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Devere Allen (1891-1955) —
of Wilton, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., June 24,
1891.
Son of Henry L. Allen and Sarah Elizabeth (Champlin) Allen.
Editor for various publications,
including The Nation; overseas correspondent for newspapers
and magazines;
author;
Socialist candidate for U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1932, 1934; Labor candidate for Governor of
Connecticut, 1938, 1940.
Member, League
for Industrial Democracy; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; American Federation
of Teachers; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in a hospital
at Westerly, Washington
County, R.I., August
27, 1955 (age 64 years, 64
days).
Interment at Wheeler
Cemetery, North Stonington, Conn.
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Elmer T. Allison (1883-1982) —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.; Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Bethel, Fairfield
County, Conn.; Washington.
Born in Houstonia, Pettis
County, Mo., December
5, 1883.
Son of Nathaniel Allison and Mattie (Johnson) Allison.
Sawmill
worker; arrested
in Cleveland, 1919, on charges
of violating the state's criminal
syndicalism law; Workers candidate for New York
state senate 14th District, 1926; poet.
Member, Industrial Workers of the World.
Died in Olympia, Thurston
County, Wash., July 18,
1982 (age 98 years, 225
days).
Interment at Woodbine
Cemetery, Puyallup, Wash.
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Biagio Ciotto (b. 1929) —
also known as Billy Ciotto —
of Connecticut.
Born in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., December
25, 1929.
Democrat. Member of Connecticut
state senate 9th District, 1995-.
Member, American
Association of Retired Persons; AFSCME.
Still living as of 2002.
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Thomas A. Colapietro —
also known as Tom Colapietro —
of Terryville, Plymouth, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Democrat. Member of Connecticut
state senate 31st District, 1993-; defeated, 2010.
Member, United Auto Workers; American
Association of Retired Persons.
Still living as of 2010.
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Hyman Costrell (b. 1890) —
also known as Jack Robbins —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.; New York.
Born in Kurenitz, Russia (now Belarus),
October
19, 1890.
Communist. Arrested
in 1905 in Russia and jailed
three months for demonstrating
and distributing
circulars against the Czarist government; naturalized U.S.
citizen; plumber;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 8th District, 1934.
Jewish.
Burial
location unknown.
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James E. Foley (b. 1893) —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., August
22, 1893.
Son of John J. Foley and Mary C. Foley.
Democrat. Printer;
member of Connecticut
state senate 8th District, 1945-46.
Catholic.
Member, International Typographical Union; Knights
of Columbus; Holy
Name Society.
Burial
location unknown.
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James Patrick Geelan (1901-1982) —
also known as James P. Geelan —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., August
11, 1901.
Son of Thomas Edward Geelan and Mary Agnes (McDonnell) Geelan.
Democrat. Vice-president,
New Haven Central Labor Council; insurance
broker; member of Connecticut
state senate 8th District, 1939-44; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 3rd District, 1945-47; defeated,
1946; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Connecticut, 1948,
1956;
delegate
to Connecticut state constitutional convention 3rd District, 1965.
Member, American
Arbitration Association; Knights
of Columbus; Eagles.
Died in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., August
10, 1982 (age 80 years, 364
days).
Interment at St.
Lawrence Cemetery, West Haven, Conn.
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Alfred Baker Lewis (1897-c.1980) —
also known as Alfred B. Lewis —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 20,
1897.
Son of John Frederick Lewis and Anne Henrietta Rush (Baker) Lewis.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer;
secretary of Massachusetts Socialist Party, 1924-40; Socialist
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1926, 1928; Socialist candidate for
Governor
of Massachusetts, 1930, 1932, 1934, 1936; Democratic candidate
for Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1944; vice-president, later
president, Union Casualty insurance
company.
Episcopalian.
Member, NAACP; American Civil
Liberties Union; American Federation of Teachers; Americans
for Democratic Action.
Died about 1980 (age about 83
years).
Interment somewhere
in Fairfield County, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of John Frederick Lewis and Anne Henrietta Rush (Baker) Lewis;
married, November
20, 1924, to Lena Greenspan (divorced 1939); married, October
14, 1939, to Eileen B. (O'Connor) Lane. |
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George Lloyd Murphy (1902-1992) —
also known as George L. Murphy —
of Beverly Hills, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., July 4,
1902.
Republican. Professional actor
and dancer
in 1934-52; appeared in films
such as For Me And My Gal, Battleground; president,
Screen Actors Guild, 1944-46; delegate to Republican National
Convention from California, 1948,
1952,
1956,
1960
(alternate); U.S.
Senator from California, 1965-71; defeated, 1970.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Screen Actors Guild.
Died, of leukemia,
in Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla., May 3,
1992 (age 89 years, 304
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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William A. Scott (b. 1888) —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., February
9, 1888.
Son of Peter A. Scott and Elizabeth Scott.
Democrat. Construction
supervisor; insulation
engineer;
president,
Hartford Central Labor Union; member of Connecticut
state senate 1st District, 1943-46.
Member, Eagles.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Mary Glennon. |
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Ignatius A. Sullivan (d. 1928) —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Democrat. President,
Hartford Central Labor Union; president,
Connecticut Federation of Labor; mayor
of Hartford, Conn., 1902-04; defeated, 1904; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1904.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., 1928.
Burial
location unknown.
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