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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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Arthur F. Adams (1878-1968) —
of West Lebanon, Lebanon, Grafton
County, N.H.
Born in Randolph, Orange
County, Vt., December
16, 1878.
Republican. Farmer;
member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives from Lebanon, 1943-67.
Protestant.
Member, Grange.
Died in July, 1968
(age 89
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Llewelyn Sherman Adams (1899-1986) —
also known as Sherman Adams; "The Abominable No
Man"; "The Great Stone Face" —
of Lincoln, Grafton
County, N.H.
Born in East Dover, Dover, Windham
County, Vt., January
8, 1899.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; lumberman;
member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1941-44; Speaker of
the New Hampshire State House of Representatives, 1943-44;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1944,
1952
(speaker);
U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 2nd District, 1945-47; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention from Lincoln,
1948; Governor of
New Hampshire, 1949-53; defeated, 1946; assistant to President Dwight
D. Eisenhower, 1953-58; forced to
resign in 1958 following disclosure that he had accepted
gifts, including a vicuna
coat, from a Boston businessman seeking preferred treatment from
federal agencies.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Grange; Elks; Society
of Colonial Wars; Foresters.
Died in Hanover, Grafton
County, N.H., October
27, 1986 (age 87 years, 292
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Lincoln, N.H.
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Nahum Josiah Bachelder (1854-1934) —
also known as Nahum J. Bachelder —
of East Andover, Andover, Merrimack
County, N.H.
Born in Andover, Merrimack
County, N.H., September
3, 1854.
Republican. Farmer; Governor of
New Hampshire, 1903-05.
Congregationalist.
Member, Grange; Freemasons.
Died, in Eliot Hospital,
Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H., April
22, 1934 (age 79 years, 231
days).
Interment at Proctor
Cemetery, Andover, N.H.
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Henry Styles Bridges (1898-1961) —
also known as H. Styles Bridges —
of East Concord, Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H.
Born in West Pembroke, Washington
County, Maine, September
9, 1898.
Republican. Governor of
New Hampshire, 1935-37; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New Hampshire, 1936,
1940,
1956;
speaker, 1940,
1952;
U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1937-61; died in office 1961;
candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1940.
Member, Farm
Bureau; Grange.
Died in East Concord, Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H., November
26, 1961 (age 63 years, 78
days).
Interment at Pine
Grove Cemetery, East Concord, Concord, N.H.
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John Parker Hale Chandler Jr. (1911-2001) —
also known as John P. H. Chandler, Jr.; "Happy
Jack" —
of Warner, Merrimack
County, N.H.
Born in Roxbury, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., August
6, 1911.
Republican. Newspaper
editor and publisher; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1943; owner, Warner Ski
Area, 1946-62; member of New
Hampshire Governor's Council 5th District, 1953-59; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1956
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1960,
1972,
1980;
member of New
Hampshire state senate, 1961; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire, 1962.
United
Church of Christ. Member, Freemasons;
Grange.
Died, in Pleasant View Nursing
Home, Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H., April
27, 2001 (age 89 years, 264
days).
Interment at New
Waterloo Cemetery, Warner, N.H.
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James Webster Childs (1826-1882) —
also known as J. Webster Childs —
of Augusta Township, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in New Hampshire, June 16,
1826.
Republican. Farmer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Washtenaw County 3rd
District, 1859-62; member of Michigan
state senate, 1865-68, 1873-74, 1879-80 (8th District 1865-66,
6th District 1867-68, 4th District 1873-74, 1879-80); member of Michigan
state board of agriculture, 1869-82; died in office 1882.
Congregationalist.
Member, Grange.
Died November
8, 1882 (age 56 years, 145
days).
Interment at Childs
Cemetery, Augusta Township, Washtenaw County, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Josiah Childs and Abigail Childs; married, August
30, 1848, to Lucy A. Hubbard. |
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James Colgate Cleveland (1920-1995) —
also known as James C. Cleveland —
of New London, Merrimack
County, N.H.
Born in Montclair, Essex
County, N.J., June 13,
1920.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; served in
the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; member of New
Hampshire state senate, 1950-62; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 2nd District, 1963-81.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Grange; Rotary;
Freemasons;
Elks; Eagles.
Died December
3, 1995 (age 75 years, 173
days).
Burial location unknown.
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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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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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Thomas Walter Fecteau (1896-1991) —
also known as Thomas W. Fecteau —
of Epping, Rockingham
County, N.H.
Born in Epping, Rockingham
County, N.H., November
29, 1896.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; grocer;
member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives from Epping, 1937-41,
1945-46, 1949-50; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
Hampshire, 1948.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Elks;
Grange.
