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Clarence Henry Adams (1905-1987) —
also known as Clarence H. Adams —
of Bloomfield, Hartford
County, Conn.; Washington,
D.C.; Mamaroneck, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Ogunquit, Wells, York
County, Maine, November
1, 1905.
Republican. Securities administrator for Connecticut Banking
Department, 1931-52; member, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission,
1952-56; president and trustee, Boston Celtics professional
basketball team, 1965-68.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Jesters;
Shriners.
Died, in the Maine Medical
Center, Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, May 10,
1987 (age 81 years, 190
days).
Interment at Ocean View Cemetery, Wells, Maine.
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John Quincy Adams (1837-1913) —
also known as John Q. Adams —
of Negaunee, Marquette
County, Mich.
Born in Cornwall, Litchfield
County, Conn., November
2, 1837.
Republican. Lawyer; insurance
business; Marquette
County Prosecuting Attorney; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Marquette County, 1883-84;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1892.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners; Knights
Templar.
Died February
25, 1913 (age 75 years, 115
days).
Interment at Negaunee
Cemetery, Negaunee, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel Adams and Lorilla (Hurlburt) Adams. |
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Hugh Mead Alcorn (1872-1955) —
also known as Hugh M. Alcorn —
of Suffield, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Suffield, Hartford
County, Conn., October
24, 1872.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Suffield, 1903-06; Hartford
County State's Attorney, 1908-42; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Connecticut, 1912,
1920
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1936
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business); candidate for Governor of
Connecticut, 1934.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners; American
Judicature Society; Sons
of Union Veterans.
Died, following a heart
attack, in Suffield, Hartford
County, Conn., May 26,
1955 (age 82 years, 214
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Suffield, Conn.
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Hugh Meade Alcorn Jr. (1907-1992) —
also known as H. Meade Alcorn, Jr. —
of Suffield, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Suffield, Hartford
County, Conn., October
20, 1907.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Suffield, 1937-42; Speaker of
the Connecticut State House of Representatives, 1941-42; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1940
(member, Committee
to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee), 1944
(alternate), 1948,
1952
(Honorary
Vice-President), 1956,
1960;
Hartford
County State's Attorney, 1942-48; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Connecticut, 1948; member of Connecticut
Republican State Central Committee, 1948-57; member of Republican
National Committee from Connecticut, 1953-61; Chairman
of Republican National Committee, 1957-59; delegate
to Connecticut state constitutional convention 6th District, 1965.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Rotary;
Freemasons;
Shriners; Phi
Beta Kappa; Elks; Sons
of Union Veterans; Sons of
the American Revolution; Grange.
Died, from a stroke,
in Suffield, Hartford
County, Conn., January
13, 1992 (age 84 years, 85
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Suffield, Conn.
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Robert Bernerd Anderson (1910-1989) —
also known as Robert B. Anderson —
of Texas.
Born in Burleson, Johnson
County, Tex., June 4,
1910.
School
teacher; lawyer;
member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1932; Received the Medal
of Freedom in 1955; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1957-61.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Shriners; Phi
Delta Phi; Order of
the Coif.
Pleaded
guilty in 1987 to charges
of evading
taxes by illegally operating an offshore
bank; sentenced
to jail, house
arrest, and probation;
disbarred
in 1988.
Died, of complications from surgery on cancer
of the esophagus, in New York
Hospital, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., August
14, 1989 (age 79 years, 71
days).
Interment at Rosehill Cemetery, Cleburne, Tex.
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Alfred Carleton Baldwin (1872-1957) —
also known as Alfred C. Baldwin —
of Derby, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Beacon Falls, New Haven
County, Conn., December
5, 1872.
Republican. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Connecticut, 1920;
member of Connecticut
Republican State Central Committee, 1922; superior court judge in
Connecticut, 1925-42.
Member, Sons
of Union Veterans; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners.
Died in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., December
21, 1957 (age 85 years, 16
days).
Interment at Beaverdale
Memorial Park, New Haven, Conn.
