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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 E. Allen (1866-1915) —
of Westford, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born in Westford, Chittenden
County, Vt., 1866.
Republican. Farmer; surveyor;
superintendent of schools; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Westford, 1910.
Congregationalist.
Died in 1915
(age about
49 years).
Interment at Pleasant View Cemetery, Westford, Vt.
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Relatives: Son
of John Allen and Ellen M. Allen; married to Jennie M.
Macomber. |
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memorial |
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Dana Reed Bailey (b. 1833) —
also known as Dana R. Bailey —
of Highgate, Franklin
County, Vt.; St. Albans, Franklin
County, Vt.; Baldwin, St. Croix
County, Wis.; Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.
Born in Montgomery, Franklin
County, Vt., April
27, 1833.
Republican. School teacher; lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Vermont, 1868;
Franklin
County State's Attorney; member of Vermont
state senate, 1871-74; founder of village of Baldwin, Wis., 1871;
built the Matchless Flour Mills
there, and owned three saw mills;
member of Wisconsin
state senate, 1878-79; St.
Croix County Commissioner, 1880-82; insurance
business; Minnehaha
County State's Attorney, 1890-95.
Burial location unknown.
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Edna Louisa Beard (1877-1928) —
also known as Edna L. Beard —
of Orange, Orange
County, Vt.
Born in Chenoa, McLean
County, Ill., July 25,
1877.
School teacher; superintendent of schools; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1921-22; member of Vermont
state senate from Orange County, 1923-24.
Female.
Congregationalist.
First
woman member of the Vermont legislature.
Died in Orange, Orange
County, Vt., September
18, 1928 (age 51 years, 55
days).
Interment at Orange
Center Cemetery, Orange, Vt.
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Stephen M. Bowles (b. 1851) —
of Woodford, Bennington
County, Vt.
Born in Woodford, Bennington
County, Vt., September
10, 1851.
Republican. School teacher; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Woodford, 1894, 1908, 1910.
Burial location unknown.
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Nelson Luther Boyden (1836-1923) —
also known as Nelson L. Boyden —
of Randolph, Orange
County, Vt.
Born in Barnard, Windsor
County, Vt., July 19,
1836.
Republican. Superintendent of schools; lawyer; Orange
County State's Attorney, 1871-72, 1875-76; member of Vermont
state senate from Orange County, 1882; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Randolph, 1888.
Congregationalist.
Died in Randolph, Orange
County, Vt., February
14, 1923 (age 86 years, 210
days).
Interment at Randolph
Center Cemetery, Randolph Center, Randolph, Vt.
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Relatives: Son
of Luther Boyden and Hannah (Goff) Boyden; married 1865 to
Eleanor Angene Carpenter. |
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memorial |
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Charles Albert Bunker (b. 1840) —
also known as Charles A. Bunker —
of Peacham, Caledonia
County, Vt.
Born in Barnstead, Belknap
County, N.H., July 21,
1840.
Republican. School teacher; superintendent of schools;
member of Vermont
state senate from Caledonia County, 1886-88.
Congregationalist.
Burial location unknown.
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Lester Warren Burbank (b. 1866) —
also known as Lester W. Burbank —
of Cabot, Washington
County, Vt.
Born in Walden, Caledonia
County, Vt., October
1, 1866.
Republican. Physician;
superintendent of schools; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Cabot, 1910.
Congregationalist.
Burial location unknown.
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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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Ranslure Weld Clarke (1816-1899) —
also known as Ranslure W. Clarke —
of Brattleboro, Windham
County, Vt.
Born in Williamstown, Berkshire
County, Mass., January
27, 1816.
Republican. School principal; lawyer;
colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Vermont; postmaster at Brattleboro,
Vt., 1869-77.
Died in Hornellsville (now Hornell), Steuben
County, N.Y., January
15, 1899 (age 82 years, 353
days).
Interment at Prospect
Hill Cemetery, Brattleboro, Vt.
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Relatives: Son
of Elam Clarke and Cynthia (Lewis) Clarke; married to Lucy Chandler
Wilder and Susan O. Wilder. |
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memorial |
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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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William Henry Fairchild (1853-1929) —
also known as William H. Fairchild —
of Fairfield, Franklin
County, Vt.
Born January
31, 1853.
Republican. Lawyer;
superintendent of schools; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Fairfield, 1888.
Episcopalian.
