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John Russell Bass (1878-1963) —
also known as John R. Bass —
of Wilton, Franklin
County, Maine.
Born in Wilton, Franklin
County, Maine, September
6, 1878.
Republican. Treasurer, G. H. Bass & Co., shoe manufacturers;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1916,
1920
(alternate), 1944,
1952.
Congregationalist.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Died in August, 1963
(age 84
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George Henry Bass and Mary Louise (Streeter) Bass; married, September
17, 1913, to Alice Mary Ness. |
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Neal Dow (1804-1897) —
also known as "Napoleon of Temperance";
"Father of Prohibition"; "Grand Old Man in
the Temperance Cause" —
of Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Born in Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, March
20, 1804.
Tanning business; mayor
of Portland, Maine, 1851, 1855; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1858-59; general in the Union
Army during the Civil War; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Maine, 1868;
Prohibition candidate for President
of the United States, 1880.
Quaker.
During the Civil War was captured by Confederate forces, imprisoned,
and eventually exchanged for Confederate Gen. William
Henry Fitzhugh Lee, who was a Union prisoner.
Died in Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, October
2, 1897 (age 93 years, 196
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Portland, Maine.
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Frederick Harold Dubord (b. 1891) —
also known as F. Harold Dubord —
of Waterville, Kennebec
County, Maine.
Born in Waterville, Kennebec
County, Maine, December
14, 1891.
Democrat. Clothing
and shoe business; lawyer; mayor
of Waterville, Maine, 1928-32; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Maine, 1932,
1936,
1940,
1944;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Maine, 1932-48; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Maine, 1934; candidate for Governor of
Maine, 1936; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Maine 2nd District, 1938; justice of
Maine state supreme court, 1956-62; resigned 1962.
Catholic.
Member, Elks; Knights
of Columbus; Lambda
Chi Alpha; Phi
Delta Phi; American Bar
Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Harry M. Dubord and Mary (Poulin) Dubord; married, May 14,
1917, to Blanche Letourneau. |
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LeRoy Rowell Folsom (1870-1951) —
also known as LeRoy R. Folsom; Roy Folsom —
of Norridgewock, Somerset
County, Maine.
Born in Corinna, Penobscot
County, Maine, June 18,
1870.
Republican. Lawyer;
president, Norridgewock Shoe Co.; insurance
business; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1907; member of Maine
state senate 8th District, 1919-22; member of Maine
Governor's Council, 1923-27.
Congregationalist.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died July 7,
1951 (age 81 years, 19
days).
Interment at River
View Cemetery, Norridgewock, Maine.
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Elihu Burritt Hayes (1848-1903) —
also known as Elihu B. Hayes —
of Lynn, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in West Lebanon, Lebanon, York
County, Maine, April
26, 1848.
Republican. Shoe manufacturer; newspaper
publisher; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives Eighteenth Essex District, 1880;
mayor
of Lynn, Mass., 1892-93.
Died in Lynn, Essex
County, Mass., April 1,
1903 (age 54 years, 340
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Melville P. Milliken (b. 1848) —
of Stockholm, Aroostook
County, Maine.
Born in Gardiner, Kennebec
County, Maine, October
21, 1848.
Democrat. Boot and shoe salesman; lumber
business; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1900; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Maine, 1912,
1916.
Universalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Peletiah Milliken and Elizabeth (Clay) Milliken; married 1869 to Sarah
K. Cook; married to H. Jennie Fowler. |
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Hazen Stuart Pingree (1840-1901) —
also known as Hazen S. Pingree; "The Potato
Mayor" —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Denmark, Oxford
County, Maine, August
30, 1840.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; boot
and shoe manufacturer; mayor
of Detroit, Mich., 1890-97; Governor of
Michigan, 1897-1900.
English
ancestry.
Died June 18,
1901 (age 60 years, 292
days).
Original interment somewhere
in Detroit, Mich.; reinterment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.; statue at Grand
Circus Park, Detroit, Mich.
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Albert Wallace (1854-1916) —
of Rochester, Strafford
County, N.H.
Born in Berwick, York
County, Maine, June 6,
1854.
Republican. Shoe manufacturer; member of New
Hampshire state senate 12th District, 1897-98; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1898; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1900.
Died, of Bright's
disease, in Rochester, Strafford
County, N.H., September
28, 1916 (age 62 years, 114
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Edwin Wallace (1823-1894) —
of Rochester, Strafford
County, N.H.
Born in Berwick, York
County, Maine, January
5, 1823.
Shoe manufacturer; member of New
Hampshire state senate 5th District, 1873-74.
Died in Rochester, Strafford
County, N.H., October
29, 1894 (age 71 years, 297
days).
Interment at Rochester
Cemetery, Rochester, N.H.
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Relatives: Son
of Linzey Wallace and Abigail (Gowell) Wallace; married to Susan B.
Whitehouse and Mary E. (Landers) Wallace; uncle of Albert
Wallace and Sumner
Wallace. |
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family of Rochester, New Hampshire. |
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Sumner Wallace (1856-1920) —
of Rochester, Strafford
County, N.H.
Born in Berwick, York
County, Maine, March 7,
1856.
Republican. Shoe manufacturer; director of banks, railroads,
and electric
utilities; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1885; member of New
Hampshire Governor's Council, 1899-1900; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New Hampshire, 1904;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New Hampshire.
Member, Theta
Delta Chi; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died, of a cerebral
hemorrhage, in Lake Wales, Polk
County, Fla., January
11, 1920 (age 63 years, 310
days).
Interment at Rochester
Cemetery, Rochester, N.H.
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