| |  Sewall Wester Abbott (1859-1943) — also known asSewall W. Abbott — of Wolfeboro,CarrollCounty, N.H.Born in Tuftonboro,CarrollCounty, N.H.,April11, 1859.Republican.Lawyer;president, WolfeboroWoolen Mills;probate judge in New Hampshire, 1889-1921; member ofNewHampshire state senate 4th District, 1923-24; delegate toRepublican National Convention from New Hampshire,1924(member,CredentialsCommittee).Unitarian.Member,American BarAssociation;DeltaUpsilon;Freemasons;ScottishRite Masons;Knights Templar;Order of theEastern Star;OddFellows;Grange;Redmen;GrandArmy of the Republic;Sons ofthe American Revolution.Died in Wolfeboro,CarrollCounty, N.H.,January3, 1943 (age83 years, 267days).Interment atMt.Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass. | | Charles Hubbard Amsden (1848-1929) — also known asCharles H. Amsden — of Concord,MerrimackCounty, N.H.Born in Boscawen,MerrimackCounty, N.H.,July 8,1848.Democrat.Furnituremanufacturer;lumberdealer; member ofNewHampshire state senate 9th District, 1883-84; candidate forGovernor ofNew Hampshire, 1888, 1890.Baptist.Member,Freemasons;Knights Templar.Died in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,February17, 1929 (age80 years, 224days).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Penacook, Concord, N.H. | | Harrison Henry Atwood (1863-1954) — also known asHarrison H. Atwood — of Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.; Wellesley Hills, Wellesley,NorfolkCounty, Mass.Born in North Londonderry, Londonderry,WindhamCounty, Vt.,August26, 1863.Republican.Architect;member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives Nineteenth Suffolk District,1887-89, 1915, 1917-18, 1923-24, 1927-28; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Massachusetts,1888(alternate),1892,1904,1908(alternate); member ofMassachusettsRepublican State Committee, 1888-89;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts 10th District, 1895-97;defeated, 1892 (10th District), 1918 (12th District), 1920 (12thDistrict).Member,Freemasons;Knights Templar;Shriners;OddFellows.Died in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,October22, 1954 (age91 years, 57days).Interment atForestHills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Boston, Mass. | | Augustus Davis Ayling (1840-1918) — also known asAugustus D. Ayling — of Concord,MerrimackCounty, N.H.; Centerville, Barnstable,BarnstableCounty, Mass.Born in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,July 28,1840.Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;AdjutantGeneral of New Hampshire, 1879-1907.Member,LoyalLegion;GrandArmy of the Republic;Freemasons;Knights Templar.DiedMarch 9,1918 (age77 years, 224days).Interment atBeechwoodCemetery, Centerville, Barnstable, Mass.| |  Relatives: Sonof William L. Ayling and Margaret (Hurley) Ayling; married1869 toElizabeth F. Cornish. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Gaspar Griswold Bacon (1886-1947) — also known asGaspar G. Bacon — of Jamaica Plain, Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.; Dedham,NorfolkCounty, Mass.Born in Jamaica Plain, Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,March 7,1886.Republican.Lawyer;major in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Massachusetts,1920,1932(alternate),1936,1940;member ofMassachusettsstate senate Eighth Suffolk District, 1925-32;LieutenantGovernor of Massachusetts, 1933-35; candidate forGovernor ofMassachusetts, 1934; director, SouthernRailwayCo., Eliot SavingsBank;major in the U.S. Army during World War II.Episcopalian.Member,American BarAssociation;Freemasons;Knights Templar;Knightsof Pythias;Elks;Moose;OddFellows;ReserveOfficers Association.Died in Dedham,NorfolkCounty, Mass.,December24, 1947 (age61 years, 292days).Interment atWalnut Hills Cemetery, Brookline, Mass. | | Robert Low Bacon (1884-1938) — also known asRobert L. Bacon;"PrinceCharming" —of Westbury,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.; Old Westbury,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.Born in Jamaica Plain, Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,July 23,1884.Republican.Investmentbanker; served in the U.S. Army on the Mexican border; served inthe U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from New York,1920;U.S.Representative from New York 1st District, 1923-38; died inoffice 1938.Episcopalian.Member,AmericanLegion;Freemasons;Knights Templar;Shriners;Elks;Moose.Died, of aheartattack, at the state police barracks, Lake Success,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,September12, 1938 (age54 years, 51days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | Algernon Sidney Badger (1839-1905) — also known asAlgernon S. Badger — of New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.Born in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,October28, 1839.Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War;superintendent, New Orleans MetropolitanPolice,1870; postmaster atNewOrleans, La., 1878-79;U.S.Collector of Customs at New Orleans, La., Louisiana, 1879-85;delegate to Republican National Convention from Louisiana,1880.Episcopalian.Member,GrandArmy of the Republic;Freemasons;Knights Templar;Knightsof Pythias.Died in New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.,May 9,1905 (age65 years, 193days).Entombed atMetairieCemetery, New Orleans, La. | | John Rodney Ball (b. 1881) — also known asJ. Rodney Ball — of Lawrence,EssexCounty, Mass.Born in Lawrence,EssexCounty, Mass.,June 17,1881.Republican.Newspaperreporter; president, Lawrence Morris PlanBank;vice-president, Essex SavingsBank;director, Lawrence CooperativeBank;delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts,1928.Congregationalist.Member,Freemasons;Knights Templar;Rotary.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Frank James Ball and Mary Graves (Mann) Ball; married,February24, 1909, to Maude R. Peary. |
| | Theodore Cornelius Bates (b. 1843) — of North Brookfield,WorcesterCounty, Mass.Born in North Brookfield,WorcesterCounty, Mass.,June 4,1843.Republican.Manufacturer;proprietor, Worcester Corset Co.; member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1879; member ofMassachusettsstate senate, 1883; delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom Massachusetts,1884.Congregationalist.Englishancestry. Member,Societyof Colonial Wars;Sons ofthe American Revolution;Freemasons;Knights Templar.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Elijah Bates and Sarah (Fletcher) Bates; married,December24, 1868, to Emma Frances Duncan. |
| | John Woodbridge Beal (b. 1887) — also known asJohn W. Beal — of Hanover,PlymouthCounty, Mass.Born in Hanover,PlymouthCounty, Mass.,July 12,1887.Republican.Architect;delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts,1936.Unitarian.Member,AmericanInstitute of Architects;Freemasons;Knights Templar;Elks.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof John Williams Beal and Mary Woodbridge (Howes) Beal; married,October30, 1915, to Grace Evans Donovan. |
 | Everett Chamberlin Benton (1862-1924) — also known asEverett C. Benton — of Belmont,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.Born in Guildhall,EssexCounty, Vt.,September25, 1862.Republican.Insurancebusiness; delegate to Republican National Convention fromMassachusetts,1896,1900,1904;candidate forGovernor ofMassachusetts, 1912.Universalist.Member,Freemasons;ScottishRite Masons;RoyalArch Masons;Knights Templar;Sons ofthe American Revolution;Sons ofthe Revolution.Died in1924(ageabout61 years).Interment atBelmont Cemetery, Belmont, Mass. | | Albert Edmund Brown (1874-1958) — of Lowell,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.; Ithaca,TompkinsCounty, N.Y.; East Greenbush,RensselaerCounty, N.Y.; Pueblo,PuebloCounty, Colo.Born in Derby,England,December9, 1874.Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen;singer;music educator; director of community singing;performed, Republican National Convention, 1920 ;dean, Ithaca Institute of Public School Music (later, Ithaca CollegeMusic Department), 1924-36.ChristianScientist.Englishancestry. Member,Freemasons;Knights Templar;Shriners;Elks;Rotary.Died inDenver,Colo.,December7, 1958 (age83 years, 363days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Samuel Brown and Elizabeth (Frost) Brown; married,June 15,1898, to Martha Elizabeth Taylor. |
| | Alexander Bern Bruce (b. 1853) — also known asAlexander B. Bruce — of Lawrence,EssexCounty, Mass.BornSeptember15, 1853.Democrat.Merchant;manufacturer;mayorof Lawrence, Mass., 1886-87; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Massachusetts,1892;candidate forGovernor ofMassachusetts, 1898; candidate forU.S.Representative from Massachusetts 5th District, 1904.Member,Freemasons;Knights Templar;Shriners;Elks;OddFellows.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof David Bruce and Jemima (Bern) Bruce; married,September24, 1870, to Mary Mitchell. |
