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Edward Wade (1802-1866) —
of Andover, Ashtabula
County, Ohio; Jefferson, Ashtabula
County, Ohio; Unionville, Ashtabula
County, Ohio; Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in West Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass., November
22, 1802.
Lawyer; Ashtabula
County Justice of the Peace, 1831; Ashtabula
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1833; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 19th District, 1853-61.
Died in East Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, August
13, 1866 (age 63 years, 264
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
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Earl Thomas Wagner (1908-1990) —
also known as Earl T. Wagner —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, April 27,
1908.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 2nd District, 1949-51; defeated, 1950.
Died in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, March 6,
1990 (age 81 years, 313
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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James Beach Wakefield (1825-1910) —
also known as James B. Wakefield —
of Blue Earth, Faribault
County, Minn.
Born in Winsted, Litchfield
County, Conn., March 21,
1825.
Son of Dr. Luman Wakefield (1787-1850) and Betsey (Rockwell)
Wakefield.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1857-58, 1863, 1866 (14th
District 1857-58, 20th District 1863, 1866); Speaker of
the Minnesota State House of Representatives, 1866; member of Minnesota
state senate 20th District, 1867-69; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Minnesota, 1868;
Lieutenant
Governor of Minnesota, 1876-80; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 2nd District, 1883-87.
Died in Blue Earth, Faribault
County, Minn., August
25, 1910 (age 85 years, 157
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Painesville, Ohio.
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Eleazer Wakeley (1822-1912) —
of Elyria, Lorain
County, Ohio; Whitewater, Walworth
County, Wis.; Douglas
County, Neb.
Born in Homer, Cortland
County, N.Y., June 15,
1822.
Lawyer; member of Wisconsin
territorial House of Representatives, 1847-48; member of Wisconsin
state senate, 1851-55; justice of
Nebraska territorial supreme court, 1857-61; delegate
to Nebraska state constitutional convention, 1871; district judge
in Nebraska 3rd District, 1883-92; appointed 1883.
Died in Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb., November
21, 1912 (age 90 years, 159
days).
Interment at Prospect
Hill Cemetery, Omaha, Neb.
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Jonathan Hasson Wallace (1824-1892) —
of New Lisbon (now Lisbon), Columbiana
County, Ohio.
Born in St. Clair Township, Columbiana
County, Ohio, October
31, 1824.
Democrat. Lawyer; Columbiana
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1851; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 18th District, 1884-85; common pleas
court judge in Ohio, 1885-86.
Died in New Lisbon (now Lisbon), Columbiana
County, Ohio, October
28, 1892 (age 67 years, 363
days).
Interment at Lisbon
Cemetery, Lisbon, Ohio.
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William Henson Wallace (1811-1879) —
Born in Troy, Miami
County, Ohio, July 19,
1811.
Lawyer; member of Iowa
territorial House of Representatives, 1838; member Iowa
territorial council, 1842-43; candidate for Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Iowa Territory, 1843; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Iowa, 1848; member of Washington
territorial legislature, 1853; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Washington Territory, 1861; defeated, 1854;
Governor
of Washington Territory, 1861; Governor of
Idaho Territory, 1863-64; appointed 1863; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Idaho Territory, 1864; probate judge in
Washington.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Steilacoom, Pierce
County, Wash., February
7, 1879 (age 67 years, 203
days).
Interment at Western
State Hospital Memorial Cemetery, Steilacoom, Wash.
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Thomas Bayless Ward (1835-1892) —
of Indiana.
Born in Marysville, Union
County, Ohio, April 27,
1835.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Lafayette, Ind., 1861-65; superior court judge in Indiana,
1875-80; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 9th District, 1883-87.
Died in Lafayette, Tippecanoe
County, Ind., January
1, 1892 (age 56 years, 249
days).
Interment at Spring
Vale Cemetery, Lafayette, Ind.
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William Robert Warnock (1838-1918) —
also known as William R. Warnock —
of Urbana, Champaign
County, Ohio.
Born in Urbana, Champaign
County, Ohio, August
29, 1838.
Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; member of Ohio state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 8th District, 1901-05; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1904.
