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Charles Edward Adams (1867-1936) —
also known as Charles E. Adams; Charlie
Adams —
of Granite Falls, Yellow
Medicine County, Minn.; Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
1, 1867.
Superintendent of schools; lawyer;
member of Minnesota
state senate 57th District, 1915-36; died in office 1936; Lieutenant
Governor of Minnesota, 1929-31.
Congregationalist.
Member, Phi
Delta Theta; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons.
Died in Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn., October
6, 1936 (age 69 years, 5
days).
Interment at Lakewood
Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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William Taylor Adams (1822-1897) —
also known as "Oliver Optic" —
of Dorchester, Norfolk County (now part of Boston, Suffolk
County), Mass.
Born in Bellingham, Norfolk
County, Mass., July 30,
1822.
School teacher; author;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1869.
Died in Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., March
27, 1897 (age 74 years, 240
days).
Interment at Cedar
Grove Cemetery, Dorchester, Boston, Mass.
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David Hartley Armstrong (1812-1893) —
also known as David H. Armstrong —
of New Bedford, Bristol
County, Mass.; St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Nova
Scotia, October
21, 1812.
Democrat. School teacher; postmaster at St.
Louis, Mo., 1854-58; U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1877-79.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., March
18, 1893 (age 80 years, 148
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Thomas Meinhard Balliet (1852-1942) —
also known as Thomas M. Balliet —
of Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New Mahoning, Carbon
County, Pa., March 1,
1852.
Republican. Superintendent of schools; university
professor; dean, School of Education, New York University,
1904-19; Law Preservation candidate for New York
state senate 19th District, 1932; Dry candidate for delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
18, 1942 (age 89 years, 354
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Springfield
Cemetery, Springfield, Mass.; cenotaph at Lehighton Cemetery, Lehighton, Pa.
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John Barrett III —
of North Adams, Berkshire
County, Mass.
School teacher; mayor
of North Adams, Mass., 1984-.
Still living as of 2007.
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Timothy Arthur Bassett (b. 1947) —
also known as Timothy A. Bassett —
of Lynn, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Lynn, Essex
County, Mass., December
16, 1947.
Democrat. School teacher; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1972;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1973.
Catholic.
Member, Americans
for Democratic Action.
Still living as of 1973.
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Relatives: Son
of Arthur Bassett and Marguerite (Crowley) Bassett. |
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John Chapin Brinsmade (1852-1930) —
also known as John C. Brinsmade —
of Washington, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born in Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass., August
24, 1852.
Republican. School principal; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Washington, 1893-94, 1909-10;
delegate
to Connecticut state constitutional convention, 1902; member of
Connecticut
state senate 32nd District, 1911-12.
Died August
21, 1930 (age 77 years, 362
days).
Interment at Washington
Cemetery on the Green, Washington, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of William Bartlett Brinsmade and Charlotte Blake (Chapin) Brinsmade;
married to Mary Gold Gunn. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Alice D. Burke —
of Westfield, Hampden
County, Mass.
School teacher; mayor
of Westfield, Mass., 1940, 1954-55; defeated, 1937.
Female.
First
woman mayor in Massachusetts history.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Frank Dyer Chester (1869-1938) —
also known as Frank D. Chester —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Newton Lower Falls, Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass., December
2, 1869.
Republican. School teacher; U.S. Consul in Budapest, 1897-1904; U.S. Consul General in Budapest, 1904-08.
Unitarian.
Member, American
Society for International Law.
Died, in Boston City Hospital,
Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., June 14,
1938 (age 68 years, 194
days).
Interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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Ranslure Weld Clarke (1816-1899) —
also known as Ranslure W. Clarke —
of Brattleboro, Windham
County, Vt.
Born in Williamstown, Berkshire
County, Mass., January
27, 1816.
Republican. School principal; lawyer;
colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Vermont; postmaster at Brattleboro,
Vt., 1869-77.
