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Waldo Babson (1866-1941) —
of Berlin, Coos
County, N.H.
Born in Rockport, Essex
County, Mass., September
28, 1866.
Democrat. Druggist; candidate for New
Hampshire state senate 1st District, 1938.
Died in Berlin, Coos
County, N.H., February
17, 1941 (age 74 years, 142
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Eugene A. Besson (b. 1855) —
of Lynn, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Lynn, Essex
County, Mass., June 11,
1855.
Republican. Pharmacist; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives Seventeenth Essex District, 1880;
member of Massachusetts
state senate First Essex District, 1894-95; mayor of
Lynn, Mass., 1896.
Burial location unknown.
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Edward A. Bower (b. 1869) —
of Methuen, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Lawrence, Essex
County, Mass., August
1, 1869.
Republican. Druggist; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives Sixth Essex District, 1905-06.
Burial location unknown.
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William Johnson Bullock (1864-1920) —
also known as William J. Bullock —
of New Bedford, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in Fall River, Bristol
County, Mass., January
31, 1864.
Republican. Pharmacist; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1898-1903; member of Massachusetts
state senate Third Bristol District, 1904-07; mayor
of New Bedford, Mass., 1908-09; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 16th District, 1912.
Died in 1920
(age about
56 years).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Fall River, Mass.
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John Thomas Connor (1914-2000) —
also known as John T. Connor; Jack Connor —
Born in Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., November
3, 1914.
Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; U.S.
Secretary of Commerce, 1965-67.
Catholic.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Phi
Kappa Psi.
President and CEO of the Merck pharmaceutical company from
1955; chairman and CEO of Allied Chemical,
1967-79.
Died, of cancer,
at Massachusetts General Hospital,
Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
6, 2000 (age 85 years, 338
days).
Interment at Mosswood
Cemetery, Cotuit, Barnstable, Mass.
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James Joseph Curran (1864-1910) —
also known as James J. Curran —
of Holyoke, Hampden
County, Mass.
Born in Holyoke, Hampden
County, Mass., June, 1864.
Democrat. Druggist; mayor
of Holyoke, Mass., 1896; defeated, 1893, 1894.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
In early 1896, he was team captain of the first demonstration game of
"mintonette" (later known as "volleyball").
Died in Holyoke, Hampden
County, Mass., 1910
(age about
46 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Patrick C. Curran and Margaret (Manning) Curran; brother-in-law of
Margaret Elizabeth Tierney (first cousin of William
Laurence Tierney). |
| | | Political family: Tierney
family of Greenwich, Connecticut. |
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Frank J. Donahue (1881-1979) —
Born in 1881.
Democrat. Pharmacist; secretary
of state of Massachusetts, 1913-15; lawyer;
superior court judge in Massachusetts, 1932-74.
Died in 1979
(age about
98 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Clarence B. Emery (born c.1875) —
of Terryville, Plymouth, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born in Westborough, Worcester
County, Mass., about 1875.
Republican. Druggist; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Plymouth, 1913-16; member of
Connecticut
state senate 32nd District, 1921-22.
Burial location unknown.
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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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Harrie Clifton Hunter (1869-1932) —
also known as Harrie C. Hunter —
of Marlborough, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Marlborough, Middlesex
County, Mass., March
16, 1869.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
pharmacist; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1901-02; member of Massachusetts
state senate Fifth Middlesex District, 1905-06; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1912.
Died in Marlborough, Middlesex
County, Mass., September
13, 1932 (age 63 years, 181
days).
Interment at Maplewood Cemetery, Marlborough, Mass.
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Merchant W. Huxford (1798-1877) —
of Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind.
Born in Conway, Franklin
County, Mass., 1798.
Druggist; mayor
of Fort Wayne, Ind., 1845-49.
Died in 1877
(age about
79 years).
Interment at Lindenwood
Cemetery, Fort Wayne, Ind.
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Edwin F. Leonard (1862-1931) —
of Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass.
Born in Belmont, Belknap
County, N.H., July 15,
1862.
Republican. Druggist; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives Third Hampden District, 1906-07;
mayor
of Springfield, Mass., 1921-24; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1928.
