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John Alfred McDowell Adair (1864-1938) —
also known as John A. M. Adair —
of Portland, Jay
County, Ind.
Born near Portland, Jay
County, Ind., December
22, 1864.
Democrat. Merchant; banker; manufacturer;
Jay
County Clerk, 1891-95; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1902-03; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 8th District, 1907-17; defeated,
1924; candidate for Governor of
Indiana, 1916.
Methodist.
Died in Portland, Jay
County, Ind., October
5, 1938 (age 73 years, 287
days).
Interment at Green
Park Cemetery, Portland, Ind.
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Nathan Appleton (1779-1861) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in New Ipswich, Hillsborough
County, N.H., October
6, 1779.
Merchant; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1815-16, 1821, 1823-24, 1827; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 1st District, 1831-33, 1842.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., July 14,
1861 (age 81 years, 281
days).
Interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of Isaac Appleton and Mary (Adams) Appleton; married, April
13, 1806, to Maria Theresa Gold; married, January
8, 1839, to Harriet Coffin Sumner; father of Francis Elizabeth
Appleton (who married of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow); first cousin of
James
Appleton, William
Appleton and Nathan
Dane Appleton; first cousin once removed of John
Appleton (1804-1891), Jane
Pierce and John
Appleton (1815-1864); first cousin thrice removed of Arthur
Taggard Appleton; first cousin four times removed of Leverett
Saltonstall, Richard
Saltonstall and Randolph
Appleton Kidder; first cousin five times removed of William
Lawrence Saltonstall; second cousin once removed of Andrew
Adams; third cousin once removed of Thomas
Passmore Treadwell; third cousin twice removed of Robert
Odiorne Treadwell; third cousin thrice removed of Charles
Willoughby Dayton; fourth cousin of John
Appleton (1758-1829), Thomas
Appleton and Leonard
White; fourth cousin once removed of John
James Appleton, Samuel
Finley Vinton, John
Larkin Payson and Alonzo
Sidney Upham. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Saltonstall-Davis-Frelinghuysen-Appleton
family of Massachusetts (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Bailey Bartlett (1750-1830) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Haverhill, Essex
County, Mass., January
29, 1750.
Merchant; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1781-84, 1788; delegate
to Massachusetts convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1788; Essex
County High Sheriff, 1789-1811, 1812-30; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts at-large, 1797, 1799-1801; delegate
to Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1820.
Died in Haverhill, Essex
County, Mass., September
9, 1830 (age 80 years, 223
days).
Interment at Pentucket
Cemetery, Haverhill, Mass.
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Ira D. Bates (born c.1845) —
of Thompson, Windham
County, Conn.
Born in Uxbridge, Worcester
County, Mass., about 1845.
Republican. Merchant; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1886; member of Connecticut
state senate 16th District, 1887-88.
Burial location unknown.
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Isaac H. Boardman (1810-1887) —
of Newburyport, Essex
County, Mass.
Born October
31, 1810.
Merchant; mayor
of Newburyport, Mass., 1863.
Died July 10,
1887 (age 76 years, 252
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Newburyport, Mass.
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Elijah Brigham (1751-1816) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Westborough (part now in Northborough), Worcester
County, Mass., July 7,
1751.
Merchant; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1791-93; common pleas court judge
in Massachusetts, 1795-1811; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1796, 1798, 1801-05, 1807-10; member of Massachusetts
Governor's Council, 1799-1800, 1806; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1811-16 (10th District
1811-13, at-large 1813-15, 12th District 1815-16); died in office
1816.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
22, 1816 (age 64 years, 230
days).
Interment at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Albert L. Brown (b. 1828) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Lunenburg, Essex
County, Vt.
Born in Lunenburg, Essex
County, Vt., January
12, 1828.
Republican. Merchant; farmer;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Lunenburgh, 1888.
Baptist.
Burial location unknown.
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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.
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Relatives: Son
of David Bruce and Jemima (Bern) Bruce; married, September
24, 1870, to Mary Mitchell. |
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Arthur Carroll (1837-1920) —
of Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Belmont, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Baltimore
County, Md., June 18,
1837.
Real
estate broker; commission merchant; Vice-Consul
for Uruguay in Boston,
Mass., 1876-1903.
