Very incomplete list!
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Fitz James Babson (1828-1893) —
also known as Fitz J. Babson —
of Gloucester, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Gloucester, Essex
County, Mass., February
14, 1828.
Republican. Building
contractor; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1858-60; served in the Union Army
during the Civil War; U.S. Collector of Customs, 1869-85; president, National
Fishery Association.
Christian.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in Middlefield, Hampshire
County, Mass., June 25,
1893 (age 65 years, 131
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Otto William Bishop (1875-1966) —
also known as Otto W. Bishop —
of Alpena, Alpena
County, Mich.
Born in Alpena, Alpena
County, Mich., December
17, 1875.
Republican. President and manager, Alpena Fisheries Co.; coal
dealer; insurance
business; banker;
candidate for mayor of
Alpena, Mich., 1916; member of Michigan
state senate 29th District, 1935-48; defeated in primary, 1932,
1948; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 11th District, 1947; chair of
Alpena County Republican Party, 1950.
Protestant.
Member, Exchange
Club; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Grange;
Elks; Eagles.
Died November
22, 1966 (age 90 years, 340
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Alpena, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of August F. Bishop and Bertha (Wischow) Bishop; married, September
18, 1902, to Viola Dunlop. |
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Frank E. Davis (b. 1851) —
of Gloucester, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Gloucester, Essex
County, Mass., August
18, 1851.
Republican. Fisherman; bookkeeper;
hardware
business; mayor
of Gloucester, Mass., 1898.
Unitarian.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Eben Davis and Annie S. (Wheeler) Davis; married, December
30, 1875, to Alice E. Colbey. |
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James D. Dotsch (1904-1986) —
of Garden, Delta
County, Mich.; Escanaba, Delta
County, Mich.
Born in Garden, Delta
County, Mich., March 9,
1904.
Democrat. Insurance
business; fish broker; candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives from Delta County, 1934; member of
Michigan
state senate 30th District, 1937-40; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1940;
candidate for Michigan
state auditor general, 1940.
Died in Escanaba, Delta
County, Mich., November
24, 1986 (age 82 years, 260
days).
Interment at New
Garden Cemetery, Garden, Mich.
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Roscoe C. Emery (b. 1886) —
of Eastport, Washington
County, Maine.
Born in Eastport, Washington
County, Maine, March
28, 1886.
Republican. School
principal; partner in Emery Bros. fish packing firm; newspaper
publisher; member of Maine
state senate 15th District, 1921-24; mayor
of Eastport, Maine, 1928-31, 1935-36.
Methodist.
Member, Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Rotary;
Zeta
Psi.
Burial location unknown.
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Alfred Whitman Hart (b. 1837) —
also known as Alfred W. Hart —
of Canso, Nova
Scotia.
Born in Nova
Scotia, February
5, 1837.
Not U.S. citizen; fish dealer; U.S. Consular Agent in Canso, 1885-1916.
English
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Wickham Sayre Havens (1806-1880) —
also known as Wickham S. Havens —
of Sag Harbor, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Shelter Island, Suffolk
County, N.Y., October
23, 1806.
Whaling captain;
banker;
U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1865-79.
Died in Sag Harbor, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., November
26, 1880 (age 74 years, 34
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Sag Harbor, Long Island, N.Y.
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H. N. Jackson (born c.1904) —
also known as Barney Jackson —
of Tacoma, Pierce
County, Wash.
Born in Minnesota, about 1904.
Democrat. Fisheries consultant; member of Washington
state house of representatives, 1937-39; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Washington, 1940;
member of Washington
state senate 29th District, 1941-47.
Burial location unknown.
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Everett F. LaFond (b. 1901) —
of Two Rivers, Manitowoc
County, Wis.
Born in Two Rivers, Manitowoc
County, Wis., January
4, 1901.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; commercial
fisherman; member of Wisconsin
state senate 1st District, 1947-54; defeated (Union), 1938.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
Wisconsin Blue Book 1954 |
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Loren D. Leman (b. 1950) —
of Anchorage,
Alaska.
