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Christopher D. Albro —
of Milford, Worcester
County, Mass.
Physician; Prohibition candidate for Massachusetts
state treasurer, 1905.
Burial location unknown.
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Henry Jones Alvord —
also known as Henry J. Alvord —
of Wayne
County, Mich.; Lapeer, Lapeer
County, Mich.
Born in Greenfield, Franklin
County, Mass.
Physician; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention, 1850; member of Michigan
state senate 29th District, 1855-56.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C.
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Albert Elmer Austin (1877-1942) —
also known as Albert E. Austin —
of Sound Beach, Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn.; Old Greenwich, Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Medway, Norfolk
County, Mass., November
15, 1877.
Republican. Physician; orator;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Greenwich, 1917-18, 1921-22;
U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1939-41; defeated,
1940.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Medical
Association; Freemasons.
Died in Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn., January
26, 1942 (age 64 years, 72
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Ferncliff
Cemetery, Hartsdale, N.Y.
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Elisha Bartlett (1804-1855) —
of Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Smithfield, Providence
County, R.I., October
6, 1804.
Whig. Physician; mayor of
Lowell, Mass., 1836-38.
Died in Smithfield, Providence
County, R.I., July 19,
1855 (age 50 years, 286
days).
Interment at Slatersville Cemetery, Slatersville, North Smithfield, R.I.
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Relatives: Son
of Otis Bartlett and Wait (Buffum) Bartlett; married to Elizabeth
Slater. |
| | | Epitaph: "When the ear heard him, then
it blessed him; and when the eye saw him, it gave witness to
him." |
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article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Josiah Bartlett (1729-1795) —
of Kingston, Rockingham
County, N.H.
Born in Amesbury, Essex
County, Mass., November
21, 1729.
Physician; Delegate
to Continental Congress from New Hampshire, 1775-76, 1778; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; member of New
Hampshire Governor's Council, 1776-84; signer,
Articles of Confederation, 1779; common pleas court judge in New
Hampshire, 1779-82; justice of
New Hampshire state supreme court, 1782-90; chief
justice of New Hampshire state supreme court, 1790; President
of New Hampshire, 1790-93; candidate for Presidential Elector for
New Hampshire; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1792; Governor of
New Hampshire, 1793-94.
Congregationalist.
Died in Kingston, Rockingham
County, N.H., May 19,
1795 (age 65 years, 179
days).
Interment at Plains
Cemetery, Kingston, N.H.; statue at Public
Square, Amesbury, Mass.; memorial monument at Constitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.
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Ernest Lorne Bell (1871-1925) —
also known as Ernest L. Bell —
of Woodstock, Grafton
County, N.H.; Plymouth, Grafton
County, N.H.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., March
16, 1871.
Physician; surgeon to Boston & Maine Railroad;
surgeon-general of New Hampshire; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1903-04; member of New
Hampshire state senate 2nd District, 1905-06; served in the U.S.
Army during World War I.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Medical
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Died in Hebron, Grafton
County, N.H., April
19, 1925 (age 54 years, 34
days).
Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Plymouth, N.H.
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Albert W. Bowen (1803-1881) —
of Joliet, Will
County, Ill.
Born in Berkshire
County, Mass., February
6, 1803.
Democrat. Physician; postmaster at Joliet,
Ill., 1845-49.
Died in Wilmington, Will
County, Ill., November
24, 1881 (age 78 years, 291
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Joliet, Ill.
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William Bradford (1729-1808) —
of Bristol, Bristol
County, R.I.
Born in Plympton, Plymouth
County, Mass., November
4, 1729.
Physician; lawyer;
member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1764-65; Speaker of
the Rhode Island State House of Representatives, 1798-1802; Speaker
of the Rhode Island House of Deputies, 1764-65, 1766-67, 1780,
1780-86, 1787-88, 1789-90, 1791-93; Deputy
Governor of Rhode Island, 1775-78; U.S.
Senator from Rhode Island, 1793-97.
Slaveowner.
