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Knights Templar
Politician members in Rhode Island

G. Harold Gilpatric (b. 1881) — of Putnam, Windham County, Conn. Born in Warren, Bristol County, R.I., July 8, 1881. Republican. Banker; Connecticut state treasurer, 1919-24; resigned 1924; member of Connecticut Republican State Central Committee, 1919-22. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Odd Fellows; Elks. Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of George W. Gilpatric; married, October 19, 1905, to Irene Wheelock.   Scott Bill Hirst (b. 1953) — of Ashaway, Hopkinton, Washington County, R.I. Born in Westerly Hospital, Westerly, Washington County, R.I., June 30, 1953. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Rhode Island, 1992, 1996, 2012; member, Hopkinton Town Council, 1996-2004. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Grange; Elks; Odd Fellows. Still living as of 2021.   Relatives: Son of Robert Scott Hirst; grandson of James Bard Bill; second great-grandnephew of Jepthah Greer Bill, Josiah Peckham Palmer, Edwin P. Chapman, Benjamin Gallup and Charles P. White; third great-grandnephew of Lodowick Bill.   Political family: Bill family of Connecticut.   Morphis A. Jamiel — of Rhode Island. Member of Rhode Island state house of representatives, 1990; member of Rhode Island state senate, 1990. Member, Odd Fellows; Freemasons; Knights Templar. Still living as of 2000.   Alfred Kennedy Jr. — of Rhode Island. Democrat. Member of Rhode Island Democratic State Committee, 2000. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar. Still living as of 2000.   Charles Dean Kimball (1859-1930) — also known as Charles D. Kimball — of Providence, Providence County, R.I. Born in Providence, Providence County, R.I., September 13, 1859. Republican. Merchant; member of Rhode Island state house of representatives, 1894-99; Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island, 1900-01; Governor of Rhode Island, 1901-03; candidate for Presidential Elector for Rhode Island. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Sons of the Revolution; Society of Colonial Wars. Died December 8, 1930 (age 71 years, 86 days). Interment at Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, R.I.   Relatives: Son of Emery S. Kimball and Mary C. (Briggs) Kimball; married, November 24, 1885, to Gertrude C. Greenalgh.   See also National Governors Association biography   George Robert Lawton (1858-1937) — also known as George R. Lawton — of Tiverton, Newport County, R.I. Born in Tiverton, Newport County, R.I., December 31, 1858. Republican. Accountant; auditor, American Woolen Company, Douglas Shoe Company; member of Rhode Island state senate from Tiverton, 1911; delegate to Republican National Convention from Rhode Island, 1912, 1916. Member, Freemasons; Royal Arch Masons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Sons of the American Revolution. Died in Tiverton, Newport County, R.I., November 14, 1937 (age 78 years, 318 days). Interment at Island Cemetery, Newport, R.I.   Relatives: Son of Moses Turner Lawton and Elizabeth Tillinghast (Harris) Lawton; married 1899 to Calista Church; second cousin five times removed of Ezekiel Cornell.   Political families: Durfee-Wanton family of Newport, Rhode Island; Cornell family of New York; King-Hazard family of Connecticut and New York; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Hatfield-Cornell-Woolsey family of New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   James Monroe Pendleton (1822-1889) — also known as James M. Pendleton — of Westerly, Washington County, R.I. Born in North Stonington, New London County, Conn., January 10, 1822. Republican. Banker; member of Rhode Island state senate, 1862-65; delegate to Republican National Convention from Rhode Island, 1868, 1876; candidate for Presidential Elector for Rhode Island; U.S. Representative from Rhode Island 2nd District, 1871-75; member of Rhode Island state house of representatives, 1878-84. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar. Died in Westerly, Washington County, R.I., February 16, 1889 (age 67 years, 37 days). Interment at River Bend Cemetery, Westerly, R.I.   Presumably named for: James Monroe   Relatives: Son of Nathan Pendleton (1779-1827) and Phebe (Cole) Pendleton; married 1847 to Arabella Bethene Spencer; grandson of Nathan Pendleton (1754-1841); second cousin of Charles Marsh Pendleton and Cyrus Henry Pendleton; second cousin once removed of Calvin Crane Pendleton, Edward Wheeler Pendleton, Joseph Palmer Dyer, Charles Henry Pendleton, Harris Pendleton, Chauncey C. Pendleton, James Pendleton, Nathan William Pendleton and Eckford Gustavus Pendleton; second cousin twice removed of Cornelius Welles Pendleton and Claudius Victor Pendleton; third cousin once removed of Enoch C. Chapman.   Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Thomas Vincent Stillman (1828-1891) — of Rhode Island. Born in Voluntown, New London County, Conn., August 13, 1828. Member of Rhode Island state legislature, 1870. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar. Died in Westerly, Washington County, R.I., August 21, 1891 (age 63 years, 8 days). Burial location unknown.

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