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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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Andrew Jackson Bryant (1823-1888) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Effingham, Carroll
County, N.H., October
30, 1823.
Democrat. Gold miner;
wholesale
liquor merchant; importer and dealer in safes and locks;
insurance business; mayor
of San Francisco, Calif., 1875-79.
Jumped
from the ferry steamer Encinal, and drowned
in San
Francisco Bay, May 11,
1888 (age 64 years, 194
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles S. Cummings (b. 1856) —
of Rockland, Knox
County, Maine; Augusta, Kennebec
County, Maine; Auburn, Androscoggin
County, Maine.
Born in Gorham, Coos
County, N.H., September
25, 1856.
Son of Hiram T. Cummings and Eliza A. (Cloudman) Cummings.
Republican. School
teacher; pastor; Androscoggin
County Sheriff, 1903-04; insurance business; mayor of
Auburn, Maine, 1922-25.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Kiwanis.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Hiram T. Cummings and Eliza A. (Cloudman) Cummings; married 1882 to Carrie
A. Neff; married 1886 to Addie
F. Larrabee; married 1903 to Mildred
E. Davis. |
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Martin Van Buren Edgerly (1833-1895) —
also known as M. V. B. Edgerly —
of Pittsfield, Merrimack
County, N.H.; Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born September
26, 1833.
Democrat. President, Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance
Company; president, Des Moines, Kansas City & Arcola Railroad;
member of Democratic
National Committee from New Hampshire, 1876; candidate for Governor of
New Hampshire, 1882.
Died, from an abcess
in his right ear, in a hotel at
New York, New York
County, N.Y., March 18,
1895 (age 61 years, 173
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Butler Jameson (b. 1873) —
also known as John B. Jameson —
of Antrim, Hillsborough
County, N.H.; Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H.
Born in Bennington, Hillsborough
County, N.H., August 2,
1873.
Son of Nathan Cleaves Jameson and Idabel (Butler) Jameson.
Democrat. Treasurer and director, United Life Accident
Insurance Co.; director, Eastern Zinc and Lead
Co.; director, First National Bank of
Concord, N.H.; New Hampshire
Democratic state chair, 1906-12; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New Hampshire, 1912
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee); candidate for U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1918.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Edward Giles Leach (b. 1849) —
also known as Edward G. Leach —
of Franklin, Merrimack
County, N.H.
Born in Meredith, Belknap
County, N.H., January
28, 1849.
Son of Levi Leach and Susan C. (Sanborn) Leach.
Republican. Lawyer;
president, Manufacturers and Merchants Mutual Insurance Co.;
member of New Hampshire
Republican State Executive Committee, 1880-1909; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1893-95; member of New
Hampshire state senate 6th District, 1901-02; member of New
Hampshire Governor's Council, 1905-06.
Unitarian.
Burial
location unknown.
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Sylvio C. Martin (b. 1901) —
of Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Van Buren, Aroostook
County, Maine, January
28, 1901.
Republican. Insurance adjuster; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1948.
Congregationalist.
Burial
location unknown.
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Milburn F. Roberts (1916-1989) —
of Conway, Carroll
County, N.H.
Born in North Conway, Conway, Carroll
County, N.H., July 12,
1916.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; insurance
agent; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1954-70; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention from Conway,
1956.
Died in North Conway, Conway, Carroll
County, N.H., January
12, 1989 (age 72 years, 184
days).
Interment at North
Conway Cemetery, North Conway, Conway, N.H.
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