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De Alva Stanwood Alexander (1846-1925) —
also known as De Alva S. Alexander —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.; Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Richmond, Sagadahoc
County, Maine, July 17,
1846.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; newspaper
editor; delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana,
1872;
secretary
of Indiana Republican Party, 1874-78; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of New York, 1889-93; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1897-1911 (33rd District 1897-1903,
36th District 1903-11); defeated, 1910.
Presbyterian.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Died in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., January
30, 1925 (age 78 years, 197
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y.
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Edward Anson Butler (b. 1841) —
also known as E. A. Butler —
of Rockland, Knox
County, Maine.
Born in Rockland, Knox
County, Maine, July 25,
1841.
Republican. Served in the Union Navy during the Civil War; shipbroker;
mayor
of Rockland, Maine, 1890-93.
Congregationalist.
English
ancestry. Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Loyal
Legion; Sons of
the American Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Anson Butler and Annah (Hunstable) Butler; married, December
30, 1868, to Lucy A. Stanley; married, May 11,
1892, to Eva Arey Bartlett. |
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Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain (1828-1914) —
also known as Joshua L. Chamberlain —
of Brunswick, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Born in Brewer, Penobscot
County, Maine, September
8, 1828.
General in the Union Army during the Civil War; Governor of
Maine, 1867-71; president,
Bowdoin College; U.S. Surveyor of Customs, 1909.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Loyal
Legion; American
Historical Association.
Received the Medal
of Honor in 1893 for action as commander of the 20th Maine, at
Battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 2, 1863.
Died February
24, 1914 (age 85 years, 169
days).
Interment at Pine
Grove Cemetery, Brunswick, Maine.
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Selden Connor (1839-1917) —
of Augusta, Kennebec
County, Maine.
Born in Fairfield, Somerset
County, Maine, January
25, 1839.
Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; Governor of
Maine, 1876-79.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Grand Army of the Republic; Loyal
Legion.
Died, from nephritis,
in Augusta, Kennebec
County, Maine, July 9,
1917 (age 78 years, 165
days).
Interment at Forest
Grove Cemetery, Augusta, Maine.
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Samuel Fessenden (1847-1908) —
of Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Rockland, Knox
County, Maine, April
12, 1847.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; bank
director; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Stamford, 1875, 1879,
1895-96; Speaker of
the Connecticut State House of Representatives, 1895-96; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1876,
1880,
1884
(alternate), 1888
(speaker),
1896
(member, Resolutions
Committee; speaker);
Secretary
of Republican National Committee, 1884-88; member of Republican
National Committee from Connecticut, 1896; member of Connecticut
Republican State Central Committee, 1901; member of Connecticut
state senate, 1905-08.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic.
Died in Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn., January
7, 1908 (age 60 years, 270
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Stamford, Conn.
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Nelson Howard (1839-1909) —
of Lewiston, Androscoggin
County, Maine.
Born in Phillips, Franklin
County, Maine, 1839.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of
Maine
state house of representatives, 1872, 1884; mayor
of Lewiston, Maine, 1884-85.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic.
Died April
23, 1909 (age about 69
years).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Lewiston, Maine.
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Horatio Collins King (1837-1918) —
also known as Horatio C. King —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, December
22, 1837.
Lawyer;
major in the Union Army during the Civil War; Democratic candidate
for secretary
of state of New York, 1895; Independent Democratic candidate for
U.S.
Representative from New York 3rd District, 1897; Progressive
candidate for New York
state comptroller, 1912.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Loyal
Legion; Grand Army of the Republic; Sons of
the American Revolution; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Received Medal
of Honor for action near Dinwiddie Court House, Va., March 29,
1865.
Died November
15, 1918 (age 80 years, 328
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Henry W. Knight (c.1846-1917) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Maine, about 1846.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; publishing
business; president, Young Men's Republican Club of Brooklyn,
1884.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic.
Died, in Pilcher Hospital,
Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., July 2,
1917 (age about 71
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Francis Augustus Millett (1844-1940) —
also known as Frank A. Millett —
of Mechanic Falls, Androscoggin
County, Maine.
Born in Hebron, Oxford
County, Maine, April
28, 1844.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; postmaster;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maine, 1904
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization).
Member, Grand Army of the Republic.
Died in Mechanic Falls, Androscoggin
County, Maine, June 2,
1940 (age 96 years, 35
days).
Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery, Mechanic Falls, Maine.
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Relatives: Son
of Mary A. (Milliken) Millett and Lemuel Thomas Millett; married 1866 to Lucy
A. Fonce. |
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Charles Emerson Nash (1838-1904) —
also known as Charles E. Nash —
of Augusta, Kennebec
County, Maine.
Born in Montpelier, Washington
County, Vt., October
11, 1838.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; newspaper
publisher; mayor
of Augusta, Maine, 1876-79.
Member, Loyal
Legion; Grand Army of the Republic; Freemasons.
Died in Augusta, Kennebec
County, Maine, February
25, 1904 (age 65 years, 137
days).
Interment at Hallowell
Cemetery, Hallowell, Maine.
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James Arthur Roberts (1847-1922) —
also known as James A. Roberts —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Waterboro, York
County, Maine, March 8,
1847.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1879-80 (Erie County 3rd District 1879, Erie
County 4th District 1880); New York
state comptroller, 1894-98; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1900.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Sons
of the American Revolution; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Grand Army of the Republic; Society
of Colonial Wars.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
19, 1922 (age 75 years, 256
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Jeremiah Roberts and Alma (Roberts) Roberts; married, June 1,
1871, to Minnie Pineo; married, December
11, 1884, to Martha Dresser. |
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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. |
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Press Association (1899) |
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Charles Green Rich Vinal (b. 1840) —
also known as Charles G. R. Vinal —
of Middletown, Middlesex
County, Conn.
Born in Monroe, Waldo
County, Maine, January
14, 1840.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; mayor
of Middletown, Conn., 1894-95; member of Connecticut
state senate, 1897-1900; secretary
of state of Connecticut, 1901-05.
Member, Freemasons;
Grand Army of the Republic.
Burial location unknown.
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