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Amos Abbott (1786-1868) —
of Andover, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Andover, Essex
County, Mass., September
10, 1786.
Whig. One of the founders of the Boston and Portland Railway,
1833; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1835-37, 1843; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1840-42; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 3rd District, 1843-49; postmaster.
Died in Andover, Essex
County, Mass., November
2, 1868 (age 82 years, 53
days).
Interment at South
Church Cemetery, Andover, Mass.
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Melvin Ohio Adams (1850-1920) —
also known as Melvin O. Adams —
of Ashburnham, Worcester
County, Mass.; Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Ashburnham, Worcester
County, Mass., November
7, 1850.
Republican. Lawyer;
took part in the legal defense of Lizzie Borden, charged in 1892-93
with the murder of her parents in Fall River, Mass.; president,
Boston, Revere Beach & Lynn Railroad; vice-president, Liberty
Trust
Co.; trustee, Dartmouth College; U.S.
Attorney for Massachusetts, 1905-06.
Died August
9, 1920 (age 69 years, 276
days).
Interment at Meetinghouse
Hill Cemetery, Ashburnham, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Adams and Dolly Winship (Whitney) Adams; married, January
20, 1874, to Mary Colony. |
| | | Image source: Bench and Bar of the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1895) |
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Thomas Allen (1813-1882) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Pittsfield, Berkshire
County, Mass., August
29, 1813.
Democrat. Lawyer;
railroad builder; member of Missouri
state senate, 1850-54; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 2nd District, 1881-82; died in
office 1882.
Member, Kappa
Alpha Society.
Slaveowner.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 8,
1882 (age 68 years, 222
days).
Interment at Pittsfield
Cemetery, Pittsfield, Mass.
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Oakes Ames (1804-1873) —
of North Easton, Easton, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in Easton, Bristol
County, Mass., January
10, 1804.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 2nd District, 1863-73.
He and his brother Oliver
Ames, president of the Union Pacific Railroad, prime movers in
construction of the first
transcontinental railroad line, completed in 1869; he was as
censured
by the House of Representatives in 1873 for his role in the Credit
Mobilier bribery
scandal.
Died in Easton, Bristol
County, Mass., May 8,
1873 (age 69 years, 118
days).
Interment at Village
Cemetery, North Easton, Easton, Mass.; memorial monument at Oliver and Oakes Ames Monument, Sherman, Wyo.
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Oliver Ames Jr. (1807-1877) —
Born in Plymouth, Plymouth
County, Mass., November
5, 1807.
Shovel
manufacturer; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1852, 1857; president, Union Pacific
Railroad; he and his brother Oakes
Ames were prime movers in construction of the first
transcontinental railroad line.
Died March 9,
1877 (age 69 years, 124
days).
Interment at Village
Cemetery, North Easton, Easton, Mass.; memorial monument at Oliver and Oakes Ames Monument, Sherman, Wyo.
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Gaspar Griswold Bacon (1886-1947) —
also known as Gaspar G. Bacon —
of Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Dedham, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., March 7,
1886.
Republican. Lawyer;
major in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1920,
1932
(alternate), 1936,
1940;
member of Massachusetts
state senate Eighth Suffolk District, 1925-32; Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1933-35; candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1934; director, Southern Railway Co., Eliot
Savings Bank;
major in the U.S. Army during World War II.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Moose; Odd
Fellows; Reserve
Officers Association.
Died in Dedham, Norfolk
County, Mass., December
24, 1947 (age 61 years, 292
days).
Interment at Walnut Hills Cemetery, Brookline, Mass.
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William Amos Bancroft (b. 1855) —
also known as William Bancroft —
of Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Groton, Middlesex
County, Mass., April
26, 1855.
Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1883-85; mayor
of Cambridge, Mass., 1893-97; general in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War; president, Boston Elevated Railway from
1899.
Member, Society
of the Cincinnati.
Interment at Groton
Cemetery, Groton, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles B. Bancroft; married 1878 to Mary
Shaw. |
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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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Lloyd Wheaton Bowers (1859-1910) —
also known as Lloyd W. Bowers —
of Winona, Winona
County, Minn.
Born in Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass., March 9,
1859.
Lawyer;
general counsel, Chicago & North Western Railway,
1893-1909; U.S. Solicitor General, 1909-10; died in office 1910.
Member, Skull
and Bones.
