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Angier Louis Goodwin (1881-1975) —
also known as Angier L. Goodwin —
of Melrose, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Fairfield, Somerset
County, Maine, January
30, 1881.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor of
Melrose, Mass., 1921-23; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1925-28; member of Massachusetts
state senate Fourth Middlesex District, 1929-41; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 8th District, 1943-55;
defeated, 1954; member,
Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, 1954-55.
Unitarian.
Member, Freemasons;
Order of the Eastern Star; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Grange; Zeta Psi.
Died in Melrose, Middlesex
County, Mass., June 20,
1975 (age 94 years, 141
days).
Interment at Wyoming
Cemetery, Melrose, Mass.
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Edward E. Hicken (b. 1876) —
of Newburyport, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Newburyport, Essex
County, Mass., April 20,
1876.
Son of George B. Hicken and Eleanor J. (Marshall) Hicken.
Republican. Newspaper
publisher; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1936.
Protestant.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Order of the Eastern Star.
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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Leslie E. Knox (b. 1891) —
of Somerville, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass., August
13, 1891.
Son of Walter Harvey Knox and Helen Louisa (Boyd) Knox.
Republican. Insurance
business; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; mayor
of Somerville, Mass., 1936-37.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Order of the Eastern Star; Moose; Elks; Lions.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married, May 23,
1917, to Jean Elizabeth Follett. |
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Donald William Nicholson (1888-1968) —
also known as Donald W. Nicholson —
of Wareham, Plymouth
County, Mass.
Born in Wareham, Plymouth
County, Mass., August
11, 1888.
Son of Angus Nicholson and Annie (McLeod) Nicholson.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1925-26; member of Massachusetts
state senate Cape and Plymouth District, 1927-47; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 9th District, 1947-59.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Elks; Odd
Fellows; Grange; Freemasons;
Order of the Eastern Star.
Died February
16, 1968 (age 79 years, 189
days).
Interment at Center
Cemetery, Wareham, Mass.
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Fred H. Purches (b. 1881) —
of Pittsfield, Berkshire
County, Mass.
Born in Pittsfield, Berkshire
County, Mass., October
5, 1881.
Republican. Insurance
business; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1948.
Congregationalist.
Member, Kiwanis;
Freemasons;
Order of the Eastern Star; Shriners;
Elks; Eagles; Grange.
Burial
location unknown.
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