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Donald H. Hackel (b. 1925) —
of Rutland, Rutland
County, Vt.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., August 1,
1925.
Son of Myer Jacob Hackel and Rose (Milhender) Hackel.
Democrat. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Vermont, 1956;
member of Vermont
Democratic State Committee, 1961-67.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society.
Still living as of 1967.
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Alfred Stevens Hall (b. 1850) —
of Winchester, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Westminster West, Westminster, Windham
County, Vt., April 14,
1850.
Son of Edward Hall and Frances A. (Tuttle) Hall.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1904.
Congregationalist.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward Hall and Frances A. (Tuttle) Hall; married, October
18, 1876, to Annette M. Hitchcock (died 1887); married, April 10,
1895, to Delia R. Ranney. |
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Boardman Hall (b. 1856) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, April 17,
1856.
Son of Col. Joseph Frye Hall and Mary M. (Farrow) Hall.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for Massachusetts
state auditor, 1892; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 10th District, 1896.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sons of
the American Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1892
to Mary E. Hamlin. |
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Hiland Hall (1795-1885) —
of Bennington, Bennington
County, Vt.
Born in Bennington, Bennington
County, Vt., July 20,
1795.
Son of Nathaniel Hall and Abigail (Hubbard) Hall.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1827; U.S.
Representative from Vermont 1st District, 1833-43; justice of
Vermont state supreme court, 1846-50; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Vermont, 1856;
Governor
of Vermont, 1858-60.
Died in Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass., December
18, 1885 (age 90 years, 151
days).
Interment at Bennington
Center Cemetery, Bennington, Vt.
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Charles Sumner Hamlin (b. 1861) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., August
30, 1861.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for Massachusetts
state senate, 1887; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1892;
candidate for secretary of
state of Massachusetts, 1892; assistant secretary of U.S.
Treasury, 1893-97; various assignments as diplomatic commissioner,
1897.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married, June 4,
1898, to Huybertie Lansing Pruyn. |
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John Wilkes Hammond (1837-1922) —
of Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Rochester (part now in Mattapoisett), Plymouth
County, Mass., December
16, 1837.
Son of John Wilkes Hammond and Maria Louisa (Southworth) Hammond.
Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1872-73; superior court judge in
Massachusetts, 1886-98; justice of
Massachusetts state supreme court, 1898-1914.
Member, American
Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Died in 1922
(age about
84 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Winfield Scott Hammond (1863-1915) —
also known as Winfield S. Hammond —
of St. James, Watonwan
County, Minn.
Born in Southborough, Worcester
County, Mass., November
17, 1863.
Son of John W. Hammond and Ellen Panton (Harding) Hammond.
Democrat. School
principal; superintendent
of schools; lawyer; Watonwan
County Attorney, 1895-96, 1901-04; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 2nd District, 1907-15; defeated,
1892; resigned 1915; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1908 ;
Governor
of Minnesota, 1915; died in office 1915.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died, from apoplexy,
in Clinton, East
Feliciana Parish, La., December
30, 1915 (age 52 years, 43
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, St. James, Minn.
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Elbridge Hanecy (b. 1852) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Massachusetts, March 15,
1852.
Son of William Hanecy and Mary (Wales) Hanecy.
Lawyer; circuit judge in Illinois, 1893-95; candidate for mayor of
Chicago, Ill., 1901.
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert James Harris (1930-2005) —
also known as Robert J. Harris; Bob Harris —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
5, 1930.
Son of Louis Harris and Bertha (Herman) Harris.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict;
lawyer; law
professor; mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1969-73.
Jewish.
Lithuanian
ancestry. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Order of the
Coif.
Died, of brain
lymphoma, in Scio Township, Washtenaw
County, Mich., July 10,
2005 (age 74 years, 278
days).
Interment at Arborcrest
Memorial Park, Ann Arbor, Mich.
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Samuel Gilbert Hathaway (1780-1867) —
also known as Samuel G. Hathaway —
of Cortland
County, N.Y.
