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Llewelyn Sherman Adams (1899-1986) —
also known as Sherman Adams; "The Abominable No
Man"; "The Great Stone Face" —
of Lincoln, Grafton
County, N.H.
Born in East Dover, Dover, Windham
County, Vt., January
8, 1899.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; lumberman;
member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1941-44; Speaker of
the New Hampshire State House of Representatives, 1943-44;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1944,
1952
(speaker);
U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 2nd District, 1945-47; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention from Lincoln,
1948; Governor of
New Hampshire, 1949-53; defeated, 1946; assistant to President Dwight
D. Eisenhower, 1953-58; forced to
resign in 1958 following disclosure that he had accepted
gifts, including a vicuna
coat, from a Boston businessman seeking preferred treatment from
federal agencies.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Grange;
Elks; Society
of Colonial Wars; Foresters.
Died in Hanover, Grafton
County, N.H., October
27, 1986 (age 87 years, 292
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Lincoln, N.H.
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Frank Carey Archibald (1857-1935) —
also known as Frank C. Archibald —
of Manchester, Bennington
County, Vt.
Born in Exeter, Rockingham
County, N.H., December
31, 1857.
Republican. Lawyer; Bennington
County State's Attorney; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1904-06; member of Vermont
state senate, 1910, 1933; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Vermont, 1916;
Vermont
state attorney general, 1919-25.
Baptist.
Member, Elks; Freemasons.
Died April 9,
1935 (age 77 years, 99
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. Thomas Henry Archibald and Susan (Wadleigh)
Archibald. |
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Charles Henry Barnard (1907-1972) —
also known as Charles H. Barnard —
of Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H.; Londonderry, Rockingham
County, N.H.
Born in Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H., September
28, 1907.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives from Manchester 2nd
Ward, 1935-42; Speaker of
the New Hampshire State House of Representatives, 1941-42; served
in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of New
Hampshire state senate, 1947-48; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention from Manchester
2nd Ward, 1948; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention from Manchester
2nd Ward, 1956.
Congregationalist.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Shriners;
United
Commercial Travelers; Elks; Kiwanis.
Died in September, 1972
(age about
65 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Barnard and Mary Mabelle (Wright) Barnard; married, November
19, 1936, to Pauline Beatrice Briggs. |
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William Henry Barry (b. 1878) —
also known as William H. Barry —
of Nashua, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Nashua, Hillsborough
County, N.H., March
13, 1878.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor of
Nashua, N.H., 1911-14; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New Hampshire, 1912
(alternate), 1916
(member, Credentials
Committee); candidate for U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 2nd District, 1922, 1924.
Catholic.
Member, Eagles;
Elks; Knights
of Columbus; Ancient
Order of Hibernians.
Burial location unknown.
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John Paige Bartlett (b. 1841) —
also known as John P. Bartlett —
of Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.; Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Weare, Hillsborough
County, N.H., February
4, 1841.
Democrat. Lawyer; New Hampshire
Democratic state chair, 1890-92; member of New
Hampshire state senate 18th District, 1895-96; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1899; secretary of
New Hampshire Democratic Party, 1904-06.
Universalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Bartlett and Lurena (Bailey) Bartlett; married, November
29, 1866, to Fannie M. Harrington; married 1888 to Lucy
A. (Knight) Crosby. |
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Ernest Lorne Bell (1871-1925) —
also known as Ernest L. Bell —
of Woodstock, Grafton
County, N.H.; Plymouth, Grafton
County, N.H.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., March
16, 1871.
Physician;
surgeon to Boston & Maine Railroad;
surgeon-general of New Hampshire; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1903-04; member of New
Hampshire state senate 2nd District, 1905-06; served in the U.S.
Army during World War I.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Medical
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Died in Hebron, Grafton
County, N.H., April
19, 1925 (age 54 years, 34
days).
Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Plymouth, N.H.
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Carl E. Brown (b. 1878) —
of McCall, Valley
County, Idaho.
Born in Whitefield, Coos
County, N.H., September
10, 1878.
