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Lewis Dewart Apsley (1852-1925) —
also known as Lewis D. Apsley —
of Hudson, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Northumberland, Northumberland
County, Pa., September
29, 1852.
Son of George Apsley and Anna C. (Wenck) Apsley.
Republican. Founder and president of Apsley Rubber Co. (later
Firestone-Apsley), manufacturers of rubber clothing; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 4th District, 1893-97; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1904.
Died, in a private American hospital,
Colón, Panama,
April
11, 1925 (age 72 years, 194
days).
Interment at Forestvale
Cemetery, Hudson, Mass.
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Cornelius Newton Bliss (1833-1911) —
also known as Cornelius N. Bliss —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Fall River, Bristol
County, Mass., January
26, 1833.
Son of Asahel Newton Bliss and Irene Borden (Luther) Bliss.
Republican. Dry goods merchant; banker; New York
Republican state chair, 1887-89; Treasurer
of Republican National Committee, 1892-1904; U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1897-99; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1900,
1904.
English
ancestry. Member, Union
League.
Died, from heart
disease, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
9, 1911 (age 78 years, 256
days).
Entombed at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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William S. Conroy (b. 1877) —
of Fall River, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in Hoosick Falls, Rensselaer
County, N.Y., October
2, 1877.
Democrat. Loom fixer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1917-26; member of Massachusetts
state senate Second Bristol District, 1929-36.
Member, Elks; Eagles.
Burial
location unknown.
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Walter H. Creamer (1860-1937) —
of Lynn, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Salem, Essex
County, Mass., October
18, 1860.
Democrat. Clothing manufacturer; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1896,
1908;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 7th District, 1910;
Presidential Elector for Massachusetts, 1912;
delegate
to Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1917-19; mayor of
Lynn, Mass., 1918-21.
Died in Nahant, Essex
County, Mass., February
2, 1937 (age 76 years, 107
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Dudley Blake Fisk (b. 1850) —
also known as Charles D. B. Fisk —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Hooksett, Merrimack
County, N.H., February
17, 1850.
Son of Dudley Blake Fisk and Mary (Ashton) Fisk.
Clothing merchant; newspaper
publisher; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1905, 1907; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1908-09.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Great-grandson of William
Fisk; grandson of Ezra
Fisk; son of Dudley Blake Fisk and Mary (Ashton) Fisk; married to
Susan E. Sparhawk. See Fisk
family of Massachusetts. |
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Addison Loomis Green (1862-1942) —
also known as Addison L. Green —
of Holyoke, Hampden
County, Mass.
Born in Westfield, Hampden
County, Mass., October
23, 1862.
Son of Thomas Jefferson Green and Alvira Eunice (Loomis) Green.
Lawyer;
archaeologist;
Democratic candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 1st District, 1894; became
involved in the textile business; vice-president, Association
of Woolen
Manufacturers of America; studied archeological sites in Spain and
France with Charles
G. Dawes, 1930.
Episcopalian.
English
ancestry. Member, Psi
Upsilon; Phi
Beta Kappa; Freemasons.
Died June 24,
1942 (age 79 years, 244
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Kirk Greer (b. 1873) —
also known as William K. Greer —
of North Adams, Berkshire
County, Mass.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., October
11, 1873.
Son of John Greer and Caroline (Kirk) Greer.
Republican. Textile mill agent; mayor
of North Adams, Mass., 1923-24; director, North Adams National Bank;
vice-president, North Adams Savings
Bank.
Congregationalist.
Burial
location unknown.
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Henry Howard (1801-1878) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Hinsdale, Berkshire
County, Mass., September
15, 1801.
Dry goods merchant; lumber
business; Michigan
state treasurer, 1836-39; mayor of
Detroit, Mich., 1837; Michigan
state auditor general, 1839-40; banker.
Died in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., July 15,
1878 (age 76 years, 303
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Edward Franc Jones (1828-1913) —
also known as Edward F. Jones —
of Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y.
Born in Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y., June 3,
1828.
Democrat. Dry goods merchant; colonel in the Union Army during
the Civil War; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1865; Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1886-91.
Died in Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y., August 4,
1913 (age 85 years, 62
days).
Interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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Levi J. Law (1854-1909) —
of Cadillac, Wexford
County, Mich.
Born in Salem, Essex
County, Mass., December
1, 1854.
Son of George D. Law.
Democrat. Clothing merchant; mayor
of Cadillac, Mich., 1889-90; defeated, 1895; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1892;
postmaster;
member of Michigan
Democratic State Central Committee, 1899.
Presbyterian.
English
and Scottish
ancestry. Member, Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Royal
Arcanum; Woodmen;
Ancient
Order of United Workmen; Maccabees.
Died in Cadillac, Wexford
County, Mich., 1909
(age about
54 years).
Interment at Maple
Hill Cemetery, Cadillac, Mich.
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Amos Adams Lawrence (1814-1886) —
also known as Amos A. Lawrence —
Born in Groton, Middlesex
County, Mass., July 31,
1814.
Son of Amos Lawrence (1786-1852) and Sarah (Richards) Lawrence
(1790-1819).
Owner, Ipswich Mills, maker of knit goods; abolitionist;
candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1858 (American), 1860 (Constitutional Union).
Episcopalian.
Lawrence, Kansas is named for
him.
Died August
22, 1886 (age 72 years, 22
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William A. Lytle (c.1853-1926) —
of Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y., about 1853.
Republican. Clothing merchant; candidate for mayor
of Worcester, Mass., 1901; member of Massachusetts
Governor's Council, 1905-09.
Died in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., October
3, 1926 (age about 73
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Samuel Lyman Munson (b. 1844) —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Norwich (now Huntington), Hampshire
County, Mass., June 14,
1844.
Son of Garry Munson and Harriet (Lyman) Munson.
Republican. Collar manufacturer; vice-president, Home Savings
Bank;
director, National Exchange Bank;
vice-president, Albany Homeopathic Hospital;
Presidential Elector for New York, 1900.
Christian
Reformed. Member, Sons of
the Revolution.
Burial
location unknown.
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Aram J. Pothier (1854-1928) —
of Woonsocket, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Quebec,
July
26, 1854.
Son of Jules Pothier and Domiltilde (Dallaire) Pothier.
Republican. Banker;
officer of Guerin Spinning Co., Alsace Worsted Co.,
Montrose Woolen Co.,
and Rosemont Dyeing Co.; treasurer, Woonsocket Hospital;
member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1887-88; mayor
of Woonsocket, R.I., 1894-95; Lieutenant
Governor of Rhode Island, 1897-98; Governor of
Rhode Island, 1909-15, 1925-28; died in office 1928.
Catholic.
Member, American
Bankers Association.
Died February
3, 1928 (age 73 years, 192
days).
Interment at Precious
Blood Cemetery, Blackstone, Mass.
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Arthur Elmer Reimer (1882-1969) —
also known as Arthur E. Reimer —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., January
15, 1882.
Tailor; lawyer;
Socialist Labor candidate for President
of the United States, 1912, 1916; Socialist Labor candidate for
Governor
of Massachusetts, 1913, 1914; jailed in
Butte, Montana, 1916, for making a radical
speech.
Died in 1969
(age about
87 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Jacob Sleeper (c.1802-1889) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Newcastle, Lincoln
County, Maine, about 1802.
Wholesale clothing business; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1851-52; director, Boston
National Bank of
Commerce; director, North American Insurance
Company.
Wesleyan.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., March 31,
1889 (age about 87
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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