Died, from a heart
attack, while suffering from bronchitis,
in the Touraine Hotel,
Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., September
9, 1910 (age 51 years, 184
days).
Burial location unknown.
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James Barrett Brown (b. 1885) —
also known as James B. Brown —
of Everett, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Reading, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Bellows Falls, Rockingham, Windham
County, Vt., March 3,
1885.
Republican. Lawyer;
general counsel, Massachusetts Bankers
Association; special counsel, Boston & Maine Railroad;
vice-president, First National Bank of
Reading; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives Twentieth Middlesex District,
1921-24; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1924.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George Addison Brown and Flora (Pierce) Brown; married, July 30,
1913, to Grace Donaldson. |
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John Henry Clifford (1809-1876) —
also known as John H. Clifford —
of New Bedford, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., January
16, 1809.
Whig. Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives from New Bedford, 1835; Massachusetts
state attorney general, 1849-53, 1854-58; Governor of
Massachusetts, 1853-54; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1862; president, Boston and Providence
Railroad.
Died in New Bedford, Bristol
County, Mass., January
2, 1876 (age 66 years, 351
days).
Interment at Rural
Cemetery, New Bedford, Mass.
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Charles Arthur Conant (1861-1915) —
also known as Charles A. Conant —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Winchester, Middlesex
County, Mass., July 2,
1861.
Democrat. Candidate for Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1886; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 8th District, 1894; delegate to
Gold Democrat National Convention from Massachusetts, 1896; journalist;
author;
economist;
set up the currency system in the Philippine Islands; director of the
Manila Railroad and the National Bank of
Nicaragua; treasurer of Morton Trust
Company of New York.
Member, American
Economic Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science.
Died, from stomach
cancer, in Havana (La Habana), Cuba,
July
5, 1915 (age 54 years, 3
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles E. Conant and Mary Crawford (Wallace)
Conant. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
| | | Image source: American Monthly Review
of Reviews, July 1908 |
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Thomas Jefferson Coolidge (1831-1920) —
also known as T. Jefferson Coolidge —
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., August
26, 1831.
Republican. Manufacturer;
cotton mill
business; president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
Railroad, and other companies; U.S. Minister to France, 1892-93.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., November
17, 1920 (age 89 years, 83
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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Presumably named
for: Thomas
Jefferson |
| | | Relatives: Son of Ellen Wayles
(Randolph) Coolidge and Joseph Coolidge; married, November
4, 1852, to Mehitable Sullivan 'Hetty' Appleton (daughter of William
Appleton); nephew of Benjamin
Franklin Randolph, Meriwether
Lewis Randolph and George
Wythe Randolph; uncle of John
Gardner Coolidge; grandson of Thomas
Mann Randolph Jr. and Martha
Jefferson Randolph; great-grandson of Thomas
Jefferson; second great-grandson of Archibald
Cary; third great-grandson of Richard
Randolph; first cousin once removed of Francis
Wayles Eppes; first cousin twice removed of Dabney
Carr and John
Wayles Eppes; first cousin thrice removed of John
Randolph of Roanoke; first cousin four times removed of Richard
Bland and Peyton
Randolph (1721-1775); second cousin of Frederick
Madison Roberts; second cousin once removed of Dabney
Smith Carr; second cousin twice removed of John
Marshall, James
Markham Marshall and Alexander
Keith Marshall; second cousin thrice removed of Theodorick
Bland, Edmund
Jenings Randolph and Beverley
Randolph; third cousin once removed of Thomas
Marshall, John
Jordan Crittenden, Thomas
Turpin Crittenden, Robert
Crittenden, James
Keith Marshall, Carter
Henry Harrison and Edith
Wilson; third cousin twice removed of Henry
Lee, Charles
Lee, Edmund
Jennings Lee, Peyton
Randolph (1779-1828), Henry
St. George Tucker and Benjamin
William Sheridan Cabell; fourth cousin of Alexander
Parker Crittenden, Thomas
Leonidas Crittenden, Thomas
Theodore Crittenden, John
Augustine Marshall and Carter
Henry Harrison II; fourth cousin once removed of Edmund
Randolph, Nathaniel
Beverly Tucker, William
Lewis Cabell, George
Craighead Cabell, Thomas
Theodore Crittenden Jr., William
Marshall Bullitt and Alexander
Scott Bullitt. |
| | | Political families: Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell
family of Virginia; Breckinridge-Preston-Cabell-Floyd
family of Virginia; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Walker-Randolph
family of Huntsville, Alabama (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also U.S. State Dept career summary |
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Henry Howland Crapo (1804-1869) —
also known as Henry H. Crapo —
of Flint, Genesee
County, Mich.
