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William Tabor Abbott (b. 1868) —
also known as William T. Abbott —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Evanston, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Wells River, Newbury, Orange
County, Vt., February
16, 1868.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1920;
assistant director, U.S. Bureau of the Budget; assisted in creation
of first federal budget.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Orrin S. Abbott and Ella J. (Tabor) Abbott; married, June 28,
1905, to Elsie Parsons Bourland. |
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Alson Edward Abernethy (1900-1969) —
also known as Alson E. Abernethy —
of Pasadena, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Bristol, Addison
County, Vt., December
4, 1900.
Investment
banker; mayor
of Pasadena, Calif., 1952-53.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners;
Optimist
Club.
Died in November, 1969
(age 68
years, 0 days).
Interment at Lakeview
Cemetery, Burlington, Vt.
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Elnathan Benjamin Adams (1881-1946) —
also known as Elnathan B. Adams —
of Walworth
County, S.Dak.; Hot Springs, Fall River
County, S.Dak.
Born in West Haven, Rutland
County, Vt., May 21,
1881.
Republican. Lawyer; South Dakota
Republican state chair, 1908-10, 1914-16; Walworth
County State's Attorney, 1910-12; Fall
River County State's Attorney, 1916-20; delegate to Republican
National Convention from South Dakota, 1932,
1936
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business).
Christian.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Modern
Woodmen of America; Kiwanis;
American Bar
Association.
Died in South Dakota, May 1,
1946 (age 64 years, 345
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Hot Springs, S.Dak.
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Llewelyn Sherman Adams (1899-1986) —
also known as Sherman Adams; "The Abominable No
Man"; "The Great Stone Face" —
of Lincoln, Grafton
County, N.H.
Born in East Dover, Dover, Windham
County, Vt., January
8, 1899.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; lumberman;
member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1941-44; Speaker of
the New Hampshire State House of Representatives, 1943-44;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1944,
1952
(speaker);
U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 2nd District, 1945-47; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention from Lincoln,
1948; Governor of
New Hampshire, 1949-53; defeated, 1946; assistant to President Dwight
D. Eisenhower, 1953-58; forced to
resign in 1958 following disclosure that he had accepted
gifts, including a vicuna
coat, from a Boston businessman seeking preferred treatment from
federal agencies.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons; Shriners;
Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Grange;
Elks; Society
of Colonial Wars; Foresters.
Died in Hanover, Grafton
County, N.H., October
27, 1986 (age 87 years, 292
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Lincoln, N.H.
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William Henri Adams (1899-1989) —
also known as William H. Adams —
of Chelsea, Orange
County, Vt.
Born in Chelsea, Orange
County, Vt., May 9,
1899.
Republican. School
principal; lawyer;
member of Vermont
Republican State Committee, 1926; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Chelsea, 1929; Vermont
Republican state chair, 1931.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons; Scottish
Rite Masons; Sons
of Union Veterans; Phi
Kappa Delta.
Died May 18,
1989 (age 90 years, 9
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Benjamin H. Adams and Cora J. (Ackerman) Adams; married, June 26,
1923, to Edna M. Deshner. |
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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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Martin Fletcher Allen (b. 1842) —
also known as Martin F. Allen —
of North Ferrisburg, Ferrisburg, Addison
County, Vt.
Born in North Ferrisburg, Ferrisburg, Addison
County, Vt., November
28, 1842.
Republican. Merchant;
farmer;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1882-83; member of Vermont
state senate, 1890-91; Lieutenant
Governor of Vermont, 1900-02.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Interment at North
Ferrisburgh Cemetery, Ferrisburg, Vt.
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Alfred Elisha Ames (1814-1874) —
also known as Alfred E. Ames —
of Winnebago
County, Ill.; St. Anthony Falls, Hennepin
County, Minn.; Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Colchester, Chittenden
County, Vt., December
13, 1814.
Democrat. Physician;
member of Illinois
state senate 24th District, 1849-50; member of Minnesota
territorial House of Representatives 6th District, 1853;
postmaster at Minneapolis,
Minn., 1856-57; delegate
to Minnesota state constitutional convention 11th District, 1857.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., September
23, 1874 (age 59 years, 284
days).
Interment at Lakewood
Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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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
of John T. Amey and Emily (Haynes) Amey; married 1896 to Gracia
A. Norton. |
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David Verner Anderson —
also known as David V. Anderson —
of Montpelier, Washington
County, Vt.
Born in Quincy, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Republican. Vermont
state auditor of accounts, 1940-.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Frank Carey Archibald (1857-1935) —
also known as Frank C. Archibald —
of Manchester, Bennington
County, Vt.
Born in Exeter, Rockingham
County, N.H., December
31, 1857.
Republican. Lawyer; Bennington
County State's Attorney; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1904-06; member of Vermont
state senate, 1910, 1933; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Vermont, 1916;
Vermont
state attorney general, 1919-25.
Baptist.
Member, Elks;
Freemasons.
Died April 9,
1935 (age 77 years, 99
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. Thomas Henry Archibald and Susan (Wadleigh)
Archibald. |
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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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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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Harrison Henry Atwood (1863-1954) —
also known as Harrison H. Atwood —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Wellesley Hills, Wellesley, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in North Londonderry, Londonderry, Windham
County, Vt., August
26, 1863.
Republican. Architect;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives Nineteenth Suffolk District,
1887-89, 1915, 1917-18, 1923-24, 1927-28; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1888
(alternate), 1892,
1904,
1908
(alternate); member of Massachusetts
Republican State Committee, 1888-89; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 10th District, 1895-97;
defeated, 1892 (10th District), 1918 (12th District), 1920 (12th
District).
Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
22, 1954 (age 91 years, 57
days).
Interment at Forest
Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Boston, Mass.
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Warren Robinson Austin (1877-1962) —
also known as Warren R. Austin —
of St. Albans, Franklin
County, Vt.; Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born in Highgate Center, Highgate, Franklin
County, Vt., November
12, 1877.
Republican. Lawyer; Franklin
County State's Attorney, 1904-06; mayor
of St. Albans, Vt., 1909; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Vermont, 1928
(speaker),
1940
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee), 1944
(speaker);
U.S.
Senator from Vermont, 1931-46; U.S. Representative to United Nations, 1947-53.
Congregationalist.
Member, Farm
Bureau; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Sons of
the American Revolution; Society
of the Cincinnati; Loyal
Legion; Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Kappa
Sigma; Rotary.
