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Henry Francis Naphen (1852-1905) —
also known as Henry F. Naphen —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Ireland,
August
14, 1852.
Married to Margaret Drummey.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1885-86; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 10th District, 1899-1903.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., June 8,
1905 (age 52 years, 298
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Boston, Mass.
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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); married, July 17,
1842, to Caroline A. Hall (1827-1879); married, October
7, 1880, to Ellen Mary Brigham (1848-1926).
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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Malcolm E. Nichols (1876-1951) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, May 8,
1876.
Son of Edwin T. Nichols and Helen J. G. (Pingree) Nichols; married,
December
16, 1915, to Edith M. Williams (died 1925).
Republican. Newspaper
reporter; lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1907-09; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1914, 1917-19; mayor of
Boston, Mass., 1926-29; defeated, 1933, 1937, 1941.
Swedenborgian.
English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., February
7, 1951 (age 74 years, 275
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Amasa Norcross (1824-1898) —
of Fitchburg, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Rindge, Cheshire
County, N.H., January
26, 1824.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1858-59; mayor
of Fitchburg, Mass., 1873-74; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1874; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 10th District, 1877-83.
Died in Paris, France,
April
2, 1898 (age 74 years, 66
days).
Interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery, Fitchburg, Mass.
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John Patrick O'Brien (1873-1951) —
also known as John P. O'Brien —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., February
1, 1873.
Son of Patrick O'Brien and Mary E. (Gibbons) O'Brien; married, October
6, 1908, to Helen E. C. Madigan.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1933; defeated, 1933; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1936,
1940,
1944.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick; Knights
of Columbus; Elks; Tammany
Hall.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
22, 1951 (age 78 years, 233
days).
Interment at Gate
of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, N.Y.
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Thomas Charles O'Brien (b. 1887) —
also known as Thomas C. O'Brien —
of Brighton, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Brighton, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., June 19,
1887.
Son of Michael O'Brien and Mary (O'Connor) O'Brien; married, September
3, 1913, to Julia M. Hartigan.
Lawyer; member, Massachusetts Board of Parole, 1913-16;
district attorney, Suffolk District, 1922-27; candidate for mayor of
Boston, Mass., 1925; Union candidate for U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1936; Union candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1936.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Foresters;
Ancient
Order of Hibernians.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Joseph O'Connor (1885-1960) —
also known as John J. O'Connor —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Raynham, Bristol
County, Mass., November
23, 1885.
Son of Daniel B. O'Connor and Elizabeth A. (Gorman) O'Connor;
married, April 26,
1916, to Grace Brennan.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 12th District, 1921-23; U.S.
Representative from New York 16th District, 1923-39; defeated
(Andrew Jackson), 1938; delegate to
New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1936.
Died in 1960
(age about
74 years).
Interment at Gate
of Heaven Cemetery, Silver Spring, Md.
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Charles O'Conor (1804-1884) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Nantucket, Nantucket
County, Mass.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
4, 1804.
Son of Thomas O'Conor (1770-1855).
Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1853-54; senior
counsel for Jefferson
Davis during his treason trial; as special deputy attorney
general for New York State, was counsel for the prosecution in the
trial of William
M. Tweed; Straight Out Democratic candidate for President
of the United States, 1872.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Died in Nantucket, Nantucket
County, Mass., May 12,
1884 (age 80 years, 129
days).
Entombed at St.
Patrick's Old Cathedral, Manhattan, N.Y.
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William A. O'Hearn (c.1887-1963) —
of North Adams, Berkshire
County, Mass.
Born about 1887.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state senate; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1924.
Died, at North Adams Hospital,
North Adams, Berkshire
County, Mass., May, 1963
(age about
76 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney (1884-1962) —
also known as Joseph C. O'Mahoney —
of Cheyenne, Laramie
County, Wyo.
Born in Chelsea, Suffolk
County, Mass., November
5, 1884.
Son of Dennis O'Mahoney and Elizabeth (Sheehan) O'Mahoney; married,
June
11, 1913, to Agnes V. O'Leary.
Democrat. Newspaper
editor; lawyer; vice-chair of
Wyoming Democratic Party, 1922-30; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Wyoming, 1924
(alternate), 1928,
1940,
1944,
1948;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Wyoming, 1929-34; U.S.
Senator from Wyoming, 1934-53, 1954-61; defeated, 1952.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Kappa Sigma.
Died in the Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., December
1, 1962 (age 78 years, 26
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Cheyenne, Wyo.
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Thomas Ward Osborn (1836-1898) —
of Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y.; Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla.; Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla.
Born in Scotch Plains, Union
County, N.J., March 9,
1836.
Son of John Osborn and Amelia Osborn.
Republican. Lawyer; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil
War; delegate
to Florida state constitutional convention from Leon County,
1868; member of Florida
state senate; U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1868-73; member of Republican
National Committee from Florida, 1870-72.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
18, 1898 (age 62 years, 284
days).
