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Bryant Butler Brooks (1861-1944) —
of Casper, Natrona
County, Wyo.
Born in Bernardston, Franklin
County, Mass., February
5, 1861.
Son of Silas Newton Brooks and Melissa Minerva (Burrows) Brooks.
Republican. Livestock grower; oil
business; banker;
member of Wyoming
state house of representatives, 1892; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Wyoming, 1896;
Presidential Elector for Wyoming, 1900;
Governor
of Wyoming, 1905-11.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Casper, Natrona
County, Wyo., December
8, 1944 (age 83 years, 307
days).
Interment at Highland
Cemetery, Casper, Wyo.
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J. Arthur Brooks (b. 1873) —
of Cazenovia, Madison
County, N.Y.
Born in Milton, Norfolk
County, Mass., March 27,
1873.
Republican. Farmer; member of New York
state assembly from Madison County, 1921-24.
Member, Farm
Bureau; Grange; Freemasons;
Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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Albert L. Brown (b. 1828) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Lunenburg, Essex
County, Vt.
Born in Lunenburg, Essex
County, Vt., January
12, 1828.
Republican. Merchant;
farmer; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Lunenburgh, 1888.
Baptist.
Burial
location unknown.
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Edward Burnett (1849-1925) —
of Southborough, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., March 16,
1849.
Democrat. Farmer; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 9th District, 1887-89; farm
architect.
Died in Milton, Norfolk
County, Mass., November
5, 1925 (age 76 years, 234
days).
Interment at St.
Mark's Churchyard, Southborough, Mass.
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Hector Campbell (b. 1794) —
of Clackamas
County, Ore.
Born in Massachusetts, 1794.
Democrat. Farmer; delegate
to Oregon state constitutional convention from Clackamas County,
1857.
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert Carmichael (b. 1854) —
of Farmington, Dakota
County, Minn.
Born in Clinton, Worcester
County, Mass., 1854.
Farmer; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives 20th District, 1915-18.
Burial
location unknown.
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Image source:
Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917 |
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Harry E. Clark (1868-1952) —
of Middlebury, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Wilbraham, Hampden
County, Mass., 1868.
Republican. Farm superintendent; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Middlebury, 1919-20.
Died in 1952
(age about
84 years).
Interment at Middlebury Cemetery, Middlebury, Conn.
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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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Charles H. Ford (b. 1845) —
of Victory, Essex
County, Vt.
Born in Holden, Worcester
County, Mass., October
11, 1845.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
farmer; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Victory, 1888.
Methodist.
Burial
location unknown.
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Pascal H. Frye —
of Kandiyohi
County, Minn.
Born in Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Farmer; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1913-18 (55th District 1913-14,
25th District 1915-18).
Burial
location unknown.
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Image source:
Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917 |
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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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Cornelius F. Haley (b. 1875) —
of Rowley, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Newburyport, Essex
County, Mass., July 15,
1875.
Republican. Farmer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1919-20; member of Massachusetts
state senate Third Essex District, 1927-36.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Grange.
Burial
location unknown.
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Lemuel Hough (1778-1866) —
of Oneida
County, N.Y.
Born in Massachusetts, October
22, 1778.
Son of Mary (Ives) Hough (1746-1813) and Elijah Hough (1748-1828).
Farmer; member of New York
state assembly from Oneida County, 1832.
Died in Forestport, Oneida
County, N.Y., January
22, 1866 (age 87 years, 92
days).
Interment at Boonville
Cemetery, Boonville, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Married, May 16,
1802, to Hulda Johnson (1783-1847). |
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Gardner Howe (1759-1854) —
of Dover, Windham
County, Vt.
Born in Shrewsbury, Worcester
County, Mass., November
20, 1759.
Son of Jotham Howe (1728-1809) and Priscilla (Rice) Howe (1731-1819).
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;
farmer; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1816, 1823.
Died July 4,
1854 (age 94 years, 226
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Jonas Howe (1786-1865) —
Born in Petersham, Worcester
County, Mass., July 15,
1786.
Son of Benjamin Howe (1759-1838) and Vashti (Holland) Howe
(1761-1838).
School
teacher; farmer; merchant;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1845.
Died January
8, 1865 (age 78 years, 177
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Amos Kent (1774-1824) —
of Chester, Rockingham
County, N.H.
Born in Kent's Island, Newbury, Essex
County, Mass., October
16, 1774.
Son of Joseph Kent (1741-1802) and Jane (Moody) Kent.
Lawyer;
farmer; member of New
Hampshire state senate 3rd District, 1814-16.
Died June 18,
1824 (age 49 years, 246
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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James Lee (b. 1853) —
of Brookfield, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., 1853.
Farmer; dairy
business; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Brookfield, 1891-98.
Burial
location unknown.
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Richard Walker Mallary (1929-2011) —
also known as Richard W. Mallary —
of Fairlee, Orange
County, Vt.; Brookfield, Orange
County, Vt.
Born in Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass., February
21, 1929.
Son of Raymond DeWitt Mallary and Gertrude Slater (Robinson) Mallary.
Republican. Dairy
farmer; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1961-68; Speaker of
the Vermont State House of Representatives, 1966-68; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Vermont, 1968;
member of Vermont
state senate, 1969-70; U.S.
