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Charles Thomas Easterly (1940-2005) —
also known as Tom Easterly —
of Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky.; Beckley, Raleigh
County, W.Va.
Born in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, April 21,
1940.
Son of Edgar Easterly (reporter and press secretary).
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war;
lawyer; insurance
agent; member of Kentucky
state senate 20th District, 1974-82; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 6th District, 1978, 1980; member of
Florida
state house of representatives, 1988-90.
Killed in a car
crash on Interstate 64 near Hurricane, Putnam
County, W.Va., June 15,
2005 (age 65 years, 55
days).
Interment at Frankfort
Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.
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James H. Edgar (1925-2003) —
of Grand Ledge, Eaton
County, Mich.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, August
29, 1925.
Son of James R. Edgar and Edith (Adams) Edgar.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; police
officer; lawyer; district judge in Michigan 55th District,
1965-68.
Died, in Sparrow Hospital,
Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., December
16, 2003 (age 78 years, 109
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Grand Ledge, Mich.
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Stephen Benton Elkins (1841-1911) —
also known as Stephen B. Elkins —
of Messilla, Dona Ana
County, N.M.; Elkins, Randolph
County, W.Va.
Born near New Lexington, Perry
County, Ohio, September
26, 1841.
Son of Philip Duncan Elkins and Sarah Pickett (Withers) Elkins.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; member of New Mexico
territorial House of Representatives, 1864-65; New Mexico
territory attorney general, 1867; U.S.
Attorney for New Mexico, 1867-70; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from New Mexico Territory, 1873-77; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1891-93; U.S.
Senator from West Virginia, 1895-1911; died in office 1911.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
4, 1911 (age 69 years, 100
days).
Interment at Maplewood
Cemetery, Elkins, W.Va.
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Charles Burke Elliott (b. 1861) —
also known as Charles B. Elliott —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Morgan
County, Ohio, January
6, 1861.
Son of Edward Elliott and Angeline Elliott.
Republican. Lawyer; law
professor; municipal judge in Minnesota, 1890-93; district judge
in Minnesota 4th District, 1893-1904; justice of
Minnesota state supreme court, 1905-09; appointed 1905; resigned
1909; justice of
Phillipine Islands supreme court, 1909-10.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Society for International Law.
Burial
location unknown.
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Wade H. Ellis (b. 1866) —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Covington, Kenton
County, Ky., December
31, 1866.
Son of A. C. Ellis and Kate (Blackburn) Ellis.
Republican. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; Ohio
state attorney general, 1904-08; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Ohio, 1908.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Sons of
the American Revolution; Union
League.
Burial
location unknown.
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Andrew Ellison (1812-c.1860) —
of Georgetown, Brown
County, Ohio.
Born in West Union, Adams
County, Ohio, 1812.
Democrat. Lawyer; Brown
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1840-43; member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1846; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 6th District, 1853-55.
Died about 1860 (age about 48
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Henry Ivory Emerson (1871-1953) —
also known as Henry I. Emerson —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Litchfield, Kennebec
County, Maine, March 14,
1871.
Son of Ivory W. Emerson and Rose A. (Stewart) Emerson.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 22nd District, 1915-21; candidate in
primary for Lieutenant
Governor of Ohio, 1924, 1926.
Methodist.
Died in East Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, October
28, 1953 (age 82 years, 228
days).
Interment at Lake
View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
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Albert Joseph Engel (1888-1959) —
also known as Albert J. Engel —
of Lake City, Missaukee
County, Mich.; Muskegon, Muskegon
County, Mich.
Born in New Washington, Crawford
County, Ohio, January
1, 1888.
Republican. Lawyer; Missaukee
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1917-20, 1925-26; served in the U.S.
Army during World War I; member of Michigan
state senate 27th District, 1921-22, 1927-32; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 9th District, 1935-51; defeated in
primary, 1922, 1924, 1932, 1954; candidate in primary for Governor of
Michigan, 1950.
Alsatian
ancestry.
Died in Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich., December
2, 1959 (age 71 years, 335
days).
Interment at Lake
City Cemetery, Lake City, Mich.
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Michael Luther Essick (1834-1913) —
also known as "Old Man Eloquent" —
of Manhattan, Riley
County, Kan.; Rochester, Fulton
County, Ind.
Born in Ohio, February
20, 1834.
Son of Samuel Essick (abolitionist; took part in the
"Underground Railroad" helping escaped slaves) and Grizella
(Todd) Essick.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Kansas
state senate, 1861-62; served in the Union Army during the Civil
War; newspaper
publisher; candidate for circuit judge in Indiana 41st District,
1896.