Interment at Hill
Side Cemetery, North Adams, Mass.
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Harrison Gray Otis (1765-1848) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
8, 1765.
Son of Elizabeth (Gray) Otis and Samuel
Alleyne Otis; married, May 31,
1790, to Sally Foster (1770-1836); third cousin once removed of
Oran
Gray Otis, Asa H.
Otis, John
Otis, William
Shaw Chandler Otis, David
Perry Otis, Harris
F. Otis, James
Otis (1826-1875) and Harrison
Gray Otis (1837-1917); third cousin twice removed of Charles
Augustus Otis, Sr., George
Lorenzo Otis, John
Grant Otis, Norton
Prentiss Otis, Lauren
Ford Otis and Charles
Eugene Otis; grandfather of James
Otis (1836-1898); second great-grandfather of Robert
Helyer Thayer.
Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1796; U.S.
Attorney for Massachusetts, 1796; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts at-large, 1797-1801; member of
Massachusetts
state senate, 1805; common pleas court judge in Massachusetts,
1814; U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1817-22; Federalist candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1823; mayor of
Boston, Mass., 1829-31.
Harrison, Maine, is named for
him.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
28, 1848 (age 83 years, 20
days).
Interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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William Shaw Chandler Otis (1807-c.1887) —
also known as William S. C. Otis —
of Summit
County, Ohio.
Born in Massachusetts, August
24, 1807.
Second cousin twice removed of Samuel
Alleyne Otis; third cousin once removed of Harrison
Gray Otis (1765-1848); son of William Otis and Philena (Shaw)
Otis; fourth cousin of Oran
Gray Otis, Asa H.
Otis, David
Perry Otis, Harris
F. Otis and Harrison
Gray Otis (1837-1917); third cousin of John
Otis and James
Otis; married 1836 to Hannah
Mygatt (died 1840); married to Laura Lyman; uncle of Charles
Augustus Otis, Sr..
Lawyer; delegate
to Ohio state constitutional convention from Summit County,
1850-51.
Died about 1887 (age about 80
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Carl Pack (1899-1945) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., January
25, 1899.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Bronx County 3rd District, 1931-38; member of
New
York state senate, 1939-45 (22nd District 1939-44, 25th District
1945); died in office 1945.
Jewish.
Member, American
Jewish Congress; B'nai
B'rith; Freemasons.
Died August 7,
1945 (age 46 years, 194
days).
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.
Great-grandson of Robert
Treat; second great-grandfather of Robert
Treat Paine (1866-?).
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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H. Murray Pakulski (b. 1880) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
30, 1880.
Son of Jacob Pakulski and Rosalie (Davidson) Pakulski; married, June 30,
1904, to Ada S. Feldman.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1908,
1912
(alternate).
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias.
Burial
location unknown.
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Herbert Parker (b. 1856) —
of Lancaster, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Charlestown (now part of Boston), Suffolk
County, Mass., March 2,
1856.
Son of George A. Parker and Harriet Newell (Felton) Parker; married,
September
22, 1886, to Mary Carney Vose.
Republican. Lawyer; Massachusetts
state attorney general, 1902-06.
Unitarian.
Burial
location unknown.
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Henry Parkman, Jr. (1894-1958) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., April 26,
1894.
Son of Henry Parkman and Mary Frances (Parker) Parkman; married, June 26,
1936, to Doris Montague Leamy; uncle of William
P. Homans, Jr..
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1928,
1936;
member of Massachusetts
state senate Third Suffolk District, 1929-36; candidate for mayor of
Boston, Mass., 1933; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1940; colonel in the U.S. Army during
World War II.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Academy of Arts and Sciences; Phi
Beta Kappa; Freemasons;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died in 1958
(age about
64 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Gorham Parks (1794-1877) —
of Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in Westfield, Hampden
County, Mass., May 27,
1794.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Maine 7th District, 1833-37; candidate for
Governor
of Maine, 1837; U.S.
Attorney for Maine, 1843-45; U.S. Consul in Rio de Janeiro, 1845-49.
Died in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., November
23, 1877 (age 83 years, 180
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Herbert Parsons (1869-1925) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Rye, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
28, 1869.
Son of John E. Parsons (c.1830-1915) and Mary D. (McIlvaine) Parsons;
married, September
1, 1900, to Elsie Worthington Clews.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 13th District, 1905-11; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1908,
1912,
1916,
1920;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1915;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I.
Presbyterian
or Episcopalian.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Union
League.
Lost control of a motor
bicycle, fell,
suffered a ruptured
kidney, and died as a result, (age 55 years, 323
days).in House of Mercy Hospital,
Pittsfield, Berkshire
County, Mass., September
16, 1925.
Cremated;
ashes interred at Lenox
Cemetery, Lenox, Mass.
