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Augustus Davis Ayling (1840-1918) —
also known as Augustus D. Ayling —
of Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H.; Centerville, Barnstable, Barnstable
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., July 28,
1840.
Son of William L. Ayling and Margaret (Hurley) Ayling.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; Adjutant
General of New Hampshire, 1879-1907.
Member, Loyal
Legion; Grand Army of the Republic; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died March 9,
1918 (age 77 years, 224
days).
Interment at Beechwood
Cemetery, Centerville, Barnstable, Mass.
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Fitz James Babson (1828-1893) —
also known as Fitz J. Babson —
of Gloucester, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Gloucester, Essex
County, Mass., February
14, 1828.
Son of Joseph Babson (1777-1839) and Mary 'Molly' (Babson) Babson
(1783-1864).
Republican. Building
contractor; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1858-60; served in the Union Army
during the Civil War; U.S.
Collector of Customs, 1869-85; president, National Fishery
Association.
Christian.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Grand Army of the Republic.
Died in Middlefield, Hampshire
County, Mass., June 25,
1893 (age 65 years, 131
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Babson (1777-1839) and Mary 'Molly' (Babson) Babson
(1783-1864); married, August
18, 1850, to Sarah Elizabeth Proctor (1830-1882); married, July 14,
1885, to Mary Jane McElwain; first cousin twice removed of Waldo
Babson. See Babson
family of Massachusetts. |
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Algernon Sidney Badger (1839-1905) —
also known as Algernon S. Badger —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
28, 1839.
Son of John Beighton Badger (1811-1904) and Sarah Payne (Sprague)
Badger (1816-1851).
Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; superintendent, New
Orleans Metropolitan Police,
1870; postmaster;
U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1879.
Episcopalian.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., May 9,
1905 (age 65 years, 193
days).
Interment at Metairie
Cemetery, New Orleans, La.
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Presumably named
for: Algernon
Sidney |
| | | Relatives: Son of John Beighton Badger
(1811-1904) and Sarah Payne (Sprague) Badger (1816-1851); married, April 30,
1872, to Elizabeth Florence Parmele (1856-1877); married, September
9, 1882, to Olivia Blanche Blineau (1860-1939). |
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William J. Briggs (1834-1887) —
of Taunton, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born February
2, 1834.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1886-87; died in office 1887.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic.
Fell to
his death while descending a ladder from the roof of the North
Pleasant Street school house, Taunton, Bristol
County, Mass., August
13, 1887 (age 53 years, 192
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Morrill Ingalls Davis (1841-1930) —
of Kansas.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., May 2,
1841.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1901-03.
Methodist.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic.
Died in Turlock, Stanislaus
County, Calif., May 29,
1930 (age 89 years, 27
days).
Interment at Turlock
Cemetery, Turlock, Calif.
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Roger Sherman Greene (1840-1930) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Seattle, King
County, Wash.; Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Roxbury, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., December
14, 1840.
Son of Rev. David Greene and Mary (Evarts) Greene.
Lawyer;
served in the Union Army during the Civil War; justice of
Washington territorial supreme court, 1870-79; chief
justice of Washington territorial supreme court, 1879-87;
Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Representative from Washington, 1888; Prohibition candidate for
Governor
of Washington, 1890.
Baptist.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Loyal
Legion.
Died in Seattle, King
County, Wash., February
17, 1930 (age 89 years, 65
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William H. I. Hayes (1848-1907) —
of Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., June 21,
1848.
Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1893-99, 1902, 1904-07; died in
office 1907.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Redmen; Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias.
Died June 29,
1907 (age 59 years, 8
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John White Kimball (b. 1828) —
also known as John W. Kimball —
of Fitchburg, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Fitchburg, Worcester
County, Mass., February
27, 1828.
Son of Alpheus Kimball and Harriet (Stone) Kimball.
Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of
Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1864-65, 1872, 1888-91; postmaster;
Massachusetts
state auditor, 1892-1900.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Loyal
Legion.
Interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery, Fitchburg, Mass.
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Walter A. Read (1842-1918) —
of Rhode Island.
Born in Blackstone, Worcester
County, Mass., July 6,
1842.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; merchant;
member of Rhode
Island state senate, 1889-98; Rhode
Island general treasurer, 1899-1908.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic.
Died in 1918
(age about
75 years).
Interment at Acotes
Hill Cemetery, Chepachet, Glocester, R.I.
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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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