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George L. Record (c.1859-1933) —
of Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J.
Born in Auburn, Androscoggin
County, Maine, about 1859.
Lawyer; Republican candidate for New Jersey
state senate, 1901; Republican candidate for New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1908; Republican candidate for U.S.
Representative from New Jersey, 1910; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New Jersey, 1912;
Presidential Elector for New Jersey, 1916;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1918 (Republican primary), 1924
(Progressive).
Died, from a cerebral
hemorrhage, in State Street Hospital,
Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, September
27, 1933 (age about 74
years).
Interment at Bayview
- New York Bay Cemetery, Jersey City, N.J.
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Fulton Jarvis Redman (b. 1885) —
also known as Fulton J. Redman —
of Ellsworth, Hancock
County, Maine; Bar Harbor, Hancock
County, Maine.
Born in Ellsworth, Hancock
County, Maine, March 12,
1885.
Son of Erastus Fulton Redman and Julia (Jarvis) Redman; married, April 14,
1914, to Florence E. Murphy.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1916-17; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Maine, 1924,
1940;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Maine, 1924, 1926, 1942; candidate for Governor of
Maine, 1940; president, Maine Publishing Corp., publishers of
Portland Evening News newspaper;
director, Maine Broadcasting
System, Inc.
Congregationalist.
Member, Psi
Upsilon.
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas Brackett Reed (1839-1902) —
also known as Thomas B. Reed; "Reed the Lion
Hearted" —
of Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Born in Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, October
18, 1839.
Son of Thomas Brackett Reed .
Republican. Lawyer; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1868-69; member of Maine
state senate, 1870; Maine
state attorney general, 1870-72; U.S.
Representative from Maine, 1877-99 (1st District 1877-83,
at-large 1883-85, 1st District 1885-99); resigned 1899; Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1889-91, 1895-99; candidate for Republican
nomination for President, 1896.
Died December
7, 1902 (age 63 years, 50
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Portland, Maine.
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Edward Clayton Reynolds (b. 1856) —
also known as Edward C. Reynolds —
of South Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Born in Braintree, Norfolk
County, Mass., November
15, 1856.
Republican. Lawyer; Cumberland
County Register of Probate, 1889-97; member of Maine
state senate, 1897-99; mayor
of South Portland, Maine, 1899-1900.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Knights
of Pythias.
Burial
location unknown.
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Alfred P. Richards (c.1886-1948) —
of Plymouth, Plymouth
County, Mass.
Born in Rockport, Knox
County, Maine, about 1886.
Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1919-23.
Died in Plymouth, Plymouth
County, Mass., March 18,
1948 (age about 62
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Horace Denver Ridlon (b. 1876) —
also known as Horace D. Ridlon —
of Corinna, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in Newport, Penobscot
County, Maine, February
24, 1876.
Son of Stillman J. Ridlon and Nellie A. (Quimby) Ridlon.
Republican. Lawyer; superintendent
of schools; member of Maine
state house of representatives from Penobscot County, 1919-20.
Member, Freemasons;
Grange.
Burial
location unknown.
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Ernest William Roberts (1858-1924) —
also known as Ernest W. Roberts —
of Chelsea, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in East Madison, Somerset
County, Maine, November
22, 1858.
Son of Orin P. Roberts and Eliza V. Roberts; married, November
13, 1881, to Nella Lue Allen; married, February
2, 1898, to Sara M. Weeks.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1894-96; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1897-98; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1899-1917 (7th District
1899-1913, 9th District 1913-17); defeated, 1916.
Died in 1924
(age about
65 years).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Everett, Mass.
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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; married, June 1,
1871, to Minnie Pineo; married, December
11, 1884, to Martha Dresser.
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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William Rocheleau, Jr. (1925-2000) —
of Lewiston, Androscoggin
County, Maine.
Born May 31,
1925.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; mayor
of Lewiston, Maine, 1967-68.
Catholic.
Owner of Maine Nordiques professional hockey
team, and president of American Hockey
League.
Died at Oullette Adult
Foster Home, Auburn, Androscoggin
County, Maine, February
19, 2000 (age 74 years, 264
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Ruggles (1789-1874) —
of Thomaston, Knox
County, Maine.
Born in Westborough, Worcester
County, Mass., October
8, 1789.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1823-31; Speaker of
the Maine State House of Representatives, 1825-29, 1831; state
court judge in Maine, 1831-34; U.S.
Senator from Maine, 1835-41.
Died in Thomaston, Knox
County, Maine, June 20,
1874 (age 84 years, 255
days).
Interment at Elm
Grove Cemetery, Thomaston, Maine.
