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Sewall Wester Abbott (1859-1943) —
also known as Sewall W. Abbott —
of Wolfeboro, Carroll
County, N.H.
Born in Tuftonboro, Carroll
County, N.H., April
11, 1859.
Republican. Lawyer;
president, Wolfeboro Woolen Mills;
probate judge in New Hampshire, 1889-1921; member of New
Hampshire state senate, 1923-25; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New Hampshire, 1924
(member, Credentials
Committee).
Unitarian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Delta
Upsilon; Freemasons; Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights
Templar; Order of the
Eastern Star; Odd
Fellows; Grange;
Redmen;
Grand
Army of the Republic; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died in Wolfeboro, Carroll
County, N.H., January
3, 1943 (age 83 years, 267
days).
Interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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Llewelyn Sherman Adams (1899-1986) —
also known as Sherman Adams; "The Abominable No
Man"; "The Great Stone Face" —
of Lincoln, Grafton
County, N.H.
Born in East Dover, Dover, Windham
County, Vt., January
8, 1899.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; lumberman;
member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1941-44; Speaker of
the New Hampshire State House of Representatives, 1943-44;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1944,
1952
(speaker);
U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 2nd District, 1945-47; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention from Lincoln,
1948; Governor of
New Hampshire, 1949-53; defeated, 1946; assistant to President Dwight
D. Eisenhower, 1953-58; forced to
resign in 1958 following disclosure that he had accepted
gifts, including a vicuna
coat, from a Boston businessman seeking preferred treatment from
federal agencies.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons; Shriners;
Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Grange;
Elks; Society
of Colonial Wars; Foresters.
Died in Hanover, Grafton
County, N.H., October
27, 1986 (age 87 years, 292
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Lincoln, N.H.
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John Eliot Allen (1873-1945) —
also known as John E. Allen —
of Keene, Cheshire
County, N.H.
Born in Claremont, Sullivan
County, N.H., June 26,
1873.
Republican. Lawyer;
probate judge in New Hampshire, 1899-1906; superior court judge in
New Hampshire, 1917-24; justice of
New Hampshire state supreme court, 1924-34; chief
justice of New Hampshire state supreme court, 1934-43.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Keene, Cheshire
County, N.H., July 24,
1945 (age 72 years, 28
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William H. H. Allen and Ellen E. (Joslin) Allen; married, July 10,
1901, to Amy L. Abbott. |
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Walter Algeno Allen —
also known as Walter A. Allen —
of East Hampstead, Hampstead, Rockingham
County, N.H.
Republican. Physician;
member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1899-1901; member of New
Hampshire state senate 21st District, 1905-06.
Member, American Medical
Association; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George Allen and Sarah A. (Collins) Allen; married 1895 to Grace
A. Roberts. |
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Harry Burton Amey (b. 1868) —
also known as Harry B. Amey —
of Milton, Strafford
County, N.H.; Island Pond, Brighton, Essex
County, Vt.
Born in Pittsburg, Coos
County, N.H., December
21, 1868.
Republican. Lawyer;
Vermont attorney for Grand Trunk Railway,
1902; Essex
County State's Attorney, 1904-08; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Brighton, 1910; U.S.
Attorney for Vermont, 1923-32.
Unitarian.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
of Pythias.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John T. Amey and Emily (Haynes) Amey; married 1896 to Gracia
A. Norton. |
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Charles Hubbard Amsden (b. 1848) —
also known as Charles H. Amsden —
of Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H.
Born in Boscawen, Merrimack
County, N.H., July 8,
1848.
Democrat. Furniture
manufacturer; lumber
dealer; member of New
Hampshire state senate 9th District, 1883-84; candidate for Governor of
New Hampshire, 1888, 1890.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry H. Amsden and Mary (Muzzey) Amsden. |
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George Weston Anderson (1861-1938) —
also known as George W. Anderson —
of Wellesley, Norfolk
County, Mass.; Wellesley Hills, Wellesley, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Acworth, Sullivan
County, N.H., September
1, 1861.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for Massachusetts
state attorney general, 1911, 1912; U.S.
Attorney for Massachusetts, 1914-17; member, Interstate Commerce
Commission, 1917-18; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit, 1918-31; took
senior status 1931.
Unitarian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; American
Economic Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Freemasons.
Died in DeLand, Volusia
County, Fla., February
14, 1938 (age 76 years, 166
days).
Cremated.
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Relatives: Son
of David Campbell Anderson and Martha Lucinda (Brigham) Anderson;
married 1897 to Minnie
E. Mitchell; married, January
25, 1908, to Addie Earle Kenerson. |
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Frank Carey Archibald (1857-1935) —
also known as Frank C. Archibald —
of Manchester, Bennington
County, Vt.
Born in Exeter, Rockingham
County, N.H., December
31, 1857.
Republican. Lawyer; Bennington
County State's Attorney; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1904-06; member of Vermont
state senate, 1910, 1933; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Vermont, 1916;
Vermont
state attorney general, 1919-25.
Baptist.
Member, Elks;
Freemasons.
Died April 9,
1935 (age 77 years, 99
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. Thomas Henry Archibald and Susan (Wadleigh)
Archibald. |
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Blaylock Atherton (b. 1900) —
of Nashua, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Nashua, Hillsborough
County, N.H., October
6, 1900.
Republican. Insurance
business; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives from Nashua 1st Ward,
1937-43, 1945-48; member of New
Hampshire state senate, 1943-45.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons; Scottish
Rite Masons; Rotary;
Sons
of the American Revolution.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Capt. Henry B. Atherton and Dr. Ella (Blaylock) Atherton; married,
September
6, 1924, to Katherine E. Bremner. |
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Harold Wallace Ayer (1926-1968) —
also known as Harold W. Ayer —
of Henniker, Merrimack
County, N.H.
Born in Henniker, Merrimack
County, N.H., September
24, 1926.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1964.
Protestant.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons; Shriners;
Teamsters
Union.
Died in January, 1968
(age 41
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Harold W. Ayer and Martha (Davis) Ayer; married, November
27, 1947, to Harriette White. |
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Augustus Davis Ayling (1840-1918) —
also known as Augustus D. Ayling —
of Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H.; Centerville, Barnstable, Barnstable
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., July 28,
1840.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; Adjutant
General of New Hampshire, 1879-1907.
Member, Loyal
Legion; Grand
Army of the Republic; Freemasons; Knights
Templar.
Died March 9,
1918 (age 77 years, 224
days).
Interment at Beechwood
Cemetery, Centerville, Barnstable, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of William L. Ayling and Margaret (Hurley) Ayling; married 1869 to
Elizabeth F. Cornish. |
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memorial |
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Frederick Herbert Babbitt (1859-1931) —
also known as Fred H. Babbitt —
of Bellows Falls, Rockingham, Windham
County, Vt.
Born in Keene, Cheshire
County, N.H., November
23, 1859.
Republican. Paper
manufacturer; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Rockingham, 1910; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Vermont, 1916.
Universalist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in 1931
(age about
71 years).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Bellows Falls, Rockingham, Vt.
