| | Elbridge Thomas Gerry (1837-1927) — also known asElbridge T. Gerry;"CommodoreGerry" —of Newport,NewportCounty, R.I.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Charlestown,WashingtonCounty, R.I.,December25, 1837.Lawyer;delegateto New York state constitutional convention, 1867;founderand president, New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty toChildren (said to be the "parent of all child protectiveorganizations in the world"); governor of New YorkHospital,1878-1912; chairman, New York State Commission on Capital Punishment(replaced hanging with the electric chair), 1886-88; trustee, NewYorkLifeInsurance Co.; chairman, New York City Commission on Insanity,1892.Member,Sons ofthe Revolution.Broke his hip in afall, anddied two weeks later, in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,February18, 1927 (age89 years, 55days).Entombed atSt.James Episcopal Churchyard, Hyde Park, N.Y. | | Aram J. Pothier (1854-1928) — of Woonsocket,ProvidenceCounty, R.I.Born inQuebec,July26, 1854.Republican.Banker;officer of GuerinSpinningCo., AlsaceWorsted Co.,MontroseWoolen Co.,and RosemontDyeingCo.; treasurer, WoonsocketHospital; member ofRhodeIsland state house of representatives, 1887-88;mayorof Woonsocket, R.I., 1894-96;LieutenantGovernor of Rhode Island, 1897-98;Governor ofRhode Island, 1909-15, 1925-28; died in office 1928; RepublicanPresidential Elector for Rhode Island,1917(voted forCharlesEvans Hughes andCharlesW. Fairbanks).Catholic.Member,AmericanBankers Association.DiedFebruary3, 1928 (age73 years, 192days).Interment atPreciousBlood Cemetery, Blackstone, Mass. | | George Benjamin Utter (b. 1881) — also known asG. Benjamin Utter — of Westerly,WashingtonCounty, R.I.Born in Westerly,WashingtonCounty, R.I.,April11, 1881.Republican.Newspapereditor;printingbusiness; member ofRhode IslandRepublican State Central Committee, 1915-28; member ofRhodeIsland state house of representatives, 1925-26; alternatedelegate to Republican National Convention from Rhode Island,1940;trustee, WesterlyHospital.Baptist.Member,Freemasons.Interment atRiverBend Cemetery, Westerly, R.I.
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