Died in Belmont, Middlesex
County, Mass., 1920
(age about
83 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Benjamin Cutler Clark (1800-1863) —
also known as Benjamin C. Clark —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., September
29, 1800.
Republican. Merchant; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1856;
member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1860; Consul
for Haiti in Boston,
Mass., 1860-63.
Died, from typhoid
fever, in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., November
14, 1863 (age 63 years, 46
days).
Interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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Samuel Cony (1775-1835) —
of Augusta, Kennebec
County, Maine.
Born in Shutesbury, Franklin
County, Mass., November
24, 1775.
Merchant; Adjutant
General of Maine, 1820-30.
Died in Augusta, Kennebec
County, Maine, November
8, 1835 (age 59 years, 349
days).
Interment at Forest
Grove Cemetery, Augusta, Maine.
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George Morey Copeland (1815-1892) —
also known as George M. Copeland —
of Clarendon, Orleans
County, N.Y.
Born in Norton, Bristol
County, Mass., February
23, 1815.
Merchant; member of New York
state assembly from Orleans County, 1852.
Died in Clarendon, Orleans
County, N.Y., February
12, 1892 (age 76 years, 354
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Darius Nash Couch (1822-1897) —
also known as Darius N. Couch —
of Taunton, Bristol
County, Mass.; Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Putnam
County, N.Y., July 23,
1822.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; naturalist;
merchant; general in the Union Army during the Civil War;
candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1865; U.S. Collector of Customs, 1866-67.
Died in Norwalk, Fairfield
County, Conn., February
12, 1897 (age 74 years, 204
days).
Interment at Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery, Taunton, Mass.
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Thomas Davee (1797-1841) —
of Blanchard, Piscataquis
County, Maine.
Born in Plymouth, Plymouth
County, Mass., December
9, 1797.
Democrat. Merchant; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1826-27; member of Maine
state senate, 1830-32, 1841; died in office 1841; postmaster;
U.S.
Representative from Maine, 1837-41 (7th District 1837-39, 3rd
District 1839-41).
Died in Blanchard, Piscataquis
County, Maine, December
9, 1841 (age 44 years, 0
days).
Interment at Churchyard
Cemetery, Monson, Maine.
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Cornelius Roscoe Day (b. 1847) —
also known as Cornelius R. Day —
of Millerville, Blackstone, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Blackstone, Worcester
County, Mass., December
29, 1847.
Republican. Merchant; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1896-97; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1901-02; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1904.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of David L. Day and Jane H. (Mahoney) Day; married to Ida F.
Paine. |
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Arthur J. Donner (born c.1850) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Germany,
about 1850.
Banker;
commission merchant; steamship
agent; Vice-Consul
for Argentina in Boston,
Mass., 1882-88; Consul
for Austria-Hungary in Boston,
Mass., 1883-1907; Consul
for Germany in Boston,
Mass., 1894-99; treasurer, American Sugar
Refining Company.
German
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Francis John Fennelly (1860-1920) —
also known as Francis J. Fennelly; Frank
Fennelly —
of Fall River, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in Fall River, Bristol
County, Mass., February
18, 1860.
Democrat. Played for the Cincinnati and Philadelphia Athletics baseball
teams, 1884-90; merchant; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives Tenth Bristol District, 1905-06.
Died in Fall River, Bristol
County, Mass., August
4, 1920 (age 60 years, 168
days).
Interment at St.
Patrick's Cemetery, Fall River, Mass.
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Horace Newton Fisher (1836-1916) —
also known as Horace N. Fisher —
of Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
19, 1836.
Commission merchant; Consul
for Chile in Boston,
Mass., 1876-1916.
Died in Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass., October
23, 1916 (age 80 years, 4
days).
Interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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William Cameron Forbes (1870-1959) —
also known as W. Cameron Forbes —
Born in Milton, Norfolk
County, Mass., May 21,
1870.
Merchant; investment
banker; Governor-General
of the Philippine Islands, 1909-13; receiver for a railway
in Brazil, 1914-19; U.S. Ambassador to Japan, 1930-32.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., December
24, 1959 (age 89 years, 217
days).
Cremated.
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Wilbur B. Foster (born c.1854) —
of Rockville, Vernon, Tolland
County, Conn.
Born in Monson, Hampden
County, Mass., about 1854.
