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William Vincent Ahearn (1925-2000) —
also known as William Ahearn —
of Malden, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Norwood, Norfolk
County, Mass., May 21,
1925.
Son of William Vincent Ahearn and Mary (Corcoran) Ahearn.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;
missionary; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1972.
Catholic.
Died November
9, 2000 (age 75 years, 172
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1971
to Helen E. Stevens. |
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Louis Albert Banks (b. 1851) —
also known as Louis A. Banks —
Born in Corvallis, Benton
County, Ore., 1851.
Lawyer;
minister; Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 7th District, 1893; Prohibition
candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1893.
Methodist.
Burial
location unknown.
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Joseph Barker (1751-1815) —
of Middleboro, Plymouth
County, Mass.
Born in Branford, New Haven
County, Conn., October
19, 1751.
Democrat. Minister; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 7th District, 1805-09; member
of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1812-13.
Died July 5,
1815 (age 63 years, 259
days).
Interment at Green
Cemetery, Middleboro, Mass.
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Samuel June Barrows (1845-1909) —
also known as Samuel J. Barrows —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 26,
1845.
Republican. Secretary to William
H. Seward, 1867-69; pastor; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 10th District, 1897-99;
defeated, 1898.
Unitarian.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Presbyterian Hospital,
New York, New York
County, N.Y., April 21,
1909 (age 63 years, 330
days).
Cremated.
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Tunis George Campbell (1812-1891) —
also known as Tunis G. Campbell —
of McIntosh
County, Ga.
Born in Middlebrook (unknown
county), N.J., April 1,
1812.
Minister; abolitionist; delegate to
Georgia state constitutional convention, 1867; member of Georgia
state senate, 1868, 1869-72; expelled 1868; defeated, 1872; expelled
from the Georgia State Senate in 1868 based on the claim that only whites
could serve; charged
with falsely
imprisoning white men as Justice of of the Peace, and served a
year of hard
labor in Georgia's brutal leased labor system.
Methodist.
African
ancestry.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., December
4, 1891 (age 79 years, 247
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Joshua Cushman (1761-1834) —
of Winslow, Kennebec
County, Maine.
Born in Halifax, Plymouth
County, Mass., April 11,
1761.
Democrat. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary
War; pastor; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1810; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1811-12; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 6th District, 1819-21; U.S.
Representative from Maine at-large, 1821-25; member of Maine
state senate, 1828; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1834.
Congregationalist.
Died in Augusta, Kennebec
County, Maine, January
27, 1834 (age 72 years, 291
days).
Interment at State
of Maine Burial Ground, Augusta, Maine.
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Malcolm Gray Dade (1903-1991) —
also known as Malcolm G. Dade —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in New Bedford, Bristol
County, Mass., February
27, 1903.
Son of Isiah C. Dade and Margaret (Warfield) Dade.
Democrat. Ordained minister; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County 4th
District, 1961-62.
Episcopalian.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP; Alpha
Phi Alpha; Freemasons.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., January
27, 1991 (age 87 years, 334
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Isiah C. Dade and Margaret (Warfield) Dade; married to Bonnie Jean
Denham; father of Malcolm
G. Dade, Jr.. |
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Sidney Dean (1818-1901) —
of Thompson, Windham
County, Conn.; Warren, Bristol
County, R.I.
Born in Glastonbury, Hartford
County, Conn., November
16, 1818.
Minister; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1854-55; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 3rd District, 1855-59; newspaper
editor; member of Rhode
Island state senate, 1870-71.
Died in Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass., October
29, 1901 (age 82 years, 347
days).
Interment at South
Cemetery, Warren, R.I.
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Robert Frederick Drinan (1920-2007) —
also known as Robert F. Drinan; "Our Father Who Art In
Congress" —
of Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., November
15, 1920.
Son of James J. Drinan and Ann (Flanigan) Drinan.
Democrat. Catholic priest; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1971-81 (3rd District 1971-73,
4th District 1973-81); delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1972;
law
professor.
Catholic.
Member, Americans
for Democratic Action.
Died, from pneumonia
and congestive
heart failure, in Sibley Memorial Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., January
28, 2007 (age 86 years, 74
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Aubrey Eaton (1868-1953) —
also known as Charles A. Eaton;
"Doc" —
of Natick, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Toronto, Ontario;
Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Watchung, North Plainfield, Somerset
County, N.J.
Born in Pugwash, Nova
Scotia, March 29,
1868.
Son of Stephen Eaton and Mary D. (Parker) Eaton.
Republican. Baptist minister; magazine
editor; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
New Jersey, 1920,
1924;
U.S.
Representative from New Jersey, 1925-53 (4th District 1925-33,
5th District 1933-53).
Baptist.
Member, Union
League.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
23, 1953 (age 84 years, 300
days).
Interment at Hillside
Cemetery, Plainfield, N.J.