Died May 8,
1929 (age 76 years, 97
days).
Interment at Bradley
Cemetery, Fairfield, Vt.
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William Elisha Fiske (b. 1859) —
also known as William E. Fiske; William Elisha
Fisk —
of Woodbury, Washington
County, Vt.; Barre town, Washington
County, Vt.
Born in Woodbury, Washington
County, Vt., April
27, 1859.
Republican. Farmer;
school teacher; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1888, 1910 (Woodbury 1888, Barre
town 1910).
Methodist.
Burial location unknown.
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Solomon Foot (1802-1866) —
of Rutland, Rutland
County, Vt.
Born in Cornwall, Addison
County, Vt., November
19, 1802.
School teacher; lawyer;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1833, 1836-38; Speaker of
the Vermont State House of Representatives, 1838; delegate
to Vermont state constitutional convention, 1836; U.S.
Representative from Vermont 1st District, 1843-47; U.S.
Senator from Vermont, 1851-66; died in office 1866; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Vermont, 1864.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March
28, 1866 (age 63 years, 129
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Rutland, Vt.
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Charles Winslow Gates (1856-1927) —
also known as Charles W. Gates —
of Franklin, Franklin
County, Vt.
Born in Franklin, Franklin
County, Vt., January
12, 1856.
Republican. Farmer;
school teacher; merchant;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1899-1900; member of Vermont
state senate, 1901-02; Governor of
Vermont, 1915-17; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Vermont, 1916; founder and president, Franklin Telephone
Co.
Congregationalist.
Died in Franklin, Franklin
County, Vt., July 1,
1927 (age 71 years, 170
days).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Franklin, 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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William Louis Hammond (b. 1895) —
also known as William L. Hammond —
of Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born in Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt., June 25,
1895.
Democrat. School teacher; member of Vermont
state senate from Chittenden County, 1945-47.
Catholic.
Burial location unknown.
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Henry Wayland Hill (1853-1929) —
also known as Henry W. Hill —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Isle La Motte, Grand Isle
County, Vt., November
13, 1853.
School principal; lawyer; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 31st District, 1894;
member of New York
state assembly from Erie County 2nd District, 1896-1900; member
of New
York state senate, 1901-10 (47th District 1901-06, 48th District
1907-10).
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died December
6, 1929 (age 76 years, 23
days).
Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Swanton, Vt.
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Warren Joel Howard (b. 1876) —
also known as W. J. Howard —
of Roxbury, Washington
County, Vt.
Born in Tully, Onondaga
County, N.Y., October
22, 1876.
Republican. Physician;
superintendent of schools; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Roxbury, 1910.
Congregationalist.
Burial location unknown.
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Marshall Otis Howe (b. 1832) —
of Newfane, Windham
County, Vt.
Born in Wardsboro, Windham
County, Vt., October
4, 1832.
Farmer;
superintendent of schools; justice of the peace; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1882.
Burial location unknown.
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Norman L. Mattison (b. 1851) —
of Glastenbury, Bennington
County, Vt.
Born in Glastenbury, Bennington
County, Vt., April
19, 1851.
Republican. Farmer;
superintendent of schools; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Glastenbury, 1882, 1888,
1894, 1902, 1910.
Congregationalist.
Burial location unknown.
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Dennis H. McHugh (b. 1862) —
of Weybridge, Addison
County, Vt.
Born in Weybridge, Addison
County, Vt., October
12, 1862.
Republican. School teacher; bookkeeper;
farmer;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Weybridge, 1910.
Catholic.
Burial location unknown.
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J. Wesley Miller (b. 1869) —
of Bethel, Windsor
County, Vt.
Born in Roxham, Quebec,
March
31, 1869.
Democrat. Minister;
superintendent of schools; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Bethel, 1908, 1910.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Bailey Parker (b. 1885) —
Born in West Rutland, Rutland
County, Vt., January
7, 1885.
School teacher; accountant;
U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Nogales, 1909; Mazatlan, 1909-11.
Burial location unknown.
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George Howard Paul (1826-1890) —
also known as George H. Paul —
of Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt.; Kenosha, Kenosha
County, Wis.; Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in Danville, Caledonia
County, Vt., March
14, 1826.
