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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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Esreff Hill Banks (1821-1903) —
also known as Esreff H. Banks —
of Biddeford, York
County, Maine.
Born May 26,
1821.
Republican. Mayor
of Biddeford, Maine, 1860; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Maine, 1868;
Maine
state treasurer, 1877-79; postmaster at Biddeford,
Maine, 1883-85; chairman, Biddeford and Saco Railway, 1889.
Died November
27, 1903 (age 82 years, 185
days).
Interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery, Saco, Maine.
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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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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.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel Beal and Maria A. (Warren) Beal; married, December
7, 1865, to Lucy Jane Randall. |
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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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Wingate Franklin Cram (1877-1952) —
also known as Wingate F. Cram —
of Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, December
4, 1877.
Republican. President, Bangor & Aroostook Railroad; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1932.
Died in Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, October
4, 1952 (age 74 years, 305
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Bangor, Maine.
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Relatives: Son
of Franklin Webster Cram and Martha Cook (Wingate) Cram; married, June 20,
1905, to Anna E. Sabin. |
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Frederic Danforth (b. 1848) —
of Gardiner, Kennebec
County, Maine.
Born in Gardiner, Kennebec
County, Maine, February
8, 1848.
Republican. Civil
engineer; worked on many railroads; member, Maine Board of
Railway Commissioners, 1894-1900; mayor
of Gardiner, Maine, 1901-02.
Congregationalist.
Member, Ancient
Order of United Workmen.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Danforth and Julia S. Danforth; married, December
6, 1880, to Caroline A. Stevens. |
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William L. Doige (b. 1887) —
of Chateaugay, Franklin
County, N.Y.
Born in Lewiston, Androscoggin
County, Maine, March 9,
1887.
Republican. Railroad work; real estate
business; merchant;
member of New York
state assembly from Franklin County, 1939-50.
Burial location unknown.
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Frederick Neal Dow (1840-1934) —
also known as Fred N. Dow —
of Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Born in Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, December
23, 1840.
Republican. Newspaper
publisher; president, Portland Gas
Light Company; president, Portland Railroad Company;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1880,
1916,
1928
(speaker),
1932;
U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1883-85, 1890-95; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1887-90; Speaker of
the Maine State House of Representatives, 1889-90.
Died November
27, 1934 (age 93 years, 339
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Henry Farrington (1863-1909) —
also known as John H. Farrington —
of Punta Gorda, De Soto County (now Charlotte
County), Fla.
Born in Waldoboro, Lincoln
County, Maine, November
7, 1863.
Private secretary to Sherman Conant, general manager, Florida
Southern Railway; orange
grower; banker; Vice-Consul
for Great Britain in Punta
Gorda, Fla., 1896-98; deputy
collector of customs.
Died in Punta Gorda, De Soto County (now Charlotte
County), Fla., January
8, 1909 (age 45 years, 62
days).
Interment at Bonaventure
Cemetery, Savannah, Ga.
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Ernest Edwin Finnimore (b. 1875) —
also known as Ernest E. Finnimore —
of Waterville, Kennebec
County, Maine.
Born in Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, November
1, 1875.
Democrat. Supervisor, blacksmith department, Maine Central
Railroad; mayor
of Waterville, Maine, 1920-21.
Episcopalian.
Member, Kiwanis;
Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert Finnimore and Margaret (Morris) Finnimore. |
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Louis Bertrand Goodall (1851-1935) —
also known as Louis B. Goodall —
of Sanford, York
County, Maine.
Born in Winchester, Cheshire
County, N.H., September
23, 1851.
Republican. Woollen
manufacturer; officer of railroads and power
companies; president, Sanford National Bank; U.S.
Representative from Maine 1st District, 1917-21.
Unitarian.
Died in Sanford, York
County, Maine, June 26,
1935 (age 83 years, 276
days).
Interment at Oakdale
Cemetery, Sanford, Maine.
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Arthur Robinson Gould (1857-1946) —
also known as Arthur R. Gould —
of Presque Isle, Aroostook
County, Maine.
