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Howard Everett Alderman (1900-1989) —
also known as Howard E. Alderman —
of Burlington, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Burlington, Hartford
County, Conn., May 26,
1900.
Democrat. Civil engineer; candidate for Connecticut
state house of representatives from Burlington, 1926.
Died February
11, 1989 (age 88 years, 261
days).
Interment at Center Cemetery, Burlington, Conn.
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Edwin Prosper Augur (1847-1925) —
also known as Edwin P. Augur —
of Middletown, Middlesex
County, Conn.
Born in Middlefield, Middlesex
County, Conn., January
31, 1847.
School
teacher and principal; surveyor;
Middlesex
County Surveyor, 1870; Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 2nd District, 1886, 1888, 1896;
engineer.
Died in Middlefield, Middlesex
County, Conn., January
29, 1925 (age 77 years, 364
days).
Interment at Middlefield Cemetery, Middlefield, Conn.
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Calvin L. Barton —
of Norwalk, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Republican. Civil engineer; mayor
of Norwalk, Conn., 1921-23.
Burial location unknown.
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Daniel Seymour Brinsmade (1845-1912) —
also known as Daniel S. Brinsmade —
of Shelton, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Trumbull, Fairfield
County, Conn., February
17, 1845.
Republican. Civil engineer; chief engineer, treasurer, and
president, Ousatonic Water
Power Company; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Huntington, 1882.
Died September
7, 1912 (age 67 years, 203
days).
Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Shelton, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of Daniel Stiles Brinsmade and Catherine (Mallette) Brinsmade;
married 1870 to
Jeanette S. Pardee. |
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memorial |
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William H. Cadwell (b. 1863) —
of New Britain, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Connecticut, 1863.
Democrat. Civil engineer; surveyor;
architect;
plumbing
supplies manufacturer; candidate for Connecticut
state house of representatives from New Britain, 1904, 1906.
Burial location unknown.
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Orestes Hampton Caldwell (b. 1888) —
also known as Orestes H. Caldwell —
of New York; Cos Cob, Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., 1888.
Electrical
engineer; editor of trade
journals in radio and
electronics;
member, Federal Radio Commission, 1927-29; resigned 1929.
Burial location unknown.
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James J. Canty —
of Quinebaug, Thompson, Windham
County, Conn.
Democrat. Engineer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Thompson, 1939-40.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Abiram Chamberlain (1837-1911) —
of Meriden, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Colebrook, Litchfield
County, Conn., December
7, 1837.
Republican. Civil engineer; banker;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Meriden, 1877; Connecticut
state comptroller, 1901-02; Governor of
Connecticut, 1903-05.
Died May 15,
1911 (age 73 years, 159
days).
Interment at Walnut
Grove Cemetery, Meriden, Conn.
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George B. Chittenden (1849-1939) —
of East River, Madison, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Madison, New Haven
County, Conn., December
25, 1849.
Republican. Mining
engineer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Madison, 1919-20.
Died February
17, 1939 (age 89 years, 54
days).
Interment at West
Cemetery, Madison, Conn.
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Bernard Cohen —
of Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Republican. Engineer; candidate for mayor
of Stamford, Conn., 1981.
Still living as of 1981.
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Sherman Day (1806-1884) —
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., February
11, 1806.
Engineer; historian;
went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; member of California
state senate, 1855-56; U.S. Surveyor General of California,
1868-71.
Died in Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif., December
14, 1884 (age 78 years, 307
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Oakland, Calif.
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Louis Everett Guyott (b. 1892) —
also known as Louis E. Guyott —
of Scituate, Providence
County, R.I.; Woodmont, Milford, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in New London, New London
County, Conn., November
5, 1892.
Republican. Civil engineer; road
contractor; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Milford, 1931-32, 1935-36.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Alfred Guyott and Minnie Guyott; married, February
1, 1915, to Clara Alice St. Germain. |
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Elisha Haley (1776-1860) —
of Groton, New London
County, Conn.
Born in Groton, New London
County, Conn., January
21, 1776.
Democrat. Civil engineer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Groton, 1820, 1824, 1826-27,
1833-34; member of Connecticut
state senate 7th District, 1830; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut, 1835-39 (at-large 1835-37, 4th
District 1837-39).
