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Abraham Bedford Venable (1758-1811) —
of Virginia.
Born in Prince
Edward County, Va., November
20, 1758.
U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1791-99 (6th District 1791-93, 7th
District 1793-97, at-large 1797-99); U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1803-04.
Perished in a theater
fire in Richmond,
Va., December
26, 1811 (age 53 years, 36
days).
Interment at Monumental
Church, Richmond, Va.
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George William Smith (1762-1811) —
of Virginia.
Born in 1762.
Governor
of Virginia, 1811; died in office 1811.
Killed in a theater
fire in Richmond,
Va., December
26, 1811 (age about 49
years).
Interment at Monumental
Church, Richmond, Va.
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John Pegram (1773-1831) —
of Virginia.
Born in Dinwiddie
County, Va., November
16, 1773.
Member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1797-1801; member of Virginia
state senate, 1804-08; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 19th District, 1818-19.
Lost his life during the burning of a boat on the
Ohio River, April 8,
1831 (age 57 years, 143
days); his remains were never
recovered.
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Josiah Stoddard Johnston (1784-1833) —
also known as Josiah S. Johnston —
of Alexandria, Rapides
Parish, La.
Born in Salisbury, Litchfield
County, Conn., November
24, 1784.
Democrat. Member of Orleans
territorial legislature, 1805; state court judge in Louisiana,
1812; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana at-large, 1821-23; U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1824-33; died in office 1833.
Killed by an explosion on the steamboat
Lioness, on the Red River, in Louisiana, May 19,
1833 (age 48 years, 176
days).
Interment at Rapides
Cemetery, Pineville, La.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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George L. Kinnard (1803-1836) —
of Indiana.
Born in Pennsylvania, 1803.
Democrat. Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1827; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 6th District, 1833-36; died in office
1836.
Died from injuries received in an explosion on the steamer
Flora on the Ohio River, November
26, 1836 (age about 33
years).
Interment at Presbyterian
Burying Ground, Cincinnati, Ohio; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Thomas Walker Gilmer (1802-1844) —
of Virginia.
Born in Gilmerton, Albemarle
County, Va., April 6,
1802.
Lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1829-36, 1838-39; Speaker of
the Virginia State House of Delegates, 1838-39; Governor of
Virginia, 1840-41; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1841-44 (12th District 1841-43, 5th
District 1843-44); U.S.
Secretary of the Navy, 1844; died in office 1844.
Among those killed in the explosion when a cannon accidentally
burst on board
the U.S.S. Princeton, on the Potomac River near Fort
Washington, Prince
George's County, Md., February
28, 1844 (age 41 years, 328
days).
Originally entombed at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment at a
private or family graveyard, Albemarle County, Va.
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Abel Parker Upshur (1790-1844) —
of Virginia.
Born in Northampton
County, Va., June 17,
1790.
Son of Littleton
Upshur.
Member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1812-13, 1824-27; state court judge in
Virginia, 1826-41; delegate to
Virginia state constitutional convention, 1829-30; U.S.
Secretary of the Navy, 1841-43; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1843-44; died in office 1844.
Episcopalian.
Among those killed in the explosion when a cannon accidentally
burst on board
the U.S.S. Princeton, on the Potomac River near Fort
Washington, Prince
George's County, Md., February
28, 1844 (age 53 years, 256
days).
Originally entombed at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; later interred in 1874 at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Virgil Maxcy (1785-1844) —
of Maryland.
Born in Attleboro, Bristol
County, Mass., May 5,
1785.
Son of Levi Maxcy and Ruth (Newell) Maxcy.
Lawyer;
member of Maryland
state executive council, 1815; member of Maryland
state house of delegates; member of Maryland
state senate; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Belgium, 1837-42.
Among those killed in the explosion when a cannon accidentally
burst on board
the U.S.S. Princeton, on the Potomac River near Fort
Washington, Prince
George's County, Md., February
28, 1844 (age 58 years, 299
days).
Originally entombed at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment at a
private or family graveyard, Anne Arundel County, Md.
