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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Clockmaker Politicians</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 320,919 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present."> <meta name="keywords" content="political biography history genealogy cemeteries politics candidates congress senators legislators governors politicians biographies ancestors mayors birthplace geography elections"> <meta name="author" content="Lawrence Kestenbaum"> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-7383562-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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Bradstreet"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Thomas Dudley Bradstreet (b. 1841)</b> — also known as <b>Thomas D. Bradstreet</b> — of Thomaston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/LI-lived.html">Litchfield County</a>, Conn. Born in Thomaston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/LI-born.html">Litchfield County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1841/08-01.html">August 1, 1841</a>. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; vice-president and general manager, Seth Thomas <b>Clock</b> Company; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a>, 1886; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/stsen.html">Connecticut state senate</a>, 1903-05; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/comp.html">Connecticut state comptroller</a>, 1907-13; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Connecticut</a> 5th District, 1912. <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/knights-templar.html">Knights Templar</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sons-am-rev.html">Sons of the Revolution</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/grand-army-republic.html">Grand Army of the Republic</a>. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Rev. Thomas J. Bradstreet and Amanda (Thomas) Bradstreet; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1864/03-23.html">March 23, 1864</a>, to Sarah M. Perry.</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> Legislative History and Souvenir of Connecticut 1907-08</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>Irving Hall Chase (1858-1951)</b> — also known as <b>Irving H. Chase</b> — of Waterbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-lived.html">New Haven County</a>, Conn. Born in Waterbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-born.html">New Haven County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1858/05-13.html">May 13, 1858</a>. Republican. Secretary and treasurer, Waterbury <b>Clock</b> Company; vice-president, Waterbury <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/manufacturing.html">Manufacturing</a> Company; president, A.S. Chase Company; secretary, Chase <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/metal.html">Rolling Mill</a> Company; diretor, Waterbury <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/hotel-biz.html">Hotel</a> Corporation, American <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/printing.html">Printing</a> Company, Waterbury <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/clothing.html">Buckle</a> Company, Smith and Griggs <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/manufacturing.html">Manufacturing</a> Company, and Waterbury National <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Bank</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/stsen.html">Connecticut state senate</a> 15th District, 1907-08; delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1912/CT.html">1912</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1916/CT.html">1916</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1951/03-14.html">March 14, 1951</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/92.html">92 years, 305 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-buried.html#cms01477">Riverside Cemetery</a>, Waterbury, Conn. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chase.html#377.00.16">Augustus Sabin Chase (1828-1896)</a> and Martha Clark (Starkweather) Chase; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1889/02-28.html">February 28, 1889</a>, to Elizabeth Hosmer Kellogg (daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#699.76.10">Stephen Wright Kellogg</a>); father of Eleanor Kellogg Chase (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/taft.html#835.28.29">Charles Phelps Taft II</a>); uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chase.html#399.44.49">Augustus Sabin Chase (1897-1970)</a>; grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/taft.html#026.45.34">Seth Chase Taft</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/saal-sacket.html#553.26.11">Marden Sabin</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/spalding.html#108.49.42">Joseph Spalding</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/starke-starosciak.html#195.69.41">George Anson Starkweather</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/starke-starosciak.html#559.93.09">Samuel Starkweather</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/starke-starosciak.html#943.19.01">David Austin Starkweather</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/saal-sacket.html#734.69.20">Alvah Sabin</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/starke-starosciak.html#942.10.91">Henry Howard Starkweather</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dodge.html#631.78.91">Henry Dodge</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chandless-chapline.html#799.60.18">Daniel Chapin</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/olden-oliven.html#136.15.39">Martin Olds</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/miles.html#955.11.22">Nelson Appleton Miles</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams5.html#675.84.63">John Adams</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/abbra-abzug.html#347.95.74">Elijah Abel</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/coffinburg-cohelan.html#446.92.43">Thomas Cogswell</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cleveland.html#890.97.45">Chauncey Fitch Cleveland</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#035.17.11">Charles Henry Pendleton</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#988.70.26">Eckford Gustavus Pendleton</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dodge.html#657.22.93">Augustus