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Cecil William Bishop (1890-1971) —
also known as C. W. 'Runt' Bishop —
of Carterville, Williamson
County, Ill.
Born near West Vienna, Johnson
County, Ill., June 29,
1890.
Son of William C. Bishop and Belle Z. (Ragsdale) Bishop.
Republican. Tailor; laundry
business; coal miner;
professional football
and baseball
player and manager; postmaster; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1941-55 (25th District 1941-49,
26th District 1949-53, 25th District 1953-55); defeated, 1954.
Christian.
Member, Lions; Elks; Eagles; Odd
Fellows; Woodmen;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Marion, Williamson
County, Ill., September
21, 1971 (age 81 years, 84
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Carterville, Ill.
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John Buford, Sr. (1779-1848) —
of Versailles, Woodford
County, Ky.; Rock Island, Rock Island
County, Ill.
Born in Barren
County, Ky., 1779.
Son of Margaret (Kirtley) Buford (born 1760) and Simeon
Buford, Sr..
Farmer;
merchant;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1824-27; postmaster;
member of Illinois
state senate, 1843-47.
Presbyterian.
French
and English
ancestry.
Died in Rock Island, Rock Island
County, Ill., March 25,
1848 (age about 68
years).
Interment at Chippiannock
Cemetery, Rock Island, Ill.
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Relatives: Son
of Margaret (Kirtley) Buford (born 1760) and Simeon
Buford, Sr.; married, September
6, 1799, to Nancy Hickman (died 1824); married, January
4, 1825, to Ann Bannister (Howe) Watson (died 1835); father of
John Buford, Jr. (Civil War general), Napoleon Bonaparte Buford
(Civil War general), Thomas
Jefferson Buford and James
Monroe Buford. See Buford
family of Illinois. |
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Fred A. Busse (1866-1914) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March 3,
1866.
Republican. Hardware
business; coal
dealer; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1895-98; member of Illinois
state senate, 1899-1900; Illinois
state treasurer, 1903-05; member of Illinois
Republican State Committee, 1905; postmaster; mayor of
Chicago, Ill., 1907-11; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Illinois, 1908;
member of Illinois
Republican State Central Committee, 1910.
German
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died, from valvular heart
disease, in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., July 9,
1914 (age 48 years, 128
days).
Interment at Graceland
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Richard Butler (b. 1834) —
of Clinton, DeWitt
County, Ill.
Born in Canada,
November
11, 1834.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; served in the Union Army during the Civil
War; printer;
publisher;
postmaster; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Hamilton, 1898-1911.
Burial
location unknown.
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Clark Ezra Carr (1836-1919) —
also known as Clark E. Carr —
of Galesburg, Knox
County, Ill.
Born in Boston Corners, Erie
County, N.Y., May 20,
1836.
Son of Clark M. Carr and Delia Ann (Torrey) Carr.
Postmaster; U.S. Minister to Denmark, 1889-93.
Died in 1919
(age about
83 years).
Interment at Hope
Cemetery, Galesburg, Ill.
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Walter Roy Donohoo (1881-c.1969) —
also known as W. Roy Donohoo —
of Pearl, Pike
County, Ill.
Born in Pike
County, Ill., February
20, 1881.
Democrat. Merchant;
postmaster; coal
dealer; member of Illinois
state house of representatives 36th District, 1941-47, 1949-53.
Member, Eagles; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died about 1969 (age about 88
years).
Interment at Green
Pond Cemetery, Pearl, Ill.
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Relatives:
Married 1902
to Anna Pettit. |
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John Abbot Fancher (1855-1931) —
also known as John Fancher; Jack Fancher —
of Espanola, Spokane
County, Wash.; Spokane, Spokane
County, Wash.
Born in Ogle
County, Ill., December
28, 1855.
Son of John Fancher and Sarah (Johnson) Fancher.
Farmer;
postmaster; member of Washington
state house of representatives, 1905-09.
Congregationalist.
Died in Spokane, Spokane
County, Wash., April 2,
1931 (age 75 years, 95
days).
Interment at Riverside
Memorial Park, Spokane, Wash.
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Ferris Forman (1808-1901) —
of Vandalia, Fayette
County, Ill.; Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif.; Stockton, San Joaquin
County, Calif.
