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Nathan Appleton (1779-1861) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in New Ipswich, Hillsborough
County, N.H., October
6, 1779.
Son of Isaac Appleton (1731-1806) and Mary (Adams) Appleton
(1742-1827).
Merchant; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1815-16, 1821, 1823-24, 1827; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 1st District, 1831-33, 1842.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., July 14,
1861 (age 81 years, 281
days).
Interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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William Babcock (1785-1838) —
of Penn Yan, Yates
County, N.Y.
Born in Hinsdale, Cheshire
County, N.H., 1785.
Merchant; Yates
County Treasurer, 1823; U.S.
Representative from New York 26th District, 1831-33; hotel-keeper.
Died in Penn Yan, Yates
County, N.Y., October
20, 1838 (age about 53
years).
Interment at City
Hill Cemetery, Near Penn Yan, Yates County, N.Y.
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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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Dennison Rogers Burnham (1799-1876) —
also known as Dennison R. Burnham —
of Plymouth, Grafton
County, N.H.
Born in Rumney, Grafton
County, N.H., January
2, 1799.
Merchant; innkeeper;
member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1856-58; member of New
Hampshire Governor's Council, 1860-62.
Died in 1876
(age about
77 years).
Interment at Trinity
Churchyard, Holderness, N.H.
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Austin L. Calef (born c.1871) —
of Barrington, Strafford
County, N.H.
Born in Barrington, Strafford
County, N.H., about 1871.
Son of Josiah R. Calef and Mary Calef.
Democrat. Merchant; member of New
Hampshire state senate 21st District, 1935; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New Hampshire, 1936.
Interment somewhere
in Barrington, 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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Frank Hall (b. 1844) —
of Guildhall, Essex
County, Vt.
Born in Northumberland, Coos
County, N.H., 1844.
Republican. Merchant; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Guildhall, 1888.
Burial
location unknown.
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Orrin T. Hayes (b. 1827) —
of Georges Mills, Sunapee, Sullivan
County, N.H.; Hastings, Dakota
County, Minn.
Born in New London, Merrimack
County, N.H., December
2, 1827.
Merchant; postmaster;
justice of the peace; lawyer; Dakota
County Attorney, 1855; mayor
of Hastings, Minn., 1859-60; major in the Union Army during the
Civil War; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives 7th District, 1863.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Lucina A. Emerson (died 1858); married 1859 to Mary C.
Matthews. |
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Isaiah Kidder (1770-1811) —
of New Ipswich, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in New Ipswich, Hillsborough
County, N.H., February
3, 1770.
Son of Reuben Kidder (1723-1793) and Susannah Burge Kidder
(1736-1824).
Merchant; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1810-11.
Died April 28,
1811 (age 41 years, 84
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Bradford Newcomb Stevens (1813-1885) —
also known as Bradford N. Stevens —
of Tiskilwa, Bureau
County, Ill.
Born in Boscawen, Merrimack
County, N.H., January
3, 1813.
School
teacher; merchant; mayor of Tiskilwa, Ill.; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 5th District, 1871-73.
Died in Tiskilwa, Bureau
County, Ill., November
10, 1885 (age 72 years, 311
days).
Interment at Mt.
Bloom Cemetery, Tiskilwa, Ill.
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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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Joseph E. Watson (1860-1937) —
of Bronson, Branch
County, Mich.
Born in Center Sandwich, Sandwich, Carroll
County, N.H., July 8,
1860.
Republican. Merchant; banker; postmaster;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Branch County, 1919-24;
member of Michigan
state senate 9th District, 1925-28.
English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died March 20,
1937 (age 76 years, 255
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Luther Wright (b. 1799) —
of Oswego, Oswego
County, N.Y.
Born in Nelson, Cheshire
County, N.H., September
13, 1799.
Merchant; miller; banker; village
president of Oswego, New York, 1839, 1841; treasurer of several
railroad
companies; president of the Oswego Gas Light
company.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1828
to Lucinda Smith (died 1838); married 1840 to Miss L.
Bailey. |
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