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Francis Clyde Keefe (1887-1958) —
also known as F. Clyde Keefe —
of Dover, Strafford
County, N.H.
Born in Marcellus, Onondaga
County, N.Y., February
17, 1887.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New Hampshire, 1924,
1928
(alternate), 1944;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 1st District, 1926, 1928;
member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1931-35; mayor of
Dover, N.H., 1934-35, 1942-47; resigned 1947; candidate for Governor of
New Hampshire, 1940; U.S.
Collector of Internal Revenue at Portsmouth, New Hampshire,
1947-52.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus.
Died in Dover, Strafford
County, N.H., January
20, 1958 (age 70 years, 337
days).
Interment at New St. Mary Cemetery, Dover, N.H.
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Relatives: Son
of John Keefe and Mary (Fay) Keefe; married 1918 to
Katherine Frances Hanratty; married 1942 to
Marjorie Carroll Davis. |
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memorial |
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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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Amos Kent (1774-1824) —
of Chester, Rockingham
County, N.H.
Born in Kent's Island, Newbury, Essex
County, Mass., October
16, 1774.
Lawyer; farmer;
member of New
Hampshire state senate 3rd District, 1814-16.
Died June 18,
1824 (age 49 years, 246
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Edward Kent (1802-1877) —
of Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H., January
8, 1802.
Lawyer; mayor of
Bangor, Maine, 1836-37; Governor of
Maine, 1838-39, 1841-42; defeated, 1836, 1838, 1839, 1841; U.S.
Consul in Rio de Janeiro, 1849-53; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Maine, 1856
(speaker);
justice
of Maine state supreme court, 1859-73.
Died of heart
failure, in Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, May 19,
1877 (age 75 years, 131
days).
Interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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Henry Wilder Keyes (1863-1938) —
also known as Henry W. Keyes —
of Haverhill, Grafton
County, N.H.
Born in Newbury, Orange
County, Vt., May 23,
1863.
Republican. Lawyer; farmer; banker;
member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1891-95, 1915-17;
member of New
Hampshire state senate 2nd District, 1903-04; Governor of
New Hampshire, 1917-19; U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1919-37.
Episcopalian.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Freemasons.
Died in North Haverhill, Haverhill, Grafton
County, N.H., June 19,
1938 (age 75 years, 27
days).
Interment at Oxbow
Cemetery, Newbury, Vt.
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Frank Ray Keyser Sr. (1898-2001) —
also known as F. Ray Keyser, Sr. —
of Chelsea, Orange
County, Vt.
Born in Woodsville, Haverhill, Grafton
County, N.H., September
29, 1898.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; member of
Vermont
state house of representatives, 1937-39; superior court judge in
Vermont, 1956-64; justice of
Vermont state supreme court, 1964-75.
Died, in Eden Park Nursing
Home, Rutland, Rutland
County, Vt., March 7,
2001 (age 102 years,
159 days).
Interment at Highland
Cemetery, Chelsea, Vt.
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Alfred Beard Kittredge (1861-1911) —
also known as A. B. Kittredge —
of Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.
Born in Nelson, Cheshire
County, N.H., March
28, 1861.
Republican. Lawyer; member of South
Dakota state senate 9th District, 1889-92; member of Republican
National Committee from South Dakota, 1892-96; U.S.
Senator from South Dakota, 1901-09.
Died in Hot Springs, Garland
County, Ark., May 4,
1911 (age 50 years, 37
days).
Interment at Conant
Cemetery, Jaffrey, N.H.
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Wilfred A. LaFlamme (born c.1898) —
of Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born about 1898.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Manchester, N.H., 1942-43; defeated, 1939, 1943.
Burial location unknown.
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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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Paul Lang (1860-1915) —
Born in Bath, Grafton
County, N.H., July 1,
1860.
Lawyer; U.S. Consul in Sherbrooke, 1897-1915, died in office 1915.
