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James Dupont Adams (1887-1966) —
also known as James D. Adams —
of Columbia City, Whitley
County, Ind.
Born in Columbia City, Whitley
County, Ind., July 2,
1887.
Democrat. President, Citizens State Bank; among
the organizers of Columbia Woolen Mills;
publisher, Columbia City Post newspaper;
owner of movie theaters; president, Whitley County Telephone
Co., 1912-26; cattle
breeder; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Indiana, 1940.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Rotary; American
Bankers Association.
Died in August, 1966
(age 79
years, 0 days).
Interment at Greenhill
Cemetery, Columbia City, Ind.
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Paul Jacob Bailey (1905-1994) —
also known as Paul J. Bailey —
of Leonardtown, St. Mary's
County, Md.
Born in Washington,
D.C., October
30, 1905.
Son of Charles Henry Bailey and Lillian (Alwine) Bailey.
Republican. Musician; lawyer; farmer;
theater owner; member of Maryland
Republican State Central Committee, 1935-39; member of Maryland
state senate, 1946-64; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Maryland, 1956.
Member, Sigma Nu
Phi.
Died November
30, 1994 (age 89 years, 31
days).
Interment at All
Faith Episcopal Church Cemetery, Mechanicsville, Md.
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Relatives:
Married to Verna (Putnam) Virts (1902-1996). |
| | | Epitaph: "STATE SENATOR, CONSERVATOR,
SERVANT AND FRIEND OF ST. MARY's COUNTY AND MARYLAND -- RETURN UNTO
THY REST, O MY SOUL, FOR THE LORD HATH DEALT BOUNTIFULLY WITH
THEE." |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Joseph Walker Barr (1918-1996) —
also known as Joseph W. Barr —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.; Hume, Fauquier
County, Va.
Born in Vincennes, Knox
County, Ind., January
17, 1918.
Son of Oscar Lynn Barr and Stella Florence (Walker) Barr.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; movie
theater owner; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 11th District, 1959-61; defeated,
1960; chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, 1964-65; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1968-69.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Kappa Psi.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Playa del Carmen, Quintana
Roo, February
23, 1996 (age 78 years, 37
days).
Interment at Leeds
Episcopal Church Cemetery, Hume, Va.
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Braxton Beacham (1864-1924) —
of Orlando, Orange
County, Fla.
Born in Georgia, September
12, 1864.
Real
estate developer; movie theater owner; mayor of
Orlando, Fla., 1906-07.
Died September
24, 1924 (age 60 years, 12
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Orlando, Fla.
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Vincent Henry Beckman (b. 1879) —
also known as Vincent H. Beckman —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in St. Henry, Mercer
County, Ohio, December
1, 1879.
Son of John G. Beckman and Catherine (Romer) Beckman.
Democrat. Lawyer;
secretary and director, National Theatre Co.; director and
member executive committee, Eagle Picher Mining and
Smelting
Co.; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1916,
1924,
1928
(alternate), 1940,
1948,
1956;
Presidential Elector for Ohio, 1940.
Member, American Bar
Association; Knights
of Columbus.
Burial
location unknown.
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Howard E. Brookings (1902-1977) —
of Oakland, Pottawattamie
County, Iowa.
Born in Tekamah, Burt
County, Neb., January
24, 1902.
Son of Willard E. Brookings and Lotta J. Brookings.
Republican. Movie theater owner; member of Iowa state
house of representatives from Pottawattamie County; elected 1950.
Congregationalist.
Member, Lions; Kiwanis;
Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Eagles.
Died in May, 1977
(age 75
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1923
to Gretna M. Charles. |
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Claude Ernest Cady (1878-1953) —
also known as Claude E. Cady —
of Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., May 28,
1878.
Democrat. Owner of movie theaters; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1933-35; defeated,
1934; postmaster.
Died in Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., November
30, 1953 (age 75 years, 186
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Lansing, Mich.
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Hardy Carlson (1887-1957) —
of Volin, Yankton
County, S.Dak.
Born in Hudson, Lincoln
County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.), January
21, 1887.
Republican. Newspaper
editor and publisher; movie theater owner; served in the
U.S. Army during World War I; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 3rd District, 1921-24,
1945-50.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died December
7, 1957 (age 70 years, 320
days).
Interment at Hartford Cemetery, Hartford, S.Dak.
