.html#685.77.79">Samuel Powel</a>); grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/button-byrer.html#406.94.37">Charles Willing Byrd</a>; great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/francis.html#112.89.40">John Brown Francis</a>; second great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/overton-ovington.html#692.95.14">Edward Overton Jr.</a>; third great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/macdougal-maciora.html#242.35.83">James Rieman Macfarlane</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kane.html#190.80.45">Francis Fisher Kane</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/10001-0207.html">Shippen-Middleton family</a> of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0012.html">Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell family</a> of Virginia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0699.html">Morris-Willing-Wilson-Griffin family</a> of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (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/Charles Willing">Wikipedia article</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 Shippen (1712-1801) — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa. Born in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-born.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1712/10-01.html">October 1, 1712</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/ccdel.html">Delegate to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania</a>, 1778. Died in Germantown, Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-died.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1801/11-04.html">November 4, 1801</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/89.html">89 years, 34 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-buried.html#cms01330">Old Pine Street Presbyterian Church Cemetery</a>, Philadelphia, Pa. <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 Abigail (Grosse) Shippen and Joseph Shippen; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shien-shlaudeman.html#419.18.44">Edward Shippen (1703-1781)</a>; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shien-shlaudeman.html#393.56.68">Edward Shippen (1729-1806)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/williard-willingham.html#096.57.01">Thomas Willing</a>; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shien-shlaudeman.html#860.88.84">Edward Shippen (1639-1712)</a>; granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/button-byrer.html#406.94.37">Charles Willing Byrd</a>; great-granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/francis.html#112.89.40">John Brown Francis</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shien-shlaudeman.html#461.40.05">Edward Shippen (1823-1904)</a>; second great-granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/overton-ovington.html#692.95.14">Edward Overton Jr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/irvine-irving.html#734.69.01">Bertha Shippen Irving</a>; third great-granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/macdougal-maciora.html#242.35.83">James Rieman Macfarlane</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kane.html#190.80.45">Francis Fisher Kane</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/10001-0207.html">Shippen-Middleton family</a> of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0012.html">Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell family</a> of Virginia (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=S000368">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409862">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/75988598">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> Henry Middleton (1717-1784) — of South Carolina. Born near Charleston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CH-born.html">Charleston County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1717/index.html">1717</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/ccdel.html">Delegate to Continental Congress from South Carolina</a>, 1774; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/stsen.html">South Carolina state senate</a>, 1778. Died in Charleston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CH-died.html">Charleston County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1784/06-13.html">June 13, 1784</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">about 66 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CH-buried.html#cms03646">Church of St. James</a>, Charleston, S.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">Relatives: Son of Arthur Middleton (1681-1737) and Susan (Amory) Middleton; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1741/">1741</a> to Mary Baker Williams; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1762/">1762</a> to Maria Henrietta Bull; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1776/">1776</a> to Lady Mary McKenzie; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/middleton.html#526.58.04">Arthur Middleton (1742-1787)</a>, Henrietta Middleton (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rutherfurd-ryall.html#638.85.87">Edward Rutledge</a>) and Sarah Middleton (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinckney.html#959.68.88">Charles Cotesworth Pinckney</a>); uncle of Mary Middleton (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/butler7.html#294.60.30">Pierce Butler</a>); grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/middleton.html#064.87.59">Henry Middleton (1770-1846)</a>; great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/middleton.html#063.40.58">John Izard Middleton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/middleton.html#405.03.32">Williams Middleton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hudsonriver-hughan.html#496.84.45">John Middleton Huger</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/draves-drexler.html#873.60.45">John Drayton</a>; second great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith2.html#818.20.40">Daniel Elliott Huger Smith</a>; third great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rutherfurd-ryall.html#165.35.77">Benjamin Huger Rutledge</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kane.html#190.80.45">Francis Fisher Kane</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/10001-0131.html">Middleton-Huger-Rutledge-Drayton family</a> of Charleston, South Carolina; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0226.html">Pinckney-Middleton family</a> of Charleston, South Carolina; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0207.html">Shippen-Middleton family</a> of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (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">The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> SS Henry Middleton (built 1942 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/NH-names.html">Wilmington, North Carolina</a>; scrapped 1971) 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://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000698">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=407682">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry Middleton">Wikipedia article</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> Benjamin Chew (1722-1810) — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa. Born in Maryland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1722/11-29.html">November 29, 1722</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/spcj.html">chief justice of Pennsylvania state supreme court</a>, 1774-77. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/quaker.html">Quaker</a>; later <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Anglican</a>. Died in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-died.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1810/01-20.html">January 20, 1810</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/87.html">87 years, 52 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-buried.html#cms00805">St. Peter's Episcopal Churchyard</a>, Philadelphia, Pa. <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 Chew and Mary (Galloway) Chew; married to Mary Galloway and Elizabeth Oswald; father of Margaret Oswald 'Peggy' Chew (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/howard.html#624.56.05">John Eager Howard</a>); grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/howard.html#296.88.63">George Howard</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/howard.html#762.57.32">Benjamin Chew Howard</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dales-dalto.html#421.54.73">Sophia Chew Nicklin</a> (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dales-dalto.html#289.37.90">George Mifflin Dallas</a>) and Harriet Julianna Carroll (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee5.html#908.74.21">John Lee</a>); great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carroll.html#656.69.14">John Lee Carroll</a> and Helen Sophia Carroll (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/odem-oestreicher.html#537.13.84">Charles Oliver O'Donnell</a>); second great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carroll.html#146.63.27">John Howell Carroll</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cabana-cadwalader.html#763.43.62">John Cadwalader (1805-1879)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shien-shlaudeman.html#461.40.05">Edward Shippen</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cabana-cadwalader.html#776.52.49">John Cadwalader (1843-1925)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/irvine-irving.html#734.69.01">Bertha Shippen Irving</a>; second cousin once removed of Mary Chew (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/paca-paganelli.html#533.33.33">William Paca</a>); second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/paca-paganelli.html#402.58.29">Edward Tilghman Paca</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chertov-childers.html#449.26.42">Coleby Chew</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chertov-childers.html#318.94.75">Joseph Richard Chew</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ballam-bancroft.html#515.52.58">St. Clair Ballard</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ballam-bancroft.html#895.73.40">Lewis Ballard</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/10001-0158.html">Pendleton-Lee family</a> of Maryland (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/11316238">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> Edward Shippen (1729-1806) — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa. Born in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-born.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1729/02-16.html">February 16, 1729</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/spju.html">justice of Pennsylvania state supreme court</a>, 1791; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/spcj.html">chief justice of Pennsylvania state supreme court</a>, 1799-1806. Died in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-died.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1806/04-16.html">April 16, 1806</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 59 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-buried.html# ">First Presbyterian Church</a>, Philadelphia, Pa. <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/shien-shlaudeman.html#419.18.44">Edward Shippen (1703-1781)</a> and Sarah (Plumley) Shippen; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1753/11-29.html">November 29, 1753</a>, to Margaret Francis; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shien-shlaudeman.html#157.96.59">William Shippen</a>; granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shien-shlaudeman.html#461.40.05">Edward Shippen (1823-1904)</a>; great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shien-shlaudeman.html#860.88.84">Edward Shippen (1639-1712)</a>; great-granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/irvine-irving.html#734.69.01">Bertha Shippen Irving</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/williard-willingham.html#096.57.01">Thomas Willing</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/button-byrer.html#406.94.37">Charles Willing Byrd</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/francis.html#112.89.40">John Brown Francis</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/overton-ovington.html#692.95.14">Edward Overton Jr.</a>; first cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/macdougal-maciora.html#242.35.83">James Rieman Macfarlane</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kane.html#190.80.45">Francis Fisher Kane</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/10001-0207.html">Shippen-Middleton family</a> of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0012.html">Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell family</a> of Virginia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0699.html">Morris-Willing-Wilson-Griffin family</a> of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (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/Edward Shippen IV">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/45596126">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> Thomas Willing (1731-1821) — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa. Born in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-born.