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John Clayton Allen (1860-1939) —
also known as John C. Allen —
of McCook, Red Willow
County, Neb.; Monmouth, Warren
County, Ill.
Born in Hinesburg, Chittenden
County, Vt., February
14, 1860.
Republican. Merchant;
banker;
secretary
of state of Nebraska, 1891-95; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 14th District, 1925-33; defeated,
1932, 1934; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois,
1936.
Presbyterian.
Member, Loyal
Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks;
Knights of Pythias; Woodmen.
Died in Monmouth, Warren
County, Ill., January
12, 1939 (age 78 years, 332
days).
Interment at Vermont
Cemetery, Vermont, Ill.
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Harry Burton Amey (b. 1868) —
also known as Harry B. Amey —
of Milton, Strafford
County, N.H.; Island Pond, Brighton, Essex
County, Vt.
Born in Pittsburg, Coos
County, N.H., December
21, 1868.
Republican. Lawyer;
Vermont attorney for Grand Trunk Railway,
1902; Essex
County State's Attorney, 1904-08; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Brighton, 1910; U.S.
Attorney for Vermont, 1923-32.
Unitarian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights of Pythias.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
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Harold John Arthur (1904-1971) —
also known as Harold J. Arthur —
of Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born in Whitehall, Washington
County, N.Y., February
9, 1904.
Republican. Lawyer;
major in the U.S. Army during World War II; Lieutenant
Governor of Vermont, 1949-50; Governor of
Vermont, 1950-51; Republican candidate for U.S.
Representative from Vermont at-large, 1950 (primary), 1958.
Unitarian.
Member, United
Commercial Travelers; American
Legion; Amvets;
Farm
Bureau; Sons of
the American Revolution; Elks; Grange;
Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Eagles;
Knights of Pythias; Odd
Fellows.
Died, from cancer,
in the Air Force Base Hospital,
Plattsburgh, Clinton
County, N.Y., July 19,
1971 (age 67 years, 160
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Lakeview
Cemetery, Burlington, Vt.
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Cassius C. Bennett (b. 1856) —
of Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.; Pierre, Hughes
County, S.Dak.
Born in Vermont, February
4, 1856.
Republican. Banker;
member of South
Dakota state senate 24th District, 1895-96, 1903-04.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Knights of Pythias; Ancient
Order of United Workmen; Modern
Woodmen of America.
Burial location unknown.
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Elbert Sidney Brigham (1877-1962) —
also known as Elbert S. Brigham —
of St. Albans, Franklin
County, Vt.
Born in St. Albans, Franklin
County, Vt., October
19, 1877.
Republican. Banker; insurance
executive; Vermont commissioner of agriculture, 1913-24; U.S.
Representative from Vermont 1st District, 1925-31; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Vermont, 1936
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business).
Congregationalist.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Grange;
Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Phi
Beta Kappa; Freemasons;
Knights of Pythias; Rotary.
Died in St. Albans, Franklin
County, Vt., July 5,
1962 (age 84 years, 259
days).
Interment at St.
Albans Bay Cemetery, St. Albans, Vt.
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Elbert O. Farrar —
of Onondaga
County, N.Y.; Granville, Washington
County, N.Y.
Born in Middletown Springs, Rutland
County, Vt.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Onondaga County 2nd District, 1882-83.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights of Pythias.
Burial location unknown.
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Walter Samuel Fenton (1886-1940) —
also known as Walter S. Fenton —
of Rutland, Rutland
County, Vt.
Born in Pittsford, Rutland
County, Vt., July 12,
1886.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1917-18; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Vermont, 1932;
delegate
to Vermont convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights of Pythias.
Died, from a coronary
embolism, in Rutland, Rutland
County, Vt., July 12,
1940 (age 54 years, 0
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Ernest Willard Gibson (1872-1940) —
also known as Ernest W. Gibson —
of Brattleboro, Windham
County, Vt.
Born in Londonderry, Windham
County, Vt., December
29, 1872.
Lawyer;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1906; member of Vermont
state senate, 1908; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Vermont, 1912;
Progressive candidate for Vermont
state attorney general, 1914; served in the U.S. Army during
World War I; Vermont
secretary of civil and military affairs, 1922-23; appointed 1922;
U.S.
Representative from Vermont, 1923-33 (2nd District 1923-33,
at-large 1933); U.S.
Senator from Vermont, 1933-40; died in office 1940.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights of Pythias; Moose; Woodmen;
Redmen.
Died June 20,
1940 (age 67 years, 174
days).
Interment at Morningside
Cemetery, Brattleboro, Vt.
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Samuel Hollister Jackson (1875-1927) —
also known as Hollister Jackson; Samuel Hollister
Jackson —
of Barre, Washington
County, Vt.
Born in Toronto, Ontario,
December
7, 1875.
Republican. Washington
County State's Attorney, 1904-06; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1906-07; Lieutenant
Governor of Vermont, 1927; died in office 1927.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Knights of Pythias.
Drowned
in a flood near his home, Barre, Washington
County, Vt., November
2, 1927 (age 51 years, 330
days).
Interment at Lakeview
Cemetery, Burlington, Vt.
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Joseph Blanchard LaChapelle (1860-1927) —
of Ashland, Saunders
County, Neb.
Born in St. Albans, Franklin
County, Vt., December
30, 1860.
Member of Nebraska
state house of representatives, 1927.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Knights of Pythias.
Died, of heart
trouble, in Ashland, Saunders
County, Neb., September
6, 1927 (age 66 years, 250
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Glenwood, Iowa.
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John R. MacDonald (1857-1946) —
of Flint, Genesee
County, Mich.
Born in Moretown, Washington
County, Vt., March
30, 1857.
Progressive. Mayor of
Flint, Mich., 1914-15.
Scottish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Knights of Pythias.
Injured in a fall at
his home, and died at Hurley Hospital,
Flint, Genesee
County, Mich., January, 1946
(age 88
years, 0 days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Avondale
Cemetery, Flint, Mich.
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Charles Poletti (1903-2002) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Barre, Washington
County, Vt., July 2,
1903.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1936
(alternate), 1940;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1937-38; appointed 1937;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1938; Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1939-42; defeated, 1942; Governor of
New York, 1942-43; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II.
Baptist.
Italian
ancestry. Member, Urban
League; American Bar
Association; Knights of Pythias; Elks; Phi
Beta Kappa.
First
American of Italian ancestry to serve as a Governor. During World
War II, he was a senior officer in the Allied Military Government of
occupied Italy.
Died in Marco Island, Collier
County, Fla., August
7, 2002 (age 99 years, 36
days).
Interment at Calkins Cemetery, Elizabethtown, N.Y.
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