Died in Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt., December
25, 1962 (age 85 years, 43
days).
Interment at Lakeview
Cemetery, Burlington, Vt.
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Frederick Herbert Babbitt (1859-1931) —
also known as Fred H. Babbitt —
of Bellows Falls, Rockingham, Windham
County, Vt.
Born in Keene, Cheshire
County, N.H., November
23, 1859.
Republican. Paper
manufacturer; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Rockingham, 1910; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Vermont, 1916.
Universalist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in 1931
(age about
71 years).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Bellows Falls, Rockingham, Vt.
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John Lement Bacon (b. 1862) —
also known as John L. Bacon —
of Chelsea, Orange
County, Vt.; White River Junction, Hartford, Windsor
County, Vt.
Born in Chelsea, Orange
County, Vt., June 18,
1862.
Republican. Banker; Orange
County Treasurer, 1884-85; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1892, 1908; Vermont
state treasurer, 1898-1906.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John B. Bacon and Sarah Persis (Morey) Bacon; married 1888 to Lizzie
Davis. |
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Paul Revere Baird (b. 1889) —
also known as Paul R. Baird —
of Waterville, Kennebec
County, Maine.
Born in Waitsfield, Washington
County, Vt., November
25, 1889.
Republican. Veterinarian;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; mayor
of Waterville, Maine, 1925.
Congregationalist.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Freemasons; Kiwanis;
Grange.
Burial location unknown.
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Presumably named
for: Paul
Revere |
| | | Relatives: Son of John L. Baird and
Belle (McLaren) Baird; married 1915 to Bertha
E. Knowlton. |
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Frank Elliott Barber Jr. (1912-1992) —
also known as F. Elliott Barber —
of Brattleboro, Windham
County, Vt.
Born in Brattleboro, Windham
County, Vt., June 8,
1912.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Vermont, 1944;
member of Vermont
state senate from Windham County, 1947-48.
Universalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons; Elks.
Died January
15, 1992 (age 79 years, 221
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Frank E. Barber and Elsie (Haskell) Barber; married, January
20, 1938, to Jeanne Freund; married, July 8,
1947, to Virginia Wells. |
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Herbert Goodell Barber (1870-1947) —
also known as Herbert G. Barber —
of Brattleboro, Windham
County, Vt.
Born in Wardsboro, Windham
County, Vt., August
14, 1870.
Republican. Lawyer; Windham
County State's Attorney, 1898-1900; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1908-10, 1935-37; member of Vermont
Republican State Committee, 1910-14; member of Vermont
state senate, 1912-14; Vermont
state attorney general, 1915-19.
Universalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons; Odd
Fellows.
Died October
5, 1947 (age 77 years, 52
days).
Interment at Meeting
House Hill Cemetery, Brattleboro, Vt.
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Homer Griswold Barber (1830-1909) —
also known as Homer G. Barber —
of Vermontville, Eaton
County, Mich.
Born in Benson, Rutland
County, Vt., November
25, 1830.
Went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; merchant;
banker;
member of Michigan
state senate 20th District, 1871-72.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar.
Died in Vermontville, Eaton
County, Mich., March
15, 1909 (age 78 years, 110
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery, Vermontville, Mich.
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Newton Barber (1903-1983) —
of Bennington, Bennington
County, Vt.
Born in Bennington, Bennington
County, Vt., July 10,
1903.
Lawyer;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1939-44; member of Vermont
state senate, 1945-46.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons.
Died in September, 1983
(age 80
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Orion Metcalf Barber (1857-1930) —
also known as Orion M. Barber —
of Arlington, Bennington
County, Vt.; Bennington, Bennington
County, Vt.
Born in Jamaica, Windham
County, Vt., July 13,
1857.
Republican. Bennington
County State's Attorney, 1886-87; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1892; member of Vermont
state senate, 1894; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Vermont, 1896
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business); Vermont
state auditor of accounts, 1898-1902; Associate
Judge of U.S. Court of Customs Appeals, 1910-28; took senior
status 1928.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks.
Died in Bennington, Bennington
County, Vt., March
28, 1930 (age 72 years, 258
days).
Burial location unknown.
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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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Everett Chamberlin Benton (1862-1924) —
also known as Everett C. Benton —
of Belmont, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Guildhall, Essex
County, Vt., September
25, 1862.
Republican. Insurance
business; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1896,
1900,
1904;
candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1912.
Universalist.
Member, Freemasons; Scottish
Rite Masons; Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Sons of
the American Revolution; Sons of
the Revolution.
Died in 1924
(age about
61 years).
Interment at Belmont Cemetery, Belmont, Mass.
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Melford Dewey Bibens (b. 1898) —
also known as Melford D. Bibens —
of West Rupert, Rupert, Bennington
County, Vt.
Born in West Rupert, Rupert, Bennington
County, Vt., April
10, 1898.
Republican. Farmer;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1937-43; member of Vermont
state senate from Bennington County, 1947.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Franklin Swift Billings Jr. (1922-2014) —
also known as Franklin S. Billings, Jr. —
of Woodstock, Windsor
County, Vt.
Born in Woodstock, Windsor
County, Vt., June 5,
1922.
Lawyer;
municipal judge in Vermont, 1955-62; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1961-66; Speaker of
the Vermont State House of Representatives, 1963-66; superior
court judge in Vermont, 1966-75; justice of
Vermont state supreme court, 1975-83; chief
justice of Vermont Supreme Court, 1983-84; U.S.
District Judge for Vermont, 1984-94; took senior status 1994.
Episcopalian.
Member, Grange;
Freemasons; Shriners;
American Bar
Association.
Died March 9,
2014 (age 91 years, 277
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Samuel Howard Blackmer (1902-1951) —
also known as Samuel H. Blackmer —
of Bennington, Bennington
County, Vt.
Born in Bennington, Bennington
County, Vt., March 2,
1902.
Municipal judge in Vermont, 1929-32; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1933-35; Bennington
County State's Attorney, 1935-37; executive clerk (personal
counsel) to Gov. George
D. Aiken, 1937-38; superior court judge in Vermont, 1938-49; justice of
Vermont state supreme court, 1949-51; died in office 1951.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons; Rotary;
Zeta
Psi; Delta
Sigma Rho.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Bennington, Bennington
County, Vt., December
25, 1951 (age 49 years, 298
days).