Died in Sherbrooke, Quebec,
October
31, 1915 (age 55 years, 122
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Edward Giles Leach (b. 1849) —
also known as Edward G. Leach —
of Franklin, Merrimack
County, N.H.
Born in Meredith, Belknap
County, N.H., January
28, 1849.
Republican. Lawyer; president, Manufacturers and Merchants
Mutual Insurance
Co.; member of New Hampshire
Republican State Executive Committee, 1880-1909; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1893-95; member of New
Hampshire state senate 6th District, 1901-02; member of New
Hampshire Governor's Council, 1905-06.
Unitarian.
Burial location unknown.
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Albert Levitt (1887-1968) —
of Redding, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Woodbine, Carroll
County, Md., March
14, 1887.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; chaplain;
lawyer; law
professor; Independent Republican candidate for Connecticut
state house of representatives from Redding, 1930; Independent
candidate for Governor of
Connecticut, 1932; Independent Citizen candidate for U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1934; U.S.
District Judge for Virgin Islands, 1935-36; as judge in 1935,
ordered election officials in the U.S. Virgin Islands to allow women
to vote; candidate in Republican primary for U.S.
Senator from California, 1950; candidate in Republican primary
for U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1960.
Died June 18,
1968 (age 81 years, 96
days).
Burial location unknown.
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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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Jesse Felt Libby (1857-1936) —
also known as Jesse F. Libby —
of Gorham, Coos
County, N.H.
Born in Locke's Mills, Greenwood, Oxford
County, Maine, February
12, 1857.
School
principal; lawyer; real estate
business; promoter, director, treasurer, Berlin Aqueduct Company
and Cascade Light and
Power Company; director, president, Lancaster and Jefferson Electric
Light Company; director, Gorham National Bank;
promoter, director, Berlin Street
Railway; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1903, 1905.
Congregationalist.
Member, Theta
Delta Chi; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died in 1936
(age about
79 years).
Interment at Evans Cemetery, Gorham, N.H.
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John Lynch (b. 1952) —
of Hopkinton, Merrimack
County, N.H.
Born in Waltham, Middlesex
County, Mass., November
25, 1952.
Democrat. Lawyer; president and CEO of Knoll, Inc., furniture
manufacturer; Governor of
New Hampshire, 2005-13; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New Hampshire, 2008.
Catholic.
Still living as of 2014.
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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.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Marble and Mercy (Littlefield) Marble; married, August
15, 1906, to Harriet E. Fuller. |
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Rouget de Lisle Marshall (b. 1847) —
also known as Roujet D. Marshall —
of Chippewa Falls, Chippewa
County, Wis.
Born in Nashua, Hillsborough
County, N.H., December
27, 1847.
Lawyer; county judge in Wisconsin, 1876-82; circuit judge in
Wisconsin 11th Circuit, 1889-95; justice of
Wisconsin state supreme court, 1895-1918; appointed 1895.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Marshall and Emeline Marshall; married 1869 to Mary
E. Jenkins. |
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Gilman Marston (1811-1890) —
of Exeter, Rockingham
County, N.H.
Born in Orford, Grafton
County, N.H., August
20, 1811.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1845-49, 1872-73,
1876-78; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1850, 1876; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 1st District, 1859-63, 1865-67;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1889.
Died in Exeter, Rockingham
County, N.H., July 3,
1890 (age 78 years, 317
days).
Interment at Exeter
Cemetery, Exeter, N.H.
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Jeremiah Mason (1768-1848) —
of Portsmouth, Rockingham
County, N.H.; Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Lebanon, New London
County, Conn., April
27, 1768.
Lawyer; New
Hampshire state attorney general, 1802-05; U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1813-17; resigned 1817; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1820-21, 1824.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
14, 1848 (age 80 years, 170
days).
Interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of Jeremiah Mason (1730-1813) and Elizabeth (Fitch) Mason; married,
November
6, 1799, to Mary Means; third great-grandfather of John
Forbes Kerry; first cousin thrice removed of Lorin
Andrews Lathrop; second cousin twice removed of Thomas
Fitch; third cousin of David
Hough; third cousin once removed of Jonathan
Fitch, John
Adams, George
Champlin, Henry
Brewster Stanton, Samuel
Townsend Douglass and Silas
Hamilton Douglas; third cousin twice removed of David
Edgerton, Jonathan
R. Herrick, Joshua
Perkins, Alfred
Avery Burnham, Robert
Coit Jr., Erskine
Mason Phelps, Dwight
Arthur Silliman, Henry
Woolsey Douglas and Giles
Russell Taggart; third cousin thrice removed of D-Cady
Herrick, Virgil
Adolphus Fitch, Spencer
Gale Frink, William
Brainard Coit and Walter
Richmond Herrick; fourth cousin of Jason
Kellogg, John
Quincy Adams, Christopher
Grant Champlin, Stephen
Daniel Tilden, Daniel
Cady, Orsamus
Cook Merrill, Timothy
Merrill and Alvah
Nash; fourth cousin once removed of Oliver
Owen Forward, Silas
Dewey Kellogg, Walter
Forward, Abiel
Case, Chauncey
Forward, George
Washington Adams, Edmund
Holcomb, Jairus
Case, Daniel
Rose Tilden, Charles
Francis Adams, Edwin
Denison Morgan, Farrand
Fassett Merrill, Elizabeth
Cady Stanton, William
Gleason Jr. and Lucretia
Garfield. |
| | | Political family: Merrill
family of Vermont and New Hampshire (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Stephen E. Merrill (b. 1946) —
also known as Steve Merrill —
of Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Hampton, Rockingham
County, N.H., June 21,
1946.
Republican. Lawyer; New
Hampshire state attorney general, 1984-89; Governor of
New Hampshire, 1993-97.
Episcopalian.
Still living as of 2014.
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Schuyler Merritt Meyer (1885-1970) —
also known as Schuyler M. Meyer —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Hanover, Grafton
County, N.H.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
27, 1885.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly, 1914, 1917-18 (New York County 27th District
1914, 1917, New York County 15th District 1918); member of New York
state senate 17th District, 1921-22; defeated, 1922.
English
and Danish
ancestry.
Died, from arteriosclerosis
and gangrene
of both legs, in a nursing
home at Dover, Strafford
County, N.H., June 21,
1970 (age 84 years, 237
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Harmony
Grove Cemetery, Salem, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Barnard Meyer and Virginia Hubbell (Hoyt) Meyer; married,
September
19, 1914, to Helen Grinnell Martin; second cousin twice removed
of Martin
E. Weed. |
| | | Political families:Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: New York Red Book
1917 |
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Robert Charles Murchie (b. 1885) —
also known as Robert C. Murchie —
of Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H.
Born in Creetown, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland,
January
22, 1885.
Democrat. Lawyer; law partner of Henry
F. Hollis; member of New Hampshire
Democratic State Committee, 1912-17; Merrimack
County Solicitor, 1913-17; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New Hampshire, 1916,
1920,
1924,
1932,
1936
(alternate), 1940,
1944;
member of Democratic
National Committee from New Hampshire, 1916-21; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1917; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1926; delegate
to New Hampshire convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; New Hampshire
Democratic state chair, 1937-39.
Unitarian.
Scottish
ancestry. Member, Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Murchie and Agnes Janet (Kellie) Murchie; married, June 9,
1920, to Marguerite M. Varick. |
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John B. Nash (b. 1848) —
of Conway, Carroll
County, N.H.; Intervale, Bartlett, Carroll
County, N.H.
Born in Windham, Cumberland
County, Maine, May 17,
1848.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 1st District, 1886, 1888, 1896
(Democratic); delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1889; member of
New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1891-93; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New Hampshire, 1900,
1908;
trustee, Conway Savings Bank.
Member, Knights
of Pythias.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Barzillia Nash and Lavinia (Hicks) Nash; married 1872 to Susan
J. Libby. |
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William F. Nason (1857-1923) —
of Dover, Strafford
County, N.H.
