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Edward Kavanagh (1795-1844) —
of Damariscotta Mills, Lincoln
County, Maine.
Born in Newcastle, Lincoln
County, Maine, April 27,
1795.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1826-28; U.S.
Representative from Maine 3rd District, 1831-35; U.S. Charge
d'Affaires to Portugal, 1835-41; member of Maine
state senate, 1842; Governor of
Maine, 1843-44.
Catholic.
First
Catholic member of Congress from New England.
Died January
22, 1844 (age 48 years, 270
days).
Interment at St.
Patrick's Catholic Cemetery, Damariscotta Mills, Maine.
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Charles West Kendall (1828-1914) —
of Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif.; Hamilton (unknown
county), Nev.; Denver,
Colo.
Born in Searsmont, Waldo
County, Maine, April 22,
1828.
Democrat. Went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; newspaper
editor; lawyer; member of California
state assembly 12th District, 1862-63; U.S.
Representative from Nevada at-large, 1871-75.
Died in Mt. Rainier, Prince
George's County, Md., June 25,
1914 (age 86 years, 64
days).
Interment at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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David Kidder (1787-1860) —
of Somerset
County, Maine.
Born in Dresden, Lincoln
County, Maine, December
8, 1787.
Son of Richard Kidder (1737-1814) and Hannah (Whittier) Eastman
Kidder (1748-1834); third cousin of Isaiah
Kidder, Lyman
Kidder, Ezra
Kidder and Luther
Kidder; married, July 1,
1812, to Lucy Weston (1788-1851); third cousin once removed of Arba
Kidder and Joseph
Souther Kidder.
Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Maine, 1823-27 (at-large 1823-25, 7th
District 1825-27); member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1829.
Died in Skowhegan, Somerset
County, Maine, November
1, 1860 (age 72 years, 329
days).
Interment at Bloomfield
Cemetery, Skowhegan, Maine.
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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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Horatio Collins King (1837-1918) —
also known as Horatio C. King —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, December
22, 1837.
Son of Horatio
King and Anne (Collins) King; married 1862 to Emma C.
Stebbins (died 1864); married 1866 to Esther
A. Howard; grandfather of Constance Gray (who married Merwin
Kimball Hart).
Lawyer; major in the Union Army during the Civil War;
Democratic candidate for secretary of
state of New York, 1895; Independent Democratic candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 3rd District, 1897; Progressive
candidate for New York
state comptroller, 1912.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Loyal
Legion; Grand
Army of the Republic; Sons of
the American Revolution; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Received Medal
of Honor for action near Dinwiddie Court House, Va., March 29,
1865.
Died November
15, 1918 (age 80 years, 328
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Rufus King (1755-1827) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Scarborough, Cumberland
County, Maine, March 24,
1755.
Married 1786
to Mary Alsop (daughter of John
Alsop); half-brother of Cyrus
King; father of John
Alsop King and James
Gore King; grandfather of Rufus
King (1814-1876).
Lawyer; member of Massachusetts state legislature, 1783-85; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Massachusetts, 1784-87; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1789-96, 1813-25; member of New York
state assembly from New York County, 1789-90; U.S. Minister to Great Britain, 1796-1803, 1825-26; candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1804, 1808; candidate for President
of the United States, 1816.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died April 29,
1827 (age 72 years, 36
days).
Interment at Grace
Church Cemetery, Jamaica, Queens, N.Y.
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Nathan Knight (1817-1886) —
of Bay
County, Mich.
Born in Otisfield, Cumberland
County, Maine, July 14,
1817.
Married to Harriet Stephens; father of Birdsey
Knight.
Lawyer; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Bay County 2nd District,
1877-80.
Died in Bay
County, Mich., December
28, 1886 (age 69 years, 167
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Hiram Knowles (1834-1911) —
of Butte, Silver Bow
County, Mont.; Missoula, Missoula
County, Mont.
Born in Hampden, Penobscot
County, Maine, January
18, 1834.