Democrat. Merchant; member of Connecticut
state senate 23rd District, 1891-92.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles T. Geyer (1848-1924) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Massachusetts, 1848.
Merchant; banker; Vice-Consul
for Liberia in New
York, N.Y., 1899-1903.
Died September
12, 1924 (age about 76
years).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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William Gray (1750-1825) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., June 27,
1750.
Merchant; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1800; Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1810-12.
Died November
4, 1825 (age 75 years, 130
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph Hall (1793-1859) —
of Camden, Knox
County, Maine; Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Methuen, Essex
County, Mass., June 26,
1793.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;
merchant; postmaster at Camden,
Maine, 1830-33; U.S.
Representative from Maine, 1833-37 (6th District 1833-35, 4th
District 1835-37); candidate for mayor of
Boston, Mass., 1849.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., December
31, 1859 (age 66 years, 188
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Camden, Maine.
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Mark Harris (1779-1843) —
of Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Born in Ipswich, Essex
County, Mass., January
27, 1779.
Merchant; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1816; U.S.
Representative from Maine at-large, 1822-23; Maine
state treasurer, 1828, 1832-34; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1830.
Died March 2,
1843 (age 64 years, 34
days).
Interment at Eastern
Cemetery, Portland, Maine.
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Augustine Heard (1827-1905) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Ipswich, Essex
County, Mass., December
7, 1827.
Merchant; U.S. Minister to Korea, 1890-93.
Died on
board the steamship Konig Albert, in the North
Atlantic Ocean, en route from Naples to New York, December
14, 1905 (age 78 years, 7
days).
Interment at Highland Cemetery, Ipswich, Mass.
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Mark Langdon Hill (1772-1842) —
of Phippsburg, Sagadahoc
County, Maine.
Born in Biddeford, York
County, Maine, June 30,
1772.
Merchant; shipbuilder;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1797, 1808, 1810, 1813-14; member
of Massachusetts
state senate, 1804, 1815-17; common pleas court judge in
Massachusetts, 1810; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 13th District, 1819-21; U.S.
Representative from Maine at-large, 1821-23.
Died in Phippsburg, Sagadahoc
County, Maine, November
26, 1842 (age 70 years, 149
days).
Interment at Congregational
Churchyard, Phippsburg Center, Phippsburg, Maine.
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Sidney A. Hill (b. 1849) —
of Stoneham, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Stoneham, Middlesex
County, Mass., August
26, 1849.
Republican. Merchant; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1902-04; member of Massachusetts
state senate Middlesex & Essex District, 1905-06.
Burial location unknown.
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Jonas Howe (1786-1865) —
Born in Petersham, Worcester
County, Mass., July 15,
1786.
School
teacher; farmer;
merchant; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1845.
Died January
8, 1865 (age 78 years, 177
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas Hutchinson (1711-1780) —
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., September
9, 1711.
Merchant; Colonial
Governor of Massachusetts, 1760, 1769-71, 1771-74.
Anglican.
Died in Brompton, Middlesex, England,
June
3, 1780 (age 68 years, 268
days).
Interment at St. John the Baptist Churchyard, Croydon, London, England.
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Joseph Iasigi (1800-1877) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Smyrna (now Izmir), Turkey,
August
20, 1800.
Merchant; shipowner;
Consul
for Turkey in Boston,
Mass., 1864-77.
Armenian
ancestry.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., May 22,
1877 (age 76 years, 275
days).
Interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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Leonard Jarvis (1781-1854) —
of Ellsworth, Hancock
County, Maine; Surry, Hancock
County, Maine.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
19, 1781.
Democrat. Delegate
to Maine state constitutional convention, 1819-20; Hancock
County Sheriff, 1821-29; merchant; U.S.
Representative from Maine, 1829-37 (6th District 1829-33, 7th
District 1833-35, 5th District 1835-37).
Died in Surry, Hancock
County, Maine, September
18, 1854 (age 72 years, 334
days).
Interment at Hillside
Cemetery, Surry, Maine.
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William Jarvis (1770-1859) —
of Massachusetts; Weathersfield, Windsor
County, Vt.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., 1770.
Merchant; U.S. Consul in Lisbon, 1802-11; candidate for Presidential Elector for Vermont.
