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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Politicians: Death from Horses and Horsedrawn Vehicles</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 320,919 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present."> <meta name="keywords" content="political biography history genealogy cemeteries politics candidates congress senators legislators governors politicians biographies ancestors mayors birthplace geography elections"> <meta name="author" content="Lawrence Kestenbaum"> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-7383562-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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Born in Crewkerne, Somerset, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ED-born.html">England</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1699.html">1699</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/burg.html">Virginia House of Burgesses</a>, 1740. Surveyor and co-author with Peter Jefferson (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jasen-jeffreys.html#647.96.43">Thomas Jefferson</a>'s father) of a famous early map titled "Map of the Most Inhabited part of Virginia, containing the whole province of Maryland with Part of Pensilvania, New Jersey and North Carolina." Upon his death, the young <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/washington.html#466.36.08">George Washington</a> took command of Virginia's military forces. Died, of injuries received in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/falls.html">fall</a> from his horse, near Cumberland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/AL-died.html">Allegany County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1754/05-31.html">May 31, 1754</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/54.html">about 54 years</a>). Original interment <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/AL-buried.html#cms05820">somewhere</a> in Allegany County, Md.; reinterment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/AL-buried.html#cms01085">Rose Hill Cemetery</a>, Cumberland, 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: Father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fry.html#943.66.62">John Fry</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fry.html#759.46.39">Henry Fry</a>; second great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sparling-spellman.html#727.99.67">James Speed</a>; third great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buffum-bulloch.html#506.21.96">William Christian Bullitt (1856-1914)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buffum-bulloch.html#140.75.64">William Marshall Bullitt</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buffum-bulloch.html#072.12.75">Alexander Scott Bullitt</a>; fourth great-grandfather of Olive Speed (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sackett.html#776.03.66">Frederic Moseley Sackett Jr.</a>) and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buffum-bulloch.html#559.12.89">William Christian Bullitt (1891-1967)</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/10001-0055.html">Blackburn-Slaughter-Buckner-Madison family</a> of Kentucky; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0012.html">Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell family</a> of Virginia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0015.html">Walker-Meriwether-Kellogg family</a> of Virginia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0375.html">Bullitt-Speed-Fry-Henry family</a> (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> William Paterson (1745-1806) — of New Jersey. Born in County Antrim, Ireland (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/UL-born.html">Northern Ireland</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1745/12-24.html">December 24, 1745</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/cncn.html">Delegate to New Jersey state constitutional convention</a>, 1776; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/attygn.html">New Jersey state attorney general</a>, 1776-83; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/ccdel.html">Delegate to Continental Congress from New Jersey</a>, 1780, 1787; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/founders.html">member, U.S. Constitutional Convention</a>, 1787; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from New Jersey</a>, 1789-90; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/gov.html">Governor of New Jersey</a>, 1790-93; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/chan.html">chancellor of New Jersey court of chancery</a>, 1790-93; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/us-supreme-ct.html">Associate Justice of U.S. Supreme Court</a>, 1793-1806; died in office 1806. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Injured in a horsedrawn coach accident in 1803, and died from his wounds three years later, in Albany, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/AL-died.html">Albany County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1806/09-09.html">September 9, 1806</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/60.html">60 years, 259 days</a>). Original interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/AL-buried.html# ">a private or family graveyard</a>, Albany County, N.Y.; reinterment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/AL-buried.html#cms00001">Albany Rural Cemetery</a>, Menands, N.Y.; cenotaph at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/MI-buried.html#cms00324">Van Liew Cemetery</a>, North Brunswick, N.J. <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 Richard Paterson; married to Cornelia Bell; father of Cornelia Paterson (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vann-vanvorhis.html#860.08.93">Stephen Van Rensselaer</a>); grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vann-vanvorhis.html#098.18.45">Henry Bell Van Rensselaer</a>; great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vann-vanvorhis.html#973.60.22">Kiliaen Van Rensselaer</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/10001-0003.html">Livingston-Schuyler family</a> of New York (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">The <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-cities.html">city</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/PA-names.html">Paterson, New Jersey</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000102">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408510">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/william-paterson/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William Paterson %28judge%29">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/016/000115668">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/2431">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">Books about William Paterson: John E. O'Connor, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0813508800/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0813508800&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">William Paterson, Lawyer and Statesman, 1745-1806</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 Hempstead (1780-1817) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/sl-lived.html">St. Louis</a>, Mo. Born in New London, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NL-born.html">New London County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1780/06-03.html">June 3, 1780</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/cgdel.html">Delegate to U.S. Congress from Missouri Territory</a>, 1812-14. Was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/falls.html">thrown</a> from a horse, which resulted in his death six days later, at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/sl-died.html">St. Louis</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1817/08-10.html">August 10, 1817</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/37.html">37 years, 68 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/sl-buried.html#cms00391">Bellefontaine Cemetery</a>, St. Louis, Mo. <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"><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/HE.html">Hempstead County, Ark.