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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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Joel Barlow (1754-1812) —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Redding, Fairfield
County, Conn., March 24,
1754.
Son of Samuel Barlow and Esther (Hull) Barlow.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;
writer; poet; U.S. Consul in Cadiz, 1792-93; U.S. Consul General in Algiers, 1796-97; U.S. Minister to France, 1811-12, died in office 1812.
Member, Society
of the Cincinnati; Freemasons.
He was sent to Algeria to negotiate for the release of those held
prisoner by the Barbary pirates, and was protected by a detachment of
U.S. Marines. The words "to the shores of Tripoli" in the U.S.
Marine Hymn are a reference to this incident.
Died, of pneumonia
or exposure,
in Zarnowiec, Poland,
December
24, 1812 (age 58 years, 275
days).
Interment at Churchyard,
Zarnowiec, Poland; cenotaph at Great
Pasture Road Cemetery, Redding, 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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Heywood Campbell Broun (1888-1939) —
also known as Heywood Broun —
of New York; Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., December
7, 1888.
Son of Heywood Cox Broun and Henriette (Brose) Broun.
Socialist. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 17th District, 1930.
Catholic.
Member, American Civil
Liberties Union.
Sportswriter;
columnist for New York newspapers;
founder of
the American Newspaper Guild in 1933 and its first president;
expelled from Socialist Party in 1933.
Died, of pneumonia,
in the Harkness Pavilion of the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical
Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
18, 1939 (age 51 years, 11
days).
Interment at Gate
of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, N.Y.
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William Frank Buckley, Jr. (1925-2008) —
also known as William F. Buckley, Jr. —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
24, 1925.
Son of William Frank Buckley, Sr. (1881-1958) and Aloise (Steiner)
Buckley.
Conservative. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; candidate
for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1965.
Catholic.
Irish
and Swiss
ancestry. Member, Skull and
Bones.
Leader of the conservative movement; founder and editor of
National Review magazine;
author and lecturer; host of television
news show "Firing Line"; recipient of the Presidential
Medal of Freedom on November 18, 1991.
Died, probably of diabetes
and emphysema,
in Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn., February
27, 2008 (age 82 years, 95
days).
Cremated.
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Relatives: Son
of William Frank Buckley, Sr. (1881-1958) and Aloise (Steiner)
Buckley; brother of James
Lane Buckley and Patricia Lee Buckley (who married Leo
Brent Bozell); married 1950 to
Patricia Alden Austin Taylor (1926-2007). See Buckley
family of New York and Connecticut. |
| | | Cross-reference: Frederic
R. Coudert, Jr. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books by William F. Buckley, Jr.: Getting
It Right (2003) — God
and Man at Yale : The Superstitions of 'Academic Freedom'
(1951) — Spytime
: The Undoing of James Jesus Angleton (2000) — Nearer,
My God : An Autobiography of Faith (1997) — The
Lexicon : A Cornucopia of Wonderful Words for the Inquisitive Word
Lover (1998) — Airborne
: A Sentimental Journey (1984) — In
Search of Anti-Semitism (1992) — Brothers
No More (1995) — Up
From Liberalism (1959) — The
Committee and its critics : a calm review of the House Committee on
Un-American Activities (1962) — Elvis
in the Morning (2001) — Execution
eve, and other contemporary ballads (1975) — Four
reforms : a guide for the seventies (1973) — Gratitude
: reflections on what we owe to our country (1990) —
Nuremberg
: the reckoning (2002) — Overdrive
: a personal documentary (1983) — United
Nations Journal : A Delegate's Odyssey (1974) — The
unmaking of a mayor (1966) — Ronald
Reagan: An American Hero (2001) |
| | | Fiction by William F. Buckley, Jr.: Stained
Glass : A Blackford Oakes Novel (1978) — Marco
Polo, If You Can : A Blackford Oakes Mystery (1981) —
Saving
the Queen : A Blackford Oakes Mystery (1976) — See
You Later, Alligator : A Blackford Oakes Mystery
(1985) — Tucker's
Last Stand : A Blackford Oakes Mystery (1991) — Mongoose,
R.I.P. : A Blackford Oakes Mystery (1990) — A
Very Private Plot : A Blackford Oakes Mystery (1994) —
High
Jinx : A Blackford Oakes Mystery (1986) — Who's
on First : A Blackford Oakes Mystery (1980) — The
Redhunter : a novel based on the life of Senator Joe McCarthy
(1999) |
| | | Books about William F. Buckley, Jr.:
John B. Judis, William
F. Buckley, Jr.: Patron Saint of the
Conservatives |
| | | Critical books about William F. Buckley,
Jr.: David Miller, Chairman
Bill: A Biography of William F. Buckley, Jr. |
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Charles Henry Stanley Davis (b. 1840) —
also known as Charles H. S. Davis —
of Meriden, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Goshen, Litchfield
County, Conn., March 2,
1840.
Physician;
author; Egyptologist; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1873, 1885-86; mayor of
Meriden, Conn., 1887-88.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1868
to Caroline Elizabeth Harris. |
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Sherman Day (1806-1884) —
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., 1806.
Son of Jeremiah Day (1773-1867; president of Yale College) and Martha
(Sherman) Day.
Engineer;
historian; went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; member of California
state senate, 1855-56; U.S. Surveyor General of California,
1868-71.
Died in Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif., 1884
(age about
78 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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George Allan England (b. 1877) —
also known as George A. England —
of Maine; Hampton, Windham
County, Conn.
Born in Fort McPherson, Lincoln
County, Neb., February
9, 1877.
Son of Rev. George Allen England (Army chaplain) and Hannah Pearl
(Lyon) England.
