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Politician Writers in Vermont

Norwood Francis Allman (1893-1987) — also known as Norwood F. Allman — of New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La.; Union Hall, Franklin County, Va.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y.; Port Charlotte, Charlotte County, Fla. Born in Union Hall, Franklin County, Va., July 24, 1893. Lawyer; interpreter; U.S. Vice Consul in Antung, 1917; Nanking, 1918; Tientsin, 1918-19; Tsinanfu, as of 1919-21; Shanghai, 1921; Chungking, 1921; U.S. Consul in Shanghai, 1922-24. Member, Rotary. Died in Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pa., February 28, 1987 (age 93 years, 219 days). Interment at Lincoln-Noyes Cemetery, Greensboro, Vt.   Relatives: Son of John Isaac Allman and Nannie Kate (English) Allman; married 1920 to Mary Louise Hamilton; married to Dorothy Dennis.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Joseph Battell (1839-1915) — of Middlebury, Addison County, Vt. Born in Middlebury, Addison County, Vt., July 15, 1839. Republican. Author; farmer; member of Vermont state senate, 1876; member of Vermont state house of representatives from Middlebury, 1910. Died in Washington, D.C., February 23, 1915 (age 75 years, 223 days). Interment at West Cemetery, Middlebury, Vt.   Relatives: Son of Philip Battell and Emma Hart (Seymour) Battell; brother of Emma Seymour Battell (who married John Wolcott Stewart); grandson of Horatio Seymour (1778-1857); grandnephew of Henry Seymour; great-grandson of Moses Seymour; first cousin once removed of Origen Storrs Seymour, Horatio Seymour (1810-1886) and George Seymour; second cousin of Edward Woodruff Seymour, Morris Woodruff Seymour and Horatio Seymour Jr.; second cousin once removed of McNeil Seymour and Henry William Seymour; second cousin thrice removed of Thomas Seymour; second cousin four times removed of William Pitkin; third cousin of Norman Alexander Seymour; third cousin once removed of Hezekiah Cook Seymour; third cousin thrice removed of Josiah Cowles and Daniel Pitkin; fourth cousin of Silas Seymour, William Chapman Williston and Augustus Sherrill Seymour; fourth cousin once removed of David Lowrey Seymour, Thomas Henry Seymour and Orlo Erland Wadhams.   Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   Epitaph: "Benefactor of Middlebury."   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Samuel Greene Wheeler Benjamin (1837-1914) — also known as S. G. W. Benjamin — of New York; Washington, D.C.; Burlington, Chittenden County, Vt. Born, of American parents, at Argos, Greece, February 13, 1837. Librarian; author; artist; U.S. Minister to Persia, 1883-85; U.S. Consul General in Teheran, as of 1883-85. Member, Sons of the Revolution; Society of Colonial Wars; Phi Beta Kappa; American Forestry Association; Navy League. Died in Burlington, Chittenden County, Vt., July 19, 1914 (age 77 years, 156 days). Interment at Lakeview Cemetery, Burlington, Vt.   Relatives: Son of Nathan B. Benjamin and Mary Gladding (Wheeler) Benjamin; married, October 20, 1863, to Clara Stowell; married, November 16, 1882, to Fanny Nichols Weed.   See also U.S. State Dept career summary — Find-A-Grave memorial   Books by Samuel Greene Wheeler Benjamin: Our American Artists   James Elliott (1775-1839) — of Guilford, Windham County, Vt.; Brattleboro, Windham County, Vt.; Newfane, Windham County, Vt. Born in Gloucester, Essex County, Mass., August 18, 1775. Author; poet; lawyer; postmaster at Brattleboro, Vt., 1801-03; U.S. Representative from Vermont 2nd District, 1803-09; newspaper publisher; served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; Windham County Clerk of Court, 1817-35; member of Vermont state house of representatives, 1818-19, 1837-38; Windham County State's Attorney, 1837-39. Died in Newfane, Windham County, Vt., November 10, 1839 (age 64 years, 84 days). Interment at Prospect Hill Cemetery, Brattleboro, Vt.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Erland Gjessing (1869-1954) — of New York. Born in Schleswig, Germany, March 16, 1869. Naturalized U.S. citizen; bookkeeper; stenographer; interpreter; U.S. Vice Consul in Copenhagen, 1918-38. Danish ancestry. Died in Glover, Orleans County, Vt., October 28, 1954 (age 85 years, 226 days). Interment at Westlook Cemetery, Glover, Vt.   Relatives: Son of Jens George Gjessing and Freda (Laren) Gjessing.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Charles C. Hemenway (born c.1884) — of Hartford, Hartford County, Conn. Born in Springfield, Windsor County, Vt., about 1884. Democrat. Editor; member of Connecticut state senate 2nd District, 1917-20. Burial location unknown.   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. Royall Tyler (1757-1826) — also known as William Tyler — of Vermont. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., June 18, 1757. Lawyer; playwright; justice of Vermont state supreme court, 1801-12. Died August 26, 1826 (age 69 years, 69 days). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Royall Tyler and Mary (Steele) Tyler; married to Mary Palmer.   See also Wikipedia article   Image source: Unknown   William Hazlett Upson (1891-1975) — of Middlebury, Addison County, Vt. Born in Glen Ridge, Essex County, N.J., September 26, 1891. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; writer; delegate to Republican National Convention from Vermont, 1956 (member, Committee on Rules and Order of Business). Died in Middlebury, Addison County, Vt., February 5, 1975 (age 83 years, 132 days). Interment at West Cemetery, Middlebury, Vt.   Relatives: Son of William Ford Upson and Grace (Hazlett) Upson; married, August 18, 1923, to Marjory Alexander Wright; grandson of William Hanford Upson; great-grandson of Daniel Upson; fourth cousin once removed of Charles Upson, Harvey Washington Upson, Gad Ely Upson and Andrew Seth Upson.   Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Dawes-Upson family of Connecticut (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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