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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Erie 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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Calvary Cemetery</a> <li>Cheektowaga <a href="cms04411">St. Stanislaus Cemetery</a> <li>Cheektowaga <a href="cms02861">United German and French Cemetery</a> <li>Clarence <a href="cms08193">Harris Hill Cemetery</a> <li>Collins <a href="cms07212">Mt. Pleasant Cemetery</a> <li>Collins Center <a href=" ">Collins Center Cemetery</a> <li>East Aurora <a href=" ">East Aurora Cemetery</a> <li>East Aurora <a href="cms07417">Oakwood Cemetery</a> <li>Gowanda <a href="cms02863">Pine Hill Cemetery</a> <li>Hamburg <a href="cms02633">Abbott's Corner Cemetery</a> <li>Hamburg <a href="cms04336">Lakeside Memorial Park</a> <li>Hamburg <a href=" ">Prospect Lawn Cemetery</a> <li>Hamburg <a href=" ">Saints Peter and Paul Cemetery</a> <li>Lackawanna <a href="cms02842">Holy Cross Cemetery</a> <li>Lancaster <a href="cms05716">Lancaster Rural Cemetery</a> <li>Newstead town <a href="cms06972">Ledge Lawn Cemetery</a> <li>Tonawanda <a href="cms05515">Elmlawn Cemetery</a> <li>Tonawanda <a href="cms01705">Mt. Olivet Cemetery</a> <li>Williamsville <a href="cms04224">Williamsville Cemetery</a> <li>Williamsville <a href="cms03661">Williamsville Graveyard</a> </ul> <hr> <a name="cms02942">Evergreen Cemetery</a> Alden, Erie County, New York <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Edmund Francis Cooke (1885-1967) — also known as Edmund F. Cooke — of Alden, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. Born in Prescott, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/YA-born.html">Yavapai County</a>, Ariz., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1885/04-13.html">April 13, 1885</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 Erie County 7th District, 1923-28; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 41st District, 1929-33; defeated, 1932. Died in Alden, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-died.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1967/05-13.html">May 13, 1967</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 30 days</a>). Interment at Evergreen 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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000730">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402852">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms01825">Forest Avenue Cemetery</a> Angola, Erie County, New York <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Pius Louis Schwert (1892-1941) — also known as Pius L. Schwert; P. L. Schwert — of Angola, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y.; Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. Born in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1892/index.html">1892</a>. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1932/NY.html">1932</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 42nd District, 1939-41; died in office 1941. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1941/03-11.html">March 11, 1941</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/48.html">about 48 years</a>). Interment at Forest Avenue 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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000162">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409669">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms05808">Unknown Locations</a> Buffalo, Erie County, New York <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Ansley B. Borkowski (1898-1992) — of Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. Born in Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-born.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1898/01-15.html">January 15, 1898</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 Erie County 5th District, 1921, 1924-30; defeated, 1922; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> 49th District, 1930, 1932, 1934; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/NY.html">1956</a>. Died in Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-died.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1992/12-01.html">December 1, 1992</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/94.html">94 years, 321 days</a>). Interment somewhere. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> F. Danahy Georger (d. 1972) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Erie County 6th District, 1940; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> 50th District, 1942. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1972/06-12.html">June 12, 1972</a>. Interment somewhere. </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms06324">Unknown Location</a> Buffalo, Erie County, New York <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Genevieve M. Starosciak (d. 1999) — of Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1972/NY.html">1972</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Died in June, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1999/index.html">1999</a>. Interment somewhere. </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms06736">Unknown Location</a> Buffalo, Erie County, New York <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> </table> <hr> <a name=" ">Black Rock Burial Ground</a> Buffalo, Erie County, New York <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians formerly buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Lewis Eaton (1790-1857) — of Duanesburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SC-lived.html">Schenectady County</a>, N.Y.; Schoharie Bridge (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ZZ-lived.html">unknown county</a>), N.Y.; Lockport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NI-lived.html">Niagara County</a>, N.Y. Born in Duanesburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SC-born.html">Schenectady County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1790/02-17.html">February 17, 1790</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SC-officials.html">Schenectady County Sheriff</a>, 1821-22; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 12th District, 1823-25; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/postal.html">postmaster</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> 3rd District, 1829-32; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>. Died in Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-died.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1857/08-22.html">August 22, 1857</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">67 years, 186 days</a>). Original interment at Black Rock Burial Ground; reinterment at <a href="#cms00118">Forest Lawn Cemetery</a>. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=E000025">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=412036">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis Eaton">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/39720429">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name=" ">City Hall Grounds</a> Buffalo, Erie County, New York <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians who have (or had) monuments here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/531/34.01.jpg" width=70 height=100 border=0 alt="Grover Cleveland"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Grover Cleveland (1837-1908) — also known as Stephen Grover Cleveland; "Uncle Jumbo"; "The Veto Mayor"; "Grover The Good"; "The Sage of Princeton"; "Dumb Prophet"; "Buffalo Hangman"; "The Veto President"; "Beast of Buffalo"; "Big Steve" — of Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y.; Princeton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ME-lived.html">Mercer County</a>, N.J.; Tamworth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/CA-lived.html">Carroll County</a>, N.H. Born in Caldwell, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ES-born.html">Essex County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1837/03-18.html">March 18, 1837</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-officials.html">Erie County Sheriff</a>, 1870-73; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/buffalo.html">mayor of Buffalo, N.Y.</a>, 1882; resigned 1882; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/gov.html">Governor of New York</a>, 1883-85; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/pres-vp.html">President of the United States</a>, 1885-89, 1893-97; defeated, 1888. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sigma-chi.html">Sigma Chi</a>. Elected to the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/hall-of-fame.html">Hall of Fame for Great Americans</a> in 1935. Died in Princeton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ME-died.html">Mercer County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1908/06-24.html">June 24, 1908</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 98 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ME-buried.html#cms01396">Princeton Cemetery</a>, Princeton, N.J.; statue at City Hall Grounds. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Rev. Richard Falley Cleveland and Anne (Neal) Cleveland; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1886/06-02.html">June 2, 1886</a>, to Frances Folsom and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cleveland.html#436.13.43">Frances Clara Folsom</a>; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cleveland.html#024.00.71">Richard Folsom Cleveland</a> (son-in-law of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gagliardi-gainer.html#717.60.85">Thomas Frank Gailor</a>; brother-in-law of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gagliardi-gainer.html#726.86.51">Frank Hoyt Gailor</a>); first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cleveland.html#256.23.03">Francis Landon Cleveland</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cleveland.html#770.37.91">James Harlan Cleveland</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cleveland.html#547.41.02">James Harlan Cleveland Jr.</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/urbahns-uttley.html#322.93.90">Jonathan Usher</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blodget-blouin.html#123.19.22">Joseph Wheeler Bloodgood</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/urbahns-uttley.html#045.74.35">John Palmer Usher</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/urbahns-uttley.html#735.11.63">Robert Cleveland Usher</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sacks-saintaubin.html#380.89.20">Ephraim Safford</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kidder-kilbourne.html#639.15.77">Isaiah Kidder</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lord.html#827.56.76">Samuel Lord</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tyler.html#028.37.68">Rollin Usher Tyler</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Cross-reference: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ellet-ellington.html#034.35.28">Henry T. Ellett</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bismarck-bjorseth.html#208.88.56">Wilson S. Bissell</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/uczciwek-underhill.html#822.76.01">David King Udall</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bragaw-brancato.html#350.33.14">Edward S. Bragg</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/grady.html#314.40.50">Thomas F. Grady</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bass.html#651.84.71">Lyman K. Bass</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/corsentino-costas.html#715.37.07">George B. Cortelyou</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hogarth-hogenauer.html#732.70.04">J. Hampton Hoge</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Cleveland counties in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/CV.html">Ark.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/CV.html">Okla.</a> are named for him.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-mountains.html">Mount</a> Cleveland, a volcano on <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AK/AW-names.html">Chuginadak Island, Alaska</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — The <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-cities.html">town</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/CL-names.html">Grover, North Carolina</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — The Cleveland <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-parks.html">National Forest</a> (established 1908), in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SD-names.html">San Diego</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/RI-names.html">Riverside</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/OR-names.html">Orange</a> counties, California, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Other politicians named for him: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cook4.html#648.73.90">Grover C. Cook</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/meyering-michalski.html#012.02.16">Grover C. Meyrs</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/talbot.html#087.33.01">Grover C. Talbot</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/helm.html#776.85.03">Grover C. Helm</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/robertson.html#425.11.58">Grover C. Robertson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cooley.html#103.23.95">G. C. Cooley</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/whalen.html#469.29.16">Grover A. Whalen</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/taylor4.html#307.51.54">Grover C. Taylor</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/winn.html#948.23.71">Grover C. Winn</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ludoricus-lunardi.html#639.66.26">Grover C. Luke</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/albright.html#440.30.16">Grover C. Albright</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wellstone-wenstrom.html#535.66.27">Grover Cleveland Welsh</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beldam-belknap.html#187.97.27">Grover C. Belknap</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woody-worthey.html#546.68.11">Grover C. Worrell</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hill4.html#311.13.36">Grover B. Hill</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dilas-dills.html#513.95.85">Grover C. Dillman</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brenneman-brenner.html#634.76.46">Grover C. Brenneman</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/george.html#513.87.70">Grover C. George</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mitchell4.html#799.54.30">Grover C. Mitchell</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ladislas-lair.html#468.47.58">Grover C. Ladner</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hall4.html#161.19.64">Grover C. Hall</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tuttrop-tye.html#124.90.44">Grover C. Tye</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cisco-clague.html#968.67.23">Grover C. Cisel</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hedrick.html#769.53.19">Grover C. Hedrick</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hunter.html#283.04.38">Grover C. Hunter</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/montgomery.html#172.05.02">Grover C. Montgomery</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/farron-faulkland.html#310.26.32">Grover C. Farwell</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gilliam-gillon.html#571.90.74">Grover C. Gillingham</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stubblefield-styles.html#340.79.45">Grover C. Studivan</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/laxalt-leadbetter.html#952.54.89">Grover C. Layne</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hudson.html#851.64.00">Grover C. Hudson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/combs.html#065.15.38">Grover C. Combs</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/snyder.html#853.59.65">Grover C. Snyder</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/grovenor-guert.html#859.83.54">Grover C. Guernsey</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/henderson.html#345.32.58">Grover C. Henderson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith4.html#675.29.28">Grover C. Smith</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jackson4.html#054.81.70">Grover C. Jackson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hunter.html#586.92.59">Grover C. Hunter</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bowens-bower.html#982.54.89">Grover C. Bower</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lance-landoe.html#763.74.36">Grover C. Land</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/morgan-mork.html#336.22.61">Grover C. Moritz</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gregg.html#888.74.90">Grover C. Gregg</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/richardville-richman.html#687.78.30">Grover C. Richman, Jr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/anderson4.html#138.08.05">Grover C. Anderson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/choate-chrisman.html#837.68.22">Grover C. Chriss</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cremeans-crocheron.html#508.06.22">Grover C. Criswell</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brown4.html#652.69.29">Grover C. Brown</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/robinson4.html#819.63.65">Grover C. Robinson III</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Coins and currency: His <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/coins-currency.html">portrait appeared</a> on the U.S. $20 bill (1914-28), and on the $1,000 bill (1928-46).</li> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Campaign slogan (1884): "We love him for the enemies he has made."</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Opposition slogan (1884): "Ma, Ma, Where's My Pa?"</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/steven-grover-cleveland/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grover Cleveland">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/433/000026355">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0166479">Internet Movie Database profile</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/205">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=4079">OurCampaigns candidate detail</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Books about Grover Cleveland: Alyn Brodsky, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0312268831/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0312268831&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Grover Cleveland : A Study in Character</a> — H. Paul Jeffers, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/038097746X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=038097746X&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">An Honest President: The Life and Presidencies of Grover Cleveland</a> — Mark Wahlgren Summers, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0807848492/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0807848492&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Rum, Romanism, & Rebellion : The Making of a President, 1884</a> — Henry F. Graff, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0805069232/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0805069232&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Grover Cleveland</a> — Troy Senik, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1982140747/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1982140747&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">A Man of Iron: The Turbulent Life and Improbable Presidency of Grover Cleveland</a> — Jeff C. Young, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0766051285/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0766051285&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Grover Cleveland</a> (for young readers)</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Critical books about Grover Cleveland: Matthew Algeo, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/156976350X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=156976350X&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">The President Is a Sick Man: the Supposedly Virtuous Grover Cleveland Survives a Secret Surgery at Sea and Vilifies the Courageous Newspaperman Who Dared Expose the Truth</a> — Charles Lachman, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1620870967/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1620870967&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">A Secret Life : The Lies and Scandals of President Grover Cleveland</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: New York Red Book 1896</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms00118">Forest Lawn Cemetery</a> 1411 Delaware Avenue Buffalo, Erie County, New York Founded 1849 Listed in National Register of Historic Places, 1990 See also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=64570&">Findagrave page</a> for this location. <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/6268122688/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/918/21.51.jpg" width=70 height=91 border=0 alt="Millard Fillmore"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Millard Fillmore (1800-1874) — also known as "The Accidental President" — of East Aurora, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y.; Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CY-born.html">Cayuga County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1800/01-07.html">January 7, 1800</a>. Whig. <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 Erie County, 1829-31; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a>, 1833-35, 1837-43 (32nd District 1833-35, 1837-41, 38th District 1841-43); candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/gov.html">Governor of New York</a>, 1844; in 1846, he was one of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/univfound.html">founders</a> of the University of Buffalo, originally a medical school; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/comp.html">New York state comptroller</a>, 1848-49; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/pres-vp.html">Vice President of the United States</a>, 1849-50; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/pres-vp.html">President of the United States</a>, 1850-53; defeated, 1852, 1856. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/unitarian.html">Unitarian</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/english.html">English</a> ancestry. Died, after a series of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/stroke.html">strokes</a>, in Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-died.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1874/03-08.html">March 8, 1874</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 60 days</a>). Interment at Forest Lawn 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">Relatives: Son of Nathaniel Fillmore and Phoebe (Millard) Fillmore; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1826/02-05.html">February 5, 1826</a>, to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fiero-finan.html#961.12.98">Abigail Powers (1798-1853)</a> and Abigail Powers (1798-1853); married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1858/02-10.html">February 10, 1858</a>, to Caroline (Carmichael) McIntosh; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fiero-finan.html#304.90.64">Calvin Fillmore</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/russell5.html#124.41.70">John Leslie Russell</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/boyles-bradburn.html#152.06.17">Jonathan Brace</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ede-edlin.html#293.51.72">Bela Edgerton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thye-tiernan.html#341.80.46">Heman Ticknor</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/russell6.html#625.36.81">Leslie Wead Russell</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/leech-lehlbach.html#964.75.12">Alonzo Mark Leffingwell</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hopkins.html#996.31.40">Alphonso Alva Hopkins</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/russell2.html#450.95.89">Charles Hazen Russell</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/keathley-keena.html#153.32.70">John Clarence Keeler</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#308.16.83">John Leffingwell Randolph</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/griswold.html#429.16.41">Matthew Griswold</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/boyles-bradburn.html#496.05.79">Thomas Kimberly Brace</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ede-edlin.html#757.92.13">Alfred Peck Edgerton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ede-edlin.html#435.96.70">Joseph Ketchum Edgerton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#035.17.11">Charles Henry Pendleton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#348.93.66">Chauncey C. 