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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Richmond County, N.Y.</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 320,919 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present."> <meta name="keywords" content="political biography history genealogy cemeteries politics candidates congress senators legislators governors politicians biographies ancestors mayors birthplace geography elections"> <meta name="author" content="Lawrence Kestenbaum"> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-7383562-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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Born in Dunellen, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/MI-born.html">Middlesex County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1871/11-30.html">November 30, 1871</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/westfield.html">mayor of Westfield, N.J.</a>, 1905-06; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/asmbly.html">New Jersey state house of assembly</a> from Union County, 1905-07; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/BE-parties.html">chair of Bergen County Republican Party</a>, 1911-16; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New Jersey</a>, 1921-36 (6th District 1921-33, 7th District 1933-36); died in office 1936. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1936/index.html">1936</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">about 64 years</a>). Interment at Fairview Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of James H. Perkins and Elizabeth (Kelly) Perkins; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1909/">1909</a> to Louise Tuttle Morris.</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>Cross-reference:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/draves-drexler.html#359.69.14">John Drewen</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>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000237">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408640">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms02956">Ocean View Cemetery</a></b></span><br> (formerly Valhalla Cemetery)<br> Staten Island, Richmond County, New York <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Mitchell May (1870-1961)</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/1870/07-10.html">July 10, 1870</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 6th District, 1899-1901; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/sos.html">secretary of state of New York</a>, 1913-14; defeated, 1914; county judge in New York, 1916-21; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/nysc.html">Justice of New York Supreme Court</a> 2nd District, 1922-40. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jewish.html">Jewish</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</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/1961/03-24.html">March 24, 1961</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/90.html">90 years, 257 days</a>). Interment at Ocean View Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Nathan May and Matilda (Milheiser) May; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1900/10-20.html">October 20, 1900</a>, to Pauline Joli.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000276">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=407294">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms07026">United Hebrew Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Staten Island, Richmond County, New York <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Charles K. Krieger (c.1914-1982)</b> — of Jersey City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/HU-lived.html">Hudson County</a>, N.J. Born in Vienna, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/AS-born.html">Austria</a>, about 1914. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/jerseycity.html">mayor of Jersey City, N.J.</a>, 1971; defeated, 1971. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jewish.html">Jewish</a>. Died in Jersey City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/HU-died.html">Hudson County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1982/06-17.html">June 17, 1982</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">about 68 years</a>). Interment at United Hebrew Cemetery. </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms02788">St. Peter's Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Grassmere, Staten Island, Richmond County, New York <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>James Aloysius O'Leary (1889-1944)</b> — also known as <b>James A. O'Leary</b> — of West New Brighton, Staten Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/RI-lived.html">Richmond County</a>, N.Y. Born in Staten Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/RI-born.html">Richmond County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1889/04-23.html">April 23, 1889</a>. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a>, 1930; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 11th District, 1935-44; died in office 1944. Died in Staten Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/RI-died.html">Richmond County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1944/03-16.html">March 16, 1944</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/54.html">54 years, 328 days</a>). Interment at St. Peter's Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fort-fossum.html#445.73.91">Vito John Fossella</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>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=O000065">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408294">Govtrack.us page</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>Cornelius A. Hall (d. 1953)</b> — of Staten Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/RI-lived.html">Richmond County</a>, N.Y. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/statenisland.html#2">Borough president of Richmond, New York</a>, 1946-53; retired 1953. Died in Staten Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/RI-died.html">Richmond County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1953/03-03.html">March 3, 1953</a>. Interment at St. Peter's Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=56807">OurCampaigns candidate detail</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>James Joseph Murphy (1898-1962)</b> — also known as <b>James J. Murphy</b> — of Staten Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/RI-lived.html">Richmond 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/1898/11-03.html">November 3, 1898</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 16th District, 1949-53; defeated, 1952. Died in Staten Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/RI-died.html">Richmond County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1962/10-19.html">October 19, 1962</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/63.html">63 years, 350 days</a>). Interment at St. Peter's Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M001094">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408058">Govtrack.us page</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>Thomas F. Cosgrove (b. 1892)</b> — of West New Brighton, Staten Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/RI-lived.html">Richmond County</a>, N.Y. Born in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-born.