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Sewall Wester Abbott (1859-1943) —
also known as Sewall W. Abbott —
of Wolfeboro, Carroll
County, N.H.
Born in Tuftonboro, Carroll
County, N.H., April
11, 1859.
Republican. Lawyer;
president, Wolfeboro Woolen Mills;
probate judge in New Hampshire, 1889-1921; member of New
Hampshire state senate, 1923-25; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New Hampshire, 1924
(member, Credentials
Committee).
Unitarian.
Member, American Bar Association; Delta
Upsilon; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights
Templar; Order of the
Eastern Star; Odd
Fellows; Grange;
Redmen;
Grand
Army of the Republic; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died in Wolfeboro, Carroll
County, N.H., January
3, 1943 (age 83 years, 267
days).
Interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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George Weston Anderson (1861-1938) —
also known as George W. Anderson —
of Wellesley, Norfolk
County, Mass.; Wellesley Hills, Wellesley, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Acworth, Sullivan
County, N.H., September
1, 1861.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for Massachusetts
state attorney general, 1911, 1912; U.S.
Attorney for Massachusetts, 1914-17; member, Interstate Commerce
Commission, 1917-18; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit, 1918-31; took
senior status 1931.
Unitarian.
Member, American Bar Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; American
Economic Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Freemasons.
Died in DeLand, Volusia
County, Fla., February
14, 1938 (age 76 years, 166
days).
Cremated.
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Relatives: Son
of David Campbell Anderson and Martha Lucinda (Brigham) Anderson;
married 1897 to Minnie
E. Mitchell; married, January
25, 1908, to Addie Earle Kenerson. |
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Charles Henry Barnard (1907-1972) —
also known as Charles H. Barnard —
of Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H.; Londonderry, Rockingham
County, N.H.
Born in Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H., September
28, 1907.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives from Manchester 2nd
Ward, 1935-42; Speaker of
the New Hampshire State House of Representatives, 1941-42; served
in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of New
Hampshire state senate, 1947-48; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention from Manchester
2nd Ward, 1948; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention from Manchester
2nd Ward, 1956.
Congregationalist.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American Bar Association; Freemasons;
Shriners;
United
Commercial Travelers; Elks; Kiwanis.
Died in September, 1972
(age about
65 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Barnard and Mary Mabelle (Wright) Barnard; married, November
19, 1936, to Pauline Beatrice Briggs. |
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Hugh Henry Bownes (1920-2003) —
also known as Hugh H. Bownes —
of Laconia, Belknap
County, N.H.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March
10, 1920.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; lawyer;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
Hampshire, 1956;
member of Democratic
National Committee from New Hampshire, 1963; mayor
of Laconia, N.H., 1963-65; superior court judge in New Hampshire,
1966-68; U.S.
District Judge for New Hampshire, 1968-77; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit, 1977-90; took
senior status 1990.
Protestant.
Member, American
Judicature Society; American Bar Association; Lions.
Died in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., November
5, 2003 (age 83 years, 240
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Oliver Winslow Branch (b. 1879) —
of Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
4, 1879.
Democrat. Lawyer;
superior court judge in New Hampshire, 1913-26; justice of
New Hampshire state supreme court, 1926-46; chief
justice of New Hampshire state supreme court, 1946-49.
Congregationalist.
Member, Rotary;
Delta
Upsilon; American Bar Association.
Burial location unknown.
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William John Britton (b. 1872) —
also known as William J. Britton —
of Wolfeboro, Carroll
County, N.H.
Born in Wolfeboro, Carroll
County, N.H., June 18,
1872.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1913-15; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1928
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1932
(alternate); New Hampshire
Republican state chair, 1939.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Frank Willey Clancy (1852-1928) —
of Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M.; Santa Fe, Santa Fe
County, N.M.