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Charles Francis Carpentier (1896-1964) —
also known as Charles F. Carpentier —
of East Moline, Rock Island
County, Ill.
Born in Moline, Rock Island
County, Ill., September
19, 1896.
Son of Gregoir Carpentier and Louise (De Connick) Carpentier.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; movie
theater operator; mayor
of East Moline, Ill., 1929-39; member of Illinois
state senate 33rd District, 1939-53; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Illinois, 1940
(alternate), 1956,
1960;
secretary
of state of Illinois, 1953-64; died in office 1964.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Knights
of Columbus; Forty and
Eight; Eagles; Moose; Elks; Rotary; Catholic
Order of Foresters.
Died, while seeking
the Republican nomination for Governor, April 3,
1964 (age 67 years, 197
days).
Interment at St.
Mary's Cemetery, East Moline, Ill.
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Bernard L. Crawford (b. 1924) —
of Beckley, Raleigh
County, W.Va.
Born in Glen Jean, Fayette
County, W.Va., April 15,
1924.
Son of Charles D. Crawford and Jane (Brabban) Crawford.
Democrat. Theater owner; member of West
Virginia state senate 9th District, 1967-70; appointed 1967;
defeated, 1970; chair of
Raleigh County Democratic Party, 1975.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Moose.
Still living as of 1975.
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Charles Elmer Dietrich (1889-1942) —
of Tunkhannock, Wyoming
County, Pa.
Born in Tunkhannock, Wyoming
County, Pa., July 30,
1889.
Son of Charles H. Dietrich (1859-1929) and Ida Irene (Rhodes)
Dietrich (1859-1925).
Democrat. Movie theater business; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 15th District, 1935-37.
Died in Tunkhannock, Wyoming
County, Pa., May 20,
1942 (age 52 years, 294
days).
Entombed at Sunnyside
Cemetery, Tunkhannock, Pa.
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Clinton L. Howard (b. 1891) —
of Parkersburg, Wood
County, W.Va.
Born in Josephs Mills, Tyler
County, W.Va., November
25, 1891.
Son of John L. Howard and Thena M. Howard.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; hardware
merchant; movie theater business; clothing
business; member of West
Virginia state senate 3rd District, 1935-38.
Member, Elks; Kiwanis;
American
Legion; Forty and
Eight.
Burial
location unknown.
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Theodore Leonard Irving (1898-1962) —
also known as Leonard Irving —
of Independence, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., March 24,
1898.
Democrat. Railroad
work; theater manager; hotel
manager; construction
worker; president and
business
agent, Local 264, Construction and General Laborers Union; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 4th District, 1949-53.
Congregationalist.
Member, Eagles.
Died in 1962
(age about
64 years).
Interment at Mt.
Moriah Cemetery, Kansas City, Mo.
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Austin Eugene Lathrop (1865-1950) —
also known as Austin E. Lathrop; Cap
Lathrop —
of Fairbanks, Fairbanks
North Star Borough, Alaska; Cordova, Valdez-Cordova
census area, Alaska.
Born in Lapeer, Lapeer
County, Mich., October
5, 1865.
Son of Eugene Vernon Lathrop and Sarah (Parsons) Lathrop.
Owner of the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner newspaper,
a chain of movie theaters, two radio
stations, two banks, and
the Healy River Coal
Company; trustee, Alaska Agricultural College and School of
Mines, 1933-35, continuing as regent, University of Alaska, 1935-50.
Killed in a railroad
accident, at Healy, Denali
Borough, Alaska, July 26,
1950 (age 84 years, 294
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Marcel Etienne Malige (b. 1900) —
also known as Marcel E. Malige —
of Lapwai, Nez Perce
County, Idaho.
Born in Lapwai, Nez Perce
County, Idaho, July 5,
1900.
Farm
worker; musician;
movie projectionist; U.S. Vice Consul in Victoria, 1922; Nantes, 1922-25; Paris, 1925-26; U.S. Consul in Paris, 1926-28; Glasgow, 1928-32; Warsaw, 1938; U.S. Consul General in Martinique, 1943; Marseille, 1949.
Burial
location unknown.
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Louis Burt Mayer (1884-1957) —
also known as Louis B. Mayer; Lazar Meir —
of Haverhill, Essex
County, Mass.; Santa Monica, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Dymer, Russia (now Ukraine),
July
12, 1884.
