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Nicholas Abraham (1917-1991) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., September
20, 1917.
Bowling
alley business; real estate investor; candidate in
primary for mayor of
Boston, Mass., 1967.
Eastern
Orthodox. Lebanese
ancestry.
Died, following a heart
attack, in Faulkner Hospital,
Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., June 5,
1991 (age 73 years, 258
days).
Interment at The Gardens Cemetery, West Roxbury, Boston, Mass.
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Ethan Allen (1738-1789) —
of Sheffield, Berkshire
County, Mass.; Arlington, Bennington
County, Vt.; Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born in Litchfield, Litchfield
County, Conn., February
12, 1738.
Farmer;
land speculator; formed the Green Mountain Boys in 1770;
captured Fort Ticonderoga from the British in 1775; successfully
advocated for the formation of Vermont as a separate state from New
Hampshire and New York; served as judge under Vermont's Banishment
Act, with authority to confiscate the property of British loyalists.
Deist.
English
ancestry.
Died in Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt., February
12, 1789 (age 51 years, 0
days).
Interment at Greenmount
Cemetery, Burlington, Vt.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Allen and Mary (Baker) Allen; married 1762 to Mary
Brownson; married, February
16, 1784, to Frances Montresor 'Fanny' (Brush) Buchanan;
grandfather of Henry
Hitchcock. |
| | Political family: Allen-Hitchcock
family of Burlington, Vermont. |
| | Epitaph: "His spirit tried the mercies
of his God in whom alone he believed and strongly
trusted." |
| | See also Wikipedia
article |
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Lewis Henry Bartlett (1854-1931) —
also known as Lewis H. Bartlett —
of Lynn, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Wareham, Plymouth
County, Mass., April 2,
1854.
Real estate business; member of Massachusetts
Governor's Council 5th District, 1906.
Died in November, 1931
(age 77
years, 0 days).
Interment at Pine
Grove Cemetery, Lynn, Mass.
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John E. Beck (b. 1869) —
of Chelsea, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., May 10,
1869.
Republican. Real estate and insurance
business; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives Twentieth Suffolk District,
1902-03, 1923-24; member of Massachusetts
state senate First Suffolk District, 1905-06, 1917-18; mayor
of Chelsea, Mass.; elected 1907.
Burial location unknown.
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Frank Austin Bond (1889-1960) —
also known as Frank A. Bond —
of North Adams, Berkshire
County, Mass.
Born in North Adams, Berkshire
County, Mass., March
11, 1889.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; real
estate business; banker;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1940
(alternate), 1944.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Died, of carcinoma
of the sigmoid colon, in North Adams, Berkshire
County, Mass., May 19,
1960 (age 71 years, 69
days).
Interment at Southview
Cemetery, North Adams, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of John Arnold Bond and Anna Belle (Kimball) Bond; married, July 25,
1929, to Margaret E. Wheeler. |
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Vernon Ensign Bradley (1912-1990) —
also known as Vernon E. Bradley; Brad
Bradley —
of Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass.
Born in Olympia, Thurston
County, Wash., September
27, 1912.
Republican. Accountant;
realtor; real estate developer; candidate for mayor
of Springfield, Mass., 1949; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 2nd District, 1954.
United
Church of Christ. Member, Civitan.
Died, of arteriosclerosis,
in a hospital
at Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., September
7, 1990 (age 77 years, 345
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Hillcrest
Cemetery, Springfield, Mass.
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Arthur Carroll (1837-1920) —
of Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Belmont, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Baltimore
County, Md., June 18,
1837.
Real estate broker; commission
merchant; Vice-Consul
for Uruguay in Boston,
Mass., 1876-1903.
Died in Belmont, Middlesex
County, Mass., 1920
(age about
83 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Edward Christopher Carroll (b. 1893) —
of South Boston, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in South Boston, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., December
15, 1893.
Democrat. Real estate and insurance
business; member of Massachusetts
state senate Fourth Suffolk District, 1933-36.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Catholic
Order of Foresters; Moose; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight.
