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Daniel L. Cushing (b. 1836) —
of Poweshiek
County, Iowa; Quechee, Hartford, Windsor
County, Vt.
Born in Hartford, Windsor
County, Vt., August 4,
1836.
Republican. Civil engineer; worked on the Erie Canal
and railroad
projects; farmer;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Hartford, 1882-83; member of
Vermont
state senate from Windsor County, 1886.
Congregationalist.
Burial
location unknown.
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Levi Knight Fuller (1841-1896) —
also known as Levi K. Fuller —
of Brattleboro, Windham
County, Vt.
Born in Westmoreland, Cheshire
County, N.H., February
24, 1841.
Engineer; Lieutenant
Governor of Vermont, 1886-88; Governor of
Vermont, 1892-94.
Died in Brattleboro, Windham
County, Vt., October
10, 1896 (age 55 years, 229
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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James Hartness (1861-1934) —
of Springfield, Windsor
County, Vt.
Born in Schenectady, Schenectady
County, N.Y., September
3, 1861.
Son of John Williams Hartness and Ursilla (Jackson) Hartness.
Engineer; inventor;
Governor
of Vermont, 1921-23.
Died February
2, 1934 (age 72 years, 152
days).
Interment at Summer
Hill Cemetery, Springfield, Vt.
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William Hicks (b. 1837) —
of Sunderland, Bennington
County, Vt.
Born in Manchester, Bennington
County, Vt., December
23, 1837.
Republican. Engineer; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Sunderland, 1888.
Baptist.
Burial
location unknown.
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Arthur Otis Howe (b. 1871) —
also known as Arthur O. Howe —
of Newfane, Windham
County, Vt.
Born in Newfane, Windham
County, Vt., March 7,
1871.
Son of Marshall
Otis Howe and Gertrude Isabel (Dexter) Howe.
Republican. Electrical
engineer; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1931-33, 1937, 1945; member of Vermont
state senate from Windham County, 1947.
Burial
location unknown.
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Joseph Blaine Johnson (1893-1986) —
also known as Joseph B. Johnson —
of Springfield, Windsor
County, Vt.
Born in Helsingborg, Sweden,
August
29, 1893.
Son of Ole Johnson and Matilda (Jensen) Johnson.
Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen; engineer; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1945-46; member of Vermont
state senate from Windsor County, 1947-50; Lieutenant
Governor of Vermont, 1951-54; Governor of
Vermont, 1955-59; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Vermont, 1956.
Congregationalist.
Swedish
ancestry. Member, American
Legion; Freemasons.
Died October
25, 1986 (age 93 years, 57
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Edwin Atkins Merritt (1828-1916) —
also known as Edwin A. Merritt —
of Potsdam, St.
Lawrence County, N.Y.
Born in Sudbury, Rutland
County, Vt., February
26, 1828.
Surveyor;
engineer; member of New York
state assembly from St. Lawrence County 2nd District, 1860-61;
served in the Union Army during the Civil War; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1867-68; candidate
for New
York state treasurer, 1875; U.S. Collector of Customs,
1878-81; U.S. Consul General in London, 1882-85.
Died December
26, 1916 (age 88 years, 304
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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George Z. Thompson (b. 1870) —
of Proctor, Rutland
County, Vt.
Born in Woodstock, Windsor
County, Vt., May 14,
1870.
Republican. Civil engineer; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Proctor, 1910.
Burial
location unknown.
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