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Joshua Melancthon Addeman (1840-1930) —
also known as Joshua M. Addeman —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Bay of Islands, New
Zealand, November
15, 1840.
Son of Thomas Addeman and Maria (Fligg) Addeman.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; secretary of
state of Rhode Island, 1872-87.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Freemasons; Society
of the Cincinnati.
Died October
13, 1930 (age 89 years, 332
days).
Interment at Swan
Point Cemetery, Providence, R.I.
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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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Henry F. Anthony —
of East Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Member of Rhode
Island state senate, 1901.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert Livingston Beeckman (1866-1935) —
also known as R. Livingston Beeckman —
of Newport, Newport
County, R.I.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April 15,
1866.
Son of Gilbert Livingston Beeckman and Margaret Atherton (Foster)
Beeckman.
Republican. Stockbroker;
member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1909-11; member of Rhode
Island state senate, 1912-14; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Rhode Island, 1912,
1916,
1924;
Governor
of Rhode Island, 1915-21; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Rhode Island, 1922.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, of apparently of a heart
attack, in Santa Barbara, Santa
Barbara County, Calif., January
21, 1935 (age 68 years, 281
days).
Interment at Sleepy
Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.
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Samuel M. Blatchford (1820-1893) —
of Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March 9,
1820.
Son of Julia (Mumford) Blatchford and Richard
Milford Blatchford.
Lawyer;
U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1867-78; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1878-82; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1882-93; died in office 1893.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Newport, Newport
County, R.I., July 7,
1893 (age 73 years, 120
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Albert Bliss (1811-1876) —
of Pawtucket, Providence
County, R.I.
Born October
10, 1811.
Son of Nathaniel Bliss and Elizabeth (Blake) Bliss.
Coal
and lumber
dealer; member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives; member of Rhode
Island state senate.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Pawtucket, Providence
County, R.I., January
20, 1876 (age 64 years, 102
days).
Interment at Mineral
Spring Cemetery, Pawtucket, R.I.
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Zenas Work Bliss (1867-1957) —
also known as Zenas W. Bliss —
of Cranston, Providence
County, R.I.; Edgewood, Cranston, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Johnston, Providence
County, R.I., January
10, 1867.
Son of Zenas Randall Bliss (1835-1900; U.S. Army Major General,
recipient Medal of Honor) and Martha Nancy (Work) Bliss (1840-1919).
Republican. Real estate
business; member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1903-09; Lieutenant
Governor of Rhode Island, 1910-13; Rhode Island State Tax
Commissioner.
Unitarian.
Member, Loyal
Legion; American
Economic Association; American
Political Science Association; Freemasons.
Died in Cranston, Providence
County, R.I., January
10, 1957 (age 90 years, 0
days).
Interment at Swan
Point Cemetery, Providence, R.I.
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Augustus Osborn Bourn (1834-1925) —
also known as Augustus O. Bourn —
of Bristol, Bristol
County, R.I.
Born in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., October
1, 1834.
Son of George O. Bourn and Huldah B. (Eddy) Bourn.
Manufacturer of rubber goods; founder and president, National Rubber
Company; member of Rhode
Island state senate, 1876-83, 1886-88; Governor of
Rhode Island, 1883-85; U.S. Consul General in Rome, 1889-93.
Member, Freemasons.
Author of Bourn Amendment to the Rhode Island state constitution,
extending voting rights to foreign-born citizens.
Died January
28, 1925 (age 90 years, 119
days).
Interment at Swan
Point Cemetery, Providence, R.I.
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Daniel Russell Brown (1848-1919) —
also known as D. Russell Brown —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Bolton, Tolland
County, Conn., March 28,
1848.
Son of Arba Harrison Brown and Harriet M. (Dart) Brown.
Republican. Newspaper
publisher; Presidential Elector for Rhode Island, 1888;
Governor
of Rhode Island, 1892-95.
Member, Freemasons.
Died February
28, 1919 (age 70 years, 337
days).
Interment at Swan
Point Cemetery, Providence, R.I.
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George Tilden Brown (b. 1848) —
also known as George T. Brown —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in West Greenwich, Kent
County, R.I., June 29,
1848.
Son of Peter Tilden Brown and Roxallana (Potter) Brown.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1877-78, 1893-94; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Rhode Island, 1888;
member of Rhode
Island state senate, 1889-91; superior court judge in Rhode
Island, 1905-16.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Clark Burdick (1868-1948) —
of Newport, Newport
County, R.I.
Born in Newport, Newport
County, R.I., January
13, 1868.