Caesar Dodge</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/saal-sacket.html#327.05.59">Chauncey Brewer Sabin</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/weeks.html#656.56.77">Edgar Weeks</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/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0304.html">Starkweather-Pendleton family</a> of Preston, Connecticut (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://findagrave.com/memorial/29075457">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>Sylvester Levin Giering (1823-1891)</b> — also known as <b>Sylvester L. Giering</b> — of Emmaus, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LE-lived.html">Lehigh County</a>, Pa. Born in Emmaus, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LE-born.html">Lehigh County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1823/05-31.html">May 31, 1823</a>. <b>Clock and watch maker</b>; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/emmaus.html#3">Emmaus, Pa.</a>, 1856-60, 1861-78, 1879-85. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/other-diseases.html">dropsy</a>, in Emmaus, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LE-died.html">Lehigh County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1891/12-13.html">December 13, 1891</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">68 years, 196 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LE-buried.html# ">Emmaus Moravian Cemetery</a>, Emmaus, 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 Thomas Giering and Mary Elizabeth (Houser) Giering; married to Caroline Elizabeth Stahl; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/giddey-gilberson.html#310.18.52">Isaac Thomas Giering</a>; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/giddey-gilberson.html#698.17.33">John J. Giering</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/25223.html">Giering family</a> of Emmaus, Pennsylvania.</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/39398421">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>Moses Hall (1777-1857)</b> — of Waterbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-lived.html">New Haven County</a>, Conn. Born in Waterbury (part now in Wolcott), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-born.html">New Haven County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1777/03-19.html">March 19, 1777</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; <b>clock salesman</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/waterbury.html#2">warden (borough president) of Waterbury, Connecticut</a>, 1830-31. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1857/01-29.html">January 29, 1857</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 316 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 Curtiss Hall and Rachel (Beecher) Hall; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1803/02-26.html">February 26, 1803</a>, to Olive Porter.</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>Lemuel Harrison (1765-1857)</b> — of Waterbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-lived.html">New Haven County</a>, Conn. Born in Litchfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/LI-born.html">Litchfield County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1765/11-17.html">November 17, 1765</a>. <b>Clock manufacturer</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/waterbury.html#2">warden (borough president) of Waterbury, Connecticut</a>, 1828-30. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in Waterbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-died.html">New Haven County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1857/11-25.html">November 25, 1857</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/92.html">92 years, 8 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 Lemuel Harrison ; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1790/03-04.html">March 4, 1790</a>, to Sarah Clark.</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 Hostetter (1754-1831)</b> — of Hanover, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/YO-lived.html">York County</a>, Pa. Born near York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/YO-born.html">York County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1754/05-09.html">May 9, 1754</a>. Democrat. <b>Clockmaker</b>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a>, 1797-1802; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 4th District, 1818-21. Died in Columbiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/CO-died.html">Columbiana County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1831/06-29.html">June 29, 1831</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 51 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://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000806">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405655">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>Elisha Hotchkiss Jr. (1787-1882)</b> — of Bristol, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-lived.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn.; Burlington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-lived.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn.; Hartford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-lived.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn. Born in Burlington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-born.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1787/05-04.html">May 4, 1787</a>. <b>Clock manufacturer</b>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Bristol, 1828. Died in Hartford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-died.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1882/05-09.html">May 9, 1882</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/95.html">95 years, 5 days</a>). Interment <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-buried.html#cms06520">somewhere</a> in Burlington, Conn. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Elisha Hotchkiss (1753-1838) and Lydia (Lee) Hotchkiss; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1813/08-22.html">August 22, 1813</a>, to Lodema Upson; fifth great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/welles-wellmerling.html#111.95.76">Thomas Welles</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hotchkiss-hougen.html#169.76.66">Charles M. Hotchkiss</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/merrill.html#118.03.57">Orsamus Cook Merrill</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hotchkiss-hougen.html#697.25.43">Luther Hotchkiss</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/merrill.html#001.75.05">Timothy Merrill</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clark9.html#426.65.85">William Judson Clark</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clark2.html#927.77.39">Charles Hull Clark</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#335.49.90">Rowland Case Kellogg</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cowart-cowpland.html#469.29.30">Josiah Cowles</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allman-alsop.html#615.47.93">John Alsop</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/strong.html#154.07.62">John Strong</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/meekins-mellen.html#451.94.48">Return Jonathan Meigs, Sr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/meekins-mellen.html#282.75.32">Josiah Meigs</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hotchkiss-hougen.html#002.12.47">Elisha Hotchkiss (1778-1858)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sigerson-silon.html#759.08.98">Thomas Hale Sill</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/merrill.html#134.93.10">Farrand Fassett Merrill</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayworth-heacock.html#970.87.08">Ebenezer Hazard</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chandless-chapline.html#222.26.90">Daniel Chapin</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/strong.html#353.85.15">Samuel Strong</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chipp-chmielewski.html#503.51.36">Martin Chittenden</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/meekins-mellen.html#423.29.42">Return Jonathan Meigs Jr.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hapgood-hardie.html#972.80.44">Benjamin Hard</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/meekins-mellen.html#659.28.97">Henry Meigs</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/upjohn-upston.html#967.04.59">Daniel Upson</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayworth-heacock.html#582.50.39">Reuben Bostwick Heacock</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hapgood-hardie.html#922.40.73">Gideon Hard</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chandless-chapline.html#667.79.10">Graham Hurd Chapin</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hotchkiss-hougen.html#805.06.65">Edwin P. Hotchkiss</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hotchkiss-hougen.html#793.97.55">Henry DeWitt Hotchkiss</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/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0416.html">Murphy-Merrill family</a> of Harbor Beach, Michigan (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</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>Chauncey Jerome (1793-1868)</b> — of Plymouth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/LI-lived.html">Litchfield County</a>, Conn.; Bristol, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-lived.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn.; New Haven, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-lived.html">New Haven County</a>, Conn.; Waterbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-lived.html">New Haven County</a>, Conn.; Ansonia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-lived.html">New Haven County</a>, Conn.; New Haven, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-lived.html">New Haven County</a>, Conn. Born in Canaan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/LI-born.html">Litchfield County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1793/06-10.html">June 10, 1793</a>. Whig. <b>Clockmaker</b>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Bristol, 1834; candidate for Presidential Elector for Connecticut; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/newhaven.html">mayor of New Haven, Conn.</a>, 1854-55. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</a>. Died in New Haven, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-died.html">New Haven County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1868/04-20.html">April 20, 1868</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 315 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-buried.html#cms00467">Grove Street Cemetery</a>, New Haven, Conn. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Lyman Jerome and Sarah 'Sally' (Noble) Jerome; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1814/04-09.html">April 9, 1814</a>, to Salome Smith; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jennison-jewell.html#065.15.65">Chauncey Jerome Jr.</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/Chauncey Jerome">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/79386289">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>Frank Charles Lee (b. 1891)</b> — also known as <b>Frank C. Lee</b> — of Salida, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/CH-lived.html">Chaffee County</a>, Colo. Born in Norfolk, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/MA-born.html">Madison County</a>, Neb., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1891/08-14.html">August 14, 1891</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/jeweler.html">Jeweler</a>; <b>watchmaker</b>; U.S. Vice Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/FR-consuls.html ">Bordeaux</a>, 1916; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/RU-consuls.html ">Petrograd</a>, 1916-18; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/RU-consuls.html ">Moscow</a>, 1918; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SW-consuls.html ">Malmo</a>, 1918; U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ED-consuls.html ">Bradford</a>, 1923-25; U.S. Consul General in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SG-consuls.html ">Singapore</a>, 1927-29; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/NS-consuls.html ">Halifax</a>, 1930-31; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/EZ-consuls.html ">Prague</a>, 1931-34. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-gamma-delta.html">Phi Gamma Delta</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 T. Lee and Agnes (Greenwald) Lee; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1923/11-17.html">November 17, 1923</a>, to Olga Pilson.