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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.
  Relatives: Son of George Abbott and Phebe Jane (Graves) Abbott; married, June 10, 1893, to Elma (King) Hodgdon.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  John Eliot Allen (1873-1945) — also known as John E. Allen — of Keene, Cheshire County, N.H. Born in Claremont, Sullivan County, N.H., June 26, 1873. Republican. Lawyer; probate judge in New Hampshire, 1899-1906; superior court judge in New Hampshire, 1917-24; justice of New Hampshire state supreme court, 1924-34; chief justice of New Hampshire state supreme court, 1934-43. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Phi Beta Kappa. Died in Keene, Cheshire County, N.H., July 24, 1945 (age 72 years, 28 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of William H. H. Allen and Ellen E. (Joslin) Allen; married, July 10, 1901, to Amy L. Abbott.
  Charles Hubbard Amsden (b. 1848) — also known as Charles H. Amsden — of Concord, Merrimack County, N.H. Born in Boscawen, Merrimack County, N.H., July 8, 1848. Democrat. Furniture manufacturer; lumber dealer; member of New Hampshire state senate 9th District, 1883-84; candidate for Governor of New Hampshire, 1888, 1890. Baptist. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Henry H. Amsden and Mary (Muzzey) Amsden.
  Augustus Davis Ayling (1840-1918) — also known as Augustus D. Ayling — of Concord, Merrimack County, N.H.; Centerville, Barnstable, Barnstable County, Mass. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., July 28, 1840. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; Adjutant General of New Hampshire, 1879-1907. Member, Loyal Legion; Grand Army of the Republic; Freemasons; Knights Templar. Died March 9, 1918 (age 77 years, 224 days). Interment at Beechwood Cemetery, Centerville, Barnstable, Mass.
  Relatives: Son of William L. Ayling and Margaret (Hurley) Ayling; married 1869 to Elizabeth F. Cornish.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Henry Moore Baker (1841-1912) — also known as Henry M. Baker — of Bow, Merrimack County, N.H. Born in Bow, Merrimack County, N.H., January 11, 1841. Republican. Lawyer; member of New Hampshire state senate 9th District, 1891-92; U.S. Representative from New Hampshire 2nd District, 1893-97; delegate to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1902; member of New Hampshire state house of representatives, 1905-09. Member, Sons of the American Revolution; Society of Colonial Wars; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners. Died in Washington, D.C., May 30, 1912 (age 71 years, 140 days). Interment at Alexander Cemetery, Bow, N.H.
  Relatives: Son of Aaron W. Baker and Nancy (Dustin) Baker.
  Cross-reference: Sherman E. Burroughs
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  George Edward Bales (b. 1862) — also known as George E. Bales — of Wilton, Hillsborough County, N.H. Born in Wilton, Hillsborough County, N.H., September 14, 1862. Democrat. Lawyer; president, Wilton Telephone Co.; trustee, Granite Savings Bank; New Hampshire state railroad commissioner; member of New Hampshire state house of representatives, 1895-97; candidate for U.S. Representative from New Hampshire 2nd District, 1902; candidate for New Hampshire state senate 12th District, 1916. Unitarian. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Odd Fellows. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Charles Albert Bales and Frances M. (Hardy) Bales; married, October 16, 1889, to Abbie French.
John H. Bartlett John Henry Bartlett (1869-1952) — also known as John H. Bartlett — of Portsmouth, Rockingham County, N.H. Born in Sunapee, Sullivan County, N.H., March 15, 1869. Republican. School teacher; lawyer; postmaster at Portsmouth, N.H., 1899-1908; Governor of New Hampshire, 1919-21; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1920. Methodist or Unitarian. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Knights of Pythias. Died in Portsmouth, Rockingham County, N.H., March 19, 1952 (age 83 years, 4 days). Interment at Harmony Grove Cemetery, Portsmouth, N.H.
  Relatives: Son of John Z. Bartlett and Sophronia A. (Sargent) Bartlett; married, June 1, 1900, to Agnes Page; married 1944 to Mildred C. Lawson.
  See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article
  Image source: Library of Congress
  Fred Herbert Brown (1879-1955) — also known as Fred H. Brown — of Somersworth, Strafford County, N.H. Born in Ossipee, Carroll County, N.H., April 12, 1879. Democrat. Professional baseball player in the major leagues, 1901-02; lawyer; delegate to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1912; U.S. Attorney for New Hampshire, 1914-22; Governor of New Hampshire, 1923-25; defeated, 1924; U.S. Senator from New Hampshire, 1933-39; defeated, 1938. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Knights of Pythias. Died in Somersworth, Strafford County, N.H., February 3, 1955 (age 75 years, 297 days). Interment at Ossipee Cemetery, Ossipee, N.H.
  Relatives: Son of Dana J. Brown and Nellie (Allen) Brown; married, May 16, 1925, to Edna C. McHarg.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography
  Willis George Buxton (b. 1856) — also known as Willis G. Buxton — of Penacook, Boscawen, Merrimack County, N.H. Born in Henniker, Merrimack County, N.H., August 22, 1856. Republican. Lawyer; member of New Hampshire Republican State Committee, 1886-1902; delegate to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1889; member of New Hampshire state house of representatives, 1895; member of New Hampshire state senate 9th District, 1897-98; delegate to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1902. Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Odd Fellows. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Daniel M. Buxton and Abbie A. (Whitaker) Buxton; married, June 4, 1884, to Martha Jane Flanders.
