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Bryan N. Anderson (b. 1955) —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., June 18,
1955.
Republican. Business executive; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Connecticut, 1988.
African
ancestry. Member, League of Women
Voters.
Still living as of 1988.
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Howard Malcolm Baldrige (1922-1987) —
also known as Malcolm Baldrige; Mac
Baldrige —
of Woodbury, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born in Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb., October
4, 1922.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; business
executive; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Connecticut, 1964,
1968,
1972;
delegate
to Connecticut state constitutional convention 6th District,
1965; U.S.
Secretary of Commerce, 1981-87; died in office 1987.
Congregationalist.
Awarded the Presidential
Medal of Freedom posthumously in 1988.
Died after falling
off a horse
while practicing rodeo, July 25,
1987 (age 64 years, 294
days).
Interment at New
North Cemetery, Woodbury, Conn.
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Allen Bartman (1893-1972) —
of Hadlyme, Lyme, New London
County, Conn.
Born in East Haddam, Middlesex
County, Conn., January
1, 1893.
Mail
carrier; mechanic; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Lyme, 1939-42; defeated
(Democratic), 1926.
Died in New London, New London
County, Conn., June 29,
1972 (age 79 years, 180
days).
Interment at Cove
Cemetery, Hadlyme, Lyme, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of John Bartman and Amy (Osterberg) Bartman; married, January
27, 1916, to Catherine Steward. |
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Allen F. Behnke (1916-1991) —
of Addison, Glastonbury, Hartford
County, Conn.; Manchester, Hartford
County, Conn.; Coventry, Tolland
County, Conn.
Born May 6,
1916.
Republican. Salesman; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Glastonbury, 1939-42; served
in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; automobile
service station manager.
Congregationalist.
Member, Rotary.
Died in Coventry, Tolland
County, Conn., September
23, 1991 (age 75 years, 140
days).
Interment at East
Cemetery, Manchester, Conn.
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Hiram Bingham (1875-1956) —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.; Salem, New London
County, Conn.
Born in Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii, November
19, 1875.
Republican. Explorer; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Connecticut, 1916
(alternate), 1920
(alternate), 1924,
1928
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1932,
1936
(vice-chair, Resolutions
Committee); candidate for Presidential Elector for Connecticut;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; Lieutenant
Governor of Connecticut, 1923-25; Governor of
Connecticut, 1925; U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1924-33; defeated, 1932; censured
by the U.S. Senate on November 4, 1929, for employing a paid
lobbyist as his chief clerk.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 6,
1956 (age 80 years, 200
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. Hiram Bingham and Clara Minerva (Brewster) Bingham; married,
November
20, 1900, to Alfreda Mitchell; married, June 28,
1937, to Suzanne Carroll Hill; father of Hiram
Bingham Jr., Alfred
Mitchell Bingham and Jonathan
Brewster Bingham; second cousin five times removed of Benjamin
Huntington; third cousin once removed of Bela
Edgerton and Heman
Ticknor; third cousin thrice removed of Matthew
Griswold, Jonathan
Brace, Joshua
Coit, Augustus
Seymour Porter, Samuel
Lathrop and Peter
Buell Porter; fourth cousin of Alfred
Peck Edgerton and Joseph
Ketchum Edgerton; fourth cousin once removed of Elijah
Abel, Calvin
Fillmore, William
Woodbridge, Henry
Meigs, Isaac
Backus, Samuel
George Andrews, Martin
Olds, Harrison
Blodget and Henry
Titus Backus. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Weeks-Bigelow-Andrew-Upham
family; Wolcott-Griswold-Packwood-Brandegee
family of Connecticut; Hosmer-Griswold-Parsons
family of Middletown, Connecticut (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National Governors
Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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J. Edwin Brainard (born c.1860) —
of Branford, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Meriden, New Haven
County, Conn., about 1860.
Republican. Salesman; farmer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Branford, 1919-24; Lieutenant
Governor of Connecticut, 1925-29; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Connecticut, 1928.
Burial location unknown.
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Walter Clifford Brown (1890-1936) —
also known as Walter C. Brown —
of Warrenville, Ashford, Windham
County, Conn.
Born in Willimantic, Windham
County, Conn., September
28, 1890.
