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Politicians in Shoes, Leather, and Fur in Vermont

Austin Theophilus Foster (1822-1900) — also known as Austin T. Foster — of Derby Line, Derby, Orleans County, Vt. Born in East Montpelier, Washington County, Vt., September 20, 1822. Republican. Merchant; boot and shoe manufacturer; member of Vermont state house of representatives from Derby, 1862-63; U.S. Consular Agent in Stanstead, as of 1884; member of Vermont state senate from Orleans County, 1886. Universalist. Died in Derby Line, Derby, Orleans County, Vt., 1900 (age about 77 years). Interment at Derby Line Cemetery, Derby Line, Derby, Vt.   Relatives: Son of Stephen Foster and Mary (King) Foster; married 1848 to Aurelia Way; married 1853 to Sara Hurd Gilman; father of John Gilman Foster.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Collins Dwight Huntington (1830-1907) — also known as C. D. Huntington — of Mason, Ingham County, Mich. Born in St. Albans, Franklin County, Vt., February 27, 1830. Democrat. Shoe business; candidate for mayor of Mason, Mich., 1879; sawmill owner. Member, Freemasons. Died in Lansing, Ingham County, Mich., April 29, 1907 (age 77 years, 61 days). Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery, Mason, Mich.   Relatives: Son of Joseph Lyman Huntington and Minerva (Barto) Huntington; brother of George Milo Huntington; married, March 26, 1854, to Margaret Hannah Lewis; great-grandnephew of Samuel Huntington; sixth great-grandson of William Leete; first cousin twice removed of Samuel H. Huntington; first cousin four times removed of Benjamin Huntington; second cousin once removed of Nathaniel Huntington, James Huntington and Elisha Mills Huntington; second cousin thrice removed of Ebenezer Huntington, Oliver Wolcott Jr., Henry Huntington, Frederick Wolcott, Gurdon Huntington and Zina Hyde Jr.; second cousin four times removed of Matthew Griswold and Samuel Gager; third cousin once removed of Charles Phelps Huntington and William Barret Ridgely; third cousin twice removed of John Davenport, Joshua Coit, James Davenport, Abel Huntington, Jabez Williams Huntington, Benjamin Nicoll Huntington, Thomas Worcester Hyde and Helen Huntington Hull; third cousin thrice removed of Samuel Adams, James Hillhouse, Roger Griswold, Samuel R. Gager, Elijah Abel and Samuel Austin Gager; fourth cousin once removed of William Woodbridge, Isaac Backus, Theodore Davenport, Henry Titus Backus, Roger Wolcott, Charles Edward Hyde, Josiah Quincy, John Sedgwick Hyde and Edward Warden Hyde.   Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Weeks-Bigelow-Andrew-Upham family; Wolcott-Griswold-Packwood-Brandegee family of Connecticut; Hosmer-Griswold-Parsons family of Middletown, Connecticut (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial 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.   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)   Edwin James Phelps (b. 1829) — also known as Edwin J. Phelps — of East Highgate, Highgate, Franklin County, Vt. Born in Stanbridge, Quebec, September 23, 1829. Republican. Tanner; manufacturer; member of Vermont state house of representatives from Highgate, 1888. Universalist. Burial location unknown.   Charles Newton Prouty (1842-1916) — of Spencer, Worcester County, Mass. Born in Spencer, Worcester County, Mass., October 6, 1842. Republican. Boot and shoe manufacturer; director, Spencer National Bank; member of Massachusetts state senate Fourth Worcester District, 1906-07. Member, Freemasons. Died in Newport, Orleans County, Vt., January 18, 1916 (age 73 years, 104 days). Interment at Pine Grove Cemetery, Spencer, Mass.   Relatives: Son of Isaac Prouty and Mary Ann (Newton) Prouty; married, May 25, 1864, to Jane Azuba 'Jennie' Richardson; third cousin of John Azro Prouty.   Political family: Prouty family of Newport, Vermont.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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