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Samuel Adams (1722-1803) —
also known as "The Tribune of the People";
"The Cromwell of New England";
"Determinatus"; "The Psalm Singer";
"Amendment Monger"; "American
Cato"; "Samuel the Publican" —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., September
27, 1722.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from Massachusetts, 1774-81; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; delegate to
Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1779, 1788; member
of Massachusetts
state senate, 1781; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1788; Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1789-94; Governor of
Massachusetts, 1793-97; received 15 electoral votes, 1796.
Congregationalist.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
2, 1803 (age 81 years, 5
days).
Interment at Old
Granary Burying Ground, Boston, Mass.
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Frank Dewey Allen (b. 1850) —
also known as Frank D. Allen —
of Lynn, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., August
16, 1850.
Son of Charles Francis Allen and Olive Ely (Dewey) Allen.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1881-82; member of Massachusetts
Governor's Council, 1886-88; U.S.
Attorney for Massachusetts, 1890-93; receiver, Central National
Bank,
Boston, 1902-05; director, Lynn Gas &
Electric Co.
Congregationalist. Member, American Bar
Association.
Burial
location unknown.
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Frank Gilman Allen (1874-1950) —
also known as Frank G. Allen —
of Norwood, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Lynn, Essex
County, Mass., October
6, 1874.
Son of Frank Mitchell Allen and Abbie L. (Gilman) Allen.
Republican. Chairman of Winslow Brothers & Smith, leather and
wool
manufacturers; director of banks and
insurance
firms; trustee of Norwood Hospital;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1918-19; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1921-24; Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1925-29; Governor of
Massachusetts, 1929-31; defeated, 1930; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1932.
Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Moose; Union
League.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
9, 1950 (age 76 years, 3
days).
Interment at Highland
Cemetery, Norwood, Mass.
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John Weston Allen (1872-1942) —
also known as J. Weston Allen —
of Newton Highlands, Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Newton Highlands, Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass., April 19,
1872.
Son of Walter Allen and Grace Mason (Weston) Allen.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1915-18; Massachusetts
state attorney general, 1920-22.
Congregationalist. Member, American Bar
Association; Loyal
Legion.
Prosecuted Charles Ponzi and other famous criminals.
Died in a hospital
at Belmont, Middlesex
County, Mass., January
1, 1942 (age 69 years, 257
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Samuel Clesson Allen (1772-1842) —
also known as Samuel C. Allen —
of Greenfield, Franklin
County, Mass.
Born in Bernardston, Franklin
County, Mass., January
5, 1772.
Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1806-10; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1812-15, 1831; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1817-29 (6th District 1817-25,
7th District 1825-29).
Congregationalist.
Died in Northfield, Franklin
County, Mass., February
8, 1842 (age 70 years, 34
days).
Interment at Village
Cemetery, Bernardston, Mass.
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Roger Ward Babson (1875-1967) —
also known as Roger W. Babson; "The Seer of Wellesley
Hills" —
of Wellesley Hills, Wellesley, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Gloucester, Essex
County, Mass., July 6,
1875.
Son of Nathaniel Babson (1850-1927) and Ellen (Stearns) Babson
(1850-1929).
Statistician;
economist;
Prohibition candidate for President
of the United States, 1940.
Congregationalist. Member, American
Economic Association.
Author
of many books on business and religion; famed for predicting the 1929
stock market crash; founder
of Babson Institute (now Babson College), in Wellesley, Mass.; Webber
College (now Webber International University), in Babson Park, Fla.,
and Utopia College (now defunct), in Eureka, Kan.
Died in Mountain Lake, Polk
County, Fla., March 5,
1967 (age 91 years, 242
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas Cogswell Bachelder (b. 1860) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Gilmanton, Belknap
County, N.H., November
6, 1860.
Son of Samuel Fogg Bachelder and Martha Badger (Cogswell) Bachelder.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1896-97.
Congregationalist. Member, Royal
Arcanum.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Denison Baldwin (1809-1883) —
also known as John D. Baldwin —
of Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in North Stonington, New London
County, Conn., September
28, 1809.
Republican. Newspaper
editor; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1847-52; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1860;
U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 8th District, 1863-69.
Congregationalist.
Died in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., July 8,
1883 (age 73 years, 283
days).
Interment at Rural
Cemetery, Worcester, Mass.
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John Rodney Ball (b. 1881) —
also known as J. Rodney Ball —
of Lawrence, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Lawrence, Essex
County, Mass., June 17,
1881.
Son of Frank James Ball and Mary Graves (Mann) Ball.
Republican. Newspaper
reporter; president, Lawrence Morris Plan Bank;
vice-president, Essex Savings Bank;
director, Lawrence Cooperative Bank;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1928.
Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Rotary.
Burial
location unknown.
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Joseph William Ballantine (b. 1888) —
also known as Joseph W. Ballantine —
of Amherst, Hampshire
County, Mass.
Born, of American parents, in Ahmednagar, India,
July
30, 1888.
Son of William Osborn Ballantine and Josephine Louise (Perkins)
Ballantine.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Deputy Consul in Kobe, 1911-12; U.S. Deputy Consul General in Yokohama, 1912; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Taihoku, 1912-14; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul General in Yokohama, 1914; U.S. Consul in Dairen, 1921-23; Tokyo, 1923-29; U.S. Consul General in Canton, 1930-32.
Congregationalist. Member, Phi
Gamma Delta.
Burial
location unknown.
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George Bancroft (1800-1891) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., October
3, 1800.
Son of Aaron Bancroft and Lucretia (Chandler) Bancroft.
Democrat. U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1832-34; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1844;
candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1844; U.S.
Secretary of the Navy, 1845-46; U.S. Minister to Great Britain, 1846-49; Prussia, 1867-71; Germany, 1871-74.
Congregationalist.
Elected to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1910.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
17, 1891 (age 90 years, 106
days).
Interment at Rural
Cemetery, Worcester, Mass.
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Clarence Alfred Barnes (1882-1970) —
also known as Clarence A. Barnes —
of Mansfield, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., August
28, 1882.