Son of J. Truman Burdick and Emily F. (Sherman) Burdick.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1906-08; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Rhode Island, 1912;
member of Rhode
Island state senate, 1915-16; mayor of
Newport, R.I., 1917-18; U.S.
Representative from Rhode Island 1st District, 1919-33.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died August
27, 1948 (age 80 years, 227
days).
Interment at St.
Mary's Episcopal Cemetery, Portsmouth, 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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Kenneth Carter —
of Washington
County, R.I.
Democrat. Member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1999-2002.
Member, Freemasons.
Still living as of 2002.
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Norman Stanley Case (1888-1967) —
also known as Norman S. Case —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.; Narragansett, Washington
County, R.I.
Born in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., October
11, 1888.
Son of John Warren Case and Louise Marea (White) Case.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Attorney for Rhode Island, 1921-26; Lieutenant
Governor of Rhode Island, 1927-28; Governor of
Rhode Island, 1928-33; member, Federal Communications
Commission, 1934-45.
Baptist.
Member, Delta
Upsilon; Freemasons.
Died in Wakefield, South Kingstown, Washington
County, R.I., October
9, 1967 (age 78 years, 363
days).
Interment at Swan
Point Cemetery, Providence, R.I.
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Christopher E. Champlin —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.; New Shoreham, Newport
County, R.I.
Member of Rhode
Island state senate from New Shoreham, 1901, 1911.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Oliver Cromwell Comstock (1780-1860) —
also known as Oliver C. Comstock —
of Seneca
County, N.Y.
Born in Warwick, Kent
County, R.I., March 1,
1780.
Democrat. Member of New York
state assembly from Seneca County, 1809-10, 1811-12; common pleas
court judge in New York, 1812-15, 1817-18; U.S.
Representative from New York 20th District, 1813-19; Michigan
superintendent of public instruction, 1843-45.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Marshall, Calhoun
County, Mich., January
11, 1860 (age 79 years, 316
days).
Interment at Oakridge
Cemetery, Marshall, Mich.
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Arthur M. Cottrell, Jr. (b. 1906) —
of Hopkinton, Washington
County, R.I.
Born in 1906.
Republican. Member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives; member of Rhode
Island state senate; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Rhode Island, 1956.
Member, Freemasons; Elks.
Entombed in mausoleum at River
Bend Cemetery, Westerly, R.I.
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Thomas Byrne Dunn (1853-1924) —
also known as Thomas B. Dunn —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., March 16,
1853.
Republican. Member of New York
state senate 45th District, 1907-08; New York
state treasurer, 1909-10; U.S.
Representative from New York 38th District, 1913-23; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1920.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., July 2,
1924 (age 71 years, 108
days).
Entombed at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Rochester, N.Y.
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Elisha Dyer III (1839-1906) —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Born November
29, 1839.
Son of Elisha
Dyer.
Governor
of Rhode Island, 1897-1900.
Member, Freemasons.
Died November
29, 1906 (age 67 years, 0
days).
Interment at Swan
Point Cemetery, Providence, R.I.
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Daniel Butler Fearing (1859-1918) —
of Newport, Newport
County, R.I.
Born in Newport, Newport
County, R.I., August
14, 1859.
Son of Henry Seymour Fearing and Serena Mason (Jones) Fearing.
Democrat. Mayor of
Newport, R.I., 1894.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died May 26,
1918 (age 58 years, 285
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Seymour Fearing and Serena Mason (Jones) Fearing; married 1887 to
Henrietta Strong (died 1908); married 1912 to
Charlotte Strong. |
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Milton N. Gilman —
of Hopkinton, Washington
County, R.I.
Republican. Candidate in primary for Rhode
Island state senate, 1948.
Member, Freemasons; Order of the
Eastern Star.
Still living as of 1948.
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Peter T. Ginaitt —
of Warwick, Kent
County, R.I.
Democrat. Member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives 22nd District; elected 2002.
Member, Freemasons.
Still living as of 2002.
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Nicholas Gorham —
of Coventry, Kent
County, R.I.
Republican. Member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives 40th District; elected
2002; delegate to Republican National Convention from Rhode Island,
2008.
Member, Freemasons.
Still living as of 2008.
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William Gregory (1849-1901) —
of North Kingstown, Washington
County, R.I.
Born in Astoria, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., August 3,
1849.
Republican. Member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1889-92; member of Rhode
Island state senate, 1895-98; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Rhode Island, 1896;
Lieutenant
Governor of Rhode Island, 1898-1900; Governor of
Rhode Island, 1900-01; died in office 1901.
