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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Politicians in Hats</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 Mexico, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OS-born.html">Oswego County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1808/06-19.html">June 19, 1808</a>. Hatter; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/oswego.html#3">Oswego, N.Y.</a>, 1849-53, 1877-81; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> 21st District, 1858-59, 1864-65; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War. Died in Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-died.html">Cook County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1892/09-14.html">September 14, 1892</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/84.html">84 years, 87 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OS-buried.html#cms00614">Riverside Cemetery</a>, Scriba town, Oswego County, 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 Leonard Ames and Minerva (Peck) Ames; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ames.html#429.68.50">Leonard Ames Jr.</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1834/10-23.html">October 23, 1834</a>, to Emily North; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1854/">1854</a> to Katherine 'Kate' Browne; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/humphries-hunsinger.html#719.29.23">Orville Hungerford</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/read.html#516.26.90">Nathan Read</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/10001-0082.html">Weeks-Bigelow-Andrew-Upham family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0168.html">Conger-Hungerford family</a> of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheney Ames">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/78734914">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Charles K. Bailey (born c.1863) — of Bethel, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-lived.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn. Born about 1863. Republican. Hatter; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/bethel.html#3">Bethel, Conn.</a>, 1898-1907; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Bethel, 1919-20. 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> John Joseph Cavanagh (1864-1957) — also known as John J. Cavanagh — of Norwalk, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-lived.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn. Born in South Norwalk (now part of Norwalk), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-born.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1864/01-16.html">January 16, 1864</a>. Democrat. Hat manufacturer; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/norwalk.html#5">mayor of South Norwalk, Conn.</a>, 1902-03; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/norwalk.html">mayor of Norwalk, Conn.</a>, 1908-09; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1928/CT.html">1928</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/irish.html">Irish</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/friendly-sons-st-patrick.html">Friendly Sons of St. Patrick</a>. Died in Norwalk, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-died.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1957/01-24.html">January 24, 1957</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/93.html">93 years, 8 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Lawrence Cavanagh and Margaret (Murphy) Cavanagh; married to Agnes Garvan.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John Cavanagh (hatter)">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> Israel Dodd Condit (1802-1897) — also known as Israel D. Condit — of Millburn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ES-lived.html">Essex County</a>, N.J. Born in Orange, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ES-born.html">Essex County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1802/07-09.html">July 9, 1802</a>. Hat manufacturer; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/asmbly.html">New Jersey state house of assembly</a> from Essex County, 1867. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Died in Millburn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ES-died.html">Essex County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1897/01-29.html">January 29, 1897</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/94.html">94 years, 204 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ES-buried.html# ">St. Stephens Episcopal Cemetery</a>, Millburn, 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 John Condit (1766-1803) and Mary (Dodd) Condit; married to Caroline Eaglesfield; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/comte-conditt.html#902.34.84">Silas Condict</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/comte-conditt.html#959.20.97">John Condit (1755-1834)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thompson8.html#809.01.71">Smith Thompson</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/comte-conditt.html#301.06.90">Lewis Condict</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/comte-conditt.html#937.79.63">Silas Condit</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sumners-sutliff.html#360.90.57">Jacob Livingston Sutherland</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thompson4.html#201.00.11">Gilbert Livingston Thompson</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/comte-conditt.html#842.84.78">Alfred Henry Condict</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cutler.html#516.74.13">Augustus William Cutler</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/comte-conditt.html#646.63.22">Albert Pierson Condit</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/comte-conditt.html#606.85.31">Amzi Condit</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/comte-conditt.html#811.79.86">Elias Mulford Condit</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/debolt-deckard.html#418.63.42">George Ezra DeCamp</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/comte-conditt.html#677.09.97">Fillmore Condit</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/henry.html#227.53.36">Guy Vernor Henry</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hooker.html#375.68.77">Mary Mather Hooker</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harrison.html#406.87.03">Simeon Harrison</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pike.html#614.64.86">Jacob Clark Pike</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/10001-0126.html">Pike family</a> of Lubec, Maine; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0142.html">Condit family</a> of Orange, New Jersey; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0003.html">Livingston-Schuyler 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>).</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/62611607">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 Daprato (b. 1852) — of Iron Mountain, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/DI-lived.html">Dickinson County</a>, Mich. Born in Barga, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/IT-born.html">Italy</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1852/index.html">1852</a>. Republican. Hatter; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Dickinson County, 1913-20, 1931-34. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/italian.html">Italian</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-templar.html">Knights Templar</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scottish-rite-masons.html">Scottish Rite Masons</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> Frank A. Doran — of Danbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-lived.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn. Democrat. Hatter; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Danbury, 1935-40. 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 Dowd (b. 1864) — of Fall River, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BR-lived.html">Bristol County</a>, Mass. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ED-born.html">England</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1864/05-01.html">May 1, 1864</a>. Republican. Hatter; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/sthse.html">Massachusetts state house of representatives</a> Ninth Bristol District, 1904-06. 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> Daniel F. Farrell — of Brooklyn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-lived.html">Kings County</a>, N.Y. Born in Brooklyn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-born.html">Kings County</a>, N.Y. Democrat. Hatter; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Kings County 7th District, 1910-18; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> 5th District, 1919-30. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-columbus.html">Knights of Columbus</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> John B. Ferre — of Brooklyn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-lived.html">Kings County</a>, N.Y. Democrat. Retail hatter; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Kings County 14th District, 1902-04. 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> Henry Fister (1772-1853) — of Hamburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-lived.html">Berks County</a>, Pa. Born in Reading, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-born.html">Berks County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1772/01-20.html">January 20, 1772</a>. Hatter; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/hamburg.html#4">Hamburg, Pa.</a>, 1809-30. Died in Hamburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-died.html">Berks County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1853/02-07.html">February 7, 1853</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">81 years, 18 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-buried.html# ">St. John's Cemetery</a>, Hamburg, 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 Durst Fister and Elizabeth Fister; married to Elizabeth Stambach.</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/76620464">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Thomas Gallagher (1850-1930) — of Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill. Born in Concord, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ME-born.html">Merrimack County</a>, N.H., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1850/07-06.html">July 6, 1850</a>. Democrat. Hat business; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">bank director</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Illinois</a> 8th District, 1909-21. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Died in San Antonio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/BX-died.html">Bexar County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1930/02-04.html">February 4, 1930</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 213 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-buried.html#cms03623">St. Boniface Cemetery</a>, Chicago, Ill. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of John Gallagher and Margaret (Tighe) Gallagher; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1886/10-12.html">October 12, 1886</a>, to Margaretta Borsch.</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=G000018">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404395">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> Howard S. Gilbert (born c.1860) — of Bethel, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-lived.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn. Born in Bethel, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-born.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn., about 1860. Republican. Hatter; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Bethel, 1917-18. 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> Joseph J. Gillotte — of Danbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-lived.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn. Democrat. Hatter; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Danbury, 1935-40. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/brh2003003506/PP/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/311/61.33.jpg" width=70 height=102 border=0 alt="Ransom Halloway"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Ransom Halloway (c.1793-1851) — also known as Ransom Holloway — of Beekman, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/DU-lived.html">Dutchess County</a>, N.Y. Born in Beekman, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/DU-born.html">Dutchess County</a>, N.Y., about 1793. Whig. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; hatter; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 8th District, 1849-51. Died in Upper Marlboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/PG-died.html">Prince George's County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1851/04-06.html">April 6, 1851</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/58.html">about 58 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/DU-buried.html# ">Dodge Family Burial Ground</a>, Pawling, 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: Married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1820/">1820</a> to Rebecca Dodge; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1851/01-06.html">January 6, 1851</a>, to Eliza Genevieve Waring.</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=H000083">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=412153">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ransom Halloway">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/117523512">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=266038">OurCampaigns candidate detail</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Library of Congress</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> George H. Hickok (b. 1845) — of Bethel, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-lived.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn.; Bound Brook, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/SO-lived.html">Somerset County</a>, N.J. Born in Connecticut, December, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1845/index.html">1845</a>. Manager in hat factory; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/bethel.html#2">warden (borough president) of Bethel, Connecticut</a>, 1896-97, 1904-09, 1917. Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-buried.html# ">Center Cemetery</a>, Bethel, 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 George Anson Hickok and Sarah Ann (Coley) Hickok; married to Caroline 'Carrie' Foster.</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/43256050">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Robert E. Howard — of Norwalk, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-lived.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn. Democrat. Executive with the Hat Corporation of America; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/norwalk.html">mayor of Norwalk, Conn.</a>, 1947. Presumed deceased. 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> Charles A. Lighthipe (1824-1905) — of Orange, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ES-lived.html">Essex County</a>, N.J. Born in Orange, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ES-born.html">Essex County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1824/10-11.html">October 11, 1824</a>. Hat maker and manufacturer of hat-forming machines; director, Morris and Essex <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">Railroad</a>; director, American <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">Insurance</a> Company of Newark; organizer, Citizens <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/utilities.html">Gas</a> Company of Newark; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/asmbly.html">New Jersey state house of assembly</a> from Essex County, 1864-65. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Suffered a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/stroke.html">paralytic stroke</a>, and died two years later, in Orange, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ES-died.html">Essex County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1905/02-14.html">February 14, 1905</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">80 years, 126 days</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> Peter Nagle Jr. (b. 1782) — of Reading, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-lived.html">Berks County</a>, Pa. Born in Reading, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-born.html">Berks County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1782/06-11.html">June 11, 1782</a>. Hat manufacturer; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/tavern-biz.html">tavern keeper</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/food.html">grocer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/alcohol-biz.html">distiller</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/reading.html#2">chief burgess of Reading, Pennsylvania</a>, 1825-31, 1832-33, 1837-39. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Peter Nagle; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1802/12-28.html">December 28, 1802</a>, to Susan E. Filbert.</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 Neblett (1818-1907) — of Weaverville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/TR-lived.html">Trinity County</a>, Calif.; Santa Rosa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SN-lived.html">Sonoma County</a>, Calif. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/PG-born.html">Prince George County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1818/07-18.html">July 18, 1818</a>. Whig. Hatter; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/forty-niners.html">went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/TR-officials.html">Trinity County Sheriff</a>, 1855-57; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/asmbly.html">California state assembly</a> 21st District, 1858-59; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/hardware.html">hardware business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/santarosa.html">mayor of Santa Rosa, Calif.</a>, 1876-78. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-templar.html">Knights Templar</a>. Died in Santa Rosa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SN-died.html">Sonoma County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1907/01-19.html">January 19, 1907</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/88.html">88 years, 185 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SN-buried.html# ">Santa Rosa Rural Cemetery</a>, Santa Rosa, 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">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/8123298">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> Garry Paddock (born c.1872) — of Bridgeport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-lived.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn. Born in Brewster, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/PU-born.html">Putnam County</a>, N.Y., about 1872. Democrat. Hatter; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/stsen.html">Connecticut state senate</a> 23rd District, 1911-12. 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> Reuben S. Payne (1844-1896) — of Knoxville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/KX-lived.html">Knox County</a>, Tenn. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-born.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1844/index.html">1844</a>. Hat merchant; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/knoxville.html">mayor of Knoxville, Tenn.</a>, 1882. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1896/index.html">1896</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/52.html">about 52 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/KX-buried.html#cms00408">Old Gray Cemetery</a>, Knoxville, Tenn. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John Hamilton Reid (1854-1927) — also known as John H. Reid — of Bethel, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-lived.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn. Born in Bethel, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-born.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1854/index.html">1854</a>. Republican. Hatter; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Bethel, 1911-12; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/bethel.html#2">warden (borough president) of Bethel, Connecticut</a>, 1911. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scotch-irish.html">Scotch-Irish</a> ancestry. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1927/index.html">1927</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">about 73 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-buried.html# ">Center Cemetery</a>, Bethel, 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: Married to Anna B. MacGregor.</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/43707376">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> Solomon D. Rosenthal (b. 1845) — of New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Born in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-born.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1845/02-15.html">February 15, 1845</a>. Democrat. Hat business; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from New York County 12th District, 1884-85, 1888. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/german.html">German</a> ancestry. 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> John B. Sanford (b. 1788) — of Brookfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-lived.