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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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John Appleton (1815-1864) —
of Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Born in Beverly, Essex
County, Mass., February
11, 1815.
Son of John White Appleton (1780-1862) and Sophia (Williams) Appleton
(1786-1860).
Democrat. Lawyer;
newspaper editor; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Bolivia, 1848-49; U.S.
Representative from Maine 2nd District, 1851-53; U.S. Minister to
Russia, 1860-61.
Died in Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, August
22, 1864 (age 49 years, 193
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Portland, Maine.
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John Kendrick Bangs (1862-1922) —
of Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.; Ogunquit, Wells, York
County, Maine.
Born in Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y., May 27,
1862.
Son of Francis N. Bangs and Amelia Francis (Bull) Bangs.
Democrat. Magazine editor; author; playwright;
candidate for mayor of
Yonkers, N.Y., 1894; candidate in primary for U.S.
Representative from Maine 1st District, 1921.
Died, from intestinal
cancer, in City Hospital,
Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J., January
21, 1922 (age 59 years, 239
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Francis N. Bangs and Amelia Francis (Bull) Bangs; married, March 3,
1886, to Agnes Lawson Hyde; married, April 27,
1904, to Mary Blakeney Gray. |
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Frank Swett Black (1853-1913) —
also known as Frank S. Black —
of Troy, Rensselaer
County, N.Y.
Born near Limington, York
County, Maine, March 8,
1853.
Republican. Newspaper editor; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 19th District, 1895-97; resigned
1897; Governor of
New York, 1897-99; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New York, 1900,
1904.
Died in Troy, Rensselaer
County, N.Y., March 22,
1913 (age 60 years, 14
days).
Cremated.
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George Ellsworth Boomer (1862-1915) —
also known as George E. Boomer; "Uncle
Sam" —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.; Tacoma, Pierce
County, Wash.; Prosser, Benton
County, Wash.; Seattle, King
County, Wash.; Leavenworth, Chelan
County, Wash.; Bremerton, Kitsap
County, Wash.; Port Angeles, Clallam
County, Wash.
Born in Lewiston, Androscoggin
County, Maine, November
28, 1862.
Printer;
president,
Rhode Island Central Labor Union, 2 years; newspaper editor and
publisher; Socialist Labor candidate for Governor of
Rhode Island, 1893; Socialist candidate for Governor of
Washington, 1908; Socialist candidate for U.S.
Representative from Washington 2nd District, 1914.
Member, International
Typographical Union.
Died in Port Angeles, Clallam
County, Wash., April 5,
1915 (age 52 years, 128
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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James Brooks (1810-1873) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, November
10, 1810.
Newspaper publisher; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1835; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 16th District, 1848; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1849-53, 1863-66, 1867-73 (6th
District 1849-53, 8th District 1863-66, 1867-73, 6th District 1873);
died in office 1873; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1867.
Censured
by the House in 1873 for his role in the Credit Mobilier bribery
scandal.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 30,
1873 (age 62 years, 171
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Edwin Chick Burleigh (1843-1916) —
also known as Edwin C. Burleigh —
of Augusta, Kennebec
County, Maine.
Born in Linneus, Aroostook
County, Maine, November
27, 1843.
Son of Parker
B. Burleigh and Caroline Peabody (Chick) Burleigh.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; Maine state
treasurer, 1885-88; Governor of
Maine, 1889-93; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Maine, 1896;
U.S.
Representative from Maine 3rd District, 1897-1911; defeated,
1910; U.S.
Senator from Maine, 1913-16; died in office 1916.
Died in Augusta, Kennebec
County, Maine, June 16,
1916 (age 72 years, 202
days).
Interment at Forest
Grove Cemetery, Augusta, Maine.
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Edward Nelson Dingley (b. 1862) —
also known as Edward N. Dingley —
of Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo
County, Mich.
Born in Auburn, Androscoggin
County, Maine, August
21, 1862.
Republican. Newspaper editor; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Kalamazoo County 1st
District, 1899-1902; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Michigan, 1900;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 3rd District, 1912, 1914.
Burial
location unknown.
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Frederick Neal Dow (1840-1934) —
also known as Fred N. Dow —
of Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Born in Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, December
23, 1840.
Son of Neal
Dow.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; president, Portland Gas Light
Company; president, Portland Railroad
Company; delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1880,
1916,
1932;
U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1883-85, 1890-95; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1887-90; Speaker of
the Maine State House of Representatives, 1889-90.
