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Norman Leslie Bassett (b. 1869) —
also known as Norman L. Bassett —
of Augusta, Kennebec
County, Maine.
Born in Winslow, Kennebec
County, Maine, June 23,
1869.
Son of Josiah W. Bassett and Susan (Cornish) Bassett.
Republican. Lawyer;
president, Augusta Savings Bank;
director, Boston and Maine Railroad, 1915-25; justice of
Maine state supreme court, 1925-32.
Unitarian.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Rotary; American Bar
Association.
Burial
location unknown.
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Flavius Orlando Beal (1841-1922) —
also known as Flavius O. Beal —
of Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in Monmouth, Kennebec
County, Maine, June 2,
1841.
Son of Samuel Beal and Maria A. (Warren) Beal.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; worked in
Maine Central Railway, 1862-74; hotelier;
mayor
of Bangor, Maine, 1892-94, 1896-98, 1903-04, 1913; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1899-1903; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Maine, 1900.
Unitarian.
Died in Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, January
13, 1922 (age 80 years, 225
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Bangor, Maine.
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Frederic Eleazer Boothby (b. 1845) —
also known as Frederic E. Boothby —
of Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Born in Norway, Oxford
County, Maine, December
3, 1845.
Son of Levi Thompson Boothby and Sophia Packard (Brett) Boothby.
Republican. Official in various capacities for Maine Central
Railroad; mayor
of Portland, Maine, 1901-03; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Maine, 1904.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Burial
location unknown.
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Wingate Franklin Cram (1877-1952) —
also known as Wingate F. Cram —
of Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, December
4, 1877.
Son of Franklin Webster Cram and Martha Cook (Wingate) Cram.
Republican. President, Bangor & Aroostook Railroad; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1932.
Died in Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, October
4, 1952 (age 74 years, 305
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Bangor, Maine.
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Frederic Danforth (b. 1848) —
of Gardiner, Kennebec
County, Maine.
Born in Gardiner, Kennebec
County, Maine, February
8, 1848.
Son of Charles Danforth and Julia S. Danforth.
Republican. Civil
engineer; worked on many railroads; member, Maine Board of
Railway Commissioners, 1894-1900; mayor
of Gardiner, Maine, 1901-02.
Congregationalist.
Member, Ancient
Order of United Workmen.
Burial
location unknown.
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William L. Doige (b. 1887) —
of Chateaugay, Franklin
County, N.Y.
Born in Lewiston, Androscoggin
County, Maine, March 9,
1887.
Republican. Railroad work; real estate
business; merchant;
member of New York
state assembly from Franklin County, 1939-50.
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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Ernest Edwin Finnimore (b. 1875) —
also known as Ernest E. Finnimore —
of Waterville, Kennebec
County, Maine.
Born in Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, November
1, 1875.
Son of Robert Finnimore and Margaret (Morris) Finnimore.
Democrat. Supervisor, blacksmith department, Maine Central
Railroad; mayor
of Waterville, Maine, 1920-21.
Episcopalian.
Member, Kiwanis;
Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Louis Bertrand Goodall (1851-1935) —
also known as Louis B. Goodall —
of Sanford, York
County, Maine.
Born in Winchester, Cheshire
County, N.H., September
23, 1851.
Son of Thomas Goodall and Ruth (Waterhouse) Goodall.
Republican. Woollen
manufacturer; officer of railroads and power
companies; president, Sanford National Bank; U.S.
Representative from Maine 1st District, 1917-21.
Unitarian.
Died in Sanford, York
County, Maine, June 26,
1935 (age 83 years, 276
days).
Interment at Oakdale
Cemetery, Sanford, Maine.
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Arthur Robinson Gould (1857-1946) —
also known as Arthur R. Gould —
of Presque Isle, Aroostook
County, Maine.
Born in East Corinth, Penobscot
County, Maine, March 16,
1857.
Republican. President of the Aroostook Valley Railroad,
1902-46; member of Maine
state senate 16th District, 1921-22; U.S.
Senator from Maine, 1926-31.
Died in Presque Isle, Aroostook
County, Maine, July 24,
1946 (age 89 years, 130
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Bangor, Maine.
