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Frederic Eleazer Boothby (1845-1923) —
also known as Frederic E. Boothby —
of Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine; Waterville, Kennebec
County, Maine.
Born in Norway, Oxford
County, Maine, December
3, 1845.
Republican. Official in various capacities for Maine Central Railroad;
general passenger agent for the Portland, Mt. Desert and Machias
Steamboat Company; mayor
of Portland, Maine, 1901-03; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Maine, 1904
(delegation chair); mayor
of Waterville, Maine, 1916-17.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died, from heart
disease, in Waterville, Kennebec
County, Maine, January
7, 1923 (age 77 years, 35
days).
Interment at Pine
Grove Cemetery, Waterville, Maine.
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Charles Addison Boutelle (1839-1901) —
also known as Charles A. Boutelle —
of Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in Damariscotta, Lincoln
County, Maine, February
9, 1839.
Republican. Shipmaster; served in the Union Navy during the
Civil War; newspaper
editor; delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1876,
1888
(delegation chair); U.S.
Representative from Maine, 1883-1901 (at-large 1883-85, 4th
District 1885-1901); resigned 1901.
Died in Waverly, Belmont, Middlesex
County, Mass., May 21,
1901 (age 62 years, 101
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Bangor, Maine.
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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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William Titcomb Cobb (1857-1937) —
also known as William T. Cobb —
of Rockland, Knox
County, Maine.
Born in Rockland, Knox
County, Maine, July 23,
1857.
Republican. Lime
manufacturing business; shipbuilder; president and
receiver, Bath Iron Works;
member of Maine
Governor's Council, 1889; Governor of
Maine, 1905-09; delegate
to Maine convention to ratify 21st amendment from Knox County,
1933.
Universalist.
Died in Rockland, Knox
County, Maine, July 24,
1937 (age 80 years, 1
days).
Interment at Achorn
Cemetery, Rockland, Maine.
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Samuel Davis (1774-1831) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Bath, Lincoln County (now Sagadahoc
County), Maine, 1774.
Shipowner; banker;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1803, 1808-12; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts at-large, 1813-15.
Died in Bath, Lincoln County (now Sagadahoc
County), Maine, April
20, 1831 (age about 56
years).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Bath, Maine.
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James Edward Drake (b. 1871) —
also known as J. Edward Drake —
of Bath, Sagadahoc
County, Maine.
Born in Bath, Sagadahoc
County, Maine, December
9, 1871.
Republican. Insurance
business; president, Kennebec Eastern Steamboat Co.;
director, First National Bank of
Bath; mayor of
Bath, Maine, 1918-20; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1923-26.
Congregationalist.
Member, Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James B. Drake and Georgianna (Lincoln) Drake; married, July 23,
1913, to Eleanor J. Dickson. |
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Edwin George Eastman (1833-1872) —
also known as Edwin G. Eastman —
of Maine.
Born in Hallowell, Kennebec
County, Maine, October
5, 1833.
Sea captain; U.S. Consul in Cork, 1862-69.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., December
22, 1872 (age 39 years, 78
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Richard Oliver Elliot (1873-1976) —
of Thomaston, Knox
County, Maine.
Born in Thomaston, Knox
County, Maine, February
6, 1873.
Democrat. Shipbuilder; banker;
member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1913; member of Maine
state senate, 1923.
Congregationalist.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons.
Died March 5,
1976 (age 103 years,
28 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Ranlett Flint (1850-1934) —
also known as Charles R. Flint; "Father of
Trusts" —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Thomaston, Knox
County, Maine, January
24, 1850.
Shipping
business; shipowner; financier;
Consul
for Chile in New
York, N.Y., 1877-79; Consul-General
for Costa Rica in New
York, N.Y., 1891-96; in the 1890s, he consolidated groups of
smaller companies to form large corporations or "trusts": U.S. Rubber
(1892); American Chicle (chewing
gum) (1899); American Woolen
(1899); founder, in 1911, of the Computing-Tabulating-Recording
Company, which later became International Busines Machines (IBM).