Died February
4, 1991 (age 94 years, 67
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Franklin Flanders (1902-1975) —
of Weare, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H., August
23, 1902.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
New Hampshire, 1944;
member of New
Hampshire Governor's Council, 1947-49; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention from Weare, 1948.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; Grange.
Died in 1975
(age about
72 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Howard Hutchins Hamlin (b. 1902) —
also known as Howard H. Hamlin —
of Claremont, Sullivan
County, N.H.; North Charlestown, Charlestown, Sullivan
County, N.H.
Born in Charlestown, Sullivan
County, N.H., May 23,
1902.
Republican. Lawyer; pastor; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1930; member of
New
Hampshire state senate, 1937-39; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 2nd District, 1938; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention from
Charlestown, 1948.
Methodist.
Member, Elks; Odd
Fellows; Freemasons;
Grange.
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas James McIntyre (1915-1992) —
also known as Thomas J. McIntyre —
of Laconia, Belknap
County, N.H.
Born in Laconia, Belknap
County, N.H., February
20, 1915.
Democrat. Candidate for New
Hampshire state house of representatives from Laconia 1st Ward,
1938; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; mayor
of Laconia, N.H., 1949-51; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 1st District, 1954; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New Hampshire, 1956;
U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1962-79; defeated, 1978.
Catholic.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Catholic
War Veterans; Grange; Kiwanis;
Knights
of Columbus.
Died in 1992
(age about
77 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Walter Rutherford Peterson (1922-2011) —
also known as Walter Peterson —
of Peterborough, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Nashua, Hillsborough
County, N.H., September
19, 1922.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1961-69; Speaker of
the New Hampshire State House of Representatives, 1965-69; Governor of
New Hampshire, 1969-73; president,
Franklin Pierce College; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New Hampshire, 1988
(alternate), 2008.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Grange; Lions; Elks; Eagles.
Died, from lung
cancer, in Peterborough, Hillsborough
County, N.H., June 1,
2011 (age 88 years, 255
days).
Interment at Pine
Hill Cemetery, Peterborough, N.H.
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Eugene Elliott Reed (1866-1940) —
also known as Eugene E. Reed —
of Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H., April
23, 1866.
Democrat. Mason; telegrapher
and train
dispatcher, Boston & Maine Railroad;
mayor
of Manchester, N.H., 1903-10; member of Democratic
National Committee from New Hampshire, 1908-12; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New Hampshire, 1912,
1916,
1920;
U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 1st District, 1913-15;
defeated, 1910, 1914; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1918.
Member, Eagles;
Knights
of Pythias; Redmen;
Grange.
Died in Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H., December
15, 1940 (age 74 years, 236
days).
Interment at Pine
Grove Cemetery, Manchester, N.H.
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Herbert James Taft (b. 1860) —
also known as Herbert J. Taft —
of Greenville, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Mason, Hillsborough
County, N.H., September
1, 1860.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1890-91; member of New
Hampshire state senate 15th District, 1905-06.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Ancient
Order of United Workmen; Grange.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James Taft and Mary (Wilson) Taft; married, October
21, 1887, to Ida F. Chamberlin. |
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George W. Tarlson (b. 1904) —
of Laconia, Belknap
County, N.H.
Born in Laconia, Belknap
County, N.H., December
6, 1904.
Republican. Merchant;
president and superintendent, Winniepesaukee Water
Company; director, Lake Port National Bank;
member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives from Laconia 1st Ward,
1937-39, 1941-43, 1947-49; elected New
Hampshire state senate 6th District 1948.
Methodist.
Member, Grange; Sons
of Union Veterans; Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George W. Tarlson and Mary H. (Avery) Tarlson. |
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Charles Alden Tracy (b. 1872) —
also known as Charles A. Tracy —
of Claremont, Sullivan
County, N.H.; Meriden, Plainfield, Sullivan
County, N.H.; Amherst, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Cornish, Sullivan
County, N.H., November
16, 1872.
Republican. School
principal; superintendent
of schools; school
headmaster; president, Meriden Electric
Light & Power Co.; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1912; member of
New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1929-31, 1947-48; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1938; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention from Amherst,
1948.
Congregationalist.
Member, Grange; Phi
Kappa Psi; Phi
Gamma Mu.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Stephen Alden Tracy and Agnes (Bailey) Tracy; married, January
1, 1902, to Grace M. Powell. |
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Edna Batchelder Weeks (b. 1906) —
also known as Edna Batchelder —
of Greenland, Rockingham
County, N.H.
Born in Laconia, Belknap
County, N.H., April
28, 1906.
Republican. School
teacher; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1959-67.
Female.
Protestant.
Member, Phi
Kappa Phi; Delta
Kappa; Delta
Chi; Farm
Bureau; Order of the
Eastern Star; Grange.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Edward C. Weeks and Nellie (Parkman) Weeks; married, October
22, 1932, to George Newton Weeks. |
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