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Merchant Politicians in New Hampshire
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  Nathan Appleton (1779-1861) — of Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Born in New Ipswich, Hillsborough County, N.H., October 6, 1779. Merchant; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1815-16, 1821, 1823-24, 1827; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 1st District, 1831-33, 1842. Died in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., July 14, 1861 (age 81 years, 281 days). Interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
  Relatives: Son of Isaac Appleton and Mary (Adams) Appleton; married, April 13, 1806, to Maria Theresa Gold; married, January 8, 1839, to Harriet Coffin Sumner; father of Francis Elizabeth Appleton (who married of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow); first cousin of James Appleton, William Appleton and Nathan Dane Appleton; first cousin once removed of John Appleton (1804-1891), Jane Pierce and John Appleton (1815-1864); first cousin thrice removed of Arthur Taggard Appleton; first cousin four times removed of Leverett Saltonstall, Richard Saltonstall and Randolph Appleton Kidder; first cousin five times removed of William Lawrence Saltonstall; second cousin once removed of Andrew Adams; third cousin once removed of Thomas Passmore Treadwell; third cousin twice removed of Robert Odiorne Treadwell; third cousin thrice removed of Charles Willoughby Dayton; fourth cousin of John Appleton (1758-1829), Thomas Appleton and Leonard White; fourth cousin once removed of John James Appleton, Samuel Finley Vinton, John Larkin Payson and Alonzo Sidney Upham.
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Saltonstall-Davis-Frelinghuysen-Appleton family of Massachusetts (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  William Babcock (1785-1838) — of Penn Yan, Yates County, N.Y. Born in Hinsdale, Cheshire County, N.H., 1785. Merchant; Yates County Treasurer, 1823; U.S. Representative from New York 26th District, 1831-33; hotel-keeper. Died in Penn Yan, Yates County, N.Y., October 20, 1838 (age about 53 years). Interment at City Hill Cemetery, Near Penn Yan, Yates County, N.Y.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Carl E. Brown (b. 1878) — of McCall, Valley County, Idaho. Born in Whitefield, Coos County, N.H., September 10, 1878. Democrat. Merchant; mining business; lumber business; member of Idaho state senate, 1930; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Idaho, 1940, 1948; member of Democratic National Committee from Idaho, 1940. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Order of the Eastern Star; Shriners; Elks. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Warren G. Brown and Charlotte (Elliott) Brown; married, August 23, 1902, to Ida Harrington.
  Dennison Rogers Burnham (1799-1876) — also known as Dennison R. Burnham — of Plymouth, Grafton County, N.H. Born in Rumney, Grafton County, N.H., January 2, 1799. Merchant; innkeeper; member of New Hampshire state house of representatives, 1856-58; member of New Hampshire Governor's Council, 1860-62. Died in 1876 (age about 77 years). Interment at Trinity Churchyard, Holderness, N.H.
  Austin L. Calef (born c.1871) — of Barrington, Strafford County, N.H. Born in Barrington, Strafford County, N.H., about 1871. Democrat. Merchant; member of New Hampshire state senate 21st District, 1935; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Hampshire, 1936. Interment somewhere in Barrington, N.H.
  Relatives: Son of Josiah R. Calef and Mary Calef.
  William Conn (1818-1889) — of Portsmouth, Rockingham County, N.H. Born in Hillsborough, Hillsborough County, N.H., October 14, 1818. Republican. Merchant; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1856; member of New Hampshire state senate 24th District, 1889; died in office 1889. Died in Portsmouth, Rockingham County, N.H., November 6, 1889 (age 71 years, 23 days). Interment at Pine Hill Cemetery, Hillsborough, N.H.
  Relatives: Son of William Conn (1784-1863) and Sally (Priest) Conn; married to Joann Jane Hosley.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Darwin J. Daniels (1815-1865) — of Manchester, Hillsborough County, N.H. Born January 12, 1815. Merchant; mayor of Manchester, N.H., 1865; died in office 1865. Died in Manchester, Hillsborough County, N.H., December 15, 1865 (age 50 years, 337 days). Interment at Valley Cemetery, Manchester, N.H.
  Relatives: Married to Elizabeth A. Forsaith.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Joseph Herman Emery (1859-1941) — also known as Joseph H. Emery — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Dover, Strafford County, N.H., December 15, 1859. Republican. Dry goods merchant; president, Lord and Taylor department store, 1912; founder, Onyx Hosiery Company; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1920. Died in Carroll County, N.H., March 2, 1941 (age 81 years, 77 days). Entombed at Harmony Grove Cemetery, Portsmouth, N.H.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Nathaniel Folsom (1726-1790) — of Exeter, Rockingham County, N.H. Born in Exeter, Rockingham County, N.H., September 18, 1726. Merchant; lumber business; Delegate to Continental Congress from New Hampshire, 1774, 1777-80; member of New Hampshire Governor's Council, 1776-77, 1783-84; common pleas court judge in New Hampshire, 1776-90; general in state militia, Revolutionary War; delegate to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1783. Died in Exeter, Rockingham County, N.H., May 26, 1790 (age 63 years, 250 days). Interment at Winter Street Cemetery, Exeter, N.H.
