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Orrin C. Allen (b. 1840) —
of Warren
County, Pa.
Born in Pine Grove Township, Warren
County, Pa., 1840.
Republican. Lawyer; Warren
County District Attorney, 1865; postmaster; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 48th District, 1887-90.
Burial
location unknown.
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Harry Bacharach (b. 1873) —
of Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., October
24, 1873.
Son of Jacob Bacharach and Betty (Nusbaum) Bacharach.
Postmaster; mayor
of Atlantic City, N.J., 1912, 1916-20, 1930-35.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Moose.
Burial
location unknown.
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Frank Elmer Baldwin (1866-1943) —
also known as Frank E. Baldwin —
of Austin, Potter
County, Pa.
Born in Duke Center, McKean
County, Pa., June 4,
1866.
Son of John E. Baldwin and Josephine A. (White) Baldwin.
Republican. Lawyer;
postmaster; banker; chair of
Potter County Republican Party, 1902; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 25th District, 1909-12, 1917-32; Pennsylvania
state auditor general, 1933-37.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Died in Austin, Potter
County, Pa., August 9,
1943 (age 77 years, 66
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Austin, Pa.
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Cyrus William Beales (1877-1927) —
also known as C. William Beales —
of Gettysburg, Adams
County, Pa.
Born near York Springs, Adams
County, Pa., December
16, 1877.
Son of C. W. Beales and Sarah C. (Naylor) Beales.
Republican. Pharmacist;
postmaster; director, Gettysburg National Bank;
director, Gettysburg Ice
and Storage
Co.; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 20th District, 1915-17; member
of Pennsylvania
state senate 33rd District, 1917-20.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died in Gettysburg, Adams
County, Pa., November
14, 1927 (age 49 years, 333
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Gettysburg, Pa.
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Andrew Beaumont (1790-1853) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Lebanon, New London
County, Conn., January
24, 1790.
Democrat. Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1821-22, 1826, 1849;
postmaster; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 15th District, 1833-37.
Died in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne
County, Pa., September
30, 1853 (age 63 years, 249
days).
Interment at Hollenback
Cemetery, Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
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Henry Harrison Bingham (1841-1912) —
also known as Henry H. Bingham —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
4, 1841.
Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War;
postmaster; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1872,
1876,
1884,
1888,
1892,
1896
(alternate; chair, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business; speaker),
1900,
1904;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 1st District, 1879-1912; died in
office 1912.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi.
Received the Medal
of Honor in 1893 for action at Wilderness, Va., May 6, 1864.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., March 22,
1912 (age 70 years, 109
days).
Interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
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John Lawrence Bittinger (b. 1833) —
also known as John L. Bittinger —
of St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo.
Born near Chambersburg, Franklin
County, Pa., November
28, 1833.
Republican. Postmaster; newspaper
editor; member of Missouri state legislature; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1872,
1896;
U.S. Consul General in Montreal, 1897-1900.
Burial
location unknown.
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Francis P. Bogardus (1837-1900) —
of Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Carbondale, Lackawanna
County, Pa., May 9,
1837.
Democrat. Banker; insurance
business; mayor
of Ypsilanti, Mich., 1871-73, 1888-89; postmaster.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Royal
Arch Masons; Royal
Arcanum.
Died in Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich., April 2,
1900 (age 62 years, 328
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1859
to Sarah P. Hall. |
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Henry A. Boggs (b. 1819) —
of Cambria
County, Pa.
Born in Milesburg, Centre
County, Pa., April 5,
1819.
Republican. Newspaper
editor; postmaster; Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania,
1876;
member of Pennsylvania
state senate 35th District, 1881-88.
Burial
location unknown.
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Edward Schroeder Brooks (1867-1957) —
also known as Edward S. Brooks —
of York, York
County, Pa.
Born in York, York
County, Pa., June 14,
1867.
Son of John H. Brooks and Mary A. (Schroeder) Brooks.
Republican. Banker; manufacturer;
York
County Treasurer, 1903-06; member of Pennsylvania
Republican State Committee, 1917-18; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 20th District, 1919-23;
postmaster.
Lutheran.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons;
Sons
of Veterans.
Died in York, York
County, Pa., July 12,
1957 (age 90 years, 28
days).
Interment at Prospect
Hill Cemetery, York, Pa.