Republican. Mechanic; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Ashford, 1921-22; defeated,
1918; member of Connecticut
state senate 28th District, 1929-31.
Baptist.
Member, Exchange
Club; Grange.
Died, in the Windham Community Community Memorial Hospital,
Willimantic, Windham
County, Conn., June 25,
1936 (age 45 years, 271
days).
Interment at Warrenville
Cemetery, Warrenville, Ashford, Conn.
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William Robertson Brown (b. 1858) —
also known as William R. Brown —
of Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn., December
17, 1858.
Republican. Mechanic; member of Connecticut
state senate 23rd District, 1905-08.
Methodist.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Brown and Agnes (Robertson) Brown; married, November
24, 1884, to Kate Shepard. |
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Nelson L. Carpenter (born c.1910) —
of Canterbury, Windham
County, Conn.
Born in Canterbury, Windham
County, Conn., about 1910.
Republican. Salesman; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Canterbury, 1937-50; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1952,
1956
(alternate).
Burial location unknown.
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George Ellsworth Chamberlin (1872-1952) —
also known as George E. Chamberlin —
of Oneonta, Otsego
County, N.Y.; Lynchburg,
Va.
Born in West Woodstock, Woodstock, Windham
County, Conn., February
17, 1872.
Traveling salesman; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice &
Deputy Consul General in Singapore, 1906-10; U.S. Consul in Swatow, 1910; Queenstown, 1910-14; Georgetown, 1914-19; Glasgow, 1919-26; U.S. Consul General in Glasgow, as of 1927-30; Halifax, as of 1932.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
American
Geographic Society.
Died in Lynchburg,
Va., December
7, 1952 (age 80 years, 294
days).
Interment at Oak Knoll Cemetery, Palmer, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward Chandler Chamberlin and Maria Jane (Kinney) Chamberlin;
married, September
7, 1911, to Grace Anna Stone. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: U.S. passport application
(1922) |
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Michael J. Connor (1873-1934) —
of Thompsonville, Enfield, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Thompsonville, Enfield, Hartford
County, Conn., 1873.
Democrat. Traveling salesman; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Enfield, 1903-08; defeated,
1908, 1912, 1926; candidate for Connecticut
state senate 7th District, 1910; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Connecticut, 1912,
1916.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Died in 1934
(age about
61 years).
Interment at New St. Patrick's Cemetery, Enfield, Conn.
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Marion Constantine (1889-1987) —
also known as Marion Hamilton —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Passaic, Passaic
County, N.J.; Quechee, Hartford, Windsor
County, Vt.
Born in Seymour, New Haven
County, Conn., May 29,
1889.
Stenographer; delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Passaic
County, 1947.
Female.
Member, League of Women
Voters.
Died in February, 1987
(age 97
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Robert A. Hamilton and Harriet (Beecher) Hamilton;
married to Joseph H. Constantine. |
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S. Hart Culver (born c.1852) —
of Seymour, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Seymour, New Haven
County, Conn., about 1852.
Republican. Inspector; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Seymour, 1901-02, 1907-10.
Burial location unknown.
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Myron B. Disbrow (1868-1950) —
of Bridgewater, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born in New Milford, Litchfield
County, Conn., 1868.
Democrat. Traveling salesman; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Bridgewater, 1915-16.
Died in 1950
(age about
82 years).
Interment at Center
Cemetery, New Milford, Conn.
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Luther Eaton (born c.1786) —
of Tolland, Tolland
County, Conn.
Born about 1786.
Democrat. Mechanic; member of Connecticut
state senate 20th District, 1846-47.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Edwin Franklin (1851-1932) —
also known as Charles E. Franklin —
of Mansfield, Tolland
County, Conn.
Born in East Greenwich, Kent
County, R.I., December
11, 1851.
Democrat. Salesman; candidate for Connecticut
state house of representatives from Mansfield, 1908, 1918, 1926.
Died in Mansfield, Tolland
County, Conn., November
20, 1932 (age 80 years, 345
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George W. Franklin and Joanna (Reynolds) Franklin; married, February
1, 1887, to Ida Euretta Chappell. |
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Stephen H. Hall (born c.1849) —
of Preston, New London
County, Conn.; Norwich, New London
County, Conn.
