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Amos Abbott (1786-1868) —
of Andover, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Andover, Essex
County, Mass., September
10, 1786.
Whig. One of the founders of the Boston and Portland Railway,
1833; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1835-37, 1843; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1840-42; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 3rd District, 1843-49;
postmaster.
Died in Andover, Essex
County, Mass., November
2, 1868 (age 82 years, 53
days).
Interment at South
Church Cemetery, Andover, Mass.
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Algernon Sidney Badger (1839-1905) —
also known as Algernon S. Badger —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
28, 1839.
Son of John Beighton Badger (1811-1904) and Sarah Payne (Sprague)
Badger (1816-1851).
Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; superintendent, New
Orleans Metropolitan Police,
1870; postmaster; U.S. Collector of Customs,
1879.
Episcopalian.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., May 9,
1905 (age 65 years, 193
days).
Interment at Metairie
Cemetery, New Orleans, La.
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Presumably named
for: Algernon
Sidney |
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(1811-1904) and Sarah Payne (Sprague) Badger (1816-1851); married, April 30,
1872, to Elizabeth Florence Parmele (1856-1877); married, September
9, 1882, to Olivia Blanche Blineau (1860-1939). |
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Charles Barnard Collingwood (1860-1937) —
also known as Charles B. Collingwood —
of Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.; East Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Plymouth, Plymouth
County, Mass., May 1,
1860.
Son of Rebecca Wyman (Richardson) Collingwood (1815-1886) and Joseph
Walworth Collingwood (1822-1862).
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Michigan
state senate 14th District, 1899-1900; postmaster; circuit
judge in Michigan 30th Circuit, 1909-35; appointed 1909;
defeated, 1935.
Suffered a heart
attack, and died a few hours later, in Clearwater, Pinellas
County, Fla., February
24, 1937 (age 76 years, 299
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married, August
18, 1887, to Harriet Campbell Thomas (1861-1921). |
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Thomas Patrick Costin, Jr. (b. 1926) —
also known as Thomas P. Costin, Jr.; Tom
Costin —
of Lynn, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in 1926.
Son of Margarite (Gough) Costin (1899-1988) and Thomas Patrick Costin
(1900-1962).
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1956,
1960;
mayor of
Lynn, Mass., 1956-61; resigned 1961; postmaster.
Still living as of 2009.
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Louis Sherburne Cox (b. 1874) —
of Lawrence, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H., November
22, 1874.
Son of Charles E. Cox and Evelyn M. (Randall) Cox.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1906; postmaster; superior court judge in
Massachusetts, 1918-37; justice of
Massachusetts state supreme court, 1937-40.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Grange; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi.
Burial
location unknown.
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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.
Son of Nelson Fitch Daniels and Alenda (Clark) Daniels.
Republican. Coal
and lumber
dealer; postmaster; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Connecticut, 1900;
U.S. Consul in Sheffield, 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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John Brooks Fairbanks (1822-1897) —
of Natick, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Medfield, Norfolk
County, Mass., May 27,
1822.
Son of Lewis Fairbanks (1789-1833) and Jane (Walker) Fairbanks
(1791-1882).
Postmaster; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1874-75.
Died in 1897
(age about
75 years).
Interment at Dell
Park Cemetery, Natick, Mass.
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Ebenezer Knowlton Fogg (1837-1900) —
also known as E. Knowlton Fogg —
of Lynn, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Norwood, Norfolk
County, Mass., October
24, 1837.
Republican. Shoe
merchant; mayor of
Lynn, Mass., 1891-92; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives Seventeenth Essex District,
1896-97; postmaster.
Universalist.
Died in Lynn, Essex
County, Mass., April 21,
1900 (age 62 years, 179
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Stedman Greene (1841-1924) —
also known as William S. Greene —
of Fall River, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in Tremont, Tazewell
County, Ill., April 28,
1841.
