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John Alfred McDowell Adair (1864-1938) —
also known as John A. M. Adair —
of Portland, Jay
County, Ind.
Born near Portland, Jay
County, Ind., December
22, 1864.
Democrat. Merchant;
banker; manufacturer;
Jay
County Clerk, 1891-95; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1902-03; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 8th District, 1907-17; defeated,
1924; candidate for Governor of
Indiana, 1916.
Methodist.
Died in Portland, Jay
County, Ind., October
5, 1938 (age 73 years, 287
days).
Interment at Green
Park Cemetery, Portland, Ind.
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Charles Francis Adams (1866-1954) —
also known as "Deacon"; "Uncle
Charlie" —
of Quincy, Norfolk
County, Mass.; Concord, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Quincy, Norfolk
County, Mass., August
2, 1866.
Republican. Lawyer;
banker; mayor of
Quincy, Mass., 1897-99; delegate
to Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1917; U.S.
Secretary of the Navy, 1929-33; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1936
(speaker).
Unitarian.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Alpha
Delta Phi.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., June 10,
1954 (age 87 years, 312
days).
Interment at Mt.
Wollaston Cemetery, Quincy, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of John
Quincy Adams (1833-1894) and Frances (Crowninshield) Adams;
married, April 3,
1899, to Frances Lovering (daughter of William
Croad Lovering); nephew of Brooks
Adams; grandson of Charles
Francis Adams (1807-1886); grandnephew of George
Washington Adams; great-grandson of John
Quincy Adams (1767-1848), Benjamin
Williams Crowninshield, Louisa
Adams and David
Sears; great-grandnephew of Jacob
Crowninshield and Benjamin
Gorham; second great-grandson of John
Adams, Nathaniel
Gorham, Joshua
Johnson, Abigail
Adams and Jonathan
Mason; second great-grandnephew of Thomas
Johnson and Thomas
Lindall Winthrop; fifth great-grandnephew of Fitz-John
Winthrop; sixth great-grandson of John
Winthrop (1606-1676); seventh great-grandson of John
Winthrop (1588-1649); first cousin once removed of William
Everett and Thomas
Boylston Adams; first cousin thrice removed of William
Cranch and Robert
Charles Winthrop; second cousin of Augustus
Peabody Gardner; second cousin once removed of William
Crowninshield Endicott, Leverett
Saltonstall, Richard
Saltonstall and George
Cabot Lodge; second cousin twice removed of Bradley
Tyler Johnson, William
Amory Gardner Minot and William
Lawrence Saltonstall; second cousin four times removed of Samuel
Adams; third cousin thrice removed of Joseph
Allen; fourth cousin once removed of Edward
M. Chapin and John
Forbes Kerry. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Sewall-Adams-Quincy
family of Maine (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Image source: Library of
Congress |
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Melvin Ohio Adams (1850-1920) —
also known as Melvin O. Adams —
of Ashburnham, Worcester
County, Mass.; Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Ashburnham, Worcester
County, Mass., November
7, 1850.
Republican. Lawyer;
took part in the legal defense of Lizzie Borden, charged in 1892-93
with the murder of her parents in Fall River, Mass.; president,
Boston, Revere Beach & Lynn Railroad;
vice-president, Liberty Trust Co.; trustee, Dartmouth College;
U.S.
Attorney for Massachusetts, 1905-06.
Died August
9, 1920 (age 69 years, 276
days).
Interment at Meetinghouse
Hill Cemetery, Ashburnham, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Adams and Dolly Winship (Whitney) Adams; married, January
20, 1874, to Mary Colony. |
| | | Image source: Bench and Bar of the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1895) |
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Charles Herbert Allen (1848-1934) —
also known as Charles H. Allen —
of Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass., April
15, 1848.
Republican. Lumber
business; banker; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1881-82; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1883; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 8th District, 1885-89;
candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1891; Massachusetts state prison commissioner,
1897-98; U.S. Assistant Secretary of the Navy, 1898-1900; Governor of
Puerto Rico, 1900-01.
Died in Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass., April
20, 1934 (age 86 years, 5
days).
Interment at Lowell
Cemetery, Lowell, Mass.
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Frank Dewey Allen (1850-1910) —
also known as Frank D. Allen —
of Lynn, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., August
16, 1850.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1881-82; member of Massachusetts
Republican State Committee, 1885-87; member of Massachusetts
Governor's Council, 1886-88; U.S.
Attorney for Massachusetts, 1890-93; receiver, Central National
Bank, Boston, 1902-05; director, Lynn Gas &
Electric Co.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in January, 1910
(age 59
years, 0 days).
Interment at Pine
Grove Cemetery, Lynn, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Francis Allen and Olive Ely (Dewey) Allen; married, January
9, 1878, to Lucy Rhodes. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Bench and Bar of the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1895) |
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Frank Gilman Allen (1874-1950) —
also known as Frank G. Allen —
of Norwood, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Lynn, Essex
County, Mass., October
6, 1874.
Republican. Chairman of Winslow Brothers & Smith, leather
and wool
manufacturers; director of banks and insurance
firms; trustee of Norwood Hospital;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1918-19; member of Massachusetts
state senate Norfolk District, 1921-24; Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1925-29; Governor of
Massachusetts, 1929-31; defeated, 1930; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1932.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Moose; Union
League.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
9, 1950 (age 76 years, 3
days).
Interment at Highland
Cemetery, Norwood, Mass.
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Gaspar Griswold Bacon (1886-1947) —
also known as Gaspar G. Bacon —
of Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Dedham, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., March 7,
1886.
Republican. Lawyer;
major in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1920,
1932
(alternate), 1936,
1940;
member of Massachusetts
state senate Eighth Suffolk District, 1925-32; Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1933-35; candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1934; director, Southern Railway
Co., Eliot Savings Bank; major in the U.S. Army during World
War II.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Moose; Odd
Fellows; Reserve
Officers Association.
Died in Dedham, Norfolk
County, Mass., December
24, 1947 (age 61 years, 292
days).
Interment at Walnut Hills Cemetery, Brookline, Mass.
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Robert Low Bacon (1884-1938) —
also known as Robert L. Bacon; "Prince
Charming" —
of Westbury, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.; Old Westbury, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., July 23,
1884.
Republican. Investment banker; served in the U.S. Army on the
Mexican border; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate
to Republican National Convention from New York, 1920;
U.S.
Representative from New York 1st District, 1923-38; died in
office 1938.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Moose.
Died, of a heart
attack, at the state police barracks, Lake Success, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., September
12, 1938 (age 54 years, 51
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Louis Arthur Bafalis (b. 1929) —
also known as Louis A. Bafalis; Skip
Bafalis —
of Florida.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., September
28, 1929.
Republican. Investment banker; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1964-66; member of Florida
state senate, 1967-70; Republican candidate for Governor of
Florida, 1970 (primary), 1982; U.S.
Representative from Florida 10th District, 1973-83.
Christian.
Member, Lions; Jaycees.
Still living as of 1998.
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John Rodney Ball (b. 1881) —
also known as J. Rodney Ball —
of Lawrence, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Lawrence, Essex
County, Mass., June 17,
1881.
Republican. Newspaper
reporter; president, Lawrence Morris Plan Bank;
vice-president, Essex Savings Bank; director, Lawrence
Cooperative Bank; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1928.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Frank James Ball and Mary Graves (Mann) Ball; married, February
24, 1909, to Maude R. Peary. |
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William Hazen Ball (1858-1922) —
also known as William H. Ball —
of Coloma, Berrien
County, Mich.
Born in Boylston, Worcester
County, Mass., August
24, 1858.
Republican. Banker; coal
and lumber
business; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Berrien County 2nd District,
1909-12.
Died in 1922
(age about
63 years).
Interment at Coloma Cemetery, Coloma, Mich.
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Arthur Atwood Ballantine Jr. (1914-1975) —
also known as Art Ballantine —
of Durango, La Plata
County, Colo.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
12, 1914.
Republican. Lawyer; newspaper
publisher; bank director; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Colorado, 1960.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sigma
Delta Chi; Lions; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died November
14, 1975 (age 61 years, 33
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Springfield, Mass.
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Jesse Bunton Baxter (b. 1872) —
also known as Jesse B. Baxter —
of Milton, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Quincy, Norfolk
County, Mass., October
10, 1872.
Republican. Banker; treasurer of
Massachusetts Republican Party, 1915-16; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1928.
Congregationalist.
Member, Loyal
Legion; Society
of Colonial Wars; Sons of
the Revolution.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Quincy Baxter and Isadore Frances (Bunton) Baxter;
married, June 29,
1909, to Katharine Woodbury. |
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Jay Rogers Benton (1885-1953) —
also known as Jay R. Benton —
of Belmont, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Somerville, Middlesex
County, Mass., October
18, 1885.
Republican. Lawyer; newspaper
publisher; banker; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1916;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1917-18; Massachusetts
state attorney general, 1923-27; insurance
executive.
Congregationalist.
Member, Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Acacia;
Sons
of the American Revolution; American Bar
Association.
Died in Belmont, Middlesex
County, Mass., November
3, 1953 (age 68 years, 16
days).
Interment at Belmont Cemetery, Belmont, Mass.