Republican. Lawyer; probate judge in Nevada, 1864; justice of
Montana territorial supreme court, 1868-69; candidate for Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Montana Territory, 1884; delegate to
Montana state constitutional convention, 1889; U.S.
District Judge for Montana, 1890-1904.
Member, Freemasons;
Ancient
Order of United Workmen.
Died April 6,
1911 (age 77 years, 78
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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Hosea Merrill Knowlton (b. 1847) —
also known as Hosea M. Knowlton —
of New Bedford, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in Durham, Androscoggin
County, Maine, May 20,
1847.
Son of Isaac Case Knowlton (D.D.) and Mary Smith (Wellington)
Knowlton; married, May 22,
1873, to Sylvia B. Almy.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1876-77; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1878-79; Massachusetts
state attorney general, 1894-1902.
Burial
location unknown.
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William J. Knowlton —
of Skowhegan, Somerset
County, Maine; Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Born in Starks, Somerset
County, Maine.
Son of Hiram Knowlton and Sabrina W. Knowlton; married to Vetto C.
Tibbetts.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Maine
state house of representatives.
Burial
location unknown.
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Fred H. Lancaster (b. 1885) —
of Lewiston, Androscoggin
County, Maine.
Born in Pittsfield, Somerset
County, Maine, June 25,
1885.
Son of Henry K. Lancaster and Mary E. (Higgins) Lancaster; married,
December
25, 1912, to Amy E. Bartlett.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Maine, 1936,
1940;
Maine
Democratic state chair, 1937.
Universalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Redmen; Kiwanis.
Burial
location unknown.
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Jesse Felt Libby (b. 1857) —
also known as Jesse F. Libby —
of Gorham, Coos
County, N.H.
Born in Locke's Mills, Greenwood, Oxford
County, Maine, February
12, 1857.
Great-grandnephew of Peter
Felt; first cousin thrice removed of John
Felt and Daniel
Felt; second cousin twice removed of Dorman
Felt and David
Alvaro Felt; son of Abner Chace Libby and Lucy Spofford (Felt)
Libby; third cousin once removed of Marcellus
Hazen Felt; married, June 2,
1879, to Eva Melissa Young.
School
principal; lawyer; real estate
business; promoter, director, treasurer, Berlin Aqueduct Company
and Cascade Light and
Power Company; director, president, Lancaster and Jefferson Electric
Light Company; director, Gorham National Bank;
promoter, director, Berlin Street
Railway; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1903, 1905.
Congregationalist.
Member, Theta
Delta Chi; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Burial
location unknown.
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Jesse M. Libby (b. 1846) —
of Mechanic Falls, Androscoggin
County, Maine.
Born in Danville (now part of Auburn), Androscoggin
County, Maine, March 28,
1846.
Son of Simon Libby and Louisa A. Libby; married, December
28, 1871, to Kittie Perkins.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1878; member of Maine
state senate, 1891-93; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Maine, 1912.
Burial
location unknown.
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Enoch Lincoln (1788-1829) —
of Paris, Oxford
County, Maine.
Born in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., December
28, 1788.
Son of Levi
Lincoln and Martha (Waldo) Lincoln (1761-1828); brother of Levi
Lincoln, Jr.; granduncle of Frederick
Robie.
Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 7th District, 1818-21; U.S.
Representative from Maine, 1821-26 (at-large 1821-25, 5th
District 1825-26); Governor of
Maine, 1827-29; died in office 1829.
Died October
8, 1829 (age 40 years, 284
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at State
of Maine Burial Ground, Augusta, Maine.
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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; married, November
12, 1912, to Jessie E. Hopkinson.
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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Thomas Francis Locke (b. 1885) —
also known as Thomas F. Locke —
of Biddeford, York
County, Maine.
Born in Cork, Ireland,
September
25, 1885.
Son of Michael Locke and Anna (Mulcahey) Locke; married, September
28, 1915, to Annie F. Dunn.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Biddeford, Maine, 1920; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Maine 1st District, 1930.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Knights
of Columbus; Ancient
Order of Hibernians; Kiwanis.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Davis Long (1838-1915) —
also known as John D. Long —
of Hingham, Plymouth
County, Mass.