Died in Bristol, Bristol
County, R.I., July 6,
1808 (age 78 years, 245
days).
Original interment at Bristol Town Common, Bristol, R.I.; reinterment at Juniper
Hill Cemetery, Bristol, R.I.
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John Brooks (1752-1825) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Medford, Middlesex
County, Mass., May 4,
1752.
Physician; served in the Continental Army during the
Revolutionary War; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1785-86; delegate
to Massachusetts convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1788;
member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1791; Adjutant
General of Massachusetts, 1812-16; Governor of
Massachusetts, 1816-23.
Member, Society
of the Cincinnati.
Died in Medford, Middlesex
County, Mass., March 1,
1825 (age 72 years, 301
days).
Interment at Salem
Street Burial Ground, Medford, Mass.
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Benjamin Brown (1756-1831) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Swansea, Bristol
County, Mass., September
23, 1756.
Physician; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1809, 1811-12, 1819; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 16th District, 1815-17.
Died in Waldoboro, Lincoln
County, Maine, September
17, 1831 (age 74 years, 359
days).
Interment at Waldoboro
Cemetery, Waldoboro, Maine.
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Wallace E. Brown (1853-1930) —
of North Adams, Berkshire
County, Mass.
Born in Adams, Berkshire
County, Mass., June 29,
1853.
Surgeon; mayor
of North Adams, Mass., 1913-15.
Died in Fort Collins, Larimer
County, Colo., April 4,
1930 (age 76 years, 279
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Calvin Clifford Chaffee (1811-1896) —
also known as Calvin C. Chaffee —
of Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass.
Born in Saratoga Springs, Saratoga
County, N.Y., August
28, 1811.
Physician; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 10th District, 1855-59;
librarian of the U.S. House of Representatives, 1860-62.
Died in Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass., August
8, 1896 (age 84 years, 346
days).
Interment at Springfield
Cemetery, Springfield, Mass.
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George Choate (1796-1880) —
of Salem, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Salem, Essex
County, Mass., November
7, 1796.
Physician; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1840.
Died June 4,
1880 (age 83 years, 210
days).
Interment at Harmony
Grove Cemetery, Salem, Mass.
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Joseph Wales Clift (1837-1908) —
of Georgia.
Born in North Marshfield, Marshfield, Plymouth
County, Mass., September
30, 1837.
Republican. Physician; served in the Union Army during the
Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 1st District, 1868-69.
Died in Rock City Falls, Saratoga
County, N.Y., May 2,
1908 (age 70 years, 215
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Plymouth County, Mass.
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David Cobb (1748-1830) —
of Taunton, Bristol
County, Mass.; Gouldsboro, Hancock
County, Maine.
Born in Attleboro, Bristol
County, Mass., September
14, 1748.
Physician; served in the Continental Army during the
Revolutionary War; common pleas court judge in Massachusetts,
1784-96; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1789-93; Speaker of
the Massachusetts State House of Representatives, 1789-93; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 3rd District, 1793-95; member
of Massachusetts
state senate, 1802; Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1809-10.
Died in Taunton, Bristol
County, Mass., April
17, 1830 (age 81 years, 215
days).
Interment at Plain
Cemetery, Taunton, Mass.
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Daniel Cony (1752-1842) —
of Hallowell, Kennebec
County, Maine; Augusta, Kennebec
County, Maine.
Born in Stoughton, Norfolk
County, Mass., August
3, 1752.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;
physician; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1786-92, 1797; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1800; common pleas court judge in Massachusetts,
1810; probate judge in Maine, 1820.
Died in Augusta, Kennebec
County, Maine, January
21, 1842 (age 89 years, 171
days).
Interment at Cony Cemetery, Augusta, Maine.
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John W. Coughlin (1861-1920) —
of Fall River, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in Fall River, Bristol
County, Mass., June 9,
1861.