  Relatives: Third cousin and father-in-law of John Taylor Gilman; third cousin of Nicholas Gilman.
  Political family: Gilman family of Exeter, New Hampshire.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  William Haile (1807-1876) — of Hinsdale, Cheshire County, N.H. Born in Putney, Windham County, Vt., May 22, 1807. Republican. Merchant; manufacturer; member of New Hampshire state senate 9th District, 1854-56; Governor of New Hampshire, 1857-59; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1860, 1864. Died in Hinsdale, Cheshire County, N.H., July 22, 1876 (age 69 years, 61 days). Interment at Pine Grove Cemetery, Hinsdale, N.H.
  Relatives: Father of William Henry Haile.
  See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Frank Hall (b. 1844) — of Guildhall, Essex County, Vt. Born in Northumberland, Coos County, N.H., 1844. Republican. Merchant; member of Vermont state house of representatives from Guildhall, 1888. Burial location unknown.
  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
  Isaiah Kidder (1770-1811) — of New Ipswich, Hillsborough County, N.H. Born in New Ipswich, Hillsborough County, N.H., February 3, 1770. Merchant; member of New Hampshire state house of representatives, 1810-11. Died April 28, 1811 (age 41 years, 84 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Reuben Kidder and Susannah (Burge) Kidder; married, November 16, 1798, to Hepzibah Jones; uncle of Charles Stetson and Isaiah Stetson; granduncle of Isaiah Kidder Stetson; great-granduncle of Charles Stetson Wilson and Clarence Cutting Stetson; first cousin once removed of Luther Kidder; second cousin of Ezra Kidder; second cousin once removed of Arba Kidder and Joseph Souther Kidder; second cousin thrice removed of Harvey Edward Kidder and Clarence Patch Kidder; third cousin of Ephraim Safford, Lyman Kidder and David Kidder; third cousin once removed of Jonathan Usher, Chauncey Fitch Cleveland, Alvan Kidder, James Safford, Francis Kidder, Ira Kidder, Pascal Paoli Kidder and Jefferson Parish Kidder; third cousin twice removed of Caleb Blodgett, Ira Chandler Backus, Orlando Burr Kidder, John Palmer Usher, Edward Green Bradford, Adoniram Judson Kneeland, Stafford Canning Cleveland, Francis Landon Cleveland, Bailey Frye Adams, Orestes Cleveland, Henry Sabin, Lyman Kidder Bass, Robert Crawford Safford, Abner Coburn Cleveland, Robert Cleveland Usher, Nathan Parker Kidder, Silas Wright Kidder and Daniel S. Kidder; third cousin thrice removed of William Dean Kellogg, Delos Abiel Blodgett, Grover Cleveland, Isaac Newton Blodgett, Edward Green Bradford II, Monroe Marsh Sweetland, James Harlan Cleveland, Fannie Kidder Tyler, Lyman Metcalfe Bass, Mary Rose Kidder and Harley Walter Kidder.
  Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Josiah B. Lougee (born c.1854) — of Collinsville, Canton, Hartford County, Conn. Born in Effingham, Carroll County, N.H., about 1854. Democrat. Merchant; first selectman of Canton, Connecticut, 1901, 1906, 1922-24; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Canton, 1907-08; defeated, 1894. Burial location unknown.
  Alfred Marshall (c.1797-1868) — of Maine. Born in New Hampshire, about 1797. Democrat. Member of Maine state house of representatives, 1827-28, 1834-35; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maine, 1840; U.S. Representative from Maine 7th District, 1841-43; merchant; hotel business. Died in China, Kennebec County, Maine, October 2, 1868 (age about 71 years). Interment at Village Cemetery, China, Maine.
  Relatives: Married, December 21, 1824, to Lydia Brackett.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article
  John Jay Philbrick (1840-1897) — of Key West, Monroe County, Fla. Born in Keene, Cheshire County, N.H., March 6, 1840. Steamship agent; commission merchant; Vice-Consul for Sweden & Norway in Key West, Fla., 1871-77; Vice-Consul for Germany in Key West, Fla., 1871-77. Member, Freemasons. Died September 14, 1897 (age 57 years, 192 days). Interment at Key West Cemetery, Key West, Fla.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Edward Henry Rollins (1824-1889) — also known as Edward H. Rollins — of Concord, Merrimack County, N.H. Born in Somersworth (part now in Rollinsford), Strafford County, N.H., October 3, 1824. Republican. Merchant; banker; member of New Hampshire state house of representatives, 1855-57; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1860, 1884; U.S. Representative from New Hampshire 2nd District, 1861-67; secretary-treasurer, Union Pacific Railroad; president, Boston, Concord & Montreal Railroad; U.S. Senator from New Hampshire, 1877-83. Died in Isle of Shoals, Rockingham County, N.H., July 31, 1889 (age 64 years, 301 days). Interment at Blossom Hill Cemetery, Concord, N.H.
