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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Politicians Who Died of Cholera</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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Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/stsen.html">Kentucky state senate</a>, 1814; died in office 1814. Died, of cholera, in Frankfort, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/FR-died.html">Franklin County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1814/index.html">1814</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> Charles Ewing (1780-1832) — of Trenton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ME-lived.html">Mercer County</a>, N.J. Born in Bridgeton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/CU-born.html">Cumberland County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1780/06-08.html">June 8, 1780</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; Federalist candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/asmbly.html">New Jersey state house of assembly</a>, 1815; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/spcj.html">chief justice of New Jersey state supreme court</a>, 1824-32. Died, from cholera, in Trenton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ME-died.html">Mercer County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1832/08-05.html">August 5, 1832</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/52.html">52 years, 58 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ME-buried.html#cms00491">First Presbyterian Churchyard</a>, Trenton, N.J.; cenotaph at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ME-buried.html#cms00536">Riverview Cemetery</a>, Trenton, N.J. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ewing.html#997.67.42">James Ewing</a> and Martha (Boyd) Ewing; married to Eleanor Graeme Armstrong.</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">township</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ME-names.html">Ewing, New Jersey</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/Charles Ewing (politician)">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/50062245">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> Gabriel Richard (1767-1832) — of Detroit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Born in La Ville de Saintes, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/FR-born.html">France</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1767/10-15.html">October 15, 1767</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/clergy.html">Catholic priest</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/univfound.html">founder</a> in 1817 of a school which later became the University of Michigan.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/cgdel.html">Delegate to U.S. Congress from Michigan Territory</a>, 1823-25. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Died, of cholera, in Detroit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-died.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1832/09-13.html">September 13, 1832</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">64 years, 334 days</a>). Entombed at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-buried.html#cms01980">St. Anne's Church</a>, Detroit, 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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000210">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409186">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> Daniel Lynn (1782-1833) — also known as Dann Lynn — of Indiana. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/CH-born.html">Christian County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1782/01-24.html">January 24, 1782</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/cncn1.html">Delegate to Indiana state constitutional convention</a>, 1816; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/sthse.html">Indiana state house of representatives</a>, 1816-18, 1819-20. Died, of cholera, in West Franklin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/PS-died.html">Posey County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1833/index.html">1833</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/51.html">about 51 years</a>). Interment <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/PS-buried.html#cms05448">a private or family graveyard</a>, Posey County, Ind. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William Shaler (c.1778-1833) — of Massachusetts. Born about 1778. U.S. Special Diplomatic Agent to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/MX-diplomats.html ">Mexico</a>, 1810-12; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/CU-diplomats.html ">Cuba</a>, 1832; U.S. Consul General in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/AG-consuls.html ">Algiers</a>, 1815-28; U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/CU-consuls.html ">Havana</a>, 1829-33, died in office 1833. Died, of cholera, in Havana (La Habana), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/CU-died.html">Cuba</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1833/03-28.html">March 28, 1833</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/55.html">about 55 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">See also <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/shaler-william ?">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> Alexander Buckner (1785-1833) — of Jackson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/CG-lived.html">Cape Girardeau County</a>, Mo. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/JF-born.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1785/index.html">1785</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/cncn1.html">delegate to Missouri state constitutional convention</a> from Cape Girardeau County, 1820; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/stsen.html">Missouri state senate</a> 13th District, 1822-25; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Missouri</a>, 1831-33; died in office 1833. Slaveowner. Died of Asiatic cholera during an epidemic, in Cape Girardeau, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/CG-died.html">Cape Girardeau County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1833/06-06.html">June 6, 1833</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/47.html">about 47 years</a>). Original interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/CG-buried.html#cms04862">a private or family graveyard</a>, Cape Girardeau County, Mo.; reinterment in 1897 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/CG-buried.html# ">Old Lorimier Cemetery</a>, Cape Girardeau, Mo. <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=B001030">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401980">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/18249">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> Abram Marshall Scott (1785-1833) — of Mississippi. Born in South Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1785/index.html">1785</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/ofc/stsen.html">Mississippi state senate</a>, 1822, 1826-27; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Mississippi</a>, 1832-33. Died of cholera, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1833/07-12.html">July 12, 1833</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/48.html">about 48 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/HI-buried.html#cms00477">Greenwood Cemetery</a>, Jackson, Miss. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/abram-marshall-scott/">National Governors Association biography</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Ninian Edwards (1775-1833) — of Kaskaskia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/RA-lived.html">Randolph County</a>, Ill.; Edwardsville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/MA-lived.html">Madison County</a>, Ill. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/MO-born.html">Montgomery County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1775/03-17.html">March 17, 1775</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/sthse.html">Kentucky state house of representatives</a>, 1796-97; state court judge in Kentucky, 1803; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/spju.html">justice of Kentucky state supreme court</a>, 1808; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/trgv.html">Governor of Illinois Territory</a>, 1809-18; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Illinois</a>, 1818-24; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Illinois</a>, 1826-30; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Illinois</a>, 1832. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Slaveowner. Died of cholera, in Belleville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SC-died.html">St. Clair County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1833/07-20.html">July 20, 1833</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/58.html">58 years, 125 days</a>). Original interment <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SC-buried.html#cms04995">somewhere</a> in Belleville, Ill.; reinterment in 1855 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SG-buried.html#cms00230">Oak Ridge Cemetery</a>, Springfield, Ill.; statue at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/MA-buried.html#cms07908">Ninian Edwards Plaza</a>, Edwardsville, Ill. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Margaret (Beall) Edwards and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/edwards1.html#768.35.15">Benjamin Edwards</a>; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/edwards2.html#789.49.67">Cyrus Edwards</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1803/02-20.html">February 20, 1803</a>, to Elvira Lane; father of Julia Catherine Edwards (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cook2.html#284.94.63">Daniel Pope Cook</a>) and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/edwards6.html#527.37.13">Ninian Wirt Edwards</a>; uncle of Lucy Amanda Gray (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mclean.html#440.37.08">Finis Ewing McLean</a>); grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cook5.html#242.12.35">John Pope Cook</a>; granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/metaker-meyenborg.html#551.56.29">Richard Lee Metcalfe</a>; great-granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/metaker-meyenborg.html#542.26.26">Theodore W. Metcalfe</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/10001-0337.html">Edwards-Cook family</a> (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"><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/EW.html">Edwards County, Ill.</a> is named for him.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">The <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-cities.html">city</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/MA-names.html">Edwardsville, Illinois</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=E000078">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403770">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/ninian-edwards/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ninian Edwards">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> Isaac Veatch (1786-1833) — of Indiana. Born in Tennessee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1786/02-18.html">February 18, 1786</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/sthse.html">Indiana state house of representatives</a>, 1827-28; defeated, 1828. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Died of cholera, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/FL-died.html">Floyd County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1833/07-31.html">July 31, 1833</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/47.html">47 years, 163 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: Father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/veach-veltri.html#977.13.64">James Clifford Veatch</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 Bryan Porter (1791-1834) — also known as George B. Porter — Born in Norristown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MO-born.html">Montgomery County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1791/02-09.html">February 9, 1791</a>. Major in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/adgen.html">Adjutant General of Pennsylvania</a>, 1824-29; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a>, 1827; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/trgv.html">Governor of Michigan Territory</a>, 1831-34; died in office 1834. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Died in a cholera epidemic in Detroit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-died.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1834/07-06.html">July 6, 1834</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/43.html">43 years, 147 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-buried.html#cms00088">Elmwood Cemetery</a>, Detroit, 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 Andrew Porter and Elizabeth (Parker) Porter; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter2.html#384.82.11">David Rittenhouse Porter</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter5.html#516.00.84">James Madison Porter</a>; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter4.html#125.19.86">Horace Porter</a>; granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lincoln.html#849.06.72">Mary Todd Lincoln</a>; great-granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lincoln.html#608.41.50">Robert Todd Lincoln</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/todd.html#329.83.69">Martha Dee Todd</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/10001-0083.html">Lincoln-Lee family</a> (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">The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> SS George B. Porter (built 1943 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/CC-names.html">Richmond, California</a>; scrapped 1966) 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://findagrave.com/memorial/12651">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 Adams (1783-1843) — of Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SG-lived.html">Sangamon County</a>, Ill. Born in Simsbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-born.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1783/01-24.html">January 24, 1783</a>. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; one of the first nine men to receive the "Endowment" ordinance from Joseph Smith, founder of the Mormon Church; participated in a long-running newspaper battle with <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lincoln.html#848.31.47">Abraham Lincoln</a>, over the transfer of a city lot; probate judge in Illinois, 1830; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Illinois</a>, 1834. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/mormon.html">Mormon</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died, of cholera, in Nauvoo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/HA-died.html">Hancock County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1843/08-11.html">August 11, 1843</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/60.html">60 years, 199 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/HA-buried.html#cms06680">Old Nauvoo Burial Grounds</a>, Nauvoo, Ill. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/20375000">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> Louis P. Cooke (1811-1849) — of Texas. Born in Tennessee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1811/index.html">1811</a>. Colonel in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/rhse.html">Texas Republic House of Representatives</a>, 1838-39, 1841-42; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/rsnav.html">Texas Republic Secretary of the Navy</a>, 1839-41. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">Charged</a> in 1843 with the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/murder-mayhem.html">murder</a> of Captain Mark Lewis; at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">trial</a>, the jury deadlocked, and he <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/flight-escape.html">escaped</a> before a second trial could be held. Wounded in an Indian raid on Corpus Christi in 1844 and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/disabled.html">lost an eye</a>. Died, of cholera, in Brownsville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/CA-died.html">Cameron County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1849/index.html">1849</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/38.html">about 38 years</a>). Interment <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/OR-buried.html#cms04667">somewhere</a> in New Orleans, La. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Isaac Sherman Jr. (1800-1849) — of Bridgeport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-lived.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn. Born in November, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1800/index.html">1800</a>. Whig. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/horsedrawn.html">Harness and saddle business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/bridgeport.html">mayor of Bridgeport, Conn.</a>, 1836-37; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/bridgeport.html#3">Bridgeport, Conn.</a>, 1841-45. Died, from cholera, in Freeport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ST-died.html">Stephenson County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1849/05-22.html">May 22, 1849</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/48.html">48 years, 0 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-buried.html#cms01742">Mountain Grove Cemetery</a>, Bridgeport, Conn. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Sterling Sherman.</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/159413818">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/6267597813/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/210/42.53.jpg" width=70 height=94 border=0 alt="James K. Polk"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> James Knox Polk (1795-1849) — also known as James K. Polk; "Young Hickory"; "Napoleon of the Stump" — of Tennessee. Born in Pineville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ME-born.html">Mecklenburg County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1795/11-02.html">November 2, 1795</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/sthse.html">Tennessee state house of representatives</a>, 1823-25; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Tennessee</a>, 1825-39 (6th District 1825-33, 9th District 1833-39); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/congr.html">Speaker of the U.S. House</a>, 1835-39; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Tennessee</a>, 1839-41; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/pres-vp.html">President of the United States</a>, 1845-49. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a> or <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scotch-irish.html">Scotch-Irish</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Slaveowner. Died, of cholera, in Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-died.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1849/06-15.html">June 15, 1849</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/53.html">53 years, 225 days</a>). Original interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-buried.html# ">Polk Place Grounds</a> (which no longer exists), Nashville, Tenn.; reinterment in 1893 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-buried.html#cms01364">Tennessee State Capitol Grounds</a>, Nashville, Tenn.; cenotaph at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/MU-buried.html# ">Polk Memorial Gardens</a>, Columbia, Tenn. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Samuel Polk and Jane Gracy (Knox) Polk; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/poinier-polke.html#067.26.29">William Hawkins Polk</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1824/01-01.html">January 1, 1824</a>, to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/poinier-polke.html#768.70.69">Sarah Childress</a> (daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/childress-chipley.html#919.24.54">Joel Childress</a>); nephew of Mary Ophelia Polk (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hapgood-hardie.html#768.47.76">Thomas Jones Hardeman</a>); uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/poinier-polke.html#540.84.48">Marshall Tate Polk</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/poinier-polke.html#769.93.45">Tasker Polk</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/poinier-polke.html#672.96.01">Edwin Fitzhugh Polk</a>; second cousin once removed of Mary Adelaide Polk (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davis4.html#379.55.20">George Davis</a>) and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/poinier-polke.html#479.25.41">Richard Tyler Polk</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/poinier-polke.html#181.41.38">Rufus King Polk</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/poinier-polke.html#632.78.03">Frank Lyon Polk</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/guess-gunderman.html#178.29.67">Elizabeth Polk Guest</a>; second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/guess-gunderman.html#032.14.04">Raymond R. Guest</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/poinier-polke.html#359.50.76">Charles Polk</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dodge.html#657.22.93">Augustus Caesar Dodge</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/poinier-polke.html#937.03.47">Trusten Polk</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/poinier-polke.html#730.83.78">Albert Fawcett Polk</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/10001-0256.html">Ashe-Polk family</a> of North Carolina; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0044.html">Polk family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0283.html">Manly-Haywood-Polk family</a> of Raleigh, North Carolina (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Cross-reference: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brown1.html#929.88.80">Aaron V. Brown</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fremont.html#303.52.14">John Charles Frémont</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">Polk counties in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/PL.html">Ark.