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Elmer T. Allison (1883-1982) —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.; Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Bethel, Fairfield
County, Conn.; Washington.
Born in Houstonia, Pettis
County, Mo., December
5, 1883.
Communist. Sawmill worker; arrested
in Cleveland, 1919, on charges
of violating the state's criminal
syndicalism law; Workers candidate for New York
state senate 14th District, 1926; poet.
Member, Industrial
Workers of the World.
Died in Olympia, Thurston
County, Wash., July 18,
1982 (age 98 years, 225
days).
Interment at Woodbine
Cemetery, Puyallup, Wash.
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Isaac Barnes (1830-1909) —
of Burlington, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Burlington, Hartford
County, Conn., June 8,
1830.
Meat
merchant; lumber business; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Burlington, 1867.
Died March
29, 1909 (age 78 years, 294
days).
Interment at Center Cemetery, Burlington, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of Amzi Barnes and Sophronia (Mills) Barnes; married to Theda Spencer
and Nellie M. Smith. |
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Frederick Allen Beckwith (1865-1952) —
also known as Fred A. Beckwith —
of Niantic, East Lyme, New London
County, Conn.
Born in Connecticut, January
7, 1865.
Republican. Coal
and wood yard; livery
business; first
selectman of East Lyme, Connecticut, 1901-07, 1909, 1911-19,
1921-27; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from East Lyme, 1907-08, 1927-30,
1939-42; defeated, 1930; member of Connecticut
state senate, 1925-26.
Died in New London, New London
County, Conn., March
24, 1952 (age 87 years, 77
days).
Interment at East Lyme Cemetery, Flanders, East Lyme, Conn.
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Andrew Jackson Bentley (1827-1895) —
also known as Andrew J. Bentley —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.; New London, New London
County, Conn.
Born in Norwich, New London
County, Conn., January
10, 1827.
Sailor;
shipbroker;
lumber business; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1880; mayor
of New London, Conn., 1894.
Died, of pneumonia,
March
18, 1895 (age 68 years, 67
days).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Norwich, Conn.
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Elisha Rockwell Bitgood (1879-1961) —
also known as Elisha R. Bitgood —
of Hope Valley, Hopkinton, Washington
County, R.I.
Born in Voluntown, New London
County, Conn., October
11, 1879.
Democrat. Lumber mill owner; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Rhode Island, 1940.
Died in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, November
25, 1961 (age 82 years, 45
days).
Interment at Pine
Grove Cemetery, Hope Valley, Hopkinton, R.I.
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Zephaniah Webster Bunce (1787-1889) —
also known as Zephaniah W. Bunce —
of St.
Clair County, Mich.
Born in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., November
14, 1787.
Member
Michigan territorial council from St. Clair County, 1824-27; postmaster;
lumber mill business.
Died in St. Clair
County, Mich., October
8, 1889 (age 101 years,
328 days).
Interment at Lakeside
Cemetery, Port Huron, Mich.
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Charles Nelson Daniels (1849-1916) —
also known as Charles N. Daniels —
of Willimantic, Windham
County, Conn.
Born in Barre, Monroe
County, N.Y., July 2,
1849.
Republican. Coal
and lumber dealer; postmaster at Willimantic,
Conn., 1890-94; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Connecticut, 1900;
member of Connecticut
Republican State Central Committee, 1901; U.S. Consul in Sheffield, as of 1905-09; Sherbrooke, 1914-16; Connecticut
state auditor, 1908.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died in Southbridge, Worcester
County, Mass., December
17, 1916 (age 67 years, 168
days).
Interment at Old
Willimantic Cemetery, Windham, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of Nelson Fitch Daniels and Alenda (Clark) Daniels; married to Susie
E. Howard Little. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Bennett J. Dickerman (born c.1872) —
of Mt. Carmel, Hamden, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Hamden, New Haven
County, Conn., about 1872.
Republican. Lumber business; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Hamden, 1919-20.
Burial location unknown.