Interment at Old
Bennington Cemetery, Bennington, Vt.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel Huling Blackmer and Fanny Laura (Abbott) Blackmer; married,
July
18, 1925, to Katrina Roosevelt Schuyler. |
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Raymond Blake (1896-1984) —
of Newport, Orleans
County, Vt.
Born in Derby, Orleans
County, Vt., October
9, 1896.
Member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1937-39, 1959; member of Vermont
state senate, 1965.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Rotary.
Died in August, 1984
(age 87
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Asa S. Bloomer (1891-1963) —
of West Rutland, Rutland
County, Vt.
Born in Proctor, Rutland
County, Vt., August
15, 1891.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1937-43; Speaker of
the Vermont State House of Representatives, 1943; member of Vermont
state senate from Rutland County, 1947.
Congregationalist.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons; Elks.
Died in 1963
(age about
71 years).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Rutland, Vt.
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Thomas Jefferson Boynton (b. 1856) —
also known as Thomas J. Boynton —
of Everett, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Arlington, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Westfield, Orleans
County, Vt., December
30, 1856.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1892; mayor
of Everett, Mass., 1904, 1906-07; Massachusetts
state attorney general, 1914-15; U.S.
Attorney for Massachusetts, 1917-20.
Unitarian.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Ezra Brainerd Jr. (b. 1878) —
of Muskogee, Muskogee
County, Okla.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Middlebury, Addison
County, Vt., August
26, 1878.
Republican. Lawyer;
general counsel and vice-president, First National Bank of
Muskogee; director, Farmers National Bank of
Fort Gibson; director, First National Bank of
Braggs; member, Interstate Commerce Commission, 1927-33.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Chi Psi;
Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Ezra Brainerd and Frances Viola (Rockwell) Brainerd; married, April
15, 1908, to Edith Maris Hubbard. |
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George Harvey Branch (b. 1870) —
also known as George H. Branch —
of Grand Isle, Grand Isle
County, Vt.
Born in Potsdam, St.
Lawrence County, N.Y., February
27, 1870.
Republican. Physician;
Grand
Isle County Auditor; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Grand Isle, 1910; member of
Vermont
state senate from Grand Isle County, 1923; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Vermont, 1924.
Protestant.
Member, American Medical
Association; Freemasons; Knights
Templar.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Walter C. Branch and Eunice (Monroe) Branch; married, June 4,
1902, to Mattie B. Hazen. |
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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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James Barrett Brown (b. 1885) —
also known as James B. Brown —
of Everett, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Reading, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Bellows Falls, Rockingham, Windham
County, Vt., March 3,
1885.
Republican. Lawyer;
general counsel, Massachusetts Bankers
Association; special counsel, Boston & Maine Railroad;
vice-president, First National Bank of
Reading; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives Twentieth Middlesex District,
1921-24; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1924.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George Addison Brown and Flora (Pierce) Brown; married, July 30,
1913, to Grace Donaldson. |
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Frederick Howard Bryant (1877-1945) —
also known as Frederick H. Bryant —
of Malone, Franklin
County, N.Y.
Born in Lincoln, Addison
County, Vt., July 25,
1877.
Republican. Lawyer; chair of
Franklin County Republican Party, 1927; U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of New York, 1927-45;
died in office 1945.
Episcopalian.
Member, Chi Psi;
Freemasons.
Died September
4, 1945 (age 68 years, 41
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Lester A. Bryant and Mary A. (Delphy) Bryant; married, October
22, 1907, to Florence B. Boyce. |
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John Emery Buxton (b. 1839) —
of Moingona, Boone
County, Iowa; Oskaloosa, Mahaska
County, Iowa; Middletown Springs, Rutland
County, Vt.
Born in Middletown Springs, Rutland
County, Vt., October
20, 1839.
Republican. Hardware
merchant; mining
business; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1900; member of Vermont
state senate, 1904.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Luther Buxton and Semantha (Paris) Buxton; married, November
20, 1865, to Antha M. Clift. |
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Edward A. Cahoon (1862-1934) —
of Roswell, Chaves
County, N.M.
Born in Lyndon, Caledonia
County, Vt., August
20, 1862.
Republican. Banker;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New Mexico Territory,
1900;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New Mexico, 1912,
1920
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1924,
1928
(member, Credentials
Committee).
Member, Freemasons; Scottish
Rite Masons; Elks.
Died December
23, 1934 (age 72 years, 125
days).
Interment at South
Park Cemetery, Roswell, N.M.
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Carroll W. Casto (1925-1995) —
of Point Pleasant, Mason
County, W.Va.
Born in Ripley, Jackson
County, W.Va., October
26, 1925.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Mason County, 1961-64;
appointed 1960.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Phi
Sigma Kappa; Rotary.
Died December
9, 1995 (age 70 years, 44
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Sumner Chase (b. 1855) —
also known as Charles S. Chase —
of Brattleboro, Windham
County, Vt.
Born in Whitingham, Windham
County, Vt., May 13,
1855.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Vermont
state senate, 1906.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Harrie Brigham Chase (1889-1969) —
of Brattleboro, Windham
County, Vt.
Born in Whitingham, Windham
County, Vt., August
9, 1889.
Lawyer;
superior court judge in Vermont, 1919-27; justice of
Vermont state supreme court, 1927-29; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1929-54.
Universalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Chi Phi;
Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons; Odd
Fellows.
Died November
17, 1969 (age 80 years, 100
days).
Interment at Morningside
Cemetery, Brattleboro, Vt.
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Mason D. Chatterton (1835-1903) —
of Meridian Township, Ingham
County, Mich.; Mason, Ingham
County, Mich.; Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Mt. Holly, Rutland
County, Vt., August
3, 1835.
Republican. Lawyer; Ingham
County Circuit Court Commissioner, 1864-69; village
president of Mason, Michigan, 1872-73; Ingham
County Probate Judge, 1873-80; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Michigan, 1884;
president, Farmers' Bank,
1886-1903.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., October
27, 1903 (age 68 years, 85
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Okemos, Mich.
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Henry Clay Cleveland (b. 1842) —
of Coventry, Orleans
County, Vt.
Born in Coventry, Orleans
County, Vt., October
15, 1842.
