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. Son of Horace Allen and Jane M. (Riley) Allen; married to
Frances Ann Messenger. 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. Died December
11, 1932. Burial
location unknown.
John Kenneth Caldwell (1881-1982) — also known as
John K. Caldwell — of Washington,
D.C. Born in Piketon, Pike
County, Ohio, October
16, 1881. Son of James Oscar Caldwell and Leila Ada (Cox)
Caldwell; married to Grace Colquhoun Thompson. Republican. Foreign
Service officer; U.S. Consul in Vladivostok, 1916-19; U.S. Consul General in Tientsin, 1938; U.S. Minister to Ethiopia, 1943-45. Presbyterian. Died in 1982.
Burial
location unknown.
John Herschel Glenn, Jr. (b. 1921) — also known as
John Glenn — of Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio. Born in Cambridge, Guernsey
County, Ohio, July 18,
1921. Married 1943 to Anna
Margaret Castor. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during
World War II; Astronaut;
in February 1962, first
American to orbit the earth; U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1975-99; candidate for Democratic nomination
for President, 1984;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 2004.
Presbyterian. Member, Scottish
Rite Masons; Freemasons.
Still living as of 2004.
T. Lamar Jackson — of Youngstown, Mahoning
County, Ohio. Son of John C. Jackson and Evelina (Clingan)
Jackson; married to Mamie J. Fitch. Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1940,
1948
(alternate), 1956.
Presbyterian. Presumed
deceased. Burial
location unknown.
James Allen Rhodes (1909-2001) — also known as
James A. Rhodes; Jim Rhodes — of Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio; Upper Arlington, Franklin
County, Ohio. Born in Coalton, Jackson
County, Ohio, September
13, 1909. Republican. Mayor
of Columbus, Ohio, 1943-52; 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;
candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1970; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Ohio, 1972.
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,
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