Charles H. Carroll
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Charles Holker Carroll (May 4, 1794 – June 8, 1865) was an American
United States
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planter, jurist and statesman from Groveland, New York
Groveland, New York
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. He represented New York
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in the United States House of Representatives
United States House of Representatives
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from 1843 to 1847 as a member of the Whig Party
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He was buried at the Williamsburg Cemetery
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in Groveland.
Henry Fitzhugh
Henry Fitzhugh
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was his brother-in-law.
External links
- http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nyliving/cemeteries/williamsburg_cemetery_groveland.htm Transcriptions from Gravestones, at RootsWeb
- Carroll's Congressional biography