The Political Graveyard: Jefferson County, N.Y. (original) (raw)

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Unknown Location
Adams, Jefferson County, New York

Rural Cemetery
Adams, Jefferson County, New York
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| | William Augustus Gilbert (1815-1875) — also known as William A. Gilbert — of Adams, Jefferson County, N.Y. Born in Gilead, Hebron, Tolland County, Conn., January 25, 1815. Member of New York state assembly from Jefferson County 1st District, 1851-52; U.S. Representative from New York 23rd District, 1855-57. Died in Adams, Jefferson County, N.Y., May 25, 1875 (age 60 years, 120 days). Interment at Rural Cemetery. |

Hillside Cemetery
Antwerp, Jefferson County, New York
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| | Willard Shurtleff Augsbury (1858-1939) — also known as Willard S. Augsbury — of Antwerp, Jefferson County, N.Y. Born in Plessis, Jefferson County, N.Y., August 31, 1858. Republican. Farmer; banker; member of New York state assembly from Jefferson County 2nd District, 1915-17; member of New York state senate 37th District, 1923-24. Member, Freemasons;Knights Templar; Shriners. Died August 15, 1939 (age 80 years, 349 days). Interment at Hillside Cemetery. |

Woodside Cemetery
Belleville, Jefferson County, New York

Brownville Cemetery
Brownville, Jefferson County, New York
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| | Alanson Skinner (1794-1876) — of Brownville, Jefferson County, N.Y. Born in Westmoreland, Cheshire County, N.H., May 21, 1794. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of New York state senate 21st District, 1850-51; resigned 1851. Died in Brownville, Jefferson County, N.Y., June 7, 1876 (age 82 years, 17 days). Interment at Brownville Cemetery. |

Fairview Cemetery
Carthage, Jefferson County, New York
Founded 1910
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| | James Andrew Outterson (1858-1922) — also known as James A. Outterson — of Carthage, Jefferson County, N.Y. Born in Binghamton, Broome County, N.Y., October 18, 1858.Paper manufacturer; member of New York state assembly from Jefferson County 2nd District, 1902-03; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,1904; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York.Episcopalian.Scottishancestry. Member, Freemasons;Knights Templar; Shriners;Odd Fellows; Redmen. Died in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., May 6, 1922 (age 63 years, 200 days). Interment at Fairview Cemetery. |

Dexter Cemetery
Dexter, Jefferson County, New York

Ellisburg Cemetery
Ellisburg, Jefferson County, New York
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| | Henry Edmund Machold (1880-1967) — also known as H. Edmund Machold — of Ellisburg, Jefferson County, N.Y.; Watertown, Jefferson County, N.Y. Born in Amsterdam, Montgomery County, N.Y., July 5, 1880. Republican. Dairy farmer; banker; utility executive; member of New York state assembly, 1912-24 (Jefferson County 1st District 1912-17, Jefferson County 1918-24); Speaker of the New York State Assembly, 1921-24; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1924;New York Republican state chair, 1928-29; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; executive committee chairman, St. Regis PaperCompany. Member, Freemasons;Shriners. Died, in the Upstate Medical Center, Syracuse, Onondaga County, N.Y., February 6, 1967 (age 86 years, 216 days). Interment at Ellisburg Cemetery. Relatives: Son of Bernard P. Machold and Martha (Mehlman) Machold; married, November 14, 1900, to Jennie Ella Ward. |

Clark Cemetery
Henderson, Jefferson County, New York
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| | Joseph Hawkins (1781-1832) — of Henderson, Jefferson County, N.Y. Born in New York, November 14, 1781.Lawyer;U.S. Representative from New York 20th District, 1829-31. Died in Henderson, Jefferson County, N.Y., April 20, 1832 (age 50 years, 158 days). Interment at Clark Cemetery. |

