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Arthur Prescott Barker (1890-1969) —
also known as A. Prescott Barker —
of Lynn, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Lynn, Essex
County, Mass., August
1, 1890.
Republican. Carpenter;
contractor;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 7th District, 1948.
Baptist.
Died in 1969
(age about
78 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Albert L. Brown (b. 1828) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Lunenburg, Essex
County, Vt.
Born in Lunenburg, Essex
County, Vt., January
12, 1828.
Republican. Merchant;
farmer;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Lunenburgh, 1888.
Baptist.
Burial location unknown.
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Robert Angelo Cerasoli (b. 1947) —
also known as Robert A. Cerasoli —
of Quincy, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born, in Quincy City Hospital,
Quincy, Norfolk
County, Mass., July 12,
1947.
Democrat. Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1975-91; Inspector General of
Massachusetts, 1991-2001; Inspector General of New Orleans, 2007.
Catholic;
later Baptist. Hispanic
ancestry. Member, National Rifle
Association.
Still living as of 2006.
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Howard Aldridge Coffin (1877-1956) —
also known as Howard A. Coffin —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Middleboro, Plymouth
County, Mass., June 11,
1877.
Republican. Sales representative, Ginn & Company book
publishers, 1901-11; controller, Warren Motor Car
Company, 1911-13; regional manager, Firestone Tire
and Rubber
Company, 1913-18; secretary, Detroit Pressed
Steel Company, 1918-21; assistant to president, Cadillac Motor Car
Company, 1921-25; vice-president, later president, White Star Oil
Refining Company, 1925-33; division manager, Socony-Vacuum Oil
Company, 1933; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 13th District, 1947-49; defeated,
1944, 1948.
Baptist. Member, Rotary.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
28, 1956 (age 78 years, 262
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Alonzo B. Cook (b. 1866) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., July 31,
1866.
Republican. Lawyer; Massachusetts
state auditor, 1915-23; candidate for mayor of
Boston, Mass., 1925; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1936;
Townsendite, Prohibition, Economy candidate for U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1936.
Baptist. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Levi F. Cook and Eliza (Ryan) Cook; married to Lydia
Martin. |
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Elbridge Gerry Davis (b. 1877) —
also known as Elbridge G. Davis —
of Malden, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Houlton, Aroostook
County, Maine, August
20, 1877.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer;
delegate
to Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1917-19; member
of Massachusetts
state house of representatives Twenty-First Middlesex District,
1921-26; district judge in Massachusetts, 1927.
Baptist. Member, American Bar
Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Earl Farwell Dodge (1932-2007) —
also known as Earl F. Dodge; "Mr.
Prohibition" —
of Massachusetts; Winona Lake, Kosciusko
County, Ind.; Kansas; Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo
County, Mich.; Lakewood, Jefferson
County, Colo.
Born in Malden, Middlesex
County, Mass., December
24, 1932.
Prohibition candidate for Massachusetts
Governor's Council, 1954; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Massachusetts; Prohibition candidate for secretary
of state of Massachusetts, 1956; Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana 2nd District, 1960; Prohibition
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1966; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Michigan; Prohibition candidate for Governor of
Colorado, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1994; Prohibition
candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1976, 1980; Prohibition candidate
for President
of the United States, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004;
Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Senator from Colorado, 1990.
Baptist.
Collapsed at Denver International Airport,
and died soon after, from cardiac
arrythmia, at the University of Colorado Hospital,
Denver,
Colo., November
7, 2007 (age 74 years, 318
days).
Burial location unknown.
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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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Charles Aubrey Eaton (1868-1953) —
also known as Charles A. Eaton;
"Doc" —
of Natick, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Toronto, Ontario;
Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Watchung, North Plainfield, Somerset
County, N.J.
Born in Pugwash, Nova
Scotia, March
29, 1868.
Republican. Baptist
minister; magazine
editor; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
New Jersey, 1920,
1924;
U.S.
Representative from New Jersey, 1925-53 (4th District 1925-33,
5th District 1933-53).