Born in Sanford, York
County, Maine, November
22, 1857.
Lawyer; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1886, 1901; mayor of
Dover, N.H., 1896-97.
Died in 1923
(age about
65 years).
Interment at Pine
Hill Cemetery, Dover, N.H.
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Amasa Norcross (1824-1898) —
of Fitchburg, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Rindge, Cheshire
County, N.H., January
26, 1824.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1858-59; mayor
of Fitchburg, Mass., 1873-74; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1874; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 10th District, 1877-83.
Died in Paris, France,
April
2, 1898 (age 74 years, 66
days).
Interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery, Fitchburg, Mass.
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William Morrison Oliver (1792-1863) —
also known as William M. Oliver —
of Penn Yan, Yates
County, N.Y.
Born in Londonderry, Rockingham
County, N.H., October
15, 1792.
Democrat. Lawyer; common pleas court judge in New York,
1823-28, 1838-45; member of New York
state senate 7th District, 1827-30; Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1830; U.S.
Representative from New York 27th District, 1841-43.
Died in Penn Yan, Yates
County, N.Y., July 21,
1863 (age 70 years, 279
days).
Interment at Lake
View Cemetery, Penn Yan, N.Y.
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Benjamin Orr (1772-1828) —
of Brunswick, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Born in Bedford, Hillsborough
County, N.H., December
1, 1772.
Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 2nd District, 1817-19.
Died in Brunswick, Cumberland
County, Maine, September
3, 1828 (age 55 years, 277
days).
Interment at Pine
Grove Cemetery, Brunswick, Maine.
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Frank Nesmith Parsons (1854-1934) —
also known as Frank N. Parsons —
of Franklin, Merrimack
County, N.H.
Born in Dover, Strafford
County, N.H., September
3, 1854.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1889; mayor
of Franklin, N.H., 1895; justice of
New Hampshire state supreme court, 1895-1902; appointed 1895; chief
justice of New Hampshire state supreme court, 1902-24; member of
New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1925-28; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1930.
Died in Franklin, Merrimack
County, N.H., August
9, 1934 (age 79 years, 340
days).
Interment at Franklin
Cemetery, Franklin, N.H.
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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 Groton
Cemetery, Groton, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. Malcolm Endicott Peabody and Mary Elizabeth (Parkman)
Peabody; brother of Marietta
Peabody Tree; married, June 24,
1944, to Barbara Welch 'Toni' Gibbons; grandnephew of Richard
Wayne Parker and Charles
Wolcott Parker; great-grandson of John
Cortlandt Parker; second great-grandson of James
Parker; fourth great-grandnephew of George
Cabot, Chauncey
Goodrich and Elizur
Goodrich; fifth great-grandson of Stephanus
Van Cortlandt; fifth great-grandnephew of Pieter
Schuyler (1657-1724), Jacobus
Van Cortlandt, Johannes
Schuyler (1668-1747) and Timothy
Pickering; cousin *** of William
P. Homans Jr.; first cousin twice removed of John
Lee Saltonstall; first cousin thrice removed of William
Crowninshield Endicott; first cousin five times removed of Stephanus
Bayard, Pierre
Van Cortlandt, Philip
John Schuyler and Stephen
John Schuyler; first cousin six times removed of John
Livingston, Robert
Livingston (1688-1775), Gilbert
Livingston and Johannes
Schuyler (1697-1746); first cousin seven times removed of David
Davidse Schuyler and Myndert
Davidtse Schuyler; second cousin once removed of Leverett
Saltonstall, Richard
Saltonstall, William
Gurdon Saltonstall and John
Lee Saltonstall Jr.; second cousin twice removed of William
Caleb Loring and Augustus
Peabody Gardner; second cousin four times removed of Nicholas
Bayard, Pieter
Schuyler (1746-1792), Philip
Van Cortlandt, Pierre
Van Cortlandt Jr. and Philip
Jeremiah Schuyler; second cousin five times removed of Robert
Livingston (1708-1790), Peter
Van Brugh Livingston, Robert
Gilbert Livingston, Henry
Gilbert Livingston, Philip
Livingston, Robert
R. Livingston, William
Livingston, James
Jay, Philip
P. Schuyler, John
Jay, Frederick
Jay, Judah
Dana and Dudley
Leavitt Pickman; third cousin of William
Lawrence Saltonstall; third cousin thrice removed of Stephen
Van Rensselaer, Philip
Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Henry
Walter Livingston, Philip
Schuyler, James
Alexander Hamilton and Henry
Cabot Lodge; fourth cousin of William
Amory Gardner Minot and John
Forbes Kerry; fourth cousin once removed of William
Goodrich Morrell Jr.. |
| | | Political family: Tree-Parker-Peabody
family of Morristown and Perth Amboy, New Jersey (subset of the
Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
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Charles Hazen Peaslee (1804-1866) —
also known as Charles H. Peaslee —
of Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H.; Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Portsmouth, Rockingham
County, N.H.