Republican. Real
estate and insurance
business; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1880;
mayor
of Fall River, Mass., 1880-81, 1886, 1895-97; resigned 1881;
defeated, 1887, 1888, 1893; postmaster; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1898-1924 (13th District
1898-1913, 15th District 1913-24); died in office 1924.
Died in Fall River, Bristol
County, Mass., September
22, 1924 (age 83 years, 147
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Fall River, Mass.
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Thomas Norton Hart (1829-1927) —
also known as Thomas N. Hart —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in North Reading, Middlesex
County, Mass., January
20, 1829.
Republican. Mayor of
Boston, Mass., 1889-90, 1900-02; defeated, 1886, 1893, 1901;
postmaster.
Died October
4, 1927 (age 98 years, 257
days).
Interment at Forest
Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Boston, Mass.
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Frank E. Howe (b. 1870) —
of Bennington, Bennington
County, Vt.
Born in Heath, Franklin
County, Mass., October
2, 1870.
Son of Edmund Perry Howe (1838-1885) and Laura A. (Worden) Howe.
Republican. Newspaper
editor and publisher; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Bennington, 1908, 1910;
Presidential Elector for Vermont, 1908;
Lieutenant
Governor of Vermont, 1912-15; postmaster.
Episcopalian.
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Kellogg (1773-1842) —
of Kelloggsville, Cayuga
County, N.Y.; Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Sheffield, Berkshire
County, Mass., October
3, 1773.
Merchant;
miller; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Cayuga County, 1808-10, 1820-22;
postmaster; U.S.
Representative from New York 24th District, 1825-27.
Died in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., May 11,
1842 (age 68 years, 220
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich.
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John Kenrick (b. 1857) —
of South Orleans, Orleans, Barnstable
County, Mass.
Born in South Orleans, Orleans, Barnstable
County, Mass., October
25, 1857.
Son of John Kenrick and Thankful (Crosby) Kenrick.
Merchant;
insurance
and real
estate business; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1891; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1893-94; postmaster.
Universalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Burial
location unknown.
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John White Kimball (b. 1828) —
also known as John W. Kimball —
of Fitchburg, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Fitchburg, Worcester
County, Mass., February
27, 1828.
Son of Alpheus Kimball and Harriet (Stone) Kimball.
Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of
Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1864-65, 1872, 1888-91;
postmaster; Massachusetts
state auditor, 1892-1900.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Loyal
Legion.
Interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery, Fitchburg, Mass.
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Levi J. Law (1854-1909) —
of Cadillac, Wexford
County, Mich.
Born in Salem, Essex
County, Mass., December
1, 1854.
Son of George D. Law.
Democrat. Clothing
merchant; mayor
of Cadillac, Mich., 1889-90; defeated, 1895; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1892;
postmaster; member of Michigan
Democratic State Central Committee, 1899.
Presbyterian.
English
and Scottish
ancestry. Member, Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Royal
Arcanum; Woodmen;
Ancient
Order of United Workmen; Maccabees.
Died in Cadillac, Wexford
County, Mich., 1909
(age about
54 years).
Interment at Maple
Hill Cemetery, Cadillac, Mich.
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James G. Moran (b. 1870) —
of Mansfield, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in Mansfield, Bristol
County, Mass., May 2,
1870.
Lawyer;
postmaster; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1917-19; member of Massachusetts
state senate First Bristol District, 1923-36; President
of the Massachusetts State Senate, 1935-36.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Lions; Grange.
Burial
location unknown.
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Henry Clay Payne (1843-1904) —
also known as Henry C. Payne —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in Ashfield, Franklin
County, Mass., November
23, 1843.
Son of Orrin P. Payne and Eliza (Ames) Payne.
Republican. Postmaster; president, Wisconsin Telephone
Company; president, Milwaukee Electric
Railway and Light
Company; president, American Street
Railway Association; receiver, Northern Pacific Railroad;
member of Republican
National Committee from Wisconsin, 1880-1904; Chairman of
Republican National Committee, 1904; Wisconsin
Republican state chair, 1892; U.S.