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/kidder-kilbourne.html#632.14.15">James Kilbourne</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/abbra-abzug.html#347.95.74">Elijah Abel</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allen8.html#349.75.29">Samuel Clesson Allen</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bronson.html#437.89.78">Greene Carrier Bronson</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chandless-chapline.html#600.87.26">Willard J. Chapin</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sacks-saintaubin.html#584.63.88">Russell Sage</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kidder-kilbourne.html#719.71.46">Samuel Lount Kilbourne</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0082.html">Weeks-Bigelow-Andrew-Upham family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0421.html">Wolcott-Griswold-Packwood-Brandegee family</a> of Connecticut; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0624.html">Hosmer-Griswold-Parsons family</a> of Middletown, Connecticut (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Cross-reference: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thompson3.html#696.57.75">Edward H. Thompson</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Fillmore counties in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/FI.html">Minn.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/FI.html">Neb.</a>, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/MI.html">Millard County, Utah</a>, are named for him.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">The <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-cities.html">city</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/MI-names.html">Fillmore, Utah</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Other politicians named for him: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/riley.html#680.44.79">Millard F. Riley</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mccorquodale-mccuiston.html#202.41.14">Millard F. McCray</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/parker6.html#912.47.78">Millard F. Parker</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dunlap.html#472.55.45">Millard F. Dunlap</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/voelker-voorehees.html#240.80.34">Millard F. Voies</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cottrell-coudriet.html#803.07.77">Millard F. Cottrell</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/voorheis-vyzral.html#452.11.66">Millard F. Vores</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/saunders.html#517.56.43">Millard F. Saunders</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tatem-tayloe.html#304.72.53">Millard F. Tawes</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/caldwell.html#355.20.48">Millard F. Caldwell, Jr.</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000115">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404072">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millard Fillmore">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/579/000026501">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/336">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=4104">OurCampaigns candidate detail</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Books about Millard Fillmore: Robert J. Raybach, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0945707045/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0945707045&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Millard Fillmore : Biography of a President</a> — Elbert B. Smith, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/070060362X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=070060362X&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">The Presidencies of Zachary Taylor and Millard Fillmore</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Portrait & Biographical Album of Washtenaw County (1891)</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Alexander Brush (1824-1892) — of New York. Born in Edinburgh, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SD-born.html">Scotland</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1824/02-08.html">February 8, 1824</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/buffalo.html">Mayor of Buffalo, N.Y.</a>, 1870-73, 1880-81. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scottish.html">Scottish</a> ancestry. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WW/AT-died.html">North Atlantic Ocean</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1892/06-01.html">June 1, 1892</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">68 years, 114 days</a>). Interment at Forest Lawn 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">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander Brush">Wikipedia article</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Frank Albert Sedita (1907-1975) — also known as Frank A. Sedita — of Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. Born in New Orleans, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/OR-born.html">Orleans Parish</a>, La., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1907/06-20.html">June 20, 1907</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Erie County 1st District, 1936; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/nysc.html">Justice of New York Supreme Court</a> 8th District, 1952; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/buffalo.html">mayor of Buffalo, N.Y.</a>, 1958-61, 1966-73; resigned 1973; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1960/NY.html">1960</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/attygn.html">New York state attorney general</a>, 1966. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/italian.html">Italian</a> ancestry. Died in Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-died.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1975/05-02.html">May 2, 1975</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">67 years, 316 days</a>). Interment at Forest Lawn 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">Relatives: Son of Vincent Sedita and Josephine (Militello) Sedita; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/secrest-seel.html#061.99.68">Joseph J. Sedita</a>; married to Sarah R. Vacanti; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/secrest-seel.html#408.84.72">Frank A. Sedita Jr.</a> (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/secrest-seel.html#848.42.33">Marilyn Hemstock</a>); grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/secrest-seel.html#064.04.23">Frank A. Sedita III</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/43287.html">Sedita family</a> of Buffalo, New York.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank A. Sedita">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/8056315">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Philip Becker (1830-1898) — of Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. Born in Oberotterbach, Bavaria, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GR-born.html">Germany</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1830/04-25.html">April 25, 1830</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/buffalo.html">Mayor of Buffalo, N.Y.</a>, 1876-77, 1886-89; 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/german.html">German</a> ancestry. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1898/07-04.html">July 4, 1898</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">68 years, 70 days</a>). Interment at Forest Lawn 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">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip Becker">Wikipedia article</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Abigail Fillmore (1798-1853) — also known as Abigail Powers — of East Aurora, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y.; Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. Born in Stillwater, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SA-born.html">Saratoga County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1798/03-13.html">March 13, 1798</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/second.html">Second Lady of the United States</a>, 1849-50; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/first.html">First Lady of the United States</a>, 1850-53. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Died, in the Willard <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/hotels.html">Hotel</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1853/03-30.html">March 30, 1853</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/55.html">55 years, 17 days</a>). Interment at Forest Lawn 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">Relatives: Daughter of Abigail (Newland) Powers and Lemuel Leland Powers; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1826/02-05.html">February 5, 1826</a>, to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fiero-finan.html#918.21.51">Millard Fillmore</a> (nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fiero-finan.html#304.90.64">Calvin Fillmore</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abigil Fillmore">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/2705">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=34112">OurCampaigns candidate detail</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Timothy T. Lockwood (1810-1870) — of Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. Born in North East, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/DU-born.html">Dutchess County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1810/index.html">1810</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">Physician</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/buffalo.html">mayor of Buffalo, N.Y.</a>, 1858-59. Died in Utica, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OE-died.html">Oneida County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1870/index.html">1870</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/60.html">about 60 years</a>). Interment at Forest Lawn 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">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy T. Lockwood">Wikipedia article</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/907/30.36.jpg" width=70 height=96 border=0 alt="Joseph G. Masten"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Joseph Griffiths Masten (1809-1871) — also known as Joseph G. Masten — of Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. Born in Red Hook, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/DU-born.html">Dutchess County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1809/06-24.html">June 24, 1809</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/buffalo.html">mayor of Buffalo, N.Y.</a>, 1843-44, 1845-46; Buffalo superior court judge, 1856-71; died in office 1871; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/cncn5.html">delegate to New York state constitutional convention</a>, 1867. Died in Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-died.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1871/04-14.html">April 14, 1871</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/61.html">61 years, 294 days</a>). Interment at Forest Lawn 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">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/15095766">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Pictorial History of the Superior Court of Buffalo (1886)</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William George Fargo (1818-1881) — also known as William Fargo — of Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. Born in Pompey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ON-born.html">Onondaga County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1818/05-20.html">May 20, 1818</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/buffalo.html">Mayor of Buffalo, N.Y.</a>, 1862-65; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> 31st District, 1871. With Henry Wells in 1851, founded Wells, Fargo & Co. Died in Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-died.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1881/08-03.html">August 3, 1881</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/63.html">63 years, 75 days</a>). Interment at Forest Lawn 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">Relatives: Son of William Congdell Fargo and Tacy (Strong) Fargo; married to Anna Hurd Williams; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/herrick.html#034.21.08">Jonathan R. Herrick</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/herrick.html#808.73.93">D-Cady Herrick</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/herrick.html#595.94.66">Walter Richmond Herrick</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/herrick.html#675.91.67">D-Cady Herrick II</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/faircloth-farleigh.html#540.79.96">Francis Frederick Fargo</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William Fargo">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/124/000160641">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/326">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Solomon Scheu (1822-1888) — of Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. Born in Standenbuhl, Bavaria, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GR-born.html">Germany</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1822/01-06.html">January 6, 1822</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/buffalo.html">Mayor of Buffalo, N.Y.</a>, 1878-79; defeated, 1879, 1887; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1888/NY.html">1888</a>. Died in Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-died.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1888/11-23.html">November 23, 1888</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 322 days</a>). Interment at Forest Lawn 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">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon Scheu">Wikipedia article</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/208/88.56.jpg" width=70 height=113 border=0 alt="Wilson S. Bissell"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Wilson Shannon Bissell (1847-1903) — also known as Wilson S. Bissell — of Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. Born in New London, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OE-born.html">Oneida County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1847/12-31.html">December 31, 1847</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; law partner with <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cleveland.html#531.34.01">Grover Cleveland</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bass.html#651.84.71">Lyman K. Bass</a>, 1873-82; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/cabinet.html">U.S. Postmaster General</a>, 1893-95; resigned 1895; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1896/NY.html">1896</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/univpres.html">chancellor</a>, University of Buffalo, 1902. Died in Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-died.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1903/10-06.html">October 6, 1903</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/55.html">55 years, 279 days</a>). Interment at Forest Lawn 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">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilson S. Bissell">Wikipedia article</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: New York World, March 5, 1893</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> Nathan Kelsey Hall (1810-1874) — also known as Nathan K. Hall — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. Born in Marcellus, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ON-born.html">Onondaga County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1810/03-28.html">March 28, 1810</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; common pleas court judge in New York, 1841-45; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Erie County, 1846; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 32nd District, 1847-49; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/cabinet.html">U.S. Postmaster General</a>, 1850-52; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usdjud.html">U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of New York</a>, 1852-74; died in office 1874. Died in Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-died.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1874/03-02.html">March 2, 1874</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/63.html">63 years, 339 days</a>). Interment at Forest Lawn 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">Relatives: Son of Ira Hall and Katherine (Rose) Hall; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1832/11-16.html">November 16, 1832</a>, to Emily Paine.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000062">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404947">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=947&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na">federal judicial profile</a> — <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/hall-nathan-kelsey">Biographical Directory of Federal Judges</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John Baker Manning (1833-1908) — also known as John B. Manning — of Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie 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/1833/07-13.html">July 13, 1833</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/buffalo.html">Mayor of Buffalo, N.Y.</a>, 1883-84. Died in Brooklyn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-died.html">Kings County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1908/04-28.html">April 28, 1908</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 290 days</a>). Interment at Forest Lawn 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">Relatives: Son of John Manning and Eleanor (Oley) Manning; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1897/">1897</a> to Marie Ellenora Schwank.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/45248378">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Charles Frederick Bishop (1844-1913) — also known as Charles F. Bishop; Charles Frederick Bischoff — of Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. Born in Williamsville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-born.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1844/10-14.html">October 14, 1844</a>. Democrat. Dealer in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/coffee-tea.html">tea</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/coffee-tea.html">coffee</a>, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/food.html">spices</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/buffalo.html">mayor of Buffalo, N.Y.</a>, 1890-94. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/german.html">German</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/cancer.html">cancer</a>, in Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-died.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1913/09-14.html">September 14, 1913</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">68 years, 335 days</a>). Interment at Forest Lawn 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">Relatives: Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1865/08-06.html">August 6, 1865</a>, to Kate Moran.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/198/60.41.jpg" width=70 height=105 border=0 alt="Henry K. Smith"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Henry Kendall Smith (1811-1854) — also known as Henry K. Smith — of Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. Born in St. Croix, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VI/ZZ-born.html">Virgin Islands</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1811/04-02.html">April 2, 1811</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper editor</a>; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/buffalo.html#2">Buffalo, N.Y.</a>, 1846-49; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/buffalo.html">mayor of Buffalo, N.Y.</a>, 1850-51. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/english.html">English</a> ancestry. Died in Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-died.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1854/09-23.html">September 23, 1854</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/43.html">43 years, 174 days</a>). Interment at Forest Lawn 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">Relatives: Married to Sally Ann Thompson.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/45246516">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Pictorial History of the Superior Court of Buffalo (1886)</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> Solomon George Haven (1810-1861) — also known as Solomon G. Haven — of Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CN-born.html">Chenango County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1810/11-27.html">November 27, 1810</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-officials.html">Erie County District Attorney</a>, 1844-46; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/buffalo.html">mayor of Buffalo, N.Y.</a>, 1846-47; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 32nd District, 1851-57. Died in Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-died.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1861/12-24.html">December 24, 1861</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/51.html">51 years, 27 days</a>). Interment at Forest Lawn 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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000355">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405224">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon G. Haven">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6943078">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Edgar Boardman Jewett (1843-1924) — also known as Edgar B. Jewett — of Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. Born in Ann Arbor, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WA-born.html">Washtenaw County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1843/12-14.html">December 14, 1843</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/buffalo.html">Mayor of Buffalo, N.Y.</a>, 1895-97. Died in Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-died.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1924/03-28.html">March 28, 1924</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">80 years, 105 days</a>). Interment at Forest Lawn Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Orlando Allen (1803-1874) — of Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. Born in New Hartford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OE-born.html">Oneida County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1803/02-10.html">February 10, 1803</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/drugs.html">Apothecary</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/buffalo.html">mayor of Buffalo, N.Y.</a>, 1848-49; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Erie County 1st District, 1850-51, 1860. Died in Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-died.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1874/09-04.html">September 4, 1874</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 206 days</a>). Interment at Forest Lawn Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Franklin Augustus Alberger (1825-1877) — also known as Franklin A. Alberger — of Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ba-born.html">Baltimore</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1825/01-14.html">January 14, 1825</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/buffalo.html">Mayor of Buffalo, N.Y.</a>, 1860-61; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Erie County 3rd District, 1871-74. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/cholera.html">cholera</a>, in Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-died.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1877/08-24.html">August 24, 1877</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/52.html">52 years, 222 days</a>). Interment at Forest Lawn 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">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin A. Alberger">Wikipedia article</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> George William Clinton (1807-1885) — also known as George W. Clinton — of Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie 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/1807/04-24.html">April 24, 1807</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/buffalo.html">Mayor of Buffalo, N.Y.