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Bernard Blair (1801-1880) —
of Salem, Washington
County, N.Y.
Born in Williamstown, Berkshire
County, Mass., May 24,
1801.
Whig. Lawyer;
banker; delegate to Whig National Convention from New York,
1839; U.S.
Representative from New York 12th District, 1841-43.
Presbyterian.
Died in Salem, Washington
County, N.Y., May 7,
1880 (age 78 years, 349
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Salem, N.Y.
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Samuel H. Blake (c.1807-1887) —
of Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born about 1807.
Republican. Banker; Maine
state attorney general, 1848; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Maine, 1868.
Died of pneumonia,
in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., April
24, 1887 (age about 80
years).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Bangor, Maine.
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Cornelius Newton Bliss (1833-1911) —
also known as Cornelius N. Bliss —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Fall River, Bristol
County, Mass., January
26, 1833.
Republican. Dry goods
merchant; banker; New York
Republican state chair, 1887-89; Treasurer
of Republican National Committee, 1892-1904; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1896,
1900,
1904;
U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1897-99.
English
ancestry. Member, Union
League.
Died, from heart
disease, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
9, 1911 (age 78 years, 256
days).
Entombed at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Frank Austin Bond (1889-1960) —
also known as Frank A. Bond —
of North Adams, Berkshire
County, Mass.
Born in North Adams, Berkshire
County, Mass., March
11, 1889.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; real estate
business; banker; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1940
(alternate), 1944.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Died, of carcinoma
of the sigmoid colon, in North Adams, Berkshire
County, Mass., May 19,
1960 (age 71 years, 69
days).
Interment at Southview
Cemetery, North Adams, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of John Arnold Bond and Anna Belle (Kimball) Bond; married, July 25,
1929, to Margaret E. Wheeler. |
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Nathaniel Briggs Borden (1801-1865) —
also known as Nathaniel B. Borden —
of Fall River, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in Freetown (part now in Fall River), Bristol
County, Mass., April
15, 1801.
Banker; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1831, 1834, 1851, 1864; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 10th District, 1835-39,
1841-43; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1845-48; mayor
of Fall River, Mass., 1857-58.
Died in Fall River, Bristol
County, Mass., April
10, 1865 (age 63 years, 360
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Fall River, Mass.
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Spencer Borden (1872-1957) —
of Fall River, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in Fall River, Bristol
County, Mass., September
8, 1872.
Republican. Manufacturer;
director, National Shawmut Bank, Fall River National
Bank, Fall River Gas
Works Co., Fall River Electric
Light Co.; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1924
(alternate), 1928.
Died January
31, 1957 (age 84 years, 145
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Fall River, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of Effie A. (Brooks) Borden and Spencer Borden (1848-1921); married
1901 to
Sarah Hildreth Ames. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Ralph Owen Brewster (1888-1961) —
also known as Owen Brewster —
of Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine; Dexter, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in Dexter, Penobscot
County, Maine, February
22, 1888.
Republican. Lawyer;
counsel for Chapman National Bank, Portland, Maine, 1914-25;
member of Maine
state house of representatives from Cumberland County, 1917-18,
1921-22; member of Maine
state senate, 1923-25; Governor of
Maine, 1925-29; U.S.
Representative from Maine 3rd District, 1935-41; defeated, 1932;
U.S.
Senator from Maine, 1941-52; resigned 1952; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Maine, 1956
(member, Credentials
Committee).
Christian
Scientist. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Grange;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., December
25, 1961 (age 73 years, 306
days).
Interment at Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery, Dexter, Maine.
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Bryant Butler Brooks (1861-1944) —
of Casper, Natrona
County, Wyo.
Born in Bernardston, Franklin
County, Mass., February
5, 1861.
Republican. Livestock
grower; oil
business; banker; member of Wyoming
state house of representatives, 1892; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Wyoming, 1896
(member, Credentials
Committee); candidate for Presidential Elector for Wyoming; Governor of
Wyoming, 1905-11.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Casper, Natrona
County, Wyo., December
8, 1944 (age 83 years, 307
days).
Interment at Highland
Cemetery, Casper, Wyo.
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James Barrett Brown (b. 1885) —
also known as James B. Brown —
of Everett, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Reading, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Bellows Falls, Rockingham, Windham
County, Vt., March 3,
1885.
Republican. Lawyer;
general counsel, Massachusetts Bankers Association; special
counsel, Boston & Maine Railroad;
vice-president, First National Bank of Reading; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives Twentieth Middlesex District,
1921-24; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1924.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George Addison Brown and Flora (Pierce) Brown; married, July 30,
1913, to Grace Donaldson. |
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Joseph Sebastian Cabot (1796-1874) —
also known as Joseph S. Cabot —
of Salem, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Salem, Essex
County, Mass., October
8, 1796.
Whig. Banker; mayor of
Salem, Mass., 1845-49.
Died in Salem, Essex
County, Mass., June 29,
1874 (age 77 years, 264
days).
Interment at Harmony
Grove Cemetery, Salem, Mass.
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Henry Carter (b. 1894) —
Born in Fall River, Bristol
County, Mass., May 8,
1894.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; bank employee; college
instructor; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Consul in Monrovia, 1929-30.
Burial location unknown.
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Solon Augustus Carter (b. 1837) —
also known as Solon A. Carter —
of Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H.
Born in Leominster, Worcester
County, Mass., June 22,
1837.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of
New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1869-70; New
Hampshire state treasurer, 1872-74, 1875-1913; president, Union
Guaranty Savings Bank.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Solon Carter and Lucretia (Joslin) Carter; married, December
13, 1860, to Emily Augusta Conant. |
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Andrew A. Casassa (b. 1886) —
also known as Andres A. Casassa —
of Revere, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., September
17, 1886.
Republican. Lawyer;
banker; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1920,
1928;
mayor
of Revere, Mass., 1931; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1930; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1930.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry. Member, Elks; Eagles;
Moose;
Sons
of Italy.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Angelo Casassa and Louise Casassa; married 1911 to Emily
G. Greene. |
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Jonathan Chace (1829-1917) —
of Valley Falls, Cumberland, Providence
County, R.I.; Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Fall River, Bristol
County, Mass., July 22,
1829.
Republican. Cotton
manufacturer; banker; member of Rhode
Island state senate, 1876-77; U.S.
Representative from Rhode Island 2nd District, 1881-85; resigned
1885; U.S.
Senator from Rhode Island, 1885-89; resigned 1889.
Died in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., June 30,
1917 (age 87 years, 343
days).
Interment at North
Burial Ground, Providence, R.I.
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Augustine Clarke (c.1780-1841) —
of Wheelock, Caledonia
County, Vt.; Montpelier, Washington
County, Vt.
Born in Richmond, Berkshire
County, Mass., about 1780.
Lawyer;
banker; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1824, 1828, 1830, 1832; candidate
for Presidential Elector for Vermont; Vermont
state treasurer, 1833-37.
Member, American
Anti-Slavery Society.
Died in Montpelier, Washington
County, Vt., June 17,
1841 (age about 61
years).
Interment at Elm Street Cemetery, Montpelier, Vt.
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Charles Arthur Conant (1861-1915) —
also known as Charles A. Conant —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Winchester, Middlesex
County, Mass., July 2,
1861.
Democrat. Candidate for Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1886; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 8th District, 1894; delegate to
Gold Democrat National Convention from Massachusetts, 1896; journalist;
author;
economist;
set up the currency system in the Philippine Islands; director of the
Manila Railroad
and the National Bank of Nicaragua; treasurer of Morton
Trust Company of New York.
Member, American
Economic Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science.
Died, from stomach
cancer, in Havana (La Habana), Cuba,
July
5, 1915 (age 54 years, 3
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles E. Conant and Mary Crawford (Wallace)
Conant. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
| | | Image source: American Monthly Review
of Reviews, July 1908 |
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Richard Bradford Coolidge (1879-1957) —
also known as Richard B. Coolidge —
of West Medford, Medford, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Deering, Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, September
14, 1879.
Republican. Lawyer;
president, First National Bank of Medford; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1920-22; mayor
of Medford, Mass., 1923-26; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1928.
Unitarian.
Member, Theta
Delta Chi; Phi
Beta Kappa; Freemasons;
Exchange
Club.
Died in Deering, Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, February
17, 1957 (age 77 years, 156
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Channing Harris Cox (1879-1968) —
also known as Channing H. Cox —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H., February
28, 1879.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1910-18; Speaker of
the Massachusetts State House of Representatives, 1915-18; Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1919-21; Governor of
Massachusetts, 1921-25; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1924,
1928
(speaker);
Honorary
Consul for Japan in Boston,
Mass., 1929; president, Old Colony Trust Company;
director, United Fruit
Co., Revere Sugar Co.,
First National Bank of Boston, Boston Herald Traveler (newspaper);
board member, Deaconess Hospital.
Episcopalian.
Member, Humane
Society; Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
Died August
20, 1968 (age 89 years, 174
days).
Interment at Forest
Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Boston, Mass.
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Charles Richard Crane (1858-1939) —
also known as Charles R. Crane —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Woods Hole, Falmouth, Barnstable
County, Mass.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., August
7, 1858.
President, Crane Company, valves
and fittings manufacturer; director, National Bank of the
Republic, Chicago; U.S. Minister to China, 1920-21.