Republican. Farmer;
secretary, Passumpsic Railroad
Company; director, National Bank of
Newport; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Coventry, 1888; member of Vermont
state senate from Orleans County, 1890.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Presumably named
for: Henry
Clay |
| | | Relatives: Son of Elijah Cleveland and
Mary Ann (Bartlett) Cleveland; married 1864 to
Rosette Daley; married 1889 to Mary
Jane Greenwood. |
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Edwin Buxton Clift (b. 1868) —
also known as Edwin B. Clift —
of Fair Haven, Rutland
County, Vt.
Born in Middletown Springs, Rutland
County, Vt., May 25,
1868.
Democrat. Physician;
candidate for Vermont
state house of representatives, 1902; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Vermont 1st District, 1906; candidate for Vermont
state auditor of accounts, 1922.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Freemasons; Woodmen;
Delta
Upsilon.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Crocker Josiah Clift and Mary Jane (Buxton) Clift; married, September
20, 1890, to Louise H. Edgerton. |
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Irving Smith Coburn (1874-1923) —
also known as Irving S. Coburn —
of Milton, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born in Enosburg, Franklin
County, Vt., August
8, 1874.
Physician;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1912; member of Vermont
state senate from Chittenden County, 1921-23; died in office 1923.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Medical
Association; Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died January
20, 1923 (age 48 years, 165
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Blaisdell Corliss (1851-1929) —
also known as John B. Corliss —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Richford, Franklin
County, Vt., June 7,
1851.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1895-1903; defeated,
1902.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., December
24, 1929 (age 78 years, 200
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Charles Hial Darling (1859-1944) —
also known as Charles H. Darling —
of Bennington, Bennington
County, Vt.; Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born in Woodstock, Windsor
County, Vt., May 9,
1859.
Republican. Lawyer;
municipal judge in Vermont, 1887-1901; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1896-98; U.S. Assistant Secretary
of the Navy, 1901-05; U.S. Collector of Customs, 1905-09.
Member, Sons of
the Revolution; Zeta
Psi; Freemasons.
Died in 1944
(age about
85 years).
Interment at Lakeview
Cemetery, Burlington, Vt.
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Joseph Kimball Darling (b. 1833) —
of Chelsea, Orange
County, Vt.
Born in Corinth, Orange
County, Vt., March 8,
1833.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; merchant;
lawyer;
Orange
County State's Attorney, 1882-84; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1890-92; member of Vermont
state senate, 1894.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons; Royal
Arcanum; Grand
Army of the Republic.
Burial location unknown.
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Justus Dartt (b. 1836) —
of Ascutneyville, Weathersfield, Windsor
County, Vt.; Springfield, Windsor
County, Vt.
Born in Weathersfield, Windsor
County, Vt., February
17, 1836.
Republican. School
teacher; farmer;
served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1874, 1878, 1880, 1902, 1904,
1910 (Weathersfield 1874, 1878, 1880, Springfield 1902, 1904, 1910);
Vermont
superintendent of education, 1880-88; member of Vermont
state senate from Windsor County, 1882.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Grand
Army of the Republic.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Erastus Dartt and Rebecca (Jackman) Dartt; married 1859 to Abbie
Patton Knight. |
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Deane Chandler Davis (1900-1990) —
also known as Deane C. Davis —
of Barre, Washington
County, Vt.; Montpelier, Washington
County, Vt.
Born in East Barre, Barre town, Washington
County, Vt., November
7, 1900.
Republican. Lawyer; Washington
County State's Attorney, 1926-28; superior court judge in
Vermont, 1931-36; general counsel and vice-president, National Life
Insurance Co.; director, People's National Bank of
Barre, Vt.; delegate to Republican National Convention from Vermont,
1948,
1972
(delegation chair); Governor of
Vermont, 1969-73; candidate for Presidential Elector for Vermont.
Member, American Bar
Association; Delta
Theta Phi; Freemasons.
Died in Berlin, Washington
County, Vt., December
8, 1990 (age 90 years, 31
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Barre, Vt.
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Fred Ladd Davis (b. 1861) —
of North Pomfret, Pomfret, Windsor
County, Vt.
Born in Norwich, Windsor
County, Vt., February
2, 1861.
Republican. Farmer;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1900; member of Vermont
state senate, 1906-07; superintendent, Vermont State Fair.
Universalist.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Reuben Davis and Minerva (Maxham) Davis; married, September
8, 1884, to Miss H. F. Wood. |
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Gilbert Asa Davis (b. 1835) —
of Windsor, Windsor
County, Vt.
Born in Chester, Windsor
County, Vt., December
18, 1835.
Lawyer;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1872-76; member of Vermont
state senate, 1876-78; Windsor
County State's Attorney, 1878-80.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons; Odd
Fellows; Grange.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Asa Davis and Mary (Hosmer) Davis; married, April
13, 1862, to Delia I. Bolles. |
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James Holley Douglas (b. 1951) —
also known as Jim Douglas —
of Middlebury, Addison
County, Vt.; Montpelier, Washington
County, Vt.
Born in Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass., June 21,
1951.
Republican. Member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1973-78; secretary
of state of Vermont, 1981-93; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Vermont, 1992; Vermont
state treasurer, 1995-2003; Governor of
Vermont, 2003-11; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Vermont, 2004,
2008.
Member, Freemasons.
Still living as of 2018.
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Ira Walton Drew (1878-1972) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Hardwick, Caledonia
County, Vt., August
31, 1878.
Democrat. Newspaper
reporter; osteopath;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 7th District, 1937-39.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons; Elks.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., February
12, 1972 (age 93 years, 165
days).
Interment at Whitemarsh
Memorial Park, Ambler, Pa.
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William Dunham (1824-1905) —
of Manistee, Manistee
County, Mich.; Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.
Born in Grand Isle, Grand Isle
County, Vt., March 6,
1824.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1876;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich., June 30,
1905 (age 81 years, 116
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Mich.
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Alexander Dunnett (b. 1852) —
also known as Alex Dunnett —
of St. Johnsbury, Caledonia
County, Vt.
Born in Peacham, Caledonia
County, Vt., November
29, 1852.
Republican. Lawyer; chair of
Caledonia County Republican Party, 1882-86; Caledonia
County State's Attorney, 1886-90; member of Vermont
state senate, 1900; U.S.
Attorney for Vermont, 1906-15; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Vermont, 1916
(alternate), 1920.
Unitarian.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Andrew Dunnett and Christiana (Galbraith) Dunnett; married, April
29, 1889, to Ellen Chalmers. |
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M. C. Eames (b. 1834) —
of Blue Island, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Milton, Chittenden
County, Vt., March
16, 1834.