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Nahum Josiah Bachelder (1854-1934) —
also known as Nahum J. Bachelder —
of East Andover, Andover, Merrimack
County, N.H.
Born in Andover, Merrimack
County, N.H., September
3, 1854.
Republican. Farmer; Governor of
New Hampshire, 1903-05.
Congregationalist.
Member, Grange;
Freemasons.
Died, in Eliot Hospital,
Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H., April
22, 1934 (age 79 years, 231
days).
Interment at Proctor
Cemetery, Andover, N.H.
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Henry Moore Baker (1841-1912) —
also known as Henry M. Baker —
of Bow, Merrimack
County, N.H.
Born in Bow, Merrimack
County, N.H., January
11, 1841.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New
Hampshire state senate 9th District, 1891-92; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 2nd District, 1893-97; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1902; member of
New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1905-09.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars; Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 30,
1912 (age 71 years, 140
days).
Interment at Alexander
Cemetery, Bow, N.H.
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George Edward Bales (b. 1862) —
also known as George E. Bales —
of Wilton, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Wilton, Hillsborough
County, N.H., September
14, 1862.
Democrat. Lawyer;
president, Wilton Telephone
Co.; trustee, Granite Savings Bank; New
Hampshire state railroad commissioner; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1895-97; candidate for
U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 2nd District, 1902; candidate
for New
Hampshire state senate 12th District, 1916.
Unitarian.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Odd
Fellows.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Albert Bales and Frances M. (Hardy) Bales; married, October
16, 1889, to Abbie French. |
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Charles Henry Barnard (1907-1972) —
also known as Charles H. Barnard —
of Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H.; Londonderry, Rockingham
County, N.H.
Born in Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H., September
28, 1907.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives from Manchester 2nd
Ward, 1935-42; Speaker of
the New Hampshire State House of Representatives, 1941-42; served
in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of New
Hampshire state senate, 1947-48; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention from Manchester
2nd Ward, 1948; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention from Manchester
2nd Ward, 1956.
Congregationalist.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American Bar
Association; Freemasons; Shriners;
United
Commercial Travelers; Elks; Kiwanis.
Died in September, 1972
(age about
65 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Barnard and Mary Mabelle (Wright) Barnard; married, November
19, 1936, to Pauline Beatrice Briggs. |
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John Henry Bartlett (1869-1952) —
also known as John H. Bartlett —
of Portsmouth, Rockingham
County, N.H.
Born in Sunapee, Sullivan
County, N.H., March
15, 1869.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer;
postmaster at Portsmouth,
N.H., 1899-1908; Governor of
New Hampshire, 1919-21; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New Hampshire, 1920.
Methodist
or Unitarian.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Portsmouth, Rockingham
County, N.H., March
19, 1952 (age 83 years, 4
days).
Interment at Harmony
Grove Cemetery, Portsmouth, N.H.
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John Paige Bartlett (b. 1841) —
also known as John P. Bartlett —
of Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.; Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Weare, Hillsborough
County, N.H., February
4, 1841.
Democrat. Lawyer; New Hampshire
Democratic state chair, 1890-92; member of New
Hampshire state senate 18th District, 1895-96; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1899; secretary of
New Hampshire Democratic Party, 1904-06.
Universalist.
Member, Freemasons; Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Bartlett and Lurena (Bailey) Bartlett; married, November
29, 1866, to Fannie M. Harrington; married 1888 to Lucy
A. (Knight) Crosby. |
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Jesse Morton Barton (b. 1870) —
also known as Jesse M. Barton —
of Newport, Sullivan
County, N.H.
Born in Newport, Sullivan
County, N.H., January
21, 1870.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer;
member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1901-02; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1903; probate
judge in New Hampshire, 1906-; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1912; New Hampshire
Republican state chair, 1912-16; member of New
Hampshire state senate 8th District; elected 1916; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1920
(member, Resolutions
Committee).
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; Odd
Fellows.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Levi Winter Barton and Elizabeth F. (Jewett)
Barton. |
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Charles Foster Bass (b. 1952) —
also known as Charles F. Bass; Charlie
Bass —
of Peterborough, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., January
8, 1952.
Republican. Staff for U.S. Rep. William
S. Cohen, 1974; staff for U.S. Rep David
F. Emery, 1975-79; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1982-88; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1984; member of
New
Hampshire state senate, 1988-92; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 2nd District, 1995-; defeated
in primary, 1980.
Episcopalian.
Member, Rotary;
Freemasons.
Still living as of 2014.
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Perkins Bass (1912-2011) —
of Peterborough, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in East Walpole, Walpole, Norfolk
County, Mass., October
6, 1912.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives from Peterborough,
1939-43, 1947-49; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;
delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention from
Peterborough, 1948; member of New
Hampshire state senate 11th District, 1949-51; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 2nd District, 1955-63;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1962; member of Republican
National Committee from New Hampshire, 1964-.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; American
Legion; Freemasons.
Died in Peterborough, Hillsborough
County, N.H., October
25, 2011 (age 99 years, 19
days).
Interment at Pine
Hill Cemetery, Peterborough, N.H.
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Ernest Lorne Bell (1871-1925) —
also known as Ernest L. Bell —
of Woodstock, Grafton
County, N.H.; Plymouth, Grafton
County, N.H.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., March
16, 1871.
Physician;
surgeon to Boston & Maine Railroad;
surgeon-general of New Hampshire; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1903-04; member of New
Hampshire state senate 2nd District, 1905-06; served in the U.S.
Army during World War I.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Medical
Association; Freemasons; Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Died in Hebron, Grafton
County, N.H., April
19, 1925 (age 54 years, 34
days).
Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Plymouth, N.H.
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Amos Noyes Blandin (1864-1948) —
also known as Amos N. Blandin —
of Bath, Grafton
County, N.H.
Born in Landaff (part now in Easton), Grafton
County, N.H., September
6, 1864.
Democrat. Business
executive; member of New Hampshire
Democratic State Committee, 1889-1944; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives from Bath, 1892,
1934-35, 1947; defeated, 1938; Speaker of
the New Hampshire State House of Representatives, 1934-35;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Hampshire, 1896,
1936;
candidate for Governor of
New Hampshire, 1936; candidate for Presidential Elector for New
Hampshire.
Protestant.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Bath, Grafton
County, N.H., December
31, 1948 (age 84 years, 116
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Carl E. Brown (b. 1878) —
of McCall, Valley
County, Idaho.
Born in Whitefield, Coos
County, N.H., September
10, 1878.
Democrat. Merchant;
mining
business; lumber
business; member of Idaho
state senate, 1930; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Idaho, 1940,
1948;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Idaho, 1940.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons; Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Warren G. Brown and Charlotte (Elliott) Brown; married, August
23, 1902, to Ida Harrington. |
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Fred Herbert Brown (1879-1955) —
also known as Fred H. Brown —
of Somersworth, Strafford
County, N.H.
Born in Ossipee, Carroll
County, N.H., April
12, 1879.
Democrat. Professional baseball
player in the major leagues, 1901-02; lawyer; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1912; U.S.