  Charles Dudley Blake Fisk (b. 1850) — also known as Charles D. B. Fisk — of Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Born in Hooksett, Merrimack County, N.H., February 17, 1850. Republican. Clothing merchant; newspaper publisher; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives Twenty-Fifth Suffolk District, 1905, 1907; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1908-09. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Dudley Blake Fisk and Mary (Ashton) Fisk; married to Susan E. Sparhawk; grandson of Ezra Fisk; great-grandson of William Fisk.
  Political family: Fisk family of Massachusetts.
  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.
  Benjamin Brown French (1800-1870) — also known as Benjamin B. French — of Washington, D.C. Born in Chester, Rockingham County, N.H., September 4, 1800. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from District of Columbia, 1856 (Honorary Secretary; member, Credentials Committee; speaker). Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar. Died in Washington, D.C., August 12, 1870 (age 69 years, 342 days). Interment at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
  Relatives: Grandfather of Ellen F. FitzSimons; great-grandfather of William Henry Vanderbilt III.
  Political families: Whitney-Nye-Lincoln-Hay family of Massachusetts; Vanderbilt-Tuck-Pickering-Webster family; Butler-Perry-Belmont-Slidell family of Edgefield, South Carolina; Morgenthau-Lehman family of New York City, New York; Vanderbilt-Colby-Burden-French family of New York City, New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Oren Tracy Hayes (1827-1894) — also known as Oren T. Hayes — of Georges Mills, Sunapee, Sullivan County, N.H.; Hastings, Dakota County, Minn. Born in New London, Merrimack County, N.H., December 2, 1827. Democrat. Merchant; justice of the peace; lawyer; Dakota County Attorney, 1855; postmaster at Hastings, Minn., 1855-56; mayor of Hastings, Minn., 1859-60; major in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Minnesota state house of representatives District 7, 1863. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Odd Fellows. Died in Hastings, Dakota County, Minn., March 24, 1894 (age 66 years, 112 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Abigail (Adams) Hayes and John Hayes; brother of Archibald M. Hayes; married to Lucina A. Emerson; married, October 9, 1859, to Mary C. Matthews; father of Archibald Marshall Hayes.
  Political family: Hayes family of Hastings, Minnesota.
  See also Minnesota Legislator record
  Harrison Libbey (1843-1913) — also known as Harry Libbey — of Hampton, Va. Born in Wakefield, Carroll County, N.H., November 22, 1843. Republican. State court judge in Virginia, 1869; U.S. Representative from Virginia 2nd District, 1883-87; delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia, 1896; postmaster at Hampton, Va., 1907-13. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners. Died, from Bright's disease, in Hampton, Va., September 30, 1913 (age 69 years, 312 days). Interment at St. John's Church Cemetery, Hampton, Va.
  Relatives: Son of Nathan Libbey and Olive (Berry) Libbey; third cousin of Isaac Libbey; third cousin once removed of Llewellyn Libby; third cousin twice removed of Albanah Harvey Libby, Arthur H. Lord and Frederick Edwin Hanscom; fourth cousin once removed of Caleb Cummings Libby and Eugene Harvey Libby.
  Political families: Libby-Felt family of Maine; Saltonstall-Weeks family of Massachusetts (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Thomas Littlefield Marble (b. 1876) — also known as Thomas L. Marble — of Gorham, Coos County, N.H.; Concord, Merrimack County, N.H. Born in Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine, December 24, 1876. School principal; lawyer; superior court judge in New Hampshire, 1917-25; justice of New Hampshire state supreme court, 1925-43; chief justice of New Hampshire state supreme court, 1943-46; delegate to New Hampshire state constitutional convention from Concord 9th Ward, 1948. Universalist. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Phi Beta Kappa; Delta Kappa Epsilon. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Henry Marble and Mercy (Littlefield) Marble; married, August 15, 1906, to Harriet E. Fuller.
  John Herbert Neal (b. 1862) — also known as John H. Neal — of Rochester, Strafford County, N.H.; Portsmouth, Rockingham County, N.H. Born in Parsonfield, York County, Maine, March 20, 1862. Republican. Physician; member of New Hampshire state senate 12th District, 1903-04. Member, American Medical Association; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of John Neal and Sarah Jane (Lord) Neal.
  John Langdon Rand (1861-1942) — also known as John L. Rand — of Baker City, Baker County, Ore. Born in Portsmouth, Rockingham County, N.H., October 28, 1861. Republican. Lawyer; attorney for railroad, lumber, and mining companies; member of Oregon state senate, 1903-06; delegate to Republican National Convention from Oregon, 1920; justice of Oregon state supreme court, 1921-42; died in office 1942; chief justice of Oregon state supreme court, 1927-29, 1933-35, 1939-41. Member, Freemasons; Scottish Rite Masons; Royal Arch Masons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Elks; Knights of Pythias. Died in Salem, Marion County, Ore., November 19, 1942 (age 81 years, 22 days). Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Baker City, Ore.
  Relatives: Son of John Sullivan Rand and Elvira Wallace (Odiorne) Rand; married to Edith Gonzaga Packwood; father of Irving Rand.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  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.
  Relatives: Son of Herbert E. Rogers and Lilian A. (Sanborn) Rogers.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  William F. Thayer (b. 1846) — of Concord, Merrimack County, N.H. Born in Kingston, Rockingham County, N.H., March 13, 1846. Republican. Banker; director, Northern New Hampshire Railroad; treasurer of New Hampshire Republican Party, 1892-1909; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1908, 1912. Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Calvin Thayer and Sarah Wheeler (Fiske) Thayer; married, October 20, 1874, to Sarah Clarke Wentworth.
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