Born in Freetown, Bristol
County, Mass., July 18,
1780.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Cortland County, 1814-15, 1817-18; member of
New
York state senate 6th District, 1823; U.S.
Representative from New York 22nd District, 1833-35; Presidential
Elector for New York, 1852.
Died in Solon, Cortland
County, N.Y., May 2,
1867 (age 86 years, 288
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Cortland County, N.Y.
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Moses Hayden (1786-1830) —
of York, Livingston
County, N.Y.
Born near Westfield, Hampden
County, Mass., 1786.
Lawyer; common pleas court judge in New York, 1821-23; U.S.
Representative from New York 27th District, 1823-27; member of New York
state senate 8th District, 1829-30; died in office 1830.
Died in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., February
13, 1830 (age about 43
years).
Interment at Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery, York, N.Y.
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Charles F. Haywood (b. 1903) —
of Lynn, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Lynn, Essex
County, Mass., February
18, 1903.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War
II; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1944
(alternate), 1948.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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James Marshall Head, Jr. (1855-1930) —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born in Sumner
County, Tenn., July 25,
1855.
Son of Dr. James Marshall Head and Berthenia P. (Branham) Head.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1881-84; mayor
of Nashville, Tenn., 1900-04; member of Democratic
National Committee from Tennessee, 1903.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., March 31,
1930 (age 74 years, 249
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Arthur Daniel Healey (1889-1948) —
also known as Arthur D. Healey —
of Somerville, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Somerville, Middlesex
County, Mass., December
29, 1889.
Son of Dennis Healey and Mary (Ireland) Healey.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 8th District, 1933-42;
defeated, 1922, 1924, 1928; U.S.
District Judge for Massachusetts, 1942-48; died in office 1948.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Knights
of Columbus; Elks; Eagles; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Died in 1948
(age about
58 years).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Medford, Mass.
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Christian Archibald Herter, Jr. (1919-2007) —
also known as Christian A. Herter, Jr. —
of Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
29, 1919.
Son of Mary Caroline (Pratt) Herter and Christian
Archibald Herter.
Republican. Major in the U.S. Army during World War II;
lawyer; administrative assistant to U.S. Vice President Richard
M. Nixon, 1953-54; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1956,
1960;
candidate for Massachusetts
state attorney general, 1958; vice-president, Socony Mobil Oil Company,
1961-67; director, Berkshire Life
Insurance Company; law
professor.
Member, American Bar
Association; Council on
Foreign Relations; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, from chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease, in Washington,
D.C., September
16, 2007 (age 88 years, 230
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Patrick Higgins (1893-1955) —
also known as John P. Higgins —
of Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., February
19, 1893.
Son of Patrick Higgins and Winifred (Gilligan) Higgins.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; chemist;
lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1929-34; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 11th District, 1935-37;
superior court judge in Massachusetts, 1937-55; died in office 1955.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Ancient
Order of Hibernians; Catholic
Order of Foresters.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., August 2,
1955 (age 62 years, 164
days).
Interment at St.
Joseph's Cemetery, West Roxbury, Boston, Mass.
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Donald M. Hill (b. 1877) —
of Waban, Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass., November
1, 1877.
Son of William H. Hill and Sarah Ellen (May) Hill.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 13th District, 1930.
Episcopalian.
Burial
location unknown.
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Frank Harris Hitchcock (1867-1935) —
also known as Frank H. Hitchcock —
of Massachusetts; Arizona.
Born in Amherst, Lorain
County, Ohio, October
5, 1867.
Son of Henry Chapman Hitchcock and Mary Laurette (Harris) Hitchcock.
Republican. Lawyer; Chairman of
Republican National Committee, 1908-09; U.S.
Postmaster General, 1909-13; newspaper
publisher; member of Republican
National Committee from Arizona, 1932-33.
Member, American
Economic Association.
Died in Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz., August
25, 1935 (age 67 years, 324
days).
Interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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Samuel Hitchcock (1755-1813) —
of Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born in Brimfield, Hampden
County, Mass., March 23,
1755.
Son of Noah Hitchcock and Mary Hitchcock.