Democrat. Merchant;
mining
business; lumber
business; member of Idaho
state senate, 1930; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Idaho, 1940,
1948;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Idaho, 1940.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Warren G. Brown and Charlotte (Elliott) Brown; married, August
23, 1902, to Ida Harrington. |
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Henri Alphonse Burque (b. 1879) —
of Nashua, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Nashua, Hillsborough
County, N.H., September
20, 1879.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor of
Nashua, N.H., 1920-24; superior court judge in New Hampshire,
1924-41; justice of
New Hampshire state supreme court, 1941-47.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Catholic
Order of Foresters; Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Alphonse Burque and Marie Louise (Dutilly) Burque; married, August
23, 1906, to Mabel M. Budro. |
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Thomas Perkins Cheney (b. 1891) —
also known as Thomas P. Cheney —
of Laconia, Belknap
County, N.H.
Born in Ashland, Grafton
County, N.H., August
17, 1891.
Republican. Lawyer;
trustee, Laconia State Bank;
director, Peoples National Bank of
Laconia; director, Public
Service Co. of New Hampshire; director, Laconia Street
Railway; Belknap
County Solicitor, 1920-25; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New Hampshire, 1928
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1936
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business); New
Hampshire state attorney general, 1935-40; candidate for Governor of
New Hampshire, 1938.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Jonathan M. Cheney and Lucy A. (Hughes) Cheney; married, September
7, 1917, to Ella M. Wardner. |
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James Colgate Cleveland (1920-1995) —
also known as James C. Cleveland —
of New London, Merrimack
County, N.H.
Born in Montclair, Essex
County, N.J., June 13,
1920.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; served in
the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; member of New
Hampshire state senate, 1950-62; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 2nd District, 1963-81.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Grange;
Rotary;
Freemasons;
Elks; Eagles.
Died December
3, 1995 (age 75 years, 173
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Louis Sherburne Cox (b. 1874) —
also known as Louis S. Cox —
of Lawrence, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H., November
22, 1874.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state senate Fifth Essex District, 1906; postmaster at Lawrence,
Mass., 1906-13; superior court judge in Massachusetts, 1918-37;
justice
of Massachusetts state supreme court, 1937-40.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Grange;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Milby Dale (1893-1978) —
also known as Charles M. Dale —
of Portsmouth, Rockingham
County, N.H.
Born in Browns Valley, Traverse
County, Minn., March 8,
1893.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; mayor
of Portsmouth, N.H., 1926-27, 1943-44; member of New
Hampshire state senate 24th District, 1933-36, 1939-40; delegate
to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1936
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1948;
member of New
Hampshire Governor's Council, 1937-38; Governor of
New Hampshire, 1945-49; president, WHEB radio
station.
Member, American Bar
Association; Order of
the Coif; Delta
Upsilon; Freemasons;
Elks; Eagles;
Moose;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias.
Died, in a nursing
home at Portsmouth, Rockingham
County, N.H., September
28, 1978 (age 85 years, 204
days).
Interment at Valley
View Cemetery, Browns Valley, Minn.
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George F. Disnard (1923-2004) —
of Claremont, Sullivan
County, N.H.
Born in Hingham, Plymouth
County, Mass., November
24, 1923.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; served
in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean conflict; school
teacher; superintendent
of schools; member of New
Hampshire state senate, 1980; candidate for Presidential Elector
for New Hampshire.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; American
Legion; Elks; Moose; Kiwanis.
Died, in Valley Regional Hospital,
Claremont, Sullivan
County, N.H., September
3, 2004 (age 80 years, 284
days).
Interment at St.
Mary Cemetery, Claremont, N.H.
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Thomas Walter Fecteau (1896-1991) —
also known as Thomas W. Fecteau —
of Epping, Rockingham
County, N.H.
Born in Epping, Rockingham
County, N.H., November
29, 1896.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; grocer;
member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives from Epping, 1937-41,
1945-46, 1949-50; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
Hampshire, 1948.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Elks; Grange.
Died February
4, 1991 (age 94 years, 67
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Franklin Flanders (1902-1975) —
of Weare, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H., August
23, 1902.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
New Hampshire, 1944;
member of New
Hampshire Governor's Council, 1947-49; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention from Weare, 1948.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; Grange.
Died in 1975
(age about
72 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Miller Floyd (1861-1923) —
also known as Charles M. Floyd —
of Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Derry, Rockingham
County, N.H., June 5,
1861.
