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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Welsh ancestry Politicians</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 Trenton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ME-born.html">Mercer County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1809/01-05.html">January 5, 1809</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/cncn.html">delegate to Pennsylvania state constitutional convention</a>, 1837-38; district judge in Pennsylvania, 1851-63; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/spju.html">justice of Pennsylvania state supreme court</a>, 1863-79; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/spcj.html">chief justice of Pennsylvania state supreme court</a>, 1873-79. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/irish.html">Irish</a> and Welsh ancestry. Died in Beaver, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BA-died.html">Beaver County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1902/03-09.html">March 9, 1902</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/93.html">93 years, 63 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of James Agnew; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/howell.html#959.57.02">Richard Howell</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/10001-0485.html">Taylor-Brodhead family</a> of Easton, Pennsylvania; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0457.html">Davis-Howell-Morgan-Agnew family</a> of New Orleans and Shreveport, Louisiana (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> Frank Houston Bassett (1873-1950) — of Hopkinsville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/CH-lived.html">Christian County</a>, Ky. Born in Stephensport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/BC-born.html">Breckinridge County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1873/11-01.html">November 1, 1873</a>. Democrat. Played and umpired <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/pro-sports.html">professional baseball</a> in the Cotton and Southern leagues; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/clothing.html">dry goods merchant</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/hardware.html">hardware business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">physician</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/hopkinsville.html">mayor of Hopkinsville, Ky.</a>, 1918-21; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/CH-officials.html">Christian County Court Clerk</a>, 1922-34; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1928/KY.html">1928</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Welsh ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/ama.html">American Medical Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>. Died in Hopkinsville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/CH-died.html">Christian County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1950/08-05.html">August 5, 1950</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 277 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/CH-buried.html#cms00588">Riverside Cemetery</a>, Hopkinsville, Ky. <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 Hervey Bassett and Georgia (Houston) Bassett; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1898/02-23.html">February 23, 1898</a>, to Mamie Elizabeth Thompson; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/basset-bastin.html#166.11.70">Frank Houston Bassett Jr.</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/15665.html">Bassett family</a> of Hopkinsville, Kentucky.</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/30633769">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> George T. Beach (1843-1915) — of Covington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/KE-lived.html">Kenton County</a>, Ky. Born in Tredegar, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/WL-born.html">Wales</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1843/02-02.html">February 2, 1843</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/paint-decor.html">Painter</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/covington.html">mayor of Covington, Ky.</a>, 1904-07. Welsh ancestry. Died in Covington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/KE-died.html">Kenton County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1915/05-19.html">May 19, 1915</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 106 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/KE-buried.html#cms01782">Highland Cemetery</a>, Fort Mitchell, Ky. <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 Beach and Charlotte Beach.</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 Bebb (1802-1873) — of Ohio. Born near Shandon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/BU-born.html">Butler County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1802/12-08.html">December 8, 1802</a>. Whig. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Ohio</a>, 1846-49. Welsh ancestry. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1873/10-23.html">October 23, 1873</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">70 years, 319 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/WN-buried.html#cms02982">Greenwood Cemetery</a>, Rockford, 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">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/william-bebb/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/21709">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> Riley Alvin Bender (1890-1973) — also known as Riley A. Bender — of Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill. Born in Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-born.html">Cook County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1890/07-08.html">July 8, 1890</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/pro-sports.html">Prize fighter</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/hotel-biz.html">hotel manager</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/musical-sporting.html">music store manager</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmsupply.html">seed wholesaler</a>; candidate in Democratic primary for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/stsen.html">Illinois state senate</a> 11th District, 1938; candidate for Republican nomination for President, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1944/index.html">1944</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1948/index.html">1948</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/index.html">1952</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/church-of-christ.html">Church of Christ</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/german.html">German</a> and Welsh ancestry. Died, in Illinois Central <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-died.html">Cook County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1973/03-06.html">March 6, 1973</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 241 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/IR-buried.html#cms06849">Onarga Cemetery</a>, Onarga, 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 Edward Bender and Rachel Josephine 'Josie' (Davis) Bender.</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 Blythin (1884-1958) — of Cleveland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/CU-lived.html">Cuyahoga County</a>, Ohio; Parma Heights, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/CU-lived.html">Cuyahoga County</a>, Ohio. Born in Newmarket, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/WL-born.html">Wales</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1884/10-10.html">October 10, 1884</a>. Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/cleveland.html">mayor of Cleveland, Ohio</a>, 1941; common pleas court judge in Ohio, 1949. Welsh ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-theta-phi.html">Delta Theta Phi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1958/02-14.html">February 14, 1958</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">73 years, 127 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/CU-buried.html#cms00167">Lake View Cemetery</a>, Cleveland, Ohio. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Peter Blythin and Elizabeth (Roberts) Blythin; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1913/04-05.html">April 5, 1913</a>, to Jane Rankin.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Daniel Boone (1734-1820) — Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-born.html">Berks County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1734/11-02.html">November 2, 1734</a>. Explorer and frontiersman; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/sthse.html">Virginia state house of delegates</a>, 1781, 1787. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/english.html">English</a> and Welsh ancestry. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/SC-died.html">St. Charles County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1820/09-26.html">September 26, 1820</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/85.html">85 years, 329 days</a>). Original interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/SC-buried.html# ">a private or family graveyard</a>, St. Charles County, Mo.; reinterment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/FR-buried.html#cms00550">Frankfort Cemetery</a>, Frankfort, Ky. <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 Rebecca Ann Bryan; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/booher-boos.html#540.75.72">Jessie Bryan Boone</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/booher-boos.html#594.21.11">Nathan Boone</a>; grandfather of Harriett Morgan Boone (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/baber-bacchus.html#219.26.63">Hiram Howell Baber</a>); granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/booher-boos.html#209.88.10">Levi Day Boone</a>; second great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/henderson.html#541.45.85">Elmer Charless Henderson</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/10001-1246.html">Thomas-Smith-Irwin family</a> of Pennsylvania; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0280.html">Boone family</a> of St. Charles County, Missouri (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">Boone counties in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/BO.html">Ark.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/BO.html">Ill.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/BO.html">Ind.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/BO.html">Ky.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/BO.html">Mo.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/BO.html">Neb.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/BO.html">W.Va.</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">The Daniel Boone <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-parks.html">National Forest</a> (established 1937 as Cumberland National Forest; renamed 1966), in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/BT-names.html">Bath</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/CY-names.html">Clay</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ES-names.html">Estill</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/HR-names.html">Harlan</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/JA-names.html">Jackson</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/KX-names.html">Knox</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/LA-names.html">Laurel</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/LE-names.html">Lee</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/LS-names.html">Leslie</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/MQ-names.html">McCreary</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/MM-names.html">Menifee</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/MJ-names.html">Morgan</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/OS-names.html">Owsley</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/PE-names.html">Perry</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/PO-names.html">Powell</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/PU-names.html">Pulaski</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/RC-names.html">Rockcastle</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/RO-names.html">Rowan</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/WY-names.html">Wayne</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/WH-names.html">Whitley</a>, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/WL-names.html">Wolfe</a> counties, Kentucky, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — Boone <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-water.html">Dam</a> (built 1950-52), on the South Fork Holston River, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/SU-names.html">Sullivan</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/WA-names.html">Washington</a> counties, Tennessee, and the Boone <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-water.html">Lake</a> reservoir behind the dam, are <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/Daniel Boone">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/109">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 E. Caldecott (1878-1951) — of Berkeley, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-lived.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif. Born in Chester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ED-born.html">England</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1878/07-27.html">July 27, 1878</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/drugs.html">Pharmacist</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/berkeley.html">mayor of Berkeley, Calif.</a>, 1930-32. Welsh ancestry. Died, of a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a>, in Berkeley, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-died.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1951/07-23.html">July 23, 1951</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 361 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: Married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1910/">1910</a> to Eveline Grooms; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/caine-caldom.html#055.72.37">Thomas William Caldecott</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 Caldecott <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-bridges.html">Tunnel</a>, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-names.html">Oakland</a> to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/CC-names.html">Orinda</a>, California, 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/Thomas E. Caldecott">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> Theodore N. Chapin (b. 1862) — of Bellaire, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/AN-lived.html">Antrim County</a>, Mich. Born in Grattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/KE-born.html">Kent County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1862/12-10.html">December 10, 1862</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/AN-officials.html">Antrim County Sheriff</a>, 1911-14; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Antrim County, 1915-20. Welsh ancestry. 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/1883/">1883</a> to Vesta J. Hutchinson.