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Adsit-Garcelon family of Lewiston, Maine

Note: This is just one of 1,164 family groupings listed on The Political Graveyard web site. These families each have three or more politician members, all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption.

This specific family group is a subset of the much larger Four Thousand Related Politicians group. An individual may be listed with more than one subset.

These groupings — even the names of the groupings, and the areas of main activity — are the result of a computer algorithm working with the data I have, not the choices of any historian or genealogist.

  George Washington Ingersoll (1803-1860) — also known as G. W. Ingersoll — of Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine. Born in New Gloucester, Cumberland County, Maine, August 20, 1803. Lawyer; member of Maine state house of representatives, 1854-55; Maine state attorney general, 1860; died in office 1860. Died, of pneumonia, in Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine, March 5, 1860 (age 56 years, 198 days). Burial location unknown.
  Presumably named for: George Washington
  Relatives: Son of Nathaniel Ingersoll and Sarah 'Sally' (Haskell) Ingersoll; married to Henrietta Crosby; third cousin once removed of Alonzo M. Garcelon; third cousin twice removed of Alonzo Marston Garcelon; fourth cousin once removed of Allen Clark Adsit and Ohlin H. Adsit.
  Political families: Adsit-Garcelon family of Lewiston, Maine; Holden-Davis-Lawrence-Garcelon family of Massachusetts; Lawrence-Andrew-Rodney-Parrish family of Adel, Georgia (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Alonzo M. Garcelon (1813-1906) — of Lewiston, Androscoggin County, Maine. Born in Lewiston, Androscoggin County, Maine, May 6, 1813. Physician; delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1856; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; candidate for U.S. Representative from Maine, 1868; mayor of Lewiston, Maine, 1871-72; Governor of Maine, 1879-80; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maine, 1888. Member, American Medical Association. Died in Medford, Middlesex County, Mass., December 8, 1906 (age 93 years, 216 days). Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Lewiston, Maine.
  Relatives: Son of William Green Garcelon and Mary (Davis) Garcelon; married to Ann A. Waldron; married, January 13, 1859, to Olivia Spear; father of Alonzo Marston Garcelon; second cousin twice removed of Donald Dean Frye Garcelon; third cousin once removed of Luther Lawrence, Abbott Lawrence and George Washington Ingersoll; fourth cousin of Amos Adams Lawrence and Samuel Abbott Green; fourth cousin once removed of John Albion Andrew, Charles Courtney Pinkney Holden, Ebenezer Gregg Danforth Holden and Winfield Scott Holden.
  Political families: Saltonstall-Davis-Frelinghuysen-Appleton family of Massachusetts; Woodbury-Holden family of Massachusetts and New Hampshire; Holden-Davis-Lawrence-Garcelon family of Massachusetts; Lawrence-Andrew-Rodney-Parrish family of Adel, Georgia (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also National Governors Association biography — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Allen Clark Adsit (1837-1912) — also known as Allen C. Adsit — of Adams, Jefferson County, N.Y.; Spring Lake, Ottawa County, Mich.; Grand Rapids, Kent County, Mich. Born in Rutland, Jefferson County, N.Y., February 20, 1837. Democrat. Lawyer; served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Ottawa County 2nd District, 1871-72; Ottawa County Prosecuting Attorney, 1875-76; circuit judge in Michigan 17th Circuit, 1891-99; defeated, 1899, 1908; law partner of Peter J. Danhof, 1901-12; candidate for justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1901, 1904. Universalist. English and Scotch-Irish ancestry. Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners. Died in Grand Rapids, Kent County, Mich., January 3, 1912 (age 74 years, 317 days). Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Mich.
  Relatives: Son of Stephen Adsit and Polly (Smiley) Adsit; married 1871 to Mary Hubbell; married, February 24, 1886, to Sarah Kilpatrick; third cousin of Ohlin H. Adsit; fourth cousin of Bert Wilson Adsit; fourth cousin once removed of George Washington Ingersoll.
  Political families: Adsit-Garcelon family of Lewiston, Maine; Holden-Davis-Lawrence-Garcelon family of Massachusetts (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Alonzo Marston Garcelon (b. 1851) — of Lewiston, Androscoggin County, Maine. Born September 13, 1851. Democrat. Mayor of Lewiston, Maine, 1883-84; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maine, 1908. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Alonzo M. Garcelon and Ann Augusta (Waldron) Garcelon; third cousin once removed of Donald Dean Frye Garcelon; third cousin twice removed of Luther Lawrence, Abbott Lawrence and George Washington Ingersoll; fourth cousin once removed of Amos Adams Lawrence and Samuel Abbott Green.
  Political families: Saltonstall-Davis-Frelinghuysen-Appleton family of Massachusetts; Woodbury-Holden family of Massachusetts and New Hampshire; Holden-Davis-Lawrence-Garcelon family of Massachusetts; Lawrence-Andrew-Rodney-Parrish family of Adel, Georgia (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Ohlin H. Adsit (1855-1909) — of Juneau, Alaska. Born in 1855. Went to the Klondike for the 1898 Gold Rush; mayor of Juneau, Alaska, 1902-04. Died August 8, 1909 (age about 54 years). Interment at Lake View Cemetery, Seattle, Wash.
  Relatives: Son of Mary (Fellows) Adsit and Brainard Adsit; married to Helen Collins and Carolyn G. Hunter; third cousin of Allen Clark Adsit; fourth cousin of Bert Wilson Adsit; fourth cousin once removed of George Washington Ingersoll.
  Political families: Adsit-Garcelon family of Lewiston, Maine; Holden-Davis-Lawrence-Garcelon family of Massachusetts (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Bert Wilson Adsit (b. 1877) — also known as Bert W. Adsit — of Pontiac, Livingston County, Ill. Born in Wellington, Iroquois County, Ill., April 13, 1877. Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1928. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Rachel Ann (Markley) Adsit and Steven Adsit; married, November 12, 1902, to Louise Jones; fourth cousin of Allen Clark Adsit and Ohlin H. Adsit.
  Political family: Adsit-Garcelon family of Lewiston, Maine (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
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