Died in 1859
(age about
89 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas H. Johnston (b. 1872) —
of Clinton, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Londonderry, Ireland (now Northern
Ireland), March 5,
1872.
Republican. Merchant; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives Tenth Worcester District,
1923-28; member of Massachusetts
state senate Worcester & Hampden District, 1931-36.
Member, Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Grange.
Burial location unknown.
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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.
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Albert Gallatin Kellogg (1809-1839) —
of San Augustine, San
Augustine County, Tex.
Born in New Salem, Franklin
County, Mass., July 12,
1809.
Merchant; delegate
to Texas Consultation of 1835 from District of San Augustine,
1835; postmaster.
Died in San Augustine, San
Augustine County, Tex., 1839
(age about
29 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Presumably named
for: Albert
Gallatin |
| | | Relatives: Son of Nathaniel Kellogg and
Sarah (Stowell) Kellogg; nephew of Daniel
Fiske Kellogg; first cousin of Charles
Kellogg (1839-1903); second cousin twice removed of Aaron
Kellogg; third cousin of Daniel
Kellogg (1791-1875); third cousin once removed of Jason
Kellogg, Charles
Kellogg (1773-1842), Orsamus
Cook Merrill, Timothy
Merrill, George
Bradley Kellogg and Daniel
Kellogg (1835-1918); third cousin twice removed of Edward
Stanley Kellogg and Franklin
Warren Kellogg; third cousin thrice removed of Dwight
Palmer Griswold; fourth cousin of Luther
Walter Badger, Silas
Dewey Kellogg, Greene
Carrier Bronson, Chester
Ashley, Alvan
Kellogg, Alvah
Nash, John
Russell Kellogg, Day
Otis Kellogg, Dwight
Kellogg, George
Smith Catlin, Francis
William Kellogg, Ensign
Hosmer Kellogg and Farrand
Fassett Merrill; fourth cousin once removed of John
Calhoun Lewis, Orlando
Kellogg, William
Dean Kellogg, Henry
Gould Lewis, Stephen
Wright Kellogg, William
Pitt Kellogg, Arthur
Tappan Kellogg and Selah
Merrill. |
| | | Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
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Charles Kellogg (1773-1842) —
of Kelloggsville, Cayuga
County, N.Y.; Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Sheffield, Berkshire
County, Mass., October
3, 1773.
Merchant; miller; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Cayuga County, 1808-10, 1820-22; postmaster;
U.S.
Representative from New York 24th District, 1825-27.
Died in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., May 11,
1842 (age 68 years, 220
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Asa Kellogg and Lucy (Powell) Kellogg; married, October
21, 1794, to Mary Ann Otis; father of Day
Otis Kellogg and Dwight
Kellogg; uncle of Alvan
Kellogg; first cousin once removed of Ensign
Hosmer Kellogg; first cousin four times removed of Martin
Weld Deyo; second cousin once removed of Aaron
Kellogg; second cousin twice removed of Orlando
Kellogg and William
Dean Kellogg; second cousin thrice removed of Rowland
Case Kellogg and Frank
Billings Kellogg; third cousin of Jason
Kellogg, Orsamus
Cook Merrill, Timothy
Merrill and Daniel
Fiske Kellogg; third cousin once removed of Luther
Walter Badger, Silas
Dewey Kellogg, Greene
Carrier Bronson, Chester
Ashley, Daniel
Kellogg (1791-1875), John
Russell Kellogg, Alvah
Nash, Thomas
Belden Butler, George
Smith Catlin, Albert
Gallatin Kellogg, Francis
William Kellogg, Farrand
Fassett Merrill and Charles
Kellogg (1839-1903); third cousin twice removed of Stephen
Wright Kellogg, George
Bradley Kellogg, William
Pitt Kellogg, Daniel
Kellogg (1835-1918), Arthur
Tappan Kellogg and Selah
Merrill; third cousin thrice removed of William
Lucius Case, Charles
Collins Kellogg, Clement
Phineas Kellogg, Edward
Russell Kellogg, Henry
Theodore Kellogg, Edward
Stanley Kellogg and Franklin
Warren Kellogg. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Murphy-Merrill
family of Harbor Beach, Michigan (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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John Kenrick (b. 1857) —
of South Orleans, Orleans, Barnstable
County, Mass.