Son of William D. Barnes and Mabel F. (Harding) Barnes.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1912-13; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1940,
1944,
1948,
1952;
Massachusetts
state attorney general, 1945-49; defeated, 1928, 1938, 1948;
candidate in primary for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1950.
Congregationalist. Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons.
Died, in Martha's Vineyard Hospital,
Oak Bluffs, Martha's Vineyard, Dukes
County, Mass., May 25,
1970 (age 87 years, 270
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William D. Barnes and Mabel F. (Harding) Barnes; married, March 13,
1906, to Helen V. Long (died 1915); married, October
8, 1927, to Doreen Kane. |
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George L. Barnes (b. 1879) —
of South Weymouth, Weymouth, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in South Weymouth, Weymouth, Norfolk
County, Mass., June 24,
1879.
Son of John Barnes and Adelia A. (Graves) Barnes.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1904-06; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1908
(alternate), 1912,
1924;
member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1911-12.
Congregationalist. Member, Exchange
Club.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1906
to Anna Stetson. |
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Josiah Bartlett (1729-1795) —
of Kingston, Rockingham
County, N.H.
Born in Amesbury, Essex
County, Mass., November
21, 1729.
Son of Stephen Bartlett and Hannah (Webster) Bartlett.
Physician;
Delegate
to Continental Congress from New Hampshire, 1775-76, 1778; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; member of New
Hampshire Governor's Council, 1776-84; signer,
Articles of Confederation, 1779; common pleas court judge in New
Hampshire, 1779-82; justice of
New Hampshire state supreme court, 1782-90; chief
justice of New Hampshire state supreme court, 1790; President
of New Hampshire, 1790-93; Presidential Elector for New
Hampshire, 1792;
delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1792; Governor of
New Hampshire, 1793-94.
Congregationalist.
Died in Kingston, Rockingham
County, N.H., May 19,
1795 (age 65 years, 179
days).
Interment at Plains
Cemetery, Kingston, N.H.; statue at Public
Square, Amesbury, Mass.
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Bruce Barton (1886-1967) —
also known as "Advertiser"; "The Advertising
King"; "The Great Repealer" —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Robbins, Scott
County, Tenn., August 5,
1886.
Son of Rev. William E. Barton and Esther Treat (Bushnell) Barton.
Republican. Author; newspaper
editor; U.S.
Representative from New York 17th District, 1937-41; derided by
Franklin
Roosevelt as one of "Martin, Barton, and Fish", three Republican
opponents of his New Deal policies; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1940,
1944;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1940; a founder of the Batten, Barton,
Durstine and Osborn (BBDO) advertising
agency.
Congregationalist. Member, Alpha
Delta Phi; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 5,
1967 (age 80 years, 334
days).
Interment at Rock
Hill Cemetery, Foxboro, Mass.
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Theodore Cornelius Bates (b. 1843) —
of North Brookfield, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in North Brookfield, Worcester
County, Mass., June 4,
1843.
Son of Elijah Bates and Sarah (Fletcher) Bates.
Republican. Manufacturer;
proprietor, Worcester Corset Co.; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1879; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1883; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1884.
Congregationalist. English
ancestry. Member, Society
of Colonial Wars; Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Burial
location unknown.
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Jesse Bunton Baxter (b. 1872) —
also known as Jesse B. Baxter —
of Milton, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Quincy, Norfolk
County, Mass., October
10, 1872.
Son of William Quincy Baxter and Isadore Frances (Bunton) Baxter.
Republican. Banker; treasurer of
Massachusetts Republican Party, 1915-16; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1928.
Congregationalist. Member, Loyal
Legion; Society
of Colonial Wars; Sons of
the Revolution.
Burial
location unknown.
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Ernest Lorne Bell (b. 1871) —
also known as Ernest L. Bell —
of Woodstock, Grafton
County, N.H.; Plymouth, Grafton
County, N.H.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., March 16,
1871.
Son of Samuel Bell and Mary E. (Loud) Bell.
Physician;
surgeon to Boston & Maine Railroad;
surgeon-general of New Hampshire; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1903-04; member of New
Hampshire state senate 2nd District, 1905-06.
Congregationalist. Member, American Medical
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1894
to Maude Coolidge. |
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Jay Rogers Benton (b. 1885) —
also known as Jay R. Benton —
of Belmont, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Somerville, Middlesex
County, Mass., October
18, 1885.
Son of Everett Chamberlain Benton and Willena (Rogers) Benton.
Republican. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1916;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1917-18; Massachusetts
state attorney general, 1923-27.
Congregationalist. Member, Phi
Delta Phi; Acacia; Sons of
the American Revolution; American Bar
Association.
Burial
location unknown.
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Max Berking (1917-1997) —
of Rye, Westchester
County, N.Y.; North Port, Sarasota
County, Fla.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 27,
1917.
Democrat. Advertising
executive; member of New York
state senate 30th District, 1965; chair of
Westchester County Democratic Party, 1971-75.
Congregationalist. Member, Urban
League.
Died, of lung
cancer, in Alford, Berkshire
County, Mass., September
24, 1997 (age 80 years, 59
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Dorothy Noyes and Frances Bauman. |
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Adolf Augustus Berle, Jr. (1895-1971) —
also known as Adolf A. Berle; A. A. Berle —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., January
29, 1895.
Son of Adolf Augustus Berle (born 1866; clergyman) and Augusta
(Wright) Berle.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; economist;
law
professor; member of the "Brain Trust" which advised President Franklin
D. Roosevelt; American Labor candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1937; U.S.
Ambassador to Brazil, 1945-46.
Congregationalist. Member, American
Academy of Arts and Sciences; Council on
Foreign Relations; American
Philosophical Society; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, from a stroke, in
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
17, 1971 (age 76 years, 19
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Frank Austin Bond (1889-1960) —
also known as Frank A. Bond —
of North Adams, Berkshire
County, Mass.
Born in North Adams, Berkshire
County, Mass., March 11,
1889.
