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Harry Burton Amey (b. 1868) —
also known as Harry B. Amey —
of Milton, Strafford
County, N.H.; Island Pond, Brighton, Essex
County, Vt.
Born in Pittsburg, Coos
County, N.H., December
21, 1868.
Son of John T. Amey and Emily (Haynes) Amey.
Republican. Lawyer;
Vermont attorney for Grand Trunk Railway, 1902; Essex
County State's Attorney, 1904-08; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Brighton, 1910; U.S.
Attorney for Vermont, 1923-32.
Unitarian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1896
to Gracia A. Norton. |
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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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Charles Tyler Bean (1851-1914) —
also known as Charles T. Bean —
of Newport, Orleans
County, Vt.
Born in Coventry, Orleans
County, Vt., April 24,
1851.
Son of Silas Bean and Sophronia (Thrasher) Bean.
Republican. Deputy
sheriff; railway conductor; real estate
business; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Newport, 1910.
Died, from heart
disease, in Newport, Orleans
County, Vt., November
15, 1914 (age 63 years, 205
days).
Interment at East
Main Street Cemetery, Newport, Vt.
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William H. H. Bingham (1813-1894) —
of Stowe, Lamoille
County, Vt.
Born in Fletcher, Franklin
County, Vt., April 15,
1813.
Democrat. Lawyer; Lamoille
County State's Attorney; delegate to
Vermont state constitutional convention, 1870; member of Vermont
state house of representatives; director, Vermont Mutual Fire
Insurance Company, Waterbury National Bank,
National Life
Insurance Company, Montpelier and Wells River Railroad,
and Central Vermont Railroad; director of the Vermont State
Prison and House of Correction, 1878; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Vermont, 1888.
Congregationalist.
Died in Stowe, Lamoille
County, Vt., October
12, 1894 (age 81 years, 180
days).
Interment at Old Yard Cemetery, Stowe, Vt.
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Herbert Brainerd (b. 1837) —
of St. Albans, Franklin
County, Vt.
Born in St. Albans, Franklin
County, Vt., December
25, 1837.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
railroad business; steamboat
business; treasurer, St. Albans iron and
steel works; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from St. Albans, 1880; member of
Vermont
state senate from Franklin County, 1882.
Congregationalist.
Burial
location unknown.
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James Barrett Brown (b. 1885) —
also known as James B. Brown —
of Everett, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Reading, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Bellows Falls, Rockingham, Windham
County, Vt., March 3,
1885.
Son of George Addison Brown and Flora (Pierce) Brown.
Republican. Lawyer;
general counsel, Massachusetts Bankers
Association; special counsel, Boston & Maine Railroad;
vice-president, First National Bank of
Reading; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1921-24; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1924.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Nelson Bryant (b. 1851) —
also known as W. N. Bryant —
of Ludlow, Windsor
County, Vt.
Born in Weston, Windsor
County, Vt., September
26, 1851.
Republican. Physician;
district surgeon, Rutland Railroad; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Ludlow, 1910.
Congregationalist.
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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Henry Clay Cleveland (b. 1842) —
of Coventry, Orleans
County, Vt.
Born in Coventry, Orleans
County, Vt., October
15, 1842.
Son of Elijah Cleveland and Mary Ann (Bartlett) Cleveland.
Republican. Farmer;
secretary, Passumpsic Railroad Company; director, National Bank of
Newport; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Coventry, 1888; member of Vermont
state senate from Orleans County, 1890.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Presumably named
for: Henry
Clay |
| | | Relatives: Son of Elijah Cleveland and
Mary Ann (Bartlett) Cleveland; married 1864 to Rosette
Daley (c.1844-c.1885); married 1889 to Mary
Jane Greenwood (born 1866). |
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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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Edward Harrington Deavitt (b. 1871) —
also known as Edward H. Deavitt —
of Montpelier, Washington
County, Vt.
Born in Moretown, Washington
County, Vt., December
1, 1871.
Son of Thomas
Jefferson Deavitt and Carrie E. (Harrington) Deavitt.
Lawyer;
director, Barre and Montpelier Power and
Traction Co.; treasurer, Capital City Gas Co.;
Vermont
state treasurer, 1906-15.