Son of Jacob Mayer and Sarah (Meltzer) Mayer.
Republican. Owned movie theaters in New England; moved into
the movie
production business starting in 1916; head of the
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) movie
studio, 1924-51; delegate to Republican National Convention from
California, 1928,
1932;
vice-chair
of California Republican Party, 1931-32; California
Republican state chair, 1932-33.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died, of leukemia
and a kidney
infection, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., October
29, 1957 (age 73 years, 109
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Home
of Peace Cemetery, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of Jacob Mayer and Sarah (Meltzer) Mayer; married, June 14,
1903, to Margaret Shenberg (divorced 1944) and Margaret
Shenberg (1883-1955); married, December
4, 1948, to Lorena L. Danker; father of Irene Gladys Mayer
(1907-1990; who married David
Oliver Selznick) and Edith 'Edie' Mayer (who married William
Goetz). See Mayer
family of California. |
| | | Cross-reference: Dore
Schary |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Internet Movie Database
profile |
| | | Books about Louis B. Mayer: Charles
Higham, Merchant
of Dreams: Louis B. Mayer, MGM, and the Secret
Hollywood — Gary Carey, All
the stars in heaven : Louis B. Mayer's MGM — Diana
Altman, Hollywood
East: Louis B. Mayer and the Origins of the Studio
System — Charles Higham, The
Merchant of Dreams: A Biography of Louis B. Mayer |
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Mark M. Mayne —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Republican. Movie theater film operator; Presidential Elector
for Michigan, 1948;
candidate in primary for Michigan
state house of representatives from Washtenaw County 1st
District, 1950.
Still living as of 1950.
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Louis J. Menges (b. 1888) —
of East St. Louis, St. Clair
County, Ill.
Born in East St. Louis, St. Clair
County, Ill., October
30, 1888.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; owner and
builder of movie theaters; member of Illinois
state senate 49th District, 1935-43.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Optimist
Club.
Burial
location unknown.
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Frank A. Miller (b. 1888) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
9, 1888.
Democrat. Musical and sound effects director for silent
movies and movie theaters; in 1915, he founded a theatrical
booking agency; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 20th District, 1922-31.
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert Hector O'Brien (1904-1997) —
also known as Robert H. O'Brien —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Helena, Lewis and
Clark County, Mont., September
15, 1904.
Son of Joseph Grant O'Brien and Margaret (Flanagan) O'Brien.
Mining engineer;
lawyer;
member, U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission, 1942-44; special assistant to Barney
Balaban, president of Paramount Pictures,
and director, Paramount International Films;
when the companies split in 1949, he became secretary-treasurer of
the movie theater chain, United Paramount Theaters; following
a merger with American Broadcasting Company, he became financial
vice-president of the ABC television
network; in 1957, he joined the Loew's movie theater chain
as vice-president and treasurer; president of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
movie
studio, 1963-69.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sigma
Chi; Phi
Delta Phi; Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick.
Died, of a stroke, in
Seattle, King
County, Wash., October
6, 1997 (age 93 years, 21
days).
Interment somewhere
in Butte, Mont.
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Ralph Moses Paiewonsky (1907-1991) —
also known as Ralph Paiewonsky —
of Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, Virgin
Islands.
Born in Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, Virgin
Islands, November
9, 1907.
Son of Isaac Paiewonsky and Rebecca (Kushner) Paiewonsky.
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,
1948,
1952,
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.
The Ralph M. Paiewonky Library, at the University of the Virgin
Islands, is named for
him.
Died, of congestive
heart failure, in St. Thomas Hospital,
St. Thomas, Virgin
Islands, November
9, 1991 (age 84 years, 0
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Alvin Pasco (1908-1980) —
of Hamtramck, Wayne
County, Mich.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., January
29, 1908.
Republican. Theater owner; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1948,
1956;
candidate in primary for Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 3rd District,
1948.
Catholic.
Died in 1980
(age about
72 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Don R. Pears (1899-1992) —
of Buchanan, Berrien
County, Mich.