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Albert Russell Savage (1847-1917) —
also known as Albert R. Savage —
of Auburn, Androscoggin
County, Maine.
Born in Ryegate, Caledonia
County, Vt., December
8, 1847.
Son of Charles W. Savage and Eliza M. (Clough) Savage; married, August
17, 1871, to Nellie H. Hale.
Republican. Lawyer; probate judge in Maine, 1885-89; mayor of
Auburn, Maine, 1889-92; Speaker of
the Maine State House of Representatives, 1893; justice of
Maine state supreme court, 1897-1913; appointed 1897; chief
justice of Maine state supreme court, 1913-17; died in office
1917.
Died June 13,
1917 (age 69 years, 187
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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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; married, September
14, 1893, to Camilla Loyall Ashe; father of Camilla Loyall Ashe
Sewall (who married Walter
Evans Edge).
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, Bath, Maine.
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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.
Married to May Harding.
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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Henry Newton Sheldon (1843-1926) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Waterville, Kennebec
County, Maine, June 28,
1843.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
superior court judge in Massachusetts, 1894-1905; justice of
Massachusetts state supreme court, 1905-15.
Died January
14, 1926 (age 82 years, 200
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Ether Shepley (1789-1877) —
of Saco, York
County, Maine.
Born in Groton, Middlesex
County, Mass., November
2, 1789.
Father of George
Foster Shepley.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1819; delegate to
Maine state constitutional convention, 1820; U.S.
Attorney for Maine, 1820-33; U.S.
Senator from Maine, 1833-36; justice of
Maine state supreme court, 1836-48; chief
justice of Maine state supreme court, 1848-55.
Died in 1877
(age about
87 years).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Portland, Maine.
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George Foster Shepley (1819-1878) —
also known as George F. Shepley —
of Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Born in Saco, York
County, Maine, January
1, 1819.
Son of Ether
Shepley.
Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Maine, 1848-49, 1853-61; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Maine, 1860;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War; mayor
of New Orleans, La., 1862; Governor of
Louisiana; delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine,
1868.
Episcopalian.
Died in Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, July 20,
1878 (age 59 years, 200
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Portland, Maine.
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William Bertram Skelton (1871-1964) —
also known as William B. Skelton —
of Lewiston, Androscoggin
County, Maine.
Born August 9,
1871.
Father of Harold
Newell Skelton.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Lewiston, Maine, 1903-05; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Maine 2nd District, 1912.
Died February
1, 1964 (age 92 years, 176
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Lewiston, Maine.
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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;
married, June 1,
1881, to Nellie Copeland.
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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Albert Moore Spear (1852-1929) —
also known as Albert M. Spear —
of Gardiner, Kennebec
County, Maine.
Born in Madison, Somerset
County, Maine, March 17,
1852.
Son of Andrew P. Spear and Alice P. (Moore) Spear; married, July 6,
1875, to Helen Frances Andrews.
Republican. School teacher
and principal; lawyer; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1883-85; mayor
of Gardiner, Maine, 1889-92; member of Maine
state senate, 1891-93; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Maine, 1900;
justice
of Maine state supreme court, 1902-16, 1917-23.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died January
31, 1929 (age 76 years, 320
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Stetson (1801-1883) —
of Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in New Ipswich, Hillsborough
County, N.H., November
2, 1801.
Brother of Isaiah
Stetson; grandfather of Charles
Stetson Wilson.
Democrat. Lawyer; municipal judge in Maine, 1834-39; member of
Maine
Governor's Council, 1845-48; U.S.
Representative from Maine 6th District, 1849-51.
Died in Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, March 27,
1883 (age 81 years, 145
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Bangor, Maine.
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John Philip Swasey (1839-1928) —
also known as John P. Swasey —
of Canton, Oxford
County, Maine.
Born in Canton, Oxford
County, Maine, September
4, 1839.
Son of Dr. Benjamin K. Swasey and Mary Davis (Perley) Swasey;
married, March 4,
1862, to Mary A. Thorne.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1874; member of Maine
state senate, 1875-76; member of Maine
Governor's Council, 1883-84; U.S.
Representative from Maine 2nd District, 1908-11; defeated, 1910.
Universalist.
Member, Zeta Psi.
Died in Canton, Oxford
County, Maine, May 27,
1928 (age 88 years, 266
days).
Interment at Pine
Grove Cemetery, Canton, Maine.
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Walter Moore Tapley, Jr. (1898-1971) —
also known as Walter M. Tapley, Jr. —
of Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Born in Rockland, Knox
County, Maine, July 2,
1898.
Son of Walter Moore Tapley and Katie I. (Nixon) Tapley; married, November
24, 1921, to Olive W. Barker.
