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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.
Son of John Z. Bartlett and Sophronia A. (Sargent) Bartlett.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer;
postmaster; Governor of
New Hampshire, 1919-21; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New Hampshire, 1920.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died March 19,
1952 (age 83 years, 4
days).
Interment at Harmony
Grove Cemetery, Portsmouth, N.H.
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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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Byron M. Cutcheon (1836-1908) —
of Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich.; Manistee, Manistee
County, Mich.; Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.
Born in Pembroke, Merrimack
County, N.H., May 11,
1836.
Son of James M. Cutcheon and Hannah (Tripp) Cutcheon.
Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1868;
Manistee
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1873-74; member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1875-81; postmaster; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 9th District, 1883-91; defeated,
1890.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Sons of
the American Revolution; Loyal
Legion.
Received the Medal
of Honor in 1891 for action at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend, Ky.,
May 10, 1863.
Died in Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich., April 12,
1908 (age 71 years, 337
days).
Interment at Highland
Cemetery, Ypsilanti, Mich.
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David Alvaro Felt (1820-1892) —
also known as David A. Felt —
of East Sullivan, Sullivan, Cheshire
County, N.H.; Beresford, Volusia
County, Fla.
Born in Nelson, Cheshire
County, N.H., December
21, 1820.
Son of Joseph Felt (1789-1871) and Lefy (Woods) Felt (1792-1849).
Sullivan
County Commissioner; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives; postmaster.
Died in Beresford, Volusia
County, Fla., December
4, 1892 (age 71 years, 349
days).
Interment at Beresford
Cemetery, DeLand, Fla.
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Elam Andrew Jackson Greeley (1818-1882) —
also known as Elam A. J. Greeley —
of Stillwater, Washington
County, Minn.
Born in Salisbury, Merrimack
County, N.H., August
13, 1818.
Son of John Greeley (1777-1861) and Hannah (Greeley) Greeley
(1787-1878).
Postmaster; member
Minnesota territorial council 1st District, 1852-53; member of Minnesota
territorial House of Representatives 1st District, 1857.
Died September
13, 1882 (age 64 years, 31
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Orrin T. Hayes (b. 1827) —
of Georges Mills, Sunapee, Sullivan
County, N.H.; Hastings, Dakota
County, Minn.
Born in New London, Merrimack
County, N.H., December
2, 1827.
Merchant;
postmaster; justice of the peace; lawyer; Dakota
County Attorney, 1855; mayor
of Hastings, Minn., 1859-60; major in the Union Army during the
Civil War; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives 7th District, 1863.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Lucina A. Emerson (died 1858); married 1859 to Mary C.
Matthews. |
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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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Charles Christopher Brainerd Walker (1824-1888) —
of Corning, Steuben
County, N.Y.
Born in Drewsville, Walpole, Cheshire
County, N.H., June 27,
1824.
Democrat. Contractor;
lumber
and hardware
merchant; postmaster; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1860,
1872;
U.S.
Representative from New York 29th District, 1875-77; New York
Democratic state chair, 1886-87.
Died in Corning, Steuben
County, N.Y., January
26, 1888 (age 63 years, 213
days).
Interment at Palmyra
Cemetery, Palmyra, N.Y.
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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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