Died November
27, 1934 (age 93 years, 339
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Roscoe C. Emery (b. 1886) —
of Eastport, Washington
County, Maine.
Born in Eastport, Washington
County, Maine, March 28,
1886.
Son of Oliver Emery and Josephine (Holmes) Emery.
Republican. School
principal; partner in Emery Bros. fish packing
firm; newspaper publisher; member of Maine
state senate 15th District, 1921-24; mayor
of Eastport, Maine, 1928-31, 1935-36.
Methodist.
Member, Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Rotary; Zeta Psi.
Burial
location unknown.
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Arthur Elbridge Forbes (b. 1862) —
also known as Arthur E. Forbes —
of South Paris, Paris, Oxford
County, Maine.
Born in Paris, Oxford
County, Maine, May 30,
1862.
Son of Elbridge Forbes and Angeline (Thayer) Forbes.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; printing
business; member of Maine
state house of representatives from Oxford County, 1919-22.
Universalist.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Ezra Bartlett French (1810-1880) —
also known as Ezra B. French —
of Damariscotta, Lincoln
County, Maine.
Born in Landaff, Grafton
County, N.H., September
23, 1810.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1838-40; member of Maine
state senate, 1842-45; secretary of
state of Maine, 1845-50; newspaper editor; U.S.
Representative from Maine 3rd District, 1859-61.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 24,
1880 (age 69 years, 214
days).
Interment at Hillside
Cemetery, Damariscotta, Maine.
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John Robert French (1819-1890) —
also known as John R. French —
of Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H.; Biddeford, York
County, Maine; Lake
County, Ohio; Edenton, Chowan
County, N.C.; Washington,
D.C.; Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.; Boise, Ada
County, Idaho.
Born in Gilmanton, Belknap
County, N.H., May 28,
1819.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1858-59; delegate to
North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1867; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 1st District, 1867-69;
Sergeant-at-Arms, U.S. Senate, 1869-79.
Died in Boise, Ada
County, Idaho, October
2, 1890 (age 71 years, 127
days).
Interment at Pioneer
Cemetery, Boise, Idaho.
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Anne Macomber Gannett (c.1883-1951) —
also known as Anne M. Gannett; Anne Johnson Macomber;
Mrs. Guy P. Gannett —
of Augusta, Kennebec
County, Maine; Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Born in Augusta, Kennebec
County, Maine, about 1883.
Daughter of George
E. Macomber and Sarah (Johnson) Macomber.
Republican. Member of Republican
National Committee from Maine, 1922-38; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Maine, 1940;
vice-president and treasurer, Guy P. Gannett newspapers.
Female.
Christian
Scientist.
Died in Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland
County, Maine, May 22,
1951 (age about 68
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Guy Patterson Gannett (1881-1954) —
also known as Guy P. Gannett —
of Augusta, Kennebec
County, Maine; Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Born in Augusta, Kennebec
County, Maine, November
27, 1881.
Son of William H. Gannett and Sarah N. (Hill) Gannett.
Republican. Publisher of newspapers and owner of radio
stations; delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine,
1916;
member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1917-18; member of Maine
state senate 7th District, 1919-20; member of Republican
National Committee from Maine, 1920-28.
Died, from a heart
ailment, in Doctors Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April 24,
1954 (age 72 years, 148
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Elihu Burritt Hayes (1848-1903) —
also known as Elihu B. Hayes —
of Lynn, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in West Lebanon, York
County, Maine, April 26,
1848.
Republican. Shoe
manufacturer; newspaper publisher; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives Eighteenth Essex District; mayor of
Lynn, Mass., 1892-93.
Died in Lynn, Essex
County, Mass., April 1,
1903 (age 54 years, 340
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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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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Freeman Tulley Knowles (1846-1910) —
also known as Freeman Knowles —
of Deadwood, Lawrence
County, S.Dak.
Born in Harmony, Somerset
County, Maine, October
10, 1846.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; newspaper
publisher; U.S.
Representative from South Dakota at-large, 1897-99.
Died in Deadwood, Lawrence
County, S.Dak., June 1,
1910 (age 63 years, 234
days).
Interment at Mt.
Moriah Cemetery, Deadwood, S.Dak.
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Patricia Helen LaMarche (b. 1960) —
also known as Pat LaMarche; Genny Judge —
of Bath, Sagadahoc
County, Maine; Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Born in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., November
26, 1960.
Daughter of Genevieve (Judge) LaMarche (1926-1998) and Paul Henri
LaMarche.