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1892/06-16.html">June 16, 1892</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; wounded in battle at Argonne Forest, October 21, 1918, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/disabled.html">lost a leg</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Richmond County 1st District, 1920-23. Interment at St. Peter's Cemetery. </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms02073">Moravian Cemetery</a></b></span><br> New Dorp, Staten Island, Richmond County, New York <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Anning Smith Prall (1870-1937)</b> — also known as <b>Anning S. Prall</b> — of West New Brighton, Staten Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/RI-lived.html">Richmond County</a>, N.Y.; Westerleigh, Staten Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/RI-lived.html">Richmond County</a>, N.Y. Born in Port Richmond, Staten Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/RI-born.html">Richmond County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1870/09-17.html">September 17, 1870</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 11th District, 1923-35; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/NY.html">1924</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1928/NY.html">1928</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1932/NY.html">1932</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1936/NY.html">1936</a> (alternate); Honest Government candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/statenisland.html#2">borough president of Richmond, New York</a>, 1933; member, Federal Communications Commission, 1935-37; died in office 1937; chair, Federal Communications Commission, 1935-37; died in office 1937. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/reformed.html">Christian Reformed</a>. Died in Boothbay Harbor, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/LI-died.html">Lincoln County</a>, Maine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1937/07-23.html">July 23, 1937</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 309 days</a>). Interment at Moravian Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000495">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408880">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>John Louis O'Sullivan (1813-1895)</b> — also known as <b>John L. O'Sullivan</b> — of New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Born, of American parents, in the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WW/AT-born.html">North Atlantic Ocean</a> off the coast of Gibraltar, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1813/11-15.html">November 15, 1813</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from New York County, 1841-42; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1844/NY.html">1844</a>; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/PT-diplomats.html ">Portugal</a>, 1854; U.S. Minister to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/PT-diplomats.html ">Portugal</a>, 1854-58. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>; later <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Cofounder and editor of <i>The United States <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">Magazine</a> and Democratic Review</i>, a journal that published the works of Emerson, Hawthorne and Whitman, as well as political essays on Jacksonian Democracy, 1837-46. Early advocate in 1840s for abolition of the death penalty. Invented the term "manifest destiny" to explain and justify the westward expansion of the United States. Took part in the failed expedition of Narcisco Lopez to take Cuba from Spanish rule; as a result, was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">charged</a> in federal court in New York with <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/diplomatic-offenses.html">violation of the Neutrality Act</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">tried</a> and acquitted in March 1852. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/influenza.html">influenza</a> and the effects of an earlier <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/stroke.html">stroke</a>, in a residential <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/hotels.html">hotel</a> in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-died.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1895/03-24.html">March 24, 1895</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">81 years, 129 days</a>). Interment at Moravian Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/o'sullivan-john-louis ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</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>Charles Powell Clinch (1797-1880)</b> — also known as <b>Charles P. Clinch</b> — of New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1797/10-20.html">October 20, 1797</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from New York County, 1835-37; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/NYcc nNY">U.S. Collector of Customs</a>, 1865-66. Died in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-died.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1880/12-16.html">December 16, 1880</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/83.html">83 years, 57 days</a>). Interment at Moravian Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>George Cromwell (1860-1934)</b> — of Dongan Hills, Staten Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/RI-lived.html">Richmond 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/1860/07-03.html">July 3, 1860</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 Richmond County, 1888; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 1st District, 1888; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/statenisland.html#2">borough president of Richmond, New York</a>, 1898-1913; defeated, 1921; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1912/NY.html">1912</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1916/NY.html">1916</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/NY.html">1920</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1924/NY.html">1924</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> 23rd District, 1915-18. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-kappa-epsilon.html">Delta Kappa Epsilon</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>. Suffered a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/stroke.html">stroke</a>, and died a week later, in Dongan Hills, Staten Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/RI-died.html">Richmond County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1934/09-17.html">September 17, 1934</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 76 days</a>). Interment at Moravian Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Henry Bowman Cromwell and Sarah (Seaman) Cromwell; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1915/06-01.html">June 1, 1915</a>, to Hermine De Rouville.</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/George Cromwell">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/157944764">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>Elmer Scipio Dundy (1830-1896)</b> — also known as <b>Elmer S. Dundy</b> — of Falls City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/RC-lived.html">Richardson County</a>, Neb. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/TR-born.html">Trumbull County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1830/03-05.html">March 5, 1830</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/ofc/trcn.html">member Nebraska territorial council</a>, 1858-62; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/ofc/tsju.html">justice of Nebraska territorial supreme court</a>, 1863-67; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/ofc/usdjud.html">U.S. District Judge for Nebraska</a>, 1868. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1896/10-28.html">October 28, 1896</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 237 days</a>). Interment at Moravian Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/DU.html">Dundy County, Neb.</a> is named for him.</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>Henry Bleecker Metcalfe (1805-1881)</b> — also known as <b>Henry B. Metcalfe</b> — of Staten Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/RI-lived.html">Richmond County</a>, N.Y. Born in Albany, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/AL-born.html">Albany County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1805/01-20.html">January 20, 1805</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/RI-officials.html">Richmond County Prosecuting Attorney</a>, 1826-32; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/RI-officials.html">Richmond County Judge</a>, 1840-41, 1847-75; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 1st District, 1875-77. Died in Staten Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/RI-died.html">Richmond County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1881/02-07.html">February 7, 1881</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 18 days</a>). Interment at Moravian Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000673">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=407658">Govtrack.us page</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>Frank Jacob LeFevre (1874-1941)</b> — also known as <b>Frank J. LeFevre</b> — of New Paltz, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/UL-lived.html">Ulster County</a>, N.Y. Born in New Paltz, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/UL-born.html">Ulster County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1874/11-30.html">November 30, 1874</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Banker</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> 25th District, 1903-04; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 24th District, 1905-07. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/french.html">French Huguenot</a> ancestry. Died in Atlantic City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/AT-died.html">Atlantic County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1941/04-29.html">April 29, 1941</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 150 days</a>). Interment at Moravian Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/leech-lehlbach.html#394.35.52">Jacob LeFever</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>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000160">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406664">Govtrack.us page</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>Samuel Barton (1785-1858)</b> — of Staten Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/RI-lived.html">Richmond County</a>, N.Y. Born in New Dorp, Staten Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/RI-born.html">Richmond County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1785/07-27.html">July 27, 1785</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Richmond County, 1820-22; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 2nd District, 1835-37. Died in New Dorp, Staten Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/RI-died.html">Richmond County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1858/01-29.html">January 29, 1858</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 186 days</a>). Interment at Moravian Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000215">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401212">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>John Addie Donald (1857-1922)</b> — also known as <b>John A. Donald</b> — of Staten Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/RI-lived.html">Richmond County</a>, N.Y.; Rye, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WE-lived.html">Westchester County</a>, N.Y. Born in Kirkintilloch, East Dunbartonshire, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SD-born.html">Scotland</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1857/07-24.html">July 24, 1857</a>. Democrat. Naturalized U.S. citizen; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/nautical.html">steamship business</a>; member, U.S. Shipping Board, 1917-21. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scottish.html">Scottish</a> ancestry. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/pneumonia.html">pneumonia</a>, in Rye, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WE-died.html">Westchester County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1922/01-13.html">January 13, 1922</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">64 years, 173 days</a>). Interment at Moravian Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1891/11-04.html">November 4, 1891</a>, to Lillian 'Lillie' Dunshee.</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;">The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> <i>SS John A. Donald</i> (built 1943 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ba-names.html">Baltimore, Maryland</a>; scrapped 1964) was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </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/199994688">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>Joseph Egbert (1807-1888)</b> — of New York. Born in Staten Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/RI-born.html">Richmond County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1807/04-10.html">April 10, 1807</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 2nd District, 1841-43. Died in New Dorp, Staten Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/RI-died.html">Richmond County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1888/07-07.html">July 7, 1888</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">81 years, 88 days</a>). Interment at Moravian Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=E000088">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403781">Govtrack.us page</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>Allan Benny (1867-1942)</b> — of Bayonne, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/HU-lived.html">Hudson County</a>, N.J. Born in Brooklyn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-born.html">Kings County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1867/07-12.html">July 12, 1867</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/asmbly.html">New Jersey state house of assembly</a> from Hudson County, 1898-1900; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New Jersey</a> 9th District, 1903-05; defeated, 1904. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scottish.html">Scottish</a> ancestry. Died in Bayonne, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/HU-died.html">Hudson County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1942/11-06.html">November 6, 1942</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 117 days</a>). Interment at Moravian Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Robert Benny and Agnes Benny; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1888/11-29.html">November 29, 1888</a>, to Catherine W. Warren.