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Rupert F. Aldrich (1908-1987) —
of Norway, Oxford
County, Maine.
Born in Paris, Oxford
County, Maine, April 1,
1908.
Republican. Lawyer; Oxford
County Clerk of Courts; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Maine, 1948,
1952
(member, Credentials
Committee).
Methodist.
Member, Kiwanis;
Odd
Fellows; Freemasons.
Died in August, 1987
(age 79
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Elmer Aldrich and Mineola (Buck) Aldrich; married to Mary E.
Swan. |
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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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George Herman Allan (b. 1861) —
also known as George H. Allan —
of Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Born in Pembroke, Washington
County, Maine, January
19, 1861.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Maine
state house of representatives from Cumberland County, 1901-03,
1914, 1919-20.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George W. Allan and Mary J. (Moore) Allan; married, November
17, 1892, to Hattie M. Smith. |
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Amos Lawrence Allen (1837-1911) —
also known as Amos L. Allen —
of Alfred, York
County, Maine.
Born in Waterboro, York
County, Maine, March
17, 1837.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1886-87; private secretary, U.S.
House Speaker Thomas
B. Reed, 1893-96; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Maine, 1896
(member, Resolutions
Committee); U.S.
Representative from Maine 1st District, 1899-1911; died in office
1911.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
20, 1911 (age 73 years, 340
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Alfred, Maine.
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Ebenezer Allen (1804-1863) —
of Orono, Penobscot
County, Maine; Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex.
Born in Newport, Sullivan
County, N.H., April 8,
1804.
Lawyer; Texas
Republic Secretary of State, 1844-45, 1845-46; Attorney
General of the Texas Republic, 1844-45; Texas
state attorney general, 1850-52; railroad
promoter; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Died in the Civil
War in Richmond,
Va., 1863
(age about
59 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Elisha Hunt Allen (1804-1883) —
also known as Elisha H. Allen —
of Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine; Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii.
Born in New Salem, Franklin
County, Mass., January
28, 1804.
Whig. Lawyer; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1835-40, 1846-47; Speaker of
the Maine State House of Representatives, 1838; delegate to Whig
National Convention from Maine, 1839 (member, Committee on Permanent
Organization; member, Committee to Notify Nominees); U.S.
Representative from Maine 1st District, 1841-43; defeated, 1842;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1849-50; U.S. Consul in Honolulu, 1849-53; became a citizen of the Kingdom of Hawaii;
Minister of Finance for King Kamehameha III; member, Hawaii House of
Nobles, 1854-56; Kingdom of Hawaii Minister to the United States,
1856-83; chief justice, Kingdom of Hawaii Supreme Court, 1857-77.
Died suddenly from heart
disease, while attending a diplomatic reception
at the White
House, Washington,
D.C., January
1, 1883 (age 78 years, 338
days).
Interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel
Clesson Allen and Mary (Hunt) Allen; married 1828 to Sarah
Elizabeth Fessenden; married, March
11, 1857, to Mary Harrod Hobbes; father of William
Fessenden Allen and Frederick
Hobbes Allen; second great-grandnephew of Roger
Wolcott (1679-1767); first cousin thrice removed of Erastus
Wolcott and Oliver
Wolcott Sr.; second cousin of Gouverneur
Morris; second cousin once removed of Elijah
Hunt Mills; second cousin twice removed of Oliver
Ellsworth, Oliver
Wolcott Jr., Roger
Griswold and Frederick
Wolcott; second cousin thrice removed of William
Pitkin; third cousin of Chester
Ashley; third cousin once removed of Theodore
Dwight, Henry
Leavitt Ellsworth, William
Wolcott Ellsworth, Abijah
Blodget, Albert
Asahel Bliss and Philemon
Bliss; third cousin twice removed of Matthew
Griswold (1714-1799), Return
Jonathan Meigs, Sr., Jonathan
Ingersoll, Jared
Ingersoll, Josiah
Meigs, Daniel
Pitkin, Oliver
Morgan Hungerford, Judson
H. Warner and Josiah
Quincy; third cousin thrice removed of Henry
Cabot Lodge Jr. and John
Davis Lodge; fourth cousin of Joseph
Churchill Strong, Theodore
Davenport, Chester
William Chapin, Harrison
Blodget, John
William Allen, William
Alfred Buckingham, James
Samuel Wadsworth, Henry
Titus Backus, George
Washington Wolcott, William
Dean Kellogg, Christopher
Parsons Wolcott, Matthew
Griswold (1833-1919) and Roger
Wolcott (1847-1900); fourth cousin once removed of James
Hillhouse, Jonathan
Brace, Martin
Chittenden, Return
Jonathan Meigs Jr., Timothy
Pitkin, James
Kilbourne, Amaziah
Brainard, Henry
Meigs, Charles
Jared Ingersoll, Joseph
Reed Ingersoll, Ralph
Isaacs Ingersoll, Greene
Carrier Bronson, Charles
Anthony Ingersoll, John
Adams Taintor, Henry
G. Taintor, Joseph
Pomeroy Root, Charles
Frederick Wadsworth, James
Wolcott Wadsworth, John
Hill Walbridge, Edward
Oliver Wolcott, Walter
Harrison Blodget, Henry
E. Walbridge, Edwin
W. Kellogg, Alfred
Wolcott and Samuel
Herbert Kellogg. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Morris-Ingersoll
family of New York and Connecticut; Conger-Hungerford
family of Connecticut and New York; Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Fred John Allen (b. 1865) —
of Sanford, York
County, Maine.
Born in Alfred, York
County, Maine, July 27,
1865.