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Relatives:
Married to Mary Galloway. |
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David Gardiner (1784-1844) —
of New York.
Born in 1784.
Member of New York
state senate 1st District, 1824-27.
Among those killed in the explosion when a cannon accidentally
burst on board
the U.S.S. Princeton, on the Potomac River near Fort
Washington, Prince
George's County, Md., February
28, 1844 (age about 59
years).
Originally entombed at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; later interred at South
End Cemetery, East Hampton, Long Island, N.Y.
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Richard Ellis (1781-1846) —
Born in Virginia, February
14, 1781.
Delegate
to Alabama state constitutional convention, 1819; associate
justice of Alabama state supreme court, 1819; delegate
to Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention from
District of Red River, 1836; signer,
Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836; member of Texas
Republic Senate from District of Red River, 1836-39.
Reportedly "came to his death suddenly by his clothes taking
fire", at his home in Bowie
County, Tex., December
20, 1846 (age 65 years, 309
days).
Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment in
1929 at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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Stephen Allen (1767-1852) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born July 2,
1767.
Mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1821-24; member of New York
state senate 1st District, 1829-32.
Killed when the steamboat
Henry Clay burned and sank,
killing about eighty passengers, in the Lower Hudson
River, next to what is now the Riverdale section of the Bronx, July 28,
1852 (age 85 years, 26
days).
Entombed at New
York City Marble Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.
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Alexander Anderson (c.1812-1855) —
of California.
Born about 1812.
Member of California
state senate, 1852; justice of
California state supreme court, 1852-53.
Killed by the explosion of the river
steamer Pearl, January
27, 1855 (age about 43
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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John B. Macy (1799-1856) —
of Wisconsin.
Born in Nantucket, Nantucket
County, Mass., March 25,
1799.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 3rd District, 1853-55.
Lost his life in the burning of the steamer
Niagara, on Lake
Michigan, near Port Washington, Wisconsin, September
24, 1856 (age 57 years, 183
days); his remains were not
found.
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Stephen Clarendon Phillips (1801-1857) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Salem, Essex
County, Mass., November
4, 1801.
Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1824-29; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1830; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 2nd District, 1834-38; mayor of
Salem, Mass., 1838-42; Free Soil candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1848, 1849.
Perished in the burning of the steamer
Montreal on the St. Lawrence River in Canada,
June
26, 1857 (age 55 years, 234
days); his remains were never
recovered.
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Charles Tillinghast James (1805-1862) —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in West Greenwich Center, West Greenwich, Kent
County, R.I., September
15, 1805.
U.S.
Senator from Rhode Island, 1851-57.
Died of wounds that he received from the accidental
explosion of a cannon
shell of his own manufacture, with which he was experimenting, at
Sag Harbor, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., October
17, 1862 (age 57 years, 32
days).
Interment at Swan
Point Cemetery, Providence, R.I.
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William Cannon (1809-1865) —
of Bridgeville, Sussex
County, Del.
Born near Bridgeville, Sussex
County, Del., March 15,
1809.
Governor
of Delaware, 1863-65; died in office 1865.
Methodist.
Became ill helping to put out a fire, and subsequently died,
in Bridgeville, Sussex
County, Del., March 1,
1865 (age 55 years, 351
days).
Interment at Bridgeville
Cemetery, Bridgeville, Del.
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James B. Blake (1827-1870) —
of Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born June 19,
1827.
Mayor
of Worcester, Mass., 1866-70; died in office 1870.
Injured in a gas-works explosion, and died a few days later,
in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., December
18, 1870 (age 43 years, 182
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Matthew Fenton (1808-1871) —
also known as William M. Fenton —
of Fenton, Genesee
County, Mich.; Flint, Genesee
County, Mich.
Born in Norwich, Chenango
County, N.Y., December
19, 1808.
Son of Joseph Seneca Fenton (1781-1851) and Sarah (Thompson) Fenton
(1783-1845).
Democrat. Merchant;
lawyer;
member of Michigan
state senate 6th District, 1846-47; Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1848-51; mayor of
Flint, Mich., 1858-59; served in the Union Army during the Civil
War; candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1864.