Member, American
Economic Association.
Died February
14, 1939 (age 80 years, 191
days).
Interment at Woods Hole Village Cemetery, Woods Hole, Falmouth, Mass.
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James Michael Curley (1874-1958) —
also known as James M. Curley; "The Rascal
King" —
of Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., November
20, 1874.
Democrat. Real
estate and insurance
business; president, Hibernia Savings Bank; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1902-03; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1911-14, 1943-47 (10th
District 1911-13, 12th District 1913-14, 11th District 1943-47);
resigned 1914; mayor of
Boston, Mass., 1914-18, 1922-26, 1930-34, 1946-50; defeated,
1917, 1937, 1941, 1949, 1951, 1955; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1928,
1936,
1940,
1944,
1948,
1952,
1956;
Governor
of Massachusetts, 1935-37; defeated, 1924, 1938; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1936; member of Democratic
National Committee from Massachusetts, 1940-54; indicted
in federal court in 1943, with Donald
W. Smith and others, over his participation in Engineers Group,
Inc., which fraudulently
obtained war contracts; re-indicted
in 1944; tried in
1945-46 and convicted;
sentenced
to six to eighteen months in prison
and fined
$1,000; released in November 1947 when his sentence was commuted by
President Harry
Truman.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Eagles;
Moose;
Elks; Knights
of Columbus; Ancient
Order of Hibernians.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., November
12, 1958 (age 83 years, 357
days).
Interment at Mt. Calvary Cemetery, Roslindale, Boston, Mass.
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Herbert Edwin Curtis (b. 1878) —
also known as Herbert E. Curtis —
of East Braintree, Braintree, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Scituate, Plymouth
County, Mass., March
11, 1878.
Republican. President, Quincy Trust Company; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1932.
Protestant.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Job Edwin Curtis and Clare Maria (Plummer) Curtis; married, October
20, 1908, to Edith Crocker. |
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Charles H. Cutting (1850-1940) —
of North Adams, Berkshire
County, Mass.
Born in Lower Waterford, Waterford, Caledonia
County, Vt., November
13, 1850.
Republican. Clothing
merchant; bank director; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1912.
Died in North Adams, Berkshire
County, Mass., July 7,
1940 (age 89 years, 237
days).
Interment at Hillside
Cemetery, North Adams, Mass.
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Edward Livingston Davis (1834-1912) —
also known as Edward L. Davis —
of Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., April
22, 1834.
Lawyer;
manufacturer of ironwork,
including railroad
wheels; director of banks and railroads;
mayor
of Worcester, Mass., 1874; defeated (Citizens), 1874; member of
Massachusetts
state senate, 1876.
Episcopalian.
Died in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., March 2,
1912 (age 77 years, 315
days).
Interment at Worcester
Rural Cemetery, Worcester, Mass.
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Isaac Davis (1799-1883) —
of Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Northborough, Worcester
County, Mass., June 2,
1799.
Democrat. Lawyer;
bank director; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1843-54; mayor
of Worcester, Mass., 1856, 1858, 1861; defeated, 1849 (Citizens),
1851, 1861 (Citizens), 1867 (Citizens); delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1860,
1864;
candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1861.
Died in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., April 1,
1883 (age 83 years, 303
days).
Interment at Worcester
Rural Cemetery, Worcester, Mass.
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Livingston Davis (1882-1932) —
also known as Livy Davis —
of Milton, Norfolk
County, Mass.; Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., August
13, 1882.
Banker; director of railroads;
Consul
for Belgium in Boston,
Mass., 1930-32.
Member, American
Antiquarian Society.
In ill health for some time, he died from a self-inflicted
gunshot,
in Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass., January
11, 1932 (age 49 years, 151
days).
Interment at Worcester
Rural Cemetery, Worcester, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward
Livingston Davis and Maria Louisa (Robbins) Davis; married, April
23, 1908, to Alice Gardiner; married, August
31, 1927, to Georgia Appleton; grandson of Isaac
Davis; great-grandnephew of John
Davis (1787-1854); first cousin twice removed of John
Chandler Bancroft Davis and Horace
Davis; second cousin once removed of John
Davis (1851-1902); third cousin once removed of John
Barnard Fairbank, Henry
Cabot Lodge Jr. and John
Davis Lodge; third cousin twice removed of Merton
William Fairbank and George
Cabot Lodge; fourth cousin once removed of Wilson
Henry Fairbank, Alexander
Warren Fairbank, Charles
Warren Fairbanks and Newton
Hamilton Fairbanks. |
| | | Political families: Holden-Davis-Lawrence-Garcelon
family of Massachusetts; Fairbanks-Adams
family; Davis
family of Massachusetts; Saltonstall-Davis-Frelinghuysen-Appleton
family of Massachusetts; Weeks-Bigelow-Andrew-Upham
family (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Boston Globe, January 12,
1932 |
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Samuel Davis (1774-1831) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Bath, Lincoln County (now Sagadahoc
County), Maine, 1774.
Shipowner;
banker; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1803, 1808-12; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts at-large, 1813-15.
Died in Bath, Lincoln County (now Sagadahoc
County), Maine, April
20, 1831 (age about 56
years).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Bath, Maine.
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Charles L. Dean (b. 1844) —
of Malden, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Ashford, Windham
County, Conn., May 29,
1844.
Republican. Manufacturer;
banker; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1897-98; member of Massachusetts
state senate Fourth Middlesex District, 1905-06.
Burial location unknown.
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Arthur J. Donner (born c.1850) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Germany,
about 1850.
Banker; commission
merchant; steamship
agent; Vice-Consul
for Argentina in Boston,
Mass., 1882-88; Consul
for Austria-Hungary in Boston,
Mass., 1883-1907; Consul
for Germany in Boston,
Mass., 1894-99; treasurer, American Sugar
Refining Company.
German
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Eben Sumner Draper (b. 1893) —
also known as Eben S. Draper —
of Hopedale, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Hopedale, Worcester
County, Mass., August
30, 1893.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; director,
Draper Corp., manufacturers of cotton
looms; president, Milford National Bank; trustee, Milford
Hospital;
trustee, Massachusetts General Hospital;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1921-22; member of Massachusetts
state senate Fourth Worcester District, 1923-26; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1928
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization).
Unitarian.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias.
Interment at Village
Cemetery, Hopedale, Mass.
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William H. DuBois (b. 1835) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.; West Randolph, Randolph, Orange
County, Vt.
Born in Randolph, Orange
County, Vt., March
24, 1835.
Republican. Banker; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Randolph, 1876; Vermont
state treasurer, 1882-90.
Baptist.
Burial location unknown.
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Neal Patrick Dunn (b. 1953) —
also known as Neal Dunn —
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., February
16, 1953.
Republican. Urologist;
banker; U.S.
Representative from Florida 2nd District, 2017-.
Still living as of 2018.
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Ralph Waterbury Ellis (1856-1945) —
also known as Ralph W. Ellis —
of Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass.
Born in South Hadley, Hampshire
County, Mass., November
25, 1856.
Republican. Lawyer;
banker; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1893; mayor
of Springfield, Mass., 1902.
Died September
28, 1945 (age 88 years, 307
days).
Interment at Springfield
Cemetery, Springfield, Mass.
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Joseph Buell Ely (1881-1956) —
also known as Joseph B. Ely —
of Westfield, Hampden
County, Mass.
Born in Westfield, Hampden
County, Mass., February
22, 1881.
Democrat. Lawyer;
director, Hampton National Bank and Trust Company; director,
American Woolen
Company; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1924,
1928,
1932,
1940,
1944;
Governor
of Massachusetts, 1931-35.
Congregationalist.
Member, Phi
Delta Theta; Elks; Kiwanis.
Died in Westfield, Hampden
County, Mass., June 13,
1956 (age 75 years, 112
days).
Interment at Pine
Hill Cemetery, Westfield, Mass.
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Charles Endicott (1822-1889) —
of Canton, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Canton, Norfolk
County, Mass., October
28, 1822.
Deputy
sheriff; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1851, 1857-58; lawyer;
director, Norfolk Mutual Fire
Insurance Company and Neponset National Bank; trustee and
president, Canton Institution for Savings; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1866-67; member of Massachusetts
Governor's Council, 1868-69; Massachusetts
state auditor, 1870-76; Massachusetts
state treasurer, 1876-81.
Died August
19, 1889 (age 66 years, 295
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Francis Munroe Endicott (1879-1935) —
also known as F. Munroe Endicott —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., October
17, 1879.
Banker; U.S. Deputy Consul General in Cairo, 1907-08; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul General in Cairo, 1908-09; U.S. Consul General in Santo Domingo, 1911-12; real estate
agent.
His collection of ancient Greek coins was donated to the American
Numismatic Society in 1935.
Died in 1935
(age about
55 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Francis Endicott. |
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Walter Fessenden (1813-1884) —
of Townsend, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Groton, Middlesex
County, Mass., September
20, 1813.
Democrat. Cooper; postmaster;
banker; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1856,
1860;
member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1861.
Died in Townsend, Middlesex
County, Mass., January
28, 1884 (age 70 years, 130
days).