</a> is named for him.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000472">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405335">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> Arthur St. Clair (1734-1818) — Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SD-born.html">Scotland</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1734/03-23.html">March 23, 1734</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>, 1785-87; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/trgv.html">Governor of Northwest Territory</a>, 1788-1802; Federalist candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Pennsylvania</a>, 1790. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/soc-cincinnati.html">Society of the Cincinnati</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Injured in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/falls.html">fall</a> from an overturned horsedrawn cart, and died a few days later, near Youngstown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/WE-died.html">Westmoreland County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1818/08-31.html">August 31, 1818</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/84.html">84 years, 161 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/WE-buried.html#cms03983">Old St. Clair Cemetery</a>, Greensburg, 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: Grandfather of Mary E. Baldridge (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lane.html#393.61.39">James Henry Lane</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/10787.html">Lane family</a> of Lawrenceburg, Indiana.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/SC.html">St. Clair County, Ala.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SC.html">St. Clair County, Ill.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/SC.html">St. Clair County, Mich.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/SR.html">St. Clair County, Mo.</a> are named for him.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Other politicians named for him: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vance.html#783.33.29">Arthur St. Clair Vance</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/collinsworth-combest.html#166.13.87">Arthur St. Clair Colyar</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=S000763">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=410229">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> William Wyatt Bibb (1781-1820) — also known as William W. Bibb — of Petersburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/EL-lived.html">Elbert County</a>, Ga. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/AM-born.html">Amelia County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1781/10-02.html">October 2, 1781</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">Physician</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/sthse.html">Georgia state house of representatives</a>, 1803-05; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Georgia</a>, 1807-13 (4th District 1807, at-large 1807-09, 1st District 1809-11, at-large 1811-13); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Georgia</a>, 1813-16; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/trgv.html">Governor of Alabama Territory</a>, 1817-19; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Alabama</a>, 1819-20; died in office 1820. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/falls.html">Fell</a> from his horse during a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/weather.html">thunderstorm</a>, sustained internal injuries, and died in Autauga County (part now in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/EL-died.html">Elmore County</a>), Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1820/07-10.html">July 10, 1820</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/38.html">38 years, 282 days</a>). Interment <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/EL-buried.html#cms04904">a private or family graveyard</a>, Elmore County, 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 William Bibb and Sally (Wyatt) Bibb (who later married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/barnet-barnette.html#597.62.87">William Barnett</a>); brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beucher-biddis.html#913.73.75">Thomas Bibb</a>; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1803/">1803</a> to Mary Ann Freeman; granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/goodroads-gorbey.html#518.17.22">Albert Taylor Goodwyn</a>; cousin *** of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/graves.html#597.81.51">David Bibb Graves</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/11216.html">Bibb-Graves family</a> of Alabama.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Cross-reference: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/roberts9.html#467.74.19">Willis Roberts</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">Bibb counties in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/BI.html">Ala.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/BB.html">Ga.</a> are named for him.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000434">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401420">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/william-wyatt-bibb/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William Wyatt Bibb">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/10634663">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> Morris Birkbeck (1764-1825) — also known as Jonathan Freeman — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/EW-lived.html">Edwards County</a>, Ill. Born in Settle, Yorkshire, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ED-born.html">England</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1764/01-23.html">January 23, 1764</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/sos.html">Secretary of state of Illinois</a>, 1824-25. Anti-slavery <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/writing.html">writer</a> under the pseudonym "Jonathan Freeman". While returning on horseback from a visit to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/owen.html#847.15.60">Robert Owen</a>, he <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/drowning.html">drowned</a> while fording the Fox River, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/EW-died.html">Edwards County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1825/06-04.html">June 4, 1825</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/61.html">61 years, 132 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/PS-buried.html#cms05161">New Harmony Cemetery</a>, New Harmony, Ind.; memorial monument at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/EW-buried.html#cms08232">Courthouse Grounds</a>, Albion, Ill. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Morris Birkbeck ; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1794/04-24.html">April 24, 1794</a>, to Prudence Bush.</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/Morris Birkbeck">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> Isaac Griffin (1751-1827) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/FA-lived.html">Fayette County</a>, Pa. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/DU-born.html">Dutchess County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1751/02-27.html">February 27, 1751</a>. Democrat. Justice of the peace; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a>, 1808-12; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 13th District, 1813-17. Died from the effects of a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/falls.html">fall</a> from a wagon, on his estate in Nicholson Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/FA-died.html">Fayette County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1827/10-12.html">October 12, 1827</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 227 days</a>). Interment <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/FA-buried.html# ">a private or family graveyard</a>, Fayette 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 Richard Griffin and Catherine (Van der Hoef) Griffin; married to Mary Morris; great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wilson3.html#892.96.78">Eugene McLanahan Wilson</a>; second great-grandfather 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 family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0699.html">Morris-Willing-Wilson-Griffin 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=G000461">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404806">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac Griffin">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/93399147">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=146178">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> Pierre Auguste Charles Bourguignon Derbigny (1769-1829) — also known as Pierre A. C. B. Derbigny — of Louisiana. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/FR-born.html">France</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1769/06-30.html">June 30, 1769</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/ofc/sos.html">Secretary of state of Louisiana</a>, 1820-28; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Louisiana</a>, 1828-29; died in office 1829. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died, after being <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/falls.html">thrown</a> from a horsedrawn carriage, in Gretna, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/JF-died.html">Jefferson Parish</a>, La., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1829/10-06.html">October 6, 1829</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/60.html">60 years, 98 days</a>). Entombed at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/OR-buried.html#cms02289">St. Louis Cemetery No. 1</a>, New Orleans, La. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/governor-pierre-auguste-charles-bourguignon-derbigny/">National Governors Association biography</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> James Shields (1762-1831) — of Ohio. Born in Banbridge, County Down, Ireland (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/UL-born.html">Northern Ireland</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1762/04-13.html">April 13, 1762</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/sthse.html">Ohio state house of representatives</a>, 1806; candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Ohio</a> 2nd District, 1829-31. Killed in the accidental overturning of a stagecoach, near Venice, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/BU-died.html">Butler County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1831/08-13.html">August 13, 1831</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 122 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/BU-buried.html#cms01760">Venice Cemetery</a>, Venice, 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: Uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shields.html#173.93.82">James Shields (1806-1879)</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=S000361">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409857">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James Shields (1762-1831)">Wikipedia article</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=_L0MAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA77"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/260/19.75.jpg" width=70 height=122 border=0 alt="Richard Skinner"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Richard Skinner (1778-1833) — of Manchester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/BE-lived.html">Bennington County</a>, Vt. Born in Litchfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/LI-born.html">Litchfield County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1778/05-30.html">May 30, 1778</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/BE-officials.html">Bennington County State's Attorney</a>, 1801-13; probate judge in Vermont, 1805-13; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Vermont</a> at-large, 1813-15; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/spju.html">justice of Vermont state supreme court</a>, 1815-16; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/spcj.html">chief justice of Vermont Supreme Court</a>, 1823-28; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/sthse.html">Vermont state house of representatives</a>, 1818; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/spkr.html">Speaker of the Vermont State House of Representatives</a>, 1818; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Vermont</a>, 1820-23. Injured when he <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/falls.html">fell</a> from a horse-drawn carriage, and died soon after, in Manchester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/BE-died.html">Bennington County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1833/05-23.html">May 23, 1833</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/54.html">54 years, 358 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/BE-buried.html#cms01725">Dellwood Cemetery</a>, Manchester, Vt. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married to Fanny Pierpont.</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=S000469">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409959">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/richard-skinner/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard Skinner (politician)">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/22683">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Men of Vermont (1894)</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William Harris Wharton (1802-1839) — of Texas. Born in Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1802/index.html">1802</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/cncn1.html">Delegate to Texas Convention of 1832</a> from District of Victoria, 1832; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/cncn2.html">delegate to Texas Convention of 1833</a> from District of Victoria, 1833; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/cncn3.html">delegate to Texas Consultation of 1835</a> from District of Columbia, 1835; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/trsn.html">Texas Republic Senate</a> from District of Brazoria, 1836, 1837-39; died in office 1839. Killed when he <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gun-accidents.html">accidentally</a> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gunshot.html">shot</a> himself while dismounting from his horse, near Hempstead, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/WL-died.html">Waller County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1839/03-14.html">March 14, 1839</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/36.html">about 36 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/BZ-buried.html#cms04691">Restwood Memorial Park</a>, Clute, Tex. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wharton.html#137.29.81">John Austin Wharton</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"><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/WH.html">Wharton County, Tex.</a> is named partly for him.</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> Burwell Bassett (1764-1841) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/wb-lived.html">Williamsburg</a>, Va. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/NK-born.html">New Kent County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1764/03-18.html">March 18, 1764</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/sthse.html">Virginia state house of delegates</a>, 1787-89, 1819-21; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/stsen.html">Virginia state senate</a>, 1794-1805; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Virginia</a>, 1805-13, 1815-19, 1821-29 (at-large 1805-07, 12th District 1807-09, 22nd District 1809-11, 12th District 1811-13, 13th District 1815-19, 8th District 1821-29). Slaveowner. Died, after a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/falls.html">fall</a> from his horse, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/NK-died.html">New Kent County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1841/02-26.html">February 26, 1841</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 345 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/NK-buried.html#cms05119">Eltham Plantation</a>, New Kent County, Va. <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 Burwell Bassett (1734-1793) and Anna Marie (Dandridge) Bassett; brother of Frances Bassett (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/leakin-leaver.html#812.13.09">Tobias Lear</a>); married to Ann Claiborne; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/washington.html#978.09.40">Martha Dandridge Custis</a> (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/washington.html#466.36.08">George Washington</a>); first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cushingberry-cuthbertson.html#689.34.43">John Parke Custis</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harrison.html#409.35.97">Carter Bassett Harrison</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harrison.html#055.84.40">William Henry Harrison (1773-1841)</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harrison.html#929.47.78">John Scott Harrison</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harrison.html#917.46.10">Benjamin Harrison (1833-1901)</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harrison.html#829.98.96">Russell Benjamin Harrison</a>; first cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harrison.html#907.89.02">William Henry Harrison (1896-1990)</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harrison.html#157.69.66">Benjamin Harrison (1726-1791)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nexsen-nicholoff.html#312.31.91">Robert Carter Nicholas (1729-1780)</a>; second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wilson3.html#244.69.74">Edith Wilson</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beucher-biddis.html#278.25.27">William Welby Beverley</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nexsen-nicholoff.html#877.22.98">George Nicholas</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nexsen-nicholoff.html#133.01.52">Wilson Cary Nicholas</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nexsen-nicholoff.html#402.57.46">John Nicholas</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#232.91.35">Peyton Randolph</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/marshall.html#834.77.16">Thomas Marshall</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nexsen-nicholoff.html#777.13.81">Robert Carter Nicholas (1787-1857)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/marshall.html#443.26.83">James Keith Marshall</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/downs-doxey.html#953.82.95">Peter Myndert Dox</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#127.95.09">Edmund Randolph</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harrison.html#656.69.21">Carter Henry Harrison</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cochrane-coey.html#532.18.36">Edmund Randolph Cocke</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/trelease-trimarchi.html#618.52.82">Connally Findlay Trigg</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harrison.html#988.40.79">Carter Henry Harrison II</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/button-byrer.html#640.84.55">Richard Evelyn Byrd</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/haver-hawkesworth.html#659.83.99">Harry Bartow Hawes</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/10001-0012.html">Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell family</a> of Virginia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0016.html">Lee-Randolph family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0156.html">Washington-Walker 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=B000224">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401220">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burwell Bassett">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/10511851">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=112519">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> Luke Lea (1783-1851) — of Tennessee. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/SU-born.html">Surry County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1783/01-21.html">January 21, 1783</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Tennessee</a> 3rd District, 1833-37; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/sos.html">secretary of state of Tennessee</a>, 1835-39. Slaveowner. Thrown from his horse and killed, in near Fort Leavenworth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/LV-died.html">Leavenworth County</a>, Kan., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1851/06-17.html">June 17, 1851</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">68 years, 147 days</a>). Original interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-buried.html#cms03779">Westport Cemetery</a>, Kansas City, Mo.; reinterment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-buried.html#cms04778">Union Cemetery</a>, Kansas City, Mo. <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 Rev. Luke Lea and Elisabeth (Wilson) Lea; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/laxalt-leadbetter.html#410.18.34">Major Lea</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1816/02-28.html">February 28, 1816</a>, to Susan Wells McCormick; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/laxalt-leadbetter.html#430.98.72">John McCormick Lea</a>; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/laxalt-leadbetter.html#252.11.78">Pryor Newton Lea</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/laxalt-leadbetter.html#098.57.42">Luke Lea (1810-1898)</a>; granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/laxalt-leadbetter.html#416.13.18">Albert Major Lea</a>; great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/laxalt-leadbetter.html#365.59.61">Luke Lea (1879-1945)</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/10323.html">Lea-Cocke family</a> of Tennessee.