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Benjamin Randall (1789-1859) —
of Maine.
Born in Topsham, Sagadahoc
County, Maine, November
14, 1789.
Lawyer;
member of Maine
state senate, 1833-38; U.S.
Representative from Maine, 1839-43 (7th District 1839-41, 8th
District 1841-43); U.S.
Collector of Customs, 1849-59; died in office 1859.
Died in Bath, Sagadahoc
County, Maine, October
11, 1859 (age 69 years, 331
days).
Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery.
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Samuel Davis (1774-1831) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Bath, Sagadahoc
County, Maine, 1774.
Member of Massachusetts state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts at-large, 1813-15.
Died in Bath, Sagadahoc
County, Maine, April 20,
1831 (age about 56
years).
Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery.
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Peleg Tallman (1764-1840) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Tiverton, Newport
County, R.I., July 24,
1764.
Democrat. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary
War; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 16th District, 1811-13; member
of Massachusetts
state senate, 1821-22.
Lost an
arm during Revolutionary War service.
Died in Bath, Sagadahoc
County, Maine, March 12,
1840 (age 75 years, 232
days).
Original interment at Maple Grove Cemetery; reinterment at Forest
Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Boston, Mass.
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Arthur Sewall (1835-1900) —
of Bath, Sagadahoc
County, Maine.
Born in Bath, Sagadahoc
County, Maine, November
25, 1835.
Democrat. Shipbuilder;
part owner of the Bath Iron Works;
president, Maine Central Railroad;
director for other railroads;
president, Bath National Bank;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maine, 1876,
1888;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Maine, 1888-96; candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1896.
Swedenborgian.
Suffered a stroke of
apoplexy and died three days later, in Small Point, Sagadahoc
County, Maine, September
5, 1900 (age 64 years, 284
days).
Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery.
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William King (1768-1852) —
of Maine.
Born February
9, 1768.
Governor
of Maine, 1820-21; defeated, 1835.
Died June 17,
1852 (age 84 years, 129
days).
Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery.
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Sumner Sewall (1897-1965) —
of Bath, Sagadahoc
County, Maine.
Born June 17,
1897.
Republican. Delegate to
Maine convention to ratify 21st amendment from Sagadahoc County,
1933; Governor of
Maine, 1941-45; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Maine, 1944.
Died January
25, 1965 (age 67 years, 222
days).
Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery.
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Harold Marsh Sewall (1860-1924) —
also known as Harold M. Sewall —
of Bath, Sagadahoc
County, Maine.
Born in Bath, Sagadahoc
County, Maine, January
3, 1860.
Son of Emma Duncan (Crocker) Sewall and Arthur
Sewall.
Republican. U.S. Vice Consul in Liverpool, 1885-87; lawyer;
member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1896, 1903-07; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Maine, 1896,
1916;
U.S. Minister to Hawaiian Islands, 1897-98; member of Maine
state senate, 1907-09; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Maine 2nd District, 1914; member of Republican
National Committee from Maine, 1924.
Died, in a private hospital
in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
28, 1924 (age 64 years, 299
days).
Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery.
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Peter Adams Garland (1923-2005) —
also known as Peter Garland —
of Saco, York
County, Maine.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., June 16,
1923.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; mayor of
Saco, Maine, 1956-59; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Maine, 1956,
1960;
U.S.
Representative from Maine 1st District, 1961-63; defeated, 1962,
1966.
Died January
26, 2005 (age 81 years, 224
days).
Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery.
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Charles J. Dain (1860-1934) —
of Bath, Sagadahoc
County, Maine.
Born in Bath, Sagadahoc
County, Maine, February
29, 1860.
Son of Warren M. Dain and Elizabeth (Tarr) Dain.
Republican. Grocer; member
of Maine
state house of representatives from Sagadahoc County, 1919-23.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in 1934
(age about
74 years).
Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery.
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David Crooker Magoun —
also known as David C. Magoun —
of Bath, Sagadahoc
County, Maine.
Whig. Mayor of
Bath, Maine, 1848.
Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery.
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