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Jasper C. Baker (b. 1845) —
of Newport, Orleans
County, Vt.; Richford, Franklin
County, Vt.
Born in Newport, Orleans
County, Vt., 1845.
Republican. Postmaster; wholesale dealer in flour, grain, and
lumber;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Richford, 1888.
Burial location unknown.
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Orville Samuel Basford (1848-1926) —
also known as Orville S. Basford —
of Redfield, Spink
County, S.Dak.; Linneus, Linn
County, Mo.
Born in Shelburne, Chittenden
County, Vt., August
29, 1848.
Republican. Methodist
minister; postmaster; South Dakota
Republican state chair, 1894-95; newspaper
editor and publisher; South Dakota State Insurance Commissioner,
1907.
Methodist.
Died in Redfield, Spink
County, S.Dak., October
27, 1926 (age 78 years, 59
days).
Interment at Greenlawn Cemetery, Redfield, S.Dak.
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Amos B. Carpenter (b. 1818) —
of West Waterford, Waterford, Caledonia
County, Vt.
Born in Waterford, Caledonia
County, Vt., May 25,
1818.
Republican. Farmer;
postmaster; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Waterford, 1888.
Congregationalist.
Burial location unknown.
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Frank W. Davis (b. 1850) —
of Belvidere Corners, Belvidere, Lamoille
County, Vt.
Born in Honeoye Falls, Monroe
County, N.Y., 1850.
Republican. Farmer;
postmaster; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Belvidere, 1888.
Baptist.
Burial location unknown.
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Franklin Deming (b. 1828) —
of Wells River, Newbury, Orange
County, Vt.
Born in Danville, Caledonia
County, Vt., September
11, 1828.
Republican. Merchant;
postmaster; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Newbury, 1888.
Congregationalist.
Burial location unknown.
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Frank C. Denison (b. 1850) —
of Pittsford, Rutland
County, Vt.
Born in Rutland
County, Vt., 1850.
Merchant;
postmaster; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1886; U.S. Consul in Woodstock, 1897-1908; Fernie, 1908-15; Prescott, 1915-24.
Burial location unknown.
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Solon F. Frary (b. 1822) —
of South Strafford, Strafford, Orange
County, Vt.
Born in Strafford, Orange
County, Vt., January
27, 1822.
Republican. Merchant;
postmaster; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Strafford, 1872; member of Vermont
state senate from Orange County, 1888.
Unitarian.
Burial location unknown.
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Robert R. Fulton (b. 1824) —
of Newbury, Orange
County, Vt.; Corinth, Orange
County, Vt.
Born in Newbury, Orange
County, Vt., May 20,
1824.
Republican. Merchant;
postmaster; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Corinth, 1888.
Congregationalist.
Burial location unknown.
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Arthur H. Gleason (1865-1935) —
of St. Johnsbury, Caledonia
County, Vt.
Born in Sag Harbor, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., November
25, 1865.
Democrat. Grocer;
postmaster; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Vermont, 1924.
Died, while suffering from acute angina
pectoris, in St. Johnsbury, Caledonia
County, Vt., November
29, 1935 (age 70 years, 4
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of G. Havens Gleason and Susan (Vail) Gleason; nephew of William
H. Gleason. |
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Henry Clay Gleason (b. 1851) —
also known as Henry C. Gleason —
of Richmond, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born in Richmond, Chittenden
County, Vt., March
28, 1851.
Republican. Postal clerk; farmer;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Richmond, 1888.
Universalist.
Burial location unknown.
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George Hammond (b. 1836) —
of Middlebury, Addison
County, Vt.
Born in Middlebury, Addison
County, Vt., May 31,
1836.
Republican. Farmer;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Middlebury, 1878-79;
postmaster; member of Vermont
state senate from Addison County, 1888.
Congregationalist.
Burial location unknown.
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Rodric R. Hathaway (b. 1836) —
of North Hero, Grand Isle
County, Vt.
Born in St. Albans, Franklin
County, Vt., February
29, 1836.
Republican. Merchant;
postmaster; Grand
Isle County Clerk, 1876; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from North Hero, 1888.
Universalist.
Burial location unknown.