Born in Gilmanton, Belknap
County, N.H., February
6, 1804.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1833-37; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 2nd District, 1847-53; U.S.
Collector of Customs at Boston, Mass., Massachusetts, 1853-57.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., September
18, 1866 (age 62 years, 224
days).
Interment at Harmony
Grove Cemetery, Portsmouth, N.H.
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Robert James Peaslee (1864-1936) —
also known as Robert J. Peaslee —
of Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Weare, Hillsborough
County, N.H., September
23, 1864.
Democrat. Lawyer; justice of
New Hampshire state supreme court, 1898-1901, 1908-24; appointed
1898; chief
justice of New Hampshire state supreme court, 1924-34; superior
court judge in New Hampshire, 1901-07.
Died August
23, 1936 (age 71 years, 335
days).
Interment at Pine
Grove Cemetery, Manchester, N.H.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert Peaslee and Persis Boardman (Dodge) Peaslee; married 1893 to Nellie
Dorcas Kimball; married 1917 to Sarah
Congdon Hazard. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Franklin Pierce (1804-1869) —
also known as "Young Hickory"; "Young
Hickory of the Granite Hills"; "The Fainting
General" —
of Hillsborough, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Hillsborough, Hillsborough
County, N.H., November
23, 1804.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1829-33; Speaker of
the New Hampshire State House of Representatives, 1832-33; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire at-large, 1833-37; U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1837-42; U.S.
Attorney for New Hampshire, 1845-47; general in the U.S. Army
during the Mexican War; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1850; President
of the United States, 1853-57; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1856.
Episcopalian.
Died in Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H., October
8, 1869 (age 64 years, 319
days).
Interment at Old
North Cemetery, Concord, N.H.
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Relatives: Son
of Benjamin
Pierce and Anna (Kendrick) Pierce; half-brother of Elizabeth
Andrews Pierce (who married John
McNeil Jr.); married, November
19, 1834, to Jane
Means Appleton; uncle of Anne McNeil (who married Tappan
Wentworth); granduncle of Frances McNeil (who married John
Murray Corse); cousin by marriage of David
Meriwether; fourth cousin of Charles
Johnson Aspinwall; fourth cousin once removed of Jedediah
Sabin. |
| | | Political family: Appleton
family of New Hampshire (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Pierce counties in Ga., Neb., Wash. and Wis. are
named for him. |
| | | Franklin Pierce University,
Rindge,
New Hampshire, is named for
him. — Mount
Pierce (formerly called Bald Mountain; later, Mount Clinton; received
current name 1913), in the White Mountains, Coos
County, New Hampshire, is named for
him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: Franklin
P. Saunders
— Frank
P. Woodbury
— Frank
P. Holland
— Frank
P. Dunwell
— Frank
Tyler
— F.
P. Combest
— F.