Baptist. Member, Union
League.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
23, 1953 (age 84 years, 300
days).
Interment at Hillside
Cemetery, Scotch Plains, N.J.
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John Scott Everton (1908-2003) —
of Pleasantville, Westchester
County, N.Y.; Istanbul, Turkey;
Yarmouth Port, Yarmouth, Barnstable
County, Mass.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., March 7,
1908.
Minister;
college
professor; president,
Kalamazoo College, 1949-53; U.S. Ambassador to Burma, 1961-63; president
of Robert College (now Bogazici University), Istanbul, Turkey,
1968-71.
Baptist; later Congregationalist.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Pi
Kappa Delta.
Died January
23, 2003 (age 94 years, 322
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Benjamin Fessenden (1797-1881) —
of Cumberland, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Sandwich, Barnstable
County, Mass., June 13,
1797.
Cotton goods
manufacturer; member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1855-56; Speaker of
the Rhode Island State House of Representatives, 1855-56; member
of Rhode
Island state senate, 1869-70; postmaster.
Unitarian;
later Baptist.
Died January
6, 1881 (age 83 years, 207
days).
Interment at Swan
Point Cemetery, Providence, R.I.
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Relatives: Son
of William Fessenden and Martha (Freeman) Fessenden; brother of Charles
Backus Hyde Fessenden; married, December
13, 1821, to Mary Wilkinson; nephew of Nathaniel
Freeman Jr.; first cousin once removed of Samuel
Fessenden (1845-1903); first cousin thrice removed of Samuel
Allyne Otis; second cousin once removed of Walter
Fessenden; second cousin twice removed of Harrison
Gray Otis; third cousin of Samuel
Clement Fessenden (1784-1869), John
Milton Fessenden and Reuben
Eaton Fenton; third cousin once removed of William
Pitt Fessenden, Samuel
Clement Fessenden (1815-1882), Thomas
Amory Deblois Fessenden, William
Fessenden Allen and Joseph
Palmer Fessenden; third cousin twice removed of Asahel
Otis, James
Deering Fessenden, Henry
Nichols Blake, Francis
Fessenden, Joshua
Abbe Fessenden, Samuel
Fessenden (1847-1908), Oliver
Grosvenor Fessenden and Desda
Chapin; third cousin thrice removed of Charles
Milton Fessenden; fourth cousin of James
Otis; fourth cousin once removed of Peter
Rawson Taft, Day
Otis Kellogg, Dwight
Kellogg, Asa H.
Otis and Ebenezer
Oliver Grosvenor. |
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family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
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memorial |
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Fred Tarbell Field (1876-1950) —
of Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Springfield, Windsor
County, Vt., December
24, 1876.
Lawyer;
justice
of Massachusetts state supreme court, 1929-47; chief
justice of Massachusetts supreme judicial court, 1938-47.
Baptist. Member, American
Academy of Arts and Sciences; American Bar
Association; American
Historical Association; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, in Newton-Wellesley Hospital,
Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass., July 23,
1950 (age 73 years, 211
days).
Burial location unknown.
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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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Alvan Tufts Fuller (1878-1958) —
also known as Alvan T. Fuller —
of Malden, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., February
27, 1878.
Republican. Automobile
dealer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1915; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1916,
1932;
U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 9th District, 1917-21; Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1921-25; Governor of
Massachusetts, 1925-29; candidate for Republican nomination for
Vice President, 1932.
Baptist. Member, Odd
Fellows; Freemasons;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias.
Died April
30, 1958 (age 80 years, 62
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at East
Cemetery, Rye Beach, Rye, N.H.
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Robert A. Gatchell (b. 1860) —
of West Charleston, Charleston, Orleans
County, Vt.
Born in Mendon, Worcester
County, Mass., August
4, 1860.
Republican. Physician;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Charleston, 1910.
Baptist.
Burial location unknown.
