Very incomplete list!
in chronological order
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George Washington Barnett (1793-1848) —
also known as G. W. Barnett —
of Texas.
Born in South Carolina, December
12, 1793.
Served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; delegate
to Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention from
District of Washington, 1836; signer,
Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836; member of Texas
Republic Senate from District of Washington, 1837-43.
Presbyterian.
Killed by
Lipan-Apache Indians while hunting deer near Gonzales, Gonzales
County, Tex., October
8, 1848 (age 54 years, 301
days).
Interment at Old
Cemetery, Gonzales, Tex.
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Richardson A. Scurry (1811-1862) —
of Texas.
Born in Gallatin, Sumner
County, Tenn., November
11, 1811.
Democrat. Served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of
Independence; judge of Texas Republic, 1840-41; member of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1842-44; U.S.
Representative from Texas 1st District, 1851-53; general in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Accidentally
shot
himself in the foot while hunting, in August 1854; the wound
never healed and became infected;
though his leg was later amputated, he died as a result in Hempstead,
Waller
County, Tex., April 9,
1862 (age 50 years, 149
days).
Interment at Hempstead
Cemetery, Hempstead, Tex.
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Claiborne Hooper Phillips (1847-1886) —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born in 1847.
Mayor
of Nashville, Tenn., 1883-86.
Accidentally
shot
and killed while on a hunting trip, near Britton, Marshall
County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.), September
10, 1886 (age about 39
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas Taylor Minor (1844-1889) —
also known as Thomas T. Minor —
of Port Townsend, Jefferson
County, Wash.; Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born, of American parents, in Manepy, Ceylon (now Sri
Lanka), February
20, 1844.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; physician;
one of the founders of the Seattle, Lake Shore and Eastern Railroad;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Washington Territory,
1880;
mayor
of Port Townsend, Wash., 1880-83; mayor
of Seattle, Wash., 1887-88.
Member, Freemasons.
Last seen traveling by canoe to Whidbey Island, with others, on a
duck huting trip, and was never
heard from again; presumed drowned
in a watercraft
accident, in Puget
Sound, December
2, 1889 (age 45 years, 285
days). His canoe was recovered, but his remains were not
found.
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Relatives: Son
of Eastman Strong Minor and Judith (Manchester) Minor; married, August
20, 1872, to Sarah Montgomery; grandfather of Thomas
Minor Pelly. |
| | | Political family: Moriarty-Minor
family of Seattle, Washington. |
| | | The T.T. Minor School
(built 1890, demolished 1940, rebuilt 1941, closed 2010, renovated
and reopened 2016), in Seattle,
Washington, is named for
him. — Minor Avenue,
in Seattle,
Washington, is named for
him. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Robert Ray Hamilton (1851-1890) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March
18, 1851.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 11th District, 1881, 1886-89;
in July 1889, while staying in Atlantic City, he was caught in a
national scandal,
after his wife, Eva, stabbed a nurse; she was arrested and tried; it
came out that Eva was still
married to another man, that she had bought a baby for $10 and
told Hamilton he was the father, to induce him to marry her; when
this was publicized,
Hamilton sued for divorce; as the case dragged on, he moved to
Wyoming to help a friend establish a hotel.
While on a hunting trip, he drowned
while attempting to ford the Snake River, in Uinta County (part now
in Teton
County), Wyo., August
23, 1890 (age 39 years, 158
days).