Son of John Arnold Bond and Anna Belle (Kimball) Bond.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; real estate
business; banker;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1940
(alternate), 1944.
Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Died, of carcinoma
of the sigmoid colon, in North Adams, Berkshire
County, Mass., May 19,
1960 (age 71 years, 69
days).
Interment at South
View Cemetery, North Adams, Mass.
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George Francis Booth (1870-1955) —
also known as George F. Booth —
of Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., November
11, 1870.
Son of William Henry Booth and Eliza (Jackson) Booth.
Republican. Newspaper
publisher; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1924,
1932,
1936,
1944.
Congregationalist or Unitarian.
Died in Gloucester, Essex
County, Mass., September
1, 1955 (age 84 years, 294
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Vernon Ensign Bradley (1912-1990) —
also known as Vernon E. Bradley; Brad
Bradley —
of Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass.
Born in Olympia, Thurston
County, Wash., September
27, 1912.
Republican. Accountant;
realtor;
real
estate developer; candidate for mayor
of Springfield, Mass., 1949; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 2nd District, 1954.
United Church of Christ. Member, Civitan.
Died, of arteriosclerosis,
in a hospital
at Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., September
7, 1990 (age 77 years, 345
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Hillcrest
Cemetery, Springfield, Mass.
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Joshua Loring Brooks (b. 1868) —
also known as Joshua L. Brooks —
of Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass.
Born in Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass., January
19, 1868.
Son of Lyman B. Brooks and Maria Cordelia (Loring) Brooks.
Republican. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 2nd District, 1930, 1932;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1932.
Congregationalist. Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Theta
Delta Chi.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married, June 6,
1894, to Margaret Lilian Robinson. |
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Henry Billings Brown (1836-1913) —
also known as Henry B. Brown —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in South Lee, Lee, Berkshire
County, Mass., March 2,
1836.
Son of Billings Brown and Mary (Tyler) Brown.
Lawyer;
circuit
judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1868; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan, 1875-90; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1890-1906; resigned 1906.
Congregationalist.
Died in Bronxville, Westchester
County, N.Y., September
4, 1913 (age 77 years, 186
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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James Barrett Brown (b. 1885) —
also known as James B. Brown —
of Everett, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Reading, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Bellows Falls, Rockingham, Windham
County, Vt., March 3,
1885.
Son of George Addison Brown and Flora (Pierce) Brown.
Republican. Lawyer;
general counsel, Massachusetts Bankers
Association; special counsel, Boston & Maine Railroad;
vice-president, First National Bank of
Reading; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1921-24; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1924.
Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Parker Hale Chandler, Jr. (1911-2001) —
also known as John P. H. Chandler, Jr. —
of Warner, Merrimack
County, N.H.
Born in Roxbury, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., August 6,
1911.
Republican. Newspaper
editor and publisher; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1943; owner, Warner Ski
Area, 1946-62; member of New
Hampshire Governor's Council 5th District, 1953-59; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1956,
1960,
1972,
1980;
member of New
Hampshire state senate, 1961; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire, 1962.
United Church of Christ. Member, Freemasons;
Grange.
Died, in Pleasant View Nursing
Home, Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H., April 27,
2001 (age 89 years, 264
days).
Interment at New
Waterloo Cemetery, Warner, N.H.
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Edwin O. Childs (b. 1876) —
of Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass., August
10, 1876.
Son of Edwin O. Childs and Caroline A. (Chaffin) Childs.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor of
Newton, Mass., 1914-29, 1936-39.
Congregationalist. Member, Royal
Arcanum; Freemasons;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; Rotary.
Burial
location unknown.
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Florence Gifford Claussen (b. 1897) —
also known as Florence G. Claussen; Florence
Gifford —
of Wellesley Hills, Wellesley, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Cotuit, Barnstable, Barnstable
County, Mass., February
12, 1897.
Daughter of Charles
Laceille Gifford and Fannie H. Gifford.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1948;
member of Massachusetts
Republican State Central Committee, 1949.
Female.
Congregationalist.
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Langdon Cook (b. 1865) —
also known as Charles L. Cook —
of Ripton, Addison
County, Vt.
Born in Hinsdale, Berkshire
County, Mass., February
27, 1865.
Republican. Farmer;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Ripton, 1910.
Congregationalist.
Burial
location unknown.
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Lorrin Alamson Cooke (1831-1902) —
also known as Lorrin A. Cooke —
of Colebrook, Litchfield
County, Conn.; Winsted, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born in New Marlborough, Berkshire
County, Mass., April 6,
1831.
Son of Levi Cooke and Amelia (Todd) Cooke.
Republican. Member of Connecticut
state senate 18th District, 1882-84; Lieutenant
Governor of Connecticut, 1885-87, 1895-97; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Connecticut, 1892;
Governor
of Connecticut, 1897-99.
Congregationalist.
Died in Winsted, Litchfield
County, Conn., August
12, 1902 (age 71 years, 128
days).
Interment at Center
Cemetery, Colebrook, Conn.
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Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933) —
also known as John Calvin Coolidge; "Silent
Cal"; "Cautious Cal" —
of Northampton, Hampshire
County, Mass.
Born in Plymouth, Windsor
County, Vt., July 4,
1872.
Son of John Calvin Coolidge (1845-1926) and Victoria Josephine (Moor)
Coolidge (1846-1885).
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1907; mayor
of Northampton, Mass., 1910-11; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1912-15; Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1916-19; Governor of
Massachusetts, 1919-21; Vice
President of the United States, 1921-23; President
of the United States, 1923-29.
Congregationalist. English
ancestry.
Died of coronary
thrombosis in Northampton, Hampshire
County, Mass., January
5, 1933 (age 60 years, 185
days).
Interment at Plymouth
Notch Cemetery, Plymouth, Vt.
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Louis Sherburne Cox (b. 1874) —
of Lawrence, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H., November
22, 1874.
