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Arthur Judson Abbott (b. 1880) —
also known as Arthur J. Abbott —
of Oneida, Madison
County, N.Y.
Born in Oneida, Madison
County, N.Y., March 30,
1880.
Son of Emery J. Abbott and Nancy S. (MacComb) Abbott.
Democrat. School
teacher; newspaper
editor; mayor of
Oneida, N.Y., 1924-25, 1928-29; candidate for New York
state assembly from Madison County, 1933.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks;
Sons of Union Veterans.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Henri Adams (1899-1989) —
also known as William H. Adams —
of Chelsea, Orange
County, Vt.
Born in Chelsea, Orange
County, Vt., May 9,
1899.
Son of Benjamin H. Adams and Cora J. (Ackerman) Adams.
Republican. School
principal; lawyer;
member of Vermont
Republican State Committee, 1926; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Chelsea, 1929; Vermont
Republican state chair, 1931.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Sons of Union Veterans; Phi
Kappa Delta.
Died May 18,
1989 (age 90 years, 9
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Howard Wells Alcorn (1901-1992) —
also known as Howard W. Alcorn —
of Suffield, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Suffield, Hartford
County, Conn., May 14,
1901.
Son of Hugh
Mead Alcorn and Cora Terry (wells) Alcorn.
Republican. Lawyer;
director and vice-president, First National Bank of
Suffield; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Suffield, 1927-32; Speaker of
the Connecticut State House of Representatives, 1931-32;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Connecticut, 1932;
member of Connecticut
state senate, 1933-34; superior court judge in Connecticut,
1943-61; justice of
Connecticut state supreme court, 1961-71; chief
justice of Connecticut Supreme Court, 1970-71.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sons of
the American Revolution; Sons of Union Veterans; Grange; Freemasons.
Died, in a hospital
at Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., August
10, 1992 (age 91 years, 88
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Suffield, Conn.
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Hugh Mead Alcorn (1872-1955) —
also known as Hugh M. Alcorn —
of Suffield, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Suffield, Hartford
County, Conn., October
24, 1872.
Son of Hugh Glen Alcorn and Susan (Ford) Alcorn.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Suffield, 1903-05; Hartford
County State's Attorney, 1908-42; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Connecticut, 1912,
1920,
1936;
candidate for Governor of
Connecticut, 1934.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
American
Judicature Society; Sons of Union Veterans.
Died, following a heart
attack, in Suffield, Hartford
County, Conn., May 26,
1955 (age 82 years, 214
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Suffield, Conn.
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Hugh Meade Alcorn, Jr. (1907-1992) —
also known as H. Meade Alcorn, Jr. —
of Suffield, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Suffield, Hartford
County, Conn., October
20, 1907.
Son of Hugh
Mead Alcorn and Cora Terry (Wells) Alcorn.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Suffield, 1937-42; Speaker of
the Connecticut State House of Representatives, 1941-42; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1940,
1944
(alternate), 1948,
1952,
1956,
1960;
Hartford
County State's Attorney, 1942-48; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Connecticut, 1948; member of Connecticut
Republican State Central Committee, 1948-57; member of Republican
National Committee from Connecticut, 1953-61; Chairman of
Republican National Committee, 1957-59; delegate
to Connecticut state constitutional convention 6th District, 1965.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Rotary; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Phi
Beta Kappa; Elks;
Sons of Union Veterans; Sons of
the American Revolution; Grange.
Died, from a stroke, in
Suffield, Hartford
County, Conn., January
13, 1992 (age 84 years, 85
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Suffield, Conn.
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Niel Richardson Allen (b. 1894) —
also known as Niel R. Allen —
of Grants Pass, Josephine
County, Ore.
Born in Pullman, Whitman
County, Wash., May 1,
1894.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; Oregon
Republican state chair, 1941-46; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Oregon, 1944;
Presidential Elector for Oregon, 1956.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Sons of
the American Revolution; Sons of Union Veterans; Rotary; Izaak
Walton League; Elks; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Burial
location unknown.
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Howard Wilmert Ameli (1881-1959) —
also known as Howard W. Ameli —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., October
12, 1881.
Son of Alonzo Ameli and Jessie Isabel (Robinson) Ameli.