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Edward Everett (1794-1865) —
of Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Charlestown (now part of Boston), Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Dorchester (now part of Boston), Suffolk
County, Mass., April 11,
1794.
Son of Rev. Oliver Everett and Lucy (Hill) Everett.
Unitarian minister; college
professor; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 4th District, 1825-35; Governor of
Massachusetts, 1836-40; U.S. Minister to Great Britain, 1841-45; president,
Harvard College, 1846-49; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1852-53; U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1853-54; Constitutional Union
candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1860; Presidential Elector for
Massachusetts, 1864.
Unitarian.
Delivered a lengthy speech immediately preceding Abraham
Lincoln's brief Gettysburg Address, November 19, 1863. His
portrait appeared on the U.S. $50
silver certificate in the 1880s.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., January
15, 1865 (age 70 years, 279
days).
Interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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Abiel Foster (1735-1806) —
of New Hampshire.
Born in Andover, Essex
County, Mass., August 8,
1735.
Pastor; member of New Hampshire state legislature; Delegate
to Continental Congress from New Hampshire, 1783-85; common pleas
court judge in New Hampshire, 1784-88; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire at-large, 1789-91, 1795-1803;
member of New
Hampshire state senate, 1791-94.
Died in Canterbury, Merrimack
County, N.H., February
6, 1806 (age 70 years, 182
days).
Interment at Center
Cemetery, Canterbury, N.H.
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Orin Fowler (1791-1852) —
of Plainfield, Windham
County, Conn.; Fall River, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in Lebanon, New London
County, Conn., July 29,
1791.
Missionary; minister; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1848; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1849-52 (9th District 1849-51,
2nd District 1851-52); died in office 1852.
Congregationalist.
Died in Washington,
D.C., September
3, 1852 (age 61 years, 36
days).
Interment at North
Burial Ground, Fall River, Mass.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Samuel Levis Gracey (1835-1911) —
also known as Samuel L. Gracey —
of Smyrna, Kent
County, Del.; Pawtucket, Providence
County, R.I.; Chelsea, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Natick, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Lynn, Essex
County, Mass.; Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., September
8, 1835.
Son of John Gracey and Ann B. (Leech) Gracey.
Methodist minister; U.S. Consul in Foochow, 1890-93, 1897-1911, died in office 1911.
Methodist.
Died in West Newton, Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass., August
19, 1911 (age 75 years, 345
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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George Richmond Grose (1869-1953) —
also known as George R. Grose —
of Massachusetts; Baltimore,
Md.; Peiping (Beijing), China;
Altadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Nicholas
County, W.Va., July 14,
1869.
Son of Andrew Dixon Grose and Mary Estaline (Harrah) Grose.
Democrat. Pastor; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1912 ;
president,
DePauw University, 1913-1924; missionary bishop in China, 1924-29.
Methodist.
Died in Altadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif., May 6,
1953 (age 83 years, 296
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Samuel Ralph Harlow (1885-1972) —
also known as S. Ralph Harlow —
of Smyrna (now Izmir), Turkey;
Northampton, Hampshire
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., July 20,
1885.
Son of Rev. Samuel A. Harlow and Caroline Mudge (Usher) Harlow.
Socialist. Congregationalist minister; college
professor; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 2nd District, 1932, 1934, 1936.
Congregationalist.
Member, League
for Industrial Democracy; NAACP; American
Association of University Professors; American
Federation of Teachers; Pi Gamma
Mu.
Died in Oak Bluffs, Martha's Vineyard, Dukes
County, Mass., August
21, 1972 (age 87 years, 32
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. Samuel A. Harlow and Caroline Mudge (Usher) Harlow; married,
February
1, 1912, to Marion Stafford (died 1961); married to Elizabeth
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Edward Higgins (d. 1919) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Massachusetts.
Clergyman; U.S. Consul in Berne, 1903-05; Stuttgart, 1914-16; Bahia, 1916-19.
Methodist.
Died November
17, 1919.
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Hudson (1795-1881) —
of Westminster, Worcester
County, Mass.; Lexington, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Marlborough, Middlesex
County, Mass., November
14, 1795.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; Universalist
minister; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1828-33; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1833-39; member of Massachusetts
Governor's Council, 1839-41; delegate to Whig National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1839; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 5th District, 1841-49; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1856.
Universalist.
Died in Lexington, Middlesex
County, Mass., May 4,
1881 (age 85 years, 171
days).
Interment at Munroe
Cemetery, Lexington, Mass.
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George H. Jackson (b. 1863) —
of Connecticut.
Born in Natick, Middlesex
County, Mass., February
28, 1863.
Medical
missionary; U.S. Consul in Cognac, 1897-98, 1908; La Rochelle, 1898-1908.
African
ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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Ira Landrith (1865-1941) —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.; Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Winona Lake, Kosciusko
County, Ind.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Milford, Ellis
County, Tex., March 23,
1865.
