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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;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Vermont; 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 |
| | | Image source: Official Report of the
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; candidate for
Presidential Elector for New York.
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; candidate
for Presidential Elector for Rhode Island.
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; Massachusetts
Republican state chair, 1893-94; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1908;
speaker, 1924;
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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