Born in Buckfield, Oxford
County, Maine, October
27, 1838.
Son of Zadoc Long and Julia Temple (Davis) Long; married, September
13, 1870, to Mary Woodward Glover; married, May 22,
1886, to Agnes Peirce.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1875-78; Speaker of
the Massachusetts State House of Representatives, 1876-78; Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1879-80; Governor of
Massachusetts, 1880-83; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 2nd District, 1883-89; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1884,
1904,
1908,
1912
(alternate); U.S.
Secretary of the Navy, 1897-1902.
Died in Hingham, Plymouth
County, Mass., August
28, 1915 (age 76 years, 305
days).
Interment at Hingham
Cemetery, Hingham, Mass.
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James Bernard Longley (1924-1980) —
also known as James B. Longley —
of Lewiston, Androscoggin
County, Maine.
Born in Lewiston, Androscoggin
County, Maine, April 22,
1924.
Son of James Bernard Longley and Catherine (Wade) Longley; married,
September
3, 1949, to Helen Walsh; father of James
Bernard Longley, Jr..
Republican. Insurance
business; lawyer; Governor of
Maine, 1975-79.
Died August
16, 1980 (age 56 years, 116
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Lewiston, Maine.
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James Bernard Longley, Jr. (b. 1951) —
also known as James B. Longley, Jr. —
of Maine.
Born in Lewiston, Androscoggin
County, Maine, July 7,
1951.
Son of James
Bernard Longley.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Maine 1st District, 1995-97; defeated, 1996;
candidate for Governor of
Maine, 1998.
Still living as of 2009.
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Joshua Adams Lowell (1801-1874) —
of East Machias, Washington
County, Maine.
Born in Thomaston, Knox
County, Maine, March 20,
1801.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1832-37; U.S.
Representative from Maine, 1839-43 (5th District 1839-41, 6th
District 1841-43).
Died in East Machias, Washington
County, Maine, March 13,
1874 (age 72 years, 358
days).
Interment at Village
Cemetery, East Machias, Maine.
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Robert Luce (1862-1946) —
of Somerville, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Waltham, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Auburn, Androscoggin
County, Maine, December
2, 1862.
Son of Enos Thompson Luce and Phebe (Learned) Luce; married 1885 to Mabelle
Farnham.
Republican. Lawyer; director, Boston Mutual Life
Insurance Company; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1899, 1901-08; Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1912-13; delegate to
Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1917-19; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1919-35, 1937-41 (13th
District 1919-33, 9th District 1933-35, 1937-41); defeated, 1934,
1940.
Unitarian.
Member, Freemasons;
American
Political Science Association; American
Economic Association; Exchange
Club.
Died April 7,
1946 (age 83 years, 126
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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Mandeville T. Ludden (1830-1882) —
of Lewiston, Androscoggin
County, Maine.
Born in Canton, Oxford
County, Maine, February
17, 1830.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Maine
state senate, 1867-68; mayor
of Lewiston, Maine, 1881-82.
Died in Lewiston, Androscoggin
County, Maine, September
21, 1882 (age 52 years, 216
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Lewiston, Maine.
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Moses Macdonald (1815-1869) —
of Biddeford, York
County, Maine; Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Born in Limerick, York
County, Maine, April 8,
1815.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1841-42, 1845; Speaker of
the Maine State House of Representatives, 1845; member of Maine
state senate, 1847; Maine state
treasurer, 1847-48; U.S.
Representative from Maine 1st District, 1851-55; U.S. Collector of Customs,
1857-61.
Died in Saco, York
County, Maine, October
18, 1869 (age 54 years, 193
days).
Interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery, Saco, 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; married, August
15, 1906, to Harriet E. Fuller.
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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Vernon Waldo Marr (b. 1891) —
also known as Vernon W. Marr —
of Scituate, Plymouth
County, Mass.; North Scituate, Scituate, Plymouth
County, Mass.
Born in Farmington, Franklin
County, Maine, December
19, 1891.
