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Norman Whittlesey Adams (1894-1968) —
also known as Norman W. Adams —
of Warren, Trumbull
County, Ohio.
Born in Warren, Trumbull
County, Ohio, February
2, 1894.
Republican. President and owner, Adams Insurance
Agency; director, Electric City Realty;
director, Youngstown Foundry and
Machine Co.; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from Ohio, 1940;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Ohio 19th District, 1946.
Presbyterian. Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Delta
Upsilon; Freemasons;
Elks; Rotary.
Died in November, 1968
(age 74
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Fred W. Adams and Olive M. (Palmiter) Adams; married, December
16, 1931, to Harriett M. Rex. |
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Walter Hugh Albaugh (1890-1942) —
also known as Walter H. Albaugh —
of Troy, Miami
County, Ohio.
Born in Phoneton, Miami
County, Ohio, January
2, 1890.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1921-25; president, Shelby Oil and Gas
Company; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 4th District, 1938-39.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
American
Legion; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died in Troy, Miami
County, Ohio, January
21, 1942 (age 52 years, 19
days).
Interment at Dayton
Memorial Park, Dayton, Ohio.
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Joshua Willis Alexander (1852-1936) —
also known as Joshua W. Alexander —
of Gallatin, Daviess
County, Mo.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, January
22, 1852.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1883-87; Speaker of
the Missouri State House of Representatives, 1887; mayor of
Gallatin, Mo., 1891-92; circuit judge in Missouri 7th Circuit,
1901-07; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 3rd District, 1907-19; resigned
1919; U.S.
Secretary of Commerce, 1919-21; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention at-large, 1922-23.
Presbyterian; later Christian.
Member, Freemasons;
Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Died in Gallatin, Daviess
County, Mo., February
27, 1936 (age 84 years, 36
days).
Interment at Brown
Cemetery, Gallatin, Mo.
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Horace Newton Allen (1858-1932) —
also known as Horace N. Allen —
of Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio.
Born in Delaware, Delaware
County, Ohio, April
23, 1858.
Physician;
medical missionary; went to China, then Korea in 1884; founded a
mission hospital
with Korean support; U.S. Deputy Consul General in Seoul, 1890-96; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul General in Seoul, 1896-97; U.S. Consul General in Seoul, 1897-1905; U.S. Minister to Korea, 1897-1905; author of
books about Korea.
Presbyterian. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio, December
11, 1932 (age 74 years, 232
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Clinton Altmeier Altmaier (1882-1950) —
also known as C. J. Altmaier —
of Marion, Marion
County, Ohio.
Born in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, December
14, 1882.
Democrat. Physician;
surgeon;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; chair of
Marion County Democratic Party, 1918-36; member of Ohio
Democratic State Committee, 1932-46; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Ohio.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Eagles;
Moose;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Sigma
Nu; American
Legion.
Died in Marion, Marion
County, Ohio, January
10, 1950 (age 67 years, 27
days).
Interment at Marion
Cemetery, Marion, Ohio.
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Douglas Earl Applegate (b. 1928) —
also known as Douglas Applegate —
of Steubenville, Jefferson
County, Ohio.
Born in Steubenville, Jefferson
County, Ohio, March
27, 1928.
Democrat. Real estate
business; member of Ohio
state house of representatives 33rd District, 1961-68; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1964;
member of Ohio
state senate, 1969-76; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 18th District, 1977-95.
Presbyterian. Member, Farm
Bureau; Sons of
Italy; Elks; Eagles;
League of
Women Voters.
Still living as of 2014.
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John Holmes Arnold (1862-1944) —
also known as John H. Arnold —
of Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Born in Freeport, Armstrong
County, Pa., December
11, 1862.
Lumberman;
railroad
mechanic; lawyer; Lieutenant
Governor of Ohio, 1915-17.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Woodmen;
Moose.
Died in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, March
29, 1944 (age 81 years, 109
days).
Interment at Green
Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio.
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Ray Dudley Avery (b. 1886) —
also known as Ray D. Avery —
of Bowling Green, Wood
County, Ohio.
Born in Bowling Green, Wood
County, Ohio, August
23, 1886.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Wood
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1922-25; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Ohio, 1948.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Kiwanis;
Elks; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Dudley H. Avery and Ettie M. (Wilsey) Avery; married, June 19,
1913, to Irene Ross. |
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Samuel Beach Axtell (1819-1891) —
of Mt. Clemens, Macomb
County, Mich.; Amador
County, Calif.; San
Francisco, Calif.; Santa Fe, Santa Fe
County, N.M.
Born near Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, October
14, 1819.
Democrat. Lawyer; Amador
County District Attorney, 1854; U.S.
Representative from California 1st District, 1867-71; Governor
of Utah Territory, 1875; Governor
of New Mexico Territory, 1875-78; justice of
New Mexico territorial supreme court, 1882-85.
Presbyterian.
Died in Morristown, Morris
County, N.J., August
6, 1891 (age 71 years, 296
days).
Interment at First
Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Morristown, N.J.
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Frank L. Baldwin (1863-1938) —
of Leadville, Lake
County, Colo.; Youngstown, Mahoning
County, Ohio.
Born in Youngstown, Mahoning
County, Ohio, June 29,
1863.
Lawyer;
mayor
of Youngstown, Ohio, 1906-07.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Knights of
the Maccabees; Elks; Humane
Society.
Died in Youngstown, Mahoning
County, Ohio, March 4,
1938 (age 74 years, 248
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Youngstown, Ohio.
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George Alexander Ball (1862-1955) —
also known as George A. Ball —
of Muncie, Delaware
County, Ind.
Born in Green, Summit
County, Ohio, November
5, 1862.
Republican. President, Ball Brothers glass
manufacturing company; chairman, Merchants National Bank of
Muncie; delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1928
(Convention
Vice-President), 1936;
member of Republican
National Committee from Indiana, 1932-37.
Presbyterian. Member, Beta
Gamma Sigma; Freemasons;
Rotary.
Died, from cerebral
thrombosis, in Muncie, Delaware
County, Ind., October
22, 1955 (age 92 years, 351
days).
Entombed at Beech
Grove Cemetery, Muncie, Ind.
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James R. Barr (1854-1934) —
of Cambridge, Guernsey
County, Ohio.
Born near Cambridge, Guernsey
County, Ohio, April
15, 1854.
Republican. School
teacher; druggist; Guernsey
County Clerk of Courts, 1881-87; mayor
of Cambridge, Ohio, 1890-94; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Ohio, 1896;
postmaster at Cambridge,
Ohio, 1897-1910; insurance
and real
estate business; member of Ohio
state senate 18th-19th District, 1921-22.
Presbyterian. Scottish
and Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights
Templar.
Injured in a fall on
slippery pavement, broke his hip, and died several weeks later, in
Cambridge, Guernsey
County, Ohio, January
2, 1934 (age 79 years, 262
days).
Interment at Northwood
Cemetery, Cambridge, Ohio.
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Kenneth Gill Bartlett (1906-1983) —
also known as Kenneth G. Bartlett —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.; Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio.
Born in Plymouth, Wayne
County, Mich., March
13, 1906.
Republican. Dean,
adult education division, University College, Syracuse University,
1946-52; vice president dean of
public affairs, 1953; director of Onondaga County Savings Bank;
member of New York
state assembly 119th District, 1967-70.
Presbyterian. Member, Phi
Kappa Phi; Alpha
Delta Sigma; Sigma
Nu.
Died in October, 1983
(age 77
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Bernice Kleinhans. |
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George Buckingham Beecher (1841-1925) —
also known as George B. Beecher —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio; Hillsboro, Highland
County, Ohio.
Born in Zanesville, Muskingum
County, Ohio, September
7, 1841.
Republican. Minister;
offered prayer, Republican National Convention,
1876.
Presbyterian.
Died in Hillsboro, Highland
County, Ohio, April 1,
1925 (age 83 years, 206
days).
Interment at Hillsboro
Cemetery, Hillsboro, Ohio.
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Relatives: Son
of George Beecher and Sarah Sturges (Buckingham) Beecher; married, November
20, 1873, to Ann Price 'Nannie' O'Hara; nephew of Harriet Beecher
Stowe and Henry
Ward Beecher; second cousin thrice removed of Jonathan
Elmer, Ebenezer
Elmer and Eli
Elmer; second cousin four times removed of Erastus
Wolcott and Oliver
Wolcott Sr.; third cousin once removed of Leveret
Brainard; third cousin twice removed of Amaziah
Brainard and Lucius
Quintius Cincinnatus Elmer; third cousin thrice removed of Oliver
Wolcott Jr., Roger
Griswold, John
Allen and Frederick
Wolcott; fourth cousin once removed of Ambrose
Tuttle, Joseph
H. Elmer, George
Frederick Stone, Walter
Keene Linscott, Sidney
Smythe Linscott and Frances
Payne Bolton. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Conger-Hungerford
family of Connecticut and New York; Bolton-Whitney-Brainard-Wolcott
family of Ohio and New York; Wolcott-Griswold-Packwood-Brandegee
family of Connecticut (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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James Thomas Begg (1877-1963) —
also known as James T. Begg —
of Sandusky, Erie
County, Ohio.
Born near Lima, Allen
County, Ohio, February
16, 1877.
Republican. School
principal; superintendent
of schools; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 13th District, 1919-29; defeated, 1942;
candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1928.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died March
26, 1963 (age 86 years, 38
days).
Interment at Lake
View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
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Frederick Christopher Belen (1913-1999) —
also known as Frederick C. Belen —
of Arlington, Arlington
County, Va.
Born in Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., December
25, 1913.
Lawyer;
aide to U.S. Reps. Andrew
J. Transue and George
D. O'Brien; served in the U.S. Army during World War II.
Presbyterian. Member, American
Legion; Disabled
American Veterans; Federal
Bar Association.
U.S. deputy postmaster general; chaired the committee which created
the ZIP code.
Died, of complications from Parkinson's
disease, in Arlington Hospital,
Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., October
13, 1999 (age 85 years, 292
days).