Injured while fire-fighting, and subsequently died, in Flint,
Genesee
County, Mich., May 12,
1871 (age 62 years, 144
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Flint, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Seneca Fenton (1781-1851) and Sarah (Thompson) Fenton
(1783-1845); married 1835 to
Adelaide Birdsall (1812-1868); second cousin thrice removed of Walter
Samuel Fenton. |
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Thomas Howell Crawford (1803-1871) —
also known as Thomas H. Crawford —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Rockbridge
County, Va., March 1,
1803.
Real
estate agent; mayor
of Louisville, Ky., 1859-61; defeated (Union), 1863; banker.
Died as a result of a gas explosion at his home, in
Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., June 17,
1871 (age 68 years, 108
days).
Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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Joseph I. Stein (d. 1880) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 20th District, 1877.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Killed in the wreck of the
steamboat Seawanhaka, which burned and sank in
the East
River, June 28,
1880.
Interment at Linden
Hill Cemetery, Ridgewood, Queens, N.Y.
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A. C. Rand (1832-1885) —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., December
31, 1832.
Republican. Mayor
of Minneapolis, Minn., 1878-82.
Drowned
in a boat
explosion on Lake Minnetonka, July 12,
1885 (age 52 years, 193
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Adams (1845-1895) —
also known as Karl Adam Schwanbeck —
of Colorado Springs, El Paso
County, Colo.
Born in Pomerania, Germany,
December
19, 1845.
Son of Karl Heinrich Schwanbeck and Maria J. (Markman) Schwanbeck.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Minister to Bolivia, 1880-82.
Killed in the disaster at the Gumry Hotel,
when a boiler explosion caused most of the building to collapse
and burn, killing 22 people, in Denver,
Colo., August
19, 1895 (age 49 years, 243
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Frank Steunenberg (1861-1905) —
of Caldwell, Canyon
County, Idaho.
Born in Keokuk, Lee
County, Iowa, August 8,
1861.
Governor
of Idaho, 1897-1901.
Murdered
by a bomb wired to his front yard gate, in Caldwell, Canyon
County, Idaho, December
30, 1905 (age 44 years, 144
days).
Interment at Canyon
Hill Cemetery, Caldwell, Idaho; statue at State
Capitol Grounds, Boise, Idaho.
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David Albaugh DeArmond (1844-1909) —
also known as David A. DeArmond —
of Greenfield, Dade
County, Mo.; Butler, Bates
County, Mo.
Born in Altoona, Blair
County, Pa., March 18,
1844.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Missouri
state senate, 1879-83; Presidential Elector for Missouri, 1884;
circuit judge in Missouri, 1886-90; U.S.
Representative from Missouri, 1891-1909 (12th District 1891-93,
6th District 1893-1909); died in office 1909.
Killed in a house fire, Butler, Bates
County, Mo., November
23, 1909 (age 65 years, 250
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Butler, Mo.
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James Milton Turner (1840-1915) —
also known as J. Milton Turner —
Born in slavery
in St.
Louis, Mo., 1840.
U.S. Minister to Liberia, 1871-78; stabbed
in the chest by George W. Medley, in St. Louis, October 9, 1872.
African
ancestry.
Died, as the result of a railroad
tank car explosion, in Ardmore, Carter
County, Okla., 1915
(age about
75 years).
Interment at Father
Dickson's Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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John Thomas Fancher (1891-1928) —
also known as Jack T. Fancher —
of Washington.
Born in Manila (now Espanola), Spokane
County, Wash., May 13,
1891.
Son of John
Abbot Fancher and Nellie (Thompson) Fancher (1860-1921).
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Corps in World War I;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Washington 5th District, 1926.
Wounded by the premature explosion of a bomb was destroying,
in an empty field at the newly-opened Wenatchee airport,
and died soon after in the hospital
at Wenatchee, Chelan
County, Wash., April 30,
1928 (age 36 years, 353
days).
Interment at Riverside
Memorial Park, Spokane, Wash.