Village
president of Blue Island, Illinois, 1883-84.
Methodist.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Eames; married 1854 to Olive
W. Purmort. |
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Irving Willard Eastman (b. 1895) —
of Whiting, Addison
County, Vt.
Born in St. Johnsbury, Caledonia
County, Vt., May 23,
1895.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1959-61; member of Vermont
state senate from Addison County, 1963.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners;
American
Legion; Sons of
the American Revolution; Chi Psi.
Burial location unknown.
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Franklin Fairbanks (1828-1895) —
of St. Johnsbury, Caledonia
County, Vt.
Born in St. Johnsbury, Caledonia
County, Vt., June 18,
1828.
Republican. Superintendent and later president of E. & T. Fairbanks &
Co., platform
scale manufacturers; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1871-73; Speaker of
the Vermont State House of Representatives, 1872-73.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in St. Johnsbury, Caledonia
County, Vt., April
24, 1895 (age 66 years, 310
days).
Interment at Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery, St. Johnsbury, Vt.
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Walter Kellogg Farnsworth (1870-1929) —
also known as Walter K. Farnsworth —
of Rutland, Rutland
County, Vt.; Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born in Windsor, Windsor
County, Vt., November
17, 1870.
Republican. Lawyer; horse
breeder; member of Vermont
state senate from Rutland County, 1923; Lieutenant
Governor of Vermont, 1925-27; candidate for Governor of
Vermont, 1926.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons; Elks; Grange.
Died in Rutland, Rutland
County, Vt., August
2, 1929 (age 58 years, 258
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Rutland, Vt.
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Relatives: Son
of Jonathan Farnsworth and Maria Augusta (Hatch)
Farnsworth. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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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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Samuel William Fishman (1913-1975) —
also known as Samuel Fishman —
of Vergennes, Addison
County, Vt.
Born in Vergennes, Addison
County, Vt., April
15, 1913.
Democrat. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Vermont, 1952;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1957-61; member of Vermont
state senate from Addison County, 1963.
Jewish.
Member, Rotary;
Freemasons; Shriners.
Died in 1975
(age about
62 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Clarke C. Fitts (b. 1870) —
of Brattleboro, Windham
County, Vt.
Born in Wardsboro, Windham
County, Vt., October
17, 1870.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1904; Vermont
state attorney general, 1904-08.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons; Redmen.
Burial location unknown.
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Albert Augustus Fletcher (1835-1907) —
also known as Albert A. Fletcher —
of Bridport, Addison
County, Vt.; Middlebury, Addison
County, Vt.
Born in Bridport, Addison
County, Vt., August
17, 1835.
Republican. Farmer; banker;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1871-72; member of Vermont
state senate from Addison County, 1882-84.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons; Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Knights
of Honor.
Died in Middlebury, Addison
County, Vt., October
2, 1907 (age 72 years, 46
days).
Interment at West
Cemetery, Middlebury, Vt.
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John W. French (b. 1905) —
of Groton, Caledonia
County, Vt.
Born in Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H., January
15, 1905.
Republican. Farmer;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Groton, 1947-50; member of Vermont
state senate from Caledonia County; elected 1952.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners;
Farm
Bureau.
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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Ernest William Gibson (1901-1969) —
of Brattleboro, Windham
County, Vt.
Born in Brattleboro, Windham
County, Vt., March 6,
1901.
Republican. School
teacher; athletic
coach; mathematician;
lawyer;
Windham
County State's Attorney, 1929-32; U.S.
Senator from Vermont, 1940-41; colonel in the U.S. Army during
World War II; Governor of
Vermont, 1947-50; U.S.
District Judge for Vermont, 1950-69.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons; Odd
Fellows; Elks; Eagles;
Phi
Delta Phi; Theta
Chi.
Died in Brattleboro, Windham
County, Vt., November
4, 1969 (age 68 years, 243
days).
Interment at Morningside
Cemetery, Brattleboro, Vt.
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Jay Gordon (1930-2007) —
of Montpelier, Washington
County, Vt.
Born October
10, 1930.
Democrat. Accountant;
Vermont
state auditor of accounts, 1965-68; university
professor.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners;
Moose;
Elks; American
Legion.
Killed, along with his wife, in a house fire,
in Montpelier, Washington
County, Vt., December
4, 2007 (age 77 years, 55
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Joan Plumpton. |
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Frank Lester Greene (1870-1930) —
also known as Frank L. Greene —
of St. Albans, Franklin
County, Vt.
Born in St. Albans, Franklin
County, Vt., February
10, 1870.
Republican. General in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
newspaper
editor; delegate to Republican National Convention from Vermont,
1904
(alternate), 1908;
U.S.
Representative from Vermont 1st District, 1912-23; U.S.
Senator from Vermont, 1923-30; died in office 1930; on February
15, 1924, while walking on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C.,
he was shot
in the head by a prohibition agent chasing bootleggers.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; United
Spanish War Veterans; Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Grange;
Rotary.
Died in St. Albans, Franklin
County, Vt., December
17, 1930 (age 60 years, 310
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, St. Albans, Vt.
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Franklin Darius Hale (1854-1940) —
also known as Franklin D. Hale —
of Lewiston, Androscoggin
County, Maine; Lunenburg, Essex
County, Vt.; Lyndon Center, Lyndon, Caledonia
County, Vt.
Born in Barnet, Caledonia
County, Vt., March 7,
1854.
Republican. Lawyer; Essex
County State's Attorney, 1883-89; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Lunenburgh, 1884; member of
Vermont
state senate from Essex County, 1886; Vermont
state auditor of accounts, 1892-98; U.S. Consul in Coaticook, 1902-08; Charlottetown, 1908-09; Trinidad, 1909-12; Huddersfield, 1912-17.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
of Honor.
Died, from uremia,
due to chronic
nephritis, in Lyndon Center, Lyndon, Caledonia
County, Vt., April
21, 1940 (age 86 years, 45
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Philip Henderson Hoff (1924-2018) —
also known as Philip H. Hoff —
of Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born in Turners Falls, Montague, Franklin
County, Mass., June 29,
1924.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1961-62; Governor of
Vermont, 1963-69; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Vermont, 1970; member of Vermont
state senate, 1983-88.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Elks;
Freemasons; Shriners;
Grange;
Eagles;
Moose.