</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=L000164">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406668">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke Lea (American politician, born 1783)">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7875369">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 Gillespie Birney (1792-1857) — also known as James G. Birney — of Danville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/BY-lived.html">Boyle County</a>, Ky.; Huntsville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MA-lived.html">Madison County</a>, Ala.; Cincinnati, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/HA-lived.html">Hamilton County</a>, Ohio; New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y.; Lower Saginaw, Saginaw County (now Bay City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/BA-lived.html">Bay County</a>), Mich. Born in Danville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/BY-born.html">Boyle County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1792/02-04.html">February 4, 1792</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; studied law in the office of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dales-dalto.html#503.24.91">Alexander J. Dallas</a> in Philadelphia; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/sthse.html">Kentucky state house of representatives</a>, 1816-18; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/sthse.html">Alabama state house of representatives</a>, 1819-20; solicitor general of Alabama, 1823-26; candidate for Presidential Elector for Alabama; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/huntsville.html">mayor of Huntsville, Ala.</a>, 1829; abolitionist; Liberty candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/pres-vp.html">President of the United States</a>, 1840, 1844; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Michigan</a>, 1843, 1845. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-anti-slavery-soc.html">American Anti-Slavery Society</a>. While traveling in 1845, the horse he was riding bucked; he <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/falls.html">fell</a> and was injured; his condition worsened over time, leading to tremors and paralysis, and he died as a result, in Perth Amboy, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/MI-died.html">Middlesex County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1857/11-25.html">November 25, 1857</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/65.html">65 years, 294 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/LI-buried.html#cms02816">Williamsburgh Cemetery</a>, Groveland, N.Y. <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 Gillespie Birney and Mary Reed Birney; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1816/02-16.html">February 16, 1816</a>, to Agatha McDowell; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1840/">1840</a> to Elizabeth Potts Fitzhugh (sister of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fitzgibbon-fitzmaurice.html#360.81.91">Henry Fitzhugh</a>); father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/birdsall-biship.html#217.63.77">James M. Birney</a>; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/marshall.html#701.06.75">Humphrey Marshall</a>; grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/birdsall-biship.html#374.00.10">Arthur Alexis Birney</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/10001-0410.html">Birney family</a> of Danville, Kentucky (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">The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> SS James G. Birney (built 1943 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-names.html">Terminal Island, California</a>; scrapped 1967) was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James G. Birney">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/258/000050108">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/15028831">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> Heber Chase Kimball (1801-1868) — also known as Heber C. Kimball — of Salt Lake City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/SL-lived.html">Salt Lake County</a>, Utah. Born in Sheldon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/FR-born.html">Franklin County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1801/06-14.html">June 14, 1801</a>. One of the original Twelve Apostles in the early Mormon Church; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/ofc/trcn.html">member Utah territorial council</a>, 1851-58. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/mormon.html">Mormon</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/royal-arch-masons.html">Royal Arch Masons</a>. Injured in a carriage accident, and died soon after, in Salt Lake City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/SL-died.html">Salt Lake County</a>, Utah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1868/06-22.html">June 22, 1868</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">67 years, 8 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/SL-buried.html# ">Kimball-Whitney Cemetery</a>, Salt Lake City, Utah. <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 Solomon Farnham Kimball and Anna (Spaulding) Kimball; great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/uczciwek-underhill.html#033.62.16">John Nicholas Udall</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/11104.html">Udall family</a> of Arizona.</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">city</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/WS-names.html">Heber City, Utah</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heber C. Kimball">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/1690">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> Peter Cagger (c.1815-1868) — of Albany, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/AL-lived.html">Albany County</a>, N.Y. Born in Albany, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/AL-born.html">Albany County</a>, N.Y., about 1815. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1860/NY.html">1860</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/irish.html">Irish</a> ancestry. Killed when he was accidentally thrown from his horsedrawn carriage, in Central Park, New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-died.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1868/07-07.html">July 7, 1868</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/53.html">about 53 years</a>). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Thomas Jefferson Randolph (1792-1875) — also known as Thomas J. Randolph — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/AB-lived.html">Albemarle County</a>, Va. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/cv-born.html">Charlottesville</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1792/09-12.html">September 12, 1792</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Planter</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/cncb.html">delegate to Virginia state constitutional convention</a>, 1850; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/seccn.html">delegate to Virginia secession convention</a> from Albemarle County, 1861; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1872/VA.html">1872</a>. Slaveowner. Injured in a carriage accident, and died soon after, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/AB-died.html">Albemarle County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1875/10-07.html">October 7, 1875</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/83.html">83 years, 25 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/AB-buried.html#cms02041">Monticello Graveyard</a>, Near Charlottesville, Albemarle County, Va. <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/randolph.html#965.59.53">Thomas Mann Randolph Jr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#621.55.79">Martha Jefferson Randolph</a>; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1815/">1815</a> to Jane Hollins Nicholas (daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nexsen-nicholoff.html#133.01.52">Wilson Cary Nicholas</a>); grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jasen-jeffreys.html#647.96.43">Thomas Jefferson</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/10001-0012.html">Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell family</a> of Virginia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0016.html">Lee-Randolph family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0039.html">Biddle-Randolph family</a> of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0714.html">Archer-Eggleston-Jefferson 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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas Jefferson Randolph">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6874364">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 F. Belitz (1817-1878) — also known as "Father of Kiel" — of Wisconsin. Born in Schwedt, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GR-born.html">Germany</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1817/02-16.html">February 16, 1817</a>. Took part in the 1848 German uprising and led a 10,000 member resistance group called the Volksverein; founded the city of Kiel, Wisconsin in 1854.; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; candidate for Presidential Elector for Wisconsin. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/german.html">German</a> ancestry. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/falls.html">Fell</a> from his horsedrawn buggy, was run over, and died as a result, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1878/03-31.html">March 31, 1878</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/61.html">61 years, 43 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MN-buried.html#cms06175">Kiel Cemetery</a>, Kiel, Wis. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> George A. Mitchell (d. 1878) — of Cadillac, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WX-lived.html">Wexford County</a>, Mich. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/cadillac.html">Mayor of Cadillac, Mich.</a>, 1877-78. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/falls.html">Thrown</a> from his buggy, and struck his head on a stump; died three days later, in Cadillac, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WX-died.html">Wexford County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1878/08-08.html">August 8, 1878</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William Alexander Steel (1836-1879) — also known as W. A. Steel — of Joliet, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/WI-lived.html">Will County</a>, Ill. Born in Blairsville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/IN-born.html">Indiana County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1836/10-11.html">October 11, 1836</a>. Major in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/masonry.html">stone quarry proprietor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/joliet.html">mayor of Joliet, Ill.</a>, 1869-71, 1872-73, 1875-76. Died, reportedly as the result of a horsedrawn sleigh accident, in Joliet, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/WI-died.html">Will County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1879/03-28.html">March 28, 1879</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/42.html">42 years, 168 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/WI-buried.html#cms01663">Oakwood Cemetery</a>, Joliet, Ill. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Stewart Steel and Myrtilla (Sterrett) Steel; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1862/01-16.html">January 16, 1862</a>, to Frances Louise Sanger (daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sanger-sargeant.html#307.86.19">Lorenzo P. Sanger</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> Theodore Chardavoyne Vermilye (1824-1879) — also known as Theodore C. Vermilye — of Staten Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/RI-lived.html">Richmond County</a>, N.Y. Born in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1824/12-18.html">December 18, 1824</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 Richmond County, 1860. Killed, when he was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/falls.html">thrown</a> from a horsedrawn carriage, which had collided with another vehicle, in Staten Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/RI-died.html">Richmond County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1879/11-13.html">November 13, 1879</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/54.html">54 years, 330 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/RI-buried.html#cms02843">Silver Mount Cemetery</a>, Tompkinsville, Staten Island, N.Y. <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 (Hoagland) Vermilye and Thomas B. Vermilye; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1848/05-24.html">May 24, 1848</a>, to Hannah Minthorne Tompkins (granddaughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tomlison-tomsen.html#747.08.36">Daniel D. Tompkins</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tomlison-tomsen.html#599.15.89">Hannah Tompkins</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/10001-0003.html">Livingston-Schuyler family</a> of New York (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/51543926">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> Marcus Henderson Cruikshank (1826-1881) — also known as Marcus H. Cruikshank — of Talladega, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/TA-lived.html">Talladega County</a>, Ala. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/AU-born.html">Autauga County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1826/12-12.html">December 12, 1826</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/talladega.html">Mayor of Talladega, Ala.</a>, 1850; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/ccrep.html">Representative from Alabama in the Confederate Congress</a> 4th District, 1864-65. While riding, he was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/falls.html">thrown</a> from his horse and killed, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1881/10-10.html">October 10, 1881</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/54.html">54 years, 302 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/TA-buried.html#cms04142">Clark Hill Cemetery</a>, Talladega, Ala. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Isaac Smith Tallmadge (1824-1882) — also known as Isaac S. Tallmadge — of Fond du Lac, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/FD-lived.html">Fond du Lac County</a>, Wis. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/DU-born.html">Dutchess County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1824/05-31.html">May 31, 1824</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/asmbly.html">Wisconsin state assembly</a>, 1853-54. Injured when he was run over by a horsedrawn cart; the wound in his back became an <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/infection.html">infected abscess</a>, and he died as a result, in Bellevue <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-died.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1882/05-27.html">May 27, 1882</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/57.html">57 years, 361 days</a>). Interment <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/FD-buried.html# ">somewhere</a> in Fond du Lac, Wis. <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/tallmadge-tannehill.html#548.45.59">Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge</a> and Abigail Lewis (Smith) Tallmadge; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1847/12-07.html">December 7, 1847</a>, to Cornelia Ruggles; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tallmadge-tannehill.html#749.21.29">Joel Tallmadge Jr.