Postmaster General, 1902-04; died in office 1904.
Methodist.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
4, 1904 (age 60 years, 316
days).
Interment at Forest
Home Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wis.
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Albert Pierce (b. 1876) —
of Salem, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Marblehead, Essex
County, Mass., February
29, 1876.
Republican. Baker;
postmaster; member of Massachusetts
state senate Second Essex District, 1935-36.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles H. Slowey (1887-1964) —
of Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass., 1887.
Democrat. Insurance
business; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1917-26, 1929-30; served in the
U.S. Army during World War I; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1924,
1932;
mayor
of Lowell, Mass., 1932-33; postmaster.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Knights
of Columbus; Elks.
Died in Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass., January
10, 1964 (age about 76
years).
Interment at St.
Patrick's Cemetery, Lowell, Mass.
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Peter Francis Tague (1871-1941) —
also known as Peter F. Tague —
of Charlestown, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., June 4,
1871.
Chemist;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1897-98, 1913-14; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1899-1900; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 10th District, 1915-19,
1919-25; defeated (Independent), 1918, 1924; candidate for mayor of
Boston, Mass., 1917; postmaster.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., September
17, 1941 (age 70 years, 105
days).
Interment at Holy
Cross Cemetery, Malden, Mass.
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John Alden Thayer (1857-1917) —
also known as John A. Thayer —
of Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., December
22, 1857.
Son of Eli
Thayer and Caroline Maria (Capron) Thayer (1826-1908).
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 3rd District, 1911-13;
defeated, 1912; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1912;
postmaster.
Died, in Peter Bent Brigham Hospital,
Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., July 31,
1917 (age 59 years, 221
days).
Interment at Hope
Cemetery, Worcester, Mass.
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Alpha E. Thompson (1815-1892) —
of Woburn, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Mont Vernon, Hillsborough
County, N.H., October
27, 1815.
Democrat. Postmaster; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1880.
Died in Woburn, Middlesex
County, Mass., July 23,
1892 (age 76 years, 270
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Herbert Edwin Walbridge (b. 1878) —
also known as Herbert E. Walbridge —
of Enfield, Grafton
County, N.H.
Born in Massachusetts, September
27, 1878.
Son of Evelyn (Webster) Walbridge (born 1857) and Herbert Hiram
Walbridge (1856-1932).
Republican. Wool percher;
postmaster; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives from Enfield; elected
1938.
Burial
location unknown.
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Nathan A. Warren (c.1856-1944) —
of Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Hubbardston, Worcester
County, Mass., about 1856.
Son of Walter Warren and Lydia (Read) Warren.
Republican. Physician;
mayor
of Yonkers, N.Y., 1908; postmaster.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Medical
Association; Elks; Odd
Fellows; Foresters.
Died in Oak Bluffs, Martha's Vineyard, Dukes
County, Mass., August
14, 1944 (age about 88
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Frank L. Westover (b. 1853) —
of Bay City, Bay
County, Mich.
Born in Sheffield, Berkshire
County, Mass., December
17, 1853.
Republican. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; postmaster; insurance
business; Bay
County Clerk, 1895-98; member of Michigan
state senate 24th District, 1901-04.
Burial
location unknown.
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Henry O. Wood (1837-1925) —
of Swansea, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in Rhode Island, 1837.
Merchant;
postmaster; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives.
Episcopalian.
Died in Swansea, Bristol
County, Mass., October
27, 1925 (age about 88
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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David Woodcock (1785-1835) —
of Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y.
Born in Williamstown, Berkshire
County, Mass., 1785.
Democrat. Lawyer;
postmaster; member of New York
state assembly, 1814-15, 1826 (Seneca County 1814-15, Tompkins
County 1826); president, Cayuga Steamboat
Company; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1821-23, 1827-29 (20th District
1821-23, 25th District 1827-29).
Died in Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y., September
18, 1835 (age about 50
years).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Ithaca, N.Y.
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