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1731/12-19.html">December 19, 1731</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">merchant</a>; city court justice, 1759; justice of the court of common pleas, 1761; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/philadelphia.html">mayor of Philadelphia, Pa.</a>, 1763-64; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/spju.html">justice of Pennsylvania state supreme court</a>, 1767; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/ccdel.html">Delegate to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania</a>, 1775; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>. Died in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-died.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1821/01-19.html">January 19, 1821</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/89.html">89 years, 31 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-buried.html#cms00050">Christ Church Burial Ground</a>, Philadelphia, Pa. <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 Anne (Shippen) Willing and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/williard-willingham.html#921.55.52">Charles Willing</a>; brother of Elizabeth Willing (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/potterton-powe.html#685.77.79">Samuel Powel</a>); married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1763/">1763</a> to Anne McCall; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shien-shlaudeman.html#419.18.44">Edward Shippen (1703-1781)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shien-shlaudeman.html#157.96.59">William Shippen</a>; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/button-byrer.html#406.94.37">Charles Willing Byrd</a>; granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/francis.html#112.89.40">John Brown Francis</a>; great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shien-shlaudeman.html#860.88.84">Edward Shippen (1639-1712)</a>; great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/overton-ovington.html#692.95.14">Edward Overton Jr.</a>; second great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/macdougal-maciora.html#242.35.83">James Rieman Macfarlane</a>; second great-granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kane.html#190.80.45">Francis Fisher Kane</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shien-shlaudeman.html#393.56.68">Edward Shippen (1729-1806)</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shien-shlaudeman.html#461.40.05">Edward Shippen (1823-1904)</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/irvine-irving.html#734.69.01">Bertha Shippen Irving</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/10001-0207.html">Shippen-Middleton family</a> of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0012.html">Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell family</a> of Virginia (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=W000556">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411712">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas Willing">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7595029">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> John Brown (1736-1803) — of Rhode Island. Born in Providence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/PR-born.html">Providence County</a>, R.I., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1736/01-27.html">January 27, 1736</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">Merchant</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/sthse.html">Rhode Island state house of representatives</a>, 1782-84; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Rhode Island</a> at-large, 1799-1801. Slaveowner. Died in Providence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/PR-died.html">Providence County</a>, R.I., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1803/09-20.html">September 20, 1803</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">67 years, 236 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/PR-buried.html#cms00392">North Burial Ground</a>, Providence, R.I. <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 Browne and Hope (Power) Browne; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brown1.html#880.81.46">Benjamin Brown</a>; grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/francis.html#112.89.40">John Brown Francis</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/appleton.html#793.53.13">John Appleton</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pierce.html#151.29.74">Jane Pierce</a>; second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/witherspoon-woldanski.html#469.63.20">Daniel Parrish Witter</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/appleton.html#009.95.38">Arthur Taggard Appleton</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sprague.html#276.56.23">William Sprague (1799-1856)</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sprague.html#601.84.02">Augustus Brown Reed Sprague</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sprague.html#115.12.91">William Sprague (1830-1915)</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/10001-0123.html">Sprague family</a> of Providence, Rhode Island; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0039.html">Biddle-Randolph family</a> of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0052.html">Saltonstall-Davis-Frelinghuysen-Appleton family</a> of Massachusetts; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0495.html">Beakes-Greene-Witter family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0207.html">Shippen-Middleton family</a> of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (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=B000927">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401882">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John Brown (Rhode Island)">Wikipedia article</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 Powel (1738-1793) — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa. Born in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-born.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1738/10-28.html">October 28, 1738</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/philadelphia.html">Mayor of Philadelphia, Pa.</a>, 1775-76, 1789-90; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/stsen.html">Pennsylvania state senate</a>, 1790-93. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-philosophical-soc.html">American Philosophical Society</a>. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/yellow-fever.html">yellow fever</a>, in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-died.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1793/09-29.html">September 29, 1793</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/54.html">54 years, 336 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-buried.html#cms00050">Christ Church Burial Ground</a>, Philadelphia, Pa. <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 Powel (1704-1759) and Mary (Morris) Powel; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1769/08-07.html">August 7, 1769</a>, to Elizabeth Willing (daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/williard-willingham.html#921.55.52">Charles Willing</a>; sister of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/williard-willingham.html#096.57.01">Thomas Willing</a>); grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/morris.html#852.57.23">Anthony Morris (c.1682-1763)</a>; great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/morris.html#579.87.99">Anthony Morris (1654-1721)</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wilson3.html#892.96.78">Eugene McLanahan Wilson</a>; second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/griffin.html#027.47.42">Charles Hudson Griffin</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/10001-0207.html">Shippen-Middleton family</a> of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0012.html">Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell family</a> of Virginia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0699.html">Morris-Willing-Wilson-Griffin family</a> of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (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 Powel">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7596815">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> George Clymer (1739-1813) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-born.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1739/03-16.html">March 16, 1739</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/ccdel.html">Delegate to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania</a>, 1776; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/founders.html">signer, Declaration of Independence</a>, 1776; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/cncn.html">delegate to Pennsylvania state constitutional convention</a>, 1776; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a>, 1785; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/founders.html">member, U.S. Constitutional Convention</a>, 1787; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> at-large, 1789-91. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Died in Morrisville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BU-died.html">Bucks County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1813/01-23.html">January 23, 1813</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">73 years, 313 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ME-buried.html#cms03300">Friends Graveyard</a>, Trenton, N.J.; memorial monument at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-buried.html# ">Constitution Gardens</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">Relatives: Son of Christopher Clymer and Deborah (Fitzwater) Clymer; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1765/03-18.html">March 18, 1765</a>, to Elizabeth Meredith (sister of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/meredith.html#669.47.47">Samuel Meredith</a>); great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/overton-ovington.html#692.95.14">Edward Overton Jr.</a>; second great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/macdougal-maciora.html#242.35.83">James Rieman Macfarlane</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/10001-0207.html">Shippen-Middleton family</a> of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0012.html">Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell family</a> of Virginia (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">The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> SS George Clymer (built 1941-42 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/MU-names.html">Portland, Oregon</a>; torpedoed and wrecked in the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WW/AT-names.html">South Atlantic Ocean</a>, 1942) 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://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000538">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402671">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George Clymer">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/2768">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 Meredith (1741-1817) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-born.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1741/index.html">1741</a>. General in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/ccdel.html">Delegate to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania</a>, 1786-88; Treasurer of the United States, 1789-1801. Died near Pleasant Mount, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/WN-died.html">Wayne County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1817/02-10.html">February 10, 1817</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">about 75 years</a>). Interment <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/WN-buried.html#cms05056">a private or family graveyard</a>, Wayne County, Pa. <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 Reese Meredith and Martha (Carpenter) Meredith; brother of Elizabeth Meredith (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#292.67.69">George Clymer</a>); married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1772/05-19.html">May 19, 1772</a>, to Margaret Cadwalader (brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cabana-cadwalader.html#888.67.06">Lambert Cadwalader</a>); father of Martha Meredith (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/read.html#462.57.15">John Read</a>); grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/read.html#847.18.13">John Meredith Read</a>; great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/read.html#200.81.14">John Meredith Read 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/10001-0633.html">Read family</a> of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (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=M000648">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=407634">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/12575616">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> Arthur Middleton (1742-1787) — of Charleston, Charleston District (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CH-lived.html">Charleston County</a>), S.C. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/BE-born.html">Berkeley County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1742/06-26.html">June 26, 1742</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/cncn.html">Delegate to South Carolina state constitutional convention</a>, 1776; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/ccdel.html">Delegate to Continental Congress from South Carolina</a>, 1776; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/founders.html">signer, Declaration of Independence</a>, 1776; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/sthse.html">South Carolina state house of representatives</a>, 1778; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/stsen.html">South Carolina state senate</a> from St. Philip & St. Michael, 1781-82. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1787/01-01.html">January 1, 1787</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/44.html">44 years, 189 days</a>). Entombed in mausoleum at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/DO-buried.html#cms05109">Middleton Place Plantation</a>, Dorchester County, S.C.; memorial monument at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-buried.html# ">Constitution Gardens</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">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/middleton.html#670.69.30">Henry Middleton (1717-1784)</a> and Mary Baker (Williams) Middleton; brother of Henrietta Middleton (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rutherfurd-ryall.html#638.85.87">Edward Rutledge</a>) and Sarah Middleton (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinckney.html#959.68.88">Charles Cotesworth Pinckney</a>); married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1764/08-19.html">August 19, 1764</a>, to Mary Izard; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/middleton.html#064.87.59">Henry Middleton (1770-1846)</a> and Isabella Johannes Middleton (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hudsonriver-hughan.html#668.97.80">Daniel Elliott Huger</a>); grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/middleton.html#063.40.58">John Izard Middleton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/middleton.html#405.03.32">Williams Middleton</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hudsonriver-hughan.html#496.84.45">John Middleton Huger</a>; granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/draves-drexler.html#873.60.45">John Drayton</a>; great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith2.html#818.20.40">Daniel Elliott Huger Smith</a>; second great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rutherfurd-ryall.html#165.35.77">Benjamin Huger Rutledge</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kane.html#190.80.45">Francis Fisher Kane</a>; first cousin of Mary Middleton (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/butler7.html#294.60.30">Pierce Butler</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/10001-0226.html">Pinckney-Middleton family</a> of Charleston, South Carolina; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0131.html">Middleton-Huger-Rutledge-Drayton family</a> of Charleston, South Carolina (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=M000696">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=407680">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur Middleton">Wikipedia article</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> Henry Middleton (1770-1846) — of Charleston, Charleston District (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CH-lived.html">Charleston County</a>), S.C. Born in London, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ED-born.html">England</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1770/09-28.html">September 28, 1770</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/sthse.html">South Carolina state house of representatives</a>, 1802; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/stsen.html">South Carolina state senate</a> from St. Philip & St. Michael, 1810; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/gov.html">Governor of South Carolina</a>, 1810-12; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from South Carolina</a> 1st District, 1815-19; U.S. Minister to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/RU-diplomats.html ">Russia</a>, 1820-30. Slaveowner. Died in Charleston, Charleston District (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CH-died.html">Charleston County</a>), S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1846/06-14.html">June 14, 1846</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 259 days</a>). Entombed in mausoleum at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/DO-buried.html#cms05109">Middleton Place Plantation</a>, Dorchester County, S.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">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/middleton.html#526.58.04">Arthur Middleton</a> and Mary (Izard) Middleton; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1794/">1794</a> to Mary Helen Hering; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/middleton.html#063.40.58">John Izard Middleton</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/middleton.html#405.03.32">Williams Middleton</a>; nephew of Henrietta Middleton (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rutherfurd-ryall.html#638.85.87">Edward Rutledge</a>) and Sarah Middleton (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinckney.html#959.68.88">Charles Cotesworth Pinckney</a>); uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hudsonriver-hughan.html#496.84.45">John Middleton Huger</a>; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/middleton.html#670.69.30">Henry Middleton (1717-1784)</a>; granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith2.html#818.20.40">Daniel Elliott Huger Smith</a>; great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rutherfurd-ryall.html#165.35.77">Benjamin Huger Rutledge</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kane.html#190.80.45">Francis Fisher Kane</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/draves-drexler.html#873.60.45">John Drayton</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/10001-0226.html">Pinckney-Middleton family</a> of Charleston, South Carolina; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0131.html">Middleton-Huger-Rutledge-Drayton family</a> of Charleston, South Carolina (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=M000699">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=407683">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/henry-middleton/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/middleton-henry ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/8799217">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> Charles Willing Byrd (1770-1828) — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/HA-lived.html">Hamilton County</a>, Ohio. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/CC-born.html">Charles City County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1770/07-26.html">July 26, 1770</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/trsc.html">secretary of Northwest Territory</a>, 1800-03; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/cncn1.html">delegate to Ohio state constitutional convention</a> from Hamilton County, 1802; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/trgv.html">Governor of Northwest Territory</a>, 1802-03; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/usdjud.html">U.S. District Judge for Ohio</a>, 1803-28; died in office 1828. Died in Sinking Spring, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/HI-died.html">Highland County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1828/08-25.html">August 25, 1828</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/58.html">58 years, 30 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/HI-buried.html#cms08353">Byrd Cemetery</a>, Sinking Spring, Ohio. <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 Evelyn Byrd and Mary Shippen (Willing) Byrd; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1797/04-06.html">April 6, 1797</a>, to Sarah Waters Meade; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1818/10-08.html">October 8, 1818</a>, to Hannah Miles; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/williard-willingham.html#096.57.01">Thomas Willing</a>; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/williard-willingham.html#921.55.52">Charles Willing</a>; grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shien-shlaudeman.html#419.18.44">Edward Shippen (1703-1781)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shien-shlaudeman.html#157.96.59">William Shippen</a>; great-granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/trelease-trimarchi.html#618.52.82">Connally Findlay Trigg</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/button-byrer.html#640.84.55">Richard Evelyn Byrd</a>; second great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shien-shlaudeman.html#860.88.84">Edward Shippen (1639-1712)</a>; second great-granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/button-byrer.html#387.15.81">Harry Flood Byrd</a>; third great-granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/button-byrer.html#682.58.24">Harry Flood Byrd Jr.</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shien-shlaudeman.html#393.56.68">Edward Shippen (1729-1806)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/francis.html#112.89.40">John Brown Francis</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/overton-ovington.html#692.95.14">Edward Overton Jr.</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/macdougal-maciora.html#242.35.83">James Rieman Macfarlane</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kane.html#190.80.45">Francis Fisher Kane</a>; first cousin five times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beucher-biddis.html#278.25.27">William Welby Beverley</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shien-shlaudeman.html#461.40.05">Edward Shippen (1823-1904)</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/irvine-irving.html#734.69.01">Bertha Shippen Irving</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#914.34.65">Edmund Pendleton</a>; second cousin five times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/uczciwek-underhill.html#441.43.87">William Bradley Umstead</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/duke.html#342.09.19">Angier Biddle Duke</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendry-penniman.html#782.20.92">John Penn</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#501.20.13">John Pendleton Jr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#405.60.08">Nathaniel Pendleton</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/maddock-magerman.html#015.69.29">James Madison</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/maddock-magerman.html#765.25.89">William Taylor Madison</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#617.96.54">Philip Clayton Pendleton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/taylor9.html#681.60.97">Zachary Taylor</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#553.69.40">Edmund Henry Pendleton</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#102.85.12">Nathanael Greene Pendleton</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/10001-0158.html">Pendleton-Lee family</a> of Maryland; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0016.html">Lee-Randolph family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0012.html">Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell family</a> of Virginia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0055.html">Blackburn-Slaughter-Buckner-Madison family</a> of Kentucky (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.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=339&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na">federal judicial profile</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles Willing Byrd">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/25003516">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> George Howard (1789-1846) — of near Woodstock, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/HO-lived.html">Howard County</a>, Md. Born in Annapolis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/AA-born.html">Anne Arundel County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1789/11-21.html">November 21, 1789</a>. Whig. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Maryland</a>, 1831-33; candidate for Presidential Elector for Maryland; delegate to Whig National Convention from Maryland, 1839 (Convention Vice-President). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Died near Woodstock, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/HO-died.html">Howard County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1846/08-02.html">August 2, 1846</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/56.html">56 years, 254 days</a>). Entombed at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ba-buried.html#cms02496">Old St. Paul's Cemetery</a>, Baltimore, Md. <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/howard.html#624.56.05">John Eager Howard</a> and Margaret Oswald 'Peggy' (Chew) Howard; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/howard.html#762.57.32">Benjamin Chew Howard</a>; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1811/">1811</a> to Prudence Gough Ridgely (daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ridge-riggin.html#557.62.31">Charles Carnan Ridgely</a>); grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chertov-childers.html#885.35.89">Benjamin Chew</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dales-dalto.html#421.54.73">Sophia Dallas</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carroll.html#656.69.14">John Lee Carroll</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carroll.html#146.63.27">John Howell Carroll</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cabana-cadwalader.html#763.43.62">John Cadwalader (1805-1879)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shien-shlaudeman.html#461.40.05">Edward Shippen</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blair.html#828.36.15">Montgomery Blair</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/aikens-albree.html#092.04.74">William Julian Albert</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blair.html#827.40.18">Francis Preston Blair Jr.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cabana-cadwalader.html#776.52.49">John Cadwalader (1843-1925)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/irvine-irving.html#734.69.01">Bertha Shippen Irving</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/aikens-albree.html#422.21.20">Talbot Jones Albert</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blair.html#463.67.53">James Lawrence Blair</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee3.html#363.09.77">Francis Preston Blair Lee</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blair.html#942.93.74">Gist Blair</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/canon-caplis.html#737.45.76">Ethel Gist Cantrill</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee3.html#297.22.60">Edward Brooke Lee</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/paca-paganelli.html#402.58.29">Edward Tilghman Paca</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/10001-0016.html">Lee-Randolph family</a> (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/george-howard/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7530480">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> John Brown Francis (1791-1864) — of Warwick, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/KE-lived.html">Kent County</a>, R.I. Born in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-born.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1791/05-31.html">May 31, 1791</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/sthse.html">Rhode Island state house of representatives</a>, 1821; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/stsen.html">Rhode Island state senate</a>, 1831, 1845-56; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Rhode Island</a>, 1833-38; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Rhode Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1840/RI.html">1840</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Rhode Island</a>, 1844-45. Died in Warwick, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/KE-died.html">Kent County</a>, R.I., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1864/08-09.html">August 9, 1864</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">73 years, 70 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/PR-buried.html#cms00392">North Burial Ground</a>, Providence, R.I. <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 Francis and Abigail (Brown) Francis; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1822/">1822</a> to Anne Carter Brown; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1832/">1832</a> to Elizabeth (Francis) Harrison; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brown5.html#745.58.78">John Brown</a>; grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/williard-willingham.html#096.57.01">Thomas Willing</a>; great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/williard-willingham.html#921.55.52">Charles Willing</a>; great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shien-shlaudeman.html#419.18.44">Edward Shippen (1703-1781)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shien-shlaudeman.html#157.96.59">William Shippen</a>; third great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shien-shlaudeman.html#860.88.84">Edward Shippen (1639-1712)</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/button-byrer.html#406.94.37">Charles Willing Byrd</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shien-shlaudeman.html#393.56.68">Edward Shippen (1729-1806)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kane.html#190.80.45">Francis Fisher Kane</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/overton-ovington.html#692.95.14">Edward Overton Jr.</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/macdougal-maciora.html#242.35.83">James Rieman Macfarlane</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shien-shlaudeman.html#461.40.05">Edward Shippen (1823-1904)</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/irvine-irving.html#734.69.01">Bertha Shippen Irving</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/appleton.html#793.53.13">John Appleton</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pierce.html#151.29.74">Jane Pierce</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/10001-0123.html">Sprague family</a> of Providence, Rhode Island; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0039.html">Biddle-Randolph family</a> of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0052.html">Saltonstall-Davis-Frelinghuysen-Appleton family</a> of Massachusetts; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0495.html">Beakes-Greene-Witter family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0207.html">Shippen-Middleton family</a> of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (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=F000336">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404285">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/john-brown-francis/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John Brown Francis">Wikipedia article</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> Benjamin Chew Howard (1791-1872) — also known as Benjamin C. Howard — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ba-lived.html">Baltimore</a>, Md. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ba-born.html">Baltimore</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1791/11-05.html">November 5, 1791</a>. Democrat. General in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/sthse.html">Maryland state house of delegates</a>, 1824-25; candidate for Presidential Elector for Maryland; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Maryland</a>, 1829-33, 1835-39 (5th District 1829-31, 6th District 1831-33, 4th District 1835-39); member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/stsen.html">Maryland state senate</a>, 1840-41; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/cncn2.html">delegate to Maryland state constitutional convention</a>, 1850. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Slaveowner. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ba-died.html">Baltimore</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1872/03-06.html">March 6, 1872</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">80 years, 122 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ba-buried.html#cms00372">Green Mount Cemetery</a>, Baltimore, Md. <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/howard.html#624.56.05">John Eager Howard</a> and Margaret Oswald 'Peggy' (Chew) Howard; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/howard.html#296.88.63">George Howard</a>; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chertov-childers.html#885.35.89">Benjamin Chew</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dales-dalto.html#421.54.73">Sophia Dallas</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carroll.html#656.69.14">John Lee Carroll</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carroll.html#146.63.27">John Howell Carroll</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cabana-cadwalader.html#763.43.62">John Cadwalader (1805-1879)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shien-shlaudeman.html#461.40.05">Edward Shippen</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blair.html#828.36.15">Montgomery Blair</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/aikens-albree.html#092.04.74">William Julian Albert</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blair.html#827.40.18">Francis Preston Blair Jr.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cabana-cadwalader.html#776.52.49">John Cadwalader (1843-1925)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/irvine-irving.html#734.69.01">Bertha Shippen Irving</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/aikens-albree.html#422.21.20">Talbot Jones Albert</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blair.html#463.67.53">James Lawrence Blair</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee3.html#363.09.77">Francis Preston Blair Lee</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blair.html#942.93.74">Gist Blair</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/canon-caplis.html#737.45.76">Ethel Gist Cantrill</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee3.html#297.22.60">Edward Brooke Lee</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/paca-paganelli.html#402.58.29">Edward Tilghman Paca</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/10001-0016.html">Lee-Randolph family</a> (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=H000835">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405682">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> Edward Overton (1795-1878) — of Towanda, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BR-lived.html">Bradford County</a>, Pa. Born in Clitheroe, Lancashire, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ED-born.html">England</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1795/12-30.html">December 30, 1795</a>. Whig. Delegate to Whig National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1839. Died in Towanda, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BR-died.html">Bradford County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1878/10-17.html">October 17, 1878</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 291 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <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 Mary (Bleasdale) Overton and Thomas Overton; married to Eliza Willing Clymer; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/overton-ovington.html#692.95.14">Edward Overton Jr.</a>; grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/macdougal-maciora.html#242.35.83">James Rieman Macfarlane</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/10001-0207.html">Shippen-Middleton family</a> of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0012.html">Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell family</a> of Virginia (subsets 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> Sophia Dallas (1798-1869) — also known as Sophia Chew Nicklin — Born in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-born.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1798/06-25.html">June 25, 1798</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/second.html">Second Lady of the United States</a>, 1845-49. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Died in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-died.