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas Jefferson Deavitt (b. 1840) —
of Montpelier, Washington
County, Vt.
Born in Richmond, Chittenden
County, Vt., February
17, 1840.
Son of William Deavitt and Chestina (Preston) Deavitt.
Lawyer;
delegate
to Vermont state constitutional convention, 1870; director, Barre
and Montpelier Power and
Traction Co.
Burial
location unknown.
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Maxwell Evarts (1862-1913) —
of Windsor, Windsor
County, Vt.
Born November
15, 1862.
Son of William
Maxwell Evarts and Helen Minerva (Wardner) Evarts.
Lawyer;
counsel for the Union Pacific and other railroads; member of
Vermont
state house of representatives, 1906.
Member, Skull and
Bones.
Died October
7, 1913 (age 50 years, 326
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Erastus Fairbanks (1792-1864) —
of St. Johnsbury, Caledonia
County, Vt.
Born in Brimfield, Hampden
County, Mass., October
28, 1792.
Son of Phebe (Paddock) Fairbanks (1760-1853) and Joseph Fairbanks
(1763-1846).
One of the founders of E. & T. Fairbanks & Co., platform
scale manufacturers; president, Passumpsic Railroad, which
completed a line from White River to St. Johnsbury in 1850; member of
Vermont
state house of representatives, 1836-38; Presidential Elector for
Vermont, 1844,
1848;
Governor
of Vermont, 1852-53, 1860-61; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Vermont, 1856.
Congregationalist.
Died in St. Johnsbury, Caledonia
County, Vt., November
20, 1864 (age 72 years, 23
days).
Interment at Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery, St. Johnsbury, Vt.
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Horace Fairbanks (1820-1888) —
of St. Johnsbury, Caledonia
County, Vt.
Born in Barnet, Caledonia
County, Vt., March 21,
1820.
Son of Lois (Crossman) Fairbanks (1792-1866) and Erastus
Fairbanks.
Republican. President, E. & T. Fairbanks & Co., platform
scale manufacturers; railroad promoter; Presidential
Elector for Vermont, 1868;
member of Vermont
state senate; Governor of
Vermont, 1876-78.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March 17,
1888 (age 67 years, 362
days).
Interment at Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery, St. Johnsbury, Vt.
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Elon Farnsworth (1799-1877) —
of Michigan.
Born in Woodstock, Windsor
County, Vt., February
2, 1799.
Son of Stephen Farnsworth (1764-1829) and Deborah (Bennett)
Farnsworth (1765-1845).
Democrat. Member
Michigan territorial council 1st District, 1834-35; Chancellor of
Michigan, 1835-43, 1846-47; candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1839; Michigan
state attorney general, 1843-45; member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1846-57.
An organizer of the Michigan Central Railroad.
Died, from kidney
disease, in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., March 24,
1877 (age 78 years, 50
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Benjamin Frank Fifield (b. 1832) —
of Montpelier, Washington
County, Vt.
Born in Orange, Orange
County, Vt., November
18, 1832.
Republican. Lawyer;
general counsel, Central Vermont Railroad; U.S.
Attorney for Vermont, 1869-80; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1881; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Vermont, 1884.
Burial
location unknown.
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Eugene Noble Foss (1858-1939) —
also known as Eugene N. Foss —
of Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in West Berkshire, Berkshire, Franklin
County, Vt., September
24, 1858.
Son of George Edmund Foss and Marcia Cordelia (Noble) Foss.
Democrat. Owner of cotton mills
and iron and
steel works; active in banking and
railroads; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 14th District, 1910-11;
defeated, 1902 (Republican, 11th District), 1904 (Republican, 11th
District); resigned 1911; defeated, 1925 (5th District); Governor of
Massachusetts, 1911-14; defeated (Independent), 1913; candidate
for Democratic nomination for President, 1912.
Baptist.
Member, Sigma
Phi.
Died September
13, 1939 (age 80 years, 354
days).
Interment at Forest
Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Boston, Mass.
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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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James E. Kennedy (b. 1870) —
of North Williston, Williston, Chittenden
County, Vt.; Essex, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born in Mooers, Clinton
County, N.Y., January
6, 1870.