</a>, 1842-43; Buffalo superior court judge, 1854-77; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/cncn5.html">delegate to New York state constitutional convention</a>, 1867. Died in Menands, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/AL-died.html">Albany County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1885/09-07.html">September 7, 1885</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 136 days</a>). Interment at Forest Lawn 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">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clinton.html#026.12.20">De Witt Clinton</a> and Maria (Franklin) Clinton; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1832/05-15.html">May 15, 1832</a>, to Laura Catharine Spencer; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clinton.html#687.03.73">Charles Clinton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clinton.html#549.98.40">George Clinton Jr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clinton.html#781.46.16">James Graham Clinton</a>; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clinton.html#056.32.63">James Clinton</a>; grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clinton.html#440.13.51">George Clinton</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dewine-dewson.html#648.32.56">Jacob Hasbrouck DeWitt</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dewine-dewson.html#089.85.16">Charles De Witt</a>; second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smithberger-smyser.html#940.62.96">Abraham Owen Smoot III</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smithberger-smyser.html#938.89.45">Isaac Albert Smoot</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bruns-bruyn.html#661.46.67">Charles D. Bruyn</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dewine-dewson.html#565.52.03">Charles Gerrit De Witt</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dewine-dewson.html#422.34.26">David Miller De Witt</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0090.html">Clinton-DeWitt family</a> of New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0133.html">DeWitt-Bruyn-Hasbrouck-Kellogg family</a> of New York (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6690912">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Chandler J. Wells (1814-1887) — also known as Chan Wells — of New York. Born in Utica, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OE-born.html">Oneida County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1814/06-10.html">June 10, 1814</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/buffalo.html">Mayor of Buffalo, N.Y.</a>, 1866-67. Died in Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-died.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1887/02-04.html">February 4, 1887</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 239 days</a>). Interment at Forest Lawn 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">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandler J. Wells">Wikipedia article</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Elbridge Gerry Spaulding (1809-1897) — also known as Elbridge G. Spaulding — of Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. Born in Summer Hill, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CY-born.html">Cayuga County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1809/02-24.html">February 24, 1809</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/buffalo.html">Mayor of Buffalo, N.Y.</a>, 1847-48; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Erie County 1st District, 1848; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 32nd District, 1849-51, 1859-63; defeated, 1876; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/trea.html">New York state treasurer</a>, 1854-55; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1856/NY.html">1856</a> (chair, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1856/committees.html">Credentials Committee</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1856/speakers.html">speaker</a>). Died in Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-died.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1897/05-05.html">May 5, 1897</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/88.html">88 years, 70 days</a>). Interment at Forest Lawn 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">Presumably named for: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gerry.html#546.21.44">Elbridge Gerry</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000705">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=410176">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William Findlay Rogers (1820-1899) — also known as William F. Rogers — of New York. Born near Easton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/NO-born.html">Northampton County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1820/03-01.html">March 1, 1820</a>. Democrat. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/buffalo.html">mayor of Buffalo, N.Y.</a>, 1868-69; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 32nd District, 1883-85; defeated, 1886. Died in Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-died.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1899/12-16.html">December 16, 1899</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 290 days</a>). Interment at Forest Lawn 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">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rogers8.html#396.52.72">Thomas Jones Rogers</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000407">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409373">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William Findlay Rogers">Wikipedia article</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Lewis P. Dayton (1821-1900) — of Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. Born in Eden, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-born.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1821/index.html">1821</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">Physician</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Erie County 3rd District, 1868; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/buffalo.html">mayor of Buffalo, N.Y.</a>, 1874-75. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1900/05-14.html">May 14, 1900</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">about 78 years</a>). Interment at Forest Lawn 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">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis P. Dayton">Wikipedia article</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William Insco Buchanan (1853-1909) — also known as William I. Buchanan — of Piqua, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/MI-lived.html">Miami County</a>, Ohio; Sioux City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/WO-lived.html">Woodbury County</a>, Iowa; Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. Born near Covington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/MI-born.html">Miami County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1853/09-10.html">September 10, 1853</a>. U.S. Minister to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/AR-diplomats.html ">Argentina</a>, 1894-99; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/PM-diplomats.html ">Panama</a>, 1903-04. Collapsed and died, apparently from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/stroke.html">stroke</a>, on a sidewalk at Park Lane, London, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ED-died.html">England</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1909/10-17.html">October 17, 1909</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/56.html">56 years, 37 days</a>). Interment at Forest Lawn 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">Relatives: Married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1878/">1878</a> to Lulu Williams.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/buchanan-william-insco ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> James Osborne Putnam (1818-1903) — also known as James O. Putnam — of Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1818/index.html">1818</a>. Whig. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/buffalo.html#2">Buffalo, N.Y.</a>, 1851-53; U.S. Minister to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/BG-diplomats.html ">Belgium</a>, 1880-82. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1903/index.html">1903</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/85.html">about 85 years</a>). Interment at Forest Lawn 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">Relatives: Father of James W. Putnam.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/putnam-james-osborne ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> De Alva Stanwood Alexander (1846-1925) — also known as De Alva S. Alexander — of Indianapolis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/MA-lived.html">Marion County</a>, Ind.; Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. Born in Richmond, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/SA-born.html">Sagadahoc County</a>, Maine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1846/07-17.html">July 17, 1846</a>. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper editor</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1872/IN.html">1872</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/IN.html">secretary of Indiana Republican Party</a>, 1874-78; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of New York</a>, 1889-93; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a>, 1897-1911 (33rd District 1897-1903, 36th District 1903-11); defeated, 1910. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/grand-army-republic.html">Grand Army of the Republic</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-kappa-epsilon.html">Delta Kappa Epsilon</a>. Died in Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-died.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1925/01-30.html">January 30, 1925</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 197 days</a>). Interment at Forest Lawn 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">Relatives: Son of Stanwood Alexander and Priscilla (Brown) Alexander; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1871/09-21.html">September 21, 1871</a>, to Alice Colby; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1893/12-28.html">December 28, 1893</a>, to Anne Gerlach Bliss.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000091">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400750">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De Alva S. Alexander">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6943086">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=261136">OurCampaigns candidate detail</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John McCreath Farquhar (1832-1918) — also known as John M. Farquhar — of Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. Born near Ayr, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SD-born.html">Scotland</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1832/04-17.html">April 17, 1832</a>. Republican. Major in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 32nd District, 1885-91; defeated, 1902; member, U.S. Industrial Commission, 1898-1902. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/labor-unions.html">International Typographical Union</a>. Received the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/medal-of-honor.html">Medal of Honor</a> in 1902, for action at Stone River, Tenn., December 31, 1862. Died in Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-died.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1918/04-24.html">April 24, 1918</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/86.html">86 years, 7 days</a>). Interment at Forest Lawn 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">Relatives: Son of John Farquhar and Marion (McCreath) Farquhar; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1882/">1882</a> to Jane Wood.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000027">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403989">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Daniel Newton Lockwood (1844-1906) — also known as Daniel N. Lockwood — of Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. Born in Hamburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-born.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1844/06-01.html">June 1, 1844</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-officials.html">Erie County District Attorney</a>, 1875-77; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 32nd District, 1877-79, 1891-95; defeated, 1878, 1884; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1880/NY.html">1880</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1896/NY.html">1896</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of New York</a>, 1886-89; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of New York</a>, 1894. Died in Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-died.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1906/06-01.html">June 1, 1906</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/62.html">62 years, 0 days</a>). Interment at Forest Lawn 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">Relatives: Son of Harrison Lockwood and Martha (Phillips) Lockwood; married to Sarah Brown; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lockwood.html#686.32.21">Ebenezer Lockwood</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lockwood.html#919.42.00">Horatio Lockwood</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lockwood.html#091.17.71">Alsop Hunt Lockwood</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000392">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406884">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6943115">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John Cornelius Butler (1887-1953) — also known as John C. Butler — of Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. Born in Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-born.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1887/07-02.html">July 2, 1887</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a>, 1941-49, 1951-53 (42nd District 1941-45, 44th District 1945-49, 1951-53); defeated, 1938 (42nd District), 1948 (44th District). Died in Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-died.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1953/08-13.html">August 13, 1953</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 42 days</a>). Interment at Forest Lawn 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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001179">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402121">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Clarence MacGregor (1872-1952) — of Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. Born in Newark, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WN-born.html">Wayne County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1872/09-16.html">September 16, 1872</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 Erie County 8th District, 1908-12; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> 50th District, 1914; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 41st District, 1919-28; resigned 1928; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/nysc.html">Justice of New York Supreme Court</a> 8th District, 1929-42. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/psi-upsilon.html">Psi Upsilon</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>. Died in Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-died.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1952/02-18.html">February 18, 1952</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 155 days</a>). Interment at Forest Lawn 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">Relatives: Son of James W. MacGregor and Harriet (Cratar) MacGregor.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000009">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=407039">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6943090">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Edwin F. Jaeckle (1894-1992) — also known as Ed Jaeckle — of Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. Born in Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-born.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1894/10-27.html">October 27, 1894</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-parties.html">chair of Erie County Republican Party</a>, 1935-42; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/buffalo.html">mayor of Buffalo, N.Y.</a>, 1937; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/NY.html">New York Republican state chair</a>, 1940-44; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1944/NY.html">1944</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1948/NY.html">1948</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1992/05-14.html">May 14, 1992</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/97.html">97 years, 200 days</a>). Interment at Forest Lawn 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">Relatives: Son of Jacob Jaeckle and Mary (Marx) Jaeckle; married to Grace Drechsel.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/203/24.09.jpg" width=70 height=94 border=0 alt="Shirley Chisholm"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Shirley Anita Chisholm (1924-2005) — also known as Shirley Chisholm; Shirley Anita St. Hill — 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/1924/11-30.html">November 30, 1924</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a>, 1965-68 (Kings County 17th District 1965, 45th District 1966, 55th District 1967-68); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 12th District, 1969-83; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1972/index.html">1972</a>; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1980/NY.html">1980</a>; Honorary Co-Chair, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1984/officers.html">1984</a>; speaker, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1988/speakers.html">1988</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/african.html">African</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lwv.html">League of Women Voters</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/naacp.html">NAACP</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/ams-dem-action.html">Americans for Democratic Action</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/nat-org-women.html">National Organization for Women</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/urban-league.html">Urban League</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-sigma-theta.html">Delta Sigma Theta</a>. Inducted, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/natl-womens-hof.html">National Women's Hall of Fame</a>, 1993. Died in Ormond Beach, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/VO-died.html">Volusia County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2005/01-01.html">January 1, 2005</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">80 years, 32 days</a>). Entombed in mausoleum at Forest Lawn 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">Relatives: Daughter of Charles Christopher St. Hill and Ruby (Seale) St. Hill; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1949/10-08.html">October 8, 1949</a>, to Conrad Chisholm; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1977/11-26.html">November 26, 1977</a>, to Arthur Hardwick, Jr.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Cross-reference: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dufrene-dukakis.html#483.33.92">Bevan Dufty</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Campaign slogan: "Unbought and unbossed."</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000371">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402510">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirley Chisholm">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/436/000032340">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1596930">Internet Movie Database profile</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/10211114">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.womenofthehall.org/inductee/shirley-chisholm/">National Women's Hall of Fame</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Library of Congress</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> Albert Haller Tracy (1793-1859) — also known as Albert H. Tracy — of Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. Born in Norwich, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NL-born.html">New London County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1793/06-17.html">June 17, 1793</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a>, 1819-25 (21st District 1819-21, 2nd District 1821-23, 30th District 1823-25); member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> 8th District, 1830-37. Died in Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-died.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1859/09-19.html">September 19, 1859</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 94 days</a>). Interment at Forest Lawn 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">Relatives: Son of Philemon Tracy and Abigail (Trott) Tracy; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tracy.html#582.36.06">Phineas Lyman Tracy</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/griswold.html#429.16.41">Matthew Griswold (1714-1799)</a>; first cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/witherspoon-woldanski.html#539.20.10">Roger Wolcott</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hilla-hillhouse.html#488.74.68">James Hillhouse</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/griswold.html#247.44.62">Roger Griswold</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/witherspoon-woldanski.html#075.86.53">Erastus Wolcott</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/witherspoon-woldanski.html#701.74.56">Oliver Wolcott Sr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#020.30.43">Edward Russell Kellogg</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hyde.html#729.62.14">Zina Hyde Jr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/backus.html#614.71.17">Henry Titus Backus</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woodall-woodburn.html#742.80.84">William Woodbridge</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/backus.html#525.38.95">Isaac Backus</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allen5.html#161.25.92">John William Allen</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sigerson-silon.html#280.58.22">George Griswold Sill</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/griswold.html#587.44.91">Matthew Griswold (1833-1919)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hyde.html#300.28.98">Thomas Worcester Hyde</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/witherspoon-woldanski.html#426.84.67">Oliver Wolcott Jr.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/witherspoon-woldanski.html#251.24.21">Frederick Wolcott</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stone.html#907.26.47">George Frederick Stone</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hyde.html#416.38.08">Charles Edward Hyde</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gagliardi-gainer.html#645.80.14">Herman Arod Gager</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hyde.html#616.27.89">John Sedgwick Hyde</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hyde.html#301.16.25">Edward Warden Hyde</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/reed4.html#123.20.81">George Leffingwell Reed</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chandless-chapline.html#394.34.39">Selden Chapin</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/read.html#516.26.90">Nathan Read</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/abbra-abzug.html#347.95.74">Elijah Abel</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sigerson-silon.html#759.08.98">Thomas Hale Sill</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ede-edlin.html#293.51.72">Bela Edgerton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lord.html#273.48.39">Frederick William Lord</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sigerson-silon.html#410.76.62">Theodore Sill</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allen8.html#349.75.29">Samuel Clesson Allen</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ellsworth.html#026.38.52">Henry Leavitt Ellsworth</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ellsworth.html#601.47.35">William Wolcott Ellsworth</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hapgood-hardie.html#922.40.73">Gideon Hard</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#115.72.55">Joseph Lyman Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rockwell.html#087.76.51">John Arnold Rockwell</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ede-edlin.html#757.92.13">Alfred Peck Edgerton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ede-edlin.html#435.96.70">Joseph Ketchum Edgerton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/waterman.html#957.86.08">Alexander Hamilton Waterman</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/frank.html#124.41.50">Augustus Frank</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000343">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=410914">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert H. Tracy">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/74702715">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Lyman Kidder Bass (1836-1889) — also known as Lyman K. Bass — of New York. Born in Alden, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-born.