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Charles Sinclair Weeks (1893-1972) —
also known as Sinclair Weeks —
of Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in West Newton, Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass., June 15,
1893.
Son of John
Wingate Weeks.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; mayor of
Newton, Mass., 1930-35; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1932,
1940,
1944,
1948,
1952,
1956;
Massachusetts
Republican state chair, 1937; member of Republican
National Committee from Massachusetts, 1940-53; U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1944; appointed 1944; U.S.
Secretary of Commerce, 1953-58.
Unitarian.
Died in Concord, Middlesex
County, Mass., February
7, 1972 (age 78 years, 237
days).
Interment at Summer Street Cemetery.
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Jared Warner Williams (1796-1864) —
also known as Jared W. Williams —
of Lancaster, Coos
County, N.H.
Born in West Woodstock, Woodstock, Windham
County, Conn., December
22, 1796.
Democrat. Member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1830-31, 1835-36;
member of New
Hampshire state senate 12th District, 1832-35; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire at-large, 1837-41; Governor of
New Hampshire, 1847-49; U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1853-54; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New Hampshire, 1864.
Died in Lancaster, Coos
County, N.H., September
29, 1864 (age 67 years, 282
days).
Interment at Summer Street Cemetery.
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Irving Webster Drew (1845-1922) —
also known as Irving W. Drew —
of Lancaster, Coos
County, N.H.
Born in Colebrook, Coos
County, N.H., January
8, 1845.
Republican. Member of New
Hampshire state senate 1st District, 1883-84; U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1918.
Died in Montclair, Essex
County, N.J., April 10,
1922 (age 77 years, 92
days).
Interment at Summer Street Cemetery.
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Ossian Ray (1835-1892) —
of New Hampshire.
Born in Vermont, 1835.
Republican. U.S.
Attorney for New Hampshire, 1879-81; member of New Hampshire
state legislature; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire, 1881-85 (3rd District 1881-83,
2nd District 1883-85).
Died in 1892
(age about
57 years).
Interment at Summer Street Cemetery.
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Henry Oakes Kent (1834-1909) —
also known as Henry O. Kent —
of Lancaster, Coos
County, N.H.
Born in Lancaster, Coos
County, N.H., February
7, 1834.
Son of Richard Peabody Kent and Emily Mann (Oakes) Kent.
Democrat. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; banker; newspaper
editor and publisher; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives; member of New
Hampshire state senate 1st District, 1885-86; candidate for Governor of
New Hampshire, 1894, 1896.
Episcopalian.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Freemasons.
Died March 21,
1909 (age 75 years, 42
days).
Interment at Summer Street Cemetery.
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Jacob Benton (1814-1892) —
of New Hampshire.
Born in Waterford, Caledonia
County, Vt., August
19, 1814.
Republican. Member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1854-56; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1860;
U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 3rd District, 1867-71.
Died in Lancaster, Coos
County, N.H., September
29, 1892 (age 78 years, 41
days).
Interment at Summer Street Cemetery.
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Irving A. Hinkley (d. 1950) —
of Lancaster, Coos
County, N.H.
Democrat. New
Hampshire state attorney general, 1923-24; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New Hampshire, 1928,
1936;
Presidential Elector for New Hampshire, 1940.
Died in 1950.
Interment at Summer Street Cemetery.
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