Radio talk
show host; Green Independent candidate for Governor of
Maine, 1998, 2006; Green candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 2004; newspaper columnist.
Female.
Irish
and French
Canadian ancestry.
Still living as of 2007.
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George Higgins Moses (1869-1944) —
also known as George H. Moses —
of Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H.
Born in Lubec, Washington
County, Maine, February
9, 1869.
Republican. Newspaper editor; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New Hampshire, 1908
(alternate), 1916,
1928,
1932,
1936,
1940,
1944;
U.S. Minister to Greece, 1909-12; Montenegro, 1909-12; U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1918-33; defeated, 1932.
Died in Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H., December
20, 1944 (age 75 years, 315
days).
Interment at Franklin
Cemetery, Franklin, N.H.
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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.
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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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.
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 O. Patten (d. 1899) —
of Bath, Sagadahoc
County, Maine.
Newspaper publisher; mayor of
Bath, Maine, 1851-52; member of Maine state legislature.
Died in Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz., 1899.
Burial
location unknown.
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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.
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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Robert Peet Skinner (1866-1960) —
also known as Robert P. Skinner —
of Massillon, Stark
County, Ohio.
Born in Massillon, Stark
County, Ohio, February
24, 1866.
Son of August T. Skinner and Cecelia (van Rensselaer) Skinner.
Newspaper editor and publisher; U.S. Consul in Marseille, 1897-1901; U.S. Consul General in Marseille, 1901-08; Hamburg, 1908-14; Berlin, 1914; London, 1914-24; U.S. Minister to Greece, 1926-32; Estonia, 1931-33; Latvia, 1931-33; Lithuania, 1931-33; U.S. Ambassador to Turkey, 1933-36.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Society for International Law.
Died in Belfast, Waldo
County, Maine, 1960
(age about
94 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Margaret Chase Smith (1897-1995) —
also known as Margaret Chase —
of Skowhegan, Somerset
County, Maine.
Born in Skowhegan, Somerset
County, Maine, December
14, 1897.
Daughter of George Emery Chase and Carrie (Murray) Chase.
Republican. School
teacher; business executive for Maine Telephone
& Telegraph
Co., for a country newspaper, and for the Cummings Woolen Co.;
member of Maine
Republican State Committee, 1930-36; U.S.
Representative from Maine 2nd District, 1940-49; U.S.
Senator from Maine, 1949-73; defeated, 1972; candidate for
Republican nomination for President, 1964.
Female.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1989.
Died May 29,
1995 (age 97 years, 166
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Margaret
Chase Smith Library, Skowhegan, 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.
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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John Leavitt Stevens (1820-1895) —
also known as John L. Stevens —
of Augusta, Kennebec
County, Maine.
Born in Mt. Vernon, Kennebec
County, Maine, August 1,
1820.
Republican. Newspaper editor; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Maine, 1860;
U.S. Minister to Uruguay, 1870-73; Paraguay, 1870-73; Sweden, 1877-83; Hawaiian Islands, 1889-93.
Died in Augusta, Kennebec
County, Maine, February
8, 1895 (age 74 years, 191
days).
Interment somewhere
in Augusta, Maine.
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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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Charles Elmer Waterman (b. 1858) —
also known as Charles E. Waterman —
of Mechanic Falls, Androscoggin
County, Maine.
Born March 2,
1858.
Son of Samuel Brown Waterman (1825-1910) and Sarah Abbie (Millett)
Waterman (1834-1903).
Socialist. Newspaper reporter; newspaper editor;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Maine 2nd District, 1904.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married, January
1, 1882, to Clara Elizabeth Garland (1847-1930). |
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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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James Russell Wiggins (1903-2000) —
also known as J. Russell Wiggins —
Born in Luverne, Rock
County, Minn., December
4, 1903.
Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; U.S.
Representative to United Nations, 1968-69.
Member, Freemasons.
Managing editor of the Washington Post newspaper, 1947-66.
Died in Brooklin, Hancock
County, Maine, November
19, 2000 (age 96 years, 351
days).
Interment at Rural
Cemetery, Sedgwick, Maine.
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Amos Parker Wilder (1863-1936) —
Born in Calais, Washington
County, Maine, 1863.
Newspaper editor; U.S. Consul General in Hong Kong, 1906-09; Shanghai, 1909-14.
Died in 1936
(age about
73 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Father of Thornton Wilder (playwright). |
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