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Charles Putnam Barnes (1869-1951) —
also known as Charles P. Barnes —
of Norway, Oxford
County, Maine; Houlton, Aroostook
County, Maine.
Born in Houlton, Aroostook
County, Maine, October
12, 1869.
Son of Isa A. (Putnam) Barnes (1838-1916) and Francis Barnes
(1840-1893).
Republican. School
principal; superintendent
of schools; lawyer; Oxford
County Attorney, 1904-09; member of Maine
state house of representatives from Aroostook County, 1917-22; Speaker of
the Maine State House of Representatives, 1921-22; justice of
Maine state supreme court, 1924-39; chief
justice of Maine state supreme court, 1939-40; resigned 1940.
Baptist.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; American Bar Association; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died in Houlton, Aroostook
County, Maine, December
14, 1951 (age 82 years, 63
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Houlton, Maine.
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Norman Leslie Bassett (b. 1869) —
also known as Norman L. Bassett —
of Augusta, Kennebec
County, Maine.
Born in Winslow, Kennebec
County, Maine, June 23,
1869.
Son of Josiah W. Bassett and Susan (Cornish) Bassett.
Republican. Lawyer;
president, Augusta Savings Bank;
director, Boston and Maine Railroad,
1915-25; justice of
Maine state supreme court, 1925-32.
Unitarian.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Rotary;
American Bar Association.
Burial
location unknown.
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Benjamin Louis Berman (1892-1967) —
also known as Benjamin L. Berman —
of Lewiston, Androscoggin
County, Maine; Auburn, Androscoggin
County, Maine.
Born in Lewiston, Androscoggin
County, Maine, November
22, 1892.
Son of Herman I. Berman and Bella (Markson) Berman.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; candidate for mayor
of Lewiston, Maine, 1926; probate judge in Maine, 1929-33; member
of Maine
Republican State Committee, 1945; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Maine, 1948.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks;
American Bar Association; B'nai
B'rith.
Died in 1967
(age about
74 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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George Emerson Bird (1847-1926) —
also known as George E. Bird —
of Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine; Yarmouth, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Born in Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, September
1, 1847.
Son of Robert Alexander Bird and Sarah (Emerson) Bird.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Maine, 1886-90; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1893-95; candidate for mayor
of Portland, Maine, 1895 (Democratic), 1896; justice of
Maine state supreme court, 1908-18; appointed 1908.
Unitarian.
Member, American Bar Association.
Died January
19, 1926 (age 78 years, 140
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married, July 8,
1890, to Harriet Leonard Williams. |
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Ralph Owen Brewster (1888-1961) —
of Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine; Dexter, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in Dexter, Penobscot
County, Maine, February
22, 1888.
Son of William
Edmund Brewster and Carrie S. (Bridges) Brewster.
Republican. Lawyer;
counsel for Chapman National Bank,
Portland, Maine, 1914-25; member of Maine
state house of representatives from Cumberland County, 1917-18,
1921-22; member of Maine
state senate, 1923-25; Governor of
Maine, 1925-29; U.S.
Representative from Maine 3rd District, 1935-41; defeated, 1932;
U.S.
Senator from Maine, 1941-52; resigned 1952; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Maine, 1956.
Christian
Scientist. Member, American Bar Association; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Grange;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., December
25, 1961 (age 73 years, 306
days).
Interment at Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery, Dexter, Maine.
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Arthur Jean Baptiste Cartier (b. 1886) —
also known as Arthur J. B. Cartier —
of Biddeford, York
County, Maine; Fall River, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in Biddeford, York
County, Maine, December
29, 1886.
Son of Joseph Cartier and Philomene (Loiselle) Cartier.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 15th District, 1916, 1918,
1920, 1922, 1924; candidate for Massachusetts
state auditor, 1919; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1924.
Catholic.
French
ancestry. Member, American Bar Association; Foresters;
Knights
of Columbus.
Interment at St.
Joseph's Cemetery, West Roxbury, Boston, Mass.
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Clyde R. Chapman (b. 1889) —
of Belfast, Waldo
County, Maine.
Born in Fairfield, Somerset
County, Maine, July 23,
1889.
Son of George Mansur Chapman and Laura Evelyn (Keene) Chapman.
Republican. Lawyer;
municipal judge in Maine, 1920-24; Waldo
County Attorney, 1925-33; member of Maine
Republican State Committee, 1928; mayor of
Belfast, Maine, 1930-33; Maine
state attorney general, 1933-36.
