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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Sullivan 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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Born near Poughkeepsie, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/DU-born.html">Dutchess County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1787/index.html">1787</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/automfg.html">Wagon maker</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 7th District, 1833-35. 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/1835/10-31.html">October 31, 1835</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/48.html">about 48 years</a>). Interment at Bloomingburg Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000585">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401555">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name=" ">St. Joseph's Camp Grotto Chapel</a></b></span><br> Near Forestburgh, Sullivan County, <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians formerly buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Patrick Joseph Hayes (1867-1938)</b> — 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/1867/11-20.html">November 20, 1867</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/clergy.html">Catholic priest</a>; archbishop of New York, 1919-38; cardinal, 1924-38; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924 /speakers.html">offered prayer</a>, Democratic National Convention, 1924. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/irish.html">Irish</a> ancestry. Died, from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a> caused by <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">coronary thrombosis</a>, in Monticello, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SV-died.html">Sullivan County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1938/09-04.html">September 4, 1938</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">70 years, 288 days</a>). Originally entombed at St. Joseph's Camp Grotto Chapel; re-entombed at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-buried.html# ">St. Patrick's Cathedral</a>, Manhattan, N.Y. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Daniel Hayes and Mary (Gleason) Hayes.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick Joseph Hayes">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/18388">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name=" ">Workmen's Circle Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Glen Wild, Sullivan County, New York <br> See also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=1969840&">Findagrave page</a> for this location. <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Esterita Blumberg (1928-2004)</b> — also known as <b>Cissie Blumberg</b>; <b>Esterita Rosenberg</b> — of Glen Wild, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SV-lived.html">Sullivan County</a>, N.Y.; Liberty, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SV-lived.html">Sullivan 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/1928/03-08.html">March 8, 1928</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/hotel-biz.html">Hotel-keeper</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper</a> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/writing.html">columnist</a>; American Labor candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> 34th District, 1952. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>. Died in Liberty, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SV-died.html">Sullivan County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2004/09-03.html">September 3, 2004</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 179 days</a>). Interment at Workmen's Circle Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rosenberg.html#541.43.51">Elmer Rosenberg</a> and Rose (Braverman) Rosenberg; married to Larry Blumberg.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name=" ">Liberty Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Cold Spring Road <br> Liberty, Sullivan County, New York <br> See also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=2137974&">Findagrave page</a> for this location. <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Sydney F. Foster (1893-1973)</b> — of Liberty, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SV-lived.html">Sullivan County</a>, N.Y.; Lakeland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/PK-lived.html">Polk County</a>, Fla. Born in Cazenovia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MA-born.html">Madison County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1893/03-23.html">March 23, 1893</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/nysc.html">Justice of New York Supreme Court</a> 3rd District, 1929-60; Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 3rd Department, 1939-40, 1945-49; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/coajd.html">judge of New York Court of Appeals</a>, 1960; defeated, 1954. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-delta-phi.html">Phi Delta Phi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>. Died in Lakeland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/PK-died.html">Polk County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1973/11-20.html">November 20, 1973</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">80 years, 242 days</a>). Interment at Liberty Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/121253999">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms06691">Orchard Street Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Livingston Manor, Sullivan County, New York <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Adelbert Marvin Scriber (1865-1948)</b> — also known as <b>Adelbert M. Scriber</b> — of Monticello, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SV-lived.html">Sullivan County</a>, N.Y. Born in Livingston Manor, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SV-born.html">Sullivan County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1865/01-05.html">January 5, 1865</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">Newspaper publisher</a>; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/NY.html">1944</a>. Died in Monticello, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SV-died.html">Sullivan County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1948/08-13.html">August 13, 1948</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/83.html">83 years, 221 days</a>). Interment at Orchard Street Cemetery. </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms06132">Unknown Location</a></b></span><br> Monticello, Sullivan County, New York <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms00256">Old Cemetery on St. John Street</a></b></span><br> Monticello, Sullivan County, New York <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>George Ogilvie Belden (1797-1833)</b> — of New York. Born in Norwalk, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-born.