Original interment somewhere in Teton County, Wyo.; reinterment in 1892 at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Schuyler Hamilton and Cornelia (Ray) Hamilton; grandnephew of James
Alexander Hamilton; great-grandson of Alexander
Hamilton; great-grandnephew of Philip
Jeremiah Schuyler; second great-grandson of Philip
John Schuyler; second great-grandnephew of Stephen
John Schuyler, Jeremiah
Van Rensselaer and Robert
Van Rensselaer; third great-grandson of Johannes
Schuyler (1697-1746); fourth great-grandson of Stephanus
Van Cortlandt, Robert
Livingston the Younger and Johannes
Schuyler (1668-1747); fourth great-grandnephew of Jacobus
Van Cortlandt; fifth great-grandson of Pieter
Schuyler (1657-1724); fifth great-grandnephew of Robert
Livingston the Elder; first cousin twice removed of Philip
Schuyler; first cousin thrice removed of Pieter
Schuyler (1746-1792) and Jacob
Rutsen Van Rensselaer; first cousin four times removed of Stephanus
Bayard, Volkert
Petrus Douw, Pierre
Van Cortlandt, Hendrick
Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, James
Livingston and Killian
Killian Van Rensselaer; first cousin five times removed of John
Livingston, Robert
Livingston (1688-1775), Gilbert
Livingston and Philip
P. Schuyler; first cousin six times removed of David
Davidse Schuyler and Myndert
Davidtse Schuyler; second cousin twice removed of Henry
Walter Livingston; second cousin thrice removed of Nicholas
Bayard, Robert
R. Livingston (1746-1813), Philip
Van Cortlandt, Leonard
Gansevoort, Leonard
Gansevoort Jr., Pierre
Van Cortlandt Jr., Edward
Livingston (1764-1836), Peter
Robert Livingston (1766-1847), Maturin
Livingston and James
Parker; second cousin four times removed of Robert
Livingston (1708-1790), Peter
Van Brugh Livingston, Robert
Gilbert Livingston, Philip
Livingston, Robert
R. Livingston (1718-1775), William
Livingston, James
Jay, John
Jay, Frederick
Jay and Peter
Samuel Schuyler; second cousin five times removed of Matthew
Clarkson; third cousin once removed of Edward
Livingston (1796-1840), Cortlandt
Schuyler Van Rensselaer and John
Eliot Thayer Jr.; third cousin twice removed of Stephen
Van Rensselaer, Philip
Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Peter
Gansevoort, Peter
Robert Livingston (1789-1859), Gerrit
Smith, Elizabeth
Cady Stanton and John
Cortlandt Parker; third cousin thrice removed of Peter
Robert Livingston (1737-1794), Walter
Livingston, Philip
Peter Livingston, Henry
Brockholst Livingston, Peter
Augustus Jay and William
Jay; fourth cousin once removed of Henry
Bell Van Rensselaer, James
Adams Ekin, John
Jacob Astor III, Richard
Wayne Parker, Charles
Wolcott Parker, Charles
Ludlow Livingston and Bronson
Murray Cutting. |
| | | Political families: Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York; VanRensselaer
family of Albany, New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Alson Bailey Abbott (1844-1894) —
also known as Alson B. Abbott —
of Queensbury, Warren
County, N.Y.; Glens Falls, Warren
County, N.Y.
Born in Andover, Essex
County, Mass., November
3, 1844.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Warren County, 1878; president, Canton Bridge
Company.
While cleaning a shotgun
for hunting, it accidentally
discharged, killing him, in Glens Falls, Warren
County, N.Y., August
27, 1894 (age 49 years, 297
days).
Interment at Pineview
Cemetery, Queensbury, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of William F. Abbott and Sarah Job (Abbott) Abbott; married 1873 to Sarah
Morgan. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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William Eustis Russell (1857-1896) —
also known as William E. Russell —
of Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass., January
6, 1857.
Democrat. Lawyer; Governor of
Massachusetts, 1891-94; defeated, 1888, 1889.
Died suddenly, in a fishing camp near Grand-Pabos (now
Chandler), Quebec,
July
14, 1896 (age 39 years, 190
days).
Interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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Alfred Eliab Buck (1832-1902) —
also known as Alfred E. Buck; A. E. Buck —
of Alabama; Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Foxcroft (now part of Dover-Foxcroft), Piscataquis
County, Maine, February
7, 1832.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; candidate
for Presidential Elector for Alabama; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 1st District, 1869-71; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Georgia, 1880,
1888,
1892,
1896;
Georgia
Republican state chair, 1896; U.S. Minister to Japan, 1897.
Died suddenly, from paralysis of
the heart, while on an imperial duck shoot, near Tokyo, Japan,
December
4, 1902 (age 70 years, 300
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Athelston Gaston (1838-1907) —
of Meadville, Crawford
County, Pa.
Born in Castile, Wyoming
County, N.Y., April
24, 1838.
Democrat. Mayor
of Meadville, Pa., 1891; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 26th District, 1899-1901.