Member, Freemasons.
Died December
16, 1901 (age 52 years, 135
days).
Interment at Elmgrove
Cemetery, Allenton, North Kingstown, R.I.
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Robert Scott Hirst (1922-1994) —
of Hopkinton, Washington
County, R.I.
Born in Hopkinton, Washington
County, R.I., April 1,
1922.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; delegate to
Rhode Island state constitutional convention, 1955; member of Rhode Island
Republican State Central Committee; postmaster.
Member, Freemasons; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., March 22,
1994 (age 71 years, 355
days).
Interment at First
Hopkinton Cemetery, Ashaway, Hopkinton, R.I.
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Scott Bill Hirst (b. 1953) —
of Ashaway, Hopkinton, Washington
County, R.I.
Born in Westerly Hospital,
Westerly, Washington
County, R.I., June 30,
1953.
Son of Robert
Scott Hirst.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Rhode Island, 1992,
1996;
member, Hopkinton Town Council, 1996-2004.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Grange; Elks; Odd
Fellows.
Still living as of 2004.
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Horace E. Hobbs —
of Warwick, Kent
County, R.I.
Democrat. Mayor of
Warwick, R.I., 1961-66; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Rhode Island, 1964;
candidate for Governor of
Rhode Island, 1966.
Member, Freemasons.
Still living as of 1966.
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Samuel Robertson Honey (1842-1927) —
also known as Samuel R. Honey —
of Newport, Newport
County, R.I.
Born in England,
1842.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; Lieutenant
Governor of Rhode Island, 1887-88; member of Democratic
National Committee from Rhode Island, 1888-96; mayor of
Newport, R.I., 1891-92; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Rhode Island, 1892,
1904;
member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1893-94.
Member, Freemasons.
Died February
17, 1927 (age about 84
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Clifford Chesley Hubbard (b. 1884) —
also known as Clifford C. Hubbard —
of Norton, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., April 30,
1884.
Son of Elmer Elston Hubbard and Lucy Amelia (Read) Hubbard.
Democrat. School
teacher; college
professor; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1944.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Historical Association; American
Political Science Association; American
Legion; Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Morphis A. Jamiel —
of Rhode Island.
Member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives; member of Rhode
Island state senate.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Freemasons; Knights
Templar.
Still living as of 2000.
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Samuel C. Kagan (b. 1908) —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Russia,
November
11, 1908.
Democrat. Member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1941-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Rhode Island, 1952
(alternate), 1960,
1964,
1968.
Jewish.
Member, Elks;
Freemasons; B'nai
B'rith.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Alfred Kennedy, Jr. —
of Rhode Island.
Democrat. Member of Rhode Island
Democratic State Committee, 2000.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar.
Still living as of 2000.
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Charles Dean Kimball (1859-1930) —
also known as Charles D. Kimball —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., September
13, 1859.
Son of Emery S. Kimball and Mary C. (Briggs) Kimball.
Republican. Merchant;
member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1894-99; Lieutenant
Governor of Rhode Island, 1900-01; Governor of
Rhode Island, 1901-03.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Sons of
the Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars.
Died December
8, 1930 (age 71 years, 86
days).
Interment at Swan
Point Cemetery, Providence, R.I.
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Herbert Warren Ladd (1843-1913) —
also known as Herbert W. Ladd —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in New Bedford, Bristol
County, Mass., October
15, 1843.
Governor
of Rhode Island, 1889-90, 1891-92.
Member, Freemasons.
Died November
29, 1913 (age 70 years, 45
days).
Interment at Swan
Point Cemetery, Providence, R.I.
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John Nelson Lewis (b. 1847) —
of Voluntown, New London
County, Conn.
Born in Exeter, Washington
County, R.I., April 23,
1847.
Son of James Lewis and Mary (Sisson) Lewis.
Republican. Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1889, 1891; member of Connecticut
state senate, 1897.
Member, Freemasons; Odd
Fellows.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1873
to E. Nietta Lee. |
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Frank Licht (1916-1987) —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., March 3,
1916.
Son of Jacob Licht and Rose (Kassed) Licht.
Law clerk for U.S. Court of Appeals Judge John
C. Mahoney, 1942-43; lawyer;
member of Rhode
Island state senate, 1949-56; superior court judge in Rhode
Island, 1956-68; Governor of
Rhode Island, 1969-73.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Sigma Rho; American Bar
Association.
Died in 1987
(age about
71 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Ernest Orrin Maine (b. 1913) —
also known as Ernest O. Maine —
of Rhode Island.
