| | 
Sewall Wester Abbott (1859-1943) —
also known as Sewall W. Abbott —
of Wolfeboro, Carroll
County, N.H.
Born in Tuftonboro, Carroll
County, N.H., April
11, 1859.
Republican. Lawyer;
president, Wolfeboro Woolen Mills;
probate judge in New Hampshire, 1889-1921; member of New
Hampshire state senate, 1923-25; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New Hampshire, 1924
(member, Credentials
Committee).
Unitarian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Delta
Upsilon; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights Templar; Order of the
Eastern Star; Odd
Fellows; Grange;
Redmen;
Grand
Army of the Republic; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died in Wolfeboro, Carroll
County, N.H., January
3, 1943 (age 83 years, 267
days).
Interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
|
| |
Harrison Henry Atwood (1863-1954) —
also known as Harrison H. Atwood —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Wellesley Hills, Wellesley, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in North Londonderry, Londonderry, Windham
County, Vt., August
26, 1863.
Republican. Architect;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives Nineteenth Suffolk District,
1887-89, 1915, 1917-18, 1923-24, 1927-28; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1888
(alternate), 1892,
1904,
1908
(alternate); member of Massachusetts
Republican State Committee, 1888-89; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 10th District, 1895-97;
defeated, 1892 (10th District), 1918 (12th District), 1920 (12th
District).
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
22, 1954 (age 91 years, 57
days).
Interment at Forest
Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Boston, Mass.
|
| |
Augustus Davis Ayling (1840-1918) —
also known as Augustus D. Ayling —
of Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H.; Centerville, Barnstable, Barnstable
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., July 28,
1840.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; Adjutant
General of New Hampshire, 1879-1907.
Member, Loyal
Legion; Grand
Army of the Republic; Freemasons;
Knights Templar.
Died March 9,
1918 (age 77 years, 224
days).
Interment at Beechwood
Cemetery, Centerville, Barnstable, Mass.
| |  |
Relatives: Son
of William L. Ayling and Margaret (Hurley) Ayling; married 1869 to
Elizabeth F. Cornish. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
|
| |
Gaspar Griswold Bacon (1886-1947) —
also known as Gaspar G. Bacon —
of Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Dedham, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., March 7,
1886.
Republican. Lawyer;
major in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1920,
1932
(alternate), 1936,
1940;
member of Massachusetts
state senate Eighth Suffolk District, 1925-32; Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1933-35; candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1934; director, Southern Railway
Co., Eliot Savings Bank;
major in the U.S. Army during World War II.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Moose; Odd
Fellows; Reserve
Officers Association.
Died in Dedham, Norfolk
County, Mass., December
24, 1947 (age 61 years, 292
days).
Interment at Walnut Hills Cemetery, Brookline, Mass.
|
| |
Robert Low Bacon (1884-1938) —
also known as Robert L. Bacon; "Prince
Charming" —
of Westbury, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.; Old Westbury, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., July 23,
1884.
Republican. Investment
banker; served in the U.S. Army on the Mexican border; served in
the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1920;
U.S.
Representative from New York 1st District, 1923-38; died in
office 1938.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Moose.
Died, of a heart
attack, at the state police barracks, Lake Success, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., September
12, 1938 (age 54 years, 51
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
|
| |
Algernon Sidney Badger (1839-1905) —
also known as Algernon S. Badger —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
28, 1839.
Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War;
superintendent, New Orleans Metropolitan Police,
1870; postmaster at New
Orleans, La., 1878-79; U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1879-85; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Louisiana, 1880.
Episcopalian.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., May 9,
1905 (age 65 years, 193
days).
Entombed at Metairie
Cemetery, New Orleans, La.
|
| |
John Rodney Ball (b. 1881) —
also known as J. Rodney Ball —
of Lawrence, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Lawrence, Essex
County, Mass., June 17,
1881.