Born in South Orleans, Orleans, Barnstable
County, Mass., October
25, 1857.
Merchant; insurance
and real
estate business; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1891; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1893-94; postmaster.
Universalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Kenrick and Thankful (Crosby) Kenrick. |
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Alvan Kidder (1801-1871) —
of Randolph, Norfolk
County, Mass.; Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill.
Born in Randolph, Orange
County, Vt., February
12, 1801.
Democrat. Manufacturer;
merchant; real estate
business; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1835.
Died in Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill., November
18, 1871 (age 70 years, 279
days).
Interment at Springdale
Cemetery, Peoria, Ill.
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Relatives: Son
of John Kidder and Ruth (Mann) Kidder; married, July 24,
1823, to Betsey Mann; nephew of Lyman
Kidder; first cousin of Ira
Kidder and Jefferson
Parish Kidder; first cousin once removed of Lyman
Kidder Bass, Silas
Wright Kidder and Daniel
S. Kidder; first cousin twice removed of Lyman
Metcalfe Bass; second cousin of Francis
Kidder; second cousin twice removed of Harley
Walter Kidder; third cousin once removed of Isaiah
Kidder, Ezra
Kidder, David
Kidder and Nathan
Parker Kidder; fourth cousin of Charles
Stetson, Arba
Kidder, Luther
Kidder, Joseph
Souther Kidder, Pascal
Paoli Kidder and Isaiah
Stetson; fourth cousin once removed of Gold
Selleck Silliman, Benjamin
Silliman, Caleb
Blodgett, Chauncey
Fitch Cleveland, Orlando
Burr Kidder, Adoniram
Judson Kneeland and Isaiah
Kidder Stetson. |
| | | 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 |
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Thomas Oliver Larkin (1802-1858) —
also known as Thomas O. Larkin —
of Monterey, Monterey
County, Calif.; San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Charlestown, Middlesex County (now part of Boston, Suffolk
County), Mass., September
18, 1802.
Merchant; flour mill
business; U.S. Consul in Monterey, 1843-48; U.S. Special Diplomatic Agent to California, 1845; delegate
to California state constitutional convention, 1849.
Died, from typhoid
fever, in Colusa, Colusa
County, Calif., October
27, 1858 (age 56 years, 39
days).
Original interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;
reinterment at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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Simon Larned (1753-1817) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Thompson, Windham
County, Conn., August
3, 1753.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; Berkshire
County Sheriff; merchant; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1791; Berkshire
County Treasurer, 1792-1812; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts at-large, 1804-05; colonel in
the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; president, Berkshire Bank.
Died in Pittsfield, Berkshire
County, Mass., November
16, 1817 (age 64 years, 105
days).
Interment at Pittsfield
Cemetery, Pittsfield, Mass.
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Henry Lee (1782-1867) —
of Massachusetts.
Born February
4, 1782.
Merchant; received 11 electoral votes for Vice-President, 1832.
Died February
6, 1867 (age 85 years, 2
days).
Burial location unknown.
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James N. Loomis (born c.1833) —
of Granby, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Southwick, Hampden
County, Mass., about 1833.
Republican. Merchant; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Granby, 1868, 1903-04;
postmaster at Granby,
Conn., 1901.
Burial location unknown.
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Gjert Lootz (1837-1919) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Bergen, Norway,
July
10, 1837.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; shipowner;
commission merchant; Consul
for Netherlands in Boston,
Mass., 1868-77, 1888-92; Vice-Consul
for Sweden & Norway in Boston,
Mass., 1868-1903; Consul
for Austria-Hungary in Boston,
Mass., 1877; Vice-Consul
for Denmark in Boston,
Mass., 1884-99.
Lutheran.
Norwegian
ancestry.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., March 7,
1919 (age 81 years, 240
days).
Interment at Forest
Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Boston, Mass.
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Ulysses E. Mayhew (b. 1848) —
of West Tisbury, Martha's Vineyard, Dukes
County, Mass.
Born in West Tisbury, Martha's Vineyard, Dukes
County, Mass., August
16, 1848.
Merchant; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives Dukes District, 1891-92, 1906.
Burial location unknown.
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William Sumner Maynard (1802-1866) —
also known as William S. Maynard —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Berkshire
County, Mass., April
25, 1802.