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Henry Fisk Janes (1792-1879) —
of Waterbury, Washington
County, Vt.
Born in Brimfield, Hampden
County, Mass., October
10, 1792.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; lawyer;
postmaster; member of Vermont
Governor's Council, 1830-34; U.S.
Representative from Vermont 5th District, 1834-37; Vermont
state treasurer, 1838-41; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1854-55, 1861-62.
Died in Waterbury, Washington
County, Vt., June 6,
1879 (age 86 years, 239
days).
Interment at Hope
Cemetery, Waterbury, Vt.
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Walter Frank Jones (b. 1840) —
also known as Walter F. Jones —
of West Dover, Dover, Windham
County, Vt.
Born in Dover, Windham
County, Vt., April 7,
1840.
Republican. Postmaster; farmer;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Dover, 1888.
Burial location unknown.
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Jefferson R. Judson (b. 1834) —
of East Arlington, Arlington, Bennington
County, Vt.
Born in Sunderland, Bennington
County, Vt., 1834.
Republican. Merchant;
manufacturer;
postmaster; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Arlington, 1872; member of Vermont
state senate from Bennington County, 1886.
Episcopalian.
Burial location unknown.
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James E. Kennedy (b. 1870) —
of North Williston, Williston, Chittenden
County, Vt.; Essex, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born in Mooers, Clinton
County, N.Y., January
6, 1870.
Democrat. Farmer; railway
station agent; postmaster; member of Vermont
state senate, 1908; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Williston, 1910; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Vermont, 1916;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Vermont 1st District, 1922; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Vermont; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Vermont, 1926.
Catholic.
Burial location unknown.
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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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Daniel Azro Millington (1823-1891) —
of Winfield, Cowley
County, Kan.
Born in Hubbardton, Rutland
County, Vt., May 16,
1823.
Went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; newspaper
editor; postmaster; mayor
of Winfield, Kan., 1875-76.
Died of heart
failure, in Winfield, Cowley
County, Kan., May 7,
1891 (age 67 years, 356
days).
Interment at Union
Cemetery, Winfield, Kan.
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Relatives: Son
of Solomon Millington and Clarinda (Richardson) Millington; married,
May
16, 1848, to Mary Ann Smith. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Bill Bottorff, Winfield
historian |
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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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Willis M. Parker (b. 1858) —
of Wolcott, Lamoille
County, Vt.
Born in Wolcott, Lamoille
County, Vt., February
5, 1858.
Republican. Merchant;
postmaster; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Wolcott, 1888.
Universalist.
Burial location unknown.
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John Adams Perkins (b. 1838) —
also known as John A. Perkins —
of Bakersfield, Franklin
County, Vt.
Born in Bakersfield, Franklin
County, Vt., December
1, 1838.
Republican. Merchant;
postmaster; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Bakersfield, 1886-88.
Congregationalist.
Burial location unknown.
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George Sidney Robinson (b. 1839) —
also known as George S. Robinson —
of Island Pond, Brighton, Essex
County, Vt.
Born in Brownington, Orleans
County, Vt., January
15, 1839.
Republican. Postmaster; insurance
agent; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Brighton, 1888.
Methodist.
Burial location unknown.
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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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Horatio Seymour (1778-1857) —
of Middlebury, Addison
County, Vt.
Born in Litchfield, Litchfield
County, Conn., May 31,
1778.
Whig. Lawyer;
postmaster; member of Vermont
Governor's Council, 1809-14; Addison
County State's Attorney, 1810-13, 1815-19; U.S.
Senator from Vermont, 1821-33; candidate for Governor of
Vermont, 1836; probate judge in Vermont, 1847-56.
Died in Middlebury, Addison
County, Vt., November
21, 1857 (age 79 years, 174
days).
Interment at West
Cemetery, Middlebury, Vt.
