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George Herbert Adams (b. 1851) —
also known as George H. Adams —
of Plymouth, Grafton
County, N.H.
Born in Campton, Grafton
County, N.H., May 18,
1851.
Republican. Lawyer;
president, Pemigewasset National Bank;
trustee, Plymouth Guaranty Savings Bank;
director, Pemigewasset Valley Railroad; director, White
Mountain Telephone
Co.; director, Plymouth Electric
Light Co.; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1876; member of
New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1883-84; member of New
Hampshire state senate 4th District, 1899-1900, 1905-06.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Isaac L. Adams and Louisa C. (Blair) Adams; married, June 14,
1877, to Sarah Katherine Smith. |
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Ebenezer Allen (1804-1863) —
of Orono, Penobscot
County, Maine; Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex.
Born in Newport, Sullivan
County, N.H., April 8,
1804.
Lawyer;
Texas
Republic Secretary of State, 1844-45, 1845-46; Attorney
General of the Texas Republic, 1844-45; Texas
state attorney general, 1850-52; railroad promoter; served
in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Died in the Civil
War in Richmond,
Va., 1863
(age about
59 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Harry Burton Amey (b. 1868) —
also known as Harry B. Amey —
of Milton, Strafford
County, N.H.; Island Pond, Brighton, Essex
County, Vt.
Born in Pittsburg, Coos
County, N.H., December
21, 1868.
Republican. Lawyer;
Vermont attorney for Grand Trunk Railway, 1902; Essex
County State's Attorney, 1904-08; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Brighton, 1910; U.S.
Attorney for Vermont, 1923-32.
Unitarian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John T. Amey and Emily (Haynes) Amey; married 1896 to Gracia
A. Norton. |
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Ernest Lorne Bell (1871-1925) —
also known as Ernest L. Bell —
of Woodstock, Grafton
County, N.H.; Plymouth, Grafton
County, N.H.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., March
16, 1871.
Physician;
surgeon to Boston & Maine Railroad; surgeon-general of New
Hampshire; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1903-04; member of New
Hampshire state senate 2nd District, 1905-06; served in the U.S.
Army during World War I.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Medical
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Died in Hebron, Grafton
County, N.H., April
19, 1925 (age 54 years, 34
days).
Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Plymouth, N.H.
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Rufus Blodgett (1834-1910) —
of Ocean
County, N.J.; Long Branch, Monmouth
County, N.J.
Born in Dorchester, Grafton
County, N.H., October
9, 1834.
Democrat. Superintendent, New Jersey Southern Railroad,
1874-84; founder and president, Citizens Bank of
Long Branch; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Ocean County, 1878-80;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1880
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1896;
U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1887-93; mayor
of Long Branch, N.J., 1893.
Died in Long Branch, Monmouth
County, N.J., October
3, 1910 (age 75 years, 359
days).
Interment at Village
Cemetery, Wentworth, N.H.
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Oliver Ernesto Branch (b. 1847) —
also known as Oliver E. Branch —
of Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Madison, Lake
County, Ohio, July 19,
1847.
Lawyer;
general counsel, Boston & Maine Railroad; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1887, 1889; U.S.
Attorney for New Hampshire, 1894-98.
English
ancestry. Member, Delta
Upsilon; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Albert Busiel (1842-1901) —
also known as Charles A. Busiel —
of Laconia, Belknap
County, N.H.
Born in Meredith, Belknap
County, N.H., November
24, 1842.
Manufacturer;
president, Laconia National Bank and
City Savings Bank;
president, Lake Shore Railroad; director, Concord &
Montreal Railroad; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1878-79; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New Hampshire, 1880;
mayor
of Laconia, N.H., 1893-95; Governor of
New Hampshire, 1895-97.
Died, about two weeks after the drowning of his six-year-old grandson
and namesake, of heart
disease, August
29, 1901 (age 58 years, 278
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Union
Cemetery, Laconia, N.H.