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1869/01-11.html">January 11, 1869</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">70 years, 200 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-buried.html#cms00805">St. Peter's Episcopal Churchyard</a>, Philadelphia, Pa. <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: Daughter of Philip Houlbrook Nicklin and Julianna (Chew) Nicklin; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1816/05-23.html">May 23, 1816</a>, to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dales-dalto.html#289.37.90">George Mifflin Dallas (1792-1864)</a> (son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dales-dalto.html#503.24.91">Alexander James Dallas</a>; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dales-dalto.html#483.78.52">George Mifflin Dallas (1839-1917)</a>); granddaughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chertov-childers.html#885.35.89">Benjamin Chew</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/howard.html#296.88.63">George Howard</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/howard.html#762.57.32">Benjamin Chew Howard</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carroll.html#656.69.14">John Lee Carroll</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carroll.html#146.63.27">John Howell Carroll</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cabana-cadwalader.html#763.43.62">John Cadwalader (1805-1879)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shien-shlaudeman.html#461.40.05">Edward Shippen</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cabana-cadwalader.html#776.52.49">John Cadwalader (1843-1925)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/irvine-irving.html#734.69.01">Bertha Shippen Irving</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/paca-paganelli.html#402.58.29">Edward Tilghman Paca</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/10001-0016.html">Lee-Randolph family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0149.html">Dorsey-Poffenbarger family</a> of Maryland; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0158.html">Pendleton-Lee family</a> of Maryland; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0207.html">Shippen-Middleton family</a> of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0336.html">Bache-Dallas family</a> of Pennsylvania and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0039.html">Biddle-Randolph family</a> of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (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/Sophia Dallas">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/44932009">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=37741">OurCampaigns candidate detail</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 Izard Middleton (1800-1877) — of Georgetown, Georgetown District (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/GO-lived.html">Georgetown County</a>), S.C. Born in Charleston District (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CH-born.html">Charleston County</a>), S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1800/02-04.html">February 4, 1800</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/sthse.html">South Carolina state house of representatives</a>, 1832-40; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/stsen.html">South Carolina state senate</a>, 1858; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/seccn.html">delegate to South Carolina secession convention</a> from All Saints, 1860-62. Died in Summerville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/DO-died.html">Dorchester County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1877/01-12.html">January 12, 1877</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 343 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/DO-buried.html#cms05109">Middleton Place Plantation</a>, Dorchester County, S.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">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/middleton.html#064.87.59">Henry Middleton (1770-1846)</a> and Mary Helen (Hering) Middleton; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/middleton.html#405.03.32">Williams Middleton</a>; married to Sarah McPherson Alston; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/middleton.html#526.58.04">Arthur Middleton</a>; granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rutherfurd-ryall.html#165.35.77">Benjamin Huger Rutledge</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kane.html#190.80.45">Francis Fisher Kane</a>; great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/middleton.html#670.69.30">Henry Middleton (1717-1784)</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hudsonriver-hughan.html#496.84.45">John Middleton Huger</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith2.html#818.20.40">Daniel Elliott Huger Smith</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/draves-drexler.html#873.60.45">John Drayton</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/10001-0131.html">Middleton-Huger-Rutledge-Drayton family</a> of Charleston, South Carolina; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0226.html">Pinckney-Middleton family</a> of Charleston, South Carolina; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0207.html">Shippen-Middleton family</a> of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (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/92323953">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> John Appleton (1804-1891) — of Bangor, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/PE-lived.html">Penobscot County</a>, Maine. Born in New Ipswich, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/HI-born.html">Hillsborough County</a>, N.H., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1804/07-12.html">July 12, 1804</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/spju.html">justice of Maine state supreme court</a>, 1852-62; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/spcj.html">chief justice of Maine state supreme court</a>, 1862-83. Died in Bangor, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/PE-died.html">Penobscot County</a>, Maine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1891/02-07.html">February 7, 1891</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/86.html">86 years, 210 days</a>). Entombed at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/PE-buried.html#cms00527">Mt. Hope Cemetery</a>, Bangor, 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 John Appleton (1763-1849) and Elizabeth (Peabody) Appleton; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1834/">1834</a> to Sarah Newcomb Allen; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1876/">1876</a> to Annie Greely; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pierce.html#151.29.74">Jane Pierce</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/appleton.html#467.11.41">Nathan Appleton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/appleton.html#569.68.90">James Appleton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/appleton.html#071.08.10">William Appleton</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/appleton.html#916.90.43">Nathan Dane Appleton</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/appleton.html#009.95.38">Arthur Taggard Appleton</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/appleton.html#847.27.33">John Appleton (1815-1864)</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brown5.html#745.58.78">John Brown</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/salmons-salzman.html#037.90.62">Leverett Saltonstall</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/salmons-salzman.html#428.87.28">Richard Saltonstall</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kidder-kilbourne.html#285.40.78">Randolph Appleton Kidder</a>; second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/salmons-salzman.html#818.86.92">William Lawrence Saltonstall</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#075.06.66">Ebenezer Huntington</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/witherspoon-woldanski.html#469.63.20">Daniel Parrish Witter</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#260.28.70">Jabez Williams Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/francis.html#112.89.40">John Brown Francis</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/traxler-treichler.html#319.52.50">Thomas Passmore Treadwell</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/perkins.html#166.95.51">Joshua Perkins</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/biddle.html#278.52.40">Edward Biddle</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/biddle.html#737.88.95">Charles Biddle</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woodall-woodburn.html#985.05.82">Enoch Woodbridge</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/appleton.html#781.96.90">John Appleton (1758-1829)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/appleton.html#879.72.33">Thomas Appleton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinkerton-pittoni.html#138.34.76">Timothy Pitkin</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/white6.html#351.36.54">Leonard White</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/traxler-treichler.html#391.74.24">Robert Odiorne Treadwell</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/perkins.html#073.50.89">George Douglas Perkins</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bingham.html#595.36.76">Albert Lemando Bingham</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/10001-0052.html">Saltonstall-Davis-Frelinghuysen-Appleton family</a> of Massachusetts (subsets 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> Jane Pierce (1806-1863) — also known as Jane Means Appleton — Born in Hampton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/RO-born.html">Rockingham County</a>, N.H., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1806/03-12.html">March 12, 1806</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/first.html">First Lady of the United States</a>, 1853-57. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Died in Andover, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ES-died.html">Essex County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1863/12-02.html">December 2, 1863</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/57.html">57 years, 265 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ME-buried.html#cms01312">Old North Cemetery</a>, Concord, N.H. <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: Daughter of Jesse Appleton and Elizabeth (Means) Appleton; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1834/11-19.html">November 19, 1834</a>, to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pierce.html#149.58.71">Franklin Pierce</a> (son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pierce.html#650.75.45">Benjamin Pierce</a>); first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/appleton.html#793.53.13">John Appleton (1804-1891)</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/appleton.html#467.11.41">Nathan Appleton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/appleton.html#569.68.90">James Appleton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/appleton.html#071.08.10">William Appleton</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/appleton.html#916.90.43">Nathan Dane Appleton</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/appleton.html#009.95.38">Arthur Taggard Appleton</a>; first cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kerrey-keydel.html#928.28.53">John Forbes Kerry</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/appleton.html#847.27.33">John Appleton (1815-1864)</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brown5.html#745.58.78">John Brown</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/salmons-salzman.html#037.90.62">Leverett Saltonstall</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/salmons-salzman.html#428.87.28">Richard Saltonstall</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kidder-kilbourne.html#285.40.78">Randolph Appleton Kidder</a>; second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/salmons-salzman.html#818.86.92">William Lawrence Saltonstall</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#075.06.66">Ebenezer Huntington</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/witherspoon-woldanski.html#469.63.20">Daniel Parrish Witter</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#260.28.70">Jabez Williams Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/francis.html#112.89.40">John Brown Francis</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/traxler-treichler.html#319.52.50">Thomas Passmore Treadwell</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/perkins.html#166.95.51">Joshua Perkins</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/biddle.html#278.52.40">Edward Biddle</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/biddle.html#737.88.95">Charles Biddle</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woodall-woodburn.html#985.05.82">Enoch Woodbridge</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/appleton.html#781.96.90">John Appleton (1758-1829)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/appleton.html#879.72.33">Thomas Appleton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinkerton-pittoni.html#138.34.76">Timothy Pitkin</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/white6.html#351.36.54">Leonard White</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/traxler-treichler.html#391.74.24">Robert Odiorne Treadwell</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/perkins.html#073.50.89">George Douglas Perkins</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bingham.html#595.36.76">Albert Lemando Bingham</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/10001-0123.html">Sprague family</a> of Providence, Rhode Island; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0039.html">Biddle-Randolph family</a> of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0052.html">Saltonstall-Davis-Frelinghuysen-Appleton family</a> of Massachusetts; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0495.html">Beakes-Greene-Witter family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0207.html">Shippen-Middleton family</a> of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (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/Jane Pierce">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/19666">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=34110">OurCampaigns candidate detail</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> Williams Middleton (1809-1883) — of Charleston, Charleston District (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CH-lived.html">Charleston County</a>), S.C. Born in South Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1809/index.html">1809</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/seccn.html">Delegate to South Carolina secession convention</a> from St. Philips' & St. Michael's, 1860-62. Died in Greenville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/GR-died.html">Greenville County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1883/08-23.html">August 23, 1883</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">about 74 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/DO-buried.html#cms05109">Middleton Place Plantation</a>, Dorchester County, S.