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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Politicians who Died in Insane Asylums and Mental Hospitals</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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Haskell (1818-1859) — of Tennessee. Born in Murfreesboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/RU-born.html">Rutherford County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1818/07-21.html">July 21, 1818</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/sthse.html">Tennessee state house of representatives</a>, 1840; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Tennessee</a> 11th District, 1847-49. Slaveowner. Died, in an insane asylum, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1859/03-12.html">March 12, 1859</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/40.html">40 years, 234 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/MD-buried.html#cms03218">Riverside Cemetery</a>, Jackson, Tenn. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/reade-rector.html#985.93.21">Charles Ready Jr.</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/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://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000320">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405193">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> G. W. Clason (d. 1881) — of Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-lived.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/WIcc nMI">U.S. Collector of Customs</a>, 1857; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/asmbly.html">Wisconsin state assembly</a>, 1860. Died in the insane asylum at Oshkosh, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/WI-died.html">Winnebago County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1881/index.html">1881</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John Pierson Baird (1830-1881) — also known as John P. Baird — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/VI-lived.html">Vigo County</a>, Ind. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/SP-born.html">Spencer County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1830/01-05.html">January 5, 1830</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/sthse.html">Indiana state house of representatives</a>, 1859; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1868/IN.html">1868</a>. Was commander at Fort Granger in Tennessee in June 1863, when he was required to execute by hanging Lawrence Orton Williams and Walter Peter as Confederate spies; an engraving of the execution was on the front page of Harper's Weekly. Both spies were related to Gen. Robert E. Lee's wife and were descendants of Martha Washington. Baird was severely affected by this episode, and had a mental breakdown in 1875. Died in the Indiana Hospital for the Insane, Indianapolis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/MA-died.html">Marion County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1881/03-07.html">March 7, 1881</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/51.html">51 years, 61 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/VI-buried.html#cms02318">Woodlawn Cemetery</a>, Terre Haute, Ind. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Morrow B. Lowry (d. 1885) — of Erie, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, Pa. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1860/PA.html">1860</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/stsen.html">Pennsylvania state senate</a>, 1862-70 (27th District 1862-64, 29th District 1865-70). Died, in Kirkbride's Asylum, in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-died.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1885/01-20.html">January 20, 1885</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Phillip S. Bolling (c.1849-1892) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/CU-lived.html">Cumberland County</a>, Va. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/born-slavery.html">slavery</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/BC-born.html">Buckingham County</a>, Va., about 1849. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/masonry.html">Brickmason</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/sthse.html">Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Buckingham & Cumberland counties, 1883. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/african.html">African</a> ancestry. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/tuberculosis.html">tuberculosis</a>, in the Central Lunatic Asylum, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/pb-died.html">Petersburg</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1892/04-18.html">April 18, 1892</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/43.html">about 43 years</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bola-bonbright.html#465.23.88">Samuel P. Bolling</a> and Ellen (Gantt) Bolling; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1887/03-31.html">March 31, 1887</a>, to Harriet T. Jackson.</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/Phillip S. Bolling">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> Charles William Jones (1834-1897) — also known as Charles W. Jones — of Pensacola, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ES-lived.html">Escambia County</a>, Fla. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/EI-born.html">Ireland</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1834/12-24.html">December 24, 1834</a>. Democrat. Member of Florida state legislature, 1874; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Florida</a>, 1875-87. Died in St. Joseph's Retreat, an asylum for the insane, in Dearborn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-died.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1897/10-11.html">October 11, 1897</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/62.html">62 years, 291 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ES-buried.html#cms01560">St. Michael's Cemetery</a>, Pensacola, Fla. <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=J000214">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406109">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles W. Jones">Wikipedia article</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Rowland Wardwell Stewart (1866-1904) — also known as Rowland W. Stewart — of Bangor, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/PE-lived.html">Penobscot County</a>, Maine. Born in Bangor, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/PE-born.html">Penobscot County</a>, Maine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1866/12-29.html">December 29, 1866</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">Commission merchant</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/UR-consuls.html">Vice-Consul for Uruguay</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/PE-consuls.html">Bangor, Maine</a>, 1894-1903; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/IT-consuls.html">Consular Agent for Italy</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/PE-consuls.html">Bangor, Maine</a>, 1896-1903; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/PT-consuls.html">Vice-Consul for Portugal</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/PE-consuls.html">Bangor, Maine</a>, 1900-01. Died, in Eastern Maine Insane Hospital, Bangor, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/PE-died.html">Penobscot County</a>, Maine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1904/09-29.html">September 29, 1904</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/37.html">37 years, 275 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/PE-buried.html#cms00527">Mt. Hope Cemetery</a>, Bangor, Maine. <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/stewart8.html#632.89.02">Thomas Jefferson Stewart</a> and Mary Manton (Dennison) Stewart; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1889/11-20.html">November 20, 1889</a>, to Cara Arvilla Maloney.