Interment at Hillside Cemetery, Townsend, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of Benjamin Fessenden (1772-1837) and Lavina (Stevens) Fessenden;
married, February
6, 1838, to Harriet Elizabeth Lewis; second cousin once removed
of Benjamin
Fessenden (1797-1881) and Charles
Backus Hyde Fessenden; third cousin of Samuel
Fessenden (1845-1903); third cousin once removed of Samuel
Clement Fessenden (1784-1869) and John
Milton Fessenden; fourth cousin of William
Pitt Fessenden, Samuel
Clement Fessenden (1815-1882), Thomas
Amory Deblois Fessenden, William
Fessenden Allen and Joseph
Palmer Fessenden; fourth cousin once removed of Ira A.
Locke, James
Deering Fessenden, Henry
Nichols Blake, Francis
Fessenden, Joshua
Abbe Fessenden, Samuel
Fessenden (1847-1908) and Oliver
Grosvenor Fessenden. |
| | | Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Henry Noah Fisher (b. 1842) —
also known as Henry N. Fisher —
of Waltham, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Barton, Orleans
County, Vt., June 5,
1842.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; manufacturer;
president, American Watch Tool Co.; vice-president, Waltham National
Bank; trustee, Waltham Savings Bank; mayor
of Waltham, Mass., 1887-89.
Burial location unknown.
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William Thomas Aloysius Fitzgerald (b. 1871) —
also known as W. T. A. Fitzgerald —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., December
19, 1871.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1904;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1900; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1910; candidate for mayor of
Boston, Mass., 1925; Suffolk
County Register of Deeds; president, Volunteer Cooperative
Bank; director, Cooperative Central Bank; director,
Boston-Nantasket Steamboat
Co.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Knights
of Columbus; Elks; Ancient
Order of Hibernians.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Fitzgerald and Bridget M. (Walsh) Fitzgerald; married, November
21, 1900, to Ellen T. Butler. |
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Motley H. Flint (1864-1930) —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Somerville, Middlesex
County, Mass., February
19, 1864.
Republican. Postmaster at Los
Angeles, Calif., 1904-10; banker; provided critical
support for the Warner Brothers Movie
studio in its early years; one of the promoters of Julian
Petroleum Corporation, a Ponzi
scheme which collapsed in 1927; about 40,000 investors lost their
money; tainted by the scandal,
he moved to Europe for a time.
Member, Freemasons.
Called as a witness in a civil suit involving David
O. Selznick; after his testimony, as he returned to the audience
section of the courtroom,
in Los Angeles City
Hall, he was shot and
killed
by Frank Keaton, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., July 14,
1930 (age 66 years, 145
days). Keaton, who had lost his money in Julian Petroleum, was
immediately arrested, and subsequently tried, convicted, and hanged.
Entombed in mausoleum at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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Elial Todd Foote (1796-1877) —
also known as Elial T. Foote —
of Jamestown, Chautauqua
County, N.Y.; New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Gill, Franklin
County, Mass., May 1,
1796.
Physician;
banker; member of New York
state assembly, 1819-20, 1826-27 (Cattaraugus, Chautauqua and
Niagara counties 1819-20, Chautauqua County 1826-27); Chautauqua
County Judge, 1823-43; postmaster at Jamestown,
N.Y., 1829-41.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., November
17, 1877 (age 81 years, 200
days).
Interment at Lake
View Cemetery, Jamestown, N.Y.
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William Cameron Forbes (1870-1959) —
also known as W. Cameron Forbes —
Born in Milton, Norfolk
County, Mass., May 21,
1870.
Merchant;
investment banker; Governor-General
of the Philippine Islands, 1909-13; receiver for a railway
in Brazil, 1914-19; U.S. Ambassador to Japan, 1930-32.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., December
24, 1959 (age 89 years, 217
days).
Cremated.
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Eugene Noble Foss (1858-1939) —
also known as Eugene N. Foss —
of Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in West Berkshire, Berkshire, Franklin
County, Vt., September
24, 1858.
Democrat. Owner of cotton
mills and iron and steel
works; active in banking and railroads;
U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 14th District, 1910-11;
defeated, 1902 (Republican, 11th District), 1904 (Republican, 11th
District); resigned 1911; defeated, 1925 (5th District); Governor of
Massachusetts, 1911-14; defeated (Independent), 1913; candidate
for Democratic nomination for President, 1912.
Baptist.
Member, Sigma
Phi.
Died September
13, 1939 (age 80 years, 354
days).
Interment at Forest
Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Boston, Mass.
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Frank Herbert Foss (1865-1947) —
also known as Frank H. Foss —
of Fitchburg, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Augusta, Kennebec
County, Maine, September
20, 1865.
Republican. Contractor;
member of Massachusetts
Republican State Committee, 1915-46; mayor
of Fitchburg, Mass., 1917-20; Massachusetts
Republican state chair, 1921-24; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 3rd District, 1925-35;
defeated, 1934; director, Fitchburg Cooperative Bank;
director, Fitchburg Mutual Fire
Insurance Co.
Universalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died in Fitchburg, Worcester
County, Mass., February
15, 1947 (age 81 years, 148
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Fitchburg, Mass.
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Matthew J. Fowler (b. 1879) —
of Haverhill, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in St. Catherines, Ontario,
May
31, 1879.
Republican. Optometrist;
president, Haverhill Cooperative Bank; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1924.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Knights
of Pythias.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Peter Fowler and Mary Fowler; married, April
18, 1907, to Daisy Longley. |
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Claude Moore Fuess (b. 1885) —
also known as Claude M. Fuess —
of Andover, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Waterville, Oneida
County, N.Y., January
12, 1885.
Republican. Instructor
and headmaster,
Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass.; director, Andover National
Bank; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1932.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Antiquarian Society; Society
of Colonial Wars.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Louis Philip Fuess and Helen Augusta (Moore) Fuess; married, June 27,
1911, to Elizabeth Cushing Goodhue. |
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George W. Gardner (1834-1911) —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Pittsfield, Berkshire
County, Mass., 1834.
Republican. Grain elevator
business; miller;
banker; vice-president, Cleveland and Buffalo Steamship
Line; mayor
of Cleveland, Ohio, 1885-86, 1889-90.
Died December
18, 1911 (age about 77
years).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
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Relatives: Son
of James Gardner and Caroline Griscilda (Porter)
Gardner. |
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William Alexander Gaston (1859-1927) —
also known as William A. Gaston —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Roxbury, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., May 1,
1859.
Democrat. Lawyer;
banker; candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1902, 1903, 1926; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1904,
1924
(alternate); candidate for U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1922.
Episcopalian.
Died in Barre, Worcester
County, Mass., July 17,
1927 (age 68 years, 77
days).
Interment at Forest
Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Boston, Mass.
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Charles T. Geyer (1848-1924) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Massachusetts, 1848.
Merchant;
banker; Vice-Consul
for Liberia in New
York, N.Y., 1899-1903.
Died September
12, 1924 (age about 76
years).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Francis Calley Gray (b. 1890) —
also known as Francis C. Gray —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Chestnut Hill, Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass., January
22, 1890.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
banker; director, U.S. Smelting,
Refining & Mining Co.;
director, Massachusetts Fire and Marine Insurance
Co.; chairman, Massachusetts General Hospital;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1944.
Member, American
Academy of Arts and Sciences; Humane
Society.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Morris Gray and Flora (Grant) Gray; married, September
16, 1916, to Helen Rotch Bullard. |
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Robert Earl Greenwood (b. 1904) —
also known as Robert E. Greenwood —
of Fitchburg, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Gardner, Worcester
County, Mass., April
26, 1904.
Democrat. Director, Fitchburg Cooperative Bank; incorporator,
Worcester North Savings Bank; trustee, Burbank Hospital;
mayor
of Fitchburg, Mass., 1934-38.
Episcopalian.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Levi Heywood Greenwood and Mary Alberta (Cann) Greenwood; married,
June
26, 1924, to Judith Coolidge. |
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William Kirk Greer (b. 1873) —
also known as William K. Greer —
of North Adams, Berkshire
County, Mass.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., October
11, 1873.
Republican. Textile mill
agent; mayor
of North Adams, Mass., 1923-24; director, North Adams National
Bank; vice-president, North Adams Savings Bank.
Congregationalist.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Greer and Caroline (Kirk) Greer; married, October
18, 1898, to Sarah M. Walker. |
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Joseph Grinnell (1788-1885) —
of New Bedford, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in New Bedford, Bristol
County, Mass., November
17, 1788.
Whig. Banker; railroad
president; member of Massachusetts
Governor's Council, 1839-41; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 10th District, 1843-51;
president, Wamsutta Cotton
Mills.
Quaker.
Died in New Bedford, Bristol
County, Mass., February
7, 1885 (age 96 years, 82
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, New Bedford, Mass.
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Thomas Gross Jr. (born c.1832) —
of East Haddam, Middlesex
County, Conn.
Born in Westfield, Hampden
County, Mass., about 1832.
Republican. Banker; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1880-81; member of Connecticut
state senate 21st District, 1893-94.
Burial location unknown.
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Frank Edward Guernsey (1866-1927) —
also known as Frank E. Guernsey —
of Dover-Foxcroft, Piscataquis
County, Maine.