</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 C. Clarke (1831-1906) — of Wausau, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MA-lived.html">Marathon County</a>, Wis. Born in Anglesey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/WL-born.html">Wales</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1831/02-17.html">February 17, 1831</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lumber.html">Sawmill owner</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MA-officials.html">Marathon County Sheriff</a>, 1859; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Wisconsin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1876/WI.html">1876</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/wausau.html">mayor of Wausau, Wis.</a>, 1877-78; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/asmbly.html">Wisconsin state assembly</a>, 1882; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/postal.html">postmaster</a>. Welsh ancestry. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1906/12-14.html">December 14, 1906</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 300 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MA-buried.html#cms01601">Pine Grove Cemetery</a>, Wausau, 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: Married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1853/">1853</a> to Anna Margaret Gibson; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1854/10-31.html">October 31, 1854</a>, to Rhoda Jane Putnam; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1899/">1899</a> to Louisa Jane Walworth.</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/85114128">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> David Marston Clough (1846-1924) — also known as David M. Clough — of Minneapolis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/HE-lived.html">Hennepin County</a>, Minn.; Everett, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/SN-lived.html">Snohomish County</a>, Wash. Born in Lyme, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/GR-born.html">Grafton County</a>, N.H., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1846/12-27.html">December 27, 1846</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lumber.html">Lumberman</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/stsen.html">Minnesota state senate</a> 28th District, 1887-90; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota</a>, 1893-95; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Minnesota</a>, 1895-99. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</a>. Welsh ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1924/08-28.html">August 28, 1924</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 245 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/SN-buried.html#cms01186">Evergreen Cemetery</a>, Everett, Wash. <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 Elbridge Gerry Clough and Sarah (Brown) Clough; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1868/">1868</a> to Addie Barton; father of Nina M. Clough (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harte-hartling.html#630.43.43">Roland Hill Hartley</a>); fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/small.html#196.00.67">William Bradbury Small</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#036.06.46">George W. Clough</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/andrews.html#907.73.00">Harlan Page Andrews</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#635.60.97">Darvin Pratt Clough</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#346.46.97">William Rockwell Clough</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/10001-0042.html">Clough family</a> of New Hampshire; <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://www.nga.org/governor/david-marston-clough/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David M. Clough">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/10788">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=11736">Minnesota Legislator record</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=tbgGAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA28"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/407/21.26.jpg" width=70 height=84 border=0 alt="S. J. Conklin"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Sylvester Jones Conklin (b. 1829) — also known as S. J. Conklin — of Waterloo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/JF-lived.html">Jefferson County</a>, Wis.; Watertown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/CD-lived.html">Codington County</a>, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.). Born in Penn Yan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/YA-born.html">Yates County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1829/05-05.html">May 5, 1829</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/leather.html">Shoemaker</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/asmbly.html">Wisconsin state assembly</a>, 1859, 1869; served in the Union Army during the Civil War; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1868/WI.html">1868</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper publisher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/adgen.html">Adjutant General of South Dakota</a>, 1901-03. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/low-countries.html">Dutch</a>, Welsh, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/french.html">French</a> ancestry. 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/1848/">1848</a> to Maria Wait; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1884/">1884</a> to Mattie Greenslate; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1895/">1895</a> to Anna Duff.</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: South Dakota Legislative Manual, 1903</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Joseph Parker Dando (1883-1954) — also known as Joseph P. Dando — of Branch Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/SC-lived.html">Schuylkill County</a>, Pa. Born in Llewellyn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/SC-born.html">Schuylkill County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1883/01-14.html">January 14, 1883</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/mining.html">Coal miner</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/engineer.html">engineer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/stsen.html">Pennsylvania state senate</a> 29th District, 1937-40. Welsh ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/labor-unions.html">United Mine Workers</a>. Died in Pottsville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/SC-died.html">Schuylkill County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1954/12-06.html">December 6, 1954</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 326 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/SC-buried.html#cms05365">Mt. Peace Cemetery</a>, Minersville, 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 Isaac Dando and Margaret A. (Fisher) Dando; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1904/10-25.html">October 25, 1904</a>, to Anna R. James.</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 T. Davies (1831-1912) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BR-lived.html">Bradford County</a>, Pa. Born in Glamorganshire, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/WL-born.html">Wales</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1831/12-20.html">December 20, 1831</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BR-officials.html">Bradford County District Attorney</a>, 1865-68; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/stsen.html">Pennsylvania state senate</a> 23rd District, 1877-84; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania</a>, 1887-91. Welsh ancestry. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1912/09-21.html">September 21, 1912</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">80 years, 276 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> Joseph Hamilton Daviess (1774-1811) — also known as Joe Daviess — of Danville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/BY-lived.html">Boyle County</a>, Ky.; Lexington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/FA-lived.html">Fayette County</a>, Ky. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/BE-born.html">Bedford County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1774/03-04.html">March 4, 1774</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for Kentucky</a>, 1800-06; major in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812. Welsh ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Around 1801, he served as a second to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rothacker-rowden.html#869.67.50">John Rowan</a> in his <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/duel-participants.html">duel</a> with James Chambers; after Chambers was killed, he <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/flight-escape.html">fled</a> to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">avoid prosecution</a> as accomplice to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/murder-mayhem.html">murder</a>, and became a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">fugitive</a>, but when Rowan was arrested, he returned to act as Rowan's legal counsel. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gunshot.html">Shot</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/war-of-1812.html">killed</a> in the Battle of Tippecanoe, in what is now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/TI-died.html">Tippecanoe County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1811/11-07.html">November 7, 1811</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/37.html">37 years, 248 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/TI-buried.html#cms06509">Tippecanoe Battlefield Park</a>, Battle Ground, Ind. <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-in-law of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/marshall.html#411.97.48">John Marshall</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/10001-0204.html">Anderson-Marshall family</a> of Ohio and West Virginia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0158.html">Pendleton-Lee family</a> of Maryland (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Daviess counties in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/DV.html">Ind.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/DA.html">Ky.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/DV.html">Mo.</a>, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/JD.html">Jo Daviess County, Ill.</a>, are named 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> David William Davis (1873-1959) — also known as D. W. Davis — of American Falls, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/PO-lived.html">Power County</a>, Idaho; Orlando, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/OR-lived.html">Orange County</a>, Fla. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/WL-born.html">Wales</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1873/04-23.html">April 23, 1873</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Banker</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from Idaho, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1912/ID.html">1912</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/ofc/stsen.html">Idaho state senate</a>, 1912-14; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Idaho</a>, 1919-23; defeated, 1916; Commissioner of Reclamation and Director of Finance, U.S. Department of the Interior, 1924-32. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Welsh ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1959/08-05.html">August 5, 1959</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/86.html">86 years, 104 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/AD-buried.html#cms01557">Cloverdale Memorial Park</a>, Boise, Idaho. <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/david-william-davis/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D. W. Davis">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/9606733">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 John Davis (1873-1947) — also known as James J. Davis; "Puddler Jim" — of Elwood, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/MD-lived.html">Madison County</a>, Ind.; Pittsburgh, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/AL-lived.html">Allegheny County</a>, Pa. Born in Tredegar, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/WL-born.html">Wales</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1873/10-27.html">October 27, 1873</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/MD-officials.html">Madison County Recorder</a>, 1903-07; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/cabinet.html">U.S. Secretary of Labor</a>, 1921-30; resigned 1930; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/PA.html">1928</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/PA.html">1936</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/PA.html">1940</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/committees.html">Committee to Notify Presidential Nominee</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/speakers.html">speaker</a>); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania</a>, 1930-45; defeated, 1944. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Welsh ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/moose.html">Moose</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/grotto.html">Grotto</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/eagles.html">Eagles</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/foresters.html">Foresters</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/woodmen.html">Woodmen</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/maccabees.html">Maccabees</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-sigma-phi.html">Delta Sigma Phi</a>. Died in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">hospital</a> at Takoma Park, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/MO-died.html">Montgomery County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1947/11-22.html">November 22, 1947</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 26 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/AL-buried.html#cms02943">Union Dale Cemetery</a>, Pittsburgh, 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 David James Davis and Esther Ford (Nicholls) Davis; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1914/11-26.html">November 26, 1914</a>, to Jean Rodenbaugh.</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=D000111">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403247">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/297/000167793">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1601088">Internet Movie Database profile</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> Denias Dawe (b. 1859) — of Monroe, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MO-lived.html">Monroe County</a>, Mich. Born in Careleon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/WL-born.html">Wales</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1859/10-31.html">October 31, 1859</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">Physician</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">surgeon</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Monroe County, 1923-24; defeated in primary, 1932, 1938; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 19th District, 1935-36; defeated, 1936. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/english.html">English</a> and Welsh 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> Ernest R. Dexter (b. 1875) — of Mt. Pleasant, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IS-lived.html">Isabella County</a>, Mich. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/WA-born.html">Washington County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1875/02-23.html">February 23, 1875</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">merchant</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Isabella County, 1923-28. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/english.html">English</a> and Welsh 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> George A. Dix (1885-1959) — of near Delaware, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/DE-lived.html">Delaware County</a>, Ohio. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/DE-born.html">Delaware County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1885/09-27.html">September 27, 1885</a>. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/OH.html">1940</a>. Welsh, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/english.html">English</a>, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/german.html">German</a> ancestry. Died, in Marion General <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Marion, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/MR-died.html">Marion County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1959/08-10.html">August 10, 1959</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">73 years, 317 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/DE-buried.html# ">Radnor Cemetery</a>, Radnor, Ohio. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Charles David Franklin Dix and Sarah (Price) Dix; married to Grace Evans and Ruth Halliday; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thayer.html#242.70.35">Alexander Wheelock Thayer</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thayer.html#389.64.69">Alexander Cook Thayer</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/10001-0121.html">Saltonstall-Weeks family</a> of Massachusetts; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/27651579">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Edward Irving Edwards (1863-1931) — also known as Edward I. Edwards — of Jersey City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/HU-lived.html">Hudson County</a>, N.J. Born in Bergen town (now part of Jersey City), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/HU-born.html">Hudson County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1863/12-01.html">December 1, 1863</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/construction.html">General contractor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/comp.html">New Jersey state comptroller</a>, 1911-17; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/stsen.html">New Jersey state senate</a> from Hudson County, 1919; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/gov.html">Governor of New Jersey</a>, 1920-23; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1920/index.html">1920</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from New Jersey</a>, 1923-29; defeated, 1928; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/NJ.html">1924</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/committees.html">Committee on Permanent Organization</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1928/NJ.html">1928</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Welsh and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/english.html">English</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-bankers-assoc.html">American Bankers Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/zeta-psi.html">Zeta Psi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/moose.html">Moose</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/eagles.html">Eagles</a>. Depressed over political and financial misfortunes, the deaths of those close to him, and his own poor health, he <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gunshot.html">shot</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/suicide.html">killed himself</a>, in Jersey City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/HU-died.html">Hudson County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1931/01-26.html">January 26, 1931</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">67 years, 56 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/HU-buried.html#cms07025">Bayview - New York Bay Cemetery</a>, Jersey City, 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 William W. Edwards and Emma J. (Nation) Edwards; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/edwards9.html#858.72.16">William D. Edwards</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1888/11-14.html">November 14, 1888</a>, to Jule Blanche Smith.</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=E000066">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403759">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/edward-irving-edwards/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6242555">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 D. Edwards (c.1853-1916) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/HU-lived.html">Hudson County</a>, N.J. Born about 1853. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/stsen.html">New Jersey state senate</a> from Hudson County, 1887-89. Welsh and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/english.html">English</a> ancestry. Died in Jersey City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/HU-died.html">Hudson County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1916/03-06.html">March 6, 1916</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/63.html">about 63 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: Brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/edwards3.html#692.77.79">Edward Irving Edwards</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 Evans (b. 1859) — of Tipton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/LE-lived.html">Lenawee County</a>, Mich. Born in Forden, Montgomeryshire, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/WL-born.html">Wales</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1859/08-14.html">August 14, 1859</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmsupply.html">Livestock shipping business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Lenawee County 1st District, 1917-26; defeated, 1914. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/english.html">English</a> and Welsh 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> Thomas D. Evans — of Wyandotte, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/WL-born.html">Wales</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/wyandotte.html">Mayor of Wyandotte, Mich.</a>, 1882-85. Welsh 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> Glenn Ford (1916-2006) — also known as Gwyllyn Samuel Newton Ford — Born in Quebec City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/QB-born.html">Quebec</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1916/05-01.html">May 1, 1916</a>. Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen; served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; film and television <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/entertainment.html">actor</a> in dozens of roles; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1972 /speakers.html">speaker</a>, Republican National Convention, 1972. Welsh and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/english.html">English</a> ancestry. Died in Beverly Hills, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-died.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2006/08-30.html">August 30, 2006</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/90.html">90 years, 121 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-buried.html#cms04397">Woodlawn Cemetery</a>, Santa Monica, 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 Newton Ford and Hannah Ford; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1943/10-23.html">October 23, 1943</a>, to Eleanor Powell; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1966/03-27.html">March 27, 1966</a>, to Kathryn Hays; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1977/09-10.html">September 10, 1977</a>, to Cynthia Hayward; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1993/03-05.html">March 5, 1993</a>, to Jeanne Baus.</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/Glenn Ford">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/740/000022674">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001229">Internet Movie Database profile</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/15561144">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 Lewis Griffiths (1855-1914) — also known as John L. Griffiths — of Indianapolis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/MA-lived.html">Marion County</a>, Ind. 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/1855/10-07.html">October 7, 1855</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/sthse.html">Indiana state house of representatives</a>, 1887; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/rptr.html">Indiana reporter of state courts</a>, 1889-93; U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ED-consuls.html ">Liverpool</a>, 1905-09; U.S. Consul General in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ED-consuls.html ">London</a>, 1909-14, died in office 1914. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</a>. Welsh ancestry. Died, of a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart seizure</a>, in London, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ED-died.html">England</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1914/05-17.html">May 17, 1914</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/58.html">58 years, 222 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-buried.html#cms00142">Green-Wood Cemetery</a>, Brooklyn, 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 David G. Griffiths and Elizabeth (Hughes) Griffiths; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1889/06-05.html">June 5, 1889</a>, to Caroline Henderson.</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 B. Guinnip (1794-1869) — of Salubria, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CE-lived.html">Chemung County</a>, N.Y. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/HN-born.html">Hunterdon County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1794/09-12.html">September 12, 1794</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">Merchant</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Tompkins County, 1834, 1836; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> 26th District, 1850-51; resigned 1851; defeated, 1851. Welsh ancestry. Died in Watkins (now Watkins Glen), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SY-died.html">Schuyler County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1869/07-20.html">July 20, 1869</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 311 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SY-buried.html#cms02645">Glenwood Cemetery</a>, Watkins Glen, 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 to Sarah Hart; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/guess-gunderman.html#244.20.65">Ransom Hart Guinnip</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/77735611">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> Abraham Oakey Hall (1826-1898) — also known as A. Oakey Hall; "Elegant Oakey" — of New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Born in Albany, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/AL-born.html">Albany County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1826/07-26.html">July 26, 1826</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">Newspaper reporter</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1856/NY.html">1856</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/newyorkcity.html">mayor of New York City, N.Y.</a>, 1869-72; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">indicted</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">tried</a> in 1871-73 on <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">charges</a> of covering up corruption during his mayoralty; acquitted. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>; later <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/english.html">English</a>, Welsh, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/french.html">French</a> ancestry. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart disease</a>, in Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-died.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1898/10-07.html">October 7, 1898</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 73 days</a>). Entombed at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-buried.html#cms02313">Trinity Cemetery</a>, Manhattan, 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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A. Oakey Hall">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/16011638">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> Harry LeRoy Heer (1873-1962) — also known as Harry L. Heer — of Galena, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/JD-lived.html">Jo Daviess County</a>, Ill. Born in Galena, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/JD-born.html">Jo Daviess County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1873/01-22.html">January 22, 1873</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/mining.html">Mining</a> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/engineer.html">engineer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; circuit judge in Illinois 15th Circuit, 1925. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/german.html">German</a> and Welsh ancestry. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/HE-died.html">Hennepin County</a>, Minn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1962/11-12.html">November 12, 1962</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/89.html">89 years, 294 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/JD-buried.html#cms00141">Greenwood Cemetery</a>, Galena, 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 David H. Heer and Martha (Evans) Heer; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1914/04-21.html">April 21, 1914</a>, to Myrtle L. Renwick.</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 Hoyt (b. 1871) — of Suttons Bay, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/LL-lived.html">Leelanau County</a>, Mich. Born in Muir, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IO-born.html">Ionia County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1871/02-06.html">February 6, 1871</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/drugs.html">Druggist</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Leelanau District, 1923-26. Welsh ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/woodmen.html">Modern Woodmen of America</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/digital/collections/cul/texts/ldpd_6316595_000/pages/ldpd_6316595_000_00000035.html"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/733/21.32.jpg" width=70 height=106 border=0 alt="Charles Evans Hughes"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Charles Evans Hughes (1862-1948) — of Ithaca, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/TO-lived.html">Tompkins County</a>, N.Y.; Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Born in Glens Falls, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WR-born.html">Warren County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1862/04-11.html">April 11, 1862</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/faculty.html">law professor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/gov.html">Governor of New York</a>, 1907-10; resigned 1910; candidate for Republican nomination for President, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1908/index.html">1908</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/us-supreme-ct.html">Associate Justice of U.S. Supreme Court</a>, 1910-16; resigned 1916; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/us-supreme-ct.html">Chief Justice of U.S. Supreme Court</a>, 1930-41; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/pres-vp.html">President of the United States</a>, 1916; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/cabinet.html">U.S. Secretary of State</a>, 1921-25. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Welsh ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-epsilon.html">Delta Epsilon</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/union-league.html">Union League</a>. Died in Osterville, Barnstable, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BA-died.html">Barnstable County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1948/08-27.html">August 27, 1948</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/86.html">86 years, 138 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/BX-buried.html#cms00342">Woodlawn Cemetery</a>, Bronx, 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 Catherine (Connelly) Hughes and Rev. David Charles Hughes; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1888/12-05.html">December 5, 1888</a>, to Antoinette Carter; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hughes.html#567.59.63">Charles Evans Hughes Jr.</a>; grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hughes.html#503.98.65">Henry Stuart Hughes</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/10001-0791.html">Hughes-Stuart family</a> of New York City, 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">Cross-reference: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/afan-aieta.html#991.87.21">John F. Ahearn</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hackley-hagenbarth.html#920.12.24">Louis F. Haffen</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/charles-evans-hughes/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles Evans Hughes">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Charles Evans Hughes">Ballotpedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/753/000055588">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/520">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 by Charles Evans Hughes: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1893122859/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1893122859&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">The Supreme Court of the United States: Its Foundation Methods and Achievements</a> — <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0685698289/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0685698289&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Pan American Peace Plans</a> (1929)</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 Charles Evans Hughes: Dexter Perkins, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0313204632/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0313204632&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Charles Evans Hughes</a> — Merlo J. Pusey, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0231026250/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0231026250&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Charles Evans Hughes</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: Empire State Notables (1914)</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 Horace James (1883-1973) — also known as Arthur H. James; "Breaker Boy" — of Plymouth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LU-lived.html">Luzerne County</a>, Pa. Born in Plymouth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LU-born.html">Luzerne County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1883/07-14.html">July 14, 1883</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania</a>, 1927-31; superior court judge in Pennsylvania, 1933-39; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Pennsylvania</a>, 1939-43; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/PA.html">1940</a>; candidate for Republican nomination for President, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/index.html">1940</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Welsh ancestry. Died in Plymouth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LU-died.html">Luzerne County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1973/04-27.html">April 27, 1973</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/89.html">89 years, 287 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LU-buried.html#cms04308">Hanover Green Cemetery</a>, Hanover Township, Luzerne 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">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/arthur-horace-james/">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> Thomas Lemuel James (1831-1916) — also known as Thomas L. James — of Tenafly, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/BE-lived.html">Bergen County</a>, N.J.; Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Born in Utica, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OE-born.html">Oneida County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1831/03-29.html">March 29, 1831</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/nautical.html">Canal toll collector</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper publisher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawenforcement.html">customs inspector</a>; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/newyorkcity.html#2">New York City, N.Y.</a>, 1873-81; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/cabinet.html">U.S. Postmaster General</a>, 1881-82; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">bank director</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/tenafly.html">mayor of Tenafly, N.J.</a>, 1896. Welsh ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/union-league.html">Union League</a>. Died, following several <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/stroke.html">strokes of apoplexy</a>, in Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-died.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1916/09-11.html">September 11, 1916</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/85.html">85 years, 166 days</a>). Entombed at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-buried.html#cms04149">Church of the Heavenly Rest</a>, Manhattan, 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 William James and Jane Maria (Price) James; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1852/">1852</a> to Emily Ida Freeburn; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1896/04-29.html">April 29, 1896</a>, to Jeane (Freeburn) Barden; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1904/02-03.html">February 3, 1904</a>, to Edith Colbourne; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1911/05-10.html">May 10, 1911</a>, to Flora (MacDonnell) Gaffney; father of Ella James (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pearson.html#691.36.18">Henry George Pearson</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 Lemuel James">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/12739703">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> Bela Whipple Jenks (1849-1930) — also known as Bela W. Jenks — of Harbor Beach, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/HU-lived.html">Huron County</a>, Mich. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ES-born.html">Essex County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1849/07-18.html">July 18, 1849</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 20th District, 1905-08; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/MI.html">Michigan Republican State Central Committee</a>, 1911. Welsh ancestry. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1930/index.html">1930</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">about 80 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/HU-buried.html#cms05771">Rock Falls Cemetery</a>, Harbor Beach, Mich. <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 Alma Stafford.</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/89564317">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> Edwin Jones (1862-1921) — of Wellston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Ohio; Jackson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Ohio. Born in Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1862/12-12.html">December 12, 1862</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/mining.html">Coal operator</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1908/OH.html">1908</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/OH.html">1920</a> (alternate). Welsh ancestry. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/stomach-cancer.html">stomach cancer</a>, in Grant <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Columbus, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/FR-died.html">Franklin County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1921/02-03.html">February 3, 1921</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/58.html">58 years, 53 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/JA-buried.html#cms03400">Fairmount Cemetery</a>, Jackson, 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: Married to Lola Williams.</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/190111232">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> George Wallace Jones (1804-1896) — also known as George W. Jones — of Dubuque, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/DB-lived.html">Dubuque County</a>, Iowa. Born in Vincennes, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/KX-born.html">Knox County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1804/04-12.html">April 12, 1804</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; served in the U.S. Army during the Black Hawk War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/cgdel.html">Delegate to U.S. Congress from Michigan Territory</a>, 1835-36; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/cgdel.html">Delegate to U.S. Congress from Wisconsin Territory</a>, 1836-39; U.S. Surveyor-General for Iowa & Wisconsin, 1845; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Iowa</a>, 1848-59; U.S. Minister to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/CO-diplomats.html ">New Grenada</a>, 1859-61. Welsh ancestry. In 1861, was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">arrested</a> in New York City by order of Secretary of State <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seward.html#231.48.38">William H. Seward</a> on a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">charge</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/civil-war-slavery.html">disloyalty</a>, based on correspondence with his friend <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davis5.html#938.98.18">Jefferson Davis</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">imprisoned</a> for 64 days; released by order of President <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lincoln.html#848.31.47">Abraham Lincoln</a>. Slaveowner. Died in Dubuque, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/DB-died.html">Dubuque County</a>, Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1896/07-22.html">July 22, 1896</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/92.html">92 years, 101 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/DB-buried.html#cms02026">Mt. Olivet Cemetery</a>, Dubuque, Iowa. <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/jones5.html#574.22.73">John Rice Jones (1759-1824)</a>; brother-in-law of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/scott5.html#883.04.86">John Scott</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/scott1.html#285.00.93">Andrew Scott</a>; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jones6.html#920.15.32">Myers F. Jones</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jones5.html#626.32.36">John Rice Jones (1792-1845)</a>; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/scott5.html#382.92.99">John Rice Homer Scott</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/13685.html">Jones family</a> of Ste. Genevieve, Missouri.</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/IA/JN.html">Jones County, Iowa</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=J000221">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406115">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George W. Jones">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/jones-george-wallace ?">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> John Rice Jones (1759-1824) — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa.; Louisville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/JF-lived.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ky.; Vincennes, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/KX-lived.html">Knox County</a>, Ind.; Kaskaskia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/RA-lived.html">Randolph County</a>, Ill.; Potosi, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/WA-lived.html">Washington County</a>, Mo. Born in Mallwyd, Gwynedd, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/WL-born.html">Wales</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1759/02-11.html">February 11, 1759</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/trcn.html">member Indiana territorial council</a>, 1805-08; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/trlg.html">Missouri territorial legislature</a>, 1814; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/cncn1.html">delegate to Missouri state constitutional convention</a> from Washington County, 1820; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/spju.html">justice of Missouri state supreme court</a>, 1820-24; appointed 1820; died in office 1824. Welsh ancestry. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/sl-died.html">St. Louis</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1824/02-01.html">February 1, 1824</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">64 years, 355 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 John Jones; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1781/">1781</a> to Eliza Powell; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1791/02-11.html">February 11, 1791</a>, to Mary Barger; father of Rice Jones, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jones5.html#626.32.36">John Rice Jones (1792-1845)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jones4.html#848.73.10">George Wallace Jones</a>; grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/scott5.html#382.92.99">John Rice Homer Scott</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/13685.html">Jones family</a> of Ste. Genevieve, Missouri.</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 Rice Jones">Wikipedia article</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John Rice Jones (1792-1845) — of Texas. Born in Vincennes, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/KX-born.html">Knox County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1792/01-08.html">January 8, 1792</a>. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/rpogn.html">Texas Republic Postmaster General</a>, 1835-36, 1839-41. Welsh ancestry. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/FY-died.html">Fayette County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1845/index.html">1845</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/53.html">about 53 years</a>). Interment <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/FY-buried.html#cms06344">a private or family graveyard</a>, Fayette County, 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: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jones5.html#574.22.73">John Rice Jones (1759-1824)</a> and Mary (Barger) Jones; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jones4.html#848.73.10">George Wallace Jones</a>; married to Ruth Mary Hawkins and Sarah Fidelia Heard; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/scott5.html#382.92.99">John Rice Homer Scott</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/13685.html">Jones family</a> of Ste. Genevieve, Missouri.</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/106004432">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/6674233729/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/387/83.14.jpg" width=70 height=99 border=0 alt="Richard Jones"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Richard Jones (b. 1887) — of Kempton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ND/GF-lived.html">Grand Forks County</a>, N.Dak.; Duluth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/SL-lived.html">St. Louis County</a>, Minn. Born in Brisbin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CL-born.html">Clearfield County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1887/08-14.html">August 14, 1887</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/telephone.html">Telegraph operator</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/labor.html">secretary</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/labor.html">president</a>, Duluth Federated Trades Assembly; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/stsen.html">Minnesota state senate</a> 58th District, 1915-18. Welsh ancestry. 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">See also <a href="https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=12409">Minnesota Legislator record</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: Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917</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 Jones (1753-1822) — of Providence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/PR-lived.html">Providence County</a>, R.I. Born in Newport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/NE-born.html">Newport County</a>, R.I., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1753/10-08.html">October 8, 1753</a>. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; justice of the peace; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/spkr.html">Speaker of the Rhode Island State House of Representatives</a>, 1809-10, 1810-11; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Rhode Island</a>, 1811-17. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</a>. Welsh ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/soc-cincinnati.html">Society of the Cincinnati</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-antiquarian-soc.html">American Antiquarian Society</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1822/04-09.html">April 9, 1822</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">68 years, 183 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/PR-buried.html#cms00375">Swan Point Cemetery</a>, Providence, R.I. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of William Jones and Elizabeth (Pearce) Jones; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1787/02-28.html">February 28, 1787</a>, to Anne Dunn; grandfather of Anna Jones Hoppin (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dyer.html#574.71.96">Elisha Dyer</a>); great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dyer.html#944.94.91">Elisha Dyer Jr.</a>; third great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dyer.html#668.02.78">Walter Gurnee Dyer</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/william-jones/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William Jones (governor)">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/3268">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 Jones (1790-1867) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-lived.html">Washington</a>, D.C. Born near Rockville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/MO-born.html">Montgomery County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1790/04-12.html">April 12, 1790</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">Physician</a>; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/ofc/washington.html#2">Washington, D.C.</a>, 1829-39, 1841-45, 1858-61. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Welsh ancestry. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1867/06-25.html">June 25, 1867</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 74 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-buried.html#cms00803">Oak Hill 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 Evan Jones and Mary (O'Neale) Jones; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1821/12-21.html">December 21, 1821</a>, to Sarah L. Corcoran.</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/35521479">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> Willie Jones (1741-1801) — of North Carolina. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/SR-born.html">Surry County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1741/05-25.html">May 25, 1741</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/cncn.html">Delegate to North Carolina state constitutional convention</a>, 1776; member of North Carolina state legislature, 1776; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/ccdel.html">Delegate to Continental Congress from North Carolina</a>, 1780. Welsh and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/english.html">English</a> ancestry. Died in Raleigh, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/WK-died.html">Wake County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1801/06-18.html">June 18, 1801</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/60.html">60 years, 24 days</a>). Interment in private or family graveyard. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jones1.html#898.53.92">Allen Jones</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">town</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/WA-names.html">Jonesborough, Tennessee</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=J000262">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406154">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie Jones (statesman)">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> David W. Lewis (b. 1863) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CI-lived.html">Clarion County</a>, Pa. Born in Dewlais, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/WL-born.html">Wales</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1863/04-09.html">April 9, 1863</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">Merchant</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a> from Clarion County, 1909. Welsh 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> Francis Lewis (1713-1803) — of New York. Born in Llandaff, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/WL-born.html">Wales</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1713/03-21.html">March 21, 1713</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/ccdel.html">Delegate to Continental Congress from New York</a>, 1775; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/founders.html">signer, Declaration of Independence</a>, 1776. Welsh ancestry. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1803/12-30.html">December 30, 1803</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/90.html">90 years, 284 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-buried.html#cms00598">Trinity Churchyard</a>, Manhattan, N.Y.; memorial monument at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-buried.html# ">Constitution Gardens</a>, Washington, D.C. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lewis6.html#035.70.56">Morgan Lewis</a>; third great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gerry.html#343.32.14">Peter Goelet Gerry</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mills.html#018.20.63">Ogden Livingston Mills</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://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000282">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406780">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis Lewis">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/976/000051823">NNDB dossier</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> Lynn J. Lewis (1876-1938) — of Bangor, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/VB-lived.html">Van Buren County</a>, Mich.; South Haven, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/VB-lived.html">Van Buren County</a>, Mich. Born in Bangor, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/VB-born.html">Van Buren County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1876/06-03.html">June 3, 1876</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Van Buren County, 1915-20; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/southhaven.html">mayor of South Haven, Mich.</a>; elected 1935. Welsh and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/irish.html">Irish</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kiwanis.html">Kiwanis</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/oes.html">Order of the Eastern Star</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1938/index.html">1938</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/62.html">about 62 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 Abel J. Lewis and Imogene (Sackett) Lewis; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1895/10-12.html">October 12, 1895</a>, to Nellie Gray.</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> Meriwether Lewis (1774-1809) — of Missouri. Born near Ivy, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/AB-born.html">Albemarle County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1774/08-18.html">August 18, 1774</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/trgv1.html">Governor of Louisiana (Missouri) Territory</a>, 1807-09; died in office 1809. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/english.html">English</a> and Welsh ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Commanded expedition with <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clark9.html#714.09.48">William Clark</a> to Oregon, 1803-04. Died from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gunshot.html">gunshot wounds</a> under <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/disappeared.html">mysterious circumstances</a> (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/murder.html">murder</a> or <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/suicide.html">suicide</a>?) at Grinder's Stand, an <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/hotels.html">inn</a> on the Natchez Trace near Hohenwald, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/LE-died.html">Lewis County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1809/10-11.html">October 11, 1809</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/35.html">35 years, 54 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/LE-buried.html#cms04371">Meriwether Lewis Park</a>, Near Hohenwald, Lewis County, Tenn. <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 Lewis and Lucy (Meriwether) Lewis; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lewis4.html#415.75.41">Howell Lewis</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker5.html#399.89.85">John Walker</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mereness-merola.html#512.39.40">David Meriwether (1755-1822)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mereness-merola.html#779.44.78">James Meriwether (1755-1817)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker3.html#075.40.98">Francis Walker</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gilmann-gilmer.html#368.69.43">George Rockingham Gilmer</a>; first cousin five times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/demaggio-demps.html#927.14.05">Arthur Sidney Demarest</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mereness-merola.html#917.68.66">James Meriwether (1788-1852)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mereness-merola.html#752.05.03">David Meriwether (1800-1893)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mereness-merola.html#185.16.94">James Archibald Meriwether</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/washington.html#466.36.08">George Washington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cobb.html#406.49.78">Howell Cobb (1772-1818)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gilmann-gilmer.html#411.04.00">Thomas Walker Gilmer</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker2.html#929.22.50">David Shelby Walker</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mereness-merola.html#677.00.36">Reuben Handy Meriwether</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cobb.html#329.56.23">Howell Cobb (1815-1868)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cobb.html#991.10.16">Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker5.html#946.40.55">James David Walker</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker2.html#336.61.00">David Shelby Walker Jr.</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith4.html#648.72.43">Hubbard T. Smith</a>; second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woodcock-woodley.html#720.84.87">Archer Woodford</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bland.html#185.89.77">Theodorick Bland</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bronstein-brookover.html#987.19.36">Robert Brooke</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/washington.html#209.13.59">Bushrod Washington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/maddock-magerman.html#567.76.22">George Madison</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buckner.html#854.96.20">Richard Aylett Buckner</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#591.59.99">John Randolph of Roanoke</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tucker.html#278.45.61">Henry St. George Tucker</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/washington.html#778.51.30">John Thornton Augustine Washington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/taylor9.html#681.60.97">Zachary Taylor</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/helm.html#279.31.86">Francis Taliaferro Helm</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buckner.html#403.69.94">Aylette Buckner</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#364.87.98">John Strother Pendleton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#801.68.68">Albert Gallatin Pendleton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buckner.html#672.52.62">Aylett Hawes Buckner</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/helm.html#772.04.59">Charles John Helm</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cremeans-crocheron.html#140.78.95">Thomas Leonidas Crittenden</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tucker.html#082.77.22">Nathaniel Beverly Tucker</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/helm.html#617.52.86">Hubbard Dozier Helm</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buckner.html#950.82.94">James Francis Buckner Jr.