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/PK.html">Fla.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/PO.html">Ga.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/PO.html">Iowa</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/PO.html">Minn.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/PO.html">Neb.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/PO.html">Ore.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/PO.html">Tenn.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/PL.html">Tex.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/PL.html">Wis.</a> are named for him.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">The <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-cities.html">city</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/PK-names.html">Polk City, Florida</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — The <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-cities.html">city</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/PO-names.html">Polk City, Iowa</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — The <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-cities.html">borough</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/VE-names.html">Polk, Pennsylvania</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — James K. Polk <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-schools.html">Elementary School</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ax-names.html">Alexandria, Virginia</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — James K. Polk <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-schools.html">Elementary School</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/FR-names.html">Fresno, California</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> SS James K. Polk (built 1942 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/NH-names.html">Wilmington, North Carolina</a>; torpedoed in the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WW/AT-names.html">North Atlantic Ocean</a>, 1943; towed away and scrapped) 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">Other politicians named for him: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hall5.html#181.00.71">James Knox Polk Hall</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/latno-lavorato.html#505.00.31">James P. Latta</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fendall-fent.html#410.42.57">James K. P. Fenner</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/marshall.html#303.67.71">J. K. P. Marshall</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000409">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408802">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/james-knox-polk/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James K. Polk">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/843/000049696">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/823">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=4111">OurCampaigns candidate detail</a> — <a href="https://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entries/james-knox-polk/">Tennessee Encyclopedia</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 James K. Polk: Sam W. Haynes, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/067399001X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=067399001X&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">James K. Polk and the Expansionist Impulse</a> — Paul H. Bergeron, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0700603190/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0700603190&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">The Presidency of James K. Polk</a> — Thomas M. Leonard, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0842026479/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0842026479&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">James K. Polk : A Clear and Unquestionable Destiny</a> — Eugene Irving McCormac, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0945707096/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0945707096&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">James K. Polk: A Political Biography to the Prelude to War 1795-1845</a> — Eugene Irving McCormac, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/094570710X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=094570710X&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">James K. Polk: A Political Biography to the End of a Career 1845-1849</a> — Richard B. Cheney & Lynne V. Cheney, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0684823403/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0684823403&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Kings Of The Hill : How Nine Powerful Men Changed The Course of American History</a> — John Seigenthaler, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0805069429/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0805069429&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">James K. Polk: 1845 - 1849</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: Portrait & Biographical Album of Washtenaw County (1891)</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 Grayson Carter (d. 1849) — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/stsen.html">Kentucky state senate</a>, 1834-38. Died, of cholera, in Lexington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/FA-died.html">Fayette County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1849/07-11.html">July 11, 1849</a>. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of John Carter and Hebe (Grayson) Carter; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/graybill-greely.html#718.27.15">William Grayson</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0012.html">Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell family</a> of Virginia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0035.html">Roosevelt family</a> of New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0078.html">Monroe-Grayson-Roosevelt-Breckinridge family</a> of Virginia and Kentucky; <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/10001-0158.html">Pendleton-Lee family</a> of Maryland (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/CT.html">Carter County, Ky.</a> is named for him.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Joshua Mathiot (1800-1849) — of Ohio. Born in Connellsville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/FA-born.html">Fayette County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1800/04-04.html">April 4, 1800</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/newark.html">Mayor of Newark, Ohio</a>, 1834; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Ohio</a> 12th District, 1841-43. While attending a temperance <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/meetings.html">convention</a>, contracted cholera, from which he later died, in Newark, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/LI-died.html">Licking County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1849/07-30.html">July 30, 1849</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/49.html">49 years, 117 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/LI-buried.html#cms00838">Cedar Hill Cemetery</a>, Newark, Ohio. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of George Friedrich Mathiot and Ruth (Davies) Mathiot; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1828/">1828</a> to Mary Ellen Culbertson; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mathewson-matthaei.html#972.28.83">John Mathiot</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=M000243">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=407261">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 A. Sparks (d. 1849) — of South Carolina. U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/IT-consuls.html ">Venice</a>, 1845-49, died in office 1849. Died, of cholera, Venice, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/IT-died.html">Italy</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1849/08-18.html">August 18, 1849</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> Thomas Holdsworth Blake (1792-1849) — also known as Thomas H. Blake — of Terre Haute, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/VI-lived.html">Vigo County</a>, Ind. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/CL-born.html">Calvert County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1792/06-14.html">June 14, 1792</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; candidate for Presidential Elector for Indiana; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for Indiana</a>, 1817-18; state court judge in Indiana, 1818; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/sthse.html">Indiana state house of representatives</a>, 1819-20, 1823-24; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/stsen.html">Indiana state senate</a>, 1821-22, 1829-30; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Indiana</a> 1st District, 1827-29; Commissioner of the General Land Office, 1842-45. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died of cholera in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/hotels.html">hotel</a> at Cincinnati, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/HA-died.html">Hamilton County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1849/11-28.html">November 28, 1849</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/57.html">57 years, 167 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/VI-buried.html#cms02318">Woodlawn Cemetery</a>, Terre Haute, Ind. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Brother-in-law of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/linnan-littell.html#973.72.02">William Crawford Linton</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=B000534">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401509">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas H. Blake">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> James Clarke (1812-1850) — of Burlington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/DM-lived.html">Des Moines County</a>, Iowa. Born in Greensburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/WE-born.html">Westmoreland County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1812/07-05.html">July 5, 1812</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/trsc.html">Secretary of Iowa Territory</a>, 1839-41; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/burlington.html">mayor of Burlington, Iowa</a>, 1844-45; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/cncn1.html">delegate to Iowa state constitutional convention</a> from Des Moines County, 1844; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/trgv.html">Governor of Iowa Territory</a>, 1845-46. Died in a cholera epidemic, in Burlington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/DM-died.html">Des Moines County</a>, Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1850/07-28.html">July 28, 1850</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/38.html">38 years, 23 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/DM-buried.html#cms00005">Aspen Grove Cemetery</a>, Burlington, Iowa. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son-in-law of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dodge.html#631.78.91">Henry Dodge</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/10001-0044.html">Polk family</a>; <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"><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/CK.html">Clarke County, Iowa</a> is named for him.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Joseph Darlington (1765-1851) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/FA-lived.html">Fayette County</a>, Pa.; Limestone (now Maysville), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/MA-lived.html">Mason County</a>, Ky.; West Union, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/AD-lived.html">Adams County</a>, Ohio. Born near Winchester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/FR-born.html">Frederick County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1765/07-19.html">July 19, 1765</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/trlg.html">Northwest Territory legislature</a>, 1799-1801; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/cncn1.html">delegate to Ohio state constitutional convention</a> from Adams County, 1802; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/stsen.html">Ohio state senate</a>, 1803. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Died, of cholera, in West Union, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/AD-died.html">Adams County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1851/08-02.html">August 2, 1851</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/86.html">86 years, 14 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 Meredith Darlington and Sarah (Davis) Darlington; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1790/03-18.html">March 18, 1790</a>, to Sarah Wilson.</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 Alvan Robards (c.1816-1851) — also known as William A. Robards — of Boonville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/CP-lived.html">Cooper County</a>, Mo. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/JS-born.html">Jessamine County</a>, Ky., about 1816. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/attygn.html">Missouri state attorney general</a>, 1849-51; died in office 1851. Died, from cholera, in Jefferson City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/CO-died.html">Cole County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1851/09-03.html">September 3, 1851</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/35.html">about 35 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/CO-buried.html# ">Woodland-Old City Cemetery</a>, Jefferson City, Mo. <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 R. Robards and Dorca (Maxwell) Robards; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1844/">1844</a> to Edmonia Randolph Neilson.</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/134633644">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> Willard J. Chapin (1791-1852) — of Perry, Genesee County (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WY-lived.html">Wyoming County</a>), N.Y. Born in Livonia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/LI-born.html">Livingston County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1791/03-06.html">March 6, 1791</a>. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/leather.html">tanner</a>; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/perry.html#2">Perry, N.Y.</a>, 1836. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Died, probably of cholera, in Perry, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WY-died.html">Wyoming County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1852/07-28.html">July 28, 1852</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/61.html">61 years, 144 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WY-buried.html# ">Hope Cemetery</a>, Perry, N.Y. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Samuel Chapin and Sibyl (Joslyn) Chapin; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1813/">1813</a> to Nancy Cooley; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/taft.html#366.03.29">Alphonso Taft</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/taft.html#117.31.25">Charles Phelps Taft</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/taft.html#155.21.12">William Howard Taft</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/taft.html#034.92.64">Henry Waters Taft</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chandless-chapline.html#961.38.58">George Franklin Chapin</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/taft.html#504.30.00">Walbridge S. Taft</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/taft.html#734.91.43">Robert Alphonso Taft</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/taft.html#835.28.29">Charles Phelps Taft II</a>; second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/taft.html#905.39.81">William Howard Taft III</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/taft.html#785.13.87">Robert Taft Jr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/taft.html#026.45.34">Seth Chase Taft</a>; second cousin five times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/renaud-republican.html#869.66.31">Eleanor Repass</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/taft.html#407.39.33">Robert Alphonso Taft III</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chandless-chapline.html#061.33.60">Edward M. Chapin</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams8.html#103.05.89">Samuel Adams</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#548.16.61">Samuel Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chandless-chapline.html#222.26.90">Daniel Chapin (1761-1821)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chandless-chapline.html#403.46.98">Arthur Chapin</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fiero-finan.html#304.90.64">Calvin Fillmore</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ede-edlin.html#293.51.72">Bela Edgerton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thye-tiernan.html#341.80.46">Heman Ticknor</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thayer.html#167.23.46">John Milton Thayer</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ellwein-elmer.html#698.25.10">Jonathan Elmer</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allen5.html#327.71.65">Joseph Allen</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/huntington.html#286.71.40">Samuel H. Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beucher-biddis.html#475.20.85">Bennet Bicknell</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bosa-bouckaert.html#036.74.87">Daniel Warner Bostwick</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chandless-chapline.html#799.60.18">Daniel Chapin (1791-1878)</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#667.79.10">Graham Hurd Chapin</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fiero-finan.html#918.21.51">Millard Fillmore</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/russell5.html#124.41.70">John Leslie Russell</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ede-edlin.html#757.92.13">Alfred Peck Edgerton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ede-edlin.html#435.96.70">Joseph Ketchum Edgerton</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wood8.html#358.63.70">Staley N. Wood</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/89721994">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> Spencer Jarnagin (1792-1853) — of Knoxville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/KX-lived.html">Knox County</a>, Tenn.; Athens, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/MM-lived.html">McMinn County</a>, Tenn.; Memphis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/SH-lived.html">Shelby County</a>, Tenn. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/GA-born.html">Grainger County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1792/index.html">1792</a>. Whig. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/sthse.html">Tennessee state house of representatives</a>, 1833-35; candidate for Presidential Elector for Tennessee; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Tennessee</a>, 1843-47. Slaveowner. Became ill with cholera, subjected to "heroic treatment" by his doctor, and died, in Memphis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/SH-died.html">Shelby County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1853/06-25.html">June 25, 1853</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/60.html">about 60 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/SH-buried.html#cms00365">Elmwood Cemetery</a>, Memphis, Tenn. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Chesley Jarnagin and Martha (Barton) Jarnagin.</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=J000059">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405964">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spencer Jarnagin">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7750587">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Thomas Metcalfe (1780-1855) — also known as "Old Stonehammer" — of Carlisle, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/NI-lived.html">Nicholas County</a>, Ky. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/FQ-born.html">Fauquier County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1780/03-20.html">March 20, 1780</a>. Whig. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/sthse.html">Kentucky state house of representatives</a>, 1812-16; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Kentucky</a>, 1819-28 (4th District 1819-23, 2nd District 1823-28); resigned 1828; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Kentucky</a>, 1828-32; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/stsen.html">Kentucky state senate</a>, 1834; delegate to Whig National Convention from Kentucky, 1839 (Convention Vice-President; member, Balloting Committee; member, Committee to Notify Nominees; speaker); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Kentucky</a>, 1848-49. Slaveowner. During an epidemic, died of cholera, near Carlisle, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/NI-died.html">Nicholas County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1855/08-18.html">August 18, 1855</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 151 days</a>). Interment <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/NI-buried.html#cms04874">a private or family graveyard</a>, Nicholas County, 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">Cross-reference: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/castleberry-catone.html#607.24.95">William T. Casto</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"><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/MF.html">Metcalfe County, Ky.