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Carmel Cemetery</a> <li><b>Plattsburgh</b> <a href="cms01708">Riverside Cemetery</a> <li><b>Plattsburgh</b> <a href="cms06367">St. Peter's Cemetery</a> <li><b>West Chazy</b> <a href="cms07174">Town Cemetery</a> </ul> <p> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms00007">Ausable Chasm Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Ausable Township, Clinton County, New York <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Asa Adgate (1767-1832)</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CL-lived.html">Clinton County</a>, N.Y.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ES-lived.html">Essex County</a>, N.Y. Born in Canaan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CO-born.html">Columbia County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1767/11-17.html">November 17, 1767</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a>, 1798-99, 1823 (Clinton County 1798-99, Essex County 1823); common pleas court judge in New York, 1799; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 12th District, 1815-17. Died in Ausable Chasm, Chesterfield Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ES-died.html">Essex County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1832/02-15.html">February 15, 1832</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">64 years, 90 days</a>). Interment at Ausable Chasm Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000056">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400716">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asa Adgate">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6396023">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=265401">OurCampaigns candidate detail</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms06242">Beekmantown Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Beekmantown, Clinton County, New York <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Henry McFadden (1798-1875)</b> — of Beekmantown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CL-lived.html">Clinton County</a>, N.Y. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1798/index.html">1798</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Clinton County, 1860-61. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1875/index.html">1875</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">about 77 years</a>). Interment at Beekmantown Cemetery. </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name=" ">Fairview Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Black Brook, Clinton County, New York <br> See also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=2188813&">Findagrave page</a> for this location. <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>George Asher Stevens (1856-1920)</b> — also known as <b>George A. Stevens</b> — of Lake Placid, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ES-lived.html">Essex County</a>, N.Y. Born in Black Brook, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CL-born.html">Clinton County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1856/index.html">1856</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/hotel-biz.html">Hotel-keeper</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Essex County, 1893-94; Independence League candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> 33rd District, 1914. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in Lake Placid, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ES-died.html">Essex County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1920/09-17.html">September 17, 1920</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">about 64 years</a>). Interment at Fairview Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Curtis B. Stevens; married to Frances Jane Flanders.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/102655602">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></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> <b>Mary Chahoon (1870-1953)</b> — of Ausable Forks, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CL-lived.html">Clinton County</a>, N.Y. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1870/07-12.html">July 12, 1870</a>. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/NY.html">1920</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/cr21.html">delegate to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment</a>, 1933. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1953/09-07.html">September 7, 1953</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/83.html">83 years, 57 days</a>). Interment at Fairview Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/111756649">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name=" ">Riverview Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Chazy, Clinton County, New York <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Alexander Warren Fairbank (1852-1922)</b> — also known as <b>Alexander W. Fairbank</b> — of Chazy, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CL-lived.html">Clinton County</a>, N.Y. Born in Rouses Point, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CL-born.html">Clinton County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1852/12-19.html">December 19, 1852</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">Physician</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Clinton County, 1914-15. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/ama.html">American Medical Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-templar.html">Knights Templar</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CL-died.html">Clinton County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1922/index.html">1922</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">about 69 years</a>). Interment at Riverview Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Warren Calvin Fairbank and Sarah Ann (Stearns) Fairbank; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1877/06-19.html">June 19, 1877</a>, to Evelyn Little; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/faalevao-fairbanks.html#771.20.70">Wilson Henry Fairbank</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davis4.html#222.18.60">Isaac Davis</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/faalevao-fairbanks.html#823.49.18">Merton William Fairbank</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davis3.html#497.82.65">Edward Livingston Davis</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/faalevao-fairbanks.html#671.87.98">John Barnard Fairbank</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/faalevao-fairbanks.html#884.62.50">Charles Warren Fairbanks</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/faalevao-fairbanks.html#195.47.10">Newton Hamilton Fairbanks</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davis6.html#065.50.18">Livingston Davis</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political families:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0072.html">Fairbanks-Adams family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0194.html">Davis family</a> of Massachusetts (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/59103912">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms01377">Evergreen Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Keeseville, Clinton County, New York <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>George Abel Simmons (1791-1857)</b> — also known as <b>George A. Simmons</b> — of Keeseville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ES-lived.html">Essex County</a>, N.Y. Born in New Hampshire, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1791/index.html">1791</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Essex County, 1840-42; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 16th District, 1853-57. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1857/index.html">1857</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">about 66 years</a>). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000416">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409910">Govtrack.us page</a></span></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> <b>Ezra Carter Gross (1787-1829)</b> — also known as <b>Ezra C. Gross</b> — of Elizabethtown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ES-lived.html">Essex County</a>, N.Y. Born in Hartford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/WI-born.html">Windsor County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1787/07-11.html">July 11, 1787</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ES-officials.html">Essex County Surrogate</a>, 1815-19; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 12th District, 1819-21; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Essex County, 1828-29; died in office 1829. Died in Albany, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/AL-died.html">Albany County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1829/04-09.html">April 9, 1829</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/41.html">41 years, 272 days</a>). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000494">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404839">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ezra C. Gross">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/12139639">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></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> <b>Thomas Ash Tomlinson (1802-1872)</b> — also known as <b>Thomas A. Tomlinson</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ES-lived.html">Essex County</a>, N.Y. Born in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1802/index.html">1802</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Essex County, 1835-36; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 13th District, 1841-43. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1872/index.html">1872</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">about 70 years</a>). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000301">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=410874">Govtrack.us page</a></span></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> <b>Richard Keese (1794-1883)</b> — of New York. Born in Ausable Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CL-born.html">Clinton County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1794/11-23.html">November 23, 1794</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 19th District, 1827-29; state court judge in New York, 1835. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1883/02-07.html">February 7, 1883</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/88.html">88 years, 76 days</a>). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000043">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406213">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms06179">Old Protestant Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Mooers, Clinton County, New York <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=839PAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA64-IA21"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/524/97.76.jpg" width=70 height=105 border=0 alt="H. Wallace Knapp"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>H. Wallace Knapp (1869-1929)</b> — of Mooers, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CL-lived.html">Clinton County</a>, N.Y. Born in Mooers, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CL-born.html">Clinton County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1869/03-31.html">March 31, 1869</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">Merchant</a>; member and chairman of the Clinton County Board of Supervisors; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Clinton County, 1903-06; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1904/NY.html">1904</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> 30th District, 1907-10; president, National Commercial <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Bank</a>, Plattsburgh, N.Y. Died in St. Petersburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/PI-died.html">Pinellas County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1929/04-04.html">April 4, 1929</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/60.html">60 years, 4 days</a>). Interment at Old Protestant Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of H. F. Knapp.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Image source:</i> New York Red Book 1907</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms02969">Mt. Carmel Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Plattsburgh, Clinton County, New York <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>John Henry Moffitt (1843-1926)</b> — also known as <b>John H. Moffitt</b> — of Chateaugay Lake, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/FR-lived.html">Franklin County</a>, N.Y. Born near Chazy, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CL-born.html">Clinton County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1843/01-08.html">January 8, 1843</a>. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 21st District, 1887-91. Received the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/medal-of-honor.html">Medal of Honor</a> in 1891 for action at Gaines Mill, Va., June 27, 1862. Died in Plattsburgh, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CL-died.html">Clinton County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1926/08-14.html">August 14, 1926</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/83.html">83 years, 218 days</a>). Interment at Mt. Carmel Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000841">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=407815">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms01708">Riverside Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Plattsburgh, Clinton County, New York <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Zephaniah Platt (1735-1807)</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/DU-lived.html">Dutchess County</a>, N.Y. Born in Huntington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SF-born.html">Suffolk County</a>, Long Island, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1735/05-27.html">May 27, 1735</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> Middle District, 1777-83; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/capp.html">New York council of appointment</a>, 1779, 1781; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/ccdel.html">Delegate to Continental Congress from New York</a>, 1784; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/cnrt.html">delegate to New York convention to ratify U.S. constitution</a> from Dutchess County, 1788. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1807/09-12.html">September 12, 1807</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 108 days</a>). Interment at Riverside Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pittsford-platzek.html#245.30.90">Jonas Platt</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000384">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408778">Govtrack.us page</a></span></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> <b>John Madison Wever (1847-1914)</b> — also known as <b>John M. Wever</b> — of Plattsburgh, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CL-lived.html">Clinton County</a>, N.Y. Born in Ganges, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/AL-born.html">Allegan County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1847/02-24.html">February 24, 1847</a>. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CL-officials.html">Clinton County Treasurer</a>, 1885-90; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a>, 1891-95 (21st District 1891-93, 23rd District 1893-95). Died in Plattsburgh, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CL-died.html">Clinton County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1914/09-27.html">September 27, 1914</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">67 years, 215 days</a>). Interment at Riverside Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000313">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411477">Govtrack.us page</a></span></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> <b>Jonas Platt (1769-1834)</b> — of New York. Born in Poughkeepsie, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/DU-born.html">Dutchess County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1769/06-30.html">June 30, 1769</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Herkimer and Onondaga counties, 1795-96; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 9th District, 1799-1801; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> Western District, 1809-13; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/gov.html">Governor of New York</a>, 1810; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/nysc.html">Justice of New York Supreme Court</a>, 1814-21. Slaveowner. Died in Peru, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CL-died.html">Clinton County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1834/02-22.html">February 22, 1834</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">64 years, 237 days</a>). Interment at Riverside Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pittsford-platzek.html#365.59.62">Zephaniah Platt</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000381">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408775">Govtrack.us page</a></span></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> <b>Andrew Williams (1828-1907)</b> — of Plattsburgh, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CL-lived.html">Clinton County</a>, N.Y. Born in Ormstown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/QB-born.html">Quebec</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1828/08-27.html">August 27, 1828</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/manufacturing.html">Nail manufacturer</a>; among the organizers of Iron National <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Bank</a>, and its president, 1881-88; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 18th District, 1875-79; defeated, 1870; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CL-officials.html">Clinton County Treasurer</a>, 1891-1907. Died in Plattsburgh, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CL-died.html">Clinton County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1907/10-06.html">October 6, 1907</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 40 days</a>). Interment at Riverside Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000488">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411645">Govtrack.us page</a></span></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> <b>Henry Theodore Kellogg (1869-1942)</b> — also known as <b>Henry T. Kellogg</b> — of Valcour, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CL-lived.html">Clinton County</a>, N.Y. Born in Champlain, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CL-born.html">Clinton County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1869/08-29.html">August 29, 1869</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; county judge in New York, 1903; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/nysc.html">Justice of New York Supreme Court</a> 4th District, 1903-26; Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 3rd Department, 1918-26; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/coajd.html">judge of New York Court of Appeals</a>, 1927-34; resigned 1934. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1942/09-06.html">September 6, 1942</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">73 years, 8 days</a>). Interment at Riverside Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Sylvester Alonzo Kellogg and Susan Elizabeth (Averill) Kellogg; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1903/03-05.html">March 5, 1903</a>, to Katharine Miller Weed; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#576.03.61">Jason Kellogg</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/merrill.html#118.03.57">Orsamus Cook Merrill</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/merrill.html#001.75.05">Timothy Merrill</a>; second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#868.32.79">Aaron Kellogg</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#629.48.00">William Pitt Kellogg</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#770.34.45">Silas Dewey Kellogg</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#013.58.69">William Dean Kellogg</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/merrill.html#134.93.10">Farrand Fassett Merrill</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/case.html#788.84.18">Hezekiah Case</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#062.20.35">Charles Kellogg</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#194.32.12">Daniel Fiske Kellogg</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political families:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0416.html">Murphy-Merrill family</a> of Harbor Beach, Michigan (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/151089286">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></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> <b>Moss Kent (1766-1838)</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/JF-lived.html">Jefferson County</a>, N.Y. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/RE-born.html">Rensselaer County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1766/04-03.html">April 3, 1766</a>. State court judge in New York, 1795; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> Western District, 1799-1803; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a>, 1806-07, 1809-10 (Jefferson, Lewis and St. Lawrence counties 1806-07, Jefferson County 1809-10); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 18th District, 1813-17. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1838/05-30.html">May 30, 1838</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 57 days</a>). Interment at Riverside Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000126">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406292">Govtrack.us page</a></span></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> <b>Wallace Edgar Pierce (1881-1940)</b> — also known as <b>Wallace E. Pierce</b> — of Plattsburgh, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CL-lived.html">Clinton County</a>, N.Y. Born in Black Brook, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CL-born.html">Clinton County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1881/12-09.html">December 9, 1881</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Clinton County, 1917-19; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CL-parties.html">chair of Clinton County Republican Party</a>, 1927-40; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 31st District, 1939-40; died in office 1940. Died, from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a>, in the Congressional <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/doctor-office.html">physician's office</a>, in the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/us-capitol.html">U.S. Capitol</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1940/01-03.html">January 3, 1940</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/58.html">58 years, 25 days</a>). Interment at Riverside Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000338">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408735">Govtrack.us page</a></span></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> <b>Peter Sailly (1754-1826)</b> — of Plattsburgh, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CL-lived.html">Clinton County</a>, N.Y. Born in Lorraine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/FR-born.html">France</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1754/04-20.html">April 20, 1754</a>. Democrat. Common pleas court judge in New York, 1788-96; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Clinton County, 1802-03; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 11th District, 1805-07. Slaveowner. Died in Plattsburgh, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CL-died.html">Clinton County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1826/03-16.html">March 16, 1826</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 330 days</a>). Interment at Riverside Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000015">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409535">Govtrack.us page</a></span></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> <b>Lemuel Stetson (1804-1868)</b> — of Keeseville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ES-lived.html">Essex County</a>, N.Y.; Plattsburgh, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CL-lived.html">Clinton County</a>, N.Y. Born in