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John William Allen (1802-1887) —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Litchfield, Litchfield
County, Conn., August, 1802.
Son of John
Allen.
Whig. Lawyer;
director, Commercial Bank of
Lake Erie, 1832; incorporator, Cleveland Newburg Railroad,
1834; member of Ohio state
senate from Cuyahoga County, 1836; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 15th District, 1837-41; mayor
of Cleveland, Ohio, 1841-42; president, Columbus & Cincinnati
Railroad,
1845; postmaster.
Episcopalian.
Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, October
5, 1887 (age 85 years, 0
days).
Interment at Erie
Street Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
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William Albert Ashbrook (1867-1940) —
also known as William A. Ashbrook —
of Johnstown, Licking
County, Ohio.
Born near Johnstown, Licking
County, Ohio, July 1,
1867.
Son of William Ashbrook and Lucy (Pratt) Ashbrook.
Democrat. Newspaper
editor and publisher; postmaster; banker;
member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1905-06; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 17th District, 1907-21, 1935-40;
defeated, 1920, 1922; died in office 1940.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows; Eagles; Woodmen.
Died in Johnstown, Licking
County, Ohio, January
1, 1940 (age 72 years, 184
days).
Interment at Green
Hill Cemetery, Johnstown, Ohio.
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Joseph Edward Baird (1865-1942) —
also known as Joseph E. Baird —
of Bowling Green, Wood
County, Ohio.
Born in Perrysburg, Wood
County, Ohio, November
12, 1865.
Son of Charles C. Baird and Elizabeth A. (Croft) Baird.
Republican. Mayor
of Bowling Green, Ohio, 1902-05; postmaster; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 13th District, 1929-31.
Died in Bowling Green, Wood
County, Ohio, June 14,
1942 (age 76 years, 214
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Bowling Green, Ohio.
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Jean Pierre Roman Bureau (1770-1854) —
also known as Jean P. R. Bureau —
of Gallipolis, Gallia
County, Ohio.
Born in France,
March
21, 1770.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; merchant;
postmaster; member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1807-08, 1832-35; member of Ohio state
senate, 1809-12.
French
ancestry.
Died in Gallipolis, Gallia
County, Ohio, December
31, 1854 (age 84 years, 285
days).
Interment at Pine
Street Cemetery, Gallipolis, Ohio.
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Philo S. Clark (b. 1848) —
of Portsmouth, Scioto
County, Ohio.
Born in Harlansburg, Lawrence
County, Pa., February
21, 1848.
Son of Thomas M. Clark and Rebecca (McCune) Clark.
Republican. Insurance
business; postmaster; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Ohio, 1908.
Member, Elks; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Burial
location unknown.
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Arthur Stanley Coutant (b. 1854) —
also known as A. S. Coutant —
of Greenville, Montcalm
County, Mich.; Mt. Pleasant, Isabella
County, Mich.
Born in Greenwich, Huron
County, Ohio, December
11, 1854.
Son of Isaac Newton Coutant and Anne (Oglevee) Coutant.
Republican. Newspaper
publisher; member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1896-1900; postmaster.
French,
Dutch,
Scotch-Irish,
and German
ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles S. Crandall (b. 1840) —
of Owatonna, Steele
County, Minn.
Born in Erie
County, Ohio, 1840.
Republican. Newspaper
editor; hardware store
owner; postmaster; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives 12th District, 1874; member of Minnesota
state senate 12th District; elected 1886, 1890.
Burial
location unknown.
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Miles S. Curtis (1852-1943) —
of Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich.
Born in Kingsville, Ashtabula
County, Ohio, April 1,
1852.
Republican. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1895-96, 1917-26 (Calhoun County
2nd District 1895-96, 1917-24, Calhoun County 1st District 1925-26);
defeated in primary, 1926; mayor
of Battle Creek, Mich., 1898-99; postmaster.
Died in Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich., 1943
(age about
91 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Len W. Feighner (1862-1948) —
of Nashville, Barry
County, Mich.
Born in Canton, Stark
County, Ohio, June 5,
1862.
Son of William Feighner and Henrietta (Stauffer) Feighner.
Republican. Newspaper
editor and publisher; postmaster; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Barry County, 1929-32;
defeated, 1932.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Odd
Fellows.
Died August
27, 1948 (age 86 years, 83
days).