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1836/11-13.html">November 13, 1836</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-officials.html">Erie County District Attorney</a>, 1865-72; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1868/NY.html">1868</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a>, 1873-77 (31st District 1873-75, 32nd District 1875-77); defeated, 1870; law partner with <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cleveland.html#531.34.01">Grover Cleveland</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bismarck-bjorseth.html#208.88.56">Wilson S. Bissell</a>, 1873-82; attorney for many <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">railroads</a>. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/tuberculosis.html">consumption</a>, in the Buckingham <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/hotels.html">Hotel</a>, New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-died.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1889/05-11.html">May 11, 1889</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/52.html">52 years, 179 days</a>). Interment at Forest Lawn 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">Relatives: Son of Jonathan Belcher Bass and Emily (Kidder) Bass; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1874/">1874</a> to Frances Esther 'Fanny' Metcalfe (who later married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/witherspoon-woldanski.html#187.88.31">Edward Oliver Wolcott</a>); father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bass.html#203.86.66">Lyman Metcalfe Bass</a>; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kidder-kilbourne.html#522.94.96">Ira Kidder</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kidder-kilbourne.html#595.80.64">Jefferson Parish Kidder</a>; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kidder-kilbourne.html#227.57.84">Lyman Kidder</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kidder-kilbourne.html#469.72.47">Silas Wright Kidder</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kidder-kilbourne.html#769.86.18">Alvan Kidder</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kidder-kilbourne.html#175.97.75">Daniel S. Kidder</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kidder-kilbourne.html#008.76.09">Francis Kidder</a>; second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams8.html#103.05.89">Samuel Adams</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams5.html#675.84.63">John Adams</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kidder-kilbourne.html#859.86.40">Harley Walter Kidder</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kidder-kilbourne.html#639.15.77">Isaiah Kidder</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kidder-kilbourne.html#158.77.27">Ezra Kidder</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kidder-kilbourne.html#285.37.65">David Kidder</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allen5.html#327.71.65">Joseph Allen</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hodges.html#018.53.72">James Hodges</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams5.html#951.27.66">John Quincy Adams</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kidder-kilbourne.html#373.44.64">Nathan Parker Kidder</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sternberg-steunenberg.html#191.43.20">Charles Stetson</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kidder-kilbourne.html#399.01.14">Luther Kidder</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kidder-kilbourne.html#423.50.87">Arba Kidder</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kidder-kilbourne.html#508.69.75">Joseph Souther Kidder</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kidder-kilbourne.html#500.01.05">Pascal Paoli Kidder</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sternberg-steunenberg.html#416.90.03">Isaiah Stetson</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0030.html">DuPont family</a> of Wilmington, Delaware; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000221">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401217">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6943096">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Charles Daniels (1825-1897) — of Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie 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/1825/03-24.html">March 24, 1825</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 33rd District, 1893-97. Died in Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-died.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1897/12-20.html">December 20, 1897</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 271 days</a>). Interment at Forest Lawn 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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000040">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403180">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William Dorsheimer (1832-1888) — of Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. Born in Lyons, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WN-born.html">Wayne County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1832/02-05.html">February 5, 1832</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of New York</a>, 1875-79; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1876/NY.html">1876</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1876/committees.html">Resolutions Committee</a>); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 7th District, 1883-85; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York</a>, 1885-86. Died in Savannah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CT-died.html">Chatham County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1888/03-26.html">March 26, 1888</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/56.html">56 years, 50 days</a>). Interment at Forest Lawn 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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000442">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403552">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Israel Thompson Hatch (1808-1875) — also known as Israel T. Hatch — of Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. Born in Johnstown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/FU-born.html">Fulton County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1808/06-30.html">June 30, 1808</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Erie County 1st District, 1852; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 32nd District, 1857-59; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/buffalo.html#2">Buffalo, N.Y.</a>, 1859-61; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/cncn5.html">delegate to New York state constitutional convention</a>, 1867. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1875/09-24.html">September 24, 1875</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">67 years, 86 days</a>). Interment at Forest Lawn 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">Relatives: Son of Abia (Thompson) Hatch and George Whitefield Hatch; half-brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thornwell-thurlow.html#504.47.00">Enos Thompson Throop</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thornwell-thurlow.html#728.30.78">George Bliss Throop</a>; brother of Eliza Hatch (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/powers.html#456.51.20">Gershom Powers</a>); second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thompson8.html#809.01.71">Smith Thompson</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sumners-sutliff.html#360.90.57">Jacob Livingston Sutherland</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thompson4.html#201.00.11">Gilbert Livingston Thompson</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/henry.html#227.53.36">Guy Vernor Henry</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0003.html">Livingston-Schuyler family</a> of New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0587.html">Thompson-Sutherland family</a> of New York (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000336">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405206">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6679546">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John Baptiste Weber (1842-1926) — also known as John B. Weber — of Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. Born in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1842/index.html">1842</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 33rd District, 1885-89. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1926/index.html">1926</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/84.html">about 84 years</a>). Interment at Forest Lawn 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">Presumably named for: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/pols-named-for-famous.html">John the Baptist</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000236">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411404">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William Williams (1815-1876) — of Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. Born in Bolton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/TO-born.html">Tolland County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1815/09-06.html">September 6, 1815</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Banker</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">railroad president</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a>, 1866-67 (Erie County 1st District 1866, Erie County 2nd District 1867); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 30th District, 1871-73; defeated, 1872. Died in Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-died.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1876/09-10.html">September 10, 1876</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/61.html">61 years, 4 days</a>). Interment at Forest Lawn 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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000544">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411702">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Ray Vaughn Pierce (1840-1914) — also known as Ray V. Pierce — of Titusville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CR-lived.html">Crawford County</a>, Pa.; Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. Born in Stark, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/HE-born.html">Herkimer County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1840/08-06.html">August 6, 1840</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">Physician</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/drugs.html">patent medicine manufacturer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a>, 1877-78; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 32nd District, 1879-80; resigned 1880. Died in St. Vincent Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/FR-died.html">Franklin County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1914/02-04.html">February 4, 1914</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">73 years, 182 days</a>). Interment at Forest Lawn 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">Relatives: Married to Mary Jane Smith.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000336">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408733">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray V. Pierce">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6690900">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=269929">OurCampaigns candidate detail</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William Abbott Moseley (1798-1873) — also known as William A. Moseley — of Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. Born in Whitesboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OE-born.html">Oneida County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1798/10-20.html">October 20, 1798</a>. Whig. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">Physician</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 Erie County, 1835; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> 8th District, 1838-41; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 32nd District, 1843-47. 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/1873/11-19.html">November 19, 1873</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 30 days</a>). Interment at Forest Lawn 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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M001024">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=407991">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William Frederick Waldow (1882-1930) — also known as William F. Waldow — of Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. Born in Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-born.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1882/08-26.html">August 26, 1882</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/NY.html">New York Republican State Committee</a>, 1916; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 42nd District, 1917-19; defeated, 1918; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/NY.html">1920</a>. Died in Snyder, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-died.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1930/04-16.html">April 16, 1930</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/47.html">47 years, 233 days</a>). Interment at Forest Lawn 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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000039">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411219">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Lawrence Washington Hall (1819-1863) — of Bucyrus, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/CR-lived.html">Crawford County</a>, Ohio. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/LA-born.html">Lake County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1819/index.html">1819</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; common pleas court judge in Ohio, 1852-57; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Ohio</a> 9th District, 1857-59; defeated, 1858. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">Imprisoned</a> for alleged <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/civil-war-slavery.html">disloyalty to the Union</a> in 1862. Died of a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/lung.html">lung hemorrhage</a>, Bucyrus, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/CR-died.html">Crawford County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1863/01-18.html">January 18, 1863</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/43.html">about 43 years</a>). Original interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/CR-buried.html#cms01513">Oakwood Cemetery</a>, Bucyrus, Ohio; reinterment at Forest Lawn 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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000059">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404944">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Daniel Rose Tilden (1804-1890) — also known as Daniel R. Tilden — of Ravenna, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/PO-lived.html">Portage County</a>, Ohio; Cleveland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/CU-lived.html">Cuyahoga County</a>, Ohio. Born in Lebanon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NL-born.html">New London County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1804/11-05.html">November 5, 1804</a>. Whig. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/PO-officials.html">Portage County Prosecuting Attorney</a>, 1838-41; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Ohio</a> 19th District, 1843-47; delegate to Whig National Convention from Ohio, 1848, 1852; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/CU-officials.html">Cuyahoga County Probate Judge</a>, 1855-88. Died in Cleveland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/CU-died.html">Cuyahoga County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1890/03-04.html">March 4, 1890</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/85.html">85 years, 119 days</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/plcrem.html">Cremated</a>; ashes interred at Forest Lawn 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">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tiernon-tilgham.html#102.07.68">Stephen Daniel Tilden</a> and Lucretia (Pettis) Tilden; married to Eleanor Clapp, Martha Jane McAllaster and Cornelia Lossing Jennings; third great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sanford.html#929.38.98">Peleg Sanford</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gareche-garlak.html#630.05.25">Lucretia Garfield</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tiernon-tilgham.html#185.09.83">George Galen Tilden</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gareche-garlak.html#821.53.26">Harry Augustus Garfield</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gareche-garlak.html#033.89.47">James Rudolph Garfield</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tiernon-tilgham.html#504.88.18">Lucien Cooper Tilden</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tiernon-tilgham.html#273.65.21">Julius Galen Tilden</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tiernon-tilgham.html#759.91.17">Moses Younglove Tilden</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tiernon-tilgham.html#308.96.36">Samuel Jones Tilden</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hughey-hulka.html#726.97.22">Calvin Tilden Hulburd</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#576.03.61">Jason Kellogg</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/otis.html#059.85.99">Asahel Otis</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mason.html#998.41.69">Jeremiah Mason</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/merrill.html#118.03.57">Orsamus Cook Merrill</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/merrill.html#001.75.05">Timothy Merrill</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.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>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000270">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=410843">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel R. Tilden">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6780575">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/086/53.47.jpg" width=70 height=93 border=0 alt="James M. Humphrey"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> James Morgan Humphrey (1819-1899) — also known as James M. Humphrey — of Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. Born in Holland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-born.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1819/09-21.html">September 21, 1819</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-officials.html">Erie County District Attorney</a>, 1857-59; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> 31st District, 1864-65; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 30th District, 1865-69; Buffalo superior court judge, 1871; defeated, 1871. Died in Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-died.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1899/02-09.html">February 9, 1899</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 141 days</a>). Interment at Forest Lawn 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">Relatives: Son of Arthur Humphrey and Aletha (Morgan) Humphrey; married to Adaline W. Bowen.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000955">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405799">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James M. Humphrey">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6690917">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Pictorial History of the Superior Court of Buffalo (1886)</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John Francis Harter (1897-1947) — also known as J. Francis Harter — of Eggertsville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. Born in Perry, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WY-born.html">Wyoming County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1897/09-01.html">September 1, 1897</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 41st District, 1939-41; defeated, 1940. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/moose.html">Moose</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/eagles.html">Eagles</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1947/12-20.html">December 20, 1947</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/50.html">50 years, 110 days</a>). Interment at Forest Lawn 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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000295">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405168">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Ebenezer Foote Norton (1774-1851) — also known as Ebenezer F. Norton — of Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. Born in Goshen, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/LI-born.html">Litchfield County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1774/11-07.html">November 7, 1774</a>. Democrat. <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 Erie County, 1823; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 30th District, 1829-31. Died in Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-died.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1851/05-11.html">May 11, 1851</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 185 days</a>). Interment at Forest Lawn 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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=N000146">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408229">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/74702919">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Thomas Cutting Love (1789-1853) — of New York. Born in Cambridge, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WA-born.html">Washington County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1789/11-30.html">November 30, 1789</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 32nd District, 1835-37. Died in Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-died.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1853/09-17.html">September 17, 1853</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/63.html">63 years, 291 days</a>). Interment at Forest Lawn 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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000459">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406948">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Lewis Eaton (1790-1857) — of Duanesburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SC-lived.html">Schenectady County</a>, N.Y.; Schoharie Bridge (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ZZ-lived.html">unknown county</a>), N.Y.; Lockport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NI-lived.html">Niagara County</a>, N.Y. Born in Duanesburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SC-born.html">Schenectady County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1790/02-17.html">February 17, 1790</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SC-officials.html">Schenectady County Sheriff</a>, 1821-22; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 12th District, 1823-25; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/postal.html">postmaster</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> 3rd District, 1829-32; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>. Died in Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-died.