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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,
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James Phinney Baxter (1831-1921) —
also known as James P. Baxter —
of Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Born in Gorham, Cumberland
County, Maine, March 23,
1831.
Son of Elihu Baxter and Sarah (Cone) Baxter.
Republican. Author; mayor
of Portland, Maine, 1893-96, 1904-05.
Died in Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, May 8,
1921 (age 90 years, 46
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Portland, Maine.
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George Allan England (b. 1877) —
also known as George A. England —
of Maine; Hampton, Windham
County, Conn.
Born in Fort McPherson, Lincoln
County, Neb., February
9, 1877.
Son of Rev. George Allen England (Army chaplain) and Hannah Pearl
(Lyon) England.
Socialist. Author; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Maine 2nd District, 1908; candidate for Governor of
Maine, 1912.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Burial
location unknown.
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Maude Clark Gay (born c.1877) —
also known as Maude C. Gay; Maude Clark
Mayo —
of Waldoboro, Lincoln
County, Maine.
Born in Waldoboro, Lincoln
County, Maine, about 1877.
Daughter of Webster C. Mayo and Annie A. (Clark) Mayo.
Republican. Author; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1927-28; member of Maine
Republican State Committee, 1928; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Maine, 1932.
Female.
Unitarian.
Burial
location unknown.
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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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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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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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Helen Ring Robinson (1860-1923) —
also known as Helen Ring —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Eastport, Washington
County, Maine, February
21, 1860.
Daughter of Thomas Warren Ring and Mary Margaret (Thompson) Ring.
Democrat. Writer; member of Colorado
state senate, 1913-16.
Female.
Episcopalian.
First
woman elected to Colorado Senate; second woman state senator in the
United States. Author of a minimum wage law for women; also
introduced a bill allowing women to serve as jurors.
Died in Denver,
Colo., July 10,
1923 (age 63 years, 139
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Ames Washburn (1822-1889) —
also known as Charles A. Washburn —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Livermore, Androscoggin
County, Maine, March 16,
1822.
Son of Israel
Washburn.
Republican. Went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; delegate to Republican
National Convention from California, 1856
(member, Credentials
Committee); Presidential Elector for California, 1860;
U.S. Diplomatic Commissioner to Paraguay, 1861-63; U.S. Minister to Paraguay, 1863-68; novelist; invented
an early typewriter.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
26, 1889 (age 66 years, 316
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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