Born in Dartmouth, Bristol
County, Mass., May 24,
1804.
Republican. Lumber
business; built the Flint and Holly Railroad, which later
became part of the Flint & Pere Marquette Railroad; mayor of
Flint, Mich., 1860-61; member of Michigan
state senate 24th District, 1863-64; Governor of
Michigan, 1865-69.
Christian.
Died in Flint, Genesee
County, Mich., July 22,
1869 (age 65 years, 59
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Flint, Mich.
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Samuel Leonard Crocker (1804-1883) —
also known as Samuel L. Crocker —
of Taunton, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in Taunton, Bristol
County, Mass., March
31, 1804.
Whig. Member of Massachusetts
Governor's Council, 1849; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 2nd District, 1853-55;
president, Taunton Locomotive Manufacturing Company, 1862-83.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., February
10, 1883 (age 78 years, 316
days).
Interment at Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery, Taunton, Mass.
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Edward Livingston Davis (1834-1912) —
also known as Edward L. Davis —
of Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., April
22, 1834.
Lawyer;
manufacturer of ironwork,
including railroad wheels; director of banks and
railroads; mayor
of Worcester, Mass., 1874; defeated (Citizens), 1874; member of
Massachusetts
state senate, 1876.
Episcopalian.
Died in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., March 2,
1912 (age 77 years, 315
days).
Interment at Worcester
Rural Cemetery, Worcester, Mass.
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Livingston Davis (1882-1932) —
also known as Livy Davis —
of Milton, Norfolk
County, Mass.; Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., August
13, 1882.
Banker;
director of railroads; Consul
for Belgium in Boston,
Mass., 1930-32.
Member, American
Antiquarian Society.
In ill health for some time, he died from a self-inflicted
gunshot,
in Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass., January
11, 1932 (age 49 years, 151
days).
Interment at Worcester
Rural Cemetery, Worcester, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward
Livingston Davis and Maria Louisa (Robbins) Davis; married, April
23, 1908, to Alice Gardiner; married, August
31, 1927, to Georgia Appleton; grandson of Isaac
Davis; great-grandnephew of John
Davis (1787-1854); first cousin twice removed of John
Chandler Bancroft Davis and Horace
Davis; second cousin once removed of John
Davis (1851-1902); third cousin once removed of John
Barnard Fairbank, Henry
Cabot Lodge Jr. and John
Davis Lodge; third cousin twice removed of Merton
William Fairbank and George
Cabot Lodge; fourth cousin once removed of Wilson
Henry Fairbank, Alexander
Warren Fairbank, Charles
Warren Fairbanks and Newton
Hamilton Fairbanks. |
| | | Political families: Holden-Davis-Lawrence-Garcelon
family of Massachusetts; Fairbanks-Adams
family; Davis
family of Massachusetts; Saltonstall-Davis-Frelinghuysen-Appleton
family of Massachusetts; Weeks-Bigelow-Andrew-Upham
family (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Boston Globe, January 12,
1932 |
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Chester Mitchell Dawes (b. 1855) —
also known as Chester M. Dawes —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in North Adams, Berkshire
County, Mass., July 14,
1855.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Illinois; general solicitor,
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, 1900.
Burial location unknown.
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Grenville Mellen Dodge (1831-1916) —
also known as Grenville M. Dodge —
of Iowa.
Born in Danvers, Essex
County, Mass., April
12, 1831.
Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 5th District, 1867-69; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Iowa, 1868
(member, Resolutions
Committee); member of Republican
National Committee from Iowa, 1872-74.
Member, Loyal
Legion.
Chief engineer
of the Union Pacific Railroad.
Died in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie
County, Iowa, January
3, 1916 (age 84 years, 266
days).
Entombed at Walnut
Hill Cemetery, Council Bluffs, Iowa.
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Thomas H. Duffy (1880-1969) —
also known as "Plucky Duffy" —
of Woburn, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in County Armagh, Ireland (now Northern
Ireland), March 8,
1880.
Democrat. Champion boxer,
competed in U.S. and Europe; freight conductor for Boston & Maine
Railroad; mayor of
Woburn, Mass., 1925-27; defeated, 1927; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1928.
Irish
ancestry.