Lawyer; director and attorney, Sanford National Bank;
member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1901-03; member of Maine
state senate, 1905-08.
Scottish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Allen and Caroline P. (Hill) Allen; married, June 8,
1892, to Ida S. Leavitt. |
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Thomas Hodge Allen (b. 1945) —
also known as Tom Allen —
of Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Born in Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, April
16, 1945.
Democrat. Staff, Maine Gov. Kenneth
M. Curtis, 1968; staff, U.S. Sen. Edmund
S. Muskie, 1970-71; Rhodes
scholar; lawyer; mayor
of Portland, Maine, 1991-92; U.S.
Representative from Maine 1st District, 1997-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Maine, 2000,
2004,
2008;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Maine, 2008.
Protestant.
Still living as of 2014.
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William Allen (c.1822-1891) —
of Northampton, Hampshire
County, Mass.
Born in Brunswick, Cumberland
County, Maine, about 1822.
Lawyer; superior court judge in Massachusetts, 1872-81; justice of
Massachusetts state supreme court, 1881-91; died in office 1891.
Died, from neuralgia of
the heart, in Northampton, Hampshire
County, Mass., June 4,
1891 (age about 69
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. William Allen Allen; grandson of John
Wheelock. |
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Benjamin Ames (1778-1835) —
of Bath, Lincoln County (now Sagadahoc
County), Maine.
Born in Andover, Essex
County, Mass., October
30, 1778.
Lawyer; common pleas court judge in Massachusetts, 1811-14; delegate
to Maine state constitutional convention, 1819; Governor of
Maine, 1821-22.
Died in Houlton, Aroostook
County, Maine, September
28, 1835 (age 56 years, 333
days).
Interment at Soldiers Cemetery, Houlton, Maine.
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Albert Edward Anderson (1885-1966) —
also known as Albert E. Anderson —
of Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Born in Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, September
22, 1885.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1917; served in the U.S. Army
during World War I; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Maine, 1948.
Congregationalist.
Member, Phi
Alpha Delta; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Freemasons;
Redmen.
Died in May, 1966
(age 80
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Andrew B. Anderson and Mary (Parson) Anderson; married, November
25, 1914, to Emily F. Wilson. |
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John Anderson (1792-1853) —
of Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Born in Windham, Cumberland
County, Maine, July 30,
1792.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Maine
state senate, 1823; U.S.
Representative from Maine 2nd District, 1825-33; U.S.
Attorney for Maine, 1833-37; mayor
of Portland, Maine, 1833, 1842; U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1837-41, 1843-48.
Died in Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, August
21, 1853 (age 61 years, 22
days).
Interment at Town
Cemetery, Windham, Maine.
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John Albion Andrew (1818-1867) —
also known as John A. Andrew —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Windham, Cumberland
County, Maine, May 31,
1818.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1858; in 1859, he raised money
for the defense of John Brown; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1860,
1864;
Governor
of Massachusetts, 1861-66.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
30, 1867 (age 49 years, 152
days).
Interment at Hingham
Cemetery, Hingham, Mass.
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John Appleton (1804-1891) —
of Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in New Ipswich, Hillsborough
County, N.H., July 12,
1804.
Lawyer; justice of
Maine state supreme court, 1852-62; chief
justice of Maine state supreme court, 1862-83.
Died in Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, February
7, 1891 (age 86 years, 210
days).
Entombed at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Bangor, Maine.
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Relatives: Son
of John Appleton (1763-1849) and Elizabeth (Peabody) Appleton;
married 1834 to Sarah
Newcomb Allen; married 1876 to Annie
Greely; first cousin of Jane
Pierce; first cousin once removed of Nathan
Appleton, James
Appleton, William
Appleton and Nathan
Dane Appleton; first cousin twice removed of Arthur
Taggard Appleton; second cousin of John
Appleton (1815-1864); second cousin twice removed of John
Brown; second cousin thrice removed of Leverett
Saltonstall, Richard
Saltonstall and Randolph
Appleton Kidder; second cousin four times removed of William
Lawrence Saltonstall; third cousin once removed of Ebenezer
Huntington; third cousin twice removed of Daniel
Parrish Witter; fourth cousin of Jabez
Williams Huntington, John
Brown Francis, Thomas
Passmore Treadwell and Joshua
Perkins; fourth cousin once removed of Edward
Biddle, Charles
Biddle, Enoch
Woodbridge, John
Appleton (1758-1829), Thomas
Appleton, Timothy
Pitkin, Leonard
White, Robert
Odiorne Treadwell, George
Douglas Perkins and Albert
Lemando Bingham. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Saltonstall-Davis-Frelinghuysen-Appleton
family of Massachusetts (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
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John Appleton (1815-1864) —
of Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Born in Beverly, Essex
County, Mass., February
11, 1815.
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Bolivia, 1848-49; U.S.
Representative from Maine 2nd District, 1851-53; U.S. Minister to
Russia, 1860-61.
Died in Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, August
22, 1864 (age 49 years, 193
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Portland, Maine.