Scottish,
German,
and Irish
ancestry. Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in Rochester, Fulton
County, Ind., September
19, 1913 (age 79 years, 211
days).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Rochester, Ind.
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Thomas Ewing (1829-1896) —
of Leavenworth, Leavenworth
County, Kan.; Lancaster, Fairfield
County, Ohio.
Born in Lancaster, Fairfield
County, Ohio, August 7,
1829.
Son of Thomas
Ewing (1789-1871).
Democrat. Private secretary to Pres. Zachary
Taylor; lawyer; delegate to
Kansas state constitutional convention, 1858; chief
justice of Kansas state supreme court, 1861-62; general in the
Union Army during the Civil War; delegate
to Ohio state constitutional convention from Fairfield County,
1873; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1876
(member, Resolutions
Committee); U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1877-81 (12th District 1877-79, 10th
District 1879-81); candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1879.
Struck by a Third Avenue cable
car, and died soon after, in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
21, 1896 (age 66 years, 167
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Yonkers, N.Y.
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Charles Warren Fairbanks (1852-1918) —
also known as Charles W. Fairbanks —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in a log
cabin near Unionville Center, Union
County, Ohio, May 11,
1852.
Son of Loriston Monroe Fairbanks and Mary Adelaide de Forest (Smith)
Fairbanks.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Indiana, 1896
(Temporary
Chair; speaker;
chair, Committee
to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee), 1900,
1904,
1912;
U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1897-1905; resigned 1905; Vice
President of the United States, 1905-09; defeated, 1916;
candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1908,
1916.
Died in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., June 4,
1918 (age 66 years, 24
days).
Interment at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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Newton Hamilton Fairbanks (1859-1937) —
also known as Newton H. Fairbanks —
of Springfield, Clark
County, Ohio.
Born in Unionville Center, Union
County, Ohio, December
10, 1859.
Son of Loriston Monroe Fairbanks (1824-1900) and Mary Adelaide
DeForest (Smith) Fairbanks (1829-1916).
Republican. Lawyer; Presidential Elector for Ohio, 1924.
Died in Clark
County, Ohio, March 22,
1937 (age 77 years, 102
days).
Interment at Ferncliff
Cemetery, Springfield, Ohio.
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James John Faran (1808-1892) —
also known as James J. Faran —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, December
29, 1808.
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1835-39; Speaker of
the Ohio State House of Representatives, 1838-39; member of Ohio state
senate, 1839-43; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 1st District, 1845-49; mayor
of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1855-57.
Died in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, December
12, 1892 (age 83 years, 349
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Charles Lee Faust (1879-1928) —
also known as Charles L. Faust —
of St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo.
Born near Bellefontaine, Logan
County, Ohio, April 24,
1879.
Son of Wilson S. Faust and Ellen May Faust.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 4th District, 1921-28; died in
office 1928.
Died at U.S. Naval Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., December
17, 1928 (age 49 years, 237
days).
Interment at Highland
Cemetery, Highland, Kan.
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William Thomas Fee (1854-1919) —
also known as William T. Fee —
of Warren, Trumbull
County, Ohio.
Born in Niles, Trumbull
County, Ohio, May 6,
1854.
Son of William Miller Fee (1822-1895) and Mary (Barnheisel) Fee
(1827-1900).
Lawyer; U.S. Consul in Bombay, 1902-05; Bremen, 1914-17.
Died April 1,
1919 (age 64 years, 330
days).
Interment at Melbourne
Cemetery, Melbourne, Fla.
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Chester A. Ferris (1885-1948) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Galion, Crawford
County, Ohio, April 5,
1885.
Lawyer; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1923-24, 1947-48; defeated (Republican), 1944, 1948; died in office
1948; candidate in Democratic primary for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 13th District, 1932.
English
and Irish
ancestry.
Died September
22, 1948 (age 63 years, 170
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Edward Finck (1822-1901) —
also known as William E. Finck —
of Ohio.
Born in Somerset, Perry
County, Ohio, September
1, 1822.
Lawyer; member of Ohio state
senate 15th District, 1852-53, 1862-63; delegate to Whig National
Convention from Ohio, 1852; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 12th District, 1863-67, 1874-75;
Democratic candidate for justice of
Ohio state supreme court, 1868.
Died in Somerset, Perry
County, Ohio, January
25, 1901 (age 78 years, 146
days).
Interment at Holy
Trinity Cemetery, Somerset, Ohio.
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Eric David Fingerhut (b. 1959) —
also known as Eric Fingerhut —
of Ohio.
