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Politicians in the Lumber and Timber Business in Massachusetts

Charles H. Allen Charles Herbert Allen (1848-1934) — also known as Charles H. Allen — of Lowell, Middlesex County, Mass. Born in Lowell, Middlesex County, Mass., April 15, 1848. Republican. Lumber business; banker; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1881-82; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1883; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 8th District, 1885-89; candidate for Governor of Massachusetts, 1891; Massachusetts state prison commissioner, 1897-98; U.S. Assistant Secretary of the Navy, 1898-1900; Governor of Puerto Rico, 1900-01. Died in Lowell, Middlesex County, Mass., April 20, 1934 (age 86 years, 5 days). Interment at Lowell Cemetery, Lowell, Mass.
  Relatives: Son of Otis Allen and Louise (Bixby) Allen; married, November 10, 1870, to Harriet Coleman Dean.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: American Monthly Review of Reviews, September 1901
  Willmore Dewey Ashley (1886-1974) — also known as Willmore D. Ashley — of New Ipswich, Hillsborough County, N.H.; Hampden, Penobscot County, Maine. Born in East Longmeadow, Hampden County, Mass., November 3, 1886. Ice business; woodworker; sawmill owner; delegate to New Hampshire state constitutional convention from New Ipswich, 1948. Died in Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine, August 22, 1974 (age 87 years, 292 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Warren King Ashley and Henrietta Ruth (Dewey) Ashley; married, December 17, 1916, to Ida Mae Frye.
  William Hazen Ball (1858-1922) — also known as William H. Ball — of Coloma, Berrien County, Mich. Born in Boylston, Worcester County, Mass., August 24, 1858. Republican. Banker; coal and lumber business; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Berrien County 2nd District, 1909-12. Died in 1922 (age about 63 years). Interment at Coloma Cemetery, Coloma, Mich.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Nathan Ball Bradley (1831-1906) — also known as Nathan B. Bradley — of Bay City, Bay County, Mich. Born in Lee, Berkshire County, Mass., May 28, 1831. Republican. Lumber business; salt industry; mayor of Bay City, Mich., 1865; member of Michigan state senate 27th District, 1867-68; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1872; U.S. Representative from Michigan 8th District, 1873-77. Died in Bay City, Bay County, Mich., November 8, 1906 (age 75 years, 164 days). Interment at Elm Lawn Cemetery, Bay City, Mich.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Frank A. Brooks — of Watertown, Middlesex County, Mass. Born in Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Mass. Republican. Lumber business; member of Massachusetts Governor's Council 3rd District, 1935-36. Member, Grange; Freemasons; Shriners. Burial location unknown.
  Shepard Cary (1805-1866) — of Maine. Born in New Salem, Franklin County, Mass., July 3, 1805. Lumber and timber business; member of Maine state house of representatives, 1832-33, 1839-42, 1848-49, 1862; member of Maine state senate, 1843, 1850-53; U.S. Representative from Maine 7th District, 1844-45; Liberty candidate for Governor of Maine, 1854. Died in Houlton, Aroostook County, Maine, August 9, 1866 (age 61 years, 37 days). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery, Houlton, Maine.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  John W. Chapin (b. 1859) — of Bernardston, Franklin County, Mass. Born in Bernardston, Franklin County, Mass., January 28, 1859. Republican. Lumber merchant; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives Second Franklin District, 1905. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Alanson Chapin and Patience Lovina (Fox) Chapin; married, April 10, 1880, to Harriet 'Hattie' Woods; first cousin twice removed of Marshall Chapin; second cousin four times removed of Daniel Chapin (1761-1821); third cousin once removed of Theodore Henry Hinchman; third cousin thrice removed of Daniel Chapin (1791-1878) and Graham Hurd Chapin; fourth cousin once removed of Edmund Gillett Chapin and Zenas Ferry Moody.
  Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
Henry H. Crapo Henry Howland Crapo (1804-1869) — also known as Henry H. Crapo — of Flint, Genesee County, Mich. Born in Dartmouth, Bristol County, Mass., May 24, 1804. Republican. Lumber business; built the Flint and Holly Railroad, which later became part of the Flint & Pere Marquette Railroad; mayor of Flint, Mich., 1860-61; member of Michigan state senate 24th District, 1863-64; Governor of Michigan, 1865-69. Christian. Died in Flint, Genesee County, Mich., July 22, 1869 (age 65 years, 59 days). Interment at Glenwood Cemetery, Flint, Mich.
  Relatives: Son of Jesse C. Crapo and Phebe (Howland) Crapo; married, June 9, 1825, to Mary Ann Slocum; father-in-law of James C. Willson; father of William Wallace Crapo; grandfather of W. C. Durant.
  Political family: Crapo family of Flint, Michigan.
  See also National Governors Association biography — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: Portrait & Biographical Album of Washtenaw County (1891)
  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
  Walter Fessenden (1813-1884) — of Townsend, Middlesex County, Mass. Born in Groton, Middlesex County, Mass., September 20, 1813. Democrat. Cooper; postmaster; banker; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1856, 1860; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1861. Died in Townsend, Middlesex County, Mass., January 28, 1884 (age 70 years, 130 days). Interment at Hillside Cemetery, Townsend, Mass.
  Relatives: Son of Benjamin Fessenden (1772-1837) and Lavina (Stevens) Fessenden; married, February 6, 1838, to Harriet Elizabeth Lewis; second cousin once removed of Benjamin Fessenden (1797-1881) and Charles Backus Hyde Fessenden; third cousin of Samuel Fessenden (1845-1903); third cousin once removed of Samuel Clement Fessenden (1784-1869) and John Milton Fessenden; fourth cousin of William Pitt Fessenden, Samuel Clement Fessenden (1815-1882), Thomas Amory Deblois Fessenden, William Fessenden Allen and Joseph Palmer Fessenden; fourth cousin once removed of Ira A. Locke, James Deering Fessenden, Henry Nichols Blake, Francis Fessenden, Joshua Abbe Fessenden, Samuel Fessenden (1847-1908) and Oliver Grosvenor Fessenden.
  Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Addison Gardner Foster (1837-1917) — also known as Addison G. Foster — of Wabasha County, Minn.; Tacoma, Pierce County, Wash. Born in Belchertown, Hampshire County, Mass., January 28, 1837. Republican. Lumber business; railroad builder; U.S. Senator from Washington, 1899-1905. Died in Tacoma, Pierce County, Wash., January 16, 1917 (age 79 years, 354 days). Interment at Tacoma Cemetery, Tacoma, Wash.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Henry Howard (1801-1878) — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich.; Buffalo, Erie County, N.Y. Born in Hinsdale, Berkshire County, Mass., September 15, 1801. Dry goods merchant; lumber business; Michigan state treasurer, 1836-39; mayor of Detroit, Mich., 1837; Michigan state auditor general, 1839-40; banker. Died in Buffalo, Erie County, N.Y., July 15, 1878 (age 76 years, 303 days). Burial location unknown.
  See also Wikipedia article
  John Winthrop Jones (1817-1887) — also known as J. Winthrop Jones — of Ellsworth, Hancock County, Maine; Greenpoint, Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in Ellsworth, Hancock County, Maine, February 14, 1817. Democrat. School teacher; merchant; shipbuilder; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maine, 1860; lumber business. Died, from pneumonia, in Greenfield, Franklin County, Mass., September 19, 1887 (age 70 years, 217 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Theodore Jones and Catherine Winthrop (Sargent) Jones; married to Ann Maria Peters (sister of John Andrew Peters (1822-1904); aunt of John Andrew Peters (1864-1953)); first cousin twice removed of Winthrop Sargent; third cousin twice removed of Francis Williams Sargent.
  Political family: Sargent-Peters family of Ellsworth, Maine.
  Winthrop Park (created 1889; renamed 1941 as Msgr. McGolrick Park), in Brooklyn, New York, was named for him.
