Very incomplete list!
See also stomach
cancer and colon
cancer.
in chronological order
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John Parke Custis (1754-1781) —
also known as Jacky Custis —
of Fairfax
County, Va.
Born in New Kent
County, Va., November
27, 1754.
Planter;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates from Fairfax County, 1778-81.
Died, probably from typhus or
dysentery, in New Kent
County, Va., November
5, 1781 (age 26 years, 343
days).
Interment at Mt.
Vernon, Fairfax County, Va.
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Henry Knox (1750-1806) —
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., July 25,
1750.
General in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1789-94.
Member, Society
of the Cincinnati; American
Philosophical Society.
He brought 59 cannon from Fort Ticonderoga to Dorchester, Mass.,
leading the British forces to evacuate Boston on March 17, 1776.
Swallowed a small chicken bone that damaged his intestines,
and died three days later of peritonitis,
in Thomaston, Knox
County, Maine, October
21, 1806 (age 56 years, 88
days).
Interment at Thomaston
Village Cemetery, Thomaston, Maine.
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Knox counties in Ill., Ind., Ky., Maine, Mo., Neb., Ohio, Tenn. and Tex. are
named for him. |
| | | The city
of Knoxville,
Tennessee, is named for
him. — The World War II Liberty
ship SS Henry Knox (built 1941-42 at Terminal
Island, California; torpedoed and lost in the Indian
Ocean, 1943) was named for
him. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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John Breckinridge (1760-1806) —
of Kentucky.
Born near Staunton, Augusta
County, Va., December
2, 1760.
Democrat. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary
War; lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Kentucky, 1793-94; Kentucky
state attorney general, 1793-97; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1798-1801; Speaker of
the Kentucky State House of Representatives, 1799-1801; delegate
to Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1799; U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1801-05; U.S.
Attorney General, 1805-06; died in office 1806.
Presbyterian.
Slaveowner.
Died, from a stomach infection, in near Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., December
14, 1806 (age 46 years, 12
days).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Fayette County, Ky.; reinterment at
Lexington
Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert Breckenridge and Letitia 'Lettice' (Preston) Breckenridge;
half-brother of Robert
Breckinridge; brother of James
Breckinridge; married, June 28,
1785, to Mary Hopkins Cabell; father of Letitia Preston
Breckinridge (who married Peter
Buell Porter and Alfred
William Grayson), Joseph
Cabell Breckinridge and Robert
Jefferson Breckinridge; nephew of William
Preston; uncle of James
Douglas Breckinridge; grandfather of John
Cabell Breckinridge (who married Mary
Cyrene Burch), Mary Cabell Breckinridge (who married Peter
Augustus Porter (1827-1864)), Robert
Jefferson Breckinridge Jr. and William
Campbell Preston Breckinridge; great-grandfather of Clifton
Rodes Breckinridge, Peter
Augustus Porter (1853-1925), Levin
Irving Handy, Desha
Breckinridge and Henry
Skillman Breckinridge; second great-grandfather of John
Bayne Breckinridge; cousin *** of John
Brown and James
Brown; first cousin of Francis
Smith Preston and James
Patton Preston; first cousin once removed of William
Campbell Preston, James
McDowell, John
Buchanan Floyd, John
Smith Preston and George
Rogers Clark Floyd. |
| | | Political families: Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell
family of Virginia; Breckinridge-Preston-Cabell-Floyd
family of Virginia; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Monroe-Grayson-Roosevelt-Breckinridge
family of Virginia and Kentucky (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Breckinridge
County, Ky. is named for him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Thomas Lyon Hamer (1800-1846) —
also known as Thomas L. Hamer —
of Georgetown, Brown
County, Ohio.
Born in Northumberland
County, Pa., July, 1800.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer;
member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1825, 1828-29; Speaker of
the Ohio State House of Representatives, 1829; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Ohio; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 5th District, 1833-39; general in the
U.S. Army during the Mexican War.
Nominated Ulysses
S. Grant to be a cadet at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.
Died
in the military service, probably from dysentery, at
Monterrey, Nuevo
León, December
2, 1846 (age 46 years, 0
days).
Original interment somewhere
in near Monterrey, Nuevo León; reinterment at Old
Georgetown Cemetery, Georgetown, Ohio; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Zachary Taylor (1784-1850) —
also known as "Old Rough and Ready" —
Born in Orange
County, Va., November
24, 1784.
Whig. Major in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; colonel in the
U.S. Army during the Black Hawk War; general in the U.S. Army during
the Mexican War; President
of the United States, 1849-50; died in office 1850.
Episcopalian.
Slaveowner.
Died, probably of gastroenteritis, in the White
House, Washington,
D.C., July 9,
1850 (age 65 years, 227
days). Based on the theory that he was poisoned, his remains
were tested for arsenic in 1991; the results tended to disconfirm the
theory.
