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Frederick Augustus Pike (1816-1886) —
also known as Frederick A. Pike —
of Calais, Washington
County, Maine.
Born in Maine, 1816.
Mayor
of Calais, Maine, 1852; member of Maine state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Maine, 1861-69 (6th District 1861-63, 5th
District 1863-69).
Died in 1886
(age about
70 years).
Interment at Calais Cemetery.
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Anson G. Chandler (d. 1863) —
of Maine.
Lawyer;
member of Maine
state senate; candidate for Governor of
Maine, 1852; U.S. Consul in Lahaina, 1856-60.
Died in Bethlehem, Northampton
County, Pa., 1863.
Interment at Calais Cemetery.
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Walter Nathan Miner (1873-1948) —
also known as Walter N. Miner —
of Calais, Washington
County, Maine.
Born in 1873.
Republican. Mayor of
Calais, Maine, 1917-18; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Maine, 1924
(alternate), 1932.
Died in 1948
(age about
75 years).
Interment at Calais Cemetery.
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Lorenzo Sabine (1803-1877) —
of Eastport, Washington
County, Maine; Framingham, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Roxbury, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in New Concord (now Lisbon), Grafton
County, N.H., February
28, 1803.
Member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1833-34; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 9th District, 1852-53.
Died in Roxbury, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., April 14,
1877 (age 74 years, 45
days).
Interment at Hillside Cemetery.
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Sam D. Leavitt —
of Eastport, Washington
County, Maine.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maine, 1876;
mayor
of Eastport, Maine, 1893, 1898-1900; defeated, 1895.
Interment at Hillside Cemetery.
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