Attorney for New Hampshire, 1914-22; Governor of
New Hampshire, 1923-25; defeated, 1924; U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1933-39; defeated, 1938.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Somersworth, Strafford
County, N.H., February
3, 1955 (age 75 years, 297
days).
Interment at Ossipee
Cemetery, Ossipee, N.H.
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Sherman Everett Burroughs (1870-1923) —
also known as Sherman E. Burroughs —
of Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Dunbarton, Merrimack
County, N.H., February
6, 1870.
Republican. Private secretary to U.S. Rep. Henry
M. Baker, 1894-97; lawyer;
member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1901-02; member, New
Hampshire state board of charities and corrections, 1901-17; member,
New Hampshire state board of equalization, 1909-10; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 1st District, 1917-23; died in
office 1923.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
27, 1923 (age 52 years, 355
days).
Interment at Pine
Grove Cemetery, Manchester, N.H.
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Willis George Buxton (b. 1856) —
also known as Willis G. Buxton —
of Penacook, Boscawen, Merrimack
County, N.H.
Born in Henniker, Merrimack
County, N.H., August
22, 1856.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New Hampshire
Republican State Committee, 1886-1902; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1889; member of
New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1895; member of New
Hampshire state senate 9th District, 1897-98; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1902.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Odd
Fellows.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Daniel M. Buxton and Abbie A. (Whitaker) Buxton; married, June 4,
1884, to Martha Jane Flanders. |
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Solon Augustus Carter (b. 1837) —
also known as Solon A. Carter —
of Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H.
Born in Leominster, Worcester
County, Mass., June 22,
1837.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of
New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1869-70; New
Hampshire state treasurer, 1872-74, 1875-1913; president, Union
Guaranty Savings Bank.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Solon Carter and Lucretia (Joslin) Carter; married, December
13, 1860, to Emily Augusta Conant. |
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Lewis Cass (1782-1866) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Exeter, Rockingham
County, N.H., October
9, 1782.
Democrat. Member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1806; general in the U.S. Army
during the War of 1812; Governor
of Michigan Territory, 1813-31; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1831-36; U.S. Minister to France, 1836-42; member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1843-44; appointed 1843; candidate
for Democratic nomination for President, 1844,
1852;
U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1845-48, 1849-57; resigned 1848; candidate
for President
of the United States, 1848; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1857-60.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., June 17,
1866 (age 83 years, 251
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Jonathan Cass and Mary 'Molly' (Gilman) Cass; married to Elizabeth
Selden Spencer; father of Matilda Frances Cass (who married Henry
Brockholst Ledyard); second great-grandfather of Thomas
Cass Ballenger. |
| | | Political family: Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Cass counties in Ill., Ind., Iowa, Mich., Minn., Mo., Neb. and Tex. are
named for him. |
| | | The town
and village
of Cassville,
Wisconsin, is named for
him. — The village
of Cass
City, Michigan, is named for
him. — The village
of Cassopolis,
Michigan, is named for
him. — The city
of Cassville,
Missouri, is named for
him. — Cass Lake,
and the adjoining city
of Cass
Lake, Minnesota, are named for
him. — Cass Lake, in Oakland
County, Michigan, is named for
him. — The Cass River,
in Tuscola
and Saginaw
counties, Michigan, is named for
him. — The Lewis Cass Building
(opened 1921 as the State Office Building; damaged in a fire in 1951;
rebuilt and named for Lewis Cass; changed to Elliott-Larsen Building
in 2020), in Lansing,
Michigan, was named for
him. — Cass Avenue,
Cass Park,
and Cass Technical High
School, in Detroit,
Michigan, are named for
him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: Lewis
Cass Wilmarth
— Lewis
C. Carpenter
— Lewis
C. Vandergrift
— Lewis
C. Tidball
— Lewis
Cass Wick
— Lewis
Cass Tidball II
— Lewis
C. Gabbert
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| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books about Lewis Cass: Willard Carl
Klunder, Lewis
Cass and the Politics of Moderation — Frank Bury
Woodford, Lewis
Cass, the Last Jeffersonian |
| | | Image source: Library of
Congress |
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Henry Chamberlain (1824-1907) —
of Three Oaks, Berrien
County, Mich.
Born in Pembroke, Merrimack
County, N.H., March
17, 1824.
Democrat. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1849; candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1874; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Michigan, 1876,
1896;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan.
Member, Freemasons.
Died February
9, 1907 (age 82 years, 329
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Three Oaks, Mich.
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John Parker Hale Chandler Jr. (1911-2001) —
also known as John P. H. Chandler, Jr.; "Happy
Jack" —
of Warner, Merrimack
County, N.H.
Born in Roxbury, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., August
6, 1911.
Republican. Newspaper
editor and publisher; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1943; owner, Warner Ski
Area, 1946-62; member of New
Hampshire Governor's Council 5th District, 1953-59; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1956
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1960,
1972,
1980;
member of New
Hampshire state senate, 1961; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire, 1962.
United
Church of Christ. Member, Freemasons; Grange.
Died, in Pleasant View Nursing
Home, Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H., April
27, 2001 (age 89 years, 264
days).
Interment at New
Waterloo Cemetery, Warner, N.H.
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Thomas Perkins Cheney (b. 1891) —
also known as Thomas P. Cheney —
of Laconia, Belknap
County, N.H.
Born in Ashland, Grafton
County, N.H., August
17, 1891.
Republican. Lawyer;
trustee, Laconia State Bank;
director, Peoples National Bank of
Laconia; director, Public
Service Co. of New Hampshire; director, Laconia Street
Railway; Belknap
County Solicitor, 1920-25; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New Hampshire, 1928
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1936
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business); New
Hampshire state attorney general, 1935-40; candidate for Governor of
New Hampshire, 1938.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons; Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Jonathan M. Cheney and Lucy A. (Hughes) Cheney; married, September
7, 1917, to Ella M. Wardner. |
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Reed Paige Clark (b. 1878) —
of Londonderry, Rockingham
County, N.H.
Born in Londonderry, Rockingham
County, N.H., August
19, 1878.
Republican. Private secretary to U.S. Sen. Henry
E. Burnham, 1901-11; lawyer;
U.S. Consul in Loanda, 1919-24; Port Elizabeth, 1924-25; Mexico City, 1925-26, 1927-28; Guadalajara, 1928-29; Santo Domingo, 1929-30; Belgrade, 1930-35; Vienna, as of 1935; Victoria, as of 1938-43.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Clark and Alice Whitney (McIntire) Clark; married, November
12, 1928, to Jeanne Marie Bertrand. |
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James Colgate Cleveland (1920-1995) —
also known as James C. Cleveland —
of New London, Merrimack
County, N.H.
Born in Montclair, Essex
County, N.J., June 13,
1920.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; served in
the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; member of New
Hampshire state senate, 1950-62; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 2nd District, 1963-81.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Grange;
Rotary;
Freemasons; Elks; Eagles.
Died December
3, 1995 (age 75 years, 173
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas Fellows Clifford (b. 1871) —
of Franklin, Merrimack
County, N.H.
