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Bernard Ira Ashmun (b. 1871) —
also known as B. I. Ashmun —
of Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Rutland, Rutland
County, Vt., July 18,
1871.
Democrat. Manufacturer;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Connecticut, 1920;
director, Bridgeport Hospital.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arcanum.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Sydney Ashmun and Rose (Hershfield) Ashmun; married to Lillian
Louise Armstrong. |
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James Patrick Leamy (b. 1892) —
also known as James P. Leamy —
of Rutland, Rutland
County, Vt.; West Rutland, Rutland
County, Vt.
Born in West Rutland, Rutland
County, Vt., January
16, 1892.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for Vermont
state attorney general, 1922; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Vermont, 1924
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee); candidate for Governor of
Vermont, 1932, 1934; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Vermont at-large, 1938; U.S.
District Judge for Vermont, 1940-49; trustee and secretary,
Rutland Hospital.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Knights
of Columbus; Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James Leamy and Catherine (Clark) Leamy; married, June 17,
1929, to Margaret Lalor. |
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Harold Whitney Mason (1895-1944) —
also known as Harold W. Mason —
of Brattleboro, Windham
County, Vt.
Born in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., April
21, 1895.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; boot and shoe
business; vice-president, Brattleboro Memorial Hospital;
director for power
companies, insurance
companies, the Central Vermont Railway,
and the Estey Organ
Co.; delegate to Republican National Convention from Vermont, 1932;
Convention Secretary, 1940,
1944;
secretary, Arrangements Committee, secretary, 1940;
speaker, 1940;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Vermont; delegate
to Vermont convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; member of
Republican
National Committee from Vermont, 1936-44; Secretary
of Republican National Committee, 1937-44.
Member, American
Legion; Military
Order of the World Wars; Sons of
the American Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars; Union
League; Sigma
Nu.
Died, from a heart
attack, in his room at the Savoy-Plaza Hotel,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
3, 1944 (age 49 years, 196
days).
Interment at Morningside
Cemetery, Brattleboro, Vt.
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Relatives: Son
of William Lysander Mason and Margaret Etta (Matthews) Mason;
married, March
17, 1918, to Evelyn Hawley Dunham. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Official Report of the
22nd Republican National Convention (1940) |
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