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1788/index.html">1788</a>. Hat manufacturer; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Brookfield, 1827. 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: Married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1813/">1813</a> to Rebecca Camp.</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> Moses Seymour (1742-1826) — of Litchfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/LI-lived.html">Litchfield County</a>, Conn. Born in Hartford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-born.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1742/07-23.html">July 23, 1742</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/fur.html">Furrier</a>; hatter; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">merchant</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">farmer</a>; major in Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Litchfield, 1795-1811. Died in Litchfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/LI-died.html">Litchfield County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1826/09-17.html">September 17, 1826</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/84.html">84 years, 56 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Moses Seymour (1711-1795) and Rachel (Goodwin) Seymour; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1771/11-07.html">November 7, 1771</a>, to Molly Marsh; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seymour.html#737.15.66">Horatio Seymour (1778-1857)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seymour.html#388.11.15">Henry Seymour</a>; grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seymour.html#149.90.39">Origen Storrs Seymour</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seymour.html#287.08.86">Horatio Seymour (1810-1886)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seymour.html#141.11.46">George Seymour</a> and Julia Catherine Seymour (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conduit-conkling.html#801.93.51">Roscoe Conkling</a>); granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seymour.html#145.68.22">McNeil Seymour</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seymour.html#871.97.99">Henry William Seymour</a>; great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seymour.html#481.80.02">Edward Woodruff Seymour</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bathgate-battistoni.html#926.24.50">Joseph Battell</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seymour.html#053.56.67">Morris Woodruff Seymour</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seymour.html#036.08.64">Horatio Seymour Jr.</a>; great-granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seymour.html#998.45.96">Norman Alexander Seymour</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seymour.html#975.61.35">Hezekiah Cook Seymour</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seymour.html#035.02.14">Silas Seymour</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/willison-wilshire.html#381.58.05">William Chapman Williston</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seymour.html#366.83.36">Augustus Sherrill Seymour</a>; first cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wadhams-waggy.html#638.21.16">Orlo Erland Wadhams</a>; first cousin five times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seymour.html#427.50.53">Dalton G. Seymour</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seymour.html#683.55.96">Thomas Seymour</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinkerton-pittoni.html#337.35.14">William Pitkin</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seymour.html#626.06.04">David Lowrey Seymour</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seymour.html#740.73.58">Thomas Henry Seymour</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinkerton-pittoni.html#499.87.77">Caleb Seymour Pitkin</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cowart-cowpland.html#469.29.30">Josiah Cowles</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinkerton-pittoni.html#700.58.06">Daniel Pitkin</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinkerton-pittoni.html#138.34.76">Timothy Pitkin</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/merrill.html#118.03.57">Orsamus Cook Merrill</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/merrill.html#001.75.05">Timothy Merrill</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/collins3.html#209.06.86">Ela Collins</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/merrill.html#134.93.10">Farrand Fassett Merrill</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/collins9.html#769.45.74">William Collins</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinkerton-pittoni.html#584.07.76">John Robert Graham Pitkin</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cowart-cowpland.html#849.24.85">William Sheffield Cowles (1846-1923)</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seymour.html#315.79.88">Charles Seymour</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/upjohn-upston.html#647.53.19">Charles Upson</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cowart-cowpland.html#490.03.75">Calvin Josiah Cowles</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/upjohn-upston.html#336.78.61">Gad Ely Upson</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/root.html#087.15.51">Joseph Pomeroy Root</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/goodrich.html#134.46.15">Elizur Stillman Goodrich</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinkerton-pittoni.html#212.63.80">Frederick Walker Pitkin</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seymour.html#458.93.70">John Sammis Seymour</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinkerton-pittoni.html#941.19.99">Luther S. Pitkin</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/osburn-ostrowski.html#867.25.67">Russell Cowles Ostrander</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/collinsworth-combest.html#330.35.05">Addison Beecher Colvin</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cowart-cowpland.html#106.71.78">La Monte Cowles</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/taft.html#380.36.61">Helen Herron Taft</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cowart-cowpland.html#051.29.19">Gardner Cowles</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cowart-cowpland.html#717.74.29">William Sheffield Cowles (1898-1986)</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0416.html">Murphy-Merrill family</a> of Harbor Beach, Michigan (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Samuel Shethar (c.1887-1940) — of Weston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-lived.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn. Born in New York, about 1887. Republican. Major in the U.S. Army during World War I; hat manufacturer; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Weston; defeated, 1930; elected 1932. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-gamma-delta.html">Phi Gamma Delta</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in Weston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-died.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1940/04-25.html">April 25, 1940</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/53.html">about 53 years</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Edwin Hall Shethar and Agnes (Nesmuth) Shethar.