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Julius Rockwell (1805-1888) —
of Pittsfield, Berkshire
County, Mass.
Born in Colebrook, Litchfield
County, Conn., April 26,
1805.
Republican. Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1834; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 7th District, 1843-51; U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1854-55; candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1855; state court judge in Massachusetts, 1859.
Died May 19,
1888 (age 83 years, 23
days).
Interment at Lenox Cemetery.
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Herbert Parsons (1869-1925) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Rye, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
28, 1869.
Son of John E. Parsons (c.1830-1915) and Mary D. (McIlvaine) Parsons.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 13th District, 1905-11; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1908,
1912,
1916,
1920;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1915;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I.
Presbyterian
or Episcopalian.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Union
League.
Lost control of a motor
bicycle, fell,
suffered a ruptured
kidney, and died as a result, in House of Mercy Hospital,
Pittsfield, Berkshire
County, Mass., September
16, 1925 (age 55 years, 323
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Lenox Cemetery.
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Alfred Gilmore (1812-1890) —
of Butler, Butler
County, Pa.
Born in Butler, Butler
County, Pa., June 9,
1812.
Son of John
Gilmore.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 24th District, 1849-53.
Died June 29,
1890 (age 78 years, 20
days).
Interment at Lenox Cemetery.
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Thomas Ward Osborn (1836-1898) —
of Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y.; Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla.; Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla.
Born in Scotch Plains, Union
County, N.J., March 9,
1836.
Son of John Osborn and Amelia Osborn.
Republican. Lawyer;
colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; delegate
to Florida state constitutional convention from Leon County,
1868; member of Florida
state senate; U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1868-73; member of Republican
National Committee from Florida, 1870-72.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
18, 1898 (age 62 years, 284
days).
Interment at Hill Side Cemetery.
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George Pelton Lawrence (1859-1917) —
also known as George P. Lawrence —
of North Adams, Berkshire
County, Mass.
Born in Adams, Berkshire
County, Mass., May 19,
1859.
Son of Dr. George C. Lawrence (died 1883) and Jane E. (Pelton)
Lawrence (born 1829).
Republican. Lawyer;
district judge in Massachusetts, 1885-94; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1895-97; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 1st District, 1897-1913.
Under stress as head of a World War I draft exemption board, he jumped
from an eighth-floor window and fell to his
death, at the Belmont Hotel,
Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J., November
21, 1917 (age 58 years, 186
days).
Interment at Hill Side Cemetery.
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John H. Waterhouse (1870-1948) —
of North Adams, Berkshire
County, Mass.
Born March 1,
1870.
Republican. Mayor
of North Adams, Mass., 1909-10; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1920
(alternate), 1924.
Died in Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass., April 29,
1948 (age 78 years, 59
days).
Interment at Hill Side Cemetery.
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Louis J. Diamond (1918-1996) —
of North Adams, Berkshire
County, Mass.
Born July 13,
1918.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; school
teacher; mayor
of North Adams, Mass., 1960-61.
Greek
and Irish
ancestry.
Died in Sun City, Maricopa
County, Ariz., July 13,
1996 (age 78 years, 0
days).
Interment at Hill Side Cemetery.
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Henry Laurens Dawes (1816-1903) —
also known as Henry L. Dawes —
of North Adams, Berkshire
County, Mass.; Pittsfield, Berkshire
County, Mass.
Born in Cummington, Hampshire
County, Mass., October
30, 1816.
Son of Mitchel Dawes.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1848-50; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1850-52; delegate to
Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1853; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1857-75 (11th District
1857-63, 10th District 1863-73, 11th District 1873-75); U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1875-93.
Died in Pittsfield, Berkshire
County, Mass., February
5, 1903 (age 86 years, 98
days).
Interment at Pittsfield Cemetery.
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George Nixon Briggs (1796-1861) —
also known as George N. Briggs —
of Lanesboro, Berkshire
County, Mass.
Born in Adams, Berkshire
County, Mass., April 12,
1796.
Lawyer;
Berkshire
County Register of Deeds, 1824-31; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1831-43 (9th District 1831-33,
7th District 1833-43); Governor of
Massachusetts, 1844-51; defeated (American), 1859; common pleas
court judge in Massachusetts, 1851-56; delegate to
Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1853.
Killed by the accidental
discharge of a "fowling piece" (shotgun),
in Pittsfield, Berkshire
County, Mass., September
11, 1861 (age 65 years, 152
days).
Interment at Pittsfield Cemetery.
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John Crawford Crosby (1859-1943) —
also known as John C. Crosby —
of Pittsfield, Berkshire
County, Mass.
Born in Sheffield, Berkshire
County, Mass., June 15,
1859.
Son of John Crosby and Margaret (Crawford) Crosby.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1886-87; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1888-89; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 12th District, 1891-93;
defeated, 1892; mayor
of Pittsfield, Mass., 1894-95; superior court judge in
Massachusetts, 1905-13; justice of
Massachusetts state supreme court, 1913-37.
Died in Pittsfield, Berkshire
County, Mass., October
14, 1943 (age 84 years, 121
days).
Interment at Pittsfield Cemetery.
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Thomas Allen (1813-1882) —
of Missouri.
Born in Pittsfield, Berkshire
County, Mass., August
29, 1813.
Democrat. Railroad
builder; member of Missouri
state senate, 1850-54; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 2nd District, 1881-82; died in
office 1882.
Member, Kappa
Alpha Society.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 8,
1882 (age 68 years, 222
days).
Interment at Pittsfield Cemetery.
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Francis Williams Rockwell (1844-1929) —
also known as Francis W. Rockwell —
of Pittsfield, Berkshire
County, Mass.
Born in Pittsfield, Berkshire
County, Mass., May 26,
1844.
