| |  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;KnightsTemplar;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. | | Harry B. Albro (b. 1887) — of Harwich,BarnstableCounty, Mass.Born in Pontiac, Warwick,KentCounty, R.I.,January21, 1887.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;newspaperpublisher; member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1940; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Massachusetts,1948.Member,Redmen. Burial location unknown. | | Alexis Boyer Jr. (b. 1875) — of Southbridge,WorcesterCounty, Mass.Born in Southbridge,WorcesterCounty, Mass.,January17, 1875.Democrat. Member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1907; alternate delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Massachusetts,1912.Catholic.Member,Redmen;Knightsof Columbus.Burial location unknown. | | William Patrick Connery Jr. (1888-1937) — also known asWilliam P. Connery, Jr. — of Lynn,EssexCounty, Mass.Born in Lynn,EssexCounty, Mass.,August24, 1888.Democrat. Professionalactor,1908-16;candymanufacturer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts 7th District, 1923-37; died inoffice 1937; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromMassachusetts,1932.Catholic.Member,AmericanLegion;Knightsof Columbus;Moose;Eagles;Elks;Redmen;Kiwanis.Died inWashington,D.C.,June 15,1937 (age48 years, 295days).Interment atSt.Mary's Cemetery, Lynn, Mass.  | 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;KnightsTemplar;Elks;Grange;Moose;Veterans ofForeign Wars;SigmaAlpha Epsilon;Redmen;Knightsof Pythias.Died in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,October6, 1972 (age85 years, 21days).Burial location unknown. | | John William Haigis (1881-1960) — also known asJohn W. Haigis — of Greenfield,FranklinCounty, Mass.Born in Turners Falls, Montague,FranklinCounty, Mass.,July 31,1881.Republican. Founder, editor, and publisher of theGreenfieldRecordernewspaper;banker;member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1909-12; member ofMassachusettsstate senate Franklin & Hampshire District, 1915-16, 1923-26;Massachusettsstate treasurer, 1929-30; candidate forLieutenantGovernor of Massachusetts, 1934; candidate forGovernor ofMassachusetts, 1936; delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom Massachusetts,1940(member,Committeeon Rules and Order of Business;speaker);trustee of the University of Massachusetts, 1940-56; owner andoperator ofradiostation WHAI.Congregationalist.Member,Freemasons;OddFellows;Redmen.Died in1960(ageabout78 years).Interment atGreenRiver Cemetery, Greenfield, Mass.| |  Relatives: Sonof John Haigis and Elizabeth (Hildebrandt) Haigis; married,December3, 1913, to Rose Luippold; married,December3, 1942, to Alice G. Whelan. |
| | Lemuel C. Hall (b. 1874) — of Wareham,PlymouthCounty, Mass.Born in Harwich,BarnstableCounty, Mass.,December13, 1874.Republican.Newspaperpublisher; member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1927-28; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Massachusetts,1928.Congregationalist.Member,Freemasons;Redmen;Rotary.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Gershom Hall and Sophie Louise (Parker) Hall; married,December25, 1896, to Lettice M. G. Foster. |
| | William H. I. Hayes (1848-1907) — of Lowell,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.Born in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,June 21,1848.Republican. Member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives Twenty-Fifth Middlesex District,1893-99, 1902, 1904-07; died in office 1907.Member,GrandArmy of the Republic;Redmen;OddFellows;Knightsof Pythias.DiedJune 29,1907 (age59 years, 8days).Burial location unknown. | | Pehr Gustaf Holmes (1881-1952) — also known asPehr G. Holmes — of Worcester,WorcesterCounty, Mass.Born inSweden,April9, 1881.Republican.Manufacturer;mayorof Worcester, Mass., 1917-19; member ofMassachusettsGovernor's Council 7th District, 1925-28;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts 4th District, 1931-47;defeated, 1946.Congregationalist.Swedishancestry. Member,Freemasons;Shriners;OddFellows;Redmen;Elks;Rotary.Died in Venice,SarasotaCounty, Fla.,December19, 1952 (age71 years, 254days).Interment atOldSwedish Cemetery, Worcester, Mass. | | Edward Aloysius Kenney (1884-1938) — also known asEdward A. Kenney — of Cliffside Park,BergenCounty, N.J.Born in Clinton,WorcesterCounty, Mass.,August11, 1884.Democrat.Lawyer;recorder's court judge in New Jersey, 1919;U.S.Representative from New Jersey 9th District, 1933-38; died inoffice 1938.Member,Elks;Redmen;DeltaChi.Died inWashington,D.C.,January27, 1938 (age53 years, 169days).Interment atSt.John's Cemetery, Clinton, Mass. | | George H. Newhall (1850-1923) — of Lynn,EssexCounty, Mass.Born in Lynn,EssexCounty, Mass.,October24, 1850.Republican.Realestate andinsurancebusiness;shoemanufacturer; president, LynnStreetRailway Company; member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1894-95, 1906-08, 1923(Seventeenth Essex District 1894-95, Twelfth Essex District 1906-08,Fourteenth Essex District 1923); died in office 1923;mayor ofLynn, Mass., 1913-17.Member,Freemasons;OddFellows;Redmen;Knightsof Pythias;RoyalArcanum;AncientOrder of United Workmen.Died in Lynn,EssexCounty, Mass.,November4, 1923 (age73 years, 11days).Interment atPineGrove Cemetery, Lynn, Mass. | | Edward H. Nutting (b. 1869) — of Leominster,WorcesterCounty, Mass.Born in Leominster,WorcesterCounty, Mass.,July 6,1869.Republican.Caterer;member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives Eleventh Worcester District,1913, 1915-16, 1918, 1923-30; member ofMassachusettsstate senate Third Worcester District, 1931-36; candidate formayorof Leominster, Mass., 1939.Member,Elks;OddFellows;Redmen;Moose;Knightsof Pythias;Eagles;RoyalArcanum;Freemasons;Sonsof Veterans.Burial location unknown. | | Frank James Rice (1869-1917) — also known asFrank J. Rice — of New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.Born in North Adams,BerkshireCounty, Mass.,February5, 1869.Republican.Streetcarconductor;grocer;real estatebusiness;mayorof New Haven, Conn., 1910-17; died in office 1917.Methodist.Member,Freemasons;Grotto;OddFellows;Elks;Redmen;Orderof Heptasophs;Knightsof Pythias;UnionLeague.DiedJanuary18, 1917 (age47 years, 348days).Interment atEvergreenCemetery, New Haven, Conn. | | Arthur M. Taft (b. 1854) — of Worcester,WorcesterCounty, Mass.Born in Uxbridge,WorcesterCounty, Mass.,January28, 1854.Republican.Lawyer;member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives Twenty-First Worcester District,1901-06; member ofMassachusettsstate senate First Worcester District, 1906-07.Congregationalist.Member,Grange;Freemasons;OddFellows;Redmen.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Brigham A. Taft. |
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