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Isaac Barnes (1830-1909) —
of Burlington, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Burlington, Hartford
County, Conn., June 8,
1830.
Son of Amzi Barnes and Sophronia (Mills) Barnes.
Meat merchant; lumber
business; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Burlington, 1867.
Died March 29,
1909 (age 78 years, 294
days).
Interment at Center Cemetery, Burlington, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of Amzi Barnes and Sophronia (Mills) Barnes; married to Theda Spencer
and Nellie M. Smith. |
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Oliver Gould Jennings (1865-1936) —
also known as Oliver G. Jennings —
of Fairfield, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., 1865.
Son of Oliver Burr Jennings (1825-1893; one of the original
stockholders of Standard Oil Company, 1871) and Esther Judson
(Goodsell) Jennings (1828-1908).
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
Connecticut, 1916;
Presidential Elector for Connecticut, 1920;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1923; director, U.S. Industrial
Alcohol Company; director, Bethlehem Steel
Corporation; director, Grocery Store Products, Inc.
Episcopalian.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Skull and
Bones.
Died, of bronchial
pneumonia, in the Harbor Sanitarium,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
13, 1936 (age about 71
years).
Interment at Oaklawn
Cemetery, Fairfield, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of Oliver Burr Jennings (1825-1893; one of the original stockholders
of Standard Oil Company, 1871) and Esther Judson (Goodsell) Jennings
(1828-1908); married 1896 to Mary
Dows Brewster; uncle of Hugh
Dudley Auchincloss; father of Benjamin Brewster Jennings
(1898-1968; president of Socony-Vacuum, which later became Mobil
Oil); granduncle of Hugh
Dudley Auchincloss III. See Kennedy
family of Massachusetts and New York. |
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John C. Mandanici (born c.1918) —
of Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born about 1918.
Democrat. Supermarket manager; mayor
of Bridgeport, Conn., 1975-81; defeated, 1981, 1983 (primary),
1983 (Taxpayers).
Still living as of 1983.
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Paul Leonard Newman (1925-2008) —
also known as Paul Newman; "King
Cool" —
of Westport, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Shaker Heights, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, January
26, 1925.
Son of Arthur Samuel Newman and Theresa (Fetzer) Newman.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; American actor
and film
director; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Connecticut, 1968;
created the Newman's Own line of salad dressing and other
food products, with all profits donated to charity.
Slovak
and Jewish
ancestry. Member, Phi
Kappa Tau.
Died, of lung
cancer, in Westport, Fairfield
County, Conn., September
26, 2008 (age 83 years, 244
days).
Cremated.
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John A. Pilgard (c.1866-1935) —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Denmark,
about 1866.
Democrat. Grocer; banker;
elected mayor
of Hartford, Conn. 1935, but died before taking office.
Danish
ancestry.
Died, following gall
bladder surgery, in St. Francis Hospital,
Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., November
14, 1935 (age about 69
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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William C. Sorrentino —
of Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Republican. Pasta manufacturer; candidate in primary for mayor
of Bridgeport, Conn., 1983.
Still living as of 1983.
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Clifford P. Wallace (born c.1880) —
of Prospect, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Prospect, New Haven
County, Conn., about 1880.
Republican. Grocer; farmer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Prospect, 1919-20.
Burial
location unknown.
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John L. Wessels (c.1838-1923) —
of Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born about 1838.
Produce business; banker; mayor
of Bridgeport, Conn., 1879-80, 1881-82, 1883-84.
Died in Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn., March 5,
1923 (age about 85
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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