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Amos Abbott (1786-1868) —
of Andover, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Andover, Essex
County, Mass., September
10, 1786.
Whig. One of the founders of the Boston and Portland Railway,
1833; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1835-37, 1843; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1840-42; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 3rd District, 1843-49; postmaster.
Died in Andover, Essex
County, Mass., November
2, 1868 (age 82 years, 53
days).
Interment at South
Church Cemetery, Andover, Mass.
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Melvin Ohio Adams (1847-1920) —
also known as Melvin O. Adams —
of Ashburnham, Worcester
County, Mass.; Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Ashburnham, Worcester
County, Mass., November
7, 1847.
Son of Joseph Adams and Dolly Winship (Whitney) Adams.
Republican. Lawyer; took
part in the legal defense of Lizzie Borden, charged in 1892-93 with
the murder of her parents in Fall River, Mass.; president, Boston,
Revere Beach & Lynn Railroad; vice-president, Liberty Trust Co.;
trustee, Dartmouth College; U.S.
Attorney for Massachusetts, 1905-06.
Died August 9,
1920 (age 72 years, 276
days).
Interment at Meetinghouse
Hill Cemetery, Ashburnham, Mass.
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Thomas Allen (1813-1882) —
of Missouri.
Born in Pittsfield, Berkshire
County, Mass., August
29, 1813.
Democrat. Railroad builder; member of Missouri
state senate, 1850-54; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 2nd District, 1881-82; died in
office 1882.
Member, Kappa
Alpha Society.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 8,
1882 (age 68 years, 222
days).
Interment at Pittsfield
Cemetery, Pittsfield, Mass.
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Oliver Ames (1831-1895) —
of North Easton, Easton, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in North Easton, Easton, Bristol
County, Mass., February
4, 1831.
Son of Oakes
Ames and Evelyn (Gilmore) Ames.
Republican. Shovel manufacturer; president, Union Pacific
Railroad; member of Massachusetts
state senate; elected 1880; Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1883-87; Governor of
Massachusetts, 1887-90.
Died in North Easton, Easton, Bristol
County, Mass., October
22, 1895 (age 64 years, 260
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Gaspar Griswold Bacon (1886-1947) —
also known as Gaspar G. Bacon —
of Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Dedham, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., March 7,
1886.
Son of Robert
Bacon and Martha (Cowdin) Bacon.
Republican. Lawyer;
major in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1920,
1932
(alternate), 1936,
1940;
member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1925-32; Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1933-35; candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1934; director, Southern Railway Co., Eliot
Savings Bank; major
in the U.S. Army during World War II.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Moose; Odd
Fellows; Reserve
Officers Association.
Died in Dedham, Norfolk
County, Mass., December
24, 1947 (age 61 years, 292
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Amos Bancroft (b. 1855) —
also known as William Bancroft —
of Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Groton, Middlesex
County, Mass., April 26,
1855.
Son of Charles B. Bancroft.
Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1883-85; mayor
of Cambridge, Mass., 1893-97; general in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War; president, Boston Elevated Railway from
1899.
Member, Society
of the Cincinnati.
Interment at Groton
Cemetery, Groton, Mass.
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Relatives:
Married 1878
to Mary Shaw. |
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Ernest Lorne Bell (b. 1871) —
also known as Ernest L. Bell —
of Woodstock, Grafton
County, N.H.; Plymouth, Grafton
County, N.H.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., March 16,
1871.
Son of Samuel Bell and Mary E. (Loud) Bell.
Physician;
surgeon to Boston & Maine Railroad; surgeon-general of New
Hampshire; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1903-04; member of New
Hampshire state senate 2nd District, 1905-06.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Medical
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1894
to Maude Coolidge. |
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Lloyd Wheaton Bowers (1859-1910) —
also known as Lloyd W. Bowers —
of Winona, Winona
County, Minn.
Born in Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass., March 9,
1859.
Son of Samuel Dwight Bowers (born 1825) and Martha Wheaton (Dowd)
Bowers (born 1834).
Lawyer;
general counsel, Chicago & North Western Railway,
1893-1909; U.S. Solicitor
General, 1909-10; died in office 1910.
Member, Skull and
Bones.
