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Butler Ames (1871-1954) —
of Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass., August
22, 1871.
Republican. Engineer; manufacturer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1897-99; colonel in the U.S. Army
during the Spanish-American War; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 5th District, 1903-13;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1916,
1920,
1928.
Died in Tewksbury, Middlesex
County, Mass., November
6, 1954 (age 83 years, 76
days).
Interment at Hildreth
Cemetery, Lowell, Mass.
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Richard Milne Bartleman (b. 1863) —
also known as Richard M. Bartleman —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Charlestown, Middlesex County (now part of Boston, Suffolk
County), Mass., June 9,
1863.
Civil engineer; U.S. Consul in Antigua, 1895-96; Malaga, 1896-98, 1899-1900; Geneva, 1900; Valencia, 1901-03; Cadiz, 1903-04; Seville, 1904-06; Madrid, 1907-09; Cienfuegos, 1914-17; U.S. Consul General in Buenos Aires, 1909-14.
Member, Humane
Society.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of R. M. Bartleman and H. W. (Crowninshield) Bartleman; married 1901 to B. M.
Guerra de la Vega. |
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Waldo Colburn (1824-1885) —
of Dedham, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Dedham, Norfolk
County, Mass., November
13, 1824.
Civil engineer; lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1853-54; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1870; superior court judge in Massachusetts,
1875-82; justice of
Massachusetts state supreme court, 1882-85; died in office 1885.
English
ancestry.
Died in Dedham, Norfolk
County, Mass., September
26, 1885 (age 60 years, 317
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas Charles Desmond (1887-1972) —
also known as Thomas C. Desmond —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Newburgh, Orange
County, N.Y.
Born in Middletown, Orange
County, N.Y., September
15, 1887.
Republican. Engineer; president and chief engineer, Newburgh
Ship
Yards; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1928,
1940;
member of New York
state senate, 1931-58 (27th District 1931-44, 32nd District
1945-54, 33rd District 1955-58).
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Elks; Grange;
Moose;
Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Redmen;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
6, 1972 (age 85 years, 21
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Grenville Mellen Dodge (1831-1916) —
also known as Grenville M. Dodge —
of Iowa.
Born in Danvers, Essex
County, Mass., April
12, 1831.
Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 5th District, 1867-69; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Iowa, 1868
(member, Resolutions
Committee); member of Republican
National Committee from Iowa, 1872-74.
Member, Loyal
Legion.
Chief engineer of the Union Pacific Railroad.
Died in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie
County, Iowa, January
3, 1916 (age 84 years, 266
days).
Entombed at Walnut
Hill Cemetery, Council Bluffs, Iowa.
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Proctor Lambert Dougherty (b. 1873) —
also known as Proctor L. Dougherty —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., 1873.
Republican. Engineer; Manager, Otis Elevator Co., 1919-26; member
District of Columbia board of commissioners, 1926-30; President
of the District of Columbia Board of Commissioners, 1926-30.
Congregationalist;
later Unitarian.
Member, Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of M. Angelo Dougherty and Mary Elizabeth (Proctor) Dougherty;
married, October
12, 1910, to Grace Cook Holmes. |
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Edgar C. Erickson (b. 1895) —
of Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., July 18,
1895.
Republican. Heating
engineer; member of Massachusetts
state senate Second Worcester District, 1933-36.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; American
Legion.
Burial location unknown.
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Mortimer Y. Ferris (b. 1881) —
of Ticonderoga, Essex
County, N.Y.
Born in Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass., March
29, 1881.
Republican. Civil engineer; member of New York
state senate 33rd District, 1919-26; member of New York
Republican State Committee, 1927-30; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1928;
chair
of Essex County Republican Party, 1930-39.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Elks; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward M. Ferris and Marion Eliza (Yale) Ferris; married, February
14, 1905, to Elizabeth Leavitt. |
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Clifton S. Fleet (b. 1905) —
of Tenafly, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., June 23,
1905.
Industrial
engineer; mayor
of Tenafly, N.J., 1954.
Presbyterian.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Frank E. Fleet and Mary E. (Duggan) Fleet; married, November
12, 1928, to Velma Goad. |
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James Owen Greenan (1888-c.1952) —
also known as J. O. Greenan —
of Mina, Mineral
County, Nev.; Tujunga, Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Reno, Washoe
County, Nev.
Born in Taunton, Bristol
County, Mass., January
3, 1888.
Republican. Mining
engineer; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from Nevada, 1940.
Member, Theta
Delta Chi; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Died in Reno, Washoe
County, Nev., about 1952 (age about 64
years).
Burial location unknown.
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John Hays Hammond (1855-1936) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; South
Africa; Washington,
D.C.; Gloucester, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., March
31, 1855.