Interment at National
Memorial Park, Near Falls Church, Fairfax County, Va.
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George Harrison Bender (1896-1961) —
also known as George H. Bender —
of Cleveland Heights, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Chagrin Falls, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, September
29, 1896.
Republican. Insurance
executive; member of Ohio
state senate 25th District, 1921-30; U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1939-49, 1951-54 (at-large 1939-49,
1951-53, 23rd District 1953-54); delegate to Republican National
Convention from Ohio, 1940,
1944,
1948,
1952,
1956
(speaker);
U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1954-57.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Chagrin Falls, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, June 18,
1961 (age 64 years, 262
days).
Interment at Knollwood
Cemetery, Mayfield Heights, Ohio.
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Samuel Bigger (1802-1846) —
of Indiana.
Born in Warren
County, Ohio, March
20, 1802.
Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1833-35; circuit judge in
Indiana, 1836-40; Governor of
Indiana, 1840-43; defeated, 1843.
Presbyterian.
Died in Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind., September
9, 1846 (age 44 years, 173
days).
Interment at McCulloch
Park, Fort Wayne, Ind.
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Richard Ely Bird (1878-1955) —
also known as Richard E. Bird —
of Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, November
4, 1878.
Republican. Lawyer;
district judge in Kansas 18th District, 1917-20; U.S.
Representative from Kansas 8th District, 1921-23; defeated, 1922.
Presbyterian. Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died in Long Beach, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
10, 1955 (age 76 years, 67
days).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Wichita, Kan.
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James Gillespie Birney (1792-1857) —
also known as James G. Birney —
of Danville, Boyle
County, Ky.; Huntsville, Madison
County, Ala.; Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio; New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Lower Saginaw, Saginaw County (now Bay City, Bay
County), Mich.
Born in Danville, Boyle
County, Ky., February
4, 1792.
Lawyer;
studied law in the office of Alexander
J. Dallas in Philadelphia; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1816-18; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1819-20; solicitor general of
Alabama, 1823-26; candidate for Presidential Elector for Alabama; mayor
of Huntsville, Ala., 1829; abolitionist; Liberty candidate for President
of the United States, 1840, 1844; candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1843, 1845.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons;
American
Anti-Slavery Society.
While traveling in 1845, the horse he
was riding bucked; he fell and
was injured; his condition worsened over time, leading to tremors and
paralysis, and he died as a result, in Perth Amboy, Middlesex
County, N.J., November
25, 1857 (age 65 years, 294
days).
Interment at Williamsburgh
Cemetery, Groveland, N.Y.
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Frances Payne Bolton (1885-1977) —
also known as Frances P. Bolton; Frances Payne
Bingham —
of Lyndhurst, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, March
29, 1885.
Republican. Member of Ohio
Republican State Central Committee, 1938-40; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 22nd District, 1940-69; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1948
(speaker),
1952
(Honorary
Vice-President), 1956,
1960,
1964,
1968.
Female.
Presbyterian. Member, League of Women
Voters; National
Trust for Historic Preservation; Daughters of the
American Revolution.
First
woman member of Congress to head a mission abroad, 1955.
Died in Lyndhurst, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, March 9,
1977 (age 91 years, 345
days).
Interment at Lake
View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
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Ella Alexander Boole (1858-1952) —
also known as Ella A. Boole; Ella
Alexander —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Van Wert, Van Wert
County, Ohio, July 26,
1858.
Candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1920 (Republican primary), 1920
(Prohibition); president, Women's Christian Temperance Union
(national, 1925-33; world, 1931-47); Dry candidate for delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Female.
Presbyterian. Member, Women's
Christian Temperance Union.
Died, of a stroke,
in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., March
13, 1952 (age 93 years, 231
days).
Interment at Cypress
Hills National Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Xenophon A. Boomhower (1872-1954) —
of Bad Axe, Huron
County, Mich.
Born in Ohio, 1872.
Republican. Lawyer; Huron
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1909-21; circuit
judge in Michigan 24th Circuit, 1924-53.
Presbyterian. Member, Rotary;
Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died in 1954
(age about
82 years).
Interment at Elkland
Township Cemetery, Near Cass City, Tuscola County, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Alma (Stuart) Boomhower and Addison Boomhower; married to
Catherine Gillies. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Frank Townsend Bow (1901-1972) —
also known as Frank T. Bow —
of Canton, Stark
County, Ohio.
Born in Canton, Stark
County, Ohio, February
20, 1901.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Ohio
Republican State Central Committee, 1945-46; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 16th District, 1951-72; died in office
1972; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1964.
Presbyterian. Member, Sigma
Pi; Elks.
Died in Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., November
13, 1972 (age 71 years, 267
days).
Interment at West
Lawn Cemetery, Canton, Ohio.
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Daniel Boyd (b. 1875) —
of Enterprise, Wallowa
County, Ore.
Born in Coshocton, Coshocton
County, Ohio, December
5, 1875.
Republican. Lawyer;
mayor of Enterprise, Ore.; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Oregon, 1912,
1916;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Oregon; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Oregon 2nd District, 1928.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Woodmen;
Phi
Delta Theta.
Burial location unknown.
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James Tenney Brand (1886-1964) —
also known as James T. Brand —
of Salem, Marion
County, Ore.
Born in Oberlin, Lorain
County, Ohio, October
9, 1886.
Lawyer;
circuit judge in Oregon, 1927-41; justice of
Oregon state supreme court, 1941-58; judge of military tribunal
for trial of major war criminals, Nuremberg, Germany, 1947.
Presbyterian. Member, Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons.
Died in February, 1964
(age 77
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James Brand and Juliet (Hughes) Brand; married, July 13,
1916, to Irene May Morley. |
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Marie Caroline Brehm (1859-1926) —
also known as Marie C. Brehm —
of Illinois; Long Beach, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Sandusky, Erie
County, Ohio, June 30,
1859.
Lecturer;
Prohibition candidate for University
of Illinois trustee, 1902, 1904, 1908; Prohibition candidate for
Vice
President of the United States, 1924.
Female.
Presbyterian. Member, Women's
Christian Temperance Union.
Died January
26, 1926 (age 66 years, 210
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Daughter of William Henry Brehm and Elizabeth (Rhode)
Brehm. |
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Joseph I. Brittain (1858-1930) —
of East Palestine, Columbiana
County, Ohio; St. Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla.
Born in New Brighton, Beaver
County, Pa., 1858.
Republican. Member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1892-95; U.S. Consul in Nantes, 1897-1902; Kehl, 1902-07; Prague, 1907-13; U.S. Consul General in Coburg, 1913-14; Auckland, 1914-15; Sydney, 1915-19; Winnipeg, 1919-24.
Presbyterian. Member, Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died October
22, 1930 (age about 72
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Brittain and Belinda Brittain; married, August
2, 1894, to Martha Louise Clark. |
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John B. Brooks (b. 1871) —
of Erie, Erie
County, Pa.
Born near Geneva, Ashtabula
County, Ohio, March
29, 1871.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1898-99.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Amaziah Brooks and Mary Brooks; married 1899 to
Genevieve Wilbur. |
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Clarence J. Brown Jr. (b. 1927) —
also known as Bud Brown —
of Urbana, Champaign
County, Ohio.
Born in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, June 18,
1927.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean conflict; newspaper
publisher; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 7th District, 1965-83; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1972;
candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1982.
Presbyterian. Member, Rotary;
Farm
Bureau; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Omicron
Delta Kappa; Phi
Kappa Sigma; Sigma
Delta Chi.
Still living as of 1998.
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Donald A. Brown (1924-1999) —
of Royal Oak, Oakland
County, Mich.; Bloomfield Hills, Oakland
County, Mich.
Born in Akron, Summit
County, Ohio, November
2, 1924.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Oakland County 5th District;
defeated, 1952; elected 1956; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1958.
Presbyterian.
Died June 30,
1999 (age 74 years, 240
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married, December
20, 1947, to Lynette Ralya. |
| | | Image source: Michigan Manual
1957-58 |
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Thaddeus Harold Brown (1887-1941) —
also known as Thad H. Brown —
of Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Born in Lincoln Township, Morrow
County, Ohio, January
10, 1887.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; secretary
of state of Ohio, 1923-27; candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1926; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio,
1928;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio; member, Federal Radio
Commission, 1932-34; member, Federal Communications Commission,
1934-40.
Presbyterian. Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Phi
Kappa Psi; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, February
25, 1941 (age 54 years, 46
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Mary Elizabeth Busey (1854-1930) —
also known as Mary E. Busey; Mary Elizabeth Bowen;
Mrs. S. T. Busey —
of Urbana, Champaign
County, Ill.
Born in Delphi, Carroll
County, Ind., June 21,
1854.
Republican. University
of Illinois trustee, 1905-30.
Female.
Presbyterian.
Died, in a hospital
at Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, April 7,
1930 (age 75 years, 290
days).
Burial location unknown.
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George Edward Bushnell (1887-1965) —
also known as George E. Bushnell —
of Highland Park, Wayne
County, Mich.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Roanoke,
Va., November
4, 1887.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1934-55; defeated, 1928; resigned
1955; chief
justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1940, 1948.
Presbyterian. Scottish
ancestry. Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
American Bar
Association; Delta
Theta Phi.
Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, September
30, 1965 (age 77 years, 330
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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John Levi Cable (1884-1971) —
also known as John L. Cable —
of Lima, Allen
County, Ohio.
Born in Lima, Allen
County, Ohio, April
15, 1884.
Republican. Lawyer;
director and counsel, Lima Telephone
and Telegraph Co., Napoleon Telephone
Co., Lima Toledo Railroad,
Lima City Street
Railway Co.; Allen
County Prosecuting Attorney; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 4th District, 1921-25, 1929-33;
defeated, 1912; candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1924; candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio.
Episcopalian
or Presbyterian. Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Elks; Moose; Grange;
Junior
Order; Kiwanis.