Original interment at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment in private or family
graveyard; reinterment in 1926 at Zachary
Taylor National Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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Relatives: Son
of Richard Taylor and Sarah Dabney (Strother) Taylor; married, June 21,
1810, to Margaret
Mackall Smith (niece of Benjamin
Mackall IV and Thomas
Mackall); father of Sarah Knox Taylor (who married Jefferson
Finis Davis); granduncle of Edmund
Haynes Taylor Jr.; ancestor *** of Victor
D. Crist; first cousin twice removed of Edmund
Pendleton; first cousin thrice removed of Elliot
Woolfolk Major and Edgar
Bailey Woolfolk; second cousin of James
Madison and William
Taylor Madison; second cousin once removed of Richard
Henry Lee, Francis
Lightfoot Lee, Arthur
Lee, John
Penn, John
Pendleton Jr., Nathaniel
Pendleton, George
Madison, Coleby
Chew, John
Strother Pendleton, Albert
Gallatin Pendleton, Aylett
Hawes Buckner and Thomas
Leonidas Crittenden; second cousin twice removed of John
Walker, John
Tyler (1747-1813) and Francis
Walker; second cousin thrice removed of George
Cassety Pendleton, Hubbard
T. Smith, Charles
M. Pendleton, Sidney
Fletcher Taliaferro, Daniel
Micajah Pendleton and Max
Rogers Strother; second cousin four times removed of Charles
Sumner Pendleton; third cousin of Thomas
Sim Lee, Henry
Lee, Charles
Lee, Richard
Bland Lee, Edmund
Jennings Lee, Philip
Clayton Pendleton, Edmund
Henry Pendleton and Nathanael
Greene Pendleton; third cousin once removed of Robert
Brooke, Meriwether
Lewis, Richard
Aylett Buckner, Henry
Gaines Johnson, John
Lee, John
Tyler (1790-1862), Philip
Coleman Pendleton, George
Hunt Pendleton and Joseph
Henry Pendleton; third cousin twice removed of Hancock
Lee Jackson, Fitzhugh
Lee, William
Barret Pendleton, James
Francis Buckner Jr., Francis
Key Pendleton, Charles
Rittenhouse Pendleton, John
Overton Pendleton and Francis
Preston Blair Lee; third cousin thrice removed of Abraham
Lincoln, John
Lee Carroll, Charles
Kellogg, James
Sansome Lakin and Edward
Brooke Lee; fourth cousin of Francis
Taliaferro Helm, Thomas
Walker Gilmer, Aylette
Buckner, David
Gardiner Tyler and Lyon
Gardiner Tyler; fourth cousin once removed of Charles
Willing Byrd, Charles
John Helm and Hubbard
Dozier Helm. |
| | | Political family: Pendleton-Lee
family of Maryland (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Cross-reference: David
R. Atchison — Thomas
Ewing |
| | | Taylor counties in Fla., Ga., Iowa and Ky. are
named for him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: Zachary
T. Coy
— Zachary
T. Bielby
— Zachary
T. Harris
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| | | Campaign slogan (1848): "General Taylor
never surrenders." |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books about Zachary Taylor: K. Jack
Bauer, Zachary
Taylor: Soldier, Planter, Statesman of the Old
Southwest — Elbert B. Smith, The
Presidencies of Zachary Taylor and Millard
Fillmore |
| | | Image source: Portrait & Biographical
Album of Washtenaw County (1891) |
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Charles Paine (1799-1853) —
of Northfield, Washington
County, Vt.
Born in Williamstown, Orange
County, Vt., April
15, 1799.
Whig. Woollen
manufacturer; hotelier;
merchant;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1828-29; delegate to Whig
National Convention from Vermont, 1839 (Convention Secretary); Governor of
Vermont, 1841-43; railroad
builder.
Died, from dysentery, in Waco, McLennan
County, Tex., July 6,
1853 (age 54 years, 82
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Northfield, Vt.
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Henry Watkins Collier (1801-1855) —
of Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa
County, Ala.
Born in Lunenburg
County, Va., January
17, 1801.
Lawyer;
member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1826; circuit judge in Alabama,
1828-36; associate
justice of Alabama state supreme court, 1836-37; chief
justice of Alabama state supreme court, 1837-49; Governor of
Alabama, 1849-53.
Methodist.
Died, of "cholera morbus" (gastroenteritis), in
Bailey Springs, Lauderdale
County, Ala., August
28, 1855 (age 54 years, 223
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Tuscaloosa, Ala.
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John Gallagher Montgomery (1805-1857) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Northumberland, Northumberland
County, Pa., June 27,
1805.
Democrat. Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1855; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 12th District, 1857; died in
office 1857.
While in Washington, D.C., for the inauguration of at a President James
Buchanan, he became ill with "National Hotel disease" (attributed
to poison,
but probably dysentery), and subsequently died, at Danville,
Montour
County, Pa., April
24, 1857 (age 51 years, 301
days).
Interment at Episcopal
Cemetery, Danville, Pa.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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John Anthony Quitman (1799-1858) —
also known as John A. Quitman —
of Mississippi.
Born in Rhinebeck, Dutchess
County, N.Y., September
1, 1799.
Democrat. Lawyer; cotton and
sugar planter;
member of Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1826-27; delegate
to Mississippi state constitutional convention, 1832; member of
Mississippi
state senate, 1835-36; Governor of
Mississippi, 1835-36, 1850-51; state court judge in Mississippi,
1838; general in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; candidate for
Democratic nomination for Vice President, 1848,
1856;
U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 5th District, 1855-58; died in
office 1858.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons.
Slaveowner.
While in Washington, D.C., for the inauguration of President James
Buchanan, he became ill with "National Hotel disease" (attributed
to poison,
but probably dysentery), and subsequently died, near Natchez,
Adams
County, Miss., July 17,
1858 (age 58 years, 319
days).
Interment at Natchez
City Cemetery, Natchez, Miss.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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David Fullerton Robison (1816-1859) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born near Greencastle, Franklin
County, Pa., May 28,
1816.
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 17th District, 1855-57.
While in Washington, D.C., for the inauguration of President James
Buchanan, he became ill with "National Hotel disease" (attributed
to poison,
but probably dysentery), and subsequently died, at
Chambersburg, Franklin
County, Pa., June 24,
1859 (age 43 years, 27
days).
Interment at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Greencastle, Pa.
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James Henry Hammond (1807-1864) —
of South Carolina.
Born in Newberry District (now Newberry
County), S.C., November
15, 1807.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 4th District, 1835-36; Governor of
South Carolina, 1842-44; defeated, 1840; U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1857-60.
Slaveowner.
Died, of a stomach disorder, at Beech Island, Aiken
County, S.C., November
13, 1864 (age 56 years, 364
days).
Interment at Beech
Island Cemetery, Beech Island, S.C.
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Charles S. Kuh (d. 1871) —
of Hilton Head, Beaufort
County, S.C.
Member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Beaufort County,
1868-71; died in office 1871.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, from dysentery, September
25, 1871.
Burial location unknown.
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David Reed (1821-1877) —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Washington, Washington
County, Pa., November
12, 1821.
Republican. Lawyer; law
partner of J.
Bowman Sweitzer; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania, 1874-76.
Died, from pneumonia
and digestive problems, in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., February
17, 1877 (age 55 years, 97
days).
Interment at Allegheny
Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Robert Rice Vandiver (1805-1885) —
also known as Robert R. Vandiver —
of Havre de Grace, Harford
County, Md.
Born in Brandywine (now part of Wilmington), New Castle
County, Del., July 22,
1805.
Democrat. Contractor;
delegate
to Maryland state constitutional convention, 1867; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1868.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died, from dysentery, in Havre de Grace, Harford
County, Md., September
4, 1885 (age 80 years, 44
days).