Republican. Lawyer; Massachusetts
Republican state chair, 1935-36; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1940.
Member, American
Legion.
Burial
location unknown.
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George John Mitchell (b. 1933) —
also known as George J. Mitchell —
of South Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine; Washington,
D.C.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Waterville, Kennebec
County, Maine, August
20, 1933.
Son of George John Mitchell and Mary (Saad) Mitchell; married 1959 to Sally
L. Heath (divorced); married 1994 to Heather
MacLaclan.
Democrat. Lawyer; aide to U.S. Sen. Edmund
Muskie, 1962-65; also deputy director of Muskie's
vice-presidential campaign in 1968, and presidential campaign in
1972; Maine
Democratic state chair, 1966-68; member of Democratic
National Committee from Maine, 1969-77; candidate for Governor of
Maine, 1974; U.S.
Attorney for Maine, 1977-79; U.S.
District Judge for Maine, 1979-80; U.S.
Senator from Maine, 1980-95; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Maine, 1996,
2000,
2004;
chairman, Walt
Disney Company (major movie
studio, operator of theme parks, and owner of the ABC television
network), 2004-07; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 2008.
Catholic.
Lebanese
and Irish
ancestry. Member, Council on
Foreign Relations.
Still living as of 2009.
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Benjamin Franklin Mudge (1817-1879) —
also known as Benjamin F. Mudge —
of Lynn, Essex
County, Mass.; Cloverport, Breckinridge
County, Ky.; Quindaro (now part of Kansas City), Wyandotte
County, Kan.; Manhattan, Riley
County, Kan.
Born in Orrington, Penobscot
County, Maine, August
11, 1817.
Son of James Mudge and Ruth Mudge; married, September
16, 1842, to Mary E. Beckford.
Lawyer; school
teacher; chemist;
geologist;
mayor of
Lynn, Mass., 1852-53.
Died November
21, 1879 (age 62 years, 102
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Edmund Sixtus Muskie (1914-1996) —
also known as Edmund S. Muskie; "Mr.
Clean" —
of Waterville, Kennebec
County, Maine.
Born in Rumford, Oxford
County, Maine, March 28,
1914.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;
member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1947-51; member of Democratic
National Committee from Maine, 1952-54; Governor of
Maine, 1955-59; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Maine, 1956,
1964;
speaker, 1988;
U.S.
Senator from Maine, 1959-80; candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1968; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1972;
U.S.
Secretary of State, 1980-81.
Catholic.
Polish
ancestry. Member, Lions; Elks; Amvets; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1981.
Died of a heart
attack, in Georgetown University Medical
Center, Washington,
D.C., March 26,
1996 (age 81 years, 364
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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John B. Nash (b. 1848) —
of Conway, Carroll
County, N.H.; Intervale, Bartlett, Carroll
County, N.H.
Born in Windham, Cumberland
County, Maine, May 17,
1848.
Son of Barzillia Nash and Lavinia (Hicks) Nash; married 1872 to Susan
J. Libby.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 1st District, 1886, 1888; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1889; member of
New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1891-93; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New Hampshire, 1900,
1908;
trustee, Conway Savings Bank.
Member, Knights
of Pythias.
Burial
location unknown.
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William F. Nason (b. 1857) —
of Dover, Strafford
County, N.H.
Born in Sanford, York
County, Maine, November
22, 1857.
Son of Joseph T. Nason (1821-1884) and Susan E. (Frost) Nason
(1831-1893); fourth cousin once removed of Arthur
Leroy Nason.
Lawyer; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1886; mayor of
Dover, N.H., 1895-96.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Edward Nelson (1874-1955) —
also known as John E. Nelson —
of Waterville, Kennebec
County, Maine; Augusta, Kennebec
County, Maine.
Born in China, Kennebec
County, Maine, July 12,
1874.
Son of Edward White Nelson and Cassandra Marden (Worthing) Nelson;
married, July 14,
1900, to Margaret Heath Crosby; father of Charles
Pembroke Nelson.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Maine 3rd District, 1922-33; defeated, 1932.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Zeta
Psi; Phi
Beta Kappa; Rotary.