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1797/03-28.html">March 28, 1797</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 7th District, 1827-29. Died in Monticello, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SV-died.html">Sullivan County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1833/10-09.html">October 9, 1833</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/36.html">36 years, 195 days</a>). Interment at Old Cemetery on St. John Street. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000324">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401316">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms02974">Rock Ridge Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Monticello, Sullivan County, New York <br> See also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=65839&">Findagrave page</a> for this location. <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Archibald Campbell Niven (1803-1882)</b> — also known as <b>Archibald C. Niven</b> — of Monticello, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SV-lived.html">Sullivan County</a>, N.Y. Born in Newburgh, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OR-born.html">Orange County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1803/12-08.html">December 8, 1803</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 9th District, 1845-47; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> 9th District, 1864-65. Died in Monticello, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SV-died.html">Sullivan County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1882/02-21.html">February 21, 1882</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 75 days</a>). Interment at Rock Ridge Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Daniel Niven and Ann (Van Riper) Niven; married to Jane Thompson; granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nill-nix.html#213.57.44">Kenneth Duncan Lozier Niven</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/42056.html">Thompson-Niven family</a> of Monticello, New York.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=N000112">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408196">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7591000">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Lawrence H. Cooke (1914-2000)</b> — of Monticello, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SV-lived.html">Sullivan County</a>, N.Y. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1914/10-15.html">October 15, 1914</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/coajd.html">Judge of New York Court of Appeals</a>, 1974. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2000/08-17.html">August 17, 2000</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/85.html">85 years, 307 days</a>). Interment at Rock Ridge Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Kenneth Duncan Lozier Niven (1862-1927)</b> — also known as <b>Kenneth D. L. Niven</b> — of Monticello, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SV-lived.html">Sullivan County</a>, N.Y. Born in Westtown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OR-born.html">Orange County</a>, N.Y., March, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1862/index.html">1862</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/drugs.html">Pharmacist</a>; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/monticello.html#2">Monticello, N.Y.</a>, 1894-98, 1919-20 (acting, 1919-20); clerk, Sullivan County Board of Supervisors, 1911-27. <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/death/automobile.html">Struck by a car</a>, and died two hours later, in Monticello <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Monticello, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SV-died.html">Sullivan County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1927/11-22.html">November 22, 1927</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/65.html">65 years, 0 days</a>). Interment at Rock Ridge Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Rev. Duncan Campbell Niven and Augusta (Ecker) Niven; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1907/">1907</a> to Virginia Thompson (sister of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thompson1.html#791.28.71">Archibald Campbell Niven Thompson</a>); grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nill-nix.html#577.76.51">Archibald Campbell Niven</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/42056.html">Thompson-Niven family</a> of Monticello, New York.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/23764438">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name=" ">St. John Street Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Monticello, Sullivan County, New York <br> See also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=2166228&">Findagrave page</a> for this location. <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Archibald Campbell Niven Thompson (1872-1949)</b> — also known as <b>A. C. N. Thompson</b> — of Middletown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OR-lived.html">Orange County</a>, N.Y. Born in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1872/02-16.html">February 16, 1872</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/middletown.html">mayor of Middletown, N.Y.</a>, 1916. Died in Monticello, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SV-died.html">Sullivan County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1949/06-30.html">June 30, 1949</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 134 days</a>). Interment at St. John 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of John Alexander Thompson and Nancy Agnes (Dunham) Thompson; brother of Virginia Thompson (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nill-nix.html#213.57.44">Kenneth Duncan Lozier Niven</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/42056.html">Thompson-Niven family</a> of Monticello, New York.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/19648681">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>John Patterson Jones (1779-1858)</b> — also known as <b>John P. Jones</b> — of Monticello, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SV-lived.html">Sullivan County</a>, N.Y. Born in Goshen, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/LI-born.html">Litchfield County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1779/index.html">1779</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SV-officials.html">Sullivan County Clerk</a>, 1809-13, 1815-25; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/monticello.html#2">Monticello, N.Y.</a>, 1812-41; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> 2nd District, 1835-38; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York. Died in Monticello, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SV-died.html">Sullivan County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1858/11-20.html">November 20, 1858</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">about 79 years</a>). 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