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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Monroe County, N.Y.</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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Hope Cemetery</a> <li>Rochester <a href="cms01918">Riverside Cemetery</a> </ul> <hr> <a name="cms02888">City Cemetery</a> Brockport, Monroe County, New York <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Elias Bellows Holmes (1807-1866) — also known as Elias B. Holmes — of Brockport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-lived.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y. Born in Fletcher, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/FR-born.html">Franklin County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1807/05-22.html">May 22, 1807</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/nautical.html">canal boat business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 28th District, 1845-49; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">railroad promoter</a>. Died in Brockport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-died.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1866/07-31.html">July 31, 1866</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/59.html">59 years, 70 days</a>). Interment at City Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000736">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405587">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms02640">High Street Cemetery</a> Brockport, Monroe County, New York <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Davis Carpenter (1799-1878) — of Brockport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-lived.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y. Born in Walpole, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/CH-born.html">Cheshire County</a>, N.H., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1799/12-25.html">December 25, 1799</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 29th District, 1853-55. Died in Brockport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-died.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1878/10-22.html">October 22, 1878</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 301 days</a>). Interment at High Street Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000167">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402315">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms00170">Lakeview Cemetery</a> Brockport, Monroe County, New York <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Richard Cutts Shannon (1839-1920) — also known as Richard C. Shannon — of New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Born in New London, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NL-born.html">New London County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1839/02-12.html">February 12, 1839</a>. Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Minister to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/NC-diplomats.html ">Nicaragua</a>, 1891-93; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/EL-diplomats.html ">Salvador</a>, 1891-93; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/CR-diplomats.html ">Costa Rica</a>, 1891-93; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 13th District, 1895-99. Died in Brockport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-died.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1920/10-05.html">October 5, 1920</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">81 years, 236 days</a>). Interment at Lakeview Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000288">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409787">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/shannon-richard-cutts ?">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> Henry William Seymour (1834-1906) — also known as Henry W. Seymour — of Sault Ste. Marie, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/CP-lived.html">Chippewa County</a>, Mich. Born in Brockport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-born.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1834/07-21.html">July 21, 1834</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">farmer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lumber.html">lumber manufacturer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Cheboygan District, 1881-82; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a>, 1883-84, 1887-88 (31st District 1883-84, 30th District 1887-88); resigned 1888; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Michigan</a> 11th District, 1888-89; defeated (Democratic), 1896. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1906/04-07.html">April 7, 1906</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 260 days</a>). Interment at Lakeview Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of William Henry Seymour and Nancy (Pixley) Seymour; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1869/10-27.html">October 27, 1869</a>, to Isabel Randell; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1875/06-30.html">June 30, 1875</a>, to Elizabeth Craig; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1880/06-29.html">June 29, 1880</a>, to Harriet L. Gillette; grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seymour.html#358.48.30">Moses Seymour</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seymour.html#737.15.66">Horatio Seymour (1778-1857)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seymour.html#388.11.15">Henry Seymour</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seymour.html#149.90.39">Origen Storrs Seymour</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seymour.html#287.08.86">Horatio Seymour (1810-1886)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seymour.html#141.11.46">George Seymour</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seymour.html#145.68.22">McNeil Seymour</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seymour.html#481.80.02">Edward Woodruff Seymour</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bathgate-battistoni.html#926.24.50">Joseph Battell</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seymour.html#053.56.67">Morris Woodruff Seymour</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seymour.html#036.08.64">Horatio Seymour Jr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seymour.html#998.45.96">Norman Alexander Seymour</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seymour.html#683.55.96">Thomas Seymour</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinkerton-pittoni.html#337.35.14">William Pitkin</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seymour.html#975.61.35">Hezekiah Cook Seymour</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seymour.html#035.02.14">Silas Seymour</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/willison-wilshire.html#381.58.05">William Chapman Williston</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seymour.html#366.83.36">Augustus Sherrill Seymour</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cowart-cowpland.html#469.29.30">Josiah Cowles</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinkerton-pittoni.html#700.58.06">Daniel Pitkin</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wadhams-waggy.html#638.21.16">Orlo Erland Wadhams</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seymour.html#427.50.53">Dalton G. Seymour</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seymour.html#626.06.04">David Lowrey Seymour</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seymour.html#740.73.58">Thomas Henry Seymour</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinkerton-pittoni.html#138.34.76">Timothy Pitkin</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/merrill.html#118.03.57">Orsamus Cook Merrill</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/merrill.html#001.75.05">Timothy Merrill</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/collins3.html#209.06.86">Ela Collins</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinkerton-pittoni.html#499.87.77">Caleb Seymour Pitkin</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0416.html">Murphy-Merrill family</a> of Harbor Beach, Michigan (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <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=S000267">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409768">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William B. Mann (d. 1946) — of Brockport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-lived.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Monroe County 5th District, 1940-44. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1946/index.html">1946</a>. Interment at Lakeview Cemetery. </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms05423">Old Brockport Cemetery</a> Brockport, Monroe County, New York <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Jerome Fuller (1808-1880) — of Brockport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-lived.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y. Born in Litchfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/LI-born.html">Litchfield County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1808/index.html">1808</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Monroe County, 1843; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> 27th District, 1848-49; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/tscj.html">chief justice of Minnesota territorial supreme court</a>, 1851-52. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1880/09-02.html">September 2, 1880</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">about 72 years</a>). Interment at Old Brockport Cemetery. </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms06756">West Clarkson Cemetery</a> Clarkson, Monroe County, New York <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John Bowman (1782-1853) — of Clarkson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-lived.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1782/08-29.html">August 29, 1782</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Monroe County, 1823; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> 8th District, 1824-26. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1853/09-14.html">September 14, 1853</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 16 days</a>). Interment at West Clarkson Cemetery. </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name=" ">Our Mother of Sorrows Cemetery</a> Mount Read Boulevard Greece, Monroe County, New York See also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=1963474&">Findagrave page</a> for this location. <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Fred Joseph Slater (1885-1943) — also known as Fred J. Slater — of Greece, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-lived.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y. Born in Greece, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-born.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1885/06-26.html">June 26, 1885</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">farmer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">real estate business</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Monroe County 4th District, 1925-28; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> 46th District, 1929-34; defeated, 1934, 1936. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/ord-coif.html">Order of the Coif</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/farm-bureau.html">Farm Bureau</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/moose.html">Moose</a>. Died, following a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a>, at I. M. Bassett <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Cooperstown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OG-died.html">Otsego County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1943/08-20.html">August 20, 1943</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/58.html">58 years, 55 days</a>). Interment at Our Mother of Sorrows Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of John Slater and Mary (McShea) Slater; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1920/">1920</a> to Agnes G. Mulligan.</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/8435275">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name=" ">Parma Union Cemetery</a> Parma, Monroe County, New York <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Fay W. Amidon (1878-1952) — of Hilton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-lived.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1878/index.html">1878</a>. Democrat. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/hilton.html#2">Hilton, N.Y.</a>, 1916-19. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1952/index.html">1952</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">about 74 years</a>). Interment at Parma Union Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/144640396">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms05120">Unknown Location</a> Rochester, Monroe County, New York <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John Catlin (1803-1874) — of Madison, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/DA-lived.html">Dane County</a>, Wis. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1803/index.html">1803</a>. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/madison.html#3">Madison, Wis.