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Howard Wells Alcorn (1901-1992) —
also known as Howard W. Alcorn —
of Suffield, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Suffield, Hartford
County, Conn., May 14,
1901.
Son of Hugh
Mead Alcorn and Cora Terry (wells) Alcorn.
Republican. Lawyer;
director and vice-president, First National Bank of
Suffield; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Suffield, 1927-32; Speaker of
the Connecticut State House of Representatives, 1931-32;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Connecticut, 1932;
member of Connecticut
state senate, 1933-34; superior court judge in Connecticut,
1943-61; justice of
Connecticut state supreme court, 1961-71; chief
justice of Connecticut Supreme Court, 1970-71.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sons of
the American Revolution; Sons
of Union Veterans; Grange; Freemasons.
Died, in a hospital
at Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., August
10, 1992 (age 91 years, 88
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Suffield, Conn.
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Hugh Meade Alcorn, Jr. (1907-1992) —
also known as H. Meade Alcorn, Jr. —
of Suffield, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Suffield, Hartford
County, Conn., October
20, 1907.
Son of Hugh
Mead Alcorn and Cora Terry (Wells) Alcorn.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Suffield, 1937-42; Speaker of
the Connecticut State House of Representatives, 1941-42; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1940,
1944
(alternate), 1948,
1952,
1956,
1960;
Hartford
County State's Attorney, 1942-48; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Connecticut, 1948; member of Connecticut
Republican State Central Committee, 1948-57; member of Republican
National Committee from Connecticut, 1953-61; Chairman of
Republican National Committee, 1957-59; delegate
to Connecticut state constitutional convention 6th District, 1965.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Rotary; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Phi
Beta Kappa; Elks; Sons
of Union Veterans; Sons of
the American Revolution; Grange.
Died, from a stroke, in
Suffield, Hartford
County, Conn., January
13, 1992 (age 84 years, 85
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Suffield, Conn.
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William Ellery Allyn (b. 1885) —
also known as W. Ellery Allyn —
of Waterford, New London
County, Conn.
Born in Mystic, Stonington, New London
County, Conn., September
28, 1885.
Son of Louis Packer Allyn and Emily Fenner (Maxson) Allyn.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Waterford, 1921-22, 1935-40;
member of Connecticut
Republican State Central Committee, 1940; secretary of
Connecticut Republican Party, 1940-42; Connecticut state
insurance commissioner; president, Norwich Water
Power Co.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; American
Legion; Grange.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Israel Allyn (1875-1948) —
also known as William I. Allyn —
of Ledyard, New London
County, Conn.; Mystic, Stonington, New London
County, Conn.
Born in Ledyard, New London
County, Conn., January
20, 1875.
Son of Israel Allyn and Mary Ann (Williams) Allyn.
Republican. Farmer; delegate
to Connecticut state constitutional convention, 1902; member of
Connecticut
state house of representatives from Ledyard, 1905-07; member of
Connecticut
state senate, 1909; Ledyard town clerk and treasurer; New
London County Auditor.
Congregationalist.
Member, Grange; Royal
Arcanum.
Died July 11,
1948 (age 73 years, 173
days).
Interment at Ledyard
Center Cemetery, Ledyard, Conn.
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Raymond Earl Baldwin (1893-1986) —
also known as Raymond E. Baldwin —
of Stratford, Fairfield
County, Conn.; Glastonbury, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Rye, Westchester
County, N.Y., August
31, 1893.
Son of Lucian Earl Baldwin and Sarah Emily (Tyler) Baldwin.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Stratford, 1931-34; Governor of
Connecticut, 1939-41, 1943-46; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Connecticut, 1940,
1944,
1948
(speaker);
U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1946-49; justice of
Connecticut state supreme court, 1949-59; delegate
to Connecticut state constitutional convention 1st District, 1965.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Grange; Elks; Eagles; Delta
Tau Delta; Phi
Delta Phi; Moose; Redmen; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society.
Died in Fairfield, Fairfield
County, Conn., October
4, 1986 (age 93 years, 34
days).
Interment at Indian
Hill Cemetery, Middletown, Conn.
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Thomas Raymond Ball (1896-1943) —
also known as Thomas R. Ball —
of Old Lyme, New London
County, Conn.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
12, 1896.
Son of Thomas Watson Ball and Alice Lynde (Raymond) Ball.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; architect;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Old Lyme, 1927-38; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 2nd District, 1939-41; defeated,
1940.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Institute of Architects; Sons of
the American Revolution; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Elks;
Grange; Society
of Colonial Wars.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Old Lyme, New London
County, Conn., June 16,
1943 (age 47 years, 124
days).
Interment at Duck
River Cemetery, Old Lyme, Conn.