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">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/middleton.html#064.87.59">Henry Middleton (1770-1846)</a> and Mary Helen (Hering) Middleton; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/middleton.html#063.40.58">John Izard Middleton</a>; married to Susan Pringle Smith (sister of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith5.html#410.72.63">John Julius Pringle Smith</a>); grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/middleton.html#526.58.04">Arthur Middleton</a>; granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rutherfurd-ryall.html#165.35.77">Benjamin Huger Rutledge</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kane.html#190.80.45">Francis Fisher Kane</a>; great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/middleton.html#670.69.30">Henry Middleton (1717-1784)</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hudsonriver-hughan.html#496.84.45">John Middleton Huger</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith2.html#818.20.40">Daniel Elliott Huger Smith</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/draves-drexler.html#873.60.45">John Drayton</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/10001-0131.html">Middleton-Huger-Rutledge-Drayton family</a> of Charleston, South Carolina; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0226.html">Pinckney-Middleton family</a> of Charleston, South Carolina; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0207.html">Shippen-Middleton family</a> of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (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/31203293">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> John Middleton Huger (1809-1894) — also known as John M. Huger — of New Orleans, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/OR-lived.html">Orleans Parish</a>, La. Born in Charleston, Charleston District (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CH-born.html">Charleston County</a>), S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1809/index.html">1809</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/sugar.html">Sugar cane</a> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">planter</a>; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/TK-consuls.html">Consul for Turkey</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/OR-consuls.html">New Orleans, La.</a>, 1872-82. Died in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-died.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1894/02-24.html">February 24, 1894</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/84.html">about 84 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MO-buried.html#cms00460">Magnolia Cemetery</a>, Mobile, Ala. <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/hudsonriver-hughan.html#668.97.80">Daniel Elliott Huger</a> and Isabella Johannes (Middleton) Huger; married to Elizabeth Allen Deas; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/middleton.html#064.87.59">Henry Middleton (1770-1846)</a>; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith2.html#818.20.40">Daniel Elliott Huger Smith</a>; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/middleton.html#526.58.04">Arthur Middleton</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hudsonriver-hughan.html#970.04.67">Daniel Huger</a>; grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hudsonriver-hughan.html#805.72.33">John Huger</a>; great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/middleton.html#670.69.30">Henry Middleton (1717-1784)</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/middleton.html#063.40.58">John Izard Middleton</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/middleton.html#405.03.32">Williams Middleton</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hudsonriver-hughan.html#086.64.11">Benjamin Huger</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hudsonriver-hughan.html#003.51.39">Alfred Huger</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rutherfurd-ryall.html#165.35.77">Benjamin Huger Rutledge</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kane.html#190.80.45">Francis Fisher Kane</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/draves-drexler.html#873.60.45">John Drayton</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hudsonriver-hughan.html#630.25.99">Benjamin Frost Huger</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/simspon-sizemore.html#125.55.75">Huger Sinkler (1868-1923)</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/simspon-sizemore.html#620.65.07">Huger Sinkler (1908-1987)</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/10001-0131.html">Middleton-Huger-Rutledge-Drayton family</a> of Charleston, South Carolina; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0226.html">Pinckney-Middleton family</a> of Charleston, South Carolina; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0207.html">Shippen-Middleton family</a> of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (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/64744702">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/461/40.05.jpg" width=70 height=113 border=0 alt="Edward Shippen"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Edward Shippen (1823-1904) — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-born.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1823/11-16.html">November 16, 1823</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/AR-consuls.html">Consul for Argentina</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-consuls.html">Philadelphia, Pa.</a>, 1872-88, 1892-95; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/CE-consuls.html">Consul for Chile</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-consuls.html">Philadelphia, Pa.</a>, 1872-98; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/EC-consuls.html">Consul for Ecuador</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-consuls.html">Philadelphia, Pa.</a>, 1873-97. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sons-am-rev.html">Sons of the Revolution</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/soc-colonial-wars.html">Society of Colonial Wars</a>. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/pneumonia.html">pneumonia</a>, in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-died.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1904/03-14.html">March 14, 1904</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">80 years, 119 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-buried.html#cms00362">Laurel Hill Cemetery</a>, Philadelphia, Pa. <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 Dr. Joseph Galloway Shippen and Anna Maria (Buckley) Shippen; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1849/06-29.html">June 29, 1849</a>, to Augusta Chauncey Twiggs; grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shien-shlaudeman.html#393.56.68">Edward Shippen (1729-1806)</a>; great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shien-shlaudeman.html#419.18.44">Edward Shippen (1703-1781)</a>; great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shien-shlaudeman.html#157.96.59">William Shippen</a>; third great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shien-shlaudeman.html#860.88.84">Edward Shippen (1639-1712)</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/irvine-irving.html#734.69.01">Bertha Shippen Irving</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chertov-childers.html#885.35.89">Benjamin Chew</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/williard-willingham.html#096.57.01">Thomas Willing</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/button-byrer.html#406.94.37">Charles Willing Byrd</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/howard.html#296.88.63">George Howard</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/francis.html#112.89.40">John Brown Francis</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/howard.html#762.57.32">Benjamin Chew Howard</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dales-dalto.html#421.54.73">Sophia Dallas</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carroll.html#656.69.14">John Lee Carroll</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/overton-ovington.html#692.95.14">Edward Overton Jr.</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/macdougal-maciora.html#242.35.83">James Rieman Macfarlane</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carroll.html#146.63.27">John Howell Carroll</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kane.html#190.80.45">Francis Fisher Kane</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/10001-0016.html">Lee-Randolph family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0288.html">Ballard-Gadsden-Randolph family</a> of West Virginia and South Carolina; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0158.html">Pendleton-Lee family</a> of Maryland; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0207.html">Shippen-Middleton family</a> of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0336.html">Bache-Dallas family</a> of Pennsylvania and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0039.html">Biddle-Randolph family</a> of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0460.html">Carroll family</a> of Maryland (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/40661972">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: Philadelphia Times, December 20, 1891</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 Lee Carroll (1830-1911) — of Maryland. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ba-born.html">Baltimore</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1830/09-30.html">September 30, 1830</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/stsen.html">Maryland state senate</a>, 1868-74; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Maryland</a>, 1876-80; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1880/MD.html">1880</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1884/MD.html">1884</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1911/02-27.html">February 27, 1911</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">80 years, 150 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ba-buried.html#cms01492">New Cathedral Cemetery</a>, Baltimore, Md. <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 Mary Digges (Lee) Carroll and Charles Carroll; brother of Helen Sophia Carroll (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/odem-oestreicher.html#537.13.84">Charles Oliver O'Donnell</a>); married to Anita Phelps; grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee5.html#908.74.21">John Lee</a>; great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chertov-childers.html#885.35.89">Benjamin Chew</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carroll.html#667.25.10">Charles Carroll of Carrollton</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee8.html#346.86.17">Thomas Sim Lee</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/howard.html#296.88.63">George Howard</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/howard.html#762.57.32">Benjamin Chew Howard</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dales-dalto.html#421.54.73">Sophia Dallas</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carroll.html#146.63.27">John Howell Carroll</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carroll.html#569.76.27">Daniel Carroll</a>; first cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee7.html#262.89.36">Richard Henry Lee</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee3.html#010.52.17">Francis Lightfoot Lee</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee1.html#361.64.36">Arthur Lee</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hornbeck-horter.html#692.07.46">Outerbridge Horsey</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carroll.html#445.18.18">Charles Carroll, Barrister</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hansford-hanzl.html#714.26.19">Alexander Contee Hanson</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee4.html#665.18.18">Henry Lee</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee2.html#558.92.01">Charles Lee</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee3.html#856.08.16">Edmund Jennings Lee</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/magician-magruder.html#392.09.84">Alexander Contee Magruder</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cabana-cadwalader.html#763.43.62">John Cadwalader (1805-1879)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shien-shlaudeman.html#461.40.05">Edward Shippen</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/albritton-aldous.html#038.35.13">John Duffy Alderson</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/taylor9.html#681.60.97">Zachary Taylor</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cabana-cadwalader.html#776.52.49">John Cadwalader (1843-1925)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/irvine-irving.html#734.69.01">Bertha Shippen Irving</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/magician-magruder.html#997.11.62">John Read Magruder</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee3.html#221.89.01">Fitzhugh Lee</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee3.html#363.09.77">Francis