Democrat. Physician; mayor
of Fall River, Mass., 1891-94; defeated, 1889; Massachusetts
Democratic state chair, 1896; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1901; member of Massachusetts
Democratic State Committee, 1901-20; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1904,
1912
(speaker);
member of Democratic
National Committee from Massachusetts, 1912; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 15th District, 1912.
Died December
3, 1920 (age 59 years, 177
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Joshua Cushman (1761-1834) —
of Winslow, Kennebec
County, Maine.
Born in Halifax, Plymouth
County, Mass., April
11, 1761.
Democrat. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary
War; physician; pastor;
member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1810; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1811-12; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 6th District, 1819-21; U.S.
Representative from Maine at-large, 1821-25; member of Maine
state senate, 1828; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1834.
Congregationalist.
Died in Augusta, Kennebec
County, Maine, January
27, 1834 (age 72 years, 291
days).
Interment at State
of Maine Burial Ground, Augusta, Maine.
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Manasseh Cutler (1742-1823) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Killingly, Windham
County, Conn., May 13,
1742.
Ordained
minister; physician; member of Massachusetts state
legislature, 1780; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts at-large, 1801-05.
Congregationalist.
Died in Hamilton, Essex
County, Mass., July 28,
1823 (age 81 years, 76
days).
Interment at Hamilton
Cemetery, Hamilton, Mass.
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Mason Cook Darling (1801-1866) —
of Wisconsin.
Born in Amherst, Hampshire
County, Mass., May 18,
1801.
Democrat. Physician; member of Wisconsin
territorial legislature, 1840-46; member
Wisconsin territorial council, 1847-48; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 2nd District, 1848-49; mayor
of Fond du Lac, Wis., 1852.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March
12, 1866 (age 64 years, 298
days).
Interment at Rienzi
Cemetery, Fond du Lac, Wis.
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Robert Thompson Davis (1823-1906) —
also known as Robert T. Davis —
of Fall River, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in County Down, Ireland (now Northern
Ireland), August
28, 1823.
Republican. Physician; delegate
to Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1853; member of
Massachusetts
state senate, 1859-61; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1860,
1904;
mayor
of Fall River, Mass., 1873-74; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 1st District, 1883-89.
Died in Fall River, Bristol
County, Mass., October
29, 1906 (age 83 years, 62
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Fall River, Mass.
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Fred James Douglas (1869-1949) —
also known as Fred J. Douglas —
of Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y.
Born in Clinton, Worcester
County, Mass., September
14, 1869.
Republican. Physician; mayor of
Utica, N.Y., 1922-24; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New York, 1924
(alternate), 1936
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1940;
delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; candidate
for Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1934; U.S.
Representative from New York 33rd District, 1937-45; defeated in
primary, 1944.
Member, American Medical
Association; Freemasons;
Elks.
Died in Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y., January
1, 1949 (age 79 years, 109
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Whitesboro, N.Y.
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Neal Patrick Dunn (b. 1953) —
also known as Neal Dunn —
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., February
16, 1953.
Republican. Urologist; banker; U.S.
Representative from Florida 2nd District, 2017-.
Still living as of 2018.
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William Eustis (1753-1825) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass., June 10,
1753.
Democrat. Physician; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1788-94; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1801-05, 1820-23 (at-large
1801-05, 1st District 1820-23); U.S.
Secretary of War, 1809-13; U.S. Minister to Netherlands, 1814-18; Governor of
Massachusetts, 1823-25; defeated, 1820, 1821, 1822; died in
office 1825.
Member, Society
of the Cincinnati.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., February
6, 1825 (age 71 years, 241
days).
Interment at Old
Burying Ground, Lexington, Mass.
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Joseph Palmer Fessenden (1831-1909) —
also known as Joseph P. Fessenden —
of Lewiston, Androscoggin
County, Maine.
Born in Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, September
27, 1831.
Republican. Physician; postmaster at Lewiston,
Maine, 1861-70.
Died in Salem, Essex
County, Mass., March
26, 1909 (age 77 years, 180
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Portland, Maine.