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000385">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401376">Govtrack.us page</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>Caleb Cushing Norvell (1813-1891)</b> — also known as <b>Caleb C. Norvell</b> — of Staten Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/RI-lived.html">Richmond County</a>, N.Y. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/GE-born.html">Green County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1813/04-24.html">April 24, 1813</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">Newspaper editor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/printing.html">printer</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 1st District, 1870. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1891/02-03.html">February 3, 1891</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 285 days</a>). Interment at Moravian Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Lipscomb Norvell and Mary (Hendrick) Norvell; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/norval-nova.html#678.49.44">John Norvell</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1833/06-27.html">June 27, 1833</a>, to Catherine Mary Carroll (daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carroll.html#572.64.15">William Carroll</a>; sister of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carroll.html#825.78.63">William Henry Carroll (1810-1868)</a>; aunt of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carroll.html#813.72.47">William Henry Carroll (1842-1915)</a>); married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1844/03-04.html">March 4, 1844</a>, to Ann Jannette Gordon; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/norval-nova.html#366.36.39">Henry Laurence Norvell</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/norval-nova.html#681.57.86">Dallas Norvell</a> and Emily Virginia Norvell (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker4.html#283.88.19">Henry Nelson Walker</a>); third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/norval-nova.html#807.55.39">Ernest Campbell Norvell</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10760.html">Conway-Norvell-Johnson-Carroll family</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>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/33543962">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>Lester Williams Clark (1854-1922)</b> — also known as <b>Lester W. Clark</b> — of New Brighton, Staten Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/RI-lived.html">Richmond County</a>, N.Y. Born in Brookline, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/NO-born.html">Norfolk County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1854/index.html">1854</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/nysc.html">Justice of New York Supreme Court</a> 2nd District, 1907-20. Died in New Brighton, Staten Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/RI-died.html">Richmond County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1922/09-23.html">September 23, 1922</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">about 68 years</a>). Interment at Moravian Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/199805607">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Lawrence Hillier Cortelyou (1802-1882)</b> — also known as <b>Lawrence H. Cortelyou</b> — of Staten Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/RI-lived.html">Richmond County</a>, N.Y. Born in Greenridge, Staten Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/RI-born.html">Richmond County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1802/11-05.html">November 5, 1802</a>. Whig. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/food.html">Grocer</a>; county judge in New York, 1840; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Richmond County, 1852; director, and one of the founders, Richmond County <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">Mutual Insurance</a> Company. Died in Greenridge, Staten Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/RI-died.html">Richmond County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1882/09-25.html">September 25, 1882</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 324 days</a>). Interment at Moravian Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Peter Cortelyou and Emma (Hillier) Cortelyou; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1825/02-11.html">February 11, 1825</a>, to Elizabeth Heckle; grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/corsentino-costas.html#619.87.52">Aaron Cortelyou</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/corsentino-costas.html#715.37.07">George Bruce Cortelyou</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/17365.html">Cortelyou family</a> of Staten Island, New York.</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>Aaron Cortelyou (1726-1789)</b> — of Staten Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/RI-lived.html">Richmond County</a>, N.Y. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1726/index.html">1726</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/pvcn.html">Member, New York Provincial Congress</a>, 1775-76. Allied with the British during the Revolution. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1789/08-22.html">August 22, 1789</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/63.html">about 63 years</a>). Interment at Moravian Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Cornelis Cortelyou; married to Elizabeth Andrevet; granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/corsentino-costas.html#478.69.07">Lawrence Hillier Cortelyou</a>; second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/corsentino-costas.html#715.37.07">George Bruce Cortelyou</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/17365.html">Cortelyou family</a> of Staten Island, New York.</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>Elliott Fitch Shepard (1833-1893)</b> — also known as <b>Elliott F. Shepard</b> — of New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Born in Jamestown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CH-born.html">Chautauqua County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1833/07-25.html">July 25, 1833</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; law partner of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/strong.html#426.77.65">Theron R. Strong</a>, 1868-73; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper owner</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1892/NY.html">1892</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/union-league.html">Union League</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sons-am-rev.html">Sons of the American Revolution</a>. Died in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-died.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1893/03-24.html">March 24, 1893</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/59.html">59 years, 242 days</a>). Entombed at Moravian Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Fitch Shepard and Delia Maria (Dennis) Shepard; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1868/02-18.html">February 18, 1868</a>, to Margaret Louisa Vanderbilt; father of Alice Vanderbilt Shepard (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/morris.html#305.84.58">Dave Hennen Morris</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/17747.html">Morris-Shepard family</a> of New York City, New York.