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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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Charles Tyler Bean (1851-1914) —
also known as Charles T. Bean —
of Newport, Orleans
County, Vt.
Born in Coventry, Orleans
County, Vt., April
24, 1851.
Republican. Deputy
sheriff; railway conductor; real estate
business; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Newport, 1910.
Died, from heart
disease, in Newport, Orleans
County, Vt., November
15, 1914 (age 63 years, 205
days).
Interment at East
Main Street Cemetery, Newport, Vt.
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Relatives: Son
of Silas Bean and Sophronia (Thrasher) Bean; married to Lillian A.
Rowell. |
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memorial |
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Frederick H. Billings (1823-1890) —
Born in Royalton, Windsor
County, Vt., September
27, 1823.
Republican. Vermont
secretary of civil and military affairs, 1846-48; lawyer; went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; president, Northern Pacific
Railway, 1879-81; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Vermont, 1880.
Died in Woodstock, Windsor
County, Vt., September
30, 1890 (age 67 years, 3
days).
Interment at River
Street Cemetery, Woodstock, Vt.
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William H. H. Bingham (1813-1894) —
of Stowe, Lamoille
County, Vt.
Born in Fletcher, Franklin
County, Vt., April
15, 1813.
Democrat. Lawyer; Lamoille
County State's Attorney; delegate
to Vermont state constitutional convention, 1870; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1870; director, Vermont Mutual Fire
Insurance Company, Waterbury National Bank,
National Life
Insurance Company, Montpelier and Wells River Railroad,
and Central Vermont Railroad; director of the Vermont State
Prison and House of Correction, 1878; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Vermont, 1888.
Congregationalist.
Died in Stowe, Lamoille
County, Vt., October
12, 1894 (age 81 years, 180
days).
Interment at Old Yard Cemetery, Stowe, Vt.
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Herbert Brainerd (b. 1837) —
of St. Albans, Franklin
County, Vt.
Born in St. Albans, Franklin
County, Vt., December
25, 1837.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
railroad business; steamboat
business; treasurer, St. Albans iron and
steel works; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from St. Albans, 1880; member of
Vermont
state senate from Franklin County, 1882.
Congregationalist.
Burial location unknown.
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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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William Nelson Bryant (b. 1851) —
also known as W. N. Bryant —
of Ludlow, Windsor
County, Vt.
Born in Weston, Windsor
County, Vt., September
26, 1851.
Republican. Physician;
district surgeon, Rutland Railroad; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Ludlow, 1910.
Congregationalist.
Burial location unknown.
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Percival Wood Clement (1846-1927) —
of Rutland, Rutland
County, Vt.
Born in Rutland, Rutland
County, Vt., July 7,
1846.
Republican. Partner, Clement and Sons, marble
quarries; president, Rutland Railroad; president, Bristol
Railroad; director, Clement National Bank; newspaper
publisher; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1892-93; mayor
of Rutland, Vt., 1897-99, 1911-12; member of Vermont
state senate, 1900-02, 1911-12; Governor of
Vermont, 1919-21; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Vermont, 1924.
Died January
9, 1927 (age 80 years, 186
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Rutland, Vt.
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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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Daniel L. Cushing (b. 1836) —
of Poweshiek
County, Iowa; Quechee, Hartford, Windsor
County, Vt.
Born in Hartford, Windsor
County, Vt., August
4, 1836.
Republican. Civil
engineer; worked on the Erie
Canal and railroad projects; farmer;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Hartford, 1882-83; member of
Vermont
state senate from Windsor County, 1886.
Congregationalist.
Burial location unknown.
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Maxwell Evarts (1862-1913) —
of Windsor, Windsor
County, Vt.
Born November
15, 1862.
Lawyer;
counsel for the Union Pacific and other railroads; banker;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1906.
Member, Skull
and Bones.
Died October
7, 1913 (age 50 years, 326
days).
Interment at Ascutney
Cemetery, Windsor, Vt.
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Erastus Fairbanks (1792-1864) —
of St. Johnsbury, Caledonia
County, Vt.
Born in Brimfield, Hampden
County, Mass., October
28, 1792.
One of the founders of E. & T. Fairbanks & Co., platform
scale manufacturers; president, Passumpsic Railroad, which
completed a line from White River to St. Johnsbury in 1850; member of
Vermont
state house of representatives, 1836-38; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Vermont; Governor of
Vermont, 1852-53, 1860-61; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Vermont, 1856.
Congregationalist.
Died in St. Johnsbury, Caledonia
County, Vt., November
20, 1864 (age 72 years, 23
days).
Interment at Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery, St. Johnsbury, Vt.
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Horace Fairbanks (1820-1888) —
of St. Johnsbury, Caledonia
County, Vt.
