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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Politicians Who Died of Yellow Fever</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 Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-born.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1738/10-28.html">October 28, 1738</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/philadelphia.html">Mayor of Philadelphia, Pa.</a>, 1775-76, 1789-90; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/stsen.html">Pennsylvania state senate</a>, 1790-93. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-philosophical-soc.html">American Philosophical Society</a>. Died, from <b>yellow fever</b>, in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-died.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1793/09-29.html">September 29, 1793</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/54.html">54 years, 336 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-buried.html#cms00050">Christ Church Burial Ground</a>, Philadelphia, Pa. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Samuel Powel (1704-1759) and Mary (Morris) Powel; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1769/08-07.html">August 7, 1769</a>, to Elizabeth Willing (daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/williard-willingham.html#921.55.52">Charles Willing</a>; sister of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/williard-willingham.html#096.57.01">Thomas Willing</a>); grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/morris.html#852.57.23">Anthony Morris (c.1682-1763)</a>; great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/morris.html#579.87.99">Anthony Morris (1654-1721)</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wilson3.html#892.96.78">Eugene McLanahan Wilson</a>; second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/griffin.html#027.47.42">Charles Hudson Griffin</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/10001-0207.html">Shippen-Middleton family</a> of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0012.html">Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell family</a> of Virginia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0699.html">Morris-Willing-Wilson-Griffin family</a> of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel Powel">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7596815">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>Andrew Onderdonk (1756-1797)</b> — of New York. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1756/05-06.html">May 6, 1756</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> Southern District, 1796-97; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/capp.html">New York council of appointment</a>, 1797; died in office 1797. Died of <b>yellow fever</b>, Brooklyn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-died.html">Kings County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1797/09-23.html">September 23, 1797</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/41.html">41 years, 140 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NA-buried.html# ">Monfort Family Cemetery</a>, Port Washington, Long Island, N.Y. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Hendrick Onderdonk and Phebe (Tredwell) Onderdonk; married to Mary Magdalene Moore.</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/43791263">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>Hilary Baker (1746-1798)</b> — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1746/02-21.html">February 21, 1746</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/hardware.html">Hardware merchant</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/cncn.html">delegate to Pennsylvania state constitutional convention</a>, 1787; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/philadelphia.html">mayor of Philadelphia, Pa.</a>, 1796-98; died in office 1798. Died, from <b>yellow fever</b>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1798/09-25.html">September 25, 1798</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/52.html">52 years, 216 days</a>). Original interment in unknown location; reinterment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-buried.html#cms00362">Laurel Hill Cemetery</a>, Philadelphia, Pa. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married to Anna Maria Kreider.</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/Hilary Baker">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/14588175">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>Eleazer McComb (1740-1798)</b> — of Dover, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/KE-lived.html">Kent County</a>, Del.; Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del. Born in Cumberland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/AL-born.html">Allegany County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1740/08-11.html">August 11, 1740</a>. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">merchant</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/ccdel.html">Delegate to Continental Congress from Delaware</a>, 1783-84; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/aud.html">Delaware state auditor</a>, 1787-93; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">bank director</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scotch-irish.html">Scotch-Irish</a> ancestry. Died, from <b>yellow fever</b>, in Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-died.html">New Castle County</a>, Del., December, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1798/index.html">1798</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/58.html">58 years, 0 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-buried.html#cms00436">Wilmington and Brandywine Cemetery</a>, Wilmington, Del. <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 Lydia Irons; father of Jeannette McComb (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clayton.html#406.70.80">Thomas Clayton</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://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000353">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=412071">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleazer McComb">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/22550780">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 Langworthy (1738-1802)</b> — of Georgia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ba-lived.html">Baltimore</a>, Md. Born in Savannah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CT-born.html">Chatham County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1738/index.html">1738</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/ccdel.html">Delegate to Continental Congress from Georgia</a>, 1777-79; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/founders.html">signer, Articles of Confederation</a>, 1777. Died, of <b>yellow fever</b>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ba-died.html">Baltimore</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1802/11-02.html">November 2, 1802</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">about 64 years</a>). Original interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ba-buried.html#cms06829">Old Episcopal Churchyard</a> (which no longer exists), Baltimore, Md.; reinterment to unknown location. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000075">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406584">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 Hunt (1765-1807)</b> — of New Hampshire. Born in Charlestown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/SU-born.html">Sullivan County</a>, N.H., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1765/07-08.html">July 8, 1765</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">farmer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/sthse.html">New Hampshire state house of representatives</a>, 1802-03; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New Hampshire</a> at-large, 1802-05. Died, from <b>yellow fever</b>, in Gallipolis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/GA-died.html">Gallia County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1807/07-07.html">July 7, 1807</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/41.html">41 years, 364 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/WA-buried.html#cms01028">Mound Cemetery</a>, Marietta, Ohio. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000976">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405820">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/18294558">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>Josiah Simpson (1787-1817)</b> — of New Jersey; Mississippi. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1787/01-08.html">January 8, 1787</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/ofc/tsju.html">Judge of Mississippi territorial supreme court</a>, 1812, 1816. Died, from <b>yellow fever</b>, near Natchez, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/AD-died.html">Adams County</a>, Miss., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1817/09-21.html">September 21, 1817</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/30.html">30 years, 256 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of William Simpson and Isabella (Wilson) Simpson.</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>Richard Clough Anderson Jr. (1788-1826)</b> — also known as <b>Richard C. Anderson, Jr.</b> — of Kentucky. Born near Louisville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/JF-born.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1788/08-04.html">August 4, 1788</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/sthse.html">Kentucky state house of representatives</a>, 1814-15, 1821-22; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/spkr.html">Speaker of the Kentucky State House of Representatives</a>, 1822; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Kentucky</a> 8th District, 1817-21; U.S. Minister to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GX-diplomats.html ">Gran Colombia</a>, 1823-26, died in office 1826. Slaveowner. Died, of <b>yellow fever</b>, near Cartagena, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/CO-died.html">Colombia</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1826/07-24.html">July 24, 1826</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/37.html">37 years, 354 days</a>). Interment <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/JF-buried.html#cms04833">a private or family graveyard</a>, Jefferson County, Ky. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Richard Anderson and Elizabeth (Clark) Anderson.</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;"><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/AN.html">Anderson County, Ky.</a> is named for him.</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=A000230">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400857">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard Clough Anderson, Jr.">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/anderson-richard-clough">U.S. State Dept career summary</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7093254">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 Shannon (c.1791-1832)</b> — of Lexington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/FA-lived.html">Fayette County</a>, Ky. Born in Claysville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/WA-born.html">Washington County</a>, Pa., about 1791. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/CX-diplomats.html ">Central America</a>, 1832, died in office 1832. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/irish.html">Irish</a> ancestry. Died, of <b>yellow fever</b>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1832/index.html">1832</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/41.html">about 41 years</a>). Interment <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/FR-buried.html#cms05566">somewhere</a> in Frankfort, Ky. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of George David Shannon and Jane (Milligan) Shannon; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shannon.html#999.85.68">George F. Shannon</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shannon.html#777.15.65">Thomas Shannon</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shannon.html#332.71.71">Wilson Shannon</a>; married to Susanna Hart Shelby (daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sheehe-shelden.html#646.93.91">Isaac Shelby</a>); granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/parker4.html#518.36.13">Isaac Charles Parker</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/11016.html">Shannon-Shelby 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://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/shannon-james ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/188619442">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>John Clark (1766-1832)</b> — also known as <b>"Keeper of the Live Oaks"</b> — of Georgia. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1766/02-28.html">February 28, 1766</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Georgia</a>, 1819-23. Died of <b>yellow fever</b>, in St. Andrews, Washington County (now part of Panama City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/BA-died.html">Bay County</a>), Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1832/10-02.html">October 2, 1832</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 217 days</a>). Original interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/BA-buried.html#cms06265">a private or family graveyard</a>, Bay County, Fla.; reinterment in 1922 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CB-buried.html#cms05502">Marietta National Cemetery</a>, Marietta, Ga. <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> Uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clark3.html#149.42.93">Edward Clark</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://www.nga.org/governor/john-clark-2/">National Governors Association biography</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>Donald McIntosh (1797-1837)</b> — of Knoxville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/KX-lived.html">Knox County</a>, Tenn. Born in Inverness, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SD-born.html">Scotland</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1797/index.html">1797</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">Physician</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/knoxville.html">mayor of Knoxville, Tenn.