Born in Buchanan, Berrien
County, Mich., September
18, 1899.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; school
principal; real estate
broker; partner, Hollywood Theater, Buchanan, Mich.; Berrien
County Register of Deeds, 1927-32; Berrien
County Clerk, 1941-42, 1945-48; served in the U.S. Army during
World War II; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1951-62, 1965-70 (Berrien County
1st District 1951-62, 43rd District 1965-70); defeated, 1932, 1934;
Speaker
of the Michigan State House of Representatives, 1959-62;
candidate in primary for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 4th District, 1962.
Protestant.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Amvets; Reserve
Officers Association; Elks; Eagles; Moose; Odd
Fellows.
Died in Niles, Berrien
County, Mich., July 17,
1992 (age 92 years, 303
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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George C. Porter (1903-1967) —
of Beckley, Raleigh
County, W.Va.
Born in Athens
County, Ohio, December
9, 1903.
Son of Carl Porter and Atta (Archer) Porter.
Democrat. Theater owner; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Raleigh County, 1961;
member of West
Virginia state senate 9th District, 1961-67; appointed 1961; died
in office 1967.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Moose; Elks; Kiwanis.
Died in 1967
(age about
63 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Joseph Lafayette Rhinock (1863-1926) —
also known as Joseph L. Rhinock —
of Covington, Kenton
County, Ky.; New Rochelle, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Owenton, Owen
County, Ky., January
4, 1863.
Son of Joseph Rhinock and Eliza A. (Short) Rhinock.
Democrat. Oil
refiner; mayor
of Covington, Ky., 1894-99; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 6th District, 1905-11; alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1908;
theater business.
Died, from heart
disease, in New Rochelle, Westchester
County, N.Y., September
20, 1926 (age 63 years, 259
days).
Interment at Highland
Cemetery, Fort Mitchell, Ky.
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James C. Shanklin (1884-1958) —
also known as Jim Shanklin —
of Ronceverte, Greenbrier
County, W.Va.
Born in Willow Bend, Monroe
County, W.Va., August 6,
1884.
Son of A. M. Shanklin and Elvira (Clark) Shanklin.
Democrat. Manager of hotel and
movie theaters; postmaster;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Greenbrier County,
1941-42; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
West Virginia, 1944,
1952.
Protestant.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Rotary.
Died in 1958
(age about
73 years).
Interment at Green
Hill Cemetery, Union, W.Va.
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Peter Staub (1827-1904) —
of Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.
Born in Switzerland,
1827.
Theater business; mayor
of Knoxville, Tenn., 1874-75, 1881-82.
Died in 1904
(age about
77 years).
Interment at Old
Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn.
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Harry Wall (b. 1903) —
of Lewiston, Nez Perce
County, Idaho.
Born in Bowerston, Harrison
County, Ohio, September
1, 1903.
Son of William Wall and Lulu (Seifried) Wall.
Democrat. Farmer; cattleman;
movie theater owner; member of Idaho
state senate, 1945-50; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Idaho, 1950; member of Democratic
National Committee from Idaho, 1952-63.
Episcopalian.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Lester Aglar Walton (1882-1965) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., April 20,
1882.
Son of Benjamin A. Walton and Ollie May (Camphor) Walton.
Newspaper
writer; theater manager; U.S. Minister to Liberia, 1935-46.
African
ancestry. Member, Elks; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Alpha
Phi Alpha.
In 1913, started movement for capitalization of "N" in "Negro" in
newspapers and magazines.
Died in 1965
(age about
83 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Roy A. Warden (b. 1900) —
of War, McDowell
County, W.Va.
Born in Monroe, Grafton
County, N.H., October
2, 1900.
Son of Alexander Warden and Suzie (Fairbanks) Warden.
Democrat. Movie theater owner; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from McDowell County, 1945-46,
1951-52.
Presbyterian.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1924
to Edith Lingard. |
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Frank Connell Zehrung (1858-1942) —
also known as Frank C. Zehrung; F. C.
Zehrung —
of Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.
Born in Cedar Rapids, Linn
County, Iowa, October
7, 1858.
Son of John Zehrung and Mary (Connell) Zehrung.
Republican. Druggist;
theater business; mayor of
Lincoln, Neb., 1913-15, 1921-27, 1931-33.
Methodist.
Member, Rotary; Elks.
Died in Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb., September
8, 1942 (age 83 years, 336
days).
Interment at Wyuka
Cemetery, Lincoln, Neb.
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Relatives:
Married, March 15,
1911, to Jessie L. Voris. |
| | | Image source: City of
Lincoln |
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