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Dean Gooderham Acheson (1893-1971) —
also known as Dean Acheson —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Middletown, Middlesex
County, Conn., April
11, 1893.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer;
private secretary to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis
D. Brandeis, 1919-21; undersecretary of treasury, 1933; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1949-53.
Episcopalian.
English ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Academy of Arts and Sciences; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1964; received a Pulitzer
Prize in History, 1970, for his book Present At The Creation:
My Years In The State Department.
Died, probably from a heart
attack, over his desk in his study,
Sandy Spring, Montgomery
County, Md., October
12, 1971 (age 78 years, 184
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Ethan Allen (1738-1789) —
of Sheffield, Berkshire
County, Mass.; Arlington, Bennington
County, Vt.; Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born in Litchfield, Litchfield
County, Conn., February
12, 1738.
Farmer;
land
speculator; formed the Green Mountain Boys in 1770; captured Fort
Ticonderoga from the British in 1775; successfully advocated for the
formation of Vermont as a separate state from New Hampshire and New
York; served as judge under Vermont's Banishment Act, with authority
to confiscate the property of British loyalists.
Deist.
English ancestry.
Died in Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt., February
12, 1789 (age 51 years, 0
days).
Interment at Greenmount
Cemetery, Burlington, Vt.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Allen and Mary (Baker) Allen; married 1762 to Mary
Brownson; married, February
16, 1784, to Frances Montresor 'Fanny' (Brush) Buchanan;
grandfather of Henry
Hitchcock. |
| | | Political family: Allen-Hitchcock
family of Burlington, Vermont. |
| | | Epitaph: "His spirit tried the mercies
of his God in whom alone he believed and strongly
trusted." |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
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Law Sykes Bamforth (1864-1933) —
also known as L. Sykes Bamforth —
of Vernon Center, Vernon, Tolland
County, Conn.
Born in England,
1864.
Socialist. Farmer;
candidate for Connecticut
state house of representatives from Vernon, 1904 (Socialist
Labor), 1910 (Socialist).
English ancestry.
Died in 1933
(age about
69 years).
Interment at Grove
Hill Cemetery, Rockville, Vernon, Conn.
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Herbert Wolcott Bowen (1856-1927) —
also known as Herbert W. Bowen —
of New York; Woodstock, Windham
County, Conn.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., February
29, 1856.
Lawyer;
U.S. Consul in Barcelona, 1890-95; U.S. Consul General in Barcelona, 1895-98; last American official to leave Spain
before the Spanish American War; U.S. Minister to Persia, 1899-1901; Venezuela, 1901-05.
English ancestry.
Died, of heart
disease, Woodstock, Windham
County, Conn., May 29,
1927 (age 71 years, 0
days).
Interment at Woodstock Hill Cemetery, Woodstock, Conn.
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John Henry Bradbury (b. 1841) —
also known as John H. Bradbury —
of Old Lyme, New London
County, Conn.
Born in Webster, Worcester
County, Mass., December
12, 1841.
Republican. Woollen
manufacturer; wool and woolen
goods dealer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Old Lyme, 1903-06; defeated,
1910.
English ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Bradbury and Joanna (Perry) Bradbury; married to Josephine
Way. |
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John Homer Cudmore (1883-1963) —
also known as J. Homer Cudmore —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Fairfield, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
17, 1883.
Republican. Physician;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 16th District, 1934, 1936.
English and German
ancestry.
Died, in Carolton Convalescent
Hospital, Fairfield, Fairfield
County, Conn., February
27, 1963 (age 79 years, 133
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Daniel T. Farrington Jr. (born c.1896) —
of Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born about 1896.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Connecticut, 1944
(alternate), 1956.
English and Irish
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Frank P. Fenton (1874-1947) —
of Willimantic, Windham
County, Conn.
Born in Connecticut, October
31, 1874.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1908,
1924
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization); candidate for U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 2nd District, 1918, 1924;
candidate for Connecticut
state house of representatives from Windham, 1926.
English ancestry.
Died January
19, 1947 (age 72 years, 80
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Samuel Whaley Hopkins (1845-1923) —
also known as Samuel W. Hopkins —
of Coventry, Tolland
County, Conn.; Mt. Pleasant, Isabella
County, Mich.
Born in Exeter, Washington
County, R.I., April 1,
1845.
School
teacher; lawyer; real estate
developer; Isabella
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1875-76; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Isabella District, 1877-80;
candidate for village
president of Mt. Pleasant, Michigan, 1877; chair of
Isabella County Republican Party, 1878-84; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1884;
president, Mount Pleasant Sugar
Company; member of Michigan
state senate 25th District, 1893-94; defeated, 1898 (Democratic),
1914 (Progressive).
Unitarian.
English ancestry.
Died in Mt. Pleasant, Isabella
County, Mich., August
20, 1923 (age 78 years, 141
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Mt. Pleasant, Mich.
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Frederick Charles Odgers (1874-1954) —
also known as Frederick C. Odgers —
of East Lyme, New London
County, Conn.
Born in Waterford, New London
County, Conn., August
3, 1874.
Stonecutter;
Citizens candidate for Connecticut
state house of representatives from East Lyme, 1902.
English ancestry.
Died in East Lyme, New London
County, Conn., December
29, 1954 (age 80 years, 148
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William James Odgers and Mary (Christoe) Odgers; married to Elnora
M. Sherman and Elva M. Anderson. |
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John Osgood (1782-1872) —
of Cincinnatus, Cortland
County, N.Y.
Born in Pomfret, Windham
County, Conn., May 13,
1782.
