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Henry Leland Bowles (1866-1932) —
also known as Henry L. Bowles —
of Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass.
Born in Athens, Windham
County, Vt., January
6, 1866.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1920,
1924;
U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 2nd District, 1925-29.
Died in Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass., May 7,
1932 (age 66 years, 122
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Hillcrest Cemetery.
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Vernon Ensign Bradley (1912-1990) —
also known as Vernon E. Bradley; Brad
Bradley —
of Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass.
Born in Olympia, Thurston
County, Wash., September
27, 1912.
Republican. Accountant;
realtor;
real
estate developer; candidate for mayor
of Springfield, Mass., 1949; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 2nd District, 1954.
United
Church of Christ. Member, Civitan.
Died, of arteriosclerosis,
in a hospital
at Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., September
7, 1990 (age 77 years, 345
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Hillcrest Cemetery.
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William Kirk Kaynor (1884-1929) —
of Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass.
Born in Sanborn, O'Brien
County, Iowa, November
29, 1884.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 2nd District, 1929; died in
office 1929.
Killed in the crash of a
military plane, shortly after takeoff from the Bolling Field air
base, Anacostia, Washington,
D.C., December
20, 1929 (age 45 years, 21
days); it was his first time in an airplane.
Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery.
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Arthur Atwood Ballantine, Jr. (1914-1975) —
also known as Art Ballantine —
of Durango, La Plata
County, Colo.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
12, 1914.
Son of Helen Bailey (Graves) Ballantine (1882-1966) and Arthur Atwood
Ballantine (1883-1960).
Republican. Lawyer; newspaper
publisher; bank
director; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from Colorado, 1960.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sigma
Delta Chi; Lions; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died November
14, 1975 (age 61 years, 33
days).
Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery.
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Lawrence Francis O'Brien (1917-1990) —
also known as Lawrence F. O'Brien; Larry
O'Brien —
of Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass.
Born in Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass., July 17,
1917.
Son of Lawrence F. O'Brien, Sr. and Myra (Sweeney) O'Brien.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; administrative
assistant to U.S. Rep. Foster
Furcolo, 1948-50; public
relations business; U.S.
Postmaster General, 1965-68; Chairman of
Democratic National Committee, 1968-69, 1970-72; his office was
the target of the Watergate burglary, 1972; commissioner, National Basketball
Association, 1975-84.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Elks; American
Legion.
Died, of cancer, in
New
York Hospital-Cornell
Medical Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
28, 1990 (age 73 years, 73
days).
Interment at St. Michael's Cemetery.
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Edward Patrick Boland (1911-2001) —
also known as Edward P. Boland —
of Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass.
Born in Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass., October
1, 1911.
Democrat. Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1935-41; served in the U.S. Army
during World War II; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1952,
1960,
1964,
1972;
U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 2nd District, 1953-89.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Sponsor of amendments that outlawed U.S. aid to the Nicaraguan
"contra" rebels in the 1980s.
Died, of cardiovascular
complications, following a fractured
hip, at Mercy Medical
Center, Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass., November
4, 2001 (age 90 years, 34
days).
Interment at St. Michael's Cemetery.
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William Joseph Granfield (1889-1959) —
also known as William J. Granfield —
of Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass.; Longmeadow, Hampden
County, Mass.
Born in Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass., December
18, 1889.
Son of John Granfield and Ellen (O'Connor) Granfield.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1917-19; delegate to
Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1917-18; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1924,
1928,
1932,
1936;
U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 2nd District, 1930-37; district
judge in Massachusetts, 1936-49.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Catholic
Order of Foresters; Elks; Eagles.
Died in Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass., May 28,
1959 (age 69 years, 161
days).
Interment at St. Michael's Cemetery.
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George Ashmun (1804-1870) —
of Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass.
Born in Blandford, Hampden
County, Mass., December
25, 1804.
Son of Eli
Porter Ashmun.
Whig. Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1833, 1835-36, 1838, 1841; Speaker of
the Massachusetts State House of Representatives, 1841; member of
Massachusetts
state senate, 1838-39; delegate to Whig National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1839 (member, Balloting Committee); U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 6th District, 1845-51.