</a> is named for him.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000676">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=407661">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/thomas-metcalfe/">National Governors Association biography</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John Winchester Dana (1808-1867) — also known as John W. Dana — of Fryeburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/OX-lived.html">Oxford County</a>, Maine. Born in Fryeburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/OX-born.html">Oxford County</a>, Maine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1808/06-21.html">June 21, 1808</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/sthse.html">Maine state house of representatives</a>, 1841-42; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/stsen.html">Maine state senate</a>, 1843; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Maine</a>, 1844, 1847-50; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/BV-diplomats.html ">Bolivia</a>, 1854; U.S. Minister to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/BV-diplomats.html ">Bolivia</a>, 1854-59; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1864/ME.html">1864</a>. Died, from cholera, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/AR-died.html">Argentina</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1867/12-22.html">December 22, 1867</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/59.html">59 years, 184 days</a>). Original interment <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/AR-buried.html# ">somewhere</a> in Buenos Aires, Argentina; reinterment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/OX-buried.html#cms01957">Fryeburg Village Cemetery</a>, Fryeburg, 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/dana.html#889.25.06">Judah Dana</a> and Elizabeth (Ripley) Dana; married to Eliza Ann Osgood; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rilling-ripps.html#301.75.51">Eleazar Wheelock Ripley</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rilling-ripps.html#256.43.70">James Wheelock Ripley</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/10960.html">Dana-Ripley family</a> of Fryeburg, Maine.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/john-winchester-dana/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John W. Dana">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/dana-john-winchester ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/50466470">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Thomas Amos Rogers Nelson (1812-1873) — of Elizabethton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/CA-lived.html">Carter County</a>, Tenn.; Jonesborough, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/WA-lived.html">Washington County</a>, Tenn.; Knoxville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/KX-lived.html">Knox County</a>, Tenn. Born in Kingston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/RO-born.html">Roane County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1812/03-19.html">March 19, 1812</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Tennessee</a> 1st District, 1859-61; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1868/TN.html">1868</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/spju.html">justice of Tennessee state supreme court</a>, 1870-71. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Slaveowner. Died, from cholera, in Knoxville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/KX-died.html">Knox County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1873/08-24.html">August 24, 1873</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/61.html">61 years, 158 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/KX-buried.html#cms03060">Gray Cemetery</a>, Knoxville, Tenn. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of David Nelson and Phoebe (White) Nelson.</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/clamen-clanton.html#820.93.55">James H. Clanton</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=N000042">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408132">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas Amos Rogers Nelson">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> Franklin Augustus Alberger (1825-1877) — also known as Franklin A. Alberger — of Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ba-born.html">Baltimore</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1825/01-14.html">January 14, 1825</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/buffalo.html">Mayor of Buffalo, N.Y.</a>, 1860-61; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Erie County 3rd District, 1871-74. Died, of cholera, in Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-died.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1877/08-24.html">August 24, 1877</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/52.html">52 years, 222 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-buried.html#cms00118">Forest Lawn Cemetery</a>, Buffalo, N.Y. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin A. Alberger">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> William Frederick Havemeyer (1874-1904) — also known as William F. Havemeyer — of New York. Born in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1874/05-25.html">May 25, 1874</a>. Republican. U.S. Consular Agent in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/IQ-consuls.html ">Bassorah</a>, 1904, died in office 1904. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/german.html">German</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scottish.html">Scottish</a> ancestry. Died, of cholera, in Bassorah, Mesopatamia (Basra, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/IQ-died.html">Iraq</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1904/06-25.html">June 25, 1904</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/30.html">30 years, 31 days</a>). Interment <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/IQ-buried.html# ">somewhere</a> in Iraq. <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 Havemeyer and Mary Jean 'Jeanie' (Moller) Havemeyer; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hathcock-havenner.html#622.49.23">William Frederick Havemeyer (1804-1874)</a>; great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/craig.html#139.79.51">Hector Craig</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/34753.html">Havemeyer-Craig family</a> of New York.</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 Frederick Brissel (c.1879-1916) — also known as Charles F. Brissel — of New Jersey. Born in Brooklyn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-born.html">Kings County</a>, N.Y., about 1879. U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/CH-consuls.html ">Amoy</a>, 1910-14; U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/IQ-consuls.html ">Baghdad</a>, 1914-16, died in office 1916. Died, of cholera, in Baghdad, Mesopotamia (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/IQ-died.html">Iraq</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1916/10-31.html">October 31, 1916</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/37.html">about 37 years</a>). 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