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Elnathan Benjamin Adams (b. 1881) —
also known as Elnathan B. Adams —
of Walworth
County, S.Dak.; Hot Springs, Fall River
County, S.Dak.
Born in West Haven, Rutland
County, Vt., May 21,
1881.
Son of Benajah P. Adams and Emma S. (Benjamin) Adams.
Republican. Lawyer; South Dakota
Republican state chair, 1908-10, 1914-16; Walworth
County State's Attorney, 1910-12; Fall
River County State's Attorney, 1916-20; delegate to Republican
National Convention from South Dakota, 1932.
Christian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Odd Fellows; Elks; Modern
Woodmen of America; Kiwanis;
American Bar
Association.
Burial
location unknown.
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George David Aiken (1892-1984) —
also known as George D. Aiken —
of Putney, Windham
County, Vt.
Born in Dummerston, Windham
County, Vt., August
20, 1892.
Son of Edward Webster Aiken (1860-1943) and Myra (Cook) Aiken.
Republican. Farmer;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1931-35; Speaker of
the Vermont State House of Representatives, 1933-35; Lieutenant
Governor of Vermont, 1935-37; Governor of
Vermont, 1937-41; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Vermont, 1940;
U.S.
Senator from Vermont, 1941-75.
Protestant.
Member, Farm
Bureau; Grange;
Odd Fellows.
Died, following a cerebral
vascular accident (stroke),
in the Heaton House nursing
home, Montpelier, Washington
County, Vt., November
19, 1984 (age 92 years, 91
days).
Interment at Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery, Putney, Vt.
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Harold John Arthur (1904-1971) —
of Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born in Whitehall, Washington
County, N.Y., February
9, 1904.
Republican. Lawyer;
major in the U.S. Army during World War II; Lieutenant
Governor of Vermont, 1949-50; Governor of
Vermont, 1950-51; Republican candidate for U.S.
Representative from Vermont at-large, 1950 (primary), 1958.
Unitarian.
Member, United
Commercial Travelers; American
Legion; Amvets; Farm
Bureau; Sons of
the American Revolution; Elks; Grange; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Eagles; Knights
of Pythias; Odd Fellows.
Died July 19,
1971 (age 67 years, 160
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Lakeview
Cemetery, Burlington, Vt.
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Harrison Henry Atwood (1863-1954) —
also known as Harrison H. Atwood —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Wellesley Hills, Wellesley, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in North Londonderry, Londonderry, Windham
County, Vt., August
26, 1863.
Son of Peter Clark Atwood and Helen Marion (Aldrich) Atwood.
Republican. Architect;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1887-89, 1915, 1917-18, 1923-24,
1927-28; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1888
(alternate), 1892,
1904,
1908
(alternate); member of Massachusetts
Republican State Committee, 1888-89; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 10th District, 1895-97;
defeated, 1892 (10th District), 1918 (12th District), 1920 (12th
District).
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd Fellows.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
22, 1954 (age 91 years, 57
days).
Interment at Forest
Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Boston, Mass.
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Warren Robinson Austin (1877-1962) —
also known as Warren R. Austin —
of St. Albans, Franklin
County, Vt.; Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born in Highgate Center, Highgate, Franklin
County, Vt., November
12, 1877.
Son of Chauncey Goodrich Austin and Anne Mathilda (Robinson) Austin.
Republican. Lawyer; Franklin
County State's Attorney, 1904-06; mayor
of St. Albans, Vt., 1909; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Vermont, 1928,
1940,
1944
(speaker);
U.S.
Senator from Vermont, 1931-46; U.S. Representative to United Nations, 1947-53.
Congregationalist.
Member, Farm
Bureau; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Sons of
the American Revolution; Society
of the Cincinnati; Loyal
Legion; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd Fellows; Elks; Kappa
Sigma; Rotary.
Died in Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt., December
25, 1962 (age 85 years, 43
days).
Interment at Lakeview
Cemetery, Burlington, Vt.
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John Lement Bacon (b. 1862) —
also known as John L. Bacon —
of Chelsea, Orange
County, Vt.; White River Junction, Hartford, Windsor
County, Vt.
Born in Chelsea, Orange
County, Vt., June 18,
1862.
Son of John B. Bacon and Sarah Persis (Morey) Bacon.
Republican. Banker; Orange
County Treasurer, 1884-85; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1892, 1908; Vermont
state treasurer, 1898-1906.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd Fellows.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1888
to Lizzie Davis. |
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Alanson Cooper Bailey (b. 1850) —
also known as Alanson C. Bailey —
of Randolph, Orange
County, Vt.
Born in Rochester, Windsor
County, Vt., November
24, 1850.
Son of Clark Bailey and Susan J. (Cooper) Bailey.
Republican. Physician;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Randolph, 1910.
Methodist.
Member, Odd Fellows.
Burial
location unknown.
