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Charles S. Adams (b. 1856) —
of Searsmont, Waldo
County, Maine; Liberty, Waldo
County, Maine.
Born in Searsmont, Waldo
County, Maine, November
21, 1856.
Son of John Adams and Nancy (Prescott) Adams.
Republican. Farmer; lumber mill
owner; superintendent of schools; member of Maine
state house of representatives from Waldo County, 1919-20.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Adams and Nancy (Prescott) Adams; married, October
20, 1884, to Sarah J. Pearson; married, June 4,
1919, to Harriet Gilman. |
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William Joseph Audibert (b. 1879) —
also known as William J. Audibert —
of Fort Kent, Aroostook
County, Maine.
Born in Fort Kent, Aroostook
County, Maine, July 21,
1879.
Son of Joseph L. Audibert and Elizabeth (Michaud) Audibert.
Democrat. School teacher; lumber
business; potato
grower; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1919-22, 1931-32 (Aroostook
County 1919-22, Aroostook County (13th) 1931-32).
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus.
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Putnam Barnes (1869-1951) —
also known as Charles P. Barnes —
of Norway, Oxford
County, Maine; Houlton, Aroostook
County, Maine.
Born in Houlton, Aroostook
County, Maine, October
12, 1869.
Son of Isa A. (Putnam) Barnes (1838-1916) and Francis Barnes
(1840-1893).
Republican. School principal; superintendent of
schools; lawyer; Oxford
County Attorney, 1904-09; member of Maine
state house of representatives from Aroostook County, 1917-22; Speaker of
the Maine State House of Representatives, 1921-22; justice of
Maine state supreme court, 1924-39; chief
justice of Maine state supreme court, 1939-40; resigned 1940.
Baptist.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; American Bar
Association; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died in Houlton, Aroostook
County, Maine, December
14, 1951 (age 82 years, 63
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Houlton, Maine.
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Whiting L. Butler (b. 1860) —
of Farmington, Franklin
County, Maine.
Born in Phillips, Franklin
County, Maine, April 12,
1860.
Son of Benjamin Butler and Susan (Badger) Butler.
Republican. Lumber
business; superintendent of schools; member of Maine
state senate 5th District, 1919-20.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles H. Butterfield (b. 1834) —
of Evansville, Vanderburgh
County, Ind.
Born in Farmington, Franklin
County, Maine, May 17,
1834.
Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
superintendent of schools; criminal court judge in Indiana,
1869-71; mayor
of Evansville, Ind., 1872-74.
Burial
location unknown.
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Arthur Chapman (b. 1873) —
of Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine; South Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Born in Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, August 6,
1873.
Son of Albion Keith Parris Chapman and Elizabeth Maria (Foss)
Chapman.
School teacher; lawyer;
superior court judge in Maine, 1925-42; justice of
Maine state supreme court, 1942-45; resigned 1945.
Member, Theta
Delta Chi; Freemasons;
Rotary.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married, May 23,
1905, to Agnes Sleeth Fairbrother. |
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Luther B. Chapman (b. 1849) —
of Windham, Windham
County, Vt.
Born in Bethel, Oxford
County, Maine, 1849.
Republican. Insurance
and real
estate business; farmer;
superintendent of schools; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Windham, 1898, 1910.
Congregationalist.
Burial
location unknown.
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Herbert Augustus Clark (b. 1873) —
also known as Herbert A. Clark —
of Jefferson, Lincoln
County, Maine.
Born in Jefferson, Lincoln
County, Maine, December
17, 1873.
Son of George Washington Clark and Angeline (Whittier) Clark.
Republican. School teacher; farmer; grocer; grain dealer;
member of Maine
state senate 11th District, 1921-24.
Baptist.
Member, Grange; Odd
Fellows; Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Wiley C. Conary (b. 1880) —
of Bucksport, Hancock
County, Maine.
Born in Blue Hill, Hancock
County, Maine, December
28, 1880.
Son of Albert R. Conary and Joanna S. (Candage) Conary.
Republican. Superintendent of schools; lawyer; Hancock
County Attorney, 1909-10; member of Maine
state house of representatives from Hancock County, 1917-20.