Republican. Clothing
business; director of banks, lumber
companies, and the Manchester Traction,
Light &
Power Company; member of New
Hampshire state senate 17th District, 1899-1900; member of New
Hampshire Governor's Council, 1904; Governor of
New Hampshire, 1907-09; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New Hampshire, 1912;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New Hampshire.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Died in Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H., February
3, 1923 (age 61 years, 243
days).
Interment at Pine
Grove Cemetery, Manchester, N.H.
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Alvan Tufts Fuller (1878-1958) —
also known as Alvan T. Fuller —
of Malden, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., February
27, 1878.
Republican. Automobile
dealer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1915; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1916,
1932;
U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 9th District, 1917-21; Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1921-25; Governor of
Massachusetts, 1925-29; candidate for Republican nomination for
Vice President, 1932.
Baptist.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Freemasons;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias.
Died April
30, 1958 (age 80 years, 62
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at East
Cemetery, Rye Beach, Rye, N.H.
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Fletcher Hale (1883-1931) —
of Laconia, Belknap
County, N.H.
Born in Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, January
22, 1883.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1918; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 1st District, 1925-31; died in
office 1931.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; American Bar
Association.
Died in the Brooklyn Naval Hospital,
Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., October
22, 1931 (age 48 years, 273
days).
Interment at Union
Cemetery, Laconia, N.H.
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Howard Hutchins Hamlin (b. 1902) —
also known as Howard H. Hamlin —
of Claremont, Sullivan
County, N.H.; North Charlestown, Charlestown, Sullivan
County, N.H.
Born in Charlestown, Sullivan
County, N.H., May 23,
1902.
Republican. Lawyer; pastor; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1930; member of
New
Hampshire state senate, 1937-39; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 2nd District, 1938; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention from
Charlestown, 1948.
Methodist.
Member, Elks; Odd
Fellows; Freemasons;
Grange.
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph Oliva Huot (1917-1983) —
also known as J. Oliva Huot —
of Laconia, Belknap
County, N.H.
Born in Laconia, Belknap
County, N.H., August
11, 1917.
Democrat. Mayor
of Laconia, N.H., 1959-63; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 1st District, 1965-67;
defeated, 1966; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
Hampshire, 1972.
Catholic.
Member, Kiwanis;
Knights
of Columbus; Elks; Moose.
Died in Laconia, Belknap
County, N.H., August
5, 1983 (age 65 years, 359
days).
Interment at Sacred
Heart Cemetery, Laconia, N.H.
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Alexander Kazakis (b. 1919) —
of Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H., February
9, 1919.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention from Manchester
5th Ward, 1948; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1949.
Member, American
Legion; Elks.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Kazakis and Alice (Pappas) Kazakis. |
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John William King (1918-1996) —
also known as John W. King —
of Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H.; Goffstown, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H., October
10, 1918.
Democrat. Member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1954-62; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention from Manchester
10th Ward, 1956; Governor of
New Hampshire, 1963-69; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1968; superior court judge in New
Hampshire, 1969-79; justice of
New Hampshire state supreme court, 1979-81; chief
justice of New Hampshire state supreme court, 1981-86.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Knights
of Columbus; Elks; Eagles;
Moose.
Started the first
modern state lottery in 1963.
Died, of heart
trouble, at a nursing
home in Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H., October
9, 1996 (age 77 years, 365
days).
Interment at New
St. Joseph's Cemetery, Bedford, N.H.
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Albert D. Leahy (1903-1994) —
of Claremont, Sullivan
County, N.H.
Born in Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H., March 3,
1903.
Delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention from Claremont
2nd Ward, 1948.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Elks; Rotary.
Died, in a nursing
home at Unity, Sullivan
County, N.H., March 1,
1994 (age 90 years, 363
days).
Interment at Union
Cemetery, Claremont, N.H.
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Robert Charles Murchie (b. 1885) —
also known as Robert C. Murchie —
of Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H.
Born in Creetown, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland,
January
22, 1885.
Democrat. Lawyer; law
partner of Henry
F. Hollis; member of New Hampshire
Democratic State Committee, 1912-17; Merrimack
County Solicitor, 1913-17; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New Hampshire, 1916,
1920,
1924,
1932,
1936
(alternate), 1940,
1944;
member of Democratic
National Committee from New Hampshire, 1916-21; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1917; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1926; delegate
to New Hampshire convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; New Hampshire
Democratic state chair, 1937-39.