Unitarian.
Member, American Bar Association; Zeta
Psi; Phi
Alpha Delta; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Lions.
Burial
location unknown.
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John David Clifford, Jr. (b. 1887) —
also known as John D. Clifford —
of Lewiston, Androscoggin
County, Maine.
Born in Lewiston, Androscoggin
County, Maine, May 15,
1887.
Son of John Dumas Clifford and Katherine (Sullivan) Clifford.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1915-16; U.S.
Attorney for Maine, 1933-47.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar Association; Alpha
Delta Phi; Knights
of Columbus; Grange.
Burial
location unknown.
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Frank Morey Coffin (1919-2009) —
also known as Frank M. Coffin —
of Lewiston, Androscoggin
County, Maine.
Born in Lewiston, Androscoggin
County, Maine, July 11,
1919.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; Maine
Democratic state chair, 1954-56; U.S.
Representative from Maine 2nd District, 1957-61; candidate for Governor of
Maine, 1960; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit, 1965-89.
Member, American Bar Association; American
Judicature Society.
Died in Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, December
7, 2009 (age 90 years, 149
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Arthur William Coolidge (1881-1952) —
also known as Arthur W. Coolidge —
of Reading, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Woodfords, Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, October
13, 1881.
Son of Merrit B. Coolidge and Lucy Greenwood (French) Coolidge.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1937-40; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1941-46; Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1947-49; defeated, 1948; candidate for
Governor
of Massachusetts, 1950.
Unitarian.
Member, American Bar Association; Theta
Delta Chi; Freemasons.
Died in Reading, Middlesex
County, Mass., January
22, 1952 (age 70 years, 101
days).
Interment at Forest
Glen Cemetery, Reading, Mass.
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Frank Irving Cowan (b. 1888) —
also known as Frank I. Cowan —
of Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Born in Palmyra, Somerset
County, Maine, May 20,
1888.
Son of Lewville A. Cowan and Fannie Evelyn (Woodworth) Cowan.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer;
president, State Mutual Fire
Insurance Co., 1935-40; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1939-40; Maine
state attorney general, 1941-44.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar Association; Grange; Delta
Upsilon; Phi
Kappa Phi; Freemasons;
Kiwanis.
Burial
location unknown.
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Edward Matthew Curran (b. 1903) —
also known as Edward M. Curran —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, May 10,
1903.
Son of Michael Joseph Curran and Mary Agnes (Callinan) Curran.
Lawyer;
police court judge,
1936-40; U.S.
Attorney for the District of Columbia, 1940-46; U.S.
District Judge for the District of Columbia, 1948.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar Association; Gamma
Eta Gamma.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married, June 6,
1934, to Katherine Cecilia Hand. |
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Conrad Keefe Cyr (b. 1931) —
also known as Conrad K. Cyr —
of Maine.
Born in Limestone, Aroostook
County, Maine, December
9, 1931.
U.S.
District Judge for Maine, 1981-89; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit, 1989-97.
Member, American
Judicature Society; American Bar Association.
Still living as of 1997.
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Elbridge Gerry Davis (b. 1877) —
of Malden, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Houlton, Aroostook
County, Maine, August
20, 1877.
Son of Elbridge G. Davis and Lillian (Hall) Davis.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer;
delegate
to Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1917-19; member
of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1920-26; district judge in
Massachusetts, 1927.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar Association.
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles L. Donahue (b. 1876) —
of Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Born in Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, August
19, 1876.
Son of Thomas F. Donahue and Bessie A. (Hayes) Donahue.
Democrat. Lawyer;
probate judge in Maine, 1915; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Maine, 1924.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar Association; Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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Frederick Harold Dubord (b. 1891) —
also known as F. Harold Dubord —
of Waterville, Kennebec
County, Maine.
Born in Waterville, Kennebec
County, Maine, December
14, 1891.
Son of Harry M. Dubord and Mary (Poulin) Dubord.
Democrat. Clothing
and shoe
business; lawyer; mayor
of Waterville, Maine, 1928-32; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Maine, 1932,
1936,
1940,
1944;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Maine, 1932-48; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Maine, 1934; candidate for Governor of
Maine, 1936; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Maine 2nd District, 1938; justice of
Maine state supreme court, 1956-62; resigned 1962.
Catholic.
Member, Elks; Knights
of Columbus; Lambda
Chi Alpha; Phi
Delta Phi; American Bar Association.