Born in Barnet, Caledonia
County, Vt., March
21, 1820.
Republican. President, E. & T. Fairbanks & Co., platform
scale manufacturers; railroad promoter; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Vermont, 1864;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Vermont; member of Vermont
state senate, 1870; Governor of
Vermont, 1876-78.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March
17, 1888 (age 67 years, 362
days).
Interment at Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery, St. Johnsbury, Vt.
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Elon Farnsworth (1799-1877) —
of Michigan.
Born in Woodstock, Windsor
County, Vt., February
2, 1799.
Democrat. Member
Michigan territorial council 1st District, 1834-35; Chancellor of
Michigan, 1835-43, 1846-47; candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1839; Michigan
state attorney general, 1843-45; member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1846-57.
An organizer of the Michigan Central Railroad.
Died, from kidney
disease, in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., March
24, 1877 (age 78 years, 50
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Benjamin Frank Fifield (b. 1832) —
also known as Benjamin F. Fifield —
of Montpelier, Washington
County, Vt.
Born in Orange, Orange
County, Vt., November
18, 1832.
Republican. Lawyer;
general counsel, Central Vermont Railroad; U.S.
Attorney for Vermont, 1869-80; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1881; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Vermont, 1884.
Burial location unknown.
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Eugene Noble Foss (1858-1939) —
also known as Eugene N. Foss —
of Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in West Berkshire, Berkshire, Franklin
County, Vt., September
24, 1858.
Democrat. Owner of cotton
mills and iron and steel
works; active in banking
and railroads; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 14th District, 1910-11;
defeated, 1902 (Republican, 11th District), 1904 (Republican, 11th
District); resigned 1911; defeated, 1925 (5th District); Governor of
Massachusetts, 1911-14; defeated (Independent), 1913; candidate
for Democratic nomination for President, 1912.
Baptist.
Member, Sigma
Phi.
Died September
13, 1939 (age 80 years, 354
days).
Interment at Forest
Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Boston, Mass.
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Joseph Albree Gilmore (1811-1867) —
also known as Joseph A. Gilmore —
of Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H.
Born in Weston, Windsor
County, Vt., June 10,
1811.
Wholesale
grocer; superintendent of Concord & Claremont Railroad;
member of New
Hampshire state senate 4th District, 1858-60; Governor of
New Hampshire, 1863-65.
Died in Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H., April
17, 1867 (age 55 years, 311
days).
Interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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William Andrew Gleeson (1876-1967) —
also known as William A. Gleeson —
of Island Pond, Brighton, Essex
County, Vt.
Born in Melbourne (now part of Richmond), Quebec,
January
30, 1876.
Democrat. Railway station agent; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Vermont, 1928,
1944.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Died in Island Pond, Brighton, Essex
County, Vt., February
24, 1967 (age 91 years, 25
days).
Interment at Lakeside
Cemetery, Island Pond, Brighton, Vt.
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Josiah Bushnell Grinnell (1821-1891) —
also known as Josiah B. Grinnell —
of Grinnell, Poweshiek
County, Iowa.
Born in New Haven, Addison
County, Vt., December
22, 1821.
Republican. Pastor;
abolitionist; member of Iowa
state senate, 1856-60; lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa, 1860;
U.S.
Representative from Iowa 4th District, 1863-67; director, Rock
Island Railroad; receiver, Iowa Central Railroad;
president, First National Bank of
Grinnell.
Congregationalist.
He claimed to be the original recipient of Horace
Greeley's famous advice to "Go West, young man.".
Died, from a throat
ailment and asthma,
in Grinnell, Poweshiek
County, Iowa, March
31, 1891 (age 69 years, 99
days).
Interment at Hazelwood
Cemetery, Grinnell, Iowa.
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Elias Bellows Holmes (1807-1866) —
also known as Elias B. Holmes —
of Brockport, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Fletcher, Franklin
County, Vt., May 22,
1807.
Lawyer;
canal boat
business; U.S.
Representative from New York 28th District, 1845-49; railroad
promoter.
Died in Brockport, Monroe
County, N.Y., July 31,
1866 (age 59 years, 70
days).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Brockport, N.Y.
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Harvey Hull Johnson (1808-1896) —
also known as Harvey H. Johnson —
of Akron, Summit
County, Ohio; Ashland, Ashland
County, Ohio; Winona, Winona
County, Minn.; Owatonna, Steele
County, Minn.
Born in West Rutland, Rutland
County, Vt., September
7, 1808.
Democrat. Lawyer;
postmaster at Akron,
Ohio, 1837-45; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 14th District, 1853-55; president,
Winona & St. Peter Railroad; mayor
of Owatonna, Minn., 1867-70.
Died in Owatonna, Steele
County, Minn., February
4, 1896 (age 87 years, 150
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Owatonna, Minn.
