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Frederick Hobbes Allen (1858-1937) —
also known as Frederick H. Allen —
of Pelham Manor, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii, May 30,
1858.
Son of Elisha
Hunt Allen and Mary Harrod (Hobbes) Allen.
Democrat. Lawyer; economist;
village president of Pelham Manor, N.Y., 1904-06; chair of
Westchester County Democratic Party, 1904-14; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1908,
1920
(alternate); served in the U.S. Navy during World War I.
Episcopalian.
Member, Society
of Colonial Wars; Sons of the Revolution; American
Legion; Military
Order of the World Wars.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Newport Hospital,
Newport, Newport
County, R.I., December
3, 1937 (age 79 years, 187
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Sidney Miller Ballou (1870-1929) —
also known as Sidney Ballou —
of Hawaii.
Born in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., October
24, 1870.
Son of Oren Aldrich Ballou and Charlotte (Miller) Ballou.
Lawyer;
justice
of Hawaii territorial supreme court, 1907-09.
Member, Sons of the American Revolution; Navy
League.
Died October
29, 1929 (age 59 years, 5
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Oren Aldrich Ballou and Charlotte (Miller) Ballou; married, December
21, 1895, to Thomie Duke (died 1905); married, July 27,
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August Belmont (1853-1924) —
of Hempstead, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
18, 1853.
Son of August
Belmont (1816-1890) and Caroline Slidell (Perry) Belmont.
Democrat. Banker;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1912.
Member, Sons of the Revolution.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
10, 1924 (age 71 years, 296
days).
Interment at Island
Cemetery, Newport, R.I.
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Perry Belmont (1851-1947) —
of Babylon, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
28, 1851.
Son of August
Belmont (1816-1890) and Caroline Slidell (Perry) Belmont.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 1st District, 1881-88; resigned
1888; U.S. Minister to Spain, 1888-89; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
New York, 1892,
1896,
1900,
1904,
1912;
major in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War.
Member, Sons of the Revolution; Society
of the Cincinnati; American
Legion.
Died in Newport, Newport
County, R.I., May 25,
1947 (age 95 years, 148
days).
Interment at Island
Cemetery, Newport, R.I.
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John Taggard Blodgett (1859-1912) —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Belmont, Middlesex
County, Mass., May 16,
1859.
Son of William Alfred Blodgett and Anna Maria (Taggard) Blodgett.
Lawyer;
member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1898-1900; justice of
Rhode Island state supreme court, 1900-03.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Sons of the American Revolution.
Died March 4,
1912 (age 52 years, 293
days).
Interment at Swan
Point Cemetery, Providence, R.I.
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Elbridge Thomas Gerry (1837-1927) —
of Newport, Newport
County, R.I.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
25, 1837.
Son of Thomas Russell Gerry (1794-1845) and Hannah Green (Goelet)
Gerry (1804-1845).
Lawyer;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1867; founder
and president, New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Children (said to be the "parent of all child protective
organizations in the world"); governor of New York Hospital,
1878-1912; chairman, New York State Commission on Capital Punishment
(replaced hanging with the electric chair), 1886-88; trustee, New
York Life
Insurance Co.; chairman, New York City Commission on Insanity,
1892.
Member, Sons of the Revolution.
Broke his hip in a fall, and
died two weeks later, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
18, 1927 (age 89 years, 55
days).
Entombed at St.
James' Churchyard, Hyde Park, N.Y.
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Thomas Casey Greene (b. 1896) —
of Potowomut, Warwick, Kent
County, R.I.
Born in Cranford, Union
County, N.J., September
7, 1896.
Son of George Francis Greene and Margaret (Ladd) Greene.
Republican. Paper box
manufacturer; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Rhode Island, 1944,
1948,
1952,
1956;
Rhode
Island Republican state chair, 1946-49.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sons of the American Revolution.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Bates Greenough (1866-1956) —
also known as William B. Greenough —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Westfield, Hampden
County, Mass., November
22, 1866.
Son of James Carruthers Greenough and Jeanie Ashley (Bates)
Greenough.
Republican. Lawyer; Rhode
Island state attorney general, 1905-12; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Rhode Island, 1924.
Member, American Bar
Association; Chi Phi;
Society
of Colonial Wars; Sons of the American Revolution.
Died November
17, 1956 (age 89 years, 361
days).
Interment at Swan
Point Cemetery, Providence, R.I.
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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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John Page Sanborn (b. 1844) —
also known as John P. Sanborn —
of Newport, Newport
County, R.I.
Born in Fremont, Rockingham
County, N.H., September
9, 1844.
Son of Alvah Sanborn and Nancy (Page) Sanborn.
Republican. Member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1879-82, 1898-99; Speaker of
the Rhode Island State House of Representatives, 1881-82;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Rhode Island, 1880,
1896;
member of Rhode
Island state senate from Newport, 1885-86, 1906-11.
Member, Sons of the American Revolution.
Burial
location unknown.
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Sheldon Whitehouse (1883-1965) —
of New York.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
5, 1883.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Minister to Guatamala, 1930-33; Colombia, 1933-34.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sons of the American Revolution.
Died in 1965
(age about
82 years).
Interment at St.
Mary's Episcopal Cemetery, Portsmouth, R.I.
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