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Hannah Diggs Atkins (b. 1923) —
of Oklahoma.
Born in Winston-Salem, Forsyth
County, N.C., November
2, 1923.
Daughter of James Thackeray Diggs and Mabel Kennedy Diggs.
Reporter;
school
teacher; librarian; member of Oklahoma
state house of representatives, 1969-80; secretary of
state of Oklahoma, 1987-91.
Female.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 1999.
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Relatives:
Married to Charles N. Atkins. |
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Frank W. Ballance, Jr. (b. 1942) —
of Warrenton, Warren
County, N.C.
Born in Windsor, Bertie
County, N.C., February
15, 1942.
Democrat. Lawyer;
librarian; college
professor; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1982-85; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1989-2002; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from North Carolina, 1996,
2000;
U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 1st District, 2003-04;
resigned 2004; indicted
in federal court in September 2004 on federal money
laundering charges
for diverting
state funds through a charitable foundation; pleaded
guilty to one count, sentenced
to four years in prison,
fined
$10,000, ordered to pay restitution,
and disbarred.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2009.
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Benjamin H. Barrows (1847-1910) —
of Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.
Born near Davenport, Scott
County, Iowa, December
30, 1847.
Son of Willard Barrows and Ann Barrows.
Newspaper
reporter; member of University
of Nebraska board of regents, 1875-76; U.S. Consul in Dublin, 1876-86; librarian; U.S. Surveyor of Customs,
1903-10; died in office 1910.
Died, from bronchitis
and heart
disease, in Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb., December
30, 1910 (age 63 years, 0
days).
Interment at Prospect
Hill Cemetery, Omaha, Neb.
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Relatives: Son
of Willard Barrows and Ann Barrows; married 1878 to Lizzie
Phelan (died 1886); married to Gertrude Carpenter Fitzpatrick;
brother of Caroline Barrows (who married Joseph
Hopkins Millard). See Millard-Barrows
family of Nebraska. |
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Samuel Greene Wheeler Benjamin (1837-1914) —
also known as S. G. W. Benjamin —
of New York; Washington,
D.C.; Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born, of American parents, at Argos, Greece,
February
13, 1837.
Son of Nathan B. Benjamin (missionary) and Mary Gladding (Wheeler)
Benjamin (poet).
Librarian; author; artist; U.S.
Minister to Persia, 1883-85.
Member, Sons of
the Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars; Phi
Beta Kappa; American
Forestry Association; Navy
League.
Died in Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt., July 19,
1914 (age 77 years, 156
days).
Interment at Lakeview
Cemetery, Burlington, Vt.
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Lillain Symes Clements —
also known as Lillian B. Symes —
of California.
Socialist. Librarian; delegate to Socialist National
Convention from California, 1920; candidate for U.S.
Senator from California, 1938.
Female.
Burial
location unknown.
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James Lorimer Graham (c.1832-1876) —
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., about 1832.
Son of Nathan Burr Graham, Jr. and Marie Antoinette (McCoskry)
Graham.
Editor, Putnam's magazine;
librarian; U.S. Consul in Florence, 1869-76.
Died April 30,
1876 (age about 44
years).
Interment at Porta
a Pinti or English Cemetery, Florence, Italy.
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Eric Hass (1905-1980) —
of Oregon; New York.
Born in Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb., 1905.
Advertising
business; Socialist Labor candidate for U.S.
Senator from Oregon, 1936; editor of
The Weekly People, 1938-68; Industrial Government candidate
for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1944; candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1949 (Industrial Government), 1957
(Socialist Labor), 1961 (Socialist Labor), 1965 (Socialist Labor);
candidate for Governor of
New York, 1950 (Industrial Government), 1958 (Socialist Labor),
1962 (Socialist Labor); Socialist Labor candidate for President
of the United States, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964; librarian.
German
and Danish
ancestry.
Resigned or expelled from the Socialist Labor Party, 1969.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Community Hospital,
Santa Rosa, Sonoma
County, Calif., October
2, 1980 (age about 75
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Marie Hilson Katzenbach (1882-1970) —
also known as Marie H. Katzenbach; Marie Louise Hunt
Hilson —
of Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., December
8, 1882.
Daughter of Cleveland Hilson and Matilda Emily (Hunt) Hilson.
Librarian; member, New Jersey State Board of Education,
1921-64; delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Mercer County,
1947.
Female.
French
ancestry. Member, Daughters of the
American Revolution; Colonial
Dames.
The Marie H. Katzenbach School for the Deaf, in Trenton, N.J., is named for
her.
Died in Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J., February
4, 1970 (age 87 years, 58
days).
Interment at Ewing
Cemetery, Ewing Township, Mercer County, N.J.
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Robert Woodrow Levering (1914-1989) —
also known as Robert W. Levering —
of Fredericktown, Knox
County, Ohio.
Born near Fredericktown, Knox
County, Ohio, October
3, 1914.
Democrat. Librarian; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 17th District, 1959-61; defeated, 1948,
1950, 1954, 1956, 1960, 1962; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Ohio, 1964.
Died in Fredericktown, Knox
County, Ohio, August
11, 1989 (age 74 years, 312
days).
Cremated.
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James Logue —
of Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
School
principal; librarian; mayor
of Lexington, Ky., 1842-45.
Burial
location unknown.
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Evelyn Silliman Malone —
also known as Evelyn Malone; Evelyn Silliman; Mrs.