Preston Blair Lee</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/10001-0016.html">Lee-Randolph family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0460.html">Carroll family</a> of Maryland; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0294.html">Eisenhower-Nixon family</a> (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.nga.org/governor/john-lee-carroll/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John Lee Carroll">Wikipedia article</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 Drayton (1831-1912) — of Charleston, Charleston District (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CH-lived.html">Charleston County</a>), S.C. Born in Charleston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CH-born.html">Charleston County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1831/10-10.html">October 10, 1831</a>. U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/VR-consuls.html ">Tuxpam</a>, 1886-97. Died in Tuxpam, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/VR-died.html">Veracruz</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1912/index.html">1912</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">about 80 years</a>). Burial location unknown. <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 Charles Drayton and Mary Middleton (Shoolbred) Drayton; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1893/12-10.html">December 10, 1893</a>, to Kate Lindsay Loebnitz; grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/middleton.html#526.58.04">Arthur Middleton</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/draves-drexler.html#717.87.78">William Henry Drayton</a>; great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/middleton.html#670.69.30">Henry Middleton (1717-1784)</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/draves-drexler.html#786.16.27">John Drayton (1766-1822)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/middleton.html#064.87.59">Henry Middleton (1770-1846)</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/middleton.html#063.40.58">John Izard Middleton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/middleton.html#405.03.32">Williams Middleton</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hudsonriver-hughan.html#496.84.45">John Middleton Huger</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/draves-drexler.html#021.74.00">William Drayton</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith2.html#818.20.40">Daniel Elliott Huger Smith</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rutherfurd-ryall.html#165.35.77">Benjamin Huger Rutledge</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kane.html#190.80.45">Francis Fisher Kane</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/10001-0131.html">Middleton-Huger-Rutledge-Drayton family</a> of Charleston, South Carolina (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"><a href="https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/brh2003001926/PP/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/692/95.14.jpg" width=70 height=112 border=0 alt="Edward Overton, Jr."></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Edward Overton Jr. (1836-1903) — of Towanda, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BR-lived.html">Bradford County</a>, Pa. Born in Towanda, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BR-born.html">Bradford County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1836/02-04.html">February 4, 1836</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 15th District, 1877-81; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">bank president</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kappa-alpha-soc.html">Kappa Alpha Society</a>. Died in Towanda, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BR-died.html">Bradford County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1903/09-18.html">September 18, 1903</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">67 years, 226 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BR-buried.html#cms00228">Oak Hill Cemetery</a>, Towanda, Pa. <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 Eliza Willing (Clymer) Overton and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/overton-ovington.html#574.03.74">Edward Overton</a>; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1869/">1869</a> to Colette Theresa Rossell; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/macdougal-maciora.html#242.35.83">James Rieman Macfarlane</a>; great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/williard-willingham.html#096.57.01">Thomas Willing</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#292.67.69">George Clymer</a>; second great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/williard-willingham.html#921.55.52">Charles Willing</a>; second great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shien-shlaudeman.html#419.18.44">Edward Shippen (1703-1781)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shien-shlaudeman.html#157.96.59">William Shippen</a>; fourth great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shien-shlaudeman.html#860.88.84">Edward Shippen (1639-1712)</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/button-byrer.html#406.94.37">Charles Willing Byrd</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shien-shlaudeman.html#393.56.68">Edward Shippen (1729-1806)</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/francis.html#112.89.40">John Brown Francis</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shien-shlaudeman.html#461.40.05">Edward Shippen (1823-1904)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kane.html#190.80.45">Francis Fisher Kane</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/irvine-irving.html#734.69.01">Bertha Shippen Irving</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/10001-0207.html">Shippen-Middleton family</a> of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (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=O000145">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408396">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward Overton, Jr.">Wikipedia article</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: Library of Congress</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 Elliott Huger Smith (1846-1932) — also known as D. E. Huger Smith — of Charleston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CH-lived.html">Charleston County</a>, S.C. Born in Charleston, Charleston District (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CH-born.html">Charleston County</a>), S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1846/04-02.html">April 2, 1846</a>. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/DE-consuls.html">Vice-Consul for Denmark</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CH-consuls.html">Charleston, S.C.</a>, 1877-1902. Died in Charleston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CH-died.html">Charleston County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1932/03-05.html">March 5, 1932</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/85.html">85 years, 338 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CH-buried.html#cms00368">Magnolia Cemetery</a>, Charleston, S.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">Relatives: Son of William Mason Smith and Eliza Middleton (Huger) Smith; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1869/11-16.html">November 16, 1869</a>, to Caroline Ravenel; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hudsonriver-hughan.html#496.84.45">John Middleton Huger</a>; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hudsonriver-hughan.html#668.97.80">Daniel Elliott Huger</a>; grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/middleton.html#064.87.59">Henry Middleton (1770-1846)</a>; great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hudsonriver-hughan.html#970.04.67">Daniel Huger</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/middleton.html#526.58.04">Arthur Middleton</a>; great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hudsonriver-hughan.html#805.72.33">John Huger</a>; second great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/middleton.html#670.69.30">Henry Middleton (1717-1784)</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/middleton.html#063.40.58">John Izard Middleton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/middleton.html#405.03.32">Williams Middleton</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/princeton-prociuk.html#770.31.67">Jacob Motte Alston Pringle</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hudsonriver-hughan.html#086.64.11">Benjamin Huger</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hudsonriver-hughan.html#003.51.39">Alfred Huger</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/draves-drexler.html#873.60.45">John Drayton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hudsonriver-hughan.html#630.25.99">Benjamin Frost Huger</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rutherfurd-ryall.html#165.35.77">Benjamin Huger Rutledge</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kane.html#190.80.45">Francis Fisher Kane</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/simspon-sizemore.html#125.55.75">Huger Sinkler (1868-1923)</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/simspon-sizemore.html#620.65.07">Huger Sinkler (1908-1987)</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/10001-0131.html">Middleton-Huger-Rutledge-Drayton family</a> of Charleston, South Carolina; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0164.html">Richardson-Manning family</a> of South Carolina (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/33421197">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> James Rieman Macfarlane (1858-1938) — also known as James R. Macfarlane — of Pittsburgh, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/AL-lived.html">Allegheny County</a>, Pa. Born in Towanda, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BR-born.html">Bradford County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1858/04-20.html">April 20, 1858</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; common pleas court judge in Pennsylvania 5th District, 1903-29. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in Pittsburgh, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/AL-died.html">Allegheny County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1938/12-02.html">December 2, 1938</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">80 years, 226 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <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 Macfarlane and Mary (Overton) Macfarlane; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1888/04-25.html">April 25, 1888</a>, to Lizzie Overton; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1893/11-18.html">November 18, 1893</a>, to Ruth Fletcher; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/overton-ovington.html#692.95.14">Edward Overton Jr.</a>; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/overton-ovington.html#574.03.74">Edward Overton</a>; second great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/williard-willingham.html#096.57.01">Thomas Willing</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#292.67.69">George Clymer</a>; third great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/williard-willingham.html#921.55.52">Charles Willing</a>; third great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shien-shlaudeman.html#419.18.44">Edward Shippen (1703-1781)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shien-shlaudeman.html#157.96.59">William Shippen</a>; fifth great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shien-shlaudeman.html#860.88.84">Edward Shippen (1639-1712)</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/button-byrer.html#406.94.37">Charles Willing Byrd</a>; first cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shien-shlaudeman.html#393.56.68">Edward Shippen (1729-1806)</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/francis.html#112.89.40">John Brown Francis</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shien-shlaudeman.html#461.40.05">Edward Shippen (1823-1904)</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kane.html#190.80.45">Francis Fisher Kane</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/irvine-irving.html#734.69.01">Bertha Shippen Irving</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/10001-0207.html">Shippen-Middleton family</a> of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (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> Benjamin Huger Rutledge (1861-1925) — also known as Benjamin H. Rutledge — of Charleston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CH-lived.html">Charleston County</a>, S.C. Born in Charleston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CH-born.html">Charleston County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1861/09-04.html">September 4, 1861</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/sthse.html">South Carolina state house of representatives</a> from Charleston County, 1890-92; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/BG-consuls.html">Consul for Belgium</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CH-consuls.html">Charleston, S.C.</a>, 1907. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Died in Charleston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CH-died.html">Charleston County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1925/11-12.html">November 12, 1925</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">64 years, 69 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CH-buried.html#cms00368">Magnolia Cemetery</a>, Charleston, S.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">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rutherfurd-ryall.html#225.35.30">Benjamin Huger Rutledge (1829-1893)</a> and Eleanor (Middleton) Rutledge; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1892/10-05.html">October 5, 1892</a>, to Emma Blake; grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/middleton.html#063.40.58">John Izard Middleton</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/middleton.html#405.03.32">Williams Middleton</a>; great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/middleton.html#064.87.59">Henry Middleton (1770-1846)</a>; great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rutherfurd-ryall.html#303.50.98">John Rutledge</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rutherfurd-ryall.html#638.85.87">Edward Rutledge</a>; second great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/middleton.html#526.58.04">Arthur Middleton</a>; third great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/middleton.html#670.69.30">Henry Middleton (1717-1784)</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rutherfurd-ryall.html#573.13.74">John Rutledge Jr.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith8.html#272.20.23">Thomas Rhett Smith</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hudsonriver-hughan.html#496.84.45">John Middleton Huger</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kane.html#190.80.45">Francis Fisher Kane</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith2.html#818.20.40">Daniel Elliott Huger Smith</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/draves-drexler.html#873.60.45">John Drayton</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/10001-0131.html">Middleton-Huger-Rutledge-Drayton family</a> of Charleston, South Carolina; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0226.html">Pinckney-Middleton family</a> of Charleston, South Carolina; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0207.html">Shippen-Middleton family</a> of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (subsets 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> John Howell Carroll (1865-1903) — also known as J. Howell Carroll — of Maryland. Born in Maryland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1865/09-21.html">September 21, 1865</a>. U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SP-consuls.html ">Cadiz</a>, 1897-1902. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/tuberculosis.html">consumption</a>, in Mentone (Menton), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/FR-died.html">France</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1903/02-07.html">February 7, 1903</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/37.html">37 years, 139 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ba-buried.html#cms00372">Green Mount Cemetery</a>, Baltimore, Md. <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 Charles Tucker Carroll and Susan (Howell) Carroll; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1888/11-14.html">November 14, 1888</a>, to Mary Grafton Rogers; father of Suzanne Howell Carroll (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hill5.html#459.94.98">John Boynton Philip Clayton Hill</a>); great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tucker.html#940.78.60">Ebenezer Tucker</a>; second great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chertov-childers.html#885.35.89">Benjamin Chew</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carroll.html#667.25.10">Charles Carroll of Carrollton</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carroll.html#656.69.14">John Lee Carroll</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/howard.html#296.88.63">George Howard</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/howard.html#762.57.32">Benjamin Chew Howard</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dales-dalto.html#421.54.73">Sophia Dallas</a>; first cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carroll.html#569.76.27">Daniel Carroll</a>; second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carroll.html#445.18.18">Charles Carroll, Barrister</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cabana-cadwalader.html#763.43.62">John Cadwalader (1805-1879)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shien-shlaudeman.html#461.40.05">Edward Shippen</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee8.html#346.86.17">Thomas Sim Lee</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hansford-hanzl.html#714.26.19">Alexander Contee Hanson</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/magician-magruder.html#392.09.84">Alexander Contee Magruder</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cabana-cadwalader.html#776.52.49">John Cadwalader (1843-1925)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/irvine-irving.html#734.69.01">Bertha Shippen Irving</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/albritton-aldous.html#038.35.13">John Duffy Alderson</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/10001-0016.html">Lee-Randolph family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0460.html">Carroll family</a> of Maryland; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0294.html">Eisenhower-Nixon family</a> (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/183155876">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> Francis Fisher Kane (1866-1955) — also known as Francis F. Kane — of Germantown, Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa. Born in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-born.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1866/06-17.html">June 17, 1866</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a>, 1890; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/philadelphia.html">mayor of Philadelphia, Pa.</a>, 1903; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1904/PA.html">1904</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania</a>, 1913-19. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-kappa-sigma.html">Phi Kappa Sigma</a>. Died, in McLean <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/asylum.html">Hospital</a>, Belmont, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/MI-died.html">Middlesex County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1955/05-27.html">May 27, 1955</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/88.html">88 years, 344 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <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 Patterson Kane and Elizabeth Francis (Fisher) Kane; grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/middleton.html#063.40.58">John Izard Middleton</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/middleton.html#405.03.32">Williams Middleton</a>; great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/middleton.html#064.87.59">Henry Middleton (1770-1846)</a>; second great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/middleton.html#526.58.04">Arthur Middleton</a>; second great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/williard-willingham.html#096.57.01">Thomas Willing</a>; third great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/williard-willingham.html#921.55.52">Charles Willing</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/middleton.html#670.69.30">Henry Middleton (1717-1784)</a>; third great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shien-shlaudeman.html#419.18.44">Edward Shippen (1703-1781)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shien-shlaudeman.html#157.96.59">William Shippen</a>; fifth great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shien-shlaudeman.html#860.88.84">Edward Shippen (1639-1712)</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/francis.html#112.89.40">John Brown Francis</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hudsonriver-hughan.html#496.84.45">John Middleton Huger</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/button-byrer.html#406.94.37">Charles Willing Byrd</a>; first cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shien-shlaudeman.html#393.56.68">Edward Shippen (1729-1806)</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rutherfurd-ryall.html#165.35.77">Benjamin Huger Rutledge</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith2.html#818.20.40">Daniel Elliott Huger Smith</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/draves-drexler.html#873.60.45">John Drayton</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/overton-ovington.html#692.95.14">Edward Overton Jr.</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shien-shlaudeman.html#461.40.05">Edward Shippen (1823-1904)</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/macdougal-maciora.html#242.35.83">James Rieman Macfarlane</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/irvine-irving.html#734.69.01">Bertha Shippen Irving</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/10001-0207.html">Shippen-Middleton family</a> of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0012.html">Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell family</a> of Virginia (subsets 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> Bertha Shippen Irving (1876-1945) — also known as Bertha Violet Shippen — of Haddonfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/CA-lived.html">Camden County</a>, N.J. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/sl-born.html">St. Louis</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1876/10-18.html">October 18, 1876</a>. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/NJ.html">1924</a>; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/haddonfield.html#2">Haddonfield, N.J.</a>, 1933-45 (acting, 1933-35). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Died, from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a>, in Haddonfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/CA-died.html">Camden County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1945/03-26.html">March 26, 1945</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">68 years, 159 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <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: Daughter of Joseph Shippen and Elizabeth Jones (Winslow) Shippen; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1899/02-21.html">February 21, 1899</a>, to Robert Archibald Irving; great-grandniece of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shien-shlaudeman.html#393.56.68">Edward Shippen (1729-1806)</a>; second great-granddaughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shien-shlaudeman.html#419.18.44">Edward Shippen (1703-1781)</a>; second great-grandniece of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shien-shlaudeman.html#157.96.59">William Shippen</a>; fourth great-granddaughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shien-shlaudeman.html#860.88.84">Edward Shippen (1639-1712)</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shien-shlaudeman.html#461.40.05">Edward Shippen (1823-1904)</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chertov-childers.html#885.35.89">Benjamin Chew</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/williard-willingham.html#096.57.01">Thomas Willing</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/button-byrer.html#406.94.37">Charles Willing Byrd</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/howard.html#296.88.63">George Howard</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/francis.html#112.89.40">John Brown Francis</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/howard.html#762.57.32">Benjamin Chew Howard</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dales-dalto.html#421.54.73">Sophia Dallas</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carroll.html#656.69.14">John Lee Carroll</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/overton-ovington.html#692.95.14">Edward Overton Jr.</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/macdougal-maciora.html#242.35.83">James Rieman Macfarlane</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carroll.html#146.63.27">John Howell Carroll</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kane.html#190.80.45">Francis Fisher Kane</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/10001-0016.html">Lee-Randolph family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0288.html">Ballard-Gadsden-Randolph family</a> of West Virginia and South Carolina; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0158.html">Pendleton-Lee family</a> of Maryland; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0207.html">Shippen-Middleton family</a> of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0336.html">Bache-Dallas family</a> of Pennsylvania and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0039.html">Biddle-Randolph family</a> of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0460.html">Carroll family</a> of Maryland (subsets 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"> <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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