  Francis William Kellogg (1810-1879) — also known as Francis W. Kellogg — of Grand Rapids, Kent County, Mich.; Mobile, Mobile County, Ala. Born in Worthington, Hampshire County, Mass., May 30, 1810. Republican. Lumber business; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Kent County 2nd District, 1857-58; U.S. Representative from Michigan, 1859-65 (3rd District 1859-63, 4th District 1863-65); U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue for the 1st Alabama District, 1865-67; U.S. Representative from Alabama 1st District, 1868-69. Died in Alliance, Stark County, Ohio, January 13, 1879 (age 68 years, 228 days). Interment at Fulton Street Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Mich.
  Relatives: Son of Giles Crouch Kellogg and Eunice Palmer (Cottrell) Kellogg; married, March 24, 1832, to Emeline White; fifth great-grandnephew of Thomas Welles; first cousin twice removed of Aaron Kellogg; third cousin of Greene Carrier Bronson, John Russell Kellogg and George Smith Catlin; third cousin once removed of Jason Kellogg, Charles Kellogg (1773-1842), Orsamus Cook Merrill, Timothy Merrill, Daniel Fiske Kellogg, Joshua Perkins, George Isaac Sherwood, Arthur Tappan Kellogg, David B. Sherwood, Selah Merrill and Eli Coe Birdsey (1843-1929); third cousin twice removed of Josiah Cowles, Simeon Baldwin, Carl G. Sherwood, William Lucius Case and Edward Russell Kellogg; third cousin thrice removed of Leonard Leach Case; fourth cousin of Luther Walter Badger, Silas Dewey Kellogg, Chester Ashley, Daniel Kellogg (1791-1875), Alvan Kellogg, Alvah Nash, Day Otis Kellogg, Dwight Kellogg, Albert Gallatin Kellogg, Ensign Hosmer Kellogg, Farrand Fassett Merrill and Charles Kellogg (1839-1903); fourth cousin once removed of Silas Condict, Abel Merrill, James Doolittle Wooster, Daniel Upson, Roger Sherman Baldwin, Eli Coe Birdsey (1799-1843), Orlando Kellogg, William Dean Kellogg, Stephen Wright Kellogg, Benjamin Doolittle, George Bradley Kellogg, William Pitt Kellogg, Daniel Kellogg (1835-1918), Austin George Nettleton, Nelson Platt Wheeler, William Egbert Wheeler and Benjamin Baker Merrill.
  Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Benjamin F. Lincoln (b. 1831) — of Lyndon, Caledonia County, Vt. Born in Wareham, Plymouth County, Mass., September 4, 1831. Republican. Lumber manufacturer; director, Lyndon National Bank; member of Vermont state house of representatives from Lyndon, 1876-78, 1888. Congregationalist. Burial location unknown.
Patrick H. McCarren Patrick Henry McCarren (1849-1909) — also known as Patrick H. McCarren; "Friend of the Sugar Trust" — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in East Cambridge, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Mass., June 18, 1849. Democrat. Cooper; lawyer; member of New York state assembly from Kings County 6th District, 1882-83, 1889; member of New York state senate, 1890-93, 1896-1909 (4th District 1890-93, 7th District 1896-1909); died in office 1909; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1892, 1900, 1904. Catholic. Irish ancestry. Political boss who dominated Brooklyn politics for twenty years. Died, from intestinal degeneration, complicated by appendicitis and myocarditis, in St. Catherine's Hospital, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., October 23, 1909 (age 60 years, 127 days). Interment at Calvary Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
  Presumably named for: Patrick Henry
  Relatives: Married to Catherine M. 'Katie' Hogan.