</a>; grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tallmadge-tannehill.html#617.20.02">James Tallmadge</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tallmadge-tannehill.html#288.54.59">Matthias Burnett Tallmadge</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tallmadge-tannehill.html#455.30.99">James Tallmadge Jr.</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tallmadge-tannehill.html#048.03.47">Benjamin Tallmadge</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tallmadge-tannehill.html#463.36.32">John James Tallmadge</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tallmadge-tannehill.html#837.01.91">Daniel Webster Tallmadge</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tallmadge-tannehill.html#594.74.07">Frederick Augustus Tallmadge</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lane.html#361.75.00">Millard Ellsworth Lane</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/10001-0065.html">Tallmadge-Floyd family</a> of New York (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> William Gilpin (1813-1894) — of Colorado. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-born.html">New Castle County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1813/10-04.html">October 4, 1813</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper editor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/misc-occ.html">explorer</a>; major in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/trgv.html">Governor of Colorado Territory</a>, 1861-62; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/cgdel.html">Delegate to U.S. Congress from Colorado Territory</a>, 1862. Run over by a horse and buggy, and later died as a result, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-died.html">Denver</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1894/01-20.html">January 20, 1894</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">80 years, 108 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/JF-buried.html#cms05327">Mt. Olivet Cemetery</a>, Wheat Ridge, Colo. <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 Joshua Gilpin and Mary (Dilworth) Gilpin; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gilmour-givhan.html#386.59.43">Henry Dilworth Gilpin</a>; married to Julia Pratte.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/GI.html">Gilpin County, Colo.</a> is named for him.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Gilpin <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-mountains.html">Peak</a>, in the Sneffels Range of the Rocky Mountains, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/OU-names.html">Ouray County</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/SM-names.html">San Miguel County</a>, Colorado, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — Gilpin <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-water.html">Lake</a>, in the Mount Zirkel Wilderness, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/RO-names.html">Routt County</a>, Colorado, 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/William Gilpin (governor)">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/12680">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> Peter Chrystostum Shannon (1821-1899) — also known as Peter C. Shannon — of Pittsburgh, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/AL-lived.html">Allegheny County</a>, Pa. Born in New Alexandria, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/WE-born.html">Westmoreland County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1821/08-25.html">August 25, 1821</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; district judge in Pennsylvania, 1852-53; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DK/ofc/tsju.html">justice of Dakota territorial supreme court</a>, 1873-82. Killed in a carriage accident in San Diego, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SD-died.html">San Diego County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1899/04-12.html">April 12, 1899</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 230 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SD-buried.html# ">Calvary Pioneer Memorial Park</a>, San Diego, Calif. <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 Shannon and Elizabeth (Connor) Shannon; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1854/">1854</a> to Anne Elena Ihmsen.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Shannon <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-counties.html">County</a> (renamed 2015 as <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/SH-names.html">Oglala Lakota County</a>) was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter C. Shannon">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/190082553">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William Harmon Peace Jenkins (1830-1908) — also known as William H. P. Jenkins — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/GR-lived.html">Granville County</a>, N.C. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/GR-born.html">Granville County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1830/05-03.html">May 3, 1830</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/comm.html">North Carolina house of commons</a> from Granville County, 1860-61, 1865-67; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/stsen.html">North Carolina state senate</a> 21st District, 1881-82, 1887-88; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/sthse.html">North Carolina state house of representatives</a> from Granville County, 1901-02. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/falls.html">Fell</a> from his horse, caught his foot in the stirrup and dragged on the ground, and died soon after, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/GR-died.html">Granville County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1908/01-24.html">January 24, 1908</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 266 days</a>). Interment <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/GR-buried.html#cms04940">a private or family graveyard</a>, Granville County, N.C. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Ezekiel Gilbert Stoddard (1844-1923) — also known as Ezekiel G. Stoddard — of New Haven, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-lived.html">New Haven County</a>, Conn. Born in Seymour, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-born.html">New Haven County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1844/11-14.html">November 14, 1844</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Banker</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from New Haven, 1886. While horseback riding at Bell Ranch, he <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/falls.html">fell or was thrown</a> from the horse, fractured his ankle, probably suffered some <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart trouble</a>, and died six hours later without regaining consciousness, in Tucumcari, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NM/QU-died.html">Quay County</a>, N.M., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1923/09-18.html">September 18, 1923</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 308 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-buried.html#cms00758">Evergreen Cemetery</a>, New Haven, Conn. <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 Stoddard and Esther Ann (Gilbert) Stoddard; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1871/01-10.html">January 10, 1871</a>, to Mary DeForest Burlock; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stockwell-stokely.html#992.70.06">Louis