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Roderick White (c.1816-1856) —
of Olean, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y.
Born about 1816.
Lawyer;
member of New York
state senate 32nd District, 1856; died in office 1856.
Died, from stomach cancer, in Olean, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y., May 26,
1856 (age about 40
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Samuel White (1798-1871) —
of Novi Township (now Novi), Oakland
County, Mich.
Born in 1798.
Farmer;
delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention 5th District, 1835;
supervisor
of Novi Township, Michigan, 1835-36, 1839-40, 1843-45.
Died, of stomach cancer, in Novi, Oakland
County, Mich., January
20, 1871 (age about 72
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Wallace Ross (1828-1889) —
of Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan.
Born in Huron, Erie
County, Ohio, December
25, 1828.
Republican. Delegate to
Kansas state constitutional convention, 1857; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Kansas, 1860;
mayor
of Topeka, Kan., 1865-66.
Died, of stomach cancer, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., June 5,
1889 (age 60 years, 162
days).
Original interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Los Angeles, Calif.; reinterment in 1924 at Hollywood
Forever Cemetery, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Frank McCoppin (1834-1897) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in County Longford, Ireland,
July
4, 1834.
Mayor
of San Francisco, Calif., 1867-69.
Died, of stomach cancer, in San
Francisco, Calif., May 26,
1897 (age 62 years, 326
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John H. Cox (1833-1902) —
of Missouri.
Born in Berkeley
County, Va. (now W.Va.), November
10, 1833.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of
Missouri
state senate, 1864-66.
Methodist.
Died, of stomach cancer, in Trenton, Grundy
County, Mo., August 2,
1902 (age 68 years, 265
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Brookfield, Mo.
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Lewis Wallace (1827-1905) —
also known as Lew Wallace —
of Crawfordsville, Montgomery
County, Ind.
Born in Brookville, Franklin
County, Ind., April 10,
1827.
Son of David
Wallace.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member of
Indiana
state senate, 1857-59; general in the Union Army during the Civil
War; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1870; Governor of
New Mexico Territory, 1878-81; U.S. Minister to Turkey, 1881-85; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Indiana, 1896.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Freemasons.
Author
of Ben-Hur.
Died of stomach cancer at Crawfordsville, Montgomery
County, Ind., February
15, 1905 (age 77 years, 311
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Crawfordsville, Ind.
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Thomas Jefferson Brown (1836-1915) —
also known as Thomas J. Brown —
of Sherman, Grayson
County, Tex.
Born in Jasper
County, Ga., July 24,
1836.
Son of Ervin Brown and Matilda (Burdett) Brown.
Lawyer;
law partner of James
W. Throckmorton and Samuel
A. Roberts; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1889-92; district judge in Texas,
1892; justice of
Texas state supreme court, 1893-1911; chief
justice of Texas state supreme court, 1911-15; died in office
1915.
Died, of stomach cancer, in Greenville, Hunt
County, Tex., May 26,
1915 (age 78 years, 306
days).
Interment at West
Hill Cemetery, Sherman, Tex.
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Lawton Thomas Hemans (1864-1916) —
also known as Lawton T. Hemans —
of Mason, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Collamer, Monroe
County, N.Y., 1864.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer;
mayor of Mason, Mich., 1891; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Ingham County 2nd District,
1901-04; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention 14th District,
1907-08; candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1908, 1910; chairman, Michigan Railroad Commission,
1911-16; candidate in primary for circuit
judge in Michigan 30th Circuit, 1911; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Michigan, 1912.
Died, of stomach cancer, in a sanitarium
at Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich., November
17, 1916 (age about 52
years).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Mason, Mich.
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John Wilson (1849-1918) —
of Henry
County, Ill.; Kearney, Buffalo
County, Neb.
Born in Allegheny
County, Pa., February
21, 1849.
Son of Samuel Wilson and Mary (Owens) Wilson.
Republican. Deputy
sheriff; livery
business; Buffalo
County Sheriff, 1889-92; member of Nebraska
state house of representatives, 1893.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died, of stomach cancer, in Kearney, Buffalo
County, Neb., January
13, 1918 (age 68 years, 326
days).
Interment at Kearney
Cemetery, Kearney, Neb.