Died in Urbana, Champaign
County, Ohio, July 30,
1918 (age 79 years, 335
days).
Interment at Oak
Dale Cemetery, Urbana, Ohio.
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George Thomas Washington (1908-1971) —
of Santa Barbara, Santa
Barbara County, Calif.
Born in Cuyahoga Falls, Summit
County, Ohio, June 24,
1908.
Son of William Morrow Washington and Janet Margaret (Thomas)
Washington.
Rhodes
scholar; lawyer; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1949-65.
Member, Society
of the Cincinnati; American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Order of the
Coif.
Died August
21, 1971 (age 63 years, 58
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Aaron Sherman Watkins (1863-1941) —
also known as Aaron S. Watkins —
of Wilmore, Jessamine
County, Ky.; Van Wert, Van Wert
County, Ohio; Columbus Grove, Putnam
County, Ohio; Germantown, Montgomery
County, Ohio; Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Rushsylvania, Logan
County, Ohio, November
29, 1863.
Son of William White Watkins and Rebecca J. (Elliott) Watkins.
School
teacher; lawyer; Methodist
minister; university
professor; Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Representative from Ohio 9th District, 1904; Prohibition
candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1905, 1922, 1932; Prohibition candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1908, 1912; president,
Asbury College, 1909-10; Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1916; Prohibition candidate for President
of the United States, 1920.
Methodist.
Died in Rushsylvania, Logan
County, Ohio, February
9, 1941 (age 77 years, 72
days).
Interment at Equality
Cemetery, Rushsylvania, Ohio.
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George William Weadock (1853-1937) —
also known as George W. Weadock —
of Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich.
Born in St. Marys, Auglaize
County, Ohio, November
6, 1853.
Son of Lewis Weadock and Mary (Cullen) Weadock.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor of
Saginaw, Mich., 1890-92; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Michigan, 1928;
candidate for justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1929; Presidential Elector for
Michigan, 1932.
Catholic.
Member, Rotary; Elks; American Bar
Association; Knights
of Columbus.
Died in St. Mary's Hospital,
Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich., December
4, 1937 (age 84 years, 28
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Saginaw, Mich.
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Bernard Weisberg (b. 1925) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, December
16, 1925.
Lawyer; delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention 11th District,
1969-70.
Jewish.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Order of the
Coif; American Civil
Liberties Union; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society.
Still living as of 1970.
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Calvin S. Welch —
of Athens, Athens
County, Ohio.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Ohio state
senate 9th District, 1884.
Burial
location unknown.
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Hezekiah G. Wells (1812-1885) —
of Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo
County, Mich.
Born in Steubenville, Jefferson
County, Ohio, June 16,
1812.
Lawyer; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention 11th District, 1835;
Whig candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan at-large, 1837, 1838; Presidential
Elector for Michigan, 1840;
delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention, 1850; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1856;
Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1860;
member of Michigan
state board of agriculture, 1871-83; member of Michigan
state constitutional commission 4th District, 1873.
Episcopalian.
Wells Hall at Michigan State University is named for
him.
Died in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo
County, Mich., April 4,
1885 (age 72 years, 292
days).
Interment at Mountain
Home Cemetery, Kalamazoo, Mich.
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Relatives:
Married 1840
to Achsah Strong. |
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Benjamin Franklin Welty (1870-1962) —
also known as Benjamin F. Welty —
of Lima, Allen
County, Ohio.
Born near Bluffton, Allen
County, Ohio, August 9,
1870.
Son of Frederick Welty and Katharine (Steiner) Welty.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War; Allen
County Prosecuting Attorney; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 4th District, 1917-21; defeated, 1920,
1926.
Died in Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio, October
23, 1962 (age 92 years, 75
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Shawnee Township, Allen County, Ohio.
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Samuel H. West (1872-1938) —
of Bellefontaine, Logan
County, Ohio.
Born in Waubeek, Linn
County, Iowa, July 17,
1872.
Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American
War; Logan
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1899-1903; member of Ohio state
senate, 1903-08; counsel to New York Central Railroad;
U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of Ohio, 1928-38; died
in office 1938.