</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/119544835">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 Bird Allen (1836-1908) — also known as Edwin B. Allen — of Wichita, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/SE-lived.html">Sedgwick County</a>, Kan. Born near Oberlin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/LO-born.html">Lorain County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1836/03-07.html">March 7, 1836</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">Physician</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/SE-officials.html">Sedgwick County Coroner</a>, 1870-71; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/ofc/wichita.html">mayor of Wichita, Kan.</a>, 1871-72; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/ofc/sthse.html">Kansas state house of representatives</a>, 1872-76, 1883-84; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/ofc/sos.html">secretary of state of Kansas</a>, 1885-89. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died, of a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/stroke.html">cerebral hemorrhage</a>, in the State Hospital for Insane, St. Joseph, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/BU-died.html">Buchanan County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1908/03-31.html">March 31, 1908</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 24 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/SE-buried.html#cms04199">Highland Cemetery</a>, Wichita, Kan. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allen5.html#673.06.71">Joseph P. Allen</a>.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Marcus M. Towle (1841-1910) — of Hammond, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/LA-lived.html">Lake County</a>, Ind. Born in Danville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/RO-born.html">Rockingham County</a>, N.H., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1841/01-12.html">January 12, 1841</a>. Co-founder of the G. H. Hammond <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/meat.html">meat packing</a> plant, and of the city of Hammond; financed and built <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">railroads</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/nautical.html">port facilities</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/hammond.html">mayor of Hammond, Ind.</a>, 1884-88. Died, in Longcliffe Asylum for the Insane, Logansport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/CA-died.html">Cass County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1910/09-06.html">September 6, 1910</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 237 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/LA-buried.html#cms00225">Oak Hill Cemetery</a>, Hammond, Ind. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1866/12-05.html">December 5, 1866</a>, to Irena Dow.</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 Reed Rathbone (1837-1911) — Born in Albany, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/AL-born.html">Albany County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1837/07-01.html">July 1, 1837</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; major in the Union Army during the Civil War; on April 14, 1865, he was seated in the box at Ford's Theater with President <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lincoln.html#848.31.47">Abraham Lincoln</a>; when John Wilkes Booth shot the president, Rathbone attempted to apprehend Booth, and suffered knife wounds; subsequently his mental health deteriorated; U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GR-consuls.html ">Hanover</a>, as of 1882-83. On December 23, 1883, he <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/murder-mayhem.html">killed</a> his wife, and stabbed himself in a suicide attempt; he was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">charged</a> with murder, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">convicted</a>, and found insane; he died more than 25 years later, in the Asylum for the Criminal Insane, Hildesheim, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GR-died.html">Germany</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1911/08-14.html">August 14, 1911</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 44 days</a>). Original interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GR-buried.html# ">Stadtfriedhof Engesohde</a>, Hanover, Germany; reinterment 1952 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: Step-son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harris4.html#820.37.99">Ira Harris (1802-1875)</a>; son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ransome-rattliff.html#341.62.05">Jared Lewis Rathbone</a> and Pauline (Pinney) Rathbone; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ransome-rattliff.html#761.19.63">Jared Lawrence Rathbone</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1867/07-11.html">July 11, 1867</a>, to Clara Hamilton Harris (daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harris4.html#820.37.99">Ira Harris (1802-1875)</a>); father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ransome-rattliff.html#774.22.02">Henry Riggs Rathbone</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/burrows.html#071.54.51">Daniel Burrows</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cornell.html#652.15.91">Ezekiel Cornell</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/burrows.html#382.35.25">Lorenzo Burrows</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cornell.html#054.67.62">Ezra Cornell</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/10001-0089.html">Cornell family</a> of New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry Rathbone">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/11126233">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/559/00.84.jpg" width=70 height=119 border=0 alt="Samuel L. Gracey"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Samuel Levis Gracey (1835-1911) — also known as Samuel L. Gracey — of Smyrna, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/KE-lived.html">Kent County</a>, Del.; Pawtucket, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/PR-lived.html">Providence County</a>, R.I.; Chelsea, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/SU-lived.html">Suffolk County</a>, Mass.; Cambridge, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/MI-lived.html">Middlesex County</a>, Mass.; Natick, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/MI-lived.html">Middlesex County</a>, Mass.; Lynn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ES-lived.html">Essex County</a>, Mass.; Boston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/SU-lived.html">Suffolk County</a>, Mass. Born in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-born.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1835/09-08.html">September 8, 1835</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/clergy.html">Methodist minister</a>; served in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/CH-consuls.html ">Foochow</a>, 1890-93, 1897-1911, died in office 1911. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/grand-army-republic.html">Grand Army of the Republic</a>. Died by <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/suicide.html">suicide</a>, when he <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/stabbing.html">cut his throat</a> with a razor, in the West Newton Sanitarium, West Newton, Newton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/MI-died.html">Middlesex County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1911/08-19.html">August 19, 1911</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 345 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-buried.html#cms06564">Mt. Moriah Cemetery</a>, West Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of John Gracey and Ann Elizabeth Bartram (Leech) Gracey; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1860/11-21.html">November 21, 1860</a>, to Leonora Thompson; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1900/01-15.html">January 15, 1900</a>, to Cordania Elizabeth 'Corda' (Perkins) Pratt; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/goulden-gradison.html#315.80.27">Spencer Pettis Gracey</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/goulden-gradison.html#096.64.38">Wilbur Tirrell Gracey</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/24564.html">Gracey family</a> of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Epitaph: "Soldier - Clergyman - Diplomat"</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/43745322">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: Washington Evening Srar, June 25, 1911</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> Andrew Jackson Clements (1832-1913) — also known as A. J. Clements — of Tennessee. Born in Clementsville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/CY-born.html">Clay County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1832/12-23.html">December 23, 1832</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">Physician</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Tennessee</a> 3rd District, 1861-63; member of Tennessee state legislature, 1870. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/pneumonia.html">pneumonia</a>, in Central State Hospital (a mental hospital where he was confined due to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/dementia.html">senility</a>), Lakeland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/JF-died.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1913/11-07.html">November 7, 1913</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">80 years, 319 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/BN-buried.html#cms01974">Glasgow Cemetery</a>, Glasgow, Ky. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Presumably named for: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jackson1.html#174.79.95">Andrew Jackson</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Christopher Clements and Mary Clements.</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=C000505">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402641">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 Sanford Patterson (1860-1917) — also known as J. Sanford Patterson — of Spray (now part of Eden), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/RC-lived.html">Rockingham County</a>, N.C. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/DA-born.html">Davidson County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1860/12-19.html">December 19, 1860</a>. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/eden.html#3">Spray, N.C.</a>, 1893-99, 1904-12. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/strangulation.html">choking on food</a>, in the State Hospital (now Broughton Hospital), Morganton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/BR-died.html">Burke County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1917/05-09.html">May 9, 1917</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/56.html">56 years, 141 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/RC-buried.html# ">Lawson Cemetery</a>, Eden, N.C. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/28302590">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> Alexander Cook Thayer (1865-1918) — also known as Alexander Thayer — Born in Cambridge, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/MI-born.html">Middlesex County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1865/06-18.html">June 18, 1865</a>. U.S. Deputy Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/IT-consuls.html ">Trieste</a>, 1901-02; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/IT-consuls.html ">Venice</a>, 1902-05; U.S. Vice Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/IT-consuls.html ">Venice</a>, as of 1916-17. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/dementia.html">dementia paralytica</a>, in the Bellevue Sanatorium, Kreuzlingen, Thurgau, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SZ-died.html">Switzerland</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1918/09-16.html">September 16, 1918</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/53.html">53 years, 90 days</a>). Interment <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SZ-buried.html# ">somewhere</a> in Geneva, Switzerland. <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 Henry Thayer and Jane (Cook) Thayer; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1910/08-06.html">August 6, 1910</a>, to Alice Bartlett Mansfield; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thayer.html#242.70.35">Alexander Wheelock Thayer</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bigelow.html#722.13.21">John Ogden Bigelow</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/read.html#516.26.90">Nathan Read</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bigelow.html#472.42.97">Timothy Bigelow</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wood8.html#358.63.70">Staley N. Wood</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/heathman-hedlund.html#229.65.01">Rufus Heaton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chandless-chapline.html#061.33.60">Edward M. Chapin</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/diperna-dix.html#208.08.29">George A. Dix</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> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/793/37.01.jpg" width=70 height=113 border=0 alt="Thomas A. Embrey"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Thomas Allison Embrey (1861-1931) — also known as Thomas A. Embrey — of Winchester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/FR-lived.html">Franklin County</a>, Tenn. Born in Winchester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/FR-born.html">Franklin County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1861/02-27.html">February 27, 1861</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1904/TN.html">1904</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/TN.html">1924</a> (alternate). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died, from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/stroke.html">stroke</a>, in Florida State Hospital for the Insane, Chattahoochee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/GA-died.html">Gadsden County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1931/04-11.html">April 11, 1931</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">70 years, 43 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/GA-buried.html# ">Florida State Hospital Cemetery</a>, Chattahoochee, Fla. <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 Alexander Simmons Embrey and Louisa Summers (Cain) Embrey; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1883/10-19.html">October 19, 1883</a>, to Fannie Lindsay.