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Bacon, Ezekiel b. September 1, 1776 d. October 18, 1870
US Congressman. Elected to represent Massachusetts' 12th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1807 to 1813. Also served as a Member of the Massachusetts State House of Representatives from 1805 to 1806, State Court Judge from 1811 to 1814, and 1818, Member of the New York State Assembly in 1819, and Delegate to the New York State Constitutional Convention in 1821. (Bio by: K)
Forest Hill Cemetery, Utica, Oneida County, New York, USA
Bacon, William Johnson b. February 18, 1803 d. July 3, 1889
US Congressman. Elected to represent New York's 23rd District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1877 to 1879. Also served as a Member of the New York State Assembly in 1850, and State Court Judge in 1854. (Bio by: K)
Forest Hill Cemetery, Utica, Oneida County, New York, USA
Beardsley, Samuel b. February 6, 1790 d. May 6, 1860
US Congressman. Served in the United States Army during the War of 1812 as a Lieutenant, taking part in the 1813 defense of Sackets Harbor, New York. Elected to represent three different New York Districts in the United States House of Representatives, serving first from 1831 to 1836, then from 1843 to 1844. He represented the 14th District from 1831 to 1933, the 17th District from 1833 to 1836, and the 20th District from 1843 to 1844.
Forest Hill Cemetery, Utica, Oneida County, New York, USA
Butterfield, John b. 1801 d. November 14, 1869
He was a self taught youngster born on a farm during the era of new technology which saw the first steamboat and the electric telegraph. At 18, he decided that he wanted to be a stagecoach driver. He saved his money which resulted in the startup of his own delivery business. Hardwork found him owner of one of the largest stagecoach companies (Overland Mail Co.) and later helped to create the American Express Company in which he was a directing partner until his death. Overland Mail came into...[Read More] (Bio by: nickcunningham)
Forest Hill Cemetery, Utica, Oneida County, New York, USA
Cleveland, Charles F. b. August 14, 1844 d. February 29, 1908
Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He enlisted in Company C 26th N.Y. Volunteers in 1861. It was for his bravery on the bloody field of Antietam that he was awarded a medal by congress. The color bearer of the regiment was shot down and the flag dropped from his lifeless hands. Charles F. Cleveland sprang to the front, seized the fallen colors and bore them aloft amid the ringing cheers of his comrades. He was honorably discharged in 1863. Charles F, Cleveland was Chief of Police...[Read More]
Cause of death: Septice and exhaustion
Forest Hill Cemetery, Utica, Oneida County, New York, USA
Plot: Lot 3428
Conkling, Alfred b. October 12, 1789 d. February 5, 1874
US Congressman, US Diplomat. Elected to represent New York's 14th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1821 to 1823. Also served as Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York in 1825, and United States Minister to Mexico from 1852 to 1853. (Bio by: K)
Forest Hill Cemetery, Utica, Oneida County, New York, USA
Conkling, Roscoe b. October 30, 1829 d. April 18, 1888
Civil War US Congressman, US Senator. Among Radical Republicans he was known as one of the most vigorous partisans. His career is most often associated with the post Civil War period, but during the war years he served in the United States House of Representatives from 1859 to 1863 and was a close ally of Thaddeus Stevens, one of the most prominent Radical Republicans. The son of Alfred Conkling, (Congressman, Judge, and Minister to Mexico) and brother of Frederick Augustus Conkling, (...[Read More] (Bio by: Ugaalltheway)
Forest Hill Cemetery, Utica, Oneida County, New York, USA
Faxton, Theodore S. b. January 10, 1784 d. November 30, 1881
Pioneer entrepreneur of stage and telegraph lines, humanitarian - He was born in Conway, Massachusetts. It was in the Utica, New York area in 1812 where he obtained a position as a stage driver quickly gaining respect for his teamster abilities along the old Mohawk Turnpike. Theodore soon became one of the proprietors of the Jason Parker & Co. Stage Line. Samuel Morris, the inventor of the telegraph did much of his pioneering work in Utica. With him a consultant, Faxton and a group of...[Read More] (Bio by: nickcunningham)
