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Charles S. Adams (b. 1856) —
of Searsmont, Waldo
County, Maine; Liberty, Waldo
County, Maine.
Born in Searsmont, Waldo
County, Maine, November
21, 1856.
Republican. Farmer; lumber mill
owner; superintendent
of schools; member of Maine
state house of representatives from Waldo County, 1919-20.
Baptist. Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Adams and Nancy (Prescott) Adams; married, October
20, 1884, to Sarah J. Pearson; married, June 4,
1919, to Harriet Gilman. |
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Elwin E. Additon (b. 1864) —
of Auburn, Androscoggin
County, Maine.
Born in Leeds, Androscoggin
County, Maine, August
24, 1864.
Republican. Farmer;
member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1910, 1931-32 (Androscoggin
County 1910, Androscoggin County (2nd) 1931-32).
Baptist. Member, Grange.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Jefferson Additon and Rozzella (Smart) Additon; married, February
9, 1885, to Mary Ada Thomas. |
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Harmon Gustavus Allen (b. 1866) —
also known as Harmon G. Allen —
of Springvale, Sanford, York
County, Maine.
Born in Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, May 22,
1866.
Republican. Dry goods
merchant; organizer and vice-president of Sanford National Bank;
member of Maine
state house of representatives from York County (3rd), 1919-20,
1931-32; member of Maine
state senate 1st District, 1921-22.
Baptist. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles G. Allen and Jane (Brown) Allen; married, October
16, 1893, to Minerva Getchell. |
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Charles Putnam Barnes (1869-1951) —
also known as Charles P. Barnes —
of Norway, Oxford
County, Maine; Houlton, Aroostook
County, Maine.
Born in Houlton, Aroostook
County, Maine, October
12, 1869.
Republican. School
principal; superintendent
of schools; lawyer; Oxford
County Attorney, 1904-09; member of Maine
state house of representatives from Aroostook County, 1917-22; Speaker of
the Maine State House of Representatives, 1921-22; justice of
Maine state supreme court, 1924-39; chief
justice of Maine state supreme court, 1939-40; resigned 1940.
Baptist. Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; American Bar
Association; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died in Houlton, Aroostook
County, Maine, December
14, 1951 (age 82 years, 63
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Houlton, Maine.
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George Butler Barnes (1904-1979) —
also known as George B. Barnes —
of Houlton, Aroostook
County, Maine.
Born in Norway, Oxford
County, Maine, October
17, 1904.
Republican. Lawyer; Aroostook
County State's Attorney, 1933-39; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1943-46; Speaker of
the Maine State House of Representatives, 1945-46; member of Maine
state senate, 1947-51; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Maine, 1952.
Baptist. Member, Lions; Elks; Freemasons;
Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Died in Houlton, Aroostook
County, Maine, August
8, 1979 (age 74 years, 295
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Houlton, Maine.
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Lewis Orin Barrows (1893-1967) —
also known as Lewis O. Barrows —
of Newport, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in Newport, Penobscot
County, Maine, June 7,
1893.
Republican. Pharmacist;
secretary of two insurance
companies; member of Maine
Governor's Council, 1927-33; member of Maine
Republican State Committee, 1928; secretary
of state of Maine, 1935-36; Governor of
Maine, 1937-41.
Baptist. Member, Beta
Theta Pi; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Rotary;
Lions;
Kiwanis;
Grange.
Died in Pittsfield, Somerset
County, Maine, January
30, 1967 (age 73 years, 237
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Newport, Maine.
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Forrest Herbert Bond (1885-1965) —
also known as Forrest H. Bond —
of Jefferson, Lincoln
County, Maine.
Born in Jefferson, Lincoln
County, Maine, May 12,
1885.
Republican. Member of Maine
state senate, 1925-26; member of Maine
Republican State Committee, 1928.
Baptist. Member, Freemasons;
Grange;
Moose;
Maccabees.
Died in 1965
(age about
80 years).
Interment at Fairview Cemetery, Jefferson, Maine.
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Albert L. Brown (b. 1828) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Lunenburg, Essex
County, Vt.
Born in Lunenburg, Essex
County, Vt., January
12, 1828.
Republican. Merchant;
farmer;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Lunenburgh, 1888.
Baptist.
Burial location unknown.
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Benjamin Calvin Bubar Jr. (1917-1995) —
also known as Ben Bubar —
of Maine.
Born in 1917.
Ordained
minister; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1939-42; Prohibition candidate
for President
of the United States, 1976, 1980.
Baptist.
Died in 1995
(age about
78 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Edgar Manning Cherry (b. 1865) —
also known as Edgar M. Cherry —
of Eastport, Washington
County, Maine.