Interment at Angel
Hill Cemetery, Havre de Grace, Md.
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Robert Noble Hudson (1819-1889) —
of Indiana.
Born in Brookville, Franklin
County, Ind., November
7, 1819.
Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1851-52, 1855; colonel in the
Union Army during the Civil War.
Uncovered a canal bond fraud in 1859-60, thus saving the state of
Indiana more than $1.2 million.
Died, of a stomach ailment, in Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind., August
30, 1889 (age 69 years, 296
days).
Interment at Highland
Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Ind.
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Edward Patrick Hagan (1846-1893) —
also known as Edward P. Hagan; Eddy Hagan —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
1, 1846.
Democrat. Saloon
keeper; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 16th District, 1879-80,
1885-89; member of New York
state senate 9th District, 1892-93; died in office 1893.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Tammany
Hall.
Died, following a laparotomy for an intestinal obstruction, in
Roosevelt Hospital,
New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
20, 1893 (age 47 years, 19
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Mary (Powell) Hagan; married, July 24,
1877, to Ellen Matthews. |
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Walter Henry Churchill (1838-1900) —
also known as Walter H. Churchill —
of Shelby, Oceana
County, Mich.
Born in Batavia, Genesee
County, N.Y., April
27, 1838.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; postmaster;
supervisor, Shelby Township, 1866, 1885; hardware
business; boot and shoe
merchant; banker; Oceana
County Probate Judge, 1889-92.
Died, from intestinal adhesions, in Shelby Township, Oceana
County, Mich., June 23,
1900 (age 62 years, 57
days).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Shelby, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel Churchill and Eliza Churchill; married 1859 to Jane
P. Green; married 1869 to Lucada
A. Carter; married 1874 to Sarah
A. Hamlin. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Adolph Osterloh (1847-1901) —
of Richmond,
Va.
Born in Bremen, Germany,
May
15, 1847.
Tobacco
exporter;
Consul
for Austria-Hungary in Richmond,
Va., 1879; Consul
for Germany in Richmond,
Va., 1885-1901.
Presbyterian;
later German Evangelical
Church. German
ancestry.
Died, from dysentery and peritonitis,
in Richmond,
Va., August
29, 1901 (age 54 years, 106
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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Hugh Reid Belknap (1860-1901) —
also known as Hugh R. Belknap —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Keokuk, Lee
County, Iowa, September
1, 1860.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Illinois 3rd District, 1895-99; defeated,
1898.
Died, from intestinal trouble, in Calamba, Laguna, Philippines,
November
12, 1901 (age 41 years, 72
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Henry Cullen Adams (1850-1906) —
also known as Henry C. Adams —
of Madison, Dane
County, Wis.
Born in Verona, Oneida
County, N.Y., November
28, 1850.
Republican. Dairy farmer;
member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1883-86; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Wisconsin, 1888;
Wisconsin Dairy and Food Commissioner, 1895-1902; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 2nd District, 1903-06; died in
office 1906.
Died, from intestinal illness, in Auditorium Hotel,
Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., July 9,
1906 (age 55 years, 223
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Madison, Wis.
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Auguste Fusenot (1851-1907) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in France,
February, 1851.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; dry goods
merchant; bank
director; Consular
Agent for France in Los
Angeles, Calif., 1898-1907.
French
ancestry.
Died, from heart
failure, during stomach surgery, in Paris, France,
May
27, 1907 (age 56 years, 0
days).
Interment at Père
la Chaise Cemetery, Paris, France.
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Image source:
Los Angeles Evening Express, May 28, 1907 |
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John J. Cathro (1842-1909) —
of Alpena, Alpena
County, Mich.
Born in Scotland,
April
3, 1842.
Republican. Painter
and decorator; farmer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Alpena District, 1895-96.
Scottish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died, from a "long illness of stomach trouble", in Cathro, Alpena
County, Mich., March 7,
1909 (age 66 years, 338
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Patrick Henry McCarren (1849-1909) —
also known as Patrick H. McCarren; "Friend of the
Sugar Trust" —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in East Cambridge, Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass., June 18,
1849.
Democrat. Cooper; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 6th District, 1882-83, 1889;
member of New York
state senate, 1890-93, 1896-1909 (4th District 1890-93, 7th
District 1896-1909); died in office 1909; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1892,
1900,
1904.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Political boss who dominated Brooklyn politics for twenty years.
Died, from intestinal degeneration, complicated by appendicitis
and myocarditis,
in St. Catherine's Hospital,
Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., October
23, 1909 (age 60 years, 127
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
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John Griffin Carlisle (1835-1910) —
also known as John G. Carlisle —
of Covington, Kenton
County, Ky.
Born in Campbell County (part now in Kenton
County), Ky., September
5, 1835.
Democrat. Lawyer; law
partner of Charles
D. Foote; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1859-61; member of Kentucky
state senate, 1866-71; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Kentucky, 1868;
Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1871-75; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 6th District, 1877-90; resigned
1890; Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1883-89; candidate for Democratic nomination for
President, 1884;
U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1890-93; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1893-97.
Died, reportedly from intestinal trouble and heart
disease, in the Hotel
Wolcott, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 31,
1910 (age 74 years, 329
days).
Interment at Linden
Grove Cemetery, Covington, Ky.
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Charles Gasham Jones (1856-1911) —
also known as Charles G. Jones;
"Gristmill" —
of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla.
Born in Greenup, Cumberland
County, Ill., November
3, 1856.
Flour mill
business; painting
contractor; mayor
of Oklahoma City, Okla., 1896-97, 1901-03; member of Oklahoma
territorial House of Representatives, 1900.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks.
Died, from a stomach hemorrhage, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla., March
29, 1911 (age 54 years, 146
days).
Interment at Fairlawn
Cemetery, Oklahoma City, Okla.
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Alfred Ernest Goddard (1847-1911) —
also known as Alfred E. Goddard —
of Essex, Middlesex
County, Conn.
Born in Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass., July 28,
1847.
Republican. Postmaster at Essex,
Conn., 1892-96, 1900-11.
Baptist.
Member, Ancient
Order of United Workmen.
Died, from stomach trouble, in St. Raphael's Hospital,
New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., June 11,
1911 (age 63 years, 318
days).
Interment at Prospect Hill Cemetery, Essex, Conn.
