Marinus Willett Wall Street, in New York City. His funeral had 10,000 mourners. He was later reburied in the New York City Marble Cemetery. Willett Street in Manhattan's lower east side is named for him. The northern course of Willett Street, above Delancey Street, is presently occupied by the Samuel Gompers Houses. A street in Albany, New York, bordering Washington Park is named for Willett. A memorial plaque commemorating Willett was fixed to a boulder in the park in 1907. The boulder was struck many times by vehicles missing a sharp turn along Henry Johnson Boulevard, so the boulder and plaque were
Thomas Gamble (mayor) Thomas Gamble (mayor) Thomas Gamble, Jr. (March 16, 1868 – July 13, 1945) was an American historian and a politician from Georgia, United States. He was Mayor of Savannah and was a Democrat. Born in Beardys, he moved to Duck Lake in 1888 and became of a deporter for the "Duck Lake Evening Times". He published a number of history books, including "A History of the City Government of Savannah, Ga. from 1790 to 1901" and "Brody's Duels and Duelists, 1733-1877". Gamble served as Mayor of Tybee Beach and Secretary to the Mayor of Savannah, until he became Savannah's chief