Calvary Cemetery
Huntingtonville, Jefferson County, New York
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| | Denis O'Brien (1837-1909) — of Watertown, Jefferson County, N.Y. Born in Ogdensburg, St. Lawrence County, N.Y., March 13, 1837. Democrat. Lawyer; mayor of Watertown, N.Y., 1879-80; member of New York Democratic State Committee, 1880-84; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1880,1888; candidate for U.S. Representative from New York 22nd District, 1880; New York state attorney general, 1884-87; judge of New York Court of Appeals, 1890-1907. Died May 18, 1909 (age 72 years, 66 days). Interment at Calvary Cemetery. |

Grove Cemetery
La Fargeville, Jefferson County, New York
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| | Edwin J. Tallman (1860-1919) — of La Fargeville, Jefferson County, N.Y. Born in Orleans, Jefferson County, N.Y., January, 1860. Republican. Hay andgraindealer; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1896,1916;Jefferson County Sheriff, 1903-05. Member, Elks; Odd Fellows. Died in La Fargeville, Jefferson County, N.Y., March 4, 1919 (age 59 years, 0 days). Interment at Grove Cemetery. |

Maplewood Cemetery
Mannsville, Jefferson County, New York

Military Post Cemetery
Sackets Harbor, Jefferson County, New York
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| | Leonard Covington (1768-1813) — of Maryland. Born in Aquasco, Prince George's County, Md., October 30, 1768. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Maryland at-large, 1805-07; member of Maryland state senate, 1807-09; general in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812. Slaveowner. Mortally wounded in the Battle of Chrysler's Field, and died in Frenchs Mills (now Fort Covington), Franklin County, N.Y., November 14, 1813 (age 45 years, 15 days). Original interment somewherein Fort Covington, N.Y.; reinterment in 1820 at Mt. Covington; cenotaph at Military Post Cemetery. |

Mt. Covington
Sackets Harbor, Jefferson County, New York
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| | Leonard Covington (1768-1813) — of Maryland. Born in Aquasco, Prince George's County, Md., October 30, 1768. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Maryland at-large, 1805-07; member of Maryland state senate, 1807-09; general in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812. Slaveowner. Mortally wounded in the Battle of Chrysler's Field, and died in Frenchs Mills (now Fort Covington), Franklin County, N.Y., November 14, 1813 (age 45 years, 15 days). Original interment somewherein Fort Covington, N.Y.; reinterment in 1820 at Mt. Covington; cenotaph at Military Post Cemetery. |

Village Cemetery
Sackets Harbor, Jefferson County, New York
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| | William Donnison Ford (1779-1833) — also known as William D. Ford — of Herkimer County, N.Y.; Sackets Harbor, Jefferson County, N.Y. Born in Herkimer County, N.Y., 1779. Democrat. Member of New York state assembly from Herkimer County, 1815-17; U.S. Representative from New York 18th District, 1819-21. Died in Sackets Harbor, Jefferson County, N.Y., October 1, 1833 (age about 54 years). Interment at Village Cemetery. |