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Coert du Bois (1881-1960) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; Stonington, New London
County, Conn.
Born in Hudson, Columbia
County, N.Y., November
10, 1881.
Forester; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Consul in Paris, 1919-20; Naples, 1920-21; Port Said, 1922; U.S. Consul General in Batavia, 1927-30; Genoa, 1931; Naples, 1931-35; Havana, as of 1938.
Episcopalian.
His two daughters, Jane and Betty, ages 20 and 23, in grief over the
deaths of two RAF airmen they had fallen in love with, killed
themselves by jumping together from a British plane in 1935.
Died, in Westerly Hospital,
Westerly, Washington
County, R.I., March 6,
1960 (age 78 years, 117
days).
Interment at Evergreen Cemetery, Stonington, Conn.
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Walter E. Green (born c.1882) —
of Ashford, Windham
County, Conn.
Born in England,
about 1882.
Democrat. Sawyer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Ashford, 1919-20.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Joseph Harris (1853-1944) —
also known as Charles J. Harris —
of Dillsboro, Jackson
County, N.C.
Born in Putnam, Windham
County, Conn., September
11, 1853.
Republican. President, Harris Kaolin Co. (mining),
Harris Granite Quarries,
and Harris-Woodbury Lumber Co.; president, Jackson County Bank
(Sylva, N.C.); vice-president, American National Bank
(Asheville, N.C.); president, Asheville Daily Times newspaper;
delegate to Republican National Convention from North Carolina, 1896
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1908,
1916,
1920,
1924,
1928,
1932,
1936
(alternate); candidate for Governor of
North Carolina, 1904.
Suffered a broken back, probably from a fall, was
unable to eat, and died from inanition,
in Asheville, Buncombe
County, N.C., February
14, 1944 (age 90 years, 156
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Asheville, N.C.
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Relatives: Son
of William Harris and Zilpah (Torrey) Harris; married to Florence
Rust. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Ebenezer J. Hill (1845-1917) —
of Norwalk, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Redding, Fairfield
County, Conn., August
4, 1845.
Republican. Lumber merchant; president, Norwalk Gas
Light Co.; vice-president, National Bank of
Norwalk; delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut,
1884,
1908
(alternate); member of Connecticut
state senate 13th District, 1887-88; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1895-1913, 1915-17;
defeated, 1912; died in office 1917.
Died in Norwalk, Fairfield
County, Conn., September
27, 1917 (age 72 years, 54
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Norwalk, Conn.
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Ernest R. Hinman (1887-1979) —
of Burlington, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Burlington, Hartford
County, Conn., September
6, 1887.
Democrat. Farmer; dairy
business; lumber mill owner; first
selectman of Burlington, Connecticut, 1922-24; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Burlington, 1931-32;
defeated, 1932.
Died March 8,
1979 (age 91 years, 183
days).
Interment at Center Cemetery, Burlington, Conn.
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Howard B. Hinman (1916-1988) —
of Burlington, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Burlington, Hartford
County, Conn., July 24,
1916.
Democrat. Lumber dealer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Burlington, 1941-44;
defeated, 1944.
Died December
31, 1988 (age 72 years, 160
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles M. Hotchkiss (1853-1927) —
of Cheshire, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Connecticut, February, 1853.
Republican. Farmer;
lumber business; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Cheshire; elected 1906.
Died in Cheshire, New Haven
County, Conn., July 4,
1927 (age 74 years, 0
days).