Congregationalist.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Grange.
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Alvah Corliss (b. 1860) —
also known as Charles A. Corliss —
of Bath, Sagadahoc
County, Maine.
Born in Bath, Sagadahoc
County, Maine, May 8,
1860.
Son of William E. Corliss and Merinda (Howard) Corliss.
Democrat. School teacher; civil
engineer; member of Maine
state house of representatives from Sagadahoc County, 1919-20.
Universalist.
Burial
location unknown.
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Frank Irving Cowan (b. 1888) —
also known as Frank I. Cowan —
of Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Born in Palmyra, Somerset
County, Maine, May 20,
1888.
Son of Lewville A. Cowan and Fannie Evelyn (Woodworth) Cowan.
Republican. School teacher; lawyer;
president, State Mutual Fire
Insurance Co., 1935-40; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1939-40; Maine
state attorney general, 1941-44.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Grange; Delta
Upsilon; Phi
Kappa Phi; Freemasons;
Kiwanis.
Burial
location unknown.
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Paul Henry Cram (b. 1879) —
also known as Paul H. Cram —
Born in Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, January
26, 1879.
School teacher; U.S. Vice Consul Genera in Marseille, 1905-09; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul General in Marseille, 1909-14; U.S. Consul in Cette, 1919; Nancy, 1920; Regina, 1924-27.
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles S. Cummings (b. 1856) —
of Rockland, Knox
County, Maine; Augusta, Kennebec
County, Maine; Auburn, Androscoggin
County, Maine.
Born in Gorham, Coos
County, N.H., September
25, 1856.
Son of Hiram T. Cummings and Eliza A. (Cloudman) Cummings.
Republican. School teacher; pastor; Androscoggin
County Sheriff, 1903-04; insurance
business; mayor of
Auburn, Maine, 1922-25.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Kiwanis.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Hiram T. Cummings and Eliza A. (Cloudman) Cummings; married 1882 to Carrie
A. Neff; married 1886 to Addie
F. Larrabee; married 1903 to Mildred
E. Davis. |
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Remi Alphonse Daigle (b. 1859) —
also known as Remi A. Daigle —
of Madawaska, Aroostook
County, Maine.
Born in Fort Kent, Aroostook
County, Maine, January
1, 1859.
Son of Didyme Daigle and Marie (Michaud) Daigle.
Republican. School teacher; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1895-96, 1919-22, 1931-32
(Aroostook County 1895-96, 1919-22, Aroostook County (12th) 1931-32);
deputy collector of customs, 1898-1911.
Catholic.
Burial
location unknown.
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Ernest T. Eaton (b. 1877) —
of Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa; Deer Lodge, Powell
County, Mont.; Billings, Yellowstone
County, Mont.
Born in Atkinson, Piscataquis
County, Maine, September
11, 1877.
Son of Thomas O. Eaton and Delia E. (Bolster) Eaton.
Superintendent of schools; founder
in 1908, Billings Polytechnic Institute; (now Rocky Mountain
College); president,
1931; member of Montana
state house of representatives, 1915-19, 1923-25; member of Montana
state senate, 1925-33; Lieutenant
Governor of Montana, 1935, 1941-49.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Kiwanis.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1911
to Augusta M. Valiton. |
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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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Frederic Webster Goding (b. 1858) —
also known as Frederic W. Goding —
of Rutland, La Salle
County, Ill.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Hyde Park, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., May 9,
1858.
Son of Alphonso Landon Goding and Lydia Mehitable (Chandler) Goding.
School teacher; college
professor; physician;
U.S. Consul in Newcastle, 1898-1908; Montevideo, 1908-12; U.S. Consul General in Guayaquil, 1914-24.
Interment at Goding
Cemetery, Livermore, Maine.
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Walter Llewellyn Gray (b. 1870) —
of South Paris, Paris, Oxford
County, Maine.
Born in Paris, Oxford
County, Maine, January
24, 1870.
Son of William Lethbridge Gray and Julia Matilda (Morse) Gray.