Member, Odd
Fellows.
Died in November, 1931
(age 69
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Frederick William Mansfield (1877-1958) —
also known as Frederick W. Mansfield —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in East Boston, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., March
26, 1877.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during the Spanish-American War;
pharmacist; lawyer;
Democratic candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1910 (primary), 1916, 1917; Massachusetts
state treasurer, 1914-15, 1941; defeated, 1914; mayor of
Boston, Mass., 1934-38; defeated, 1929.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American Bar
Association; Ancient
Order of Hibernians; Knights
of Columbus; Foresters;
United
Spanish War Veterans.
Died, in St. Elizabeth's Hospital,
Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., November
6, 1958 (age 81 years, 225
days).
Interment at Holyhood
Cemetery, Brookline, Mass.
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Nathan Read (1759-1849) —
of Salem, Essex
County, Mass.; Belfast, Waldo
County, Maine.
Born in Warren, Worcester
County, Mass., July 2,
1759.
School
teacher; apothecary; iron foundry
business; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts at-large, 1800-03; common pleas
court judge in Massachusetts, 1803.
Died near Belfast, Waldo
County, Maine, January
20, 1849 (age 89 years, 202
days).
Interment at Grove
Cemetery, Belfast, Maine.
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Relatives: Son
of Reuben Read and Tamsen (Meacham) Read; married to Elizabeth
Jeffrey; great-grandfather of Charles
Kirk Tilden; first cousin twice removed of John
Hill Walbridge and Henry
E. Walbridge; second cousin once removed of John
Adams Dix; second cousin twice removed of Charles
Otis Nason; third cousin of Jabez
Upham and George
Baxter Upham; third cousin once removed of Timothy
Bigelow, Rufus
Heaton, Alexander
Wheelock Thayer, James
Phineas Upham and John
Ogden Bigelow; third cousin twice removed of Cheney
Ames, Leonard
Ames Jr., Edgar
Weeks, John
Wingate Weeks and Alexander
Cook Thayer; third cousin thrice removed of William
Greene Dows, Bernard
Forrest Bemis, John
A. Weeks and Charles
Sinclair Weeks; fourth cousin of Phineas
Lyman Tracy, Albert
Haller Tracy and John
Prescott Bigelow; fourth cousin once removed of Gideon
Hard, Ebenezer
Oliver Grosvenor and Alvarus
Payson Adams. |
| | | Political families: Morris-Ingersoll
family of New York and Connecticut; Upham
family; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Weeks-Bigelow-Andrew-Upham
family; Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page |
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Abner Wheelock Rice (1848-1910) —
also known as A. Wheelock Rice —
of Hudson, Columbia
County, N.Y.
Born in Wayland, Middlesex
County, Mass., May 28,
1848.
Republican. Druggist; candidate for mayor of
Hudson, N.Y., 1884.
Died in Hudson, Columbia
County, N.Y., April 3,
1910 (age 61 years, 310
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward Rice and Sara Griffin (Reeves) Rice; married 1870 to Alice
Chamberlain Uhler. |
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Levi M. Snow (b. 1841) —
of Fairhaven, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in Mattapoisett, Plymouth
County, Mass., April
19, 1841.
Druggist; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives Sixth Bristol District, 1900-01,
1906.
Burial location unknown.
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Henry Hinckley Stafford (1833-1911) —
also known as Henry H. Stafford —
of Marquette, Marquette
County, Mich.; Mt. Vernon, Westchester
County, N.Y.; Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., January
6, 1833.
Republican. Druggist; mayor
of Marquette, Mich., 1871; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Marquette County 1st
District, 1877-78.
Died in Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass., April
26, 1911 (age 78 years, 110
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Edmond Patrick Talbot (b. 1884) —
also known as Edmond P. Talbot —
of Fall River, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in Tingwick, Quebec,
April
21, 1884.
Democrat. Druggist; mayor
of Fall River, Mass., 1923-26, 1929-30; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1928
(alternate), 1936,
1944;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 14th District, 1944.
French
Canadian ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Talbot and Celina (Vidal) Talbot; married, September
11, 1905, to Alma Marie Louise Beaupre. |
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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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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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