</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/144615222">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: Chattanooga (Tenn.) Daily Times, April 17, 1931</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 Austin Norton (1867-1947) — also known as Frank Norton — of Ypsilanti, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WA-lived.html">Washtenaw County</a>, Mich. Born in Ypsilanti, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WA-born.html">Washtenaw County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1867/06-01.html">June 1, 1867</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/masonry.html">Stonemason</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/florist.html">florist</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/ypsilanti.html">mayor of Ypsilanti, Mich.</a>, 1912-14. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Died, from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/stroke.html">stroke</a>, while hospitalized for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/dementia.html">senile psychosis</a>, at Ypsilanti State Psychiatric Hospital, York Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WA-died.html">Washtenaw County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1947/10-02.html">October 2, 1947</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">80 years, 123 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WA-buried.html#cms00152">Highland Cemetery</a>, Ypsilanti, Mich. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Austin B. Norton and Sarah J. (Knapp) Norton; married to Lena Eisenlord.</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/15504221">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> Florence Elizabeth Smith Knapp (1875-1949) — also known as Florence E. S. Knapp; Florence Elizabeth Smith — of Syracuse, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ON-lived.html">Onondaga County</a>, N.Y. Born in Syracuse, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ON-born.html">Onondaga County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1875/03-25.html">March 25, 1875</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">superintendent of schools</a>; dean, College of Home Economics, Syracuse University; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/NY.html">1920</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1924/NY.html">1924</a> (alternate); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/sos.html">secretary of state of New York</a>, 1925-27; in 1927, an <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">investigation</a> discovered her <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/misfeasance.html">maladministration</a> of the 1925 state census; she had paid salaries to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/nepotism.html">relatives</a> and others who did no census work, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/forgery.html">forged</a> indorsements on checks, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/embezzlement.html">received</a> money she was not entitled to, and burned state records to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/obstruction.html">conceal evidence</a> of these things; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">resigned</a> her position at Syracuse University; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">indicted</a> on various charges in 1928, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">tried</a> twice and eventually <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">convicted</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/embezzlement.html">grand larceny</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">sentenced</a> to 30 days in jail. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/grange.html">Grange</a>. Died, following a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a>, in Marcy State Hospital (insane asylum), Marcy, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OE-died.html">Oneida County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1949/10-26.html">October 26, 1949</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 215 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ON-buried.html#cms00239">Oakwood Cemetery</a>, Syracuse, N.Y. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Daughter of James E. Smith and Mary (Hancock) Smith; married to Philip Schuyler Knapp.</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/102055411">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> Ada Byron Nafew (1854-1949) — also known as Ada B. Nafew; Ada Byron McIntire — of Eatontown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/MO-lived.html">Monmouth County</a>, N.J. Born in Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SG-born.html">Sangamon County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1854/index.html">1854</a>. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/eatontown.html#2">Eatontown, N.J.</a>, 1897-1903. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Died, in the Marlboro State mental hospital, Marlboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/MO-died.html">Monmouth County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1949/12-27.html">December 27, 1949</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/95.html">about 95 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/MO-buried.html# ">Glenwood Cemetery</a>, West Long Branch, N.J. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Daughter of Benjamin McIntire and Roxanna (Stearns) McIntire; married to James Weed Nafew.</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/89647912">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Francis Fisher Kane (1866-1955) — also known as Francis F. Kane — of Germantown, Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa. Born in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-born.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1866/06-17.html">June 17, 1866</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a>, 1890; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/philadelphia.html">mayor of Philadelphia, Pa.</a>, 1903; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1904/PA.html">1904</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania</a>, 1913-19. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-kappa-sigma.html">Phi Kappa Sigma</a>. Died, in McLean Hospital, Belmont, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/MI-died.html">Middlesex County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1955/05-27.html">May 27, 1955</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/88.html">88 years, 344 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Robert Patterson Kane and Elizabeth Francis (Fisher) Kane; grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/middleton.html#063.40.58">John Izard Middleton</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/middleton.html#405.03.32">Williams Middleton</a>; great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/middleton.html#064.87.59">Henry Middleton (1770-1846)</a>; second great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/middleton.html#526.58.04">Arthur Middleton</a>; second great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/williard-willingham.html#096.57.01">Thomas Willing</a>; third great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/williard-willingham.html#921.55.52">Charles Willing</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/middleton.html#670.69.30">Henry Middleton (1717-1784)</a>; third great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shien-shlaudeman.html#419.18.44">Edward Shippen (1703-1781)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shien-shlaudeman.html#157.96.59">William Shippen</a>; fifth great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shien-shlaudeman.html#860.88.84">Edward Shippen (1639-1712)</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/francis.html#112.89.40">John Brown Francis</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hudsonriver-hughan.html#496.84.45">John Middleton Huger</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/button-byrer.html#406.94.37">Charles Willing Byrd</a>; first cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shien-shlaudeman.html#393.56.68">Edward Shippen (1729-1806)</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rutherfurd-ryall.html#165.35.77">Benjamin Huger Rutledge</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith2.html#818.20.40">Daniel Elliott Huger Smith</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/draves-drexler.html#873.60.45">John Drayton</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/overton-ovington.html#692.95.14">Edward Overton Jr.</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shien-shlaudeman.html#461.40.05">Edward Shippen (1823-1904)</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/macdougal-maciora.html#242.35.83">James Rieman Macfarlane</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/irvine-irving.html#734.69.01">Bertha Shippen Irving</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/10001-0207.html">Shippen-Middleton family</a> of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0012.html">Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell family</a> of Virginia (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Wythe Leigh Kinsolving (1878-1964) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/sl-lived.html">St. Louis</a>, Mo.; Winchester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/FR-lived.html">Franklin County</a>, Tenn.; Chattanooga, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/HA-lived.html">Hamilton County</a>, Tenn.; Jackson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Mich.; Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y.; Oakland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/GA-lived.html">Garrett County</a>, Md.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/cv-lived.html">Charlottesville</a>, Va.; Stanardsville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/GE-lived.html">Greene County</a>, Va. Born in Halifax, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/HX-born.html">Halifax County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1878/11-14.html">November 14, 1878</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/clergy.html">Episcopal priest</a>; rector of Epiphany Episcopal Church, Barton Heights, Va., until 1908, when he <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">resigned</a> following a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">widely reported</a> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/assault.html">fist fight</a> with his father-in-law, Rev. Dr. E. H. Pitt; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/artist.html">composer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/writing.html">poet</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/writing.html">translator</a>; prolific writer of opinion pieces for newspapers, expressing moderate pacifist views, along with strong support for the League of Nations; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924 /speakers.html">offered prayer</a>, Democratic National Convention, 1924 ; in 1928, he toured the country giving speeches in support of Democratic presidential nominee <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith1.html#495.23.56">Al Smith</a>; initially supported President <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/roosevelt.html#876.28.99">Franklin Roosevelt</a> and the New Deal, but in the late 1930s turned toward isolationism and anti-Communism. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/stroke.html">cerebral vascular accident</a>, while suffering from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/dementia.html">chronic brain syndrome</a> due to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/stroke.html">cerebral arteriosclerosis</a>, in DeJarnette State Sanatorium, a mental hospital, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/AG-died.html">Augusta County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1964/12-21.html">December 21, 1964</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/86.html">86 years, 37 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/rm-buried.html#cms00943">Hollywood Cemetery</a>, Richmond, Va. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Ovid Americus Kinsolving and Roberta Elizabeth (Cary) Kinsolving; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1906/12-27.html">December 27, 1906</a>, to Annie Laurie Pitt; granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kinnison-kipp.html#771.68.01">Charles McIlvaine Kinsolving Jr.</a>; great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mathews.html#440.33.53">John Mathews</a>; great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mathews.html#609.68.89">James William Mathews</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/oswald-othneil.html#445.87.42">Peter Johnston Otey</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kinnison-kipp.html#476.73.25">Neal Arlon Kinsolving</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/26000.html">Kinsolving-Mathews family</a> of Virginia.</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/Wythe Leigh Kinsolving">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/93307458">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> Grover C. Richman Jr. (1911-1983) — of New Jersey. Born in Wenonah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/GL-born.html">Gloucester County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1911/10-01.html">October 1, 1911</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for New Jersey</a>, 1951-53; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/attygn.html">New Jersey state attorney general</a>, 1954-58; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/NJ.html">1956</a>. Died, from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart ailment</a>, at the New York Hospital Westchester Division mental hospital, White Plains, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WE-died.html">Westchester County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1983/05-06.html">May 6, 1983</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 217 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/CU-buried.html# ">Siloam Cemetery</a>, Vineland, N.J. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Presumably named for: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cleveland.html#531.34.01">Grover Cleveland</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 Grover C. 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