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Elial Todd Foote (1796-1877) —
also known as Elial T. Foote —
of Jamestown, Chautauqua
County, N.Y.; New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Gill, Franklin
County, Mass., May 1,
1796.
Physician; banker;
member of New York
state assembly, 1819-20, 1826-27 (Cattaraugus, Chautauqua and
Niagara counties 1819-20, Chautauqua County 1826-27); Chautauqua
County Judge, 1823-43; postmaster at Jamestown,
N.Y., 1829-41.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., November
17, 1877 (age 81 years, 200
days).
Interment at Lake
View Cemetery, Jamestown, N.Y.
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Alonzo M. Garcelon (1813-1906) —
of Lewiston, Androscoggin
County, Maine.
Born in Lewiston, Androscoggin
County, Maine, May 6,
1813.
Physician; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Maine, 1856;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Maine, 1868; mayor
of Lewiston, Maine, 1871-72; Governor of
Maine, 1879-80; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Maine, 1888.
Member, American Medical
Association.
Died in Medford, Middlesex
County, Mass., December
8, 1906 (age 93 years, 216
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Lewiston, Maine.
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Robert A. Gatchell (b. 1860) —
of West Charleston, Charleston, Orleans
County, Vt.
Born in Mendon, Worcester
County, Mass., August
4, 1860.
Republican. Physician; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Charleston, 1910.
Baptist.
Burial location unknown.
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Edwin Peabody Gerry (1846-1911) —
also known as E. Peabody Gerry —
of Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Standish, Cumberland
County, Maine, November
2, 1846.
Republican. Physician; candidate for mayor of
Boston, Mass., 1903.
Died in Phillipston, Worcester
County, Mass., June 22,
1911 (age 64 years, 232
days).
Interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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Frederic Webster Goding (1858-1933) —
also known as Frederic W. Goding —
of Rutland, La Salle
County, Ill.
Born in Hyde Park, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., May 9,
1858.
School
teacher; college
professor; physician; newspaper
editor; justice of the peace; U.S. Consul in Newcastle, 1898-1907; Montevideo, 1907-13; U.S. Consul General in Guayaquil, 1913-24.
Died in Androscoggin
County, Maine, May 5,
1933 (age 74 years, 361
days).
Interment at Lamb
Cemetery, Livermore, Maine.
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Samuel Abbott Green (1830-1919) —
also known as Samuel Green —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Groton, Middlesex
County, Mass., March
16, 1830.
Physician; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; mayor of
Boston, Mass., 1882-83.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., December
5, 1919 (age 89 years, 264
days).
Interment at Groton
Cemetery, Groton, Mass.
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Henry Bowen Clark Greene (1800-1848) —
also known as Henry B. C. Greene —
Born in Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass., April 3,
1800.
Physician; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1830.
Catholic.
Died in Saco, York
County, Maine, January
31, 1848 (age 47 years, 303
days).
Interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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Justus Greeley Hanson (b. 1870) —
also known as Justus G. Hanson —
of Northampton, Hampshire
County, Mass.
Born in China, Kennebec
County, Maine, January
11, 1870.
Democrat. Physician; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1932;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Massachusetts.
Universalist.
Member, American Medical
Association; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Knights
of Pythias.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Elihu Hanson and Minerva K. (Starrett) Hanson; married, October
3, 1900, to Louise T. Greig. |
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William Lincoln Higgins (1867-1951) —
also known as William L. Higgins —
of South Coventry, Coventry, Tolland
County, Conn.
Born in Chesterfield, Hampshire
County, Mass., March 8,
1867.
Republican. Physician; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Coventry, 1905-08, 1917-22,
1925-28; member of Connecticut
state senate, 1909-12; first
selectman of Coventry, Connecticut, 1917-32; Tolland
County Commissioner, 1921-32; secretary
of state of Connecticut, 1929-33; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 2nd District, 1933-37; defeated,
1936; delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1936
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization).
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Died in Norwich, New London
County, Conn., November
19, 1951 (age 84 years, 256
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Chesterfield
Center Cemetery, Chesterfield, Mass.
