 |  John Kendrick Bangs (1862-1922) — of Yonkers,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.; Ogunquit, Wells,YorkCounty, Maine.Born in Yonkers,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,May 27,1862.Democrat.Magazineeditor;author;playwright; candidate formayorof Yonkers, N.Y., 1894; candidate forU.S.Representative from Maine 1st District, 1921.Died, fromintestinalcancer, in CityHospital,Atlantic City,AtlanticCounty, N.J.,January21, 1922 (age59 years, 239days).Interment atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.| |  Relatives: Sonof Francis N. Bangs and Amelia Francis (Bull) Bangs; married,March 3,1886, to Agnes Lawson Hyde; married,April27, 1904, to Mary Blakeney Gray. | | | | Image source: American Review ofReviews, March 1922 |
| | James Phinney Baxter (1831-1921) — also known asJames P. Baxter — of Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine.Born in Gorham,CumberlandCounty, Maine,March23, 1831.Republican.Author;mayorof Portland, Maine, 1893-96, 1904-05.Died in Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine,May 8,1921 (age90 years, 46days).Interment atEvergreenCemetery, Portland, Maine.  | John William Brown (c.1867-1941) — also known asJohn W. Brown — of Worcester,WorcesterCounty, Mass.; Woolwich,SagadahocCounty, Maine.Born inCanada,about 1867.Socialist. Naturalized U.S. citizen;carpenter;labororganizer; candidate forU.S.Representative from Massachusetts 3rd District, 1904; candidateforGovernor ofMassachusetts, 1907; candidate forU.S.Representative from Maine 3rd District, 1910;newspapercolumnist.Member,UnitedMine Workers.While working on hishuntingrifle, itaccidentallydischarged, and he died soon after, in Woolwich,SagadahocCounty, Maine,June 19,1941 (ageabout 74years).Burial location unknown. | | | George Allan England (b. 1877) — also known asGeorge A. England — of Maine; Hampton,WindhamCounty, Conn.Born in Fort McPherson,LincolnCounty, Neb.,February9, 1877.Socialist.Author; candidate forU.S.Representative from Maine 2nd District, 1908; candidate forGovernor ofMaine, 1912.Member,PhiBeta Kappa.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Rev. George Allen England and Hannah Pearl (Lyon)England. |
| | Maude Clark Gay (born c.1877) — also known asMaude C. Gay;Maude ClarkMayo —of Waldoboro,LincolnCounty, Maine.Born in Waldoboro,LincolnCounty, Maine, about 1877.Republican.Author; member ofMainestate house of representatives, 1927-28; member ofMaineRepublican State Committee, 1928; alternate delegate toRepublican National Convention from Maine,1932.Female.Unitarian.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives:Daughter of Webster C. Mayo and Annie A. (Clark) Mayo; married,February10, 1896, to John T. Gay. |
 | James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938) — also known asJames W. Johnson;James WilliamJohnson —of Jacksonville,DuvalCounty, Fla.Born in Jacksonville,DuvalCounty, Fla.,June 17,1871.Schoolprincipal;author;lawyer;U.S. Consul inPuerto Cabello, 1906-07;Dakar, 1907-08;Corinto, 1908-09;universityprofessor.Africanancestry. Member,NAACP;SigmaPi Phi;PhiBeta Sigma;Freemasons.Author of the words to the song "Lift Every Voice and Sing," whichbecame known as the "Negro National Anthem".Killed in acar-traincollision, in Wiscasset,LincolnCounty, Maine,June 26,1938 (age67 years, 9days).Interment atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y. | | Patricia Helen LaMarche (b. 1960) — also known asPat LaMarche;Genny Judge — of Bath,SagadahocCounty, Maine; Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine.Born in Providence,ProvidenceCounty, R.I.,November26, 1960.Green.Radio talkshow host; Green Independent candidate forGovernor ofMaine, 1998, 2006; candidate forVicePresident of the United States, 2004;newspapercolumnist.Female.IrishandFrenchCanadian ancestry.Still living as of 2007.| | Relatives:Daughter of Genevieve (Judge) LaMarche and Paul Henri LaMarche;married1983 toMichael Russell. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle |
| | Herbert Carlyle Libby (1878-1965) — also known asHerbert C. Libby — of Waterville,KennebecCounty, Maine.Born in Burnham,WaldoCounty, Maine,December28, 1878.Republican.Editor;superintendentof schools;mayorof Waterville, Maine, 1926-27.Congregationalist.Member,Rotary;PiKappa Delta;ZetaPsi.Died in Waterville,KennebecCounty, Maine,February27, 1965 (age86 years, 61days).Interment atWatervilleCemetery, Waterville, Maine.| | Relatives: Sonof Isaac C. Libby and Helen M. (Green) Libby; married,December21, 1912, to Mabel Esther Dunn. |
| | John C. Redman (b. 1839) — Born in Maine,1839.Translator; U.S. Consular Agent inManaos, 1897-1902.Burial location unknown. | | Helen Ring Robinson (1860-1923) — also known asHelen Ring — ofDenver,Colo.Born in Eastport,WashingtonCounty, Maine,February21, 1860.Democrat.Writer; member ofColoradostate senate, 1913-16.Female.Episcopalian.Firstwoman elected to Colorado Senate; second woman state senator in theUnited States. Author of a minimum wage law for women; alsointroduced a bill allowing women to serve as jurors.Died inDenver,Colo.,July 10,1923 (age63 years, 139days).Burial location unknown. | | Charles Ames Washburn (1822-1889) — also known asCharles A. Washburn — ofSanFrancisco, Calif.Born in Livermore,AndroscogginCounty, Maine,March16, 1822.Republican.Wentto California for the 1849 Gold Rush; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from California,1856(member,CredentialsCommittee); Republican Presidential Elector for California,1860(voted forAbrahamLincoln andHannibalHamlin); U.S. Diplomatic Commissioner toParaguay, 1861-63; U.S. Minister toParaguay, 1863-68;novelist;inventedan earlytypewriter.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,January26, 1889 (age66 years, 316days).Burial location unknown.
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