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Llewelyn Sherman Adams (1899-1986) —
also known as Sherman Adams; "The Abominable No
Man"; "The Great Stone Face" —
of Lincoln, Grafton
County, N.H.
Born in East Dover, Dover, Windham
County, Vt., January
8, 1899.
Son of Clyde A. Adams and Winnie Marian (Sherman) Adams.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; lumberman;
member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1941-44; Speaker of
the New Hampshire State House of Representatives, 1943-44;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1944,
1952;
U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 2nd District, 1945-47; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention from Lincoln,
1948; Governor of
New Hampshire, 1949-53; defeated, 1946; assistant to President Dwight
D. Eisenhower, 1953-58; forced to
resign in 1958 following disclosure that he had accepted
gifts from a Boston businessman seeking preferred treatment from
federal agencies.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Grange;
Elks; Society
of Colonial Wars; Foresters.
Died in Hanover, Grafton
County, N.H., October
27, 1986 (age 87 years, 292
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Lincoln, N.H.
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Frank Carey Archibald (1857-1935) —
also known as Frank C. Archibald —
of Manchester, Bennington
County, Vt.
Born in Exeter, Rockingham
County, N.H., December
31, 1857.
Son of Rev. Thomas Henry Archibald and Susan (Wadleigh) Archibald.
Republican. Lawyer; Bennington
County State's Attorney; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1904-06; member of Vermont
state senate, 1910, 1933; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Vermont, 1916;
Vermont
state attorney general, 1919-25.
Baptist.
Member, Elks; Freemasons.
Died April 9,
1935 (age 77 years, 99
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Henry Barnard (1907-1972) —
also known as Charles H. Barnard —
of Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H.; Londonderry, Rockingham
County, N.H.
Born in Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H., September
28, 1907.
Son of Charles Barnard and Mary Mabelle (Wright) Barnard.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives from Manchester 2nd
Ward, 1935-42; Speaker of
the New Hampshire State House of Representatives, 1941-42; served
in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of New
Hampshire state senate, 1947-48; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention from Manchester
2nd Ward, 1948; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention from Manchester
2nd Ward, 1956.
Congregationalist.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Shriners;
United
Commercial Travelers; Elks; Kiwanis.
Died in September, 1972
(age about
65 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Henry Barry (b. 1878) —
also known as William H. Barry —
of Nashua, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Nashua, Hillsborough
County, N.H., March 13,
1878.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor of
Nashua, N.H., 1911-14; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New Hampshire, 1912
(alternate), 1916
(member, Credentials
Committee); candidate for U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 2nd District, 1922, 1924.
Catholic.
Member, Eagles;
Elks; Knights
of Columbus; Ancient
Order of Hibernians.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Paige Bartlett (b. 1841) —
also known as John P. Bartlett —
of Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.; Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Weare, Hillsborough
County, N.H., February
4, 1841.
Son of John Bartlett and Lurena (Bailey) Bartlett.
Democrat. Lawyer; New Hampshire
Democratic state chair, 1890-92; member of New
Hampshire state senate 18th District, 1895-96; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1899; secretary of
New Hampshire Democratic Party, 1904-06.
Universalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Bartlett and Lurena (Bailey) Bartlett; married, November
29, 1866, to Fannie M. Harrington (died 1887); married 1888 to Lucy A.
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Ernest Lorne Bell (b. 1871) —
also known as Ernest L. Bell —
of Woodstock, Grafton
County, N.H.; Plymouth, Grafton
County, N.H.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., March 16,
1871.
Son of Samuel Bell and Mary E. (Loud) Bell.
Physician;
surgeon to Boston & Maine Railroad;
surgeon-general of New Hampshire; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1903-04; member of New
Hampshire state senate 2nd District, 1905-06.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Medical
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1894
to Maude Coolidge. |
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Carl E. Brown (b. 1878) —
of McCall, Valley
County, Idaho.
Born in Whitefield, Coos
County, N.H., September
10, 1878.