Interment at Lakeview
Cemetery, Nashville, Mich.
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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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Robert Bryarly Gordon (1855-1923) —
also known as Robert B. Gordon —
of St. Marys, Auglaize
County, Ohio.
Born in St. Marys, Auglaize
County, Ohio, August 6,
1855.
Democrat. Postmaster; flour and grain
business; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio,
1896;
U.S.
Representative from Ohio 4th District, 1899-1903;
Sergeant-at-Arms, U.S. House of Representatives, 1913-19.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
3, 1923 (age 67 years, 150
days).
Interment at Elm
Grove Cemetery, St. Marys, Ohio.
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John Clark Ketcham (1873-1941) —
also known as John C. Ketcham —
of Hastings, Barry
County, Mich.
Born in Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio, January
1, 1873.
Republican. School
teacher; postmaster; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 4th District, 1921-33; defeated,
1932.
English
ancestry. Member, Grange.
Died in Hastings, Barry
County, Mich., December
4, 1941 (age 68 years, 337
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Hastings, Mich.
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Archibald Lybrand (1840-1910) —
of Delaware, Delaware
County, Ohio.
Born in Tarlton, Pickaway
County, Ohio, May 23,
1840.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
partner, Delaware Chair
Company; mayor
of Delaware, Ohio, 1869-71; postmaster; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 8th District, 1897-1901.
Died in Daytona (now part of Daytona Beach), Volusia
County, Fla., February
7, 1910 (age 69 years, 260
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Delaware, Ohio.
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James Remley Morris (1819-1899) —
also known as James R. Morris —
of Woodsfield, Monroe
County, Ohio.
Born in Rogersville, Greene
County, Pa., January
10, 1819.
Son of Joseph
Morris.
Democrat. Lawyer; Monroe
County Treasurer, 1843; newspaper
editor; member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1848; U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1861-65 (17th District 1861-63, 5th
District 1863-65); defeated, 1864; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Ohio, 1864;
probate judge in Ohio, 1872-77; postmaster.
Died in Woodsfield, Monroe
County, Ohio, December
24, 1899 (age 80 years, 348
days).
Interment at Morris
Cemetery, Near Woodsfield, Monroe County, Ohio.
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Lewis Philip Ohliger (1843-1923) —
also known as Lewis P. Ohliger —
of Wooster, Wayne
County, Ohio.
Born in Rheinpfalz, Germany,
January
3, 1843.
Democrat. Wholesale
druggist; grocer; Wayne
County Treasurer, 1875-79; trustee, Wooster and Lodi Railway;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio, 1884;
postmaster; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Ohio, 1892;
U.S.
Representative from Ohio 16th District, 1892-93.
Died in San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif., January
9, 1923 (age 80 years, 6
days).
Interment at Wooster
Cemetery, Wooster, Ohio.
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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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Conrad Reid (1802-1883) —
of Lorain, Lorain
County, Ohio.
Born in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne
County, Pa., September
30, 1802.
Postmaster; hotel
owner; mayor of
Lorain, Ohio, 1874-75; resigned 1875.
Died March 24,
1883 (age 80 years, 175
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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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 Thompson Van Horn (1824-1916) —
also known as Robert T. Van Horn —
of Pomeroy, Meigs
County, Ohio; Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in East Mahoning, Indiana
County, Pa., May 19,
1824.
Republican. Lawyer;
postmaster; newspaper
editor; mayor
of Kansas City, Mo., 1861; member of Missouri
state senate, 1862-64; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil
War; delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1864,
1868,
1872,
1876,
1880,
1884;
U.S.
Representative from Missouri, 1865-71, 1881-83, 1896-97 (6th
District 1865-71, 8th District 1881-83, 5th District 1896-97); member
of Republican
National Committee from Missouri, 1872-74, 1884; Missouri
Republican state chair, 1874-76; U.S. Collector of Internal
Revenue for the 6th Missouri District, 1879.
Died in Evanston Station, Clay
County, Mo., January
3, 1916 (age 91 years, 229
days).
Interment at Mt.
Washington Cemetery, Independence, Mo.
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Lemon L. Woods (b. 1871) —
of Killibuck, Holmes
County, Ohio.
Born in 1871.
Republican. School
teacher; postal clerk; candidate for Ohio state
house of representatives from Holmes County, 1897.
Burial
location unknown.
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