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Martin Van Buren Edgerly (1833-1895) —
also known as M. V. B. Edgerly —
of Pittsfield, Merrimack
County, N.H.; Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born September
26, 1833.
Democrat. President, Massachusetts Mutual Life
Insurance Company; president, Des Moines, Kansas City & Arcola
Railroad; member of Democratic
National Committee from New Hampshire, 1876; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New Hampshire, 1880;
candidate for Governor of
New Hampshire, 1882.
Died, from an abscess
in his right ear, in a hotel at
New York, New York
County, N.Y., March
18, 1895 (age 61 years, 173
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph Albree Gilmore (1811-1867) —
also known as Joseph A. Gilmore —
of Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H.
Born in Weston, Windsor
County, Vt., June 10,
1811.
Wholesale
grocer; superintendent of Concord & Claremont Railroad;
member of New
Hampshire state senate 4th District, 1858-60; Governor of
New Hampshire, 1863-65.
Died in Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H., April
17, 1867 (age 55 years, 311
days).
Interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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Louis Bertrand Goodall (1851-1935) —
also known as Louis B. Goodall —
of Sanford, York
County, Maine.
Born in Winchester, Cheshire
County, N.H., September
23, 1851.
Republican. Woollen
manufacturer; officer of railroads and power
companies; president, Sanford National Bank; U.S.
Representative from Maine 1st District, 1917-21.
Unitarian.
Died in Sanford, York
County, Maine, June 26,
1935 (age 83 years, 276
days).
Interment at Oakdale
Cemetery, Sanford, Maine.
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Charles Courtney Pinkney Holden (1827-1905) —
also known as Charles C. P. Holden —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Groton, Grafton
County, N.H., August
9, 1827.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; land agent for
Illinois Central Railroad; helped to organize and build the
Chicago and Illinois River Railroad; Republican candidate for
mayor
of Chicago, Ill., 1862, 1871; candidate for Presidential Elector
for Illinois; Cook
County Commissioner, 1874.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died in Matteson, Cook
County, Ill., February
5, 1905 (age 77 years, 180
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Joliet, Ill.
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Relatives: Son
of Phineas Hemmenway Holden and Elizabeth 'Betsey' (Parker) Holden;
married, September
17, 1855, to Sarah Jane Reynolds; married, April
28, 1875, to Louise R. Jones; married, July 11,
1888, to Thelena M. McCoy; first cousin of Ebenezer
Gregg Danforth Holden; first cousin once removed of Charles
Wayne Holden; first cousin twice removed of Charlotte
H. McMorran; third cousin of Winfield
Scott Holden; third cousin twice removed of Luther
Lawrence, John
Davis and Abbott
Lawrence; fourth cousin once removed of Isaac
Davis, Alonzo
M. Garcelon, Amos
Adams Lawrence, John
Chandler Bancroft Davis, Samuel
Abbott Green, Horace
Davis and Gordon
Woodbury. |
| | | Political families: Chandler-Hale
family of Portland, Maine; Lee-Randolph
family; Woodbury-Holden
family of Massachusetts and New Hampshire; Holden-Davis-Lawrence-Garcelon
family of Massachusetts; Starkweather-Pendleton
family of Preston, Connecticut (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
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candidate detail |
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Edward Dwight Holton (1815-1892) —
also known as Edward D. Holton —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in Lancaster, Coos
County, N.H., April
28, 1815.
Abolitionist; wheat
trader; Liberty candidate for Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Wisconsin Territory, 1845; founder,
Milwaukee and Prairie du Chien Railroad; banker;
Free Soil candidate for Governor of
Wisconsin, 1853; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Wisconsin; delegate to Republican National Convention from Wisconsin,
1856;
member of Wisconsin
state assembly from Milwaukee County 4th District, 1860.
Died, from malaria
and erysipelas,
in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., April
21, 1892 (age 76 years, 359
days).
Interment at Forest
Home Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wis.
