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Edwin Robinson Allen (b. 1840) —
also known as Edwin R. Allen —
of Hopkinton, Washington
County, R.I.
Born in Windham, Windham
County, Conn., November
26, 1840.
Son of Edwin Allen and Ruth B. (Noyes) Allen.
Republican. Merchant;
town clerk, Hopkinton, R.I., from 1867; Lieutenant
Governor of Rhode Island, 1894-97.
Baptist.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic.
Interment at Pine
Grove Cemetery, Hope Valley, Hopkinton, R.I.
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Thomas Dudley Bradstreet (b. 1841) —
also known as Thomas D. Bradstreet —
of Thomaston, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born in Thomaston, Litchfield
County, Conn., August 1,
1841.
Son of Rev. Thomas J. Bradstreet and Amanda (Thomas) Bradstreet.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of
Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1886; member of Connecticut
state senate, 1903; Connecticut
state comptroller, 1907-13.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Sons of
the Revolution; Grand Army of the Republic.
Burial
location unknown.
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Morgan Gardner Bulkeley (1837-1922) —
also known as Morgan G. Bulkeley —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in East Haddam, Middlesex
County, Conn., December
26, 1837.
Son of Eliphalet
Adams Bulkeley and Lydia S. Bulkeley (died 1894).
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; president,
Aetna Life
Insurance Company, 1870-1922; mayor
of Hartford, Conn., 1880-88; defeated, 1878; Governor of
Connecticut, 1889-93; candidate for Republican nomination for
Vice President, 1896;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1896;
U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1905-11.
Member, Loyal
Legion; Grand Army of the Republic; Sons of
the American Revolution.
First
president of the National League of Professional Base
Ball Clubs in 1876.
Died in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., November
6, 1922 (age 84 years, 315
days).
Interment at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Hartford, Conn.
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Maro Spaulding Chapman (1839-1907) —
also known as Maro S. Chapman —
of Manchester, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in East Haddam, Middlesex
County, Conn., February
13, 1839.
Son of Nathaniel Chapman and Hannah (Percival) Chapman.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; postal
envelope manufacturer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1882; member of Connecticut
state senate 2nd District, 1885-86; Presidential Elector for
Connecticut, 1900.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Grand Army of the Republic.
Instrumental in the establishment of the Hartford, Manchester,
Rockville Tramway
Co. in 1895.
Died in Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y., March 2,
1907 (age 68 years, 17
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Nathaniel Chapman and Hannah (Percival) Chapman; married 1861 to Lucy
Woodbridge (died 1869); married 1871 to Helen
Robbins. |
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