Accidentally
hit by gunshot
while on a hunting trip at Lake Edward, Quebec,
September
23, 1907 (age 69 years, 152
days).
Interment at Greendale
Cemetery, Meadville, Pa.
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Charles Henry Gaus (1840-1909) —
also known as Charles H. Gaus —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Zanesville, Muskingum
County, Ohio, September
1, 1840.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; druggist; mayor of
Albany, N.Y., 1902-08; New York
state comptroller, 1909; died in office 1909.
German
ancestry.
Died, from pneumonia,
in a hunting lodge on Long Lake, in the Laurentian Mountains,
Quebec,
October
31, 1909 (age 69 years, 60
days).
Interment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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William Watson McIntire (1850-1912) —
also known as William W. McIntire —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Chambersburg, Franklin
County, Pa., June 30,
1850.
Republican. Machinist;
insurance
agent; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 4th District, 1897-99.
Episcopalian.
Scotch-Irish
and German
ancestry.
Died on
a boat while fishing in the Middle River (or Gunpowder
River), Baltimore
County, Md., March
30, 1912 (age 61 years, 274
days).
Interment at Loudon
Park Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
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William Bruce MacMaster Jr. (1875-1912) —
also known as William B. MacMaster, Jr. —
of New York.
Born, of American parents, in Colombia,
June
28, 1875.
Rancher;
U.S. Vice Consul in Cartagena, 1904-08; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Cartagena, 1908-12, died in office 1912; stabbed
by two Colombians in the summer of 1909; pressed charges against his
attackers, one of whom was an influential newspaper editor; arrested
by Colombian authorities in June 1910 on charges
that, years earlier, he shot
a Colombian citizen, in what he said was self-defense; initially
acquitted, then found
guilty, then exonerated by a higher court.
While hunting alone, was shot
multiple times and killed by
an unknown assassin, near Cartagena, Colombia,
August
11, 1912 (age 37 years, 44
days).
Interment at Church
and Convent of Santo Domingo, Cartagena, Colombia.
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Paul Oscar Adolph Husting (1866-1917) —
also known as Paul O. Husting —
of Mayville, Dodge
County, Wis.
Born in Fond du Lac, Fond du Lac
County, Wis., April
25, 1866.
Democrat. Lawyer; Dodge
County District Attorney, 1903-06; member of Wisconsin
state senate 13th District, 1907-14; U.S.
Senator from Wisconsin, 1915-17; died in office 1917; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Wisconsin, 1916
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee).
French,
Luxemburgian,
and Menominee
Indian ancestry.
Accidentally
shot
in the back by his brother Gustave, when he stood up in his
boat while duck hunting on Rush Lake, and died soon after
in a nearby farmhouse, near Pickett, Winnebago
County, Wis., October
21, 1917 (age 51 years, 179
days).
Interment at Graceland
Cemetery, Mayville, Wis.
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Theodore Arlington Bell (1872-1922) —
also known as Theodore A. Bell —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Vallejo, Solano
County, Calif., July 25,
1872.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from California 2nd District, 1903-05; defeated,
1904; candidate for Governor of
California, 1906 (Democratic), 1910 (Democratic), 1918
(Independent); delegate to Democratic National Convention from
California, 1908
(Temporary
Chair; speaker),
1912
(speaker).
While returning from a hunting trip, was killed in an automobile
accident near San Rafael, Marin
County, Calif., September
4, 1922 (age 50 years, 41
days).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, St. Helena, Calif.
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Elon Rouse Brown (1857-1922) —
also known as Elon R. Brown —
of Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y.
Born in Stone Mills, Orleans, Jefferson
County, N.Y., October
7, 1857.
Republican. Lawyer;
counsel to the Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburg Railroad;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 22nd District, 1894;
member of New York
state senate 35th District, 1898-1904, 1913-18; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1900,
1904,
1916,
1920.
Opposed woman suffrage and alcohol prohibition.
While duck hunting from a small
boat, he suffered a heart
attack and died, at Fox Island, Cape Vincent, Jefferson
County, N.Y., September
24, 1922 (age 64 years, 352
days).
Interment at Brookside
Cemetery, Watertown, N.Y.
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Edward Coke Mann (1880-1931) —
of South Carolina.
Born in Lowndesville, Abbeville
County, S.C., November
21, 1880.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 8th District, 1919-21.