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John Paterson (1744-1808) —
of Lenox, Berkshire
County, Mass.; Lisle, Broome
County, N.Y.
Born in New Britain, Hartford
County, Conn., 1744.
Lawyer; member of Massachusetts state legislature, 1775;
general in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member
of New
York state assembly from Tioga County, 1792-93; Broome
County Judge, 1798, 1806; U.S.
Representative from New York 16th District, 1803-05.
Member, Society
of the Cincinnati.
Died in Lisle, Broome
County, N.Y., July 9,
1808 (age about 64
years).
Original interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Whitney Point, N.Y.; reinterment in 1892 at a
private or family graveyard, Berkshire County, Mass.
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Endicott Peabody (1920-1997) —
also known as "Chub" —
of Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Lawrence, Essex
County, Mass., February
15, 1920.
Son of Malcolm E. Peabody and Mary (Parkman) Peabody; married, June 24,
1944, to Barbara Gibbons; cousin of William
P. Homans, Jr..
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
Governor's Council 3rd District, 1955-56; candidate for Massachusetts
state attorney general, 1956, 1958; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1960,
1964,
1968;
Governor
of Massachusetts, 1963-65; defeated, 1960; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1966; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1986.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; American
Legion; Elks.
Died December
1, 1997 (age 77 years, 289
days).
Interment at Town
Cemetery, Groton, Mass.
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Charles Hazen Peaslee (1804-1866) —
also known as Charles H. Peaslee —
of Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H.; Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Portsmouth, Rockingham
County, N.H.
Born in Gilmanton, Belknap
County, N.H., February
6, 1804.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1833-37; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 2nd District, 1847-53; U.S. Collector of Customs,
1853-57.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., September
18, 1866 (age 62 years, 224
days).
Interment at Harmony
Grove Cemetery, Portsmouth, N.H.
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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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Guy Ray Pelton (1824-1890) —
of New York.
Born in Great Barrington, Berkshire
County, Mass., August 3,
1824.
Son of Harriet (Ray) Pelton and Joseph Kneeland Pelton (1801-1873);
third cousin of Edwin
A. Pelton and Frederic
William Pelton; married, February
20, 1859, to Mary Childs Franklin (died 1866); married, January
21, 1879, to Angie Scoville; uncle of George
Pelton Lawrence; third cousin twice removed of William
Hayward.
Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 3rd District, 1855-57.
Member, Union
League; Freemasons.
Died in Wyoming, July 24,
1890 (age 65 years, 355
days).
Interment at Mahaiwe
Cemetery, Great Barrington, Mass.
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Philip Joseph Philbin (1898-1972) —
also known as Philip J. Philbin —
of Clinton, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Clinton, Worcester
County, Mass., May 29,
1898.
Son of John Henry Philbin and Della (Gormley) Philbin; married, June 15,
1929, to Lillian Sundberg.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
secretary and campaign manager for U.S. Senator David
I. Walsh; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 3rd District, 1943-71; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1944.
Died in Bolton, Worcester
County, Mass., June 14,
1972 (age 74 years, 16
days).
Interment at St.
John's Cemetery, Lancaster, Mass.
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Wendell Phillips (1811-1884) —
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., November
29, 1811.
Lawyer; orator;
candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1870 (Labor Reform), 1877 (Greenback).
Abolitionist.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., February
2, 1884 (age 72 years, 65
days).
Interment at Old
Granary Burying Ground, Boston, Mass.
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Franklin E. Plummer (d. 1852) —
of Westville, Simpson
County, Miss.
Born in Massachusetts.
School
teacher; lawyer; member of Mississippi
state house of representatives; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi at-large, 1831-35.
Died in Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss., September
24, 1852.
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Jackson, Miss.
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Samuel Leland Powers (1848-1929) —
also known as Samuel L. Powers —
of Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Cornish, Sullivan
County, N.H., October
26, 1848.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1901-05 (11th District
1901-03, 12th District 1903-05).
Died in 1929
(age about
80 years).
Interment at Newton
Cemetery, Newton, Mass.
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Kenneth G. Prettie (b. 1903) —
of Hillsdale, Hillsdale
County, Mich.
Born in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., February
12, 1903.
Son of Richard Prettie and Cora (Stebens) Prettie; married 1924 to Flora
Gerberding.
Republican. Lawyer; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War
II; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Hillsdale
District, 1961-62; circuit
judge in Michigan 1st Circuit, 1977.
Presbyterian.
Member, Rotary; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Elks; Freemasons.
Presumed
deceased.
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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Harry Bancroft Putnam (b. 1878) —
also known as Harry B. Putnam —
of Westfield, Hampden
County, Mass.
Born in Westfield, Hampden
County, Mass., September
7, 1878.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1911-13; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1932;
member of Massachusetts
state senate Berkshire, Hampshire & Hampden District, 1933-35.
Member, Freemasons;
Grange;
Moose.
Burial
location unknown.
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