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John Alfred McDowell Adair (1864-1938) —
also known as John A. M. Adair —
of Portland, Jay
County, Ind.
Born near Portland, Jay
County, Ind., December
22, 1864.
Son of James G. Adair and Sarah A. (Hutson) Adair.
Democrat. Merchant; banker; manufacturer;
Jay
County Clerk, 1891-95; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1902-03; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 8th District, 1907-17; defeated,
1924; candidate for Governor of
Indiana, 1916.
Methodist.
Died in Portland, Jay
County, Ind., October
5, 1938 (age 73 years, 287
days).
Interment at Green
Park Cemetery, Portland, Ind.
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Nathan Appleton (1779-1861) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in New Ipswich, Hillsborough
County, N.H., October
6, 1779.
Son of Isaac Appleton (1731-1806) and Mary (Adams) Appleton
(1742-1827).
Merchant; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1815-16, 1821, 1823-24, 1827; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 1st District, 1831-33, 1842.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., July 14,
1861 (age 81 years, 281
days).
Interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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Ira D. Bates (born c.1845) —
of Thompson, Windham
County, Conn.
Born in Uxbridge, Worcester
County, Mass., about 1845.
Republican. Merchant; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1886; member of Connecticut
state senate 16th District, 1887-88.
Burial
location unknown.
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Isaac H. Boardman (1810-1887) —
of Newburyport, Essex
County, Mass.
Born October
31, 1810.
Merchant; mayor
of Newburyport, Mass., 1863.
Died July 10,
1887 (age 76 years, 252
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Newburyport, Mass.
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Elijah Brigham (1751-1816) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Westborough (part now in Northborough), Worcester
County, Mass., July 7,
1751.
Merchant; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1791-93; common pleas court judge
in Massachusetts, 1795-1811; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1796, 1798, 1801-05, 1807-10; member of Massachusetts
Governor's Council, 1799-1800, 1806; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1811-16 (10th District
1811-13, at-large 1813-15, 12th District 1815-16); died in office
1816.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
22, 1816 (age 64 years, 230
days).
Interment at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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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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Alexander Bern Bruce (b. 1853) —
also known as Alexander B. Bruce —
of Lawrence, Essex
County, Mass.
Born September
15, 1853.
Son of David Bruce and Jemima (Bern) Bruce.
Democrat. Merchant; manufacturer;
mayor
of Lawrence, Mass., 1886-87; candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1898; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 5th District, 1904.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Odd
Fellows.
Burial
location unknown.
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George Morey Copeland (1815-1892) —
also known as George M. Copeland —
of Clarendon, Orleans
County, N.Y.
Born in Norton, Bristol
County, Mass., February
23, 1815.
Son of Samuel Copeland, Jr. (1789-1859) and Mercy Rich (Titus)
Copeland.
Merchant; member of New York
state assembly from Orleans County, 1852.
Died in Clarendon, Orleans
County, N.Y., February
12, 1892 (age 76 years, 354
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Darius Nash Couch (1822-1897) —
also known as Darius N. Couch —
of Taunton, Bristol
County, Mass.; Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Putnam
County, N.Y., July 23,
1822.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; naturalist;
merchant; general in the Union Army during the Civil War;
candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1865; U.S. Collector of Customs,
1866-67.
Died in Norwalk, Fairfield
County, Conn., February
12, 1897 (age 74 years, 204
days).
Interment at Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery, Taunton, Mass.
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Cornelius Roscoe Day (b. 1847) —
also known as Cornelius R. Day —
of Millerville, Blackstone, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Blackstone, Worcester
County, Mass., December
29, 1847.
Son of David L. Day and Jane H. (Mahoney) Day.
Republican. Merchant; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1896-97; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1901-02; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1904.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Ida F. Paine. |
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Wilbur B. Foster (born c.1854) —
of Rockville, Vernon, Tolland
County, Conn.
Born in Monson, Hampden
County, Mass., about 1854.
Democrat. Merchant; member of Connecticut
state senate 23rd District, 1891-92.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Gray (1750-1825) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., June 27,
1750.
Merchant; member of Massachusetts
state senate; Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1810-12.
Died November
4, 1825 (age 75 years, 130
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Augustine Heard (1827-1905) —
of Massachusetts; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Ipswich, Essex
County, Mass., December
7, 1827.
Merchant; U.S. Minister to Korea, 1890-93.
Died in 1905
(age about
77 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Nephew of Augustine Heard (1785-1868; China trader); married 1858 to Jane
Leeps de Coninck (born 1832). |
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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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Thomas H. Johnston (b. 1872) —
of Clinton, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Londonderry, Ireland (now Northern
Ireland), March 5,
1872.
Republican. Merchant; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1923-28; member of Massachusetts
state senate Worcester & Hampden District, 1931-36.
Member, Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Grange.
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Kellogg (1773-1842) —
of Kelloggsville, Cayuga
County, N.Y.; Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Sheffield, Berkshire
County, Mass., October
3, 1773.
Merchant; miller; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Cayuga County, 1808-10, 1820-22; postmaster;
U.S.
Representative from New York 24th District, 1825-27.
Died in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., May 11,
1842 (age 68 years, 220
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich.
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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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Alvan Kidder (1801-1871) —
of Randolph, Norfolk
County, Mass.; Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill.
Born in Randolph, Orange
County, Vt., February
12, 1801.
Son of John Kidder (1772-1813) and Ruth (Mann) Kidder (1779-1834).
Democrat. Manufacturer;
merchant; real estate
business; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1835.