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Cornelius Holland (1783-1870) —
of Canton, Oxford
County, Maine.
Born in Sutton, Worcester
County, Mass., July 9,
1783.
Democrat. Physician; delegate
to Maine state constitutional convention, 1819; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1821-22; member of Maine
state senate, 1825-26; justice of the peace; U.S.
Representative from Maine 5th District, 1830-33.
Died in Canton Point, Oxford
County, Maine, June 2,
1870 (age 86 years, 328
days).
Interment at Hillside
Cemetery, Canton Point, Canton, Maine.
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Samuel Holten (1738-1816) —
of Danvers, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Danvers, Essex
County, Mass., June 9,
1738.
Physician; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Massachusetts, 1778-80, 1783-85,
1787; delegate
to Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1779; member of
Massachusetts
state senate, 1780-82, 1784, 1786, 1789-90; member of Massachusetts
Governor's Council, 1780-82, 1784, 1786, 1789-92, 1795-96; member
of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1787; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 1st District, 1793-95; Essex
County Probate Judge, 1796-1815.
Died in Danvers, Essex
County, Mass., January
2, 1816 (age 77 years, 207
days).
Interment at Holten
Cemetery, Danvers, Mass.
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Hutchins Franklin Inge (1900-2002) —
also known as Hutchins F. Inge —
of Newark, Essex
County, N.J.; Osterville, Barnstable, Barnstable
County, Mass.; New Bedford, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in Charlottesville,
Va., April
16, 1900.
Democrat. Physician; member of New
Jersey state senate District 11, 1966-67; defeated, 1967.
African
ancestry. Member, Omega
Psi Phi; Urban
League; NAACP; American Medical
Association.
Died, in St. Luke's Hospital,
New Bedford, Bristol
County, Mass., March
28, 2002 (age 101 years,
346 days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery, Charlottesville, Va.
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George H. Jackson (b. 1863) —
of Connecticut.
Born in Natick, Middlesex
County, Mass., February
28, 1863.
Medical missionary;
U.S. Consul in Cognac, 1897-98, 1908; La Rochelle, 1898-1908.
African
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Milo Augustus Jewett (1857-1921) —
also known as Milo A. Jewett —
of Canandaigua, Ontario
County, N.Y.; Massachusetts.
Born in Sivas, Armenia (now Turkey),
of American parents, October
27, 1857.
Physician; U.S. Consul in Sivas, 1892-1905; Trebizond, 1905-11; Kehl, as of 1914-17.
Died February
25, 1921 (age 63 years, 121
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Fayette Jewett and Mary Ann Amanda (Brackett) Jewett; married, September
17, 1897, to Fanny Rowena Powers. |
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Anson Jones (1798-1858) —
of Texas.
Born in Great Barrington, Berkshire
County, Mass., January
20, 1798.
Physician; served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of
Independence; member of Texas
Republic Senate from District of Brazoria, 1839-41; Texas
Republic Secretary of State, 1841-44; President
of the Texas Republic, 1844-45.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died from self-inflicted
gunshot,
in the Rice Hotel,
Houston, Harris
County, Tex., January
9, 1858 (age 59 years, 354
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Houston, Tex.; cenotaph at Church
on the Hill Cemetery, Lenox, Mass.
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George Bailey Loring (1817-1891) —
also known as George B. Loring —
of Salem, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in North Andover, Essex
County, Mass., November
8, 1817.
Republican. Physician; surgeon; postmaster at Salem,
Mass., 1853-58; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1866-67; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1868
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1872,
1876
(speaker);
Massachusetts
Republican state chair, 1869-76; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1873-76; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 6th District, 1877-81; U.S.
Commissioner of Agriculture, 1881-85; U.S. Minister to Portugal, 1889-90.
Died in Salem, Essex
County, Mass., September
14, 1891 (age 73 years, 310
days).