Son of Warren G. Brown and Charlotte (Elliott) Brown.
Democrat. Merchant;
mining
business; lumber
business; member of Idaho
state senate; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Idaho, 1940,
1948.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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Henri Alphonse Burque (b. 1879) —
of Nashua, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Nashua, Hillsborough
County, N.H., September
20, 1879.
Son of Alphonse Burque and Marie Louise (Dutilly) Burque.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor of
Nashua, N.H., 1920-24; superior court judge in New Hampshire,
1924-41; justice of
New Hampshire state supreme court, 1941-47.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Catholic
Order of Foresters; Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas Perkins Cheney (b. 1891) —
also known as Thomas P. Cheney —
of Laconia, Belknap
County, N.H.
Born in Ashland, Grafton
County, N.H., August
17, 1891.
Son of Jonathan M. Cheney and Lucy A. (Hughes) Cheney.
Republican. Lawyer;
trustee, Laconia State Bank;
director, Peoples National Bank of
Laconia; director, Public
Service Co. of New Hampshire; director, Laconia Street
Railway; Belknap
County Solicitor, 1920-25; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New Hampshire, 1928,
1936;
New
Hampshire state attorney general, 1935-40; candidate in primary
for Governor of
New Hampshire, 1938.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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James Colgate Cleveland (1920-1995) —
also known as James C. Cleveland —
of New London, Merrimack
County, N.H.
Born in Montclair, Essex
County, N.J., June 13,
1920.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; served in
the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; member of New
Hampshire state senate, 1950-62; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 2nd District, 1963-81.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Grange; Rotary; Freemasons;
Elks; Eagles.
Died December
3, 1995 (age 75 years, 173
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Louis Sherburne Cox (b. 1874) —
of Lawrence, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H., November
22, 1874.
Son of Charles E. Cox and Evelyn M. (Randall) Cox.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1906; postmaster;
superior court judge in Massachusetts, 1918-37; justice of
Massachusetts state supreme court, 1937-40.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Grange; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi.
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Milby Dale (1893-1978) —
also known as Charles M. Dale —
of Portsmouth, Rockingham
County, N.H.
Born in Browns Valley, Traverse
County, Minn., March 8,
1893.
Son of Fred Vernon Dale and Maud (Paine) Dale.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; mayor
of Portsmouth, N.H., 1926-27, 1943-44; member of New
Hampshire state senate 24th District, 1933-36, 1939-40; delegate
to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1936,
1948;
member of New
Hampshire Governor's Council, 1937-38; Governor of
New Hampshire, 1945-49; president, WHEB radio
station.
Member, American Bar
Association; Order of the
Coif; Delta
Upsilon; Freemasons;
Elks; Eagles; Moose; Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias.
Died, in a nursing
home at Portsmouth, Rockingham
County, N.H., September
28, 1978 (age 85 years, 204
days).
Interment at Valley
View Cemetery, Browns Valley, Minn.
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George F. Disnard (1923-2004) —
of Claremont, Sullivan
County, N.H.
Born in Hingham, Plymouth
County, Mass., November
24, 1923.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; served
in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean conflict; school
teacher; superintendent
of schools; member of New
Hampshire state senate; Presidential Elector for New Hampshire,
1992.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; American
Legion; Elks; Moose; Kiwanis.
Died, in Valley Regional Hospital,
Claremont, Sullivan
County, N.H., September
3, 2004 (age 80 years, 284
days).
Interment at St.
Mary Cemetery, Claremont, N.H.
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Thomas Walter Fecteau (1896-1991) —
also known as Thomas W. Fecteau —
of Epping, Rockingham
County, N.H.
Born in Epping, Rockingham
County, N.H., November
29, 1896.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; grocer; member
of New
Hampshire state house of representatives from Epping, 1937-41,
1945-46, 1949-50; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
Hampshire, 1948.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Elks; Grange.