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1857/08-22.html">August 22, 1857</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">67 years, 186 days</a>). Original interment at <a href="# ">Black Rock Burial Ground</a>; reinterment at Forest Lawn 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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=E000025">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=412036">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis Eaton">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/39720429">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John Ganson (1818-1874) — of Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. Born in Le Roy, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/GE-born.html">Genesee County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1818/01-01.html">January 1, 1818</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> 31st District, 1862-63, 1874; died in office 1874; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 31st District, 1863-65; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1864/NY.html">1864</a>. Died in Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-died.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1874/01-28.html">January 28, 1874</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/56.html">56 years, 27 days</a>). Interment at Forest Lawn 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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000042">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404417">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Stephen Timothy Lockwood (1874-1971) — also known as Stephen T. Lockwood — of Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. Born in Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-born.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1874/01-07.html">January 7, 1874</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for the Western District of New York</a>, 1915-22; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/nysc.html">Justice of New York Supreme Court</a> 8th District, 1933. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1971/index.html">1971</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/97.html">about 97 years</a>). Interment at Forest Lawn 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">Relatives: Son of Stephen Lockwood and Oriel A. (Wood) Lockwood; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1899/">1899</a> to Sada F. Daly.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/68849476">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Alfred Parish Stone (1813-1865) — of Ohio. Born in Worthington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/HM-born.html">Hampshire County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1813/06-28.html">June 28, 1813</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Ohio</a> 16th District, 1844-45; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1856/OH.html">1856</a> (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1856/speakers.html">speaker</a>); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/trea.html">Ohio treasurer of state</a>, 1857-62. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/stroke.html">congestion of the brain</a>, Columbus, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/FR-died.html">Franklin County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1865/08-02.html">August 2, 1865</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/52.html">52 years, 35 days</a>). Original interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/FR-buried.html#cms00624">Green Lawn Cemetery</a>, Columbus, Ohio; reinterment in 1888 at Forest Lawn 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">Relatives: Son of John Stone and Lora (Parish) Stone; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1841/">1841</a> to Ann M. Townsend.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000952">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=410411">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Lyman Metcalfe Bass (1876-1955) — also known as Lyman M. Bass — of Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. Born in Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-born.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1876/07-05.html">July 5, 1876</a>. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for the Western District of New York</a>, 1906-09. Died in Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-died.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1955/07-09.html">July 9, 1955</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 4 days</a>). Interment at Forest Lawn 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">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bass.html#651.84.71">Lyman Kidder Bass</a> and Frances Est 'Fanny' (Metcalfe) Bass (who later married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/witherspoon-woldanski.html#187.88.31">Edward Oliver Wolcott</a>); married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1904/">1904</a> to Grace Holland; grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kidder-kilbourne.html#522.94.96">Ira Kidder</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kidder-kilbourne.html#595.80.64">Jefferson Parish Kidder</a>; great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kidder-kilbourne.html#227.57.84">Lyman Kidder</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kidder-kilbourne.html#469.72.47">Silas Wright Kidder</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kidder-kilbourne.html#769.86.18">Alvan Kidder</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kidder-kilbourne.html#175.97.75">Daniel S. Kidder</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kidder-kilbourne.html#008.76.09">Francis Kidder</a>; second cousin five times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams8.html#103.05.89">Samuel Adams</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams5.html#675.84.63">John Adams</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kidder-kilbourne.html#639.15.77">Isaiah Kidder</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kidder-kilbourne.html#158.77.27">Ezra Kidder</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kidder-kilbourne.html#285.37.65">David Kidder</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kidder-kilbourne.html#859.86.40">Harley Walter Kidder</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kidder-kilbourne.html#373.44.64">Nathan Parker Kidder</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/85996914">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Reuben Bostwick Heacock (1787-1854) — also known as Reuben B. Heacock — of Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. Born in Derby, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-born.html">New Haven County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1787/07-21.html">July 21, 1787</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 Erie County, 1826; Independent candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/buffalo.html">mayor of Buffalo, N.Y.</a>, 1853. Died in Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-died.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1854/04-07.html">April 7, 1854</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 260 days</a>). Interment at Forest Lawn 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">Relatives: Son of Reuben Heacock and Silence (Easton) Heacock; married to Abigail Peabody Grosvenor; grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayworth-heacock.html#487.84.54">Seth Grosvenor Heacock</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chandless-chapline.html#667.79.10">Graham Hurd Chapin</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hapgood-hardie.html#922.40.73">Gideon Hard</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allman-alsop.html#615.47.93">John Alsop</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/urbahns-uttley.html#735.11.63">Robert Cleveland Usher</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dentlinger-derousse.html#266.79.92">Chauncey Mitchell Depew</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hapgood-hardie.html#014.46.35">Henry Merritt Hard</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hapgood-hardie.html#972.80.44">Benjamin Hard</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cochrane-coey.html#125.18.82">Israel Coe</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/hotchkiss-hougen.html#472.46.19">Elisha Hotchkiss Jr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cochrane-coey.html#883.87.52">Lyman Wetmore Coe</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0006.html">Conger family</a> of New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0054.html">King-Hazard family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0119.html">Wildman family</a> of Danbury, Connecticut; <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/10001-0052.html">Saltonstall-Davis-Frelinghuysen-Appleton family</a> of Massachusetts (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/82176590">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Philip Halpern (1902-1963) — of Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. Born in Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-born.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1902/11-12.html">November 12, 1902</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/faculty.html">law professor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/cncn8.html">delegate to New York state constitutional convention</a> 48th District, 1938; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/nysc.html">Justice of New York Supreme Court</a> 8th District, 1948-63; died in office 1963; Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court, 1952-63 (3rd Department 1952-57, 4th Department 1958-63); died in office 1963. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jewish.html">Jewish</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/zionist-org-am.html">Zionist Organization of America</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sigma-alpha-mu.html">Sigma Alpha Mu</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/bnai-brith.html">B'nai B'rith</a>. Died in Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-died.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1963/08-25.html">August 25, 1963</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/60.html">60 years, 286 days</a>). Interment at Forest Lawn 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">Relatives: Son of Samuel M. Halpern and Rebecca L. (Yatzkan) Halpern; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1928/09-02.html">September 2, 1928</a>, to Goldene Friedman.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/124923339">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Manly C. Green (1843-1898) — of Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. Born in Sardinia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-born.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1843/10-05.html">October 5, 1843</a>. <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> 8th District, 1892-98; died in office 1898; Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court, 1895-98; died in office 1898. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart disease</a>, in Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-died.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1898/10-11.html">October 11, 1898</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/55.html">55 years, 6 days</a>). Interment at Forest Lawn 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">Relatives: Married to Jane Lincoln.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/82704300">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Mary Dolores Welch Denman (c.1932-2000) — also known as M. Dolores Denman — of New York. Born in Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-born.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., about 1932. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/attygn.html">New York state attorney general</a>, 1978; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/nysc.html">Justice of New York Supreme Court</a>, 1979-2000; Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court, 1981-2000. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Died in Naples, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/CO-died.html">Collier County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2000/index.html">2000</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">about 68 years</a>). Interment at Forest Lawn Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> James Arthur Roberts (1847-1922) — also known as James A. Roberts — of Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. Born in Waterboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/YO-born.html">York County</a>, Maine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1847/03-08.html">March 8, 1847</a>. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; <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>, 1879-80 (Erie County 3rd District 1879, Erie County 4th District 1880); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/comp.html">New York state comptroller</a>, 1894-98; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1900/NY.html">1900</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sons-am-rev.html">Sons of the American Revolution</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-kappa-epsilon.html">Delta Kappa Epsilon</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/grand-army-republic.html">Grand Army of the Republic</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/soc-colonial-wars.html">Society of Colonial Wars</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/1922/11-19.html">November 19, 1922</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 256 days</a>). Interment at Forest Lawn 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">Relatives: Son of Jeremiah Roberts and Alma (Roberts) Roberts; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1871/06-01.html">June 1, 1871</a>, to Minnie Pineo; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1884/12-11.html">December 11, 1884</a>, to Martha Dresser.</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> Norman Edward Mack (1858-1932) — also known as Norman E. Mack — of Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. Born in West Williams, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ON-born.html">Ontario</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1858/07-24.html">July 24, 1858</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">Newspaper editor and publisher</a>; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1896/NY.html">1896</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1900/NY.html">1900</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1908/NY.html">1908</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/NY.html">1912</a> (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/speakers.html">speaker</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/NY.html">1924</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1928/NY.html">1928</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/NY.html">Democratic National Committee from New York</a>, 1900, 1921-30; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/index.html">Chairman of Democratic National Committee</a>, 1908-12; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/NY.html">New York Democratic state chair</a>, 1911-12. Died in Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-died.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1932/12-26.html">December 26, 1932</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 155 days</a>). Interment at Forest Lawn 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">Relatives: Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1891/12-22.html">December 22, 1891</a>, to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mack.html#970.13.07">Harriet B. Taggart</a>; father of Norma Mack (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wadhams-waggy.html#290.79.44">George Wadsworth II</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman E. Mack">Wikipedia article</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Henry Hill (1778-1841) — of Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. Born in Guilford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-born.html">New Haven County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1778/07-04.html">July 4, 1778</a>. U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/BZ-consuls.html ">Bahia</a>, 1805-18; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/BZ-consuls.html ">Rio de Janeiro</a>, 1818-21. Died in Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-died.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1841/07-24.html">July 24, 1841</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/63.html">63 years, 20 days</a>). Interment at Forest Lawn 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">Relatives: Son of Henry Hill (1750-1827) and Leah (Stone) Hill; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1807/01-20.html">January 20, 1807</a>, to Lucy Munson Russell.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/76656972">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/583/76.64.jpg" width=70 height=105 border=0 alt="Nelson W. Cheney"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Nelson Welch Cheney (1875-1944) — also known as Nelson W. Cheney — of Eden, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. Born in Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-born.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1875/06-27.html">June 27, 1875</a>. Republican. Assistant treasurer, Goodyear <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lumber.html">Lumber</a> Company and Buffalo & Susquehanna <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">Railroad</a> Company; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">farmer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a>, 1916-29 (Erie County 9th District 1916-17, Erie County 8th District 1918-29); member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> 50th District, 1930-38. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1944/11-23.html">November 23, 1944</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 149 days</a>). Interment at Forest Lawn 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">Relatives: Son of Edgar Orlando Cheney and Philena C. (Welch) Cheney; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1904/06-04.html">June 4, 1904</a>, to Edith Ingram; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/welch.html#903.03.30">Nelson Welch</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/33416015">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: New York Red Book 1936</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/586/10.74.jpg" width=70 height=102 border=0 alt="Isaac A. Verplanck"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Isaac A. Verplanck (1812-1873) — of Batavia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/GE-lived.html">Genesee County</a>, N.Y.; Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1812/index.html">1812</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; Buffalo superior court judge, 1854-73; died in office 1873; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/cncn5.html">delegate to New York state constitutional convention</a>, 1867. Died in Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-died.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1873/04-15.html">April 15, 1873</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/60.html">about 60 years</a>). Interment at Forest Lawn 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">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/114108830">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Pictorial History of the Superior Court of Buffalo (1886)</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/3514154861/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/596/37.69.jpg" width=70 height=103 border=0 alt="Loran L. Lewis"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Loran Ludowick Lewis (1825-1916) — also known as Loran L. Lewis — of Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. Born in Mentz, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CY-born.html">Cayuga County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1825/05-09.html">May 9, 1825</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> 31st District, 1870-73; candidate for Buffalo superior court judge, 1877; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/nysc.html">Justice of New York Supreme Court</a> 8th District, 1883-95; president, Third National <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Bank</a> of Buffalo; appointed in 1901 as defense counsel for Leon Czolgosz, assassin of President <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mckiernan-mckinne.html#894.85.64">William McKinley</a>. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/pneumonia.html">pneumonia</a>, in Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-died.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1916/03-08.html">March 8, 1916</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/90.html">90 years, 304 days</a>). Interment at Forest Lawn 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">Relatives: Son of John C. Lewis and Delecta (Barbour) Lewis; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1852/06-01.html">June 1, 1852</a>, to Charlotte E. Pierson.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loran L. Lewis">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/113939759">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: American Monthly Review of Reviews, October 1901</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/176/88.64.jpg" width=70 height=94 border=0 alt="Charles Beckwith"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Charles Beckwith (1825-1895) — of Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/GE-born.html">Genesee County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1825/07-09.html">July 9, 1825</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; Buffalo superior court judge, 1878-91; defeated, 1891; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/cncn6.html">delegate to New York state constitutional convention</a> 30th District, 1894. Died in Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-died.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1895/03-09.html">March 9, 1895</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 243 days</a>). Interment at Forest Lawn 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">Relatives: Son of Warren Beckwith and Mary (Tyrrell) Beckwith; married to Harriett Dodge.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/125018955">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Pictorial History of the Superior Court of Buffalo (1886)</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/145/65.94.jpg" width=70 height=113 border=0 alt="James M. Smith"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> James Murdock Smith (1816-1899) — also known as James M. Smith — of Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. Born in Poultney, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/RU-born.html">Rutland County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1816/08-23.html">August 23, 1816</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; Buffalo superior court judge, 1873-86; appointed 1873. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Died in Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-died.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1899/11-27.html">November 27, 1899</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/83.html">83 years, 96 days</a>). Interment at Forest Lawn 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">Relatives: Son of Harvey Douglass Smith and Harriet (Murdock) Smith.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/52388166">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Pictorial History of the Superior Court of Buffalo (1886)</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> Wesley Coleman Dudley (1867-1938) — also known as Wesley C. Dudley — of Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. Born in Colden, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-born.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1867/index.html">1867</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher and principal</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1896/NY.html">1896</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-officials.html">Erie County District Attorney</a>, 1909-16; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/nysc.html">Justice of New York Supreme Court</a> 8th District, 1916-27; appointed 1916; resigned 1927. Died in Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-died.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1938/02-10.html">February 10, 1938</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">about 70 years</a>). Interment at Forest Lawn 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">Relatives: Married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1895/">1895</a> to Floy Bell Stickney.