Died in Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass., July 16,
1870 (age 65 years, 203
days).
Interment at Springfield Cemetery.
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William Barron Calhoun (1796-1865) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., December
29, 1796.
Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1825; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 8th District, 1835-43; member
of Massachusetts
state senate, 1846; secretary of
state of Massachusetts, 1848; mayor
of Springfield, Mass., 1859.
Died in Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass., November
8, 1865 (age 68 years, 314
days).
Interment at Springfield Cemetery.
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Calvin Clifford Chaffee (1811-1896) —
also known as Calvin C. Chaffee —
of Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass.
Born in Saratoga Springs, Saratoga
County, N.Y., August
28, 1811.
Physician;
U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 10th District, 1855-59;
librarian of the U.S. House of Representatives, 1860-62.
Died in Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass., August 8,
1896 (age 84 years, 346
days).
Interment at Springfield Cemetery.
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Owen Appleton (1909-1937) —
of Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass., November
1, 1909.
Son of Lydia D. (Owen) Appleton (1874-1948) and Allen L. Appleton
(1880-1944).
Communist. Candidate for New York
state assembly from New York County 12th District, 1933.
Lieutenant in the Abraham Lincoln Brigade (U.S. volunteers for the
Republican or anti-Fascist side in the Spanish Civil War, 1936-39);
killed in action at Fuentes de Ebro, Spain,
October
17, 1937 (age 27 years, 350
days).
Interment at Springfield Cemetery.
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Chester William Chapin (1798-1883) —
of Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass.
Born in Ludlow, Hampden
County, Mass., December
16, 1798.
Son of Ephraim Chapin (1759-1806) and Mary (Smith) Chapin
(1763-1744).
Democrat. Delegate to
Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1853; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1860;
U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 11th District, 1875-77;
defeated, 1876.
Died in Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass., June 10,
1883 (age 84 years, 176
days).
Original interment at Springfield Cemetery; reinterment at Chicopee Cemetery, Chicopee, Mass.
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Frederick Huntington Gillett (1851-1935) —
also known as Frederick H. Gillett —
of Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass.
Born in Westfield, Hampden
County, Mass., October
16, 1851.
Son of Edward Bates Gillett and Lucy Douglas (Fowler) Gillett.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1890-91; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 2nd District, 1893-1925; Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1919-25; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1920,
1924,
1928;
U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1925-31.
Died July 31,
1935 (age 83 years, 288
days).
Interment at Pine Hill Cemetery.
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Joseph Buell Ely (1881-1956) —
also known as Joseph B. Ely —
of Westfield, Hampden
County, Mass.
Born in Westfield, Hampden
County, Mass., February
22, 1881.
Son of Henry Wilson Ely and Sarah N. (Buell) Ely.
Democrat. Lawyer;
director, Hampton National Bank and
Trust Company; director, American Woolen
Company; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1924,
1928,
1932,
1940,
1944;
Governor
of Massachusetts, 1931-35.
Congregationalist.
Member, Phi
Delta Theta; Elks; Kiwanis.
Died June 13,
1956 (age 75 years, 112
days).
Interment at Pine Hill Cemetery.
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Henry Bernhard Dirks (1884-1955) —
also known as Henry B. Dirks —
of East Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., June 21,
1884.
Son of Hermann Johannes Dirks (1850-1896) and Anna Elizabeth (Meyer)
Dirks (1852-1932).
College
professor; mayor
of East Lansing, Mich., 1928-29.
German
ancestry.
Died September
18, 1955 (age 71 years, 89
days).
Interment at Pine Hill Cemetery.
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Clinton Leo Chapin (1894-1970) —
also known as Clinton L. Chapin —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Westfield, Hampden
County, Mass., March 24,
1894.
Son of Edward O. Chapin (1870-1939) and Mary J. (Scanlon) Chapin
(1874-1962).
Republican. Candidate for Connecticut
state house of representatives from Hartford, 1930.
Died in May, 1970
(age 76
years, 0 days).
Interment at Pine Hill Cemetery.
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