Died in Woburn, Middlesex
County, Mass., May 14,
1969 (age 89 years, 67
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Woburn, Mass.
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Relatives:
Married 1902 to Alice
O'Donnell. |
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Erastus Fairbanks (1792-1864) —
of St. Johnsbury, Caledonia
County, Vt.
Born in Brimfield, Hampden
County, Mass., October
28, 1792.
One of the founders of E. & T. Fairbanks & Co., platform
scale manufacturers; president, Passumpsic Railroad, which
completed a line from White River to St. Johnsbury in 1850; member of
Vermont
state house of representatives, 1836-38; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Vermont; Governor of
Vermont, 1852-53, 1860-61; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Vermont, 1856.
Congregationalist.
Died in St. Johnsbury, Caledonia
County, Vt., November
20, 1864 (age 72 years, 23
days).
Interment at Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery, St. Johnsbury, Vt.
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Joseph Fisk (1810-1884) —
of Allegan, Allegan
County, Mich.
Born in Charlemont, Franklin
County, Mass., May 22,
1810.
Building
contractor; railroad builder; village
president of Allegan, Michigan, 1866-67.
Died in Allegan, Allegan
County, Mich., May 19,
1884 (age 73 years, 363
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Allegan, Mich.
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Relatives:
Married to Betsey Davis. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: History of Allegan and
Barry Counties (1880) |
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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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Eugene Noble Foss (1858-1939) —
also known as Eugene N. Foss —
of Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in West Berkshire, Berkshire, Franklin
County, Vt., September
24, 1858.
Democrat. Owner of cotton
mills and iron and steel
works; active in banking
and railroads; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 14th District, 1910-11;
defeated, 1902 (Republican, 11th District), 1904 (Republican, 11th
District); resigned 1911; defeated, 1925 (5th District); Governor of
Massachusetts, 1911-14; defeated (Independent), 1913; candidate
for Democratic nomination for President, 1912.
Baptist.
Member, Sigma
Phi.
Died September
13, 1939 (age 80 years, 354
days).
Interment at Forest
Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Boston, Mass.
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Addison Gardner Foster (1837-1917) —
also known as Addison G. Foster —
of Wabasha
County, Minn.; Tacoma, Pierce
County, Wash.
Born in Belchertown, Hampshire
County, Mass., January
28, 1837.
Republican. Lumber
business; railroad builder; U.S.
Senator from Washington, 1899-1905.
Died in Tacoma, Pierce
County, Wash., January
16, 1917 (age 79 years, 354
days).
Interment at Tacoma
Cemetery, Tacoma, Wash.
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Joseph Albree Gilmore (1811-1867) —
also known as Joseph A. Gilmore —
of Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H.
Born in Weston, Windsor
County, Vt., June 10,
1811.
Wholesale
grocer; superintendent of Concord & Claremont Railroad;
member of New
Hampshire state senate 4th District, 1858-60; Governor of
New Hampshire, 1863-65.
Died in Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H., April
17, 1867 (age 55 years, 311
days).
Interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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George Grennell Jr. (1786-1877) —
also known as George Grinnell Jr. —
of Greenfield, Franklin
County, Mass.
Born in Greenfield, Franklin
County, Mass., December
25, 1786.
Whig. Lawyer; Franklin
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1820-28; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1825-27; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1829-39 (7th District 1829-33,
6th District 1833-39); probate judge in Massachusetts, 1849-53; Franklin
County Clerk of Courts, 1853-65; first president, Troy &
Greenfield Railroad.
Died in Greenfield, Franklin
County, Mass., November
19, 1877 (age 90 years, 329
days).
Interment at Green
River Cemetery, Greenfield, Mass.
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Joseph Grinnell (1788-1885) —
of New Bedford, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in New Bedford, Bristol
County, Mass., November
17, 1788.
Whig. Banker;
railroad president; member of Massachusetts
Governor's Council, 1839-41; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 10th District, 1843-51;
president, Wamsutta Cotton
Mills.
Quaker.
Died in New Bedford, Bristol
County, Mass., February
7, 1885 (age 96 years, 82
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, New Bedford, Mass.
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Andrew Kessler Hay (1809-1881) —
also known as Andrew K. Hay —
of Winslow, Camden
County, N.J.
Born near Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass., January
19, 1809.
Glass
manufacturing business; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 1st District, 1849-51; candidate
for Presidential Elector for New Jersey; president, Camden and
Atlantic Railroad, 1872-76.
