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Blaylock Atherton (b. 1900) —
of Nashua, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Nashua, Hillsborough
County, N.H., October
6, 1900.
Republican. Insurance
business; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives from Nashua 1st Ward,
1937-43, 1945-48; member of New
Hampshire state senate, 1943-45.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Rotary; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Capt. Henry B. Atherton and Dr. Ella (Blaylock) Atherton; married,
September
6, 1924, to Katherine E. Bremner. |
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Charles Foster Bass (b. 1952) —
also known as Charles F. Bass; Charlie
Bass —
of Peterborough, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., January
8, 1952.
Republican. Staff for U.S. Rep. William
S. Cohen, 1974; staff for U.S. Rep David
F. Emery, 1975-79; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1982-88; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1984; member of
New
Hampshire state senate, 1988-92; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 2nd District, 1995-; defeated
in primary, 1980.
Episcopalian.
Member, Rotary; Freemasons.
Still living as of 2014.
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Oliver Winslow Branch (b. 1879) —
of Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
4, 1879.
Democrat. Lawyer;
superior court judge in New Hampshire, 1913-26; justice of
New Hampshire state supreme court, 1926-46; chief
justice of New Hampshire state supreme court, 1946-49.
Congregationalist.
Member, Rotary; Delta
Upsilon; American Bar
Association.
Burial location unknown.
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James Colgate Cleveland (1920-1995) —
also known as James C. Cleveland —
of New London, Merrimack
County, N.H.
Born in Montclair, Essex
County, N.J., June 13,
1920.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; served in
the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; member of New
Hampshire state senate, 1950-62; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 2nd District, 1963-81.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Grange;
Rotary; Freemasons;
Elks; Eagles.
Died December
3, 1995 (age 75 years, 173
days).
Burial location unknown.
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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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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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Thomas F. Dwyer (1881-1936) —
of Lebanon, Grafton
County, N.H.
Born in Waterbury, Washington
County, Vt., November
20, 1881.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
New Hampshire, 1916.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Rotary.
Died in Lebanon, Grafton
County, N.H., March
30, 1936 (age 54 years, 131
days).
Interment at Sacred
Heart Cemetery, Lebanon, N.H.
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Hugh Gregg (1917-2003) —
of Nashua, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Nashua, Hillsborough
County, N.H., November
22, 1917.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer; mayor of
Nashua, N.H., 1950; Governor of
New Hampshire, 1953-55; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New Hampshire, 1988.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Rotary.
Died in 2003
(age about
85 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Albert D. Leahy (1903-1994) —
of Claremont, Sullivan
County, N.H.
Born in Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H., March 3,
1903.
Delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention from Claremont
2nd Ward, 1948.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Elks;
Rotary.
Died, in a nursing
home at Unity, Sullivan
County, N.H., March 1,
1994 (age 90 years, 363
days).
Interment at Union
Cemetery, Claremont, N.H.
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Eaton Dudley Sargent (1870-1944) —
also known as Eaton D. Sargent —
of Winchendon, Worcester
County, Mass.; Nashua, Hillsborough
County, N.H.; Crescent City, Putnam
County, Fla.
Born in Bradford, Orange
County, Vt., August
13, 1870.
Democrat. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 3rd District, 1918; mayor of
Nashua, N.H., 1924-27; candidate for Governor of
New Hampshire, 1926, 1928; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New Hampshire, 1928
(member, Credentials
Committee); candidate for U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 2nd District, 1930.
Member, Freemasons;
Rotary.
Died of heart
failure while pruning an orange tree, in Crescent City, Putnam
County, Fla., March
27, 1944 (age 73 years, 227
days).
Interment at Edgewood
Cemetery, Nashua, N.H.
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Charles William Tobey (1880-1953) —
also known as Charles W. Tobey —
of Temple, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Roxbury, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., July 22,
1880.
Republican. President, F. M. Hoyt Shoe
Company; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1915-16, 1919-20,
1923-24; Speaker of
the New Hampshire State House of Representatives, 1919-20; member
of New
Hampshire state senate, 1925-26; Governor of
New Hampshire, 1929-31; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 2nd District, 1933-39; delegate
to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1936,
1940
(member, Resolutions
Committee); U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1939-53; died in office 1953.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Rotary.
Died in the Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., July 24,
1953 (age 73 years, 2
days).
Interment at Miller
Cemetery, Temple, N.H.
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