Died in Hornellsville (now Hornell), Steuben
County, N.Y., January
15, 1899 (age 82 years, 353
days).
Interment at Prospect
Hill Cemetery, Brattleboro, Vt.
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Relatives: Son
of Elam Clarke and Cynthia (Lewis) Clarke; married to Lucy Chandler
Wilder and Susan O. Wilder. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Nathan Dane (1752-1835) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Ipswich, Essex
County, Mass., December
29, 1752.
School teacher; lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1782-85; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Massachusetts, 1785-88; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1790-91, 1793-97; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Massachusetts.
Died in Beverly, Essex
County, Mass., February
15, 1835 (age 82 years, 48
days).
Interment at Beverly
Central Cemetery, Beverly, Mass.
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Debra DeLee (b. 1948) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., 1948.
Democrat. School teacher; lobbyist;
Chairman
of Democratic National Committee, 1994-95; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from District of Columbia, 1996,
2000;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 2004,
2008;
president, Americans for Peace Now.
Female.
Jewish.
Member, National
Education Association.
Still living as of 2008.
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Louis J. Diamond (1918-1996) —
of North Adams, Berkshire
County, Mass.
Born July 13,
1918.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; school teacher;
mayor
of North Adams, Mass., 1960-61.
Greek
and Irish
ancestry.
Died in Sun City, Maricopa
County, Ariz., July 13,
1996 (age 78 years, 0
days).
Interment at Hillside
Cemetery, North Adams, Mass.
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George F. Disnard (1923-2004) —
of Claremont, Sullivan
County, N.H.
Born in Hingham, Plymouth
County, Mass., November
24, 1923.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; served
in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean conflict; school
teacher; superintendent of schools; member of New
Hampshire state senate, 1980; candidate for Presidential Elector
for New Hampshire.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; American
Legion; Elks; Moose; Kiwanis.
Died, in Valley Regional Hospital,
Claremont, Sullivan
County, N.H., September
3, 2004 (age 80 years, 284
days).
Interment at St.
Mary Cemetery, Claremont, N.H.
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Francis Eugene Egan (b. 1873) —
Born in Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass., March
24, 1873.
Newspaper
reporter; school teacher; U.S. Vice Consul in Asuncion, 1917-18.
Burial location unknown.
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Geraldine Anne Ferraro (1935-2011) —
also known as Geraldine Ferraro —
of Forest Hills, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Newburgh, Orange
County, N.Y., August
26, 1935.
Democrat. School teacher; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 9th District, 1979-85; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1980,
1984
(chair, Platform
Committee), 1996;
candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1984; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1992, 1998.
Female.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry. Member, Council on
Foreign Relations.
Inducted, National
Women's Hall of Fame, 1994.
Died, from multiple
myeloma, in Massachusetts General Hospital,
Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., March
26, 2011 (age 75 years, 212
days).
Interment at St.
John's Cemetery, Middle Village, Queens, N.Y.
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John J. Fitzgerald (b. 1941) —
also known as Fitz Fitzgerald —
of Longmeadow, Hampden
County, Mass.
Born, in Providence Hospital,
Holyoke, Hampden
County, Mass., October
9, 1941.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war; school
teacher; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1968;
candidate for Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1980.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Vietnam
Veterans of America; Disabled
American Veterans; National
Education Association; American Civil
Liberties Union.
Still living as of 2004.
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Lucy Louisa Flower (1837-1921) —
also known as Lucy L. Flower; Lucy Louisa Coues;
"The Mother of the Juvenile Court" —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., May 10,
1837.
Republican. School teacher; social reformer; founder of
nursing school; advocate for the creation of a "parental court" to
handle cases of delinquent children; her efforts led to the world's
first
juvenile court legislation, which created the Chicago Juvenile Court
in 1899; University
of Illinois trustee; elected 1894.
Female.