M. W. Malone —
of Windom, Cottonwood
County, Minn.
Born in Windom, Cottonwood
County, Minn.
Democrat. Librarian; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Minnesota, 1948,
1952
(alternate), 1960.
Female.
Methodist.
Member, American
Association of University Women; Order of the
Eastern Star.
Still living as of 1960.
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Relatives:
Married to Maurice William Malone. |
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Thomas Herbert Norton (b. 1851) —
also known as Thomas H. Norton —
of White Plains, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Rushford, Allegany
County, N.Y., June 30,
1851.
Son of Rev. Robert Norton and Julia Ann Granger (Horsford) Norton.
Republican. Chemist;
newspaper
editor; university
professor; librarian; U.S. Consul in Harput, 1900-05; Smyrna, 1905-06; Chemnitz, 1906-14.
Presbyterian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Sons of
the American Revolution; Sons of
the Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; American
Chemical Society.
Burial
location unknown.
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Rosemary Mason Ogden (b. 1909) —
also known as Rosemary Ogden —
of Romeo, Macomb
County, Mich.
Born in Fairmont, Marion
County, W.Va., January
6, 1909.
Republican. Librarian; member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1947-49.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Palmer (1907-1991) —
of Flint, Genesee
County, Mich.
Born in Sycamore, DeKalb
County, Ill., January
6, 1907.
Democrat. Librarian; member of Michigan
state senate 13th District, 1933-37; resigned 1937; candidate in
primary for Michigan
state house of representatives 59th District, 1972.
Died in 1991
(age about
84 years).
Interment at East
Lawn Memory Gardens, Okemos, Mich.
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Whitelaw Reid (1837-1912) —
also known as James Whitelaw Reid;
"Agate" —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Cedarville, Greene
County, Ohio, October
27, 1837.
Republican. Newspaper
editor; librarian; cotton planter;
U.S. Minister to France, 1889-92; candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1892; U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1905-12, died in office 1912.
Reid Hall, a dormitory at Miami University (built 1948, demolished
2006) was named for
him.
Died in London, England,
December
15, 1912 (age 75 years, 49
days).
Interment at Sleepy
Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.
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Dorothy H. Rose (b. 1920) —
of Angola, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., September
21, 1920.
Democrat. Librarian; member of New York
state assembly, 1965-68 (Erie County 8th District 1965, 163rd
District 1966, 147th District 1967-68).
Female.
Catholic.
Member, League
of Women Voters; Grange; Delta
Kappa Gamma.
Still living as of 1968.
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Relatives:
Married to Thomas A. Rose. |
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Byrd Fanita Sawyer (b. 1895) —
also known as Byrd Fanita Wall; Mrs. Harry W.
Sawyer —
of Fallon, Churchill
County, Nev.; Sparks, Washoe
County, Nev.
Born in Warrensburg, Johnson
County, Mo., May 5,
1895.
Daughter of Henry J. Wall and Burd (McIlvaine) Wall.
Democrat. School
teacher; librarian; Presidential Elector for Nevada, 1940;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Nevada, 1948
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1952.
Female.
Member, American
Association of University Women; National
Education Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Beta
Sigma Phi.
Burial
location unknown.
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Mary A. Sleeth (born c.1876) —
of Rushville, Rush
County, Ind.
Born in Indiana, about 1876.
Daughter of George
Sleeth.
Republican. Librarian; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Indiana, 1924,
1936;
farm administrator for Wendell
Willkie.
Female.
Burial
location unknown.
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Foster Waterman Stearns (1881-1956) —
also known as Foster Stearns —
of Hancock, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Hull, Plymouth
County, Mass., July 29,
1881.
Republican. Librarian; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1937; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 2nd District, 1939-45; delegate
to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1940,
1948.
Died June 4,
1956 (age 74 years, 311
days).
Interment at Exeter
Cemetery, Exeter, N.H.
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William Swift (b. 1794) —
of Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
Born in Massachusetts, 1794.
Candle
manufacturer; librarian; mayor
of Lexington, Ky., 1855-58.
English
ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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James Hammond Trumbull (1821-1897) —
also known as J. Hammond Trumbull —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Stonington, New London
County, Conn., December
20, 1821.
Son of Gurdon Trumbull and Sarah Ann (Swan) Trumbull.
Connecticut State Librarian, 1854-55; secretary of
state of Connecticut, 1861-66.
Died in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., August 5,
1897 (age 75 years, 228
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Hartford, Conn.
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Relatives:
Married 1855
to Sarah A. Robinson. |
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James William Zevely (1861-1927) —
also known as J. W. Zevely —
of Muskogee, Muskogee
County, Okla.; Washington,
D.C.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Linn, Osage
County, Mo., October
8, 1861.
Son of Thaddeus Zevely and Mary A. Zevely.
Democrat. Librarian; secretary of
Missouri Democratic Party, 1888; Inspector in Charge for U.S.
Department of the Interior; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oklahoma, 1912,
1916;
as attorney for the Sinclair Consolidated Oil
Corporation, and for Harry F. Sinclair, he was a figure in the Teapot
Dome scandal of the 1920s.
The champion racehorse "Zev" (1920-1943) was named for
him by Harry F. Sinclair.
Died, of pernicious
anemia and liver
cirrhosis, in East Hampton, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., June 10,
1927 (age 65 years, 245
days).
Interment somewhere
in Paris, Ky.
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