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David Christopher Ahearn (1879-1925) —
also known as David C. Ahearn —
of Framingham, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Glenwood Springs, Garfield
County, Colo.; Denver,
Colo.
Born in Rotherham, England,
November
4, 1879.
Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1910-11; trustee, Framingham
Hospital, 1910-16; selectman, Framingham, 1912-13; pioneer in
Colorado oil
shale industry; founder and president of the Yarg Producing &
Refining Corporation.
Catholic.
Member, Elks.
Crippled
as a boy, had minimal use of both legs, and used canes or crutches.
Died in Denver,
Colo., November
30, 1925 (age 46 years, 26
days).
Interment somewhere
in Framingham, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of John Ahearn and Mary (Kerwin) Ahearn; married, December
27, 1909, to Jane Francis Shea. |
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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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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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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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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 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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James McLellan Langley (1894-1968) —
also known as James M. Langley —
of Bow, Merrimack
County, N.H.
Born in Hyde Park, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
11, 1894.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; newspaper
editor and publisher; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1930; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1938;
president, Concord Hospital, 1944-50; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention from Bow, 1956;
U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan, 1957-59.
Died in 1968
(age about
73 years).
Burial location unknown.
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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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Harold Whitney Mason (1895-1944) —
also known as Harold W. Mason —
of Brattleboro, Windham
County, Vt.
Born in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., April
21, 1895.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; boot and shoe
business; vice-president, Brattleboro Memorial Hospital;
director for power
companies, insurance
companies, the Central Vermont Railway,
and the Estey Organ
Co.; delegate to Republican National Convention from Vermont, 1932;
Convention Secretary, 1940,
1944;
secretary, Arrangements Committee, secretary, 1940;
speaker, 1940;
Republican Presidential Elector for Vermont, 1933
(voted for Herbert
Hoover and Charles
Curtis); delegate
to Vermont convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; member of
Republican
National Committee from Vermont, 1936-44; Secretary
of Republican National Committee, 1937-44.
Member, American
Legion; Military
Order of the World Wars; Sons of
the American Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars; Union
League; Sigma
Nu.
Died, from a heart
attack, in his room at the Savoy-Plaza Hotel,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
3, 1944 (age 49 years, 196
days).
Interment at Morningside
Cemetery, Brattleboro, Vt.
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Relatives: Son
of William Lysander Mason and Margaret Etta (Matthews) Mason;
married, March
17, 1918, to Evelyn Hawley Dunham. |
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memorial |
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22nd Republican National Convention (1940) |
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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; Republican
Presidential Elector for New York, 1901
(voted for William
McKinley and Theodore
Roosevelt).
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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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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Viola R. Pinanski (1897-1994) —
also known as Viola Rottenberg —
of Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., June 24,
1897.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1952,
1956
(alternate); hospital trustee.
Female.
Jewish.
Died January
11, 1994 (age 96 years, 201
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Julius Rottenberg and Fannie (Berg) Rottenberg; married,
August
10, 1920, to Abraham E. Pinanski. |
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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; Republican
Presidential Elector for Rhode Island, 1917
(voted for Charles
Evans Hughes and Charles
W. Fairbanks).
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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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; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1892,
1908;
speaker, 1924;
Massachusetts
Republican state chair, 1893-94; 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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