Died, from a heart
attack, while suffering from bronchitis,
in the Touraine Hotel,
Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., September
9, 1910 (age 51 years, 184
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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James Barrett Brown (b. 1885) —
also known as James B. Brown —
of Everett, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Reading, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Bellows Falls, Rockingham, Windham
County, Vt., March 3,
1885.
Son of George Addison Brown and Flora (Pierce) Brown.
Republican. Lawyer;
general counsel, Massachusetts Bankers
Association; special counsel, Boston & Maine Railroad;
vice-president, First National Bank of
Reading; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1921-24; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1924.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Harold Hitz Burton (1888-1964) —
also known as Harold H. Burton —
of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah; Boise, Ada
County, Idaho; East Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., June 22,
1888.
Son of Alfred Edgar Burton (Dean of M.I.T.) and Gertrude (Hitz)
Burton.
Republican. Lawyer;
assistant attorney, Utah Power &
Light Company and Utah Light &
Traction Company, 1914-16; attorney, Idaho Power
Company and Boise Valley Traction Company, 1916-17; served in
the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1929; mayor
of Cleveland, Ohio, 1931-32, 1935-40; U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1941-45; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Ohio, 1944;
Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1945-58; took senior status 1958.
Unitarian.
Member, Freemasons;
American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Phi
Alpha Delta; Knights
of Pythias; Moose; Eagles; Grange; Rotary; Kiwanis;
Exchange
Club.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
28, 1964 (age 76 years, 128
days).
Interment at Highland
Park Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
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John Henry Clifford (1809-1876) —
also known as John H. Clifford —
of New Bedford, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., January
16, 1809.
Son of Benjamin Clifford and Achsah (Wade) Clifford.
Whig. Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives from New Bedford, 1835; Massachusetts
state attorney general, 1849-53, 1854-58; Governor of
Massachusetts, 1853-54; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1862; president, Boston and Providence
Railroad.
Died in New Bedford, Bristol
County, Mass., January
2, 1876 (age 66 years, 351
days).
Interment at Rural
Cemetery, New Bedford, Mass.
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Thomas Jefferson Coolidge (1831-1920) —
also known as T. Jefferson Coolidge —
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., August
26, 1831.
Son of Joseph Coolidge and Ellen Wayles (Randolph) Coolidge.
Republican. Manufacturer;
cotton mill
business; president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
Railroad, and other companies; U.S. Minister to France, 1892-93.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., November
17, 1920 (age 89 years, 83
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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Henry Howland Crapo (1804-1869) —
also known as Henry H. Crapo —
of Flint, Genesee
County, Mich.
Born in Dartmouth, Bristol
County, Mass., May 24,
1804.
Son of Jesse C. Crapo and Phebe (Howland) Crapo.
Republican. Lumber
business; built the Flint and Holly Railroad, which later
became part of the Flint & Pere Marquette Railroad; mayor of
Flint, Mich., 1860-61; member of Michigan
state senate 24th District, 1863-64; Governor of
Michigan, 1865-69.
Christian.
Died in Flint, Genesee
County, Mich., July 22,
1869 (age 65 years, 59
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Flint, Mich.
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Samuel Leonard Crocker (1804-1883) —
also known as Samuel L. Crocker —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Taunton, Bristol
County, Mass., March 31,
1804.
Son of William A. Crocker and Sally (Ingell) Crocker.
Whig. Member of Massachusetts
Governor's Council, 1849; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 2nd District, 1853-55;
president, Taunton Locomotive Manufacturing Company, 1862-83.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., February
10, 1883 (age 78 years, 316
days).
Interment at Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery, Taunton, Mass.
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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 |
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Holman (Estabrook) Davis; married 1859 to Hannah
Gardner Adams (died 1861); married, December
2, 1869, to Maria Louisa Robbins. |
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Chester Mitchell Dawes (b. 1855) —
also known as Chester M. Dawes —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in North Adams, Berkshire
County, Mass., July 14,
1855.
Son of Henry
Laurens Dawes and Electa S. Dawes.
Republican. Lawyer;
Presidential Elector for Illinois, 1896;
general solicitor, Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad,
1900.
Burial
location unknown.
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Grenville Mellen Dodge (1831-1916) —
also known as Grenville M. Dodge —
of Iowa.
