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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 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.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Albert Bales and Frances M. (Hardy) Bales; married, October
16, 1889, to Abbie French. |
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Jesse Morton Barton (b. 1870) —
also known as Jesse M. Barton —
of Newport, Sullivan
County, N.H.
Born in Newport, Sullivan
County, N.H., January
21, 1870.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer;
member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1901-02; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1903; probate
judge in New Hampshire, 1906-; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1912; New Hampshire
Republican state chair, 1912-16; member of New
Hampshire state senate 8th District; elected 1916; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1920
(member, Resolutions
Committee).
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd Fellows.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Levi Winter Barton and Elizabeth F. (Jewett)
Barton. |
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Robert Oscar Blood (1887-1975) —
also known as Robert O. Blood —
of Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H.
Born in Enfield, Grafton
County, N.H., November
10, 1887.
Republican. Colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; physician;
member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1935; member of New
Hampshire state senate, 1937-40; Governor of
New Hampshire, 1941-45; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New Hampshire, 1944,
1948,
1952
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1956,
1960.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Medical
Association; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Odd Fellows; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died August
3, 1975 (age 87 years, 266
days).
Interment at Blossom
Hill Cemetery, Concord, N.H.
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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.
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Relatives: Son
of Daniel M. Buxton and Abbie A. (Whitaker) Buxton; married, June 4,
1884, to Martha Jane Flanders. |
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Jesse Milton Coburn (1853-1923) —
also known as J. Milton Coburn —
of South Norwalk (now part of Norwalk), Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Pittsfield, Merrimack
County, N.H., March
27, 1853.
Republican. Physician;
mayor
of South Norwalk, Conn., 1898-99; candidate for Connecticut
state house of representatives from Norwalk, 1902.
Congregationalist.
Member, Odd Fellows.
Died in Bridgeport Hospital,
Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn., August
13, 1923 (age 70 years, 139
days).
Interment at Mountain
Grove Cemetery, Bridgeport, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. Jesse Milton Coburn and Almira (Morse) Coburn; married, August
4, 1879, to Abbie M. Cutler. |
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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 S. Cummings (b. 1856) —
of Rockland, Knox
County, Maine; Augusta, Kennebec
County, Maine; Auburn, Androscoggin
County, Maine.
Born in Gorham, Coos
County, N.H., September
25, 1856.
Republican. School
teacher; pastor; Androscoggin
County Sheriff, 1903-04; insurance
business; mayor of
Auburn, Maine, 1922-25.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Kiwanis.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Hiram T. Cummings and Eliza A. (Cloudman) Cummings; married 1882 to Carrie
A. Neff; married 1886 to Addie
F. Larrabee; married 1903 to
Mildred E. Davis. |
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Fred Nelson Cummings (1864-1952) —
also known as Fred N. Cummings —
of Fort Collins, Larimer
County, Colo.
Born near Groveton, Northumberland, Coos
County, N.H., September
18, 1864.
Democrat. Farmer; U.S.
Representative from Colorado 2nd District, 1933-41; defeated,
1940.
Member, Odd Fellows.
Died in Fort Collins, Larimer
County, Colo., November
10, 1952 (age 88 years, 53
days).
Interment at Grandview
Cemetery, Fort Collins, Colo.
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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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Alfred Gerry Fairbanks (1822-1896) —
also known as Alfred G. Fairbanks —
of Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Francestown, Hillsborough
County, N.H., January
16, 1822.
Republican. Blacksmith;
grocer; deputy
sheriff; undertaker;
member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives from Manchester,
1881-82; Hillsborough
County Commissioner, 1883-89; member of New
Hampshire state senate 17th District, 1893-94.
Congregationalist.
Member, Odd Fellows.
Died in Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H., May 28,
1896 (age 74 years, 133
days).
Interment at Pine
Grove Cemetery, Manchester, N.H.
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William Pitt Fessenden (1806-1869) —
of Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Born in Boscawen, Merrimack
County, N.H., October
16, 1806.
Whig. Lawyer;
member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1832-33, 1840-41, 1845-46,
1853-54; U.S.
Representative from Maine 4th District, 1841-43; delegate to Whig
National Convention from Maine, 1848, 1852; U.S.
Senator from Maine, 1854-64, 1865-69; died in office 1869; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1864-65.
Member, Odd Fellows.
Died in Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, September
8, 1869 (age 62 years, 327
days).
Original interment at Western
Cemetery, Portland, Maine; reinterment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Portland, Maine.
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Presumably named
for: William
Pitt |
| | | Relatives: Son of Samuel
Clement Fessenden (1784-1869) and Ruth (Green) Fessenden;
half-brother of Samuel
Clement Fessenden (1815-1882), Thomas
Amory Deblois Fessenden and Joseph
Palmer Fessenden; married, April
23, 1832, to Ellen Maria Deering; father of James
Deering Fessenden, Francis
Fessenden and Samuel Fessenden (1841-1862; killed in Civil War);
uncle of Joshua
Abbe Fessenden, Samuel
Fessenden (1847-1908) and Oliver
Grosvenor Fessenden; granduncle of Charles
Milton Fessenden; third cousin of William
Fessenden Allen; third cousin once removed of Benjamin
Fessenden, John
Milton Fessenden and Charles
Backus Hyde Fessenden; third cousin thrice removed of Aaron
Kellogg; fourth cousin of Ira A.
