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Joel Clarke Baker (1838-1904) —
also known as Joel C. Baker —
of Danby, Rutland
County, Vt.; Wallingford, Rutland
County, Vt.; Rutland, Rutland
County, Vt.
Born in Danby, Rutland
County, Vt., April 16,
1838.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
newspaper editor; director, Rutland National Bank;
director, Rutland Street
Railway Company; member of Vermont
state senate from Rutland County, 1886.
Episcopalian.
Died in Rutland
County, Vt., 1904
(age about
66 years).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Rutland, Vt.
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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, Grafton, Vt.
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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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George Henderson Blake (b. 1836) —
also known as George H. Blake —
of Sutton, Caledonia
County, Vt.; Barton, Orleans
County, Vt.
Born in Sutton, Caledonia
County, Vt., April 27,
1836.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
newspaper editor and publisher; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1872, 1876 (Sutton 1872, Barton
1876); member of Vermont
state senate from Orleans County, 1886.
Methodist.
Burial
location unknown.
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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
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Friend." |
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memorial |
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Algar E. Carleton (b. 1872) —
Born in Williamstown, Orange
County, Vt., August
11, 1872.
Newspaper reporter; U.S. Consular Agent in Almeria, 1899-1910; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul General in Hong Kong, 1910-11.
Burial
location unknown.
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Percival Wood Clement (1846-1927) —
of Rutland, Rutland
County, Vt.
Born in Rutland, Rutland
County, Vt., July 7,
1846.
Son of Charles Clement and Elizabeth (Wood) Clement.
Republican. Partner, Clement and Sons, marble
quarries; president, Rutland Railroad;
president, Bristol Railroad;
director, Clement National Bank;
newspaper publisher; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1892-93; mayor of
Rutland, Vt., 1897-99, 1911-12; member of Vermont
state senate, 1900-02, 1911-12; Governor of
Vermont, 1919-21; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Vermont, 1924.
Died January
9, 1927 (age 80 years, 186
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Rutland, Vt.
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Justin E. Colburn (c.1844-1878) —
Born in Vermont, about 1844.
Private secretary to U.S. Sen. William
Sprague, 1869; newspaper correspondent; U.S. Consul
General in Mexico City, 1878, died in office 1878.
Died, of consumption (tuberculosis),
in Mexico City (Ciudad de México), Distrito
Federal, December
2, 1878 (age about 34
years).
Interment at American
Cemetery, Ciudad de México, Distrito Federal.
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Ira Walton Drew (1878-1972) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Hardwick, Caledonia
County, Vt., August
31, 1878.
Son of John Herring Drew and Fannie A. (Walton) Drew.
Democrat. Newspaper reporter; osteopath;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 7th District, 1937-39.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., February
12, 1972 (age 93 years, 165
days).
Interment at Whitemarsh
Memorial Park, Prospectville, Pa.
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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, Brattleboro, Vt.
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Henry C. Fisk (b. 1852) —
of Morrisville, Morristown, Lamoille
County, Vt.
Born in Morristown, Lamoille
County, Vt., July 22,
1852.
Republican. Lawyer;
newspaper editor; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Morristown, 1886; member of
Vermont
state senate from Lamoille County, 1888.
Congregationalist.
Burial
location unknown.
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Wallace H. Gilpin (b. 1883) —
of Barton, Orleans
County, Vt.
Born in Westfield, Orleans
County, Vt., November
19, 1883.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; member of Vermont
state senate from Orleans County, 1927.
Congregationalist.
Burial
location unknown.
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Frank Lester Greene (1870-1930) —
also known as Frank L. Greene —
of St. Albans, Franklin
County, Vt.
Born in St. Albans, Franklin
County, Vt., February
10, 1870.
Son of Lester Bruce Greene and Mary Elizabeth (Hoadley) Greene.
Republican. General in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
newspaper editor; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Vermont, 1904
(alternate), 1908;
U.S.
Representative from Vermont 1st District, 1912-23; U.S.