Died October
5, 1938 (age 66 years, 80
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Wayne Bidwell Wheeler (1869-1927) —
also known as Wayne B. Wheeler —
of Ohio.
Born in Brookfield, Trumbull
County, Ohio, November
10, 1869.
Son of Joseph Wheeler and Mary Ursula (Hutchinson) Wheeler.
Lawyer; leader of the movement to bring about national
prohibition of alcohol.
Member, Anti-Saloon
League.
Died September
5, 1927 (age 57 years, 299
days).
Interment at Green
Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio.
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Joseph Worthington White (1822-1892) —
of Ohio.
Born in Cambridge, Guernsey
County, Ohio, October
2, 1822.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Cambridge, Ohio; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 16th District, 1863-65.
Died in Cambridge, Guernsey
County, Ohio, August 6,
1892 (age 69 years, 309
days).
Interment at South
Cemetery, Cambridge, Ohio.
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William Augustus Whittlesey (1796-1866) —
of Marietta, Washington
County, Ohio.
Born in Danbury, Fairfield
County, Conn., July 14,
1796.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1839-40; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 13th District, 1849-51; mayor
of Marietta, Ohio, 1856, 1860, 1862.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., November
6, 1866 (age 70 years, 115
days).
Interment at Mound
Cemetery, Marietta, Ohio.
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Marshall J. Williams (b. 1837) —
of Washington Court House, Fayette
County, Ohio.
Born in Fayette
County, Ohio, February
22, 1837.
Republican. Lawyer; Fayette
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1860-62, 1864-66; member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1870-73; circuit judge in Ohio 2nd
Circuit, 1885-87; justice of
Ohio state supreme court, 1887-1901; chief
justice of Ohio state supreme court, 1891-92.
Burial
location unknown.
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Pliny W. Williamson —
of Scarsdale, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Russellville, Brown
County, Ohio.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state senate, 1935-58 (25th District 1935-44, 31st District
1945-58).
Presbyterian;
later Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Phi
Gamma Delta.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Simeon Slavens Willis (1879-1965) —
also known as Simeon Willis —
of Ashland, Boyd
County, Ky.
Born in Lawrence
County, Ohio, December
1, 1879.
Son of John H. Willis and Abigail (Slavens) Willis.
Republican. Newspaper
reporter; lawyer; Judge,
Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1927-32; Governor of
Kentucky, 1943-47; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Kentucky, 1944,
1948.
Methodist;
later Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Elks; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Newcomen
Society.
Died in Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., April 2,
1965 (age 85 years, 122
days).
Interment at Frankfort
Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.
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Wendell Lewis Willkie (1892-1944) —
also known as Wendell L. Willkie —
of Akron, Summit
County, Ohio.
Born in Elwood, Madison
County, Ind., February
18, 1892.
Son of Herman Francis Willkie and Henrietta (Trisch) Willkie.
Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio,
1924;
Republican candidate for President
of the United States, 1940.
Episcopalian.
German
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died, of complications from a heart
attack, in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
8, 1944 (age 52 years, 233
days).
Interment at East
Hill Cemetery, Rushville, Ind.
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David M. Wilson —
of Mahoning
County, Ohio.
Lawyer; delegate
to Ohio state constitutional convention from Mahoning County,
1873.
Burial
location unknown.
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Francis Servis Wilson (1872-1951) —
also known as Francis S. Wilson —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Youngstown, Mahoning
County, Ohio, February
7, 1872.
Son of David
M. Wilson and Grisselda E. (Campbell) Wilson.
Democrat. Lawyer; major in the U.S. Army during World War I;
circuit judge in Illinois, 1920-27; Judge, Illinois Appellate Court,
1927-35; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Illinois, 1932;
justice
of Illinois state supreme court 7th District, 1935-51; died in
office 1951.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died in 1951
(age about
79 years).
Interment at Memorial
Park Cemetery, Skokie, Ill.
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George Washington Wilson (1840-1909) —
also known as George W. Wilson —
of London, Madison
County, Ohio.
Born in Brighton, Clark
County, Ohio, February
22, 1840.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; Madison
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1866-70; member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1871-74; member of Ohio state
senate, 1877-81; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 7th District, 1893-97; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1896
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business).
