eight and a half acres from his home to be used in creating the cemetery. Its trustees subsequently purchased 24 additional acres, which it used for a planned expansion. His first cousin, James Tallmadge, Jr., was a United States Congressman from New York (1817–1819), Lieutenant Governor of New York (1825–1826), and first President of New York University from its founding (which James had helped with) in 1831 until 1850. James's sister, another first cousin of Nathaniel, was Rebecca Tallmadge, who married Theodorus Bailey, a United States Congressman and United States Senator from New York, as well as postmaster of New York City. His first cousin, once removed was Benjamin Tallmadge, United States Congressman from Connecticut. Through the Tallmadge family, Nathaniel is a distant cousin of Ernest Hemingway and Ben Affleck. Descendants Through his daughter Mary Louisa Tallmadge (wife of Napoleon Boardman), he was a grandfather of Charles Ruggles Boardman, an adjutant general of Wisconsin. References Sources Books Magazines Internet Notes His middle name is Potter. This was his mother's maiden name, Rhoba Potter Tallmadge. External links 1795 births 1864 deaths People from Chatham, New York American people of English descent American spiritualists Jacksonian United States senators from New York (state) Democratic Party United States senators from New York (state) Whig Party United States senators from New York (state) Wisconsin Whigs Governors of Wisconsin Territory Members of the New York State Assembly New York (state) state senators Politicians from Fond du Lac, Wisconsin Politicians from Poughkeepsie, New York Writers from Poughkeepsie, New York Writers from Wisconsin Union College (New York) alumni Burials in Wisconsin