Interment at Harmony
Grove Cemetery, Salem, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of Bailey Loring and Sally Pickman (Osgood) Loring; married, November
6, 1851, to Mary Toppan Pickman; married, June 10,
1880, to Anna T. (Smith) Hildreth (daughter of Isaac
Townsend Smith); step-father of Loring
Townsend Hildreth; father of Sally Pickman Loring (who married Theodore
Frelinghuysen Dwight); grandnephew of Samuel
Osgood; first cousin twice removed of Benjamin
Pickman Jr. and Dudley
Leavitt Pickman; second cousin once removed of Benjamin
Toppan Pickman; second cousin thrice removed of Simeon
Baldwin; third cousin once removed of John
Adams and George
Peabody Wetmore; third cousin twice removed of Samuel
Allyne Otis, Roger
Sherman Baldwin, Maude
Alice Keteltas Wetmore and Mary
Winsor; fourth cousin of John
Quincy Adams and Caleb
Cushing; fourth cousin once removed of Harrison
Gray Otis, Asahel
Otis, George
Washington Adams, Charles
Francis Adams, Eli
Thayer, Simeon
Eben Baldwin and Arthur
Percy Cushing. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Foster-Baldwin
family of Brookfield, Massachusetts; Adams-Baldwin
family of Boston, Massachusetts (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Charles Gardner Miles (b. 1879) —
of Brockton, Plymouth
County, Mass.
Born in East Hampden, Hampden, Penobscot
County, Maine, December
2, 1879.
Republican. Physician; member of Massachusetts
state senate Plymouth District, 1933-36.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias.
Burial location unknown.
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Peter Parker (1804-1888) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Framingham, Middlesex
County, Mass., June 18,
1804.
Physician; minister;
U.S. Diplomatic Commissioner to China, 1855-57.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
10, 1888 (age 83 years, 206
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Joseph Pomeroy Root (1826-1885) —
also known as Joseph P. Root —
of Connecticut; Wyandotte (now part of Kansas City), Wyandotte
County, Kan.
Born in Greenwich (now part of Quabbin Reservoir), Hampshire
County, Mass., April
23, 1826.
Physician; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1855; member
Kansas territorial council, 1857; Lieutenant
Governor of Kansas, 1861-63; served in the Union Army during the
Civil War; U.S. Minister to Chile, 1870-73; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Kansas, 1884.
Died in Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan., July 20,
1885 (age 59 years, 88
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Root and Lucy (Reynolds) Root; married, September
9, 1851, to Frances Eveline Alden; second great-grandnephew of William
Pitkin and Abraham
Davenport (1715-1789); fifth great-grandson of Thomas
Welles; first cousin twice removed of Daniel
Davis; first cousin thrice removed of John
Davenport and James
Davenport; first cousin five times removed of Roger
Wolcott; second cousin once removed of Noah
Davis; second cousin twice removed of Timothy
Pitkin, Abraham
Davenport (1767-1837) and Theodore
Davenport; second cousin thrice removed of Pierpont
Edwards and Daniel
Pitkin; second cousin four times removed of Erastus
Wolcott and Oliver
Wolcott Sr.; third cousin once removed of Thaddeus
Betts; third cousin twice removed of Aaron
Burr, Theodore
Dwight, Elijah
Hunt Mills, Gold
Selleck Silliman, Henry
Waggaman Edwards and Benjamin
Silliman; third cousin thrice removed of Josiah
Cowles, Moses
Seymour, Aaron
Kitchell, Oliver
Wolcott Jr., Roger
Griswold and Frederick
Wolcott; fourth cousin of Frederick
Walker Pitkin; fourth cousin once removed of Abel
Merrill, Charles
Robert Sherman, Gideon
Hard, Elisha
Hunt Allen, Benjamin
Douglas Silliman, Gouverneur
Morris, Aaron
Augustus Sargent, John
Robert Graham Pitkin and Walter
Harrison Blodget. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Conger-Hungerford
family of Connecticut and New York; Bolton-Whitney-Brainard-Wolcott
family of Ohio and New York; Wolcott-Griswold-Packwood-Brandegee
family of Connecticut (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
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Joseph Santosuosso (1877-1968) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Taurasi, Italy,
July
18, 1877.