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Paul Revere Baird (b. 1889) —
also known as Paul R. Baird —
of Waterville, Kennebec
County, Maine.
Born in Waitsfield, Washington
County, Vt., November
25, 1889.
Son of John L. Baird and Belle (McLaren) Baird.
Republican. Veterinarian;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; mayor
of Waterville, Maine, 1925.
Congregationalist.
Member, Odd Fellows; Freemasons;
Kiwanis;
Grange.
Burial
location unknown.
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Presumably named
for: Paul
Revere |
| | | Relatives: Married 1915 to Bertha
E. Knowlton. |
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Herbert Goodell Barber (1870-1947) —
also known as Herbert G. Barber —
of Brattleboro, Windham
County, Vt.
Born in Wardsboro, Windham
County, Vt., August
14, 1870.
Son of Daniel Miller Barber and Lydia E. (Barnard) Barber.
Republican. Lawyer; Windham
County State's Attorney, 1898-1900; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1908-10, 1935-37; member of Vermont
Republican State Committee, 1910-14; member of Vermont
state senate, 1912-14; Vermont
state attorney general, 1915-19.
Universalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Odd Fellows.
Died October
5, 1947 (age 77 years, 52
days).
Interment at Meeting
House Hill Cemetery, Brattleboro, Vt.
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Stoddard Benham Bates (b. 1862) —
of Derby, Orleans
County, Vt.
Born in Newport, Orleans
County, Vt., March 18,
1862.
Republican. Farmer;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Derby, 1910; member of Vermont
state senate from Orleans County, 1923; resigned 1923.
Congregationalist.
Member, Odd Fellows.
Burial
location unknown.
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Raymond Blake (1896-1984) —
of Newport, Orleans
County, Vt.
Born in Derby, Orleans
County, Vt., October
9, 1896.
Member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1937-39, 1959; member of Vermont
state senate, 1965.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd Fellows; Rotary.
Died in August, 1984
(age 87
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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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, Brattleboro, Vt.
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William Aiken Davenport (b. 1869) —
also known as William A. Davenport —
of Greenfield, Franklin
County, Mass.
Born in Wilmington, Windham
County, Vt., October
23, 1869.
Son of Stephen Tabor Davenport and Alice S. (Warner) Davenport.
Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1899-1900; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1908;
member of Massachusetts
state senate Franklin & Hampshire District, 1935-36; Independent
Tax Reform candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1938.
Member, Odd Fellows; Ancient
Order of United Workmen; Moose; Eagles.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1894
to Belle M. Shearer. |
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Gilbert Asa Davis (b. 1835) —
of Windsor, Windsor
County, Vt.
Born in Chester, Windsor
County, Vt., December
18, 1835.
Son of Asa Davis and Mary (Hosmer) Davis.
Lawyer;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1872-76; member of Vermont
state senate, 1876-78; Windsor
County State's Attorney, 1878-80.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd Fellows; Grange.
Burial
location unknown.
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M. C. Eames (b. 1834) —
of Blue Island, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Milton, Chittenden
County, Vt., March 16,
1834.
Son of Joseph Eames.
Village
president of Blue Island, Illinois, 1883-84.
Methodist.
Member, Odd Fellows; Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1854
to Olive W. Purmort. |
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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, Brattleboro, Vt.
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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, Brattleboro, Vt.
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William O. Hutchinson (b. 1880) —
of Washington, Orange
County, Vt.
Born in East Orange, Orange, Orange
County, Vt., September
6, 1880.
Republican. Physician;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Washington, 1910.
Universalist.
Member, Odd Fellows.
Burial
location unknown.
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Joseph Blanchard LaChapelle (1860-1927) —
of Ashland, Saunders
County, Neb.
Born in St. Albans, Franklin
County, Vt., December
30, 1860.
Member of Nebraska
state house of representatives, 1927.
Member, Odd Fellows; Knights
of Pythias.
Died, of heart
trouble, in Ashland, Saunders
County, Neb., September
6, 1927 (age 66 years, 250
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Glenwood, Iowa.
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Alexander L. Underwood (1814-1870) —
of Indiana.
Born in Hardwick, Caledonia
County, Vt., June 24,
1814.
Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1853.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd Fellows.
Died in St. Paul, Decatur
County, Ind., March 5,
1870 (age 55 years, 254
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Russell Warner (1871-1936) —
also known as William R. Warner —
of Vergennes, Addison
County, Vt.
Born in Bridport, Addison
County, Vt., July 7,
1871.
Son of Joseph Almon Warner (1831-1900) and Isabelle (Taylor) Warner
(1847-1921).
Republican. Druggist;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Vermont, 1912.
Congregationalist.
Member, Odd Fellows.
Died in Vergennes, Addison
County, Vt., September
4, 1936 (age 65 years, 59
days).
Interment at Prospect
Cemetery, Vergennes, Vt.
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