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/83680876">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Horace J. Harvey (1833-1915) — of Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. Born in Fort Ann, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WA-born.html">Washington County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1833/09-30.html">September 30, 1833</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/grain.html">Flour mill business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/grain.html">grain and flour merchant</a>; U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ON-consuls.html ">Fort Erie</a>, 1902-14. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart disease</a>, in Fort Erie, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ON-died.html">Ontario</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1915/10-30.html">October 30, 1915</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 30 days</a>). Interment at Forest Lawn 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">Relatives: Son of John H. Harvey and Harriett (Swift) Harvey.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/118756665">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William Whitney Kitchen (1875-1912) — of Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y.; Gulfport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/HA-lived.html">Harrison County</a>, Miss. Born in Toronto, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ON-born.html">Ontario</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1875/04-06.html">April 6, 1875</a>. Naturalized U.S. citizen; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">physician</a>; U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/CI-consuls.html ">Tenerife</a>, 1911-12, died in office 1912. While suffering from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">chronic heart disease</a>, he died from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/suicide.html">self-inflicted</a> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gunshot.html">gunshot</a>, in Tenerife (Santa Cruz de Tenerife), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/CI-died.html">Canary Islands</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1912/10-16.html">October 16, 1912</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/37.html">37 years, 193 days</a>). Interment at Forest Lawn 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">Relatives: Son of James Nelson Kitchen and Anne Jean (Milne) Kitchen; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1905/">1905</a> to Mabel Clare Money (daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/monaco-monro.html#444.13.61">Hernando De Soto Money</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10326.html">Cockrell-South family</a> of Kentucky.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/206496677">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/5963834675/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/713/96.87.jpg" width=70 height=106 border=0 alt="Chauncey J. Hamlin"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Chauncey Jerome Hamlin (1881-1963) — also known as Chauncey J. Hamlin — of New York. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1881/index.html">1881</a>. Progressive. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of New York</a>, 1914; advocate and leader for the Buffalo Museum of Science. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1963/index.html">1963</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">about 82 years</a>). Interment at Forest Lawn 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">Relatives: Son of Harry Hamlin; married to Emily Gray.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Library of Congress</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Joseph J. Sedita (1918-2018) — Born in Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-born.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1918/06-19.html">June 19, 1918</a>. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/nysc.html">Justice of New York Supreme Court</a> 8th District, 1980. Died in Orchard Park, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-died.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2018/01-13.html">January 13, 2018</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/99.html">99 years, 208 days</a>). Interment at Forest Lawn 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">Relatives: Son of Vincent Sedita and Josephine (Militello) Sedita; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/secrest-seel.html#377.52.54">Frank Albert Sedita</a>; married to Antoinette M. Faso; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/secrest-seel.html#408.84.72">Frank A. Sedita Jr.</a> (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/secrest-seel.html#848.42.33">Marilyn Hemstock</a>); granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/secrest-seel.html#064.04.23">Frank A. Sedita III</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/43287.html">Sedita family</a> of Buffalo, New York.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/186633004">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Edward Hubert Butler (1883-1956) — also known as Edward H. Butler — of Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. Born in Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-born.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1883/06-19.html">June 19, 1883</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">Newspaper editor and publisher</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1916/NY.html">1916</a> (alternate), <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, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1924/committees.html">Committee on Permanent Organization</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/NY.html">1928</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1932/NY.html">1932</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/NY.html">1936</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/committees.html">Committee on Permanent Organization</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/NY.html">1940</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1944/NY.html">1944</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1948/NY.html">1948</a>; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; established <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/radiotv.html">radio and television</a> stations in Buffalo. Died in Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-died.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1956/02-19.html">February 19, 1956</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 245 days</a>). Entombed at Forest Lawn 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">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/butler3.html#363.62.68">Edward Hubert Butler (1850-1914)</a> and Mary Elizabeth (Barber) Butler.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/185245182">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John G. Langner (1825-1882) — also known as Johann Gottleib August David Langner — of Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. Born in Breslau, Prussia (now Wroclaw, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/PL-born.html">Poland</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1825/12-04.html">December 4, 1825</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a>, 1865-66, 1877-78 (Erie County 3rd District 1865-66, Erie County 2nd District 1877-78). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lutheran.html">Lutheran</a>. Died in Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-died.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1882/07-01.html">July 1, 1882</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/56.html">56 years, 209 days</a>). Interment at Forest Lawn Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Darius H. Muller (1838-1909) — of Oshkosh, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/WI-lived.html">Winnebago County</a>, Wis.; Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-lived.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis.; Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y.; Rochester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-lived.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y.; Covington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/KE-lived.html">Kenton County</a>, Ky.; Erie, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, Pa.; Cleveland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/CU-lived.html">Cuyahoga County</a>, Ohio; Canton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ST-lived.html">Stark County</a>, Ohio. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ba-born.html">Baltimore</a>, Md., October, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1838/index.html">1838</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/clergy.html">Minister</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1876 /speakers.html">offered prayer</a>, Republican National Convention, 1876. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Died in Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-died.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1909/07-21.html">July 21, 1909</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">70 years, 0 days</a>). Interment at Forest Lawn 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">Relatives: Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1862/11-04.html">November 4, 1862</a>, to Georgianna 'Georgie' Bryce.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/113024954">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Monroe Wheeler (1849-1922) — of Hammondsport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ST-lived.html">Steuben County</a>, N.Y.; Bath, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ST-lived.html">Steuben County</a>, N.Y. Born in Wheeler, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ST-born.html">Steuben County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1849/08-16.html">August 16, 1849</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ST-officials.html">Steuben County Surrogate</a>, 1901; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/cncn7.html">delegate to New York state constitutional convention</a> 43rd District, 1915. Died in Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-died.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1922/07-19.html">July 19, 1922</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 337 days</a>). Interment at Forest Lawn 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">Relatives: Grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wheeler.html#654.39.50">Grattan Henry Wheeler</a>.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Clark Holmes Timerman (1864-1931) — also known as Clark H. Timerman — of Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. Born in Little Falls, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/MR-born.html">Morrison County</a>, Minn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1864/index.html">1864</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1904/NY.html">1904</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1908/NY.html">1908</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/nysc.html">Justice of New York Supreme Court</a> 8th District, 1910. Died in Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-died.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1931/05-30.html">May 30, 1931</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">about 66 years</a>). Interment at Forest Lawn 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">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/120968861">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Nicholas Van Vranken Franchot II (1884-1938) — also known as Nicholas V. V. Franchot II — of Niagara Falls, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NI-lived.html">Niagara County</a>, N.Y. Born in Titusville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CR-born.html">Crawford County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1884/05-05.html">May 5, 1884</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Niagara County 2nd District, 1918-19, 1921. Died in Niagara Falls, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NI-died.html">Niagara County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1938/12-14.html">December 14, 1938</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/54.html">54 years, 223 days</a>). Interment at Forest Lawn 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">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/foy-franchot.html#008.46.84">Stanislaus Pascal Franchot</a> and Annie Powers (Eells) Franchot; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/foy-franchot.html#998.26.82">Edward Eells Franchot</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1909/10-12.html">October 12, 1909</a>, to Alice Pierson; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/foy-franchot.html#302.34.75">Nicholas Van Vranken Franchot</a>; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/foy-franchot.html#975.65.19">Richard Hansen Franchot</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/18040.html">Franchot family</a> of Morris and Niagara Falls, New York.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/143546741">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Charles E. Berns (1864-1942) — of Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GR-born.html">Germany</a>, January, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1864/index.html">1864</a>. Socialist. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/machinist.html">Machinist</a>; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; Socialist Labor candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/comp.html">New York state comptroller</a>, 1914, 1918. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/german.html">German</a> ancestry. Died in Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-died.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1942/05-22.html">May 22, 1942</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 0 days</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/plcrem.html">Cremated</a>; ashes interred at Forest Lawn 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">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/147103800">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Edward Eells Franchot (1881-1950) — also known as Edward E. Franchot — of Niagara Falls, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NI-lived.html">Niagara County</a>, N.Y. Born in Titusville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CR-born.html">Crawford County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1881/03-14.html">March 14, 1881</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/cncn7.html">Delegate to New York state constitutional convention</a> 47th District, 1915. Died in Grand Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-died.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1950/03-25.html">March 25, 1950</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 11 days</a>). Interment at Forest Lawn 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">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/foy-franchot.html#008.46.84">Stanislaus Pascal Franchot</a> and Annie Powers (Eells) Franchot; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/foy-franchot.html#788.44.06">Nicholas Van Vranken Franchot II</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1908/10-07.html">October 7, 1908</a>, to Harriette DuBois McKnight; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/foy-franchot.html#302.34.75">Nicholas Van Vranken Franchot</a>; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/foy-franchot.html#975.65.19">Richard Hansen Franchot</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/18040.html">Franchot family</a> of Morris and Niagara Falls, New York.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/143546755">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> James D. Warren — of Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1880/NY.html">1880</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1884/NY.html">1884</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/NY.html">New York Republican state chair</a>, 1883-85. Interment at Forest Lawn Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> George E. D. Brady (b. 1881) — of Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. Born in Yonkers, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WE-born.html">Westchester County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1881/06-10.html">June 10, 1881</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/funeral.html">Undertaker</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Erie County 1st District, 1919-21. Interment at Forest Lawn Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td colspan=2>Other politicians who have (or had) monuments here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John B. Macy (1799-1856) — of Fond du Lac, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/FD-lived.html">Fond du Lac County</a>, Wis. Born in Nantucket, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/NA-born.html">Nantucket County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1799/03-25.html">March 25, 1799</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Wisconsin</a> 3rd District, 1853-55. Lost his life in the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/fire.html">burning</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/drowning.html">sinking</a> of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/boat.html">steamer</a> Niagara, a few miles from Port Washington, Wisconsin, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WW/MI-died.html">Lake Michigan</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1856/09-24.html">September 24, 1856</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/57.html">57 years, 183 days</a>). His remains were <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/never-found.html">not found</a>. Cenotaph at Forest Lawn 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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000036">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=407064">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John B. Macy">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/12199451">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms01870">Mt. Calvary Cemetery</a> Cheektowaga, Erie County, New York Founded 1859 See also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=65321&">Findagrave page</a> for this location. <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William Henry Ryan (1860-1939) — also known as William H. Ryan — of Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. Born in Hopkinton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/MI-born.html">Middlesex County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1860/05-10.html">May 10, 1860</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/leather.html">Boot and shoe business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a>, 1899-1909 (32nd District 1899-1903, 35th District 1903-09); delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1904/NY.html">1904</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/NY.html">1924</a> (alternate). Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1939/index.html">1939</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">about 79 years</a>). Entombed at Mt. Calvary 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">Relatives: Son of Patrick Ryan and Jane (Cleary) Ryan; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1887/09-19.html">September 19, 1887</a>, to Ellen T. Cosgrove.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000563">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409519">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7644681">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Thaddeus Joseph Dulski (1915-1988) — also known as Thaddeus J. Dulski — of Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. Born in Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-born.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1915/09-27.html">September 27, 1915</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/accounting.html">accountant</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a>, 1959-74 (41st District 1959-73, 37th District 1973-74). Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/leukemia.html">leukemia</a>, in the Roswell Park <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Cancer Institute</a>, Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-died.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1988/10-11.html">October 11, 1988</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">73 years, 14 days</a>). Interment at Mt. Calvary 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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000523">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403633">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thaddeus J. Dulski">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/16808932">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=33664">OurCampaigns candidate detail</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms04411">St. Stanislaus Cemetery</a> 700 Pine Ridge Heritage Boulevard Cheektowaga, Erie County, New York See also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=66205&">Findagrave page</a> for this location. <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Stanley M. Makowski (1923-1981) — also known as Stan Makowski — of Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. Born in Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-born.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1923/04-22.html">April 22, 1923</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1972/NY.html">1972</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/buffalo.html">mayor of Buffalo, N.Y.</a>, 1973-77; appointed 1973. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/polish.html">Polish</a> ancestry. Died in Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-died.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1981/08-05.html">August 5, 1981</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/58.html">58 years, 105 days</a>). Interment at St. Stanislaus 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">Relatives: Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1954/08-07.html">August 7, 1954</a>, to Florence Ziolo.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley Makowski">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/19804034">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Joseph Mruk (1903-1995) — of Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. Born in Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-born.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1903/11-06.html">November 6, 1903</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 41st District, 1943-45; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/buffalo.html">mayor of Buffalo, N.Y.</a>, 1950-53. Died, in the Furgala <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/nursing-homes.html">Nursing Home</a>, Lancaster, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-died.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1995/01-31.html">January 31, 1995</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/91.html">91 years, 86 days</a>). Interment at St. Stanislaus 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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M001058">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408024">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/17394854">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Edmund Patrick Radwan (1911-1959) — also known as Edmund P. Radwan — of Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. Born in Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-born.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1911/09-22.html">September 22, 1911</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/coach.html">Athletic coach</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> 54th District, 1946-50; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a>, 1951-59 (43rd District 1951-53, 41st District 1953-59); defeated (New Deal), 1941. Died in Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-died.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1959/09-07.html">September 7, 1959</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/47.html">47 years, 350 days</a>). Interment at St. Stanislaus 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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000008">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408991">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7644691">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Chester Charles Gorski (1906-1975) — also known as Chester C. Gorski — of Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. Born in Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-born.