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Relatives:
Married, October
14, 1845, to Lucinda Millard. |
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of Holton,
Kansas, is named for
him. — Holton Hall, at the University
of Wisconsin Milwaukee,
is named for
him. — Holton Street,
in Milwaukee,
Wisconsin, is named for
him. |
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article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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James Frederick Joy (1810-1896) —
also known as James F. Joy —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Durham, Strafford
County, N.H., December
2, 1810.
Republican. Lawyer;
led, built, reorganized, or merged many railroad companies,
including the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy and the Michigan
Central; an incorporator of the St. Mary's Falls Ship
Canal Company, which built the first canal at Sault Ste. Marie in
1853-55; president of the Detroit Post-Tribune newspaper;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1861-62; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1880;
member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1881-85.
English
ancestry.
Died September
24, 1896 (age 85 years, 297
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of James Joy and Sarah (Pickering) Joy; married 1841 to Martha
Alger Reed (daughter of John
Reed); married 1860 to Mary
Bourne. |
| | | Political family: Reed
family of West Bridgewater, Massachusetts. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
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Alpheus Crosby Kennett (b. 1859) —
also known as A. Crosby Kennett —
of Conway, Carroll
County, N.H.
Born in Madison, Carroll
County, N.H., July 27,
1859.
Republican. Railway station agent; lumber
business; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1895-96; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1896,
1900;
member of New
Hampshire state senate 5th District, 1897-98; member of New
Hampshire Governor's Council 5th District, 1903-04.
Member, Freemasons.
Interment at Madison
Cemetery, Madison, N.H.
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Henry Kirke Porter (1840-1921) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H., November
24, 1840.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; locomotive
manufacturer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 31st District, 1903-05;
defeated, 1904.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April
10, 1921 (age 80 years, 137
days).
Interment at Allegheny
Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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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.
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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 |
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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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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.
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Lorenzo P. Sanger (1809-1875) —
of Joliet, Will
County, Ill.
Born in Littleton, Grafton
County, N.H., March 2,
1809.
Contractor;
built canals
and railroads; member of Illinois
state senate, 1840; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil
War; stone
quarry proprietor.
Died in Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., March
23, 1875 (age 66 years, 21
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Joliet, Ill.
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Avery Skinner (1796-1876) —
of Union Square, Oswego
County, N.Y.
Born in Westmoreland, Cheshire
County, N.H., June 9,
1796.
Democrat. School
teacher; tavern
keeper; postmaster;
Oswego
County Treasurer, 1826-1838; member of New York
state assembly from Oswego County, 1832-33; member of New York
state senate 5th District, 1838-41; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 23rd District, 1846; director,
Syracuse Northern Railway.
Died in Union Square, Oswego
County, N.Y., November
24, 1876 (age 80 years, 168
days).
Interment at Maple
View Cemetery, Mexico, N.Y.
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Frank Sherwin Streeter (1853-1922) —
also known as Frank S. Streeter —
of Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H.
Born in East Charleston, Charleston, Orleans
County, Vt., August
5, 1853.
Republican. School
principal; lawyer;
member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1885; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1896
(member, Resolutions
Committee); member of Republican
National Committee from New Hampshire, 1904; general counsel,
Concord & Montreal Railroad.
Died in Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H., December
11, 1922 (age 69 years, 128
days).
Interment at Blossom
Hill Cemetery, Concord, N.H.
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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.
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Relatives: Son
of Calvin Thayer and Sarah Wheeler (Fiske) Thayer; married, October
20, 1874, to Sarah Clarke Wentworth. |
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Marcus M. Towle (1841-1910) —
of Hammond, Lake
County, Ind.
Born in Danville, Rockingham
County, N.H., January
12, 1841.
Co-founder of the G. H. Hammond meat packing
plant, and of the city of Hammond; financed and built
railroads and port
facilities; mayor
of Hammond, Ind., 1884-88.
Died, in Longcliffe Asylum for
the Insane, Logansport, Cass
County, Ind., September
6, 1910 (age 69 years, 237
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Hammond, Ind.
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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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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.
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Relatives:
Married 1828 to
Lucinda Smith; married 1840 to Miss
L. Bailey. |
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