Died in Lima, Allen
County, Ohio, September
15, 1971 (age 87 years, 153
days).
Entombed at St.
Boniface Episcopal Church, Sarasota, Fla.
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James Clement Cain (b. 1925) —
also known as James C. Cain —
of Bluefield, Mercer
County, W.Va.
Born in Canton, Stark
County, Ohio, April
13, 1925.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Mercer County, 1965-68.
Presbyterian. Member, Phi
Alpha Delta; Jaycees.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Emmett Alexander Cain and Wilhelmina (Hessee) Cain; married, September
11, 1950, to Nancy Lee Caldwell. |
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John Kenneth Caldwell (1881-1982) —
also known as John K. Caldwell —
of Berea, Madison
County, Ky.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Piketon, Pike
County, Ohio, October
16, 1881.
Republican. Interpreter;
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul General in Yokohama, 1909; U.S. Vice Consul in Dalny, 1911; U.S. Consul in Vladivostok, 1914-20; Kobe, 1920-21; U.S. Consul General in Sydney, 1932-35; Tientsin, 1935-38; U.S. Minister to Ethiopia, 1943-45.
Presbyterian.
Died in 1982
(age about 100
years).
Burial location unknown.
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John Allen Campbell (1835-1880) —
of Wyoming.
Born in Salem, Columbiana
County, Ohio, October
8, 1835.
General in the Union Army during the Civil War; Governor
of Wyoming Territory, 1869-75.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., July 14,
1880 (age 44 years, 280
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Willard Donald Campbell (1901-1992) —
also known as Willard D. Campbell —
of Cambridge, Guernsey
County, Ohio; Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Born in New Philadelphia, Tuscarawas
County, Ohio, June 6,
1901.
Lawyer;
Guernsey
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1930-34; member of Ohio
state senate, 1935-37; common pleas court judge in Ohio, 1938-39.
Presbyterian. Member, American
Judicature Society; American Bar
Association; Phi
Delta Theta; Delta
Theta Phi; Elks; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Moose.
Died February
19, 1992 (age 90 years, 258
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Dr. Howard N. Campbell and Eloise (Gray) Campbell; married, November
25, 1936, to Rosanna L. Vance. |
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Henderson Haverfield Carson (1893-1971) —
also known as Henderson H. Carson —
of Canton, Stark
County, Ohio.
Born in Cadiz, Harrison
County, Ohio, October
25, 1893.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 16th District, 1943-45, 1947-49.
Presbyterian. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Lions; Elks; Moose; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in Canton, Stark
County, Ohio, October
5, 1971 (age 77 years, 345
days).
Interment at West
Lawn Cemetery, Canton, Ohio.
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Bernard Lee Case (1872-1969) —
also known as Bernie L. Case —
of Ithaca, Gratiot
County, Mich.
Born in Sheffield, Lorain
County, Ohio, February
23, 1872.
Republican. Gratiot
County Clerk, 1915-22; member of Michigan
state senate 25th District, 1923-26; candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives from Gratiot County, 1928.
Presbyterian. Member, Odd
Fellows; Lions.
Died in a convalescent
home at St. Louis, Gratiot
County, Mich., June 20,
1969 (age 97 years, 117
days).
Interment at Ithaca Cemetery, Ithaca, Mich.
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John Crawford Chaney (1853-1940) —
also known as John C. Chaney —
of Sullivan, Sullivan
County, Ind.
Born near New Lisbon (now Lisbon), Columbiana
County, Ohio, February
1, 1853.
Republican. Superintendent
of schools; lawyer;
member of Indiana
Republican State Central Committee, 1884-85; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Indiana; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 2nd District, 1905-09; defeated,
1902, 1908.
Presbyterian.
Died in Sullivan, Sullivan
County, Ind., April
26, 1940 (age 87 years, 85
days).
Interment at Center
Ridge Cemetery, Sullivan, Ind.
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Robert Keaton Christenberry (1899-1973) —
also known as Robert K. Christenberry —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill.; Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Fort Lauderdale, Broward
County, Fla.
Born in Huntingdon, Carroll
County, Tenn., January
27, 1899.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; lost his
right hand and wrist in a grenade explosion; U.S. Vice Consul in
Vladivostok, as of 1919; hotel
manager and executive; candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1957; postmaster at New
York City, N.Y., 1958-66 (acting, 1958-59).
Presbyterian. Member, Disabled
American Veterans; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Jesters.
Suffered a stroke,
and died two months later, in Methodist Hospital,
Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., April
13, 1973 (age 74 years, 76
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Calvin Christenberry and Rebecca Arminta (Keaton)
Christenberry; married, August
14, 1929, to Edna Joan LeRoy. |
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Lewis G. Christman (1888-1979) —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Archbold, Fulton
County, Ohio, March
10, 1888.
Republican. Lawyer; business
executive; banker;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Washtenaw County 1st
District, 1945-54; member of Michigan
state senate 33rd District, 1955-60; candidate for delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from 33rd Senatorial
District, 1961.
Presbyterian. Member, Elks; Freemasons;
Exchange
Club.
Died, from complications of bladder
cancer, in the Huron View Lodge nursing
home, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., June 29,
1979 (age 91 years, 111
days).
Interment at Washtenong
Memorial Park, Ann Arbor Township, Washtenaw County, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Philip D. Christman and Rachel (Sprow) Christman; married to
Arietta O. VanNess. |
| | | Image source: Michigan Manual
1957-58 |
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Harold Kile Claypool (1886-1958) —
also known as Harold K. Claypool —
of Chillicothe, Ross
County, Ohio.
Born in Bainbridge, Ross
County, Ohio, June 2,
1886.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Ohio 11th District, 1937-43.
Presbyterian. Member, Elks; Eagles.
Died in Chillicothe, Ross
County, Ohio, August
2, 1958 (age 72 years, 61
days).
Interment at Grandview
Cemetery, Chillicothe, Ohio.
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Paul V. Collins (b. 1860) —
of St. Peter, Nicollet
County, Minn.; Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Camden, Preble
County, Ohio, July 22,
1860.
Newspaper
correspondent; newspaper
editor and publisher; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Minnesota, 1888;
Progressive candidate for Governor of
Minnesota, 1912.
Presbyterian. Member, Sons of
the American Revolution.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel Collins and Abigail Jane (Patton) Collins; married, June 20,
1889, to Mary Graves Rhoads. |
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Chauncey Stewart Conger (1838-1916) —
also known as Chauncey S. Conger —
of Carmi, White
County, Ill.
Born in Strong Ridge, Wood
County, Ohio, January
14, 1838.
Civil
engineer; lawyer; White
County Superintendent of Schools, 1861-62; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1863-64; circuit judge in
Illinois, 1879.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons;
Ancient
Order of United Workmen.
Died in Carmi, White
County, Ill., July 24,
1916 (age 78 years, 192
days).
Interment at Maple
Ridge Cemetery, Carmi, Ill.
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James W. Conger (1845-1921) —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Washington
County, Pa., August
6, 1845.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; roofing
business; candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1912;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio.
Presbyterian. Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Freemasons.
Died in St. Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla., February
22, 1921 (age 75 years, 200
days).
Interment at Lake
View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
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Relatives: Son
of William Henry Harrison Conger and Martha (Auld) Conger; married,
February
15, 1869, to Anna M. Higgins; married, November
18, 1914, to Maude A. Miller; third cousin twice removed of Hugh
Conger; fourth cousin once removed of James
Lockwood Conger, Anson
Griffith Conger, Harmon
Sweatland Conger, Omar
Dwight Conger, Moore
Conger, Chauncey
Stewart Conger, Frederick
Ward Conger, Charles
Franklin Conger, Isaac
Young Conger and Abraham
Benjamin Conger. |
| | | Political families: Conger
family of New York; Conger-Hungerford
family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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George Anderson Cooke (b. 1869) —
also known as George A. Cooke —
of Aledo, Mercer
County, Ill.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in New Athens, Harrison
County, Ohio, July 3,
1869.
Democrat. Lawyer; law
partner of Guy
C. Scott, 1896-1900; member of Illinois
state house of representatives 33rd District, 1902-06; justice of
Illinois state supreme court, 1909-19; chief
justice of Illinois state supreme court, 1913-14; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1928.
Presbyterian. Member, American Bar
Association; Beta
Theta Pi; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Cooke and Vanceline (Downing) Cooke; married, October
20, 1896, to Sarah Blee. |
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Oscar Taylor Corson (1857-1928) —
also known as Oscar T. Corson —
of Ohio.
Born near Camden, Preble
County, Ohio, May 3,
1857.
Republican. School teacher
and principal; Ohio
commissioner of common schools, 1892-98.
Presbyterian. Dutch
and Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Died suddenly while addressing
a conference at Ohio State University, Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, April
14, 1928 (age 70 years, 347
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Corson and Elizabeth (McBurney) Corson; married, August
2, 1881, to Ella M. Jacoby. |
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Leo Calvin Crawford (b. 1896) —
also known as Leo C. Crawford —
of Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio.
Born in Darke
County, Ohio, August
30, 1896.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer; Montgomery
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1931-34; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, 1939-44; common pleas
court judge in Ohio, 1946-48.
Presbyterian. Member, American
Legion; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Phi
Beta Kappa; Tau
Kappa Alpha; Sigma
Delta Chi; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Eagles.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George Frederick Crawford and Jane (McClain) Crawford; married, February
5, 1927, to Sara M. Kelley. |
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Janet Weir Creighton (b. 1950) —
of Canton, Stark
County, Ohio.
Born, in Aultman Hospital,
Canton, Stark
County, Ohio, August
22, 1950.
Republican. Stark
County Recorder, 1985-91; Stark
County Auditor, 1991-2003; mayor of
Canton, Ohio, 2004-; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Ohio, 2004.
Female.
Presbyterian. Member, Daughters of the
American Revolution.
Still living as of 2007.
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Relatives:
Married to William L. Turnbow. |
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Charles Noel Crosby (1876-1951) —
also known as Charles N. Crosby —
of Meadville, Crawford
County, Pa.
