| |  Rupert F. Aldrich (1908-1987) — of Norway,OxfordCounty, Maine.Born in Paris,OxfordCounty, Maine,April 1,1908.Republican.Lawyer;OxfordCounty Clerk of Courts; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Maine,1948,1952(member,CredentialsCommittee).Methodist.Member,Kiwanis;OddFellows;Freemasons.Died in August,1987(age79years, 0 days).Burial location unknown.| |  Relatives: Sonof Elmer Aldrich and Mineola (Buck) Aldrich; married to Mary E.Swan. |
| | Paul Revere Baird (b. 1889) — also known asPaul R. Baird — of Waterville,KennebecCounty, Maine.Born in Waitsfield,WashingtonCounty, Vt.,November25, 1889.Republican.Veterinarian;served in the U.S. Army during World War I;mayorof Waterville, Maine, 1925.Congregationalist.Member,OddFellows;Freemasons;Kiwanis;Grange.Burial location unknown.| | Presumably namedfor:PaulRevere | | | | Relatives: Son of John L. Baird andBelle (McLaren) Baird; married1915 to BerthaE. Knowlton. |
| | Lewis Orin Barrows (1893-1967) — also known asLewis O. Barrows — of Newport,PenobscotCounty, Maine.Born in Newport,PenobscotCounty, Maine,June 7,1893.Republican.Pharmacist;secretary of twoinsurancecompanies; member ofMaineGovernor's Council, 1927-33; member ofMaineRepublican State Committee, 1928;secretaryof state of Maine, 1935-36;Governor ofMaine, 1937-41.Baptist.Member,BetaTheta Pi;Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners;Rotary;Lions;Kiwanis;Grange.Died in Pittsfield,SomersetCounty, Maine,January30, 1967 (age73 years, 237days).Interment atRiversideCemetery, Newport, Maine. | | Sidney Reed Batchelder (1895-1965) — also known asSidney R. Batchelder — of Kezar Falls, Parsonfield,YorkCounty, Maine.Born in Kennebunk,YorkCounty, Maine,April10, 1895.Republican.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member ofMainestate house of representatives, 1937-41; member ofMainestate senate 1st District, 1941-49.Methodist.Member,Kiwanis;Knightsof Pythias;Freemasons;AmericanLegion.DiedJune 5,1965 (age70 years, 56days).Interment atRiverside Cemetery, Kezar Falls, Porter, Maine.| | Relatives: Sonof Timothy S. Batchelder and Ida B. Batchelder; married to ElizabethL. Stevens. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Carroll Lynwood Beedy (1880-1947) — also known asCarroll L. Beedy — of Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine.Born in Phillips,FranklinCounty, Maine,August3, 1880.Republican.Lawyer;CumberlandCounty Prosecuting Attorney, 1917-21;U.S.Representative from Maine 1st District, 1921-35; defeated, 1934.Congregationalist.Member,PhiBeta Kappa;AlphaDelta Phi;PhiDelta Phi;DeltaSigma Rho;Freemasons;Elks;Kiwanis;Moose.Died inWashington,D.C.,September30, 1947 (age67 years, 58days).Interment atEvergreenCemetery, Portland, Maine.  | Alvin Morell Bentley (1918-1969) — also known asAlvin M. Bentley — of Owosso,ShiawasseeCounty, Mich.Born in Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine,August30, 1918.Republican. Foreign Service officer;U.S.Representative from Michigan 8th District, 1953-61; defeated,1962;woundedin an attack by Puerto Rican nationalists on the floor of theHouse of Representatives, March 1, 1954; candidate forU.S.Senator from Michigan, 1960;delegateto Michigan state constitutional convention from 15th SenatorialDistrict, 1961-62; candidate forMichiganstate board of education, 1964; member ofUniversityof Michigan board of regents, 1966-69; appointed 1966; died inoffice 1969.Congregationalist.Member,Elks;Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;ExchangeClub;ThetaDelta Chi;OptimistClub;Rotary;Kiwanis.Died in Tucson,PimaCounty, Ariz.,April10, 1969 (age50 years, 223days).Entombed atOakHill Cemetery, Owosso, Mich. | | | Luther G. Bunker (b. 1868) — of Waterville,KennebecCounty, Maine.Born in Trenton,HancockCounty, Maine,March19, 1868.Republican.Physician;mayorof Waterville, Maine, 1907-09; member ofMaineRepublican State Committee, 1922-28.Member,Freemasons;OddFellows;Elks;Knightsof Pythias;Woodmen;Kiwanis.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof John E. Bunker and Mary A. (Alley) Bunker; married,June 22,1904, to Emily H. Plaisted. |