Died February
4, 1991 (age 94 years, 67
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Franklin Flanders (1902-1975) —
of Weare, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H., August
23, 1902.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
New Hampshire, 1944;
member of New
Hampshire Governor's Council, 1947-49; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention from Weare, 1948.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; Grange.
Died in 1975
(age about
72 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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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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Alvan Tufts Fuller (1878-1958) —
also known as Alvan T. Fuller —
of Malden, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., February
27, 1878.
Son of Alvan Bond Fuller and Flora A. (Tufts) Fuller.
Republican. Automobile
dealer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1915; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1916,
1932;
U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 9th District, 1917-21; Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1921-25; Governor of
Massachusetts, 1925-29; candidate for Republican nomination for
Vice President, 1932.
Baptist.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Freemasons;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias.
Died April 30,
1958 (age 80 years, 62
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at East
Cemetery, Rye Beach, Rye, N.H.
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Fletcher Hale (1883-1931) —
of Laconia, Belknap
County, N.H.
Born in Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, January
22, 1883.
Son of Frederick Fletcher Hale and Adelaide L. (MacLellan) Hale.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1918; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 1st District, 1925-31; died in
office 1931.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; American Bar
Association.
Died in the Brooklyn Naval Hospital,
Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., October
22, 1931 (age 48 years, 273
days).
Interment at Union
Cemetery, Laconia, N.H.
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Howard Hutchins Hamlin (b. 1902) —
also known as Howard H. Hamlin —
of Claremont, Sullivan
County, N.H.; North Charlestown, Charlestown, Sullivan
County, N.H.
Born in Charlestown, Sullivan
County, N.H., May 23,
1902.
Son of A. Lloyd Hamlin and Ida M. (Hutchins) Hamlin.
Republican. Lawyer; pastor; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1930; member of
New
Hampshire state senate, 1937-39; candidate in primary for U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 2nd District, 1938; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention from
Charlestown, 1948.
Methodist.
Member, Elks; Odd
Fellows; Freemasons;
Grange.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Joseph Oliva Huot (1917-1983) —
also known as J. Oliva Huot —
of Laconia, Belknap
County, N.H.
Born in Laconia, Belknap
County, N.H., August
11, 1917.
Democrat. Mayor of
Laconia, N.H., 1959-63; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 1st District, 1965-67;
defeated, 1966; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
Hampshire, 1972.
Catholic.
Member, Kiwanis;
Knights
of Columbus; Elks; Moose.
Died in Laconia, Belknap
County, N.H., August 5,
1983 (age 65 years, 359
days).
Interment at Sacred
Heart Cemetery, Laconia, N.H.
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Alexander Kazakis (b. 1919) —
of Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H., February
9, 1919.
Son of William Kazakis and Alice (Pappas) Kazakis.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention from Manchester
5th Ward, 1948; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1949.
Member, American
Legion; Elks.
Still living as of 1949.
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John William King (1918-1996) —
also known as John W. King —
of Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H.; Goffstown, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H., October
10, 1918.
Democrat. Member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1954-62; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention from Manchester
10th Ward, 1956; Governor of
New Hampshire, 1963-69; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1968; superior court judge in New
Hampshire, 1969-79; justice of
New Hampshire state supreme court, 1979-81; chief
justice of New Hampshire state supreme court, 1981-86.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Knights
of Columbus; Elks; Eagles; Moose.
Started the first
modern state lottery in 1963.
Died, of heart
trouble, at a nursing
home in Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H., October
9, 1996 (age 77 years, 365
days).
Interment at New
St. Joseph's Cemetery, Bedford, N.H.
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Albert D. Leahy (1903-1994) —
of Claremont, Sullivan
County, N.H.
Born in Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H., March 3,
1903.
Delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention from Claremont
2nd Ward, 1948.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Elks; Rotary.
Died, in a nursing
home at Unity, Sullivan
County, N.H., March 1,
1994 (age 90 years, 363
days).
Interment at Union
Cemetery, Claremont, N.H.
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Robert Charles Murchie (b. 1885) —
also known as Robert C. Murchie —
of Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H.