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James Marshall Hanger (1833-1912) —
also known as Marshall Hanger —
Born near Waynesboro, Augusta
County, Va., November
12, 1833.
Lawyer;
served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1869-76; Speaker of
the Virginia State House of Delegates, 1876; U.S. Consul in Bermuda, 1894-98.
Died, of intestinal paralysis and gangrene,
in King's Daughters Hospital,
Staunton,
Va., August
26, 1912 (age 78 years, 288
days).
Interment at Thornrose
Cemetery, Staunton, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Peter Hanger and Martha Elizabeth 'Patsy' (Crawford)
Hanger. |
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William Francis Glasby (1825-1912) —
also known as William F. Glasby —
of East Saginaw (now part of Saginaw), Saginaw
County, Mich.
Born in New York, March 7,
1825.
Contractor;
mayor
of East Saginaw, Mich., 1863-64.
Died, from enteritis, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., November
21, 1912 (age 87 years, 259
days).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of Patrick Glasby and Polly (Coon) Glasby. |
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John C. Callbreath (1826-1916) —
of Stanislaus
County, Calif.; Wrangell (unknown
county), Wash.
Born in New York, January
16, 1826.
Member of California
state assembly 7th District, 1856-57.
Died, from a gastric ulcer, in the Kenney nursing
home, Seattle, King
County, Wash., April 6,
1916 (age 90 years, 81
days).
Interment at Lake
View Cemetery, Seattle, Wash.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Callbreath and Mary (Finch) Callbreath. |
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Andrew Duncan Davidson (1853-1916) —
also known as A. D. Davidson —
of Little Falls, Morrison
County, Minn.; Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn.
Born in Glencoe, Ontario,
May
18, 1853.
Republican. President, Canadian Western Lumber
Company; vice-president, Columbia River Lumber
Company; land commissioner, Canadian Northern Railway;
banker;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1896
(member, Committee
to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee).
Died, from acute stomach trouble, in the Mayo
Clinic, Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn., April
22, 1916 (age 62 years, 340
days).
Entombed at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Duluth, Minn.
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William Sylvanus Allee (1852-1916) —
also known as William S. Allee —
of High Point, Moniteau
County, Mo.; Olean, Miller
County, Mo.
Born in Moniteau
County, Mo., January
20, 1852.
Democrat. Physician;
banker;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1904;
member of Missouri
state senate 27th District, 1909-16; died in office 1916.
Died, following surgery for intestinal obstruction, in Wesley
Hospital,
Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., October
9, 1916 (age 64 years, 263
days).
Interment at Olean Cemetery, Olean, Mo.
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William D. Wood (1858-1917) —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born December
1, 1858.
Lawyer;
real
estate developer; King
County Probate Judge, 1884; mayor
of Seattle, Wash., 1896-97; appointed 1896; went to
the Klondike for the 1898 Gold Rush.
Died, from an intestinal ailment, in Seattle, King
County, Wash., March
23, 1917 (age 58 years, 112
days).
Interment at Lake
View Cemetery, Seattle, Wash.
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Wellington R. Burt (1831-1919) —
also known as "The Lone Pine of
Michigan" —
of Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich.
Born in Pike, Wyoming
County, N.Y., August
26, 1831.
Lumber and
timber business; railroad
builder; mayor
of East Saginaw, Mich., 1867-68; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1872,
1880;
Fusion candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1888; member of Michigan
state senate 22nd District, 1893-94; defeated (Democratic), 1904,
1908; Democratic candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 8th District, 1900; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1900,
1912
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee); Democratic candidate for University
of Michigan board of regents, 1903; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention 22nd District,
1907-08.
Died, from stomach trouble, in Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich., March 2,
1919 (age 87 years, 188
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Saginaw, Mich.
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Henry Stephen Clubb (1827-1921) —
also known as Henry S. Clubb —
of Grand Haven, Ottawa
County, Mich.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Colchester, Essex, England,
June
21, 1827.
Abolitionist; newspaper
publisher; founder and first president, Vegetarian Society of
America; served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Michigan
state senate 29th District, 1873-74; pastor.
Swedenborgian.
Died, from chronic gastritis and senile
debility, in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., October
29, 1921 (age 94 years, 130
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Sharon, Pa.
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James Alfred Emerson (1865-1922) —
also known as James A. Emerson —
of Warrensburg, Warren
County, N.Y.
Born in Warrensburg, Warren
County, N.Y., April
25, 1865.
Republican. Lumber
business; woollen
manufacturer; steamboat
business; hotel
owner; banker;
member of New York
state senate, 1907-18 (32nd District 1907-08, 33rd District
1909-18); as an opponent of alcohol prohibition in 1918, he was
called "wringing wet" (in contrast to prohibition advocates, who were
"desert dry").
Became ill, from heart
disease and gastritis, while on
board the steamship Porto Rico, and died soon after, in
Long Island Hospital,
Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
31, 1922 (age 56 years, 281
days).
Interment at Warrensburg
Cemetery, Warrensburg, N.Y.
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Hilem F. Paddock (1871-1922) —
of Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich.
Born in Canandaigua, Ontario
County, N.Y., November
10, 1871.
Saginaw
County Treasurer; mayor
of Saginaw, Mich., 1915-19; resigned 1919.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Moose; Odd
Fellows.
Died, from gastritis, in Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich., December
2, 1922 (age 51 years, 22
days).
Interment at Brady
Hill Cemetery, Saginaw, Mich.
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George Harriss Bellamy (1856-1924) —
also known as George H. Bellamy —
of El Paso, Brunswick
County, N.C.
Born in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., April
24, 1856.
Democrat. Member of North
Carolina state house of representatives from Brunswick County,
1893, 1913-14; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1903-04, 1907-08, 1911-12.
Injured in a fall onto
pavement, and died a few days later, from an intestinal
hemorrhage, in James Walker Memorial Hospital,
Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., March
14, 1924 (age 67 years, 325
days).
Interment at Oakdale
Cemetery, Wilmington, N.C.
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Richard Moberley Dudley (1860-1925) —
also known as Richard M. Dudley —
of El Paso, El Paso
County, Tex.
Born in Waco, Madison
County, Ky., 1860.
Engineer;
banker;
member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1910; mayor of
El Paso, Tex., 1923-25; died in office 1925.
