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Homer Layton Allard (1867-1944) —
also known as Homer L. Allard —
of Sturgis, St. Joseph
County, Mich.
Born in Sturgis, St. Joseph
County, Mich., June 10,
1867.
Son of Horace Allard and Lucy (Pettengil) Allard.
Cigar business; mayor of
Sturgis, Mich., 1911-12; candidate for Michigan
state senate 6th District, 1914 (Progressive), 1944 (Republican
primary); member of Michigan
state house of representatives from St. Joseph County, 1919-22,
1935-44; died in office 1944; postmaster.
Member, Rotary; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Died December
3, 1944 (age 77 years, 176
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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George Venable Allen (1903-1970) —
also known as George V. Allen —
of Durham, Durham
County, N.C.; Maryland; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Durham, Durham
County, N.C., November
3, 1903.
Son of Thomas Ellis Allen (1868-1959) and Harriet (Moore) Allen
(1871-1911).
School
teacher and principal; newspaper
reporter; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Kingston, 1930; Shanghai, 1932; U.S. Consul in Cairo, 1936; U.S. Ambassador to Iran, 1946-48; Yugoslavia, 1949-53; India, 1953-54; Nepal, 1953-54; Greece, 1956-57; director, U.S. Information Agency, 1957-60;
president, Tobacco Institute, 1960-66.
Methodist.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Sigma Phi; United
World Federalists.
Died suddenly, from a coronary
occlusion, in Bahama, Durham
County, N.C., July 11,
1970 (age 66 years, 250
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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John Bradie Allman (1895-1958) —
also known as J. Bradie Allman —
of Rocky Mount, Franklin
County, Va.
Born in Union Hall, Franklin
County, Va., November
17, 1895.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; director,
People's National Bank;
president, Tobacco Board of Trade; lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1926-31, 1948-55, 1958; died in office
1958; mayor of Rocky Mount, Va.; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Virginia, 1948.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Farm
Bureau; Freemasons;
Lions;
Ruritan;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died July 7,
1958 (age 62 years, 232
days).
Interment at High
Street Cemetery, Rocky Mount, Va.
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Benjamin W. Alpiner (1867-1946) —
also known as Ben W. Alpiner —
of Kankakee, Kankakee
County, Ill.
Born in 1867.
Son of Solomon Alpiner and Henrietta Alpiner.
Democrat. Tobacco dealer; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Illinois, 1916
(alternate), 1920.
Died July 15,
1946 (age about 79
years).
Interment at Kankakee
Memorial Garden, Kankakee, Ill.
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Joseph Wright Alsop (1876-1953) —
also known as Joseph W. Alsop —
of Avon, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Middletown, Middlesex
County, Conn., April 2,
1876.
Son of Joseph
Wright Alsop (1838-?) and Elizabeth Winthrop (Beach) Alsop.
Republican. Tobacco grower; insurance
business; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Avon, 1907-09; member of Connecticut
state senate, 1909-13; member of Connecticut
Republican State Central Committee, 1909-12.
Episcopalian.
Member, Delta
Psi.
Died March 17,
1953 (age 76 years, 349
days).
Interment somewhere
in Middletown, Conn.
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Woodford F. Axton —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Republican. Tobacco business; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Kentucky, 1912.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Judson Bagley (1832-1881) —
also known as John J. Bagley —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Medina, Orleans
County, N.Y., July 24,
1832.
Son of John Bagley and Mary M. (Smith) Bagley.
Republican. Cigar manufacturer; president, Michigan Mutual Life
Insurance Company, 1867-72; bank
director; Governor of
Michigan, 1873-76.
Unitarian.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., December
27, 1881 (age 49 years, 156
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Solomon Berliner (1856-1910) —
also known as Sol Berliner —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
6, 1856.
Son of Julius Berliner (1819-1895) and Julia Berliner (1819-1890).
Republican. Tobacco dealer; U.S. Consul in Tenerife, 1898, 1905-10, died in office 1910.
Jewish.
German
ancestry.
Died, probably from diabetes,
in Washington,
D.C., November
14, 1910 (age 54 years, 39
days).