Died in Groton, New London
County, Conn., January
22, 1860 (age 84 years, 1
days).
Interment at Crary
Cemetery, Groton, Conn.
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George Charles Hanson (1883-1935) —
also known as George C. Hanson —
of Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn., October
11, 1883.
Engineer; U.S. Deputy Consul General in Shanghai, 1911-12; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Chefoo, 1912-13; Dalny, 1913-14; Newchwang, 1914; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul General in Tientsin, 1914-15; U.S. Consul in Swatow, 1915-17; Chungking, 1917-18; Foochow, 1918-21; Harbin, 1921-31; U.S. Consul General in Harbin, 1931-33; Moscow, 1934-35; Salonika, 1935, died in office 1935.
Presbyterian.
Member, Alpha
Delta Sigma; Delta
Tau Delta; American
Academy of Political and Social Science.
Killed by a self-inflicted
gunshot,
aboard
the steamship President Polk, en route from Marseilles to
New York, in the North
Atlantic Ocean, September
2, 1935 (age 51 years, 326
days).
Interment somewhere
in Fairfield, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles C. Hanson and Josephine (Stegkemper)
Hanson. |
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Arthur Sherburne Hardy (1847-1930) —
also known as Arthur S. Hardy —
of Hanover, Grafton
County, N.H.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Woodstock, Windham
County, Conn.
Born in Andover, Essex
County, Mass., August
13, 1847.
Civil engineer; college
professor; author;
editor of Cosmopolitan magazine,
1893-95; U.S. Minister to Persia, 1897-99; Greece, 1899-1901; Romania, 1899-1901; Serbia, 1899-1901; Switzerland, 1901-03; Spain, 1902-05; U.S. Consul General in Teheran, 1897-99.
Died in Woodstock, Windham
County, Conn., March
13, 1930 (age 82 years, 212
days).
Interment at Woodstock Hill Cemetery, Woodstock, Conn.
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Merton Ray Hodge (1892-1967) —
also known as Merton R. Hodge —
of Burlington, Hartford
County, Conn.; Simsbury, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Burlington, Hartford
County, Conn., January
20, 1892.
Democrat. Engineer; surveyor;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Burlington; defeated, 1922,
1924; elected 1934; defeated, 1936.
Died May 7,
1967 (age 75 years, 107
days).
Interment at Center Cemetery, Burlington, Conn.
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Vivien Kellems (1896-1975) —
of Mystic, Stonington, New London
County, Conn.; East Haddam, Middlesex
County, Conn.
Born in Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa, June 7,
1896.
Engineer; manufacturer;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1952 (Independent Republican), 1956
(Independent), 1958 (Independent).
Female.
Died in 1975
(age about
79 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Rev. David Clinton Kellems and Louisa (Flint)
Kellems. |
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Lodian W. Lodian (b. 1866) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Hartford
County, Conn., July 15,
1866.
Civil engineer; metallurgist;
world traveler; inventor;
claimed to be first
American to cross the Himalayan mountains, 1895; secretary,
international antisemitic convention, Paris, 1900; candidate for New York
state assembly from New York County 1st District, 1918
(Prohibition), 1921 (Prohibition), 1933 (Law Preservation);
Prohibition candidate for New York
state senate 12th District, 1922; Law Preservation candidate for
U.S.
Representative from New York 12th District, 1932.
Burial location unknown.
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John F. Lynch (born c.1888) —
of West Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in West Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., about 1888.
Republican. Civil engineer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1923-29, 1939-40 (Orange 1923-29,
Orange and West Haven 1939-40); delegate to Republican National
Convention from Connecticut, 1928
(alternate), 1936;
member of Connecticut
state senate 14th District, 1931-35; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 3rd District, 1936; member of Connecticut
Republican State Central Committee, 1940.
Burial location unknown.
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Harry B. Morse —
of Litchfield, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Republican. Electrical
engineer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Litchfield, 1933-40.
Burial location unknown.