  McCarren Park (opened 1906 as Greenpoint Park; renamed in 1909), in Brooklyn, New York, is named for him.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: New York Red Book 1907
  Daniel Eugene McGinley (1845-1904) — also known as Daniel E. McGinley — of Cedarburg, Ozaukee County, Wis. Born in Saxonville, Framingham, Middlesex County, Mass., January 3, 1845. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lumberman; lost a foot in a lumbering accident; school teacher; candidate for Wisconsin state assembly, 1894; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, 1896; U.S. Consul in Athens, 1897-1904, died in office 1904. Member, Grand Army of the Republic. Died in Athens, Greece, December 11, 1904 (age 59 years, 343 days). Interment at St. Mary's Cemetery, Saukville, Wis.
  Relatives: Son of Daniel McGinley and Ann (Sheridan) McGinley.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
Carl E. Milliken Carl Elias Milliken (1877-1961) — also known as Carl E. Milliken — of Island Falls, Aroostook County, Maine. Born in Pittsfield, Somerset County, Maine, July 13, 1877. Republican. Lumber manufacturer; president, Katahdin Farmers Telephone Company; member of Maine state house of representatives, 1905-08; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1908; member of Maine state senate, 1909-14; Governor of Maine, 1917-21. Baptist. Died in Springfield, Hampden County, Mass., May 1, 1961 (age 83 years, 292 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Phoebe Ellen (Knowlton) Milliken and Charles Arthur Milliken; married, July 31, 1901, to Emma Vivian Chase; third cousin once removed of Fred Melville Libby.
  Political family: Libby-Felt family of Maine (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also National Governors Association biography
  Image source: Library of Congress
  David Pingree (1795-1863) — also known as "Merchant Prince of Salem" — of Salem, Essex County, Mass. Born in Georgetown, Essex County, Mass., December 31, 1795. Shipowner; merchant; cotton mill president; lumber business; banker; mayor of Salem, Mass., 1851-52. Died in Salem, Essex County, Mass., March 31, 1863 (age 67 years, 90 days). Interment at Harmony Grove Cemetery, Salem, Mass.
  Relatives: Son of Asa Pingree and Annar (Perkins) Pingree; married 1824 to Ann Maria Kimball.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Walter L. Pratt (1868-1934) — of Massena, St. Lawrence County, N.Y. Born in Lowell, Middlesex County, Mass., 1868. Republican. Lumber dealer; village president of Massena, New York, 1920-22; member of New York state assembly from St. Lawrence County 2nd District, 1923-34; died in office 1934; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1928. Died April 3, 1934 (age about 65 years). Burial location unknown.
  Lynn Melvin Ranger (1884-1967) — also known as Lynn M. Ranger — of Lynn, Essex County, Mass. Born in Massachusetts, January 28, 1884. Coal salesman; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1912; Progressive candidate for U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 7th District, 1912, 1914; bank director; lumber business. Died in 1967 (age about 83 years). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of John Melvin Ranger and Nellie Frances (Allen) Ranger; married to Florence Young.
  Leslie C. Seymour (born c.1850) — of Windsor Locks, Hartford County, Conn. Born in Southwick, Hampden County, Mass., about 1850. Democrat. Lumber dealer; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Windsor Locks, 1901-04; first selectman of Windsor Locks, Connecticut, 1901-04. Burial location unknown.
  Robert Lee Smith (b. 1860) — also known as Robert L. Smith — of Stannard, Caledonia County, Vt. Born in Clinton, Worcester County, Mass., October 14, 1860. Republican. Lumber dealer; member of Vermont state house of representatives from Stannard, 1888. Methodist. Burial location unknown.
  Noble B. Turner (b. 1848) — of Great Barrington, Berkshire County, Mass. Born in Great Barrington, Berkshire County, Mass., November 5, 1848. Republican. Farmer; lumberman; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives Seventh Berkshire District, 1905-06. Burial location unknown.
  George Elon White (1848-1935) — also known as George E. White — of Chicago, Cook County, Ill. Born in Millbury, Worcester County, Mass., March 7, 1848. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lumber business; banker; member of Illinois state senate, 1878-86; U.S. Representative from Illinois 5th District, 1895-99. Died in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., May 17, 1935 (age 87 years, 71 days). Entombed in mausoleum at Rosehill Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
  Relatives: Married to Minnie A. Kline.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
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