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Charles Kilborn Williams (1782-1853) —
also known as Charles K. Williams —
of Vermont.
Born in Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass., January
24, 1782.
Son of Samuel Williams (1743-1817) and Jane (Kilbourne) Williams
(1746-1829).
Whig. Lawyer;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1809-11, 1814-15, 1820-21, 1849;
major in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; Rutland
County State's Attorney, 1814-15; chief
justice of Vermont Supreme Court, 1834-46; Governor of
Vermont, 1850-52.
Died in Rutland, Rutland
County, Vt., March 9,
1853 (age 71 years, 44
days).
Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
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Solomon Foot (1802-1866) —
of Rutland, Rutland
County, Vt.
Born in Cornwall, Addison
County, Vt., November
19, 1802.
Whig. School
teacher; lawyer;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1833, 1836-38; Speaker of
the Vermont State House of Representatives, 1838; delegate to
Vermont state constitutional convention, 1836; U.S.
Representative from Vermont 1st District, 1843-47; U.S.
Senator from Vermont, 1851-66; died in office 1866.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 28,
1866 (age 63 years, 129
days).
Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
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Robert Theodore Stafford (1913-2006) —
also known as Robert T. Stafford —
of Rutland, Rutland
County, Vt.
Born in Rutland, Rutland
County, Vt., August 8,
1913.
Son of Bert Linus Stafford (1877-1941) and Mabel R. (Stratton)
Stafford (1883-1976).
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; Rutland
County State's Attorney, 1947-51; served in the U.S. Navy during
the Korean conflict; Vermont
state attorney general, 1955-57; Lieutenant
Governor of Vermont, 1957-59; Governor of
Vermont, 1959-61; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Vermont, 1960;
U.S.
Representative from Vermont at-large, 1961-71; resigned 1971; U.S.
Senator from Vermont, 1971-89; appointed 1971.
Congregationalist.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Lions; Eagles; Elks; Freemasons.
Died in Rutland, Rutland
County, Vt., December
23, 2006 (age 93 years, 137
days).
Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
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Percival Wood Clement (1846-1927) —
of Rutland, Rutland
County, Vt.
Born in Rutland, Rutland
County, Vt., July 7,
1846.
Son of Charles Clement and Elizabeth (Wood) Clement.
Republican. Partner, Clement and Sons, marble
quarries; president, Rutland Railroad;
president, Bristol Railroad;
director, Clement National Bank; newspaper
publisher; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1892-93; mayor of
Rutland, Vt., 1897-99, 1911-12; member of Vermont
state senate, 1900-02, 1911-12; Governor of
Vermont, 1919-21; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Vermont, 1924.
Died January
9, 1927 (age 80 years, 186
days).
Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
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John Boardman Page (1826-1885) —
also known as John B. Page —
of Rutland, Rutland
County, Vt.
Born in Rutland, Rutland
County, Vt., February
25, 1826.
Son of William Page (1779-1850) and Cynthia A. (Hickok) Page
(1792-1866).
Republican. Banker;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1852-54; Vermont
state treasurer, 1860-66; Governor of
Vermont, 1867-69.
Died in Rutland, Rutland
County, Vt., October
24, 1885 (age 59 years, 241
days).
Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
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John Abner Mead (1841-1920) —
also known as John A. Mead —
of Rutland, Rutland
County, Vt.
Born in Fair Haven, Rutland
County, Vt., April 20,
1841.
Son of Roswell Rowley Mead (1818-1875) and Lydia Ann (Gorham) Mead
(1818-1841).
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; physician;
president, Baxter National Bank;
director, Rutland Railroad;
president, Howe Scale Co.; president, John A. Mead Manufacturing
Co.; member of Vermont
state senate, 1892-93; mayor of
Rutland, Vt., 1893-94; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1906; Lieutenant
Governor of Vermont, 1908-10; Governor of
Vermont, 1910-12; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Vermont, 1912.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in Rutland, Rutland
County, Vt., January
12, 1920 (age 78 years, 267
days).
Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
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Charles Manley Smith (1868-1937) —
also known as Charles M. Smith —
of Rutland, Rutland
County, Vt.
Born in West Rutland, Rutland
County, Vt., August 3,
1868.
Farmer;
banker;
member of Vermont
state senate from Rutland County, 1927; Lieutenant
Governor of Vermont, 1933-35; Governor of
Vermont, 1935-37.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Bankers Association.
Died in Rutland, Rutland
County, Vt., August
12, 1937 (age 69 years, 9
days).
Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
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William Young Warren Ripley (1832-1905) —
also known as William Y. W. Ripley —
of Vermont.
Born in Middlebury, Addison
County, Vt., December
31, 1832.
