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Politician members 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.   Mary Mather Hooker (1864-1939) — also known as Mary M. Hooker; Mary Mather Turner — of Hartford, Hartford County, Conn. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., February 26, 1864. Republican. Member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Hartford, 1921-22, 1925-26; candidate for Presidential Elector for Connecticut. Female. Member, Colonial Dames; Daughters of the American Revolution; Order of the Eastern Star. First woman to serve in the Connecticut legislature. Died, in Hartford Hospital, Hartford, Hartford County, Conn., May 13, 1939 (age 75 years, 76 days). Entombed at Cedar Hill Cemetery, Hartford, Conn.   Relatives: Daughter of Charles Peaslee Turner and Julia Francis (Mather) Turner; married, November 12, 1889, to Edward Williams Hooker; second cousin thrice removed of Smith Thompson; third cousin twice removed of Jacob Livingston Sutherland, Gilbert Livingston Thompson and Israel Dodd Condit.   Political families: Pike family of Lubec, Maine; Condit family of Orange, New Jersey; Livingston-Schuyler family of New York; Edwards-Davenport-Thompson-Hooker family of Connecticut; DeCamp-Hinchman family of New Jersey; Thompson-Sutherland family of New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Milton Cleveland Isbell (1870-1940) — also known as Milton C. Isbell — of Ansonia, New Haven County, Conn. Born in Seymour, New Haven County, Conn., November 10, 1870. Republican. Lawyer; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Ansonia, 1905-06, 1911-12, 1915-16; defeated, 1912, 1916. Member, Freemasons; Royal Arch Masons; Order of the Eastern Star. Died in Connecticut, July 21, 1940 (age 69 years, 254 days). Interment at Pine Grove Cemetery, Ansonia, Conn.   Relatives: Married, November 14, 1906, to Cora Amanda Wakelee.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   H. Wales Lines (1838-1927) — of Meriden, New Haven County, Conn. Born in Naugatuck, New Haven County, Conn., June 3, 1838. Republican. Building contractor; member of Connecticut state house of representatives, 1869; mayor of Meriden, Conn., 1877-79; member of Connecticut state senate 6th District, 1879-80; candidate for U.S. Representative from Connecticut 2nd District, 1888. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Order of the Eastern Star; Shriners. Blind after 1900. Died in Meriden, New Haven County, Conn., January 11, 1927 (age 88 years, 222 days). Interment at Walnut Grove Cemetery, Meriden, Conn.   Relatives: Son of Henry Willis Lines and Harriet (Bunnell) Lines; married 1861 to Sarah Congdon Munger.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Frank H. Peet (1892-1964) — of Kent, Litchfield County, Conn. Born in Kent, Litchfield County, Conn., November 30, 1892. Republican. Farmer; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Kent, 1939-40; member of Connecticut state senate, 1940. Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons; Order of the Eastern Star. Died in 1964 (age about 71 years). Burial location unknown.   James Arthur Sherwood (1867-1944) — also known as J. Arthur Sherwood — of Easton, Fairfield County, Conn. Born May 8, 1867. Democrat. Farmer; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Easton, 1903-04; defeated, 1912, 1916; first selectman of Easton, Connecticut, 1907. Congregationalist. Member, Grange; Freemasons; Order of the Eastern Star. Died April 24, 1944 (age 76 years, 352 days). Interment at Easton Cemetery, Easton, Conn.

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