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinkerton-pittoni.html#626.93.98">Key Pittman</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pollack-pomerene.html#812.59.38">Claude Pollard</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinkerton-pittoni.html#191.68.30">Vail Montgomery Pittman</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jackson4.html#944.48.82">Henry Rootes Jackson</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/10001-0077.html">Demarest-Meriwether-Lewis family</a> of New Jersey; <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 (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">Cross-reference: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shannon.html#999.85.68">George F. Shannon</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">Lewis counties in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/LW.html">Idaho</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/LW.html">Ky.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/LE.html">Mo.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/LE.html">Tenn.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/LE.html">Wash.</a> are named for him; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/LC.html">Lewis and Clark County, Mont.</a> is named partly 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/randolph.html#946.12.53">Meriwether Lewis Randolph</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker6.html#172.42.57">Meriwether Lewis Walker</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">Coins and currency: His <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/coins-currency.html">portrait appeared</a> (along with Clark's) on the $10 U.S. Note from 1898 to 1927.</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/Meriwether Lewis">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/678/000036570">NNDB dossier</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Books about Meriwether Lewis: Thomas C. Danisi, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1616145056/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1616145056&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Uncovering the Truth About Meriwether Lewis</a> — Donald Barr Chidsey, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0517501872/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0517501872&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Lewis and Clark: The Great Adventure</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 Lloyd — of Ebensburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CA-lived.html">Cambria County</a>, Pa. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/WL-born.html">Wales</a>. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/ebensburg.html#3">Ebensburg, Pa.</a>, 1816. Welsh 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> Hugh Shepperd Darby Mallory (1848-1920) — also known as H. S. D. Mallory — of Selma, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/DS-lived.html">Dallas County</a>, Ala. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/TA-born.html">Talladega County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1848/02-06.html">February 6, 1848</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/selma.html">mayor of Selma, Ala.</a>, 1885-87; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1904/AL.html">1904</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/AL.html">1912</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scottish.html">Scottish</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/english.html">English</a>, and Welsh ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-honor.html">Knights of Honor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>. Died in Selma, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/DS-died.html">Dallas County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1920/03-10.html">March 10, 1920</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 33 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/DS-buried.html#cms00181">Live Oak Cemetery</a>, Selma, 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 James Mallory and Ann Maria (Darby) Mallory; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1872/10-15.html">October 15, 1872</a>, to Jacqueline Louisa Billingslea.</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> Frank Marsh (1924-2001) — of Lincoln, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/LA-lived.html">Lancaster County</a>, Neb. Born in Norfolk, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/MA-born.html">Madison County</a>, Neb., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1924/04-27.html">April 27, 1924</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/ofc/sos.html">secretary of state of Nebraska</a>, 1953-71; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska</a>, 1971-75; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/ofc/trea.html">Nebraska state treasurer</a>, 1975-81, 1987-91; defeated, 1990. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Welsh and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/english.html">English</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sertoma.html">Sertoma</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/alpha-phi-omega.html">Alpha Phi Omega</a>. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/lung.html">pulmonary fibrosis</a>, Lincoln, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/LA-died.html">Lancaster County</a>, Neb., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2001/03-10.html">March 10, 2001</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 317 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/LA-buried.html#cms00350">Wyuka Cemetery</a>, Lincoln, Neb. <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/1942/03-05.html">March 5, 1942</a>, to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/marsh-marshal.html#669.50.48">Shirley Marsh</a>.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> George Washington Martin (1841-1914) — also known as George W. Martin — of Junction City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/GE-lived.html">Geary County</a>, Kan. Born in Hollidaysburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BL-born.html">Blair County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1841/06-30.html">June 30, 1841</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">Newspaper publisher</a>; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/ofc/junctioncity.html#2">Junction City, Kan.</a>, 1864-65; Kansas state printer, 1873-81; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/ofc/sthse.html">Kansas state house of representatives</a>, 1883; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/ofc/junctioncity.html">mayor of Junction City, Kan.</a>, 1883-85. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scotch-irish.html">Scotch-Irish</a> and Welsh ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1914/03-27.html">March 27, 1914</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 270 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/GE-buried.html#cms00415">Highland Cemetery</a>, Junction City, Kan. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Presumably named for: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/washington.html#466.36.08">George Washington</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of David Martin and Mary (Howell) Martin; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1863/12-20.html">December 20, 1863</a>, to Lyida Coulson; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1901/10-10.html">October 10, 1901</a>, to Josephine (Morgon) Blakely.</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/96285068">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> Harold Carlton Mason (1888-1964) — also known as Harold C. Mason — of Blissfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/LE-lived.html">Lenawee County</a>, Mich.; Huntington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/HU-lived.html">Huntington County</a>, Ind.; Winona Lake, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/KO-lived.html">Kosciusko County</a>, Ind. Born in Kunkle, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/WL-born.html">Williams County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1888/11-09.html">November 9, 1888</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/clergy.html">minister</a>; Prohibition candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 19th District, 1914; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/clergy.html">bishop</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/faculty.html">college professor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/univpres.html">president</a>, Huntington College, 1932-39. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Free Methodist</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/german.html">German</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scottish.html">Scottish</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/english.html">English</a>, and Welsh ancestry. Died, from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">myocardial infarction</a>, in Winona Lake, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/KO-died.html">Kosciusko County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1964/06-02.html">June 2, 1964</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 206 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/HI-buried.html#cms07658">Waldron Cemetery</a>, Waldron, Mich. <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 Emmit Carlton Mason and Virginia Elizabeth 'Libby' (Munson) Mason; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1909/12-25.html">December 25, 1909</a>, to Alta Elvida McFate.</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/63879485">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> David Stephen Mathias (1844-1917) — also known as D. S. Mathias — of Rosedale (now part of Kansas City), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/WY-lived.html">Wyandotte County</a>, Kan. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/WL-born.html">Wales</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1844/01-06.html">January 6, 1844</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/ofc/kansascity.html#7">Mayor of Rosedale, Kan.</a>, 1877-78. Welsh ancestry. Died in Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-died.html">Cook County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1917/12-05.html">December 5, 1917</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">73 years, 333 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-buried.html#cms00626">Oak Woods 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 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mathewson-matthaei.html#226.42.30">David Mathias</a>; married to Tryphena Jones.</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/135888827">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> Daniel Morgan (1736-1802) — of Virginia. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/HN-born.html">Hunterdon County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1736/index.html">1736</a>. General in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Virginia</a> at-large, 1797-99. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Welsh ancestry. Slaveowner. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1802/07-06.html">July 6, 1802</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">about 66 years</a>). Original interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/wc-buried.html#cms08373">Old Stone Presbyterian Church Cemetery</a>, Winchester, Va.; reinterment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/wc-buried.html#cms01294">Mt. Hebron Cemetery</a>, Winchester, Va.; statue at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/SP-buried.html#cms08374">Morgan Square</a>, Spartanburg, S.C. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of James Morgan; father of Nancy Morgan (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/neville.html#793.70.27">Presley Neville</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">Morgan counties in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MR.html">Ala.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/MG.html">Ga.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/MG.html">Ill.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/MR.html">Ind.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/MJ.html">Ky.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/MG.html">Mo.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/MN.html">Ohio</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/MG.html">Tenn.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MG.html">W.Va.</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=M000946">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=407914">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel Morgan">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/2755">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> Albert Morris (1840-1923) — of Oneonta, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OG-lived.html">Otsego County</a>, N.Y. Born in Milford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OG-born.html">Otsego County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1840/01-02.html">January 2, 1840</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/oneonta.html">Mayor of Oneonta, N.Y.</a>, 1910-11. Welsh ancestry. Died in Oneonta, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OG-died.html">Otsego County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1923/03-17.html">March 17, 1923</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/83.html">83 years, 74 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 Richard Boles Morris and Zilpha (Westcott) Morris; married to Mary J. Birdsall.</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 Singleton Mosby (1833-1916) — also known as John S. Mosby; "The Gray Ghost" — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/br-lived.html">Bristol</a>, Va.; Warrenton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/FQ-lived.html">Fauquier County</a>, Va. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/PO-born.html">Powhatan County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1833/12-06.html">December 6, 1833</a>. In 1852, he <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/murder-mayhem.html">shot and wounded</a> George R. Turpin, with whom he had quarreled; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">arrested</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">tried</a>, ultimately <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">convicted</a> only of the misdemeanor charge of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/weapons.html">unlawful shooting</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">sentenced</a> to one year in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">jail</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/pardon.html">pardoned</a> by Gov. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/johnson5.html#799.21.55">Joseph Johnson</a> in 1853; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/HK-consuls.html ">Hong Kong</a>, 1878-85. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scottish.html">Scottish</a> and Welsh ancestry. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1916/05-30.html">May 30, 1916</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 176 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/FQ-buried.html#cms03125">Warrenton Cemetery</a>, Warrenton, 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 Alfred Daniel Mosby and Virginia (McLaurine) Mosby; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1857/12-30.html">December 30, 1857</a>, to Pauline Clarke (daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clarke.html#575.70.87">Beverly Leonidas Clarke</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 John S. Mosby (built 1943 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/DU-names.html">Jacksonville, Florida</a>; scrapped 1971) was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John S. Mosby">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> Abner Nash (1740-1786) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/JN-lived.html">Jones County</a>, N.C. Born near Farmville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/PE-born.html">Prince Edward County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1740/08-08.html">August 8, 1740</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/burg.html">Virginia House of Burgesses</a>, 1761-65; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/comm.html">North Carolina house of commons</a>, 1777-78, 1782, 1784-85; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/stsen.html">North Carolina state senate</a> from Jones County, 1779; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/gov.html">Governor of North Carolina</a>, 1780-81; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/ccdel.html">Delegate to Continental Congress from North Carolina</a>, 1782-86; died in office 1786. Welsh ancestry. Died while attending a session of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/legislative.html">Continental Congress</a>, in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-died.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1786/12-02.html">December 2, 1786</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/46.html">46 years, 116 days</a>). Original interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-buried.html#cms01544">St. Paul's Churchyard</a>, Manhattan, N.Y.; reinterment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/CR-buried.html#cms08079">Pembroke Plantation Cemetery</a>, New Bern, N.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 Abner Nash (1685-1732) and Elizabeth (Hinton) Nash; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nash.html#116.87.60">Francis Nash</a>; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1766/">1766</a> to Justina Davis Dobbs; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1774/">1774</a> to Mary Whiting Jones.</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 Abner Nash (built 1942 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/NH-names.html">Wilmington, North Carolina</a>; scrapped 1964) was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=N000007">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408101">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/abner-nash/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abner Nash">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/8055254">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Francis Nash (1742-1777) — of Hillsborough, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/OR-lived.html">Orange County</a>, N.C. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/PE-born.html">Prince Edward County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1742/index.html">1742</a>. Member of North Carolina state legislature, 1764; general in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. Welsh ancestry. During the Battle of Germanown, he was hit by <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gunshot.html">cannonball</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gunshot.html">musket shot</a>, was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/revolutionary-war.html">mortally wounded</a>, and died soon after, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MO-died.html">Montgomery County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1777/10-07.html">October 7, 1777</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/35.html">about 35 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MO-buried.html#cms04668">Towamencin Mennonite Churchyard</a>, Near Lansdale, Montgomery 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 Abner Nash (1685-1732) and Elizabeth (Hinton) Nash; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nash.html#388.34.11">Abner Nash (1740-1786)</a>; married to Sally Moore.</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/NC/NS.html">Nash County, N.C.</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">The <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-cities.html">city</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-names.html">Nashville, Tennessee</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — The <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-cities.html">town</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/NS-names.html">Nashville, North Carolina</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/Francis Nash">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/2877">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 L. Nash (1829-1896) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/SU-lived.html">Sullivan County</a>, Ind. Born in Haddon Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/SU-born.html">Sullivan County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1829/03-16.html">March 16, 1829</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/sthse.html">Indiana state house of representatives</a>, 1875. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/disciples-of-christ.html">Disciples of Christ</a>. Welsh ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>. Died in Paxton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/SU-died.html">Sullivan County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1896/10-10.html">October 10, 1896</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">67 years, 208 days</a>). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=nJVdCsi0HsEC&pg=PA10"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/486/68.41.jpg" width=70 height=115 border=0 alt="Harry S. New"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Harry Stewart New (1858-1937) — also known as Harry S. New — of Indianapolis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/MA-lived.html">Marion County</a>, Ind. Born in Indianapolis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/MA-born.html">Marion County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1858/12-31.html">December 31, 1858</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">Newspaper editor and publisher</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1896/IN.html">1896</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1912/IN.html">1912</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/IN.html">1920</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1924/IN.html">1924</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/stsen.html">Indiana state senate</a>, 1897-99; served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/IN.html">Republican National Committee from Indiana</a>, 1900-12; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/index.html">Chairman of Republican National Committee</a>, 1907-08; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Indiana</a>, 1917-23; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/cabinet.html">U.S. Postmaster General</a>, 1923-29. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/disciples-of-christ.html">Disciples of Christ</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/english.html">English</a> and Welsh ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sigma-chi.html">Sigma Chi</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ba-died.html">Baltimore</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1937/05-09.html">May 9, 1937</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 129 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/MA-buried.html#cms00556">Crown Hill Cemetery</a>, Indianapolis, Ind. <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/nevin-newel.html#596.36.99">John Chalfant New</a> and Melissa (Beeler) New.</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=N000059">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408147">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry Stewart New">Wikipedia article</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: American Monthly Review of Reviews, July 1908</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 Chalfant New (1831-1906) — also known as John C. New — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/MA-lived.html">Marion County</a>, Ind. Born in Vernon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/JN-born.html">Jennings County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1831/07-06.html">July 6, 1831</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Banker</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper publisher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/stsen.html">Indiana state senate</a>, 1863; Treasurer of the United States, 1875-76; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/IN.html">Indiana Republican state chair</a>, 1880-82. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/disciples-of-christ.html">Disciples of Christ</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/english.html">English</a> and Welsh ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in Indianapolis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/MA-died.html">Marion County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1906/06-04.html">June 4, 1906</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 333 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/MA-buried.html#cms00556">Crown Hill Cemetery</a>, Indianapolis, Ind. <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 Bowman New and Mariah (Chalfant) New; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1854/">1854</a> to Melissa Beeler; married to Elizabeth McRae; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nevin-newel.html#486.68.41">Harry Stewart New</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John C. New">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> Robert Dale Owen (1801-1877) — also known as Robert D. Owen — of New Harmony, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/PS-lived.html">Posey County</a>, Ind. Born in Glasgow, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SD-born.html">Scotland</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1801/11-09.html">November 9, 1801</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/writing.html">author</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper editor</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/sthse.html">Indiana state house of representatives</a>, 1836-39, 1851-52; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Indiana</a> 1st District, 1843-47; defeated, 1839, 1847; candidate for Presidential Elector for Indiana; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/cncn2.html">delegate to Indiana state constitutional convention</a>, 1850-51; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/IT-diplomats.html ">Two Sicilies</a>, 1853-54; U.S. Minister to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/IT-diplomats.html ">Two Sicilies</a>, 1854-58. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scottish.html">Scottish</a> and Welsh ancestry. Aided his father in the establishment of the New Harmony social experiment. Died in Lake George, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WR-died.html">Warren County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1877/06-24.html">June 24, 1877</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 227 days</a>). Original interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WR-buried.html#cms02764">Village Cemetery</a>, Lake George, N.Y.; reinterment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/PS-buried.html#cms03698">Maple Hill Cemetery</a>, New Harmony, Ind. <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">Cross-reference: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/birdsall-biship.html#601.40.55">Morris Birkbeck</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=O000152">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408403">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/owen-robert-dale">U.S. State Dept career summary</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/093/000052934">NNDB dossier</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 Pendry (1848-1928) — of Johnstown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CA-lived.html">Cambria County</a>, Pa. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/WL-born.html">Wales</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1848/index.html">1848</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/funeral.html">Undertaker</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/johnstown.html">mayor of Johnstown, Pa.</a>, 1902-05. Welsh ancestry. Died in Johnstown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CA-died.html">Cambria County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1928/12-23.html">December 23, 1928</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">about 80 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CA-buried.html#cms00132">Grandview Cemetery</a>, Southmont, 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: Married to Mary Danges.</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/113791533">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 Vernon Phillips (1875-1931) — also known as W. Vernon Phillips — of Yeadon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/DE-lived.html">Delaware County</a>, Pa. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/WL-born.html">Wales</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1875/11-18.html">November 18, 1875</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/metal.html">Iron and steel business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">bank director</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/yeadon.html#2">burgess of Yeadon, Pennsylvania</a>, 1923-31; died in office 1931. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Welsh ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/union-league.html">Union League</a>. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart disease</a>, in Jefferson <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-died.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1931/07-02.html">July 2, 1931</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/55.html">55 years, 226 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/DE-buried.html#cms08054">Arlington Cemetery</a>, Drexel Hill, 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 Frederick Richard Phillips and Emily Mary (Jenkins) Phillips; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1912/">1912</a> to Florence Louise Starr.</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/36403249">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/8276639652/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/571/42.95.jpg" width=70 height=96 border=0 alt="John T. Pritchard"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John T. Pritchard (1883-1965) — of Eau Claire, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/EC-lived.html">Eau Claire County</a>, Wis. Born in Caernarvon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/WL-born.html">Wales</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1883/12-20.html">December 20, 1883</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/asmbly.html">Wisconsin state assembly</a>, 1933-54, 1957-62 (Eau Claire County 1933-54, Eau Claire County 2nd District 1957-62); defeated (Republican), 1954. Welsh ancestry. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1965/index.html">1965</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">about 81 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/EC-buried.html#cms01786">Lakeview Cemetery</a>, Eau Claire, 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">Epitaph: "Devoted Public Servant."