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Horace Wesley Greeley (b. 1857) —
also known as Horace W. Greeley —
of Oakland, Kennebec
County, Maine.
Born in Mt. Vernon, Kennebec
County, Maine, December
30, 1857.
Son of John W. Greeley (born 1827) and Martha (Bartlett) Greeley
(born 1827).
Republican. Auditor and paymaster of Somerset Railroad; merchant;
banker;
member of Maine
state house of representatives from Kennebec County, 1919-20.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Burial
location unknown.
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James Henry Howe (1827-1893) —
also known as James H. Howe —
of Green Bay, Brown
County, Wis.
Born in Turner, Androscoggin
County, Maine, December
5, 1827.
Son of Addison Goodale Howe and Mary Turner (Torrey) Howe.
Republican. Lawyer; Wisconsin
state attorney general, 1860-62; colonel in the Union Army during
the Civil War; General Solicitor and General Manager, North Western
Railroad; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, 1873.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., January
4, 1893 (age 65 years, 30
days).
Interment somewhere
in Kenosha, Wis.
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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.
Son of Abner Chace Libby and Lucy Spofford (Felt) Libby.
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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George E. Macomber (b. 1853) —
of Augusta, Kennebec
County, Maine.
Born in Augusta, Kennebec
County, Maine, June 6,
1853.
Son of George W. Macomber and Hannah L. (Kalloch) Macomber.
Republican. Banker; mayor of
Augusta, Maine, 1886-88; built first
electric railway in Maine, 1890; member of Maine
state house of representatives; member of Maine
state senate.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Jonathan Norcross (1808-1898) —
of Atlanta, DeKalb County (now Fulton
County), Ga.
Born in Orono, Penobscot
County, Maine, 1808.
Republican. Dry goods
merchant; sawmill
operator; mayor of
Atlanta, Ga., 1851-52; president, Georgia Air Line
Railway; candidate for Governor of
Georgia, 1876.
Died in 1898
(age about
90 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Arthur Sewall (1835-1900) —
of Bath, Sagadahoc
County, Maine.
Born in Bath, Sagadahoc
County, Maine, November
25, 1835.
Democrat. Shipbuilder;
part owner of the Bath Iron Works;
president, Maine Central Railroad; director for other
railroads; president, Bath National Bank;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maine, 1876,
1888;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Maine, 1888-96; candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1896.
Swedenborgian.
Suffered a stroke of
apoplexy and died three days later, in Small Point, Sagadahoc
County, Maine, September
5, 1900 (age 64 years, 284
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Bath, Maine.
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Sumner Wallace (1856-1920) —
of Rochester, Strafford
County, N.H.
Born in Berwick, York
County, Maine, March 7,
1856.
Son of Ebenezer Gowell Wallace and Sarah Esther (Greenfield) Wallace.
Republican. Shoe
manufacturer; director of banks,
railroads, and electric
utilities; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1885; member of New
Hampshire Governor's Council, 1899-1900; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New Hampshire, 1904;
Presidential Elector for New Hampshire, 1908.
Member, Theta
Delta Chi; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died, of a cerebral
hemorrhage, in Lake Wales, Polk
County, Fla., January
11, 1920 (age 63 years, 310
days).
Interment at Rochester
Cemetery, Rochester, N.H.
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William Drew Washburn (1831-1912) —
also known as William D. Washburn —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Livermore, Androscoggin
County, Maine, January
14, 1831.
Son of Israel
Washburn and Martha (Benjamin) Washburn (1792-1861).
Republican. Surveyor General of Minnesota, 1861; miller; lumber
business; railroad promoter; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives 5th District, 1871; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota, 1879-85 (3rd District 1879-83, 4th
District 1883-85); U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1889-95.
Universalist.
Died in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., July 29,
1912 (age 81 years, 197
days).
Interment at Lakewood
Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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Daniel Wells, Jr. (1808-1902) —
of Wisconsin.
Born in West Waterville (now Oakland), Kennebec
County, Maine, July 16,
1808.
Democrat. Probate judge in Wisconsin, 1838; member
Wisconsin territorial council, 1838-40; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 1st District, 1853-57.
President of three railroads.
Died in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., March 18,
1902 (age 93 years, 245
days).
Interment at Forest
Home Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wis.
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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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