Son of Charles E. Cox and Evelyn M. (Randall) Cox.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1906; postmaster;
superior court judge in Massachusetts, 1918-37; justice of
Massachusetts state supreme court, 1937-40.
Congregationalist. Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Grange; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Cushing (1732-1810) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Scituate, Plymouth
County, Mass., March 1,
1732.
State court judge in Massachusetts, 1777; delegate to
Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1779; justice of
Massachusetts state supreme court, 1782-89; chief
justice of Massachusetts supreme judicial court, 1782-89; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1789-1810.
Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons.
Died September
13, 1810 (age 78 years, 196
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Plymouth County, Mass.
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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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Nathaniel Davis (b. 1925) —
of Hoboken, Hudson
County, N.J.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., April 12,
1925.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; Foreign Service officer;
U.S. Minister to Bulgaria, 1965-66; U.S. Ambassador to Guatamala, 1968-71; Chile, 1971-73; Switzerland, 1975-77.
Congregationalist. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; American
Historical Association.
Still living as of 2009.
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Proctor Lambert Dougherty (b. 1873) —
also known as Proctor L. Dougherty —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., 1873.
Son of M. Angelo Dougherty and Mary Elizabeth (Proctor) Dougherty.
Republican. Engineer;
Manager, Otis Elevator Co., 1919-26; member
District of Columbia board of commissioners, 1926-30; President
of the District of Columbia Board of Commissioners, 1926-30.
Congregationalist; later Unitarian.
Member, Rotary.
Burial
location unknown.
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Caleb Ellis (1767-1816) —
of Claremont, Sullivan
County, N.H.
Born in Walpole, Norfolk
County, Mass., April 16,
1767.
Member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1803; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 2nd District, 1805-07; member
of New
Hampshire Governor's Council, 1809-10; member of New
Hampshire state senate 11th District, 1811-12; candidate for
Presidential Elector for New Hampshire, 1812;
justice
of New Hampshire state supreme court, 1813-16; died in office
1816.
Congregationalist.
Died May 9,
1816 (age 49 years, 23
days).
Interment at Broad
Street Cemetery, Claremont, N.H.
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Joseph Buell Ely (1881-1956) —
also known as Joseph B. Ely —
of Westfield, Hampden
County, Mass.
Born in Westfield, Hampden
County, Mass., February
22, 1881.
Son of Henry Wilson Ely and Sarah N. (Buell) Ely.
Democrat. Lawyer;
director, Hampton National Bank and
Trust Company; director, American Woolen
Company; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1924,
1928,
1932,
1940,
1944;
Governor
of Massachusetts, 1931-35.
Congregationalist. Member, Phi
Delta Theta; Elks; Kiwanis.
Died June 13,
1956 (age 75 years, 112
days).
Interment at Pine
Hill Cemetery, Westfield, Mass.
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Erastus Fairbanks (1792-1864) —
of St. Johnsbury, Caledonia
County, Vt.
Born in Brimfield, Hampden
County, Mass., October
28, 1792.
Son of Phebe (Paddock) Fairbanks (1760-1853) and Joseph Fairbanks
(1763-1846).
One of the founders of E. & T. Fairbanks & Co., platform
scale manufacturers; president, Passumpsic Railroad,
which completed a line from White River to St. Johnsbury in 1850;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1836-38; Presidential Elector for
Vermont, 1844,
1848;
Governor
of Vermont, 1852-53, 1860-61; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Vermont, 1856.
Congregationalist.
Died in St. Johnsbury, Caledonia
County, Vt., November
20, 1864 (age 72 years, 23
days).
Interment at Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery, St. Johnsbury, Vt.
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George Chandler Fairbanks (1852-1931) —
also known as George C. Fairbanks —
of Natick, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Natick, Middlesex
County, Mass., January
6, 1852.
Son of John
Brooks Fairbanks and Caroline (Cummings) Fairbanks (1824-1891).
Republican. Newspaper
editor and publisher; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1909.
Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Odd
Fellows.
Died April 23,
1931 (age 79 years, 107
days).
Interment at Dell
Park Cemetery, Natick, Mass.
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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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Seth Newton Gage (b. 1857) —
also known as Seth N. Gage —
of Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Ascutneyville, Weathersfield, Windsor
County, Vt.
Born in Bristol, Grafton
County, N.H., 1857.
Republican. Farmer;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Weathersfield, 1910.
Congregationalist.
Burial
location unknown.
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Alfred Calvin Gaunt (b. 1882) —
also known as Alfred C. Gaunt —
of Methuen, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., April 30,
1882.
Son of Henry Gaunt and Mary Lyle (Weir) Gaunt.
Republican. Manufacturer;
president, Merrimac Mills; member of Massachusetts
Governor's Council, 1947-48; defeated, 1948.
Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd
Fellows.
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Laceille Gifford (1871-1947) —
also known as Charles L. Gifford —
of Cotuit, Barnstable, Barnstable
County, Mass.
Born in Cotuit, Barnstable, Barnstable
County, Mass., March 15,
1871.
Son of William C. Gifford and Mary A. (Baker) Gifford.
Republican. School
teacher; real estate
business; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1912-13; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1914-19; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1916;
U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1922-47 (16th District
1922-33, 15th District 1933-43, 9th District 1943-47); died in office
1947.
Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Died in Cotuit, Barnstable, Barnstable
County, Mass., August
23, 1947 (age 76 years, 161
days).
Interment at Mosswood
Cemetery, Cotuit, Barnstable, Mass.
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Warren R. Gilmore (b. 1898) —
of Wrentham, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Walpole, Norfolk
County, Mass., October
10, 1898.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1948.
Congregationalist. Member, Lions; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Merrill Goodwin (b. 1857) —
also known as John M. Goodwin —
of Corinth, Orange
County, Vt.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., July 9,
1857.
Democrat. Butter maker;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Corinth, 1910.
Congregationalist.
Burial
location unknown.
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Nathaniel Gorham (1738-1796) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., May 27,
1738.
Delegate
to Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1779-80, 1788;
member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1780-81; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1781-87; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Massachusetts, 1782-83, 1785-87;
state court judge in Massachusetts, 1785-96; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787.
