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LeBaron Bradford Colt (1846-1924) —
also known as LeBaron B. Colt —
of Bristol, Bristol
County, R.I.
Born in Dedham, Norfolk
County, Mass., June 25,
1846.
Son of Christopher Colt and Theodora G. (DeWolf) Colt.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1879-81; U.S.
District Judge for Rhode Island, 1881-84; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit, 1884-1913; U.S.
Senator from Rhode Island, 1913-24; died in office 1924.
Died in Bristol, Bristol
County, R.I., August
18, 1924 (age 78 years, 54
days).
Interment at Juniper Hill Cemetery.
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William Bradford (1729-1808) —
of Bristol, Bristol
County, R.I.
Born in Plympton, Plymouth
County, Mass., November
4, 1729.
Physician;
lawyer;
member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1764-65; Speaker of
the Rhode Island State House of Representatives, 1798-1802; Speaker of
the Rhode Island House of Deputies, 1764-65, 1766-67, 1780,
1780-86, 1787-88, 1789-90, 1791-93; Deputy
Governor of Rhode Island, 1775-78; U.S.
Senator from Rhode Island, 1793-97.
Died in Bristol, Bristol
County, R.I., July 6,
1808 (age 78 years, 245
days).
Original interment at East Burial Ground;
reinterment at Juniper Hill Cemetery.
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Benjamin Bourne (1755-1808) —
of Rhode Island.
Born in Bristol, Bristol
County, R.I., September
9, 1755.
Member of Rhode Island state legislature, 1789-90; U.S.
Representative from Rhode Island at-large, 1790-96; U.S.
District Judge for Rhode Island, 1796-1801; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit, 1801-02.
Died in Bristol, Bristol
County, R.I., September
17, 1808 (age 53 years, 8
days).
Interment at Juniper Hill Cemetery.
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Francis M. Dimond (1796-1859) —
of Bristol, Bristol
County, R.I.
Born in Bristol, Bristol
County, R.I., June 6,
1796.
Lieutenant
Governor of Rhode Island, 1853-54; Governor of
Rhode Island, 1853-54.
Died, of Bright's
disease, in Bristol, Bristol
County, R.I., April 12,
1859 (age 62 years, 310
days).
Interment at Juniper Hill Cemetery.
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Byron Diman (1795-1865) —
of Bristol, Bristol
County, R.I.
Born in Bristol, Bristol
County, R.I., August 5,
1795.
Delegate to Whig National Convention from Rhode Island, 1839; Lieutenant
Governor of Rhode Island, 1840-42, 1843-46; Governor of
Rhode Island, 1846-47; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Rhode Island, 1856.
Died, of apoplexy (stroke),
in Bristol, Bristol
County, R.I., August 1,
1865 (age 69 years, 361
days).
Interment at Juniper Hill Cemetery.
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Jonathan Russell Bullock (1815-1899) —
also known as J. Russell Bullock —
of Alton, Madison
County, Ill.; Bristol, Bristol
County, R.I.
Born in Bristol, Bristol
County, R.I., September
6, 1815.
Son of Nathaniel
Bullock and Ruth (Smith) Bullock (1792-1829).
Lawyer;
member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1844-46; U.S. Collector of Customs,
1849-53; member of Rhode
Island state senate, 1859-60; Lieutenant
Governor of Rhode Island, 1860-61; justice of
Rhode Island state supreme court, 1862-64; U.S.
District Judge for Rhode Island, 1865-69; resigned 1869.
Died, of heart
disease, in Bristol, Bristol
County, R.I., May 7,
1899 (age 83 years, 243
days).
Interment at Juniper Hill Cemetery.
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Jacob Babbitt (1809-1862) —
of Bristol, Bristol
County, R.I.
Born in Bristol, Bristol
County, R.I., May 9,
1809.
Son of Jacob Babbitt (1769-1850) and Bathsheba (Stoddard) Babbitt
(1773-1852).
Democrat. Banker; cotton
manufacturer; member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Rhode Island, 1860;
major in the Union Army during the Civil War.
Shot
and wounded (in a "friendly fire" accident) during the Civil
War battle of Fredericksburg, Va., and died ten days later, in
Mansion House Hospital,
Alexandria,
Va., December
23, 1862 (age 53 years, 228
days).
Interment at Juniper Hill Cemetery.
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Relatives:
Married, October
7, 1826, to Abby Eliza Briggs (1808-1882). |
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