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Raymond Earl Baldwin (1893-1986) —
also known as Raymond E. Baldwin —
of Stratford, Fairfield
County, Conn.; Glastonbury, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Rye, Westchester
County, N.Y., August
31, 1893.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Stratford, 1931-34; Governor of
Connecticut, 1939-41, 1943-46; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Connecticut, 1940,
1944,
1948
(speaker);
U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1946-49; justice of
Connecticut state supreme court, 1949-59; delegate
to Connecticut state constitutional convention 1st District, 1965.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners; Grange;
Elks; Eagles;
Delta
Tau Delta; Phi
Delta Phi; Moose; Redmen;
American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society.
Died in Fairfield, Fairfield
County, Conn., October
4, 1986 (age 93 years, 34
days).
Interment at Indian
Hill Cemetery, Middletown, Conn.
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Kenneth Frank Cramer (1894-1954) —
also known as Kenneth F. Cramer —
of Wethersfield, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Gloversville, Fulton
County, N.Y., October
3, 1894.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; coal
business; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Wethersfield, 1929-32; member
of Connecticut
state senate, 1933-37; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Connecticut, 1936;
general in the U.S. Army during World War II.
Member, American
Legion; Purple
Heart; Sons of
the American Revolution; Society
of the War of 1812; Sons
of Union Veterans; Phi
Beta Kappa; Freemasons;
Shriners; Rotary.
Died, from a heart
attack, while hunting,
in Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany,
February
20, 1954 (age 59 years, 140
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Charles Nelson Daniels (1849-1916) —
also known as Charles N. Daniels —
of Willimantic, Windham
County, Conn.
Born in Barre, Monroe
County, N.Y., July 2,
1849.
Republican. Coal
and lumber
dealer; postmaster at Willimantic,
Conn., 1890-94; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Connecticut, 1900;
member of Connecticut
Republican State Central Committee, 1901; U.S. Consul in Sheffield, as of 1905-09; Sherbrooke, 1914-16; Connecticut
state auditor, 1908.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died in Southbridge, Worcester
County, Mass., December
17, 1916 (age 67 years, 168
days).
Interment at Old
Willimantic Cemetery, Windham, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of Nelson Fitch Daniels and Alenda (Clark) Daniels; married to Susie
E. Howard Little. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Christian Frederick Fox (1861-1933) —
also known as Christian F. Fox —
of Meriden, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Germany,
December
14, 1861.
Republican. Sausage
manufacturer; merchant;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Meriden, 1911-12.
Episcopalian.
German
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died in Meriden, New Haven
County, Conn., November
16, 1933 (age 71 years, 337
days).
Interment at Walnut
Grove Cemetery, Meriden, Conn.
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Valentine Gideon (1859-1951) —
of Ogden, Weber
County, Utah; West Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Iron
County, Mo., January
11, 1859.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Utah, 1916
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business); justice of
Utah state supreme court, 1917-27, 1927-29; appointed 1927; chief
justice of Utah state supreme court, 1925-27.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners; Knights
of Pythias.
Died February
11, 1951 (age 92 years, 31
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, West Hartford, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of Calvin Gideon and Artemesia (Matkin) Gideon; married 1889 to
Elizabeth L. Lang. |
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G. Harold Gilpatric (b. 1881) —
of Putnam, Windham
County, Conn.
Born in Warren, Bristol
County, R.I., July 8,
1881.
Republican. Banker; Connecticut
state treasurer, 1919-24; resigned 1924; member of Connecticut
Republican State Central Committee, 1919-22.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners; Odd
Fellows; Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George W. Gilpatric; married, October
19, 1905, to Irene Wheelock. |
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Elizur Stillman Goodrich (1834-1926) —
also known as Elizur S. Goodrich —
of Wethersfield, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Wethersfield, Hartford
County, Conn., December
28, 1834.
Republican. President, Hartford Street
Railway Company; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Wethersfield, 1895-96; member
of Connecticut
state senate 2nd District, 1897-1901.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died June 1,
1926 (age 91 years, 155
days).
