Find A Grave - Greene County

Adams, John b. August 26, 1778 d. September 25, 1854
US Congressman. He was born in Durham, New York, where he was admitted to the bar in 1805 and practiced law for many years. His political career began in 1810 when Governor Daniel D. Tompkins appointed him surrogate of Greene County, and from 1812 to 1813 he served in the New York State Assembly. In 1814 Adams was elected as a Republican to represent New York's 8th District in the United States House of Representatives...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Catskill Village Cemetery, Catskill, Greene County, New York, USA
Ashley, Henry b. February 19, 1778 d. January 14, 1829
US Congressman. Elected as a Jacksonian to represent New York's 11th District in the United States House of Representatives, he served from 1825 to 1827. He did not seek a second term. Ashley was born in Winchester, New Hampshire, where he was engaged in leather manufacturing and served as village clerk (1811) and justice of the peace (1817). He then moved his business to Catskill, New York, becoming chairman of the town's Association of Tanners (1825) and President of its Board of...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Catskill Village Cemetery, Catskill, Greene County, New York, USA
Bagley, John Holroyd b. November 26, 1832 d. October 23, 1902
US Congressman. After completing his education in Hudson, New York schools he moved to California and worked as a gold miner. Upon returning to New York he first operated a Hudson River steamboat, then settled in Catskill, New York and operated a store and leather manufacturing business. In 1874 he was elected as a Democrat to represent New York's 15th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1875 to 1877. He was again elected to Congress in 1882...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern)
Catskill Village Cemetery, Catskill, Greene County, New York, USA
Cochrane, Aaron Van Schaick b. 1858 d. 1943
US Congressman. Elected to represent New York's 19th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1897 to 1901. Also served as a State Court Judge. (Bio by: K)
Riverside Cemetery, Coxsackie, Greene County, New York, USA
Cole, Thomas b. February 1, 1801 d. February 11, 1848
Artist. The founder of Hudson River School of Art, he was born at Bolton-le-Moors, Lancashire, England. He was a noted landscape artist who inspired other artists to paint the unspoiled beauty of the natural landscapes about them especially in the Hudson River Valley. He is credited with being the founder of a distinctly American art form. Some of the major artists which he influenced include Frederic Edwin Church, Asher B. Durand, Charles Herbert Moore, Henry Cheever Pratt, Benjamin Stone...[Read More] (Bio by: Edmond Spaeth)
Catskill Village Cemetery, Catskill, Greene County, New York, USA
Cooke, Thomas Burrage b. November 21, 1778 d. November 20, 1853
US Congressman. After moving to Catskill in 1802 he opened a store and became involved in several other enterprises, including banking. In 1810 Cooke was elected to the US House of Representatives as a Democratic-Republican and served one term, 1811 to 1813. In 1813 he became President of the Catskill National Bank, and his business interests grew to include shipping, farming and railroads. Cooke became a Justice of the Peace in 1818 and also served in the New York Assembly in 1838 and 1839. (Bio by: Bill McKern)
Catskill Village Cemetery, Catskill, Greene County, New York, USA
D'Amato, Cus (Constantine) b. January 17, 1908 d. November 4, 1985
Professional Boxing Manager/Trainer. An International Boxing Hall of Fame inductee, he discovered, trained and managed world heavyweight champions Floyd Patterson, Jose Torres and Mike Tyson. Considered a man of integrity, tough and disciplined, he opposed the International Boxing Commission monopoly and won greater benefits for fighters and boxing in general. He invented the peek-a-boo stance and punching code, encouraged fighters to be responsible and productive citizens. He died of pneumonia...[Read More] (Bio by: Geri D'Amato Olbermann)
Saint Patricks Cemetery, Jefferson Heights, Greene County, New York, USA
Ely, John b. 1774 d. 1849
US Congressman. Elected to represent New York's 8th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1839 to 1841. Also served as a Member of the New York State Legislature. (Bio by: K)
Old Coxsackie Cemetery, Coxsackie, Greene County, New York, USA
Goodwin, Philip Arnold b. January 20, 1882 d. June 6, 1937
US Congressman. Raised in Coxsackie, New York, he graduated from the Albany Business College in 1902 and was engaged in steel bridge construction in the state capital. In 1916 founded a successful lumber business in his hometown while also maintaining interests in banking, milling and equipment supplies. A Republican, Goodwin survived the Democratic landslide of the 1932 national elections and won the first of three consecutive terms in the US House of Representatives. He represented New York's...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Riverside Cemetery, Coxsackie, Greene County, New York, USA
