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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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Harry B. Albro (b. 1887) —
of Harwich, Barnstable
County, Mass.
Born in Pontiac, Warwick, Kent
County, R.I., January
21, 1887.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; newspaper
publisher; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1940; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1948.
Member, Redmen.
Burial location unknown.
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Alexis Boyer Jr. (b. 1875) —
of Southbridge, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Southbridge, Worcester
County, Mass., January
17, 1875.
Democrat. Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1907; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1912.
Catholic.
Member, Redmen; Knights
of Columbus.
Burial location unknown.
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William Patrick Connery Jr. (1888-1937) —
also known as William P. Connery, Jr. —
of Lynn, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Lynn, Essex
County, Mass., August
24, 1888.
Democrat. Professional actor,
1908-16; candy
manufacturer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 7th District, 1923-37; died in
office 1937; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1932.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Knights
of Columbus; Moose; Eagles;
Elks;
Redmen; Kiwanis.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 15,
1937 (age 48 years, 295
days).
Interment at St.
Mary's Cemetery, Lynn, Mass.
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Thomas Charles Desmond (1887-1972) —
also known as Thomas C. Desmond —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Newburgh, Orange
County, N.Y.
Born in Middletown, Orange
County, N.Y., September
15, 1887.
Republican. Engineer;
president and chief engineer, Newburgh Ship
Yards; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1928,
1940;
member of New York
state senate, 1931-58 (27th District 1931-44, 32nd District
1945-54, 33rd District 1955-58).
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Elks; Grange;
Moose;
Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Redmen; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
6, 1972 (age 85 years, 21
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John William Haigis (1881-1960) —
also known as John W. Haigis —
of Greenfield, Franklin
County, Mass.
Born in Turners Falls, Montague, Franklin
County, Mass., July 31,
1881.
Republican. Founder, editor, and publisher of the Greenfield
Recorder newspaper;
banker;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1909-12; member of Massachusetts
state senate Franklin & Hampshire District, 1915-16, 1923-26; Massachusetts
state treasurer, 1929-30; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1934; candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1936; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1940
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business; speaker);
trustee of the University of Massachusetts, 1940-56; owner and
operator of radio
station WHAI.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Redmen.
Died in 1960
(age about
78 years).
Interment at Green
River Cemetery, Greenfield, Mass.
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Lemuel C. Hall (b. 1874) —
of Wareham, Plymouth
County, Mass.
Born in Harwich, Barnstable
County, Mass., December
13, 1874.
Republican. Newspaper
publisher; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1927-28; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1928.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Redmen; Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Gershom Hall and Sophie Louise (Parker) Hall; married, December
25, 1896, to Lettice M. G. Foster. |
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William H. I. Hayes (1848-1907) —
of Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., June 21,
1848.
Republican. Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives Twenty-Fifth Middlesex District,
1893-99, 1902, 1904-07; died in office 1907.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Redmen; Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias.
Died June 29,
1907 (age 59 years, 8
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Pehr Gustaf Holmes (1881-1952) —
also known as Pehr G. Holmes —
of Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Sweden,
April
9, 1881.
Republican. Manufacturer;
mayor
of Worcester, Mass., 1917-19; member of Massachusetts
Governor's Council 7th District, 1925-28; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 4th District, 1931-47;
defeated, 1946.
Congregationalist.
Swedish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Redmen; Elks; Rotary.
Died in Venice, Sarasota
County, Fla., December
19, 1952 (age 71 years, 254
days).
Interment at Old
Swedish Cemetery, Worcester, Mass.
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Edward Aloysius Kenney (1884-1938) —
also known as Edward A. Kenney —
of Cliffside Park, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in Clinton, Worcester
County, Mass., August
11, 1884.
Democrat. Lawyer;
recorder's court judge in New Jersey, 1919; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 9th District, 1933-38; died in
office 1938.
Member, Elks;
Redmen; Delta
Chi.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
27, 1938 (age 53 years, 169
days).
Interment at St.
John's Cemetery, Clinton, Mass.
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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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Edward H. Nutting (b. 1869) —
of Leominster, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Leominster, Worcester
County, Mass., July 6,
1869.
Republican. Caterer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives Eleventh Worcester District,
1913, 1915-16, 1918, 1923-30; member of Massachusetts
state senate Third Worcester District, 1931-36; candidate for
mayor
of Leominster, Mass., 1939.
Member, Elks; Odd
Fellows; Redmen; Moose; Knights
of Pythias; Eagles;
Royal
Arcanum; Freemasons;
Sons
of Veterans.
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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Arthur M. Taft (b. 1854) —
of Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Uxbridge, Worcester
County, Mass., January
28, 1854.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives Twenty-First Worcester District,
1901-06; member of Massachusetts
state senate First Worcester District, 1906-07.
Congregationalist.
Member, Grange;
Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Redmen.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Brigham A. Taft. |
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