Brookside Cemetery
19000 County Route 165
Watertown, Jefferson County, New York
Founded 1853
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| | Robert Lansing (1864-1928) — of Watertown, Jefferson County, N.Y. Born in Watertown, Jefferson County, N.Y., October 17, 1864.Lawyer;U.S. Secretary of State, 1915-20. Member, American Political Science Association; Psi Upsilon. Died, of myocarditis, in Washington, D.C., October 30, 1928 (age 64 years, 13 days). Interment at Brookside Cemetery. Relatives: Son of John Lansing and Maria Lay (Dodge) Lansing; brother of Emma Sterling Lansing; married, January 15, 1890, to Eleanor Foster (daughter of John Watson Foster); grandson of Robert Lansing (1799-1878); grandnephew of Frederick Lansing (1806-1861); great-grandnephew of John Ten Eyck Lansing Jr. and Abraham Gerritse Lansing; first cousin once removed of Frederick Lansing (1838-1894); first cousin twice removed of Gerrit Yates Lansing; second cousin of Stuart Douglas Lansing; second cousin once removed of Abraham Lansing and Agnes Phelps Lansing; second cousin four times removed of Abraham Jacob Lansing; third cousin thrice removed of Cornelius Lansing. Political families: Lansing family of New York; Foster-Dulles family of Watertown and New York City, New York; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians). Cross-reference: Richard Crane — Thomas Burke See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial | |
| | Charles Woodruff Yost (1907-1981) — also known as Charles W. Yost — of New York; Washington, D.C. Born in Watertown, Jefferson County, N.Y., November 6, 1907. Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Alexandria, 1931-32; Warsaw, 1932-33; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Thailand, 1946; U.S. Minister to Laos, 1954-55; U.S. Ambassador to Laos, 1955-56; Syria, 1957-58; Morocco, 1958-61; U.S. Representative to United Nations, 1969-71. Member, Council on Foreign Relations; American Society for International Law; American Academy of Political and Social Science; American Philosophical Society. Died, from cancer, in Georgetown University Hospital,Washington, D.C., May 21, 1981 (age 73 years, 196 days). Interment at Brookside Cemetery. | |
| Roswell P. Flower | Roswell Pettibone Flower (1835-1899) — also known as Roswell P. Flower — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Theresa, Jefferson County, N.Y., August 7, 1835. Democrat. Jeweler;banker;U.S. Representative from New York, 1881-83, 1889-91 (11th District 1881-83, 12th District 1889-91); delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1888(speaker),1892,1896;Governor of New York, 1892-95.Scotch-Irishancestry. Died in Eastport, Suffolk County, Long Island, N.Y., May 12, 1899 (age 63 years, 278 days). Interment at Brookside Cemetery; statue at Washington Street Median. Relatives: Son of Nathan Monroe Flower and Mary Ann Flower. The Flower Memorial Library(opened 1904), in Watertown, New York, is named for him. — LakeFlower, in Franklinand Essexcounties, New York, is named for him. — The townof Roswell, now part of Colorado Springs, Colorado, was named for him. See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial Image source: The Parties and The Men (1896) |
| | Albert Duane Shaw (1841-1901) — also known as Albert D. Shaw — of Watertown, Jefferson County, N.Y. Born in Lyme town, Jefferson County, N.Y., December 21, 1841. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member ofNew York state assembly from Jefferson County 2nd District, 1867; U.S. Consul in Toronto, as of 1868-78; Manchester, 1878-85; U.S. Representative from New York 24th District, 1900-01; died in office 1901. Member, Grand Army of the Republic. Died, probably of apoplexy, in his room at the Riggs House hotel, Washington, D.C., February 10, 1901 (age 59 years, 51 days). Interment at Brookside Cemetery. | |
| | George Augustus Bagley (1826-1915) — also known as George A. Bagley — of Watertown, Jefferson County, N.Y. Born in Watertown, Jefferson County, N.Y., July 22, 1826. Republican. U.S. Representative from New York 22nd District, 1875-79; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1884. Died in Watertown, Jefferson County, N.Y., May 12, 1915 (age 88 years, 294 days). Interment at Brookside Cemetery. | |
| | Ambrose Williams Clark (1810-1887) — also known as Ambrose W. Clark — of New York. Born near Cooperstown, Otsego County, N.Y., February 19, 1810. Republican. U.S. Representative from New York, 1861-65 (23rd District 1861-63, 20th District 1863-65); U.S. Consul in Valparaiso, 1865-69. Died in Watertown, Jefferson County, N.Y., October 13, 1887 (age 77 years, 236 days). Interment at Brookside Cemetery. | |
| | Charles Rufus Skinner (1844-1928) — also known as Charles R. Skinner — of Watertown, Jefferson County, N.Y. Born in Union Square, Oswego County, N.Y., August 4, 1844. Republican. Member of New York state assembly from Jefferson County 1st District, 1877-81; U.S. Representative from New York 22nd District, 1881-85. Died June 30, 1928 (age 83 years, 331 days).Cremated; ashes interred at Brookside Cemetery. | |