Born in North Stonington, New London
County, Conn., 1913.
Republican. Auctioneer;
member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1947-49; member of Rhode
Island state senate, 1949-57.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Elks;
Freemasons; Grange.
Interment at Thompson
Cemetery, North Stonington, Conn.
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Julius C. Michaelson (born c.1922) —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Born about 1922.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Rhode Island, 1952,
1964;
Rhode
Island state attorney general; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Rhode Island, 1982.
Member, Freemasons.
Still living as of 1982.
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George Panichas (born c.1922) —
of Rhode Island.
Born about 1922.
Member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives.
Eastern
Orthodox. Greek
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Still living as of 2007.
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James Monroe Pendleton (1822-1889) —
also known as James M. Pendleton —
of Westerly, Washington
County, R.I.
Born in North Stonington, New London
County, Conn., January
10, 1822.
Son of Nathan
Pendleton (1779-1827) and Phebe (Cole) Pendleton (1786-1867).
Republican. Banker;
member of Rhode
Island state senate, 1862-65; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Rhode Island, 1868,
1876;
Presidential Elector for Rhode Island, 1868;
U.S.
Representative from Rhode Island 2nd District, 1871-75; member of
Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1878-84.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar.
Died in Westerly, Washington
County, R.I., February
16, 1889 (age 67 years, 37
days).
Interment at River
Bend Cemetery, Westerly, R.I.
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Roger A. Picard —
of Woonsocket, Providence
County, R.I.
Democrat. Social
worker; member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives 66th District, 2001-02.
Member, Freemasons.
Still living as of 2002.
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Louis M. Richards (d. 1999) —
of Rhode Island.
Member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in 1999.
Burial
location unknown.
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Albert Pradervand Ruerat (1904-1987) —
also known as Albert P. Ruerat —
of Warwick, Kent
County, R.I.
Born May 24,
1904.
Republican. Mayor of
Warwick, R.I., 1937-48; candidate for Governor of
Rhode Island, 1948.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in 1987
(age about
83 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Harry Sandager (1887-1955) —
of Auburn, Cranston, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., April 12,
1887.
Son of Maurice Sandager and Louise (Larssen) Sandager.
Republican. Newspaper
reporter; automobile
dealer; member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1928-36; U.S.
Representative from Rhode Island 2nd District, 1939-41; defeated,
1940, 1942; member of Republican
National Committee from Rhode Island, 1941-44; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Rhode Island, 1948,
1952
(alternate).
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons; Elks; Eagles; Lions; Delta
Phi Epsilon.
Died in Cranston, Providence
County, R.I., December
24, 1955 (age 68 years, 256
days).
Interment at St.
Francis Cemetery, Pawtucket, R.I.
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Wilbour Eddy Saunders (1894-1979) —
also known as Wilbour E. Saunders —
of Hightstown, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Warwick, Kent
County, R.I., September
20, 1894.
Son of Colver Leeds Saunders and Harriet (Robertson) Saunders.
Pastor;
chaplain;
school
headmaster; delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Mercer County,
1947; interim president,
Keuka College, 1965-66.
Baptist.
Member, American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Delta
Tau Delta; Freemasons; Junior
Order; Royal
Arcanum; Patriotic
Order Sons of America.
Died in 1979
(age about
84 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas Vincent Stillman (1828-1891) —
of Rhode Island.
Born in Voluntown, New London
County, Conn., August
13, 1828.
Member of Rhode Island state legislature.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar.
Died in Westerly, Washington
County, R.I., August
21, 1891 (age 63 years, 8
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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George Benjamin Utter (b. 1881) —
also known as G. Benjamin Utter —
of Westerly, Washington
County, R.I.
Born in Westerly, Washington
County, R.I., April 11,
1881.
Son of George
Herbert Utter and Elizabeth Lavina (Brown) Utter.
Republican. Newspaper
editor; printing
business; member of Rhode Island
Republican State Central Committee, 1915-28; member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1925-26; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Rhode Island, 1940;
trustee, Westerly Hospital.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons.
Interment at River
Bend Cemetery, Westerly, R.I.
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Henry Rogers Winthrop (1876-1958) —
of Westbury, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Newport, Newport
County, R.I., July 2,
1876.
Son of Buchanan Winthrop and Sarah Helen (Townsend) Winthrop.
Republican. Banker; stockbroker;
major in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to
New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; director,
Long Island Railroad.
Episcopalian.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Freemasons.
Died in Sarasota, Sarasota
County, Fla., November
14, 1958 (age 82 years, 135
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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