Senator from Vermont, 1923-30; died in office 1930.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; United
Spanish War Veterans; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Grange; Rotary.
Died in St. Albans, Franklin
County, Vt., December
17, 1930 (age 60 years, 310
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, St. Albans, Vt.
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George Brinton McClellan Harvey (1864-1928) —
also known as George Harvey —
of Deal, Monmouth
County, N.J.
Born in Peacham, Caledonia
County, Vt., February
16, 1864.
Son of Duncan Harvey and Margaret S. (Varnum) Harvey.
Newspaper reporter; New Jersey Insurance Commissioner,
1890-91; builder and president of electric
railroads, 1894-98; editor and publisher, North
American Review and Harper's Weekly; U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1921-23.
Died, from a heart
attack and asthma, in
Dublin, Cheshire
County, N.H., August
20, 1928 (age 64 years, 186
days).
Interment at Peacham
Cemetery, Peacham, Vt.
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Washington Irving Howard (1831-1899) —
of Steuben
County, Ind.; Rochester, Fulton
County, Ind.
Born in Jamaica, Windham
County, Vt., May 7,
1831.
Son of Mary Louise Killeen (1882).
Republican. Lawyer; hardware
dealer; member of Indiana
state senate, 1873; newspaper publisher; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1887; defeated, 1856.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Died in Spencer, Owen
County, Ind., 1899
(age about
68 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Frank E. Howe (b. 1870) —
of Bennington, Bennington
County, Vt.
Born in Heath, Franklin
County, Mass., October
2, 1870.
Son of Edmund Perry Howe (1838-1885) and Laura A. (Worden) Howe.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Bennington, 1908, 1910;
Presidential Elector for Vermont, 1908;
Lieutenant
Governor of Vermont, 1912-15; postmaster.
Episcopalian.
Burial
location unknown.
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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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Frank Elmer Langley (1864-1938) —
also known as Frank E. Langley —
of Barre, Washington
County, Vt.
Born in Wilmot, Merrimack
County, N.H., October
6, 1864.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; mayor of
Barre, Vt., 1915, 1921-22; member of Vermont
state senate from Washington County, 1927; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Vermont, 1936.
Congregationalist.
Died in 1938
(age about
73 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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David Olmsted (1822-1861) —
also known as David Olmstead —
of Clayton
County, Iowa; Belle Prairie, Morrison
County, Minn.; St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Fairfax, Franklin
County, Vt., May 5,
1822.
Democrat. Newspaper work; delegate
to Iowa state constitutional convention from Clayton County,
1846; mayor
of St. Paul, Minn., 1854-55.
Died in Fairfax, Franklin
County, Vt., February
2, 1861 (age 38 years, 273
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Seymour (b. 1821) —
of La Crosse, La Crosse
County, Wis.
Born in Vermont, 1821.
Son of William Ira Seymour.
Newspaper editor and publisher; postmaster;
U.S. Consul in Canton, 1884-97.
Burial
location unknown.
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David K. Simonds (b. 1839) —
of Manchester, Bennington
County, Vt.
Born in Peru, Bennington
County, Vt., 1839.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; postmaster;
newspaper editor; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Manchester, 1886; member of
Vermont
state senate from Bennington County, 1888.
Congregationalist.
Burial
location unknown.
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Albert N. Swain (b. 1828) —
of Bellows Falls, Rockingham, Windham
County, Vt.
Born in Reading, Windsor
County, Vt., July 12,
1828.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; postmaster;
delegate
to Vermont state constitutional convention, 1870; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Rockingham, 1872, 1876;
member of Vermont
state senate from Windham County, 1886.
Congregationalist.
Burial
location unknown.
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Ella C. Taylor (b. 1867) —
also known as Ella Canfield —
of Traer, Tama
County, Iowa.
Born in Arlington, Bennington
County, Vt., April 1,
1867.
Daughter of Galen Canfield and Maria L. (Hyatt) Canfield.
Republican. Newspaper writer and editor; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Iowa, 1924.
Female.
Congregationalist.
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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