Interment at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Hartford, Conn.
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Harold Cannon Hall (1888-1946) —
also known as Harold C. Hall —
of Meriden, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Meriden, New Haven
County, Conn., October
11, 1888.
Democrat. Real
estate and insurance
business; candidate for mayor
of Meriden, Conn., 1941; member of Connecticut
state senate 13th District, 1945-46.
Member, Eagles;
Elks; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died in 1946
(age about
57 years).
Interment at Walnut
Grove Cemetery, Meriden, Conn.
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William Lincoln Higgins (1867-1951) —
also known as William L. Higgins —
of South Coventry, Coventry, Tolland
County, Conn.
Born in Chesterfield, Hampshire
County, Mass., March 8,
1867.
Republican. Physician;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Coventry, 1905-08, 1917-22,
1925-28; member of Connecticut
state senate, 1909-12; first
selectman of Coventry, Connecticut, 1917-32; Tolland
County Commissioner, 1921-32; secretary
of state of Connecticut, 1929-33; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 2nd District, 1933-37; defeated,
1936; delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1936
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization).
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners; Elks.
Died in Norwich, New London
County, Conn., November
19, 1951 (age 84 years, 256
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Chesterfield
Center Cemetery, Chesterfield, Mass.
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Anson Foster Keeler (1887-1943) —
also known as Anson F. Keeler —
of South Norwalk, Norwalk, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., September
22, 1887.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; laundry
owner; mayor
of Norwalk, Conn., 1927-31; member of Connecticut
state senate 26th District, 1931; Connecticut
state comptroller, 1933-35.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners; Elks; Moose; Redmen.
Died, from a heart
ailment, in Veterans Hospital,
Newington, Hartford
County, Conn., September
29, 1943 (age 56 years, 7
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Henry Thomas King (1867-1956) —
also known as Henry T. King —
of Meriden, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in 1867.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Meriden, Conn., 1918-19, 1922-23; defeated, 1919.
Universalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in Meriden, New Haven
County, Conn., July 28,
1956 (age about 89
years).
Interment at Walnut
Grove Cemetery, Meriden, Conn.
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Relatives:
Married, November
28, 1894, to Josephiine Morse; married to Stella B. Miller;
father of Henry T. King, Jr. |
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memorial |
| | | Image source: Meriden Municipal
Register 1919 |
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John Henry Light (b. 1855) —
also known as John H. Light —
of South Norwalk (now part of Norwalk), Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Carmel, Putnam
County, N.Y., March
27, 1855.
Republican. Lawyer; Fairfield
County Treasurer, 1899-1906; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1899-1901; Speaker of
the Connecticut State House of Representatives, 1901-02; common
pleas court judge in Connecticut, 1901-05; Connecticut
state attorney general, 1910-15; appointed 1910.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners; Odd
Fellows.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Belden Light and Ann (Keenan) Light; married, August
3, 1881, to Ida M. Lockwood. |
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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.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Willis Lines and Harriet (Bunnell) Lines; married 1861 to Sarah
Congdon Munger. |
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memorial |
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Francis Irving Nettleton (b. 1874) —
also known as Francis I. Nettleton —
of Shelton, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Shelton, Fairfield
County, Conn., October
23, 1874.
Republican. Physician;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Huntington, 1907-08; mayor
of Shelton, Conn., 1919-30.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles P. Nettleton and Frances A. (Hallock) Nettleton; married
1899 to
Jean M. Mitchell. |
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Matthew Turner Newton (b. 1829) —
of Suffield, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Colchester, New London
County, Conn., June 4,
1829.
Physician;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1853, 1893; served in the Union
Army during the Civil War; president, Suffield Savings Bank.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners; Loyal
Legion.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Israel Newton and Harriet (Turner) Newton. |
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Freeman Fremont Patten (1856-1937) —
also known as Freeman F. Patten —
of Stafford Springs, Stafford, Tolland
County, Conn.