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Wilbur L. Neefus —
of Bridgewater, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Republican. Engineer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Bridgewater, 1937-40.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Harris Pendleton (b. 1845) —
of Guilford, New Haven
County, Conn.; New London, New London
County, Conn.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., July 15,
1845.
Telegraph
operator; civil engineer; druggist;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Guilford, 1886; undertaker.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Harris Pendleton (1811-1890) and Sarah (Chester) Pendleton;
brother of James
Pendleton; married, November
8, 1871, to Mary Brewster Burtch; great-grandnephew of Nathan
Pendleton (1754-1841); first cousin twice removed of Nathan
Pendleton (1779-1827); second cousin once removed of Charles
Marsh Pendleton, James
Monroe Pendleton, Cyrus
Henry Pendleton and Cornelius
Welles Pendleton; second cousin twice removed of Daniel
Burrows; third cousin of Calvin
Crane Pendleton, Edward
Wheeler Pendleton, Joseph
Palmer Dyer, Charles
Henry Pendleton, Chauncey
C. Pendleton, Nathan
William Pendleton and Eckford
Gustavus Pendleton; third cousin once removed of Lorenzo
Burrows and Claudius
Victor Pendleton; fourth cousin of Enoch
C. Chapman. |
| | | Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
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William Blackman Roe (1856-1932) —
also known as William B. Roe —
of Brookfield, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Millerton, Dutchess
County, N.Y., August
5, 1856.
Civil engineer; newspaper
publisher; first
selectman of Brookfield, Connecticut, 1898-1901, 1917; member of
Connecticut
state house of representatives from Brookfield, 1901-02; probate
judge in Connecticut, 1906-26.
Died in Brookfield, Fairfield
County, Conn., August
7, 1932 (age 76 years, 2
days).
Interment at Central Cemetery, Brookfield Center, Brookfield, Conn.
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William A. Scott (b. 1888) —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., February
9, 1888.
Democrat. Construction
supervisor; insulation
engineer; president,
Hartford Central Labor Union; member of Connecticut
state senate 1st District, 1943-46.
Member, Eagles.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Peter A. Scott and Elizabeth Scott; married to Mary
Glennon. |
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William Oscar Seymour (1833-1911) —
also known as William O. Seymour —
of Ridgefield, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Ridgefield, Fairfield
County, Conn., October
16, 1833.
Republican. School
teacher; civil engineer; chief engineer, New York, New
Haven and Hartford Railroad;
probate judge in Connecticut, 1890; banker;
Connecticut state railroad commissioner; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Ridgefield, 1911; died in
office 1911.
Died in Ridgefield, Fairfield
County, Conn., January
24, 1911 (age 77 years, 100
days).
Interment at Scott's Cemetery, Ridgefield, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of Harriet (Betts) Seymour and William Wells Seymour; married to
Rebecca Mary Sproull. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Joseph Burton Spencer (1836-1889) —
also known as Joseph B. Spencer —
of Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn., March
27, 1836.
Civil engineer; mayor
of Waterbury, Conn., 1867-68.
Died May 6,
1889 (age 53 years, 40
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles C. Tifft, Sr. (c.1847-1916) —
of Beacon Falls, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Slatersville, North Smithfield, Providence
County, R.I., about 1847.
Engineer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Beacon Falls, 1909-12.
Died July 19,
1916 (age about 69
years).
Interment at Pinesbridge Cemetery, Beacon Falls, Conn.
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John A. Villardi (born c.1908) —
of Plainville, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Pennsylvania, about 1908.
Republican. Sanitary engineer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Plainville, 1953-58.
Burial location unknown.
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Adrian Rowe Wadsworth, Sr. (1855-1941) —
also known as Adrian R. Wadsworth —
of Farmington, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Farmington, Hartford
County, Conn., November
26, 1855.
Republican. Farmer;
civil engineer; coal and
ice dealer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Farmington, 1897-1902,
1921-22, 1925-32; defeated, 1894, 1908, 1914; warden
(borough president) of Farmington, Connecticut, 1904-09, 1917; first
selectman of Farmington, Connecticut, 1917, 1920-21.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Farmington, Hartford
County, Conn., May 15,
1941 (age 85 years, 170
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Farmington, Conn.
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