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Alfred Ernest Goddard (1847-1911) —
also known as Alfred E. Goddard —
of Essex, Middlesex
County, Conn.
Born in Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass., July 28,
1847.
Republican. Postmaster at Essex,
Conn., 1892-96, 1900-11.
Baptist. Member, Ancient
Order of United Workmen.
Died, from stomach
trouble, in St. Raphael's Hospital,
New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., June 11,
1911 (age 63 years, 318
days).
Interment at Prospect Hill Cemetery, Essex, Conn.
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Samuel Francis Gove (1822-1900) —
of Georgia.
Born in Weymouth, Norfolk
County, Mass., March 9,
1822.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Georgia 4th District, 1868-69.
Baptist.
Ordained as a minister in 1877 and was a traveling missionary for
much of the rest of his life.
Slaveowner.
Died in St. Augustine, St. Johns
County, Fla., December
3, 1900 (age 78 years, 269
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Macon, Ga.
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Roger Sherman Greene (1840-1930) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Seattle, King
County, Wash.; Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Roxbury, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., December
14, 1840.
Lawyer;
served in the Union Army during the Civil War; justice of
Washington territorial supreme court, 1870-79; chief
justice of Washington territorial supreme court, 1879-87;
Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Representative from Washington, 1888; Prohibition candidate for
Governor
of Washington, 1890.
Baptist. Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Loyal
Legion.
Died in Seattle, King
County, Wash., February
17, 1930 (age 89 years, 65
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Edward Howard Haskell (b. 1845) —
of Newton Center, Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Gloucester, Essex
County, Mass., October
5, 1845.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; paper and
textile machinery manufacturer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1877; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1880,
1884;
member of Massachusetts
Governor's Council, 1882-85.
Baptist.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William H. Haskell and Mary (Smith) Haskell; married, June 27,
1866, to Hattie J. Smith. |
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Charles Evans Hughes (1862-1948) —
of Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Glens Falls, Warren
County, N.Y., April
11, 1862.
Republican. Lawyer; law
professor; Governor of
New York, 1907-10; resigned 1910; candidate for Republican
nomination for President, 1908;
Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1910-16; resigned 1916; Chief
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1930-41; candidate for President
of the United States, 1916; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1921-25.
Baptist. Welsh
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Epsilon; Union
League.
Died in Osterville, Barnstable, Barnstable
County, Mass., August
27, 1948 (age 86 years, 138
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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William Hayne Leavell (1850-1930) —
also known as William H. Leavell —
of Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H.; Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Meridian, Lauderdale
County, Miss.; Houston, Harris
County, Tex.; Carrollton, Carroll
County, Miss.
Born in Newberry District (now Newberry
County), S.C., May 24,
1850.
Democrat. Ordained
minister; U.S. Minister to Guatemala, 1913-18.
Baptist or Presbyterian.
Died in Harris
County, Tex., 1930
(age about
80 years).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, North Carrollton, Miss.
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William Henry Lewis (1868-1949) —
also known as William H. Lewis; Bill Lewis —
of Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Dedham, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Berkley, Norfolk County (now part of Norfolk),
Va., November
28, 1868.
Republican. As a student at Harvard, was the first
Black All-American football player (1892-93); lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1902.
Baptist; later Catholic.
African
ancestry.
Died, of heart
failure, in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., January
1, 1949 (age 80 years, 34
days).
Interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of Ashley Lewis and Josephine (Baker) Lewis; married, September
26, 1896, to Elizabeth Baker. |
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Clinton Edson MacEachran (b. 1887) —
also known as Clinton E. MacEachran —
of West Somerville, Somerville, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Beverly, Essex
County, Mass., December
27, 1887.
Republican. Stenographer;
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Consul in Antwerp, 1922-23; Ghent, 1924-26; Madrid, 1926-27; U.S. Consul General in Fort William, as of 1938; Port Arthur, as of 1938; Halifax, as of 1940.
