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William Lester Avery (b. 1853) —
also known as William L. Avery —
of Lee, Berkshire
County, Mass.; Butte, Silver Bow
County, Mont.; Miles City, Custer
County, Mont.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
17, 1853.
Shipmaster; express
agent; U.S. Consul in Belize City, 1898-1919.
Burial
location unknown.
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Zenas Doane Bassett (1786-1864) —
also known as Z. D. Bassett —
of Hyannis, Barnstable, Barnstable
County, Mass.
Born in Hyannis, Barnstable, Barnstable
County, Mass., October
14, 1786.
Son of Joseph Bassett and Zeviah (Bearse) Bassett.
Republican. Sea captain; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1856.
Died December
30, 1864 (age 78 years, 77
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Bassett and Zeviah (Bearse) Bassett; married, December
27, 1808, to Mary Palmer Howland (1788-1821); married, October
10, 1822, to Sarah Lewis (1809-1874). |
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Robert Couch (1817-1896) —
of Newburyport, Essex
County, Mass.
Born June 28,
1817.
Sea captain; mayor
of Newburyport, Mass., 1870, 1881.
Died May 17,
1896 (age 78 years, 324
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Newburyport, Mass.
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Relatives:
Married to Catherine Stanwood (1822-1912). |
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Edward Dowse (1756-1828) —
of Dedham, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Charlestown (now part of Boston), Suffolk
County, Mass., October
22, 1756.
Democrat. Shipmaster; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 1st District, 1819-20; resigned
1820.
Died in Dedham, Norfolk
County, Mass., September
3, 1828 (age 71 years, 317
days).
Interment at Old
Village Cemetery, Dedham, Mass.
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William Thomas Aloysius Fitzgerald (b. 1871) —
also known as W. T. A. Fitzgerald —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., December
19, 1871.
Son of Henry Fitzgerald and Bridget M. (Walsh) Fitzgerald.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1904;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives; member of Massachusetts
state senate; candidate for mayor of
Boston, Mass., 1925; Suffolk
County Register of Deeds; president, Volunteer Cooperative Bank;
director, Cooperative Central Bank;
director, Boston-Nantasket Steamboat Co.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Knights
of Columbus; Elks; Ancient
Order of Hibernians.
Burial
location unknown.
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George W. Gardner (1834-1911) —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Pittsfield, Berkshire
County, Mass., 1834.
Son of James Gardner and Caroline Griscilda (Porter) Gardner.
Republican. Grain elevator
business; miller; banker;
vice-president, Cleveland and Buffalo Steamship Line; mayor
of Cleveland, Ohio, 1885-86, 1889-90.
Died December
18, 1911 (age about 77
years).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
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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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Dudley Leavitt Pickman (1779-1846) —
of Salem, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Salem, Essex
County, Mass., 1779.
Son of William Pickman (1748-1815) and Eliza (Leavitt) Pickman
(1759-1782).
Shipowner; importer
and exporter; investor and stockholder in cotton and
woollen
mills and railroads;
financier;
member of Massachusetts
state senate.
Died November
4, 1846 (age about 67
years).
Interment at Harmony
Grove Cemetery, Salem, Mass.
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Winthrop Sargent (1755-1820) —
of Ohio.
Born in Gloucester, Essex
County, Mass., May 1,
1755.
Ship captain; major in Continental Army during the
Revolutionary War; secretary
of Northwest Territory, 1788-98; Governor of
Mississippi Territory, 1798-1801; planter.
Died on a riverboat
in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., June 3,
1820 (age 65 years, 33
days).
Interment at Gloucester
Plantation Cemetery, Natchez, Miss.
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Relatives:
Married 1799
to Maria (McIntosh) Williams. |
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James Warren Sever (1797-1871) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born July 1,
1797.
Son of James Sever (1761-1845) and Jane (Russell) Sever.
Merchant marine ship captain; lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1853, 1856.
Member, Society
of the Cincinnati.
Died January
16, 1871 (age 73 years, 199
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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David Woodcock (1785-1835) —
of Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y.
Born in Williamstown, Berkshire
County, Mass., 1785.
Democrat. Lawyer; postmaster;
member of New York
state assembly, 1814-15, 1826 (Seneca County 1814-15, Tompkins
County 1826); president, Cayuga Steamboat Company; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1821-23, 1827-29 (20th District
1821-23, 25th District 1827-29).
Died in Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y., September
18, 1835 (age about 50
years).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Ithaca, N.Y.
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