Democrat. Farmer;
railway station agent; postmaster;
member of Vermont
state senate, 1908; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Williston, 1910; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Vermont, 1916;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Vermont 1st District, 1922; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Vermont, 1924;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Vermont, 1926.
Catholic.
Burial
location unknown.
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Henry Keyes (1810-1870) —
of Newbury, Orange
County, Vt.
Born in 1810.
Democrat. Farmer; merchant;
railroad builder; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Vermont, 1860.
Died in 1870
(age about
60 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Edwin Winship Lawrence (b. 1881) —
also known as Edwin W. Lawrence —
of Rutland, Rutland
County, Vt.
Born in Rutland, Rutland
County, Vt., March 27,
1881.
Son of George Edwin Lawrence and Katherine C. (Phalen) Lawrence.
Republican. Lawyer;
general attorney, Rutland Railroad; member of Vermont
state senate from Rutland County, 1923-25; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Vermont, 1936.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert Todd Lincoln (1843-1926) —
Born in Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill., August 1,
1843.
Son of Abraham
Lincoln and Mary (Todd) Lincoln.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1881-85; U.S. Minister to Great Britain, 1889-93; president (1897-1911) and chairman
(1911-26) of the Pullman Palace Car Company, makers of railroad
cars; part owner of Chicago Edison Company electric
utility.
Died, from a cerebral
hemorrhage, in Manchester, Bennington
County, Vt., July 25,
1926 (age 82 years, 358
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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John Edward Maun (b. 1855) —
also known as John E. Maun —
of St. Albans, Franklin
County, Vt.
Born in Braintree, Orange
County, Vt., June 28,
1855.
Democrat. Railway conductor; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from St. Albans city, 1910.
Catholic.
Burial
location unknown.
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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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Prescott Metcalf (1813-1891) —
of Erie, Erie
County, Pa.
Born in Putney, Windham
County, Vt., January
25, 1813.
Son of Joseph Metcalf (1774-1869).
Manager of steamship
business; director, North East and Erie Railroad; mayor of
Erie, Pa., 1862-64.
Presbyterian.
Died in Erie, Erie
County, Pa., October
14, 1891 (age 78 years, 262
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Daniel Needham (1822-1895) —
of Groton, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Hartford, Windsor
County, Vt.
Born in Salem, Essex
County, Mass., May 24,
1822.
Son of James Needham (1789-1844) and Lydia (Breed) Needham
(1795-1818).
Lawyer;
farmer;
aide (with rank of Colonel) to Gov. George
S. Boutwell, 1851-53; Massachusetts
Democratic state chair, 1853; Democratic candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 8th District, 1854; member of
Vermont
state house of representatives from Hartford, 1857-58; member of
Vermont
state senate from Windsor County, 1859-61; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1866-67; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1868-69; director, Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Co.;
trustee, John Hancock Life
Insurance Co.; director, Peterborough and Shirley Railroad.
Unitarian.
Member, Freemasons;
Humane
Society.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Groton, Middlesex
County, Mass., February
20, 1895 (age 72 years, 272
days).
Interment at Groton
Cemetery, Groton, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of James Needham (1789-1844) and Lydia (Breed) Needham (1795-1818);
married, July 17,
1842, to Caroline A. Hall (1827-1879); married, October
7, 1880, to Ellen Mary Brigham (1848-1926). |
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Howard J. O'Neil (b. 1882) —
of North Hero, Grand Isle
County, Vt.
Born in Alburg, Grand Isle
County, Vt., May 1,
1882.
Republican. Railway station agent; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1915-17; member of Vermont
state senate from Grand Isle County, 1927.
Methodist.
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Paine (1799-1853) —
of Northfield, Washington
County, Vt.
Born in Williamstown, Orange
County, Vt., April 15,
1799.
Son of Elijah
Paine.
Whig. Woollen
manufacturer; hotelier;
merchant;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1828-29; delegate to Whig
National Convention from Vermont, 1839 (Convention Secretary); Governor of
Vermont, 1841-43; railroad builder.
Died, from dysentery,
in Waco, McLennan
County, Tex., July 6,
1853 (age 54 years, 82
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Northfield, Vt.
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Frank Charles Partridge (1861-1943) —
of Proctor, Rutland
County, Vt.
Born in East Middlebury, Middlebury, Addison
County, Vt., May 7,
1861.
