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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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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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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. |
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Charles Sinclair Weeks (1893-1972) —
also known as Sinclair Weeks —
of Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Lancaster, Coos
County, N.H.
Born in West Newton, Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass., June 15,
1893.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army on the Mexican border; served in
the U.S. Army during World War I; banker; mayor of
Newton, Mass., 1930-35; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1932,
1940,
1944,
1948,
1952,
1956;
Massachusetts
Republican state chair, 1936-38; member of Republican
National Committee from Massachusetts, 1940-53; Treasurer
of Republican National Committee, 1941-44; U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1944; appointed 1944; U.S.
Secretary of Commerce, 1953-58.
Unitarian.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish Rite Masons; American
Legion; Sons of
the American Revolution; Society
of the Cincinnati.
Died, in the Rivercrest Nursing
Home, Concord, Middlesex
County, Mass., February
7, 1972 (age 78 years, 237
days).
Interment at Summer
Street Cemetery, Lancaster, N.H.
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