Interment at Cypress
Hills Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Married, September
1, 1901, to Jennie Ottenberg (secretary-general of
Spanish-American Atheneum at Washington, D.C.). |
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Bernard Berlyn —
of Illinois.
Born in Netherlands.
Socialist. Cigar maker; delegate to Socialist National
Convention from Illinois, 1920; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois 2nd District, 1920.
Burial
location unknown.
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Jesse A. Bloch (b. 1879) —
of Wheeling, Ohio
County, W.Va.
Born in Wheeling, Ohio
County, W.Va., November
2, 1879.
Republican. Vice-president, Bloch Brothers Tobacco Co.; member
of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Ohio County, 1913-16;
member of West
Virginia state senate 1st District, 1919-22; alternate delegate
to Republican National Convention from West Virginia, 1944,
1948.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Lewis Brenner (1832-1906) —
also known as John L. Brenner —
of Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio.
Born in Wayne Township, Montgomery
County, Ohio, February
2, 1832.
Democrat. Farmer;
tobacco merchant; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 3rd District, 1897-1901.
Died in Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio, November
1, 1906 (age 74 years, 272
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Dayton, Ohio.
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John Morehead Brower (1845-1913) —
also known as John M. Brower —
of Mt. Airy, Surry
County, N.C.; Boswell, Choctaw
County, Okla.
Born in Greensboro, Guilford
County, N.C., July 19,
1845.
Republican. Merchant;
tobacco grower;
member of North
Carolina state senate, 1876-78; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 5th District, 1887-91; member
of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1896-98.
Died in Paris, Lamar
County, Tex., August 5,
1913 (age 68 years, 17
days).
Interment at Oakdale
Cemetery, Mt. Airy, N.C.
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Julian Shakespeare Carr (1845-1924) —
also known as Julian S. Carr; Jule Carr —
of Durham, Durham
County, N.C.
Born in Durham, Durham
County, N.C., October
12, 1845.
Son of John Wesley Carr (1814-1889) and Elizabeth Pannill (Bullock)
Carr (1815-1906).
Democrat. Co-owner and president of the company which made "Bull
Durham" tobacco; founder of the Durham Cotton
Manufacturing Company and Durham Hosiery
Mills; involved in railroads,
utilities,
and banking;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1888,
1912
(Honorary
Vice-President), 1916.
Member, United
Confederate Veterans.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April 29,
1924 (age 78 years, 200
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Maplewood
Cemetery, Durham, N.C.
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William Baruch Clagett (1854-1911) —
also known as William B. Clagett —
of Upper Marlboro, Prince
George's County, Md.
Born near Upper Marlboro, Prince
George's County, Md., August
13, 1854.
Tobacco grower; Maryland
state comptroller, 1910-11; appointed 1910; died in office 1911.
Died, from Bright's
disease, July 25,
1911 (age 56 years, 346
days).
Interment at Trinity
Episcopal Church Cemetery, Upper Marlboro, Md.
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James Buchanan Duke (1856-1925) —
also known as James B. Duke; "Buck";
"Tobacco King" —
of Somerville, Somerset
County, N.J.
Born near Durham, Durham
County, N.C., December
23, 1856.
Son of Washington Duke (1820-1905).
Republican. Organizer and president, American Tobacco Company,
which monopolized the tobacco industry until it was broken up
in 1911; organizer of electric
power companies; delegate to Republican National Convention from
New Jersey, 1904.
Left a large trust fund which supported Duke University.
Died, of bronchial
pneumonia, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
10, 1925 (age 68 years, 291
days).
Entombed at Duke
University Chapel, Durham, N.C.
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Joseph James Frost (b. 1881) —
also known as Joseph J. Frost —
of Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.
Born in Bryan, Williams
County, Ohio, July 15,
1881.
Democrat. Cigar business; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Kent County 1st District,
1917-18; defeated, 1908.
German
ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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James Gallagher (born c.1822) —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., about 1822.
Democrat. Tobacconist; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Connecticut, 1860;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1861, 1863, 1878; member of Connecticut
state senate, 1867-68, 1887-88 (4th District 1867-68, 8th
District 1887-88).
Burial
location unknown.
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James J. Garvey —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Cigar dealer; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 14th District, 1912-13.