Representative from Vermont at-large, 1972-75; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Vermont, 1974.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Brookfield, Orange
County, Vt., September
27, 2011 (age 82 years, 218
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Daniel Needham (1822-1895) —
of Groton, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Hartford, Windsor
County, Vt.
Born in Salem, Essex
County, Mass., May 24,
1822.
Son of James Needham (1789-1844) and Lydia (Breed) Needham
(1795-1818).
Lawyer;
farmer; aide (with rank of Colonel) to Gov. George
S. Boutwell, 1851-53; Massachusetts
Democratic state chair, 1853; Democratic candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 8th District, 1854; member of
Vermont
state house of representatives from Hartford, 1857-58; member of
Vermont
state senate from Windsor County, 1859-61; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1866-67; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1868-69; director, Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Co.;
trustee, John Hancock Life
Insurance Co.; director, Peterborough and Shirley Railroad.
Unitarian.
Member, Freemasons;
Humane
Society.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Groton, Middlesex
County, Mass., February
20, 1895 (age 72 years, 272
days).
Interment at Groton
Cemetery, Groton, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of James Needham (1789-1844) and Lydia (Breed) Needham (1795-1818);
married, July 17,
1842, to Caroline A. Hall (1827-1879); married, October
7, 1880, to Ellen Mary Brigham (1848-1926). |
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Martin Olds (1798-1872) —
of Batavia Township, Branch
County, Mich.; Yamhill
County, Ore.
Born in Berkshire
County, Mass., March 14,
1798.
Farmer; Batavia Township Supervisor, 1836-42; Branch
County Probate Judge, 1837-44; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Branch County, 1843; delegate
to Oregon state constitutional convention from Yamhill County,
1857.
Died in Washington
County, Ore., November
21, 1872 (age 74 years, 252
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1843
to Temperance Parker. |
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James Southworth Parker (1867-1933) —
also known as James S. Parker —
of Salem, Washington
County, N.Y.
Born in Great Barrington, Berkshire
County, Mass., June 3,
1867.
Republican. Farmer; member of New York
state assembly from Washington County, 1904-05, 1908-12; delegate
to Republican National Convention from New York, 1904,
1908,
1924
(alternate), 1928
(alternate), 1932;
chair
of Washington County Republican Party, 1910, 1927-29; U.S.
Representative from New York 29th District, 1913-33; died in
office 1933.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
19, 1933 (age 66 years, 199
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Salem, N.Y.
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Timothy Pickering (1745-1829) —
of Salem, Essex
County, Mass.; Luzerne
County, Pa.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Salem, Essex
County, Mass., July 17,
1745.
Son of Timothy Pickering and Mary (Wingate) Pickering.
Farmer; Essex
County Register of Deeds, 1774-77; common pleas court judge in
Massachusetts, 1775, 1802-03; member of Massachusetts state
legislature, 1776; colonel in the Continental Army during the
Revolutionary War; delegate to
Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1789; U.S.
Postmaster General, 1791-95; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1795; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1795-1800; U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1803-11; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1813-17 (at-large 1813-15, 2nd
District 1815-17); member of Massachusetts
Governor's Council, 1817-18.
Puritan;
later Unitarian.
Member, Society
of the Cincinnati.
Censured
by the Senate in 1811 for violating an injunction
of secrecy.
Died in Salem, Essex
County, Mass., January
29, 1829 (age 83 years, 196
days).
Interment at Broad
Street Cemetery, Salem, Mass.
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Winthrop Sargent (1755-1820) —
of Ohio.
Born in Gloucester, Essex
County, Mass., May 1,
1755.
Ship
captain; major in Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;
secretary
of Northwest Territory, 1788-98; Governor of
Mississippi Territory, 1798-1801; planter.
Died on a riverboat
in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., June 3,
1820 (age 65 years, 33
days).
Interment at Gloucester
Plantation Cemetery, Natchez, Miss.
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Relatives:
Married 1799
to Maria (McIntosh) Williams. |
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Ebenezer Seaver (1763-1844) —
of Roxbury (now part of Boston), Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Massachusetts, July 5,
1763.
Son of Ebenezer Seaver (1721-1785) and Mary (Weld) Seaver.
Democrat. Farmer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1794-1802; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1803-13 (at-large 1803-05,
13th District 1805-13); delegate to
Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1820.
Died in Roxbury (now part of Boston), Suffolk
County, Mass., March 1,
1844 (age 80 years, 240
days).
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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Frank W. Tucker (b. 1843) —
of Clover Bend, Lawrence
County, Ark.; Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Born in Canton, Norfolk
County, Mass., December
3, 1843.
Republican. Farmer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Arkansas, 1896,
1908,
1912
(alternate); candidate for U.S.
Representative from Arkansas, 1896 (1st District), 1904 (2nd
District); U.S. Collector of
Internal Revenue for Arkansas, 1909.
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert Ure (1823-1891) —
of Saginaw Township, Saginaw
County, Mich.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., February
7, 1823.
Son of Andrew Ure (1778-1857) and Agnes (Gardner) Ure (1801-1880).
Farmer; insurance
business; supervisor
of Saginaw Township, Michigan, 1865-66, 1870-71.
Scottish
ancestry.
Died December
11, 1891 (age 68 years, 307
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Saginaw, Mich.
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