Born in Cherry Valley, Ashtabula
County, Ohio, September
29, 1876.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 29th District, 1933-39;
defeated, 1922.
Presbyterian. Member, Beta
Theta Pi.
Died in Frederick, Frederick
County, Md., January
26, 1951 (age 74 years, 119
days).
Interment at Columbia
Gardens Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Joseph Darlington (1765-1851) —
of Fayette
County, Pa.; Limestone (now Maysville), Mason
County, Ky.; West Union, Adams
County, Ohio.
Born near Winchester, Frederick
County, Va., July 19,
1765.
Member of Northwest
Territory legislature, 1799-1801; delegate
to Ohio state constitutional convention from Adams County, 1802;
member of Ohio
state senate, 1803.
Presbyterian.
Died, of cholera,
in West Union, Adams
County, Ohio, August
2, 1851 (age 86 years, 14
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Meredith Darlington and Sarah (Davis) Darlington; married, March
18, 1790, to Sarah Wilson. |
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John Ker Davis (1882-1969) —
also known as John K. Davis —
of Wooster, Wayne
County, Ohio.
Born, in Soochow (Suzhou), China,
of American parents, March 5,
1882.
Interpreter;
U.S. Deputy Consul General in Shanghai, 1910-13; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul General in Canton, 1913-14; U.S. Vice Consul in Chefoo, 1914-15; U.S. Consul in Antung, 1915-19; Nanking, 1919-27; U.S. Consul General in London, 1928-30; Seoul, 1930-34; Vancouver, 1934-38.
Presbyterian. Member, Beta
Theta Pi; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in July, 1969
(age 87
years, 0 days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Relatives: Son
of John Wright Davis and Alice Irene (Schmucker) Davis; married, May 29,
1912, to Mary Isabelle Murphy. |
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Arthur Hiram Day (1890-1967) —
also known as Arthur H. Day —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Lakewood, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Pandora, Putnam
County, Ohio, February
1, 1890.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for Ohio
state house of representatives, 1916; served in the U.S. Army
during World War I; member of Ohio
state senate, 1921-22, 1925-26; municipal judge in Ohio, 1932;
common pleas court judge in Ohio, 1933-34; justice of
Ohio state supreme court, 1935-36; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1938.
Presbyterian. Member, American Bar
Association; Sons of
the American Revolution; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Disabled
American Veterans; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Delta
Theta Phi; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Grotto;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Moose.
Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, January
11, 1967 (age 76 years, 344
days).
Interment at Holy
Cross Cemetery, Brook Park, Ohio.
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Herman Dehnke (1887-1979) —
of Harrisville, Alcona
County, Mich.
Born in Henry
County, Ohio, November
26, 1887.
Republican. Lawyer; Alcona
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1915-27; circuit
judge in Michigan 23rd Circuit, 1928-59; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1936;
candidate for justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1945; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Alpena District,
1961-62.
Presbyterian. Member, American Bar
Association; Odd
Fellows; Freemasons;
Grange.
Died in Midland, Midland
County, Mich., April
10, 1979 (age 91 years, 135
days).
Interment at Harrisville
Cemetery, Harrisville, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Hermann Dehnke and Katherine (Sattler) Dehnke; married, September
1, 1913, to Maude Frances Dodge. |
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William Franklin Devin (1898-1982) —
also known as William F. Devin —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio, March
28, 1898.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
municipal judge in Washington, 1939-42; mayor
of Seattle, Wash., 1942-52; defeated, 1941, 1952.
Presbyterian. Member, American
Legion; Phi
Delta Phi; Royal
Arcanum.
Died in Seattle, King
County, Wash., February
2, 1982 (age 83 years, 311
days).
Cremated.
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Charles Daniel Drake (1811-1892) —
also known as Charles D. Drake —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, April
11, 1811.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1859-60; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 29th District, 1865;
U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1867-70; Judge
of U.S. Court of Claims, 1870.
Presbyterian.
Slaveowner.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 1,
1892 (age 80 years, 356
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Ernest George Eagleson (1864-1956) —
also known as Ern G. Eagleson —
of Boise, Ada
County, Idaho.
Born in Cadiz, Harrison
County, Ohio, January
13, 1864.
Railroad
and mining engineer;
City
Engineer of Boise, 1893-97, 1899-1901, 1911-12; U.S.
Surveyor-General for Idaho, 1902-08; mayor of
Boise, Idaho, 1919-21, 1925-27.
Presbyterian. Member, American
Society of Civil Engineers; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Woodmen
of the World.
Died, in a nursing
home at Boise, Ada
County, Idaho, August
17, 1956 (age 92 years, 217
days).
Interment at Morris
Hill Cemetery, Boise, Idaho.
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Relatives: Son
of Andrew Hervey Eagleson and Martha A. (Kerr) Eagleson; married, May 6,
1907, to Viola Scully. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: City of
Boise |
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Herman Preston Faris (1858-1936) —
also known as Herman P. Faris —
of Clinton, Henry
County, Mo.
Born near Bellefontaine, Logan
County, Ohio, December
25, 1858.
Banker;
real
estate broker; Prohibition candidate for secretary
of state of Missouri, 1888; Prohibition candidate for Governor of
Missouri, 1920; Prohibition candidate for President
of the United States, 1924; Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1926.
Presbyterian. Member, Knights
of Pythias; Woodmen.
Died March
20, 1936 (age 77 years, 86
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel Davis Faris and Sarah Plumer (Preston) Faris; married, April
26, 1880, to Adda Winters; married, February
6, 1911, to Sallie A. Lewis. |
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Thomas Brooks Fletcher (1879-1945) —
also known as Brooks Fletcher —
of Marion, Marion
County, Ohio.
Born in Mechanicstown, Carroll
County, Ohio, October
10, 1879.
Democrat. Newspaper
editor; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 8th District, 1925-29, 1933-39.
Presbyterian.
Died in Washington,
D.C., July 1,
1945 (age 65 years, 264
days).
Interment at Mechanicstown
Cemetery, Mechanicstown, Ohio.
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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.
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; married, April
12, 1925, to Olive Roberts. |
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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.
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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Robert Wilkinson Furnas (1824-1905) —
also known as Robert W. Furnas —
of Brownville, Nemaha
County, Neb.
Born in Miami
County, Ohio, May 5,
1824.
Republican. Printer;
farmer;
member of Nebraska
territorial legislature, 1856; colonel in the Union Army during
the Civil War; member of University
of Nebraska board of regents, 1869-75; Governor of
Nebraska, 1873-75.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died June 1,
1905 (age 81 years, 27
days).
Interment at Brownville
Cemetery, Brownville, Neb.
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W. H. Gardiner (b. 1889) —
of Hartford City, Blackford
County, Ind.
Born in Fredericksburg, Wayne
County, Ohio, June 21,
1889.
Cleaning,
pressing and tailoring
business; mayor
of Hartford City, Ind., 1935-44.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Myron B. Gessaman (1894-1975) —
of Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Born in Youngstown, Mahoning
County, Ohio, October
15, 1894.
Lawyer;
Franklin
County Prosecutor, 1928-31; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1934-35; mayor
of Columbus, Ohio, 1936-39.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
American
Legion.
Died, in Mt. Carmel Hospital,
Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, August
20, 1975 (age 80 years, 309
days).
Interment at Union
Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio.
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John Herschel Glenn Jr. (1921-2016) —
also known as John Glenn —
of New Concord, Muskingum
County, Ohio; Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Born in Cambridge, Guernsey
County, Ohio, July 18,
1921.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; Astronaut;
in February 1962, first
American to orbit the earth; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Ohio, 1964,
1996,
2004,
2008;
U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1975-99; candidate for Democratic nomination
for President, 1984;
received the Medal
of Freedom in 2012; also inducted to the International Air &
Space Hall of
Fame, the National Aviation Hall of
Fame, the International Space Hall of
Fame, and the U.S. Astronaut Hall of
Fame.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons.
Died in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, December
8, 2016 (age 95 years, 143
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Relatives:
Married 1943 to Anna
Margaret Castor. |
| | | The John Glenn Columbus International
Airport (Port Columbus International Airport until 2016), in Columbus,
Ohio, is named for
him. — John Glenn High
School, in New
Concord, Ohio, is named for
him. — John Glenn High
School, in Westland,
Michigan, is named for
him. — John Glenn High
School, in Bay City,
Michigan, is named for
him. — John Glenn High
School, in Walkerton,
Indiana, is named for
him. — John Glenn High
School, in Norwalk,
California, is named for
him. — John Glenn Middle
School, in San
Angelo, Texas, is named for
him. — Colonel Glenn Road,
in Little
Rock, Arkansas, is named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile |
| | | Books by John Glenn: John
Glenn: A Memoir (1999) |
| | | Books about John Glenn: Robert Green,
John
Glenn : Astronaut and U.S. Senator (for young
readers) |
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Charles Colburn Glidden (b. 1855) —
also known as Charles C. Glidden —
of Portsmouth, Scioto
County, Ohio.
Born in Covington, Kenton
County, Ky., January
20, 1855.
Democrat. Mayor
of Portsmouth, Ohio, 1897-1901; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Ohio, 1900.
Presbyterian.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Daniel A. Glidden and Ellen (Robinson) Glidden; married, January
8, 1880, to Helen M. Crichton. |
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Tony Patrick Hall (b. 1942) —
also known as Tony P. Hall —
of Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio.
Born in Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio, January
16, 1942.
Democrat. Served
in the Peace Corps; real estate
agent; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1969-72; member of Ohio
state senate, 1973-78; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 3rd District, 1979-2002; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1996
(speaker),
2000.
Presbyterian. Member, Sigma
Chi.
Still living as of 2014.
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Edward Allen Hannegan (1807-1859) —
also known as Edward A. Hannegan —
of Covington, Fountain
County, Ind.
Born in Hamilton
County, Ohio, June 25,
1807.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1832-33, 1841-42; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 7th District, 1833-37; U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1843-49; U.S. Minister to Prussia, 1849-50.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons.
