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Sveinbjorn Johnson (1883-1946) —
of Grand Forks, Grand Forks
County, N.Dak.; Champaign, Champaign
County, Ill.
Born in Holum, Hjaltadal, Iceland,
July
10, 1883.
Son of John Johnson and Gudbjorg Johnson.
Democrat. Lawyer; North Dakota
Democratic state chair, 1920-22; North
Dakota state attorney general, 1921-22; justice of
North Dakota state supreme court, 1923-26; resigned 1926;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,
1936;
candidate for Illinois
state attorney general, 1944.
Lutheran.
Icelandic
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Sigma Rho; Phi
Delta Theta; Gamma
Eta Gamma; Pi Gamma
Mu; Freemasons;
Kiwanis.
Died in Champaign, Champaign
County, Ill., March 10,
1946 (age 62 years, 243
days).
Interment somewhere.
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Frank B. Vennum (1853-1926) —
of Champaign, Champaign
County, Ill.
Born October
12, 1853.
Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1918, 1920.
Died in Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn., November
22, 1926 (age 73 years, 41
days).
Interment somewhere.
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Henriette Esther Slette Johnson (1894-c.1965) —
also known as Esther Henryetta Slette; Mrs. Sveinbjorn
Johnson —
of Grand Forks, Grand Forks
County, N.Dak.; Champaign, Champaign
County, Ill.
Born in Manchester, Freeborn
County, Minn., August
16, 1894.
Democrat. Member of Democratic
National Committee from North Dakota, 1920.
Female.
Died in Champaign, Champaign
County, Ill., about 1965 (age about 71
years).
Interment somewhere.
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William Brown McKinley (1856-1926) —
also known as William B. McKinley —
of Champaign, Champaign
County, Ill.
Born in Petersburg, Menard
County, Ill., September
5, 1856.
Son of George McKinley and Hannah (Finley) McKinley.
Republican. Banker; electric
utility and street
railway executive; University
of Illinois trustee, 1903-05; resigned 1905; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 19th District, 1905-13, 1915-21;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1908,
1916,
1924;
U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1921-26; died in office 1926.
Died December
7, 1926 (age 70 years, 93
days).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Donald Claude Dobbins (1878-1943) —
also known as Donald C. Dobbins —
of Champaign, Champaign
County, Ill.
Born near Dewey, Champaign
County, Ill., March 20,
1878.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 19th District, 1933-37; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1936.
Presbyterian.
Member, Elks.
Died in Champaign, Champaign
County, Ill., February
14, 1943 (age 64 years, 331
days).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Isaac Stuart Raymond (1849-1915) —
also known as Isaac S. Raymond —
of Raymond Township, Champaign
County, Ill.
Born in Union
County, Ohio, January
29, 1849.
Son of Nathaniel Raymond (1811-1890) and Melissa (Stuart) Raymond
(1818-1865).
Democrat. Farmer; banker; University
of Illinois trustee, 1893-99.
Died in Champaign
County, Ill., July 15,
1915 (age 66 years, 167
days).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Charles James Mullikin (1867-1955) —
also known as C. J. Mullikin —
of Champaign, Champaign
County, Ill.
Born in Bondville, Champaign
County, Ill., April 4,
1867.
Son of George Clark Mullikin and Nancy (Jones) Mullikin.
Mayor
of Champaign, Ill., 1902, 1936.
Died in Champaign
County, Ill., June 30,
1955 (age 88 years, 87
days).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Samuel Thompson Busey (1835-1909) —
also known as "The Hero of Fort
Blakely" —
of Urbana, Champaign
County, Ill.
Born in Greencastle, Putnam
County, Ind., November
16, 1835.
Son of Col. Matthew Wales Busey (1798-1852) and Elizabeth (Bush)
Busey (1801-1880).
Democrat. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; banker; mayor of
Urbana, Ill., 1880-89; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 15th District, 1891-93.
Died in Urbana, Champaign
County, Ill., August
12, 1909 (age 73 years, 269
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Harry Barr (1889-1937) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Aledo, Mercer
County, Ill., August
18, 1889.
Democrat. Member, Illinois Commerce Commission, 1934-37; alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1936.
Died in Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill., December
9, 1937 (age 48 years, 113
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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