Find A Grave - Oswego County

Babcock, Leander b. March 1, 1811 d. August 18, 1864
US Congressman. Elected as a Democrat to represent New York's 23rd District in the Thirty-second Congress, he served from 1851 to 1853. Babcock was born in Paris, New York, and graduated from Union College in Schenectady in 1830. After independent law study he was admitted to the bar in 1834 and opened a legal practice in Oswego. He served as District Attorney for Oswego County (1841 to 1843), Mayor of Oswego (1850 to 1851), and President of Oswego's Board of Education (1853 to 1855)...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Riverside Cemetery, Oswego, Oswego County, New York, USA
Baker, William Henry b. January 17, 1827 d. November 25, 1911
US Congressman. Elected to represent New York's 24th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1875 to 1879. Also served as a Delegate to the New York State Constitutional Convention for the 22nd District in 1894.
Trinity Church Cemetery, Constantia, Oswego County, New York, USA
Barnes, John Francis b. January 31, 1900 d. June 18, 1981
Major League Baseball Player. He was a catcher for the famous 1926 New York Yankees which included Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig. In the spirit of Moonlight Graham, he played in only 1 major league baseball game on April 20, 1926. His only recorded stat was a base on balls which resulted in an on-base-percentage of 1.000. (Bio by: DXA)
Saint Marys Cemetery, Fulton, Oswego County, New York, USA
Bragdon, Claude Fayette b. August 1, 1866 d. September 17, 1946
Architect, stage designer, and author. Bragdon was born in Oberlin, Ohio. He was raised in Watertown, Oswego, Dansville and Rochester, New York, where his father worked as a newspaper editor. Bragdon's principal work was in the Rochester area. He was well regarded for his ink rendering talent and his study of geometric ornament. He was most proud of his designs for Rochester's New York Central Railroad Station, the Rochester First Universalist Church, and the Rochester Italian Presbyterian...[Read More] (Bio by: Don Hall)
Pulaski Village Cemetery, Pulaski, Oswego County, New York, USA
Brewster, David P. b. June 15, 1801 d. February 20, 1876
US Congressman. Elected to represent New York's 17th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1839 to 1843. Also served as a State Court Judge. (Bio by: K)
Riverside Cemetery, Oswego, Oswego County, New York, USA
Bunner, Rudolph b. August 17, 1779 d. July 16, 1837
US Congressman. Elected as a Jacksonian to represent New York at the Twentieth Congress, he served one term, from 1827 to 1829. Bunner was born in Savannah, New York, and graduated from Columbia College in 1798. He studied law while engaged in manufacturing and agricultural pursuits, was admitted to the bar in 1819 and set up a law practice in Newburgh. In 1822 he settled in Oswego, Oswego County, New York, where he had a cloth and carpet manufacturing business and was a member of...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Riverside Cemetery, Oswego, Oswego County, New York, USA
Churchill, John Charles b. January 17, 1821 d. June 4, 1905
US Congressman. Elected to represent New York's 22nd District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1867 to 1871. Also served as a State Court Judge.
Riverside Cemetery, Oswego, Oswego County, New York, USA
Cochran, James b. 1769 d. 1848
US Congressman. Elected to represent New York's 10th District from 1797 to 1799. Also served as a member of the New York State Senate for the Eastern District from 1813 to 1817. (Bio by: K)
Riverside Cemetery, Oswego, Oswego County, New York, USA
Collins, James A. 'Ripper' b. March 30, 1904 d. April 15, 1970
Major League Baseball Player. Made his major league debut in 1931 at the age of 27 after spending 8 seasons in the minor leagues. He was the first baseman for the St. Louis Cardinals through the 1936 season and was a member of the famed Cardinal Gas House Gang. Though short in stature (5'9" 165 pounds), he was one of the most dangerous power hitters on the team. In 1934 he led the Cardinals in batting with a .333 average, tied Mel Ott of the New York Giants for the National League lead in...[Read More] (Bio by: Dennis)
Mexico Village Cemetery, Mexico, Oswego County, New York, USA
Culkin, Francis Dugan b. November 10, 1874 d. August 4, 1943
US Congressman. Served in the United States Army during the Spanish-American War. Elected to represent New York's 32nd District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1928 until his death in 1943. Also served as a County Judge from 1921 to 1928.