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles L. Goetz (b. 1859) —
of South Bend, St. Joseph
County, Ind.
Born in Rome, Oneida
County, N.Y., January
22, 1859.
Son of Casper Goetz and Mary (Holderied) Goetz.
Democrat. Cigar manufacturer; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Indiana, 1912
(Honorary
Vice-President).
German
ancestry. Member, Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1883
to Emma E. Klingel. |
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Frederick David Grave (b. 1889) —
also known as Frederick D. Grave —
of Hamden, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., September
13, 1889.
Son of Frederick David Grave and Catherine Elizabeth (Stoffel)
Grave.
Cigar manufacturer; banker; delegate to
Connecticut convention to ratify 21st amendment at-large, 1933.
German
ancestry. Member, Elks; American
Legion.
Burial
location unknown.
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Lloyd Lee Gravely (b. 1889) —
also known as Lloyd L. Gravely —
of Rocky Mount, Nash
County, N.C.
Born in Danville,
Va., December
5, 1889.
Son of John Oglesby Gravely and Lula (Kent) Gravely.
Democrat. Lawyer;
tobacco buyer; manager, tobacco products factory;
director and general manager, China America Tobacco Co.;
director, Standard Insurance
and Realty
Co.; mayor
of Rocky Mount, N.C., 1925-28; member of North
Carolina state senate 6th District, 1929-32, 1935.
Methodist.
Member, Kiwanis;
Phi
Delta Theta; Phi
Delta Phi; Junior
Order; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Bryan Grimes (1868-1923) —
also known as J. Bryan Grimes —
of Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.
Born in Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., June 3,
1868.
Son of Bryan Grimes and Charlotte Emily (Bryan) Grimes.
Democrat. Planter;
member, North Carolina Board of Agriculture, 1899-1900; president,
Tobacco Growers Association of North Carolina; secretary of
state of North Carolina, 1901-23; died in office 1923.
Episcopalian.
Scottish
ancestry. Member, Sons of
the Revolution; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Junior
Order.
Died January
16, 1923 (age 54 years, 227
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Bryan Grimes and Charlotte Emily (Bryan) Grimes; married, November
14, 1894, to Mary Octavia Laughinghouse; married 1904 to
Elizabeth Forest Laughinghouse. |
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Harry Luther Haines (1880-1947) —
also known as Harry L. Haines —
of Red Lion, York
County, Pa.
Born in Red Lion, York
County, Pa., February
1, 1880.
Son of Benjamin Ambrose Haines and Rebecca (Wallick) Haines.
Democrat. Cigar manufacturer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 22nd District, 1931-39, 1941-43;
defeated, 1938, 1942.
Brethren.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Redmen; Lions.
Died in Red Lion, York
County, Pa., March 29,
1947 (age 67 years, 56
days).
Interment at Red
Lion Cemetery, Red Lion, Pa.
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James F. Hammell (1859-1916) —
also known as Jim Hammell —
of Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born near Brighton, Livingston
County, Mich., August
13, 1859.
Democrat. School
teacher; grocer;
cigar manufacturer; mayor of
Lansing, Mich., 1900-03.
Died in 1916
(age about
56 years).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Lansing, Mich.
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Orris L. Head (b. 1877) —
also known as O. L. Head —
of Salisbury, Chariton
County, Mo.; Madison, Jefferson
County, Ind.
Born in Daviess
County, Ky., March 5,
1877.
Son of Cecelius Larue Head (1846-1926) and Mary (Evans) Head.
Hotel
proprietor; tobacco buyer; mayor of
Madison, Ind., 1943-44.
Christian.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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William O. Head (1859-1931) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Providence, Webster
County, Ky., July 29,
1859.
Son of John Wilson Head and Mary (Headly) Head.
Democrat. Tobacco warehouser; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1894; mayor
of Louisville, Ky., 1909-13; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Kentucky, 1912,
1916.
Died in Clearwater, Pinellas
County, Fla., April 19,
1931 (age 71 years, 264
days).
Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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John J. Hess —
of Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Cigar manufacturer; member of New York
state assembly from Oneida County 1st District, 1916.
Burial
location unknown.