Born in Wentworth, Grafton
County, N.H., December
1, 1871.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer;
secretary
of New Hampshire Republican Party, 1900-04.
Unitarian.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Jefferson Clifford and Sara Jackson (Fellows)
Clifford. |
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David Marston Clough (1846-1924) —
also known as David M. Clough —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.; Everett, Snohomish
County, Wash.
Born in Lyme, Grafton
County, N.H., December
27, 1846.
Republican. Lumberman;
member of Minnesota
state senate 28th District, 1887-90; Lieutenant
Governor of Minnesota, 1893-95; Governor of
Minnesota, 1895-99.
Congregationalist.
Welsh
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died August
28, 1924 (age 77 years, 245
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Everett, Wash.
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William Rockwell Clough (1844-1920) —
also known as William R. Clough —
of Alton, Belknap
County, N.H.
Born in Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H., November
8, 1844.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; inventor;
manufacturer;
member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1896-1900; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1904.
Protestant.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Freemasons; Order of the
Eastern Star.
Died in Alton, Belknap
County, N.H., September
29, 1920 (age 75 years, 326
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Norris H. Cotton (1900-1989) —
also known as Norris Cotton —
of Lebanon, Grafton
County, N.H.
Born in Warren, Grafton
County, N.H., May 11,
1900.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1923, 1943-45; Speaker of
the New Hampshire State House of Representatives, 1945; secretary
to U.S. Sen. George
H. Moses, 1924-28; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New Hampshire, 1944
(alternate), 1952;
U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 2nd District, 1947-54; U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1954-74, 1975.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons; Shriners;
Rotary;
Beta
Theta Pi.
Died, from cancer,
in Lebanon, Grafton
County, N.H., February
24, 1989 (age 88 years, 289
days).
Interment at School
Street Cemetery, Lebanon, N.H.
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Louis Sherburne Cox (b. 1874) —
also known as Louis S. Cox —
of Lawrence, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H., November
22, 1874.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state senate Fifth Essex District, 1906; postmaster at Lawrence,
Mass., 1906-13; superior court judge in Massachusetts, 1918-37;
justice
of Massachusetts state supreme court, 1937-40.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons; Grange;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles S. Cummings (b. 1856) —
of Rockland, Knox
County, Maine; Augusta, Kennebec
County, Maine; Auburn, Androscoggin
County, Maine.
Born in Gorham, Coos
County, N.H., September
25, 1856.
Republican. School
teacher; pastor; Androscoggin
County Sheriff, 1903-04; insurance
business; mayor of
Auburn, Maine, 1922-25.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Kiwanis.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Hiram T. Cummings and Eliza A. (Cloudman) Cummings; married 1882 to Carrie
A. Neff; married 1886 to Addie
F. Larrabee; married 1903 to
Mildred E. Davis. |
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Charles Milby Dale (1893-1978) —
also known as Charles M. Dale —
of Portsmouth, Rockingham
County, N.H.
Born in Browns Valley, Traverse
County, Minn., March 8,
1893.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; mayor
of Portsmouth, N.H., 1926-27, 1943-44; member of New
Hampshire state senate 24th District, 1933-36, 1939-40; delegate
to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1936
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1948;
member of New
Hampshire Governor's Council, 1937-38; Governor of
New Hampshire, 1945-49; president, WHEB radio
station.
Member, American Bar
Association; Order of
the Coif; Delta
Upsilon; Freemasons; Elks; Eagles;
Moose;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias.
Died, in a nursing
home at Portsmouth, Rockingham
County, N.H., September
28, 1978 (age 85 years, 204
days).
Interment at Valley
View Cemetery, Browns Valley, Minn.
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Harold King Davison (b. 1893) —
also known as Harold K. Davison —
of Woodsville, Haverhill, Grafton
County, N.H.
Born in Woodsville, Haverhill, Grafton
County, N.H., April
12, 1893.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1921-28; Speaker of
the New Hampshire State House of Representatives, 1927-28; member
of New
Hampshire state senate, 1929-30; member of New
Hampshire Governor's Council 1st District, 1939-40; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1940;
municipal judge in New Hampshire, 1940; New Hampshire
Republican state chair, 1943-44.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Freemasons; Odd
Fellows; Rotary;
Grange.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Lewis E. Davison and Anna (King) Davison; married, July 21,
1920, to Gladys M. Batchelder. |
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George William Dealand (b. 1850) —
also known as George W. Dealand —
of Worthington, Nobles
County, Minn.
Born in New Hampshire, 1850.
School
principal; farmer;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 11, 1915-18.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Henry Dearborn (1751-1829) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in North Hampton, Rockingham
County, N.H., February
23, 1751.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1793-97 (4th District 1793-95,
1st District 1795-97); U.S.
Secretary of War, 1801-09; U.S. Minister to Portugal, 1822-24.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Roxbury, Norfolk County (now part of Boston, Suffolk
County), Mass., June 6,
1829 (age 78 years, 103
days).
Original interment in unknown location; subsequent interment in 1834
at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.; reinterment in 1848 at Forest
Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Boston, Mass.
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Relatives:
Father of Henry
Alexander Scammell Dearborn. |
| | | Dearborn County,
Ind. is named for him. |
| | | The city
of Dearborn,
Michigan, is named for
him. — The Dearborn River,
in Lewis &
Clark and Cascade
counties, Montana, is named for
him. — Mount Dearborn, a former military
arsenal on an island in the Catawba River, Chester
County, South Carolina, is named for
him. — The World War II Liberty
ship SS Henry Dearborn (built 1942 at Portland,
Oregon; scrapped 1959) was named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary |
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Nehemiah Eastman (1782-1856) —
of Farmington, Strafford
County, N.H.
Born in Gilmanton, Belknap
County, N.H., June 16,
1782.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1813; member of New
Hampshire state senate 5th District, 1820-25; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire at-large, 1825-27.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Farmington, Strafford
County, N.H., January
11, 1856 (age 73 years, 209
days).
Interment at Pine
Grove Cemetery, Farmington, N.H.
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Charles Dudley Blake Fisk (b. 1850) —
also known as Charles D. B. Fisk —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Hooksett, Merrimack
County, N.H., February
17, 1850.
Republican. Clothing
merchant; newspaper
publisher; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives Twenty-Fifth Suffolk District,
1905, 1907; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1908-09.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Dudley Blake Fisk and Mary (Ashton) Fisk; married to Susan E.
Sparhawk; grandson of Ezra
Fisk; great-grandson of William
Fisk. |
| | | Political family: Fisk
family of Massachusetts. |
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Franklin Flanders (1902-1975) —
of Weare, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H., August
23, 1902.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
New Hampshire, 1944;
member of New
Hampshire Governor's Council, 1947-49; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention from Weare, 1948.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; Grange.
Died in 1975
(age about
72 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Miller Floyd (1861-1923) —
also known as Charles M. Floyd —
of Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Derry, Rockingham
County, N.H., June 5,
1861.