| | Orville Hungerford (1790-1851) — of Watertown, Jefferson County, N.Y. Born in Farmington, Hartford County, Conn., October 29, 1790. Democrat. U.S. Representative from New York 19th District, 1843-47. Died in Watertown, Jefferson County, N.Y., April 6, 1851 (age 60 years, 159 days). Interment at Brookside Cemetery. | |
| | Frederick Lansing (1838-1894) — of Watertown, Jefferson County, N.Y. Born in Manheim, Herkimer County, N.Y., February 16, 1838. Republican. Lawyer; served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of New York state senate 21st District, 1882-85; U.S. Representative from New York 22nd District, 1889-91. Died in Watertown, Jefferson County, N.Y., January 31, 1894 (age 55 years, 349 days). Interment at Brookside Cemetery. | |
| | Thomas Cotton Chittenden (1788-1866) — of New York. Born in Stockbridge, Berkshire County, Mass., August 30, 1788.Lawyer;U.S. Representative from New York 18th District, 1839-43. Died in Watertown, Jefferson County, N.Y., August 22, 1866 (age 77 years, 357 days). Interment at Brookside Cemetery. | |
| | Micah Sterling (1784-1844) — of Watertown, Jefferson County, N.Y. Born in Lyme, New London County, Conn., November 5, 1784.Lawyer;U.S. Representative from New York 18th District, 1821-23; member of New York state senate 5th District, 1836-39. Died in Watertown, Jefferson County, N.Y., April 11, 1844 (age 59 years, 158 days). Interment at Brookside Cemetery. | |
| | Egbert Ten Eyck (1779-1844) — of Watertown, Jefferson County, N.Y. Born in New York, 1779. Member of New York state assembly from Jefferson County, 1812-13; U.S. Representative from New York 20th District, 1823-25. Died in 1844(age about 65 years). Interment at Brookside Cemetery. | |
| | Willard Ives (1806-1896) — of New York. Born in Watertown, Jefferson County, N.Y., July 7, 1806. Democrat. U.S. Representative from New York 19th District, 1851-53; one of thefoundersof Syracuse University, and served on its board of trustees, 1870-86.Methodist. Died in Watertown, Jefferson County, N.Y., April 19, 1896 (age 89 years, 287 days). Interment at Brookside Cemetery. | |
| | Charles Ezra Clarke (1790-1863) — also known as Charles E. Clarke — of Jefferson County, N.Y. Born in Saybrook, Middlesex County, Conn., April 8, 1790. Member of New York state assembly from Jefferson County, 1839-40; U.S. Representative from New York 19th District, 1849-51. Died in Great Bend, Jefferson County, N.Y., December 29, 1863 (age 73 years, 265 days). Interment at Brookside Cemetery. | |
| | Joseph Mullin (1811-1882) — of Watertown, Jefferson County, N.Y. Born in Dromore, County Down, Ireland (now Northern Ireland), August 6, 1811. Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from New York 19th District, 1847-49; Justice of New York Supreme Court, 1857-81.Scottishancestry. Died in Saratoga Springs, Saratoga County, N.Y., May 17, 1882 (age 70 years, 284 days). Interment at Brookside Cemetery. | |
| | Pardon Clarence Williams (1842-1925) — also known as Pardon C. Williams — of Watertown, Jefferson County, N.Y. Born in Ellisburg, Jefferson County, N.Y., July 12, 1842.Lawyer;Jefferson County District Attorney, 1875; Justice of New York Supreme Court 5th District, 1884-1911; Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court, 1895-98.Episcopalian. Died in Watertown, Jefferson County, N.Y., January 18, 1925 (age 82 years, 190 days). Interment at Brookside Cemetery. | |
| | Beman Brockway (1815-1892) — of Oswego, Oswego County, N.Y.; Pulaski, Oswego County, N.Y.; Watertown, Jefferson County, N.Y. Born in Southampton, Hampshire County, Mass., April 12, 1815. Republican. Newspaper editor; member of New York state assembly from Oswego County 3rd District, 1859; Liberal Republican candidate for U.S. Representative from New York 21st District, 1872. Died in Watertown, Jefferson County, N.Y., December 16, 1892 (age 77 years, 248 days). Interment at Brookside Cemetery. | |
| | Henry Joseph Kimball (1889-1960) — also known as Henry J. Kimball — of Watertown, Jefferson County, N.Y. Born in Rutland, Jefferson County, N.Y., November 18, 1889. Republican. Lawyer; candidate for mayor of Watertown, N.Y., 1919; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1928;chair of Jefferson County Republican Party, 1929; Justice of New York Supreme Court 5th District, 1939-59; Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 4th Department, 1949. Died in Rochester, Monroe County, N.Y., January 19, 1960 (age 70 years, 62 days). Interment at Brookside Cemetery. | |
| | Nelson Burdick (1820-1908) — of Watertown, Jefferson County, N.Y. Born in Point Peninsula, Jefferson County, N.Y., December 28, 1820. Democrat. Carriage manufacturer; mayor of Watertown, N.Y., 1882-83. Member, Freemasons. Died in Watertown, Jefferson County, N.Y., February 20, 1908 (age 87 years, 54 days). Interment at Brookside Cemetery. | |
| | Francis Keon Purcell (1878-1950) — also known as Francis K. Purcell — Born in 1878. Democrat. Candidate for U.S. Representative from New York 34th District, 1948. Died in 1950(age about 72 years). Interment at Brookside Cemetery. | |