Born in Dover, Strafford
County, N.H., January
15, 1852.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate
to New Mexico state constitutional convention, 1889, 1906; mayor
of Albuquerque, N.M., 1898-99; Bernalillo
County District Attorney, 1901-09; New
Mexico state attorney general, 1912-16.
Member, American Bar Association; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died in Santa Fe, Santa Fe
County, N.M., September
1, 1928 (age 76 years, 230
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Michael Albert Clancy and Lydia Ardilla (Willey) Clancy; married,
October
30, 1879, to Charlotte Jane Cawthorne Swallow. |
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Norris H. Cotton (1900-1989) —
also known as Norris Cotton —
of Lebanon, Grafton
County, N.H.
Born in Warren, Grafton
County, N.H., May 11,
1900.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1923, 1943-45; Speaker of
the New Hampshire State House of Representatives, 1945; secretary
to U.S. Sen. George
H. Moses, 1924-28; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New Hampshire, 1944
(alternate), 1952;
U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 2nd District, 1947-54; U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1954-74, 1975.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar Association; Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Rotary;
Beta
Theta Pi.
Died, from cancer,
in Lebanon, Grafton
County, N.H., February
24, 1989 (age 88 years, 289
days).
Interment at School
Street Cemetery, Lebanon, N.H.
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Louis Sherburne Cox (b. 1874) —
also known as Louis S. Cox —
of Lawrence, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H., November
22, 1874.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state senate Fifth Essex District, 1906; postmaster at Lawrence,
Mass., 1906-13; superior court judge in Massachusetts, 1918-37;
justice
of Massachusetts state supreme court, 1937-40.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons;
Grange;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Milby Dale (1893-1978) —
also known as Charles M. Dale —
of Portsmouth, Rockingham
County, N.H.
Born in Browns Valley, Traverse
County, Minn., March 8,
1893.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; mayor
of Portsmouth, N.H., 1926-27, 1943-44; member of New
Hampshire state senate 24th District, 1933-36, 1939-40; delegate
to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1936
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1948;
member of New
Hampshire Governor's Council, 1937-38; Governor of
New Hampshire, 1945-49; president, WHEB radio
station.
Member, American Bar Association; Order of
the Coif; Delta
Upsilon; Freemasons;
Elks; Eagles;
Moose;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias.
Died, in a nursing
home at Portsmouth, Rockingham
County, N.H., September
28, 1978 (age 85 years, 204
days).
Interment at Valley
View Cemetery, Browns Valley, Minn.
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Harold King Davison (b. 1893) —
also known as Harold K. Davison —
of Woodsville, Haverhill, Grafton
County, N.H.
Born in Woodsville, Haverhill, Grafton
County, N.H., April
12, 1893.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1921-28; Speaker of
the New Hampshire State House of Representatives, 1927-28; member
of New
Hampshire state senate, 1929-30; member of New
Hampshire Governor's Council 1st District, 1939-40; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1940;
municipal judge in New Hampshire, 1940; New Hampshire
Republican state chair, 1943-44.
Member, American Bar Association; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Rotary;
Grange.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Lewis E. Davison and Anna (King) Davison; married, July 21,
1920, to Gladys M. Batchelder. |
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James Greeley Flanders (b. 1844) —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in New London, Merrimack
County, N.H., December
13, 1844.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1877; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Wisconsin, 1896.
Member, American Bar Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Walter Powers Flanders and Susan Everett (Greeley) Flanders;
married, June 18,
1873, to Mary C. Haney. |
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Hugh Gregg (1917-2003) —
of Nashua, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Nashua, Hillsborough
County, N.H., November
22, 1917.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer; mayor of
Nashua, N.H., 1950; Governor of
New Hampshire, 1953-55; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New Hampshire, 1988.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar Association; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Rotary.
Died in 2003
(age about
85 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Fletcher Hale (1883-1931) —
of Laconia, Belknap
County, N.H.
Born in Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, January
22, 1883.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1918; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 1st District, 1925-31; died in
office 1931.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; American Bar Association.