In May, 1852, during a drunken
argument, he stabbed
his brother-in-law, Captain Duncan, who died the
next day.
Died from overdose of
morphine (probably suicide),
in St.
Louis, Mo., February
25, 1859 (age 51 years, 245
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Terre Haute, Ind.
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Harry Nicholas Hansen (b. 1890) —
also known as Harry N. Hansen —
of Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio.
Born in Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio, August
14, 1890.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1929-32; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Ohio, 1944.
Presbyterian. Member, Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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Wilfred Eugene Harmon (1856-1933) —
also known as Wilfred E. Harmon —
of Bozeman, Gallatin
County, Mont.
Born in Fayette, Fulton
County, Ohio, February
7, 1856.
Republican. Telegraph
operator; school
teacher; superintendent
of schools; Montana
superintendent of public instruction, 1905-13; member of Montana
state house of representatives, 1920; Montana
state treasurer, 1925-29; secretary
of state of Montana, 1929-32.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Bozeman, Gallatin
County, Mont., August
15, 1933 (age 77 years, 189
days).
Interment at Sunset
Hills Cemetery, Bozeman, Mont.
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Benjamin Harrison (1833-1901) —
also known as "Little Ben"; "Kid
Gloves" —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in North Bend, Hamilton
County, Ohio, August
20, 1833.
Republican. Indiana
reporter of state courts, 1861-63, 1865-69; general in the Union
Army during the Civil War; candidate for Governor of
Indiana, 1876; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Indiana, 1880;
U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1881-87; President
of the United States, 1889-93; defeated, 1892.
Presbyterian. English
ancestry. Member, Loyal
Legion; Phi
Delta Theta.
Died of pneumonia,
in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., March
13, 1901 (age 67 years, 205
days).
Interment at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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Relatives: Son
of John
Scott Harrison and Elizabeth Ramsey (Irwin) Harrison; married, October
20, 1853, to Caroline
Harrison; married, April 6,
1896, to Mary Scott (Lord) Dimmick (sister-in-law of Joseph
Benjamin Dimmick); father of Russell
Benjamin Harrison; grandson of William
Henry Harrison (1773-1841) and Anna
Harrison; grandfather of William
Henry Harrison (1896-1990); grandnephew of Carter
Bassett Harrison; great-grandson of Benjamin
Harrison (1726-1791) and John
Cleves Symmes; first cousin twice removed of Beverley
Randolph and Burwell
Bassett; first cousin thrice removed of Robert
Carter Nicholas (1729-1780); second cousin twice removed of George
Nicholas, Wilson
Cary Nicholas and John
Nicholas; third cousin of Carter
Henry Harrison; third cousin once removed of Peyton
Randolph, Robert
Carter Nicholas (1787-1857) and Carter
Henry Harrison II; fourth cousin of Thomas
Marshall, James
Keith Marshall, Peter
Myndert Dox and Edmund
Randolph; fourth cousin once removed of Edmund
Randolph Cocke, Connally
Findlay Trigg, Richard
Evelyn Byrd, Harry
Bartow Hawes and William
Welby Beverley. |
| | | Political families: Pendleton-Lee
family of Maryland; Lee-Randolph
family; Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell
family of Virginia; Blackburn-Slaughter-Buckner-Madison
family of Kentucky (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Other politicians named for him: Benjamin
H. Swig
— Ben
H. Waigand
— Ben
DeHart
|
| | | Campaign slogan: "Grandfather's hat
fits Ben." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books about Benjamin Harrison: Rita
Stevens, Benjamin
Harrison, 23rd President of the United States — Harry
J. Sievers, Benjamin
Harrison : Hoosier President: The White House and After,
1889-1901 — Charles W. Calhoun, Benjamin
Harrison — Homer E. Socolofsky & Allan B. Spetter, The
Presidency of Benjamin Harrison — Susan Clinton, Benjamin
Harrison : Twenty-Third President of the United States (for young
readers) |
| | | Critical books about Benjamin Harrison:
Nathan Miller, Star-Spangled
Men : America's Ten Worst Presidents |
| | | Image source: Portrait & Biographical
Album of Washtenaw County (1891) |
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William Howard Harsha Jr. (1921-2010) —
of Portsmouth, Scioto
County, Ohio.
Born in Portsmouth, Scioto
County, Ohio, January
1, 1921.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; lawyer; Scioto
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1951-55; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 6th District, 1961-81.
Presbyterian. Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Disabled
American Veterans; Elks; Odd
Fellows; Freemasons;
Exchange
Club; Farm
Bureau; Grange.
Died in Portsmouth, Scioto
County, Ohio, October
12, 2010 (age 89 years, 284
days).
Interment at Greenlawn
Cemetery, Portsmouth, Ohio.
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Charles P. Henderson (1911-1990) —
of Youngstown, Mahoning
County, Ohio.
Born in Youngstown, Mahoning
County, Ohio, March 3,
1911.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; mayor
of Youngstown, Ohio, 1948-54; member, Commission on
Intergovernmental Relations, 1953-55.
Presbyterian. Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Elks; Moose; Eagles;
Phi
Delta Phi.
Died, from a heart
attack, at LaGuardia Airport,
Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., September
15, 1990 (age 79 years, 196
days).
Interment at Belmont Park Cemetery, Liberty Township, Trumbull County, Ohio.
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Edgar Henderson (1836-1891) —
of Indiana.
Born in McConnelsville, Morgan
County, Ohio, November
19, 1836.
Major in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1877.
Presbyterian.
Died in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., June 5,
1891 (age 54 years, 198
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas Andrews Hendricks (1819-1885) —
also known as Thomas A. Hendricks —
of Shelbyville, Shelby
County, Ind.; Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born near Zanesville, Muskingum
County, Ohio, September
7, 1819.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1848-49; delegate
to Indiana state constitutional convention, 1850-51; U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1851-55 (5th District 1851-53, 6th
District 1853-55); defeated, 1854; Commissioner of the General Land
Office, 1855-59; U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1863-69; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1868,
1876,
1884;
Governor
of Indiana, 1873-77; defeated, 1860, 1868; Vice
President of the United States, 1885; defeated, 1876; died in
office 1885; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana,
1884.
Presbyterian; later Episcopalian.
Scottish
and Dutch
ancestry. Member, Odd
Fellows.
Died, apparently from a heart
attack, in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., November
25, 1885 (age 66 years, 79
days).
Interment at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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Harry B. Hershey —
of Taylorville, Christian
County, Ill.
Born in Mifflin, Richland
County, Ohio.
Democrat. Lawyer; Christian
County State's Attorney, 1912-20; mayor
of Taylorville, Ill., 1922-26; member of Illinois
Democratic State Central Committee, 1938; Illinois
Democratic state chair, 1938-39; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Illinois, 1940,
1944
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1948;
candidate for Governor of
Illinois, 1940; justice of
Illinois state supreme court, 1951-66 (2nd District 1951-63, 5th
District 1964-66).
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; Alpha
Delta Phi; Phi
Alpha Delta; Delta
Sigma Rho; Farm
Bureau.
Burial location unknown.
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John Baker Hollister (1890-1979) —
also known as John B. Hollister —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, November
7, 1890.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 1st District, 1931-37; defeated, 1936;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1940,
1944,
1948,
1952
(member, Resolutions
Committee).
Presbyterian.
Died in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, January
4, 1979 (age 88 years, 58
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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George Bunce Holt (1790-1871) —
also known as George B. Holt —
of Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio.
Born in Norfolk, Litchfield
County, Conn., June 12,
1790.
Lawyer;
newspaper
editor; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1824-25; member of Ohio
state senate, 1828-30; common pleas court judge in Ohio, 1828-36,
1843-49; delegate
to Ohio state constitutional convention from Montgomery County,
1850-51.
Presbyterian.
Died October
30, 1871 (age 81 years, 140
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Dayton, Ohio.
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John Edward Hopley (1850-1927) —
also known as John E. Hopley —
of Bucyrus, Crawford
County, Ohio.
Born in Elkton, Todd
County, Ky., August
25, 1850.
Republican. Newspaper
editor; lawyer;
campaign manager and then private secretary to U.S. Rep. Stephen
R. Harris, 1895-97; U.S. Consul in Southampton, 1898-1903; Montevideo, 1903-05; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Ohio; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Ohio 8th District, 1914.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Royal
and Select Masters; Order of the
Eastern Star; Knights
Templar; Elks.
As a bedridden invalid, smoking a pipe, he accidentally dropped the
pipe, his clothes caught
fire, and he was badly burned; his burns became infected,
leading to his death a few days later, in Bucyrus, Crawford
County, Ohio, July 10,
1927 (age 76 years, 319
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Bucyrus, Ohio.
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William Herbert Hudnut III (1932-2016) —
also known as William H. Hudnut III —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.; Chevy Chase, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, October
17, 1932.
Republican. Ordained
minister; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 11th District, 1973-75; mayor
of Indianapolis, Ind., 1976-91; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Indiana; candidate for secretary
of state of Indiana, 1990; mayor of the town of Chevy Chase, Md.,
2004-06.
Presbyterian.
Died in Chevy Chase, Montgomery
County, Md., December
18, 2016 (age 84 years, 62
days).
Burial location unknown.
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James B. Hughes (1805-1873) —
of Meigs
County, Ohio; St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.; Hudson, St. Croix
County, Wis.
Born in Prince
Edward County, Va., October
12, 1805.
Lawyer;
newspaper
publisher; member of Ohio state legislature, 1838-39; served in
the U.S. Army during the Mexican War.
Presbyterian.
Died in Hudson, St. Croix
County, Wis., August
11, 1873 (age 67 years, 303
days).
Interment at Willow
River Cemetery, Hudson, Wis.
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Relatives: Son
of Simon Hughes and Betsy Coleman (Bigger) Hughes; married, September
4, 1838, to Elizabeth Mather. |
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Lawrence E. Imhoff (1895-1988) —
of St. Clairsville, Belmont
County, Ohio.