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliott Fitch Shepard">Wikipedia article</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>Charles Friedrich Horrmann (1866-1925)</b> — also known as <b>Charles Horrmann</b> — of Stapleton, Staten Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/RI-lived.html">Richmond County</a>, N.Y. Born in Staten Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/RI-born.html">Richmond County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1866/11-03.html">November 3, 1866</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/alcohol-biz.html">Beer brewer</a>; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1916/NY.html">1916</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/german.html">German</a> ancestry. Died in Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-died.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1925/08-21.html">August 21, 1925</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/58.html">58 years, 291 days</a>). Entombed at Moravian Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of August Horrmann and Pauline (Beuter) Horrmann.</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/199873856">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>Edward Puritan Doyle (1860-1946)</b> — also known as <b>Edward P. Doyle</b> — of Port Richmond, Staten Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/RI-lived.html">Richmond County</a>, N.Y. Born in Mariner's Harbor, Staten Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/RI-born.html">Richmond County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1860/06-02.html">June 2, 1860</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Richmond County, 1886; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> 23rd District, 1916. Died in Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-died.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1946/02-05.html">February 5, 1946</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/85.html">85 years, 248 days</a>). Interment at Moravian Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Henry E. Doyle and Sarah E. (Post) Doyle; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1887/">1887</a> to Janet Pirnie.</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/178676114">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>Sadie Alice Hall (c.1880-1960)</b> — also known as <b>Sadie A. Hall</b>; <b>Sadie Alice Beaver</b> — of Staten Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/RI-lived.html">Richmond County</a>, N.Y. Born about 1880. Dry candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/cr21.html">delegate to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment</a>, 1933. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/wctu.html">Women's Christian Temperance Union</a>. Died in Staten Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/RI-died.html">Richmond County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1960/12-13.html">December 13, 1960</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">about 80 years</a>). Interment at Moravian Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married to George C. Hall.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms07208">Reformed Church Burial Ground</a></b></span><br> Port Richmond Avenue <br> Port Richmond, Staten Island, Richmond County, New York <br> See also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=1503109&">Findagrave page</a> for this location. <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Jacob Tyson (1773-1848)</b> — of Staten Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/RI-lived.html">Richmond County</a>, N.Y. Born in Staten Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/RI-born.html">Richmond County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1773/10-08.html">October 8, 1773</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 2nd District, 1823-25; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> 1st District, 1828. Slaveowner. Died in Port Richmond, Staten Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/RI-died.html">Richmond County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1848/07-16.html">July 16, 1848</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 282 days</a>). Interment at Reformed Church Burial Ground. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000453">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411021">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/17898860">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>David Mersereau (c.1769-1835)</b> — of Staten Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/RI-lived.html">Richmond County</a>, N.Y. Born in Staten Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/RI-born.html">Richmond County</a>, N.Y., about 1769. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Richmond County, 1806-09; common pleas court judge in New York, 1810. Slaveowner. Died in Staten Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/RI-died.html">Richmond County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1835/04-04.html">April 4, 1835</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">about 66 years</a>). Interment at Reformed Church Burial Ground. <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 David Mersereau (1710-1786) and Elizabeth (Perline) Mersereau; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1792/02-12.html">February 12, 1792</a>, to Cornelia Rolf; married to Maria Bennett; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/merriwether-mesta.html#759.42.85">Joshua Mersereau (1728-1804)</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/merchant-mereaux.html#946.93.27">Joshua Daniel Mercereau</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/merriwether-mesta.html#170.46.16">Jacob Mersereau</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/merriwether-mesta.html#360.62.43">Paul Mersereau</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/merriwether-mesta.html#527.07.47">Peter Mersereau</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/merriwether-mesta.html#345.33.93">Cornelius Mersereau</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/merriwether-mesta.html#593.79.10">John Garrison Mersereau</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/merriwether-mesta.html#557.49.76">Joshua Mersereau (1804-1882)</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/merchant-mereaux.html#175.42.18">Edward Casterline Mercereau</a>; first cousin five times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/merriwether-mesta.html#768.31.83">Claude Middleton Mersereau</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/22817.html">Mersereau family</a> of Staten Island, New York.