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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.
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Angier Louis Goodwin (1881-1975) —
also known as Angier L. Goodwin —
of Melrose, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Fairfield, Somerset
County, Maine, January
30, 1881.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Melrose, Mass., 1921-23; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1925-28; member of Massachusetts
state senate Fourth Middlesex District, 1929-41; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 8th District, 1943-55;
defeated, 1954; member, Commission on Intergovernmental Relations,
1954-55.
Unitarian.
Member, Freemasons;
Order of the Eastern Star; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Grange;
Zeta
Psi.
Died in Melrose, Middlesex
County, Mass., June 20,
1975 (age 94 years, 141
days).
Interment at Wyoming
Cemetery, Melrose, Mass.
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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.
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Relatives: Son
of George B. Hicken and Eleanor J. (Marshall) Hicken; married, October
8, 1900, to Ina C. Walton. |
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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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Leslie E. Knox (b. 1891) —
of Somerville, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass., August
13, 1891.
Republican. Insurance
business; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; mayor
of Somerville, Mass., 1936-37.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Order of the Eastern Star; Moose; Elks; Lions.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Walter Harvey Knox and Helen Louisa (Boyd) Knox; married, May 23,
1917, to Jean Elizabeth Follett. |
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Donald William Nicholson (1888-1968) —
also known as Donald W. Nicholson —
of Wareham, Plymouth
County, Mass.
Born in Wareham, Plymouth
County, Mass., August
11, 1888.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1925-26; member of Massachusetts
state senate Cape and Plymouth District, 1927-47; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 9th District, 1947-59.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Elks; Odd
Fellows; Grange;
Freemasons;
Order of the Eastern Star.
Died February
16, 1968 (age 79 years, 189
days).
Interment at Center
Cemetery, Wareham, Mass.
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Fred H. Purches (b. 1881) —
of Pittsfield, Berkshire
County, Mass.
Born in Pittsfield, Berkshire
County, Mass., October
5, 1881.
Republican. Insurance
business; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1948.
Congregationalist.
Member, Kiwanis;
Freemasons;
Order of the Eastern Star; Shriners;
Elks; Eagles;
Grange.
Burial location unknown.
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