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Frank E. Blakeman (1857-1923) —
of Stratford, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Stratford, Fairfield
County, Conn., December
31, 1857.
Republican. Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives.
Congregationalist.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Grange.
Died in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., February
18, 1923 (age 65 years, 49
days).
Interment at Putney
Cemetery, Stratford, Conn.
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Chester Bliss Bowles (1901-1986) —
also known as Chester Bowles —
of Essex, Middlesex
County, Conn.
Born in Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass., April 5,
1901.
Son of Charles Allen Bowles and Nellie (Harris) Bowles.
Democrat. Presidential Elector for Connecticut, 1940;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1948,
1956,
1960;
Governor
of Connecticut, 1949-51; U.S. Ambassador to India, 1951-53, 1963-69; Nepal, 1951-53; , 1961-63; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 2nd District, 1959-61; author.
Unitarian.
Member, Urban
League; Grange; Americans
for Democratic Action; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died in Essex, Middlesex
County, Conn., May 25,
1986 (age 85 years, 50
days).
Interment at River
View Cemetery, Essex, Conn.
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Walter Clifford Brown (1890-1936) —
also known as Walter C. Brown —
of Warrenville, Ashford, Windham
County, Conn.
Born in Willimantic, Windham
County, Conn., September
28, 1890.
Republican. Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Ashford, 1921; defeated,
1918; member of Connecticut
state senate 28th District, 1929-31.
Baptist.
Member, Exchange
Club; Grange.
Died, in the Windham Community Community Memorial Hospital,
Willimantic, Windham
County, Conn., June 25,
1936 (age 45 years, 271
days).
Interment at Warrenville
Cemetery, Warrenville, Ashford, Conn.
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Levi Nelson Clark (1863-1934) —
also known as Levi N. Clark —
of South Canterbury, Canterbury, Windham
County, Conn.
Born in Brooklyn, Windham
County, Conn., September
6, 1863.
Son of Francis Clark and Sarah M. (Heath) Clark.
Republican. Farmer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1901-02; delegate
to Connecticut state constitutional convention, 1902.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Grange.
Died in 1934
(age about
70 years).
Interment at Carey Cemetery, Canterbury, Conn.
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John Anthony Danaher (1899-1990) —
also known as John A. Danaher —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.; Portland, Middlesex
County, Conn.
Born in Meriden, New Haven
County, Conn., January
9, 1899.
Son of Cornelius J. Danaher and Ellen (Ryan) Danaher.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; secretary of
state of Connecticut, 1933-35; U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1939-45; defeated, 1944; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1944;
Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1953-.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Knights
of Columbus; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Grange; Beta
Theta Pi.
Died September
22, 1990 (age 91 years, 256
days).
Interment at Sacred
Heart Cemetery, Meriden, Conn.
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Tyler D. Davidson (b. 1872) —
of Bethany, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Bethany, New Haven
County, Conn., June 8,
1872.
Son of Samuel Gilbert Davidson and Sarah Jane (Green) Davidson.
Democrat. School
teacher; justice of the peace; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Bethany, 1915-16, 1931-32;
defeated, 1932, 1934.
Member, Grange.
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert Orville Eaton (b. 1857) —
also known as Robert O. Eaton —
of North Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in North Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., 1857.
Son of Jesse Orville Eaton and Mary Ann (Bradley) Eaton.
Republican. Farmer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from North Haven, 1895-96,
1915-21; U.S. Collector of
Internal Revenue for Connecticut, 1908-13, 1921-33; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1932.
Member, Grange; Freemasons;
Elks; Union
League.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married, May 19,
1881, to Catherine Almira Grannis. |
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Edward Hart Fenn (1856-1939) —
also known as E. Hart Fenn —
of Wethersfield, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., September
12, 1856.
Republican. Journalist;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Wethersfield, 1907-08, 1915;
member of Connecticut
state senate, 1909-11; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Connecticut, 1916;
U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 1st District, 1921-31.
Congregationalist.
Member, Sons of
the Revolution; Grange.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
23, 1939 (age 82 years, 164
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Hartford, Conn.
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Ellsworth Bishop Foote (1898-1977) —
also known as Ellsworth B. Foote —
of North Branford, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in North Branford, New Haven
County, Conn., January
12, 1898.
Republican. Probate judge in Connecticut, 1938-46; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 3rd District, 1947-49; defeated,
1948, 1950.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Grange.
Died in Guilford, New Haven
County, Conn., January
18, 1977 (age 79 years, 6
days).
Interment at Bare
Plain Cemetery, North Branford, Conn.
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Samuel Gejdenson (b. 1948) —
also known as Sam Gejdenson —
of Bozrah, New London
County, Conn.
Born in Eschwege, Germany,
May
20, 1948.
