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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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Clement H. Brigham (born c.1874) —
of Granby, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass., about 1874.
Republican. Insurance agent; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Granby, 1921-22.
Burial
location unknown.
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Chandler Bullock (1872-1962) —
of Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., August
24, 1872.
Son of Augustus George Bullock and Mary (Chandler) Bullock.
Republican. Lawyer;
insurance executive; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1920
(alternate), 1944.
Died in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., 1962
(age about
89 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Edward Christopher Carroll (b. 1893) —
of South Boston, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in South Boston, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., December
15, 1893.
Democrat. Real
estate and insurance business; member of Massachusetts
state senate Fourth Suffolk District, 1933-36.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Catholic
Order of Foresters; Moose; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight.
Burial
location unknown.
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Patrick Eugene Casey (b. 1886) —
of Milford, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Milford, Worcester
County, Mass., September
24, 1886.
Democrat. Deputy
sheriff; real
estate and insurance business; member of Massachusetts
state senate Fourth Worcester District, 1935-36.
Member, Elks; Knights
of Columbus.
Burial
location unknown.
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Erastus Corning II (1909-1983) —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., October
7, 1909.
Son of Edwin
Corning and Louise (Maxwell) Corning.
Democrat. Insurance broker; member of New York
state assembly from Albany County 1st District, 1936; member of
New
York state senate 30th District, 1937-41; resigned 1941; mayor of
Albany, N.Y., 1942-83; died in office 1983; served in the U.S.
Army during World War II; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1944,
1948,
1952,
1956,
1960,
1964,
1972,
1980;
candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1946; member of New York
Democratic State Committee, 1964; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 40th District, 1967.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Chi Psi.
Died, of cardio-pulmonary
failure, in University Hospital,
Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., May 28,
1983 (age 73 years, 233
days).
Interment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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James Michael Curley (1874-1958) —
also known as James M. Curley; "The Rascal
King" —
of Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., November
20, 1874.
Son of Michael Curley and Sarah (Clancy) Curley.
Democrat. Real
estate and insurance business; president, Hibernia Savings
Bank;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1902-03; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1911-14, 1943-47 (10th
District 1911-13, 12th District 1913-14, 11th District 1943-47);
resigned 1914; mayor of
Boston, Mass., 1914-17, 1922-25, 1930-33, 1946-49; defeated,
1917, 1937, 1941, 1949, 1951, 1955; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1928,
1936,
1940,
1944,
1948,
1952,
1956;
Governor
of Massachusetts, 1935-37; defeated, 1924, 1938; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1936; member of Democratic
National Committee from Massachusetts, 1941-54; indicted
in federal court in 1943, with Donald
W. Smith and others, over his participation in Engineers Group,
Inc., which fraudulently
obtained war contracts; re-indicted
in 1944; tried in
1945-46 and convicted;
sentenced
to six to eighteen months in prison
and fined
$1,000; released in November 1947 when his sentence was commuted by
President Harry
Truman.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Eagles; Moose; Elks; Knights
of Columbus; Ancient
Order of Hibernians.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., November
12, 1958 (age 83 years, 357
days).
Interment at Old
Calvary Cemetery, Roslindale, Boston, Mass.
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William F. Davis (b. 1849) —
of Woburn, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Woburn, Middlesex
County, Mass., December
12, 1849.
Son of Thomas G. Davis and Margaret A. Davis.
Republican. Leather
business; insurance business; mayor of
Woburn, Mass., 1899-1901; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1912.
Unitarian.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Frank Herbert Foss (1865-1947) —
also known as Frank H. Foss —
of Fitchburg, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Augusta, Kennebec
County, Maine, September
20, 1865.
Son of Orrin F. Foss and Hannah H. (Fisk) Foss.
Republican. Contractor;
member of Massachusetts
Republican State Committee, 1915-46; mayor
of Fitchburg, Mass., 1917-20; Massachusetts
Republican state chair, 1921-24; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 3rd District, 1925-35;
defeated, 1934; director, Fitchburg Cooperative Bank;
director, Fitchburg Mutual Fire Insurance Co.
Universalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died in Fitchburg, Worcester
County, Mass., February
15, 1947 (age 81 years, 148
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Fitchburg, Mass.
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Harvey A. Gallup (c.1870-1946) —
of North Adams, Berkshire
County, Mass.
Born in Clarksburg, Berkshire
County, Mass., about 1870.
Son of William W. Gallup and Eugenia Olive (Smith) Gallup.
Republican. Insurance business; mayor
of North Adams, Mass., 1921-22; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1925-28; defeated, 1928.
Died in North Adams, Berkshire
County, Mass., August 4,
1946 (age about 76
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Katheryn Lyons. |
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Gurdon Wright Gordon (b. 1871) —
also known as Gurdon W. Gordon —
of Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass.
Born in Sheffield, Berkshire
County, Mass., November
26, 1871.
Son of Nelson E. Gordon and Caroline Augusta (Wright) Gordon.
Republican. Lawyer;
insurance executive; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1912; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1913-16; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1920
(alternate), 1928.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Phi
Gamma Delta; Phi
Delta Phi.
Burial
location unknown.
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Francis Calley Gray (b. 1890) —
also known as Francis C. Gray —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Chestnut Hill, Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass., January
22, 1890.
Son of Morris Gray and Flora (Grant) Gray.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; banker;
director, U.S. Smelting,
Refining & Mining Co.;
director, Massachusetts Fire and Marine Insurance Co.;
chairman, Massachusetts General Hospital;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1944.
Member, American
Academy of Arts and Sciences; Humane
Society.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Stedman Greene (1841-1924) —
also known as William S. Greene —
of Fall River, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in Tremont, Tazewell
County, Ill., April 28,
1841.
Republican. Real
estate and insurance business; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1880;
mayor
of Fall River, Mass., 1880-81, 1886, 1895-97; resigned 1881;
defeated, 1887, 1888, 1893; postmaster;
U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1898-1924 (13th District
1898-1913, 15th District 1913-24); died in office 1924.
Died in Fall River, Bristol
County, Mass., September
22, 1924 (age 83 years, 147
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Fall River, Mass.
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Christian Archibald Herter, Jr. (1919-2007) —
also known as Christian A. Herter, Jr. —
of Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
29, 1919.
Son of Mary Caroline (Pratt) Herter and Christian
Archibald Herter.
Republican. Major in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
administrative assistant to U.S. Vice President Richard
M. Nixon, 1953-54; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1956,
1960;
candidate for Massachusetts
state attorney general, 1958; vice-president, Socony Mobil Oil Company,
1961-67; director, Berkshire Life Insurance Company; law
professor.
Member, American Bar
Association; Council on
Foreign Relations; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, from chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease, in Washington,
D.C., September
16, 2007 (age 88 years, 230
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Arthur W. Hollis (b. 1877) —
of Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass., April 29,
1877.
Republican. Insurance business; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1925-28; member of Massachusetts
state senate First Middlesex District, 1929-36.
Member, Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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Joseph Franklin Holt III (1924-1997) —
also known as Joseph F. Holt; Joe Holt —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.; Encino, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.; Van Nuys, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass., July 6,
1924.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;
insurance business; public
relations business; delegate to Republican National Convention
from California, 1948,
1956;
served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean conflict; U.S.
Representative from California 22nd District, 1953-61.
Died in Santa Maria, Santa
Barbara County, Calif., July 14,
1997 (age 73 years, 8
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Alanson Bigelow Houghton (1863-1941) —
also known as Alanson B. Houghton —
of Corning, Steuben
County, N.Y.
Born in Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass., October
10, 1863.
Son of Amory Houghton, Jr. and Ellen Ann (Bigelow) Houghton.
Republican. President, Corning Glass Works,
1910-18; vice-president, Ephraim Creek Coal and
Coke Company; director, Metropolitan Life Insurance
Company; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1912,
1924,
1928;
U.S.
Representative from New York 37th District, 1919-22; U.S.