Died in London, Madison
County, Ohio, November
27, 1909 (age 69 years, 278
days).
Interment at Kirkwood
Cemetery, London, Ohio.
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Ann Womer Benjamin (born c.1954) —
of Aurora, Portage
County, Ohio.
Born about 1954.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Ohio state
house of representatives; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Ohio 17th District, 2002; Ohio state
insurance director, 2003-06; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Ohio, 2004.
Female.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Still living as of 2007.
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James Perry Wood (1854-1937) —
of Athens, Athens
County, Ohio.
Born in Rio Grande, Gallia
County, Ohio, April 24,
1854.
Lawyer; mayor of
Athens, Ohio, 1880-84; appointed 1880.
Died in Athens, Athens
County, Ohio, September
19, 1937 (age 83 years, 148
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Woodbridge (1780-1861) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Norwich, New London
County, Conn., August
20, 1780.
Son of Dudley Woodbridge (1747-1823) and Lucy (Backus) Woodbridge
(1757-1817).
Lawyer; member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1807; member of Ohio state
senate, 1813-15; secretary
of Michigan Territory, 1815-28; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Michigan Territory, 1819-20; resigned 1820;
justice
of Michigan territorial supreme court, 1828-32; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention 1st District, 1835;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan at-large, 1835; member of Michigan
state senate 1st District, 1838-40; Governor of
Michigan, 1840-41; U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1841-47.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., October
20, 1861 (age 81 years, 61
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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William Burnham Woods (1824-1887) —
of Newark, Licking
County, Ohio; Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala.; Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.
Born in Newark, Licking
County, Ohio, August 3,
1824.
Lawyer; mayor of
Newark, Ohio, 1856-58; member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1858-62; general in the Union Army
during the Civil War; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, 1869-80; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1880-87; died in office 1887.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 14,
1887 (age 62 years, 284
days).
Interment at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Newark, Ohio.
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Wallace D. Yaple (b. 1870) —
of Chillicothe, Ross
County, Ohio.
Born in Eagle Township, Vinton
County, Ohio, May 2,
1870.
Son of William Ross Yaple (born 1833) and Elizabeth (McDonald) Yaple
(born 1842).
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer; mayor
of Chillicothe, Ohio, 1901-02; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Ohio, 1904.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Redmen; Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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Samuel S. Yoder (1841-1921) —
of Bluffton, Allen
County, Ohio; Lima, Allen
County, Ohio.
Born in Berlin, Holmes
County, Ohio, August
16, 1841.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; physician;
lawyer; probate judge in Ohio, 1882-86; member of Ohio
Democratic State Executive Committee, 1883-85; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 4th District, 1887-91; Sergeant-at-Arms
of the U.S. House of Representatives, 1891-93.
Died May 11,
1921 (age 79 years, 268
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Evan Erastus Young (1878-1946) —
also known as Evan E. Young —
of Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.; South Orange, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Kenton, Hardin
County, Ohio, August
17, 1878.
Son of Sutton E. Young and Emma (Stickney) Young.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Consul in Harput, 1905-08; Salonika, 1908-09; U.S. Minister to Ecuador, 1911-12; Dominican Republic, 1925-29; U.S. Consul General in Halifax, 1913-19; Constantinople, 1920; vice-president, Pan-American Airways,
Inc., 1936.
Member, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died in 1946
(age about
67 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1905
to Dawn Waite. |
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Stephen Marvin Young (1889-1984) —
also known as Stephen M. Young —
of Cleveland Heights, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Shaker Heights, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born near Norwalk, Huron
County, Ohio, May 4,
1889.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1913-17; served in the U.S. Army during
World War I; candidate for Ohio
state attorney general, 1922, 1956; candidate for secretary of
state of Ohio, 1926; Democratic candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1930 (primary), 1936; U.S.
Representative from Ohio at-large, 1933-37, 1941-43, 1949-51;
defeated, 1938, 1942, 1950; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War
II; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1948
(alternate), 1960,
1964;
U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1959-71; candidate for Democratic nomination
for President, 1968.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
1, 1984 (age 95 years, 211
days).
Interment at Norwalk
Cemetery, Norwalk, Ohio.
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