Born in Somers, Tolland
County, Conn., November
3, 1856.
Republican. Woollen
manufacturer; bank
director; warden
(borough president) of Stafford Springs, Connecticut, 1904;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Stafford, 1905-06; Connecticut
state treasurer, 1907-11.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in Stafford Springs, Stafford, Tolland
County, Conn., November
8, 1937 (age 81 years, 5
days).
Interment at Stafford Springs Cemetery, Stafford Springs, Stafford, Conn.
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Relatives:
Married to Lily Daisy Welch. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Legislative History and
Souvenir of Connecticut 1907-08 |
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Oscar Peterson Jr. (1891-1963) —
of Stratford, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Wallingford, New Haven
County, Conn., July 25,
1891.
Republican. Abstract and
title business; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Stratford; elected 1946;
member of Connecticut
state senate 25th District, 1953.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners; Redmen.
Died in Stratford, Fairfield
County, Conn., March
30, 1963 (age 71 years, 248
days).
Interment at Union Cemetery, Stratford, Conn.
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Relatives:
Married 1912 to Malda
Gendron; father of Norval Oscar Peterson. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Connecticut Register &
Manual 1953 |
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Andrew N. Shepard (b. 1862) —
of Portland, Middlesex
County, Conn.
Born in Portland, Middlesex
County, Conn., May 5,
1862.
Republican. Tobacco
dealer; bank
director; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Portland, 1901-02; member of
Connecticut
state senate 34th District, 1907-08; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Connecticut, 1908;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 2nd District, 1910.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners; Odd
Fellows; Ancient
Order of United Workmen; Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Nelson Shepard and Elizabeth (Tryon) Shepard; married to Harriet
Stockwell. |
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John Harper Trumbull (1873-1961) —
also known as John H. Trumbull —
of Plainville, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Ashford, Windham
County, Conn., March 4,
1873.
Republican. Organizer and president, Trumbull Electric Manufacturing
Co.; board chairman, Colonial Air
Transport, Inc.; director and treasurer, Plainville Realty
Co.; president, Plainville Trust Co.;
director, Connecticut Light &
Power Co.; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Connecticut, 1920
(alternate), 1924,
1928
(Convention
Vice-President; member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1932,
1936
(speaker);
member of Connecticut
state senate 5th District, 1921-24; member of Connecticut
Republican State Central Committee, 1922-30; Lieutenant
Governor of Connecticut, 1925; Governor of
Connecticut, 1925-31; defeated, 1932; delegate
to Connecticut convention to ratify 21st amendment 5th District,
1933.
Congregationalist.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners; Odd
Fellows; Redmen;
Humane
Society.
Died in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., May 21,
1961 (age 88 years, 78
days).
Interment at West
Cemetery, Plainville, Conn.
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Clifford Brittin Wilson (1879-1943) —
also known as Clifford B. Wilson —
of Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn.; Weston, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn., December
2, 1879.
Republican. Lawyer; Fairfield
County Coroner, 1909-11; mayor
of Bridgeport, Conn., 1911-21; defeated, 1921, 1935; Lieutenant
Governor of Connecticut, 1915-21.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners; Odd
Fellows; Elks; Sons
of Veterans.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Weston, Fairfield
County, Conn., January
1, 1943 (age 63 years, 30
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James A. Wilson and Mary E. (Wordin) Wilson; married, November
10, 1914, to Anastasia C. Dorsey. |
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Fred Richard Zeller (1899-1978) —
also known as Fred R. Zeller —
of Stonington, New London
County, Conn.
Born in Stonington, New London
County, Conn., September
5, 1899.
Republican. Secretary-treasurer, Park City Binding Company,
manufacturers of narrow
fabrics and bias
tapes; member of Connecticut
state senate 20th District, 1937-38; Connecticut
state comptroller, 1939-41, 1943-45, 1947-49, 1951-59; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1948.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners; Elks.
Died March 7,
1978 (age 78 years, 183
days).
Interment at Evergreen Cemetery, Stonington, Conn.
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