Born in Dover (now part of Dover-Foxcroft), Piscataquis
County, Maine, October
15, 1866.
Republican. Lawyer;
banker; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1897-99; member of Maine
state senate, 1903; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Maine, 1908;
U.S.
Representative from Maine 4th District, 1908-17.
Member, Loyal
Legion; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., January
1, 1927 (age 60 years, 78
days).
Interment at Dover
Cemetery, Dover-Foxcroft, Maine.
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John William Haigis (1881-1960) —
also known as John W. Haigis —
of Greenfield, Franklin
County, Mass.
Born in Turners Falls, Montague, Franklin
County, Mass., July 31,
1881.
Republican. Founder, editor, and publisher of the Greenfield
Recorder newspaper;
banker; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1909-12; member of Massachusetts
state senate Franklin & Hampshire District, 1915-16, 1923-26; Massachusetts
state treasurer, 1929-30; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1934; candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1936; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1940
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business; speaker);
trustee of the University of Massachusetts, 1940-56; owner and
operator of radio
station WHAI.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Redmen.
Died in 1960
(age about
78 years).
Interment at Green
River Cemetery, Greenfield, Mass.
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Thomas Hammond (1843-1909) —
of Hammond, Lake
County, Ind.
Born in Fitchburg, Worcester
County, Mass., February
27, 1843.
Democrat. Assistant superintendent of the G. H. Hammond meat packing
plant; real estate
business; banker; mayor
of Hammond, Ind., 1888-93; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 10th District, 1893-95.
Died in Hammond, Lake
County, Ind., September
21, 1909 (age 66 years, 206
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Hammond, Ind.
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Charles E. Hatfield (b. 1862) —
of Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Massachusetts, September, 1862.
Lawyer;
banker; mayor of
Newton, Mass., 1910-13.
Burial location unknown.
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Edward Stevens Henry (1836-1921) —
also known as E. Stevens Henry —
of Rockville, Vernon, Tolland
County, Conn.
Born in Gill, Franklin
County, Mass., February
10, 1836.
Republican. Farmer; dry goods
merchant; banker; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Vernon, 1883; member of Connecticut
state senate 23rd District, 1887-88; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Connecticut, 1888
(member, Committee
to Notify Nominees); Connecticut
state treasurer, 1889-93; mayor
of Rockville, Conn., 1894-95; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 1st District, 1895-1913;
defeated, 1892.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons.
Died in Rockville, Vernon, Tolland
County, Conn., October
10, 1921 (age 85 years, 242
days).
Interment at Grove
Hill Cemetery, Rockville, Vernon, Conn.
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David Henshaw (1791-1852) —
of Leicester, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Leicester, Worcester
County, Mass., April 2,
1791.
Democrat. Wholesale
druggist; banker; insurance
business; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1826; U.S. Collector of Customs, 1829-38; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1839; U.S.
Secretary of the Navy, 1843-44.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Leicester, Worcester
County, Mass., November
11, 1852 (age 61 years, 223
days).
Interment at Pine
Grove Cemetery, Leicester, Mass.
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James Leonard Hodges (1790-1846) —
also known as James L. Hodges —
of Taunton, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in Taunton, Bristol
County, Mass., April
24, 1790.
Postmaster at Taunton,
Mass., 1810-26; lawyer;
banker; delegate
to Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1820; member of
Massachusetts
state senate, 1823-24; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 12th District, 1827-33.
Died in Taunton, Bristol
County, Mass., March 8,
1846 (age 55 years, 318
days).
Interment at Plain
Cemetery, Taunton, Mass.
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Charles Pagelsen Howard (1887-1966) —
also known as Charles P. Howard —
of Reading, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Tewksbury, Middlesex
County, Mass., December
26, 1887.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate
to Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1917; served in
the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Massachusetts
state senate Seventh Middlesex District, 1923-25; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1924
(alternate), 1928;
president, Blackstone Savings Bank, Boston, 1940-42; colonel
in the U.S. Army during World War II.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Political Science Association; American
Society for Public Administration; Military
Order of the World Wars; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Rotary.
Died in Beachmont, Revere, Suffolk
County, Mass., July 2,
1966 (age 78 years, 188
days).
Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery, Reading, Mass.
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Henry Howard (1801-1878) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Hinsdale, Berkshire
County, Mass., September
15, 1801.
Dry goods
merchant; lumber
business; Michigan
state treasurer, 1836-39; mayor
of Detroit, Mich., 1837; Michigan
state auditor general, 1839-40; banker.
Died in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., July 15,
1878 (age 76 years, 303
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William Stuart Howe (b. 1890) —
also known as William S. Howe —
of Somerville, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Somerville, Middlesex
County, Mass., April
16, 1890.
Republican. U.S. Vice Consul in Hankow, as of 1917; plumbing
and heating business; director, Somerville Coop Bank;
trustee, Somerville Hospital;
candidate for mayor
of Somerville, Mass., 1929; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 8th District, 1934, 1936;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1944.
Unitarian.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Saddler Howe and Lillian Florence (Howe) Howe; married 1922 to Alice
C. Bullock. |
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John Whitefield Hulbert (1770-1831) —
also known as John W. Hulbert —
of Pittsfield, Berkshire
County, Mass.; Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Born in Alford, Berkshire
County, Mass., June 1,
1770.
Lawyer;
bank director; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1814-17 (at-large 1814-15, 7th
District 1815-17); member of New York
state assembly from Cayuga County, 1825.
Died in Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y., October
19, 1831 (age 61 years, 140
days).
Interment at North
Street Cemetery, Auburn, N.Y.
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Charles Phelps Huntington (1802-1868) —
of Northampton, Hampshire
County, Mass.; Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Litchfield, Litchfield
County, Conn., May 24,
1802.
Lawyer;
delegate
to Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1853; superior
court judge in Massachusetts, 1855-59; banker.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., January
30, 1868 (age 65 years, 251
days).
Interment at Bridge
Street Cemetery, Northampton, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of Dan Huntington and Elizabeth Whiting (Phelps) Huntington; married
to Helen Sophia Mills (daughter of Elijah
Hunt Mills); grandfather of Josiah
Quincy; first cousin thrice removed of Benjamin
Huntington; second cousin of Charles
Edward Phelps; second cousin twice removed of Samuel
Huntington, Henry
Huntington and Gurdon
Huntington; third cousin of Joseph
Lyman Huntington; third cousin once removed of Ebenezer
Huntington, Samuel
H. Huntington, Abel
Huntington, Benjamin
Nicoll Huntington, Collins
Dwight Huntington and George
Milo Huntington; third cousin thrice removed of Noah
Phelps and Waightstill
Avery; fourth cousin of William
Woodbridge, Jabez
Williams Huntington, Isaac
Backus, Nathaniel
Huntington, James
Huntington, Elisha
Mills Huntington and Henry
Titus Backus; fourth cousin once removed of John
Davenport, Joshua
Coit, James
Davenport, Chauncey
Goodrich, Elizur
Goodrich, Augustus
Seymour Porter, Peter
Buell Porter, Silas
Wright Jr., Marshall
Chapin, William
Dean Kellogg, William
Clark Huntington, Everett
Chamberlin Benton and Fred
Douglas Fisher. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Upham
family; Saltonstall-Davis-Frelinghuysen-Appleton
family of Massachusetts (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Maynard W. Hutchinson (1885-1963) —
of Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Allston, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., September
15, 1885.
Republican. Shoe
manufacturer; investment banker; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1936;
U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1954-61.
Died in Chestnut Hill, Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass., September
12, 1963 (age 77 years, 362
days).
Interment at Newton
Cemetery, Newton, Mass.
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James Jackson (b. 1881) —
of Westwood, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., April
21, 1881.
Republican. Banker; Massachusetts
state treasurer, 1920-23; appointed 1920.
Burial location unknown.
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William Jackson (1783-1855) —
of Newton Corner, Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass., September
2, 1783.
Candle
maker; soap
manufacturer; banker; newspaper
publisher; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1829-32; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 9th District, 1833-37; early
promoter of railroads;
president, American Missionary Society, 1846-54.
Died in Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass., February
27, 1855 (age 71 years, 178
days).
Interment at East
Parish Burying Ground, Newton, Mass.
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Eldon Bradford Keith (b. 1879) —
also known as Eldon B. Keith —
of Brockton, Plymouth
County, Mass.
Born in Brockton, Plymouth
County, Mass., October
18, 1879.
Republican. Shoe
manufacturer; director, Brockton National Bank; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1912.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George Eldon Keith and Anna G. (Reed) Keith; married, May 20,
1903, to Lulie H. Keith. |
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Joseph Patrick Kennedy, Sr. (1888-1969) —
also known as Joseph P. Kennedy; Joe
Kennedy —
of Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass.; Bronxville, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., September
6, 1888.
Supervisor of the shipyard
at Quincy, Mass.; banker; stockbroker;
owner and financier of movie
studios in the 1920s; organized the merger that created
Radio-Keith-Orpheum (RKO) in 1928; chair, U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission, 1934-35; U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1938-40.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Died, of complications from a stroke,
in Hyannis Port, Barnstable, Barnstable
County, Mass., November
18, 1969 (age 81 years, 73
days).
