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William Potter Buffum (b. 1858) —
also known as William P. Buffum —
of Newport, Newport
County, R.I.
Born in Middletown, Newport
County, R.I., August
29, 1858.
Republican. Civil engineer; member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1894-98; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Rhode Island, 1900.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas P. Buffum and Lydia R. (Potter) Buffum; married, April 5,
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George Henry Corliss (1817-1888) —
also known as George H. Corliss —
of North Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Easton, Washington
County, N.Y., June 2,
1817.
Republican. Mechanical engineer; inventor;
developed the Corliss steam engine; member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1868-70; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Rhode Island.
Congregationalist.
Died in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., February
21, 1888 (age 70 years, 264
days).
Interment at Swan
Point Cemetery, Providence, R.I.
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John Milton Fessenden (1804-1883) —
also known as John M. Fessenden —
Born in Warren, Bristol
County, R.I., December
21, 1804.
Civil engineer; worked on canals
and railroads;
U.S. Consul in Dresden, 1850-54.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
8, 1883 (age 78 years, 49
days).
Interment at Princeton
Cemetery, Princeton, N.J.
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Relatives: Son
of John Fessenden and Abigail Miller (Child) Fessenden; married, May 21,
1834, to Mary Pierce Bumstead; married, June 25,
1868, to Sarah Ann Murphy; second cousin twice removed of Henry
Nichols Blake; third cousin of Samuel
Clement Fessenden (1784-1869), Benjamin
Fessenden and Charles
Backus Hyde Fessenden; third cousin once removed of William
Pitt Fessenden, Walter
Fessenden, Samuel
Clement Fessenden (1815-1882), Thomas
Amory Deblois Fessenden, William
Fessenden Allen, Joseph
Palmer Fessenden and Samuel
Fessenden (1845-1903); third cousin twice removed of James
Deering Fessenden, Francis
Fessenden, Joshua
Abbe Fessenden, Samuel
Fessenden (1847-1908) and Oliver
Grosvenor Fessenden; third cousin thrice removed of Charles
Milton Fessenden; fourth cousin once removed of Timothy
Pitkin, Peter
Rawson Taft, Ebenezer
Oliver Grosvenor and Charles
Grenfill Washburn. |
| | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Upham
family; Weeks-Bigelow-Andrew-Upham
family (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
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article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Louis Everett Guyott (b. 1892) —
also known as Louis E. Guyott —
of Scituate, Providence
County, R.I.; Woodmont, Milford, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in New London, New London
County, Conn., November
5, 1892.
Republican. Civil engineer; road
contractor; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Milford, 1931-32, 1935-36.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Alfred Guyott and Minnie Guyott; married, February
1, 1915, to Clara Alice St. Germain. |
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Alexander C. Martin (b. 1866) —
of Seneca Falls, Seneca
County, N.Y.
Born in Warren, Bristol
County, R.I., 1866.
Republican. Engineer; contractor;
member of New York
state assembly from Seneca County, 1909.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Prof. W. E. Martin. |
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Charles C. Tifft, Sr. (c.1847-1916) —
of Beacon Falls, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Slatersville, North Smithfield, Providence
County, R.I., about 1847.
Engineer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Beacon Falls, 1909-12.
Died July 19,
1916 (age about 69
years).
Interment at Pinesbridge Cemetery, Beacon Falls, Conn.
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