| | Robert Alexander Cony (1876-1945) — also known asRobert A. Cony — of Augusta,KennebecCounty, Maine.Born in Augusta,KennebecCounty, Maine,September13, 1876.Republican. Private secretary, U.S. Rep. and Sen.EdwinC. Burleigh, 1907-16;lawyer;mayorof Augusta, Maine, 1929-33.Episcopalian.Member,Sonsof Veterans;Kiwanis.Died in Augusta,KennebecCounty, Maine,January1, 1945 (age68 years, 110days).Interment atRiversideCemetery, Augusta, Maine. | | Frank Irving Cowan (b. 1888) — also known asFrank I. Cowan — of Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine.Born in Palmyra,SomersetCounty, Maine,May 20,1888.Republican.Schoolteacher;lawyer;president, State MutualFireInsurance Co., 1935-40; member ofMainestate house of representatives, 1939-40;Mainestate attorney general, 1941-44.Methodist.Member,American BarAssociation;Grange;DeltaUpsilon;PhiKappa Phi;Freemasons;Kiwanis.Burial location unknown. | | Charles S. Cummings (b. 1856) — of Rockland,KnoxCounty, Maine; Augusta,KennebecCounty, Maine; Auburn,AndroscogginCounty, Maine.Born in Gorham,CoosCounty, N.H.,September25, 1856.Republican.Schoolteacher;pastor;AndroscogginCounty Sheriff, 1903-04;insurancebusiness;mayor ofAuburn, Maine, 1922-25.Methodist.Member,Freemasons;OddFellows;Knightsof Pythias;Kiwanis.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Hiram T. Cummings and Eliza A. (Cloudman) Cummings; married1882 to CarrieA. Neff; married1886 to AddieF. Larrabee; married1903 toMildred E. Davis. |
 | John Henry Dooley (1869-1939) — also known asJohn H. Dooley — of Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine.Born in Bangor,PenobscotCounty, Maine,December20, 1869.Democrat.Printer;treasurerof Maine Democratic Party, 1928;MaineDemocratic state chair, 1930-33;U.S.Collector of Customs at Portland, Maine, Maine, 1933-39; died inoffice 1939.Catholic.Irishancestry. Member,Knightsof Columbus;Kiwanis;AncientOrder of Hibernians.Died in Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine,December15, 1939 (age69 years, 360days).Interment atCalvary Cemetery, South Portland, Maine.| | Relatives: Sonof Peter Dooley and Catherine (McHugh) Dooley; married,June 23,1891, to Honora 'Hannah' Cassidy. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Portland Evening Express,December 15, 1939 |
| | | Ernest T. Eaton (b. 1877) — of Des Moines,PolkCounty, Iowa; Deer Lodge,PowellCounty, Mont.; Billings,YellowstoneCounty, Mont.Born in Atkinson,PiscataquisCounty, Maine,September11, 1877.Superintendentof schools;founderin 1908, Billings Polytechnic Institute; (now Rocky MountainCollege);president,1931; member ofMontanastate house of representatives, 1915-19, 1923-25; member ofMontanastate senate, 1925-33;LieutenantGovernor of Montana, 1935, 1941-49.Member,Freemasons;Knightsof Pythias;Kiwanis.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Thomas O. Eaton and Delia E. (Bolster) Eaton; married1911 toAugusta M. Valiton. |
| | Frank Fellows (1889-1951) — of Bangor,PenobscotCounty, Maine.Born in Bucksport,HancockCounty, Maine,November7, 1889.Republican.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Maine 3rd District, 1941-51; died in office1951.Unitarian.Member,American BarAssociation;PhiGamma Delta;PhiDelta Phi;Kiwanis.Died in Bangor,PenobscotCounty, Maine,August27, 1951 (age61 years, 293days).Interment atSilverLake Cemetery, Bucksport, Maine. | | Ernest Edwin Finnimore (b. 1875) — also known asErnest E. Finnimore — of Waterville,KennebecCounty, Maine.Born in Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine,November1, 1875.Democrat. Supervisor, blacksmith department, Maine CentralRailroad;mayorof Waterville, Maine, 1920-21.Episcopalian.Member,Kiwanis;Freemasons.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Robert Finnimore and Margaret (Morris) Finnimore. |