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Ellzy Van Buren Buckingham (1839-1922) —
also known as E. V. B. Buckingham —
of Willard, Huron
County, Ohio.
Born in Richmond, Huron
County, Ohio, August
11, 1839.
Son of Ezekel Buckingham (1810-1882) and Catherine Ann (Williams)
Buckingham.
Democrat. Physician;
candidate for Ohio state
house of representatives from Huron County, 1897.
Died, from stomach cancer, in Willard, Huron
County, Ohio, June 5,
1922 (age 82 years, 298
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Ezekel Buckingham (1810-1882) and Catherine Ann (Williams)
Buckingham; married 1886 to Effie
Wilma Pitts (1857-1934); third cousin of Mary E. Buckingham
(1868-1913; who married John
T. Carmody). |
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Heaton Willis Harris (1858-1928) —
also known as Heaton W. Harris —
of Alliance, Stark
County, Ohio.
Born near Alliance, Stark
County, Ohio, April 23,
1858.
Son of Joel G. Harris (1824-1910) and Louisa (Barnaby) Harris
(1835-1912).
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Consul in Mannheim, 1899-1907; Nuremberg, 1907-08; U.S. Consul General in , 1908-12; Frankfort, 1912-17; Stockholm, 1917-18; Havana, 1918-20.
Member, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Died, from stomach cancer, in Alliance, Stark
County, Ohio, July 11,
1928 (age 70 years, 79
days).
Interment at Mt.
Union Cemetery, Alliance, Ohio.
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Relatives:
Married 1889
to Effie Leek. |
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Charles Howard Thomas (1870-1929) —
also known as Charles H. Thomas —
of Hastings, Barry
County, Mich.
Born in Yankee Springs Township, Barry
County, Mich., 1870.
Lawyer;
Barry
County Prosecuting Attorney; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention 15th District,
1907-08.
Member, Maccabees.
Died, of stomach cancer and heart
problems, in Traverse City, Grand
Traverse County, Mich., November
20, 1929 (age about 59
years).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Hastings, Mich.
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Floyd Björnstjerne Olson (1891-1936) —
also known as Floyd B. Olson —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., November
13, 1891.
Governor
of Minnesota, 1931-36; defeated, 1924; died in office 1936.
Died, from stomach cancer, in Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn., August
22, 1936 (age 44 years, 283
days).
Interment at Lakewood
Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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Newbold Morris (1902-1966) —
also known as Augustus Newbold Morris —
of New York City (unknown
county), N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
2, 1902.
Son of Col. Newbold Morris and Helen Schermerhorn (Kingsland) Morris.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1945, 1949 (Republican); New York City
Parks Commissioner, 1960-66.
Died, of stomach cancer, in St. Luke's Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March 31,
1966 (age 64 years, 57
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Robert Beck White (1893-1967) —
also known as Robert B. White —
of Plainville, Hartford
County, Conn.; East Corinth, Corinth, Orange
County, Vt.
Born in East Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., August
14, 1893.
Son of Fred C. White and Hannah Belle (Reese) White.
Republican. Real
estate and insurance
business; farmer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Plainville; elected 1926,
1930.
Died, from cancer of esophagus, in Barre City Hospital,
Barre, Washington
County, Vt., November
25, 1967 (age 74 years, 103
days).
Interment at East
Corinth Cemetery, East Corinth, Corinth, Vt.
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William Henry Bates (1917-1969) —
also known as William H. Bates —
of Salem, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Salem, Essex
County, Mass., April 26,
1917.
Son of George
Joseph Bates and Nora Bates.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 6th District, 1950-69; died in
office 1969.
Died, from stomach cancer, in Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., June 22,
1969 (age 52 years, 57
days).
Interment at St.
Mary's Cemetery, Salem, Mass.
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Winston Lewis Prouty (1906-1971) —
also known as Winston L. Prouty —
of Newport, Orleans
County, Vt.
Born in Newport, Orleans
County, Vt., September
1, 1906.
Son of Willard
Robert Prouty and Margaret (Lockhart) Prouty.
Republican. Member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1941, 1945-47; Speaker of
the Vermont State House of Representatives, 1947; U.S.