Interment at Hillside
Cemetery, Cheshire, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of Merriman Lambert Hotchkiss and Eliza Jeannette (Benham) Hotchkiss;
fourth great-grandson of Robert
Treat; second cousin once removed of Elisha
Hotchkiss Jr. and James
Rood Doolittle; second cousin thrice removed of Robert
Treat Paine and Jonathan
Brace; third cousin once removed of Aurelius
Buckingham; third cousin twice removed of Luther
Hotchkiss, James
Doolittle Wooster and Thomas
Kimberly Brace; third cousin thrice removed of Matthew
Griswold, John
Alsop, Philip
Frisbee, Return
Jonathan Meigs, Sr. and Josiah
Meigs; fourth cousin of Philo
Beecher Buckingham, William
Judson Clark and Charles
Hull Clark; fourth cousin once removed of John
Condit, Elisha
Hotchkiss, Thomas
Hale Sill, Levi
Yale, John
Calhoun Lewis, Henry
Gould Lewis, Robert
Cleveland Usher and John
Holbrook Chapman. |
| | | Political families: Conger
family of New York; King-Hazard
family of Connecticut and New York; Wildman
family of Danbury, Connecticut; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Saltonstall-Davis-Frelinghuysen-Appleton
family of Massachusetts (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
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Edward H. Hotchkiss (b. 1861) —
of Torrington, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born in Connecticut, October
29, 1861.
Republican. Lumber dealer; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Connecticut, 1916.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward C. Hotchkiss and Amelia Hotchkiss; married to Gertrude
Fyler. |
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Aaron W. Kinne (1888-1974) —
of South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Glastonbury, Hartford
County, Conn., 1888.
Republican. Lumberman; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Glastonbury, 1925-28.
Died in 1974
(age about
86 years).
Interment at Old Church Cemetery, South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Conn.
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Everett John Lake (1871-1948) —
also known as Everett Lake —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.; West Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Woodstock, Windham
County, Conn., February
8, 1871.
Republican. Lumber business; bank
director; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Hartford, 1903-04; member of
Connecticut
state senate, 1905-06; Lieutenant
Governor of Connecticut, 1907-09; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Connecticut, 1912;
Governor
of Connecticut, 1921-23.
Congregationalist.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Freemasons.
Died September
16, 1948 (age 77 years, 221
days).
Interment at Westford
Cemetery, Ashford, Conn.
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Herman Elisha Learned (b. 1879) —
also known as Herman E. Learned —
of Lisbon, New London
County, Conn.; Westerly, Washington
County, R.I.; Quonochontaug, Charlestown, Washington
County, R.I.
Born in Lisbon, New London
County, Conn., May 5,
1879.
Republican. Farmer;
lumber business; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Lisbon, 1911-12; defeated,
1904; hotelier.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Addison M. Learned and Augusta (Preston) Learned; married, April
24, 1912, to Elisabeth Heath Sweet. |
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Adrian R. Moses (1838-1917) —
of Burlington, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Burlington, Hartford
County, Conn., March
21, 1838.
Lumberman; fruit
grower;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Burlington, 1877.
Died in Burlington, Hartford
County, Conn., January
3, 1917 (age 78 years, 288
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Raymond N. Parish (born c.1835) —
of Montville, New London
County, Conn.
Born in Montville, New London
County, Conn., about 1835.
Republican. Lumber dealer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1866, 1882; member of Connecticut
state senate 11th District, 1889-90.
Burial location unknown.
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William H. Phillips (born c.1853) —
of Chaplin, Windham
County, Conn.
Born in Jewett City, Griswold, New London
County, Conn., about 1853.
Republican. Merchant;
lumber dealer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Chaplin, 1905-06.
Burial location unknown.
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William Fulton Quigg (1863-1948) —
also known as William F. Quigg —
of Marlborough, Hartford
County, Conn.; Chatham (now East Hampton), Middlesex
County, Conn.; West Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Coleraine, County Antrim, Ireland (now Northern
Ireland), November
24, 1863.
Republican. Lumber business; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives; elected 1902; defeated, 1910
(Chatham); elected 1914.
Died January
8, 1948 (age 84 years, 45
days).
Interment at Marlboro Cemetery, Marlborough, Conn.
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John A. Reeve (1859-1935) —
of Burlington, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., July 25,
1859.
Democrat. Farmer;
lumber business; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Burlington, 1887, 1929-30;
probate judge in Connecticut, 1890.
Died, in his office,
in Burlington, Hartford
County, Conn., January
15, 1935 (age 75 years, 174
days).