While returning from a hunting trip, was accidentally
shot
and killed, near Rowesville, Orangeburg
County, S.C., November
11, 1931 (age 50 years, 355
days).
Interment at Sunnyside
Cemetery, Orangeburg, S.C.
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Melville Clyde Kelly (1883-1935) —
also known as M. Clyde Kelly; "Father of Air
Mail" —
of Edgewood, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Bloomfield, Muskingum
County, Ohio, August
4, 1883.
Republican. Newspaper
editor and publisher; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1911-12; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1913-15, 1917-35 (30th District
1913-15, 1917-23, 33rd District 1923-33, 31st District 1933-35).
Presbyterian.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Royal
Arcanum.
On returning from a frog hunting trip, was injured when a rifle he
was cleaning accidentally
fired; he died one week later, in a hospital
at Punxsutawney, Jefferson
County, Pa., April
29, 1935 (age 51 years, 268
days).
Interment at Mahoning
Union Cemetery, Marchand, Pa.
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George W. Borowitz (1870-1938) —
of Wausau, Marathon
County, Wis.
Born in Germany,
December
7, 1870.
Tailor;
mayor
of Wausau, Wis., 1935-38.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Catholic
Order of Foresters; Eagles;
Elks.
While on a hunting and fishing trip, he and three other men
from Wausau (N. P. Beck, Herman Belter, and J. William Delaney) drowned
when their boat
capsized, in Island Lake, Vilas
County, Wis., November
12, 1938 (age 67 years, 340
days). The overturned boat was found two days later; the bodies
were recovered from the lake the following April.
Interment at St. Joseph's Catholic Cemetery, Wausau, Wis.
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Relatives: Son
of Michael Borowitz and Hulda (Lambs) Borowitz; married, January
20, 1899, to Josephine Kroupa. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Appleton (Wis.)
Post-Crescent, November 14, 1938 |
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David Wilmer Steele (1899-1940) —
also known as David W. Steele —
of Ocean View, Sussex
County, Del.
Born in Sussex
County, Del., 1899.
Republican. Poultry
raiser; banker;
member of Delaware
state senate from Sussex County 4th District, 1937-40; died in
office 1940.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Tall
Cedars of Lebanon.
While fishing off the coast of Ocean City, Maryland, he and
his wife were killed in an explosion and
fire aboard their cruiser,
the Lure, in the North
Atlantic Ocean, October
7, 1940 (age about 41
years).
Interment at Mariners Bethel United Methodist Church Cemetery, Ocean View,
Del.
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John Calhoun Phillips (1870-1943) —
also known as John C. Phillips —
of Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Vermont, Fulton
County, Ill., November
13, 1870.
Republican. Lawyer; Governor of
Arizona, 1929-31.
Suffered a heart
attack, while fishing on Lake Mary, and died soon after,
in Flagstaff Hospital,
Flagstaff, Coconino
County, Ariz., June 25,
1943 (age 72 years, 224
days).
Interment somewhere
in Prescott, Ariz.
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Earl Wilcox Snell (1895-1947) —
also known as Earl Snell —
of Arlington, Gilliam
County, Ore.
Born near Olex, Gilliam
County, Ore., July 11,
1895.
Republican. Secretary
of state of Oregon, 1935-43; Governor of
Oregon, 1943-47; died in office 1947.
While flying to southern Oregon on a hunting trip, along with
Secretary of State Robert
S. Farrell, Jr. and State Senate President Marshall
E. Cornett, was killed when the small plane
crashed in stormy
weather near Dog Lake, Lake
County, Ore., October
28, 1947 (age 52 years, 109
days).
Interment at Belcrest
Memorial Park, Salem, Ore.
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Robert S. Farrell Jr. (c.1906-1947) —
of Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born about 1906.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Oregon,
1940,
1944;
secretary
of state of Oregon, 1943-47; died in office 1947.
While flying to southern Oregon on a hunting trip, along with
Gov. Earl
Snell and State Senate President Marshall
E. Cornett, was killed when the small plane
crashed in stormy
weather, near Dog Lake, Lake
County, Ore., October
28, 1947 (age about 41
years).
Interment at River
View Cemetery, Portland, Ore.
