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Martin Butterfield (1790-1866) —
of Palmyra, Wayne
County, N.Y.
Born in Westmoreland, Cheshire
County, N.H., December
8, 1790.
Hardware
business; rope and cordage manufacturer; Presidential
Elector for New York, 1848;
U.S.
Representative from New York 25th District, 1859-61.
Died in Palmyra, Wayne
County, N.Y., August 6,
1866 (age 75 years, 241
days).
Interment at Village
Cemetery, Palmyra, N.Y.
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Charles Dudley Blake Fisk (b. 1850) —
also known as Charles D. B. Fisk —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Hooksett, Merrimack
County, N.H., February
17, 1850.
Son of Dudley Blake Fisk and Mary (Ashton) Fisk.
Clothing merchant; newspaper
publisher; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1905, 1907; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1908-09.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Great-grandson of William
Fisk; grandson of Ezra
Fisk; son of Dudley Blake Fisk and Mary (Ashton) Fisk; married to
Susan E. Sparhawk. See Fisk
family of Massachusetts. |
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Charles Miller Floyd (1861-1923) —
also known as Charles M. Floyd —
of Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Derry, Rockingham
County, N.H., June 5,
1861.
Son of Sewall Floyd and Sarah J. (Sleeper) Floyd.
Republican. Clothing business; director of banks, lumber
companies, and the Manchester Traction,
Light &
Power Company; member of New
Hampshire state senate 17th District, 1899-1900; member of New
Hampshire Governor's Council, 1904; Governor of
New Hampshire, 1907-09; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New Hampshire, 1912;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New Hampshire, 1916.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Died in Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H., February
3, 1923 (age 61 years, 243
days).
Interment at Pine
Grove Cemetery, Manchester, N.H.
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Ulysses Everett Fosdick (b. 1865) —
also known as Ulysses E. Fosdick —
of Biddeford, York
County, Maine.
Born in Alstead, Cheshire
County, N.H., January
28, 1865.
Son of Andrew J. Fosdick and Cornelia (White) Fosdick.
Republican. Dry goods merchant; mayor
of Biddeford, Maine, 1921.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Andrew J. Fosdick and Cornelia (White) Fosdick; married, March 25,
1887, to Kittie F. Webb; married 1905 to Susie
M. Ewell. |
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Seth Mason Richards (b. 1850) —
also known as Seth M. Richards —
of Newport, Sullivan
County, N.H.
Born in Newport, Sullivan
County, N.H., June 6,
1850.
Son of Dexter Richards and Louisa Frances (Hatch) Richards.
Republican. Flannel manufacturer; president, First National Bank of
Newport; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1885; member of New
Hampshire state senate 7th District, 1897-98; Presidential
Elector for New Hampshire, 1900;
member of New
Hampshire Governor's Council 4th District, 1903; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1904
(alternate), 1908.
Congregationalist.
Burial
location unknown.
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James Scollay Taft (b. 1844) —
also known as James S. Taft —
of Keene, Cheshire
County, N.H.
Born in Nelson, Cheshire
County, N.H., July 16,
1844.
Son of Asa Taft and Nancy (Burnap) Taft.
Republican. Dry goods merchant; pottery
manufacturer; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1895; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1903; mayor of
Keene, N.H., 1903-05.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Sons
of the American Revolution.
Burial
location unknown.
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