Died in Augusta, Kennebec
County, Maine, April 11,
1955 (age 80 years, 273
days).
Interment at Pine
Grove Cemetery, Waterville, Maine.
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William Henry Newell (1854-1934) —
also known as William H. Newell —
of Lewiston, Androscoggin
County, Maine.
Born in Durham, Androscoggin
County, Maine, April 16,
1854.
Son of William B. Newell and Susannah K. (Weeks) Newell.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Lewiston, Maine, 1891-93, 1898-99, 1921-22; president,
Manufacturers National Bank, 1902;
probate judge in Maine, 1905-09.
Died May 3,
1934 (age 80 years, 17
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Lewiston, Maine.
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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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Malcolm E. Nichols (1876-1951) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, May 8,
1876.
Son of Edwin T. Nichols and Helen J. G. (Pingree) Nichols; married,
December
16, 1915, to Edith M. Williams (died 1925).
Republican. Newspaper
reporter; lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1907-09; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1914, 1917-19; mayor of
Boston, Mass., 1926-29; defeated, 1933, 1937, 1941.
Swedenborgian.
English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., February
7, 1951 (age 74 years, 275
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Frank Mellen Nye (1852-1935) —
also known as Frank M. Nye —
of Clear Lake, Polk
County, Wis.; Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Shirley, Piscataquis
County, Maine, March 7,
1852.
Great-grandson of Bartlett
Nye; third cousin thrice removed of Hezekiah
Nye and Thomas
Nye; son of Franklin Nye and Eliza Mitchell (Loring) Nye;
married, March 27,
1876, to Carrie Maria Wilson.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1885; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 5th District, 1907-13; district
judge in Minnesota, 1920-32.
Died in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., November
29, 1935 (age 83 years, 267
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, River Falls, Wis.
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John Otis (1801-1857) —
of Hallowell, Kennebec
County, Maine.
Born in Maine, 1801.
Second cousin twice removed of Samuel
Alleyne Otis; third cousin once removed of Harrison
Gray Otis (1765-1848), Charles
Augustus Otis, Sr., George
Lorenzo Otis, John
Grant Otis and Charles
Eugene Otis; son of Oliver Otis (born 1768; parents were both
Otis) and Elizabeth (Stanchfield) Otis; fourth cousin of Oran
Gray Otis, Asa H.
Otis, David
Perry Otis and Harrison
Gray Otis (1837-1917); married 1831 to Harriet
Frances Vaughn; married, August
21, 1848, to Ellen Grant; third cousin of William
Shaw Chandler Otis, Harris
F. Otis and James
Otis.
Lawyer; member of Maine state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Maine 3rd District, 1849-51.
Died August
17, 1857 (age about 56
years).
Interment at Hallowell
Cemetery, Hallowell, Maine.
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Frank Lester Palmer (b. 1882) —
also known as Frank L. Palmer —
of Saco, York
County, Maine; Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Born in Westbrook, Cumberland
County, Maine, August
21, 1882.
Son of Frank Palmer and Roxa B. (Haines) Palmer; married, November
21, 1911, to Parle L. Bradbury.
Republican. Lawyer; banker; mayor of
Saco, Maine, 1912.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Frederic Hale Parkhurst (1864-1921) —
also known as Frederic H. Parkhurst —
of Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in Unity, Waldo
County, Maine, November
5, 1864.
Son of Jonathan Fuller Parkhurst and Susan (Haskell) Parkhurst;
married, September
21, 1887, to Marie J. Reid; married, June 1,
1911, to Dorothy Woodman.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1895-96, 1899-1902; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Maine, 1900;
Maine
Republican state chair, 1914-16; Governor of
Maine, 1921; died in office 1921.
Died January
31, 1921 (age 56 years, 87
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Gorham Parks (1794-1877) —
of Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in Westfield, Hampden
County, Mass., May 27,
1794.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Maine 7th District, 1833-37; candidate for
Governor
of Maine, 1837; U.S.