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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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Henry Keyes (1810-1870) —
of Newbury, Orange
County, Vt.
Born in 1810.
Democrat. Farmer; merchant;
railroad builder; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Vermont, 1860.
Died in 1870
(age about
60 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Edwin Winship Lawrence (b. 1881) —
also known as Edwin W. Lawrence —
of Rutland, Rutland
County, Vt.
Born in Rutland, Rutland
County, Vt., March
27, 1881.
Republican. Lawyer;
general attorney, Rutland Railroad; member of Vermont
state senate from Rutland County, 1923-25; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Vermont, 1936
(member, Credentials
Committee).
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George Edwin Lawrence and Katherine C. (Phalen) Lawrence; married,
October
10, 1904, to Florence Roby. |
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Robert Todd Lincoln (1843-1926) —
Born in Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill., August
1, 1843.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Illinois; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1881-85; U.S. Minister to Great Britain, 1889-93; president (1897-1911) and chairman
(1911-26) of the Pullman Palace Car Company, makers of railroad
cars; part owner of Chicago Edison Company electric
utility.
Died, from a cerebral
hemorrhage, in Manchester, Bennington
County, Vt., July 25,
1926 (age 82 years, 358
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Harold Whitney Mason (1895-1944) —
also known as Harold W. Mason —
of Brattleboro, Windham
County, Vt.
Born in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., April
21, 1895.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; boot and shoe
business; vice-president, Brattleboro Memorial Hospital;
director for power
companies, insurance
companies, the Central Vermont Railway, and the Estey Organ
Co.; delegate to Republican National Convention from Vermont, 1932;
Convention Secretary, 1940,
1944;
secretary, Arrangements Committee, secretary, 1940;
speaker, 1940;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Vermont; delegate
to Vermont convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; member of
Republican
National Committee from Vermont, 1936-44; Secretary
of Republican National Committee, 1937-44.
Member, American
Legion; Military
Order of the World Wars; Sons of
the American Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars; Union
League; Sigma
Nu.
Died, from a heart
attack, in his room at the Savoy-Plaza Hotel,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
3, 1944 (age 49 years, 196
days).
Interment at Morningside
Cemetery, Brattleboro, Vt.
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Relatives: Son
of William Lysander Mason and Margaret Etta (Matthews) Mason;
married, March
17, 1918, to Evelyn Hawley Dunham. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Official Report of the
22nd Republican National Convention (1940) |
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John Edward Maun (b. 1855) —
also known as John E. Maun —
of St. Albans, Franklin
County, Vt.
Born in Braintree, Orange
County, Vt., June 28,
1855.
Democrat. Railway conductor; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from St. Albans city, 1910.
Catholic.
Burial location unknown.
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John Abner Mead (1841-1920) —
also known as John A. Mead —
of Rutland, Rutland
County, Vt.
Born in Fair Haven, Rutland
County, Vt., April
20, 1841.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; physician;
president, Baxter National Bank;
director, Rutland Railroad; president, Howe Scale Co.;
president, John A. Mead Manufacturing
Co.; member of Vermont
state senate, 1892-93; mayor
of Rutland, Vt., 1893-94; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1906; Lieutenant
Governor of Vermont, 1908-10; Governor of
Vermont, 1910-12; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Vermont, 1912.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in Rutland, Rutland
County, Vt., January
12, 1920 (age 78 years, 267
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Rutland, Vt.
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Prescott Metcalf (1813-1891) —
of Erie, Erie
County, Pa.
Born in Putney, Windham
County, Vt., January
25, 1813.
Manager of steamship
business; director, North East and Erie Railroad; mayor of
Erie, Pa., 1862-64.
Presbyterian.
Died in Erie, Erie
County, Pa., October
14, 1891 (age 78 years, 262
days).
Burial location unknown.
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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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Howard J. O'Neil (b. 1882) —
of North Hero, Grand Isle
County, Vt.
Born in Alburg, Grand Isle
County, Vt., May 1,
1882.
Republican. Railway station agent; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1915-17; member of Vermont
state senate from Grand Isle County, 1927.
Methodist.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Paine (1799-1853) —
of Northfield, Washington
County, Vt.
Born in Williamstown, Orange
County, Vt., April
15, 1799.
Whig. Woollen
manufacturer; hotelier;
merchant;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1828-29; delegate to Whig
National Convention from Vermont, 1839 (Convention Secretary); Governor of
Vermont, 1841-43; railroad builder.
Died, from dysentery,
in Waco, McLennan
County, Tex., July 6,
1853 (age 54 years, 82
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Northfield, Vt.
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Frank Charles Partridge (1861-1943) —
also known as Frank C. Partridge —
of Proctor, Rutland
County, Vt.