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1906/06-22.html">June 22, 1906</a>. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/NY.html">1948</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/NY.html">1956</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1964/NY.html">1964</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 44th District, 1949-51; defeated, 1950 (44th District), 1952 (42nd District). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/polish.html">Polish</a> ancestry. Died in Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-died.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1975/04-25.html">April 25, 1975</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">68 years, 307 days</a>). Interment at St. Stanislaus 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">Relatives: Father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gorney-goulart.html#229.94.26">Dennis T. Gorski</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000331">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404689">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chester C. Gorski">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7644731">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/667/62.71.jpg" width=70 height=105 border=0 alt="Edwin L. Kantowski"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Edwin L. Kantowski (1907-1976) — of Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y.; Cheektowaga, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1907/01-10.html">January 10, 1907</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">Insurance agent</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Erie County 5th District, 1931-37; defeated, 1929; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/cncn8.html">delegate to New York state constitutional convention</a> 49th District, 1938; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/NY.html">1940</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/NY.html">1948</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1976/index.html">1976</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">about 69 years</a>). Interment at St. Stanislaus 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">Relatives: Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1930/06-24.html">June 24, 1930</a>, to Mary Karcak.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/125364469">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: New York Red Book 1936</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Joseph C. Ruszkiewicz — of Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/NY.html">1928</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1932/NY.html">1932</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/polish.html">Polish</a> ancestry. Interment at St. Stanislaus Cemetery. </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms02861">United German and French Cemetery</a> 800 Pine Ridge Road Cheektowaga, Erie County, New York See also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=1966051&">Findagrave page</a> for this location. <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/3514964236/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/382/42.89.jpg" width=70 height=92 border=0 alt="Charles V. Fornes"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Charles Vincent Fornes (1844-1929) — also known as Charles V. Fornes — of New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Born near Williamsville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-born.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1844/01-22.html">January 22, 1844</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher and principal</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/wool.html">woolen merchant</a>; president, New York City board of aldermen, 1902-07; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 11th District, 1907-13; defeated (Gold Democratic), 1896. Died in Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-died.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1929/05-22.html">May 22, 1929</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/85.html">85 years, 120 days</a>). Interment at United German and French 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">Relatives: Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1898/11-11.html">November 11, 1898</a>, to Dora Lyde.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000277">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404227">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7644703">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: American Monthly Review of Reviews, November 1901</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> Anthony Francis Tauriello (1899-1983) — also known as Anthony F. Tauriello — of Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. Born in Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-born.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1899/08-14.html">August 14, 1899</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/alcohol-biz.html">liquor store owner</a>; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/NY.html">1940</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1960/NY.html">1960</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1964/NY.html">1964</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1968/NY.html">1968</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 43rd District, 1949-51; defeated, 1950 (43rd District), 1952 (41st District). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-columbus.html">Knights of Columbus</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/eagles.html">Eagles</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/moose.html">Moose</a>. Died in Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-died.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1983/12-21.html">December 21, 1983</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/84.html">84 years, 129 days</a>). Interment at United German and French 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">Relatives: Son of Sebastian Tauriello and Lucia (Tita) Tauriello.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000056">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=410644">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7644713">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Patrick James Keeler (1876-1946) — also known as Patrick J. Keeler — of Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. Born in Mendon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-born.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1876/05-10.html">May 10, 1876</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 35th District, 1910. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/irish.html">Irish</a> ancestry. Died in Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-died.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1946/03-15.html">March 15, 1946</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 309 days</a>). Interment at United German and French 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">Relatives: Son of Mary Jane (McGrath) Keeler and Jeremiah Keeler; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1904/09-28.html">September 28, 1904</a>, to Beatrice Maude McKenny.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/41896590">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Louis Fechter Sr. (1851-1921) — of Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. Born in Alsace-Lorraine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/FR-born.html">France</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1851/index.html">1851</a>. Republican. Employed on Lake Shore and Michigan Southern <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">Railroad</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/disabled.html">lost an arm</a> in an 1877 railroad accident; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/trucking.html">carting business</a>; organized Buffalo <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/chemical.html">Rendering</a> Co.; manager, Buffalo <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmsupply.html">Fertilizer</a> Co.; president, Minnehaha <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/mining.html">Mining</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/metal.html">Smelting</a> Co.; president, Fechter-Elliott Agency, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">real estate</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">insurance</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> 48th District, 1905-06. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Died in Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-died.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1921/04-16.html">April 16, 1921</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">about 69 years</a>). Interment at United German and French Cemetery. </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms08193">Harris Hill Cemetery</a> Clarence, Erie County, New York <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> David L. Brunstrom (1899-1941) — of Lakewood, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CH-lived.html">Chautauqua County</a>, N.Y. Born in Lindsborg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/MP-born.html">McPherson County</a>, Kan., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1899/03-13.html">March 13, 1899</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 Chautauqua County 1st District, 1933-34. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1941/index.html">1941</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/42.html">about 42 years</a>). Interment at Harris Hill 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">Relatives: Son of Rev. David V. Brunstrom and Catherine (Nelson) Brunstrom; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1926/">1926</a> to Kathryn M. Blume.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/27186548">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms07212">Mt. Pleasant Cemetery</a> East Becker Road Collins, Erie County, New York <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Nathaniel Knight (1792-1864) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1792/index.html">1792</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Erie County, 1831. Died in Collins, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-died.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1864/index.html">1864</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">about 72 years</a>). Interment at Mt. Pleasant 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">Relatives: Married to Polly Chadwick.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name=" ">Collins Center Cemetery</a> Collins Center, Erie County, New York <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Anson Griffith Conger (1812-1880) — also known as Anson G. Conger — of Collins Center, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. Born in Danby, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/RU-born.html">Rutland County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1812/10-26.html">October 26, 1812</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Erie County 4th District, 1863. Died in Collins Center, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-died.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1880/02-12.html">February 12, 1880</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">67 years, 109 days</a>). Interment at Collins Center 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">Relatives: Son of Noah Conger and Hannah (Griffith) Conger; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1845/09-17.html">September 17, 1845</a>, to Portia White; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conduit-conkling.html#499.43.84">Harmon Sweatland Conger</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conduit-conkling.html#065.35.89">Hugh Conger</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conduit-conkling.html#474.35.32">Edward Augustus Conger</a> and Nelson Franklin Conger (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conduit-conkling.html#510.15.97">Georgia Robles</a>); second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conduit-conkling.html#976.23.17">Robert John Conger</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conduit-conkling.html#541.81.62">Omar Dwight Conger</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conduit-conkling.html#220.73.42">Moore Conger</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conduit-conkling.html#398.98.93">Chauncey Stewart Conger (1838-1916)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conduit-conkling.html#087.79.44">Frederick Ward Conger</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conduit-conkling.html#000.02.26">Edwin Hurd Conger</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conduit-conkling.html#836.07.64">Franklin Barker Conger</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conduit-conkling.html#509.64.14">Chauncey Stewart Conger (1882-1963)</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/humphries-hunsinger.html#617.29.24">Ralph Waldo Hungerford</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conduit-conkling.html#317.28.00">James Lockwood Conger</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conduit-conkling.html#909.90.32">Charles Franklin Conger</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conduit-conkling.html#030.91.98">Abraham Bogart Conger</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conduit-conkling.html#494.60.21">James W. Conger</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conduit-conkling.html#934.34.14">Benn Conger</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0006.html">Conger family</a> of New York (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/27662308">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name=" ">East Aurora Cemetery</a> East Aurora, Erie County, New York <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Calvin Fillmore (1775-1865) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. Born in Bennington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/BE-born.html">Bennington County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1775/04-30.html">April 30, 1775</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Erie County, 1825. Died in East Aurora, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-died.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1865/10-22.html">October 22, 1865</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/90.html">90 years, 175 days</a>). Interment at East Aurora 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">Relatives: Son of Nathaniel Fillmore and Hepzibah (Wood) Fillmore; married to Jerusha Turner; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fiero-finan.html#918.21.51">Millard Fillmore</a> (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fiero-finan.html#961.12.98">Abigail Powers</a>); second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/russell5.html#124.41.70">John Leslie Russell</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/russell6.html#625.36.81">Leslie Wead Russell</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/leech-lehlbach.html#964.75.12">Alonzo Mark Leffingwell</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/russell2.html#450.95.89">Charles Hazen Russell</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/keathley-keena.html#153.32.70">John Clarence Keeler</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#308.16.83">John Leffingwell Randolph</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ede-edlin.html#293.51.72">Bela Edgerton</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thye-tiernan.html#341.80.46">Heman Ticknor</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ede-edlin.html#757.92.13">Alfred Peck Edgerton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ede-edlin.html#435.96.70">Joseph Ketchum Edgerton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#035.17.11">Charles Henry Pendleton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#348.93.66">Chauncey C. Pendleton</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#988.70.26">Eckford Gustavus Pendleton</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/griswold.html#429.16.41">Matthew Griswold</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thye-tiernan.html#385.07.96">Frank Heman Ticknor</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gagliardi-gainer.html#537.94.90">Harry Andrews Gager</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/abbra-abzug.html#347.95.74">Elijah Abel</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chandless-chapline.html#600.87.26">Willard J. Chapin</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hilla-hillhouse.html#488.74.68">James Hillhouse</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/griswold.html#247.44.62">Roger Griswold</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hyde.html#729.62.14">Zina Hyde Jr.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hotchkiss-hougen.html#330.21.97">Gideon Hotchkiss</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hotchkiss-hougen.html#126.06.30">Asahel Augustus Hotchkiss</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rockwell.html#087.76.51">John Arnold Rockwell</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/backus.html#697.11.06">Ira Chandler Backus</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hotchkiss-hougen.html#769.70.05">Julius Hotchkiss</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/taft.html#366.03.29">Alphonso Taft</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hotchkiss-hougen.html#372.80.00">Giles Waldo Hotchkiss</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wood8.html#358.63.70">Staley N. Wood</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bingham.html#140.17.44">Hiram Bingham</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0082.html">Weeks-Bigelow-Andrew-Upham family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0421.html">Wolcott-Griswold-Packwood-Brandegee family</a> of Connecticut; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0624.html">Hosmer-Griswold-Parsons family</a> of Middletown, Connecticut (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/43454986">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms07417">Oakwood Cemetery</a> East Aurora, Erie County, New York See also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=1969693&">Findagrave page</a> for this location. <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Herbert Porter Bissell (1856-1919) — also known as Herbert P. Bissell — of East Aurora, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y.; Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. Born in New London, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OE-born.html">Oneida County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1856/08-30.html">August 30, 1856</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/buffalo.html">mayor of Buffalo, N.Y.</a>, 1901; vice-president, Niagara Gorge <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">Railroad</a>; also counsel to the Buffalo <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/streetcars.html">Traction</a> Co.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/nysc.html">Justice of New York Supreme Court</a> 8th District, 1912-19; died in office 1919. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sons-am-rev.html">Sons of the American Revolution</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scottish-rite-masons.html">Scottish Rite Masons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-templar.html">Knights Templar</a>. While presiding at a trial, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/courtroom.html">court</a>, in the Niagara <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/courthouse.html">County Courthouse</a>, he suffered a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a> and died, in Lockport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NI-died.html">Niagara County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1919/04-30.html">April 30, 1919</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/62.html">62 years, 243 days</a>). Interment at Oakwood 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">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bismarck-bjorseth.html#059.92.24">Amos Alanson Bissell</a> and Amelia Susan (Willse) Bissell; married to Lucy Agnes Coffey.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/147688562">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Asher Bates Emery (1867-1924) — also known as Asher B. Emery — of East Aurora, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. Born in East Aurora, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-born.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1867/02-18.html">February 18, 1867</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">Physician</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">bank director</a>; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1908/NY.html">1908</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/nysc.html">Justice of New York Supreme Court</a> 8th District, 1922-24; appointed 1922; died in office 1924. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/kidney.html">kidney disease</a>, in Sisters <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-died.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1924/08-08.html">August 8, 1924</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/57.html">57 years, 172 days</a>). Interment at Oakwood 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">Relatives: Son of Josiah Emery and Elizabeth C. (Kellogg) Emery; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/emery.html#076.53.07">Edward Kellogg Emery</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Asher B. Emery <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-parks.html">County Park</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-names.html">South Wales, New York</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/27387808">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Edward Kellogg Emery (1851-1919) — also known as Edward K. Emery — of Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. Born in East Aurora, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-born.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1851/07-29.html">July 29, 1851</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 Erie County 5th District, 1887-88; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/nysc.html">Justice of New York Supreme Court</a> 8th District, 1907-19; died in office 1919. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/pernicious-anemia.html">pernicious anemia</a>, in Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-died.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1919/11-13.html">November 13, 1919</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">68 years, 107 days</a>). Interment at Oakwood 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">Relatives: Son of Josiah Emery and Elizabeth C. (Kellogg) Emery; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/emery.html#020.71.10">Asher Bates Emery</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1886/10-07.html">October 7, 1886</a>, to Clara B. Darbee.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/129377419">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms02863">Pine Hill Cemetery</a> Gowanda, Erie County, New York <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Daniel Greene Garnsey (1779-1851) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CH-lived.html">Chautauqua County</a>, N.Y. Born in Canaan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CO-born.html">Columbia County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1779/06-17.html">June 17, 1779</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; major 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> 30th District, 1825-29; served in the U.S. Army during the Black Hawk War. Slaveowner. Died in Gowanda, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-died.