| | Horace Tracy Cahill (1894-1976) — also known asHorace T. Cahill — of East Braintree, Braintree,NorfolkCounty, Mass.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,December12, 1894.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1928;LieutenantGovernor of Massachusetts, 1939-45; candidate forGovernor ofMassachusetts, 1944; superior court judge in Massachusetts,1947-73.Member,AmericanLegion;Forty andEight;Freemasons;Knights Templar;OddFellows.Died, in CityHospital,Quincy,NorfolkCounty, Mass.,August21, 1976 (age81 years, 253days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof George William Cahill and Alice Gertrude (Dallas) Cahill; married,February4, 1922, to Josephine Gates. |
| | Charles Nelson Daniels (1849-1916) — also known asCharles N. Daniels — of Willimantic,WindhamCounty, Conn.Born in Barre,MonroeCounty, N.Y.,July 2,1849.Republican.Coalandlumberdealer; postmaster atWillimantic,Conn., 1890-94; alternate delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Connecticut,1900;member ofConnecticutRepublican State Central Committee, 1901; U.S. Consul inSheffield, as of 1905-09;Sherbrooke, 1914-16;Connecticutstate auditor, 1908.Member,Freemasons;Knights Templar;Shriners.Died in Southbridge,WorcesterCounty, Mass.,December17, 1916 (age67 years, 168days).Interment atOldWillimantic Cemetery, Windham, Conn.| | Relatives: Sonof Nelson Fitch Daniels and Alenda (Clark) Daniels; married to SusieE. Howard Little. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | William Warren Davis (1862-1941) — also known asWilliam W. Davis — of Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.; Cambridge,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.Born in Cambridge,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.,August8, 1862.Republican.Hotelmanager; member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1895-96; member ofMassachusettsstate senate, 1897-98; member ofMassachusettsGovernor's Council, 1899-1900; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Massachusetts,1900(alternate),1904;Republican Presidential Elector for Massachusetts,1925.ChristianScientist. Member,Freemasons;Knights Templar;RoyalArcanum;Rotary.DiedSeptember21, 1941 (age79 years, 44days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof William Davis and Adelia Merriam (Carter) Davis; married,November5, 1885, to Daisy Rebecca Jones. |
 | Thomas Charles Desmond (1887-1972) — also known asThomas C. Desmond — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Newburgh,OrangeCounty, N.Y.Born in Middletown,OrangeCounty, N.Y.,September15, 1887.Republican.Engineer;president and chief engineer, NewburghShipYards; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,1928,1940;member ofNew Yorkstate senate, 1931-58 (27th District 1931-44, 32nd District1945-54, 33rd District 1955-58).Episcopalian.Member,PhiBeta Kappa;Freemasons;Knights Templar;Elks;Grange;Moose;Veterans ofForeign Wars;SigmaAlpha Epsilon;Redmen;Knightsof Pythias.Died in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,October6, 1972 (age85 years, 21days).Burial location unknown. | | George Chandler Fairbanks (1852-1931) — also known asGeorge C. Fairbanks — of Natick,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.Born in Natick,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.,January6, 1852.Republican.Newspapereditor and publisher; member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1909.Congregationalist.Member,Freemasons;Knights Templar;OddFellows.DiedApril23, 1931 (age79 years, 107days).Interment atDellPark Cemetery, Natick, Mass. | | Roy Lynde Fernald (b. 1901) — also known asRoy L. Fernald — of Winterport,WaldoCounty, Maine.Born in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,December9, 1901.Member ofMainestate house of representatives from Waldo County (4th), 1931-32;delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine,1932.Member,OddFellows;Knightsof Pythias;Freemasons;Knights Templar;Shriners;Grange;DeltaTheta Phi.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Charles Walter Fernald and Hortense (Rankin)Fernald. |