Republican. Lawyer; law
partner of Abner
C. Surpless; served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, 1929-34.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; American
Legion; Sons of Union Veterans; Military
Order of the World Wars; Delta
Chi; Freemasons.
Died, in Methodist Hospital,
Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., July 29,
1959 (age 77 years, 290
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Louis Henri Aymé (1855-1912) —
also known as Louis H. Aymé —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 29,
1855.
Son of Dr. Henry Aymé and Elizabeth Geraldine (Fitzgerald)
Aymé.
Republican. Ethnologist;
newspaper
correspondent; U.S. Consul in Mérida, 1880-84; Guadeloupe, 1898-99; Pará, 1903-06; U.S. Consul General in Lisbon, 1906-12, died in office 1912.
Member, Loyal
Legion; Sons of Veterans.
Died, from "locomotor ataxia" (presumably syphilis),
in Lisbon, Portugal,
May
16, 1912 (age 56 years, 353
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Alfred Carleton Baldwin (1872-1957) —
also known as Alfred C. Baldwin —
of Derby, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Beacon Falls, New Haven
County, Conn., December
5, 1872.
Son of Herbert Clark Baldwin and Josephine Helen (Jones) Baldwin.
Republican. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Connecticut, 1920;
member of Connecticut
Republican State Central Committee, 1922; superior court judge in
Connecticut, 1925-42.
Member, Sons of Union Veterans; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners.
Died in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., December
21, 1957 (age 85 years, 16
days).
Interment at Beaverdale
Memorial Park, New Haven, Conn.
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Tilton S. Bell (b. 1874) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; East Milton, Milton, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Dedham, Norfolk
County, Mass., July 27,
1874.
Son of Wakeman D. Bell and Ida (Clark) Bell.
Republican. Member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1908; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1920.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Sons of Veterans.
Burial
location unknown.
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Eugene Cleophas Bonniwell (b. 1872) —
also known as Eugene C. Bonniwell —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., September
25, 1872.
Son of Evander Berry Bonniwell and Elizabeth (Doherty) Bonniwell.
Democrat. Lawyer;
municipal judge in Pennsylvania, 1914-39; Democratic candidate for Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1918, 1926, 1934 (primary); candidate for justice of
Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1921.
Catholic.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Sons of
the Revolution; Sons of Union Veterans; Knights
of Columbus; Moose.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Evander Berry Bonniwell and Elizabeth (Doherty) Bonniwell;
married, June 5,
1900, to Madeleine Helene Cahill; married, August
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Edward Schroeder Brooks (1867-1957) —
also known as Edward S. Brooks —
of York, York
County, Pa.
Born in York, York
County, Pa., June 14,
1867.
Son of John H. Brooks and Mary A. (Schroeder) Brooks.
Republican. Banker; manufacturer;
York
County Treasurer, 1903-06; member of Pennsylvania
Republican State Committee, 1917-18; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 20th District, 1919-23; postmaster.
Lutheran.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons;
Sons of Veterans.
Died in York, York
County, Pa., July 12,
1957 (age 90 years, 28
days).
Interment at Prospect
Hill Cemetery, York, Pa.
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Thomas Henry Buckley (b. 1897) —
also known as Thomas H. Buckley —
of Abington, Plymouth
County, Mass.
Born in Abington, Plymouth
County, Mass., September
5, 1897.
Son of William Buckley and Anne (Ruane) Buckley.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; accountant;
member of Massachusetts
Democratic State Committee, 1920-40; candidate for Massachusetts
Governor's Council 1st District, 1922; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1928
(alternate), 1932;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 15th District, 1932; Massachusetts
state auditor, 1935-39; candidate in primary for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1956.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, American
Legion; Grange; Ancient
Order of Hibernians; Knights
of Columbus; Sons of Union Veterans.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Edgar Bundy (1866-1903) —
also known as William E. Bundy —
of Norwood, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Wellston, Jackson
County, Ohio, October
4, 1866.
Son of William Sanford Bundy and Kate (Thompson) Bundy.
Republican. Newspaper
editor; lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, 1898-1903.
Member, Phi
Delta Theta; Sons of Veterans.
Died in 1903
(age about
36 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert A. Cony (b. 1876) —
of Augusta, Kennebec
County, Maine.