</a>, 1837-41, 1842-44; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/trsc.html">secretary of Wisconsin Territory</a>, 1846-48. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1874/index.html">1874</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">about 71 years</a>). Interment somewhere. </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms07914">Highland Park</a> Rochester, Monroe County, New York <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians who have (or had) monuments here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/6267607731/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/181/46.16.jpg" width=70 height=82 border=0 alt="Frederick Douglass"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey Douglass (1818-1895) — also known as Frederick Douglass — of Rochester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-lived.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-lived.html">Washington</a>, D.C. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/born-slavery.html">slavery</a> in Maryland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1818/index.html">1818</a>. Republican. Candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1888 /speakers.html">speaker</a>, Republican National Convention, 1888 ; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/DR-diplomats.html ">Santo Domingo</a>, 1889-91; U.S. Minister to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/HT-diplomats.html ">Haiti</a>, 1889-91. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/african.html">African</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-anti-slavery-soc.html">American Anti-Slavery Society</a>. Lecturer and advocate of the abolition of slavery, starting in 1841. Publisher of The North Star, an abolitionist paper. In 1848, he attended the meeting in Seneca Falls, N.Y., which started the women's rights movement. Died, of a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1895/02-20.html">February 20, 1895</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">about 76 years</a>). Interment at <a href="#cms00423">Mt. Hope Cemetery</a>; statue erected 1899 at Highland Park. <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/1838/">1838</a> to Anna Murray; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1884/01-24.html">January 24, 1884</a>, to Helen Pitts; granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mitchell2.html#770.74.45">Charles Edward Mitchell</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/Frederick Douglass">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/douglass-frederick-augustus-washington-bailey ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</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 Frederick Douglass: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1582183678/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1582183678&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Life and Times of Frederick Douglass</a> — <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0300087012/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0300087012&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave: Written by Himself</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 Frederick Douglass: John Stauffer, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0446580090/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0446580090&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Giants: The Parallel Lives of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln</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: William C. Roberts, Leading Orators (1884)</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms02791">Holy Sepulchre Cemetery</a> Lake Avenue Rochester, Monroe County, New York <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Joseph John O'Brien (1897-1953) — also known as Joseph J. O'Brien — of East Rochester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-lived.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y. Born in Rochester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-born.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1897/10-09.html">October 9, 1897</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 38th District, 1939-45; defeated, 1944. Professional <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/pro-sports.html">football</a> player and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/pro-sports.html">wrestler</a>, 1919-26. Died in Rochester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-died.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1953/01-23.html">January 23, 1953</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/55.html">55 years, 106 days</a>). Interment at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=O000014">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408265">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> James Mary Early O'Grady (1863-1928) — also known as James M. E. O'Grady — of Rochester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-lived.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y. Born in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1863/index.html">1863</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Monroe County 2nd District, 1893-98; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 31st District, 1899-1901. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1928/index.html">1928</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/65.html">about 65 years</a>). Interment at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=O000051">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408286">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> James Patrick Bernard Duffy (1878-1969) — also known as James P. B. Duffy — of Rochester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-lived.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y. Born in Rochester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-born.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1878/11-25.html">November 25, 1878</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/cr21.html">delegate to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment</a>, 1933; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 38th District, 1935-37; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/nysc.html">Justice of New York Supreme Court</a> 7th District, 1937; appointed 1937; defeated, 1937. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-columbus.html">Knights of Columbus</a>. Died in Rochester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-died.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1969/01-08.html">January 8, 1969</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/90.html">90 years, 44 days</a>). Interment at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Walter Bernard Duffy and Teresa Helen (O'Dea) Duffy.</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=D000519">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403629">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </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_00000038.html"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/685/64.29.jpg" width=70 height=102 border=0 alt="Michael J. Hendrick"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Michael J. Hendrick (1847-1922) — 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/1847/12-23.html">December 23, 1847</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">Merchant</a>; U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ON-consuls.html ">Belleville</a>, 1893-1908; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/NB-consuls.html ">Moncton</a>, 1908-13; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GR-consuls.html ">Plauen</a>, 1915-17; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ON-consuls.html ">Windsor</a>, 1919-22; U.S. Consul General in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/NO-consuls.html ">Christiania</a>, 1913-15. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Died in Windsor, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ON-died.html">Ontario</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1922/09-09.html">September 9, 1922</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 260 days</a>). Interment at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Thomas Hendrick and Catherine (Corcoran) Hendrick; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hendley-hendrick.html#120.92.94">Peter Aloysius Hendrick</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1905/06-14.html">June 14, 1905</a>, to Genevieve Yates.</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/101116765">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: 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> Donald Archibald Dailey (1891-1966) — also known as Donald A. Dailey — of Rochester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-lived.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y. Born in Brockport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-born.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1891/05-09.html">May 9, 1891</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/grain.html">Grain dealer</a>; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1928/NY.html">1928</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1936/NY.html">1936</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/NY.html">1940</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/cr21.html">delegate to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment</a>, 1933; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-parties.html">chair of Monroe County Democratic Party</a>, 1936-40; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/rochester.html#3">Rochester, N.Y.</a>, 1941-53 (acting, 1941). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Died in Rochester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-died.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1966/03-26.html">March 26, 1966</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 321 days</a>). Interment at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of William Dailey and Jessie (McGarry) Dailey; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dailey.html#421.76.46">John Francis Dailey</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1922/01-07.html">January 7, 1922</a>, to Frances McGuire.</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/174184594">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Peter Aloysius Hendrick (1858-1923) — also known as Peter A. Hendrick — of Auburn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CY-lived.html">Cayuga County</a>, N.Y.; Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. 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/1858/07-08.html">July 8, 1858</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/nysc.html">Justice of New York Supreme Court</a> 1st District, 1907-20. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Died in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">hospital</a> at Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-died.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1923/02-10.html">February 10, 1923</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">64 years, 217 days</a>). Interment at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Thomas Hendrick and Catherine (Corcoran) Hendrick; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hendley-hendrick.html#685.64.29">Michael J. Hendrick</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1881/04-27.html">April 27, 1881</a>, to Julia Sherwood.</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/101116869">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> Cosmo Anthony Cilano (1893-1937) — also known as Cosmo A. Cilano — of Rochester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-lived.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y. Born in Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-born.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1893/03-22.html">March 22, 1893</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Monroe County 3rd District, 1925-28; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> 45th District, 1929-34. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/moose.html">Moose</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-columbus.html">Knights of Columbus</a>. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/tuberculosis.html">tuberculosis</a>, at the Ray Brook <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/nursing-homes.html">Sanitarium</a>, Ray Brook, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ES-died.html">Essex County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1937/09-29.html">September 29, 1937</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/44.html">44 years, 191 days</a>). Interment at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Anthony Cilano and Louise (Privitera) Cilano.</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/Cosmo A. Cilano">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/174056759">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> Austin J. Mahoney (d. 1959) — of Rochester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-lived.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/NY.html">1924</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/NYcc nRC">U.S. Collector of Customs</a>, 1941-51. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1959/01-04.html">January 4, 1959</a>. Interment at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Ralph Quattrociocchi (1929-1996) — of Rochester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-lived.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1929/06-11.html">June 11, 1929</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> 55th District, 1985-92; defeated, 1992, 1994. Died of a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a>, in Greece, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-died.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1996/02-24.html">February 24, 1996</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 258 days</a>). Interment at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/16024420">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 Francis Dailey (1876-1949) — also known as John F. Dailey — of Rochester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-lived.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y. Born in Brockport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-born.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1876/01-21.html">January 21, 1876</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lumber.html">Lumber business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/grain.html">grain dealer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/NY.html">New York Democratic State Executive Committee</a>, 1910-12; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-parties.html">chair of Monroe County Democratic Party</a>, 1910-12; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/NY.html">1924</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1949/08-29.html">August 29, 1949</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">73 years, 220 days</a>). Interment at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of William Dailey and Jessie (McGarry) Dailey; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dailey.html#633.01.03">Donald Archibald Dailey</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1898/08-30.html">August 30, 1898</a>, to Frances I. Murray.</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/174184624">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Charles Albert Page (1899-1961) — also known as Charles A. Page — of Sherborn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/MI-lived.html">Middlesex County</a>, Mass. Born in Newton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/MI-born.html">Middlesex County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1899/03-13.html">March 13, 1899</a>. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/CU-consuls.html ">Havana</a>, as of 1929. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/CC-died.html">Contra Costa County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1961/03-20.html">March 20, 1961</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/62.html">62 years, 7 days</a>). Interment at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/142742820">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms05828">Kodak Park</a> Rochester, Monroe County, New York <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,19240331,00.html"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/115/37.60.jpg" width=70 height=99 border=0 alt="George Eastman"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> George Eastman (1854-1932) — of Rochester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-lived.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y. Born in Waterville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OE-born.html">Oneida County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1854/07-12.html">July 12, 1854</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/inventor.html">Inventor</a>; founder, Eastman Kodak Company; philanthropist; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/NY.html">1928</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/english.html">English</a> ancestry. Died from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/suicide.html">self-inflicted</a> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gunshot.html">gunshot</a>, in Rochester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-died.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1932/03-14.html">March 14, 1932</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 246 days</a>). His <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/suicide.html">suicide</a> note was just six words: "My work is done. Why wait?". Interment at Kodak Park. <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 Washington Eastman and Maria (Kilbourn) Eastman; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/eastman.html#078.50.13">Harvey Gridley Eastman</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinkerton-pittoni.html#212.63.80">Frederick Walker Pitkin</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kidder-kilbourne.html#632.14.15">James Kilbourne</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#316.08.43">Daniel Kellogg (1791-1875)</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/comte-conditt.html#902.34.84">Silas Condict</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kidder-kilbourne.html#976.04.53">Byron H. Kilbourn</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blodget-blouin.html#241.23.80">Harrison Blodget</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#273.22.68">George Bradley Kellogg</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#599.32.89">Daniel Kellogg (1835-1918)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinkerton-pittoni.html#949.54.81">Clarence Horatio Pitkin</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinkerton-pittoni.html#062.41.93">Carroll Peabody Pitkin</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinkerton-pittoni.html#499.87.77">Caleb Seymour Pitkin</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinkerton-pittoni.html#778.50.42">Eldred C. Pitkin</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/10001-0073.html">Eastman family</a> (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> SS George Eastman (built 1943 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/CC-names.html">Richmond, California</a>; scrapped 1977) 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/George Eastman">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/980/000086722">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/2184">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Books about George Eastman: Carl W. Ackerman, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1893122999/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1893122999&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">George Eastman: Founder of Kodak and the Photography Business</a> — Elizabeth Brayer, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0801852633/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0801852633&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">George Eastman: A Biography</a> — Lynda Pflueger, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/076601617X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=076601617X&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">George Eastman: Bringing Photography to the People</a> (for young readers)</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: Time Magazine, March 31, 1924</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms00423">Mt. Hope Cemetery</a> Rochester, Monroe County, New York Founded 1838; approximate acreage: 196 <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Hiram H. Edgerton (1847-1922) — of Rochester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-lived.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y. Born in Belfast, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/AE-born.html">Allegany County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1847/04-19.html">April 19, 1847</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lumber.html">Lumber business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/construction.html">contractor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/rochester.html">mayor of Rochester, N.Y.</a>, 1908-21. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-templar.html">Knights Templar</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>. He had been ill for some time, but his condition worsened with the sudden death of his friend <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/aldredge-aleshire.html#614.86.29">George W. Aldridge</a>; he collapsed at the viewing and was unable to attend the funeral; his last words were "George is gone, and I'll join him soon." Died, in Rochester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-died.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1922/06-18.html">June 18, 1922</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 60 days</a>). Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Ralph H. Edgerton and Octavia C. (Penhollow) Edgerton; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1868/">1868</a> to Medora L. DeWitt.</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/7880011">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 Maus Schermerhorn (1791-1855) — also known as Abraham M. Schermerhorn — of Rochester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-lived.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y. Born in Schenectady, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SC-born.html">Schenectady County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1791/12-11.html">December 11, 1791</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/rochester.html">Mayor of Rochester, N.Y.</a>, 1837; resigned 1837; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Monroe County 2nd District, 1848; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 28th District, 1849-53. Died in Rochester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-died.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1855/08-22.html">August 22, 1855</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/63.html">63 years, 254 days</a>). Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Maus Schermerhorn and Catharina (Swits) Schermerhorn; married to Mary Kent Adams.</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=S000122">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409630">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> George Washington Aldridge (1856-1922) — also known as George W. Aldridge; "The Boss"; "The Big Fellow" — of Rochester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-lived.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y. Born in Michigan City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/LP-born.html">LaPorte County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1856/12-28.html">December 28, 1856</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/manufacturing.html">Manufacturer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/rochester.html">mayor of Rochester, N.Y.</a>, 1894; New York State Superintendent of Public Works, 1895-99; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1896/NY.html">1896</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1900/NY.html">1900</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1904/NY.html">1904</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1908/NY.html">1908</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1912/NY.html">1912</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1916/NY.html">1916</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/NY.html">1920</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 32nd District, 1910; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/NYcc nNY">U.S. Collector of Customs</a>, 1921-22; died in office 1922. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sons-am-rev.html">Sons of the American Revolution</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>. Died suddenly, from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a> or <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/stroke.html">stroke</a>, while <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/sports.html">golfing</a> at the Biltmore Country Club, near Rye, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WE-died.html">Westchester County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1922/06-13.html">June 13, 1922</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/65.html">65 years, 167 days</a>). Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">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: Married to Mary Mack.</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/ede-edlin.html#548.35.97">Hiram H. Edgerton</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">Epitaph: "An expression of sorrow and farewell to a great leader and a true friend."</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/8179093">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Samuel George Andrews (1796-1863) — also known as Samuel G. Andrews — of Rochester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-lived.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y. Born in Derby, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-born.html">New Haven County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1796/10-16.html">October 16, 1796</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Monroe County, 1831-32; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/rochester.html">mayor of Rochester, N.Y.