Republican. Clothing
business; director of banks, lumber
companies, and the Manchester Traction,
Light &
Power Company; member of New
Hampshire state senate 17th District, 1899-1900; member of New
Hampshire Governor's Council, 1904; Governor of
New Hampshire, 1907-09; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New Hampshire, 1912;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New Hampshire.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons; Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Died in Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H., February
3, 1923 (age 61 years, 243
days).
Interment at Pine
Grove Cemetery, Manchester, N.H.
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Sanford L. Fogg (b. 1863) —
of Bath, Sagadahoc
County, Maine; Augusta, Kennebec
County, Maine.
Born in Milan, Coos
County, N.H., June 26,
1863.
Republican. Lawyer;
municipal judge in Maine, 1896-1904; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Maine, 1904;
mayor
of Augusta, Maine, 1921-22.
Unitarian.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Simon Fogg and Lycia H. Fogg; married, June 22,
1898, to Jessie K. Moody. |
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Ulysses Everett Fosdick (b. 1865) —
also known as Ulysses E. Fosdick —
of Biddeford, York
County, Maine.
Born in Alstead, Cheshire
County, N.H., January
28, 1865.
Republican. Dry goods
merchant; mayor
of Biddeford, Maine, 1921.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Andrew J. Fosdick and Cornelia (White) Fosdick; married, March
25, 1887, to Kittie F. Webb; married 1905 to Susie
M. Ewell. |
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Benjamin Brown French (1800-1870) —
also known as Benjamin B. French —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Chester, Rockingham
County, N.H., September
4, 1800.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from District
of Columbia, 1856
(Honorary
Secretary; member, Credentials
Committee; speaker).
Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar.
Died in Washington,
D.C., August
12, 1870 (age 69 years, 342
days).
Interment at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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John W. French (b. 1905) —
of Groton, Caledonia
County, Vt.
Born in Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H., January
15, 1905.
Republican. Farmer;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Groton, 1947-50; member of Vermont
state senate from Caledonia County; elected 1952.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners;
Farm
Bureau.
Burial location unknown.
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Alvan Tufts Fuller (1878-1958) —
also known as Alvan T. Fuller —
of Malden, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., February
27, 1878.
Republican. Automobile
dealer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1915; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1916,
1932;
U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 9th District, 1917-21; Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1921-25; Governor of
Massachusetts, 1925-29; candidate for Republican nomination for
Vice President, 1932.
Baptist.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Freemasons; Elks; Knights
of Pythias.
Died April
30, 1958 (age 80 years, 62
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at East
Cemetery, Rye Beach, Rye, N.H.
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Joseph F. Glidden (b. 1813) —
of DeKalb, DeKalb
County, Ill.
Born in Charlestown, Sullivan
County, N.H., January
18, 1813.
Democrat. Farmer; DeKalb
County Sheriff, 1852; hotel
proprietor; inventor
of the barbed-wire fence; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Illinois, 1880,
1884;
mayor
of DeKalb, Ill., 1881-83.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of David Glidden and Polly (Hurd) Glidden; married 1837 to
Clarissa Foster; married 1851 to
Lucinda Warne. |
| | | Image source: Portrait & Biographical
Album of De Kalb County (1885) |
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Fletcher Hale (1883-1931) —
of Laconia, Belknap
County, N.H.
Born in Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, January
22, 1883.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1918; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 1st District, 1925-31; died in
office 1931.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons; Elks; Odd
Fellows; American Bar
Association.
Died in the Brooklyn Naval Hospital,
Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., October
22, 1931 (age 48 years, 273
days).
Interment at Union
Cemetery, Laconia, N.H.
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Howard Hutchins Hamlin (b. 1902) —
also known as Howard H. Hamlin —
of Claremont, Sullivan
County, N.H.; North Charlestown, Charlestown, Sullivan
County, N.H.
Born in Charlestown, Sullivan
County, N.H., May 23,
1902.
Republican. Lawyer; pastor; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1930; member of
New
Hampshire state senate, 1937-39; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 2nd District, 1938; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention from
Charlestown, 1948.
Methodist.
Member, Elks; Odd
Fellows; Freemasons; Grange.
Burial location unknown.
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John William Harville (1824-1875) —
also known as John W. Harville —
of California.
Born in Amherst, Hillsborough
County, N.H., June 20,
1824.
Physician;
member of California
state assembly 17th District, 1860-61.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., March 2,
1875 (age 50 years, 255
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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Oren Tracy Hayes (1827-1894) —
also known as Oren T. Hayes —
of Georges Mills, Sunapee, Sullivan
County, N.H.; Hastings, Dakota
County, Minn.
Born in New London, Merrimack
County, N.H., December
2, 1827.
Democrat. Merchant;
justice of the peace; lawyer; Dakota
County Attorney, 1855; postmaster at Hastings,
Minn., 1855-56; mayor
of Hastings, Minn., 1859-60; major in the Union Army during the
Civil War; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 7, 1863.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Odd
Fellows.
Died in Hastings, Dakota
County, Minn., March
24, 1894 (age 66 years, 112
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Oren Vitellius Henderson (b. 1870) —
also known as Oren V. Henderson —
of Durham, Strafford
County, N.H.
Born in Osceola, Clarke
County, Iowa, January
8, 1870.
Republican. Member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1927-37, 1943-47;
member of New
Hampshire Governor's Council 2nd District, 1939-41; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1940.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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John Butler Jameson (b. 1873) —
also known as John B. Jameson —
of Antrim, Hillsborough
County, N.H.; Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H.
Born in Bennington, Hillsborough
County, N.H., August
2, 1873.
Democrat. Treasurer and director, United Life Accident Insurance
Co.; director, Eastern Zinc and
Lead Co.; director, First National Bank of
Concord, N.H.; New Hampshire
Democratic state chair, 1906-12; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New Hampshire, 1912
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee); candidate for U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1918.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Nathan Cleaves Jameson and Idabel (Butler) Jameson; married, November
19, 1913, to Marion Dudley Eidlitz. |
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Stephen Shannon Jewett (b. 1858) —
also known as Stephen S. Jewett —
of Laconia, Belknap
County, N.H.
Born in Gilford, Belknap
County, N.H., September
18, 1858.
Republican. Member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1895-97; Speaker of
the New Hampshire State House of Representatives, 1895; delegate
to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1896;
member of New
Hampshire state senate 6th District, 1899-1900; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1902; member of
New
Hampshire Governor's Council, 1907-08.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Frank Jones (1832-1902) —
also known as "King of the Alemakers" —
of Portsmouth, Rockingham
County, N.H.
Born in Barrington, Strafford
County, N.H., September
15, 1832.
Mayor
of Portsmouth, N.H., 1868-69; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 1st District, 1875-79; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from New Hampshire, 1880
(Convention
Vice-President), 1888;
Democratic candidate for Governor of
New Hampshire, 1880; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New Hampshire, 1900.
Member, Freemasons.
Died October
2, 1902 (age 70 years, 17
days).
Interment at Harmony
Grove Cemetery, Portsmouth, N.H.