Died in Coronado, San Diego
County, Calif., April
27, 1921 (age 83 years, 352
days).
Interment at Graceland
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Relatives:
Married, September
4, 1862, to James Monroe Flower; mother of Harriet Flower
(daughter-in-law of John
Villiers Farwell) and Elliott Flower. |
| | | Political family: Farwell
family of Chicago, Illinois (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Lucy Flower Park,
on West Moffat Street, and Lucy Flower Technical High
School (opened, 1911; moved to new building, 1927; renamed Flower
Vocational High School, 1956; renamed Lucy Flower Career Academy High
School, 1995; closed, 2003), both in Chicago,
Illinois, were named for
her. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Claude Moore Fuess (b. 1885) —
also known as Claude M. Fuess —
of Andover, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Waterville, Oneida
County, N.Y., January
12, 1885.
Republican. Instructor and headmaster, Phillips
Academy, Andover, Mass.; director, Andover National Bank;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1932.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Antiquarian Society; Society
of Colonial Wars.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Louis Philip Fuess and Helen Augusta (Moore) Fuess; married, June 27,
1911, to Elizabeth Cushing Goodhue. |
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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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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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Winfield Scott Hammond (1863-1915) —
also known as Winfield S. Hammond —
of St. James, Watonwan
County, Minn.
Born in Southborough, Worcester
County, Mass., November
17, 1863.
Democrat. School principal; superintendent of schools;
lawyer;
Watonwan
County Attorney, 1895-96, 1901-04; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 2nd District, 1907-15; defeated,
1892; resigned 1915; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1908 ;
Governor
of Minnesota, 1915; died in office 1915.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died, from apoplexy,
in Clinton, East
Feliciana Parish, La., December
30, 1915 (age 52 years, 43
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, St. James, Minn.
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Jonas Howe (1786-1865) —
Born in Petersham, Worcester
County, Mass., July 15,
1786.
School teacher; farmer; merchant;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1845.
Died January
8, 1865 (age 78 years, 177
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Clifford Chesley Hubbard (b. 1884) —
also known as Clifford C. Hubbard —
of Norton, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., April
30, 1884.
Democrat. School teacher; college
professor; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1944.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Historical Association; American
Political Science Association; American
Legion; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Elmer Elston Hubbard and Lucy Amelia (Read) Hubbard; married, June 18,
1915, to Edith Adelaide Wass. |
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John Winthrop Jones (1817-1887) —
also known as J. Winthrop Jones —
of Ellsworth, Hancock
County, Maine; Greenpoint, Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Ellsworth, Hancock
County, Maine, February
14, 1817.
Democrat. School teacher; merchant;
shipbuilder;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maine, 1860;
lumber
business.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Greenfield, Franklin
County, Mass., September
19, 1887 (age 70 years, 217
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Gary D. LeBeau —
of East Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Easthampton, Hampshire
County, Mass.
Democrat. School teacher; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives; elected 1990; member of Connecticut
state senate 3rd District, 1997-; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Connecticut, 2004.
Member, League of Women
Voters; Lions; Elks.
Still living as of 2010.
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Daniel Dudley Mayo (1762-1838) —
also known as Daniel Mayo —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio; Newport, Campbell
County, Ky.
Born in Roxbury, Norfolk County (now part of Boston, Suffolk
County), Mass., September
30, 1762.
School teacher; postmaster at Cincinnati,
Ohio, 1797-98; Newport,
Ky., 1800-38.
Died in Newport, Campbell
County, Ky., December
25, 1838 (age 76 years, 86
days).
Original interment at Newport Cemetery, Newport, Ky.; reinterment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Southgate, Ky.
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Charles Albert Proctor McAree (b. 1908) —
of Haverhill, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Haverhill, Essex
County, Mass., November
3, 1908.
Democrat. School teacher; member of Massachusetts
state senate Fourth Essex District, 1935-36.
Burial location unknown.