Born in Nichols, Tioga
County, N.Y., August
24, 1808.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Illinois, 1839-41; member of Illinois
state senate, 1845-46; colonel in the U.S. Army during the
Mexican War; Presidential Elector for Illinois, 1848;
went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; postmaster; secretary of
state of California, 1858-60; colonel in the Union Army during
the Civil War; delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention 13th District, 1870;
Fayette
County State's Attorney.
Died in Stockton, San Joaquin
County, Calif., February
11, 1901 (age 92 years, 171
days).
Interment at San
Joaquin Catholic Cemetery, Stockton, Calif.
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Frank Frantz (1869-1941) —
of Enid, Garfield
County, Okla.; Bartlesville, Washington
County, Okla.
Born in Roanoke, Woodford
County, Ill., May 7,
1869.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
postmaster; Governor of
Oklahoma Territory, 1906-07; candidate for Governor of
Oklahoma, 1907; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma 1st District, 1932.
Presbyterian.
Died in Muskogee, Muskogee
County, Okla., March 9,
1941 (age 71 years, 306
days).
Interment at Memorial
Park Cemetery, Tulsa, Okla.
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William Stedman Greene (1841-1924) —
also known as William S. Greene —
of Fall River, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in Tremont, Tazewell
County, Ill., April 28,
1841.
Republican. Real
estate and insurance
business; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1880;
mayor
of Fall River, Mass., 1880-81, 1886, 1895-97; resigned 1881;
defeated, 1887, 1888, 1893; postmaster; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1898-1924 (13th District
1898-1913, 15th District 1913-24); died in office 1924.
Died in Fall River, Bristol
County, Mass., September
22, 1924 (age 83 years, 147
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Fall River, Mass.
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Guy Urban Hardy (1872-1947) —
also known as Guy U. Hardy —
of Canon City, Fremont
County, Colo.
Born in Abingdon, Knox
County, Ill., April 4,
1872.
Son of U. W. Hardy and Virginia (Moorehead) Hardy.
Republican. Newspaper
publisher; postmaster; U.S.
Representative from Colorado 3rd District, 1919-33; defeated,
1932.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Moose.
Died January
26, 1947 (age 74 years, 297
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Canon City, Colo.
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P. D. Kribs (b. 1856) —
of Leola, McPherson
County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.); Columbia, Brown
County, S.Dak.
Born in Elgin, Kane
County, Ill., July 5,
1856.
Republican. Druggist;
postmaster; newspaper
publisher; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 35th District, 1903-08.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married, November
8, 1887, to Hattie M. Cavanagh. |
| | | Image source: South Dakota Legislative
Manual, 1903 |
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Ada Belle Mills Nale (1882-1947) —
also known as Ada Belle Mills —
of West Plains, Howell
County, Mo.; Atlanta, Macon
County, Mo.; Carrollton, Carroll
County, Mo.; Dutch Flat, Placer
County, Calif.
Born in Gallatin
County, Ill., October
6, 1882.
Daughter of Joseph L. Mills and Lavina E. (Allyn) Mills.
Democrat. School
teacher; postmaster; member of Missouri
Democratic State Central Committee.
Female.
Died, of liver
cancer, in Sutter Hospital,
Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif., March 4,
1947 (age 64 years, 149
days).
Interment at Sierra
View Memorial Patk, Marysville, Calif.
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Perry F. Powers (1858-1945) —
of Cambridge, Henry
County, Ill.; Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich.; Cadillac, Wexford
County, Mich.
Born in Jackson, Jackson
County, Ohio, September
5, 1858.
Republican. Newspaper
publisher; member of Michigan
state board of education, 1899-1900; Michigan
state auditor general, 1901-04; mayor
of Cadillac, Mich., 1920-21; postmaster; vice-president,
Peoples Savings Bank.
Died in 1945
(age about
86 years).
Interment at Maple
Hill Cemetery, Cadillac, Mich.
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John Plaster Richmond (1811-1895) —
also known as John P. Richmond —
of Schuyler
County, Ill.
Born in Middletown, Frederick
County, Md., August
11, 1811.
Son of Francis Preston Richmond and Susanna (Stottlemeyer) Richmond.
