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Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich (1841-1915) —
also known as Nelson W. Aldrich; "General Manager of
the United States" —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.; Warwick, Kent
County, R.I.
Born in Foster, Providence
County, R.I., November
6, 1841.
Son of Anan E. Aldrich (1807-1892) and Abby Ann (Burgess) Aldrich
(1809-1888).
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; grocer;
director, Roger Williams Bank;
president, First National Bank of
Providence; trustee, Providence, Hartford and Fishkill Railroad;
organizer and president, United Traction
and Electric
Company; member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1875-77; Speaker of
the Rhode Island State House of Representatives, 1876-77; U.S.
Representative from Rhode Island 1st District, 1879-81; U.S.
Senator from Rhode Island, 1881-1911; author of Aldrich-Vreeland
Currency Act and Payne-Aldrich Tariff Act.
English ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died, from an apoplectic
stroke, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April 16,
1915 (age 73 years, 161
days).
Interment at Swan
Point Cemetery, Providence, R.I.
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Robert Bushby (b. 1843) —
of Little York, Cortland
County, N.Y.; Cortland, Cortland
County, N.Y.
Born in Pawtucket, Providence
County, R.I., 1843.
Son of Joseph Bushby and Ann (Patterson) Bushby.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; Cortland
County Treasurer, 1876-84; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1884
(alternate), 1888;
traveling passenger agent, Grand Trunk Railway.
English ancestry. Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Mary A. Miller. |
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Robert John Hodgson (1857-1932) —
also known as R. J. Hodgson —
of Lewiston, Androscoggin
County, Maine.
Born in Woonsocket, Providence
County, R.I., November
15, 1857.
Son of Joseph Hodgson (1823-1876) and Patience (Moss) Hodgson
(1825-1895).
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1920.
English ancestry.
Died in Lewiston, Androscoggin
County, Maine, December
22, 1932 (age 75 years, 37
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Lewiston, Maine.
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Florence H. Pendleton (b. 1881) —
also known as Florence Ethel Hodgson —
of Lewiston, Androscoggin
County, Maine.
Born in Woonsocket, Providence
County, R.I., 1881.
Daughter of Robert
John Hodgson and Jennie Mabel (Dodge) Hodgson (1861-1924).
Republican. Member of Maine
Republican State Committee, 1928.
Female.
English ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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