  Relatives: Son of Daniel Rollins and Mary (Plumer) Rollins; married to Ellen Elizabeth West; father of Frank West Rollins; great-grandnephew of John Wentworth; first cousin twice removed of John Wentworth Jr.; fourth cousin of George Winthrop Maston Pitman and Joseph Pitman; fourth cousin once removed of Chester Wentworth, Tappan Wentworth, Lycurgus Pitman and William Pitman.
  Political family: Wentworth-Pitman family of New Hampshire (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Frederick Smyth (1819-1899) — of Manchester, Hillsborough County, N.H. Born in Candia, Rockingham County, N.H., March 9, 1819. Republican. Merchant; mayor of Manchester, N.H., 1852-55, 1864; member of New Hampshire state house of representatives, 1857-58; Governor of New Hampshire, 1865-67; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1872 (delegation chair). Died in Hamilton, Bermuda, April 22, 1899 (age 80 years, 44 days). Interment at Valley Cemetery, Manchester, N.H.
  Relatives: Son of Stephen Smyth and Dolly (Rowe) Smyth; married, December 11, 1844, to Emily Lane; married, February 22, 1886, to Marion Hamilton Cossar.
  See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article
  Bradford Newcomb Stevens (1813-1885) — also known as Bradford N. Stevens — of Tiskilwa, Bureau County, Ill. Born in Boscawen, Merrimack County, N.H., January 3, 1813. School teacher; merchant; mayor of Tiskilwa, Ill.; U.S. Representative from Illinois 5th District, 1871-73. Died in Tiskilwa, Bureau County, Ill., November 10, 1885 (age 72 years, 311 days). Interment at Mt. Bloom Cemetery, Tiskilwa, Ill.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  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.
  Relatives: Son of George W. Tarlson and Mary H. (Avery) Tarlson.
  Nathaniel Upham (1774-1829) — of Rochester, Strafford County, N.H. Born in Deerfield, Rockingham County, N.H., June 9, 1774. Democrat. Merchant; member of New Hampshire state house of representatives, 1807-09; member of New Hampshire Governor's Council, 1811-12; U.S. Representative from New Hampshire, 1817-23 (at-large 1817-19, 2nd District 1819-21, at-large 1821-23). Died in Rochester, Strafford County, N.H., July 10, 1829 (age 55 years, 31 days). Interment at Old Rochester Cemetery, Rochester, N.H.
  Relatives: Son of Timothy Upham and Hannah (Gookin) Upham; married 1798 to Judith C. Cogswell; father of Nathaniel Gookin Upham and Judith Almira Upham (who married James Bell); second great-grandfather of James Dunbar Bell; second cousin of Jabez Upham, George Baxter Upham and Charles Wentworth Upham; second cousin once removed of James Phineas Upham; third cousin twice removed of William Greene Dows; fourth cousin of Nathaniel Merriam, William Upham, Samuel Finley Vinton and Alonzo Sidney Upham; fourth cousin once removed of Isaiah Blood and William Henry Upham.
  Political families: Upham family; Bell-Upham family of New Hampshire; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Joseph E. Watson (1860-1937) — of Bronson, Branch County, Mich. Born in Center Sandwich, Sandwich, Carroll County, N.H., July 8, 1860. Republican. Merchant; banker; postmaster; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Branch County, 1919-24; member of Michigan state senate 9th District, 1925-28. English ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Shriners. Died March 20, 1937 (age 76 years, 255 days). Burial location unknown.
  Elias Whitmore (1772-1853) — of Windsor, Broome County, N.Y. Born in Pembroke, Hillsborough County (now Merrimack County), N.H., March 2, 1772. Democrat. Merchant; U.S. Representative from New York 21st District, 1825-27. Died in Windsor, Broome County, N.Y., December 26, 1853 (age 81 years, 299 days). Interment at Windsor Village Cemetery, Windsor, N.Y.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Luther Wright (b. 1799) — of Oswego, Oswego County, N.Y. Born in Nelson, Cheshire County, N.H., September 13, 1799. Merchant; miller; banker; village president of Oswego, New York, 1839, 1841; treasurer of several railroad companies; president of the Oswego Gas Light company. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married 1828 to Lucinda Smith; married 1840 to Miss L. Bailey.
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