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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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John Quincy Adams (1848-1911) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Lancaster, Coos
County, N.H., October
26, 1848.
Democrat. Real estate
business; raised money to save "The Old Flag House", where Betsy
Ross is reputed to have sewed the first American flag; candidate for
U.S.
Representative from New York 14th District, 1896.
Methodist.
Member, Sons of the American Revolution.
Died, of Bright's
disease, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
14, 1911 (age 62 years, 80
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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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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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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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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Perkins Bass (1912-2011) —
of Peterborough, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in East Walpole, Walpole, Norfolk
County, Mass., October
6, 1912.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives from Peterborough,
1939-43, 1947-49; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;
delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention from
Peterborough, 1948; member of New
Hampshire state senate 11th District, 1949-51; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 2nd District, 1955-63;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1962; member of Republican
National Committee from New Hampshire, 1964-.
Member, Sons of the American Revolution; American
Legion; Freemasons.
Died in Peterborough, Hillsborough
County, N.H., October
25, 2011 (age 99 years, 19
days).
Interment at Pine
Hill Cemetery, Peterborough, N.H.
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Frank Willey Clancy (1852-1928) —
of Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M.; Santa Fe, Santa Fe
County, N.M.
Born in Dover, Strafford
County, N.H., January
15, 1852.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate
to New Mexico state constitutional convention, 1889, 1906; mayor
of Albuquerque, N.M., 1898-99; Bernalillo
County District Attorney, 1901-09; New
Mexico state attorney general, 1912-16.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sons of the American Revolution.
Died in Santa Fe, Santa Fe
County, N.M., September
1, 1928 (age 76 years, 230
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Michael Albert Clancy and Lydia Ardilla (Willey) Clancy; married,
October
30, 1879, to Charlotte Jane Cawthorne Swallow. |
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Byron M. Cutcheon (1836-1908) —
of Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich.; Manistee, Manistee
County, Mich.; Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.
Born in Pembroke, Merrimack
County, N.H., May 11,
1836.
Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan; Manistee
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1873-74; member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1875-81; postmaster;
U.S.
Representative from Michigan 9th District, 1883-91; defeated,
1890.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Sons of the American Revolution; Loyal
Legion.
Received the Medal
of Honor in 1891 for action at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend, Ky.,
May 10, 1863.
Died in Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich., April
12, 1908 (age 71 years, 337
days).
Interment at Highland
Cemetery, Ypsilanti, Mich.
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Frank Warren Hackett (b. 1841) —
of Portsmouth, Rockingham
County, N.H.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Portsmouth, Rockingham
County, N.H., April
11, 1841.
Served in the Union Navy during the Civil War; lawyer;
member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives from Portsmouth, 1877;
U.S. Assistant Secretary of the Navy, 1900-01.
Episcopalian.
Member, Loyal
Legion; Sons of the Revolution.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Henry Young Hackett and Olive (Pickering) Hackett;
married, April
21, 1880, to Ida Craven. |
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Dwight Hall (b. 1871) —
of Dover, Strafford
County, N.H.
Born in Dover, Strafford
County, N.H., April
13, 1871.
Republican. Lawyer; banker; mayor of
Dover, N.H., 1911-12; New Hampshire
Republican state chair, 1914-24; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New Hampshire, 1916,
1924.
Congregationalist.
Member, Sons of the American Revolution.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Joshua G. Hall and Susan Elizabeth (Bigelow) Hall; married, August
15, 1899, to Frances Chasse Smith. |
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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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Stephen Shannon Jewett (b. 1858) —
also known as Stephen S. Jewett —
of Laconia, Belknap
County, N.H.
Born in Gilford, Belknap
County, N.H., September
18, 1858.
Republican. Member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1895-97; Speaker of
the New Hampshire State House of Representatives, 1895; delegate
to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1896;
member of New
Hampshire state senate 6th District, 1899-1900; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1902; member of
New
Hampshire Governor's Council, 1907-08.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sons of the American Revolution; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas O. Marvin (b. 1867) —
of Massachusetts; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Portsmouth, Rockingham
County, N.H., December
10, 1867.
Minister;
newspaper
editorial writer;
member, U.S. Tariff Commission, 1921-26.
Universalist.
Member, Sons of the Revolution; Theta
Delta Chi.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas E. O. Marvin and Anne Maria (Lippitt) Marvin; married, November
15, 1894, to Flora Myrick Sugden. |
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Henry Brewer Quinby (1846-1924) —
also known as Henry B. Quinby —
of Gilford, Belknap
County, N.H.; Lakeport, Laconia, Belknap
County, N.H.
Born in Biddeford, York
County, Maine, June 10,
1846.
Republican. Iron
manufacturer; banker;
member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1887-88; member of New
Hampshire state senate 6th District, 1889-90; member of New
Hampshire Governor's Council, 1891-92; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New Hampshire, 1892;
Governor
of New Hampshire, 1909-11.
Unitarian.
Member, Freemasons;
Sons of the American Revolution.
Died in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., February
8, 1924 (age 77 years, 243
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Daniel C. Remick (b. 1852) —
of Littleton, Grafton
County, N.H.
Born in Hardwick, Caledonia
County, Vt., January
15, 1852.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New
Hampshire state senate 2nd District, 1901-02; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1904.
Congregationalist.
Member, Society
of Colonial Wars; Sons of the Revolution.
Burial location unknown.
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John Page Sanborn (b. 1844) —
also known as John P. Sanborn —
of Newport, Newport
County, R.I.
Born in Fremont, Rockingham
County, N.H., September
9, 1844.
Republican. Member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1879-82, 1898-99; Speaker of
the Rhode Island State House of Representatives, 1881-82;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Rhode Island, 1880,
1896;
member of Rhode
Island state senate from Newport, 1885-86, 1906-11.
Member, Sons of the American Revolution.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Alvah Sanborn and Nancy (Page) Sanborn; married, April 7,
1870, to M. Isabella Higbee. |
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Walter Henry Sanborn (1845-1928) —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Epsom, Merrimack
County, N.H., October
19, 1845.
School
principal; lawyer;
Judge of U.S. Circuit Court for the 8th Circuit, 1892-1911; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit, 1892-1928; died in
office 1928.
Member, Union
League; Sons of the American Revolution.
Died, in the Angus Hotel,
St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., May 10,
1928 (age 82 years, 204
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, St. Paul, Minn.
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James Scollay Taft (b. 1844) —
also known as James S. Taft —
of Keene, Cheshire
County, N.H.
Born in Nelson, Cheshire
County, N.H., July 16,
1844.
Republican. Dry goods
merchant; pottery
manufacturer; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1895; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1903; mayor of
Keene, N.H., 1903-05.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Sons of the American Revolution.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Asa Taft and Nancy (Burnap) Taft; married, January
9, 1874, to Helen A. Ball. |
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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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