</a>, 1840, 1856; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/rochester.html#3">Rochester, N.Y.</a>, 1842-46; 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/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 29th District, 1857-59. Died in Rochester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-died.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1863/06-11.html">June 11, 1863</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 238 days</a>). Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Samuel James Andrews and Demaris (Tyler) Andrews; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/merrell-merrifield.html#456.12.69">Nathaniel Merriam</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/griswold.html#429.16.41">Matthew Griswold</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/boyles-bradburn.html#152.06.17">Jonathan Brace</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cohn-cokayne.html#034.25.81">Joshua Coit</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter1.html#961.34.21">Augustus Seymour Porter (1769-1849)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lathem-lathrop.html#224.69.81">Samuel Lathrop</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter7.html#448.03.00">Peter Buell Porter</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/scudder.html#199.87.50">Henry Scudder</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sweetland-swinburne.html#095.53.93">George Anthony Sweetland</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ely.html#742.47.43">Joseph Buell Ely</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hilla-hillhouse.html#488.74.68">James Hillhouse</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#075.06.66">Ebenezer Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/griswold.html#247.44.62">Roger Griswold</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/garnet-garretson.html#864.50.29">Peter B. Garnsey</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woody-worthey.html#622.22.29">James Doolittle Wooster</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/boyles-bradburn.html#496.05.79">Thomas Kimberly Brace</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter1.html#578.27.47">Augustus Seymour Porter (1798-1872)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter7.html#089.34.88">Peter Buell Porter Jr.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clark9.html#426.65.85">William Judson Clark</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter7.html#715.43.49">Peter Augustus Porter</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clark2.html#927.77.39">Charles Hull Clark</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/leakin-leaver.html#534.67.70">Rush Green Leaming</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bingham.html#140.17.44">Hiram Bingham</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0082.html">Weeks-Bigelow-Andrew-Upham family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0421.html">Wolcott-Griswold-Packwood-Brandegee family</a> of Connecticut; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0624.html">Hosmer-Griswold-Parsons family</a> of Middletown, Connecticut (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000248">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400883">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John Williams (1807-1875) — of Rochester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-lived.html">Monroe 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/1807/01-07.html">January 7, 1807</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/grain.html">Flour mill business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/rochester.html">mayor of Rochester, N.Y.</a>, 1853; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 29th District, 1855-57. Died in Rochester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-died.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1875/03-26.html">March 26, 1875</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">68 years, 78 days</a>). Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1833/">1833</a> to Caroline Whitney; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1840/">1840</a> to Olive Whitney.</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=W000514">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411673">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John Williams (Rochester, New York)">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7257864">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Samuel Richard Thayer (1837-1909) — also known as Samuel R. Thayer — of Minnesota. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1837/index.html">1837</a>. U.S. Minister to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/NL-diplomats.html ">Netherlands</a>, 1889-93. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1909/index.html">1909</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">about 72 years</a>). Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/thayer-samuel-richard ?">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> Freeman Clarke (1809-1887) — of Rochester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-lived.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y. Born in Troy, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/RE-born.html">Rensselaer County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1809/03-22.html">March 22, 1809</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Banker</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">railroad president</a>; delegate to Whig National Convention from New York, 1852; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a>, 1863-65, 1871-75 (28th District 1863-65, 1871-73, 29th District 1873-75); U.S. Comptroller of the Currency, 1865-66; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/cncn5.html">delegate to New York state constitutional convention</a>, 1867; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1872/NY.html">1872</a>; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York. Died in Rochester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-died.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1887/06-24.html">June 24, 1887</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 94 days</a>). Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married to Henrietta Jacquelina Ward.</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=C000461">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402599">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeman Clarke">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7258037">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://occ.treas.gov/about/who-we-are/history/previous-comptrollers/bio-02-freeman-clarke.html">Comptrollers of the Currency</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/6267607731/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/181/46.16.jpg" width=70 height=82 border=0 alt="Frederick Douglass"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey Douglass (1818-1895) — also known as Frederick Douglass — of Rochester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-lived.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-lived.html">Washington</a>, D.C. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/born-slavery.html">slavery</a> in Maryland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1818/index.html">1818</a>. Republican. Candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1888 /speakers.html">speaker</a>, Republican National Convention, 1888 ; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/DR-diplomats.html ">Santo Domingo</a>, 1889-91; U.S. Minister to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/HT-diplomats.html ">Haiti</a>, 1889-91. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/african.html">African</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-anti-slavery-soc.html">American Anti-Slavery Society</a>. Lecturer and advocate of the abolition of slavery, starting in 1841. Publisher of The North Star, an abolitionist paper. In 1848, he attended the meeting in Seneca Falls, N.Y., which started the women's rights movement. Died, of a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1895/02-20.html">February 20, 1895</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">about 76 years</a>). Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery; statue erected 1899 at <a href="#cms07914">Highland Park</a>. <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/1838/">1838</a> to Anna Murray; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1884/01-24.html">January 24, 1884</a>, to Helen Pitts; granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mitchell2.html#770.74.45">Charles Edward Mitchell</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/Frederick Douglass">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/douglass-frederick-augustus-washington-bailey ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</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 Frederick Douglass: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1582183678/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1582183678&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Life and Times of Frederick Douglass</a> — <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0300087012/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0300087012&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave: Written by Himself</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 Frederick Douglass: John Stauffer, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0446580090/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0446580090&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Giants: The Parallel Lives of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln</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: William C. Roberts, Leading Orators (1884)</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 Kempshall (c.1796-1865) — of Rochester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-lived.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ED-born.html">England</a>, about 1796. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/rochester.html">Mayor of Rochester, N.Y.</a>, 1837; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 28th District, 1839-41. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1865/01-14.html">January 14, 1865</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">about 69 years</a>). Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000087">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=412160">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Abel Carter Wilder (1828-1875) — also known as A. Carter Wilder — of Leavenworth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/LV-lived.html">Leavenworth County</a>, Kan.; Rochester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-lived.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y. Born in Mendon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/WO-born.html">Worcester County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1828/03-18.html">March 18, 1828</a>. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Kansas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1860/KS.html">1860</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1864/KS.html">1864</a>; served in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Kansas</a> at-large, 1863-65; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1868/NY.html">1868</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1872/NY.html">1872</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/rochester.html">mayor of Rochester, N.Y.</a>, 1872-73. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-died.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1875/12-22.html">December 22, 1875</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/47.html">47 years, 279 days</a>). Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000461">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411618">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Addison Gardiner (1797-1883) — of Rochester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-lived.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y. Born in Rindge, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/CH-born.html">Cheshire County</a>, N.H., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1797/03-19.html">March 19, 1797</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-officials.html">Monroe County District Attorney</a>, 1825; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of New York</a>, 1845-47; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/coajd.html">judge of New York Court of Appeals</a>, 1847-55; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/coacj.html">chief judge of New York Court of Appeals</a>, 1854-55; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York. Died in Rochester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-died.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1883/06-05.html">June 5, 1883</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/86.html">86 years, 78 days</a>). Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Brother of Louisa Gardiner (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/reynoldson-rhoads.html#698.85.15">Elijah Rhoades</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/NY/UL-names.html">Gardiner, New York</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/Addison Gardiner">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> Richard Mott (1804-1888) — of Toledo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/LU-lived.html">Lucas County</a>, Ohio. Born in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1804/07-21.html">July 21, 1804</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/toledo.html">Mayor of Toledo, Ohio</a>, 1845-46; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Ohio</a> 5th District, 1855-59. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1888/01-22.html">January 22, 1888</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/83.html">83 years, 185 days</a>). Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M001042">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408009">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Thomas Hart Rochester (1797-1874) — also known as Thomas H. Rochester — of Rochester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-lived.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y. Born in Hagerstown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/WA-born.html">Washington County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1797/09-23.html">September 23, 1797</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/rochester.html">Mayor of Rochester, N.Y.</a>, 1839. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1874/10-06.html">October 6, 1874</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 13 days</a>). Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/robison-rockne.html#551.80.99">Nathaniel Rochester</a> and Sophia (Beatty) Rochester; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/robison-rockne.html#349.83.50">William Beatty Rochester</a>; married to Phebe Elizabeth Cuming.</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/10001-0437.html">Rochester family</a> of New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0587.html">Thompson-Sutherland family</a> of New York (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7812538">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 Breck Perkins (1847-1910) — also known as James B. Perkins — of Rochester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-lived.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y.; Paris, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/FR-lived.html">France</a>. Born in St. Croix Falls, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/PL-born.html">Polk County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1847/11-04.html">November 4, 1847</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Monroe County 1st District, 1898; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a>, 1901-10 (31st District 1901-03, 32nd District 1903-10); died in office 1910; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1904/NY.html">1904</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1910/03-11.html">March 11, 1910</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/62.html">62 years, 127 days</a>). Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Hamlet Houghton Perkins and Margaret A. Perkins; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1878/">1878</a> to Mary E. Martindale.</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=P000234">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408637">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Isaac Adler (1868-1941) — of Rochester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-lived.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y. Born in Medina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OL-born.html">Orleans County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1868/05-10.html">May 10, 1868</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/rochester.html">mayor of Rochester, N.Y.</a>, 1930-31. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jewish.html">Jewish</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>. Died suddenly while attending a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/meetings.html">city planning meeting</a> at the Chamber of Commerce, Rochester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-died.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1941/06-24.html">June 24, 1941</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">73 years, 45 days</a>). Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Levi Adler and Theresa (Wile) Adler; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1900/04-25.html">April 25, 1900</a>, to Cora Barnet.</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/7880015">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 Van Voorhis (1826-1905) — of Rochester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-lived.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y. Born in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1826/index.html">1826</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a>, 1879-83, 1893-95 (30th District 1879-83, 31st District 1893-95); defeated, 1882, 1890. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1905/index.html">1905</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">about 79 years</a>). Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=V000063">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411105">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=839PAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA64-IA24"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/623/31.86.jpg" width=70 height=101 border=0 alt="Thomas B. Dunn"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Thomas Byrne Dunn (1853-1924) — also known as Thomas B. Dunn — of Rochester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-lived.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y. Born in Providence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/PR-born.html">Providence County</a>, R.I., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1853/03-16.html">March 16, 1853</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/manufacturing.html">Perfume manufacturer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> 45th District, 1907-08; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/trea.html">New York state treasurer</a>, 1909-10; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 38th District, 1913-23; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/NY.html">1920</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in Rochester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-died.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1924/07-02.html">July 2, 1924</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 108 days</a>). Entombed at Mt. Hope Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000553">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403660">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas B. Dunn">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7261412">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=118715">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: New York Red Book 1907</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 Simeon Baker (1839-1902) — also known as Charles S. Baker — of Rochester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-lived.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y. Born in Churchville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-born.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1839/02-18.html">February 18, 1839</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Monroe County 2nd District, 1879-80, 1882; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> 29th District, 1884-85; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 30th District, 1885-91. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/other-diseases.html">paralysis of the throat</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1902/04-21.html">April 21, 1902</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/63.html">63 years, 62 days</a>). Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000057">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401062">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Halbert Stevens Greenleaf (1827-1906) — also known as Halbert S. Greenleaf — of Rochester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-lived.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y. Born in Guilford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/WN-born.html">Windham County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1827/04-12.html">April 12, 1827</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/locksmith.html">Lock manufacturer</a>; justice of the peace; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 30th District, 1883-85, 1891-93; defeated, 1884. Died in Greece, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-died.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1906/08-25.html">August 25, 1906</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 135 days</a>). Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000432">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404780">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halbert S. Greenleaf">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7258132">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=271344">OurCampaigns candidate detail</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> James Lucius Whitley (1872-1959) — also known as James L. Whitley — of Rochester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-lived.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y. Born in Rochester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-born.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1872/05-24.html">May 24, 1872</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Monroe County 2nd District, 1906-10; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> 45th District, 1919-28; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 38th District, 1929-35; defeated, 1934. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-templar.html">Knights Templar</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/maccabees.html">Maccabees</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/woodmen.html">Woodmen of the World</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/un-spanish-war-vets.html">United Spanish War Veterans</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sons-union-vets.html">Sons of Veterans</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/union-league.html">Union League</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1959/index.html">1959</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/87.html">about 87 years</a>). Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000420">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411579">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Frederick Whittlesey (1799-1851) — of Rochester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-lived.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y. Born in New Preston, Washington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/LI-born.html">Litchfield County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1799/06-12.html">June 12, 1799</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-officials.html">Monroe County Treasurer</a>, 1829-30; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a>, 1831-35 (27th District 1831-33, 28th District 1833-35); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/nysc.html">Justice of New York Supreme Court</a>, 1847-48; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/faculty.html">law professor</a>. Died in Rochester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-died.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1851/09-19.html">September 19, 1851</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/52.html">52 years, 99 days</a>). Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery; cenotaph at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/LI-buried.html# ">New Preston Village Cemetery</a>, New Preston, Washington, 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: Father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/whitten-wickware.html#924.30.04">William Seward Whittlesey</a>; cousin *** of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/whitten-wickware.html#524.50.03">Elisha Whittlesey</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/whitten-wickware.html#351.94.14">Thomas Tucker Whittlesey</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/11148.html">Whittlesey family</a> of Connecticut.</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=W000432">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411591">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7258051">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> Meyer Jacobstein (1880-1963) — of Rochester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-lived.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y. Born in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-born.