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/38523603">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms02146">St. Andrew's Cemetery</a></b></span><br> 40 Old Mill Road <br> Richmondtown, Staten Island, Richmond County, New York <br> See also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=1780634&">Findagrave page</a> for this location. <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Henry Crocheron (1772-1819)</b> — of New York. Born in Staten Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/RI-born.html">Richmond County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1772/12-26.html">December 26, 1772</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 1st District, 1815-17. Died in New Springville, Staten Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/RI-died.html">Richmond County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1819/11-08.html">November 8, 1819</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/46.html">46 years, 317 days</a>). Interment at St. Andrew's Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cremeans-crocheron.html#214.62.47">Jacob Crocheron</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>Epitaph:</i> "A Sincere Republican, and possessing an intelligent, and an upright mind, his talents and virtues were appreicated by a free and grateful people. Having languished on a bed of sickness for some time, he died with composure and Resignation. Respected and lamanted by numerous friends."</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000914">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403026">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7199307">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>Jacob Crocheron (1774-1849)</b> — of Staten Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/RI-lived.html">Richmond County</a>, N.Y. Born in Staten Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/RI-born.html">Richmond County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1774/08-23.html">August 23, 1774</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 2nd District, 1829-31; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York. Slaveowner. Died in Staten Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/RI-died.html">Richmond County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1849/12-27.html">December 27, 1849</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 126 days</a>). Interment at St. Andrew's Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cremeans-crocheron.html#543.91.33">Henry Crocheron</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>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000915">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403027">Govtrack.us page</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>Obadiah Bowne (1822-1874)</b> — of Staten Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/RI-lived.html">Richmond County</a>, N.Y. Born in Staten Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/RI-born.html">Richmond County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1822/05-19.html">May 19, 1822</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 2nd District, 1851-53; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York. Died in Staten Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/RI-died.html">Richmond County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1874/04-27.html">April 27, 1874</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/51.html">51 years, 343 days</a>). Interment at St. Andrew's Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000707">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401669">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/15829530">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>James Guyon Jr. (1778-1846)</b> — of Staten Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/RI-lived.html">Richmond County</a>, N.Y. Born in Staten Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/RI-born.html">Richmond County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1778/12-24.html">December 24, 1778</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Richmond County, 1810-14; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 1st District, 1820-21. Slaveowner. Died in Staten Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/RI-died.html">Richmond County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1846/03-09.html">March 9, 1846</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">67 years, 75 days</a>). Interment at St. Andrew's Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000539">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404882">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James Guyon, Jr.">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7192107">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=269845">OurCampaigns candidate detail</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>John Van Beuren (1784-1831)</b> — of New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Born in Flatbush (now part of Brooklyn), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-born.html">Kings County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1784/10-13.html">October 13, 1784</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">Merchant</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from New York County, 1829-30. Died in Staten Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/RI-died.html">Richmond County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1831/11-23.html">November 23, 1831</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/47.html">47 years, 41 days</a>). Interment at St. Andrew's Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Jacobus Van Beuren and Else (Lott) Van Beuren; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1816/10-13.html">October 13, 1816</a>, to Elizabeth Scott Aspinwall.</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/7192083">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms02843">Silver Mount Cemetery</a></b></span><br> 926 Victory Boulevard <br> Tompkinsville, Staten Island, Richmond County, New York <br> See also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=66302&">Findagrave page</a> for this location. <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>William Duer (1805-1879)</b> — of New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y.; New Orleans, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/OR-lived.html">Orleans Parish</a>, La.; Oswego, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OS-lived.html">Oswego County</a>, N.Y.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-lived.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif. 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/1805/05-25.html">May 25, 1805</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Oswego County, 1840-41; defeated, 1832; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 23rd District, 1847-51; U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/CE-consuls.html ">Valparaiso</a>, 1851-53. Died in New Brighton, Staten Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/RI-died.html">Richmond County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1879/08-25.html">August 25, 1879</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 92 days</a>). Interment at Silver Mount Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dudly-duffield.html#671.54.97">John Duer</a> and Anna Bedford (Bunner) Duer; married to Lucy A. Chew; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dudly-duffield.html#983.62.80">William Alexander Duer</a>; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dudly-duffield.html#345.74.40">William Duer (1747-1799)</a>; great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#595.88.73">Robert Livingston (1708-1790)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#875.08.45">Peter Van Brugh Livingston</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#879.66.25">Philip Livingston</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#553.65.72">William Livingston</a>; second great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/alexander.html#224.99.12">James