Died, following ulcer surgery, in Hotel Dieu Hospital,
El Paso, El Paso
County, Tex., May 1,
1925 (age about 64
years).
Interment at Evergreen
Alameda Cemetery, El Paso, Tex.
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Edgar Addison Bancroft (1857-1925) —
also known as Edgar A. Bancroft —
of Galesburg, Knox
County, Ill.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Galesburg, Knox
County, Ill., November
20, 1857.
Republican. Lawyer;
solicitor in Illinois for Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad;
vice-president and general solicitor for Chicago and Western Indiana
Railroad
and the Belt Railway
Company; general counsel, International Harvester Company, farm
equipment and truck
manufacturer; candidate for Presidential Elector for Illinois;
U.S. Ambassador to Japan, 1924-25, died in office 1925.
Died, from an intestinal hemorrhage, in Karuizawa, Japan,
July
27, 1925 (age 67 years, 249
days).
Interment at Hope
Cemetery, Galesburg, Ill.
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Don Carlos Corbett (1861-1927) —
also known as Don C. Corbett —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Clarion, Clarion
County, Pa., December
5, 1861.
Democrat. Lawyer; Clarion
County District Attorney, 1894-96; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Pennsylvania.
Methodist.
Died, from intestinal hemorrhages, in Clarion, Clarion
County, Pa., December
15, 1927 (age 66 years, 10
days).
Interment at Clarion
Cemetery, Clarion, Pa.
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Barton Myers (1853-1927) —
also known as Richard Barton Myers —
of Norfolk,
Va.
Born in Norfolk,
Va., March
29, 1853.
Vice-Consul
for Great Britain in Norfolk,
Va., 1877-1923; Vice-Consul
for Netherlands in Norfolk,
Va., 1878-1903; Vice-Consul
for Brazil in Norfolk,
Va., 1884-1907; mayor
of Norfolk, Va., 1886-88.
Jewish
ancestry.
Died, from mesenteric thrombosis, in Virginia
Beach, Va., December
23, 1927 (age 74 years, 269
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Norfolk, Va.
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Charles D. Donohue (c.1881-1928) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., about 1881.
Democrat. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1912;
member of New York
state assembly, 1913-23 (New York County 9th District 1913-17,
New York County 5th District 1918-23); Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1924-28; died in office 1928.
Member, Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick.
Died, from acute indigestion, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March 5,
1928 (age about 47
years).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
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Francois Joseph Denis Belanger (1848-1928) —
also known as Joseph Belanger —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Quebec,
October
8, 1848.
Consular
Agent for France in Detroit,
Mich., 1889-1907.
French
Canadian ancestry.
Died, from gastrointestinal infection and senile
debility, in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., November
19, 1928 (age 80 years, 42
days).
Interment at Mt.
Elliott Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Charles Francis Brown (1844-1929) —
of Newburgh, Orange
County, N.Y.
Born in Newburgh, Orange
County, N.Y., September
12, 1844.
Democrat. Lawyer; secretary of
New York Democratic Party, 1874, 1880-82; Orange
County District Attorney, 1875-77; Orange
County Judge, 1878-82; Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1883-96; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1889-92; Justice of the Appellate
Division of the New York Supreme Court 2nd Department, 1893-96;
general counsel, Metropolitan Street
Railway Co., 1897-1901.
Presbyterian.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Died, from an intestinal malady, in Newburgh, Orange
County, N.Y., June 19,
1929 (age 84 years, 280
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Hahn Albrecht (1885-1929) —
also known as Charles H. Albrecht —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., February
22, 1885.
Lawyer;
U.S. Vice Consul in Santo Domingo, 1913-15; U.S. Consul in Reval, 1920-22; Danzig, 1922-23; Bangkok, 1923-26; Nairobi, 1926-29, died in office 1929.
Died, from a gastric ailment, in Nairobi, Kenya,
August
7, 1929 (age 44 years, 166
days).
Interment at Mt. Peace Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
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George White Baxter (1855-1929) —
also known as George W. Baxter —
of Denver,
Colo.; Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.
Born in Hendersonville, Henderson
County, N.C., January
7, 1855.
Democrat. Governor
of Wyoming Territory, 1886; delegate
to Wyoming state constitutional convention, 1889; candidate for
Governor
of Wyoming, 1890; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Tennessee, 1912.
Episcopalian.
Died, after suffering a gastric hemorrhage, in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
18, 1929 (age 74 years, 345
days).
Interment at Old
Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn.
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Frank L. Young (1860-1930) —
of Ossining, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Port Byron, Cayuga
County, N.Y., October
31, 1860.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Westchester County 3rd District, 1909-12;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1912;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 24th District, 1915;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 9th District, 1922-30; died in office
1930.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arcanum.
Died, from acute indigestion, in Ossining, Westchester
County, N.Y., May 21,
1930 (age 69 years, 202
days).
Interment at Dale
Cemetery, Ossining, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Levi W. Young and Margaret (Lane) Young; married to Mary Yawger
and Mary Lockwood; married 1916 to Mary
E. Cummings. |
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Lee Slater Overman (1854-1930) —
also known as Lee S. Overman —
of Salisbury, Rowan
County, N.C.
Born in Salisbury, Rowan
County, N.C., January
3, 1854.
Democrat. School
teacher; private secretary to Gov. Z. B.
Vance, 1877-78, and to Gov. Thomas
J. Jarvis, 1879; lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state house of representatives from Rowan County,
1883-88, 1893-94, 1899-1900; Speaker of
the North Carolina State House of Representatives, 1893;
president, North Carolina Railroad,
1894; president, Saisbury Savings Bank;
candidate for Presidential Elector for North Carolina; U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1903-30; died in office 1930;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1916.
Died, from a stomach hemorrhage, in Washington,
D.C., December
12, 1930 (age 76 years, 343
days).
Interment at Chestnut
Hill Cemetery, Salisbury, N.C.
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Francis M. Wilson (1867-1932) —
of Platte City, Platte
County, Mo.
Born in 1867.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Missouri
state senate 3rd District, 1899-1900, 1909-14; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Missouri 4th District, 1904; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, 1913-20; candidate
for Governor of
Missouri, 1928.
Died, from stomach ulcers, in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., October
12, 1932 (age about 65
years).
Interment at Platte
City Cemetery, Platte City, Mo.