Born in St. George, New
Brunswick, March
29, 1865.
Republican. Mayor
of Eastport, Maine, 1914-15; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1910.
Baptist. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas S. Cherry and Margaret Cherry; married 1889 to Lena
Evans; married 1903 to Hattie
Rogers. |
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Herbert Augustus Clark (b. 1873) —
also known as Herbert A. Clark —
of Jefferson, Lincoln
County, Maine.
Born in Jefferson, Lincoln
County, Maine, December
17, 1873.
Republican. School
teacher; farmer; grocer; grain
dealer; member of Maine
state senate 11th District, 1921-24.
Baptist. Member, Grange;
Odd
Fellows; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George Washington Clark and Angeline (Whittier) Clark; married, February
24, 1899, to Larissa Maude Hilton. |
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Oliver Barrett Clason (b. 1850) —
also known as Oliver B. Clason —
of Gardiner, Kennebec
County, Maine.
Born in Gardiner, Kennebec
County, Maine, September
28, 1850.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1889-93; mayor
of Gardiner, Maine, 1894-96; member of Maine
Governor's Council, 1895-97; member of Maine
state senate from Kennebec County, 1897-1901.
Baptist. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Knights
of Pythias; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Burial location unknown.
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Elbridge Gerry Davis (b. 1877) —
also known as Elbridge G. Davis —
of Malden, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Houlton, Aroostook
County, Maine, August
20, 1877.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer;
delegate
to Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1917-19; member
of Massachusetts
state house of representatives Twenty-First Middlesex District,
1921-26; district judge in Massachusetts, 1927.
Baptist. Member, American Bar
Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Arthur James Dunton (b. 1871) —
also known as Arthur J. Dunton —
of Bath, Sagadahoc
County, Maine.
Born in Bath, Sagadahoc
County, Maine, July 9,
1871.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor of
Bath, Maine, 1914-15.
Baptist. Member, Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James E. Dunton and Angeline (White) Dunton; married, June 25,
1913, to Madelyn P. Clifford. |
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Edward M. Field (born c.1908) —
of Auburn, Androscoggin
County, Maine.
Born about 1908.
Mayor
of Auburn, Maine, 1949-53.
Baptist. Member, Rotary;
Freemasons;
Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Dorothy Frost. |
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William J. Fowler (b. 1855) —
of Calais, Washington
County, Maine.
Born in Blackville, New
Brunswick, February
26, 1855.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor of
Calais, Maine, 1908-10, 1921-25.
Baptist. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Fowler and Hannah (Sommers) Fowler; married, December
4, 1883, to Addie L. Jenner. |
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Orlando E. Frost (b. 1864) —
of Belfast, Waldo
County, Maine.
Born in St. Albans, Somerset
County, Maine, December
14, 1864.
Republican. Manufacturer;
mayor
of Belfast, Maine, 1923-25; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1924.
Baptist. Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Jacob L. Frost and Sarah (Doe) Frost; married, August
26, 1895, to Annie Tucker. |
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William Arthur Heal (b. 1867) —
also known as William A. Heal —
of Weston, Aroostook
County, Maine.
Born in Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, October
2, 1867.
Republican. Farmer;
member of Maine
state house of representatives from Aroostook County, 1921-22.
Baptist. Member, Odd
Fellows; Grange.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Edwin L. Heal and Sarah A. (Feeling) Heal; married, January
2, 1893, to Maude A. Bedell. |
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Isaac Smith Kalloch (1832-1887) —
also known as Isaac S. Kalloch —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Rockland, Knox
County, Maine, July 10,
1832.
Pastor;
mayor
of San Francisco, Calif., 1879-81.
Baptist.
Indicted
for adultery,
in East Cambridge, Mass., 1857; tried,
but the jury was unable to agree on a verdict. Shot and
wounded, on August 23, 1879, by newspaper editor Charles DeYoung.
A few months later, before DeYoung was to be tried for the shooting,
Kalloch's son, I. M. Kalloch, shot and killed DeYoung in his office.
Died, of diabetes,
in Whatcom (now part of Bellingham), Whatcom
County, Wash., December
9, 1887 (age 55 years, 152
days).
Interment at Bayview
Cemetery, Bellingham, Wash.
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Ralph A. Leavitt (b. 1898) —
of Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Born in Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, February
24, 1898.
Republican. Steamship
agent; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1930; member of Maine
state senate 2nd District, 1945-46.
Baptist. Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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George E. Macomber (b. 1853) —
of Augusta, Kennebec
County, Maine.
Born in Augusta, Kennebec
County, Maine, June 6,
1853.