Pierce Mortimer
— Frank
P. Alspaugh
— Franklin
Pierce Lambert
— Franklin
Pierce McGowan
— Franklin
Pierce Huddle, Jr.
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| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books about Franklin Pierce: Roy
Nichols, Franklin
Pierce : Young Hickory of the Granite Hills — Larry
Gara, The
Presidency of Franklin Pierce |
| | | Critical books about Franklin Pierce:
Nathan Miller, Star-Spangled
Men : America's Ten Worst Presidents |
| | | Image source: Portrait & Biographical
Album of Washtenaw County (1891) |
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Austin Franklin Pike (1819-1886) —
also known as Austin F. Pike —
of Franklin, Merrimack
County, N.H.
Born in Hebron, Grafton
County, N.H., October
16, 1819.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1850-52, 1865-66; Speaker of
the New Hampshire State House of Representatives, 1865-66;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1856;
member of New
Hampshire state senate 11th District, 1857-59; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 2nd District, 1873-75; U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1883-86; died in office 1886.
Died in Franklin, Merrimack
County, N.H., October
8, 1886 (age 66 years, 357
days).
Interment at Franklin
Cemetery, Franklin, N.H.
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Robert Gordon Pike (b. 1851) —
also known as Robert G. Pike —
of Dover, Strafford
County, N.H.
Born in Rollinsford, Strafford
County, N.H., July 28,
1851.
Republican. Lawyer; probate judge in New Hampshire, 1893; justice of
New Hampshire state supreme court, 1896-1901; appointed 1896;
superior court judge in New Hampshire, 1903.
Burial location unknown.
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Samuel Everett Pingree (1832-1922) —
also known as Samuel E. Pingree —
of Hartford, Windsor
County, Vt.
Born in Salisbury, Merrimack
County, N.H., August
2, 1832.
Republican. Lawyer; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil
War; delegate to Republican National Convention from Vermont, 1868;
Windsor
County State's Attorney, 1868-69; Lieutenant
Governor of Vermont, 1882-84; Governor of
Vermont, 1884-86; received the Medal
of Honor in 1891 for action at Lee's Mills, Virginia, April 16,
1862.
Baptist.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Died June 1,
1922 (age 89 years, 303
days).
Interment at Hartford
Cemetery, Hartford, Vt.
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Wesley Powell (1915-1981) —
of Hampton Falls, Rockingham
County, N.H.
Born in Portsmouth, Rockingham
County, N.H., October
13, 1915.
Republican. Lawyer; administrative assistant to U.S. Sen. Styles
Bridges, 1940-43, 1946-49; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in
World War II; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1950, 1972 (Republican); Governor of
New Hampshire, 1959-63; defeated in primary, 1956, 1962.
Died in Hampton Falls, Rockingham
County, N.H., January
6, 1981 (age 65 years, 85
days).
Interment at Wilder Cemetery, Lancaster, N.H.
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Gershom Powers (1789-1831) —
of New York.
Born in Croydon, Sullivan
County, N.H., July 11,
1789.
Lawyer; Cayuga
County Common Pleas Judge, 1823-28; U.S.
Representative from New York 24th District, 1829-31.
Died in Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y., June 25,
1831 (age 41 years, 349
days).
Interment at North
Street Cemetery, Auburn, N.Y.
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Samuel Leland Powers (1848-1929) —
also known as Samuel L. Powers —
of Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Cornish, Sullivan
County, N.H., October
26, 1848.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1901-05 (11th District
1901-03, 12th District 1903-05).
Died in 1929
(age about
80 years).
Interment at Newton
Cemetery, Newton, 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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Samuel Miller Quincy (1832-1887) —
of Louisiana.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., June 13,
1832.
Lawyer; served in the Union Army during the Civil War; mayor
of New Orleans, La., 1865.
Died in Keene, Cheshire
County, N.H., March
24, 1887 (age 54 years, 284
days).
Interment at Mt.
Wollaston Cemetery, Quincy, Mass.
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