Born in Waterford, Saratoga
County, N.Y., about 1849.
Democrat. Mechanic; member of Connecticut
state senate 10th District, 1887-88; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 3rd District, 1888; postmaster at
Norwich,
Conn., 1894-98.
Burial location unknown.
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John L. Havens (1874-1939) —
of East Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Port Jervis, Orange
County, N.Y., September
15, 1874.
Republican. Sales manager; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from East Hartford, 1925-28.
Died April 4,
1939 (age 64 years, 201
days).
Interment at Center
Cemetery, East Hartford, Conn.
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William Hohbein (1867-1936) —
of Burlington, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Germany,
1867.
Polisher; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Burlington, 1903-04, 1915-16;
defeated, 1900 (Republican), 1908 (Democratic), 1928 (Republican).
Lutheran.
German
ancestry.
Died in 1936
(age about
69 years).
Interment at Collinsville Cemetery, Collinsville, Canton, Conn.
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John Hurley (born c.1862) —
of Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Ireland,
about 1862.
Democrat. Salesman; merchant;
member of Connecticut
state senate 16th District, 1907-10, 1913-20.
Burial location unknown.
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Arthur E. James (born c.1855) —
of Warrenville, Ashford, Windham
County, Conn.
Born in Ashford, Windham
County, Conn., about 1855.
Democrat. Laborer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Ashford, 1921-22.
Burial location unknown.
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Vincent P. Kiernan (b. 1906) —
of Derby, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Derby, New Haven
County, Conn., September
20, 1906.
Democrat. Salesman; advertising
manager; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Derby, 1939-40; member of Connecticut
state senate 17th District, 1941-42, 1945-46; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 5th District, 1948.
Catholic.
Member, Elks; Knights
of Columbus.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James P. Kiernan and Mary E. (McCarthy) Kiernan. |
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John E. Lamb —
of Plainville, Hartford
County, Conn.
Republican. Mechanic; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Plainville, 1935-36, 1939-48;
defeated, 1936.
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas M. Little —
of Windsor Locks, Hartford
County, Conn.
Democrat. Salesman; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Windsor Locks, 1939-44.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Bernard H. Matthies —
of Seymour, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Seymour, New Haven
County, Conn.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; business
executive; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Seymour, 1925-34, 1937-42;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1932
(alternate), 1948
(alternate), 1952,
1956
(alternate).
Congregationalist.
Burial location unknown.
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Samuel Frazier Pryor Jr. (1898-1985) —
also known as Samuel F. Pryor, Jr. —
of Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Ferguson, St. Louis
County, Mo., March 1,
1898.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I;
business executive; delegate
to Connecticut convention to ratify 21st amendment 27th District,
1933; delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1936
(alternate), 1940
(member, Arrangements
Committee); member of Republican
National Committee from Connecticut, 1936-41.
Episcopalian.
Died in Kipahulu, Island of Maui, Maui
County, Hawaii, September
18, 1985 (age 87 years, 201
days).
Interment at Kipahulu
Hawaiian Churchyard, Kipahulu, Island of Maui, Hawaii.
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Relatives:
Married to Mary Taylor Allderdice. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Official Report of the
22nd Republican National Convention (1940) |
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William Arthur Purtell (1897-1978) —
also known as William A. Purtell —
of West Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., May 6,
1897.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; inventor;
business executive; candidate for Governor of
Connecticut, 1950; U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1952, 1953-59; appointed 1952;
defeated, 1958; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Connecticut, 1956.
Member, American
Legion.
Died in West Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., May 31,
1978 (age 81 years, 25
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, West Hartford, Conn.
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William J. Reeves (born c.1880) —
of Windsorville, East Windsor, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Taftville, Norwich, New London
County, Conn., about 1880.
Republican. Farmer;
salesman; factory
manager; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from East Windsor, 1921-22,
1949-50.
Burial location unknown.
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Isaac T. Rogers (born c.1813) —
of Milford, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born about 1813.
Mechanic; member of Connecticut
state senate 5th District, 1866-68.
Burial location unknown.
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Asa Robert Scranton Jr. (1879-1960) —
also known as Asa R. Scranton, Jr. —
of South Woodstock, Woodstock, Windham
County, Conn.