Burial location unknown.
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Patrick Eugene Casey (b. 1886) —
of Milford, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Milford, Worcester
County, Mass., September
24, 1886.
Democrat. Deputy
sheriff; real estate and insurance
business; member of Massachusetts
state senate Fourth Worcester District, 1935-36.
Member, Elks; Knights
of Columbus.
Burial location unknown.
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Albert Clark Chapin (1891-1950) —
also known as Albert C. Chapin —
of South Egremont, Egremont, Berkshire
County, Mass.; Sea Girt, Monmouth
County, N.J.
Born in Richmond Hill, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., May 14,
1891.
Interpreter;
U.S. Vice Consul in Chefoo, 1917-18; Tientsin, 1918; Mukden, 1918; real estate broker.
Died in Mendocino
County, Calif., December
28, 1950 (age 59 years, 228
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Michael Joseph Connolly (b. 1947) —
also known as Michael J. Connolly —
of Roslindale, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., April
20, 1947.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1973-78; secretary
of state of Massachusetts, 1979-94; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1984; real estate developer.
Still living as of 2014.
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James Michael Curley (1874-1958) —
also known as James M. Curley; "The Rascal
King" —
of Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., November
20, 1874.
Democrat. Real estate and insurance
business; president, Hibernia Savings Bank;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1902-03; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1911-14, 1943-47 (10th
District 1911-13, 12th District 1913-14, 11th District 1943-47);
resigned 1914; mayor of
Boston, Mass., 1914-18, 1922-26, 1930-34, 1946-50; defeated,
1917, 1937, 1941, 1949, 1951, 1955; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1928,
1936,
1940,
1944,
1948,
1952,
1956;
Governor
of Massachusetts, 1935-37; defeated, 1924, 1938; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1936; member of Democratic
National Committee from Massachusetts, 1940-54; indicted
in federal court in 1943, with Donald
W. Smith and others, over his participation in Engineers Group,
Inc., which fraudulently
obtained war contracts; re-indicted
in 1944; tried in
1945-46 and convicted;
sentenced
to six to eighteen months in prison
and fined
$1,000; released in November 1947 when his sentence was commuted by
President Harry
Truman.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Eagles;
Moose;
Elks; Knights
of Columbus; Ancient
Order of Hibernians.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., November
12, 1958 (age 83 years, 357
days).
Interment at Mt. Calvary Cemetery, Roslindale, Boston, Mass.
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Arthur H. Davis Jr. (1917-2000) —
of Golden, Jefferson
County, Colo.
Born in Brockton, Plymouth
County, Mass., 1917.
Real estate developer; U.S. Ambassador to Paraguay, 1982-85; Panama, 1986-90.
Died, following a stroke,
November
24, 2000 (age about 83
years).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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William H. Dolben (1878-1948) —
of Somerville, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., January
23, 1878.
Republican. Real estate business; member of Massachusetts
Governor's Council 4th District, 1922; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1924.
Died in 1948
(age about
70 years).
Interment at Forest
Glen Cemetery, Reading, Mass.
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Theodore Fiske Dwight (1863-1952) —
also known as Theodore F. Dwight —
of Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass.
Born in Northampton, Hampshire
County, Mass., September
19, 1863.
Republican. Insurance
and real estate business; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives Fourth Hampden District, 1905.
Died in Northampton, Hampshire
County, Mass., July 12,
1952 (age 88 years, 297
days).
Interment at Bridge
Street Cemetery, Northampton, Mass.
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Francis Munroe Endicott (1879-1935) —
also known as F. Munroe Endicott —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., October
17, 1879.
Banker;
U.S. Deputy Consul General in Cairo, 1907-08; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul General in Cairo, 1908-09; U.S. Consul General in Santo Domingo, 1911-12; real estate agent.
His collection of ancient Greek coins was donated to the American
Numismatic Society in 1935.