Democrat. Physician;
minister;
in 1840, he officiated at the first
Protestant wedding in what is now the state of Washington; in 1841,
he delivered the first
Fourth of July oration on the Pacific coast; member of Illinois
state senate, 1849-52, 1859-60; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1855-56; Presidential Elector for
Illinois, 1856;
delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention Schuyler County,
1862; postmaster.
Methodist.
Scottish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in South Dakota, August
28, 1895 (age 84 years, 17
days).
Interment at Tyndall
Cemetery, Tyndall, S.Dak.
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Relatives: Son
of Francis Preston Richmond and Susanna (Stottlemeyer) Richmond;
married 1835
to America Walker; married 1859 to Kitty
Gristy. |
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Cyrus Baldwin Sammons (1825-1881) —
also known as Cyrus B. Sammons —
of Blue Island, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Geddes (now part of Syracuse), Onondaga
County, N.Y., November
15, 1825.
Son of Johannis Sammons (1786-1845) and Abigail (Smith) Sammons
(1795-1864).
Merchant;
postmaster; village
president of Blue Island, Illinois, 1872-73.
Universalist.
Died in Blue Island, Cook
County, Ill., May 31,
1881 (age 55 years, 197
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Abraham E. Smith (1839-1915) —
of Woodstock, McHenry
County, Ill.; Rockford, Winnebago
County, Ill.
Born in England,
1839.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; postmaster; newspaper
editor and publisher; U.S. Consul in Victoria, 1897-1914.
Died January
18, 1915 (age about 75
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Raymond Herbert Talbot (1896-1955) —
of Pueblo, Pueblo
County, Colo.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., August
19, 1896.
Member of Colorado
state house of representatives, 1927-29; member of Colorado
state senate, 1929-31; Lieutenant
Governor of Colorado, 1933-37; Governor of
Colorado, 1937; postmaster.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Pueblo, Pueblo
County, Colo., January
30, 1955 (age 58 years, 164
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Pueblo, Colo.
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Thomas Johnston Turner (1815-1874) —
also known as Thomas J. Turner —
of Freeport, Stephenson
County, Ill.
Born in Trumbull
County, Ohio, April 5,
1815.
Democrat. Lawyer;
probate judge in Illinois, 1842; postmaster; newspaper
publisher; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 6th District, 1847-49; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1854; mayor
of Freeport, Ill., 1855; colonel in the Union Army during the
Civil War; delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention 56th District,
1869-70.
Died in Hot Springs, Garland
County, Ark., April 4,
1874 (age 58 years, 364
days).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Freeport, Ill.
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Robert Whitney Waterman (1826-1891) —
also known as Robert W. Waterman —
of Geneva, Kane
County, Ill.; Wilmington, Will
County, Ill.; California.
Born in Fairfield, Herkimer
County, N.Y., December
15, 1826.
Son of John Dean Waterman (1785-1837) and Mary Graves (Waldo)
Waterman (1787-1843).
Postmaster; newspaper
publisher; involved in silver and gold mining;
president, San Diego, Cuyamaca & Eastern Railway;
Lieutenant
Governor of California, 1887; Governor of
California, 1887-91.
Died in San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif., April 12,
1891 (age 64 years, 118
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, San Diego, Calif.
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Tilford Albert Willmore (b. 1869) —
also known as T. A. Willmore —
of Hebron, Thayer
County, Neb.
Born in Clinton, DeWitt
County, Ill., November
18, 1869.
Son of Charles Willmore and Sarah J. (Wright) Willmore.
Democrat. School
teacher; postmaster; real
estate and insurance
business; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Nebraska, 1932.
Christian.
Burial
location unknown.
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Isaac Wilson (1780-1848) —
of Genesee
County, N.Y.; Batavia, Kane
County, Ill.
Born in Middlebury, Addison
County, Vt., June 25,
1780.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of New York
state assembly from Genesee County, 1816-17; member of New York
state senate Western District, 1817-21; county judge in New York,
1821-23, 1830-36; U.S.
Representative from New York 29th District, 1823-24;
postmaster.
Died in Batavia, Kane
County, Ill., October
25, 1848 (age 68 years, 122
days).
Interment at East
Batavia Cemetery, Batavia, Ill.
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