Republican. Newspaper
reporter; president, Lawrence Morris Plan Bank;
vice-president, Essex Savings Bank;
director, Lawrence Cooperative Bank;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1928.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
| | |
Relatives: Son
of Frank James Ball and Mary Graves (Mann) Ball; married, February
24, 1909, to Maude R. Peary. |
|
| |
Theodore Cornelius Bates (b. 1843) —
of North Brookfield, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in North Brookfield, Worcester
County, Mass., June 4,
1843.
Republican. Manufacturer;
proprietor, Worcester Corset Co.; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1879; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1883; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1884.
Congregationalist.
English
ancestry. Member, Society
of Colonial Wars; Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Knights Templar.
Burial location unknown.
| | |
Relatives: Son
of Elijah Bates and Sarah (Fletcher) Bates; married, December
24, 1868, to Emma Frances Duncan. |
|
| |
John Woodbridge Beal (b. 1887) —
also known as John W. Beal —
of Hanover, Plymouth
County, Mass.
Born in Hanover, Plymouth
County, Mass., July 12,
1887.
Republican. Architect;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1936.
Unitarian.
Member, American
Institute of Architects; Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Elks.
Burial location unknown.
| | |
Relatives: Son
of John Williams Beal and Mary Woodbridge (Howes) Beal; married, October
30, 1915, to Grace Evans Donovan. |
|
 |
Everett Chamberlin Benton (1862-1924) —
also known as Everett C. Benton —
of Belmont, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Guildhall, Essex
County, Vt., September
25, 1862.
Republican. Insurance
business; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1896,
1900,
1904;
candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1912.
Universalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Royal
Arch Masons; Knights Templar; Sons of
the American Revolution; Sons of
the Revolution.
Died in 1924
(age about
61 years).
Interment at Belmont Cemetery, Belmont, Mass.
|
| |
Albert Edmund Brown (1874-1958) —
of Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y.; East Greenbush, Rensselaer
County, N.Y.; Pueblo, Pueblo
County, Colo.
Born in Derby, England,
December
9, 1874.
Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen; singer;
music educator; director of community singing; performed, Republican National Convention, 1920 ;
dean, Ithaca Institute of Public School Music (later, Ithaca College
Music Department), 1924-36.
Christian
Scientist. English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Rotary.
Died in Denver,
Colo., December
7, 1958 (age 83 years, 363
days).
Burial location unknown.
| | |
Relatives: Son
of Samuel Brown and Elizabeth (Frost) Brown; married, June 15,
1898, to Martha Elizabeth Taylor. |
|
| |
Alexander Bern Bruce (b. 1853) —
also known as Alexander B. Bruce —
of Lawrence, Essex
County, Mass.
Born September
15, 1853.
Democrat. Merchant;
manufacturer;
mayor
of Lawrence, Mass., 1886-87; candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1898; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 5th District, 1904.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Odd
Fellows.
Burial location unknown.
| | |
Relatives: Son
of David Bruce and Jemima (Bern) Bruce; married, September
24, 1870, to Mary Mitchell. |
|
| |
Horace Tracy Cahill (1894-1976) —
also known as Horace T. Cahill —
of East Braintree, Braintree, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
12, 1894.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1928; Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1939-45; candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1944; superior court judge in Massachusetts,
1947-73.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Odd
Fellows.
Died, in City Hospital,
Quincy, Norfolk
County, Mass., August
21, 1976 (age 81 years, 253
days).
Burial location unknown.
| | |
Relatives: Son
of George William Cahill and Alice Gertrude (Dallas) Cahill; married,
February
4, 1922, to Josephine Gates. |
|
| |
Charles Nelson Daniels (1849-1916) —
also known as Charles N. Daniels —
of Willimantic, Windham
County, Conn.
Born in Barre, Monroe
County, N.Y., July 2,
1849.
Republican. Coal
and lumber
dealer; postmaster at Willimantic,
Conn., 1890-94; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Connecticut, 1900;
member of Connecticut
Republican State Central Committee, 1901; U.S. Consul in Sheffield, as of 1905-09; Sherbrooke, 1914-16; Connecticut
state auditor, 1908.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners.