Merchant; village
president of Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1836-38, 1839-40; mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1856-58, 1865-66.
Congregationalist.
Suffering from severe depression, he killed
himself by an overdose
of morphine or laudanum, in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., June 18,
1866 (age 64 years, 54
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich.
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Joseph A. McDonald (1876-1950) —
also known as Joe McDonald —
of Ester Creek, Fairbanks
North Star Borough, Alaska.
Born in Waltham, Middlesex
County, Mass., May 15,
1876.
Democrat. Went to
the Klondike for the 1898 Gold Rush; merchant; member of
Alaska
territorial House of Representatives 4th District, 1929-33; Speaker
of Alaska Territory House of Representatives, 1933.
Catholic.
Member, Elks.
Died in Fairbanks, Fairbanks
North Star Borough, Alaska, July 20,
1950 (age 74 years, 66
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Henry Mellus (1816-1860) —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., August
24, 1816.
Democrat. Merchant; mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1860; died in office 1860.
Died December
26, 1860 (age 44 years, 124
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Edwin Denison Morgan (1811-1883) —
also known as Edwin D. Morgan —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Washington, Berkshire
County, Mass., February
8, 1811.
Merchant; member of New York
state senate 6th District, 1850-53; New York
Republican state chair, 1856-58, 1874-75; Chairman
of Republican National Committee, 1856-64, 1872-76; speaker,
Republican National Convention, 1856,
1860,
1864,
1876;
Governor
of New York, 1859-62; defeated (Republican), 1876; general in the
Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1863-69; member of Republican
National Committee from New York, 1872-; candidate for
Presidential Elector for New York.
Died of Bright's
disease, in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
14, 1883 (age 72 years, 6
days).
Entombed at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Hartford, Conn.
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Jeremiah Nelson (1769-1838) —
of Newburyport, Essex
County, Mass.; Essex, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Rowley, Essex
County, Mass., September
14, 1769.
Merchant; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1803-04; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1805-07, 1815-25, 1831-33 (3rd
District 1805-07, 1815-17, 4th District 1817-19, 3rd District
1819-25, 1831-33).
Died in Newburyport, Essex
County, Mass., October
2, 1838 (age 69 years, 18
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Newburyport, Mass.
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Charles O. Newton —
of Homer, Cortland
County, N.Y.
Born in Brimfield, Hampden
County, Mass.
Republican. Merchant; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1896;
member of New York
state assembly from Cortland County, 1905, 1907.
English
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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William W. Nicholls (b. 1860) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in England,
October
24, 1860.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; commission merchant; U.S. Consular
Agent in St. Michaels, 1889-99; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in St. Michaels, 1899-1914.
Burial location unknown.
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James Nolan (1901-1991) —
of Wrangell,
Alaska.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., June 23,
1901.
Democrat. Merchant; member of Alaska
territorial House of Representatives 1st District, 1947-50; Speaker
of Alaska Territory House of Representatives, 1949; member of Alaska
territorial senate 1st District, 1951-58; delegate
to Alaska state constitutional convention, 1955-56.
Catholic.
Member, Elks.
Died in Wrangell,
Alaska, October
24, 1991 (age 90 years, 123
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Asa Russell Nye (1808-1858) —
also known as Asa R. Nye —
of New Bedford, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in New Bedford, Bristol
County, Mass., 1808.
Merchant; banker;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives from New Bedford; elected 1854.
Died in New Bedford, Bristol
County, Mass., August
8, 1858 (age about 50
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Jeremiah O'Brien (1778-1858) —
of Machias, Washington
County, Maine.
Born in Machias, Washington
County, Maine, January
21, 1778.
Democrat. Merchant; member of Maine
state senate, 1821-24; U.S.
Representative from Maine, 1823-29 (at-large 1823-25, 6th
District 1825-29); member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1832-34.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., May 30,
1858 (age 80 years, 129
days).
Interment at O'Brien
Cemetery, Machias, Maine.
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Samuel Allyne Otis (1740-1814) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Barnstable, Barnstable
County, Mass., November
24, 1740.
Merchant; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1776-85; Speaker of
the Massachusetts State House of Representatives, 1784-85; delegate
to Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1780; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Massachusetts, 1787-88; Secretary of
the United States Senate, 1789-1814.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April
22, 1814 (age 73 years, 149
days).
