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William Lester Avery (1853-1925) —
also known as William L. Avery —
of Lee, Berkshire
County, Mass.; Butte, Silver Bow
County, Mont.; Miles City, Custer
County, Mont.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
17, 1853.
Shipmaster; express
agent; U.S. Consul in Belize City, 1898-1921.
Died in 1925
(age about
72 years).
Interment at Clearwater
Municipal Cemetery, Clearwater, Fla.
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Louis Duncan Bailly-Blanchard (1851-1905) —
also known as Duncan Bailly-Blanchard —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., September
14, 1851.
Steamship agent; Consular
Agent for France in Boston,
Mass., 1896-1900; Vice-Consul
for France in Boston,
Mass., 1900-05.
Died in Paris, France,
December
8, 1905 (age 54 years, 85
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Theodore Bailly-Blanchard, Jr. and Jeanne Eliza (Field)
Bailly-Blanchard; brother of Arthur
Bailly-Blanchard. |
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December 9, 1905 |
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Zenas Doane Bassett (1786-1864) —
also known as Z. D. Bassett —
of Hyannis, Barnstable, Barnstable
County, Mass.
Born in Hyannis, Barnstable, Barnstable
County, Mass., October
14, 1786.
Republican. Sea captain; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1856.
Died December
30, 1864 (age 78 years, 77
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Addison Boutelle (1839-1901) —
also known as Charles A. Boutelle —
of Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in Damariscotta, Lincoln
County, Maine, February
9, 1839.
Republican. Shipmaster; served in the Union Navy during the
Civil War; newspaper
editor; delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1876,
1888
(delegation chair); U.S.
Representative from Maine, 1883-1901 (at-large 1883-85, 4th
District 1885-1901); resigned 1901.
Died in Waverly, Belmont, Middlesex
County, Mass., May 21,
1901 (age 62 years, 101
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Bangor, Maine.
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Robert Couch (1817-1896) —
of Newburyport, Essex
County, Mass.
Born June 28,
1817.
Sea captain; mayor
of Newburyport, Mass., 1870, 1881.
Died May 17,
1896 (age 78 years, 324
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Newburyport, Mass.
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Relatives:
Married to Catherine Stanwood. |
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Charles Curran Dasey (1883-1966) —
also known as Charles C. Dasey —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., April
19, 1883.
Steamship agent; Consul
for Netherlands in Boston,
Mass., 1912-13.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Died in Shrewsbury, Worcester
County, Mass., June 6,
1966 (age 83 years, 48
days).
Interment at St.
Joseph's Cemetery, West Roxbury, Boston, Mass.
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Charles V. Dasey (1849-1913) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., June, 1849.
Democrat. Steamship agent; Consul
for Netherlands in Boston,
Mass., 1896-1912.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Knights
of Columbus; Royal
Arcanum.
Died in Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., May 20,
1913 (age 63 years, 0
days).
Interment at Holyhood
Cemetery, Brookline, Mass.
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Samuel Davis (1774-1831) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Bath, Lincoln County (now Sagadahoc
County), Maine, 1774.
Shipowner; banker;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1803, 1808-12; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts at-large, 1813-15.
Died in Bath, Lincoln County (now Sagadahoc
County), Maine, April
20, 1831 (age about 56
years).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Bath, Maine.
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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.
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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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Edward Dowse (1756-1828) —
of Dedham, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Charlestown, Middlesex County (now part of Boston, Suffolk
County), Mass., October
22, 1756.
Democrat. Shipmaster; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 1st District, 1819-20; resigned
1820.
Died in Dedham, Norfolk
County, Mass., September
3, 1828 (age 71 years, 317
days).
Interment at Old
Village Cemetery, Dedham, Mass.
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Jonathan P. Edwards (b. 1854) —
of Dennis, Barnstable
County, Mass.
Born in Dennisport, Dennis, Barnstable
County, Mass., May 7,
1854.
Republican. Vessel agent; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives Second Barnstable District,
1905-06.
Burial location unknown.
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William Thomas Aloysius Fitzgerald (b. 1871) —
also known as W. T. A. Fitzgerald —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., December
19, 1871.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1904;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1900; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1910; candidate for mayor of
Boston, Mass., 1925; Suffolk
County Register of Deeds; president, Volunteer Cooperative Bank;
director, Cooperative Central Bank;
director, Boston-Nantasket Steamboat Co.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Knights
of Columbus; Elks; Ancient
Order of Hibernians.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Fitzgerald and Bridget M. (Walsh) Fitzgerald; married, November
21, 1900, to Ellen T. Butler. |
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George W. Gardner (1834-1911) —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Pittsfield, Berkshire
County, Mass., 1834.
Republican. Grain elevator
business; miller; banker;
vice-president, Cleveland and Buffalo Steamship Line; mayor
of Cleveland, Ohio, 1885-86, 1889-90.
Died December
18, 1911 (age about 77
years).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
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Relatives: Son
of James Gardner and Caroline Griscilda (Porter)
Gardner. |
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John Hardy (b. 1834) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in England,
May
11, 1834.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; steamship agent; U.S. Consular Agent
in Azua, 1885-1911.
Burial location unknown.
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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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Frederick Oakes Houghton (1860-1939) —
also known as Frederick O. Houghton —
of Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Milton, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Somerville, Middlesex
County, Mass., June 15,
1860.
Steamship agent; Vice-Consul
for Mexico in Boston,
Mass., 1897-1903.
Died in Milton, Norfolk
County, Mass., April 7,
1939 (age 78 years, 296
days).
Interment at Milton
Cemetery, Milton, Mass.
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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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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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Joseph Patrick Kennedy, Sr. (1888-1969) —
also known as Joseph P. Kennedy; Joe
Kennedy —
of Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass.; Bronxville, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., September
6, 1888.