Democrat. Naturalized U.S. citizen; physician; lawyer;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1928;
in 1933, he was attorney for General Equipment Corporation, in a
lawsuit against the city of Boston for damages caused by subway
constuction; he and others worked out a scheme in which Mayor James
M. Curley would obtain $85,000 from the city to settle the claim,
of which $50,000 was improperly
retained by Santosuosso and Curley; in 1937, the city
successfully sued
both men for the return of the $50,000.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., March, 1968
(age 90
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Jill Ellen Stein (b. 1950) —
also known as Jill Stein —
of Lexington, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., May 14,
1950.
Green. Physician; candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 2002, 2010; candidate for Massachusetts
state house of representatives Ninth Middlesex District, 2004;
candidate for President
of the United States, 2012, 2016.
Female.
Jewish
ancestry.
Still living as of 2020.
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Samuel Tenney (1748-1816) —
of Exeter, Rockingham
County, N.H.
Born in Rowley, Essex
County, Mass., November
16, 1748.
Physician; served in the Continental Army during the
Revolutionary War; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1791; probate
judge in New Hampshire, 1793-1800; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire, 1800-07 (at-large 1800-05, 4th
District 1805-07).
Died February
6, 1816 (age 67 years, 82
days).
Interment at Winter
Street Cemetery, Exeter, N.H.
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Matthew Thornton (1713-1803) —
of Merrimack, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in County Tyrone, Ireland (now Northern
Ireland), March
17, 1713.
Physician; President
of New Hampshire, 1775-76; justice of
New Hampshire state supreme court, 1776-82; Delegate
to Continental Congress from New Hampshire, 1776; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; member of New
Hampshire Governor's Council, 1776-77, 1780-81, 1785-86; member
of New
Hampshire state senate from Hillsborough County, 1784-87.
Presbyterian.
Died in Newburyport, Essex
County, Mass., June 24,
1803 (age 90 years, 99
days).
Interment at Thornton's
Ferry Cemetery, Merrimack, N.H.; memorial monument at Constitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.
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Nathan A. Warren (c.1856-1944) —
of Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Hubbardston, Worcester
County, Mass., about 1856.
Republican. Physician; mayor
of Yonkers, N.Y., 1908-09; defeated, 1909; postmaster at Yonkers,
N.Y., 1910-14.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Medical
Association; Elks; Odd
Fellows; Foresters.
Died in Oak Bluffs, Martha's Vineyard, Dukes
County, Mass., August
14, 1944 (age about 88
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Walter Warren and Lydia (Read) Warren. |
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James Witherell (1759-1838) —
of Fair Haven, Rutland
County, Vt.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Mansfield, Bristol
County, Mass., June 16,
1759.
Democrat. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary
War; physician; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1798-1802; member of Vermont
Governor's Council, 1802-06; Rutland
County Judge, 1803-06; U.S.
Representative from Vermont 1st District, 1807-08; resigned 1808;
U.S.
District Judge for Michigan, 1808-28; served in the U.S. Army
during the War of 1812; secretary
of Michigan Territory, 1828-30.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., January
9, 1838 (age 78 years, 207
days).
Original interment at Russell
Street Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.; reinterment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Leonard Wood (1860-1927) —
Born in Winchester, Cheshire
County, N.H., October
9, 1860.
Republican. Physician; received the Medal
of Honor in 1898 for his actions during an Indian war in 1886;
served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; commander of
the "Rough Riders"; Military Governor of Cuba, 1899-1902; major
general in the Philippine-American War, 1902-06; first Army Chief of
Staff; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1920;
Governor-General
of the Philippine Islands, 1921-27; died in office 1927.
English
ancestry.
Died, following surgery for a brain
tumor, in the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital,
Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., August
7, 1927 (age 66 years, 302
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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