Socialist. Author; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Maine 2nd District, 1908; candidate for Governor of
Maine, 1912.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Gaston (b. 1899) —
of New Canaan, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., 1899.
Son of William
Alexander Gaston.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer;
playwright; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1948.
Protestant.
Burial
location unknown.
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Arthur Sherburne Hardy (1847-1930) —
also known as Arthur S. Hardy —
of Hanover, Grafton
County, N.H.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Woodstock, Windham
County, Conn.
Born in Andover, Essex
County, Mass., August
13, 1847.
Son of Alpheus Hardy and Susan W. (Holmes) Hardy.
Civil
engineer; college
professor; author; editor of Cosmopolitan magazine,
1893-95; U.S. Minister to Persia, 1897-99; Greece, 1899-1901; Romania, 1899-1901; Serbia, 1899-1901; Switzerland, 1901-03; Spain, 1902-05; U.S. Consul General in Teheran, 1897-99.
Died in Woodstock, Windham
County, Conn., March 14,
1930 (age 82 years, 213
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles C. Hemenway (born c.1884) —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Springfield, Windsor
County, Vt., about 1884.
Democrat. Editor; member of Connecticut
state senate 2nd District, 1917-20.
Burial
location unknown.
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Clare Boothe Luce (1903-1987) —
also known as Ann Clare Boothe —
of Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn.; Ridgefield, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April 10,
1903.
Daughter of William Franklin Boothe (1862-1928) and Anna Clara Snyder
(1882-1938; killed in an automobile-train accident in Miami, Fla.).
Republican. Writer; journalist;
playwright; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1943-47; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1944,
1948
(speaker),
1952;
U.S. Ambassador to Italy, 1953-56.
Female.
Catholic.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1983.
Died, from a brain
tumor, in Washington,
D.C., October
9, 1987 (age 84 years, 182
days).
Interment at Mepkin
Abbey, Moncks Corner, S.C.
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Relatives:
Daughter of William Franklin Boothe (1862-1928) and Anna Clara Snyder
(1882-1938; killed in an automobile-train accident in Miami, Fla.);
step-daughter of Albert
Elmer Austin; married, August
10, 1923, to George Tuttle Brokaw (1879-1935; divorced 1929);
married, November
23, 1935, to Henry Robinson Luce (1898-1967; founder and
publisher of Time, Life, and other magazines); mother
of Ann Clare Brokaw (1924-1944; killed in an automobile accident in
Palo Alto, Calif.). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about Clare Boothe Luce: Sylvia
Morris, Rage
for Fame : The Ascent of Clare Boothe Luce — Stephen
C. Shadegg, Clare
Boothe Luce: a biography — Joseph Lyons, Clare
Boothe Luce: Author and Diplomat (for young
readers) |
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John Stephen Monagan (1911-2005) —
also known as John S. Monagan —
of Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn., December
23, 1911.
Democrat. Lawyer;
author; mayor
of Waterbury, Conn., 1943-48; defeated, 1947; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1944,
1948,
1960;
U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 5th District, 1959-73; defeated,
1942.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
23, 2005 (age 93 years, 304
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Frederic Courtland Penfield (1855-1922) —
of Germantown, Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Connecticut, April 23,
1855.
Son of Daniel Penfield and Sophia (Young) Penfield.
Author; U.S. Vice Consul in London, 1885; U.S. Diplomatic Agent to Egypt, 1893-97; U.S. Consul General in Cairo, 1893-97; U.S. Ambassador to Austria-Hungary, 1913-17.
Died June 19,
1922 (age 67 years, 57
days).
Interment at Kensico
Cemetery, Valhalla, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Daniel Penfield and Sophia (Young) Penfield; married 1892 to
Katharine Albert McMurdo Welles (died 1905); married 1908 to Anne
(Weightman) Walker. |
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Montgomery Schuyler, Jr. (1877-1955) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn., September
2, 1877.
Son of Katherine Beeckman (Livingston) Schuyler (1842-1914) and
Montgomery Schuyler (1843-1914).
Author; U.S. Consul General in Bangkok, 1904-06; U.S. Minister to Ecuador, 1913; Salvador, 1921-25; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
stockbroker;
banker.
Episcopalian.
Died November
1, 1955 (age 78 years, 60
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Benjamin McLaine Spock (1903-1998) —
also known as Benjamin Spock —
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., May 2,
1903.
Son of Benjamin Ives Spock and Mildred Louise (Stoughton) Spock.
Won an Olympic
gold medal in rowing at the 1924 Paris games; physician;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; author of
influential book, Baby and Child Care; People's candidate for
President
of the United States, 1972; People's candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1976.
Member, United
World Federalists.
Died in La Jolla, San Diego
County, Calif., March 15,
1998 (age 94 years, 317
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Adonijah Strong Welch (1821-1889) —
of Jonesville, Hillsdale
County, Mich.; Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich.; Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla.; Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.; Ames, Story
County, Iowa.
Born in East Hampton, Middlesex
County, Conn., April 12,
1821.
Republican. First principal,
in 1851-65, of the Michigan State Normal School in Ypsilanti, Mich.
(later Eastern Michigan University); member of Michigan
state board of agriculture, 1863-66; established a lumber mill
at Jacksonville, Fla.; U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1868-69; first president,
in 1869-83, of the Iowa Agricultural College in Ames, Iowa (later
Iowa State University); college
professor; author.
Welch Hall, at Eastern Michigan University, is named for him.
Died in Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif., March 14,
1889 (age 67 years, 336
days).
Interment at Iowa
State College Cemetery, Ames, Iowa.
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