Supervisor of the shipyard at Quincy, Mass.; banker; stockbroker;
owner and financier of movie
studios in the 1920s; organized the merger that created
Radio-Keith-Orpheum (RKO) in 1928; chair, U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission, 1934-35; U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1938-40.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Died, of complications from a stroke,
in Hyannis Port, Barnstable, Barnstable
County, Mass., November
18, 1969 (age 81 years, 73
days).
Interment at Holyhood
Cemetery, Brookline, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of Mary Augusta (Hickey) Kennedy and Patrick
Joseph Kennedy (1858-1929); married, October
7, 1914, to Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald (daughter of John
Francis Fitzgerald); father of Joseph
Patrick Kennedy Jr., John
Fitzgerald Kennedy (who married Jaqueline
Lee Bouvier), Eunice Mary Kennedy (who married Robert
Sargent Shriver Jr.), Patricia
Kennedy Lawford (who married Peter
Lawford), Robert
Francis Kennedy, Jean
Kennedy Smith and Edward
Moore Kennedy; grandfather of Kathleen
Kennedy Townsend, Joseph
Patrick Kennedy II, John
Fitzgerald Kennedy Jr., Mark
Kennedy Shriver and Patrick
Joseph Kennedy (born 1967). |
| | | Political family: Kennedy
family. |
| | | See also Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books about Joseph P. Kennedy: Richard
J. Whalen, The
Founding Father : The Story of Joseph P. Kennedy, A Study in Power,
Wealth, and Family Ambition |
| | | Critical books about Joseph P. Kennedy:
Ronald Kessler, The
Sins of the Father : Joseph P. Kennedy and the Dynasty He
Founded — Ted Schwarz, Joseph
P. Kennedy : The Mogul, the Mob, the Statesman, and the Making of an
American Myth |
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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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Sir William Phips (1651-1695) —
Born in Nequasset (now Woolwich), Sagadahoc
County, Maine, February
2, 1651.
Shipbuilder; hunter of sunken treasure; Colonial
Governor of Massachusetts, 1692-94.
Died in February
18, 1695 (age
44 years,
16 days).
Burial location unknown.
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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.
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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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Winthrop Sargent (1753-1820) —
of Ohio.
Born in Gloucester, Essex
County, Mass., May 1,
1753.
Ship captain; major in Continental Army during the
Revolutionary War; secretary
of Northwest Territory, 1788-98; Governor
of Mississippi Territory, 1798-1801; planter.
Died on
board ship at sea in the Gulf of
Mexico, June 3,
1820 (age 67 years, 33
days).
Interment at Gloucester
Plantation Cemetery, Natchez, Miss.
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Wilfred Harvey Schoff (1874-1932) —
also known as Wilfred H. Schoff —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Lower Merion Township, Montgomery
County, Pa.
Born in Newtonville, Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass., November
27, 1874.
Lecturer;
Honorary
Consul for Bolivia in Philadelphia,
Pa., 1898-1929; Honorary
Consul for Peru in Philadelphia,
Pa., 1898-1921; Vice-Consul
for Panama in Philadelphia,
Pa., 1904-22; secretary and treasurer of the Atlantic Deeper
Waterways Association; secretary of the Philadelphia
Commercial Museum.
Killed when hit by a
car in Mt. Holly, Burlington
County, N.J., September
14, 1932 (age 57 years, 292
days); his body was not identified until almost three weeks later.
Original interment at Brotherhood Cemetery, Hainesport, N.J.; reinterment in 1932 at
Westminster
Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of Frederic Schoff and Hannah (Kent) Schoff; married, June 20,
1900, to Ethelwyn McGeorge. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Courier-Post (Camden,
N.J.), October 3, 1932 |
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James Warren Sever (1797-1871) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born July 1,
1797.
Merchant marine ship captain; lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1853, 1856.
Member, Society
of the Cincinnati.
Died January
16, 1871 (age 73 years, 199
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William Wheelwright (1798-1873) —
Born in Newburyport, Essex
County, Mass., March
18, 1798.
Ship captain; U.S. Consul in Guayaquil, 1825-28; built railroads
in South America; organized the Pacific Steamship Navigation
Company; created the first telegraph
lines in South America.
Died in London, England,
September
26, 1873 (age 75 years, 192
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Newburyport, Mass.
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Henry Melville Whitney (1839-1923) —
also known as Henry M. Whitney —
of Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Conway, Franklin
County, Mass., October
22, 1839.
Democrat. Steamship business; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1905; candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1907.
Died in Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass., January
25, 1923 (age 83 years, 95
days).
Burial location unknown.
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James Scollay Whitney (1811-1878) —
also known as James S. Whitney —
of Conway, Franklin
County, Mass.; Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in South Deerfield, Deerfield, Franklin
County, Mass., May 19,
1811.
Democrat. Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1851, 1854; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1856,
1860;
U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1860-61; steamship business; member of Massachusetts
state senate First Norfolk District, 1872.
English
ancestry.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
24, 1878 (age 67 years, 158
days).
Burial location unknown.
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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.
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David Woodcock (1785-1835) —
of Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y.
Born in Williamstown, Berkshire
County, Mass., 1785.
Democrat. Lawyer;
postmaster at Ithaca,
N.Y., 1809-21; member of New York
state assembly, 1814-15, 1826 (Seneca County 1814-15, Tompkins
County 1826); president, Cayuga Steamboat Company; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1821-23, 1827-29 (20th District
1821-23, 25th District 1827-29).
Died in Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y., September
18, 1835 (age about 50
years).
Interment at Ithaca
City Cemetery, Ithaca, N.Y.
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