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Politicians in Fruit, Produce, and Juices in Massachusetts

Walter Harrison Blodget (1850-1923) — also known as Walter H. Blodget — of Worcester, Worcester County, Mass.; West Boylston, Worcester County, Mass. Born in Denmark, Lewis County, N.Y., November 2, 1850. Republican. Produce merchant; mayor of Worcester, Mass., 1904-05. Died in West Boylston, Worcester County, Mass., January 6, 1923 (age 72 years, 65 days). Interment at Ogdensburg Cemetery, Ogdensburg, N.Y.   Relatives: Son of Harrison Blodget and Diantha (Dewey) Blodget; married 1885 to Mary Francis Spaulding; first cousin twice removed of Abijah Blodget; second cousin thrice removed of Oliver Ellsworth and James Doolittle Wooster; second cousin four times removed of Andrew Adams; third cousin once removed of Rush Green Leaming; third cousin twice removed of Henry Leavitt Ellsworth and William Wolcott Ellsworth; third cousin thrice removed of Philip Frisbee, Samuel Swayze Seward, Augustus Seymour Porter and Peter Buell Porter; fourth cousin of Lucian Dallas Woodruff and Albert Lemando Bingham; fourth cousin once removed of Bela Edgerton, Heman Ticknor, Truman Hotchkiss, Jairus Case, Elisha Hunt Allen, Gouverneur Morris, Joseph Pomeroy Root, Luther Thomas Ellsworth, Herman Arod Gager and George Alexander Ball.   Political families: Morris-Ingersoll family of New York and Connecticut; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   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.   Relatives: Son of Charles Edson Cox and Evelyn Mary (Randall) Cox; married, February 18, 1915, to Mary Emery Young.   Cross-reference: Herman A. MacDonald   See also National Governors Association biography   John Charles Freemont Slayton (1856-1922) — also known as John C. F. Slayton — of Melrose, Middlesex County, Mass. Born in Calais, Washington County, Vt., June 27, 1856. Wholesale produce business; member of Massachusetts Governor's Council 4th District, 1921-22; died in office 1922. Member, Freemasons; Royal Arch Masons; Knights Templar. Died in Melrose, Middlesex County, Mass., January 4, 1922 (age 65 years, 191 days). Interment at Pleasant View Cemetery, Morrisville, Morristown, Vt.   Relatives: Son of Fanny A. (Andrews) Slayton and George Josephus Slayton; married 1883 to Lucy Lancaster; married 1902 to Margaret Clifford.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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