Locke, Walter
Fessenden and Samuel
Fessenden (1845-1903); fourth cousin once removed of Bennet
Bicknell, Ira
Edgar Locke, Henry
Nichols Blake and Seth
Grosvenor Heacock. |
| | | Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about William Pitt Fessenden:
Robert J. Cook, Civil
War Senator: William Pitt Fessenden and the Fight to Save the
American Republic |
| | | Image source: Life and Work of James G.
Blaine (1893) |
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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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Charles Miller Floyd (1861-1923) —
also known as Charles M. Floyd —
of Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Derry, Rockingham
County, N.H., June 5,
1861.
Republican. Clothing
business; director of banks, lumber
companies, and the Manchester Traction,
Light &
Power Company; member of New
Hampshire state senate 17th District, 1899-1900; member of New
Hampshire Governor's Council, 1904; Governor of
New Hampshire, 1907-09; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New Hampshire, 1912;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New Hampshire.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Died in Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H., February
3, 1923 (age 61 years, 243
days).
Interment at Pine
Grove Cemetery, Manchester, N.H.
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Alvan Tufts Fuller (1878-1958) —
also known as Alvan T. Fuller —
of Malden, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., February
27, 1878.
Republican. Automobile
dealer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1915; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1916,
1932;
U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 9th District, 1917-21; Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1921-25; Governor of
Massachusetts, 1925-29; candidate for Republican nomination for
Vice President, 1932.
Baptist.
Member, Odd Fellows; Freemasons;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias.
Died April
30, 1958 (age 80 years, 62
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at East
Cemetery, Rye Beach, Rye, N.H.
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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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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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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.
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Frank E. Kaley (b. 1856) —
of Milford, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Canton, Norfolk
County, Mass., March
13, 1856.
Republican. Manufacturer;
member of New
Hampshire state senate 15th District, 1901-02; member of New
Hampshire Governor's Council 3rd District, 1903.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd Fellows.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Timothy Kaley; married, October
12, 1885, to Harriet E. Wallace. |
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Edwin F. Leonard (1862-1931) —
of Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass.
Born in Belmont, Belknap
County, N.H., July 15,
1862.
Republican. Druggist;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives Third Hampden District, 1906-07;
mayor
of Springfield, Mass., 1921-24; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1928.
Member, Odd Fellows.
Died in November, 1931
(age 69
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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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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Alva Herman Morrill (1848-1922) —
also known as Alva H. Morrill —
of Stanfordville, Dutchess
County, N.Y.; New Bedford, Bristol
County, Mass.; Franklin, Merrimack
County, N.H.; Newton, Rockingham
County, N.H.
Born in Grafton, Grafton
County, N.H., June 7,
1848.
Minister;
school
principal; Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 28th District, 1892; Prohibition
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 1st District, 1906, 1908;
Prohibition candidate for Governor of
New Hampshire, 1912.
Christian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Odd Fellows.
Died in 1922
(age about
74 years).
Interment at Proprietors'
Burying Ground, Portsmouth, N.H.
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Ballard Smith (1821-1866) —
of Cannelton, Perry
County, Ind.; Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind.
Born in Durham, Strafford
County, N.H., January
13, 1821.
Lawyer;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1855-57; Speaker of
the Indiana State House of Representatives, 1857; circuit judge
in Indiana, 1858-59; served in the Union Army during the Civil War.
Episcopalian.
Member, Odd Fellows.
Died in Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind., October
3, 1866 (age 45 years, 263
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Terre Haute, Ind.
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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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Robert Moore Wallace (1847-1914) —
also known as Robert M. Wallace —
of Milford, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Henniker, Merrimack
County, N.H., May 2,
1847.
Lawyer;
member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1877-78; Hillsborough
County Solicitor, 1883-93; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1889; justice of
New Hampshire state supreme court, 1893-1901; appointed 1893;
superior court judge in New Hampshire, 1901-13.
Congregationalist.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Odd Fellows.
Died in Milford, Hillsborough
County, N.H., April 5,
1914 (age 66 years, 338
days).
Interment at West
Street Cemetery, Milford, N.H.
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Sumner Wallace (1856-1920) —
of Rochester, Strafford
County, N.H.
Born in Berwick, York
County, Maine, March 7,
1856.
Republican. Shoe
manufacturer; director of banks, railroads,
and electric
utilities; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1885; member of New
Hampshire Governor's Council, 1899-1900; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New Hampshire, 1904;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New Hampshire.
Member, Theta
Delta Chi; Freemasons;
Odd Fellows.
Died, of a cerebral
hemorrhage, in Lake Wales, Polk
County, Fla., January
11, 1920 (age 63 years, 310
days).
Interment at Rochester
Cemetery, Rochester, N.H.
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Aaron Milton Wilkins (1854-1910) —
also known as Aaron M. Wilkins —
of Amherst, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Amherst, Hillsborough
County, N.H., January
22, 1854.
Republican. Farmer;
member of New
Hampshire state senate 15th District, 1903-04.
Congregationalist.
Welsh
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Odd Fellows.
Died in Amherst, Hillsborough
County, N.H., May 27,
1910 (age 56 years, 125
days).
Interment at Meadow
View Cemetery, Amherst, N.H.
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