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Thomas Carr, Jr. (b. 1801) —
of Clark
County, Ind.
Born in Pennsylvania, 1801.
Son of Thomas
Carr.
Clark
County Sheriff, 1826; postmaster; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1846-48, 1850-51.
Burial
location unknown.
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John H. Carroll (b. 1849) —
of DeSmet, Kingsbury
County, S.Dak.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., 1849.
Republican. School
teacher; postmaster; banker;
member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 22nd District, 1903-08.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Ancient
Order of United Workmen; Maccabees.
Burial
location unknown.
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Image source:
South Dakota Legislative Manual, 1903 |
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Philo S. Clark (b. 1848) —
of Portsmouth, Scioto
County, Ohio.
Born in Harlansburg, Lawrence
County, Pa., February
21, 1848.
Son of Thomas M. Clark and Rebecca (McCune) Clark.
Republican. Insurance
business; postmaster; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Ohio, 1908.
Member, Elks; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Burial
location unknown.
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William M. Cuppett (b. 1843) —
of Canton, Lincoln
County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.).
Born in Bedford
County, Pa., December
26, 1843.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; carriage and
wagon manufacturer; postmaster; member
Dakota territorial council, 1870-71, 1879-80.
Member, Freemasons;
Grand
Army of the Republic.
Burial
location unknown.
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Harry W. Fee (1870-1960) —
of Indiana, Indiana
County, Pa.
Born in Reed Station, Indiana
County, Pa., March 3,
1870.
Son of John Fee (1837-1910) and Ellen (Duncan) Fee.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; lawyer;
postmaster; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 27th District, 1924; chair of
Indiana County Democratic Party, 1927.
Died May 18,
1960 (age 90 years, 76
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Indiana, Pa.
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John Findlay (1766-1838) —
of Chambersburg, Franklin
County, Pa.
Born in Mercersburg, Franklin
County, Pa., March 31,
1766.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1821-27 (5th District 1821-23,
11th District 1823-27); postmaster.
Died in Chambersburg, Franklin
County, Pa., November
5, 1838 (age 72 years, 219
days).
Interment at Falling
Spring Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Chambersburg, Pa.
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Robert Grant Furlong (1886-1973) —
also known as Grant Furlong —
of Donora, Washington
County, Pa.
Born in Roscoe, Washington
County, Pa., January
4, 1886.
Son of William Allen Furlong and Ethel A. (Grant) Furlong.
Democrat. Physician;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; burgess
of Donora, Pennsylvania, 1922-26, 1941-42; postmaster; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 25th District, 1943-45;
defeated, 1924; Washington
County Sheriff.
Died in Donora, Washington
County, Pa., March 19,
1973 (age 87 years, 74
days).
Interment at Monongahela
Cemetery, Monongahela, Pa.
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John White Geary (1819-1873) —
also known as John W. Geary —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born near Mt. Pleasant, Westmoreland
County, Pa., December
30, 1819.
Civil
engineer; colonel in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; postmaster;
candidate for Governor of
California, 1849; mayor
of San Francisco, Calif., 1850-51; Governor of
Kansas Territory, 1856-57; general in the Union Army during the
Civil War; Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1867-73.
Methodist.
Died after suffering a heart
attack, in Harrisburg, Dauphin
County, Pa., February
8, 1873 (age 53 years, 40
days).
Interment at Harrisburg
Cemetery, Harrisburg, Pa.
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Ellsworth F. Giles —
of Altoona, Blair
County, Pa.
Mayor
of Altoona, Pa., 1899-1902, 1927; postmaster.
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert Hanna Hammond (1791-1847) —
also known as Robert H. Hammond —
of Milton, Northumberland
County, Pa.
Born in Milton, Northumberland
County, Pa., April 28,
1791.
Northumberland
County Register and Recorder; postmaster; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 16th District, 1837-41; served
in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War.
Wounded during the Mexican
War; ordered home on sick leave, but died of his wounds en route,
aboard
the steamship Orleans, in the North
Atlantic Ocean, June 2,
1847 (age 56 years, 35
days).
Interment at Milton
Cemetery, Milton, Pa.
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William Henry Hill (1877-1972) —
also known as William H. Hill —
of Johnson City, Broome
County, N.Y.
Born in Plains, Luzerne
County, Pa., March 23,
1877.