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Relatives: Son
of John White Appleton and Sophia (Williams) Appleton; married 1840 to Susan
Lovering Dodge; nephew of James
Appleton and Nathan
Dane Appleton; first cousin once removed of Nathan
Appleton, William
Appleton, Elijah
Livermore Hamlin and Hannibal
Hamlin; first cousin thrice removed of Randolph
Appleton Kidder; second cousin of John
Appleton (1804-1891), Jane
Pierce, Charles
Hamlin and Hannibal
Emery Hamlin; second cousin once removed of Isaiah
Kidder Stetson; second cousin twice removed of Arthur
Taggard Appleton and Clarence
Cutting Stetson; second cousin thrice removed of Pierpont
Edwards, Leverett
Saltonstall and Richard
Saltonstall; second cousin four times removed of William
Lawrence Saltonstall; third cousin of Edward
Williams Hooker; third cousin twice removed of John
Davenport, Aaron
Burr, James
Davenport, Theodore
Dwight and Henry
Waggaman Edwards; fourth cousin of Thomas
Passmore Treadwell; fourth cousin once removed of John
Appleton (1758-1829), Thomas
Appleton, Leonard
White, Jedediah
Sabin, Charles
Robert Sherman, Theodore
Davenport, Chauncey
Fitch Cleveland, Robert
Odiorne Treadwell and George
Pickering Bemis. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Sprague
family of Providence, Rhode Island; Biddle-Randolph
family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Saltonstall-Davis-Frelinghuysen-Appleton
family of Massachusetts; Beakes-Greene-Witter
family; Shippen-Middleton
family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — U.S.
State Dept career summary — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Nathan Dane Appleton (1794-1861) —
also known as Nathan D. Appleton —
of Alfred, York
County, Maine.
Born in Ipswich, Essex
County, Mass., May 20,
1794.
Lawyer; law partner of John
H. Goodenow; Maine
state attorney general, 1857-59.
Died in Alfred, York
County, Maine, November
12, 1861 (age 67 years, 176
days).
Interment at Parish Cemetery, Alfred, Maine.
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Will Clough Atkins (1873-1943) —
also known as Will C. Atkins —
of Gardiner, Kennebec
County, Maine.
Born in Hallowell, Kennebec
County, Maine, August
25, 1873.
Republican. Lawyer; director, Maine Trust & Banking
Co.; People's National Bank;
Gardiner Building &
Loan Assoc.; mayor
of Gardiner, Maine, 1907-08; municipal judge in Maine, 1910.
Universalist.
Member, Rotary;
Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Died October
30, 1943 (age 70 years, 66
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Gardiner, Maine.
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Floyd Caldwell Bagley (1922-2002) —
also known as Floyd C. Bagley —
of Dumfries, Prince
William County, Va.
Born in Gardiner, Kennebec
County, Maine, March
20, 1922.
Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; lawyer;
served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean conflict; member of
Virginia
state house of delegates, 1975-85.
Died, while suffering from dementia,
in the Fredericksburg Nursing
Home, Fredericksburg,
Va., December
5, 2002 (age 80 years, 260
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Jeremiah Bailey (1773-1853) —
of Wiscasset, Lincoln
County, Maine.
Born in Little Compton, Newport
County, R.I., May 1,
1773.
Lawyer; candidate for Presidential Elector for Massachusetts;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1811-14; probate judge in
Massachusetts, 1816-20; probate judge in Maine, 1820-34; U.S.
Representative from Maine 1st District, 1835-37; defeated, 1836.
Died in Wiscasset, Lincoln
County, Maine, July 6,
1853 (age 80 years, 66
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Wiscasset, Maine.
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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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Mark J. Bartlett (b. 1877) —
of Waterville, Kennebec
County, Maine.
Born in Montville, Waldo
County, Maine, June 24,
1877.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Maine
state house of representatives from Kennebec County, 1921-22.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Jonathan Bartlett and Elizabeth H. (Emerson) Bartlett; married, July 26,
1923, to Mabel E. Pentecost. |
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Mark Alton Barwise (b. 1881) —
of Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in Chester, Penobscot
County, Maine, June 6,
1881.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Maine
state house of representatives from Penobscot County, 1921-24;
member of Maine
state senate from Penobscot County, 1925-26.
Spiritualist.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Frank Barwise and Nellie E. (Mills) Barwise; married, October
7, 1903, to Minerva A. Bearse. |
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Norman Leslie Bassett (b. 1869) —
also known as Norman L. Bassett —
of Augusta, Kennebec
County, Maine.
Born in Winslow, Kennebec
County, Maine, June 23,
1869.
Republican. Lawyer; president, Augusta Savings Bank;
director, Boston and Maine Railroad,
1915-25; justice of
Maine state supreme court, 1925-32.
Unitarian.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Rotary;
American Bar
Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Josiah W. Bassett and Susan (Cornish) Bassett; married, June 24,
1903, to Lula J. Holden. |
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Sidney Reed Batchelder (1895-1965) —
also known as Sidney R. Batchelder —
of Kezar Falls, Parsonfield, York
County, Maine.
Born in Kennebunk, York
County, Maine, April
10, 1895.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War
I; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1937-41; member of Maine
state senate 1st District, 1941-49.
Methodist.
Member, Kiwanis;
Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons;
American
Legion.
Died June 5,
1965 (age 70 years, 56
days).
Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Kezar Falls, Porter, Maine.
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Relatives: Son
of Timothy S. Batchelder and Ida B. Batchelder; married to Elizabeth
L. Stevens. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Percival Proctor Baxter (1876-1969) —
also known as Percival P. Baxter —
of Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Born in Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, November
22, 1876.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Maine
state house of representatives from Cumberland County, 1905-06,
1917-20; member of Maine
state senate, 1909-10; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Maine, 1920,
1924,
1928
(member, Credentials
Committee; member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee); Governor of
Maine, 1921-25.
Congregationalist.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, June 12,
1969 (age 92 years, 202
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Henry J. Bean (1853-1941) —
of Pendleton, Umatilla
County, Ore.