| | Walter Llewellyn Gray (b. 1870) — of South Paris, Paris,OxfordCounty, Maine.Born in Paris,OxfordCounty, Maine,January24, 1870.Lawyer;superintendentof schools; member ofMainestate house of representatives, 1905.Congregationalist.Member,DeltaKappa Epsilon;Freemasons;Knightsof Pythias;Kiwanis.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof William Lethbridge Gray and Julia Matilda (Morse) Gray; married,June14, 1899, to Madge Shirley Wilson. |
| | Charles Edwin Gurney (b. 1874) — also known asCharles E. Gurney — of Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine.Born in Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine,February15, 1874.Republican.Lawyer;member ofMainestate house of representatives, 1917; member ofMainestate senate 2nd District, 1919-22.Congregationalist.Member,DeltaUpsilon;Kiwanis;Freemasons.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Charles E. Gurney and Jennie (Hunnewell) Gurney; married,June 27,1901, to Evelyn G. Barton. |
| | Fred H. Lancaster (b. 1885) — of Lewiston,AndroscogginCounty, Maine.Born in Pittsfield,SomersetCounty, Maine,June 25,1885.Democrat.Lawyer;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maine,1936,1940;MaineDemocratic state chair, 1937-39.Universalist.Member,Freemasons;OddFellows;Redmen;Kiwanis.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Henry K. Lancaster and Mary E. (Higgins) Lancaster; married,December25, 1912, to Amy E. Bartlett. |
| | Thomas Francis Locke (b. 1885) — also known asThomas F. Locke — of Biddeford,YorkCounty, Maine.Born in Cork,Ireland,September25, 1885.Democrat.Lawyer;mayorof Biddeford, Maine, 1920; candidate forU.S.Representative from Maine 1st District, 1930.Catholic.Irishancestry. Member,Knightsof Columbus;AncientOrder of Hibernians;Kiwanis.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Michael Locke and Anna (Mulcahey) Locke; married,September28, 1915, to Annie F. Dunn. |
| | Frederick George Payne (1904-1978) — also known asFrederick G. Payne — of Augusta,KennebecCounty, Maine; Waldoboro,LincolnCounty, Maine.Born in Lewiston,AndroscogginCounty, Maine,July 24,1904.Republican.Mayorof Augusta, Maine, 1934-41; served in the U.S. Army Air Force inWorld War II;Governor ofMaine, 1949-52;U.S.Senator from Maine, 1953-59; defeated, 1958.Congregationalist.Member,Kiwanis;Lions.Died in Waldoboro,LincolnCounty, Maine,June 15,1978 (age73 years, 326days).Interment atGermanLutheran Cemetery, Waldoboro, Maine. | | 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;KnightsTemplar;AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;UnitedSpanish War Veterans.Died in Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine,January4, 1930 (age68 years, 333days).Interment atEvergreenCemetery, Portland, Maine. | | Carl H. Read (1898-1980) — of East Ann Arbor (now part of Ann Arbor),WashtenawCounty, Mich.; Dexter Township,WashtenawCounty, Mich.Born in Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine,October27, 1898.Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I;merchant;mayorof East Ann Arbor, Mich., 1949-53.Member,Freemasons;Kiwanis.Died, fromacutecongestive heart failure anddiabetes,in Saline CommunityHospital,Saline,WashtenawCounty, Mich.,November25, 1980 (age82 years, 29days).Interment atWashtenongMemorial Park, Ann Arbor Township, Washtenaw County, Mich.| | Relatives: Sonof Henry Read and Carrie (Partlow) Read; married,September27, 1923, to Linda L. Hoelzel. |
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