Interment at Center Cemetery, Burlington, Conn.
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Relatives:
Married to Annie Laura Lovett. |
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Henry Williams Sage (1814-1897) —
also known as Henry W. Sage —
of Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y.; Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Middletown, Middlesex
County, Conn., January
13, 1814.
Whig. Lumber magnate; member of New York
state assembly from Tompkins County, 1847; philanthropist.
Died September
18, 1897 (age 83 years, 248
days).
Entombed at Sage
Chapel, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y.
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John Webster Sanford Jr. (1866-1957) —
also known as J. W. Sanford, Jr. —
of Hamden, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Hamden, New Haven
County, Conn., 1866.
Republican. Lumber dealer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Hamden, 1913-16; member of Connecticut
state senate 12th District, 1921-22.
Died December
26, 1957 (age about 91
years).
Interment at Hamden Plains Cemetery, Hamden, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of John White Sanford and Phoebe (Wooding) Sanford; married to Eva
Lawrence. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Sherman Sanford (born c.1836) —
of Unionville, Farmington, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Avon, Hartford
County, Conn., about 1836.
Republican. Farmer;
lumberman; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Farmington, 1884, 1901-02.
Burial location unknown.
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Harold B. Senior (born c.1887) —
of Bethel, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Bethel, Fairfield
County, Conn., about 1887.
Republican. Lumber dealer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Bethel, 1927-30; member of Connecticut
state senate 24th District, 1931.
Burial location unknown.
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Leslie C. Seymour (born c.1850) —
of Windsor Locks, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Southwick, Hampden
County, Mass., about 1850.
Democrat. Lumber dealer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Windsor Locks, 1901-04; first
selectman of Windsor Locks, Connecticut, 1901-04.
Burial location unknown.
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James Youngs Smith (1809-1876) —
also known as James Y. Smith —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Poquonock Bridge, Groton, New London
County, Conn., September
15, 1809.
Republican. Lumber business; cotton
manufacturer; mayor
of Providence, R.I., 1855-57; Governor of
Rhode Island, 1863-66; defeated, 1861.
Died March
26, 1876 (age 66 years, 193
days).
Interment at Swan
Point Cemetery, Providence, R.I.
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Jonathan Stratton (1791-1863) —
of Thompsonville, Sullivan
County, N.Y.
Born in Fairfield, Fairfield
County, Conn., August
24, 1791.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; merchant;
leather
business; lumber manufacturer; member of New York
state assembly from Sullivan County, 1843, 1851.
Died in Thompsonville, Sullivan
County, N.Y., August
8, 1863 (age 71 years, 349
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Stephen Stratton and Sarah (Darrow) Stratton; married, July 8,
1829, to Cornelia A. Thompson; third cousin of James
Kilbourne (1770-1850); third cousin once removed of Joseph
Silliman (1756-1829), Gold
Selleck Silliman, Benjamin
Silliman and Byron
H. Kilbourn; third cousin twice removed of James
Kilbourne (1842-1919) and Rhamanthus
Menville Stocker; fourth cousin of John
Taintor, Roger
Taintor, Solomon
Taintor, Joseph
Silliman (c.1786-1850), Israel
Coe and Benjamin
Douglas Silliman; fourth cousin once removed of John
Adams Taintor, Eliphalet
Adams Bulkeley, John
Leslie Russell, Henry
G. Taintor, William
Henry Barnum, Lyman
Wetmore Coe and Joseph
Fitch Silliman. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Wentworth-Pitman
family of New Hampshire (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
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Samuel Strong (1762-1832) —
of Vergennes, Addison
County, Vt.
Born in Salisbury, Litchfield
County, Conn., July 17,
1762.
Farmer;
sawmill owner; Addison
County Sheriff, 1787-89; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1804-05; served in the U.S. Army
during the War of 1812; Federalist candidate for Governor of
Vermont, 1816; banker.
