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De Alva Stanwood Alexander (1846-1925) —
also known as De Alva S. Alexander —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.; Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Richmond, Sagadahoc
County, Maine, July 17,
1846.
Son of Stanwood Alexander and Priscilla (Brown) Alexander.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; newspaper
editor; delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana,
1872;
secretary
of Indiana Republican Party, 1874-78; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of New York, 1889-93; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1897-1911 (33rd District 1897-1903,
36th District 1903-11); defeated, 1910.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Delta Kappa Epsilon.
Died in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., January
30, 1925 (age 78 years, 197
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y.
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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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John Russell Bass (1878-1963) —
also known as John R. Bass —
of Wilton, Franklin
County, Maine.
Born in Wilton, Franklin
County, Maine, September
6, 1878.
Son of George Henry Bass and Mary Louise (Streeter) Bass.
Republican. Treasurer, G. H. Bass & Co., shoe
manufacturers; delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine,
1916,
1920
(alternate), 1944,
1952.
Congregationalist.
Member, Delta Kappa Epsilon.
Died in August, 1963
(age 84
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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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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Percival Proctor Baxter (1876-1969) —
also known as Percival P. Baxter —
of Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Born in Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, November
22, 1876.
Son of James
Phinney Baxter and Mehetabel Cummings (Proctor) Baxter.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Maine
state house of representatives from Cumberland County, 1905-06,
1917-20; member of Maine
state senate, 1909-10; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Maine, 1920,
1924,
1928;
Governor
of Maine, 1921-25.
Congregationalist.
Member, Delta Kappa Epsilon; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, June 12,
1969 (age 92 years, 202
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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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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Freeman Daniel Dearth (b. 1861) —
also known as Freeman D. Dearth —
of Dexter, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in East Sangerville, Piscataquis
County, Maine, April 16,
1861.
Son of Freeman D. Dearth and Mary B. (Spooner) Dearth.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Maine
state senate 10th District, 1919-20.
Methodist.
Member, Delta Kappa Epsilon; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias.
Burial
location unknown.
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Arthur James Dunton (b. 1871) —
also known as Arthur J. Dunton —
of Bath, Sagadahoc
County, Maine.
Born in Bath, Sagadahoc
County, Maine, July 9,
1871.
Son of James E. Dunton and Angeline (White) Dunton.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor of
Bath, Maine, 1914-15.
Baptist.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Delta Kappa Epsilon.
Burial
location unknown.
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Walter Llewellyn Gray (b. 1870) —
of South Paris, Paris, Oxford
County, Maine.
Born in Paris, Oxford
County, Maine, January
24, 1870.
Son of William Lethbridge Gray and Julia Matilda (Morse) Gray.
Lawyer;
superintendent
of schools; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1905.
Congregationalist.
Member, Delta Kappa Epsilon; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Kiwanis.
Burial
location unknown.
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James H. Hudson (c.1878-1947) —
of Guilford, Piscataquis
County, Maine.
Born in Guilford, Piscataquis
County, Maine, about 1878.
Son of Henry Hudson.
Republican. Piscataquis
County Attorney, 1913-19; probate judge in Maine; justice of
Maine state supreme court, 1933-47; died in office 1947.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Delta Kappa Epsilon.
Suffered a heart
attack, and died three days later, in Augusta General Hospital,
Augusta, Kennebec
County, Maine, August
21, 1947 (age about 69
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1904
to Mary McKown. |
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Arno Warren King (1855-1918) —
also known as Arno W. King —
of Ellsworth, Hancock
County, Maine.
Born August 2,
1855.
Republican. Lawyer; justice of
Maine state supreme court, 1907-18; died in office 1918.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Delta Kappa Epsilon.
Died July 21,
1918 (age 62 years, 353
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Frederick W. Knowlton (1856-1925) —
of Old Town, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in Sangerville, Piscataquis
County, Maine, 1856.
Democrat. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maine, 1916.
Member, Delta Kappa Epsilon.
Died, of appendicitis,
in Penobscot General Hospital,
Old Town, Penobscot
County, Maine, January
12, 1925 (age about 68
years).
Interment at Lawndale
Cemetery, Old Town, Maine.
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Thomas Littlefield Marble (b. 1876) —
also known as Thomas L. Marble —
of Gorham, Coos
County, N.H.; Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H.
Born in Auburn, Androscoggin
County, Maine, December
24, 1876.
Son of Henry Marble and Mercy (Littlefield) Marble.
School
principal; lawyer;
superior court judge in New Hampshire, 1917-25; justice of
New Hampshire state supreme court, 1925-43; chief
justice of New Hampshire state supreme court, 1943-46; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention from Concord 9th
Ward, 1948.
Universalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta Kappa Epsilon.
Burial
location unknown.
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Donald Ward Philbrick (b. 1896) —
also known as Donald W. Philbrick —
of Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Born in Skowhegan, Somerset
County, Maine, March 16,
1896.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1935-40; Speaker of
the Maine State House of Representatives, 1939-40; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Maine, 1944,
1952
(alternate).
Congregationalist.
Member, Delta Kappa Epsilon; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Interment somewhere
in Skowhegan, Maine.
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James Arthur Roberts (1847-1922) —
also known as James A. Roberts —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Waterboro, York
County, Maine, March 8,
1847.
Son of Jeremiah Roberts and Alma (Roberts) Roberts.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1879-80; New York
state comptroller, 1894-98; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1900.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Sons
of the American Revolution; Delta Kappa Epsilon; Grand
Army of the Republic; Society
of Colonial Wars.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
19, 1922 (age 75 years, 256
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Jeremiah Roberts and Alma (Roberts) Roberts; married, June 1,
1871, to Minnie Pineo; married, December
11, 1884, to Martha Dresser. |
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Nathaniel Tompkins (1879-1949) —
of Houlton, Aroostook
County, Maine.
Born in Bridgewater, Aroostook
County, Maine, May 17,
1879.
Son of Nathaniel Tompkins and Emma F. (Sargent) Tompkins.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Maine
state house of representatives from Aroostook County (3rd),
1931-32; Speaker of
the Maine State House of Representatives, 1935; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1936;
member of Maine
state senate, 1941; superior court judge in Maine, 1941-45; justice of
Maine state supreme court, 1945-49; died in office 1949.
Member, Delta Kappa Epsilon; Freemasons.
Died April 22,
1949 (age 69 years, 340
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Blaine Spooner Viles (b. 1879) —
also known as Blaine S. Viles —
of Augusta, Kennebec
County, Maine.
Born in North New Portland, New Portland, Somerset
County, Maine, July 22,
1879.
Son of Edward Viles and Ada A. (Spooner) Viles.
Republican. Director of Augusta Trust
Company and Fidelity Trust
Company of Portland; director of Kennebec Log Driving
Co.; director and treasurer, Kennebec Land Co.; president and
treasurer, Pine Tree Timberlands
Co.; partner, Viles and Gannett, timberlands;
mayor
of Augusta, Maine, 1915-16; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Maine, 1920;
member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1921.
Congregationalist.
Member, Delta Kappa Epsilon; Elks; Foresters.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Hay Whitney (1904-1982) —
also known as Jock Whitney —
of Manhasset, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Ellsworth, Hancock
County, Maine, August
17, 1904.
Son of Payne Whitney and Helen (Hay) Whitney.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; financier;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1956;
U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1957-61; publisher of the New York Herald
Tribune newspaper,
1961-66.
Member, Delta Kappa Epsilon.
Died February
8, 1982 (age 77 years, 175
days).
Interment at Christ
Church Cemetery, Manhasset, Long Island, N.Y.
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