Born in University Heights, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, May 6,
1959.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Ohio state
senate, 1991-93; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 19th District, 1993-95; defeated, 1994.
Still living as of 2009.
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Lee I. Fisher (b. 1951) —
of Shaker Heights, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., August 7,
1951.
Son of Stan Fisher and Elaine Fisher.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1981-82; member of Ohio state
senate, 1982-90; Ohio
state attorney general, 1991-95; defeated, 1994; Presidential
Elector for Ohio, 1992;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1996,
2008;
candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1998; Lieutenant
Governor of Ohio, 2007-.
Jewish.
Member, Phi
Alpha Delta.
Still living as of 2010.
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Roy Gerald Fitzgerald (1875-1962) —
also known as Roy G. Fitzgerald —
of Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio.
Born in Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y., August
25, 1875.
Son of M. G. Fitzgerald and Cornelia M. (Avery) Fitzgerald.
Republican. Lawyer; director, Merchants National Bank;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 3rd District, 1921-31.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Odd
Fellows; Woodmen;
Sons
of the American Revolution; American
Legion.
Died in Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio, November
16, 1962 (age 87 years, 83
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Dayton, Ohio.
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William Sinton Fitzgerald (1880-1937) —
also known as William Fitzgerald —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Washington,
D.C., October
6, 1880.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Cleveland, Ohio, 1920-21.
Member, Freemasons.
Died October
3, 1937 (age 56 years, 362
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas W. Fleming (b. 1874) —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Mercer, Mercer
County, Pa., May 13,
1874.
Son of Thomas Fleming and Lavinia Fleming.
Republican. Barber;
lawyer; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from Ohio, 1908;
Presidential Elector for Ohio, 1928.
Congregationalist.
African
ancestry. Member, Elks; Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Fassett Follett (1831-1902) —
of Ohio.
Born in Enosburg, Franklin
County, Vt., February
18, 1831.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1866-68; Speaker of
the Ohio State House of Representatives, 1868; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 1st District, 1883-85.
Died in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, April 15,
1902 (age 71 years, 56
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Joseph Benson Foraker (1846-1917) —
also known as Joseph B. Foraker; "Fire Alarm
Foraker" —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born near Rainsboro, Highland
County, Ohio, July 5,
1846.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; superior court judge in Ohio, 1879-82; Governor of
Ohio, 1886-90; defeated, 1883, 1889; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Ohio, 1900,
1904;
speaker, 1888;
U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1897-1909; candidate for Republican nomination
for President, 1908.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi.
Died in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, May 10,
1917 (age 70 years, 309
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Thomas H. Ford (1814-1868) —
of Mansfield, Richland
County, Ohio; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Rockingham
County, Va., August
23, 1814.
Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; Lieutenant
Governor of Ohio, 1856-58; colonel in the Union Army during the
Civil War.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
29, 1868 (age 53 years, 190
days).
Interment at Mansfield
Cemetery, Mansfield, Ohio.
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Thomas J. Ford (1856-1930) —
of Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, September
3, 1856.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1898-1903; common pleas court
judge in Pennsylvania 5th District, 1906-29; appointed 1906.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in 1930
(age about
73 years).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, O'Hara Township, Allegheny County, Pa.
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Dudley H. Foster (1869-1920) —
of Corning, Perry
County, Ohio.
Born July 6,
1869.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for Ohio state
house of representatives from Perry County, 1897.
Died September
3, 1920 (age 51 years, 59
days).
Interment at Omega
Cemetery, Omega, Ohio.
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Israel Moore Foster (1873-1950) —
of Ohio.
Born in Athens, Athens
County, Ohio, January
12, 1873.
Republican. Lawyer; Athens
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1902-10; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 10th District, 1919-25; Commissioner,
U.S. Court of Claims, 1925-42.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 10,
1950 (age 77 years, 149
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Joseph Smith Fowler (1820-1902) —
also known as Joseph S. Fowler —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Steubenville, Jefferson
County, Ohio, August
31, 1820.
Republican. College
professor; president,
Howard Female College, Gallatin, Tenn., 1856-61; lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Tennessee, 1864;
U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1866-71; member of Republican
National Committee from Tennessee, 1866-68; Presidential Elector
for Tennessee, 1872.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 1,
1902 (age 81 years, 213
days).
Interment at Lexington
Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
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William Bates Francis (1860-1954) —
also known as William B. Francis —
of Martins Ferry, Belmont
County, Ohio.
Born in Updegraff, Jefferson
County, Ohio, October
25, 1860.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Ohio, 1904;
U.S.
