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David Augustus Boody (1837-1930) —
also known as David A. Boody; "Grand Old Man of
Brooklyn"; "Grand Old Man of Wall
Street" —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born, in a log
cabin built by his father, in Jackson, Waldo
County, Maine, August
13, 1837.
Son of David Boody and Lucretia Boody.
Democrat. Lawyer; banker;
stockbroker; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
New York, 1888;
U.S.
Representative from New York 2nd District, 1891; resigned 1891;
mayor
of Brooklyn, N.Y., 1892-93; defeated, 1893.
Presbyterian.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
20, 1930 (age 92 years, 160
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Ernest L. Morrill (d. 1936) —
of Saco, York
County, Maine.
Republican. Business executive; banker;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1916
(alternate), 1920.
Died in 1936.
Interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery, Saco, Maine.
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Henry Prince Starrett (b. 1885) —
also known as Henry P. Starrett —
of Thomaston, Knox
County, Maine; Dade City, Pasco
County, Fla.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., December
14, 1885.
Stenographer; U.S. Deputy Consul General in Havana, 1907-11; U.S. Consul in Cartagena, 1914; Fort William, 1916; Port Arthur, 1916; Mombasa, 1917; Adelaide, 1919-20; Batavia, 1922; Belfast, 1924-26; U.S. Consul General in Genoa, 1929.
Burial
location unknown.
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