Son of William Young Ripley (1797-1875) and Jane Betsey (Warren)
Ripley (1808-1884).
Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Vermont, 1868;
Presidential Elector for Vermont, 1880.
Received the Medal
of Honor in 1893 for action in the Battle of Malvern Hill, Va.,
July 1, 1862.
Died in Rutland, Rutland
County, Vt., December
16, 1905 (age 72 years, 350
days).
Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
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Charles Herbert Joyce (1830-1916) —
of Vermont.
Born in Wherwell, Hampshire, England,
January
30, 1830.
Republican. Member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1869; U.S.
Representative from Vermont 1st District, 1875-83.
Died in Pittsfield, Rutland
County, Vt., November
22, 1916 (age 86 years, 297
days).
Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
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Aldace Freeman Walker (1842-1901) —
also known as Aldace F. Walker —
of Rutland, Rutland
County, Vt.
Born in West Rutland, Rutland
County, Vt., May 11,
1842.
Son of Rev. Aldace Walker (c.1812-1878) and Mary Ann (Baker) Walker
(1813-1899).
Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
member of Vermont
state senate from Rutland County, 1882; member, Interstate Commerce
Commission, 1887-89; president, Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway,
1894-95.
Congregationalist.
Died in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., April 12,
1901 (age 58 years, 336
days).
Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
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Relatives:
Married to Katharine Shaw (1848-1932). |
| | | Epitaph: "An upright lawyer and
legislator, a faithful soldier and public officer, an able
administrator of important railway interests." |
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article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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George Tisdale Hodges (1789-1860) —
also known as George T. Hodges —
of Vermont.
Born in Clarendon, Rutland
County, Vt., July 4,
1789.
Member of Vermont state legislature; Presidential Elector for
Vermont, 1848;
U.S.
Representative from Vermont 1st District, 1856-57.
Died in Rutland, Rutland
County, Vt., August 9,
1860 (age 71 years, 36
days).
Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
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Walter Kellogg Farnsworth (1870-1929) —
also known as Walter K. Farnsworth —
of Rutland, Rutland
County, Vt.; Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born in Windsor, Windsor
County, Vt., November
17, 1870.
Son of Jonathan Farnsworth and Maria Augusta (Hatch) Farnsworth.
Republican. Lawyer; horse
breeder; member of Vermont
state senate from Rutland County, 1923; Lieutenant
Governor of Vermont, 1925-27; candidate in primary for Governor of
Vermont, 1926.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Grange.
Died in Rutland, Rutland
County, Vt., August 2,
1929 (age 58 years, 258
days).
Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
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Asa S. Bloomer (1891-1963) —
of West Rutland, Rutland
County, Vt.
Born in Proctor, Rutland
County, Vt., August
15, 1891.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1937-43; Speaker of
the Vermont State House of Representatives, 1943; member of Vermont
state senate from Rutland County, 1947.
Congregationalist.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Elks.
Died in 1963
(age about
71 years).
Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
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Joel Clarke Baker (1838-1904) —
also known as Joel C. Baker —
of Danby, Rutland
County, Vt.; Wallingford, Rutland
County, Vt.; Rutland, Rutland
County, Vt.
Born in Danby, Rutland
County, Vt., April 16,
1838.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; newspaper
editor; director, Rutland National Bank;
director, Rutland Street
Railway Company; member of Vermont
state senate from Rutland County, 1886.
Episcopalian.
Died in Rutland
County, Vt., 1904
(age about
66 years).
Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
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Leonard Fish Wing (1893-1945) —
also known as Leonard F. Wing —
of Rutland, Rutland
County, Vt.
Born in Ira, Rutland
County, Vt., November
12, 1893.
Son of David E. Wing and Dora M. (Fish) Wing.
Republican. Vermont
Republican state chair, 1926; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Vermont, 1940;
general in the U.S. Army during World War II.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Rutland, Rutland
County, Vt., December
19, 1945 (age 52 years, 37
days).
Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
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John McCulloch Spencer (1917-1965) —
also known as Eric Winter —
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., December
14, 1917.
Democrat. Philanthropist; Vermont
Democratic state chair, 1964.
Died, in a hospital
at Gardner, Worcester
County, Mass., January
18, 1965 (age 47 years, 35
days).
Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
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Helen Stafford (1917-2011) —
also known as Helen Content Kelley; Mrs. Robert T.
Stafford —
of Rutland, Rutland
County, Vt.
Born in Bellows Falls, Rockingham, Windham
County, Vt., September
3, 1917.
Daughter of Herbert Thomas Stafford (1880-1935) and Madeline
(Babbitt) Stafford (1885-1947).
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Vermont, 1960.
Female.
Died in Rutland, Rutland
County, Vt., February
26, 2011 (age 93 years, 176
days).
Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
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