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Clergy Politicians in Vermont

Orville Samuel Basford (1848-1926) — also known as Orville S. Basford — of Redfield, Spink County, S.Dak.; Linneus, Linn County, Mo. Born in Shelburne, Chittenden County, Vt., August 29, 1848. Republican. Methodist minister; postmaster; South Dakota Republican state chair, 1894-95; newspaper editor and publisher; South Dakota State Insurance Commissioner, 1907. Methodist. Died in Redfield, Spink County, S.Dak., October 27, 1926 (age 78 years, 59 days). Interment at Greenlawn Cemetery, Redfield, S.Dak.   Relatives: Son of Samuel Basford and Henrietta (Kingsbury) Basford; married, August 21, 1870, to Arminda Malvina Blake; second cousin twice removed of Eleazer Pomeroy; fourth cousin of Daniel Eleazer Pomeroy; fourth cousin once removed of James Brooks.   Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Josiah Davis Cross (b. 1820) — also known as Josiah D. Cross — of Vershire, Orange County, Vt. Born in Grantham, Sullivan County, N.H., 1820. Clergyman; member of Vermont state house of representatives from Vershire, 1888. Baptist. Burial location unknown.   Almer Fisk Gallup (b. 1884) — also known as Almer F. Gallup — of Scituate, Providence County, R.I.; Danielson, Killingly, Windham County, Conn. Born in Montgomery, Franklin County, Vt., December 25, 1884. Republican. Pastor; Independent Republican candidate for Connecticut state house of representatives from Killingly, 1932. Nazarene. Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Zephariah Gallup and Lucy Mariah (Horner) Gallup; married to Mildred Luella Barstow; third cousin twice removed of Philander Blakeslee Cole, John Patterson Gallup and Henry Augustus Gallup; fourth cousin once removed of Cornelia Cole Fairbanks.   Political families: Libby-Felt family of Maine; Fairbanks-Adams family; Gallup family of Marysville, Ohio; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Beakes-Greene-Witter family (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   Josiah Bushnell Grinnell (1821-1891) — also known as Josiah B. Grinnell — of Grinnell, Poweshiek County, Iowa. Born in New Haven, Addison County, Vt., December 22, 1821. Republican. Pastor; abolitionist; member of Iowa state senate, 1856-60; lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa, 1860; U.S. Representative from Iowa 4th District, 1863-67; director, Rock Island Railroad; receiver, Iowa Central Railroad; president, First National Bank of Grinnell. Congregationalist. He claimed to be the original recipient of Horace Greeley's famous advice to "Go West, young man.". Died, from a throat ailment and asthma, in Grinnell, Poweshiek County, Iowa, March 31, 1891 (age 69 years, 99 days). Interment at Hazelwood Cemetery, Grinnell, Iowa.   Relatives: Married to Julia Ann Chapin.   Cross-reference: Lovell H. Rousseau   The city of Grinnell, Iowa, (which he founded), is named for him.  — Grinnell College (originally Iowa College), Grinnell, Iowa, is named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail   Thompson Archibald Howard (b. 1855) — also known as T. A. Howard — of Whiting, Addison County, Vt. Born in Nova Scotia, October 23, 1855. Republican. Baptist minister; member of Vermont state house of representatives from Whiting, 1910. Baptist. Burial location unknown.   William S. Jenne (b. 1845) — of Glover, Orleans County, Vt. Born in Derby, Orleans County, Vt., November 25, 1845. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; clergyman; member of Vermont state house of representatives from Glover, 1888. Methodist. Burial location unknown.   Pascal Paoli Kidder (1810-1899) — also known as Pascal P. Kidder — of Albion, Orleans County, N.Y.; Ellicottville, Cattaraugus County, N.Y.; Dunkirk, Chautauqua County, N.Y. Born in Wardsboro, Windham County, Vt., December 21, 1810. Minister; U.S. Collector of Customs, 1871-81. Episcopalian. Died in Dunkirk, Chautauqua County, N.Y., January 3, 1899 (age 88 years, 13 days). Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery, Fredonia, N.Y.   Relatives: Son of Nathaniel Kidder and Mary 'Polly' (Eddy) Kidder; married 1840 to Emeline Burrows; first cousin once removed of David Kidder; first cousin thrice removed of Chester Merton Bliss and George Walter Bliss; second cousin twice removed of Mary Rose Kidder; third cousin once removed of Isaiah Kidder, Lyman Kidder and Ezra Kidder; fourth cousin of Alvan Kidder, Charles Stetson, Francis Kidder, Ira Kidder, Luther Kidder, Arba Kidder, Joseph Souther Kidder, Isaiah Stetson and Jefferson Parish Kidder; fourth cousin once removed of Caleb Blodgett, Chauncey Fitch Cleveland, Orlando Burr Kidder, Adoniram Judson Kneeland, Lyman Kidder Bass, Nathan Parker Kidder, Silas Wright Kidder, Daniel S. Kidder and Isaiah Kidder Stetson.   Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Asa Lyon (1763-1841) — of South Hero, Grand Isle County, Vt. Born in Pomfret, Windham County, Conn., December 31, 1763. Pastor; member of Vermont state house of representatives, 1799-1802, 1804-08, 1810-14; U.S. Representative from Vermont at-large, 1815-17. Congregationalist. Died in South Hero, Grand Isle County, Vt., April 4, 1841 (age 77 years, 94 days). Interment at Grand Isle Cemetery, Grand Isle, Vt.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   J. Wesley Miller (b. 1869) — of Bethel, Windsor County, Vt. Born in Roxham, Quebec, March 31, 1869. Democrat. Minister; superintendent of schools; member of Vermont state house of representatives from Bethel, 1908, 1910. Burial location unknown.   D. J. O'Sullivan — Catholic priest; member of Vermont state house of representatives, 1905. Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Brother of Thomas C. O'Sullivan.   George Leon Wells (b. 1883) — also known as G. L. Wells — of Wardsboro, Windham County, Vt. Born in Hardwick, Caledonia County, Vt., November 29, 1883. Republican. Superintendent of schools; clergyman; member of Vermont state house of representatives from Wardsboro, 1910. Methodist. Burial location unknown.   George Willard (1824-1901) — of Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Mich. Born in Bolton, Chittenden County, Vt., March 20, 1824. Republican. Episcopal priest; college professor; newspaper editor; member of Michigan state board of education, 1857-62; member of University of Michigan board of regents, 1864-73; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Calhoun County 3rd District, 1867-68; delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention, 1867; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1872; U.S. Representative from Michigan 3rd District, 1873-77. Episcopalian. Died in Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Mich., March 26, 1901 (age 77 years, 6 days). Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Battle Creek, Mich.   Relatives: Son of Allen Willard and Eliza (Barron) Willard.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   John Hopkins Worcester Jr. (1845-1893) — also known as John H. Worcester — of South Orange, Essex County, N.J.; Chicago, Cook County, Ill. Born in St. Johnsbury, Caledonia County, Vt., April 2, 1845. Republican. Pastor, Sixth Presbyterian Church, Chicago, 1883-90; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1888 ; professor of Systematic Theology, Union Theological Seminary, 1890-93. Presbyterian. Died in Lakewood, Ocean County, N.J., February 5, 1893 (age 47 years, 309 days). Interment somewhere in Burlington, Vt.   Relatives: Son of John H. Worcester and Martha P. (Clark) Worcester; married, October 29, 1874, to Harriet Strong.

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