Died, in his room at the Shoreham Hotel, Washington,
D.C., February
26, 1934 (age 84 years, 33
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Stephen Clark Foster (1799-1872) —
also known as Stephen C. Foster —
of Pembroke, Washington
County, Maine.
Born in Machias, Washington
County, Maine, December
24, 1799.
Republican. Shipbuilder; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1834-37, 1847; member of Maine
state senate, 1840; U.S.
Representative from Maine 6th District, 1857-61.
Died in Pembroke, Washington
County, Maine, October
5, 1872 (age 72 years, 286
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Pembroke, Maine.
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Mark Langdon Hill (1772-1842) —
of Phippsburg, Sagadahoc
County, Maine.
Born in Biddeford, York
County, Maine, June 30,
1772.
Merchant;
shipbuilder; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1797, 1808, 1810, 1813-14; member
of Massachusetts
state senate, 1804, 1815-17; common pleas court judge in
Massachusetts, 1810; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 13th District, 1819-21; U.S.
Representative from Maine at-large, 1821-23.
Died in Phippsburg, Sagadahoc
County, Maine, November
26, 1842 (age 70 years, 149
days).
Interment at Congregational
Churchyard, Phippsburg Center, Phippsburg, Maine.
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Charles Edward Hyde (1855-1917) —
also known as Charles E. Hyde —
of Bath, Sagadahoc
County, Maine; Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Bath, Sagadahoc
County, Maine, November
26, 1855.
Republican. Engineer;
marine architect; mayor of
Bath, Maine, 1899-1901.
Died in New York, May 19,
1917 (age 61 years, 174
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward Clarenon Hyde and Rebecca (Tibbetts) Hyde; married 1885 to
Georgiana Miller; grandnephew of Zina
Hyde Jr.; first cousin once removed of Thomas
Worcester Hyde; second cousin of John
Sedgwick Hyde and Edward
Warden Hyde; second cousin thrice removed of Matthew
Griswold (1714-1799); second cousin four times removed of Samuel
Huntington; third cousin once removed of William
Woodbridge, Isaac
Backus and Henry
Titus Backus; third cousin twice removed of James
Hillhouse, Roger
Griswold, Elijah
Abel, Phineas
Lyman Tracy and Albert
Haller Tracy; third cousin thrice removed of John
Davenport, Joshua
Coit, James
Davenport, Samuel
H. Huntington, Henry
Huntington and Gurdon
Huntington; fourth cousin of Joseph
Lyman Huntington and Matthew
Griswold (1833-1919); fourth cousin once removed of Thomas
Hale Sill, Bela
Edgerton, Frederick
William Lord, Theodore
Sill, Collins
Dwight Huntington, George
Milo Huntington and Alonzo
Mark Leffingwell. |
| | | Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
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Edward Warden Hyde (1868-1930) —
also known as Edward W. Hyde —
of Bath, Sagadahoc
County, Maine.
Born in Bath, Sagadahoc
County, Maine, August
9, 1868.
Republican. Shipbuilder; president, Bath Iron Works;
mayor
of Bath, Maine, 1902-05; postmaster at Bath,
Maine, 1911.
Died in 1930
(age about
61 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Annie (Hayden) Hyde and Thomas
Worcester Hyde; brother of John
Sedgwick Hyde; married, December
4, 1902, to Alice Mays Morse; grandson of Zina
Hyde Jr.; second cousin of Charles
Edward Hyde; second cousin thrice removed of Matthew
Griswold (1714-1799); second cousin four times removed of Samuel
Huntington; third cousin once removed of William
Woodbridge, Isaac
Backus and Henry
Titus Backus; third cousin twice removed of James
Hillhouse, Roger
Griswold, Elijah
Abel, Phineas
Lyman Tracy and Albert
Haller Tracy; third cousin thrice removed of John
Davenport, Joshua
Coit, James
Davenport, Samuel
H. Huntington, Henry
Huntington and Gurdon
Huntington; fourth cousin of Joseph
Lyman Huntington and Matthew
Griswold (1833-1919); fourth cousin once removed of Thomas
Hale Sill, Bela
Edgerton, Frederick
William Lord, Theodore
Sill, Collins
Dwight Huntington, George
Milo Huntington and Alonzo
Mark Leffingwell. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Weeks-Bigelow-Andrew-Upham
family; Wolcott-Griswold-Packwood-Brandegee
family of Connecticut; Hosmer-Griswold-Parsons
family of Middletown, Connecticut (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
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John Winthrop Jones (1817-1887) —
also known as J. Winthrop Jones —
of Ellsworth, Hancock
County, Maine; Greenpoint, Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Ellsworth, Hancock
County, Maine, February
14, 1817.
