Edwin Stapleton Conway (b. 1850) — also known as
Edwin S. Conway — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Oak Park, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Ontario,
1850.
Republican. Secretary and general superintendent, W. W. Kimball Piano
Co.; Presidential Elector for Illinois, 1900.
Baptist.
Member, Union League. Burial
location unknown.
James Guthrie Harbord (1866-1947) — also known as
James G. Harbord — of Manhattan, Riley
County, Kan.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Rye, Westchester
County, N.Y. Born near Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill., March 21,
1866. Son of George W. Harbord and Effie Critton (Gault) Harbord
(c.1840-1923); married, January
21, 1899, to Emma Yeatman Ovenshine (daughter of Gen. Samuel
Ovenshine (1843-1932)); married, December
31, 1938, to Anne (Lee) Brown (daughter of Fitzhugh
Lee). Republican. Major in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War; general in the U.S. Army during World War I;
president (1923-30), and chairman (1930-47), Radio Corporation of
America; director, Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad;
director, Bankers Trust Co.;
director, National Broadcasting
Co.; director, Radio-Keith-Orpheum, Inc. (RKO); director, New York
Life Insurance
Co.; candidate for Republican nomination for Vice President, 1924,
1932;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1932;
delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933. Member,
Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Union League. Died in Rye, Westchester
County, N.Y., August
20, 1947. Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
Samuel Insull (1879-1938) — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Kenilworth, Cook
County, Ill.; near Libertyville, Lake
County, Ill. Born in London, England,
November
11, 1879. Son of Samuel Insull and Emma (Short) Insull; married,
May
24, 1899, to Margaret A. Bird. Republican. Associate of Thomas
Edison and executive of electric
utilities; one of the founders of the company that became General
Electric; also had major holdings in railroads;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois,
1904;
when his utility holding company collapsed, wiping out the
stockholders, he fled
the country; indicted
in 1932 on fraud and
embezzlementcharges;
ultimately extradited
from Turkey in 1934; tried in
Chicago and found not guilty. Congregationalist.
Member, Union League. Died from a heart
attack, in the Place de la Concorde station
on the Paris Métro subway system, Paris, France,
July
16, 1938. Interment at Putney
Vale Cemetery, London, England.
William Abraham Schnader (b. 1886) — also known as
William A. Schnader — of Germantown, Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa. Born in Bowmansville, Lancaster
County, Pa.,