Son of Charles F. Partridge and Sarah A. (Rice) Partridge.
Republican. President, Vermont Marble Co.;
president, Clarendon & Pittsford Railroad; director and
president, Proctor Trust Co.;
director, National Life Insurance
Co. of Vermont; director, Rutland Railroad Co.; U.S. Minister
to Venezuela, 1893-94; U.S. Consul General in Tangier, 1897-98; member of Vermont
state senate, 1898-1900; U.S.
Senator from Vermont, 1930-31.
Died in Proctor, Rutland
County, Vt., March 2,
1943 (age 81 years, 299
days).
Interment at Proctor
Cemetery, Proctor, Vt.
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Edmund Rice (1819-1889) —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Waitsfield, Washington
County, Vt., February
14, 1819.
Son of Edmund Rice (1784-1829).
Democrat. Member of Minnesota
territorial House of Representatives 3rd District, 1851;
president of several railroads; member of Minnesota
state senate, 1864-65, 1873-74 (1st District 1864-65, 23rd
District 1873-74); member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1867, 1872 (1st District 1867,
24th District 1872); candidate for Governor of
Minnesota, 1879; mayor
of St. Paul, Minn., 1881-83, 1885-87; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 4th District, 1887-89.
Died in White Bear Lake, Ramsey
County, Minn., July 11,
1889 (age 70 years, 147
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, St. Paul, Minn.
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Dean Richmond (1804-1866) —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Barnard, Windsor
County, Vt., March 31,
1804.
Democrat. Railroad magnate; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1860,
1864.
He was a leader in the movement to consolidate seven railway
corporations into the New York Central Railroad in 1853;
served as vice-president and as president of the New York Central.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August
27, 1866 (age 62 years, 149
days).
Interment at Batavia
Cemetery, Batavia, N.Y.
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Londus F. Terrill (b. 1837) —
of Underhill, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born in Underhill, Chittenden
County, Vt., April 18,
1837.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; postmaster;
merchant;
director, Burlington and Lamoille Railroad; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Underhill, 1886; member of Vermont
state senate from Chittenden County, 1888.
Congregationalist.
Burial
location unknown.
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Theodore Newton Vail (1845-1920) —
also known as Theodore N. Vail —
of Lyndonville, Lyndon, Caledonia
County, Vt.
Born in Minerva, Stark
County, Ohio, July 16,
1845.
Son of Davis Vail and Phebe (Quinby) Vail.
Republican. General superintendent, U.S. Railway Mail Service,
1876-79; president, American Telephone
and Telegraph
Co., 1885-89 and 1907-19; founder of Western Electric and of Bell
Labs; built an electric railway system in Buenos Aires,
Argentina, 1890-1904; farmer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Vermont, 1916.
Member, Union
League.
Died, from kidney and
cardiac
complications, in Johns Hopkins Hospital,
Baltimore,
Md., April 16,
1920 (age 74 years, 275
days).
Interment at Vail
Memorial Cemetery, Parsippany, N.J.
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Aldace Freeman Walker (1842-1901) —
also known as Aldace F. Walker —
of Rutland, Rutland
County, Vt.
Born in West Rutland, Rutland
County, Vt., May 11,
1842.
Son of Rev. Aldace Walker (c.1812-1878) and Mary Ann (Baker) Walker
(1813-1899).
Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
member of Vermont
state senate from Rutland County, 1882; member, Interstate Commerce
Commission, 1887-89; president, Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe
Railway, 1894-95.
Congregationalist.
Died in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., April 12,
1901 (age 58 years, 336
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Rutland, Vt.
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Relatives:
Married to Katharine Shaw (1848-1932). |
| | | Epitaph: "An upright lawyer and
legislator, a faithful soldier and public officer, an able
administrator of important railway interests." |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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William Wells (b. 1837) —
of Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born in Waterbury, Washington
County, Vt., December
14, 1837.
Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of
Vermont
state house of representatives from Waterbury, 1865-66; U.S. Collector of Customs,
1872-85; member of Vermont
state senate from Chittenden County, 1886; president, Burlington
Savings Bank;
director, Rutland Railroad Company; director, Burlington Gas-Light
Company.
Episcopalian.
Burial
location unknown.
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