Republican. Newspaper
editor and publisher; village
president of Lestershire, New York, 1898-1901; postmaster;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1912
(alternate), 1924,
1928,
1932,
1940,
1944,
1948,
1952,
1956;
member of New York
state senate 39th District, 1915-18; U.S.
Representative from New York 34th District, 1919-21; chair of
Broome County Republican Party, 1940-45, 1955; member of New York
Republican State Executive Committee, 1945.
Died in Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y., July 24,
1972 (age 95 years, 123
days).
Interment at Riverhurst
Cemetery, Endicott, N.Y.
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Edward R. Hinds (born c.1857) —
of Hubbard, Hubbard
County, Minn.
Born in Pennsylvania, about 1857.
Farmer;
postmaster; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1903-06, 1909-10, 1915-22 (53rd
District 1903-06, 1909-10, 63rd District 1915-22).
Burial
location unknown.
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Image source:
Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917 |
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Jared Irwin (1768-1818) —
of Northumberland
County, Pa.
Born in Georgia, January
19, 1768.
Democrat. Postmaster; Northumberland
County Sheriff, 1808-12; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1811; served in the U.S. Army
during the War of 1812; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 10th District, 1813-17.
In 1817, assisted in the establishment of a short-lived revolutionary
government on Amelia Island, Fla.
Died in Fernandina (now part of Fernandina Beach), Nassau
County, Fla., September
20, 1818 (age 50 years, 244
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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L. P. Jenkins (b. 1862) —
of Lead, Lawrence
County, S.Dak.
Born in Lansford, Carbon
County, Pa., December
20, 1862.
Republican. Druggist;
postmaster; mayor of
Lead, S.Dak.; elected 1894, 1898; member of South
Dakota state senate 38th District, 1901-04.
Burial
location unknown.
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Image source:
South Dakota Legislative Manual, 1903 |
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Samuel S. Lewis (1874-1959) —
of York, York
County, Pa.
Born in York, York
County, Pa., February
17, 1874.
Republican. Lawyer;
postmaster; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1904
(alternate), 1944,
1948,
1952;
Pennsylvania
state auditor general, 1921-25; Pennsylvania
state treasurer, 1925-29; Lieutenant
Governor of Pennsylvania, 1939-43.
Died January
15, 1959 (age 84 years, 332
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Allen R. Mechling (b. 1865) —
of Clarington, Forest
County, Pa.
Born near West Sunbury, Butler
County, Pa., October
5, 1865.
Merchant;
postmaster; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Forest County, 1909.
Burial
location unknown.
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James Remley Morris (1819-1899) —
also known as James R. Morris —
of Woodsfield, Monroe
County, Ohio.
Born in Rogersville, Greene
County, Pa., January
10, 1819.
Son of Joseph
Morris.
Democrat. Lawyer; Monroe
County Treasurer, 1843; newspaper
editor; member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1848; U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1861-65 (17th District 1861-63, 5th
District 1863-65); defeated, 1864; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Ohio, 1864;
probate judge in Ohio, 1872-77; postmaster.
Died in Woodsfield, Monroe
County, Ohio, December
24, 1899 (age 80 years, 348
days).
Interment at Morris
Cemetery, Near Woodsfield, Monroe County, Ohio.
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Patrick O'Brien (b. 1858) —
of Iron River, Iron
County, Mich.
Born in Pennsylvania, March 9,
1858.
Republican. Newspaper
editor and publisher; postmaster; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Iron District, 1915-24.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1885
to Georgia Elliott. |
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John Patterson Osterhout (1826-1903) —
of Bellville, Austin
County, Tex.
Born in Lagrange, Wyoming
County, Pa., May 8,
1826.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer; newspaper
editor; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
district judge in Texas 34th District, 1870-76; postmaster;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas, 1884.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Belton, Bell
County, Tex., 1903
(age about
77 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Junia Roberts (died 1897). |
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Walter Patterson (d. 1852) —
of Columbia
County, N.Y.
Born in Columbia
County, N.Y.
Son of Catherine (Livingston) Patterson (1744-1832) and John
Patterson.
Farmer;
lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Columbia County, 1817-18; U.S.
Representative from New York 5th District, 1821-23;
postmaster; Columbia
County Judge, 1828.
Died November
5, 1852.
Interment at Christ
Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Pa.
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George W. Patton —
of Altoona, Blair
County, Pa.
