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John Marshall Clark (1836-1918) —
also known as John M. Clark —
of Denver,
Colo.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in White Pigeon, St. Joseph
County, Mich., August
1, 1836.
Republican. Civil
engineer; served in the Union Army during the Civil War; leather
business; president, Chicago Telephone Company; candidate
for mayor
of Chicago, Ill., 1881; U.S.
Collector of Customs at Chicago, Ill., Illinois, 1890-94.
Member, Union
League.
Died August
6, 1918 (age 82 years, 5
days).
Interment at Evergreen Cemetery, Marion, Mass.
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Walter Sherman Gifford (1885-1966) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; North Castle town, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Salem, Essex
County, Mass., January
10, 1885.
U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1950-53.
Member, American
Philosophical Society.
President of American Telephone & Telegraph Co.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 7,
1966 (age 81 years, 117
days).
Interment at Middle Patent Rural Cemetery, Bedford, N.Y.
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Charles Kinsley McWhorter (1922-1999) —
also known as Charles K. McWhorter —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Lewisburg, Greenbrier
County, W.Va., February
19, 1922.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; served in
the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; lawyer;
chairman, National Federation of Young Republicans; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1956 ;
legislative assistant to Vice President Richard
Nixon, 1957-61; executive assistant and attorney for AT&T
until 1987.
Injured in an automobile
accident on Cape Cod, and died ten days later in Massachusetts
General Hospital,
Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., May 11,
1999 (age 77 years, 81
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Nathan McWhorter and Besse Belle (Laing)
McWhorter. |
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29, 1956 |
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Carl Elias Milliken (1877-1961) —
also known as Carl E. Milliken —
of Island Falls, Aroostook
County, Maine.
Born in Pittsfield, Somerset
County, Maine, July 13,
1877.
Republican. Lumber
manufacturer; president, Katahdin Farmers Telephone
Company; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1905-08; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Maine, 1908;
member of Maine
state senate, 1909-16; Governor of
Maine, 1917-21; U.S.
Collector of Customs at Portland, Maine, Maine, 1923-27;
assistant to Will H.
Hays at the Motion
Picture Producers and Distributors Association, 1927-47.
Baptist.
Died in Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass., May 1,
1961 (age 83 years, 292
days).
Interment at Forest
Grove Cemetery, Augusta, Maine.
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Samuel Finley Breese Morse (1791-1872) —
also known as Samuel F. B. Morse —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Poughkeepsie, Dutchess
County, N.Y.
Born in Charlestown, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., April
27, 1791.
Artist;
inventor
of the telegraph; Native American candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1836, 1841; Democratic candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 12th District, 1854.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, of pneumonia,
in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April 2,
1872 (age 80 years, 341
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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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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Jack E. Robinson III —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Republican. Airline
executive; founder, Oceanic Digital Communications (provider of
cell phone service in the Caribbean); Republican candidate for
U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 2000, 2009 (primary); candidate for
secretary
of state of Massachusetts, 2002; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 9th District, 2006.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2009.
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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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