Democrat. Lawyer;
postmaster at Burlington,
Vt., 1849; Kenosha,
Wis., 1853-61; Milwaukee,
Wis., 1885-89; mayor
of Kenosha, Wis., 1857-59; newspaper
editor; superintendent of schools; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Wisconsin, 1872;
Wisconsin
railroad commissioner, 1874-76; member of Democratic
National Committee from Wisconsin, 1876; member of Wisconsin
state senate, 1878-81.
Died in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., May 18,
1890 (age 64 years, 65
days).
Interment at Forest
Home Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wis.
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Marsh Olin Perkins (b. 1849) —
of Windsor, Windsor
County, Vt.
Born in Rutland, Rutland
County, Vt., February
7, 1849.
Republican. School principal; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Windsor, 1882-84; member of
Vermont
state senate from Windsor County, 1888.
Episcopalian.
Burial location unknown.
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Jane Wall Purcell —
also known as Mrs. Richard Purcell —
of Helena, Lewis and
Clark County, Mont.
Born in Swanton, Franklin
County, Vt.
Democrat. School teacher; accountant;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Montana, 1940.
Female.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion Auxiliary.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Horace Rublee (1829-1896) —
of Wisconsin.
Born in Berkshire, Franklin
County, Vt., August
19, 1829.
Republican. School teacher; newspaper
reporter; Wisconsin
Republican state chair, 1859-69, 1877-79; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Wisconsin, 1868;
U.S. Minister to Switzerland, 1869-76; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Switzerland, 1876.
Died in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., October
19, 1896 (age 67 years, 61
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Madison, Wis.
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William Wallace Stickney (1853-1932) —
of Ludlow, Windsor
County, Vt.
Born in Plymouth, Windsor
County, Vt., March
21, 1853.
Republican. Lawyer;
superintendent of schools; Windsor
County State's Attorney, 1882-84, 1890-92; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1893-96; Speaker of
the Vermont State House of Representatives, 1893-96; Governor of
Vermont, 1900-02; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Vermont, 1924.
Died in Sarasota, Sarasota
County, Fla., December
15, 1932 (age 79 years, 269
days).
Interment at Pleasant
View Cemetery, Ludlow, Vt.; cenotaph at Tyson-Pollard Cemetery, Plymouth, Vt.
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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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Katherine Branch Tudhope (1903-1982) —
also known as Katherine B. Tudhope —
of North Hero, Grand Isle
County, Vt.
Born in Grand Isle, Grand Isle
County, Vt., June 13,
1903.
Republican. School teacher; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1945; member of Vermont
state senate from Grand Isle County, 1947; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Vermont, 1948.
Female.
Methodist.
Died in June, 1982
(age about
78 years).
Burial location unknown.
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William Henry Harrison Varney (b. 1839) —
also known as William H. H. Varney —
of East Charlotte, Charlotte, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born in Charlotte, Chittenden
County, Vt., August
21, 1839.
Republican. Physician;
superintendent of schools; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Charlotte, 1888.
Unitarian.
Burial location unknown.
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William Franklin Walker (b. 1865) —
of Fair Haven, Rutland
County, Vt.
Born in Benson, Rutland
County, Vt., January
24, 1865.
Republican. School teacher; banker;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1898; member of Vermont
state senate, 1908.
Congregationalist.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Franklin William Walker and Elvira A. (Sherman) Walker; married,
August
15, 1889, to Emma S. Jones. |
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Fred L. Webster (b. 1876) —
of Swanton, Franklin
County, Vt.
Born in Franklin, Franklin
County, Vt., July 21,
1876.
Democrat. Lawyer;
superintendent of schools; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Swanton, 1910.
Burial location unknown.
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George Leon Wells (b. 1883) —
also known as G. L. Wells —
of Wardsboro, Windham
County, Vt.
Born in Hardwick, Caledonia
County, Vt., November
29, 1883.
Republican. Superintendent of schools; clergyman;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Wardsboro, 1910.
Methodist.
Burial location unknown.
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John Edwin Wheelock (b. 1844) —
also known as John E. Wheelock —
of Milton, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born in Milton, Chittenden
County, Vt., May 1,
1844.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; school
principal; lawyer;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Milton, 1888.
Methodist.
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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Henry Franklin Whitney (b. 1849) —
also known as Henry F. Whitney —
of Marlboro, Windham
County, Vt.
Born in Marlboro, Windham
County, Vt., June 9,
1849.
Republican. Farmer;
superintendent of schools; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Marlboro, 1910.
Universalist.
Burial location unknown.
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