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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Order of Heptasophs, politicians</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 320,919 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present."> <meta name="keywords" content="political biography history genealogy cemeteries politics candidates congress senators legislators governors politicians biographies ancestors mayors birthplace geography elections"> <meta name="author" content="Lawrence Kestenbaum"> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-7383562-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/JU-born.html">Juniata County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1842/07-21.html">July 21, 1842</a>. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a>, 1881-84; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/altoona.html">mayor of Altoona, Pa.</a>, 1890-93. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/english.html">English</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/german.html">German</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/anc-ord-un-workmen.html">Ancient Order of United Workmen</a>; <b>Order of Heptasophs</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/pat-ord-sons-am.html">Patriotic Order Sons of America</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/grand-army-republic.html">Grand Army of the Republic</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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Robert Burchfield and Martha (Zelner) Burchfield; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1867/12-24.html">December 24, 1867</a>, to Anna M. Gable.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Francis Leo Colpoys (b. 1884)</b> — also known as <b>Francis L. Colpoys</b> — of Boston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/SU-lived.html">Suffolk County</a>, Mass. Born in Boston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/SU-born.html">Suffolk County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1884/02-07.html">February 7, 1884</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/sthse.html">Massachusetts state house of representatives</a> Fifteenth Suffolk District, 1909-11. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/irish.html">Irish</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-columbus.html">Knights of Columbus</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/anc-ord-hibernians.html">Ancient Order of Hibernians</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/foresters.html">Catholic Order of Foresters</a>; <b>Order of Heptasophs</b>. 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of William Colpoys and Margaret Colpoys; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/collinsworth-combest.html#368.35.21">John Bernard Colpoys</a>.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Daniel P. Dunn (b. 1859)</b> — of Willimantic, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/WI-lived.html">Windham County</a>, Conn. Born in Windham, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/WI-born.html">Windham County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1859/09-14.html">September 14, 1859</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">News dealer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/tobacco.html">cigar and tobacco merchant</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Windham, 1903-04, 1907-12; defeated, 1904; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/windham.html#4">mayor of Willimantic, Conn.</a>, 1909-11, 1917; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/CT.html">1912</a> (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/speakers.html">speaker</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1920/CT.html">1920</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/comp.html">Connecticut state comptroller</a>, 1913-15; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Connecticut</a> 2nd District, 1916. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-columbus.html">Knights of Columbus</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/anc-ord-hibernians.html">Ancient Order of Hibernians</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/foresters.html">Foresters of America</a>; <b>Improved Order of Heptasophs</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>. Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/WI-buried.html# ">St. Joseph Cemetery</a>, Willimantic, 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1889/04-23.html">April 23, 1889</a>, to Julia A. Rice.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/15580264">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Lewis L. Fawcett (b. 1872)</b> — of Brooklyn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-lived.html">Kings County</a>, N.Y. Born in Brooklyn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-born.html">Kings County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1872/09-23.html">September 23, 1872</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-parties.html">Chair of Kings County Republican Party</a>, 1901-06; judge, Kings County Court, 1906-17; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/nysc.html">Justice of New York Supreme Court</a> 2nd District, 1918-40; defeated, 1912. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/grotto.html">Grotto</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/royal-arcanum.html">Royal Arcanum</a>; <b>Order of Heptasophs</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/redmen.html">Redmen</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of James Mark Fawcett and Elizabeth Anne (Hale) Fawcett.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Samuel Marks (b. 1861)</b> — of Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York 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/1861/12-24.html">December 24, 1861</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from New York County 31st District, 1909; defeated, 1909. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <b>Order of Heptasophs</b>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://historicpittsburgh.org/islandora/object/pitt%3A00agd9079m/viewer#page/106/mode/1up"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/769/54.08.jpg" width=70 height=110 border=0 alt="John A. Martin *"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>John A. Martin (b. 1870)</b> — of Pittsburgh, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/AL-lived.html">Allegheny County</a>, Pa. Born in Pittsburgh, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/AL-born.html">Allegheny County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1870/03-10.html">March 10, 1870</a>. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/PA.html">1912</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/irish.html">Irish</a> ancestry. Member, <b>Improved Order of Heptasophs</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/anc-ord-hibernians.html">Ancient Order of Hibernians</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-equity.html">Knights of Equity</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-columbus.html">Knights of Columbus</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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of John Martin and Margaret (Gallagher) Martin.