Son of Martin Luther Landrith and Mary M. (Groves) Landrith.
Presbyterian minister; president,
Belmont College, Nashville, 1904-12; president,
Ward-Belmont College, 1913-15; Prohibition candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1916; president, Intercollegiate
Prohibition Association, 1920-27; president, National Temperance
Council, 1928-31.
Presbyterian.
Member, Anti-Saloon
League.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., October
11, 1941 (age 76 years, 202
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Hayne Leavell (1850-1930) —
also known as William H. Leavell —
of Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H.; Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Meridian, Lauderdale
County, Miss.; Houston, Harris
County, Tex.; Carrollton, Carroll
County, Miss.
Born in Newberry District (now Newberry
County), S.C., May 24,
1850.
Son of John Rowland Leavell (1820-1900) and Elizabeth Jane (Chalmers)
Leavell (1823-1885).
Democrat. Ordained minister; U.S. Minister to Guatamala, 1913-18.
Baptist
or Presbyterian.
Died in Harris
County, Tex., 1930
(age about
80 years).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, North Carrollton, Miss.
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Frederic O. Macartney (c.1864-1903) —
Born about 1864.
Unitarian minister; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1900-03; died in office 1903.
Died, of pneumonia,
May
25, 1903 (age about 39
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Pinckney Holbrook Nason (1842-1937) —
also known as Charles P. H. Nason —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Newburyport, Essex
County, Mass., September
7, 1842.
Son of Rev. Elias Nason (1811-1887) and Myra Ann (Bigelow) Nason
(born 1814).
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; clergyman; writer; lecturer;
U.S. Consul in Grenoble, 1901-11.
Presbyterian
or Congregationalist.
Died in 1937
(age about
94 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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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, Stockbridge, Mass.
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Peter Parker (1804-1888) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Framingham, Middlesex
County, Mass., June 18,
1804.
Physician;
minister; U.S. Diplomatic Commissioner to China, 1855-57.
Died in 1888
(age about
84 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Gurdon Saltonstall (1666-1724) —
of New London, New London
County, Conn.
Born in Haverhill, Essex
County, Mass., April
7, 1666.
Son of Nathaniel Saltonstall and Elizabeth (Ward) Saltonstall.
Ordained minister; Colonial
Governor of Connecticut, 1708-24.
Puritan.
Died in New London, New London
County, Conn., October
1, 1724 (age 58 years, 177
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Nathaniel Saltonstall and Elizabeth (Ward) Saltonstall; married to
Jerusha Richards, Elizabeth Rosewell and Mary Whittingham;
grandfather of Elizabeth Saltonstall Evards (who married Silas
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Roland Douglas Sawyer (1874-1969) —
also known as Roland D. Sawyer —
of Ware, Hampshire
County, Mass.
Born in Kensington, Rockingham
County, N.H., January
8, 1874.
Clergyman; candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1912 (Socialist), 1928 (Democratic primary), 1930
(Democratic primary); expelled from Socialist Party, 1913; member of
Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1914-40; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1924,
1928;
Democratic candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 2nd District, 1925.
Congregationalist.
Died in 1969
(age about
95 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Mark Revell Shaw (1889-1978) —
also known as Mark R. Shaw —
of Melrose, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born January
22, 1889.
Minister; missionary; Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1946, 1952, 1958, 1966, 1970;
Prohibition candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1948, 1950, 1956; Prohibition candidate for
Presidential Elector for Massachusetts, 1956;
Prohibition candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1964.
Methodist.
Died June 4,
1978 (age 89 years, 133
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Timothy Stone (b. 1868) —
of Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y.; Cortland, Cortland
County, N.Y.; Baltimore,
Md.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Massachusetts, September
7, 1868.
Son of Timothy Dwight Porter Stone and Susan Margaret (Dickinson)
Stone.
Republican. Pastor; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1916.
Presbyterian.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Burial
location unknown.
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Samuel Taggart (1754-1825) —
of Colrain, Franklin
County, Mass.
Born in Londonderry, Rockingham
County, N.H., March 24,
1754.
Farmer;
minister; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1803-17 (at-large 1803-05, 6th
District 1805-13, at-large 1813-15, 6th District 1815-17).
Presbyterian.
Died in Colrain, Franklin
County, Mass., April 25,
1825 (age 71 years, 32
days).
Interment at Chandler
Hill Cemetery, Colrain, Mass.
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Charles Wentworth Upham (1802-1875) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in St. John, New
Brunswick, May 4,
1802.
Whig. Ordained minister; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1840-49, 1859-60; mayor of
Salem, Mass., 1852; delegate to
Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1853; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 6th District, 1853-55; member
of Massachusetts
state senate, 1857-58.
Died in Salem, Essex
County, Mass., June 15,
1875 (age 73 years, 42
days).
Interment at Harmony
Grove Cemetery, Salem, Mass.
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