Lawyer;
superintendent of schools; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1905.
Congregationalist.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Kiwanis.
Burial
location unknown.
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Enoch Owen Greenleaf (b. 1853) —
of Mt. Vernon, Kennebec
County, Maine; Farmington, Franklin
County, Maine; Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Born in Starks, Somerset
County, Maine, December
17, 1853.
Son of Enoch L. Greenleaf and Rebekah W. (Creaton) Greenleaf.
Democrat. Superintendent of schools; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1903; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Maine, 1904.
Universalist.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Simon Moulton Hamlin (1866-1939) —
also known as Simon M. Hamlin —
of South Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Born in Standish, Cumberland
County, Maine, August
10, 1866.
Son of Ebenezer C. Hamlin and Abby M. (Hasty) Hamlin.
Democrat. School teacher; superintendent of schools; mayor
of South Portland, Maine, 1933-34; U.S.
Representative from Maine 1st District, 1935-37; defeated, 1936;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maine, 1936.
Universalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Lions.
Died in South Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, July 27,
1939 (age 72 years, 351
days).
Interment at Hamlin
Cemetery, Standish, Maine.
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George Holbrook Hawes (1904-2002) —
also known as George Hawes —
of Ely, White Pine
County, Nev.; Carson
City, Nev.
Born in Skowhegan, Somerset
County, Maine, May 10,
1904.
School teacher; automobile
dealer; member of Nevada
state house of representatives, 1951-55; defeated, 1958
(Republican), 1972 (Democratic); candidate in Republican primary for
Lieutenant
Governor of Nevada, 1954.
Member, Rotary; Elks.
Member of an elected hospital board in 1988-98, making him probably
the oldest elected official in the history of Nevada.
Died, at the Evergreen Healthcare Center nursing
home, Carson
City, Nev., April 9,
2002 (age 97 years, 334
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Fletcher Johnson (1859-1930) —
also known as Charles F. Johnson —
of Waterville, Kennebec
County, Maine.
Born in Winslow, Kennebec
County, Maine, February
14, 1859.
Son of William F. Johnson and Ruth S. (Boulter) Johnson.
Democrat. School principal; lawyer;
candidate for Governor of
Maine, 1892, 1894; mayor
of Waterville, Maine, 1893; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Maine, 1904,
1912,
1916
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee); member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1905-07; U.S.
Senator from Maine, 1911-17; defeated, 1916; member of Democratic
National Committee from Maine, 1916; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit, 1917-29.
Unitarian.
Member, Psi
Upsilon; Freemasons.
Died in St. Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla., February
15, 1930 (age 71 years, 1
days).
Interment at Pine
Grove Cemetery, Waterville, Maine.
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James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938) —
also known as James W. Johnson; James William
Johnson —
of Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.
Born in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., June 17,
1871.
Son of James Johnson and Helen Louise (Dillet) Johnson.
School principal; author; lawyer; U.S.
Consul in Puerto Cabello, 1906-07; Dakar, 1907-08; Corinto, 1908-09.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP; Sigma Pi
Phi; Phi
Beta Sigma; Freemasons.
Author of the words to the song "Lift Every Voice and Sing," which
became known as the "Negro National Anthem".
Killed in a car-train
collision, in Wiscasset, Lincoln
County, Maine, June 26,
1938 (age 67 years, 9
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Henry L. Joy (b. 1933) —
of Crystal, Aroostook
County, Maine.
Born in Macwahoc Plantation, Aroostook
County, Maine, November
26, 1933.
School teacher; superintendent of schools; member of Maine
state house of representatives 9th District, 1992-2000, 2002-.
Protestant.
Member, American
Legion; Lions; Freemasons;
National Rifle
Association.
Still living as of 2010.
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Herbert Carlyle Libby (b. 1878) —
also known as Herbert C. Libby —
of Waterville, Kennebec
County, Maine.
Born in Burnham, Waldo
County, Maine, December
28, 1878.
Son of Isaac C. Libby and Helen M. (Green) Libby.
Republican. Editor;
superintendent of schools; mayor
of Waterville, Maine, 1926-27.