Died in the Brooklyn Naval Hospital,
Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., October
22, 1931 (age 48 years, 273
days).
Interment at Union
Cemetery, Laconia, N.H.
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Stephen Shannon Jewett (b. 1858) —
also known as Stephen S. Jewett —
of Laconia, Belknap
County, N.H.
Born in Gilford, Belknap
County, N.H., September
18, 1858.
Republican. Member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1895-97; Speaker of
the New Hampshire State House of Representatives, 1895; delegate
to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1896;
member of New
Hampshire state senate 6th District, 1899-1900; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1902; member of
New
Hampshire Governor's Council, 1907-08.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar Association; Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Francis Wayland Johnston (b. 1882) —
of Claremont, Sullivan
County, N.H.
Born in Nashua, Hillsborough
County, N.H., April
29, 1882.
Republican. Lawyer; Sullivan
County Solicitor, 1923-29; president, Claremont State Bank; New
Hampshire state attorney general, 1932-35; superior court judge
in New Hampshire, 1935-36; justice of
New Hampshire state supreme court, 1943-49; chief
justice of New Hampshire state supreme court, 1949-52.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James Arthur Johnston and Jeannette (Cass) Johnston; married, December
18, 1915, to Alice Walker Smith. |
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Frank Rowe Kenison (b. 1907) —
of New Hampshire.
Born in Conway, Carroll
County, N.H., November
1, 1907.
Republican. Lawyer; New
Hampshire state attorney general, 1940-42, 1945-46; served in the
U.S. Navy during World War II; justice of
New Hampshire state supreme court, 1946-52; chief
justice of New Hampshire state supreme court, 1952-77.
Member, American Bar Association; American
Judicature Society; Delta
Upsilon.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Arthur Edson Kenison and Isadore Gertrude (Rowe) Kenison; married,
April
8, 1939, to Loretta M. Landry. |
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John William King (1918-1996) —
also known as John W. King —
of Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H.; Goffstown, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H., October
10, 1918.
Democrat. Member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1954-62; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention from Manchester
10th Ward, 1956; Governor of
New Hampshire, 1963-69; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1968; superior court judge in New
Hampshire, 1969-79; justice of
New Hampshire state supreme court, 1979-81; chief
justice of New Hampshire state supreme court, 1981-86.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar Association; American
Judicature Society; Knights
of Columbus; Elks; Eagles;
Moose.
Started the first
modern state lottery in 1963.
Died, of heart
trouble, at a nursing
home in Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H., October
9, 1996 (age 77 years, 365
days).
Interment at New
St. Joseph's Cemetery, Bedford, N.H.
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Edward John Lampron (1909-1983) —
of Nashua, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Nashua, Hillsborough
County, N.H., August
23, 1909.
Lawyer;
superior court judge in New Hampshire, 1947-49; justice of
New Hampshire state supreme court, 1949-78; chief
justice of New Hampshire state supreme court, 1978-79.
Member, American Bar Association.
Died in 1983
(age about
73 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John P. Lampron and Helene (Deschenes) Lampron; married, September
22, 1938, to Laurette L. Loiselle. |
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Hervé Joseph L'Heureux (1899-1957) —
also known as Hervé J. L'Heureux —
of Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H., March 6,
1899.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
U.S. Vice Consul in Windsor, 1927-35; U.S. Consul in Windsor, 1935; Stuttgart, 1936-39; Antwerp, 1939-41; Lisbon, 1941-42; Algiers, 1943-44; U.S. Consul General in Marseille, 1944-48.
Member, American Bar Association; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Delta
Theta Phi.