</a>, 1832-34. Died in a <b>yellow fever</b> epidemic, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1837/index.html">1837</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/40.html">about 40 years</a>). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Jack Ferrell Ross (1791-1837)</b> — Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1791/10-29.html">October 29, 1791</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/sos.html">Secretary of state of Alabama</a>, 1818. Died, of <b>yellow fever</b>, Mobile, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MO-died.html">Mobile County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1837/10-12.html">October 12, 1837</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/45.html">45 years, 348 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of John Ross and Temperance (Ferrell) Ross; married to Anne Amelia Fisher and Mary (Bolling) Tabb.</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 Hitchcock (1792-1839)</b> — of Mobile, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MO-lived.html">Mobile County</a>, Ala. Born in Burlington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/CH-born.html">Chittenden County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1792/09-11.html">September 11, 1792</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/trsc.html">secretary of Alabama Territory</a>, 1818-19; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/attygn.html">Alabama state attorney general</a>, 1819; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama</a>, 1825-30. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Died, in a <b>yellow fever</b> epidemic, in Mobile, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MO-died.html">Mobile County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1839/08-11.html">August 11, 1839</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/46.html">46 years, 334 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MO-buried.html#cms00460">Magnolia Cemetery</a>, Mobile, Ala. <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/hitchcock.html#502.90.64">Samuel Hitchcock</a> and Lucy Caroline (Allen) Hitchcock; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1821/10-11.html">October 11, 1821</a>, to Anne 'Annie' Erwin; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allen3.html#775.43.14">Ethan Allen</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/34944.html">Allen-Hitchcock family</a> of Burlington, Vermont.</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/Henry Hitchcock">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/49077311">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>Robert Raymond Reid (1789-1841)</b> — also known as <b>Robert R. Reid</b> — of Augusta, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/RI-lived.html">Richmond County</a>, Ga.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/SJ-lived.html">St. Johns County</a>, Fla. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/BA-born.html">Beaufort County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1789/09-08.html">September 8, 1789</a>. Democrat. State court judge in Georgia, 1816-19, 1827-32; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Georgia</a> at-large, 1819-23; circuit judge in Georgia, 1823-25; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/tsju.html">justice of Florida territorial supreme court</a>, 1832-39; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/cncn1.html">delegate to Florida state constitutional convention</a> from St. Johns County, 1838-39; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/trgv.html">Governor of Florida Territory</a>, 1839-41. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/unitarian.html">Unitarian</a>. Slaveowner. Died of <b>yellow fever</b>. at Blackwood Plantation (now called Harwood Plantation), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/LO-died.html">Leon County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1841/07-01.html">July 1, 1841</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/51.html">51 years, 296 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/LO-buried.html#cms05698">Harwood Plantation Cemetery</a>, Leon County, Fla. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000151">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409128">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>Lackland McIntosh Stone (1801-1842)</b> — also known as <b>Lackland M. Stone</b>; <b>Lachlan McIntosh Stone</b> — of St. Joseph, Calhoun County (now Port St. Joe, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/GU-lived.html">Gulf County</a>), Fla. Born in Georgia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1801/09-11.html">September 11, 1801</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/trcn.html">member Florida territorial council</a>, 1828-31. Died, of <b>yellow fever</b>, in St. Joseph, Calhoun County (now Port St. Joe, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/GU-died.html">Gulf County</a>), Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1842/04-11.html">April 11, 1842</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/40.html">40 years, 212 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stone.html#817.25.64">Henry Dessex Stone</a> and Ann (Maxwell) Stone; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1819/07-24.html">July 24, 1819</a>, to Hannah Dilahunt Loftin; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stone.html#668.73.45">Lewis Maxwell Stone</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stone.html#808.72.87">James Bennett Stone</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stone.html#657.05.45">Joseph Seaborn Stone</a>; granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stone.html#560.69.08">Terrell Higdon Stone</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/15688.html">Stone family</a> of Florida.</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>William Sumpter Murphy (c.1796-1844)</b> — also known as <b>William S. Murphy</b>; <b>"Patrick Henry of the West"</b> — of Chillicothe, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/RO-lived.html">Ross County</a>, Ohio. Born in South Carolina, about 1796. Whig. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; delegate to Whig National Convention from Ohio, 1839; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/diplo.html ">Texas Republic</a>, 1843-44, died in office 1844. Died, of <b>yellow fever</b>, in Galveston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/GV-died.html">Galveston County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1844/07-13.html">July 13, 1844</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/48.html">about 48 years</a>). Original interment and cenotaph at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/GV-buried.html#cms05651">Trinity Episcopal Cemetery</a>, Galveston, Tex.; reinterment <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/RO-buried.html#cms08218">somewhere</a> in Chillicothe, Ohio. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1821/">1821</a> to Lucinda Sterret.</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://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/murphy-william-sumpter ?">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>Patrick Churchill Jack (1808-1844)</b> — also known as <b>Patrick C. Jack</b> — of Texas. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/WK-born.html">Wilkes County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1808/index.html">1808</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/cncn1.html">Delegate to Texas Convention of 1832</a> from District of Liberty, 1832; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/cncn2.html">delegate to Texas Convention of 1833</a> from District of Liberty, 1833; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/rhse.html">Texas Republic House of Representatives</a>, 1837-38; judge of Texas Republic, 1841-44. Died of <b>yellow fever</b> in Houston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/HR-died.html">Harris County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1844/08-04.html">August 4, 1844</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/36.html">about 36 years</a>). Original interment in private or family graveyard; subsequent interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/GV-buried.html#cms02169">Lakeview Cemetery</a>, Galveston, Tex.; reinterment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/TV-buried.html#cms01455">Texas State Cemetery</a>, Austin, Tex. <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/jabar-jackman.html#863.39.78">William Houston Jack</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;"><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/JK.html">Jack County, Tex.</a> is named partly 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>William Houston Jack (1806-1844)</b> — of Alabama; Texas. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/WK-born.html">Wilkes County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1806/04-12.html">April 12, 1806</a>. Member of Alabama state legislature, 1829; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/rssta.html">Texas Republic Secretary of State</a>, 1836; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/rhse.html">Texas Republic House of Representatives</a>, 1839-40; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/trsn.html">Texas Republic Senate</a> from District of Brazoria, 1842-44; died in office 1844. Died of <b>yellow fever</b> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/BZ-died.html">Brazoria County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1844/08-20.html">August 20, 1844</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/38.html">38 years, 130 days</a>). Original interment in private or family graveyard; subsequent interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/GV-buried.html#cms02169">Lakeview Cemetery</a>, Galveston, Tex.; reinterment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/TV-buried.html#cms01455">Texas State Cemetery</a>, Austin, Tex. <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/jabar-jackman.html#584.19.20">Patrick Churchill Jack</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;"><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/JK.html">Jack County, Tex.</a> is named partly 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>Louis Dicken Wilson (1789-1847)</b> — also known as <b>Louis D. Wilson</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ED-lived.html">Edgecombe County</a>, N.C. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ED-born.html">Edgecombe County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1789/05-12.html">May 12, 1789</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/misc-occ.html">Notary public</a>; justice of the peace; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">merchant</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/comm.html">North Carolina house of commons</a> from Edgecombe County, 1815-19; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/stsen.html">North Carolina state senate</a>, 1820, 1824-32, 1838-47 (Edgecombe County 1820, 1824-32, 15th District 1838-43, 10th District 1844-47); died in office 1847; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/cncn.html">delegate to North Carolina state constitutional convention</a>, 1835; delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1835/NC.html">1835</a>; colonel in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died, from <b>yellow fever</b>, while serving in the U.S. Army in the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/mexican-war.html">Mexican War</a>, in Veracruz, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/VR-died.html">Veracruz</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1847/08-12.html">August 12, 1847</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/58.html">58 years, 92 days</a>). Original interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/NS-buried.html# ">Rocky Mount Memorial Park</a>, Rocky Mount, N.C.; reinterment in 1904 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ED-buried.html# ">Tarboro Town Common</a>, Tarboro, N.C. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of William Wilson and Elizabeth (Dicken) Wilson.</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;"><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/WI.html">Wilson County, N.C.</a> is named for him.</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 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-cities.html">city</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/WI-names.html">Wilson, North Carolina</a>, is <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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis Dicken Wilson">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/113976915">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.ncpedia.org/biography/wilson-louis-dicken">NCpedia</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>Isaac Van Zandt (1813-1847)</b> — of Texas. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/FR-born.html">Franklin County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1813/07-10.html">July 10, 1813</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/rhse.html">Texas Republic House of Representatives</a>, 1840-42; Texas Republic Charge d'Affaires to the United States, 1842; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/cncn5.html">delegate to Texas state constitutional convention</a>, 1845. Instrumental in negotiating the treaty to annex the Texas Republic to the United States. Died of <b>yellow fever</b> while <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/campaigning.html">campaigning</a> for Governor, in Houston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/HR-died.html">Harris County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1847/10-11.html">October 11, 1847</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/34.html">34 years, 93 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/HJ-buried.html#cms04726">Greenwood Cemetery</a>, Marshall, Tex. <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> Father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vanwagenen-vaudain.html#088.83.31">Khleber Miller Van Zandt</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;"><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/VZ.html">Van Zandt County, Tex.</a> is named for him.</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 Isaac Van Zandt</i> (built 1944 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/HR-names.html">Houston, Texas</a>; scuttled with obsolete ammunition in the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WW/PA-names.html">North Pacific Ocean</a>, 1966) was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </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>Moseley Baker (1802-1848)</b> — of Montgomery, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MN-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>, Ala.; San Felipe, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/AU-lived.html">Austin County</a>, Tex.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/GV-lived.html">Galveston County</a>, Tex.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/HR-lived.html">Harris County</a>, Tex. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/no-born.html">Norfolk</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1802/09-20.html">September 20, 1802</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/sthse.html">Alabama state house of representatives</a>, 1829; served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/rhse.html">Texas Republic House of Representatives</a>, 1836, 1838-39; defeated, 1841; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/trsn.html">Texas Republic Senate</a>, 1842. Died, of <b>yellow fever</b>, in Houston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/HR-died.html">Harris County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1848/11-04.html">November 4, 1848</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/46.html">46 years, 45 days</a>). Original interment <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/HR-buried.html#cms05742">somewhere</a> in Houston, Tex.; reinterment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/TV-buried.html#cms01455">Texas State Cemetery</a>, Austin, Tex. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Isaac S. McMicken (d. 1860)</b> — of Texas. Born in Pennsylvania. U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GO-consuls.html ">Acapulco</a>, 1858-60, died in office 1860. Died, of <b>yellow fever</b>, in Acapulco (Acapulco de Juárez), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GO-died.html">Guerrero</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1860/index.html">1860</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Henry Everard Peck (1821-1867)</b> — also known as <b>H. E. Peck</b> — of Oberlin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/LO-lived.html">Lorain County</a>, Ohio. Born in Rochester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-born.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1821/07-20.html">July 20, 1821</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/faculty.html">College professor</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1856/OH.html">1856</a>; U.S. Diplomatic Commissioner to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/HT-diplomats.html ">Haiti</a>, 1865-66; U.S. Minister to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/HT-diplomats.html ">Haiti</a>, 1866-67, died in office 1867. Abolitionist; involved in rescue of an escaping slave in Wellington, near Oberlin, Ohio, in September 1858; among the 20 men who were <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">arrested</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">charged</a> with "infringement of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/civil-war-slavery.html">Fugitive Slave Law</a>"; the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">trial</a> ended when the slave catchers (who had pressed the charges) were indicted for kidnapping. Died, of <b>yellow fever</b>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/HT-died.html">Haiti</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1867/06-09.html">June 9, 1867</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/45.html">45 years, 324 days</a>). Interment <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/LO-buried.html#cms06262">somewhere</a> in Oberlin, Ohio. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/peck-henry-everard ?">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>Anthony Martin Branch (1823-1867)</b> — of Texas. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/BC-born.html">Buckingham County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1823/07-16.html">July 16, 1823</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/sthse.html">Texas state house of representatives</a>, 1859; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/stsen.html">Texas state senate</a>, 1861; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/ccrep.html">Representative from Texas in the Confederate Congress</a>, 1864-65. Died of <b>yellow fever</b>, in Huntsville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/WK-died.html">Walker County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1867/10-03.html">October 3, 1867</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/44.html">44 years, 79 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/WK-buried.html#cms02495">Oakwood Cemetery</a>, Huntsville, Tex. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>James Sanders Holman (1804-1867)</b> — also known as <b>James S. Holman</b> — of Houston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/HR-lived.html">Harris County</a>, Tex. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/HI-born.html">Harrison County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1804/02-07.html">February 7, 1804</a>. Served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/houston.html">mayor of Houston, Tex.