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Daniel L. Cushing (b. 1836) —
of Poweshiek
County, Iowa; Quechee, Hartford, Windsor
County, Vt.
Born in Hartford, Windsor
County, Vt., August
4, 1836.
Republican. Civil engineer; worked on the Erie
Canal and railroad
projects; farmer;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Hartford, 1882-83; member of
Vermont
state senate from Windsor County, 1886.
Congregationalist.
Burial location unknown.
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Ralph Edward Flanders (1880-1970) —
also known as Ralph E. Flanders —
of Springfield, Windsor
County, Vt.
Born in Barnet, Caledonia
County, Vt., September
28, 1880.
Republican. Mechanical engineer; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Vermont, 1940
(member, Resolutions
Committee); U.S.
Senator from Vermont, 1946-59.
Congregationalist.
Member, American
Society of Mechanical Engineers; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; American
Economic Association; United
World Federalists.
Died in Springfield, Windsor
County, Vt., February
19, 1970 (age 89 years, 144
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Summer
Hill Cemetery, Springfield, Vt.
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Levi Knight Fuller (1841-1896) —
also known as Levi K. Fuller —
of Brattleboro, Windham
County, Vt.
Born in Westmoreland, Cheshire
County, N.H., February
24, 1841.
Engineer; Lieutenant
Governor of Vermont, 1886-88; Governor of
Vermont, 1892-94.
Died in Brattleboro, Windham
County, Vt., October
10, 1896 (age 55 years, 229
days).
Burial location unknown.
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James Hartness (1861-1934) —
of Springfield, Windsor
County, Vt.
Born in Schenectady, Schenectady
County, N.Y., September
3, 1861.
Republican. Engineer; inventor;
Governor
of Vermont, 1921-23.
Died February
2, 1934 (age 72 years, 152
days).
Interment at Summer
Hill Cemetery, Springfield, Vt.
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William Hicks (b. 1837) —
of Sunderland, Bennington
County, Vt.
Born in Manchester, Bennington
County, Vt., December
23, 1837.
Republican. Engineer; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Sunderland, 1888.
Baptist.
Burial location unknown.
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Arthur Otis Howe (b. 1871) —
also known as Arthur O. Howe —
of Newfane, Windham
County, Vt.
Born in Newfane, Windham
County, Vt., March 7,
1871.
Republican. Electrical
engineer; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1931-33, 1937, 1945; member of Vermont
state senate from Windham County, 1947.
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph Blaine Johnson (1893-1986) —
also known as Joseph B. Johnson —
of Springfield, Windsor
County, Vt.
Born in Helsingborg, Sweden,
August
29, 1893.
Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen; mechanical engineer; bank
director; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1945-46; member of Vermont
state senate from Windsor County, 1947-50; Lieutenant
Governor of Vermont, 1951-54; Governor of
Vermont, 1955-59; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Vermont, 1956.
Congregationalist.
Swedish
ancestry. Member, American
Legion; Freemasons.
Died in Springfield, Windsor
County, Vt., October
25, 1986 (age 93 years, 57
days).
Interment at Summer
Hill Cemetery, Springfield, Vt.
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Edwin Atkins Merritt (1828-1916) —
also known as Edwin A. Merritt —
of Potsdam, St.
Lawrence County, N.Y.
Born in Sudbury, Rutland
County, Vt., February
26, 1828.
Republican. Surveyor;
engineer; member of New York
state assembly from St. Lawrence County 2nd District, 1860-61;
served in the Union Army during the Civil War; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1867-68; candidate
for New
York state treasurer, 1875; U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1878-81; U.S. Consul General in London, 1882-85.
Died December
26, 1916 (age 88 years, 304
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Frederick John Mills (1865-1953) —
also known as F. J. Mills —
of Pocatello, Bannock
County, Idaho; Pasadena, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Topsham, Orange
County, Vt., April
29, 1865.
Republican. Engineer; Lieutenant
Governor of Idaho, 1895-97; served in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War.
Scottish
ancestry.
On October 3, 1899, in Salt Lake City, he shot
and killed John C. O'Melveny, chief engineer of the Oregon Short
Line Railroad; was arrested
immediately and charged
with first-degree murder; at trial, he claimed the homicide was
justified by the "criminal intimacy" between O'Melveny and his wife,
while he was away in military service; the jury acquitted him in only
15 minutes.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., September
28, 1953 (age 88 years, 152
days).
Burial location unknown.
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George Z. Thompson (b. 1870) —
of Proctor, Rutland
County, Vt.
Born in Woodstock, Windsor
County, Vt., May 14,
1870.
Republican. Civil engineer; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Proctor, 1910.
Burial location unknown.
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