Interment at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Relatives: Son
of James Otis (1702-1778) and Mary (Allyne) Otis; married, December
31, 1764, to Elizabeth Gray; married, March
28, 1782, to Mary (Smith) Gray; father of Harrison
Gray Otis (1765-1848); great-grandfather of James
Otis (1836-1898); third great-grandfather of Robert
Helyer Thayer; first cousin twice removed of Nathaniel
Freeman Jr.; first cousin thrice removed of Benjamin
Fessenden and Charles
Backus Hyde Fessenden; first cousin four times removed of Albert
Clinton Griswold; second cousin once removed of Asahel
Otis; second cousin twice removed of Oran
Gray Otis, Day
Otis Kellogg, Asa H.
Otis, Dwight
Kellogg, John
Otis, William
Shaw Chandler Otis, David
Perry Otis, Harris
F. Otis, James
Otis (1826-1875) and Harrison
Gray Otis (1837-1917); second cousin thrice removed of Charles
Augustus Otis, Sr., George
Lorenzo Otis, John
Grant Otis, Norton
Prentiss Otis, Lauren
Ford Otis and Charles
Eugene Otis; second cousin four times removed of Ralph
Chester Otis; third cousin once removed of Chillus
Doty; third cousin twice removed of James
Duane Doty, George
Bailey Loring and Abraham
Lansing; third cousin thrice removed of Charles
Doty. |
| | | 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 congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article |
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Joseph L. Parsons (born c.1868) —
of North Canaan, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born in Great Barrington, Berkshire
County, Mass., about 1868.
Republican. Merchant; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from North Canaan, 1923-24; member
of Connecticut
state senate 31st District, 1929-31.
Burial location unknown.
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Pierre F. Peloquin (b. 1851) —
of Fall River, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in Canada,
May
26, 1851.
Republican. Merchant; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives Eleventh Bristol District,
1902-06.
Burial location unknown.
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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.
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Samuel L. Porter (b. 1869) —
of Amesbury, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, November
10, 1869.
Republican. Merchant; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives First Essex District, 1904-06.
Burial location unknown.
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Walter A. Read (1842-1918) —
of Rhode Island.
Born in Blackstone, Worcester
County, Mass., July 6,
1842.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; merchant;
member of Rhode
Island state senate, 1889-98; Rhode
Island general treasurer, 1899-1908.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in 1918
(age about
75 years).
Interment at Acotes
Hill Cemetery, Chepachet, Glocester, R.I.
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David Sears (1787-1871) —
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
8, 1787.
Merchant; real estate
developer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1820; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1840; philanthropist.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., January
14, 1871 (age 83 years, 98
days).
Entombed at Christ Church, Brookline, Mass.
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Edward Shippen (1639-1712) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Methley, Yorkshire, England,
March
5, 1639.
Merchant; mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1701-03.
Quaker.
English
ancestry.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., October
2, 1712 (age 73 years, 211
days).
Interment at Old
Pine Street Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Edward Shippen (1703-1781) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Lancaster, Lancaster
County, Pa.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., July 9,
1703.
Merchant; mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1744-45.
Died in Lancaster, Lancaster
County, Pa., September
25, 1781 (age 78 years, 78
days).
Interment at St.
James' Episcopal Churchyard, Lancaster, Pa.
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Charles S. Smith (b. 1857) —
of Lincoln, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Lincoln, Middlesex
County, Mass., December
19, 1857.
Republican. Merchant; member of Massachusetts
state senate Fifth Middlesex District, 1917-18; member of Massachusetts
Governor's Council 6th District, 1921-22; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1924.
Burial location unknown.
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E. Olin Snow (b. 1851) —
of Provincetown, Barnstable
County, Mass.
Born in Provincetown, Barnstable
County, Mass., April
24, 1851.
Republican. Merchant; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives Third Barnstable District,
1905-06.
Burial location unknown.
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Nathaniel P. Sowle (b. 1857) —
of New Bedford, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in New Bedford, Bristol
County, Mass., October
30, 1857.
Republican. Merchant; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives Eighth Bristol District, 1904-06.
Burial location unknown.
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Caleb Stetson (1801-1885) —
of Braintree, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Braintree, Norfolk
County, Mass., January
6, 1801.