Born in Bethel, Oxford
County, Maine, November
13, 1853.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Oregon
state house of representatives, 1889; county judge in Oregon,
1904-06; circuit judge in Oregon, 1906-10; justice of
Oregon state supreme court, 1911-41; died in office 1941; chief
justice of Oregon state supreme court, 1931-33, 1937-39.
Member, Freemasons.
Died May 8,
1941 (age 87 years, 176
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Timothy Bean and Elizabeth E. (Swift) Bean; married, June 8,
1886, to Mattie E. Magahey. |
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Fred Emery Beane (1853-1928) —
also known as Fred E. Beane —
of Hallowell, Kennebec
County, Maine.
Born in Readfield, Kennebec
County, Maine, May 14,
1853.
Democrat. Lawyer; banker; secretary of
Maine Democratic Party, 1888-98; mayor
of Hallowell, Maine, 1891, 1907; Maine
Democratic state chair, 1908-09.
Universalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Ancient
Order of United Workmen; Redmen;
Foresters;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Hallowell, Kennebec
County, Maine, 1928
(age about
75 years).
Interment at Hallowell
Cemetery, Hallowell, Maine.
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Carroll Lynwood Beedy (1880-1947) —
also known as Carroll L. Beedy —
of Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Born in Phillips, Franklin
County, Maine, August
3, 1880.
Republican. Lawyer; Cumberland
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1917-21; U.S.
Representative from Maine 1st District, 1921-35; defeated, 1934.
Congregationalist.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Alpha
Delta Phi; Phi
Delta Phi; Delta
Sigma Rho; Freemasons;
Elks; Kiwanis;
Moose.
Died in Washington,
D.C., September
30, 1947 (age 67 years, 58
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Portland, Maine.
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Albert Beliveau (1887-1971) —
of Rumford, Oxford
County, Maine.
Born in Lewiston, Androscoggin
County, Maine, March
27, 1887.
Democrat. Lawyer; Oxford
County Attorney, 1915-16; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Maine 2nd District, 1928, 1930; justice of
Maine state supreme court, 1954-58; resigned 1958.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion.
Died in October, 1971
(age 84
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Severin Beliveau and Cedulie Beliveau. |
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Samuel Page Benson (1804-1876) —
also known as Samuel P. Benson —
of Winthrop, Kennebec
County, Maine.
Born in Winthrop, Kennebec
County, Maine, November
28, 1804.
Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Maine 4th District, 1853-57.
Died in Yarmouth, Cumberland
County, Maine, August
12, 1876 (age 71 years, 258
days).
Interment at Maple
Cemetery, Winthrop, Maine.
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Benjamin Louis Berman (1892-1967) —
also known as Benjamin L. Berman —
of Lewiston, Androscoggin
County, Maine; Auburn, Androscoggin
County, Maine.
Born in Lewiston, Androscoggin
County, Maine, November
22, 1892.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War
I; candidate for mayor
of Lewiston, Maine, 1926; probate judge in Maine, 1929-33; member
of Maine
Republican State Committee, 1945; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Maine, 1948.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; American Bar
Association; B'nai
B'rith.
Died in 1967
(age about
74 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Herman I. Berman and Bella (Markson) Berman. |
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George Emerson Bird (1847-1926) —
also known as George E. Bird —
of Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine; Yarmouth, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Born in Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, September
1, 1847.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Maine, 1886-90; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1893-95; candidate for mayor
of Portland, Maine, 1895 (Democratic), 1896; justice of
Maine state supreme court, 1908-18; appointed 1908.
Unitarian.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died January
19, 1926 (age 78 years, 140
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert Alexander Bird and Sarah (Emerson) Bird; married, July 8,
1890, to Harriet Leonard Williams. |
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Frank Swett Black (1853-1913) —
also known as Frank S. Black —
of Troy, Rensselaer
County, N.Y.
Born near Limington, York
County, Maine, March 8,
1853.
Republican. Newspaper
editor; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 19th District, 1895-97; resigned
1897; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1896,
1900,
1904;
Governor
of New York, 1897-99.
Died in Troy, Rensselaer
County, N.Y., March
22, 1913 (age 60 years, 14
days).
Cremated.
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Freeman Norton Blake (1822-1889) —
also known as Freeman N. Blake —
of Kansas.
Born in Farmington Falls, Farmington, Franklin
County, Maine, June 1,
1822.
Lawyer; member of Kansas
territorial legislature, 1857; member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1861; U.S. Consul in Fort Erie, 1865-69; Hamilton, 1869-73.
Died in Somerville, Middlesex
County, Mass., May 19,
1889 (age 66 years, 352
days).
Interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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Maurice Carey Blake (1815-1897) —
also known as Maurice C. Blake —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Otisfield, Cumberland County (now Oxford
County), Maine, October
20, 1815.
Republican. Lawyer; member of California
state assembly 5th District, 1857-58; mayor
of San Francisco, Calif., 1881-83; delegate to Republican
National Convention from California, 1884.
Died, of a heart
attack, in San
Francisco, Calif., September
26, 1897 (age 81 years, 341
days).
Interment at Mt.
Tamalpais Cemetery, San Rafael, Calif.
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William Wheeler Bolster (b. 1823) —
also known as W. W. Bolster —
of Auburn, Androscoggin
County, Maine.
Born in Rumford, Oxford
County, Maine, July 6,
1823.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Maine
state senate, 1869-70; member of Maine
Governor's Council, 1883-85; mayor of
Auburn, Maine, 1893-94.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Alvan Bolster and Cynthia (Wheeler) Bolster; married, October
15, 1848, to Martha Hall Adams; married, August
17, 1868, to Florence Josephine Reed. |
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David Augustus Boody (1837-1930) —
also known as David A. Boody; "Grand Old Man of
Brooklyn"; "Grand Old Man of Wall
Street" —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born, in a log
cabin built by his father, in Jackson, Waldo
County, Maine, August
13, 1837.
