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John Wentworth (1719-1781) —
of Somersworth, Strafford
County, N.H.
Born in Dover, Strafford
County, N.H., March
30, 1719.
Member of New
Hampshire colonial Assembly, 1768-75; justice of
New Hampshire state supreme court, 1776-81.
Died in Somersworth, Strafford
County, N.H., May 17,
1781 (age 62 years, 48
days).
Interment at Old Town Cemetery, Rollinsford, N.H.
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Nicholas Gilman (1731-1783) —
of Exeter, Rockingham
County, N.H.
Born in New Hampshire, October
21, 1731.
Member of New
Hampshire Governor's Council, 1777-83; died in office 1783.
Died in New Hampshire, April 7,
1783 (age 51 years, 168
days).
Interment at Winter
Street Cemetery, Exeter, N.H.
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John Wentworth Jr. (1745-1787) —
of Dover, Strafford
County, N.H.
Born in Salmon Falls, Rollinsford, Strafford
County, N.H., July 17,
1745.
Lawyer;
Strafford
County Register of Probate, 1773-87; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1776; member of New
Hampshire Governor's Council, 1776-84; Delegate
to Continental Congress from New Hampshire, 1778; signer,
Articles of Confederation, 1778; member of New
Hampshire state senate from Strafford County, 1784-86.
Died in Dover, Strafford
County, N.H., January
10, 1787 (age 41 years, 177
days).
Interment at Pine
Hill Cemetery, Dover, N.H.
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John Taylor Gilman (1753-1828) —
of Exeter, Rockingham
County, N.H.
Born in Exeter, Rockingham
County, N.H., December
19, 1753.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member
of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1779-81, 1810-11; Delegate
to Continental Congress from New Hampshire, 1782-83; New
Hampshire state treasurer, 1783-89, 1791-94; Governor of
New Hampshire, 1794-1805, 1813-16.
Died in Exeter, Rockingham
County, N.H., September
1, 1828 (age 74 years, 257
days).
Interment at Winter
Street Cemetery, Exeter, N.H.
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Nicholas Gilman (1755-1814) —
of Exeter, Rockingham
County, N.H.
Born in Exeter, Rockingham
County, N.H., August
3, 1755.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; Delegate
to Continental Congress from New Hampshire, 1787-89; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire at-large, 1789-97; member of New
Hampshire state senate 2nd District, 1804-05; U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1805-14; died in office 1814.
Congregationalist.
Member, Society
of the Cincinnati.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 2,
1814 (age 58 years, 272
days).
Interment at Exeter
Cemetery, Exeter, N.H.
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Nathaniel Gilman (1759-1847) —
of Exeter, Rockingham
County, N.H.
Born in Exeter, Rockingham
County, N.H., November
10, 1759.
Member of New
Hampshire state senate, 1792-93, 1795-96, 1802-03 (Rockingham
County 1792-93, 2nd District 1795-96, 1802-03).
Died in Exeter, Rockingham
County, N.H., January
26, 1847 (age 87 years, 77
days).
Interment at Exeter
Cemetery, Exeter, N.H.
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Chester Wentworth (1790-1885) —
of Barkhamsted, Litchfield
County, Conn.; Winchester, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born in Sandisfield, Berkshire
County, Mass., January
8, 1790.
Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Barkhamsted, 1835.
Died in Winsted, Litchfield
County, Conn., February
4, 1885 (age 95 years, 27
days).
Interment at Forest View Cemetery, Winsted, Conn.
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Tappan Wentworth (1802-1875) —
of Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Dover, Strafford
County, N.H., February
24, 1802.
Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1848-49, 1865-66; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1851, 1859-60, 1863-64; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 8th District, 1853-55; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1864.
Died in Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass., June 12,
1875 (age 73 years, 108
days).
Interment at Lowell
Cemetery, Lowell, Mass.
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John Wentworth (1815-1888) —
also known as "Long John" —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Sandwich, Carroll
County, N.H., March 5,
1815.
Lawyer;
newspaper
editor; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1843-51, 1853-55, 1865-67 (4th
District 1843-51, 2nd District 1853-55, 1st District 1865-67); mayor
of Chicago, Ill., 1857-58, 1860-61; delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention from Cook County,
1862.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., October
16, 1888 (age 73 years, 225
days).
Interment at Rosehill
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Eli Wentworth (1830-1894) —
of Milton, Strafford
County, N.H.
Born in Milton, Strafford
County, N.H., April 8,
1830.
Member of New
Hampshire state senate 6th District, 1860-62.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Milton, Strafford
County, N.H., October
31, 1894 (age 64 years, 206
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Moses Jones Wentworth (1848-1922) —
also known as Moses J. Wentworth —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Sandwich, Carroll
County, N.H., May 9,
1848.
Democrat. Member of Illinois
state house of representatives 1st District, 1875-80; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1896.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March
12, 1922 (age 73 years, 307
days).
Interment at Rosehill
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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