| | Elon Rouse Brown (1857-1922) — also known as Elon R. Brown — of Watertown, Jefferson County, N.Y. Born in Stone Mills, Orleans, Jefferson County, N.Y., October 7, 1857. Republican. Lawyer; counsel to the Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburg Railroad;delegate to New York state constitutional convention 22nd District, 1894; member of New York state senate 35th District, 1898-1904, 1913-18; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1900,1904,1916,1920. Opposed woman suffrage and alcohol prohibition. While duck hunting from a small boat, he suffered a heart attack and died, at Fox Island, Cape Vincent, Jefferson County, N.Y., September 24, 1922 (age 64 years, 352 days). Interment at Brookside Cemetery. | |
| | Joseph Mullin (1848-1897) — of Watertown, Jefferson County, N.Y. Born in Watertown, Jefferson County, N.Y., May 29, 1848. Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1888; member of New York state senate, 1892-97 (21st District 1892-93, 22nd District 1894-95, 35th District 1896-97); died in office 1897. Member, Freemasons. Died suddenly, at the University Club, New York, New York County, N.Y., September 1, 1897 (age 49 years, 95 days). Interment at Brookside Cemetery. | |
| | Watson Merrick Rogers (1844-1911) — also known as Watson M. Rogers — of Watertown, Jefferson County, N.Y. Born in Cape Vincent, Jefferson County, N.Y., December 3, 1844.Lawyer;Justice of New York Supreme Court 5th District, 1902-11; died in office 1911. Slipped and fell on anicysidewalk, suffered a head injury, and died three weeks later, in Watertown, Jefferson County, N.Y., February 1, 1911 (age 66 years, 60 days). Interment at Brookside Cemetery. | |
| | Robert Lansing (1799-1878) — of Watertown, Jefferson County, N.Y. Born in Albany, Albany County, N.Y., February 2, 1799.Lawyer;Jefferson County District Attorney, 1826-33, 1845-46; member of New York state senate, 1832-35, 1854-55 (5th District 1832-35, 21st District 1854-55). Died October 3, 1878 (age 79 years, 243 days). Interment at Brookside Cemetery. | |
| | George Corlis Sherman (1799-1863) — also known as George C. Sherman — of Watertown, Jefferson County, N.Y. Born in Providence, Providence County, R.I., December 14, 1799.Lawyer; member of New York state senate 5th District, 1844-45. Died in Watertown, Jefferson County, N.Y., April 23, 1863 (age 63 years, 130 days). Interment at Brookside Cemetery. | |
| | William Shuler Carlisle (1843-1907) — also known as William S. Carlisle — of Watertown, Jefferson County, N.Y.; Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio. Born in Lyme town, Jefferson County, N.Y., July 16, 1843. Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; mechanic, Davis Sewing Machine Co.; Watertown fire chief, 1874-75; candidate for mayor of Watertown, N.Y., 1884. Died November 10, 1907 (age 64 years, 117 days). Interment at Brookside Cemetery. | |
| | Stuart Douglas Lansing (1866-1927) — also known as Stuart D. Lansing — of Watertown, Jefferson County, N.Y. Born in Watertown, Jefferson County, N.Y., November 21, 1866. Republican. President, Bagley Sewall Co., manufacturers of paper-makingmachines; banker; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York. Died, from heart disease, in Watertown, Jefferson County, N.Y., September 3, 1927 (age 60 years, 286 days). Interment at Brookside Cemetery. | |
| | John Nelson Carlisle (1866-1931) — also known as John N. Carlisle — of Watertown, Jefferson County, N.Y. Born in Preble, Cortland County, N.Y., August 24, 1866. Democrat. Lawyer; chair of Jefferson County Democratic Party, 1891-96; secretary of New York Democratic Party, 1898-1905; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1904; member, New York Public Service Commission, 1910-12; New York State Commissioner of Highways, 1913-15.Universalist. Member, Freemasons;Knights Templar. Died July 21, 1931 (age 64 years, 331 days). Interment at Brookside Cemetery. | |
| | David Minott Anderson (1855-1935) — also known as David M. Anderson — of Watertown, Jefferson County, N.Y. Born in Harrison, Westchester County, N.Y., October 9, 1855. Republican. Paper manufacturer; bank director; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York. Died, from a heart ailment, in a hospitalat La Jolla, San Diego County, Calif., February 10, 1935 (age 79 years, 124 days). Interment at Brookside Cemetery. | |
| | Emma Sterling Lansing (1872-1956) — also known as Emma S. Lansing — of Watertown, Jefferson County, N.Y. Born in Watertown, Jefferson County, N.Y., December 7, 1872. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1932.Female. Died in Watertown, Jefferson County, N.Y., December 10, 1956 (age 84 years, 3 days). Interment at Brookside Cemetery. | |
| | Agnes Phelps Lansing (1907-1986) — also known as Agnes P. Lansing — of Watertown, Jefferson County, N.Y. Born in 1907. Democrat. Candidate for New York state assembly from Jefferson County, 1936.Female. Died in 1986(age about 79 years). Interment at Brookside Cemetery. | |