</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>Noah Allen Plympton (1841-1911)</b> — also known as <b>Noah A. Plympton</b> — of Worcester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/WO-lived.html">Worcester County</a>, Mass.; Wellesley, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/NO-lived.html">Norfolk County</a>, Mass. Born in Shrewsbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/WO-born.html">Worcester County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1841/09-07.html">September 7, 1841</a>. <b>Watchmaker</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/jeweler.html">jeweler</a>; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1880/MA.html">1880</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/MA.html">Massachusetts Democratic state chair</a>, 1884; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">insurance business</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/sthse.html">Massachusetts state house of representatives</a> Ninth Norfolk District, 1905. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/royal-arch-masons.html">Royal Arch Masons</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1911/09-09.html">September 9, 1911</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">70 years, 2 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/NO-buried.html#cms05499">Woodlawn Cemetery</a>, Wellesley, Mass. <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/1862/">1862</a> to Helen Marion Flint.</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/120674301">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 Rittenhouse (1732-1796)</b> — of Pennsylvania. Born in Germantown (now part of Philadelphia), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-born.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1732/04-08.html">April 8, 1732</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/scientist.html">Astronomer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/scientist.html">mathematician</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/finance.html">financier</a>; <b>clockmaker</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/surveyor.html">surveyor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/trea.html">Pennsylvania state treasurer</a>, 1777-89; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/first.html">first</a> director of the U.S. Mint. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-philosophical-soc.html">American Philosophical Society</a>. Died in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-died.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1796/06-26.html">June 26, 1796</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">64 years, 79 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> Son of Matthias Rittenhouse and Elizabeth (Williams) Rittenhouse; married to Eleanor Coulston and Hannah Jacobs; father of Elizabeth Rittenhouse (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sena-serphin.html#456.80.86">Jonathan Dickinson Sergeant</a>); second great-granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/myers.html#855.43.82">Barton Myers</a>; third great-granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cutliff-czelusta.html#318.55.49">Robert Baldwin cyers</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/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0066.html">Rockefeller family</a> of New York City, New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0297.html">Wise-Sergeant-Rockefeller family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0426.html">Sergeant-Whitehill-Kunkel-Spencer family</a> of Pennsylvania; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0359.html">Myers family</a> of Norfolk, Virginia (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;">Rittenhouse <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-parks.html">Square</a> (originally Southwest Square; renamed 1825) in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-names.html">Philadelphia, Pennsylvania</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — Rittenhouse, a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-misc.html">crater on the Moon</a>, about 26 km (16 miles) in diameter, 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://www.nndb.com/people/172/000172653">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/22735">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 Mitchell Lamson Scovill (b. 1789)</b> — also known as <b>James M. L. Scovill</b> — of Waterbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-lived.html">New Haven County</a>, Conn. Born in Waterbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-born.html">New Haven County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1789/09-04.html">September 4, 1789</a>. Co-founder of Scovill <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/manufacturing.html">Manufacturing</a> Co., makers of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/clothing.html">brass buttons</a>, fasteners, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/clothing.html">looms</a>, and <b>clocks</b>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Waterbury, 1826, 1846, 1849; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/stsen.html">Connecticut state senate</a> 5th District, 1834. 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>Frank Crawford Sites (1864-1935)</b> — also known as <b>Frank C. Sites</b> — of Harrisburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/DA-lived.html">Dauphin County</a>, Pa. Born in Shippensburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CU-born.html">Cumberland County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1864/12-24.html">December 24, 1864</a>. Democrat. <b>Watchmaker</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/jeweler.html">jeweler</a>; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/harrisburg.html#2">Harrisburg, Pa.</a>, 1913-22; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 19th District, 1923-25; defeated, 1924, 1926; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/PA.html">1924</a>. Died in Harrisburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/DA-died.html">Dauphin County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1935/05-23.html">May 23, 1935</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">70 years, 150 days</a>). 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