Abram Wakeman (1824 - 1889)

Born 31 May 1824 in Greenfield Hill, Fairfield Co., Connecticut

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Died 29 Jun 1889 at age 65 in Long Island, New York

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Biography

Biographical Directory of the United States Congress WAKEMAN, Abram, a Representative from New York; born in Greenfield Hill, Fairfield County, Conn., May 31, 1824; completed preparatory studies and was graduated from Herkimer Academy, New York; studied law at Little Falls, N.Y.; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in New York City in 1847; member of the State assembly in 1850 and 1851; elected as a Whig to the Thirty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1855-March 3, 1857); unsuccessful Republican candidate for reelection in 1856 to the Thirty-fifth Congress; delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1856; at the outbreak of the Civil War raised the Eighty-first Pennsylvania Volunteers; postmaster of New York City from March 21, 1862, to September 18, 1864; surveyor of the port of New York City; resumed the practice of law; died in New York City June 29, 1889; interment in Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.

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• 1870 United States Federal Census, New York, Washington, Kingsbury, Pg 59 - Lawyer

• 1870 United States Federal Census, New York, New York, New York Ward 19 District 26 (2nd Enum), Pg 62 - Lawyer

• 1860 United States Federal Census, New York, New York, New York Ward 12 District 1, Pg 15 - Lawyer

• 1850 United States Federal Census, New York, New York, New York Ward 5, Pg 228 - lawyer

• Find A Grave: Memorial #6945579

• Dept of Veteran Affairs

• Wakeman, Robert Peel. Wakeman Genealogy, 1630-1899 (Journal Publishing Co., Meriden, Conn., 1900) page 225 & 279, #149