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1851/05-11.html">May 11, 1851</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 328 days</a>). Interment at Pine Hill 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">Relatives: Son of Elizabeth (Spicer) Garnsey and Isaac B. Garnsey; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/garnet-garretson.html#864.50.29">Peter B. Garnsey</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kennedy7.html#335.04.41">Roscius R. Kennedy</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/griswold.html#429.16.41">Matthew Griswold</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chandless-chapline.html#222.26.90">Daniel Chapin (1761-1821)</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hilla-hillhouse.html#488.74.68">James Hillhouse</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/griswold.html#247.44.62">Roger Griswold</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/merrell-merrifield.html#456.12.69">Nathaniel Merriam</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woody-worthey.html#622.22.29">James Doolittle Wooster</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chandless-chapline.html#799.60.18">Daniel Chapin (1791-1878)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chandless-chapline.html#667.79.10">Graham Hurd Chapin</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0082.html">Weeks-Bigelow-Andrew-Upham family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0421.html">Wolcott-Griswold-Packwood-Brandegee family</a> of Connecticut; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0624.html">Hosmer-Griswold-Parsons family</a> of Middletown, Connecticut (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000078">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404450">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms02633">Abbott's Corner Cemetery</a> (formerly Forest Lawn Cemetery) Hamburg, Erie County, New York <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Thomas Lathrop Bunting (1844-1898) — also known as Thomas L. Bunting — of New York. Born in Eden, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-born.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1844/04-24.html">April 24, 1844</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 33rd District, 1891-93. Died in Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-died.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1898/12-27.html">December 27, 1898</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/54.html">54 years, 247 days</a>). Interment at Abbott's Corner 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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001067">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402013">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms04336">Lakeside Memorial Park</a> Hamburg, Erie County, New York <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John Raymond Pillion (1904-1978) — also known as John R. Pillion — of Hamburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. Born in Conneaut, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/AS-born.html">Ashtabula County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1904/08-10.html">August 10, 1904</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Erie County 8th District, 1941-50; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a>, 1953-65 (42nd District 1953-63, 39th District 1963-65); defeated, 1964, 1966, 1968 (Conservative). Died in Eden, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-died.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1978/12-31.html">December 31, 1978</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 143 days</a>). Interment at Lakeside Memorial Park. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000352">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408749">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name=" ">Prospect Lawn Cemetery</a> Hamburg, Erie County, New York See also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=65730&">Findagrave page</a> for this location. <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Philip Adam Laing (1856-1948) — also known as Philip A. Laing — of Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. Born in East Otto, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CA-born.html">Cattaraugus County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1856/05-14.html">May 14, 1856</a>. <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> 8th District, 1919-20; appointed 1919; defeated, 1919; appointed 1920; defeated, 1920. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scottish.html">Scottish</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/english.html">English</a> ancestry. Died in Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-died.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1948/09-03.html">September 3, 1948</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/92.html">92 years, 112 days</a>). Interment at Prospect Lawn 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">Relatives: Son of Stephen Durham Laing and Arvilla (Pratt) Laing; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1890/06-17.html">June 17, 1890</a>, to Florence Edith Fish; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ladislas-lair.html#212.60.55">Solon S. Laing</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ladislas-lair.html#401.80.35">John DeMott Laing</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ladislas-lair.html#959.41.12">John Laing</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/40328.html">Laing family</a> of East Otto, New York.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/68108754">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William C. Froehley (1859-1922) — of Hamburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1859/07-10.html">July 10, 1859</a>. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/hamburg.html#2">Hamburg, N.Y.</a>, 1898-1915. Died in Hamburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-died.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1922/08-07.html">August 7, 1922</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/63.html">63 years, 28 days</a>). Interment at Prospect Lawn 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">Relatives: Father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fringer-frosh.html#138.79.99">William L. Froehley</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/116370109">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> George Burwell Abbott (1858-1942) — also known as George B. Abbott — of Hamburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1858/index.html">1858</a>. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/NY.html">1936</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1942/02-04.html">February 4, 1942</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/83.html">about 83 years</a>). Interment at Prospect Lawn 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">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/59767393">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William L. Froehley (1882-1957) — of Hamburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1882/06-25.html">June 25, 1882</a>. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/hamburg.html#2">Hamburg, N.Y.</a>, 1923-33 (acting, 1923-24). Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1957/index.html">1957</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">about 75 years</a>). Interment at Prospect Lawn 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">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fringer-frosh.html#774.87.38">William C. Froehley</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1905/06-14.html">June 14, 1905</a>, to Bessie L. Richardson.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/116370317">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name=" ">Saints Peter and Paul Cemetery</a> Hamburg, Erie County, New York Founded 1875 See also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=1967687&">Findagrave page</a> for this location. <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Matthew J. Jasen (1915-2006) — of Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y.; Lake View, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. Born in Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-born.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1915/12-13.html">December 13, 1915</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/nysc.html">Justice of New York Supreme Court</a> 8th District, 1957-60; defeated, 1957; appointed 1957; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/coajd.html">judge of New York Court of Appeals</a>, 1968. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2006/02-04.html">February 4, 2006</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/90.html">90 years, 53 days</a>). Interment at Saints Peter and Paul 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">Relatives: Son of Joseph J. Jasinski and Celine (Perlinksi) Jasinski; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1943/10-04.html">October 4, 1943</a>, to Anastasia Gawinski.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/135711616">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms02842">Holy Cross Cemetery</a> Lackawanna, Erie County, New York <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> James Donald Griffin (1929-2008) — also known as James D. Griffin; Jimmy Griffin — of Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. Born in Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-born.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1929/06-29.html">June 29, 1929</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> 56th District, 1967-77; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/buffalo.html">mayor of Buffalo, N.Y.</a>, 1978-93. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-columbus.html">Knights of Columbus</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-assoc-retired-persons.html">American Association of Retired Persons</a>. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/other-diseases.html">Creutzfelt-Jakob disease</a>, in the Father Baker Manor <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/nursing-homes.html">nursing home</a>, Orchard Park, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-died.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2008/05-25.html">May 25, 2008</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 331 days</a>). Interment at Holy Cross 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">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James D. Griffin">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/35539718">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Daniel Angelus Driscoll (1875-1955) — also known as Daniel A. Driscoll — of Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. Born in Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-born.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1875/03-06.html">March 6, 1875</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a>, 1909-17 (35th District 1909-13, 42nd District 1913-17); defeated, 1916; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/buffalo.html#2">Buffalo, N.Y.</a>, 1934-47 (acting, 1934). Died in Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-died.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1955/06-05.html">June 5, 1955</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">80 years, 91 days</a>). Interment at Holy Cross 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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000500">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403607">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=270232">OurCampaigns candidate detail</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://archive.org/stream/cu31924087826669#page/n9/mode/2up"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/413/31.72.jpg" width=70 height=109 border=0 alt="William F. Sheehan"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William Francis Sheehan (1859-1917) — also known as William F. Sheehan; "Blue-Eyed Billy" — of Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y.; Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Born in Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-born.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1859/11-06.html">November 6, 1859</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; law partner with <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tabbert-taffe.html#805.10.62">Charles F. Tabor</a>, from 1883, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/parker1.html#552.13.78">Alton B. Parker</a>, 1905-12, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hatch.html#504.34.51">Edward W. Hatch</a>, 1905-15, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ingham-irelan.html#753.59.22">George L. Ingraham</a>, 1916-17; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Erie County 1st District, 1885-91; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/spkr.html">Speaker of the New York State Assembly</a>, 1891; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/NY.html">New York Democratic State Committee</a>, 1889-93; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/NY.html">Democratic National Committee from New York</a>, 1891, 1896; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of New York</a>, 1892-94; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1892/NY.html">1892</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/NY.html">1912</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/cncn7.html">delegate to New York state constitutional convention</a> 15th District, 1915. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/irish.html">Irish</a> ancestry. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/kidney.html">kidney disease</a>, in Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-died.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1917/03-14.html">March 14, 1917</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/57.html">57 years, 128 days</a>). Interment at Holy Cross 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">Relatives: Son of William Sheehan and Honora (Crowley) Sheehan; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sheehan.html#663.03.32">John Charles Sheehan</a>; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1889/">1889</a> to Blanche C. Nellany.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/136177574">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: New York State Legislative Souvenir (1893)</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John J. Kennedy (1856-1914) — of Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. Born in Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-born.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1856/index.html">1856</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/tavern-biz.html">Saloon keeper</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/trea.html">New York state treasurer</a>, 1911-14; died in office 1914. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/suicide.html">Killed himself</a> by <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/stabbing.html">slashing his throat</a> with a razor, in a lavatory near the ballroom of the Markeen <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/hotels.html">Hotel</a>, Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-died.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1914/02-15.html">February 15, 1914</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/57.html">about 57 years</a>). Interment at Holy Cross 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">Relatives: Son of Patrick Kennedy and Mary (Broggett) Kennedy.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/60283658">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John Widmer — of Lackawanna, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/lackawanna.html">Mayor of Lackawanna, N.Y.</a>, 1915-16. Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/359/13.64.jpg" width=70 height=110 border=0 alt="Anthony J. Canney"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Anthony J. Canney (1900-1948) — of Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. Born in Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-born.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1900/11-04.html">November 4, 1900</a>. Democrat. Secretary, Buffalo Municipal Baseball and Basketball League; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">insurance business</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Erie County 4th District, 1929-40; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1932/NY.html">1932</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/cncn8.html">delegate to New York state constitutional convention</a> 49th District, 1938. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-columbus.html">Knights of Columbus</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>. Died in Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-died.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1948/10-18.html">October 18, 1948</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/47.html">47 years, 349 days</a>). Interment at Holy Cross 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">Image source: New York Red Book 1936</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms05716">Lancaster Rural Cemetery</a> Lancaster, Erie County, New York <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=839PAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA64-IA24"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/674/34.67.jpg" width=70 height=98 border=0 alt="George A. Davis"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> George Allen Davis (b. 1858) — also known as George A. Davis — of Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y.; Lancaster, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. Born in Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-born.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1858/08-05.html">August 5, 1858</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 33rd District, 1890; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/cncn6.html">delegate to New York state constitutional convention</a> 31st District, 1894; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a>, 1896-1910 (49th District 1896-1906, 50th District 1907-10). Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scottish-rite-masons.html">Scottish Rite Masons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-templar.html">Knights Templar</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>. Interment at Lancaster Rural 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">Relatives: Married to Lillie N. Grimes.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: New York Red Book 1907</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms06972">Ledge Lawn Cemetery</a> Newstead town, Erie County, New York <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Archibald Smith Clarke (1778-1821) — also known as Archibald S. Clarke — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NI-lived.html">Niagara County</a>, N.Y. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/PG-born.html">Prince George's County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1778/index.html">1778</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 Niagara County, 1808-11; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> Western District, 1812-16; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 21st District, 1816-17. Died in Clarence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-died.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1821/11-28.html">November 28, 1821</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/43.html">about 43 years</a>). Interment at Ledge Lawn 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">Relatives: Brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clarke.html#659.22.61">Staley Nichols Clarke</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000456">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402594">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms05515">Elmlawn Cemetery</a> 3939 Delaware Avenue Tonawanda, Erie County, New York Founded 1901 See also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=64431&">Findagrave page</a> for this location. <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Frank C. Moore (1896-1978) — of Kenmore, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y.; Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y.; Albany, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/AL-lived.html">Albany County</a>, N.Y. Born in Toronto, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ON-born.html">Ontario</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1896/03-23.html">March 23, 1896</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/cncn8.html">Delegate to New York state constitutional convention</a> 50th District, 1938; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/comp.html">New York state comptroller</a>, 1943-50; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of New York</a>, 1951-53; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/cncn9.html">delegate to New York state constitutional convention</a> at-large, 1967. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/eagles.html">Eagles</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/nra.html">National Rifle Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/izaak-walton-league.html">Izaak Walton League</a>. Died in Crystal River, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/CI-died.html">Citrus County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1978/04-23.html">April 23, 1978</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 31 days</a>). Interment at Elmlawn Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Edward Charles Toy (1865-1934) — also known as E. C. Toy — of Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. Born in Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-born.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1865/06-05.html">June 5, 1865</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/clergy.html">Minister</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> 49th District, 1914. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Died in Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-died.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1934/07-11.html">July 11, 1934</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 36 days</a>). Interment at Elmlawn 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">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/38286666">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms01705">Mt. Olivet Cemetery</a> Tonawanda, Erie County, New York <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Charles Bennett Smith (1870-1939) — also known as Charles B. Smith — of Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-born.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1870/09-14.html">September 14, 1870</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a>, 1911-19 (36th District 1911-13, 41st District 1913-19); defeated, 1918. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1939/index.html">1939</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">about 68 years</a>). Interment at Mt. Olivet 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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000520">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=410004">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms04224">Williamsville Cemetery</a> Williamsville, Erie County, New York <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Edward Julius Elsaesser (1904-1983) — also known as Edward J. Elsaesser — of Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. Born in Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-born.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1904/03-10.html">March 10, 1904</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Erie County 3rd District, 1936; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/NY.html">1940</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 43rd District, 1945-49. Died in Williamsville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-died.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1983/01-07.html">January 7, 1983</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 303 days</a>). Interment at Williamsville 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">Relatives: Son of John Elsaesser and Ida (Steinke) Elsaesser; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1933/12-06.html">December 6, 1933</a>, to Anna Hossack.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=E000159">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403850">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms03661">Williamsville Graveyard</a> Williamsville, Erie County, New York <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians formerly buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Benjamin Ellicott (1765-1827) — of New York. Born in Ellicotts Mills (now Ellicott City), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/HO-born.html">Howard County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1765/04-17.html">April 17, 1765</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 21st District, 1817-19. Died in Williamsville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-died.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1827/12-10.html">December 10, 1827</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/62.html">62 years, 237 days</a>). 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