Interment at Holyhood
Cemetery, Brookline, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of Mary Augusta (Hickey) Kennedy and Patrick
Joseph Kennedy (1858-1929); married, October
7, 1914, to Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald (daughter of John
Francis Fitzgerald); father of Joseph
Patrick Kennedy Jr., John
Fitzgerald Kennedy (who married Jaqueline
Lee Bouvier), Eunice Mary Kennedy (who married Robert
Sargent Shriver Jr.), Patricia
Kennedy Lawford (who married Peter
Lawford), Robert
Francis Kennedy, Jean
Kennedy Smith and Edward
Moore Kennedy; grandfather of Kathleen
Kennedy Townsend, Joseph
Patrick Kennedy II, John
Fitzgerald Kennedy Jr., Mark
Kennedy Shriver and Patrick
Joseph Kennedy (born 1967). |
| | | Political family: Kennedy
family. |
| | | See also Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books about Joseph P. Kennedy: Richard
J. Whalen, The
Founding Father : The Story of Joseph P. Kennedy, A Study in Power,
Wealth, and Family Ambition |
| | | Critical books about Joseph P. Kennedy:
Ronald Kessler, The
Sins of the Father : Joseph P. Kennedy and the Dynasty He
Founded — Ted Schwarz, Joseph
P. Kennedy : The Mogul, the Mob, the Statesman, and the Making of an
American Myth |
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Rollin Arthur Keyes (1854-1925) —
also known as Rollin A. Keyes —
of Evanston, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Somerville, Middlesex
County, Mass., December
14, 1854.
Republican. Wholesale
grocer; director, National Bank of the Republic, and City
National Bank of Evanston; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Illinois, 1908.
Swedenborgian.
Died in Evanston, Cook
County, Ill., April 3,
1925 (age 70 years, 110
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Rollin Web Keyes and Abigail A. (Chandler) Keyes; married, October
4, 1876, to Katharine D. Officer. |
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William Shadrach Knox (1843-1914) —
also known as William S. Knox —
of Lawrence, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Killingly, Windham
County, Conn., September
10, 1843.
Republican. Lawyer;
banker; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1874-75; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 5th District, 1895-1903;
defeated, 1892.
Died in Andover, Essex
County, Mass., September
21, 1914 (age 71 years, 11
days).
Interment at Bellevue
Cemetery, Lawrence, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of William Shadrach Knox and Rebecca (Walker) Knox; married to
Eunice B. Hussey; married, November
25, 1898, to Helen Myers Boardman. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page |
| | | Image source: Autobiographies and
Portraits of the President, Cabinet, etc. (1899) |
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Alexander G. Lajoie (b. 1892) —
of Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., September
17, 1892.
Democrat. Grocer; accountant;
bank examiner; Worcester
County Treasurer, 1937-43; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1940.
Member, Elks; Knights
of Columbus.
Burial location unknown.
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Simon Larned (1753-1817) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Thompson, Windham
County, Conn., August
3, 1753.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; Berkshire
County Sheriff; merchant;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1791; Berkshire
County Treasurer, 1792-1812; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts at-large, 1804-05; colonel in
the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; president, Berkshire
Bank.
Died in Pittsfield, Berkshire
County, Mass., November
16, 1817 (age 64 years, 105
days).
Interment at Pittsfield
Cemetery, Pittsfield, Mass.
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Robert Milton Leach (1879-1952) —
also known as Robert M. Leach —
of Taunton, Bristol
County, Mass.; Franklin, Merrimack
County, N.H.
Born in Franklin, Merrimack
County, N.H., April 2,
1879.
Republican. Salesman of stoves and ranges; director, Atherton Furniture
Co.; director, Burpee Furniture
Co.; director, National Shawmut Bank of Boston; served in the
U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 15th District, 1924-25;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1928
(alternate), 1932.
Unitarian.
Member, Psi
Upsilon; Freemasons.
Died in Eustis, Lake
County, Fla., February
18, 1952 (age 72 years, 322
days).
Interment at Franklin
Cemetery, Franklin, N.H.
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George Andrew Lewis (1863-1918) —
also known as George A. Lewis —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in LaPorte, LaPorte
County, Ind., January
13, 1863.
Banker; Honorary
Consul for Salvador in Boston,
Mass., 1902-07.
Died, in Cambridge Hospital,
Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass., June 28,
1918 (age 55 years, 166
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James Lewis and Emeline (Strong) Lewis; married, July 12,
1904, to Edith Louise Costello. |
| | | Image source: Boston Globe, June 29,
1918 |
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Benjamin F. Lincoln (b. 1831) —
of Lyndon, Caledonia
County, Vt.
Born in Wareham, Plymouth
County, Mass., September
4, 1831.
Republican. Lumber
manufacturer; director, Lyndon National Bank; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Lyndon, 1876-78, 1888.
Congregationalist.
Burial location unknown.
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Wallace Raymond Lovett (b. 1880) —
also known as Wallace R. Lovett —
of Melrose, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Melrose, Middlesex
County, Mass., August
6, 1880.
Republican. President and general manager, Standard Diary Co., publishers;
vice-president, Malden Savings Bank; director, Melrose
Cooperative Bank; director, Malden Morris Plan Bank;
director, Liberty Trust Company; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1936.
Congregationalist.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George Frederick Lovett and Eliza Carleton (Hackett) Lovett;
married, September
11, 1902, to Maude Alice Morrin. |
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John R. Macomber (1875-1955) —
of Framingham, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Framingham, Middlesex
County, Mass., November
1, 1875.
Republican. Investment banker; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1924;
director, U.S. Smelting,
Refining, and Mining Co.
treasurer, Massachusetts General Hospital.
Unitarian.
Member, Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals; Exchange
Club.
Died in 1955
(age about
79 years).
Interment at Edgell
Grove Cemetery, Framingham, Mass.
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George Stewart Miller (b. 1884) —
also known as George S. Miller —
of Medford, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Lawrence, Essex
County, Mass., May 12,
1884.
Republican. School
teacher; college
professor; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1932;
acting
president, Tufts College, 1937-38; director, Medford Hillside
Cooperative Bank.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Alpha
Tau Omega; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James H. Miller and Katherine (Stewart) Miller; married, August
14, 1913, to Marion F. Stratton. |
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Joseph Dominic Montedonico (1852-1909) —
also known as Joseph D. Montedonico —
of Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., April 4,
1852.
Banker; insurance
business; Consular
Agent for Italy in Memphis,
Tenn., 1875-77, 1892-96; member of Tennessee
state senate; elected 1884.
Italian
ancestry.
Died, from heart
disease and malaria,
in Hotel
Pilgrim, Plymouth, Plymouth
County, Mass., September
8, 1909 (age 57 years, 157
days).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery, Memphis, Tenn.
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Bertram Oldroyd Moody (b. 1891) —
also known as Bertram O. Moody —
of Amherst, Hampshire
County, Mass.
Born in Thompsonville, Enfield, Hartford
County, Conn., December
5, 1891.
Republican. Banker; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1936.
Member, Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Ernest Moody and Grace (Oldroyd) Moody; married, September
16, 1914, to Greta Covil Gordon. |
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Samuel Lyman Munson (b. 1844) —
also known as Samuel L. Munson —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Norwich (now Huntington), Hampshire
County, Mass., June 14,
1844.
Republican. Collar
manufacturer; vice-president, Home Savings Bank; director,
National Exchange Bank; vice-president, Albany Homeopathic Hospital;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New York.
Christian
Reformed. Member, Sons of
the Revolution; American
Antiquarian Society.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Garry Munson and Harriet (Lyman) Munson; married, May 21,
1868, to Susan Babcock Hopkins. |
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Daniel Needham (1822-1895) —
of Groton, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Hartford, Windsor
County, Vt.
Born in Salem, Essex
County, Mass., May 24,
1822.
Lawyer;
farmer;
aide (with rank of Colonel) to Gov. George
S. Boutwell, 1851-53; Massachusetts
Democratic state chair, 1853; Democratic candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 8th District, 1854; member of
Vermont
state house of representatives from Hartford, 1857-58; member of
Vermont
state senate from Windsor County, 1859-61; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1866-67; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1868-69; director, Boston Safe Deposit and
Trust Co.; trustee, John Hancock Life
Insurance Co.; director, Peterborough and Shirley Railroad.
Unitarian.
Member, Freemasons;
Humane
Society.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Groton, Middlesex
County, Mass., February
20, 1895 (age 72 years, 272
days).
Interment at Groton
Cemetery, Groton, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of James Needham and Lydia (Breed) Needham; married, July 17,
1842, to Caroline A. Hall; married, October
7, 1880, to Ellen Mary Brigham. |
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Henry Gleason Newton (1843-1914) —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Durham, Middlesex
County, Conn., June 5,
1843.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1885, 1895; trustee, Farmers' and
Mechanics' Savings Bank, Middletown, Conn.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sons of
the American Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died March
21, 1914 (age 70 years, 289
days).
Interment at Durham Cemetery, Durham, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of Capt. Gaylord Newton and Nancy M. (Merwin) Newton; married 1885 to Dr.
Sarah Allen Baldwin. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Asa Russell Nye (1808-1858) —
also known as Asa R. Nye —
of New Bedford, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in New Bedford, Bristol
County, Mass., 1808.