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John R. McCarthy (1927-2002) —
of Groveland, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Salem, Essex
County, Mass., March
13, 1927.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; school
teacher and principal; candidate for Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1970, 1972; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1972.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died, in Merrimack Valley Hospital,
Haverhill, Essex
County, Mass., February
8, 2002 (age 74 years, 332
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Methuen, Mass.
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Daniel Eugene McGinley (1845-1904) —
also known as Daniel E. McGinley —
of Cedarburg, Ozaukee
County, Wis.
Born in Saxonville, Framingham, Middlesex
County, Mass., January
3, 1845.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lumberman;
lost a
foot in a lumbering accident; school teacher; candidate
for Wisconsin
state assembly, 1894; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Wisconsin, 1896;
U.S. Consul in Athens, 1897-1904, died in office 1904.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in Athens, Greece,
December
11, 1904 (age 59 years, 343
days).
Interment at St. Mary's Cemetery, Saukville, Wis.
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David Batcheller Mellish (1831-1874) —
also known as David B. Mellish —
of New York.
Born in Oxford, Worcester
County, Mass., January
2, 1831.
Republican. Printer;
school teacher; newspaper
reporter; appraiser;
U.S.
Representative from New York 9th District, 1873-74; died in
office 1874.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 23,
1874 (age 43 years, 141
days).
Interment at Hillside
Cemetery, Auburn, Mass.
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George Stewart Miller (b. 1884) —
also known as George S. Miller —
of Medford, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Lawrence, Essex
County, Mass., May 12,
1884.
Republican. School teacher; college
professor; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1932;
acting
president, Tufts College, 1937-38; director, Medford Hillside
Cooperative Bank.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Alpha
Tau Omega; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James H. Miller and Katherine (Stewart) Miller; married, August
14, 1913, to Marion F. Stratton. |
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Alva Herman Morrill (1848-1922) —
also known as Alva H. Morrill —
of Stanfordville, Dutchess
County, N.Y.; New Bedford, Bristol
County, Mass.; Franklin, Merrimack
County, N.H.; Newton, Rockingham
County, N.H.
Born in Grafton, Grafton
County, N.H., June 7,
1848.
Minister;
school principal; Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 28th District, 1892; Prohibition
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 1st District, 1906, 1908;
Prohibition candidate for Governor of
New Hampshire, 1912.
Christian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Odd
Fellows.
Died in 1922
(age about
74 years).
Interment at Proprietors'
Burying Ground, Portsmouth, N.H.
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Samuel Wheeler Moulton (1821-1905) —
also known as Samuel W. Moulton —
of Shelbyville, Shelby
County, Ill.
Born in Wenham, Essex
County, Mass., January
20, 1821.
Democrat. School teacher; lawyer;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1852-59; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Illinois; president, Illinois state board of
education, 1859-76; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1865-67, 1881-85 (at-large 1865-67,
15th District 1881-83, 17th District 1883-85).
Died in Shelbyville, Shelby
County, Ill., June 3,
1905 (age 84 years, 134
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Shelbyville, Ill.
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Benjamin Franklin Mudge (1817-1879) —
also known as Benjamin F. Mudge —
of Lynn, Essex
County, Mass.; Cloverport, Breckinridge
County, Ky.; Quindaro (now part of Kansas City), Wyandotte
County, Kan.; Manhattan, Riley
County, Kan.
Born in Orrington, Penobscot
County, Maine, August
11, 1817.
Lawyer;
school teacher; chemist;
geologist;
mayor
of Lynn, Mass., 1852-53.
Died November
21, 1879 (age 62 years, 102
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Richard Edmund Neal (b. 1949) —
also known as Richard E. Neal —
of Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass.
Born in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., February
14, 1949.
Democrat. School teacher; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1980,
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
mayor
of Springfield, Mass., 1983-89; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 2nd District, 1989-.
Catholic.
Still living as of 2014.