Died, at The Residence at Shelburne Bay assisted
living facility, in Shelburne, Chittenden
County, Vt., April
26, 2018 (age 93 years, 301
days).
Burial location unknown.
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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.
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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 |
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Lawrence McLam Jackman (b. 1903) —
of East Corinth, Corinth, Orange
County, Vt.
Born in East Corinth, Corinth, Orange
County, Vt., June 14,
1903.
Republican. Member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1957-60; member of Vermont
state senate, 1961.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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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 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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Henry Wilder Keyes (1863-1938) —
also known as Henry W. Keyes —
of Haverhill, Grafton
County, N.H.
Born in Newbury, Orange
County, Vt., May 23,
1863.
Republican. Lawyer; farmer; banker;
member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1891-95, 1915-17;
member of New
Hampshire state senate 2nd District, 1903-04; Governor of
New Hampshire, 1917-19; U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1919-37.
Episcopalian.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Freemasons.
Died in North Haverhill, Haverhill, Grafton
County, N.H., June 19,
1938 (age 75 years, 27
days).
Interment at Oxbow
Cemetery, Newbury, Vt.
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Heber Chase Kimball (1801-1868) —
also known as Heber C. Kimball —
of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born in Sheldon, Franklin
County, Vt., June 14,
1801.
One of the original Twelve Apostles in the early Mormon Church; member
Utah territorial council, 1851-58.
Mormon.
Member, Freemasons; Royal
Arch Masons.
Injured in a carriage
accident, and died soon after, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, June 22,
1868 (age 67 years, 8
days).
Interment at Kimball-Whitney Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah.
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Samuel Todd Lee (b. 1876) —
also known as Samuel T. Lee —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.; West Rutland, Rutland
County, Vt.
Born in Farnley, Leeds, England,
May
30, 1876.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; served in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War; U.S. Consul in Nogales, 1907-09; San Jose, 1909-16; Rio Grande do Sul, 1916-18; Porto Alegre, 1918-23; Nottingham, 1923-25; U.S. Consul General in Lisbon, 1928-29; Rio de Janeiro, 1929-36.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Lee and Betsy (Todd) Lee; married, June 8,
1902, to Emily Griggs Parker. |
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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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Zophar Mack Mansur (1843-1914) —
also known as Zophar M. Mansur —
of Island Pond, Brighton, Essex
County, Vt.
Born in Morgan, Orleans
County, Vt., November
23, 1843.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lost his
right arm in the battle of Opequon Creek, Virginia; lawyer; postmaster;
lumber
business; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Brighton, 1886; member of Vermont
state senate from Essex County, 1888; Lieutenant
Governor of Vermont, 1894-96; director and president, Derby Line
National Bank.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; Grand
Army of the Republic; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died in Island Pond, Brighton, Essex
County, Vt., March
12, 1914 (age 70 years, 109
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Warren Mansur and Jane (Morse) Mansur; married 1867 to Ellen
L. Newhill. |
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Frederick Stanley Martin (1794-1865) —
also known as Frederick S. Martin —
of Cattaraugus
County, N.Y.
Born in Rutland
County, Vt., April
25, 1794.
County judge in New York, 1840-45; member of New York
state senate 32nd District, 1848-49; member of New York
state assembly from Cattaraugus County 1st District, 1850; U.S.
Representative from New York 31st District, 1851-53.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Olean, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y., June 28,
1865 (age 71 years, 64
days).
Original interment at Oak
Lawn Cemetery, Olean, N.Y.; reinterment in 1896 at Mt.
View Cemetery, Olean, N.Y.
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John Flournoy Montgomery (1878-1954) —
of Manchester, Bennington
County, Vt.
Born in Sedalia, Pettis
County, Mo., September
20, 1878.
Democrat. President, John Wildi Evaporated Milk Co.,
1914-25; chairman, International Milk Co.,
1925-33; U.S. Minister to Hungary, 1933-41.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Manchester, Bennington
County, Vt., November
7, 1954 (age 76 years, 48
days).
Interment somewhere
in Manchester, Vt.
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Charles Emerson Nash (1838-1904) —
also known as Charles E. Nash —
of Augusta, Kennebec
County, Maine.
Born in Montpelier, Washington
County, Vt., October
11, 1838.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; newspaper
publisher; mayor
of Augusta, Maine, 1876-79.
Member, Loyal
Legion; Grand
Army of the Republic; Freemasons.
Died in Augusta, Kennebec
County, Maine, February
25, 1904 (age 65 years, 137
days).
Interment at Hallowell
Cemetery, Hallowell, Maine.
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Winfield Scott Nay (b. 1850) —
of Jericho, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born in Milton, Chittenden
County, Vt., December
12, 1850.
Republican. Physician;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1900.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Medical
Association; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Presumably named
for: Winfield
Scott |
| | | Relatives: Son of Nelson Munsell Nay
and Hannah (Holmes) Nay; married 1873 to Martha
Jane Rockwood. |
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Daniel Needham (1822-1895) —
of Groton, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Hartford, Windsor
County, Vt.
Born in Salem, Essex
County, Mass., May 24,
1822.
Lawyer;
farmer;
aide (with rank of Colonel) to Gov. George
S. Boutwell, 1851-53; Massachusetts
Democratic state chair, 1853; Democratic candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 8th District, 1854; member of
Vermont
state house of representatives from Hartford, 1857-58; member of
Vermont
state senate from Windsor County, 1859-61; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1866-67; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1868-69; director, Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Co.;
trustee, John Hancock Life
Insurance Co.; director, Peterborough and Shirley Railroad.
Unitarian.
Member, Freemasons; Humane
Society.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Groton, Middlesex
County, Mass., February
20, 1895 (age 72 years, 272
days).
Interment at Groton
Cemetery, Groton, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of James Needham and Lydia (Breed) Needham; married, July 17,
1842, to Caroline A. Hall; married, October
7, 1880, to Ellen Mary Brigham. |
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Mark Norris (1796-1862) —
of Ypsilanti Township, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Peacham, Caledonia
County, Vt., 1796.
Postmaster;
supervisor
of Ypsilanti Township, Michigan, 1848-49.
Member, Freemasons.
Died March 6,
1862 (age about 65
years).
Interment at Highland
Cemetery, Ypsilanti, Mich.