Congregationalist.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., June 11,
1796 (age 58 years, 15
days).
Interment at Phipps
Street Burying Ground, Boston, Mass.
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Merle Dixon Graves (b. 1887) —
of Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass.; Pittsfield, Berkshire
County, Mass.
Born in Bowdoinham, Sagadahoc
County, Maine, October
13, 1887.
Son of Rev. Lucien Chase Graves and Annie (Dixon) Graves.
Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1921-24.
Congregationalist. Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Military
Order of the World Wars; American
Legion; Phi
Gamma Delta; Freemasons.
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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John William Haigis (1881-1960) —
also known as John W. Haigis —
of Greenfield, Franklin
County, Mass.
Born in Turners Falls, Montague, Franklin
County, Mass., July 31,
1881.
Son of John Haigis and Elizabeth (Hildebrandt) Haigis.
Republican. Founder, editor, and publisher of the Greenfield
Recorder newspaper;
banker;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1909-12; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1915-16, 1923-26; Massachusetts
state treasurer, 1929-30; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1934; candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1936; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1940;
trustee of the University of Massachusetts, 1940-56; owner and
operator of radio
station WHAI.
Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Redmen.
Died in 1960
(age about
78 years).
Interment at Green
River Cemetery, Greenfield, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of John Haigis and Elizabeth (Hildebrandt) Haigis; married, December
3, 1913, to Rose Luippold (died 1920); married, December
3, 1942, to Alice G. Whelan. |
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Alfred Stevens Hall (b. 1850) —
of Winchester, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Westminster West, Westminster, Windham
County, Vt., April 14,
1850.
Son of Edward Hall and Frances A. (Tuttle) Hall.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1904.
Congregationalist.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward Hall and Frances A. (Tuttle) Hall; married, October
18, 1876, to Annette M. Hitchcock (died 1887); married, April 10,
1895, to Delia R. Ranney. |
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Lemuel C. Hall (b. 1874) —
of Wareham, Plymouth
County, Mass.
Born in Harwich, Barnstable
County, Mass., December
13, 1874.
Son of Gershom Hall and Sophie Louise (Parker) Hall.
Republican. Newspaper
publisher; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1927-28; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1928.
Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons;
Redmen;
Rotary.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Hancock (1737-1793) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Quincy, Norfolk
County, Mass., January
23, 1737.
Son of John Hancock .
Delegate
to Continental Congress from Massachusetts, 1775-78; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; Governor of
Massachusetts, 1780-85, 1787-93; died in office 1793; received 4
electoral votes, 1789.
Congregationalist. Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
American
Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Died in Quincy, Norfolk
County, Mass., October
8, 1793 (age 56 years, 258
days).
Interment at Old
Granary Burying Ground, Boston, Mass.
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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
(Kaufmann) Grigorakis (died 1974). |
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Charles Walbridge Hedges (b. 1901) —
also known as Charles W. Hedges —
of Wollaston, Quincy, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Westfield, Hampden
County, Mass., March 27,
1901.
Son of Arthur J. Hedges and Kate (Walbridge) Hedges.
Republican. Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1932-42, 1946; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1936,
1940,
1948,
1952,
1956;
served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II.
Congregationalist. Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Amvets; Freemasons;
United
Commercial Travelers; Phi
Gamma Delta.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1929
to Dr. Ella Goodale. |
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William Lincoln Higgins (1867-1951) —
also known as William L. Higgins —
of Coventry, Tolland
County, Conn.
Born in Chesterfield, Hampshire
County, Mass., March 8,
1867.
Republican. Physician;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Coventry, 1905; member of Connecticut
state senate, 1909-12; secretary of
state of Connecticut, 1929-33; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 2nd District, 1933-37; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1936.
Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Died in Norwich, New London
County, Conn., November
19, 1951 (age 84 years, 256
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Chesterfield
Center Cemetery, Chesterfield, Mass.
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Pehr Gustaf Holmes (1881-1952) —
also known as Pehr G. Holmes —
of Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Sweden,
April
9, 1881.
Republican. Manufacturer;
mayor
of Worcester, Mass., 1917-19; member of Massachusetts
Governor's Council 7th District, 1925-28; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 4th District, 1931-47;
defeated, 1946.
Congregationalist. Swedish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Redmen; Elks; Rotary.
Died in Venice, Sarasota
County, Fla., December
19, 1952 (age 71 years, 254
days).
Interment at Old
Swedish Cemetery, Worcester, Mass.
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Lewis R. Hovey (b. 1874) —
of Haverhill, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Haverhill, Essex
County, Mass., May 17,
1874.
Son of Benjamin Lewis Hovey and Mae S. (Peaslee) Hovey.
Republican. Newspaper
editor and publisher; printer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1932.
Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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James Frederick Jackson (1851-1937) —
also known as James F. Jackson —
of Fall River, Bristol
County, Mass.; Winchester, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Taunton, Bristol
County, Mass., November
13, 1851.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Fall River, Mass., 1889-90; chair, Massachusetts Railroad
Commission, 1899-1907.
Congregationalist. Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in 1937
(age about
85 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Chester Walton Jenks (b. 1894) —
also known as Chester W. Jenks —
of Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Brockton, Plymouth
County, Mass., March 11,
1894.
Son of Arthur
Byron Jenks and Henrietta Millett (Packard) Jenks.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1945; candidate in
primary for U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 1st District, 1946; member of
New
Hampshire Republican State Executive Committee, 1949; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1952,
1956,
1960.
Congregationalist.
Burial
location unknown.
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Harold Chessman Keith (b. 1884) —
also known as Harold C. Keith —
of Brockton, Plymouth
County, Mass.
Born in Brockton, Plymouth
County, Mass., June 18,
1884.
Son of George E. Keith and Anna G. (Reed) Keith.
Republican. Shoe
manufacturer; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1928.
Congregationalist. Member, Chi Phi;
Freemasons;
Union
League.
Burial
location unknown.