</a>, 1837. Died, from <b>yellow fever</b>, in Bryan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/BS-died.html">Brazos County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1867/12-08.html">December 8, 1867</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/63.html">63 years, 304 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James Sanders Holman">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>James H. McColley (d. 1869)</b> — of Pennsylvania. U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/PU-consuls.html ">Callao</a>, 1864-69, died in office 1869. Died, of <b>yellow fever</b>, in Lima, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/PU-died.html">Peru</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1869/04-17.html">April 17, 1869</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Alexander M. Arzeno (d. 1878)</b> — of Newport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MO-lived.html">Monroe County</a>, Mich. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Monroe County, 1847; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/cncn4.html">delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention</a>, 1850; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 8th District, 1853-54. Died, of <b>yellow fever</b>, in Memphis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/SH-died.html">Shelby County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1878/11-19.html">November 19, 1878</a>. Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/SH-buried.html#cms00365">Elmwood Cemetery</a>, Memphis, Tenn. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Jesse Hale Moore (1817-1883)</b> — also known as <b>Jesse H. Moore</b> — of Illinois. Born near Lebanon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SC-born.html">St. Clair County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1817/04-22.html">April 22, 1817</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Illinois</a> 7th District, 1869-73; U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/PU-consuls.html ">Callao</a>, 1881-83, died in office 1883. Died, from <b>yellow fever</b>, in Callao, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/PU-died.html">Peru</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1883/07-11.html">July 11, 1883</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 80 days</a>). Original interment <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/PU-buried.html# ">somewhere</a> in Peru; reinterment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/MC-buried.html#cms03131">Greenwood Cemetery</a>, Decatur, Ill. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000902">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=407874">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 R. Meade (c.1851-1894)</b> — of New London, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NL-lived.html">New London County</a>, Conn. Born in New York, about 1851. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/printing.html">Printer</a>; U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/DR-consuls.html ">Santo Domingo</a>, 1893-94, died in office 1894. Died, from <b>yellow fever</b>, in Santo Domingo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/DR-died.html">Dominican Republic</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1894/01-21.html">January 21, 1894</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/43.html">about 43 years</a>). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/3467747948/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/636/92.33.jpg" width=70 height=84 border=0 alt="Thomas Nast"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Thomas Nast (1840-1902)</b> — of New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y.; Morristown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/MR-lived.html">Morris County</a>, N.J. Born in Landau, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GR-born.html">Germany</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1840/09-27.html">September 27, 1840</a>. Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">news correspondent</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/artist.html">cartoonist</a> for <i>Harper's Weekly</i> and other <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">magazines</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspapers</a>; noted for his creation of such icons as the Republican elephant and Democratic donkey; instrumental in the downfall of New York City political boss <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tuttrop-tye.html#373.92.54">William M. Tweed</a>; U.S. Consul General in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/EC-consuls.html ">Guayaquil</a>, 1902, died in office 1902. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/german.html">German</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/union-league.html">Union League</a>. Died, of <b>yellow fever</b>, in Guayaquil, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/EC-died.html">Ecuador</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1902/12-07.html">December 7, 1902</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/62.html">62 years, 71 days</a>). Original interment <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/EC-buried.html#cms07984">somewhere</a> in Guayaquil, Ecuador; reinterment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/BX-buried.html#cms00342">Woodlawn Cemetery</a>, Bronx, N.Y. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Joseph Thomas Nast and Appolonia (Abriss) Nast; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1861/09-26.html">September 26, 1861</a>, to Sarah Edwards.</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/Thomas Nast">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/185/000022119">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6522488">Find-A-Grave memorial</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> American Monthly Review of Reviews, June 1902</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>Frederick Bonar (c.1869-1905)</b> — of Pensacola, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ES-lived.html">Escambia County</a>, Fla. Born about 1869. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/UK-consuls.html">Vice-Consul for Great Britain</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ES-consuls.html">Pensacola, Fla.</a>, 1900-05. Died, from <b>yellow fever</b>, in Pensacola, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ES-died.html">Escambia County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1905/10-10.html">October 10, 1905</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/36.html">about 36 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ES-buried.html#cms00979">St. John's Cemetery</a>, Pensacola, Fla. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1898/10-01.html">October 1, 1898</a>, to Florence Beatrice Allbeury.</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/24925534">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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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