Born in Augusta, Kennebec
County, Maine, September
13, 1876.
Son of Robert A. Cony and Ida E. (Pratt) Cony.
Republican. Private secretary, U.S. Rep. and Sen. Edwin
C. Burleigh, 1907-16; lawyer; mayor of
Augusta, Maine, 1929-33.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sons of Veterans; Kiwanis.
Burial
location unknown.
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James Edward Dunne (b. 1882) —
also known as James E. Dunne —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., October
3, 1882.
Son of James Dunne and Mary Ellen (Reed) Dunne.
Democrat. Owner of grocery
stores; in chemical
and oil
business; Rhode Island
Democratic state chair, 1922-25; mayor
of Providence, R.I., 1927-37; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Rhode Island, 1936.
Catholic.
Member, Elks; Eagles;
Sons of Union Veterans; Knights
of Columbus; Exchange
Club.
Interment at St.
Francis Cemetery, Pawtucket, R.I.
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George Agler Eberly (b. 1871) —
also known as George A. Eberly —
of Stanton, Stanton
County, Neb.
Born in Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind., February
9, 1871.
Son of John Eberly and Mary (Agler) Eberly.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; Stanton
County Attorney, 1899-1903, 1905-09; director, Stanton National
Bank; justice of
Nebraska state supreme court, 1925-43.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Woodmen;
American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; United
Spanish War Veterans; Sons of Veterans; Sons of Union
Veterans; Military
Order of the World Wars; Kiwanis.
Burial
location unknown.
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Perle L. Fouch (1875-1952) —
of Allegan, Allegan
County, Mich.
Born in Burnips, Allegan
County, Mich., March 30,
1875.
Son of Bilzure B. Fouch and Rosetta (Gregory) Fouch.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Allegan County 1st District,
1907-10; Allegan
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1915-18, 1945-46; member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1939.
Member, Sons of Union Veterans.
Died in 1952
(age about
77 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Tudor Gardiner (1892-1953) —
of Gardiner, Kennebec
County, Maine.
Born in Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass., June 12,
1892.
Son of Robert Hallowell Gardiner (died 1924) and Alice (Bangs)
Gardiner.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1921-26; Speaker of
the Maine State House of Representatives, 1925-26; Governor of
Maine, 1929-33; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Maine, 1932;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; he and Gen. Maxwell
Taylor landed in Italy in 1943, before the American invasion,
traveled to Rome undetected, and held a conference with the Italian
High Command, obtaining information helpful to the Allies.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Military
Order of the World Wars; Sons of Union Veterans; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; Grange; American Bar
Association.
Killed when his Beechcraft Bonanza airplane exploded in
midair, and crashed
in Schnecksville, Lehigh
County, Pa., August 2,
1953 (age 61 years, 51
days).
Interment at Christ
Church Cemetery, Gardiner, Maine.
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Blaine W. Hatch (b. 1889) —
of Marshall, Calhoun
County, Mich.
Born in Marshall, Calhoun
County, Mich., July 26,
1889.
Son of Jesse
M. Hatch and Ella M. (Willard) Hatch.
Republican. Probate judge in Michigan, 1920-27; circuit
judge in Michigan 37th Circuit, 1927-59; appointed 1927.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sons of Union Veterans; Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Burial
location unknown.
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James Armenius Hedgcock (1853-1907) —
of Indiana.
Born in Dresden, Muskingum
County, Ohio, April 6,
1853.
Son of John Samuel Hedgcock (born 1823).
Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1897-99.
Methodist.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Redmen; Freemasons;
Sons of Veterans.
Died in Frankfort, Clinton
County, Ind., March 13,
1907 (age 53 years, 341
days).
Interment at Bunnell
Cemetery, Frankfort, Ind.
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Ardolph Loges Kline (1858-1930) —
also known as Ardolph L. Kline —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born near Newton, Sussex
County, N.J., February
21, 1858.
Son of Anthony Kline and Margaret (Busby) Kline.
Republican. Colonel in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1913; U.S.
Representative from New York 5th District, 1921-23; defeated,
1922.
Episcopalian.
German
and Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, United
Spanish War Veterans; Sons of Veterans; Royal
Arcanum.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., October
13, 1930 (age 72 years, 234
days).
