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Politicians in Importing and Exporting in Massachusetts

  William Henry Bowdlear (1847-1920) — also known as William H. Bowdlear — of Boston, Suffolk County, Mass.; Medway, Norfolk County, Mass. Born in Roxbury, Norfolk County (now part of Boston, Suffolk County), Mass., July 16, 1847. Beeswax importer; Consul for Bolivia in Boston, Mass., 1891-1900; member, Boston School Committee, 1896. Died in Medway, Norfolk County, Mass., October 31, 1920 (age 73 years, 107 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of William Augustus Bowdlear and Hannah (Hadley) Bowdlear; married, October 25, 1870, to Harriet C. 'Hattie' Knight.
  John Wilson Candler (1828-1903) — also known as John W. Candler — of Brookline, Norfolk County, Mass. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., February 10, 1828. Republican. Importer and exporter; member of Massachusetts state legislature, 1860; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, 1881-83, 1889-91 (8th District 1881-83, 9th District 1889-91); defeated, 1890. Died in Providence, Providence County, R.I., March 16, 1903 (age 75 years, 34 days). Interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
  Relatives: Son of John Candler and Susan (Wheelwright) Candler; married 1851 to Lucy Almira Cobb; married to Ida M. Garrison.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Samuel Hooper (1808-1875) — of Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Born in Marblehead, Essex County, Mass., February 3, 1808. Republican. Importing business; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1851-53; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1858; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1860; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, 1861-75 (5th District 1861-63, 4th District 1863-75); died in office 1875. Died in Washington, D.C., February 14, 1875 (age 67 years, 11 days). Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
  The city of Hooper, Nebraska, is named for him.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Oscar Anthony Iasigi (1846-1884) — also known as Oscar Iasigi — of Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Born in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Mass., October 18, 1846. Importer and exporter; treasurer, Vassalboro woolen mills; Vice-Consul for Turkey in Boston, Mass., 1871-77; Consul-General for Turkey in Boston, Mass., 1877-84. Armenian and French ancestry. Perished in the wreck of the steamship SS City of Columbus, which hit a reef and sank, in Vineyard Sound, January 18, 1884 (age 37 years, 92 days). Interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
  Relatives: Son of Joseph Iasigi and Eulalie (Loir) Iasigi; brother of Joseph Andrew Iasigi; father of Nora Iasigi (who married William Marshall Bullitt).
  Political family: Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell family of Virginia (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Gustaf Lundberg (1853-1922) — of Brookline, Norfolk County, Mass. Born in Stockholm, Sweden, February 14, 1853. Naturalized U.S. citizen; iron merchant; importer; Consul for Denmark in Boston, Mass., 1895-1922. Swedish ancestry. Died in Brookline, Norfolk County, Mass., 1922 (age about 69 years). Burial location unknown.
  William McKissock (1850-1925) — of Boston, Suffolk County, Mass.; Brookline, Norfolk County, Mass. Born in Massachusetts, August 28, 1850. Shipping broker; Consul for Argentina in Boston, Mass., 1898-1902; Vice-Consul for Argentina in Boston, Mass., 1906-19. Died in Brookline, Norfolk County, Mass., December 17, 1925 (age 75 years, 111 days). Interment at Newton Cemetery, Newton, Mass.
  Relatives: Son of Jean (Fraser) McKissock and William McKissock (1824-1860); married to Hattie Marie Davenport.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  James Otis (1826-1875) — of San Francisco, Calif. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., August 11, 1826. Republican. Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; importer and exporter; candidate for Presidential Elector for California; delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1872 (delegation chair); mayor of San Francisco, Calif., 1873-75; died in office 1875. Unitarian. Died, of diphtheria, in San Francisco, Calif., October 30, 1875 (age 49 years, 80 days). Original interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.; reinterment at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
  Relatives: Son of George Washington Otis and Hannah Leavitt (Waters) Otis; married 1858 to Lucy Hamilton Macondray; second cousin twice removed of Samuel Allyne Otis; third cousin of John Otis and William Shaw Chandler Otis; third cousin once removed of Harrison Gray Otis (1765-1848) and Charles Augustus Otis, Sr.; fourth cousin of Oran Gray Otis, Asa H. Otis, David Perry Otis, Harris F. Otis and Harrison Gray Otis (1837-1917).
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Otis family of Connecticut (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Dudley Leavitt Pickman (1779-1846) — of Salem, Essex County, Mass. Born in Salem, Essex County, Mass., 1779. Shipowner; importer and exporter; investor and stockholder in cotton and woolen mills and railroads; financier; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1820. Died November 4, 1846 (age about 67 years). Interment at Harmony Grove Cemetery, Salem, Mass.