Ambassador to Germany, 1922-25; Great Britain, 1925-29; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1928.
Died in South Dartmouth, Dartmouth, Bristol
County, Mass., September
15, 1941 (age 77 years, 340
days).
Interment at Hope
Cemetery Annex, Corning, N.Y.
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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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John Kenrick (b. 1857) —
of South Orleans, Orleans, Barnstable
County, Mass.
Born in South Orleans, Orleans, Barnstable
County, Mass., October
25, 1857.
Son of John Kenrick and Thankful (Crosby) Kenrick.
Merchant;
insurance and real
estate business; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1891; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1893-94; postmaster.
Universalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Burial
location unknown.
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Laurence J. Kirwan (c.1942-2002) —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Massachusetts, about 1942.
Democrat. Insurance business; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1980,
1984
(alternate), 1988
(delegation chair); New York
Democratic state chair, 1984-89.
Died, of cancer, in
Wellfleet, Barnstable
County, Mass., January
31, 2002 (age about 60
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Leslie E. Knox (b. 1891) —
of Somerville, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass., August
13, 1891.
Son of Walter Harvey Knox and Helen Louisa (Boyd) Knox.
Republican. Insurance business; served in the U.S. Army during
World War I; mayor
of Somerville, Mass., 1936-37.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Moose; Elks; Lions.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married, May 23,
1917, to Jean Elizabeth Follett. |
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Alfred Baker Lewis (1897-c.1980) —
also known as Alfred B. Lewis —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 20,
1897.
Son of John Frederick Lewis and Anne Henrietta Rush (Baker) Lewis.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer;
secretary of Massachusetts Socialist Party, 1924-40; Socialist
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1926, 1928; Socialist candidate for
Governor
of Massachusetts, 1930, 1932, 1934, 1936; Democratic candidate
for Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1944; vice-president, later
president, Union Casualty insurance company.
Episcopalian.
Member, NAACP; American Civil
Liberties Union; American
Federation of Teachers; Americans
for Democratic Action.
Died about 1980 (age about 83
years).
Interment somewhere
in Fairfield County, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of John Frederick Lewis and Anne Henrietta Rush (Baker) Lewis;
married, November
20, 1924, to Lena Greenspan (divorced 1939); married, October
14, 1939, to Eileen B. (O'Connor) Lane. |
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Robert Luce (1862-1946) —
of Somerville, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Waltham, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Auburn, Androscoggin
County, Maine, December
2, 1862.
Son of Enos Thompson Luce and Phebe (Learned) Luce.
Republican. Lawyer;
director, Boston Mutual Life Insurance Company; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1899, 1901-08; Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1912-13; delegate to
Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1917-19; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1919-35, 1937-41 (13th
District 1919-33, 9th District 1933-35, 1937-41); defeated, 1934,
1940.
Unitarian.
Member, Freemasons;
American
Political Science Association; American
Economic Association; Exchange
Club.
Died April 7,
1946 (age 83 years, 126
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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Stephen Malatesta (b. 1887) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., September
25, 1887.
Son of Gaetano Malatesta and Assunta (Leveroni) Malatesta.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; insurance
broker; member of California
Republican State Central Committee, 1946-48; delegate to
Republican National Convention from California, 1948
(alternate), 1952.
Member, American
Legion.
Burial
location unknown.
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Joseph William Martin, Jr. (1884-1968) —
also known as Joseph W. Martin, Jr.; Joe
Martin —
of North Attleboro, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in North Attleboro, Bristol
County, Mass., November
3, 1884.
Son of Joseph William Martin and Catherine (Katon) Martin.
Republican. Newspaper
reporter; insurance business; newspaper
publisher; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1912-14; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1915-17; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1916,
1936,
1940
(Permanent
Chair), 1944
(Permanent
Chair), 1948,
1952,
1956,
1960;
Presidential Elector for Massachusetts, 1920;
secretary
of Massachusetts Republican Party, 1922-25; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1925-67 (15th District
1925-33, 14th District 1933-63, 10th District 1963-67); Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1947-49, 1953-55; member of Republican
National Committee from Massachusetts, 1937; Chairman of
Republican National Committee, 1940-42; derided by Franklin
Roosevelt as one of "Martin, Barton, and Fish", three Republican
opponents of his New Deal policies.