| | Erland Frederick Fish (b. 1883) — also known asErland F. Fish — of Brookline,NorfolkCounty, Mass.Born in Cambridge,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.,December7, 1883.Republican.Lawyer;secretary to U.S. Supreme Court JusticeOliverWendell Holmes, 1908-09; major in the U.S. Army during World WarI; member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives Second Norfolk District, 1921-24;member ofMassachusettsstate senate Norfolk & Suffolk District, 1925-36;Presidentof the Massachusetts State Senate, 1933-34; alternate delegate toRepublican National Convention from Massachusetts,1928.Unitarian.Member,AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;MilitaryOrder of the World Wars;Freemasons;Knights Templar;Shriners;Elks;ExchangeClub.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Frederick P. Fish and Clara P. (Livermore) Fish; married,October7, 1911, to Mildred Russell. |
| | Charles Dudley Blake Fisk (b. 1850) — also known asCharles D. B. Fisk — of Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.Born in Hooksett,MerrimackCounty, N.H.,February17, 1850.Republican.Clothingmerchant;newspaperpublisher; member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives Twenty-Fifth Suffolk District,1905, 1907; member ofMassachusettsstate senate, 1908-09.Member,Freemasons;Knights Templar.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Dudley Blake Fisk and Mary (Ashton) Fisk; married to Susan E.Sparhawk; grandson ofEzraFisk; great-grandson ofWilliamFisk. | | | | Political family:Fiskfamily of Massachusetts. |
| | Richard Nelson Gardner (1881-1953) — also known asRichard N. Gardner;DickGardner —of Staples,ToddCounty, Minn.Born in Northampton,HampshireCounty, Mass.,1881.Lawyer;member ofMinnesotastate senate 51st District, 1931-43; resigned 1943.Congregationalist.Member,Freemasons;ScottishRite Masons;RoyalArch Masons;Knights Templar;Shriners;Rotary;RoyalLeague;Knightsof Pythias.Died in St. Paul,RamseyCounty, Minn.,December4, 1953 (ageabout 72years).Burial location unknown. | | Charles B. Hall (1815-1883) — of Haverhill,EssexCounty, Mass.; Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.Born in Orford,GraftonCounty, N.H.,June 28,1815.Postmaster atHaverhill,Mass., 1841-49;banker;Massachusettsstate treasurer, 1851-53; candidate formayor ofBoston, Mass., 1857.Member,Freemasons;Knights Templar.Strickenwith paralysis, and while still incapacitated, died about a yearlater, in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,May 8,1883 (age67 years, 314days).Interment atForestHills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Boston, Mass. | | Edward E. Hicken (b. 1876) — of Newburyport,EssexCounty, Mass.Born in Newburyport,EssexCounty, Mass.,April20, 1876.Republican.Newspaperpublisher; delegate to Republican National Convention fromMassachusetts,1936.Protestant.Member,Freemasons;RoyalArch Masons;Knights Templar;Order of theEastern Star.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof George B. Hicken and Eleanor J. (Marshall) Hicken; married,October8, 1900, to Ina C. Walton. |
| | Newland H. Holmes (b. 1891) — of Weymouth,NorfolkCounty, Mass.Born in Brockton,PlymouthCounty, Mass.,August30, 1891.Republican.Advertisingmanager; member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1925-30; member ofMassachusettsstate senate Norfolk & Plymouth District, 1930-36.Member,Freemasons;Knights Templar.Burial location unknown. | | Roger Keith (b. 1888) — of Brockton,PlymouthCounty, Mass.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May 8,1888.Republican.Insurancebusiness;mayorof Brockton, Mass., 1921-22; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Massachusetts,1924;member ofMassachusettsstate senate, 1929-32.Congregationalist.Member,Chi Phi;Freemasons;Knights Templar;Elks;Knightsof Pythias.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Horace A. Keith and Nellie W. (Packard) Keith; married,April12, 1913, to Carolyn Bruce Hastings; father ofPaulKeith. |