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George Hibshman (1852-1918) —
of Ephrata, Lancaster
County, Pa.
Born in Ephrata Township, Lancaster
County, Pa., August
29, 1852.
Republican. Machinist;
tobacco grower;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Lancaster County, 1907-09.
Died March 16,
1918 (age 65 years, 199
days).
Interment at Hibshman
Cemetery, Ephrata, Pa.
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Michael R. Hoffman (b. 1857) —
of Maytown, Lancaster
County, Pa.
Born in Conoy Township, Lancaster
County, Pa., January
31, 1857.
Tobacco grower;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Lancaster County, 1907-09.
Burial
location unknown.
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Michael Kenna (1857-1946) —
also known as "Hinky-Dink" —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., 1857.
Democrat. Saloon
keeper; cigar dealer; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Illinois, 1908,
1912,
1920,
1924,
1928,
1932,
1940.
Died, in the Blackstone Hotel,
Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., October
9, 1946 (age about 89
years).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Evanston, Ill.
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Jerome H. Kohn (c.1900-1948) —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., about 1900.
Democrat. Tobacco business; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Connecticut, 1944,
1948.
Jewish.
While serving as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention, he
died, apparently of a heart
attack, in his hotel room
in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., July 12,
1948 (age about 48
years).
Interment at Beth
Israel Cemetery, Hartford, Conn.
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Relatives:
Married to Alice Bussy. |
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Edward Lasker (1912-1997) —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born May 15,
1912.
Son of Albert
Davis Lasker and Flora (Warner) Lasker.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; movie
producer; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1956,
1960;
director, Philip Morris tobacco company, 1961-80.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., July 11,
1997 (age 85 years, 57
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Matthew J. Maxian —
of Broome
County, N.Y.
Cigar maker; Socialist candidate for New York
state assembly from Broome County 1st District, 1918, 1920;
delegate to Socialist National Convention from New York, 1920;
Communist candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 34th District, 1934.
Burial
location unknown.
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James Hugh McFaddin (c.1916-1974) —
also known as J. Hugh McFaddin —
of Manning, Clarendon
County, S.C.
Born about 1916.
Democrat. Lawyer;
tobacco farmer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1938-42; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, 1940
(alternate), 1948,
1956;
member of South
Carolina state senate, 1942-56; circuit judge in South Carolina,
1956-70.
Died in 1974
(age about
58 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Andrew Hutchins Mickle (1805-1863) —
also known as Andrew H. Mickle —
of New York.
Born in New York, February
5, 1805.
Tobacco merchant; mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1846-47.
Died January
25, 1863 (age 57 years, 354
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Merrill I. Mills (1819-1882) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in 1819.
Democrat. Stove
manufacturer; founder of Banner Tobacco Company; director
of First National Bank of
Detroit; mayor of
Detroit, Mich., 1866-67; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Michigan, 1876.
Died in 1882
(age about
63 years).
Entombed at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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John W. Murphy —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Democrat. Cigar maker; president,
New Haven Trades Council; mayor
of New Haven, Conn., 1932-45; defeated, 1945.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Albert Newfield (1883-1957) —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Austria,
December
27, 1883.
Son of Adolph Newfield and Nettie (Stone) Newfield.
Republican. Tobacco merchant; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Hartford, 1927-28; defeated,
1928.
Jewish.
Died November
29, 1957 (age 73 years, 337
days).
Interment at Beth
Israel Cemetery, Hartford, Conn.
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DeLancey Nicoll —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Lawyer;
attorney for American Tobacco Company; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1892,
1896;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 7th District, 1894;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 14th District, 1915.
Burial
location unknown.
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John W. Pauly (b. 1865) —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., 1865.
Democrat. Cigar manufacturer; member of Minnesota
state senate, 1907-18 (44th District 1907-14, 35th District
1915-18); delegate to Democratic National Convention from Minnesota,
1908
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee).
Burial
location unknown.
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Image source:
Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917 |
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J. Ford Ransom —
of Windsor, Hartford
County, Conn.
Republican. Tobacco grower;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Windsor, 1939-42.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Stanley Forman Reed (1884-1980) —
also known as Stanley F. Reed —
of Maysville, Mason
County, Ky.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Minerva, Mason
County, Ky., December
31, 1884.
