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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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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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Anne M. Conklin (b. 1925) —
of Livonia, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Sanford, York
County, Maine, January
27, 1925.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Michigan, 1956;
member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1957-59; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County
21st District, 1961-62.
Female.
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 1962.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Forrest Daniels and Anna (Desotelle) Daniels; married to
Arthur Gorton Conklin. |
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John Fairfield Dryden (1839-1911) —
also known as John F. Dryden —
of Newark, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Temple, Franklin
County, Maine, August
7, 1839.
Republican. Founder and president, Prudential Insurance
Company of America; director, U.S. Steel
Corporation; candidate for Presidential Elector for New Jersey; U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1902-07; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New Jersey, 1904.
Presbyterian.
Died, from pneumonia
two weeks after surgery to remove gallstones,
in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., November
24, 1911 (age 72 years, 109
days).
Entombed at Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery, Newark, N.J.
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Louise Cuyler Gerry (1883-1962) —
also known as Louise C. Gerry —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.; Snyder, Erie
County, N.Y.; Robbinston, Washington
County, Maine.
Born in Robbinston, Washington
County, Maine, June 12,
1883.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1936,
1940.
Female.
Congregationalist
or Presbyterian. Member, Daughters of the
American Revolution; Zonta; Grange.
Died in Robbinston, Washington
County, Maine, June 21,
1962 (age 79 years, 9
days).
Interment at Brewer Cemetery, Robbinston, Maine.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Elbridge Joseph Gerry and Sophia Teresa (Jones)
Gerry. |
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Franklin J. Morton (1833-1919) —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Hallowell, Kennebec
County, Maine, February
11, 1833.
Consul
for Argentina in Baltimore,
Md., 1901-02.
Presbyterian.
Died, from influenza,
in Baltimore,
Md., February
4, 1919 (age 85 years, 358
days).
Interment at Green
Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
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Relatives: Son
of Alfred Bennett Morton and Nancy Joy Morton; married to Fannie
Maria Nason. |
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memorial |
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Frank Vaughan Plummer (1918-1993) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Malden, Middlesex
County, Mass., November
23, 1918.
Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; district judge in
Pennsylvania, 1966-81.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons.
Died, of renal
failure and other complications, in Downeast Community Hospital,
Machias, Washington
County, Maine, November
5, 1993 (age 74 years, 347
days).
Interment at Blossom
Hill Cemetery, Concord, N.H.
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John Octavius Sewall (1806-1840) —
also known as John O. Sewall —
of Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La.
Born in Hallowell, Kennebec
County, Maine, 1806.
Mayor
of Shreveport, La., 1839-40.
Presbyterian.
Died in Elysian Fields, Harrison
County, Tex., 1840
(age about
34 years).
Burial location unknown.
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George Hamlin Shaw (b. 1890) —
also known as George H. Shaw —
of Fort Collins, Larimer
County, Colo.; Denver,
Colo.
Born in Houlton, Aroostook
County, Maine, August
3, 1890.
Republican. Lawyer; Colorado
Republican state chair, 1922-25; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Colorado, 1928
(member, Credentials
Committee); candidate for U.S.
Senator from Colorado, 1930.
Presbyterian. Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to May Harding. |
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Elihu Benjamin Washburne (1816-1887) —
also known as Elihu B. Washburne; "Watchdog of the
Treasury" —
of Galena, Jo Daviess
County, Ill.
Born in Livermore, Androscoggin
County, Maine, September
23, 1816.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1853-69 (1st District 1853-63, 3rd
District 1863-69); U.S.
Secretary of State, 1869; U.S. Minister to France, 1869-77; candidate for Republican nomination for
President, 1880;
candidate for Republican nomination for Vice President, 1880.
Presbyterian.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., October
22, 1887 (age 71 years, 29
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Galena, Ill.
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