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Frank E. Kaley (b. 1856) —
of Milford, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Canton, Norfolk
County, Mass., March
13, 1856.
Republican. Manufacturer;
member of New
Hampshire state senate 15th District, 1901-02; member of New
Hampshire Governor's Council 3rd District, 1903.
Member, Freemasons; Odd
Fellows.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Timothy Kaley; married, October
12, 1885, to Harriet E. Wallace. |
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Alpheus Crosby Kennett (b. 1859) —
also known as A. Crosby Kennett —
of Conway, Carroll
County, N.H.
Born in Madison, Carroll
County, N.H., July 27,
1859.
Republican. Railway
station agent; lumber
business; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1895-96; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1896,
1900;
member of New
Hampshire state senate 5th District, 1897-98; member of New
Hampshire Governor's Council 5th District, 1903-04.
Member, Freemasons.
Interment at Madison
Cemetery, Madison, N.H.
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Henry Oakes Kent (1834-1909) —
also known as Henry O. Kent —
of Lancaster, Coos
County, N.H.
Born in Lancaster, Coos
County, N.H., February
7, 1834.
Democrat. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; banker; newspaper
editor and publisher; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1870; member of New
Hampshire state senate 1st District, 1885-86; candidate for Governor of
New Hampshire, 1894, 1896.
Episcopalian.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Freemasons.
Died March
21, 1909 (age 75 years, 42
days).
Interment at Summer
Street Cemetery, Lancaster, N.H.
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Henry Wilder Keyes (1863-1938) —
also known as Henry W. Keyes —
of Haverhill, Grafton
County, N.H.
Born in Newbury, Orange
County, Vt., May 23,
1863.
Republican. Lawyer; farmer; banker;
member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1891-95, 1915-17;
member of New
Hampshire state senate 2nd District, 1903-04; Governor of
New Hampshire, 1917-19; U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1919-37.
Episcopalian.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Freemasons.
Died in North Haverhill, Haverhill, Grafton
County, N.H., June 19,
1938 (age 75 years, 27
days).
Interment at Oxbow
Cemetery, Newbury, Vt.
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William Frank Knight (b. 1847) —
also known as William F. Knight —
of Laconia, Belknap
County, N.H.
Born in Hanover, Grafton
County, N.H., October
13, 1847.
Republican. Furniture
merchant; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1889; member of New
Hampshire state senate 6th District, 1895-96; mayor
of Laconia, N.H., 1907-09.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Edwin Perry Knight and Elizabeth W. T. (Vaughn) Knight; married 1872 to Fannie
E. Taylor. |
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Woodbury Langdon (1739-1805) —
of Portsmouth, Rockingham
County, N.H.
Born in Portsmouth, Rockingham
County, N.H., 1739.
Member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1778; Delegate
to Continental Congress from New Hampshire, 1779; justice of
New Hampshire state supreme court, 1782-83, 1786-91; member of New
Hampshire state senate from Rockingham County, 1784-85.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Portsmouth, Rockingham
County, N.H., January
13, 1805 (age about 65
years).
Interment at North
Cemetery, Portsmouth, N.H.
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Rae S. Laraba (b. 1905) —
of Portsmouth, Rockingham
County, N.H.
Born in Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H., September
15, 1905.
Republican. Secretary to U.S. Sen. George
H. Moses; member of New
Hampshire state senate 24th District, 1945-48; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention from Portsmouth
4th Ward, 1948.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George A. Laraba and Isabella (Rae) Laraba; married 1941 to
Margaret J. O'Leary. |
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Robert Milton Leach (1879-1952) —
also known as Robert M. Leach —
of Taunton, Bristol
County, Mass.; Franklin, Merrimack
County, N.H.
Born in Franklin, Merrimack
County, N.H., April 2,
1879.
Republican. Salesman of stoves and ranges; director, Atherton Furniture
Co.; director, Burpee Furniture
Co.; director, National Shawmut Bank of
Boston; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 15th District, 1924-25;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1928
(alternate), 1932.
Unitarian.
Member, Psi
Upsilon; Freemasons.
Died in Eustis, Lake
County, Fla., February
18, 1952 (age 72 years, 322
days).
Interment at Franklin
Cemetery, Franklin, N.H.
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Harrison Libbey (1843-1913) —
also known as Harry Libbey —
of Hampton,
Va.
Born in Wakefield, Carroll
County, N.H., November
22, 1843.
Republican. State court judge in Virginia, 1869; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 2nd District, 1883-87; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Virginia, 1896;
postmaster at Hampton,
Va., 1907-13.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died, from Bright's
disease, in Hampton,
Va., September
30, 1913 (age 69 years, 312
days).
Interment at St. John's Church Cemetery, Hampton, Va.
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Jesse Felt Libby (1857-1936) —
also known as Jesse F. Libby —
of Gorham, Coos
County, N.H.
Born in Locke's Mills, Greenwood, Oxford
County, Maine, February
12, 1857.
School
principal; lawyer; real estate
business; promoter, director, treasurer, Berlin Aqueduct Company
and Cascade Light and
Power Company; director, president, Lancaster and Jefferson Electric
Light Company; director, Gorham National Bank;
promoter, director, Berlin Street
Railway; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1903, 1905.
Congregationalist.
Member, Theta
Delta Chi; Freemasons; Odd
Fellows.
Died in 1936
(age about
79 years).
Interment at Evans Cemetery, Gorham, N.H.
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Thomas Littlefield Marble (b. 1876) —
also known as Thomas L. Marble —
of Gorham, Coos
County, N.H.; Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H.
Born in Auburn, Androscoggin
County, Maine, December
24, 1876.
School
principal; lawyer;
superior court judge in New Hampshire, 1917-25; justice of
New Hampshire state supreme court, 1925-43; chief
justice of New Hampshire state supreme court, 1943-46; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention from Concord 9th
Ward, 1948.
Universalist.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Marble and Mercy (Littlefield) Marble; married, August
15, 1906, to Harriet E. Fuller. |
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John McLane (1852-1911) —
of Milford, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Scotland,
February
27, 1852.
Republican. Founder of company which made post office furniture
and equipment; member of New
Hampshire state senate, 1891-94 (16th District 1891-92, 15th
District 1893-94); delegate to Republican National Convention from
New Hampshire, 1900;
Governor
of New Hampshire, 1905-07.
Scottish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Pinehurst, Moore
County, N.C., April
13, 1911 (age 59 years, 45
days).
Interment at West
Street Cemetery, Milford, N.H.
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John Herbert Neal (b. 1862) —
also known as John H. Neal —
of Rochester, Strafford
County, N.H.; Portsmouth, Rockingham
County, N.H.
Born in Parsonfield, York
County, Maine, March
20, 1862.
Republican. Physician;
member of New
Hampshire state senate 12th District, 1903-04.
Member, American Medical
Association; Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Neal and Sarah Jane (Lord) Neal. |
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John Jay Philbrick (1840-1897) —
of Key West, Monroe
County, Fla.
Born in Keene, Cheshire
County, N.H., March 6,
1840.