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Roger Keith (b. 1888) —
of Brockton, Plymouth
County, Mass.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 8,
1888.
Son of Horace A. Keith and Nellie W. (Packard) Keith.
Republican. Insurance
business; mayor
of Brockton, Mass., 1921-22; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1924;
member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1929-32.
Congregationalist. Member, Chi Phi;
Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Elks; Knights
of Pythias.
Burial
location unknown.
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William A. King (b. 1855) —
of Willimantic, Windham
County, Conn.
Born in Greenfield, Franklin
County, Mass., July 22,
1855.
Son of Patrick King and Mary King.
Republican. Lawyer; Connecticut
state attorney general, 1903-07; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Windham; elected 1918.
Congregationalist.
Interment at Old
Willimantic Cemetery, Windham, Conn.
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William Franklin Knox (1874-1944) —
also known as Frank Knox —
of Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., January
1, 1874.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
newspaper
reporter; newspaper
editor; major in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1920;
candidate for nomination for Governor of
New Hampshire, 1924; candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1936; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Illinois, 1940;
U.S.
Secretary of the Navy, 1940-44; died in office 1944.
Congregationalist. Member, American
Legion.
Died, following a series of heart
attacks, in Washington,
D.C., April 28,
1944 (age 70 years, 118
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Bertha Knight Landes (1868-1943) —
also known as Bertha Knight —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Ware, Hampshire
County, Mass., October
19, 1868.
Daughter of Charles Sanford Knight and Cordelia (Cutter) Knight.
Republican. Lecturer;
writer;
mayor
of Seattle, Wash., 1926-28; defeated, 1928.
Female.
Congregationalist. Member, Soroptimists;
League of
Women Voters.
First
woman mayor of a large American city.
Died in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., November
29, 1943 (age 75 years, 41
days).
Interment at Evergreen-Washelli
Memorial Park, Seattle, Wash.
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Benjamin Clarke Lane (b. 1866) —
also known as Benjamin C. Lane —
of West Roxbury, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
2, 1866.
Son of Jonathan Abbot Lane and Sarah Delia (Clarke) Lane.
Republican. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 9th District, 1892; member of
Massachusetts
Republican State Committee, 1894-95; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1918-21.
Congregationalist.
Burial
location unknown.
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Benjamin F. Lincoln (b. 1831) —
of Lyndon, Caledonia
County, Vt.
Born in Wareham, Plymouth
County, Mass., September
4, 1831.
Republican. Lumber
manufacturer; director, Lyndon National Bank;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Lyndon, 1876-78, 1888.
Congregationalist.
Burial
location unknown.
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James Logan (1852-1929) —
of Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Glasgow, Scotland,
May 6,
1852.
Republican. Mayor
of Worcester, Mass., 1908-11.
Congregationalist.
Died November
30, 1929 (age 77 years, 208
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Wallace Raymond Lovett (b. 1880) —
also known as Wallace R. Lovett —
of Melrose, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Melrose, Middlesex
County, Mass., August 6,
1880.
Son of George Frederick Lovett and Eliza Carleton (Hackett) Lovett.
Republican. President and general manager, Standard Diary Co., publishers;
vice-president, Malden Savings
Bank; director, Melrose Cooperative Bank;
director, Malden Morris Plan Bank;
director, Liberty Trust
Company; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1936.
Congregationalist.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Sumner Maynard (1802-1866) —
also known as William S. Maynard —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Berkshire
County, Mass., April 25,
1802.
Village
president of Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1836-38, 1839-40; mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1856-58, 1865-66.
Congregationalist.
Suffering from severe depression, he committed suicide
by an overdose
of morphine or laudanum, in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., June 18,
1866 (age 64 years, 54
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich.
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Relatives:
Married to Julia Guiteau (aunt of Charles Julius Guiteau (assassin in
1881 of President James
A. Garfield)). |
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Walter Robertson Meins (b. 1883) —
also known as Walter R. Meins —
of Roxbury, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Roxbury, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., January
14, 1883.
Son of Walter Robertson Meins and Grace Forster (Leach) Meins.
Republican. Lawyer;
member, Boston City Council, 1909; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1912; Massachusetts State Income
Tax Assessor, 1922; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1932.
Congregationalist. Member, Odd
Fellows.
Burial
location unknown.
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George Stewart Miller (b. 1884) —
also known as George S. Miller —
of Medford, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Lawrence, Essex
County, Mass., May 12,
1884.
Son of James H. Miller and Katherine (Stewart) Miller.
Republican. School
teacher; college
professor; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1932;
acting
president, Tufts College, 1937-38; director, Medford Hillside
Cooperative Bank.
Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons;
Alpha
Tau Omega; Phi
Beta Kappa.
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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Robert Treat Paine (1731-1814) —
of Taunton, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., March 11,
1731.
Lawyer;
Delegate
to Continental Congress from Massachusetts, 1774-78; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1777; Massachusetts
state attorney general, 1777-90; justice of
Massachusetts state supreme court, 1790-1804.
Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons.
Died May 12,
1814 (age 83 years, 62
days).
Interment at Old
Granary Burying Ground, Boston, Mass.; statue at Church
Green, Taunton, Mass.
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Raymond Percival Palmer (1895-1959) —
also known as Raymond P. Palmer —
of Braintree, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in East Bridgewater, Plymouth
County, Mass., December
27, 1895.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1939-43, 1947-50; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1940;
served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II.
Congregationalist.
Died March 28,
1959 (age 63 years, 91
days).
Interment at Old
North Cemetery, Weymouth, Mass.
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Philo Parsons (1817-1865) —
Born in Scipio, Cayuga
County, N.Y., February
7, 1817.
Son of Lewis Baldwin Parsons and Lucine (Hoar) Parsons.
Wholesale
grocer; banker;
member of Michigan
state board of agriculture, 1861-63.
Presbyterian;
later Congregationalist.
Died in Winchendon, Worcester
County, Mass., January
12, 1865 (age 47 years, 340
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Hamilton Sullivan Peck (b. 1845) —
also known as Hamilton S. Peck —
of Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born in Royalston, Worcester
County, Mass., October
22, 1845.