Born in Danvers, Essex
County, Mass., April 12,
1831.
Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 5th District, 1867-69; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Iowa, 1868
(member, Resolutions
Committee); member of Republican
National Committee from Iowa, 1872-74.
Member, Loyal
Legion.
Chief engineer
of the Union Pacific Railroad.
Died in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie
County, Iowa, January
3, 1916 (age 84 years, 266
days).
Entombed at Walnut
Hill Cemetery, Council Bluffs, Iowa.
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Thomas H. Duffy (1880-1969) —
also known as "Plucky Duffy" —
of Woburn, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in County Armagh, Ireland (now Northern
Ireland), March 8,
1880.
Democrat. Champion boxer,
competed in U.S. and Europe; freight conductor for Boston & Maine
Railroad; mayor of
Woburn, Mass., 1925-27; defeated, 1927; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1928.
Irish
ancestry.
Died in Woburn, Middlesex
County, Mass., May 14,
1969 (age 89 years, 67
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Woburn, Mass.
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Relatives:
Married 1902
to Alice O'Donnell. |
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Erastus Fairbanks (1792-1864) —
of St. Johnsbury, Caledonia
County, Vt.
Born in Brimfield, Hampden
County, Mass., October
28, 1792.
Son of Phebe (Paddock) Fairbanks (1760-1853) and Joseph Fairbanks
(1763-1846).
One of the founders of E. & T. Fairbanks & Co., platform
scale manufacturers; president, Passumpsic Railroad, which
completed a line from White River to St. Johnsbury in 1850; member of
Vermont
state house of representatives, 1836-38; Presidential Elector for
Vermont, 1844,
1848;
Governor
of Vermont, 1852-53, 1860-61; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Vermont, 1856.
Congregationalist.
Died in St. Johnsbury, Caledonia
County, Vt., November
20, 1864 (age 72 years, 23
days).
Interment at Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery, St. Johnsbury, Vt.
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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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Addison Gardner Foster (1837-1917) —
also known as Addison G. Foster —
of Wabasha
County, Minn.; Tacoma, Pierce
County, Wash.
Born in Belchertown, Hampshire
County, Mass., January
28, 1837.
Republican. Lumber
business; railroad builder; U.S.
Senator from Washington, 1899-1905.
Died in Tacoma, Pierce
County, Wash., January
16, 1917 (age 79 years, 354
days).
Interment at Tacoma
Cemetery, Tacoma, Wash.
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William Alexander Green (born c.1893) —
also known as William A. Green —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.; East Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Taunton, Bristol
County, Mass., about 1893.
Democrat. Trolley conductor; building
contractor; candidate for Connecticut
state house of representatives from East Haven, 1930, 1934.
Burial
location unknown.
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Andrew Kessler Hay (1809-1881) —
also known as Andrew K. Hay —
of New Jersey.
Born near Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass., January
19, 1809.
Whig. U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 1st District, 1849-51; president,
Camden and Atlantic Railroad, 1872-76.
Died February
7, 1881 (age 72 years, 19
days).
Interment at Colestown
Cemetery, Cherry Hill Township, Camden County, N.J.
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James Henry Howe (1827-1893) —
also known as James H. Howe —
of Green Bay, Brown
County, Wis.
Born in Turner, Androscoggin
County, Maine, December
5, 1827.
Son of Addison Goodale Howe and Mary Turner (Torrey) Howe.
Republican. Lawyer; Wisconsin
state attorney general, 1860-62; colonel in the Union Army during
the Civil War; General Solicitor and General Manager, North Western
Railroad; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, 1873.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., January
4, 1893 (age 65 years, 30
days).
Interment somewhere
in Kenosha, Wis.
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Walter S. Hutchins —
of Greenfield, Franklin
County, Mass.
Socialist. Locomotive engineer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 1st District, 1908, 1914, 1916;
candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1915, 1920, 1922, 1924, 1926; delegate to
Socialist National Convention from Massachusetts, 1920.
Burial
location unknown.
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Eben S. S. Keith (b. 1872) —
of Sagamore, Bourne, Barnstable
County, Mass.
Born in Sagamore, Bourne, Barnstable
County, Mass., October
24, 1872.