Representative from Ohio 16th District, 1911-15.
Died in Wheeling, Ohio
County, W.Va., December
5, 1954 (age 94 years, 41
days).
Interment at Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery, Mt. Pleasant, Ohio.
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Emerich Burt Freed (1897-1955) —
also known as Emerich B. Freed —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Budapest, Hungary,
November
22, 1897.
Son of Nicholas Freed and Sarah (Benfield) Freed.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; lawyer; Cuyahoga
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1932-33; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, 1933-41; U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of Ohio, 1941.
Jewish.
Member, American
Judicature Society; American Bar
Association; Freemasons.
Died December
4, 1955 (age 58 years, 12
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert Elliott Freer (b. 1896) —
also known as Robert E. Freer —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio; Westmoreland Hills, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Madisonville, Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, January
30, 1896.
Son of Guy Metcalf Freer and May (Dunlap) Freer.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War
I; member, Federal Trade
Commission, 1935-48; chair, Federal Trade
Commission, 1939, 1944, 1948.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; Order of the
Coif; Sons of
the Revolution; Phi
Alpha Delta.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Guy Metcalf Freer and May (Dunlap) Freer; married, October
27, 1919, to Hazel Louise Davis (divorced); married, April 12,
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Romeo Hoyt Freer (1846-1913) —
also known as Romeo H. Freer —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.; Harrisville, Ritchie
County, W.Va.
Born in Bazetta, Trumbull
County, Ohio, November
9, 1846.
Son of Josiah D. Freer and Caroline P. (Brown) Freer.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; Kanawha
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1871-73; Presidential Elector for
West Virginia, 1872;
U.S. Commercial Agent (Consul) in San Juan del Norte, 1873-77; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Ritchie County, 1891-92;
Ritchie
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1893-97; circuit judge in West
Virginia for the 4th Judicial Circuit, 1897-99; U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 4th District, 1899-1901; West
Virginia state attorney general, 1901-05; postmaster.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died May 9,
1913 (age 66 years, 181
days).
Interment at Harrisville
Cemetery, Harrisville, W.Va.
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Burton Lee French (1875-1954) —
also known as Burton L. French —
of Moscow, Latah
County, Idaho; Oxford, Butler
County, Ohio.
Born near Delphi, Carroll
County, Ind., August 1,
1875.
Son of Charles A. French and Mina P. (Fisher) French.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Idaho
state house of representatives, 1898-1902; U.S.
Representative from Idaho, 1903-09, 1911-15, 1917-33 (at-large
1903-09, 1911-15, 1st District 1917-33); defeated, 1934; candidate
for U.S.
Senator from Idaho, 1914.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Political Science Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Phi
Delta Theta; Delta
Sigma Rho; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Phi
Beta Kappa; Freemasons.
Died in Hamilton, Butler
County, Ohio, September
12, 1954 (age 79 years, 42
days).
Interment at Moscow
Cemetery, Moscow, Idaho.
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Joseph E. Frick (1848-1927) —
of Toledo, Tama
County, Iowa; Fremont, Dodge
County, Neb.; Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born in Tiffin, Seneca
County, Ohio, August 6,
1848.
Son of Michael Frick and Mary Ann (Knen) Frick.
Republican. Lawyer; justice of
Utah state supreme court, 1906-27; died in office 1927; chief
justice of Utah state supreme court, 1910-12, 1917-19.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias.
Died February
2, 1927 (age 78 years, 180
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah.
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Wesley Frost (1884-1968) —
of Berea, Madison
County, Ky.
Born in Oberlin, Lorain
County, Ohio, June 17,
1884.
Son of William Goodell Frost (President of Berea College, 1892-1920)
and Louise Rainey Frost.
Secretary to U.S. Senator Theodore
E. Burton, 1907-08; lawyer; Foreign Service officer; U.S.
Consul in Charlottetown, 1912-14; Queenstown, 1914-17; Marseille, 1921-24; U.S. Consul General in Marseille, 1924-28; Montreal, 1928-35; U.S. Minister to Paraguay, 1941-42; U.S. Ambassador to Paraguay, 1942-44.
Died January
9, 1968 (age 83 years, 206
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1909
to Mary Priscilla Clapp. |
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Bohdan Futey (b. 1939) —
of Parma, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Buchach, Ukraine,
June
28, 1939.
Son of Petro Futey and Maria (Woroszczuk) Futey.
School
teacher; lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Ohio 22nd District, 1974.
Ukrainian
ancestry. Member, Delta
Theta Phi.
Still living as of 1975.
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