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John McKay Byrd (1867-1934) —
also known as John M. Byrd —
of Lillington, Harnett
County, N.C.; Coats, Harnett
County, N.C.
Born in Harnett
County, N.C., June 25,
1867.
Republican. Lumber
business; Harnett
County Register of Deeds, 1894-98; Harnett
County Sheriff, 1914-16; delegate to Republican National
Convention from North Carolina, 1920
(alternate), 1928;
member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1928-30; candidate for
U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 7th District, 1932.
Died, from intestinal obstruction and uremia,
in Coats, Harnett
County, N.C., April
11, 1934 (age 66 years, 290
days).
Interment at Coats Cemetery, Coats, N.C.
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Walter Marion Chandler (1867-1935) —
also known as Walter M. Chandler —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Yazoo
County, Miss., December
8, 1867.
Cowboy;
school
teacher; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 19th District, 1913-19, 1921-23;
defeated (Republican), 1918, 1922, 1923, 1924.
Died, from a heart
attack and intestinal malady, in Post-Graduate Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March
16, 1935 (age 67 years, 98
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Jacksonville, Fla.
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Harry Terhune (d. 1935) —
of Middletown, Orange
County, N.Y.
Republican. Pharmacist;
mayor
of Middletown, N.Y., 1934-35; died in office 1935.
Died, from a stomach ailment, in Middletown, Orange
County, N.Y., July 17,
1935.
Burial location unknown.
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Alphonse Gaulin Jr. (1874-1937) —
of Woonsocket, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Woonsocket, Providence
County, R.I., May 24,
1874.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Woonsocket, R.I., 1903-05; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Rhode Island, 1904;
U.S. Consul in Le Havre, 1905-09; U.S. Consul General in Marseille, 1909-21; Rio de Janeiro, 1921-26; Paris, 1926-29.
Died, from an intestinal hemorrhage and heart
disease, in St. Vincent's Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March 6,
1937 (age 62 years, 286
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Alphonse Gaulin and Marcoux (Elmire) Gaulin; married, September
12, 1905, to Marguerite H. Steele. |
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Thomas J. Hogan (d. 1938) —
of Long Beach, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Democrat. Candidate for mayor
of Long Beach, N.Y., 1929.
Died, from complications of stomach ulcers, in New York
Hospital, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
18, 1938.
Burial location unknown.
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Albert Gaddis (1849-1938) —
of North Union Township, Fayette
County, Pa.
Born in Franklin Township, Fayette
County, Pa., May 30,
1849.
Farmer;
grocer; miller; coal mining
business; candidate for Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania;
Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania at-large, 1918.
Methodist.
Died, from an intestinal obstruction while suffering from senility,
in North Union Township, Fayette
County, Pa., August
24, 1938 (age 89 years, 86
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, South Union Township, Fayette County, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert Gaddis and Sarah (Carter) Gaddis; married 1871 to Esther
Jones. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: The Book of Prominent
Pennsylvanians (1913) |
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Frederick A. Chapman (1878-1938) —
also known as Fred A. Chapman —
of Ionia, Ionia
County, Mich.
Born in Leeds, England,
October
16, 1878.
Republican. Furniture
manufacturer; business partner of Gov. Fred
W. Green; bank
director; co-founder (1915) and manager (1915-38) of the Ionia
Free Fair; mayor of
Ionia, Mich., 1927-31; defeated, 1931; delegate
to Michigan convention to ratify 21st amendment from Ionia
County, 1933; warden of Michigan Reformatory at Ionia, 1936-37.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus.
Suffered from an incurable stomach ailment; while in his
car, parked in his home garage, he killed
himself with a shotgun,
in Ionia, Ionia
County, Mich., October
18, 1938 (age 60 years, 2
days).
Interment at Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Cemetery, Ionia, Mich.
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James Delmage Ross (1872-1939) —
also known as J. D. Ross —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Chatham, Ontario,
November
9, 1872.
Electrical
engineer;
Seattle superintendent of lighting (electric
power), 1911-39; member, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission,
1935-37; administrator, Bonneville Power Administration, 1937.
Died, from a heart
attack, following surgery for stomach and
intestinal ailments, in the Mayo
Clinic, Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn., March
14, 1939 (age 66 years, 125
days).
Interment at Ross Family Burial Site, Newhalem, Wash.
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Relatives:
Married 1907 to Alice
M. Wilson. |
| | | Mount
Ross, in Whatcom
County, Washington, is named for
him. — Ross Dam
(built 1937-49), on the Skagit River, in Whatcom
County, Washington, is named for
him. — Ross Lake,
a reservoir in Whatcom
County, Washington, which also extends into British
Columbia, Canada, is named for
him. — The World War II Liberty
ship SS J. D. Ross (built 1943 at Portland,
Oregon; sold and renamed SS Lampsis; sank during a storm
in the North
Atlantic Ocean, 1966) was originally named for
him. |
| | | Epitaph: "J.D. Ross, one of the
greatest Americans of our generation, was an outstanding
mathematician and equally great engineer. He had also the practical
ability to make things work in the spirit of public opinion and
successful business. More than that, he was a philosopher and lover
and student of trees and flowers. His successful career and
especially his long service in behalf of the public interest are
worthy of study by every American boy." |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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George Charles Butte (1877-1940) —
also known as George C. Butte —
of Muskogee, Muskogee
County, Okla.; Austin, Travis
County, Tex.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., May 9,
1877.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for Governor of
Texas, 1924; Puerto
Rico attorney general, 1925; Governor-General
of the Philippine Islands, 1932.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
American
Society for International Law; American
Law Institute; Alpha
Tau Omega; Delta
Theta Phi.
Died, following surgery for an intestinal blockage, in
American Hospital,
Mexico City (Ciudad de México), Distrito
Federal, January
18, 1940 (age 62 years, 254
days).
Interment at Live Oak Cemetery, Dublin, Tex.
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Mason P. Rumney (1883-1944) —
of Grosse Pointe, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born December
4, 1883.
Steel
executive; mayor
of Grosse Pointe, Mich., 1939-44; died in office 1944.
Died, following surgery for a stomach ailment, in the Mayo Clinic,
Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn., January
20, 1944 (age 60 years, 47
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of John G. Rumney; married to Miriam Hull. |
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Alexander Akerman (1869-1948) —
of Cartersville, Bartow
County, Ga.; Macon, Bibb
County, Ga.; Kissimmee, Osceola
County, Fla.; Orlando, Orange
County, Fla.
