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George Herbert Adams (b. 1851) —
also known as George H. Adams —
of Plymouth, Grafton
County, N.H.
Born in Campton, Grafton
County, N.H., May 18,
1851.
Son of Isaac L. Adams and Louisa C. (Blair) Adams.
Republican. Lawyer;
president, Pemigewasset National Bank;
trustee, Plymouth Guaranty Savings Bank;
director, Pemigewasset Valley Railroad; director, White
Mountain Telephone
Co.; director, Plymouth Electric
Light Co.; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1876; member of
New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1883-84; member of New
Hampshire state senate 4th District, 1899-1900, 1905-06.
Burial
location unknown.
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Harry Burton Amey (b. 1868) —
also known as Harry B. Amey —
of Milton, Strafford
County, N.H.; Island Pond, Brighton, Essex
County, Vt.
Born in Pittsburg, Coos
County, N.H., December
21, 1868.
Son of John T. Amey and Emily (Haynes) Amey.
Republican. Lawyer;
Vermont attorney for Grand Trunk Railway, 1902; Essex
County State's Attorney, 1904-08; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Brighton, 1910; U.S.
Attorney for Vermont, 1923-32.
Unitarian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1896
to Gracia A. Norton. |
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Ernest Lorne Bell (b. 1871) —
also known as Ernest L. Bell —
of Woodstock, Grafton
County, N.H.; Plymouth, Grafton
County, N.H.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., March 16,
1871.
Son of Samuel Bell and Mary E. (Loud) Bell.
Physician;
surgeon to Boston & Maine Railroad; surgeon-general of New
Hampshire; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1903-04; member of New
Hampshire state senate 2nd District, 1905-06.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Medical
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1894
to Maude Coolidge. |
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Rufus Blodgett (1834-1910) —
of Ocean
County, N.J.; Long Branch, Monmouth
County, N.J.
Born in Dorchester, Grafton
County, N.H., October
9, 1834.
Democrat. Superintendent, New Jersey Southern Railroad,
1874-84; founder and president, Citizens Bank of
Long Branch; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Ocean County, 1878-80;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1880,
1896;
U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1887-93; mayor
of Long Branch, N.J., 1893.
Died in Long Branch, Monmouth
County, N.J., October
3, 1910 (age 75 years, 359
days).
Interment at Village
Cemetery, Wentworth, N.H.
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Oliver Ernesto Branch (b. 1847) —
also known as Oliver E. Branch —
of Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Madison, Lake
County, Ohio, July 19,
1847.
Son of William Witter Branch and Lucy J. (Bartram) Branch.
Lawyer;
general counsel, Boston & Maine Railroad; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1887, 1889; U.S.
Attorney for New Hampshire, 1894-98.
English
ancestry. Member, Delta
Upsilon; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Albert Busiel (1842-1901) —
also known as Charles A. Busiel —
of Laconia, Belknap
County, N.H.
Born in Meredith, Belknap
County, N.H., November
24, 1842.
Manufacturer;
president, Laconia National Bank and
City Savings Bank;
president, Lake Shore Railroad; director, Concord &
Montreal Railroad; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1878-79; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New Hampshire, 1880;
mayor
of Laconia, N.H., 1893-95; Governor of
New Hampshire, 1895-97.
Died, about two weeks after the drowning of his six-year-old grandson
and namesake, of heart
disease, August
29, 1901 (age 58 years, 278
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Union
Cemetery, Laconia, N.H.
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Thomas Perkins Cheney (b. 1891) —
also known as Thomas P. Cheney —
of Laconia, Belknap
County, N.H.
Born in Ashland, Grafton
County, N.H., August
17, 1891.
Son of Jonathan M. Cheney and Lucy A. (Hughes) Cheney.
Republican. Lawyer;
trustee, Laconia State Bank;
director, Peoples National Bank of
Laconia; director, Public
Service Co. of New Hampshire; director, Laconia Street
Railway; Belknap
County Solicitor, 1920-25; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New Hampshire, 1928,
1936;
New
Hampshire state attorney general, 1935-40; candidate in primary
for Governor of
New Hampshire, 1938.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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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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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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Louis Bertrand Goodall (1851-1935) —
also known as Louis B. Goodall —
of Sanford, York
County, Maine.
Born in Winchester, Cheshire
County, N.H., September
23, 1851.
Son of Thomas Goodall and Ruth (Waterhouse) Goodall.
Republican. Woollen
manufacturer; officer of railroads and power
companies; president, Sanford National Bank; U.S.
Representative from Maine 1st District, 1917-21.
Unitarian.
Died in Sanford, York
County, Maine, June 26,
1935 (age 83 years, 276
days).
Interment at Oakdale
Cemetery, Sanford, Maine.
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George Brinton McClellan Harvey (1864-1928) —
also known as George Harvey —
of Deal, Monmouth
County, N.J.
Born in Peacham, Caledonia
County, Vt., February
16, 1864.
Son of Duncan Harvey and Margaret S. (Varnum) Harvey.
Newspaper
reporter; New Jersey Insurance Commissioner, 1890-91; builder and
president of electric railroads, 1894-98; editor and
publisher, North American Review and Harper's
Weekly; U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1921-23.
Died, from a heart
attack and asthma, in
Dublin, Cheshire
County, N.H., August
20, 1928 (age 64 years, 186
days).
Interment at Peacham
Cemetery, Peacham, Vt.
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Charles Courtney Pinkney Holden (1827-1905) —
also known as Charles C. P. Holden —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Groton, Grafton
County, N.H., August 9,
1827.
