| |  De Alva Stanwood Alexander (1846-1925) — also known asDe Alva S. Alexander — of Indianapolis,MarionCounty, Ind.; Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.Born in Richmond,SagadahocCounty, Maine,July 17,1846.Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;lawyer;newspapereditor; delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana,1872;secretaryof Indiana Republican Party, 1874-78;U.S.Attorney for the Northern District of New York, 1889-93;U.S.Representative from New York, 1897-1911 (33rd District 1897-1903,36th District 1903-11); defeated, 1910.Presbyterian. Member,GrandArmy of the Republic;DeltaKappa Epsilon.Died in Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.,January30, 1925 (age78 years, 197days).Interment atForestLawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y. | | David Augustus Boody (1837-1930) — also known asDavid A. Boody;"Grand Old Man ofBrooklyn";"Grand Old Man of WallStreet" —of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born, in alogcabin built by his father, in Jackson,WaldoCounty, Maine,August13, 1837.Democrat.Lawyer;banker;stockbroker;delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,1888;U.S.Representative from New York 2nd District, 1891; defeated(Independent Democratic), 1882; resigned 1891;mayorof Brooklyn, N.Y., 1892-93; defeated, 1893; DemocraticPresidential Elector for New York,1913(voted forWoodrowWilson andThomasR. Marshall).Presbyterian. Died in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,January20, 1930 (age92 years, 160days).Interment atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y. | | Anne M. Conklin (b. 1925) — of Livonia,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Sanford,YorkCounty, Maine,January27, 1925.Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention fromMichigan,1956;member ofMichiganRepublican State Central Committee, 1957-59;delegateto Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County21st District, 1961-62.Female.Presbyterian. Still living as of 1962.| |  Relatives:Daughter of Forrest Daniels and Anna (Desotelle) Daniels; married toArthur Gorton Conklin. |
 | John Fairfield Dryden (1839-1911) — also known asJohn F. Dryden — of Newark,EssexCounty, N.J.Born in Temple,FranklinCounty, Maine,August7, 1839.Republican. Founder and president, PrudentialInsuranceCompany of America; director, U.S.SteelCorporation; Republican Presidential Elector for New Jersey,1897;Republican Presidential Elector for New Jersey,1901;U.S.Senator from New Jersey, 1902-07; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from New Jersey,1904.Presbyterian. Died, frompneumoniatwo weeks after surgery to removegallstones,in Newark,EssexCounty, N.J.,November24, 1911 (age72 years, 109days).Entombed atMt.Pleasant Cemetery, Newark, N.J. | | Louise Cuyler Gerry (1883-1962) — also known asLouise C. Gerry — of Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.; Snyder,ErieCounty, N.Y.; Robbinston,WashingtonCounty, Maine.Born in Robbinston,WashingtonCounty, Maine,June 12,1883.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,1936,1940.Female.CongregationalistorPresbyterian. Member,Daughters of theAmerican Revolution;Zonta;Grange.Died in Robbinston,WashingtonCounty, Maine,June 21,1962 (age79 years, 9days).Interment atBrewer Cemetery, Robbinston, Maine.| | Relatives:Daughter of Elbridge Joseph Gerry and Sophia Teresa (Jones)Gerry. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Franklin J. Morton (1833-1919) — ofBaltimore,Md.Born in Hallowell,KennebecCounty, Maine,February11, 1833.Consulfor Argentina inBaltimore,Md., 1901-02.Presbyterian. Died, frominfluenza,inBaltimore,Md.,February4, 1919 (age85 years, 358days).Interment atGreenMount Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.| | Relatives: Sonof Alfred Bennett Morton and Nancy Joy Morton; married to FannieMaria Nason. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Frank Vaughan Plummer (1918-1993) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Malden,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.,November23, 1918.Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; district judge inPennsylvania, 1966-81.Presbyterian. Member,Freemasons.Died, ofrenalfailure and other complications, in Downeast CommunityHospital,Machias,WashingtonCounty, Maine,November5, 1993 (age74 years, 347days).Interment atBlossomHill Cemetery, Concord, N.H. | | John Octavius Sewall (1806-1840) — also known asJohn O. Sewall — of Shreveport,CaddoParish, La.Born in Hallowell,KennebecCounty, Maine,1806.Mayorof Shreveport, La., 1839-40.Presbyterian. Died in Elysian Fields,HarrisonCounty, Tex.,1840(ageabout34 years).Burial location unknown. | | George Hamlin Shaw (b. 1890) — also known asGeorge H. Shaw — of Fort Collins,LarimerCounty, Colo.;Denver,Colo.Born in Houlton,AroostookCounty, Maine,August3, 1890.Republican.Lawyer;ColoradoRepublican state chair, 1922-25; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Colorado,1928(member,CredentialsCommittee); candidate forU.S.Senator from Colorado, 1930.Presbyterian. Member,American BarAssociation;Freemasons.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives:Married to May Harding. |
| | Elihu Benjamin Washburne (1816-1887) — also known asElihu B. Washburne;"Watchdog of theTreasury" —of Galena,Jo DaviessCounty, Ill.Born in Livermore,AndroscogginCounty, Maine,September23, 1816.Republican.U.S.Representative from Illinois, 1853-69 (1st District 1853-63, 3rdDistrict 1863-69);U.S.Secretary of State, 1869; U.S. Minister toFrance, 1869-77; candidate for Republican nomination forPresident,1880;candidate for Republican nomination for Vice President,1880.Presbyterian. Died in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,October22, 1887 (age71 years, 29days).Interment atGreenwoodCemetery, Galena, Ill.
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