</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/70297052">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: Wisconsin Blue Book 1940</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=tbgGAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA255"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/795/29.60.jpg" width=70 height=80 border=0 alt="John J. Rees"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John J. Rees (b. 1839) — of Powell, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ED-lived.html">Edmunds County</a>, S.Dak.; Ipswich, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ED-lived.html">Edmunds County</a>, S.Dak. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/WL-born.html">Wales</a>, January, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1839/index.html">1839</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/sthse.html">South Dakota state house of representatives</a> 37th District, 1899-1900, 1903-04. Welsh ancestry. 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">Image source: South Dakota Legislative Manual, 1903</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=YyoEAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA268-IA2"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/767/93.77.jpg" width=70 height=102 border=0 alt="Ellis H. Roberts"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Ellis Henry Roberts (1827-1918) — also known as Ellis H. Roberts — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OE-lived.html">Oneida County</a>, N.Y. Born in Utica, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OE-born.html">Oneida County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1827/09-30.html">September 30, 1827</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">Newspaper editor</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1864/NY.html">1864</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1868/NY.html">1868</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Oneida County 2nd District, 1867; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a>, 1871-75 (21st District 1871-73, 22nd District 1873-75); defeated, 1874; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; Treasurer of the United States, 1897-1905. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Welsh ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/alpha-delta-phi.html">Alpha Delta Phi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/skull-bones.html">Skull and Bones</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-historical-assoc.html">American Historical Association</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1918/index.html">1918</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/90.html">about 90 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OE-buried.html#cms00991">Forest Hill Cemetery</a>, Utica, 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 Watkin Roberts and Gwen (Williams) Roberts; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1851/06-24.html">June 24, 1851</a>, to Elizabeth Morris.</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=R000310">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409281">Govtrack.us page</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 Mark in America (1906)</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/941/21.94.jpg" width=70 height=121 border=0 alt="Henry Roberts"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Henry Roberts (1853-1929) — of Hartford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-lived.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn. Born in Brooklyn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-born.html">Kings County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1853/01-22.html">January 22, 1853</a>. Republican. President, Hartford <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/furniture.html">Woven Wire Mattress</a> Company; director, Hartford <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/utilities.html">Electric Light</a> Company; also director of several <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banks</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Hartford, 1899-1900; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/stsen.html">Connecticut state senate</a> 1st District, 1901-02; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut</a>, 1903-05; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Connecticut</a>, 1905-07. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</a>. Welsh ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sons-am-rev.html">Sons of the American Revolution</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/soc-colonial-wars.html">Society of Colonial Wars</a>. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/lung.html">respiratory failure</a>, in Hartford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-died.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1929/05-01.html">May 1, 1929</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 99 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-buried.html#cms00569">Cedar Hill Cemetery</a>, Hartford, 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 Roberts and Elvira (Evans) Roberts; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1881/10-05.html">October 5, 1881</a>, to Carolyn Elizabeth Smith.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/henry-roberts/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry Roberts (governor)">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/557/000209927">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7372315">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=104033">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: Taylor's Legislative History and Souvenir (1903)</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> Ann Romney (b. 1949) — also known as Ann Lois Davies — of Belmont, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/MI-lived.html">Middlesex County</a>, Mass. Born in Detroit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-born.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1949/04-16.html">April 16, 1949</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2012 /speakers.html">Speaker</a>, Republican National Convention, 2012. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/mormon.html">Mormon</a>. Welsh ancestry. Still living as of 2014. <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 Edward Roderick Davies and Lois Davies; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1969/03-21.html">March 21, 1969</a>, to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/romano-roosa.html#902.25.17">Willard Mitt Romney</a>; mother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/romano-roosa.html#877.00.00">Craig Romney</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/11871.html">Romney 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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann Romney">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/019/000163527">NNDB dossier</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> Edwin Merwyn Rowlands (1901-1961) — also known as E. Merwyn Rowlands — of Cambria, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/CO-lived.html">Columbia County</a>, Wis. Born in Cambria, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/CO-born.html">Columbia County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1901/04-01.html">April 1, 1901</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Banker</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/asmbly.html">Wisconsin state assembly</a> from Columbia County, 1927-33; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/stsen.html">Wisconsin state senate</a> 27th District, 1935-38; defeated (Progressive), 1938; Wisconsin Progressive state chair, 1936. Welsh ancestry. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/HR-died.html">Harris County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1961/03-28.html">March 28, 1961</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/59.html">59 years, 361 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/CO-buried.html# ">Cambria Cemetery</a>, Cambria, 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 David Morris Rowlands and Emma (Davies) Rowlands; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1924/">1924</a> to Mary Allen Neal; father of Virginia 'Gena' Rowlands.</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/Edwin Myrwyn Rowlands">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/33049709">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> Isaac Shelby (1750-1826) — Born in Frederick County (part now in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/WA-born.html">Washington County</a>), Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1750/12-11.html">December 11, 1750</a>. Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/sthse.html">Virginia state house of delegates</a>, 1779; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/sthse.html">North Carolina state house of representatives</a>, 1782; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/cncn.html">delegate to Kentucky state constitutional convention</a>, 1792; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Kentucky</a>, 1792-96, 1812-16; general in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812. Welsh and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/english.html">English</a> ancestry. Died of a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/stroke.html">broken blood vessel in the head</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/LI-died.html">Lincoln County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1826/07-18.html">July 18, 1826</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 219 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/LI-buried.html# ">Shelby Traveller's Rest Burying Ground</a>, Stanford, Ky. <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 Evan Shelby and Letitia 'Leddy' (Cox) Shelby; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1783/04-19.html">April 19, 1783</a>, to Susannah Hart; father of Susanna Hart Shelby (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shannon.html#232.38.65">James Shannon</a>); grandfather of Anna Nelson Shelby (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/magician-magruder.html#203.36.23">Beriah Magoffin</a>); great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/magician-magruder.html#168.64.16">Beriah Magoffin Jr.</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/11016.html">Shannon-Shelby 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">Shelby counties in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/SH.html">Ala.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SH.html">Ill.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/SH.html">Ind.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/SH.html">Iowa</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/SH.html">Ky.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/SB.html">Mo.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/SH.html">Ohio</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/SH.html">Tenn.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/SY.html">Tex.</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">The <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-cities.html">town</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OL-names.html">Shelby, New York</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — The <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-cities.html">city</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SH-names.html">Shelbyville, Illinois</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — The <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-cities.html">city</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/SH-names.html">Shelbyville, Indiana</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — The <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-cities.html">city</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/SB-names.html">Shelbyville, Missouri</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — The <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-cities.html">city</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/BE-names.html">Shelbyville, Tennessee</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> SS Isaac Shelby (built 1944 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/GL-names.html">Brunswick, Georgia</a>; mined and wrecked in the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WW/MD-names.html">Tyrrhenian Sea</a>, 1945) 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://www.nga.org/governor/isaac-shelby/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac Shelby">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/270/000101964">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/11823">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> Harry S. Toy (b. 1892) — of Detroit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Born in Elkhorn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MD-born.html">McDowell County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1892/01-12.html">January 12, 1892</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-officials.html">Wayne County Prosecuting Attorney</a>, 1931-34; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/attygn.html">Michigan state attorney general</a>, 1935; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/spju.html">justice of Michigan state supreme court</a>, 1935-36; appointed 1935; defeated, 1936; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Michigan</a>, 1938; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1948/MI.html">1948</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/german.html">German</a> and Welsh ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/izaak-walton-league.html">Izaak Walton League</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</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> James M. Wilcox (b. 1850) — of Calumet, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/HO-lived.html">Houghton County</a>, Mich. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/WL-born.html">Wales</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1850/07-22.html">July 22, 1850</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/mining.html">Mining superintendent</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Iron District, 1913-14; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 32nd District, 1917-28; defeated in primary, 1928. Welsh 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> Aaron Milton Wilkins (1854-1910) — also known as Aaron M. Wilkins — of Amherst, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/HI-lived.html">Hillsborough County</a>, N.H. Born in Amherst, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/HI-born.html">Hillsborough County</a>, N.H., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1854/01-22.html">January 22, 1854</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/stsen.html">New Hampshire state senate</a> 15th District, 1903-04. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</a>. Welsh ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>. Died in Amherst, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/HI-died.html">Hillsborough County</a>, N.H., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1910/05-27.html">May 27, 1910</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/56.html">56 years, 125 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/HI-buried.html#cms06409">Meadow View Cemetery</a>, Amherst, N.H. </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." Henry L. 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