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Urban Andrian Woodbury (1838-1915) —
also known as Urban A. Woodbury —
of Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born in Acworth, Sullivan
County, N.H., July 11,
1838.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lumber
business; mayor
of Burlington, Vt., 1885-86; Lieutenant
Governor of Vermont, 1888-90; Governor of
Vermont, 1894-96.
Congregationalist.
Died in Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt., April 15,
1915 (age 76 years, 278
days).
Interment somewhere.
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John Hopkins Worcester, Jr. (1845-1893) —
also known as John H. Worcester —
of South Orange, Essex
County, N.J.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in St. Johnsbury, Caledonia
County, Vt., April 2,
1845.
Son of John H. Worcester and Martha P. (Clark) Worcester.
Republican. Pastor,
Sixth Presbyterian Church, Chicago, 1883-90; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1888 ;
professor
of Systematic Theology, Union Theological Seminary, 1890-93.
Presbyterian.
Died in Lakewood, Ocean
County, N.J., February
5, 1893 (age 47 years, 309
days).
Interment somewhere.
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George Franklin Edmunds (1828-1919) —
also known as George F. Edmunds —
of Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Richmond, Chittenden
County, Vt., February
1, 1828.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Burlington, 1854-55, 1857-59;
Speaker
of the Vermont State House of Representatives, 1857-59; member of
Vermont
state senate from Chittenden County, 1861-62; U.S.
Senator from Vermont, 1865-91; candidate for Republican
nomination for President, 1880,
1884.
Episcopalian.
Author of Edmunds Act for suppression of polygamy in Utah, 1882.
Died in Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif., February
27, 1919 (age 91 years, 26
days).
Interment at Greenmount Cemetery.
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David Allen Smalley (1809-1877) —
of Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born in Middlebury, Addison
County, Vt., April 6,
1809.
Democrat. Lawyer; postmaster;
member of Vermont
state senate, 1843-44; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Vermont, 1852,
1856;
U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1853-57; Chairman of
Democratic National Committee, 1856-60; U.S.
District Judge for Vermont, 1857-77; died in office 1877.
Died in Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt., March 10,
1877 (age 67 years, 338
days).
Interment at Greenmount Cemetery.
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Bradley Barlow Smalley (1835-1909) —
also known as Bradley B. Smalley —
of Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born in Jericho, Chittenden
County, Vt., November
26, 1835.
Son of Laura (Barlow) Smalley (1809-1879) and David
Allen Smalley.
Democrat. Lawyer;
clerk, U.S. District Court for Vermont, 1861-85; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Burlington, 1874, 1878;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Vermont, 1876; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Vermont, 1876
(speaker);
U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1885-88.
Episcopalian.
Died, from a cerebral
hemorrhage, November
6, 1909 (age 73 years, 345
days).
Interment at Greenmount Cemetery.
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Warren Robinson Austin (1877-1962) —
also known as Warren R. Austin —
of St. Albans, Franklin
County, Vt.; Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born in Highgate Center, Highgate, Franklin
County, Vt., November
12, 1877.
Son of Chauncey Goodrich Austin and Anne Mathilda (Robinson) Austin.
Republican. Lawyer; Franklin
County State's Attorney, 1904-06; mayor
of St. Albans, Vt., 1909; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Vermont, 1928,
1940,
1944
(speaker);
U.S.
Senator from Vermont, 1931-46; U.S. Representative to United Nations, 1947-53.
Congregationalist.
Member, Farm
Bureau; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Sons of
the American Revolution; Society
of the Cincinnati; Loyal
Legion; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Kappa
Sigma; Rotary.
Died in Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt., December
25, 1962 (age 85 years, 43
days).
Interment at Lakeview Cemetery.
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Samuel Greene Wheeler Benjamin (1837-1914) —
also known as S. G. W. Benjamin —
of New York; Washington,
D.C.; Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born, of American parents, at Argos, Greece,
February
13, 1837.
Son of Nathan B. Benjamin (missionary) and Mary Gladding (Wheeler)
Benjamin (poet).
Librarian;
author;
artist;
U.S. Minister to Persia, 1883-85.
Member, Sons of
the Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars; Phi
Beta Kappa; American
Forestry Association; Navy
League.
Died in Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt., July 19,
1914 (age 77 years, 156
days).
Interment at Lakeview Cemetery.