Representative from Vermont at-large, 1951-59; U.S.
Senator from Vermont, 1959-71; died in office 1971.
Congregationalist.
Died, of gastric cancer, in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., September
10, 1971 (age 65 years, 9
days).
Interment at Pine
Grove Cemetery, Newport, Vt.
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Robert Bernerd Anderson (1910-1989) —
also known as Robert B. Anderson —
of Texas.
Born in Burleson, Johnson
County, Tex., June 4,
1910.
Son of Robert Lee Anderson and Elizabeth Haskew "Lizzie"
Anderson.
School
teacher; lawyer;
member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1932; Received the Medal
of Freedom in 1955; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1957-61.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Phi
Delta Phi; Order of the
Coif.
Pleaded
guilty in 1987 to charges
of evading
taxes by illegally operating an offshore
bank; sentenced
to jail, house
arrest, and probation;
disbarred
in 1988.
Died, of complications from surgery on cancer of the
esophagus, in New York
Hospital, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., August
14, 1989 (age 79 years, 71
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Marshall G. West (1923-1990) —
of Oceana, Wyoming
County, W.Va.
Born in Guyan, Wyoming
County, W.Va., July 17,
1923.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Wyoming County, 1959-62.
Baptist.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Moose; Lions; Rotary.
Died, of stomach cancer, in Presbyterian Hospital,
Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C., January
10, 1990 (age 66 years, 177
days).
Cremated.
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Walter R. Tucker, Jr. (1924-1990) —
of Compton, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Oklahoma, August
27, 1924.
Dentist;
pastor;
mayor
of Compton, Calif., 1981-90; defeated, 1977; died in office 1990.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, Omega
Psi Phi.
Died, of stomach cancer, October
1, 1990 (age 66 years, 35
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Stephen P. Clark (1923-1996) —
of Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.
Born in 1923.
Mayor
of Miami, Fla., 1967-70, 1993-96; died in office 1996.
Died of stomach cancer, June 4,
1996 (age about 72
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Paul Martin Tymniak (1945-1999) —
of Fairfield, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn., 1945.
Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives 133rd District, 1995-99; died in
office 1999.
Died, of stomach cancer, at Greenwich Hospital,
Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn., July 28,
1999 (age about 54
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Doris Allen (1936-1999) —
of California.
Born in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., May 26,
1936.
Republican. Member of California
state assembly, 1982-95; Speaker of
the California State Assembly, 1995; candidate for California
state senate, 1990.
Female.
Was recalled from
office in 1995 after becoming Speaker with mainly Democratic
support.
Died, of stomach and colon
cancer, at a hospice
in Colorado Springs, El Paso
County, Colo., September
22, 1999 (age 63 years, 119
days).
Interment somewhere
in Cripple Creek, Colo.
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Ann Richards (1933-2006) —
also known as Dorothy Ann Willis —
of Texas.
Born in Lakeview, McLennan
County, Tex., September
1, 1933.
Daughter of Cecil Willis and Iona (Warren) Willis.
Democrat. Travis
County Commissioner, 1976-82; Texas state
treasurer, 1983-91; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Texas, 1988
(speaker);
Governor
of Texas, 1991-95.
Female.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died, of esophageal cancer, in Austin, Travis
County, Tex., September
13, 2006 (age 73 years, 12
days).
Interment at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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Thomas Peter Lantos (1928-2008) —
also known as Tom Lantos; Tamas Peter
Lantos —
of Millbrae, San Mateo
County, Calif.; Hillsborough, San Mateo
County, Calif.; San Mateo, San Mateo
County, Calif.
Born in Budapest, Hungary,
February
1, 1928.
Democrat. University
professor; television
news commentator; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
California, 1976,
1988,
1996,
2000,
2004;
U.S.
Representative from California, 1981-2008 (11th District 1981-93,
12th District 1993-2008); died in office 2008.
Jewish.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Sigma
Alpha Mu.
Arrested
for disorderly conduct in April 2006, while taking part civil
disobedience action to protest
genocide in Darfur, in front of the Sudanese embassy
in Washington, D.C.
Died, of cancer of the esophagus, in Bethesda
Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., February
11, 2008 (age 80 years, 10
days).
Interment at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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