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Relatives: Son
of Moses
Seymour and Molly (Marsh) Seymour; brother of Henry
Seymour; married 1800 to Lucy
Case; uncle of Origen
Storrs Seymour, Horatio
Seymour (1810-1886) and George
Seymour; grandfather of Emma Seymour Battell (who married John
Wolcott Stewart) and Joseph
Battell; granduncle of Edward
Woodruff Seymour, Morris
Woodruff Seymour and Horatio
Seymour Jr.; first cousin once removed of McNeil
Seymour and Henry
William Seymour; first cousin twice removed of Norman
Alexander Seymour; second cousin once removed of Thomas
Seymour and Hezekiah
Cook Seymour; second cousin twice removed of William
Pitkin, Silas
Seymour, William
Chapman Williston and Augustus
Sherrill Seymour; second cousin thrice removed of Orlo
Erland Wadhams; second cousin four times removed of Dalton
G. Seymour; third cousin once removed of Josiah
Cowles, Daniel
Pitkin, David
Lowrey Seymour and Thomas
Henry Seymour; third cousin twice removed of Caleb
Seymour Pitkin; fourth cousin of Timothy
Pitkin, Orsamus
Cook Merrill, Timothy
Merrill and Ela
Collins; fourth cousin once removed of Farrand
Fassett Merrill, William
Collins, John
Robert Graham Pitkin and William
Sheffield Cowles. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Murphy-Merrill
family of Harbor Beach, Michigan (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page |
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David K. Simonds (b. 1839) —
of Manchester, Bennington
County, Vt.
Born in Peru, Bennington
County, Vt., 1839.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
postmaster; newspaper
editor; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Manchester, 1886; member of
Vermont
state senate from Bennington County, 1888.
Congregationalist.
Burial location unknown.
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David Allen Smalley (1809-1877) —
of Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born in Middlebury, Addison
County, Vt., April 6,
1809.
Democrat. Lawyer;
postmaster; member of Vermont
state senate, 1843-44; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Vermont, 1852,
1856;
U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1853-57; Chairman
of Democratic National Committee, 1856-60; U.S.
District Judge for Vermont, 1857-77; died in office 1877.
Died in Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt., March
10, 1877 (age 67 years, 338
days).
Interment at Greenmount
Cemetery, Burlington, Vt.
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Albert E. Stanley (b. 1833) —
of Leicester, Addison
County, Vt.
Born in Leicester, Addison
County, Vt., June 4,
1833.
Republican. Farmer;
postmaster; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Leicester, 1872-74, 1882;
member of Vermont
state senate from Addison County, 1886.
Spiritualist.
Burial location unknown.
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Albert N. Swain (b. 1828) —
of Bellows Falls, Rockingham, Windham
County, Vt.
Born in Reading, Windsor
County, Vt., July 12,
1828.
Republican. Newspaper
editor and publisher; postmaster; delegate
to Vermont state constitutional convention, 1870; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Rockingham, 1872, 1876;
member of Vermont
state senate from Windham County, 1886.
Congregationalist.
Burial location unknown.
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John Scott Sweeney (1851-1924) —
also known as John S. Sweeney —
of East Charleston, Charleston, Orleans
County, Vt.; Island Pond, Brighton, Essex
County, Vt.
Born in Hatley, Quebec,
January
23, 1851.
Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen; merchant;
postmaster; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Charleston, 1888; real estate
business; banker.
Died, from cellulitis
and gangrene
of the left foot, in Brighton, Essex
County, Vt., April
14, 1924 (age 73 years, 82
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Francis Sweeney and Mary (Jenness) Sweeney. |
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Londus F. Terrill (b. 1837) —
of Underhill, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born in Underhill, Chittenden
County, Vt., April
18, 1837.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
postmaster; merchant;
director, Burlington and Lamoille Railroad;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Underhill, 1886; member of Vermont
state senate from Chittenden County, 1888.
Congregationalist.
Burial location unknown.
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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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William W. Williams (b. 1841) —
of South Albany, Albany, Orleans
County, Vt.
Born in Scotland,
June
21, 1841.
Republican. Served in the Union Navy during the Civil War; mason; farmer;
postmaster; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Albany, 1888.
Methodist.
Burial location unknown.
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Smith Wright (b. 1823) —
of St. George, Chittenden
County, Vt.; Williston, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born in Williston, Chittenden
County, Vt., March 8,
1823.
Republican. Farmer;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1852-53, 1860-61, 1884 (St.
George 1852-53, 1860-61, Williston 1884); postmaster; member
of Vermont
state senate from Chittenden County, 1886.
Burial location unknown.
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