Democrat. School
teacher; merchant;
shipbuilder; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Maine, 1860;
lumber
business.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Greenfield, Franklin
County, Mass., September
19, 1887 (age 70 years, 217
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William King (1768-1852) —
of Topsham, Lincoln County (now Sagadahoc
County), Maine; Bath, Lincoln County (now Sagadahoc
County), Maine.
Born in Scarborough, Cumberland
County, Maine, February
9, 1768.
Sawmill
owner; shipbuilder; cotton mill
business; banker; Governor of
Maine, 1820-21; defeated, 1835.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons.
Died in Bath, Sagadahoc
County, Maine, June 17,
1852 (age 84 years, 129
days).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Bath, Maine.
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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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Charles Freeman Libby (1844-1915) —
also known as Charles F. Libby —
of Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Born in Limerick, York
County, Maine, January
31, 1844.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Portland, Maine, 1882-83; member of Maine
state senate, 1889-92; counsel, director, president, Portland Street
Railway; also involved with steamship companies.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland
County, Maine, June 3,
1915 (age 71 years, 123
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Portland, Maine.
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Pierre McConville (1841-1915) —
of Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine; Coeur d'Alene, Kootenai
County, Idaho.
Born in England,
1841.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; shipbroker; Consul
for Haiti in Bangor,
Maine, 1885-1908.
Died in Coeur d'Alene, Kootenai
County, Idaho, 1915
(age about
74 years).
Interment at Forest
Cemetery, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.
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Horace W. Metcalf (b. 1833) —
of Damariscotta, Lincoln
County, Maine; Baltimore,
Md.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Damariscotta, Lincoln
County, Maine, May 28,
1833.
Member of shipbuilding firms; coal
business; U.S. Consul in Newcastle-on-Tyne, 1890-93, 1897-1911.
Burial location unknown.
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George Clement Perkins (1839-1923) —
also known as George C. Perkins —
of Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Kennebunkport, York
County, Maine, August
23, 1839.
Republican. Merchant;
banker;
miller;
steamship business; member of California
state senate, 1869-76; Governor of
California, 1880-83; U.S.
Senator from California, 1893-1915; appointed 1893.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Loyal
Legion.
Died in Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., February
26, 1923 (age 83 years, 187
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Oakland, Calif.
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Sir William Phips (1651-1695) —
Born in Nequasset (now Woolwich), Sagadahoc
County, Maine, February
2, 1651.
Shipbuilder; hunter of sunken treasure; Colonial
Governor of Massachusetts, 1692-94.
Died in February
18, 1695 (age
44 years,
16 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Jacob Clark Pike (1854-1928) —
also known as Jacob C. Pike —
of Lubec, Washington
County, Maine.
Born in Maine, January
11, 1854.
Sea captain; sardine
business; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1901-03; U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1907-13.
Died in 1928
(age about
74 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Woodbury H. Polleys (1817-1885) —
of Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Born in Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, December
17, 1817.
Ship captain; U.S. Consul in Barbados, as of 1880; U.S. Commercial Agent (Consul) in San Juan de los Remedios, as of 1884.
Died by suicide,
in Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, November
11, 1885 (age 67 years, 329
days).
Interment at Pine Grove Cemetery, Portland, Maine.
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Bradstreet Stinson Rairden (1858-1944) —
also known as Bradstreet S. Rairden —
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., November
7, 1858.