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Cornelius Solomon Palmer (b. 1844) —
also known as Cornelius S. Palmer —
of Jericho, Chittenden
County, Vt.; Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.; Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born in Underhill, Chittenden
County, Vt., November
2, 1844.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1880; justice of
Dakota territorial supreme court, 1883-88; member of South
Dakota state senate 9th District, 1897-98.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Jonah Ferris Palmer and Chloe (Mead) Palmer; married, October
20, 1872, to Annis R. Fassett. |
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Samuel Barrett Pettengill (1886-1974) —
also known as Samuel B. Pettengill —
of South Bend, St. Joseph
County, Ind.
Born in Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., January
19, 1886.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1931-39 (13th District 1931-33, 3rd
District 1933-39).
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons; American Bar
Association.
Died in Springfield, Windsor
County, Vt., March
20, 1974 (age 88 years, 60
days).
Interment at Grafton
Village Cemetery, Grafton, Vt.
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Richard Franklin Pettigrew (1848-1926) —
also known as Richard F. Pettigrew —
of Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.
Born in Ludlow, Windsor
County, Vt., July 23,
1848.
Lawyer;
surveyor;
real
estate business; member of Dakota
territorial House of Representatives, 1872; member
Dakota territorial council, 1877-79, 1885-86; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Dakota Territory, 1881-83; defeated, 1882;
U.S.
Senator from South Dakota, 1889-1901; delegate to Republican
National Convention from South Dakota, 1896
(speaker);
delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Dakota, 1904
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1908.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak., October
5, 1926 (age 78 years, 74
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Sioux Falls, S.Dak.
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Mortimer Robinson Proctor (1889-1968) —
also known as Mortimer R. Proctor —
of Proctor, Rutland
County, Vt.
Born in Proctor, Rutland
County, Vt., May 30,
1889.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; president,
Vermont Marble Co.; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1933-39; Speaker of
the Vermont State House of Representatives, 1937; Lieutenant
Governor of Vermont, 1941-45; Governor of
Vermont, 1945-47; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Vermont, 1948,
1952
(Honorary
Vice-President; delegation chair; speaker);
candidate for Presidential Elector for Vermont.
Member, Grange;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Psi
Upsilon; Eagles;
Elks;
Freemasons.
Died April
28, 1968 (age 78 years, 334
days).
Burial location unknown.
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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.
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Kermit Richardson —
of Vermont.
Member of Vermont state legislature, 1970.
Member, Grange;
Freemasons.
Still living as of 1999.
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William Seymour Rublee (1815-1885) —
also known as William S. Rublee —
of East Berkshire, Berkshire, Franklin
County, Vt.
Born in Berkshire, Franklin
County, Vt., August
17, 1815.
Member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1851-52; postmaster;
member of Vermont
state senate, 1864-65.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in East Berkshire, Berkshire, Franklin
County, Vt., June 13,
1885 (age 69 years, 300
days).
Interment at East Berkshire Episcopal Cemetery, East Berkshire, Berkshire,
Vt.
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Eaton Dudley Sargent (1870-1944) —
also known as Eaton D. Sargent —
of Winchendon, Worcester
County, Mass.; Nashua, Hillsborough
County, N.H.; Crescent City, Putnam
County, Fla.
Born in Bradford, Orange
County, Vt., August
13, 1870.
Democrat. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 3rd District, 1918; mayor of
Nashua, N.H., 1924-27; candidate for Governor of
New Hampshire, 1926, 1928; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New Hampshire, 1928
(member, Credentials
Committee); candidate for U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 2nd District, 1930.
Member, Freemasons; Rotary.
Died of heart
failure while pruning an orange tree, in Crescent City, Putnam
County, Fla., March
27, 1944 (age 73 years, 227
days).
Interment at Edgewood
Cemetery, Nashua, N.H.
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John Charles Freemont Slayton (1856-1922) —
also known as John C. F. Slayton —
of Melrose, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Calais, Washington
County, Vt., June 27,
1856.
Wholesale
produce business; member of Massachusetts
Governor's Council 4th District, 1921-22; died in office 1922.
Member, Freemasons; Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar.
Died in Melrose, Middlesex
County, Mass., January
4, 1922 (age 65 years, 191
days).
Interment at Pleasant
View Cemetery, Morrisville, Morristown, Vt.
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Relatives: Son
of Fanny A. (Andrews) Slayton and George Josephus Slayton; married 1883 to Lucy
Lancaster; married 1902 to
Margaret Clifford. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Ezra L. Smith (1837-1921) —
of El
Dorado County, Calif.; Olympia, Thurston
County, Wash.
Born in Vermont, 1837.
Member of California
state assembly 15th District, 1865-67.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., January
22, 1921 (age about 83
years).
Cremated.
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Richard Arkwright Snelling (1927-1991) —
also known as Richard A. Snelling —
of Shelburne, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born in Allentown, Lehigh
County, Pa., February
18, 1927.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1959-60, 1973-76; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Vermont, 1960,
1968,
1980;
chair
of Chittenden County Republican Party, 1963-66; member of Vermont
Republican State Executive Committee, 1963-66; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Vermont, 1964; Governor of
Vermont, 1977-85, 1991; defeated, 1966; died in office 1991;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Vermont, 1986.
Unitarian.
Member, Freemasons; American
Legion; Rotary.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Shelburne, Chittenden
County, Vt., August
13, 1991 (age 64 years, 176
days).
Interment at Shelburne
Village Cemetery, Shelburne, Vt.
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Robert Theodore Stafford (1913-2006) —
also known as Robert T. Stafford —
of Rutland, Rutland
County, Vt.
Born in Rutland, Rutland
County, Vt., August
8, 1913.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; Rutland
County State's Attorney, 1947-51; served in the U.S. Navy during
the Korean conflict; Vermont
state attorney general, 1955-57; Lieutenant
Governor of Vermont, 1957-59; Governor of
Vermont, 1959-61; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Vermont, 1960;
U.S.
Representative from Vermont at-large, 1961-71; resigned 1971; U.S.
Senator from Vermont, 1971-89; appointed 1971.
Congregationalist.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Lions; Eagles;
Elks;
Freemasons.
Died in Rutland, Rutland
County, Vt., December
23, 2006 (age 93 years, 137
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Rutland, Vt.
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John Loomis Stevens (1850-1933) —
also known as John L. Stevens —
of Ames, Story
County, Iowa; Boone, Boone
County, Iowa.