Democrat. Lawyer; banker; stockbroker;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1888;
U.S.
Representative from New York 2nd District, 1891; defeated
(Independent Democratic), 1882; resigned 1891; mayor
of Brooklyn, N.Y., 1892-93; defeated, 1893; candidate for
Presidential Elector for New York.
Presbyterian.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
20, 1930 (age 92 years, 160
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Albert Williams Bradbury (b. 1840) —
also known as Albert W. Bradbury —
of Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Born in Calais, Washington
County, Maine, 1840.
Democrat. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Maine, 1894-98.
Burial location unknown.
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Allen Alexander Bradford (1815-1888) —
also known as Allen A. Bradford —
of Atchison
County, Mo.; Sidney, Fremont
County, Iowa; Otoe
County, Neb.; Denver,
Colo.; Pueblo, Pueblo
County, Colo.
Born in Friendship, Knox
County, Maine, July 23,
1815.
Lawyer; district judge in Iowa 6th District, 1852-55; member
of Nebraska
territorial House of Representatives, 1856-57; justice of
Colorado territorial supreme court, 1862-65; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Colorado Territory, 1865-67, 1869-71.
Died in Pueblo, Pueblo
County, Colo., March
12, 1888 (age 72 years, 233
days).
Interment at Pueblo
City Cemetery, Pueblo, Colo.
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Louis Jefferson Brann (1876-1948) —
also known as Louis J. Brann —
of Lewiston, Androscoggin
County, Maine.
Born in Madison, Somerset
County, Maine, July 6,
1876.
Democrat. Lawyer; Androscoggin
County Register of Probate, 1909-13; municipal judge in Maine,
1913-15; mayor
of Lewiston, Maine, 1915-17, 1922-25; member of Maine
state house of representatives from Androscoggin County, 1919-20;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maine, 1924,
1936,
1940,
1944;
Governor
of Maine, 1933-37; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Maine, 1936, 1940; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Maine 1st District, 1942.
Christian
Scientist. Member, Beta
Theta Pi; Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Grange;
Lions.
Died February
3, 1948 (age 71 years, 212
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Lewiston, Maine.
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Ralph Owen Brewster (1888-1961) —
also known as Owen Brewster —
of Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine; Dexter, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in Dexter, Penobscot
County, Maine, February
22, 1888.
Republican. Lawyer; counsel for Chapman National Bank,
Portland, Maine, 1914-25; member of Maine
state house of representatives from Cumberland County, 1917-18,
1921-22; member of Maine
state senate, 1923-25; Governor of
Maine, 1925-29; U.S.
Representative from Maine 3rd District, 1935-41; defeated, 1932;
U.S.
Senator from Maine, 1941-52; resigned 1952; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Maine, 1956
(member, Credentials
Committee).
Christian
Scientist. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Grange;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., December
25, 1961 (age 73 years, 306
days).
Interment at Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery, Dexter, Maine.
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Morton Aaron Brody (1933-2000) —
also known as Morton A. Brody —
of Augusta, Kennebec
County, Maine.
Born in Lewiston, Androscoggin
County, Maine, June 12,
1933.
Lawyer; superior court judge in Maine, 1980-90; justice of
Maine state supreme court, 1990-91; U.S.
District Judge for Maine, 1991-2000; died in office 2000.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., March
25, 2000 (age 66 years, 287
days).
Burial location unknown.
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David Bronson (1800-1863) —
of Maine.
Born in Suffield, Hartford
County, Conn., February
8, 1800.
Lawyer; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1832-34; U.S.
Representative from Maine 2nd District, 1841-43; defeated
(Democratic), 1856; member of Maine
state senate, 1846; candidate for Governor of
Maine, 1846, 1847; probate judge in Maine, 1854-57.
Died in St. Michaels, Talbot
County, Md., November
20, 1863 (age 63 years, 285
days).
Interment at Episcopal
Cemetery of St. Michael's Parish, St. Michaels, Md.
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Wilmot W. Brookings (1830-1905) —
of Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.).
Born in Woolwich, Sagadahoc
County, Maine, October
23, 1830.
Lawyer; in February 1858, he was out in a blizzard and lost both
feet; member
Dakota territorial council, 1862-63, 1867-69; President
of the Dakota Territorial Council, 1868; member of Dakota
territorial House of Representatives, 1863-66; Speaker
of the Dakota Territory House of Representatives, 1864-65; justice of
Dakota territorial supreme court, 1869-73; delegate
to South Dakota state constitutional convention, 1883, 1885.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., 1905
(age about
74 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Scott Philip Brown (b. 1959) —
also known as Scott Brown —
of Wrentham, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Kittery, York
County, Maine, September
12, 1959.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1999-2004; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 2004-10; U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 2010-13.
Christian
Reformed. Member, Zeta
Psi.
Still living as of 2014.
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Winthrop Gilman Brown (1907-1987) —
also known as Winthrop G. Brown —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Seal Harbor, Hancock
County, Maine, July 12,
1907.
Lawyer; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to Laos, 1960-62; South Korea, 1964-67.
Member, Zeta
Psi.
Helped to coordinate the Lend-Lease program during World War II.