Alexander</a>; second great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#199.37.38">John Livingston</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#876.54.52">Robert Livingston (1688-1775)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#449.58.55">Gilbert Livingston</a>; third great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#467.87.25">Robert Livingston the Elder</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/valerius-vancamp.html#470.59.11">Pieter Van Brugh</a>; third great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schuyler.html#893.32.40">Pieter Schuyler (1657-1724)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dentlinger-derousse.html#032.54.77">Abraham de Peyster</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cutliff-czelusta.html#713.10.70">Johannes Cuyler</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dentlinger-derousse.html#849.76.43">Johannes de Peyster</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schuyler.html#649.30.19">Johannes Schuyler (1668-1747)</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dudly-duffield.html#112.09.04">Denning Duer</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#110.29.78">Peter Robert Livingston (1737-1794)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#336.45.81">Walter Livingston</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#760.25.09">Philip Peter Livingston</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stevens5.html#622.01.04">John Stevens III</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#055.73.86">Henry Brockholst Livingston</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#825.93.31">Robert Gilbert Livingston</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#283.29.67">Robert R. Livingston (1718-1775)</a>; first cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#537.76.51">Robert Livingston the Younger</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dentlinger-derousse.html#630.79.23">Johannes DePeyster</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schuyler.html#993.49.53">Johannes Schuyler (1697-1746)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cutliff-czelusta.html#132.10.62">Cornelis Cuyler</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/crowninshield-crystal.html#526.80.03">John Cruger Jr.</a>; first cousin five times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schuyler.html#751.52.30">David Davidse Schuyler</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schuyler.html#889.34.79">Myndert Davidtse Schuyler</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vann-vanvorhis.html#860.08.93">Stephen Van Rensselaer</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vann-vanvorhis.html#801.86.15">Philip Schuyler Van Rensselaer</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#700.80.53">Henry Walter Livingston</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jasen-jeffreys.html#158.71.62">Peter Augustus Jay (1776-1843)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/westcott-westmoreland.html#800.41.06">Rensselaer Westerlo</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#095.75.00">Edward Philip Livingston</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jasen-jeffreys.html#014.71.43">William Jay</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#610.32.40">Charles Ludlow Livingston (1800-1873)</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#374.55.91">Robert R. Livingston (1746-1813)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vanche-vandewater.html#806.45.69">Philip Van Cortlandt</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vanche-vandewater.html#718.86.91">Pierre Van Cortlandt Jr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#709.51.14">Edward Livingston (1764-1836)</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#867.40.08">Stephanus Bayard</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vanche-vandewater.html#833.17.87">Pierre Van Cortlandt</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schuyler.html#244.80.26">Philip John Schuyler</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clarken-claytee.html#933.33.90">Matthew Clarkson</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schuyler.html#364.47.63">Philip P. Schuyler</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schuyler.html#577.91.97">Stephen John Schuyler</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/crowninshield-crystal.html#687.42.97">Henry Cruger</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/russen-ruther.html#016.40.36">Henry Rutgers</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schuyler.html#291.10.40">Philip Schuyler</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#764.34.99">Peter Robert Livingston (1789-1859)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#724.66.91">Edward Livingston (1796-1840)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vann-vanvorhis.html#098.18.45">Henry Bell Van Rensselaer</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/leavy-ledyard.html#517.15.08">Henry Brockholst Ledyard</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jasen-jeffreys.html#767.34.55">John Jay II</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fischman-fishburne.html#752.77.27">Hamilton Fish</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vann-vanvorhis.html#973.60.22">Kiliaen Van Rensselaer</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fischman-fishburne.html#438.67.46">Nicholas Fish</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fischman-fishburne.html#367.32.64">Hamilton Fish Jr. (1849-1936)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kaufmann-keast.html#319.31.40">John Kean</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kaufmann-keast.html#724.71.29">Hamilton Fish Kean</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#853.91.54">Charles Ludlow Livingston (born 1870)</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#611.60.54">Nicholas Bayard</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vann-vanvorhis.html#985.46.99">Jeremiah Van Rensselaer</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vann-vanvorhis.html#986.83.99">Robert Van Rensselaer</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schuyler.html#029.55.69">Pieter Schuyler (1746-1792)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#363.29.89">James Livingston</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schuyler.html#916.88.18">Peter Samuel Schuyler</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schuyler.html#631.01.66">Philip Jeremiah Schuyler</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dentlinger-derousse.html#832.00.97">Philip DePeyster</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/parker5.html#103.37.19">James Parker</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sarig-saunder.html#037.30.75">Herbert Livingston Satterlee</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jasen-jeffreys.html#666.25.08">Peter Augustus Jay (1877-1933)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#197.26.24">Robert Reginald Livingston</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cutliff-czelusta.html#827.26.10">Bronson Murray Cutting</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fischman-fishburne.html#559.40.43">Hamilton Fish Jr. (1888-1991)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kaufmann-keast.html#446.68.36">Robert Winthrop Kean</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#359.18.06">Brockholst Livingston</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thayer.html#198.16.03">John Eliot Thayer Jr.