Born in Pomona, Los Angeles
County, Calif., December
2, 1950.
Republican. Civil
engineer; commercial fisherman; member of Alaska
state house of representatives; elected 1988, 1990; member of Alaska
state senate District G, 1993-2002; Lieutenant
Governor of Alaska, 2002-06.
Member, National Rifle
Association.
Still living as of 2006.
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John Edward Longworth (1910-1985) —
also known as John E. Longworth; Jack
Longworth —
of Petersburg, Petersburg
census area, Alaska.
Born in Prescott, Pierce
County, Wis., December
10, 1910.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Coast Guard during World War II;
commercial fisherman; member of Alaska
state house of representatives, 1959-64 (3rd District 1959-62,
2nd District 1963-64); defeated in primary, 1968; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Alaska, 1964.
Member, Elks; Lambda
Chi Alpha; American
Legion.
Died in Petersburg, Petersburg
census area, Alaska, May 14,
1985 (age 74 years, 155
days).
Interment at Petersburg Memorial Cemetery, Petersburg, Alaska.
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Paul Marschalk (born c.1869) —
of Warroad, Roseau
County, Minn.
Born in Germany,
about 1869.
Commercial fisherman; mayor of Warroad, Minn.; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1913-18 (District 63 1913-14,
District 67 1915-18).
Burial location unknown.
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Antoine Jean Murat (1836-1922) —
also known as Antoine J. Murat —
of Apalachicola, Franklin
County, Fla.
Born in Santorini, Greece,
January
27, 1836.
Republican. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
seafood business; U.S. Collector of Customs, 1873-81, 1909; Vice-Consul
for Sweden & Norway in Apalachicola,
Fla., 1882-1903; Consular
Agent for France in Apalachicola,
Fla., 1889-1907; Vice-Consul
for Uruguay in Apalachicola,
Fla., 1895-1903.
Catholic.
French
ancestry. Member, United
Confederate Veterans.
Died in Apalachicola, Franklin
County, Fla., October
13, 1922 (age 86 years, 259
days).
Interment at Chestnut
Cemetery, Apalachicola, Fla.
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Frank Avery Pike (1901-1982) —
also known as Frank A. Pike —
of Lubec, Washington
County, Maine.
Born in Maine, August
9, 1901.
Republican. Fish packing business; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Maine, 1952.
Member, Psi
Upsilon.
Died in Georgetown, Essex
County, Mass., December
13, 1982 (age 81 years, 126
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Jacob Clark Pike (1854-1928) —
also known as Jacob C. Pike —
of Lubec, Washington
County, Maine.
Born in Maine, January
11, 1854.
Sea
captain; sardine business; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1901-03; U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1907-13.
Died in 1928
(age about
74 years).
Burial location unknown.
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John S. Sullivan (1875-1949) —
of Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Thompsonville, Enfield, Hartford
County, Conn., December
18, 1875.
Democrat. Wholesale and retail fish merchant; mayor
of Worcester, Mass., 1936-37; defeated, 1937, 1939; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1940,
1944;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 4th District, 1942.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Elks; Moose; Ancient
Order of Hibernians; Knights
of Columbus.
Died April
12, 1949 (age 73 years, 115
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Lewis C. Waller (c.1860-1932) —
also known as L. C. Waller —
of Greenwood, Greenwood
County, S.C.
Born in Greenwood, Greenwood
County, S.C., about 1860.
Republican. Postmaster at Greenwood,
S.C., 1883-84; restaurant
keeper; fish seller; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from South Carolina, 1912,
1916,
1920,
1924,
1928.
African
ancestry.
Suffered a stroke of
paralysis, and died a few weeks later, in Greenwood, Greenwood
County, S.C., December
13, 1932 (age about 72
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Allen Waller and Caroline Waller. |
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Charles E. Wheeler (born c.1873) —
of Stratford, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Westport, Fairfield
County, Conn., about 1873.
Republican. Oyster cultivator; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Stratford, 1923-26; member of
Connecticut
state senate 25th District, 1927-28, 1939-40.
Burial location unknown.
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