Died in 1987
(age about
79 years).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Franz Upham Burkett (b. 1887) —
also known as Franz U. Burkett —
of Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Born in Union, Knox
County, Maine, October
24, 1887.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Maine
state house of representatives from Cumberland County (1st),
1931-32; Maine
state attorney general, 1937-40.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Fred E. Burkett and Lina M. (Upham) Burkett. |
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William Burleigh (1785-1827) —
of South Berwick, York
County, Maine.
Born in Northwood, Rockingham
County, N.H., October
24, 1785.
Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Maine, 1823-27 (at-large 1823-25, 1st
District 1825-27); died in office 1827.
Died in South Berwick, York
County, Maine, July 2,
1827 (age 41 years, 251
days).
Interment at Portland
Street Cemetery, South Berwick, Maine.
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Charles H. Butterfield (b. 1834) —
of Evansville, Vanderburgh
County, Ind.
Born in Farmington, Franklin
County, Maine, May 17,
1834.
Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; superintendent
of schools; criminal court judge in Indiana, 1869-71; mayor
of Evansville, Ind., 1872-74.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
City of Evansville |
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Hodgdon C. Buzzell (b. 1878) —
of Belfast, Waldo
County, Maine.
Born in Monroe, Waldo
County, Maine, June 17,
1878.
Republican. Lawyer; Waldo
County Attorney, 1909-10; member of Maine
state house of representatives from Waldo County, 1919-20; member
of Maine
state senate, 1925.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Grange.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles H. Buzzell and Sarah L. (Larrabee) Buzzell; married, June 17,
1900, to Nellie M. Ryder. |
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Seth L. Carpenter (b. 1825) —
of Alpena, Alpena
County, Mich.
Born in Maine, 1825.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; lawyer; Alpena
County Clerk, 1871-72; mayor of
Alpena, Mich., 1871.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Blanchard Carter (b. 1880) —
also known as Charles B. Carter —
of Auburn, Androscoggin
County, Maine.
Born in Auburn, Androscoggin
County, Maine, May 10,
1880.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Maine, 1920
(member, Credentials
Committee); member of Maine
state senate, 1920.
Episcopalian.
Member, Delta
Phi; Delta
Chi; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Arthur Jean Baptiste Cartier (b. 1886) —
also known as Arthur J. B. Cartier —
of Biddeford, York
County, Maine; Fall River, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in Biddeford, York
County, Maine, December
29, 1886.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 15th District, 1916, 1918,
1920, 1922, 1924; candidate for Massachusetts
state auditor, 1919; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1924.
Catholic.
French
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; Foresters;
Knights
of Columbus.
Interment at St.
Joseph's Cemetery, West Roxbury, Boston, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Cartier and Philomene (Loiselle) Cartier; married, March
25, 1912, to Mathilde Lefebure. |
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Anson G. Chandler (d. 1863) —
of Maine.
Lawyer; member of Maine
state senate, 1840; candidate for Governor of
Maine, 1852; U.S. Consul in Lahaina, 1856-60.
Died in Bethlehem, Northampton
County, Pa., 1863.
Interment at Calais
Cemetery, Calais, Maine.
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Carroll Sherman Chaplin (b. 1882) —
also known as Carroll S. Chaplin —
of Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Born in Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, April
28, 1882.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Portland, Maine, 1922-23.
Congregationalist.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Ashbel Chaplin and Huldah M. (Peabody) Chaplin; married, October
21, 1915, to Bessie L. Whittier. |
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Arthur Chapman (b. 1873) —
of Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine; South Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Born in Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, August
6, 1873.
School
teacher; lawyer; superior court judge in Maine, 1925-42;
justice
of Maine state supreme court, 1942-45; resigned 1945.
Member, Theta
Delta Chi; Freemasons;
Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Albion Keith Parris Chapman and Elizabeth Maria (Foss) Chapman;
married, May 23,
1905, to Agnes Sleeth Fairbrother. |
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Clyde R. Chapman (b. 1889) —
of Belfast, Waldo
County, Maine.
Born in Fairfield, Somerset
County, Maine, July 23,
1889.
Republican. Lawyer; municipal judge in Maine, 1920-24; Waldo
County Attorney, 1925-33; member of Maine
Republican State Committee, 1928; mayor
of Belfast, Maine, 1930-33; Maine
state attorney general, 1933-36.
Unitarian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Zeta
Psi; Phi
Alpha Delta; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Lions.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George Mansur Chapman and Laura Evelyn (Keene) Chapman; married,
February
14, 1919, to Eva May Humphrey. |
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Edward Everett Chase (b. 1861) —
also known as Edward E. Chase —
of Blue Hill, Hancock
County, Maine.
Born in Blue Hill, Hancock
County, Maine, March
19, 1861.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1885; postmaster;
municipal judge in Maine, 1893-1901; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Maine, 1896;
member of Maine
Governor's Council, 1901-05; probate judge in Maine, 1909.
Burial location unknown.
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Presumably named
for: Edward
Everett |
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Eliza A. (Westcott) Chase; married, June 5,
1884, to Edith M. Lord. |
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Jonathan Cilley (1802-1838) —
of Thomaston, Knox
County, Maine.
Born in Nottingham, Rockingham
County, N.H., July 2,
1802.
Lawyer; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1831-36; Speaker of
the Maine State House of Representatives, 1835-36; U.S.
Representative from Maine 3rd District, 1837-38; died in office
1838.
Killed
in a duel by
Representative William
J. Graves of Kentucky, on the Marlboro Pike, in Prince
George's County, Md., February
24, 1838 (age 35 years, 237
days).
Interment at Elm
Grove Cemetery, Thomaston, Maine; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Charles Russell Clason (1890-1985) —
also known as Charles R. Clason —
of Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass.
