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William Tait (d. 1816) —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Mayor
of Nashville, Tenn., 1811-13.
Died, of "cold plague" (perhaps influenza), February
3, 1816.
Burial
location unknown.
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James Daly (1843-1892) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Ireland,
1843.
Democrat. Member of New York
state assembly from New York County 14th District, 1874-75, 1878;
member of New York
state senate 7th District, 1882-87.
Died, of grippe and heart
failure, in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March 20,
1892 (age about 48
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Louis O'Sullivan (1813-1895) —
also known as John L. O'Sullivan —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born, of American parents, in the North
Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Gibraltar, November
15, 1813.
Democrat. Member of New York
state assembly, 1841-42; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1844;
U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Portugal, 1854; U.S. Minister to Portugal, 1854-58.
Episcopalian;
later Catholic.
Cofounder and editor of The United States Magazine
and Democratic Review, a journal that published the works of
Emerson, Hawthorne and Whitman, as well as political essays on
Jacksonian Democracy, 1837-46. Early advocate in 1840s for abolition
of the death penalty. Invented the term "manifest destiny" to explain
and justify the westward expansion of the United States. Took part in
the failed expedition of Narcisco Lopez to take Cuba from Spanish
rule; as a result, was charged
in federal court in New York with violation
of the Neutrality Act; tried and
acquitted in March 1852.
Died, of influenza and the effects of an earlier stroke, in
a residential hotel in
New York, New York
County, N.Y., March 24,
1895 (age 81 years, 129
days).
Interment at Moravian
Cemetery, New Dorp, Staten Island, N.Y.
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Francis Channing Barlow (1834-1896) —
also known as Francis C. Barlow; "The Boy
General" —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., October
19, 1834.
Son of David Hatch Barlow and Almira (Penniman) Barlow.
Republican. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; secretary of
state of New York, 1866-67; New York
state attorney general, 1872-73.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died, from "the grip" (influenza), in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
11, 1896 (age 61 years, 84
days).
Interment at Walnut
Street Cemetery, Brookline, Mass.
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James Ronald Chalmers (1831-1898) —
also known as James R. Chalmers —
of Vicksburg, Warren
County, Miss.
Born near Lynchburg, Halifax
County, Va., January
12, 1831.
Son of Joseph
Williams Chalmers.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Mississippi, 1852;
delegate
to Mississippi secession convention, 1861; general in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of Mississippi
state senate, 1876-77; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi, 1877-82, 1884-85 (6th District
1877-82, 2nd District 1884-85).
Died, from complications of the grippe, in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., April 9,
1898 (age 67 years, 87
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Memphis, Tenn.
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William Joshua Allen (1829-1901) —
also known as William J. Allen —
of Metropolis, Massac
County, Ill.; Marion, Williamson
County, Ill.; Cairo, Alexander
County, Ill.; Carbondale, Jackson
County, Ill.
Born in Wilson
County, Tenn., June 9,
1829.
Son of Willis
Allen.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Illinois
state senate, 1855; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, 1855-59; circuit
judge in Illinois 26th Circuit, 1859-61; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Illinois, 1860,
1864,
1868,
1872,
1876,
1880,
1884;
delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention Williamson and
Johnson counties, 1862; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1862-65 (9th District 1862-63, 13th
District 1863-65); delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention 1st District,
1869-70; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of Illinois, 1887-1901;
died in office 1901.
Died, of "grippe" (influenza), in Hot Springs, Garland
County, Ark., January
26, 1901 (age 71 years, 231
days).
Interment at Oak
Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Ill.
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George Augustus Vare (1859-1908) —
also known as George A. Vare —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., February
7, 1859.
Son of Augustus Vare and Abigail (Stites) Vare.
Republican. Contractor;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1892-96; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 1st District, 1897-1908; died in office 1908;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1904.
Died, from pneumonia
and influenza, in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., February
28, 1908 (age 49 years, 21
days).
Entombed at West
Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pa.
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Richard M. Stadden (1856-1918) —
Born in Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill., May 27,
1856.
Civil
engineer and contractor
on railways
and harbor
projects in the U.S. and Mexico; Hawaiian consul at Manzanillo,
1886-87; U.S. Consul in Manzanillo, 1886-87; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Manzanillo, 1906-14; U.S. Vice Consul in Manzanillo, 1916-17.
Died, of influenza, 1918
(age about
62 years).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Oakland, Calif.
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Willis Duff Piercy (1874-1918) —
also known as W. Duff Piercy —
of Mt. Vernon, Jefferson
County, Ill.
Born in 1874.
Democrat. Member of Illinois
state senate; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Illinois, 1916.
Died, of influenza, November
11, 1918 (age about 44
years).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Mt. Vernon, Ill.
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John Cosgrove (1839-1925) —
of Boonville, Cooper
County, Mo.
Born near Alexandria, Jefferson
County, N.Y., September
12, 1839.
Son of James Cosgrove.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 6th District, 1883-85.