Ship captain; insurance
agent; U.S. Consul in Batavia, 1892-97, 1900-17; Riviere du Loup, 1917-20; Curaçao, 1920-24; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Batavia, 1898-1900.
Died in Santa Monica, Los Angeles
County, Calif., November
9, 1944 (age 86 years, 2
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Bath, Maine.
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Alfred Redington (1802-1875) —
of Augusta, Kennebec
County, Maine; Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif.
Born in Vassalboro, Kennebec
County, Maine, September
21, 1802.
Mayor
of Augusta, Maine, 1850-51; steamboat agent; candidate for
Presidential Elector for California.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., May 22,
1875 (age 72 years, 243
days).
Interment at Sacramento
City Cemetery, Sacramento, Calif.
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Edward Robinson (1796-1857) —
of Maine.
Born in Cushing, Knox
County, Maine, November
25, 1796.
Merchant;
banker;
shipbuilder; member of Maine
state senate, 1836-37; U.S.
Representative from Maine 3rd District, 1838-39; candidate for Governor of
Maine, 1842, 1843, 1844.
Died in Thomaston, Knox
County, Maine, February
19, 1857 (age 60 years, 86
days).
Interment at Thomaston
Village Cemetery, Thomaston, Maine.
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Arthur Sewall (1835-1900) —
of Bath, Sagadahoc
County, Maine.
Born in Bath, Sagadahoc
County, Maine, November
25, 1835.
Democrat. Shipbuilder; part owner of the Bath Iron Works;
president, Maine Central Railroad;
director for other railroads;
president, Bath National Bank;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maine, 1876,
1880
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1888;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Maine, 1888-96; candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1896.
Swedenborgian.
Suffered a stroke of
apoplexy and died three days later, in Phippsburg, Sagadahoc
County, Maine, September
5, 1900 (age 64 years, 284
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Bath, Maine.
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Charles D. Stanford (c.1844-1927) —
of Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born about 1844.
Republican. Shipbuilder; candidate for mayor of
Bangor, Maine, 1914.
Died November
8, 1927 (age about 83
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas Jefferson Stewart (1823-1890) —
also known as Thomas J. Stewart —
of Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in Hartland, Somerset
County, Maine, January
5, 1823.
Grocer; commission
merchant; shipbroker; Vice-Consul
for Portugal in Bangor,
Maine, 1864-90.
Died in Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, March 6,
1890 (age 67 years, 60
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Bangor, Maine.
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Tewksbury Loring Swett (1846-1911) —
also known as Tewksbury L. Swett; Tewksbury L.
Sweat —
of Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Born in Arrowsic, Sagadahoc
County, Maine, May 3,
1846.
Democrat. Shipbroker; Vice-Consul
for Sweden & Norway in Portland,
Maine, 1880-1903; Vice-Consul
for Norway in Portland,
Maine, 1908.
Died, from broncho-pneumonia,
in Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, February
28, 1911 (age 64 years, 301
days).
Interment at Pine
Grove Cemetery, Brunswick, Maine.
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Pearl Wight (1843-1920) —
also known as Albert Pearl Wight —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Penobscot, Hancock
County, Maine, March
22, 1843.
Republican. Ship chandler; wholesale
grocer; receiver, Texas and Pacific Railway;
Vice-Consul
for Sweden & Norway in New
Orleans, La., 1894-1903; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Louisiana, 1908;
member of Republican
National Committee from Louisiana, 1908.
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., July 4,
1920 (age 77 years, 104
days).
Entombed at St.
Louis Cemetery No. 1, New Orleans, La.
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Joseph Washburn Yates (1826-1904) —
also known as Joseph W. Yates —
of Plainfield, Union
County, N.J.
Born in Bristol, Lincoln
County, Maine, January
30, 1826.
Democrat. Ship captain; importer
and exporter; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Union County, 1871; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1876
(member, Resolutions
Committee); Consul
for Liberia in New
York, N.Y., 1881-97.
Died in Lake Minnewaska, Ulster
County, N.Y., July 29,
1904 (age 78 years, 181
days).
Interment at Hillside
Cemetery, Scotch Plains, N.J.
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