Died in Winslow, Camden
County, N.J., February
7, 1881 (age 72 years, 19
days).
Interment at Colestown
Cemetery, Cherry Hill Township, Camden County, N.J.
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Horton H. Hilton (1869-1955) —
of Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass., December
11, 1869.
Republican. Passenger trainman; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives Twenty-Fifth Middlesex District,
1904-05; member of Massachusetts
state senate Seventh Middlesex District, 1906.
Died December
18, 1955 (age 86 years, 7
days).
Interment at Pine Ridge Cemetery, Chelmsford, Mass.
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James Henry Howe (1827-1893) —
also known as James H. Howe —
of Green Bay, Brown
County, Wis.
Born in Turner, Androscoggin
County, Maine, December
5, 1827.
Republican. Lawyer; Wisconsin
state attorney general, 1860-62; colonel in the Union Army during
the Civil War; General Solicitor and General Manager, North Western
Railroad; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, 1873.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., January
4, 1893 (age 65 years, 30
days).
Interment somewhere
in Kenosha, Wis.
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Walter S. Hutchins —
of Greenfield, Franklin
County, Mass.
Socialist. Locomotive engineer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 1st District, 1908, 1914, 1916;
candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1915, 1920, 1922, 1924, 1926; delegate to
Socialist National Convention from Massachusetts, 1920.
Burial location unknown.
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William Jackson (1783-1855) —
of Newton Corner, Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass., September
2, 1783.
Candle
maker; soap
manufacturer; banker; newspaper
publisher; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1829-32; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 9th District, 1833-37; early
promoter of railroads; president, American Missionary Society,
1846-54.
Died in Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass., February
27, 1855 (age 71 years, 178
days).
Interment at East
Parish Burying Ground, Newton, Mass.
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Eben S. S. Keith (b. 1872) —
of Sagamore, Bourne, Barnstable
County, Mass.
Born in Sagamore, Bourne, Barnstable
County, Mass., October
24, 1872.
Republican. Railway car builder; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1907-08; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1908,
1916
(alternate), 1920,
1924.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Isaac M. Keith and Eliza F. (Smith) Keith; married, February
8, 1900, to Malvina M. Landers. |
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William Caleb Loring (1851-1930) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Beverly, Essex
County, Mass., August
24, 1851.
Lawyer;
solicitor, New York and New England Railroad, 1881-85; justice of
Massachusetts state supreme court, 1899-1919.
English
ancestry. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Prides Crossing, Beverly, Essex
County, Mass., September
8, 1930 (age 79 years, 15
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Howland Lothrop (1866-1949) —
also known as John H. Lothrop —
of Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born in Sharon, Norfolk
County, Mass., April
11, 1866.
Freight and passenger agent, Union Pacific Railroad; secretary
of the traffic and transportation bureau. Portland Chamber of
Commerce, 1911-23; Honorary
Vice-Consul for Uruguay in Portland,
Ore., 1923-48; Honorary
Vice-Consul for Argentina in Portland,
Ore., 1931.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died in Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., July 13,
1949 (age 83 years, 93
days).
Interment at River
View Cemetery, Portland, Ore.
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Relatives: Son
of Horace Augustus Lothrop and Sarah G. (Swain) Lothrop; married to
Lucile L. LaBertew. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Albert H. Mansfield (1866-1928) —
of Putnam, Windham
County, Conn.
Born in Webster, Worcester
County, Mass., June 7,
1866.
Railroad builder; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Putnam, 1901-02.
Member, Odd
Fellows.
Died, from angina
pectoris, in Putnam, Windham
County, Conn., June 3,
1928 (age 61 years, 362
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Harold Whitney Mason (1895-1944) —
also known as Harold W. Mason —
of Brattleboro, Windham
County, Vt.
Born in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., April
21, 1895.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; boot and shoe
business; vice-president, Brattleboro Memorial Hospital;
director for power
companies, insurance
companies, the Central Vermont Railway, and the Estey Organ
Co.; delegate to Republican National Convention from Vermont, 1932;
Convention Secretary, 1940,
1944;
secretary, Arrangements Committee, secretary, 1940;
speaker, 1940;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Vermont; delegate
to Vermont convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; member of
Republican
National Committee from Vermont, 1936-44; Secretary
of Republican National Committee, 1937-44.