Merchant;
member of New York
state assembly from Cortland County, 1838.
English ancestry.
Died in Cincinnatus, Cortland
County, N.Y., December
19, 1872 (age 90 years, 220
days).
Interment at Cincinnatus
Cemetery, Cincinnatus, N.Y.
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John Pitcher (1795-1892) —
of Spencer
County, Ind.; Posey
County, Ind.
Born in Watertown, Litchfield
County, Conn., August
22, 1795.
Lawyer;
Spencer
County Sheriff, 1826-30; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1830-31; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1837; member of Indiana
state senate, 1841-44; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Indiana; candidate for delegate
to Indiana state constitutional convention, 1850.
Episcopalian.
English ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Reputed to have loaned law books to the young Abraham
Lincoln.
Died in Mt. Vernon, Posey
County, Ind., August
2, 1892 (age 96 years, 346
days).
Interment at Hedges
Central Elementary School Playground, Mt. Vernon, Ind.
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George Edward Reed (1846-1930) —
also known as "The Grand Old Man" —
of Willimantic, Windham
County, Conn.; Fall River, Bristol
County, Mass.; Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.; Carlisle, Cumberland
County, Pa.; Harrisburg, Dauphin
County, Pa.
Born in Brownville, Piscataquis
County, Maine, March
28, 1846.
Republican. Minister;
president,
Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pa., 1889-1911; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1900.
Methodist.
English ancestry.
Died, in Polyclinic Hospital,
Harrisburg, Dauphin
County, Pa., February
7, 1930 (age 83 years, 316
days).
Interment at Old
Carlisle Cemetery, Carlisle, Pa.
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William Howard Taft (1857-1930) —
also known as William H. Taft; "Big
Bill" —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio; New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, September
15, 1857.
Republican. Superior court judge in Ohio, 1887-90; U.S. Solicitor
General, 1890-92; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, 1892-1900; resigned
1900; law
professor; Governor-General
of the Philippine Islands, 1901-04; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1904-08; President
of the United States, 1909-13; defeated, 1912; Chief
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1921-30; resigned 1930.
Unitarian.
English ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Psi
Upsilon; Skull
and Bones; Phi
Alpha Delta; American Bar
Association.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 8,
1930 (age 72 years, 174
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Alphonso
Taft and Louisa Maria (Torrey) Taft; half-brother of Charles
Phelps Taft; brother of Henry
Waters Taft; married, June 19,
1886, to Helen
Louise Herron (daughter of John
Williamson Herron; sister-in-law of Henry
Frederick Lippitt; niece of William
Collins; aunt of Frederick
Lippitt; granddaughter of Ela
Collins); father of Robert
Alphonso Taft and Charles
Phelps Taft II; uncle of Walbridge
S. Taft; grandson of Peter
Rawson Taft; grandfather of William
Howard Taft III, Robert
Taft Jr. and Seth
Chase Taft; great-grandfather of Robert
Alphonso Taft III; second cousin twice removed of Willard
J. Chapin; fourth cousin once removed of William
Warner Hoppin, John
Milton Thayer, Edward
M. Chapin and George
Franklin Chapin. |
| | | Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Cross-reference: Walter
P. Johnson — Fred
Warner Carpenter — Charles
D. Hilles |
| | | The former community
of Taft, now part of Lincoln
City, Oregon, was named for
him. — William Howard Taft High
School, in San
Antonio, Texas, is named for
him. — William Howard Taft High
School, in Bronx, New
York (closed 2008), was named for
him. — Taft High
School, in Chicago,
Illinois, is named for
him. — William Howard Taft High
School (opened 1960; became charter school 2013-14), in Los
Angees, California, is named for
him. |
| | | Epitaph: "#S#(1908) Progress and
Prosperity." |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Ballotpedia article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail — Biographical
Directory of Federal Judges — Arlington National
Cemetery unofficial website |
| | | Books about William Howard Taft: Paolo
Enrico Coletta, The
Presidency of William Howard Taft — James Chace, 1912
: Wilson, Roosevelt, Taft and Debs : The Election that Changed the
Country — Alpheus Thomas Mason, William
Howard Taft — Lewis L. Gould, The
William Howard Taft Presidency |
| | | Critical books about William Howard
Taft: Nathan Miller, Star-Spangled
Men : America's Ten Worst Presidents |
| | | Image source: American Monthly Review
of Reviews, August 1901 |
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Albert Edward Waite (1873-1937) —
also known as Albert E. Waite —
of Rockville, Vernon, Tolland
County, Conn.
Born in Rockville, Vernon, Tolland
County, Conn., April 9,
1873.
Accountant
for a woolen
mill; mayor
of Rockville, Conn., 1930-33.
English ancestry.
Died in Rockville, Vernon, Tolland
County, Conn., 1937
(age about
64 years).
Interment at Grove
Hill Cemetery, Rockville, Vernon, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward Waite and Eliza (Howell) Waite; married 1910 to
Dorothea Marie Abbey. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Rollin Simmons Woodruff (1854-1925) —
also known as Rollin S. Woodruff —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., July 14,
1854.
Republican. President, C. S. Mersick & Co., wholesale iron
dealers; director, Connecticut Savings Bank and
Mechanics Bank;
president, Grace Hospital
of New Haven; member of Connecticut
state senate, 1903; Lieutenant
Governor of Connecticut, 1905-07; Governor of
Connecticut, 1907-09; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Connecticut, 1912
(alternate), 1916,
1920
(alternate), 1924.
English ancestry. Member, Union
League.
Died June 30,
1925 (age 70 years, 351
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, New Haven, Conn.
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