| |  Llewelyn Sherman Adams (1899-1986) — also known asSherman Adams;"The Abominable NoMan";"The Great Stone Face" —of Lincoln,GraftonCounty, N.H.Born in East Dover, Dover,WindhamCounty, Vt.,January8, 1899.Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I;lumberman; member ofNewHampshire state house of representatives, 1941-44;Speaker ofthe New Hampshire State House of Representatives, 1943-44;delegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire,1944,1952;speaker,1952,1956;U.S.Representative from New Hampshire 2nd District, 1945-47;delegateto New Hampshire state constitutional convention from Lincoln,1948;Governor ofNew Hampshire, 1949-53; defeated, 1946; assistant to PresidentDwightD. Eisenhower, 1953-58;forced toresign in 1958 following disclosure that he hadacceptedgifts, including avicunacoat, from a Boston businessman seeking preferred treatment fromfederal agencies.Episcopalian.Member,Sons ofthe American Revolution;Freemasons;Shriners;SigmaAlpha Epsilon;AmericanLegion;Forty andEight;Grange;Elks;Societyof Colonial Wars;Foresters.Died in Hanover,GraftonCounty, N.H.,October27, 1986 (age87 years, 292days).Interment atRiversideCemetery, Lincoln, N.H. | | 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;lumber dealer; member ofNewHampshire state senate 9th District, 1883-84; candidate forGovernor ofNew Hampshire, 1888, 1890.Baptist.Member,Freemasons;KnightsTemplar.Died in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,February17, 1929 (age80 years, 224days).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Penacook, Concord, N.H. | | Willmore Dewey Ashley (1886-1974) — also known asWillmore D. Ashley — of New Ipswich,HillsboroughCounty, N.H.; Hampden,PenobscotCounty, Maine.Born in East Longmeadow,HampdenCounty, Mass.,November3, 1886.Icebusiness;woodworker;sawmill owner;delegateto New Hampshire state constitutional convention from NewIpswich, 1948.Died in Bangor,PenobscotCounty, Maine,August22, 1974 (age87 years, 292days).Burial location unknown.| |  Relatives: Sonof Warren King Ashley and Henrietta Ruth (Dewey) Ashley; married,December17, 1916, to Ida Mae Frye. |
| | Carl E. Brown (b. 1878) — of McCall,ValleyCounty, Idaho.Born in Whitefield,CoosCounty, N.H.,September10, 1878.Democrat.Merchant;miningbusiness;lumber business; member ofIdahostate senate, 1930; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Idaho,1940,1948;member ofDemocraticNational Committee from Idaho, 1940.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons;Order of theEastern Star;Shriners;Elks.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Warren G. Brown and Charlotte (Elliott) Brown; married,August23, 1902, to Ida Harrington. |
| | David Marston Clough (1846-1924) — also known asDavid M. Clough — of Minneapolis,HennepinCounty, Minn.; Everett,SnohomishCounty, Wash.Born in Lyme,GraftonCounty, N.H.,December27, 1846.Republican.Lumberman; member ofMinnesotastate senate 28th District, 1887-90;LieutenantGovernor of Minnesota, 1893-95;Governor ofMinnesota, 1895-99.Congregationalist.Welshancestry. Member,Freemasons.DiedAugust28, 1924 (age77 years, 245days).Interment atEvergreenCemetery, Everett, Wash. | | Leroy Cofran (born c.1826) — of Grafton,TaylorCounty, W.Va.Born in New Hampshire, about 1826. Democrat.Lumber manufacturer; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from West Virginia,1876(member,CredentialsCommittee).Burial location unknown. | | Charles Miller Floyd (1861-1923) — also known asCharles M. Floyd — of Manchester,HillsboroughCounty, N.H.Born in Derry,RockinghamCounty, N.H.,June 5,1861.Republican.Clothingbusiness; director ofbanks,lumber companies, and the ManchesterTraction,Light &Power Company; member ofNewHampshire state senate 17th District, 1899-1900; member ofNewHampshire Governor's Council, 1904;Governor ofNew Hampshire, 1907-09; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from New Hampshire,1912;Republican candidate for Presidential Elector for New Hampshire,1916.Congregationalist.Member,Freemasons;OddFellows;Knightsof Pythias;Elks.Died in Manchester,HillsboroughCounty, N.H.,February3, 1923 (age61 years, 243days).Interment atPineGrove Cemetery, Manchester, N.H. | | Nathaniel Folsom (1726-1790) — of Exeter,RockinghamCounty, N.H.Born in Exeter,RockinghamCounty, N.H.,September18, 1726.Merchant;lumber business;Delegateto Continental Congress from New Hampshire, 1774, 1777-80; memberofNewHampshire Governor's Council, 1776-77, 1783-84; common pleascourt judge in New Hampshire, 1776-90; general in state militia,Revolutionary War;delegateto New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1783.Died in Exeter,RockinghamCounty, N.H.,May 26,1790 (age63 years, 250days).Interment atWinterStreet Cemetery, Exeter, N.H. | | Elisha Foster (b. 1832) — of Evansville, Brownington,OrleansCounty, Vt.Born in Swanzey,CheshireCounty, N.H.,January5, 1832.Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;farmer;lumber manufacturer; member ofVermontstate house of representatives from Brownington, 1874-75, 1888.Burial location unknown. | | Alpheus Crosby Kennett (b. 1859) — also known asA. Crosby Kennett — of Conway,CarrollCounty, N.H.Born in Madison,CarrollCounty, N.H.,July 27,1859.Republican.Railwaystation agent;lumber business; member ofNewHampshire state house of representatives, 1895-96; alternatedelegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire,1896,1900;member ofNewHampshire state senate 5th District, 1897-98; member ofNewHampshire Governor's Council 5th District, 1903-04.Member,Freemasons.Interment atMadisonCemetery, Madison, N.H. | | John Egan Leahy (1842-1915) — also known asJohn E. Leahy — of Wausau,MarathonCounty, Wis.Born in Dover,StraffordCounty, N.H.,February15, 1842.Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;lumberbusiness;mayor ofWausau, Wis., 1879-82; member ofWisconsinstate assembly, 1883; member ofWisconsinstate senate, 1887.DiedDecember23, 1915 (age73 years, 311days).Interment atPineGrove Cemetery, Wausau, Wis. | | Alonzo A. Martin (b. 1842) — of Hartland,WindsorCounty, Vt.Born in Nashua,HillsboroughCounty, N.H.,December2, 1842.Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;lumbermanufacturer; member ofVermontstate house of representatives from Hartland, 1910.Interment atHartlandCemetery, Hartland, Vt. | | Daniel Longfellow Plumer (1837-1920) — also known asDaniel L. Plumer — of Wausau,MarathonCounty, Wis.Born in Epping,RockinghamCounty, N.H.,July 3,1837.Surveyor;lumber manufacturer;banker;mayor ofWausau, Wis., 1878-79, 1882-84.DiedNovember20, 1920 (age83 years, 140days).Interment atPineGrove Cemetery, Wausau, Wis.| | Relatives: Sonof Abraham Plumer and Sarah (Longfellow) Plumer; married,September13, 1869, to Mary Jane Draper. |
| | John Langdon Rand (1861-1942) — also known asJohn L. Rand — of Baker City,BakerCounty, Ore.Born in Portsmouth,RockinghamCounty, N.H.,October28, 1861.Republican.Lawyer;attorney forrailroad,lumber, andminingcompanies; member ofOregonstate senate, 1903-06; delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom Oregon,1920;justiceof Oregon state supreme court, 1921-42; died in office 1942;chiefjustice of Oregon state supreme court, 1927-29, 1933-35, 1939-41.Member,Freemasons;ScottishRite Masons;RoyalArch Masons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners;Elks;Knightsof Pythias.Died in Salem,MarionCounty, Ore.,November19, 1942 (age81 years, 22days).Interment atMt.Hope Cemetery, Baker City, Ore.| | Relatives: Sonof John Sullivan Rand and Elvira Wallace (Odiorne) Rand; married toEdith Gonzaga Packwood; father ofIrvingRand. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Orrin W. Robinson (b. 1834) — of Chassell,HoughtonCounty, Mich.Born in Claremont,SullivanCounty, N.H.,August12, 1834.Republican.Lumber business; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Michigan,1892;member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Houghton County 2nd District,1895-96; member ofMichiganstate senate 32nd District, 1897-98;LieutenantGovernor of Michigan, 1899-1902.Burial location unknown. | | Cummings Sanborn (1799-1852) — of Port Huron,St. ClairCounty, Mich.Born in Haverhill,GraftonCounty, N.H.,January15, 1799.Democrat.Schoolteacher;lumber mill business;merchant;member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from St. Clair County, 1842;postmaster atPortHuron, Mich., 1846-49.Died in Haverhill,GraftonCounty, N.H.,September17, 1852 (age53 years, 246days).Interment atHorse Meadow Cemetery, North Haverhill, Haverhill, N.H. | | Cassius Montgomery Clay Twitchell (1852-1904) — also known asCassius M. C. Twitchell — of Milan,CoosCounty, N.H.Born in Milan,CoosCounty, N.H.,October12, 1852.Lumberman;bankdirector; director, BromptonPulp andPaper Mills; part owner, CascadeLight andPower Company; member ofNewHampshire state senate 1st District, 1901-02.Died in Milan,CoosCounty, N.H.,June 9,1904 (age51 years, 241days).Burial location unknown. | | Charles Christopher Brainerd Walker (1824-1888) — also known asCharles C. B. Walker — of Corning,SteubenCounty, N.Y.Born in Drewsville, Walpole,CheshireCounty, N.H.,June 27,1824.Democrat.Contractor;lumber andhardwaremerchant; postmaster atCorning,N.Y., 1856-60; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromNew York,1860,1872;U.S.Representative from New York 29th District, 1875-77;New YorkDemocratic state chair, 1886-87.Died in Corning,SteubenCounty, N.Y.,January26, 1888 (age63 years, 213days).Interment atPalmyraCemetery, Palmyra, N.Y. | | John Whitaker — of Penacook, Concord,MerrimackCounty, N.H.Lumber business; member ofNewHampshire state senate 11th District, 1893-94.Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Penacook, Concord, N.H. | | Allen Clarence Wilcox (1860-1953) — also known asAllen C. Wilcox — of Swanzey,CheshireCounty, N.H.Born in Swanzey,CheshireCounty, N.H.,January9, 1860.Woodware manufacturer; member ofNewHampshire state senate 14th District, 1907-08.Died, frombroncho-pneumonia,in Elliot CommunityHospital,Keene,CheshireCounty, N.H.,December31, 1953 (age93 years, 356days).Interment atMount Caesar Cemetery, Swanzey, N.H. | | Urban Andrain Woodbury (1838-1915) — also known asUrban A. Woodbury — of Burlington,ChittendenCounty, Vt.Born in Acworth,SullivanCounty, N.H.,July 11,1838.Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; wounded atthe Battle of First Bull Run, andlost hisright arm;lumber business;cottonmanufacturer;hotelowner;mayorof Burlington, Vt., 1885-86;LieutenantGovernor of Vermont, 1888-90;Governor ofVermont, 1894-96.Congregationalist.Died in Burlington,ChittendenCounty, Vt.,April15, 1915 (age76 years, 278days).Interment atLakeviewCemetery, Burlington, Vt.
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