</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 Stetson (1857-1905) — of Orange, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ES-lived.html">Essex County</a>, N.J. Born in Orange, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ES-born.html">Essex County</a>, N.J., January, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1857/index.html">1857</a>. Democrat. Hat manufacturer; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/orange.html">mayor of Orange, N.J.</a>, 1898-1904; defeated in primary, 1904. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/pneumonia.html">pneumonia</a>, in Atlantic City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/AT-died.html">Atlantic County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1905/03-15.html">March 15, 1905</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/48.html">48 years, 0 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Napoleon Stetson and Mary (Leonard) Stetson; nephew of John B. Stetson; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sternberg-steunenberg.html#158.54.26">John Batterson Stetson Jr.</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 Batterson Stetson Jr. (1884-1952) — also known as John B. Stetson, Jr. — of Ashbourne, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MO-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>, Pa.; Cheltenham, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MO-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>, Pa. Born in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-born.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1884/10-14.html">October 14, 1884</a>. Hat manufacturer; U.S. Minister to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/PL-diplomats.html ">Poland</a>, 1925-29. Died in Elkins Park, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MO-died.html">Montgomery County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1952/11-15.html">November 15, 1952</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">68 years, 32 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/AR-buried.html#cms00004">Arlington National Cemetery</a>, Arlington, 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 John Batterson Stetson and Sarah Elizabeth (Shindler) Stetson; married to Ruby Florence Carlisle; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sternberg-steunenberg.html#297.72.71">Henry Stetson</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/stetson-john-batterson ?">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> Hiram L. Sturdevant (b. 1801) — of Danbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-lived.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn. Born in Brookfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-born.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1801/index.html">1801</a>. Hat manufacturer; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Danbury, 1844. Died in Danbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-died.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn. 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> Bloomfield Usher (1814-1893) — of Potsdam, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SL-lived.html">St. Lawrence County</a>, N.Y. Born in Herkimer, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/HE-born.html">Herkimer County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1814/index.html">1814</a>. Hatter; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/nautical.html">canal superintendent</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> 15th District, 1857. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1893/index.html">1893</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">about 79 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SL-buried.html#cms01661">Bayside Cemetery</a>, Potsdam, 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">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/82271773">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> Zalmon Wildman (1775-1835) — of Danbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-lived.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn. Born in Danbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-born.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1775/02-16.html">February 16, 1775</a>. Democrat. Hat manufacturer; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/danbury.html#4">Danbury, Conn.</a>, 1808-35; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a>, 1818-19; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Connecticut</a> at-large, 1835; died in office 1835. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1835/12-10.html">December 10, 1835</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/60.html">60 years, 297 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-buried.html#cms01014">Wooster Cemetery</a>, Danbury, Conn.; cenotaph at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-buried.html#cms00416">Congressional Cemetery</a>, Washington, D.C. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Ezekiel Wildman and Abigail (Hoyt) Wildman; half-brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wilcoxon-wiles.html#402.76.60">Nathaniel Hibbard Wildman</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1798/01-16.html">January 16, 1798</a>, to Mary Betts Dibble; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wilcoxon-wiles.html#138.71.79">Frederick Seymour Wildman</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/howlett-hubard.html#235.05.44">Eli Thacher Hoyt</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wilcoxon-wiles.html#670.74.05">Ira R. Wildman</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/howlett-hubard.html#060.42.73">Abel Hoyt</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wilcoxon-wiles.html#094.84.42">David DeForest Wildman</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hatch.html#067.82.05">Charles Beers Hatch</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hatch.html#710.88.38">Joseph Russell Hatch</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hatch.html#189.52.74">Norris Hatch</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wilcoxon-wiles.html#406.85.66">Rounsevelle Wildman</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wilcoxon-wiles.html#078.88.46">Edwin Rounsevelle Wildman</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/10001-0119.html">Wildman family</a> of Danbury, Connecticut; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000463">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411620">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zalmon Wildman">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7371790">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> Philip Wissig (b. 1848) — of New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GR-born.html">Germany</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1848/03-28.html">March 28, 1848</a>. Democrat. Hat business; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/alcohol-biz.html">liquor dealer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from New York County 8th District, 1888, 1890, 1892; defeated, 1881, 1882, 1886. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/german.html">German</a> ancestry. 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