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles John Dunn (1872-1939) —
also known as Charles J. Dunn —
of Orono, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in Houghton
County, Mich., July 14,
1872.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1901-02; municipal judge in
Maine, 1903-11; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Maine, 1908,
1916;
justice
of Maine state supreme court, 1918-35; chief
justice of Maine state supreme court, 1935-39; died in office
1939.
Universalist.
Member, American Bar Association.
Died November
10, 1939 (age 67 years, 119
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Frederick Rainey Dyer (b. 1873) —
also known as Frederick R. Dyer —
of Buckfield, Oxford
County, Maine; Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Born in Old Town, Penobscot
County, Maine, October
4, 1873.
Son of William Henry Dyer and Catherine (Noonan) Dyer.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1907; Oxford
County District Attorney, 1913-15; U.S.
Attorney for Maine, 1922-33.
Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons;
Lions.
Burial
location unknown.
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Issac Watson Dyer (b. 1855) —
also known as Issac W. Dyer —
of Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Born in Baldwin, Cumberland
County, Maine, September
13, 1855.
Son of Isaac Dyer and Martha Osgood (Porter) Dyer.
Republican. Member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1885; U.S.
Attorney for Maine, 1890-94, 1898-1906.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Frank Fellows (1889-1951) —
of Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in Bucksport, Hancock
County, Maine, November
7, 1889.
Son of Oscar
Fowler Fellows and Eva Marie (Fling) Fellows.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Maine 3rd District, 1941-51; died in office
1951.
Unitarian.
Member, American Bar Association; Phi
Gamma Delta; Phi
Delta Phi; Kiwanis.
Died in Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, August
27, 1951 (age 61 years, 293
days).
Interment at Silver
Lake Cemetery, Bucksport, Maine.
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William Tudor Gardiner (1892-1953) —
of Gardiner, Kennebec
County, Maine.
Born in Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass., June 12,
1892.
Son of Robert Hallowell Gardiner (died 1924) and Alice (Bangs)
Gardiner.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1921-26; Speaker of
the Maine State House of Representatives, 1925-26; Governor of
Maine, 1929-33; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Maine, 1932;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; he and Gen. Maxwell
Taylor landed in Italy in 1943, before the American invasion,
traveled to Rome undetected, and held a conference with the Italian
High Command, obtaining information helpful to the Allies.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Military
Order of the World Wars; Sons
of Union Veterans; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; Grange;
American Bar Association.
Killed when his Beechcraft Bonanza airplane exploded in
midair, and crashed
in Schnecksville, Lehigh
County, Pa., August 2,
1953 (age 61 years, 51
days).
Interment at Christ
Church Cemetery, Gardiner, Maine.
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Edward John Gurney (1914-1996) —
also known as Edward J. Gurney —
of Winter Park, Orange
County, Fla.
Born in Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, January
12, 1914.
Republican. Colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; mayor
of Winter Park, Fla., 1961-62; U.S.
Representative from Florida, 1963-69 (11th District 1963-67, 5th
District 1967-69); defeated, 1978; U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1969-74; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Florida, 1972
(speaker).
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar Association; Rotary; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died May 14,
1996 (age 82 years, 123
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Fletcher Hale (1883-1931) —
of Laconia, Belknap
County, N.H.
Born in Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, January
22, 1883.
Son of Frederick Fletcher Hale and Adelaide L. (MacLellan) Hale.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1918; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 1st District, 1925-31; died in
office 1931.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; American Bar Association.
Died in the Brooklyn Naval Hospital,
Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., October
22, 1931 (age 48 years, 273
days).
Interment at Union
Cemetery, Laconia, N.H.
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Frederick Hale (1874-1963) —
of Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., October
7, 1874.
Son of Eugene
Hale and Mary Douglas (Chandler) Hale.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1905-06; member of Republican
National Committee from Maine, 1912-18; U.S.
Senator from Maine, 1917-41.
Congregationalist.
Member, Phi
Delta Phi; American Bar Association.
Died in Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, September
28, 1963 (age 88 years, 356
days).
Interment at Woodbine
Cemetery, Ellsworth, Maine.
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Robert Hale (1889-1976) —
of Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Born in Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, November
29, 1889.
Son of Clarence Hale and Margaret (Rollins) Hale.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1923-30; Speaker of
the Maine State House of Representatives, 1929-30; U.S.