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Nelson Renfrew Park (1890-1979) —
also known as Nelson R. Park —
of Longmont, Boulder
County, Colo.; Boulder, Boulder
County, Colo.; Winter Park, Orange
County, Fla.
Born in Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., November
25, 1890.
School teacher and principal; served in the U.S. Army during
World War I; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in La Paz, 1919-22; Guatemala City, 1922-23; Callao-Lima, 1923-26; U.S. Consul in Callao-Lima, 1926-27; Ceiba, 1927-30; Torreon, 1930-37; Barranquilla, 1937-42; Matamoros, 1942-44; Barcelona, 1944-48; U.S. Consul General in Kingston, 1948-50.
Episcopalian.
Scottish
ancestry. Member, American
Legion.
Died in Winter Park, Orange
County, Fla., July 20,
1979 (age 88 years, 237
days).
Interment at Glen Haven Memorial Park, Winter Park, Fla.
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Relatives: Son
of Mary Gilkerson (Esden) Park and Henry James Park; married, August
4, 1928, to Grace Decker Coleman. |
| | | Image source: U.S. passport application
(1922) |
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Mahlon Fay Perkins (b. 1882) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in North Adams, Berkshire
County, Mass., November
23, 1882.
Advertising
business; school teacher; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Chefoo, 1911-12; U.S. Vice Consul in Shanghai, 1915-17; U.S. Consul in Changsha, 1917-20; Tientsin, as of 1926-27.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Lewis Perkins and Belle Louise (Benton) Perkins; married 1916 to Fanny
Earp Gooden. |
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Franklin E. Plummer (d. 1852) —
of Westville, Simpson
County, Miss.
Born in Massachusetts.
School teacher; lawyer;
member of Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1820; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi at-large, 1831-35.
Slaveowner.
Died in Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss., September
24, 1852.
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Jackson, Miss.
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Nathan Read (1759-1849) —
of Salem, Essex
County, Mass.; Belfast, Waldo
County, Maine.
Born in Warren, Worcester
County, Mass., July 2,
1759.
School teacher; apothecary;
iron foundry
business; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts at-large, 1800-03; common pleas
court judge in Massachusetts, 1803.
Died near Belfast, Waldo
County, Maine, January
20, 1849 (age 89 years, 202
days).
Interment at Grove
Cemetery, Belfast, Maine.
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Relatives: Son
of Reuben Read and Tamsen (Meacham) Read; married to Elizabeth
Jeffrey; great-grandfather of Charles
Kirk Tilden; first cousin twice removed of John
Hill Walbridge and Henry
E. Walbridge; second cousin once removed of John
Adams Dix; second cousin twice removed of Charles
Otis Nason; third cousin of Jabez
Upham and George
Baxter Upham; third cousin once removed of Timothy
Bigelow, Rufus
Heaton, Alexander
Wheelock Thayer, James
Phineas Upham and John
Ogden Bigelow; third cousin twice removed of Cheney
Ames, Leonard
Ames Jr., Edgar
Weeks, John
Wingate Weeks and Alexander
Cook Thayer; third cousin thrice removed of William
Greene Dows, Bernard
Forrest Bemis, John
A. Weeks and Charles
Sinclair Weeks; fourth cousin of Phineas
Lyman Tracy, Albert
Haller Tracy and John
Prescott Bigelow; fourth cousin once removed of Gideon
Hard, Ebenezer
Oliver Grosvenor and Alvarus
Payson Adams. |
| | | Political families: Morris-Ingersoll
family of New York and Connecticut; Upham
family; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Weeks-Bigelow-Andrew-Upham
family; Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page |
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William Whitney Rice (1826-1896) —
also known as William W. Rice —
of Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Deerfield, Franklin
County, Mass., March 7,
1826.