Died in 1935
(age about
55 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Francis Endicott. |
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Mark Adam Foley (b. 1954) —
also known as Mark A. Foley —
of West Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla.
Born in Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass., September
8, 1954.
Republican. Real estate agent; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1990-92; defeated, 1986; member
of Florida
state senate, 1993-94; U.S.
Representative from Florida 16th District, 1995-2006; resigned
2006.
Catholic.
Gay.
Forced to
resign in September, 2006, over sexually
explicit messages he had sent to teenage Congressional pages; no
criminal charges were filed.
Still living as of 2014.
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George Hamilton Garfield (1858-1931) —
also known as George H. Garfield —
of Brockton, Plymouth
County, Mass.; West Dennis, Dennis, Barnstable
County, Mass.
Born in West Dennis, Dennis, Barnstable
County, Mass., July 18,
1858.
Republican. Grocer; meat
merchant; real estate business; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1892-93, 1900-04; member of Massachusetts
state senate Second Plymouth District, 1905-08; member,
Massachusetts Fisheries and Game Commission, 1908-13.
Died in West Dennis, Dennis, Barnstable
County, Mass., December
19, 1931 (age 73 years, 154
days).
Interment at West Dennis Cemetery, West Dennis, Dennis, Mass.
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John J. Gartland Jr. (b. 1871) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., November
27, 1871.
Democrat. Real estate and insurance
business; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1898-1903; member of Massachusetts
state senate Fourth Suffolk District, 1904-06.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Laceille Gifford (1871-1947) —
also known as Charles L. Gifford —
of Cotuit, Barnstable, Barnstable
County, Mass.
Born in Cotuit, Barnstable, Barnstable
County, Mass., March
15, 1871.
Republican. School
teacher; real estate business; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1912-13; member of Massachusetts
state senate Cape and Plymouth District, 1914-19; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1916;
U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1922-47 (16th District
1922-33, 15th District 1933-43, 9th District 1943-47); died in office
1947.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Died in Cotuit, Barnstable, Barnstable
County, Mass., August
23, 1947 (age 76 years, 161
days).
Interment at Mosswood
Cemetery, Cotuit, Barnstable, Mass.
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Albert G. Godfrey (1855-1922) —
of Taunton, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in Taunton, Bristol
County, Mass., August
25, 1855.
Republican. Real estate broker; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives Fourth Bristol District, 1904-05.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows.
Died in Taunton, Bristol
County, Mass., November
13, 1922 (age 67 years, 80
days).
Interment at Mayflower Hill Cemetery, Taunton, Mass.
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Maurice Robert Gravel (b. 1930) —
also known as Mike Gravel —
of Anchorage,
Alaska.
Born in Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass., May 13,
1930.
Democrat. Real estate business; member of Alaska
state house of representatives, 1963-66; Speaker of
the Alaska State House of Representatives, 1965-66; U.S.
Senator from Alaska, 1969-81; defeated in primary, 1980;
candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 2008.
Unitarian.
French
Canadian ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
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William Stedman Greene (1841-1924) —
also known as William S. Greene —
of Fall River, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in Tremont, Tazewell
County, Ill., April
28, 1841.
Republican. Auctioneer;
real estate and insurance
business; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1880;
mayor
of Fall River, Mass., 1880-81, 1886, 1895-97; resigned 1881;
defeated, 1887, 1888, 1893; postmaster at Fall
River, Mass., 1881-85, 1898; general superintendent,
Massachusetts state prisons, 1888-93; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1898-1924 (13th District
1898-1913, 15th District 1913-24); died in office 1924.
Died in Fall River, Bristol
County, Mass., September
22, 1924 (age 83 years, 147
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Fall River, Mass.
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Thomas Hammond (1843-1909) —
of Hammond, Lake
County, Ind.
Born in Fitchburg, Worcester
County, Mass., February
27, 1843.
Democrat. Assistant superintendent of the G. H. Hammond meat packing
plant; real estate business; banker; mayor
of Hammond, Ind., 1888-93; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 10th District, 1893-95.