Saint Pauls Cemetery, Oswego, Oswego County, New York, USA
Duggleby, William 'Frosty Bill' b. March 16, 1874 d. August 30, 1947
Major League Baseball Player. Pitched for the Philadelphia Phillies, the Philadelphia Athletics and the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1898 to 1907. In his very first at bat on April 21, 1898, he hit a grand slam home run. He remained the only player to achieve that feat until Jeremy Hermida of the Florida Marlins did in on August 31, 2005, 107 years later. (Bio by: Erik Lander)
Redfield Village Cemetery, Redfield, Oswego County, New York, USA
Fitzgibbons, John b. July 10, 1868 d. August 4, 1941
US Congressman. Elected to represent New York as At-Large in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1933 to 1935. Also served as Mayor of Oswego, New York, from 1910 to 1911, and 1918 to 1921. (Bio by: K)
Saint Peters Cemetery, Oswego, Oswego County, New York, USA
Fuller, Hadwen Carlton b. August 28, 1895 d. January 29, 1990
US Congressman from New York. He attended Central Square High School, but did not graduate. Fuller began a newspaper route as a boy, and as a teenager had expanded it to cover the entire village of Central Square and several surrounding towns. In 1912 a newspaper customer hired Fuller as a clerk at the First National Bank of Central Square, and he rose to Assistant Cashier before serving in the Army during World War I. Upon returning home he founded the State Bank of Parish and served as its...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern)
Pleasant Lawn Cemetery, Parish, Oswego County, New York, USA
Grant, Abraham Phineas b. 1804 d. 1871
US Congressman. Elected to represent New York's 17th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1837 to 1839. (Bio by: K)
Riverside Cemetery, Oswego, Oswego County, New York, USA
Lee, Albert Lindley b. January 16, 1834 d. December 31, 1907
Union Civil War Brigadier General. Born at Fulton, New York, he was a justice on the Kansas Supreme Court when the Civil War began. Commissioned as a Major in the 7th Kansas Volunteer Cavalry in October 1861, he took part in the Battle of Corinth and was promoted Colonel. In November 1862, he was promoted Brigadier General Chief-of-Staff to the XIII Corps assigned to the Vicksburg Campaign. As commander of the 9th Division's 1st Brigade during the assault on Vicksburg, he was wounded in the...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Mount Adnah Cemetery, Fulton, Oswego County, New York, USA
Lee, James H. b. 1840 d. August 9, 1877
Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He served in the Union Navy. His citation reads "Served as seaman on board the USS Kearsarge when she destroyed the Alabama off Cherbourg, France, 19 June 1864. Acting as sponger of the No. 1 gun, during this bitter engagement, Lee exhibited marked coolness and good conduct and was highly recommended for his gallantry under fire by the divisional officer." (Bio by: Don Morfe)
Rural Cemetery, Oswego, Oswego County, New York, USA
Plot: Section Acre
Lee, Moses Lindley b. May 29, 1805 d. May 19, 1876
US Congressman. Elected to represent New York's 20th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1859 to 1861. Also served as a member of the New York State Assembly in 1847, and as a member of the New York State Senate in 1855. (Bio by: K)
Mount Adnah Cemetery, Fulton, Oswego County, New York, USA
Littlejohn, DeWitt Clinton b. February 7, 1818 d. October 27, 1892
Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General, US Congressman. Served in the Civil War as Colonel and commander of the 110th New York Volunteer Infantry. He was brevetted Brigadier General, US Volunteers on March 13, 1965 for "valuable services during the war". He was elected to represent New York's 22nd District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1863 to 1865. (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Riverside Cemetery, Oswego, Oswego County, New York, USA
Plot: Section Q, Lot 3
McCarty, Andrew Zimmerman b. 1808 d. 1879
US Congressman. Elected to represent New York's 22nd District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1855 to 1857. Also served as a member of the New York State Legislature. (Bio by: K)
Pulaski Village Cemetery, Pulaski, Oswego County, New York, USA
Mott, Luther Wright b. November 30, 1874 d. July 10, 1923
US Congressman. Elected to represent New York's 28th and 32nd Districts in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1911 until his death in 1923.
Riverside Cemetery, Oswego, Oswego County, New York, USA

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