Catholic.
Member, Elks; Moose; Grange.
Died in Hollywood, Broward
County, Fla., March 6,
1968 (age 83 years, 124
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, North Attleboro, Mass.
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Arthur L. Maynard (b. 1873) —
of Brattleboro, Windham
County, Vt.
Born in Montague, Franklin
County, Mass., February
9, 1873.
Republican. Insurance agent; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Brattleboro, 1925; member of
Vermont
state senate from Windham County, 1927.
Baptist.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Jennings Miller (1899-1950) —
also known as William J. Miller —
of Wethersfield, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in North Andover, Essex
County, Mass., March 12,
1899.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; insurance
business; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 1st District, 1939-41, 1943-45,
1947-49; defeated, 1940, 1944, 1948.
Member, American
Legion; Rotary.
Injured in an airplane crash in 1918 and lost both
legs.
Died in Wethersfield, Hartford
County, Conn., November
22, 1950 (age 51 years, 255
days).
Interment at Jordan
Cemetery, Waterford, Conn.
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Arthur Leroy Nason (b. 1872) —
also known as Arthur L. Nason —
of Haverhill, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Haverhill, Essex
County, Mass., October
24, 1872.
Son of George Washington Nason (1841-1928) and Helen M. (Perkins)
Nason (1841-1923).
Insurance adjuster; shoe
manufacturer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1906-09, 1917-18; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1910-12, 1919-20; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1912;
Progressive candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 6th District, 1912.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Moose.
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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George H. Newhall (b. 1850) —
of Lynn, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Lynn, Essex
County, Mass., October
24, 1850.
Republican. Real
estate and insurance business; president, Lynn Street
Railway Company; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1894-95, 1906-08 (Seventeenth
Essex District 1894-95, Twelfth Essex District 1906-08); mayor of
Lynn, Mass., 1913-17.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Redmen; Knights
of Pythias; Royal
Arcanum; Ancient
Order of United Workmen.
Burial
location unknown.
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Eugene J. O'Neil (b. 1856) —
Born February
29, 1856.
Democrat. Insurance business; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives.
Catholic.
Interment at St.
Patrick's Cemetery, Chicopee Falls, Chicopee, Mass.
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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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John Marshall Raymond (b. 1852) —
of Salem, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Salem, Essex
County, Mass., June 16,
1852.
Son of Alfred Augustus Raymond and Sarah Slade (Buffum) Raymond.
Lawyer;
president, Salem Mutual Benefit Association; president, Salem
Cooperative Bank;
director, Mercantile National Bank of
Salem; member of Massachusetts
Governor's Council, 1880; mayor of
Salem, Mass., 1886-89.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Burial
location unknown.
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Presumably named
for: John
Marshall |
| | | Relatives: Son of Alfred Augustus
Raymond and Sarah Slade (Buffum) Raymond; married 1879 to Anna
Belle Jackson (died 1885); married 1893 to Jennie
Abbot Ward. |
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Stephen Holbrook Rhodes (1825-1909) —
also known as Stephen H. Rhodes —
of Taunton, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in Franklin, Norfolk
County, Mass., November
7, 1825.
Son of Stephen Rhodes and Betsy (Bird) Rhodes.
Mayor
of Taunton, Mass., 1867-70; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1870-71; insurance executive.
Died in Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass., June 11,
1909 (age 83 years, 216
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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James Roosevelt (1907-1991) —
also known as Jimmy Roosevelt —
of Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass.; Beverly Hills, Los Angeles
County, Calif.; Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
23, 1907.
Son of Franklin
Delano Roosevelt and Anna
Eleanor Roosevelt.
Democrat. Insurance business; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1936;
served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from California, 1948,
1952
(alternate), 1956,
1960,
1964;
member of Democratic
National Committee from California, 1948-52; candidate for Governor of
California, 1950; U.S.