Lawyer; Presidential Elector for Vermont, 1792.
Died in Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt., November
20, 1813 (age 58 years, 242
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Roger Sherman Hoar (1887-1963) —
also known as Roger S. Hoar; Ralph Milne
Farley —
of Concord, Middlesex
County, Mass.; South Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born April 8,
1887.
Son of Sherman
Hoar.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1911; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 5th District, 1916; served in
the U.S. Army during World War I; author; cartoonist;
inventor.
Died in South Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., October
10, 1963 (age 76 years, 185
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Samuel Hoar (1778-1856) —
of Concord, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Lincoln, Middlesex
County, Mass., May 18,
1778.
Whig. Lawyer; delegate to
Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1820; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1826, 1832-33; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 4th District, 1835-37; delegate
to Whig National Convention from Massachusetts, 1839 (speaker);
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1850.
Died November
2, 1856 (age 78 years, 168
days).
Interment at Sleepy
Hollow Cemetery, Concord, Mass.
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Sherman Hoar (1860-1898) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Concord, Middlesex
County, Mass., July 30,
1860.
Son of Ebenezer
Rockwood Hoar.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 5th District, 1891-93; U.S.
Attorney for Massachusetts, 1893-97.
Died October
7, 1898 (age 38 years, 69
days).
Interment at Sleepy
Hollow Cemetery, Concord, Mass.
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John Holmes (1773-1843) —
of Alfred, York
County, Maine.
Born in Kingston, Plymouth
County, Mass., March 14,
1773.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1802-03, 1812; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1813-14; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 1st District, 1817-20; delegate to
Maine state constitutional convention, 1819; U.S.
Senator from Maine, 1820-27, 1829-33; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1836-37; U.S.
Attorney for Maine, 1841-43; died in office 1843.
Died July 7,
1843 (age 70 years, 115
days).
Entombed at Eastern
Cemetery, Portland, Maine; cenotaph at Parish Cemetery, Alfred, Maine.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. (1841-1935) —
also known as "The Great Dissenter" —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., March 8,
1841.
Son of Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894) and Amelia Lee (Jackson)
Holmes.
Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; justice of
Massachusetts state supreme court, 1882-1902; chief
justice of Massachusetts supreme judicial court, 1899-1902; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1902-32; retired 1932.
Unitarian.
Elected to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1965.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Washington,
D.C., March 6,
1935 (age 93 years, 363
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Relatives:
Married, June 17,
1872, to Fanny Bowditch Dixwell (1840-1929). |
| | | Cross-reference: Francis
Biddle — Laurence
Curtis — Lewis
Einstein — Erland
F. Fish |
| | | See also federal
judicial profile — Wikipedia
article — Judgepedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.: The
Common Law |
| | | Books about Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.:
Gary J. Aichele, Oliver
Wendell Holmes, Jr. : Soldier, Scholar, Judge (out of
print) — G. Edward White, Justice
Oliver Wendell Holmes: Law and the Inner Self —
Sheldon M. Novick, Honorable
Justice: The Life of Oliver Wendell Holmes — Liva
Baker, The
Justice from Beacon Hill: The Life and Times of Oliver Wendell
Holmes — James Bishop Peabody, The
Holmes-Einstein Letters : Correspondence of Mr. Justice Holmes and
Lewis Einstein 1903-1935 |
| | | Critical books about Oliver Wendell Holmes,
Jr.: Albert W. Alschuler, Law
Without Values : The Life, Work, and Legacy of Justice
Holmes |
| | | Image source: American Monthly Review
of Reviews, September 1902 |
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William P. Homans, Jr. (c.1922-1997) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Canton, Norfolk
County, Mass., about 1922.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; member of
Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1963-65.
Persuaded Massachusetts' high court to strike down the death penalty.
Died at a nursing
home in Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz., February
7, 1997 (age about 75
years).
Interment at Milton
Cemetery, Milton, Mass.
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Chester Ralph Hovey (b. 1872) —
of Ellensburg, Kittitas
County, Wash.; Olympia, Thurston
County, Wash.; Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Holyoke, Hampden
County, Mass., January
21, 1872.