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1880/01-25.html">January 25, 1880</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/faculty.html">University professor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper publisher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 38th District, 1923-29; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/NY.html">1924</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1928/NY.html">1928</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1932/NY.html">1932</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jewish.html">Jewish</a>. Died in Rochester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-died.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1963/04-18.html">April 18, 1963</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/83.html">83 years, 83 days</a>). Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Joseph Jacobstein and Bertha (Nelson) Jacobstein; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1907/">1907</a> to Lena Lipsky.</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=J000040">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405945">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Theron Rudd Strong (1802-1873) — also known as Theron R. Strong — of Palmyra, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WN-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, N.Y.; Rochester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-lived.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y.; New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Born in Salisbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/LI-born.html">Litchfield County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1802/11-07.html">November 7, 1802</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WN-officials.html">Wayne County District Attorney</a>, 1835-39; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 25th District, 1839-41; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Wayne County, 1842; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/nysc.html">Justice of New York Supreme Court</a>, 1851-59; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/coajd.html">judge of New York Court of Appeals</a>, 1859; law partner of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shepard.html#086.59.19">Elliott F. Shepard</a>, 1868-73. Died in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-died.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1873/05-14.html">May 14, 1873</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">70 years, 188 days</a>). Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/strong.html#196.34.40">Martin Strong</a>; cousin *** of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/strong.html#025.21.31">William Strong</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/11065.html">Strong family</a> of Salisbury, Connecticut.</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=S001020">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=410477">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Henry R. Selden (1805-1885) — of Rochester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-lived.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1805/index.html">1805</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of New York</a>, 1857-58; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1860/NY.html">1860</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/coajd.html">judge of New York Court of Appeals</a>, 1862; Republican candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/coacj.html">chief judge of New York Court of Appeals</a>, 1870; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Monroe County 2nd District, 1866; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1885/index.html">1885</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">about 80 years</a>). Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Simon Louis Adler (1867-1934) — also known as Simon L. Adler — of Rochester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-lived.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y. Born in Seneca Falls, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SE-born.html">Seneca County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1867/08-30.html">August 30, 1867</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Monroe County 2nd District, 1911-26; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usdjud.html">U.S. District Judge for the Western District of New York</a>, 1927-34; died in office 1934. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jewish.html">Jewish</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>. Suffered a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a> at breakfast, and died soon after, in Rochester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-died.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1934/05-23.html">May 23, 1934</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 266 days</a>). Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Lewis Adler and Anne (Zalinski) Adler.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=14&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na">federal judicial profile</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon Louis Adler">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7737937">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 Madison Davy (1835-1909) — also known as John M. Davy — of Rochester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-lived.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y. Born in Ottawa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ON-born.html">Ontario</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1835/06-29.html">June 29, 1835</a>. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-officials.html">Monroe County District Attorney</a>, 1868-71; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/NYcc nRC">U.S. Collector of Customs</a>, 1872-75; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 30th District, 1875-77; defeated, 1876; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/nysc.html">Justice of New York Supreme Court</a> 7th District, 1889-1903. Died in Atlantic City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/AT-died.html">Atlantic County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1909/04-21.html">April 21, 1909</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">73 years, 296 days</a>). Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000145">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403278">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Frank Ernest Gannett (1876-1957) — also known as Frank E. Gannett — of Rochester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-lived.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y. Born in Bristol, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OT-born.html">Ontario County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1876/09-15.html">September 15, 1876</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">Newspaper editor and publisher</a>; founder of Gannett <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper</a> chain; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/gov.html">Governor of New York</a>, 1936; candidate for Republican nomination for President, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/index.html">1940</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/index.html">Vice-Chair of Republican National Committee</a>, 1942. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/unitarian.html">Unitarian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sons-am-rev.html">Sons of the American Revolution</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-templar.html">Knights Templar</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/soc-cincinnati.html">Society of the Cincinnati</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1957/12-03.html">December 3, 1957</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">81 years, 79 days</a>). Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Joseph Charles Gannett and Maria (Brooks) Gannett; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1920/03-25.html">March 25, 1920</a>, to Caroline Werner.</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.nndb.com/people/314/000044182">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/2687">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> Graham Hurd Chapin (1799-1843) — also known as Graham H. Chapin — of Lyons, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WN-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, N.Y.; Rochester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-lived.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y. Born in Salisbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/LI-born.html">Litchfield County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1799/02-10.html">February 10, 1799</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WN-officials.html">Wayne County Surrogate</a>, 1826-33; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WN-officials.html">Wayne County District Attorney</a>, 1829-30; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 25th District, 1835-37. Died in Mt. Morris, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/LI-died.html">Livingston County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1843/09-08.html">September 8, 1843</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/44.html">44 years, 210 days</a>). Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Phineas Chapin and Love (Hurd) Chapin; married to Caroline Elizabeth Holley; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chandless-chapline.html#222.26.90">Daniel Chapin (1761-1821)</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayworth-heacock.html#582.50.39">Reuben Bostwick Heacock</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cowart-cowpland.html#469.29.30">Josiah Cowles</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayworth-heacock.html#487.84.54">Seth Grosvenor Heacock</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chandless-chapline.html#008.80.59">Roy Dikeman Chapin</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chandless-chapline.html#799.60.18">Daniel Chapin (1791-1878)</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/upjohn-upston.html#967.04.59">Daniel Upson</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hapgood-hardie.html#922.40.73">Gideon Hard</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chandless-chapline.html#477.68.51">Chester William Chapin</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chandless-chapline.html#599.53.72">Marshall Chapin</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brockson-bronrott.html#446.38.88">John Hall Brockway</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chandless-chapline.html#208.06.68">John Putnam Chapin</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allman-alsop.html#615.47.93">John Alsop</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chandless-chapline.html#267.40.66">Edmund Gillett Chapin</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/moody.html#368.32.81">Zenas Ferry Moody</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chandless-chapline.html#532.29.03">Andrew Bliss Chapin</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hapgood-hardie.html#014.46.35">Henry Merritt Hard</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chandless-chapline.html#246.73.90">Alfred Clark Chapin</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chandless-chapline.html#808.45.00">John W. Chapin</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chandless-chapline.html#385.61.34">Arthur Beebe Chapin</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chandless-chapline.html#110.69.08">Albert Clark Chapin</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ellwein-elmer.html#698.25.10">Jonathan Elmer</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ellwein-elmer.html#454.15.83">Ebenezer Elmer</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ellwein-elmer.html#932.85.97">Eli Elmer</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/boardman.html#177.66.79">Elijah Boardman</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allen5.html#175.15.85">John Allen</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bosa-bouckaert.html#919.29.03">William Bostwick</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/garnet-garretson.html#864.50.29">Peter B. Garnsey</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hapgood-hardie.html#972.80.44">Benjamin Hard</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bosa-bouckaert.html#036.74.87">Daniel Warner Bostwick</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/howlett-hubard.html#375.04.02">Jesse Hoyt</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayworth-heacock.html#970.87.08">Ebenezer Hazard</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/merrill.html#118.03.57">Orsamus Cook Merrill</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/garnet-garretson.html#232.75.60">Daniel Greene Garnsey</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bragaw-brancato.html#282.32.11">Amaziah Brainard</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/merrill.html#001.75.05">Timothy Merrill</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sigerson-silon.html#759.08.98">Thomas Hale Sill</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/yadkin-yarrow.html#147.74.00">Ira Yale</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/baczkowski-baile.html#924.72.11">Luther Walter Badger</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hotchkiss-hougen.html#472.46.19">Elisha Hotchkiss Jr.