Son of Phineas Hemmenway Holden (1792-1872) and Elizabeth 'Betsey'
(Parker) Holden (1792-1869).
Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; land agent for
Illinois Central Railroad; helped to organize and build the
Chicago and Illinois River Railroad; Republican candidate for
mayor
of Chicago, Ill., 1862, 1871; Democratic candidate for
Presidential Elector for Illinois, 1872;
Cook
County Commissioner, 1874.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died in Matteson, Cook
County, Ill., February
5, 1905 (age 77 years, 180
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Joliet, Ill.
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James Frederick Joy (1810-1896) —
also known as James F. Joy —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Durham, Strafford
County, N.H., December
2, 1810.
Son of James Joy (1778-1857) and Sarah (Pickering) Joy (1781-1858).
Republican. Lawyer; led,
built, reorganized, or merged many railroad companies,
including the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy and the Michigan
Central; an incorporator of the St. Mary's Falls Ship Canal
Company, which built the first canal at Sault Ste. Marie in 1853-55;
president of the Detroit Post-Tribune newspaper;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1861-62; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1880;
member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1881-85.
English
ancestry.
Died September
24, 1896 (age 85 years, 297
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of James Joy (1778-1857) and Sarah (Pickering) Joy (1781-1858);
married 1841
to Martha Alger Reed (daughter of John
Reed); married 1860 to Mary
Bourne. See Reed
family of Massachusetts. |
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article |
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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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Jesse Felt Libby (b. 1857) —
also known as Jesse F. Libby —
of Gorham, Coos
County, N.H.
Born in Locke's Mills, Greenwood, Oxford
County, Maine, February
12, 1857.
Son of Abner Chace Libby and Lucy Spofford (Felt) Libby.
School
principal; lawyer; real estate
business; promoter, director, treasurer, Berlin Aqueduct Company
and Cascade Light and
Power Company; director, president, Lancaster and Jefferson Electric
Light Company; director, Gorham National Bank;
promoter, director, Berlin Street Railway; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1903, 1905.
Congregationalist.
Member, Theta
Delta Chi; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Burial
location unknown.
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Henry Kirke Porter (1840-1921) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H., November
24, 1840.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; locomotive
manufacturer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 31st District, 1903-05;
defeated, 1904.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 10,
1921 (age 80 years, 137
days).
Interment at Allegheny
Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Eugene Elliott Reed (1866-1940) —
also known as Eugene E. Reed —
of Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H., April 23,
1866.
Son of Gilman Reed and Rebecca (Hazelton) Reed.
Democrat. Mason; telegrapher
and train dispatcher, Boston & Maine Railroad; mayor
of Manchester, N.H., 1903-08; member of Democratic
National Committee from New Hampshire, 1908-12; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New Hampshire, 1912,
1916,
1920;
U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 1st District, 1913-15;
defeated, 1910, 1914; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1918.
Member, Eagles; Knights
of Pythias; Redmen; Grange.
Died December
15, 1940 (age 74 years, 236
days).
Interment at Pine
Grove Cemetery, Manchester, N.H.
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Lorenzo P. Sanger (1809-1875) —
of Joliet, Will
County, Ill.
Born in Littleton, Grafton
County, N.H., March 2,
1809.
Son of David Sanger, Jr. (1782-1851) and Mary 'Polly' (Palmer) Sanger
(1783-1854).
Contractor;
built canals and
railroads; member of Illinois
state senate; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; stone quarry
proprietor.
Died in Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., March 23,
1875 (age 66 years, 21
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Joliet, Ill.
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Relatives: Son
of David Sanger, Jr. (1782-1851) and Mary 'Polly' (Palmer) Sanger
(1783-1854); married, February
3, 1830, to Rachel Mary Denniston; father of Frances Louise
Sanger (1842-1880; who married William
Alexander Steel). |
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William F. Thayer (b. 1846) —
of Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H.
Born in Kingston, Rockingham
County, N.H., March 13,
1846.
Son of Calvin Thayer and Sarah Wheeler (Fiske) Thayer.
Republican. Banker;
director, Northern New Hampshire Railroad; treasurer of
New Hampshire Republican Party, 1892-1909; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1908,
1912.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Burial
location unknown.
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Marcus M. Towle (1841-1910) —
of Hammond, Lake
County, Ind.
Born in Danville, Rockingham
County, N.H., January
12, 1841.
Co-founder of the G. H. Hammond meat packing
plant, and of the city of Hammond; financed and built
railroads and port
facilities; mayor of
Hammond, Ind., 1884-88.
Died, in Longcliffe Asylum for the
Insane, Logansport, Cass
County, Ind., September
6, 1910 (age 69 years, 237
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Hammond, Ind.
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Sumner Wallace (1856-1920) —
of Rochester, Strafford
County, N.H.
Born in Berwick, York
County, Maine, March 7,
1856.
Son of Ebenezer Gowell Wallace and Sarah Esther (Greenfield) Wallace.
Republican. Shoe
manufacturer; director of banks,
railroads, and electric
utilities; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1885; member of New
Hampshire Governor's Council, 1899-1900; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New Hampshire, 1904;
Presidential Elector for New Hampshire, 1908.
Member, Theta
Delta Chi; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died, of a cerebral
hemorrhage, in Lake Wales, Polk
County, Fla., January
11, 1920 (age 63 years, 310
days).
Interment at Rochester
Cemetery, Rochester, N.H.
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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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