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Truman A. Potter (1871-1931) —
also known as T. A. Potter —
of Britt, Hancock
County, Iowa; Mason City, Cerro Gordo
County, Iowa.
Born in Lawler, Chickasaw
County, Iowa, February, 1871.
Son of Stephen Addison Potter (1841-1887) and Ann Louisa (Seeber)
Potter (1845-1915).
Republican. Real estate
business; delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa,
1912.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Killed in a fire which destroyed his home, in Mason City, Cerro Gordo
County, Iowa, March 6,
1931 (age 60 years, 0
days).
Interment somewhere
in Waucoma, Iowa.
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D. Knox Hanna (d. 1934) —
of Tuscola
County, Mich.
Republican. Tuscola
County Sheriff, 1911-14; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Tuscola County, 1933-34; died
in office 1934.
Killed in the Kerns Hotel
fire, Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., December
13, 1934.
Burial
location unknown.
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Carl Frederick Zeidler (1908-1942) —
also known as Carl Zeidler; "Singing Mayor";
"Boy Mayor" —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., January
4, 1908.
Mayor
of Milwaukee, Wis., 1940-42; resigned 1942; served in the U.S.
Navy during World War II.
Carl Zeidler Park, in downtown Milwaukee, is named for
him.
Killed
when the munitions ship La
Salle was struck by torpedos, exploded, and sank,
about 350 miles southeast of the Cape of Good Hope, in the Indian
Ocean, November
7, 1942 (age 34 years, 307
days); his remains were never
found.
Cenotaph at Forest
Home Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wis.
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Joseph Patrick Kennedy, Jr. (1915-1944) —
also known as Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. —
of Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in 1915.
Son of Joseph
Patrick Kennedy, Sr..
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1940;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II.
Catholic.
Killed
when his Liberator bomber
exploded, over the English
Channel, August
12, 1944 (age about 29
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Allison De France Gibbs (1868-1945) —
also known as Allison D. Gibbs —
Born in Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn., April 3,
1868.
Son of Charles W. Gibbs (1840-1915) and Albina Stanhope (De France)
Gibbs (1847-1887).
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Philippine
Islands, 1920.
While a prisoner
of the Japanese during World War II, was killed
by Allied bombing of the hospital
where he was held, in Baguio, Benguet Province, Philippines,
March
15, 1945 (age 76 years, 346
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Mt.
Olivet Columbarium, Colma, Calif.
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William Tudor Gardiner (1892-1953) —
of Gardiner, Kennebec
County, Maine.
Born in Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass., June 12,
1892.
Son of Robert Hallowell Gardiner (died 1924) and Alice (Bangs)
Gardiner.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1921-26; Speaker of
the Maine State House of Representatives, 1925-26; Governor of
Maine, 1929-33; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Maine, 1932;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; he and Gen. Maxwell
Taylor landed in Italy in 1943, before the American invasion,
traveled to Rome undetected, and held a conference with the Italian
High Command, obtaining information helpful to the Allies.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Military
Order of the World Wars; Sons
of Union Veterans; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; Grange; American Bar
Association.
Killed when his Beechcraft Bonanza airplane exploded in
midair, and crashed
in Schnecksville, Lehigh
County, Pa., August 2,
1953 (age 61 years, 51
days).
Interment at Christ
Church Cemetery, Gardiner, Maine.
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Edward E. Chase (d. 1953) —
of Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Delegate
to Maine convention to ratify 21st amendment from Cumberland
County, 1933; member of Maine
state house of representatives; member of Maine
state senate, 1953; died in office 1953.
Killed in an airplane explosion and crash,
along with former Governor William
Tudor Gardiner, in Schnecksville, Lehigh
County, Pa., August 2,
1953.
Burial
location unknown.
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Harvey L. Schwamm (c.1905-1958) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Riverdale, Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born about 1905.
Republican. Real estate
broker; banker;
candidate for New York
state senate 15th District, 1938, 1940; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1940;
major in the U.S. Army during World War II; Presidential Elector for
New York, 1952,
1956.
Jewish.