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Marshall E. Cornett (c.1899-1947) —
of Klamath Falls, Klamath
County, Ore.
Born about 1899.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Oregon, 1944;
member of Oregon
state senate, 1947; died in office 1947.
While flying to southern Oregon on a hunting trip, along with
Gov. Earl
Snell and Secretary of State Robert
S. Farrell, Jr. was killed with the small plane
crashed in stormy
weather, near Dog Lake, Lake
County, Ore., October
28, 1947 (age about 48
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Clarence A. Dahle (1894-1949) —
also known as "Whiff" —
of Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn.
Born in Spokane, Spokane
County, Wash., January
22, 1894.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 57, 1933-36; member of
Minnesota
state senate 57th District, 1937-49; died in office 1949.
Episcopalian.
Member, Delta
Tau Delta; Freemasons;
Elks.
During a fishing trip, he drowned
while swimming
off an island in Lake Kabetogama, St. Louis
County, Minn., July 26,
1949 (age 55 years, 185
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Albert Denis Cash (1897-1952) —
also known as Albert D. Cash —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, August
21, 1897.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1940;
mayor
of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1948-51.
Catholic.
Was fishing when a freak
storm overturned his
boat and drowned
him, on a lake in Michigan, August
2, 1952 (age 54 years, 347
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Clellan S. Forsythe (1895-1953) —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born in Houtzdale, Clearfield
County, Pa., March 6,
1895.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; automobile
dealer; member of New York
state assembly from Onondaga County 2nd District, 1945-48.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons.
On a hunting trip, he suffered a heart
attack while sitting in his
Jeep, holding a shotgun,
which accidentally
discharged, hitting him in the chest and killing him, on Fox
Island, Cape Vincent, Jefferson
County, N.Y., September
18, 1953 (age 58 years, 196
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Kenneth Frank Cramer (1894-1954) —
also known as Kenneth F. Cramer —
of Wethersfield, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Gloversville, Fulton
County, N.Y., October
3, 1894.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; coal
business; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Wethersfield, 1929-32; member
of Connecticut
state senate, 1933-37; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Connecticut, 1936;
general in the U.S. Army during World War II.
Member, American
Legion; Purple
Heart; Sons of
the American Revolution; Society
of the War of 1812; Sons
of Union Veterans; Phi
Beta Kappa; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Rotary.
Died, from a heart
attack, while hunting, in Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany,
February
20, 1954 (age 59 years, 140
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Raleigh W. Falbe (1890-1957) —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., March
21, 1890.
Republican. Police
officer; restaurant
and tavern
operator; real estate
broker; insurance
agent; member of Wisconsin
state assembly from Milwaukee County 15th District, 1949-54.
Suffered a heart
attack, while duck hunting on Rush Lake, and died five
days later in Ripon Municipal Hospital,
Ripon, Fond du Lac
County, Wis., October
6, 1957 (age 67 years, 199
days).
Interment at Wisconsin
Memorial Park, Brookfield, Wis.
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Warren Perley Knowles (1908-1993) —
also known as Warren P. Knowles —
of New Richmond, St. Croix
County, Wis.; Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in River Falls, Pierce
County, Wis., August
19, 1908.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Wisconsin
state senate 10th District, 1941-54; served in the U.S. Navy
during World War II; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Wisconsin, 1948,
1956,
1960,
1964,
1972;
Lieutenant
Governor of Wisconsin, 1955-59, 1961-63; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Wisconsin; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Wisconsin, 1957; Governor of
Wisconsin, 1965-71.
Protestant.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Eagles;
Kiwanis.
Suffered a heart
attack at the end of a day of fishing, during the annual
"Governor's Open" fishing tournament, and died soon after at Black
River Memorial Hospital,
Black River Falls, Jackson
County, Wis., May 1,
1993 (age 84 years, 255
days). His body was
donated to the Medical College of Wisconsin.
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Stanley Jarolin (c.1933-2000) —
Born about 1933.
Democrat. Plumbing
and heating contractor; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1983-98; defeated in primary,
1998.
While fishing with a friend, their boat
capsized; he made it to shore but died soon after from a heart
attack, in Luzerne
County, Pa., May 13,
2000 (age about 67
years).
Burial location unknown.
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