Born in East Corinth, Penobscot
County, Maine, March
16, 1857.
Republican. President of the Aroostook Valley Railroad,
1902-46; member of Maine
state senate 16th District, 1921-22; U.S.
Senator from Maine, 1926-31.
Died in Presque Isle, Aroostook
County, Maine, July 24,
1946 (age 89 years, 130
days).
Interment at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Bangor, Maine.
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Horace Wesley Greeley (b. 1857) —
also known as Horace W. Greeley —
of Oakland, Kennebec
County, Maine.
Born in Mt. Vernon, Kennebec
County, Maine, December
30, 1857.
Republican. Auditor and paymaster of Somerset Railroad; merchant;
banker;
member of Maine
state house of representatives from Kennebec County, 1919-20.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John W. Greeley and Martha (Bartlett) Greeley; married, January
27, 1885, to Nellie E. Otis. |
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James Henry Howe (1827-1893) —
also known as James H. Howe —
of Green Bay, Brown
County, Wis.
Born in Turner, Androscoggin
County, Maine, December
5, 1827.
Republican. Lawyer; Wisconsin
state attorney general, 1860-62; colonel in the Union Army during
the Civil War; General Solicitor and General Manager, North Western
Railroad; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, 1873.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., January
4, 1893 (age 65 years, 30
days).
Interment somewhere
in Kenosha, Wis.
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Wyman Bradbury Seavy Moor (1811-1869) —
also known as Wyman B. S. Moor —
of Waterville, Kennebec
County, Maine; Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in Waterville, Kennebec
County, Maine, November
11, 1811.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1839; Maine
state attorney general, 1844-47; U.S.
Senator from Maine, 1848; railroad construction
superintendent; U.S. Consul General in Toronto, 1857-61.
Died in Lynchburg,
Va., March
10, 1869 (age 57 years, 119
days).
Interment at Pine
Grove Cemetery, Waterville, Maine.
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Jonathan Norcross (1808-1898) —
of Atlanta, DeKalb County (now Fulton
County), Ga.
Born in Orono, Penobscot
County, Maine, 1808.
Republican. Dry goods
merchant; sawmill
operator; mayor
of Atlanta, Ga., 1851-52; president, Georgia Air Line
Railway; candidate for Governor of
Georgia, 1876.
Died in 1898
(age about
90 years).
Burial location unknown.
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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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William Bertram Skelton (1871-1964) —
also known as William B. Skelton —
of Lewiston, Androscoggin
County, Maine.
Born in Bowdoin, Sagadahoc
County, Maine, August
9, 1871.
Republican. Lawyer; Androscoggin
County Attorney, 1901-05; mayor
of Lewiston, Maine, 1903-05; Maine banking commissioner, 1906-11;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Maine 2nd District, 1912; member, Maine
Public Utilities Commission, 1913-19; president, First National Bank of
Lewiston, and Androscoggin County Savings Bank;
president or director of several power
companies; director of two railroads; trustee, Central Main
General Hospital.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons.
Died February
1, 1964 (age 92 years, 176
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Lewiston, Maine.
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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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William Drew Washburn (1831-1912) —
also known as William D. Washburn —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Livermore, Androscoggin
County, Maine, January
14, 1831.
Republican. Surveyor General of Minnesota, 1861; miller; lumber
business; railroad promoter; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 5, 1871; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota, 1879-85 (3rd District 1879-83, 4th
District 1883-85); U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1889-95.
Universalist.
Died in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., July 29,
1912 (age 81 years, 197
days).
Interment at Lakewood
Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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Daniel Wells Jr. (1808-1902) —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in West Waterville (now Oakland), Kennebec
County, Maine, July 16,
1808.
Democrat. Probate judge in Wisconsin, 1838; member
Wisconsin territorial council, 1838-40; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 1st District, 1853-57.
President of three railroads.
Died in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., March
18, 1902 (age 93 years, 245
days).
Interment at Forest
Home Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wis.
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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.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry W. Wheeler and Mary D. (Adams) Wheeler. |
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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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