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Politician members in Rhode Island

Joshua Melancthon Addeman (1840-1930) — also known as Joshua M. Addeman — of Providence, Providence County, R.I. Born in Bay of Islands, New Zealand, November 15, 1840. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; secretary of state of Rhode Island, 1872-87. Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Freemasons; Society of the Cincinnati. Died October 13, 1930 (age 89 years, 332 days). Interment at Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, R.I.   Relatives: Son of Thomas Addeman and Maria (Fligg) Addeman; married 1872 to Louise Waterman Winsor.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Edwin Robinson Allen (b. 1840) — also known as Edwin R. Allen — of Hopkinton, Washington County, R.I. Born in Windham, Windham County, Conn., November 26, 1840. Republican. Merchant; town clerk, Hopkinton, R.I., from 1867; Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island, 1894-97. Baptist. Member, Grand Army of the Republic. Interment at Pine Grove Cemetery, Hope Valley, Hopkinton, R.I.   Relatives: Son of Edwin Allen and Ruth B. (Noyes) Allen; married, January 1, 1868, to Mary E. Thayer.   Robert Bushby (b. 1843) — of Little York, Cortland County, N.Y.; Cortland, Cortland County, N.Y. Born in Pawtucket, Providence County, R.I., 1843. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; Cortland County Treasurer, 1876-84; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1884 (alternate), 1888; traveling passenger agent, Grand Trunk Railway; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York. English ancestry. Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Freemasons. Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Joseph Bushby and Ann (Patterson) Bushby; married to Mary A. Miller.   Charles Francis Clough (1843-1927) — also known as C. F. Clough — of Spokane, Spokane County, Wash. Born in Cumberland, Providence County, R.I., December 26, 1843. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; real estate broker; mayor of Spokane, Wash., 1890. Member, Grand Army of the Republic. Died in Spokane, Spokane County, Wash., December 27, 1927 (age 84 years, 1 days). Interment at Greenwood Memorial Terrace, Spokane, Wash.   Relatives: Son of Zera Clough and Sally M. (Cook) Clough; married, May 5, 1893, to Mildred A. Wilson.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   William Wilberforce Douglas (b. 1841) — also known as William W. Douglas — of Providence, Providence County, R.I. Born in Providence, Providence County, R.I., November 26, 1841. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Rhode Island state house of representatives, 1871-73; member of Rhode Island state senate, 1890; justice of Rhode Island state supreme court, 1891-1905; chief justice of Rhode Island state supreme court, 1905-08. Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Loyal Legion. Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Rev. William Douglas and Sarah (Sawyer) Douglas; married, June 30, 1884, to Anna Jean Bennett. Samuel Levis Gracey (1835-1911) — also known as Samuel L. Gracey — of Smyrna, Kent County, Del.; Pawtucket, Providence County, R.I.; Chelsea, Suffolk County, Mass.; Cambridge, Middlesex County, Mass.; Natick, Middlesex County, Mass.; Lynn, Essex County, Mass.; Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., September 8, 1835. Methodist minister; served in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Consul in Foochow, 1890-93, 1897-1911, died in office 1911. Methodist. Member, Grand Army of the Republic. Died by suicide, when he cut his throat with a razor, in the West Newton Sanitarium, West Newton, Newton, Middlesex County, Mass., August 19, 1911 (age 75 years, 345 days). Interment at Mt. Moriah Cemetery, West Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa.   Relatives: Son of John Gracey and Ann Elizabeth Bartram (Leech) Gracey; married, November 21, 1860, to Leonora Thompson; married, January 15, 1900, to Cordania Elizabeth 'Corda' (Perkins) Pratt; father of Spencer Pettis Gracey and Wilbur Tirrell Gracey.   Political family: Gracey family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.   Epitaph: "Soldier - Clergyman - Diplomat"   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: Washington Evening Srar, June 25, 1911   Walter A. Read (1842-1918) — of Rhode Island. Born in Blackstone, Worcester County, Mass., July 6, 1842. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; merchant; member of Rhode Island state senate, 1889-98; Rhode Island general treasurer, 1899-1908. Member, Grand Army of the Republic. Died in 1918 (age about 75 years). Interment at Acotes Hill Cemetery, Chepachet, Glocester, R.I.   Relatives: Married to Charlotte Owen.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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