Born in Creetown, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland,
January
22, 1885.
Son of William Murchie and Agnes Janet (Kellie) Murchie.
Democrat. Lawyer; law
partner of Henry
F. Hollis; member of New Hampshire
Democratic State Committee, 1912-17; Merrimack
County Solicitor, 1913-17; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New Hampshire, 1916,
1920,
1924,
1932,
1936
(alternate), 1940,
1944;
member of Democratic
National Committee from New Hampshire, 1916-20; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1917; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1926; delegate to
New Hampshire convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; New Hampshire
Democratic state chair, 1937-39.
Unitarian.
Member, Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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Sam J. Nahil (1905-1982) —
of Claremont, Sullivan
County, N.H.
Born in Lawrence, Essex
County, Mass., October
3, 1905.
Republican. Barber; real estate
business; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives from Claremont 2nd Ward,
1951-67.
Catholic.
Member, Elks.
Died in October, 1982
(age about
76 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Endicott Peabody (1920-1997) —
also known as "Chub" —
of Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Lawrence, Essex
County, Mass., February
15, 1920.
Son of Malcolm E. Peabody and Mary (Parkman) Peabody.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
Governor's Council 3rd District, 1955-56; candidate for Massachusetts
state attorney general, 1956, 1958; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1960,
1964,
1968;
Governor
of Massachusetts, 1963-65; defeated, 1960; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1966; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1986.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; American
Legion; Elks.
Died December
1, 1997 (age 77 years, 289
days).
Interment at Town
Cemetery, Groton, Mass.
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Walter Rutherford Peterson (1922-2011) —
also known as Walter Peterson —
of Peterborough, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Nashua, Hillsborough
County, N.H., September
19, 1922.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1961-69; Speaker of
the New Hampshire State House of Representatives, 1965-69; Governor of
New Hampshire, 1969-73; president,
Franklin Pierce College; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New Hampshire, 1988
(alternate), 2008.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Grange; Lions;
Elks; Eagles.
Died, from lung
cancer, in Peterborough, Hillsborough
County, N.H., June 1,
2011 (age 88 years, 255
days).
Interment at Pine
Hill Cemetery, Peterborough, N.H.
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William Nathaniel Rogers (1892-1945) —
also known as William N. Rogers —
of Wakefield, Carroll
County, N.H.
Born in Sanbornville, Wakefield, Carroll
County, N.H., January
10, 1892.
Son of Herbert E. Rogers and Lilian A. (Sanborn) Rogers.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1917, 1919, 1921; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 1st District, 1923-25, 1932-37;
defeated, 1918, 1924; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1936.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Kappa Psi; Phi
Alpha Delta; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Died in Wolfeboro, Carroll
County, N.H., September
25, 1945 (age 53 years, 258
days).
Interment at Lovell
Lake Cemetery, Sanbornville, Wakefield, N.H.
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George H. Stowell (1835-1915) —
of Claremont, Sullivan
County, N.H.
Born in Cornish, Sullivan
County, N.H., October
28, 1835.
Republican. Member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1871, 1874; member of
New
Hampshire state senate 10th District, 1874-76; member of New
Hampshire Governor's Council, 1881-83; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New Hampshire, 1884.
Member, Elks; Freemasons.
Died in Claremont, Sullivan
County, N.H., May 19,
1915 (age 79 years, 203
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Mountain
View Cemetery, Claremont, N.H.
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George W. Tarlson (b. 1904) —
of Laconia, Belknap
County, N.H.
Born in Laconia, Belknap
County, N.H., December
6, 1904.
Son of George W. Tarlson and Mary H. (Avery) Tarlson.
Republican. Merchant;
president and superintendent, Winniepesaukee Water
Company; director, Lake Port National Bank;
member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives from Laconia 1st Ward,
1937-39, 1941-43, 1947-49; elected New
Hampshire state senate 6th District 1948.
Methodist.
Member, Grange; Sons
of Union Veterans; Elks.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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