Killed when a Northeast Airlines plane, landing in heavy
fog, crashed
and burned, about 300 yards short of the airport
runway, in Nantucket, Nantucket
County, Mass., August
15, 1958 (age about 53
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1924
to Lillian Tverskoi (died 1958). |
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Gordon Evans Dean (1905-1958) —
also known as Gordon E. Dean —
Born in Seattle, King
County, Wash., December
28, 1905.
Son of Rev. John Marvin Dean.
Newspaper
reporter; lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; law
professor; member, U.S.
Atomic Energy Commission, 1949-53; chair, U.S. Atomic Energy
Commission, 1950-53.
Killed when a Northeast Airlines plane, landing in heavy
fog, crashed
and burned, about 300 yards short of the airport
runway, in Nantucket, Nantucket
County, Mass., August
15, 1958 (age 52 years, 230
days).
Interment at Fort
Lincoln Cemetery, Brentwood, Md.
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Donald Grant Nutter (1915-1962) —
also known as Donald G. Nutter —
of Montana.
Born November
28, 1915.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer; Montana
Republican state chair, 1958-60; Governor of
Montana, 1961-62; died in office 1962.
En route from Helena to Cut Bank, he was killed, along with five
others, when the twin-engine C-47 plane crashed
into a mountain and burned, during a snowstorm,
near Wolf Creek, Lewis and
Clark County, Mont., January
25, 1962 (age 46 years, 58
days).
Interment at Sidney
City Cemetery, Sidney, Mont.
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Harry Hines Woodring (1890-1967) —
also known as Harry H. Woodring —
of Neodesha, Wilson
County, Kan.; Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan.
Born in Elk City, Montgomery
County, Kan., May 31,
1890.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Governor of
Kansas, 1931-33; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Kansas, 1936,
1940,
1948;
U.S.
Secretary of War, 1936-40.
Congregationalist.
Member, American
Legion.
Suffered a stroke
while recovering from burns, and died in Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan., September
9, 1967 (age 77 years, 101
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Topeka, Kan.
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James Vernon Smith (1926-1973) —
of Oklahoma.
Born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla., July 23,
1926.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma 6th District, 1967-69.
Died in a wheat field fire at his farm, near Chickasha, Grady
County, Okla., June 23,
1973 (age 46 years, 335
days).
Interment at Fairlawn
Cemetery, Chickasha, Okla.
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Dutton Brookfield (d. 1979) —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Republican. Kansas City police
commissioner; candidate for Presidential Elector for Missouri, 1964.
Died, from injuries suffered in a house fire, 1979.
Burial
location unknown.
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Arnold Lewis Raphel (1943-1988) —
also known as Arnold L. Raphel —
of New Jersey.
Born in 1943.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan, 1987-88, died in office 1988.
Killed when a plane in
which he was a passenger was blown up in midair by terrorists,
near Bahawalpur, Pakistan,
August
17, 1988 (age about 45
years).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Robert C. Frasure (1942-1995) —
of Falls
Church, Va.
Born in Morgantown, Monongalia
County, W.Va., April 20,
1942.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to Estonia, 1992-94.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Killed when the vehicle he was riding in plunged
down a ravine and exploded, on Mount Igman, near Sarajevo,
Bosnia
and Herzegovina, August
19, 1995 (age 53 years, 121
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Jasper Baxter (1957-2001) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born January
28, 1957.
Democrat. Candidate in primary for Pennsylvania
state house of representatives 186th District, 1986.
African
ancestry.
Was conducting a seminar on the 93rd floor of 2 World Trade Center,
when an airliner hijacked by terrorists was deliberately
crashed
into the building, causing an explosion, fire, and collapse
of the structure, killing almost 3,000, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
11, 2001 (age 44 years, 226
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Jay Gordon (1930-2007) —
of Montpelier, Washington
County, Vt.
Born October
10, 1930.
Democrat. Accountant;
Vermont
state auditor of accounts, 1965-68; university
professor.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Moose;
Elks; American
Legion.
Killed, along with his wife, in a house fire, in Montpelier,
Washington
County, Vt., December
4, 2007 (age 77 years, 55
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Joan Plumpton. |
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