| |  CRAVEN:
See also
Warren
Olney —
Warren
Olney, Jr. —
Craven
Thompson Peyton —
Jennie
Craven Ralston —
William
G. Suzore |
| | Craven,
Bill See William A.
Craven |
| | Craven,
Braxton, Jr. See James Braxton
Craven, Jr. |
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Craven, D. Stewart —
of Salem, Salem
County, N.J.
Democrat. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 1st District, 1912; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1924;
chair
of Salem County Democratic Party, 1927; member of New Jersey
state senate from Salem County, 1936-38.
Burial
location unknown.
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Craven, Darius (b. 1920) —
of Tallmansville, Upshur
County, W.Va.
Born in Tallmansville, Upshur
County, W.Va., December
6, 1920.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; school
teacher; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Upshur County, 1958-60;
appointed 1958.
Methodist.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; National
Education Association; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Still living as of 1960.
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Craven, Gene —
of Kentucky.
Republican. Candidate for Kentucky
state house of representatives 79th District, 1973.
Still living as of 1973.
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Craven, Harold V. —
of Bucks
County, Pa.
Democrat. Candidate for Pennsylvania
state senate 10th District, 1958.
Still living as of 1958.
|
| | Craven, J.
Braxton, Jr. See James Braxton
Craven, Jr. |
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Craven, James Braxton, Jr.
(1918-1977) —
also known as J. Braxton Craven, Jr. —
of North Carolina.
Born in Lenoir, Caldwell
County, N.C., April 3,
1918.
U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of North Carolina,
1961-66; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit, 1966-77.
Member, Order of the
Coif; American
Judicature Society.
Died in 1977
(age about
59 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Craven, James E. —
of Iowa.
Democrat. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Iowa 6th District, 1922.
Burial
location unknown.
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Craven, James J., Jr. —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1964.
Still living as of 1964.
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Craven, James R. —
of Michigan.
Democrat. Candidate in primary for Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1952.
Still living as of 1952.
|
| | Craven,
Jennie See Jennie
Craven Ralston |
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Craven, Joseph Donald —
of Delaware.
Delaware
state attorney general, 1955-59.
Still living as of 1959.
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Craven, Joseph William
(1854-1913) —
also known as Joseph W. Craven —
of Norwood (now part of Norwood Young America), Carver
County, Minn.
Born in Milford, Penobscot
County, Maine, March 19,
1854.
Democrat. Member of Minnesota
state senate 37th District, 1891-93; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Minnesota, 1904;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Minnesota, 1904, 1910.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Died, of apoplexy (stroke),
with contributory arteriosclerosis,
in Norwood (now part of Norwood Young America), Carver
County, Minn., December
21, 1913 (age 59 years, 277
days).
Interment at Catholic
Church Cemetery, Norwood, Minn.
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Craven, Ronald Talmadge —
of Pleasure Ridge Park, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Republican. Candidate in primary for Kentucky
state house of representatives 28th District, 1973.
Still living as of 1973.
|
| | Craven,
Stewart See D. Stewart
Craven |
| | Craven, T. A.
M. See Tunis Augustus Macdonough
Craven |
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Craven, Thomas David
(1900-1961) —
of Laramie, Albany
County, Wyo.
Born in Chaska, Carver
County, Minn., March 11,
1900.
Merchant;
mayor
of Laramie, Wyo., 1945.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Died, of a pulmonary
embolus, at Kassis Department
Store, Laramie, Albany
County, Wyo., August
14, 1961 (age 61 years, 156
days).
Interment at Green
Hill Cemetery, Laramie, Wyo.
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Craven, Thomas Owen (b.
1905) —
also known as Thomas O. Craven —
of Reno, Washoe
County, Nev.
Born in Rocklin, Placer
County, Calif., August
31, 1905.
Son of Thomas Glenn Craven and Beatrice (Owens) Craven.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Nevada, 1936;
U.S.
Attorney for Nevada, 1942-45.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Elks.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Craven, Tunis Augustus Macdonough (b.
1893) —
also known as T. A. M. Craven —
of Washington,
D.C.; Virginia.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., January
31, 1893.
Son of T. A. Craven and Harriet Baker (Austin) Craven.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; radio engineer;
member, Federal
Communications Commission, 1937-44, 1956-63.
Episcopalian.
Member, Loyal
Legion.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of T. A. Craven and Harriet Baker (Austin) Craven; married, September
25, 1915, to Josephine La Tourette; married 1931 to Emma
Stoner. |
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Craven, William A.
(1921-1999) —
also known as Bill Craven —
of Oceanside, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., June 30,
1921.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;
served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean conflict; member of
California
state assembly, 1973-79; member of California
state senate, 1979-99.
Advocated and won the creation
of a California State University campus at San Marcos, where one of
the main buildings is named for
him.
Died, of congestive
heart failure and complications of diabetes,
at the Villas de Carlsbad Health
Center, Carlsbad, San Diego
County, Calif., July 11,
1999 (age 78 years, 11
days).
Interment at Eternal
Hills, Oceanside, Calif.
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