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Roy A. Anduze (1913-1996) —
of St. Thomas, Virgin
Islands.
Born in St. Thomas, Virgin
Islands, November
16, 1913.
Democrat. Physician;
member of Democratic National Committee from Virgin Islands, 1964-67;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virgin Islands, 1964.
Member, Freemasons.
Died September
8, 1996 (age 82 years, 297
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Carl Adelbert Anduze and Mildred Veronica (Watlington) Anduze;
married, May 29,
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Charles A. Harwood (1880-1950) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Harrison, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., 1880.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 10th District, 1910; U.S.
District Judge for Canal Zone, 1937-38; Governor of
U.S. Virgin Islands, 1941-46.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Freemasons; Shriners.
Died, from a cerebral
hemorrhage, in Harrison, Westchester
County, N.Y., October
23, 1950 (age about 70
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Israel Harwood and Johanna Harwood; married 1915 to Alma
H. Hendricks. |
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William Henry Hastie (1904-1976) —
also known as William H. Hastie —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn., November
17, 1904.
Lawyer;
law
professor; U.S.
District Judge for Virgin Islands, 1937-39; dean,
Howard University law school, 1939-46; Governor of
U.S. Virgin Islands, 1946-49; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, 1949-71; took
senior status 1971.
African
ancestry. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Omega
Psi Phi; Freemasons; American Civil
Liberties Union; Americans
for Democratic Action.
Received Spingarn
Medal in 1943.
Died, at Suburban General Hospital,
East Norriton, Montgomery
County, Pa., April
14, 1976 (age 71 years, 149
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John David Merwin (1921-2013) —
also known as John D. Merwin —
Born in St. Croix, Virgin
Islands, September
26, 1921.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of Virgin
Islands legislature, 1955-57; resigned 1957; secretary
of the U.S. Virgin Islands, 1957-58; Governor of
U.S. Virgin Islands, 1958-61.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died March
17, 2013 (age 91 years, 172
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Miles Merwin and Marguerite L. (Fleming) Merwin; married to Dadja
Childs. |
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article |
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David Naar (1800-1880) —
of Elizabethtown, Essex County (now Elizabeth, Union
County), N.J.; Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in St. Thomas, Danish West Indies (now Virgin
Islands), November
6, 1800.
Democrat. Mayor
of Elizabethtown, N.J., 1842-45; U.S. Consul in St. Thomas, 1848; newspaper
editor; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
Jersey, 1860;
New
Jersey state treasurer, 1865.
Jewish.
Portugese
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., February
24, 1880 (age 79 years, 110
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Hillside, N.J.
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Ralph Moses Paiewonsky (1907-1991) —
also known as Ralph Paiewonsky —
of Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, Virgin
Islands.
Born in St. Thomas, Danish West Indies (now Virgin
Islands), November
9, 1907.
Democrat. Manager or president of distillery,
movie
theaters, a liquor
store and a gift
shop; one of the organizers of the West Indies Bank and
Trust Co.; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virgin
Islands, 1940,
1944
(member, Credentials
Committee; member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee; member, Committee
to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee), 1948,
1952
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1956,
1964,
1980;
member of Democratic National Committee from Virgin Islands, 1940-60;
Governor
of U.S. Virgin Islands, 1961-69.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners.
Died, of congestive
heart failure, in St. Thomas Hospital,
St. Thomas, Virgin
Islands, November
9, 1991 (age 84 years, 0
days).
Entombed at Altona Jewish Cemetery, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, Virgin
Islands.
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Thomas Webber Wilson (1893-1948) —
also known as T. Webber Wilson —
of Laurel, Jones
County, Miss.
Born in Coldwater, Tate
County, Miss., January
24, 1893.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 6th District, 1923-29; U.S.
District Judge for Virgin Islands, 1933-35.
Presbyterian.
Member, Kappa
Alpha Order; Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Odd
Fellows; Elks; Woodmen.
Died in 1948
(age about
55 years).
Interment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Coldwater, Miss.
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