Died in Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill., November
18, 1871 (age 70 years, 279
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Simon Larned (1753-1817) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Thompson, Windham
County, Conn., August 3,
1753.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; Berkshire
County Sheriff; merchant; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1791; Berkshire
County Treasurer, 1792-1812; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts at-large, 1804-05; colonel in
the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; president, Berkshire Bank.
Died in Pittsfield, Berkshire
County, Mass., November
16, 1817 (age 64 years, 105
days).
Interment at Pittsfield
Cemetery, Pittsfield, Mass.
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Henry Lee (1782-1867) —
of Massachusetts.
Born February
4, 1782.
Merchant; received 11 electoral votes for Vice-President, 1832.
Died February
6, 1867 (age 85 years, 2
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Joseph A. McDonald (1876-1950) —
also known as Joe McDonald —
of Ester Creek, Fairbanks
North Star Borough, Alaska.
Born in Waltham, Middlesex
County, Mass., May 15,
1876.
Democrat. Went to
the Klondike for the 1898 Gold Rush; merchant; member of
Alaska
territorial House of Representatives 4th District, 1929-33; Speaker
of Alaska Territory House of Representatives, 1933.
Catholic.
Member, Elks.
Died in Fairbanks, Fairbanks
North Star Borough, Alaska, July 20,
1950 (age 74 years, 66
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Henry Mellus (1816-1860) —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., August
24, 1816.
Son of William Mellus and Amelia (Lyon) Mellus.
Democrat. Merchant; mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1860; died in office 1860.
Died December
26, 1860 (age 44 years, 124
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Edwin Denison Morgan (1811-1883) —
also known as Edwin D. Morgan —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Washington, Berkshire
County, Mass., February
8, 1811.
Merchant; member of New York
state senate 6th District, 1850-53; New York
Republican state chair, 1856-58, 1874-75; Chairman of
Republican National Committee, 1856-64, 1872-76; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1856 ;
Governor
of New York, 1859-62; defeated (Republican), 1876; general in the
Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1863-69; member of Republican
National Committee from New York, 1872-.
Died of Bright's
disease, in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
14, 1883 (age 72 years, 6
days).
Entombed at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Hartford, Conn.
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Charles O. Newton —
of Homer, Cortland
County, N.Y.
Born in Brimfield, Hampden
County, Mass.
Republican. Merchant; member of New York
state assembly from Cortland County, 1905, 1907.
English
ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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William W. Nicholls (b. 1860) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in England,
October
24, 1860.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; commission merchant; U.S. Consular
Agent in SAINT Michaels, 1889-99; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in SAINT Michaels, 1899-1914.
Burial
location unknown.
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James Nolan (1901-1991) —
of Wrangell,
Alaska.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., June 23,
1901.
Democrat. Merchant; member of Alaska
territorial House of Representatives 1st District, 1947-50; Speaker
of Alaska Territory House of Representatives, 1949; member of Alaska
territorial senate 1st District, 1951-58; delegate
to Alaska state constitutional convention, 1955-56.
Catholic.
Member, Elks.
Died in Wrangell,
Alaska, October
24, 1991 (age 90 years, 123
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Asa Russell Nye (1808-1858) —
also known as Asa R. Nye —
of New Bedford, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in New Bedford, Bristol
County, Mass., 1808.
Son of Thomas
Nye and Hannah (Hathaway) Nye (1769-1857).
Merchant; banker;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives from New Bedford; elected 1854.
Died in New Bedford, Bristol
County, Mass., August 8,
1858 (age about 50
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Third
cousin once removed of Bartlett
Nye and Hezekiah
Nye; son of Thomas
Nye and Hannah (Hathaway) Nye (1769-1857); married to Sophia
Johnson (died 1846) and Mary Van Buren (died 1896). See Nye
family of Massachusetts. |
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Joseph L. Parsons (born c.1868) —
of North Canaan, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born in Massachusetts, about 1868.
Republican. Merchant; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1923-25; member of Connecticut
state senate 31st District, 1929-31.
Burial
location unknown.
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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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Edward Shippen (1639-1712) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in England,
1639.
Son of William Shippen .
Merchant; mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1701-03.
Quaker.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., August, 1712
(age about
73 years).
Interment at Old
Pine Street Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Edward Shippen (1703-1781) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Lancaster, Lancaster
County, Pa.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., July 9,
1703.
Son of Joseph Shippen (1678-1741).
Merchant; mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1744-45.
Founder of Shippensburg, Pennsylvania.
Died in Lancaster, Lancaster
County, Pa., September
25, 1781 (age 78 years, 78
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Arthur Robert Taft (b. 1859) —
of Uxbridge, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Uxbridge, Worcester
County, Mass., February
19, 1859.
Son of Robert Taft and Mary (Balcom) Taft.
Merchant; financier;
president, Uxbridge & Northbridge Electric
Light Co.; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1898.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert Taft and Mary (Balcom) Taft; married 1880 to Mary
Seagrave; married, May 2,
1889, to Rose F. George. |
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Peleg Wadsworth (1748-1829) —
of Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Born in Duxbury, Plymouth
County, Mass., May 6,
1748.
Merchant; served in the Continental Army during the
Revolutionary War; Adjutant
General of Massachusetts, 1778; land
agent; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1792; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1793-1807 (4th District
1793-95, 2nd District 1795-97, at-large 1797-1805, 15th District
1805-07).
Died in Hiram, Oxford
County, Maine, November
12, 1829 (age 81 years, 190
days).
Interment at Wadsworth Cemetery, Durgintown, Hiram, Maine.
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Henry O. Wood (1837-1925) —
of Swansea, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in Rhode Island, 1837.
Merchant; postmaster;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives.
Episcopalian.
Died in Swansea, Bristol
County, Mass., October
27, 1925 (age about 88
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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