Born in East Middlebury, Middlebury, Addison
County, Vt., May 7,
1861.
Republican. President, Vermont Marble
Co.; president, Clarendon & Pittsford Railroad; director and
president, Proctor Trust Co.;
director, National Life Insurance
Co. of Vermont; director, Rutland Railroad Co.; Solicitor,
U.S. Department of State, 1890-93; U.S. Minister to Venezuela, 1893-94; U.S. Consul General in Tangier, 1897-98; member of Vermont
state senate, 1898-1900; U.S.
Senator from Vermont, 1930-31.
Died in Proctor, Rutland
County, Vt., March 2,
1943 (age 81 years, 299
days).
Interment at Proctor
Cemetery, Proctor, Vt.
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Lucius Benedict Peck (1802-1866) —
also known as Lucius B. Peck —
of Barre, Washington
County, Vt.; Montpelier, Washington
County, Vt.
Born in Waterbury, Washington
County, Vt., November
17, 1802.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1831-32; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Vermont, 1840,
1852;
U.S.
Representative from Vermont 4th District, 1847-51; candidate for
Governor
of Vermont, 1850; U.S.
Attorney for Vermont, 1853-57; president, Vermont and Canada
Railroad, 1859-66.
Died in Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass., December
28, 1866 (age 64 years, 41
days).
Interment at Green
Mount Cemetery, Montpelier, Vt.
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Edmund Rice (1819-1889) —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Waitsfield, Washington
County, Vt., February
14, 1819.
Democrat. Member of Minnesota
territorial House of Representatives 3rd District, 1851;
president of several railroads; member of Minnesota
state senate, 1864-65, 1873-74 (1st District 1864-65, 23rd
District 1873-74); member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1867, 1872 (District 1 1867,
District 24 1872); candidate for Governor of
Minnesota, 1879; mayor
of St. Paul, Minn., 1881-83, 1885-87; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 4th District, 1887-89.
Died in White Bear Lake, Ramsey
County, Minn., July 11,
1889 (age 70 years, 147
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, St. Paul, Minn.
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Dean Richmond (1804-1866) —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Barnard, Windsor
County, Vt., March
31, 1804.
Democrat. Railroad magnate; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1860,
1864.
He was a leader in the movement to consolidate seven railway
corporations into the New York Central Railroad in 1853;
served as vice-president and as president of the New York Central.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August
27, 1866 (age 62 years, 149
days).
Interment at Batavia
Cemetery, Batavia, N.Y.
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Frank Sherwin Streeter (1853-1922) —
also known as Frank S. Streeter —
of Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H.
Born in East Charleston, Charleston, Orleans
County, Vt., August
5, 1853.
Republican. School
principal; lawyer;
member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1885; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1896
(member, Resolutions
Committee); member of Republican
National Committee from New Hampshire, 1904; general counsel,
Concord & Montreal Railroad.
Died in Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H., December
11, 1922 (age 69 years, 128
days).
Interment at Blossom
Hill Cemetery, Concord, N.H.
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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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John Mellen Thurston (1847-1916) —
also known as John M. Thurston —
of Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.
Born in Montpelier, Washington
County, Vt., August
21, 1847.
Republican. Lawyer;
general solicitor for Union Pacific Railroad; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Nebraska, 1872,
1888
(Temporary
Chair), 1896
(Permanent
Chair; chair, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee; speaker);
member of Nebraska
state house of representatives, 1875-77; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Nebraska; U.S.
Senator from Nebraska, 1895-1901; member of Republican
National Committee from Nebraska, 1896; candidate for Republican
nomination for Vice President, 1896.
Died in Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb., August
9, 1916 (age 68 years, 354
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Aldace Freeman Walker (1842-1901) —
also known as Aldace F. Walker —
of Rutland, Rutland
County, Vt.
Born in West Rutland, Rutland
County, Vt., May 11,
1842.
Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
member of Vermont
state senate from Rutland County, 1882; member, Interstate
Commerce Commission, 1887-89; president, Atchison, Topeka, and Santa
Fe Railway, 1894-95.
Congregationalist.
Died in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., April
12, 1901 (age 58 years, 336
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Rutland, Vt.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. Aldace Walker and Mary Ann (Baker) Walker; married to
Katharine Shaw. |
| | | Epitaph: "An upright lawyer and
legislator, a faithful soldier and public officer, an able
administrator of important railway interests." |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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William Wells (b. 1837) —
of Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born in Waterbury, Washington
County, Vt., December
14, 1837.
Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of
Vermont
state house of representatives from Waterbury, 1865-66; U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1872-85; member of Vermont
state senate from Chittenden County, 1886; president, Burlington
Savings Bank;
director, Rutland Railroad Company; director, Burlington Gas-Light
Company.
Episcopalian.
Burial location unknown.
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