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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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Charles Hubbard Amsden (b. 1848) —
also known as Charles H. Amsden —
of Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H.
Born in Boscawen, Merrimack
County, N.H., July 8,
1848.
Son of Henry H. Amsden and Mary (Muzzey) Amsden.
Democrat. Furniture
manufacturer; lumber dealer; member of New
Hampshire state senate 9th District, 1883-84; candidate for Governor of
New Hampshire, 1888, 1890.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Burial
location unknown.
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Willmore Dewey Ashley (1886-1974) —
also known as Willmore D. Ashley —
of New Ipswich, Hillsborough
County, N.H.; Hampden, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in East Longmeadow, Hampden
County, Mass., November
3, 1886.
Son of Warren King Ashley and Henrietta Ruth (Dewey) Ashley.
Ice
business; woodworker; sawmill owner; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention from New
Ipswich, 1948.
Died in Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, August
22, 1974 (age 87 years, 292
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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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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David Marston Clough (1846-1924) —
also known as David M. Clough —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.; St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.; Everett, Snohomish
County, Wash.
Born in Lyme, Grafton
County, N.H., December
27, 1846.
Republican. Lumberman; member of Minnesota
state senate, 1887-91; Lieutenant
Governor of Minnesota, 1893-95; Governor of
Minnesota, 1895-99.
Died August
28, 1924 (age 77 years, 245
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Everett, Wash.
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Leroy Cofran (born c.1826) —
of Grafton, Taylor
County, W.Va.
Born in New Hampshire, about 1826.
Democrat. Lumber manufacturer; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from West Virginia, 1876
(member, Credentials
Committee).
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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Nathaniel Folsom (1726-1790) —
of Exeter, Rockingham
County, N.H.
Born in Exeter, Rockingham
County, N.H., September
18, 1726.
Merchant;
lumber business; Delegate
to Continental Congress from New Hampshire, 1774, 1777-80; member
of New
Hampshire Governor's Council, 1776-77, 1783-84; common pleas
court judge in New Hampshire, 1776-90; general in state militia,
Revolutionary War; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1783.
Died in Exeter, Rockingham
County, N.H., May 26,
1790 (age 63 years, 250
days).
Interment at Winter
Street Cemetery, Exeter, N.H.
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Elisha Foster (b. 1832) —
of Evansville, Brownington, Orleans
County, Vt.
Born in Swanzey, Cheshire
County, N.H., January
5, 1832.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; farmer;
lumber manufacturer; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Brownington, 1874-75, 1888.
Burial
location unknown.
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Alpheus Crosby Kennett (b. 1859) —
also known as A. Crosby Kennett —
of Conway, Carroll
County, N.H.
Born in Madison, Carroll
County, N.H., July 27,
1859.
Son of William Kennett and Sarah E. (Russell) Kennett.
Republican. Railway
station agent; lumber business; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1895-96; member of New
Hampshire state senate 5th District, 1897-98; alternate delegate
to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1900;
member of New
Hampshire Governor's Council 5th District, 1903-04.
Member, Freemasons.
Interment at Madison
Cemetery, Madison, N.H.
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Alonzo A. Martin (b. 1842) —
of Hartland, Windsor
County, Vt.
Born in Nashua, Hillsborough
County, N.H., December
2, 1842.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lumber
manufacturer; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Hartland, 1910.
Interment at Hartland
Cemetery, Hartland, Vt.
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Orrin W. Robinson (b. 1834) —
of Chassell, Houghton
County, Mich.
Born in Claremont, Sullivan
County, N.H., August
12, 1834.
Republican. Lumber business; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Michigan, 1892;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Houghton County 2nd District,
1895-96; member of Michigan
state senate 32nd District, 1897-98; Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1899-1902.
Burial
location unknown.
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Cassius Montgomery Clay Twitchell (1852-1904) —
also known as Cassius M. C. Twitchell —
of Milan, Coos
County, N.H.
Born in Milan, Coos
County, N.H., October
12, 1852.
Son of Adams Twitchell (1812-1897) and Lusylvia (Bartlett) Twitchell.
Lumberman; bank
director; director, Brompton Pulp and
Paper Mills; part owner, Cascade Light and
Power Company; member of New
Hampshire state senate 1st District, 1901-02.
Died in Milan, Coos
County, N.H., June 9,
1904 (age 51 years, 241
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Christopher Brainerd Walker (1824-1888) —
of Corning, Steuben
County, N.Y.
Born in Drewsville, Walpole, Cheshire
County, N.H., June 27,
1824.
Democrat. Contractor;
lumber and hardware
merchant; postmaster;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1860,
1872;
U.S.
Representative from New York 29th District, 1875-77; New York
Democratic state chair, 1886-87.
Died in Corning, Steuben
County, N.Y., January
26, 1888 (age 63 years, 213
days).
Interment at Palmyra
Cemetery, Palmyra, N.Y.
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John Whitaker —
of Penacook, Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H.
Lumber business; member of New
Hampshire state senate 11th District, 1893-94.
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Penacook, Concord, N.H.
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Urban Andrian Woodbury (1838-1915) —
also known as Urban A. Woodbury —
of Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born in Acworth, Sullivan
County, N.H., July 11,
1838.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lumber
business; mayor
of Burlington, Vt., 1885-86; Lieutenant
Governor of Vermont, 1888-90; Governor of
Vermont, 1894-96.
Congregationalist.
Died in Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt., April 15,
1915 (age 76 years, 278
days).
Interment somewhere
in Burlington, Vt.
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