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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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Edward W. Buckley (b. 1877) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Lewiston, Androscoggin
County, Maine, October
14, 1877.
Democrat. Printing executive; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 28th District, 1907-08.
Member, Typographical
Unon; Knights
of Columbus; Royal
Arcanum.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Francis Curran (b. 1863) —
also known as William F. Curran —
of Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in Brewer, Penobscot
County, Maine, June 27,
1863.
Son of Michael Curran and Julia (O'Connell) Curran.
Democrat. Printer; insurance
and real
estate business; postmaster;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maine, 1924.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Henry Dooley (b. 1869) —
also known as John H. Dooley —
of Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Born in Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, December
20, 1869.
Son of Peter Dooley and Catherine (McHugh) Dooley.
Democrat. Printer; treasurer of
Maine Democratic Party, 1928; Maine
Democratic state chair, 1930-31.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Kiwanis.
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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Hannibal Hamlin (1809-1891) —
of Hampden, Penobscot
County, Maine; Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in Paris, Oxford
County, Maine, August
27, 1809.
Republican. Farmer; surveyor;
compositor; lawyer;
member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1836-41, 1847; Speaker of
the Maine State House of Representatives, 1837, 1839-40; U.S.
Representative from Maine 6th District, 1843-47; U.S.
Senator from Maine, 1848-57, 1857-61, 1869-81; Governor of
Maine, 1857; Vice
President of the United States, 1861-65; candidate for Republican
nomination for Vice President, 1864,
1868;
U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1865-66; U.S. Minister to Spain, 1881-82.
Died in Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, July 4,
1891 (age 81 years, 311
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Bangor, Maine.
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Alton T. Roberts (b. 1880) —
of Marquette, Marquette
County, Mich.
Born in Stockton, Waldo
County, Maine, March 9,
1880.
Republican. Real estate
business; publishing business; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1912
(alternate), 1924;
member of Michigan
state senate 31st District, 1915-18.
Burial
location unknown.
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