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Hotelier and Innkeeper Politicians in Maine

Flavius Orlando Beal (1841-1922) — also known as Flavius O. Beal — of Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine. Born in Monmouth, Kennebec County, Maine, June 2, 1841. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; worked in Maine Central Railway, 1862-74; hotelier; mayor of Bangor, Maine, 1892-94, 1896-98, 1903-04, 1913; member of Maine state house of representatives, 1899-1903; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1900. Unitarian. Died in Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine, January 13, 1922 (age 80 years, 225 days). Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Bangor, Maine.   Relatives: Son of Samuel Beal and Maria A. (Warren) Beal; married, December 7, 1865, to Lucy Jane Randall.   Alfred Marshall (c.1797-1868) — of Maine. Born in New Hampshire, about 1797. Democrat. Member of Maine state house of representatives, 1827-28, 1834-35; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maine, 1840; U.S. Representative from Maine 7th District, 1841-43; merchant; hotel business. Died in China, Kennebec County, Maine, October 2, 1868 (age about 71 years). Interment at Village Cemetery, China, Maine.   Relatives: Married, December 21, 1824, to Lydia Brackett.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article   Horace Mitchell (1857-1922) — of Kittery Point, Kittery, York County, Maine. Born in Kittery, York County, Maine, March 13, 1857. Republican. Hotelier; postmaster at Kittery Point, Maine, 1889-93, 1897-1908; delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1908; member of Maine state house of representatives from York County (12th), 1919-20. Died in Kittery, York County, Maine, October 9, 1922 (age 65 years, 210 days). Interment at First Baptist Church Cemetery, Kittery Point, Kittery, Maine.   Relatives: Son of Reuben Mitchell and Hannah (Sayward) Mitchell; married 1884 to Lucy A. Frost; married 1901 to Mary Gertrude Chase.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Albert Keith Smiley (1828-1912) — also known as Albert K. Smiley — Born in Vassalboro, Kennebec County, Maine, March 17, 1828. School principal; created a resort hotel, now known as Mohonk Mountain House, where many important conferences were held; member, U.S. Board of Indian Commissioners, 1879-1912; Prohibition candidate for U.S. Representative from New York 17th District, 1888. Died in Redlands, San Bernardino County, Calif., December 2, 1912 (age 84 years, 260 days). Interment at Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.   Relatives: Son of Phebe (Howland) Smiley and Daniel Smiley; married to Eliza Phelps Cornell.   The World War II Liberty ship SS Albert K. Smiley (built 1944 at Brunswick, Georgia, scrapped 1965) was named for him.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Edward Warren Wheeler (b. 1876) — also known as Edward W. Wheeler — of Brunswick, Cumberland County, Maine. Born in Brunswick, Cumberland County, Maine, April 12, 1876. Republican. Lawyer; director, Maine Central Railroad Co. and Bridgeton & Saco River Railroad Co.; director, Ricker Hotel Co.; president, Pejepscot National Bank; trustee, Topsham & Brunswick Savings Bank; member of Maine state senate, 1909-10; member of Maine Governor's Council, 1913-14; delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1920. Unitarian. Member, Freemasons; Odd Fellows; Knights of Pythias. Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Henry W. Wheeler and Mary D. (Adams) Wheeler.

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