Born in Gardiner, Kennebec
County, Maine, September
3, 1890.
Republican. Rhodes
scholar; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 2nd District, 1937-49;
defeated, 1934, 1948; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1952
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1956,
1960.
Methodist.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Freemasons;
Rotary.
Died in Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass., July 7,
1985 (age 94 years, 307
days).
Interment at Longmeadow
Cemetery, Springfield, Mass.
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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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Henry Bradstreet Cleaves (1840-1912) —
also known as Henry B. Cleaves —
of Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Born in Bridgton, Cumberland
County, Maine, February
6, 1840.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1876-77; Maine
state attorney general, 1880-84; Governor of
Maine, 1893-97.
Died June 22,
1912 (age 72 years, 137
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Portland, Maine.
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John David Clifford Jr. (b. 1887) —
also known as John D. Clifford —
of Lewiston, Androscoggin
County, Maine.
Born in Lewiston, Androscoggin
County, Maine, May 15,
1887.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1915-16; U.S.
Attorney for Maine, 1933-47.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Alpha
Delta Phi; Knights
of Columbus; Grange.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Dumas Clifford and Katherine (Sullivan) Clifford; married, July 14,
1915, to Lucille Smith. |
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Nathan Clifford (b. 1867) —
of Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Born in Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, June 17,
1867.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Maine, 1904;
mayor
of Portland, Maine, 1906-07.
English
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Frank Morey Coffin (1919-2009) —
also known as Frank M. Coffin —
of Lewiston, Androscoggin
County, Maine.
Born in Lewiston, Androscoggin
County, Maine, July 11,
1919.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
Maine
Democratic state chair, 1954-56; U.S.
Representative from Maine 2nd District, 1957-61; candidate for Governor of
Maine, 1960; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit, 1965-89.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society.
Died in Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, December
7, 2009 (age 90 years, 149
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William Sebastian Cohen (b. 1940) —
also known as William S. Cohen —
of Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, August
28, 1940.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor of
Bangor, Maine, 1971-72; U.S.
Representative from Maine 2nd District, 1973-79; U.S.
Senator from Maine, 1979-97; U.S.
Secretary of Defense, 1997-2001.
Unitarian.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Trilateral
Commission.
Still living as of 2014.
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Charles Cleaves Cole (1841-1905) —
also known as Charles C. Cole —
of West Union, Doddridge
County, W.Va.; Parkersburg, Wood
County, W.Va.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Hiram, Oxford
County, Maine, May 22,
1841.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; Doddridge
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1869-70; U.S.
Attorney for the District of Columbia, 1891-93; justice of
District of Columbia supreme court, 1893-1901.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March
17, 1905 (age 63 years, 299
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Wiley C. Conary (b. 1880) —
of Bucksport, Hancock
County, Maine.
Born in Blue Hill, Hancock
County, Maine, December
28, 1880.
Republican. Superintendent
of schools; lawyer; Hancock
County Attorney, 1909-10; member of Maine
state house of representatives from Hancock County, 1917-20.
Congregationalist.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Grange.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Albert R. Conary and Joanna S. (Candage) Conary; married, August
8, 1906, to Georgia B. Eaton. |
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William A. Connellan (b. 1878) —
of Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine; South Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Born in Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, July 14,
1878.
Republican. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Maine, 1912.
Catholic.
Member, Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James Connellan and Rynne Connellan; married, June 4,
1909, to Rosemary O'Neill. |
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Robert Alexander Cony (1876-1945) —
also known as Robert A. Cony —
of Augusta, Kennebec
County, Maine.
Born in Augusta, Kennebec
County, Maine, September
13, 1876.
Republican. Private secretary, U.S. Rep. and Sen. Edwin
C. Burleigh, 1907-16; lawyer; mayor
of Augusta, Maine, 1929-33.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sons
of Veterans; Kiwanis.
Died in Augusta, Kennebec
County, Maine, January
1, 1945 (age 68 years, 110
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Augusta, Maine.
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Samuel Cony (1811-1870) —
of Augusta, Kennebec
County, Maine.
Born in Augusta, Kennebec
County, Maine, February
27, 1811.
Lawyer; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1835, 1862; member of Maine
Governor's Council, 1839; probate judge in Maine, 1840-47; Maine
state treasurer, 1850-55; mayor
of Augusta, Maine, 1854; Governor of
Maine, 1864-67.
Died in Augusta, Kennebec
County, Maine, October
5, 1870 (age 59 years, 220
days).
Interment at Forest
Grove Cemetery, Augusta, Maine.
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Arthur William Coolidge (1881-1952) —
also known as Arthur W. Coolidge —
of Reading, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Woodfords, Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, October
13, 1881.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1937-40; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1941-46; Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1947-49; defeated, 1948; candidate for
Governor
of Massachusetts, 1950.
Unitarian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Theta
Delta Chi; Freemasons.
Died in Reading, Middlesex
County, Mass., January
22, 1952 (age 70 years, 101
days).
Interment at Forest
Glen Cemetery, Reading, Mass.
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Richard Bradford Coolidge (1879-1957) —
also known as Richard B. Coolidge —
of West Medford, Medford, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Deering, Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, September
14, 1879.
Republican. Lawyer; president, First National Bank of
Medford; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1920-22; mayor
of Medford, Mass., 1923-26; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1928.
Unitarian.
Member, Theta
Delta Chi; Phi
Beta Kappa; Freemasons;
Exchange
Club.
Died in Deering, Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, February
17, 1957 (age 77 years, 156
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph Tarr Copeland (1813-1893) —
also known as Joseph T. Copeland —
of Port Huron, St. Clair
County, Mich.; Orchard Lake, Oakland
County, Mich.; Orange Park, Clay
County, Fla.