Republican. Lawyer; justice of
Maine state supreme court, 1954-69.
Member, American
Judicature Society.
Died in November, 1971
(age 73
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Sidney St. Felix Thaxter (1883-1958) —
of Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Born March 4,
1883.
Son of Sidney Warren Thaxter and Julia St. Felix (Thom) Thaxter;
married, June 25,
1913, to Marie Phyllis Schuyler; father of Sidney
Warren Thaxter (1914?-).
Republican. Lawyer; superior court judge in Maine, 1930; justice of
Maine state supreme court, 1930-54; resigned 1954; director,
National Bank of
Commerce of Portland; director, Maine General Hospital.
Episcopalian.
Died in 1958
(age about
75 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Widgery Thomas, Jr. (1839-1927) —
also known as William W. Thomas, Jr. —
of Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Born in Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, August
26, 1839.
Son of William Widgery Thomas and Elizabeth White (Goddard) Thomas;
married, October
11, 1887, to Dagmar Törnebladh; married, June 2,
1915, to Mrs. Aina Törnebladh.
Republican. Lawyer; brought Swedish colonists to northern
Maine, 1870, founding community of New Sweden; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1873-75; Speaker of
the Maine State House of Representatives, 1874-75; member of Maine
state senate, 1879; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Maine, 1880;
U.S. Minister to Sweden, 1883-85, 1889-94, 1898-1905.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in 1927
(age about
87 years).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Portland, Maine.
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Edwin Maynard Thompson (b. 1868) —
also known as E. Maynard Thompson —
of Augusta, Kennebec
County, Maine.
Born in Union, Knox
County, Maine, December
9, 1868.
Son of Edwin L. Thompson and Margaret A. Thompson; married, July 2,
1906, to Ella P. Reid.
Lawyer; clerk of the Maine House of Representatives, 1905-09;
Progressive candidate for U.S.
Representative from Maine 3rd District, 1914.
Universalist.
Burial
location unknown.
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Samuel Royal Thurston (1816-1851) —
of Oregon.
Born in Monmouth, Kennebec
County, Maine, April 15,
1816.
Lawyer; newspaper
editor; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Oregon Territory, 1849-51.
Died aboard
the steamer California, in the North
Pacific Ocean, April 9,
1851 (age 34 years, 359
days).
Original interment somewhere
in Acapulco de Juárez, Guerrero; reinterment in 1853 at Pioneer
Cemetery, Salem, Ore.
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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; married,
June
17, 1913, to Ragnhild L. Iversen; father of Sigrid
E. 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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Herbert Walter Trafton (b. 1864) —
also known as Herbert W. Trafton —
of Fort Fairfield, Aroostook
County, Maine; Augusta, Kennebec
County, Maine.
Born in Fort Fairfield, Aroostook
County, Maine, May 26,
1864.
Son of John B. Trafton and Sarah J. (Staples) Trafton; married, August
24, 1891, to Kate P. Winslow.
Democrat. Lawyer; director, Fort Fairfield National Bank, 1903;
member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1911-15; Speaker of
the Maine State House of Representatives, 1915; alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maine, 1912.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Earle Stanley Tyler (b. 1896) —
also known as Earle S. Tyler —
of Watertown, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Cherryfield, Washington
County, Maine, December
18, 1896.
Son of Samuel H. Tyler and Ida P. (Grant) Tyler; married, June 30,
1925, to Elizabeth Parker.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1945-48; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1956.
Baptist.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Elmer H. Violette (c.1921-2000) —
of Maine.
Born in Van Buren, Aroostook
County, Maine, about 1921.
Father of Paul
Violette.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Maine
state house of representatives; elected 1942, 1946; served in the
U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; member of Maine
state senate; elected 1964, 1968; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Maine, 1966; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Maine 2nd District, 1972; superior court
judge in Maine, 1973-81; justice of
Maine state supreme court, 1981-86.
Injured in an automobile
accident and died ten days later, in Cary Medical
Center, Caribou, Aroostook
County, Maine, June 18,
2000 (age about 79
years).
Interment somewhere
in Van Buren, Maine.
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Lafayette Balch Waldron (b. 1854) —
also known as L. B. Waldron —
of Dexter, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in Buckfield, Oxford
County, Maine, April 9,
1854.
Son of James N. Waldron and Sarah (Hanson) Waldron; married, April 21,
1898, to Gertrude Chase.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1907; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Maine, 1912.
Universalist.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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William H. Waterhouse —
of Old Town, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor of
Old Town, Maine, 1905, 1917-18; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Maine, 1924.
Burial
location unknown.