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David Johnson Foster (1857-1912) —
also known as David J. Foster —
of Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born in Barnet, Caledonia
County, Vt., June 27,
1857.
Republican. Lawyer; Chittenden
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1886-90; member of Vermont
state senate, 1892-94; Vermont Commissioner of Taxes, 1894-98;
chair, board of railroad commissioners, 1898-1900; U.S.
Representative from Vermont 1st District, 1901-12; died in office
1912.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 21,
1912 (age 54 years, 268
days).
Interment at Lakeview Cemetery.
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Leo Allen Bergholz (1857-1945) —
of New Rochelle, Westchester
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt., November
10, 1857.
Son of William Rudolph Otto Bergholz (c.1833-1901) and Mary (Lyon)
Bergholz (c.1837-1926).
Republican. U.S. Vice Consul in Chinkiang, 1883-87; U.S. Consul in Erzerum, 1896-1903; Three Rivers, 1903-04; Dawson, 1904-05; U.S. Consul General in Tientsin, 1905; Beirut, 1905-06; Canton, 1906, 1919-21; Kingston, 1912; Winnipeg, 1913; Dresden, 1913-17; Seoul, 1918-19.
Methodist.
German
ancestry. Member, Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died in 1945
(age about
87 years).
Interment at Lakeview Cemetery.
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Harold John Arthur (1904-1971) —
of Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born in Whitehall, Washington
County, N.Y., February
9, 1904.
Republican. Lawyer;
major in the U.S. Army during World War II; Lieutenant
Governor of Vermont, 1949-50; Governor of
Vermont, 1950-51; Republican candidate for U.S.
Representative from Vermont at-large, 1950 (primary), 1958.
Unitarian.
Member, United
Commercial Travelers; American
Legion; Amvets; Farm
Bureau; Sons of
the American Revolution; Elks; Grange; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Eagles; Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows.
Died July 19,
1971 (age 67 years, 160
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Lakeview Cemetery.
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Samuel Hollister Jackson (1875-1927) —
also known as Hollister Jackson; Samuel Hollister
Jackson —
of Barre, Washington
County, Vt.
Born in Toronto, Ontario,
December
7, 1875.
Republican. Washington
County State's Attorney, 1904-06; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1906-07; Lieutenant
Governor of Vermont, 1927; died in office 1927.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias.
Drowned
in a flood near his home, Barre, Washington
County, Vt., November
2, 1927 (age 51 years, 330
days).
Interment at Lakeview Cemetery.
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Elihu Barber Taft (1847-1929) —
of Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born in Williston, Chittenden
County, Vt., March 25,
1847.
Son of Eleazer Taft and Ellen M. (Barber) Taft.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Vermont
state senate from Chittenden County, 1888-90.
Universalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in 1929
(age about
82 years).
Interment at Lakeview Cemetery.
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Charles Hial Darling (1859-1944) —
also known as Charles H. Darling —
of Bennington, Bennington
County, Vt.; Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born in Woodstock, Windsor
County, Vt., May 9,
1859.
Son of Jason L. Darling and Ellen L. (Paul) Darling.
Republican. Lawyer;
municipal judge in Vermont, 1887-1901; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1896-98; U.S. Assistant Secretary
of the Navy, 1901-05; U.S.
Collector of Customs, 1905-09.
Member, Sons of
the Revolution; Zeta
Psi; Freemasons.
Died in 1944
(age about
85 years).
Interment at Lakeview Cemetery.
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Thomas Chittenden (1730-1797) —
of Williston, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born in Guilford, New Haven
County, Conn., January
6, 1730.
Governor
of Vermont, 1778-89, 1790-97; died in office 1797.
Died in Williston, Chittenden
County, Vt., August
25, 1797 (age 67 years, 231
days).
Interment at Old Cemetery; statue at State
House Grounds, Montpelier, Vt.; statue at Town Green.
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Martin Chittenden (1763-1840) —
of Williston, Chittenden
County, Vt.; Jericho, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born in Salisbury, Litchfield
County, Conn., March 12,
1763.
Son of Thomas
Chittenden.
Member of Vermont state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Vermont 4th District, 1803-13; Governor of
Vermont, 1813-15.
Died in Williston, Chittenden
County, Vt., September
5, 1840 (age 77 years, 177
days).
Interment at Old Cemetery.
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