Born in Newcastle, Lincoln
County, Maine, May 6,
1813.
Lawyer; postmaster;
member of Michigan
state senate 1st District, 1850-51; justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1852-57; general in the Union Army
during the Civil War; Clay
County Judge, 1881.
Died in Orange Park, Clay
County, Fla., May 7,
1893 (age 80 years, 1
days).
Interment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Orange Park, Fla.
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Leslie Colby Cornish (b. 1854) —
also known as Leslie C. Cornish —
of Augusta, Kennebec
County, Maine.
Born in Winslow, Kennebec
County, Maine, October
8, 1854.
Republican. Lawyer; banker;
member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1878; justice of
Maine state supreme court, 1907-17; chief
justice of Maine state supreme court, 1917-25; resigned 1925.
Unitarian.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Colby Coombs Cornish and Pauline Bailey (Simpson) Cornish;
married, October
10, 1883, to Fannie Woodman Holmes. |
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Dighton Corson (1827-1915) —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.; Virginia City, Storey
County, Nev.; Deadwood, Lawrence
County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.); Pierre, Hughes
County, S.Dak.
Born in Canaan, Somerset
County, Maine, October
21, 1827.
Lawyer; member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1858; Milwaukee
County District Attorney, 1859; District Attorney, 1st Judicial
District of Nevada; delegate
to South Dakota state constitutional convention, 1885, 1889; judge of
South Dakota state supreme court 1st District, 1889-1913.
Died in Pierre, Hughes
County, S.Dak., May 7,
1915 (age 87 years, 198
days).
Interment at Mt.
Muncie Cemetery, Lansing, Kan.
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Frank Irving Cowan (b. 1888) —
also known as Frank I. Cowan —
of Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Born in Palmyra, Somerset
County, Maine, May 20,
1888.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer; president, State Mutual Fire
Insurance Co., 1935-40; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1939-40; Maine
state attorney general, 1941-44.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Grange;
Delta
Upsilon; Phi
Kappa Phi; Freemasons;
Kiwanis.
Burial location unknown.
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Walter Albion Cowan (b. 1886) —
also known as Walter A. Cowan —
of Winterport, Waldo
County, Maine; Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Born in Palmyra, Somerset
County, Maine, April
23, 1886.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Maine
state house of representatives from Waldo County, 1919-20.
Unitarian.
Burial location unknown.
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Archibald Cox (1912-2004) —
Born in Plainfield, Union
County, N.J., May 17,
1912.
Lawyer; law
professor; U.S. Solicitor General, 1961-65; special prosecutor in
Watergate scandal, 1973.
Member, Phi
Delta Phi; Common
Cause.
Died in Brooksville, Hancock
County, Maine, May 29,
2004 (age 92 years, 12
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Harry Lorenzo Cram (b. 1871) —
also known as Harry L. Cram —
of Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Born in Deering, Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, February
7, 1871.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Maine
state house of representatives from Cumberland County, 1921-22;
member of Maine
state senate, 1923-26.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Orlando B. Cram and Jennie L. (Leighton) Cram; married, September
24, 1895, to Bertha Greenhalgh. |
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Henry Stark Culver (1854-1936) —
also known as Henry S. Culver —
of Delaware, Delaware
County, Ohio; Eliot, York
County, Maine.
Born in Sunbury, Delaware
County, Ohio, April
19, 1854.
Lawyer; Delaware
County Prosecuting Attorney; mayor
of Delaware, Ohio, 1890-94; U.S. Consul in London, 1897-1906; Cork, 1906-10; Saint John, 1910-24.
Member, Freemasons;
Grange.
Died in Eliot, York
County, Maine, February
8, 1936 (age 81 years, 295
days).
Interment at Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery, South Eliot, Eliot, Maine.
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Relatives: Son
of Sidney Culver and Jane C. (Carpenter) Culver; married, August
10, 1876, to Mary Diana Sprague; third cousin once removed of Martin
Olds; third cousin twice removed of Henry
Clinton Frisbee and Wayne
Lyman Morse; third cousin thrice removed of Joseph
Chidsey; fourth cousin once removed of Daniel
Burrows, William
Woodbridge, Henry
Meigs, Bela
Edgerton, Isaac
Backus, Heman
Ticknor, Henry
Titus Backus, Herschel
Harrison Hatch and Ezra
H. Frisby. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Upham
family; Saltonstall-Davis-Frelinghuysen-Appleton
family of Massachusetts (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
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Prentiss Cummings (b. 1840) —
of Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Sumner, Oxford
County, Maine, September
10, 1840.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1884-85; member of Massachusetts
state senate Second Norfolk District, 1905-06.
Burial location unknown.
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Edward Matthew Curran (b. 1903) —
also known as Edward M. Curran —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, May 10,
1903.
Lawyer; police court judge, 1936-40; U.S.
Attorney for the District of Columbia, 1940-46; U.S.
District Judge for the District of Columbia, 1948.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Gamma
Eta Gamma.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Michael Joseph Curran and Mary Agnes (Callinan) Curran; married,
June
6, 1934, to Katherine Cecilia Hand. |
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Nathan Cutler (1775-1861) —
of Farmington, Franklin
County, Maine.
Born May 29,
1775.
Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1809-11, 1819; delegate
to Maine state constitutional convention, 1820; member of Maine
state senate, 1828-29; Governor of
Maine, 1829-30; Franklin
County Treasurer; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1844.
Died June 8,
1861 (age 86 years, 10
days).
Burial location unknown.
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