Son of Julius
Rockwell.
Republican. State court judge in Massachusetts, 1873; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1879; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1881; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 12th District, 1884-91;
defeated, 1890; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1900.
Died June 26,
1929 (age 85 years, 31
days).
Interment at Pittsfield Cemetery.
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Simon Larned (1753-1817) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Thompson, Windham
County, Conn., August 3,
1753.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; Berkshire
County Sheriff; merchant;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1791; Berkshire
County Treasurer, 1792-1812; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts at-large, 1804-05; colonel in
the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; president, Berkshire Bank.
Died in Pittsfield, Berkshire
County, Mass., November
16, 1817 (age 64 years, 105
days).
Interment at Pittsfield Cemetery.
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Phineas Allen —
of Pittsfield, Berkshire
County, Mass.
Democrat. Newspaper
editor; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1864.
Interment at Pittsfield Cemetery.
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Theodore Sedgwick (1746-1813) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Connecticut, 1746.
Member of Massachusetts state legislature; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Massachusetts; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1789-96, 1799-1801 (4th
District 1789-93, 2nd District 1793-95, 3rd District 1795-96,
at-large 1799-1801); Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1799-1801; U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1796-99; justice of
Massachusetts state supreme court, 1802-13.
Died in 1813
(age about
67 years).
Interment at Stockbridge Cemetery.
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Joseph Hodges Choate (1832-1917) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Salem, Essex
County, Mass., January
24, 1832.
Son of George
Choate (1796-1880) and Margaret Manning (Hodges) Choate.
Lawyer;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1894; U.S.
Ambassador to Great Britain, 1899-1905.
English
ancestry. Member, American
Philosophical Society; American Bar
Association; Union
League.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 14,
1917 (age 85 years, 110
days).
Interment at Stockbridge Cemetery.
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Allen Towner Treadway (1867-1947) —
also known as Allen T. Treadway —
of Stockbridge, Berkshire
County, Mass.
Born in Stockbridge, Berkshire
County, Mass., September
16, 1867.
Son of William Denton Treadway and Harriet (Heaton) Treadway.
Republican. Hotel
proprietor; director, Berkshire Trust Co.;
trustee, Stockbridge Savings
Bank; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1904; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1908-11; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 1st District, 1913-45; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1936.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Grange; Elks; Royal
Arcanum; Alpha
Delta Phi.
Died in 1947
(age about
79 years).
Interment at Stockbridge Cemetery.
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Henry Williams Dwight (1788-1845) —
also known as Henry W. Dwight —
of Stockbridge, Berkshire
County, Mass.
Born in Stockbridge, Berkshire
County, Mass., February
26, 1788.
Member of Massachusetts state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1821-31 (7th District 1821-25,
9th District 1825-31).
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
21, 1845 (age 56 years, 361
days).
Interment at Stockbridge Cemetery.
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John Zacheus Goodrich (1804-1885) —
also known as John Z. Goodrich —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Sheffield, Berkshire
County, Mass., September
27, 1804.
Lawyer;
manufacturer;
member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1848-49; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1851-55 (7th District 1851-53,
11th District 1853-55); Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1861; U.S. Collector of Customs,
1861-65.
Died in Stockbridge, Berkshire
County, Mass., April 19,
1885 (age 80 years, 204
days).
Interment at Stockbridge Cemetery.
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John Bacon (1738-1820) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Canterbury, Windham
County, Conn., April 5,
1738.
Democrat. Delegate to
Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1779-80; member of
Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1780, 1783-84, 1786, 1789-91,
1793; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1781-82, 1794-96, 1798, 1803-06; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts at-large, 1801-03.
Died in Stockbridge, Berkshire
County, Mass., October
25, 1820 (age 82 years, 203
days).
Interment at Stockbridge Cemetery.
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David Dudley Field (1805-1894) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Haddam, Middlesex
County, Conn., February
13, 1805.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for New York
state assembly, 1841; U.S.
Representative from New York 7th District, 1877.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April 13,
1894 (age 89 years, 59
days).
Interment at Stockbridge Cemetery.
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Reinhold Niebuhr (1892-1971) —
also known as Karl Paul Reinhold Niebuhr —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Wright City, Warren
County, Mo., June 21,
1892.
Son of Gustave Niebuhr and Lydia (Hosto) Niebuhr.
Pastor;
professor,
Union Theological Seminary, 1928-60; Socialist candidate for New York
state senate 19th District, 1930; Socialist candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1937; vice-chair of New York Liberal
Party, 1958.
Protestant.
German
ancestry. Member, Americans
for Democratic Action.
Theologian; Socialist and pacifist until World War II; received the
Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1964.
Died in Stockbridge, Berkshire
County, Mass., June 1,
1971 (age 78 years, 345
days).
Interment at Stockbridge Cemetery.
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Owen McMahon Johnson (1878-1952) —
also known as Owen Johnson —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Stockbridge, Berkshire
County, Mass.; Vineyard Haven, Martha's Vineyard, Dukes
County, Mass.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August
27, 1878.
Son of Katharine (McMahon) Johnson and Robert
Underwood Johnson.
Democrat. Author;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 1st District, 1936, 1938.
Member, Alpha
Delta Phi.
Died in Vineyard Haven, Martha's Vineyard, Dukes
County, Mass., January
27, 1952 (age 73 years, 153
days).
Interment at Stockbridge Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Katharine (McMahon) Johnson and Robert
Underwood Johnson; married, May 23,
1901, to Mary Galt Stockly (died 1911); married, February
1, 1912, to Esther Ellen Cobb (singer, known as Mme. Cobina;
divorced 1917); married, July 2,
1917, to Cecile Denis de la Garde (died 1918); married, January
20, 1921, to Catherine Sayre Burton (died 1923); married, January
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