Steamship
agent; commission
merchant; Vice-Consul
for Sweden & Norway in Key
West, Fla., 1871-77; Vice-Consul
for Germany in Key
West, Fla., 1871-77.
Member, Freemasons.
Died September
14, 1897 (age 57 years, 192
days).
Interment at Key
West Cemetery, Key West, Fla.
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Frank Vaughan Plummer (1918-1993) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Malden, Middlesex
County, Mass., November
23, 1918.
Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; district judge in
Pennsylvania, 1966-81.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, of renal
failure and other complications, in Downeast Community Hospital,
Machias, Washington
County, Maine, November
5, 1993 (age 74 years, 347
days).
Interment at Blossom
Hill Cemetery, Concord, N.H.
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Henry Brewer Quinby (1846-1924) —
also known as Henry B. Quinby —
of Gilford, Belknap
County, N.H.; Lakeport, Laconia, Belknap
County, N.H.
Born in Biddeford, York
County, Maine, June 10,
1846.
Republican. Iron
manufacturer; banker;
member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1887-88; member of New
Hampshire state senate 6th District, 1889-90; member of New
Hampshire Governor's Council, 1891-92; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New Hampshire, 1892;
Governor
of New Hampshire, 1909-11.
Unitarian.
Member, Freemasons; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., February
8, 1924 (age 77 years, 243
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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John Langdon Rand (1861-1942) —
also known as John L. Rand —
of Baker City, Baker
County, Ore.
Born in Portsmouth, Rockingham
County, N.H., October
28, 1861.
Republican. Lawyer;
attorney for railroad,
lumber,
and mining
companies; member of Oregon
state senate, 1903-06; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Oregon, 1920;
justice
of Oregon state supreme court, 1921-42; died in office 1942; chief
justice of Oregon state supreme court, 1927-29, 1933-35, 1939-41.
Member, Freemasons; Scottish
Rite Masons; Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Salem, Marion
County, Ore., November
19, 1942 (age 81 years, 22
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Baker City, Ore.
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Relatives: Son
of John Sullivan Rand and Elvira Wallace (Odiorne) Rand; married to
Edith Gonzaga Packwood; father of Irving
Rand. |
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memorial |
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William Nathaniel Rogers (1892-1945) —
also known as William N. Rogers —
of Wakefield, Carroll
County, N.H.
Born in Sanbornville, Wakefield, Carroll
County, N.H., January
10, 1892.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1917, 1919, 1921; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 1st District, 1923-25, 1932-37;
defeated, 1918, 1924; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1936.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Kappa Psi; Phi
Alpha Delta; Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Died in Wolfeboro, Carroll
County, N.H., September
25, 1945 (age 53 years, 258
days).
Interment at Lovell
Lake Cemetery, Sanbornville, Wakefield, N.H.
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Eaton Dudley Sargent (1870-1944) —
also known as Eaton D. Sargent —
of Winchendon, Worcester
County, Mass.; Nashua, Hillsborough
County, N.H.; Crescent City, Putnam
County, Fla.
Born in Bradford, Orange
County, Vt., August
13, 1870.
Democrat. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 3rd District, 1918; mayor of
Nashua, N.H., 1924-27; candidate for Governor of
New Hampshire, 1926, 1928; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New Hampshire, 1928
(member, Credentials
Committee); candidate for U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 2nd District, 1930.
Member, Freemasons; Rotary.
Died of heart
failure while pruning an orange tree, in Crescent City, Putnam
County, Fla., March
27, 1944 (age 73 years, 227
days).
Interment at Edgewood
Cemetery, Nashua, N.H.
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Oliver Lyman Spaulding (1833-1922) —
also known as Oliver L. Spaulding —
of St. Johns, Clinton
County, Mich.
Born in Jaffrey, Cheshire
County, N.H., August
2, 1833.
Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; secretary
of state of Michigan, 1867-70; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1881-83; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1896
(member, Credentials
Committee).
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons; Grand
Army of the Republic; Loyal
Legion.
Died in Washington,
D.C., July 30,
1922 (age 88 years, 362
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Potter Stewart (1915-1985) —
Born in Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich., January
23, 1915.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, 1954-58; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1958-81; took senior status 1981.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons; Skull
and Bones.
Died in Hanover, Grafton
County, N.H., December
7, 1985 (age 70 years, 318
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Andrew Coolidge Stone (1839-1905) —
of Lawrence, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Marlborough, Cheshire
County, N.H., May 16,
1839.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of
Massachusetts
state senate, 1880-82; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1884.
Congregationalist.
English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in Lawrence, Essex
County, Mass., February
26, 1905 (age 65 years, 286
days).
Burial location unknown.
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George H. Stowell (1835-1915) —
of Claremont, Sullivan
County, N.H.
Born in Cornish, Sullivan
County, N.H., October
28, 1835.
Republican. Member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1871, 1874; member of
New
Hampshire state senate 10th District, 1874-76; member of New
Hampshire Governor's Council, 1881-83; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New Hampshire, 1884.
Member, Elks;
Freemasons.
Died in Claremont, Sullivan
County, N.H., May 19,
1915 (age 79 years, 203
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Mountain
View Cemetery, Claremont, N.H.
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John Sullivan (1740-1795) —
of Durham, Strafford
County, N.H.
Born in Somersworth, Strafford
County, N.H., February
17, 1740.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from New Hampshire, 1774, 1780-81; served
in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; New
Hampshire state attorney general, 1782-86; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1782-83; member
of New
Hampshire Governor's Council, 1785-86; President
of New Hampshire, 1786-88, 1789-90; federal
judge, 1789; U.S.
District Judge for New Hampshire, 1789-95; died in office 1795.
Member, American
Academy of Arts and Sciences; Freemasons.
Died in Durham, Strafford
County, N.H., January
23, 1795 (age 54 years, 340
days).
Interment in private or family graveyard.
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Herbert James Taft (b. 1860) —
also known as Herbert J. Taft —
of Greenville, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Mason, Hillsborough
County, N.H., September
1, 1860.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1890-91; member of New
Hampshire state senate 15th District, 1905-06.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons; Odd
Fellows; Ancient
Order of United Workmen; Grange.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James Taft and Mary (Wilson) Taft; married, October
21, 1887, to Ida F. Chamberlin. |
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James Scollay Taft (b. 1844) —
also known as James S. Taft —
of Keene, Cheshire
County, N.H.
Born in Nelson, Cheshire
County, N.H., July 16,
1844.
Republican. Dry goods
merchant; pottery
manufacturer; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1895; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1903; mayor of
Keene, N.H., 1903-05.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Asa Taft and Nancy (Burnap) Taft; married, January
9, 1874, to Helen A. Ball. |
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Amos Leavitt Taylor (b. 1877) —
also known as Amos L. Taylor —
of Belmont, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Danbury, Merrimack
County, N.H., February
22, 1877.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1924
(alternate), 1932;
member of Massachusetts
Republican State Committee, 1924-49; secretary of
Massachusetts Republican Party, 1927-28; Massachusetts
Republican state chair, 1929-32.