Born in South Woodstock, Woodstock, Windham
County, Conn., July 25,
1879.
Democrat. Blacksmith;
mechanic; garage
owner; candidate for Connecticut
state house of representatives from Woodstock, 1912; member of Connecticut
state senate 28th District, 1937-42.
Died in Woodstock, Windham
County, Conn., August
13, 1960 (age 81 years, 19
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Asa R. Scranton, Sr. and Margaret S. (McNamara) Scranton; married,
February
13, 1906, to Christina R. McGettigan. |
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Albert V. W. Sherman (born c.1859) —
of West Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., about 1859.
Republican. Commercial traveler; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from West Hartford, 1911-12.
Burial location unknown.
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Claude W. Stevens (born c.1878) —
of Kensington, Berlin, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Kensington, Berlin, Hartford
County, Conn., about 1878.
Republican. Farmer;
traveling salesman; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Berlin, 1911-12, 1919-20,
1927-28; defeated, 1934; member of Connecticut
state senate 5th District, 1913-14.
Burial location unknown.
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John L. Sullivan (born c.1901) —
of New Britain, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in West Cromwell, Cromwell, Middlesex
County, Conn., about 1901.
Democrat. Sales representative; member of Connecticut
state senate 6th District, 1939-40; mayor
of New Britain, Conn., 1950-54; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Connecticut, 1952.
Burial location unknown.
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George Anthony Sweetland (1865-1916) —
also known as George A. Sweetland —
of Bristol, Hartford
County, Conn.; Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Bristol, Hartford
County, Conn., August
25, 1865.
Socialist. Mechanic; in 1894, he led a Connecticut contingent
of "Coxey's Army" (organized by Jacob
S. Coxey), a protest march by unemployed men; candidate for Governor of
Connecticut, 1900 (Social Democratic), 1904 (Socialist);
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Connecticut at-large, 1902.
Died in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., December
18, 1916 (age 51 years, 115
days).
Interment at West Cemetery, Bristol, Conn.
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Fred Chester Tilden (1877-1943) —
also known as Fred C. Tilden —
of Willimantic, Windham, Windham
County, Conn.; Manchester, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Willimantic, Windham, Windham
County, Conn., October
6, 1877.
Democrat. Bookkeeper;
lumber
and coal
dealer; candidate for Connecticut
state house of representatives from Windham, 1910; purchasing
agent.
Died in Manchester, Hartford
County, Conn., 1943
(age about
65 years).
Interment at East
Cemetery, Manchester, Conn.
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Lucile Vogeler (1914-1979) —
also known as Lucile Eykens —
of Bedford, Westchester
County, N.Y.; Mt. Kisco, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Ghent (Gent), Belgium,
March
22, 1914.
Republican. When her husband, Robert, was arrested in Hungary and
charged with espionage, she carried on a tireless and ultimately
successful campaign to get him released; honored guest, Republican National Convention,
1952 ; cosmetics executive.
Female.
Belgian
ancestry.
Died of cancer,
in Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn., September
2, 1979 (age 65 years, 164
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Patrick J. Wallace (b. 1902) —
of Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn., April
12, 1902.
Democrat. Foreman; member of Connecticut
state senate 16th District, 1945-46.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Holy
Name Society.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Michael Wallace and May Wallace. |
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Martin E. Weed (1840-1918) —
of Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn., November
29, 1840.
Democrat. Commercial traveler; candidate for Connecticut
state house of representatives from Stamford, 1906.
Died in Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn., May 26,
1918 (age 77 years, 178
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Stamford, Conn.
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John P. Whitehead (b. 1884) —
of Pleasant Valley, Barkhamsted, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born in Leeds, England,
December
18, 1884.
Republican. Inspector; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Barkhamsted, 1941-44; member
of Connecticut
state senate 31st District, 1945-46.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Whitehead and Mary (Meason) Whitehead. |
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Robert H. Winslow (b. 1906) —
of Lyme, New London
County, Conn.
Born in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., February
2, 1906.
Republican. Consultant; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Lyme, 1943-44; member of Connecticut
state senate 20th District, 1945-46.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert A. Winslow and Susan H. Winslow. |
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