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John Kendrick Bangs (1862-1922) —
of Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.; Ogunquit, Wells, York
County, Maine.
Born in Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y., May 27,
1862.
Democrat. Magazine
editor; author; playwright; candidate for mayor
of Yonkers, N.Y., 1894; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Maine 1st District, 1921.
Died, from intestinal
cancer, in City Hospital,
Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J., January
21, 1922 (age 59 years, 239
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Francis N. Bangs and Amelia Francis (Bull) Bangs; married, March 3,
1886, to Agnes Lawson Hyde; married, April
27, 1904, to Mary Blakeney Gray. |
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Reviews, March 1922 |
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James Phinney Baxter (1831-1921) —
also known as James P. Baxter —
of Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Born in Gorham, Cumberland
County, Maine, March
23, 1831.
Republican. Author; mayor
of Portland, Maine, 1893-96, 1904-05.
Died in Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, May 8,
1921 (age 90 years, 46
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Portland, Maine.
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John William Brown (c.1867-1941) —
also known as John W. Brown —
of Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass.; Woolwich, Sagadahoc
County, Maine.
Born in Canada,
about 1867.
Socialist. Naturalized U.S. citizen; carpenter;
labor
organizer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 3rd District, 1904; candidate
for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1907; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Maine 3rd District, 1910; newspaper
columnist.
Member, United
Mine Workers.
While working on his hunting
rifle, it accidentally
discharged, and he died soon after, in Woolwich, Sagadahoc
County, Maine, June 19,
1941 (age about 74
years).
Burial location unknown.
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George Allan England (b. 1877) —
also known as George A. England —
of Maine; Hampton, Windham
County, Conn.
Born in Fort McPherson, Lincoln
County, Neb., February
9, 1877.
Socialist. Author; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Maine 2nd District, 1908; candidate for Governor of
Maine, 1912.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. George Allen England and Hannah Pearl (Lyon)
England. |
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Maude Clark Gay (born c.1877) —
also known as Maude C. Gay; Maude Clark
Mayo —
of Waldoboro, Lincoln
County, Maine.
Born in Waldoboro, Lincoln
County, Maine, about 1877.
Republican. Author; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1927-28; member of Maine
Republican State Committee, 1928; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Maine, 1932.
Female.
Unitarian.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Webster C. Mayo and Annie A. (Clark) Mayo; married, February
10, 1896, to John T. Gay. |
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James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938) —
also known as James W. Johnson; James William
Johnson —
of Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.
Born in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., June 17,
1871.
School
principal; author; lawyer;
U.S. Consul in Puerto Cabello, 1906-07; Dakar, 1907-08; Corinto, 1908-09; university
professor.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP; Sigma
Pi Phi; Phi
Beta Sigma; Freemasons.
Author of the words to the song "Lift Every Voice and Sing," which
became known as the "Negro National Anthem".
Killed in a car-train
collision, in Wiscasset, Lincoln
County, Maine, June 26,
1938 (age 67 years, 9
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Patricia Helen LaMarche (b. 1960) —
also known as Pat LaMarche; Genny Judge —
of Bath, Sagadahoc
County, Maine; Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Born in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., November
26, 1960.
Green. Radio talk
show host; Green Independent candidate for Governor of
Maine, 1998, 2006; candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 2004; newspaper
columnist.
Female.
Irish
and French
Canadian ancestry.
Still living as of 2007.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Genevieve (Judge) LaMarche and Paul Henri LaMarche;
married 1983 to
Michael Russell. |
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Herbert Carlyle Libby (1878-1965) —
also known as Herbert C. Libby —
of Waterville, Kennebec
County, Maine.
Born in Burnham, Waldo
County, Maine, December
28, 1878.
Republican. Editor; superintendent
of schools; mayor
of Waterville, Maine, 1926-27.
Congregationalist.
Member, Rotary;
Pi
Kappa Delta; Zeta
Psi.
Died in Waterville, Kennebec
County, Maine, February
27, 1965 (age 86 years, 61
days).
Interment at Waterville
Cemetery, Waterville, Maine.
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Relatives: Son
of Isaac C. Libby and Helen M. (Green) Libby; married, December
21, 1912, to Mabel Esther Dunn. |
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John C. Redman (b. 1839) —
Born in Maine, 1839.
Translator; U.S. Consular Agent in Manaos, 1897-1902.
Burial location unknown.
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Helen Ring Robinson (1860-1923) —
also known as Helen Ring —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Eastport, Washington
County, Maine, February
21, 1860.
Democrat. Writer; member of Colorado
state senate, 1913-16.
Female.
Episcopalian.
First
woman elected to Colorado Senate; second woman state senator in the
United States. Author of a minimum wage law for women; also
introduced a bill allowing women to serve as jurors.
Died in Denver,
Colo., July 10,
1923 (age 63 years, 139
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Ames Washburn (1822-1889) —
also known as Charles A. Washburn —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Livermore, Androscoggin
County, Maine, March
16, 1822.
Republican. Went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; delegate to Republican
National Convention from California, 1856
(member, Credentials
Committee); candidate for Presidential Elector for California;
U.S. Diplomatic Commissioner to Paraguay, 1861-63; U.S. Minister to Paraguay, 1863-68; novelist; invented
an early typewriter.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
26, 1889 (age 66 years, 316
days).
Burial location unknown.
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