Forest Hill Cemetery, Utica, Oneida County, New York, USA
Frederic, Harold b. August 19, 1856 d. October 19, 1898
Writer. His works included "Seth's Brother's Wife," "In the Valley," and "The Damnation of Theron Ware," considered to be his best novel. (Bio by: Laurie)
Forest Hill Cemetery, Utica, Oneida County, New York, USA
Grindlay, James G. b. February 14, 1840 d. October 19, 1907
Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He served as a Brevet Brigadier General in the Union Army. He was awarded the Medal of Honor as a Colonel in the 146th New York Infantry for action on April 1, 1865 at Five Forks, Virginia. His citation reads "The first to enter the enemy's works, where he captured two flags." (Bio by: Don Morfe)
Forest Hill Cemetery, Utica, Oneida County, New York, USA
Plot: Section 31A, Lot 1168
Hoggatt, Wilford Bacon b. September 11, 1865 d. February 26, 1938
Alaska Territorial Governor. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1884 and remained in the Navy for 18 years, including service during the Spanish-American War. He graduated from Columbian Law School in 1893 and also graduated from the Columbia University School of Mines. After leaving the Navy Hoggatt settled in Juneau, Alaska where his brother and he became successful in the gold mining business. In 1884 Alaska was designated a federal district with a civil government and a...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern)
Forest Hill Cemetery, Utica, Oneida County, New York, USA
Hubbard, Thomas Hill b. December 5, 1781 d. May 21, 1857
US Congresman. Elected to represent New York's 17th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1817 to 1819, and 1821 to 1823. Also served as Presidential Elector from New York in 1812, 1844, and 1852. Hubbard was also one of the founders of Hamilton College in Clinton, New York. (Bio by: K)
Forest Hill Cemetery, Utica, Oneida County, New York, USA
Hunt, Ward b. June 14, 1810 d. March 24, 1886
Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court.
Forest Hill Cemetery, Utica, Oneida County, New York, USA
Kirkland, Joseph b. January 18, 1770 d. January 26, 1844
US Congressman. Elected to represent New York's 16th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1821 to 1823. Also served as a Member of the New York State Legislature in 1804, and Mayor of Utica, New York, in 1832. (Bio by: K)
Forest Hill Cemetery, Utica, Oneida County, New York, USA
Ledlie, James Hewitt b. April 14, 1832 d. August 15, 1882
Civil War Union Major General. Considered one of the worst generals in American history. For his disasterous attack on the Crater before Petersburg on July 30, l864, he was virtually read out of the service by Gen. George G. Meade on Grant's orders. He resigned on Jan. 23, l865. (Bio by: Ethan F. Bishop)
Forest Hill Cemetery, Utica, Oneida County, New York, USA
Matteson, Orsamus Benajah b. 1805 d. 1889
US Congressman. Elected to represent New York's 20th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1849 to 1851, and 1853 to 1859. Also served as a State Court Judge. (Bio by: K)
Forest Hill Cemetery, Utica, Oneida County, New York, USA
Miller, Rutger Bleecker b. 1805 d. 1877
US Congressman. Elected to represent New York's 17th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1836 to 1837. Also served as a Member of the New York State Legislature. (Bio by: K)
Forest Hill Cemetery, Utica, Oneida County, New York, USA
Roberts, Ellis Henry b. 1827 d. 1918
US Congressman. Elected to represent New York's 21st and 22nd District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1871 to 1875. Also served as a Delegate to the Republican National Convention from New York in 1868, and Member of the New York State Legislature. (Bio by: K)
Forest Hill Cemetery, Utica, Oneida County, New York, USA
Savage, John b. February 22, 1779 d. October 19, 1863
US Congressman. Elected to represent New York in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1815-1819, Served as Chief Justice of the New York Supreme Court from 1823 to 1836.
Forest Hill Cemetery, Utica, Oneida County, New York, USA
Seymour, Horatio b. May 31, 1810 d. February 12, 1886
Civil War New York Governor. Served as Governor of New York from 1853 to 1855 and from 1863 to 1865. He was an unsuccessful candidate of President 1868.
Forest Hill Cemetery, Utica, Oneida County, New York, USA

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