Born in Round Bottom, Monroe
County, Ohio, December
28, 1895.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; lawyer;
probate judge in Ohio, 1925-33; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 18th District, 1933-39, 1941-43; served
in the U.S. Navy during World War II.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Eagles;
Elks.
Died in North Fort Myers, Lee
County, Fla., April
18, 1988 (age 92 years, 112
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Fort
Myers Memorial Gardens, Fort Myers, Fla.
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T. Lamar Jackson —
of Youngstown, Mahoning
County, Ohio.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1940,
1948
(alternate), 1956.
Presbyterian.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John C. Jackson and Evelina (Clingan) Jackson; married to Mamie J.
Fitch. |
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Harry Palmer Jeffrey (1901-1997) —
also known as Harry P. Jeffrey —
of Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio.
Born in Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio, December
26, 1901.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 3rd District, 1943-45.
Presbyterian. Member, American Bar
Association; Order of
the Coif; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Sigma Rho; Freemasons.
Co-author of G.I. Bill of Rights.
Died in Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio, January
4, 1997 (age 95 years, 9
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Dayton, Ohio.
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William Miller Jenkins (1856-1941) —
also known as William M. Jenkins —
of Arkansas City, Cowley
County, Kan.; Kay
County, Okla.; Sapulpa, Creek
County, Okla.
Born in Alliance, Stark
County, Ohio, April
25, 1856.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Kansas, 1888;
secretary
of Oklahoma Territory, 1897-1901; Governor
of Oklahoma Territory, 1901.
Presbyterian.
Removed
from office as Governor in a scandal
over a sanitarium contract; a later investigation exonerated him.
Died in Sapulpa, Creek
County, Okla., October
19, 1941 (age 85 years, 177
days).
Interment at South
Heights Cemetery, Sapulpa, Okla.
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Averill G. Johnson (b. 1888) —
of Las Animas, Bent
County, Colo.; Wheat Ridge, Jefferson
County, Colo.
Born in Mercerville, Gallia
County, Ohio, August
15, 1888.
Republican. Superintendent
of schools; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Colorado
state senate, 1950.
Presbyterian. Member, Lions; American
Legion.
Burial location unknown.
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Brereton Chandler Jones (b. 1939) —
also known as Brereton C. Jones; Brerry
Jones —
of Point Pleasant, Mason
County, W.Va.; Woodford
County, Ky.
Born in Gallipolis, Gallia
County, Ohio, June 27,
1939.
Member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Mason County, 1965-68; Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1987-91; Governor of
Kentucky, 1991-95.
Episcopalian
or Presbyterian. Member, Delta
Sigma Pi; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Beta
Theta Pi.
Still living as of 2014.
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Paul Jones (b. 1880) —
of Youngstown, Mahoning
County, Ohio; Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Youngstown, Mahoning
County, Ohio, November
4, 1880.
Republican. Lawyer;
common pleas court judge in Ohio, 1920-23; U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of Ohio, 1923-36.
Presbyterian.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Brownlee Jones and Mary (Harris) Jones; married, July 5,
1924, to Caroline Bonnell. |
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Thomas Alfred Jones (b. 1859) —
also known as Thomas A. Jones —
of Jackson, Jackson
County, Ohio; Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Born in Oak Hill, Jackson
County, Ohio, March 4,
1859.
Republican. Lawyer;
mayor of Jackson, Ohio, 1885-87; circuit judge in Ohio 4th Circuit,
1901-13; Judge, Ohio Court of Appeals 4th District, 1913-15; justice of
Ohio state supreme court, 1915-36.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons;
Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Theta; Phi
Delta Phi.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Eben Jones and Ann (Williams) Jones; married, June 30,
1886, to Grace U. Hoyt. |
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William Moseley Jones (1905-1988) —
of Newport Beach, Orange
County, Calif.
Born in Ohio, 1905.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of California
state assembly, 1933-38; Speaker of
the California State Assembly, 1937-38; delegate
to California convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from California, 1960.
Presbyterian.
Died in 1988
(age about
83 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Cyrus Kearns (1869-1931) —
also known as Charles C. Kearns —
of Batavia, Clermont
County, Ohio; Las Vegas, San Miguel
County, N.M.; Hot Springs, Garland
County, Ark.; Amelia, Clermont
County, Ohio.
Born in Tonica, La Salle
County, Ill., February
11, 1869.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer; newspaper
editor; Clermont
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1906-09; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 6th District, 1915-31.
Presbyterian. Member, Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows.
Died in Amelia, Clermont
County, Ohio, December
17, 1931 (age 62 years, 309
days).
Interment at Mt.
Moriah Cemetery, Withamsville, Ohio.
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Jason Kellogg (1754-1821) —
of Hampton, Washington
County, N.Y.
Born in Sheffield, Berkshire
County, Mass., February
11, 1754.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member
of New York
state assembly, 1801-03, 1804-05, 1806-07, 1809-10, 1812-13,
1817-18 (Washington County 1801-03, 1804-05, 1806-07, 1809-10,
1812-13, Washington and Warren counties 1817-18).
Presbyterian.
Died in Chillicothe, Ross
County, Ohio, September
5, 1821 (age 67 years, 206
days).
Interment at Greenlawn Cemetery, Chillicothe, Ohio.
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Relatives: Son
of Rebecca (Munn) Kellogg and Elisha Kellogg; married to Mariam
Dewey; married, September
4, 1790, to Martha (Benedict) Sackett; married, May 8,
1816, to Lucretia (Dart) Rockwell; father of Silas
Dewey Kellogg; granduncle of Charles
Adams Jr.; great-grandfather of Charles
Collins Kellogg; second cousin of Orsamus
Cook Merrill and Timothy
Merrill; second cousin once removed of Aaron
Kellogg and Farrand
Fassett Merrill; second cousin twice removed of William
Pitt Kellogg; second cousin thrice removed of Henry
Theodore Kellogg; third cousin of Charles
Kellogg (1773-1842) and Daniel
Fiske Kellogg; third cousin once removed of Luther
Walter Badger, Greene
Carrier Bronson, Chester
Ashley, Daniel
Kellogg (1791-1875), Alvan
Kellogg, Alvah
Nash, John
Russell Kellogg, Day
Otis Kellogg, Dwight
Kellogg, George
Smith Catlin, Albert
Gallatin Kellogg, Francis
William Kellogg, Ensign
Hosmer Kellogg and Charles
Kellogg (1839-1903); third cousin twice removed of Orlando
Kellogg, William
Dean Kellogg, Stephen
Wright Kellogg, George
Bradley Kellogg, Daniel
Kellogg (1835-1918), Arthur
Tappan Kellogg and Selah
Merrill; third cousin thrice removed of Rowland
Case Kellogg, Frank
Billings Kellogg, William
Lucius Case, Clement
Phineas Kellogg, Edward
Russell Kellogg, Edward
Stanley Kellogg and Franklin
Warren Kellogg; fourth cousin of Gaylord
Griswold, Jeremiah
Mason, Stephen
Daniel Tilden and Elisha
Phelps; fourth cousin once removed of Hezekiah
Case, Joseph
Churchill Strong, Calvin
Frisbie, Amaziah
Brainard, DeGrasse
Maltby, Henry
Taintor, Daniel
Rose Tilden, Norman
A. Phelps, John
Smith Phelps and Lucretia
Garfield. |
| | | Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Melville Clyde Kelly (1883-1935) —
also known as M. Clyde Kelly; "Father of Air
Mail" —
of Edgewood, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Bloomfield, Muskingum
County, Ohio, August
4, 1883.
Republican. Newspaper
editor and publisher; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1911-12; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1913-15, 1917-35 (30th District
1913-15, 1917-23, 33rd District 1923-33, 31st District 1933-35).
Presbyterian. Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Royal
Arcanum.
On returning from a frog
hunting trip, was injured when a rifle he
was cleaning accidentally
fired; he died one week later, in a hospital
at Punxsutawney, Jefferson
County, Pa., April
29, 1935 (age 51 years, 268
days).
Interment at Mahoning
Union Cemetery, Marchand, Pa.
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Sue W. Kelly (b. 1936) —
of Katonah, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Lima, Allen
County, Ohio, September
26, 1936.
Republican. School
teacher; staff for U.S. Rep. Hamilton
Fish; U.S.
Representative from New York 19th District, 1995-.
Female.
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 2014.
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James Scott Kemper (1886-1981) —
also known as James S. Kemper —
of Winnetka, Cook
County, Ill.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Van Wert, Van Wert
County, Ohio, November
18, 1886.
Republican. Insurance
executive; created Lumberman's Mutual Casualty Company, which later
became Kemper Insurance
Companies; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois,
1936,
1940,
1944,
1948,
1952,
1964;
Treasurer
of Republican National Committee, 1944-46; U.S. Ambassador to Brazil, 1953-55.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons.
Died in 1981
(age about
94 years).
Interment at Rosehill
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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William Keys (d. 1864) —
of Highland
County, Ohio.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; Liberty candidate for
U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1843; candidate for delegate
to Ohio state constitutional convention, 1850.
Presbyterian.
Died in Indiana, 1864.
Burial location unknown.
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William Kile (1809-1877) —
of Indiana.
Born in Fayette
County, Ohio, September
1, 1809.
Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1840-41.
Presbyterian.
Died in Paris, Edgar
County, Ill., October
4, 1877 (age 68 years, 33
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas Norman Kindness (1929-2004) —
also known as Thomas N. Kindness; Tom
Kindness —
of Ohio.
Born in Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn., August
26, 1929.
Republican. Mayor
of Hamilton, Ohio, 1964-67; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1971-74; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 8th District, 1975-87; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1986.
Presbyterian.
Died January
8, 2004 (age 74 years, 135
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas Kirker (1760-1837) —
of Adams
County, Ohio.
Born in Ireland,
1760.
