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Llewelyn Sherman Adams (1899-1986) —
also known as Sherman Adams; "The Abominable No
Man"; "The Great Stone Face" —
of Lincoln, Grafton
County, N.H.
Born in East Dover, Dover, Windham
County, Vt., January
8, 1899.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; lumberman;
member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1941-44; Speaker of
the New Hampshire State House of Representatives, 1943-44;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1944,
1952
(speaker);
U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 2nd District, 1945-47; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention from Lincoln,
1948; Governor of
New Hampshire, 1949-53; defeated, 1946; assistant to President Dwight
D. Eisenhower, 1953-58; forced to
resign in 1958 following disclosure that he had accepted
gifts, including a vicuna
coat, from a Boston businessman seeking preferred treatment from
federal agencies.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Shriners; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Grange;
Elks; Society
of Colonial Wars; Foresters.
Died in Hanover, Grafton
County, N.H., October
27, 1986 (age 87 years, 292
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Lincoln, N.H.
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Harold Wallace Ayer (1926-1968) —
also known as Harold W. Ayer —
of Henniker, Merrimack
County, N.H.
Born in Henniker, Merrimack
County, N.H., September
24, 1926.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1964.
Protestant.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners; Teamsters
Union.
Died in January, 1968
(age 41
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Harold W. Ayer and Martha (Davis) Ayer; married, November
27, 1947, to Harriette White. |
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Henry Moore Baker (1841-1912) —
also known as Henry M. Baker —
of Bow, Merrimack
County, N.H.
Born in Bow, Merrimack
County, N.H., January
11, 1841.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New
Hampshire state senate 9th District, 1891-92; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 2nd District, 1893-97; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1902; member of
New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1905-09.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 30,
1912 (age 71 years, 140
days).
Interment at Alexander
Cemetery, Bow, N.H.
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Charles Henry Barnard (1907-1972) —
also known as Charles H. Barnard —
of Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H.; Londonderry, Rockingham
County, N.H.
Born in Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H., September
28, 1907.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives from Manchester 2nd
Ward, 1935-42; Speaker of
the New Hampshire State House of Representatives, 1941-42; served
in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of New
Hampshire state senate, 1947-48; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention from Manchester
2nd Ward, 1948; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention from Manchester
2nd Ward, 1956.
Congregationalist.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Shriners; United
Commercial Travelers; Elks; Kiwanis.
Died in September, 1972
(age about
65 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Barnard and Mary Mabelle (Wright) Barnard; married, November
19, 1936, to Pauline Beatrice Briggs. |
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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.
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Relatives: Son
of Warren G. Brown and Charlotte (Elliott) Brown; married, August
23, 1902, to Ida Harrington. |
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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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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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John W. French (b. 1905) —
of Groton, Caledonia
County, Vt.
Born in Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H., January
15, 1905.
Republican. Farmer;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Groton, 1947-50; member of Vermont
state senate from Caledonia County; elected 1952.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners; Farm
Bureau.
Burial location unknown.
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Harrison Libbey (1843-1913) —
also known as Harry Libbey —
of Hampton,
Va.
Born in Wakefield, Carroll
County, N.H., November
22, 1843.
Republican. State court judge in Virginia, 1869; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 2nd District, 1883-87; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Virginia, 1896;
postmaster at Hampton,
Va., 1907-13.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died, from Bright's
disease, in Hampton,
Va., September
30, 1913 (age 69 years, 312
days).
Interment at St. John's Church Cemetery, Hampton, Va.
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John Herbert Neal (b. 1862) —
also known as John H. Neal —
of Rochester, Strafford
County, N.H.; Portsmouth, Rockingham
County, N.H.
Born in Parsonfield, York
County, Maine, March
20, 1862.
Republican. Physician;
member of New
Hampshire state senate 12th District, 1903-04.
Member, American Medical
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Neal and Sarah Jane (Lord) Neal. |
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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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William Nathaniel Rogers (1892-1945) —
also known as William N. Rogers —
of Wakefield, Carroll
County, N.H.
Born in Sanbornville, Wakefield, Carroll
County, N.H., January
10, 1892.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1917, 1919, 1921; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 1st District, 1923-25, 1932-37;
defeated, 1918, 1924; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1936.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Kappa Psi; Phi
Alpha Delta; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners; Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Died in Wolfeboro, Carroll
County, N.H., September
25, 1945 (age 53 years, 258
days).
Interment at Lovell
Lake Cemetery, Sanbornville, Wakefield, N.H.
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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.
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