  Relatives: Son of William Pickman and Eliza (Leavitt) Pickman; married, September 6, 1810, to Catherine Saunders (sister-in-law of Leverett Saltonstall (1783-1845)); grandnephew of Timothy Pickering; first cousin of Benjamin Pickman Jr.; first cousin once removed of Benjamin Toppan Pickman; first cousin twice removed of George Bailey Loring; first cousin thrice removed of George Peabody Wetmore; first cousin four times removed of Maude Alice Keteltas Wetmore; second cousin once removed of John Wingate Weeks (1781-1853); second cousin twice removed of John Gardner Coolidge and Augustus Peabody Gardner; second cousin thrice removed of John Lee Saltonstall; second cousin four times removed of Leverett Saltonstall (1892-1979), Richard Saltonstall, William Gurdon Saltonstall, John Lee Saltonstall Jr. and William Amory Gardner Minot; second cousin five times removed of William Lawrence Saltonstall and John Forbes Kerry; third cousin once removed of John Wingate Weeks (1860-1926); third cousin twice removed of Charles Sinclair Weeks; fourth cousin of John Albion Andrew; fourth cousin once removed of Luther Walter Badger, Isaac Libbey, John Forrester Andrew and Henry Hersey Andrew.
  Political families: Rodney family of Delaware; Holden-Davis-Lawrence-Garcelon family of Massachusetts; Weeks-Bigelow-Andrew-Upham family; Saltonstall-Weeks family of Massachusetts; Lawrence-Andrew-Rodney-Parrish family of Adel, Georgia (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Gustavo Preston (1856-1918) — of Boston, Suffolk County, Mass.; Swampscott, Essex County, Mass. Born in Arroyo Municipio, Puerto Rico, August 1, 1856. Sugar and molasses importer; Consul for Ecuador in Boston, Mass., 1889-1907; Consul for Argentina in Boston, Mass., 1898. Died, from stomach cancer, in Massachusetts Homeopathic Hospital, Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., August 15, 1918 (age 62 years, 14 days). Interment at Swampscott Cemetery, Swampscott, Mass.
  Relatives: Son of Francis W. 'Frank' Preston and Emma (Lepelleux) Preston; married, June 8, 1887, to Emma (DeLaski) Blake; married, December 29, 1915, to Florence E. Shaw.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Charles Edgar Sanborn (1860-1905) — also known as Charles E. Sanborn — of Somerville, Middlesex County, Mass.; Marblehead, Essex County, Mass. Born in Greene, Androscoggin County, Maine, April 29, 1860. Partner in Chase & Sanborn (co-founded by his father in 1862), coffee roasters and importers; Consul for Costa Rica in Boston, Mass., 1889-96. Died, from a stroke of apoplexy, at the Hotel Tudor on Beacon Streeet, Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., January 27, 1905 (age 44 years, 273 days). Interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
  Relatives: Son of James Solomon Sanborn and Harriet N. (Small) Sanborn; married, August 1, 1887, to Florence A. Blazo.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  John Randolph Wilder (1816-1879) — also known as J. R. Wilder — of Savannah, Chatham County, Ga. Born in Leicester, Worcester County, Mass., March 18, 1816. Cotton exporter; shipbroker; Vice-Consul for Russia in Savannah, Ga., 1846-77. Died in Savannah, Chatham County, Ga., November 1, 1879 (age 63 years, 228 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of John Wilder and Lucinda (Washburn) Wilder; married, November 28, 1840, to Ann Drusilla Lewis; father of Joseph John Wilder (son-in-law of Thomas Butler King); third cousin once removed of Henry Chandler Bowen; fourth cousin of George Austin Bowen and Herbert Wolcott Bowen; fourth cousin once removed of Israel Washburn, Reuel Washburn, William Eaton, Frank M. Brundage and Ora Ray Rice.
  Political family: Bowen-Washburn family (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Charles Francis Wyman (1836-1906) — also known as Charles F. Wyman — of Cambridge, Middlesex County, Mass. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., May 16, 1836. Importer; commission merchant; Vice-Consul for Russia in Boston, Mass., 1888-1906. Congregationalist. Died in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Mass., November 29, 1906 (age 70 years, 197 days). Interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
  Relatives: Son of Abraham Gibson Wyman and Miranda (Priest) Wyman; married 1859 to Margaret D. Eaton; married, May 16, 1876, to Helen Knight Bullard.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
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