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  David Muir Amacker (1897-1985) — also known as David M. Amacker — of Hanover, Grafton County, N.H. Born in Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La., February 26, 1897. Son of Amos Kent Amacker (1866-1918) and Elizabeth Chalmers (Muir) Amacker (1871-1949). Democrat. College professor; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Hampshire, 1936. Died in Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La., November 2, 1985 (age 88 years, 249 days). Interment at Lake Providence Cemetery, Lake Providence, La.
  Relatives: Second great-grandson of Amos Kent; grandson of Obediah Pearson Amacker; son of Amos Kent Amacker (1866-1918) and Elizabeth Chalmers (Muir) Amacker (1871-1949). See Amacker-Kent family of Louisiana.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Mary Ingraham Bunting (1910-1998) — also known as Mary I. Bunting; Polly Bunting; Mary Ingraham; Mary Bunting-Smith — of Cambridge, Middlesex County, Mass. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., July 10, 1910. Daughter of Henry A. Ingraham and Mary (Shotwell) Ingraham. Democrat. Microbiologist; college professor; president, Radcliffe College, 1960-72; member, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, 1964; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1972. Female. Died, in Kendal at Hanover continuing care community, Hanover, Grafton County, N.H., January 21, 1998 (age 87 years, 195 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Daughter of Henry A. Ingraham and Mary (Shotwell) Ingraham; married 1937 to Henry Bunting (died 1954); married 1975 to Clement A. Smith (died 1988).
  See also Wikipedia article
  James Bryant Conant (1893-1978) — also known as James B. Conant — Born in Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., March 26, 1893. Son of James Scott Conant and Jennett Orr (Bryant) Conant. Major in the U.S. Army during World War I; chemist; university professor; President of Harvard University, 1933-53; U.S. Ambassador to Germany, 1955-57. Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences; Phi Beta Kappa; Sigma Xi; Alpha Chi Sigma; American Philosophical Society; Council on Foreign Relations. Died in Hanover, Grafton County, N.H., February 11, 1978 (age 84 years, 322 days). Interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
  Relatives: Son of James Scott Conant and Jennett Orr (Bryant) Conant; married to Patty Thayer Reynolds and Grace Richards.
  See also NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  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.
  Relatives: Married, October 5, 1917, to Mary Emma Garvin.
  Arthur Sherburne Hardy (1847-1930) — also known as Arthur S. Hardy — of Hanover, Grafton County, N.H.; New York, New York County, N.Y.; Woodstock, Windham County, Conn. Born in Andover, Essex County, Mass., August 13, 1847. Son of Alpheus Hardy and Susan W. (Holmes) Hardy. Civil engineer; college professor; author; editor of Cosmopolitan magazine, 1893-95; U.S. Minister to Persia, 1897-99; Greece, 1899-1901; Romania, 1899-1901; Serbia, 1899-1901; Switzerland, 1901-03; Spain, 1902-05; U.S. Consul General in Teheran, 1897-99. Died in Woodstock, Windham County, Conn., March 14, 1930 (age 82 years, 213 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Alpheus Hardy and Susan W. (Holmes) Hardy; married, March 9, 1898, to Grace Aspinwall Bowen (sister of Herbert Wolcott Bowen).
  William Bancroft Hill (c.1858-1945) — of Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, N.Y. Born in Colebrook, Coos County, N.H., about 1858. Lawyer; pastor; college professor; Dry candidate for delegate to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933. Christian Reformed or Presbyterian. Died January 23, 1945 (age about 87 years). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married to Elise Weyerhaeuser (1860-1946; daughter of Frederick E. Weyerhaeuser (1872-1945; lumber executive)).
  Leon C. Prince — of Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pa. Born in Concord, Merrimack County, N.H. Republican. Lawyer; college teacher; member of Pennsylvania state senate 31st District, 1929-36. Member, American Bar Association. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  Laurence Ingram Radway (1919-2003) — also known as Laurence Radway — of Hanover, Grafton County, N.H.; West Lebanon, Lebanon, Grafton County, N.H. Born in Staten Island, Richmond County, N.Y., February 2, 1919. Son of Frederick Radway and Dorothy Radway. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; university professor; chair of Grafton County Democratic Party, 1958-62; member of New Hampshire Democratic State Committee, 1958-62; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Hampshire, 1964, 1972 (alternate); candidate in primary for U.S. Senator from New York, 1972. Protestant. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; American Political Science Association; Council on Foreign Relations. Died, from complications of abdominal surgery, in Lebanon, Grafton County, N.H., May 7, 2003 (age 84 years, 94 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married, August 20, 1949, to Patricia Ann Headland.
  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.
  Cross-reference: Eugene H. Nickerson
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier
  Books about Harlan Fiske Stone: Melvin I. Urofsky, Division and Discord : The Supreme Court Under Stone and Vinson, 1941-1953
  John Henry Sununu (b. 1939) — also known as John H. Sununu; "King John" — of Salem, Rockingham County, N.H. Born in Havana (La Habana), Cuba, July 2, 1939. Son of John Sununu and Victoria (Dada) Sununu. Republican. Engineer; university professor; member of New Hampshire state house of representatives, 1973-74; candidate in primary for U.S. Senator from New Hampshire, 1980; Governor of New Hampshire, 1983-89; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1988; White House chief of staff for President George H. W. Bush. Catholic. Lebanese and Greek ancestry. Member, Phi Sigma Kappa. Still living as of 2009.
  Relatives: Son of John Sununu and Victoria (Dada) Sununu; married 1958 to Nancy Hayes; father of John E. Sununu.
  See also National Governors Association biography — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile

 

 


 
   
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