Interment at Holy
Cross Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Edward H. Nutting (b. 1869) —
of Leominster, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Leominster, Worcester
County, Mass., July 6,
1869.
Caterer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1913, 1915-16, 1918, 1923-30;
member of Massachusetts
state senate Third Worcester District, 1931-36.
Member, Elks; Odd
Fellows; Redmen; Moose; Knights
of Pythias; Eagles; Royal
Arcanum; Freemasons;
Sons of Veterans.
Burial
location unknown.
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Byron Samuel Payne (b. 1876) —
also known as Byron S. Payne —
of Pierre, Hughes
County, S.Dak.
Born near Vermillion, Clay
County, S.Dak., February
2, 1876.
Son of Byron Spencer Payne (1839-1925) and Charlotte Elizabeth
(Woodworth) Payne (1846-1926).
Republican. Lawyer; South
Dakota state attorney general, 1919-23.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Modern
Woodmen of America; Delta
Theta Phi; Kiwanis;
American Bar
Association; Sons of Veterans.
Burial
location unknown.
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Harry Sauthoff (1879-1966) —
of Madison, Dane
County, Wis.
Born in Madison, Dane
County, Wis., June 3,
1879.
Son of August Sauthoff and Hermine (Brueggemann) Sauthoff.
School
teacher; lawyer; Dane
County District Attorney, 1915-17; private secretary to Gov. John
J. Blaine, 1921; member of Wisconsin
state senate, 1925-28; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 2nd District, 1935-39, 1941-45;
Progressive candidate for U.S.
Senator from Wisconsin, 1944.
Member, Eagles; Elks; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Moose;
Lions;
Sons of Union Veterans; American Bar
Association; Phi
Alpha Delta.
Died in Madison, Dane
County, Wis., June 16,
1966 (age 87 years, 13
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Madison, Wis.
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Thomas B. Smith (b. 1869) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Glenside, Montgomery
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., November
2, 1869.
Son of Thomas B. Smith and Isabella (Cairns) Smith.
Republican. Messenger and clerk at main office, Pennsylvania Railroad,
1881-86; surety
business; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1905-06; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1908;
postmaster;
mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1916-20; Presidential Elector for
Pennsylvania, 1916.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Sons of Veterans.
Burial
location unknown.
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George W. Tarlson (b. 1904) —
of Laconia, Belknap
County, N.H.
Born in Laconia, Belknap
County, N.H., December
6, 1904.
Son of George W. Tarlson and Mary H. (Avery) Tarlson.
Republican. Merchant;
president and superintendent, Winniepesaukee Water
Company; director, Lake Port National Bank;
member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives from Laconia 1st Ward,
1937-39, 1941-43, 1947-49; elected New
Hampshire state senate 6th District 1948.
Methodist.
Member, Grange;
Sons of Union Veterans; Elks.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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James Lucius Whitley (1872-1959) —
also known as James L. Whitley —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., May 24,
1872.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Monroe County 2nd District, 1906-10; member
of New
York state senate 45th District, 1919-28; U.S.
Representative from New York 38th District, 1929-35; defeated,
1934.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; Maccabees;
Woodmen;
United
Spanish War Veterans; Sons of Veterans; Union
League.
Died in 1959
(age about
87 years).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Rochester, N.Y.
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George Arthur Williams (b. 1864) —
also known as George A. Williams —
of Fairmont, Fillmore
County, Neb.
Born in La Fayette, Stark
County, Ill., August
17, 1864.
Farmer;
member of Nebraska
state house of representatives, 1919-21; Lieutenant
Governor of Nebraska, 1925-31.
Seventh-Day
Adventist. Member, Sons of Union Veterans.
Burial
location unknown.
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Clifford Brittin Wilson (1879-1943) —
also known as Clifford B. Wilson —
of Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn.; Weston, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn., December
2, 1879.
Son of James A. Wilson (died 1897) and Mary E. (Wordin) Wilson (died
1915).
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Bridgeport, Conn., 1911-21; defeated, 1921, 1935; Lieutenant
Governor of Connecticut, 1915-21.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Elks;
Sons of Veterans.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Weston, Fairfield
County, Conn., January
1, 1943 (age 63 years, 30
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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