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Howard Aldridge Coffin (1877-1956) —
also known as Howard A. Coffin —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Middleboro, Plymouth
County, Mass., June 11,
1877.
Son of George Henry Coffin and Jane Clifford (Guild) Coffin.
Republican. Sales representative, Ginn & Company book
publishers, 1901-11; controller, Warren Motor Car
Company, 1911-13; regional manager, Firestone Tire and
Rubber Company, 1913-18; secretary, Detroit Pressed Steel
Company, 1918-21; assistant to president, Cadillac Motor Car
Company, 1921-25; vice-president, later president, White Star Oil Refining
Company, 1925-33; division manager, Socony-Vacuum Oil Company,
1933; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 13th District, 1947-49; defeated,
1944, 1948.
Baptist.
Member, Rotary.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
28, 1956 (age 78 years, 262
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Charles H. Cole (b. 1871) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
30, 1871.
Son of Charles H. Cole and Mary Lyon (Ball) Cole.
Democrat. Cashier and treasurer for several mining and
smelting companies; president of chemical
companies; Boston police commissioner, 1905-07; Boston fire
commissioner, 1912-14; Adjutant
General of Massachusetts, 1914-16; general in the U.S. Army
during World War I; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1924,
1928,
1932;
candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1928.
Unitarian.
Interment at Hingham
Cemetery, Hingham, Mass.
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Relatives:
Married 1910
to Grace F. Blanchard. |
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Edward Livingston Davis (1834-1912) —
also known as Edward L. Davis —
of Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., April 22,
1834.
Son of Isaac Davis and Mary Holman (Estabrook) Davis.
Lawyer;
manufacturer of ironwork, including railroad
wheels; director of banks and
railroads;
mayor
of Worcester, Mass., 1874; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1876.
Episcopalian.
Died March 2,
1912 (age 77 years, 315
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Presumably named
for: Edward
Livingston |
| | | Relatives: Son of Isaac Davis and Mary
Holman (Estabrook) Davis; married 1859 to Hannah
Gardner Adams (died 1861); married, December
2, 1869, to Maria Louisa Robbins. |
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Thomas Aspinwall Davis (1798-1845) —
also known as Thomas A. Davis —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass., December
11, 1798.
Son of Ebenezer Davis and Lucy (Aspinwall) Davis.
Silversmith; mayor of
Boston, Mass., 1845; died in office 1845.
Died November
22, 1845 (age 46 years, 346
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Eugene Noble Foss (1858-1939) —
also known as Eugene N. Foss —
of Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in West Berkshire, Berkshire, Franklin
County, Vt., September
24, 1858.
Son of George Edmund Foss and Marcia Cordelia (Noble) Foss.
Democrat. Owner of cotton mills
and iron and steel works; active in banking and
railroads;
U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 14th District, 1910-11;
defeated, 1902 (Republican, 11th District), 1904 (Republican, 11th
District); resigned 1911; defeated, 1925 (5th District); Governor of
Massachusetts, 1911-14; defeated (Independent), 1913; candidate
for Democratic nomination for President, 1912.
Baptist.
Member, Sigma
Phi.
Died September
13, 1939 (age 80 years, 354
days).
Interment at Forest
Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Boston, Mass.
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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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Harry Alfred Hanbury (1863-1940) —
also known as Harry A. Hanbury —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Bristol, England,
January
1, 1863.
Republican. Founder of Hanbury Iron Works in Brooklyn;
candidate for New York
state senate, 1895; U.S.
Representative from New York 4th District, 1901-03; defeated,
1902.
Died in Methuen, Essex
County, Mass., August
22, 1940 (age 77 years, 234
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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John R. Macomber (b. 1875) —
of Framingham, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Framingham, Middlesex
County, Mass., November
1, 1875.
Son of John F. Macomber and Helen A. (Hunt) Macomber.
Republican. Investment
banker; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1924;
director, U.S. Smelting, Refining, and Mining Co.
treasurer, Massachusetts General Hospital.
Unitarian.
Member, Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals; Exchange
Club.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Henry Harrison Stowell (1840-1922) —
of Richmond,
Va.; Appleton, Outagamie
County, Wis.; Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn.; Amherst, Hampshire
County, Mass.
Born in Windsor, Windsor
County, Vt., July 26,
1840.
Son of Sylvester Stowell and Fanny Chandler (Bowen) Stowell.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Virginia 4th District, 1871-77; Virginia
Republican state chair, 1872-73; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Virginia, 1876;
founder, secretary-treasurer, Fox River Pulp
Co., Atlas Paper
Co., Duluth Iron Steel Co.; president of Manufacturers Bank of
West Duluth, 1889-1895.
Episcopalian.
Died in Amherst, Hampshire
County, Mass., April 27,
1922 (age 81 years, 275
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Frederick August Westphal (b. 1895) —
also known as Fred A. Westphal —
of Tulsa, Tulsa
County, Okla.
Born in Holyoke, Hampden
County, Mass., June 15,
1895.
Son of Peter John C. Westphal and Anna W. (Glesmann) Westphal.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; engineer;
steel executive; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Oklahoma, 1960.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Navy
League; Military
Order of the World Wars; Rotary.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married, June 24,
1922, to Olive Mitchell M. Blackman. |
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