Calvary Cemetery
Watertown, Jefferson County, New York
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| | Henry Purcell (1848-1931) — of Watertown, Jefferson County, N.Y. Born in Wilna, Jefferson County, N.Y., October 13, 1848. Democrat. Lawyer; banker; candidate for U.S. Representative from New York 28th District, 1904; Justice of New York Supreme Court 5th District, 1911, 1914; appointed 1911; defeated, 1911; appointed 1914; defeated, 1914; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York. Died, from pneumonia, in Watertown, Jefferson County, N.Y., January 20, 1931 (age 82 years, 99 days). Interment at Calvary Cemetery. |

Glenwood Cemetery
Watertown, Jefferson County, New York
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| | Louis B. Ward (c.1892-1942) — of Michigan. Born about 1892. Business representative for "radio priest" Charles Coughlin; candidate for U.S. Senator from Michigan, 1936 (Democratic primary), 1936 (The Third Party), 1940 (Democratic primary). Died, of a heart attack, in the New York Central railroad station, Syracuse, Onondaga County, N.Y., April 20, 1942 (age about 50 years). Interment at Glenwood Cemetery. |
| | Francis Joseph McCarthy (1889-1947) — also known as Francis J. McCarthy — of Watertown, Jefferson County, N.Y. Born in Watertown, Jefferson County, N.Y., March 18, 1889. Democrat. Merchant; postmaster at Watertown, N.Y., 1936-47 (acting, 1936). Died in Watertown, Jefferson County, N.Y., August 14, 1947 (age 58 years, 149 days). Interment at Glenwood Cemetery. |