Died in Hammond, Lake
County, Ind., September
21, 1909 (age 66 years, 206
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Hammond, Ind.
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John Holland (b. 1861) —
of Bessemer, Gogebic
County, Mich.
Born in Fall River, Bristol
County, Mass., January
14, 1861.
Blacksmith;
grocer;
real estate business; mayor
of Bessemer, Mich., 1906-08; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Gogebic County, 1911-14,
1919-30; defeated (Democratic), 1896 (Dickinson District), 1914
(Gogebic County); acting postmaster at Bessemer,
Mich., 1929-31.
Irish
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Francis Hurley (1893-1946) —
also known as Charles F. Hurley —
of Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass., November
24, 1893.
Democrat. Real estate business; served in the U.S. Navy during
World War I; Massachusetts
state treasurer, 1931-36; Governor of
Massachusetts, 1937-39; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1940,
1944.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, American
Legion; Ancient
Order of Hibernians; Elks; Foresters.
Died March
24, 1946 (age 52 years, 120
days).
Interment at Cambridge
Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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Henry E. Keenan (b. 1903) —
of Arlington, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Arlington, Middlesex
County, Mass., July 17,
1903.
Democrat. Real estate and insurance
business; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1948.
Catholic.
Member, Kiwanis.
Burial location unknown.
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John Austin Keliher (1866-1938) —
also known as John A. Keliher —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., November
6, 1866.
Real estate dealer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1896-97; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1899-1900; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 9th District, 1903-11; defeated
(Independent), 1910; Suffolk
County Sheriff, 1917-38; candidate for mayor of
Boston, Mass., 1925.
Died September
20, 1938 (age 71 years, 318
days).
Interment at New
Calvary Cemetery, Mattapan, Boston, Mass.
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John Kenrick (b. 1857) —
of South Orleans, Orleans, Barnstable
County, Mass.
Born in South Orleans, Orleans, Barnstable
County, Mass., October
25, 1857.
Merchant;
insurance
and real estate business; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1891; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1893-94; postmaster.
Universalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Kenrick and Thankful (Crosby) Kenrick. |
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Alvan Kidder (1801-1871) —
of Randolph, Norfolk
County, Mass.; Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill.
Born in Randolph, Orange
County, Vt., February
12, 1801.
Democrat. Manufacturer;
merchant;
real estate business; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1835.
Died in Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill., November
18, 1871 (age 70 years, 279
days).
Interment at Springdale
Cemetery, Peoria, Ill.
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Relatives: Son
of John Kidder and Ruth (Mann) Kidder; married, July 24,
1823, to Betsey Mann; nephew of Lyman
Kidder; first cousin of Ira
Kidder and Jefferson
Parish Kidder; first cousin once removed of Lyman
Kidder Bass, Silas
Wright Kidder and Daniel
S. Kidder; first cousin twice removed of Lyman
Metcalfe Bass; second cousin of Francis
Kidder; second cousin twice removed of Harley
Walter Kidder; third cousin once removed of Isaiah
Kidder, Ezra
Kidder, David
Kidder and Nathan
Parker Kidder; fourth cousin of Charles
Stetson, Arba
Kidder, Luther
Kidder, Joseph
Souther Kidder, Pascal
Paoli Kidder and Isaiah
Stetson; fourth cousin once removed of Gold
Selleck Silliman, Benjamin
Silliman, Caleb
Blodgett, Chauncey
Fitch Cleveland, Orlando
Burr Kidder, Adoniram
Judson Kneeland and Isaiah
Kidder Stetson. |
| | Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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George Leavens Lilley (1859-1909) —
also known as George L. Lilley —
of Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Oxford, Worcester
County, Mass., August
3, 1859.
Republican. Meat dealer;
real estate business; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Waterbury, 1901-02; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut at-large, 1903-09; member of Connecticut
Republican State Committee, 1904-09; Governor of
Connecticut, 1909; died in office 1909.