Son of George A. Hovey and Jennie (Dyer) Hovey.
Republican. Lawyer; justice of
Washington state supreme court, 1921; appointed 1921.
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Pagelsen Howard (1887-1967) —
also known as Charles P. Howard —
of Reading, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Tewksbury, Middlesex
County, Mass., December
26, 1887.
Son of Herbert Burr Howard and Emily (Pagelsen) Howard.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to
Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1917; served in
the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1923-25; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1924
(alternate), 1928;
president, Blackstone Savings
Bank, Boston, 1940-42; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War
II.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Political Science Association; Military
Order of the World Wars; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Rotary.
Died in 1967
(age about
79 years).
Interment somewhere
in Reading, Mass.
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James Henry Howe (1827-1893) —
also known as James H. Howe —
of Green Bay, Brown
County, Wis.
Born in Turner, Androscoggin
County, Maine, December
5, 1827.
Son of Addison Goodale Howe and Mary Turner (Torrey) Howe.
Republican. Lawyer; Wisconsin
state attorney general, 1860-62; colonel in the Union Army during
the Civil War; General Solicitor and General Manager, North Western
Railroad;
U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, 1873.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., January
4, 1893 (age 65 years, 30
days).
Interment somewhere
in Kenosha, Wis.
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William Howe (1774-1828) —
of Derby, Orleans
County, Vt.
Born in Belchertown, Hampshire
County, Mass., February
4, 1774.
Son of Susanna (Dwight) Howe (1746-1785) and Estes Howe (1747-1826).
Lawyer; probate judge in Vermont; member of Vermont
state house of representatives.
Died November
19, 1828 (age 54 years, 289
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Evans Hughes (1862-1948) —
of Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Glens Falls, Warren
County, N.Y., April 11,
1862.
Son of Rev. David Charles Hughes and Mary Catherine (Connelly)
Hughes.
Republican. Lawyer; law
professor; Governor of
New York, 1907-10; resigned 1910; candidate for Republican
nomination for President, 1908;
Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1910-16; resigned 1916; Chief
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1930-41; candidate for President
of the United States, 1916; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1921-25.
Baptist.
Welsh
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Union
League.
Died in Osterville, Barnstable, Barnstable
County, Mass., August
27, 1948 (age 86 years, 138
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Francis X. Hurley (1902-1976) —
of Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in 1902.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1932;
Massachusetts
state auditor; Massachusetts
state treasurer.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in 1976
(age about
74 years).
Interment somewhere
in Martha's Vineyard, Mass.
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Frank P. Hurley (b. 1900) —
of Holyoke, Hampden
County, Mass.
Born in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., March 9,
1900.
Son of Patrick Hurley and Margaret (Shea) Hurley.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state senate Second Hampden District, 1929-36.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; Ancient
Order of Hibernians; Catholic
Order of Foresters.
Burial
location unknown.
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Joseph Leo Hurley (1898-1956) —
also known as Joseph L. Hurley —
of Fall River, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in Fall River, Bristol
County, Mass., April 20,
1898.
Son of John T. Hurley and Margaret A. (Sullivan) Hurley.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1924,
1928;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives Tenth Bristol District, 1925-28;
mayor
of Fall River, Mass., 1933-34; Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1935-37; justice of
Massachusetts state supreme court, 1937-56; died in office 1956.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, American
Legion; American Bar
Association; Delta
Theta Phi; Knights
of Columbus; Elks; Eagles; Moose; Grange.
Died in Fall River, Bristol
County, Mass., April 29,
1956 (age 58 years, 9
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Horace Green Hutchins (1811-1877) —
also known as Horace G. Hutchins —
of Charlestown (now part of Boston), Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Bath, Grafton
County, N.H., July 20,
1811.
Son of Samuel Hutchins and Rosanna (Childs) Hutchins.
Lawyer; mayor
of Charlestown, Mass., 1861.
Died in Roxbury (now part of Boston), Suffolk
County, Mass., April 7,
1877 (age 65 years, 261
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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