Delegate
to Ohio state constitutional convention from Adams County, 1802;
member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1803, 1816-17; member of Ohio
state senate, 1803-15, 1821-25; Governor of
Ohio, 1807-08; defeated, 1808; candidate for Presidential Elector
for Ohio.
Presbyterian.
Died February
20, 1837 (age about 76
years).
Interment at Kirker
Cemetery, Adams County, Ohio.
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Cyrus Gray Luce (1824-1905) —
also known as Cyrus G. Luce —
of Gilead Township, Branch
County, Mich.; Coldwater, Branch
County, Mich.
Born in Windsor, Ashtabula
County, Ohio, July 2,
1824.
Whig candidate for Indiana
state house of representatives, 1848; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Branch County 2nd District,
1855-56; Branch
County Treasurer, 1859-62; member of Michigan
state senate, 1865-68 (15th District 1865-66, 13th District
1867-68); delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention, 1867; member of Michigan
state board of agriculture, 1885-86; resigned 1886; Governor of
Michigan, 1887-90.
Presbyterian. Member, Grange.
Died in Coldwater, Branch
County, Mich., March
18, 1905 (age 80 years, 259
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Coldwater, Mich.
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Verner Wright Main (1885-1965) —
also known as Verner W. Main —
of Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich.
Born in Ashley, Delaware
County, Ohio, December
16, 1885.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Calhoun County 1st District,
1927-28; Dry candidate for delegate
to Michigan convention to ratify 21st amendment from Calhoun
County 2nd District, 1933; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 3rd District, 1935-37; defeated in
primary, 1936.
Presbyterian. Member, Delta
Tau Delta; Kiwanis.
Died in Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich., July 6,
1965 (age 79 years, 202
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Battle Creek, Mich.
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William Charles Manchester (1873-1943) —
also known as William C. Manchester —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born near Canfield, Mahoning
County, Ohio, December
25, 1873.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention 4th District,
1907-08; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1908;
member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1910-14.
Presbyterian. Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Kappa
Sigma.
Died, of prostate
cancer, in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., May 17,
1943 (age 69 years, 143
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered in a private or family graveyard, Mahoning County, Ohio.
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Relatives: Son
of Hugh A. Manchester and Rosannah (Squires) Manchester; married, December
27, 1898, to Margaret Katherine MacGregor. |
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Allen Thurman Martin (b. 1895) —
of Ashland, Ashland
County, Ohio.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, January
10, 1895.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1948.
Presbyterian. Member, Elks; Eagles.
Burial location unknown.
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David Meade Massie (b. 1859) —
of Chillicothe, Ross
County, Ohio.
Born in Chillicothe, Ross
County, Ohio, February
26, 1859.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Ohio
state senate, 1887-89; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Ohio, 1896,
1916.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Massie and Susan Burton (Thompson) Massie; married, November
6, 1883, to Juliet S. Matthews. |
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Stanley Matthews (1824-1889) —
of Ohio.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, July 21,
1824.
Republican. State court judge in Ohio, 1851; member of Ohio
state senate, 1856; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, 1858-61; U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1877-79; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1881-89; died in office 1889.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March
22, 1889 (age 64 years, 244
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Albert Joseph McCartney (1878-1965) —
of Sharon, Mercer
County, Pa.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Santa Monica, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Logan
County, Ohio, July 3,
1878.
Republican. Minister;
pastor, Covenant-First Presbyterian Church (later National
Presbyterian Church), 1930-50; offered prayer, Republican National
Convention, 1936,
1940;
commander, U.S. Navy Chaplain Corps, during World War II.
Presbyterian. Scottish
ancestry.
Died, in George Washington University Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., August
20, 1965 (age 87 years, 48
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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John E. McCauley (1924-1975) —
of Wyandotte, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Delaware, Delaware
County, Ohio, April
28, 1924.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; mayor
of Wyandotte, Mich., 1957-61; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County
18th District, 1961-62; member of Michigan
state senate 11th District, 1965-75; died in office 1975.
Presbyterian. Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Kiwanis;
Disabled
American Veterans; Eagles;
Purple
Heart.
Died in 1975
(age about
51 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John E. McCauley and Fern (Gibson) McCauley; married to Jeanette
E. Poet. |
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William Harvey McSurely (b. 1865) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Oxford, Butler
County, Ohio, January
27, 1865.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for Illinois
state senate 5th District, 1894; member of Illinois
state house of representatives 5th District, 1905-06; superior
court judge in Illinois, 1907-12; Judge, Illinois Appellate Court,
1912-.
Presbyterian. Member, Sigma
Chi; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. William Jasper McSurely and Hulda (Taylor) McSurely; married,
October
18, 1892, to Mary Elizabeth Cadman. |
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John Means (1829-1910) —
of Ashland, Boyd
County, Ky.
Born in West Union, Adams
County, Ohio, September
21, 1829.
Republican. Banker; ferry boat
business; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 10th District, 1874; mayor
of Ashland, Ky., 1881-82.
Presbyterian.
Died in Ashland, Boyd
County, Ky., February
14, 1910 (age 80 years, 146
days).
Interment at Ashland
Cemetery, Ashland, Ky.
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Charles Ellis Moore (1884-1941) —
also known as C. Ellis Moore —
of Cambridge, Guernsey
County, Ohio.
Born near Middlebourne, Guernsey
County, Ohio, January
3, 1884.
Republican. Lawyer; Guernsey
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1915-18; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 15th District, 1919-33; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1936
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business).
Presbyterian. Member, Kiwanis.
Died in Cambridge, Guernsey
County, Ohio, April 2,
1941 (age 57 years, 89
days).
Interment at Northwood
Cemetery, Cambridge, Ohio.
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Adelaide Van Gorden Morrow (1870-1947) —
also known as Adelaide V. Morrow; Adelaide Van Gorden;
Mrs. M. E. Morrow —
of West Plains, Howell
County, Mo.
Born in Hamilton, Butler
County, Ohio, November
28, 1870.
Republican. Newspaper
editor; lawyer; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 22nd District,
1922-23.
Female.
Presbyterian. Member, Daughters of the
American Revolution.
Died in West Plains, Howell
County, Mo., December
19, 1947 (age 77 years, 21
days).
Interment at Oak Lawn Cemetery, West Plains, Mo.
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Eben Newton (1795-1885) —
of Ohio.
Born in Goshen, Litchfield
County, Conn., October
16, 1795.
Lawyer;
member of Ohio
state senate, 1842-51, 1862-64; common pleas court judge in Ohio,
1844; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 19th District, 1851-53; railroad
president.
Presbyterian.
Died in Canfield, Mahoning
County, Ohio, November
6, 1885 (age 90 years, 21
days).
Interment at Canfield
Village Cemetery, Canfield, Ohio.
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Charles Lathrop Pack (1857-1937) —
also known as Charles L. Pack —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Lakewood, Ocean
County, N.J.
Born in Lexington, Sanilac
County, Mich., May 7,
1857.
Republican. Forester;
president, American Forestry
Association, 1916-20; economist;
director, Seaboard National Bank, New
York; founder, Cleveland Trust Co.;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey,
1924;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New Jersey.
Presbyterian. Member, Society
of Colonial Wars; Beta
Theta Pi; American
Forestry Association.
Died June 14,
1937 (age 80 years, 38
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George Willis Pack and Frances (Farman) Pack; married 1886 to Alice
Gertrude Hatch. |
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Livia Simpson Poffenbarger (1861-1937) —
also known as Olivia Nye Simpson; Mrs. George
Poffenbarger —
of Point Pleasant, Mason
County, W.Va.; Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Pomeroy, Meigs
County, Ohio, March
12, 1861.
Republican. Newspaper
editor; historian;
candidate for Presidential Elector for West Virginia.
Female.
Presbyterian. Member, Colonial
Dames; Daughters of the
American Revolution.
Died in Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., October
27, 1937 (age 76 years, 229
days).
Interment at Sunset
Memorial Park, South Charleston, W.Va.
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William Bradley Price (b. 1881) —
also known as William B. Price —
of Forest, Hardin
County, Ohio.
Born in Forest, Hardin
County, Ohio, October
31, 1881.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1948.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Deborah D. Pryce (b. 1951) —
of Perry Township, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Born in Warren, Trumbull
County, Ohio, July 29,
1951.
Republican. Lawyer;
municipal judge in Ohio, 1989-92; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 15th District, 1993-.
Female.
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 2014.
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Samuel Moffett Ralston (1857-1925) —
also known as Samuel M. Ralston —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born near New Cumberland, Tuscarawas
County, Ohio, December
1, 1857.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for Indiana
state senate, 1888; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Indiana; candidate for secretary
of state of Indiana, 1896, 1898; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Indiana, 1904
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization); Governor of
Indiana, 1913-17; U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1923-25; died in office 1925; candidate for
Democratic nomination for President, 1924.
Presbyterian. Scottish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died, from heart and
kidney
diseases, near Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., October
14, 1925 (age 67 years, 317
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Lebanon, Ind.
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James Reily (1811-1863) —
of Texas.
Born in Hamilton, Butler
County, Ohio, July 3,
1811.
Lawyer;
major in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; member
of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1840-41; Texas Republic
Minister to the United States, 1841-42; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1853-54; U.S. Consul in St. Petersburg, as of 1856; colonel in the Confederate Army
during the Civil War.
Presbyterian; later Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Slaveowner.
Killed
in the Battle of Camp Bisland, on Bayou Teche, near Franklin, St. Mary
Parish, La., April
14, 1863 (age 51 years, 285
days).
Interment at Lexington
Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
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James Allen Rhodes (1909-2001) —
also known as James A. Rhodes; Jim Rhodes —
of Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio; Bexley, Franklin
County, Ohio; Upper Arlington, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Born in Coalton, Jackson
County, Ohio, September
13, 1909.
Republican. Mayor
of Columbus, Ohio, 1944-52; Ohio
auditor of state, 1953-63; Governor of
Ohio, 1963-71, 1975-83; defeated, 1950, 1954, 1986; candidate for
Republican nomination for President, 1964,
1968;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1964,
1972;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1970.