Born in Northfield, Washington
County, Vt., May 29,
1850.
Lawyer;
district attorney 11th District, 1879-86; promoter of early telephone
companies; organizer, Boone Brick and
Tile Paving
Company; district judge in Iowa 11th District, 1887-92; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Iowa, 1900,
1912;
delegate to Progressive National Convention from Iowa, 1912;
Progressive candidate for Governor of
Iowa, 1912.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar.
Died in Iowa, October
23, 1933 (age 83 years, 147
days).
Interment at Ames
Municipal Cemetery, Ames, Iowa.
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Relatives: Son
of Isaac Loomis Stevens and Harriet E. (Tucker) Stevens; married, August
10, 1876, to Rowena Estelle Edson. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Library of
Congress |
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Walter W. Stokes (b. 1880) —
also known as W. W. Stokes —
of Cooperstown, Otsego
County, N.Y.
Born in Manchester, Bennington
County, Vt., August
10, 1880.
Republican. Member of New York
state senate, 1933-52 (39th District 1933-44, 44th District
1945-52).
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
New York Red Book 1936 |
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Elihu Barber Taft (1847-1929) —
of Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born in Williston, Chittenden
County, Vt., March
25, 1847.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Vermont
state senate from Chittenden County, 1888-90.
Universalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons; Shriners.
Died in 1929
(age about
82 years).
Interment at Lakeview
Cemetery, Burlington, Vt.
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Thomas Johnson Tiffany (1834-1906) —
also known as Thomas J. Tiffany; "Henry
Fullerton" —
of Bennington, Bennington
County, Vt.; Rutland, Rutland
County, Vt.
Born in Pittsford, Rutland
County, Vt., March 6,
1834.
Republican. Postmaster at Bennington,
Vt., 1872-84; in March, 1884, he was confronted
by a postal inspector about a shortage
in the post office accounts, he fled,
also taking
$2,000 in Bennington school funds; in October, 1885, he was arrested
near Greeley, Colorado, where he was living under the alias "Henry
Fullerton", and brought back to Vermont, where he plead
guilty to federal charges,
and was sentenced
to five years' imprisonment.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Rutland, Rutland
County, Vt., June 26,
1906 (age 72 years, 112
days).
Interment at Bennington Village Cemetery, Bennington, Vt.
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Ralph Waldo Tracy (1884-1960) —
also known as Ralph W. Tracy —
of Closter, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in Brownington Center, Brownington, Orleans
County, Vt., November
13, 1884.
Republican. Mayor
of Closter, N.J., 1954-58.
Member, Freemasons.
Injured in an automobile
accident at Cedar Lane and Knickerbocker Road in Closter,
suffered a fractured skull, and died four hours later at Pascack
Valley Hospital,
Westwood, Bergen
County, N.J., May 24,
1960 (age 75 years, 193
days).
Interment at Westwood Cemetery, Westwood, N.J.
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Relatives: Son
of Herbert H. Tracy and Ida M. (Driver) Tracy; married to Herminie C.
Lindmann. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Alexander L. Underwood (1814-1870) —
of Indiana.
Born in Hardwick, Caledonia
County, Vt., June 24,
1814.
Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1853.
Member, Freemasons; Odd
Fellows.
Died in St. Paul, Decatur
County, Ind., March 5,
1870 (age 55 years, 254
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Leslie Upham (1839-1929) —
also known as Charles L. Upham —
of Meriden, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Townshend, Windham
County, Vt., May 24,
1839.
Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; one of the founders
of the Ives, Upham & Rand department
store in Meriden; mayor
of Meriden, Conn., 1873-74.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Freemasons.
Died in Meriden, New Haven
County, Conn., May 28,
1929 (age 90 years, 4
days).
Interment at Walnut
Grove Cemetery, Meriden, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. William Dennis Upham and Lucy Marie (Spink) Upham; married to
Emiie Clark; married, July 12,
1877, to Elizabeth Hall. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Sterry Robinson Waterman (1901-1984) —
also known as Sterry R. Waterman —
of St. Johnsbury, Caledonia
County, Vt.
Born in Taunton, Bristol
County, Mass., June 12,
1901.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Vermont, 1936
(member, Resolutions
Committee); Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1955-70.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Freemasons; Elks; Rotary;
Sphinx;
Zeta
Psi; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died in 1984
(age about
83 years).
Interment at Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery, St. Johnsbury, Vt.
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Stephen Girard Whipple (1823-1895) —
also known as Stephen G. Whipple —
of Eureka, Humboldt
County, Calif.
Born in Williston, Chittenden
County, Vt., November
5, 1823.
Went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; member of California
state assembly, 1854-55, 1857-58, 1863 (12th District 1854-55,
1857-58, 27th District 1863); served in the Union Army during the
Civil War.
Member, Freemasons; Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in Eureka, Humboldt
County, Calif., October
21, 1895 (age 71 years, 350
days).
Interment at Myrtle
Grove Cemetery, Eureka, Calif.
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James Whitcomb (1795-1852) —
of Indiana.
Born near Windsor, Windsor
County, Vt., December
1, 1795.
Democrat. Member of Indiana
state senate, 1830-36; Commissioner of the General Land Office,
1836-41; Governor of
Indiana, 1843-48; U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1849-52; died in office 1852.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Poet James Whitcomb Riley is named for him.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
4, 1852 (age 56 years, 308
days).
Original interment at Greenlawn
Cemetery (which no longer exists), Indianapolis, Ind.;
reinterment in 1892 at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.; statue at Monument
Circle, Indianapolis, Ind.
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Ernest Luther Whitney (b. 1874) —
also known as Ernest L. Whitney —
of South Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born in North Dorset, Dorset, Bennington
County, Vt., June 17,
1874.
Republican. School
teacher; letter
carrier; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1941-45; member of Vermont
state senate from Chittenden County, 1947.
Baptist.
Member, Grange;
Farm
Bureau; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Brigham Young (1801-1877) —
of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born in Whitingham, Windham
County, Vt., June 1,
1801.
Leader of the Mormon Church 1841-1877; Governor
of Utah Territory, 1850-58.
Mormon.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, of peritonitis
and appendicitis,
in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, August
29, 1877 (age 76 years, 89
days).
Interment at Mormon
Pioneer Memorial, Salt Lake City, Utah; statue at Temple
Square, Salt Lake City, Utah; statue at Heritage
Plaza, St. George, Utah.
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