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Orville Samuel Basford (1848-1926) —
also known as Orville S. Basford —
of Redfield, Spink
County, S.Dak.; Linneus, Linn
County, Mo.
Born in Shelburne, Chittenden
County, Vt., August
29, 1848.
Son of Samuel Basford (1808-1877) and Henrietta (Kingsbury) Basford
(1810-1889).
Republican. Methodist minister; postmaster;
South
Dakota Republican state chair, 1894-95; newspaper
editor and publisher; South Dakota State Insurance Commissioner,
1907.
Methodist.
Died in Redfield, Spink
County, S.Dak., October
27, 1926 (age 78 years, 59
days).
Interment at Greenlawn Cemetery, Redfield, S.Dak.
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Josiah Davis Cross (b. 1820) —
also known as Josiah D. Cross —
of Vershire, Orange
County, Vt.
Born in Grantham, Sullivan
County, N.H., 1820.
Clergyman; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Vershire, 1888.
Baptist.
Burial
location unknown.
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Thompson Archibald Howard (b. 1855) —
also known as T. A. Howard —
of Whiting, Addison
County, Vt.
Born in Nova
Scotia, October
23, 1855.
Republican. Baptist minister; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Whiting, 1910.
Baptist.
Burial
location unknown.
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William S. Jenne (b. 1845) —
of Glover, Orleans
County, Vt.
Born in Derby, Orleans
County, Vt., November
25, 1845.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
clergyman; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Glover, 1888.
Methodist.
Burial
location unknown.
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J. Wesley Miller (b. 1869) —
of Bethel, Windsor
County, Vt.
Born in Roxham, Quebec,
March
31, 1869.
Democrat. Minister; superintendent
of schools; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Bethel, 1908, 1910.
Burial
location unknown.
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D. J. O'Sullivan —
Catholic priest; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1905.
Burial
location unknown.
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George Leon Wells (b. 1883) —
also known as G. L. Wells —
of Wardsboro, Windham
County, Vt.
Born in Hardwick, Caledonia
County, Vt., November
29, 1883.
Republican. Superintendent
of schools; clergyman; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Wardsboro, 1910.
Methodist.
Burial
location unknown.
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George Willard (1824-1901) —
of Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich.
Born in Bolton, Chittenden
County, Vt., March 20,
1824.
Son of Allen Willard and Eliza (Barron) Willard.
Republican. Episcopal priest; college
professor; newspaper
editor; member of Michigan
state board of education, 1857-62; member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1864-73; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Calhoun County 3rd District,
1867-68; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention, 1867; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1872;
U.S.
Representative from Michigan 3rd District, 1873-77.
Episcopalian.
Died in Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich., March 26,
1901 (age 77 years, 6
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Battle Creek, Mich.
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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
in Burlington, Vt.
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