Representative from California 26th District, 1955-65; candidate
for mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1965.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Americans
for Democratic Action.
Died, from complications of a stroke and
Parkinson's
disease, in Newport Beach, Orange
County, Calif., August
13, 1991 (age 83 years, 233
days).
Interment at Pacific
View Memorial Park, Newport Beach, Calif.
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Relatives:
Second cousin five times removed of Nicholas
Roosevelt, Jr.; second great-grandnephew of James
I. Roosevelt; great-grandnephew of Robert
Barnwell Roosevelt; grandnephew of Theodore
Roosevelt; son of Franklin
Delano Roosevelt and Anna
Eleanor Roosevelt; first cousin once removed of Alice
Lee Roosevelt Longworth, Theodore
Roosevelt, Jr. and William
Sheffield Cowles; married, June 4,
1930, to Betsey Maria Cushing (1908-1998; divorced 1940; who
later married John
Hay Whitney); married, April 14,
1941, to Romelle Theresa Schneider (divorced 1955); married, July 2,
1956, to Gladys Irene Owens (divorced 1969); married, October
3, 1969, to Mary Lena Winskill; brother of Elliott
Roosevelt and Franklin
Delano Roosevelt, Jr.. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams
family of New York. |
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article — Internet Movie Database
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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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Charles H. Slowey (1887-1964) —
of Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass., 1887.
Democrat. Insurance business; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1917-26, 1929-30; served in the
U.S. Army during World War I; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1924,
1932;
mayor
of Lowell, Mass., 1932-33; postmaster.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Knights
of Columbus; Elks.
Died in Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass., January
10, 1964 (age about 76
years).
Interment at St.
Patrick's Cemetery, Lowell, Mass.
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Benjamin Harrison Swig (1893-1980) —
also known as Benjamin H. Swig —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Taunton, Bristol
County, Mass., November
17, 1893.
Son of Simon Swig and Fannie (Levy) Swig.
Democrat. Chairman, Fairmont Hotel
Co.; chairman, Western Dairy
Products, Inc.; president, Security Title Insurance Co.,
Benefit Standard Life Insurance Co., Beneficial Fire and
Casualty Insurance Co.; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1956,
1960,
1964.
Jewish.
Member, American
Jewish Committee.
Died in 1980
(age about
86 years).
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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Frank L. Westover (b. 1853) —
of Bay City, Bay
County, Mich.
Born in Sheffield, Berkshire
County, Mass., December
17, 1853.
Republican. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; postmaster;
insurance business; Bay
County Clerk, 1895-98; member of Michigan
state senate 24th District, 1901-04.
Burial
location unknown.
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John C. Wickstrom (b. 1878) —
of Norway, Dickinson
County, Mich.
Born in Massachusetts, 1878.
Democrat. Insurance business; candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives from Dickinson County, 1922, 1926;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan,
1932;
Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1932;
member of Michigan
state senate 31st District, 1935-38; defeated, 1910, 1912, 1938.
Burial
location unknown.
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Samuel Ellsworth Winslow (1862-1940) —
also known as Samuel E. Winslow —
of Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., April 11,
1862.
Son of Samuel
Winslow and Mary Weeks (Robbins) Winslow.
Republican. President, Samuel Winslow Skate
Manufacturing Co.; director, U.S. Envelope Co., State Mutual Life
Assurance Co. of Worcester, Mass., and Mechanics National Bank;
trustee, Worcester City Hospital;
chairman, U.S. Board of Railway Labor Mediation; Massachusetts
Republican state chair, 1893-94; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1908;
U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 4th District, 1913-25.
Unitarian.
Died in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., July 11,
1940 (age 78 years, 91
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Hope
Cemetery, Worcester, Mass.
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Stanley Withe (1892-1984) —
of Burlington, Hartford
County, Conn.; Sun City, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass., June 15,
1892.
Insurance business; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Burlington, 1953-54.
Died in Sun City, Maricopa
County, Ariz., January
19, 1984 (age 91 years, 218
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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