Presbyterian.
His decision, in 1970, to send the National Guard to the Kent State
University campus to quell a disturbance was blamed for the deaths of
four students there. Along with Alabama Gov. George
C. Wallace, he was the longest-serving state governor in U.S.
history.
Died, from infection
complications and heart
failure, in Ohio State University Medical
Center, Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, March 4,
2001 (age 91 years, 172
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Green
Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio; statue at Broad
Street, Columbus, Ohio.
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Edmund Gibson Ross (1826-1907) —
also known as Edmund G. Ross —
of Lawrence, Douglas
County, Kan.
Born in Ashland, Ashland
County, Ohio, December
7, 1826.
Republican. Delegate
to Kansas state constitutional convention, 1859; major in the
Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1866-71; candidate for Governor of
Kansas, 1880; Governor
of New Mexico Territory, 1885-89.
Presbyterian.
Thought to have cast the deciding vote in the Senate to acquit
President Andrew
Johnson. His grandson, Edmund Fessenden Cobb, was an actor who
appeared in over 200 movies and serials including Citizen Kane
and The Last Hurrah.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M., May 8,
1907 (age 80 years, 152
days).
Interment at Fairview
Memorial Park, Albuquerque, N.M.
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Eugene Peter Ruehlmann (b. 1925) —
also known as Eugene P. Ruehlmann —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, February
23, 1925.
Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; lawyer; mayor
of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1967-71; resigned 1971.
Presbyterian. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Beta
Theta Pi; American Bar
Association; Lions; American
Legion.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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John Frederick Seiberling (1918-2008) —
of Ohio.
Born in Akron, Summit
County, Ohio, September
8, 1918.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 14th District, 1971-87.
Presbyterian.
Died in Copley, Summit
County, Ohio, August
2, 2008 (age 89 years, 329
days).
Interment at Glendale
Cemetery, Akron, Ohio.
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Maynard E. Sensenbrenner (1902-1991) —
also known as Jack Sensenbrenner —
of Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Born in Circleville, Pickaway
County, Ohio, 1902.
Democrat. Mayor
of Columbus, Ohio, 1954-59, 1964-71; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Ohio, 1956,
1960,
1964,
1972.
Presbyterian. Member, Kiwanis;
Elks; Eagles;
Moose.
Died in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, August
2, 1991 (age about 89
years).
Interment at Forest
Cemetery, Circleville, Ohio.
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Richard Elihu Sloan (1857-1933) —
also known as Richard E. Sloan —
of Prescott, Yavapai
County, Ariz.
Born in Morning Sun, Preble
County, Ohio, June 22,
1857.
Republican. Lawyer; member
Arizona territorial council, 1888-89; justice of
Arizona territorial supreme court, 1889-93, 1897-1909; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Arizona Territory, 1908;
Governor
of Arizona Territory, 1909-12; U.S.
District Judge for Arizona, 1912-13.
Presbyterian.
Accidentally
fell on a public sidewalk and struck his head, suffering a skull
fracture; died three days later, in Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz., December
14, 1933 (age 76 years, 175
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Memory Lawn Cemetery, Phoenix, Ariz.
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Franklin Emerson Smith (1902-1965) —
also known as Franklin E. Smith; Frank E.
Smith —
of Portsmouth, Scioto
County, Ohio.
Born in Livingston, Rockcastle
County, Ky., 1902.
Democrat. Printing
business; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Ohio 6th District, 1946; postmaster at Portsmouth,
Ohio, 1949-58, 1961-62 (acting, 1949-50, 1961-62); candidate for
Lieutenant
Governor of Ohio, 1958; chair of
Scioto County Democratic Party, 1965.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons;
Rotary;
Elks; Eagles.
Died in Portsmouth, Scioto
County, Ohio, November
8, 1965 (age about 63
years).
Interment at Greenlawn
Cemetery, Portsmouth, Ohio.
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Relatives: Son
of Luther Caldwell Smith and Lockie Virginia (Dillion)
Smith. |
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memorial |
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Henry Stanberry (1803-1881) —
of Fairfield
County, Ohio; Franklin
County, Ohio.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
20, 1803.
Whig. Ohio
state attorney general, 1846-51; delegate
to Ohio state constitutional convention from Franklin County,
1850-51; U.S.
Attorney General, 1866-68.
Presbyterian.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 26,
1881 (age 78 years, 126
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Henry C. Taylor —
of Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Born in Franklin
County, Ohio.
Republican. Lawyer; chair of
Franklin County Republican Party, 1876, 1896; candidate for Ohio
state senate, 1879; member of Ohio
state house of representatives; defeated, 1873; elected 1885;
defeated, 1887; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio,
1896.
Presbyterian.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
Representative Men of Ohio, 1900-03 |
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James Alfred Taylor (1878-1956) —
also known as J. Alfred Taylor —
of Fayetteville, Fayette
County, W.Va.
Born near Ironton, Lawrence
County, Ohio, September
25, 1878.
Democrat. Newspaper
publisher; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Fayette County, 1917-18,
1921-22, 1931-32, 1937-38; Speaker of
the West Virginia State House of Delegates, 1931-32; U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 6th District, 1923-27;
defeated, 1926 (6th District), 1938 (3rd District); candidate for Governor of
West Virginia, 1928; candidate for Presidential Elector for West
Virginia; candidate for U.S.
Senator from West Virginia, 1934.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Junior
Order; Odd
Fellows; Redmen;
Moose.
Died in Montgomery, Fayette
County, W.Va., June 9,
1956 (age 77 years, 258
days).
Interment at Huse
Memorial Park, Fayetteville, W.Va.
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Henry Willson Temple (1864-1955) —
also known as Henry W. Temple —
of Washington, Washington
County, Pa.
Born in Belle Center, Logan
County, Ohio, March
31, 1864.
Republican. Pastor; college
professor; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1913-15, 1915-33 (24th District
1913-15, 1915-23, 25th District 1923-33).
Presbyterian. Member, American
Historical Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; American
Society for International Law.
Died in Washington, Washington
County, Pa., January
11, 1955 (age 90 years, 286
days).
Interment at Washington
Cemetery, Washington, Pa.
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Norman Mattoon Thomas (1884-1968) —
also known as Norman Thomas —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Marion, Marion
County, Ohio, November
20, 1884.
Socialist. Ordained
minister; candidate for Governor of
New York, 1924, 1938; candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1925 (Socialist), 1929; candidate for New York
state senate 14th District, 1926; candidate for President
of the United States, 1928, 1932, 1936, 1940, 1944, 1948;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 6th District, 1930; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1934; candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1937;
delegate to Socialist National Convention from New York, 1960.
Presbyterian. Member, American Civil
Liberties Union; League
for Industrial Democracy.
Died December
19, 1968 (age 84 years, 29
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Edward Crawford Turner (1872-1950) —
also known as Edward C. Turner —
of Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Born in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, March
26, 1872.
Republican. Lawyer; Franklin
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1911-15; Ohio
state attorney general, 1915-17, 1927-29; candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1928; candidate for justice of
Ohio state supreme court, 1938.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons.
Died September
13, 1950 (age 78 years, 171
days).
Interment at Green
Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio.
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Ralph R. Vance (b. 1869) —
of Hastings, Adams
County, Neb.
Born in Ripley, Brown
County, Ohio, November
27, 1869.
Republican. Farmer; insurance
adjuster; member of Nebraska
state house of representatives, 1919-23; member of Nebraska
state senate, 1925-29.
Presbyterian.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James R. Vance and Hattie G. (Denning) Vance; married, March
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William Van Matre (1798-1861) —
of Muncietown (now Muncie), Delaware
County, Ind.
Born in Highland
County, Ohio, December
28, 1798.
Postmaster at Muncietown,
Ind., 1828-29; state court judge in Indiana, 1834-36; member of
Indiana
state house of representatives, 1836-37.
Presbyterian.
Died near Muncie, Delaware
County, Ind., October
8, 1861 (age 62 years, 284
days).
Interment at Van
Matre Cemetery, Mt. Pleasant Township, Delaware County, Ind.
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Squire L. Vanpelt (1819-1907) —
of Indiana.
Born near Lebanon, Warren
County, Ohio, September
21, 1819.
Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1879.
Presbyterian.
Died in Shelbyville, Shelby
County, Ind., January
11, 1907 (age 87 years, 112
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Abraham Van Vorhes (1793-1879) —
of Ohio; Stillwater, Washington
County, Minn.
Born in Washington
County, Pa., December
2, 1793.
Republican. Member of Ohio state legislature, 1840; Minnesota
territorial auditor, 1852-53; member of Minnesota
territorial House of Representatives 1st District, 1856; member
of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 1, 1859-60; postmaster
at Stillwater,
Minn., 1861-65.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Stillwater, Washington
County, Minn., January
24, 1879 (age 85 years, 53
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Stillwater, Minn.
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Albert Blakeslee White (1856-1941) —
also known as Albert B. White —
of Lafayette, Tippecanoe
County, Ind.; Parkersburg, Wood
County, W.Va.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, September
22, 1856.
Republican. Newspaper
editor and publisher; banker;
vice-president, George Washington Life Insurance
Company; U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue for West Virginia, 1891;
delegate to Republican National Convention from West Virginia, 1896
(speaker),
1924,
1928
(Convention
Vice-President); Governor of
West Virginia, 1901-05; West Virginia State Tax Commissioner,
1907-08; member of West
Virginia state senate 3rd District, 1927-30.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died July 3,
1941 (age 84 years, 284
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Parkersburg, W.Va.
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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.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
New York Red Book 1936 |
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Warner Wing (1805-1876) —
of Monroe, Monroe
County, Mich.
Born in Marietta, Washington
County, Ohio, September
19, 1805.
Member of Michigan
state senate 2nd District, 1838-39; circuit
judge in Michigan, 1845-56; justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1845-56; chief
justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1852-53.
Presbyterian.
Died March
12, 1876 (age 70 years, 175
days).
Burial location unknown.
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