 | John B. Lewis Jr. (b. 1841) — of Shreveport,CaddoParish, La.; Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.; Reading,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.Born in Wilmington,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.,August30, 1841.Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;shoemanufacturer; Prohibition candidate forGovernor ofMassachusetts, 1901, 1922; member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1907.Member,Freemasons;Knights Templar;GrandArmy of the Republic.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof John B. Lewis and Threasa (Miller) Lewis; married1864 to HattieA. Bancroft; married1872 to MaryU. Hawes. | | | | Image source: Boston Globe, August 30,1908 |
| | John Howland Lothrop (1866-1949) — also known asJohn H. Lothrop — of Portland,MultnomahCounty, Ore.Born in Sharon,NorfolkCounty, Mass.,April11, 1866.Freight and passenger agent, Union PacificRailroad;secretary of the traffic and transportation bureau. Portland Chamberof Commerce, 1911-23;HonoraryVice-Consul for Uruguay inPortland,Ore., 1923-48;HonoraryVice-Consul for Argentina inPortland,Ore., 1931.Member,Freemasons;Knights Templar;Shriners.Died in Portland,MultnomahCounty, Ore.,July 13,1949 (age83 years, 93days).Interment atRiverView Cemetery, Portland, Ore.| | Relatives: Sonof Horace Augustus Lothrop and Sarah G. (Swain) Lothrop; married toLucile L. LaBertew. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | George G. Moyse (b. 1878) — of Waltham,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.Born inCanada,December21, 1878.Republican. Member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives Fifth Middlesex District,1920-24; member ofMassachusettsstate senate Fifth Middlesex District, 1925-36.Member,Freemasons;Knights Templar;Shriners;OddFellows.Burial location unknown. | | Edward Everett Philbrook (1861-1930) — also known asEdward E. Philbrook — of Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine.Born in Haverhill,EssexCounty, Mass.,February5, 1861.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine,1920;U.S.Surveyor of Customs at Portland, Maine, Maine, 1922-30; died inoffice 1930.Member,Kiwanis;Freemasons;Knights Templar;AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;UnitedSpanish War Veterans.Died in Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine,January4, 1930 (age68 years, 333days).Interment atEvergreenCemetery, Portland, Maine. | | Edward Clayton Reynolds (b. 1856) — also known asEdward C. Reynolds — of South Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine.Born in Braintree,NorfolkCounty, Mass.,November15, 1856.Republican.Lawyer;CumberlandCounty Register of Probate, 1889-97; member ofMainestate senate, 1897-99;mayorof South Portland, Maine, 1899-1900.Member,Freemasons;Knights Templar;Knightsof Pythias.Burial location unknown. | | John Charles Freemont Slayton (1856-1922) — also known asJohn C. F. Slayton — of Melrose,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.Born in Calais,WashingtonCounty, Vt.,June 27,1856.Wholesaleproduce business; member ofMassachusettsGovernor's Council 4th District, 1921-22; died in office 1922.Member,Freemasons;RoyalArch Masons;Knights Templar.Died in Melrose,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.,January4, 1922 (age65 years, 191days).Interment atPleasantView Cemetery, Morrisville, Morristown, Vt. | | George Sylvester Taylor (1822-1910) — of Chicopee Falls, Chicopee,HampdenCounty, Mass.Born in South Hadley,HampshireCounty, Mass.,March 2,1822.Republican.Farm toolmanufacturer; member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1860-61; member ofMassachusettsstate senate, 1869; president, Chicopee Falls SavingsBank;mayorof Chicopee, Mass., 1891-92.Congregationalist.Member,Freemasons;Knights Templar.Died in Chicopee,HampdenCounty, Mass.,January3, 1910 (age87 years, 307days).Burial location unknown. | | Allen Towner Treadway (1867-1947) — also known asAllen T. Treadway — of Stockbridge,BerkshireCounty, Mass.Born in Stockbridge,BerkshireCounty, Mass.,September16, 1867.Republican.Hotelproprietor; director, BerkshireTrust Co.;trustee, StockbridgeSavingsBank; member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1904; member ofMassachusettsstate senate, 1908-11;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts 1st District, 1913-45; delegateto Republican National Convention from Massachusetts,1936.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons;Knights Templar;Grange;Elks;RoyalArcanum;AlphaDelta Phi.Died in1947(ageabout79 years).Interment atStockbridgeCemetery, Stockbridge, Mass.
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