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William Tabor Abbott (b. 1868) —
also known as William T. Abbott —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Evanston, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Wells River, Newbury, Orange
County, Vt., February
16, 1868.
Son of Orrin S. Abbott and Ella J. (Tabor) Abbott.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1920;
assistant director, U.S. Bureau of the Budget; assisted in creation
of first federal budget.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Burial
location unknown.
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Alson Edward Abernethy (1900-1969) —
also known as Alson E. Abernethy —
of Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Bristol, Addison
County, Vt., December
4, 1900.
Son of Milo E. Abernethy and Ella (Wing) Abernethy.
Investment
banker; mayor
of Pasadena, Calif., 1952-53.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners; Optimist
Club.
Died in November, 1969
(age 68
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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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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Llewelyn Sherman Adams (1899-1986) —
also known as Sherman Adams; "The Abominable No
Man"; "The Great Stone Face" —
of Lincoln, Grafton
County, N.H.
Born in East Dover, Dover, Windham
County, Vt., January
8, 1899.
Son of Clyde A. Adams and Winnie Marian (Sherman) Adams.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; lumberman;
member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1941-44; Speaker of
the New Hampshire State House of Representatives, 1943-44;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1944,
1952;
U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 2nd District, 1945-47; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention from Lincoln,
1948; Governor of
New Hampshire, 1949-53; defeated, 1946; assistant to President Dwight
D. Eisenhower, 1953-58; forced to
resign in 1958 following disclosure that he had accepted
gifts from a Boston businessman seeking preferred treatment from
federal agencies.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Shriners; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Grange; Elks; Society
of Colonial Wars; Foresters.
Died in Hanover, Grafton
County, N.H., October
27, 1986 (age 87 years, 292
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Lincoln, N.H.
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John Clayton Allen (1860-1939) —
also known as John C. Allen —
of McCook, Red Willow
County, Neb.; Monmouth, Warren
County, Ill.
Born in Hinesburg, Chittenden
County, Vt., February
14, 1860.
Son of John H. Allen and Elizabeth (Burns) Allen.
Republican. Merchant;
banker;
secretary
of state of Nebraska, 1891-95; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 14th District, 1925-33; defeated,
1932, 1934; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois,
1936.
Presbyterian.
Member, Loyal
Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners; Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Woodmen.
Died in Monmouth, Warren
County, Ill., January
12, 1939 (age 78 years, 332
days).
Interment at Vermont
Cemetery, Vermont, Ill.
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Martin Fletcher Allen (b. 1842) —
also known as Martin F. Allen —
of North Ferrisburg, Ferrisburg, Addison
County, Vt.
Born in North Ferrisburg, Ferrisburg, Addison
County, Vt., November
28, 1842.
Son of Norman Jasper Allen and Sarah (Martin) Allen.
Republican. Merchant;
farmer;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1882-83; member of Vermont
state senate, 1890-91; Lieutenant
Governor of Vermont, 1900-02.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Interment at North
Ferrisburgh Cemetery, Ferrisburg, 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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Orion Metcalf Barber (b. 1857) —
also known as Orion M. Barber —
of Arlington, Bennington
County, Vt.; Bennington, Bennington
County, Vt.
Born in Jamaica, Windham
County, Vt., July 13,
1857.
Son of Emmons Barber and Lucia A. (Pierce) Barber.
Republican. Bennington
County State's Attorney, 1886-87; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1892; member of Vermont
state senate, 1894; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Vermont, 1896
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business); Vermont
state auditor of accounts, 1898-1902.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners; Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Emmons Barber and Lucia A. (Pierce) Barber; married, June 30,
1898, to Alice Mabel Norton; father of Newton
Barber. |
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Franklin Swift Billings, Jr. (b. 1922) —
also known as Franklin S. Billings, Jr. —
of Woodstock, Windsor
County, Vt.
Born in Woodstock, Windsor
County, Vt., June 5,
1922.
Lawyer;
municipal judge in Vermont, 1955-62; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1961-66; Speaker of
the Vermont State House of Representatives, 1963-66; superior
court judge in Vermont, 1966-75; justice of
Vermont state supreme court, 1975-83; chief
justice of Vermont Supreme Court, 1983-84; U.S.
District Judge for Vermont, 1984-94; took senior status 1994.
Episcopalian.
Member, Grange; Freemasons;
Shriners; American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 2001.
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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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Ezra Brainerd, Jr. (b. 1878) —
of Muskogee, Muskogee
County, Okla.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Middlebury, Addison
County, Vt., August
26, 1878.
Son of Ezra Brainerd and Frances Viola (Rockwell) Brainerd.
Republican. Lawyer;
general counsel and vice-president, First National Bank of
Muskogee; director, Farmers National Bank of
Fort Gibson; director, First National Bank of
Braggs; member, Interstate
Commerce Commission, 1927-33.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Chi Psi;
Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Burial
location unknown.
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Carroll W. Casto (b. 1925) —
of Point Pleasant, Mason
County, W.Va.
Born in Ripley, Jackson
County, W.Va., October
26, 1925.
Son of Denny L. Casto and Gertha (Tolley) Casto.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Mason County, 1961-64;
appointed 1960.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners; Phi
Sigma Kappa; Rotary.