Son of Isaac M. Keith and Eliza F. (Smith) Keith.
Republican. Railway car builder; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1907-08; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1908,
1916
(alternate), 1920,
1924.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Caleb Loring (1851-1930) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Beverly, Essex
County, Mass., August
24, 1851.
Son of Caleb William Loring (1819-1897) and Elizabeth Smith (Peabody)
Loring (1822-1869).
Lawyer;
solicitor, New York and New England Railroad, 1881-85; justice of
Massachusetts state supreme court, 1899-1919.
English
ancestry. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Prides Crossing, Beverly, Essex
County, Mass., September
8, 1930 (age 79 years, 15
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Moody Merrill —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Republican. Lawyer;
president of a street railway; candidate for mayor of
Boston, Mass., 1890.
Burial
location unknown.
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Daniel Needham (1822-1895) —
of Groton, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Hartford, Windsor
County, Vt.
Born in Salem, Essex
County, Mass., May 24,
1822.
Son of James Needham (1789-1844) and Lydia (Breed) Needham
(1795-1818).
Lawyer;
farmer;
aide (with rank of Colonel) to Gov. George
S. Boutwell, 1851-53; Massachusetts
Democratic state chair, 1853; Democratic candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 8th District, 1854; member of
Vermont
state house of representatives from Hartford, 1857-58; member of
Vermont
state senate from Windsor County, 1859-61; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1866-67; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1868-69; director, Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Co.;
trustee, John Hancock Life
Insurance Co.; director, Peterborough and Shirley Railroad.
Unitarian.
Member, Freemasons;
Humane
Society.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Groton, Middlesex
County, Mass., February
20, 1895 (age 72 years, 272
days).
Interment at Groton
Cemetery, Groton, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of James Needham (1789-1844) and Lydia (Breed) Needham (1795-1818);
married, July 17,
1842, to Caroline A. Hall (1827-1879); married, October
7, 1880, to Ellen Mary Brigham (1848-1926). |
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George H. Newhall (b. 1850) —
of Lynn, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Lynn, Essex
County, Mass., October
24, 1850.
Republican. Real
estate and insurance
business; president, Lynn Street Railway Company; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1894-95, 1906-08 (Seventeenth
Essex District 1894-95, Twelfth Essex District 1906-08); mayor of
Lynn, Mass., 1913-17.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Redmen; Knights
of Pythias; Royal
Arcanum; Ancient
Order of United Workmen.
Burial
location unknown.
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Daniel Howe Newton (b. 1827) —
of Greenfield, Franklin
County, Mass.; Holyoke, Hampden
County, Mass.
Born in Hubbardston, Worcester
County, Mass., June 22,
1827.
Son of James Newton and Esther (Hale) Newton.
Manufacturer;
Franklin
County Treasurer, 1862-65; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1869; president, Hoosac Tunnel &
Wilmington Railroad Co., 1887-1905.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1862
to Mary Abby Cogswell. |
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Henry Clay Payne (1843-1904) —
also known as Henry C. Payne —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in Ashfield, Franklin
County, Mass., November
23, 1843.
Son of Orrin P. Payne and Eliza (Ames) Payne.
Republican. Postmaster;
president, Wisconsin Telephone
Company; president, Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light
Company; president, American Street Railway Association;
receiver, Northern Pacific Railroad; member of Republican
National Committee from Wisconsin, 1880-1904; Chairman of
Republican National Committee, 1904; Wisconsin
Republican state chair, 1892; U.S.
Postmaster General, 1902-04; died in office 1904.
Methodist.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
4, 1904 (age 60 years, 316
days).
Interment at Forest
Home Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wis.
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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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Royal Chapin Taft (1823-1912) —
also known as Royal C. Taft —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Northbridge, Worcester
County, Mass., February
14, 1823.
Son of Orsmus Taft and Margaret (Smith) Taft.
Republican. Member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1880-84; Governor of
Rhode Island, 1888-89; president, Merchants National Bank;
president, Boston & Providence Railroad; director, New York,
New Haven, and Hartford Railroad.
Died June 4,
1912 (age 89 years, 111
days).
Interment at Swan
Point Cemetery, Providence, R.I.
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