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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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James Anton (1914-2006) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H., March 22,
1914.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1946-47.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Eagles.
Died March 23,
2006 (age 92 years, 1
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Blaylock Atherton (b. 1900) —
of Nashua, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Nashua, Hillsborough
County, N.H., October
6, 1900.
Son of Capt. Henry B. Atherton and Dr. Ella (Blaylock) Atherton.
Republican. Insurance
business; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives from Nashua 1st Ward,
1937-43, 1945-48; member of New
Hampshire state senate, 1943-45.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Rotary.
Burial
location unknown.
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George Lewis Balcom (1819-1900) —
also known as George L. Balcom —
of Cavendish, Windsor
County, Vt.; Claremont, Sullivan
County, N.H.
Born in Sudbury, Middlesex
County, Mass., October
9, 1819.
Republican. Member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1855-57; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1883-84; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1884;
member of New
Hampshire state senate 7th District, 1889-90.
Episcopalian.
Died in Claremont, Sullivan
County, N.H., May 13,
1900 (age 80 years, 216
days).
Interment somewhere
in Philadelphia, Pa.
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Charles Foster Bass (b. 1952) —
also known as Charles F. Bass; Charlie
Bass —
of Peterborough, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., January
8, 1952.
Son of Perkins
Bass.
Republican. Staff for U.S. Rep. William
S. Cohen, 1974; staff for U.S. Rep David
F. Emery, 1975-79; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1982-88; delegate to
New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1984; member of New
Hampshire state senate, 1988-92; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 2nd District, 1995-; defeated
in primary, 1980.
Episcopalian. Member, Rotary; Freemasons.
Still living as of 2009.
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George Hutchins Bingham (1864-1949) —
also known as George H. Bingham —
of Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Littleton, Grafton
County, N.H., August
19, 1864.
Son of George
Azro Bingham and Eliza I. (Woods) Bingham.
Democrat. Lawyer; justice of
New Hampshire state supreme court, 1902-13; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit, 1913-39; took senior
status 1939.
Episcopalian.
Died in Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H., September
25, 1949 (age 85 years, 37
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Jeb Bradley (b. 1952) —
of Wolfeboro, Carroll
County, N.H.
Born in Rumford, Oxford
County, Maine, October
20, 1952.
Republican. Member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1990-2002; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 1st District, 2003-.
Episcopalian.
Still living as of 2009.
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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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Sherman Everett Burroughs (1870-1923) —
also known as Sherman E. Burroughs —
of Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Dunbarton, Merrimack
County, N.H., February
6, 1870.
Son of John H. Burroughs and Helen M. (Baker) Burroughs.
Republican. Private secretary to U.S. Rep. Henry
M. Baker, 1894-97; lawyer;
member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1901-02; member, New
Hampshire state board of charities and corrections, 1901-17; member,
New Hampshire state board of equalization, 1909-10; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 1st District, 1917-23; died in
office 1923.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
27, 1923 (age 52 years, 355
days).
Interment at Pine
Grove Cemetery, Manchester, N.H.
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Salmon Portland Chase (1808-1873) —
also known as Salmon P. Chase; "Old Mr.
Greenbacks" —
of Ohio.
Born in Cornish, Sullivan
County, N.H., January
13, 1808.
Republican. U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1849-55, 1861; Governor of
Ohio, 1856-60; candidate for Republican nomination for President,
1856,
1860;
U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1861-64; Chief
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1864-73; died in office 1873.
Episcopalian.
His portrait appeared on various U.S. currency, including one-dollar
and ten-dollar
notes in the 1860s, and the $10,000
bill from 1918 to 1946.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 7,
1873 (age 65 years, 114
days).
Original interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Channing Harris Cox (1879-1968) —
also known as Channing H. Cox —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H., February
28, 1879.
Son of Charles Edson Cox and Evelyn Mary (Randall) Cox.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1910-18; Speaker of
the Massachusetts State House of Representatives, 1915-18; Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1919-21; Governor of
Massachusetts, 1921-25; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1924,
1928;
president, Old Colony Trust
Company; director, United Fruit Co.,
Revere Sugar Co.,
First National Bank of
Boston, Boston Herald Traveler (newspaper);
board member, Deaconess Hospital.
Episcopalian. Member, Humane
Society; Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
Died August
20, 1968 (age 89 years, 174
days).
Interment at Forest
Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Boston, Mass.
