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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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