Congregationalist.
Member, Rotary; Pi
Kappa Delta; Zeta Psi.
Interment at Waterville
Cemetery, Waterville, Maine.
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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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Thomas Littlefield Marble (b. 1876) —
also known as Thomas L. Marble —
of Gorham, Coos
County, N.H.; Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H.
Born in Auburn, Androscoggin
County, Maine, December
24, 1876.
Son of Henry Marble and Mercy (Littlefield) Marble.
School principal; lawyer;
superior court judge in New Hampshire, 1917-25; justice of
New Hampshire state supreme court, 1925-43; chief
justice of New Hampshire state supreme court, 1943-46; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention from Concord 9th
Ward, 1948.
Universalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Burial
location unknown.
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Benjamin Franklin Mudge (1817-1879) —
also known as Benjamin F. Mudge —
of Lynn, Essex
County, Mass.; Cloverport, Breckinridge
County, Ky.; Quindaro (now part of Kansas City), Wyandotte
County, Kan.; Manhattan, Riley
County, Kan.
Born in Orrington, Penobscot
County, Maine, August
11, 1817.
Son of James Mudge and Ruth Mudge.
Lawyer;
school teacher; chemist;
geologist;
mayor of
Lynn, Mass., 1852-53.
Died November
21, 1879 (age 62 years, 102
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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James L. Nutting (1818-1880) —
of Pine Grove, Schuylkill
County, Pa.
Born in Cumberland
County, Maine, June 12,
1818.
Republican. School teacher and principal; iron works
operator; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1876.
Died June 20,
1880 (age 62 years, 8
days).
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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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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William Gardner Smith (b. 1853) —
also known as William G. Smith —
of Sturgis, Meade
County, S.Dak.
Born in Northfield, Washington
County, Maine, August
16, 1853.
Son of James Hancock Smith and Lucy (Gardner) Smith.
School teacher; physician;
South
Dakota railroad commissioner, 1899-1911.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married, August
27, 1885, to Nellie S. Williams. |
| | | Image source: South Dakota Legislative
Manual, 1903 |
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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.
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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Effie Ward Talbot (born c.1878) —
also known as Effie W. Talbot; Effie Ward; Mrs. E.
E. Talbot —
of Machias, Washington
County, Maine.
Born in Whiting, Washington
County, Maine, about 1878.
Daughter of Silas M. Ward and Lucy (Hudson) Ward.
Republican. School teacher; superintendent of schools;
member of Maine
Republican State Committee, 1928; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Maine, 1932.
Female.
Congregationalist.
Member, Daughters of the
American Revolution.
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.
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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William Lincoln Walker (b. 1861) —
also known as William L. Walker —
of Skowhegan, Somerset
County, Maine.
Born in New Portland, Somerset
County, Maine, October
22, 1861.
Son of William Walker and Mary E. (Witham) Walker.
Republican. Farmer; lumber
business; superintendent of schools; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1899-1902; member of Maine
state senate 8th District, 1913-20.
Universalist.
Member, Grange.
Burial
location unknown.
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Frank Porter Washburn (b. 1876) —
also known as Frank P. Washburn —
of Perry, Washington
County, Maine.
Born in Perry, Washington
County, Maine, September
5, 1876.
Son of Charles L. Washburn and Mary (Dana) Washburn.
Republican. Farmer;
superintendent of schools; member of Maine
state house of representatives from Washington County, 1913-20;
member of Maine
state senate 15th District, 1945.
Unitarian.
Member, Grange.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1901
to M. Louise Cedarwall. |
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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.
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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John Stockbridge Patten Ham Wilson (b. 1860) —
also known as J. S. P. H. Wilson —
of Auburn, Androscoggin
County, Maine.
Born in Auburn, Androscoggin
County, Maine, August 9,
1860.
Son of Samuel H. Wilson and Caroline F. (Ham) Wilson.
Democrat. School teacher; grain and hay business; U.S.
Marshal; mayor of
Auburn, Maine, 1900-01; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1910.
Universalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; United
Commercial Travelers.
Burial
location unknown.
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