Unitarian.
Scottish
ancestry. Member, Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Murchie and Agnes Janet (Kellie) Murchie; married, June 9,
1920, to Marguerite M. Varick. |
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Sam J. Nahil (1905-1982) —
of Claremont, Sullivan
County, N.H.
Born in Lawrence, Essex
County, Mass., October
3, 1905.
Republican. Barber; real estate
business; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives from Claremont 2nd Ward,
1951-67.
Catholic.
Member, Elks.
Died in October, 1982
(age about
76 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Endicott Peabody (1920-1997) —
also known as "Chub" —
of Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Washington,
D.C.; Hollis, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Lawrence, Essex
County, Mass., February
15, 1920.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
Governor's Council 3rd District, 1955-56; candidate for Massachusetts
state attorney general, 1956, 1958; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1960,
1964,
1968;
Governor
of Massachusetts, 1963-65; defeated, 1960; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1966; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1986.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; American
Legion; Elks.
Died, from leukemia,
in Hollis, Hillsborough
County, N.H., December
1, 1997 (age 77 years, 289
days).
Interment at Town
Cemetery, Groton, Mass.
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Walter Rutherford Peterson (1922-2011) —
also known as Walter Peterson —
of Peterborough, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Nashua, Hillsborough
County, N.H., September
19, 1922.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1961-69; Speaker of
the New Hampshire State House of Representatives, 1965-69; Governor of
New Hampshire, 1969-73; president,
Franklin Pierce College; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New Hampshire, 1988
(alternate), 2008.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Grange;
Lions;
Elks; Eagles.
Died, from lung
cancer, in Peterborough, Hillsborough
County, N.H., June 1,
2011 (age 88 years, 255
days).
Interment at Pine
Hill Cemetery, Peterborough, N.H.
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John Langdon Rand (1861-1942) —
also known as John L. Rand —
of Baker City, Baker
County, Ore.
Born in Portsmouth, Rockingham
County, N.H., October
28, 1861.
Republican. Lawyer;
attorney for railroad,
lumber,
and mining
companies; member of Oregon
state senate, 1903-06; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Oregon, 1920;
justice
of Oregon state supreme court, 1921-42; died in office 1942; chief
justice of Oregon state supreme court, 1927-29, 1933-35, 1939-41.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Salem, Marion
County, Ore., November
19, 1942 (age 81 years, 22
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Baker City, Ore.
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Relatives: Son
of John Sullivan Rand and Elvira Wallace (Odiorne) Rand; married to
Edith Gonzaga Packwood; father of Irving
Rand. |
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memorial |
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William Nathaniel Rogers (1892-1945) —
also known as William N. Rogers —
of Wakefield, Carroll
County, N.H.
Born in Sanbornville, Wakefield, Carroll
County, N.H., January
10, 1892.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1917, 1919, 1921; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 1st District, 1923-25, 1932-37;
defeated, 1918, 1924; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1936.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Kappa Psi; Phi
Alpha Delta; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Died in Wolfeboro, Carroll
County, N.H., September
25, 1945 (age 53 years, 258
days).
Interment at Lovell
Lake Cemetery, Sanbornville, Wakefield, N.H.
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George H. Stowell (1835-1915) —
of Claremont, Sullivan
County, N.H.
Born in Cornish, Sullivan
County, N.H., October
28, 1835.
Republican. Member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1871, 1874; member of
New
Hampshire state senate 10th District, 1874-76; member of New
Hampshire Governor's Council, 1881-83; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New Hampshire, 1884.
Member, Elks; Freemasons.
Died in Claremont, Sullivan
County, N.H., May 19,
1915 (age 79 years, 203
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Mountain
View Cemetery, Claremont, N.H.
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George W. Tarlson (b. 1904) —
of Laconia, Belknap
County, N.H.
Born in Laconia, Belknap
County, N.H., December
6, 1904.
Republican. Merchant;
president and superintendent, Winniepesaukee Water
Company; director, Lake Port National Bank;
member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives from Laconia 1st Ward,
1937-39, 1941-43, 1947-49; elected New
Hampshire state senate 6th District 1948.
Methodist.
Member, Grange;
Sons
of Union Veterans; Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George W. Tarlson and Mary H. (Avery) Tarlson. |
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