Unitarian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Gamma Delta; Gamma
Eta Gamma; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Frank Leavitt Taylor and Nellie Jane (Martin) Taylor; married, June 16,
1906, to Myra Lillian Fairbank; married to Caroline W.
Dudley. |
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William F. Thayer (b. 1846) —
of Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H.
Born in Kingston, Rockingham
County, N.H., March
13, 1846.
Republican. Banker;
director, Northern New Hampshire Railroad;
treasurer
of New Hampshire Republican Party, 1892-1909; alternate delegate
to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1908,
1912.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Calvin Thayer and Sarah Wheeler (Fiske) Thayer; married, October
20, 1874, to Sarah Clarke Wentworth. |
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Charles William Tobey (1880-1953) —
also known as Charles W. Tobey —
of Temple, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Roxbury, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., July 22,
1880.
Republican. President, F. M. Hoyt Shoe
Company; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1915-16, 1919-20,
1923-24; Speaker of
the New Hampshire State House of Representatives, 1919-20; member
of New
Hampshire state senate, 1925-26; Governor of
New Hampshire, 1929-31; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 2nd District, 1933-39; delegate
to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1936,
1940
(member, Resolutions
Committee); U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1939-53; died in office 1953.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons; Rotary.
Died in the Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., July 24,
1953 (age 73 years, 2
days).
Interment at Miller
Cemetery, Temple, N.H.
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Thomas Logan Tullock (1820-1883) —
also known as Thomas L. Tullock —
of Portsmouth, Rockingham
County, N.H.
Born in Portsmouth, Rockingham
County, N.H., February
11, 1820.
Republican. Secretary
of state of New Hampshire, 1858-61; Navy agent at Portsmouth,
N.H., 1861-65; postmaster at Washington,
D.C., 1882-83.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died June 20,
1883 (age 63 years, 129
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Tullock and Mary (Neal) Tullock; married, August
29, 1844, to Emily Estell Rogers; married, January
10, 1866, to Miranda Barney Swain. |
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Robert Moore Wallace (1847-1914) —
also known as Robert M. Wallace —
of Milford, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Henniker, Merrimack
County, N.H., May 2,
1847.
Lawyer;
member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1877-78; Hillsborough
County Solicitor, 1883-93; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1889; justice of
New Hampshire state supreme court, 1893-1901; appointed 1893;
superior court judge in New Hampshire, 1901-13.
Congregationalist.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Odd
Fellows.
Died in Milford, Hillsborough
County, N.H., April 5,
1914 (age 66 years, 338
days).
Interment at West
Street Cemetery, Milford, N.H.
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Sumner Wallace (1856-1920) —
of Rochester, Strafford
County, N.H.
Born in Berwick, York
County, Maine, March 7,
1856.
Republican. Shoe
manufacturer; director of banks, railroads,
and electric
utilities; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1885; member of New
Hampshire Governor's Council, 1899-1900; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New Hampshire, 1904;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New Hampshire.
Member, Theta
Delta Chi; Freemasons; Odd
Fellows.
Died, of a cerebral
hemorrhage, in Lake Wales, Polk
County, Fla., January
11, 1920 (age 63 years, 310
days).
Interment at Rochester
Cemetery, Rochester, N.H.
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Joseph E. Watson (1860-1937) —
of Bronson, Branch
County, Mich.
Born in Center Sandwich, Sandwich, Carroll
County, N.H., July 8,
1860.
Republican. Merchant;
banker;
postmaster;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Branch County, 1919-24;
member of Michigan
state senate 9th District, 1925-28.
English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Shriners.
Died March
20, 1937 (age 76 years, 255
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Sinclair Weeks (1893-1972) —
also known as Sinclair Weeks —
of Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Lancaster, Coos
County, N.H.
Born in West Newton, Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass., June 15,
1893.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army on the Mexican border; served in
the U.S. Army during World War I; banker; mayor of
Newton, Mass., 1930-35; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1932,
1940,
1944,
1948,
1952,
1956;
Massachusetts
Republican state chair, 1936-38; member of Republican
National Committee from Massachusetts, 1940-53; Treasurer
of Republican National Committee, 1941-44; U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1944; appointed 1944; U.S.
Secretary of Commerce, 1953-58.
Unitarian.
Member, Freemasons; Scottish
Rite Masons; American
Legion; Sons of
the American Revolution; Society
of the Cincinnati.
Died, in the Rivercrest Nursing
Home, Concord, Middlesex
County, Mass., February
7, 1972 (age 78 years, 237
days).
Interment at Summer
Street Cemetery, Lancaster, N.H.
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James Adams Weston (1827-1895) —
also known as James A. Weston —
of Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H., August
27, 1827.
Civil
engineer; banker; mayor
of Manchester, N.H., 1868, 1870-71, 1874-75; Governor of
New Hampshire, 1871-72, 1874-75.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H., May 8,
1895 (age 67 years, 254
days).
Interment at Pine
Grove Cemetery, Manchester, N.H.
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William Whipple (1730-1785) —
of Portsmouth, Rockingham
County, N.H.
Born in Kittery, York
County, Maine, January
14, 1730.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from New Hampshire, 1775; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; member of New
Hampshire Governor's Council, 1776-77; member of New Hampshire
state legislature, 1780; justice of
New Hampshire state supreme court, 1783-85.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Portsmouth, Rockingham
County, N.H., November
28, 1785 (age 55 years, 318
days).
Interment at North
Cemetery, Portsmouth, N.H.; memorial monument at Constitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.
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Aaron Milton Wilkins (1854-1910) —
also known as Aaron M. Wilkins —
of Amherst, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Amherst, Hillsborough
County, N.H., January
22, 1854.
Republican. Farmer;
member of New
Hampshire state senate 15th District, 1903-04.
Congregationalist.
Welsh
ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Odd
Fellows.
Died in Amherst, Hillsborough
County, N.H., May 27,
1910 (age 56 years, 125
days).
Interment at Meadow
View Cemetery, Amherst, N.H.
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Charles Levi Woodbury (1820-1898) —
of Portsmouth, Rockingham
County, N.H.; Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Portsmouth, Rockingham
County, N.H., May 22,
1820.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Hampshire, 1856;
U.S.
Attorney for Massachusetts, 1857-61; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1880
(member, Resolutions
Committee).
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., July 1,
1898 (age 78 years, 40
days).
Interment at Harmony
Grove Cemetery, Portsmouth, N.H.
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Levi Woodbury (1789-1851) —
of Portsmouth, Rockingham
County, N.H.
Born in Francestown, Hillsborough
County, N.H., December
22, 1789.
Democrat. Lawyer; justice of
New Hampshire state supreme court, 1816-23; Governor of
New Hampshire, 1823-24; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1825; Speaker of
the New Hampshire State House of Representatives, 1825; U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1825-31, 1841-45; resigned 1845; U.S.
Secretary of the Navy, 1831-34; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1834-41; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1845-51; died in office 1851;
candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1848.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Portsmouth, Rockingham
County, N.H., September
4, 1851 (age 61 years, 256
days).
Interment at Harmony
Grove Cemetery, Portsmouth, N.H.
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