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Frederick William Dallinger (1871-1955) —
also known as Frederick W. Dallinger —
of Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Center Lovell, Oxford
County, Maine.
Born in Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass., October
2, 1871.
Son of William W. Dallinger and Elizabeth (Kingman) Dallinger.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1894-95; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1896-99; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 8th District, 1915-25, 1926-32;
defeated, 1912; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1924; Judge of
U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, 1932-42.
Episcopalian.
Died in North Conway, Conway, Carroll
County, N.H., September
5, 1955 (age 83 years, 338
days).
Interment at Center
Lovell Cemetery, Center Lovell, Maine.
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William Alfred Eddy (1896-1962) —
also known as Bill Eddy —
of Hanover, Grafton
County, N.H.; Geneva, Ontario
County, N.Y.; Beirut, Lebanon.
Born, to American parents, in Sidon, Syria (now Lebanon),
March
9, 1896.
Son of William King Eddy and Elizabeth Mills (Nelson) Eddy.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; college
professor; president
of Hobart College and William Smith College, Geneva, N.Y., 1936-42;
served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; U.S. Minister to
Saudi Arabia, 1944-46; Middle East consultant, Arabian American
Oil
Company, 1947-62.
Episcopalian.
Died May 3,
1962 (age 66 years, 55
days).
Interment at Protestant
Cemetery, Sidon, Lebanon.
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Benjamin Franklin Flanders (1816-1896) —
also known as Benjamin F. Flanders —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Bristol, Grafton
County, N.H., January
26, 1816.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Louisiana at-large, 1862-63; Governor of
Louisiana; mayor
of New Orleans, La., 1870-72; candidate for Louisiana
state treasurer, 1888.
Episcopalian.
Opposed secession in 1861, driven out of New Orleans, leaving his
family behind; returned in 1862 when the city is taken by Union
troops.
Died near Youngsville, Lafayette
Parish, La., March 13,
1896 (age 80 years, 47
days).
Interment at Metairie
Cemetery, New Orleans, La.
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Joseph Clark Grew (1880-1965) —
also known as Joseph C. Grew —
of Hancock, Hillsborough
County, N.H.; Manchester, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., May 27,
1880.
Son of Edward Sturgis Grew and Annie Crawford (Clark) Grew.
U.S. Deputy Consul General in Cairo, 1905; U.S. Minister to Denmark, 1920-21; Switzerland, 1921-24; U.S. Ambassador to Turkey, 1927-32; Japan, 1932-38.
Episcopalian. Member, Alpha
Delta Phi; Navy
League.
One of five retired diplomats who co-signed an open letter in 1954
protesting U.S. Sen. Joe
McCarthy's attacks on the Foreign Service.
Died May 25,
1965 (age 84 years, 363
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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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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Hermon Holt (1844-1934) —
of Claremont, Sullivan
County, N.H.
Born in Woodstock, Windsor
County, Vt., September
7, 1844.
Member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1889-91; member of New
Hampshire state senate 7th District, 1895-96.
Episcopalian.
Died in Claremont, Sullivan
County, N.H., November
25, 1934 (age 90 years, 79
days).
Interment at Pleasant
Street Cemetery, Claremont, N.H.
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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, Lancaster, N.H.
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Henry Wilder Keyes (1863-1938) —
also known as Henry W. Keyes —
of Haverhill, Grafton
County, N.H.
Born in Newbury, Orange
County, Vt., May 23,
1863.
Son of Henry
Keyes and Emma Frances (Pierce) Keyes.
Republican. Lawyer; farmer; banker;
member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1891-95, 1915-17;
member of New
Hampshire state senate 2nd District, 1903-04; Governor of
New Hampshire, 1917-19; U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1919-37.
Episcopalian. Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Freemasons.
Died in North Haverhill, Haverhill, Grafton
County, N.H., June 19,
1938 (age 75 years, 27
days).
Interment at Oxbow
Cemetery, Newbury, Vt.
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Rae S. Laraba (b. 1905) —
of Portsmouth, Rockingham
County, N.H.
Born in Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H., September
15, 1905.
Son of George A. Laraba and Isabella (Rae) Laraba.
Republican. Secretary to U.S. Sen. George
H. Moses; member of New
Hampshire state senate 24th District, 1945-48; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention from Portsmouth
4th Ward, 1948.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1941
to Margaret J. O'Leary. |
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Stephen E. Merrill (b. 1946) —
also known as Steve Merrill —
of Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Hampton, Rockingham
County, N.H., June 21,
1946.