Republican. Mining
engineer; worked on mines in Mexico and South Africa; worked
for Cecil Rhodes; in 1895, he took part in the Jameson raid, an attempt
to overthrow the Boer government in South Africa; was arrested
with other leaders and sentenced
to be hanged; his sentence was commuted, and he was eventually
released to return to the U.S.; candidate for Republican nomination
for Vice President, 1908;
chair, U.S. Coal Commission, 1922-23.
Member, American
Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Died, from coronary
occlusion, in Gloucester, Essex
County, Mass., June 8,
1936 (age 81 years, 69
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Arthur Sherburne Hardy (1847-1930) —
also known as Arthur S. Hardy —
of Hanover, Grafton
County, N.H.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Woodstock, Windham
County, Conn.
Born in Andover, Essex
County, Mass., August
13, 1847.
Civil engineer; college
professor; author;
editor of Cosmopolitan magazine,
1893-95; U.S. Minister to Persia, 1897-99; Greece, 1899-1901; Romania, 1899-1901; Serbia, 1899-1901; Switzerland, 1901-03; Spain, 1902-05; U.S. Consul General in Teheran, 1897-99.
Died in Woodstock, Windham
County, Conn., March
13, 1930 (age 82 years, 212
days).
Interment at Woodstock Hill Cemetery, Woodstock, Conn.
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Walter Edward Lawrence (1905-1967) —
also known as Walter E. Lawrence —
of Medford, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Somerville, Middlesex
County, Mass., December
8, 1905.
Civil engineer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1939-44; mayor
of Medford, Mass., 1944-50.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows; Moose; Kiwanis.
Died April 9,
1967 (age 61 years, 122
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Medford, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of George Bertram Lawrence and Della (Chievney) Lawrence; married, June 19,
1930, to Helen Jones. |
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Cheryl A. Nicholas (born c.1952) —
of Hatfield, Hampshire
County, Mass.
Born about 1952.
Republican. Engineer; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Massachusetts, 2004.
Female.
Still living as of 2004.
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William John Orchard (b. 1888) —
also known as William J. Orchard —
of Maplewood, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., November
15, 1888.
Republican. Sanitary engineer; business
executive; president, Orange Memorial Hospital;
delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Essex County,
1947; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1948.
Member, Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward Orchard and Elizabeth (Sayce) Orchard; married, February
1, 1913, to Marie Frances Singler. |
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William A. Scott (b. 1888) —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., February
9, 1888.
Democrat. Construction
supervisor; insulation
engineer; president,
Hartford Central Labor Union; member of Connecticut
state senate 1st District, 1943-46.
Member, Eagles.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Peter A. Scott and Elizabeth Scott; married to Mary
Glennon. |
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Allen Simmons (b. 1891) —
of Moundsville, Marshall
County, W.Va.
Born in Somerset, Bristol
County, Mass., August
8, 1891.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; civil
engineer; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Marshall County, 1935-36.
Member, Freemasons;
Eagles;
Tau
Beta Pi; Kiwanis;
American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; National Rifle
Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Henry Odin Tilton (b. 1885) —
also known as Henry O. Tilton —
of Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Lexington, Middlesex
County, Mass., June 1,
1885.
Republican. Electrical
engineer; local sales manager, General Electric; director,
Stratton and Co., Concord, N.H.; director, New England Confectionary
Co., Cambridge, Mass.; candidate for mayor
of Worcester, Mass., 1933; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1952.
Congregationalist.
Member, Kappa
Sigma; Freemasons;
Grotto;
Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Josiah Odin Tilton and Hattie (French) Tilton; married, September
30, 1914, to Olive Northrop Fobes. |
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Arthur Clarence Walworth (1844-1920) —
of Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., April
29, 1844.
Mechanical engineer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1886-87.
Congregationalist.
Died, from heart
disease, in Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass., June 23,
1920 (age 76 years, 55
days).
Interment at Newton
Cemetery, Newton, Mass.
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Frederick August Westphal (b. 1895) —
also known as Fred A. Westphal —
of Tulsa, Tulsa
County, Okla.
Born in Holyoke, Hampden
County, Mass., June 15,
1895.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
engineer; steel
executive; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Oklahoma, 1960.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Navy
League; Military
Order of the World Wars; Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Peter John C. Westphal and Anna W. (Glesmann) Westphal; married,
June
24, 1922, to Olive Mitchell M. Blackman. |
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Jonathan Williams (1750-1815) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., May 20,
1750.
Secretary to Benjamin
Franklin, 1770-75; first superintendent of the U.S. Military
Academy, 1802; engineer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 1st District, 1815; died in
office 1815.
Member, American
Philosophical Society.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 16,
1815 (age 64 years, 361
days).
Original interment at Pine Street Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.; reinterment in 1862 at
Laurel
Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
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