Democrat. Merchant; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1864.
Died in Braintree, Norfolk
County, Mass., January
25, 1885 (age 84 years, 19
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Arthur H. Streeter (b. 1870) —
of Adams, Berkshire
County, Mass.
Born in Adams, Berkshire
County, Mass., July 4,
1870.
Merchant; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives Third Berkshire District, 1906.
Burial location unknown.
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Arthur Robert Taft (b. 1859) —
of Uxbridge, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Uxbridge, Worcester
County, Mass., February
19, 1859.
Merchant; financier;
president, Uxbridge & Northbridge Electric
Light Co.; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1898.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert Taft and Mary (Balcom) Taft; married 1880 to Mary
Seagrave; married, May 2,
1889, to Rose F. George. |
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Henry E. Turner (1842-1911) —
of Malden, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., May 2,
1842.
Republican. Merchant; Massachusetts
state auditor, 1901-11; died in office 1911.
Died June 29,
1911 (age 69 years, 58
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Albert P. Wadleigh (b. 1886) —
of Merrimac, Essex
County, Mass.
Born November
7, 1886.
Republican. Accountant;
wholesale merchant; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1918-19; member of Massachusetts
state senate Fourth Essex District, 1921-24.
Burial location unknown.
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Peleg Wadsworth (1748-1829) —
of Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Born in Duxbury, Plymouth
County, Mass., May 6,
1748.
Merchant; served in the Continental Army during the
Revolutionary War; Adjutant
General of Massachusetts, 1778; land
agent; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1792; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1793-1807 (4th District
1793-95, 2nd District 1795-97, at-large 1797-1805, 15th District
1805-07).
Died in Hiram, Oxford
County, Maine, November
12, 1829 (age 81 years, 190
days).
Interment at Wadsworth Cemetery, Durgintown, Hiram, Maine.
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Joseph Ferdinand Wingate (1786-1864) —
also known as Joseph F. Wingate —
of Bath, Sagadahoc
County, Maine; South Windsor, Windsor, Kennebec
County, Maine.
Born in Haverhill, Essex
County, Mass., June 29,
1786.
Democrat. Merchant; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1818-19; U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1820-24; U.S.
Representative from Maine 3rd District, 1827-31.
Died in South Windsor, Windsor, Kennebec
County, Maine, March
15, 1864 (age 77 years, 260
days).
Interment at Resthaven
Cemetery, South Windsor, Windsor, Maine.
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Abiel Wood (1772-1834) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Pownalborough (now Wiscasset), Lincoln
County, Maine, July 22,
1772.
Merchant; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1807-11, 1816; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts at-large, 1813-15; delegate
to Maine state constitutional convention, 1819; member of Maine
Governor's Council, 1820-21.
Died in Belfast, Waldo
County, Maine, October
26, 1834 (age 62 years, 96
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Wiscasset, Maine.
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Henry O. Wood (1837-1925) —
of Swansea, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in Rhode Island, 1837.
Merchant; postmaster;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1870.
Episcopalian.
Died in Swansea, Bristol
County, Mass., October
27, 1925 (age about 88
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Ashley Bascom Wright (1841-1897) —
also known as Ashley B. Wright —
of North Adams, Berkshire
County, Mass.
Born in Hinsdale, Berkshire
County, Mass., May 25,
1841.
Republican. Merchant; Berkshire
County Commissioner, 1884-87; member of Massachusetts
Governor's Council, 1890-91; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 1st District, 1893-97; died in
office 1897.
Died in North Adams, Berkshire
County, Mass., August
14, 1897 (age 56 years, 81
days).
Interment at Hinsdale
Cemetery, Hinsdale, Mass.
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George Washington Wright (1816-1885) —
also known as George W. Wright —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; Washington,
D.C.; Dorchester, Norfolk County (now part of Boston, Suffolk
County), Mass.
Born in Concord, Middlesex
County, Mass., June 4,
1816.
Merchant; banker; went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; U.S.
Representative from California at-large, 1850-51.
Died in Dorchester, Norfolk County (now part of Boston, Suffolk
County), Mass., April 7,
1885 (age 68 years, 307
days).
Interment at Sleepy
Hollow Cemetery, Concord, Mass.
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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.
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