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Carl Clyde Atkins (1914-1999) —
also known as C. Clyde Atkins —
of Stuart, Martin
County, Fla.; Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.; Coral Gables, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.
Born in Washington,
D.C., November
23, 1914.
Son of C. C. Atkins and Marguerite (Criste) Atkins.
Lawyer;
founder-trustee, Lawyers Title Guaranty Fund, 1948-66; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of Florida, 1966-99;
died in office 1999.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Kappa
Alpha Order; Phi
Kappa Tau; Phi
Alpha Delta; Tau
Kappa Alpha; Kiwanis.
Died in Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla., March 11,
1999 (age 84 years, 108
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Beardall, Jr. (1890-1984) —
also known as William Beardall; Billy
Beardall —
of Orlando, Orange
County, Fla.
Born May 5,
1890.
Son of William Beardall and Florence (Bonsar) Beardall.
Lawyer;
abstract and title business; mayor of
Orlando, Fla., 1940-52.
Died in 1984
(age about
94 years).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Orlando, Fla.
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Chris Beutler (b. 1944) —
of Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.
Born in Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb., November
14, 1944.
Democrat. Served
in the Peace Corps; served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam
war; lawyer;
founder, Beutler Title Company; member of Nebraska
unicameral legislature 28th District, 1979-86, 1991-2006;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Nebraska, 2000,
2008;
mayor
of Lincoln, Neb., 2007-.
Still living as of 2011.
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Arthur Brown —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Democrat. Lawyer;
president, Washtenaw Abstract Co.; mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1903-05; candidate for circuit
judge in Michigan 22nd Circuit, 1911.
Burial
location unknown.
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George W. Burrows (b. 1867) —
of Breckenridge, Wilkin
County, Minn.
Born in Wright
County, Iowa, 1867.
Real
estate business; abstractor; vice-president, Breckenridge
National Bank;
treasurer, Breckenridge Telephone
Company; director, Farmers' Co-Op Elevator
Company; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1913-18 (60th District 1913-14,
49th District 1915-18).
Burial
location unknown.
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Image source:
Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917 |
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La Monte Cowles (b. 1859) —
of Burlington, Des Moines
County, Iowa.
Born in Oskaloosa, Mahaska
County, Iowa, September
30, 1859.
Son of William Fletcher Cowles (b.1819) and Elizabeth Maria (La
Monte) Cowles (died 1873).
Republican. Lawyer;
abstractor; member of Iowa state
senate, 1911-13; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Iowa, 1912
(alternate), 1916.
Burial
location unknown.
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Oscar Willard Edmonds (b. 1890) —
also known as O. W. Edmonds —
of Coeur d'Alene, Kootenai
County, Idaho.
Born in Caledonia, Traill
County, N.Dak., February
4, 1890.
Son of Arthur Edmonds and Anna S. (Olson) Edmonds.
Republican. Abstract and title business; mayor
of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, 1943-45.
Protestant.
Member, Sigma
Chi; Rotary; Elks; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Carroll Fitch (1842-1899) —
also known as Charles C. Fitch —
of Mason, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Cuylerville, Livingston
County, N.Y., July 19,
1842.
Son of Ferris
S. Fitch.
Democrat. Abstractor; hardware
business; president, Mason Water and
Electric Light Company; Ingham
County Register of Deeds, 1885-88; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Ingham County 2nd District,
1889-92.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died suddenly, of heart
disease, June 28,
1899 (age 56 years, 344
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John F. Forward, Jr. (b. 1876) —
of San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., November
18, 1876.
Son of John Ferree Forward and Ella Francis (Dillon) Forward.
Republican. Abstractor; president, Union Title
Insurance Co.; president, Union Trust Co.;
delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1932;
mayor
of San Diego, Calif., 1932-34; resigned 1934.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Ferree Forward and Ella Francis (Dillon) Forward; married, June 29,
1901, to Alberta Fairbanks (divorced); married, June 15,
1920, to Martha Thompson. |
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Cadman H. Frederick (b. 1880) —
of Babylon, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born, in the British West Indies, May 22,
1880.
Republican. Real estate
developer; one of the founders of the Suffolk Title and
Guarantee Company, 1925; banker; mayor of
Babylon, N.Y., 1937-38.
Resigned
in 1956 as president and director of the Suffolk County Federal
Savings and Loan Association, in the midst of an investigation
of the sale of tax-foreclosed properties by Suffolk County. He and
others shared
profits on the sale of these properties with Deputy County
Treasurer John
A. Britting.
Burial
location unknown.