Still living as of 1964.
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Irving Smith Coburn (1874-1923) —
of Milton, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born in Enosburg, Franklin
County, Vt., August 8,
1874.
Son of Henry Coburn and Alberta (Shattuck) Coburn.
Physician;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1912; member of Vermont
state senate from Chittenden County, 1921-23; died in office 1923.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Medical
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died January
20, 1923 (age 48 years, 165
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Blaisdell Corliss (1851-1929) —
also known as John B. Corliss —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Richford, Franklin
County, Vt., June 7,
1851.
Son of Hezekiah Corliss (1815-1907) and Lydia (Rounds) Corliss
(1822-1904).
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1895-1903; defeated,
1902.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., December
24, 1929 (age 78 years, 200
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Alexander Dunnett (b. 1852) —
also known as Alex Dunnett —
of St. Johnsbury, Caledonia
County, Vt.
Born in Peacham, Caledonia
County, Vt., November
29, 1852.
Son of Andrew Dunnett and Christiana (Galbraith) Dunnett.
Republican. Lawyer; chair of
Caledonia County Republican Party, 1882-86; Caledonia
County State's Attorney, 1886-90; member of Vermont
state senate, 1900; U.S.
Attorney for Vermont, 1906-15; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Vermont, 1916.
Unitarian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Burial
location unknown.
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Irving Willard Eastman (b. 1895) —
of Whiting, Addison
County, Vt.
Born in St. Johnsbury, Caledonia
County, Vt., May 23,
1895.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1959-61; member of Vermont
state senate from Addison County, 1963.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners; American
Legion; Sons of
the American Revolution; Chi Psi.
Burial
location unknown.
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Samuel William Fishman (1913-1975) —
also known as Samuel Fishman —
of Vergennes, Addison
County, Vt.
Born in Vergennes, Addison
County, Vt., April 15,
1913.
Democrat. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Vermont, 1952;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1957-61; member of Vermont
state senate from Addison County, 1963.
Jewish.
Member, Rotary; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in 1975
(age about
62 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Albert Augustus Fletcher (1835-1907) —
also known as Albert A. Fletcher —
of Bridport, Addison
County, Vt.; Middlebury, Addison
County, Vt.
Born in Bridport, Addison
County, Vt., August
17, 1835.
Son of Paris Fletcher and Anna (Miner) Fletcher.
Republican. Farmer; banker;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1871-72; member of Vermont
state senate from Addison County, 1882-84.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners; Knights
of Honor.
Died in Middlebury, Addison
County, Vt., October
2, 1907 (age 72 years, 46
days).
Interment at West
Cemetery, Middlebury, Vt.
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Jay Gordon (1930-2007) —
of Montpelier, Washington
County, Vt.
Born October
10, 1930.
Democrat. Accountant;
Vermont
state auditor of accounts, 1965-68; university
professor.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners; Moose; Elks; American
Legion.
Killed, along with his wife, in a house fire,
in Montpelier, Washington
County, Vt., December
4, 2007 (age 77 years, 55
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Joan Plumpton. |
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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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Philip Henderson Hoff (b. 1924) —
also known as Philip H. Hoff —
of Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born in Greenfield, Franklin
County, Mass., June 29,
1924.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1961-62; Governor of
Vermont, 1963-69; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Vermont, 1970.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Elks; Freemasons;
Shriners; Grange; Eagles; Moose.
Still living as of 2009.
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Lawrence McLam Jackman (b. 1903) —
of East Corinth, Corinth, Orange
County, Vt.
Born in East Corinth, Corinth, Orange
County, Vt., June 14,
1903.
Republican. Member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1957-60; member of Vermont
state senate, 1961.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Samuel Hollister Jackson (1875-1927) —
also known as Hollister Jackson; Samuel Hollister
Jackson —
of Barre, Washington
County, Vt.
Born in Toronto, Ontario,
December
7, 1875.
Republican. Washington
County State's Attorney, 1904-06; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1906-07; Lieutenant
Governor of Vermont, 1927; died in office 1927.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners; Knights
of Pythias.
Drowned
in a flood near his home, Barre, Washington
County, Vt., November
2, 1927 (age 51 years, 330
days).
Interment at Lakeview
Cemetery, Burlington, Vt.
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John R. MacDonald (1857-1946) —
of Flint, Genesee
County, Mich.
Born in Moretown, Washington
County, Vt., March 30,
1857.
Progressive. Mayor of
Flint, Mich., 1914-15.
Scottish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners; Knights
of Pythias.
Injured in a fall at his
home, and died at Hurley Hospital,
Flint, Genesee
County, Mich., January, 1946
(age 88
years, 0 days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Avondale
Cemetery, Flint, Mich.
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Elihu Barber Taft (1847-1929) —
of Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born in Williston, Chittenden
County, Vt., March 25,
1847.
Son of Eleazer Taft and Ellen M. (Barber) Taft.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Vermont
state senate from Chittenden County, 1888-90.
Universalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in 1929
(age about
82 years).
Interment at Lakeview
Cemetery, Burlington, Vt.
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