Baptist. Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James Lefavor MacEachran and Eleanor (Marshall) MacEachran;
married, August
31, 1921, to Grace McDevitt. |
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Arthur L. Maynard (b. 1873) —
of Brattleboro, Windham
County, Vt.
Born in Montague, Franklin
County, Mass., February
9, 1873.
Republican. Insurance
agent; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Brattleboro, 1925; member of
Vermont
state senate from Windham County, 1927.
Baptist.
Burial location unknown.
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Alton Lombard Miller (b. 1890) —
also known as Alton L. Miller —
of Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Somerville, Middlesex
County, Mass., April
10, 1890.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1932.
Baptist. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Nahum Miller and Lula E. (Lombard) Miller; married, December
23, 1911, to Mary E. Mason. |
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Carl Elias Milliken (1877-1961) —
also known as Carl E. Milliken —
of Island Falls, Aroostook
County, Maine.
Born in Pittsfield, Somerset
County, Maine, July 13,
1877.
Republican. Lumber
manufacturer; president, Katahdin Farmers Telephone
Company; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1905-08; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Maine, 1908;
member of Maine
state senate, 1909-14; Governor of
Maine, 1917-21.
Baptist.
Died in Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass., May 1,
1961 (age 83 years, 292
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Henry H. Newton (b. 1839) —
of Eden, Lamoille
County, Vt.
Born in Grafton, Worcester
County, Mass., December
15, 1839.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of
Vermont
state house of representatives from Eden, 1888.
Baptist.
Burial location unknown.
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Silas F. Taylor —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Danville,
Va.
Democrat. Druggist;
member of Massachusetts
Democratic State Committee, 1928-48; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Massachusetts; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1944,
1948,
1952,
1956.
Baptist. African
ancestry. Member, Alpha
Phi Alpha; Elks; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles William Tobey (1880-1953) —
also known as Charles W. Tobey —
of Temple, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Roxbury, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., July 22,
1880.
Republican. President, F. M. Hoyt Shoe
Company; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1915-16, 1919-20,
1923-24; Speaker of
the New Hampshire State House of Representatives, 1919-20; member
of New
Hampshire state senate, 1925-26; Governor of
New Hampshire, 1929-31; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 2nd District, 1933-39; delegate
to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1936,
1940
(member, Resolutions
Committee); U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1939-53; died in office 1953.
Baptist. Member, Freemasons;
Rotary.
Died in the Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., July 24,
1953 (age 73 years, 2
days).
Interment at Miller
Cemetery, Temple, N.H.
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Earle Stanley Tyler (b. 1896) —
also known as Earle S. Tyler —
of Watertown, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Cherryfield, Washington
County, Maine, December
18, 1896.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1945-48; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1956.
Baptist. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel H. Tyler and Ida P. (Grant) Tyler; married, June 30,
1925, to Elizabeth Parker. |
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Myron H. Walker (b. 1855) —
of Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.
Born in Westborough, Worcester
County, Mass., January
17, 1855.
Lawyer;
Prohibition candidate for Michigan
state attorney general, 1892; Prohibition candidate for justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1893; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 5th District, 1894 (Prohibition),
1902 (Democratic); Democratic candidate for University
of Michigan board of regents, 1909; candidate for circuit
judge in Michigan 17th Circuit, 1911, 1922, 1923 (Democratic);
U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Michigan, 1914-22; alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1924.
Baptist. Member, Phi
Delta Phi.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Silas Walker, Jr. and Louisa (Everett) Walker; married 1888 to Nettie
Stevens. |
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Henry Jackson Wells (1823-1912) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Charlestown, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., November
16, 1823.
Went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1881-83.
Baptist.
Died in Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass., November
24, 1912 (age 89 years, 8
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Wellington Wells (1868-1955) —
also known as Bill Wells —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Arlington, Middlesex
County, Mass., April
18, 1868.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state senate Fifth Suffolk District, 1923-24.
Baptist; later Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, in Massachusetts General Hospital,
Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., May 23,
1955 (age 87 years, 35
days).
Interment at Forest
Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Boston, Mass.
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