Republican. Lawyer; Chittenden
County State's Attorney, 1878-80; secretary of
Vermont Republican Party, 1892-96; mayor
of Burlington, Vt., 1896-98; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Burlington, 1910.
Congregationalist.
Burial
location unknown.
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Benjamin Brickett Priest (b. 1910) —
also known as Benjamin B. Priest —
of Haverhill, Essex
County, Mass.; Marblehead, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Haverhill, Essex
County, Mass., December
3, 1910.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1939-43; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1943-45; served in the U.S. Navy during World War
II; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1948.
Congregationalist. Member, Beta
Theta Pi; American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Winston Lewis Prouty (1906-1971) —
also known as Winston L. Prouty —
of Newport, Orleans
County, Vt.
Born in Newport, Orleans
County, Vt., September
1, 1906.
Son of Willard
Robert Prouty and Margaret (Lockhart) Prouty.
Republican. Member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1941, 1945-47; Speaker of
the Vermont State House of Representatives, 1947; U.S.
Representative from Vermont at-large, 1951-59; U.S.
Senator from Vermont, 1959-71; died in office 1971.
Congregationalist.
Died, of gastric
cancer, in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., September
10, 1971 (age 65 years, 9
days).
Interment at Pine
Grove Cemetery, Newport, Vt.
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Fred H. Purches (b. 1881) —
of Pittsfield, Berkshire
County, Mass.
Born in Pittsfield, Berkshire
County, Mass., October
5, 1881.
Republican. Insurance
business; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1948.
Congregationalist. Member, Kiwanis;
Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Elks; Eagles; Grange.
Burial
location unknown.
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William I. Randall (b. 1915) —
of Framingham, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Framingham, Middlesex
County, Mass., September
13, 1915.
Son of Howard B. Randall and Helen (Rice) Randall.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state senate; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1960.
Congregationalist.
Still living as of 1960.
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Edith Nourse Rogers (1881-1960) —
also known as Edith Frances Nourse —
of Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Saco, York
County, Maine, 1881.
Daughter of Franklin Nourse and Edith Francis (Riversmith) Nourse.
Republican. Presidential Elector for Massachusetts, 1924;
U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 5th District, 1925-60; died in
office 1960.
Female.
Congregationalist; later Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion Auxiliary.
Died September
10, 1960 (age about 79
years).
Interment at Lowell
Cemetery, Lowell, Mass.
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John Jacob Rogers (1881-1925) —
also known as John J. Rogers —
of Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass., August
18, 1881.
Son of Jacob Rogers and Mary Howard (Carney) Rogers.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 5th District, 1913-25; died in
office 1925; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1924.
Congregationalist.
Sponsor and longtime advocate of legislation to reform the U.S.
foreign service, finally enacted in 1924.
Died March 28,
1925 (age 43 years, 222
days).
Interment at Lowell
Cemetery, Lowell, Mass.
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D. Joseph St. Germain (1893-1980) —
of Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass.
Born in Ellenberg, Clinton
County, N.Y., July 27,
1893.
Republican. Investment
banker; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1940,
1948,
1956.
Congregationalist. Member, American
Legion; Elks.
Died in Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass., April, 1980
(age 86
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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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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Benjamin Seaver (1795-1856) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Roxbury (now part of Boston), Suffolk
County, Mass., April 12,
1795.
Son of Benjamin Seaver (1766-1815) and Debby (Loud) Seaver.
Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1846-48; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1850-51; mayor of
Boston, Mass., 1852-53.
Congregationalist.
Died February
14, 1856 (age 60 years, 308
days).
Interment at Forest
Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Boston, Mass.
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Roger Sherman (1721-1793) —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass., April 19,
1721.
Son of Mehitable (Wellington) Sherman (1688-1776) and William Sherman
(1692-1741).
Superior court judge in Connecticut, 1766-89; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Connecticut, 1774-81, 1783-84;
member of Connecticut
council of assistants, 1776-85; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; signer,
Articles of Confederation, 1777; mayor
of New Haven, Conn., 1784-93; died in office 1793; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut at-large, 1789-91; U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1791-93; died in office 1793.
Congregationalist.
Died in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., July 23,
1793 (age 72 years, 95
days).
Interment at Grove
Street Cemetery, New Haven, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of Mehitable (Wellington) Sherman (1688-1776) and William Sherman
(1692-1741); married, November
17, 1749, to Elizabeth Hartwell (1726-1760); married, May 12,
1763, to Rebecca Prescott (1742-1813); father of Rebecca Sherman
(who married Simeon
Baldwin (1761-1851)), Elizabeth Sherman (who married Simeon
Baldwin (1761-1851)) and Sarah Sherman (who married Samuel
Hoar); grandfather of Roger
Sherman Baldwin, Sherman
Day, Ebenezer
Rockwood Hoar, William
Maxwell Evarts and George
Frisbie Hoar; second great-granduncle of Chauncey
Mitchell Depew and John
Frederick Addis; ancestor of George
Sherman Batcheller; great-grandfather of Roger
Sherman Greene, Simeon
Eben Baldwin, Rockwood
Hoar, Sherman
Hoar and Maxwell
Evarts; second great-grandfather of Henry
Sherman Boutell, Edward
Baldwin Whitney, Henry
de Forest Baldwin, Thomas
Day Thacher, Roger
Sherman Greene II, Roger
Sherman Hoar and Roger
Kent; third great-granduncle of John
Stanley Addis. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams
family of New York. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier |
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James A. Stacey (b. 1872) —
of Hartford, Windsor
County, Vt.
Born in Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass., August 2,
1872.
Member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1915; member of Vermont
state senate from Windsor County, 1923.
Congregationalist.
Burial
location unknown.
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Andrew Coolidge Stone (1839-1905) —
of Lawrence, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Marlborough, Cheshire
County, N.H., May 16,
1839.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of
Massachusetts
state senate, 1880-82; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1884.
