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Stephen Decatur Lindsey (1828-1884) —
of Norridgewock, Somerset
County, Maine.
Born in Norridgewock, Somerset
County, Maine, March 3,
1828.
Republican. Member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1856; member of Maine
state senate, 1868; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Maine, 1868;
U.S.
Representative from Maine 3rd District, 1877-83.
Died April 26,
1884 (age 56 years, 54
days).
Interment at River View Cemetery.
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LeRoy Rowell Folsom (1870-1951) —
also known as LeRoy R. Folsom; Roy Folsom —
of Norridgewock, Somerset
County, Maine.
Born in Corinna, Penobscot
County, Maine, June 18,
1870.
Son of Edwin Folsom and Martha A. (Lancaster) Folsom.
Republican. Lawyer;
president, Norridgewock Shoe Co.;
insurance
business; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1907; member of Maine
state senate 8th District, 1919-22; member of Maine
Governor's Council, 1923-27.
Congregationalist.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died July 7,
1951 (age 81 years, 19
days).
Interment at River View Cemetery.
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George Otis Smith (1871-1944) —
of Skowhegan, Somerset
County, Maine.
Born in Hodgdon, Aroostook
County, Maine, February
22, 1871.
Son of Joseph O. Smith and Emma (Mayo) Smith.
Republican. Geologist;
director, U.S. Geological Survey, 1907-30 (except 1922-23); chair, Federal Power
Commission, 1930-33; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Maine, 1936.
Baptist.
Member, American
Forestry Association; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Suffered a heart
attack during a meeting
of the board of directors of the Central Maine Power Company, and
died soon after, in Augusta, Kennebec
County, Maine, January
10, 1944 (age 72 years, 322
days).
Interment at Southside Cemetery.
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Samuel Wadsworth Gould (1852-1935) —
also known as Samuel W. Gould —
of Skowhegan, Somerset
County, Maine.
Born in Porter, Oxford
County, Maine, January
1, 1852.
Son of Elias Gould and Ruth (Clemons) Gould.
Democrat. Lawyer; secretary of
Maine Democratic Party, 1882-90; postmaster;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maine, 1900,
1908,
1912;
candidate for Governor of
Maine, 1902; U.S.
Representative from Maine 3rd District, 1911-13; defeated, 1908,
1912.
Died in Skowhegan, Somerset
County, Maine, December
19, 1935 (age 83 years, 352
days).
Interment at Southside Cemetery.
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Forrest Goodwin (1862-1913) —
of Skowhegan, Somerset
County, Maine.
Born in Skowhegan, Somerset
County, Maine, June 14,
1862.
Republican. Member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1889; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Maine, 1896,
1908;
member of Maine
state senate, 1903-05; U.S.
Representative from Maine 3rd District, 1913; died in office 1913.
Died May 28,
1913 (age 50 years, 348
days).
Interment at Southside Cemetery.
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Benjamin White Norris (1819-1873) —
of Skowhegan, Somerset
County, Maine.
Born in Maine, 1819.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1864;
U.S.
Representative from Alabama 3rd District, 1867-69.
Died in 1873
(age about
54 years).
Interment at Southside Cemetery.
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Stephen Coburn (1817-1882) —
of Skowhegan, Somerset
County, Maine.
Born in Skowhegan, Somerset
County, Maine, November
11, 1817.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Maine 5th District, 1861.
Drowned
in the Kennebec River, at Skowhegan, Somerset
County, Maine, July 4,
1882 (age 64 years, 235
days).
Interment at Southside Cemetery.
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