Son of Dr. John A. Reed and Frances (Forman) Reed.
Democrat. Lawyer;
counsel, Burley Tobacco Growers Cooperative Association;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1912-16; served in the U.S. Army
during World War I; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Kentucky, 1920,
1936;
U.S. Solicitor General,
1935-38; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1938-57.
Protestant.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
American Bar
Association; Society
of Colonial Wars; Sons of
the American Revolution; Delta
Phi.
Died in Huntington, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., April 2,
1980 (age 95 years, 93
days).
Interment at Maysville
Cemetery, Maysville, Ky.
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Ned Fenton Roscoe (b. 1960) —
of Benicia, Solano
County, Calif.
Born in Denver,
Colo., August
20, 1960.
Libertarian. Cigarette retailer; candidate for Governor of
California, 2003.
Still living as of 2003.
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Thomas Fortune Ryan (1851-1928) —
also known as Thomas F. Ryan —
of Hempstead, Queens County (now Nassau
County), Long Island, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Oak Ridge, Nelson
County, Va.
Born in Nelson
County, Va., October
17, 1851.
Son of George Ryan and Lucinda (Fortune) Ryan.
Democrat. Financier;
organizer and consolidator of streetcar
companies in New York City; owned controlling interest in Equitable
Life
Assurance Society; co-founder, American Tobacco Company;
engaged in mining
development in Africa; one of the richest men in America at the time;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1904,
1912.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Died in 1928
(age about
76 years).
Entombed at Oak
Ridge Estate, Nelson County, Va.
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Frederick A. Schroeder (1833-1899) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in 1833.
Republican. Tobacco merchant; mayor
of Brooklyn, N.Y., 1876-77; member of New York
state senate 3rd District, 1880-81.
Died in 1899
(age about
66 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Joseph Schulum, Jr. (d. 1906) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Son of Joseph Schulum.
Democrat. Cigar manufacturer; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 12th District, 1896-98.
German
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Tammany
Hall.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
4, 1906.
Interment at Salem
Fields Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Edward G. Scott —
of Paducah, McCracken
County, Ky.
Tobacco business; vice-president, Mechanics Trust and Savings
Bank; insurance
business; mayor of
Paducah, Ky., 1932-36.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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James L. Seely, Jr. —
of Canisteo, Steuben
County, N.Y.
Cigar manufacturer; member of New York
state assembly from Steuben County 2nd District, 1913-14.
Burial
location unknown.
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Joseph William Stevens —
also known as Joseph W. Stevens —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; tobacco
merchant; mayor of
Albany, N.Y., 1914-17.
Interment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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Albert Stoll (b. 1852) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., August
10, 1852.
Republican. Cigar business; insurance
business; member of Michigan
state senate 2nd District, 1899-1900.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Thomas Sutherlin (1822-1893) —
also known as William T. Sutherlin —
of Danville,
Va.
Born in Pittsylvania
County, Va., April 17,
1822.
Tobacco merchant; banker; real
estate and insurance
business; mayor
of Danville, Va., 1855-61; delegate
to Virginia secession convention, 1861; major in the Confederate
Army during the Civil War.
Methodist.
His mansion housed Confederate President Jefferson
Davis at the time of the surrender in 1865; the house is now the
Danville Museum of Fine Arts and History.
Died in Danville,
Va., July 22,
1893 (age 71 years, 96
days).
Interment at Green
Hill Cemetery, Danville, Va.
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Clarence J. Sweet —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Cigar dealer; candidate for mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1919.
Burial
location unknown.
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Ernest V. Webb (b. 1877) —
of Kinston, Lenoir
County, N.C.
Born in Roxboro, Person
County, N.C., October
15, 1877.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
tobacconist; farmer;
member of North
Carolina state senate 7th District, 1935.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd
Fellows.
Burial
location unknown.
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Frederick A. Wells —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Republican. Cigar manufacturer; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 17th District, 1915-22;
defeated, 1922, 1923.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Wulf —
of New Hampshire.
Socialist. Cigar maker; delegate to Socialist National
Convention from New Hampshire, 1920.
Burial
location unknown.
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