Republican. School teacher; lawyer; Worcester
County Judge of Insolvency, 1858; mayor
of Worcester, Mass., 1860; defeated, 1858; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1868;
District Attorney, Middle District, 1869-74; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1875; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1877-87 (9th District 1877-83,
10th District 1883-87); bank
director.
Member, American
Antiquarian Society.
Died in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., March 1,
1896 (age 69 years, 360
days).
Interment at Worcester
Rural Cemetery, Worcester, Mass.
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William Gurdon Saltonstall (1905-1989) —
also known as William G. Saltonstall —
of Exeter, Rockingham
County, N.H.; Marion, Plymouth
County, Mass.
Born in Milton, Norfolk
County, Mass., November
11, 1905.
Republican. School teacher; served in the U.S. Navy during
World War II; Principal of Phillips-Exeter Academy; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1948,
1952
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization).
Unitarian.
Died, in a nursing
home at Lakeville, Plymouth
County, Mass., December
18, 1989 (age 84 years, 37
days).
Burial location unknown.
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James M. Shepard (b. 1842) —
of Michigan.
Born in Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass., November
24, 1842.
Served in the Union Navy during the Civil War; school teacher;
newspaper
editor and publisher; member of Michigan
state senate, 1879-80; U.S. Consul in Hamilton, 1897-1914.
Burial location unknown.
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Eli Thayer (1819-1899) —
of Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Mendon, Worcester
County, Mass., June 11,
1819.
Republican. School teacher and principal; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1853-54; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 9th District, 1857-61;
defeated, 1872; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Oregon, 1860.
Died in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., April
15, 1899 (age 79 years, 308
days).
Interment at Hope
Cemetery, Worcester, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of Cushman Ferdinando Thayer and Miranda (Pond) Thayer; married, August
6, 1845, to Caroline Maria Capron; father of John
Alden Thayer; second cousin thrice removed of Ralph
Waldo Hungerford; third cousin once removed of Staley
N. Wood; third cousin twice removed of John
Adams; fourth cousin of John
Milton Thayer and James
Abram Garfield; fourth cousin once removed of John
Quincy Adams, Elijah
Hunt Mills, George
Bailey Loring, Alexander
Wheelock Thayer, William
Aldrich, Augustus
Brown Reed Sprague, Edward
M. Chapin, Harry
Augustus Garfield and James
Rudolph Garfield. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Davis
family of Massachusetts; Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York; Adams-Rusling
family (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Earle Stanley Tyler (b. 1896) —
also known as Earle S. Tyler —
of Watertown, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Cherryfield, Washington
County, Maine, December
18, 1896.
Republican. School teacher; lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1945-48; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1956.
Baptist.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel H. Tyler and Ida P. (Grant) Tyler; married, June 30,
1925, to Elizabeth Parker. |
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Benjamin Franklin Wade (1800-1878) —
also known as Benjamin F. Wade —
of Jefferson, Ashtabula
County, Ohio.
Born in Feeding Hills, Agawam, Hampden
County, Mass., October
27, 1800.
Republican. School teacher; lawyer; Ashtabula
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1835-37; member of Ohio
state senate, 1837-38, 1841-42; circuit judge in Ohio, 1847-51;
U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1851-69; candidate for Republican nomination
for Vice President, 1868.
Died in Jefferson, Ashtabula
County, Ohio, March 2,
1878 (age 77 years, 126
days).
Interment at Oakdale
Cemetery, Jefferson, Ohio.
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Elizabeth Warren (b. 1949) —
also known as Elizabeth Ann Herring —
Born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla., June 22,
1949.
Democrat. School teacher; lawyer; law
professor; U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 2013-; received 2 electoral votes for
Vice-President, 2016;
candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 2020.
Female.
Still living as of 2021.
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Alfred Woollacott —
of Fitchburg, Worcester
County, Mass.
Republican. Superintendent of schools; mayor
of Fitchburg, Mass., 1938-48; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 3rd District, 1942; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1944,
1948.
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Fitchburg, Mass.
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