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Charles Baldwin Sedgwick
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Born: March 15, 1815

Birthplace: Pompey, New York

Father: Stephen Sedgwick 1783 – 1830

Mother: Anna Baldwin 1786 – 1872
(Buried: Pompey Hill Cemetery, Pompey, New York)​

1st​ Wife: Ellen Chase Smith 1812 – 1846

Married: October 17, 1837 in Boylston, Massachusetts

2nd​ Wife: Deborah White Gannett 1825 – 1901
(Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Syracuse, New York)​

Married: April 28, 1847 in Natick, Massachusetts

Children:
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Charles Ethan Sedgwick 1838 – 1839​
(Buried: Pompey Hill Cemetery, Pompey, New York)​
Charles Henry Sedgwick 1840 – 1840​
(Buried: Pompey Hill Cemetery, Pompey, New York)​

Ellen Amelia Sedgwick Tracy 1841 – 1924​
(Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Syracuse, New York)​
Catherine Maria Sedgwick 1844 – 1846​
Charles Hamilton Sedgwick 1846 – 1924​
(Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Syracuse, New York)​
Anna Baldwin Sedgwick Silsbee 1848 – 1921​
(Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Syracuse, New York)​
Frank Colvin “Frankie” Sedgwick 1850 – 1862​
(Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Syracuse, New York)​
Sarah White “Sally” Sedgwick King 1852 – 1882​
(Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Syracuse, New York)​
Katharine Maria Sedgwick Burlingame 1856 – 1929​
(Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Syracuse, New York)​
Jessie May Sedgwick 1857 – 1857​
Fanny Clary Sedgwick 1857 – 1857​
Dora Gannett Sedgwick Hazard 1864 – 1935​
(Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Syracuse, New York)​

Political Party: Whig Party, Free Soil Party and Republican Party

Education:


1834: Graduated from Hamilton College​

Occupation before War:

1848 – 1859: Attorney in Syracuse, New York​
Unsuccessful Free Soil Party Candidate for United States Congress​
1859 – 1863: United States Congressman from New York​
1859 – 1861: Member of House Naval Affairs Committee​

Civil War Career:

1861 – 1863: Chairman of House Naval Affairs Committee​
1863 – 1865: United States Commissioner to Codify Naval Laws for U.S. Navy Department​

Occupation after War:

1865 – 1875: Attorney in Syracuse, New York​
1875 – 1877: Traveler in Europe​
Author of History of the Italian Republics​

Died: February 3, 1883

Place of Death: Syracuse, New York

Age at time of Death: 67 years old

Burial Place: Oakwood Cemetery, Syracuse, New York
 
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