North Watertown Cemetery
Watertown, Jefferson County, New York
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| | Alonzo Mark Leffingwell (1842-1928) — also known as Alonzo M. Leffingwell — of Henderson, Jefferson County, N.Y.; Watertown, Jefferson County, N.Y. Born in Jefferson County, N.Y., September 26, 1842.Lawyer; Prohibition candidate for U.S. Representative from New York, 1891 (22nd District), 1892 (24th District); candidate for Justice of New York Supreme Court 5th District, 1905, 1906, 1920. Died in Watertown, Jefferson County, N.Y., June 28, 1928 (age 85 years, 276 days). Interment at North Watertown Cemetery. Relatives: Son of Reuben Wood Leffingwell and Sarah (Carpenter) Leffingwell; married, August 31, 1870, to Harriet A. Cook; married, October 5, 1923, to Charlotte Fuller Rice; uncle of John Leffingwell Randolph; second cousin twice removed of Calvin Fillmore; second cousin thrice removed of Samuel Huntington and Luther Walter Badger; third cousin once removed of Zina Hyde Jr., Millard Fillmore and John Leslie Russell; third cousin twice removed of John Davenport, Joshua Coit, James Davenport, Samuel H. Huntington, Henry Huntington, Gurdon Huntington, Daniel Webster, Bela Edgerton, Heman Ticknor, John Foster Dulles and Allen Welsh Dulles; fourth cousin of William Woodbridge, Isaac Backus, Henry Titus Backus, Augustus Brandegee, Leslie Wead Russell, Thomas Worcester Hyde, Charles Hazen Russell and John Clarence Keeler; fourth cousin once removed of Ebenezer Huntington, Theodore Davenport, Nathaniel Huntington, James Huntington, Joseph Lyman Huntington, Elisha Mills Huntington, Alfred Peck Edgerton, David Edgerton, Benjamin Nicoll Huntington, Joseph Ketchum Edgerton, Matthew Griswold, Charles Edward Hyde, Frank Bosworth Brandegee, John Sedgwick Hyde, Edward Warden Hyde and George Leffingwell Reed. Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Upham family; Saltonstall-Davis-Frelinghuysen-Appleton family of Massachusetts (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians). See also Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail |

Washington Street Median
Watertown, Jefferson County, New York
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| Roswell P. Flower | Roswell Pettibone Flower (1835-1899) — also known as Roswell P. Flower — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Theresa, Jefferson County, N.Y., August 7, 1835. Democrat. Jeweler;banker;U.S. Representative from New York, 1881-83, 1889-91 (11th District 1881-83, 12th District 1889-91); delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1888(speaker),1892,1896;Governor of New York, 1892-95.Scotch-Irishancestry. Died in Eastport, Suffolk County, Long Island, N.Y., May 12, 1899 (age 63 years, 278 days). Interment at Brookside Cemetery; statue at Washington Street Median. Relatives: Son of Nathan Monroe Flower and Mary Ann Flower. The Flower Memorial Library(opened 1904), in Watertown, New York, is named for him. — LakeFlower, in Franklinand Essexcounties, New York, is named for him. — The townof Roswell, now part of Colorado Springs, Colorado, was named for him. See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial Image source: The Parties and The Men (1896) |

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West Carthage, Jefferson County, New York