Merchant;
banker; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives from New Bedford; elected 1854.
Died in New Bedford, Bristol
County, Mass., August
8, 1858 (age about 50
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph Henry O'Neil (1853-1935) —
also known as Joseph H. O'Neil —
of Roxbury, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Fall River, Bristol
County, Mass., March
23, 1853.
Democrat. Banker; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1878-82, 1884; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1889-95 (2nd District 1889-91,
4th District 1891-93, 9th District 1893-95); delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1916
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee); candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1918; candidate for mayor of
Boston, Mass., 1925.
Died in 1935
(age about
82 years).
Interment at Holyhood
Cemetery, Brookline, Mass.
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Calvin De Witt Paige (1848-1930) —
also known as Calvin D. Paige —
of Southbridge, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Southbridge, Worcester
County, Mass., May 20,
1848.
Republican. President, Central Mills Co. (cotton); president,
Southbridge Savings Bank; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1878-79; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Massachusetts; member of Massachusetts
Governor's Council, 1906-07; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 3rd District, 1913-25.
Died in Southbridge, Worcester
County, Mass., April
24, 1930 (age 81 years, 339
days).
Interment at Oak
Ridge Cemetery, Southbridge, Mass.
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Philo Parsons (1817-1865) —
of Michigan.
Born in Scipio, Cayuga
County, N.Y., February
7, 1817.
Wholesale
grocer; banker; member of Michigan
state board of agriculture, 1861-63.
Presbyterian;
later Congregationalist.
Died in Winchendon, Worcester
County, Mass., January
12, 1865 (age 47 years, 340
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Lewis Baldwin Parsons and Lucine (Hoar) Parsons; married, June 27,
1843, to Anne Eliza Barnum. |
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David Pingree (1795-1863) —
also known as "Merchant Prince of
Salem" —
of Salem, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Georgetown, Essex
County, Mass., December
31, 1795.
Shipowner;
merchant;
cotton mill
president; lumber
business; banker; mayor of
Salem, Mass., 1851-52.
Died in Salem, Essex
County, Mass., March
31, 1863 (age 67 years, 90
days).
Interment at Harmony
Grove Cemetery, Salem, Mass.
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Aram J. Pothier (1854-1928) —
of Woonsocket, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Quebec,
July
26, 1854.
Republican. Banker; officer of Guerin Spinning
Co., Alsace Worsted Co.,
Montrose Woolen Co.,
and Rosemont Dyeing
Co.; treasurer, Woonsocket Hospital;
member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1887-88; mayor
of Woonsocket, R.I., 1894-96; Lieutenant
Governor of Rhode Island, 1897-98; Governor of
Rhode Island, 1909-15, 1925-28; died in office 1928; candidate
for Presidential Elector for Rhode Island.
Catholic.
Member, American
Bankers Association.
Died February
3, 1928 (age 73 years, 192
days).
Interment at Precious
Blood Cemetery, Blackstone, Mass.
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David G. Pratt (b. 1848) —
of Middleboro, Plymouth
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., November
7, 1848.
Republican. Banker; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1904;
member of Massachusetts
Governor's Council 1st District, 1906.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Newton Prouty (1842-1916) —
of Spencer, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Spencer, Worcester
County, Mass., October
6, 1842.
Republican. Boot and shoe
manufacturer; director, Spencer National Bank; member of
Massachusetts
state senate Fourth Worcester District, 1906-07.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Newport, Orleans
County, Vt., January
18, 1916 (age 73 years, 104
days).
Interment at Pine Grove Cemetery, Spencer, Mass.
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Lynn Melvin Ranger (1884-1967) —
also known as Lynn M. Ranger —
of Lynn, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Massachusetts, January
28, 1884.
Coal
salesman; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1912;
Progressive candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 7th District, 1912, 1914;
bank director; lumber
business.
Died in 1967
(age about
83 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Melvin Ranger and Nellie Frances (Allen) Ranger; married to
Florence Young. |
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Abraham Captain Ratshesky (1864-1943) —
also known as Abraham C. Ratshesky; A. C.
Ratshesky —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., November
6, 1864.
Republican. Banker; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1892,
1904,
1916,
1924;
member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1892-94; U.S. Minister to Czechoslovakia, 1930-32.
Jewish.
Member, American
Jewish Committee.
Died in 1943
(age about
78 years).
Burial location unknown.
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John Marshall Raymond (b. 1852) —
also known as John M. Raymond —
of Salem, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Salem, Essex
County, Mass., June 16,
1852.
Lawyer;
president, Salem Mutual
Benefit Association; president, Salem Cooperative Bank;
director, Mercantile National Bank of Salem; member of Massachusetts
Governor's Council, 1880; mayor of
Salem, Mass., 1886-89.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Burial location unknown.
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Presumably named
for: John
Marshall |
| | | Relatives: Son of Alfred Augustus
Raymond and Sarah Slade (Buffum) Raymond; married 1879 to Anna
Belle Jackson; married 1893 to Jennie
Abbot Ward. |
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William Whitney Rice (1826-1896) —
also known as William W. Rice —
of Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Deerfield, Franklin
County, Mass., March 7,
1826.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer; Worcester
County Judge of Insolvency, 1858; mayor
of Worcester, Mass., 1860; defeated, 1858; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1868;
District Attorney, Middle District, 1869-74; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1875; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1877-87 (9th District 1877-83,
10th District 1883-87); bank director.
Member, American
Antiquarian Society.
Died in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., March 1,
1896 (age 69 years, 360
days).
Interment at Worcester
Rural Cemetery, Worcester, Mass.
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Frank West Rollins (1860-1915) —
also known as Frank W. Rollins —
of Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H.
Born in Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H., February
24, 1860.
Republican. Lawyer;
banker; member of New
Hampshire state senate 10th District, 1895-96; Governor of
New Hampshire, 1899-1901.
Died, in the Hotel
Somerset, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
27, 1915 (age 55 years, 245
days).
Interment at Blossom
Hill Cemetery, Concord, N.H.
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D. Joseph St. Germain (1893-1980) —
of Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass.
Born in Ellenberg, Clinton
County, N.Y., July 27,
1893.
Republican. Investment banker; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1940,
1948,
1956.
Congregationalist.
Member, American
Legion; Elks.
Died in Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass., April, 1980
(age 86
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Richard Saltonstall (1897-1982) —
of Sherborn, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Chestnut Hill, Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass., July 23,
1897.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; investment
banker; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1952,
1956
(alternate).
Unitarian.
Died, while suffering from respiratory
problems, in Sherborn, Middlesex
County, Mass., May 4,
1982 (age 84 years, 285
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Richard Middlecott Saltonstall and Eleanor (Brooks) Saltonstall;
brother of Leverett
Saltonstall (1892-1979); married, June 18,
1921, to Mary Bowditch Rogers; uncle of William
Lawrence Saltonstall; grandson of Leverett
Saltonstall (1825-1895); great-grandson of Leverett
Saltonstall (1783-1845) and Amos
Adams Lawrence; second great-grandson of William
Appleton; second great-grandnephew of Benjamin
Gorham, Luther
Lawrence and Abbott
Lawrence; third great-grandson of Nathaniel
Gorham; third great-grandnephew of George
Cabot; fourth great-grandson of James
Sullivan; fourth great-grandnephew of Gurdon
Saltonstall (1666-1724) and Timothy
Pickering; first cousin once removed of John
Lee Saltonstall; first cousin twice removed of John
Quincy Adams, William
Everett and Brooks
Adams; first cousin thrice removed of Samuel
Abbott Green; first cousin four times removed of Nathan
Appleton, James
Appleton and Nathan
Dane Appleton; first cousin five times removed of Gurdon
Saltonstall (1708-1785); second cousin of William
Gurdon Saltonstall and John
Lee Saltonstall Jr.; second cousin once removed of Charles
Francis Adams; second cousin thrice removed of John
Appleton (1804-1891), Jane
Pierce and John
Appleton (1815-1864); second cousin four times removed of Dudley
Leavitt Pickman; second cousin five times removed of John
Wingate Weeks; third cousin of Thomas
Boylston Adams; third cousin once removed of John
Forbes Kerry; third cousin twice removed of Henry
Cabot Lodge; fourth cousin once removed of Arthur
Taggard Appleton. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Sprague
family of Providence, Rhode Island; Biddle-Randolph
family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Saltonstall-Davis-Frelinghuysen-Appleton
family of Massachusetts; Beakes-Greene-Witter
family; Shippen-Middleton
family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
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Timothy Thompson Sawyer (1817-1905) —
also known as Timothy T. Sawyer —
of Charlestown, Middlesex County (now part of Boston, Suffolk
County), Mass.
Born in Charlestown, Middlesex County (now part of Boston, Suffolk
County), Mass., January
7, 1817.
Banker; mayor
of Charlestown, Mass., 1855-57.
Died September
4, 1905 (age 88 years, 240
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Sawyer and Susana (Thompson) Sawyer; married to Mary
Stockman. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
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Harvey L. Schwamm (c.1905-1958) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Riverdale, Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born about 1905.
Republican. Real estate
broker; banker; candidate for New York
state senate 15th District, 1938, 1940; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1940;
major in the U.S. Army during World War II; candidate for
Presidential Elector for New York.