Died in Southbridge, Worcester
County, Mass., December
17, 1916 (age 67 years, 168
days).
Interment at Old
Willimantic Cemetery, Windham, Conn.
| | |
Relatives: Son
of Nelson Fitch Daniels and Alenda (Clark) Daniels; married to Susie
E. Howard Little. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
|
| |
William Warren Davis (1862-1941) —
also known as William W. Davis —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass., August
8, 1862.
Republican. Hotel
manager; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1895-96; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1897-98; member of Massachusetts
Governor's Council, 1899-1900; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1900
(alternate), 1904;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Massachusetts.
Christian
Scientist. Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Royal
Arcanum; Rotary.
Died September
21, 1941 (age 79 years, 44
days).
Burial location unknown.
| | |
Relatives: Son
of William Davis and Adelia Merriam (Carter) Davis; married, November
5, 1885, to Daisy Rebecca Jones. |
|
 |
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.
|
| |
George Chandler Fairbanks (1852-1931) —
also known as George C. Fairbanks —
of Natick, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Natick, Middlesex
County, Mass., January
6, 1852.
Republican. Newspaper
editor and publisher; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1909.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Odd
Fellows.
Died April
23, 1931 (age 79 years, 107
days).
Interment at Dell
Park Cemetery, Natick, Mass.
|
| |
Roy Lynde Fernald (b. 1901) —
also known as Roy L. Fernald —
of Winterport, Waldo
County, Maine.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., December
9, 1901.
Member of Maine
state house of representatives from Waldo County (4th), 1931-32;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1932.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners;
Grange;
Delta
Theta Phi.
Burial location unknown.
| | |
Relatives: Son
of Charles Walter Fernald and Hortense (Rankin)
Fernald. |
|
| |
Erland Frederick Fish (b. 1883) —
also known as Erland F. Fish —
of Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass., December
7, 1883.
Republican. Lawyer;
secretary to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Oliver
Wendell Holmes, 1908-09; major in the U.S. Army during World War
I; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives Second Norfolk District, 1921-24;
member of Massachusetts
state senate Norfolk & Suffolk District, 1925-36; President
of the Massachusetts State Senate, 1933-34; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1928.
Unitarian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Military
Order of the World Wars; Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Exchange
Club.
Burial location unknown.
| | |
Relatives: Son
of Frederick P. Fish and Clara P. (Livermore) Fish; married, October
7, 1911, to Mildred Russell. |
|
| |
Charles Dudley Blake Fisk (b. 1850) —
also known as Charles D. B. Fisk —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Hooksett, Merrimack
County, N.H., February
17, 1850.
Republican. Clothing
merchant; newspaper
publisher; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives Twenty-Fifth Suffolk District,
1905, 1907; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1908-09.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar.
Burial location unknown.
| | |
Relatives: Son
of Dudley Blake Fisk and Mary (Ashton) Fisk; married to Susan E.
Sparhawk; grandson of Ezra
Fisk; great-grandson of William
Fisk. |
| | | Political family: Fisk
family of Massachusetts. |
|
| |
Richard Nelson Gardner (1881-1953) —
also known as Richard N. Gardner; Dick
Gardner —
of Staples, Todd
County, Minn.
Born in Northampton, Hampshire
County, Mass., 1881.
Lawyer;
member of Minnesota
state senate 51st District, 1931-43; resigned 1943.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Royal
Arch Masons; Knights Templar; Shriners;
Rotary;
Royal
League; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., December
4, 1953 (age about 72
years).
Burial location unknown.
|
| |
Edward E. Hicken (b. 1876) —
of Newburyport, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Newburyport, Essex
County, Mass., April
20, 1876.
Republican. Newspaper
publisher; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1936.
Protestant.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Knights Templar; Order of the
Eastern Star.
Burial location unknown.
| | |
Relatives: Son
of George B. Hicken and Eleanor J. (Marshall) Hicken; married, October
8, 1900, to Ina C. Walton. |
|
| |
Newland H. Holmes (b. 1891) —
of Weymouth, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Brockton, Plymouth
County, Mass., August
30, 1891.
