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Music and Dance Politicians in Connecticut

Mildred Pomeranz Allen — also known as Mildred P. Allen; Mildred Pomeranz — of Hartford, Hartford County, Conn. Born in Hartford, Hartford County, Conn. Republican. Musician; secretary of state of Connecticut, 1955-59; delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1956. Female. Member, League of Women Voters; Order of the Eastern Star. Interment at Enfield Street Cemetery, Enfield, Conn.   Relatives: Daughter of Morris Pomeranz and Anna (Landsberg) Pomeranz; married, November 7, 1935, to Edward Normand Allen (brother of Julia Allen).   Political family: Keeney family of Somers, Connecticut.   Henry Ward Beecher (1862-1940) — also known as Henry W. Beecher — of Southbury, New Haven County, Conn. Born in Southbury, New Haven County, Conn., July 4, 1862. Farmer; vocal teacher; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Southbury, 1901-02; defeated (Progressive), 1912. Only distantly related to the famous minister Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887). Died August 5, 1940 (age 78 years, 32 days). Interment at White Oak Cemetery, Southbury, Conn.   Relatives: Son of William Curtiss Beecher and Mary Emily (Strong) Beecher; married 1896 to Florence Nichols; third cousin thrice removed of John Strong, Elijah Hunt Mills and James Doolittle Wooster; fourth cousin once removed of Nathan Summers Beardslee and Hobart Chatfield Chatfield-Taylor.   Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Morris-Ingersoll family of New York and Connecticut; Conger-Hungerford family of Connecticut and New York; Saltonstall-Davis-Frelinghuysen-Appleton family of Massachusetts; Livingston-Schuyler family of New York; Beakes-Greene-Witter family (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Marshall Bevin (born c.1880) — of East Hampton, Middlesex County, Conn. Born in East Hampton, Middlesex County, Conn., about 1880. Republican. Bell manufacturer; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from East Hampton, 1923-24. Burial location unknown.   Francesca Braggiotti (1902-1998) — Born in Florence (Firenze), Italy, October 17, 1902. Dancer; actress; First Lady of Connecticut, 1951-55. Female. Italian ancestry. Died in Marbella, Spain, February 25, 1998 (age 95 years, 131 days). Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.   Relatives: Daughter of Isidore Braggiotti and Lily Despentale De Pourtales (Schlesinger) Braggio; sister of Dorilio Chadwick Braggiotti; married, July 6, 1929, to John Davis Lodge.   Political families: Morris-Ingersoll family of New York and Connecticut; Saltonstall-Davis-Frelinghuysen-Appleton family of Massachusetts; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Livingston-Schuyler family of New York; Davis family of Massachusetts (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Wikipedia article — Internet Movie Database profile — Find-A-Grave memorial   Joseph B. Downes (1906-1955) — of Norwich, New London County, Conn. Born in Norwich, New London County, Conn., August 30, 1906. Democrat. Accountant; organist; piano teacher; member of Connecticut state senate 19th District, 1937-40; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1944. Died in Norwich, New London County, Conn., December 20, 1955 (age 49 years, 112 days). Interment at St. Joseph Cemetery, Norwich, Conn.   Clarence Howard Flint (1895-1971) — also known as Clarence H. Flint — of Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Conn.; Herkimer, Herkimer County, N.Y. Born in New York, October 7, 1895. Democrat. Musician; music teacher; candidate for New York state assembly from Herkimer County, 1927, 1928. Died in Palm Beach County, Fla., January 20, 1971 (age 75 years, 105 days). Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Herkimer, N.Y.   Relatives: Son of Edward H. Flint and Adaline (Stevens) Flint; married, April 14, 1917, to Mildred J. Klock.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   James Melton (1904-1961) — of Greenwich, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Moultrie, Colquitt County, Ga., January 2, 1904. Republican. Professional singer; actor; performed, Republican National Convention, 1952. Died, from lobar pneumonia, in Roosevelt Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., April 21, 1961 (age 57 years, 109 days). Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery, Ocala, Fla.   Relatives: Married, June 29, 1929, to Marjorie Louise McClure.   See also Wikipedia article — Internet Movie Database profile — Find-A-Grave memorial   George Lloyd Murphy (1902-1992) — also known as George L. Murphy — of Beverly Hills, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in New Haven, New Haven County, Conn., July 4, 1902. Republican. Professional actor and dancer in 1934-52; appeared in films such as For Me And My Gal, Battleground; president, Screen Actors Guild, 1944-46; delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1948, 1952 (speaker), 1956, 1960 (alternate); U.S. Senator from California, 1965-71; defeated, 1970. Irish ancestry. Member, Screen Actors Guild. Died, of leukemia, in Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, Fla., May 3, 1992 (age 89 years, 304 days). Cremated; ashes scattered.   Relatives: Married 1927 to Julie Henkel.   Cross-reference: Dan Lungren   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile   Almon H. Taylor (1843-1917) — of Brookfield, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in 1843. Republican. Farmer; organist; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Brookfield, 1909-10. Congregationalist. Died in 1917 (age about 74 years). Burial location unknown.   Robert Cleveland Usher (1841-1922) — also known as Robert C. Usher — of Plainville, Hartford County, Conn. Born in Plainville, Hartford County, Conn., April 19, 1841. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; musician; Plainville town clerk, 1869-1922; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Plainville, 1885, 1905-06; defeated, 1906. Died in Plainville, Hartford County, Conn., April 30, 1922 (age 81 years, 11 days). Interment at West Cemetery, Plainville, Conn.   Relatives: Son of Josiah Cleveland Usher and Ruth (Frisbie) Usher; married, June 15, 1870, to Antoinette C. Pierce; father of Maude Pierce Usher (who married John Harper Trumbull); nephew of Jonathan Usher; sixth great-grandnephew of John Winthrop (1606-1676); seventh great-grandson of John Winthrop (1588-1649); first cousin twice removed of Rollin Usher Tyler; first cousin seven times removed of Fitz-John Winthrop; second cousin of John Palmer Usher; second cousin twice removed of James Kilbourne (1770-1850); third cousin of Roland Greene Usher and Francis Landon Cleveland; third cousin once removed of Israel Coe, Byron H. Kilbourn, Charles H. Eastman, Grover Cleveland and James Harlan Cleveland; third cousin twice removed of Philip Frisbee, Ephraim Safford, Isaiah Kidder, Reuben Bostwick Heacock, Alvah Nash, Samuel Lord, James Harlan Cleveland Jr. and Richard Folsom Cleveland; third cousin thrice removed of Return Jonathan Meigs, Sr., Josiah Meigs and Joseph Wheeler Bloodgood; fourth cousin of Henry Clinton Frisbee, James Rood Doolittle, Lyman Wetmore Coe, James Kilbourne (1842-1919) and Arthur Newton Holden; fourth cousin once removed of Calvin Frisbie, Daniel Kellogg, Levi Yale, Eli Coe Birdsey, Chauncey Fitch Cleveland, John Calhoun Lewis, Charles Stetson, James Safford, Daniel Fiske Kellogg, Luther Kidder, Isaiah Stetson, Henry Gould Lewis, Charles E. Yale, Charles M. Hotchkiss and Ezra H. Frisby.   Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Eastman family; Flanders family of Vermont; Rowell family of Maine (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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