Died in 1957
(age about
58 years).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Rodolphe L'Heureux and Desneiges (Pichette) L'Heureux; married, June 21,
1927, to Jeannette Blum. |
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Endicott Peabody (1920-1997) —
also known as "Chub" —
of Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Washington,
D.C.; Hollis, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Lawrence, Essex
County, Mass., February
15, 1920.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
Governor's Council 3rd District, 1955-56; candidate for Massachusetts
state attorney general, 1956, 1958; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1960,
1964,
1968;
Governor
of Massachusetts, 1963-65; defeated, 1960; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1966; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1986.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar Association; Federal
Bar Association; American
Legion; Elks.
Died, from leukemia,
in Hollis, Hillsborough
County, N.H., December
1, 1997 (age 77 years, 289
days).
Interment at Town
Cemetery, Groton, Mass.
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Leon C. Prince —
of Carlisle, Cumberland
County, Pa.
Born in Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H.
Republican. Lawyer; college
teacher; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 31st District, 1929-36; defeated, 1936.
Member, American Bar Association.
Burial location unknown.
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William Nathaniel Rogers (1892-1945) —
also known as William N. Rogers —
of Wakefield, Carroll
County, N.H.
Born in Sanbornville, Wakefield, Carroll
County, N.H., January
10, 1892.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1917, 1919, 1921; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 1st District, 1923-25, 1932-37;
defeated, 1918, 1924; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1936.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar Association; Phi
Kappa Psi; Phi
Alpha Delta; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Died in Wolfeboro, Carroll
County, N.H., September
25, 1945 (age 53 years, 258
days).
Interment at Lovell
Lake Cemetery, Sanbornville, Wakefield, N.H.
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John Joseph Sheehan (b. 1899) —
also known as John J. Sheehan —
of Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H., April
28, 1899.
Democrat. Member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1925-28; member of New
Hampshire state senate, 1931-32; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New Hampshire, 1936,
1940,
1948
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1960;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 1st District, 1938; served in
the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention from Manchester
4th Ward, 1948; U.S.
Attorney for New Hampshire, 1949-54; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention from Manchester
4th Ward, 1956.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; American
Legion; American Bar Association.
Burial location unknown.
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David Hackett Souter (b. 1939) —
also known as David H. Souter —
of Weare, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Melrose, Middlesex
County, Mass., September
17, 1939.
Rhodes
scholar; lawyer; New
Hampshire state attorney general, 1976-78; superior court judge
in New Hampshire, 1978-83; justice of
New Hampshire state supreme court, 1983-90; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit, 1990; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1990-2009; took senior status 2009.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar Association; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Still living as of 2014.
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Max David Steuer (1871-1940) —
also known as Max D. Steuer —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Hungary,
September
6, 1871.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1916,
1932,
1936;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 19th District, 1938.
Jewish.
Member, Tammany
Hall; American Bar Association; B'nai
B'rith.
Died, from a heart
attack, on the porch of the Wentworth Hall Hotel,
Jackson, Carroll
County, N.H., August
21, 1940 (age 68 years, 350
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Amos Leavitt Taylor (b. 1877) —
also known as Amos L. Taylor —
of Belmont, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Danbury, Merrimack
County, N.H., February
22, 1877.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1924
(alternate), 1932;
member of Massachusetts
Republican State Committee, 1924-49; secretary of
Massachusetts Republican Party, 1927-28; Massachusetts
Republican state chair, 1929-32.
Unitarian.
Member, American Bar Association; Phi
Gamma Delta; Gamma
Eta Gamma; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Frank Leavitt Taylor and Nellie Jane (Martin) Taylor; married, June 16,
1906, to Myra Lillian Fairbank; married to Caroline W.
Dudley. |
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Gardner Clyde Turner (b. 1910) —
also known as Gardner C. Turner —
of East Sullivan, Sullivan, Cheshire
County, N.H.
Born in Ludlow, Hampden
County, Mass., March 3,
1910.
Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1946; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention from Sullivan,
1948; New
Hampshire state attorney general, 1961.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar Association; Farm
Bureau; Jaycees.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Clyde A. Turner and G. (Estes) Turner; married, August
16, 1941, to Virginia Wells. |
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