Lawyer;
New
Hampshire state attorney general, 1984-89; Governor of
New Hampshire, 1993-97.
Episcopalian.
Still living as of 2009.
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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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Franklin Pierce (1804-1869) —
also known as "Young Hickory"; "Young
Hickory of the Granite Hills"; "The Fainting
General" —
of Hillsborough, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Hillsborough, Hillsborough
County, N.H., November
23, 1804.
Son of Benjamin
Pierce.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1829-33; Speaker of
the New Hampshire State House of Representatives, 1832-33; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire at-large, 1833-37; U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1837-42; U.S.
Attorney for New Hampshire, 1845-47; general in the U.S. Army
during the Mexican War; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1850; President
of the United States, 1853-57; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1856.
Episcopalian.
Died in Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H., October
8, 1869 (age 64 years, 319
days).
Interment at Old
North Cemetery, Concord, 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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Ballard Smith (1821-1866) —
of Cannelton, Perry
County, Ind.; Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind.
Born in Durham, Strafford
County, N.H., January
13, 1821.
Lawyer;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1855-57; Speaker of
the Indiana State House of Representatives, 1857; circuit judge
in Indiana, 1858-59; served in the Union Army during the Civil War.
Episcopalian. Member, Odd
Fellows.
Died in Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind., October
3, 1866 (age 45 years, 263
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Terre Haute, Ind.
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David Hackett Souter (b. 1939) —
also known as David H. Souter —
of Weare, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Melrose, Middlesex
County, Mass., September
17, 1939.
Son of Joseph Alexander Souter and Helen (Hackett) Souter.
Rhodes
scholar; lawyer; New
Hampshire state attorney general, 1976-78; superior court judge
in New Hampshire, 1978-83; justice of
New Hampshire state supreme court, 1983-90; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit, 1990; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1990-.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Still living as of 2009.
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Oliver Lyman Spaulding (1833-1922) —
of Michigan.
Born in Jaffrey, Cheshire
County, N.H., August 2,
1833.
Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; secretary of
state of Michigan, 1867-70; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1881-83.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Grand
Army of the Republic; Loyal
Legion.
Died in Washington,
D.C., July 30,
1922 (age 88 years, 362
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Potter Stewart (1915-1985) —
Born in Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich., January
23, 1915.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, 1954-58; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1958-81.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Skull
and Bones.
Died in Hanover, Grafton
County, N.H., December
7, 1985 (age 70 years, 318
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Harlan Fiske Stone (1872-1946) —
also known as Harlan F. Stone —
Born in Chesterfield, Cheshire
County, N.H., October
11, 1872.
Lawyer;
Dean of
Columbia University Law School; U.S.
Attorney General, 1924-25; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1925-41; Chief
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1941-46; died in office 1946.
Episcopalian.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 22,
1946 (age 73 years, 193
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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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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Edward Dale Toland (b. 1886) —
of Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
11, 1886.
Son of Edward Dale Toland and Charlotte (Rush) Toland.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1924-26; candidate for
U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire, 1934.
Episcopalian.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward Dale Toland and Charlotte (Rush) Toland; married, June 26,
1917, to Esther
Roberts Howell; father of Benjamin Rush Toland (U.S. Marine,
killed in action at Iwo Jima, 1945). |
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Gardner Clyde Turner (b. 1910) —
also known as Gardner C. Turner —
of East Sullivan, Sullivan, Cheshire
County, N.H.
Born in Ludlow, Hampden
County, Mass., March 3,
1910.
Son of Clyde A. Turner and G. (Estes) Turner.
Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1946; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention from Sullivan,
1948; New
Hampshire state attorney general, 1961.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; Farm
Bureau; Jaycees.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Gilbert Winant (1889-1947) —
also known as John G. Winant —
of Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
23, 1889.
Son of Frederick Winant and Jeanette L. (Gilbert) Winant.
Republican. Member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1917-18, 1923-24;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of New
Hampshire state senate, 1921-22; Governor of
New Hampshire, 1925-27, 1931-35; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New Hampshire, 1928,
1932;
U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1941-46.
Episcopalian.
Committed suicide,
November
3, 1947 (age 58 years, 253
days).
Interment at St.
Paul's School, Concord, N.H.
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