Republican. Advertising
manager; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1925-30; member of Massachusetts
state senate Norfolk & Plymouth District, 1930-36.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar.
Burial location unknown.
|
| |
Roger Keith (b. 1888) —
of Brockton, Plymouth
County, Mass.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 8,
1888.
Republican. Insurance
business; mayor
of Brockton, Mass., 1921-22; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1924;
member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1929-32.
Congregationalist.
Member, Chi Phi;
Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Elks; Knights
of Pythias.
Burial location unknown.
| | |
Relatives: Son
of Horace A. Keith and Nellie W. (Packard) Keith; married, April
12, 1913, to Carolyn Bruce Hastings; father of Paul
Keith. |
|
 |
John B. Lewis Jr. (b. 1841) —
of Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La.; Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Reading, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Wilmington, Middlesex
County, Mass., August
30, 1841.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; shoe
manufacturer; Prohibition candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1901, 1922; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1907.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Grand
Army of the Republic.
Burial location unknown.
| | |
Relatives: Son
of John B. Lewis and Threasa (Miller) Lewis; married 1864 to Hattie
A. Bancroft; married 1872 to Mary
U. Hawes. |
| | | Image source: Boston Globe, August 30,
1908 |
|
| |
John Howland Lothrop (1866-1949) —
also known as John H. Lothrop —
of Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born in Sharon, Norfolk
County, Mass., April
11, 1866.
Freight and passenger agent, Union Pacific Railroad;
secretary of the traffic and transportation bureau. Portland Chamber
of Commerce, 1911-23; Honorary
Vice-Consul for Uruguay in Portland,
Ore., 1923-48; Honorary
Vice-Consul for Argentina in Portland,
Ore., 1931.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners.
Died in Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., July 13,
1949 (age 83 years, 93
days).
Interment at River
View Cemetery, Portland, Ore.
| | |
Relatives: Son
of Horace Augustus Lothrop and Sarah G. (Swain) Lothrop; married to
Lucile L. LaBertew. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
|
| |
George G. Moyse (b. 1878) —
of Waltham, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Canada,
December
21, 1878.
Republican. Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives Fifth Middlesex District,
1920-24; member of Massachusetts
state senate Fifth Middlesex District, 1925-36.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows.
Burial location unknown.
|
| |
Edward Clayton Reynolds (b. 1856) —
also known as Edward C. Reynolds —
of South Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Born in Braintree, Norfolk
County, Mass., November
15, 1856.
Republican. Lawyer; Cumberland
County Register of Probate, 1889-97; member of Maine
state senate, 1897-99; mayor
of South Portland, Maine, 1899-1900.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Knights
of Pythias.
Burial location unknown.
|
| |
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 |
|
| |
George Sylvester Taylor (1822-1910) —
of Chicopee Falls, Chicopee, Hampden
County, Mass.
Born in South Hadley, Hampshire
County, Mass., March 2,
1822.
Republican. Farm tool
manufacturer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1860-61; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1869; president, Chicopee Falls Savings Bank; mayor
of Chicopee, Mass., 1891.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar.
Died in Chicopee, Hampden
County, Mass., January
3, 1910 (age 87 years, 307
days).
Burial location unknown.
|
| |
Allen Towner Treadway (1867-1947) —
also known as Allen T. Treadway —
of Stockbridge, Berkshire
County, Mass.
Born in Stockbridge, Berkshire
County, Mass., September
16, 1867.
Republican. Hotel
proprietor; director, Berkshire Trust Co.;
trustee, Stockbridge Savings
Bank; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1904; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1908-11; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 1st District, 1913-45; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1936.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Grange;
Elks; Royal
Arcanum; Alpha
Delta Phi.
Died in 1947
(age about
79 years).
Interment at Stockbridge
Cemetery, Stockbridge, Mass.
|
|
|
![[Amazon.com]](https://politicalgraveyard.com/images/a150X70b.gif)