Jewish.
Killed when a Northeast Airlines plane, landing in heavy
fog, crashed
and burned,
about 300 yards short of the airport
runway, in Nantucket, Nantucket
County, Mass., August
15, 1958 (age about 53
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1924 to
Lillian Tverskoi. |
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Jacob Sleeper (c.1802-1889) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Newcastle, Lincoln
County, Maine, about 1802.
Wholesale
clothing business; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1851-52; director, Boston
National Bank of Commerce; director, North American Insurance
Company.
Wesleyan.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., March
31, 1889 (age about 87
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Herbert L. Smith (b. 1867) —
of Cortland, Cortland
County, N.Y.
Born in North Adams, Berkshire
County, Mass., December
23, 1867.
Republican. Dairy supply
business; banker; mayor
of Cortland, N.Y., 1905-06; postmaster at Cortland,
N.Y., 1925-28.
Presbyterian.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Benjamin Smith and Emily (Hall) Smith; married to Adeline
Bennett. |
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Isaac Townsend Smith (1813-1906) —
also known as Isaac T. Smith —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., March
12, 1813.
Republican. Banker; candidate for Presidential Elector for New
York; Consul-General
for Siam in New
York, N.Y., 1887-1903.
Member, Union
League.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March
30, 1906 (age 93 years, 18
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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William Henry Harrison Stowell (1840-1922) —
also known as William H. H. Stowell —
of Burkeville, Nottoway
County, Va.; Appleton, Outagamie
County, Wis.; Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn.; Amherst, Hampshire
County, Mass.
Born in West Windsor, Windsor
County, Vt., July 26,
1840.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Virginia 4th District, 1871-77; Virginia
Republican state chair, 1872-73; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Virginia, 1876;
founder, secretary-treasurer, Fox River Pulp
Co., Atlas Paper
Co., Duluth Iron and
Steel Co.; president of Manufacturers Bank of West Duluth,
1889-1895.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars.
Died in Amherst, Hampshire
County, Mass., April
27, 1922 (age 81 years, 275
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Royal Chapin Taft (1823-1912) —
also known as Royal C. Taft —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Northbridge, Worcester
County, Mass., February
14, 1823.
Republican. Member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1880-84; Governor of
Rhode Island, 1888-89; president, Merchants National Bank;
president, Boston & Providence Railroad;
director, New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad.
Died June 4,
1912 (age 89 years, 111
days).
Interment at Swan
Point Cemetery, Providence, R.I.
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George Sylvester Taylor (1822-1910) —
of Chicopee Falls, Chicopee, Hampden
County, Mass.
Born in South Hadley, Hampshire
County, Mass., March 2,
1822.
Republican. Farm tool
manufacturer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1860-61; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1869; president, Chicopee Falls Savings
Bank; mayor
of Chicopee, Mass., 1891.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died in Chicopee, Hampden
County, Mass., January
3, 1910 (age 87 years, 307
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Lyman Twining Tingier (1862-1920) —
also known as Lyman T. Tingier —
of Rockville, Vernon, Tolland
County, Conn.
Born in Webster, Worcester
County, Mass., June 9,
1862.
Democrat. Lawyer;
bank director; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Connecticut, 1896;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Vernon, 1909-12; mayor
of Rockville, Conn., 1912-13; Lieutenant
Governor of Connecticut, 1913-15; candidate for Governor of
Connecticut, 1914.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Foresters.
Died in 1920
(age about
58 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Eliphalet Trask (1806-1890) —
of Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass.
Born in Monson, Hampden
County, Mass., January
8, 1806.
Whig. Foundry
business; banker; mayor
of Springfield, Mass., 1855; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1856-57, 1862; Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1858-61.
Universalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died in Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass., December
9, 1890 (age 84 years, 335
days).
Interment at Springfield
Cemetery, Springfield, Mass.
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Allen Towner Treadway (1867-1947) —
also known as Allen T. Treadway —
of Stockbridge, Berkshire
County, Mass.
Born in Stockbridge, Berkshire
County, Mass., September
16, 1867.
Republican. Hotel
proprietor; director, Berkshire Trust Co.; trustee,
Stockbridge Savings Bank; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1904; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1908-11; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 1st District, 1913-45; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1936.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Grange;
Elks; Royal
Arcanum; Alpha
Delta Phi.
Died in 1947
(age about
79 years).
Interment at Stockbridge
Cemetery, Stockbridge, Mass.
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Walter H. Trumbull (b. 1857) —
of Salem, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Massachusetts, 1857.
Republican. Banker; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1904.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Sinclair Weeks (1893-1972) —
also known as Sinclair Weeks —
of Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Lancaster, Coos
County, N.H.
Born in West Newton, Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass., June 15,
1893.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army on the Mexican border; served in
the U.S. Army during World War I; banker; mayor of
Newton, Mass., 1930-35; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1932,
1940,
1944,
1948,
1952,
1956;
Massachusetts
Republican state chair, 1936-38; member of Republican
National Committee from Massachusetts, 1940-53; Treasurer
of Republican National Committee, 1941-44; U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1944; appointed 1944; U.S.
Secretary of Commerce, 1953-58.
Unitarian.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; American
Legion; Sons of
the American Revolution; Society
of the Cincinnati.
Died, in the Rivercrest Nursing
Home, Concord, Middlesex
County, Mass., February
7, 1972 (age 78 years, 237
days).
Interment at Summer
Street Cemetery, Lancaster, N.H.
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George Elon White (1848-1935) —
also known as George E. White —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Millbury, Worcester
County, Mass., March 7,
1848.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lumber
business; banker; member of Illinois
state senate, 1878-86; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 5th District, 1895-99.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., May 17,
1935 (age 87 years, 71
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Rosehill
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Leonard White (1767-1849) —
of Haverhill, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Haverhill, Essex
County, Mass., May 3,
1767.
Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1809-11; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 3rd District, 1811-13;
banker.
Died in Haverhill, Essex
County, Mass., October
10, 1849 (age 82 years, 160
days).
Interment at Pentucket
Cemetery, Haverhill, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of John White and Sarah (Leonard) White; married, August
21, 1794, to Mary Dalton; married, June 21,
1842, to Hannah C. Ames; third cousin of John
Appleton (1758-1829) and Thomas
Appleton; third cousin once removed of James
Hodges and John
James Appleton; third cousin twice removed of John
William Messer Appleton; third cousin thrice removed of George
Allen Prescott; fourth cousin of Nathan
Appleton, James
Appleton, William
Appleton, James
Leonard Hodges and Nathan
Dane Appleton; fourth cousin once removed of George
Champlin, Enoch
Woodbridge, Timothy
Pitkin, Augustus
Seymour Porter, Peter
Buell Porter, Eleazer
Pomeroy, Daniel
Chapin, John
Larkin Payson, John
Appleton (1804-1891), Jane
Pierce, William
Dean Kellogg, John
Appleton (1815-1864) and Marcus
Morton. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Sprague
family of Providence, Rhode Island; Biddle-Randolph
family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Saltonstall-Davis-Frelinghuysen-Appleton
family of Massachusetts; Beakes-Greene-Witter
family; Shippen-Middleton
family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Edward Henry Willey (1883-1958) —
also known as Edward H. Willey —
of South Boston, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., December
7, 1883.
Republican. Druggist;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1928;
bank director.
Catholic.
Died in South Boston, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., August
11, 1958 (age 74 years, 247
days).
Interment at St.
Joseph's Cemetery, West Roxbury, Boston, Mass.
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Samuel Ellsworth Winslow (1862-1940) —
also known as Samuel E. Winslow —
of Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., April
11, 1862.
Republican. President, Samuel Winslow Skate
Manufacturing Co.; director, U.S. Envelope Co., State Mutual Life
Assurance Co. of Worcester, Mass., and Mechanics National
Bank; trustee, Worcester City Hospital;
chairman, U.S. Board of Railway Labor Mediation; Massachusetts
Republican state chair, 1893-94; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1908;
speaker, 1924;
U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 4th District, 1913-25.
Unitarian.
Died in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., July 11,
1940 (age 78 years, 91
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Hope
Cemetery, Worcester, Mass.
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George Washington Wright (1816-1885) —
also known as George W. Wright —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; Washington,
D.C.; Dorchester, Norfolk County (now part of Boston, Suffolk
County), Mass.
Born in Concord, Middlesex
County, Mass., June 4,
1816.
Merchant;
banker; went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; U.S.
Representative from California at-large, 1850-51.
Died in Dorchester, Norfolk County (now part of Boston, Suffolk
County), Mass., April 7,
1885 (age 68 years, 307
days).
Interment at Sleepy
Hollow Cemetery, Concord, Mass.
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Charles B. Yates (1939-2000) —
of Edgewater Park, Burlington
County, N.J.; Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
27, 1939.
Democrat. Business
executive; banker; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 6th District, 1970, 1974; member
of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1972-77 (District 4-C 1972-73,
7th District 1974-77); defeated, 1969; member of New
Jersey state senate 7th District, 1978-81; defeated, 1971.
Killed, along with his family, in the crash of a
small plane he was piloting, at Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard, Dukes
County, Mass., October
6, 2000 (age 61 years, 9
days).
Burial location unknown.
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