Died in Vergennes, Addison
County, Vt., December
5, 1832 (age 70 years, 141
days).
Interment at Vergennes Burying Ground, Vergennes, Vt.
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Henry E. Terrell (born c.1860) —
of Cheshire, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Cheshire, New Haven
County, Conn., about 1860.
Lumber business; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Cheshire, 1907-08, 1911-12;
defeated (Democratic), 1900; first
selectman of Cheshire, Connecticut, 1909-10.
Burial location unknown.
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Malcolm Everett Thompson (1882-1944) —
also known as Malcolm E. Thompson —
of North Stonington, New London
County, Conn.
Born in North Stonington, New London
County, Conn., February
10, 1882.
Republican. Lumber dealer; farmer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from North Stonington, 1919-20;
defeated, 1912.
Died March 8,
1944 (age 62 years, 27
days).
Interment at Pendleton Hill Cemetery, North Stonington, Conn.
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Fred Chester Tilden (1877-1943) —
also known as Fred C. Tilden —
of Willimantic, Windham, Windham
County, Conn.; Manchester, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Willimantic, Windham, Windham
County, Conn., October
6, 1877.
Democrat. Bookkeeper;
lumber and coal
dealer; candidate for Connecticut
state house of representatives from Windham, 1910; purchasing
agent.
Died in Manchester, Hartford
County, Conn., 1943
(age about
65 years).
Interment at East
Cemetery, Manchester, Conn.
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Charles R. Tripp (born c.1870) —
of Eastford, Windham
County, Conn.
Born in North Foster, Foster, Providence
County, R.I., about 1870.
Republican. Sawyer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Eastford, 1921-22; defeated,
1918.
Burial location unknown.
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Frank P. Warren (born c.1853) —
of Danielson, Killingly, Windham
County, Conn.
Born in Killingly, Windham
County, Conn., about 1853.
Democrat. Lumber dealer; farmer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Killingly, 1884, 1905-08,
1911-12; warden
(borough president) of Danielson, Connecticut, 1911.
Burial location unknown.
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Adonijah Strong Welch (1821-1889) —
also known as Adonijah S. Welch —
of Jonesville, Hillsdale
County, Mich.; Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich.; Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla.; Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.; Ames, Story
County, Iowa.
Born in East Hampton, Middlesex
County, Conn., April
12, 1821.
Republican. First principal,
in 1851-65, of the Michigan State Normal School in Ypsilanti, Mich.
(later Eastern Michigan University); member of Michigan
state board of agriculture, 1863-66; established a lumber
mill at Jacksonville, Fla.; U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1868-69; first president,
in 1869-83, of the Iowa Agricultural College in Ames, Iowa (later
Iowa State University); college
professor; author.
Died in Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif., March
14, 1889 (age 67 years, 336
days).
Interment at Iowa
State College Cemetery, Ames, Iowa.
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Webster Davis Whedon (1862-1926) —
also known as Webster D. Whedon —
of Madison, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Connecticut, May, 1862.
Democrat. Sawmill owner; candidate for Connecticut
state house of representatives from Madison, 1900, 1910, 1916,
1918.
Died in 1926
(age about
64 years).
Interment at West
Cemetery, Madison, Conn.
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Elias Williams (1830-1904) —
of Stonington, New London
County, Conn.
Born in Stonington, New London
County, Conn., January
19, 1830.
Republican. Meat
business; lumberman; wagon
master; surveyor;
farmer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Stonington, 1880, 1896.
Congregationalist.
Died in Stonington, New London
County, Conn., 1904
(age about
74 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Stanton Williams and Julia Ann (Gallup) Williams; married
1885 to
Sarah Palmer. |
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Ernest Harvey Woodford (1855-1934) —
also known as Ernest H. Woodford —
of Unionville, Farmington, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Avon, Hartford
County, Conn., February, 1855.
Republican. Lumber dealer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Farmington, 1923-28.
Died in 1934
(age about
79 years).
Interment at West Avon Cemetery, Avon, Conn.
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