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Ernest Willard Gibson (1872-1940) —
also known as Ernest W. Gibson —
of Brattleboro, Windham
County, Vt.
Born in Londonderry, Windham
County, Vt., December
29, 1872.
Lawyer;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1906; member of Vermont
state senate, 1908; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Vermont, 1912;
Progressive candidate for Vermont
state attorney general, 1914; served in the U.S. Army during
World War I; Vermont
secretary of civil and military affairs, 1922-23; appointed 1922;
U.S.
Representative from Vermont, 1923-33 (2nd District 1923-33,
at-large 1933); U.S.
Senator from Vermont, 1933-40; died in office 1940.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Moose; Woodmen;
Redmen.
Died June 20,
1940 (age 67 years, 174
days).
Interment at Morningside Cemetery.
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Harrie Brigham Chase (1889-1969) —
of Brattleboro, Windham
County, Vt.
Born in Whitingham, Windham
County, Vt., August 9,
1889.
Son of Charles
Sumner Chase and Carrie Emily (Brigham) Chase.
Lawyer;
superior court judge in Vermont, 1919-27; justice of
Vermont state supreme court, 1927-29; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1929-54.
Universalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Chi Phi;
Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died November
17, 1969 (age 80 years, 100
days).
Interment at Morningside Cemetery.
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Ernest William Gibson (1901-1969) —
of Brattleboro, Windham
County, Vt.
Born in Brattleboro, Windham
County, Vt., March 6,
1901.
Son of Ernest
Willard Gibson and Fullerton (Hadley) Gibson.
Republican. School
teacher; athletic
coach; mathematician;
lawyer;
Windham
County State's Attorney, 1929-32; U.S.
Senator from Vermont, 1940-41; colonel in the U.S. Army during
World War II; Governor of
Vermont, 1947-50; U.S.
District Judge for Vermont, 1950-69.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Eagles; Phi
Delta Phi; Theta
Chi.
Died in Brattleboro, Windham
County, Vt., November
4, 1969 (age 68 years, 243
days).
Interment at Morningside Cemetery.
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Kittredge Haskins (1836-1916) —
of Brattleboro, Windham
County, Vt.
Born in Dover, Windham
County, Vt., April 8,
1836.
Republican. Member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1872; U.S.
Attorney for Vermont, 1880-87; member of Vermont
state senate, 1892; U.S.
Representative from Vermont 2nd District, 1901-09; state court
judge in Vermont, 1910.
Died August 7,
1916 (age 80 years, 121
days).
Interment at Prospect Hill Cemetery.
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James Elliott (1775-1839) —
of Guilford, Windham
County, Vt.; Brattleboro, Windham
County, Vt.; Newfane, Windham
County, Vt.
Born in Gloucester, Essex
County, Mass., August
18, 1775.
Author;
poet; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Vermont 2nd District, 1803-09; newspaper
publisher; served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; Windham
County Clerk of Court, 1817-35; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1818-19, 1837-38; Windham
County State's Attorney, 1837-39.
Died in Newfane, Windham
County, Vt., November
10, 1839 (age 64 years, 84
days).
Interment at Prospect Hill Cemetery.
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James Manning Tyler (1835-1926) —
also known as James M. Tyler —
of Vermont.
Born in Vermont, 1835.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Vermont 2nd District, 1879-83; justice of
Vermont state supreme court, 1889.
Died in 1926
(age about
91 years).
Interment at Prospect Hill Cemetery.
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Jacob Estey (1814-1890) —
of Vermont.
Born in Hinsdale, Cheshire
County, N.H., September
30, 1814.
Son of Isaac Estey and Patty Forbes Estey.
Republican. Organ
manufacturer; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1869-70; member of Vermont
state senate, 1872; candidate for Governor of
Vermont, 1876; Presidential Elector for Vermont, 1876.
Died in Brattleboro, Windham
County, Vt., April 15,
1890 (age 75 years, 197
days).
Interment at Prospect Hill Cemetery.
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Ellsworth Bunker (1894-1984) —
also known as "The Refrigerator"; "The Sly
Fox" —
of New York; Dummerston, Windham
County, Vt.
Born in Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y., May 11,
1894.
Son of George R. Bunker and Jean Polhemus (Cobb) Bunker.
Director and officer, National Sugar
Refining Company; director, American-Hawaiian Steamship
Company; U.S. Ambassador to Argentina, 1951-52; Italy, 1952-53; India, 1956-61; Nepal, 1956-59; , 1966-67, 1973-78; Vietnam, 1967-73.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; American
Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Recipient of two Presidential
Medals of Freedom, in 1963 and in 1967.
Died, in Brattleboro Memorial Hospital,
Brattleboro, Windham
County, Vt., September
27, 1984 (age 90 years, 139
days).
Interment somewhere.
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John Barrett (1866-1938) —
of Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.; Grafton, Windham
County, Vt.; Coral Gables, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Grafton, Windham
County, Vt., November
28, 1866.
Son of Charles
Barrett and Caroline (Sanford) Barrett.
Newspaper
correspondent; newspaper
editor; U.S. Minister to Siam, 1894-98; Argentina, 1903-04; Panama, 1904-05; Colombia, 1905-06; U.S. Consul General in Bangkok, 1894-98; director general, Pan American Union, 1907-20.
Died, of bronchial
pneumonia, in a hospital
at Bellows Falls, Rockingham, Windham
County, Vt., October
17, 1938 (age 71 years, 323
days).
Interment at Grafton Village Cemetery.
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Samuel Barrett Pettengill (1886-1974) —
also known as Samuel B. Pettengill —
of South Bend, St. Joseph
County, Ind.
Born in Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., January
19, 1886.
Son of Samuel B. Pettengill and Sue (Clagett) Pettengill.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1931-39 (13th District 1931-33, 3rd
District 1933-39).
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
American Bar
Association.
Died in Springfield, Windsor
County, Vt., March 20,
1974 (age 88 years, 60
days).
Interment at Grafton Village Cemetery.
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Stephen Row Bradley (1754-1830) —
also known as Stephen R. Bradley —
of Westminster, Windham
County, Vt.
Born in Wallingford, New Haven
County, Conn., February
20, 1754.
Son of Moses Bradley and Mary (Row) Bradley.
Democrat. Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary
War; lawyer;
county judge in Vermont, 1783; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1785; justice of
Vermont state supreme court, 1788; U.S.
Senator from Vermont, 1791-95, 1801-13.
Died in Walpole, Cheshire
County, N.H., December
9, 1830 (age 76 years, 292
days).
Interment at Old Cemetery.
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William Czar Bradley (1782-1867) —
also known as William C. Bradley —
of Westminster, Windham
County, Vt.
Born in Westminster, Windham
County, Vt., March 23,
1782.
Son of Stephen
Row Bradley.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Vermont, 1813-15, 1823-27 (at-large 1813-15,
2nd District 1823-25, 1st District 1825-27); member of Vermont state
legislature; Presidential Elector for Vermont, 1856.
Died in Westminster, Windham
County, Vt., March 3,
1867 (age 84 years, 345
days).
Interment at Old Cemetery.
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Mark Richards (1760-1844) —
of Westminster, Windham
County, Vt.
Born in Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn., July 15,
1760.
Democrat. Presidential Elector for Vermont, 1812;
member of Vermont state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Vermont, 1817-21 (at-large 1817-19, 2nd
District 1819-21); Lieutenant
Governor of Vermont, 1830-31.
Died in Westminster, Windham
County, Vt., August
10, 1844 (age 84 years, 26
days).
Entombed at Old Cemetery.
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