Champlain, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CL-born.html">Clinton County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1804/03-13.html">March 13, 1804</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Clinton County, 1835-36, 1842, 1862; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 15th District, 1843-45; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/cncn4.html">delegate to New York state constitutional convention</a>, 1846; county judge in New York, 1847-51; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1860/NY.html">1860</a>. Died in Plattsburgh, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CL-died.html">Clinton County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1868/05-17.html">May 17, 1868</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">64 years, 65 days</a>). Interment at Riverside Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Reuben Stetson and Lois (Smedley) Stetson; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1831/02-24.html">February 24, 1831</a>, to Helen Hascall; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sternberg-steunenberg.html#191.43.20">Charles Stetson</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sternberg-steunenberg.html#643.75.14">Caleb Stetson</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sternberg-steunenberg.html#416.90.03">Isaiah Stetson</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/page.html#403.69.54">Charles Page</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/baldwin.html#131.95.48">Erwin J. Baldwin</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woodcock-woodley.html#843.00.87">Ernest Harvey Woodford</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/baldwin.html#360.21.86">Francis Everett Baldwin</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sternberg-steunenberg.html#441.17.86">Isaiah Kidder Stetson</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kidder-kilbourne.html#632.14.15">James Kilbourne</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rich-richard.html#198.02.81">Warren Walter Rich</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wilson2.html#839.31.15">Charles Stetson Wilson</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sternberg-steunenberg.html#439.04.43">Clarence Cutting Stetson</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chandless-chapline.html#961.38.58">George Franklin Chapin</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hughes.html#567.59.63">Charles Evans Hughes Jr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/aubert-austen.html#301.78.13">George Henry Augur</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kidder-kilbourne.html#719.71.46">Samuel Lount Kilbourne</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/garrettson-gartin.html#462.94.05">Daniel Garrison</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kidder-kilbourne.html#976.04.53">Byron H. Kilbourn</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kidder-kilbourne.html#825.11.19">Charles Dudley Kilbourn</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000874">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=410336">Govtrack.us page</a></span></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> <b>George William Palmer (1818-1916)</b> — also known as <b>George W. Palmer</b> — of Plattsburgh, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CL-lived.html">Clinton County</a>, N.Y. Born in Hoosick, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/RE-born.html">Rensselaer County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1818/01-13.html">January 13, 1818</a>. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1856/NY.html">1856</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1896/NY.html">1896</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 16th District, 1857-61; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Clinton County, 1885-86. Died in Plattsburgh, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CL-died.html">Clinton County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1916/03-12.html">March 12, 1916</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/98.html">98 years, 59 days</a>). Interment at Riverside Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/palmer.html#813.95.60">John Palmer</a>; cousin *** of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayford-haynsworth.html#040.47.41">William Elisha Haynes</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10673.html">Palmer family</a> of Hoosick and Plattsburgh, New York.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000039">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408449">Govtrack.us page</a></span></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> <b>Abram Wendell Lansing (1836-1896)</b> — also known as <b>Abram W. Lansing</b> — of Plattsburgh, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CL-lived.html">Clinton County</a>, N.Y. Born in Greenwich, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WA-born.html">Washington County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1836/07-26.html">July 26, 1836</a>. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper publisher</a>; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/plattsburgh.html#3">Plattsburgh, N.Y.</a>, 1889-93. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/low-countries.html">Dutch</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/english.html">English</a> ancestry. Died in Plattsburgh, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CL-died.html">Clinton County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1896/06-08.html">June 8, 1896</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/59.html">59 years, 318 days</a>). Interment at Riverside Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Wendell Abram Lansing and Eliza (Herrington) Lansing; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1866/06-19.html">June 19, 1866</a>, to Hannah Straight; second great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lanigan-larkey.html#790.50.30">Abraham Jacob Lansing</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lanigan-larkey.html#029.86.17">Cornelius Lansing</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/demaggio-demps.html#116.94.55">Clayton Harvey Deming</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lanigan-larkey.html#719.50.72">John Ten Eyck Lansing Jr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lanigan-larkey.html#926.88.78">Abraham Gerritse Lansing</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lanigan-larkey.html#628.51.57">Bradford R. Lansing</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political families:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0003.html">Livingston-Schuyler family</a> of New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0024.html">Lansing family</a> of New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0587.html">Thompson-Sutherland family</a> of New York (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/99870118">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms06367">St. Peter's Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Plattsburgh, Clinton County, New York <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>John J. Tyrell (1901-1986)</b> — of Plattsburgh, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CL-lived.html">Clinton County</a>, N.Y. Born in Plattsburgh, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CL-born.html">Clinton County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1901/08-06.html">August 6, 1901</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/plattsburgh.html">Mayor of Plattsburgh, N.Y.</a>, 1946-47, 1950-65. Died in Boynton Beach, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/PB-died.html">Palm Beach County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1986/10-17.html">October 17, 1986</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/85.html">85 years, 72 days</a>). Interment at St. Peter's Cemetery. </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms07174">Town Cemetery</a></b></span><br> West Chazy, Clinton County, New York <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>William Hedding</b> — of New York. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1860/NY.html">1860</a>. 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