Attorney for Maine, 1843-45; U.S. Consul in Rio de Janeiro, 1845-49.
Died in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., November
23, 1877 (age 83 years, 180
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Virgil Delphini Parris (1807-1874) —
also known as Virgil D. Parris —
of Maine.
Born in Buckfield, Oxford
County, Maine, February
18, 1807.
Son of Josiah K. Parris and Experience (Lowden) Parris; first cousin
of Albion
Keith Parris; married, December
30, 1833, to Columbia Rawson.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Maine state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Maine, 1838-41 (2nd District 1838-39, 6th
District 1839-41).
Died in Paris, Oxford
County, Maine, June 13,
1874 (age 67 years, 115
days).
Interment at Old
Cemetery, Paris, Maine.
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William Robinson Pattangall (1865-1942) —
also known as William R. Pattangall —
of Waterville, Kennebec
County, Maine; Augusta, Kennebec
County, Maine.
Born in Pembroke, Washington
County, Maine, June 29,
1865.
Son of Ezra Lincoln Pattangall and Arethusa B. (Longfellow)
Pattangall; married, June 6,
1884, to Jean M. Johnson (died 1888); married, September
27, 1892, to Gertrude
McKenzie.
Lawyer; newspaper
editor; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1897, 1901, 1909-11; Democratic
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Maine, 1904 (4th District), 1913 (3rd
District), 1914 (3rd District); member of Maine
Democratic State Committee, 1905-07; mayor
of Waterville, Maine, 1911-13; Maine
state attorney general, 1911-12, 1915-16; Maine
Democratic state chair, 1916, 1919; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Maine, 1920,
1924;
Democratic candidate for Governor of
Maine, 1922, 1924; justice of
Maine state supreme court, 1926-30; appointed 1926; chief
justice of Maine state supreme court, 1930-35; appointed 1930;
resigned 1935; delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine,
1936;
president, Depositors Trust Co..
Unitarian.
Member, Beta
Theta Pi; Phi
Beta Kappa; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Died October
21, 1942 (age 77 years, 114
days).
Interment at Forest
Grove Cemetery, Augusta, Maine.
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John Andrew Peters (1864-1953) —
also known as John A. Peters —
of Ellsworth, Hancock
County, Maine.
Born in Ellsworth, Hancock
County, Maine, August
13, 1864.
Nephew of John
Andrew Peters (1822-1904); son of William B. Peters and Martha
Elizabeth (Chute) Peters; married, November
20, 1889, to Mary Frances Cushman.
Republican. Lawyer; municipal judge in Maine, 1896-98; member
of Maine
state house of representatives, 1909-13; Speaker of
the Maine State House of Representatives, 1913; U.S.
Representative from Maine 3rd District, 1913-22; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Maine, 1916;
U.S.
District Judge for Maine, 1922.
Congregationalist.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in 1953
(age about
88 years).
Interment at Woodbine
Cemetery, Ellsworth, Maine.
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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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Warren C. Philbrook (1857-1933) —
of Waterville, Kennebec
County, Maine.
Born in Sedgwick, Hancock
County, Maine, November
30, 1857.
Son of Luther Groves Philbrook and Angelia (Coffin) Philbrook;
married 1882
to Ada M. Foster.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1897-99; mayor
of Waterville, Maine, 1899-1900; Maine
state attorney general, 1909-10; justice of
Maine state supreme court, 1913-28.
Unitarian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died May 31,
1933 (age 75 years, 182
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Daniel Darwin Pratt (1813-1877) —
also known as Daniel D. Pratt —
of Logansport, Cass
County, Ind.
Born in Palermo, Waldo
County, Maine, October
24, 1813.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1847; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Indiana, 1848,
1856;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1850-53; member of Indiana
Republican State Central Committee, 1860; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Indiana, 1860,
1868
(alternate); served in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1869-75.
Unitarian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Logansport, Cass
County, Ind., April 17,
1877 (age 63 years, 175
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Logansport, Ind.
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