Born in Elberton, Elbert
County, Ga., October
9, 1869.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Georgia, 1908;
U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia, 1912-14; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of Florida, 1929-39;
took senior status 1939; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Florida, 1948.
Died, after undergoing an operation for an intestinal
disorder, in Orange Memorial Hospital,
Orlando, Orange
County, Fla., August
21, 1948 (age 78 years, 317
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Orlando, Fla.
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Stephen Samuel Wise (1874-1949) —
also known as Stephen Wise; Stephen Samuel
Weisz —
of Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Budapest, Hungary,
March
17, 1874.
Democrat. Rabbi;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1924;
offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,
1924.
Jewish.
Member, American
Jewish Congress; NAACP.
Died, from a stomach ailment, in Lenox Hill Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April
19, 1949 (age 75 years, 33
days).
Entombed at Westchester
Hills Cemetery, Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y.
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Max Radin (1880-1950) —
of Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Kempen, Poland,
March
29, 1880.
Democrat. Lawyer; law
professor; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
California, 1940.
Jewish.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; American Bar
Association; American
Association of University Professors.
Died, from an intestinal obstruction, in Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif., June 22,
1950 (age 70 years, 85
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Saginaw, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Rabbi Adolph Moses Radin and Johanna (Theodor) Radin; married, July 2,
1909, to Rose Jaffe; married, June 30,
1922, to Dorothea Prall (sister-in-law of Sherwood
Anderson). |
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Frank Buchanan (1902-1951) —
of McKeesport, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in McKeesport, Allegheny
County, Pa., December
1, 1902.
Democrat. School
teacher; athletic
coach; automobile
dealer; mayor
of McKeesport, Pa., 1942; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1944;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 33rd District, 1946-51; died in
office 1951.
Protestant.
Member, American
Economic Association; Phi
Gamma Delta; Elks; Eagles;
Moose;
Lions.
Died, from esophageal and gastric bleeding, in the naval
hospital at Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., April
27, 1951 (age 48 years, 147
days).
Interment at Mt.
Vernon Cemetery, near McKeesport, Elizabeth Township, Allegheny
County, Pa.
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William Brown Carswell (1883-1953) —
also known as William B. Carswell —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Edinburgh, Scotland,
1883.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state senate 6th District, 1913-16; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1923-53; died in office
1953; Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court
2nd Department, 1927-49; candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1937;
vice-president and trustee, Caledonian Hospital.
Christian
Reformed. Scottish
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Grotto;
Elks.
Died, following surgery for a stomach ailment, in Sherbrooke
Hospital,
Sherbrooke, Quebec,
September
7, 1953 (age about 70
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of David Bruce Carswell and Ann (Brown) Carswell. |
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Harry Clifton Yates (1878-1953) —
also known as Harry C. Yates —
of Faucett, Buchanan
County, Mo.
Born in Faucett, Buchanan
County, Mo., October
12, 1878.
Democrat. School
teacher; banker; farmer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Buchanan County 3rd District,
1909-12, 1923-26; Buchanan
County Recorder of Deeds, 1915-23; Buchanan
County Judge, 1927-31.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Royal
Arch Masons; Royal
and Select Masters; Knights
Templar; Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners.
Died, from coronary
occlusion, kidney
disease, diverticulitis, and intestinal hemorrhage,
in Missouri Methodist Hospital,
St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo., December
5, 1953 (age 75 years, 54
days).
Interment at Yates Cemetery, Faucett, Mo.
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Relatives: Son
of Sarah Jane 'Sallie' (Williams) Yates and Henry R. Yates; married
to Lora Jane Means and Edith M. Arnold; married, March
18, 1915, to Waunetta Bruce. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Stanley G. Adams (1907-1954) —
of Isle
of Wight County, Va.; Colonial Beach, Westmoreland
County, Va.
Born in Eclipse, Nansemond County (now part of Suffolk),
Va., December
16, 1907.
Republican. Ferry boat
captain; farmer; real estate
business; hotel
owner; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; chair of
Westmoreland County Republican Party, 1944-50; candidate for Virginia
state senate, 1947; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1948; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Virginia, 1952.
Methodist.
Member, Rotary;
Elks; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died, from an intestinal blood clot, in Physicians Memorial Hospital,
La Plata, Charles
County, Md., November
7, 1954 (age 46 years, 326
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Oak Grove, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of John Quincy Adams and Cecil May (Barkelow) Adams; married to Marie
Miller. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Orville Canada Bullington (1882-1956) —
also known as Orville Bullington —
of Wichita Falls, Wichita
County, Tex.
Born in Indian Springs, Vernon
County, Mo., February
10, 1882.
Republican. Lawyer;
president and chairman, Wichita Falls & Southern Railroad;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, 1924
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1928
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1932,
1936
(member, Resolutions
Committee; speaker),
1940
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1944,
1948;
candidate for Governor of
Texas, 1932; member of Texas
Republican State Committee, 1947-51; Texas
Republican state chair, 1951.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died, from mesenteric thrombosis while also suffering from emphysema,
in Wichita Falls, Wichita
County, Tex., November
24, 1956 (age 74 years, 288
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Sparkman
Hillcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, Tex.
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Herbert Bayard Swope (1882-1958) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Sands Point, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., January
5, 1882.
Democrat. Newspaper
reporter and editor; received the Pulitzer
Prize in 1917 for a series of articles titled "Inside the German
Empire"; executive editor, New York World, 1920-29; under his
leadership, the newspaper won a Pulitzer
Prize for meritorious public service in 1922, for reporting on
the Ku Klux Klan; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
York, 1932,
1936,
1940;
elected (Wet) delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment 1933, but did not
serve.
English,
German,
and Jewish
ancestry.
Died, from pneumonia,
following surgery for an intestinal ailment, in Doctors Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 20,
1958 (age 76 years, 166
days).
Cremated.
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Relatives: Son
of Isaac Swope and Ida Swope; brother of Gerard B. Swope; married 1912 to
Margaret Honeyman Powell. |
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article |
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Ben Hulse (c.1895-1961) —
of El Centro, Imperial
County, Calif.
Born about 1895.
Republican. Member of California
state senate, 1945-57; President
pro tempore of the California State Senate, 1955-57; delegate to
Republican National Convention from California, 1956.