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fischman-fishburne.html#177.95.46">Hamilton Fish Jr. (1926-1996)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kaufmann-keast.html#994.36.12">Thomas Howard Kean</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thompson4.html#201.00.11">Gilbert Livingston Thompson</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ashlock-athelston.html#637.48.52">John Jacob Astor III</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#753.05.32">Peter Robert Livingston (1766-1847)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vann-vanvorhis.html#474.51.31">Jacob Rutsen Van Rensselaer</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#477.65.60">Maturin Livingston</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hamilton.html#279.13.10">James Alexander Hamilton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schuyler.html#084.28.63">George Washington Schuyler</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/parker5.html#234.21.08">John Cortlandt Parker</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schuyler.html#399.45.73">Philip N. Schuyler</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ashlock-athelston.html#784.43.99">William Waldorf Astor</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wagoner-wainwright.html#694.24.43">Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political families:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0003.html">Livingston-Schuyler family</a> of New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1232.html">VanRensselaer family</a> of Albany, New York (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</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>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000515">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403625">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/16766150">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>Theodore Chardavoyne Vermilye (1824-1879)</b> — also known as <b>Theodore C. Vermilye</b> — of Staten Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/RI-lived.html">Richmond County</a>, N.Y. Born in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1824/12-18.html">December 18, 1824</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Richmond County, 1860. Killed, when he was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/falls.html">thrown</a> from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/horse.html">horsedrawn carriage</a>, which had collided with another vehicle, in Staten Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/RI-died.html">Richmond County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1879/11-13.html">November 13, 1879</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/54.html">54 years, 330 days</a>). Interment at Silver Mount Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Mary (Hoagland) Vermilye and Thomas B. Vermilye; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1848/05-24.html">May 24, 1848</a>, to Hannah Minthorne Tompkins (granddaughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tomlison-tomsen.html#747.08.36">Daniel D. Tompkins</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tomlison-tomsen.html#599.15.89">Hannah Tompkins</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0003.html">Livingston-Schuyler family</a> of New York (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</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>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/51543926">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>David Sisco Rendt (1873-1944)</b> — also known as <b>David S. Rendt</b> — of Tompkinsville, Staten Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/RI-lived.html">Richmond County</a>, N.Y. Born in Tompkinsville (now part of Staten Island), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/RI-born.html">Richmond County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1873/04-16.html">April 16, 1873</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/RI-parties.html">Chair of Richmond County Democratic Party</a>, 1927-32; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/NY.html">New York Democratic State Committee</a>, 1930; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1932/NY.html">1932</a>. Died in Staten Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/RI-died.html">Richmond County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1944/07-15.html">July 15, 1944</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 90 days</a>). Interment at Silver Mount Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Charles Rendt and Amelia M. (Halliday) Rendt.</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/38523784">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name=" ">Bethel Methodist Churchyard</a></b></span><br> Tottenville, Staten Island, Richmond County, New York <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Benjamin H. Warford (1831-1896)</b> — of Tottenville, Staten Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/RI-lived.html">Richmond County</a>, N.Y. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1831/10-11.html">October 11, 1831</a>. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1892/NY.html">1892</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1896/01-19.html">January 19, 1896</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">64 years, 100 days</a>). Interment at Bethel Methodist Churchyard. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/19497679">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>Hubbard R. Yetman (1847-1924)</b> — of Tottenville, Staten Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/RI-lived.html">Richmond County</a>, N.Y. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/MO-born.html">Monmouth County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1847/index.html">1847</a>. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">school teacher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/engineer.html">civil engineer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">real estate</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">insurance</a> business; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Richmond County, 1889, 1892-93. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1924/index.html">1924</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">about 77 years</a>). Interment at Bethel Methodist Churchyard. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/23319486">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>Walter Elliot Sharrot (1880-1962)</b> — also known as <b>Walter E. Sharrot</b> — of Staten Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/RI-lived.html">Richmond County</a>, N.Y. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1880/03-29.html">March 29, 1880</a>. Prohibition candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> 23rd District, 1916; Prohibition candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Richmond County 2nd District, 1920. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1962/12-11.html">December 11, 1962</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 257 days</a>). Interment at Bethel Methodist Churchyard. <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 Decker Sharrot and Sarah E. 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