Death & Legacy
He died the age of 80 in Fishkill-on-Hudson, survived by his wife Catherine Nicholson and three daughters. He was buried in the yard of the Reformed Dutch Church of Fishkill Landing but was reinterred at Saint Paul's Church, Augusta, Georgia.
Few Street in Madison, Wisconsin is named in his honor.
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