Died, from acute
nephritis and influenza, in Boonville, Cooper
County, Mo., August
15, 1925 (age 85 years, 337
days).
Interment at Walnut
Grove Cemetery, Boonville, Mo.
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Charles Henderson Windham (1871-1932) —
also known as Charles H. Windham; "Father of Long
Beach Harbor" —
of Long Beach, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born near McMinnville, Warren
County, Tenn., 1871.
Republican. Mayor
of Long Beach, Calif., 1908-12; delegate to Republican National
Convention from California, 1912.
Died, from complications of an influenza type illness, April 11,
1932 (age about 60
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Edward McMath Beers (1877-1932) —
also known as Edward M. Beers —
of Mt. Union, Huntingdon
County, Pa.
Born in Nossville, Huntingdon
County, Pa., May 27,
1877.
Son of Anderson Beers and Mary E. Beers.
Republican. Farmer;
director Grange Trust
Company, Huntingdon, Pa.; director, First National Bank, Mt.
Union, Pa.; mayor of Mt. Union, Pa., 1910-14; county judge in
Pennsylvania, 1914-23; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 18th District, 1923-32; died in
office 1932.
Methodist.
Died, of influenza, in the Naval Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., April 21,
1932 (age 54 years, 330
days).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Mt. Union, Pa.
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Gilbert Nelson Haugen (1859-1933) —
also known as Gilbert N. Haugen —
of Northwood, Worth
County, Iowa.
Born near Orfordville, Rock
County, Wis., April 21,
1859.
Republican. Member of Iowa state
house of representatives, 1894; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 4th District, 1899-1933; defeated, 1932.
Died, of influenza and heart
disease, in Northwood, Worth
County, Iowa, July 18,
1933 (age 74 years, 88
days).
Interment at Sunset
Rest Cemetery, Northwood, Iowa.
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John M. Tierney (1860-1936) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
14, 1860.
Son of Launcelot J. Tierney and Elizabeth (Welch) Tierney.
Democrat. Lawyer;
general counsel, Union Railway
Company, 1893; municipal judge in New York, 1898-1915; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1916-29.
Catholic.
Member, Tammany
Hall; Knights
of Columbus; Elks.
Died, from "grip" (influenza), in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., February
20, 1936 (age 75 years, 129
days).
Interment at St.
Raymond's Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Abram Piatt Andrew, Jr. (1873-1936) —
also known as A. Piatt Andrew, Jr. —
of Gloucester, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in LaPorte, LaPorte
County, Ind., February
12, 1873.
Son of Abram Piatt Andrew and Helen (Merrell) Andrew.
Republican. Director, U.S. Mint, 1909; U.S. Assistant Secretary of
the Treasury, 1910-12; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I;
U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 6th District, 1921-36; died in
office 1936; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1924,
1928.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Military
Order of the World Wars; American
Economic Association.
Died, from influenza and arteriosclerosis,
in Gloucester, Essex
County, Mass., June 3,
1936 (age 63 years, 112
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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George Henry Dern (1872-1936) —
also known as George H. Dern —
of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born in Dodge
County, Neb., September
8, 1872.
Son of John Dern and Elizabeth (Dern) Dern.
Democrat. General Manager of the Mercur Gold Mining and
Milling Company; joint inventor,
with Theodore P. Holt, of the Holt-Dern ore roaster; member of Utah state
senate, 1915-23; Governor of
Utah, 1925-33; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1933-36; died in office 1936; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Utah, 1936.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, in a hospital,
of influenza and kidney
failure, August
27, 1936 (age 63 years, 354
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah.
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John Francis Dore (1881-1938) —
also known as John F. Dore —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Charlestown, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., December
11, 1881.
Son of John F. Dore and Mary E. (Hudson) Dore.
Newspaper
work; lawyer; mayor of
Seattle, Wash., 1932-34, 1936-38.
Died, from complications of pneumonia
and influenza, Seattle, King
County, Wash., April 18,
1938 (age 56 years, 128
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Seattle, Wash.
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James Theodore Ronald (1855-1950) —
also known as James T. Ronald —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Caledonia, Washington
County, Mo., April 8,
1855.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer; mayor of
Seattle, Wash., 1892-94; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Washington at-large, 1900; superior court
judge in Washington, 1909-49.
Died, from influenza, in Seattle, King
County, Wash., December
27, 1950 (age 95 years, 263
days).
Interment at Evergreen-Washelli
Memorial Park, Seattle, Wash.
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Allen Welsh Dulles (1893-1969) —
also known as Allen W. Dulles;
"Spymaster" —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y., April 7,
1893.
Son of Allen Macy Dulles and Edith (Foster) Dulles.
Republican. Foreign Service officer; lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1940;
director, U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, 1953-61; member, President's Commission
on the Assassination of President KNDY, 1963-64.
Presbyterian.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died, from influenza and pneumonia,
in Georgetown University Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., January
28, 1969 (age 75 years, 296
days).
Interment at Green
Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
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