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Henry Ballard (b. 1839) —
of Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born in Tinmouth, Rutland
County, Vt., April 20,
1839.
Son of Jeffrey B. Ballard and Amelia (Thompson) Ballard.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
member of Vermont
state senate from Chittenden County, 1878-79; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Vermont, 1884
(chair, Credentials
Committee); member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Burlington, 1888-89.
Episcopalian.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Loyal
Legion.
Burial
location unknown.
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Henry Clay Bates (1843-1909) —
also known as Henry C. Bates —
of St. Johnsbury, Caledonia
County, Vt.
Born in Derby Line, Derby, Orleans
County, Vt., January
29, 1843.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; Caledonia
County State's Attorney, 1880-82, 1892-94; member of Vermont
state senate from Caledonia County, 1886-88; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1896-97; Lieutenant
Governor of Vermont, 1898-1900; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Vermont, 1900;
U.S. Judge for the Philippine Islands, 1901-07.
Congregationalist.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic.
Died in Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif., March 12,
1909 (age 66 years, 42
days).
Interment at Smithland
Cemetery, Smithland, Iowa.
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Frank Noyes Burdick (1839-1917) —
also known as F. N. Burdick —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Vermillion, Clay
County, S.Dak.; East Guilford, Guilford, Windham
County, Vt.
Born in Guilford, Windham
County, Vt., September
14, 1839.
Son of Thompson Edwin Burdick (1810-1892) and Elizabeth 'Betsy'
(Noyes) Burdick (1813-1901).
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; physician;
newspaper
editor; member
Dakota territorial council, 1883-84.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic.
Died, from arteriosclerosis
and interstitial
nephritis, in Guilford, Windham
County, Vt., February
22, 1917 (age 77 years, 161
days).
Interment at Christ
Church Cemetery, Manhasset, Long Island, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Thompson Edwin Burdick (1810-1892) and Elizabeth 'Betsy' (Noyes)
Burdick (1813-1901); married, September
2, 1862, to Amelia Bowker; married to Nina Davis
(1837-1916). |
| | | Epitaph: "Physician and
Friend." |
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memorial |
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Joseph Kimball Darling (b. 1833) —
of Chelsea, Orange
County, Vt.
Born in Corinth, Orange
County, Vt., March 8,
1833.
Son of Jesse Darling and Rebecca (Whittaker) Darling.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; merchant;
lawyer;
Orange
County State's Attorney, 1882-84; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1890-92; member of Vermont
state senate, 1894.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arcanum; Grand Army of the Republic.
Burial
location unknown.
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Justus Dartt (b. 1836) —
of Ascutneyville, Weathersfield, Windsor
County, Vt.; Springfield, Windsor
County, Vt.
Born in Weathersfield, Windsor
County, Vt., February
17, 1836.
Son of Erastus Dartt and Rebecca (Jackman) Dartt.
Republican. School
teacher; farmer;
served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1874, 1878, 1880, 1902, 1904,
1910; Vermont
superintendent of education, 1880-88; member of Vermont
state senate from Windsor County, 1882.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Grand Army of the Republic.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1859
to Abbie Patton Knight. |
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Lyman Enos Knapp (1837-1904) —
also known as Lyman E. Knapp —
of Middlebury, Addison
County, Vt.
Born in Somerset, Windham
County, Vt., November
5, 1837.
Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; newspaper
editor; lawyer;
probate judge in Vermont, 1879-82; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1884-85; Governor of
Alaska District, 1889-93.
Congregationalist.
Member, Anti-Saloon
League; Delta
Upsilon; Phi
Beta Kappa; Grand Army of the Republic.
Died in Seattle, King
County, Wash., October
9, 1904 (age 66 years, 339
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Zophar Mack Mansur (1843-1914) —
also known as Zophar M. Mansur —
of Island Pond, Brighton, Essex
County, Vt.
Born in Morgan, Orleans
County, Vt., November
23, 1843.
Son of Warren Mansur (1800-1885) and Jane (Morse) Mansur (1808-1891).
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lost his
right arm in the battle of Opequon Creek, Virginia; lawyer; postmaster;
lumber
business; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Brighton, 1886; member of Vermont
state senate from Essex County, 1888; Lieutenant
Governor of Vermont, 1894-96; director and president, Derby Line
National Bank.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Grand Army of the Republic; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died in Island Pond, Brighton, Essex
County, Vt., March 12,
1914 (age 70 years, 109
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1867
to Ellen L. Newhill. |
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John Abner Mead (1841-1920) —
also known as John A. Mead —
of Rutland, Rutland
County, Vt.
Born in Fair Haven, Rutland
County, Vt., April 20,
1841.
Son of Roswell Rowley Mead (1818-1875) and Lydia Ann (Gorham) Mead
(1818-1841).
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; physician;
president, Baxter National Bank;
director, Rutland Railroad;
president, Howe Scale Co.; president, John A. Mead Manufacturing
Co.; member of Vermont
state senate, 1892-93; mayor of
Rutland, Vt., 1893-94; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1906; Lieutenant
Governor of Vermont, 1908-10; Governor of
Vermont, 1910-12; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Vermont, 1912.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic.
Died in Rutland, Rutland
County, Vt., January
12, 1920 (age 78 years, 267
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Rutland, Vt.
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Lucius D. Savage (b. 1838) —
of Waitsfield, Washington
County, Vt.
Born in Waitsfield, Washington
County, Vt., May 5,
1838.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; farmer;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Waitsfield, 1884.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic.
Burial
location unknown.
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Stephen Girard Whipple (1823-1895) —
also known as Stephen G. Whipple —
of Eureka, Humboldt
County, Calif.
Born in Williston, Chittenden
County, Vt., November
5, 1823.
Went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; member of California
state assembly, 1854-55, 1857-58, 1863 (12th District 1854-55,
1857-58, 27th District 1863); served in the Union Army during the
Civil War.
Member, Freemasons;
Grand Army of the Republic.
Died in Eureka, Humboldt
County, Calif., October
21, 1895 (age 71 years, 350
days).
Interment at Myrtle
Grove Cemetery, Eureka, Calif.
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