Member, Union
League.
Died, in the Connecticut Executive
Mansion, Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., April
21, 1909 (age 49 years, 261
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Waterbury, Conn.
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Gregg P. Lisciotti —
of Leominster, Worcester
County, Mass.
Republican. Real estate developer; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Massachusetts, 2004.
Still living as of 2004.
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Sam J. Nahil (1905-1982) —
of Claremont, Sullivan
County, N.H.
Born in Lawrence, Essex
County, Mass., October
3, 1905.
Republican. Barber;
real estate business; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives from Claremont 2nd Ward,
1951-67.
Catholic.
Member, Elks.
Died in October, 1982
(age about
76 years).
Burial location unknown.
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George H. Newhall (1850-1923) —
of Lynn, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Lynn, Essex
County, Mass., October
24, 1850.
Republican. Real estate and insurance
business; shoe
manufacturer; president, Lynn Street
Railway Company; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1894-95, 1906-08, 1923
(Seventeenth Essex District 1894-95, Twelfth Essex District 1906-08,
Fourteenth Essex District 1923); died in office 1923; mayor of
Lynn, Mass., 1913-17.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Redmen;
Knights
of Pythias; Royal
Arcanum; Ancient
Order of United Workmen.
Died in Lynn, Essex
County, Mass., November
4, 1923 (age 73 years, 11
days).
Interment at Pine
Grove Cemetery, Lynn, Mass.
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Monroe Nichols (1859-1908) —
of Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn.; Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich.
Born in Clinton, Worcester
County, Mass., January
15, 1859.
Republican. Real estate broker; lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1896
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee).
Died, from locomotor
ataxia, in Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich., September
16, 1908 (age 49 years, 245
days).
Interment at West Thompson Cemetery, Thompson, Conn.
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Addison G. Proctor (1838-1925) —
of Emporia, Lyon
County, Kan.; St. Joseph, Berrien
County, Mich.
Born in Gloucester, Essex
County, Mass., July 29,
1838.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Kansas,
1860;
hotel
proprietor; real estate business; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1924.
Died in St. Joseph, Berrien
County, Mich., March
17, 1925 (age 86 years, 231
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Frank James Rice (1869-1917) —
also known as Frank J. Rice —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in North Adams, Berkshire
County, Mass., February
5, 1869.
Republican. Streetcar
conductor; grocer;
real estate business; mayor
of New Haven, Conn., 1910-17; died in office 1917.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Grotto;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Redmen;
Order
of Heptasophs; Knights
of Pythias; Union
League.
Died January
18, 1917 (age 47 years, 348
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, New Haven, Conn.
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Harvey L. Schwamm (c.1905-1958) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Riverdale, Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born about 1905.
Republican. Real estate broker; banker;
candidate for New York
state senate 15th District, 1938, 1940; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1940;
major in the U.S. Army during World War II; candidate for
Presidential Elector for New York.
Jewish.
Killed when a Northeast Airlines plane, landing in heavy
fog, crashed
and burned,
about 300 yards short of the airport
runway, in Nantucket, Nantucket
County, Mass., August
15, 1958 (age about 53
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1924 to
Lillian Tverskoi. |
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David Sears (1787-1871) —
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
8, 1787.
Merchant;
real estate developer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1820; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1840; philanthropist.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., January
14, 1871 (age 83 years, 98
days).
Entombed at Christ Church, Brookline, Mass.
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Peleg Wadsworth (1748-1829) —
of Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Born in Duxbury, Plymouth
County, Mass., May 6,
1748.
Merchant;
served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; Adjutant
General of Massachusetts, 1778; land agent; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1792; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1793-1807 (4th District
1793-95, 2nd District 1795-97, at-large 1797-1805, 15th District
1805-07).
Died in Hiram, Oxford
County, Maine, November
12, 1829 (age 81 years, 190
days).
Interment at Wadsworth Cemetery, Durgintown, Hiram, Maine.
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