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Image source:</i> The Book of Prominent Pennsylvanians (1913)</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Thomas A. McWhinney (c.1863-1933)</b> — of Lawrence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NA-lived.html">Nassau County</a>, Long Island, N.Y.; Atlantic Beach, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NA-lived.html">Nassau County</a>, Long Island, N.Y. Born in Brooklyn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-born.html">Kings County</a>, N.Y., about 1863. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/lawrence.html#2">Lawrence, N.Y.</a>, 1901; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/autodealer.html">automobile dealer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a>, 1915-23 (Nassau County 1915-17, Nassau County 1st District 1918-23); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">indicted</a> in 1920 on <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">charges</a> that he and others had <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/vice.html">tipped off gamblers</a> to planned police raids; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">tried</a> and found not guilty. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/royal-arcanum.html">Royal Arcanum</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/un-spanish-war-vets.html">United Spanish War Veterans</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/foresters.html">Foresters</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/redmen.html">Redmen</a>; <b>Order of Heptasophs</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/ord-un-am-mechanics.html">Order of United American Mechanics</a>. Suffered a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/stroke.html">stroke</a>, and died, in Atlantic Beach, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NA-died.html">Nassau County</a>, Long Island, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1933/11-25.html">November 25, 1933</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">about 70 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married to Lidie Wright.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Frank James Rice (1869-1917)</b> — also known as <b>Frank J. Rice</b> — of New Haven, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-lived.html">New Haven County</a>, Conn. Born in North Adams, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-born.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1869/02-05.html">February 5, 1869</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/streetcars.html">Streetcar conductor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/food.html">grocer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">real estate business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/newhaven.html">mayor of New Haven, Conn.</a>, 1910-17; died in office 1917. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/grotto.html">Grotto</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/redmen.html">Redmen</a>; <b>Order of Heptasophs</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/union-league.html">Union League</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1917/01-18.html">January 18, 1917</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/47.html">47 years, 348 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-buried.html#cms00758">Evergreen Cemetery</a>, New Haven, 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Jesse Hull Rice and Caroline Elizabeth (Holbrook) Rice; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1890/07-16.html">July 16, 1890</a>, to Charlotte A. Watrous.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank J. Rice">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/136309902">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Lloyd Thompson (b. 1879)</b> — of Westfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/UN-lived.html">Union County</a>, N.J. Born in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-born.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1879/03-17.html">March 17, 1879</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper editor</a>; town clerk of Westfield, N.J., 1903-09; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">real estate investor</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/asmbly.html">New Jersey state house of assembly</a> from Union County, 1910-11. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</a>. Member, <b>Order of Heptasophs</b>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=839PAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA64-IA17"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/892/51.34.jpg" width=70 height=94 border=0 alt="Eugene M. Travis"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Eugene Mabbett Travis (1863-1940)</b> — also known as <b>Eugene M. Travis</b> — of Brooklyn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-lived.html">Kings County</a>, N.Y. Born in Brooklyn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-born.html">Kings County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1863/06-10.html">June 10, 1863</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/fruit-produce.html">Wholesale fruit and vegetable business</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> 6th District, 1907-12; defeated, 1912; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/comp.html">New York state comptroller</a>, 1915-20. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/royal-arcanum.html">Royal Arcanum</a>; <b>Order of Heptasophs</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/royal-arch-masons.html">Royal Arch Masons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-templar.html">Knights Templar</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>. Died in Brooklyn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-died.html">Kings County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1940/07-25.html">July 25, 1940</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 45 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-buried.html#cms00142">Green-Wood Cemetery</a>, Brooklyn, N.Y. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1884/">1884</a> to Fannie Bell Peck.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene M. Travis">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/57426537">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=87092">OurCampaigns candidate detail</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Image source:</i> New York Red Book 1907</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></tr></table> <table width=100%> <td align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></table> <table width=100%> <tr><td align="center"><span style="font-size:20pt;"> <span style="font-family:garamond,serif"> <i>"Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard."</i></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:8pt;">Henry L. 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