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Robert Gray Allen (1902-1963) —
also known as Robert G. Allen —
of Greensburg, Westmoreland
County, Pa.
Born in Winchester, Middlesex
County, Mass., August
24, 1902.
Son of Arthur Harrison Allen and Sally (Gray) Allen.
Democrat. Business executive; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 28th District, 1937-41.
Episcopalian.
Member, Elks; Moose; Eagles; Rotary.
Died in Keene, Albemarle
County, Va., August 9,
1963 (age 60 years, 350
days).
Interment at Christ
Episcopal Church Cemetery, Keene, Va.
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Nathan Ball Bradley (1831-1906) —
also known as Nathan B. Bradley —
of Bay City, Bay
County, Mich.
Born in Lee, Berkshire
County, Mass., May 28,
1831.
Republican. Lumber
business; salt industry; mayor of
Bay City, Mich., 1865; member of Michigan
state senate 27th District, 1867-68; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 8th District, 1873-77.
Died in Bay City, Bay
County, Mich., November
8, 1906 (age 75 years, 164
days).
Interment at Elm
Lawn Cemetery, Bay City, Mich.
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Cecil E. Fraser (b. 1895) —
of Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Champaign, Champaign
County, Ill., October
7, 1895.
Son of Wilbur J. Fraser (professor) and Alice (Eaton) Fraser.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; university
professor; business executive; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1936.
Protestant.
Member, Exchange
Club.
Burial
location unknown.
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Joseph Patrick Kennedy, Sr. (1888-1969) —
also known as Joseph P. Kennedy; Joe
Kennedy —
of Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass.; Bronxville, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., September
6, 1888.
Son of Mary Augusta (Hickey) Kennedy (1857-1923) and Patrick
Joseph Kennedy (1858-1929).
Supervisor of the shipyard
at Quincy, Mass.; banker;
stockbroker; owner and financier of movie
studios in the 1920s; organized the merger that created
Radio-Keith-Orpheum (RKO) in 1928; chair, U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission, 1934-35; U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1938-40.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Died, of complications from a stroke, in
Hyannis Port, Barnstable, Barnstable
County, Mass., November
18, 1969 (age 81 years, 73
days).
Interment at Holyhood
Cemetery, Brookline, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of Mary Augusta (Hickey) Kennedy (1857-1923) and Patrick
Joseph Kennedy (1858-1929); married, October
7, 1914, to Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald (1890-1995; daughter of John
Francis Fitzgerald); father of Joseph
Patrick Kennedy, Jr., John
Fitzgerald Kennedy, Eunice Mary Kennedy (1921-2009; who married
Robert
Sargent Shriver, Jr.), Patricia
Kennedy Lawford, Robert
Francis Kennedy, Jean
Kennedy Smith and Edward
Moore Kennedy; grandfather of Kathleen
Kennedy Townsend, Joseph
Patrick Kennedy II, Mark
Kennedy Shriver and Patrick
Joseph Kennedy (1967-). See Kennedy
family of Massachusetts and New York. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about Joseph P. Kennedy: Richard
J. Whalen, The
Founding Father : The Story of Joseph P. Kennedy, A Study in Power,
Wealth, and Family Ambition |
| | | Critical books about Joseph P. Kennedy:
Ronald Kessler, The
Sins of the Father : Joseph P. Kennedy and the Dynasty He
Founded — Ted Schwarz, Joseph
P. Kennedy : The Mogul, the Mob, the Statesman, and the Making of an
American Myth |
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Thomas Vincent Learson (1912-1996) —
also known as T. Vincent Learson —
of Bronxville, Westchester
County, N.Y.; Rye, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Roslindale, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., September
26, 1912.
Son of Richard J. Learson and Katharine E. (Goode) Learson.
Business executive; chief executive officer, IBM Corporation,
from 1971; U.S. Ambassador to , 1975-77.
Died in 1996
(age about
83 years).
Interment at Gate
of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, N.Y.
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Patrick Henry McCarren (1849-1909) —
also known as Patrick H. McCarren; "Friend of the
Sugar Trust" —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in East Cambridge, Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass., June 18,
1849.
Democrat. Cooper; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 6th District, 1882-83, 1889;
member of New York
state senate, 1890-93, 1896-1909 (4th District 1890-93, 7th
District 1896-1909); died in office 1909; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1892,
1904.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Political boss who dominated Brooklyn politics for twenty years.
Died, from intestinal
degeneration, complicated by appendicitis
and myocarditis,
in St. Catherine's Hospital,
Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., October
23, 1909 (age 60 years, 127
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
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Presumably named
for: Patrick
Henry |
| | | Relatives: Married to Kate Hogan (died
1883). |
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William John Orchard (b. 1888) —
also known as William J. Orchard —
of Maplewood, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., November
15, 1888.
Son of Edward Orchard and Elizabeth (Sayce) Orchard.
Republican. Sanitary
engineer; business executive; president, Orange Memorial
Hospital;
delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Essex County,
1947; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1948.
Member, Rotary.
Burial
location unknown.
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Roger Lowell Putnam (b. 1893) —
also known as Roger L. Putnam —
of Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., December
19, 1893.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; business
executive; mayor
of Springfield, Mass., 1937-41; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1940,
1948;
candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1942; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Massachusetts, 1956.
Catholic.
Member, Elks; Knights
of Columbus.
Burial
location unknown.
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Henry Prince Starrett (b. 1885) —
also known as Henry P. Starrett —
of Thomaston, Knox
County, Maine; Dade City, Pasco
County, Fla.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., December
14, 1885.
Stenographer; U.S. Deputy Consul General in Havana, 1907-11; U.S. Consul in Cartagena, 1914; Fort William, 1916; Port Arthur, 1916; Mombasa, 1917; Adelaide, 1919-20; Batavia, 1922; Belfast, 1924-26; U.S. Consul General in Genoa, 1929.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Swift (b. 1794) —
of Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
Born in Massachusetts, 1794.
Candle manufacturer; librarian;
mayor
of Lexington, Ky., 1855-58.
English
ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert A. Weygand (b. 1948) —
of East Providence, Providence
County, R.I.; Saunderstown, Narragansett, Washington
County, R.I.
Born in Attleboro, Bristol
County, Mass., May 10,
1948.
Democrat. Landscape architect; member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1985-93; Lieutenant
Governor of Rhode Island, 1993-97; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Rhode Island, 1996,
2000,
2004;
U.S.
Representative from Rhode Island 2nd District, 1997-2001;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Rhode Island, 2000.
Still living as of 2009.
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Charles B. Yates (1939-2000) —
of Edgewater Park, Burlington
County, N.J.; Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
27, 1939.
Democrat. Business executive; banker;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 6th District, 1970, 1974; member
of New
Jersey state house of assembly 7th District, 1972-78; member of
New
Jersey state senate, 1978-82.
Killed, along with his family, in the crash of a
small plane he was piloting, at Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard, Dukes
County, Mass., October
6, 2000 (age 61 years, 9
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Philip Young (1910-1987) —
of New York; Great Falls (unknown
county), Va.
Born in Lexington, Middlesex
County, Mass., May 9,
1910.
Son of Josephine Sheldon (Edmonds) Young (1870-1935) and Owen
D. Young.
Republican. Economist;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; business
executive; dean of the
Columbia University business school, 1948-53; chair, U.S. Civil Service
Commission, 1953-57; U.S. Ambassador to Netherlands, 1957-60.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Arlington Hospital,
Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., January
15, 1987 (age 76 years, 251
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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