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chandless-chapline.html#600.87.26">Willard J. Chapin</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#316.08.43">Daniel Kellogg</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/yadkin-yarrow.html#478.82.62">Levi Yale</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ellwein-elmer.html#986.53.99">Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus Elmer</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/boardman.html#893.69.66">William Whiting Boardman</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allen5.html#161.25.92">John William Allen</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kennedy7.html#335.04.41">Roscius R. Kennedy</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sigerson-silon.html#410.76.62">Theodore Sill</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#575.22.23">Barzillai Bulkeley Kellogg</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thayer.html#167.23.46">John Milton Thayer</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/upjohn-upston.html#647.53.19">Charles Upson</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cowart-cowpland.html#490.03.75">Calvin Josiah Cowles</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/upjohn-upston.html#336.78.61">Gad Ely Upson</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/upjohn-upston.html#291.66.45">Christopher Columbus Upson</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/upjohn-upston.html#436.82.26">Andrew Seth Upson</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nemanich-neveu.html#644.48.95">Alvred Bayard Nettleton</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/upjohn-upston.html#928.05.17">Evelyn M. Upson</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0416.html">Murphy-Merrill family</a> of Harbor Beach, Michigan (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <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=C000306">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402448">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham H. Chapin">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/53275105">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> Vincent Mathews (1766-1846) — also known as Vincent Matthews — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/TI-lived.html">Tioga County</a>, N.Y.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-lived.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y. Born in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1766/index.html">1766</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a>, 1793-95, 1826 (Tioga County 1793-95, Monroe County 1826); member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> Western District, 1796-1803; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 14th District, 1809-11. Slaveowner. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1846/index.html">1846</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">about 80 years</a>). Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000239">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=407257">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Alfred Ely (1815-1892) — of Rochester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-lived.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y. Born in Lyme, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NL-born.html">New London County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1815/02-15.html">February 15, 1815</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 29th District, 1859-63. While witnessing the Battle of Bull Run in 1861, was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">captured</a> by the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/civil-war-slavery.html">Confederates</a>, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">imprisoned</a> at Richmond for several months; released in exchange for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/faulkner.html#503.16.05">Charles J. Faulkner</a>. Died in Rochester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-died.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1892/05-18.html">May 18, 1892</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 93 days</a>). Entombed at Mt. Hope Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=E000164">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403855">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> James Hawkes (1776-1865) — of Richfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OG-lived.html">Otsego County</a>, N.Y. Born in Petersham, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/WO-born.html">Worcester County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1776/12-13.html">December 13, 1776</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OG-officials.html">Otsego County Sheriff</a>, 1815-19; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Otsego County, 1819-20; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 15th District, 1821-23. Died in Rochester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-died.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1865/10-02.html">October 2, 1865</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/88.html">88 years, 293 days</a>). Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000366">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405235">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Roswell Hart (1824-1883) — of Rochester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-lived.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y. Born in Rochester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-born.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1824/08-04.html">August 4, 1824</a>. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1856/NY.html">1856</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 28th District, 1865-67. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1883/04-20.html">April 20, 1883</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/58.html">58 years, 259 days</a>). Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000292">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405165">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Lewis Selye (1803-1883) — of Rochester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-lived.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y. Born in Chittenango, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MA-born.html">Madison County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1803/07-11.html">July 11, 1803</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/horsedrawn.html">Blacksmith</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/metal.html">iron manufacturer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-officials.html">Monroe County Treasurer</a>, 1848-51, 1854; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper publisher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 28th District, 1867-69. Died in Rochester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-died.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1883/01-27.html">January 27, 1883</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 200 days</a>). Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000237">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409741">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Azariah Boody (1815-1885) — of Rochester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-lived.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y. Born in Stanstead County, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/QB-born.html">Quebec</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1815/04-21.html">April 21, 1815</a>. Whig. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 29th District, 1853; served as president of the Wabash <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">Railroad</a>. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/pneumonia.html">pneumonia</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/1885/11-18.html">November 18, 1885</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">70 years, 211 days</a>). Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Jonathan Boody and Nancy (Evans) Boody.</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=B000624">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401589">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azariah Boody">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> Scott W. Updike (c.1819-1889) — of Rochester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-lived.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y. Born in New York, about 1819. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">Merchant</a>; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/rochester.html#3">Rochester, N.Y.</a>, 1861-67; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/food.html">sauce manufacturer</a>. Died in Rochester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-died.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1889/10-24.html">October 24, 1889</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">about 70 years</a>). Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married to Esther A. Terrel.</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/34120739">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 Seward Whittlesey (1840-1917) — also known as W. Seward Whittlesey — of Rochester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-lived.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y. Born in Rochester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-born.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1840/07-15.html">July 15, 1840</a>. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/rochester.html#3">Rochester, N.Y.</a>, 1907-11. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sons-am-rev.html">Sons of the American Revolution</a>. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/pneumonia.html">pneumonia</a>, in Rochester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-died.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1917/index.html">1917</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">about 76 years</a>). Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Presumably named for: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seward.html#231.48.38">William H. Seward</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 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/whitten-wickware.html#671.39.92">Frederick Whittlesey</a> and Anne (Hinsdale) Whittlesey; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1868/">1868</a> to Clara Walker.</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/11148.html">Whittlesey family</a> of Connecticut.</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/117436942">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> Frederick Theodore Pierson (1873-1930) — also known as Frederick T. Pierson — of Rochester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-lived.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y. Born in Fayetteville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ON-born.html">Onondaga County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1873/05-23.html">May 23, 1873</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 38th District, 1922. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1930/09-13.html">September 13, 1930</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/57.html">57 years, 113 days</a>). Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> James Levi Hotchkiss (1857-1930) — also known as James L. Hotchkiss — of Rochester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-lived.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y. Born in Naples, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OT-born.html">Ontario County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1857/05-01.html">May 1, 1857</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/clothing.html">dry goods merchant</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-parties.html">chair of Monroe County Republican Party</a>, 1901-27; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1904/NY.html">1904</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1908/NY.html">1908</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1912/NY.html">1912</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1916/NY.html">1916</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/NY.html">1920</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1924/NY.html">1924</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-officials.html">Monroe County Clerk</a>, 1905-27. Died in Rochester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-died.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1930/10-19.html">October 19, 1930</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">73 years, 171 days</a>). Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Levi B. Hotchkiss and Anna Norton (Dwight) Hotchkiss; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1907/02-28.html">February 28, 1907</a>, to Leah Leach; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hotchkiss-hougen.html#031.42.60">Charles E. Hotchkiss</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/case.html#788.84.18">Hezekiah Case</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/french-frensdorf.html#260.79.69">Carlos French</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams7.html#433.52.89">Parmenio Adams</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tuttle.html#282.14.92">Ambrose Tuttle</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#013.58.69">William Dean Kellogg</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/case.html#904.82.30">Almon Case</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinkerton-pittoni.html#658.04.77">Edwin Carpenter Pinney</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/french-frensdorf.html#045.81.76">Raymond Thompson French</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ely.html#742.47.43">Joseph Buell Ely</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://findagrave.com/memorial/186359406">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> Nathaniel Rochester (1752-1831) — of Hagerstown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/WA-lived.html">Washington County</a>, Md.; Rochester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-lived.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/WM-born.html">Westmoreland County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1752/02-21.html">February 21, 1752</a>. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/hagerstown.html#2">Hagerstown, Md.</a>, 1792-93; candidate for Presidential Elector for Maryland; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Monroe County, 1821-22. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Founder of Rochester, New York. Died in Rochester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-died.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1831/05-17.html">May 17, 1831</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 85 days</a>). Original interment in unknown location; reinterment at Mt. Hope Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1788/">1788</a> to Sophia Beatty; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/robison-rockne.html#349.83.50">William Beatty Rochester</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/robison-rockne.html#221.78.03">Thomas Hart Rochester</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/10001-0437.html">Rochester family</a> of New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0587.html">Thompson-Sutherland family</a> of New York (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6181">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 A. Loder (1834-1890) — of Rochester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-lived.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y. Born in Warsaw, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WY-born.html">Wyoming County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1834/10-18.html">October 18, 1834</a>. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Monroe County 3rd District, 1889-90; died in office 1890. Died in Chili, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-died.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1890/06-05.html">June 5, 1890</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/55.html">55 years, 230 days</a>). Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/32091775">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Charles Edwin Ogden (1859-1934) — also known as Charles E. Ogden — of Rochester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-lived.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y. 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/1859/07-31.html">July 31, 1859</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">Newspaper reporter</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/entertainment.html">orator</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Monroe County 2nd District, 1904-05. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in Rochester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-died.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1934/11-06.html">November 6, 1934</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 98 days</a>). Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ogden.html#680.99.87">Darius Adams Ogden</a> and Judith Anna (Lawrence) Ogden; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ogden.html#513.22.61">Darius Adams Ogden Jr.</a>; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1890/">1890</a> to Emily Williams; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1896/">1896</a> to Anna Hageman Foote.</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/15998.html">Ogden family</a> of Penn Yan, New York.</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/165894125">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> Elon Huntington Hooker (1869-1938) — of Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Born in Rochester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-born.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1869/11-23.html">November 23, 1869</a>. Progressive. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/engineer.html">Engineer</a>; founder and president, Hooker <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/chemical.html">Electrochemical</a> Company; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/pneumonia.html">pneumonia</a>, in Pasadena, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-died.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1938/05-10.html">May 10, 1938</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">68 years, 168 days</a>). Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Horace B. Hooker and Susan (Huntington) Hooker; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1901/">1901</a> to Blanche Ferry (daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ferriss-fieger.html#579.71.62">Dexter Mason Ferry</a>; sister of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ferriss-fieger.html#135.32.32">Dexter Mason Ferry Jr.</a>); grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/robison-rockne.html#146.48.91">John Davison Rockefeller IV</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/10001-0066.html">Rockefeller family</a> of New York City, 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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elon Huntington Hooker">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6679199">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> Esten A. Fletcher (1869-1941) — of Rochester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-lived.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/CA-born.html">Canada</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1869/index.html">1869</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lumber.html">Lumber business</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1932/NY.html">1932</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1941/index.html">1941</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">about 72 years</a>). Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/8562205">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 Caesar Warfield (1920-2002) — also known as William Warfield — Born in West Helena (now part of Helena-West Helena), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/PH-born.html">Phillips County</a>, Ark., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1920/01-22.html">January 22, 1920</a>. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/music.html">professional singer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/entertainment.html">actor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952 /speakers.html">performed</a>, Republican National Convention, 1952 ; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/faculty.html">university professor</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/african.html">African</a> ancestry. Broke his neck in an accidental <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/falls.html">fall</a>, and died a few weeks later, in Northwestern Memorial <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/2002/08-25.html">August 25, 2002</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 215 days</a>). Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1952/08-31.html">August 31, 1952</a>, to Leontyne Price.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William Warfield">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/231/000205613">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0912208">Internet Movie Database profile</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6725872">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians formerly buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Henry Colvin Brewster (1845-1928) — also known as Henry C. Brewster — of Rochester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-lived.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y. Born in Rochester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-born.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1845/09-07.html">September 7, 1845</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Banker</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 31st District, 1895-99; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1900/NY.html">1900</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1904/NY.html">1904</a> (alternate). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/soc-colonial-wars.html">Society of Colonial Wars</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sons-am-rev.html">Sons of the American Revolution</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/union-league.html">Union League</a>. Died in Canandaigua, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OT-died.html">Ontario County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1928/01-29.html">January 29, 1928</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 144 days</a>). Originally entombed at Mt. Hope Cemetery; reinterment to unknown location. <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 Simon L. Brewster and Editha C. (Colvin) Brewster; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1876/10-05.html">October 5, 1876</a>, to Alice E. Chapin.</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=B000815">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401772">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> James Smith Havens (1859-1927) — also known as James S. Havens — of Rochester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-lived.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y. Born in Weedsport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CY-born.html">Cayuga County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1859/05-28.html">May 28, 1859</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; vice-president and secretary of Kodak Company; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1904/NY.html">1904</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1920/NY.html">1920</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 32nd District, 1910-11. Died, in Strong Memorial <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Rochester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-died.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1927/02-27.html">February 27, 1927</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">67 years, 275 days</a>). Originally entombed at Mt. Hope Cemetery; reinterment to unknown location. <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/1894/">1894</a> to Caroline Prindle Sammons.</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=H000358">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405227">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms01918">Riverside Cemetery</a> Rochester, Monroe County, New York <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> George Frederick Rogers (1887-1948) — also known as George F. Rogers — of Rochester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-lived.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/CA-born.html">Canada</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1887/03-19.html">March 19, 1887</a>. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Monroe County 4th District, 1927; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> 46th District, 1937-38; defeated, 1938, 1940; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 40th District, 1945-47; defeated, 1946, 1948. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/CA-died.html">Canada</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1948/11-20.html">November 20, 1948</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/61.html">61 years, 246 days</a>). Interment at Riverside Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000394">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409362">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Allen James Oliver (1903-1953) — also known as Allen J. Oliver — of Rochester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-lived.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y. Born in Rochester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-born.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1903/05-18.html">May 18, 1903</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/accounting.html">Accountant</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a>, 1943-48 (46th District 1943-44, 51st District 1945-48); defeated, 1948. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. 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/rotary.html">Rotary</a>. 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