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Thomas J. R. Swafford (d. 1884) —
Democrat. Member of Tennessee
state senate, 1884; died in office 1884; shot
through his arm by Jeff Dibrell, brother of George
G. Dibrell; injured
in several other gun and knife fights, in one of which he wounded two
attackers and accidentally killed his father-in-law.
Shot
and killed
during an armed confrontation with Monroe Hudson, shopkeeper, who had
ordered him to leave his store, in Sparta, White
County, Tenn., October
17, 1884.
Burial
location unknown.
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James Henderson Hargis (1862-1908) —
also known as James H. Hargis; "Big
Jim" —
of Jackson, Breathitt
County, Ky.
Born in Jackson, Breathitt
County, Ky., October
13, 1862.
Son of John
Seldon Hargis.
Democrat. County judge in Kentucky; member of Kentucky
Democratic State Central Committee, 1899-1907.
Tried
and acquitted for the 1902-03 murders
of J.
B. Marcum and two others, but found liable for plotting
the killings in a 1904 civil suit for money damages by surviving
family members.
Shot
and killed by
his son, Beech Hargis, in the Hargis Brothers general store,
Jackson, Breathitt
County, Ky., February
6, 1908 (age 45 years, 116
days).
Interment at Hargis
Family Cemetery, Jackson, Ky.
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Alfred James Brown (1856-1913) —
of Colorado.
Born in Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y., March 23,
1856.
Son of David Brown.
Physician;
druggist;
member of Colorado state legislature.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died, of cerebral
apoplexy, at his drugstore in Higbee, Randolph
County, Mo., February
17, 1913 (age 56 years, 331
days).
Interment at Eel
River Cemetery, Columbia City, Ind.
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Franklin Swift Billings (1862-1935) —
also known as Franklin S. Billings —
of Woodstock, Windsor
County, Vt.
Born in New Bedford, Bristol
County, Mass., May 11,
1862.
Son of Franklin Noble Billings and Nancy (Swift) Billings.
Republican. Member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1910-12, 1910, 1921-23; Speaker of
the Vermont State House of Representatives, 1921-23; Lieutenant
Governor of Vermont, 1923-25; Governor of
Vermont, 1925-27; delegate to
Vermont convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Episcopalian.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Joseph Carbino's repair shop, Woodstock, Windsor
County, Vt., January
16, 1935 (age 72 years, 250
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Peter A. Abeles (1886-1952) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Oltenitza, Romania,
February
15, 1886.
Son of Aron Abeles and Rebecca (Isser) Abeles.
Republican. Lawyer; accountant;
member of New York
state senate 22nd District, 1919-20; defeated, 1922; magistrate.
Jewish.
Member, B'nai
B'rith; Freemasons.
Died, apparently of a heart
attack, in a stationery store on Eighth Avenue, Manhattan,
New York
County, N.Y., September
12, 1952 (age 66 years, 210
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Loring Milton Black, Jr. (1886-1956) —
also known as Loring M. Black, Jr.; "The Kid
Senator" —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 17,
1886.
Son of Loring M. Black (c.1855-1927) and Elizabeth Black
(c.1856-1935).
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state senate, 1911-12, 1919-20 (4th District 1911-12, 6th
District 1919-20); defeated, 1920; U.S.
Representative from New York 5th District, 1923-35; candidate in
primary for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1933.
One of the leaders of the "wet bloc" in Congress, which opposed
Prohibition.
Died from a heart
attack, in a drugstore at Washington,
D.C., May 21,
1956 (age 70 years, 4
days).
Interment at Fort
Lincoln Cemetery, Brentwood, Md.
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Abraham Lefkowitz (1884-1956) —
of Forest Hills, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Revisch, Hungary,
1884.
School
teacher and principal; Farmer-Labor candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 13th District, 1922; among the founders and
a vice-president
of the American Federation of Teachers; fought against Communists in
the union.
Member, Urban
League; American
Federation of Teachers.
Collapsed and died in a barber shop, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
7, 1956 (age about 72
years).
Interment somewhere
in Queens, N.Y.
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Thomas David Craven (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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Gilbert J. DiNello (1935-1996) —
of East Detroit (now Eastpointe), Macomb
County, Mich.; Clinton Township, Macomb
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., February
28, 1935.
Real
estate broker; member of Michigan
state house of representatives 73rd District, 1973-78; member of
Michigan
state senate 36th District, 1979-94; defeated (Republican), 1994;
candidate in Republican primary for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 10th District, 1996.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Eagles; Lions.
Died of a heart
attack, on an escalator
at the Somerset Mall shopping center, Troy, Oakland
County, Mich., 1996
(age about
61 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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