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Ethan Allen (1738-1789) —
of Sheffield, Berkshire
County, Mass.; Arlington, Bennington
County, Vt.; Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born in Litchfield, Litchfield
County, Conn., February
12, 1738.
Farmer;
land speculator; formed the Green Mountain Boys in 1770;
captured Fort Ticonderoga from the British in 1775; successfully
advocated for the formation of Vermont as a separate state from New
Hampshire and New York; served as judge under Vermont's Banishment
Act, with authority to confiscate the property of British loyalists.
Deist.
English
ancestry.
Died in Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt., February
12, 1789 (age 51 years, 0
days).
Interment at Greenmount
Cemetery, Burlington, Vt.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Allen and Mary (Baker) Allen; married 1762 to Mary
Brownson; married, February
16, 1784, to Frances Montresor 'Fanny' (Brush) Buchanan;
grandfather of Henry
Hitchcock. |
| | | Political family: Allen-Hitchcock
family of Burlington, Vermont. |
| | | Epitaph: "His spirit tried the mercies
of his God in whom alone he believed and strongly
trusted." |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
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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. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Luther B. Chapman (b. 1849) —
of Windham, Windham
County, Vt.
Born in Bethel, Oxford
County, Maine, 1849.
Republican. Insurance
and real estate business; farmer; superintendent
of schools; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Windham, 1898, 1910.
Congregationalist.
Burial location unknown.
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George W. Clark (b. 1846) —
of Morrisville, Morristown, Lamoille
County, Vt.
Born in Hyde Park, Lamoille
County, Vt., June 10,
1846.
Republican. Real estate business; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Morristown, 1910.
Congregationalist.
Burial location unknown.
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Joshua B. Dickinson (1811-1879) —
of Mt. Clemens, Macomb
County, Mich.
Born in Orange
County, Vt., December
9, 1811.
Merchant;
real estate business; Macomb
County Treasurer, 1852; mayor
of Mt. Clemens, Mich., 1879.
Died in Mt. Clemens, Macomb
County, Mich., 1879
(age about
67 years).
Interment at Clinton
Grove Cemetery, Clinton Township, Macomb County, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Joshua Dickinson and Prudence Dickinson; married to Catherine Lee;
father of Katherine Lee Dickinson (who married George
Martin Crocker). |
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George Mordaunt Hawks (1878-1956) —
also known as George M. Hawks —
of Bennington, Bennington
County, Vt.
Born in Bennington, Bennington
County, Vt., March
21, 1878.
Republican. Real estate business; member of Vermont
state senate from Bennington County; elected 1952.
Congregationalist.
Died in Bennington, Bennington
County, Vt., March
27, 1956 (age 78 years, 6
days).
Interment at Old
Bennington Cemetery, Bennington, Vt.
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Alvan Kidder (1801-1871) —
of Randolph, Norfolk
County, Mass.; Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill.
Born in Randolph, Orange
County, Vt., February
12, 1801.
Democrat. Manufacturer;
merchant;
real estate business; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1835.
Died in Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill., November
18, 1871 (age 70 years, 279
days).
Interment at Springdale
Cemetery, Peoria, Ill.
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Relatives: Son
of John Kidder and Ruth (Mann) Kidder; married, July 24,
1823, to Betsey Mann; nephew of Lyman
Kidder; first cousin of Ira
Kidder and Jefferson
Parish Kidder; first cousin once removed of Lyman
Kidder Bass, Silas
Wright Kidder and Daniel
S. Kidder; first cousin twice removed of Lyman
Metcalfe Bass; second cousin of Francis
Kidder; second cousin twice removed of Harley
Walter Kidder; third cousin once removed of Isaiah
Kidder, Ezra
Kidder, David
Kidder and Nathan
Parker Kidder; fourth cousin of Charles
Stetson, Arba
Kidder, Luther
Kidder, Joseph
Souther Kidder, Pascal
Paoli Kidder and Isaiah
Stetson; fourth cousin once removed of Gold
Selleck Silliman, Benjamin
Silliman, Caleb
Blodgett, Chauncey
Fitch Cleveland, Orlando
Burr Kidder, Adoniram
Judson Kneeland and Isaiah
Kidder Stetson. |
| | | Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Robert William McCuen (b. 1879) —
also known as Robert W. McCuen —
of Vergennes, Addison
County, Vt.; Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born in Vergennes, Addison
County, Vt., May 30,
1879.
Republican. Editor;
real estate business; lawyer;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Vergennes, 1906, 1910;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Vermont, 1908,
1932,
1936;
member of Vermont
state senate from Addison County, 1912; served in the U.S. Army
during World War I; U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue for Vermont,
1927-32.
Episcopalian.
Burial location unknown.
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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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C. F. Porter (b. 1861) —
of Wilmot, Roberts
County, S.Dak.
Born in New Haven, Addison
County, Vt., October
24, 1861.
Republican. Farm
implement dealer; banker;
real estate business; member of South
Dakota state senate 34th District, 1903-04.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
South Dakota Legislative Manual, 1903 |
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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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Michael J. Walsh (b. 1872) —
of Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Pownal, Bennington
County, Vt., May, 1872.
Democrat. Printer;
mayor
of Yonkers, N.Y., 1902-03; defeated, 1903; postmaster at Yonkers,
N.Y., 1917-19; real estate business; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1920,
1924.
Irish
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Rosetta Cockerill; married, February
24, 1903, to Florence C. Callahan. |
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Robert Beck White (1893-1967) —
also known as Robert B. White —
of Plainville, Hartford
County, Conn.; East Corinth, Corinth, Orange
County, Vt.
Born in East Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., August
14, 1893.
Republican. Real estate and insurance
business; farmer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Plainville; elected 1926,
1928, 1930.
Died, from cancer
of esophagus, in Barre City Hospital,
Barre, Washington
County, Vt., November
25, 1967 (age 74 years, 103
days).
Interment at East
Corinth Cemetery, East Corinth, Corinth, Vt.
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Relatives: Son
of Fred C. White and Hannah Belle (Reese) White. |
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