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Jonathan Bourne Jr. (1855-1940) —
of Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born in New Bedford, Bristol
County, Mass., February
23, 1855.
Lawyer;
mining business; president, Bourne Cotton
Mills, New Bedford, Mass.; member of Oregon
state house of representatives, 1885-86, 1897; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Oregon, 1888,
1892,
1896
(alternate); member of Republican
National Committee from Oregon, 1888-92; U.S.
Senator from Oregon, 1907-13; defeated (Progressive), 1912.
Died in Washington,
D.C., September
1, 1940 (age 85 years, 191
days).
Interment at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Suitland, Md.
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Benjamin Preston Clark (1860-1939) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in West Roxbury, Norfolk County (now part of Boston, Suffolk
County), Mass., October
8, 1860.
President, Plymouth Cordage
Co.; dirctor, U.S. Smelting,
Refining, and Mining Co.; Honorary
Consul for Guatemala in Boston,
Mass., 1897-1908; Consul
for Haiti in Boston,
Mass., 1909-39.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Bequeathed his private collection of 30,000 butterfly and moth
specimens to the Carnegie Museum in Pittsburgh.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., January
10, 1939 (age 78 years, 94
days).
Interment at Forest
Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Boston, Mass.
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Charles H. Cole (b. 1871) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
30, 1871.
Democrat. Cashier and treasurer for several mining and smelting
companies; president of chemical
companies; Boston police commissioner, 1905-07; Boston fire
commissioner, 1912-14; Adjutant
General of Massachusetts, 1914-16; general in the U.S. Army
during World War I; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1924,
1928
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1932;
candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1928.
Unitarian.
Interment at Hingham
Cemetery, Hingham, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles H. Cole and Mary Lyon (Ball) Cole; married 1910 to Grace
F. Blanchard. |
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John Barnard Fairbank (1839-1908) —
also known as John B. Fairbank —
of Central City, Lawrence
County, S.Dak.
Born in Oakham, Worcester
County, Mass., August
8, 1839.
Major in the Union Army during the Civil War; gold miner;
member of South
Dakota state senate 38th District, 1897-98.
Died in Deadwood, Lawrence
County, S.Dak., April
28, 1908 (age 68 years, 264
days).
Interment at Mt.
Moriah Cemetery, Deadwood, S.Dak.
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Cyrus Orlando Godfrey (b. 1833) —
also known as Cyrus O. Godfrey —
of Fort Payne, DeKalb
County, Ala.
Born in Taunton, Bristol
County, Mass., February
21, 1833.
Republican. Coal mine operator; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Alabama, 1888.
Burial location unknown.
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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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James Owen Greenan (1888-c.1952) —
also known as J. O. Greenan —
of Mina, Mineral
County, Nev.; Tujunga, Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Reno, Washoe
County, Nev.
Born in Taunton, Bristol
County, Mass., January
3, 1888.
Republican. Mining engineer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Nevada, 1940.
Member, Theta
Delta Chi; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Died in Reno, Washoe
County, Nev., about 1952 (age about 64
years).
Burial location unknown.
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John Hays Hammond (1855-1936) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; South
Africa; Washington,
D.C.; Gloucester, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., March
31, 1855.
Republican. Mining engineer;
worked on mines in Mexico and South Africa; worked for Cecil Rhodes;
in 1895, he took part in the Jameson raid, an attempt
to overthrow the Boer government in South Africa; was arrested
with other leaders and sentenced
to be hanged; his sentence was commuted, and he was eventually
released to return to the U.S.; candidate for Republican nomination
for Vice President, 1908;
chair, U.S. Coal Commission, 1922-23.
Member, American
Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Died, from coronary
occlusion, in Gloucester, Essex
County, Mass., June 8,
1936 (age 81 years, 69
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Lewis Henry (1885-1941) —
of Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y.
Born in Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y., June 8,
1885.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 37th District, 1922-23; president,
Oriental Consolidated Mining Company.
Member, Kappa
Alpha Society.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., July 23,
1941 (age 56 years, 45
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Elmira, N.Y.
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Alanson Bigelow Houghton (1863-1941) —
also known as Alanson B. Houghton —
of Corning, Steuben
County, N.Y.
Born in Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass., October
10, 1863.
Republican. President, Corning Glass Works,
1910-18; vice-president, Ephraim Creek Coal and Coke Company;
director, Metropolitan Life
Insurance Company; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New York, 1912,
1924,
1928
(member, Resolutions
Committee); candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; U.S.
Representative from New York 37th District, 1919-22; U.S.
Ambassador to Germany, 1922-25; Great Britain, 1925-29; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1928.
Died in South Dartmouth, Dartmouth, Bristol
County, Mass., September
15, 1941 (age 77 years, 340
days).
Interment at Hope
Cemetery Annex, Corning, N.Y.
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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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