Griswold, John Ashley b. November 18, 1822 d. February 22, 1902
US Congressman from New York. He completed his education in Green County's schools, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1848, and began a law practice in Catskill. Griswold was Greene County District Attorney from 1856 to 1859, and Greene County Judge from 1863 to 1867. He was elected to the US House of Representatives in 1868 as a Democrat and served one term, 1869 to 1871. He declined to run for reelection in 1870 and returned to his Catskill law practice. He was elected Catskill Town...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern)
Catskill Village Cemetery, Catskill, Greene County, New York, USA
King, Perkins b. January 12, 1784 d. November 29, 1857
US Congressman. Elected to represent New York's 11th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1829 to 1831. Also Served as a Member of the New York State Legislature in 1827, and State Court Judge in 1838. (Bio by: K)
Snyder Cemetery, Freehold, Greene County, New York, USA
King, Rufus H. b. April 20, 1820 d. September 13, 1890
US Congressman. He was admitted to the bar in 1843 and commenced law practice in Catskill, New York. In 1855, he was elected as an Opposition Party candidate to the Thirty-fourth Congress, serving until 1857. Not a candidate for re-nomination, he resumed the practice of law and was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1868 and 1880. (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Catskill Village Cemetery, Catskill, Greene County, New York, USA
Kirtland, Dorrance b. July 28, 1770 d. May 23, 1840
US Congressman. Elected to represent New York's 8th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1817 to 1819. Also served as a State Court Judge in 1828. (Bio by: K)
Old Coxsackie Cemetery, Coxsackie, Greene County, New York, USA
McCarty, Richard b. 1780 d. 1844
US Congressman. Elected to represent New York's 8th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1821 to 1823. (Bio by: K)
Adams Cemetery, Coxsackie, Greene County, New York, USA
Palen, Rufus b. February 25, 1807 d. April 26, 1844
US Congressman. Elected to represent New York's 7th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1839 to 1841. (Bio by: K)
Old Cemetery, Palenville, Greene County, New York, USA
Penraat, Jaap b. 1918 d. June 25, 2006
Architect and Industrial Engineer, he is remembered by the 406 Jews that he helped escape Nazi occupied Netherlands during World War II. Born in the Netherlands, he was 18 years old when the German Army conquered neutral Netherlands in 1940. Shocked when the Nazis began rounding up his Jewish neighbors, he joined the Resistance, and began forging identity cards for Jews, showing them to be ordinary Dutch citizens, rather than Jews as the German issued identity cards showed. Several months later...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
Town of Catskill Cemetery, Catskill, Greene County, New York, USA
Plimley, William b. August 12, 1839 d. October 2, 1913
Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He served as a Major in the Union Army. He was awarded the Medal of Honor as a First Lieutenant in Company F, 120th New York Infantry for action on April 2, 1865 at Hatcher's Run, Virginia. His citation reads "While acting as aide to a general officer, voluntarily accompanied a regiment in an assault on the enemy's works, and acted as leader of the movement which resulted in the rout of the enemy and the capture of large numbers of prisioners." (Bio by: Don Morfe)
Town of Catskill Cemetery, Catskill, Greene County, New York, USA
Porter, Charles Howell b. June 21, 1833 d. July 9, 1897
US Congressman. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War. He was elected as a Republican to represent Virginia's 3rd Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1869 to 1873.
Cairo Cemetery, Cairo, Greene County, New York, USA
Pratt, Zadock b. October 30, 1790 d. April 5, 1871
US Congressman. Pratt built a leather tannery larger than any other in the world at the time and also founded the town Prattsville, New York. He was Justice of the Peace in 1824, supervisor of the town of Windham in 1827 and member of the State Senate in 1830. He was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-fifth Congress, serving 1837 to 1839 and elected to the Twenty-eighth Congress, serving 1843 to 1845. After his term, he resumed his former business activities. (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Pratt Cemetery, Greene County, New York, USA
Schuneman, Martin Gerretsen b. 1764 d. 1827
US Congressman. Elected to represent New York's 7th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1805 to 1807. Also served as a Member of the New York State Legislature. (Bio by: K)
Old Cemetery, Leeds, Greene County, New York, USA

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