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Floy D. Hopkins —
of White Plains, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Republican. Title insurance business; member of New York
state assembly from Westchester County 4th District, 1916.
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert Freeman Hopwood (1856-1940) —
also known as Robert F. Hopwood —
of Uniontown, Fayette
County, Pa.
Born in Uniontown, Fayette
County, Pa., July 24,
1856.
Son of Rice Gaddis Hopwood (1810-1888) and Ruth (Jackson) Hopwood
(1818-1885).
Republican. Lawyer;
director, Citizens Title and Trust Co.; director, Uniontown Street
Railway Co.; Fayette
County Solicitor, 1894-1912; president, Uniontown Hospital,
1905-20; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 23rd District, 1915-17;
defeated, 1916.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons.
Died in St. Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla., March 1,
1940 (age 83 years, 221
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Uniontown, Pa.
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Albert Wadel Moursund III (1919-2002) —
also known as A. W. Moursund —
of Johnson City, Blanco
County, Tex.; Round Mountain, Blanco
County, Tex.
Born in Johnson City, Blanco
County, Tex., May 23,
1919.
Son of Albert Wadel Moursund, Jr. and Mary Frances (Stribling)
Moursund.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1948-52; Blanco
County Judge, 1953-59; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Texas, 1956;
banker;
insurance
business; abstract and title business; rancher.
Member, Freemasons.
Close friend and advisor to Lyndon
B. Johnson.
Died in Round Mountain, Blanco
County, Tex., April 22,
2002 (age 82 years, 334
days).
Interment somewhere
in Round Mountain, Tex.
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Relatives:
Married 1941
to Mary Allen Moore. |
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Warren Olney (1841-1921) —
of Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Davis
County, Iowa, March 11,
1841.
Son of William Olney and Eliza Ann (Green) Olney.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
delegate to Gold Democrat National Convention from California, 1896;
director, California Title Insurance and Trust Company;
president, South San Francisco Dock
Company; mayor of
Oakland, Calif., 1903-05.
Member, American Bar
Association; Loyal
Legion.
Died in Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., June 2,
1921 (age 80 years, 83
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Oakland, Calif.
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Edwin S. Palmiter (1854-1925) —
of Hart, Oceana
County, Mich.
Born June 20,
1854.
Son of Judson Palmiter (1827-1886) and Harriet S(tow) Palmiter
(c.1832-1895).
Newspaper
publisher; abstractor; Prohibition candidate for secretary of
state of Michigan, 1890; member of Michigan Prohibition Party
State Central Committee, 1899; Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 9th District, 1902.
Died in 1925
(age about
71 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1877
to Lydia J. Garver. |
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John George Regan (b. 1872) —
also known as John G. Regan —
of Adel, Dallas
County, Iowa.
Born in Platte
County, Neb., June 3,
1872.
Son of Dennis Regan and Margaret (Holland) Regan.
Democrat. School
teacher; insurance
and real
estate business; abstractor; lawyer;
mayor of Adel, Iowa, 1920-24, 1928-30; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Iowa, 1936,
1940.
Member, Rotary.
Burial
location unknown.
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Ingebert J. Thomsen (b. 1873) —
also known as I. J. Thomsen —
of Minden, Kearney
County, Neb.
Born in North Albid, Denmark,
August
4, 1873.
Son of Peter H. Thomsen and Marie (Johansen) Thomsen.
Republican. Farmer; inventor
of Nu-Matic horse
collar; Kearney
County Clerk, 1916-23; postmaster;
real
estate dealer; abstractor; chair of
Kearney County Republican Party, 1940.
Presbyterian.
Danish
ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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E. H. Vance —
of Huron, Beadle
County, S.Dak.
Abstractor; member of South
Dakota state senate 22nd District, 1899-1902.
Burial
location unknown.
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Halbert Owen Woodward (1918-2000) —
also known as Halbert O. Woodward; Hal
Woodward —
of Coleman, Coleman
County, Tex.
Born in Coleman, Coleman
County, Tex., April 8,
1918.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; land title
supervisor, Humble Oil and
Refining Company, 1945-49; member, Texas State Highway
Commission, 1959-68; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Texas, 1964;
U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of Texas, 1968-86; took
senior status 1986.
Methodist.
Died in Brownwood, Brown
County, Tex., October
3, 2000 (age 82 years, 178
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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