Republican. Banker; mayor
of Augusta, Maine, 1886-89; built first electric
railway in Maine, 1890; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1900; member of Maine
state senate, 1900; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Maine, 1928
(Convention
Vice-President).
Baptist. Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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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, 1909-14; Governor of
Maine, 1917-21.
Baptist.
Died in Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass., May 1,
1961 (age 83 years, 292
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Frank Lester Palmer (b. 1882) —
also known as Frank L. Palmer —
of Saco, York
County, Maine; Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Born in Westbrook, Cumberland
County, Maine, August
21, 1882.
Republican. Lawyer; banker; mayor of
Saco, Maine, 1912.
Baptist. Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Frank Palmer and Roxa B. (Haines) Palmer; married, November
21, 1911, to Parle L. Bradbury. |
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Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller (1908-1979) —
also known as Nelson A. Rockefeller;
"Rocky" —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Tarrytown, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Bar Harbor, Hancock
County, Maine, July 8,
1908.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1956
(alternate), 1960,
1964
(delegation chair); Governor of
New York, 1959-73; candidate for Republican nomination for
President, 1964,
1968;
Vice
President of the United States, 1974-77.
Baptist. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Council on
Foreign Relations; Knights
of Pythias.
Participated in the founding of the United Nations; received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1977.
Died, of a massive heart
attack, in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
26, 1979 (age 70 years, 202
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Rockefeller
Family Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of John Davison Rockefeller, Jr. and Abby (Aldrich) Rockefeller;
brother of Winthrop
Rockefeller; married, June 23,
1930, to Mary Todhunter Clark; married, May 4,
1963, to Margaretta 'Happy' (Fitler) Murphy (great-granddaughter
of Edwin
Henry Fitler; third great-granddaughter of John
Sergeant); married 1963 to Happy
Murphy; nephew of Richard
Steere Aldrich and Winthrop
Williams Aldrich; uncle of John
Davison Rockefeller IV and Winthrop
Paul Rockefeller; grandson of Nelson
Wilmarth Aldrich; first cousin four times removed of Simon
S. Rockefeller; first cousin five times removed of Henry
Rockefeller; second cousin of David Hunter McAlpin (who married
Nina
Underwood); second cousin thrice removed of John
Phillips Rockefeller; fourth cousin once removed of Lewis
Kirby Rockefeller. |
| | | Political family: Rockefeller
family of New York City, New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Cross-reference: Stewart
G. Anderson — John
H. Terry |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about Nelson A. Rockefeller: Cary
Reich, The
Life of Nelson A. Rockefeller : Worlds to Conquer,
1908-1958 — Joseph H. Boyd, Oreos
and Dubonnet: Remembering Governor Nelson A.
Rockefeller |
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Eliphalet Rowell (1822-1903) —
of Hallowell, Kennebec
County, Maine.
Born in Livermore, Androscoggin
County, Maine, May 28,
1822.
Republican. Newspaper
publisher; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1858, 1861, 1880-81; served in
the Union Army during the Civil War; postmaster at Hallowell,
Maine, 1866-78; mayor
of Hallowell, Maine, 1890.
Baptist. Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., October
31, 1903 (age 81 years, 156
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Sophia (Warren) Rowell and Abijah Rowell; married 1844 to Ellen
Frances Smith. |
| | | Image source: Annual Report, Maine
Press Association (1899) |
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George Otis Smith (1871-1944) —
of Skowhegan, Somerset
County, Maine.
Born in Hodgdon, Aroostook
County, Maine, February
22, 1871.
Republican. Geologist;
director, U.S. Geological Survey, 1907-30 (except 1922-23); chair,
Federal Power Commission, 1930-33; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Maine, 1936.
Baptist. Member, American
Forestry Association; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Suffered a heart
attack during a meeting
of the board of directors of the Central Maine Power Company, and
died soon after, in Augusta, Kennebec
County, Maine, January
10, 1944 (age 72 years, 322
days).
Interment at Southside
Cemetery, Skowhegan, Maine.
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Rodney Irving Thompson (b. 1861) —
also known as Rodney I. Thompson —
of Rockland, Knox
County, Maine.
Born in Friendship, Knox
County, Maine, March
27, 1861.
Mayor
of Rockland, Maine, 1906, 1908; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1910; member of Maine
state senate 12th District, 1921-22.
Baptist. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Nelson Thompson and Helem M. (Benner) Thompson; married 1889 to Etta
E. Strong. |
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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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Lindley Murray Webb (b. 1849) —
of Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Born in Windham, Cumberland
County, Maine, March 7,
1849.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1878.
Baptist.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Webb and Martha M. (Mayberry) Webb; married, September
15, 1874, to Clara L. Cobb. |
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