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Artemus Weatherbee (b. 1869) —
of Lincoln, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born November
26, 1869.
Son of Albert Weatherbee and Lucinda Weatherbee.
Republican. Lawyer; president, Lincoln Trust
Company; member of Maine
state house of representatives from Penobscot County, 1919-20;
member of Maine
state senate 10th District, 1931-32.
Burial
location unknown.
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Lindley Murray Webb (b. 1849) —
of Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Born in Windham, Cumberland
County, Maine, March 7,
1849.
Son of John Webb and Martha M. (Mayberry) Webb; married, September
15, 1874, to Clara L. Cobb.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1878.
Baptist.
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; married,
April
18, 1905, to Edith H. Hayes.
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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Edward Warren Wheeler (b. 1876) —
also known as Edward W. Wheeler —
of Brunswick, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Born in Brunswick, Cumberland
County, Maine, April 12,
1876.
Son of Henry W. Wheeler and Mary D. (Adams) Wheeler.
Republican. Lawyer; director, Maine Central Railroad
Co. and Bridgeton & Saco River Railroad
Co.; director, Ricker Hotel
Co.; president, Pejepscot National Bank;
trustee, Topsham & Brunswick Savings Bank;
member of Maine
state senate, 1909-10; member of Maine
Governor's Council, 1913-14; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Maine, 1920.
Unitarian.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias.
Burial
location unknown.
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Wallace Humphrey White, Jr. (1877-1952) —
also known as Wallace H. White, Jr. —
of Lewiston, Androscoggin
County, Maine; Auburn, Androscoggin
County, Maine.
Born in Lewiston, Androscoggin
County, Maine, August 6,
1877.
Grandson of William
Pierce Frye; son of Wallace H. White.
Republican. Lawyer; private secretary to U.S. Sen. William
P. Frye; U.S.
Representative from Maine 2nd District, 1917-31; U.S.
Senator from Maine, 1931-49; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Maine, 1944.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died March 31,
1952 (age 74 years, 238
days).
Interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Auburn, Maine.
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William Widgery (c.1753-1822) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Devon, England,
about 1753.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1787-93, 1795-97; delegate to
Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1788; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1794; member of Massachusetts
Governor's Council, 1806-07; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 15th District, 1811-13; common
pleas court judge in Massachusetts, 1813-21.
Died in Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, July 31,
1822 (age about 69
years).
Interment at Eastern
Cemetery, Portland, Maine.
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John H. Williamson (b. 1859) —
of Madison, Lake
County, S.Dak.
Born in Starks, Somerset
County, Maine, July 30,
1859.
Married, June 9,
1891, to Stella Storms.
Republican. Lawyer; Lake
County Judge, 1893-96; member of South
Dakota state senate 16th District, 1901-04; President
pro tempore of the South Dakota State Senate, 1903-04.
Burial
location unknown.
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Emery Graves Wilson (b. 1874) —
also known as Emery G. Wilson —
of Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Born in Harpswell, Cumberland
County, Maine, July 15,
1874.
Son of John Wilson and Mary Given (Skolfield) Wilson; married, June 23,
1898, to Emma Hambleton.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Maine
state house of representatives from Cumberland County, 1917-20.
Congregationalist.
Burial
location unknown.
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Scott Wilson (1870-1942) —
of Woodfords, Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Born in Falmouth, Cumberland
County, Maine, January
11, 1870.
Son of Nathaniel Baker Wilson and Loemma Pearson (Leighton) Wilson;
married, December
24, 1895, to Elizabeth M. Bodge.
Republican. Lawyer; Maine
state attorney general, 1913-14; justice of
Maine state supreme court, 1918-25; chief
justice of Maine state supreme court, 1925-29; resigned 1929; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit, 1929-40.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died October
22, 1942 (age 72 years, 284
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Quinby Wood (b. 1867) —
also known as John Q. Wood —
of Bucksport, Hancock
County, Maine.
Born in Bucksport, Hancock
County, Maine, June 24,
1867.
Son of Frederick Wood and Mary (Farnham) Wood; married 1901 to Harriet
Goddard.
College
professor; lawyer; U.S. Vice Consul in Milan, 1909-10; U.S. Consul in Venice, 1910; Tripoli, 1910-13; Chemnitz, 1914-17; Marseille, 1917; SAINT Michaels, 1917-19; Tiflis, 1919; Le Havre, 1919; Frankfort, 1921-22; Veracruz, 1922-26; Messina, 1929; Strasbourg, 1932; U.S. Consul General in Addis Ababa, 1913-14.
Congregationalist.
Member, Alpha
Delta Phi.
Burial
location unknown.
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