Member, American
Legion; Military
Order of the World Wars; Sons of
the American Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars; Union
League; Sigma
Nu.
Died, from a heart
attack, in his room at the Savoy-Plaza Hotel,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
3, 1944 (age 49 years, 196
days).
Interment at Morningside
Cemetery, Brattleboro, Vt.
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Relatives: Son
of William Lysander Mason and Margaret Etta (Matthews) Mason;
married, March
17, 1918, to Evelyn Hawley Dunham. |
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memorial |
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22nd Republican National Convention (1940) |
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Daniel Needham (1822-1895) —
of Groton, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Hartford, Windsor
County, Vt.
Born in Salem, Essex
County, Mass., May 24,
1822.
Lawyer;
farmer;
aide (with rank of Colonel) to Gov. George
S. Boutwell, 1851-53; Massachusetts
Democratic state chair, 1853; Democratic candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 8th District, 1854; member of
Vermont
state house of representatives from Hartford, 1857-58; member of
Vermont
state senate from Windsor County, 1859-61; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1866-67; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1868-69; director, Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Co.;
trustee, John Hancock Life
Insurance Co.; director, Peterborough and Shirley Railroad.
Unitarian.
Member, Freemasons;
Humane
Society.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Groton, Middlesex
County, Mass., February
20, 1895 (age 72 years, 272
days).
Interment at Groton
Cemetery, Groton, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of James Needham and Lydia (Breed) Needham; married, July 17,
1842, to Caroline A. Hall; married, October
7, 1880, to Ellen Mary Brigham. |
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Daniel Howe Newton (1827-1911) —
of Greenfield, Franklin
County, Mass.; Holyoke, Hampden
County, Mass.
Born in Hubbardston, Worcester
County, Mass., June 22,
1827.
Paper
mill business; Franklin
County Treasurer, 1862-65; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1869; president, Hoosac Tunnel &
Wilmington Railroad Co., 1887-1905.
Died in Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass., May 19,
1911 (age 83 years, 331
days).
Interment at Green
River Cemetery, Greenfield, Mass.
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Henry Clay Payne (1843-1904) —
also known as Henry C. Payne —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in Ashfield, Franklin
County, Mass., November
23, 1843.
Republican. Postmaster at Milwaukee,
Wis., 1876-85; president, Wisconsin Telephone
Company; president, Milwaukee Electric
Railway and Light
Company; president, American Street
Railway Association; receiver, Northern Pacific Railroad;
member of Republican
National Committee from Wisconsin, 1880-1904; Chairman
of Republican National Committee, 1904; Wisconsin
Republican state chair, 1892; U.S.
Postmaster General, 1902-04; died in office 1904.
Methodist.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
4, 1904 (age 60 years, 316
days).
Interment at Forest
Home Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wis.
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Lucius Benedict Peck (1802-1866) —
also known as Lucius B. Peck —
of Barre, Washington
County, Vt.; Montpelier, Washington
County, Vt.
Born in Waterbury, Washington
County, Vt., November
17, 1802.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1831-32; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Vermont, 1840,
1852;
U.S.
Representative from Vermont 4th District, 1847-51; candidate for
Governor
of Vermont, 1850; U.S.
Attorney for Vermont, 1853-57; president, Vermont and Canada
Railroad, 1859-66.
Died in Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass., December
28, 1866 (age 64 years, 41
days).
Interment at Green
Mount Cemetery, Montpelier, Vt.
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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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Frederick Henry Prince (1859-1953) —
also known as Frederick H. Prince —
of Wenham, Essex
County, Mass.; Newport, Newport
County, R.I.; Biarritz, France.
Born in Winchester, Middlesex
County, Mass., 1859.
Republican. Financier;
owned or controlled stockyards,
meatpacking
plants, and railroads; one of the world's wealthiest men;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1928.
Episcopalian.
Died in Biarritz, France,
February
3, 1953 (age about 93
years).
Entombed at Washington
National Cathedral, Washington, D.C.
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Royal Chapin Taft (1823-1912) —
also known as Royal C. Taft —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Northbridge, Worcester
County, Mass., February
14, 1823.
Republican. Member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1880-84; Governor of
Rhode Island, 1888-89; president, Merchants National Bank;
president, Boston & Providence Railroad; director, New York,
New Haven, and Hartford Railroad.
Died June 4,
1912 (age 89 years, 111
days).
Interment at Swan
Point Cemetery, Providence, R.I.
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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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