Democrat. Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1975-79; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 2nd District, 1981-2001;
defeated, 2000; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Connecticut, 1996,
2000.
Jewish.
Belarusian
and Lithuanian
ancestry. Member, Grange.
Still living as of 2009.
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Alden Allen Ives —
also known as Alden A. Ives —
of Morris, Litchfield
County, Conn.; Glastonbury, Hartford
County, Conn.
Son of Sherman
Kimberly Ives.
Republican. Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives; member of Connecticut
state senate; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Connecticut, 1972;
Connecticut
state treasurer, 1973-75; appointed 1973.
Member, Grange.
Still living as of 2001.
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Sherman Kimberly Ives (b. 1902) —
of Connecticut.
Born in Goshen, Litchfield
County, Conn., April 18,
1902.
Republican. Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1952-53.
Congregationalist.
Member, Grange; Freemasons.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Lester L. Lowrey (1851-1910) —
of Burlington, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born February
25, 1851.
Son of Alfred Lowrey (died 1872) and Elnora (Goodsell) Lowrey
(1822-1908).
Republican. Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Burlington; elected 1906.
Member, Grange.
Died in 1910
(age about
59 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Lillian Bunnell. |
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Ernest Orrin Maine (b. 1913) —
also known as Ernest O. Maine —
of Rhode Island.
Born in North Stonington, New London
County, Conn., 1913.
Republican. Auctioneer;
member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1947-49; member of Rhode
Island state senate, 1949-57.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Elks; Freemasons;
Grange.
Interment at Thompson
Cemetery, North Stonington, Conn.
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William A. Painter (1917-1990) —
of Naugatuck, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn., March 3,
1917.
Son of Alexander J. Painter and Katherine Painter.
Republican. Insurance
agent; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Naugatuck, 1943-44; member of
Connecticut
state senate 14th District, 1945-46.
Member, Grange; Freemasons.
Died October
6, 1990 (age 73 years, 217
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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F. Philip Prelli —
of Connecticut.
Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 2000.
Member, Grange.
Still living as of 2000.
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Miner P. Rodgers (1874-1946) —
of Cornwall, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born in Cornwall, Litchfield
County, Conn., March 19,
1874.
Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1905, 1941-46; died in office
1946.
Member, Grange.
Died April 22,
1946 (age 72 years, 34
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Alice V. Rowland (b. 1894) —
also known as Alice V. McSherry —
of Ridgefield, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 18,
1894.
Daughter of Frank McSherry and Ellen McSherry.
Republican. School
teacher; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Ridgefield, 1931-34; member
of Connecticut
state senate 24th District, 1943-46.
Female.
Member, Grange; League of Women
Voters.
Burial
location unknown.
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Horace Seely-Brown, Jr. (1908-1982) —
of Pomfret Center, Pomfret, Windham
County, Conn.
Born in Kensington, Montgomery
County, Md., May 12,
1908.
Republican. Fruit
farmer; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 2nd District, 1947-49, 1951-59,
1961-63; defeated, 1948; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1962; delegate
to Connecticut state constitutional convention 2nd District, 1965.
Member, Grange; Elks; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Amvets; Order of
Ahepa; Military
Order of the World Wars.
Died in Boca Raton, Palm Beach
County, Fla., April 9,
1982 (age 73 years, 332
days).
Interment at Christ
Episcopal Church Cemetery, Pomfret Center, Pomfret, Conn.
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William E. Sheehy (b. 1890) —
of Shelton, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Shelton, Fairfield
County, Conn., September
25, 1890.
Son of William E. Sheehy and Sarah E. (Flynn) Sheehy.
Republican. Insurance
and real
estate business; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Shelton, 1939-40; member of
Connecticut
state senate 25th District, 1945-46.
Catholic.
Member, Elks;
Grange; Knights
of Columbus.
Burial
location unknown.
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James Arthur Sherwood (1867-1944) —
of Connecticut.
Born May 8,
1867.
Republican. Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives.
Congregationalist.
Member, Grange; Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star.
Died April 24,
1944 (age 76 years, 352
days).
Interment at Easton
Cemetery, Easton, Conn.
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Ralph Smith Taintor (1811-1892) —
also known as Ralph S. Taintor —
of Colchester, New London
County, Conn.
Born in Colchester, New London
County, Conn., November
13, 1811.
Republican. Farmer; wool commission
merchant; member of Connecticut
state senate 9th District, 1857.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Grange.
Died in Colchester, New London
County, Conn., October
22, 1892 (age 80 years, 344
days).
Interment at Linwood
Cemetery, Colchester, Conn.
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Mildred White (born c.1910) —
of Connecticut.
Born about 1910.
Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1957-67.
Female.
Member, Grange.
Still living as of 2000.
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