Representative from Maine 1st District, 1943-59; defeated, 1958.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar Association; Psi
Upsilon; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
30, 1976 (age 87 years, 1
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Portland, Maine.
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Boardman Hall (b. 1856) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, April 17,
1856.
Son of Col. Joseph Frye Hall and Mary M. (Farrow) Hall.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for Massachusetts
state auditor, 1892; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 10th District, 1896.
Member, American Bar Association; Sons of
the American Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1892
to Mary E. Hamlin. |
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Hannibal Emery Hamlin (1858-1938) —
also known as Hannibal E. Hamlin —
of Ellsworth, Hancock
County, Maine.
Born in Hampden, Penobscot
County, Maine, August
22, 1858.
Son of Hannibal
Hamlin and Ellen V. (Emery) Hamlin.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1893-95; member of Maine
state senate, 1899-1901; Maine
state attorney general, 1905-08; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Maine, 1924.
Member, American Bar Association.
Died in Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, March 6,
1938 (age 79 years, 196
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Bangor, Maine.
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William Moulton Ingraham (b. 1870) —
also known as William M. Ingraham —
of Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Born in Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, November
2, 1870.
Son of Darius
Holbrook Ingraham and Ella (Moulton) Ingraham.
Democrat. Lawyer;
probate judge in Maine, 1907-15; mayor
of Portland, Maine, 1915; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Maine 1st District, 1924; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Maine, 1928;
delegate
to Maine convention to ratify 21st amendment from Cumberland
County, 1933.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar Association; Psi
Upsilon; Society
of Colonial Wars; Sons of
the American Revolution; Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Drummond Lawrence (1878-1975) —
Born in North Yarmouth, Cumberland
County, Maine, August 5,
1878.
Judge
of U.S. Customs Court, 1943.
Member, American Bar Association; American
Judicature Society.
Died February
12, 1975 (age 96 years, 191
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Shepherd Linnell (1885-1968) —
also known as William S. Linnell —
of Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Born in Biddeford, York
County, Maine, July 21,
1885.
Son of William Franklin Linnell (1842-1927) and Sarah C. (Shepherd)
Linnell.
Republican. Lawyer;
president, Portland Gas Light
Company; director, National Bank of
Commerce, Portland director, Bancroft & Martin Rolling Mills
Company; member of Maine
Governor's Council, 1925-28; member of Maine
Republican State Committee, 1928; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Maine, 1936;
member of Republican
National Committee from Maine, 1937-40.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar Association; Beta
Theta Pi; Phi
Beta Kappa; Freemasons;
Rotary.
Died in Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, February
14, 1968 (age 82 years, 208
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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David A. Nichols (1917-1997) —
of Lincolnville, Waldo
County, Maine.
Born in Lincolnville, Waldo
County, Maine, August 6,
1917.
Son of George E. Nichols and Flora E. (Pillsbury) Nichols.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1952;
member of Maine
Governor's Council, 1955-57; Maine
Republican state chair, 1960-64; justice of
Maine state supreme court, 1977-88.
Member, Delta
Sigma Rho; Phi
Beta Kappa; American Bar Association; Rotary; Odd
Fellows; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died June 21,
1997 (age 79 years, 319
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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George Hamlin Shaw (b. 1890) —
also known as George H. Shaw —
of Fort Collins, Larimer
County, Colo.; Denver,
Colo.
Born in Houlton, Aroostook
County, Maine, August 3,
1890.
Republican. Lawyer; Colorado
Republican state chair, 1922-25; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Colorado, 1928;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Colorado, 1930.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to May Harding. |
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Louis Carver Southard (b. 1854) —
of Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, April 1,
1854.
Son of William Lewis Southard and Linda Carver (Dennis) Southard.
Republican. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1887; member of Massachusetts
Republican State Committee, 1888-94; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1895-96; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1896.
Unitarian.
Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Alton Chapman Wheeler (b. 1877) —
also known as Alton C. Wheeler —
of South Paris, Paris, Oxford
County, Maine.
Born in Bethel, Oxford
County, Maine, December
29, 1877.
Son of Pierce Eliot Wheeler and Lucy E. (Chapman) Wheeler.
School
teacher; superintendent
of schools; lawyer; one
of the founders of the Paris Trust
Company; incorporator of South Paris Savings Bank;
member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1911-14; Progressive candidate
for U.S.
Representative from Maine 2nd District, 1914; Presidential
Elector for Maine, 1920.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar Association; Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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