Chief
burgess of Altoona, Pennsylvania, 1854-55; postmaster.
Burial
location unknown.
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Conrad Reid (1802-1883) —
of Lorain, Lorain
County, Ohio.
Born in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne
County, Pa., September
30, 1802.
Postmaster; hotel
owner; mayor of
Lorain, Ohio, 1874-75; resigned 1875.
Died March 24,
1883 (age 80 years, 175
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas B. Smith (b. 1869) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Glenside, Montgomery
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., November
2, 1869.
Son of Thomas B. Smith and Isabella (Cairns) Smith.
Republican. Messenger and clerk at main office, Pennsylvania Railroad,
1881-86; surety
business; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1905-06; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1908;
postmaster; mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1916-20; Presidential Elector for
Pennsylvania, 1916.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Sons
of Veterans.
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert Walter Speer (1855-1918) —
also known as Robert W. Speer —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Huntingdon
County, Pa., December
1, 1855.
Son of George W. Speer and Jane Ann (Brewster) Speer.
Democrat. Postmaster; mayor of
Denver, Colo., 1904-12, 1916-18.
Died in 1918
(age about
62 years).
Interment at Fairmount
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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Albert H. Stites (1858-1935) —
also known as A. H. Stites —
of Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.
Born in Dauphin
County, Pa., March 2,
1858.
Son of Samuel Stites (1816-1882) and Catherine (Matter) Stites
(1819-1887).
Republican. Merchant;
druggist;
mayor
of Sioux Falls, S.Dak., 1896-98; member of South
Dakota state senate 9th District, 1899-1902; postmaster.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Died August
16, 1935 (age 77 years, 167
days).
Interment at Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery, Sioux Falls, S.Dak.
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Zachary Taylor Sutley (1848-1930) —
also known as Zack T. Sutley —
of Pierre, Hughes
County, S.Dak.; Fort Pierre, Stanley
County, S.Dak.; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla.
Born in Cherry Tree, Indiana
County, Pa., May 1,
1848.
Son of William Sutley (1818-1899) and Jane (Hays) Sutley (1830-1919).
Democrat. Farmer;
postmaster; livery
business; railroad
builder; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention
from South Dakota, 1908;
Honorary Vice-President, 1916;
candidate for Presidential Elector for South Dakota, 1908;
member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 28th District, 1911-12; author.
German
and Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Died in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla., April 17,
1930 (age 81 years, 351
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Albert Winfield Swalm (1845-1922) —
also known as Albert W. Swalm —
of Grand Junction, Greene
County, Iowa; Oskaloosa, Mahaska
County, Iowa; Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa.
Born in Womelsdorf, Berks
County, Pa., November
30, 1845.
Son of John E. Swalm and Elizabeth (Christ) Swalm.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; newspaper
editor and publisher; postmaster; U.S. Consul in Montevideo, 1897-1903; Southampton, 1903-19; Hamilton, 1919-22, died in office 1922.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Hamilton, Bermuda,
August
24, 1922 (age 76 years, 267
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Des Moines, Iowa.
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William C. E. Thomas (1818-1876) —
of Green Bay, Brown
County, Wis.
Born in Muncy, Lycoming
County, Pa., November
21, 1818.
Tanner;
mayor
of Green Bay, Wis., 1854; express
agent; postmaster.
Died in 1876
(age about
57 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert Thompson Van Horn (1824-1916) —
also known as Robert T. Van Horn —
of Pomeroy, Meigs
County, Ohio; Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in East Mahoning, Indiana
County, Pa., May 19,
1824.
Republican. Lawyer;
postmaster; newspaper
editor; mayor
of Kansas City, Mo., 1861; member of Missouri
state senate, 1862-64; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil
War; delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1864,
1868,
1872,
1876,
1880,
1884;
U.S.
Representative from Missouri, 1865-71, 1881-83, 1896-97 (6th
District 1865-71, 8th District 1881-83, 5th District 1896-97); member
of Republican
National Committee from Missouri, 1872-74, 1884; Missouri
Republican state chair, 1874-76; U.S. Collector of Internal
Revenue for the 6th Missouri District, 1879.
Died in Evanston Station, Clay
County, Mo., January
3, 1916 (age 91 years, 229
days).
Interment at Mt.
Washington Cemetery, Independence, Mo.
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