Congregationalist. English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in Lawrence, Essex
County, Mass., February
26, 1905 (age 65 years, 286
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Caleb Strong (1745-1819) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Northampton, Hampshire
County, Mass., January
9, 1745.
Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1776; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1780; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Massachusetts, 1780; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1789-96; Governor of
Massachusetts, 1800-07, 1812-16.
Congregationalist. Member, American
Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Died November
7, 1819 (age 74 years, 302
days).
Interment at Bridge
Street Cemetery, Northampton, Mass.
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Arthur M. Taft (b. 1854) —
of Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Uxbridge, Worcester
County, Mass., January
28, 1854.
Son of Brigham A. Taft.
Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1902-06; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1906-07.
Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Redmen; Grange.
Burial
location unknown.
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George Sylvester Taylor (1822-1910) —
of Chicopee Falls, Chicopee, Hampden
County, Mass.
Born in South Hadley, Hampshire
County, Mass., March 2,
1822.
Son of Sylvester Taylor (1793-1881) and Sarah (Eaton) Taylor
(1793-1870).
Republican. Farm tool
manufacturer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1860-61; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1869; president, Chicopee Falls Savings Bank; mayor
of Chicopee, Mass., 1891.
Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died in Chicopee, Hampden
County, Mass., January
3, 1910 (age 87 years, 307
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Henry Odin Tilton (b. 1885) —
also known as Henry O. Tilton —
of Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Lexington, Middlesex
County, Mass., June 1,
1885.
Son of Josiah Odin Tilton and Hattie (French) Tilton.
Republican. Electrical
engineer;
local sales manager, General Electric; director, Stratton and Co.,
Concord, N.H.; director, New England Confectionary
Co., Cambridge, Mass.; candidate for mayor
of Worcester, Mass., 1933; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1952.
Congregationalist. Member, Kappa
Sigma; Freemasons;
Grotto;
Rotary.
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Lee Underhill (1867-1946) —
also known as Charles L. Underhill —
of Somerville, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Richmond,
Va., July 20,
1867.
Son of Jesse Johnson Underhill and Sallie (Clements) Underhill.
Republican. Blacksmith;
hardware
merchant; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 9th District, 1921-33.
Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
28, 1946 (age 78 years, 192
days).
Interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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William Perrin Walker (1778-1858) —
also known as William P. Walker —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Lenox, Berkshire
County, Mass., October
8, 1778.
Son of Sarah (Woodruff) Walker (1749-1789) and William Walker
(1751-1831).
Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives; member of Massachusetts
state senate; member of Massachusetts
Governor's Council; probate judge in Massachusetts, 1824-48.
Congregationalist.
Died in Lenox, Berkshire
County, Mass., November
11, 1858 (age 80 years, 34
days).
Interment at Church
on the Hill Cemetery, Lenox, Mass.
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Sterry Robinson Waterman (1901-1984) —
also known as Sterry R. Waterman —
of St. Johnsbury, Caledonia
County, Vt.
Born in Taunton, Bristol
County, Mass., June 12,
1901.
Son of Zeno Sterry Waterman (born 1871) and Sarah W. (Robinson)
Waterman.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Vermont, 1936;
Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1955-70.
Congregationalist. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Freemasons;
Elks; Rotary; Sphinx; Zeta
Psi; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died in 1984
(age about
83 years).
Interment at Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery, St. Johnsbury, Vt.
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George Addison Whiting (1827-1903) —
also known as George A. Whiting —
of California.
Born in Holliston, Middlesex
County, Mass., September
20, 1827.
Member of California
state assembly 12th District, 1871-73.
Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died, of heart
disease, in Holliston, Middlesex
County, Mass., September
14, 1903 (age 75 years, 359
days).
Interment at Lake
Grove Cemetery, Holliston, Mass.
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William Fairfield Whiting (1864-1936) —
also known as William F. Whiting —
of Holyoke, Hampden
County, Mass.
Born in Holyoke, Hampden
County, Mass., July 20,
1864.
Son of William
Whiting.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1920,
1924,
1928,
1932;
U.S.
Secretary of Commerce, 1928-29.
Congregationalist.
Died August
31, 1936 (age 72 years, 42
days).
Interment somewhere
in Holyoke, Mass.
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Henry Wilson (1812-1875) —
also known as Jeremiah Jones Colbaith —
of Natick, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Farmington, Strafford
County, N.H., February
16, 1812.
Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1841-42; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1844-46, 1850-52; delegate to Whig National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1848; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1852; delegate to
Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1853; candidate
for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1853; U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1855-73; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1856 ;
candidate for Republican nomination for Vice President, 1868;
Vice
President of the United States, 1873-75; died in office 1875.
Congregationalist.
Died, of a stroke, in
the U.S. Capitol
Building, Washington,
D.C., November
22, 1875 (age 63 years, 279
days).
Interment at Dell
Park Cemetery, Natick, Mass.
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Paine Wingate (1739-1838) —
of Stratham, Rockingham
County, N.H.
Born in Amesbury, Essex
County, Mass., May 14,
1739.
Delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1781; member of
New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1783, 1795; Delegate
to Continental Congress from New Hampshire, 1787-88; U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1789-93; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire at-large, 1793-95; justice of
New Hampshire state supreme court, 1798-1809.
Congregationalist.
Died in Stratham, Rockingham
County, N.H., March 7,
1838 (age 98 years, 297
days).
Interment at Stratham
Cemetery, Stratham, N.H.
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Jesse Paine Wolcott (1893-1969) —
also known as Jesse P. Wolcott —
of Port Huron, St. Clair
County, Mich.
Born in Gardner, Worcester
County, Mass., March 3,
1893.
Son of William Bradford Wolcott and Lillie Betsy (Paine) Wolcott.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; St.
Clair County Prosecuting Attorney, 1927-30; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 7th District, 1931-57.
Universalist
or Congregationalist. Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Lions; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows; Elks; American
Legion; Moose.
Died January
28, 1969 (age 75 years, 331
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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