Ezekiel Stoddard</a>; seventh great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/welles-wellmerling.html#111.95.76">Thomas Welles</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sherman.html#727.36.22">Charles Robert Sherman</a>; second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/edwards7.html#335.52.14">Pierpont Edwards</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/burr.html#748.36.81">Aaron Burr</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sherman.html#252.96.48">Charles Taylor Sherman</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sherman.html#249.92.18">William Tecumseh Sherman</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sherman.html#627.30.05">Lampson Parker Sherman</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sherman.html#228.47.40">John Sherman</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woodward.html#807.46.34">Blanche M. Woodward</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davenport.html#262.65.85">John Davenport</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davenport.html#802.92.13">James Davenport</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chandless-chapline.html#222.26.90">Daniel Chapin</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/duvall-dworzanski.html#542.62.04">Theodore Dwight</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woodnutt-woodrum.html#484.35.05">Morris Woodruff</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/edwards4.html#127.62.71">Henry Waggaman Edwards</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/10001-0364.html">Edwards-Davenport-Thompson-Hooker family</a> of Connecticut (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/129610135">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 Clarence Cudahy (1887-1943) — also known as John Cudahy — of Granville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-lived.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis. Born in Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-born.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1887/12-10.html">December 10, 1887</a>. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin</a>, 1916; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Ambassador to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/PL-diplomats.html ">Poland</a>, 1933-37; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/BG-diplomats.html ">Belgium</a>, 1940; U.S. Minister to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/EI-diplomats.html ">Ireland</a>, 1937-40; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/LX-diplomats.html ">Luxembourg</a>, 1940. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Died of a broken neck after being <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/falls.html">thrown</a> from his horse, while riding on his estate near Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-died.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1943/09-06.html">September 6, 1943</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/55.html">55 years, 270 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: Uncle by marriage of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/iacino-ingerman.html#025.45.63">Harold LeClair Ickes</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/12202.html">Ickes family</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/cudahy-john-clarence ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Howard Malcolm Baldrige (1922-1987) — also known as Malcolm Baldrige; Mac Baldrige — of Woodbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/LI-lived.html">Litchfield County</a>, Conn. Born in Omaha, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/DO-born.html">Douglas County</a>, Neb., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1922/10-04.html">October 4, 1922</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/misc-occ.html">business executive</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1964/CT.html">1964</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1968/CT.html">1968</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1972/CT.html">1972</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/cncn2.html">delegate to Connecticut state constitutional convention</a> 6th District, 1965; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/cabinet.html">U.S. Secretary of Commerce</a>, 1981-87; died in office 1987. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</a>. Awarded the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/medal-of-freedom.html">Presidential Medal of Freedom</a> posthumously in 1988. Died after <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/falls.html">falling</a> off a horse while practicing rodeo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1987/07-25.html">July 25, 1987</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">64 years, 294 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/LI-buried.html#cms05223">New North Cemetery</a>, Woodbury, Conn. <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/bakewell-baldus.html#978.43.38">Howard Malcolm Baldrige (1894-1985)</a> and Regina (Connell) Baldrige; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1951/03-31.html">March 31, 1951</a>, to Margaret Trowbridge Murray; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bakewell-baldus.html#288.72.96">Howard Hammond Baldrige</a>; grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bakewell-baldus.html#024.31.14">Thomas Jackson Baldrige</a>; great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bakewell-baldus.html#717.45.58">Edwin Rockefeller Baldrige</a>; second great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bakewell-baldus.html#455.12.77">Joseph Baldrige</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bakewell-baldus.html#994.89.19">William Lovell Baldrige</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bakewell-baldus.html#591.01.35">Carl Clifford Baldrige</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/12090.html">Baldrige family</a> of Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania.</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/Malcolm Baldrige, Jr.">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/484/000061301">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6807529">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> Mary Hansen Mead (1935-1996) — of near Jackson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WY/TE-lived.html">Teton County</a>, Wyo. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WY/TE-born.html">Teton County</a>, Wyo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1935/06-21.html">June 21, 1935</a>. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WY/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Wyoming</a>, 1990. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/falls.html">Thrown</a> by a horse while herding cattle, and died as a result, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WY/TE-died.html">Teton County</a>, Wyo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1996/06-21.html">June 21, 1996</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/61.html">61 years, 0 days</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/plcrem.html">Cremated</a>; ashes interred at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WY/TE-buried.html# ">St. John's Episcopal Church</a>, Jackson, Wyo. <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 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hansen.html#441.24.79">Clifford Peter Hansen</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/71460">Find-A-Grave memorial</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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