Died, five days after emergency surgery for a perforated stomach
ulcer, at Community Hospital,
El Centro, Imperial
County, Calif., March 2,
1961 (age about 66
years).
Burial location unknown.
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George Nicholas Yoho (1868-1964) —
also known as George N. Yoho —
of Wetzel
County, W.Va.; Marshall
County, W.Va.
Born in Wetzel
County, W.Va., February
18, 1868.
Democrat. Farmer;
member of West
Virginia state senate 2nd District, 1923-26; defeated, 1926, 1938.
Died, from gastroenteritis, in Wetzel County Hospital,
New Martinsville, Wetzel
County, W.Va., April 7,
1964 (age 96 years, 49
days).
Interment at Highland Cemetery, Cameron, W.Va.
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Carl R. Henry (1887-1966) —
of Alpena, Alpena
County, Mich.
Born in Au Sable, Iosco
County, Mich., November
17, 1887.
Democrat. Lawyer; Alpena
County Prosecuting Attorney; candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives from Alpena County, 1916;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 11th District, 1928; candidate for
justice
of Michigan state supreme court, 1930.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Rotary;
Freemasons;
Elks.
Died, from an gastrointestinal hemorrhage, following
duodenal ulcer surgery, in University of Michigan Hospital,
Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., December
13, 1966 (age 79 years, 26
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Evergreen
Cemetery, Alpena, Mich.
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Alice K. Leopold (1906-1982) —
also known as Alice Kay Koller —
of Weston, Fairfield
County, Conn.; Alexandria,
Va.
Born in Scranton, Lackawanna
County, Pa., May 9,
1906.
Republican. Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Weston, 1949-50; secretary
of state of Connecticut, 1951-53; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Connecticut, 1952;
member, Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, 1953-55; U.S.
Assistant Secretary of Labor, 1953-61.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Member, Daughters of the
American Revolution; Grange;
League of
Women Voters.
Died, from cardiac
arrythmia and gastro-intestinal bleeding, probably due to
a gastric ulcer, in Alexandria Hospital,
Alexandria,
Va., March
23, 1982 (age 75 years, 318
days).
Interment at Chestnut Hill Cemetery, Glen Rock, Pa.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Edmund Leonard Koller and Lenora May (Edwards) Koller;
married, May 28,
1931, to Joseph Leopold. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Connecticut Register &
Manual 1953 |
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John Milan Ashbrook (1928-1982) —
also known as John M. Ashbrook; "The Small Paul
Revere" —
of Johnstown, Licking
County, Ohio.
Born in Johnstown, Licking
County, Ohio, September
21, 1928.
Republican. Newspaper
publisher; lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1956
(alternate), 1960
(alternate), 1964;
member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1957-60; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 17th District, 1961-82; died in office
1982; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1972.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Kiwanis;
Elks; Lions; Delta
Theta Phi; Sigma
Delta Chi.
Suffered a massive gastrointestinal bleed, and died soon
after, in Licking Memorial Hospital,
Newark, Licking
County, Ohio, April
24, 1982 (age 53 years, 215
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Green
Hill Cemetery, Johnstown, Ohio.
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Ernest Sherrill Halbert (1901-1991) —
also known as Sherrill Halbert —
of Porterville, Tulare
County, Calif.; Modesto, Stanislaus
County, Calif.
Born in Terra Bella, Tulare
County, Calif., October
17, 1901.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1936;
chair
of Tulare County Republican Party, 1936-41; Stanislaus
County District Attorney, 1949; superior court judge in
California, 1949-54; U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of California, 1954-66;
U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of California, 1966-69;
took senior status 1969.
Protestant.
Member, Rotary;
Elks; Native
Sons of the Golden West; Freemasons.
Died, while suffering from stomach problems, in Marin General
Hospital,
Greenbrae, Marin
County, Calif., May 31,
1991 (age 89 years, 226
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Mt.
Tamalpais Cemetery, San Rafael, Calif.
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Richard Stockman Cohen (1937-1998) —
also known as Richard S. Cohen —
of Augusta, Kennebec
County, Maine.
Born in Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass., April 5,
1937.
Maine
state attorney general, 1979-80; U.S.
Attorney for Maine, 1981-93.
Died of Crohn's disease, in Mount Sinai Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April
13, 1998 (age 61 years, 8
days).
Interment at Harrison Village Cemetery, Harrison, Maine.
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Eugene Hoffman Nickerson (1918-2002) —
also known as Eugene H. Nickerson —
of Roslyn Harbor, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Orange, Essex
County, N.J., August
2, 1918.
Democrat. Lawyer; law
clerk for U.S. Circuit Judge Augustus
N. Hand, 1943-44, and for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Harlan
F. Stone, 1944-46; Nassau
County Executive, 1962-70; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1964,
1972;
U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of New York, 1977-94;
took senior status 1994; senior judge, 1994-2002.
His right arm
was paralyzed by polio in his youth.
Died, from complications of ulcer surgery, in St. Luke's Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
1, 2002 (age 83 years, 152
days).
Interment at St.
Philip's Cemetery, Garrison, N.Y.
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Hope Elise Ross Lange (1933-2003) —
also known as Hope Lange —
Born in Redding Ridge, Redding, Fairfield
County, Conn., November
28, 1933.
Democrat. Actress;
honored guest, Democratic National Convention,
1960.
Female.
Died, from ischemic colitis, in St. Johns Hospital,
Santa Monica, Los Angeles
County, Calif., December
19, 2003 (age 70 years, 21
days).
Cremated.
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John Patrick Murtha Jr. (1932-2010) —
also known as John P. Murtha; Jack Murtha;
"King of Pork" —
of Johnstown, Cambria
County, Pa.
Born in New Martinsville, Wetzel
County, W.Va., June 17,
1932.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Vietnam War;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1969-74; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 12th District, 1974-; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1984,
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Catholic.
Implicated
in the Abscam sting, in which FBI agents impersonating Arab
businessmen offered bribes
to political figures; never charged, but cited by the grand jury in
1980 as an unindicted
co-conspirator.
During gall bladder surgery, suffered an intestinal cut, which
led to infection;
he subsequently died at Virginia Medical
Center, Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., February
8, 2010 (age 77 years, 236
days).
Interment at Grandview
Cemetery, Southmont, Pa.
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